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TELUS Internet for Good
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Monthly Update - September 2018
We distributed 813 computers and laptops this month!
This is the most computers we distributed in a month all year! We surpassed our high set in August of 577.
43% of the computers and laptops went to 19 BC schools like Robson Valley Jr. Academy in Prince George, Royal Oak Secondary Alternative Programs in Burnaby, Strathcona Elementary in Chilliwack, and Henry Hudson Elementary in Vancouver. These schools use computers and laptops for various things ranging from simply increasing their computer-to-student ratios so that every student has access to a computer during class to effectively learn, upgrading their current computers to keep up with the growing advances in computing, or even helping specific students.
55% went to 20 nonprofits like Burnaby Family Life, who offer quality community social services in Burnaby and in neighbouring communities. An impressive 40 different languages are spoken by their staff, allowing them the diversity needed to embrace all cultures, increasing understanding and breaking down barriers; Victoria Cool Aid Society, who act to end homelessness by working in partnership with others to develop community-based solutions. They are committed to advocating for and providing emergency shelter, supportive housing, integrated health care and other support services; White Buffalo Indigenous Urban Services, who raise the health status of Aboriginal peoples by providing holistic health care that includes physical, emotional, spiritual and mental health provisions for individuals, families and the Aboriginal community; and Free Geek Vancouver, a nonprofit community organization that reduces the environmental impact of waste electronics by reusing and recycling donated technology. They are similar to us in that they refurbish computers, however our computers go to schools and nonprofits whereas theirs are available more publicly.
14 computers went to low-income students. who now have access to a desktop computers in their homes and that will allow them to do their homework (and procrastinate 😂), communicate with friends and family, look for jobs, learn new skills, etc. We expect the Connecting Families program to be up and running in the coming months.
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Good Character Evidence
Evidence of an accused’s good character is relevant not only to support the accused’s credibility as a witness, but also to support an inference that the accused is unlikely to have committed the offence charged: R v Luckese, 2016 ONCA 359 at para 16
Bad Character Evidence
Evidence is discreditable when it tends to show conduct of the accused, which would be viewed with disapproval by a reasonable person, beyond what is alleged in the indictment: R v Bos, 2016 ONCA 443 at para 72
Such evidence is presumptively inadmissible because its potential for prejudice, distraction and time consumption is very great and these disadvantages will almost always outweigh its probative value: Bos at para 73
Discreditable conduct evidence that is adduced to advance a speculative theory of motive ought to be excluded. However, evidence that provides the trier of fact with real insight into the background and relationship between the accused and the victim, and which genuinely helps to establish a bona fide theory of motive is highly probative, and thus more likely to outweigh its inherent prejudicial effect: Bos at para 74
A prosecutor’s desire to create fodder for cross-examination is not a legitimate path to admission. Admission of highly prejudicial evidence on this basis may actually have the effect of discouraging an accused person from testifying. Conversely, it may induce an accused person to testify just to explain irrelevant evidence that portrays him or her in an unfavourable light. Either way, it has real potential for unfairness: R v Pilgrim, 2017 ONCA 309 at para 59
When prior discreditible conduct is admissible (for narrative or other probative value) it is essential that the trial judge clearly articulate the limited use the trier of fact is permitted to make of this evidence; the trier of fact must restrict his assessment of that evidence to its limited use: Pilgrim at para 60
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Does Lying Down After Eating Really Cause Gas?
Let’s get to the bottom of this one.
By Carolyn L. Todd
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If you’ve ever sprawled on the couch post-meal and felt the urge to burp or fart more than usual, you might wonder if lying down after eating causes gas production to skyrocket. While there are a lot of medical mysteries out there, this thankfully isn’t one of them. You definitely might feel gassier if you lie down after eating, but interestingly enough, it’s not because being in this position directly increases how much gas you make.
Instead, there are a few other very real reasons why you feel all gassed up when you lie down after eating. As with many of the body’s less delightful (but still entirely normal) functions, the processes involved are pretty fascinating.
Let’s talk about how and why you burp.
Having gas is one of those shared experiences that unites human beings. “All living people produce gas,” Christine Lee, M.D., a gastroenterologist at the Cleveland Clinic, tells SELF. In general, most people create an almost impressive one to three pints of gas per day, according to the Cleveland Clinic.
You produce a lot of this gas when you naturally swallow air as you breathe, Dr. Lee explains. That air often exits your body the same way it entered: through your mouth. According to the Cleveland Clinic, burping is the more common way to expel gas from the body. In fact, it can be normal to burp up to 20 times a day, says the Mayo Clinic. You might be more likely to burp a lot if you drink a lot of carbonated beverages too.
However, as you and your butt both know, gas can also make a journey from your mouth to your anus.
Here’s how the food you eat sometimes leads to farts.
Some of the air you swallow will stick around in your stomach before you eventually let it out as a fart, the Cleveland Clinic explains. (Or produce flatus, if you’re into medical terms.) But the normal digestive processes in the colon (large intestine) play an even bigger role in farting than swallowed air does.
Your stomach and small intestine digest much of the food you consume, according to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK). When your body has difficulty digesting carbohydrates including sugar, starches, and fiber—as well as any nutrients you may not tolerate well, like lactose—that food passes undigested into your colon.
Normal, healthy bacteria in the colon work to break down that food, and this naturally creates gases including hydrogen and carbon dioxide, according to the Cleveland Clinic. Some of this gas remains in the GI tract, where it can cause symptoms like uncomfortable abdominal bloating and pain. Some jostles through your GI tract due to peristalsis (the muscle contractions in your digestive tract after you consume food), then exits the body as flatulence. If the bacteria in your colon creates enough sulfur while producing those gases, that unmistakable fragrance may blow your cover even if your fart was totally silent.
Some different medical bodies have different takes on normal farting frequency, but usually not by much. For instance, according to the Cleveland Clinic, it’s perfectly normal to fart anywhere from 14 to 23 times a day. The Merck Manual puts this number at 13 to 21 times a day. Either way, that’s a lot of farting.
What you eat may influence your farting frequency. According to the NIDDK, certain foods including beans and cruciferous vegetables like broccoli and Brussels sprouts tend to produce more gas than others during digestion. Surprisingly, that catchy song about beans being musical is scientifically accurate for some people.
So, why does lying down after eating seem to make you so gassy?
No matter your physical position, it’s normal to feel gassier after a meal because you swallow more air when you eat and drink, especially if you’re talking. Since swallowed air most often comes back up through your mouth, if you do expel this gas, it will frequently manifest as a burp. (Eating won’t produce an uptick in flatulence right away since it typically takes between six and eight hours for food to make it to the colon where bacteria can work its magic.)
Beyond that, the phenomenon of feeling gassier when lying down post-meal may be based in part on perception, Dr. Lee explains. Going about your busy life can distract you from how your body feels, she says. If you’re lying down and not as active, you can become more aware of your body—and your gas.
Then there’s the actual physics of being horizontal. It may be easier for gas to accumulate into larger, more noticeable pockets when you’re lying down, Dr. Lee says. When you’re upright or moving around, the gravitational pull from your vertical orientation and your constant jostling keep little gas bubbles scattered throughout the GI tract, Dr. Lee says. Those influences aren’t as potent when you’re still and lying down, so those bubbles can become consolidated into larger masses, Dr. Lee explains, making your gas feel more noticeable.
While lying down can make you super in-tune with your gas, it can also make it harder to expel that air. Lying down puts pressure on the anal opening in a way that can make it a little tougher to naturally pass gas, Dr. Lee explains. “It is also harder to burp lying down, as gravity hinders gas traveling up from the stomach to the esophagus,” she says.
Due to this mix of factors, lying down after eating might make you feel like a sentient gas bubble who has to try a little harder than usual to burp or fart.
When is gassiness after a meal a reason to worry?
Although most cases of post-meal gas are completely normal, Dr. Lee recommends checking in with a doctor if this is something new for you, if it’s accompanied by other symptoms (like serious stomach pain, constipation, or diarrhea), or if it just really bothers you.
“If you’ve been OK for years and then started having excessive gas six months ago…something may be going on,” Dr. Lee says.
A few conditions that can cause excessive gas (often in addition to other digestive symptoms such as stomach discomfort or diarrhea) include small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO), celiac disease, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), and lactose intolerance. Seeing a medical expert can help you pinpoint the specific cause of your excessive gas if necessary.
What if you’re pretty sure your post-meal gas is just your body doing its thing, but you still want to try to tame your symptoms? Gastroenterologists happen to have a few clutch strategies for getting rid of gas discomfort right this way.
7 Things That Might Be Going On if You Have Excessive Burping
Gastroenterologists Share 7 Things to Do When You Have Painful Gas
Leaky Gut Syndrome Isn’t an Official Diagnosis, but the Symptoms Are Real
Carolyn covers all things health and nutrition at SELF. Her definition of wellness includes lots of yoga, coffee, cats, meditation, self help books, and kitchen experiments with mixed results.
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Selkirk — Interlake — Eastman
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Canada’s Conservatives announce plan to support fisheries
A new Conservative government would engage new strategies, partnerships and provide funding to support critical industry
Alfie MacLeod, Conservative Candidate for Cape Breton – Canso, and Eddie Orrell, Conservative Candidate for Sydney – Victoria, were in Glace Bay today to speak with local fish harvesters about Andrew Scheer’s plan to promote and support Canada’s fisheries by adopting new strategies and partnerships to strengthen relationships and build consensus on how to restore fish stocks. Similar announcements were made by Conservative candidates across the country.
“The Trudeau Liberals have failed to consult fish harvesters over the past four years and this has had a real impact on our coastal communities,” said Alfie MacLeod. “Livelihoods throughout our province depend on the fishery. Conservatives will work with Nova Scotians to strengthen this vital resource.”
To renew engagement and consultation to support our fisheries, a new Conservative government will:
Create advisory panels with fish harvesters and anglers, Indigenous groups, and other experts as appropriate, to rebuild critical stocks and ensure that everyone is working together.
Enhance and rebuild wild Atlantic and Pacific salmon stocks by increasing support for community-led conservation and enhancement projects and increasing the price of the Salmon Conservation Stamp for non-residents to benefit the Pacific Salmon Foundation.
Complete new recovery plans for all of Canada’s critical fisheries and develop strategies for managing predators and invasive species where necessary.
Repeal measures that bypass community consultations for Marine Protected Areas while ensuring that the process is robust and timely. Justin Trudeau’s changes have short circuited important community consultations for Marine Protected Areas.
Work with industry to develop a strategy for preventing seafood fraud.
Create a modern aquaculture act.
Support the advancement of technology and practices that reduce contact between wild and farmed salmon.
“It is so important to note the important role that fisheries play in our local economies,” said Alfie MacLeod. “To maintain infrastructure and support communities, a new Conservative government will provide $250 million in additional support for small craft harbours.”
Supporting our fisheries is also an important part of A Real Plan to Protect Our Environment. As part of our efforts to combat oceans plastic, a new Conservative government will work with international partners to reduce the prevalence of “ghost gear”, or abandoned and lost gear, which entangles marine wildlife and contributes to the world’s oceans’ plastic problem. We will work to protect our oceans against one of the deadliest forms of marine litter.
“A new Conservative government will support our fishing industry to ensure our local communities and economies continue to thrive,” said Eddie Orrell. “These are necessary measures – strategies, partnerships, and funding – to make sure this critical industry continues to thrive.”
Andrew Scheer, Leader of Canada’s Conservatives: “Justin Trudeau is not as advertised. This election, Canadians have a choice. Between the poor judgement of Justin Trudeau, and a new, positive Conservative government that will take immediate action to give you more help at home.”
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Sensera Systems’ corporate social responsibility commitments are based on four pillars:
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Guideline users should be aware that the Equal Treatment Bench Book covers important aspects of fair treatment and disparity of outcomes for different groups in the criminal justice system. It provides guidance which sentencers are encouraged to take into account wherever applicable, to ensure that there is fairness for all involved in court proceedings.
In accordance with section 120 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009, the Sentencing Council issues this definitive guideline. It applies to all offenders aged 18 and older, who are sentenced on or after the effective date of this guideline, regardless of the date of the offence.*
Section 59(1) of the Sentencing Code provides that:
“Every court –
must, in sentencing an offender, follow any sentencing guidelines which are relevant to the offender’s case, and
must, in exercising any other function relating to the sentencing of offenders, follow any sentencing guidelines which are relevant to the exercise of the function,
unless the court is satisfied that it would be contrary to the interests of justice to do so.”
This guideline applies only to offenders aged 18 and older. General principles to be considered in the sentencing of children and young people are in the Sentencing Council definitive guideline, Overarching Principles – Sentencing Children and Young People.
*The maximum sentence that applies to an offence is the maximum that applied at the date of the offence.
Step 1 – Determining the offence category
The Court should determine the offence category using the table below.
Higher culpability and greater harm
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Lower culpability and lesser harm
The court should determine the offender’s culpability and the harm caused with reference only to the factors below. Where an offence does not fall squarely into a category, individual factors may require a degree of weighting before making an overall assessment and determining the appropriate offence category.
Culpability demonstrated by one or more of the following
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Never passed test
Gave false details
Driving LGV, HGV, PSV etc
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All other cases
Harm demonstrated by one or more of the following
Factors indicating greater harm
Involved in accident where injury caused
Involved in accident where damage caused
Factors indicating lesser harm
Step 2 – Starting point and category range
Having determined the category at step one, the court should use the appropriate starting point to reach a sentence within the category range in the table below. The starting point applies to all offenders irrespective of plea or previous convictions.
Level of seriousness Starting Point Range Disqualification/points
Category 1 Band C fine Band C fine Disqualify 6 – 12 months
Category 2 Band C fine Band C fine Consider disqualification for up to 6 months OR 8 points
Category 3 Band C fine Band B fine – Band C fine 6 – 8 points
Must endorse and may disqualify. If no disqualification impose 6- 8 points
Fine Band A
50% of relevant weekly income 25 – 75% of relevant weekly income
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100% of relevant weekly income 75 – 125% of relevant weekly income
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150% of relevant weekly income 125 – 175% of relevant weekly income
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The court should determine the appropriate level of fine in accordance with this guideline and section 125 of the Sentencing Code, which requires that the fine must reflect the seriousness of the offence and that the court must take into account the financial circumstances of the offender.
Where possible, if a financial penalty is imposed, it should remove any economic benefit the offender has derived through the commission of the offence including:
avoided costs;
operating savings;
any gain made as a direct result of the offence.
The fine should meet, in a fair and proportionate way, the objectives of punishment, deterrence and the removal of gain derived through the commission of the offence; it should not be cheaper to offend than to comply with the law.
In considering economic benefit, the court should avoid double recovery.
Where the means of the offender are limited, priority should be given to compensation (where applicable) over payment of any other financial penalty.
Where it is not possible to calculate or estimate the economic benefit, the court may wish to draw on information from the enforcing authorities about the general costs of operating within the law.
When sentencing organisations the fine must be sufficiently substantial to have a real economic impact which will bring home to both management and shareholders the need to comply with the law. The court should ensure that the effect of the fine (particularly if it will result in closure of the business) is proportionate to the gravity of the offence.
Obtaining financial information: It is for the offender to disclose to the court such data relevant to their financial position as will enable it to assess what they can reasonably afford to pay. If necessary, the court may compel the disclosure of an individual offender’s financial circumstances pursuant to section 35 of the Sentencing Code. In the absence of such disclosure, or where the court is not satisfied that it has been given sufficient reliable information, the court will be entitled to draw reasonable inferences as to the offender’s means from evidence it has heard and from all the circumstances of the case. In setting a fine, the court may conclude that the offender is able to pay any fine imposed unless the offender has supplied financial information to the contrary.
The court should then consider further adjustment for any aggravating or mitigating factors. The following is a non-exhaustive list of additional factual elements providing the context of the offence and factors relating to the offender. Identify whether any combination of these, or other relevant factors, should result in an upward or downward adjustment from the sentence arrived at so far.
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Previous convictions,
Effective from: 01 October 2019
Care should be taken to avoid double counting factors including those already taken into account in assessing culpability or harm or those inherent in the offence
Guidance on the use of previous convictions
The following guidance should be considered when seeking to determine the degree to which previous convictions should aggravate sentence:
Section 65 of the Sentencing Code states that:
(1) This section applies where a court is considering the seriousness of an offence (“the current offence”) committed by an offender who has one or more relevant previous convictions.
(2) The court must treat as an aggravating factor each relevant previous conviction that it considers can reasonably be so treated, having regard in particular to—
(a) the nature of the offence to which the conviction relates and its relevance to the current offence, and
(b) the time that has elapsed since the conviction.
(3) Where the court treats a relevant previous conviction as an aggravating factor under subsection (2) it must state in open court that the offence is so aggravated.
Previous convictions are considered at step two in the Council’s offence-specific guidelines.
The primary significance of previous convictions (including convictions in other jurisdictions) is the extent to which they indicate trends in offending behaviour and possibly the offender’s response to earlier sentences.
Previous convictions are normally relevant to the current offence when they are of a similar type.
