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First Certified MEF 3.0 SD-WAN Technology Vendors Announced
Industry association MEF announced the first three software-defined wide-area network (SD-WAN) technology vendors certified to meet a new standard for supporting MEF 3.0 SD-WAN services.
First to earn the certification are: Nuage Networks from Nokia, Versa Networks, and Infovista.
The association introduced the MEF 3.0 transformational global services framework that's used to define, deliver and certify assured services orchestrated across a global ecosystem of automated networks.
"This certification enables service and technology providers to validate the conformance of their services and products to the industry-leading SD-WAN Service Attributes and Services (MEF 70) global standard," MEF said in a Jan. 7 statement. The standard was finalized in August 2019.
The association said MEF 3.0 SD-WAN certification tests the service attributes and requirements defined in MEF 70, which will be described in detail in an upcoming MEF SD-WAN Certification Test Requirements (MEF 90) standard. Organizations acquiring MEF 3.0 certified solutions can now be more confident that they have met the highest levels of performance established by MEF, the asociation said.
MEF said key benefits of the SD-WAN standardization effort that's expected to help accelerate SD-WAN market growth while improving overall customer experience with hybrid networking solutions include:
Enabling a wide range of ecosystem stakeholders to use the same terminology when buying, selling, assessing, deploying, and delivering SD-WAN services.
Making it easier to interface policy with intelligent underlay connectivity services to provide a better end-to-end application experience with guaranteed service resiliency.
Facilitating inclusion of SD-WAN services in standardized Lifecycle Service Orchestration (LSO) architectures, thereby advancing efforts to orchestrate MEF 3.0 SD-WAN services across automated networks.
Paving the way for creation and implementation of certified MEF 3.0 SD-WAN services, which will give users confidence that a service meets a fundamental set of requirements.
"SD-WAN is gaining incredible excitement and momentum for empowering digital transformation," said Nan Chen, association president. "We congratulate Nuage Networks, Versa Networks, and Infovista for achieving MEF 3.0 certification and demonstrating that they are a standards-based partner for service providers developing SD-WAN services. We look forward to continued momentum with the MEF 3.0 SD-WAN certification program, including the announcement of our first group of certified service providers later this quarter."
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Book Accusing Israel of Sparing Palestinian Lives ‘In Order To Control Them’ Wins Women’s Studies Award
National Women’s Studies Association
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A Rutgers University professor was awarded for her book of outrageous lies, titled ‘The Right to Maim’, which falsely accuses Israel of profound cruelty towards Palestinians.
By: The Algemeiner Staff
A Rutgers University professor who accused Israeli forces of deliberately sparing the lives of Palestinians in order to debilitate them has been awarded by the National Women’s Studies Association (NWSA).
Jasbir Puar, an associate professor of women’s and gender studies, co-won the NWSA’s 2018 Alison Piepmeier Book Prize for her work, The Right to Maim: Debility, Capacity, Disability.
Published by in November 2017 by Duke University Press — which has come under scrutiny for its editorial advisors’ ties to the Palestinian-led boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel — the book posits that the “Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) have shown a demonstrable pattern over decades of sparing life, of shooting to maim rather than to kill.”
Yet it contends that this “purportedly humanitarian practice of sparing death by shooting to maim” is not rooted in a desire to minimize fatalities, but rather seeks to maintain “Palestinian populations as perpetually debilitated, and yet alive, in order to control them.”
The NWSA award’s review committee called The Right to Maim a “major milestone book,” which argues “that debilitation and the state production of disability are biopolitical projects both useful and productive for states under Neoliberal capitalism.”
Puar — a supporter of BDS who wrote that the book’s “ultimate purpose … is to labor in the service of a Free Palestine” — has attracted controversy over the work, with critics accusing it of advancing a blood libel against the Jewish state.
‘Book-Length Medieval Blood Libel’
Seth Mandel, an op-ed editor at The New York Post, accused Puar on Twitter on Saturday of receiving an “award for book-length medieval blood libel because academic anti-Semitism is not just tolerated, but encouraged and rewarded.”
Andrew Getraer, director of Rutgers Hillel, added in response, “the fact that this unreadable piece of dreck received an academic award is unsurprising.”
The book has raised concerns since it was first published, with Richard Cravatts — president emeritus of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East, a network of academics that seeks to counter “anti-Semitism and anti-Israelism” — asserting that its core notion was “an outrageous and grotesque resurrection of the classic anti-Semitic trope that Jews purposely, and sadistically, harm and kill non-Jews.”
Kenneth Waltzer — executive director of the Academic Engagement Network, which opposes the BDS campaign against Israel on university campuses — said at the time that Puar was “more interested in defining and theorizing than in getting things as they are.”
He also accused the professor of advancing “terrible (and unapologetic) antisemitism” during a 2016 event at Vassar College, when she said that Israel “manifests an implicit claim to the right to maim and debilitate Palestinian bodies and environments,” according to a transcript of the talk provided by the Vassar alumni group Fairness To Israel.
During that appearance, Puar repeated allegations that the bodies of “young Palestinian men … were mined for organs for scientific research.” She also asserted that Israel’s actions could be called a “genocide in slow motion,” and said, “We need BDS as part of organized resistance and armed resistance in Palestine as well. There is no other way the situation is going to change.”
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by Chris Rice | Nov 10, 2009 | Headline News | 1 comment
“Integration” and “diversity” do not express God’s purpose for reconciliation deeply enough. What we need is a fresh paradigm that declares our new culture in Christ.
A workshop last month in Cincinnati at the Christian Community Development Association conference (CCDA) confirmed my conviction that Christians need fresh language regarding our mission and identity in a divided world.
During my workshop, I remarked that as “reconciliation” becomes both increasingly popular and contested, and as such potentially unhelpful, the critical question is “reconciliation toward what?” I mentioned two dominant paradigms.
• Integration is the first paradigm — overcoming oppression through social equality and access to mainstream benefits. There has been deep progress in this area, at the same time the fierce historical opposition to racial and economic integration in American life is a sign of a captivity which is yet to be overcome. Yet as early as the 1956 Montgomery bus boycott Martin Luther King Jr. argued that integration would not go far enough to heal America: “The end,” preached King, “is reconciliation, the end is redemption, the end is the creation of the beloved community.”
Notions of integration easily lead to “equal and separate” and avoid even more difficult and holy work. As Charles Marsh has argued in The Beloved Community, “[W]hile the civil rights movement defeated segregation and forever changed American society, the nation has experienced precious little repentance, reconciliation, and costly discipleship.”
• Diversity has been the other dominant response to “reconciliation toward what?” Over the last ten years there has been an explosion of initiatives and literature around “inclusiveness” and “diversity.” Some Christian denominations and institutions are diversifying their leadership and constituencies in ways which are transformative and to be celebrated. Pastor Mark DeMaz pointed out to me recently the traction that “multi” has gotten in the evangelical world: “multi-ethnic” (InterVarsity Christian Fellowship), “multi-cultural” (David Anderson of Bridgeway Community Church), “multi-racial” (sociologist and author George Yancey). This is long overdue, and Soong Chan Rah’s much-discussed book The Next Evangelicalism shows how far there is to go.
Yet at CCDA I said that “multi” does not capture the work of the Holy Spirit within history powerfully enough. The story of creation and humanity as diverse and good must be completed by the story of God’s redemption of the ways the fall deformed the gift of difference through the trauma of sin. The trajectory of the Christian story is an interruption and transformation of historical identities and fixed groups (Jew, Greek, male, female, slave, free) toward a fluidity of identity and culture: when the Antioch church becomes a new people across these lines, a community and politics (where Jesus is Lord, not Caesar) comes into existence that is so strange, it requires a new language. It is at Antioch that the disciples are first called “Christians.”
If Integration and Diversity are insufficient paradigms for “reconciliation toward what” in an increasingly multicultural America and world wracked by intensifying polarizations, what’s the alternative?
“Consequently, from now on we regard no one according to the flesh; even if we once knew Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know him so no longer. So whoever is in Christ is a new creation: the old things have passed away; behold, new things have come. And all this is from God, who has reconciled us to himself through Christ and given us the ministry of reconciliation…” 2 Cor. 5:15-18
What’s the alternative? I believe we find it in the above passage.
At the CCDA, I suggested that we consider the implications of “New Creation.” New Creation breaks beyond tribal self-sufficiency to a “toward what” grounded in the story and power of God’s gift in Jesus Christ which interrupts the ground of injustice and divides with conversion toward a new community, new desires, and a new Lord.
New Creation is a call to being changed (metanoia) in a visible new way of life and sharing together (koinonia, including a new economic life between rich and poor, see Acts 2 and Acts 4, and including life with strangers who become companions). This is why, for example, I prefer to speak of “interracial” churches. In saying “interracial” (e.g. interracial churches or interracial marriage) instead of “biracial” we point to a cultural intimacy, interdependence, and mutual transformation which is a sign of a “new humanity.” There is a rich literature around “transcultural” or “third culture kids” who make up a kind of “new people” who don’t fit into the homeland their parents left nor the culture they are living in. As a missionary kid who grew up in Korea, I identify profoundly with this.
Yet the English language may itself be so ridden with dichotomies that it cannot capture how New Creation interrupts us in the “sluggish in between” of human life between Jesus’ resurrection and return. But another language does.
Here is how Duke Divinity School scholar Edgardo Colon-Emeric expresses it:
According to the seer of Patmos [John’s vision in Revelation 7:9-17 of a multitude from every nation, tongue, language, worshipping the Lamb], the Church is a mestizo assembly gathered from every nation in praise of the God of Abraham, Issac, and Jacob, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Reflecting on this Spanish word mestizo, Edgardo, who is also the director of Duke’s Hispanic House of Studies, adds:
Mestizo … refers literally to a mixture. The term was first used to describe the children of the violent encounter between European fathers and Amerindian mothers. Neither European nor Indian, these children belonged to a new people, a people of mixed heritage. But this mixed heritage is not simply a historical or ethnic marker; it is also the goal of Christian existence. In the words of Mexican-American theologian Virgil Elizondo ‘the future is mestizo,’ not because of ethnic mixing, but because the new humanity in Christ is a mestizo humanity of Jews and Gentiles.”
My friend Edgardo goes on to say, “The church needs leaders who have eyes to see that all ethnic ministries are provisional because the future is mestizo.” To repeat the key claim, “this mixed heritage is not simply a historical or ethnic marker; it is also the goal of Christian existence.”
As I told those who attended my CCDA workshop, I am not advocating being blind to or forgetful of the history of oppression and how this trajectory deforms community, institutional, and church life. A notion of cheap “reconciliation without memory” leads to assimilation into the dominant culture and its values. This is exactly why New Creation matters: We are freed from captivity through shared journeys and communities of conversion which make difference meaningful in an exchange of gifts and a vision of mutuality which is both truthful about the grip of sin and reaches toward a new place of life together.
Through the ministry of Maggy Barankitse in the east African country of Burundi, orphans of violence between rival Tutsi and Hutu groups have lived for years together at Maison Shalom (“House of Peace”). On top of former tribal killing fields, they share intimate daily life with the multiplicity of people who come there including from the “Twa” minority, nearby Congo, and “Muzungus” (outsiders) from Europe and the U.S. Over time, their identities become reshaped and quite confused in this new community. When questioned about her ethnic identity, one orphan speaks of herself as being a “Hutsi-Twa-Congo-Zungu” — pulling all these peoples into a kind of one new humanity.
Integration and Diversity do not state the power of the Holy Spirit’s interruption of history deeply enough. To emphasize Edgardo’s point, “all ethnic ministries are provisional because the future is mestizo.” Diversity and integration lack a telos, a goal, a “for what purpose?” New Creation and a mestizo vision properly understood within God’s work of “reconciling all things in Christ” (Col. 1:15-23) offer a fresh paradigm of “toward what” that is not only deeply transformative but beautiful, a bit scary, and subversive to the way things are. Not to mention a deeper way to holiness and vision which requires God.
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A simple programming system written in GHC and its reflective operations
Jiro Tanaka
A programming system can be defined as an environment where one can input and execute programs. In this paper, we try to describe a simple programming system written in GHC. We try to capture the function of the metacall first. Input/output problems in GHC are also considered. After describing the shell, we try to assemble these parts into a simple programming system, and discuss how to add new features such as reflective operations to the programming system. This paper assumes a basic knowledge of parallel logic languages such as PARLOG, Concurrent Prolog or GHC.
Logic Programming 1988 - Proceedings of the 7th Conference
Tetsunosuke Fujisaki, Hozumi Tanaka, Koichi Furukawa
https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-51564-X_59
7th Conference on Logic Programming, LP 1988 - Tokyo, Japan
Duration: 1988 Apr 11 → 1988 Apr 14
Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
383 LNAI
ISSN (Electronic)
7th Conference on Logic Programming, LP 1988
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Tanaka, J. (1989). A simple programming system written in GHC and its reflective operations. In T. Fujisaki, H. Tanaka, & K. Furukawa (Eds.), Logic Programming 1988 - Proceedings of the 7th Conference (pp. 108-121). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 383 LNAI). Springer-Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-51564-X_59
A simple programming system written in GHC and its reflective operations. / Tanaka, Jiro.
Logic Programming 1988 - Proceedings of the 7th Conference. ed. / Tetsunosuke Fujisaki; Hozumi Tanaka; Koichi Furukawa. Springer-Verlag, 1989. p. 108-121 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 383 LNAI).
Tanaka, J 1989, A simple programming system written in GHC and its reflective operations. in T Fujisaki, H Tanaka & K Furukawa (eds), Logic Programming 1988 - Proceedings of the 7th Conference. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 383 LNAI, Springer-Verlag, pp. 108-121, 7th Conference on Logic Programming, LP 1988, Tokyo, Japan, 88/4/11. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-51564-X_59
Tanaka J. A simple programming system written in GHC and its reflective operations. In Fujisaki T, Tanaka H, Furukawa K, editors, Logic Programming 1988 - Proceedings of the 7th Conference. Springer-Verlag. 1989. p. 108-121. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-51564-X_59
Tanaka, Jiro. / A simple programming system written in GHC and its reflective operations. Logic Programming 1988 - Proceedings of the 7th Conference. editor / Tetsunosuke Fujisaki ; Hozumi Tanaka ; Koichi Furukawa. Springer-Verlag, 1989. pp. 108-121 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).
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Incidental splenic injury during abdominal vascular surgery: A case- controlled analysis
Mark A. Eaton, R. James Valentine, Mark R. Jackson, Gregory Modrall, Patrick Clagett
Background: The small but finite risk of postsplenectomy sepsis is generally regarded as a firm indication for splenic preservation after iatrogenic injury, especially in the young. But splenectomy may be preferable in patients who sustain splenic injuries during vascular operations because of the potential for continued bleeding associated with anticoagulation. The purpose of this study was to determine the perioperative morbidity of incidental splenectomy among patients undergoing abdominal vascular operations. Study Design: We studied 17 patients who underwent incidental splenectomy at the time of abdominal vascular operations. Complete data collected on each subject included preoperative and postoperative blood counts, operative indications and details, transfusion requirements, length of hospital stay, and outcomes. Using age- and gender-matched case controls undergoing identical vascular operations from the same period, we evaluated the complication rate and outcomes of patients who underwent splenectomy for iatrogenic injuries of the spleen, versus those who did not sustain splenic injuries. Results: The estimated prevalence of iatrogenic splenic injury during the study period was 0.5%. Mean operative time, estimated blood loss, and duration of mechanical ventilation tended to be greater in the splenectomy patients, but the differences did not achieve statistical significance. Splenorrhaphy was attempted in seven patients, but continued bleeding mandated spleen removal in all cases. Splenectomy patients had a higher transfusion requirement (p = 0.03) and a longer mean length of stay (p = 0.03) than controls. Compared with controls, there was a higher prevalence of infectious complications in the splenectomy patients (p = 0.015), but there was no difference in the prevalence of thromboembolic complications between groups. Two of the splenectomy patients died in the postoperative period from multisystem organ failure, and one died of a missed splenic injury Conclusions: These data suggest that incidental splenectomy during abdominal vascular operations is associated with increased postoperative infectious complications and prolonged hospitalization.
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Eaton, MA, Valentine, RJ, Jackson, MR, Modrall, G & Clagett, P 2000, 'Incidental splenic injury during abdominal vascular surgery: A case- controlled analysis', Journal of the American College of Surgeons, vol. 190, no. 1, pp. 58-64. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1072-7515(99)00217-3
Eaton MA, Valentine RJ, Jackson MR, Modrall G, Clagett P. Incidental splenic injury during abdominal vascular surgery: A case- controlled analysis. Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2000 Jan;190(1):58-64. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1072-7515(99)00217-3
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A researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) has added to a growing body of evidence that links autism to air pollutants such as those generated by cars and trucks.
Amy Kalkbrenner’s study, published this week online at the journal Epidemiology, showed that pollution’s impact on autism rates in North Carolina is similar to results of pollution-autism studies in California – despite weather and climate differences between the two states.
In addition, the work of Kalkbrenner and her colleagues, building on previous studies, showed that women in the third trimester of pregnancy were more susceptible to the damaging effects of air pollution on their unborn child.
“It adds another piece supporting the hypothesis that environmental chemicals are part of the autism puzzle,” says Kalkbrenner, an assistant professor in UWM’s Joseph J. Zilber School of Public Health. Autism, a spectrum of disorders affecting interpersonal relations and work achievement, now affects some 1 in 68 children in the U.S.
Her research team focused on exposure to coarse and fine particulate matter, known as PM10, which arises in part from traffic-related air pollution. The study evaluated records in the two states, covering pre-conception through the first birthday for 87,000 children in North Carolina and 77,500 in California born in the mid-to-late 1990s. Key regions in each state were selected based on researchers’ ability to simultaneously measure the level of particulate matter present, and know which children had autism in these regions.
Researchers used a new, more exact tool to measure the levels of particulate matter in smaller slices of time, based on pollution at the family’s address during pregnancy. With this method, they were able to compare exposures during specific weeks of pregnancy. The approximately one thousand children who later developed some form of autism spectrum disorders were then compared to all other children.
Kalkbrenner says it was important to look at eastern states because of the differences in climate, seasonal weather patterns and the chemical make-up of the particulate matter that might impact brain development. “Evidence for a link between a chemical exposure and a health impact like autism is stronger when it can be shown in more than one region.” The team found that the concentration of particulate matter was highest among children born in summer months in North Carolina and those born in fall and winter months in California.
Reasons for increased susceptibility in the third trimester of pregnancy are not known at this time. However, Kalkbrenner says this finding is consistent with theories that show links between autism and altered brain network development, specifically synaptic connections that are developing during the final months of pregnancy.
“We’ve now had three solid studies saying the same thing. The evidence is pretty compelling that something is going on with air pollution and autism,” says Kalkbrenner, who adds that further study is needed to determine the neurodevelopmental impacts of specific chemical pollutants during precise developmental windows.
To see the complete study, go to http://journals.lww.com/epidem/Abstract/publishahead/Particulate_Matter_Exposure,_Prenatal_and.99266.aspx.
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North End of Gatun Locks, Facing the Atlantic Side, with Dredges at Work in the Canal in the Distance, Panama Canal
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A view of the northern end of the Gatun Locks under construction, as well as some dredges at work in the Panama Canal.
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B. L. Singley founded The Keystone View Company in 1892 in Meadville, Pennsylvania. The company quickly became the world's largest view company, having at least 250,000 negatives (of which some 50,000 were available as numbered views) by the 1930s. These images were meant to bring international experiences into the palm of the average person's hand, to be revisted in private or during social gatherings. It has been said that the ability of the stereograph to bring vicarious experiences to faraway people makes this medium parallel to the internet or television today. The Keystone View Company also focused on the educational value of their products, employing teams of people to write explanatory texts that were printed on the backs of the stereograph cards. This text, along with the imagery, presents the dominant vision of American ideals and interests during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Source 1: http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/ft1q2n999m/ Source 2: http://www.yellowstonestereoviews.com/publishers/keystone.html
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Help us finance a project for the Stop Suicide organization! The stand that we have imagined is a self-constructed object which status ranges from that of a furniture, a vehicle and microarchitecture.
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The Stop Suicide organization mandated us to design a mobile stand that would travel through Switzerland and act as an exchange interface between Stop Suicide’s representatives and the public on various suicide prevention campaigns. Stop Suicide wanted a mobile structure that could be transported easily and serve as an attractive element in the public space for its activities. All for a relatively limited budget.
In order to respond to the organization’s wishes, we imagined a hybrid object which status ranges from that of a furniture, a vehicle and microarchitecture. Informed by the ingenuity of mobile devices used in small informal economies in the global South, the project offers an effective and flexible solution while demonstrating an economical use of resources. With this in mind, the approach we chose is autoconstruction as we designed a stand that could be entirely manufactured by our team.
Our plastic and constructive research led us to develop an object including assemblages that evoke the self-build and modular aspects of the structure and the process of fabrication. The stand consists of a wooden structure which holds several boxes used to accommodate drawers, cabinets, a cooler, projector, etc. Brass fastenings give a precious look to the halved joints, the detail of which is designed to allow easy mounting and dismounting. The resin trays’ successive layers of colours and varied opacity suggest the different stages of manufacturing. Overlooking the plate and stretched on the substructure, a large piece of scrap-recycled sail will protect the stand, its visitors and stakeholders from the weather. Finally the whole system is mounted on recycled wheelchair wheels, offering the stand an easy mobility.
Once deployed in the public space, this small mobile structure will assume a maximum of functions thanks to the diverse devices that will be integrated: from an open air cinema, to a lemonade bar, or a information stand, the main aim is for it to be a user-friendly interface between Stop Suicide and the public.
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Category Archives: urban affairs
Idle speculation: US-1 edition
Tuesday, 20 August 2019 by payton
Some people watch “House Hunters” for hours on end, and others peruse Curbed to imagine themselves inside huge mansions. Personally, I’m partial to idly imagining what could happen with those quirky old buildings that show up on the commercial listings.
(Baltimore Avenue looking south from College Park towards Hyattsville and Riverdale Park)
4415 Oliver Street, a two story house turned office just off Route 1 in the Hyattsville Arts District could be renovated into a version of the Form Follows Finance Fourplex. (It might even qualify for a conforming residential renovation mortgage.) It has the right live-work zoning, which is surprisingly scarce in downtown Hyattsville. At $350K for 1800′, it’s cheaper than nearby houses–around the corner, the same $350K only buys you a 1200′ house. OK, so it might only fit 2-3 units instead, but still a good price for someone with some architectural ingenuity. Indeed, it even pencils as a teardown.
An interesting Opportunity Zone play nearby: a 33 acre strip mall at the doorstep of the future Riverdale Park-Kenilworth Purple Line station (one stop from UMd’s research park) is for sale, though probably for a high price. The new, but as-yet unmapped TOD zones in Prince George’s give very wide latitude to its future owner.
Elsewhere in Riverdale Park, there’s a <2 acre residential tract for sale. Looks at first glance like an interesting pocket neighborhood opportunity ( close to downtown Hyattsville! might be able to do something unusual with the street ROW!)–but even the brand-new zoning code only allows large-ish single-family houses there. Blah.
In other news, Forest Glen‘s Castle is back on the market at $2.8 million. I have zero ideas for it; after reading about the place, I’m utterly unable to picture it as anything other than “the Hungarian Whorehouse.”
After those cheers, some (more) jeers for Fairfax County. This vacant quarter-acre lot on Richmond Highway, which appears to be a leftover from a prior subdivision, looks at first glance like a prime chance for a residential scale live/work-plex. But no: “Highway Commercial” zoning doesn’t allow residential by the 7-11 and Five Guys, even though the local sector plan calls for three-story mixed-use. Instead, it would require apartment (or PUD!) zoning… which requires a 2.5 acre minimum lot area, because this is the suburbs. OK, so technically that MLA doesn’t apply in redevelopment areas like Richmond Highway, but c’mon Fairfax, it’s the 21st century, individual vertical mixed-use buildings exist.
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Idle speculation: Opp Zone, meet planned community
Sunday, 28 April 2019 by payton
The Opportunity Zone maps for greater Washington and for Raleigh had two particularly puzzling inclusions: the Lake Anne area in Reston, and the Kildaire Farm area in Cary. How is new investment intended to transform planned communities, which had always been intended to remain exactly the same?
I happen to have a soft spot for both areas (pioneering planned communities in their respective areas) so I looked around at both and just could not figure out how this is expected to work.
OZs require drastic change
In order to qualify as an OZ investment, a real estate investment has to meet the “substantial improvement test” — similar to the Historic Tax Credit. This essentially means that a renovation must “double the basis,” or spend as much on the improvements as the original value of the building (minus the land).
Accountants often use an 80/20 guideline to split the value of a property, with 80% of the value assigned to the building and 20% to the land. Sure enough, the tax value of even the mixed-use shophouses around Lake Anne* is split 80/20.
Lake Anne’s waterfront, with shophouses behind.
That means coming up with the acquisition price, and then spending another 80% of the purchase price on improvements. It’s pretty much impossible to do this within an existing building, unless said envelope is in very bad shape (e.g., a burned shell). The tax values of Lake Anne shophouses run about $650,000, of which $521,000 is the building—a breathtaking amount to spend on anything shy of full reconstruction.
Now, it’s easy to spend that 80% if you’re building something new, like an addition or new buildings. But that brings us to:
OZs pretty much require by-right development
The OZ law reserves its most lucrative tax breaks for capital gains that are reinvested in 2019, and thus deployed into new construction soon thereafter (within 31 months, according to the first set of regulations). And while the program can be used for many kinds of investments, including equity stakes in operating businesses, its most straightforward application is for construction of rental real estate.
No changes allowed here.
That timeline leaves precious little time to deal with the uncertainty of, say, the rezoning process. But these two areas are both pretty much entirely within the purview of strictly controlled planned-community zoning districts. Hence, any changes would have to go through not only appearance boards, but also reopening the entire planned community zone — surely a contentious process. There’s a reason why entitled development opportunities in OZs are suddenly drawing lots of investor interest.
While newly issued regulations do permit some space for regulatory delays, no reasonable investor would take on this sort of risk, given that falling afoul of the OZ rules results in tax penalties.
What could happen
Therefore, the only reasonable investment an Opportunity Fund could make would be into an already-entitled, large-scale development. There is one such proposal that’s been tabled near Lake Anne, and on county-owned land no less, which might explain the county’s interest in getting the area certified as an OZ.
Meanwhile, there are a few single-family houses in one corner of the Kildaire Farm tract which are zoned for multifamily, and thus conceivably could be scraped and redeveloped. There’s also a pocket of houses outside the PUD on larger lots, which could be added on to — perhaps using Cary’s surprisingly lenient internal-ADU (“Utility Dwelling Unit”) law.
* Again proving the rule that the key to unique retail is small, divided ownership
Against Euclidean zoning
Monday, 14 January 2019 by payton
Since takedowns of Euclid are thankfully all the rage these days…
The most obnoxious question I got during oral defense at UChicago was from a genuine-article “provocative libertarian” economist, who launched a broad attack on zoning as a severe impingement upon “freedom” (i.e., his treasured consumer choices). My stammering defense of zoning then amounted to, pretty much, “because we can.” (Zoning and preservation are, seemingly by historical accident, two of the few broad regulatory tools the US Supreme Court has granted to local governments.) Zoning is what planners do because it’s what we’re taught to do, and what we’re used to doing — but planners rarely question whether it’s the right tool.
In a planning law class back in 2011, we were asked to make oral arguments for or against a theoretical municipality adapting, or tossing out, its existing zoning laws. Having checked that said assignment is no longer being assigned, here are the notes I wrote up for my broadside against the institution of Euclidean zoning.
Coming up with this was pretty revelatory, honestly. I already had ten years of experience with zoning codes and knew that its structure was kludgy — but had also once (at my BA oral defense) mounted a spirited defense of zoning and its Constitutional basis against a purely theoretical attack by a genuine-article Chicago economist.
I’m a little less sold on FBCs these days, having learned a bit more about their limitations and administration — but the anti-Euclid arguments have only been bolstered by what I’ve learned of zoning’s history since.
For too long, our city has struggled to regulate land use under the rubric of a conventional zoning ordinance. This ordinance, although revised within the past generation — unlike in many other major cities[1] — still has its roots in a fundamentally flawed legal framework that derives its authority from the landmark 1926 Euclid vs. Ambler Realty[2] ruling by the Supreme Court.
Euclid established a legal framework of regulating use first, density second
Society has changed since 1926; social problems, social goals, social structure have all shifted dramatically
Our understanding about how to shape cities, and how best to shape cities, has also changed
New problems demand new solutions
The zoning code that the city currently labors under suffers from an outdated, inflexible structure that fundamentally cannot address or implement the lofty goals embodied in the city’s ambitious new Comprehensive Plan. If it is to implement that plan—as it is legally obliged to do, under state law—the city must therefore discard its current zoning ordinance and replace it with one organized around form instead of use and density.
1. The zoning code is organized first and foremost around the outmoded paradigm of regulating use.
Zoning began as a way to regulate nuisances inherent in many urban land uses[3]
In particular, Euclid set up a list of reasons for regulating land use: fire apparatus, safety (crime), reduce traffic and confusion and thus street accidents, nervous noise, “favorable environment in which to rear children,” “free circulation of air and monopolizing the rays of the sun…”
Zoning codes since then have focused on these, since it set the regulatory precedent
Yet since the 1920s, many of the externalities and nuisances that zoning was originally intended to prevent have been regulated separately
Pollution of air and water
Laws preventing industrial pollution have been so successful that the primary sources of urban air and water pollution are now “non point source”[4]
Has little to do with large industrial facilities
Outside the realm of control for zoning
Indeed, to the extent that runoff and smog are caused by parking lots and automobiles, our region’s emissions are likely exacerbated by suburban zoning
Enforcement and monitoring of these laws is done by specialized, trained teams[5] better able to protect neighbors from nuisance—even hidden ones, like toxic chemicals—than mere distance
Leading complaint is airplane noise, which is increasingly regulated by federal law[6] and by airport regulations
Fire suppression through much more stringent fire codes, including sprinkler and fire alarm requirements
Fires have become so rare[7] that our fire department responds to more car crashes than fires
To the extent that our zoning ordinance foster auto-dependent development, it could actually be undermining life safety
Antibiotics, not fresh air in houses ensured by zoning ordinances, that ultimately cured the low-level tuberculosis pandemic
Improved sanitation and medicine, not zoning, takes credit for public health advances of 20th century
4 of the 10 most long-lived countries in the world are very high density city-states (Monaco #1, Macau #2, Singapore #7, Hong Kong #8), all of them prime examples of the high density and mixed uses that Euclidean zoning “protects” Americans from in the name of our health. The United States is #50 by the same measure.[8]
Housing code minimums in many respects are broadly superseded by today’s living standards
Tenement Law remains in effect, and its remnants are throughout the zoning ordinance
Definitions of families and households are woefully out of date, given shifting family composition[9] towards non-family households
“group houses” of house-mates particularly young adults or students[10]
co-housing usually requires contentious zoning changes
Minimum space per occupant outdated
Today’s use and bulk restrictions in the zoning ordinance have at best a tenuous nexus to actual public health, safety, and welfare
Setback laws
No public health need has ever been established for a one-acre-lot zoning category, nor for 100 ft. front setbacks
Instead, such excessive standards are more likely to ensure that no homeowner need view another’s laundry lines
Separation of uses
What public health objective is facilitated by ensuring wide distances between residences and modern industrial facilities?
Such facilities are nowadays as likely as a typical household to work with toxic chemicals
Noxious uses can and are handled and sited with other regulations
Siting of public facilities like landfills and prisons regulated under state law
Siting of alcohol-related uses largely accomplished outside zoning
Sign regulations are already outside city’s zoning ordinance
2. The zoning code’s “cumulative” structure inherently valorizes single-family housing above all else, which has insidious effects throughout the system
Cumulative or pyramid zoning establishes single-family housing at the top of the ladder, and they are allowed in almost all zones—“They must not be a problem to anyone, so they’re allowed in all zones”
The pyramid intrinsically valorizes larger single family houses and larger lots
Zoning sets up a proscriptive approach, typically with maximums or minimums but rarely sets two bounds. One end is almost always left open, and the net result is that it makes less dense, sprawling development easier to build in more zones
Maximum FAR = smaller buildings always welcome
Maximum density = fewer houses always welcome
Minimum lot size = bigger lots always welcome
Minimum parking requirements = bigger parking lots always welcome
Minimum setbacks = bigger yards always welcome
Proscriptive approach typically results in all development within a district adhering to the maximums, preventing any diversity of building types and promoting segregation by income and family type[11]
Maintaining property values and residential exclusivity are specifically mentioned in Euclid as an appropriate use of zoning laws (“development of detached house sections is greatly retarded by the coming of apartment houses”)
“Affordability” is the opposite of exclusivity, and there has been momentum towards that end of the spectrum
Affordability is an integral part of the housing section of the comprehensive plan
Inclusionary zoning has been debated locally
Housing and transportation have grown substantially as a share of household expenditures since the 1920s[12]
Nuisance flows both ways: not only are detached houses threatened by other uses, but other uses are threatened by residents. Cumulative zoning does a poor job of protecting from residential users.
Industrial operations are constantly threatened by residential neighbors, so much so that some cities have developed restrictions to protect industrial zones[13]
Farms at the exurban edge receive complaints by neighbors over early-morning noise, smells, truck and tractor traffic
Nightclubs frequently threatened by encroachment of residential, particularly owner-occupied housing, into the industrial and commercial areas that they typically locate in
Although our zoning ordinance does not protect views, residents are much more likely to block new construction if it obstructs their views; this inhibits commercial growth, particularly at the edges of downtown
Zoning’s emphasis on promoting single-family residential protects against overcrowding, but what about under-crowding?
Over-crowding was a public health concern, typically associated with tenements
Now more likely associated with large immigrant families living in single-family houses
Under-crowding also has consequences, mostly associated with suburban sprawl—particularly the high cost of providing public services, from life safety to transportation
Evidence shows that zoning codes’ bias against multi-family construction has led to the systematic under-supply of multi-family across entire metropolitan areas[14]
Despite many attempts to fix the code, the blunt distinction based on occupancy poorly addresses the range of moderate density housing types available
Euclid ruling created a bright line distinction between single and multi-family: “[apartments] bringing, as their necessary accompaniments… increased traffic and business… [traffic increase injurious to children in] “quiet and open spaces for play”[15]
Creates problem in existing areas of mixed single- and two-family houses
Contextual infill, or even replacing what’s already there, becomes very challenging
Accessory apartments, coach houses, and “granny flats” cause a lot of trouble with the zoning ordinance—there’s a spectrum between “bedroom” and “housing unit” but the zoning code doesn’t make that distinction
Interesting low-scale multi-family building types—zero-lot-line houses, bungalow courts, courtyard apartment houses—have been prohibited under conventional zoning and can only be built under onerous discretionary approval processes
3. Yet use and density regulation is powerless to affect urban design
Zoning, by itself, makes for a lousy way of controlling urban design
Its proscriptive approach forbids bad development, instead of encouraging good development[16]
This failing can be seen in the vast array of other methods that have emerged to attempt to regulate urban design and achieve better development
design review committees
discretionary approvals (site plan review, planned unit developments)
special exceptions, zoning changes
overlay, character, neighborhood districts
historic designations and conservation districts
These have proliferated to such a great extent partly because they are the only reliable way to regulate design
Yet they are only able to maintain the existing appearance of a district, rather than guide growth into something else
private development covenants and restrictions
These have become so complex and punitive that they are often confused with zoning in the public mind—because what else could possibly be so complicated?
Net result is a system of Byzantine complexity, completely beyond the comprehension of all but a select few zoning lawyers and zoning administrators
Ludicrous over-regulation results for small projects, such that a contextual infill set of townhouses in a historic district—the sort of development that will be needed if the city is to promote more infill—requires just as many approvals and months of work as an 300-acre subdivision
The primary means of controlling design in the zoning ordinance is through setbacks and through Floor Area Ratio, a crude measure of building bulk. FAR is particularly ignorant of urban structure, block structure, and scale
“FARs by themselves give communities little control over the shape and placement of buildings”[17]
Rewards tall buildings, assembling large lots
The 110-story Sears Tower was built as-of-right under Chicago’s FAR restrictions, originally intended for 16-story high-rises
“Zoning’s lack of a positive prescription for physical form has facilitated the intrusion of incompatible development types into traditional urban neighborhoods.”[18]
4. Further amendments will only worsen matters.
Much tinkering has been done around the edges of our zoning ordinance
overlay districts
mixed use zones for downtown and neighborhood commercial streets
These changes do not address zoning’s failings in 90% of the city
Changes like these merely shovel more complexity and opaqueness onto what is already an opaque process
Changes like these are typically reactive
Every so often, someone finds a loophole in the zoning ordinance, exploits it, ruins neighborhoods, and then shames City Council into closing it using yet another zoning patch. This process is not unique to our city.
The “Vancouver Special” was a 1980s abuse of accessory unit regulation, resulting in numerous out-of-character houses[19]
“Four plus ones” and “dingbats,” apartment buildings hovering over a sunken parking podium, addressed the shortage of studio apartments in 1960s Chicago and Los Angeles but were found unsightly by neighbors
Rarely do we launch such code-fix efforts until damage has already been done to a neighborhood
Has been done a few times in conjunction with neighborhood plans, but such neighborhood-specific zoning (like overlays) just add even more complexity to the zoning code
Result is a Frankenstein of regulation: far too complex text and procedures. Neighbors and citizens cannot understand and cannot reinforce zoning administration
“And so, we have, as they say, the best—really the worst—of all possible worlds. We have every possible world.”[20]
Zoning is no longer a reliable and predictable guide to neighborhood change
Has become too easy to game the zoning system through politics
Find a zone that fits your needs (regardless of what the property is) and get the property spot-rezoned, since the assumption is that everything is ripe for rezoning
Go for a discretionary approval, under which just about anything is negotiable
The fundamental structure of zoning is unable to cope with modern concerns. Attempts to update zoning have up-ended the zoning system and made it overly complex. This complexity makes zoning inherently arbitrary and capricious, raising due process concerns.
5. The future: a form-based code
“What can you recommend, when the very theory behind such a zoning resolution—not merely its detail—needs drastic overhaul and rethinking?”[21]
“It became evident that this regulatory framework was really what was driving suburbia, sprawl, and the things that were bring criticized as being inefficient and unsustainable.” – Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk[22]
The city needs an entirely new framework for guiding sustainable neighborhood change
A new framework for zoning should not be proscriptive (thou shalt not) but instead prescriptive (thou shall), and reward performance (outcomes) rather than merely measuring inputs
As Jane Jacobs pointed out, the typical zoning ordinance focuses on use when the scale that use operates on is typically a greater determinant of its impact on the neighbors, and court cases have found that small industrial uses are largely compatible even in residential areas[23]
The basis of our zoning should be one that fosters mixed communities, rather than having segregation (by use and bulk) as its core principle
A form-based code (FBC) seeks to use buildings to shape public spaces, not to have buildings that merely enclose private spaces[24]
Such a code regulates the form (shape) of buildings, thus granting great certainty to neighborhoods about what kind of buildings will be built—particularly compared with the insufficient bulk restriction that FAR provides
An FBC also addresses in detail how buildings interact with streets and other public spaces, the basics in how buildings are “good neighbors”
An FBC is perhaps the tool best able to implement the urban design goals of New Urbanist plans; hence even cities with relatively modern codes have adopted FBCs in order to realize specific development plans
Milwaukee commissioned a specific FBC to realize Beerline B, a particularly innovative and excellent infill development
An FBC still contains use restrictions, but use controls are secondary to building form controls
Unlike a PUD or other such discretionary approval, a FBC can apply design controls equally to multiple landowners across a broad area. This allows for high-quality design, executed by many stakeholders (instead of a stultifying large project), and the evolution over time of an urban area in accordance with a plan[25]
[1] For example, New York City’s current code dates to 1961; several other cities with codes of similar age (Baltimore, Chicago, Philadelphia) have only recently rewritten their codes.
[2] Village of Euclid, Ohio vs. Ambler Realty Co., 272 U.S. 365, 47 S.Ct. 114, 71 L.Ed. 303 (1926)
[3] Hadachek vs. Sebastian, 239 U.S. 394, 36 S.Ct. 143, 60 L.Ed. 348 (1915)
[4] In the Washington, D.C. region, the primary air pollutant is ozone, of which a plurality (40%) comes from autos. “Ozone Pollution,” Clean Air Partners, accessed 5 October 2011, http://cleanairpartners.net/ozoneinfo.cfm
[5] In particular, state environmental protection agency
[6] “Stage 4 Aircraft Noise Standards,” Federal Aviation Administration, 14 CFR Part 36
[7] Dan Mihalopoulos and Michael Lipkin, “In Tough Times, Fire Department Untouched,” Chicago News Cooperative 13 May 2011
[8] “Country Comparison: Life Expectancy at Birth,” CIA World Factbook, accessed 6 October 2011, http://cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2102rank.html
[9] City of Ladue vs. Horn, 720 S.W.2d 745 (Mo.App. E.D.1986)
[10] McMinn vs. Town of Oyster Bay, 498 N.Y.S.2d 128, 488 N.E.2d 1240 (N.Y. 1985)
[11] Jonathan Barnett in Congress for the New Urbanism, Codifying New Urbanism, Planning Advisory Service 526 (Chicago: American Planning Association, 2004), p. 5
[12] Total “shelter” costs rose from 23.3% of consumer expenditure in 1918 to 32.8% in 2002, a 41% increase. Bureau of Labor Statistics, “100 Years of U.S. Consumer Spending” (BLS Report 991), pg. 10, 58.
[13] Joel Rast, Remaking Chicago (DeKalb, Ill.: Northern Illinois U.P., 2002)
[14] Jonathan Levine, Zoned Out (New York: RFF, 2005), pg. X.
[15] Euclid
[16] Ellen Greenberg in Congress for the New Urbanism, Codifying New Urbanism, Planning Advisory Service 526 (Chicago: American Planning Association, 2004), p. 39
[17] Jonathan Barnett in Congress for the New Urbanism, Codifying New Urbanism, Planning Advisory Service 526 (Chicago: American Planning Association, 2004), p. 3.
[18] David Rouse and Nancy Zobl, “Practice Form-Based Zoning,” Zoning Practice, May 2004, p. 1.
[19] John Punter, The Vancouver Achievement (Vancouver: UBC Press, 2003), p. 118.
[20] Norman Marcus, “A Brief History of the Zoning Resolution,” in Marcus, ed., Zoning for the New Century (New York: Real Estate Board of New York, 2000), p. 15.
[21] Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities (New York: Random House, 1961), p. 235
[22] Nate Berg, “Brave New Codes,” Architect July 2010, p. X.
[23] Goldman vs. Crowther, 147 Md. 282, 128 A. 50 (Md.1925)
[24] Robert Steuteville, Philip Langdon, et al, New Urbanism Best Practices Guide (Ithaca: New Urban News Publications, 2009), p. 188
[25] Steuteville et al, 186-187
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Overrated and underrated cities
Which cities did I expect to enjoy visiting, and which ones did I enjoy in reality? Here’s a 111%, completely, utterly, totally subjective look at 57 cities in North America, reduced to a scatterplot. Since the data labels might overlap, a link to the full spreadsheet is here.
Overall, I found that about 75% of cities are about as hyped as they deserve, with the hype being informed mostly by overall population and media buzz. This makes the outliers all the more interesting. The most overrated cities:
Miami (tie)
Cleveland (tie)
Boulder (tie)
San Francisco (tie)
Yes, Cleveland (4,2) tied San Francisco (9,7).
Surprisingly, I’ve found more cities are underrated, probably because I had an exceptionally fine experience:
As always, YMMV. Based on visits mostly within the past decade.
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The problem is inequality, not speculation
Monday, 17 April 2017 by payton
In 1946, even the Communist Party USA agreed that the obvious solution to a housing shortage was to build housing. Why is that controversial now?
In a recent fit of contrarian cutesiness (which I partly responded to earlier, here), Chuck Marohn wrote about out-of-control housing prices: “The simple answer is downzoning.”
That’s as dishonest an answer to the question as Tommy Lasorda, in those vintage Ultra Slim Fast commercials, saying that the secret to out-of-control weight is spaghetti-and-meatball dinners — the daily treat, rather than the three calorie-restricted, high-fiber shakes that you choke down the rest of the day.
Marohn balances his call for downzoning with a casual mention of his previous “floating height limit” idea — allowing, across all zones, somewhat bigger buildings than the norm. This would, in essence, upzone the vast majority of metropolitan American land that’s currently zoned solely for low-rise single-family residential, while lowering allowable heights in the much smaller proportion that’s subject to more-lenient commercial zoning. (Of course, in his contrarian telling, a call for raising allowable building heights for 90% of America is titled “the case for height restrictions.”)
He pins the blame for metro Portland’s housing affordability crisis — and, by extension, the broader housing-affordability crisis afflicting bicoastal Blue America — on property speculation, saying that developers are bidding up residential land prices around transit in hopes of winning rezoning to build multifamily TOD. Thus, his call for downzoning, to frighten off those vile speculators. There certainly exist a few situations where transit-oriented speculation distorts markets — I’ve written about these pretty extensively in GGWash, pointing to why “parking craters” surround Metro stations instead of 8-story high-rises.
But these are fringe situations, affecting only a few square miles across the entire country. Even when I lived in the highly desirable, transit-accessible neighborhood of Bucktown, where zoning was infamously corrupt, the upzones that the local alderman brazenly sold did not result in the dumpy single family houses being replaced with parking-light apartments, as Chuck’s hypothesis holds. In fact, the exact opposite occurred: dumpy, parking-light apartments were replaced with swanky single-family houses! In countless other areas which have been downzoned, housing prices have increased regardless of speculation.
Why? Because the price increases in Bucktown, and on Portland’s east side or Los Angeles’ west side, have little to do with transportation (Chuck’s bailiwick) — and much more to do with rising income and wealth inequality, both within and between regions, combined with a largely static land-regulation regime that hasn’t adapted. The gains accruing to the wealthiest means that the wealthy can bid up housing prices, substantially raising housing prices in high-income regions where both demand and barriers to entry are high. As I wrote earlier, this imbalance has held on for decades in some cities, particularly in coastal California, and the political dynamic that sustains it appears to be utterly implacable.
As I also wrote earlier, the economies in different regions have diverged in a way that has fed this dynamic. Economists Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh and Pierre-Olivier Weill found that “house price dispersion” between regions increased much faster than income inequality between regions (which has also been increasing): their statistical measure of the variation in house prices increased by 38 percentage points, vs. 8.6 points for wages, from 1975-2007. As their paper explains,
The increase in productivity dispersion creates flows of workers towards high-productivity metropolitan areas, driving local house prices up because of limited housing supply. Conversely, households flow out of low-productivity areas, driving local house prices down. This increases house price dispersion.
The situation has gotten even worse since the 2007 crisis, with housing prices in wealthy Census tracts increasing almost twice as fast as those in more modest areas.
Just to be sure, the Harvard Joint Center on Housing Studies examined metro-level data about the uneven recovery in house prices more closely and observed:
a strong case for the gap between recent changes in supply and demand exerting a strong upward pressure on house prices… the overriding importance of the imbalance between population growth and housing stock growth in explaining trends in prices…
Sure, pointing the finger at transit, multifamily, and TOD burnishes Chuck’s prickly-independent bona fides, a long tradition in Upper Midwest politics. But he’s searching only within his narrow sphere of expertise (transportation) to find the cause of problems that have much larger global causes — and which don’t lend themselves to his hyper-local bootstraps approach.
Update: Portlanders have already studied and diagnosed their problem — as in Bucktown, it’s inequality and McMansions, not multifamily zoning. Their solution is not downzoning, but rather to switch up the zoning in lower-density neighborhoods, increasing the number of units allowed while reducing FAR allowed.
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Globalization and the truthiness sweatshops
Monday, 7 November 2016 by payton
A few years ago, American authors like Winnie Wong and Peter Hessler stumbled across a curious phenomenon: Chinese towns that applied the mindless logic of mass production, backed by China’s unparalleled ability to conjure up entire industrial-scale supply chains from thin air, to an improbable export — schlocky oil paintings, often stroke-for-stroke knock-offs of museum treasures. These towns aren’t the colorful and carefree artists’ colonies of our imaginations (such places have largely been gentrified or touristed into oblivion); instead, they’re still dreary factory towns, complete with migrant peasants being worked to the hilt. Wong profiled the village of Dafen, one of the chengzhongcun (urban villages) embedded within the sprawl of metro Shenzhen. There are certainly fascinating original artists working within China, and zero-talent hacks passing off “art” in the West, but frankly I’m not sure what to make of mass-produced creativity.
Photo by Michael Mandiberg on Flickr
It’s a through-the-looking-glass version of the idea that cities can structure their growth around cool “creative class” agglomeration economies that turn out stylish, disruptive innovations. Of course, that assumes that customers want tasteful products — a point Barnum disproved.
Photo by Chris (dcmaster) on Flickr
Now comes word that painting isn’t the only labor-intensive “creative” industry that’s ripe for export, provided the aesthetic qualities get dumbed down along the way. It turns out that the clickbait that passes for social-media “news” has also been dumbed down to the point where it can also thrive inside a sweatshop, rather than a fancy newsroom. For instance, Macedonian child-labor sweatshops churn out truthy clickbait, according to a report from Craig Silverman and Lawrence Alexander in Buzzfeed. A few countries to the east in Russia, a cottage industry of basement-dwelling trolls (backed by an army of bot brethren) intentionally lobs multilingual insults around the globe to sow discord and upset democratic consensus.
Globalization didn’t just flood the world’s markets with cheap (and poorly made) toys, clothes, and electronics. Now it’s flooding the world’s markets with cheap (and poorly made) content, as well.
Idle speculation: Where could Uniqlo fit downtown?
Since the earlier edition of Idle Speculation was so popular, here’s another.
The area’s first Uniqlo will open today at Tysons Corner Center. Even though it’s throttled back its expansion plans in the USA, the Japanese apparel retailer says “it will continue to shutter unprofitable stores located in suburban malls and focus on opening more flagship stores in urban centres.” So now that they’re in this market, where could an urban flagship land?
SF Union Square, by Todd Lappin via Flickr
First, how large would the store be? The flagship on Chestnut Street in Center City Philadelphia has 29,000 square feet, mostly on the lower level. By comparison, the Denver Pavilions store (also opening this week) is only 17,000 square feet on two levels. Finding a space that large within downtown DC is tough, especially given that many of the office buildings there were built with office tenants, not retailers, in mind.
However, two storefront museums have or soon will vacate their spaces in tourist-rich area around Gallery Place. How do these stack up?
The more prominent location is the Spy Museum site at 800 F St NW, owned by Douglas Properties. 27,231 square feet will be available, directly opposite the Portrait Gallery and with a prime F Street address (down the street from J. Crew, Anthropologie, Zara, Ann Taylor, H&M, Banana Republic, and others), once the new spy museum opens in late 2018. However, the Spy Museum space has several strikes against it. Not only is it not possible to open a store until 2019, given construction timelines, but the interior was assembled from several rowhouses and thus has many partitions and level changes. While these are easily hid with a museum buildout, they’d result in a costly and complex renovation for a larger-format retailer who wants to keep sight lines more open. The leasing flyer seems to indicate that Douglas agrees, and would rather lease the space as four spaces ranging from 1,871 to 11,401 square feet.
Slightly less prominent, but perhaps more likely, is Terrell Place, the former Hecht’s department store at 7th and F (with Rosa Mexicano at the corner). The space vacated by the Crime Museum is now available, with up to 8,762 square feet available at street level on 7th St. What’s more important is that there’s at least 11,482 square feet available in the basement — potentially expandable to 52,751 square feet by shifting other stuff around the basement.
Which raises another possibility: there might be other office buildings in the area where vacant or underutilized basements or second floors could be added to small ground-floor spaces to yield 20,000 square feet. It used to be that landlords made all the money on offices, and only retailers selling steaks, sandwiches, sundries, or savings accounts were brought in to serve the worker bees. Now, downtown finally has the foot traffic to support real retail, and the supply is beginning to catch up.
How housing supply/demand imbalance remained for an entire generation
Thursday, 20 October 2016 by payton
Chuck Marohn puzzled a bit over housing costs over at Strong Towns last week, writing that “You can’t sustain increasing demand while also sustaining increasing prices and increasing supply.”
Would you pay $700/sq. ft. for this 2-bedroom alley house? Somebody did, paying 170% above its 2006 tax value. Sure, valuation growth like that isn’t sustainable, but what about our cities is?
You can if (1) demand grows just a bit faster than supply, or if (2) incomes are growing, or if (3) slightly more income can go towards housing — and certainly so if all three occur. Indeed, all three of these dynamics have sustained housing price inflation in gateway cities over the past generation.
This inflation has been politically possible because many existing residents (and thus voters) are sheltered from the resulting affordability crisis. Only a minority of people are exposed to housing affordability; most current residents are sheltered from price increases, having purchased or rented their housing at yesterday’s market prices. It’s pretty much only in-migrants who have to pay today’s housing prices, and since they’re migrants, they don’t vote. In-migrants are also a surprisingly small share of Americans: in any given year, fewer than 3% of Americans move across state or national borders.
1. Between job growth, smaller households, and natural growth, housing demand is increasing faster than population (and construction) in many metro areas. This has been the case in California for decades; the LAO’s 2015 paper estimates that since 1980 (my entire lifetime!), California has built 100,000 fewer units every year than it should, and yet (a) demand to live in California continues, although definitely abated; (b) prices have skyrocketed; (c) construction has added some new supply.
2. Median incomes nationally have been flat for the past generation, but macroeconomic shifts have led incomes in the richest gateway cities to soar (also see this Economist briefing). This is especially true at the top of the distribution, due to rising overall inequality. The minority of households that are exposed to high prices may very well be able to afford those prices in these cities, explain Gyourko, Mayer, and Sinai in their paper on ‘superstar cities’: “Recent movers into superstar cities are more likely to have high incomes and less likely to be poor, than recent movers into other cities… In short, residence in superstar cities and towns has become a luxury good. The cities’ increases in housing price appear to outstrip known productivity increases and the value of any additional amenities.”
Since only a small proportion of housing units trade hands each year (only 1-2% of households move into brand-new housing in any given year), “superstar cities” with rising incomes at the top and relatively few houses available see “new money” outbidding others for those few units, pulling prices up. Because house prices are based on comps, prices for other houses also rise. As Matlack and Vigdor write, “In tight housing markets, the poor do worse when the rich get richer.”
I know this seems insane, but income inequality has gotten so far out of hand that in many cities super-luxury housing is under-supplied, with tremendous consequences all the way down the housing ladder. There are over a thousand Bay Area households with million-dollar bank accounts for every single house that came on the market last year in Atherton, the choicest of Bay Area towns. Hence, house prices in Atherton have doubled in four years.*
3. Metro economies have evolved in lots of small ways to cope with higher housing prices at the margin. At first glance, “the poor will always be with us,” but in reality metro areas differ very substantially in terms of their economic makeup. Having moved from low-cost Chicago to high-cost DC, I’ve noticed that this slowly-accumulating, giant gift to high-cost-regions’ landlords has been cobbled together by squeezing a few dollars here and there from other sectors:
– Higher labor costs: the minimum wage here is about 15% higher, and high-labor-input services (like haircuts) cost substantially more here, because the staff earn more.
– A shift towards higher-wage work and reduced labor inputs (see #2 above). There are, of course, lots of well-paid jobs in DC; nearly half of households here earn over $100K. Many dual-income “power couples” who have no problem with the local cost of living. But there are surprisingly few on-site support staff for them, and instead there’s often off-site help. Even in labor-intensive industries like restaurants, on-site prep work can be minimized by relying on commissaries and distributors based in cheaper cities. (You can forget about Jacobsean “import substitution.”) Anecdotally, I’ve heard that employers are willing to make do with thinner staffing here than elsewhere.
– People work more; DC’s female labor force participation rate is 15% higher than Chicago’s.
– Housing itself can’t be substituted (everyone needs somewhere to live), but houses can be. People downgrade their locations or living standards, living in smaller or lower-quality housing units in less desirable neighborhoods than they otherwise would. They also “pay” for housing with long commutes, often from what are technically other metro areas.
– People borrow more. DC has more mortgages and higher student-loan bills than any other metro.
– People spend more on housing, and less on other goods and services. Brookings’ Natalie Holmes notes that the 20th-percentile unit in DC costs 48% of a 20th-percentile income, vs. 38% for a 20th-percentile individual in Denver.
That these coping mechanisms exist by no means implies that high prices are benign. From a local economic development standpoint, high housing prices don’t just deter potential employers, but also vacuum up dollars that could be more useful elsewhere in the local economy. Rent checks, unlike haircuts or restaurant meals, don’t have big job multipliers. As a Global Cities Business Alliance report puts it:
Citizens are spending money on accommodation that they would readily divert to goods and services if their housing costs were lower… the money ‘trapped’ in the housing market runs to billions… Unleashing this spending would in turn boost business revenues and create more jobs. Assuming that businesses were to channel all additional revenue into employment, we estimate that Beijing could generate more than 400,000 new jobs, Mexico City more than 200,000, São Paulo more than 143,000, and Hong Kong nearly 148,000.
* Chuck’s follow-up post posits that property owners are speculating on upzoning. This line of reasoning is beloved by so-called “SF progressives,” who relish pinning the blame for everything upon evil, greedy developers and the obnoxious “kids these days” who inevitably fill their apartments. Yet this densification/speculation theory cannot explain the skyrocketing housing prices that are at the very epicenter of America’s metro affordable housing crisis — in places that have zero multifamily growth and zero transit investment, but LOTS of high-wage jobs, like Atherton, Menlo Park, and Palo Alto in Silicon Valley, or Chevy Chase in Maryland, or the Hamptons. Atherton is the most extreme example: the town banned all multifamily housing and sued to stop transit, and yet house prices have doubled in four years.
Perhaps, instead of transit-oriented speculation, exclusionary, single-family-only snob zoning has left supply and demand imbalanced. Believe it or not, the demand for $3M houses in Atherton vastly exceeds the supply of $3M houses, so the $3M houses have been bid up to become $6M houses. I know this seems insane, but there are over a thousand Bay Area households with million-dollar bank accounts for every single Atherton house that came on the market last year.
There are also many fashionable urban neighborhoods where housing prices have spiraled even while housing unit density is declining: the demand for mansions is so high that humble apartment buildings get demolished for glamorous single-family houses. (Once again, life imitates the Onion.) This was even the case in my onetime home of Bucktown in Chicago, where the ward boss infamously handed out spot rezonings upon “request”; in theory, these could have been used to add units, but in practice the McMansions just got fatter.
Long-timers vs. newcomers: Census-reported rents are meaningless in some places
Wednesday, 21 September 2016 by payton
Earlier, I wrote about how the CNT/HUD Housing + Transportation Affordability index (HTA), while a very worthy addition to discussions around whether households can affordably live in suburban vs. urban areas, has a denominator problem at metropolitan boundaries, or even within metros which have severe income inequality. Yet LocationAffordability also has a numerator problem: For housing costs, it relies upon another Census data point which has One Weird Quirk.
Daniel Kay Hertz wrote an excellent “Definitive Field Guide to Median Rent Statistics” for City Observatory recently, noting that ACS-reported rents “Can’t answer: What is the median rental price facing people on the rental market today?”
The tract on the left (in downtown Brooklyn) is public housing, with a reported median monthly rent of $768; the tract on the right $2,467. But for someone just moving to town, the only vacancies are in that fancy new building.
