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Reporting Africa Since 1960 18 January 2021
Published 22nd November 2002
The new veterans march home
Corrupt and politicised, President Mugabe's army may be more dangerous at home than it was in the Congo
Trouble looms as the final contingent of Zimbabwean troops in Congo-Kinshasa returns home to a divided and nearly bankrupt country. Despite the veneer of multi-party elections, Zimbabwe is now under militarised rule, where a handful of the political elite makes policy alongside senior military and security officers. Political life is effectively under martial law: dissidents are tortured, opposition voters are attacked and deprived of food aid, critical journalists are prosecuted and also sometimes tortured. Like military rule elsewhere, the militarisation of Zimbabwe has brought few benefits to soldiers in the ranks. Congo veterans expect rewards: promotion, pay rises and above all, land (AC Vol 43 No 21). Already there have been clashes between veterans and bureaucrats over allocation in the land resettlement programme. President Robert Mugabe has repeatedly assured Congo veterans they will have priority in the queue. The veterans' frustration is compounded when they learn that commanders such as Air Marshal Perence Shiri and General Vitalis Zvinavashe have commandeered several farms each for personal use. Meanwhile, First Lady Grace Mugabe has been allocated a 27-bedroom mansion and adjoining farmland for 'duties of state', say local press reports. Even if the vets get their land, there will be little state cash to develop it. In Finance Minister Herbert Murerwa's budget for 2003, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement is fifth in line, with an allocation of Z$40.5 billion (that is US$736 million at the official rate of Z$55=US$1 or US$20.2 mn. at the parallel market rate of Z$2,000=US1). Defence is second with a vote of Z$76.4 bn.
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This is complete BS. Those public school kids still have to pass Admissions, still have to have the grades, still have to be NCAA eligible with a pairing of GPA and test scores to make them eligible. Those public school kids work very hard to get where they are going in D1, mostly in non-hot bed areas where they have spent their entire childhoods working on their own and putting in the time on the field and in the classroom. These kids are the very definition of hard work.
Maybe historically East coast prep schools sent the most kids to play D1, but times are changing and athletes are coming from all over the country ready to compete with any kid in college. To say that public school kids are not “prepared” to go to college because their parents can’t afford more than the average US citizens yearly take home pay in tuition is the most privileged statement I have ever heard. And the LAX community wonders why our sport is looked down upon by being a white rich kid sport. Stop perpetuating the idea that you have to be a prep school kid to be a successful athlete in college, that myth is debunked by every student athlete that graduates every year despite their parents income tax bracket and despite their high school.
Nothing is absolute, just like all the kids in prep schools who pay $65k a year that don’t get into a top level D1 programs.
The prep school truther apparently hasn't looked at a college lacrosse roster recently. Go pull up any Ivy, Big East, Big Ten or ACC roster, they're littered with kids who graduated from CSH, Garden City, Manhasset, Ward Melville, SWR, John Jay, Yorktown, Bronxville, Darien, Greenwich, etc...
Some of the richest parts on Li and Connecticut schools .
Less than 25 percent of college rosters come from public schools including the ones you mention. Much harder to get a D1 offer for a public school kid. One reason for this is public school kids are more likely to be the proper age. If you are the proper age and get a D1 offer it is a special accomplishment but if you are from a public school and are proper age you beat all odds and have to be proud.
It still does happen for Public School kids but there is no doubt it is a harder road. Prep kids are more prepared for college is ever aspect and the coaches know that going into it and if it came down to a public or prep kid they will take the prep kid . Go to any founders league game in May it is loaded with ever Div 1 coach you do not see that anymore with the Public schools
Ok I don’t want to get into a war of words here but my kid plays club in Baltimore. Very
private school heavy as well. Our team is all private but maybe 5. No one on our team is going Div 1. There are major wannabes, but they are just that, wannabes.
I came here to say that these public school educators have had all of the Covid-time in the world to create ways to keep these kids playing and busy but haven’t lifted a finger because THEY JUST DON’T HAVE TO. That is where the wheat separates. The private coaches their job depends on it and kids come to them. Their livelihood depends on it.
Public school coaches don’t.
The Nassau and Suffolk public school regional team tryouts had every D1 Coach (some multiple) and all the D3 coaches that the kids would want to go to. All coaches went to the tournament also.
[quote=Anonymous]It still does happen for Public School kids but there is no doubt it is a harder road. Prep kids are more prepared for college is ever aspect and the coaches know that going into it and if it came down to a public or prep kid they will take the prep kid . Go to any founders league game in May it is loaded with ever Div 1 coach you do not see that anymore with the Public schools
Prep programs are like colleges were in the 80's and early 90's. They have recruiting lists, several coaches, funds for trips, alumni outreach programs, offseason programs, gym times, on and on. Public HS who compete and thrive on national level with grassroots efforts and local community (Darien, Yorktown, Duxbury, Manhasset, GC) deserve medals.
I'm sick of lacrosse media putting public and private into the same bucket to rank and judge them.
By the way, the prep surge is a recent phenomenon. Most of the New England preps were not generating many D1 lacrosse players until surge in the 2000's. The prep league with the PG's definitely cranked up their programs-- they used tons of cash, recruited players, and turned into lax factories (Taft, Culver, Brunswick, St Sebastians, etc.) because, like D1 football and hoops, it boosts alumni giving and creates demand from rich local clients (students).
Its pathetic and backwards that lacrosse recruiting to bigtime college programs is so concentrated in such few HS and club programs. With lacrosse growing in popularity across the country, its amazing how such few programs dominate the top recruiting scene. As if the 18th kid on Taft is better than the entire state of Minnesota or Georgia. Please.
Conservatively there are 5-6 potential D1 players on the 91 Warriors but they are not a typical B team. Too bad they didn’t get a chance to show it this year.
Every year 91 has the best B team and I agree every year those teams have many D1 players. However, when it comes time for recruiting those kids go to low level D2 and low level D3 schools. A couple each year will make a decent academic school. It is rare 91 B team players go D1 or go to a great school. Just look at the history. Every year the parents think their team is the exception. They find out they are wrong when it is too late. 2021 Ambush 91 is very good. Handful of commits all d2 and most schools people never heard of. 2020 and 2019 same thing. Great b teams with D1 players but 91 could not place many at a D1 or decent school. Rebels , Legacy and FLG placing many D1s for 2021. Parents have to look at the end game. Check your ego at the door, Trust me your ego will feel a lot better when you say your kid played for the Rebels or FLG but are playing D1 or at a great academic school.
Why would a college coach take a player from one of these teams (Rebels, FLG ect.) over a player that is better but is on 91 B team.
They would not. Ultimately it comes down to how good the player is. If they are not D1 they will not make a D1 school most of the time. BUT IF THEY ARE D1 THEY STILL MAY NOT MAKE D1. FLG and Rebels have legit D1 players for 2021. I think 91 B 2021 has a few too but 91B will almost never get a kid into D1. Those teams FLG and Rebels ( and Outlaws when the Rebels Directors were Outlaws Directors) always place D1 kids every year. 91 B and other big club B teams almost never do even though they have legit D1 players. So if a kid wants to go D1 or high level D3 he is better off going to FLG, Rebels etc. who have Directors with a history of placing kids at great schools rather that 91 B, Express B etc. who have a history of placing kids at schools people never heard of. This topic started with a 91 parent saying 2023 91B team has a bunch of D1 players. If they are smart they will go to FLG or Rebels. History is not kind to where legit D1 91 B team players go to college.
Hello. Quick question. My son is a 2024, so please humor me. He's going to be attending Showtime next summer but I wanted to get him used to the Showcase format. Are there any showcases that would be worthwhile to send my son as a 2024. Thanks.
There probably aren't any worthwhile showcases for 2024. Most colleges aren't looking at that graduation year yet. My son went to Showtime last year ('23), and was scheduled for this year but due to COVID, he will go next summer. Great experience but college coaches are there mostly for older groups. I would recommend waiting till next year after Showtime to dabble into other showcases.
Not only are the Division 1 colleges looking for top players and not players from B teams but the the majority of players taken by Division 1 are prep or Parochial school kids. Public School kids are at a big disadvantage even if on a top club. I think a 91 goalie recently made a top D1 team playing on 91 B team so It does happen but it is rare.
So many of you talk about boys who are on B teams at 13, 14 & 15 years old as if they are talentless bums. First off, do you have any idea how much politics takes place in the formation of these A teams? Every A team has at least one coach's kid who shouldn't be on the team, then there are the friends and family of the coaches and directors, or what about when there are a bunch of kids from the same town so that the 'stud' player has someone to carpool with. Are you completely unaware of the parents who slip an extra envelope to the director to get their son onto one of these 'A' teams? Oh yeah, that happens. Go through 91, Express, Igloo and S2S and there are 8-10 boys on each A team roster who barely get into games or strategically play vs lousy teams. I'm not saying there are 8-10 boys on each B team who could take their spots but there are easily 2-3 boys on these B teams who could compete at the A level if they could break through the nonsense. I've seen situations where a 'B' player is a starter on their high school team over an 'A' team player from the same club. I'd take the high school coach's evaluation over the club director's any day in that situation.
Secondly, do you realize that every kid develops at their own pace? Some are early bloomers, some are undersized throughout grade school and then spring up in 9th grade after all these teams have been selected (try breaking onto one of these clubs for the first time in high school). Even professional sports teams misevaluate players and make terrible mistakes, that's how you get busts like Sam Bowie going over MJ just to name the most famous. Bet you haven't heard that Tom Brady was a sixth rounder! Mike Piazza was taken in the last round of the MLB draft. 13 NBA teams passed on Giannis and he's about to win his 2nd consecutive MVP. What makes you think a random club lacrosse coach or director makes all the right decisions?
Finally, with two boys going through the club scene over the last 10 years, I've seen plenty of "A" players come down to fill out their club's B team for a random tournament and do absolutely nothing and I've seen "B" players step up to fill in for an injured "A" player and dominate like they should have been there the whole time. 'A' rankings and 'B' rankings are fluid terms and subject to change. Take a look at the ebb and flow of some of these top LI teams for 2023, one in particular has fallen off significantly b/c they held on too long to a core that was strong in 2016 & 2017 and haven't made the difficult decision of telling some of their 'A' players the truth.
My son used to play for Express. Two of his teammates were VERY good but could never get pulled up to the A team due to the political nonsense. They both ended up playing for other clubs. One got recruited to Maryland and the other is going to Denver.
Colleges aint look at anyone . Everything so F’*?k up at college level and recruiting now you will start seeing colleges get rid of the non revenue sports like lacrosse .
Doing the same with my '24. Not to catch the coaches eye but to get him used to the format. Due to schedule and location we landed on Apex Fall Showcase in October.
Look at NYIT! Not good!
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The new collaboration between Huggy Bear & Male Bonding members announce debut album 'Book of Curses', out November 6th on What's Your Rupture? They share two new singles, "Stevie K" and "Taking Hits".
Adulkt Life, a new band comprised of Huggy Bear’s Chris Rowley, Male Bonding’s John Arthur Webb and Kevin Hendrick, and drummer Sonny Barrett, announce their debut album, 'Book Of Curses', out November 6th on What’s Your Rupture?
Following their recently released debut single “Country Pride”, they offer two new singles, “Stevie K” and “Taking Hits.”
Huggy Bearled the UK’s answer to riot grrrl, inspired by the “seismic shock” of witnessing a Nation of Ulysses performance together and galvanized by Bikini Kill drummer Tobi Vail’s germinal riot grrrl zine “Jigsaw.” In the 25 years since Chris Rowley played with iconic Huggy Bear, starting a new band hasn't felt right. But after John Arthur Webb (Male Bonding), who Rowley met while picking up records at a Rough Trade shop, asked if he wanted to play music together it
“suddenly it felt super exciting.”
Within a year, Webb and Rowley befriended drummer Sonny Barrett, who worked at a different Rough Trade location and later offered to drum in Adulkt life. The Adulkt Life lineup was finalised when Webb enlisted his best friend and long-time collaborator, Kevin Hendrick (Middex) on bass.
The cut-and-paste word collages Rowley once shouted in Huggy Bear are as cool and thrilling as ever on ‘Book Of Curses’—with chiselled noise hooks expertly mixed by Webb and mastered by Total Control’s Mikey Young, fitting the “cold war bubblegum” aesthetic called out in the lyrics—but charged by the high-stakes of adulthood.
“Taking Hits” is a rally cry for those unable to cry. The explosive “Stevie K” is a “mythic hero/ine song” inspired by Nation of Ulysses guitarist Steve Kroner. In the 1990s, after Rowley and the other members of Huggy Bear saw Nation of Ulysses,
“You couldn’t be a band and want to be anything less than the impact that had on us [...]
We wanted to shake everybody up.”
Adulkt Life honours these impulses. Rowley expands on “Taking Hits” and “Stevie K”:
“‘Taking Hits’...I wanted to forge a battle hymn that would corral our beat down and punch drunk living situations into something transcendent ,stronger of knees and able to stare out the haters.
It’s a synaesthesia yarn synthesising smelling salts, rubbing oils, cheerleading disgust, sugar and vitriol, like if the grifters got up early and went track training in the rain/confused east coast
hard-core with all the floodlights on/jaws clamped like Dan Fante.
‘Stevie K’ was recorded in starvation conditions/prison yard style under the working title ‘Nation of Ulysses ruined my life’ as in ‘where do you take that logic to a limit?’ It’s a mod/art ballad for a
catcher in the rye/no friends shake up steve k mythically emerging from field recordings, in love
with the ruts staring at the rude boys a scream for hope/deliverance.”
Other songs, ablaze, explore lawlessness, authenticity, love, redemption, like fables of radicals across time and space: us versus them, defeat and resurrection, sax squall, noise blasts, visceral empathy for the vulnerable and disenfranchised. Rowley’s apocalyptic visions just happen to appear alongside bedtime stories. On ‘Book Of Curses’, punk means never surrendering your creativity or your curiosity.
‘Book of Curses’ will be released on November 6th via What’s Your Rupture?
Adulkt Life - Book of Curses
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Black Inc. Highlights for Melbourne Writers Festival
The full program for the Melbourne Writers Festival has been announced! Here are some of our picks:
Alzheimer’s in Fiction
How is the experience of Alzheimer’s disease – as patient, carer or onlooker – reflected in fiction? Rachel Khong (Goodbye, Vitamin) and Harriet McKnight (Rain Birds) explore the condition’s effect on family, friends and loved ones in their debut novels.
Reimagining Literary Figures
Dennis Glover (The Last Man in Europe), Ryan O’Neill (Their Brilliant Careers) and Marija Peričić (The Lost Pages) explore the lives and motivations of literary figures real and imagined. From Kafka to Orwell, discover the appeal – and sometimes absurdity – of writers writing about writers.
In Search of Good Governance
How did Australian politics get to its current demoralised state? What needs to change for good governance to return? Join journalists George Megalogenis and Laura Tingle as they explore the past, present and future of Australian politics.
Climate Change Activism
What are the different factions of climate change activism, and how do they come together in cohesive action? Anna Krien (The Long Goodbye) and Indigenous climate activist Amelia Telford discuss the current state of climate change activism, and where it’s heading.
#LoveOzYA
Celebrate local YA with the best in the biz! #LoveOzYA authors Amie Kaufman, Melissa Keil, Ellie Marney and Alice Pung discuss the importance of representation, telling Australian stories and why YA is important for teens and adults alike. With Danielle Binks.
AI: Towards Worklessness
With the rapid evolution of artificial intelligence, will humans become redundant in the workplace? Rutger Bregman, Simon Longstaff, Toby Walsh and Ally Watson discuss the future of worklessness, and its implications for class and social equality.
Women of Substances
Drawing together neuroscientific research and memoir, journalist Jenny Valentish charts the world of substance use in her new book, Woman of Substances. Join her as she explores the gendered experience of drug and alcohol addiction. With Kate Holden.
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Harriet McKnight’s work was shortlisted for the 2014 Overland VU Short Story Prize, the 2015 ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize, and the 2016 Overland Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize. She worked as Managing Editor of The Canary Press. Rain Birds was her debut novel.
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Dennis Glover, the son of factory labourers, grew up in a town just like Factory 19. Educated at Monash and Cambridge universities, he has made a career as one of Australia’s leading speechwriters and political commentators. His first novel, The Last Man in Europe, was nominated for several literary prizes, including the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction. Factory 19 is his second novel.
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Ryan O’Neill is the author of The Weight of a Human Heart and Their Brilliant Careers. He was born in Glasgow in 1975 and has lived in Africa, Europe and Asia before settling in Newcastle, Australia, with his wife and two daughters. His fiction has appeared in The Best Australian Stories, The Sleepers Almanac, Meanjin, New Australian Stories, Wet Ink, Etchings and Westerly. His work has won the Hal Porter …
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Laura Tingle is chief political correspondent for ABC TV’s 7.30. She won the Paul Lyneham Award for Excellence in Press Gallery Journalism in 2004, and Walkley awards in 2005 and 2011. She is the author of Chasing the Future: Recession, Recovery and the New Politics in Australia and two acclaimed Quarterly Essays, Great Expectations and Political Amnesia.
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George Megalogenis has written for The Australian, The Monthly and the Nine papers. His book The Australian Moment won the 2013 Prime Minister’s Literary Award for Non-fiction and the 2012 Walkley Award for Non-fiction, and formed the basis for the ABC documentary series Making Australia Great. His other books include Australia’s Second Chance, The Football Solution, Faultlines, The Longest Decade and two previous Quarterly …
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Alice Pung is an award-winning writer, editor, teacher and lawyer based in Melbourne. She is the bestselling author of Unpolished Gem and Her Father’s Daughter and the editor of the anthologies Growing Up Asian in Australia and My First Lesson. Her first novel, Laurinda, won the Ethel Turner Prize at the 2016 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards.
Photo credit: Courtney Brown
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Jenny Valentish is the author of the acclaimed Woman of Substances, a regular contributor to The Sydney Morning Herald and The Saturday Paper, and former editor of Time Out Melbourne and Triple J’s Jmag. She grew up in Slough, a satellite town of London, and moved to Australia in 2006.
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What Toronto's highways would look like as a TTC map
Toronto's TTC map has inspired numerous artworks, from fantastical renderings that predict an optimistic and more connected future for our city to a Jimmy Choo version that costs more than $1000. The latest such interpretation show us what Ontario's highways would look like if plotted on the transit grid.
Created by engineer Sassan Sanei, the map features the 401 as the focal point; it replaces the Bloor-Danforth line. The Yonge-University-Spadina line is a combination of the 402, 403 and 410 and the Scarborough Line stretches all the way to Ottawa.
"Highway 407 ETR, in purple, resembles the Sheppard subway line," writes Sanei in a blog post, "as it carves a path eastward only to end abruptly, well short of many travelers' destinations."
Sanei took many creative liberties with his project, such as including a monorail line that runs from Cambridge up to Barrie. While the map plots the province's highways (both real and imagined), I can't help but to think of the possibilities if we actually had a subway system that looked like this.
Check out a high resolution version of the map here.
What do you think of this TTC highways map? Let us know in the comments.
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Toronto is upset over new security measures at the ACC
Toronto might be excited for the Leafs and Raptors to get their seasons started, but there's already been a damper to the early enthusiasm. The Air Canada Centre's new security measures have some fans furious.
New policies that came into effect on September 1 will prohibit patrons from bringing in bags larger than 14" x 14" x 6" and have done away with in-and-out privileges during events.
One argument is that security is already so slow at the arena that these new rules will only make things worse.
But it was smokers who were the most vocal about the new policies.
Some argued that the new rules were to rooted in a perceived threat of terrorism and a reaction to acts of violence like the Manchester Arena bombing last May.
While others sounded dramatic notes of despair at the perceived over-protection policies.
Perhaps the best reactions were sentimental, concerned over the fate of beloved Dart Guy who stole the hearts of Leaf's fans everywhere when he appeared in the stands, dart-in-mouth, a shining beacon of hope.
It's all a moot point, like complaining about the ACC changing its name next year. The sports facility will impose the security policies it sees fit, but shouting into the social media echo chamber is nevertheless cathartic.
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What I've Read/Listened To In 2016
I've done this in the past, and after reading Stuart McMillian's list, I thought it would be nice to jot down some of the books, podcasts, research I've really enjoyed in 2016.
Sleep - Nick Littlehale (5/5)
Extreme Ownership - Jocko Willink (2.5/5)
Ego Is The Eneemy - Ryan Williams (4.5/5)
Obstacle Is The Way - Ryan Williams (4/5)
Grit - Angela Duckworth (3.5/5)
Legacy - James Kerr (4.5/5)
Start With Why - Simon Sinek (3.5/5)
Leaders Eat Last - Simon Sinek (4/5)
Essentialism - Greg McKeown (4.5/5)
The Power of Habit - Charles Duhigg (3/5)
Quiet: The Power of Introverts - Susan Cain (5/5)
Generation IY - Tim Elmore (5/5)
Outliers - Malcolm Gladwell (3.5/5)
A Guide To Better Movement - Todd Hargrove (4/5)
Steal Like An Artist - Austin Kleon (3.5/5)
Show Your Work - Austin Kleon (3/5)
Mindset - Carol Dweck (3.5/5)
The Champions Mind - Jim Afremow (4/5)
The 4 Hour Work Week - (1.5/5)
Mastery - Robert Green (4/5)
Antifragile - Nassim Taleb (4/5)
CEO Strength Coach - Ron McKeefery (3.5/5)
Strength Training and Coordination - Frans Bosch
Planned For 2017
I have the following books laying around and haven't gotten around to them yet or they are on my Amazon wishlist.
So Good They Can't Ignore You - Cal Newport
Contagious - Jonah Berger
The Art of War - Sun Tzu
The Hedgehog and the Fox - Isiah Berlin
Flow - Mihaly Csikszenentmihalyi
Everytime I Find Meaning In My Life, They Change It - Daniel Klein
Rework - Jason Fried
Why Kids Hate School - Daniel Willingham
How Children Succeed - Paul Tough
Most Likely To Succeed - Tony Wagner
The Champions Comeback - Jim Afremow
5 People You Meet In Heaven - Mitch Albom
5 Love Languages - Gary Chapman
The Brain Always Wins - John Sullivan
How To Support A Champion - Steve Ingham
Mechanics of Sprinting and Hurdling - Ralph Mann
What We Need Is Speed - Henk Kraajenhof
7 Key To Being A Great Coach - Allistar McCaw
16 Things Great Teams Do Differently - Don Yaeger
Elite Performance Podcast - Us at BBA! (Selfish Plug :)
Perception & Action Podcast - Rob Gray
The EntrelLeadership Podcast - Ken Coleman
Historic Performance Podcast - James Darly
Tell Me Something I Don't Know - Stephen Dubner
Van Hooren, B., & Bosch, F. (2016). Influence of Muscle Slack on High-Intensity Sport Performance: A Review. Strength & Conditioning Journal, 38(5), 75-87.
Nimphius, S., Callaghan, S. J., Sptieri, T., & Lockie, R. G. (2016). Change of direction deficit: A more isolated measure of change of direction performance than total 505 time. J. Strength Cond. Res.
Rumpf, M. C., Lockie, R. G., Cronin, J. B., & Jalilvand, F. (2016). Effect of Different Sprint Training Methods on Sprint Performance Over Various Distances: A Brief Review. The Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research, 30(6), 1767-1785.
Petrakos, G., Morin, J. B., & Egan, B. (2016). Resisted Sled Sprint Training to Improve Sprint Performance: A Systematic Review. Sports Medicine, 46(3), 381-400.
Morin, J. B., & Samozino, P. (2016). Interpreting Power-Force-Velocity Profiles for Individualized and Specific Training. International Journal of Sports Physiology & Performance, 11(2).
Gabbett, T. J. (2016). The training—injury prevention paradox: should athletes be training smarter and harder?. British journal of sports medicine,50(5), 273-280.
Rhea, M. R., Kenn, J. G., Peterson, M. D., Massey, D., Simão, R., Marin, P. J., ... & Krein, D. (2016). Joint-Angle Specific Strength Adaptations Influence Improvements in Power in Highly Trained Athletes. Human Movement, 17(1), 43-49.
de Hoyo, M., Sañudo, B., Carrasco, L., Mateo-Cortes, J., Domínguez-Cobo, S., Fernandes, O., ... & Gonzalo-Skok, O. (2016). Effects of 10-week eccentric overload training on kinetic parameters during change of direction in football players. Journal of sports sciences, 34(14), 1380-1387.
de Hoyo, M., Gonzalo-Skok, O., Sañudo, B., Carrascal, C., Plaza-Armas, J. R., Camacho-Candil, F., & Otero-Esquina, C. (2016). Comparative Effects of In-Season Full-Back Squat, Resisted Sprint Training, and Plyometric Training on Explosive Performance in U-19 Elite Soccer Players. The Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research, 30(2), 368-377.
Van Hooren, B., & Bosch, F. (2016). Is there really an eccentric action of the hamstrings during the swing phase of high-speed running? part I: A critical review of the literature. Journal of Sports Sciences, 1-9.
Van Hooren, B., & Bosch, F. (2016). Is there really an eccentric action of the hamstrings during the swing phase of high-speed running? Part II: Implications for exercise. Journal of Sports Sciences, 1-12.
Hausler, J., Halaki, M., & Orr, R. (2016). Application of Global Positioning System and Microsensor Technology in Competitive Rugby League Match-Play: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Sports Medicine, 46(4), 559-588.
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Phases Of Sprinting
As we breakdown the phases of sprinting, we'll do so in 2 ways.
1) Acceleration Speed vs Top End Speed
2) Phases of the Sprinting Cycle
Each of these will present similarities, differences, and carryover that will clear up some ideas and discussion about training for enhancing speed.
Acceleration vs Top-End Speed
When talking about sport performance, especially pertaining to team sports, acceleration speed is king. Most team sports live in the 0-15-yard range, and for this reason, focusing the bulk of speed training on acceleration speed is a smart idea.
That being said, this doesn't mean top-end speed is unnecessary. In sports like football, soccer, rubgy, lacrosse, many of the big, game-breaking plays are a result of an athletes great top-end speed. So while it may occur less often than acceleration, when top-end speed is needed it's often for a big play.
Also, when we talk about top-end speed, we must realize these are not track and field athletes. What I mean by that is track and field take roughly 50-60m to reach top-end speed, and they do this on purpose.
Team sport athletes accelerate to top speed quicker out of neccesity and have been shown to reach top-end speed as quickly as 20-yards. Now with this information, when you look at many team sports, there will be many more instances when athletes will have to run 20-yards in a straight line. So while it occurs less frequently than acceleration, it does occur quite a bit and athletes adapt strategies to reach top-end speed more quickly.
All in all, the interplay of mechanics, timing, rhythm, high velocity muscular contractions and simultaneous muscular relaxation, elasticity, coordination, eccentric-isometric-concentric actions, etc make sprinting incredibly unique.
I often say if there was only one exercise to do for the rest of time - it would be sprinting.
When breaking down acceleration and top-end speed, there are different technical, mechanical, and coaching that make each unique. Knowing this will allow a coach to better communicate, cue, and evaluate each phase.
Acceleration - Characteristics
Ninety percent of sprints in soccer and 68% of sprints in rugby are 20m of shorter. Also in many sports, acceleration speed is preceded by movement. For example, a player is walking, jogging, shuffling - and all of a sudden they must shift gears and accelerate.
Strictly performing acceleration drills from a standing start isn't accurate to what many sports actually experience. It's a different skill set to accelerate from a stand still, than it is from a moving start - so performing both is a must.
Let's look at some basic acceleration characteristics...
Ground Contact Times = ~.17-.22sec
Forward Body Lean = ~40-50-Degrees (depending on strength, level of athlete)
Low Heel Recovery
Foot Lands Behind COM (For first 1-3 steps for better sprinters. Foot may NOT land behind COM in low level sprinters)
Big Split in Hands
Acceleration - What To Look For
The biggest thing to look for during acceleration is if the athlete is getting a full push. We want a committed push, not a rushed, shortened turnover.
We tell our athletes all the time - don't be the cartoon character, the roadrunner - spinning your wheels but not going anywhere.
Each stride should be purposeful with the intent to put as much force into the ground as possible. As a coach you should look for...
Straight Line Heel to Head
Thigh Split - ~100-Degrees
Positive Shin Angles
The other unique aspect of acceleration is - no matter your sport, improving acceleration mechanics will help your performance. Take a look at these pictures... Every sport accelerates and knowing what to look for and HOW to improve these mechanics will improve performance.
Acceleration - What To Say
As the coaching world continues to grow and expand, it's becoming more and more evident that what we say, and how we say it matters! It's not just X's and O's, it's about communication and stimulating motor learning, and a lot of this is done by the words we use.
It's clear that external cueing is king and it's much more effective than internal cueing in improving performance and motor functioning. Porter el at (2015) showed that external cueing led to a decrease of .12sec in a 20m sprint.
Remember what we say and how we say it directly influences movement behavior. Here are some ideas on external cueing during acceleration.
PUSH, PUSH, PUSH
Push the Ground Behind You
Drive Out Like A Jet Plane Driving Down The Runway
Explode Off The Ground Like A Rocket
Pop Knee's Forward and Pop Off The Ground
Project Away From The Line Like Being Shot Out Of A Cannon
Top-End Characteristics
Top-end differs from acceleration in a few key ways, mainly body positioning and ground contact times. In fact, ground contact times are half of what is seen during acceleration phases.
This means less time on the ground to produce force and more need for elastic components and impulses. To maximize these things posture and mechanics are key, and as a coach here are some important characteristics of top-end speed...
Upright Body Position
High Heel Recovery
Ground Reaction Forces = 5xBW
Top-End - What To Look For
The actions of top-end sprinting occur so quickly it is advisable to record and break it down frame by frame. Things happen just to fast for the un-trained eye, that video will give you a much better understanding of what's really happening.
When looking at sprinting, these things are a must...
Stacked Head, Spine, Hips
Neutral or Dorsiflexed Ankle
At Ground Contact
Vertical Shin
100% of Height
Swing Knee Even or In Front of Grounded Knee
Top-End - What To Say
As we touched upon earlier, the ground contact times during sprinting are under a tenth of a second. This is not enough time to actually consciously think about something or elicit change while on the ground.
This means our coaching needs to move away from words and cues that try create images of force production, and instead focus on being like a spring or pogo. Words like the following create the correct image and motor response needed for the demands of top-end sprinting.
Push Yourself Tall
Be Like A Whip
Snap Off The Ground
Phases of the Sprinting Cycle
To better understand what is happening during sprinting, it is important to understand the different phases of the sprint cycle. Now many people may classify the phases differently or assign them different names, but the important part is to understand, that during these times, certain actions needs to be occurring. If they are not, speed and efficiency will be limited.
1) Ground Preparation
Each phase is vitally important, but ground prep might be the most important as it dictates success during the other phases.
During ground prep, the leg is actively driving into the ground. THIS IS A MUST. An athlete cannot produce force once their foot is on the ground, there is simply not enough time. They must actively be extending and driving while the foot is still in the air.
The ankle/foot should ideally have some dorsiflexion and it cannot be plantarflexed. Dorsiflexion allows for greater stored elastic energy and shorter ground contact times.
2) Ground Contact
Ground contact occurs as the foot touches the ground. During this time, we see huge amounts of isometric strength in the whole leg as the goal is to become stiff and resist deformation.
Remember, at ground contact, the body experiences forces as much at 5xBW. The goal is to not collapse under these forces and instead act like a spring.
During initial acceleration, we want to see ground contact take place behind the COM and have a positive shin angle. During top-end sprinting, we want to see ground contact as close to under the COM as possible and have an upright shin.
At ground contact, the athlete should be 100% of their height, and their hips shouldn't overly sink or sag towards to grounded leg. As the athletes leaves the ground, they should maintain this height and actually look as though they are floating across the ground. Low, sinking runners are a sign of poor elastic abilities and lack the ability to create rigidness, and instead try to muscle through running which leads to loud steps and longer ground contact times.
3) Toe-Off
I actually classify the 2nd half of ground contact as toe-off. This is a different phase because during the 2nd half of the whole ground contact phase, the athlete needs to be actively preparing for flight.
The athlete should NOT be trying to push or continue to drive the foot behind the body. Instead they should already be dorsiflexing their ankle/foot to elicit the crossed extensor reflex and getting their leg preparing for the flight phase.
"Sprinters do not actually reach full extension because they are already actively
recovering the leg before the foot is actually off the ground"
- Ralph Mann
4) Flight
Flight phase occurs as the leg leaves the ground and gets back into position for ground preparation. During this phase we want as little backside mechanics as possible. The goal is to have the knee take the shortest path as possible to get back to the front side of the body.
As the opposite leg drives into the ground and reaches ground contact, we want to see the flight leg knee be even or in front of the grounded leg. I call this the figure 4 position.
If this position does not occur, we know the athlete is spending too much time on backside mechanics and losing valuable time.
Provided is some basic background on the phases of sprinting and some of the key characteristics of each. This information is important so understand HOW to address potential errors and develop a game plan to address training.
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Search results for “Mary Oliver”
“I Go Down to the Shore”: Natascha McElhone Reads Mary Oliver’s Spare, Splendid Antidote to Melancholy and Personal Misery
Consolation for the waves of sorry from the waves of the sea.
“Let us… seek peace… near the inland murmur of streams, and the gracious waving of trees, the beauteous vesture of earth, and sublime pageantry of the skies,” Mary Shelley wrote two hundred years ago as she envisioned a world ravaged by a deadly pandemic and weighed what makes life worth living. “The setting sun will always set me to rights,” the melancholy John Keats wrote in the same era, a century and a half before Lorraine Hansberry considered the mightiest remedy for depression and observed that “hills, the trees, sunrise and sunset — the lake the moon and the stars / summer clouds — the poets have been right in these centuries.”
To divert the beam of your attention to nature, to take in the staggering scale of spacetime under the starlit sky or the miniature cosmos of aliveness on the scale of moss or the blooming of a single potted flower, is to step beyond the smallness of your own experience, beyond its all-consuming sorrows and its all-important fixations, and into a calibrated perspective that arrives like a colossal exhale from the lung of life.
“Skybreath” by Maria Popova. (Available as a print.)
That is what Mary Oliver (September 10, 1935–January 17, 2019) offers in her spare, splendid poem “I Go Down to the Shore,” found in her 2012 collection A Thousand Mornings (public library) and brought to life by actor extraordinaire, my dear friend, and voice of Figuring Natascha McElhone at the 2020 Universe in Verse, celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of Earth Day — a hallmark awakening of our ecological conscience, inspired by Rachel Carson’s work — as Earth was being stilled and disdayed by a deadly pandemic that suddenly made the interconnectedness of life and lives viscerally real. Against this backdrop, Oliver’s poem sings quiet, powerful consolation for the fear- and sorrow-contracted pinhole of our perspective.
I GO DOWN TO THE SHORE
by Mary Oliver
I go down to the shore in the morning
and depending on the hour the waves
are rolling in or moving out,
and I say, oh, I am miserable,
what shall —
what should I do? And the sea says
in its lovely voice:
Excuse me, I have work to do.
Complement with Mary Oliver’s equally, differently perspectival poem “When I Am Among the Trees” and Natascha’s enchanting narration of Hermann Hesse’s 100-year-old love letter to trees, then revisit other highlights from The Universe in Verse: Patti Smith reading Emily Dickinson’s ode to how the world holds together, astronaut Leland Melvin reading Pablo Neruda’s love letter to the forest, a breathtaking animation of Marie Howe’s poem “Singularity,” and astronomer-poet Rebecca Elson’s staggering “Antidotes to Fear of Death.”
Of Owls and Roses: Mary Oliver on Happiness, Terror, and the Sublime Interconnectedness of Life
“The world where the owl is endlessly hungry and endlessly on the hunt is the world in which I live too. There is only one world.”
“Go to the limits of your longing… Let everything happen to you: beauty and terror,” Rilke urged in his Book of Hours, his poetic cadence assuring us to “just keep going,” for “nearby is the country they call life.” Rilke sensed that, as the great naturalist John Muir observed a generation earlier, “when we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe.” In such a universe, beauty is not so easily unhitched from terror — they coexist in one of those essential batteries whose two poles, like fear and hope, charge life with meaning, with aliveness.
We see this everywhere in nature: Virginia Woolf captured it in her arresting account of a total solar eclipse, and Coleridge captured it in contemplating the interplay of terror and transcendence in a storm. And like all that is true of nature, this duality of beauty and terror is also true of the subset of nature comprising our experience — the subset we call human nature: When happiness comes at us unbidden and elemental, there is almost a terror to its coming — to the totality of it, to the way it submerges and saturates and supinates us with something vast and uncontrollable and sublime, thrusting us past the limits of our longing.
This essential battery is what Mary Oliver (September 10, 1935–January 17, 2019) — a Rilke for our own time: a rare philosopher-poet of immense and tender attentiveness to the living world and to our human interiority — explores in one of the pieces collected in the 2003 treasure Owls and Other Fantasies: Poems and Essays (public library).
Owls from Richard Lydekker’s 1893 natural history of owls. (Available as a print and as a face mask, benefiting The Nature Conservancy.)
In an essay about owls — which, like all excellent essays, fans out fractally from its subject to become about something else, something elemental and existential — Oliver reflects on these mysterious and astonishing creatures as she wanders the woodlands of Provincetown near her home, searching for the nest of the great horned owl, “this bird with the glassy gaze, restless on the bough, nothing but blood on its mind.” She writes:
In the night, when the owl is less than exquisitely swift and perfect, the scream of the rabbit is terrible. But the scream of the owl, which is not of pain and hopelessness and the fear of being plucked out of the world, but of the sheer rollicking glory of the death-bringer, is more terrible still. When I hear it resounding through the woods, and then the five black pellets of its song dropping like stones into the air, I know I am standing at the edge of the mystery, in which terror is naturally and abundantly part of life, part of even the most becalmed, intelligent, sunny life — as, for example, my own. The world where the owl is endlessly hungry and endlessly on the hunt is the world in which I live too. There is only one world.
In this one world — a miraculous and irreplaceable world; a world in which, as the poetic scientist and nature writer Loren Eiseley so memorably observed, “we forget that nature itself is one vast miracle transcending the reality of night and nothingness… that each one of us in his personal life repeats that miracle” — the bloodthirst in the owl’s bosom is inseparable from the lifethirst in our own, as beauty and terror are inseparable from one another and from the fulness of being that is life being lived.
Red poppy by the self-taught 18th-century artist and botanist Elizabeth Blackwell from the world’s first encyclopedia of medicinal plants. (Available as a print and as a face mask, benefiting The Nature Conservancy.)
In a passage evocative of Willa Cather’s splendid definition of happiness, Oliver writes:
Sometimes, while I have stood listening to the owl’s song drifting through the trees, when it is ten degrees above nothing and life for any small creature is hard enough without that, I have found myself thinking of summer fields. Fields full of flowers — poppies or lupines. Or, here, fields where the roses hook into the dunes, and their increase is manyfold. All summer they are red and pink and white tents of softness and nectar, which wafts and hangs everywhere — a sweetness so palpable and excessive that, before it, I’m struck, I’m taken, I’m conquered; I’m washed into it, as though it was a river, full of dreaming and idleness — I drop to the sand, I can’t move; I am restless no more; I am replete, supine, finished, filled to the last edges with an immobilizing happiness. And is this not also terrible? Is this not also frightening?
Are the roses not also — even as the owl is — excessive? Each flower is small and lovely, but in their sheer and silent abundance the roses become an immutable force, as though the work of the wild roses was to make sure that all of us, who come wandering over the sand, may be, for a while, struck to the heart and saturated with a simple joy. Let the mind be teased by such stretches of the imagination, by such balance. Now I am cringing at the very sound of the owl’s dark wings opening over my head — not long ago I could do nothing but lounge on the sand and stare into the cities of the roses.
Owl from Lydekker’s 1893 natural history of owls. (Available as a print and a face mask, benefiting The Nature Conservancy.)
Complement the altogether wondrous Owls and Other Fantasies with Oliver on how to live with maximal aliveness, the two building blocks of creativity, her advice on writing, her moving elegy for her soul mate, and her radiant ode to trees.
Amanda Palmer Reads “When I Am Among the Trees” by Mary Oliver
“You too have come into the world to do this, to go easy, to be filled with light, and to shine.”
“Aside from the appearance of a tree by day or night, is it not kin of the human family with its roots in the earth and its arms stretching toward the sky as if to seek and to know the great mystery?” the artist Art Young wondered in the 1920s in the brief preface to his stunning Rorschach silhouettes of trees at night. Artists, poets, and philosophers have long turned to trees as a clarifying and consolatory force for our human struggles, from William Blake’s most beautiful metaphor to Walt Whitman’s reverence for their wisdom to Martin Buber’s arboreal existentialism.
Still, I have encountered no lovelier celebration of trees than the one Mary Oliver (September 10, 1935–January 17, 2019) offers in her poem “When I Am Among the Trees,” originally published in 2006, later included in her farewell gift to the world, Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver (public library), and read here by tree-lover, poetry-lover, and my dear friend Amanda Palmer:
WHEN I AM AMONG THE TREES
When I am among the trees,
especially the willows and the honey locust,
equally the beech, the oaks and the pines,
they give off such hints of gladness.
I would almost say that they save me, and daily.
I am so distant from the hope of myself,
in which I have goodness, and discernment,
and never hurry through the world
but walk slowly, and bow often.
Around me the trees stir in their leaves
and call out, “Stay awhile.”
The light flows from their branches.
And they call again, “It’s simple,” they say,
“and you too have come
into the world to do this, to go easy, to be filled
with light, and to shine.”
“Shine” by Maria Popova. (Available as a print.)
Complement with the fascinating science of what trees feel and how they communicate, the story of Wangari Maathai’s inspiring movement of planting trees as a form of resistance and empowerment, which made her the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize, and another stunning tree poem by another of the rare seer-poets of our time — “Optimism” by Jane Hirshfield — then revisit Mary Oliver on how books saved her life, the two building blocks of creativity, how to live with maximal aliveness, her advice on writing, and her moving elegy for her soul mate.
For more of Amanda’s generous indulgences of my poetical demands, hear her readings of “The Hubble Photographs” by Adrienne Rich, “Questionnaire” by Wendell Berry, “Having It Out With Melancholy” by Jane Kenyon, “Humanity i love you” by E.E. Cummings, “Possibilities” by Wisława Szymborska, and “The Mushroom Hunters” by Neil Gaiman.
Amanda’s work, like my own, is made possible by patronage — join me in supporting her music so that she may go on donating her voice and goodwill to trees and poems and kindnesses to friends.
Mary Oliver’s Advice on Writing
“Look for verbs of muscle, adjectives of exactitude.”
“I read the way a person might swim, to save his or her life. I wrote that way too,” the irreplaceable Mary Oliver (September 10, 1935–January 17, 2019) reflected in her lovely autobiographical essay on how literature saved her life. But what does it take to write such buoyant literature — be it poetry or prose — that lends itself as a lifeboat to those far from the shore of being?
A decade after she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry and three years after receiving the National Book Award, Oliver distilled her wisdom on writing into a short prose poem titled “Sand Dabs, One,” found in her 1995 book Blue Pastures (public library) — just a few lines, largehearted and limber, each saturated with meaning and illustrating the principle it espouses in a clever meta-manifestation of that principle embedded in the language itself.
Mary Oliver in 1964. Photograph by her partner, Molly Malone Cook, from Our World by Mary Oliver.)
Oliver writes:
Lists, and verbs, will carry you many a dry mile.
To imitate or not to imitate — the question is easily satisfied. The perils of not imitating are greater than the perils of imitating.
Always remember — the speaker doesn’t do it. The words do it.
The idea must drive the words. When the words drive the idea, it’s all floss and gloss, elaboration, air bubbles, dross, pomp, frump, strumpeting.
Don’t close the poem as you opened it, unless your name is Blake and you have written a poem about a Tyger.
Complement with this extensive collection of advice on writing from some of the finest writers in the English language, then revisit Oliver on love, the two building blocks of creativity, what attention really means, and how to live with maximal aliveness.
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Cattle Industry Is Big Driver of Amazon Deforestation, But Is Doing Little to Change This
by Tara MacIsaac March 12, 2017
In almost every aisle of the grocery store, you can find products from the palm oil, soy, wood, and cattle industries. Together, these industries are responsible for more than a third of tropical deforestation annually, according to the non-profit organization Forest Trends.
While strides have been made by all four industries toward establishing deforestation-free commodity supply chains, the cattle industry has lagged behind the others.
In a 2016 survey of more than 550 major companies with ties to these commodities, Forest Trends found that 61 percent of companies active in palm oil made commitments to cleaning up their chains, compared to only 15 percent of those active in the cattle industry. Yet cattle products are responsible for at least ten percent more deforestation than palm.
Beef cattle are the largest commodity driver of deforestation globally, according to the think tank Global Canopy Program (GCP) in its report “Sleeping Giants of Deforestation,” released in December 2016. GCP also highlighted the cattle industry’s inertia compared with other forest-linked industries.
According to the report, the cattle industry remains the largest commodity driver of deforestation, but only about a quarter of companies that operate within the cattle product supply chain have policies in place regarding environmental impacts.
The Union of Concerned Scientists has also pointed to the massive deforestation caused by cattle beef – more than twice as much as the other major industries of soybeans, palm oil, and wood products.
According to some NGOs and industry players, this inertia may be connected to the complexity of cattle supply chains, low consumer demand for deforestation-free cattle products, and a lack of industry unity.
Supply Chain Complexity
JBS runs the world’s largest slaughterhouse and meat processing operation and is one of Brazil’s biggest beef producers. The company employs more than 230,000 people globally, according to their website.