Previous convictions of a type different from the current offence may be relevant where they are an indication of persistent offending or escalation and/or a failure to comply with previous court orders.
Numerous and frequent previous convictions might indicate an underlying problem (for example, an addiction) that could be addressed more effectively in the community and will not necessarily indicate that a custodial sentence is necessary.
If the offender received a non-custodial disposal for the previous offence, a court should not necessarily move to a custodial sentence for the fresh offence.
In cases involving significant persistent offending, the community and custody thresholds may be crossed even though the current offence normally warrants a lesser sentence. If a custodial sentence is imposed it should be proportionate and kept to the necessary minimum.
The aggravating effect of relevant previous convictions reduces with the passage of time; older convictions are less relevant to the offender’s culpability for the current offence and less likely to be predictive of future offending.
Where the previous offence is particularly old it will normally have little relevance for the current sentencing exercise.
The court should consider the time gap since the previous conviction and the reason for it. Where there has been a significant gap between previous and current convictions or a reduction in the frequency of offending this may indicate that the offender has made attempts to desist from offending in which case the aggravating effect of the previous offending will diminish.
Where the current offence is significantly less serious than the previous conviction (suggesting a decline in the gravity of offending), the previous conviction may carry less weight.
When considering the totality of previous offending a court should take a rounded view of the previous crimes and not simply aggregate the individual offences.
Where information is available on the context of previous offending this may assist the court in assessing the relevance of that prior offending to the current offence
having regard to a) the nature of the offence to which the conviction relates and its relevance to the current offence; and b) the time that has elapsed since the conviction
Offence committed whilst on bail
Section 64 of the Sentencing Code states:
In considering the seriousness of any offence committed while the offender was on bail, the court must -
(a) treat the fact that it was committed in those circumstances as an aggravating factor and
(b) state in open court that the offence is so aggravated.
Other aggravating factors
Failure to comply with current court orders
Commission of an offence while subject to a relevant court order makes the offence more serious.
The extent to which the offender has complied with the conditions of an order (including the time that has elapsed since its commencement) will be a relevant consideration.
Where the offender is dealt with separately for a breach of an order regard should be had to totality
Care should be taken to avoid double counting matters taken into account when considering previous convictions.
When sentencing young adult offenders (typically aged 18-25), consideration should also be given to the guidance on the mitigating factor relating to age and/or lack of maturity when considering the significance of this factor.
Offence committed on licence or post sentence supervision
An offender who is subject to licence or post sentence supervision is under a particular obligation to desist from further offending.
The extent to which the offender has complied with the conditions of a licence or order (including the time that has elapsed since its commencement) will be a relevant consideration.
Where the offender is dealt with separately for a breach of a licence or order regard should be had to totality.
Factors reducing seriousness or reflecting personal mitigation
No previous convictions or no relevant/recent convictions
Care should be taken to avoid double counting factors including those already taken into account in assessing culpability or harm
First time offenders usually represent a lower risk of reoffending. Reoffending rates for first offenders are significantly lower than rates for repeat offenders. In addition, first offenders are normally regarded as less blameworthy than offenders who have committed the same crime several times already. For these reasons first offenders receive a mitigated sentence.
Where there are previous offences but these are old and /or are for offending of a different nature, the sentence will normally be reduced to reflect that the new offence is not part of a pattern of offending and there is therefore a lower likelihood of reoffending.
When assessing whether a previous conviction is ‘recent’ the court should consider the time gap since the previous conviction and the reason for it.
Previous convictions are likely to be ‘relevant’ when they share characteristics with the current offence (examples of such characteristics include, but are not limited to: dishonesty, violence, abuse of position or trust, use or possession of weapons, disobedience of court orders). In general the more serious the previous offending the longer it will retain relevance.
The court will need to be satisfied that the offender is genuinely remorseful for the offending behaviour in order to reduce the sentence (separate from any guilty plea reduction).
Lack of remorse should never be treated as an aggravating factor.
Good character and/or exemplary conduct
This factor may apply whether or not the offender has previous convictions. Evidence that an offender has demonstrated positive good character through, for example, charitable works may reduce the sentence.
However, this factor is less likely to be relevant where the offending is very serious. Where an offender has used their good character or status to facilitate or conceal the offending it could be treated as an aggravating factor.
Responsibility for providing insurance rests with another (where not amounting to a defence)
Genuine misunderstanding
Recent failure to renew or failure to transfer vehicle details where insurance was in existence
Vehicle not being driven
Step 3 – Consider any factors which indicate a reduction, such as assistance to the prosecution
The court should take into account section 74 of the Sentencing Code (reduction in sentence for assistance to prosecution) and any other rule of law by virtue of which an offender may receive a discounted sentence in consequence of assistance given (or offered) to the prosecutor or investigator.
Step 4 – Reduction for guilty pleas
The court should take account of any potential reduction for a guilty plea in accordance with section 73 of the Sentencing Code and the Reduction in Sentence for a Guilty Plea guideline.
Step 5 – Totality principle
If sentencing an offender for more than one offence, or where the offender is already serving a sentence, consider whether the total sentence is just and proportionate to the overall offending behaviour in accordance with the Totality guideline.
Step 6 – Compensation and ancillary orders
In all cases, the court should consider whether to make compensation and/or other ancillary orders.
Ancillary orders – Magistrates’ Court
Step 7 – Reasons
Section 52 of the Sentencing Code imposes a duty to give reasons for, and explain the effect of, the sentence.
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ESPN reports Angels PR employee supplied Skaggs with opioids
FILE - In this May 25, 2019, file photo, Los Angeles Angels starting pitcher Tyler Skaggs throws during the first inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers in Anaheim, Calif. The Angels say they do not know whether a longtime public relations official had been providing drugs to late pitcher Skaggs, as detailed in a report on ESPN’s “Outside the Lines.” Eric Kay, a 24-year employee of the Angels’ PR department, told the Drug Enforcement Agency he had provided opioids to Skaggs and used them with the pitcher for years, according to the ESPN report Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019. Kay reportedly watched as Skaggs snorted three lines of crushed pills in his hotel room in Texas, on the night before he was found dead. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)
ANAHEIM, Calif. —
The Los Angeles Angels say they don’t know whether a longtime public relations official had been providing drugs to late pitcher Tyler Skaggs, as detailed in a report Saturday on ESPN’s “Outside the Lines.”
Eric Kay, a 24-year employee of the Angels’ PR department, told the Drug Enforcement Agency he had provided opioids to Skaggs and used them with the pitcher for years, according to ESPN. Kay reportedly watched as Skaggs snorted three lines of crushed pills in his hotel room in Southlake, Texas, on the night before he was found dead.
Kay also told the DEA he believes several other Angels players used opioids, ESPN reported.
“We have never heard that any employee was providing illegal narcotics to any player, or that any player was seeking illegal narcotics,” Angels President John Carpino said in a statement. “The Angels maintain a strict, zero tolerance policy regarding the illicit use of drugs for both players and staff. Every one of our players must also abide by the MLB Joint Drug Agreement. We continue to mourn the loss of Tyler and fully cooperate with the authorities as they continue their investigation.”
Skaggs was found dead in his hotel room July 1 before the start of a series against the Texas Rangers. The Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office said the 27-year-old died after choking on his vomit with a toxic mix of alcohol and the painkillers fentanyl and oxycodone in his body.
Major League Baseball issued a brief statement: “MLB was unaware of any of these allegations. MLB will fully cooperate with the government investigation and conduct its own investigation when the government investigation is completed.”
Kay has been on administrative leave from the Angels since July, and ESPN reported he is undergoing outpatient drug treatment. Kay didn’t immediately respond to a message from The Associated Press.
Kay also claimed two Angels officials were aware of Skaggs’ drug use, including Kay’s longtime boss, Tim Mead, a 40-year Angels employee. Mead left the team in June to become president of the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Mead told ESPN he was unaware of Skaggs’ drug use.
ESPN says Kay told investigators he illegally obtained six oxycodone pills and gave three to Skaggs shortly before the team left Anaheim for its road trip to Texas.
MLB and the players’ union plan to discuss the possibility of implementing more widespread testing for opioids in the wake of Skaggs’ death.
CaliforniaFocus
California’s state epidemiologist is urging a halt to more than 300,000 COVID-19 vaccinations using a Moderna version because some people who got it needed medical treatment for possible severe allergic reactions
San Diego County reaches 2,000 COVID-19 deaths; vaccine trickles out to those 65 and up
UCSD and the San Diego VA have begun immunizing older patients most vulnerable to the coronavirus
They’re the most likely to die from COVID-19, but hardly any have been vaccinated
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Kriya - Healthy Bowel System
(The Aquarian Teacher, K.R.I. International Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training Level One Manual, Yogi Bhajan, Ph.D., p. 359.)
Windmill. Stand with feet slightly wider than shoulder width apart. Bring the arms straight out to the sides, parallel to the ground, palms down. Inhale; turn to the left, elongate. Exhale; bend forward from the waist, bringing the right hand to the left foot and the left arm straight up in back. Inhale up. (Bend from the hips, not from the waist.) Continue moving up and down for 1 minute in a rhythm of about 10 seconds per cycle. Then switch to the opposite hand and foot and repeat for 1 minute.
Standing in the Same Position. Continue the same motion but alternating sides and pausing for 5 seconds as the hand touches the foot. 3 minutes.
Continue the Same Alternating Motion. However, pause for 25 seconds as the hand touches each foot. 2 minutes.
Hold Position Touching the Foot. 2 minutes on each side.
Corpse Pose. Relax for 2-3 minutes.
Side Bends. Come standing up, with legs wide apart, arms parallel to the floor with palms down. Bend to the side from the waist, letting the left arm come down the left side as the right arm comes up. Keep the spine vertical. Come back to the original position, stretch down the right side and then return to the original position. 6 seconds per side. Continue for 1 minute.
Standing Torso Twists. Start in the position of the previous exercise. Twist the torso and arms all the way to the left, back to the original position, then twist on around to the right and finally back to the center, always keeping the arms in a straight line with each other. 2-3 seconds per complete cycle. Continue for 1 minute.
Relax for 10 minutes.
Comments: This set was originally taught by Yogi Bhajan July 4, 1977 and appeared in Slim and Trim Yoga.
These exercises work on the bowel system. Normally when one is becoming sick the bowel movements serve as an early indicator. It is suggested to do these exercises for 30 minutes a day for good health.
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Swimming for Non-Swimmers (Short Story)
Melanie hugged her pool noodle and desperately thought, Please don’t see me. Please don’t see me. Please don’t see me. After a day full of algebra and chemistry, her two worst subjects, was it too much to ask that the one guy she was seriously crushing on didn’t see her in the “Swimming for Non-swimmers” class?
Of course it was.
Brycen Stanton walked down the bleachers from the locker rooms in nothing but his red swim trunks, sat on his life guard tower of coolness, and inevitably, his maple brown eyes fell on her pool-water blue ones.
Her grasp on the pool noodle loosened as she reflex-smiled toward him, but at the slightest sensation of sinking, she tightened her grip. Oh, how she hated the thought of drowning, a thought that plagued her every two minutes in swim class, but if Brycen’s rich eyes were the last things she saw, then what a way to go!
Melanie shifted her gaze back to her teacher, Debra, who was only a year older than she was and flaunted her skills by treading water in front of them as she taught.
“Eyes on me!” Debra called out.
Melanie rolled her eyes. Did Debra have to talk to them like toddlers just because they had toddler level swim skills?
“I know a lot of you are scared, but hey, good job signing up for a class that will help you overcome your fear of the water!”
Melanie clutched her pool noodle and wished she had grabbed two of them like the girl floating next to her.
Debra continued, “We’ll start simple. Today, I want everyone to practice sticking their face in the water and blowing bubbles, like this.”
Just the thought of doing what Debra was currently doing horrified Melanie. She even had nightmares of bobbing for apples. How could she do this? Was there a straw she could blow into instead?
Before long, Debra swam over to the edge of the pool closest to the life guard tower and climbed out. “Okay, everyone,” she called to the class. “Just keep practicing your bubbles for a few more minutes before we move on.”
Melanie watched as the eight others in the class stared at the water. Only two of them actually stuck their faces in. The rest of them were mumbling things like, “She can’t make me stick my face in there” and “I’m not gonna ruin my contact lenses for this.” Then there was the one girl who frantically yelled, “Don’t do it!” whenever anyone else looked like they might actually try it.
Melanie looked around and waited for the right moment. She kicked with her pool noodle over to where Debra was talking with Brycen. Melanie pretended to stick her face in the water as she tilted her ear to listen in on their conversation.
“Swimming for Non-Swimmers? Now that’s funny!”
Melanie cringed at Brycen’s sarcastic tone. It wasn’t her favorite title for a class either. What did it even mean? Swimming for people who were good at not swimming? Swimming for people who had no business being in the water?
“I know, right?” answered Debra. “I mean, who waits till high school to learn how to swim?”
Melanie thought about getting out and telling them all about how she had tried to learn when she was little, how her first swim teacher had freaked her out by letting her pet pit bull wander around the pool during lessons. But Melanie didn’t want that to be the subject of the first real conversation she had with Brycen. Instead, she just wished that there were more useful classes she could take like “Dating for Non-Daters” or “Flirting for Non-Flirters.”
Melanie was about to dunk her face in the water just to hide her embarrassment when suddenly she heard screaming.
“Bee! Ah, there’s a bee!” Debra was flailing her arms around her head wildly. “Where’d it go? It’s following me!” Debra stepped around chaotically. A tiny bee had somehow found its way inside the school’s indoor pool and was circling Debra’s head.
“Now, just stay calm.” Brycen was climbing down from his tower when Debra simultaneously pulled on his arm and slipped on the slick tiles, sending them both careening into the water.
Melanie watched with wide eyes as Brycen fell right toward her. She barely had a chance to suck in a breath of air before Brycen collided with her, muscles and all, freeing her noodle and pushing her under.
The impact was sudden, and the world rolled around her. She kept her eyes shut tight but could feel Brycen right next to her. The pressure around her head pulsed with her heartbeat but was softer than she expected. She risked a glance and saw red swim trunks and legs kicking in the crystal blue.
So this is life underwater, Melanie thought. Funny how there was no panic, no hyperventilating. Just watery echoes. And Brycen. Now with his arm around her, pulling her up from behind.
When Brycen got her above water, she closed her eyes and rested her head against his arm. She thought about playing dead and getting a little mouth to mouth. She had seen it work in movies, but she had also seen it go wrong. Instead, she just smiled at his touch.
From across the pool, Debra was coughing and cursing, her swim students forgotten.
Brycen pulled Melanie to the steps and sat next to her, keeping his arm around her shoulder. “I am so sorry. Are you okay?”
Melanie loved seeing the concern in his eyes. For her. She had been close to drowning, but there was Brycen, and suddenly, she laughed, a contagious, bubbly laugh, and soon his eyes relaxed and he laughed too.
“Hey, you seem pretty cool. Let me take you to lunch when class is over. You know, to make it up to you.”
“Ok,” Melanie breathed out. So this is Swimming for Non-Swimmers. I could get used to this.
NaNoWriMo Conclusions
NaNoWriMo Update
NaNoWriMo Time! I'm Totally In!
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E3 S1
S1, E4 The Big Mo
Original Air Date: Feb 7, 2016
The fourth episode goes inside the Iowa fallout and the momentum leading into New Hampshire's primary. Who's got it? Who doesn't? And how can the Clinton and Trump campaigns pick up the pace to beat back the surge of Sanders and Cruz?
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Sneak Peek: Jeanette Rubio: Raising 4 Children During Campaign
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Sneak Peek: New Hampshire is Clinton Country
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Sneak Peek: Chris Christie: The Best Brawler in Politics
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Sneak Peek: The Big Mo: Cruz, Rubio, & Sanders
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Adult Content, Adult Language
With a seismic shift in the White House, can a new administration heal a deeply divided and distrustful nation? The Circus brings its unique blend of nuanced perspective and behind-the-scenes access to making sense out of the battles that lie ahead.
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‘Trump Is Pleased to Watch Us Suffer’ — Scenes From the President’s Kurdish Betrayal
The U.S. allies who battled ISIS and kept the peace in a war-torn region are left with no help and a lost homeland
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America’s Longest War Takes a Deadly New Turn
The Betrayal of the Kurds
Syrians bury Syrian Democratic Forces fighters killed fighting Turkish advance in the Syrian town of Qamishli, Turkey's military says it has captured a key Syrian border town Ras al-Ayn under heavy bombardment in its most significant gain as its offensive against Kurdish fighters presses into its fourth day Qamishli, Syria - 12 Oct 2019
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Renas Zuber lights another cigarette as the carnage plays out on TV.
Two days after a temporary cease-fire was called on the Turkish invasion into northern Syria, civilians are under siege in the border town of Serekaniye. Cellphone footage looping onscreen shows a man writhing on the ground in a tangle of ashen bodies and limbs after a mortar strike. Chaotic scenes flash from a hospital as the wounded are rushed in, trailing blood. Another clip shows a convoy of U.S. forces pulling out of the region.