The rents that people report paying to the Census ACS are probably true, but in a few cities they have very little relationship to what vacant apartments are renting for. In particular, as Michael Lewyn flagged (and as we wrote up in Streetsblog a while ago) cities with rent control can look amazingly cheap:
[B]y looking at average rents, which in some cities include many rent-stabilized units, the calculation doesn’t necessarily capture what someone searching for shelter is likely to pay. If you’re trying to find an apartment in New York now, getting a place for the average rent would probably be extremely difficult.
Unlike the denominator problem, which shows up at a macro level, this discrepancy only really shows up at the micro level. I just noticed it in the recent “WalkUP equity ranking” from GW’s CREUA, which (based on HTA) found suspiciously low rents reported in some very upscale neighborhoods. I suspect the typical rents found are those paid by a small number of long-term residents in subsidized or rent-controlled units (set years ago), rather than those paid by the residents of the new luxury apartments.
HUD’s new Small Area Fair Market Rents are reported down to the ZIP code level (and have the big problem of not being available everywhere), which is a much larger level of analysis than Census tract, but they’re an attempt at figuring out a systematic answer to this problem.
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Activities to Enjoy at Ramadan Gatherings Instead of Staring at your Phones
Nour Nasreldin
We all know how intensely boring Ramadan tends to get sometimes. You’re out at some Ramadan gathering with your friends or your family, yet it all becomes so plain and uninteresting in a matter of minutes. We want to help revive you all! So, we came up with a bunch of games and activities for you to enjoy doing with your loved ones. Let’s bring you back to life in 5 4 3 2 1:
1. Likes & Dislikes
Each player gets to small pieces of paper and a pen. On one paper, they write down something random and generic that they like, same with the other one but a dislike, this time. After everybody’s done writing down their likes and dislikes, you place all your folded tiny pieces of paper into a ball together. Then each player gets to pick a random paper from the ball and guess who it belongs to, and whether it is a like or a dislike for that person. 1 point for guessing the person right, 2 points for guessing the person and the the like or dislike right and 0 points for only guessing the like or dislike right.
2. Act & React
Each participant has to write down a random event on a single piece of paper, for example: “You just ran into into your ex who you haven’t seen in over 7 years, and you he/she tells you that they have kids now”. Then, as the previous game goes, you place all your papers in one bowl and pass them around for each person to randomly pick one. Whatever you get, you have to act out to the rest of the players while they try to make sense out of what you’re doing.
3. Secret Gift
Same idea as secret Santa but less fancy. Each one of you gets to pick another one of you and present them with a gift. You don’t even need to go out and buy a gift, you just rummage in your old stuff, pick a gadget, whatever it may be but you have to wrap it really well. Make it look pretty. Used shavers and expired products aren’t allowed, tho because that’s just disgusting and unhygienic.
4. Seven Minutes in Hell
Just like Seven Minutes in Heaven, but without getting touchy. You spin a bottle and the two lucky ones the bottle picks have to stare into each other’s eyes for seven long minutes without uttering a word.
5. Two Truths & a Lie
You go in turns as each one of you has to come up with two facts about themselves and slide a lie in there, as well. The other players must detect the lie. Don’t go easy on each other!
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Saudi Manga productions, a subsidiary company of the Prince Mohammed bin Salman Misk Foundation, announced a fun collaboration with NEOM.
The $500-billion megacity project in the Kingdom’s northwest will host the second season of “Future Folktales,” the Saudi animated series that attracted a global audience of over 70 million!
Dr. Essam Bukhary, CEO of Manga Productions, said: “We are delighted to collaborate with NEOM for the setting of the second season of ‘Future Folktales.’ This partnership brings Saudi Arabia’s creative industry together with NEOM, an incubator of creative capabilities and ground-breaking technologies that embodies the Kingdom’s Vision 2030.”
He also added that the link-up supported the company’s goal of inspiring future generations “to be part of the development of NEOM and build a bright future for all humanity.”
Al-Nasr said: “We encourage those in the creative industry around the world to participate in Manga’s competition which will be held in 2021.”
Abdul Aziz Al-Naghmoush, business development manager at Manga Productions, said: “Since its establishment, Manga has been committed to investing and developing talents to enrich Saudi Arabia’s creative industry.
“Our partnership with NEOM supports this commitment by being the home and future of dreamers and doers.” He added.
The global entertainment service Netflix has partnered with Saudi Arabian production and financing group Telfaz11 to produce eight new films.
This exciting collaboration will allow global Netflix members to gain an insight into the life and culture of Saudis. The mixed range of films, which will highlight the Kingdom’s knack for comedy, which will appeal to 195 millions members with diverse taste in films.
“Great stories can come from anywhere and be loved everywhere. We are expanding our library of Saudi content and showcasing the beauty of Saudi storytelling by joining forces with its creators to produce authentic and intriguing stories that will resonate with both Arab and global audiences,” Nuha El Tayeb, Director, Content Acquisitions, Middle East, North Africa and Turkey at Netflix, said. “We hope that Telfaz’s work will offer Netflix members around the world a chance to experience Saudi culture, humour and art.”
Telfaz11’s CEO and Co-Founder Alaa Fadan also expressed his excitement to join forces with Netflix, the thing that proves Telfaz11’s success, he also added the movies will “showcase for global audiences the incredible culture, locations and talent that exists within both our region and the Telfaz11 filmmaker network.”
The first of the films, which are all developed and produced by Telfaz11, is scheduled for a late 2021 release.
Netflix, the leading entertainment giant, is releasing a new cataglogue that will include 44 movies by Arab directors, such as Youssef Chahine, Youssry Nasrallah, Nadine Labaki, Moustapha Akkad, Anne Marie Jacir, Laila Marrakchi and many more.
Among the list are Saudi titles that have made their debut on Netflix this year, including the newly released and first Saudi thriller and drama series, “Whispers,” the award-winning short film collection “Six Windows in the Desert,” and the first Saudi animation movie, “Masameer.”
The new catalogue will bring together cinematic masterpieces and contemporary rising stars from the Arab world’s entertainment industry, this way giving a platform to Arab talents to display their work.
The stories come from the UAE, Kuwait, Egypt, Lebanon, Tunisia, Morocco, Syria, Algeria and Sudan.
“We want more people around the world to have access to great stories and have the chance to see their lives represented on screen,” said Netflix MENAT Director of Content Acquisitions Nuha El-Tayeb.
“We also believe that great stories come from anywhere and can travel everywhere, connecting with audiences far beyond their place or language of origin,” El-Tayeb added.
“We’re honored to share these classic and contemporary films with our members in the Arab world and globally.”
You can already find some of these film on Netflix and the rest will be available soon.
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Whether it's a bike built in a shed, a garage, a living room or done by a master builder that makes more profit on his t-shirts than bikes, you'll find them all under one roof at the One Motorcycle Show in Portland. Only in it's 6th year, the show has grown exponentially, pulling in builders and fans from all over the US.
We decided to take the long road to Portland from LA this year, mounting up on a brand new Honda CB1100 with camping gear on the back and the twisty roads in front. The only problem we had was deciding which was more fun: the ride or the show.
Housed in Portland’s South East district just blocks from popular watering holes and local fare, the One Motorcycle Show was held on a single city block site complete with warehouse, parking lot, mini bike track and vendors selling merchandise.
With a beer in hand, I waded through a sea of plaid, leather, steel and rubber with the option of purchasing cool show swag, a cup of fresh coffee from See See’s Motorcycles, or a slice of pizza from Roman Candles. All that aside, no matter where I walked I was greeted on all sides by beautiful works of art. There were motorcycles from different era’s and genre’s—some modernized, some restored, all unique and infused with touch of personal flair from their builders.
During my three days at the show, there were three motorcycles that I found myself walking past again and again. I was fortunate enough to take time to speak with each of the builders about these bikes. For the sake of space, I've included cliff notes below (stay tuned for the full character and bike profiles in the coming weeks).
The most impressive bike in the show—in my humble opinion—was a beautiful custom Honda VT500T with a turbocharger built by Dagos Toma of Strange Coast Moto.
Local Portland based builders Lance and Kyle, came together to put together and restore of a Yamaha RD400 bought on Belmont Avenue from an old man that was hesitant to sell. This bike was the result of one year of tinkering and rebuilding in order to bring it back to life.
The last of the three was a Honda CL450 Desert Sled totally tricked out by Jason Paul Michaels and Will Benedict of Dime City Cycles—with sheet metal work by Frankie Bowman. I particularly like this bike because not only does it look like something that you would want in the zombie apocalypse, but also because I've seen it romp around in the mud and it's every bit as practical as it is beautiful.
Source:https://rideapart.com/articles/one-motorcycle-show
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The Jordan team was launching a new line of shoes to celebrate the athletes who were coming out to play in the 2017 NBA All-Star Game. The Jordan brand has successfully released iconic footwear to coincide with industry events in the past. This year, they invited COLLINS to create a design system for the Gotta Shine campaign & experience.
Jordan had developed a series of iridescent shoes for the All-Star Game, and chose NBA All-Star & MVP Russell Westbrook as the featured athlete for the campaign. The creative work, which was shot by famed American photographer Carlos Serrao, captures the Gotta Shine qualities. With Russ as our inspiration, we developed a creative answer that amplifies the spirit of the All-Star Game.
The campaign ran nationally at retail, and across traditional, digital & social media.
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Who is Blake David Hampe (Arrested for stabbing a black Trump supporter in Portland)? Wiki, Bio, Incident details, Arrest, Investigations, Twitter and More Facts
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Blake David Hampe, an Antifa activist and convicted pedophile, was arrested in the early hours of Saturday after stabbing a black Trump supporter in Portland.
A convicted pedophile, Blake David Hampe, was arrested in the early hours of Saturday at the Portland antifa riot. He’s accused of stabbing @SpaceForceUSA_, a black Trump supporter. https://t.co/nLSzpye4d1
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) July 25, 2020
Black Rebel on social media
The Trump supporter and conservative, who calls himself Black Rebel on social media, has posted several updates on his condition from the ambulance and hospital. In the Periscope livestream, he alleged that Hampe stalked him and his group of friends for several blocks in Portland before stabbing him.
Black Rebel said Antifa activists denigrated his identity and posted his location on social media and advised each other to “watch out” for him.
“This knife was quite long. He stabbed me to kill me, ”said Black Rebel, who says he spotted Hampe, who was part of an Antifa group who followed his group of friends for several blocks before approaching Hampe for him. ask why he was following them.
“We were all there, four friends, trying to protect ourselves in the best possible way. I thought I would try to defuse it and just have a conversation, ”he said. “I went over there, I said to him, ‘What’s going on buddy?’
Footage of Hampe’s arrest was captured by several photojournalists
Footage of Hampe’s arrest was captured by several photojournalists, including Garrison Davis, who posted a video of the Portland Police Department arresting him.
Blaze photojournalist Elijah Schaffer captured the scenes following Hampe’s arrest. An Antifa activist verbally harassed several police officers at the scene and kicked their vehicles.
“The level of disrespect these rioters have for officials [and] people in general is second to none,” Schaffer observed.
Portland Central Police
Hampe, who was booked into the Portland Central Police District just before 6 a.m. local time, has been charged with felony assault. His bond is set at $ 250,000.
Further investigation into Hampe’s identity reveals that he was previously charged with knowingly possession of child pornography in 2007 by the US District Court in Maine.
During the 2007 arrest, the court document states that US Customs and Border Protection officers who searched his vehicle discovered “a lot of children’s goods,” including sleeping bags, children’s stickers, coins. – children’s clothing, children’s towels with superhero prints, and trading card packs – with 12-15 condoms, lube, camera, cell phone, and laptop.
Hampe, who incriminated himself during the search, said he was evicted from his uncle’s home due to a discovery of child pornography, and that he also stored the illicit material on the personal computer from her mother and had received counseling for her “problem.”
In 2008, Hampe was sentenced to 41 months in prison
In 2008, Hampe was sentenced to 41 months in prison and 10 years of supervised release.
“That’s what you get here in Portland. You cannot have freedom of expression. You can’t be a conservative or have opposing views on Antifa or they’ll try to hunt you down, put some bounties on your ass.
Let’s also not forget that Twitter allows this to happen. There are still messages from Antifa – Rose City Antifa – those mothers ** kers who actively put my number, address, information about me and try to tell me to hunt me down. Twitter openly allows this sh * t. ”
Black Rebel believes the stabbing was politically motivated.
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The further a society strays from the truth, the more it hates people who tell it. –George Orwell
When the South lost we all lost. –historian Paul Hoar (New England-born)
I don’t drink with Yankees. –Joel McCrea in “South of St. Louis”
Men more frequently require to be reminded than to be informed. –Samuel Johnson
You have a greater probability of dying on the way to the polls than of effecting the outcome of an election. –unknown
Every time Congress makes a joke it’s a law. And every time they make a law it’s a joke. –Will Rogers
There is one thing no nation can accuse us of—secret diplomacy. Our foreign dealings are an open book—a checkbook. –Will Rogers
Nothing more fatal for an individual or a large society in the long run can be conceived than this blind dependence upon an assured good fortune, and an equally blind neglect of rational processes. It opens the door to every extravagance, material and spiritual; to conceptions of universal dominion, world power and the rest of it, which in their effect are mortal poisons. –Hilaire Belloc (1938)
How often fools have hurried into battle and knaves have made a profit of them. –Donn Byrne
If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked. –Proverbs, 29:12
He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him. –Ecclesiastes, 10:18
If only Longstreet had . . . -O.Henry
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Crowing roosters cause headaches in Victoria with early morning wake-up calls
ABC Mildura-Swan Hill
By Simon Galletta and Cherie von Hörchner
Posted MonMonday 13 AugAugust 2018 at 8:15pmMonMonday 13 AugAugust 2018 at 8:15pm
Crowing roosters are causing havoc in usually quiet neighbourhoods in Victoria. (Flickr: Blackthorn orphans)
Step aside barking suburban dogs, there is a new alarm clock in town — roosters are vying for the top spot when it comes to ruining your night's sleep.
A spike in complaints from sleep-deprived residents in the Buloke Shire in north-western Victoria has prompted the council to issue a warning to owners of the world's original alarm clock.
Local laws for keeping chickens and roosters in residential areas vary around Australia, and a check with the local council is needed to determine if there is an outright ban on keeping roosters in residential areas.
Can I keep a rooster in a residential area?
Broome, WA: No
Cairns, Qld: No
Port Macquarie, NSW: Only large lot residential
Shepparton: Vic: Permit required; subject to noise restrictions
Port Lincoln, SA: Not if it causes a nuisance
Launceston, Tas: Advises against due to nuisance potential
Check precise law with your local council.
But in the case of Buloke Shire, while there is no outright ban on roosters in the townships, there is a process to go through to get approval.
"Some neighbours don't appreciate being woken up by these noisy roosters," said the council's director of community development Wayne O'Toole.
"The council has a local law that no-one can keep a rooster in a township unless [they receive] a local laws permit."
Negotiation if objection
Mr O'Toole said part of the permit application included the council visiting neighbours to enquire whether they would mind living next to a rooster.
"The reason the council would knock them back is if they do get objections … and if there's no way to negotiate around that, then we would take a report back to the council and recommend that those permits not be provided," he said.
Mr O'Toole said while the council had the power to forcibly remove noisy roosters, it was not an avenue it would like to go down.
"We don't need to get to that point where we're seizing a rooster," he said.
Two roosters are better than one? Many people who live next door to early crowing roosters do not think so. (Flickr: Rachid H)
But complaints about crowing roosters are not just confined to the Buloke Shire.
A Mildura woman in Victoria's north-west, who asked not to be named for fear of causing problems with her neighbour, said there was no chance of a sleep-in on her days off.
"From about 7am every morning, the roosters start and they set the dogs off," the woman said.
"So the dogs over the fence will start barking and they'll kick off the other [neighbour's] dogs, so it's just a chain reaction."
She said she had not raised it with her neighbour because she did not want to cause any tension.
One rule to rule them all?
Municipal Association of Victoria president Mary Lalios said it would be unrealistic to introduce one law that would govern roosters in all townships.
"Some have vast areas with not too many people in the municipality, whereas other areas such as in metropolitan areas, there's neighbours that are in very close proximity," she said.
"But I do feel sorry [for them]. I'd hate to be woken up to a rooster really, really early in the morning."
Let roosters be
Shepparton poultry farmer and part-time veterinary nurse Anne Beaty has been breeding chickens and roosters for the past 35 years and said cocks should be allowed to be themselves.
"Roosters crow, ducks quack and cows moo," Ms Beaty said.
"To me, a rooster crowing is no different to your neighbour's baby crying, your neighbour's hoon son hotting up his car, the local lads doing a race down the street in the middle of the night or the wind banging a bit of tin on somebody's shed."
Ms Beaty said it was impossible to stop roosters crowing.
"It'd be just like [trying to stop] a sheep from baaing," she said.
"They can crow at any time. If they see another rooster, they can crow to say 'stay away from my hens' and they can crow if they feel threatened by another animal, like a dog or a cat."
Tree changers' impact on breeders
Ms Beaty said complaints from tree changers were hurting breeders' businesses.
"They're complaining about the breeder's roosters crowing and so therefore the breeders can't breed them any longer," she said.
"We in the poultry fraternity are finding our numbers are dropping because people can't breed birds to show, and this is becoming a really big problem."
Ms Beaty said the best solution was to allow male chickens to stay at home and for neighbours "take a chill pill".
There's a lot of other things we should be worried about in this world rather than a rooster crowing in the morning," she said.
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From A Town Called Bel Air
Cheryl Tiegs’s supremely photogenic Bel Air mansion just returned to the market for $18.5 million. The former supermodel bought the 1950s ranch in 1996 for $2.5 million, and had it renovated into the Balinese-style sanctuary that it is today. Tiegs worked with then unknown designer Martyn Lawrence Bullard, and the project helped launch him into superstardom. (Since then, he’s worked with the likes of Christina Aguilera, Cher, Elton John, Kylie Jenner, and more.)
Set on 1.43 acres, the one-story home spans 4,770 square feet, with an open floor plan meant to encourage the flow of good energy. Vaulted beamed ceilings and large windows give the hilltop house an airy feel, and the place boasts stunning views of the city. Other design details include glossy wood floors, stenciled wood beams, and grass cloth covering the high ceilings to add a sense of Balinese authenticity. The living room and dining rooms each have their own respective fireplaces, and are connected but clearly delineated. Other spaces in the sprawling main living area include a family room with a built-in entertainment unit and a cozy den.
The kitchen revolves around a large butcher block–topped center island, and features dark brown wood cabinets offset by grass cloth panels and sliding glass doors that open to the yard outside. An intricate pressed-tin ceiling gives the space a unique look. Elsewhere in the home are four bedrooms and four and a half bathrooms, with some rather unusual design elements, including one en suite guest room with bright red wall panels and wall-to-wall zebra-striped carpeting (a stenciled black and red dragon on the ceiling completes the look). The master suite is a bit tamer, and has a sitting area, two-way fireplace, fitted walk-in closet, dressing area, and spa-like bathroom with a deep-soaking tub and connected glass-enclosed steam shower.
Out back, the home boasts a kidney-shaped pool surrounded by tall palm trees and other tropical plants, as well as a separate guesthouse, numerous pathways, and fountains. A wine cellar and meditation pavilion with Japanese tea-stained rice wallpaper and seagrass rugs round out the home’s offerings.
This is not the first time Tiegs has put the home on the market (it is listed with Jade Mills and Tiffany Mills at Coldwell Banker Global Luxury). She listed it for $12 million in 2013 and then for $15 million in 2015, but was unsuccessful in selling it both times.
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Fair price of used equipment
Probably because I mention used equipment in articles like this one, and probably because I am slightly vocal about what I consider to be hams with an overly optimistic opinion of the worth of their used junk, I am sometimes asked what I think fair prices for used amateur radio equipment would be. It being a slow weekend, I sat down and thought about it so I could put it into words and numbers.
For this analysis, I am making three assumptions: 1) that the equipment works – if it’s broken junk, that’s a whole other issue; 2) that the equipment isn’t somehow historically significant – a collector’s item of some sort; and 3) that the radio is in excellent condition with no serious blemishes, damage, etc., and comes with all its original accessories in similar condition.
In general, it seems that most of the major manufacturers have a 1-2 year warranty, and a 3-5 year product cycle. That is to say, you buy a brand new Yaesu XYZ-1329 now, and in 2020 you can probably expect an XYZ-1430 to replace it in the Yaesu product line.
Within those parameters, this is how I calculate the fair value of used equipment:
0. Start with the current advertised price of a new model of the equipment. If it has been replaced in the product line, then use the current advertised price of whatever replaced it.
1. -10% per year cumulative while still under warranty, and another -20% when the warranty comes off. Assuming a 1 year warranty, you can multiply the price from above like this: *0.9 (age < 1), *0.65 (1 < age < 2, out of warranty), *0.6 (age < 3), *0.5 (age < 5), *0.4 (age < 6), *0.25 (age < 10), *0.2 (10 < age)
2. If the rig has been replaced in the product line, apply another *0.75 for each time it has been replaced.
3. If the rig has been used in a location with smokers or dogs/cats/fur-bearing monsters, apply *0.75. People could argue this I suppose, but the amount of crap in the air getting sucked into the rig via fans just squicks me enough to apply this.
And that pretty much covers it. So if I look at something like a Kenwood TS-2000, I see an advertised price of $1700 CDN today. Therefore, a 14 year old TS-2000 from a non-smoking, non-cat home would be thus:
$1700 (TS-2000, Radioworld) * 0.2 = $340
A 10-year old Kenwood TS-850 from a cat-owning smoker would be:
$2000 (TS-590, Radioworld) * 0.25 (age) * 0.75 (smoke/cats) * 0.75 (replaced in product line) = $280
I know that many amateurs seem to think that their old equipment is as valuable today as it was when they bought it back in the 00’s / 90’s / 80’s… but that’s simply not true. In addition to the general issues of wear and tear on moving parts and time working its magic on capacitors, there’s other factors – better use of battery power, modern computer interface capaibilities, improved TX and RX capabilities, and more that can be found in an up-to-date radio. Obsolete radio equipment cannot be expected to hold its value like gold.
Anyway, that’s how I figure it, and it’s why I don’t buy much in the way of used equipment – because finding a fair price is very difficult.
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The Power Macintosh G4/1.25 (MDD 2003) is a re-released version of the Power Macintosh G4/1.25 DP (MDD) (M8573LL/A) -- due to demand from users who still needed to boot MacOS 9 -- but configured, by default, with a single processor, less RAM, a smaller hard drive, and a DVD-ROM/CD-RW "Combo" drive instead of a DVD-R/CD-RW "SuperDrive". It also May 01, 2016 · Hey all, I've had a dead Powermac MDD sitting in my room for a couple years now that I picked up for free because it wouldn't turn on. I came to the conclusion it was the PSU, so I took it out and tossed it years ago. Now, here I am, no PSU and a useless MDD. I really want to get this...
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Power Mac G4 (FireWire 800) 2003年1月31日発売. PowerPC 7455 1GHz, Dual 1.25GHz, Dual 1.42GHz : FireWire (IEEE 1394) が、より高速のFireWire 800準拠となったモデル。このモデルはPower Mac G4で唯一Mac OS 9での起動が不可能である。開発コードネーム「P58」。 Included in this page is the tips and tricks I have learned working on thousands of Apple PowerMac G4 systems we sell in our business. We upgrade and use Power Mac G4's in our business and for our personal machines. My hope is that you find the solution you are looking for included.
Sep 21, 2014 · Hey guys, I am going to receive a used Powermac G4 MDD today, and I've been thinking about modding it - I have a pretty old mATX board around, 2 Gig's of RAM and 500GB 7200rpm hard drive anyways, I have heard that there's a problem with placing PCI-e … Sep 13, 2002 · Power Macintosh g4 1. dp mdd specs mirrored drive doors m8689ll a powermac3 m8570 1914 iBook g4 12 a1133 repair guide service manual power Macintosh g4 mdd 2003 specs mirrored drive doors 2003 m9145ll a powermac3 m8570 1914c. Apple PowerMac G4 Computers user manual for PowerMac3.6 Apple power mac g4 fw800 mirrored drive doors service and repair
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The Power Mac G4 is a series of personal computers designed, manufactured, and sold by Apple Computer, Inc. from 1999 to 2004 as part of the Power Macintosh line. Built around the PowerPC G4 series of microprocessors, the Power Mac G4 was marketed by Apple as the first "personal supercomputers", reaching speeds of 4 to 20 gigaFLOPS.This was the first existing Macintosh product … Dec 11, 2009 · The PowerMac G4 MDD (Mirrored Drive Doors) was apple's G4-Based Flagship from 2002-2004. All revisions of this computer can run leopard (With 512MB+) It has a mirrored finish on the drive covers, hence the term "Mirrored Drive Doors." This computer replaced the powermac G4 "Quicksilver" and was replaced by the PowerMac G5 In 2004.
Sep 16, 2013 · I've just bought a PowerMac G4 (MDD) Dual 1Ghz off eBay. Connected it to my ADC monitor and power, pressed the power button and... nothing. The power light comes on while I'm pressing it, but that's all. I opened the machine, removed the RAM and tried it - nothing. I reseated the RAM and tried again - nothing. I swapped the battery - nothing. The Power Mac G4 is a series of personal computers designed, manufactured, and sold by Apple Computer, Inc. from 1999 to 2004 as part of the Power Macintosh line. Built around the PowerPC G4 series of microprocessors, the Power Mac G4 was marketed by Apple as the first "personal supercomputers", reaching speeds of 4 to 20 gigaFLOPS.This was the first existing Macintosh product …
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Power Mac G4 (FireWire 800) 2003年1月31日発売. PowerPC 7455 1GHz, Dual 1.25GHz, Dual 1.42GHz : FireWire (IEEE 1394) が、より高速のFireWire 800準拠となったモデル。このモデルはPower Mac G4で唯一Mac OS 9での起動が不可能である。開発コードネーム「P58」。 The PowerMac G4 MDD tower, aka the “Wind Tunnel” Mac, appears to have reached this point. The PowerMac G4 MDD (Mirrored Drive Doors) was the final iteration of the very successful PowerMac G4 line. Sold in single and dual processor configurations, these were the last Macs which could be dual booted into Mac OS 9 and OS X; newer G4 models
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Included in this page is the tips and tricks I have learned working on thousands of Apple PowerMac G4 systems we sell in our business. We upgrade and use Power Mac G4's in our business and for our personal machines. My hope is that you find the solution you are looking for included. Feb 16, 2009 · You may ask an Apple authorized reseller and service center if they can help. I have one in my area, and when I called about a power supply for a Quicksilver 2002 G4 system, they assured me I could get one. That was about a year ago, and the Quicksilver 2001 systems have or …
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Dec 11, 2009 · The PowerMac G4 MDD (Mirrored Drive Doors) was apple's G4-Based Flagship from 2002-2004. All revisions of this computer can run leopard (With 512MB+) It has a mirrored finish on the drive covers, hence the term "Mirrored Drive Doors." This computer replaced the powermac G4 "Quicksilver" and was replaced by the PowerMac G5 In 2004. Jan 30, 2020 · PowerMac G3 B&W PowerMac G4 PowerMac G4 Cube PowerMac G5 Others Retail Cases Modders Tools CNC Templates PCB Templates Hardware/Parts Hand Tools Power Tools The Tools Announcements UniBeast UniBeast Archived Threads MultiBeast MultiBeast Bug Reports MultiBeast Feature Requests MultiBeast Archived Threads
Full text of "Apple PowerMac Manual: powermac g4" (U.S. only) or ARIS (Canada only) system and refer to the Power Mac G4 Service Price Pages. Large businesses, universities, and K-12 accounts must provide a purchase order on all transactions, including orders placed through the AppleOrder (U.S. only) or ARIS (Canada only) system. So I found a rather heavily used G4 Dual 1GHz MDD at a surplus/thrift store for $25 and was debating whether or not to buy it. There's no guarantee it works, and it has no hard drive (the previous owners destroy hard drives before getting rid of their old computers), but at that price, I think the gamble could be worth it, as this is the second most powerful Mac to be able to run OS9 (behind
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Oct 10, 2010 · Hey everyone! Today I've got a really excited video. As you all know, I picked up a faulty Dual 1.25GhZ MDD a few months ago, and I planned on fixing it. … For over 15 years, Powerbook Medic has been providing parts, repair, and service for a variety of gadgets. In that time, over 500,000 orders have left our facility for US and international destinations to help save old devices from the landfill and bring them back to working condition.
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Sep 16, 2013 · I've just bought a PowerMac G4 (MDD) Dual 1Ghz off eBay. Connected it to my ADC monitor and power, pressed the power button and... nothing. The power light comes on while I'm pressing it, but that's all. I opened the machine, removed the RAM and tried it - nothing. I reseated the RAM and tried again - nothing. I swapped the battery - nothing. Sep 16, 2013 · I've just bought a PowerMac G4 (MDD) Dual 1Ghz off eBay. Connected it to my ADC monitor and power, pressed the power button and... nothing. The power light comes on while I'm pressing it, but that's all. I opened the machine, removed the RAM and tried it - nothing. I reseated the RAM and tried again - nothing. I swapped the battery - nothing.
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Wisconsin OWI video transcription
In Wisconsin it’s important to know that it is not necessary for an officer to actually see a person driving to being able to stop him or her for an OWI or DUI. It’s enough that a person has either turned on the ignition or has left the motor vehicle running while the vehicle is in the park position. The fact that a vehicle may be immobile due to engine problems or being stuck on a mound of dirt with the wheels spinning does not preclude an officer from arresting the driver for OWI and DUI. If you beeen arrested in Wisconsin it’s important for you to contact a skilled attorney right away to protect your rights.
Wisconsin drunk driving law (DUI / OWI) prohibits a person from driving or operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, a controlled substance, or a combination of alcohol and a controlled substance, or any other drug which makes a person less capable of safely driving.
Drunk driving defense is a specialized area. Let one of the qualified DUI LAWS attorneys find a solution to your legal problem if you, or someone you care about, has been arrested for DUI or OWI. Contact a Wisconsin DUI LAWS lawyer near you for a free consultation by calling 1.800.DWI.LAWS.
Operating Under the Influence of an Intoxicant or Other Drug (OWI)
In this respect, the law does not specifically prohibit driving "drunk"; but more accurately prohibits driving under the influence, which is commonly referred to as DUI or OWI for operating while impaired or operating while intoxicated. Note that it is not necessary for an officer to actually see a person driving to being able to stop him or her for OWI or DUI. It is enough that a person has either turned on the ignition or has left the motor running while the vehicle is in the park position. In fact, the statutory definition of operation is "the physical manipulation or activation of any of the controls of a motor vehicle necessary to put it in motion." The fact that a vehicle may be immobile due to engine problems or being stuck on a mound of dirt with the wheels spinning does not preclude an officer from arresting the driver for OWI / DUI.
The Legal Limit
The law also prohibits driving or operating with a prohibited alcohol concentration (PAC), commonly referred to as the "legal limit." Wisconsin's legal limit is .08 for first OWI, second OWI, and third offense OWI. The legal limit will remain .02 on fourth and subsequent OWI offenses.
Counting OWI / DUI Offenses
All OWI / DUI offenses (this includes out of state convictions) since January 1, 1989, will count as follows:
If a person has two or more OWI / DUI violations after January 1, 1989, they will stay on the driver record permanently. However, if a person has one OWI / DUI violation within 10 years, then a subsequent OWI / DUI offense outside the 10-year period will be considered a first.
Once a person gets a third OWI / DUI - related offense, the two priors will count. In other words, a person could have two first offenses, but could never have three first offenses. The third is always a third, regardless of when the two priors occurred provided they were after January 1, 1989.
Effective September 30, 2003, if a person is convicted of a first offense OWI / DUI with an alcohol concentration of .08 or more but less than .10, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation is required to purge the offense from its records. Otherwise, all OWI / DUI - related records are to be kept permanently.
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Wisconsin Vehicle Sanctions
Seizure and Forfeiture:
On a third and subsequent OWI / DUI - related conviction in Wisconsin, a judge may order seizure of the vehicle used in the offense and owned by the person who committed the offense. The seized vehicle will be subject to forfeiture proceedings.
On a third and subsequent OWI / DUI - related conviction, a person who owns a vehicle that is subject to seizure must surrender the title to the vehicle involved in the offense to the clerk of courts to be stamped "Per section 346.65(6) of the Wisconsin statutes, ownership of this motor vehicle may not be transferred without prior court approval." The title will be stamped and returned to the owner. Failure to surrender a certificate of title is subject to a $500 fine.
Wisconsin Ignition Interlock Devices:
Ignition Interlock Devices (IIDs) can be ordered as a license restriction on second and subsequent OUI / DUI offenses or for a refusal of a chemical test under the implied consent law. Unlike vehicle seizure, Ignition Interlock Devices are tied to a person's operating privilege rather than to a particular vehicle.
An Ignition Interlock Devices is a device that is installed in a vehicle as part of the starting mechanism, which requires the driver to provide a breath sample by blowing into the device. If the sample is above a set alcohol concentration level, the device will not allow the vehicle to start.
Ignition Interlock Devices can be ordered for any length of time from one year to the maximum available revocation period for the offense. For example, on a fourth offense OWI / DUI, a court could order a two-year revocation and a three-year Ignition Interlock Devices restriction. This would require the driver to have an Ignition Interlock Device even after he or she is finished with the occupational license period.
Ignition Interlock Devices are installed at the defendant's expense. It is a violation of the IID license restriction for a driver to have another person blow into the device or to operate any vehicle without an Ignition Interlock Devices.
Immobilization is any device or mechanism that keeps the vehicle immobilized. For example, the "Club" could be installed on the steering wheel or the vehicle could be towed to an impound lot.
Immobilization may be ordered on second and subsequent OWI / DUI offenses for a period of one year to the maximum license revocation period allowed.
Defendants pay the cost of immobilization.
The Division of Motor Vehicles notes on its records that a vehicle is subject to immobilization as well as when it is actually immobilized.
Immobilization is restricted to the vehicle used in the OWI / DUI offense.
Wisconsin Fines and Penalties
First offense OWI / DUI is a forfeiture violation subject to a fine of $150 to $300, plus an OWI surcharge of $355, and license revocation from 6 to 9 months, except first offense OWI with a BAC of .08 or more, but less than .10, there is no surcharge or other additional fees.
Second offense OWI / DUI has a fine range of $350 to $1,100 plus the $355 surcharge, jail from 5 days to 6 months, and license revocation from 12 to 18 months.
Third offense OWI / DUI has a fine range of $600 to $2000, plus the $355 surcharge, jail from 30 days to 1 year, and license revocation from 2 to 3 years.
Fines for third and subsequent OWI / DUI offenses are increased according to the prohibited alcohol concentration as follows:
.17 - .199 = double fine ($1,200 - $4,000)
.20 - .249 = triple fine ($1,800 - $6,000)
.25 and above = quadruple fine ($2,400 - $8,000)
Fourth offense OWI / DUI has a fine range of $600 to $2,000, plus the $355 surcharge, jail from 60 days to 1 year, and license revocation from 2-3 years.
Fifth and subsequent OWI / DUI is a felony offense. There is a mandatory minimum fine of $600 but not more than $2,000, plus the $355 surcharge, imprisonment of not less than 6 months or more than 5 years, and a license revocation of 2 to 3 years.
Fines, jail time, and revocation/suspension periods are all doubled for a person convicted of OWI / DUI when a person under age 16 is in the vehicle at the time of the offense.
All OWI / DUI offenses carry six demerit points, except chemical test refusals, and if convicted, a mandatory alcohol assessment/evaluation to determine the nature and extent of their alcohol problems.
Wisconsin Occupational Licenses
On a first OWI / DUI offense, a person is immediately eligible to apply for an occupational license. There is no waiting period. On a second OWI / DUI offense, there is a 60-day waiting period; and on third and subsequent OWI / DUI offenses, there is a 90-day waiting period.
An Application/Petition and Order for Occupational Operator License must be submitted to a Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) service center, where it is processed and then forwarded to the DMV Compliance and Restoration Section for review. There is a $40 application fee and the person must file proof of future financial responsibility, usually in the form of an SR-22, or submit proof of insurance.
Wisconsin's Implied Consent Law
The Implied Consent Law means that any motorist on Wisconsin's highways has deemed to have given consent to one or more tests of his or her breath, blood or urine, for the purpose of determining the presence or quantity in his or her blood or breath, of alcohol, controlled substances, controlled substance analogs or other drugs, or any combination of alcohol, controlled substances, controlled substance analogs and other drugs, when requested to do so by a law enforcement officer.
To invoke the Implied Consent Law, an officer must read the Informing the Accused form to the person arrested for OWI. The arresting law enforcement agency must be prepared to administer two of the three chemical tests at its own expense. One of the two tests will be designated as its "primary" test. This will either be the Intoximeter EC/IR breath test or a blood test taken at a nearby hospital. If a person submits to the agency's primary test, he or she is entitled to an "alternative test" that the agency must provide free of charge. Further, the person is also entitled to a test administered by a qualified person of that person's choice at his or her own expense. However, a person is not entitled to either the alternative test or the test of choice if he or she does not submit to the agency's primary test first.
Do you have to take a chemical test in Wisconsin?
No. But a refusal on a first OWI / DUI offense will result in a one-year license revocation and a 30-day waiting period for an occupational license. In contrast, on a first OWI / DUI offense when the person takes the chemical test and is subsequently convicted, there will be a 6 to 9 month license suspension and no waiting period for an occupational license. Further, a chemical test refusal counts as an offense for purposes of determining how many prior OWI / DUI offenses a person has. The only valid legal reason for a refusal is if the person is physically unable to submit to the test due to a physical disability or disease unrelated to the use of alcohol, controlled substances, controlled substance analogs or other drugs. That determination will need to be made by a judge at a separate refusal hearing.
Please note: Laws change frequently and thus the information provided should not be relied upon as legal advice. To be certain, contact a criminal defense attorney for a legal assistance. 1800DUILAWS.com is not liable for any misinformation that users obtain from using this site.
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Nonetheless, Manchester has one of the fastest growing economies in the UK, and had a Gross Value Added (GVA) of £42 billion in 2011. Despite a dramatic decline in printing throughout the world, Manchester remains the second largest producer of newsprint in the UK. The finance, banking, and insurance sector supports a staff of 15,000 locals at sixty financial institutions, the largest of which is the Cooperative Group.
The tourism industry supports another 40,000 jobs, and 19,000 positions currently exist in the media industry. The education sector is also an important source of employment. Salford University, the University of Manchester, Manchester Metropolitan University, and the Institute of Science and Technology together support 33,000 employees, and draw more than 80,000 students to the city, creating the largest concentration of students in the UK. Manchester Recruitment agencies have also reported a high number of offerings in the retail sector in recent months.
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Last month I described how the Finnline and adequate yellow time can put an end to dangerous panic stops at signaled intersections. Here are some additional remedies to improve the traffic flow.
The legitimacy of installing a signal for a private property is dubious at best. And because of the way many are timed, they are particularly obnoxious.
A few weeks ago, Walmart opened a new store on highway 231 across from the Garrett Coliseum in Montgomery. Like at every other I had seen, it had a signal installed at its entrance. Because it—like many of the others—trips immediately as soon as one vehicle pulls up to the exit, it can pile up as many as 40 or 50 on the highway every minute or two.
One solution is to prohibit installing signals for private properties. If that should prove impractical, they could at least be timed so the green lights on the highways do not change immediately—they would change only after at least 30 seconds have passed. That would allow several cars to accumulate at an exit and pass through each time a signal is tripped. As soon as the exiting traffic has passed, the light would change and remain green on the highway for no less than two minutes before turning red again. The stops on the highway, for a typical time period, would be reduced three or four fold. The highway’s capacity and flow would be greatly increased.
This same strategy should be applied at every intersection along highways and major arteries. Some lights are already timed in this manner, but there are many that trip immediately.
At any signaled intersection, the green light should always default on the highway. The light should never change unless it is tripped. And unless cars continue to pass over the tripping device during each cycle, the green on the side road and the red on the highway should be minimal—no more than 30 seconds.
There are many highways that have signals that spontaneously turn red and stop traffic when absolutely nothing comes along to trip them. And often, the lights remain red for one or two minutes while dozens of angry motorists sit and watch nothing but the wind cross the highway. These abominations should be eliminated immediately.
Protected left turns can also be nightmares. For starters, there are far too many of them. The only time a protected left turn is desirable is when a substantial amount of the traffic flow actually turns left—25% at the very least. I can’t even count the numerous intersections along major highways that have protected left turns for miniscule side roads that have almost no traffic. This enables a single car to pile up dozens of others coming from the opposite direction. In addition, the protected left turn often stays green long after the last car has passed over the left turn sensor, long enough for eight or ten cars when perhaps one or two, and often none, actually turn left. Eventually, the backed up traffic on the highway gets a green light.
There are two types of protected left turns. The more desirable turns from a green arrow to circular green, which allows people to continue to make left turns as long as the oncoming traffic has cleared. The other, undesirable type changes from a green arrow to red. If someone is waiting at one of these, he has to sit and wait for the light cycle. A dozen or more cars coming the other way must also stop and wait before they can proceed. When this is multiplied by numerous similar signals, traffic flow suffers.
There are many intersections that need signals for only a few peak hours each workday and none at all on weekends and holidays. A very simple way to improve the flow is to program these signals to go into flash mode during all non-peak hours—yellow on the highways and red on the side roads. This is already practiced on a few inner city streets and highways during late night and early morning hours, but these hours could be greatly expanded and extended to the outlying and rural areas.
And finally, there are some intersections that should just not have signals, period. The street and highway departments are reluctant to disclose the criteria that are applied to warrant a signal, but from my own experience, I have observed numerous intersections that would be better off without them, but not even a single one that did not have a signal but needed one. As usual, our overgrown government agencies tend to over-regulate almost always and under-regulate almost never. We need to turn that trend around.
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Republicans Pushing Themselves Off the Cliff
During the 2012 presidential election, the far-left Agenda Project Action Fund produced a video showing vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan pushing granny off the cliff because he had the supposed audacity to propose a sensible budget, rather than the money-tree approach of Democrats.
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Instead of becoming vice president, Ryan landed only one step behind the VP in the presidential succession as Speaker of the House. While he didn’t push granny off the cliff, he did push himself and his party off a cliff by undermining the president of his own party as often as he could.
Ryan ended up on the board of Fox News, reportedly wanting to use his position to “do something” about President Trump. It seems other fellow congressional Republicans, including Ryan’s 2012 running mate Mitt Romney, had similar aspirations.
Trump is still president, although his path to a second term is becoming narrower by the day. Establishment Republicans, particularly those of the NeverTrump variety, are eager to “move on” from the 2020 presidential contest, happily accepting the results of a crooked and stolen election, with vague promises of electoral reform and a more favorable outcome in 2024.
Only two-thirds of House Republicans joined in the Texas lawsuit, meaning the other third was happy to send Trump packing, pushing him, and their party off the cliff. If the political parties were reversed, does anyone doubt that 100 percent of Democrat House members would have backed the lawsuit?
Yet they are oblivious to the fact that this is their last stand, the last chance for the Republican Party to have any relevance or power on a national stage. Are they that clueless? I think not. Getting elected to Congress may not require raw intelligence but does reflect enough political savvy to understand the precarious spot the Republicans are in, about to be pushed off a cliff.
We are looking at numerous credible allegations of election fraud, from late-night ballot dumps to mandated observers being excluded from watching ballot counts. It was Pee Wee Herman in a boxing ring with Mike Tyson, with Pee Wee about to have his head knocked off. The arena lights suddenly went out and when they went on a minute later, Tyson is out cold with Pee Wee dancing in delight as the new champion. How plausible would that be? Yet that’s what happened on election night.
The Supreme Court took a pass over “standing” in the Texas challenge. Funny, I thought our government was based on “We the People.”. If electoral fraud in four states determines the president for all 50 states, it seems those in the other 46 states have “standing” to cry foul, that their votes were nullified. Will other cases before the high court fare any better? Will SCOTUS rule differently if a few words change in the case filing?
Where are the Republicans through this travesty? A few like Rep Jim Jordan or Senator Ted Cruz are making noise, but the rest are looking at their feet, hoping to not be called on to comment on the election, willfully ignoring the imminent demise of their political party.
If a national election can be stolen, so can a couple of Georgia Senate seats. Stacey Abrams, who has still not conceded her loss in the Georgia gubernatorial election, joins fellow Democrats calling on Trump to concede. How many ballots will she “find” on election night? Surely enough to swing the election to the two Democrat candidates.
An evenly split Senate means that a VP Harris, at least until Joe Biden is pushed off the cliff, and a new VP replaces Harris as she ascends to the Oval Office, breaks any senate vote ties in favor of Democrats. That’s when Republicans join Dementia Joe at the bottom of the cliff.
If Democrats can steal one presidential election, they can certainly steal another one, and enough Congressional elections for a permanent Democrat majority in the Executive and Legislative branches of the federal government. Elections will no longer matter as the winner will be preordained by the ruling class.
Democrats can add states to the union, Washington D.C., Puerto Rico, and a split California, giving them a solid Senate majority. Eliminating the filibuster, as promised, will make Republican objections to any bill or nomination irrelevant.
A stacked Supreme Court, as also promised, will allow the left to rewrite the Constitution to suit Bernie, AOC, and George Soros, rather than Hamilton, Jefferson, and Madison.
Medicare-for-all and the Green New Deal will soon be the law of the land, as will open borders and tens of millions of new Democrat constituents. Expect a carbon tax as we sign on to the Paris Climate Accord. Iran will be back to building nukes and China will control of most of corporate America.
Barr can appoint all the special counsels he chooses. What’s to stop Biden from firing them all? If Trump did that it would have been obstruction of justice. If Biden does the same it will simply be to stop wasting time and money on a partisan witch hunt, the media backing Biden.
Mitt Romney and Susan Collins will have their Senate seats and Sunday morning talk show gigs where they can tut tut over Democrat policies, knowing they are powerless to stop anything. There is no view from the bottom of the cliff as ineffectual Republicans will soon learn. But the ruling class, of both parties, will retain power, profit, and control, as long as they support the deep state and foreign interests.
The next month is crucial, as options are running out for President Trump to correct an egregious wrong, one that will forever change America for the worse, from a beacon of freedom and liberty to a banana republic on the way to civil war or outright failure.
Trump knows the stakes, for him, his family, and his supporters, knowing that a Biden administration would go scorched earth on all of them, as a warning to any other outsiders daring to challenge the ruling class.
This election is about far more than Trump versus Biden. It’s about the future of America. Trump is the only thing standing between the land of the free and a takeover by globalists, including China and the United Nations, conquering America in the name of socialism and communism.
It’s now or never. Inaction is not an option, simply pushing the GOP closer to the cliff edge, ready to fall into the abyss when Joe Biden is sworn in come late January. With America not far behind.
Brian C. Joondeph, M.D., is a Denver-based physician and freelance writer for American Thinker, Rasmussen Reports, and other publications. Follow him on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Parler, and QuodVerum.
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Written by ACR Staff. Last updated July 17, 2019.
Which Indiana colleges have game design degree programs?
List of Indiana Schools with Game Design Degree Programs
Indiana University Bloomington
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis Indianapolis
Indiana University Kokomo Kokomo
Purdue University West Lafayette
Below is an Indiana school that offers a game design program:
Indiana University, Bloomington
Programs: BA Telecommunications with a Focus in Game Design; BS in Game Design; BA Media - Interactive and Digital Media concentration
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), Indianapolis
Programs: BS/MS BS in Media Arts & Science + MS in Human-Computer Interaction; BS Media Arts and Science with a Focus in Gaming, Programming
Indiana University Kokomo, Kokomo
Programs available: BA and BS in New Media Communication with Concentration in Video Game Design
Purdue University, West Lafayette
Programs: BS Computer Graphics Technology - Specialization in Computer Gaming Development
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Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! - Recommendations
Alt title: Eizouken ni wa Te wo Dasu na!
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Aoi will never forget how she felt the day her high school animation club’s labor of love was shown at the cultural festival. The sense of awe and the feeling of accomplishment that came with completing their very first project are exactly what encouraged Aoi and her club mates to enter the animation industry in the first place. But two years later Aoi has graduated, and now that she works as a production assistant for a big-name animation studio, the daunting reality of her job has somewhat diminished her enthusiasm. Despite the long hours and the punishing schedule, Aoi still hopes to fulfill the promise she and her club friends Ema, Shizuka, Misa, and Midori made: to one day reunite and make a real animated feature of their own as professionals!
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Reasons you might like Shirobako...
ran88 says...
Both are about the process of making anime. Whilst Shirobako focuses more on the management side of things, Eizouken focuses more on the creative part.
Decuplets says...
Whilst both are about animation production, Shirobako's storylines tend to follow more on the side of office politics that threaten to bring the company to a halt. So far in Eizouken (episode 7), there doesn't appear to be any major factors as to why they should stop making animation.
There are also an element of using your imagination to rationalize or fantasize the process.
Eizouken is definitely more stylized compared to Shirobako, coming very close to notebook doodles at times. However, I'd argue that this keeps the characters from becoming somewhat stilted like they do in Shirobako, but the stylization choice is dependent on whether or not this is a viewer's cup of tea.
Moritaka Mashiro feels as if life is passing him by; with no dreams or motivation, he trudges through day-to-day life. One day, after leaving his notebook behind, he returns to school and finds the smartest guy in class, Takagi, waiting for him. Takagi is happy to return the book, but on the condition that Mashiro agrees to become a mangaka with him. Though Mashiro initially declines, he soon reconsiders when he discovers that the girl he likes, Azuki, dreams of becoming a voice actress. And after promising that she can have the lead role if their manga is ever adapted into an anime, he suggests that they get married once they are both successful! Shockingly, she agrees to the proposal and Mashiro and Takagi embark on their quest to become manga artists.
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Reasons you might like Bakuman....
kashim94 says...
È un anime che si accosta ben con io mondo dei manga.
Molto simile a jeep tours banda off eizouken.
Da vedereeee assolutamenteeeee non perdetevelo!
Animation Runner Kuromi
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Twenty year-old Mikiko Oguro (known as Kuromi to her co-workers) has just entered the dream job of a lifetime -- animation! However, upon her arrival to the famed Studio Petit, Kuromi is in for a surprise: her predecessor just quit, leaving her with the project, and the seemingly unattainable deadline! Now, with only a week left until the key animation is due, Kuromi must wrangle up the group of slackers who must finish Time's Journey 2 before it's too late!
Animation Runner Kuromi 2
It has been three months since the completion of Time's Journey 2, and Kuromi and her staff have new challenges on the horizon: THREE shows to prepare! With morale at an all-time low and the frames not coming in, Takashimadaira, a veteran producer (and a bit of a slave driver) is called to the scene for the emergency at hand. Can the crew pull it together under the stress of their newfound leader's supervision, or are the new series simply destined to fail? Failure is not an option with Kuromi on the job!
Thermae Romae x Yoyogi Animation Gakuin Collaboration
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Genshiken: Second Generation Specials
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Musashino Animation has gone through unprecedented changes and things are looking bleak for the studio. One day, Aoi Miyamori is offered a role managing a new theatrical animation project. With only a few months left before the deadline, can MusAni complete the project in its current state? It's up to Aoi to work alongside both familiar faces and new to finish the project in time!
Bakuman.: Deraman.
A recap episode of the first two seasons of Bakuman.
Bakuman. 3
Moritaka Mashiro and Akito Takagi have come a long way since they started making manga in middle school, but trials still await them as they head towards their goal of getting an anime adaptation for one of their manga. As they continue to grow as artists and as people, they will be faced with new friends, new rivals, and new hurdles to overcome.
With their manga, Detective Trap, about to begin serialization, Mashiro and Takagi are on cloud nine. But just obtaining a regular series in Shounen Jack is only the start, as they must work harder than ever to stay high enough in the rankings and avoid cancellation. Now, as the pair gets used to working with both assistants and their new editor, the enthusiastic and inexperienced Miura, they prepare to battle it out in the user surveys. But have they struck it lucky with their new editor, and will they be able to keep up the pace as they compete with their friends, take the manga world by storm, and attain that all-important goal of having their story become an anime?
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Projecting US Primary Care Physician Workforce Needs: 2010-2025
Stephen M. Petterson, Winston R. Liaw, Robert L. Phillips, David L. Rabin, David S. Meyers and Andrew W. Bazemore
The Annals of Family Medicine November 2012, 10 (6) 503-509; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.1431
Stephen M. Petterson
1The Robert Graham Center, Policy Studies in Family Medicine and Primary Care, Washington, DC
Winston R. Liaw
2Virginia Commonwealth University, Department of Family Medicine, Richmond, Virginia
For correspondence: winstonrliaw@gmail.com
Robert L. Phillips Jr
David L. Rabin
3Georgetown University, Department of Family Medicine, Washington, DC
David S. Meyers
4Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Washington, DC
Andrew W. Bazemore
PURPOSE We sought to project the number of primary care physicians required to meet US health care utilization needs through 2025 after passage of the Affordable Care Act.
METHODS In this projection of workforce needs, we used the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey to calculate the use of office-based primary care in 2008. We used US Census Bureau projections to account for demographic changes and the American Medical Association's Masterfile to calculate the number of primary care physicians and determine the number of visits per physician. The main outcomes were the projected number of primary care visits through 2025 and the number of primary care physicians needed to conduct those visits.
RESULTS Driven by population growth and aging, the total number of office visits to primary care physicians is projected to increase from 462 million in 2008 to 565 million in 2025. After incorporating insurance expansion, the United States will require nearly 52,000 additional primary care physicians by 2025. Population growth will be the largest driver, accounting for 33,000 additional physicians, while 10,000 additional physicians will be needed to accommodate population aging. Insurance expansion will require more than 8,000 additional physicians, a 3% increase in the current workforce.
CONCLUSIONS Population growth will be the greatest driver of expected increases in primary care utilization. Aging and insurance expansion will also contribute to utilization, but to a smaller extent.
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With passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), health insurance coverage will expand to an additional 34 million people in the United States.1 After Massachusetts mandated health insurance in 2006, primary care wait times increased, even though the state has the second highest ratio of primary care physicians to population of any state and a robust network of community health centers2,3 Reports statewide of physicians with limited capacity to see additional patients prompted Dr Mario Motta, President of the Massachusetts Medical Society, to declare that universal coverage does not equal universal access.4 Insurance expansion is expected to have a greater impact nationally, as the use of services by the nation's 46.3 million uninsured is likely to rise.5 President Obama has recognized this challenge and called for an immediate and long-term expansion of the nation's primary care physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. Our aim is to explain the potential size of this growth.
Prior research has consistently demonstrated the association between having insurance and increased health services use. The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) projected that universal coverage will increase use of all physicians by 4%,6 while the Bureau of Health Professions projected a 5.2% increase.7 Our analysis uses population-based nationally representative utilization data to project the number of primary care physicians needed to address expected increases in use due to insurance expansion. These data can be combined with supply projections to determine whether a shortage will persist.
Our analysis differs from previous projections in the following ways. First, we focused on primary care services. Second, in determining need, we incorporated recommendations from recent studies to adjust our primary care physician workforce estimates to account for physicians either not seeing patients or not providing primary care. Further, we used a nationally representative health utilization data set, not previously used for these types of studies, but that allowed us to more accurately estimate projected primary care use. Finally, we adjusted our projections to account for the estimated impact of insurance expansion made possible through the ACA. As a result, we come to a somewhat different conclusion about future needs and how to meet them.
Researchers have disagreed about the existence of a physician shortage. In 2008, the AAMC projected a shortage of 124,000 full-time equivalent physicians by 2025 with primary care accounting for the largest share (37% or 46,000 full-time equivalents).6 Similarly, an analysis by Colwill et al8 projected that increased workloads combined with a declining supply would create a shortage of 44,000 generalists by 2025. Both argued that an expanding and aging population would consume more resources.9,10 Others contend that current primary care scarcities are due to geographic maldistribution, which may not improve even if the supply increases without specific policies regarding training, recruitment, and retention.11,12 Regardless, as insurance expands, use of primary care physicians will change, raising concerns about the adequacy of the current workforce.
To calculate future primary care physician workforce needs, we began by estimating current primary care utilization rates and the size of the current US primary care physician workforce. These figures were used to estimate the average number of annual visits a physician conducts. Next, using Census data and current primary care utilization, we projected the number of annual primary care visits Americans will make based on population growth and aging. Finally, using the differences in current primary care utilization rates between those with and without insurance, we estimated increases in primary care utilization as a result of the ACA's insurance expansion. On the basis of the expected number of annual primary care office visits and our estimate of the number of visits a primary care physician conducts in a year, we calculated the future primary care physician workforce needs.
Current Annual Primary Care Physician Office Visits
To determine the number of primary care office visits, we used the 2008 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS), which is administered by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and collects data from a nationally representative sample of individuals and families regarding health conditions, health status, use of medical services, insurance coverage, and access to care. MEPS queries a sample of the civilian, noninstitutionalized population regardless of their health care use, thereby allowing estimates of mean office visits by age, sex, and insurance status. Using data from MEPS, we calculated the mean number of primary care physician office visits per person, defined as visits to a general practitioner, family physician, pediatrician, geriatrician, or general internist. On the basis of our analysis (described subsequently), we estimated that 46.4% of all physician office visits are to primary care physicians. This figure is slightly lower than but comparable to data from the 2007 National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS) showing that 50% of all physician office visits are to primary care physicians.13
Number of Primary Care Physicians
We identified primary care physicians in the 2010 American Medical Association (AMA) Masterfile by selecting physicians in direct patient care with a primary, self-designated specialty of family medicine, general practice, general internal medicine, general pediatrics, or geriatrics. To address the fact that the AMA Masterfile undercounts retirees,14 we adjusted the figures after comparing the age distribution of physicians in the AMA Masterfile with the subset of these physicians who could be matched in the National Provider Identifier database. We then decreased general internist counts by 20% to account for hospitalists and those in non–primary care settings15 and decreased counts for family physicians, pediatricians, and geriatricians by 5% to account for those working primarily in urgent or emergency care.*
Our 2010 figures may undercount physicians as we excluded the nearly 10,000 physicians with unspecified specialties and 20,000 physicians with unknown patient care status. Others have voiced concern that the Masterfile does not adequately capture physicians who have left direct patient care, however. Without more reliable data, we assumed that these issues are offsetting.
Number of Visits per Primary Care Physician
We divided the total estimated annual number of physician office visits by the estimated number of practicing physicians to determine the current annual visits per primary care physician in the United States.
Projected Primary Care Physician Office Visits
We calculated the mean number of office-based visits to primary care physician for each age category and sex, using MEPS from 2008 for the insured and uninsured populations. To determine the impact of population expansion and aging, we applied these rates to the US Census Bureau projected populations for 2010-2025 for population groups by age category and sex to calculate the total office-based visits for the entire projected population.
Projected Need for Primary Care Physicians
To estimate the number of primary care physicians needed to accommodate the projected number of office visits given population expansion and aging, we divided the total number of projected visits by the current number of annual visits per physician.
To estimate increased primary care physician use after the ACA goes into effect, we first calculated the number of physicians needed with universal coverage. To calculate the total office-based visits for a universally insured population, we multiplied the mean number of office-based visits (using MEPS data for insured patients only) by the entire projected US population (for each age and sex category) and substituted this figure into the aforementioned equations to calculate the number of physicians needed under universal coverage. The marginal primary care physician need was estimated by removing the physicians needed as a result of population aging and growth.