It buys cattle daily so that they’re fresh for the slaughter, choosing from a pool of about 70,000 suppliers, according to the company. Of those, 40,000 are in the Amazon. There’s a difficulty, however, in that parts of the region are connected to cattle industry-linked deforestation.
Marcio Nappo, sustainability director of Brazilian beef processor JBS, explains that this is partially tied to the complexities of the cattle supply chain. In the daily shuffle of searching for cattle suppliers, slaughterhouses can lose control.
“I cannot control my raw materials; it is a pure commodity market, driven by price,” Nappo said. “I don’t have any idea who will be my supplier tomorrow.”
JBS is part of the Cattle Agreement, which several major producers signed on to about seven years ago as a part of a pledge to be deforestation-free. But according to Nappo, constant uncertainty in supply chain factors make effective monitoring difficult. An assessment in 2015 of actors in the agreement found that JBS had made “substantial changes” to its procurement criteria.
Simon Hall, tropical forest and agriculture program manager for the nonprofit National Wildlife Federation (NWF), agrees that this daily shuffle is a particular obstacle to the cattle industry. According to Hall, soy, paper, and palm oil companies have greater control and stability in terms of suppliers.
For example, whereas soy processors often have long-term contractual relationships with farmers, the cattle industry operates largely through one-off transactions. It can be more difficult to get buy-in from producers and change practices on the ground when there aren’t strong supply chain relationships, he said.
Soy, palm, or timber crops also take several months or years to grow in a stationary lot, making them a little simpler to track, but cattle frequently changes hands. That makes it harder to track its source and ensure that it is deforestation-free.
“The field of soy isn’t going to up and move to the municipality next door, but cattle move around and can be transferred to different areas,” Hall said.
He added that an animal is often sold for slaughter when it’s about 40 months old, yet it may have only spent the last three or four months of its life at the ranch from which the slaughterhouse bought it.
According to Carlos Saviani, WWF’s vice president of sustainable food, such transfers can be numerous.
“One animal… before it reaches a slaughterhouse can pass through 10 different properties,” Saviani said. “It could be born in one farm, weaned in another farm, it could be raised until a year and half in another farm, and then it could go to auction and be sold to a feedlot. You have people that buy cattle and aggregate cattle from smaller producers into a larger farm.”
Supply Monitoring
Efforts by companies like JBS to monitor their suppliers for deforestation often only extend to direct suppliers. JBS uses satellite imagery and other geospatial tracking technologies to check up on its direct suppliers daily to make sure no new land has been cleared, according to the company.
But it cannot ensure that the several different properties the cattle passed through – via indirect suppliers – have not contributed to deforestation.
Though Saviani praises the work of JBS and other companies that have invested in monitoring their direct suppliers, he said that indirect suppliers may still be responsible for much deforestation. He also said that more comprehensive tracking has been accomplished in other regions, like Uruguay and North America. But it is not yet industry-wide.
For example, in Uruguay, each animal is tagged with an individual chip that records every move it has made from birth to slaughterhouse. This chip links into a government-run database.
NWF’s Hall notes that he is working with other NGOs and cattle industry players in Brazil to improve tracking. That includes a data tracking system currently in place nationwide to track vaccinations for hoof and mouth disease. It doesn’t track individual animals, but rather batches of animals, so it isn’t as comprehensive as the system in Uruguay.
The goal is to integrate deforestation information into this vaccination tracking system. It will still take some work to figure out the technical details, but Hall is hopeful that this will soon allow companies to track the movement of cattle from birth to slaughter and to make sure each ranch the cattle passes through is deforestation-free.
Lack of Consumer Pressure
Perception also plays a role in an aspect critical for accountability: public pressure. Forest Trends found in its survey of major companies with ties to forest-linked commodities that cattle companies had less fear of losing customers due to deforestation than the companies in other commodity industries.
It reported that 54 percent of timber and pulp companies fear backlash from customers if they support deforestation practices; 52 percent of palm companies expressed the same worry; 41 percent of soy companies; and 36 percent of cattle companies.
Retailers have put some pressure on slaughterhouses and ranchers to prevent deforestation. For example, Walmart and other major grocers in Brazil have committed in recent years to sourcing zero-deforestation beef.
But compared to other forest commodities, Saviani said, various links in the cattle industry still lag behind. The Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) has about 3,000 members, while the Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (GRSB) has about 70 members. The RSPO was formed in 2003, while the GRSB is only four years old.
Hall, from NWF, said that NGOs have also been working longer on raising awareness about deforestation in the paper industry than in the cattle industry. Cattle products are now receiving more attention in this regard, but it will take time for consumer awareness to catch up.
Industry Unity
Neither the GRSB nor the various national roundtables on sustainable beef have started certifying products, though they have set some indicators and criteria to measure progress. The Forest Trends report noted that certification in other commodities, such as that provided by the RSPO, can help companies measure their progress and communicate it to consumers.
“Certification schemes provide a turnkey option toward sustainability that many companies are pursuing,” the report states.
The stand against deforestation is not an industry norm when it comes to cattle products, which makes it harder for individual cattle companies to compete when they commit to it, according to JBS’s Nappo. He said they have lost a lot of suppliers.
He added that in contrast, the entire soy industry in Brazil has collectively made a zero-deforestation commitment. The trade association does the monitoring, taking the burden off individual companies. Without similar industry support, JBS is left to provide not only its own monitoring but also its own support infrastructure to help its suppliers improve.
The Forest Trends report notes just that, stating that, “In spite of … criticisms [that certification criteria are sometimes inadequate], development of certification schemes may offer an opportunity for more companies with … cattle exposure to establish initial deforestation-related commitments and increase ambition over time.”
Forest Trends, “Tracking Corporate Commitments to Deforestation Free Supply Chains,” 2016.
Gibbs, H.K., Munger, J., L’Roe, J., Barreto, P., Pereira, R., Christie, M., Amaral, T. and Walker, N.F. (2015). “Did Ranchers and Slaughterhouses Respond to Zero Deforestation Agreements in the Brazilian Amazon?” Conservation Letters.
Tara MacIsaac is a freelance journalist and editor for Epoch Times. She is based in Canada and you can find her on Twitter at @TaraMacIsaac
This article appeared originally in Mongabay – https://news.mongabay.com
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Meet the First Bigby’s Tripster Top 5 Finalists
on Saturday, January 12, 2019 in Cagayan de Oro City, Entertainment, Events, Lifestyle
Last year, we posted about Bigby's Cafe's search for the first ever Bigby’s Tripster with the following mechanics:
Open to all nationalities aged 18-28 years old (Male/Female).
Like and followed Bigbys Social Media Pages (Facebook, Twitter and Instagram).
Record a short video (maximum of 1 minute) telling why you deserve to be the first ever Bigby’s Tripster.
Upload the video to your timeline (make the post public) tag Bigbys either on FB and IG and use the hashtag #BigbysTripster.
Send your most recent photo to bigbystripster@gmail.com along with your social media handle (Facebook, Twitter and Instagram) and the link to the entry video you posted on your profile.
Stay tuned and wait for Bigbys Creative Team to get in touch with you.
Deadline of submissions is until November 15, 2018 only.
A lot of hopefuls submitted their videos and now, Bigby's Cafe has chosen the top 5.
But before introducing the top 5, let's discuss once again "What is Bigby's Tripster?" for those who doesn't know what it is all about.
2019 will be Bigby’s 20th year and they have an exciting campaign entitled “Be the First Bigby’s Tripster”. It will focus on travel, vlogging, and food...just what the Bigby’s brand stands for.
The Bigby’s Tripster is a one (1) year campaign wherein Bigbys will be producing video episodes to be featured on thier social media accounts starting with the Search, the Tripster Challege and the travel escapades of the winning Tripster.
What is a Bigbys Tripster? The first Bigby’s Tripster can either be a male or female, aged 18 to 28 years old. He/she must embody Bigby’s love for travel, adventure, excitement and food. He must also be into vlogging (video blog) or telling their new stories and experiences through videos. Open for all those amateur and aspiring vloggers who want to kick-start their vlogging careers!
As the first Bigby’s Tripster, he/she gets to experience all of these prizes:
Get an exclusive 1-year contract as the first Bigby’s Tripster!
Win an all-expense paid trip to one local and one international destination!
Get equipped with a brand-new GoPro!
Be entitled to Bigby’s dining privileges!
P20,000 worth of rides from Grab!
P20,000 worth of GCash Credits!
Be travel ready with brand new luggage and travel gears from The Travel Club, Res-Toe-Run,
R.O.X., Herschel and Grind!
Plus, a whole lot more!
In short, they are looking for a Bigby's Ambassador with cool, exciting prizes!
Okay, now that you have an idea what is a Bigbys Tripster, let's meet the top 5 Finalists!
Tripster Al
Al Na'ir U. Moralde is a Vlogger from Cagayan de Oro City. A content creator of mostly comedic theme, he is known for his Rich Kid problem videos. You can check his Youtube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCx1lPhUXisMZNdoFe8CauYg
Tripster Kay
Kaycynt Joyce E. Lucagbo is an inspiring chef, loves travelling and also a Vlogger in Cagayan de Oro City. He loves documenting her travels around the Philippines thru videos and photos and posted it on her facebook page https://web.facebook.com/kaycynt/.
Tripster Gats
Julian Pablo Lizada Lopez is a newbie vlogger and a professional dancer from Davao City who recently won an international dance contest recently. You can follow his Youtube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/julianpablo1/videos and his dance crew FB Page at https://web.facebook.com/hatawdabaw.vdfs
Tripster Nana
Bena Marisse Silayro is a cutie and bubbly Social Media Influencer and Vlogger from Iloilo City. You can check her youtube channel "What's New Iloilo by Nana & Tom" at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpCp4A5ww0oVcQFvbsAUw2A/videos
Tripster Rigel
Rigel Thomas C. Morre is a Youtuber from Cagayan de Oro City since 2014, he mainly do videos about his life, then recently shifted into comedy by collaborating with fellow youtubers in Visayas and Mindanao. You can check his youtube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP4RxHKgyBAfMgxiKY_pnaw/featured
So, those are your Bigbys Tripster Top 5 finalist, as finalists they will undergo some local travels and challenges as part of the game to be the ultimate Bigbys Tripster!
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Become the base of redoxing series
Origin of redoxing salt
There was a place yaks and horses gather in rows in the Tibetan plateau of Himalayas and it turned out that the rock salt was blowing out to the ground where the yaks were licking. This salt is “Redoxing Salt”.
“Redoxing Salt” is a beautiful ocean fossil (crystal rock salt) composed of seawater of about 380 million years ago mined in the Himalayas.Geologically, it is said that the Pimala super continent split about 200 million years ago and some of it was was raised when the Indian continent collided with the Eurasian continent, the Himalayas. It is estimated that the seawater of the “Tethys Sea” crystallized and buried in the magma with the high temperature of 1000 ℃ or higher taking in the sediments during the uplift.
In the case of in Japan, salt is mostly made from the sea, “Redoxing Salt” is very valuable rock salt is excavated from around 100 meters in this uncontaminated ground of the 5000 meters above sea level in the Himalayas.(If the ingredients are slightly different, it may be jewelry or petroleum) The rough stone of “Redoxing Salt” looks like a gemstone, not salt at first glance.When you take this redox salt in the bath, you can be enveloped by the scent of sulfur and enjoy hot spring emotions and effects at home.
Also in local Tibet, it is called “medicinal stone”and it is used for folk medicine, herbal medicine and medicinal level. Recently, it turned out that this redox salt contains “hydrogen”.Besides, it contains abundant minerals, its content balance is also excellent, and if you eat it will improve oxygen supply.It is indispensable for maintaining the health and physical strength of the local people It is useful for labor, life in Nepal and Tibet, where the oxygen is thin and extremely harsh in the natural environment.
“Beauty” and “Health” transmitted from the beauty industry
From the moment he was born, oxidation of the cell, “aging” has begun. And the fact that oxygen, which is necessary for people to live, is heavily involved in it is ironical.That means that people can not escape from aging. The unrequited desire for the beauty of women in all ages, east and west has developed products (products) and mezzot (method) related to beauty care. We will propose the redoxing series as a way to realize fundamental “beauty” and “health” for symptomatic treatment of beauty so far.We will develop a product to practice beauty and health every day and we will also propose redoxing.
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magolescence
by Mark Alders
Menage a Trois/Quatre Alternative (M/M, Gay) Erotica Fiction
A boy reaches puberty at around thirteen years of age. If he is one of the few, born with a caul, he will hit Magolescence by the time he’s considered a man. That’s when things can get really difficult.
Dr. Obenweiser’s guide to Magolescence.
Magolescence is a magical puberty, a stage in a magician’s life where unexpected things can happen while the brain prepares the body for life as a magician. At eighteen, Shane has more than enough to deal with besides disapproving parents, a weird doctor and an evil magician who wants to recruit Shane and his two lovers, Joel and Will, into his coven. He is going through Magolescence, too. Lord help him!
Cover Art by Angela Waters
Shane swallowed hard. Was he going to be a man and tell Joel how he really felt or was he going to back out like he always did? They had cock played plenty of times, so asking Joel to be with him while naked was nothing new. It’s just that they had never held hands or kissed or hugged, stuff real lovers did. Joel knew this. Shane had made it clear that friends could be naked but couldn’t be intimate together. That was the golden rule, wasn’t it? Friends were there for mutual jack-offs and slaps on the arse. In truth, Shane wanted to be intimate…he was just scared.
While Shane was contemplating any course of action, they both went into the bathroom proper. In that moment, Joel reached out and grabbed Shane by his hand, clasping him tight.
Shane was taken aback. “Joel?” he whispered.
The bathroom was small and he began to feel claustrophobic. Or was that because he was so stunned by what had just transpired it felt like the walls were closing in all around him? Then again, his cock stirred into action and he could feel the silk of his boxers rise up to reveal the fact that his body deceived his words.
“I’ve got a confession to make, mate. And seeing as it’s your birthday, I’ve decided it’s time to let you know how I really feel about you.”
Joel came closer, grabbing both of Shane’s hands. “What? This isn’t like you…I mean, you’ve never been so forward with me before, even when we’ve mucked around.” But Shane didn’t pull away. He enjoyed Joel’s touch, the feel of his hands in his. It was…intimate.
“That’s where you’re wrong. This is exactly like me.” Joel smiled, revealing his eyeteeth. Fuck, he was cute when he did that. Shane’s stomach tingled with flitters of anxiety and nerves. His cock hardened. “I—I want to be with you, Shane. I mean. Oh, fucking hell, you’d think this would be easy seeing as I’ve known you so long. I mean…I want you to be my boyfriend.”
Shane felt a wave of emotion wash over him. Confusion, doubt and curiosity among them, all vying for supremacy within. Yet, he was happy. “You’re having me on. Stop it. You know how I feel about you so why toy with me like this? I don’t care if we touch each other, but no intimacy, remember.”
“You remember the night we kissed?” Joel came even closer to him. So close he could feel his breath tickle his lips. Shane’s hands trembled, and in that moment he knew Joel could feel that, too. He couldn’t hide his emotions any longer.
“Sort of. I was kind of plastered,” Shane admitted.
“I wasn’t.” Joel bought his lips closer, brushing Shane’s.
Mixed emotions once more rose up like the butterflies in his stomach. “What do you mean? Didn’t you…drink?”
“No. I wanted you, Shane. Then and now.”
“I don’t understand. Why tell me this today?”
“Why? ‘Cause I’m a pillow biter and I want you and I don’t know how much longer I can stand it. I love guys, Shane. I’m a boy lover, a mother fucking gay boy, you hear?”
Shane didn’t know what to say. He wanted to be the one to come out to Joel, not the other way around. This wasn’t how it was supposed to be. He was supposed to be the man. There was a long moment of silence, broken only by the drip of water from the shower rose.
After a long moment, Shane offered a quivering smile, looking into Joel’s eyes. He saw conviction, but above all, he saw both love and a desire he understood.
He hadn’t let Joel go. They were still holding hands, their fingers locked in a wonderful yet sweaty grip. “So what’s changed?” Shane said slowly.
Joel lowered his gaze. “I want more than just cheap thrills. I want…I want to, oh fuck me, I want to be with you always, Shane.”
“But we’re friends. Best mates. Isn’t that enough?” Shane slipped his hands out of Joel’s. “I don’t want anything to ruin our friendship, Joel. If my dad found out about this, he’d fucking kill me. I don’t want that any more than you do. It’s not worth it, is it?”
“It will be worth it, I promise.” Joel leaned forward and pressed his lips against Shane’s. At first the pressure was light, like a tickle. Then, as Joel pulled him in, hugging him tight, he increased the pressure and sent in his tongue. Shane moaned, a noise that sent shivers of pleasure through his body to wash away the confusion and doubt.
Joel tasted fantastic, like yeast and something tangy and something unexplainable but doing nothing to detract from the experience. So manly. So perfect. Shane, at first taken aback, succumb to the moment. He wanted this so bad his whole body had become ignited with desire. He opened his mouth wider, accepting his friend’s advances. Soon their tongues were dancing within each other’s mouths and his lips tingled from all the attention Joel lavished upon him. He had a hard on, one that ached unlike anything he had ever experienced before.
After what seemed an eternity of dizzy spells and strange sensations, Joel parted. His plump red lips, moist and sensual, reflected the bathroom light magnificently. It was so hypnotic watching his mouth move he missed half of what he said. “…our gear off and have a bit more fun, hey?”
“I don’t know—” Shane’s words fell away when Joel unzipped and dropped his pants. The sight of his friend’s erect cock sprouting from a thick, black forest of pubic hair took his breath away. His cock was massive, with a vein that ran the length, from his ample foreskin to the thick base. In fact, he swore his heart skipped a beat as he feasted his gaze on what his friend was blessed with. Sure, he’d seen Joel in his skin plenty of times, but never like this. Never with any intention of something far more than rolling around tickling each other on the bed or getting drunk and daring him to wank him off.
“I’ve jacked off nearly every night over you, Shane.” Joel pulled back on his foreskin, revealing a bright red head. It glistened like a ruby and his piss slit wept with pre-cum.
Without even realising it, Shane had pulled down his boxers, too. No longer was his growing hard on hidden by the thin material.
“Quick. Pull back your hood, too.” Joel smiled. His deep blue eyes glinted. “I’ve always wanted to do this.”
“Always wanted to do what?” Shane looked down. He was now fully erect, his foreskin retracting of its own accord so that his head was visible, too. It seemed he was going to get a lot more than a kiss and he couldn’t help but smile. So far his birthday was coming along nicely.
“I’ve always wanted to try cock docking, you know. I wanna feel what it’s like when our dicks touch and our hoods cover each other.”
Before Shane could utter a word, either for or against what his friend suggested, he had come forward, touching the head of his magnificent cock onto Shane’s.
Shane gasped.
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Improvements and extension of an existing block of flats in London.
The modest late 1960's four storeys block is located on a wide and busy tree lined street adjacent to a mix of late Victorian, inter and post war buildings with more recent taller new built additions.
The questions this project raise are wider than the site boundaries and relate to the future life of the existing stock of communal living arrangements .
With the densification of urban areas such existing buildings offer a development potential but the basic conditions they provide and the low environmental performance standards puts their existence in question. Due to long leaseholds it was difficult to replace with a new building and for the avoidance of displacement of the existing residents several options were considered.
The result is an update to the existing fabric with access improvements and lifts, new balconies to both current and new residents which also provides the external structural support spanning over the building and relates to the neighbouring Victorian mansion blocks.
Seven new residential units were added on two floors - the fourth is continuing the existing brick mass, and the fifth as a light setback metal clad pavilion which relate to the new steel structure.
By extending the building up the additional accommodation pays for the extension of the existing stock's design life while also reduces the potential carbon footprint that a new building would have had.
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Safety should always be standard
Written by James Kelly
Ford’s recent announcement confirming the standard inclusion of autonomous emergency braking across the Ranger line-up was met with genuine enthusiasm from potential owners, the media and casual industry observers, with good reason.
Vehicles like the Ranger are now successfully marketed towards family buyers. In March, Australia’s three best-selling models were utes. The HiLux leads the way, followed by the Ranger and Mitsubishi Triton. The presence of the ute is continuing to grow in a contracting market which is a remarkable trend.
With success comes greater scrutiny, and increasingly the magnifying glass is turned to safety features meaning it’s no longer acceptable for manufacturers to skimp on said safety. When it comes to the latest utes, they should be, but often aren’t, judged like any other family car when the safety section of the spec sheet is analysed. For too long, close enough has been good enough.
For some bizarre reason, the market doesn’t judge commercial vehicles as harshly as it would a typical SUV or passenger car. Take the Kia Stinger as an example, upon release the entry-level models were missing AEB resulting in a three-star ANCAP score. Obviously, this wasn’t a good look and Kia quickly responded by including AEB across the Stinger range as standard. Due to the current popularity of the dual-cab ute, the body style seems to have a Teflon coating where criticisms of absent safety kit struggle to stick, but the times they are a-changin'.
For the safety conscious there are options. Along with the Ranger, the Ssangyong Musso, Mercedes-Benz X-Class and higher grades of the new Mitsubishi Triton are equipped with AEB.
Disappointingly, the HiLux has the tech in other markets but it is yet to reach our shores and there’s no timeline for when it can be expected.
From the mainstream, the Mazda BT-50, Isuzu D-Max, Nissan Navara and Holden Colorado are also void of AEB.
Now a variety of excuses will be served up as to why so many of the big names are behind the times, but none of them really hold any weight. Poor product planning, it’s as simple as that.
When safety is the issue, the Volkswagen Amarok is one of the worst. Not only is it missing AEB, it still isn't equipped with side airbags which should immediately strike it off the list of sensible buyers.
Adding insult to what could be a serious injury (or worse) the Amorak is not what one would call cheap. The company proudly boasts that the majority of its Amorak sales are of the V6 models which eclipse the $50k mark. Unacceptable is the only word to describe a car at that price lacking safety kit that can be had as standard on sub $20k models.
Regardless of the category – passenger car, SUV, or light commercial – safety should be equally weighted and scrutinised by buyers. The old “it’s just a ute” needs to be made redundant in 2019 given the context of the local market.
At the time of writing, Australia’s best-selling model is missing safety tech that should be standard. Utes now fill a much wider role and this should be reflected in the expectations of equipment levels.
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» IIT fee hike to be applicable from academic year 2016-17: HRD Ministry
IIT fee hike to be applicable from academic year 2016-17: HRD Ministry
Published: Friday, April 15, 2016, 14:44 [IST]
New Delhi: The IIT fee hike announced recently will be applicable from admissions that take place from academic year 2016-17 onwards, the HRD ministry said.
In a statement issued here, the ministry said that "the revised fee would be applicable for students taking admission starting from academic year 2016-17 onwards. The students currently studying would continue to pay at the existing rates."
The government had recently decided to increase the annual fees for undergraduate courses from existing Rs 90,000 to Rs 2 lakh, a rise of 122 per cent, from the upcoming academic session.
Also Read: Steep Hike in IIT Fee From Rs 90,000 to Rs 2 lakh Per Year
Fee hike not applicable to existing students
Earlier, there had been protests by students of IIT-Kharagpur, after which the HRD ministry issued the clarification saying that students who are already enrolled in undergraduate courses have been spared from the 122 per cent fee hike.
In a letter written to directors of all IITs also, HRD ministry clarified that the revised fee would be applicable from academic year 2016-17 onwards.
The order came a day after IIT-Kharagpur students protested by shouting slogans at the campus against the fee hike.
Also Read: IIT Fee Hike: Complete Fee Waiver for SC/ST & Disabled Students
Read more about: iit, admission, ug, students, hrd, new delhi
Story first published: Friday, April 15, 2016, 14:44 [IST]
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by Mark Caruso | 2019-01-30 | Firm News
Understanding how Liability Works in an Albuquerque Left Turn Auto Accident
Our roads are governed by right-of-way rules. Many times the right-of-way is dictated by a traffic light, stop sign, or yield sign. Other times the right-of-way is dictated by vehicle and traffic rules that are not displayed on the road, but known by motorists. This includes vehicles coming from a private driveway which must yield to all vehicles already on the roadway, or that all vehicles must yield to an emergency vehicle with its lights and sirens on. Another example is that all vehicles turning left must yield to the right-of-way of other vehicles on the roadway which present an immediate hazard. This is because a left-hand turn is one of the most dangerous maneuvers a motor vehicle can make since one vehicle is crossing over the lane of travel of other vehicles. When a motorist fails to comply with this right-of-way law, it could result in a catastrophic Albuquerque left turn auto accident. This may cause extreme personal injuries and wrongful death.
Occupants of a motor vehicle who are injured when a vehicle turns left in front of them are likely to sustain significant injury because it is a head on collision for them. It is essentially like they are hitting a wall. This could result in significant pain and suffering, as well as extreme medical bills, lost wages, and other damages. Individuals who are seriously hurt in an Albuquerque left turn auto accident should call the Albuquerque auto accident lawyers at the Mark Caruso by dialing (505) 883-5000 to learn what rights to compensation they may have under New Mexico law.
Liability in an Albuquerque Left Turn Auto Accident
Even though there is no traffic lights, signs, or markings on the road that say “vehicles turning left must yield to all,” this is known to all motorists because New Mexico vehicle and traffic statutes require this. Specifically, NM Stat. section 66-7-329 provides that vehicles turning left at intersections must yield to the right-of-way of all oncoming vehicles which constitute an “immediate hazard” in a manner that allows oncoming vehicles safe passage. Additionally, NM Stat. section 66-7-328 provides that all vehicles approaching an intersection must yield to the right of way of all vehicles already in the intersection.
If a motorist fails to comply with this statute by turning left in front of another vehicle, he or she may be found automatically negligent to the injured occupants of the vehicle with the right-of-way. This is because the doctrine of negligence per se could apply to help an injured person prove liability against a defendant in an Albuquerque left turn auto accident. This doctrine allows for a finding of negligence when the statute is meant to protect another from harm and a violation of the statute does cause that harm to the person meant to be protected.
Victims of an Albuquerque Left Turn Auto Accident Should Call Our Law Firm
If you have been seriously injured in any type of auto accident in New Mexico, please call our Albuquerque auto accident lawyer to learn how we can help. We handle cases throughout New Mexico, including in Lordsburg, Albuquerque, Las Cruces, Santa Fe, Roswell, or anywhere else. Call the Mark Caruso by dialing (505) 883-5000 to learn how we can help. You can also contact us on our website through the easy to use and convenient Contact box located by clicking here.
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Cincinnati Reds, CBTS partner to leverage NaaS solution
CINCINNATI - The Cincinnati Reds and CBTS have announced a new partnership that will allow Reds Front Office executives and scouts to watch players in real time at any one of the team’s seven locations across the United States.
The Reds are leveraging CBTS’ Network as a Service solution, built on Cisco Meraki technology, to create pop-up networks at each of the team’s minor league facilities and Spring Training facility that are accessible through Meraki’s Auto Virtual Private Network technology.
This allows Reds officials to access the network and evaluate minor league players through a live video feed, as opposed to waiting for videos of those players to be transmitted digitally, which is an inefficient, time-consuming and expensive process.
CBTS sourced the necessary Internet connectivity at each Reds location, deployed the solution, and provides 24/7/365 monitoring and management of the network. CBTS’ Network as a Service solution is secure, flexible and will scale to meet the team’s future needs.
“MLB is an extremely competitive landscape, and leveraging NaaS technology from CBTS will give the Reds an important edge as we work to develop top talent and scout across our organization,” said Brian Keys, Vice President of Technology at the Cincinnati Reds.
“CBTS was the obvious technology partner for this initiative given their nationwide reach, first-in-class technical expertise, and longstanding business relationship with the Reds.”
CBTS introduced Network as a Service earlier this year. The solution offers multiple customer benefits including:
Flexibility: Growing multi-site customers can quickly add new locations to their network without the expense incurred by expensive MPLS solutions.
No-touch deployment and management: All deployment and related tasks are managed by CBTS, and certified experts manage and support the network 24/7/365.
Centralized Web Dashboard: Single pane of glass, mobile-enabled cloud dashboard for entire network management leveraging real-time data and network analytics.
Control Applications, Users, and Devices: Search for users by device type (PC, mobile phone, tablet, etc.) and monitor client or organization application usage.
Equivalent reliability and security with improved performance over MPLS at a lower cost.
To learn more about Network as a Service from CBTS go to www.CBTS.net.
About CBTS
CBTS is a wholly owned subsidiary of Cincinnati Bell (NYSE: CBB). The company combines the data networking capabilities of Cincinnati Bell with next-generation managed services that provide companies with flexible solutions for end-to-end IT deployment. The CBTS business model can help organizations increase productivity and operational efficiency while reducing costs and risks through solutions that focus on business continuance, compliance, security, and technology infrastructure. For more information, visit www.cbts.net.
About Cincinnati Bell Inc.
With headquarters in Cincinnati, Ohio, Cincinnati Bell Inc. (NYSE:CBB) provides integrated communications solutions – including local and long distance voice, data, high-speed Internet and video – that keep residential and business customers in Greater Cincinnati and Dayton connected with each other and with the world. In addition, enterprise customers across the United States rely on CBTS, a wholly-owned subsidiary, for efficient, scalable office communications systems and end-to-end IT solutions. For more information, please visit www.cincinnatibell.com.
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France urges Russia to join peace push after Syria strike
Published Sun, Apr 15 20186:20 AM EDT Updated Sun, Apr 15 20186:24 AM EDT
Pentagon says US-led strikes hit every target in Syria
Wars and Military Conflicts
France is urging Russia to join a push for a political solution in Syria after joint U.S., French and British attacks on Syrian chemical weapons sites.
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said in an interview published Sunday in the Journal du Dimanche newspaper that "we should join our efforts to promote a political process in Syria that would allow a way out of the crisis."
France has continued to talk regularly with Russia even as East-West tensions have grown. French President Emmanuel Macron spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday, hours before the Western missile strikes.
Western countries blamed Syria's government for a chemical attack on a rebel-held area earlier this month that killed more than 40 people. The Syrian government and its ally Russia denied the allegations.
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Malek Batal, PhD - Université de Montréal
Malek Batal is professor of public health nutrition at the Nutrition Department at the Université de Montreal’s Faculty of Medicine. He is also member of the Centre for Health Research of the Université de Montréal and the CIUSS du Centre-Sud de l’Île de Montréal (CReSP). His research focuses on the environmental, social, economic and cultural determinants of food choice, including food security, and their relationship to the health of individuals and the ecosystem in several populations, including First Nations adults and children, as well as migrants and refugees in Canada, Indigenous farmers in Ecuador, and rural populations in Haiti. Malek undertakes participatory and transdisciplinary research that strives to trigger policy change. Since September 2014, he has been director of TRANSNUT, the WHO Collaborating Centre on Nutrition Changes and Development with interest in the nutrition transition and related health outcomes.
Rosanne Blanchet, PhD, RD - University of Alberta
Dr. Rosanne Blanchet is a Registered Dietitian with a certificate in Public Health Nutrition from Université Laval and a PhD in Population Health from the University of Ottawa. Her research seeks to understand the determinants of eating habits and the social determinants of health of populations undergoing rapid cultural changes and/or vulnerable for health disparities (e.g., Indigenous peoples, immigrants, refugees, visible minorities, low-income households). Her doctoral research focused on the relationships between acculturation, ethnicity, and nutritional health of school-aged immigrant children of African and Caribbean descent living in Ottawa. Dr. Blanchet is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Alberta with Dr. Noreen Willows. Her postdoctoral research aims to understand the outcomes of an Indigenous food sovereignty initiative that reintroduced sockeye salmon in the Okanagan Basin on Syilx culture, well-being, food security, and diet. Her objective is to eventually develop interventions aiming to help prevent chronic diseases and consequently reduce health inequities affecting Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour in Canada.
Suzanne Johnson, MSc, RD - Okanagan Salmon and Our Health
Suzanne Johnson is the Lead Okanagan Researcher for the Okanagan Salmon and Our Health project. As a graduate student researcher, she served as the community representative of the Okanagan Nation Alliance (ONA) to facilitate the engagement of staff and membership in the development and design of this collaborative community-university project. As an Indigenous mother, her work is motivated by the need to see equity and justice in the determinants of our well-being, including food security and food sovereignty. She has recently completed an Interdisciplinary graduate research project (June 2020) that has combined her views shaped by over 25 years of community nutrition experience in First Nations communities with her understanding of Syilx knowledge to explore how the restoration of Indigenous food systems effects well-being.
Kate Storey, PhD, RD - University of Alberta
Dr. Kate Storey, PhD, RD is an Associate Professor in the School of Public Health at the University of Alberta, Distinguished Researcher - Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation, and CIHR New Investigator. Kate is a Centre for Healthy Communities Scientist and Lead for ‘Healthy Schools.’ Dr. Storey’s research program SIRCLE (Settings-based Intervention Research through Changes in Lifestyles & Environments) focuses on school- and community-based strategies to promote wellbeing, prevent chronic diseases, and reduce health inequities. Dr. Storey’s work aims to create a culture of wellness for kids, their families, and their communities by making the ‘healthy choice the easy choice’ where we live, work, learn, and play. She works to create systems-level change through programs that foster resilience and empowerment. An established leader in creating healthy school communities, she has been awarded over $9M (PI/Co-PI) in grants and contracts. She has implemented, evaluated, and scaled healthy living programs in communities with thousands of children and has established partnerships across sectors and levels to facilitate sustainability. Kate is an avid runner and cyclist, and is a mom to two young children who share her passion for adventure, travel, and being active.
Noreen Willows, PhD - University of Alberta
Dr. Noreen Willows is Professor, Population and Public Health Nutrition, Faculty of Agricultural, Life & Environmental Sciences, University of Alberta. Her research interests are the development and evaluation of community-based nutrition interventions in Indigenous communities in Canada and the impact of household and cultural food insecurity on health and well-being. Her primary research focus is population health intervention research to enhance food access in First Nations communities through school-based, food security and food sovereignty initiatives. Dr. Willows champions a decolonizing community-based participatory approach to research in which community members and academic co-researchers form community-university partnerships to develop culturally appropriate solutions to health issues identified by community members.
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The Cocoa Chronicles
QUALITY THROUGH SIMPLICITY
Like a lot of things in life we find the simplest solutions are often the best, particularly when it comes to cocoa farming.
We equip our farmers with the skills and techniques they need to make the most of their farms in a simple, sustainable way. We believe pruning, for example, is one of the most effective ways to increase crop yield because it lets in light, which encourages growth and provides natural pest control.
Solutions like these mean future generations of farmers can continue growing quality, natural beans. And we can continue making quality, natural chocolate. Simple, when you think about it.
ON-THE-GROUND ANECDOTES
Skilled pruning is an effective way to increase crop yield and prevent pests and diseases, reducing the need for chemicals.
Pruning reduces workload by condensing the productive area of the cocoa tree.
Weeding reduces competition for nutrients, moisture and root space and potential breeding sites for cocoa pests like insects and rodents.
Cocoa biomass, such as pruned leaves and branches should be left on the ground to minimize leaching and soil erosion.
COCOA HORIZONS ACTIVITIES
Training youth within the community to use special pruning tools and techniques giving them a valuable commercial skill.
Training farmers on proper technique and timing for replanting cocoa trees - to maximize productivity of the farm.
Supporting farmers with access to inputs, such as seedlings, by building and maintaining nurseries.
QUOTES & VOICES
Once upon a time there was a farmer who was skeptical of pruning – he didn’t want to cut the branches that still produced pods, and chased away the pruner half way through the job. Months later, when his pruned trees were giving more fruit, he pleaded the pruner to return! (As told by one of our Ivorian farmers.)
Story In Action
IF YOU CAN'T FIT IT IN A TWEET...
This provocative campaign would involve a brand challenging other brands to list their ingredients in a single tweet; to highlight the delightful simplicity of chocolate. Of course this sort of campaign would be suited to a playful brand, such as Ben and Jerry’s or Tony’s Chocoloney.
BARE ALL
A simple photo-led campaign that would involve a brand neatly organising the simple raw ingredients of their chocolate and taking a photo. The photos would then be shared across the brand’s social media channels to generate interest and build a sense of quality and trust. It would also be a subtle way of challenging other brands to do the same.
Customers of Barry Callebaut's sustainable HORIZONS cocoa and chocolate products receive full access to the Cocoa Chronicles, enabling them to commercialize their contribution to sustainable cocoa and build the strength of their brand. To learn more about HORIZONS products, please contact your regional Barry Callebaut sales representative.
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Debunking Governor Walker’s SOTS Claims
MADISON- This evening, Governor Walker is scheduled to give his 2016 State of the State Address in the Assembly Chamber of the State Capitol at 7:00 p.m. In advance of the occasion, Rep. Gordon Hintz (D-Oshkosh) released a useful primer to assist in interpreting the Governor’s most commonly-used statements made during the last few weeks leading up to the address.
1. The truth behind Wisconsin’s workforce numbers
CLAIM: "We have at least according to two of the statistics from the federal government, the highest number of people last year working in the last 20 years."
(http://www.wearegreenbay.com/news/local-news/state-of-the-state-preview) 1/17/16
In May of 2010, Wisconsin had 3,074,000 people in the labor force (BLS). In May of 2015, Wisconsin had 3,076,000 people in the labor force. The labor force growth rate over the past 5 years is an anemic 0.01%. Compare that to the growth of Indiana (.41%), Iowa (.31%), and Minnesota (.61%) over the same time period.
CLAIM: "We're one of the top 10 states in terms of the percentage of people in the work force."(http://www.wearegreenbay.com/news/local-news/state-of-the-state-preview) 1/17/16
This is not significant or new in any meaningful way. Wisconsin has typically had a higher labor participation rate than the rest of the U.S. going back to 1990. And it was higher than it is now under Governor Jim Doyle. Regionally, it has been higher than all neighboring states except Iowa and Minnesota.
What is significant is that Wisconsin’s labor participation rate has dropped nearly 6 percentage points since 1995, exceeding all but Indiana and Michigan. This reflects that Wisconsin’s labor force as a percentage of population appears to be shrinking faster than most of our neighboring states.
2. Low unemployment + slow job growth ≠ successful economic measure
CLAIM: “A recent revised report from the federal government shows that the unemployment rate in Wisconsin is the lowest it has been since the spring of 2001.”
Wisconsin does have low unemployment by almost any measure, although not as low as 15 other states.
So how can our unemployment rate be so low if our job creation rate is so bad?
The answer is that Wisconsin is losing workers at nearly every age level over the prime working years, with more people moving out of the state than are moving in. And the people who are moving out are predominantly 20-to-50 year olds. Had Wisconsin’s population growth stayed at the level consistent with our neighboring states growth rates, we would have had an additional 46,000 state residents 16 and over. Our low unemployment rate is in part the product of workers who are choosing to leave the state for work. (http://www.uwosh.edu/faculty_staff/mcgee/Jobs_or_Unemployment.pdf)
3. Job numbers need context
CLAIM: “The 16,600 new jobs created in the month of October is the best monthly jobs gain since April of 1992 and the best October since at least 1990.” And the 45,100 new private sector jobs added October over October is statistically significant.”
It is interesting that the Governor chose to tout October jobs in December, after the newer November numbers had been released. The 12-month growth in November was nearly 13,000 jobs less than October's 32,400 and trailed neighboring states. A classic example of cherry-picking.
4. “New businesses” that don’t actually exist.
CLAIM: “There has also been a net increase of over 43,000 new businesses.”
Governor Walker is referencing the number of newly registered "business entities". However, many of these entities have no employees at all, and never will. According to Politifact, that is because the Governor’s numbers also include non-profits such as youth groups, recreational athletic leagues, and home associations. It also includes thousands of limited-liability companies only set up to function as holding companies, startups, and out-of-state companies that register as a placeholder in case they were to do business in Wisconsin in the future.
5. “Chief Executive” Magazine
CLAIM: “Chief Executive Magazine today ranked Wisconsin the “12th Best State for Business” in its annual survey of CEOs, an increase of two spots over the 2014 ranking, and a significant increase since 2010, when the state ranked 41st.”
Business leaders were asked to grade states with which they are familiar on a variety of competitive metrics that CEOs themselves regard as critical. These include: 1) taxation and regulation; 2) quality of workforce; and 3) living environment. The tax and regulatory grade includes a measure of how CEOs grade a state’s attitude toward business, a key indicator. “
One of the State Advocate CEOs for Chief Executive.Net Magazine is none other than Diane Hendricks, Chairman of Hendricks Holding, Beloit, WI. Forbes Magazine estimated Hendricks' March net worth at $2.8 billion. Hendricks and her husband, Kenneth, built ABC Supply. She became chairman of the company after her husband died in 2007. The company posts annual revenue of more than $4 billion.
She was also Scott Walker’s largest donor, and yet owed no state income tax in 2010.
In Summary, the rankings include “a measure of how CEOs grade a state’s attitude toward business, a key indicator.” In this case, how Diane Hendricks, Governor Walker’s largest donor perceives things to be in Wisconsin.
6. K-12 education: taking credit from decades of investment
CLAIM: “Schools are doing better.”
“High school graduation rates are up again — now ranking third in the nation.”
“Reading/Math scores are up in fourth and eighth grades.”
“ACT scores are second best in the nation.”
Most 2015 Wisconsin high school graduates started school in 2000 or 2001. Fourth graders started school in 2008 or 2009. Eighth graders started school in 2004 or 2005. The point is that the achievement at any of these levels is not a snapshot of momentary success. It is the product of investments made in public education in our state over time.
Under Governor Walker and Republicans, K-12 GPR School Aids have lost more than $1 Billion ($1.05 Billion). Recent cuts in state education spending, no matter how damaging, take years to work their way through the system as students moved from grade to grade.
Wisconsin is just beginning to feel the effects of Act 10 as there are fewer teachers, fewer students enrolling in teaching programs and a reduction in education licensing.
7. The UW System: When less is actually less.
CLAIM: “For the first time in University of Wisconsin history, in-state tuition is frozen at all UW campuses for four years in a row. That makes college more affordable for our students and working families.”
The UW System has lost $795 million in state aid since Governor Walker became Governor. In the strongest national economy in a decade, Governor Walker and the Republican Legislature cut $250 million in the most recent budget from our UW system. These cuts will lead to fewer courses offered and longer graduation times. And the low morale is leading to high faculty turnover as talented professors leave for other states.
Gordon Hintz
Labels: Gordon Hintz, Scott Walker, State of the State
Mark Gisleson January 24, 2016 at 10:36 AM
re: #2. WI is where IA was at in the early '80s. The Reagan recession hit hard thanks to Gov. Branstad's misgoverning. Over 100,000 blue collar workers left the state and it pushed IA to the right. The WI of the future will be more conservative thanks to Walker.
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In an age that witnessed the first skyscrapers, inter-city telephone service and moving pictures, the magnificent 1893 Chicago World's Fair was a fitting tribute to the progress America had made and the seemingly unlimited promise of its future. Dubbed the Columbian Exposition in commemoration of the 400th anniversary of Columbus' voyage, the fair's sparkling buildings, wide lagoons and massive boulevards thrilled over twenty-five million visitors with idealized images of a utopian American city. During its short, six-month run, the fair was replete with marvelous exhibits of art, industry and science. The first "three-rail" elevated railroad, the huge Ferris wheel, Edison's Kinetoscope and the mile-long midway with exotic sights such as South Sea "cannibals," medieval villages and Egyptian belly-dancers, awed the throngs of visitors who poured in from all over the world. Scheduled to open in the Fall of 1892, but delayed because many exhibits were still incomplete, the Exposition received its first visitors on May 1, 1893, when President Grover Cleveland ceremonially opened the gleaming, electrified "White City" to over 150,000 cheering onlookers.
The Exposition would play a part in a new role for women, one in which they had an active voice in the administration and presentation of exhibits dealing with "female interests." Women's suffrage advocate Susan B. Anthony had passionately petitioned both houses of Congress for a "Board of Lady Managers" to oversee and coordinate women's activities and exhibits at the fair. Congress went along, appropriating funds for a Women's Building and related expenses in the Sundry Civil Appropriation Law of March 3, 1893. The newly appointed Chairperson of the Board of Lady Managers, Mrs. Potter Palmer, following the lead of the souvenir Columbian Exposition commemorative half dollar, lobbied the Appropriations Committee to authorize that $10,000 of the allotted money be in the form of 40,000 commemorative quarters. In keeping with the all female theme, Mrs. Palmer, the acknowledged "Grande Dame" of Chicago Society and wife of the hotel tycoon who owned the exclusive Palmer House, insisted on a female likeness on the coin, fittingly that of Queen Isabella of Spain, Columbus' benefactor.
On March 17, 1893, Mint Director Edward O. Leech advised the Board of Lady Managers to forward an image of the Spanish Queen, thereby saving time and funds. Reportedly, Susan B. Anthony advised Mrs. Palmer to ignore the Mint Director because there was no female engraver at the Mint. The Board had succeeded in having a woman design the Women's Building and wished to maintain all female input in the design of the coin. Mrs. Palmer selected Caroline Peddle, a New York artist and student of famed sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens, to create designs. By ignoring and sidestepping the professionally territorial Chief Engraver Charles Barber, Mrs. Palmer lost all chance of having Peddle's sketches approved. Ultimately, Barber prepared the models and dies for the new coin himself, apparently from sketches by the artist Kenyon Cox, who had painted several murals and illustrations at the fair.