“Trump is pleased to watch us suffer like this,” Zuber, a Kurdish border officer, vents in disgust. “We expected the Americans would leave one day, but not this way.”
The Kurds have been die-hard allies to the U.S. in the fight against ISIS, clearing one-third of Syria at a cost of more than 11,000 lives. But following a late-night October 6th phone call with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President Trump ordered U.S. troops to withdraw from Kurdish-controlled territory, effectively greenlighting a Turkish invasion, code named “Operation Peace Spring.” As U.S. special forces abandoned their outposts, the world’s ninth most powerful military unleashed swift and brutal force that crushed Kurdish defenses and uprooted more than 300,000 people in a matter of days. The security vacuum is already being exploited by dormant ISIS fighters, fueling fears of a resurgence. And after years of fighting that have cost more than 1,000 lives and billions of dollars, U.S. influence is at a nadir. Russia has emerged as the chief powerbroker in Syria and as an ascendant force in the Middle East.
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Betrayal of the Kurds has been called an American tradition — having happened, by some counts, eight times over the past 100 years. But Zuber, like most of our Kurdish hosts, understands that many U.S. soldiers and politicians were “very angry” that Trump had so abruptly forsaken them. “We know this decision comes from the man at the top,” Zuber tells us. We met him shortly after entering the conflict zone in late October, at the outset of a four-day trip to gauge the blowback of the U.S. withdrawal. Kurds had pelted exiting American convoys with rocks and vegetables, a surreal turn of events that was likened to the fall of Saigon.
Trump’s about-face brought a bitter end to Rojava, the 19,000-square-mile swath of Kurdish-controlled territory that grew to symbolize much more. The name does not exist on any formal map, but for a long persecuted ethnic minority, denied a state of their own and divided among four hostile countries, the autonomous enclave was a short-lived, if imperfect, attempt to seed democracy that championed pluralism, self-governance, and women’s rights, under the protection of the largely Kurdish Syrian Defense Forces.
The dream was destined to end. Turkey has always viewed the SDF’s core fighting force, the People’s Protection Units, or YPG, as an extension of the PKK insurgency it has battled for 35 years, and considers it a terrorist organization (even though Kurds in Syria have not attacked across the border in years). By launching an invasion, Erdogan sought to rally the electorate around a unifying narrative of an existential threat, with no quarter for civilians who stood in the way.
At the Salam (Peace) Hospital in Qamishli, the de facto capital of the Kurdish-held region, I meet a Syriac Christian couple whose home and shop were leveled by Turkish-army shells. Juliet Nicola is recovering from surgery after sustaining near-fatal shrapnel injuries to her stomach and back. “The doctors say she may never walk again,” says her husband, Fadi. A separate ward houses 8-year-old girl Sara Yousef, who lost her right leg. She also lost her 15-year-old brother, Mohammad, who was killed in the fighting. At a clinic in Hasakah City, children are being treated for what appear to be burns from white phosphorus, a highly flammable chemical banned for use in densely populated areas. As fighting raged on, Amnesty International declared that summary killings and attacks against non-combatants committed by Turkey and its proxies constituted war crimes.
SDF fighters dug in to stanch the advance of Turkish-backed ground forces. But they were outnumbered and outgunned, and battlefield losses were multiplying fast. South of the M-4 highway, we join a funeral cortege for Marwan Khalif, a 27-year-old volunteer who was killed several days before in Serekaniye. The 20-van caravan wends its way through barren plains and mud-brick Arab villages that U.S.-backed Kurdish forces had fought tooth and nail to liberate from ISIS. Young men line the roadside to pay their respects, flanked by crumbling walls and religious shrines left in ruin by the jihadists.
A crowd of several hundred is waiting at the martyr’s cemetery in Tell Hamis, a mostly Arab community about 25 miles south of Qamishli. Thirty-six marble headstones honoring those killed in Deir Ezzour, Baghouz, and Raqqa — major battles against ISIS — sit beside a dozen fresh dirt mounds with casualties from the fight against Turkey. Dour men and women gather around as Khalif is laid to rest and, after a short prayer, hastily covered with earth. At least two more bodies are due to be interred the next day.
“We will give 100,000 more lives,” Ahmed Abawi, the cemetery manager, responds when asked how deep support for the Kurds ran in the predominantly Arab community. “In this graveyard there are Arabs, Kurds, Syrians — they all fought together like brothers,” he says. Ethnic groups have coexisted in the area for centuries, he notes. ISIS was able to exploit grinding poverty and low education; Bashar Assad’s Syrian regime had tried to sew divisions, only to abandon them to ISIS extremists. “The Kurds,” he says, “fought and died for us.”
Although Tell Hemis is south of the 20-mile-deep, 300-mile-wide “safe zone” demanded by Turkey, Abawi and other locals worry the security vacuum left by the Kurds pulling back will embolden ISIS fighters who are active in villages along the Syria-Iraq border to assassinate tribal leaders who refused to cooperate. The area is still awash in guns and explosives. An October 11th car bomb in Qamishli had killed five people, and social media blasts from local ISIS recruiters saying, “We are coming back!” did little to calm nerves. “These sleeper cells will never allow us to live in peace,” says Jabr Al-Salmo, an Arab school teacher in Tell Hemis.
U.S. officials estimate there are as many as 18,000 ISIS fighters at-large in Iraq and Syria. Another 12,000 from some 50 nationalities are being held in Kurdish prisons where control has become increasingly tenuous.
A Kurdish intelligence official tells me that overflow from the prisons are held in schools and offices, and that all ISIS prisoners have been relocated further south from the Turkish-occupied zone. “We are protecting not just for Europe but all the world,” he says, “but our biggest priority is fighting against Turkey and protection of our nation.” Half of the personnel guarding ISIS prisoners have been pulled away since the invasion began. He warns, “If Turkey continues to attack, for sure many more [prisoners] will escape.”
A creeping sense of dread as the cease-fire sets to expire gives way to another wave of uncertainty. After six hours of talks earlier this month, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Erdogan announced a deal that would irrevocably shift the balance of power in Syria. Turkey got the annexation of Kurdish land it wanted. And over the next 120 hours, Russian and Syrian forces would deploy along the border and begin joint patrols to ensure SDF forces pulled out.
Qamishli is exempted from the patrols, but in the morning its streets are quiet and shop fronts shuttered. The only trace of the YPG are martyr’s memorials. Pockets of Syrian regime soldiers have been posted around the city since the Kurds took charge, but they are confined to sandbagged barracks. The new deal has left everyone unsure if Assad’s forces will push outward and assert themselves. A midday car bombing adds to the confusion.
Reliable information is scant, the ground dynamics fluid. Russians and Syrians are due to assume control of points along the Syria-Turkey border, but will this include the Semelka crossing, the lone exit point into Iraqi Kurdistan. SDF authorities make assurances the border will stay open. But in the new state of play, what leverage do they have? Kurdish forces are withdrawing, and so do we.
The drive out is bleak. Some SDF checkpoints are totally empty, others guarded by a few holdouts. Oil pumps creak away on the gray horizon, the air tinged with acrid smoke from makeshift refineries (part of an aging infrastructure that, in a cynical twist, Trump will soon redeploy U.S. forces to protect). Flatbed trucks full of families fleeing east queue at gas stations. Those without transport wait roadside for a ride, clutching what they can carry: infants, bedrolls, plastic bags of clothes.
Our driver, Abdulrahman, is torn between getting us to the border and getting back to his wife and two children; he is fearful the regime will seize the moment to expand its presence. Back in 2008, he had spent 14 months in a prison for lighting a bonfire on the Naw Ruz holiday, disregarding a regime prohibition against celebrations. When fighting broke out in his native Aleppo, he had joined a Kurdish protection unit, and went on to fight more than three years to beat back ISIS, losing some 30 friends along the way. “Nowhere is safe for the Kurds,” he says. “If the racist regime comes back, they won’t allow us to breathe.”
“The world has sold us out again,” he adds. “Trump is a businessman who deals with the blood of nations.”
In This Article: Donald Trump, Iraq, Kurds, Syria
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Travelodge Manchester Salford Quays
18 Markendale Place
Salford Greater Manchester M5 3GW
A solid performance from one of the world's most affordable budget brands. Located just a few minutes from Salford Quays, the Lowry Theatre and the Oasis Academy.
Travelodge must have sorely disappointed not to have grabbed a waterfront location. That privelege has gone to the likes of the Premier Inn and the Holiday Inn Express - both sitting snugly (and no doubt smugly) in the Central bay of Manchester's historic quays.
The good news is that its location is just as practical as its even closer to the city centre and attractions like the Museum of Science and Industry, Ordsall Hall Museum and the UKMediaCity Oasis Academy - which is perfect if you're attending shows and events. The mighty Old Trafford and the Lancashire County Cricket Ground are also just a short walk away too.
Travelodge are one of the world's leading 'motel' brands. They might be a bit short on perks and luxuries but they perform solidly where the basic essentials are concerned.
All guest rooms feature the brand's special Dreamer Bed by Sleepeezee featuring a 958 pocket sprung mattress cosy 10.5 tog duvet and four plump pillows so you can be sure of a great nights sleep. And of course, there's full double-glazing.
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Well located for shows at the Oasis Academy, Lowry Theatre and MediaCityUK
One of the cheapest central hotels in Salford
The hotel has 297 chargeable car parking spaces shared with Morrisons Supermarket on Phoebe Stree
Just 10 minutes walk from Old Trafford
Travelodge Manchester Salford Quays reviewed by Room4u ©
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Beck - Hyperspaces
Hyperspace will be Beck’s 14th album, following 2017’s Colors, which won Best Alternative Music Album and Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical at the 61st GRAMMY Awards earlier this year.
2014’s Morning Phase also won Album of the Year, Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical and Best Rock Album.
This album features production credits from Pharrell Williams, Cole M.G.N., Greg Kurstin and Paul Epworth.
1. Hyperlife
2. Uneventful Days
3. Saw Lightning
4. Die Waiting
5. Chemical
6. See Through
7. Hyperspace
8. Stratosphere
9. Dark Places
10. Star
11. Everlasting Nothing
Artist: Beck
Label: Virgin/EMI
Genre: Indie & Alternative
Cat Number: 7769250
Released: 22nd November 2019
Indie exclusive metallic silver coloured 180 gram vinyl in a gatefold sleeve. Includes MP3 Download Code.
Click here to be notified by email when Beck - Hyperspaces becomes available.
Category: Indie & Alternative (New Vinyl)
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Nordic Museum’s grand Fjord Hall. Courtesy the Nordic Museum
An Ocean Away
While it may look the part, the Nordic Museum feels hollow.
by Seth Sommerfeld
Wednesday, May 16, 2018 1:30am
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The new Nordic Museum feels like a killer place to hold a fundraiser.
Upon entering the building, visitors are deposited in the undeniably impressive Fjord Hall. Near its beginning, a massive wall-sized map of the Nordic countries sets the stage for what the museum holds. As one wanders further along Fjord Hall’s slight-right curvature, glass birds hang overhead (along with four crossing walkways) and light pours in from above and the large windows at either end. It’s a gorgeous hallway that stands out among the interior architecture of Seattle museums … but it’s a hallway. Architecture is just a shell, it needs to be filled with substance.
The Nordic Museum is a complete departure from its former incarnation. The Nordic Heritage Museum was completely nondescript, tucked away in the red brick confines of the former Daniel Webster Elementary School in residential Ballard. Within its converted walls, visitors walked through mildly claustrophobic spaces that took them on the journey of the Nordic people from their homelands through the immigration process to the industries they built in Seattle. With strange wooden figures in some structures, it was unintentionally campy in a charming way, almost like walking through an old-school Disneyland animatronic ride (but with way more info and zero robots). Information-dense, it felt like a large-scale community project created by Nordic immigrants wanting to preserve their history and have a place to show it off to their grandkids. It definitely did not feel like a state-of-the-art museum.
None of that sentimentality carries over to the Nordic Museum. In comparison to its predecessor, everything feels sparse. The artifacts are now mostly confined to two second-floor galleries—one dedicated to the Nordic region and the other to Nordic Americans. Instead of walking through segments of culture—fishing, boating, etc.—they’re just plainly displayed in standard case-and-object layouts. A Nordic Orientation Gallery gives a cursory overview of each Nordic country—with items from each laid out in a very visually pleasing manner behind a wall-length glass display case—but there’s nothing for a visitor to sink their teeth into. A space for visiting exhibits currently hosts “Northern Exposure,” a contemporary Nordic art exhibit, a sort of hodgepodge show highlighting the diversity of artistic styles in the region. Despite a few standouts (like Finnish artist Kim Simonsson’s soft green wild-child sculpture Shaman Mossgirl With Birdhouse), the thematic pull never reaches beyond “Look at this cool stuff.”
The Sense of Place Gallery. Courtesy the Nordic Museum
There are certainly positive aspects of the new Nordic Museum, and it would be reductive to treat it as a finished product. The Sense of Place Gallery is the one spot in the museum with a truly homey vibe. Like the Nordic Heritage Museum, it is slightly cutesy, but it works. The gallery consists of a little woodsy viewing area—with treelike pillars and fake stones for seating—where majestic scenes of the Nordic countryside are projected. There’s such a sincere, calming zen to the place—like faux forest bathing. Placing the Nordic Spirit, a mid-1800s fishing boat, in a nice green courtyard space of the East Garden is a clear aesthetic upgrade over having it plopped in front of the entrance in the Nordic Heritage Museum’s parking lot. And as a host of opening weekend events—including a series of concerts in the Great Hall—demonstrated, if engaged properly and consistently, the Nordic Museum could become an interesting communal hub.
Ultimately, the issue is the space’s character. The Nordic Heritage Museum wasn’t sleek. It felt like a Ma-and-Pa operation built on a love of history and heritage. It was proud, but exuded a sense of Nordic modesty that’s easily identifiable for anyone who’s traveled to these countries. (I’m Norwegian to the point of having attended family reunions over there, so I know the sensibility). The new Nordic Museum feels like an embodiment of new Seattle—far sleeker than the previous iteration, but lacking the same substantive depth of personality. It’s the fancy new restaurant on the lower level of the high-rise that was built where the neighborhood dive bar used to sit. Sure, the food might be good, but the vibes can’t compare.
ssommerfeld@seattleweekly.com
Part of the Nordic Museum’s section on immigration. Courtesy the Nordic Museum
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The Curious Bartender's Guide to Gin
How to appreciate gin from still to serve
Part of The Curious Bartender
By Tristan Stephenson
Join the gin craze with this captivating introduction to the world of gin, plus recipes for perfect gin cocktails, brought to you by award-winning bartender and bestselling author Tristan Stephenson.
"I found it hard to stay put while reading; I constantly wanted to leap up and strike out for a liquor store to test my new knowledge." Review of The Curious Bartender's Gin Palace, The Wall Street Journal.
Discover the extraordinary journey that gin has taken, from its origins in the Middle Ages as the herbal medicine “genever” to gin’s commercialization. From the dark days of the Gin Craze in mid 18th Century London to the golden age that it is now experiencing.
In the last few years, hundreds of distilleries and micro-distilleries have cropped up all over the world, producing superb craft products infused with remarkable new blends of botanicals. In this book, you’ll be at the cutting-edge of the most exciting developments, uncovering the alchemy of the gin production process, and the science. Follow Tristan's expertly honed recipes to enjoy a Classic Martini, Negroni, Gimlet, Aviation, Martinez and Singapore Sling at home.
Tristan Stephenson
Tristan Stephenson is renowned as one of the leading experts in the bar community on cocktail science and molecular mixology. In 2005 he set up the bar at Jamie Oliver's Fifteen Cornwall, before taking on a role as Brand Ambassador for the Reserve Brands Group in 2007, training bartenders at some of the highest regarded bars and restaurants in the UK, including The Ritz. In 2009 he co-founded Fluid Movement, a breakthrough consultancy company for the drinks industry which lead to the opening of his London bars Purl, The Worship Street Whistling Shop and Black Rock. Tristan makes TV appearances, is a contributor to print and online drinks publications and a judge at international spirit competitions. He is the author of the bestselling The Curious Bartender: The Artistry & Alchemy of Creating the Perfect Cocktail; the following books in the Curious Bartender series: An Odyssey of Malt, Bourbon & Rye Whiskies; Gin Palace; and Rum Revolution.
Publisher: Ryland Peters & Small (September 11, 2018)
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The Rev. Dr. Lynn Wymann Anderson, recently of Holyoke, Massachusetts and former interim pastor in Connecticut, pass away on July 1. Lynn was the father of Rev. Eric Anderson, pastor of Church of the Holy Cross in Hilo, HA, and former Associate Conference Minister for Proclamation, Identity, and Communication for the Connecticut Conference.
Lynn is survived by his wife Shirley Anderson, his son Eric, his son Christopher and daughter-in-law Linda Reeder of New Haven, CT; two grandchildren, Brendan Anderson of Boston, MA and Rebekah Anderson, soon of New York City; his sister, Carol Whalen and brother-in-law John Whalen of Westfield, MA; and several nephews and nieces.