This marginal need was then multiplied by the proportion of the currently uninsured who are likely to receive coverage under ACA to account for those who will remain uninsured despite the ACA, calculated as the ratio of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) yearly estimate of the increased percentage of insured under the ACA and the percentage of uninsured in the absence of ACA.* These projections do not account for the likely geographic maldistribution of additional primary care physicians. They are also conservative in that certain segments of the uninsured (such as older individuals) may be sicker than the insured and could use more services if insured.16
In 2008, according to MEPS, Americans made 977 million office visits to physicians, 462 million of which were to primary care physicians. These figures are similar to those available from NAMCS, which show 994 million visits to physician's office and 50% of those—497 million—to primary care physicians. For the civilian, noninstitutionalized population, this value represents a mean of 1.60 primary care physician visits per person yearly. On average, women made more office visits than men, and older adults made more than younger ones (Figure 1). The insured made more visits than the uninsured with the gap widening as people age. Men were more likely to be uninsured than women, with men aged 18 to 24 years being the most likely to be uninsured.
Number of office-based visits in 2008 by age, sex, and insurance status, and percentage of patients uninsured.
The AMA Masterfile indicates that there were 246,090 primary care physicians in direct patient care in 2010 (Table 1). After adjusting for retirement or those practicing as hospitalists, in emergency departments, and in urgent care centers, 208,807 primary care physicians provided office-based primary care in that year. In a parallel analysis of the 2008 AMA Masterfile, we estimated that there were 243,360 primary care physicians in direct patient care. Using the same proportion of unadjusted to adjusted counts as in 2010 (208,807/246,060 = 84.8%), we estimated an adjusted count of 206,369 (243,360 × 84.8%) in 2008.
Table 1. Numbers of Primary Care Physicians in Direct Patient Care, 2010
In 2008, assuming 462 million total office visits to primary care physicians and 206,369 such physicians, we estimated 2,237 visits per primary care physician yearly. The United States had 1 practicing primary care physician for every 1,475 persons, not accounting for variations in distribution.
According to Census projections, the population will increase by 15.2% from 2010 to 2025.9 Although all segments are expected to increase, the population aged older than 65 years will grow by 60%, while those aged younger than 18 years will increase by 13%. The population thus will both increase overall and age. Using these projections and the mean office visits for each age and sex category calculated for our base year of 2008, we project that the total number of office visits to primary care physicians for the United States will increase from a base of 462 million in 2008 to 565 million in 2025. Because of aging, the average number of visits to primary care physicians increases from 1.60 in 2008 to 1.66 in 2025.
Assuming the average primary care physician sees 2,237 visits yearly, to meet the increased need for primary care office visits, additional physicians will be required. By 2025 the United States would require nearly 260,687 practicing primary care physicians, an increase of 51,880 from the current workforce (Table 2). Most of this increased need is attributable to gradual population growth and aging (Figure 2). In contrast, the increase from insurance expansion will occur more abruptly, with the bulk of the increase expected in 2014 and 2015.
Table 2. Projected Primary Care Physician Need Under Various Conditions by Year
Growing need for primary care physicians, 2010-2025.
ACA = Affordable Care Act.
With nearly 209,000 primary care physicians in 2010, the United States will require almost 52,000 additional primary care physicians by 2025—about 33,000 to meet population growth, about 10,000 to meet population aging, and about 8,000 to meet insurance expansion.
In 2011, Hofer and colleagues17 projected utilization after insurance expansion and demonstrated that insurance expansion will result in 15 to 24 million additional primary care visits. Using similar sources and methods, we estimate an additional 19.5 million visits. Hofer et al17 concluded that these visits will require an additional 4,300 to 6,900 primary care physicians, whereas we estimate 8,000 primary care physicians are needed. This discrepancy may be explained by differences in assumptions regarding productivity.
They project how many physicians would be needed if all were full time, estimating that a full-time, well-established family physician sees 3,500 visits yearly. Our estimate incorporates a lower productivity figure based on the number of office visits yearly the current primary care physician workforce conducts. This lower figure encompasses the realities of medical practice where competing demands—administration, teaching, research, hospital work, and part-time practice—result in many physicians not conducting office visits full time. We therefore approximate that 8,000 primary care physicians will need to enter the workforce to do the work of 6,000 full-time equivalent office-based primary care physicians.
The ACA included several measures to support the primary care workforce. In 2010, the Health Resources and Services Administration distributed $168 million to expand the number of medical school graduates entering primary care residencies and $75 million to increase training for physician assistants and nurse practitioners. This one-time investment is expected to produce 500 additional physicians, so even if these positions were maintained for 10 years, only 5,000 additional primary care physicians would be trained. Sustained funding for primary care training was also proposed in the President's 2011 budget. In addition, the ACA revitalized the workforce development infrastructure by establishing a National Health Care Workforce Commission and directed an $11 billion investment to community health centers over the next 5 years.18,19
A rich source of additional primary care physicians exists in the current internal medicine pipeline. The number of internal medicine residents choosing primary care has decreased with most subspecializing.20 Increasing the number of internal medicine residents pursuing primary care would increase primary care physicians at no additional cost. The ACA included provisions to increase the attractiveness of primary care. Proposed increases for primary care physician reimbursement from Medicare and Medicaid, emphasis on patient-centered medical homes, and outlines for a national primary care extension service, if funded and implemented, would help support a satisfied and productive primary care physician workforce.
In addition to increasing the primary care physician supply, policy makers must also consider distribution issues. Our estimates do not account for the uneven distribution of services whereby some areas experience pervasive shortages. The newly insured will only exacerbate this maldistribution if they cluster in physician-scarce areas. Policy options that increase the size of the primary care workforce without addressing distribution will be less successful. More funding for programs such as the National Health Service Corps has the potential to reverse this inequity.
It is critical to recognize that there are many limitations inherent in these projections. We used MEPS, which did not allow for calculation of visits to physician assistants or nurse practitioners. Regarding productivity, we adjusted neither for differences between specialties21 nor for decreases in productivity over time.22 In projecting workforce needs, we held constant 2008 utilization rates. This projection thus does not reflect potential changes in primary care—such as increases in efficiency from information technology, non–visit-based models, or moves toward patient-centered medical home models. Furthermore, we did not account for the effect of high-deductible health plans, although they may decrease utilization.23 We assumed that current use projects future use, and did not attempt to address optimal utilization. We did not project pent-up demand and commensurate higher utilization that may occur as formerly uninsured individuals become insured. Finally, we could not determine the percentage of time in direct patient care and therefore could not account for non–office-based activities. This possibly accounts for the low number of visits yearly per physician.
Projecting use under various scenarios informs a larger assessment of workforce demand and supply. Further analysis is needed regarding the supply of primary care physicians adjusting for physicians entering and leaving primary care. Research and guidance regarding the appropriate response of graduate medical education will be critical to ensuring that the workforce can meet the projected increases in utilization. More research is required on the association between workforce ratios and outcomes, such as the ratio of primary care physicians per population that would minimize costs and improve quality. It will also be important to understand where the uninsured are located and where access is limited.
Population growth will be the greatest driver of increased primary care utilization, requiring approximately 33,000 additional primary care physicians by 2025. Aging will also contribute to needs, but to a smaller extent, while insurance expansion will require 8,000 additional primary care physicians. In areas with an adequate primary care physician workforce, the projected increase in utilization may be met by increases in productivity. Given current maldistribution, however, we cannot expect increased demand to be met by increased productivity universally. Capacity building thus requires both immediate and long-term attention to deliver on the ACA's promise of better, more affordable, and more accessible care.
We would like to acknowledge Barbara Culliton for her assistance in editing the manuscript.
Funding support: This research was funded in part by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality through contract number HHSP233200900359P, reference number AHR1256.
Conflicts of interest: authors report none.
↵* This figure is based on an analysis of American Board of Family Medicine data showing that roughly 5% to 6% of family physicians report spending more than 50% of their time in urgent or emergency care (Petterson S et al, oral communication, Oct 13, 2010).
↵* CMS provides yearly estimates of the impact of ACA on insurance expansion starting from 2010.
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Disclaimer: The statements and opinions expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not represent the official position of the Department of Health and Human Services or the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The information and opinions contained in research from the Graham Center do not necessarily reflect the views or policy of the American Academy of Family Physicians.
Received for publication February 10, 2012.
Revision received May 31, 2012.
Accepted for publication June 19, 2012.
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Ilhan Omar underperformed Biden by more than perhaps any House Democrat thanks to a 3rd party candidate and well-funded GOP rival
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ep. Ilhan Omar speaks during a news conference outside of the U.S. Capitol on January 27, 2020 in Washington, DC. Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images
Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Minnesota Democrat, handily won a second term this month, but underperformed President-elect Joe Biden by more than perhaps any other Democratic candidate in the country.
There are a slew of factors that likely impacted Omar’s race, including a third party on the ticket, a supremely well-funded Republican opponent, and the fact that she was virtually guaranteed to win reelection.
But Democratic operatives and Minnesota politicos told Insider that Omar’s underperformance was largely in line with down-ballot Democrats across the state, who underperformed Biden, particularly in the suburbs.
Rep. Ilhan Omar, a progressive Minnesota Democrat, handily won a second term this month, but underperformed President-elect Joe Biden by more than perhaps any other Democratic candidate in the country.
While Biden won 80% of the vote in Minnesota’s fifth congressional district — one of the most progressive in the country — the outspoken congresswoman won 64%, a 14-percentage point drop from her 2018 election.
There are a slew of factors that likely impacted Omar’s race, including a third party on the ticket, a supremely well-funded Republican opponent, and the fact that she was virtually guaranteed to win reelection. But Democratic operatives and Minnesota politicos told Insider that Omar’s underperformance was largely in line with down-ballot Democrats across the state, who underperformed Biden particularly in the suburbs.
A pro-marijuana alternative and a well-funded Republican
Experts chalked up much of Omar’s underperformance to pro-marijuana legalization third parties, which recently achieved major party status and made it onto the ballot this year. The pro-cannabis candidate in Omar’s district won 10% of the vote, most, if not all, of which pollsters say would have gone to Omar.
Donna Victoria, a Democratic pollster, called the third-party candidate the “single biggest factor” in Omar’s underperformance. She said many voters likely felt compelled to vote for Biden given how competitive Minnesota’s presidential race was expected to be, but may have felt more confident in casting a symbolic third-party vote in Omar’s race as she was virtually guaranteed reelection.
“I don’t think it’s a very sexy answer, I think it’s a structural answer,” Victoria told Insider. “With Trump insisting he was going to win Minnesota, you weren’t going to risk skipping Biden.”
Tim Lindberg, a political science professor at the University of Minnesota Morris, said Omar was hurt most by the pro-marijuana third-party, which siphoned votes from Democrats across the state, and the significant money and negative messaging leveraged against her. Like fellow progressive freshman congresswomen of color, who call themselves the “Squad,” Omar has attracted outsize national attention — and vilification — over the last few years.
“Whether it was the more xenophobic, racist kind of messages – ‘go back to your country,’ or whether it was more of a message of corruption or of nepotism, she was really targeted because of her role as part of the Squad and as a lightning rod for Republicans everywhere, but also for President Trump,” Lindberg said.
—Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) November 25, 2020
Her reelection race reflected that dynamic: Omar’s Republican opponent, Lacy Johnson, raise almost double the amount of money she did — $10.1 million to Omar’s $5.4 million.
In 2018, Omar’s Republican opponent spent just $23,000.
Suburban ticket-splitting
Down-ballot Democrats in Minnesota particularly underperformed Biden in the suburbs.
Minnesota was at the center of the nationwide protests for racial justice and against police brutality. It was George Floyd’s death at the hands of Minneapolis police in May that sparked months of Black Lives Matter protests, some of which involved rioting and violence.
Some moderate Democratic voters were likely put off by Omar’s call to dismantle the Minneapolis police department, criticism of her campaign payments to her husband, and a series of anti-Semitic remarks she’s made. Omar also attracted a well-funded moderate primary opponent, whose attacks likely stuck with some portion of Democratic voters.
Blois Olson, a Minnesota-based political communications strategist, pointed to Biden’s success and Omar’s lackluster support in the wealthy Minneapolis suburb of Edina — a longtime bastion of country club Republicans that flipped blue nearly a decade ago. Olson argued Omar’s underperformance in Edina is an indication that some suburban voters were turned off by Omar’s more progressive politics and polarizing profile.
“One of the takeaways is, Democrats can’t go that far or they will begin to lose the suburbs quickly,” Olson told Insider. “She’s a bridge too far for upper middle class suburban voters.”
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Supporters attend a campaign event with Dr. Jill Biden, wife of Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Joe Biden, at Utepils Brewery on October 3, 2020 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Stephen Maturen/Getty Images
But across the state, Republican state legislative candidates won down-ballot even when the same voters picked Biden over Trump.
This came as voter turnout in Minnesota jumped by about 11 percentage points to a staggering 80% this year — the highest turnout of any state in the country in a year when more Americans voted than ever before.
Biden did much better against President Donald Trump in Minnesota than Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton did in 2016. Biden won the Midwestern state by about seven percentage points — a nearly six point swing against Trump from 2016, when Hillary Clinton won the state by 1.5 points.
Biden ran up his lead in Omar’s district, which had among the highest turnout of any in Minnesota.
Omar’s spokesperson, Jeremy Slevin, told Insider that Biden’s large lead in Hennepin County had much to do with the Omar campaign’s get out the vote effort.
Slevin said Omar’s general election campaign devoted nearly all of its manpower and resources to boosting turnout for Biden. The campaign primarily worked with the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, knocking doors even while most Democratic campaigns across the country halted door-knocking during the pandemic.
“We didn’t campaign for ourselves after the primary,” Slevin said. “Biden vastly overperformed Clinton in 2016 and we’re proud of that. That’s what our goal was. Our goal wasn’t to pad our numbers.”
Olson credited Omar, who endorsed and campaigned with Sen. Bernie Sanders during the Democratic primary, with the surge in turnout in Minneapolis.
“That’s what she did, she delivers the grassroots,” Olson said.
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2017 Fall Caribbean Rally Round-Up
Posted by Carol_Bareuther December 20, 2018 Cruise Tags: Atlantic Rally for Cruisers (ARC) Caribbean 1500 Cruising Rally Salty Dawg Rally 13 Min Read
What to Know about Transient Slip Space in the Caribbean
Setting sail from the continent to the Caribbean remains one of the great sailing adventures. The last three decades has seen the popularity of cruising in company soar, a concept that’s not new since Christopher Columbus traveled in a fleet of three vessels during his famous 1492 voyage. Cruising rallies are especially gaining interest from veterans who enjoy the sociability and first time offshore sailors who appreciate the safety. Here’s what’s new from four popular Caribbean rallies taking place this year:
North Atlantic Rally for Cruisers – Avocet in Blue Hill Bay
North Atlantic Rally for Cruisers
Departure: October 28
Destination: St. Maarten, via Bermuda
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Practiced yacht owners and professional skippers form the nucleus of the 18th annual North Atlantic Rally for Cruisers, which homeports out of Newport Yachting Center. Here, discounted dockage is available starting October 23. A weather briefing, dinner for all skippers and crew are part of the pre-rally activities. The rally stops briefly in Bermuda at the St. Georges Dinghy and Sports Club and then continues to IGY’s Simpson Bay Marina, in St. Maarten.
“We expect to have the usual 15 to 20 boats,” says organizer, Hank Schmitt, who is also the chief executive officer of Offshore Passage Opportunities (OPO), a crew network service based in Huntington, New York. “We have four Swans in the Swan Program and three boats from Rob Swain Sailing School as well as the usual boat repeats heading south. The NARC Rally has always ended in St. Maarten, but if boats wanted to go to the BVI or somewhere else I never made them finish in St. Maarten. We will continue that idea and let boats decide where they wish to base for the winter. The NARC boats are usually scattered from Grenada to Puerto Rico.
One of this year’s ralliers is John Slingerland, from Beverly, Massachusetts, who will sail his Oyster 41, Avocet, for the third time in the NARC. Slingerland, who this summer set a personal record of 58 consecutive hours under spinnaker during the Marblehead to Halifax Ocean Race, says what he enjoys best about the rally is the camaraderie and excitement of setting off on a challenging trip and the pleasure of learning things from other like-minded sailors.
For first time NARC ralliers Slingerland recommends, “Get the right number of crew with the right number of sailors who know what they are doing. It’s usually safer to pick crew you know, but one time I took someone Hank recommend. The guy was a great person, excellent sailor and mechanical engineer so he fixed stuff. We sailed to St. Maarten with an inoperable engine that he got working long enough to power five minutes through the bridge into Simpson Bay,” he says. “In addition, if it’s your boat, be prepared to cut a check in each port for stuff that breaks. That way, it becomes part of the deal and isn’t a big deal. If your spouse isn’t onboard, get com gear to make a call or send an email halfway and try to get him or her to join you at the other end. Also, learn weather routing and have fun.”
In the wake of Hurricane Irma, Schmitt, through his OPO, has started an online St. Maarten Relief Fund to help those in the nautical community. To donate, visit: www.sailopo.com/store.aspx
Bill Knowles (left), co-founder of the Salty Dawg Rally, shares a dram with one of the Salty Dawgs
Salty Dawg Fall Rally
Departure: November 2
Destination: Antigua
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Bluewater sailors who enjoy a full range of social activities will set sail in the 7th annual Salty Dawg Fall Rally, hosted by the nonprofit Salty Dawg Sailing Association (SDSA). Prior to the departure from the Bluewater Sailing Center in Hampton, ralliers have a chance to participate in a wide array of social, technical and educational activities, including the annual Salty Dawg Halloween Party. New talks this year include how to make your own ‘killer Mahi lure’ and inside info on how the USCG uses high tech methods in their search and rescue efforts.
A fleet of about 80 boats, a mix of monohulls and multihulls ranging in size from 34- to 70-feet, are expected to set sail.
New this year, the rally will end in Falmouth Harbour, Antigua, instead of the British Virgin Islands, says SDSA director Hank George. “With the widespread damage across the BVI, we have changed the destination for the rally. While they did sustain some damage on Antigua, it was quite light. Their sister island of Barbuda sustained major and quite serious damage but not so with Antigua. Our visit to Antigua by such a large fleet will help bring much needed revenue to that island nation and aid in its recovery.”
In Antigua, George says, ralliers enjoy many of the same benefits that they are accustomed to in the BVI such as wonderful anchorage opportunities in Falmouth Harbour, historic sites in Nelson’s Dockyard, excellent marine services, plenty of opportunities for socializing, fascinating hikes and super dining options. Antigua also offers excellent flight connections to the US, England and Europe for crew flying out or guests coming in.
To support the Dawgs long-time rally home, the SDSA has started its tax-deductible Salty Dawg BVI Relief Fund. The organization’s volunteers have been working with local BVI Rotary and similar groups to channel all contributions to where it’s needed most. To contribute, visit: www.saltydawgsailing.org/hurricane-relief-fund/
Carib1500
Destination: British Virgin Islands
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Returning veterans and cruising newbies from the US, Canada and UK will take part in the Carib1500, organized by the World Cruising Club, headquartered in Cowes, UK. The fleet’s largest boat is the Canadian Hanse 575, Spritzer, with rally stalwart Karina, a Tayana 55, the next largest. Six boats close the list at just over 40-feet, with Belize Magique, a Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 40 being officially the smallest. Preparatory seminars and parties take place at the Ocean Yacht Marina, in Portsmouth. Underway, the ‘safety in numbers’ popularity of rallies extends offshore with satellite trackers on each vessel, daily weather forecasts and nightly SSB radio chats. Social activities continue at the end destination, Nanny Cay Marina, in Tortola, British Virgin Islands.
“Since Hurricane Irma in September, the message we have had from the BVI, is that the community wants visitors to return, and that they will be open for business and able to give a warm welcome to returning boaters. In fact, Nanny Cay’s new marina basin was undamaged in Hurricane Irma,” says WCC communications director Jeremy Wyatt. “The reaction from our ralliers has been overwhelmingly positive. In coordination with www.sailorshelping.org, many of our boats will carry practical supplies to aid and assist the communities after our arrival and many crews are keen to lend a hand with practical skills as engineers and technicians.”
A good example of Carib1500 sailors, who used this event as a learning experience for longer cruises, are Steve and Kate Jenkins. The couple sailed their 44-foot Antares, Blue Summit, in the 2015 Carib1500. Since then, they have cruised half of the World ARC 2016, explored the Pacific for two years, and will soon complete their first circumnavigation.
ARC+Cape Verdes
Las Palmas, Gran Canaria
Destination: St. Lucia, via Sao Vicente, Cape Verde
Departure: November 19
Destination: St. Lucia
Experienced cruisers as well as those fulfilling a bucket list dream to cross the Atlantic make-up the capacity 300-yacht fleet for both the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers (ARC) and the ARC+. The latter of which gives ralliers a short layover in Cape Verde prior to the transatlantic crossing to IGY’s Rodney Bay Marina, St. Lucia. Some 1500 sailors, ranging from three to 80 years old and representing more than a dozen nationalities, will enjoy a pre-departure program of seminars and safety briefings along with local tours and social activities planned in St. Lucia.
The average length of boats in this year’s fleet is just below 50-feet. However, the Pogo 30, Avel Biz, is the smallest in the ARC, while at the other end of the spectrum and sailing in the ARC+ is the Sparkman & Stevens sloop, Altair. Multihulls have proved extremely popular, according to the WCC’s Wyatt, with an impressive total of forty-four catamarans and three trimarans on the entry list.
The industry-award-winning Lagoon 42-2 tops the list as the most popular model of boat in the ARC with seven sailing this year. It’s the first time a catamaran has been top of the pile as the boat of choice, showing the growing popularity of cruising on two hulls. A radical cruising boat in the fleet is the Rapido 60. Designed to be sailed double-handed, this 60-foot cruising trimaran is expected to break records.
“The ARC will be particularly special for two boats who are returning to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria three decades after they set off for their first ARC journey, as younger generations follow, quite literally, in their parents’ wake,” says Wyatt.
One is the 45-foot Cetus, Mateńka, built by Nikodem Jasiński in 1986 and sailed by him in the ARC 1987 to Barbados, where the rally used to make landfall. Back then, few Polish sailors took on such a journey as crossing the Atlantic. Thirty years later, and armed with Jasiński’s meticulously kept log books, his daughters Elisa and Joanna, have gotten Mateńka Atlantic-ready again for ARC 2017. The other is Haji, a Rival 38A which was built and sailed by Frank Nixon in the 1987 edition of the ARC. His son David and granddaughter Amy will now deliver Haji back to the Caribbean again, sailing the Cape Verde route.
The ARC is a popular ‘launch-pad’ for a round the world adventure, with 22 boats this year signed-up to sail on around the world from Saint Lucia in January with the World Cruising Club’s World ARC Rally.
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Carol_Bareuther November 30, 2017
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DS Automobiles has become the latest car brand to announce that all its new car lines will include electrified versions.
Unlike Volvo, which made a pledge last year to include EV powertrains across its range from 2019, DS has promised it for six years later, from 2025.
DS chief executive Yves Bonnefont said: "Starting in 2025, each new DS will be launched exclusively with electrified powertrains. Our ambition is very clear: for DS to be among the global leaders in electrified cars in its segment.
"Our strategy is underway with the arrival of DS 7 Crossback E-TENSE 4x4, fitted with a hybrid (petrol-electric) drivetrain and boasting 300hp, and is to be followed soon with the presentation of the first 100% electric DS model.”
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To place an Order, an active electronic mail account is required. If the Order is placed via the Order form available on the Online Shop website, the Customer places the Order with the Seller electronically, which constitutes an offer to conclude an Agreement for the Sales of the Goods being the subject of the Order. The offer made electronically shall be binding for the Customer if the Seller sends – to the electronic mail address provided by the Customer – a confirmation of acceptance of the Order for processing, in the form of the Seller’s declaration of acceptance of the Customer’s offer; upon its receipt by the Customer the Sales Agreement shall be concluded.
The sales Agreement shall be concluded in Polish, English as selected by the Customer, and its provisions shall correspond to the Terms and Conditions.
Order can be placed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Orders will be completed at maximum within 7 business days after the charge will be posted to Online Shop account as successful. However, ART AND CAT team will do everything possible to shorten shipping time to a minimum.
Online Shop will begin order completion after the Order is successfully placed and payment due for the Order and shipment is made.
V. Terms and conditions for the sale of Electronic Books and other digital content
Before buying product at the store, the customer should check whether the electronic devices on which he wants to open the file support the format in which it is saved. The seller does not guarantee that the product purchased will open on any electronic device that has this function .
The customer can order products twenty-four hours a day via the website artandcat.com .
To place an order, the customer must:
choose a product using the “ADD TO THE CART” option,
choose the payment method for the order and make a payment.(see chapter VI ).
The order will be processed when Seller receives confirmation of payment. After receiving information about the payment made, Seller will send a message to the e-mail address provided by the Customer at the time of registration, with information confirming receipt of payment for ordered products and information on how to download products.
If it is not possible to complete the order, the seller will inform the Customer about the situation by sending a message to the e-mail address provided by the Customer at the time of registration. If the Customer pays for an order that can not be completed within 72 hours, the seller will refund the funds deposited to the bank account from which the payment took place.
Due to the nature of the products sold (benefits that due to their nature can not be returned), the customer is not able to withdraw from the contract or cancel the order after payment for the product (see chapter IX)
The purchased and paid products will be available to the customer after logging in to www.artandcat.com and going to the “Moje Pliki” subpage.
In order to download the purchased product, click on the button with the EPUB,, PDF,VOD markings next to the product.
Storing products purchased by the customer on the “My Files” page is a free additional service.
All products offered by Seller are protected by the Act of 4 February 1994 on copyright and related rights and may be used only on the terms set out in these regulations.
A copy of the product purchased from artandcat.com is intended only for personal use within the limits of the license granted. All rights are reserved unless the copyright owner grants a clear license. Except for situations permitted by law or obtaining permission from the copyright holder, any reproduction, editing, displaying, renting, public screenings or other dissemination of the contents of this copy or parts thereof or parts is strictly prohibited.
The customer is obliged to ensure that no unauthorized persons use the products purchased at artandcat.com in a manner inconsistent with the law or regulations.
V. Delivery of the goods
Delivery of the Goods is limited to the European Union countries and it is performed to the address indicated by the Customer when placing the Order.
Delivery of the Goods is carried out by a post operator or parcel delivery company.
On the Shop websites, in the description of the Goods, the Seller informs the Customer about the number of Business Days needed to process the Order and to deliver it, as well as about the delivery charges.
The deadline for delivery and processing of the Order shall be calculated per Business Days.
If the ordered Goods have different delivery deadlines, the longest deadline shall apply to the whole Order.
VII. Prices and methods of payment
The prices for the Goods are provided in PLN, EUR,USD, GBP as selected by the Customer and include all elements, in particular VAT(Value added Taxes ) and other charges.
The Customer may choose the following payment methods:
a) bank transfer to the Seller’s bank account (in this case the Order’s processing shall commence after the Seller sends a confirmation of acceptance of the Order to the Customer, and the Goods shall be dispatched immediately after the funds are credited on the Seller’s bank account and after the Order is completed);
b) electronic payment PayPal or tpay.com (in this case the Order’s processing shall commence after the Seller sends a confirmation of acceptance of the Order to the Customer and after the Seller receives information from the system of the payment processing agent that the Customer has made the payment, and the Goods shall be dispatched immediately after the Order is completed).
When making a payment, the Customer will be informed immediately before making the payment about the amount in which the payment should be made, about the possible methods of its execution and about the data of the payment provider, if the given service is possible. Detailed terms and conditions for making payments through the operators performing electronic payments are available on the website of the given operator.
When making a payment via an electronic payment operator, the User should follow the instructions given by the operator of electronic payments in order to make a payment.
VIII. The right to withdraw from the Agreement
The Consumer can repudiate a purchase contract for a product without giving reasons for a cooling-off period of 14 clear days from the date of delivery. The Seller may ask the Consumer about the reason for the withdrawal but cannot force him to state his reason(s).
The Consumer can terminate an agreement for services or an agreement for delivery of digital content that is not delivered on a physical carrier without giving reasons during at least 14 days. The Seller may ask the Consumer about the reason for the withdrawal but cannot force him to state his reason(s).
The Customer may compose the declaration by himself or use the form of declaration of withdrawal from Agreement (see Returns and Complaint).
The 14-days’ deadline shall be calculated from the day when the Goods were delivered or – in the case of an Agreement for Services – from the day it was concluded.
Upon receipt of the Consumer’s declaration of withdrawal from the Agreement, the Seller shall send a confirmation of receipt of the declaration of withdrawal from Agreement to the Consumer’s electronic mail address.
In the case of withdrawal from a distance Agreement, such an Agreement shall be deemed not concluded. What the parties have rendered shall be returned in an unchanged condition, unless the change was necessary within the scope of the ordinary management, in particular to determine the nature, features and functioning of the item. The items should be returned immediately, not later than within 14 days.
The purchased Goods should be returned to the address of the Seller, attaching the proof of purchase.
The Seller shall immediately, but not later than within 14 days from receipt of the Consumer’s declaration on withdrawal from the Agreement, return to the Consumer all the payments he has made, including the costs of delivery for the Goods. The Seller shall refund the payment with the same method of payment as was used by the Consumer, unless the Consumer agrees to another way of refund, whereas such a refund shall not generate any cost for the Consumer.
The Seller may withhold the refund of payment received from the Consumer until he receives the returned item or the Consumer provides a proof of its return dispatch, whichever comes first, unless the Seller offered to pick up the item from the Consumer by himself.
If the form of delivery of the Goods selected by the Consumer is other than the least expensive, regular form of delivery offered by the Seller, the Seller shall not be obliged to refund to the Consumer any additional costs he has incurred. The Customer shall only incur the direct cost of return of the Goods, unless the Seller has agreed to incur that cost.
IX. Exclusion of the right of withdrawal
The right to withdraw from Agreement by the Consumer shall be excluded in the following cases:
a) for rendering services, if the Seller has performed the service in full with express consent on the part of the Consumer who had been informed – before the service was commenced – that upon completion of the service he shall lose the right to withdraw from agreement;
b) for an agreement the price or remuneration for which depends on fluctuations on the financial market that are beyond control of the Seller and that may occur before the lapse of the time allowed for withdrawal from the agreement;
c) for an agreement where the subject of the service are non-prefabricated Goods manufactured as per the specifications of the Consumer or serving to satisfy his unique needs;
d) for an agreement where the subject of the service are Goods which deteriorate quickly or have a short shelf life;
e) for an agreement where the subject of the service are Goods delivered in a sealed packaging that cannot be returned if opened, due to health protection issues or for sanitary reasons, if the packaging is opened after delivery;
f) for an agreement where the subject of the service are Goods which after delivery, due to their nature, remain inseparably connected with other items;
g) for an agreement where the subject of the service are alcoholic beverages, the price of which was agreed on conclusion of the Sales Agreement, and which may be delivered only after 30 days, and the value of which depends on fluctuations on the market that are beyond control of the Seller;
h) for an agreement where the Consumer expressly requested the Seller to visit him in order to perform an urgent repair or maintenance; if the Seller additionally performs other services than those requested by the Consumer, or if he delivers other Goods than the spare parts necessary for the repair or maintenance, the Consumer shall have the right to withdraw from agreement as regards the additional services or Goods;
i) for an agreement where the subject of the service are audio or video recordings or computer software delivered in a sealed packaging, if the packaging is opened after delivery; the delivery of journals, periodicals or magazines, except for a subscription agreement;
j) for an agreement concluded in a public auction;
k) for an agreement for rendering services in the scope of accommodation, other than for residential purposes, transport of items, car rental, catering, services connected with leisure, entertainment, sports or cultural events, if the agreement indicates the day or period when the service is to be rendered;
l) for an agreement for the delivery of digital content which is not recorded on a material carrier, if the performance of the service commences upon an express consent of the Consumer before the lapse of the time for withdrawal from agreement and after he has been informed by the Seller about losing the right to withdraw from the agreement.
The Seller shall have a sufficiently notified complaints procedure in place, and shall handle the complaint in accordance with this complaint procedure.
The Seller undertakes to deliver Goods free from defects.
The Seller shall be liable towards the Customer who is a Consumer, under warranty for defects in accordance with the provisions laid down in Article 556 – 576 of the Civil Code.
Complaints arising out of a breach of the Customer’s rights guaranteed by law or under these Terms and Conditions should be sent to the following address “ Jarocin (63-200), Św. Ducha 31/3, to the electronic mail address: aneta@artandcat.com .
In order for the complaint to be processed, the Customer should send or deliver the Goods in question, attaching the proof of purchase,. The Goods should be delivered or sent to the abovementioned address.
The Customer may complain to the Seller about functioning of the Shop and using the Services to the electronic mail address: aneta@artandcat.com .
The Seller undertakes to process each complaint within 14 days. If there are any deficiencies in the complaint, the Seller shall request the Customer to supplement it as necessary, immediately, but not later than within 7 days from the date when the Customer received the request.
The Customer who is a Consumer has, among others, the following possibilities to use the out-of-court ways of settling complaints and pursuing claims:
he has the right to refer to a permanent amicable consumer court operating by the Commercial Inspection with a request to settle a dispute arising out of the concluded Sales Agreement;
According to article 14, paragraph. 1-2 of Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council (EU) No 524/2013 from 21 May 2013, we commit ourselves to placing information on the ODR platform. Online Dispute Resolution is intended to facilitate an independent, non-judicial settlement of disputes between consumers and traders through the Internet. These disputes relate to contractual obligations arising from online sales or service contracts concluded between consumers living in the Union and traders established in the Union.
The Consumer who would like to take advantage of the possibility of an amicable resolution to disputes concerning online purchases may submit a complaint, for example, via the EU”s Internet ODR platform which is available at: http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr/.
XI. Protection of personal information
The Seller collects and processes the personal information of the Customers in accordance with applicable provisions of law and with the Privacy Policy.
The Customer’s personal data may be processed in order to implement the Sales Agreement, the correct implementation of services provided electronically and to keep the Customer informed about the products and services provided by the Seller.
The Customer has the right to access, rectify, oppose and delete your personal data.
The Seller applies appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure the protection of personal data being processed.
Additional explanations regarding the protection of personal data are contained in the “Privacy Policy“.
XII. Final Provisions
All and any rights of the Online Shop, including economic copyrights, intellectual property rights to its name, internet domain, the Online Shop website, and also to forms, logotypes are the property of the Seller and may be used solely in the manner indicated in and consistent with the Terms and Conditions.
These Terms and Conditions will be governed by the law of the Republic of Poland. The parties expressly exclude the application of the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods.
The choice of law made by the parties shall not have the result of depriving the consumer of the protection guaranteed to him by the mandatory rules of the law of the country in which he has his habitual residence in UE
Any disputes arising between the Seller and the Customer who is an Entrepreneur shall be settled by a competent court of jurisdiction proper for the seat of the Seller.
Each Customer shall be informed about any changes to these Terms and Conditions by information available at the homepage of the Online Shop presenting a list of amendments and their effective dates. The Customers who possess an Account shall be additionally informed about the changes and presented with their list by a message sent to their electronic mail address. The effective date for any amendment shall fall at least 14 days after its publication. If the Customer who has a Customer Account does not accept the amended Terms and Conditions, he shall be obliged to notify this fact to the Seller within 14 days from being informed about the amendment of the Terms and Conditions. Notification of non-acceptance of the new Terms and Conditions shall result in termination of the Agreement.
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September 12, 2019 • New York • Paige K. Bradley on New York Fashion Week
Gauntlett Cheng’s 2020 spring/summer collection. Photo: Mitchell Sams.
I WAS A TOUCH DISPIRITED, then thwacked by nausea—and that was before New York Fashion Week started. It was not an auspicious beginning to what’s supposed to be the most . . . perhaps not wonderful, but certainly most telling time of the year, especially for those in touch with Virginia Woolf’s frock consciousness and harboring a serious concern for the soul’s window dressing—aka “fits”—or for those who just really personally identify with their place in a seating arrangement. As RuPaul once noted in his autobiography, “We’re all born naked, and the rest is drag.” So, what guises for cloaking our ancient shame did a few of fashion’s most eligible new(ish) designers have to offer the people this—by which I mean, in the parlance of fashion, next—season?
We shall begin with last Friday night (which feels like ages ago), when Telfar premiered a short film that functioned as a trailer for the runway collection that will actually be shown as the opening salvo to Paris Fashion Week later this month. A certain audacity, which could be read as sly by those accustomed to insincere flattery, seems key to this brand, established as a “black-owned, non-gendered fashion project” in 2005 by Telfar Clemens. The unisex label has gained wider recognition in the past few years after parties at and uniform designs for White Castle; debuting an unfussy, attractive, and relatively affordable bag seen basically everywhere in New York these days; a series of runway shows that doubled as concerts, including their fall/winter ’19 collection last February that caused a mob scene at Irving Plaza; and a collaboration with the discount department store Century21. The theme of the spring/summer ’20 collection, “The World Isn’t Everything,” was migration. “We want our work to feel like a world,” the invite declared. “Marketers and journalists call this community—we like to call it conspiracy.” Telfar’s overarching narrative, like many a fashion brand, is something of a collusion (not a crime) between fantasy and reality, and the clothes they produce—like last season’s house logo and Budweiser branding mash-ups, along with installations such as one for the DIS-curated Ninth Berlin Biennial—jibe with direct addresses such as “PLEASE PARDON OUR PROGRESS.” The last word in particular rings with implications—do they mean aesthetically, or, like, structurally paving a path that didn’t exist? Is Telfar facetious, or for real? Likely, and conspiratorially, both.
Trailer for Telfar’s spring 2020 collection. Photo: David Gannon.
The film was shot across Paris, New York, Los Angeles, and Ohio, and involves a long list of contributors, including playwright Jeremy O. Harris, musician Kelsey Lu, actor Ashton Sanders, and artist Juliana Huxtable. Between shots of the brand’s bags passing along airport luggage carousels and waterborne models wearing togs from the new collection while coolly stranded on snaky lines of gray Candock modular floating dock systems, Sanders and his cigarette perform a meandering yet intense monologue, the emphatic delivery of which drew me in for multiple viewings as it played on a loop while sliders were served just outside in a gray, chilly Bushwick courtyard.
A bright and early morning (10 AM) on Saturday ushered in Telfar’s sample sale on the first-floor gallery of the Swiss Institute’s East Village digs, and a party that night celebrated the debut of their crisp mint-green polo, designed to be worn back to front, as SI’s new staff uniform. Stocks of these were still on the racks by the time I arrived midafternoon, after being delayed by an emergency rescue operation for a Starburst-candy-pink vintage Yves Saint Laurent jacket that had been dealt a blow, by which I mean there was cake frosting left on a subway bench. Beasts! As for the hypebeasts, a polo-clad staff let me know that the hoodies went like hotcakes first thing that morning. I was charmed by a pair of blue jeans that had white thermal leggings swapped in place of denim legs (Style No. FW18-D-03, size XS), but I didn’t buy them because, regardless of the much-reduced price, it still would have amounted to a third of my writing fee for what you’re reading now. Also, on principle I refuse to undress in galleries (commercial or nonprofit). Attendees of that night’s “cocktail” party on the roof kept their clothes and wigs on for the evening while Budweiser was served. More slippery linguistics, compliments of fashion.
On Sunday, around the time morning mass would be letting out, the Lou Dallas show in Gowanus was letting in its own congregants. Objects of worship included a long color-blocked pastel dress worn by a model who had what appeared to be clusters of cotton dangling an inch or two down from her bedazzled statement nails, and a pair of jeans sourced from Goodwill, airbrushed with roses and sporting patches reading “SAVAGE CAPITALISM.” To perhaps the same degree that one might be able to say quite a lot online and little worthwhile in person, these days the clothes you wear ideally have a few bold and literal textual declarations to blast into the public sphere, and even better if your outfit trumpets its own caption or can advertise an entire cast of credits (cf: the Telfar T-shirts that spell out all the talent involved on a brand show or video). The overall vibe at LD, though, supported by the female models’ bouffant blowouts, was something akin to that at the baptism of a flamingo or the funeral of a canary, all presided over by a lumpen disco ball.
Jordan Barse, the new associate director at Lyles & King, accompanied me in her stunning post–Labor Day whites on a stroll around the local hazardous-waste site to preview her reading/slideshow “Charlize and the Gold World: An Investigation into the Maligned Universe of J’Adore Dior,” an entrancing narrative regarding actress Charlize Theron’s possible internment in a luxurious perfume prison that LVMH chairman Bernard Arnault has contracted her to since 2004. Barse was scheduled to promulgate this intrigue later that night at McNally Jackson’s new South Street Seaport outpost, as part of writer Fiona Duncan’s “Hard to Read” literature series. The introduction to her tale was a great cap to a summer that was one for the books of conspiracy theorists, whose scripture can leave reality in shambles, and, like a new form of folklore, can begin subtly or overtly influencing our own sense of plot, or cause us to lose it entirely. Owning and wearing dry-clean-only threads in NYC is, after all, a solid preamble to later lunacies, I’m sure.
During the moments of pause mixed into scooting around town to the various perches—usually folding chairs—from which to catch a glimpse of the future as it sidles up to the barely receded past, I read E. M. Forster’s first novel, Where Angels Fear to Tread (1905). Its heroine is a widowed single mother, Lilia Herriton, who heads abroad from the home counties of England to central Italy, where she makes a rash match with a local, her inferior in every polite respect, as a daring revenge plot against her in-laws. After being abandoned by those people in retribution, the lady’s romantic rebellion rapidly falters, entrapping her in circumstances far worse than the stuffiest of British society could have inflicted had she only stayed at home. Before the book is even halfway through, she’s already killed off by childbirth, consigning the tragedy to percolate through the conscience of each member of her remaining family, who variously consider the whole affair a grave eruption of evil, a vulgar drag, or a total logistical to-do. The book’s breezy severity was a reprieve from the socially enforced levity of Fashion Week’s rigmarole of looking at clothes, which the innocent might assume is a chic leisure activity. For all the intense scheduling involved, art and fashion both rely on a somewhat sloshy handling and understanding of time, with the present, past, and projections of the future all invested in the constant construction of the new. And it all starts late, always! A drop of tart ambivalence can help keep proceedings, and one’s involvement in them, from getting too embarrassing. I didn’t see any evil this week per se, but then again, as established on the last episode of my diary, I #resist soberly and therefore accept that I probably often miss out on bearing witness to the more sedimented layers of wickedness our nonsociety has to offer.
In conservatively poised novels, sex can often be introduced as the element of chaos that upsets or annihilates the peace. A heedless quest for romance results in the ultimate punishment of death in Angels, which made the designers of Eckhaus Latta’s and Gauntlett Cheng’s very chill approach to nudity generally all the more noticeable to moi this week. Eros morphed into Thanatos right before my very eyes. It may well be spring/summer collection time, but receiving the annual recommendation to wear an open-weave knit dangled just so over one’s breasts—a kind of Symbolist gesture toward clothing oneself, as seen in the Eckhaus Latta show staged last Tuesday in a former Chock full o’Nuts factory—feels a little pushy. They continue to refine their cozy clubber look, but Gauntlett Cheng’s transparency advocacy went a bit further by literally cutting out parts of garments in their show late Monday afternoon at the unhelpfully named Bridge Park, a lot of fenced concrete not far from the real Brooklyn Bridge Park and wedged between a wall of the BQE and the York Street subway station in the strangest invention of a neighborhood: DUMBO. A fact made all the more amusing by critic Christian Lorentzen’s proposal for a curious adventure novel in which a thrilling mission to Dumbo plays a central part—proffered on Tuesday night as part of a live reading at Bridget Donahue of the letters periodically commissioned from a range of authors for Negar Azimi and Pati Hertling’s “Deadlines and Divine Distractions” publishing series.
In Gauntlett Cheng’s show, dubbed “Yesterday was Tomorrow’s best friend then he met Today”—a phrase which, for me, triggered memories of torturous word problems from math class—I was taken by their “Bruised Hoodie Dress,” though puzzled as to what kind of bruise was being alluded to by the vaguely festive orange-and-green print. I was getting spring field vibes—had I lost the thread? Maybe I need to just give up and accept that fashion is a ground zero for broken language and mercenary meaning that fucks off on the job. Other pieces in the show hewed to the tight, see-through, or missing, such as a black knit with holes bored into both sides for a #freethetorso fit, as worn by a young Lydia Lunch look-alike. If the exquisitely mixed message in fashion of “Don’t actually clothe yourself, here are some clothes to help with that” isn’t a perfect conspiracy, then I don’t know what is.
Gauntlett Cheng’s Bruised Hoodie Dress. Photo: Paige K. Bradley.
At one point on the soundtrack—put together by musician Esra Padgett, aka Chicklette—the familiar tones of No Doubt’s 2003 cover of Talk Talk’s 1980s hit “It’s My Life” resounded at a level I would have never entertained the notion of playing it at, and then a funny thing happened: I was moved. The models walking in and out of my sight line became incidental as I was hit with this wave of affect from an arrangement of lyrics and notes that mean nothing to me. I had no revelation either, besides understanding that this feeling of love, L-O-V-E, may well have sprung from a sublime lack; when there’s so little there, the “I” goes to work filling the void, like a fool rushing in. This inspired absence struck me as quite glamorous, and where, pray, would fashion be without such spells? Clothes are a byproduct of fashion, a term better understood as shorthand for our willingness to be struck, smote, or otherwise deluded by the backstory behind “nothing,” and then to mount a recovery or rebuilding effort, ideally every six months, toward a new image. Less is, cumulatively, more.
I’m feeling a bit better now—thank you for asking. But then again the YSL jacket is currently at the dry cleaners and I can’t bear to know if it was saved or not. Perhaps I never will. Since I can’t face facts, I prefer to believe my own story. Now that’s what I call glam.
— Paige K. Bradley
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Why you should say 'yes' to your kids sometimes. They hear 'no' enough.
Karina Bland is on vacation. This column was first published August 24, 2007.
“I can't believe you're letting them do that,” my friend Lori, said, watching her son and mine through the French doors at the back of my house.
The boys had turned the sprinkler on the slide and were flying down across a growing mud bog at its bottom.
“They're ruining your grass," Lori said.
I still said yes.
I'm trying to say yes to my 8-year-old more often. Mostly, because I say no a lot:
No, he can't make brownies;
No to a game of Don't Break the Ice.
No, he can't wear his "Star Wars" T-shirt again.
There's no reason not to let him bake brownies. I have time for one go at that vile game. And what does it matter if he wears the same shirt two days in a row?
MORE:Get it, mom? The other SLIDE. Orange you gonna laugh?
Now don't jump on me. I'm not saying yes to anything overindulgent or dangerous. I said no to a $50 video game and jumping off the roof of the house into the pool, didn't I?
My friend Amy uses this philosophy: “Are you saying no because it's dangerous or are you saying no because it is inconvenient for you?”
I first heard her use it when her daughter, Carly, was about 2 and playing in the mud in the sweetest little sundress. Carly was having a blast, and both she and the dress could be washed.
Saying no is quick and easy.
But I'm learning that saying yes more often gives power to my no. My son doesn't question me when I say no now, mainly because he doesn't hear it as often.
I'm not a pushover. Often, I'm saying no even though it sounds like a yes. I say, “Yes, you can go to Luc's house as soon as your room is clean.”
It's all how you say it.
Reach Karina at karina.bland@arizonarepublic.com or 602-444-8614. More at karinabland.azcentral.com.
READ MORE KARINA BLAND:
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For kids today, castles and boy wizards have eclipsed gingham and the 'little house'
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Friends pose as cops are are mistaken for the real thing; episodic hijinks ensue.
"...pair of listless thirtysomething Angelenos who discover that their police-officer party costumes pass them off as the real thing..."
Aug. 22, 2014 Movie Review by William Goss
Random Hearts
"...equally distressing 'do in Presumed Innocent) plays Washington, D.C., police sergeant “Dutch” Van Den Broeck, who uncovers his wife's..."
Oct. 8, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
My Semester on the Beat
Wherein our reporter pursues the bad guys, abhors Problem People, studies community policing, and earns a perfect attendance koozie in the APD's Citizen Police Academy
"...turns out there are people riding around with Austin Police Department cops all the time, from cadets in training..."
Dec. 1, 2006 News Feature by Nora Ankrum
How common is police abuse of force? We don't want to know.
"...man, unarmed, was shot and killed by an Austin police detective. While Jackson's death received local media coverage, it..."
Feb. 27, 2015 News Feature by Amy Kamp
Two Officers Fired In 'Spit/Slap' Incident
Two other APD officers suspended in incident
"...Two Austin Police Department officers have been terminated and two others have..."
Feb. 15, 2012 News Post by Jordan Smith
When an Emergency Is Not an Emergency
Supreme Court rules against Fourth Amendment protection
"...on an exigent circumstance actually an emergency created by police?..."
Fits to a Tee
Wayne Vincent responds to APA shirt controversy
"...year dominated by headlines about an officer-involved shooting, Austin Police public relations can be tricky. Cops have to be..."
Nov. 13, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson
Audit Says We Oughta Change
Police Audit Blames Problems on Poor Financial Management, Lack of Support
"...When the police audit finally came out on February 25 -- just..."
March 21, 1997 News Feature by Alex de Marban
'Heart of a Servant': Jaime Padron
Thousands mourn slain officer
"...Austin Police Officer Rahim Kidd breathed deeply and choked back tears..."
April 11, 2012 News Post by Jordan Smith
Whitmire: Teach the Children Traffic Stops
State senator proposes classes on how to get pulled over right
"...The Austin Police Department’s Air 1 chopper today executed a loop around..."
Sept. 29, 2016 News Post by Chase Hoffberger
A Consent Decree for APD?
Civil rights activists say it's needed
"...about excessive force and other issues at the Austin Police Department, Nelson Linder of the Austin NAACP and Jim..."
Pan Left with James Hoff
How to process despotism & hypocrisy
"...arc. In light of the sightless impetus of militarized police departments witnessed during the Ferguson unrest, examining the work..."
Aug. 20, 2014 Music Post by Conor Walker
Austin Officer Fired for Shooting at Fleeing Suspect
Chief says actions were reckless
"...Although Austin Police Officer Chris Allen was no-billed last month by a..."
Oct. 16, 2012 News Post by Jordan Smith
Hot August Nights: Hot/Cold
"...Wild," a sub-MC5 riff underpinning its tale of a police pursuit ("The heat from below can burn your eyes..."
Aug. 28, 2015 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri
More Questions Than Answers in APD Shooting
Department says they'll have a clearer picture as investigation proceeds
"...At a press conference Monday afternoon, Austin Police Assistant Chief Brian Manley acknowledged that the fatal shooting..."
Aug. 2, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith
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What Happens When Autonomous Technology Goes Wrong?
The report explains the test results of 40 individuals and gives suggestions on what mobility and infrastructure changes may need to be implemented to ensure safety on roadways.
New Jersey Forming Autonomous Vehicle Task Force
New Jersey's Assembly has approved legislation that would establish a task force for the safe deployment of autonomous vehicles in the state.
Autonomous Vehicle Coalition Forms to Educate Public
A diverse group of automakers, non-profits and other industry stakeholders have launched PAVE — a new coalition dedicated to educating the public and policymakers about the safety benefits of advanced vehicle technologies and self-driving vehicles.
Senators Make Final Attempt to Pass Autonomous Vehicle Bill
As the end of the year approaches, U.S. senators are making a final push to pass comprehensive legislation for a regulatory framework that would accelerate the deployment and use of self-driving cars.
DOT Updates Guidance on Autonomous Vehicles
The Department of Transportation has expanded its voluntary guidance for the development of what it calls “automated vehicles.”
Sacramento Allows Driver-less Car Testing
Phantom Auto will begin testing autonomous vehicles in Sacramento, Calif., under a new agreement with the city that allows testing with no occupants in the car. The vehicles will be operated by remote drivers at computers in Silicon Valley, reports the Sacramento Bee.
Pa. Tightens Autonomous Vehicle Testing Guidelines
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) has released updated voluntary guidelines asking autonomous vehicle (AV) makers testing in the state to put a second safety engineer in the passenger seat.
Autonomous Vehicles Will Cause Less Accidents with Costlier Repairs, Insurer Says
The adoption of autonomous driving technology will lead to fewer accidents, but the collisions that do occur will likely result in costlier repairs and raise difficult questions relating to driver and manufacturer liability, victim compensation and data collection, The Travelers Institute argues in a new whitepaper.
Too Soon to Regulate Autonomous Vehicles: NHTSA
As regulators, public safety advocates and automakers grapple with how to create a federal legal framework for the deployment of autonomous vehicles, the nation's top auto safety official has said it's premature to regulate self-driving vehicles.
Autonomous Vehicles Will Test Public Safety
Ensuring driver and pedestrian safety and regulating a still nascent technology are among the top issues of concern covered in a new report about autonomous vehicles from the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices.
Volkswagen, Suppliers to Develop Autonomous Vehicle Data Standards
Volkswagen Group of America and four large automotive suppliers have formed a working group to develop technical standards to improve the way vehicles transmit data, which will help enable fully autonomous vehicles, the company has announced.
Transportation Coalition Launches Partnership to Study Impact of Self-Driving Vehicles
Uber, ATA, Daimler, Toyota, and others have formed a new partnership to study the potential impacts of self-driving vehicles on American workers and the economy.
Uber's Self-Driving Vehicles Rely on Humans to Brake in Emergencies
A preliminary report by the National Transportation Safety Board found that Uber does not enable the automatic braking feature while its self-driving test vehicles are under computer control to “reduce the potential for erratic vehicle behavior.”
Uber to End Self-Driving Vehicle Testing in Arizona
According to the Arizona Republic, about 200 Uber employees in Arizona, most of them vehicle drivers, will lose their jobs.
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John Bishop to receive another LGBT award following his call for Northern Ireland to legalise gay marriage
The Scouse comedian was awarded the Ally of the Year award at the NatWest British LGBT Awards
John Bishop is set to receive another LGBT award after his emotional speech at the NatWest British LGBT Awards.
The Scouse comedian was awarded the Ally of the Year award at the ceremony on May 11 and attended the London event wife his wife Melanie and three sons Joe, Luke and Daniel.
And during his speech, the funnyman was met with laughter and applause after he spoke about legalising gay marriage in Northern Ireland.
He said: “I was so pleased to be nominated. I brought my family, my wife and my three sons who I love and I am massively proud of.
“Like all parents we have problems with them. One of my sons has a tattoo on his ankle that was meant to be Africa but looks like Australia, one of my sons mumbles and one of my sons in a gay man.
“I’ll be honest, there’s been loads of nights when me and my wife have sat up and worried and worried and worried. What are we going to do if he doesn’t stop mumbling?
Family ❤️ pic.twitter.com/UJXByqIbB8
— John Bishop (@JohnBishop100) May 12, 2018
“I was in Northern Ireland recently. In Northern Ireland it is still illegal to have a same-sex marriage.
“I went to have a chat with some people from the Rainbow Trust who put together the biggest gay pride in the whole of Ireland and it was a real lesson to me.
“I spoke to them about when the first pride march happened. It is people like this who really paved the way. Now the gay pride in Belfast has 60,000 people turn up.
“The first time they did it just 50 brave souls got together and when they walked down the road they were faced with people stood there with placards.
“They had placards shouting at these people, ‘You’re going to hell’, ‘Being gay is a sin’, ‘You’re an abomination’.
“Back then there was more protests than marches. Now they dwarf the protestors.”
And now the comedian has been shortlisted by readers of DIVA magazine for another gong, the Mirror Online reported.
Gay ally
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Blademage Dragontamer
Blademage, Book 2
By: Deck Davis
Narrated by: J. Scott Bennett
Series: Blademage Series, Book 2
Categories: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fantasy
Blademage Beastmaster
A LitRPG Series, Book 1
Charlie Naylor is a good guy, but he's never been great at multi-tasking. When Larynk, the god of corn, sends Charlie into a fantasy game, he just can't help himself trying. By combining his love of daggers, magic, and animals, he becomes the Blademage Beastmaster. With a dangerous new pet, a deadly selection of daggers, and some awesome spells, he must make allies and kill monsters as he walks his path to glory. If he can do that, then he might just create a legacy for himself.
Supermage
Rise to Omniscience, Book 1
By: Aaron Oster
Narrated by: Doug Tisdale Jr.
Morgan's life is not easy. Growing up on the streets of City Four, he is constantly shunned by the other citizens. Morgan doesn't mind being ignored. What he does mind, though, are the constant beatings from the city guards due to his friendship with Sarah, the city lord's only daughter. Lord Simon wants him dead, but the laws of the kingdom are on Morgan’s side and even the guards won't kill him, just for being seen near his manor. Morgan’s time is running out, though. Lord Simon has deep pockets and his last visit to the manor may just have put him over the edge.
The Beginning After the End: Publisher's Pack
By: TurtleMe
Narrated by: Travis Baldree
I never believed in the whole “light at the end of the tunnel” folly where people, after having a near-death experience, would startle awake in a cold sweat exclaiming, “I saw the light!” But there I was, in this so-called “tunnel” facing a glaring light, when the last thing I remembered was sleeping in my room - the royal bed-chamber, as others called it. Had I died? If so, how? King Grey once benefited from unrivaled strength, wealth, and prestige in a world governed by martial ability but now finds himself reborn in a society dominated by magic.
A continual build up of power.
By Xravia on 05-01-2020
Shadow Sun Survival
Shadow Sun, Book 1
By: Dave Willmarth
Narrated by: Will M. Watt, Jeff Hays, Andrea Parsneau, and others
How well would you fare if the apocalypse fell upon you? Could you survive more than a few days? Would you be able to feed yourself? Find clean water? Safe shelter? Heal your wounds? Allistor is a gamer geek who has spent most of his life indoors, playing virtual reality MMORPGS and reading classic LitRPG books. But when Earth is seized by an ancient race wielding incredibly advanced tech, who transport the entire planet to a new location with twin suns, he finds himself fighting to survive in real life.
No X Factor.
A LitRPG Adventure (Tower of Power, Book 1)
By: Ivan Kal
Narrated by: Ryan Burke
Morgan used to be a pretty normal guy. He went to college by day and played online games by night, leading his guild into new conquests - until he got hit by a car and a dude wearing a wet suit appeared in front of him. The man offered him a new chance at life in a world he had created, a world with similar rules to the games Morgan loved to play. There is the promise of great rewards and power, he says, if Morgan manages to complete the Tower of Power.
Story was good
By Reuben schoneveld on 19-03-2020
The Beginning After the End, Book 5
In order to protect his loved ones, the mage Arthur Leywin must reveal the truth of his identity. If he is to fulfill his role in the war between the godlike asuras and the demonic Vritra, he must leave those he hopes to protect and travel to the land of deities and dragons. First, however, he must escape. Arthur stands before the kings and queens of Dicathen, accused of a crime he did not commit. It will take an act of the gods to save him from having his magic stripped away, leaving him powerless in the war to come. Fortunately for Arthur, he can count the gods among his friends.
Why is this even a book?
The Beginning After the End: Publisher's Pack 2
The Beginning After the End, Books 3-4
The Beginning After the End: Publisher's Pack 2 contains books 3 and 4 of The Beginning After the End series, Beckoning Fates and Horizon's Edge. Though Arthur Leywin would like nothing more than to pursue his studies at the esteemed Xyrus Academy, where he hopes to push his already potent magical abilities to new plateaus and perhaps discover something more about his reincarnation into this world, he finds the politics of the school’s halls even more challenging to navigate than those of the council chambers he once inhabited as King Grey.