Barber's obverse design portrays a fanciful portrait of the crowned bust of a young Queen Isabella. The legend UNITED STATES OF AMERICA surrounds the bust, and the date (1893) is located in the right field. The reverse design, symbolizing what was then thought to be women's major industry, depicts a kneeling woman, grasping in her left hand a distaff used for holding flax or wool for spinning, while holding a spindle in her right hand. Encircling the inner border is the inscription BOARD OF LADY MANAGERS and COLUMBIAN QUAR. DOL.
The Philadelphia Mint started production of the 40,000 coins on June 13, 1893. The authorizing legislation provided that a majority of the silver used to strike the issue was to be melted from outdated subsidiary Seated Liberty coinage. Just like the Columbian half dollar issue, the 400th, 1,492nd and 1,892nd coins were all double struck proofs. These special coins were documented by the Mint and sent to the Board of Lady Managers in Chicago. The 400th coin was symbolic of the time between the year of discovery (1492) and the anniversary year (1892). Experts believe that as few as 40 and as many as 103 proof coins were struck. Many proof-like early business strikes are mistaken for genuine proofs, but in addition to wire rims, square edges and proof-like surfaces, authentic proofs must show evidence of being struck with two or more blows from the coining press.
Only a small quantity of the quarters were sold at the Women's Building on the Exposition grounds, at $1 per coin. According to recollections of those who visited the fair, the Columbian half dollar at $1 was a better buy than the Isabella quarter offered for the same price. Souvenir buyers felt that they would rather get 50 cents back for their dollar instead of 25 cents. The public and dealers purchased only about 15,000 of the quarters, mostly through the mails. Mrs. Palmer and her associates later purchased 10,000 pieces at face value. Some of these sold for as little as 35 cents after the fair closed, and the rest were ultimately parceled out via coin dealers and others over the next 35 years. Unfortunately, 15,809 pieces were returned to the Mint to be "reincarnated" into future silver coinage, leaving a net mintage, including proofs, of 24,191 pieces.
Surfaces for this issue will run the gamut from deep mirror proof-like to dull and satiny. On the obverse, wear first shows in the area of the crown's central oval jewel and on Isabella's cheek. Reverse wear will first be noted on the strand of wool resting on the kneeling spinner's thigh. Due to die wear, raised or sharp definition of the strand of wool is not the norm. This area can display a slight weakness of strike, which is par for the design and should not be labeled wear. Currently, no counterfeit examples of this issue are known to exist.
This very popular commemorative, the only one of its denomination (excluding the Washington quarter which was intended to be a commemorative but became a regular series), is also the first U.S. coin to portray a particular individual and is the only one to depict a woman on both sides. It is not too difficult to locate in any grade from XF to gem uncirculated, but proofs are quite rare in any condition. Sought after as part of the commemorative series and often as a "type" quarter, Isabellas continue to enjoy strong collector demand.
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Of the 166 students that were expected to graduate on-time in 2019 , 105 remained at the school past their freshman year, 65 graduated on-time (two or four years depending on the degree) and 81 within a reasonable time (three or six years or within 150% of the on-time duration).
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The site, about 7 acres, includes two lots that were originally planned as part of the 2002 Old Town North Overall Development Plan. Black Timber will discuss its plan at a virtual neighborhood meeting at 6 p.m. Monday.
The company has proposed 212 apartments in a trio of three- and four-story buildings. One building would include about 3,000 square feet of commercial space.
Black Timber principal Kyle Meyer met with city planners in August to review conceptual plans.
The L-shaped northern building would front Suniga Road and Jerome Street. The middle building would be three stories and shaped in a U fronting Jerome Street. The southernmost building would be along the Lake Canal ditch, according to preliminary sketches.
"We love the proximity to Old Town," Meyer previously told the Coloradoan. "Infill sites are right up our alley to go produce something special."
Portions of the site are in the city's 100-year floodplain, requiring the site to be graded to bring it above the base flood level. When that happens, the company said it will begin the process to remove the property from the floodplain.
The virtual neighborhood meeting will be at 6 p.m. Monday. Information on how to participate will be available at fcgov.com/developmentreview/proposals at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting.
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5 issues likely to loom large for lawmakers in 2020
By Austin Huguelet Springfield News-Leader
Dec 8, 2019 at 1:04 PM Dec 8, 2019 at 2:09 PM
In the past week, Missouri lawmakers filed hundreds of bills they hope to make law in the coming session.
Some deal with hot topics like college sports and toll roads sure to make headlines, if nothing else. A healthy number will address important but obscure concerns that may only draw notice in certain quarters.
But a few will command everyone’s attention: the big issues that reporters ask about all session, that leaders negotiate for weeks and that the rank-and-file debate for hours at a time.
It’s difficult to predict all the big issues before the session gets started, and surprises are inevitable. But with a month to go before things get going, here's what top lawmakers are thinking.
‘Fixing’ Clean Missouri
This could be the biggest issue, and it might sound familiar.
In 2018, 62 percent of voters statewide — and 73 percent of Boone County voters — approved a constitutional amendment that, among other things, changed the way legislative districts are drawn after each census.
Under the new rules, a new "nonpartisan state demographer" draws the lines instead of the usual bipartisan panel of political appointees. Also new is the requirement that the process be guided by a special formula designed to produce more competitive elections and ensure the assembly's partisan balance reflects the will of voters statewide.
The half-Republican, half-Democratic House and Senate panels could still override the demographer with seven of ten votes, but recent history suggests such unity is unlikely.
The GOP lawmakers who currently dominate the legislature are not fans.
Multiple Republicans have filed resolutions this week that would ask voters to reverse themselves in 2020, just like they did this year.
At least three Republicans filed resolutions this week that would ask voters in 2020 to put redistricting back in the hands of existing commissions and make competitiveness the least important consideration when drawing districts.
Senate President Pro Tem Dave Schatz, R-Sullivan, said they'll be top priorities.
“Putting something together on Clean Missouri is something that will take precedence at some point,” he said in an interview Tuesday.
Democrats remain vehemently opposed to the idea, which they say disrespects voters.
“The people have spoken,” Senate Minority Leader Gina Walsh, D-Bellefontaine Neighbors, said.
Republicans have argued many voters likely didn’t know what they were voting for since the redistricting changes were part of a larger package with attractive ideas like limiting lobbyist gifts to legislators.
“It was cleverly written in order to put something out there that people would have a hard time voting down,” Schatz said. “ ... We’ll have to send it back to the voters, though, and they’ll be given the chance to accept or reject the changes that we believe should be made.”
Not that Republicans will necessarily refrain from adding their own sweeteners to the ballot language: Two of the Republican resolutions filed so far package their redistricting changes with complete bans on lobbyist gifts to legislators.
That may simply be good politics.
An Associated Press analysis predicted the new formula could bolster Democrats’ chances in 2022, after the next census, and found Republicans won 13 more House seats in 2018 than would be expected given their average performance across the state.
A violent year in the state’s largest cities has also sparked discussion on the ever-controversial issue of access to firearms.
In August, Gov. Mike Parson, a Republican, spoke approvingly of background checks. And after concern over shootings of children in St. Louis reached a fever pitch this summer, he had multiple meetings with the mayors of Springfield, Columbia, St. Louis and Kansas City to discuss ways to curb violent crime.
Meanwhile, the Senate convened an interim committee on the issue, and House Speaker Elijah Haahr, R-Springfield, asked a small group of GOP lawmakers to start working on legislation for January.
Late last month in Columbia, Parson threw his weight behind limiting access to guns for young people, domestic abusers and prior offenders.
That doesn't necessarily mean anything will pass, especially in the Missouri legislature. In recent years, GOP supermajorities have repeatedly voted to loosen firearm restrictions, including allowing people to carry concealed weapons without a permit.
But even weary Democrats see some reason for hope, and several have filed bills along the lines of what Parson supports.
House Minority Leader Crystal Quade, D-Springfield, said the measures Parson and the mayors support won't solve everything, but she applauded the governor for "starting the conversation.”
Walsh, the Senate minority leader, said she hopes the legislature will rise to the occasion.
“We have to come up with some common-sense gun reforms,” Walsh said. “We’ve got to keep the guns out of the hands of domestic abusers and minors.”
Still, they may be worlds apart from where Republicans are on the issue, especially if and when they get beyond Parson’s relatively moderate proposals, which mostly mirror existing federal law.
Few if any Republicans are saying that restricting access to firearms is a viable solution to gun violence, and top Republican legislators seem more interested in strengthening law enforcement than gun laws themselves.
“The problem is criminals breaking the law,” Schatz said. “Restricting access to law-abiding citizens doesn’t help.”
Fixing roads and bridges
Next up, a longtime standby: infrastructure.
After voters shot down another attempt to hike the gasoline tax that pays for Missouri's roads and bridges in 2018, Gov. Parson made finding an alternative funding source a top priority this year.
He succeeded, in part, convincing the legislature to issue $301 million in bonds to repair more than 200 bridges across the state.
But that’s only a fraction of the bridges the federal government currently rates in “poor” condition, to say nothing of the roads. Leaders readily admit there’s still work to do.
“We’ve got to find a solution for infrastructure,” Schatz, the top Senate Republican, said. “There’s some ideas out there, and I don’t know if we’ve settled on one completely, but that’s going to be a part of the conversation.”
It’s hard to say what Parson will suggest until he gives his annual address to lawmakers next month, but as Schatz said, some ideas are circulating already.
Sen. Doug Libla, R-Poplar Bluff, has once again proposed raising the gas tax — which is the lowest in the country — from 17 to 23 cents per gallon over three years and adjusting for inflation afterward, which wouldn’t require voter approval.
Rep. Jeff Messenger, R-Republic, thinks raising license fees would be better because many new cars are getting better gas mileage or ditching gas completely, making the gas tax less valuable over time.
“The need for licenses is never going to change,” he said.
Messenger also filed a resolution that would ask voters to make toll roads an option.
It’s not clear whether hikes of any kind will fly with conservative hardliners, though.
When Libla presented his gas tax hike bill this year, Sen. Bill Eigel, R-Weldon Spring, said the state had plenty of money in its budget already.
“The failure is not on the part of the citizen to make a proper commitment to send money to (the Capitol) so that we can make our priorities,” Eigel said. “The failure is this body has been unable to do something with record amounts of money."
Schatz, for his part, said he supports raising the gas tax, but he conceded it would be tough to pass. Enacting a sales tax on online purchases and using some for roads and some for an income tax cut to please conservative Republicans might be a better bet, he continued.
“Infrastructure and tax policy will collide at some point,” he said.
Prescription drug monitoring
Schatz and Walsh, the Senate leaders, will also be fighting the conservative Republicans on another long-debated issue: creating a statewide database to track drug prescriptions.
For years, politicians in both parties, along with health care providers like CoxHealth and local governments including the Springfield City Council, have said the system is needed to stop people from visiting multiple doctors to avoid limits on drugs like opioids.
The House has approved the idea several times, but conservative senators have always killed it. They say such a database would violate the privacy of Missourians regardless of whether they’re breaking the rules and leave their medical information vulnerable to a hack.
For the past few years, a program led by St. Louis County has filled some of the void. Greene County physicians have access to data from 75 participating cities and counties.
But as of August 2019, Polk County was the only neighbor participating, meaning physicians here couldn’t tell if someone's already obtained a prescription in Nixa or Marshfield before coming to them.
Supporters feel an obligation to fill those gaps.
“I believe it’s the right thing to do,” Schatz said. “I’m certain that’ll be something we’ll focus on, and hopefully we can get that done this session.”
Whether conservative opponents will bend is an open question.
In April, a group of them told the Kansas City Star they were open to approving a database that tracked fewer drugs or a bill that created a tracking program at the same time it banned counties from requiring prescriptions for pseudoephedrine, which can be used to make meth.
Those ideas went nowhere.
In a news conference on the last day of the legislative session in May, Sen. Cindy O'Laughlin, R-Shelbina, offered a candid assessment of six-senator Conservative Caucus position.
“We are pretty much opposed to a government database," she said.
If the past few sessions are any indication, charter schools will also catch the spotlight at some point.
Many Republicans advocate for allowing the schools, which are taxpayer-funded but run by independent boards or nonprofits rather than a traditional public school district, to expand beyond St. Louis and Kansas City.
They argue that charter schools can be laboratories for innovation and refuges for students who have special needs or find themselves attending failing schools.
Other Republicans, many Democrats and school districts like Springfield Public Schools disagree. They see the idea as an unnecessary diversion of money that could be used to sustain and improve local public schools.
Haahr, the House speaker from Springfield, tried to push a charter school bill past their opposition last session, but it faltered as Republicans splintered and its sponsor suffered an ultimately fatal car accident.
Senate Republicans in favor of the idea fared no better, running headlong into a filibuster from opposing colleagues, including Sen. Lincoln Hough, R-Springfield.
That isn't stopping them from trying again, though.
"We have room for many different forms of education when it comes to raising our children," Sen. Bill Eigel, who's already filed an expansion bill, told the Missouri Times on Monday. "If you look at more rural areas, if you look at some of our suburban areas, we've got really good traditional public schools. If you look at some of our more urban areas, schools may be struggling. So there's room in those areas to offer more choice."
Opponents are also girding for another fight. If they can't stop the legislation again this year, they'll propose amendments requiring charters to get approval from often hostile local school boards or voters themselves before opening.
Quade, the House minority leader from Springfield, said her bill requiring a public vote would ensure people actually want charter schools before they open their doors.
"I don’t think it should come from the top down," she said.
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'Step Up or Step Aside': With California Engulfed in Flames, Climate Activists Occupy Nancy Pelosi's Office
"Our rage has to burn as fiercely as every fire we witness. And we're going to keep sitting in and striking until our leaders feel it too."
Dozens of young people occupied House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's (D-Calif.) office on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, demanding that she back a Green New Deal as wildfires burned through thousands of acres in her home state. (Photo: Sunrise Movement/Twitter)
Over 50 young climate activists from California staged a sit-in at the Capitol Office of Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday, chastising the Democratic Speaker of the House for failing to act boldly on climate even as their home state is engulfed by wildfires made worse by the planetary crisis.
"We're putting Congressional Democrats on notice. If you don't stand up for us, we'll vote you out in 2020."
—Claire Tacherra-Morrison, Sunrise MovementAfter taking over Sen. Dianne Feinstein's (D-Calif.) office earlier in the day, the climate activists from the Sunrise Movement proceeded to Pelosi's office where they displayed signs reading "What Is Your Plan?" and sang "Which Side Are You On?"
"Democratic leadership is failing to treat this like the emergency that it is," organizer Claire Tacherra-Morrison said in a statement. "Business-as-usual is killing us."
Tonia is in @SpeakerPelosi’s speaking about the loss of beloved places in California to devastating fire. “Inaction is denial. Words won’t bring these places back. We are here, standing together. The climate crisis is getting worse but we are rising up demanding action.” #GND pic.twitter.com/Ki5IGA3zhU
— Sunrise Movement (@sunrisemvmt) October 30, 2019
Several young people shared their personal stories and pleas for Pelosi to back bold climate action which could drastically reduce and eventually eliminate climate-warming carbon emissions.
“Democratic leaders must stand with us or step out of the way while young people lead” - Gabbi speaking about the urgency of the crisis and the fires. #StepUpOrStepAside #GreenNewDeal pic.twitter.com/8BF082d9GF
Firefighters across the state, one protester said, "are trying to contain some of the fastest-moving fires that we've seen in the West Coast" while Pelosi is "putting the lives of Californians and U.S. citizens in continued and escalating danger by not rising to meet the active dangers posed by climate change."
"Democratic leadership is failing to treat this like the emergency that it is. Business-as-usual is killing us."
—Claire Tacherra-MorrisonAccording to climate scientists, the warming of the planet that's been accelerated by the hundreds of billions of tons of carbon released each year by oil and gas companies is making extreme weather changes and events more frequent, leading to a longer wildfire season in California.
"We have fires all the time in Los Angeles," Mayor Eric Garcetti told Democracy Now! recently. "But our ability to knock them in past years was much stronger because we didn't have these extreme shifts of wind, we didn't have these extreme shifts of weather."
Scientists say the climate crisis has made the state's wildfires five times as dangerous, the Sunrise Movement tweeted on Wednesday.
Scientists say that climate change has made California wildfires FIVE TIMES as risky and that they're now burning twice as much land.@leahstokes breaks it down on @democracynow.
What's going on in California is a climate disaster. Let's call it that. pic.twitter.com/Wdt21jI1PY
To truly serve Californians who for three years in a row have watched as wildfires burned through thousands of acres in their state, Pelosi must back a Green New Deal, the Sunrise Movement said.
Thanks to the grassroots group's pressure campaign, more than 100 members of Congress have signed on as co-sponsors to Green New Deal legislation, the 10-year plan to transition to 100 percent renewable energy.
But Pelosi has not committed to holding a vote on the proposal and has not endorsed it herself.
Pelosi and all other members of Congress must support the Green New Deal, the Sunrise Movement says, or risk being voted out by young voters like those who took part in the Global Climate Strike in September and whose participation in the 2018 election was 79 percent higher than four years prior.
"Our rage has to burn as fiercely as every fire we witness—for the retiree who's lost their entire life savings, for the family forced to evacuate from a home they may never come back to, for the child suffocating in smoke miles away," said Varshini Prakash, co-founder of Sunrise. "And we're going to keep sitting in and striking until our leaders feel it too."
"We're putting Congressional Democrats on notice," added Tacherra-Morrison. "If you don't stand up for us, we'll vote you out in 2020."
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Third Biosimilar Adalimumab, Imraldi, Enters Europe
One day after Sandoz and Amgen announced European launches of their biosimilar adalimumab products referencing Humira, Samsung Bioepis announced that it has launched its own biosimilar, Imraldi.
One day after Sandoz and Amgen announced European launches of their biosimilar adalimumab products referencing Humira, Samsung Bioepis announced that it has launched its own biosimilar, Imraldi. According to a company statement, the drug will become available today in major EU markets, though the company did not specify which nations would be first to receive access to the drug.
“The launch of Imraldi marks what we believe to be a landmark moment for Biogen and Samsung Bioepis and for European healthcare systems,” said Sang-Jin Pak, chief operating officer of Samsung Bioepis. “We hope Imraldi will play an important role widening choice and increasing competition in one of the most high-value areas of the biopharmaceuticals market.”
Imraldi’s launch marks Samsung Bioepis’ third EU market entry with an anti—tumor necrosis factor therapy; the company previously launched Benepali, an etanercept biosimilar, and Flixabi, an infliximab biosimilar.
Imraldi was approved in Europe in 2017 on the basis of a randomized, double-blind, 52-week phase 3 study in which 544 patients with moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis for whom methotrexate was insufficient were randomized to receive either the biosimilar or the reference Humira.
At week 24, response rate for the American College of Rheumatology’s criteria for 20% improvement was 72.4% in the biosimilar arm versus 72.2% in the reference arm. Additionally, the safety profile of Imraldi was comparable to the reference up to week 24. At that timepoint, 254 patients receiving the reference product were randomized 1:1 to either continue to take reference adalimumab or switch to the biosimilar, while the original 254 patients taking Imraldi continued to receive the biosimilar.
The efficacy, safety, and immunogenicity profiles were comparable between all 3 treatment groups till week 52, and there were no treatment emergent issues or clinically-relevant immunogenicity precipitated by the switch.
Imraldi is also under the FDA’s consideration for US approval; in September 2018, Samsung Bioepis announced that the FDA had accepted a Biologics License Application for the drug.
Two approved adalimumab biosimilars are yet to launch in the European Union: Mylan’s Hulio and Boehringer Ingelheim’s Cyltezo. Neither developer has announced a target launch date for its product.
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Best jobs to get in a COVID world
The pandemic has changed the world of work for almost all of us and, going into the future, it will continue shape the types of jobs that will boom and bust.
As Scott Morrison looks to get the economy ticking again he is looking at nation's most resilient occupations and high-demand industries, to see where the most potential is.
Today he will be aided by new National Skills Commission data which shows the jobs that will boom or fall by the wayside in a COVID world.
The National Skills Commission data breaks down industries by the best performing jobs.
Seen by The Australian, the data shows the most resilient jobs will be in the health sector, including those in aged care and disability, and mental health professionals, as well as the transport, agriculture and education sectors, with ongoing demand for high school teachers, plant operators and delivery drivers.
The data shows that accommodation, hospitality and manufacturing will be hardest hit.
However, National Skills Commissioner Adam Boyton told The Australian there were "signs of recovery" in the labour market, as the states and territories continue to reopen their economies and contain the COVID-19 spread.
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When do the old £10 notes go out of circulation?
The old-style tenners will soon be redundant
Sallie EhlenSocial Media Editor & Senior Reporter
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The countdown is on to spend your old £10 notes.
Just like the old fivers, the old-style tenner will soon be redundant which means its days are now numbered.
Time is running out to spend your old £1 coins
On Thursday, March 1 , the paper £10 note will be withdrawn from circulation and will cease to be legal tender, meaning you won’t be able to use them to pay for things.
What happens if you still have paper £10 notes left after March 1?
Some banks and building societies may still accept paper £10 notes after March 1, but this will be at their own discretion and you will need to be a customer of the bank for them to exchange the note.
New £5 notes featuring this 'hidden' image could be worth £20,000
However the Bank of England is legally obliged to continue to exchange the old paper notes so you don’t have to worry if you come across old notes in future.
When did the new £10 notes come into circulation?
The new notes which are made from polymer have been in circulation since September 24, 2017 and have a lifespan of around five years, compared to the paper note’s two years.
Making notes from a polymer film means that the note itself is more durable and harder to forge.
The new £10 note (Image: Bank of England)
Will there be any more notes coming into circulation?
The next note to be replaced will be the £20, the new notes will feature the British painter JMW Turner.
The current £50 note was issued in 2011 and there are no plans to replace it.
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Chester Storyhouse Young Leaders create poetry workshop for people with disabilities
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Diocese of Caiazzo
Dioecesis Caiacensis o Caiatina
To: Diocese of Alife-Caiazzo
Show: All | Historical Details | Ordinaries | Historical Summary | Statistics | Affiliated Bishops, Living | Affiliated Bishops, Deceased
Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
Erected: 9th Century
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Capua
Square Kilometers: 120 (46 Square Miles)
Past Ordinaries
Giuliano Mirto Frangipani † (11 May 1472 Appointed - 16 Jun 1480 Appointed, Bishop of Tropea)
Giacomo de Luciis † (16 Jun 1480 Appointed - 23 Oct 1506 Died)
Oliviero Carafa † ( 1506 Appointed - 9 Jul 1507 Resigned)
Vincius de Maffei † (9 Jul 1507 Appointed - 1517 Died)
Andrea Della Valle † (2 Dec 1517 Appointed - 10 Dec 1518 Resigned)
Galeazzo Butrigarius † (10 Dec 1518 Appointed - 1519 Died)
Bernardino de Cherio, O.F.M. † (1 Jun 1520 Appointed - 1522 Died)
Vianesius Albergati † (29 Oct 1522 Appointed - 1527 Died)
Ascanio Parisani † (3 Jan 1528 Appointed - 24 May 1529 Appointed, Bishop of Rimini)
Antonio Maria Ciocchi del Monte † (24 May 1529 Appointed - 18 Jun 1529 Resigned)
Alexander Mirto Frangipani † (18 Jun 1529 Appointed - 10 Jul 1537 Resigned)
Fabio Mirto Frangipani † (10 Jul 1537 Appointed - 5 Nov 1572 Resigned)
Ottavio Mirto Frangipani † (19 Nov 1572 Appointed - 9 Mar 1592 Appointed, Bishop of Tricarico)
Orazio Acquaviva d’Aragona, O. Cist. † (19 Jun 1592 Appointed - 13 Jun 1617 Died)
Paolo Filomarino, C.R. † (18 Sep 1617 Appointed - 27 May 1623 Died)
Filippo Benedetto de Sio, O.F.M. Conv. † (8 Dec 1623 Appointed - 21 Oct 1641 Appointed, Bishop of Boiano)
Sigismondo Taddei † (27 Nov 1641 Appointed - 2 Oct 1647 Died)
Franciscus Perrone † (23 Nov 1648 Appointed - 2 Oct 1656 Died)
Giuseppe Petagna † (15 Jan 1657 Appointed - 12 Sep 1679 Died)
Giacomo Villani † (27 Nov 1679 Appointed - 5 Nov 1690 Died)
Francesco Giambattista Bonesana, C.R. † (24 Mar 1692 Appointed - 14 Nov 1695 Appointed, Bishop of Como)
Maioranus Figlioli † (20 Feb 1696 Appointed - 27 May 1712 Died)
Giacomo Falconi † (14 Mar 1718 Appointed - 28 Aug 1727 Died)
Costantino Vigilante † (26 Nov 1727 Appointed - 27 Apr 1754 Died)
Giuseppe Antonio Piperni † (22 Jul 1754 Appointed - 11 Feb 1779 Died)
Filippo d’Ambrogio † (27 Feb 1792 Confirmed - 3 Apr 1799 Died)
Gabriele Ventriglia † (15 Mar 1852 Appointed - 10 Dec 1859 Died)
Luigi Riccio † (23 Mar 1860 Confirmed - 9 Nov 1873 Died)
Giuseppe Spinelli † (15 Jun 1874 Appointed - 14 Nov 1883 Died)
Raffaele Danise, M.I. † (24 Mar 1884 Appointed - 8 Jan 1898 Died)
Felice de Siena † (24 Mar 1898 Appointed - 26 Jan 1902 Died)
Federico de Martino † (20 Jun 1902 Appointed - 1907 Resigned)
Adolfo Turchi † (30 Jun 1909 Appointed - 8 Sep 1914 Resigned)
Luigi Ermini † (4 Dec 1914 Appointed - 13 Jun 1921 Appointed, Bishop of Fabriano e Matelica)
Nicola Maria di Girolamo † (16 Aug 1922 Appointed - 5 Jul 1963 Died)
Angelo Campagna † (8 Apr 1978 Appointed - 30 Sep 1986 Appointed, Bishop of Alife-Caiazzo)
9th Century Erected Diocese of Caiazzo (erected)
30 September 1986 United Diocese of Alife
Diocese of Caiazzo Diocese of Alife-Caiazzo
1886 28,080 .0% 95 0 38 OTC
1950 35,000 35,000 100.0% 37 3 40 875 4 40 36 ap1951
1970 35,595 35,620 99.9% 37 3 40 889 3 40 36 ap1971
1980 35,900 37,400 96.0% 28 4 32 1,121 4 12 36 ap1981
Orazio Acquaviva d’Aragona, O. Cist. † (Bishop: 19 Jun 1592 to 13 Jun 1617)
Vianesius Albergati † (Bishop: 29 Oct 1522 to 1527)
Francesco Giambattista Bonesana, C.R. † (Bishop: 24 Mar 1692 to 14 Nov 1695)
Galeazzo Butrigarius † (Bishop: 10 Dec 1518 to 1519)
Angelo Campagna † (Bishop: 8 Apr 1978 to 30 Sep 1986)
Oliviero Carafa † (Administrator: 1506 to 9 Jul 1507)
Bernardino de Cherio, O.F.M. † (Archbishop (Personal Title): 1 Jun 1520 to 1522)
Antonio Maria Ciocchi del Monte † (Administrator: 24 May 1529 to 18 Jun 1529)
Filippo d’Ambrogio † (Bishop: 27 Feb 1792 to 3 Apr 1799)
Raffaele Danise, M.I. † (Bishop: 24 Mar 1884 to 8 Jan 1898)
Andrea Della Valle † (Administrator: 2 Dec 1517 to 10 Dec 1518)
Filippo Benedetto de Sio, O.F.M. Conv. † (Bishop: 8 Dec 1623 to 21 Oct 1641)
Nicola Maria di Girolamo † (Bishop: 16 Aug 1922 to 5 Jul 1963)
Luigi Ermini † (Bishop: 4 Dec 1914 to 13 Jun 1921)
Giacomo Falconi † (Bishop: 14 Mar 1718 to 28 Aug 1727)
Maioranus Figlioli † (Bishop: 20 Feb 1696 to 27 May 1712)
Paolo Filomarino, C.R. † (Bishop: 18 Sep 1617 to 27 May 1623)
Tommaso Leonetti † (Apostolic Administrator: 1963 to 1 Mar 1978)
Giacomo de Luciis † (Bishop: 16 Jun 1480 to 23 Oct 1506)
Vincius de Maffei † (Bishop: 9 Jul 1507 to 1517)
Federico de Martino † (Bishop: 20 Jun 1902 to 1907)
Alexander Mirto Frangipani † (Bishop: 18 Jun 1529 to 10 Jul 1537)
Fabio Mirto Frangipani † (Bishop: 10 Jul 1537 to 5 Nov 1572)
Giuliano Mirto Frangipani † (Bishop: 11 May 1472 to 16 Jun 1480)
Ottavio Mirto Frangipani † (Bishop: 19 Nov 1572 to 9 Mar 1592)
Ascanio Parisani † (Bishop: 3 Jan 1528 to 24 May 1529)
Franciscus Perrone † (Bishop: 23 Nov 1648 to 2 Oct 1656)
Giuseppe Petagna † (Bishop: 15 Jan 1657 to 12 Sep 1679)
Giuseppe Antonio Piperni † (Bishop: 22 Jul 1754 to 11 Feb 1779)
Luigi Riccio † (Bishop: 23 Mar 1860 to 9 Nov 1873)
Felice de Siena † (Bishop: 24 Mar 1898 to 26 Jan 1902)
Giuseppe Spinelli † (Bishop: 15 Jun 1874 to 14 Nov 1883)
Sigismondo Taddei † (Bishop: 27 Nov 1641 to 2 Oct 1647)
Adolfo Turchi † (Bishop: 30 Jun 1909 to 8 Sep 1914)
Gabriele Ventriglia † (Bishop: 15 Mar 1852 to 10 Dec 1859)
Costantino Vigilante † (Bishop: 26 Nov 1727 to 27 Apr 1754)
Giacomo Villani † (Bishop: 27 Nov 1679 to 5 Nov 1690)
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The Vision of Pope Leo XIII
By Joseph Freyaldenhoven
Photo Credit: Flickr/My Past - Archangel Saint Michael
One of the most important events in the last 500 years is known as the Vision of Pope Leo XIII.
There are many accounts that Pope Leo XIII had a vision in which he heard God and Satan conversing. The gist of the conversation was that Satan told God he could destroy the Church, at which the Lord told him to go ahead. Satan replied that he needed more time and more power.
The Lord asked how much time and how much power. Satan answered that he needed 100 years and greater power over the people of the earth.
According to one account, God gave Satan the time and the power. This took place on October 13, 1884.
He was so shaken by his vision that he reportedly passed out, and some thought he had had a stroke or heart attack, until he explained what had happened.
It was after this vision that he composed the prayer to St. Michael, which was prayed after each Mass at the foot of the altar until Vatican II changed it.
Pope Leo XIII composed the prayer to St. Michael the Archangel, asking his protection. It goes as follows: “Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in the battle; be our defense against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him and do you, O Prince of the Heavenly Host, by the power of God, thrust into hell Satan and the other evil spirits who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen”
Further Comments:
If you take a close look at the events of the last 100 years you can certainly see an increase in evil.
Two World Wars
Abortion increase
Sexual sins increase
Attack on the family
Spread of Atheism
Spread of Secular Humanism
Euthanasia increase
It is interesting that 33 years to the day after October 13, 1884 is day the Sun danced at Fatima October 13, 1017. Remember Our Lady of Fatima warned us about the two World Wars and lack of prayer and worship among the faithful.
One account stipulated that God told Satan that at the end of the 100 years trial, that He would pour down His Holy Spirit like never before.
Speaking about the attack on the family, I highly suggest a new book by Father Donald Callaway - Consecration to St. Joseph: The Wonders of Our Spiritual Father
Drawing on the wealth of the Church's living tradition, Fr. Donald Calloway, MIC, calls on all of us to turn to St. Joseph, entrust ourselves, our Church, and our world to our spiritual father's loving care, and then watch for wonders when the Universal Patron of the Church opens the floodgates of Heaven to pour out graces into our lives today.
Definitely a book for our time, Consecration to St. Joseph is dedicated to meeting the challenges of the present moment and restoring order to our Church and our world, all through the potent paternal intercession and care of St. Joseph.
This book has everything you need to take your love and devotion to St. Joseph to a whole different level: a thorough program of consecration to St. Joseph; information on the 10 wonders of St. Joseph; and prayers and devotions to St. Joseph.
Accessible, motivating, this book will kick off a great movement of consecration to our spiritual father and change the world.
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Institute for Genetics, Faculty of Math. Nat. Sciences
Prof. Dr. Ana J. García-Sáez
garcia-office[at]uni-koeln.de
Institut für Genetik
CECAD Forschungszentrum
Joseph-Stelzmann-Str. 26
Apoptotic cell death is essential for development, immune function or tissue homeostasis, and it is often deregulated in disease. Mitochondrial outer membrane permeabilization (MOMP) is central for apoptosis execution and plays a key role in its inflammatory outcome. The Bcl-2 family of proteins is form by pro- and anti-apoptotic members that interact with each other to control MOMP. During apoptosis, the Bcl-2 proteins BAX and BAK accumulate at discrete sites on the MOM5 in structures called apoptotic foci, where they undergo conformational changes concomitant with oligomerization followed by MOMP. Knowing the architecture of the macromolecular machineries mediating MOMP is crucial for understanding their function and for the clinical use of apoptosis.
Beyond apoptosis, it has been recently recognized that several forms of necrotic cell death are also regulated by genetically encoded signaling pathways that we are only beginning to understand. Common to the execution of necroptosis, pyroptosis and ferroptosis is the permeabilization of the plasma membrane that releases the cellular contents to the microenvironment and initiates immune responses.
Our research: The Garcia-Saez group aims at understanding the underlying physical principles and molecular mechanisms that govern membrane organization and dynamics. A key open question is how membrane behavior and signaling are coordinated by the interplay between multiple molecular components and the membrane mechanical properties. To address these questions, we focus on the mitochondrial alterations during apoptosis as well as on membrane permeabilization as a common feature in the execution of regulated cell death.
Our goals: One main research line in the lab aims to unravel the molecular mechanisms involved in the permeabilization of mitochondria during apoptosis. In our group, we study the stoichiometry and interaction preferences of Bcl-2 proteins complexes by exploiting the single molecule toolbox implemented in the lab. We also aim to define the composition, dynamics and structure of apoptotic foci and to understand how they are integrated to orchestrate function. In addition, we are interested in understanding the mechanisms underlying mitochondrial dynamics and the contacts of mitochondria with other cellular membranes.
A second line of research in the group focuses on other forms of regulated cell death. Membrane pore formation is emerging as a common theme in regulated forms of regulated cell death, including new pathways like necroptosis, pyroptosis or ferroptosis, which we are studying with similar strategies.
Our successes: Our work has contributed to our understanding of mitochondrial permeabilization. We have built the first 3D model for the structure of active, full-length Bax in the membrane that reveals a key conformational change critical for pore formation. We have shown that Bax does not adopt a unique oligomeric state, but rather exists as a mixture of oligomeric species based on dimer units. We also discovered that active Bax clusters into a broad distribution of distinct architectures, including full rings, as well as linear and arc-shaped oligomeric assemblies with both rings and arcs being able to perforate the membrane. Altogether, our data shed new light on the supramolecular organization of Bax during apoptosis and support a novel molecular mechanism in which Bax fully or partially delineates pores of different sizes to permeabilize the mitochondrial outer membrane.
We have also pioneered the use of single molecule techniques to understand complex formation between Bcl-2 proteins both in solution and in the membrane environment. We have addressed the question how the intricate, fine-tuned interaction network formed by the Bcl-2 family of proteins determines cell fate using novel, quantitative systems approaches.
Our methods/techniques: We have established a multi-disciplinary group that develops new microscopy tools and combines biophysics, biochemistry and cell biology in reconstituted minimal systems and in single cells to analyze mitochondrial permeabilization and additional alterations during apoptosis from a quantitative perspective. We also apply these methods to study the molecular mechanisms of membrane permeabilization that execute other forms of regulated cell death.
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Figure 1: A) BAX apoptotic foci (green) in mitochondria (magenta) of a dying cell.
B) BAX/BAK apoptotic foci in cell death signaling and inflammation.
Figure 2: Model for mitochondria permeabilization by BAX. A) Supramolecular assemblies of BAX into lines, arcs and rings in cells undergoing apoptosis visualized by super-resolution and atomic force microscopy. B) Structural model of BAX in the membrane built from electron paramagnetic resonance data.
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Classic Racing School Celebrates its 3 year anniversary : three years of passion
Classic Racing School & Friends – Celebrating with a charity rally
Classic Racing School celebrates its 3 year anniversary on Saturday, 18th of July with a charity rally on the roads of Auvergne, using part of the historic Gordon Bennett Cup’s layout followed by an evening dinner on the Charade Circuit’s pitlane with both the rally and the evening dinner being open to everyone. An event from which 100% of the proceeds will go to the Centre Jean-Perrin cancer research center, in Clermont-Ferrand.
Classic cars, live music, gourmet dinner, prize giveaway (Classic Racing School and partner products), a magic show, all on the pitlane of a French icon : The Charade circuit.
Classic Racing School celebrates its 3rd anniversary
Last year’s first edition of Classic Racing School & Friends gathered 100 people and 3 000 € for cancer research. The team hopes to match or surpass the amount this year, even during this uncertain period of sanitary crisis.
The coming years are going to bring lots of exciting news for Classic Racing Group, some of which we will tell you all about during this special day.
Meet us on the 18th of July 2020 for our 3 year celebration on the roads of Auvergne and the Charade circuit.
Charade – Historic Trackday – 5 September 2020
Classic Racing School: the world’s first historic racing school
In July 2017, the Charade circuit in the Auvergne Volcanoes saw arrive the world’s first historic racing school, Classic Racing School. An innovating concept, lead by Julien Chaffard, with the goal of sharing the atmosphere, the values and the driving sensations of single seaters representative of the golden age of motorsports.
A genuine time travelling experience on a circuit known for its Grand Prix history, in an environment where each detail matters and drivers are accompanied throughout the day by our team on and off track. Classic Racing School is today the result of a crazy but successful bet, headed by a talented young team supported by a group of passionate investors.
The team is complimented by professional drivers like Pierre Sancinéna, who occupies the role of chief instructor in the team and is present for the majority of the dates, the team continues to work hard with one clear vision: to remain a world reference, by offering a bespoke service and a premium philosophy. A club of passionate people that step by step starts becoming known in the historic motorsports paddock.
Pierre Sancinéna – Professional race driver and Classic Racing School head coach
Having been obliged to postpone the start of this year’s school season in response to the Covic-19 pandemic, the school has been able to restart its activities from the start of June, and will celebrate on 18th of July its 3 years of existence with a charity rally in Auvergne and on the Charade circuit.
New Classic Racing School experiences
Created for those looking for a driving day that’s even more performance oriented and drivers that are looking to getting ready for racing: The Performance Coaching day. Limited to 8 seats during the day, drivers will have 200 kms of driving time at the Charade circuit, more 1 on 1 time with our professional instructors, more performance oriented coaching using video feedback in between sessions and timed laps – the goal is for drivers to spend the day in a focused environment to bring out the best performance from their driving and give them the confidence to extract the most out of a car’s performance in the future.
The perfect experience for those that have already been to Classic Racing School or have other driving experience under their belt.
Our new Performance Coaching offer
A part of the racing world
After 3 years of activities, Classic Racing School has received over 700 drivers, from beginners to experienced drivers and prestigious companies. Aston Martin, Michelin, Motors Gallery, clubs and private demands : The wide spread of clients that have been to Classic Racing School is a reflection of the professionalism and attention to detail of the team behind each tailor-made event, all without forgetting what’s at the heart of Classic Racing School : a warm and convivial atmosphere. With Charade as headquarters and factory Crosslé Car Company in Northern Ireland as main and exclusive partner, the school is today part a unique setting, proposing experiences made specifically for motorsports lovers.
Crosslé 90F – Factory re-issues created exclusively for Classic Racing School
From a school to competitions : the birth of the Classic Racing Team
With an original 1969 Crosslé 16F, Classic Racing Group took its first steps as a racing team in 2019 by supporting its first driver in the Historic French Championship. A first success that, some months later, would allow us to develop the team into what it is today: Classic Racing Team, with 8 cars (Lotus XI, Lotus 20/22, Crosslé 9S, Crosslé 20F..) racing in Peter Auto races, HVM and club meetings throughout France and Europe.
A complementary activity to the school, managed by the same mechanic team, allowing the Company to focus on the management and maintenance of historic race cars.
See you at Albi from the 17 th to the 19 th of July for the first rounds of the Historic Formula Ford and Formula Ford Kent championships!
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Drake & Scull wins Qatar district cooling job
UAE: Drake & Scull Engineering (DSE) has won a contract worth over €23m for a district cooling plant for Lusail, the newest planned city in Qatar.
Under the terms of the agreement, Drake & Scull Qatar will design and build a 14,250TR district cooling plant that will supply chilled water to the early completed buildings in Lusail City, by July 2015. The system involves supplying chilled water in pipes through underground tunnels in the Marina district and through an extensive network throughout Lusail City.
The contract includes building the district cooling plant along with all associated controls, instruments, piping and valves. DSE Qatar will also undertake civil work for foundations, plinths, above ground concrete water tanks, and electric rooms, including 11kV switch gear rooms, transformer rooms, LV MCC rooms and generator rooms, as required by the Qatar General Electricity and Water Cooperation.
Lusail is one of the most ambitious and groundbreaking cities developed by Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Company. Located on the coast, in the northern part of the municipality of Al Daayen, it will cover 38km² and be home to over 200,000 residents. 170,000 people are expected to work in the city’s different districts, and 80,000 expected to visit its entertainment and recreation facilities. In addition to residential, commercial, hospitality, and retail properties, Lusail City’s 19 districts will also encompass a full array of community needs, complete with schools, mosques, medical facilities, sport, entertainment and shopping centres.
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Celotex U.K. Holding Corporation, Ltd. Overview
Celotex U.K. Holding Corporation, Ltd. filed as a Domestic for Profit Corporation in the State of Florida and is no longer active. This corporate entity was filed approximately forty-two years ago on Wednesday, February 21, 1979 , according to public records filed with Florida Department of State.
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To shave or not to shave: How do beards impact the effectiveness of face masks?
Melissa Couto Zuber, The Canadian Press
Published Thursday, December 3, 2020 11:50AM EST
Last Updated Thursday, December 3, 2020 11:57AM EST
Weather is getting cooler and beards are getting bushier as some Canadian men look to add an extra layer of warmth to their faces this winter.
Others, motivated by lockdown measures and extended work-from-home terms, may view this as a perfect time to see how unruly those whiskers can get before a trim is needed.
But as long as mask-wearing is encouraged amid the COVID-19 pandemic, should they worry about facial hair interfering with the effectiveness of face coverings?
Some experts say men should shave their beards in order to obtain the best mask fit, but others say it depends how long the stubble gets, and if their job requires a tighter-fitting respirator.
The CDC has an infographic on facial hair and N-95s on its website, outlining styles that are safe, including handlebar mustaches and soul patches. Other looks - like extended goatees, muttonchops and Van Dykes - cross the seal of the mask and need to go.
Dr. Christopher Labos, a Montreal-based physician, says that advice is fine for health-care workers, but when it comes to regular cloth masks, breaking a seal isn't as much of a concern.
“If it's covering your mouth and nose, it's doing what it's supposed to do,” he said. “Whether there's a gap on the side isn't really here or there because there's always a gap.”
Dr. Jane Wang, a clinical instructor at UBC who has studied face masks extensively, disagrees.
Wang's recent research suggests men with beards experience more leakage - droplets expelling through gaps in the mask - than those without. Leaky areas of masks are most prominent around the nose, chin and the cheeks, and pleated masks tend to leak more than other styles.
Having facial hair jutting out of a mask increases that leakage zone, she said. So the most effective way to ensure a cloth mask fits around the face is to remove the beard.
“Having more leaks decreases the filtration,” Wang said, adding that research on mask fit and leaks date back to the 1990s. “So the air we breathe will go through the leak and not the filter of the mask.”
Dr. Lisa Bryski, an emergency-room physician in Winnipeg, has seen many colleagues shave off their beards in order to properly wear masks in the health-care field.
While a cloth covering doesn't provide the same level of protection as an N-95, Bryski suggests men outside front-line work settings might want to pick up the razor too.
“It's a personal choice, but anything you do to increase your own protection and protection of others is appropriate in these times,” she said. “Where shaving is not an option, keeping the beard groomed and trimmed may reduce the amount of hair and help with mask seal.”
Bryski acknowledged that for some men, like those in the Sikh community, beards may be an integral part of religious identity.
Sukhmeet Sachal, a second-year medical student at UBC, recognized that and is offering a solution.
Sachal is part of a group that has been handing out modified face masks to Sikh men at gurdwaras, or places of assembly and worship. The masks, made by volunteers, wrap around beards and tie over turbans, offering Sikh men a better alternative than a regular face mask they could buy at a store.
Sachal said he got the idea when he walked into a gurdwara with his father and saw hardly anyone wearing a mask. While he says there may have been a combination of reasons for that, the beards played a part.
“We heard from people directly that there were no masks available for them,” Sachal said. “When they went to the store, they didn't find any.”
Sachal says hair, whether it's on your face or head, is seen in Sikhism as a gift from God. Turbans are wrapped around hair to protect it, and most Sikh men refrain from cutting their hair or shaving their beards.
“That's why these masks are important,” Sachal said. “They allow people to practise their religion while being safe.”
Colin Furness, an epidemiologist at the University of Toronto, looks at beards as a “variable” in how well a mask fits, but “not a determiner.”