Lynn was a long-time resident of Rockville and a teacher at Rockville High School. After his retirement, Lynn completed seminary and in 1997 was ordained in the United church of Christ. He served as interim pastor at churches in Union, Wallingford, and West Woodstock. After 10 years, Lynn retired from interim ministry but continued to serve as a supply preachers for several churches.
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Basketball Fiji have announced their training pools for the Pacific Games in Samoa in July.
Men's Basketball Given Wildcard Entry
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Sustainable Economic Activity a Need
The Solomon Islands People’s First Party West Guadalcanal candidate Ms. Selina Berah wants to know where the millions of dollars spent in the area have gone.
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How Will Women Fare in Elections?
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NZ and Fiji Commits to Stronger Relationship
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Solomon Trader Leaking Oil
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Man Arrested for Electoral Offence
Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) National Criminal Investigation Division (NCID) arrested a 50-year-old man for allegations instituted under the Electoral Act.
Honiara Nomination Centers Open
The Solomon Islands Electoral Commission (SIEC) has formalized arrangements for the opening of nomination centers in Honiara.
Police Finalize Operational Plans for Elections
Provincial Police Commanders (PPC) throughout Solomon Islands are in Honiara to finalize its preparations for the upcoming National General Election (NGE) on 3rd April 2019.
Japanese WW2 Wreck Found
The first Japanese battleship sunk by US forces during World War II has been found off Guadalcanal, the largest island of the Solomon Islands and the location of fierce battles during the Pacific War.
‘Imperialist’ Citizenship Idea Sparks Spat
Tensions have flared up between Australia and its Pacific neighbours over the future – or lack of it – for small island states as sea levels rise.
Urgent Call for Border Posts
Bougainville Minister for Police, Correctional Services and Justice, Willie Masiu, has called on the national government to fast-track the establishment of the border post along the Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands border.
Solomon Islands Out of U-17 World Cup
The Oceania Football Confederation has found the Solomon Islands Football Federation breached regulations during a 2018 tournament and has effectively thrown the country out of this year's Under-17 World Cup.
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Maleai Incident Under Investigation
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Groundbreaking Ceremony for Cable Project
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Stainless steel tubing (or SS tubing for short) is a popular metal form used in a broad range of industries. As hollow, cylindrical forms, stainless steel tubing or pipes work perfectly as both stand-alone channels through which fluids (gases and liquids) can pass and as parts of larger equipment or systems. Read More…
Stainless Steel Tubing Stainless steel tubing (or SS tubing for short) is a popular metal form used in a broad range of industries. As hollow, cylindrical forms, stainless steel tubing or pipes work perfectly as both stand-alone channels through which fluids (gases and liquids) can pass and as parts of larger equipment or systems.
Cada Stainless & Alloys
Chester, NY | 845-469-3899
Cada Stainless & Alloys has the stainless steel tubing that you need. We also specialize in the supply of stainless steel strips and coils, providing many finishing options, processing options, and other customization options.
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Freeport, TX | 774-230-4932, 979-415-0254
At Bison Stainless Tube, it is our mission to be your number one choice for stainless steel tubing products and services. We offer hypodermic tubing, metric tubing, medical tubing, stainless steel pipe, and more. When you work with Bison Stainless Tube, you choose consistent quality, on-time delivery, competitive pricing, and a team of knowledgeable professionals who are committed to meeting your needs. We are ISO 9001:2015 certified.
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Pompton Plains, NJ | 800-838-1978
Our company may have started small, but we quickly grew to handle the largest aluminum orders. Our metals are made from the highest quality materials, and we pledge to offer superior service to all our customers. We don’t want customers who use us one time, we want to establish lifelong relationships with customers that last generations. Contact us for more info!
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metalmen supplies polished and mill finished Stainless Steel tube and pipe. We have access to unique inventories and have well-worn relationships with mills and custom producers. Our broad experience enables us to address most every supply challenge. Call us for prompt quotes and on-time deliveries.
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Monroe Township, NJ | 609-860-5666
Stainless Tubular Products maintains an immense inventory of stainless steel tubing--with an expert sales staff to help find just the right products for your application at very competitive prices. Try the nation's largest and most diversified stock of a wide range of products in various shapes, plus in-house production and polishing for custom cut and finish.
Superior Tube Company, Inc.
Collegeville, PA | 610-489-5200
Superior Tube manufacturers precision, small diameter thin wall tubing in a range of high-performance stainless steel, nickel, titanium and zirconium alloys. We the expertise to engineer custom-made seamless and welded and drawn (Weldrawn®) tubes up to 1.25” (31.75mm) outside diameter. Our tubes are used in critical applications in demanding markets including Nuclear, Medical, Defense, Aerospace, Energy and Oil and Gas.
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While the terms tubes and pipes are often used interchangeably, technical differences exist between them. While all stainless-steel piping can be considered tubing, the reverse is not true; not all stainless-steel tubing can be considered piping. A tube can be defined as a long, hollow enclosure primarily made for some structural function. Broadly, a pipe can be considered a particular type of cylindrical tube. (All rounded tubes are not necessarily pipes.) However, tubes and pipes are most clearly distinguished by their applications rather than by specific structural features.
Generally speaking, tubes are distinguished by characteristics including more precise engineering requirements or tighter manufacturing tolerances than pipes, they are often square or rectangular, they are typically measured according to their external diameter, they can be produced by both hot working and cold working methods, and they are generally used for some type of structural support or application.
In contrast, pipes are generally distinguished in general by a different set of characteristics including almost always being rounded or circular, they are typically measured according to their internal diameter, they are usually made from hot rolled, black steel, and are almost always chosen over tubes for applications where transmission of a substance is required (e.g. transmission of gas or water in the pipe fitting and plumbing industries).
The contrast between tubes and pipes can be sharpened by juxtaposing round tubes and pipes. A 2-inch round tube will have an external diameter of 2 inches and most likely be used in a structural application. However, a 2-inch pipe will have an internal diameter of 2 inches and most likely be used to enable liquid flow.
Even though tubes and pipes technically differ, piping will be discussed in this article alongside steel tubing since piping comprises a large portion of general steel tubing usage. The close relationship between tubing and piping can be illustrated by a brief sketch of the overall history of steel tubing.
From the earliest times, civilizations have created tubing systems to transport necessary materials. The ancient Egyptians, Chinese, and Greeks all invented rudimentary forms of piping to transport resources like water. (In China, piping was used to transport natural gas for lighting purposes.) Materials used for these early forms of piping included copper (Egypt), bamboo (China), clay, stone, and bronze (Greece). In the first century, some European pipes began to be formed from lead. While not true pipes, the aqueducts built by the Romans and Persians are more well-known examples of early tubing/piping systems. In the early modern era, Boston witnessed an early example of waterworks (1652) which used hollow logs for “piping.” Later in American history, redwood trees were used for similar purposes in the West. Ironically, redwood outperformed metal pipes in terms of resistance qualities (e.g. to fungi, corrosion, etc.). Although piping for fluid transport was the main use of pre-industrial metal tubing, it was not the sole use. From the start of the modern era, metal “tubes” played a critical role in the firearms industries for muskets and cannons.
Metal tubing began to mature with the advent of the Industrial Revolution. The origin of steel tubing as we know it today can be back traced to Scottish engineer William Murdock, who used discarded musket barrels to form a coal lamp system for London in 1815. The success of his system spurred the need for improved metal tubing. In the middle of the nineteenth century, the steel industry received a boost from the appearance of the Bessemer process; by the 1870s, industrial rolling mills commonly formed pre-cut iron and steel into tubes. Since most of these century metal tubes were welded together, however, they suffered from coming apart after prolonged stress.
Since 1840, seamless tubes were produced – albeit inefficiently – by a process that involved drilling a hole in round billet and drawing the billet through some dies. In 1888, the production of seamless steel tubes was improved by casting the billet around a fireproof core. The invention and growth of stainless steel in the following century (1912 and onward) was another important development for steel tubing overall. Today, metal tubing and piping continues to play important structural and transport roles throughout industrial civilizations.
As alluded to earlier, tubing and piping can often be distinguished by their respective materials of composition. Piping is often made from carbon steel or low alloy steel, while tubing is often made from stainless or mild steel, aluminum, copper, and brass.
Stainless steel is particularly valued for tubing because of its corrosion resistance (its most important quality), temperature resistance, strength, and smooth, crack-free surface. When making stainless steel tubing, manufacturers have a number of stainless steel alloys at their disposal from which to choose. The most commonly used ones include 304 stainless steel and 316 stainless steel. These types are popular because they are low-maintenance, easy to clean, and resistant to corrosion. Although the initial costs of stainless steel tubing can be higher than those associated with other metals (aside from titanium), such tubing often pays off in the long term because its replacement and maintenance costs are so low.
Stainless steel tubing and piping can be fabricated in a number of ways. A steel tube’s production process depends mostly on whether it is a welded tube or seamless tube. Welded steel tubes are formed by forcing and sealing edges of processed raw steel together; seamless steel tubes are formed by stretching or drawing methods.
To weld stainless steel into a pipe, a manufacturer begins with a set of hot-rolled or cold-rolled steel tube coils, or strips. These coils are then passed through sets of grooved rollers in order to assume a rounded, tubular shape. Next, welding electrodes heat the processed coils and fuse them together along a seam through electrical resistance welding. Typically, welding residue must be removed (both internally and externally) before the tube is reduced in size by two more (semicircular) rollers and assumes it final dimensions. Two of the main advantages of the welding process are that it accomplishes high degrees of precision and that it does not require secondary processes.
For seamless tubing and pipes, manufacturers turn to a process much like extrusion called drawing. Basic hot metal extrusion employs high heat and a die through which molten metal is forced. Drawing, on the other hand, involves manufacturers taking a solid stainless-steel billet and using tensile force to stretch, or draw, the billet over a bullet-shaped piercing rod. In this way, manufacturers are able to create a hollow, regularly-shaped shell free of seams. (Drawing is usually performed at room temperature, but it can be done at elevated temperatures in order to reduce stress on hollow sections.) The seamless tube production process is completed at a reducing mill, where the tube is temporarily modified to an oval shape (for finishing purposes) before being properly reshaped by a rotary sizer. Perhaps the largest advantage of seamless stainless-steel tubing and piping is the fact that it is much less likely to split and can therefore withstand much higher amounts of pressure.
This method (also known as metal turning or spin forming) involves rotating a flat round disc of sheet metal on a spinning CNC lathe. Metal spinning offers low production costs and reduced material waste. Unfortunately, though, it is a process that is limited to the production of concentric shapes.
Types and Customizations
The success of stainless steel tubing has led to the creation of many variations. One highly variable characteristic of stainless steel tubing and piping is its size. Generally speaking, pipes are larger than tubes (since size is often more important in transport applications than structural ones). Tubes can be found in very small diameter applications; among the smallest such applications are hypodermic tubing (needles and syringes), which usually range from .002” to .239” on the inside and .005” to .259” on the outside. (Tubes of this size have their own gauge sizes, which are based on the inside and outside diameter of the tubes, rather than their wall thickness and outside diameter.)
The fundamental categories of welded stainless-steel pipe and seamless stainless-steel pipe have already been noted. (Welded tubing/piping can also be called electric resistance welded, or ERW, tubing.) Other types of notable types of stainless steel tubing include stainless steel square tubing (a pressure resistant alternative to traditionally round-shaped tubing) and corrugated stainless steel tubing (which is flexible and features a PVC outer layer).
Although not strictly a type of tubing, pipe fittings are attachments that allow for a variety of connections, such as those between standard tubes, threaded nipple tubes, elbows, tees, and reducers. To keep their contents contained, pipe fittings are topped with plugs and caps.
Tubes are used for incredibly diverse applications. Industries which rely on stainless steel tubing and piping include the automotive, pulp/papermaking, dental, medical, solar, construction, industrial, petrochemical, and semiconductor industries. Applications within these various industries include engine conduits and fuel lines, hydraulic systems, stainless steel hoses, dental implants, braces, medical instruments (like surgical tools and stainless steel hypodermic tubing, which is used to transfer medicine from a bottle into the bloodstream from under the skin), square tube usage (for bar foot railing, display racks, and stepladder assembly), gas heating systems (which use corrugated tubing, composed of an interior layer of stainless steel and an outer layer of PVC), internal factory transport (e.g. of gaseous material from one production area to another), and temporary structural support.
Arguably the most important consideration when searching for a product supplier is the level of customization they are able and willing to provide for your specific needs. Stainless steel tubing has many important characteristics such as length, straightness, cleanliness, surface finish, etc. that a qualified steel tubing supplier should be able to adjust as needed. When selecting a tubing supplier, consider any special options they might offer customers (e.g. flash rolling or special packaging/delivery services).
In addition, factors and choices that should be taken under consideration when ordering custom steel tubing and installing it for your specific application include which stainless steel is best for your application, if you need welded or seamless tubing, and whether tubes or pipes are better in case of connection needs.
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The Flash casts the man (sort of) responsible for Barry Allen's powers
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Jesse L. Martin isn't the only TV veteran set for The CW's Flash series. It's been confirmed that Ed and Royal Pains alumni Tom Cavanagh has also joined the cast. He'll play a character who works very closely with Barry Allen and is inadvertently responsible for making him a speedster.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Cavanagh will play Harrison Wells. He's "described as a rock star in the world of physics. The mind and money behind Central City's S.T.A.R. Labs Particle Accelerator, he becomes a pariah after the lab's explosion, but charts his path to redemption when he discovers that his failed experiment had the unintended consequence of creating the world's fastest man."
The Flash's casting process is almost coming to an end. Martin will play Detective West, while Candice Patton was recently cast as his daughter and Allen's love interest, Iris. There's also Danielle Panabaker as bioengineering expert Caitlin Snow, who may go on to become the villain Killer Frost. Plus Rick Cosnett as Detective Eddie Thawne, who conveniently shares a last name with The Flash's archival Reverse Flash/Professor Zoom.
There's also Carlos Valdes, who'll appear as Cisco Ramon. He's the youngest scientist at S.T.A.R. Labs and also a mechanical engineering genius. He's based on the comic character Paco Ramone, code name Vibe.
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Kangana Ranaut stands up for Anushka Sharma after Sunil Gavaskar’s comments but accuses her of ‘selective feminism’
Kangana Ranaut criticised Sunil Gavaskar for taking Anushka Sharma’s name in his commentary during an Indian Premier League (IPL) match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kings XI Punjab on Thursday. However, Kangana also accused Anushka of ‘selective feminism’.
“#Anushka remained quiet when I was threatened and called Haramkhor but today the same misogyny coming to bite her, I condemn the fact that she was dragged in to cricket by #SunilGavaskar but selective feminism is equally uncool,” she wrote on Twitter.
#Anushka remained quiet when I was threatened and called Haramkhor but today the same misogyny coming to bite her, I condemn the fact that she was dragged in to cricket by #SunilGavaskar but selective feminism is equally uncool.
— Kangana Ranaut (@KanganaTeam) September 25, 2020
Kangana said in a follow-up tweet that Sunil Gavaskar’s comments did not have a sexual connotation but he should not have mentioned Anushka, nevertheless. “Only a sex starved pervert will find sexual context to #SunilGavaskar’s statement which he made on national television for a woman, he should’ve not mentioned her, but Anushka is playing a cricketer in her next and there are several videos of her practising with her husband,” she wrote.
Only a sex starved pervert will find sexual context to #SunilGavaskar’s statement which he made on national television for a woman, he should’ve not mentioned her, but Anushka is playing a cricketer in her next and there are several videos of her practising with her husband.
Earlier this month, Kangana was called a ‘haramkhor ladki’ by Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut after she likened Mumbai to Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. Some of her colleagues from the film industry including Ranvir Shorey, Dia Mirza and Anubhav Sinha came out in support of her and condemned the remarks.
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On Thursday, Sunil Gavaskar, while commenting on Virat Kohli’s batting, had made a reference to Anushka. The former cricketer said that Virat practised only to Anushka’s bowling during the lockdown, referring to a viral video of them playing cricket on their terrace in May, and added that it would do nothing to improve his performance on the field.
Anushka took to Instagram stories to hit back at him for his ‘distasteful’ comments. “That, Mr Gavaskar, your message is distasteful is a fact but I would love for you to explain why you thought of making such a sweeping statement on a wife accusing her for her husband’s game? I’m sure over the years you have respected the private lives of every cricketer while commentating on the game. Don’t you think you should have equal amount of respect for me and us?,” she asked.
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“I’m sure you can have many other words and sentences in your mind to use to comment on my husband’s performance from last night or are your words only relevant if you use my name in the process? It’s 2020 and things still don’t change for me. When will I stop getting dragged into cricket and stop being used to pass sweeping statements? Respected Mr Gavaskar, you are a legend whose name stands tall in this gentleman’s game. Just wanted to tell you what I felt when I heard you say this,” she added.