About the ending (no spoilers)
By Daniel A on 08-05-2020
Completionist Chronicles Series, Book 4
By: Dakota Krout
Narrated by: Luke Daniels
Joe has started to draw attention to himself and his abilities. While some of the attention is good and allows for personal growth, most of it is from various organizations that feel threatened by the sudden upswing of power that Joe's guild - The Wanderers - is attaining. As the threat to Earth begins to reach its peak, all of humanity has a choice: flee to Eternium, or stay for an uncertain future. Some stay, some go, some don't make the choice quickly enough.
The cabbages gag.. Go avitar.
By Craig McSpellcheck on 13-10-2020
Metal Mage
By: Eric Vall
Narrated by: Christopher Boucher, Jessica Threet
This magical world is about to have an industrial revolution. Get pulled from a life of 20th century boredom and thrust into a fantasy world. Find out there are a bunch of powerful monsters and evil wizards intent on killing everyone. Use new magical powers of earth and metal to craft awesome armor, swords, and guns. Kill the bad guys, become a hero, and have a harem of hot women.
Definitely not worth while
By Cornel on 28-06-2019
Excise (A Post-Apocalyptic LitRPG)
Ether Collapse, Book 2
By: Ryan DeBruyn
Three weeks ago the world started anew as buildings literally stood up, fearsome monsters materialized, and humanity’s way of life changed forever. Now, Rockland Barkclay must continue to protect his people from a new threat while dealing with internal issues that keep popping up. For instance, will he choose to heed the warning of his resurrected Ancestral Guide as she notices the edges of an ancient conspiracy?
Good story....
One More Last Time
A LitRPG/GameLit Novel (The Good Guys, Book 1)
By: Eric Ugland
Narrated by: Neil Hellegers
He thought it was the end, and his gun sat ready to make sure. But an oddball offer from his last friend comes at the literal last second. Curiosity gets the best of him, and he finds himself sucked into iNcarn8, a game claiming to be a whole new life. Now, as Montana, the larger-than-life tank warrior, he has one more last time to get his life right.
Amazing series
By Owen Smith on 18-08-2020
The Grand Tournament: A LitRPG Adventure
Tower of Power Series, Book 3
Who knew that getting a second chance for life on another world - after you died - could turn out to be the best thing that ever happened to you? Morgan has been living on this new world for quite some time. He has made friends, found love, been betrayed, formed a guild, fought off a goblin horde, and become an adventurer. His life is perhaps a bit strange now compared to what he had been used to on Earth, but hey, he has an energy sword now.
Another enjoyable book
Equalize: A Post-Apocalyptic LitRPG
Rockland Barkclay has had a rough year. On top of everything else, his father has just passed, and Rocky has to go it alone on their annual trip. But his plans for drinking alone in Algonquin Park are rudely interrupted by a sea of cosmic energy that governs the universe...With the awakening of the very planet they reside on, humans are in a desperate fight to survive in an evolving world. If only Gaia hadn’t woken up so very...very...unhinged.
Equalize
By John on 27-07-2019
With a war now raging in the Central Kingdom, Morgan and Sarah flee east in an attempt to escape the growing conflict. However, there are many forces conspiring to stop them. Princess Katherine of the North sends mercenaries to capture them. Lord Simon, tired of waiting, hires the most notorious hit squad in all the Five Kingdoms to end Morgan, once and for all. With threats looming around every corner, and time running out, Morgan and Sarah will be forced to make several drastic decisions in order to survive. Especially after they receive a very dire warning....
Plot armor fights are boring.
Heir Today, Pawn Tomorrow: A LitRPG/GameLit Novel
The Good Guys Series, Book 2
Montana's new life in Vuldranni, the medieval fantasy game world he lucked into, isn't quite the tranquil extended fishing trip he'd been hoping for. But you gotta admit, he's doing pretty well for himself. Now he's Montana Coggeshall, heir to a dukedom. If he can get his crew to Osterstadt and claim it in time.
The Goblin Horde: A LitRPG Adventure
Morgan used to be a pretty chill dude, until he got hit by a car, died, and then got sent to another world by a god-not-god. A world where the only way to survive was to level and grow strong enough to survive all the monsters that wanted to eat your face. If he was being completely honest with himself, Morgan quite liked this world, even with all the monsters and the lack of electricity. Sure, there were people that were technically gods, running around and interfering with his life, but who didn't have problems?
By Michael on 31-05-2019
The Second Realm
A Military Portal Fantasy LitRPG Series
By: Michael Chatfield
Narrated by: Todd Menesses
When Erik and Rugrat entered the ten realms they didn’t know what was going on. They only knew that they had contracted the two week curse. When entering the second realm they came to understand their character sheets, and part of the system that is called the ten realms. A place that the strong make the rules and the weak cling to them for protection and hope that they might be left in peace. They passed through the trials of the Beast Mountain Dungeon, taking control of it and becoming the leader of nearly 200 people.
great story and performance
By Tessa on 29-10-2019
A Thousand Li: The First Step: A Cultivation Novel
A Thousand Li, Book 1
By: Tao Wong
Long Wu Ying never expected to join a Sect or become a real cultivator. His days were spent studying, planting rice on the family farm and spending time with his friends. Fate, however, has different plans for Wu Ying and when the army arrives at his village, he and many other members of the village are conscripted. Given the opportunity to join the Verdant Green Waters Sect, Wu Ying must decide between his pedestrian, common life and the exciting, blood soaked life of a cultivator. Join Wu Ying as he takes his first step on his Thousand Li journey to become an immortal cultivator.
By JaQue on 01-11-2020
Charlie Naylor used to work in an office where he pushed paper, filled in spreadsheets, and made coffee. Now, he casts, conjures, stabs, and tames.
When the demigods take over the home of the gods, Charlie finds himself hunted, and he and his friends - a half-gnome, a giant rat, the god of corn, and an old mage - must find somewhere safe.
But can he survive when he crash-lands on a planet and finds himself pitted against a paranoid god and his army of dragons, a world of deadly creatures, and interplanetary pirates?
©2018 Deck Davis (P)2019 Deck Davis
Path of the Necromancer, Book 1
Steel Orc: Player Reborn
Sniper Ridge
Frozen Sniper
The Slayer
What listeners say about Blademage Dragontamer
Disapointing
This is not a continuation of the first book. It a reset and redo. Even the title is misleading, as there is little “blademage” or “dragon taming” in the book. The author had a good slow start in the first book, and blew it in this one.
Dragonis
Received free for honest review. Just like the first one I thoroughly enjoyed this adventure. This had deception wrapped in lies then iced with betrayal. It was great.
Max R
I don't know where to begin...
I really dislike leaving bad reviews. Authors work so hard to craft tales to entertain their readers and narrators work so diligently to bring the characters and world to life for listeners, it just sucks to be negative about all of that hard work. So, Deck, I promised I'd leave an honest review, but please know that I respect the hell out of you for writing and being published. I've never managed it, so take what follows with the understanding that it's said with no malice. This book just didn't do it for me. The characters never felt authentic, the story was a bit of a mess (how many crashes must one character endure, honestly?), and I STRUGGLED to finish this book. It's billed as GameLit, but there is so little in it, that I'm just not sure it qualifies. J. Scott Bennett did his best to get us through the story. His performance had lots of variety in the characters and plenty of depth, but it felt like he wasn't having much fun either. I've definitely enjoyed his performances in the past, but this one felt really forced. I cannot say that I recommend this one, sorry guys :( **Note: I asked for and received a promotional copy of this book in exchange for an unbiased review**
Digital Rogue
Belief is Where True Magic Come From
Charlie is a guy ripped from Earth by gods and thrust into their civil war. He's doing the best he can to learn magic and survive. The magic system is kind of all over the place, but Deck Davis gives us a good reason why. There are some Lit RPG to the story but they don't really play a prominent role. I think this series could easily be a fantasy rpg with little to no tweaking. J. Scott Bennett does a great job of delivering the story like a grandfather telling stories on a front porch and does a good job of keeping the listener engaged. Long Tooth was my favorite character because he seemed the most real. He would always try to remain upbeat and when there was fighting to be done he hesitated because he wasn't sure fighting was for him. I thought he was pretty great. I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.
Kinda a let down.
"I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review." I’ve never been a big fan of when the main character becomes the sidekick and is kind of just struggling throughout the entire story. Always asking why why why am just not pushing
McTikl
Plot holes galore
Very poorly written book. Character is boring and unrelatable and story moves at a chaotic unsubstantiated pace. Very rarely will I ready a book and be genuinely angry at the writing and the author during the reading process. You cannot just go hardcore litrpg book 1 then totally abandon litrpg and go 100% scifi, then go to 100% fantasy while completely abandoning litrpg mindset. Worse the character is just so freaking weak. He's just weak weak weak. Weak minded, and weak in abilities and doesn't ever really have any direction to change it. Plus there's other things that infuriate me. He just does things that are so dumb, either the writer himself is of a low IQ or he intentionally wrote the main character as a easily manipulated, low minded, weak beta male.
I have not listened to the previous book, but felt that the story her stands on its own. Although I am curious and will go back and listen to the first one. A well done storyline, with very likable characters. The narration is well done. Highly recommend to those who like fantasy, magic, dragons and the like. I have been given a free copy of this book in exchange for an unbiased review.
Dakota Nikaido
Story could have been better
I enjoyed that the author expanded on how the magic system worked, but I wish it had been done better. Maybe have the MC try out more possible solutions to his problems. The story also felt somewhat rushed at parts, and certainly lacked much dragon taming.
Boring, Unfun, Lame
Nothing really happens. The whole book is just pondering about. They have to escape but just complain for 3 hours of reading time, then they accidentally go to a world of dragons, where nothing happens, the MC loses his magic sorta and realizes that he is useless (which he had been for the entire book) and also he can't level anymore... so boring, until about the last few hours of the book where his only ability is taming but he can only tame animals if he is pathetic little you know what. The world they go to has a crazy god of dragons, So he "feels" for the god's personal dragon to tame it and get the gods power. That sounds really cool but it was so pathetic it wasn't and it happened in the last chapters anyways so..... I wont be listening to this series and it needs to not be labeled as "LitRPG" Since this book didn't have any LitRPG in it.
Keith LaDue
A fine entry in it's genre.
I have really taken to LitRPG. While this book has not risen to the level of Aleron Kong, (very few have!), it is still worthwhile to listen to. I do recommend this audiobook. Now for the obligatory: "I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review."
kharnynb
part 2 of litrpg series
new twists and changes, while it sort of takes away from the first book as it loses that plot and litrpg idea, it still does have a good story otherwise. narration again good and well paced.
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Fluvial and Eolian Depositional Systems, Paleosols, and Paleoclimate of the Upper Cenozoic Ogallala and Blackwater Draw Formations
This report summarizes results of a study based on outcrop and subsurface data that establishes a regional stratigraphic framework for assessments of the Ogallala and related aquifers. Results are broadly applicable to water resources investigations and efforts to remediate contaminated areas of the aquifer as well as to the understanding of depoisitonal environments, paleoclimate, and soil development during the late Tertiary and Quaternary. The upper Tertiary Ogallala Formation contains the Ogallala (High Plains) aquifer, which is the major source of water for agricultural and domestic use on the Southern High Plains of Texas and New Mexico. Locally, perched aquifers overlie the Ogallala aquifer. This study, based on outcrop and subsurface data, provides a regional stratigraphic framework for assessments of the Ogallala and related perched aquifers. The results of this study are broadly applicable to water resource investigations and efforts to remediate contaminated areas of the aquifer as well as to the understanding of depositional environments, paleoclimate, and soil development during the late Tertiary and Quaternary in the High Plains of Texas and New Mexico.Deposition of the basal fluvial sediments of the Ogallala Formation in northwestern Texas and eastern New Mexico was controlled by the topography of the underlying erosional surface. Paleovalley-fill facies consist of heterogeneous gravelly and sandy ephemeral-stream deposits and sandy to clayey overbank deposits interbedded with and overlain by eolian sediments deposited as sand sheets and loess. Uplands on the pre-Ogallala erosional surface are overlain by similar eolian sediments. Buried calcic soils consisting mostly of CaCO, nodules and filaments are found throughout the eolian facies.The Caprock calcrete, which represents a long period of landscape stability, separates the Ogallala Formation from eolian sediments of the overlying Blackwater Draw Formation. The Caprock calcrete in the east part of the Southern High Plains, which is buried by a thick section of Quaternary Blackwater Draw sediments containing numerous buried calcic soils, is 1.5 to 2 m thick (5 to 6.5 ft) and is not usually brecciated or pisolitic. The stage IV or V Caprock calcrete here apparently formed under a stable landscape and is probably late Pliocene in age. A thicker (4 to 10 m [13 to 33 ft]), complexly brecciated, pisolitic, stage VI Caprock calcrete is widespread beneath large areas of the western High Plains in which the Blackwater Draw is only a few decimeters thick. In these areas of thin Blackwater Draw, the accumulations of CaCO, normally found in about 10 buried calcic soils and the surface calcic soil of full sections of the Blackwater Draw have apparently been welded onto the uppermost Ogallala calcrete. Part of the Caprock calcrete is thus locally coeval with the Blackwater Draw Formation and is Quaternary in age. Elsewhere, inliers of Cretaceous limestone and Triassic mudstone that crop out on the High Plains are capped by as much as 9.6 m (32 ft) of complexly brecciated, pisolitic calcrete (stage VI). The thick calcretes that formed on these topographic highs are apparently equivalent to the CaCO, that accumulated as buried calcic soils in complete sections of the Ogallala and Blackwater Draw Formations. These isolated areas of the Caprock calcrete are probably late Miocene to late Quaternary in age. Blackwater Draw eolian sediments are similar to Ogallala eolian sediments and also contain numerous buried calcic soils. Eolian facies in both formations, which preserve numerous superposed calcic soils and calcretes and contain common fine root traces, reflect slow episodic aggradation on a stable grass-covered landscape under mostly semiarid to subhumid climatic conditions. The change from fluvial to mostly eolian sedimentation probably resulted from diversion of streams (Panhandle, Clovis, and Slayton paleorivers) that deposited fluvial sediments of the Ogallala Formation to form the Pecos and Canadian Rivers. Source areas for most of these eolian sediments initially may have been floodplains of Ogallala streams and later floodplains of the newly formed Pecos and Canadian Rivers. Buried soils in Tertiary and Quaternary sediments of the Southern High Plains reflect cycles of eolian sedimentation followed by periods of landscape stability and minimal sedimentation in which pedogenesis occurred. Cycles of sedimentation and soil development probably resulted from cyclic decreases and increases in available moisture and vegetative cover in sediment source areas to the west. Eolian sediments were eroded from source areas such as the Pecos valley during dry periods when vegetation was sparse. During more humid periods, more abundant vegetation probably protected source areas from deflation. These investigations illustrate the heterogeneity and potential for vertical and lateral compartmentalization of the Ogallala and local overlying perched aquifers. For example, at least five fine-grained low-conductivity zones, including the aquitard at the base of a contaminated perched aquifer, exist in lower Ogallala sediments beneath the Pantex Plant in western Carson County.
Thomas C. Gustavson
Gustavson, T. C., 1996, Fluvial and Eolian Depositional Systems, Paleosols, and Paleoclimate of the Upper Cenozoic Ogallala and Blackwater Draw Formations: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology Report of Investigations No. 239, 62 p.
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How much would my taxes go up if a referendum is approved by voters?
Aren’t my property taxes already high enough?
Can the corporation’s Rainy Day Fund resolve the deficit?
What happened to windmill revenue? Can that help with this situation?
What about other revenue opportunities, such as grants or putting solar farms on school properties?
Instead of increasing taxes, why not close a school?
Why did the school corporation give staff pay raises when revenue was declining?
If a referendum tax increase lasts for 8 years, what plans is the district making for years 9 and 10 and beyond?
Will a referendum provide enough money or will the district be asking for another increase in a few years?
Can you decrease the amount of funding you transfer from the Education Fund to the Operations Fund?
Why didn’t the school put money spent on the band room toward the budget?
What has BCSC done to reduce its budget or avoid additional expenses over the last several years?
Is there tax relief for farmers?
My 2020 property taxes are going up, why?
Why should I support schools when my property taxes just went up?
With the economy in an upheaval, is this the right time to be asking for money?
Yes. While voters will choose to vote yes or no to an increase of $0.31 on each one hundred dollars ($100) of assessed valuation, if the school board feels the school corporation's finances are stable, it can choose to levy an amount less than thirty-one cents.
Yes. This fund was established in 2001 and has assisted with expenses throughout the years. State law changes governing these funds have resulted in BCSC not being able to transfer additional money to the fund since 2012. Because current expenditures exceed revenues, without budget reductions or new revenue, this fund will be depleted by 2022.
We don't know, but with state tax receipts dropping due to the pandemic, it is likely that our assumption of one-percent annual increases in state revenue are optimistic, and cuts are more likely than any new revenue.
We studied every possible way and combination to increase revenue or reduce expenses in a two-year process that included a community opinion survey, a community financial advisory committee and community meetings. Residents brought forward many excellent ideas, and once each option was thoroughly vetted, community members and the school board chose these three actions as the best alternative for our students and community:
Reduce expenses by reducing staff through attrition and continuing to improve efficiency, such as through energy savings upgrades
Create a Long Range Planning Committee to develop a district plan to address declining enrollment
Increase revenue through an Operating Levy Referendum
Several factors have contributed. The most significant are that state financial contributions have not kept pace with inflation-based costs and that three years of declining BCSC enrollment has reduced state aid, which is tied directly to enrollment numbers.
For 2019, expenses are projected to exceed revenue by about $1.6 million, on a $15 million budget in the education fund, which covers salaries and benefits for teachers, support staff and office personnel; and technology, equipment and instructional software. Including the operations fund, the deficit is close to $2 million.
In 2019, there was a net loss of 29 students to open enrollment, home-school and online enrollment. Among students who left the district between June and November of 2019, fewer than one-third enrolled in an adjacent district. Many were simply moving away.
Enrollment is declining for several reasons, including declining Benton County population and a more mobile population in general. BCSC thinks that the best way to retain students is to maintain and enhance existing academic programs and extracurricular opportunities. We need to offer a competitive program.
We are considering asking voters to increase the property tax rate by $0.31 per $100 of property value, from $0.59 to $0.90. For the average value residential home in the district, which is $94,900, property taxes would increase by $91.25 per year, or $7.60 per month. Agricultural property would increase $3.97 per year on one acre, commercial property would increase $310 per year or $25.83 per month.
While the board will always be sensitive to tax implications for property owners, Benton Community School Corporation school taxes are the lowest of 12 neighboring school corporations and 6th lowest in the state. Even if the referendum is approved, Benton would be tied for the 6th position among neighboring districts.
No. This fund was established in 2001 and has assisted with expenses throughout the years. State law changes governing these funds have resulted in BCSC not transferring additional money to the fund since 2012. The current fund balance is about $4.3 million. Without changes, this fund will be depleted by 2022.
We are no longer receiving windmill-related money. This revenue was a grant or gift from the county that BCSC received in varying amounts between 2009 and 2017. Most school corporations did not receive this revenue at all, and BCSC knew from the onset that this would not be a permanent or ongoing revenue source.
We are always looking for additional revenue streams. Because grants are given for specific time periods, funding jobs through grants is impractical, as we would have to lay people off when the grant expires. Grants can be and have been used to purchase technology, equipment, supplies, a Social and Emotional Learning Program, etc. Our research into a solar farm installation indicated we would not see a revenue return until year 27 of a 30-year lease.
The corporation is considering all options. However, we have an immediate need to balance the budget and closing a school will take at least a year. In addition, closing a school would only partly solve the problem. Closing a school would save about $800,000 to $1.1 million. The BCSC deficit is $2 million, meaning some program and staff cuts would also be needed to balance the budget. The board also must consider unintended consequences of closing a school, such as losing students and their revenue to neighboring school districts.
The decision to begin increasing staff salaries was made in 2016, after years of low or no increases in staff salaries. We were starting to lose good staff to other districts offering better pay. Also at that point, the district did not know revenue was declining, as our enrollment drop hadn’t begun. Additionally, the latest raise was reflective of the state legislature taking over some of the payment of TERF with recommendations that these funds should be passed on. Even with the increase in pay, staff wage increases over the last ten years have averaged less than 2% annually.
Many factors and circumstances concerning school finance could change in eight years, so it is simply to difficult to predict what might occur 9 years from now. BCSC’s pledge to the community is to anticipate and be responsive to changes as much as possible and to continue its record of sound fiscal management. We will be communicating our financial situation regularly to keep the community up-to-date.
The financial environment for all Indiana schools is too much subject to change to say now whether BCSC might ask for a tax increase in 8 to 10 years. A plan will be developed to minimize, to the greatest extent possible, this need. According to an article in the Northwest Indiana Times, “Indiana education leader Jennifer McCormick said school referendums will become a way of life for most districts across the state.” It appears that the current funding model may always require support from local property taxes.
Yes, but that would not reduce the deficit. It would simply shift the deficit from the Education Fund to the Operations Fund.
The money used on the band room, concession stand and tennis courts renovation and secure lobby entrance and chemistry labs remodel at Benton Central could not have been used for the Education Fund or Operations Fund. By state law, Debt Service funds can only be used for debt service payments. The projects were paid for by refunding a current bond – there was no tax increase needed to fund the project.
In 2006, Benton Schools closed one school, reducing overhead costs.
A 2009 change in Indiana’s formula for funding public schools prompted BCSC to reduce expenses during the next four years by approximately $2 million in several ways, including:
Reductions in elementary art, music and physical education
Reductions in agriculture, industrial arts and business programs
Eliminated elementary school counselors
Eliminated school-sponsored elementary sports
Reduced coaching staff positions at Benton Central
Reduced number of work days for office staff
Reduced a maintenance position
During the past five years, Benton schools have added needed positions while balancing that by eliminating others. Specifically:
BCSC has added a band teacher
We’ve added two Student Service Coordinators
To enhance security, we added a School Resource Officer.
Eliminated two elementary teaching jobs because of declining kindergarten enrollment
The Facilities Director job has not been filled
In addition to reducing costs, BCSC avoided new costs, although possibly at the expense of enhanced student learning. We have not added important staff, including instructional and technology coaches, elementary counselors and elementary technology teachers. We've also extended material and equipment replacement deadlines.
Is there tax relief for farmers?
Agricultural property is receiving a tax break thanks to the state of Indiana. Beginning in 2021, when the referendum would take effect, the state will assess taxes on farmland at a rate of $1280 per acre. This is a reduction from the 2020 rate which is $1560. The reduction in assessed value lowers the tax impact of the referendum for farmland from $4.35 to $3.97.
My 2020 property taxes are going up, why?
Many residences in Benton County will notice a change in property tax between what you paid in 2019 compared to what you will pay in 2020. An article in the newspaper recently addressed this topic. The article notes that many factors can lead to a change in property tax (school taxes did not change during that time period). The article also notes a change in the way tax credits are applied, and that they are returning to 2018 levels, so your taxes should be comparable between 2018 and 2020. If the referendum is approved, your school taxes will not increase until 2021.
We recognize that increasing property taxes can be challenging for some families. The school board has intentionally kept school taxes low out of concern for taxpayers. Benton Community School Corporation school taxes are the lowest of 12 neighboring school corporations and 6th lowest in the state. Even if the referendum is approved, Benton would be tied for the 6th position among neighboring districts.
Why support schools? “Of all the local neighborhood amenities that can influence a buyer's decision to purchase a home, proximity to good quality schools is one of the most influential. According to the National Association of REALTORS® 2015 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers, 25% of home buyers listed school quality and 20% listed proximity to schools as deciding factors in their home purchase.”
This is an unprecedented situation in our society with the economic insecurity caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. We know things are challenging for many of our residents. Here are a few reasons why this referendum is taking place now:
The school board approved the referendum ballot language at a meeting in February, before the pandemic began in the U.S., and before widespread implications could ever have been envisioned.
The BCSC financial situation requires immediate attention. The school corporation has been evaluating data since 2018 to determine the best way to address its financial situation. We looked at closing a school, budget reductions and increasing revenue through a local operating levy. After an extensive process, including a community Financial Advisory Committee and community meetings, the school board chose raising revenue to avoid $2 million in budget reductions that would increase class size and eliminate programs.
Other funding methods are not an option. The corporation no longer receives windmill-related money as it was not a permanent revenue source, the rainy day fund will be depleted by 2022 without funding changes, and other options won't provide income or reduce costs before it is too late.
The referendum aims to keep taxes low while quickly addressing needs. We currently have the 6th lowest school tax rate in the state and even if the referendum is approved, our tax rate will still be lower than the state average. BCSC proposed this referendum because it will have a lasting impact on our operations and our community.
405 S Grant Ave
www.benton.k12.in.us
Superintendent Gregg Hoover
Prepared and paid for by Benton Community School Corporation 405 S Grant Ave - Fowler, IN 47944
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1 Samuel 23 :: King James Version (KJV)
David Delivers Keilah ©
1Sa 23:1
1Sa 23:1 - Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the threshingfloors.
1Sa 23:2 - Therefore David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And the LORD said unto David, Go, and smite the Philistines, and save Keilah.
1Sa 23:3 - And David's men said unto him, Behold, we be afraid here in Judah: how much more then if we come to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?
1Sa 23:4 - Then David enquired of the LORD yet again. And the LORD answered him and said, Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into thine hand.
1Sa 23:5 - So David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and smote them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.
1Sa 23:6 - And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand.
1Sa 23:7 - And it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah. And Saul said, God hath delivered him into mine hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that hath gates and bars.
1Sa 23:8 - And Saul called all the people together to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.
1Sa 23:9 - And David knew that Saul secretly practised mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod.
1Sa 23:10
1Sa 23:10 - Then said David, O LORD God of Israel, thy servant hath certainly heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.
1Sa 23:11 - Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? will Saul come down, as thy servant hath heard? O LORD God of Israel, I beseech thee, tell thy servant. And the LORD said, He will come down.
1Sa 23:12 - Then said David, Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul? And the LORD said, They will deliver thee up.
1Sa 23:13 - Then David and his men, which were about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went whithersoever they could go. And it was told Saul that David was escaped from Keilah; and he forbare to go forth.
1Sa 23:14 - And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, and remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand.
Saul Pursues David ©
1Sa 23:15 - And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood.
1Sa 23:16 - And Jonathan Saul's son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God.
1Sa 23:17 - And he said unto him, Fear not: for the hand of Saul my father shall not find thee; and thou shalt be king over Israel, and I shall be next unto thee; and that also Saul my father knoweth.
1Sa 23:18 - And they two made a covenant before the LORD: and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house.
1Sa 23:19 - Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in strong holds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon?
1Sa 23:20 - Now therefore, O king, come down according to all the desire of thy soul to come down; and our part shall be to deliver him into the king's hand.
1Sa 23:21 - And Saul said, Blessed be ye of the LORD; for ye have compassion on me.
1Sa 23:22 - Go, I pray you, prepare yet, and know and see his place where his haunt is, and who hath seen him there: for it is told me that he dealeth very subtilly.
1Sa 23:23 - See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hideth himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty, and I will go with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out throughout all the thousands of Judah.
1Sa 23:24 - And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain on the south of Jeshimon.
1Sa 23:25 - Saul also and his men went to seek him. And they told David: wherefore he came down into a rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard that, he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon.
1Sa 23:26 - And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain: and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men compassed David and his men round about to take them.
1Sa 23:27 - But there came a messenger unto Saul, saying, Haste thee, and come; for the Philistines have invaded the land.
1Sa 23:28 - Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Selahammahlekoth.
1Sa 23:29 - And David went up from thence, and dwelt in strong holds at Engedi.
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Digital identity for financial services present pandemic recovery opportunity and challenge for banks and governments
Jul 8, 2020 | Chris Burt
Categories Biometrics News | Financial Services | Government Services
The adoption of digital financial services will be accelerated by the pandemic, with corresponding impacts to digital identity, according to a new report from digital financial services company 11:FS.
The 101-page report on “How the COVID-19 pandemic will accelerate digital financial services” notes severe short, medium and long-term consequences to the financial sector, and claims that survival for companies will depend on successful digital transformation. The report says that traditional government responses to financial crisis, such as lower interest rates, will not work, and record loan-loss provisions by big banks show the expected affect on the financial sector. At the same time, digital banking use has spiked.
Among the medium-term impacts identified, digital identity and verification are identified in the report as the only way to open new accounts during the pandemic, with digital payments and credit scoring replacing in-person methods.
Behavioral biometrics to quickly authenticate customers will be among the AI technologies used more widely in the long run, according to 11:FS.
Change in the sector cannot come fast enough, as Signicat research shows 41 percent of people in Europe were unable to access financial services during the lockdown.
The forthcoming “The Battle to Onboard 2020: The impact of COVID-19 and beyond” report shows one-third of European consumers do not see why fully digital onboarding would be unavailable from their financial institution at this time. Most respondents (70 percent) not only have an account with a digital-first financial service provider, but 69 percent of them say it is better than traditional financial services.
“Our regular research into consumer attitudes around digital onboarding has found that financial services have struggled to keep up with consumer demands in the later years. One of the effects of the pandemic has been to bring this into sharp focus, turning a desire for digital services into a desperate need. Consumers expect to be digital customers which are, according to big banks, 2-3 times more profitable and more loyal than branch-only customers,” says Singicat CEO Asger Hattel.
“The majority of consumers want the option of banking 100 percent digitally, including the initial application and onboarding. Digital onboarding is in fact crucial, as consumers will see it as a preview of the service—a poor user experience will lead to many abandoned applications.”
On the other end of the spectrum, Pakistan’s biometric Ehsaas Emergency Cash Programme has reached Rs 193.96 billion (US$1.16 billion) within its first 100 days in operation, The Nation reports.
The program had reached 112 billion Pakistani Rupees ($695 million) by late-May, after being launched on April 9. At the time the program was reported to have been allocated $900 million. Since then it has disbursed nearly 82 billion rupees ($491 million) in additional funding.
The government of Pakistan set a new target, based on the program’s success, to reach more than 16 million beneficiary families, up from the previous target of 12 million.
Supplementary methods of authentication are available for those are unable to successfully authenticate their status with biometrics.
Australia is planning to revamp its welfare payment platform that could use the digital identity capabilities of the “permissions and permits platform” the Digital Transformation Agency is working on, according to The Mandarin.
Minister of Government Services Stuart Robert told a National Press Club audience that the whole-of-government digital architecture announced last year is well under way. The beta release of the myGov, which completed its digital integration pilot a month ago with 1.3 million enrolled identities, will be scaled up to provide digital identity for all government services. A unified voice biometric service will also be used to secure telephone services to make them more respectful and inclusive, Robert says.
Canadians expect government, private sector to develop digital ID framework
CULedger rebrands biometric digital ID service as MemberPass, piloted by 11 credit unions
North Macedonian government partners with Mastercard for distributed digital ID service
UK and Singapore government services to collaborate on digital government services
Israel Securities Authority announces changes to encourage digital innovation
Portable digital identity solution with face biometrics successfully exits FCA regulatory sandbox
Australia | authentication | biometrics | consumer adoption | digital identity | Europe | financial services | government services | identity verification | Pakistan | Signicat
Enhancing banking services with biometric authentication
Explainer: Electronic ID (eID)
Explainer: Mobile Biometrics
Explainer: Signature Recognition
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Warehouse, Office Properties Dominate April CMBS Issuances — Here Are 5 Of The Top Loans
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May 12, 2017 Champaign Williams, Bisnow
The CMBS market is facing headwinds, what with the state of the retail industry and the billions of dollars of CMBS loans backed by malls that are set to mature this year.
With these concerns in mind, CMBS issuances continued to fall in April. (Loan issuances were down 34% in Q1.) Lenders issued 93 loans that totaled $3.3B in April, a far cry from the $6.3B issued in March. Warehouse, office and retail loans within New York City, Washington, DC, and Los Angeles dominated the month, according to the latest Trepp data.
Below are five of the biggest CMBS loans issued in April and details about the properties these loans are backed by.
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Mack-Cali Short Hills Office Portfolio, Short Hills, N.J.
Amount: $74.7M
Close Date: April 18
Loan Term: 120 months
Mack-Cali Realty Corp., an office and luxury multifamily REIT in Jersey City, bought six Class-A office buildings in Northern New Jersey from RXR Realty in April. The $368M portfolio includes 51, 101 and 103 JFK Parkway in Short Hills. Mack-Cali received a $124.5M, 10-year fixed-rate loan from Citi and Goldman Sachs & Co to fund the JFK Parkway acquisitions.
Mack-Cali sold $47M of office assets in Q1, and this week, it is marketing approximately $600M of non-core office assets. The REIT expects to sell a total of $800M in 2017 and use sale proceeds to pay off $250M of unsecured debt due in December.
50 Broadway, New York
Amount: $62M
This 37-story tower in New York's finance district in Manhattan received a fixed-rate $62M loan from an affiliate of Citigroup Global Markets. Cushman & Wakefield served as adviser to secure the loan for the United Federation of Teachers Local 2. The 352K SF mixed-use building includes office and retail space, and is roughly 94% leased with tenants including Regency International, the YMCA and Seaport Electronics.
The Summit Birmingham, Birmingham, Ala.
This 1M SF structure is a trophy retail property in Birmingham, Ala., built between 1997 and 2009, and includes tenants such as Apple, Trader Joe's and athleisure wear retailers like Lululemon and Athletica. Restaurants include Cheesecake Factory and California Pizza Kitchen. The property is owned by a partnership between developer Bayer Properties and Institutional Mall Investors, which received the refinancing loan from Bank of America.
Courtesy: Boston Real Estate Times
The Davenport exterior with HubSpot signage
One West 34th St., New York
Borrowers received a series of securities that totaled $150M from Wells Fargo and Goldman Sachs for this Midtown West office and retail property. Meridian Capital Group secured the 10-year fixed-rate loan to refinance the 12-story property on behalf of Crown Acquisitions and BLDG Management. This loan will replace a $100M loan that New York Community Bank issued in January 2014.
The Davenport, Cambridge, Mass.
In February, NGKF Capital Markets helped secure financing for the sale of this community staple. Davenport in Cambridge sold to Oxford Property Group and Alony Hertz Properties & Investments. The four-story building is home to marketing and sales firm HubSpot, which plans to lease and expand into the entire 232K SF building. The Davenport Building was constructed as a series of adjacent buildings in 1860 for the Davenport Furniture Factory. In 1989, a renovation connected the buildings, and more recently, new modern common areas and lobby space were introduced, while maintaining the historic character of the original structure.
Contact Champaign Williams at champaign.williams@bisnow.com
Related Topics: CMBS Loans, Mack-Cali Realty, CMBS issuances, 50 Broadway New York, The Summit Birmingham, One West 34th Street, The Davenport, Cambridge
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Home Media Club Asia: Focal point for young Asians views
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Mainstream media is turning once again to Club Asia 963+972AM to find out the current atmosphere within the younger Asian community. The station is the only platform for contemporary Asian Londoners to talk and has become the focal point for debate among Asians in the city.
Sumerah Ahmad, Club Asia’s Co-founder and Director, appeared on BBC Breakfast this morning and was asked how Asians have changed their behaviour after the attacks. She commented, “there is a real sense of the need to reassure non Asians that we’re on the same side – that we’re not carrying explosives”.
The station has proven not only to be a vital source to London’s Asians in terms of information source but also as a platform which is their own to voice their feelings and concerns. “Our listeners view this station as their own, lending them to speak more freely than if it were a non Asian medium”, John Ogden, Club Asia Director.
Club Asia has been working tirelessly on bringing its listeners up-to-date information on the developments linked to the attacks on the capital. The late night talk show No Holds Barred from 22:00 has become the main debating forum. The phone lines are jammed every night with London Asians giving widely differing views on events and are the most relevant broadcasting in the country right now for anyone who wants to know what young Muslims, Hindus and Sikhs are really thinking.
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Neil Young+ Wilco: spettacolo al MSG di N.Y.
December 17, 2008 12:48 PM ET
Neil Young, Wilco / Dec. 15, 2008 / New York (Madison Square Garden)
Lavinia Jones Wright, N.Y.
As strange as it is to see a band with its own huge live draw play an opening set, Wilco were the perfect choice to prime the crowd at Madison Square Garden on Monday for Neil Young.
In fact, watching Jeff Tweedy and company cruise through their abbreviated set (a breakneck nine songs that left the crowd palpably desperate for more) illustrated the fact that they could very well become the Neil Young of a younger generation.
Their songs are intricately written but still accessible, their live shows are raucous and they reference early rock and country without stealing from it. After a playing a set filled with incredible songs like “Jesus Etc.,” “I’m the Man Who Loves You,” and “Spiders (Kidsmoke),” there were still dozens of others in their catalog that the audience was dying to hear.
The floor of the Garden was almost completely cleared of seats to accommodate a standing audience, and the thousand fans who were devoted enough to stand for four hours straight were rewarded with an experience so intimate it seemed unreal. When Young finally took the stage in a paint-splattered blazer and Frank Zappa t-shirt, diving immediately into a fuzzed-out, energized of “Love and Only Love,” it felt like being transported back in time to a crowded club.
He may be 63 years old, but Young seems to have no intention of slowing down or resting on his laurels. Then again, he never has. Besides blasting through noisy, wild and achingly sincere versions of classics like “Cinnamon Girl,” “The Needle and the Damage Done,” “Old Man” and “Heart of Gold,” Young packed the set with recent and brand new tracks like “Off The Road,” “Hit the Road and Go To Town,” and “Get Behind the Wheel.” He even egged the crowd on to make a big stink about his newer songs because his new record label execs were in the crowd.
Pure fearlessness poured out of Young’s signature gigantic Magnatone cabinet as he leaned on his whammy bar, distorting the tunes in the style for which he’s become famous. He tore into “Rockin’ in the Free World” before the encore, leaving the audience to wonder what was left to finish the show. He then defiantly returned to the stage to howl through “A Day in the Life,” a track even the Beatles never played live (and Paul McCartney flubbed when he tried to do it this summer). Young finished the song in a swirl of noise, angrily ripping strings from his guitar and grinding them together for maximum chaos. Â
Between the nostalgic and mournful vocal harmonies of his ’60s and ’70s hits and the ear-bleeding (not to mention politically charged) shows he puts on in the 21st century, Young seems to have done the impossible: capture the zeitgeist of two generations.Â
Eric Clapton - While my guitar gently weeps
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E MA ADESSO BASTAAAAAAAAAA!
Massive Attack ci fanno sapere:
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SI , MOLTO DA OBIETTARE, MA E’ TRATTO DA SCHOOL OF ROCK, SORRIDIAMO
AL VOLO DUE ANSA
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LIGHTS has announced she plans to release a stripped down version of her high-energy album Siberia on April 30th. Siberia Acoustic will feature 10 acoustic versions of the 2011 release, and we all…
Lights and Beau Bokan Share Relationship Advice
Since Valentine’s Day is approaching, I’m sure a lot of you are either A) dreading it or B) super excited. Either way, it’s always good…
Music On, World Off: “Cactus In The Valley” by LIGHTS
Welcome to a brand new segment I like to call Music On, World Off. Keepin’ it fresh in 2013. 😉
Music On, World Off is basically me telling you guys about a…
LIGHTS Reveals How It Felt To Be Bullied
It’s no secret that LIGHTS knows how to light up a room, but it wasn’t always that way for the Canadian songstress. In an article with the…
Get To Know 5vel: 13 Questions With A Notable Up-and-Comer
It’s no secret that the internet is a significant way to promote yourself. It is amazing all of the new music we can discover all on our own; sometimes by accident, and sometimes…
LIGHTS Brightens Up The Big Apple
Tonight was one of those surreal concert moments. Those moments when you honestly cannot believe you are in the same room with the person whose music possibly saved your life…
Artist Of The Month: LIGHTS
Hey there, folks! Welcome to the second installment of Artist Of The Month! This month I have someone very dear to my heart to share with you guys. Some of you…
LIGHTS & Deadmau5 Perform at Juno 2012 Awards
This past weekend Canada got together to celebrate a huge year in music at the 2012 Juno Awards. Big winners included Justin Bieber, Feist, and Drake – but our girl <a…
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Treating the whole person
By Dawn Feldhaus | April 19, 2018 5:30 am | comments
Standing tall through physical therapy
By Dan Trujillo | June 24, 2014 12:00 am | comments
Guy LaRue stands tall today, thankful for the ability to move on his own two feet. The Washougal football player was riding a quad in the sand when he rolled it and broke his back at the age of 14. He had four vertebrates fused, and two rods and eight screws placed into his spine.
A commitment to success
By Danielle Frost | June 24, 2014 12:00 am | comments
Every day, countless people look in the mirror and declare, "no more." They make a commitment to lose weight. For weeks, or even months, a rigorous diet and exercise regimen is followed. They lose weight. Friends marvel at their commitment.
Escape with paddleboarding
Terry Click escapes life's hustle and bustle with a board and a paddle. "There is great calmness as I am gliding across the water," he said. "I usually am mesmerized by the water peeling off the nose of the board, how quiet it is, how elegant. I appreciate all the nature around me and feel at one with it."
Active and fit most of her life, after the birth of her second child Anna Stephens had some trouble getting back into the swing of things. "I just couldn't lose the weight," she said.
Understanding wellness
Childhood obesity has reached epidemic levels in Washington and throughout the United States. Overweight children are at higher risk for lifelong physical and emotional health problems, among other issues.
Free yoga at Crown Park in Camas this summer
Rushing Water Yoga is offering free yoga classes once a month in Crown Park.
Hathaway to serve free summer meals
Free lunches will be served again this summer at Hathaway Elementary School, 630 24th St., Washougal.
Improving the latter years of life
By Dawn Feldhaus | June 24, 2014 12:00 am | comments
Maggie Lou Heltzel enjoys challenges, most any games and mingling with people. She is among the participants in beanbag baseball at Columbia Ridge Senior Living, in Washougal. Heltzel, 86, also enjoys playing bingo and exercise "sometimes."
Uniting for Prevention
By Heather Acheson | June 24, 2014 12:00 am | comments
To "unite" is defined as joining, combining or incorporating to form a single unit. There is a reason this descriptive term is included in the name of the organization that is made up of a diverse group of members who work together to "support youth, encourage families, enrich community and guide healthy choices."
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Newly-elected mayor of Srinagar joins Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party
Srinagar, Nov 27 (ANI): The newly-elected mayor of Srinagar, Junaid Azim Mattu joined Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party on November 27. He joined party in the presence of Apni Party chief Altaf Bukhari. "Apni Party has pinned many hopes on the calibre of this young man," said Bukhari in the press conference.
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Senators advance bill to reform plane certification as Boeing 737 Max ungrounded
by: Jessi Turnure
Posted: Nov 19, 2020 / 04:28 PM CST / Updated: Nov 20, 2020 / 07:29 AM CST
WASHINGTON, DC (NEXSTAR) — On the same day the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration cleared Boeing’s 737 Max for takeoff again, senators advanced legislation they have been working on since the deadly crashes that first grounded the airplanes nearly two years ago.
The bill changes how the FAA certifies new planes, shares information after fatal crashes and protects whistleblowers.
“This bill is the product of many months of hard work and will be a great step toward aviation safety,” said Sen. Roger Wicker, R-MS, the chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee.
Wicker and Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-WA, the committee’s ranking member, focused on the core issues of the crashes: lax oversight and a rush to implement a new software system.
“Cutting corners is not an option,” Cantwell said.
Their legislation would require more oversight and safety assessments throughout the FAA and manufacturers like Boeing.
“In aviation, we have to meet the highest safety standards,” Cantwell said. “It’s not optional. It’s mandatory.”
The committee voted unanimously to advance the bill to the full Senate, but some senators still had reservations.
“More can and should be done,” said Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-CT.
Blumenthal tried to include more consumer protections.
“To ensure that Boeing and other aviation manufacturers are held accountable and are barred from hiding behind the FAA certification process,” he said.
The House passed similar legislation this week that Blumenthal said he preferred.
While lawmakers race against the clock to pass something before the end of the year, consumers will have to weigh their options with the 737 plane.
“I would put my own family on it,” said FAA Administrator Stephen Dickson.
Dickson said future tragedies are now impossible, but families of the crash victims aren’t convinced.
“Avoid the Max. Don’t fly on it,” said Michael Stumo, who lost his daughter. “If you see the equipment you’re going to be flying on as this Boeing 737 Max 8, change your booking and fly another plane.”
U.S. airlines will fly the nearly thousand Max jets produced once Boeing updates software and pilots receive training.
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Beauty | Insiders
Hailey Bieber makeup tutorial: How to recreate her flawless skin and lilac eyeshadow by Shiseido makeup artist Vincent Oquendo
Text: Emily Heng
Real-life success stories in recent times are often accredited to the power of social media. Take Grammy nominee Shawn Mendes for example, who got his start on video-sharing application, Vine, while model-turned-actress Barbie Ferreira rose to fame in part thanks to her Instagram account. Fascinating as it is to witness their meteoric rise through a series of tweets, Instagram stories, and Internet statistics, we can't help but feel a tad nostalgic for the humble origin stories of yesteryear. Think: Gisele Bündchen being scouted at McDonald's; Kelly Clarkson plucked out of obscurity thanks to American Idol; and Vincent Oquendo discovered at Saks Fifth Avenue's cosmetics department by MUA legend, Pat McGrath.
The latter is a tale that proves familiar amongst the beauty community. "When I first started out, I was working in nightlife. I bartended, I did cocktail waiting, and just about everything to pay my rent," Vincent Oquendo, who is Shiseido’s Global Artist, shares matter-of-factly. "I got fired from many, many restaurants, I was waiting tables, but it wasn't my passion. I knew what was my passion, which was makeup. Eventually, I got the opportunity to work with Pat McGrath." The self-taught makeup artist took years to build his portfolio before landing a gig at Fashion's Night Out in New York where he assisted Mcgrath on her secondary makeup team. He was later invited to stay on, and continued helping out at shoots and shows for big names Anna Sui and John Galliano before he left to forge his own path. And the rest, as they say, is history.
In 2019, Oquendo is the go-to makeup artist to an extensive list of it-girls from Bella Hadid to Elsa Hosk, regularly featured in acclaimed international publications (like Buro. Singapore!), and Shiseido's Global Ambassador and Artist — which is what brought him to our sunny shores. So, what's next for this makeup maestro? We sat down with the mastermind himself to find out the secret to his beauty prowess and the methods behind his one-of-a-kind lewks.
When did you first discover your passion for makeup?
I wasn't a very artistic child, if you can I believe it. I was a lot sportier growing up [Laughs]. When I went to college in New York, I wanted to work at Saks Fifth Avenue as one of those guys who would spray perfume at people who'd go past. I wanted the job, I didn't get the job — but as I was leaving the department, this pregnant woman spotted me and she invited me to come and work for the sunglasses department. Now, the sunglasses section is right next to cosmetics, and I remember I could just see it clear from where I was working every day. It called to me, and I just fell in love with it.
I made the shift soon enough. I didn't know what I was doing, but I was willing to learn and listen. I learnt from the customers, the women at Saks Fifth Avenue... Makeup brands do seasonal training, too, so that was where I picked up my fundamentals. Then, I discovered Kevyn Aucoin's book, Making Faces, and found out about this thing called the Powder Group, which is a collective of artists that do makeup shows. That's where I met big celebrity makeup artist, Billy B, and I offered to assist him for free and that's when I saw a really different side of the industry.
Different in a good way, or...?
Oh, a great way! I was mesmerized straight away by the idea of doing editorial, celebrities, and fashion.
What was the first product that caught your eye way back when you were working in Saks?
Oh god, I don't think that there was one in particular [Laughs]. You know, we've all been on the makeup floor in a department store. It's like being in a beehive — that's the best way to describe it. There's a humming, an urgency. I was entranced by that. It was the spirit of it that really pulled me in, and the ritual of it. I considered each counter its own sort of universe. Before I signed with Shiseido, I remember seeing their counter at Saks Fifth Avenue and there was this serenity to it. This spa-like, elevated feeling, where they'd take cotton pads to do a facial massage, and hold it in this certain way... It felt so exotic to me. I would never imagine in a million years that I would work with a brand like Shiseido and I'm so glad that I do because it feels so special.
We noticed that you work with a pretty impressive list of celebrities, too.
[Laughs]. Yes... a couple of my regular clients are Maggie Gyllenhaal, Lily Collins, Elsa Hosk, Bella Hadid, Sara Sampio, Hailey Steinfeld, Janelle Monae, Winnie Harlow... Oh, and Bebe Rexha is a new client of mine, too. She's very exciting and fun.
Who would be your dream client?
Julie Newmar. She's the original Catwoman, and I think she's the epitome of sexy. I hold her in the same category as I do Jane Fonda. She's an elevated, sophisticated, strong woman... there's a versatility to her.
What are some of the more memorable makeup looks you've created?
Some of my favourites are the ones I created for the Cannes Film Festival. I feel like Cannes is on an international stage, where the whole world is looking no matter if it's Asia, Europe, America... Those are the looks that get the biggest traction. So, I like to challenge myself with it, and take risks in a glamorous way. I really loved this one look I did for Winnie Harlow, where we did a violet purple eye, and she wore a Ralph & Russo gown that was sheer on the sides.
I find most of my inspiration from old Hollywood and nature. I have an assistant who creates this moodboards of orchids, flowers, and things like that. I just love how nature puts colours together. When you look at orchid show, you are just mesmerised by the beauty of nature, you know? I'm always trying to translate that combination of colours onto someone's face. Like for Hailey's look we just re-created, I remember the main inspiration behind it was the dress. It had a really cool opalescent feeling to it, but with a tremendous amount of depth and dimensions that is traditional of my work. It's monochromatic, but there's so many layers to it!
Is monochromatic eyeshadow a makeup trend you're looking forward to seeing more of?
Not really, but only because I'm pretty anti-trend! [Laughs] I love disrupters. I am constantly inspired by people and clients who go against what everybody says, because those are the ones that are memorable. I'm more interested in creating the trend than following it.
That sounds like you enjoy taking risks with makeup...
When I feel it, I do it. I am truly an artist in that sense. When I feel it in my heart, I communicate it to my clients, and I think they feel my passion for it. And they just get excited by my excitement, you know? They trust me. Like Lily Collins, she doesn't even ask me what I'm doing. She just lets me do whatever I want. They have complete faith, because you are the expert and the master. I don't take that responsibility light, and it just brings me so much joy that they believe in me.
The risk paid off! We loved what you did for Lily recently.
Yes, oh my god. It was such a controversy amongst beauty editors. People were like, "Is it blue, is it purple...?" I loved it.
Her complexion looked amazing. What are your tips for creating a flawless base?
Find a full coverage and medium coverage concealer and dance between the two. Use broader strokes for the one with medium coverage, and tap lightly with the full coverage offering. Really concentrate it and eradicate anything you don't want to show! This allows for skin to still look like skin — where you can see the pores, peach fuzz, and freckles, but dark circles, discolouration and broken blood vessels are covered.
Is there a right order to put it on?
No. It's truly like a dance. You feel the impulse in the moment. For me, sometimes I even use the medium coverage concealer to sculpt. This pushes out the colour you've laid down.
Wait, so no foundation?
I tend to opt more for concealer than foundation. It's very true to my style. I use foundation to sheer down concealer. If my makeup is a sandwich, bread is the medium concealer, meat is the foundation, and concealer is the other piece of bread [Laughs]. Foundation is more of a mixing medium for me, in a way.
We noticed you use both fingers and brushes during makeup application.
That's because for me, skin should still look like skin, no matter what. I'm not interested in a too perfect, flawless complexion. I'm always trying to make looks that are aspirational; that I think people want to wear. In fact, I've heard from other celebrities that I'm the account they look to when they need a reference for red carpets. It's a huge compliment. There's a couple of celebrities — big ones! — who just followed me, and I'm like, "Girl! Book me!"
What's one makeup tip you have?
Take risks! Coloured mascara, for instance — it's not just for the '80s! Jewel-tone mascaras are flattering on every skin tone. Violet is great, too. It's not as intimidating, you know — I think I gave this tip in the video, where you can put black mascara on the root of your lash, and then ombré that violet over it. Or just do violet on the bottom lashes.
How do you apply mascara on your bottom lashes with a chunkier wand?
Hold it vertically. Almost like a pencil! Go vertical, side-to-side, and just coat the lashes like that.
Last question: if you could sum yourself up into a single makeup product, you would be...?
A highlighter, because I like to shine bright.
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Waterproof and humidity-proof skincare, makeup, and hair products for your next beach day: Dior, Anessa, Shiseido, etc
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Author: WPM
South FL
I’m Bill Moore and I grew up in Norfolk, Virginia where I went to Granby High School. I attended University of Richmond for two years then transferred to University of South Carolina where I graduated with a BA in English Literature. I’ve taken fiction & writing courses at Rice, UNC, and by distance learning from the U. Iowa Workshop.
For over 35 years I worked as a salaried technical writer and instructional media designer for various corporations in NC, TX, and FL.
Under the name William P. Moore, I’ve written several books (Amazon author page). Three are novels. My writing has appeared in print and online in various literary journals. I’m on LinkedIn and have a few blogs old and new scattered around out there.
reach me at: wpmfla at gmail
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Homage to Sam Shepard
I recall going to Houston’s Alley Theatre in the early 1980s to see their production of “True West,” a Sam Shepard play. There was free champagne served before the show in the foyer. The slinky girl who I took to the show liked that part.
The low rectangular stage was surrounded by ascending rows of seats. Between acts, the room went pitch dark while the crew changed the set. The slinky girl let loose a small coyote howl, and I firmly elbowed her in the ribs.
The story was about sibling rivalry in suburbia. The bad boy son was perpetrating some neighborhood robberies. He stole everyone’s toaster, it seems.
During one set change in the dark, a dozen or more toasters were fired up. In the audience we could smell toast cooking before the lights came up and action resumed.
The brothers fought and things came to a climax. That’s about all I remember. I liked the uniqueness of the play and admire its author for his many talents and the free-spirited way he lived.
Sam Shepard 1943-2017
Posted in Writers' Corner on August 1, 2017 by WPM.
Earned by “Colorful Whateverisms,” the lead piece of short fiction in “Parts Department.”
(As they used to say, “This and a dime will get you a cup of coffee.”)
http://www.glimmertrain.com/pages/finalists/2017_03_04_mar_apr_fo_hm.php
Posted in Writers' Corner on June 22, 2017 by WPM.
PHOTO: Tom Weathers out West
El Viejo, somewhere on a precipitous ledge.
Posted in Pictures on June 14, 2017 by WPM.
My Latest: “Parts Department”with Author’s Notes
Paperback is for sale on Amazon. Also available in Kindle and iBooks format. Can also be purchased direct from Lulu.
Nine short fiction pieces – a mix of dark humor with a dash of surrealism. Souls adrift, the blues, and the underlying quest for home and happiness.
NOTES ABOUT THE 9 STORIES … by the author
The collection begins with a story about home and location with the protagonist wondering “where to go or what to do next?” It ends with a story of the same type. This led me to the Faulkner quote as the epigraph.
Story 1- Bayberry is a wayward character long-held in a dusty trunk, a figment on faded typing paper. Here he’s cut to size and freed to the public page, surrounded by haunts and strange visions…and thereby buried for good (along with any other attempts to describe Key West).
2 – Written in appreciation of Hemingway’s “After the Storm.” I had an idea of layering and humans living in husks. I wanted to use a squabbled-over domestic treasure as opposed to a sunken ocean liner.
3- “Advanced Level of Play” could have been more about Masked Man but the road led to video games and to Stan Birchard, a reclusive resident from Oceanaire, who crosses over (as do others in later stories).
4 – “Along the Fall Line” is adapted from a fragment left on Oceanaire’s cutting room floor…a scene with a pretty girl on rollerblades. Having it take place in Columbia, SC was the biggest leap. The theme of “fall from grace” fit the river geography and set up the storyline.
5 – “Orange Bowl Days” is an attempt is to make memorable characters in captured moments…odd moments maybe, like Ulyanna in the tub studying a pharmacology book, or the South Beach scene with Harry and writer Ralph Z. Dupree. At one time I wanted to write a novel using the line (which I like) about Harry being choppered off a fishing boat, but this was all it was.
6 – The next two stories are tied via Teri and her mother Anna and crazy father John. They seemed an inevitable part of the collection, gloomy as they are. Maybe some will see humor. The niece character Shannon is a reimagined representation of a girl I knew when a teenager in Sandbridge, VA. She lived in her aunt’s house that summer, but in real life didn’t disappear from there…she disappeared from me.
7 – Is mercifully short. A shot, so to speak, at Southern Grotesque. I liked the name of Soso as a town. Visions of a place like Soso (plus a real-life 2015 drive to Aiken on a bleak country highway) started the whole setting. The ruined scenery evoked an atmosphere of mediocrity and nihilism.
8 – “Blue Chile” steals again from Oceanaire, using the character Beto the flight attendant. I appointed his sister as narrator and opposite personality type. It is a morality play of sorts, involving faith, situational ethics, religion, and even a bit of sibling rivalry. The lawyer /wheeler-dealer character Eligio Carnación crosses over from Oceanaire.
9 – Some familiar names pop up in the last piece. It’s a New Orleans vignette, a slice from an abandoned sequel to Houston Chemical. This story also has character intersections with other stories and novels. Those sort of ties matter to me in my fabulist world. I don’t expect others to realize the connections; at best they raise curiosity.
Posted in promo on June 13, 2017 by WPM.
PHOTO: Random
in open-air market, Hollywood FL
Posted in Pictures on May 22, 2017 by WPM.
A Photo: “Squeeze Me”
So says the tee shirt of the funky mannequin welcoming customers at entrance to New River Groves, an old-style Florida roadside attraction (with citrus, juices, gator meat and some pretty good key lime pie.)
Proust’s “Within a Budding Grove”
The second novel in the series of seven has plenty of slog areas – tedious sections of rumination and digression. In automotive terms, the dwell angle – the delay between firing points – is immense at times. We pause and deliberate, feeling the delay and the opposing expectation of our own reader habit to keep moving on with the story. I felt a sense of repetition, of being caught in a day-after-day loop. Meanwhile Marcel dishes on the aristocrats and has muted experiences at a beachside hotel in Balbec. The effect, likely intentional, is almost as if I too were staying there, alienated and unhappy over the duration of my visit.
I am not sure we can say this lengthy book is all about seeking young girls in flower or budding romance. It’s more about Marcel’s previous big romantic flop in Paris with his first love Gilberte and his subsequent train & beach trip with grandmama to the Normandy coast. There’s a lot of description about isolation, discomfort, and other complaints. As is the tendency with Proust, we are given golden gifts of insight and wisdom amidst the unhappiness, as if that is the prime circumstance for producing such reflections.
Best early section is the actual train trip to Balbec. Best late section is the last block of a hundred pages that include Marcel’s encounters with Albertine and the “gang.” The last fifty pages are thematically strong (pastries, memory, love, hawthorn leaves). The writing is genius.
At the seaside hotel (which takes up the middle book) the narrative is largely about society – see and be seen. The In-Crowd is often on display at dress-up time in the dining room, a room the narrator depicts as a giant fish tank. Inside they act out their privileged games while everyday folk pass by outside, pause and look in blank wonder through the glass.
Things are not always so stuffy. In the peak of summer, the hotel opens its windows and the guests step in and out on way to the terrace or beach. Marcel does not do the beach. His grandma places him on an upper floor VIP suite lined with glass bookcases that reflect the sunny sea. Marcel dislikes it. He is sickly and cautious.
Eventually some friends (Bloch, Robert, and Charlus) stir him loose. Marcel’s instinctive yearning for romance and sex gets him on the prowl. The object of his affection turns out to be Albertine, who he spots on the boardwalk. We only see her in the last hundred pages or so.