A mask can be ill-fitting whether you have a beard or not, he explained. And while the length of facial hair will impact fit further, he says mask-wearing is only one safety precaution we should be practising.
“I don't think beards should be demonized, because it's not just about wearing a mask,” he said. “You're also maintaining physical distance, you're also not doing large crowds...
“It's when you start thinking that masks protect you completely that beards become more risky.”
Wang says those keeping their beards should still wear face masks.
“It'll be less effective, but it's better than nothing,” she said.
Braunson McDonald has his beard trimmed by Luis Lopez, owner of Orange County Barbers Parlor, Wednesday, July 15, 2020, in Huntington Beach, Calif. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
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Benteke reveals half-time plan and thoughts before his first goal
Before Crystal Palace faced West Bromwich Albion, Roy Hodgson explained why he chose to start Christian Benteke.
"I think it's the right time to give him a chance to show what he can do alongside Wilf [Zaha]," the Palace manager told Sky Sports.
Wilfried Zaha's reaction to West Bromwich Albion 1-5 Crystal Palace
About two hours later, Hodgson's decision was thoroughly vindicated; both Benteke and Zaha netting a brace in a 5-1 victory.
After the game, Benteke caught up with Palace TV to explain how he regarded the 90 minutes, saying: "I’m really pleased to have the chance to score those two goals but the most important thing is those three points because we had to react after our two defeats in a row. All the boys this afternoon did well.
"I was ready and I spoke with the manager. He told me to be ready because there was a chance for me to play and I’m really pleased this afternoon.
"I told [Zaha] I was happy to see him back and especially to play with him because we have pressure to play with each other and we showed that again today."
At half-time, however, Palace's victory was no foregone conclusion, with the Eagles and Baggies tied at 1-1. West Brom were down to 10-men and Palace looked strong, so Benteke reveals: "We were all positive in the dressing room [at half-time]. We said: ‘We have to be patient. We have to make sure we move the ball quick and we’ll get our chances.’ That’s what we did."
Key passes: 4
Tackles: 2
Clearances: 1
Blocks: 1
💪 What a shift.#CPFC | #WBACRY pic.twitter.com/mgH1VXqHWk
— Crystal Palace F.C. (@CPFC) December 6, 2020
Finally, Benteke reflected on the first of his two goals: a close-range header on the end of Patrick van Aanholt's tight chip into the box.
The Belgian explained his thought process as Van Aanholt raced to the byline, saying: "I thought he had no other solution [than] to put the ball to the near post. I said: ‘I’m going to go there. If the ball comes I’ll make sure I’m the first man to hit the ball.’"
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When it comes to mental health, like attracts like
Written by The Conversation Contributor
Is it true that like attracts like? When it comes to mental health, it seems the answer is yes.
A study published in JAMA Psychiatry this week sheds light on the influence of psychiatric disorders on relationships and mating.
The study from the famous Karolinska Insitute in Sweden examined over 700,000 men and women with psychiatric diagnoses and compared them to over three million people without psychiatric diagnoses.
They measured marital resemblance for psychiatric disorders. Marital resemblance is the degree to which we marry people who resemble us in some characteristic or another.
For instance, marital resemblance is positively correlated for personality, height and weight – so we have a positive tendency to marry people who are similar to us on these characteristics.
Debate has raged for years around the influence of psychiatric disorders on relationships, and the genetic risks for offspring, but no one has ever collected data on such a large number of people.
Partnering up
The Swedish study had a number of key findings. First up, people with a psychiatric diagnosis were less likely to be married. When they did marry, the chance of them marrying someone else with a psychiatric diagnosis was two to three times higher than for people without a psychiatric diagnosis.
There was also a correlation between specific diagnoses. People with disorders that developed at a young age, like autism spectrum disorder and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, had a tendency to marry people with the same diagnosis. As did people with disorders that had particularly severe symptoms, such as schizophrenia.
People with depression and generalised anxiety disorder were also more likely to partner with people with psychiatric disorders, but the correlation between diagnoses for these was lower.
The results held for men and women. Similar correlations weren’t found for people with non-psychiatric medical disorders, such as Crohn’s disease, diabetes (types 1 and 2) and rheumatoid arthritis. People with these disorders showed little or no increase in the chances of being married to someone else with a medical disorder of the same, or any sort.
As with most good science, the study raises more questions than it answers.
Laws of attraction
The laws of attraction are complex.
Evolutionary theory says we mate with those who give us the highest chances of surviving and reproducing. Social theories tell us we tend to marry people we are exposed to and familiar with. Most people marry someone who lives in close proximity to them. Most are introduced through friends or shared experiences. Work, school or university are the commonest places people meet their spouses. We mate who we meet.
We also have a strong tendency to marry people who are similar to us – marital resemblance holds to some degree for religious beliefs, politics and other characteristics.
Physical attraction is complex and affects us consciously and unconsciously in many ways. In terms of influencing relationship choices, as the saying goes beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but it’s also a bit like the market economy. We marry those who we can “afford”, not necessary the most “expensive”.
In terms of helping us understand the laws of attraction, this study probably doesn’t add much.
What this tells us
It might be that the correlations are simply due to mixing in similar circles. So people with a psychiatric diagnosis are far more likely to meet others in the same boat, either in hospital, via support groups or online communities.
It might be related to reduced stigma; perhaps people with mental illness are more accepting of others with mental illness. They understand the problems and so might be less judgemental.
There might also be an element of contagion; where one partner influences the other. If one spouse drinks alcohol excessively, this might have an impact on their partner’s drinking, or their partner’s mental health in other domains.
The possible explanations are endless, and as the authors point out, the limitations of a study such as this are significant.
If anything, this study highlights the complexity of mental illness. Psychiatric disorders result from a mix of our biology, our past experiences and our current circumstances. They are not simply the result of pathology.
They affect most aspects of our lives including our personality, how we live, whom we meet, how we work, how we respond to others…and who we marry.
High quality studies such as this give us a tiny glimpse into our lives, but rather than answering some of the great existential questions, they mostly just add to the list of things we want to understand.
Authors: The Conversation Contributor
Read more http://theconversation.com/when-it-comes-to-mental-health-like-attracts-like-55381
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Survivors of one of Scotland's worst Army disasters pay their respects
Six soldiers died in one of the UK’s worst military disasters after they accidentally parachuted into the Keil Canal in Germany in 1974.
Stephen Stewart
A soldier from the Parachute Regiment looks on at the ceremony at Glasgow Cathedral (Image: Copyright Mark Anderson)
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Survivors of one of Scotland’s worst military disasters have remembered their fallen comrades 45 years on.
Six soldiers died in one of the UK’s worst peacetime military disasters after they accidentally parachuted into the Keil Canal in Germany in 1974 as part of a massive NATO operation dubbed Exercise Bold Guard.
Former paratroopers, serving soldiers and relatives of those who died gathered at Glasgow Cathedral on Saturday for a sombre ceremony to mark the tragedy’s anniversary.
Retired Parachute Regiment major Alasdair Hutton, who commanded Glasgow’s ‘A’ Company that night, said he was keen to assure families of the men that they had never been forgotten - before it was too late.
He said: “I commanded the Glasgow Company on the exercise and remember the event vividly. I was lucky, I landed by the canal, not in it. We have never forgotten those men and this year will mark the 45th anniversary of their deaths.
“We wanted to honour their memories with a service of remembrance while there are still enough of those who jumped that night alive and able to take part.”
Former Para Kenneth Wratten (front right) and survivors of the ill fated exercise (Image: Copyright Mark Anderson)
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The survivors of the botched exercise have slammed the military for taking 40 years to explain what happened. On the night of September 11 1974, Parachute Regiment reservists took part in the NATO exercise in Germany.
But Exercise Bold Guard went horribly wrong. Six troops, including five based in Scotland, drowned in what was described at the time as the worst peacetime tragedy ever to befall a territorial unit.
Due to a freak wind, 16 paratroopers landed in the Kiel Canal where the six men died. For 40 years military bosses have reportedly failed to release their reports into the tragedy, despite repeated pleas from veterans.
In 2014, veteran Jim Carey, 67, from Coatbridge, who flew the mission and landed safely, blasted: “This should have been out in the open as soon as it was finished.”
The exercise saw thousands of troops dropped on designated zones between two canals at night. But a board of inquiry set up two days after the tragedy found the troops’ drop had undershot by up to 360 yards, causing 15 servicemen to plunge into the Kiel Canal.
Investigators found pilots made an error in releasing the parachutists at the wrong time but it only accounted for 85 yards of their early landing. The most significant cause of the fatal accident had been a stronger than predicted wind which, it said, could not have been foreseen.
But the report paints a damning picture of the ageing life jackets the soldiers were given. They were described as being in a “poor state of serviceability”.
Among the dead was Captain Gerard Muir, of 15th Battalion Parachute Regiment, who attempted to inflate his life jacket but damage to the gas cylinder meant it failed. The report admitted this contributed to his death.
Mr Carey, who runs his own business as a telephone engineer, added: “Gerry Muir was just unlucky that his life jacket was unserviceable. But at least this has given us some closure after 40 years.”
Former paratrooper Alasdair Hutton was a survivor of the massive NATO operation dubbed Exercise Bold Guard (Image: Alasdair Hutton)
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The two inquiries concluded nobody involved carried any culpability for the deaths but three unnamed men had been negligent in causing hardware to be dropped in the wrong place, by misplacing ground markers.
The names of the men who died on the fateful night drop were Captain Gerry Muir, A Company, Glasgow; Officer Cadet James Cooper, C Company, Edinburgh; Sergeant Richard Tomkins, B Company, Aberdeen; Sergeant Elliot Leask and Lance Corporal Brian Bett, Support Company, Glasgow and Private Edward Beach, from Liverpool, who was completing his parachute training with this jump.
The names of the six men who died were cast in a brass plaque which was set into a large rock close to the canal flanked by six oak trees commemorating the six who died. A similar plaque was mounted in the battalion’s Drill Hall in Glasgow.
The names are also inscribed at the National Memorial Arboretum at Alrewas. Officer Cadet James Cooper’s sister Maureen qualified as a parachutist in her brother’s memory and was made an honorary member of the 15 Para Officers’ Mess.
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Big Apple Flaw Allows Root Access to Macs without Password
Vulnerability affects machines running High Sierra operating system.
Mac users and administrators need to be on the lookout for compromised machines after a security researcher disclosed late yesterday a big flaw in Apple's macOS High Sierra platform that allows for password-less logins to root accounts. Publicly disclosed by software engineer Lemi Orhan Ergin via Twitter, the flaw allows someone with physical access to the machine to log in as "root" by leaving the password field empty in a System Preferences unlock screen.
This could be particularly thorny for enterprise environments where users might walk away from their machines, leaving them unattended, says John Bambenek, threat research manager for Fidelis Cybersecurity.
"Most times when people are outside corporate environments, they're either using their laptops or they're in their bag with them," he says. "In the corporate environment, you leave your stuff at your desk, insiders could easily start enabling local administrator accounts that then they could use to bypass local access controls on the endpoint."
According to Mike Buckbee, security engineer for Varonis, this flaw provides another reminder that physical access to a machine is still one of the biggest threats to that machine.
"If left for just a few moments in the wrong hands, your device could easily be compromised," he says.
Bambenek says that this flaw might also help enable laptop theft and that even though there's nothing found in the wild just yet, it could also potentially fuel phishing campaigns.
"It's possible to script and create a working exploit to put into a phishing email or a browser-based lure. I don't think anyone has fully operationalized this maliciously in the wild yet, but if that did start happening, cleanup becomes more important," he says. "People will click on dumb things and Mac users have an artificial sense of security."
Early reports indicate that the issue came because the operating system doesn't handle a very specific error condition well; if that holds, Bambenek believes Apple will be able to get a patch out fairly quickly. In the interim, Apple has created a guide for users to work around the problem and mitigate the threat. Once the patch is applied, the trick will be figuring out which machines have had root accounts tampered with maliciously.
"Fixing the code seems pretty straightforward, but the cleanup part is hard," he says. "It's figuring out what to do with all the machines that may have these accounts created. You can't reset the passwords because somebody might legitimately have set the root password."
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I have been so tired by snotty and arrogant Mac users smuggly telling everybody that No virus-malware hacks exist for a Macintosh. They are generally a nice but arrogant lot (much like Jobs) and so one has to smile. Now welcome to the REAL WORLD! It ain't a fun place full of nice bottom of the screen icons that get bigger when the mouse is moved over it. (I hate the single button mouse too). This could be taken as sour grapes.
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The secret to Weird Al’s genius…
The NXT Nine: WWE’s Fellowship of the Ring
In the early days of the WWE Brand Split, the Smackdown show—overseen by Paul Heyman—established itself as the “wrestling” brand, while Raw—overseen by some guy you’ve never heard of because he’s not Paul Heyman—was built to be the “sports entertainment” brand. But as we’ve noticed before, a good sports entertainment show is a good wrestling show, and vice-versa. It’s not as if Raw was incapable of having good matches (Shawn Michaels was a weekly contributor), and Smackdown certainly had great storylines (Eddie Guerrero’s quest to win the WWE title, for example). But it was clear that Smackdown had a very specific focus, while Raw was in more of the traditional variety show format that is still being used today. Heyman’s show was never allowed to get a true leg up on Raw, however; it was taped , it was on the lesser night, it was the less-historically important show, and it had Paul Heyman running it: It was never going to be allowed to be more important than Raw.
But it was better than Raw.
You’ll be hard pressed to find ten wrestling fans who preferred Raw over Smackdown in those days. The Raw main event scene was tired, as Triple H was either defending the World Title or feuding with the guy who beat him, en route to his regaining his World Title. Look at the first almost-three years of the World Heavyweight Championship’s existence: Triple H loses it to HBK, who loses it back to Triple H, who loses it to Goldberg, who loses it back to Triple H, who loses it to Chris Benoit, who loses it back to Triple H (by way of a one month Randy Orton transition), who finally loses it to Batista. At that point the title was never on the same show as Triple H and his reign of terror was ended, but for those first thirty-three months, Triple H and the World Heavyweight Title were inseparable. And Raw was horrible because of it. Not (necessarily) because of Triple H, but just the way he was booked. In addition, Raw had an undeveloped, largely ignored midcard, a joke of a Divas division, and a tag title scene that was thin and wasted.
Meanwhile Smackdown had exciting main event action, with more variety, better stories, plus a midcard that was deep and nurtured, a tag division that never failed to produce incredible matches with interesting teams, and a cruiserweight division that, while thin, never disappointed (at least in those early days). But the big edge that Smackdown had over Raw was a core group of guys who carried the brand. The show wasn’t necessarily built around them, but they provided a skeleton the rest of the show could be built on top of. They were Paul Heyman’s security blanked. They were his trampoline. They were his “Smackdown Six.”
Now sometimes fans will argue about just who is really included in this famed grouping. Like the way people argue about who the mythical “fourth Beatle” should be (obviously it’s George Martin), there’s a lot of conjecture about who makes up the Smackdown Six. Should Brock Lesnar be included? What about Undertaker? People are sick of Big Show today but back then he was an integral part of Smackdown’s early success as a brand. So was Hollywood Hogan. And Mr. America too.
But, just going by the man himself, here are the half-dozen guys that Paul Heyman considered the “Smackdown Six:”
Chris Benoit, Kurt Angle, Eddie Guerrero, Chavo Guerrero Edge and Rey Mysterio.
If you weren’t watching back then, it may seem out of place to include Chavo Guerrero in such an illustrious group, but look closely at those six names. They are three pairings; three tag teams that set the brand on fire starting in mid-2002. They competed in a triple threat tag match for the tag titles at No Mercy and in a rematch at Survivor Series, tearing down the house each time. Each of them brought some interesting dynamic, both as a singles guy and as a partner in his team. Angle and Benoit were legit wrestlers when working alone, but together they brought the entertainment factor as bickering children trying to one-up each other. Edge and Rey were the flashy young kids working solo, but together they were the “clashing styles” team that fans always love. The Guerreros were the sneaky cheaters that fans loved to hate, with Eddie’s charisma being undeniable when he worked alone, and Chavo…well Chavo did some crusierweight stuff too…
Anyway, the point is Smackdown worked because it had a nucleus of guys that were either great in the ring, had great characters, or both. All of them (save poor Chavo) ended up as main eventers on the show (Benoit’s main event run was mostly on Raw but it started on Smackdown), but in the pivotal infancy of the Smackdown brand they were the workhorses in the middle of the card, keeping viewers engaged and keeping the brand above water.
Which brings us to NXT.
WWE’s yellow brand is not quite in the same boat as 2002-era Smackdown. It has a few things working against it and a few in its favor that Heyman’s show did not. It’s not a major cable channel so its exposure is limited. It’s roster is mostly indie guys with limited name-recognition and a few WWE-trainees who have yet to get their big break. On the other hand, it has much more support from management than Smackdown did. Its being so isolated from the rest of the WWE universe has allowed it to carve out its own identity in a way Smackdown never could.
But the biggest change is in the way its core roster is used. Whereas Heyman relied on a troupe of talented midcarders to carry the load of his show, NXT’s bread and butter is the show. These guys—the NXT Nine—are the main attraction. One of them has already been called up, another is about to be, one just arrived and a few are injured, but in years to come they will be looked back on as the foundation that made NXT the best wrestling show out there.
SAMI ZAYN
Without question, the heart and soul of NXT. Lovingly dubbed “happy beard guy” the former El Generico (so rumors say) took off his mask, bulked up just enough to avoid looking “small” and managed to become one of the realest characters in WWE programming. Some guys are clearly playing characters, even those who don’t have a crazy gimmick: When Randy Orton cuts a promo it feels like a guy who knows how to read his lines well enough to get through a 20 minute monologue; when Sami Zayn grabs a mic you believe every word he says. In the ring he’s a natural. He’s fluid and versatile, with just the right amount of flash and pizazz to compliment real grappling skills. That he’s been in NXT for so long without being called up is not an indictment against his readiness or his value; it’s proof-positive that he is the MVP of the show. He’s the “John Cena” of NXT and until someone comes along who can achieve the same rapport and true affection for the audience, he will likely stay in NXT. Right now he’s out with an injury but he’ll be back in a few months ready to resume his spot as the face that runs the place.
ADRIAN NEVILLE
Neville’s already gone, but his role in building NXT should never be forgotten. On WWE programming he’s a one-dimensional, silent acrobat. He’s fun to watch but lacks depth. On NXT, he was the scrappy underdog that won the big one, let it get to his head and almost cost him a true friendship. There never was a true heel turn while he held the NXT title, but he very very subtly shifted from true blue babyface to tweener. There was no “attack the Rock” moment like CM Punk had in his long reign, that moved him from the nice guy column to the bad guy column. He just overcame big guys like Brodus Clay and started a feud with Sami Zayn. It began with them both as babyfaces the fans loved, but little by little Neville started getting cocky, and slowly turned the fans against him. He did it in just such a way that they never fully booed him, just the way he carried himself against the beloved Zayn. And he did all this subtle work through promos! Imagine that: The one thing WWE is keeping him from doing turned him from a guy most assumed to be transitional champion to the longest reigning, and one of the most important title-holders in NXT history.
Of all the men in this list, Breeze is the most WWE-ready. That is both a blessing and a potential curse. It is a blessing that he has no indie reputation that would sour him with some of the old codgers still hanging around WWE headquarters. It’s a blessing that he is—more than any other major male superstar—almost purely a Performance Center success story. So there’s political reasons to push him, as a way of saying “This is what the Performance Center can do.” It’s a blessing that his character is over the top and he plays it with 100% sincerity (two things Vince loves) and it’s a blessing that (as a result of his WWE training) he works the infamous “WWE style” as his first language. On the other hand, his character is very fragile. One idiotic remark from JBL on commentary and he dies on his first night on the main roster. So easily his “supermodel with grit” character could become a one-note “effeminate supermodel” Fandango knockoff; the kind that Vince loves to laugh at and not with. Whatever becomes of him on the main roster, his contribution to NXT is vital. He lacks the street cred that guys like Owens or Balor or Joe had when they came in, so he’s sort of in a holding pattern. He’s one notch below the very top of the roster but every time he is about to break through another darling from the indies waltzes in and cuts in line. That sucks for him but it’s allowed him to work with those guys and their variety of styles. Back in the old days, guys like Jericho and Benoit traveled the world wrestling and learning different styles. The WWE Performance Center doesn’t really allow that, as they prefer you to be unmolded clay when you arrive. Breeze is lucky; he didn’t need to travel the world: The variety of styles came to him. Feuds with Zayn, Itami and Balor have given him plenty of experience that he otherwise would have missed out on. Not only that, but it’s clear Triple H and others who run NXT see him as talented enough to work with the new guys. In the end those sorts of guys always get their own chance to carry the ball. I just hope he gets his chance at the spotlight soon, before he gets called up.
Without hesitation I say: Sasha Banks is the best sports entertainer in WWE, and among the best in all of wrestling. Start with her character: She has it mastered. So many performers play the part when they have a mic in their hands or when they’re being interviewed backstage, but when they get to the ring and start working a match, they are bland and lose all their personality. Not Banks: She owns her “boss” character. Her mannerisms and facial work never stop, whether she’s tormenting an outmatched opponent, or scurrying away from a stronger challenger. More than Balor, more than Owens, even more than Zayn, the one performer on NXT that I selfishly wish could stay there forever is Sasha Banks. I’ll never be convinced that Vince (and stooge, Kevin Dunn) will change the way women wrestlers are portrayed in WWE. I just know if Sasha debuted tomorrow she’d be ruined within six months. They’d strip away every bit of depth to her character and make her another in a long line of “petty, jealous, catty” divas that WWE peddles. She is the anchor of the NXT women’s division and, even more than AJ or Paige or Charlotte, will be remembered for being the face of the better-alternative to WWE women’s wrestling.
And then there’s Bayley. She’s the other anchor to the NXT women’s division. She’s the yang to Sasha’s yin. Where Banks is insecure and thus lashes out, Bayley is perfectly content, happy to be there, and ready to give hugs to all. She’s female Sami Zayn. She’s everything John Cena’s character needs to be but isn’t because he’s too often written like a jerk. She’s happy, principled, fierce in the ring without being cheap, and gets a top three reaction every time her music plays. Not only that, but she is an excellent role model for young ladies everywhere. There is a huge and untapped marketplace for WWE to reach: it’s the young ladies who see more to being a woman than jealousy and fighting over boyfriends. It’s the ones who want to see women do what the men do, because they can do what the men do. Her job is to connect to the crowds, be the spokesman and inspire the kids. And she does. In many ways she’s more important to the future of women’s wrestling than Sasha. Sasha is the better of the two, but she’s a heel. The young ladies are supposed to boo her, not be inspired by her. Bayley on the other hand, is the babyface. With every headband and slapwrist Bayley hands out to impressionable little girls in the crowd (whose parents will buy the shirts, the tickets, the toys and the network subscriptions so their little girl can see her favorite), she plants a seed that will one day blossom, and WWE will find itself drowing in the cries for legitimate wrestling. Those demands will come from the parents of young ladies and from the young ladies themselves who want to see more women like Bayley: women wrestlers who are real characters and real role models.
HIDEO ITAMI
The Asian sensation came to NXT with a lot of hype and plenty of fan support. It took him a while to transition, however. He wasn’t a Sin Cara like flop, but he wasn’t an instant mega star who “got it” the way Finn Balor has become. He works a very “Japanese” style, that is not typically seen by the average WWE-viewer. It calls for a lot of selling (more than usual for a WWE babyface) with sudden bursts of energy that allow him to hit a big move before collapsing. HBK used to do a variant of this style, but not to the extreme Itami employes it. Fans took a while to get used to the otherness of it, but they seem to be coming around…at least they were before his recent freak injury. It’s unknown how much of a setback this will be for him, but it could actually be a blessing in disguise. His biggest weakness was his English and now he will have plenty of time to work on it while rehabbing. He has the talent in the ring, and the moveset fans love (he basically is the originator of everything we love about Daniel Bryan and CM Punk’s movesets), he just needs a little more time before everything clicks. It seemed like he was set to win the number one contendership before his injury, and now that has an air of mystery to it, so hopefully he will return with a big push befitting the great potential he has and the amount of promotion he’s been given.
Ha ha just kidding
FINN BALOR
Arriving shortly after Hideo, Finn sort of stole the spotlight from Itami. Of course the Full Sail audience loves Itami and really is rooting for him to reach the level they know he can, but Balor arrived ready to main event WWE PPVs on day one. Sure he lacks a little bit in the promo department, but really that should be a part of his character. He’s the mild mannered, meek Irish guy with great skills in the ring….and he harbors a demon monster inside him that he summons whenever he needs a little extra pep in his step. A lot of fan fiction has been written about Balor and I wish WWE/NXT would give his character a little more of a backstory. Like, why doesn’t he just use the demon all the time and win all the matches? Fan surmising is that the demon is an evil spirit (hence the name) that grows a little stronger with every summoning, and Balor would be taken if he summoned it too much or too often. Notice the progression of his body paint:
Every time he summons the demon it takes over a little bit more. The scratches on his body show a monster inside that is so amped about escaping that is bursts forth with unhinged ferocity whenever it has the opportunity. It’s only subdued after the big match, when Balor is exhausted and satisfied in his victory. Makes you wonder what will happen when (if) he finally loses while possessed by the demon? …but that’s just wild fanboy fanfiction. It shows, however, just how incredible this character is (and can be). His entrances are among the most awe-inspiring in wrestling, his moveset is fun to watch, and those familiar with his indie run know–as great as he is as a good guy–his work as a heel will melt your brain. Zayn is the face of NXT, Breeze is its workhorse and Owens is the Big Bad, but Finn Balor is the superstar. Zayn is Austin, Breeze is Jericho, Owens is Triple H, and Balor is Rock. He’s going to make gobs of money on the main roster but we will always look back on his beginnings in NXT, as the guy who helped bring it to the next level.
Speaking of the Big Bad. What can be said about Kevin Owens? One look at him and you’d think he was a fan who jumped the rail. Listen to him talk and you’re convinced he’s a total sociopath. Watch him wrestle and you walk away convinced that he would not stop till his opponent was dead, were it not for the fact that killing would lead to a DQ loss. He’s a true enigma in wrestling: Mick Foley’s body, CM Punk’s voice, Brock Lesnar’s ferocity, and a wrestling style all his own. Watching him do his thing on NXT has been a real pleasure. He’s unlike any heel WWE has had before; totally insecure, manipulative, cowardly all the time except when it’s actually time to fight. Too often heels in WWE play the coward non stop; they run before the match, during the match and after the match. It gets tiring. Owens runs before the match (while getting in just enough barbs on the mic to infuriate you), he runs in the beginning of the match and then GOES INTO MURDER DEATH KILL MODE before running away after the match. He’s not long for NXT despite how huge an impression he’s left there in such a short time. Already he’s been called up to work Raw going forward, but he’ll split time with NXT for a few more months before transitioning to the main roster full time. You wouldn’t think it to look at him, but spend just a little time watching him and it’s clear that he’s the future monster heel in WWE. He may have said it from a bragging-heel perspective, but it’s totally true: NXT never really became “oh wow NXT!” until Kevin Owens walked through the curtain.
He’s barely spoken. He barely been seen. As of this writing he’s yet to wrestle a match. But the moment he signed with NXT, Samoa Joe solidified himself as the final man in the NXT Nine. Through chance happening, he’s become the hottest commodity in wrestling: His deal with NXT is non-exclusive (and I still can’t believe it, considering the history of WWE…I guess they are really secure in their place as the permanent number one), allowing him to work indie dates and even Ring of Honor around his NXT priority. Then, all of a sudden, TNA does the most TNA thing ever and ends up a lame duck on Destination America with Ring of Honor airing an hour before it. As of right now Samoa Joe is free to work both promotions, which means it’s possible that he can be in the main event of NXT and Ring of Honor on the same night, at the same time. Nothing like that has happened since…
Who knows what WWE has planned for Joe. He could be nothing more than a glorified Rhyno, with his contract exclusive to NXT live events, as a big name to draw crowds when the show tours. On the other hand, he could be coming in at just the right time, to replace Kevin Owens on the show as the big physical presence who can lord over the title. If Owens finds continued success on Raw…maybe Samoa Joe will follow suit. One thing’s for sure, he’s the biggest name NXT has ever signed and helps to cement the yellow brand as more than just a developmental league.
Triple H’s vision for NXT is not for it to be Smackdown. He wants it to be WCW on another night (and without the idiots in charge and the inmates running the asylum). He wants to present a new wrestling show that has a different look and feel to what you see on Raw. During the brandsplit, Smackdown was just “blue Raw with better wrestling.” The whole idea behind the split was as a plan-B when Vince’s original idea fell through: He bought WCW, intending to relaunch it on a different night from Raw, allowing the competition to remain, but without the fear of either one hurting the other, giving viewers a real variety of pro wrestling each week.
Smackdown couldn’t do that, but with its Smackdown Six it did make the best of a lesser idea. The NXT Nine, on the other hand, are the caretakers of that better idea finally realized. They are the ones that, in later years, fans will look back on fondly, the way we today look back on the Smackdown Six. They are the foundation on which an even better wrestling empire is being built.
Alright, I’m almost four thousand words in, and I managed to avoid saying anything about “The Fellowship of the Ring.” So here:
Zayn is Frodo
Itami is Sam
Balor is Aragorn
Neville is Merry
Sasha is Boromir 🙁
Bayley is Pippin
Kevin is Gimli
Joe is Gandalf
Breeze is Legolas
also Triple H is Elrond and Vince is Sauron, of course
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George the Pavilion Cat
by Judy Pennington, illustrated by Julia Pannett Sexton
The Fossil Girl: Mary Anning’s Dinosaur Discovery
by Catherine Brighton
The Tale of Peter Rabbit
The Tale of Peter Rabbit (and many, many other tales) by Beatrix Potter
A Walk in London
A Walk in London by Salvatore Rubbino. A wide-eyed girl and her mother explore London's busy streets and towering views in this child-friendly tribute to an incomparable city.
This is London
by Miroslav Sasek. With the same wit and perception that distinguished his charming books on Paris, New York, and San Francisco, M Sasek presents stylish, elegant London in This is London, first published in 1959 and now updated for the 21st century.
by Kenneth Grahame. For more than a century, The Wind in the Willows and its endearing protagonists--Mole, Mr. Toad, Badger, and Ratty--have enchanted children of all ages. Whether the four friends are setting forth on an exciting adventure, engaging in a comic caper, or simply relaxing by the River Thames, their stories are among the most charming in all English literature.
by Edith Nesbit. The story concerns a family who move to "Three Chimneys", a house near the railway, after the father, who works at the Foreign office, is imprisoned after being falsely accused of spying. The children befriend an Old Gentleman who regularly takes the 9:15 train near their home; he is eventually able to help prove their father's innocence, and the family is reunited.
by Charles Dickens.
The story of Oliver Twist - orphaned, and set upon by evil and adversity from his first breath - shocked readers when it was published. After running away from the workhouse and pompous beadle Mr Bumble, Oliver finds himself lured into a den of thieves peopled by vivid and memorable characters.
Horrible Histories England
by Terry Deary, illustrated by Martin Brown.
HORRIBLE HISTORIES SPECIAL: ENGLAND lets readers discover all the foul facts about England, including which monk tried to pinch the devil's nose with a pair of tongs, why some people in the Middle Ages ate dove droppings and which English king was accused of being a werewolf.
by Celese Mannis and John O’Brien.
The beloved plays of Shakespeare are still produced everywhere, yet the life of the world's most famous playwright remains largely a mystery. Young Will left the town of Stratford to pursue theater in London, where his work eventually thrived and made him a famous and wealthy man
Mr William Shakespeare’s Plays
Mr William Shakespeare’s Plays presented by Marcia Williams. This title presents seven classic Shakespeare plays in an accessible comic strip format.
A Stage Full of Shakespeare Stories
by Angela McAllister, illustrated by Alice Lindstrom.
Step on to a stage full of stories with this beautiful anthology of 12 stories from Shakespeare.
Castle by David Macaulay. The word itself conjures up mystery, romance, intrigue, and grandeur. What could be more perfect for an author/illustrator who has continually stripped away the mystique of architectural structures that have long fascinated modern man? With typical zest and wry sense of humor punctuating his drawings, David Macaulay traces the step-by-step planning and construction of both castle and town.
Katie in London
by James Mayhew.
Come on a magical tour with Katie and discover London's most famous sights!
Maps of the United Kingdom
by Rachel Dixon, illustrated by Livi Gosling.
Take a tour of the United Kingdom as you’ve never seen it before in this fully illustrated set of county maps.
The Secrets of Stonehenge
by Mick Manning and Brita Granstrom.
Swallows and Amazons
by Arthur Ransome.
Swallows and Amazons introduces the lovable Walker family, the camp on Wild Cat Island, the able-bodied catboat Swallow, and the two intrepid Amazons, Nancy and Peggy Blackett.
by Deborah Hopkinson.
s a young boy, Charles Darwin hated school and was often scolded forconducting “useless” experiments. Yet his passion for the natural world was so strong that he suffered through terrible seasickness during his five-year voyage aboard The Beagle. Darwin collected new creatures from the coasts of Africa, South America, and the Galapagos Islands, and expanded his groundbreaking ideas that would change people's understanding of the natural world.
A Bear called Paddington
by Michael Bond.
The classic novel about Paddington—who's now a major movie star!
Paddington Bear had traveled all the way from Peru when the Browns first met him in Paddington Station. Since then, their lives have never been quite the same . . . for ordinary things become extraordinary when a bear called Paddington is involved.
by Frances Hodgson Burnett. The Secret Garden is a novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett first published in book form in 1911, after serialization in The American Magazine (November 1910 – August 1911). Set in England, it is one of Burnett's most popular novels and seen as a classic of English children's literature. Several stage and film adaptations have been made.
by J K Rowling.
Harry Potter has no idea how famous he is. That's because he's being raised by his miserable aunt and uncle who are terrified Harry will learn that he's really a wizard, just as his parents were. But everything changes when Harry is summoned to attend an infamous school for wizards, and he begins to discover some clues about his illustrious birthright.
by C. S. Lewis.
Four adventurous siblings—Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy Pevensie—step through a wardrobe door and into the land of Narnia, a land frozen in eternal winter and enslaved by the power of the White Witch. But when almost all hope is lost, the return of the Great Lion, Aslan, signals a great change . . . and a great sacrifice.
by Roald Dahl.
Willy Wonka's famous chocolate factory is opening at last! But only five lucky children will be allowed inside. And the winners are: Augustus Gloop, an enormously fat boy whose hobby is eating; Veruca Salt, a spoiled-rotten brat whose parents are wrapped around her little finger; Violet Beauregarde, a dim-witted gum-chewer with the fastest jaws around; Mike Teavee, a toy pistol-toting gangster-in-training who is obsessed with television; and Charlie Bucket, Our Hero, a boy who is honest and kind, brave and true, and good and ready for the wildest time of his life!
Someone's been stealing from the three meanest farmers around, and they know the identity of the thief—it's Fantastic Mr. Fox! Working alone they could never catch him; but now fat Boggis, squat Bunce, and skinny Bean have joined forces, and they have Mr. Fox and his family surrounded. What they don't know is that they're not dealing with just any fox—Mr. Fox would rather die than surrender. Only the most fantastic plan can save him now.
Gangsta Granny
by David Walliams.
A story of prejudice and acceptance, funny lists and silly words, this new book has all the hallmarks of David's previous bestsellers.Our hero Ben is bored beyond belief after he is made to stay at his grandma's house. She's the boringest grandma ever: all she wants to do is to play Scrabble, and eat cabbage soup. But there are two things Ben doesn't know about his grandma.1) She was once an international jewel thief.2) All her life, she has been plotting to steal the crown jewels, and now she needs Ben's help.
England Movies Playlist
Movie - Paddington 1
Based on the beloved novels and featuring an all-star cast, PADDINGTON follows a young bear who finds himself in a series of comic misadventures while trying to avoid a museum taxidermist.
Paddington, now happily settled with the Brown family, picks up a series of odd jobs to buy the perfect present for his Aunt's 100th birthday. Hilarity ensues when the gift is stolen.
Movie - Nanny McPhee
A governess uses magic to rein in the behavior of seven challenging children in her charge.
Movie - The Chronicles of Narnia
The lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)
Movie - Peter Rabbit (2008)
Peter Rabbit and family wreak havoc in hopes to win back the Manor House of Old McGregor and the affections of their neighbour, Bea.
Movie - Billy Elliot
Critically acclaimed, Oscar-nominated coming-of-age drama about a working class English youth (Jamie Bell) who defies the macho ethic of his conservative mining town by taking up ballet dancing to escape a life in the coal mines.
Movie - Mary Poppins (1964)
In this 1964 classic an English nanny reconnects a father and mother with their two kids.
Movie - Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
Based on the wildly popular J.K. Rowling's book about a young boy who on his eleventh birthday discovers, he is the orphaned boy of two powerful wizards and has unique magical powers.
Movie - Oliver (1968)
Musical version of Charles Dickens' "Oliver Twist" adapted from the stage hit, 1968 Best Picture Oscar.
Movie - The Secret Garden (1993)
Sweet, beautifully told story based on the classic story about a lonely orphan girl who goes to live with her uncle in a forbidding British manor house.
Movie - Swallows and Amazons
Four children (The Swallows) go on a sailing adventure to an island where they encounter a rival group of kids (The Amazons). Rivalry quickly turns to comradery when pirates threaten all they hold dear.
Movie - The Railway Children
From the Emmy-winning "Masterpiece Classic" series comes this dramatization of E. Nesbit's classic novel about three children whose lives change forever after they move to a Yorkshire cottage near a railway line.
Curated Youtube playlist about England
Follow our London trail! - Lonely Planet Kids video
The wicked wit of Jane Austen - Iseult Gillespie
Insults by Shakespeare
Did Shakespeare write his plays? - Natalya St. Clair and Aaron Williams
Where did English come from? - Claire Bowern
Why Shakespeare loved iambic pentameter - David T. Freeman and Gregory Taylor
Straight Outta Stratford-Upon-Avon - Shakespeare's Early Days: Crash Course Theater #14
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This 720-square-mile Indian Ocean outpost located east of Madagascar and the coast of southern Africa exudes mystery and romance. The sway of sweet-smelling sugarcane fields is punctuated by dramatic mountains and hemmed by soft beaches, colorful wooden boats, and swaying Casuarina trees. Located below the equator, Mauritius enjoys seasons opposite those of the United States. If you’re planning a two-week trip, consider connecting via one of many European gateways — Paris and London offer the most flights. Spend the first week in a cultural capital and the second on a beach in Mauritius. Another option:.
Languages: English, French, Creole
Currency: Mauritius Rupee (Rs)
Flight time: 4 hours from Johannesburg; 12 hours from London and Paris; 21 hours from NYC; 27 hours from LA
When To Go: Mauritius at its best
Best weather: June to October. December to March is best for diving; June to August is best for surfing; and October to March is best for big-game fishing
Get cultured: Drive around this peaceful island and you’re likely to see a Christian church, Muslim mosque, and Hindu or Buddhist temple — all on the same street. Approximately 70% of the population is Indian and the remaining 30% includes those of Chinese, Creole, and European descent. Volcanic in origin and history, this island once served as a place of exile (lucky folks!) and has been occupied by the Dutch, French and, most recently, British. The melting pot of people creates an array of festivals, cuisines, languages, and traditions.
Hit the beach: You’ll love the sandy strands of Grand Bay, Pereybere, and Cap Malheureux on the northern coast; and Belle Mare on the east coast and Blue Bay on the south coast. Boating, water sports, and diving spots are abundant. Non-divers can take a ride in the Blue Safari Submarine or semi-submersible Le Nessee, both located near Grand Bay.
Take a hike: Many nature and animal parks dot the island, including Domaine les Pailles near the capital city of Port Louis, where you can take a horse-drawn carriage ride and visit a number of attractions and restaurants. Hike to Alexandra Falls or Black River Peak — one of the island’s highest vantages — at Black River Gorges National Park, or discover the huge water lilies and palm tree species at Pamplemousses Garden; the blue, green, red, and yellow tiers of earth at a site called Chamarel (the colors are believed to have been caused by natural weathering); and the 140 bird species, including the rare Pink Pigeon, at Casela Bird Park.
Taste the local flavor: Taste buds, start your engines: This is seafood and spice country. Mauritian food blends fresh fish with Indian, Chinese, and European spices and techniques for intensely flavorful food. Counter too much curry with a yogurt drink or Phoenix pilsner. Finish your meal with a cup of spicy, milky Indian Chai or the island’s homegrown vanilla tea.
Dance the Sega: Resembling a combination of swirling island dervishes and Hawaiian hula dancers, the soulful dance of Sega was invented by slaves. Sega pivots on hip swiveling and is accentuated by brightly colored skirts and the beat of a drum. The sexy Sega is best watched and danced on the beach — under the moonlight, as it was originally performed — or visitors can catch an indoor show at their hotels.
Enjoy the view: Nestled in lush, terraced hills on the eastern coast, Le Domaine du Chasseur is a park and estate that grows exotic fruits. Hike one of several circuits to a symphony of bird song. Hungry? Make a beeline to Le Panoramour (“View of Love”) for lunch, where you’ll find a great restaurant with a sweeping view of the verdant valley and ocean beyond.
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Sold House Prices in Glenshee Gardens
This page displays sold house prices for Glenshee Gardens in Derby.
Glenshee Gardens in Chellaston, Derby consists predominantly of detached houses. Properties on Glenshee Gardens typically have values around £400,000 - £550,000, but larger detached houses can command upwards of £550,000.
Sold Price (Low-High)
Sold Price (High-Low)
1 Glenshee Gardens, Chellaston DE73 5AZ
£300,000 Detached house, Freehold new build 25th August 2006
£301,950 Detached house, Freehold 27th October 2006
£320,000 Detached house, Freehold 12th June 2012
£290,000 Detached house, Freehold new build 8th November 2006
£300,652 Detached house, Freehold new build 3rd November 2006
All sold house price data on Derby .org.uk is provided under license from the Land Registry for England and Wales. We cannot be held responsible for errors or omissions. N.B. Sold prices are reported up to 3 months in arrears from date of house sale so there may be a delay for some sold properties to appear on this site. Data produced by Land Registry © Crown copyright 2021.
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Vietnam to launch nearly 40 IPOs of state companies in 2H2017
A Vietnamese national flag is seen at the Flag Tower of Hanoi in Hanoi November 13, 2014. REUTERS/Kham
By Nguyen Thi Bich Ngoc
Vietnam has an ambitious target of privatising 39 companies in the second half of 2017 after a slow start to the year saw only six state firms launch IPOs in the first half. The country has set itself a goal of paring stakes in 137 state owned enterprises by 2020.
Vietnam’s remaining divestment portfolio includes approximately VND90 trillion ($4 billion) in three subsidiaries of PetroVietnam, and a VND24 trillion unit under Vietnam Electricity. The government said 20 companies are currently in the valuation process and 14 others are going to finalise their pricing.
“If the processes are as reported, though it is an ambitious plan, we still expect that the government will achieve its plan. Moreover, we look forward to ‘key’ deals such as Binh Son Refinery, PV Oil, and Idico, which can attract investors,” commented Thien Bui, market strategist at Viet Dragon Securities Company.
The State Capital Investment Corporation has already submitted plans for divestment from Vinamilk, while brewers Sabeco and Habeco are expected to file their divestment plans within this month. All these transactions are expected to close in 2017.
The government is likely to sell its entire 82 per cent stake in Habeco in one go, while the selldown in Sabeco will be done in two tranches of 53.59 per cent and 36 per cent.
The plans for big corporations like Vietnam Post and Telecommunications (VNPT), telecom operator MobiFone, Vietnam National Coal – Mineral Industries (Vinacomin) and Vietnam National Chemical Group still remain rather opaque. However, investors can look forward to the the IPOs of PetroVietnam subsidiaries, which are confirmed to happen this year.
Following criticism over the tiny stakes on offer in previous IPOs, these units are planning to sell significant minority stakes, or even a controlling percentage, to strategic investors. While large corporations from Russia, Middle East and Asia have been in talks with PV Oil and Binh Son Refinery and Petrochemical, energy firm PV Power said its IPO had elicited interest from investment firms such as BNP Paribas, Standard Chartered, SembCorp, GIC, Nexif, and Keppel Infrastructure.
PV Oil, the sole crude oil exporter, has decided to up the strategic stake on offer from 40 per cent to 50 per cent, but has delayed its IPO that was earlier slated for June. The firm claimed its offer was attractive compared to Petrolimex, Vietnam’s largest petrol dealer with a 50 per cent market share.
In April this year, Petrolimex, which sold an 8 per cent interest to Japan’s JX Nippon Oil & Energy for 20 billion yen ($183 million) in 2016, went public on the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange and has since then seen share price jump nearly 50 per cent.
Meanwhile, Binh Son will offload more than half of the state stake in its November IPO, and PV Power said it will sell 49 per cent of its shares in August in a deal worth $600-700 million.
Bui said these IPOs will generate opportunities for private investors who either have deep knowledge about the sectors these companies operate in or are already present in those sectors. These players, he said, will be better positioned to assess the valuation of these companies than financial investors as public information about the firms is often limited.
Becoming a public company and IPO are different processes in Vietnam. “Listing is also a criterion for investors to give their judgement on the ‘true willingness’ of the government (to privatise its businesses),” said Bui.
Financial investors might hesitate to participate in IPOs, given the country’s tradition of listing delays, he added.