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Billy Joel / 52nd Street SACD
October 18, 2018 by Paul Sinclairtags: 1970s, billy joel, hi-res, SACD, Surround
Japanese 40th anniversary SACD • 5.1 mix • Lavish packaging
Sony Music in Japan will issue a 40th anniversary edition of Billy Joel‘s album 52nd Street as a multi-channel hybrid SACD (Super Audio CD) which boasts a ludicrously lavish (and satisfyingly geeky) packaging.
Like the recent Miles Davis Bitches Brew SACD edition this features a 5.1 surround sound mix and a stereo version (which is the 2011 remastering by Ted Jensen).
This comes in oversized seven-inch cardboard sleeve packaging and as can be seen from the video above (courtesy of CDJapan) it includes loads of ‘goodies’ such as replica tour programme (in die-cut folder), poster, OBI strips, seven-inch single artwork and more.
Anyone who owns the Miles Davis package (or any of the previous editions) will tell you how good these are. Expensive, but superb. Obviously, you do need an SACD player to access the SACD layer hi-res audio and surround sound (and the latter will require the necessary home cinema-style amplifier and speaker set-up).
This was actually released yesterday in Japan, although if you purchase via Amazon in the UK you’ll have to wait until the end of next week for it (later in the US).
52nd Street - Japanese SACD with 5.1
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1. Big Shot 4:01
2. Honesty 3:50
3. My Life 4:43
4. Zanzibar 5:10
5. Stiletto 4:39
6. Rosalinda’s Eyes 4:40
7. Half a Mile Away 4:06
8. Until the Night 6:35
9. 52nd Street 2:27
44 responses to Billy Joel / 52nd Street SACD
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Heads up everyone….CD Japan has this back in stock. Only 17 left with 1-3 days shipping time…..you can thank me later
Steven Roberts says:
Personally I ordered this from importcds.com. It’s going to come in around the £40 mark with import taxes, though because the taxes are taken upfront I shouldn’t be stung by Royal Mail’s absurd £8 ‘handling fee’ (which has always been a problem for me with items from CDJapan)….
Fingers crossed the success of this release encourages Sony Japan to also release M-Ch SACDs for Piano Man and Turnstiles.
And Bridge Over Troubled Water. And Janis Ian. And….
Mathew Lauren says:
Nice post, Paul. Well done!
I have the original Japanese 5.1 SACD of “52nd Street” (SIGP 1) – sonically similar to ‘01 (Jersey-pressed) U.S. 5.1 of “The Stanger” SACD. I heard the American pressings of “52nd Street” 5.1 SACD weren’t so good. I can’t speak to that. Also, these were BOTH mixed by “Appetite for Destruction” (bonus-songs) 5.1 mix engineer: Frank Filipetti.
The original 5.1 SACD came out on Oct 11th 2001! (Kinda got overlooked here in America). The (Japanese) SIGP 1 (stereo/multi) SACD “52nd Street” is a simple (cd) Jewel Box, numbered and comes with an OBI. I paid many times the m$rp for my “Mint Condition” OOP find (which was allegedly Japanese-mastered (despite what the back-tray print states), many years after the ‘01 release. It sounds very sonically-similar to the ‘01, 5.1 (U.S.) SACD “The Stranger.” This 2018 5.1 SACD 40e “52nd Street” RE (beneath all its wonderful bells and whistles) allegedly utilises the original “reference” 5.1 (‘01 FILIPETTI) mix and is also Japanese-mastered. The SIGP 1 (at least) is a reference 5.1 SACD disc, imho.
When I saw this 5.1 SACD “52nd Street” 40e celebration on the CDJapan website, I checked for ALL 2017-18 Sony 5.1 SACD releases worldwide and found “The Stranger” 5.1 SACD was also RE’d circa 2018, but via the EU – an Austrian pressing. I, also, have this (as mentioned earlier) 2001 Sony U.S. (DADC New Jersey) 5.1 SACD (“The Stranger”), though the SACD back-tray print states: 1999 (as in New Jersey pressed in ‘99) Discogs lists it as ‘01, as does my memory…
As a surround-sound enthusiast-turned-collector, however, once I had the 2018 5.1 RE of one, I had to have the other. “The Stranger” 2018 RE 5.1 SACD just arrived (on the 16th) for about the same price (+/- 10-15%) as the “52nd Street” 40e 5.1 SACD RE, so shop around.
I still can’t believe CDJapan sold out of this item already – save for proxy-purchases. That’s the fastest I’ve ever seen one of their items (including 5.1 SACDs) sell-out. Wow!
I hope this does NOT go unrecognised and that ALL of the (unreleased and even some formerly-released) 5.1-mixes in vaults all over the world see Japanese “DSD-mastering” and 7” mini-lp 5.1 SACD offerings.
More Japanese-mastered & packaged 5.1+ SDE Rock ‘n Roll releases would be welcome, as well, regardless of whether some of these mixes need a “touch-up” or a total re-mix!
My recent, NEW (old stock) Universal Japan-find (4shm-cd / 1 dts 5.1 dvd boxset) “Layla and other Assorted Love Songs” (containing Elliot Scheiner’s 2011 Grammy-winning 5.1 mix) would make an awesome 7” Japanese-mastered mini-lp, 5.1 SACD, SDE!
Back to the 2018, 5.1 SACD of “52nd Street,” don’t fret! It looks like AMAZON will have it for roughly the same price (within 10-15% – delivered), especially if you’re a PRIME MEMBER.
Regardless, $how some love and use the widget from the SDE-site to pre-order or purchase.
Florentino Stabile says:
This item is too incredible to pass up.
I inquired with Amazon UK customer service and I was told that the disc has several layers…. layers that could play in conventional CD as well as SACD.
Ordered mine before they vanish into thin air.
Shawn Huckaby says:
As this is a Sony release, it presumably will be the same 5.1 multichannel mix from their 2001 Columbia (CS 69385) SACD, which is long out of print, and very pricey to find on the secondhand market. I will say it’s a great surround mix, for those who appreciate that kind of thing.
Allan Johansen says:
In short: apart from the technical details, a lot of extra paper but no extra tracks (studio or live), so will pass. Like Neil, I can also recommend CDJapan!
CD Japan is SOLS OUT!!! I got mine did you get yours?
Try OfferUp for an inexpensive SACD and older receiver with the analog inputs. I was bale to get an excellent older Pioneer Elite receiver and SACD player for about $200 combined and they sound excellent.
I’ve got all of these Japanese Sony SACD issues with 7-inch covers: five different Jeff Beck titles (both Jeff Beck Group albums, Beck Bogert & Appice, Blow By Blow, and Wired), Santana Lotus, Carole King Tapestry, and the entire Yes discography from the first album through Rhythm of Love (except the Yesshows double album; they all use the same Japanese remasters as the earlier High Vibrations SACD remasters. Most of all, I treasure the two Japanese 7-inch boxes that were briefly for sale via King Crimson’s website (each 7-inch slipcase box contained four of the 2-disc CD+DVD-A editions of their early catalogue: Box One had In the Court…, Wake of Poseidon, Lizard, and Islands, while Box Two had Larks’ Tongues in Aspic, Starless & Bible Black, Red, and USA…no Earthbound as that had not yet been issued in a deluxe CD+DVD-A standalone).
I’m sure there are others I’m forgetting…anyone know of other Japanese SACD titles in 7-inch covers that have been released? Here’s to Sony for these fun reissues!
SACDs will kill its own market with the rediculous prices being asked.
I was in Hong Kong recently and the official SACDs were going for $70US+!
DVD-Audio did not last long and they were considerably cheaper
Andrew Mogford says:
Any recommendations on a budget SACD player? I used to have a Pioneer that played DVD-A and SACD via analogue outputs but you can’t get an amp with those inputs any more so I have all the gear apart from the actual player that can play SACD via HDMI output. ideally it would be a combo player that can play Blu-rays and other formats too.
OPPO. Very highly respected universal disc player and streamer. Excellent players and their DSD DACs are very good. Maybe not budget but you should be able to pick up a Blu-ray BDP-103 or 105 for reasonable price. If your a bit more flush you could always try to get hold of the 4K UDP-203 or 205.
If you wish to get the optimum sound from your SACDs you should always try to get straight DSD to analogue conversion.
With OPPO you have a variety of options – you can send DSD over HDMI to a pre-amp that supports DSD or convert the DSD to PCM over HDMI or go DSD to analogue on its analogue outputs.
There are plenty of surround pre-amps that take analogue input.
I believe Paul has a UDP-205. So I recon thats a good approval recommendation.
I’m aware of the Oppos and would love one, but sadly with two babies that aint happening any time soon. Got a nice bonus at work, and had it earmarked for one, but the next day our telly packed up! :(
Looking for something more budget…..
Adrian Swatridge says:
You need the Sony UDP X800 4k bluray…excellent SACD and DVD-A sound and much much cheaper. I think the other models may do multichannel audio as well and are even cheaper…less than 200 quid.
RMJ says:
I have an OPPO and have tried several ways to get DSD out of the HDMI port but that is not possible. The reason for that is that DSD is licensed by SONY and they don’t allow for DSD from the player to be funneled through to a pre-amp. The only way that I have been able to get DSD files is through ripping on a Playstation and I believe that SONY has closed that loophole or buy native DSD recordings online. I would love to hear if you are able to get DSD output through HDMI as the only output I have is either optical or PCM in which the local DAC converts it.
Mitchell says:
Sorry to say Oppo is getting out of the disc player business, and they no longer have any units to sell direct. (There may still be some floating around from 3rd party sellers.)
“Though OPPO Digital will gradually stop manufacturing new products, existing products will continue to be supported, warranties will still be valid, and both in-warranty and out-of-warranty repair services will continue to be available. Firmware will continue to be maintained and updates released from time to time. Customers can rest assured that they will continue to receive the high quality service and support that they have come to expect from OPPO Digital.”
Hi R
I’ve not played around with this for a long time but I have just been listening to Elton Johns ‘Honkey Chateau’ in 5.1 with my OPPO BDP-105 set SACD for DSD and HDMI set as bitstream sending this into my Marantz surround amp works fine. Also swapped between DSD and PCM and it works both ways although DSD is better. Even better is listening via the OPPO analogue outputs into the Marantz.
Does you amp/pre-amp support DSD decoding?
Hi Scott.
Yes. I have a dedicated D/A DAC with ability to process DSD files that I have stored on a hard drive.
I am curious how your system can accomplish this and am happy that you can. My oppo has two HDMI outputs and one allows for DSD output but that output is only after it has been converted to PCM. It’s a bummer as what my DAC receives is not DSD.
I will call OPPO to see what they say. Mitchell, I read the sad news this summer. Too bad as they made real solid and good players, amongst others.
Andrew Vizor says:
I’m running Oppo DSD out to Amp, over HDMI. My own amp is a Yamaha, but I’ve installed many systems over the years with players from Sony, Pioneer, Denon, etc into amp from the usual suspects – all running DSD on HDMI. These are just suggestions & I’m sure you’ve tried these… HDMI is a two way connection, the player “asks” the amp what it can/can’t understand, so if the amp doesn’t support DSD, the player won’t send it. Not all amps do DSD, they are few and far between. I have occasionally had issue with a crappy HDMI Lead not being good enough to support DSD Data Rates.
Another common issue is if you have the TV connected to the Amp via HDMI (which I agree you should) the Disc Player “sees” the TV as the destination device – which won’t support DSD, so it won’t send it. I’ve had to disconnect the HDMI to TV, connect TV via analogue, force the disc player into DSD on the amp, then lock settings. Make sense? HDMI really is a bag of worms.
BTW PlayStation mostly doesn’t output DSD over HDMI, it converts to PCM 1st.
Peter Leahy says:
You may have found it already, but the Sony UBP X700 and X800 seem to be going in the range of 185.00 to 349.00 (GBP). They also have a latest manufacture that will play all region Blu-ray and NTSC/PAL all region DVDs as well as SACD. Check those out on Amazon…
Sony. Give me specifics and I’ll give a a model number.
Hey there:
https://www.amazon.com/Sony-UBP-X800-Ultra-Blu-ray-Player/dp/B01N4RCPKO/ref=pd_aw_sbs_504_of_13?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=723JDFWW5P6CPPFP2XAW
I have 2 of these. Now that OPPO is “dead,” wait for the holiday sales. This can be found for under $150 (new).
If that is still too much $$, almost ANYTHING Sony is Blu-ray/SACD. You may like an older, refurbished model or used from Amazon (that carries a warranty of sorts and a liberal return policy) that plays SACD (with the proper AVR) over HDMI, and then the problem is solved.
To restate: 2.0/multi-DSD SACD over HDMI with proper AVR — most (not all) newer, Sony Blu-ray players come with SACD.
*Check first as some budget ‘17 Sony Blu players dropped SACD.
Good Luck. Hope all these suggestions from us (SDE) have helped!
Sorry, but I hate this packaging. Oversized and overloaded with paper stuff in japanese language.
Multiple OBI replicas?
Dave Fearon says:
Sure these look good, especially the Santana Lotus. But currently 123 pounds on Amazon !
In the streaming age its hard to justify paying this money. I am keen to explore more 5.1 mixes as I have only got Jethro Tull and XTC so far. But at least I can buy them at a reasonable price. I see Eye in the Sky bluray has reduced as well so will pick that up. Too many others are only on the Super Deluxe editions pricing many out. Looks self defeating.
Hi Dave Fearon
You can buy Sanatan Lotus for $71.09 US from CDJapan plus shipping :-)
Sammy Waslow says:
I ordered this a month ago from CD Japan, having not ordered anything from them for a while. It’s working out at around €49 (including postage), and I know I’ll get duty charges on top of that, but it was too nice to resist.
In the good old days, most of the major record companies had an import service and they imported titles from various affiliates. Larger quantities to manufacture and therefor cheaper to produce. It would make sense for some titles that are manufactured to follow that route and would make them cheaper available in the local markets. Sounds like a win-win to me. Charles
I purchased the Santana album Lotus in this format. I agree with everyone that the quality of these 7″ releases is outstanding. Although expensive, well worth my Yen.
Pretty fancy package, but since all the swag is in Japanese, pretty pointless to purchase for those reasons.
I really hope that this is the start of a Billy Joel SACD series from Sony Japan. (They have done multiple Jeff Beck titles in this fashion.) Would love to have the original quadraphonic mixes of “Piano Man” & “Turnstiles”.
Amazing packaging… and it even includes an actual disc with the “52nd Street” album
Narendra Kumar Alambara says:
Ordered this from CDJapan in late September – when it was first announced. The 7″ packaging of these releases are awesome – have picked up most of the recent releases – Jeff Beck Albums, Carole King – Tapestry, The Rolling Stones – Satanic Majesties… and of course Miles Davis – Bitches Brew!
From CDJapan
£30 + postage £5 + import duty £6 + Royal Mail handling £8 = £49
Tony O says:
apparently one of the early billy joel albums was the first to be pressed in japan as a commercial release, he mentioned in when in concert in japan.
Normand says:
Yes! Indeed! And the first CD to be released in Europe by CBS in 1984 with a CD manufactured in Japan (DIDP-1). And I still got it! What a disc… One of my first CD purchase in 1984… along with Pipes of Peace (McCartney) and Dark Side of the Moon (Pink Floyd) with CDs also manufactured in Japan at the time. WOW! And all available in Canada! Incredible…
CDJapan are great to deal with and it’s only £30 on there but be prepared to be hit with custom charges. I see this came out on SACD in 1999 and i wonder if it’s just a reissue anyway much like vinyl i have no way to play this and would have preferred Blu-ray audio.
Hi no it’s a newer remix/remaster from 2011 or 2010 if I remember correctly. CD Japan is SOLD OUT as of yesterday
Andre Denis says:
I do not need this Billy Joel but I can indeed recommend this release if you are a fan.
I own of couple of others from this series. They are expensive but made with soooo much care.
The sound and remastering is a pleasure to listen to in stereo but also in surround.
Getting this. If only they’ll give Piano Man the same treatment.
EdwinM says:
I can’t wait for the 2020 50th anniversery edition of Attila
Ordered 2 days ago from a Japanese record store. Fantastic packaging as always from Japanese record labels.
Thomas K says:
Which store?
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Castelli del Duca
"The Castelli del Duca project was born in 1999 from the collaboration between the Medici family, which has been active in the Lambrusco Reggiano area for a long time, and the Consorzio Terre dei Farnese, which includes several important wine houses in the Colli Piacentini. The Consorzio selected the best vineyards for the cultivation of Barbera, Bonarda, Malvasia and Sauvignon, while the Medici took over the sales management of the company. The technical and oenological …
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Safe Pass Expiry Extended
Southsafe–Health & Safety News– April 3, 2020 April 3, 2020
Safe Pass Cards Extended
The Construction Regulations which requires the operators on construction sites to be in possession of a valid Safe Pass has been amended to allow for the COVID-19 Crisis.