Proust ups the tempo. Things get interesting when our narrator befriends painter Elistir and finally hooks up with the girl he’s been obsessed with, the one from the cadre of girls cruising the beach boulevard. Albertine proves to be outspoken, charming and frank. Her middle-class dialog is a long-awaited breath of fresh air to an otherwise stultifying cast of aristocrats. We get a detailed examination of the games young lovers play, and the turn of Marcel from naive admirer (in the past with Gilberte) to male predator (of Albertine), still holding to childish love fantasies but acting (often not so subtly) with cunning and manipulation. As it develops, she is not that different, just more honest.
I switched midbook from the newer Penguin translation to the older 1982 Vintage Press volume (the silver and black set by Moncrief and Kilmartin). Larry McMurtry’s use of this older set led me to it. It reads more majestically and to me sounds better tonally. It is not plagued by 21st century colloquials and clipped phrases. The print and typesetting is far easier on the eyes.
The McMurtry formula for reading Proust: ten pages a day for a year equals over 3500 pages, the approximate total length of all seven novels. I read at a slower pace.
Number three is next: the Guermantes novel. Meanwhile, I got a copy of the movie “Time Regained,” which is summary-like and weird, but a nice visual accompaniment. It’s based on the book of the same name, the last novel in the series. Not all parts are understandable at this point. There is a powerful scene of Marcel recalling his memories of Swann’s wife Odette when a certain piano concerto is performed.
*My modest report on the first novel “Swann’s Way” is here.
Posted in booknotes on April 7, 2017 by WPM.
Today’s oxymoron is “ebook cover”
On sale as Amazon Kindle and Apple iBook $7.99.
Posted in promo on March 11, 2017 by WPM.
I (still) Like Lucinda Williams
2/25/17: Saw her last night in concert at the Parker Playhouse in Ft. Lauderdale, where she and her band Buick 6 rocked the joint with 21 songs. Her lyrics are memorable and vivid. She brings a dash of politics along and is no fan of “liars and fear-mongers,” directed currently to you-know-who. Standing ovations by a largely sixty-ish crowd of 1200, a great show.
She has her own label now and can be more like Dylan, producing records without limitations, like making long double albums in the spirit of Blonde on Blonde.
below from post on 11/16/2012
Folks in my immediate circle thought it odd that I liked Lucinda Williams so much.
She’s so…country, they said.
This was in 1998 when the “Car Wheels on a Gravel Road” album caught my attention.
She is country, I’d answer, but much more.
The “Car Wheels “album is a poetry chapbook. Each piece tries to outdo the other, though they all are cut from the same thematic cloth and connect in the end. Behind excellent guitar work, she lays the Southern Delta twang on thick. The songs are about the chaos of love but they are tidily produced. Some, as it turns out, sound even better in future performances, especially with a minimalized band.
Her songs have pieces that can be transformed and unleashed anew.
Her “Essence” album is raw and sensual. The rock elements of blues and hard surf guitar heavy with reverb foreshadow her later days to come with Buick 6.
I like her albums “Blessed” and “West.” They have their own milieu and style, and she explores worlds beyond her Delta roots. She pushes the envelope stylistically without spinning out of character.
She’s a Dylan figure in the sense that she’s an original, the real deal, ragged edges be damned. Her twang is similar to Bob singing though his nose, and similarly her voice was sweeter and less torn up when she was younger. Both are poets (Lucinda’s father, Miller Williams, is a noted national poet and teacher who read at Clinton’s inauguration). They are individualists who eschew the usual media PR mill. Lucinda’s been down the road and has wisdom to add to all that born talent for writing. Just as you can’t lock Dylan into the folk category, you can’t label her either. They never sing the same song the same way twice. They’re artists and rebels.
In the French Quarter one morning I had breakfast at a beer and eggs dive. Someone put Lucinda on the jukebox, and the universe felt complete.
A younger Lucinda performance from 1989.
No one I’ve heard can do a sad songs about love and loss like Lucinda can.
“Copenhagen,” (audio on YouTube)
I’d recommend anyone trying out Lucinda to try the Fillmore concert double album. It has a good cross-sampling of her work, and the band that is with her that night is both sublime and red hot, perfectly in sync with her. She sings the best ever, her twang toned down, and the guitars complement her. Some fans (and she has her own cult) prefer watching her DVD performances. Lucinda on video is okay by me too, but I find it distracting whenever she refers to a three-ring binder for lyrics. Yet who can expect a poet to remember the volume of their work, word for word?
Better yet, follow her tour and get a ticket to see her live.
Posted in pseudophed text on February 27, 2017 by WPM.
McMurtry’s “Rhino Ranch”
Reading the last installment of our hero’s late-life adventures, I began to wonder if Duane should have been named Randy. Even in his sixties, the guy seems overrun with carnal needs and therefore has instant relations with horny nymphs and errant lesbians and other fantasy girls.
He’s some sort of graying chick magnet who manages to connect with women even randier than himself. They all talk a good game then tend to become servile to him and romantically turn him lose in all directions. If one leaves, another pops up. He’s bewildered.
Duane’s last hurrah is a deceptive porn star who somehow works in the oil business. She will do anything and everything in explicit detail but no penetration with Duane until he has a vasectomy. Guess what our randy hero does.
Along comes a modest, handy-with-dinner Thai girl who (like Annie in the last book) gets to Duane’s heart through his stomach. And then there is leggy K.K. the ball-busting organizer behind the “save the rhinos” organization. And toward book’s end it’s another pretty young thing in cutoffs who wants to serve him, too. Surprisingly, by this time Duane begins to turn them down. He’s cooked. Put a fork in him.
“Rhino’s” last few pages speed through a series of untimely deaths, depleting the cast. What has seemed like a screenplay is over. We will no longer see Duane. To do so would mean to go back and re-read “Texasville,” the four-inch one I started but skipped past.
With Duane gone, the family future is left to grandson Willy, the only one who has made it in the world of successful and intellectual people, who are oft-alluded to by Honor and K.K. as players in a sort of privileged and venal playground that exists outside the simple limitations of the one blinking traffic light in Thalia, Texas.
Posted in booknotes on November 30, 2016 by WPM.
Sarasota Bay
Posted in Pictures, Image format on November 27, 2016 by WPM.
McMurtry’s “When the Light Goes”
Directly following the chronology in “Duane’s Depressed,” this short novel is the Thalia series’ statement book on intimacy. Events are centered on protagonist Duane Moore and extend to all the other characters. By book’s end we know how most of them get along with their mates. The dusty town of Thalia, a place where bed-hopping has long been an accepted sport, is facing obsolescence, as are the sex lives of the aging cast.
The story is slow to launch, like Duane’s middle leg. By the late chapters he is taking the magic blue V pills.The reader wonders why he didn’t think about them earlier.
No matter the storyline, it’s McMurtry on display once again, and he delivers with seamless narrative and superb characterization. We are welcomed and drawn in. Some readers may be repelled by the explicit sex and language. I think McMurtry’s blue prose is under control: vivid and sensory but not sensational or fantasy-driven in a cheapened way.
Sixty-ish oilman and amateur Thoreau Duane Moore is still in love with his psychiatrist. Dr. Honor Carmichael is a fiftyish lesbian who despite her frosty front seems to be more than clinically interested in him. The book is engaging enough (and short with a building sharp pace, as in novella length) to push the reader ahead quickly, providing a few unexpected twists in how that situation between doc and patient works out. That’s the by far best part of the novel.
Unfortunately the story loses this interesting dynamic when Honor vanishes again and McMurtry brings young oil surveyor Anne into the action. Annie is a precocious and improbable Texas brat who is, as they say, all hat and no cattle – she’s sexually hung-up and can’t back up her flirty ways. Nevertheless our hero gets entangled with her, and (even if the author wishes us to feel otherwise) their encounters are insipid and sad. Anne is no Karla and definitely no Honor. They don’t seem to go together. We are left with a dumbed-down Duane & Annie romance that seems to exist by default.
The town of Thalia is fading fast and has no purpose, giving way to a cluster of WalMarts and Targets. Its local fixture convenience store and Dairy Queen are now run by Sri Lankans. Duane sells his house, abandons his cabin, and relocates to Arizona with Annie. Their relationship continues apparently on the mythical premise of “the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach.”
Which leads to his long-postponed coronary bypass surgery. Duane sits on the veranda and looks out on the desert landscape to ponder what may be next in his life. We’ll find out in the next book, “Rhino Ranch.”
Larry McMurtry’s Thalia series: “Duane’s Depresssed”
In the original Thalia trilogy sequence, this is novel 3, released after “Texasville” and “The Last Picture Show.”
This is the story of Duane Moore at 60-something and how he steps away from his traditional life, en route to self-discovery and potentially a nervous breakdown as well. It’s a quest and at the same time an abandonment. It’s a rarity in popular fiction books these days: a thorough examination of how an aging male tends to think, change, shed, yearn. The novel has aspects similar to Updike’s later-years “Rabbit,” but the angst and manners are Southern.
Despite occasional scenes of tedium and redundancy, the narrative is enjoyable and well presented. McMurtry’s perceptions and humor are always cooking underneath. In novel series mode, there are a lot of accumulative characterizations and brief summaries of history. It’s all concise and good – we are kept in the loop with longtime Thalia cast members Bobby Lee, Jacy, Sonny, Ruth, and Lester.
When McMurtry brings what is pertinent to the foreground, it is all the more amplified by the generous existence in his narrative of what is not pertinent. This is a key element in his writing style.
Duane looks for some way to see the world other than from the cab of a pickup truck and becomes a dedicated walker and bicyclist. In between he experiences the difficulties of busting loose, the joys and challenges of solitude, new ways to regard the world, and so on. By book’s end he has lost his wife, given away his dog, built a garden, and fallen in love with a lesbian psychologist. Eventually he is broken down emotionally and collapses. He hastily regroups and in his last act of escape, he hurriedly enlists a travel agent and flies away to exotic places abroad.
McMurtry is never better. Actions are emblematic and open to interpretation. In the novel’s final chapters, he weaves in elements of his own experience with reading Proust (the author read the volumes during recovery from heart surgery). Duane’s psychologist, a sophisticated woman named Honor, asks him by way of a prescription to read the Vintage three- volume set (about 3,000 pages) of “In Search of Lost Times.” Duane, who is a simple yet smarter-than-most Texas dude, works his way through it over a year’s time. Honor invites him to a book discussion, and McMurtry creates an electrifying chapter where surprises abound. In his subsequent next-day session at Honor’s office, the book’s climax takes place.
Posted in booknotes on November 4, 2016 by WPM.
Nobel Prize for Literature
Posted in pseudophed text on October 15, 2016 by WPM.
Barthelme’s “There Must Be Some Mistake”
We see some familiar touches here: the divorced aging male, his loyal friends and still-attached relatives, his exotic lovers, and an exurbian condo setting replete with nearby secret forts, i.e., the Velodrome and its tiny Airstream trailer section, reminiscent of the getaway airplane cabin wreckage in the woods in his novel Tracer.
It’s a cozy read, never strident and true to the world we live in. Well, maybe the plot and its neighbors falling like flies is a stretch, but that doesn’t matter. At the core, it’s a novel about community and one man’s place smack dab in the middle of one. That sounding board being Wallace Webster, who works for an ad firm and prefers the simple life where one draws wider focus from a narrower view. Wallace seems a level-headed dude with lots of sexual prowess. The other guys in the neighborhood are flawed and bumbling men, several of whom die. Ok, so Wallace is the community’s fiftyish years-old chick magnet.
We get interesting characters. A girlfriend (Jilly) who cracks lines like a female Morey Amsterdam; a couple of spooky female survivor types from Jerry Springer land (Chantal and her daughter); some nosy HOA type people, a fluffy-brained police investigator with a cozy name (as in “Detective Darling”), and so on. There is an air of female veneration.
Included are lots of everyday trifling details that draw our interest, like the guilty pleasure of late-night Saltines and butter. Barthelme does not shy away from today’s world of iPads and Facebook (in a direct hit on modern American behavior, Wallace says when a question comes up, “I can Google it. Right now.”). He includes tech culture and its niggling devices and sites, alluding to their complications and influences in our life but not to the point of admitting dominance. It’s good to see, and as many writers know, not that easy to do (it’s easier for many writers to move back the clock).
The dialog features a boundless supply of erudite cleverness coming from the mouths of all the major players, despite their unpretentious existence (with meals at Wendy’s and the Olive Garden). The community described is out in the bleak coastal plain community of Kemah, sort of rural east Houston (if I recall, there was a beer joint in that area back in the 80s called Maribelle’s which Velodrome somehow dredged from my memory). It must be exhausting for Wallace and his lady friends to constantly address every little aspect of life in such cute terms. The go-for-a-quick-ha-ha aspect of some of the dialog can ring false sometimes.
Then there are those longer discussions, the All About Me background ones, in which a character talks about himself in interview fashion while the avid listener adds prompts and queries and then responds like a chorus with affirmations and touchés. Barthelme has also drawn some from his personal and family past in portraying Wallace as son of an architect and as someone who was involved in painting. In one section I had the sensation of reading the author’s memoir notes.
Webster has a tendency to tell people everything. He’s about involvement and even confession rather than detachment and reticence. That’s good for making fiction.
Posted in booknotes on September 25, 2016 by WPM.
Freighters off Ft. Lauderdale Beach
Ever-present ships near Port Everglades (photo by wpm)
Posted in Pictures and tagged Ft. Lauderdale Beach on August 1, 2016 by WPM.
Luke Mogelson’s Stories
This is my update from February.
“Total Solar” appeared in the New Yorker earlier this year, inspiring me to mark the calendar for the release of the first published collection of Luke Mogelson’s stories.
I ordered it but didn’t read right away. This summer I’ve stubbornly stuck to short fiction’s best of breed, the tried and true Hemingway’s Finca Vigia Collection. Then I took a break and stepped back briefly into modern writers’ time. I’m glad, for it’s quality stuff.
I figured I would fly through Mogelson’s book but his stories have a richness and layering of intent that makes a reader slow down, even go back and re-read, which in my view is a sign of a well-done short story: one that asks to be re-examined.
Mogelson is not hesitant to deliver narrative in strings of expository sentences rather than scene. He can do both, and he can cut the fat and expose the iceberg with the best of them.
Were they all war stories? No, not completely. Two vivid accounts from the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq are “Kids” and “Total Solar.” The latter is exemplary in construction. Other stories involve veterans struggling to find their way with physical disabilities or mental disorders. I got the impression that perhaps the author was at times channeling Hemingway’s “A Soldier Home” which doesn’t describe war at all but instead focuses on its personal aftermath. These are not cheerful stories.
“The Port is Near” was gloomy too but had some humor, and we half-expected to see a happier ending to this one. The protagonist’s only direct allusion to service is a 9-11 reference describing when he lived in San Francisco “before they attacked us and I volunteered.” The rest is about his post-tour job aboard a net-fishing boat with a psycho captain (jobs for vets are hard to come by, that implies). Mogelson delivers an engrossing sea adventure scaled to short story size. Being on the fishing boat is in itself a battle of sorts and one that also ends with madness and loss.
Posted in booknotes on July 20, 2016 by WPM.
“Some Clouds” by Paco Taibo II
The symbolic clouds are puffy white and filled with promise as the story opens in a tropical paradise where independent detective Hector, now with a limp and minus an eye, is recharging after his wounds suffered in “No Easy Thing.” His retreat is cut short, and he re-enters a crime world far beyond his ability. By the end of this book, the clouds are dark and foreboding over the evil in Mexico City — Hector will describe them as “clouds of shit.”
In a masterful and imaginative mood, Taibo writes himself into this book as a writer. The character is named Paco Ignacio. The chapter in which Hector and Paco meet is like an interview between the author and his protagonist. Ignacio later plays a surprisingly important role in the story and becomes a deux ex machina figure.
Hector’s sister Elisa reappears from the previous book and talks Hector into looking into a friend’s murder case. She later regrets that she led her brother into such danger. We get the feeling at the end (it is only about 130 pages, perfect for a Hector novel) that our hero is not out of the woods. He won’t flee the country and hide however. He will remain in Mexico and face even more trouble in the next novel, “No Happy Ending.”
Each of Taibo’s Hector Belascoaran novels can stand on its own. Yet without reading them collectively and in sequence, the reader may be unaware of Hector’s past, and thereby miss some nuances. They’re also likely to miss how the next book picks up a thread or mood and continues it.
Posted in booknotes on May 28, 2016 by WPM.
Eggers’ “A Hologram for the King”
(originally posted August 10, 2012 and updated April 29, 2016) – The movie version is out, a sleek ninety-minutes featuring Tom Hanks and some stunning photography from the fictional and troubled megaplex being built by the Red Sea, and from a homogenized Jeddah hotel (where the concierge repeatedly recites “Welcome to the Hyatt”in an Arab accent). There is a scene with some great footage shot in Mecca, where Alan Clay (Hanks) nervously hides in the car as a non-Moslem.
It’s an important movie, a tale of love and redemption that informs us about international relations, specifically with the Arab world. In these times perhaps some will find it increases understanding and peels away blind hate.
It’s also a take on how it can be sometimes to work in IT. You get sent on a boondoggle, the conditions suck, the network is down, you’re hungry, and no one pays attention to you unless you complain enough or do something outside the rules (like Alan sneaking upstairs without a badge).
In the novel, Eggers’ writing style is clean and direct, similar to the clipped style he used in “Zeitoun.” The book’s print job has illogical spacing. In some instances a gap is put between sentences obviously belonging to the same paragraph. Without the random spacing, and with some merciful reduction of a few scenes here and there, this thing could be close to novella land.
The story moves well, conventionally, and slows down in the middle. It is loaded with humor: the character Yousef is an instant hit, Westernized and corrupted by two cultures. The novel gives a rare look inside the unknown world of the UAE. It’s a dual world, orderly on the surface, yet disordered on the underside. The work ethic is amorphous. Imports do much of it (“We don’t have unions. We have Fillpinos”). The orgiastic scene at the Danish embassy pretty well sums up the conflicting “moral guidelines” of compound residents vs. citizens.
The protagonist (Alan Clay) suffers a frustrating impasse inside the King’s new business complex, as he and his IT team wait for a chance to make their big pitch to sell the Arabs a holographic teleconferencing product. Meanwhile they’re stuck in a tent, largely ignored, without food and without wi-fi. During this seemingly endless delay, Alan begins to fall apart. We are privy to flashback after flashback of guilt, shame, and failure.
He’s not a happy guy. And neither are we, suffering along with him. Along the way, we are reminded of the disembowelment of our economy by handing over all our work to cheap labor outside the country. There is a strong section about PPG Glass losing the new Freedom Tower contract to China, who manages to get the work Alan and his crew were after, too. Eggers manages to fit this into the story without making it shout editorial interruption.
Alan’s history of failure with the dying American bike company, Schwinn, is put in contrast to his new dreams as an IT salesman who helps wire the New Arabia. So we have mechanical vs. electronic, the tangible vs. ethereal.
Alan can’t seem to do much right. Two seductive ladies fall for him (we don’t know why), and he can’t handle that either. Can’t perform. One of them is a doctor who surgically excavates the cyst on his spine. Little goes right for them. As she eventually says, “it’s all very sad.”
At the end where we are dropped off, it appears as if finagling a job with the King’s “start-up” business will be his last chance saloon. His last chance to build something to save himself. He’s a man without a country. With a hole in his back.
The movie, however, has things end on a happier note.
Posted in booknotes on April 29, 2016 by WPM.
“Walter Benjamin at the Dairy Queen”, a McMurtry Memoir
Larry McMurtry presents a mixed bag of topics here, essays and personal accounts related to his love of books and writing. He uses a cowboy metaphor, stating his life-work is to corral and tame words and drive them forward to a conclusion. Books are his wide open range where he has spent a lifetime roaming.
He is certainly qualified to talk cowboy, having been one in his youth when he grew up on a ranch in the northern plains of Texas, in Archer City. It’s a real place and also a fictionalized place where movies were shot based on his novels, like “The Last Picture Show” and “Texasville.”
Of more academic substance, McMurtry gives a compelling history of the Texas plains where his family settled and ranched in pioneer days and beyond. It’s also a world he wanted to escape from, going off to urban centers where the supply of books is as abundant as thinking and diversity. So he forsook his father in following a life as rancher and chose to be a bookworm and a novelist. Eventually he came back and and settled.
McMurtry validates his subtitle “reflections at sixty and beyond.” He at times is crotchety and nostalgic over times and customs long since lost. It’s a good read, more complex than it first appears. Some patience is required when he wanders off on side roads. One of the better side roads is his account of heart surgery – how surgery and deep anesthesia can change a person. I know several people, including myself, who will vouch for this….something is lost in that suspended time, and its recovery is doubtful. Larry McMurtry fought back to regain his abilities after surgery when he was unable to read. His eventual long dive into the works of Proust and Woolfe reinvigorated the writer in him, a thankful turn for him and all of us who love his writing.
“Lonesome Dove” Revisited
(The book is entertaining. You can read it like Tolstoy – in parts. A brief update to previous post)
McMurtry’s writing in this one is often like rodeo-talk mixed with the campy voice of “Dodge Ram tough.” Events can sometimes be trifling and sometimes sublime. When the author shifts to events of more substance the writing comes forward with an accomplished ease.
The book’s ending soars above the rest. The Montana chapters and Woodrow Call’s return-to-Texas chapters have their own tone and relentless pace. The writing is clear and unobtrusive and therefore perfect for the action.
McMurtry’s general readership may not know his creative writing credentials. He took his degree in Texas then joined a highly talented class of writers at Stanford University back in the Sixties, including Robert Stone and Ken Kesey. Frank O’Connor was one of his teachers.
McMurtry gives us honest prose using the omniscient voice of a skilled novelist. There is no short-changing, plenty of patience. In such a lengthy book, enormous writing energy is required to create scene after scene, weaving the motives and desires of characters, making them vivid, and placing them in an action-packed milieu that we can see and experience. Larry McMurty is a treasure in American fiction.
Posted in booknotes on March 14, 2016 by WPM.
Looking Back at La Valse
Some Background Stuff paraphrased from Wiki:
Ravel originally wrote La Valse as a ballet piece that celebrates Johann Strauss and the waltz form. Unsure what to say of its new and radical form, critics described the piece as a metaphor, one that made socio-political statements about deconstruction and decline. Ravel said otherwise, that “one should only see in it what the music expresses: an ascending progression of sonority, to which the stage comes along to add light and movement.”
The composer’s preface notes say: “Through swirling clouds, waltzing couples may be faintly distinguished. The clouds gradually scatter…one sees an immense hall peopled with a whirling crowd. The scene is gradually illuminated. The light of the chandeliers bursts forth at the fortissimo…”
Some Stuff from Me:
I imagine to hear it played live by a symphony in New York or Paris or Vienna must be an out of body experience. I can only speak to the one time I saw it live, which was on a summer evening in Houston. I was still a young man then, and an even younger woman was in my company. We were one of the couples, for a brief time existing more in the swirling clouds than grounded.
The music at first had a traditional aesthetic and was beautiful and idyllic. Then rebellion seized the melody. The rhythm halted and skipped, and an unexpected dissonance took hold. The sections of order and beauty volleyed with sections of discord.
During the concert, an explosive electrical storm took place over downtown Houston. Lightning flashed through the concert hall windows. If the chandeliers inside amped up, I doubt anyone noticed. When all the high musical tension was over, I felt a sense of relief. Through the doors the air smelled of fresh rain.
A version by the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France:
Posted in pseudophed text and tagged La Valse on March 4, 2016 by WPM.
“Why Did I Ever” by Mary Robison
As if a traditional narrative novel had been mined, and material of value retained and all non-essentials ejected. The remaining ore was enhanced, polished and modularized, then shuffled into a sequence. Each part of the 500+parts has its own impact, its own exhibit or event or revelation.
It makes for disarming reading at first, then one gets into the mood of the narrator, a wry-humored woman teetering on the edge. Our narrator/heroine negotiates a family crisis, drugs, promiscuity, and ADD, and more than a fair share of lousy men in her life (who she relentlessly disses). Much of the comedy derives from her shakey job writing an insipid screenplay, working for an impossible boss in a movie industry for “stupid people.”
I admire and enjoy Mary Robison’s writing (cf. my review of Subtraction). She’s cut her own path in prose. She has the rare combination I like: a poet’s command of words and a cynic’s keen eye directed on America. A Univ. Southern Mississippi and U of H product (and among other places JHU as well) she has been writing and teaching since the early 80s. I wonder if I may have met her in my Houston days, maybe at Rice when Donald Barthelme did a visit-lecture there, and many of us back then hung out in Chaucer’s basement bar inside the old Plaza Hotel.
There’s a good interview with Mary Robison in The Bomb.
Posted in booknotes and tagged Mary Robison books on January 7, 2016 by WPM.
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The Dark Crystal Review
Jim’s Henson’s 1982 feature film, The Dark Crystal, was quite different from the beloved entertainer’s other creations. Though The Dark Crystal features a cast entirely comprised of puppets, costumes and animatronics, the film is notably darker in tone than what you would usually expect from the creator of the Muppets. Boasting a heavy dose of fantasy world-building and a genuinely imaginative mythology, The Dark Crystal can be wondrous to behold, and the film has gained a strong cult following in the decades since its release.
It’s a shame then, that the movie isn’t particularly good.
It’s an unpopular opinion to dare besmirch pretty much anything that has the name Jim Henson attached, but for all its imagination and visual splendor, The Dark Crystal has little to nothing to speak of in regards to character depth, with its main character in particular being arguably the most boring hero in any fantasy film.
Set in the world of Thra, the plot of The Dark Crystal takes place one-thousand years after a planet-altering event. The “Crystal of Truth” – a magic crystal of unspeakable power – was cracked, an event that brought forth two new races to the world of Thra. One of these races were the urRu (referred to in the film simply as “Mystics”), kind-hearted, sagely, four-armed beings which bear a passing resemblance to a combination of camels and turtles. The other race spawned from the Crystal cracking were the Skeksis, malevolent creatures which look like a humanoid cross of birds and lizards.
“The Dark Crystal is evidently one of the crystals from Crash Bandicoot.”
The pacifistic, somewhat-apathetic Mystics proved no match for the cunning and devious Skeksis, who banished the Mystics from the Crystal’s palace, learned how to harness the Crystal’s magic to gain power over the other races of Thra, and grant themselves immortality (though because the Skeksis share a life-bond with the Mystics as a result of their simultaneous “birth” from the Crystal, the Skeksis’ rituals have given the Mystics immortality as well). Under the command of the Skeksis, the Crystal of Truth became known as the Dark Crystal, which has allowed the Skeksis to rule over Thra in the thousand years since they came into being.
There is a sliver of hope for Thra, however, as one of the planet’s natural races – the elf-like Gelflings – have prophesied that one of their own will reunite the lost shard of the Dark Crystal to its rightful place, and bring an end to the Skeksis’ rule. Fearing this prophesy, the Skeksis sought to eradicate the Gelflings, wiping out all but (unbeknownst to the Skeksis) two of them.
One of these Gelflings is Jen (voiced by Stephen Garlick), who was taken in by the “wisest Mystic” after he was orphaned. The wisest Mystic believes Jen to be the Gelfling of prophesy, and is preparing the boy for the day he must set out on his journey to save Thra. But that day is fast-approaching, as the Crystal must be restored before the “Great Conjunction,” an event that occurs once every thousand years in which three suns are aligned and bring out the Crystal’s full power in a kind of planet-wide reset. If Jen fails to restore the Crystal in time, the Skeksis can use its power during the Great Conjunction to ensure they rule Thra forever.
That may be a lot of explanation, but on the bright side of things, the mythology of it all is incredibly imaginative, so the exposition remains interesting. Though The Dark Crystal ultimately stumbles as a film because it fails to make any of its characters as memorable as its mythology and the visuals used to bring it to life. The film even fails to properly communicate certain elements of its plot.
A prominent example of the latter issue is that the wisest Mystic sends Jen on the quest for the Crystal shard on his death bed, at the same time as the Skeksis emperor is dying. During the film, this comes off as a glaring plot hole. After all, the Skeksis use the Crystal’s power for immortality, which extends the life of their counterpart Mystics as well, so how could a member of either race be dying of old age?
It turns out there’s an explanation, though it was only brought up in the film’s novelization and other such “expanded reading” materials of the franchise. With the Great Conjunction drawing near, the wisest Mystic – knowing he shared his life-link with the Skeksis emperor – found a way to magically “will himself to death” in order to bring about the Emperor’s demise as well. The Mystic did this because the Skeksis Emperor had grown so great in power that his death was necessary to give Jen a fighting chance (way to believe in your hero).
It’s not the best explanation, but maybe it would seem a bit less flimsy if it were actually brought up in the movie!
Still, this scene in question does bring out one of The Dark Crystal’s few resonating moments. We get a clever contrast in the deaths of the two leaders: The wisest Mystic has a humble passing, vanishing into sparkling dust with only Jen present. Meanwhile, the Skeksis Emperor – defiantly clutching onto his power until he breaths his last breath – crumbles into dirt on his garishly-decorated deathbed as his subordinates anxiously wait for him to die, so they can decide which of them claims the throne.
Sadly, such moments truly are a rarity in The Dark Crystal, especially since Jen is as empty of a main character as the filmmakers could have concocted. I am dead serious when I say that Jen has no discernible character traits. He has no personality whatsoever. He’s just a blank figure wandering around the plot. Jen is so poorly thought out that when we actually get some moments alone with the character that could potentially give him some time to develop, all he does is blatantly ask stupid questions like “What is this shard for?” and “What do I do with it? Am I supposed to take it somewhere?” Thanks for reiterating the plot basics, Captain Obvious!
“Kill it with fire! And ice! And lightning!”
Another problem with Jen – and perhaps this is a petty complaint – is that he is the single ugliest creature in the film. The other living Gelfling, a female named Kira (voiced by Lisa Maxwell), serves as the film’s deuteragonist, and is only marginally less creepy. In a film filled with so many wondrous creatures, it’s baffling how the main characters ended up being the most unappealing, unintentionally frightening creatures in the film.
Nightmares induced by the Gelflings aside, The Dark Crystal is a visual treat, possibly one of the best special effects films from a purely visual standpoint. The puppets and costumes are on-par with those of Star Wars, and they still impress all these years later. The Skeksis, in particular, should rank highly on any list of the best practical effects in movie history.
It’s actually pretty tragic, that The Dark Crystal stumbles so drastically on the narrative front. If its characters were half as memorable as its visuals and mythology, it would be a real classic of fantasy cinema. Unfortunately, none of the characters seem to exist outside of where the plot needs them, with the only semblance of personalities being found – once again – in the character designs for the Skeksis. Unfortunately, the only Skeksis who gets a decent amount of screen time happens to be the Chamberlain, whose constant, high-pitched “Hmmmms” might get on some viewers’ nerves (though I personally find them hilarious). Other than what you can make out of the Skeksis’ personalities through their designs, however, The Dark Crystal has nothing to speak of in terms of characters.
“Hmmmm! Hmm! HMMMM!”
Perhaps The Dark Crystal would have been a better film if its narrative were told from the perspective of the Skeksis, despite their role as antagonists. As loathsome of creatures as they are, the Skeksis are fascinating to watch, infinitely more so than the boring and charmless Gelflings. That’s for damn sure.
The Dark Crystal exists in a weird place for me, one that’s inhabited by a very small handful of films. That is to say, it’s one of the few films that I simultaneously like and don’t like. It’s rich in imagination and visual splendor, making it recommended for fans of practical effects and fantasy lore. But if you’re viewing it as a movie (which, you know, it is), it leaves a lot to be desired.
As of this writing, Netflix will soon release a prequel series to The Dark Crystal. Here’s hoping that said series finally brings out a story and characters worthy of the imagination Jim Henson littered Thra with.
Author themancalledscottPosted on June 30, 2019 July 2, 2019 Categories MoviesTags Gelflings, Jim Henson, Movies, Mystics, Skeksis, The Dark Crystal
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The Dark Crystal is a cult favorite, so it’s interesting hearing from a neutral perspective. I think you basically summed up what I surmised based on what what I read about it; it’s great in parts, but with many flaws throughout.
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I actually don’t remember much of the plot of this at all, just how much the creepy puppets traumatized me as a kid. Planning to rewatch it before the series comes out.
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Holiday (America album)
Éire (/e:rə/; Irish: [ˈeːɾʲə]) is Irish for "Ireland", the name of an island and a sovereign state.
The modern Irish Éire evolved from the Old Irish word Ériu, which was the name of a Gaelic goddess. Ériu is generally believed to have been the matron goddess of Ireland, a goddess of sovereignty, or simply a goddess of the land. The origin of Ériu has been traced to the Proto-Celtic reconstruction *Φīwerjon- (nominative singular Φīwerjū < Pre-Proto-Celtic -jō). This suggests a descent from the Proto-Indo-European reconstruction *piHwerjon-, likely related to the adjectival stem *piHwer- (cf. Sanskrit pīvan, pīvarī and pīvara meaning "fat, full, abounding"). This would suggest a meaning of "abundant land".
This Proto-Celtic form became Īweriū or Īveriū in Proto-Goidelic. It is highly likely that explorers borrowed and modified this term. During his exploration of northwest Europe (circa 320 BC), Pytheas of Massilia called the island Ierne (written Ἰέρνη). In his book Geographia (circa 150 AD), Claudius Ptolemaeus called the island Iouernia (written Ἰουερνία). Based on these historical accounts, the Roman Empire called the island Hibernia.
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A holiday is a day set aside by custom or by law on which normal activities, especially business or work, are suspended or reduced. Generally, holidays are intended to allow individuals to celebrate or commemorate an event or tradition of cultural or religious significance. Holidays may be designated by governments, religious institutions, or other groups or organizations. The degree to which normal activities are reduced by a holiday may depend on local laws, customs, the type of job being held or even personal choices.
The concept of holidays has most often originated in connection with religious observances. The intention of a holiday was typically to allow individuals to tend to religious duties associated with important dates on the calendar. In most modern societies, however, holidays serve as much of a recreational function as any other weekend days or activities.
In many societies there are important distinctions between holidays designated by governments and holidays designated by religious institutions. For example, in many predominantly Christian nations, government-designed holidays may center on Christian holidays, though non-Christians may instead observe religious holidays associated with their faith. In some cases, a holiday may only be nominally observed. For example, many Jews in the Americas and Europe treat the relatively minor Jewish holiday of Hanukkah as a "working holiday", changing very little of their daily routines for this day.
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Say It is the debut album from Britt Nicole. It was released May 22, 2007 and features the hit songs, "You", "Believe" and "Set the World On Fire".
2007: "You"
2007: "Believe"
2008: "Set the World On Fire"
2009: *"Don't Worry Now" (2008, Australia)
About.com's Kim Jones said "bottom line ... Britt Nicole has a winner going with Say It. This girl has it all: talent, drive and a huge heart for ministry. This is one of those faces that you will be seeing a lot more of in the future."
CCM Magazine's Meredith Ball wrote "Musically and vocally, this album is solid. The melodies are infectious, and her voice is appropriately raspy without sacrificing vocal flexibility. Say It is a good listen the entire way through."
Cross Rhythms' Tony Cummings said "this is the debut from 2007 which established this precocious pop talent on the US CCM scene but somehow missed the Cross Rhythms reviewing process. Not that that omission stopped your favourite media organisation from selecting five tracks for its radio stations and all of them - "Holiday", "Good Day", "Don't Worry Now", "Say It" and "World That Breaks" - are as catchy confections as you're likely to hear anywhere." In addition, they said the album "all in all, this is still pure pop put together with considerable skill."
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Holiday is the fourth original studio album by American folk rock band America, released by Warner Bros. Records in June 1974 (see 1974 in music). The album was produced in London by noted Beatles producer George Martin.
The album was a big hit in the US, reaching number 3 on the Billboard album chart and being certified gold by the RIAA. It produced two hit singles: "Tin Man" reached number 4 on the Billboard singles chart and went to number 1 on both the adult contemporary chart as well as the Radio & Records chart; and "Lonely People" which peaked at number 5 on the Billboard singles chart and also hit number 1 on the adult contemporary chart. Several other songs received radio airplay on FM stations playing album tracks, including "Baby It's Up To You" and "Another Try".
Bandmember Dewey Bunnell was thrilled at the prospect of working with Martin as producer. He was quoted as saying that it "was great working with George. It was like we knew each other. We were familiar with the Beatles, of course, and we had that British sense of humor." In a separate interview, Dan Peek recalled to Circus magazine: "Gerry (Beckley) had been in England, and we'd talked about using George Martin as our producer. He's such a hot arranger, thinking about all the stuff he's done. There were several other people we wanted to use, but that idea sort of flashed and George was available."
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Mon Homme, Arletty
La Baya (Chin', Chin', Chin'...), Arletty
Deux Sous D'violettes, Arletty
Comm' De Bien Entendu !, Arletty
Mon Homme
Sur cette terr', ma seul' joie, mon seul bonheur
C'est mon homme.
J'ai donn? tout c'que j'ai, mon amour et tout mon c?ur
? mon homme
Et m?me la nuit,
Quand je r?ve, c'est de lui,
De mon homme.
Ce n'est pas qu'il est beau, qu'il est riche ni costaud
Mais je l'aime, c'est idiot,
I'm'fout des coups
I'm'prend mes sous,
Je suis ? bout
Mais malgr? tout
Que voulez-vous
Je l'ai tell'ment dans la peau
Qu'j'en d'viens marteau,
D?s qu'il s'approch' c'est fini
Je suis ? lui
Quand ses yeux sur moi se posent
?a me rend tout' chose
Qu'au moindre mot
I'm'f'rait faire n'importe quoi
J'tuerais, ma foi
J'sens qu'il me rendrait inf?me
Mais je n'suis qu'un' femme
Et, j'l'ai tell'ment dans la peau ...
Pour le quitter c'est fou ce que m'ont offert
D'autres hommes.
Entre nous, voyez-vous ils ne valent pas tr?s cher
Tous les hommes
La femm' ? vrai dir'
N'est faite que pour souffrir
Par les hommes.
Dans les bals, j'ai couru, afin d'l'oublier j'ai bu
Rien ? faire, j'ai pas pu
Quand i'm'dit : "Viens"
J'suis comme un chien
Y a pas moyen
C'est comme un lien
Qui me retient.
Qu'j'en suis dingo.
Que cell' qui n'a pas aussi
Connu ceci
Ose venir la premi?re
Me j'ter la pierre.
En avoir un dans la peau
C'est l'pir' des maux
Mais c'est conna?tre l'amour
Sous son vrai jour
Et j'dis qu'il faut qu'on pardonne
Quand un' femme se donne
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The Bradford Era 01 Dec 2020
1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- EIR Healthcare today announces the launch of MedModLabs, its modular healthcare initiative dedicated to expanding COVID-19 testing access by building top-of-the-line mobile, prefabricated sampling and testing facilities more cost-effectively and time efficiently ... About EIR Healthcare....
Internet firms braced for surge in user traffic
Irish Independent 19 Mar 2020
While telecoms companies such as Eir say they are well-prepared, ... Earlier this week, a spokesman for Eir said that the company was not expecting any difficulties with network capacity as it was used to school holidays, with children using the internet for gaming and movies....
Black Friday online spending is soaring to new highs as people do more and more of their shopping on their phones
The Times of India 29 Nov 2019
Of these purchases, 44.9% came from a mobile device - indicating that nearly half of online shoppers are making holiday purchases from a smartphone, at a rate 24.4% higher than in 2018 ... to play a significant role in holiday shopping ... eir holiday spending and shopping efforts."....
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Tallulah Brockman Bankhead (January 31, 1902 – December 12, 1968) was an American actress of the stage and screen, and a reputed libertine. Bankhead was known for her husky voice, outrageous personality, and devastating wit. Originating some of the twentieth century theater's preeminent roles in comedy and melodrama, she gained acclaim as an actress on both sides of the Atlantic. Bankhead became an icon of the tempestuous, flamboyant actress, and her unique voice and mannerisms are often subject to imitation and parody.
Tallulah hailed from the Brockham Bankheads, a prominent Alabama political family — her grandfather and uncle were U.S. Senators and her father served as Speaker of the House of Representatives. Tallulah's support of liberal causes such as civil rights broke with the tendency of the Southern Democrats to support a more conservative agenda and she often openly opposed her own family publicly.
Primarily an actress of the stage, Bankhead did have one hit on film (Alfred Hitchcock's Lifeboat), as well as a brief but successful career on radio. She later made appearances on television, some of which have become classics.
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'Tallulah Bankhead' is featured as a movie character in the following productions:
The Scarlett O'Hara War (1980)
Actors: William Bogert (actor), Dan Caldwell (actor), Tony Curtis (actor), Joey Forman (actor), George Furth (actor), Howard George (actor), Harold Gould (actor), Michael Hewitson (actor), Maurice Hill (actor), Don Keefer (actor), Kenneth Kimmins (actor), Paul Kreppel (actor), Bill Macy (actor), Warren Munson (actor), Gerald Berns (actor),
Genres: Drama,
Carole Lombard: Scarletts! They're all Scarletts! We're up to our butts in Scarletts here!
Clark Gable: You can see it, can't you, Myron? Gable and Lombard in Gone with the Wind.::Carole Lombard: Note the billing.::Clark Gable: Oh, no offence, honey.
Clark Gable: [Miriam Hopkins has been suggested as a candidate to play Scarlett O'Hara] Miriam Hopkins, George?::George Cukor: Over my dead body.
Joan Crawford: [Watching the party] This is giving me the willies. I haven't seen so many phoney smiles since the losers of the last Academy Awards.
Stage Door Canteen (1943)
Actors: Harry Babbitt (actor), Benny Baker (actor), Kenny Baker (actor), Kay Kyser Band (actor), Dave Barbour (actor), Count Basie and His Orchestra (actor), Count Basie (actor), Ralph Bellamy (actor), Benny Goodman Orchestra (actor), Edgar Bergen (actor), Ray Bolger (actor), Frederick Brady (actor), Sunset Carson (actor), Lloyd Corrigan (actor), Henry Armetta (actor),
Plot: "Dakota," a young soldier on a pass in New York City, visits the famed Stage Door Canteen, where famous stars of the theatre and films appear and host a recreational center for servicemen during the war. Dakota meets a pretty young hostess, Eileen, and they enjoy the many entertainers and a growing romance.
Keywords: actor, actress, bandleader, burlesque, chinese, comedian, dancer, dummy, engagement, entertainment
Genres: Comedy, Musical, Romance, War,
Bankhead, Tallulah Filmography
Shepperton Babylon
2005, role: actress , character name: Herself
Triumph at Carville a Tale of Leprosy in America
Complicated Women
I Love Lucy's 50th Anniversary Special
2001, role: actress
20th Century-Fox: The First 50 Years
1997, role: actress , character name: Actress 'Lifeboat'
The Casting Couch
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988, role: actress , character name: Herself - Actress Testing for Scarlett
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
1969, role: actress , character name: Actress screen test
Stars for Israel
1966, role: actress , character name: The Sea Witch
1965, role: actress , character name: Mrs. Trefoile
Hollywood: The Great Stars
The 15th Annual Tony Awards
1961, role: actress , character name: Herself - Nominee: Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
Gala Adlai on Broadway
1960, role: actress , character name: Herself - Performer
Main Street to Broadway
A Royal Scandal
1945, role: actress , character name: Catherine the Great
1944, role: actress , character name: Constance 'Connie' Porter
1943, role: actress , character name: Tallulah Bankhead
Hollywood on Parade No. A-6
1932, role: actress , character name: Herself - Cameo appearance
Thunder Below
1932, role: actress , character name: Susan
1932, role: actress , character name: Carol Morgan
Devil and the Deep
1932, role: actress , character name: Diana Sturm
My Sin
1931, role: actress , character name: Ann Trevor
Tarnished Lady
1931, role: actress , character name: Nancy Courtney
The Cheat
1931, role: actress , character name: Elsa Carlyle
Her Cardboard Lover
His House in Order
1928, role: actress , character name: Nina Graham
1919, role: actress , character name: Helen Carson
Thirty a Week
1918, role: actress , character name: Barbara Wright
When Men Betray
1918, role: actress , character name: Alice Edwards
Who Loved Him Best?
1918, role: actress , character name: Nell
Famous quotes by Tallulah Bankhead:
"They used to photograph Shirley Temple through gauze. They should photograph me through linoleum."
"If I had to live my life again, I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner."
"I'll come and make love to you at five o'clock. If I'm late start without me."
"I have three phobias which, could I mute them, would make my life as slick as a sonnet, but as dull as ditch water: I hate to go to bed, I hate to get up, and I hate to be alone."
"If you really want to help the American theater, don't be an actress, dahling. Be an audience."
"I'd rather be strongly wrong than weakly right."
"The only thing I regret about my past is the length of it. If I had to live my life again I'd make all the same mistakes - only sooner."
"(on seeing a former lover for the first time in years) I thought I told you to wait in the car."
"Cocaine isn't habit forming. I should know-I've been using it for years."
"Here's a rule I recommend: Never practice two vices at once"
"The less I behave like Whistler's mother the night before, the more I look like her the morning after."
Give My Regards to Broadway! released: 2000
Give My Regards to Broadway!
What Do I Care?
Don't Tell Him
Did I Remember?
Love, What's to Be Done?
I Sing a Little Tenor
If the World Were Full of Durantes
How Could You Believe Me?
Here Comes the Spring
I'm an Old Cowgirl
Touch Hands (monologue)
Introduction to: Anything You Can Do…
Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better
The Florodora Sextette (feat. Fred Allen, Vivian Blaine et al)
Say It With Music /God Bless America
Letter from Abraham Lincoln to Mrs. Bixbey of Boston, November 21, 1854 (monologue)
A Call to Claude (monologue)
Give My Regards to Broadway
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In 'The United States vs Billie Holiday,' Lee Daniels Tackles the Untold Story of the Jazz Singer’s Civil Rights Activism
The Hollywood Reporter 11 Jan 2021
In the film starring Andra Day, Daniels tracks the FBI’s fear of the power of 'Strange Fruit' ... Garrett Hedlund is Harry Anslinger, the leader of the FBI’s anti-drug efforts, who is targeting Holiday, and Natasha Lyonne (as Tallulah Bankhead) and Da’Vine Joy Randolph are women in Holiday’s vibrant circle of friends and lovers ... It was a lie ... ....
Goodbye to Artist, Magnetic Fields Collaborator & Friend, L.D. Beghtol
Memphis Flyer 14 Dec 2020
... from Cozy Corner, and a hidden rooftop pool atop that 19th-Century townhouse on Jefferson where Tallulah Bankhead’s parents were married; the pool that could only be accessed through a secret bookcase panel in an upstairs study and allowed for occasional naked swimming....
Noël Coward's private lives: the photographs that could have landed him in jail
The Observer 08 Dec 2020
In 1931, Noël Coward was the highest-earning author in the western world, celebrated for his scintillating comedies and sensational dramas of hidden love such as The Vortex, Private Lives and Easy Virtue ... It is this that makes a newly discovered photograph album so extraordinary ... Beatrice Lillie, Gertrude Lawrence, Tallulah Bankhead, Gladys Calthrop....
The East Hampton Star 25 Nov 2020
“One Last Lunch”. Edited by Erica Heller. Abrams Press, $25 ... Ms ... ... . ." ... Brook Ashley takes her godmother, Tallulah Bankhead, to Sardi's, and Bob Balaban envisions a meal with Groucho Marx at the now-defunct Lindy's, once famous for its cheesecake and "insulting waiters." Bankhead orders Jumbo Shrimp Sardi in Garlic Sauce and Profiteroles au Chocolate ... ....
Opinion/Goldstein: If it fits like an old shoe, nix it
The Providence Journal 05 Nov 2020
National Cliché Day. This occurs like clockwork every Nov ... But just for the record ... The Roys advise ... Cliché Day is also an opportunity to trot out our favorites, mine being a cliché on a cliché from actress Tallulah Bankhead ... Bankhead proved, truth be told, that making unbendable rules can keep us from thinking outside the box ... ....
During farm campaign stop, Klobuchar and Baldwin pitch Biden's rural plan
Winona Daily News 10 Oct 2020
Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar and Wisconsin Sen. Tammy Baldwin toured an organic farm on top of a ridge in the Driftless Region, making a case for Vice President Joe Biden for president ... Preparing for SCOTUS ... Mary E ... 1 ... C ... Kennedy, Richard Nixon, Elvis Presley, Frank Lloyd Wright, Lawrence Welk, Ann Landers, Joe Louis, Gloria Swanson and Tallulah Bankhead....
How Maine pot went from legal, to illicit, to available without a prescription
Bangor Daily News 08 Oct 2020
It was one of the first states to outlaw recreational sales and possession more than 100 years ago ... Credit ... At the same time, both the Bangor Daily News and Portland Press Herald were running scores of wire stories concerning the well-publicized legal woes of Hollywood weed-imbibers like Robert Mitchum, Gene Krupa, Tallulah Bankhead and Lila Leeds....
Celebrating queer icons during LGBT History Month
Washington Blade 01 Oct 2020
Icons honored previously during LGBT History Month range from James Baldwin to Tallulah Bankhead to Barbara Gittings, widely regarded as the mother of the LGBT civil rights movement, to Alexander the Great to Billie Holiday to economist John Maynard Keynes to Billie Jean King to trailblazing transgender, gay rights and AIDS activist Marsha P ... 30....
Architect of the Sandhills
The Pilot 14 Sep 2020
While employed as a draftsman for an architectural firm in the city, Embury entered a 1905 Garden City, Long Island, architectural design competition ... American Examples ... John J ... Embury asked if he could ... The eventual buyer was film star Tallulah Bankhead, a woman known for her promiscuity as much as her acting ... Bankhead a personal tour of the home ... PS. ....
75 Years Ago - Lizabeth Scott makes film debut in "You Came Along"
The Scranton Times-Tribune 17 Aug 2020
Aug. 17, 1945Strand Theater packed for native’s film debut ... The Scrantonian was Lizabeth Scott in her big-screen debut in the romantic comedy “You Came Along.” ... Before this leading role, she starred in a traveling production of the musical “Hellzapoppin” and was the understudy to Tallulah Bankhead for the Broadway play “The Skin of Our Teeth.” ... .......
Aces on Bridge
Arkansas Online 11 Aug 2020
NORTH. ; 8 7 5 4. k A Q 7 5. lA 2. ' Q 8 6. WEST EAST. ; Q J 10 ; 3. k 6 4 k J 10 9 2. l K 10 7 4 l J 9 8 6 3. ' 10 7 4 3 ' J 9 2. SOUTH. ; A K 9 6 2. k K 8 3. l Q 5. ' A K 5. Vulnerable. Both. Dealer. North. The bidding.. South West North East. 1 ' Pass. 1 ; Pass 2 ; Pass. 4 NT Pass 5 k Pass. 6 ; All pass. Opening Lead. Spade queen ... -- Tallulah Bankhead ... BID WITH THE ACES ... ?....
Lloyd Bowers, church musician and entertainer, dies
Carroll County Times 29 Jul 2020
Lloyd Bowers, a church musician and harpsichordist recalled as being a Renaissance man, died of dementia complications May 27 at the Parry Home in Silver Spring. The longtime Bolton Hill resident was 80 ... Advertisement ... Advertisement ... He accompanied Baltimore television personality Cal Schumann at actress Tallulah Bankhead’s 1968 funeral in Chestertown....
‘Lady Romeo’ brings queer icon back to the stage
Washington Blade 25 Jul 2020
By Tana Wojczuk. Avid Reader Press /Simon & Schuster. $27, 240 pages. Queer history stories can be worthy, but too scholarly, even snooze-inducing. Or they can grab you by the lapels and jolt you awake like a double shot of espresso. “Lady Romeo ... Because during her lifetime, she was as well known as Tallulah Bankhead or Cher ... .......
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Saline-Filled Breast Implants, the Solution
For woman who had breast cancer surgery, Breast implants help them feel whole again (Bruning 24). Women that had breast cancer were the first ones to have a breast reconstruction. Later on, breast augmentation was used as a cosmetic purpose; to look prettier . But there is a controversy: Recently, many women were shocked to learn that breast implants had not been thoroughly tested for safety and were never actually approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) (5). Many court cases and researches have occurred during the last decade to clear the controversy involving weather breast implants are safe, and which are better to use.
The majority of women s breast implants are made out of silicone. Silicone is a synthetic plastic, or polymer, that was first developed in the 1930s. It contains silicon, a natural material, combined with carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen that have been polymerized, a process in which simple molecules are combined to form more complex molecules (5). There are three forms of silicone: a fluid, gel, and solid rubber like.
Another procedure for breast augmentation is called transplant surgery. It is the riskiest procedure, and it gives the poorest results. For example, we have the buttock transfer, which is a procedure when a block of tissue of the lower back is transferred into the breast. This is a awfully perilous procedure that requires a plastic surgeon skilled in both microsurgery and breast reconstruction (Guthrie 53). Results are always terrible says Doctor Randolph Guthrie, even when the operation is successful.
During the early 60s, breast implants became available, and its popularity was prominent, compared to prosthesis, an artificial breast form worn in the bra (Guthrie 28). After treatments of breast cancer, if Mastectomy had occurred, (removal of breast tissue) most women would consider having a breast reconstruction instead of wearing prosthesis. When only prosthesis were available, women no longer let their husbands see them naked, or they would wear their bra and prosthesis even when making love (28).
With the expansion of breast implants, some women started to get breast augmentation for physical enhancement due to their dislike of the size of their breast. Most of the women who seek breast enlargement or augmentation are truly small-breasted. They suffer embarrassment about their size, especially when dressed in summer wear and bathing suits, as well as during intimate situations (32). Even though we live in a society based on appearance, and that at this time, we mostly demand slim hips and large breasts, both patients and their plastic surgeons feel that self-esteem and self-confidence are at the core of women s desire for breast augmentation (Bruning 26), instead of being in search of the perfect Playboy centerfold body. A survey was made from the ASPRS asking women why they chose to have breast augmentation. The three most common reasons given were: The desire for a more proportionate build, a more appealing appearance, and a boost in self-confidence (Bruning 28).
The process of breast implants may sometime have the occurrence of side effects. Silicone Bleed is a term vaguely used in the cosmetic area. All silicone gel-filled implants leak, says Doctor Guthrie. Silicone was said to be inert, until many women with implants reported lots of pain and hardening of the breast and its surrounding. New studies show that silicone that seeps out of implants can migrate throughout the body and cause breast deformities, skin ulceration, burning sensation and pain, enlarged lymph nodes, palpable masses, respiratory distress, and immune disorders (Guthrie 70). Dow Corning inc. was one of the manufacturers of silicone implants and denied the accusations until further investigations were made. Most women claimed to suffer from Autoimmune Disorder with signs such as Joint pain and swelling; rash; swollen glands; unusual fatigue; general aching; greater chances of getting cold, viruses and flu; unusual hair loss; nausea or vomiting; (www.breast-implant-risks.com) etc There are much more risks related to silicone breast filled implants. Some Risks come from the surgical risks, such as complications, abnormal internal bleeding or even skin necrosis Death of skin tissue resulting from insufficient blood flow. Women who smoke may be at a higher risk for skin necrosis (http://www.breast-implant-risks.com/risks-beatimp-risks.htm). Risks that come from implants range from leaks or ruptures. Loss of sensation in the nipple or breast tissue, calcium deposits in surrounding tissue, causing pain and hardening, shifting of the implant from original placement, and possible delay of breast cancer detection due resemblance to calcium deposit (http://www.breast-implant-risks.com/risks-beatimp-risks.htm).
The manufacturers put implants on the market without any long term testing of their safety, and at first, they denied that the implants bled, but when faced with uncontroverted evidence that liquid silicone was escaping from the implant shell, they change their marketing strategy, asserting that low bleed was beneficial, without medical or scientific evidence to support such a claim (Hugo 6).
It is clear that manufacturers were concern about making millions of dollars, instead of the health of those shocked women. When sick women started to report their problems, million dollars court cases were emerging against manufacturers. Lawsuits have forced Dow Corning into bankruptcy over the use and possible risks coming from silicone breast implants. (http://www.breat-implant-risks.com) Loosing most of the court cases, Dow Corning proposed that all defendants contribute to a global fund of over $4 billion to compensate women with implants; the committee of plaintiffs lawyers agreed and Dow went into bankruptcy. (Bruning 169) During the late nineties, the FDA finally banned silicone breast implants from the United States after it had been proved to be unsafe. Since the ban, American women have gone to other countries, including the United Kingdom, Mexico, France, and Germany, to get implants (Fumento 2). Almost every class of people are able to purchase breast implants since the price is not exorbitant at an average of $2,400 (Scheer 10). That is why, nowadays, it is not unusual to see a woman with breast implants.
Considering the harm that silicone might cause, women wishing to get breast implants need to learn more about saline filled implants. Less than one percent of saline-filled implants leak, as opposed to silicone gel-filled implants that all bleed silicone continuously. And when they do leak, it s only harmless saline sterile saltwater in the same concentration s found naturally in blood which the body simply absorbs. (Guthrie 88) In addition, a smaller incision is needed to insert the saline-filled implants than with the silicone implants as implants are surgically inserted while empty and is filled after it is put in place. Saline-filled implants feel and look better than any other form of implants affirms Dr. Guthrie after comparing both categories.
The first three weeks after enlargement, the breast requires no special care (Guthrie 106). Movements that would make women s breast bounce such as jogging and intense exercising should be avoided. But other than that, women can do normal things right away, such as driving a car, push a cart in a market, reach up into shelves, go for long walks, and go back to work. And after three weeks they can do absolutely anything (106). A big advantage of breast implants is that there is no need to wear any support at all during the first few months because the reconstructed side is initially flattened and firm (107).
After years of research and court cases, Dow Corning, the silicone gel-filled implants manufacturer went bankrupt and the FDA Banned silicone implants in the United States. Women started to get their silicones in foreign countries. After extensive researches, Saline-filled implants are proved to be much safer and healthier looking than any other implants. Breast implants make women that had a mastectomy feel whole again and boost up their self-esteem, whereas women that had a breast augmentation said that they had a more appealing appearance (Bruning 28). Saline-filled breast implants are recommended by most experienced plastic surgeons of our new millennium.
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What was good before is better.
For the 2016 model year, BMW has performed a near-imperceptible facelift of its 3-series sports sedan, one that will challenge even the brand’s most fervent fans to spot the visual differences. Yet there are changes under the skin that are significant. We spent a day behind the wheel of the new 340i, which is powered by BMW's all-new 3.0-liter turbocharged straight-six.
Among the 3-series lineup, the 340i is the only model available with an inline-six south of the mighty twin-turbocharged M3. Every other 3-series model gets a turbocharged four-cylinder, at least in the U.S. (In Europe, BMW puts—gasp!—a three-cylinder engine under the hood of the entry-level 3-series.) The new B58 engine is similar in format to the outgoing N55 from the now-dead 335i, but it belongs to BMW's portfolio of modular engines, which stretches from three to six cylinders and encompasses both diesel and gasoline engines.
You might think that moving to a modular construction meant to also produce three- and four-cylinder engines might entail compromises, but the 340i proves otherwise. It’s as silky smooth as ever, with an ultra-refined (if artificially enhanced) soundtrack, and it is stronger than the N55, which was rated at 300 horsepower. The B58 actually makes 320 horsepower, and we drove it with the ZF-sourced eight-speed automatic, a gearbox that eerily seems to read your mind. Manual gearchanges can be actuated via steering-wheel-mounted paddles or the console-located shifter using pull-to-upshift, push-to-downshift motions. A six-speed stick shift is a no-cost option, while xDrive all-wheel drive is available for a $2000 premium.