Strategic investors, who are mandated by the local government to hold shares for the long term, are less likely to be concerned about the stock exchange listing. However, in the end, the attractiveness of any privatisation bid will depend on the companies’ selling price, percentage on offer as well as the management team.
In the past, private investors have proven to be a big plus for these state companies, helping valuations jump after IPOs. Pharmaceutical firms Traphaco (backed by Mekong Capital) and Hau Giang (backed by VinaCapital) have seen a constant upward trend in their stock prices since their debut in the 2010s.
Mekong Capital is now facilitating Loc Troi Group‘s listing in July at a reference price of VND55,000 per share. Meanwhile, the private equity firm has secured an agreement to exit the company at VND68,000 apiece, which values the firm at around $200 million – the largest capitalisation of any listed agriculture company in Vietnam.
Major state companies in Vietnam that will be privatised by 2020
Vietnam’s first oil refinery valued at $3.2b ahead of November IPO
Vietnam’s PV Power eyes $600m from IPO, strategic investors
Vietnam: PV Oil extends strategic share offer to 50%, delays June IPO
Vietnam: Sovereign fund offers two options for Vinamilk divestment by 2020
Binh Son Refinery and PetroChemical Habeco Mekong Capital MobiFone PetroVietnam PV Oil pv power SABECO State Capital Investment Corporation (SCIC) VinaCapital Vinamilk
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CBN stops banks from retrenching workers
Funso Adekitan May 03, 2020 CBN, national
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has ordered all banks not to retrench workers.
A statement from the apex bank signed by Mr. Isaac Okorafor Director, Corporate Communications said the CBN, Bankers’ Committee decided to suspend lay-offs in banks.
Access Bank has been trending in the media after an alleged video of a town hall meeting between the Managing Director of the bank Herbert Wigwe and the staff.
In the video, Wigwe was heard informing staff of the bank that some contract staff of the bank will be laid off while other staff will have their salaries cut.
Following the backlash that greeted the video, the CBN on Sunday stated: “In order to help minimize and mitigate the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on families and livelihoods, no bank in Nigeria shall retrench or lay-off any staff of any cadre (including full-time and part-time).”
This decision the CBN said was taken “following a special meeting of the Bankers’ Committee on May 2, 2020, to further review the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Nigerian banking industry.”
The Committee, the CBN noted, “deliberated on the issue of the operating costs of banks in view of the disruptions emanating from the global economic difficulties.”
At the end of the deliberations, it was also decided that “the express approval of the Central Bank of Nigeria shall be required in the event that it becomes absolutely necessary to lay-off any such staff.”
CBN stops banks from retrenching workers Reviewed by Funso Adekitan on May 03, 2020 Rating: 5
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Xpose star Cassie Stokes mends broken heart by throwing herself into work
The 32-year-old broke up with her Canadian long-term girlfriend Kathleen Gauvin in January
Cassie Stokes
Xpose star Cassie Stokes is throwing herself into her work to mend her broken heart.
The 32-year-old broke up with her Canadian long-term girlfriend Kathleen Gauvin in January.
And the presenter credits her busy work schedule for getting her through the pain.
Glenda Gilson was afraid she'd lose out on jobs if she didn't return to work within month of having baby
She said: “Yeah it is always good to have that, of course.
“I think everyone knows when you are sad you want to just work, work, work and keep yourself busy with everything and jeez I’ve done so much over the past with work and events.
“So it’s keeping yourself busy and getting into that mentality of not thinking about it.”
Mark Cagney says he 'went mad' after death of his first wife Ann
She also admitted “the pressure is on” to create the best content amid the recent schedule cuts to the show.
Last month Virgin Media announced Xpose, which previously aired three times a week on Monday, Wednesday and Friday would be moving to Virgin Media One for a once a week Friday night special.
Xpose is moving to Virgin Media One for a once a week Friday night special
Speaking to the Irish Mirror after the changes were implemented, Cassie said: “It’s really good.
“We launched last Friday and the hour show did amazing, the content was so cool, we had Mary Kennedy and Gary Barlow so what better show to tune into.
“But the pressure is on to get the best content... but I get to work on some of my own pieces now.”
Glenda Gilson welcomes baby boy with husband Rob MacNaughton
When asked if she was worried about the future of the show when she heard the news, Cassie added: “I’m all for change. I think change is always a positive thing no matter but it just depends on how you take change.
“I think this was incredible and we went back on to the bigger channel. We are on it for an hour.
“So we doubled the length and we are on a bigger channel and the Six O’Clock Show audience is a brilliant time slot to get, right after the news so you know it used to be at 6pm about two years ago.
TV's Karen Koster tells how breech pregnancy was so painful it forced her to take early maternity leave
“You watch the news and then you watch your entertainment and stuff like that.”
Working at the helm for much of the last year during her colleagues Karen Koster and Glenda Gilson’s maternity leave has meant Cassie is always busy.
She said: “I started working three years ago, and this year, because the two girls have been off, it has been an amazing experience in that you are doing everything.”
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At the Oscar Mike Foundation, injured veterans are encouraged to stay on-the-move – or what is known in the military as Oscar Mike. The home improvement show Designing Spaces chose to renovate the organization’s 9,000-square-foot compound near Rockford, IL in a three-episode special edition called Spaces of Hope.
When Designing Spaces reached out with an opportunity to help a charity organization for veterans, we were excited to get involved and support the foundation. Giving back to the communities we serve is important to us, and we strive to be active in the areas we service through cleanups and renovation projects.
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The non-profit organization’s mission is to keep veterans active. They strive to provide funding for injured vets who want to participate in adaptive sports.
All of the donations they receive plus the sales from their apparel support the foundation’s cause. These funds give the men and women who have served our country an outlet for an ongoing competitive lifestyle.
The foundation motivates veterans to remain Oscar Mike in all aspects of their lives.
From March through October, the compound hosts veterans every week as they participate in rigorous activities adapted to their capabilities, like modified workouts, UTV driving, equestrian therapy and an adaptive triathlon. As the foundation’s website says, “The sole purpose of the programming week is to show them there are no limits to what they can do.”
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Noah Currier | Veteran and Founder of the Oscar Mike Foundation
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Driving under the influence of alcohol is always a mistake because the alcohol can impair the driver’s motor coordination and reveal his inebriation. Occasionally, inebriation can cause a driver to engage in conduct that will bring additional criminal charges and materially worsen his criminal situation. Such an event happened on Dec. 21 when police in Pearl attempted to stop an inebriated driver who then fled to Jackson.
The Brandon Police Department put out a bulletin asking for help in arresting a suspect who was wanted for a simple assault. According to the public information officer for the Pearl Police Department, a Pearl officer spotted a vehicle traveling westbound on I-20 that matched the description of the suspect’s vehicle provided in the Brandon Police bulletin. When the Pearl officer attempted to stop the suspect’s vehicle, the suspect continued driving west on I-20 and then exited on to I-55 northbound. The fugitive vehicle continued northbound on I-55 until he struck another vehicle containing two individuals.
The two people in the vehicle that was hit on I-55 were taken to a nearby hospital, but police have not released any information about their medical conditions.
The fugitive driver was arrested at the scene and charged with several crimes. The principal charges are felony fleeing, driving with a suspended license, two counts of aggravated assault for the two crash victims and driving under the influence.
If the suspect had stopped when first requested by the Pearl officer, he would have faced a trial for his earlier assault charges and for DUI, but he would have avoided criminal charges for fleeing and the two additional assault charges. His fate cannot be predicted at this time, but the multiplicity of charges seems to pose an almost certain threat of conviction and potential imprisonment.
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Blog Post / Employment Advisor
Updates to the California Division of Labor Standards Enforcement Manual
By Aaron N. Colby, Jaime Walter, and Marissa Franco
In December 2019, the California Labor Commissioner, Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (DLSE) updated the DLSE Enforcement Policies and Interpretations Manual – which the agency uses in discharging its duty to administer and enforce California state labor statutes and regulations. Here we summarize the key updates to the DLSE Enforcement Manual impacting employers with California employees.
While the DLSE Enforcement Manual is not binding on courts, judges often cite it as persuasive authority, and the interpretations are certainly binding on proceedings before the Labor Commissioner. California employers evaluating wage-and-hour issues must analyze the DLSE Enforcement Manual in context with other binding legal authority.
California state authority includes the California Labor Code, California Wage Orders, California state case law, and DLSE opinion letters.
Federal authority includes the Federal Labor Standards Act (FLSA), FLSA regulations, federal district court and 9th Circuit case law, and Department of Labor guidance (and opinion letters), employee agreements and policies, and applicable labor law.
Sections 8.1-8.1.3: Labor Code Section 210 Permitting Employees to Recover Statutory Penalties for the Late Payment of Wages During Employment
In 2019, the California state legislature amended Labor Code Section 210 to allow employees to sue employers directly for statutory penalties when employees are not timely paid wages during employment as required under Labor Code Sections 201.3, 204, 204b, 204.1, 204.2, 204.11, 205, 205.5, and 1197.5. Previously, the Labor Code had permitted recovery of these civil penalties only by the Labor Commissioner.
Effective January 1, 2020, an employer must pay $100 for each initial violation, and $200 for each subsequent violation or for any willful or intentional violation, plus 25 percent of the amount unlawfully withheld.
Labor Code Section 210 specifies that employees may recover either statutory penalties under Section 210, or civil penalties under the Labor Code Private Attorneys General Act of 2004—but not both—for the same violations.
The changes to Sections 8.1–8.1.3 of the DLSE Enforcement Manual reflect the changes to Labor Code Section 210, which took effect on January 1, 2020.
Section 19.3.6: Service Charges and Gratuities (Tips)
The update to Section 19.3.6 reflects a change in the California Labor Commissioner’s position on service charges not being considered a gratuity under Labor Code Section 351 (employer shall not “require an employee to credit the amount, or any part thereof, of a gratuity against and as a part of the wages due the employee from the employer”).
Section 19.3.6 now provides that service charges may be considered a gratuity where a local ordinances requires that service charges be paid to the employee who provides the service, or where the facts suggest a customer intended or believed the service charge was being used to pay a tip to an employee. See our blog post on this here.
Section 45.2.5: On-Duty Meal Periods
Generally, no employer shall employ a worker for a period of more than five hours without providing an uninterrupted meal period of at least 30 minutes. Certain exceptions may allow an employer to require an employee to work “on-duty” meal periods.
Section 45.2.5 incorporates a California court of appeal’s findings in L’Chaim House, Inc. v. DLSE (2019) 38 Cal.App.5th 141, which provides that even if all of the circumstances exist to allow an on-duty meal period, the employee must be provided with the opportunity to eat his or her meal while performing the duties required and any on-duty meal period must, like any off-duty meal period, be at least 30 minutes long.
Sections 3.2.5, 3.4, 4.3.3: When Wages Are Payable to Print Shoot Employees and Event Employees
Section 3.2.5 incorporates the newly enacted Labor Code Section 201.6, which provides that “print shoot employees” may be paid by the next regular payday. “Print shoot employees” are defined, in part, as “individuals hired for a period of limited duration to render services relating to or supporting a still image shoot, including film or digital photography….”
Section 3.4 incorporates Labor Code Section 201.8. Labor Code Section 201.8 went into effect on January 1, 2020, and allows employers to pay event employees working at a professional baseball venue on the next regular payday, unless the worker is fired or quits.
Section 4.3.3, which addresses the payment of wages by mail following termination, was amended to include new Labor Code Sections 201.6 and 201.8; employers of print shoot employees and event employees may choose to pay an employee’s final wages by mail and the date of mailing will be considered the date of payment.
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ALA — Great Nonfiction Read-Alikes
The Great Nonfiction Read-Alike
If you like this, you’ll LOVE that!
(To view the slides, click here)
Alene E. Moroni
Manager, Selection and Order, King County Library System
“Historical true crime: be glad you weren’t there.”
Touchstone Books:
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America by Erik Larson, Knopf, 2004, 9780375725609
In Cold Blood: A True Account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequences by Truman Capote, Knopf, 1994, 9780679745587
Frontlist Read-Alikes:
Black Fire: The True Story of the Original Tom Sawyer – and of the Mysterious Fires That Baptized Gold Rush-Era San Francisco – Robert Graysmith (2012) Crown, 978-0307720566
Cemetery John: The Undiscovered Mastermind Behind the Lindbergh Kidnapping – Robert Zorn (2012) Overlook, 978-1590208564
Desert Reckoning: A Town Sheriff, a Mojave Hermit, and the Biggest Manhunt in Modern California History – Deanne Stillman (2012) Nation Books, 978-1568586083
Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine, and the Murder of a President – Candice Millard (2011) Doubleday, 978-0385526265
The Fall of the House of Walworth: A Tale of Madness and Murder in Gilded Age America – Geoffrey O’Brien (2011) Henry Holt, 978-0312577148
Girl, Wanted: The Chase for Sarah Pender – Steve Miller (2011) Berkley, 978-0425240342
In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler’s Berlin – Erik Larson (2011) Crown, 978-0307408846
LA ’56: A Devil in the City of Angels – Joel Engel (2012) Thomas Dunne, 978-0312591946
Life After Murder: Five Men in Search of Redemption – Nancy Mullane (2012) PublicAffairs, 978-1610390293
The Man in the Rockefeller Suit: The Astonishing Rise and Spectacular Fall of a Serial Impostor – Mark Seal (2011) Viking, 978-0670022748
Midnight in Peking: How the Murder of a Young Englishwoman Haunted the Last Days of Old China – Paul French (2012) Penguin, 978-0143121008
The Murder of the Century: The Gilded Age Crime That Scandalized a City and Sparked the Tabloid Wars – Paul Collins (2012) Broadway, 978-0307592217
People Who Eat Darkness: The True Story of a Young Woman Who Vanished from the Streets of Tokyo – and the Evil That Swallowed Her Up – Richard Lloyd Parry (2012) FSG 978-0374230593
The Savage City: Race, Murder and a Generation on the Edge – T. J. English (2011) William Morrow 978-0061824555
Shooting Victoria: Madness, Mayhem, and the Rebirth of the British Monarchy – Paul Thomas Murphy (2012) Pegasus 978-1605983547
Slaughter on a Snowy Morn: A Tale of Murder, Corruption and the Death Penalty Case that Shocked America (2012) Icon Books 978-1848312166
Backlist Read-Alikes:
American Lightning: Terror, Mystery, and the Birth of Hollywood and the Crime of the Century – Howard Blum (2008) Crown, 978-0307346940
The Beautiful Cigar Girl: Mary Rogers, Edgar Allan Poe and the Invention of Murder – Daniel Stashower (2006) Dutton, 978052594981
Death at the Priory: Sex, Love and Murder in Victorian England – James Ruddick (2002) Grove, 9780802139740
For the Thrill of It: Leopold, Loeb and the Murder that Shocked Chicago – Simon Baatz (2008) Harper, 9780060781002
The Killer of Little Shepherds: A True Crime Story and the Birth of Forensic Science – Douglas Starr (2010) Knopf, 9780307279088
The Man Who Made Vermeers: Unvarnishing the Legend of Master Forger Hans van Meegeren – Jonathan Lopez (2008) Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 9780151013411
The Murder of Helen Jewett: The Life and Death of a Prostitute in Nineteenth-Century New York (1999) Vintage, 9780679740759
The Napoleon of Crime: The Life and Times of Adam Worth, Master Thief – Ben MacIntyre (1998) Broadway, 9780307886460
Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper – Case Closed – Patricia Cornwell (2002) Little, Brown, 9780399149325
Provenance: How a Con Man and a Forger Rewrote the History of Modern Art – Laney Salisbury and Aly Sujood (2009) Penguin, 9781594202206
Rothstein: The Life, Times & Murder of the Criminal Genius Who Fixed the 1919 World Series – David Piegrusza (2003) Carroll & Graf, 9780786712503
Sin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys and the Battle for America’s Soul – Karen Abbott (2007) Random House, 9780812975994
Strange Piece of Paradise: A Return to the American West to Investigate My Attempted Murder – and Solve the Riddle of Myself – Terri Jentz (2007) Picador, 9780312426699
The Wrong Man: The Final Verdict in the Dr. Sam Sheppard Murder Case – James Neff (2001) Random House, 9780679457190
Anna Mickelsen
Reference Librarian, Springfield City Library
“Sports books – If you don’t have a colon in the title you’re doing it wrong!”
Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream by H.G. “Buzz” Bissinger, Da Capo Press, 1990, 9780306814259
Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis, W.W. Norton, 2003*, 9780393057652
Buried in the Sky: The Extraordinary Story of the Sherpa Climbers on K2’s Deadliest Day by Peter Zuckerman and Amanda Padoan, W.W. Norton, June 2012, 9780393079883
The Eighty-Dollar Champion: Snowman, the Horse That Inspired a Nation by Elizabeth Letts, Ballantine, 2011*, 9780345521088
Illegal Procedure: A Sports Agent Comes Clean on The Dirty Business of College Football by Josh Luchs and James Dale, Bloomsbury, Mar 2012*, 9781608197200
Scorecasting: The Hidden Influences Behind How Sports are Played and Games are Won by Tobias Moskowitz and Jon Wertheim, Crown Archetype, 2011*, 9780307591791
Muck City: Winning and Losing in America’s Last Football Town by Bryan Mealer, Random House, Oct 2012, 9780307888624
One Shot at Forever: A Small Town, an Unlikely Coach, and a Magical Baseball Season by Chris Ballard, Hyperion, May 2012, 9781401324384
Soccernomics: Why England Loses, Why Germany and Brazil Win, and Why the U.S., Japan, Australia, Turkey–and Even Iraq–Are Destined to Become the Kings of the World’s Most Popular Sport by Simon Kuper and Stefan Szymanski, Nation Books, May 2012 (Revised and Expanded Edition)*, 9781568587011
Swim: Why We Love the Water by Lynn Sherr, PublicAffairs, April 2012, 9781610390460
Those Guys Have All the Fun: Inside the World of ESPN by James Andrew Miller and Tom Shales, Little, Brown, 2011*, 9780316043007
You Let Some Girl Beat You?: The Story of Ann Meyers Drysdale by Ann Meyers Drysdale with Jodi Ravenna, Behler Publications, May 2012, 9781933016788
Ball Four: The Final Pitch by Jim Bouton, Bulldog Publishing, 2000 (includes 1970 original and subsequent updates)*, 9780970911704
Beyond Glory: Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling, and a World on the Brink by David Margolick, Knopf, 2005, 9780375726194
Counting Coup: A True Story of Basketball and Honor on the Little Big Horn by Larry Colton, Warner Books, 2000, 9780446677554
Fall River Dreams: A Team’s Quest for Glory, a Town’s Search for its Soul by Bill Reynolds, St. Martin’s, 1994, 9780312134914
Ice Time: A Tale of Fathers, Sons, and Hometown Heroes by Jay Atkinson, Crown, 2001, 9780609809945
In These Girls, Hope is a Muscle by Madeleine Blais, Warner, 1996, 9780446672108
Loose Balls: The Short, Wild Life of the American Basketball Association by Terry Pluto, Simon & Schuster, 1990/2007 (updated introduction), 9781416540618
A Season on the Brink: A Year with Bob Knight and the Indiana Hoosiers by John Feinstein, Simon & Schuster, 2011 (25th anniversary ed.), 9781451650259
The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O’Neil’s America by Joe Posnanski, HarperCollins, 2007, 9780060854034
Tales from Q School: Inside Golf’s Fifth Major by John Feinstein, Little, Brown, 2007*, 9780316014304
Notable Ebook Read-Alikes:
After Friday Night Lights by Buzz Bissinger, Byliner, April 2012
Marathon Crasher: The Life and Times of Merry Lepper, the First American Woman to Run a Marathon by David Davis, Macmillan, June 2012
*Audio version available
Stephanie Chase
Systemwide and Virtual Information Services Administrator, Multnomah County Library
“My So-Called Screwed Up Life”
Touchstone Book:
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, Scribner, 2006, 9780743247542
Are You My Mother?: A Comic Drama by Alison Bechdel, Houghton Mifflin, May 2012, 9780618982509
Call of the Mild: Learning to Hunt My Own Dinner by Lily Raff McCaulou, Grand Central, June 2012, 9781455500741
Fiction Ruined My Family by Jeanne Durst, Riverhead, 2011, 9781594488146
Full Body Burden: Growing Up in the Nuclear Shadow of Rocky Flats Crown, June 2012, 9780307955630
Let’s Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir by Jenny Lawson, Amy Einhorn/Putnam, April 2012, 9780399159015
On the Outside Looking Indian: How My Second Childhood Changed My Life by Rupinder Gill, Riverhead, May 2012, 9781594485770
The Receptionist: An Education at the New Yorker by Janet Groth, Algonquin, June 2012, 9781616201319
Some Assembly Required: A Journal of My Son’s First Son by Anne Lamott & Sam Lamott, Riverhead, March 2012, 9781594488412
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? by Jeanette Winterson, Grove/Atlantic, March 2012, 9780802120106
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed, Knopf, March 2012, 9780307592736
All Over But the Shoutin’ by Rick Bragg, Vintage, 1997, 9780679774020
Blankets by Craig Thompson, Top Shelf, 2003, 9781891830433
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2006, 9780618477944
A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland, Indiana by Haven Kimmel, Crown, 2002, 9780767915052
Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight by Alexandra Fuller, Random House, 2001, 9780375758997
The Liar’s Club by Mary Karr, Penguin, 1995, 9780143035749
(also Lit: A Memoir, Harper, 2009; 9780060596989)
The New York Regional Mormon Singles Halloween Dance by Elna Baker, Dutton, 2009, 9780525951353
The Road from Coorain by Jill Ker Conway, Vintage, 1989, 9780679724360
Stitches: A Memoir by David Small, W.W. Norton, 2009, 9780393068573
Stop-Time: A Memoir by Frank Conroy, Penguin, 1967, 9780140044461
Tender at the Bone: Growing up at the Table by Ruth Reichl, Broadway, 1998, 9780767903387
Kaite Stover
Director of Readers’ Services, Kansas City Public Library
“Pop! Goes the Culture: Pasties, Stilettos, Joy Sticks, and Some Really Mag Weed, Dude”
Positively Fifth Street: Murderers, Cheetahs, and Binion’s World Series of Poker by James McManus, Picador, 2004, 9780312422523
Sin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America’s Soul by Karen Abbott, Random House, 2008, 9780812975994
Heart of Dankness: Underground Botanists, Outlaw Farmers, and the Race for the Cannabis Cup by Mark Haskell Smith, Broadway Paperbacks, 2012, 9780307720542
Jacked: The Outlaw Story of Grand Theft Auto by David Kushner, Wiley, 2012, 9780470936375
Otaku Spaces by Patrick W. Galbraith, Chin Music Press, 2012, 9780984457656
Ritual America: Secret Brotherhoods and Their Influence on American Society by Adam Parfrey & Craig Heimbichner, Feral House, 2012, 9781936239146
Everyone Loves a Good Train Wreck: Why We Can’t Look Away by Eric G. Wilson, FSG, 2012, 9780374105334
Twelve Patients: Life and Death at Bellevue Hospital by Eric Manheimer, Grand Central, 2012, 9781455503889
Women from the Ankle Down: The Story of Shoes and How They Define Us by Rachelle Bergstein, HarperCollins, 2012, 9780061969614
Summer of ’68: The Season that Changed Baseball—and America—Forever by Tim Wendel, DaCapo, 2012, 9780306820182
Taco: How Mexican Food Conquered America by Gustavo Arellano, Scribner, 2012, 9781439148617
Garbology: Our Dirty Love Affair with Trash by Edward Humes, Avery, 2012, 9781583334348
What Do You Want to Do Before You Die? by The Buried Life, Artisan, 2012, 9781579654764
Flapper: A Madcap Story of Sex, Style, Celebrity, and the Women Who Made America Modern by Joshua Zeitz, Broadway, 2007
Fried Twinkies, Buckle Bunnies, & Bull Riders: A Year Inside the Professional Bull Riders Tour by Josh Peter, Rodale, 2006
Hitless Wonder: A Life in Minor League Rock and Roll by Joe Oestreich, Lyons, 2012
Waiter Rant: Thanks for the Tip—Confessions of a Cynical Waiter by Steve Dublanica, Harper Perennial, 2009
Free for All: Oddballs, Geeks, and Gangsters in the Public Library by Don Borchert, Virgin, 2007
Lego: A Love Story by Jonathan Bender, Wiley, 2012
Brothel: Mustang Ranch and Its Women by Alexa Smart, Ballantine, 2002
Other People’s Dirt: A Housecleaner’s Curious Adventures by Louise Rafkin, Plume, 1999.
The Word Made Flesh: Literary Tattoos from Bookworms Worldwide by Eva Talmadge, Harper Perennial, 2010
Robin Nesbitt
Customer Experience Director, Columbus Metropolitan Library
“Fun Science Reads – No, Really!”
Moby-Duck: The True Story of 28,800 Bath Toys Lost at Sea and of the Beachcombers, Oceanographers, Environmentalists, and Fools, Including the Author, Who Went in Search of Them by Donovan Hohn, Penguin, 2011, 9780670022199
The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement by David Brooks, Random House, 9780812979374, 2011
Coming of Age on Zoloft: How Antidepressants Cheered Us Up, Let Us Down, and Changed Who We Are by Katherine Sharpe, Harper, 9780062059734, June 2012
Annoying: The Science of What Bugs Us by Joe Palca & Flora Lichtman, Wiley, 9780470638699, 2011
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do by Charles Duhigg, Random House, 9781400069286, 2012
Zoobiquity: What Animals Can Teach Us About Health and the Science of Healing by Barbara Natterson-Horowitz, M.D. and Kathryn Bowers, Random House, 9780307593481, June 2012
Inflight Science: A Guide to the World from your Airplane Window by Brian Clegg, Icon Books, 9781848312418 2011
Shakespeare’s Tremor and Orwell’s Cough: The Medical Lives of Famous Writers by John J. Ross, M.D., St. Martin’s Press, 978-0-312-600761, Oct 2012
Wicked Bugs: The Louse That Conquered Napoleon’s Army & Other Diabolical Insects by Amy Steward, Algonquin, 9781565129603, 2011
Tubes: A Journey to the Center of the Internet by Andrew Blum, Ecco/Harper, 9780061994937, June 2012
If you like…
The Social Animal, try Status Anxiety by Alain de Botton, Pantheon, 9780375420832
Coming of Age on Zoloft, try Healing of America by T. R. Reid, Penguin, 9781594202346
Annoying, try How the Mind Works by Steven Pinker, Norton, 9780393045352
The Power of Habit, try Made to Stick by Chip Heath, Random House, 9781400064281
Zoobiquity, try Winter World by Bernd Heinrich, Ecco, 9780060197445
Inflight Science, try To Conquer the Air by James Tobin, Free Press, 9780684856889
Shakespeare’s Tremor, try Math and the Mona Lisa by Bulent Atalay, Smithsonian, 9781588341716
Wicked Bugs, try Wicked Plants by Amy Stewart, Algonquin, 9781565126831
Tubes, try Fatal System Error by Joseph Menn, Public Affairs, 9781586487485
Moby-Duck, try Deep Blue Home by Julia Whitty, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 9780618119813
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home > Blog> >Illustrating The Ankh-Morpork City Watch
Published : 05/03/2020 15:28:05
BE TRANSPORTED TO THE CENTRE OF THE ACTION AT CITY WATCH HEADQUARTERS IN PSEUDOPOLIS YARD - FABRICATI DIEM, PUNC!
Face the long, short, furry, undead and rocky arms of the law as we forensically investigate our 'arresting' illustration starring Sam Vimes & Co. from Terry Pratchett's watch series.
Keeping the peace can be hard in a city where, as a matter of course, thieves thieve, assassins assassinate and seamstresses… um… don’t. Thankfully His Grace, His Excellency, The Duke of Ankh; Commander Sir Samuel Vimes Blackboard Monitor and the Ankh-Morpork City Watch are here to serve and protect. In our latest puzzle and print we chose to salute the finest body of men, women, dwarfs, trolls, werewolves, golems, igors, gnomes, feegles, vampires and whatever Nobby Nobbs is, on the face of the Disc with our faithful rendition...
THROWING THE BOOK AT 'EM..
Here at the Emporium we’re lucky enough to welcome Discworld fans from all over the known roundworld, and we like to ask our visitors one simple question; ‘What’s your favourite book?’. Mostly we do this because we enjoy the beetling brows and pained expressions on their dear little faces; It’s truly wonderful to watch the inner struggle. You might as well ask someone to pick a favourite child, or vital organ. This careful research on the fans’ favourite Discworld title has revealed that typically, after desperately listing all 41 novels, their most beloved Pratchett ‘book’ is ‘The-guards-series…followed-closely-by-the-Death-series-oh-and-the-witches-books-but-I-do-love-the …’.
If anything, this reveals that there are some things most Discworld fans love more than any one of Terry’s books, and that’s his characters. Discworld’s inhabitants often govern a reader’s fondness for particular titles over the narrative itself (although Terry’s storytelling is of course absolutely masterful in our completely biased opinion). Pratchett’s decades-long development of his protagonists has enabled us to feel a unique devotion to Discworld’s denizens that keeps us hooked on the books, with detailed descriptions that enable us to depict them in our mind’s eye and translate them to paper through the conduit of talented illustrators such as David Wyatt.
A FAIR COP...
Sam Vimes’ character took 24 years’ worth of writing to fully develop. From a drunkard in the gutter to the world-renowned Duke of Ankh. A dirty fighter, hero, father, maverick, renegade, leader, reluctant noble and bacon sarnie aficionado. He’s one of the most complete and complex fictional characters in the history of the written world. As readers we’re afforded a look inside his head and out through his eyes. We see him fight a pack of werewolves barehandedly, bring peace to between nations, completely flummoxed by a disorganiser and utterly disarmed by a pair of tights and a silly hat. In short, he’s more ‘real’ to many readers then the people with which they ride the bus every day.
The Watch itself is a great reflection of Vimes’ character – flawed and imperfect, steadfast and fair. From the virtuous to the villainous, each member of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch has a deep, believable and often relatable personality. With the potency of readers’ passion for the watch in mind, we knew we had to do our utmost to honour Terry Pratchett’s vision of the Watch as faithfully as we could.
LAYING DOWN THE LAW...
Designing our composition was relatively easy. Sam had to be the centre; surrounded by an ensemble of A-MCW’s most prominent members. Our depiction doesn’t take place at a particular time or reflect a specific scene from a city watch book, but captures all the character and anarchy of the city watch in one action-packed tableau. However, to add a hint of narrative to proceedings, we intentionally placed each City Watch officer, constable and recruit to focus the interest on Vimes, each of them vying for his attention in a suitably characteristic manner. Constable Visit tries to hand out his pamphlets, Carrot wants to address a statute from ‘The Book’ and Buggy Swires of the Airborne Division swoops past on a pigeon.
As the whole world is looking to Commander Sir Samuel Vimes for guidance he stares impassively ahead – it’s coming up to six o’clock, and he clutches a copy of ‘Where’s My Cow?’ under his arm. It’s time to get home for the most important task of the day. This understated narrative gave us chance to make the image engaging but not overshadow the characters.
Setting the image in the City Watch Headquarters at Pseudopolis Yard (a grand former family home of Sybil Ramkin) gave us the opportunity to include so many allusions to Terry’s narrative details and to logically assemble so many watch members into the image; an entrance big enough for Detritus, and a likely lurking spot for Constable Downspout for example. We chose to use fairly ‘filmic’ colour palette and depict illumination with a blue key-light and orange fill-light to pay homage to the classic blue/orange schemes famously used in so many action films. The lighting helps to isolate Vimes as the focus of the scene, while a cool backlight adds a bit of drama and a soft forelight makes such a detailed and busy image easy for the eye to read.
'ELLO, 'ELLO, WHAT'S ALL DIS DEN...?
Once we had our image designed, David used our extensive briefing documents to begin 'fleshing out' our character likenesses. Over the many years we worked with Terry to created Discworld merchandise, he was good enough to have spent considerable time helping us understand his vision for certain characters (it is no secret that Terry often described Vimes as a hybrid of Pete Postlethwaite and Clint Eastwood). From our Clarecraft models to character cards in the Discworld: Ankh-Morpork board game we’ve always endeavoured to represent Terry’s descriptions. However, David gave each of our likenesses a bit of his own flare and our line-up of unusual suspects soon came to life (or not, in Reg Shoe’s case)!
You’ll encounter Dorfl, Fred Colon, Sally von Humperdinck, A.E. Pessimal, Cheery Littlebottom, The Librarian (a special constable), Reg Shoe, Buggy Swires, Detritus, Sam Vimes, Carrot Ironfoundersson, Wee Mad Arthur, Angua, Nobby Nobbs, Constable Visit, Igor, Constable Downspout and of course, City Watch mascot Errol the swamp dragon! A group of disgruntled Morporkian citizens await Colon’s attention to the left of the scene.
With such rich source material, we could only fit so much in one image without overcrowding it. Not every watchman ever mentioned could feature, nor every detail from every book pertaining to The Watch, but there’s nothing more satisfying as a viewer than spotting new details in an image at every glance, so wherever we could we’ve included little nods that might be familiar to the Discworld enthusiast.
This is Pseudopolis yard, a building once owned by the Ramkin family and bequeathed by Lady Sybil, most vestiges of their occupation would have been removed, but their emblem, the green dragon, can still be seen in the floor tiles. You might spot a cartwheel clamp, from the traffic division established in Jingo, a wanted poster for the Dyslexic Alphabet Killer mentioned in Making Money or the work of a certain Mr J. Clockson. A few choice sprigs of lilac garnish the helmets of those who remember the Glorious 25th of May from Night Watch. You may also spot the odd familiar faces from this world, making an arresting appearance. As always, there’s more to Ankh-Morpork than meets the eye.
If you’d like to investigate our arresting artwork forensically, we’re very proud to offer it as both a 1,000 piece puzzle presented in our usual book-box and as a stunning art print to observe from the solitary confinement of your own cell walls.
PUZZLE OUT NOW!
Who watches the Watchman? You can! So kick back, relax, take down your particulars and enjoy our exclusive renditions of The Ankh-Morpork City Watch.
PRINT COMING SOON!
The Ankh-Morpork City Watch Discworld Journal 2021
The City Watch Badge - Special Constable's Edition
Night Watch - Collector's Library Edition
The City Watch Collection - Discworld Collector's Library
City Watch Recruit File
Vimes Bust - Metal Finish
Vimes Bust - Unpainted
Illustrating The Mended Drum!
Illustrating Death's Study!
Illustrating Unseen University Library!
Making The Discworld Necklace!
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District Reports on Initial Geological Work at the Tomtebo Property
September 30, 2020 – District Metals Corp. (TSX-V: DMX) (FRA: DFPP); ("District" or the “Company”) is pleased to report on the results of its recently completed initial fieldwork at its polymetallic Tomtebo Project in the Bergslagen Mining District of south-central Sweden. This initial work consisted of geological mapping, prospecting and geochemical sampling at the former Tomtebo Mine, and regionally across the 17 km mineralized trend within the 5,144 hectare Property (Figure 1). This fieldwork will be further complemented by a recently commenced review of available historic drill core from the Tomtebo Mine. The fieldwork program and review of historic drill core will enhance the historical data compilation and recently flown SkyTEM survey, all in preparation for a drilling campaign at Tomtebo planned for early-2021.
Initial Fieldwork Highlights
All outcrops in the former Tomtebo Mine area and most outcrops around the mine area were mapped and sampled, and strongly altered and mineralized rocks were identified to the south and southwest of the historic Tomtebo Mine for at least 600 m. Surface mapping west, north and east of the mine was not possible due to a veneer of overburden, but the recently flown SkyTEM survey is expected to provide valuable information about this area with no outcrop.
All rocks within the two accessible Tomtebo open pits are strongly altered throughout with occurrences of sulphide mineralization. Varying proportions of silicification (quartz-flooding), phlogopite/biotite, and anthophyllite were observed, which are all important alteration minerals associated with polymetallic mineralization in the Bergslagen District. Also, a tremolite skarn after former limestone was identified, often one of the controls on mineralization in the District.
Sulphide mineralization observed at the Tomtebo open pits comprises disseminated and stockwork vein-style pyrite and chalcopyrite with minor pyrrhotite, arsenopyrite and sphalerite. The dominance of pyrite-chalcopyrite in a strongly quartz-phlogopite altered host rock, suggests hot hydrothermal fluids from the core of a hydrothermal system, which confirms the open pit mine areas as proximal feeder zones.
Geological work at the Nyberget area which encompasses the historic Lövås Mine mapped out two large marble units with associated replacement style banded semi-massive to massive sulphide mineralization. Quartz vein with abundant chalcopyrite from a historic showing was also identified, which is interpreted as distal to massive sulphide mineralization or epigenetic mineralization.
Regional geological work at the Kvistaberget area identified several mineral occurrences consisting of small pits and underground workings where quartz-chalcopyrite veins were mined.
Garrett Ainsworth, CEO of District, commented: “Our preliminary geological work at the former Tomtebo Mine and regionally across the Tomtebo Property has provided us with valuable information that is being integrated with existing historical data and our recently flown SkyTEM survey to generate an even more robust understanding of the geologic package on the Property. Surface mapping of the open pits at the Tomtebo Mine has provided geological data that correlates well with the historic drill data, and provides additional confidence in the orientation of structures and mineralization at the Tomtebo Mine. Also, geological work on several regional areas within the Property identified and confirmed important indicators that have enhanced the possibility of discovering additional polymetallic mineralization.”
Fieldwork at Historic Tomtebo Mine
The objective of ongoing geological work at the historic Tomtebo Mine is to identify the rock types and the hydrothermal alteration pattern that hosts the copper-gold and silver-zinc-lead mineralization, interpret the structural geometry of the rock units, and determine relationships between the mineralization and the stratigraphy and structure. The data and subsequent interpretations, combined with evaluation of the historical drill data, interpretation of the conductive and magnetic data from the recently flown SkyTEM survey, and ongoing 3D modeling of the mineralized zones at the Tomtebo Mine will form the basis for defining priority drill targets.
Mineralization at the Tomtebo Mine is within strongly altered felsic volcanic rocks, which are most likely stratified felsic volcanic ash sandstone-siltstone. An altered limestone bed (altered to tremolite skarn) up to one meter thick occurs in the east wall of the southernmost open pit. The mine workings (and likely mineralization) appear to be discordant to both the bedding and the foliation. Confirmation on the orientation of mineralization will be crucial for drill targeting, and the presence of tremolite skarn is significant given this unit’s relevance to other large polymetallic deposits in the Bergslagen Mining District.
Mineralogical layering and early foliation are observed locally throughout the Tomtebo Mine area, and are defined by bands of varying quartz and phlogopite content and trains of andalusite porphyroblasts. This layering shows a consistent northwest to southeast orientation, and a moderate dip to the southwest. An overprinting foliation shows a consistent east-west orientation and sub-vertical dip. The structural data suggests that the Tomtebo Mine area is on the western limb of an antiform that plunges moderately to the west-southwest. This structural data obtained from surface mapping correlates well with the 3D modeling of the mineralized zones at depth where frequent structural measurements were historically recorded from the -200 m exploration drift.
Rock samples have been sent to ALS Geochemistry in Malå, Sweden for multi-element analysis. Whole rock geochemical samples were recovered to quantify the alteration intensity and assist with the interpretation of the protolith lithologies.
Regional Fieldwork
The regional fieldwork focused on known polymetallic mineral occurrences, preliminary SkyTEM conductive and magnetic anomalies, and outcrop exposures. Much of the Tomtebo Property has a thin veneer of overburden, so mineral occurrences at the historic Lövås Mine within the Nyberget area and the Kvistaberget area were the main focal points of the regional fieldwork.
The historic mineral occurrences within Nyberget revealed that most of the sulphide mineralization present is related to carbonate replacement within the marble units. Several marble units were identified with two large marble units containing sulphide mineralization in the form of banded semi-massive to massive sulphides. Confirmation of these mineralized marble horizons is important given their spatial relationship to significant polymetallic mineralization in the Bergslagen Mining District. Additionally, quartz veins with abundant chalcopyrite were also identified around historical mine workings, and are interpreted as distal to massive sulphide mineralization or epigenetic mineralization.
At the Kvistaberget area an approximate northeast trending felsic and mafic volcanic sequence was observed. Both the felsic and mafic units are at least partly extrusive in nature and in the case of the mafic volcanics represent fire fountains proximal to a vent. This observation is important as these specific rocks are often closely spatially associated with significant polymetallic mineralization in the Bergslagen Mining District and elsewhere, as the metal bearing fluids often use the same or parallel structures as the mafic magmas. Quartz-chalcopyrite veins of a similar nature to Nyberget were also identified at Kvistaberget.
Several outcrops and historic showing were visited at the Källberget area, which revealed two outcrops with semi-massive to massive pyrrhotite-dominated sulphide mineralization with associated strong alteration. The southernmost outcrop is related to a contact between laminated felsic rocks and more mafic units, whereas the northeastern showing exhibits distinct skarn alteration.
The lithologies mapped at the Uvberget area are dominated by banded, clastic felsic volcanic rocks striking approximately northeast. A locally well-developed foliation of more than 45 degrees to the bedding was observed, which suggests a possible location close to a fold hinge. Mapping found indications of an extrusive origin of the basalts (possible pillow basalts), as well as possible small fragments indicating a clastic extrusive setting. Finally, two large, angular boulders of impure marble observed in the area might indicate the presence of another unmapped marble horizon further to the north or northwest.
Rock samples have been sent to ALS Geochemistry in Malå, Sweden for multi-element analysis.
Figure 1: Geological Work Areas on the Tomtebo Property
All scientific and technical information in this news release has been prepared by, or approved by Garrett Ainsworth, PGeo, President and CEO of the Company. Mr. Ainsworth is a qualified person for the purposes of National Instrument 43-101 - Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects.
Mr. Ainsworth has not verified any of the information regarding any of the properties or projects referred to herein other than the Tomtebo Property. Mineralization on any other properties referred to herein is not necessarily indicative of mineralization on the Tomtebo Property.
The data disclosed in this news release related to drilling results is historical in nature. District has not undertaken any independent investigation of the sampling nor has it independently analyzed the results of the historical exploration work in order to verify the results. District considers these historical drill results relevant as the Company will use this data as a guide to plan future exploration programs. The Company's future exploration work will include verification of the data through drilling.
About District Metals Corp.
District Metals Corp. is led by industry professionals with a track record of success in the mining industry. The Company’s mandate is to seek out, explore, and develop prospective mineral properties through a disciplined science-based approach to create shareholder value and benefit other stakeholders.
The advanced exploration stage Tomtebo Property is located in the Bergslagen Mining District of south-central Sweden is the Company’s main focus. Tomtebo comprises 5,144 ha, and is situated between the historic Falun Mine and Boliden’s Garpenberg Mine that are located 25 km to the northwest and southeast, respectively. Two historic polymetallic mines and numerous polymetallic showings are located on the Tomtebo Property along an approximate 17 km trend that exhibits similar geology, structure, alteration and VMS/SedEx style mineralization as other significant mines within the district. Mineralization that is open at depth and along strike at the historic mines on the Tomtebo Property has not been followed up on, and modern systematic exploration has never been conducted on the Property.
“Garrett Ainsworth”
Cautionary Statement Regarding “Forward-Looking” Information.
This news release contains certain statements that may be considered “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of applicable securities laws. In some cases, but not necessarily in all cases, forward-looking information can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “plans”, “targets”, “expects” or “does not expect”, “is expected”, “an opportunity exists”, “is positioned”, “estimates”, “intends”, “assumes”, “anticipates” or “does not anticipate” or “believes”, or variations of such words and phrases or state that certain actions, events or results “may”, “could”, “would”, “might”, “will” or “will be taken”, “occur” or “be achieved” and other similar expressions. In addition, statements in this news release that not historical facts are forward looking statements including anticipated results of future exploration and the results of additional compilation work.
These statements and other forward-looking information are based on assumptions and estimates that the Company believes are appropriate and reasonable in the circumstances, , including, without limitation, assumptions about the reliability of historical data and the accuracy of publicly reported information regarding past and historic mines in the Bergslagen District the Company’s ability to raise sufficient capital to fund planned exploration activities, maintain corporate capacity and satisfy the exploration expenditure requirements required by the definitive purchase agreement between the Company and the vendor of the Tomtebo property (the "Definitive Purchase Agreement") by the times specified therein (failing which the Tomtebo Property will be forfeited without any repayment to the Company); and stability in financial and capital markets.
There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate and actual results, and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the Company's expectations include ; the risk that historic data regarding the Tomtebo property is unreliable, the risk that information concerning production and mineralization at current and historic mines within the Bergslagen District proves to be inaccurate; the risk that the Company will be unable to raise sufficient capital to finance planned exploration (including incurring prescribed exploration expenditures required by the Definitive Purchase Agreement, failing which the Tomtebo Property will be forfeited without any repayment of the purchase price); future metal prices, , general economic, market or business conditions, \ and other exploration or other risks detailed herein and from time to time in the filings made by the Company with securities regulators, including those described under the heading “Risks and Uncertainties” in the Company’s MD&A for the financial year ended June 30, 2019. The Company does not undertake to update or revise any forward-looking statements, except in accordance with applicable law. Readers are cautioned not to put undue reliance on these forward-looking statements.
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In the summer of 2013, a spooky movie called “The Conjuring” struck terror in America’s hearts and pants, telling a “fact-based” story about husband-and-wife paranormal investigators checking out a worried family’s haunted house in 1971. Among the bedeviled artifacts this couple collected (one that had no bearing on the main story) was a creepy doll named Annabelle. I don’t know how the math works, but somehow this means that there’s now a movie called “Annabelle,” about the doll’s origins.