Whats the deal
Your safe pass card will remain valid if:
It expired after the 1st March 2020
The COVID-19 Emergency remains in place
See Legal jargon below
S.I No. 102 of 2020 Provides:-
“3. Schedule 4 (as amended by Regulation 4 of the Regulations of 2019) to the Principal Regulations is amended by inserting after paragraph 2 the following paragraphs:
3. Notwithstanding paragraph 2, arising from the cessation of the delivery of the SOLAS Safe Pass training programme during the Covid19 emergency, and for the period of such cessation, where the 4 year period referred to in that paragraph expires after 1 March 2020, the safety awareness registration card concerned shall be regarded as valid.
4. For the purposes of paragraph 3, “Covid-19 emergency” means the situation resulting from the spread in the State of the disease caused by infection with the virus SARS- CoV-2, being a disease specified as an infectious disease in accordance with Regulation 6 of, and the Schedule to, the Infectious Diseases Regulations 1981 (S.I. No. 390 of 1981), or any variant of the disease so specified as an infectious disease in those Regulations.”.
When does this come into effect
The new Statutory Instrument allows the extension of the expiry date of Safe Pass cards for the duration of Covid-19 with immediate effect.
Copy of the amendment below
Safety-Health-and-Welfare-at-Work-Construction-Amendemnt-Regulations-2020-S.I.-No.-102-of-2020-1Download
Safe Pass Courses Suspended
Manual Handling – Abrasive Wheels Online Training
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Southville Inaugurates S.T.A.R. Campus on Sept. 24
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death rate accelerating from previous week
death rate stable/decelerating from previous week
1) 16.72 Alabama
2) 15.99 Arizona
3) 11.77 Pennsylvania
4) 11.26 Mississippi
5) 10.61 West Virginia
6) 10.13 Nevada
7) 9.39 Arkansas
8) 9.25 California
9) 9.01 Tennessee
10) 8.49 New Mexico
6.94 U.S. Average
Total Deaths Per Capita
Per Capita Deaths: States
(Total Deaths per 100,000)
1) 220.89 New Jersey
2) 207.06 New York
3) 202.01 Massachusetts
4) 184.80 Connecticut
5) 184.73 South Dakota
6) 184.17 Mississippi
7) 181.74 Rhode Island
8) 181.23 North Dakota
9) 173.80 Louisiana
10) 158.52 Illinois
118.92 U.S. Average
Per Capita Deaths: Counties
1) 1,351.35 Bethel, AK
2) 842.59 Gove, KS
3) 789.73 Jerauld, SD
4) 648.96 Dickey, ND
5) 633.02 Iron, WI
6) 626.03 Hamlin, SD
7) 620.67 Gregory, SD
8) 608.83 Grant, NE
9) 598.61 Galax, VA
10) 597.51 Hancock, GA
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COVID-19 Data Summaries
As long feared, the country is currently engulfed in regional flare-ups. These are currently concentrated in the MidWest, the Mountain states and parts of the South. However every region and state is experiencing spikes in cases and deaths. The most severely affected are North and South Dakota, which are experiencing death rates matching or exceeding what hit the NorthEast earlier this year.
As has been true for months, the top four states by per capita death are New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts and Connecticut. However, these rankings may begin to shift later this winter. Again, should North and South Dakota continue on their current trajectory they're both on course to set new records here in the U.S.
With the holidays approaching and much of the population disregarding health warnings (or simply believing they're just a liberal hoax), we can expect record hospitalizations over the next few months. The effect of this may be partially balanced by new rerecently-approved treatments. However, it's unlikely that these new treatments will be widespread enough or effective enough to avoid a large eventual death toll.
Cases have been trending up over the past two months, moving around regionally. Currently the Upper Midwest and parts of the South are suffering the most, while the West and NorthEast have had a relative respite.
Death rates have remained relatively stable and much lower than at the peak of the pandemic. However, increases in deaths normally trail increases in new cases. Therefore it's expected that the death rate will move up again in the coming days.
The Northeast remains the most impacted by the pandemic. The top four states, by per capita death, are New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts and Connecticut. But other states are moving into the top 10. In particular, Lousianan, Mississippi and Florida have recently joined the list.
Even mong the hardest-hit states there's a wide disparity in impact. For example, although Florida is ranked 10th in the U.S. in per capita deaths, it's death rate is still just 40% of (1st place) New Jersey. It will be interesting to see if this changes over the coming winter.
New cases have declined over the past few weeks, while the death rate has remained stable. Throughout August the U.S. has averaged about 1,000 deaths per day, while cases have fallen below 50,000 per day.
As expected the virus has remained regional, popping up in some areas and declining in others. In general, areas that were first hit have done better over time. This is particularly true for the Northeast, which is currently holding new cases and deaths to relatively low rates. In contrast, much of the American south is now deep in the throes of the epidemic. Lousiana and Mississippi are doing particularly poorly and have moved into the top 10 most-affected states. Texas and Florida are not far behind.
There are two outliers in the West. The worst is Arizona, which has struggled over an extended period and now ranks 9th nationally in per capita deaths. The other outlier is California, which never fully flattened its curve, particularly in the southern parts of the state. That said, California is currently doing fairly well overall, with a per capita death rate half the U.S. average.
Nationally, 99.3% of all counties have reported local COVID cases. 79.9% of all counties have reported at least one COVID death.
As feared, death rates have reached a national plateau and are trending higher. From a July 4th low of 526 deaths per day, the 7-day moving average of U.S. deaths has increased 45%.
The Northeast has declined to very low rates, whereas California remains stubbornly high and some southern states have spiked. The worst spikes are currently in Arizona, Texas and Florida, but all southern states are suffering elevated deaths. Nationally, 65% of all U.S. counties have seen at least one COVID-19 death.
In addition, cases have soared nationally. On July 17th the U.S. cases increased by over 77,000 - a record. Once again, these increases are predominately in the southern states with Florida being one of the hardest hit. These numbers point to increased deaths in the week to come. It's possible that some regions might seen disastrous casualties due to overwhelmed hospital systems.
As expected, the CFR (Case Fatality Rate) continues to decline. It now stands at 3.78%, far from its high of 5.85% two months ago. This is of course a function of increased testing. Epidemiologists believe the true CFR is probably in the range of 0.5% - 1.2%. Note that if we assume a herd-immunity level of 60%, even a CFR of "merely" 0.5% would result in approximately 950,000 American deaths.
Death rates continue falling across the nation. Daily fatalities are now at the lowest level in months - from the April 24th high, the moving 7-day average has fallen over 80%.
The decline in death rates continues to be largely driven from the Northeast. Elsewhere the situation is patchier, with some states falling (Washington), some on persistent plateaus (California), and others rising (Arkansas).
The coronavirus has now been confirmed in 96% of US counties. Deaths have been reported in 60% of all counties.
In contrast, cases continue to rise throughout most of the country. No doubt much of this is due to increased testing. However, it is believed that infection rates are rising as well. If so, this should reveal itself in an increase death rate over the coming weeks.
Interestingly, the CFR (Case Fatality Rate) has stabilized at around 5.38% for both the US and the World. It's expected that this rate will continue to decline from here as testing becomes more prevalent. As of this writing, epidemelogists believe the true CFR may be approximate 0.5%. If so, that would imply that approximately 25 million Americans have been infected by the virus.
The Death Rate Change List ranks states by rate of change in deaths over 2-week periods. These numbers tend to jump around a bit, however it is worth noting that southern and Sun Belt states have been among the worst-performing. Arizona, North Carolina, Tennessee are good examples here. If this trend continues, we may witness a sharp increase in deaths in these states over the coming months.
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Data Sources: CDC WHO DXY The New York Times
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July 20 – Elijah, Prophet – Elias (Hebrew ‘Eliahu,).
The loftiest and most wonderful prophet of the Old Testament. What we know of his public life is sketched in a few popular narratives enshrined, for the most part, in the First Book of Kings. These narratives, which bear the stamp of an almost contemporary age, very likely took shape in Northern Israel, and are full of the most graphic and interesting details. Every part of the prophet’s life therein narrated bears out the description of the writer of Ecclesiasticus: He was “as a fire, and his word burnt like a torch” (48:1).
The times called for such a prophet. Under the baneful influence of his Tyrian wife Jezabel, Achab, though perhaps not intending to forsake altogether the worship of the true God, had nevertheless erected in Samaria a temple to the Tyrian Baal(1 Kings 16:32) and introduced a multitude of foreign priests (xviii 19); doubtless he had occasionally offered sacrifices to the pagan deity, and, most of all, hallowed a bloody persecution of the prophets of the great I Am.
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Resolving to change
When Jeremy went searching for a new exercise routine to lose weight, he found something more — a way to help the kids of St. Jude.
In November 2016, Jeremy Post was 36 years old and weighed 342 pounds. He had Type 2 diabetes and was quickly becoming resistant to his insulin injections. When he began looking for an exercise routine, it was more than recreation — it was a matter of life and death.
“One morning,” he said, “we were getting ready for work, and I said to my wife, ‘I’m going to be dead by the time I’m 40 if I don’t do something.’”
He chose to dedicate his journey to a new lifestyle to raising funds for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital as a St. Jude Hero®. One year later, Jeremy ran in the Rock ‘n’ Roll Las Vegas 1/2 Marathon — part of the Rock ‘n’ Roll series of races that occur nationwide throughout the year — fulfilling his resolution to live healthier and to do so in support of a good cause.
“St. Jude is doing the cancer research and treating the children,” he said. “They’re making sure these families only have to worry about their kids surviving. They’re not having to worry about travel expenses and lodging and amenities when their kids are having to fight for their lives.”
Families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food — because all a family should worry about is helping their child live.
The months between Jeremy’s resolution to lose weight and the half marathon were spent slowly training — first, with no-impact equipment. By last February, he could run a quarter mile. He kept at it, building up distance, and in June 2017 he tackled a 5K, followed by a 10K and 15K. Each mile was a struggle, but each step brought him closer to his goal. Each fundraising dollar, he knew, would help to further the lifesaving mission of St. Jude.
While the 13.1 miles alone was a victory for the relatively new runner, the other totals are even more impressive. Jeremy started with a fundraising goal of $500, and ended up raising a total of $5,600. He beat his goal of running the race in two-and-a-half hours by 15 minutes. And he weighed in at close to 180 pounds.
Since running a half marathon, he’s become a nutritious eater and makes better choices that have led to a healthier lifestyle. He’s even off of his insulin, saying, “For all intents and purposes, I’m no longer diabetic.”
It’s been my pleasure to race for St. Jude. That’s the thing I’m the most proud of — more than my weight loss — is being able to raise that money for St. Jude and being connected with the organization now.
St. Jude Hero Jeremy Post
Now a dedicated runner, he’s racing toward the goal of a full marathon in 2018, with an even more steadfast commitment to the kids of St. Jude as he trains in his home state of North Carolina.
Learn more about becoming a St. Jude Hero® and running on behalf of the kids of St. Jude.
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When you donate monthly, your gift means families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food — because all a family should worry about is helping their child live.
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Barack Obama’s office dismissed Senate’s Biden-Ukraine investigation as ‘Russian disinformation campaign’ letter reveals
Patrick Knox
May 6 2020, 17:56 ET
BARACK Obama reportedly blasted in private a Republican probe into Joe Biden and Ukraine — calling it a bid to boost "Russian disinformation".
The former president strongly condemned a Senate committee’s request for records related to Ukraine and even dismissed the probe as "without precedent".
President-elect Senator Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Senator Joe Biden wave to supporters after speaking at Obama's election night rallyCredit: Reuters
The letter, addressed to the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), which manages presidential records, was written in response to a request by Sen Chuck Grassley and Sen Ron Johnson for Obama administration records on Ukraine-related meetings.
Obtained by BuzzFeed, the ex-president agreed to release records from his administration to
But only "in the interest of countering the misinformation campaign underlying this request".
In fact in his letter Obama slammed the senators' request as improper use of the NARA’s release terms and a supposed effort "to shift the blame for Russian interference in the 2016 election to Ukraine".
The letter reads: "The request for early release of presidential records in order to give credence to a Russian disinformation campaign — one that has already been thoroughly investigated by a bipartisan congressional committee — is without precedent.
"This use of the special access process serves no legitimate purpose, and does not outweigh or justify infringing confidentiality interests that all presidents have sought to protect."
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The letter goes on to cite testimony from former National Security aide Fiona Hill.
She had dubbed the idea of Ukrainian interference in the 2016 election as a "fictional narrative that is being perpetrated and propagated by the Russian security services".
While Republicans have publicly argued their probe has nothing to do with Biden's current presidential campaign, they have used their powers in the Senate to look into a series of matters that they believe could shine a negative light on the former vice president.
Trump and his allies have repeatedly made unfounded and false claims to allege that the Bidens acted corruptly in Ukraine.
The president was impeached by the House of Representatives in December 2019 after a sprawling three-month Democratic investigation into allegations he pressured Ukraine to investigate the former vice president while withholding US arms aids and a White House meeting.
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Ironic Lawsuit Filed by Former President of Spokane NAACP Emerges — and She's Been Caught in Major Lie
Rachel Dolezal (Images source: KREM-TV)
Rachel Dolezal, who resigned as president of the NAACP’s Spokane, Washington, chapter on Monday, filed a lawsuit against Howard University in 2002 alleging that she was discriminated against because she was white. This week, Dolezal made national headlines when her parents revealed their daughter was actually white and had been misrepresenting herself as black for years.
Rachel Dolezal (Images via KREM-TV)
In the 2002 lawsuit, Dolezal, 37, alleged that her appointment to a teaching assistant position at the historically black university was wrongfully rejected, the Smoking Gun reported. Howard University, she claimed in the lawsuit, was “permeated with discriminatory intimidation, ridicule, and insult.”
Filed in Washington, D.C.’s Superior Court, the lawsuit formally alleged “discrimination based on race, pregnancy, family responsibilities and gender.” The discrimination was "motivated by a discriminatory purpose to favor African-American students," the suit added.
A judge dismissed the lawsuit in 2004 and no compelling evidence emerged to prove she was discriminated against. The Smoking Gun reports:
Following the dismissal of Dolezal’s lawsuit (and the Court of Appeals decision), she was ordered to reimburse Howard for a “Bill of Costs” totaling $2728.50. During the case, she was also ordered to pay the university nearly $1000 in connection with an “obstructive and vexatious” court filing that sought to improperly delay her examination by an independent doctor.
(Read the court documents here)
It also emerged on Monday that Dolezal once falsely claimed that her "black" father fled the south because a "white officer harassed and threatened to, was about ready to, beat his dad with a billy club and he whipped around and actually slapped the officer to his knees."
"They got out of town on the midnight train because as a black family in the deep south if you had any kind of a negative altercation with a white cop where you stood up for yourself it was gonna go badly for you," Dolezal reportedly said during a podcast interview.
She also claimed her dad "had three attempts on his life by white subordinates in the military because he was a superior officer" while serving in the Marines.
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02/06/2020 · By Rocío Navarro
Andrés Iglesias, Jon Michel Azkarate, Aran Azkarate and Suso García León make up one of most innovative companies of recent years. © Courtesy of Comme des Machines
The factory of the future is located in Vizcaya. Comme des Machines is revolutionizing the fashion industry by using 3D printing while retaining an artisanal approach. Their machines revive crafts for a digital era that has memory.
Comme des Machines is a nod to the Comme des Garçons, the fashion brand led by Rei Kawakubo. Although the clothes they make in their factory can be seen on the catwalk, their role in the industry transcends design. In 2016, Andrés Iglesias, Jon Michel Azkarate, Suso García León and Aran Azkarate set up in Vizcaya what today is considered to be the factory of the future. With a more efficient, flexible, personalized and sustainable approach, they are revolutionizing the production structure thanks to the use of 3D printing. These 21st-century artisans are one of a kind. At their digital workshop, they conceive pieces for brands such as Burberry, Helena Rohner, Moisés Nieto, Nike, and Palomo Spain. Aran, the company’s CEO, tells us about this model that is transforming fashion.
You refer to yourselves as digital artisans, what does this concept imply?
It explains the philosophy of Comme des Machines. We’ve noticed technology in general, and 3D printing in particular, cause some hostility. But they’re just simple machines that we’re using in a way that is halfway between crafts and industrial production. That’s what sets us apart.
Technological innovations sometimes generate controversy. How would you explain to someone reluctant to this universe the benefits of your production formula?
Machines have to be our allies. They help us get rid of the arduous part of the process and allow us to dedicate ourselves to creating, innovating and investigating. We have to see them as friends. Hence, our mantra is hand and machines, people and machines, working together. The brands that work with us on an ongoing basis have increased their profit margin by up to 30 percent because they use only the resources they need. They’re don’t get overstocked with pieces they won’t sell.
“Machines have to be our allies. They help us get rid of the arduous part of the process and allow us to dedicate ourselves to creating, innovating and investigating”
You are creating fabrics with your 3D printers…
Yes, we’re pioneers in 3D textile creation. Burberry picked us as one of the leading manufacturers of future textiles after we made the best pleated fabric using 3D printing. That was possible thanks to research, and we’re sure the fashion world will want more. More and more countries are now accessing resources that were only available in the first world. By 2030, the population will have increased, and textile demand will be one of the biggest problems facing the industry.
Textile manufacturing is a revolution, what impact will it have on the industry?