With the quick-acting automatic, we estimate the zero-to-60-mph sprint will dip into the mid-four-second range. On the autobahn where it is legal, we verified that the 340i can reach its governed 155-mph ceiling in sixth, seventh, and eighth gear. The B58 pulls so strongly that we suspect it could break 170 mph if it were ungoverned. In full-automatic operation, the 340i upshifts at 7000 rpm, but in manual mode, it'll keep going to a rather lofty 7400 rpm without showing signs of strain. This engine is a pure delight, and it is a strong piece of evidence to consider when BMW touts its superior engine expertise. We'd take it with the six-speed manual, but the automatic is practically flawless.
The chassis has been updated to be sportier, BMW says, with retuned steering, struts, and rear dampers, all of which apply to whichever setup—base, M Sport, or Adaptive M—you order. The struts, for example, are more rigidly mounted than before, and the dampers are said to offer reduced body roll, although the 335i didn’t offend on that front. We will say that the Bimmer’s ride quality appears to be unaffected. The steering, for its part, wasn’t detailed any more beyond BMW saying it was more “refined,” and without a 335i on hand for comparison, it was difficult to tell if there was any substantial improvement, and the steering alterations seem to be little more than incremental. But the 340i comes across as eager to play, and the steering feels precise and responsive, if a bit too heavy.
As for the styling, the changes made to the exterior of the 2016 3-series are barely visible and the interior has gained just a few metal trim strips. The latter is okay, we suppose, as the cabin still looks relatively contemporary, but it nevertheless lacks the sumptuous luxury of the Mercedes-Benz C-class interior or the techno-futurism of the next-gen Audi A4.
The 340i is no M3, but it does offer one of the best high-performance experiences in the segment. If the heart of a driving enthusiast beats within your chest, there are few better ways to indulge yourself than this remarkably subtle but capable driving machine.
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Displacement: 183 cu in, 2998 cc
TRANSMISSIONS: 6-speed manual, 8-speed automatic with manual shifting mode
Length: 182.4 in
Width: 71.3 in Height: 56.3 in
Passenger volume: 96 cu ft
Cargo volume: 17 cu ft
Curb weight (C/D EST): 3600-3800 lb
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Zero to 60 mph: 4.4-4.9 sec sec
Zero to 100 mph: 11.3-13.6 sec
Standing ¼-mile: 13.0-13.6
FUEL ECONOMY (C/D EST):
EPA city/highway driving: 20-21/28-32 mpg
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by: STEPHEN WADE, Associated Press
A man and a woman look at the Olympic rings float in the water in the Odaiba section Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020, in Tokyo. The Olympic Symbol was reinstalled after it was taken down for maintenance ahead of the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
TOKYO (AP) — A mobile app could be among the measures used to track the health of fans from abroad if they are permitted to attend next year’s Tokyo Olympics.
An interim report on contingencies for holding the Tokyo Games was released on Wednesday. It was compiled by the Japanese government, the Tokyo city government and local organizers.
The portion concerning the app was leaked earlier in the day by Japanese newspaper Nikkei. It was met on social media by unhappy replies from Japanese citizens who fear the Olympics could put their health in jeopardy.
Japan, with a population of 125 million, has controlled the virus better than most countries with just over 2,100 deaths attributed to COVID-19. But Tokyo has seen record numbers of infections in recent weeks.
Toshiro Muto, the CEO of the local organizing committee, explained some findings of the report. But he was short on specifics in the online briefing. Some proposals might be discarded as conditions change, and almost everything is subject to revision.
“In general, I think we would like to be able to work out the details by next spring,” he said, suggesting the groundwork had been prepared for many contingencies with the possibility of vaccines and rapid testing on the horizon.
It was in the spring eight months ago when organizers and the International Olympic Committee finally decided to postpone the Olympics after repeatedly saying they would go ahead this year.
Muto hinted again that the Tokyo Olympics may not be much fun. Athletes will compete and then be expected to to go home.
“The basic principle is that the accommodation period in the Athletes Village is supposed to be minimized as much as possible,” Muto said. “We want to be sure that the Athletes Village doesn’t get too dense. And after the games we would like them (athletes) to go back (home) as early as possible.”
He was asked point-blank if the Olympics would have a “celebratory atmosphere.”
“If the games are to be held under the COVID-19 pandemic, I don’t think the Olympics will be as festive as they have been in the past,” he said. “We decided to hold a simplified Olympics. Therefore, as you can see in the planning for the opening ceremony, the Tokyo Olympics will be simplified rather than celebratory.”
Muto was also asked about the cost of the one-year postponement, but said he didn’t know yet. Some Japanese newspapers reported several days ago, citing unnamed sources close to the organizing committee, that the cost of the delay will be about $3 billion.
“We are in the process of the calculation of how much the cost is,” Muto said. “We would like to reach a decision as soon as possible but when it will come — I can’t give you a specific date. But by the end of the year we’d like to make an effort to come up with an answer.”
He was also asked if fans from abroad would be required to be vaccinated.
“This is a scenario we will start to examine once the vaccine is actually available,” he said.
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How a Berlin startup is feeding 40,000 people a day
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Two things struck Sebastian Stricker back when he used to work for the UN World Food Program: how little it cost— just 40 euro cents—to feed a child in a developing country for a day, and that there are still hundreds of millions of kids suffering from severe hunger.
“At the same time, there were two billion people who had smartphones and we’re able to pay a couple of hundred dollars to have a smartphone phone, but we’re still unable to feed those children,” Stricker told Yahoo Finance UK.
That’s when he had the idea for Share The Meal, an app launched over three years ago that lets people donate €0.40 simply by pressing a button to donate a meal to someone in an emergency situation or facing hunger.
“There are about 40,000 meals donated per day,” Stricker said. The app has grown to include new functions, like a type of credit card, that can be loaded up and allows people to go to food distribution points and decide for themselves what food they need, informing the donor when their contribution has been redeemed.
Built-in transparency
In early 2018, Stricker set up the social business Share, based on a different model but the same goal.
The 40-strong team in Berlin launched three products — a water, an organic nut bar and a soap — in partnership with German supermarket chain Rewe and pharmacy chain DM. They’re now selling 10 products through these stores.
“Imagine if you’ve just landed in a refugee camp…it’s important that you have access to clean drinking water and hygiene,” Stricker said. “For every bar you buy, we distribute a food package, for every soap, we distribute one soap, with the water it’s a little different, we don’t distribute water bottles, we build wells.”
Share has sold over 8 million products, and German shoppers so far funded more than 50 wells and donated over 2.5 million meals.
Trackability and transparency is at the core of Share, which is essential in the age of social media and accountability, and especially so since trust in big charities has been damaged by a number of scandals.
Share is a benefit corporation, and as such needed to get certification that its business model was focused on creating social impact, rather than just making a profit. Stricker says they have received several million euros in three investment rounds so far, and he is expecting to make profit “soonish”.
“Amazingly we were cashflow-even in the first six months of this year, which surprised us,” he said, adding that at some point they do want to be profitable, and that will be a matter of scaling the number of Share products and growing sales. “We hope that the social intervention in itself is marketing and convinces people to buy the products.”
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Matter and spirit merge in a renovation project for an old church in Olbia, which now resonates with new light through its architecture
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In this large-scale church renovation project, the main entrance was moved from the landward side of the building to the side facing the sea, allowing light to flood inside and injecting new life.
The bold, radical project to renovate the San Ponziano parish church in Olbia, the work of the firm A1Engineering headed by architects Sandra Deiana and Giovanni Antonio Spano, is a social remediation project and a splendid example of a partnership between the municipality and the church.
The idea of creating a more vibrant and usable urban space stems from an agreement in which the municipality undertook to transfer ownership of a portion of the adjacent building to the church on the condition that it redeveloped the entire complex.
The church is named after St. Pontian, the pope who died in exile on the island of Molara in the Gulf of Olbia, and was originally built in the 1970s as a chapel for the adjoining nursing home.
Built with modest materials and damaged by corrosive sea spray, the church had aged badly over the years and fallen into a state of severe neglect and disrepair.
And as so often happens in agricultural communities that eke out an existence from the land, the church had been built with its back to the sea, meaning that light was able to enter only through small, high-up windows and through the west-facing entrance door. This characteristic – a kind of „original sin“ in design terms – condemned it to being a dark, cold and soon dilapidated space.
Through their bold intervention, the architects introduced air, strength and light, breathing fresh life into this small new world.
The key decision was to move the entrance to the eastern wall, where it opens onto a square with a belvedere looking out over the city.
The windows were enlarged and fitted with panes of stained glass reminiscent of the colour of the sea, creating a sense of vitality and luminosity inside the building.
The altar and ambo are both made of wood and clad with ceramic tiles (Grande Marble Look series, Saint Laurent from Marazzi), giving these two elements a sense of lightness as they literally appear to float above the floor tiles, chosen from the same series but in a pale colour (Grande Marble Golden White Lux).
And of course every self-respecting parish church needs its own visual landmark, an element for attracting attention. In this respect, a bell-tower proved a welcome addition, projecting the church skywards while maintaining a sense of decorum suited to a respectable neighbourhood.
The architects changed the proportions of the façade in accordance with tradition, while the chosen colours and materials – lime, granite, wood and the marble effect of the ceramic slabs – are all typical of Sardinian rural churches.
This big little church, which serves the Poltu Quadu neighbourhood with its approximately 8,000 parishioners, is now a beacon that welcomes travellers arriving in Olbia.
But it is perhaps not from afar or from outside that it expresses the reason for its existence, which instead is linked to an ancient magic described by the architects as follows: „The wall behind the altar has a cross-shaped window through which light penetrates inside the church and, depending on the time of day and period of the year, reflects on the ceramic floor creating stunning plays of light.“
The church is well designed in terms of energy efficiency and lighting. Illuminated from below, at sunset it reflects its light over the entire city and is visible from anywhere along the waterfront, which is undergoing redevelopment and will become one of the most attractive areas of the city of Olbia.
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Commentary: Have the Hong Kong protesters lost the narrative?
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News coverage is beginning to fall with nothing new to report, because the demonstrations alone don’t tell a story, says an observer.
By JJ Rose
24 Oct 2019 06:26AM (Updated: 24 Oct 2019 06:30AM )
SYDNEY: As the demonstrations roll on in Hong Kong, the narrative surrounding the protests is as unclear as the tear gas clouds in Causeway Bay.
While the visual drama tells a certain story, and the #fivedemandsnoless hashtag gives some clues, it’s difficult for many looking on around the world to discern the core point.
That’s not to say there isn’t one – there is likely more than one, in fact – but to argue that none have been effectively communicated. This problem plays into the hands of the same authorities the movement is seeking to confront.
AIMED AT AN INTERNATIONAL AUDIENCE
Demonstrations like those in Hong Kong are aimed, to some extent, at the international community. While internal organisational capital has great value, outreach to those beyond national borders can cause a wave of pressure to flow back onto authoritarian governments.
It’s true that even powerful international support doesn’t always work (the case of Juan Guaido in Venezuela is a prominent recent example), but international favour can make or break a social movement.
And so, that means context and narrative – the story of the moment, and not just the moment itself – is important. The medium, actually, is not always the message.
READ: Commentary: Is there a way forward in Hong Kong?
To understand the value of narrative in this sense, consider the role of Martin Luther King Jr in the American civil rights movement. Often considered a leader, he was not an organiser as such.
Rather, he was able to verbalise the struggle, to give it a rationale beyond the dry calls for policy change and reform. He gave the movement a voice. He gave it eyes to look out and into the eyes of those looking in. That’s what a narrative does.
Flames by a molotov cocktail can been seen on a journalist during a protest in Wan Chai, Hong Kong, China Oct 6, 2019, in this still image obtained from a social media video. (Image: Reuters/Angus Wong Chun Yiu)
IS MEDIA COVERAGE WANING?
It’s generally no value to rely solely on news media coverage, no matter how positive, supportive, or widespread it may be.
Firstly, media is reactive. That is to say, the majority of news reporting is a response to the events unfolding in front of it. Journalists follow leads and react to movement and events.
Thus, a standard news media frame for a protest situation is action, not explanation. Context in this landscape is often lost amid the noise and colour of a demonstration in full display, with the requisite powerful imagery and to-camera pieces by breathless, smoke-haloed presenters.
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Second, news media has a short attention span. News, by definition, is immediate. A protest movement is only coverable for so long.
Without easily defined shifts and developments, even the most explosive and tumultuous demonstration becomes stale and uninteresting. It’s only relevant until the next war, natural disaster or celebrity event.
But, even given this, there are options. Opinion articles or short films in traditional news media, for instance, can provide the space to humanise and “give eyes to” a given news situation.
And now, podcasts or quick-turnaround documentaries (a day in the life of a protester, say, or a five-minute short on doctors working on victims of police violence), which can be express-produced and rolled out, providing human scale to the news and a storyline the world can relate to, have become a tool.
Protesters hold hands to form a human chain during a rally to call for political reforms in Hong Kong on Sep 13, 2019. (Photo: Reuters/Tyrone Siu)
But they are largely ignored.
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DRAWING ON EXPERIENCE OF OTHERS
The Hong Kong protests draw on the experience of the Occupy Movement and the earlier Arab Spring.
Both drew in turn on the work of US political scientist Gene Sharp, whose core argument was that political power is built on the willingness of its masses to conform to central frameworks set by the power elites.
Civil disobedience was therefore a vital dynamic in overturning corrupt or dysfunctional government. Obedience was the prerogative of the people, and if they chose to withdraw it, then that was an appropriate outcome in a healthy society.
But Sharp mentioned little about traditional media campaigning. Unwittingly, he set a poor model for social movements, at least in the last ten years.
While Facebook, Twitter, Whatsapp, or Telegram can be useful for bringing people together, these platforms struggle to provide a context and, therefore, a narrative anchor line for everyone to hang on to.
A hashtag, while a powerful tool, doesn’t explain much.
It’s interesting to note that many recent “sit-in” style protest movements such as those at Tahrir Square in Cairo in 2011 against Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, in New York’s Zuccotti Park for Occupy Wall Street that same year, or Gezi Park in Istanbul in 2013 all set up old-fashioned book libraries in their camps.
It seems those involved, despite their social media savvy, need stories to identify with. Those outside the camp do too.
Social media-driven protesters form the "Hong Kong Way". (Photo: AFP/Lillian SUWANRUMPHA)
For the leadership in Beijing, the Hong Kong protests are aggravating and costly. But they know that without messaging, without a storyline, the coverage will wane, and the world will find other focal points for its daily news fix.
“Just sit it out” would seem to be pretty good advice, and this looks more or less like what Beijing is doing.
READ: Commentary: Time to end Hong Kong’s distressing self-harm
READ: Commentary: Hong Kong protesters don’t identify as Chinese amid anger at inequality
LOSING THE NARRATIVE
It’s not just Hong Kong. Take a look around the world. Street marches on various grievances, from Egypt to Haiti, from Iraq to Ecuador, from Zimbabwe to Lebanon, display similar disdain for media articulation and messaging, to their individual and collective detriment.
Being leaderless is one thing, and it can, generally, be strategically justified. Being voiceless is something else and is a little harder to carry.
Right now the Hong Kong protests are losing the narrative. News coverage is beginning to fall away, because there is nothing new to report; there is no progressive arc to track, no pillars of definition to feel for, no maps to offer guidance.
If the last 20 weeks of struggle and sacrifice on the part of the thousands of Hongkongers who are reaching for change and reform are to have any lasting impact someone, somewhere had better find a narrative. Fast.
JJ Rose has worked as a global media advisor for various social justice causes, including the Burmese democracy movement, the Movement for Democratic Change (Zimbabwe) and Polisario (Western Sahara). This article first appeared in Lowy Institute’s blog The Interpreter.
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Background: Universal Television has its roots going back to 1947 when they entered the television market via United World Films. But after very little success, they shifted into producing TV commercials under Universal International Television, with the United World Name being renamed Universal Television by 1956. The current company of Universal Television was formed in 1962 after MCA bought Decca Records, who was also the owner of Universal-International Pictures and renamed MCA's television production company Revue Studios to the then-current name. They co-produced many shows with Jack Webb's Mark VII Limited such as Adam-12 and a revival of the 1951 series Dragnet in 1967. In 1988, Universal Television and MCA TV formed a sub-division known as MCA Television Entertainment (or "MTE"). In 1990, Uni TV began the Law & Order franchise. The same year, Universal was acquired by the electronics company Mastushi-ta Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. (now "Panasonic Corporation"). In 1995, Universal was acquired by Joseph A. Seagram and Sons and later acquired the USA Networks. In 1996, MCA was reincorporated as "Universal Studios" and acquired Multimedia Entertainment from Gannett, Inc., and Universal Television's distribution arm, MCA TV, as well as its sub-division, MTE were renamed to Universal Television Enterprises and Universal Television Entertainment respectively. In 1997, Universal sold off its USA Networks and Universal Television to HSN Inc. (a company owned by Barry Diller), who renamed it to Studios USA. In 1998, the breakup of United International Pictures' TV arm led to Universal reforming its own international television distributor, Universal Worldwide Television. It handled international distribution of Studios USA shows, while Studios USA handled domestic distribution of Universal's own library. In 1998, Seagram bought PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, which included PolyGram Television. The deal closed in 1999, and the name PolyGram was soon scrubbed and replaced with the Universal name. However in 1999, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios used its debt to acquire most of the pre-1996 films (1,300 titles) by PolyGram from Seagram. In 2001, Vivendi Universal acquired USA Networks and made Diller as CEO of VU Entertainment fully reforming Universal Television. On May 12, 2004, General Electric (GE) acquired 80% of Universal Studios and merged the studio with NBC to form "NBC Universal, Inc." (now "NBCUniversal, LLC") and merged the two television companies to form "NBC Universal Television" (now "NBCUniversal Television"). However, the company decided to keep the NBC and Universal Television names in the end credits from any series by NBC or Universal. On September 12, 2011, the name "Universal Television" was reinstated, replacing the name "Universal Media Studios".
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Nickname: "Blinking Negatives"
Logo: It looks just like the 1962 Revue "Blinking Negatives" logo, without the additional animation. The company name flickers 6 times, during the first 5 bars of the fanfare and makes a stop during the rest of the jingle. The phrase is "filmed at universal city, MCA-TV EXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTOR" with a small MCA logo bug next to the distributor's byline (which was outside the logo as always). The color version has a wallflower-type background in red with white '60s-type star designs over it. The filmstrip blocks were red and blue, the background of the tubular border was light blue, and all the block colors revert to black and white over and over. The B&W variation of the logo was the same as the B&W version of the Revue logo, but the only block colors that flicker are the black and white ones.
Variant: Some series such as The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, the logo appears without the MCA byline, and then fades to the co-producer's card.
FX/SFX: The blinking blocks.
Music/Sounds: Same as the 1960 Revue logo theme. A sped-up version of the short 1960 Revue jingle was heard when Hallmark Channel reran The Virginian due to time compressing.
Availability: Rare. The B&W version is currently seen on season 2 of McHale's Navy, Suspense Theatre, and The Jack Benny Program on Antenna TV, as well as season 7 of Wagon Train and season 2 of The Virginian, both on Encore Westerns.
Editor's Note: Recycling the same design and animation from the 1962 Revue logo suggests that this was a placeholder before switching to the globe the following year.
2nd Logo
(February 1964-April 1969)
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Nicknames: "Zooming Globe", "MCA Globe", "Zooming MCA Globe"
Logo: Like its then-current movie logo, the rotating globe zooms in, along with the two Van Allen radiation belts. The text:
FILMED AT THE STUDIOS OF
MCA-TV EXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTOR
is superimposed simultaneously. The text, in the same font as the then-current movie logo (minus the texture), will usually appear in the normal near-yellow font with a shadow effect, but a bronze/brown or white color appears sometimes. The MCA union bug appears with the byline.
Trivia: The logo was designed and animated by Universal Title, who also designed and animated all of the logos by Universal until 1990 and handled all title and optical effects for all films and Universal Television series.
The logo would either appear in color or B&W.
On some shows, the MCA byline is not present below the Universal City name. This happens on most co-productions. This is seen on The Munsters from the Kayro-Vue logo. On the short-lived series Pistols 'n' Petticoats, this was seen before the Kayro-UTV in-credit. On The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, this logo is always seen before the Shamley Productions logo.
Some shows (mainly those produced by Jack Webb's Mark VII, like Dragnet) would have a shot over the globe saying "In Association With (UNIVERSAL TELEVISION)" centered in the same font (and sometimes color) used in the closing credits. This text would then fade out, the globe would zoom and appear as usual. This text may or may not be written in all-caps.
On early Dragnet episodes in '67, the "Universal Television" text was not shown.
Some shows would feature this logo after a Revue logo (as seen on McHale's Navy) or a Kayro-Vue logo (as seen on The Munsters). The theme would start on the Kayro-Vue logo and finish on the Universal logo.
There is a variant that says "A UNIVERSAL PRODUCTION" or "A UNIVERSAL PRESENTATION" , in the same style (but not in the same font) as the then-current movie logo. This was usually only seen on made-for-TV movies and TV pilots and was seen from 1966-1969.
On the short-lived show Court Martial, the text reads "FROM THE STUDIOS OF UNIVERSAL CITY".
FX/SFX: The zooming in of the globe with the text fading in.
Music/Sounds:
1964-1965: Same as above.
1965-1967: A re-arranged version of the two previous jingles, done by Jack Marshall.
September 14, 1967-1969: Another long version by Marshall.
Music/Sounds Variants:
From September 17, 1966-1967, a short version of the first Marshall theme was sometimes used. Played on some made-for-TV movies through the 1967-68 season, including the first Columbo movie Prescription: Murder.
A short version of the 1967 theme was used in 1967-1968.
From 1968-1969, another re-arranged short version was done by Marshall. There is a warped version of this theme that was heard on The Virginian due to time compressing when it was aired on Hallmark Channel years ago.
The opening variant uses the opening theme of the TV movie or it's silent.
Availability: Common. It's currently seen on seasons 2-4 of McHale's Navy, It Takes a Thief, and Adam-12 and Dragnet on Me-TV (with both series rejoining Me-TV on January 1, 2020) and season 1 and first half season 2 of Ironside, and season 3 and beyond of The Virginian on INSP and Starz Encore Westerns, as Universal's past logos are kept quite well. It also exists on the DVD releases of McHale's Navy, preceding the 11th Universal logo.
Editor's Note: A classic combination of using the globe with the Revue/Universal themes.
3rd Logo
(January 1969-1973)
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Nicknames: "Zooming Globe II", "MCA Globe II", "Zooming MCA Globe II"
Logo: Same as above, but the phrase now appears as:
FILMED IN UNIVERSAL CITY, CALIF. AT
The entire text is in a different font (which that time is Eurostile Bold, the same font also used in the opening credits of Ironside), compared to the previous logo, which Universal's name was all yellow from that point on. The MCA union bug appears with the byline.
Just like the last logo, co-productions like those by Mark VII Limited would have the phrase "IN ASSOCIATION WITH UNIVERSAL TELEVISION" in a yellow Compacta BT font.
There is also an opening variant that says "A UNIVERSAL STUDIOS PRODUCTION" or for TV movies (especially pilots of TV series) "A UNIVERSAL STUDIOS PRESENTATION", in the same style (but not in the same font) as the then-current movie logo. This was seen only on made-for-TV movies from 1969-1973, such as the pilot movie of Marcus Welby, M.D., entitled "A Matter of Humanities," originally broadcast on ABC March 26, 1969, but filmed in December of 1968. This is saved on the recent DVD release of Welby.
FX/SFX: Same as the 2nd logo.
Jack Marshall's infamous 1967 long version theme (IAW-Universal Television starting January 1969).
Marshall's 1968 standard theme (starting in January 1969).
Pete Rugolo's re-arranged themes (standard and long versions starting in September 1969).
TV movies would have either the opening theme or none.
Availability: Pretty common. Should be saved on any Universal show of the era such as It Takes a Thief, S2 of Adam-12, and the final season of Dragnet '67, as well as the second half of season 2 and seasons 3 and 4 of Ironside among others on Antenna TV, Me-TV and COZI TV, as well as the 1st season of Marcus Welby, M.D. last seen on COZI TV (as of January 2015) and DVDs.
Editor's Note: Same as the 2nd logo.
4th Logo
(September 1970-April 1971)
Nicknames: "Zooming Globe III", "MCA Globe III", "Zooming MCA Globe III"
Logo: Same as above and the phrase once again reads:
FILMED IN UNIVERSAL CITY, CALIF., AT
Trivia: This logo variation was initially made for on-location series and TV movies such as McCloud.
Variants: This one features two other variations:
As early as 1971, it uses the phrase "FROM UNIVERSAL CITY, CALIFORNIA, UNIVERSAL STUDIOS".
Same as above on shows co-produced by Mark VII Limited, the "IAW" version is seen.
All featuring the MCA globe bug along the company byline.
The same theme from the last logo.
Later on, it was a re-arranged and shortened jingle with ten notes by Pete Rugolo.
Availability: Rare, as it only used for 8 months, but it's still saved on any Universal series during this era, such as Marcus Welby, M.D., Adam-12, Columbo, and Night Gallery, as well as the final season of The Virginian and the 1st season of Alias Smith and Jones. It's also seen on the final season of It Takes a Thief on Antenna TV and now COZI TV.
(September 1971-December 8, 1973)
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Nicknames: "Universal Globe", "MCA Globe IV", "Still Zooming Globe"
Logo: This time, the globe is just a still picture. The shortened text fades in, in the same yellow bold font from the logo above:
FROM UNIVERSAL CITY, CALIFORNIA
Variants: This one has four other variations:
"IN ASSOCIATION WITH UNIVERSAL STUDIOS"
"AND UNIVERSAL STUDIOS"
January 31, 1973?: The text "UNIVERSAL CITY, CALIF." was added below the "UNIVERSAL STUDIOS" text.
On Emergency +4, there is in-credit text that reads:
MARK VII LIMITED
UNIVERSAL CITY, CALIF.---------------------------
...all sporting the MCA union bug alongside the said company byline. Was only referred to as "IN ASSOCIATION WITH UNIVERSAL STUDIOS. MCA-TV EXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTOR" during the 1971-72 season (the logo's first).
FX/SFX: Just the text fading in.
Music/Sounds: Changed depending on the year, all arranged by Quincy Jones.
1971-1972: Composed on strings, doesn't lean on Wilson/Esquivel, Marshall, or Rugolo's versions.
1972-1973: A bit slower than the first, composed on horns.
September 26, 1973: Another slow theme using horns.
Availability: Uncommon.
It's seen on Adam-12 starting from S4 on Me-TV (rejoining on January 1, 2020), S1 of Kojak when last seen on Me-TV, and Columbo on Me-TV.
This variant also plastered the 3rd logo on a 1968 episode of Ironside on a Me-TV rerun as well.
The "Universal City" variant is extremely rare as it used during the last 3 months of this logo, but should be reserved on a few season 3 episodes of Emergency on COZI TV.
Editor's Note: Same as the 2nd logo, though it's disappointing that the globe was downgraded to a still image.
(October 7, 1973-April 30, 1975)
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Nicknames: "Universal Globe II", "MCA Globe V", "Still Zooming Globe II"
Logo: Same backdrop as above, but the phrase was shortened again to...
AN MCA COMPANY
This time, "UNIVERSAL" is in the same font as used in that era's movie logo and also appears textured (in fact, this looks like a still of the 1963-1990 movie logo, with MCA information added in afterwards). The MCA byline is also the same, although the position is a bit shifted to the right due to the MCA union bug's appearance with the byline, and the byline may be shifted closer up in some appearances. The MCA globe bug is bigger than the recent and is seen to the left of its respective byline. The top text line sometimes reads "AND" or "IN ASSOCIATION WITH".
FX/SFX: Only the text above and the byline below fading in. The "UNIVERSAL" name was only still. Although on one late season 5 episode of Marcus Welby, M.D., the entire logo fades out as opposed to cutting out.
1973-1974: Same as the 6th logo from September 1973.
1974-1975: Two more re-arranged jingles done by Quincy Jones. These arrangements vary upon years.
1974: A rearranged theme almost the same as the 1973 version.
Series like Switch and Ironside among others would have different variants.
At least 2 episodes of the 1st season of The Rockford Files,"The Case is Closed", Parts I & II, use this logo with the 1978-1980 Universal jingle.
Can be seen on UFO. It was also seen on Kolchak: The Night Stalker and Marcus Welby, M.D. It's currently seen on late season 1 and season 2 of Kojak on Me-TV and Chicago's local MeToo channel, late season 6 and the final season of Adam-12 on Antenna TV, COZI TV (last seen in December 2019), and Me-TV (rejoining on January 1, 2020), late season 3 to season 4 of Columbo, and season 1 of The Rockford Files on Me-TV, as well as the 1st season of Baretta on DVD.
This is also currently seen on season 4 episodes of Emergency! on Me-TV (though newer print reruns of season 3 inexplicably seemed to use the 5th logo), as well the final season and a half of Ironside and the 1st 2 seasons of The Six Million Dollar Man seen on COZI TV (as of January 2015) and on the now-defunct Esquire.
Editor's Note: Same as the 5th logo.
(September 14, 1975-October 29, 1991)
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Nicknames: "Universal Globe III", "Globe from/of Hell/Doom", "Evil Globe", "MCA Globe VI", "Still Zooming Globe III"
Logo: Same as the 6th logo, but with a few differences from the previous logo:
The font color seems to be mainly white, ivory, or yellow (though this may be due to film deterioration), while still a bit planetary.
The "UNIVERSAL" font is different from the movie version, and is much skinnier and stretched out.
The MCA globe bug common with previous logos is no longer included with the logo (as it was moved to the copyright notice on the ending credits).
On the "AN MCA COMPANY" byline, "MCA" seems to be taller the rest of the other letters.
The top text line had the same "FROM," "AND," and "IN ASSOCIATION WITH" lines centered in from previous logos. On The A-Team, it used the "FROM" top line and added the word "AND" (which later turned green starting in the 1984-1985 season) below the MCA byline. This was done to present the Stephen J. Cannell logo that followed it.
There is also an opening variant where the globe is animated like in the movie logo, but before the globe finishes zooming, the word, "UNIVERSAL" fades in over the globe. A second later, the byline, "AN MCA COMPANY" appears under "UNIVERSAL". That has appeared at the beginning of few TV movies from that time such as the 1979 TV movie, The Seekers.
On the 1991 TV movie Keeping Secrets, the logo fades out instead of cutting out.
On the first 2 seasons of The A-Team, starting with the season 1 episode "A Small and Deadly War", there is a "wipe" effect that brings forth the Cannell logo. The later seasons replaced it with a straight fade.
On Still the Beaver, the entire logo just fades in as it's just a still image.
FX/SFX: Just the entire text fading in.
Music/Sounds: A new 5-note fanfare that retains the first four elements of the classic Revue theme but does not feature the 9-note trademark fanfare used since the Revue days. There are many versions of this jingle, with the orchestration changing with each rendition. All were arranged by Robert Prince.
1975-1976: The first theme uses a timpani roll mixed underneath the fanfare. The first notes are on horns with orchestration on the final note, maintained on all other themes.
1976-1978: A second version of the fanfare, using a bass drum roll on the final note.
1977-1981: A third version of the fanfare.
1980-1982: A much slower version that has an elevator-like sound on the first note, possibly produced by a vibraphone. Simon & Simon used this until 1982.
1981-1982, October 6, 1985, 1987-1990: Another slower version. Charles In Charge used it from 1987-1990, albeit abridged.
1982-July 27, 1989: Another version, using an ascending/descending electronic tune played on a keyboard (almost sounds like a flute) mixed under the theme played by a brass. Though most shows dropped it by 1986, it was used sometimes on Magnum P.I. in 1988, Simon & Simon, and Coming of Age until 1989.
Late 1986-1991: Final versions of the theme, with a different keyboard sound. Miami Vice first used it in late 1986, other shows didn't use it until 1987.
Sometimes, there's also a variant of the 1975 theme where the drum roll finishes abruptly.
Low-tone variants of the 1980, 1982, and 1986 themes were used.
Starting on season 2 of Charles in Charge in 1987, an abridged 1981 theme was used.
On parts 2-4 of the 4-part miniseries Masada, it uses one final Universal variant based on the end-title theme. Composed and conducted by Mort Stevens.
An abridged, low tone version of 1982 theme was used starting on season 1, episode 3 of Charles in Charge.
On the series Still the Beaver, a quicker version of the theme was used, composed on what sounds like an organ.
Some shows used abridged and warp-speed versions of the 1986 theme.
In exceptional cases, mainly on TV movies, it used only the closing theme of the show. Although this also happened on at a final season episode of Marcus Welby, M.D. called "The Covenant."
On HD releases of season 4 episodes of Airwolf, this oddly plasters the MCA Television logo, while retaining the latter's theme.
On the DVD print of the Murder, She Wrote TV movie South by Southwest, it uses the 1991 logo music from the 9th logo. It's probably because of an editing mistake. Overseas airings uses the logo was well.
The first two S8 episodes of Murder, She Wroteused an "out-of-sync" version with the standard 1987 music, in which the music played as normal, but the screen stayed blank until the third note.
The first Murder, She Wroteepisode to air in 1992, S8E11 "Danse Diabolique", also used the "out-of-sync" version, but with the 1991 music from the 9th logo below.
On the opening variant and on the TV movie It Happened One Christmas, it's silent.
Availability: Common.
It's currently seen on The A-Team, Miami Vice, season 1 to early season 8 of Murder, She Wrote, season 5-early season 10 of Columbo, seasons 2-6 of The Rockford Files, seasons 3-5 of Kojak, and the 1st season of Quantum Leap, and on the 7th and final season of Marcus Welby, M.D. on Cozi TV. It's also seen on Miami Vice, The A-Team, Knight Rider, and Airwolf on El Rey Network. It's also seen on season 1 to early season 4 of Coach on Antenna TV, as well as Hulu, NBCUniversal's half-owned online service.
It's also seen on DVD releases such as Charles in Charge (starting with season 3), The A-Team, Knight Rider, seasons 3-5 of Kojak, Miami Vice (Mill Creek print), and the first three seasons of Coach, among others.
It's not seen on local reruns of season 1 episodes of Law & Order because it's been replaced by the NBCUniversal Television Distribution logo. Same with the Netflix and On Demand prints of L&O, except on the episode "Out of the Half-Light", where the logo is retained in widescreen. However, it is still preserved on the DVD release of the 1st season of said show.
It's also not seen on the complete series of Baa Baa Black Sheep (a.k.a. Black Sheep Squadron) because it's been plastered by the 1998 Universal Worldwide Television logo.
One of its last appearances was on the Murder, She Wrote S8 episode "Thicker Than Water". Season 1 episodes of The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (The Hardy Boys in its 3rd and final season) on Netflix have this logo inexplicably cut off while seasons 2-3 retain this logo.
Editor's Note: Same as the 5th logo, but there are some bits that made it notorious among some viewers with the more dramatic logo themes and the less friendly-looking typeface on the logo contributing to it.
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Nicknames: "MCA Globe VII", "Almost Still Zooming Globe"
Logo: Just the end of the 1973 Universal Pictures logo used in place of the TV logo.
FX/SFX: The rotating globe.
Music/Sounds: None.
Availability: Extinct. Was seen on the '80s syndicated series The Woody Woodpecker Show, which was co-produced and distributed by The Program Exchange.
Editor's Note: It's the 1973 movie logo on television. Not much to say.
(September 16, 1991-July 12, 1997, 2000)
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Nicknames: "CGI Globe", "MCA Globe VIII", "CGI MCA Globe", "90s Globe", "90s MCA Globe", "CGI '90s MCA Globe"
Logo: It's nearly the same as its 1991 motion picture counterpart, but with a few differences:
The animation seems to be a tad cheaper than the movie logo. Whereas that logo featured shiny gold lettering for "UNIVERSAL" in Copperplate Gothic Bold font, a detailed globe model (which were both models filmed with motion control), and an impressive-looking starfield, the TV version features a gradient "texture" on "UNIVERSAL", and a slightly less detailed globe (which are both in CGI), and starfield. Also, there is no flash at the beginning as well and the MCA byline is white.
"TELEVISION" appears in white, and spaced out to fit the width of "UNIVERSAL".
Like previous logos, "IN ASSOCIATION WITH" usually appears in white centered above all other text.
Trivia: This logo is based on the print movie artwork logo designed by Glen Wexler.
This logo was made in two versions: a filmed version, and a videotaped version. The filmed version was more prominent at first, as most of Universal's shows were still shot primarily on film, but changed to the videotaped version as time progressed. The filmed version isn't as crisp as the taped version and features that unfortunate effect known as "Film-O-Vision" and the MCA byline is shifted up a little.
On some shows, one of the two alternate variations of the company's phrase fades in above the Universal name, followed by the MCA byline.
Since then, during the 1996-1997 season, the logo became bylineless, in observance to the studio's acquisition by Seagram and Sons and MCA, Inc. was reincorporated into Universal Studios during that time. Also, the "®" symbol has shifted up on the top right end of "UNIVERSAL", though Spy Game kept the byline thru July on the first 9 episodes. The 1994 MCA TV logo and the 1994 Multimedia Entertainment logo were replaced with the 1990-1997 Universal Pictures logo, which was also bylineless.
On some shows such as Sliders, American Gothic, and M.A.N.T.I.S. (excluding the pilot episode), there was a still version of the logo, but "IN ASSOCIATION WITH" has been replaced by a small black rectangular box with "DISTRIBUTED THROUGH" in it at the top of the globe. Plus, the starfield background is stretched more vertically.
A French version with "DISTRIBUE PAR" appears on the French dubbing of American Gothic of the variant above exists.
This logo was shown on the left alongside with the 1992 Warner Bros. Television logo on the right, as seen on Family Dog.
On The Rockford Files TV movie "Friends and Foul Play", the logo is slowed down, but the music still plays normally.
For shows by Action Pack, this logo has "PRESENTS" replacing "TELEVISION". Plus, it fades in after the logo forms instead of sliding in with "UNIVERSAL".
On S8 and some S9 episodes of Murder, She Wrote, as well as the unaired TV pilot of Darkman: The Series and some S9 episodes of Coach, the text "IN ASSOCIATION WITH" isn't displayed above the logo.
On some French-dubbed shows such as New York Undercover, "EN ASSOCIATION AVEC" appears on a blue bar.
FX/SFX: The CGI of the rotating globe and the name.
Music/Sounds: A majestic French horn fanfare, based on Universal's long version of its 1990 jingle. A low tone was also included starting in 1991 on Quantum Leap. All composed by James Horner.
In other cases, the ending theme of the show or generic network music (as on NBC and CBS starting in 1994) is used.
On the first four season 2 episodes of Law & Order, it uses the late 1986 logo theme from the previous logo.
On the un-aired TV pilot of Darkman: The Series, it's mostly silent.
On The Hub airings of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, the first couple seconds of the opening theme from Action Pack is heard on the "PRESENTS" variant of the logo.
Availability: Fairly common. With most Universal logos, they are usually retained on any repeat broadcasts.
Recent local reruns of a few season 3 episodes of Law & Order have this logo plastered with the 2011 NBCUniversal Television Distribution logo. However, it was used in tandem with the 8th logo until a month later after it debuted.
Was seen on seasons 2-7 of Law & Order years ago on TNT (Sundance, Netflix and On Demand airings uses the 2004 NBCUniversal logo) and currently seen seasons 8-12 of Murder, She Wrote on Cozi beginning with the episode "Lines of Excellence", mid season 4-season 9 of Coach on ReelzChannel, Antenna TV, and DVD, and was some seasons 2-3 episodes of New York Undercover when seen on Centric (sometimes plastered by the next logo below or the Studio USA logo), among others.
It is preserved on shows on NBCUni's online service Hulu.
The "PRESENTS" variant of the logo is intact on early seasons of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys on The Hub (now Discovery Family).
The "Distributed Through" variant can be found at the end of Doctor Who: The Movie, following the early '90s BBC Worldwide logo.
Also seen on 2nd half season 14-early 1st half season 15 taped episodes of Sally Jessy Raphael and 2nd half season 6-early 1st half season 7 taped episodes of Jerry Springer, replacing the 1994 Multimedia Entertainment logo on Nosey TV.
Despite the logo ending in 1997, it made a surprise appearance on the 2000 TV movie Murder She Wrote: A Story to Die For.
Editor's Note: It's a decent CGI version of the then-current movie logo.
10th Logo
(September 22, 1997-July 23, 2004)
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Nicknames: "CGI Globe II", "CGI Glittering Planet TV", "2000s Globe"
Logo: A near-still shot of the 1997 Universal Pictures logo used in motion pictures (with the globe still rotating and the glow shining). It looks nearly the same, and you can still see a glow from behind it. Text will appear below the logo, as listed below:
1997-1998: "UNIVERSAL TELEVISION ENTERTAINMENT" (formerly MTE)
1997-1998: "IN ASSOCIATION WITH UNIVERSAL TELEVISION" (seen on co-produced programs from that era)
1997-1998: "UNIVERSAL TELEVISION ENTERPRISES, INC. EXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTOR" (formerly MCA TV)
1998-2000: "UNIVERSAL WORLDWIDE TELEVISION"
1997-2000: Like the movie logo, a small copyright appears at the bottom-right. That variant was used for the first three text variants until 1998 while it was still used for the fourth text variant until 2000.
2000-2004: "www.universalstudios.com"
2002-2004: "(in association with) UNIVERSAL NETWORK TELEVISION, (www.universalstudios.com)"
2002-2004: "(in association with) UNIVERSAL DOMESTIC TELEVISION, www.universalstudios.com"
2002-2004: "UNIVERSAL TELEVISION DISTRIBUTION, www.universalstudios.com"
Sometimes, the logo doesn't feature the URL underneath the globe. Plus, the logo fades in and out.
On some TV movies from 1997-1998 such as The Rockford Files TV movie Murder and Misdemeanors, there is a filmed version of the Universal Television version. Plus, the name is already there and is a bit bigger.
On season 4 of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and season 3 of Xena: Warrior Princess, the word "PRESENTS" in spaced-out letters, fades in under the "UNIVERSAL" text. The copyright is intact.
Sometimes for Universal Television Enterprises and Universal Worldwide Television and mostly for Universal Television Entertainment, there is a longer version of the logo, starting out with the "UNIVERSAL" name making its way to the front of the globe, and the name appears below the logo after it before the logo finally zooms back to its position before the copyright appears.
On some episodes of the first two seasons of Monk, as well as widescreen reruns of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Law & Order: Criminal Intent, the tail end of the movie logo, which features the globe zooming back, is shown.
On the 2002-2004 variants, the text's shadow is not there.
For a short time in late 2001 and early 2002, Universal's TV and movie departments were celebrating the 20th Anniversary of E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial, with a special logo featuring E.T. and Elliot flying across the globe. The TV version's logo is similar to the normal version, except that E.T. and Elliot are flying behind the bold "UNIVERSAL" text, and the words "E.T. 20TH ANNIVERSARY" with "E.T." in it's own movie logo font, are featured under the globe.
There is also a B&W variant for classic Revue/MCA/Universal shows in B&W.
On early S4 episodes of The Steve Harvey Show and Just Shoot Me!, the logo (minus the text and the URL) is seen on the right with the 1995 Brillstein-Grey Entertainment logo on the left inside a white outline box against a gray stone spotlight background.
On later episodes of The Steve Harvey Show and Just Shoot Me! since season 4, the logo (minus the text and the URL) is seen on the bottom along with the Brad Grey Television logo above.
FX/SFX: The "fire" behind the globe, the globe rotating, and the name fading in until 2000.
Music/Sounds: A short version of the movie counterpart's theme. On some shows, it's silent. NBC, CBS and ABC used their generic themes. Variations of the theme applies. All composed by Jerry Goldsmith.
1997-2000: A longer version of the theme used for Universal Television Entertainment and the longer version of Universal Television Enterprises and Universal Worldwide Television. It was used for the first two until 1998 while it was used for the latter until 2000.
1997-1998: An odd short version only heard on Roar and Sliders.
2002-2004: Another odd short version with four notes.
2003-2004: Final short version using the first three notes playing fast and the last note of the theme.
In rare cases, the ending theme of the show/movie plays over it or none.
On season 4 of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and season 3 of Xena: Warrior Princess, the first couple seconds of the opening theme from Action Pack is heard on the "PRESENTS" variant of the logo.
One 1996 season 3 episode of New York Undercover has the 1991 Universal Television logo theme playing on the Universal Domestic Television logo, due to plastering.
On the R2 release of Baa Baa Black Sheep (a.k.a. Black Sheep Squadron): The Complete First Season on DVD, the 1977 logo music is heard over the 1998 Universal Worldwide Television logo due to bad plastering.
Availability: Common. Can still be found on most, if not all Universal-produced shows of this time such as the Law & Order franchise (except on Sundance), among others. Universal's merger with NBC put an end to this logo in 2004.
Especially shown on USA Network, Cloo, WGN America, local syndication, Sitting Ducks and Maisy last aired on Qubo, the earliest episodes of House, M.D., and shows on Hulu.
It's also seen on season 4 and the final season of Sliders on The Hub (now Discovery Family).
The Universal Television Entertainment logo has appeared on the 1997 TV movie House of Frankenstein.
The longer version of the Universal Television Enterprises logo has appeared on some later episodes of Jerry Springer and Sally Jesse Raphael during the 1997-1998 season and the standard version is retained on season 4 on Hercules: The Legendary Journeys when seen on The Hub (now Discovery Family) and on DVD, season 3 of Xena: Warrior Princess on DVD, and Team Knight Rider on Hulu.
The long version of Universal Worldwide Television was seen on reruns of In Search of... from the late '90s.
The Brillstein-Grey/Universal (Brad Grey Television/Universal) combo variant is seen on The Steve Harvey Show reruns on BET Her and Just Shoot Me reruns on local syndication.
The Universal Domestic Television logo is retained on every season 1 to early season 2 episodes of New York Undercover on Centric.
The Television Distribution logo was seen at the end of Leave It to Beaver reruns on Me-TV until September 2014; Beaver then moved to Antenna TV - where it is still airing daily as of this posting - but the Universal Television Distribution logo is not seen because of the "compressed credits" practice the network instituted in June 2015. The Universal Television Distribution logo also appears on international airings and the MPI Home Video DVD releases of Family Affair (whose non-USA TV distribution rights are held by NBCUniversal) in place of the logos of American distributor CBS Television Distribution and its predecessors. On Horror's print of The Incredible Hulk season 2 episode "Wildfire", the version with the website URL plays before the start of the episode, confusingly enough.
Editor's Note: It's just the end bit of the then-current movie logo, which is still fine with good relaxing music and CGI.
(September 14-October 2011)
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Nicknames: "CGI Globe III", "Sunburst Globe", "2010s Globe"
Logo: We zoom out from a Western Hemisphere view of a detailed globe with some clouds. As we pan out, a sunburst appears and shines in the northeastern arc of the globe. A bluish/purple starfield with a few nebular clouds appear in the background. The white text "UNIVERSALTELEVISION" (in a serif font called "Folio" with "UNIVERSAL" bold) without a space between and with an abstract arc above is vertically wiped in front of the Earth globe with a translucent line once we are at a comfortable distance.
FX/SFX: The zoom out of the globe, and the name wiping in., and the globe is spinning to the left.
Music/Sounds: The closing theme of the show or NBC's generic theme with a voice over.
Availability: Extinct.
It debuted (as a placeholder) on new season premieres of Parenthood, Community, and The Office, among others before the split-screen credits on network TV.
This logo also appears on original prints of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, and Last Call with Carson Daly. Like the returning series mentioned above, it was also seen on new shows such as Whitney, Up All Night, and Prime Suspect, among others, all on NBC before the split-screen credits.
On-demand prints of new season episodes (i.e. Hulu, NBC.com) of these shows retained the Universal Media Studios logo.
Editor's Note: An excellent effort to bring the classic Universal Television name back, except one problem: the globe is rotating to the left instead of to the right. Strange, isn't it? But this was short-lived as it was replaced a month later.
(October 13, 2011- )
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Nicknames: "CGI Globe IV", "Sunburst Globe II", "2010s Globe II"
Note: This is the enhanced, standard version of the previous logo, complete with a corporate byline.
Logo: Against the bluish starfield background that's almost similar to the one from the previous logo with some nebular clouds, we see the much more detailed Earth globe zooming from the front right to the center which is now rotating forwards this time like the other Universal logos. As the globe reaches to the center, the sunburst appears flashing on the top-right part of the globe. As this happens, the text "UNIVERSALTELEVISION", in the same font as before with the abstract arc above it, appears rotating in from the left and making a stop in front of the globe as the sunburst dims down a bit and a couple light rays are seen behind the globe and some of the nebular clouds are seen moving in front of the logo. The byline "A Division of NBCUniversal" appears under the logo.
Trivia: This logo was created and animated by Imaginary Forces. The logo has some elements from the 1991 Universal Television logo.
There is one version of the logo where the "UNIVERSALTELEVISION" text, along with the abstract arc above, appears wiping in vertically like the previous logo instead of rotating in as the globe goes into the center. Plus, a couple of light rays are gone.
In 2013, the logo was enhanced, with darker tones and a dimmer sun. This version is bylineless, presumably to reflect the new 100% Comcast ownership.
Note: This variant was used for an extremely short period of time.
FX/SFX: The globe zooming out, the sunburst flashing, and the words rotating or wiping in.
Music/Sounds: A three-note orchestrated theme, consisting on the first two notes of the three-note NBC chimes jingle and a final note that sounds similar to that of the 1997 Universal Pictures fanfare, composed by Jerry Goldsmith. This jingle sounds quite similar to the NBCUniversal Television logo music.
On three S3 episodes of Community, the Universal Media Studios logo music is heard.
There is also a long version of the logo theme.
Availability: Very common.
It debuted on the October 13, 2011 episode of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and was used in tandem with the previous logo.
It is currently seen on new episodes of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Parenthood, Up All Night, and The Office, among others on NBC. Also seen on the final season of House on Fox.
On cable television, it can be seen on The Jack & Triumph Show airing on Adult Swim, also seen on The 90th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
Editor's Note: Another brilliant television logo from Universal, improving over the previous one.
Copyright Stamps: Here is some information about the copyright stamps on the Universal Television series and TV movies:
1964-1966: Copyright © [YEAR] by Universal Television. All Rights Reserved.
1966-1967: Copyright © [YEAR] by Universal Television - A division of Universal City Studios, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
1967-1998: Copyright © [YEAR] by Universal City Studios, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
1997-1998: Copyright © [YEAR] Universal Television Enterprises, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
1997-1998: Copyright © [YEAR] Universal Television Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
1997-1998: Copyright © [YEAR] UTE, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
1998: Copyright © [YEAR] New-U Television LLC. All Rights Reserved.
1998: Copyright © [YEAR] New-U Distribution LLC. All Rights Reserved.
1998: Copyright © [YEAR] Studios USA Television LLC. All Rights Reserved.
1998: Copyright © [YEAR] Studios USA Television Distribution LLC. All Rights Reserved.
1999-2003: Copyright © [YEAR] Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved. (Used on The Steve Harvey Show and Just Shoot Me!)
2002-: Copyright © [YEAR] Universal Network Television LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Copyright © [YEAR] Universal Television Enterprises LLC. All Rights Reserved.
2002-: Copyright © [YEAR] Universal Talk Television (Productions) LLC. All Rights Reserved
2011-: Copyright © [YEAR] NBC Studios LLC. All Rights Reserved.
2014-: Copyright © [YEAR] Universal Television LLC. All Rights Reserved.
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Making porn fashionable: New York Fashion Week Pornhub partnership a slap in the face for women
Posted by Melinda Liszewski 7756sc on February 08, 2020
*Content warning - Facts and censored images may be distressing*
Pornhub ambassador Asa Akira, along with performers Marica Hase and Jade Kush will walk the runway at New York Fashion Week for fashion label Namilia. Pornhub, owned by Canada based company Mindgeek, is a free video sharing and pornographic website. Pornhub describes itself as one of the most prolific adult websites, averaging 92 billion video views a year.
Designers Nan Li and Emilia Pfohl said that having the Pornhub "stars" model their new collection called "Herotica" was a "Feminist Statement." Li told Page 6:
'The cosmos of sexual pleasure has been restricted to a few boring and chauvinistic narratives for the pleasure of the male gaze,'
'Porn isn't something existentially male. Most women just have been excluded from determining the narrative.'
Namilia’s designs are chiefly concerned with dressing their models in garments shaped as vulvas or brandished with the outline of a penis and testicles. Namilia isn't changing a narrative. They’re objectifying these women even further, treating them as a canvas for middle school graffiti and calling it "fashion."
Namilia claims to be "revolutionary" but this isn't a novel idea or a "feminist statement." This is old school misogyny with glitter. What Nan Li describes as "boring" is a world of rape, sexual abuse and torture of countless women and girls.
Partnering with Pornhub is clearly a publicity stunt for Namilia to gain exposure through "controversy." Pornhub, with its sights set on mainstream validity, is happy to oblige. New York Fashion week is an iconic semi annual event which first took place in 1943. For Pornhub, a partnership with New York Fashion Week is a significant milestone in its advancement towards mainstream acceptance.
Behind the glamorous veneer and the publicity stunts is a world of pain for women and girls
We have been exposing Pornhub and mainstream news media complicity in promoting the site for years. Pornhub is known to host footage of underage girls, has been uncooperative when asked to pull down so-called ‘revenge porn’, hosts footage of sex trafficking victims and prostituted women.
Child sexual exploitation and abuse on Pornhub
A 15 year old girl missing for almost a year has been located by authorities after her mother found almost 60 videos of the girl on Pornhub.
Sex trafficking footage on Pornhub
In August 2019 it was reported that 22 women were suing the owners of porn label Girls Do Porn for fraud, claiming they were lied to and tricked into making porn. Despite this, Pornhub continued to host Girls Do Porn as an offical Pornhub channel.
Three men and one woman were subsequently arrested and charged with sex trafficking offences. One man fled the US and remains a fugitive at large.
A Motherboard investigation reported in Vice just yesterday, Pornhub doesn't care, revealed that Pornhub continues to host hundreds of Girls Do Porn videos, despite claiming to have "high-tech solutions" to stop the distribution of these videos.
Deepfakes and "Revenge Porn" aka Image based abuse on Pornhub
Pornhub continues to violate women by hosting Deepfake videos of non-consenting women on the site. Despite claiming it would ban Deepfake videos there is no evidence to suggest that Pornhub is taking this issue seriously.
According to a BBC report Pornhub owners profit from revenge porn and have been uncooperative and unresponsive to requests from women desperate to have images and videos of themselves taken down from the site.
Eroticising rape, abduction, child sexual abuse on Pornhub
Pornhub hosts footage of rape and eroticises horrific sexual abuse of women & girls at the hands of predators like Larry Nassar and Harvey Weinstein.
Countless videos feature women's torture, pain and humiliation for men's sexual gratification.
Pornhub features simulated and real footage of child sexual abuse and rape for men's sexual gratification.
Pornhub is a monument to women’s misery and destruction. And now New York Fashion Week intends to promote Pornhub as a “feminist statement.” What a slap in the face for women and girls who have had the worst moments of their lives distributed on Pornhub for men’s entertainment.
Tell New York Fashion Week what you think
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/nyfw/
Twitter https://twitter.com/nyfw
Sign the petition to shut down Pornhub
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Why our online harms laws will be good for tech
The UK's minister for digital infrastructure explains the government's thinking behind its proposals to regulate internet companies such as Facebook, Google and others
Matt Warman, Digital minister
The UK’s tech industry is booming. It’s three million people strong and contributes a staggering £149bn to our economy every year. Last year it hit new heights attracting £10.1bn of inward investment, more than any other country in Europe.
Our tech companies have incredible access to finance and benefit hugely from our strong regulatory regimes for science, R&D and intellectual property. The OECD ranks Britain as one of the best places to start a tech business in the world and has given us the highest overall score for the quality of our regulatory practices.
Internet-based technologies, with the freedom, openness and convenience they bring, are a tool to be harnessed and there is no better place to make them than here in the UK. It is difficult to imagine how much harder responding to the pandemic would have been without them. But like any tool they can help or they can harm.
Online trust
Tech platforms have been utilised in some of the most despicable events in recent history - from the live streaming of the atrocious Christchurch terrorist attack to the rise of online grooming. Over one month during lockdown, at least 8.8 million attempts by UK internet users to access child abuse material were blocked.
Our tech firms have the government’s full commitment to helping them thrive. But for this to happen, the people who use them need to trust that they’re safe.
The government has set out new rules of the road for internet companies to address some of the unintended consequences of the digital revolution. Our response to the Online Harms White Paper outlines our final decisions on new regulations for internet services that are accessible in the UK and which enable people to interact with each other or share their own content such as comments, images and videos.
We have taken the time to get this regulatory regime right - it is pro-competition, pro-innovation and proportionate. Fewer than 3% of UK businesses will be in scope and it is focused on the biggest platforms where the risk of harm being done is greatest.
All companies will be legally required to take steps to stop the spread of what is already criminal - the vile content showing child sexual abuse or inciting others to terrorism. And they will need to protect children using their services from being exposed to harmful or inappropriate content or contact.
The most popular social media sites will have extra responsibilities to tackle legal but nevertheless harmful activity - such as dangerous disinformation and bullying. We will help these companies regain the trust of the public by holding them to the promises they make in their terms and conditions.
Avoid unnecessary burdens
We have taken great care to avoid creating unnecessary burdens and have built exemptions in for low-risk firms. For example, online retailers that only allow users to leave reviews will be exempt, as will services used by organisations for internal purposes like team collaboration.
Ofcom, as the independent regulator of this new system, will have a legal duty not to unfairly burden small and medium-sized enterprises. Its approach with individual companies will reflect their size, capacity and the severity of the harm in question. It will help all companies understand and fulfil their new responsibilities, by issuing codes of practice to follow.
Next year we will bring forward the legislation to implement this carefully designed regulation that is good news for UK internet users, but it’s good for our businesses too.
We all have a shared responsibility for making online spaces safer, so we’re giving tech firms much-needed clarity on how they do this. This will give confidence to innovators and investors, build trust among consumers, and the UK will continue to cement its reputation as a global tech powerhouse.
Read more about online safety
The UK government should introduce a compulsory “news bargaining code” to force digital platforms to pay news publishers for the right to use their content, says the House of Lords Communications and Digital Committee.
The government has told social media companies that they need to go “further and faster to address disinformation” about the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic.
Many of the regulatory bodies overseeing algorithmic systems and the use of data in the UK economy will need to build up their digital skills, capacity and expertise as the influence of artificial intelligence and data increases, MPs have been told.
A path to smart, not just present, video conferencing
As businesses plan a recovery from the effects of the Covid-19. Employees now expect employers to offer a modern approach to how/where they work. It won't be enough for businesses to get by with aging processes. Wherever staff are based, video conferencing will be pivotal.
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Homepage | Sports | Netball Reports | U11 A Netball v Lingfield Notre Dame
U11 A Netball v Lingfield Notre Dame
After a long Christmas break the girls were keen to get onto the netball courts and play their first netball match of the season. Ruby H was captain today and LND won the toss and took first centre pass. Right from the start you could see that this was going to be a tightly contested game. The opposition were both tall and fast around the court but Copthorne managed to equal their speed and agility. Ruby H and Beth worked fantastically well together in the centre court getting the ball into the circle. Mallory, Alayna and Ruby O marked the opposition tightly following their every move. The game was very evenly matched with goals going with centre pass. With the score at 3-3 Copthorne missed a couple of shots and the LND defenders were quicker to rebound. At the end of the first quarter LND were in the lead 5-3. At the start of the second quarter Copthorne scored the first goal and were now only a goal behind. The match became very intense and the pace of the game increased. This led to both teams making careless mistakes. When the whistle went for half time LND had managed to keep their 2 goal advantage with the score 9-7.