Even more improbably, “Annabelle” isn’t bad like you’d expect a rushed spinoff to be. Though the plot and screenplay (by Gary Dauberman) are strictly by the numbers, it’s all executed with goosebumpy skill by director John R. Leonetti, who’s usually a cinematographer and has an eye for a well-composed shot. He pulls off a few legitimate scares, all visual in nature, and maintains a passably creepy tone for much of the film. It’s not in the same league as “The Conjuring,” which was more agile in its treatment of familiar plot devices, but it’s a worthy entry for a chilly October (offer void in areas not yet chilly).
Devil-faced porcelain nightmare Annabelle comes into our lives in 1970, when a pregnant Southern California newlywed named Mia (Annabelle Wallis), a doll collector, receives it as a gift from her doting husband, John (Ward Horton), a medical student (who, now that I think about it, looks like a mannequin). So far the doll is hideous looking but not evil.
Then there is An Incident (clumsily telegraphed by TV news reports about the Manson family and references to the neighbors’ runaway daughter) that traumatizes Mia and John, and which also seems to render Annabelle haunted. Kind of. This is our conclusion because of the many sinister close-ups of Annabelle’s unmoving face, which we watch closely for any sign of malevolence. It’s the characters’ conclusion because the weird stuff that happens in their house — TV interference, self-operating sewing machines, willful record players — keeps happening even after they move.
You’ve seen this situation before, of course; like I said, “Annabelle” isn’t especially deft at hiding its intentions. A scene early in the film establishes that John and Mia are church-going Catholics, which means the story’s going to involve the devil and a priest (Tony Amendola) at some point. Two neighbor kids have one unmotivated scene of random eeriness before disappearing from the movie entirely. Alfre Woodard plays a spiritual-minded bookseller who befriends Mia and tells her what she needs to know, when she needs to know it. The Bible verse quoted at the beginning of the movie proves relevant at the end.
Nonetheless, Leonetti and star Annabelle Wallis (yes, it’s freaky that she has the same name as the demon doll) travel these well-worn paths with gusto. A dark basement and a malfunctioning elevator are good for a few suspenseful moments in one sequence; elsewhere, the sudden appearance of a ghost (or demon, or whatever the hell) is often used to great unnerving effect. Wallis can scream and cry with the best of them. I wish her character did more documenting and explaining, to avoid the “my husband thinks I’m crazy” subthread, but maybe some cliches are unavoidable. This isn’t great horror by any means, but it’s a solid, respectable effort that can tide us over till something great arrives to REALLY scare our pants off.
— Complex
B- (1 hr., 38 min.; R, for "intense sequences of disturbing violence and terror" (according to the MPAA); it has no profanity, sex, or nudity, and the violence is not graphic. It's a PG-13 movie.)
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Inside Twitter’s “100 Million New Members” Number!
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How many users does Twitter really have?
Last week, Twitter announced that it added 100 million new accounts so far in 2010. That’s a staggering number when you consider that six weeks ago it revealed it had signed up a total of 175 million new accounts since its launch and was adding new ones at a rate that would bring it to 200 million by the end of 2010. Translation: 50% of Twitter’s accounts were added this year.
On the flip side, the Pew Internet & American Life Project just reported that only 8% of US adult internet users used Twitter in 2010. According to eMarketer’s estimates, there were 178.6 million adult internet users in the US in 2010, so Pew’s figure translates to 14.3 million users. This number is lower than eMarketer’s April 2010 estimate of Twitter users, which will be updated in early 2011.
To be clear, Pew asked survey participants if they actually used Twitter, not merely whether or not they had an account. This is very different from Twitter reporting its total number of new or existing accounts.
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The Marketing Genius Behind Snapchat's Name Change
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When a company makes a major change to its brand or image, any number of things can happen. Loyal users may reject the change -- as happened when Coca-Cola tried to introduce “New Coke” in one of the worst marketing disasters in history. People may scarcely notice the change, as when Google stealthily changed its name to Alphabet with seemingly no major corresponding changes to its products lineup.
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Or, a company making such a change may well inspire excitement and positive attention from loyal users and potential new customers alike.
The latter seems to be the case for the company previously known as Snapchat, which renamed itself “Snap Inc.” and introduced a new product to go along with the change just days ago. Already, the company is getting positive reception and excitement from its announcement.
So, what exactly did it do to generate that kind of response?
Two changes from Snapchat -- I mean 'Snap'
Let’s take a look at what Snap actually announced. There are two items here -- a new hardware product, and the company name change itself.
Spectacles. First, Snap released a video snippet to Business Insider, demonstrating its new “Spectacles” product. The product is a pair of wearable glasses that function as a camera; simply tapping a button on the side of the product will record up to 10 seconds of video via a camera that mimics the first-person perspective. The videos will be recorded in a circular format, and can play back on any device. At the end of the promotional video, Spectacles the product is introduced by “Snap, Inc.,” which in turn introduces the company’s new name.
Snap Inc. Hours after the release of the promotional video, Snap confirmed the name change and provided more details about the product (including its price, $129) to the Wall Street Journal. The company also made a detailed announcement about each change on its news page, where chief executive Evan Spiegel explained the new name as a logical decision: Since Snap is now making actual products that go beyond the chat-centric app, it only made sense, he said. Spiegel also insisted that the fun, familiar character of the brand would remain intact, joking that the change was more for the “Wall Street crowd” than anybody else.
What they did right
So, why is Snap’s unveiling getting such a warm, interested reception? What can we all take away from this?
Related: Thinking of Rebranding? Look to These Larger Companies to Do It Right.
1. Audience timing
First, Snap nailed the timing. Growing, expanding and changing your business are all difficult maneuvers. Try to do something too soon, and you could wind up alienating an audience that’s still getting used to your brand. For example, if you expand too quickly and start selling products outside your original niche, you could wind up losing new and old customers alike. On the other hand, if you wait too long to make a change -- as did Yahoo with some of its recent rebranding and misguided new product developments -- it could be too late to change users’ impressions of your brand. Snapchat hit the timing perfectly, catering to a committed audience without waiting too long to transition.
2. Proactive announcement and control
Next, Snap cleverly teased out the details of its new features. First, it staged a “leak” of a video, generating viral visibility by sheer virtue of the fact that this video wasn’t meant to be seen. It then almost immediately followed up with a major news reveal, giving out specific details before users could be left to their own speculative devices. Not long after that, the company made some formal announcements on its website, catering to its most loyal fans and adhering to its signature brand voice.
3. Gentle rebranding.
“Snapchat” to “Snap” isn’t a major change, and its Spectacles product, while a unique offer from the company, still caters to the brand’s primary goal of telling visual stories. In some ways, this is a massive step forward for the brand, but in others, it’s the same brand you’ve always known. This move will make loyal users even more loyal, and help reaffirm the brand’s image in new users’ eyes.
4. Curiosity.
Finally, Snap is intentionally piquing curiosity among its users; the name change is slightly mysterious, and Evan Spiegel has alluded to even more developments to come. On top of a $1.81 billion dollar fund-raising round earlier this year, I think we can all expect to see some interesting things coming from Snap in the near future.
On the surface, a change like “Snapchat” to “Snap” may not seem like a big deal, and in some ways, it isn’t. But in other ways, it’s a dramatic overhaul that’s being cleverly introduced as a subtle transformation.
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Snap is walking the branding and marketing line carefully, catering to its existing audience while simultaneously charging forward as a leader and forward-thinker in the social media industry. And those are strong steps by a strong company.
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Jameela Jamil and Sara Sampaio Fiercely Spar on Twitter Over the Modeling Industry
The activist and model went back and forth over their views of the culture of the business.
By Samantha Schnurr 16 Oct, 2019 2:05 PMTags
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A war of words has unfolded between Jameela Jamil and Sara Sampaio.
A very public and passionate debate sparked between the Good Place actress and Victoria's Secret model on Twitter late Tuesday after a particular tweet from Jamil. Over the weekend, the actress reacted to a tweeted clip of fuller figure models dancing on a runway. "Oh my god this looks like the most fun, and not a long-starved terrified teenager in sight," Jamil tweeted in response. "Beautiful."
Sampaio took notice of Jamil's comment and called her out. "How about celebrating someone without bringing other people down?" she argued. "Calling runway models 'long-starved terrified teenager' is extremely offensive. From someone that is always preaching for body positivity this just screams hypocrisy."
Jamil defended herself, explaining, "I didn't say all models in my tweet so try to calm down. But I will say there is a *vast* majority issue with young girls starving themselves, and using drugs and cocaine to control their weight, to meet the very small sample sizes. If you don't see that, then you are in a bubble."
The actress further noted, "I also don't preach 'body positivity.' I talk about moving away from all talk of body, in order to combat our current pervasive issue of eating disorder culture, which is in NO small way perpetuated by the extreme thinness demanded of girls by the high fashion powers that be."
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"You didn't say all models, sure, but you still chose to attack girls just so you can celebrate others," Sampaio retorted. "Eating disorders, drugs and cocaine use aren't a exclusive problem of models, it's a huge problem is society as a whole. And when you talk like you know for sure majority of...Have eating disorders and drug problems, when that's not the case. And about modeling I can for sure talk with more certainty than you. Sure that happens but it's for sure not a vast majority. The point of my tweet though, wasn't that one! And you know!...It's very simple to celebrate someone without having do drag other people. And make general negative assumptions about a whole group of people. most of these girls are teenagers! And they don't deserved to be constantly put in a negative box like you just did."
She added, "I can say for a fact, while some girls unfortunately might do drugs the majority actually doesn't!" When a reader tried to clarify that Jamil was taking issue with industry standards rather than the models themselves, Sampaio reiterated, "All I point out was that she didn't need to bring other people down to celebrate others!...My point is she felt the need of using derogative words towards the runway models she doesn't like just to celebrate the runway models she likes And it was unecessary... I see people constantly doing that. And it's not the way to do it."
The model also took issue with the "bubble" comment, countering with, "You don't know me, to say I Don't know how to see out of my bubble! So let's start there. I also know more about my industry than you. And I also know how much harm this generalization does to a lot of girls that are actually healthy and normally been skinny all their lives."
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However, the debate between the two women waged on. "Um I was a model, and a model agent and a lot of my friends are still models and agents. Who are all struggling with ongoing unrealistic standards of this industry you benefit from, which is why you are fiercely defending it, and asking me to not call out its devastating wrongs," Jamil tweeted. "Sara, respectfully, I don't think this is the hill to die on," the actress said. "This industry is unlike other industries in that it makes professionals out of children, and informs culture and society, and is a standard set for young people everywhere. Fashion is a dangerous industry for too many."
Sampaio added, "As is the all entertainment industry. And yet we don't go around and say all actors/singer/ etc are on drugs do we? The point of my tweet was never this one! I didn't think it was necessary to add those Diminishing words when you were so amazingly celebrating something so awesome...I've seen it too many times, people feeling the need to attack models like we are some kind of plague that is wrong in this world. and I think we can just celebrate everyone! And just leave it at that!"
The actress noted she calls out problems in the entertainment industry, also. "It's literally half my career, advocating against eating disorder culture promoted to women. Perhaps you're new to my work," Jamil tweeted. "Your beloved industry is highly toxic and you're on the wrong side here."
However, Sampaio stuck to her argument. "With all due respect right now it just feels like I'm talking about apples and your talking about pears! I think I've been very clear in what I meant," she responded.
"I think you're using your platform to defend something that is overwhelmingly negative for girls," Jamil tweeted back without mincing words. "That's the only thing that is clear to me. Find a better cause to fight for, because this ain't it. You can do more than this, you're smart. Help girls, don't normalize this."
Ultimately, the women did not find common ground. "How is saying to not deminish other people to celebrate others negative for girls? Cause that was the point of my tweet! Period!" Sampaio continued. "I never said there wasn't a problem with the industry, so don't go around and put words in my mouth! Be better than that!"
"Don't police how I choose to celebrate something or call out something problematic," Jamil responded. "I was celebrating that it's a refreshing change, compared to the toxic fashion show norm. I'm an activist. My words aren't cute, or easy, or inoffensive. Change doesn't come from being polite."
The back and forth didn't end there. "My point is she felt the need of using derogative words towards the runway models she doesn't like just to celebrate the runway models she likes And it was unecessary... I see people constantly doing that. And it's not the way to do it," Sampaio said.
"'Long starved' and 'terrified' aren't derogatory words Sara. Chill out. And mentioning that a lot of them use drugs and smoking to maintain a Low weight is fact, not a diss of any kind... we are at an epidemic of eating disorders in the world," Jamil wrote. "There is a problem here."
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AVIATION SUPPORT – SCOPE & PURPOSE
The strategic goals
EUMETNET’s aviation programme exists to support our members in improving the value and efficiency of meteorological services to the European aviation industry through cooperation, innovation and investment for the future. In addition, we also aim to ensure a consistent and coordinated approach towards future transformation of aviation meteorology in Europe by building on our positive relationships with industry stakeholders, governing bodies and the European Commission. By collaborating, we aim to enhance our understanding of the weather impacts on the ATM system and its users, and thereby tailoring future solutions to meet evolving industry needs.
The Aviation Implementation Strategy for future MET service provision to the aviation sector can be summarised in the following vision statement:
“Operations of every European Airspace User will be made safer and more efficient through better use of MET information by all aviation stakeholders”
The objectives
To achieve the vision statement there are 5 primary objectives for the Aviation MET community to focus on:
Availability of consistent, common, harmonised & user-oriented MET information
Easy access to quality assured MET information
MET information & expertise will be fully integrated into ATM decision making
MET services will have a demonstrated value, quality & efficiency
User oriented MET innovation
These objectives can be achieved through a number of developments on both a global and a European level which are on-going and are changing the way MET Service Provision to Air Navigation will be organized in the near-future. On a global level, there are the ICAO Global Air Navigation Plan (GANP – Doc 9750) and the Global ATM Operational Concept (Doc 9854). These address the current and future air navigation needs and exploit new scientific and technological capabilities. The modernization process will be carried out by implementing the so-called Aviation System Block Upgrade (ASBU) concept.
On a European level, the regulation (EU) 2017/373 https://www.easa.europa.eu/acceptable-means-compliance-and-guidance-material-group/part-met referred to as Part-MET brings into legislation the requirements of regulated MET provision in Europe and ensures consistency across the continent. In addition, the European Union “Single European Sky” (SES) initiative has the aim to solve some of the many problems of air navigation caused by, amongst others, airspace fragmentation in Europe. SES is led by the European Commission (EC) and focuses on the achievement of some key goals: increasing safety and capacity, more cost effective air navigation services and lowering the environmental impact of aviation. The modernization process will be carried out by implementing the European ATM Master Plan through, for example, the deployment of new procedures and tools developed in the SES ATM Research (SESAR) programme, to which EUMETNET is a committed implementing partner. The European Master Plan can be seen as the European contribution to the ICAO GANP.
EUMETNET has an important role in helping its Members influence these changes and also to assist its Members in adapting to them and to ensure that their impact is managed. EUMETNET will publish a Vision Paper on Future MET Service Provision to Air Navigation in Europe in the near future.
The key priorities
Some of the key tasks of the Aviation Support Programme are:
Representing the aviation MET community at various European institutions, industry bodies, and stakeholder and technical groups, undertaking lobbying and reporting developments to our members (e.g. SWIM Governance, ICB/TSG, EASA, EUROCONTROL, SES, 3SA SDB)
Improve regional alliances (e.g. NAMCON) and demonstrate the benefits of this throughout Europe
Fostering collaborative approach between Members for post-deployment service provision and identifying risks and issues that may require change management and mitigation
Coordinating R&D and deployment activities such as SESAR
Identifying new opportunities for collaborative research and service provision for all our Members
Coordination and development of forecasting capability with EUROCONTROL Network Manager in cross-border activities
The Aviation Support Programme works under the advisement of WG AVIMET Chairmanship, AVAC guidance and the EUMETNET Executive Director and governing bodies. It is managed as part of the EUMETNET Secretariat.
The EUMETNET Aviation Coordinator is Ms Lauren Donohue from the UK Met Office and the Aviation MET Expert is Tor Ivar Mathisen from MET Norway.
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The Design and Application of Target-Focused Compound Libraries
Author(s): C. John Harris, Richard D. Hill, David W. Sheppard*, Martin J. Slater, Pieter F.W. Stouten BioFocus, Chesterford Research Park, CB10 1XL, UK., United Kingdom
Target-focused compound libraries are collections of compounds which are designed to interact with an individual protein target or, frequently, a family of related targets (such as kinases, voltage-gated ion channels, serine/cysteine proteases). They are used for screening against therapeutic targets in order to find hit compounds that might be further developed into drugs. The design of such libraries generally utilizes structural information about the target or family of interest. In the absence of such structural information, a chemogenomic model that incorporates sequence and mutagenesis data to predict the properties of the binding site can be employed. A third option, usually pursued when no structural data are available, utilizes knowledge of the ligands of the target from which focused libraries can be developed via scaffold hopping. Consequently, the methods used for the design of target-focused libraries vary according to the quantity and quality of structural or ligand data that is available for each target family. This article describes examples of each of these design approaches and illustrates them with case studies, which highlight some of the issues and successes observed when screening target-focused libraries.
Keywords: Library design, target focus, kinase, ion channel, GPCR, PPI, HTS, hit rate, BioFocus, Galapagos, SoftFocus
Title: The Design and Application of Target-Focused Compound Libraries
Author(s):C. John Harris, Richard D. Hill, David W. Sheppard*, Martin J. Slater and Pieter F.W. Stouten
Affiliation:BioFocus, Chesterford Research Park, CB10 1XL, UK.
Keywords:Library design, target focus, kinase, ion channel, GPCR, PPI, HTS, hit rate, BioFocus, Galapagos, SoftFocus
Abstract: Target-focused compound libraries are collections of compounds which are designed to interact with an individual protein target or, frequently, a family of related targets (such as kinases, voltage-gated ion channels, serine/cysteine proteases). They are used for screening against therapeutic targets in order to find hit compounds that might be further developed into drugs. The design of such libraries generally utilizes structural information about the target or family of interest. In the absence of such structural information, a chemogenomic model that incorporates sequence and mutagenesis data to predict the properties of the binding site can be employed. A third option, usually pursued when no structural data are available, utilizes knowledge of the ligands of the target from which focused libraries can be developed via scaffold hopping. Consequently, the methods used for the design of target-focused libraries vary according to the quantity and quality of structural or ligand data that is available for each target family. This article describes examples of each of these design approaches and illustrates them with case studies, which highlight some of the issues and successes observed when screening target-focused libraries.
C. John Harris, Richard D. Hill, David W. Sheppard*, Martin J. Slater and Pieter F.W. Stouten, “ The Design and Application of Target-Focused Compound Libraries”, Combinatorial Chemistry & High Throughput Screening (2011) 14: 521. https://doi.org/10.2174/138620711795767802
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Fairford History Society
Posted on December 7, 2010 November 11, 2018 by Alison Hobson
November 18th 2010: Gimson and Barnsleys
Dave Walton, a volunteer at Cheltenham Museum and Art Gallery and a committed Arts and Craft enthusiast, entertained over fifty members and visitors at the meeting on November 18th with a highly informative and interesting talk about the life and work of Ernest Gimson, a nd Ernest and Sidney Barnsley in the Cotswolds. They came to this area of Gloucestershire to escape from the industrial conurbatio
The War Memorial was designed by Ernest Gimsonns with which they were familiar and the rural Cotswolds were hugely influential on their designs.
The three men were all architects as well as craftsmen and designed their own houses in Sapperton as well as many other
buildings in the area. They employed many craftsmen and were able to use local expertise to aid them. Gimson carried out some decorative plasterwork at Upper Dorval House in Sapperton for Ernest Barnsley which was inspired by the C16 ceilings at Daneway house.
Eventually the partnership broke down, but they all continued to work in the area and there are many small local buildings which s
how examples of their influence.
Dave showed many pictures of their work, several examples of which are on show in Cheltenham Museum and Art Gallery. Unfortunately the Arts and Crafts Gallery has just closed for refurbishment, but FHS is planning a visit to Rodmarton Manor in the Spring for members. Ernest Barnsley designed the manor house which took over twenty years to complete Barnsley. The work at Rodmarton was continued after Ernest Barnsleys death in 1926 by his brother Sidney who died later the same year, and the project was then completed by Norman Jewson who was Ernest’s son-in -law. See Plan and signature below.
In 1919 Ernest Gimson designed Fairford’s War Memorial originally intended for the Market Place, he died suddenly a few weeks later. The work was supervised by Norman Jewson and the cross made in Fairford by Farmer Bros, stonemasons. It was dedicated in 1920.
Peter Waals, who worked closelyy with Ernest Gimson and carried on the workshops at Daneway after Gimson’s death and subsequently Hallidays Mill at Chalford, married a Fairford girl, Ruby Dora Bryan daughter of a Fairford draper in Fairford Church in 1903.
If you would like to learn more about the Arts and Crafts Movement in the Cotwolds, please see below:
http://gimson.leicester.gov.uk/
http://www.owlpen.com/gimson.shtml
http://www.barnsley-furniture.co.uk/superbasket/
Gimson and the Barnsleys by Mary Comino. Evans Bros. 1980
By chance I did rove by Norman Jewson.. Privately published. 3rd ed 1973
Cotswolds arts and craft architecture by Catherine Gordon. Phillimore 2009
The arts and crafts movement in the Cotswolds by Mary Greensted. Alan Sutton. 1996
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CartoonsStar Wars: The Clone Wars
Death Cannot Stop Brilliant Souls
By: PlutoSapphire
Separatist droid forces have taken back the planet or Ryloth. During the siege, Ahsoka Tano is critically injured. What will become of her and how will this affect the people around her? [Rated T for violence, angst, and some blood.]
Rated: Fiction T - English - Drama/Angst - Ahsoka T., Anakin S., Obi- Wan K., Padme Amidala - Chapters: 5 - Words: 6,355 - Reviews: 17 - Favs: 42 - Follows: 27 - Updated: 8/19/2016 - Published: 8/14/2016 - Status: Complete - id: 12102067
1. Chapter 12. Chapter 23. Chapter 34. Chapter 45. Chapter 5
Hey, people who may or may not be reading this! This is my first story! Let's start off strong- a multichapter! This takes place when the outfits for Anakin, Ahsoka, and Obi-Wan are updated and they look older.I'd love constructive criticismand feedback if you don't mind...I guess I'll see you at the ending A/N. Enjoy!
"C'mon, Snips, we're gonna be late," Anakin urged his padawan, rapidly knocking on the 'fresher door.
"Yeesh, you'd think your fingers'd fall off from all that knocking!" She exclaimed, snickering a bit. "Don't worry, I'll be out in a minute"
"Alright, but you know how much the Council freaks out when we're late..."
She opened the door and stepped out. "See? Perfect timing. Now let's go."
The door to the Council meeting room slid open and the master/padawan duo stepped inside. There was an uneasy feel about the place today, for whatever reason, and Anakin and Ahsoka exchanged nervous glances.
Mace spoke first. "There has been... trouble... on Ryloth. As it turns out, our campaign helped for the time it was there," he paused, processing the sentence, then continued, "but the droid forces have reclaimed the atmosphere."
The silence was deafening. Ahsoka felt her heart rate speed up.
"We need you two to lead the 501st into a planetary invasion," Obi-Wan informed, "you will assault in the skies, but stay clear of the surface. There are many civilians there, innocents who are opressed by the Separatists."
"As you wish, Masters," Anakin answered, bowing. Ahsoka bowed as well, then the pair left the room.
Upon leaving the room, Ahsoka let out a heavy exhale, then slumped over against the wall. Anakin put a hand on her shoulder.
"That was the most uncomfortable Council meeting I have ever attended," she fretted. Her master patted the shoulder he'd placed his hand on.
"I don't get it either, Snips, but they're definitely upset about something."
Before the pair could continue, the meeting room doors slid open, and Obi-Wan emerged.
"Hello, Anakin, Ahsoka," he nodded in their direction. He recieved an uneasy greeting in response, then raised an eyebrow. "What is wrong, you two?"
"That meeting seemed... eerie," Ahsoka muttered.
"I'm afraid that this issue is rather concerning," Obi-Wan said. "The feel of it was not intended to be menacing or anything of the sort. I appologize on the Council's behalf."
The feeling lingered, even if they had left the room.
"Let us go somewhere else," Obi-Wan proposed.
Anakin and his padawan nodded, still uncomfortable.
They ended up in the Room of a Thousand Fountains.
"What was that?" Ahsoka asked, as they sat down cross-legged.
"Probably the doom and gloom of Mace Windu rubbing off on you," Anakin joked, then winked in her direction. She gently punched his shoulder in response, giggling.
"Oh, Master Skywalker, this is definitelyhis gloomy handiwork," she joked, snickering. The two laughed together while Obi-Wan shot them "the look".
Anakin coughed and crossed his legs again, while Ahsoka straightened her posture and put on a more serious look.
"I swear, you two are too alike for your own well-being," Obi-Wan commented. "Sometimes I wonder why I matched you two in the first place..."
Anakin shot his padawan a smile while his master lowered his head and covered up a laugh with a sigh. She forced a smile back, but couldn't truly feel giddy now. That... feeling was back. He squeezed her hand and she sadly met his gaze.
"Snips, what's wrong?" He asked her gently.
"That feeling, it's back," she replied, slowly shaking her head, as if to try and get the feeling away from her.
"Try meditating on it," Master Kenobi suggested. She nodded and closed her eyes.
Colors flashed before Ahsoka's vision. Colors of the cosmos and stars set off like flares. A lighter blue hue overtook it, reminding her of the sky. Wait- itwasthe sky. She saw her pod racing about it. Red flooded the scene, then
she saw her fighter on a prairie-like surface, up in flames. Smoke billowed out of it in a huge cloud. She heard someone scream, "AHSOKA!"
The young padawan opened her eyes, sweating. Master Obi-Wan seemed to be meditating deeply, but Anakin, being his meditation-loathing self, was squirming uncomfortably. He obviously was bored.
Dismissing the thought, she rubbed her temple. Sweat immeadiately wet her fingers. She had seen her fighter in the sky, then it crashed.Crashed.Ahsoka tried to drive the thoughts of her fate away, but with no success.
"I can feel your distress, my young padawan," Anakin said, looking into her eyes.
She quickly looked away, saying, "It's nothing, Master."
"Itissomething, Ahsoka," he insisted, "and I want you to tell me."
"Please, Anakin, just... drop it, please?" She looked at him with those pleadingbig blue eyes of hers. He couldn't say no to that face. Force, it was his only weakness. And everyone thought that the Hero with No Fear had no weakness... He was snapped
/out of his thoughts by Ahsoka rising from her spot.
"I'm going to go to our quarters, Master," she said.
"Okay. I'll see you this evening," he started, but jokingly added, "Remember, it's your turn to wash the dishes tonight!"
She laughed and walked off to their shared quarters.
Upon entry of the quarters, she saw a few dishes in the sink of their kitchenette. Sighing, she walked over and started to fill up the dishpan with water.
Their quarters consisted of a kitchenette at the front of the door, a window with a couch beneath it in the back, a table which was stacked with holopads and Anakin's pile-orpiles-of tools and parts that he tinkered with. On the right was
/Ahsoka's bedroom with its own refresher, and Anakin's was on the left, of the same design. Jedi Masters and their padawans got the suites in the Temple.
Her thoughts drifted as she cleaned the dishes. That fighter in her vision was hers. And it had crashed with no one coming out of it. That is what scared her the most. Then the screaming of her name... The voice sounded like Anakin's, and it was choked
/with emotion. Was it a vision?
She felt the nervous sweat on her forehead near her headdress. No one had come out of that fighter. Although she would never admit it to anyone, she was scared. Actually, she washorrified. But she couldn't allow herself to panic. If her
master were to come into their quarters and find his padawan freaking out while washing dishes... Ugh.
As if her thoughts were answered, he came into their quarters.
"Hey, Snips," he addressed her. He looked exhausted.
"Hey, Master. You look tired," she poked playfully, trying to distract herself from her panic.
"I think I may have meditated myself to sleep," he muttered, laying down on the couch.
She flashed him a smile, which he returned whole-heartedly.
"I take it you still don't want to discuss your scare fromearlier..."
"I'm debating it, Master. Honestly, I would love to let it out."
He sat up and patted a spot on the couch next to him. She finished putting the dishes away then went and sat next to him.
"What's on your mind, Ahsoka?" He asked gently.
"I had a vision," she tentatively told him, leaning against him. "It was... really scary."
"Tell me."
"I saw my fighter in the sky," she started, "and then the vision flashed red and I saw it on the groud, in flames. It had clouds of smoke coming out of it..."
"What else?"
"No one came out, and I heard your voice scream my name. That... that was it."
He stared at her for a few seconds, then brought his arms to wrap around her. "As long as I'm here, that's not going to happen," he confirmed, holding her closely. She nodded and lay in his arms, falling asleep.
Little did she know, her master was worried sick.
Well, that's all for this chapter! I hope you enjoyed it.
I appologize if the beginning was a little slow/boring, but I made it as long as I could without cutting into what I have planned for the next chapter or dragging it on way too long. If you're interested in knowing, yes, the plot isallplanned, recorded, and I just have to type it in a way that the audience will enjoy reading.
This chapter was K+, but ratings will go up to T in the future chapters for angst andbloody stuff. I will say in the A/N in the beginning of a chapter what the rating for the specific chapter is.
I'll be keeping Anakin and Ahsoka's relationship purely platonic, even if I don't ship Anidala. *Whispers: I secretly ADORE Anakin and Ahsoka as a couple! So, I hope you look foreward to the next chapter, which I will ever-so-carefully be crafting for your entertainment and enjoyment. It'll be up within the next couple of days.
Hope you enjoyed, and I'll be going to bed now 'cause I'm finishing thisat 10:00 p.m.
I think I'll end with "Pluto out!"
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Miguel Rojas went 3-for-5 with a solo homer and two runs scored in a 7-3 victory over the Nationals on Saturday.
Rojas hit a leadoff homer against Patrick Corbin in the bottom of the first inning. He’s now up to four homers on the year to go along with a .347/.431/.574 batting line. Given his track record, it was tough to take his hot start too seriously in mixed leagues initially, but he’s been quite useful in this truncated season. Sep 19 9:44 pm (EST)
Miguel Rojas had another nice day at the plate Monday, going 2-for-3 with a homer and a walk versus the Phillies.
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According to Buster Olney of ESPN, the Red Sox plan to be conservative with Chris Sale's return from Tommy John surgery.
Sale still has four guaranteed years remaining on his five-year, $145 million contract, so the Red Sox are thinking about the long-term. The southpaw underwent Tommy John surgery last March 30 and he appears to be on track to return on the long end of the projected 12-15 month timetable. Assuming that's the way things play out, Sale will mostly be a factor in the second half. This latest report isn't really changing anything.
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G. Springer - CF
Jon Morosi of MLB.com reports that free agent outfielder George Springer could make a decision this week on where to sign.
Buckle up. Morosi cites "multiple industry sources" and names the Blue Jays and Mets are the two frontrunners at the moment. In other words, nothing has really changed over the past few weeks. The one thing that has changed is the Mets' addition of Francisco Lindor. He's set to make $22.3 million this year and the Mets would surely like to extend him, so it's unclear if they want to make another major investment with Michael Conforto, Noah Syndergaard, and Marcus Stroman all due to be free agents next offseason. They could turn to Jackie Bradley, Jr. instead. The Blue Jays have yet to make a big name this offseason despite being connected to several top names. This could be their best chance. There was a recent report suggesting that Springer would prefer to be close to his home state of Connecticut, but we suspect the money will matter most in the end.
A. Colomé - RP
Jon Morosi of MLB.com reports that the Astros and Blue Jays are among the teams interested in free agent reliever Alex Colome.
Mark Feinsand of MLB.com previously mentioned the Padres, Phillies, Red Sox, and Twins. It's unclear if the Phillies could be out of the mix after their recent addition of Archie Bradley. A return to the White Sox might also be out of the cards with Liam Hendriks in the fold. Colome should still well for himself after posting 12 saves with a 0.84 ERA and 16/8 K/BB ratio over 21 1/3 innings in 2020.
M. Tanaka - SP
Jon Heyman of MLB Network reports that while the Yankees are still in touch with Masahiro Tanaka, there's a "good chance" he pitches elsewhere.
That doesn't necessarily mean another MLB team. As speculated in recent weeks, Heyman writes that there appears to be "strong interest" in Japan and it's more likely he could get a "much bigger" deal there. That's partially an indictment of how MLB teams are spending this offseason. Tanaka turned 32 in November and posted a 3.56 ERA and 44/8 K/BB ratio in 48 innings across 10 starts with the Yankees in 2020.
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FC Zurich Wins Cup Game against FC Bassersdorf 6:0
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Oliver Buff Scores for Switzerlands U21 National Team
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Last night, six FC Zurich players were away with various national teams.
FC Zurich midfielder Oliver Buff scored the early 1:0 for Switzerland’s U21 national team in the friendly versus Portugal (Switzerland lost 2:5 in the end). Former FC Zurich striker Josip Drmic scored the second Swiss goal of the night (temporary score 2:3).
Besides Oliver Buff (who played for 73 minutes), three more FC Zurich players were in action in Setubal: Loris Benito, Yanick Brecher and Berat Djimsiti played for the whole 90 minutes.
Mario Gavranovic got to celebrate a great success with the Swiss national team: the FC Zurich striker was sent on the pitch as a substitute 15 minutes before the final whistle in Switzerland’s 1:0 victory over Brazil in Basel.
Avi Rikan was rested and did not get to play in Israel’s friendly in the Ukraine, which Israel lost 0:2.
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CDRH Issues Draft Guidance for IDE and Pre-IDE Processes
By Jennifer D. Newberger –
On June 14, 2013, FDA issued a draft guidance, “FDA Decisions for Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) Clinical Investigations,” to provide clarity around certain IDE decisions, and to introduce a “voluntary program intended to facilitate the development of trial designs that may support a marketing approval or clearance.” Draft Guidance, at 2.
IDE Decisions
After evaluating an IDE, FDA takes one of the following three actions: approval, approval with conditions (traditionally referred to as “conditional approval”), or disapproval. The draft guidance focuses primarily on the second of these options, approval with conditions.
When FDA approves an IDE with conditions, the sponsor may begin enrollment in the clinical study but must respond to the issues identified by FDA within 45 days from the date of FDA’s decision letter. FDA may issue an approval with conditions “if FDA has determined that, despite some outstanding issues, the information provided is sufficient to justify human clinical evaluation of the device and the proposed study design is acceptable with regard to protection of study subjects.” Draft Guidance, at 4.
FDA may also grant a “staged approval,” which allows enrollment of a limited number of subjects while the sponsor responds to outstanding questions posed by FDA. Once the sponsor addresses those issues, it may expand enrollment in the clinical trial.
IDE Disapprovals
Though FDA may deny an IDE for a variety of reasons, section 601 of FDASIA, which modified section 520(g) of the FDC Act, specified that FDA may not disapprove an FDA based on a finding by FDA that the investigation may not support a marketing application. In the draft guidance, FDA notes that, while it will abide by this requirement not to disapprove an IDE that may not support a marketing application, it believes that the sponsor will benefit from knowing what modifications FDA believes are necessary to obtain approval. FDA states that it “will convey such considerations to the sponsor to provide greater clarity and predictability. In addition, FDA will convey certain considerations that FDA believes will be important for future submissions related to the proposed investigation.” Draft Guidance, at 9.
FDA will communicate these considerations in any combination of the following: study design assessment (e.g., are endpoints appropriate), study design considerations (e.g., randomization, statistical plan, enrollment criteria, blinding), or future considerations (e.g., limitations of the data with regard to supporting certain claims or indications, or required non-clinical testing).
Pre-Decisional IDE Review Process
This process is intended to “provide sponsors with information regarding study designs that will support market approval or clearance.” Draft Guidance, at 12. This process, known as a “Pre-Decisional IDE,” is “a voluntary approach to enable sponsors to obtain timely feedback from review staff on a near-final IDE application, with the opportunity for a mid-cycle interaction with the review team to promote a clearer understanding and quicker resolution of major issues with device or subject safety as well as study design.” Id. FDA is implementing this program in the hopes it will result in faster approval of IDEs that may support a marketing application. Eligibility is limited to pivotal studies for which an IDE is required.
The initial step of the application process is similar to that of a traditional IDE. Within five days of submission, FDA will evaluate whether the application is eligible and sufficiently complete for substantive review. One the application is accepted, a 30-day review clock begins.
At the end of the review cycle, FDA will issue to the sponsor questions agreed to by division management that would, if the application were submitted as an IDE, lead to a disapproval, result in an approval with conditions, or constitute a design consideration that FDA believes would not support a marketing application. Draft Guidance, at 14.
A meeting to discuss the application will be scheduled to occur within 15 days after the end of the 30-day period, or at another time agreed to by both FDA and the sponsor. The meeting should be no more than 90 minutes, and the sponsor must provide meeting minutes to FDA within seven days of the meeting.
After the meeting, the sponsor may choose to request the Pre-Decisional IDE be converted to an actual IDE. Such a request must be made within seven days of the meeting, and FDA will issue the decision letter within 15 days of receipt of the request. The inclusion of any additional information in the conversion request will result in the commencement of a standard IDE review, with a decision to be rendered within 30 days.
If the sponsor does not request a conversion, FDA must provide written feedback within 15 days of the meeting, including any deficiencies or recommendations noted during the review. The sponsor may then submit a formal IDE application; respond to the issues identified by FDA in the original Pre-Decisional IDE; or respond to FDA’s feedback and submit a request to repeat the Pre-Decisional IDE process.
It is not immediately obvious from the draft guidance precisely how a sponsor will benefit from the multi-step Pre-Decisional IDE process. If there are no concerns with the IDE, the review time is the same—30 days. If there are concerns, the sponsor and FDA will engage in a series of exchanges to resolve the issues. It may offer more opportunity for interactive feedback from FDA, but it is not yet clear if it will actually lead to faster IDE approvals or a higher percentage of IDE approvals. Nevertheless, for complicated submissions, it may provide more in-depth, useful feedback at an earlier stage in the review process, giving the sponsor an opportunity to better understand and address FDA’s concerns.
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Pancreatic Cyst Care at Fox Chase
Though pancreatic cysts can be a common finding, confirming their diagnosis and having them followed at a center of excellence is crucial.
Pancreatic Cysts
For the most part, pancreatic cysts are not cancerous, and they often present with no symptoms. They tend to be found incidentally during scans performed for other reasons.
Although most pancreatic cysts do not usually require significant medical treatment, some may present with certain high-risk features that call for further evaluation. In any case, a pancreatic cyst diagnosis can be very concerning.
When you have a pancreatic cyst, where you go for care—and how quickly you are seen—can make a big difference. At Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia, we have provided comprehensive approaches to diagnosis, treatment and support for more than 100 years. We draw upon the nationally recognized experience of our multidisciplinary medical team to coordinate your care and treat your condition appropriately.
We are also proud to be designated as a National Pancreas Foundation Center of Excellence by the National Pancreas Foundation (NPF), a nonprofit organization that provides support for patients with pancreatic cancer and other pancreas-related diseases. Fox Chase is the only institution in the Philadelphia region to earn this designation, which recognizes medical centers that meet a variety of criteria developed by subject matter experts and patient advocates. This criteria includes offering individuals access to specific physician specialists (including gastroenterologists, pancreatic surgeons, and interventional radiologists) and patient support programs (including pain management services and psychosocial support).
At Fox Chase, we take enormous pride in providing world-class care for our patients with pancreatic diseases. When you are a patient at Fox Chase, your dedicated team includes physicians, surgeons, researchers and nurses, as well as nurse navigators, social workers and other specialized staff that provide emotional support and coping strategies.
Why Choose Fox Chase?
Fox Chase has received the highest designation from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) as a Comprehensive Cancer Center, an elite center recognized for excellence in cancer treatment, research, prevention and education. This means our patients receive sophisticated care that includes a wide range of state-of-the-art treatment options.
The Marvin and Concetta Greenberg Pancreatic Cancer Institute at Fox Chase is rewriting the future of research into pancreas-related conditions. We support activities on every front in the fight against these diseases, including the development of new treatment options and further research into a cure for pancreatic cancer.
Fox Chase physicians and investigators have received numerous awards and honors, including Nobel Prizes in medicine and chemistry. They are at the forefront of developing new treatments that can improve a patient’s chances of recovery or having a better quality of life.
Our multidisciplinary team is dedicated to providing exceptional care to both you and your family, including state-of-the-art diagnostics and treatment, vigilant follow-up care after recovery, referrals to community resources and support, and much more.
Request an appointment with our pancreatic specialists. You don’t have to wait weeks or months for an appointment, diagnosis, or second opinion.
Some pancreatic cysts are or can become cancerous, and studies show that patients who begin their treatment at a hospital that specializes in cancer, like Fox Chase, have a better chance of survival.
“Pancreatic cysts can be difficult to diagnose, but we have good insight on these cysts because our team of physicians from many specialties are involved in the patient’s treatment —it’s true multidisciplinary care.”
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The Photography of Edge Cases
by Niall Richard Murphy
Maps and Legends
Geographies: Ireland
Riotous Bog
Ireland is famous for its boglands. Having many uses throughout history, notably for cutting turf to heat houses in the 20th century, at this historical moment the most interesting use is its carbon sink ability -- better than forests, it is now reckoned. Close to Moylough and Tubercurry, this bog, with its riot of colour underneath a busy sky, makes a perfect rest stop and a thriving biorefuge for the birds and the plants around it. The Ox Mountains can just been seen in the distance.
Knocknashee Whorl
Knocknashee is a small mountain (technically a 'Marilyn') about 300m in height, in the Ox Mountains range in County Sligo. From the top, you can see most of Sligo laid out in front of you; in this instance, the drone facing approximately north-west, takes in one of the cairns on top as walkers make their way around the summit. Whatever spirit of the eternal that the pre-historic constructors of the cairn were trying to evoke, I sense I capture only a slender hint of it in my photographs.
Knocknashee Sunset
Knocknashee is a small mountain (technically a 'Marilyn') about 300m in height, in the Ox Mountains range in County Sligo. On this occasion, I was visiting somewhere nearby and more or less visited the top of this wonderful summit spontaneously. The drone shows the spread of County Sligo as the setting sun turns the edge of the clouds very gently orange.
Church by the Water
Gougane Barra is, for want of a better word, a place in Ballingeary, West Cork. The building you see in the shot is St Finbarr's Oratory, the "Barra" after whom the place is named. It is a very peaceful setting in the right weather, popular with pilgrims and wedding parties, and is surrounded by a tree-laden national park. The lake around the oratory is actually formed from the River Lee, one of the main rivers of Cork City.
West Pier Twilight
Twilight at the West Pier, Dun Laoghaire. The air was completely still, so the reflections of the lights are almost perfectly straight in the water, and the dark mass of Howth looms behind, illuminated by the stars above.
Joy in the Mournes
The Mourne Mountains are one of the island of Ireland's crown jewels. Consisting of a range of ninety-three (!) mountains, they are linked not only by close physical proximity, but also a man-made series of walls utterly unlike anything else in Ireland. They provide spectacular views across Ireland, the Irish sea, and occasionally across into Scotland, if the weather permits. Here, the haze was just a little too strong to see all the way across, but the sweep down across forests, farmland, and down to the bay is enough for me. This view is from Sliabh Binnian, across Annalong, and down to the Isle of Man.
Frozen Valentine
Lough Bray Lower and Lough Bray Upper at twilight in snow.
Silent Valley Schwarz
The ominously-named Silent Valley reservoir in Northern Ireland stores water for County Down and Belfast, a considerable proportion of the population of Northern Ireland. Obviously the water levels in a reservoir can rise and fall, and in theory this dark overflow pipe helps to regulate them -- but for some reason I wouldn't like to be water falling down it.
Remains of Ballydavid Signal Tower
On Ballydavid Head, the remains of a Napoleonic signal tower survey the sweep of north-west Kerry.
Inch Beach Spread
Walkers on the beach in Co. Kerry see the full spread of creation.
Sugarloaf Sunset
Sunset falling across the Sugarloaf Mountain, Wicklow. In the distance you can see the lights coming on in Dublin city.
Sugarloaf Sunset 2
The sun falls behind the Wicklow Mountains, from the top of the Sugarloaf Mountains.
Wexford Coastal View
A view along Wexford's coast, close to Fethard-on-Sea. In the distance you can see the Martello Tower on Baginbun Head.
Gate Lodge Grounds View
The old gate lodge of Lough Eske Castle, recently sold, has a fabulous view over Lough Eske itself. One evening I managed to catch enough of the dying light over a still lake to almost make up for my trespassing.
Owencarrow Viaduct
A ruined train viaduct of an abandoned train line in Co. Donegal, this isolated and beautiful site was the location of a major accident with a number of fatalities in the 1920s when high winds literally blew the train off into the valley below.
Grianán of Aileach
A ring-fort perched on the edge of Donegal, with the Bluestack Mountains in the distance. Dating is hard, but it is somewhere around 3700-4000 years old.
Killiney Obelisk
The obelisk on Killiney Hill at sunset.
Grand Canal Sunset
Grand Canal DART station at sunset; the dock itself is covered in algae during a drought.
Howth Scratchings
A July sunset blends an almost perfectly still tidal outflow into Howth, Dun Laoghaire, and a wider horizon.
Mediterranean Taney
The Luas bridge at Taney Cross, Dublin, during a particularly beautiful sunset.