Imagine a brand that manufactures garments directly from the pattern. The value chain is shortened, so you can innovate and be creative without taking the risks you usually take using traditional methods.
Brooches printed by Comme des Machines for Dsnú, in collaboration with Angel Schlesser. © Courtesy of Comme des Machines
You have turned machines into artisans. Will crafts survive thanks to 3D printing?
Indeed. These tools will help us extend the life of old crafts. For example, we can create embroidery with them. We invited old embroiderers from Bilbao to our factory and they were very excited about the whole thing. Machines won’t steal anything from us if we don't want them to. But they will engage different generations, types of companies and countries in a dialogue. I think only good things can happen when knowledge is shared.
Besides being sustainable, could we also say that what you do is more democratic?
Indeed! What does a brand that is not Chanel do when it wants to customize products? How does it do it when it only wants to manufacture a few pieces? The big difference with the traditional industry is that we don't use moulds — they are too expensive. We manufacture directly from a computer file. Besides, we don’t demand minimum orders. If a customer needs three pieces, we make them; if they need 40,000, we make them, too. We believe that sustainability goes beyond the manufacturing materials, it involves many other things. You can’t accumulate huge stocks that have to be stored and distributed. We must produce just what we need at any given moment. This is one of our key principles. Nowadays, 3D printing is the only tool that allows us to follow this philosophy.
“We don’t demand minimum orders. If a customer needs three pieces, we make them; if they need 40,000, we make them, too. We believe that sustainability goes beyond the materials”
One must be on the alert to sense all these changes. How did you come to detect it?
The four members of the team have a long history in fashion. We identified a series of deficiencies in the traditional industry that were going to become a problem in the digital era, for example how to manufacture in a sustainable and customizable way. Then, we launched a research project that is still running today to develop healthier and fairer factories using digital technologies. We realized that 3D printing allowed us to do all this. At first, everyone criticized us, but over time they’ve proved us right.
Collaboration of Comme des Machines with Sur / Sac. © Courtesy of Comme des Machines
Going back to sustainability, what are the sustainable materials you work with?
We use PLA, a biopolymer made with natural ingredients such as sugarcane, coffee and potatoes, among others. It’s biodegradable and compostable. We also print cement, wood, and mud made from waste.
Hearing you speak, I perceive the passion you feel for your work. What motivates you the most?
The fact that big and small brands, like us, work together to build a more creative, sustainable and healthy future. In the twenty years that I’ve been dedicated to fashion, I never thought I would see something like this. I think there’re many reasons to be optimistic. You also see that on the street, because the customer loves to see that the product has been created fairly, following sustainable standards and using high quality biomaterials. I was ardently waiting for this to come.
Collaboration of Comme des Machines with Nike. © Courtesy of Comme des Machines
What, from among all your projects, would you keep?
In February we’re launching an absolutely revolutionary collaboration with a Spanish mass market brand aimed for all audiences. It will be the first collection of this kind developed with 3D printing. It has been one of the most interesting projects I’ve ever worked on because it required building a new methodology. We had to conceive the piece but also an entire structure to supply a company of that size. In my opinion, this symbolically embodies the new century.
How has 3D printing changed since you started in 2016?
When I started off, there were only yellow, blue, red and green available, and doing something interesting with those colours was a real challenge. Now we can choose, for example, from among many different types of woods with beautiful, subtle hues. We can even mix them, which wasn’t possible before. Eventually, everything from electronic devices to stem cells, will be printed. The future will be entirely 3D printed.
3D-printed fabric belonging to the ongoing research and innovation project NORA, by Comme des Machines. © Courtesy of Comme des Machines
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Fraudulent dual taxi and private hire driver loses court battle against Lincolnshire Council
Grimsby Crown Court has upheld the decision of North Lincolnshire's licensing authority to refuse the renewal of a Scunthorpe dual taxi/private hire driver’s licence after they forged documents and put passengers at risk.
At North Lincolnshire Council’s Licensing (Miscellaneous) Sub-Committee on 26 February 2019, Christine Vipurs’ application to renew her Hackney Carriage/Private Hire driver's licence was refused after she submitted a supporting document which had been illegally doctored.
After considering all of the evidence, the sub-committee considered the applicant to “not be a fit and proper person to hold such a licence”.
The document related to the testing of her lifting equipment which helps disabled passengers get in and out of her taxi.
Legislation requires that passenger lifts are thoroughly examined every six months, warning that, ‘failures in passenger lifts can result in significant or fatal injuries’.
Mrs Vipurs’ altered document suggested that the inspection of her equipment was valid for 18 months, rather than the statutory six months, and it bore the same reference number as the supporting documents from her licence renewal the year before.
Cllr Keith Vickers, Chair of the Licensing (Miscellaneous) Sub-Committee, said: “It was clear that the document Mrs Vipurs submitted for her application had been tampered with.
“It is worrying that someone would feel it necessary to avoid such checks when they are necessary to keep the public safe. Forging the document in this way put vulnerable people in North Lincolnshire at risk, and so her licence renewal was refused.
“It is our duty to ensure that the public are safe when they travel in licensed taxis in North Lincolnshire.”
Mrs Vipurs appealed the council’s decision at Grimsby Magistrates Court, where the court upheld the decision.
A further appeal was then lodged by Mrs Vipurs to Grimsby Crown Court, where again the council’s decision was upheld on 12 December 2019.
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Fresh start at Edison High
By James Sanna (TC Daily Planet) | December 9, 2008
A class in the Humanities and Communications program at Edison High School in Minneapolis. (Photo courtesy of Minneapolis Public Schools)
Last year, Minneapolis Public Schools pushed the restart button on two of their seven high schools. It was a dramatic move, designed to restore parents’ confidence after years of sinking test scores and declining enrollments. Students and teachers alike greeted it with tears and anger. After these so-called “fresh starts,” at least one school—Edison High School—is going full steam ahead with a high-energy restructuring plan.
Why “fresh start”?
Under NCLB, schools must demonstrate Adequate Yearly Progress, or AYP, by continually raising test scores every year. NCLB mandates that 100% of the children in every school must be “proficient” by the 2013-14 school year. Schools that fail to demonstrate AYP face consequences that escalate with each year’s AYP deficiency.
In Minnesota, the consequences come in five stages:
Stage 1: School choice
• Notify parents
• School improvement plan and implementation
• Parents can opt to move children to another
school in the district
Stage 2: Supplemental Services
All of the above, plus
• Tutoring services for students most at-risk
Stage 3: Corrective Action
• Further measures determined by the district
Stage 4: Plan for Restructuring
• District determines restructuring plan
Stage 5: Restructuring
• Implementation of district restructuring plan
(Stages described in No Questions Left Behind, publication of Minnesota Department of Education, 7/23/2007)
Fresh Start is a Stage 5 restructuring.
In a “fresh start,” every teacher is fired and given a chance to re-apply for their old jobs, but have to face stringent criteria, giving the principal a chance to select teachers with certain beliefs or teaching methods. Once all former teachers have had a chance to apply, the principal is permitted to hire new teachers from around the district using the same criteria. At Edison, around 50% of the teaching staff stayed on, according to Principal Carla Steinbach.
Delon Smith, an algebra teacher who came to Edison last year and stayed on through the fresh start, remembers there was “a lot of crying” when the announcement was made. “Imagine, you’ve been at this school 15, 20 years, and suddenly you have to re-interview for your job.” (MPR has more teacher reactions)
This year, those feelings have pretty much vanished, Smith said. He said his fellow teachers have “more enthusiasm – you definitely see more people smiling in the halls.”
In addition to new teaching staff, a slew of new reforms have been put in place to support this enthusiasm and to help the students. Teachers now participate in weekly “Teacher Advancement Program” sessions, where they meet with colleagues in similar subject areas to share teaching techniques, meet with mentor teachers, learn teaching “best practices,” and get feedback from administrators. Students have also been taught a specific note-taking system, and are required to use it in class. To measure teachers’ effectiveness and students’ progress, Principal Steinbach said, mini-Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment benchmark tests are being given regularly to students.
These support systems, along with a new discipline system that aims to reinforce positive behavior instead of penalizing negative behavior, are designed to support teachers and push kids, said Principal Steinbach, following the theory that all children can succeed if they are pushed to meet high expectations.
“I don’t believe a kid has to miss a math or an English class,” Steinbach said. “You can’t dump them in a remedial class: you have to make it up [the gap in the student’s knowledge] in class.”
“Even if a student isn’t pushing [themselves],” said senior Mariah Lenon, “teachers are willing to go the extra mile” to give the student help and encouragement, even outside the classroom.
So far, the students I spoke to said their peers were reacting well. Jon Hame, a senior, said most of his peers seem to be reacting well to the new rigor. “They’re definitely more engaged,” Hame said.
Beth Hulteng, a music and band teacher, said she saw many colleagues excited and motivated by the opportunity to “make their mark, define their program…and to build their own thing.”
Hulteng came to Edison this year after five years at the Ramsey International Fine Arts Center in South Minneapolis. She believes the TAP program is helping by letting teachers exchange ideas.
Mike Icarella, a business teacher and sports coach, said the TAP sessions reinforce a sense that test scores are a high priority. “There’s a hidden feeling that you know we have to get them [the students’ test scores] up,” he said.
“Everyone is on board with improving the kids,” said Icarella, the self-described “Mr Edison” because of his 14 years teaching at the school. “I don’t want to sound like a jerk…but being able to go out and hire staff with that kind of drive and energy and purpose really did it. In education, you don’t always get that.”
Some teachers said that the TAP program – touted by the principal as central to future success – is exhausting. Chemistry teacher Claire Hypolite said that she is sometimes overwhelmed with the reports she must fill out as part of TAP, and that it cuts into preparatory time for her classes.
Edison’s new attitude and new programming resemble those used by Teach For America (TFA), the critically acclaimed non-profit that recruits new college graduates to teach in high-poverty schools for two years. Like the TAP program, TFA offers recruits intensive support, but also expects them to push their students to the limit, using all the energy that will take. But, according to TFA media representative Kerci Marcello Stroud, only 44% of recruits stay in the high-poverty school they are originally placed in once their two-year commitment is up. The rest transfer to wealthier schools (whose students need less support), or “burn out” and leave teaching all together.Correction: Stroud said that 61% stay in teaching, but was not able to say how many of these teachers remain in low-income schools beyond their second year.
While Edison will certainly be judged for its performance in this year’s statewide achievement tests, Principal Steinbach argued that real progress won’t be evident for “three years, when the current group of freshmen are juniors taking the MCA. Then you’ll see the full impact.”
James Sanna is a freelance writer covering education issues for the Daily Planet.
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59 banned Chinese apps and how much does it cost to make an app like TikTok
Recently, the Government of India has banned more than fifty Chinese app like TikTok, WeChat, Helo & many more for the nation’s secure movement in the act of sovereignty and security. These apps are officially removed from the Play Store and App Store. This governmental mover said that 59 applications are engaged in prejudicial movement on sovereignty and Integrity of India for defense, secureness, and public order. They are being imposed to perform under section 69A of the IT Act that is relevant to provision for blocking.
Lists of alternatives to Chinese Apps
Due to the sudden ban on Chinese applications, most of the users are looking out for alternative or similar apps. As everyone knows, most of the Chinese apps are most popular in India. Most of them do not have an Indian alternative, but some of the apps are replaced as listed below:
TikTok, Likee, Vigo Video, Vmate, Bigo, Kwai- Chingari
Triller, an American video-sharing app more or less similar to TikTok. Instagram initiated a new concept of TikTok functions named ‘Reels’ that have created a welcoming impact among users. Chingari, parallel to TikTok is a video sharing platform where the folks can make, share videos globally, and play games. This app is available in multiple languages such as English, Hindi, Marathi, etc. Roposo, an Indian video creation existing in more than ten languages has been downloaded more than 60 million times and holds nearly 70 million Indian users.
PUBG- Fortnite
PubG PC developed by the Korean organization and its mobile version was developed by Tencent. The best alternative is Fortnite, developed by an American game developer.
Helo- ShareChat
This social networking platform developed by a Chinese organization. The best alternative is ShareChat and it is available in 15 regional languages. It consists of nearly sixty million active users ( monthly basis).
UC Browser, CM Browser, APU s Browser- Google Chrome
The most reliable alternative for these browsers is Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. It makes an approach of constant functions in adding new features with secure options. The most popular Indian mobile browser needs an authenticated and fast surfing experience for users with engaging responses while searching.
ShareIt- Files by Google
Files by Google is the best alternative for both ShareIt & Xender where the users can send and receive files from one Smartphone to another.
Xender- Dropbox
It holds on with free storage; if needed the users can go ahead with the option of the monthly or annual fee for further expansion. For the folks who possess iPhones, the AirDrop feature is the best alternative.
Mi Video Call, WeChat- WhatsApp
They are well known for the video calling & messaging platform. WhatsApp is the best alternative possessing the same features and has already created a great impact among the people of India.
ES File Explorer- Shareall
Shareall is the best application for sharing files, videos, movies and it is a compatible one for Android users. In case if there are any duplicate files, it is eradicated automatically & while transferring files password is needed.
CamScanner- Adobe Scan
This app made an enormous impact on transferring files, but the replacement for this source is an Adobe Scan. It holds a PDF scanner with an OCR effect. It can be installed for free and scan the document with user-friendly formats.
WPS Office- Microsoft Office
This is a power-packed suite developed by Kingsoft. Microsoft Office is the best alternative and the people can access Word, Excel & PowerPoint easily.
BeautyPlus- B612
Such kind photo capturing and editing apps like BeautyPlus are replaced with B612 for setting pretty good alternative works. It replaces various other updates with real-time effects.
ClubFactory, ROMWE- Amazon, Flipkart
In this era, most of the people are buying the essential products through an online e-commerce platform and it is made possible through trendier Amazon & Flipkart.
Shein-Myntra
One most popular app which holds many users on selling various features of women’s fashion with a wide range of trendy clothes. Where it sets perfect alternative is myntra, sets as an effective fashion retailer in India.
Clash of Kings- Ludo King
Ludo King is available in all the platforms and it has already crossed a hundred million downloads. It was created by Gametion Technologies and it supports about six-player local multiplayer modes.
Virus Cleaner- K7 Total Security
K7 Total Security is an antivirus software best alternative to Virus Cleaner offers web filter along with the phishing protection.
UCNews/QQ Newsfeed – DailyHunt
Daily Hunt is available in fourteen local languages, possessing over three hundred million users. It also consists of a video section & job alerts.
Positive response!!
With the support of the Indian government, the citizens of the country welcomed this initiative on banning apps even though if there is opposition to this act. Due to the secure factor and safeguarding interest of people, the alternative application is placing a productive role among users. Such a kind of decision with the targeted move created a positive impact on the sovereignty of Indian cyberspace.
An overall insight of TikTok
As everyone knows, TikTok has earned its best fame and has given its biggest hit all over the world. The teenagers and youngsters are more interested in it & its overall usage has reached its peak level. Anyhow, the app is not going to lose its sparkle. Ideally, the app brings popular songs, videos, and tunes that are currently in trend. The people who are making use of this app can have apt lip-sync to it by dancing, adding effects, filters, and creative actions to make their video attain its top-notch level & better than others too. Additionally, it is also the best platform to interact conservatively.
We all know that Tiktok has a massive trend that hits mainstream and hard to bring down with many updates. This company holds the intention to create a platform that allows us to capture and present their creative video to make sense of playing. The users could create a video with trending daily lifestyle, and memories which can be uploaded to showcase their creativity from their smartphones.
Generally, the concept of TikTok which brings in using songs, videos, tunes with current popular in the market to user. It can involve lip-syncing to make videos, dance to songs with more additional effects, filters. This kind of thing will expose creative acts on making their video better than others. TikTok works in an effective platform to make interaction on getting share among their followers. Creating one’s video after installation set as an easy process. These things will address making a new app with creative videos that set popular works.
As of now, TikTok like app is available all over the world, occupying about one billion users and it has been downloaded 180 million times in the US alone. About two years back, there were over twenty million active users & typically, it is evaluated to touch about 500 million dollars in terms of revenue from the U.S.
Most-downloaded apps of 2010s, iOS App Store and Google Play Store
While associating the downloads of both Apple Store & Google play, TikTok is the second most downloaded app, where the first place goes to WhatsApp. A recent report exclaims that about 738M downloads across iOS and Android.
TikTok first-time downloads, Q2 2016 – Q4 2019
It has been dramatically grown in the Asian countries, wherein India the youngsters are attracted to India, containing about 119 million active users. It is available in nearly 39 languages and has earned nearly five million dollars per month.
TikTok downloads by country, 2019
Revenue Report
TikTok, a social video app has reached more 738 million downloads and earned nearly 177 million dollars all over the world. This is more than five times the total 2018 revenue. It has touched nearly two billion downloads up to date with the new users representing 13 percent of overall growth.
TikTok monthly revenue, October 2017 – October 2018
Despite the recent ban in India, the current market is in the leading place accounting for 323 million installations. The Reuter reports exclaim that nearly six billion dollars have been generated in the first quarter of the year 2020. This exclusive app has set an unexpected typical record for most downloads that had ever happened in a single quarter.