After a well deserved drink and a team talk the girls were determined to get the goals back. Their marking was super tight which put the LND team under pressure. Mallory, Ruby O and Alayna made some fantastic interceptions in defence giving Copthorne possession of the ball. Ruby H, Emily and Beth worked tirelessly around centre court to give Copthorne every opportunity to score goals. Shooters Alana and Beth were working well with each other within the circle and were quick to rebound their shots. At the end of the quarter LND were still in the lead but only by a goal. With the score at 11-10 Copthorne’s spirits were lifted and the whole team played the last quarter of the match with endless energy and determination. Once again Copthorne put the opposition under pressure which lead to the LND team making some mistakes which Copthorne took advantage of. In the last few minutes of the game Copthorne drew even with LND 14-14 which resulted in a nail biting finish. With a LND centre pass the ball was passed quickly into their shooting circle but fantastic defending by Mallory gave Copthorne possession. The ball was passed up the court into the goal circle and the shooters Beth and Alana kept their cool and a goal was scored!!! The final whistle went and it was a win for Copthorne 15-14.
Congratulations to the whole team who showed such spirit and determination. Both teams displayed a very high level of skill which led to a very competitive and enjoyable afternoon of netball. Well done to Mallory who was voted player of the match by LND. Mrs Cook’s player of the match goes to the whole team.
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Escape to Cornwall’s nature reserves: Churchtown Farm, Saltash
https://twitter.com/NaturalWord
Professional wildlife and environmental writer & editor, musician & wildlife gardener.
Churchtown Farm Panoramic Landscape, Image by Ben Watkins
8 out of 10 people who shared their experiences of nature in lockdown earlier this year planned to visit a nature reserve in the next 12 months. To help you get outside and discover some of Cornwall's hidden beauty spots, Cornwall Wildlife Trust's Roving Wildlife Reporter Rowena Millar has started a new series of nature reserve blogs to help you learn more about the wild places on your doorstep. This time, she takes a look around Churchtown Farm...
Sometimes, even in Cornwall, we spend too much time inside buildings – quite possibly looking out through our windows at other people’s buildings. This year, the yearning to escape into the wide outdoors has been stronger than ever. One of the largest nature reserves managed by Cornwall Wildlife Trust offers much-needed space and tranquillity close to a built-up area.
Illustrated map of Churchtown Farm
A large nature reserve adjoining a town
Churchtown Farm Community Nature Reserve encompasses just over 150 acres (61 hectares) of land, much of it surrounded by water. It is accessed from roads within Saltash, a town which nestles in the far south-east of Cornwall, with the Devon city of Plymouth just across the Tamar. Yet the larger of Saltash’s nature reserves (there is also a wet meadow at Tincombe) feels like a world apart. When you visit the reserve, be sure to take photographs and bring binoculars if you have some, to make the most of glorious views out to the rivers Lynher and Tamar.
Time to look at the views
All of my visits to Churchtown Farm have left me with lasting memories of breath-taking vistas, taking in serene estuarine waters, and the green of distant countryside. Equipped with sturdy walking boots for some downhill and uphill trekking, it’s great to breathe the coastal air as you navigate a quilt of rolling hillside fields. From the reserve you see tantalising objects in the landscape – a turreted castle tower (Trematon Castle), the arches of a stone viaduct, or the remnants of a tide-lapped vessel resting at peace.
A yacht moored across the water, a few dog walkers, and the occasional diesel train, hurrying along the main line below the path from the Wearde Road entrance or above the sloping hayfields – provide a brief reminder that you haven’t slipped through a chink in the space-time continuum to the wildlife-rich days of yesteryear when time was measured in sunrises, sunsets and seasons.
Reserve Sign and Map at Churchtown Farm, Image by Ben Watkins
View through the trees at Churchtown Farm, Image by Ben Watkins
Views overlooking the bridge and Trematon Castle, Image by Ben Watkins
Churchtown Farm Community Nature Reserve through the seasons
I have been to the reserve for an open day, guided walks, a scything work party and a family outing through the changing seasons.
On an April trip, our local Wildlife Group began our guided walk, hosted by East Cornwall Reserves Manager Peter Kent, standing in grassy Hitchings Field, where there’s a sturdy map of the area. Up there, a fresh spring breeze blew our cares away but after a hike downhill, we experienced calm moments in the sunshine watching still waters reflecting the sky. There was plenty of time to potter around by the water’s edge looking for wildlife signs.
We caught glimpses of rich plant, insect and bird life in the vibrant hedges – different from the short, flail-cropped, over-barbered versions of hedges you see around too many fields in east Cornwall.
Volunteers and Reserves staff scything at Churchtown Farm
On another visit back in August 2019, I remember admiring thousands of shiny blackberries ripening in the hedges. Now, in October, the last blackberries, drenched by recent rain, are complemented by a wealth of sloes on countless blackthorn bushes. The sloes are a beautiful deep blue-black, but I look forward to early spring, when the sloes will be over and the blackthorns begin a new season by icing the hedges with their white blossom.
When my son and I joined a scything party at the reserve on a glorious late summer day, we found we had excellent company in the volunteers who made up the Wild Allet crew and their friends. It felt good to scatter wildflower seeds on the earth as we swept our blades through buff-coloured stalks and stems, gradually working our way across a small meadow. We took turns to rake huge forkfuls of hay to the field edges, against a backdrop of lazy blue waters.
On that day, gazing outwards, the rest of human life consisted of little more than the occasional small cluster of waterside buildings across the estuary and its inlets. It also paid to look closely at the ground. Amongst the cut hay I found a nest that had belonged to a harvest mouse – our smallest (and some might argue, prettiest) mammal, sadly thought to have suffered steep declines as farming methods have changed. Looking upwards in summer, the wide skies are punctuated by swifts, swallows and skylarks.
A Harvest Mouse on Cow Parsley, Image by David Chapman
You never know which fungi will pop up on a nature reserve, and October is a very good time to look, especially if there’s a chance to join an official foray, where you can learn to identify the vast array of species in the various habitats, associated with different soil types and different trees. Although Churchtown Farm is primarily a farmland area, as its name suggests, there are also areas of wetland, woodland and scrub, two interesting old quarry sites and, at the lowest points, muddy banks and mudflats lining the estuary. Another advantage of autumn is that the evenings are earlier and on a clear day, you can capture the glory of a sunset over the water.
Winter is a good time to look for overwintering resident and migrant birds. On the mudflats, look out for oystercatchers, redshanks, greenshanks, and the pure white feathers of graceful egrets.
Seed crops such as sunflowers and teasels provide much-needed food for dwindling farmland bird species, including finches, linnets, buntings and bramblings over the winter.
Stretching my legs on a long autumn or winter walk around the reserve certainly puts me in the mood for tea and cake, followed by a good sleep, fuelled by the sea air.
Goldfinch, Image by Neil Aldridge
Redshanks, Image by Harry Hogg
Oystercatcher by Claire Lewis
Visiting the reserve
Usually, there are a variety of events to enjoy organised by the Friends of Churchtown Nature Reserve, a local community group who care about the nature reserve: organising walks, clean-ups and social events. The Friends also monitor the site. Their website includes a useful map including field names, tracks and boundaries, a lyrical and fact-filled report, a gallery of photographs, and documents including a detailed plant list. They also have a Facebook page that you can follow too.
You can find out more information about the Churchtown Farm reserve, along with visiting other Cornwall Wildlife Trust nature reserves, on the website through the links.
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Crystal Cabin Award: Airbus wins in Los Angeles
by Julia Grosser | News | Tuesday, 10 September, 2019
“Connected Experience” from Airbus wins the Crystal Cabin Award for the special category “Best Customer Journey Experience”
Los Angeles, 09 September 2019: Airbus has something to celebrate: At the APEX Awards in Los Angeles, the aircraft manufacturer’s “Connected Experience” took home honors in the race for the Crystal Cabin Award in the special category, “Best Customer Journey Experience”. The application for integrated passenger and crew communication in the aircraft cabin prevailed over a voice-controlled aircraft lavatory from Diehl and a concept for light-based data transfer from Latécoère. The Crystal Cabin Award is the world’s leading accolade for aircraft cabins and products. Almost 27 jurors from across the spectrum of civil aviation and all its segments decide the winners. The award ceremony in the USA also ushers in the new submission phase for the eight main categories of the Crystal Cabin Awards, to be presented in Hamburg on 31 March 2020.
The “Connected Experience” from Airbus networks passengers and crew with the aircraft cabin. The app allows passengers to order food or to make contact with a flight attendant. Members of the cabin crew receive important information from the networked cabin, for example the status of overhead lockers or the need to clean a lavatory, and can use their device to regulate temperature, lighting, and music for passengers.
The special category “Best Customer Journey Experience” relates to products that enrich and enhance the passenger experience, with hardware or software solutions, throughout the entire air journey, from planning and booking to beginning the journey and all the way to the time after landing. Submissions may be targeted at passengers, airlines, manufacturers and/or suppliers. The aim of the category, with the winner announced to coincide with the North American APEX EXPO and Aircraft Interiors Expo Americas trade shows, is to provide inspiring examples of how new products and services can be developed for personalized passenger experience.
This special category complements the existing eight categories awarded each year in Hamburg for the Crystal Cabin Awards: “Cabin Concepts”, “Cabin Systems”, “Greener Cabin, Health, Safety and Environment”, “Inflight Entertainment & Connectivity”, “Material and Components”, “Passenger Comfort Hardware”, “University” and “Visionary Concepts”. Amongst the winners in 2019 were such renowned industry representatives as Airbus, Collins Aerospace, Recaro and United Airlines. For all the winners and highlights of the 2019 awards ceremony, made available by APEX Media and Burrana: www.youtube.com/watch
The entry phase for the eight main categories of the Crystal Cabin Awards has now commenced. Between now and 18 October, the Crystal Cabin Award Association and the 27 expert jurors will search for 2020’s top innovations in aviation. For further information on entering: www.crystal-cabin-award.com
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Amarantus Receives Notice of Allowance for U.S. Patent Application Covering Proprietary Compositions of Matter and Methods of Use for MANF
Patent Issuance Will Provide Additional IP Protection for MANF Protein Therapy and Cell Therapy
SAN FRANCISCO and GENEVA, May 5, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Amarantus BioScience Holdings, Inc. (AMBS), a biotechnology company focused on developing therapeutic and diagnostic products for neurological disorders and orphan indications, announced that it has received a Notice of Allowance from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 13/305,025 entitled, "Dopaminergic Neuronal Survival Promoting Factors and Uses Thereof." Upon issuance, the patent will provide additional intellectual property protection for MANF (mesencephalic-astrocyte-derived neurotrophic factor) protein therapy and cell therapy. The allowed patent claims cover compositions of matter and methods of use related to the Company's proprietary manufacturing process for synthetic MANF and its administration.
Native MANF is currently under development for the treatment of orphan ocular indications, including retinitis pigmentosa (RP). Amarantus recently received orphan drug designation for MANF for the treatment in RP in the United States and in Europe. In addition, MANF proteins have demonstrated proof-of-concept in preclinical models to treat a wide range of conditions including retinal artery occlusion, glaucoma, macular degeneration, Parkinson's disease (PD), diabetes and ischemic heart disease, among others.
"This Notice of Allowance is another important element in our intellectual property strategy that we believe will allow us to fully exploit the fundamental value of the research and development ongoing for MANF, both internally and via our collaborations," said Gerald E. Commissiong, President & CEO of Amarantus. "MANF is being developed as a potential therapeutic intervention for orphan ocular diseases and other chronic disorders for which few, if any, viable disease-modifying treatment options exist."
"This important step further signals the Company's commitment to strengthening our industry-leading intellectual property portfolio surrounding MANF," said John W. Commissiong, Ph.D., Amarantus CSO and co-discoverer of MANF. "We will continue to strengthen our robust intellectual property estate to further protect and maintain our proprietary rights, which we believe will not only allow us to capitalize on the known opportunities for MANF development, but will also further entrench Amarantus as the leading company for new collaborations in light of emerging potential MANF applications."
The USPTO issues a Notice of Allowance after it makes a determination that a patent should be granted from a patent application.
About Mesencephalic-Astrocyte-derived Neurotrophic Factor (MANF)
MANF (mesencephalic-astrocyte-derived neurotrophic factor) is believed to have broad potential because it is a naturally-occurring protein produced by the body for the purpose of reducing and preventing apoptosis (cell death) in response to injury or disease, via the unfolded protein response. By manufacturing MANF and administering it to the body, Amarantus is seeking to use a regenerative medicine approach to assist the body with higher quantities of MANF when needed. Amarantus is the front-runner and primary holder of intellectual property around MANF, and is initially focusing on the development of MANF-based protein therapeutics. MANF, a naturally-occurring protein that reduces and prevents apoptosis (programmed cell death) in response to injury or disease, was discovered utilizing Amarantus' proprietary PhenoGuard(TM) Protein Discovery Engine.
MANF's lead indication is retinitis pigmentosa, and additional indications including Parkinson's disease, diabetes and Wolfram's syndrome are currently pursued. Further applications for MANF may include Alzheimer's disease, traumatic brain injury, myocardial infarction, antibiotic-induced ototoxicity and certain other rare orphan diseases currently under evaluation.
About Amarantus BioScience Holdings, Inc.
Amarantus BioScience Holdings (AMBS) is a biotechnology company developing treatments and diagnostics for diseases in the areas of neurology, psychiatry, ophthalmology and regenerative medicine. AMBS' Therapeutics division has development rights to eltoprazine, a Phase 2b ready small molecule indicated for Parkinson's disease levodopa-induced dyskinesia, adult ADHD and Alzheimer's aggression, and owns intellectual property rights to a therapeutic protein known as mesencephalic-astrocyte-derived neurotrophic factor (MANF) and is developing MANF-based products as treatments for brain and ophthalmic disorders. AMBS' Diagnostics division owns the rights to MSPrecise(R), a proprietary next-generation DNA sequencing (NGS) assay for the identification of patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) at first clinical presentation, and owns intellectual property for the diagnosis of Parkinson's disease (NuroPro). AMBS also owns the discovery of neurotrophic factors (PhenoGuard(TM)) that led to MANF's discovery.
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Michael Marot, Associated Press
Aug. 31, 2009 Updated: Nov. 11, 2009 1:50 a.m.
INDIANAPOLIS -- Goodyear's Greg Stucker arrived Friday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway with a nervous stomach. He left the historic track with a sense of relief.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. ran 27 laps on one set of tires and four-time Cup champion Jeff Gordon offered another emphatic endorsement that Sunday's race at The Brickyard won't look anything like last year's debacle at Indy.
Stucker couldn't have scripted it any better.
"It makes you feel pretty good," Goodyear's race tire sales director said after two practice sessions. "I've still got a few butterflies. We thought we had asked all the questions, gotten all the answers and were pretty thorough. We felt we were pretty good, but you're always a little anxious when you get here."
Stucker wasn't just spouting the company line.
One driver after another put their stamp of approval on the new tires.
Longtime veteran Jeff Burton said he had full fuel runs, 33 to 35 laps, on the tires in testing without a hint of a problem. Joey Logano, the youngest race winner in Cup history, described the tires as "great" and Gordon said it was time to forget last year's indelible race image -- caution flags because of excessive tire wear.
"I think tires are a non-issue, let's move on to something else," Gordon said. "They have created a great tire. If anybody has an issue with tires, it's not because they're wearing out."
It took countless hours, an incalculable amount of money and seven tests on the 2.5-mile oval to get it right. Stucker insists it was worth every bit of the investment.
Last year, the tire rubber turned into a black dust that made the track slicker and wore down tires to the cords. NASCAR officials were forced to call competition cautions every 10 to 12 laps, prompting some fans to compare NASCAR's tire debacle to the 2005 Formula One fiasco when 14 of 20 drivers pulled off the track before the start of the race because of tire concerns with Michelin. Two days later, NASCAR later issued an apology.
So Goodyear went back to work. Stucker has said the Indy tires were discussed every day over the past year before opting for a softer compound that makes rubber stick better to the abrasive track surface and reduces wear.
The new tires received rave reviews from drivers during a mid-June tire test, prompting Gordon to guarantee there would not be a repeat.
Race organizers said Friday that Gordon's comments produced the best week of ticket sales all year. And Gordon didn't back down after two practice sessions.
Though he said there was more tire wear during Friday's first run, Gordon called that typical of all venues on the NASCAR circuit and insisted the tires were better on the succeeding runs.
"I know we had about 20 laps on one set of tires and there was so much left in them," he said. "We could have run all day on one set of tires if we wanted to, the wear is that good."
But Saturday could create a new complication. After practicing on a warm, sunny track Friday, forecasters are calling for a 40 percent chance of thunderstorms, which threatens to wash the rubber off the track before qualifying begins.
Stucker believes it won't make a difference, and Gordon said the tires worked well when rain produced a similar situation during the June test.
"We feel like we can run it on a very green track," Stucker said.
How good are the tires?
Stucker said similar tires will be tested in Dover in a couple of weeks and are expected to be used for the Nationwide Series and Camping World Trucks Series races at Bristol next month.
But until Sunday's race is over, Stucker might not rest too easy.
"At this time last year, we knew the wear was high, but we weren't expecting what happened during the race," he said. "It was just disappointing. NASCAR asked us to put our best foot forward and I think we've done that."
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ECOLOGICAL SEPARATION OF THE LARGE MAMMAL SPECIES IN THE TARANGIRE GAME RESERVE, TANGANYIKA 1
ECOLOGICAL SEPARATION OF THE LARGE MAMMAL SPECIES IN THE TARANGIRE GAME RESERVE, TANGANYIKA 1 Lamprey, H. F. 1963-08-01 00:00:00 Summary The ecological separation of 14 common ungulate species living in close contact with each other in a Tanganyika game reserve is shown to be achieved by six different factors: 1. the occupation of different vegetation types and broad habitats; 2. the selection of different types of food; 3. the occupation of different areas at the same season; 4. the occupation of the same area at different seasons; 5. the use of different feeding levels in the vegetation; 6. the occupation of different dry season refuges in the Masai area when the competition for food is greatest (zebra and wildebeest). Habitat preferences are indicated by the frequency distribution of each species along the central of three 8,000 yard parallel transect paths which were traversed nearly daily for four years. Characteristic patterns of frequency are apparent for each of the species in the vegetation zones represented in the transect area. Certain species show a tendency, sometimes strong, to concentrate along the boundaries between adjoining vegetation zones and in the ecotones between the zones. This is ascribed to a greater diversity of food, availability of shelter from the sun and/or greater protection from predators. Records of the animal species eating particular plant species are shown and (qualified in the light of other observations) used to deduce food preferences. The species are classified broadly into grass‐eaters, browsers and mixed feeders (grass and browse). In the case of the three common grass‐eaters, buffalo, wildebeest and zebra, a percentage analysis of the grass species eaten indicates that little differential preference is shown but that they take the palatable grasses largely in proportion to the frequency in which they occur in the habitats most used by the ungulate concerned. Buffalo are separated by their preference for denser vegetation. Wildebeest and zebra largely overlap ecologically in all respects except that the bulk of the populations of each species move to different dry season areas. Those species which are able to live without drinking free water, notably impala and Grant's gazelle, are able to make use of wild areas of waterless country when the animals requiring water are forced to move into dry season concentration areas near water. The influence of the animals on the habitats and on other species is discussed and instances are given of species helping to shape the habitat to the advantage of both themselves and other species. Elephants are the main habitat modifiers and their capacity to improve water supplies and change the vegetation, and their facilitation of the feeding of other species is described. The formation of mixed herds is interpreted as being protective to one or both species concerned and is a further important facilitation. Little or no hindrance of one ungulate species by another was seen although herbivores show antagonistic behaviour towards carnivores smaller than themselves. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png African Journal of Ecology Wiley http://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wiley/ecological-separation-of-the-large-mammal-species-in-the-tarangire-H6pEpjS6Kr
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African Journal of Ecology
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Summary The ecological separation of 14 common ungulate species living in close contact with each other in a Tanganyika game reserve is shown to be achieved by six different factors: 1. the occupation of different vegetation types and broad habitats; 2. the selection of different types of food; 3. the occupation of different areas at the same season; 4. the occupation of the same area at different seasons; 5. the use of different feeding levels in the vegetation; 6. the occupation of different dry season refuges in the Masai area when the competition for food is greatest (zebra and wildebeest). Habitat preferences are indicated by the frequency distribution of each species along the central of three 8,000 yard parallel transect paths which were traversed nearly daily for four years. Characteristic patterns of frequency are apparent for each of the species in the vegetation zones represented in the transect area. Certain species show a tendency, sometimes strong, to concentrate along the boundaries between adjoining vegetation zones and in the ecotones between the zones. This is ascribed to a greater diversity of food, availability of shelter from the sun and/or greater protection from predators. Records of the animal species eating particular plant species are shown and (qualified in the light of other observations) used to deduce food preferences. The species are classified broadly into grass‐eaters, browsers and mixed feeders (grass and browse). In the case of the three common grass‐eaters, buffalo, wildebeest and zebra, a percentage analysis of the grass species eaten indicates that little differential preference is shown but that they take the palatable grasses largely in proportion to the frequency in which they occur in the habitats most used by the ungulate concerned. Buffalo are separated by their preference for denser vegetation. Wildebeest and zebra largely overlap ecologically in all respects except that the bulk of the populations of each species move to different dry season areas. Those species which are able to live without drinking free water, notably impala and Grant's gazelle, are able to make use of wild areas of waterless country when the animals requiring water are forced to move into dry season concentration areas near water. The influence of the animals on the habitats and on other species is discussed and instances are given of species helping to shape the habitat to the advantage of both themselves and other species. Elephants are the main habitat modifiers and their capacity to improve water supplies and change the vegetation, and their facilitation of the feeding of other species is described. The formation of mixed herds is interpreted as being protective to one or both species concerned and is a further important facilitation. Little or no hindrance of one ungulate species by another was seen although herbivores show antagonistic behaviour towards carnivores smaller than themselves.
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Vegetation change induced by elephants and fire in Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda
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A record of fruits and seeds dispersed by mammals and birds from the Singida District of Tanganyika Territory
Burtt, Burtt
Some observations on food habits and behaviour of the African elephant
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The Tarangire Game Reserve
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A simultaneous census of the potential and actual food sources of the tsetse fly Glossina swynnertoni Austen
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Ecological aspects of game control measures in African wilderness and forested areas
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Sonie preliminary observations on the food of elephants in the Tsavo Royal National Park (East) of Kenya
Napier Bax, Napier Bax; Sheldrick, Sheldrick
Water balance of the camel
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Body temperature of the camel and its relation to water economy
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A checklist of the land mammals of the Tanganyika Territory and the Zanzibar Protectorate
Swynnerton, Swynnerton; Hayman, Hayman
Food preferences of some East African wild ungulates
Talbot, Talbot; Talbot, Talbot
The vegetation of the Karamoja District of Uganda
Thomas, Thomas
Grazing succession among East African game animals
Vesey‐Fitzgerald, Vesey‐Fitzgerald
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Lamprey, H. F. "ECOLOGICAL SEPARATION OF THE LARGE MAMMAL SPECIES IN THE TARANGIRE GAME RESERVE, TANGANYIKA 1." African Journal of Ecology 1.1 (1963).
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Along a 300-mile route in Aberdeenshire you'll find hundreds of historic castles, making it the highest concentration in all of the UK.
By Ellie Nan Storck on March 29, 2019
If you’re planning a trip to Scotland, it’s likely that there are already a few castles on your list. Maybe a few of the widely known ones, like Edinburgh Castle or Balmoral, Blair Castle or Eilean Donan (all of which are well worth a visit).
Perhaps one of the best ways to see as many castles at once, though—the best bang for your buck, as it were—is to follow the castle trail that weaves through the stunning eastern region of Aberdeenshire (the name alone is enough to inspire a trip), which boasts more castles per square acre than anywhere else in the entire United Kingdom.
You can spend a night or two in the port city of Aberdeen among the beautiful granite buildings, sample some delicious local seafood, and then head off to drive through the countryside and along the remarkable stretches of coastline, hitting as many castles as you’d like. You’ll encounter plenty of little villages along the way (like Stonehaven, for example, near Dunnottar Castle). You can check out the formal six-day itinerary from Visit Scotland here, or pick your favorites and create your own journey through this storied green countryside.
A few of our favorite castles, below.
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Arguably one of the most breathtaking castles in the entire country, the substantial, dramatic ruins of Dunnottar Castle sit perched high over the North Sea, just outside of a sweet fishing town called Stonehaven (about a 25-minute drive from Aberdeen proper). On top of offering sweeping views of the sea and surrounding landscape, the castle has a long, important history of captures and battles (think William Wallace and Sir Robert de Keith), and has been featured in films like the 1991 production of "Hamlet".
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This 16th-century castle is about a 30-minute drive from the city of Aberdeen. Just as impressive as the castle itself, and the ample Burnett Family history inside, are the iconic (and massive) topiaries that flank the eight-section gardens. As you take a stroll, be on the lookout for wildlife like red squirrels and woodpeckers.
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Marked by an iconic Medieval square tower, a picturesque courtyard, and the 17th-century Garden of Historic Roses, Drum Castle is an emblem of rich Jacobite history. The castle looks like the setting of a period piece film or novel; upon arrival, you’ll feel instantly whisked away to another era. For all those literature lovers, the estate is home to one of Scotland’s finest libraries, where over 4,000 volumes reside.
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Located about 16 miles west of Aberdeen, the towers and turrets at Castle Fraser are exactly what one might picture when thinking of a Scottish castle—and this one is full of secret staircases and hidden doors, so it’s especially fun for little ones to explore. Inside you’ll discover Fraser family heirlooms and portraits, and the grounds boast a stunning walled garden and gorgeous woodland walking trails.
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"I've been hoodwinked so many times, not just by the EPA on this issue, but by other bureaucracies as well, so I'm going to see if what we talked about is the end product," Grassley told reporters Tuesday.
EPA determines how much renewable fuel must be blended each year into the nation's fuel supply under a federal mandate called the Renewable Fuel Standard.
Since taking office, the Trump administration has granted 85 oil refineries a pass from blending 4 billion gallons of renewable fuel into the nation's fuel supply.
Grassley said President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence and other administration officials "seemed to agree" with Midwest Republicans at a meeting last week that "any waived gallons are put back in."
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EPA "can waive all the small refinery waivers" it wants, "just make sure we get 15 billion gallons," Grassley said, as outlined for corn-based ethanol under the federal mandate.
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How the ‘Basel Effect’ Put Miami Back on the Radar
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The setting for all this rollicking fun? The fifth floor of a parking garage—but not just any parking garage. 1111 Lincoln Road is a marvel of contemporary architecture designed by Herzog & de Meuron, the Pritzker Prize–winning firm responsible for London’s Tate Modern and Beijing’s “Bird’s Nest” Olympic stadium. Combining retail, residential, dining, and parking spaces, the wall-less structure, supported by trapezoidal concrete columns, is more sculpture than garage. And in Miami right now, that makes perfect sense. Because art and architecture—and fashion and design—aren’t just commerce here. They’re a way of life.
In its decade of existence, December’s annual Art Basel Miami Beach bacchanal—an offshoot of the eminent Swiss art fair, which also now owns a majority stake in Hong Kong’s Art HK—has become the western hemisphere’s most important contemporary art event. Today, Basel week is as much about who goes where and when and with whom as it is about who buys what from whom and for how much. And everyone who’s anyone—and every luxury brand worth its fleur de sel—has to be there.
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While the contributory factors in this particular auto accident have yet to be determined, common causes of traffic accidents include distracted driving, impaired driving, fatigued driving, excessive speed and vehicle malfunctions. In the event that a faulty auto part contributed to a deadly crash, the parties responsible for that defective part, such as the manufacturer of the vehicle, may be held liable in civil court by family members of the individual who died in the crash. Because most companies are backed by many representatives and advocates, it is essential that the bereaved family members retain a lawyer before filing a wrongful death lawsuit. In this way, the family may seek compensation for their losses, including the costs of any emergency medical treatment their loved one received prior to death, funeral expenses, burial costs and expenses associated with the decedent’s estate administration.
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Reclaiming Hogwarts
I want to propose that we dethrone an elected official from the monarchy of fictional authors. In order to do that, let's discuss why you shouldn’t feel torn about your support for a fictional universe that exists without its creator. It’s a living organism that breathes and breeds just like you or me. God gave it life, and gave it free will, or so says Genesis.
I’m talking about Harry Potter. You don’t have to feel torn about liking Harry Potter just because you don’t like JK Rowling.
As we all know, Rowling has been under fire for posting transphobic tweets under the guise of defending womanhood and feminism. And yes, somewhere still whistling through the wind is Rowling’s fiery arrow fizzling to ash as it entirely misses the point by at least fifty feet.
But what’s most interesting is the turn she has taken from being outspoken to being spiteful. While she dons herself in menstrual padded armor, declaring herself a warrior for Women everywhere—as if the personal experiences of a transgender person can somehow invalidate her own—she has decided to double-down on her messaging with worsening language that has harmed many people who previously sought her words for acceptance and love. She’s proof that attempts at edification (which she claims has come from extensive research) do not always reap the benefits of knowledge or wisdom.
This isn’t the first time that Rowling has been the face of controversy, and it won’t be her last. I’m not even talking about the Maya situation. We’re going further back than that. We may have made a mistake in giving her a crown, but as she continues to wear it crooked on her head like a wayfaring traveler, her first offense was retconning. We got a little taste of it more than a decade ago when she said Dumbledore was gay. That headcanon of hers lives in infamy as a sorted part of her queerbaiting the LGBTQ+ community by only ever telling and not showing this evidence of such an open-mindedness. And when you tell someone something but never show them, that’s called bad writing.
Funny how that still hasn’t been a visible plot-line despite the insistence that previous canonical characters have to exist in the Fantastic Beasts series now, huh?
If Rowling's not bastardizing her own creation like Dr. Frankenstein, looming over pages of her Scholastic series with sweat on her brow and hands on an experimental lever, she’s doing much worse to actual people by alienating them. I personally don’t find it difficult to ignore her while she continues to retcon and tweet controversial ideas—especially when she isn’t interested in an open dialogue. We are fighting much bigger issues in our world.
Rowling has proven, with increasing measure over the years, that she does not want to understand the world around her with compassion or complexity. She has built a career off of a middle grades series that placated people through surface-level positivity. Sure, we saw character deaths and relationship woes, but I wouldn’t call any of it more nuanced or theatrical than another series of similar storytelling stock. What it offered to me as a child only lingers as nostalgia now as an adult. Because I’ve found that the world feels like a cruel take on magical realism for how many fires my generation feels responsible to have to extinguish.
The problem with Rowling’s type of shallow positivity is that it never provides any direction or resources, to the reader or characters, for getting through an obstacle. There isn’t anything constructive or symbolic about the use of an Invisibility Cloak that can be applied to real-world circumstances. You can’t even use a Remembrall in a helpful way in the HP universe, as proven by Neville. And while these in-universe objects aren’t supposed to be symbols to that degree, this only exemplifies and reinforces how simplistic it all is at times. Still, these books and films are full of beautiful sentiments that offer the reader just enough to hold onto as a child still grappling with the darkness in the world around them and their place in it.
I’ve said “thank you” to Rowling before, but I’m done doing so. The universe she created isn’t one only born of her mind. Someone could have made something like Harry Potter one day. The fantasy elements stitched together by Rowling weren’t uniquely hers. And with the involvement of the fandom, it’s blossomed beyond and without her for years. (Thank you, fanfiction.)
As fandoms congregated in forums, Tumblr communities, and other social media, the phrase “Rowling is our Queen” or “Queen Rowling” was a popular statement as early as 2009. Maybe earlier. Whenever, we handed her a scepter, cape, and crown made of our finest jewels. We uplifted her as the proprietary reason for our fanaticism and thanked her profusely for offering us all a home: a place where anything was possible, the world was immersive and accessible, and the themes experienced by the characters weren’t unlike the hard and fast lessons of normal adolescence.
It’s clear now why calling Rowling our queen was always going to come back to bite us in the end. Even she proved, through beloved characters like Dumbledore, why pedestals are often unearned. In her defensive argumentation over the term TERF, I found it easy to pull back that childhood curtain and see her for the fully developed person she was. Not the person I made her out to be. We all have to learn that people aren't always as they appear. I don't think that one or two decades ago I would have been able to contend with this letdown, but at this point I'm not even surprised.
Go ahead and relegate your opponents—who, by the way, are only asking that you respectfully regard them as people—to hive mind cells following the lead of the head of the insidious parasite that is progressive youth. Or, in a more managed approach, you could consider that not everyone who recognizes the admonishing actions and words of TERFs are bullies. Unsourced claims of aggression hold little weight here, Jo. However, the fight against TERFs is to stop people from saying, “Ironically, radical feminists aren’t even trans-exclusionary – they include trans men in their feminism, because they were born women.”
I can say all of this and still hold the stories she wrote dear. I can appreciate the art, separate it from the artist, and not contribute to her wealth where I deem it unnecessary. In my own re-reading of the Harry Potter series, I’ve found that it’s a series that leaves a lot open for interpretation. Children and middle grades books often take this approach in order to allow the creativity and imagination of the children who read it to gravitate towards it and find their own connections with the atmosphere and cast of characters. The villains are evil for tangible, but uncomplicated, reasons. Voldemort’s prejudice and draw to power being two themes that any child can understand. The protagonists have motivations and personalities, but they are just bare enough in their descriptions and personal voices that any child can plant themselves in their shoes and explore the story as them.
The lessons between the pages tell you “But you know, happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.” Or that “Hogwarts will always be there to welcome you home”. That works for a while, but at some point, those kids—who teared up hearing Rowling say the latter—grow up and realize that the world is an orbiting mess of grey areas where blanket positivity and spiritual bypassing can only bandage so much pain. When the conversations get much harder to have, having someone spout recycled lyricism can start to feel like that troll under the bridge who won’t let you cross until you solve their riddle.
We're grown up now. We realize our welfare is set on an imbalanced socio-political scale that we cannot fully control. We’re made to face racism, sexism, and tyranny in ways that extend far beyond just one nose-less man’s desire for power. Rowling's response feels like one that fears a world that is moving on without her—one that doesn't need her stories or her opinions. (But even the notion that gender and sexual identity in the Western world has somehow spiraled out of control, despite millennia of anthropological studies proving we’re but a speck in the conversation, is laughable at best.)
Yes, we get loud, in person and online, and we fight for what we know is right. Just as the faculty and staff at Hogwarts encouraged us to do. They taught us to love one another, to make space for each other, to uplift each other, to highlight each other's strengths. Everyone has a valid place in this world, and their light can’t stamp out your own. The spell lumos isn't about finding the light in the darkness, it's about creating the light.
We are the light.
In this time of revolution, I guess this is my call for fictional dethroning. Tear it all down and move on. Fuck it. Despite the rigid and timid way she lives her experiences as a woman, I’m not threatened by someone else asking for inclusivity and love.
Just because we're removing her crown doesn't mean Hogwarts is any less our home.
Here are two fantastic ways the community is looking out for everyone in spite of the words JKR has shared recently:
The Trans Wizard Tournament
The Harry Potter Alliance stands against her words and continues their activism
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In Defense of Transformative Works
Game Review: Spiritfarer
Jennifer Sheffield © 2021
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Oakland breezes to 6A quarterfinals: Five reasons why
Jordan Mayton
For The DNJ
Second-ranked and No. 1 seed Oakland (12-0) cruised into the quarterfinals Friday night as they routed Science Hill (8-4), 49-7.
Here are five takeaways from the game:
Fast-paced offense
They say the best offense is a good defense. But in Oakland’s case, the best offense is a quick offense. The Patriots scored on the first play of the first drive as Michael Roper galloped 22 yards for a score. This was the first of four one-play drives that resulted in touchdowns. Science Hill was simply outmatched by Oakland’s speedy game plan.
Speedy Gamble shines
With such a crowded offense, it’s hard a player even as talented as Zarius Gamble to get consistent touches in a game. The senior made the most of his limited plays. Gamble scored on his only rush, a 55-yarder, and his only catch, a 52-yarder. The all-purpose ace also recovered a fumble on a would-be score by the Hill Toppers.
Defense gets it done again
The Patriot defense has been stout all season and Friday night was no different. Oakland held the visiting Hilltoppers to less than 200 yards of total offense and a mere seven points. The front seven shined as usual, accounting for five sacks and two forced fumbles. LSU commitment JaCoby Stevens also picked off Science Hill quarterback Jaylan Adams in the end zone.
Chippy play
At the half, the Patriots had accumulated 13 penalties for 81 yards and extended multiple Science Hill drives. The worst of it came on a Science Hill drive where Oakland committed five penalties for 51 yards. The Patriots finished the night with a whopping 16 fouls, the majority of which came on personal fouls.
Flip Forward
Patriot fans were disappointed to learn that there wouldn’t be a second “Battle of the Boro” next Friday night after Hardin Valley edged Riverdale 17-14. Oakland will host the Hawks next Friday night, looking to stay unbeaten. The winner of that game will get the winner of Blackman at Maryville in the state semifinals.
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Do I have COVID-19 or a cold?
If you don't have a fever and your eyes aren't itchy, it's probably the common cold, not COVID-19.
Do I have COVID-19 or allergies?
It's probably allergies -- not COVID-19 -- if you don't have a fever but your eyes are itchy, you're sneezing, and you have a runny nose.
How long will it take to develop a coronavirus vaccine?
Experts say testing of a vaccine for the new coronavirus will be much faster than for a typical vaccine. But it will still last 12 to 18 months, at best.
What is helping efforts to find a coronavirus vaccine?
Scientists studying an experimental vaccine for the new coronavirus have gotten a boost from research on similar coronaviruses that cause severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS).
How long will it take to make a coronavirus vaccine?
The companies working on vaccines are also looking at ways to ramp up production quickly. One company says that once a vaccine is approved, it could put out 100 million doses a year if it focused all its efforts on that one product.
How might a coronavirus vaccine help down the road, even if it takes years to make?
Experts say the new coronavirus could turn out to be seasonal, like colds and the flu. A vaccine might not be ready until after the current pandemic is over, but it may be vital if the cycle begins again.
Are there medications to treat COVID-19?
Numerous clinical trials are under way to explore treatments used for other conditions that could fight COVID-19 and to develop new ones.
How do you treat COVID-19?
Unless you have serious symptoms or your condition gets worse quickly, you can most likely treat your symptoms at home, like you would for a cold or the flu. Most people can recover from COVID-19 without the need for hospital care. Your doctor can help you decide whether it's best to stay home or go the hospital.
Is there an antiviral drug for COVID-19?
Right now, scientists are trying to develop new medicines and test some existing antiviral drugs to see if they can help in the treatment of COVID-19.
How can you treat COVID-19 symptoms at home?
If your symptoms are mild enough to recover at home, you should:
Rest. It can make you feel better and may speed your recovery.
Stay home. Don't go to work, school, or public places.
Drink fluids. Dehydration can make symptoms worse.
Monitor. If your symptoms get worse, call your doctor right away.
Ask your doctor about over-the-counter medicines that may help, like acetaminophen to lower your fever.
The most important thing to do is to avoid infecting other people.
When does COVID-19 need hospital care?
If you have serious symptoms, like trouble breathing, or if your symptoms get worse suddenly, you may need to go to the hospital for treatment. If you think you need help right away, call your doctor's office or hospital and tell them you're on the way and that you think you might have COVID-19. That will help them prepare for your arrival.
How do doctors treat COVID-19 in the hospital?
Doctors will check you for more serious problems. They might:
Check the levels of oxygen in your blood with a clip-on finger monitor
Listen to your lungs
Give you a chest X-ray or CT scan
You may get oxygen to breathe through two small tubes that go just inside your nostrils. In very serious cases, doctors will connect you to a machine that can breathe for you, called a ventilator.
You may also get fluids through an IV to keep you from getting dehydrated. Doctors will also closely monitor your breathing.
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A smart buy in California wine...
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Tim Bell, winemaker at Dry Creek Vineyard, has worked with a wide range of grape varieties and wine styles in Napa Valley, Sonoma, and the Central Coast: still wine, sparkling, dessert, even Kosher. Tim’s creativity in blending and extensive experience shaping wine quality in the vineyard made him a great choice for the winemaking team at Dry Creek Vineyard starting in 2011. He graduated with honors in winemaking at UC Davis, learning the intricacies of wine chemistry and microbiology that inform his stylistic choices in creating delicious blends. With this education, and formative experiences in a previous career selling wine, Tim arrived at a balanced, complex winemaking style shaped by his precise palate and preference for wines that define their varietal character.
Early in his career, Tim worked at Freemark Abbey, helping to shape the wine style and vineyard program. Later, he became the Director of Winemaking at Kunde, gaining critical acclaim for his Sauvignon Blancs, Zinfandels and Cabernet Sauvignons. All of this experience has prepared Tim for what he has called “his best winemaking job.”
At Dry Creek Vineyard, Tim has brought his level of precision and detail to our cellar making numerous tweaks and changes all in the name of improved wine quality. Many of his most important decisions begin in the vineyard, where he works closely with vineyard manager Matt Vogensen to ensure each block is producing the desired yields. Picking decisions at harvest are often made by walking the vine rows and tasting grapes. His hands-on nature and positive attitude have made Tim an invaluable member of the senior management team.
Away from the winery, Tim spends time outdoors with his family as much as he can, usually somewhere involving bodies of water. His other interests include music of all kinds and good food (and wine!). Weekends often find him grilling the tastiest burgers on the west coast. Recently, Tim relocated with his family to Santa Rosa, CA to be closer to the winery.
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Brian Pruett joined Dry Creek Vineyard in March 2017 as Assistant Winemaker. From laboratory management to cellar supervision, Brian ensures that each and every Dry Creek Vineyard wine is held to the highest standards.
A northern California native, Brian was first exposed to grape growing and winemaking through his first agriculture class at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. From there he went on to earn his degree in Agricultural Business with a minor in Wine & Viticulture and set out to develop his career and palate. He worked his first harvest at Justin Vineyards and Winery, which he describes as the hardest, yet most exciting thing that he had ever done.
Brian spent the next two years of harvest seasons traveling between California’s Central Coast and Marlborough, New Zealand. A full-time position at Peachy Canyon Winery in Paso Robles followed for three years where he was a valued contributor to their team as Assistant Winemaker and Director of Production. Most recently, he was the Assistant Winemaker at Ledson Winery and Vineyards in Sonoma, focusing on limited production winemaking from some of the best vineyard sites in Sonoma and Napa counties.
Brian has had a passion for cooking from a young age, and looks to craft wines that are balanced, complex and food-friendly; wines that pair with everyday life. When not at the winery, he can be found hiking or visiting the coast with his winemaker wife, Margaret, or playing a round on the golf course.
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Nintendo releases 'Metroid Prime: Federation Force' minigame for free via 3DS eShop
By Danny Cowan July 21, 2016
A free surprise from Nintendo is in store for 3DS owners this week, as the publisher announced that a fully featured demo version of the Metroid Prime: Federation Force multiplayer minigame Blast Ball is now available for download via the eShop.
Blast Ball arrives on the eShop today with a functional online multiplayer mode, giving players an idea of what they can expect from Federation Force‘s upcoming retail launch. Metroid series fans will want to check out Blast Ball as soon as possible, however, as online support for the standalone downloadable version will be pulled in a matter of weeks.
Announced at E3 in 2015, Metroid Prime: Federation Force is a Nintendo 3DS-exclusive multiplayer first-person shooter. Contrasting the exploration-driven gameplay featured in past Metroid games, Federation Force instead focuses on action, allowing players to team up with friends to take out space pirates and other enemies who infest the game’s dozens of levels.
Blast Ball, meanwhile, is a sports-themed Federation Force mini-game similar to 2015’s Rocket League. Retaining Federation Force‘s first-person perspective and control scheme, Blast Ball challenges players to track an oversized ball across a futuristic playfield while using well-placed shots to launch it into the opposing team’s goal.
In an unusual twist, the free demo version of Blast Ball appears to include all gameplay modes and features found in the upcoming retail version of Federation Force, including its online multiplayer options. Nintendo notes, however, that online support for Blast Ball‘s demo is only available up until Federation Force hits store shelves. Nintendo plans to deactivate the demo in “early September.”
“This demo will be supported by online servers for a limited time beginning 7/21/2016,” a pre-download eShop notice reads. “Once the online servers for the special demo are discontinued, online functions will still be available for this mode in the full Metroid Prime: Federation Force.”
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Revamped photo of ‘Pale Blue Dot’ reminds us how small we are
By Allison Matyus February 13, 2020
A famous photo taken of the Earth has been revamped with today’s technology to give humans a better look at how small we really are within this vast universe.
“Pale Blue Dot” was taken by the Voyager mission 30 years ago, on February 14, 1990, but the updated version used modern-day image-processing software to show the Earth in the context of its universe.
“The Voyager imaging team wanted to show Earth’s vulnerability — to illustrate how fragile and irreplaceable it is — and demonstrate what a small place it occupies in the universe,” NASA wrote in a blog post about the iconic photo.
The original “Pale Blue Dot” image released in 1990. NASA
The updated 30th anniversary version. NASA
The image features scattered rays of sunlight through the vast blackness of space, and just off-center is a very tiny dot, which is Earth.
According to NASA, the revamped image almost didn’t happen, since it was captured just minutes before the Voyager cameras turned off to conserve energy. The Voyager 1 mission was the first and only spacecraft ever to take photographs of our solar system.
Aside from “Pale Blue Dot,” Voyager 1 also took a photo series known as the “Family Portrait,” which includes Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
Comparing the first image of the “Pale Blue Dot” with the updated version shows how far we have come in terms of photography and technology in the past three decades. And comparing photos of our solar system taken after “Pale Blue Dot” shows precisely how far we’ve come in space exploration.
Last April, astronomers were able to capture the first image of a black hole. The orange glow from the image captured resembles a visualization of a black hole’s accretion disk by Jeremy Schnittman, the research astrophysicist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. The black hole in the April image is located in Messier 87, a galaxy 55 million light-years away.
Scientists were also able to use the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope based in Maui, Hawaii, to capture a close-up view of the surface of the sun. The image looks like kettle corn at first glance, but it’s actually a pattern of boiling plasma.
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AsiaSat
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Virender Singh
AsiaSat collaborates with KBZ to provide OTT video via satellite in Myanmar
AsiaSat collaborates with KBZ to provide OTT via satellite video service in Myanmar
HONG KONG — Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat – SEHK: 1135), Asia’s leading satellite operator announced its collaboration with KBZ Gateway Company Limited (KBZ) to explore business opportunities for providing OTT (Over-the-Top) via Satellite video service in Myanmar.
This initiative will initially support the free to air distribution of national TV channels, enabling audience across the country to have access to free online video content via mobile and other connected devices no matter where they are.
The OTT via Satellite video service is a dynamic solution to help broadcasters and content providers reach their audiences instantly and cost effectively. The service aims to make content more available across platforms, whether it is for bringing content seamlessly to separated and rural areas via village Wi-Fi or for connectivity on the move, such as for cruise ships, planes and trains.
AsiaSat will invest in providing space segment and ground facility from its teleport hub in connection with the project. KBZ will invest in the supply of the installation, servicing and roll-out of OTT boxes in Myanmar and securing licensing of the TV channels to be distributed on the OTT platform.
KBZ is a licensed VSAT operator in Myanmar, for the provision of, including but not limited to, internet broadband access via satellite. KBZ’s Chief Technology Officer and Head of Business, Virender Singh said, “Continuous Innovation and excellence in service has been our motto from day one. This will help us bring OTT services to the remote regions of Myanmar and our customers will be able to enjoy content on any device via any platform of their choice. Our close partnership with AsiaSat has helped us achieve a superior service quality in the VSAT space and we hope to bring even faster and better connectivity experience to remote and rural Myanmar.”
AsiaSat’s Chief Commercial Officer, Barrie Woolston said, “Innovation continues to push us forward, and we are keen to explore new and dynamic ways for people to enjoy services that otherwise could not be possible due to geographical restrictions. We are excited to extend our partnership with KBZ beyond the traditional VSAT service to launch for Myanmar video service, and in the near future, deliver the service for wider communities across the Asia-Pacific.”
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Edge of the World began in 1981 in Banner Elk, North Carolina as an outdoor shop and a guide service for whitewater, rock climbing and rapeling. Banner Elk is a small town in the 6000ft mountains of North Carolina with three small ski resorts and great whitewater, climbing and swimming holes. That November, Dimitrije Milovich of Winterstick snowboards came by the shop selling his snowboards out of his van. That was the first snowboard I had ever seen and having grown up skateboarding and wanting to surf this was a dream come true.
In the March of 1982 I attended my first buying show in Vegas. Jake Burton, Chuck Barfoot, Tom Sims, and Dimitrije Milovich were in the parking lot trying to sell boards out of their vans because they were not allowed in the Ski Show. That fired me up even more. By the mid 80’s there were about 25 Banner Elk kids terrorizing the slopes and snowboarding got banned. My kids said “Dad, let’s be a snowboard shop … it’s the future.” So I took their advice. After lots of meetings and begging we got snowboarding allowed back at the local ski resorts.
In 1986 JJ Collier won out first ever EOW snowboard series and got invited to the US Open. Well, he won the US Open slopestyle (there was no half pipe or big air) and got sponsored by Burton and that further put EOW and Banner Elk on the map. From the late 80’s to the mid 90’s EOW’s snowboard series kept growing and became the largest in the US and produced many national champions including my son Jake. The EOW snowboard series was also the first to stop slalom racing and start boardercross! So how did EOW get to Fernie ? Well for years I had been looking for a place for a second shop. I had 3 criteria. Great snow, great terrain, and great town. Craig Kelly had told me about Fernie as well as Jason Ford. If Craig Kelly lived there well, that says it all. So we came to Fernie. I rode up Timber, rode down to White Pass, rode up White Pass, followed a group hiking Knot Chutes. While standing on the top of Knot Chutes I looked around and said “this is it”. So in the fall of ’99 EOW Fernie opened.
In the 90's Craig Kelly used to come into the shop and it was always an honor. He would eat in the diner and fall asleep on the couch watching videos. He was always humble and nice to everyone. Craig moved to Nelson and started a cat ski operation and became a backcountry guide. An avalanche took him in 2003 near Revelstoke.
Credit to my kids Kelly, Luke and Jake for the inspiration. Thanks to April for everything. Credit my staffs for making it all happen.
-Greg 'G-Money' Barrow
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Maison the Faux show during New York Fashion Week
Maison the Faux presents Chubby Chaser Show at MADE New York Fashion Week
As part of the official New York Fashion Week (September 8 – September 14) Dutch couture Fashion House Maison the Faux presented its very first New York show ‘Chubby Chaser’ on September 10. Only two years after opening its creative studio in Arnhem, they are taking on New York with the slogan: “We are never satisfied; only ever hungry for more. ‘Chubby Chaser’ is a never ending desire for more, more, more. In the insanely strange world of fashion, fashion houses act as godlike institutions; telling us how to look, act and who we should be. Fashion seems to be a repeating ritual of brands overfeeding us. The collection consisted of a number of looks restraining excessive fabric and skin and featured garments with carefully proportioned excess of fabric, breast augmentation dresses and cinched waists to exaggerate the overabundance of bare skin. Maison the Faux uses fabrics such as denim, leather, recycled furs, slits, knits, silk in earthy tones of nude as well as fleshy baby pink and baby blue. To create “CHUBBY CHASER” Maison the Faux worked under the art direction of Joris Suk and Tessa de Boer together with a number of creative partners called “les Résidents”. The label is convinced that young talent and concession free designs are an important addition to the current fashion landscape. During Maison the Faux’s ‘Chubby Chaser’ presentation, the Faux fashion house once again showed their view on fashion by the means of a conceptual collection presentation. A strange fat worshipping ritual took place at Milk Studios with models continuously circling around a giant blow-up fattent and worshipping the ultimate “Chubby Chaser” queen.
About Maison the Faux
Maison the Faux is a creative studio posing as a grand couture fashion house. The house aspires to be an affectionate reaction to the current fashion industry and a big faux wink in the direction of an audience liberated enough to move freely through an often narrow-minded world. ‘The Fictional House’, a rough translation of Maison the Faux, is rooted in a great sense of humour and self-mockery, combined with a deep love of fashion. Maison the Faux represents a new outlook on masculinity and femininity creating “Humanwear”. As head of the creative team of Maison the Faux, designers Joris Suk and Tessa de Boer head the Arnhem-based fashion House. For every collection and project Maison the Faux collaborates with creative individuals, the so called “Résidents” looking to shake up the fashion scene, create room for young designers and to innovate design and production. On the 23rd of January 2014, Maison the Faux was officially launched at Amsterdam Fashion Week, debuting the label’s unique signature for the first time. Since its launch Maison the Faux released three collections: ‘It’s Cleaning Day!’, ‘Make a U-turn if Possible’ and ‘C’est Vrai ou C’est FAUX?’. The Maison the Faux shows have attracted widespread attention due to their conceptual and theatrical character.
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Genre: Action & Adventure Rating: R
After a six-year hiatus, Quentin Tarantino returns to the director's chair with KILL BILL. The movie proves once again that he is a hyperactive visionary and the master of cinematic coolness. Split into two volumes by Miramax in order to ensure that Tarantino's vision would not be compromised (and presumably to sell more tickets), KILL BILL: VOL. 1 tells the first half of the sprawling story, which is quite simple at first glance. A female assassin, referred to as "The Bride" (Uma Thurman), is attacked on her wedding day. Dead are her soon-to-be husband and unborn child. However, she doesn't die. Four years later, she wakes up from a coma looking for revenge. Although her ultimate target is her former boss, Bill (David Carradine), it's quite clear that The Bride is saving the best for last. And before she can track him down, she must methodically take out the minions who ruined her life. VOLUME 1's targets include Vernita Green/Copperhead (Vivica A. Fox), Sofie Fatale (Julie Dreyfus), and the heartless O-Ren Ishii/Cottonmouth (Lucy Liu). Using a blessed sword handmade by Hattori Hanzo (Sonny Chiba), The Bride begins her relentless assault.Turning up the style and energy levels that he kept under a threshold with 1997's JACKIE BROWN, Tarantino's obvious glee and reverence for the underground kung fu action pictures of the '70s, and Sergio Leone spaghetti westerns, makes for a stunning visual spectacle. Employing split screens, slow-motion, an anime sequence, and his trademark ultra-hip musical selections, Tarantino's film dares viewers to be unimpressed.
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Genre Action & Adventure
Director Quentin Tarantino
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Film Country USA
Release Date 20040413
Leading Role Sonny Chiba, Uma Thurman, Vivica A. Fox, Chiaki Kuriyama, Lucy Liu
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by 159748394@deleted Feb 04, 2006
Even better, if you watch the two movies together.
I was singing the opening song for weeks. It had little to do with the film but I liked it. The carnage was laughable but there were long fights. I liked the fighting and cotton mouth was my favorate villain. She was so three-D that I believed that she would have some dumb fallowers. I felt sorry for her. Then, I realized that this was no normal slasher film, this film was trying to actually establish a great villain. The only problem with this villain is that I did not know much of her relationship to the main charecter. Where they friends? Did they even talk? Or, did they just go on missions together? That is why this is just a good movie. The other villian if you could call her that did not have very much background as the first. Her charector had a lot going on but there was no time to take all this information in. Maybe, she is a Mary Sue charecter put in just to test the main charecters basic fighting skill. Who know why she is in this film but she does not belong. She could be a reflection of the main charecters inablity to tell much about herself. Unlike the main charecter this villain has moved on. This might have been what would have happened to the main charecter. The film made me think, if there was no attempt on her life, would the main charecter have her own group? Or, would she be a housewife who has so much going on that she can barely keep up?
by mrdean2010 Jul 19, 2017
I have a friend name Bill, whom I often want to kill, so finally watching this flick seemed like a reasonable alternative (as well as a possible source for some verbal ammunition to confront his ongoing contentiousness)! The trailer seemed interesting, featuring a brand of humor that is obviously on the macabre side, but outrageous and not to be taken too seriously. Unfortunately, the first fifteen minutes of the movie itself were enough to convince me that this is not the sort of thing I want to feed my brain. (This may seem a little prudish, but shouldn't be considered any more ridiculous than passing up a sweet appealing slice of chocolate cake in order to exercise the wisdom and discipline necessary to avoid the excess calories and ugly weight gain). That being said, I'm pretty sure there was more bad than good that ended up in my trash can! I don't find blood and gore entertaining, nor do I enjoy a constant onslaught of foul language. I hear enough of that at work! I'm also a little creeped out by that fact that the actor who played Bill did a pretty good job of killing his own self.
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by bricknut24 Apr 25, 2006
ONE OF THE BEST MOVIES! INSTANT CLASSIC! HIGHLY RECOM'D
This is considered to be one the best movie directed by Mr Quentin Tarantino as well as best performance by Uma Thurman in a starting role. I would say the originality of the movie along with the screenplay is breathtaking enough. A must have for anyone that a portable DVD player or laptop w. DVD player because When your on the go on a subway, airplane or long road trip this is a great film to watch. Quentin Tarantino does a great job with this movie. The style and flow of the movie is great and leaves the audience wanting more. There is nothing i do not like about the movie. I have seen this movie in the theatre twice, and own this DVD because it is a must have. I highly recommend this movie, because this movie has been reviewed by many critics and they all agree it is a "A" quality movie. Every time you see the movie again, you will see it from a new light or angle. You can never see it too many times, because each time you get a more "aesthetic" appreciation for the movie, unlike other movies where you see it once and toss it to your collection, this one you can watch it several times a year and see new meaning. This is also a must have for anyone who is in the movie business, whether you are an aspiring actor/director writer, you can learn new things each time you watch it. Overall the movie is an A+ good directing, script, and acting and the lines are very original along with some of the costumes and techniques by the director. Good camera angles and sharp movement. Great music as well. Be sure to get your copy today. The movie has many extras too. which I have seen many times! It is worth your time.
by cjsrife Feb 05, 2011
off the wal
Tarantino was the main reason for the purchase.His movies are totally off the wall.This was no evception.But i was almost ready to hit eject before it started.The opening song almost drove me nuts.It got on my nerves.As with any of Tarantino's movies you do not start at the beginning.There is a lot of flashback so as to keep you on your toes.The japanese spoken then the white translation underneathe made it difficult to stay on track sometimes.I figured it was important so I hit rewind a couple of times.As his norm he mixed violence with comedy.You don't stop a vicious knife fight between 2 "hot" looking chicks because the young daughter comes home for school.You are hiding the knives behind your backs,the living room is in shambles and glass all over the place,and blood and cuts are on both the women.Then they ask the little girl how her day was at school.There are certain chapters for this plan of revenge.Certain people must die.You ask how all this started 9 people "the bride'UMA THURMAN" are killed in a small town.They even kill the piano player.Then total shock the the characters are cartoon like.Animated people with excessive blood coming from the limbs.back to the real people a sword fight.One against 300 ninjas.you guessed it she kills them all.She says "her fight is not with them so everydody that can walk or crawl can leave.But leave your limbs on the floor."When a limb was cut off the blood would spray so much other warriors would be slipping on the blood.Oh yes this is a bloody,gory,legs severed,heads rolling around,arms used for battle scenerio.At one point you hope you die before the dvd blunged you to death or worse.The songs in the back ground will destroy what ever your taste for music you possess.The profanity is expected in Tarantinos movies.It si not as frequent as "Dog Day Afternoon" but when you drive around in a bright yellow truck wagon with the words in red"PUSSY WAGON" across the tailgate,well you get my drift.Then the most horrifying event happens you must rent or buy a volume 2 to see how she "KILLS BILL."Call me a mascosist but I have the 2nd one ready to put in.The only social redeeming value I can bring to this great world after watching this dvd is that I have watched another Tarantino movie.First it is not for the squeamish.It uses cartoon figures.Uses subtitles.It uses flashback.It uses profanity.Tons of kung fu fighting.Insane plots and sayings.Then pure white driven snow when you least expect it.Then if none of this strikes a cord of out of the ordinary in your brain than this is the most wonderful movie for you.Any one that watches a Tarantino movie knows what they are in for rather the script be good,bad or Tarantino.On a scale from 1-10 where 10 i would highly recommend and zero get your money back even if it was free.I would give it a 7.Step lightly and carry a mop bucket to just clean up the blood spewing from the eyeball socket she yanks durning one of the fight scenes.Did I mention at one point she convinces her big toe to wiggle that it was in a coma state.
by rumple09 Jan 12, 2006
The first half of an incredible story.