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Why Digital Citizenship Is an Opportunity for Educators and Students to...
Why Digital Citizenship Is an Opportunity for Educators and Students to Learn Together
By Aliza Aufrichtig Oct 20, 2014
CC BY 2.0 Flickr user mkhmarketing
The day had come to try swearing in front of my mom to see what happened. When you're ten, these days sometimes come. Over dinner at the local pizza place, I pondered the best way to work the word "frickin," my newest playground verbal acquisition, into a conversation. Then I had it:
"Kevin is so bad in gym class. He can't pass the frickin ball to anyone."
"Aliza." She raised an eyebrow. I was about to be scolded for swearing, I knew it. I stared hard at my greasy frickin pizza... "Don't say bad things about people in public. You never know who will hear you: Kevin's grandmother or aunt could be sitting at the next table, and that would make them feel sad."
Instead of being lectured on my bold word choice, I was getting a lesson in being a citizen within our community. So began my foul-mouthed life of thinking before I spoke about people in public. (And mental note: ask Kevin about whether he has any aunts or grandmas in the neighborhood...)
"Don't say bad things in public," was easy to understand when I was ten, because “public” meant a place outside our house. But now, it's harder to understand the concept of "in the privacy of your own home" when you're accessing Facebook from the bedroom, Instagram from the living room and Twitter from the toilet. It's harder to determine what public really means now: when kids fire up their phones, they're at the neighborhood pizza joint. What can you say and where?
In our digital society, the concept of what to share in public is hard for kids to understand. And it's harder for adults to pass on sage pizza-place wisdom because we're also still figuring it out ourselves. While students are grappling with, "Should I post that picture of myself dancing absurdly at that party?", teachers are grappling with the question, "Should I post that picture of myself dancing absurdly at that party?"
As such, with Digital Citizenship Week around the corner, teaching about citizenship is an excellent opportunity for teachers to be learners alongside their students.
Teachers can begin by sharing their own experiences with deciding what to post to open a conversation on what to share, and when to share. "Would posting a picture of my new shoes make my friends feel jealous?" "Should I post on Facebook that I'm really, really mad?" By talking through the decision-making process, students can learn by example and share their opinions about what they would have done and why. It's an authentic teaching moment where teachers and students are learning side-by-side how to be citizens of the 21st century.
To help facilitate this important conversation on digital citizenship, Flocabulary created an educational rap video called "Think Before You Post." The video lists 10 tips for posting smart on social media. Tips include: keep relationship details to yourself, don't share TMI, and first and foremost, "follow the golden rule." We created the list in collaboration with Common Sense Education, and drawing upon standards ranging from ISTE's Standards for Students and AASL's Standards for the 21st Century Learner.
For Craig Badura, a preK-12 Integration Specialist in Aurora, Nebraska who watched "Think Before You Post" with his students, teaching about digital citizenship is a no-brainer. "Haven't we been teaching about citizenship in our classes already, and shouldn't this just be a given in the online world? To behave online like we do in the real world?" he asked. He sees digital citizenship as a natural extension of pizza-place-style life conversations. He added, "I always like to remind my students that first impressions used to start with handshakes, but now they begin with a Google search."
And the fact that educators are also learners became clear to us at the Flocabulary office while we were planning "Think Before You Post." Emily Helfgot, our curriculum director, opened a planning meeting by recounting a story from the day before:
"My fiancé was in a play last night, and I was having a bad day. And he still brought me flowers. And my instinct was to post a picture of the flowers on Facebook and say, "He's in the play, but I get the flowers." But then she thought about rule #2 from our song, "Don't brag," and rule #5 "Keep relationship details to yourself." Emily continued, "Then I thought…Why would I do that? If someone posted that and I read it, it would annoy me. And this was also a special moment that didn't need to be shared with everyone." (But now the world knows anyway, Emily...)
As teachers prepare for important conversations during Digital Citizenship Week, we hope “Think Before You Post” will spark real-life learning moments that stick with students for years to come. Sometimes, if you're lucky, you'll remember the life skills your mom shared with you over a slice of pizza. But it's even easier to remember them if they rhyme.
Aliza Aufrichtig is the Product Director at Flocabulary
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COVID vaccination in Delhi: Over 500 centres in phase-1, facility being set up for 2-8 deg C storage
Work is underway in full swing to set up centres for COVID-19 vaccination in the national capital with 500 such units to come up in the first phase, even as the storage facility is getting equipped with freezers to hold vaccines in a temperature range of 2-8 degrees Celsius.
Vaccination centres will either be hospitals or facilities linked to hospitals.
Work is underway in full swing to set up centres for COVID-19 vaccination in the national capital with 500 such units to come up in the first phase, even as the storage facility is getting equipped with freezers to hold vaccines in a temperature range of 2-8 degrees Celsius. Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Sunday had welcomed the approval given for emergency use of two COVID-19 vaccines, and asserted that the city government was all set for the vaccination drive as soon as any vaccine arrives.
A total of 1,000 vaccination centres will be set up. And, 500-600 centres will be set up in the first phase, for which work is underway in full swing, officials said. India’s drugs regulator has approved Oxford COVID-19 vaccine Covishield, manufactured by the Serum Institute, and indigenously developed Covaxin of Bharat Biotech for restricted emergency use in the country. “We are all ready with our preparations, from storage to logistics, and on Saturday, a dry run was conducted at three sites to assess the preparedness for the vaccination roll-out. Vaccination can begin as soon as the vaccine arrives in Delhi, which we expect in a few days,” Jain said on Sunday.
As part of the first phase, about three lakh healthcare workers and nearly six lakh frontline workers will get the vaccine. The city government has announced that the vaccine will be provided to people in Delhi for free-of-cost.
While the COVID-19 situation seems significantly under control, several people arriving here from the UK and being detected with the new strain of the coronavirus, has caused a bit of concern, but authorities said they were totally alert.
Delhi recorded 424 fresh COVID-19 cases, the lowest in over seven months, and 14 new fatalities on Sunday, even as the positivity rate slipped to 0.62 per cent. The infection tally in the city stood at over 6.26 lakh and death toll rose to 10,585. The minister has said the Delhi government has so far made preparations to vaccinate one lakh people in a day. Social distancing will be maintained, and people will be admitted to the centres in batches of 10, he added. The Delhi government is fully prepared to receive, store and administer COVID-19 vaccine to 51 lakh priority category persons in the city in the first phase of vaccination, the minister had earlier said.
These include healthcare workers, who will be thr first to receive, followed by frontline workers, people aged above 50 and those below 50 years but with co-morbidities, he added. Vaccination centres will either be hospitals or facilities linked to hospitals. Emergency rooms will be set up at the centres, and those getting the vaccine dose will be kept there under observation for half an hour, to see if there is any side effect.
“A monitoring station has been created at a vaccination centre and any side effects, like headache, body pain will be immediately looked into, and hospital linkage anyway is there,” Jain said. On the storage facility preparations at the Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital (RGSSH), sources said, 90 freezers have arrived and nearly half of those have been installed, adding cold chain equipment have also been set up. “The facility being set up at RGSSH can store vaccine in a temperature range of 2-8 degree Celsius…. But, as of now, we have not received any information, as to which vaccine will be sent here,” a source told PTI.
RGSSH, recently made a partially COVID-19 facility, has 650 beds and played a significant role in the combat against the pandemic in 2020. There will be two cold chain equipment for storage. The ground and first floors of the utility block, measuring about 4,700 sq ft, will be used for the storage facility on the hospital premises. “Officials of Delhi State Health Mission are monitoring the setting up of the storage facility on a daily basis,” the source said.
COVID vaccination in Delhi Over 500 centres in phase-1 facility being set up for 2-8 deg C storage
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Explainer: Coronavirus vaccine dosing debates add to public confusion
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The US and other countries are facing logjams in using the scarce shots that already have been raced out. Still, there's ongoing debate about how to stretch supplies.
Orientation of 1,66,188 people in 10 categories including public representatives has been done so far. (Representational image)
The first Americans vaccinated against COVID-19 are getting their second dose, while Britain has decided to postpone boosters and focus instead on giving more people a first shot international differences that are adding to public confusion. The US and other countries are facing logjams in using the scarce shots that already have been raced out. Still, there’s ongoing debate about how to stretch supplies.
Here are some questions and answers about vaccine dosing:
WHAT VACCINES ARE AVAILABLE?
That differs by country. The US is allowing emergency use of two very similar vaccines, one made by Pfizer and Germany’s BioNTech and the other made by Moderna. Britain is using the Pfizer shot and a different type of vaccine made by AstraZeneca that also has been cleared in India. The European Union is rolling out the Pfizer shot. Each requires two doses for full protection, either three weeks or four weeks apart depending on the vaccine.
COULD I WAIT LONGER BETWEEN DOSES?
Last week, British health officials decided it was OK to delay the second dose as long as 12 weeks. It was a huge surprise since none of the coronavirus vaccine studies were designed to test such a gap between doses. British officials said postponing booster doses meant they could give more people at least some protection with a first shot. They said unpublished data from the AstraZeneca study suggested waiting a little longer between doses might be better in the long run but provided no details. But the big question is how long partial protection from just one dose can last.
”There is no data to demonstrate that protection after the first dose is sustained after 21 days,” Pfizer said.
Likewise, the US government is sticking to the recommended dosing schedule. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said on ABC’s ”Good Morning America” Monday that scientific data just isn’t there to support the different strategy.
COULD SUPPLY BE STRETCHED BY USING SMALLER DOSES?
That speculation arose when Dr. Moncef Slaoui, who advises the U.S. vaccine program Operation Warp Speed, told CBS’ ‘Face the Nation’ Sunday that there’s some data showing two half-doses of the Moderna vaccine might work.
Slaoui said it shows a lower dose sparked a good immune reaction in people ages 18 to 55, and that officials are discussing the approach with Moderna and the Food and Drug Administration.
Presumably, Slaoui was referring to early-stage studies in very small numbers of people that explored which dose to put to a real test. But the FDA allowed emergency use of Moderna’s vaccine based on a 30,000-person study that found two full doses 28 days apart are about 95% protective against COVID-19 data that’s far more solid than just checking immune reactions.
”At this point we don’t have any further information to share about any potential ongoing regulatory discussions,” Moderna spokesman Ray Jordan said Monday.
WOULD THESE IDEAS SPEED VACCINATIONS?
It’s far from clear that stretching doses will get them into people’s arms any faster at this point. In the U.S., initial supplies haven’t been used nearly as fast as experts had hoped. Officials expect that to pick up with the holidays over and health workers getting more experience handling the shots.
As of Monday, more than 4.5 million people have been vaccinated out of more than 15 million doses the U.S. government has shipped to the states.
That’s not a real-time count but an estimate based on reporting of inoculations that can take days to trickle in. States are deciding who gets the shots, and that varies, although many are giving priority to health care workers and nursing home residents.
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Everything You Need to Know About Biopsy Procedures
What is a biopsy?
A biopsy is a medical procedure, which is mostly used in diagnosing cancer. In this procedure, a small tissue sample is taken from your body for a closer examination under the microscope. A biopsy is usually recommended by your doctor if initial tests in your body suggest an abnormality in your tissues. Your tissue sample may be examined in different ways. For example, your tissue may be tested using some chemical reagents so as to help identify the abnormal chemical that may be present in your tissue sample. Sometimes, a sample of your abnormal tissue may be tested for bacteria and other disease-causing microorganisms.
Why is it done?
The main purpose of a biopsy is to look for cancer in abnormal and suspicious tissues. However, a biopsy can also be used to identify other health conditions. Your doctor may call an abnormal tissue a mass, a lesion, or a tumor. These are the usual words, which are used to indicate the unknown nature of your tissue. Through a biopsy, the suspicious tissues can be closely examined and identified as cancerous or not.
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Your doctor may recommend a biopsy if there is a medical question that the procedure could answer. A few examples are:
In case a mole on your skin has changed its shape, melanoma, which is a type of skin cancer, is possible.
A mammogram examination shows a mass or lump that may indicate a possibility of breast cancer.
If an individual has chronic hepatitis and wants to know if liver cirrhosis is present.
Most biopsies are performed to help diagnose a health problem or determine the best therapy that people should have for their health condition.
How a Biopsy Is Done
There are different types of biopsy procedures and all of them depend on the part of the body where the tissue sample is taken from and the size of the tissue to be removed. They include:
Punch biopsy - This procedure is very useful in diagnosing skin conditions. A certain instrument is used to punch through the top layers of the skin to remove a sample of the skin tissue to be tested. Local anesthesia is applied or injected on the site where the tissue is removed to numb the cells and make the whole procedure painless.
Excisional biopsy - It is a biopsy procedure that involves the removal of the entire suspicious area for examination. This type of biopsy is common in the examination of breast lumps and suspicious changes on your skin.
Endoscopic biopsy - In this procedure, an endoscope is used. An endoscope is a thin and flexible tube fixed with a camera and a light at the end. Endoscopes are used to view internal parts of the body, which include the gastrointestinal tract, bladder, joints, and the abdomen. Endoscopes can be inserted into your body through an incision or through the mouth. The camera attached to the endoscope is used by doctors to see the body's abnormal areas. Forceps, which are also a part of the endoscope, are then used to take tiny tissue samples.
Fine needle aspiration biopsy - In this type of biopsy, doctors use a thin and hollow needle, which is attached to a syringe. This fine needle is then used to take a small sample of tissue from the suspicious area for examination. This biopsy procedure can be performed along with an image-guided biopsy to give accurate results.
Core needle biopsy - This procedure is almost similar to the fine needle biopsy. However, it uses a larger needle to extract a larger tissue sample for examination.
Vacuum- assisted biopsy - It is a type of biopsy that uses suction to extract a sample of your tissue through a special type of needle. This means that your doctor won't have to make another incision for collecting larger tissues. The doctor can collect more than one sample from the same biopsy site.
Image-guided biopsy - This biopsy procedure is used when your tumor cannot be seen by your doctor. It is also used to examine deep areas of your body, which can be seen through a scan. With the help of an imaging technique, a needle is guided to the suspicious area of your body to take a tissue sample. This procedure can be performed along with the vacuum-assisted biopsy, core needle biopsy, as well as fine needle biopsy, depending on the size of the tissue sample needed for examination. The type of scan also depends on the area of your body where the tissue is to be removed. The following are types of imaging tests or scans:
Computed tomography (CT) scan
Aspiration and biopsy of the bone marrow - These procedures are almost similar and mostly used at the same time to examine your bone marrow. Since your bone marrow has both liquid and solid parts, bone marrow aspiration is used to remove a sample of the fluid. This type of biopsy is used to examine whether one has blood cancer or a blood disorder. Blood cancers include lymphoma, multiple myeloma, and leukemia. The pelvic bone is the main site for a bone marrow biopsy and aspiration.
Biopsy Specialists
Due to the different types of biopsies, healthcare team members may also vary. The doctors who will be involved in your biopsy will depend on your affected body part and the type of biopsy you may need. The members of a medical team may include:
Surgeon - performs surgical biopsies, both excisional and incisional.
Pathologist - This type of doctor deals with laboratory test interpretations, especially in the evaluation of tissues, cells, and organs. In a biopsy, a pathologist analyzes the tissue samples removed from your body.
Radiologist - This specialist is the one who can interpret imaging test results.
Cytologist - It is a doctor who specializes in the study of cells. A cytologist usually performs a fine needle aspiration biopsy.
Dermatologist - a specialist who deals with skin conditions.
Gynecologist - a specialist who deals with the biopsy of women’s reproductive system.
Gastroenterologist - a doctor who deals with the disorders and abnormalities in the gastrointestinal tract.
Biopsy Risks
Biopsies usually involve breaking the skin. These procedures may result in excessive bleeding and the risk of developing infections. However, some procedures such as needle biopsies carry lower risks because they only involve small incisions on your skin.
Biopsies are important medical procedures because they are used to help examine suspicious tissues in your body. In cases where simple laboratory tests and physical examination cannot tell the problem with your tissues, a biopsy is performed for further examination and diagnosis. A biopsy might sound scary to you, but it is important to know that most biopsy procedures are entirely low-risk and pain-free.
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Samsung Galaxy Fold display issues emerge just 48 hours after first outing
On Monday, Samsung officially let the press handle the Galaxy Fold after it was shown off in a tightly controlled demo in February. Just two days later, the first review units are encountering multiple issues all focused on the foldable display.
Over the past hour, journalists from The Verge, Bloomberg, and CNBC all shared issues they encountered with the Galaxy Fold review units they received on Monday.
According to Dieter Bohn, a small “bulge” appeared on the crease of the Galaxy Fold that’s “enough to slightly distort the screen.” Besides being able to feel the lump, there are “telltale lines of a broken OLED” after just normal usage by The Verge.
There’s something pressing up against the screen at the hinge, right there in the crease. My best guess is that it’s a piece of debris, something harder than lint for sure. It’s possible that it’s something else, though, like the hinge itself on a defective unit pressing up on the screen.
However, what’s more worrisome is the underlying durability of the plastic screen. There is a built-in screen protector that Samsung cautions users not to take off, but Mark Gurman at Bloomberg and MKBHD removed the layer due to a lack of clear instructions in the box.
After removing the film, Gurman noted how parts of the screen began blacking-out over the span of 24 hours to the point where only an unusable sliver remains.
Lastly, Steve Kovach at CNBC shared a video of the screen flickering on and off until the left panel just stopped working. Like The Verge, they did not remove the protective layer. This also comes as Samsung sold out the nearly $2,000 device online in just a day.
This 7.3-inch “Main Display” features a 4.2:3 aspect ratio at 1536 x 2152. Samsung last year rated the Infinity Flex screen at “hundreds of thousands” folds before wearing out.
To create this new display, Samsung is using a flexible OLED panel without any glass on top. Instead, the phone replaces the traditional glass with a flexible “advanced composite polymer.” There’s also a 45% thinner polarizer.
Samsung has yet to comment, and is working on supplying all those journalists with new Galaxy Folds. It’s not yet clear how widespread the issues are, with these review units presumably all coming from the same production batch. Meanwhile, it’s not yet known if this will impact commercial availability that is slated for later this month.
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Heavenly Organics finds a way to bee glyphosate-free
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Correction: This story has been updated to reflect the accurate name of Heavenly Organics.
Heavenly Organics, a manufacturer of organic, raw, pesticide and antibiotic-free honey from wild bee hives, has met the BioChecked ZERO Tolerance Standard. Its white, neem and acacia honey are now Glyphosate Free Certified, according to a news release.
Last year, the company says all American honey samples — including organic brands — tested by the Food and Drug Administration contained glyphosate. Some residue levels were double the amount allowed in the European Union; there is no "maximum residue limit" for glyphosate found in U.S. honey.
The World Health Organization considers glyphosate, a widely used herbicide and the main ingredient in Monsanto's Roundup weed killer, to be a probable human carcinogen.
As demand for natural, organic and healthy products grows, consumers are looking for natural alternatives to sugar. Because of this, they are buying more products like honey and agave nectar to sweeten tea, cakes and oatmeal, driving competition between producers.
Consumer trust in organic products have incited fear over all things chemical, and glyphosate found in Roundup weed killer has been the target of health organizations' anti-pesticide campaigns for the past few years. There have been long and protracted debates and research into whether the popular weed killer is carcinogenic, but they have either been inconclusive or found that it does not cause cancer.
Adding to the controversy, a California judge tentatively ruled last week that the pesticide's manufacturer Monsanto must label Roundup as a possible cancer threat. Monsanto has pushed back, calling the state's proposal to include the label "flawed and baseless" and contradicting California's scientific assessment of the chemical. Monsanto said it will continue to fight the ruling.
Regardless of glyphosate's actual health risks, the controversy surrounding the chemical will likely continue to discourage consumers from buying non-organic products. Eliminating glyphosate residue from product formulas could be a lucrative strategy for natural product manufacturers looking to edge out their competition.
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Comerford, Hamburg Head to Gulf to Talk Seafood
By Helena Bottemiller on September 13, 2010
As the headlines about Gulf seafood safety have become increasingly skeptical, the White House and U.S. Food and Drug Administration are upping their effort to boost the image of the region’s seafood in the wake of a devastating oil spill.
Executive White House Chef Christeta Comerford and FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg will join a group of chefs in New Orleans today for a Gulf seafood cooking fest “with a special focus on safety,” according to Obamafoodorama, a blog focused on the administration’s food policy initiatives.
According to ObFo, the Louisiana Seafood Promotion & Marketing Board is sponsoring the events, which formally kicked off yesterday. Well-known New Orleans chefs John Besh and John Folse are leading the local delegation, and chefs from across America have been invited to participate.
“The biggest challenge at present is helping this industry get back on its feet,” read the invite to chefs. “That is why these prominent chefs have come together, to tell America that the Gulf is open for business.”
The entourage of chefs will head out on fishing and shrimping boats and tour shrimp and seafood processing facilities, according to Eddie Gehman Kohan, editor of Obamafoodorama “There will be a special dockside briefing from Hamburg, who will detail all that FDA and NOAA have done to ensure that seafood from reopened federal fishing waters has been tested and is safe.”
Comerford and participating chefs will also work at restaurants across the city to whip up traditional Gulf seafood dishes. Culminating in a Block Party shrimp boil with St. Bernard Project, a non-profit that helps those displaced by Hurricane Katrina return to the area.
In recent weeks, the administration has worked to assuage fears about the safety of Gulf seafood, which is one of the region’s most important industries as well as a central component of its cuisine and culture.
The First Family dined on regional seafood during their mini-vacation to Panama City, Florida in mid-August, just a week after the White House hosted the New Orleans Saints to honor their Super Bowl victory. During the ceremony President Obama touted seafood from the region.
“With the ongoing reopening of Gulf fisheries, we’re excited that fishermen can go back to work and Americans can confidently and safely enjoy Gulf seafood once again,” said President Obama in his remarks. “We’re certainly going to enjoy it here at the White House.”
To further assuage fears about oil-tainted seafood, the champion football team served Gulf shrimp to the White House press corps and staff, an event which reportedly produced a “stampede of journalists.”
Vice President Joe Biden, First Lady Michelle Obama, and President Obama have all publicly dined on Gulf seafood in the past month.
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‘Shameful’: Father’s Day photo sparks fury
by Rebekah Scanlan
8th Sep 2020 11:40 AM
An Australian influencer has been accused of cultural appropriation after buying her partner a didgeridoo for Father's Day.
YouTuber and fitness influencer Sarah Day gave her partner Kurt Tilse a yidaki, also known as a didgeridoo, on Sunday on behalf of their 17-month-old son Fox.
Tilse shared a photo of his "great gift" on his Instagram account that showed him playing the didgeridoo as Fox looked on.
The image quickly attracted criticism from an educational Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Instagram page @blakbusiness, accusing the pair of cultural appropriation, claiming the yidaki wasn't purchased from an Aboriginal business.
News.com.au has contacted Sarah Day and Kurt Tilse for comment.
YouTube star Sarah Day has been accused of cultural appropriation for buying her partner a yidaki (didgeridoo) for Father’s Day. Picture: Instagram/Sarah's Day
The photo prompted backlash from an educational Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Instagram page. Picture: Instagram/K Tilse
"Non-Indigenous people owning or profiting from our culture is very problematic as it reflects a history of carpet-bagging and takes economic opportunities away from our mob," a post on @blakbusiness reads.
Others were quick to label the gift "inappropriate and disrespectful" as well as "shameful", pointing out the Sydney-based influencer had been accused of cultural appropriation in June when she wore her hair in braids for the promotional campaign of her activewear line.
Indigenous people have shared their anger online. Picture: Instagram/@blakbusiness
Screenshots taken from Tilse's Instagram Stories show he responded to the backlash on Monday, stating there had been "confusion" over the situation.
"I only want to glorify the rich culture that is attached to this country and the land," he wrote. "I am proud to be Australian and want to acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land."
He also shared an article on the yidaki titled "Why the didgeridoo should be our national instrument" that explored its history, explaining it is traditional to clans from Northern Australia but had been embraced and adopted by other Aboriginal people.
Tilse also revealed where the yidaki had been bought, but @blakbusiness claims this store is "not Aboriginal owned".
Tilse has responded to the criticism with the expired screenshots being shared online. Picture: Instagram
Sarah, 27, was the centre of a cultural appropriation storm earlier in the year when she wore her hair in two long braids, with colourful strands woven all the way through.
After sharing the images on her Instagram, backlash prompted Sarah to swiftly delete them and eventually reshoot her campaign for Sydney fashion brand White Fox Boutique.
At the time, she said she was "heartbroken" for offending anyone and said she felt she was "walking on egg shells".
"I'm getting full-on hate death threats to me and Fox. It's brutal … I know 99 per cent of you follow me because you love me, but that one per cent - they're crazy," she said.
"I'm not playing the victim, but I'm feeling very fragile."
Sarah Day described being accused of cultural appropriation as very ‘stressful’. Picture: Instagram/Sarah’s Day
Instagram page @blakbusiness said they approached Sarah at the time offering education on the topic but never heard back.
Cultural appropriation is the adoption of an element or elements of one culture or identity by members of another culture or identity that has experienced oppression and disadvantage.
In Australia, it usually refers to when a non-Indigenous person/organisation/group/business takes an element of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander culture and uses it without permission, cultural respect or any form of reciprocity or payment, a post on Community Early Learning Australia's website explains.
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Why Broncos’ women are doing it tougher than men
NRLW Brisbane Broncos forced into strict quarantine ahead of season
by Rikki-Lee Arnold
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Brisbane's two-time NRLW premiership-winning squad will be forced into a strict home quarantine, with many of the players to give up their jobs in a bid to make season 2020 possible.
The women's NRL season will kick off on the first weekend of October, with all matches of the four-team competition to likely be played in NSW, where the Roosters, Dragons and Warriors are based.
Due to the expected draw, the Broncos - who won the inaugural title in 2018 and last year's premiership - will have to fly in and out of Sydney for games and be subjected to similar biosecurity protocols as the men's team.
This includes having to live in separate rooms to the rest of their family, eating meals alone and only leaving their homes for training and games.
However, unlike most of their male counterparts, Brisbane's female players will also have to take unpaid leave from their regular jobs or step away from their primary caregiver role for their children.
These sacrifices could last up to six weeks for the Broncos as they push to claim a title three-peat, or even as long as eight weeks for those selected for the November State of Origin.
Brisbane's players celebrate victory in the 2019 NRLW grand final.
Brisbane's women's CEO Tain Drinkwater says they will have to field a new-look squad this season, with a number of premiership players forced to step away.
"Our players will go into home quarantine after every match," Drinkwater said.
"They can't work. They can only travel to and from training. They have to stay in a separate room at home, have separate meals from the family, they can't do school drops-offs.
"I'm proud of our players who want to make that commitment. It's really important for women's sport. From a club perspective we're 100 per cent committed.
"But, as a result, we won't have the same team. We have players who literally cannot afford to give up work.
"After the season, they will also have to home quarantine for two weeks. That's six weeks of not being able to work, not being the primary caregiver for your child.
"From a mother's perspective that's quite significant.
"Am I confident in our capability? Absolutely. It just means there will be a lot of opportunities provided to younger, up-and-coming players."
NRLW Bronco Chelsea Baker with children Quade, 9, and Maddison, 10. Picture: William De Bois
Representative fullback Chelsea Baker is one who took to social media last week to announce she had withdrawn from the NRLW season while it is understood powerful Maroons forward Rona Peters is also unable to return for the Broncos this year.
Speaking to T he Courier-Mail, Baker said she suffered from anxiety and depression at the thought of leaving her children - Maddison, 10, and Quade, 9 - for a long period of time.
Baker, who is based in Gladstone, has played in both of Brisbane's previous NRLW campaigns, moving away from her family to do so.
But she has been able to see her kids at different periods throughout those seasons, something which she would not have been able to do this time around.
"I know some of the (NRL) boys have made these commitments but that's their job, they get paid to do this," she said.
"This isn't my job. Last year I was away from home for 10 weeks in a row and my kids were crying every day. I had to make to a trip home after 10 days.
"Imagine that this time around. How would they last? It's the same for my husband. It's too much to ask.
"As grateful as I am for the sport and everything it gives me, it's not enough for somebody to give up that amount of time away from their family, jobs, everything essentially."
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New Jurassic Park movie in contest with latest Avengers film
By Ninian Carter
June 6, 2018 - “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom” is set for a rerun of the battle royale of summer 2015, between dinosaurs and superheroes. Fallen Kingdom opens around the world from June 6 (U.S. premiere – June 22).
Three years ago “Jurassic World” surpassed “The Avengers Age of Ultron” to become the third highest-grossing movie of all time -- currently, it sits at fifth place.
Directed by Colin Trevorrow and starring Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard and a crowd of blood-curdling pterosaurs, the 2015 Jurassic World shattered the law of diminishing returns of movie sequels. Jurassic World earned a jaw-dropping $208 million opening box office and went on to $1.6 billion worldwide.
Three years later, Fallen Kingdom, directed by J.A. Bayona and written by Trevorrow and Derek Connolly, is the fifth Jurassic Park to face off against the third Avengers movie -- the latest from the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) franchise. “Avengers: Infinity War,” which also stars Chris Pratt.
While the four dinosaur-movies have earned $3.69 billion since 1993, MCU’s 19 films since 2007 have grossed more than $16.8 billion worldwide, according to Box Office Mojo.
Whichever movie eventually takes the worldwide box office crown this summer, Chris Pratt is set to be a winner.
Why ‘Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’ (not ‘Avengers’ or ‘Solo’) is the summer’s most important movie (Forbes)
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Masters of Their Craft: Bremont x Gusbourne
Explore Bremont
Bremont is an award-winning British luxury watch brand, manufacturing mechanical watches in Henley-on-Thames, England. Cofounded by brothers Nick & Giles English in 2002, Bremont has made a substantial impact on the watch making industry in a very short period of time and continues to play an influential role in revitalising the British watch industry, the birthplace of numerous timekeeping innovations still used today. As a result, the brand is proud to be in the top handful of chronometer producers in the world.
A collaboration between our like-minded brands makes sense, but what's the secret to long-term relationships? When Giles English spent some time with Gusbourne’s Head Winemaker Charlie Holland, they wound up with these conclusions.
CH Giles, Bremont has collaborated with a whole range of organisations and stand-out individuals – British military units, sporting achievers and of course the legendary Ronnie Wood. What have you learned from that?
GE Yes, we've supported a lot of people who embrace the spirit of adventure. And we've done so since we began in 2002. With a limited marketing budget back then, collaborating with other people was a way to gain an audience and raise awareness of our brand. But we only did so with people who inspired us. You have to admire the brands you work with. Gusbourne is a case in point. I really enjoy drinking it, and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone else if I didn't.
CH We're always looking for kindred spirits who share the same mindset and values. And yes, it's about being inspired by what others are doing. You look at the thought and the detail and the craftsmanship that a company like Bremont puts into its products, and you take that back to your own business. What does that say to us? How can we apply that to our own processes?
GE Absolutely. Unexpected learnings are one of the great by-products of partnerships.
CH So what begins as a meeting of minds can lead to technical synergies too, if you can see beyond the obvious differences in types of products. A highly engineered watch, for example, and a top-of-the-range sparkling wine are crafted in different ways, but we can each learn how like-minded partners improve and innovate within their own discipline.
GE A great example of that is our long-term cooperation with Boeing at Sheffield University, where we've developed new metals together that they use in aerospace and we use in watches. As you know, a good product can't be rushed. Same for making wine.
CH Time and authenticity. From our first planting in 2004 – two years after Bremont began – it took 10 years before we knew our first vintage was ready. That's about authenticity. We all need stories to tell because stories, especially those that are authentic, engage our customers. People, rightly, see through flimsy, superficial marketing. I think what marks both Bremont and Gusbourne out is the huge amount of work we put into refining – and refining again – the engineered end product. So our stories are built on substance. Which brings us to Britishness. How important is it for Bremont to be seen as a British product?
GE Emphasising our Britishness was a choice that came easily. We had history on our side. When you decide to build a new watch brand and you're based near London, it's good to remember that the centre of European watchmaking in the 18th century was Clerkenwell and that 60% of the new technical inventions of the age originated in Britain. Of course, that got forgotten when around 750 French and Swiss firms stole the scene for a while. But that story about British creativity – and it’s authentic – gives us a great base to build from again.
CH Well, at Gusbourne we stand on the Britishness of our brand every working day, even if we do call it terroir. Every grape we press is grown on our land in Kent and West Sussex.
GE And 100% of our production is done in the UK. It's right to emphasise our Britishness. Both Bremont and Gusbourne are to some extent challenger brands. For luxury watches, Switzerland is probably the first association people make. And sparkling wine translates first to Champagne. But those are assumptions we're able to disrupt because of the strength of our stories. For Bremont, we're excited to be launching a new facility in Henley with both machining and assembly under one roof, and that'll be open to visitors soon as the real home of the brand.
CH That's exactly what we found with The Nest, our tasting room in Kent. It instantly became the soul of Gusbourne, somewhere people could come and meet and talk to us, see the story is genuine and build their own connection.
Collaborations carry weight when they're based on shared values. Whether in wine or watches, that means authentic stories backed up by the highest quality production, finish and attention to detail.
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Overton Station
Overton Station is located within the county of Hampshire in South East England and is roughly 113.90 metres above sea-level.
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LondonPosted on 1995 1995
A great deal of information is collected about London. The aim of this book is to bring much of that information together in one accessible source, to provide a comprehensive picture of London.
Author: Great Britain. Government Office for London
Publisher: Stationery Office/Tso
Category: London
A great deal of information is collected about London. The aim of this book is to bring much of that information together in one accessible source, to provide a comprehensive picture of London. It brings together information which shows what London is like, what goes on in it and gives an insight into the people who live and work there. Data are provided on a wide selection of subjects such as economic activity in areas such as financial services, business and industry, tourism and investment; population and the workforce, as well as transport, travel, commuting patterns, and where people work; income and spending; education and training; housing and land use; leisure facilities and social aspects; living standards; health; and environmental quality. The book is aimed at both the general reader as well as the specialist, whether as Londoner, or visitor, local authority business, investor or the merely curious. It also gives advice on where to find additional sources of information for those who want to know even more.
Literary CriticismPosted on 1996 1996
Rereading Jack London
Making a Heterosexual Man Gender , Sexuality , and Narrative in the Fiction of
Jack London SCOTT DERRICK Gender and sexuality are both difficult subjects in
Jack London's fiction . On the one hand , as I shall argue , the reader of his tales ...
Author: Leonard Cassuto
Category: Literary Criticism
Jack London has long been recognized as one of the most colorful figures in American literature. He is Americas most widely translated author (into more than eighty languages), and although his works have been neglected until recently by academic critics in the United States, he is finally winning recognition as a major figure in American literary history. The breadth and depth of new critical study of Londons work in recent decades attest to his newfound respectability. London criticism has moved beyond a traditional concerns of realism and naturalism as well as beyond the timeworn biographical focus to engage such theoretical approaches as race, gender, class, post-structuralism, and new historicism. The range and intellectual energy of the essays collected here give the reader a new sense of Londons richness and variety, especially his treatment of diverse cultures. Having in the past focused more on Londons personal "world, we are now afforded an opportunity to look more closely at his art and the numerous worlds it uncovers.
Business & EconomicsPosted on 2008-01-01 2008-01-01
London s Turning
Chapter 8 City to Sea : Some Socio - Demographic Impacts of Change in East
London Tim Butler , Chris Hamnett , Mark Ramsden and Sadiq Mir Introduction
The 2001 Census is the most recent comprehensive guide to how East London
has ...
Author: Philip Cohen
Providing a comprehensive overview and critique of the Thames Gateway plan, this volume examines the impact of urban planning and demographic change on East London's material and social environment. It also examines the immediate and longer term prospects for the Thames Gateway project both in relation to the 'Olympics effect' and the growth of new forms of regionalism.
HistoryPosted on 1995 1995
London a Social History
Postwar London presents an enigma. After the doodle-bugs the sigh was for '
business as usual', for peace and quiet and cosy, familiar routines, and
Londoners resumed their old lifestyles as if the clock could be turned back.
Demobbed ...
Author: Roy Porter
Publisher: Harvard University Press
An extraordinary city, London grew from a backwater in the Classical Age into an important medieval city and significant Renaissance urban center to a modern colossus--full of a free people ever evolving. Roy Porter touches the pulse of his hometown and makes it our own, capturing London's fortunes, people, and imperial glory with vigor and wit. 58 photos.
London Eyes
CHAPTER 10 REPRESENTATIONS OF DYSTOPIA AND THE FILM CITY OF
LONDON Sara de Freitas Introduction : Anxiety and Change Perhaps the most
striking feature of London ' s cinematic profile , gauged over a century of film , is
just ...
Author: Gail Cunningham
Publisher: Berghahn Books
London incessantly generates and incites cultural responses, pre-eminently in the interconnected domains of literature and film. This book demonstrates that those responses have been sustained as vital experiments and engagements in configuring the city and its inhabitants. Including essays by prominent cultural, literary and film historians this volume forms an original and incisive contribution to ongoing debates about the city's intricate cultural history and its construction through both language and image, as a crucial site of identity, desire, exile and displacement.
HistoryPosted on 2003-10-22 2003-10-22
London Street Names
Ortona Road , Falaise Road and Apeldoorn Crescent memorialize the battles
won by London's Royal Canadian Regiment at Ortona in Italy , by London's First
Hussars Armoured Regiment at Normandy's Falaise Gap in France , and by both
Author: Michael Baker
Publisher: James Lorimer & Company
London Street Names uncovers the stories behind over 100 streets in locations such as Byron, Lambeth, and Westminster township. This book contains contributions from more than 25 of the city's leading local historians.
The Annals of London
INTRODUCTION London is nearly two thousand years old , and there will no
doubt be extravagant parties in 2043 to mark its birthday . Since the Romans set
up their first dwellings near the Thames at the beginning of their 360 years of rule
Author: John Richardson
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Year by year, from 1065 to the present, disasters, innovations, and everyday events are revealed to display the wide spectrum of London life. The sweep of the book is vast ands its details magnificent. Richardson's informative text is supported by an extraordinary and eclectic collection of 200 historical illustrations. 7 color maps.
ArchitecturePosted on 2006 2006
Architecture. of. London? [2 13 '4 15 [6 17 IS [9 2' 1. In Chapter i I asked whether
London had an architectural tradition. ... London's longest tradition, the Palladia!!
style, lasted only about two hundred years without serious challenge. However ...
Author: Anthony Sutcliffe
London is one of the world’s greatest cities, and its architecture is a unique heritage. The Tower of London is an urban castle unique in Europe, St Paul’s is one of the world’s greatest domed cathedrals, and the squares and crescents of the West End inspired Haussmann’s Paris. In London, it is the variety of the streets, buildings, and parks that strikes the visitor. No king or government has ever set its mark here. Private ownership has shaped the city, and architects have served a wide variety of clients. London’s Classical era produced an elegant townscape between 1600 and 1830, but medieval, Tudor, and Victorian London were a potpourri of buildings large and small, each making its own design statement. In London: An Architectural History Anthony Sutcliffe takes the reader through two thousand years of architecture from the sublime to the mundane. With over 300 color illustrations the book is intended for the general reader and especially those visiting London for the first time.
Political SciencePosted on 2002-05-02 2002-05-02
Governing London
first council elections were held at the height of the social concern that suffused
London in the 1880s, which demonstrated that metropolitan opinion could attain
a kind of unity in response to an evangelistic appeal to social duty. (Davis 1989: ...
Author: Ben Pimlott
Publisher: OUP Oxford
This timely book is the first to take a close historical look at Ken Livingstone s London. It examines the development of London governance from the demise of the Greater London Council to the establishment of the Greater London Authority. The authors investigate the working of Mayor and Assembly, unravel the underlying politics of London and explore policy debates about transport, crime, and economic development. Finally they pose a question of key importance, not just to Londoners, but also to those interested in urban governance throughout the world: to what extent can the creation of new institutions and instruments of government give a major city the sense of being a political community?
London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Act 2006
On 15 May 2003 , the Government announced its intention to support a bid to
stage the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games in London . Two months later the
British Olympic Association officially notified the International Olympic Committee
Author: Great Britain
Publisher: The Stationery Office
The Act gives effect to the commitments made by the Government as part of London's bid to host the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. It provides for the statutory remit of the public bodies which will be tasked with delivering the Games. The Act also provides the legislative framework needed to enable the UK to fulfil the requirements which the International Olympic Committee place on host cities. The main measures of the Act provide for: (a) the establishment of the Olympic Delivery Authority, its powers, duties and functions; (b) the delivery of transport needs for the Games, including the necessary preparations in the lead up to 2012; (c) controls of marketing in connection with the Olympic Games, including the protection of Olympic intellectual property, restrictions on commercial association with the Games, the prohibition of street trading and outdoor advertising in the vicinity of Olympic venues and of ticket touting in connection with Olympic events; (d) the Mayor of London's power to prepare for and stage the Olympic Games; (e) the amendment of the purposes of regional development agencies to include the purpose of preparing for the London Olympics.
Queer London
PRO, MEPO 3 758: “Caravan Club 81 Endell Street WC1: Disorderly House/Male
Prostitutes,” minute 8c: Cyril L. to Billy (16 August 1934). 3. Matt Cook, London
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Author: Matt Houlbrook
'Queer London' explores the underground gay culture of London during four decades when homosexual acts between consenting adults remained illegal. The author discovers how queer men made sense of their sexuality and how their lifestyles were affected by and in turn influenced the life of the metropolis.
London Newspapers in the Age of Walpole
Although London with its massive population, high level of literacy, and
sophisticated commercial structure formed the hub of the newspaper business,
provincial distribution was crucial to a large section of the London press. From
the 1690s ...
Author: Michael Harris
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
Focusing on the mid-eighteenth century, this book provides the first clear view of the press of London, where the dominant patterns of organization and content of the English press were worked out.
Posted on 2007 2007
The Complete Poetry of Jack London
This book is about Jack London's profound love of poetry and how it influenced
his writing. Its scope includes not only the poetry that London wrote but also the
poetry of others that he so frequently and effectively embedded in his work.
Author: Jack London
Publisher: Little Red Tree Publishing,
TravelPosted on 2004 2004
London Directions
London's international airports are all less than an hour from the city centre, and
the city's train and bus terminals are all pretty ... Heathrow Airport (t0870/000
0123; wwww.baa.co.uk),15 miles west of central London, has four terminals and
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Author: Rob Humphreys
Publisher: Rough Guides
Slim, stylish and pocketable, London Directions is full of ideas for stopovers and flying visits to Europe''s most exciting city and richly illustrated with hundreds of specially commissioned photos. There''s a full-colour introductory "Ideas" section full of inspired suggestions for visitors, from "Queasy London" and "Indulgent London" to "Riverside London" and "Free London", with each selection cross-referenced to its location later in the guide. Flip to the practical "Places" section – split into 24 chapters – and explore the city, district by district, covering central London and the less obvious areas such as Smithfield, Clerkenwell and trendy Hoxton. Every sight, restaurant, bar and shop is located on user-friendly maps. The handy basics section covers everything from arrival and city transport to listings of cinemas and theatre venues.
City of London (England)Posted on 1837 1837
London Pageants
9 . age of ourf London te moeten in Felice Tortil , e [ From “ The Passage of our
most drad Soveraigne Ladye Queene Elyzabeth through the Citie of London to
Westminster , the day before her Coronation , Anno 1558 . Imprinted at London in
Author: John Gough Nichols
Category: City of London (England)
Technology & EngineeringPosted on 2001 2001
London and the Thames Valley
Rivers and Canals Rivers The tributary rivers of the Thames in the Greater
London area have all , at one time or another , been used for industrial or leisure
purposes . Although rivers in their natural state cannot properly be regarded as
part of ...
Author: Denis Smith
Publisher: Thomas Telford
Category: Technology & Engineering
This book deals with the civil engineering heritage of the capital and Thames Valley. The development of London has attracted the design and construction skills of a range of eminent civil engineers and contractors. The work of Sir Marc and I K Brunel, the Rennie family, Robert Stephenson, William Cubitt, Sir Joseph Bazelgette, and many others is included.The books in this series have all been designed specifically as guide books for exploring these landmarks, and provide the reader with a ticket into Britain's engineering history.
Growing Up in Medieval London
Glowing descriptions of medieval London abound, beginning with Fitz- stephen's
from the twelfth century.1 But looking at the city through the eyes of its children
and youth gives a different perspective on the city and on the material conditions
Author: Barbara A. Hanawalt
Details what childhood was like in fourteenth- and fifteenth-century London, discussing the importance of education and providing narratives of individual children
MusicPosted on 2006-11-02 2006-11-02
Concert Life in London from Mozart to Haydn
The concert in London life Expanding demand London ' s concert life clearly
flourished in this period as never before , and no European capital ( not even
Paris ) could rival the scale and variety of entertainments on offer . This growth
appears ...
Author: Simon McVeigh
During the second half of the eighteenth century, the pace of London's concert life quickened dramatically, reflecting both the prosperity and the commercial vitality of the capital. The most significant development was the establishment of the public concert within the social and cultural life of fashionable society. The subscription concerts that premiered symphonies by J. C. Bach and Haydn were conspicuous symbols of luxury, even though they were promoted on broadly commercial lines. Drawing on hitherto untapped archival sources and a comprehensive study of daily newspapers, this book analyses audiences at venues as diverse as the Hanover Square Rooms, Vauxhall Gardens and City taverns. The musical taste of the London public is investigated in the light of contemporary theories of aesthetics, and there is detailed discussion of the financial and practical aspects of concert management and performance, in a period that encouraged enterprise and innovation.