The direction of this movie is spot on. Sure the action sequences are bloody, but they are incredible. Though bloody, the scenes are truly akin to a comic book as was the intention. You won't be discgusted by them, you will be enthralled. Throughout the movie you will be be anticipating what might happen next and what had happened previously. Since it is shot by Tarrentino, it has his style of story telling. The scenery and imagination of this is fantastic and visually stimulating. Each part of the story drives you deeper into a story of pain and agony and vengeance. If you like Pulp Fiction or Sin City, you will love this as it is nestled between the two.
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Is Shehnaaz Gill Married? Her Bio, Net Worth, Father, Weight Loss
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Shehnaaz Gill is an Indian actress, model, and singer who came into the limelight after featuring in the Bigg Boss 13. IN the year 2015, she started her modeling career with the music video, "Shiv Di Kitaab". In the year 2016, she stars in Kanwar Chahal's "Majhe Di Jatti.
Caption: Indian actress, Shehnaaz Gill
Bio, Father, Siblings of Shehnaaz Gill
On 27 January 1994, Shehnaaz Gill born as Shehnaaz Kaur Gill in Chandigarh Punjab India. She is the daughter of father Santokh Singh Sukh and mother Parminder Kaur Gill. She grew up in Punjab along with her sibling brother Shehbaz Badesha.
Having Indian nationality, Shehnazz is of Punjabi descent who belongs to a Sikh family. She did her schooling at Dalhousie hilltop school. After completing high school, she joined Lovely Professional University but dropout from University in order to become an actress. From an early age, she was keen on becoming an actor.
Both her father and brother appeared in the Bigg Boss S13 for some time as a guest. Also, her father Santokh is a renowned politician of Punjab.
Is Shehnaaz Gill Married to Sidharth Shukla?
According to rumors, Shehnaaz Gill's boyfriend is Sidharth Shulka but neither Sidhart nor Shehnaaz confirmed their relationship. In reality, they are just good friends. But Shehnazz has an emotional attachment with Sidharth. They seem to shares good bonding. Shehnazz Gill is yet to be married to Sidharth Shukla
Shahnaaz Gill admits that she loves Sidharth Shukla inside the house. It is still a mystery whether they are dating each other or not. So wait and see, when they will come out with their relationship in the media. Also, she admitted having affairs with her mysterious boyfriend before coming to the big boss. Shehnaaz is yet to be married and make someone her husband.
Bond Between Shehnaaz and Sidharth Called Sidnaaz
The connection between Shehnaaz and Siddharth has stood out as truly newsworthy is as yet making a ton of hums among the crowd. The duo of them is seen engaging with one another in Bigg Boss 13.
The former true bond between them which loved by the audience. Also, the audience gave them a name called Sidnaaz.
What's Shehnaaz Gill Net Worth?
Well, the actress, model, and singer Gill has been earning a decent sum of money from her professional career. Also, she earned a handsome sum of money after successfully spending nearly 4 months in the Bigg Boss house.
According to reports, Shehnaaz Gill has an estimated net worth of Rs1 Crore. Also, she charges a huge amount for her appearances in TV series & music videos. Shehnaaz earns money from her collaboration with various musicians as well.
The Controversy of Shehnaaz Gill
Shehnaaz Gill made headlines for her cold war with actress & singer Himanshi Khurana in the year 2019. She said in an interview that she didn’t like the song “I Like It” sung by Himanshi Khurana then their controversy started.
Khurana got angry which was the starting point of their controversy. Both of them came into Instagram live and started saying bad things about each other. The pair both have defamed each other on social media. Then both of them shared the Bigg Boss screen & solved their controversial issues.
Weight Loss & Height of Shehnaaz
Shehnaaz has lost weight after Bigg Boss 13. Now she looks slim having a height of 5 feet 5 inches. In her Instagram live session, she mentioned she has lost weight nearly 10kgs.
Now she weighs around 55 kg only. She has small black eyes with dark brown hair color. She has a body figure of 34-28-32 inches having a fair skin tone. She is active on her Instagram account with more than 5.7 million followers.
As a model, Gill's career started when she included in Gurvinder Brar's music video "Shiv Di Kitaab" in 2015. Be that as it may, Gill picked up acknowledgment for featuring in Kanwar Chahal's "Majhe Di Jatti" in 2016, following it with Gejja Bhullar's "Pindaan Diyan Kudiyaan" in the very year.
In the year 2017, Gill showed up in various music recordings with different Punjabi artists including Guri, Karan Sehmbi, and Ravneet Singh. Gill's most well-known music video accompanied Garry Sandhu's "Better believe it Baby Refix". Gill has likewise featured in certain movies related to Punjabi film, for example, Sat Shri Akaal England in 2017, Kala Shah Kala, and Daaka in 2019.
Shehnaaz in Bigg Boss 13
In September 2019, Gill entered Bigg Boss 13, a period of the mainstream Colors TV reality show Bigg Boss, facilitated by Salman Khan. The season finished in February 2020 and was won by Sidharth Shukla, though Gill wrapped up as the second next in line. A couple of days after she went into the house, her first single, "Veham" came out, trailed by some different singles including "Walkway", "Range" and "Ronda Ali Peti".
In the very month, she marked another unscripted TV drama broadcasted on Colors TV, named Mujhse Shaadi Karoge with her kindred Bigg Boss 13 contender Paras Chhabra yet it ended inside a month due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Songs of Shehnaaz
In March 2020, Shehnaaz Kaur Gill showed up in Darshan Raval's single music video, "Bhula Dunga" by Indie Music Label, co-featuring Sidharth Shukla. The melody got one of the Top 40 Most remarked tunes on YouTube. In May 2020, Gill showed up close by Jassie Gill in an expressive video, "Keh Gayi Sorry".
Further, Gill showed up in Tony Kakkar's music video under Desi Music Factory, "Kurta Pajama". Gill wore the function of a fanciful hot young lady who goes into the kid's fantasies. The melody turned into a moment hit.
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Man who died in serious A127 lorry crash near Brentwood named by police
The air ambulance landed at the scene
Alice CunninghamMultimedia Reporter
The victim of a serious lorry crash near Brentwood has been named by police.
In the early hours of yesterday morning at around 2am, a Vauxhall Astra and a lorry crashed on the eastbound carriageway of the A127 near to the A128 roundabout, Brentwood Road.
The emergency services rushed to the scene and Essex Police immediately closed the road while the paramedics attended to all those involved.
As well as this an air ambulance landed at the scene to assist.
Sadly, a man in his 30s died at the scene and a second man was rushed to hospital for further treatment.
Essex Police have now named the man who passed away at the scene.
A spokesperson for them said: "We are now in a position to provisionally name the man who died following a collision on the A127 in Brentwood in the early hours of yesterday morning, Thursday 4 June.
"The man who died was Colin Carle, aged 33, from Grays.
"He died after a Vauxhall Astra was in collision with a lorry on Southend Arterial Road near to the A128 roundabout, Brentwood Road.
"Investigations into the collision are continuing and we would appeal for any witnesses or anyone who has dashcam footage or CCTV to contact us if they have not done so already.
"You can call 101 quoting incident 69 of 4 June or email collisionappeal@essex.pnn.police.uk."
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Research on Research
Rachel O’Brien, Polly Black, Jean Bruce
This study was initially conducted in the Emergency Department at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and extended to the Acute Medical Unit. Due to interest from other clinical areas this has now been extended to several other departments within the hospital.
Attitudes towards Research and Research Nurses among the clinical team
STUDY OBJECTIVES
Primary Objective
• To measure the level of engagement with research of clinical staff
• To investigate clinical staff’s perceptions and attitudes towards research nurses
Secondary Objective
• To compare the attitudes and engagement between specialties and professions
• To inform strategies required to improve a engagement and attitudes
This is a prospective, quantitative observational study using a validated questionnaire to measure attitude and engagement of clinical staff to research and research nurses
The questionnaire has been distributed to clinical staff in seven departments in NHS Lothian;
• Orthopaedics
• Stroke
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• Princess Alexandra Eye Pavillion
• Acute Medical Unit
• Emergency Department
• Critical Care
Polly Black
ED Perceptions of Research
8 May 2017 | Rachel O'Brien
A questionnaire was distributed amongst ED staff at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh to determine what they thought of research activity in their area.
Edinburgh Emergency Nursing in Barcelona
18 Oct 2016 | Dr Adam Lloyd
In September 2016, former EMERGE research nurse Polly and I attended the 2nd Global Conference on Emergency Nursing and Trauma Care in Sitges (near Barcelona). Over 240 abstracts were submitted from 30 countries and we were privileged to be invited to present 3 separate pieces of work. These were: ‘24 hours in A&E: a video analysis of nurses’ clinical and non-clinical task performance during live clinical resuscitation episodes’; ‘It’s a silent leadership’: an interview and questionnaire study investigating staff conceptualisations of leadership during emergency department resuscitation’; ‘Clinical engagement with emergency medicine research’.
DASH Trial
DASH is a randomised clinical trial investigating a treatment to reverse the effects of blood-thinning medications.
People who develop an Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) often have a poor prognosis and many go on to develop chronic kidney disease (CKD). The recognition that AKI and CKD are linked is recent and the molecular pathways that control the transition from acute injury to chronic disease are not well defined. Currently there are no specific treatments that reduce the risk of progressing to CKD after AKI.
Preliminary investigations (not yet published) suggest that AKI causes sustained activation of the endothelin (ET) system to the long-term detriment of renal and systemic haemodynamic function. These pilot data form the basis of our project that seeks to determine whether the ET system is active in patients with AKI and, thus, represents a potential target for therapeutic intervention.
KRAKIL aims to recruit altogether 100 patients from across the emergency department, acute medical unit and inpatient wards at the Royal Infirmary. 50 of which with AKI’s and 50 matched controls with normal kidney function. We will monitor their bloods and urine for 90 days and compare the data from between the two groups.
KRAKIL Study
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Maersk reports US$2.7bn net loss in 2016, chairman to step down
Published Wednesday, February 08, 2017
Maersk missed fourth-quarter profit expectations on Wednesday as the world's largest shipping company pressed on with changes, taking impairments, slashing its dividend and announcing a new chairman.
Hurt by low prices and oversupply in the oil and freight sectors, Maersk announced a major restructuring plan in September.
"It was a bad and unsatisfying year," Chief Executive Soren Skou told journalists, adding the result was especially hurt by weak performance at container shipping business Maersk Line.
Skou, former boss of Maersk Line, was promoted to group CEO in June.
Shares in Maersk were down more than four percent by 0856 GMT after the company announced a fourth-quarter net operating loss after tax of US$2.7 billion (S$3.83 billion), disappointing analysts who had expected a profit of US$324 million.
The result reflected an impairment of US$1.5 billion at Maersk drilling and one of US$1.1 billion at Maersk Supply Service.
Revenue of US$8.89 billion was below the US$9.54 billion forecast by analysts polled by Reuters.
The board proposed cutting the dividend to 150 crowns (S$30.46) per share from 300 crowns last year.
It also announced that Michael Pram Rasmussen, chairman of the board for 14 years, would step down at the end of March to be replaced by former SAP co-CEO Jim Hagemann Snabe, who was recently appointed as Siemens chairman.
Maersk, with a fleet of more than 600 ships, has said it focus on building up its transport and logistics operations, while creating a separate energy division combining Maersk Oil and three related companies.
For 2017, Maersk said it expects higher underlying net profit and 2-4 per cent growth in global demand for seaborne container transportation.
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AAA: EV Awareness Gap Slows US Adoption
May 9, 2019 • by ADT Staff
AAA’s latest survey reveals the average U.S. consumer is more likely to believe most new vehicles will be autonomous than electric by 2029.
Photo courtesy Jaguar Land Rover
ORLANDO, Fla. — AAA’s latest survey reveals that despite many Americans having interest in electric vehicles, when asked if most vehicles will be electric by 2029, only four in 10 said yes. Yet a separate study AAA conducted earlier this year found that more than half of Americans believe that in this same timeframe, most cars will have the ability to drive themselves — a reality that is much less likely to happen.
AAA analysts concluded that, similar to other emerging technologies, a lack of knowledge and experience may be contributing to the slow adoption of electric vehicles despite Americans’ desire to go green.
“Today, more than 200,000 electric cars can be found on roads across the country as almost every manufacturer sells them,” said Greg Brannon, AAA’s director of automotive engineering and industry relations. “But, like other new vehicle technologies, Americans don’t have the full story, and that could be causing the gap between interest and action.”
AAA’s annual survey that tracks opinions regarding electric and hybrid vehicles found that while consumer interest remains steady, Americans may not have a solid understanding of electric vehicle performance, which may be giving consumers pause when it comes to considering electric for their next purchase.
For instance, electric vehicles, unlike those running on gas, do better in stop-and-go traffic because the car can recapture energy to charge the battery when decelerating. However, AAA’s survey found that a majority of Americans (59%) were unsure of whether electric vehicles have better range when driving at highway or city speeds. This demonstrates that many consumers are not sure what to expect from an electric vehicle in two of the most common driving scenarios.
Although most Americans don’t believe electric vehicles will be on the road in masses in the next 10 years, AAA did find that 40 million Americans say they would be likely to consider an electric vehicle for their next car purchase, with millennials leading the pack.
Concern for the environment and lower long-term costs remain the leading reasons to go green (74% and 56%, respectively). Previous objections to buying electric with regard to price and range anxiety continue to ease and have trended downward significantly:
Concern that there are not enough places to charge: down 11% from 2017
Concern about running out of charge when driving: down 11% from 2017
Higher cost of battery repair or replacement: down 8% from 2017
Higher purchase price: down 6% from 2017
“These vehicles are a big part of the future of transportation, since self-driving cars, when they do arrive, will likely be electric,” Brannon said. “The difference, of course, is that electric vehicles are already here and with the advancements in style and range that have been made over the last few years, they have become an even more viable option for many Americans.”
Originally posted on Auto Dealer Today
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FactorResearch
Sandaire
Athanasios Psarofagis
Nicolas Rabener
Dr. Xiaolin Chen
ETF Insight: Next frontier for ETF issuers is China's bond market
By George Geddes,
China has made a concerted effort over the past few years to improve accessibility to its bond market for foreign investors and its growing inclusion in leading global bond indices has meant it is an exposure hard to resist.
The Chinese bond market is worth $13trn, the second largest in the world only behind the US, however, gaining exposure has until recent years been tricky due to governance and accessibility issues.
In April 2019, the Bloomberg Global Aggregate index began including Chinese RMB-denominated government and policy bank securities into its remit. Bloomberg forecasts the inclusion will attract an estimated $150bn of fund flows into the Chinese bond market.
Since Bloomberg's decision, numerous ETF issuers have launched products offering exposure to the Chinese government bond market, including Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM), UBS Asset Management and KraneShares.
Following GSAM's launch of CBND late last year, the industry responded positively to the strategy but was hesitant given trade tensions between the US and China at the time and the difficulty in analysing the Chinese market.
One of the key attractions to the market is its reasonably low correlation with the rest of the world’s government bond markets. It has a correlation of 0.05 with UK and US government bonds as well as 0.07 correlation with German bunds, according to Schroders.
Another factor for the growing interest in Chinese bonds is the improved accessibility to onshore bonds which account for 90% of the market, according to JP Morgan Asset Management (JPMAM).
In 2017, the Bond Connect scheme was introduced which connects China’s interbank bond market with the rest of the world, enabling international investors to access and trade bonds directly on the China Foreign Exchange Trading System (CFETS).
In addition to Bloomberg including Chinese government bonds into its flagship index, JP Morgan also included the asset class into its range of emerging market indices in September 2019.
FTSE Russell, however, decided not to follow the trend and did not include Chinese bonds into its flagship World Government Bond index in around the same time. Goldman Sachs has said this could cost the firm up to $7.5bn.
Despite the size of China's bond market in comparison to its international counterparts, this is not being represented in its weighting in the indices by Bloomberg and JP Morgan, according to Oliver Smith, investment director at Sandaire.
Smith told ETF Stream: "Being included in the global index certainly helps with the investment case, as certain conditions have to be met for inclusion, but China is still a modest part of it with an overall allocation of just 5% even though it is the world’s second largest market."
Given China's weighting is modest at best, there is an expectation that this figure will grow given the market's momentum.
Nicolas Rabener, managing director at FactorResearch, said: "China's weight of 5% is sandwiched between Germany and Italy and will slightly further increase according to the original plan.
"Naturally, index weights change constantly and this will likely increase further given the size of the Chinese economy and its debt market."
Nonetheless, these inclusions have already sparked a growing need for investors to include the asset class into their allocation, according to Athanasios Psarofagis, ETF analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence.
“Chinese government bond yields are high in comparison with the rest of the world and adjusting for currency, it makes these bonds attractive for offshore investors right now,” Psarofagis added.
From an investor's perspective, this is the case as Smith said: "There is a reasonably supportive case for having a periphery allocation within portfolios both because of improved diversification and because yields, even on a hedged basis, are more attractive than other areas.
"The 10-year yields are back almost to pre-COVID levels (2.8%) while interest rates have been cut by less than in other economies."
In addition to the asset class’s inclusion in leading indices and low correlation with the rest of the world, default rates are significantly low at less than one basis point, according to Dr Xiaolin Chen, managing director and head of international at Kraneshares.
“Since the launch of Bond Connect, the process for allowing investors to access the onshore bond market becomes simpler, easier and more flexible,” said Chen.
Another factor for the Chinese bond market that Chen said has improved in recent years is the onshore coverage by global rating agencies.
In a guide about the Chinese fixed income market, JPMAM highlighted this as one of the key considerations for investing in the Chinese fixed income universe. S&P’s Global Rating is the first agency to be given access to the Chinese market with Moody’s Investor Services and Fitch Ratings in the process of acquiring their licenses.
The report, written by Hannah Anderson and Vincent Juvyns, said the return potential of the Chinese onshore bond market is likely to increase as foreign portfolio flows, driven by benchmark inclusions, could support bond prices and further develop the market for longer maturities.
This is already being seen as China bond products have received $400m inflows year-to-date, according to Psarofagis.
If Chinese government bonds can maintain the higher yields they hold compared to other similarly rated peers, these assets are likely to continue growing but face a battle with the US.
Rabener commented on the limited data available on the market structure and the relationships between the government, municipalities, and corporates are not transparent, especially not to foreign investors. This has not changed significantly in recent years, although the size of the bond market has increased considerably.
"US investors are indirectly financing the Chinese government and firms by allocating to global and emerging market bond mutuals funds and ETFs," Rabener said. "US President Donald Trump has already started threatening Chinese firms listed in the US and there have been similar thoughts on considering restrictions on US capital allocations to Chinese bonds."
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gEUlogy - the geology of the earth in an Electric Universe => Malta => : electrobleme February 20, 2010, 07:41:07
: Il-Maqluba, crater material thrown and formed an island?
: electrobleme February 20, 2010, 07:41:07
Il-Maqluba (the upturned) crater material formed an island?
(http://www.geulogy.com/images/il_maqluba_qrendi_malta/il-maqluba-tal-qrendi-malta-crater-sinkhole-doline-legend-myth-photograph-aerial-advert.jpg) (http://www.electricyouniverse.com/eye/index.php?level=picture&id=1836)
Il-Maqluba (upside down), natural depression/hole/doline or Electric Universe crater?
Maqluba translated into Maltese and Arabic means the upturned, upside down, and Il-Maqluba is one of the strangest geology sites/sights you will see on the fascinating island of Malta. In theory Malta should be geological boring but has an amazing range of scenerary but perhaps Il-Maqluba not only is top of the puzzles but the legends surrounding it are also top of the puzzling list.
Il-Maqluba looks like a crater. in fact if you were not told or read any geology stuff you would say its a crater. geology is puzzled by it but says it is a doline, a sinkhole, a natural depression. the problem is why is the largest doline in Malta the only one with no debris at the bottom? similar to the rilles on Mars and Moon that are "collapsed lava tubes" yet have no collapse material and in fact are the cleanest areas on those bodies.
Il-Maqluba has many legends about it (http://www.geulogy.com/malta/maqluba-il_history_malta_maltese_myths_legends_folklore_upturned_upsidedown.html). Which are true? What is based on fact? Why would the Maltese lie about something like this? What did happen?
(http://www.geulogy.com/images/il_maqluba_qrendi_malta/tal-maqluba-malta-legendary-pheonician-tanks-wells-Tas-Sekonda-crater-hole-banner.jpg) (http://www.electricyouniverse.com/eye/index.php?level=picture&id=1834)
Il-Maqluba (upside down), with Electric Universe EDM crater and tail?
Looking at it with Electric Universe EYEs it would appear to be an EDM crater. it has the same shape as other sharp crater lakes/meres around the world and perhaps "sky lights" on Mars and the Moon. It has a short tail. Opposite the tail is also a secondary smaller flatter crater as a "rim shot crater". This is hard to see from satellite images but i will eventually post some photographs that show this rim shot crater. As you would hope and expect to see with an EU crater.
Also the story fo the creation of Filfla from Il-Maqluba fits in with EUology. There are similar stories from around the world. Did they all make them up, were they all liars or are they based on some Electric Universe event?
Its getting late so i will leave this hear but i will update this post within a few days so it will change!
** Il-Maqluba (upside down) (http://www.geulogy.com/malta/maqluba-il_history_malta_maltese_myths_legends_folklore_upturned_upsidedown.html) - doline, sinkhole or Electric Universe crater?
** Il-Maqluba (upside down) (http://www.electricyouniverse.com/eye/index.php?level=album&id=170) - EYE photographs/images of this doline, sinkhole or Electric Universe crater?
(http://www.everythingselectric.com/images/electric-universe-geology-links.jpg)
more Electric Universe geology sites
(http://www.geulogy.com/logos/geu-small.jpg) gEUlogy.com (http://www.geulogy.com/)
(http://www.geulogy.com/logos/geu-small.jpg) gEUlogy.com (http://www.geulogy.com/sitemap/) | articles index
** thunderbolts.info (http://thunderbolts.info/forum/phpBB3/viewforum.php?f=4) | Planetary Science
** thunderbolts TPOD (http://www.thunderbolts.info/tpod/00subjectx.htm#Earth_Geology) | Earth Geology
(http://www.electricyouniverse.com/logos/eye-large.jpg)EYE | gEUlogy and EU photographs (http://www.electricyouniverse.com/eye/)
: Il-Maqluba (upturned) - Qrendi, Malta - doline or crater?
: electrobleme September 10, 2010, 01:33:36
Il-Maqluba (upturned) - Qrendi, Malta - doline or crater?
(http://www.geulogy.com/images/il_maqluba_qrendi_malta/il-maqluba-malta-crater-banner.jpg) (http://www.geulogy.com/images/il_maqluba_qrendi_malta/il-maqluba-malta-crater.jpg) (http://www.geulogy.com/images/il_maqluba_qrendi_malta/il-maqluba-malta-doline-banner.jpg) (http://www.geulogy.com/images/il_maqluba_qrendi_malta/il-maqluba-malta-doline.jpg)
Il-Maqluba (upturned) - Qrendi, Malta - doline or crater
Il-Maqluba crater is found in Qrendi near the St Matthew chapel (steps and path down the side of the church). Il-Maqluba is an amazing crater on the island of Malta. It is suggested by geology it is a sinkhole/doline but it is the only thing like it on the island and its sheer distinct sides and shape would suggest that something else other than a sinkhole formed it.
The myths and legends that surround Il-Maqluba (http://www.geulogy.com/malta/Il-Maqluba-malta-legends.html) crater suggest that during the Great Tempesta of 24 November 1343 Il-Maqluba was actually formed. That at the same time and the same Tempest the very strange island of Filfla was formed.
This sounds crazy in a Gravity Universe but there are many many tales of similar events occuring around the world at various times.
(http://www.geulogy.com/images/il_maqluba_qrendi_malta/maqluba-malta-sinkhole-crater-banner.jpg) (http://www.geulogy.com/images/il_maqluba_qrendi_malta//maqluba-malta-sinkhole-crater.jpg) (http://www.geulogy.com/images/il_maqluba_qrendi_malta/maqluba-malta-doline-crater-banner.jpg) (http://www.geulogy.com/images/il_maqluba_qrendi_malta/maqluba-malta-doline-crater.jpg)
Il-Maqluba (upside down) - Qrendi, Malta - seconday crater or tail?
Il-Maqluba is formed at the end of the Blue Grotto wadi/valley. Il-Maqluba has a long tail that goes to the Blue Grotto and that side of it appears to have a "rim shot" crater or shows where EU EDM may have occured.
(http://www.geulogy.com/images/il_maqluba_qrendi_malta/il-maqluba-upturned-hole-banner.jpg) (http://www.geulogy.com/images/il_maqluba_qrendi_malta/il-maqluba-upturned-hole.jpg) (http://www.geulogy.com/images/il_maqluba_qrendi_malta/il-maqluba-upside-down-hole-banner.jpg) (http://www.geulogy.com/images/il_maqluba_qrendi_malta/il-maqluba-upside-down-hole.jpg)
Il-Maqluba - upside down hole - Qrendi, Malta
This section of Il-Maqluba is flat and low compared to the whole rim of the Il-Maqluba crater. The south side (narrow side) rim goes upwards and is higher than the other sections.
Is this similar to the circular bays of Malta (http://www.everythingselectric.com/forum/index.php?topic=281.0) and was Il-Maqluba formed through a similar Electric Universe process?
(http://www.geulogy.com/images/il_maqluba_qrendi_malta/tal-maqluba-upturned-hole-banner.jpg) (http://www.geulogy.com/images/il_maqluba_qrendi_malta/tal-maqluba-upturned-hole.jpg) (http://www.geulogy.com/images/il_maqluba_qrendi_malta/il-maqluba-qrendi-strata-banner.jpg) (http://www.geulogy.com/images/il_maqluba_qrendi_malta/il-maqluba-qrendi-strata.jpg)
tal Maqluba Qrendi, Malta - twisted sides - uplifted strata on its sides
the sides going to the south and higher point of tal Maqluba show strata that goes upwards. is this evidence of either the electromagnetic force that pulled it up or twisted and gouged it out?
: Il-Maqluba - formation and its creation legends
Il-Maqluba - formation and its creation legends
(http://www.geulogy.com/images/il_maqluba_qrendi_malta/il-maqluba-malta-aerial-advert.jpg) (http://www.geulogy.com/images/il_maqluba_qrendi_malta/il-maqluba-malta-aerial.jpg) (http://www.geulogy.com/images/il_maqluba_qrendi_malta/il-maqluba-blue-grotto-image.jpg) (http://www.geulogy.com/images/il_maqluba_qrendi_malta/il-maqluba-blue-grotto.jpg)
Il-Maqluba, Qrendi Malta at the end of the Blue Grotto Wied/Valley
the geological explanation for the formation of Il-Maqluba, Qrendi Malta is a guess and does not make much sense with what you can see when you visit it. the sides are sheer, the shape is the same as other Electric Universe craters such as the lunettes of Australia, the Carolina Bays in America and the Meres in Norfolk, England
the floor of Il-Maqluba is fairly flat and not a downward hollow that you would expect if it was a sinkhole.
Il-Maqluba also shows signs of electric fossilisation as their are fossilised tree roots or a large pipe like creature in the north side near the curved rocks
On the 23rd November 1343, Malta experienced one of its most severe winter storms ever, possibly accompanied by an earthquake. It was at this time that il-Maqluba was formed ... Being the middle ages, this natural event was obviously turned into a legend. This legend tells us of a group of bad people living together in a hamlet. God warned the village, through a good woman living close by, against their bad ways. As the bad people did not heed these warnings, God decreed that the land swallow the hamlet, sparing none except the good woman. Angels were then dispatched to dispose of the hamlet by dumping it at sea. Legend thus tells of the formation of the island of Filfla, just off the southwest coast of Malta.
Maqluba legend| ramblersmalta (http://www.ramblersmalta.jointcomms.com/nov1906.htm)
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Il-Maqluba crater, Blue Grotto and the island of Filfla, Malta
Il-Maqluba was formed at the same time as the island of Filfla according to the local legends. they have no reason to make this up so we should accept it as based on actual events. but how can this be when it is such a crazy legend?
in a Gravity Universe it is impossible but in an Electric Universe it can start to be explained. massive EDM events during a catastrophic event that struck the earth/malta may be the answer. the natives in America suggest that mountains appeared suddenly. so this would be a similar event for fifla. Il-Maqluba and Filfla acting as an anode/cathode system?
Fifla island is an incredible geological puzzle as its made of a different limestone layer to the rest of the coastline opposite it. the material that formed Filfla island was likely to be transformed during its rapid creation during the event.
Behind the Maqluba magnificent views comes a legend equally as impressive. Handed down through the generations, we learn of bad people living together in a small village or hamlet (Hal-Lew). Almighty God warned the village, through a good woman living close by and often referred to as a nun, against their bad ways.
Unheeding these warnings, God decreed that the land swallow the village sparing none except the good woman. In turn, angels were dispatched to dispose of the “bad village” by dumping it at sea. Legend thus tells of the formation of the island of Filfla situated some three miles to the South West of the fishing port of Wied iz-Zurrieq.
The 'Maqluba' legend |qrendiscouts.org (http://www.qrendiscouts.org/index2.htm)
(http://www.geulogy.com/images/il_maqluba_qrendi_malta/blue-grotto-il-maqluba-filfla-image.jpg) (http://www.geulogy.com/images/il_maqluba_qrendi_malta/blue-grotto-il-maqluba-filfla.jpg)
Il-Maqluba at the end or the start of the Blue Grotto Wied
the reason why this happened at Qrendi may be due to the Blue Grotto Weid - this is a superb example of gEUlogy with its terraced sides, very very steep walls but it also has blasted caves especially the one at the end. was this an attractive area to the EU and so it struck or discharged here?
In Maltese folklore it is said that a giant was displeased with the local villegers so he scooped up a handfull of land and threw it into the sea, this is said to be the island of filfla
Il-Maqluba legend | virtualtourist.com (http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/Europe/Malta/Off_the_Beaten_Path-Malta-BR-7.html)
Filfla is the unhappy victim of the nasty (and absurd) legend of Il-Maqluba: the evil inhabitants of Il-Maqluba so displeased God that he tore the ground from beneath them and sent them crashing through to hell. So base were they that not even hell could hold them, and in desperation the devil threw the depraved sinners (as the earth, trees, etc.) out of hell and back into the night sky. The tangles mass of rock, vegetation and godless souls landed in the sea and thus created Filfla. From such an egregious birth as that, its fate was set.
Malta, Gozo & Comino legends | books.google.co.uk (http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Fevix8jSqg0C&pg=PA198&lpg=PA198&dq=Il-Maqluba&source=bl&ots=Tet0I2vGIW&sig=uynY54O8UG3HwHqCFuM9pVpP6j4&hl=en&ei=Io19S5n7OMmF_Abn68mIBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CAgQ6AEwATgo#v=onepage&q=Il-Maqluba&f=false)
: Il-Maqluba Malta - its "tank" and folklore
Il-Maqluba Malta - its "tank" and folklore
(http://www.everythingiselectric.com/images/malta/il-maqluba-tanks-legend-myth-image.jpg) (http://www.everythingiselectric.com/images/malta/il-maqluba-tanks-legend-myth.jpg)
Il-Maqluba Malta - its "tank" and legends and myths of its formation
It is like a finger pointing toward the moon...
...don't concentrate on the finger or you will miss all that heavenly glory
Il-Maqluba Malta is an amazing feature on the island of Malta. Found very close to the temples of Mnajdra (http://www.everythingiselectric.com/mnajdra_temples_malta_protective_cover_protection_scheme_photographs.html), Hagar Qim (http://www.everythingiselectric.com/hagar_qim_temples_complex_malta_megalithics_protective_cover_photographs.html) and the Misqa tanks (http://www.everythingiselectric.com/misqa_tanks_water_mnajdratemple_egyptian_petroglyphs_conspiracy.html).
The only thing you would suggest it is not is a sinkhole, that which geology suggests it is. So what is it and why this spot in particular? In the previous post there are images showing a possible Electric Universe connection for its location. Are there any other alternative theories and can they be explained in an Electric Universe? After all if Everything Is Electric ...
(http://www.everythingiselectric.com/images/myths-legends/il-maqluba-malta-tanks-silos-cisterns-image.jpg) (http://www.everythingiselectric.com/images/myths-legends/il-maqluba-malta-tanks-silos-cisterns.jpg)
Il-Maqluba Malta - one of the Maltese tanks/silos/cisterns/"jars"?
You cant see the forest for all the trees
When investigating the idea of Electric Universe geology (gEUlogy) and its effect on Malta I was told by a very wise man that if Malta had been struck by an EU catastrophy as the initial evidence suggested then there should be craters. Apart from the suggested semi obvious ones such as the circular bays, Mistra Bay, the Inland Sea and its "twin" crater the Black Lagoon (Fungus Rock bay).
Shortly afterwards i found out about Il-Maqluba Qrendi and I could believe what I saw. A fantastic crater hole in the ground that is totally out of place on the island of Malta. Later I noticed a few other smaller EU craters on Malta such as the Bahrija crater (http://www.geulogy.com/introdis-craters-bahrija.html).
I visited Il-Maqluba Malta a number of times and have climbed into the crater floor. I never once noticed the Il-Maqluba "tank" or silo or cistern or jar or whatever it is or you want to call it. It was brought to my attention by a person from Germany and I just could not understand what he was talking about .. big tank structure ... you cant miss it ...
(http://www.everythingiselectric.com/images/myths-legends/maltas-tanks-silos-jars-il-maqluba-image.jpg) (http://www.everythingiselectric.com/images/myths-legends/maltas-tanks-silos-jars-il-maqluba.jpg)
1 of Malta's tanks/silos/jars found at the Il-Maqluba (upturned) crater or hole
According to legend, several hundred years ago, where the small chapel stands today, there was the humble abode of an old pious lady. The lady was always admonishing the erring inhabitants of a small hamlet situated where the depression is today. One day a terrible earthquake destroyed the hamlet but the old woman's house escaped any damage and was left, perched on the edge. This chapel, according to the legend was built to commemorate this event and to serve as a reminder to erring humans.
Il-Maqluba folklore (pdf) | visitmalta.com (http://www.visitmalta.com/ebrochures/girgenti_walk.pdf)
The Il-Maqluba tank would make the strangest looking house. The inside of the tank that remains has a covering that looks like cement. There are also some holes in the top of it that are similar to the ones found at the Maltese temple doorways and walls, or could they be similar to those mentioned found in some of the Jars on the Plain of Jars, Laos (http://www.everythingselectric.com/forum/index.php?topic=283.msg1457#msg1457)?
My first thought on seeing the shape and the cement combined with the fact that Malta is a limestone island was "is this a kiln?". But there is no mention of it as a kiln in history or by the locals. Even combined with the Maltese folkore about the Phoenicians digging tanks and holes at Il-Maqluba no mention of a kiln.
The cement has been analysed by a German University and they were very surprised by the results. It is a cement very similar to cement of today but it is hundreds of years old. They actually requested it to go to a special research center investigating ancient building materials.
(http://www.everythingiselectric.com/images/malta/maqluba-malta-qrendi-tanks-banner.jpg) (http://www.everythingiselectric.com/images/malta/maqluba-malta-qrendi-tanks.jpg)
Maqluba Malta in Qrendi and its tank
So what is the Il-Maqluba tank and more importantly why is it on the edge of the hole/crater?
according to some studies that were done it is said that the land in around is the shallowest part of the area that the ancient Phoenicians excavated many large wells in there . A fact of that, a half remained bell shaped well is still intact and can be seen easily covered with deffun but it happened that the type of limestone in this area where these wells were dug is called Tas-Sekonda which means a type of stone very soft and inferior to the limestone, which deteriorates very quickly. Years after years ....... the heavy waters that came in melted the stones where the wells were excavated and also in that part of the land it is said that there was a natural cave in the middle (some kind like ghar dalam) when the waters came in it melted the stone tas sekonda and was swallowed in and it formed this depressed land.
It is mentioned that it happened in the 13th century when a huge tempest hit the island according to historical and scientifically facts.
The road that leads to the Maqluba is named for this tempest.
Qrendi Il-maqluba folklore | vivamalta.org (http://www.vivamalta.org/forum/showthread.php?p=59193#post59193)
The German chap who mentioned the tanks believes that the tanks on Malta such as Misqa tanks (http://www.everythingselectric.com/forum/index.php?topic=208.0), Dingli Cliffs tanks (http://www.everythingiselectric.com/dingli_cliffs_malta_photographs_tanks_templebuilders_phoenicians_romans.html) and the others were built and designed for energy purposes - be that to store, convert or produce energy.
The tanks/silos of Malta are a real puzzle. The Misqa tanks are said to be for water storage for the Temple Builders but they are on top of a hill so dont get much water flowing into them (also how did they know that the area had no fault lines or cracks in it?). The tanks at Dingli cliffs are even more of a mystery - why are they there when there is nothing in that area?
So, following through with his idea that the tanks of malta are for energy purposes could this help to explain why Il-Maqluba is there? From an Electric Universe slant if the area was an energy hot spot or there was lots of energy already there - would an EU event be more attracted to that spot?
Has the tank exploded or been blasted away? It could be suggested that the tank broke and fell into Il-Maqluba but the ground in front of it is normal for a meter or so. the next time i visit Il-Maqluba i will check if the shape of the tank would have gone off the edge incase it could have broken off.
it was also suggested that the Il-Maqluba tank was part of a larger storage complex and that Il-Maqluba itself may have been a large "tank". at no time did he mention the infomation above about the Phoenicians so i am not sure he even knows about that bit of Maltese folklore.
so, could the great tempesta of 1343 have triggered an explosion of the Il-Maqluba tanks? remembering that the tempesta was not just a normal storm but something way beyond that. was this at the same time as the legends of the Ray of Light hill (#post_##) (tas salvatur Gozo)?
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Masked gang target men in car park forcing them to flee to shop for safety
Police are looking for six men following the incident in Batley
Susie BeeverBreaking News Reporter
Healey Lane, Batley
Three men were forced to run for safety after a masked gang tried to launch a “targeted attack” on them.
The victims were approached by the gang of six thugs in a car park on Healey Lane, Batley, on Tuesday evening between 6.30 and 7pm.
The masked men tried to attack the victims who fled into a nearby convenience store and blocked the door. The suspects tried to get in and damaged the door in the process before they left the scene.
No one was injured in the incident.
DC Nicole Rubio-Senior who is investigating the incident, said: “We are investigating this incident and would like to speak to anyone who saw this group of six masked men attack three males in the car park, or who saw the group causing damage to the front of the shop.
“It is believed the attack on the men was a targeted offence and it must be stressed that such behaviour will absolutely not be tolerated in our communities.”
Anyone who has information is asked to contact Kirklees CID on 101 referencing crime number 13170315482.
Information can also be passed anonymously to the independent Crimestoppers charity on 0800 555 111.
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Ashley Moody, 211 Team Up to Help Floridians Addicted to Opioids
State Attorney General Ashley Moody and 211 announced this week that they are teaming up to help Floridians struggling with opioid abuse.
The partnership comes as preliminary reports suggest the coronavirus pandemic may be exacerbating the opioid crisis. 211 is a free, telephone-based service offered by nonprofit and public agencies throughout Florida and the United States providing confidential information and referral services. Through the new partnership, 211 will share resources from Attorney General Moody’s website DoseOfRealityFL.com—a comprehensive statewide resource to help Floridians fight back against the opioid epidemic. DoseOfRealityFL.com, in turn, will point visitors to 211’s plethora of local resources.
“This partnership is designed to help Floridians, in their greatest time of need, access vital and life-saving resources. I am proud to partner with the dedicated public servants at 211 as we join forces to combat and end the deadly opioid crisis plaguing our state. If you are seeking help, please do not hesitate to dial 211 and for a comprehensive view of ways you can join our fight to end the opioid crisis, visit DoseOfRealityFL.com,” Moody said on Thursday.
Sheila Smith, the president and CEO of 211 Broward, also weighed in on the new effort.
“We are proud to partner with Dose of Reality to raise awareness about the resources available to those with opioid use disorder. 211 is a critical resource, and we encourage residents of Florida to dial 211 or visit our websites to connect with the local programs and services that can help them,” Smith said.
Provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention include 70,980 fatal overdoses in 2019 with about 1,000 more deaths likely to be added, marking an increase from the year before. The data indicates the U.S. last year likely eclipsed the prior record high of 70,237 overdose deaths set in 2017, making this partnership an even more crucial tool to help Floridians fight back and curb the increase.
211 is staffed by trained professionals available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to help callers identify and connect with health and human service programs that can meet a variety of needs, including opioid addiction, crisis counseling and more. Services are available statewide through any cell phone provider, as well as through landlines in all of Florida’s 67 counties and nationwide in all 50 states.
In September 2019, Moody launched DoseOfRealityFL.com to help educate Floridians about the dangers of misusing prescription painkillers and other opioids, such as heroin and fentanyl. The statewide resource, now utilized by 211 through the new partnership, provides a one-stop shop of information about opioid use and resources for businesses, caregivers, educators, medical professionals, parents, seniors, service members, students, veterans and others.
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I’m getting Old.
Nothing really new here, of course, I’ve been aware of it for the last thirty years or so; but what is new is that, having reached an age where most normal people keep their grey cells fit feeding squirrels on a pond from a park bench or something like that, I decided to change my ways. Only, considering my zoological prowess, I shall rather invest my idle time within familiar territory.
Amazing what you can put together over 40 years in the professon. I started up as an amateur, oh so many years ago, and when I actually moved onto the professional stage I thought I’d stick to the handful of instruments that attracted me most at the time and I expected would keep me happy for ever after…
I ended up with over 40 moulds all sorts (and some 470 usable instruments), and it could have been well beyond that, had I complied with all the whims I was asked to over the years.
It has been a lot of fun with every project, by all means – and in fact, sometimes I needed to put my teeth into the odd one just to wipe the blackboard clean and go back afresh to the regular stuff – but, were I really to pick the flowers among the flowers, I woud still put my first love, the six course lute, king of them all, at the top of the list.
Still, the project that gave me a deeper insight into the soul of the lute was the seven-piece family I had the privilege to build for Lynda Sayce (thanks for giving me the rare opportunity!), from liutino piccolo to big bass.
Ploughing through the many surviving instruments by Venere (the obvious choice, goes without saying) and developing a plausible geometrical framework with a number of minor betrayals (we are talking fractions, of course) on some of the old master’s original instruments, in order to stay true to my own working plan. The end resut was well worth all the little headaches and extra work (like making three brand new mould just for the nonce or, true to historical evidence, using double trebles on all of them except the treble and the liutino piccolo).
Putting together a consort with instruments from different makers, most likely based on different models, just does not work, no matter how good each instrument is in itself.
(Try, just for fun, to have a bunch of modern opera singers sing a Monteverdi madrigal, some trained in Italian opera, some Wagner specialists, with a pinch of French or Russian spices, all wonderful singers in their own, and see what happens).
With time an idée fixe of mine became the Roman tradition, once I started to realise that there were consistent fundamental traits of all instruments built in Rome (the main one being the larger scale, which was the consequence of the lower pitch in use there). (See under Instruments of interest).
Another branch I learned to enjoy putting my teeth into is that of the late Baroque lutes.
I started to find a real interest in the Baroque dimension a number of years into my professional career: after a handful of instruments in the early days (things without praise or blame, no better or worse than what you found on the market in those days, looking at it with a pinch of detachment) I took a long break from the stuff: I simply could not suss out the real nature of the Baroque lute. Indeed, for a while I wondered whether the Baroque lute makers had any idea themselves about what they were doing (they did of course, from the perspective of who they really were: gamba and fiddle makers in the first place, building lutes for a radically changed aesthetical taste). But I always kept an open ear to the music and a keen eye on what could be seen around – mostly museums, of course – until in 1998 I ‘discovered’ the 1694 Berr in Ptuj (thank you Boris) at one end of the spectrum and in 1999 the 1743 AB Jauch in Copenhagen at the other end, which got me really curious; and soon after I was let to the c. 1740 J Hoffmann in Berlin (led to it by H Hoffmann, the lutenist from Bremen, who obviously wanted to play on a Hoffmann lute – cheers, Harry).
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Our Legal Eagle's View is that You Can Wear it with Honour!
BarryF
Location: Berkshire, United Kingdom
You do it. We do it. Four star officers do it (and they do it in the presence of royalty - as have we!).
Even the civil servants encourage us to do it.
But is it 'etiquette'?
Well, from us to you, here is the answer to that question:
We have sought, and obtained an independent legal opinion from a lawyer who specialises in military matters. Here are some summary extracts:
To ensure that every reader, including those in Whitehall and Great Smith Street, can read this important information, it is currently stuck on the front door to the Fight4thePJM web site at http://www.fight4thepjm.org:
BarryF, who fought for the Right to Wear the Pingat Jasa Malaysia
Re: Our Legal Eagle's View is that You Can Wear it with Hono
The independent legal Opinion confirms your legal right, as an eligible recipient, to wear the PJM. Less formally, the Opinion also confirms that it is etiquette to wear the medal that you have been given permission to receive so long as you are eligible under the London Gazette Notice, i.e. not in Crown Service when the medal was conferred in January 2006. If anybody, e.g. a civil servant or parade marshal, endeavours to stop you wearing your PJM, or suggests that a rule exists that prevents you from legitimately wearing the medal without restriction, then they are almost certainly breaking the law.
But please note: This latest development, whilst reassuring in the sense that we now have an independent view that we are adopting correct etiquette and protocol by wearing the PJM, is not the end of the matter.
The civil servants have refused to acknowledge the demands of Parliament that they should amend the record that they created and that they administer. Until they do so, the stigma that they created still applies to your Malaysian medal. Only an official clarification from the Government will rectify the damage done by the flawed and incongruous 2006 Ministerial Statement. We have been promised (in writing) that that will one day happen. And we have also been promised that this situation will not be allowed to happen to other ordinary men and women.
Until those changes happen … the fight goes on.
mcdangle
As our dear departed friend Jock Fenton would say - the liars have now been refuted by lawyers.
We are legally entitled to wear the PJM because we have a Royal Warrant under Royal Sign Manual published in the London Gazette of 3rd. May, 1968, and to withhold this right through lies, prevarication and obfuscation, is in breach of the integrity of the Honours system which the HD Committee admit they try to preserve.
Even an independent professional legal eagle of some renown who has no interest in the PJM states that the FCO are not legally entitled to make rules which they expect British private citizens to comply with.
The new Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the FCO has stated in a recent letter that the advice of the HD Committee is not legally binding and the case of permission to wear the PJM relates to a matter of etiquette. But it is a legal matter. Breaching our democratic right to freedom of dress and privacy in our public lives, (and our human rights) ARE a matter of legal protection to citizens, and to try and weazle out of their incompetent decision to suggest that the PJM cannot be worn without taking into account the London Gazette Royal Warrant, shows that our parliament must take urgent consideration of this breach by an unelected, and in their own admission, non-parliamentary committee of civil servants, who have no authority whatsoever over private citizens.
So now we have a matter of etiquette. Is etiquette being breached by wearing a medal which has been approved by the Queen and authorised for unrestricted wear by Royal Warrant. No it isn't. It is only a committee of numpties who cannot, or will not, accept that they have been wrong right from the start and are only compounding their error with martian speak and trash.
The fight is not over until the PJM is recognised OFFICIALLY for unrestricted wear and our Parliament ensures that this shameful breach of citizens rights is never ever repeated by unofficial civil servants.
John Feltham
Location: Townsville, North Queensland
Re: Legal Opinion
mcdangle wrote:
We are legally entitled to wear the PJM because we have a Royal Warrant under Royal Sign Manual published in the London Gazette of 3rd. May, 1968,
The LG notice of 3rd May 1968 has not been rescinded. Though there are now attempts by senior civil servants of the Cabinet Office to say that it has been rescinded or overridden.
These senior civil servants are and have been clutching at straws.
A long time ago we told them the story about digging holes.
These discredited civil servants are still digging.
Merdeka, Merdeka, Merdeka,
from the HD Committee and its decision.
The PJM worn with honour!
I thought you would like to see this August 2009 photograph of a medal bar. It isn't just any medal bar. It is a distinguished medal bar which belongs to a distinguished retired member of the Special Air Service. He is a Fight4thePJM supporter who must remain anonymous.
He fought in WW2 behind enemy lines. He fought in Malaya. He was very well known in the Regiment and would never do or say anything that contravened his integrity or that of the SAS. And so he wears his PJM with honour ... as we all should.
The civil servants who try to say they have stopped the PJM being worn will be very disappointed by this image. They have absolutely no idea what it took this man to earn those wings or the 11 medals on his bar.
So, our legal eagle states the statutory, this piccie reflects the salutary ... and they both tell us what we must do. Fight on ....
Arthur R-S
Location: Brandon, Suffolk
Can the Honours and Decorations Committee, very kindly direct us to the new London Gazette entry, under sign manual, which rescinds the previous entry. If they cannot, then the hole in their arguement, seems to have widened exponentialy.
It would appear that the straws that they are clutching at, are in fact, lead lifebelts.
Yours Aye
GLOman
Location: Northamptonshire
I do not believe for one minute that the wearing of the PJM on medal bars, including mine, is a breach of etiquette.
The matter of etiquette arises from the rules imposed after it was accepted by HM vide the London Gazette of 3rd May 1968 which also permitted its wearing.
John F writes that they are trying to rescind the London Gazette. No way! I would hardly believe that they would risk the whole thing blowing up in their faces in asking Her Majesty, with the sign manual, to rescind the LG of 1968 and beg questions from her as to why it was necessary.
I was informed some time ago in a letter signed by Marion Moore, replying to my letter to the PM of the 12 July 2007, that "You may like to know that the statement in the [London] Gazette of 3 May 1968 was clarified in 1969 by a regulation on the merging of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office that stated "these regulations do not relate to awards of campaign or commemorative war medals" . No reference as to the title or date of the "clarification" was given. Fair enough. It wasn't a war in either case *48 -60 or 63 - 66. The PJM is a Service to Malaysia Medal - it is neither a campaign medal or a war commemorative medal. It is not a matter of the choice of words . The meaning is quite plain. Whatever "clarification" she is talking about does not affect the status of the PJM.
I believe that we have been offered another review susequent to the Conservatives attaining power. Fine. But, I do not see a guarantee of change, therefore I shall believe it when it happens, hopefully after the review. Having said that I remain cheerfully optmistic.
Incidentally, remember that a number of families who's members died during these conflicts and who were not awarded the GSM with the appropriate bar, are disqualified from receiving the Elizabeth Cross through the actions of all the civil servants involved, in denying us the right to wear the PJM, to which the families of the fallen are entitled and which would entitle them to receive the Elizabeth Cross. Is this not a slight on HM by the HDC?
*this indicates the duration of the conflicts and not the dates of eligibility.
Paul Alders
I have tried many times to get certain Senior Civil Servants inc Sir Gus (AKA GOD) to admit that the PJM is not a Campaign or a War Commemorative Medal, they never answer my letters or emails on this question.
BUT I do have an email from Tanya of the FCO stateing that it is up to the Malaysians to classify the PJM as it is their medal and that is good enough for me.
So if any suit writes to you stateing that the LG Notice does not apply to Campaign or War Commemorative Medals agree with them then tell them the FCO states that the PJM is a Service Medal.
Where in the London Gazette entry, does it preclude, campaign medals, or, commemorative medals.
As with all directives, they must be clear, concise and unambiguous. In this case, it is abundantly clear.
Due due the lack of moral rectitude on behalf of the Civil Serpents, they can put any interpretation (spin) they like on it.
Like the law, making so many laws and in some cases conflicting laws, it then becomes difficult to establish which law to apply.
Take the case of all males, having to fire five arrows from their longbows on the village green, on Sunday. It's still on the statute books as a law, but we would more than likely be arrested for carrying and discharging a weapon in a public place.
The law makers really have excelled themselves with this one. On an interesting note, who were we actually serving, Great Britain PLC, or Malaysia. You cannot serve two masters at once, as the saying goes. Otherwise, complete chaos. Does anyone see the similarity here.
Arthur.
There are two files relating to the LG Notice which between them contain over 140 pages, too many to publish here and I'm not sure if we can without permission.
But let me asure you it is correct the LG Notice does not apply to Campaign or War Commemorative Medals but as we have in writing from the FCO it is up to the Malaysains to clasify the PJM and it is a Service Medal.
Last edited by Paul Alders on Fri Sep 11, 2009 9:15 pm; edited 2 times in total
Clarification by Malaysia to the FCO should, therefore, designate the PJM as a Service medal and not a Cornflake box trinket. I certainly felt that I was "serving" in Malaya 1957-59 and had the distinct feeling that I was in a war, not an emergency, whatever that might have meant to a boy who had spent many of his childhood nights in an Anderson Shelter with Heinkels overhead dropping bombs, while his dad was in N Africa and Italy maybe "playing" at being a soldier. Said dad came home with the right to wear six medals. I came home with a GSM with Malaya bar and am now in the 4th year of trying to make sense of why I am supposedly not allowed to wear a medal honourably "offered" and graciously accepted from a grateful Commonwealth nation.
Totally confused, I rest my case.
Mike Barton
Thanks for the corroboration, Paul and Mike.
Rechecking the wording on the Malaysian (cornflakes) box, containing the PJM, it clearly states, SERVICE TO MALAYSIA.
It does not not state that it is 1.commemorative or 2. campaign medal. I mean, three words are not difficult to understand in this day and age. Which of those words do they have difficulty with?
Not being able to attend any rememberence day parades last year, due to personal reasons, I saw the event on the TV. The many PJMs being worn was gratifying to see. And can anyone tell me, whether they were approached by police or a member of the civil service, requiring the recipient to remove the offending item.
They haven't got the guts. Think of the public outrage in trying to obtain a conviction in court, of the proud bearer of this award. The government would not be able to hush that up, especially when the full weight of the fight4 bolsters our arguement.
Always ready to corroborate, Arthur, even if it means repeating myself. After all we have repeatedly been lied to or just ignored by the serpents for years. My dad, mentioned in my above post, was a damned difficult bloke and due to his 5 years abroad I never really got to know him, or him me. He died in 2006 aged 93 and I only just managed to get to his hospital bed in order to say cheerio before the final coma. We did it like old soldiers, no kisses and no mention of the word love. We had been in touch by phone and he knew about my PJM fight. He allowed me to wipe his head with a towel and before he began to slip away he asked how the struggle was going. I think I said, "We live in hope," or some such, and his reply was...."Keep at the sods."
While clearing his house I found his six gongs with a bill for being quite recently mounted for the first time. Along with them were his fathers Pip Squeak and Wilfred, thanks for the whole of the Gallipoly debacle, being wounded there and, twice more in Belgium and France. I kept the original ribbons from those and paid for their re-mounting. My PJM was delivered a year after dad died, and there is no doubt that I shall...."Keep at the sods," for as long as it takes.
Semengo13
And so shall I Mike.
Your story demonstrates why we will not give up.
Glad you got there in time.
Pingat Kami - Hak Kami
651 Signal Troop,
Semengo Camp,
Kuching.
We will all keep at the xxxxxxxs Mike.
It's nice to know that there are many of us that boast a long family line in 'the business', and have the medals as a permanent reminder of the sacrifices that were made.
I say this, in the light of the many who are first generation military. Their service is no less diminished, by being new to the game.
My neighbour, former RAF Regiment, is proud as punch that his eldest son has joined the family business. He has finished his training and will be going to Afghanistan in January of next year. It would be nice to see him with his Afghan medal on.
Back to the story. Do you think this constant change of civil serpents, is due to the nervous breakdowns of said reptiles? I mean to say, if they cannot stand the pace
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3-year-old girl left inside vehicle stolen in Dallas found unharmed
By Natalie Solis and Dan Godwin
A 3-year-old girl has been located safe and sound after an Amber Alert was issued for her early Wednesday.
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Relief it all concluded with a child going home.
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Local government meetings should return to in-person quorum and public participation for local government bodies.
Bars, pubs, and nightclubs that derive more than 50 percent of sales from alcohol should operate at full capacity with limited social distancing protocols. Businesses should maintain adequate sanitation practices. (UPDATE: Bars need local government approval to reopen to full capacity, but the state restrictions are lifted)
Restaurants and food service establishments may operate at full capacity with limited social distancing protocols. Businesses should maintain adequate sanitation practices.
Gyms and fitness centers should open to full capacity but should maintain adequate sanitation practices among employees and patrons during all hours of operation.
State parks should be fully opened, including overnight accommodations. Beaches should remain fully open.
Large venues such as movie theaters, concert halls, and bowling alleys should re-open fully with limited social distancing protocols.
Large spectator sporting events should consider reducing capacity with limited social distancing protocols.
Theme parks may return to normal operations with limited social distancing protocols.
Salons, barbershops and nail salons, should operate under full capacity but should consider removing all unnecessary, frequent-touch items such as magazines and newspapers, and maintain sanitation standards.
Retail businesses should operate at full capacity.
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Coronavirus can spread from person to person through small droplets from the nose or mouth, including when an individual coughs or sneezes. These droplets can land on objects and surfaces. Others can then contract the virus by touching these objects or surfaces, then their eyes, nose or mouth.
As stated before, symptoms of the coronavirus include fever, cough and shortness of breath. They may show in as few as two days or as many as 14 days following exposure, the Florida Department of Health says. Most people recover from COVID-19 without special treatment, but the elderly and those with underlying medical problems are more likely to develop serious illness.
If you display coronavirus symptoms, you should contact a local health organization and make them aware of your condition prior to arrival while also following specific instructions or guidelines they may have.
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If you are experiencing a medical emergency, call 911 and let them know if you have been infected or believe that you may be. If you are infected, a medical professional or another authority will likely advise that you remain isolated while sick. This includes staying at home and not going into public places or large events.
Please visit the Department’s dedicated COVID-19 webpage for information and guidance regarding COVID-19 in Florida.
For any other questions related to COVID-19 in Florida, please contact the Department’s dedicated COVID-19 Call Center by calling 1-(866) 779-6121. The Call Center is available 24 hours a day. Inquiries may also be emailed to COVID-19@flhealth.gov.
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Globally, there have been over 35.2 million COVID-19 cases, resulting in over 1 million deaths, according to John Hopkins University.
Below is an interactive John Hopkins University dashboard, showing a country-by-country breakdown of positive COVID-19 cases across the world.
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