Author: Nikolaus Pevsner
Imagining Early Modern London
Perceptions and Portrayals of the City from Stow to Strype, 1598-1720 J. F. Merritt
. CHAPTER 5 Gendered spaces: patterns of mobility and perceptions of London's
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An interdisciplinary exploration of Londoners' mental and social world during the long seventeenth century.
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A hilarious comedy revolving around the lives of friends and neighbors living in South London in the year 2020 . Chris is a part time plumber, Jenny is a full time nurse, Tom is a teacher of Art, Samantha is an unemployed hairdresser , Mrs Saunders is the equivalent of 007 whilst Roger is a bouncer at a betting shop . What do they have in common other the street they live in ? They are heading for … Oscars !
Script Writer and Head of Production
Anthony Thomas Ashiotis was born in Nicosia . His mother is half English – half Irish whilst his father is Greek Cypriot . He is a Chartered Certified Accountant and runs his own firm of auditors, accountants and consultants since 1990 which firm is well known and highly awarded, based in Nicosia and with clients based worldwide (www.ashiotis.com.cy) . He has over many years been involved in charity work especially as President of Rotaract Nicosia and Rotary Nicosia. He loves theater and has performed in both small and leading roles in quite a number of theatrical plays ( mostly comedies) and always for charity . He has in recent years also written a number of theatrical plays . “Friends for Oscars “ is the first play he has written and it is the first time it will be on stage with few more plays to follow after this ! There are also serious thoughts and plans for this specific play to be taken abroad !
Athena Louisa Marie Agroti Born in London and raised in Cyprus, Athena studied Drama and Film at Queen Mary University of London, followed by an MA in Applied Theatre (Community & Education) at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. Athena works as a Drama Teacher, Director and Creative Arts Facilitator. As well as working in various educational settings through theater in London and Cyprus, she ran projects at the school, Shishuvan in Mumbai with the Parents Association for confidence building and communication skills. Other projects include finding ways to be more creative, integrating the arts into the curriculum and working with a group of young people in Kandivali in the development of theater. The most effective work was to use the expression of theater to develop the self-awareness and self-esteem of women coming to SNEHA (Nutrition, Education & Health Action Society) with a history of domestic violence. On her return to Cyprus, she, along with various artists set up a group titled ‘’Allospos’’ which help run community projects. She realised her passion for Creative Education and directed various productions, a few of which have been adaptations of Mischief Theatre Company, which to this day she continues to pursue.
Yiannos Georgiades is the Managing Partner of the law firm Y. Georgiades & Associates LLC, which is based in Nicosia, Cyprus, with presence in the UK and Greece. Yiannos Georgiades is a member of the Cyprus Bar Association, called to the Bar of England & Wales, President of the Cyprus Chapter of the European Court of Arbitration and Mediation for commercial disputes (CEAM) and President of the Metropole Alliance International Association of lawyers and professionals. He is a co-founder of the business accelerator KV Kinisis Ventures Limited, and a nominated advisor for the Emerging Companies Market (the ECM) of the Cyprus Stock Exchange. Mr Georgiades has recently been involved in the film production industry, as a producer of the up and coming film “Poets Never Die” to be filmed in Cyprus, and has been advising film directors and film companies for the production of films and how to apply for cash rebates etc. in light of the recent attractive incentive for film production in Cyprus, offering up to 35% of eligible expenditures incurred. Additionally, he was connected with the recent production of the 2020 Hollywood film “Jiu Jitsu” starring Nicholas Cage filmed in Cyprus and the law firm were the sponsors for the Press Conference which took place in the Hilton Hotel. “The government of Cyprus has offered great incentives to the film industry and has managed to grab the attention of renowned American producers and directors like Demetri Logothetis, who chose Cyprus for the shootings of Jiu Jitsu, a film we helped in co-producing” said Georgiades, explaining that he aims to continue this path and do more to support the production of Hollywood films in Cyprus as it brings the two countries even closer.
Film and Streaming Director
Savvas Hadjigeorgiou studied Film and TV at Hofstra University and has held high-level positions in the Cyprus TV industry for 26 years. He is well known for high quality TV series including 'O Nomos Tis Ekdikisis', 'Krifos Kaiadas' and 'O Telios Andras'. He heads the Productions at Jazz Arts & Communications and is a Film/TV and studio consultant, specialising in live streaming for various events including concerts and seminars.
Production and Stage Assistant
Mary Spyrou is a recent graduate from the University of Essex with a BA in Drama. She has played roles ranging from ditzy and comedic to serious and abusive. She aspires to pursue a career in acting as well as volunteer for educational programs involving children. Currently she is interning for the Home for Cooperation’s Buffer Fringe Performing Arts Festival 2020. In 2021, she plans to audition for theatre schools in Europe to acquire an MA in Acting.
Costume and Set Designer
Sossee Eskidjian studied Fine Arts at the Southwestern Oklahoma State University. She is an Art Director/ Production and Costume Designer. Some of her work includes feature films such as “Road To Ithaca”, “Under the Stars”, “Kalabush” and “Conveyor Belt”, the American production “Jiu Jitsu”, the television series “Vasiliki” and “Vendetta”, “Ekino to Kalokeri”, the short films “I Lepti Avra tis Epithimias” and “To Koritsi ke I Poli” and the theatre plays “A Hatful of Rain”, “The Diary of a Madman”, “I Petalouda”, “The Fisherman and his Soul”, “I Epanastasi tou Alfi”, “Charopa ta dio mu heria”, and many more. She also works as an Art Director and Production Designer on TV commercials with clients from Cyprus and abroad. In 2009 she held her first personal art exhibition.
Yiannos Georgiades - Stavriana Antoniou - Demetris Phylactou - Nada Panayiotou - Robert Stambouli - George Petrou - Loukis Petrides - Dickran Ouzounian - Raluca Ioana - Ioanna kyprianidou -
Ersin Oztoycan was born and raised in the UK. The greater part of her life has been devoted to raising awareness of Dyslexia (Specific learning Difficulty) in Cyprus. In 2019 Ersin acted in the comedy play "Get Staffed" She is the author of her autobiography My Life/File. An inspiring book that recounts the hardships and joys of her life, her family and her work, as she moves between British, Turkish and Greek Cypriot cultures. She writes as she lives with energy and humour.
Aleen Andreou - Consultant
Aleen Andreou has had a 30 year love affair with the stage. Sometimes as a queen, sometimes as a cleaner and anything in between. She has acted with ACT, Rotary and Athena Xenidou's Showcases. She has worked in three films, most notably as Maggie in Al Davidian's "Don't Make a Sound" Aleen is a co-founder in 2 improv groups, "Nudniks" and "Bored of Directors" Off stage she is a Trainer and coach with PeopleAchieve
Due to new Government measures all 'Friends for Oscars' performances at Satiriko Theatre Nicosia will start at 7:00pm(instead of 8:00pm). 📍 Where: Satiriko Theatro 📆When: 20/11/20 - 27/11/20 ⏰19:00 👉Ticket price: €15 #online #SoldOut #SoldOutTickets #tickets #events #cyprus ↪Buy your tickets online👇 Link: https://bit.ly/35hzYjo
" It is noted that during the performances and for the period leading to them all COVID-19 safety measures will be constantly monitored and adjusted according to the law "
Dear friends , associates, ticket holders and sponsors , Thank you for your continued support and do hope Covid days will soon be over . We do hope you are all keeping as well as possible and that we will all sooner or later be back to our normal routine . With this message , on behalf of organizers , the production/ directing team and the cast, we extend our personal regards and reassurance that all administrative and other needed steps are being taken to get the play on stage the soonest this is feasible, even though realistically speaking this may take some time yet . We are also looking into high tech solutions and possibilities that exist today and on this we will let you know more about when the time comes . Meantime , we are abiding by the safety measures in place and working behind the scenes in keeping up the momentum and looking at best possible and viable alternatives . Our costs and efforts will certainly be higher that what they were during the pre – covid days but we will get there ! In fact , “ friends for Oscars “ being a play which apart from being funny also delivers some positive messages we have no doubt it will be highly welcomed by the audience , especially bearing in mind not many ( if any) other plays are expected to be on stage, during the next few months ahead . The advantage of our play is also that it has been almost fully rehearsed and the set we need for the stage is ready and safely stored away . Due to the passage of time , we will of course need re- tune ourselves and re- start rehearsals, administrative , marketing , logistic and other actions needed many of which mean an extra cost but as said, we will get there ! We owe it to you all who have and remain by our side and also to our cast and ourselves for all the incredible hard work we have been doing to date and more to come . We also owe it to the good cause of this event where all proceeds will go to , this we must not forget . Thank you once again for your patience and support and when we are ready to go ahead we will recommence promotion of the event. Concerning sponsors, sponsors will once again receive full publicity , as once the play is rescheduled to a new date, promotion will commence minimum 2 months before such date , further to publicity given past months and which was temporarily interrupted due to Covid and this that just 10 days before the performances were to take place and after 2 months plus of regular promotion of the event via the media , posters , web site etc . Until we speak again do keep well and we will be in touch ! On behalf of “ Friends for Oscars “ , Anthony Ashiotis ( Coordinator and Head of Production )
On Friday 4 September , 2020 the production team of " Friends for Oscars “ in cooperation with Rotary Nicosia , the Cyprus Red Cross Society – Nicosia Branch and The British High Commission organized a very pleasant event at the residence of Anthony Ashiotis (Past President of Rotary Nicosia , Script writer , Head of Production and member of the cast ) marking the official launch of our play to be held on Friday 20 November and on Wednesday 25 to Friday 27 November, 2020 at the “ Satirico “ theatre ( main stage ) in Nicosia . One of the performances ( Thursday 26 November) will in fact be streamed worldwide and hence available for viewing to everyone whether based in Cyprus or abroad . All further related details will be announced in due course . We take this opportunity to thank His Excellency The British High Commissioner Mr Stephen Lillie and his wife Mrs Denise Lillie for honoring our event with their presence and support . At this event we also had the great pleasure to have with us the President of RC Nicosia Panayiotou Charalambos and his wife Nada Panayiotou ( who is also member of the Production team and the cast ) , Cyprus Red Cross Society – Nicosia Branch officials Phylactou Demetrisand Melina Demetriou as well as our Platinum Sponsor and member of the production team Yiannos Georgiades and his lovely daughter and supporter Stephanie Bickham Distras PP of RC Nicosia Andreas N. Psaras( who kindly offered a lovely selection of wines from his Makkas winery for the event ) , our amazing Director Athena Agroti and Streaming / Film Director Savvas Hadjigeorgiou some other members of our production team ( Sossee Eskidjian , Annie Vasiliou , Mary Spyrou , Stavriana Antoniou ) as well as few other special guests and supporters and our amazing 15 member cast ( plus few extras ) ! We all had the opportunity to get to know each other ( rehearsals have commenced this week ) and despite being the hottest day ever , the evening was most pleasant and everyone had a really nice time . It was the perfect way to launch the event and once again a huge thanks to everyone who came and all those who support our play and the good cause for which it will be staged . We remind everyone that all net proceeds will go to the social welfare program ( for families in need ) of the Cyprus Red Cross Society – Nicosia Branch and we expect to raise a considerable amount of money despite the consequences of Covid 19 and readjustments we have had to make so as to fully comply with all Covid-19 measures presently in force .
Rehearsing hard against time and covid to get the show on stage for all of our dear friends, relatives, sponsors, supporters and the general public to enjoy and always for the good cause (re the Red Cross) . We are determined, eager and happy to be doing this and look forward to the big day whilst news on tickets follows in few days time . Friends for Oscars wishes you all a great weekend and take care . We do
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Comedy Night: Michael Thorne w/ Casey Flesch
October 11 | 8:00 pm
Comedy Night: Michael Thorne with special guest Casey Flesch
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In a career spanning over 2 1/2 decades, Michael has brought his hilarious insights on life, marriage, parenthood and the evolution of humanity to ”A” list comedy clubs, casinos, country clubs, & backwoods bar rooms from coast to coast and border to border. (There was even a backyard bachelorette party) Michael”s radiant energy and personable stage presence earned him an invitation to showcase for Network execs in LA, who urged him to leave Minnesota to further his career. “you”re the funniest thing out of the Midwest, now get out of the Midwest.” – Rick Messina, Messina Baker Entertainment Corp. But if Prince could stay in Minnesota, so could he. So it”s dad by day, comic by night.
Michael Thorne hails from a burrow of Minneapolis quaintly referred to by its inhabitants as “Nordeast”. He grew up there before it was the hip, artsy community after which a beer was named. A product of an un-chlorinated gene pool consisting of factory workers and English teachers, he considers himself “cultured white trash”. “My GED is framed in mahogany.”
The youngest of 5 siblings, (some blood, some step) he was often overlooked or left to his own faculties to find his way. ” Out of great pain, comes great art. Van Gogh and Jackson Pollock were tortured souls whose struggles manifested themselves in breathtaking oil paintings. Billie Holiday was an abused little girl whose voice rang with joy and anguish. Richard Prior grew up in a
brothel watching his mother turn tricks and he made our stomachs ache with laughter about it with his brilliant turn of a phrase. Some mild neglect and Michael Thorne has a mediocre comedy career. Man, if my parents would”ve locked me in a closet and kicked my ass once in a while, I might be famous!”
He realized at a party, that everyone was staring at him for his next word after riffing with friends. ” you”ve got to do something with that.” Someone said. “What?” He said. “You”re really funny!” So instead of pursuing the radio broadcasting career he had just finished school for, Michael put together 3 minutes of the goofy cartoon impressions and little brother stories they had laughed at and brought them to an open stage at The Comedy Gallery in Uptown Minneapolis. That has lead to a career of one crazy story after another over the last 2+ decades, sharing the stage with such comic legends as the late Bill Hicks, Steven Wright and the late Mitch Hedberg. After a brief stop in the corporate World, to qualify for a home, Michael now enjoys the balance of being a home dad, sobriety, and being a comedian.
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Current: The Homecoming
The Homecoming (eBook)
by Robyn Carr
The Homecoming
Miniseries: Thunder Point (Book #6)
On Sale: Nov 11, 2019
Pub Month: Nov 2019
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Virgin River series, book 6 in her beloved Thunder Point novels: a young man return home to a small Oregon town to face his mistakes—the first step in claiming the life he was meant to live.
At the age of nineteen, Seth Sileski had everything. A superb athlete and scholar, handsome and popular, he was the pride of Thunder Point. Destined for greatness, he lost it all in a terrible accident that put an end to his professional football career when it had barely begun. The people in his hometown have never forgotten what might have been.
Seth has come to terms with the turns his life has taken. But now he’s been presented with an opportunity to return home and show his father—and the people of Thunder Point—he’s become a better, humbler version of his former self.
Winning over his father isn’t the only challenge. Seth must also find a way to convince his childhood neighbor and best friend, Iris McKinley, to forgive him for breaking her heart. With his homecoming, will Seth be able to convince the town, his family and especially Iris that he’s finally ready to be the man who will make them all proud?
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Top Cotswold Estate Agency Hayman-Joyce win Five-Star accolade at The UK Property Awards
Hayman-Joyce win Best Estate Agency Gloucestershire at the UK Property Awards 2017-2018, sponsored by luxury car manufacturer Bentley Motors.
Presented at Royal Lancaster Hotel London on 27th October, companies received awards for categories ranging across property development, estate agency, interior design and architecture. Chosen from over 200 entries spread across the UK regions, Hayman-Joyce have proved themselves to be the very best in the estate agency sector.
The UK Property Awards are part of the International Property Awards that include the regions of Asia Pacific, Africa & Arabia, The Americas and Europe. The awards celebrate the very best projects and professionals in the industry.
Tom Hayman-Joyce comments “I’m absolutely delighted to collect this Five-Star Award; my thanks go to our amazing team who have made this possible. It is a great honour to win such a prestigious award which is affiliated with another aspirational company - Bentley.”
For any Cotswold property related advice please contact Tom or the award winning team on 01608 651188 or moreton@haymanjoyce.co.uk.
Photograph (left to right): Hannah Davies of Bentley Motors, Tom Hayman-Joyce of Hayman-Joyce, Stuart Shield of The International Property Awards.
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The Ripple Effect of Suicide
by Christopher Lukas Patient Expert
There are millions of people who are seriously enough depressed to consider killing themselves. That doesn't mean they do so, but it's very worrisome when anyone we know talks about taking his or her own life.
We hear a great deal about this among teenagers. And there was a point in time when suicide among teenagers was on the rise. In fact, when I was writing my book about suicide (SILENT GRIEF: Living in the Wake of Suicide), which is re-issued this month (April), it was the great fear in the U.S. that the rash of teen suicides would escalate and escalate until we had a true epidemic.
In fact, that has not been the case. Teen suicides have held steady over the past 20 years. But that is no consolation to even one parent whose 15 or 17-year old has died from suicide. Any teen suicide is one too many. And, considering that comparatively few teens die from chronic diseases or other major killers of American adults, the percentage of deaths that suicide represents among teens is very high.
Here are the statistics, for instance, from 2004, as collected by the American Association of Suicidology, the oldest suicide study group in the country:
Rate/population
% of deaths in group
Non-whites
Elderly (65+)
Young (15-24 years)
There are two surprising things about these statistics. The first is that the rate of suicides in this country has remained essentially level for twenty years. The second is that if you subtract the 9,500 representing the young and the elderly (the two groups said to represent the greatest number of suicides), you still have over 20,000 suicides in the population between 24 years of age and 65.
In other words, while our concern about teen suicides has grown and is certainly worth our concern, it is still the relatively young and the relatively middle aged who represent the largest number of suicides in the country.
What effect does that have? As we say in our book, the ripple effect for all suicides is enormous. Parents, children, siblings, friends, lovers, spouses - all have terrible reactions to the death by suicide of someone they care about. It has long been suggested that suicide (or, rather, the depression that usually causes it) is genetic in origin. But for those left behind by the death of a loved one, those not even linked by blood to the dead person are still forced into a position of guilt, anger, and loss. This can lead, experts have said, to more suicides; or, at the least, to dysfunction, loss of income, physical problems, divorce, etc., etc.
My own tale, in this regard, is some evidence. My mother killed herself when I was six (she was bipolar); my uncle, aunt, and grandmother killed themselves when I was much older. My brother killed himself ten years ago. Without going into details or surmise about the particular nature of the illnesses that lead to these deaths, suffice it to say that my own life has been a long, long battle with the anger, guilt, loss, and depression that these suicides brought to my doorstep.
That I myself have not killed myself is thought, by many who know me, to be a miracle. But that is not the case. The fact is that I sought treatment fairly early on. I received good care. Medication and psychotherapy helped me through all the years. I have never seriously considered ending my life by suicide. I am lucky.
But miracle implies metaphysical or heavenly help. I believe my luck is due to skilled intervention by earthly bodies.
Christopher Lukas
Christopher Lukas wrote for HealthCentral as a prostate cancer expert. He is the author of “The First Year: Prostate Cancer" and other publications.
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EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE: Stream A New Track From Dead Register
If there was ever a city where I didn’t think gothic rock would be found, it’s Atlanta. I know they famously host bands such as Mastodon and nearby residents of Douglasville The Chariot (RIP) but I didn’t really ever think a band would emerge from the scene unless they were either a stoner band, a doom band, or a hardcore band. However, Dead Register are currently proving me wrong, because they’ve been creating quite a stir in Hotlanta by playing some very good gothic rock that sounds like a mix of Inter Arma and The Cure. Today we have the pleasure of showing you what they’re all about with an exclusive stream of their new single “Alone”. Check it out below!
I love this song a lot. I really dig how it maintains the same vibe throughout, and just builds on a common motif that continues from the start and works its way to the very end of the track. Despite its length, it feels like a song of normal length, and fans of post-metal, doom metal, and even old school stuff like Type O Negative will be able to appreciate this. I’m really stoked for you guys to hear the whole thing when it drops this Friday, because I think that big things are on the horizon for the band. Be sure to follow the band on Facebook and pick up their new album Fiber this Friday here!
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This is really good. I’m looking forward to it. Like the marriage of sounds.
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Meet your farming neighbours: The Bruggencates and Sulzles
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By Julienne Isaacs
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Jay and Jennifer Bruggencate and Mike and Kelly Sulzle and their families farm together at Vector Grain near Lacombe, Alta., as a joint venture. Photo: Supplied by the Bruggencate and Sulzle families
Every farm has its own story. No two farms (or farmers) are exactly alike. Everyone got started in a different way, and every farm has a different combination of family and hired staff who make the decisions and keep things running. But, in general, even after you consider all of the details, farmers are more alike than different.
Every farm has its own story. No two farms (or farmers) are exactly alike. Everyone got started in a different way, and every farm has a different combination of family and hired staff who make the decisions and keep things running. But, in general, even after you consider all of the details, Prairie farmers are more alike than different. This is the story of a joint venture involving two families. Jay Bruggencate told us about it.
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Where do you farm?
We’re outside of Lacombe, Alta.
What do you grow?
We grow malt barley, wheat, winter wheat, canola, industrial hemp and yellow peas. We are two years into full-time farming. Before that I was a cropping and precision agriculture consultant.
How long have you been farming?
I’ve been involved in agriculture since day one back at our family grain farm in Coronation, Alta. I took agriculture in university and farmed while I was consulting.
Who do you farm with?
Our family — me and my wife Jennifer and our three kids, Janna, Jacklyn and Gerrit — farms together with Mike Sulzle and his wife Kelly and their two girls, Gillian and Jade. We’ve been farming together for two years. I did consulting work for a number of years for the farm we took over, and Mike was the main hired man for 17 years. When the owners, Craig and Gary Shaw, retired, they gave us the opportunity to take the farm over, so both families work together as a joint venture.
Mike and Kelly Sulzle are part of a joint venture farming operation, working with another family that isn’t related.
photo: Supplied by the Bruggencate and Sulzle families
Why did you choose farming?
I’ve always had various roles in the ag industry. After university I worked for Dow AgroSciences for eight years and then started my own consulting business, and I’ve held various roles with precision agriculture and consulting businesses. After I did those jobs in the industry I wanted to prove that a consultant can walk the talk and came back to farming full-time.
What farming season do you enjoy most?
Probably the fall. You’ve got everybody working together, doing different jobs to accomplish the same end, and sharing meals together in the field at the end of the day.
Jay Bruggencate’s favourite time of year is fall, when everyone pulls together.
What’s the farm implement you can’t live without?
I want to say all of them, but if I had to pick one, I would say the sprayers are the top of the list for our direct seeding and reduced tillage operation. Of all our equipment, the sprayers go over the field the most times in the season. I’d also add our laptop computer, which allows us to practice sustainable agriculture and keep improving and maintaining our soil health. The laptop has everything — field records, mapping, etc. — so you don’t have to carry around paper files.
What good decision have you made that turned out well?
Our joint venture with the Sulzle family. It was a big decision to go into partnership with an unrelated family. Everyone has different skill sets and basis of experiences in agriculture and grain farming, and when we work collaboratively together we draw from those experiences and make good decisions.
When Craig and Gary Shaw retired, the Bruggencates and the Sulzles were able to work together as a joint venture.
Have you made a decision on the farm that you regret?
Not coming back to the farm sooner.
What do you anticipate your biggest challenge will be over the next five to 10 years?
If I could see the future I’d probably have lots of challenges to pick from! One of our challenges as an industry is turning the tide on what I see as a fanatical distrust of modern production agriculture. A lot of people don’t understand the risk-benefit situation with regard to crop protection products. I find a lot of the arguments baffling and quite hypocritical, and I think it’ll be a big challenge going forward.
If we lose certain tools I believe the sustainability of farming is at risk. An example would be glyphosate — they’re trying to ban glyphosate in different areas of the world because of one flawed study, but it’s a tool that’s very important to sustainable agriculture.
Mike Sulzle is teaching his daughters, Gillian and Jade, about agronomy.
What do you think your biggest opportunity will be over the next five to 10 years?
I think there are great opportunities in agriculture as a whole. We currently have the safest, healthiest food supply in the history of the world and we’re making great strides to make it even better. Western Canada in particular has a great opportunity to be a protein supplier to the world. If we get our ducks in a row in terms of transportation and tools for production it’s a great opportunity for everyone in agriculture.
What do you like to do for fun or to relax?
We don’t do enough of that, but both our families enjoy camping. We’re big supporters of 4-H for our kids, and skiing in the wintertime.
Jay and Jennifer Bruggencate and their three kids, Janna, Jacklyn and Gerrit, enjoy camping, 4-H and skiing in the winter.
Julienne Isaacs
Julienne Isaacs is a Winnipeg-based freelance writer and editor. Contact her at [email protected]
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Photo credit: Two Point Photography and Design
SECOND INSTALLMENT: Officiating Video Partnership with WHL
RED DEER - Hockey Alberta is pleased to present the second installment of the Western Hockey League’s officiating partnership video series.
The partnership will see the production of a series of videos that will be shared with all officials in Alberta and the other Western Branches.
This is an exciting opportunity for all officials to learn from some of the best officials in the country. The link to the first video is included below, and you will receive an email from Hockey Alberta each time that a new video is available for viewing. The videos will be uploaded to Hockey Alberta’s YouTube channel, so you can always access them on your computer, tablet or mobile device.
Missed the first video? View it here:
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Teammates Helping Teammates - Send your team to see the Calgary Flames!
RED DEER - Hockey Alberta Foundation, in support of the Every Kid Every Community Grant Program, is reaching out to our TEAMMATES in minor hockey communities across Alberta.
Throughout the hockey season many teams, focus fundraising efforts on a charity of choice to support. We hope you will consider your teammates at the Hockey Alberta Foundation as your hockey charity of choice.
We have launched the Teammates helping Teammates raffle in support of the Every Kid Every Community Grant Program.
There are only 100 tickets available. Tickets are available for $100 each and can be purchased by cash, cheque or credit card by contacting the Hockey Alberta Foundation office or completing the online form.
The deadline to purchase tickets is 12 noon on March 25, 2019, or once all 100 tickets are sold. Draws will take place at 2:00pm on March 25 at the Hockey Alberta Office in Red Deer.
There are 2 identical grand prizes available:
25 tickets to the Calgary Flames vs Anaheim Ducks game on Friday, March 29th, 2019.
Transportation via motorcoach to and from Scotiabank Saddledome.
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Three new Board members elected at 111th annual general meeting
RED DEER - Hockey Alberta welcomed three new members to the Board of Directors on Saturday at the organization’s 111th Annual General Meeting.
Michael Bates of Cochrane, Francois Gagnon of Fort McMurray, and Wilson Gemmill of Grande Prairie were elected as new Directors at Large. A total of six individuals let their names stand for election for three positions.
Bates, Gagnon and Gemmill will join current members Terry Engen (Chair), Fran Zinger (Vice Chair), Rob Virgil (Past Chair), Len Samletzki (Finance Director), Brock Harrington and Allan Mowbray (Directors at Large).
Also recognized during the AGM for their years of volunteer service were:
20 Years: Terry Engen
10 Years: Randy Hupka, Danny Povaschuk
5 Years: Barry Brost, Seema King, Gord Lane, Todd Vance
Retiring Long-Term Volunteers: Debbie Northcott (Minor Administration Committee), Danny Povaschuk (Minor Regulations Committee)
HOCKEY ALBERTA AWARDS
Prior to the AGM, six individuals, one team, and two minor hockey associations were recognized for their outstanding contributions to hockey in Alberta, as the 2018 Hockey Alberta Awards, sponsored by BFL Canada, were presented.
The Hockey Alberta Awards program was restructured this year to include awards that are open to nominations from Hockey Alberta member organization, staff member or volunteer, and others that are determined by Hockey Alberta through a review of eligible candidates.
The 2018 Hockey Alberta Award recipients are:
Order of Merit: Debbie Northcott (Caroline) and Brenda Dyck (Edmonton). A maximum of two awards presented to recognize exceptional leadership and distinguished service to amateur hockey in Alberta for 10 years or more. Recipients have dedicated significant effort, time, and leadership to growing and/or developing amateur hockey, not only in their own community, but across the Province.
Coach of the Year: Kyle McLaughlin (Canmore). Presented to a coach who has made an outstanding contribution to amateur hockey during the current season.
Official of the Year: Chad Huseby (Red Deer). Presented to an official who has made an outstanding contribution to amateur hockey during the current season.
Team of the Year: St. Albert Slash Midget Female AAA. Presented to recognize a Team’s significant achievements, performances and contributions within amateur hockey during the current season.
Exceptional Provincials Host Site: Whitecourt (Atom A) and Rimbey (Midget C). Presented to the Minor Hockey Association/ Host Committee judged to have implemented the most outstanding Hockey Alberta Provincial Championship during the current season.
Ernie Boruk Award: Kumail Moledina (Edmonton). Presented for outstanding dedication and contribution to Hockey Alberta Officials Committee.
Dave Ganley Award: Gary Goreniuk (Bonnyville). Presented for outstanding contribution to hockey officiating in Alberta
Changing players, changing sport - Tufts
RED DEER – Hockey is changing, but more importantly, the kids who play it are changing.
And these changes have a significant impact on the role of minor hockey coaches and administrators.
Change, and its impact on the sport of hockey, was one of the themes stressed by Allyson Tufts, in her keynote address Friday night to open the 111th Annual General Meeting weekend for Hockey Alberta.
“When you talk about the game changing, you need to remember our youth is changing. So, if you start to see something funny with one of the kids, you don’t need to fix it, but you need to recognize it and tell somebody. It’s important,” said Tufts.
Tufts is a hockey mom from eastern Ontario who, in 2015, wrote about her experiences in a book entitled “Lessons from Behind the Glass.” Since then, she has worked with Hockey Canada and BC Hockey, and toured with former CFLer Mike ’Pinball’ Clemons and former NHL goalie Kirk Maclean, talking about creating a better atmosphere for young athletes.
In her presentation to more than 100 minor hockey association representatives and Hockey Alberta volunteers, Tufts reminded them of the key role they play in the development of our youth.
“When you think of you all here as volunteers, on a Friday night, in crappy weather, if you don’t think what you do is important, you are so wrong. What you do matters, and it matters for our youth,” said Tufts. “Our youth needs hockey, it needs sports, and it needs to learn how to be resilient.”
Tufts reflected on what her son gained from hockey while he was a player - integrity, strength, friendship and resilience.
“We didn’t teach him that, hockey did,” Tufts said.
And in this digital age of cell phones and social media, the hockey rink has emerged as the new “safe house” for our youth – where the phone is put away, and there is an opportunity for adults to talk and be heard.
“The one place where you can have influence is in the dressing room, in the arena. When they are on the ice, they’re there doing something they love,” Tufts said. “And we need to use the moments with them, when they’re listening, and they’re not on their phones, and they’re in the dressing room, to teach them to be strong good individuals, as well as good players.”
For more information on Allyson Tufts, go to her website: lessonsfrombehindtheglass.com.
The AGM weekend continues on Saturday at Red Deer College. In the morning, minor hockey association executive members will participate in a session with representatives from Hockey Alberta and Hockey Canada. The focus is on building a new national direction, and resetting the focus of hockey in Alberta by building a plan that develops players, grows the game and educates parents. In the afternoon, Hockey Alberta Awards will be presented, followed by the AGM itself starting at 2:30 pm.
EKEC benefits from continued support of Glencross and Friends
RED DEER - For the second consecutive year, the Glencross Invitational Charity Roughstock Event is contributing $190,000 to two central Alberta charitable organizations.
Hockey Alberta Foundation, and its Every Kid Every Community program, and the Ronald McDonald House in Red Deer, will share the proceeds. The 2018 event, which was co-sponsored by ATB and Calgary Flames Foundation, was hosted August 23-24, and included a sponsor-only poker tournament and the charity rodeo.
In total, over the seven years of the Roughstock event, more than $1.6 million has been raised.
Curtis Glencross was joined by several event organizers on November 23 at Ronald McDonald House to present cheques to the event beneficiaries.
“For the past seven years, the Charity Roughstock event has benefitted from the hard work of a dedicated group of volunteers, and from the generosity of supporters and sponsors who return each year to enjoy the event and the camaraderie that goes with it,” said Curtis Glencross. “I want to say thank you to everyone who makes this event a success because, without your efforts, there are many families across Alberta who would be looking elsewhere for support. Your efforts help Albertans experience opportunities they might not have otherwise.”
The funds delivered to the Ronald McDonald House go towards serving families, keeping the House operational - and ensuring that there are rooms available whenever they are needed.
“This significant donation benefits every single family who will need the Ronald McDonald House this year”, said Jason Evanson, CEO of Ronald McDonald House Charities Alberta, “Their support over the past seven years translates over 4,700 nights of comfort for families - their impact on Albertans facing serious childhood illness or injury is profound. The Glencross family, and their friends, are lifelines for the families of the Ronald McDonald House”.
For the Hockey Alberta Foundation and Hockey Alberta, this funding goes to the Every Kid Every Community (EKEC) program. EKEC has a goal of ensuring a pathway to play hockey for any child in Alberta who is interested in the sport.
“Each year for the past seven years, it has been a privilege to work with Curtis, his family and the organizing committee for this event,” said Tim Leer, Executive Director, Hockey Alberta Foundation. “As Teammates in support of the Every Kid Every Community program, their efforts and generosity are felt not just in central Alberta, but across the province as more and more kids have the opportunity to experience our great sport for the first time through program and player grants.”
Photo: lessonsfrombehindtheglass.com
Lessons From Behind the Glass: Allyson Tufts to deliver keynote address at AGM
RED DEER - Allyson Tufts, author of Lessons from Behind the Glass, will serve as the keynote speaker on Friday night for the 2018 Hockey Alberta Annual General Meeting.
A book designed specifically for parents with a child in organized sports, Lessons from Behind the Glass outlines the ups and downs that come from being a hockey parent, based on Tuft’s first-hand experience as a hockey mom.
"If I could go back and do all these things differently, I would’ve," said Tufts in a promotional video for the book. "So, in realizing I couldn’t, I thought the best way to deal with it was to write something to help other people."
Since the launch of her book in April 2015, Tufts has seen great success, selling thousands of copies across Canada and the United States. She’s been on an exciting speaking tour, presenting along side Tom Renney, the President of Hockey Canada, Pinball Clemons, CFL football star and motivational speaker and Kirk MacLean former NHL goalie. Allyson continues to spread her message to parents about creating a better atmosphere for our young athletes in whatever sport they choose.
Tufts will kick off the 2018 AGM weekend by speaking to the 100-plus delegates from Hockey Alberta’s member organizations from across province about her book, and the lessons stemming from it.
MHAs and club teams still have time to sign up for the Hockey Alberta AGM, which runs Friday and Saturday in Red Deer. Registration information and AGM details can be found on hockeyalberta.ca.
Photo Credit: Kyle Clapham
Tips and resources for minor hockey parents
RED DEER - Parents are integral part of the minor hockey system, and are a key to ensuring that their children have the opportunity to play hockey.
Parents have many roles for their children, teams, and teammates. Depending on the day, a parent can be a supporter, advocate, chauffeur, equipment manager, or dietician, making sure that their children can experience and have fun participating in the sport of hockey.
Hockey Alberta has a new set of resources designed to support and assist our parents in providing the most positive experience for your young players.
Check out the new Parents tab at hockeyalberta.ca.
Information available on the Parents tab includes articles from various publications, tips from experts in areas such as nutrition, and updates from Hockey Alberta. Parents are encouraged to check back regularly to see new information as it is added.
Coach qualification deadline - November 15
RED DEER - A reminder to all coaches in Alberta that the deadline to complete all coaching qualifications is Thursday, November 15.
Coaches who do not complete their qualifications in time will be deemed ineligible to coach, and will have their team flagged as ineligible for team play.
Clinic Registration > | Respect in Sport >
Help celebrate Female Hockey Day!
RED DEER - Registration is now open for Hockey Alberta’s inaugural Female Hockey Day, Saturday, December 15 - with everything happening at the Gary W. Harris Canada Games Centre in Red Deer.
The day will feature on and off-ice development sessions for players, coaches, and officials - all to celebrate female hockey. All ages and skill levels are welcome to join. To help us celebrate, and to conclude a full day of Female Hockey Day activities, the Calgary Inferno will host the Toronto Furies in a Canadian Women’s Hockey League game.
FEMALE HOCKEY DAY SCHEDULE >
Player Development sessions are ongoing throughout Female Hockey Day, including on and off-ice instruction for current female players at all levels, from Intro to Hockey (Initiation and Novice) to Midget. Player Development sessions have a registration fee of $15 per participant, which includes a ticket to the Inferno/Furies game.
REGISTER - PLAYER SESSIONS >
There will also be Try Hockey sessions offered for both youth and adult females who are looking to play hockey for the first time. Comrie’s Sports Equipment Bank will be on site to outfit all new players with equipment, and to accept donations of the following new or gently used equipment:
Skis & Snowboards (Under 120cm)
Large Skating & Hockey Helmets
Small Goalie Equipment
Baseball, Soccer & Football Gear
Rollerblades (Size 4 and Under)
Basketball Shoes (All Sizes)
*All participants in the Try Hockey sessions must complete an EQUIPMENT OUTFITTING PACKAGE and attach it to their registration.*
REGISTER - TRY HOCKEY >
In conjunction with the CWHL Game, a Game Day Speaker Series is being hosted for all coaches involved in female hockey, which includes a seminar, a ticket to the Inferno/Furies game, and a de-brief after the game. Registration for the Game Day Speaker Series is $15 per person.
REGISTER - GAME DAY SPEAKER SERIES >
Female officials are also invited to take part in Female Hockey Day with a FREE afternoon clinic, that includes classroom and on-ice sessions.
REGISTER - FEMALE OFFICIALS CLINIC >
Additional tickets for the CWHL game are available for purchase online, or at the door at $15 each (plus GST).
Experience the Dream Contest
Hockey Alberta invites YOU to enter the Experience the Dream contest for a chance to skate with the Calgary Inferno of the Canadian Women’s Hockey League!
The Inferno will battle the Toronto Furies during Female Hockey Day on Saturday, December 15 in Red Deer, and one winner will be chosen to join them on ice during the warm-up and National Anthem.
To enter, tell us who your female role model is (hockey or non-hockey related) in a paragraph or short essay, outlining why you look up to them. Please also include a photo or drawing of your female role model.
The deadline for submissions is Sunday, December 2 at 11:59 p.m. (MT).
*The Experience the Dream contest is open to female residents of Alberta under the age of 18. By entering this contest, you agree to travel to Red Deer on December 15*
Enter Contest >
Photo credit: City of Leduc
Alberta Challenge coming to Leduc
RED DEER - Hockey Alberta is pleased to announce the 2019 Alberta Challenge will be hosted in Leduc.
The Leduc Recreation Centre is the host site for the event, set for May 1-5.
“We are excited to bring the Alberta Challenge to Leduc, a city where female hockey continues to thrive,” said Kendall Newell, Hockey Alberta’s Manager of Female Hockey. “Hockey Alberta is excited to be able to showcase the best of Bantam Female Hockey to the Capital Region”
As noted in the City’s bid, Leduc has successfully hosted a wide variety of provincial and international sporting events, including the 2016 Alberta Summer Games.
Regional Camps for the 2019 Alberta Challenge are set for April 5-7 in Fort Saskatchewan (North) and Cochrane (South). Registration for Regional Camps opens in January.
For more information on the Alberta Challenge, go to hockeyalberta.ca or abchallenge.ca
Players Bench Team Apparel Coach of the Month - October
RED DEER - Hockey Alberta’s October Coach of the Month, sponsored by Players Bench Team Apparel, is Dan Cavanagh of Calgary.
Cavanagh currently coaches three different teams in the Crowfoot Coyotes Minor Hockey Association; Peewee 4 Black, Minor Novice 3 and Jr. Timbits 2.
He’s been coaching for 7 years, and is also a Head Coach with Northwest Little League Baseball.
"I most enjoy seeing kids develop their skills as players and people," said Cavanagh. "Coaching provides an opportunity to pass on a love for the game. I also enjoy working with the other coaches to help athletes realize their potential. My coaching philosophy is to promote an atmosphere of hard work, respect for others, team play and fun. When we achieve that, success can come in many ways."
"Dan is a phenomenal coach who is knowledgeable, level-headed and inclusive," said one of Dan’s fellow coaches, who nominated him for the award. "He coaches or assistant coaches in three different levels of hockey for Crowfoot! I have coached with him for three years and he rarely misses an event. Dan Cavanagh is an asset to the Crowfoot Hockey organization!"
Hockey Alberta is pleased to announce Players Bench Team Apparel as the new sponsor of the Coach of the Month Award.
The Coach of the Month award is presented every month during the Minor Hockey season, based on nominations submitted to Hockey Alberta.
One minor hockey coach will be selected each month from October through March and will receive a coaching package from Players Bench Team Apparel valued at over $500, which includes a helmet, gloves, track suit, coach bag, puck bag, rink board, and coaching resources.
Nominations are open throughout the 2018-19 season.
Nomination Form >
November 23, 2018 SECOND INSTALLMENT: Officiating Video Partnership with WHL
November 27, 2018 Teammates Helping Teammates - Send your team to see the Calgary Flames!
November 24, 2018 Three new Board members elected at 111th annual general meeting
November 23, 2018 Changing players, changing sport - Tufts
November 23, 2018 EKEC benefits from continued support of Glencross and Friends
November 21, 2018 Lessons From Behind the Glass: Allyson Tufts to deliver keynote address at AGM
November 19, 2018 Tips and resources for minor hockey parents
November 13, 2018 Coach qualification deadline - November 15
November 08, 2018 Help celebrate Female Hockey Day!
November 07, 2018 Alberta Challenge coming to Leduc
November 06, 2018 Players Bench Team Apparel Coach of the Month - October
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There's a small city in northern Italy that makes visitors feel as if they have stepped back in time--far, far back in time. This city is named Ferrara, and it's one of the most underrated towns in the beautiful country of Italy. Ferrara (not to be confused with Ferrari) is an incredibly preserved medieval and Renaissance town, with old city walls, narrow cobblestone streets and grand cathedrals. And don't even get me started on the food. I've traveled all over Italy, but some of my very favorite meals were in the small town of Ferrara.
On my recent trip to Italy, I wanted to venture out of the big, tourist-filled cities and explore old, authentic Italian towns, which is how I ended up in Ferrara. My trip to Ferrara was rather spur-of-the-moment, since I like to keep my travel plans flexible, so to book my accommodations I simply pulled up my HotelTonight app and found a great last-minute hotel in Ferrara. Once I had a room waiting for me in the heart of this beautiful old city, I hopped on the train from Florence and made my way to the lovely city of Ferrara, Italy.
Castello Estense
When you visit Ferrara, you'll be in awe of the beautifully preserved architecture of the historical buildings throughout the walled city. One of the city's most impressive buildings remains the Castello Estense, a striking castle built back in 1385. With its medieval stone walls and its water-filled moat, Castello Estense looks like something out of a movie, and the interior of the castle is even more fascinating. Inside the Estense castle, you'll find the exquisite living quarters of the nobility as well as dark dungeons where prisoners were held and tortured. The history of this castle is just as interesting as its architecture, so you shouldn't skip it when you're in Ferrara.
The Old Jewish District
Located in the heart of the oldest part of Ferrara is the Jewish district, which still preserves the history and culture of the Jewish community of this Italian town. Ferrara had a strong Jewish population for centuries, and while the Jews of Ferrara succeeded in some eras, they faced staggering racial persecution during others. If you want to learn about the history of the Jews in Ferrara, you cannot miss this well-preserved neighborhood during your stay. In addition to its long, storied history, the old Jewish area features beautiful architecture, charming squares and fantastic restaurants.
Piazza Trento Trieste
As you wander through Ferrara, you'll come across many squares that are full of beauty, charm and impressive historic monuments, but the Piazza Trento Trieste is certainly the square you'll want to photograph the most. This square features the stunning Ferrara Cathedral, an architectural wonder that is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Cathedral's construction began in the 1100s, but it was updated throughout the centuries, so in just one building you can see architectural styles like medieval, Gothic and Renaissance. While the Cathedral is certainly the focal point of Piazza Trento Trieste, there are plenty of other reasons to visit this square, such as great dining options and beautiful architecture. During my visit to Ferrara, I quickly discovered that Piazza Trento Trieste is the beating heart of the city, so it's a square you'll probably want to spend a lot of time in during your stay.
Whether or not you're interested in the history of the Monastero di S. Antonio in Polesine, you should search for this impressive complex just to explore the medieval area of the city. The streets surrounding the Monastery date back to the Middle Ages, and you'll immediately notice the difference between this area and the grand, bright neighborhoods from the Renaissance. These streets compose the oldest part of Ferrara, so they're narrow, tangled and lined with beautiful historic buildings. The area surrounding the Monastery was one of my favorite parts of Ferrara, and I'd recommend strolling through these winding alleys to anyone visiting this Italian town.
Like many old Italian towns, Ferrara is enclosed by old medieval walls. Ferrara's walls, which were built to protect the city from invaders, remain some of the best preserved in all of Italy, so they're well worth checking out during your stay. I decided to see the old walls on a bike, and I cycled past historic city gates, impressive towers and bastions, and it was one of the highlights of my Italy trip.
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After spending a few days in the beautiful old town of Ferrara, I couldn't quite understand why this isn't one of the most popular destinations in Italy. Sure, it's smaller than cities like Florence and Rome, but it's full of incredible history, phenomenal architecture and delicious food. I enjoyed every moment of my time in Ferrara, and I certainly plan to return in the future. When I do plan my next trip to Italy, I will definitely rely on HotelTonight to book my last-minute hotel in Ferrara so that I can once again immerse myself in the beauty, history, and culture of this charming Italian town.
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