TikTok penetration by region, Q2 2019
Factors for success
⦁ Due to its fast and easy content creation, it is convenient to use. Mostly, when comparing to YouTube it takes some time to film, edit and upload in the server, but in TikTok, it sets with video duration, and one can simplify it.
⦁ Editing and uploading processes are done in a more convenient manner where most of the crazy creations are processed in making videos. Spotting outright target audience where there it makes to overtake reach more popularly. TikTok sets as a smart thing and makes as a targeted user to use various types of social media platforms.
⦁ Focusing on brands and celebrities that set on making awareness will increase engagement. It tends on reaching millions of users with many celebrities as partnerships for making influencing on other social platforms. TikTok can help to earn money with potential followers. For instance, the live stream features that will allow buying and send a gift to those creative content workers also tend to exchange for money.
⦁ The convenient form of using UI leads to impress users on home screen usage. It can sign to the app where the landing page shows a collection of trending videos with more responsive occurrences. This thing will let users set home on showing videos to follow or to show the recommended concept on videos.
Must–have Features
While creating an app like TikTok, the login feature is an important thing to consider. It should be integrated with social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram. To access this app, the users should have authorized credentials.
The folks need to signup to post the video through available options such as signup, email, social network, and mobile number.
The users can change their profile picture, username whenever they want. The customized option is always the best idea.
Upload/Save Videos
The users can upload the videos instantly, and the real function of the app gets start here. The video can be either saved or uploaded based on the user’s interest.
For a well-defined interaction with the app, there should be an integrated notification feature that notifies the individual about comments, likes on their posted videos. For further customization, one can opt for the customization feature.
Video sharing & editing
The video can be shared on different platforms such as Instagram, Facebook, Whatsapp, Twitter, etc. The users should have an option of cropping, filtering, rotating & experimenting with speed. By choosing an apt song, the folks are allowed to record videos of their choice.
Filters & effects
The users can make use of available filters & effects to make the video more interesting one. With the aid of animation effects, amazing stickers, the videos can be made an alluring & creative too.
The UI design should be simple and not a complicated one so that anyone can make use of it without any difficulties. Just by scrolling, the users can view videos one after another.
Hearts & commenting
The users can like their favorite video and also can comment on it. They can also view the liked posts on a different tab.
This panel offers different functions like edit, delete, or block users. It helps in counting posts of a concerned user, providing data about the users, etc.
Video preview before registration
The folks are allowed to view some popular videos before signing up. But to give comments or like a post, it is essential to sign up.
Location–based content
Spotting out the geolocation is done can receive notification in live streaming phases by adding the best value to the app.
Real–time analytics
One can find out their real-time analytics can be used during live streams for guessing the visitors with many responses.
The concept of live streaming holds many features with a set of limitation that needs to be done in responsive concepts. Using hashtags in TikTok helps to find many interesting challenges, duets, trends that expose many creative subjects.
AR Filters
With the aid of AR filters, objects can be added over the head & more on. It has become more popular, and it is the best idea to integrate this technology into your app.
For the typical personalization of data, Artificial Intelligence Technology is used. For the image recognition, usage of the object, adding of tags AI algorithm is designed. Amazon S3 or Google Cloud Storage is occupied, and the cost factor depends on opting for the delivery network, universal OS, payment methods, video & audio transcoding, etc. For developing an app for Android, programming languages such as Kotlin and Java is used. For iOS development, Swift or C programming used. For building a hybrid app, technologies such as Flutter, Xamarin & React Native is used.
Meanwhile, there are few other technologies that are required-
Real-time Analytics- Azure Stream Analytics, Apache Flink, Spark Streaming.
Streaming Media System- Nimble Streamer, Wowza Streaming Engine Helix Universal Server.
Powerful programming- GWT
Database- HBase, Mongo DB, Cassandra, MailChimp Integration, Postgres
Cloud Environment- AWS
For Database Management- Datastax
Phone, Voice & SMS Verification: Twilio, Nexmo.
Push Notifications- Push.io, Twilio,
Universal Operating System- Debian
emails: Mandrill
Storage servers for every music & music video apps- Google Cloud Storage, Azure, Amazon S3.
Video/audio Transcoding: Amazon elastic transcoder (third-party solution.), FFMPEG (Open source software).
Major factors affecting the Cost to Develop an App like Tik Tok
Generally, four basic factors affect the cost to develop an app like TikTok, which is listed below. Have a general view to gain detailed information.
As everyone knows, design of an app is the most vital part which comes under development. This one directly reflects the UI of the app & hence there is a great demand among the users. On the other side of the flip, UI needs to attract the users at its typical first instance.
In this present era, the two major platforms Android & iOS has earned a good reputation in the market. To create an app like Tik Tok architecture targeting both theses platforms are vital ones. In case of any minimal budget, the next instant step is to point out the right target audience & preferences. While speaking about the development, Android tops at its peak point compared to that of iOS. The reason is that multiple devices run on Android platform.
For developing an app like TikTok there are two options available. The first one is an outsourcing app development company, and the second one is hiring iOS & Android, experienced professionals. Here, one can see both advantages & disadvantages. For hiring the developers, a development team structure is needed where they are expensive. The outsourcing of the app is less cost & comfortable too.
The complex features take more costing part, and simple features cost minimal. For developing an app like TikTok, the development team needs more time.
Generally, developing an app like TikTok cost nearly eighty-five dollars with a list of features. As mentioned earlier, the costing factor depends on technologies, features, functionality, resources & platforms, etc. Here, tracking is possible through the number of hours to build the app. The total experience of the developer plays a vital role in deciding the cost factor of developing an app.
A complete structure is given below, have a general view.
Technologies used
TikTok is standing at its top position in the app development industry, and competitors are trying their level best to attain the top position.
Technology is the support of an app & it is listed below.
What are the different ways to earn money through apps like TikTok?
There are many ways to earn an enormous amount through an app like TikTok. Subscription, Influencer, Promotion are normal ones. The other few methods are listed below.
In TikTok, the available options are buying stickers, classy emoticons for reacting to the favorite videos. While planning to develop an app like TikTok stickers, emoticons turn towards essential ones.
As the app gets popular all over the world, multiple brands tend to spend money on the advertisement. The Mobile App Monetization model is one possessing a list of methods to earn amount through the TikTok live sessions. While using the subscription-based models, only basic ones can be used by the people in the initial stage, where the advanced features of the app will be locked. For the advanced ones, the users have to pay the subscription amount for further usage.
Final thoughts!!
As everyone knows, TikTok has gained overall popularity among the people ranging from teenagers to adults. An entertaining app, exploring trendier ways to interact with the user base. On the other side of the flip, most of the brands trying to expand social media marketing reach with the aid of TikTok. For the upcoming years, literally, there is no doubt, it will grow further and win over the competition with the other social media platforms.
As final works making a live streaming social app, it ensures on creating a fast concept on sharing and using it. Creating an app like this functionality with much more unique features delivers productive results in the market. Being a well-known app, there is a great competition going in the present market. It is feasible to create its app by adding trendier features or going ahead with a clone app.
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New Malware Targeting Windows And Other Operating Systems
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Jakarta-based logistics startup, Kargo, announces a relief fund to fight COVID-19
by Felicia Calle April 16, 2020
Kargo, which was co-founded by former Uber Asia executive, Tiger Fang, has raised a total of US$31 million in its Series A round. Intudo Ventures, Mirae Asset Management, Sequoia India, and Silicon Valley-based Tenaya Capital financed this round.
The startup has now raised a total of US$38.6 million to date, and it counts on Travis Kalanick, Uber founder and former chief executive as one of their investors.
The startup takes some concepts from the success of Uber and applies them to logistics and trucking. Business customers order via their official website or app, but the scope is broader, Fang stated. Unlike Uber, the startup works with truck operators and 3PLs instead of truck drivers themselves.
Kargo announced an unusual pitch for its Series A when it stated that it wants to help companies in Indonesia fight coronavirus, and it has set up US$1 million funds for the same. The employees of the startup contributed their salaries, and Fang stated that he is not going to take any salary for the next one year. He also invited anyone who wants to contribute to this fund.
Kargo has also partnered with several charitable organizations such as PT Akar Indah Pratama and Kita Bisa, with whom they are working with to deliver essential medical supplies and meals to patients and health workers at multiple hospitals.
The company stated that it is taking additional precautions to ensure that its drivers are safe. These precautions include ensuring that all pit stops in its routes are properly disinfected and well-stocked. It has also implemented an electric proof of delivery that will help limit physical contact between its users.
Fang stated, “Kargo pledges to be the most reliable logistics partners to ensure no disruptions to the supply chain of essential items in Indonesia. Our entire company is donating a portion of our salaries to this cause, and we invite local businesses and organizations to get in touch so we can work this problem together.”
He further added, “we’re grateful for our wonderful investors who continue to support us, even in a time of financial uncertainty.”
Logistics are a major opportunity in several South Asian markets as local transporters and shippers start to slowly adopt modern technology to address infrastructure inefficiencies. Kargo already has over 50,000 trucks and 6,000 shippers.
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Take-Two rejects EA offer as opportunistic
And inadequate, keen to talk after GTA IV
Perhaps the biggest gaming news of the weekend was Electronic Arts’ bid for Grand Theft Auto publisher Take-Two, full details of which have been published online by EA at EATake2.com
Take-Two has rejected EA's first offer of a cool $2 billion, claiming: "We believe EA's unsolicited offer is highly opportunistic and is attempting to take advantage of our upcoming release of Grand Theft Auto IV, one of the most valuable and durable franchises in the industry."
"Electronic Arts' proposal provides insufficient value to our shareholders and comes at absolutely the wrong time given the crucial initiatives underway at the Company," added Strauss Zelnick, executive chairman of Take-Two.
Zelnick adds: "In addition to undervaluing key elements of our business, EA's proposal fails to recognise the value we are building through our ongoing turnaround efforts, which will further revitalise Take-Two."
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However, the GTA-publisher boss did confirm that his company would be willing to enter further discussions with EA after the release of Grand Theft Auto IV on 29 April.
"We believe this offer demonstrated our commitment to pursuing all avenues to maximise stockholder value, while we believe that EA's refusal to entertain this path is evidence of their desire to acquire Take-Two at a significant discount, whereas we believe this value rightly belongs to our stockholders," Zelnick added.
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Johnson Unlikely Houston Winner, Overcomes Cramps And Bellucci For 2nd ATP Title
by Staff | April 16th, 2017, 10:41 pm
American Steve Johnson won an unlikely first career claycourt title on Sunday at the Fayez Sarofim & Co. U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship in Houston, Texas.
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The No. 4 seed, who has in the last few weeks been to Australia and back to represent his country in Davis Cup, beat clay court veteran and No. 8 seed Thomaz Bellucci 6-4, 4-6, 7-6(5) for his second career title.
“My body has just physically run out of gas after this week,” said Johnson, who cramped during the final. “Coming in from Australia kind of put me behind the eight ball and then the nerves of trying to close out the final, a lot of factors go into cramping. I was very fortunate to get out of that.”
Johnson won his first title last June on the grass courts at Nottingham.
Bellucci was also tested physically, winning four three-set matches en route to the final.
“I wasn’t cramping, but I was so tired that I couldn’t think to win the match,” said Bellucci, who fell to 4-4 in career finals. “He was a little bit worse than me [physically], but he was playing unbelievably.”
Bellucci broke straight away in the third set, and saw his opponent start cramping leading 4-2. But Johnson started going for broke on his groundstrokes and evened the match at 4-4. Johnson looked like he cold barely stand when he held serve to force the tiebreak, eventually closing it out.
“I knew I just had to take a few deep breaths and just get enough going in my body to last another five to 10 minutes out there,” the American said.
At 6-5 in the tiebreak Johnson struck another go-for-broke forehand winner to win the title.
He is now 2-1 in career finals, losing his lone championship at Vienna in 2015.
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That’s a really good win for Johnson, considering that he just came back from Australia.
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14 DAY THE LOIRE VALLEY AND ROMANTIC RHINE RIVER CRUISE
NANTES - SAINT-NAZAIRE - ANCENIS - ANGERS - THE CHÂTEAUX OF THE LOIRE VALLEY - ANCENIS – NANTES-BASEL - BREISACH - STRASBOURG - MAINZ - KOBLENZ - COLOGNE - DÜSSELDORF - AMSTERDAM
Combine the Royal Loire River and the Romantic Rhine River and you have an EXCLUSIVE river cruise journey rich in history and traditions. This cruise includes authentic shore excursions, the finest French cuisine, and local wines with exceptional service on our luxury Premium ships.
Cruise on the Loire River and be immersed in the spectacular scenery, magical castles, the châteaux and charming medieval towns, which take you back to a time of legends and fables.
Cruise along the Rhine River between Basel and Amsterdam and admire the beauty of the ever changing landscapes, historic monuments, and charming villages. Your journey ends in one of the most unique and extraordinary cities in the world, Amsterdam, famous for its canals, windmills, wooden clogs, cheese, and tulips.
Trip code : TWTNSN_BCA21
Destination : France, Switzerland, Germany & Netherlands
CRUISE HIGHLIGHTS
Full-day excursion to the castles of the Loire Valley: guided tours of the castles of Ussé, Azay-le-Rideau and the gardens of Villandry
Tour of the Saint-Nazaire shipyard, embodiment of French pride
Tour the wine route of the Muscadet through the vineyards of the Nantes region
Cruise on board a unique paddle steamer
Guided tour of Basel
Visit the Rhine Falls
Guided tour of Breisach
Visit Colmar and the Unterliden museum
Guided tour of Strasbourg and the European Institutions
Tour Mainz and the Gutenberg Museum
Tour of Cologne
Guided tour of The Dutch Open-Air Museum of Arnhem
Tour Amsterdam and visit its diamond merchants
Visit Haarlem the City of Tulips
NANTES -MS LOIRE PRINCESSE (D)
On arrival you will be met at the Nantes airport and transferred to the cruise ship. Boarding is at 6:00 p.m. After comfortably settling into your cabins, we will introduce our crew at a welcome cocktail before dinner.
After dinner, join us on an excursion and board a local boat for a cruise on the Erdre River, one of the most beautiful in France. King Francis I called this river “the most beautiful river in France”: As the scenery rolls by, discover the history of the river and its numerous châteaux.
NANTES - SAINT-NAZAIRE- MS LOIRE PRINCESSE (B,L,D)
After breakfast this morning, we depart for a guided tour of Nantes and the Castle of the Dukes of Brittany. You will discover the small streets of the medieval Bouffay quarter and the beautiful Flamboyant-style Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul. We will visit the île Feydeau and its exceptional buildings dating back to the 18th century, and then on to the quays. After, you will discover the shopping districts created in the 18th century around the Théâtre Graslin and the Passage Pommeraye. We will continue our tour to the Castle of the Dukes of Brittany. The last castle before the river reaches the ocean, this Breton monument with its outstanding 15th to 17th century buildings will transport you back in time.
In the afternoon, we take a guided tour of Saint Nazaire, a town on the sea. We will visit Escal'Atlantic, a museum that explores the historic ocean liner experience, and the Saint-Nazaire shipyard, one of the largest shipyards in Europe. Each passenger will be asked to produce a valid passport to gain access to the shipyard. We will return on board in Saint-Nazaire.
Enjoy an evening of dancing.
SAINT-NAZAIRE – ANCENIS -MS LOIRE PRINCESSE (B,L,D)
We will spend this morning cruising towards Ancenis.
In the afternoon, join us for an excursion along The Muscadet Wine Route. We will pass through several villages that are testimony to the strong wine growing identity in the region. We arrive to Clisson, a charming medieval city with 15th century vestiges and a slight Italian feel. We will continue toward La Chapelle Heulin and stop at the Château Cassemichère (or similar site). This exceptional site invites you to discover its history-filled vineyards, visit its cellars and taste the dry, light, fruity and aromatic wine. Afterwards we return on board.
ANCENIS - BOUCHEMAINE – ANGERS- MS LOIRE PRINCESSE (B,L,D)
Today we cruise towards Bouchemaine.
Join us for a guided tour of Angers. Angers was the capital of the historical Anjou province and is distinguished not only by its legacy, but also by its modern nature. Angers, particularly rich during the Renaissance, was home to the House of Plantagenet. The immense walls of the famous Château d'Angers contain the extraordinary Apocalypse Tapestry. We will visit the 13th century castle and discover the Apocalypse Tapestry, part of one of the most important collections of medieval tapestries in the world.
Enjoy an evening of entertainment.
BOUCHEMAINE - THE CHÂTEAUX OF THE LOIRE VALLEY – ANCENIS- MS LOIRE PRINCESSE (B,L,D)
After breakfast we depart for a full-day excursion to discover the Castles of the Loire Valley. We will leave by coach for the Château d'Azay-le-Rideau. Built on a small island in the middle of the Indre River, the château as it is seen today was built under Francis I by Gilles Berthelot, a wealthy financier who wanted to incorporate its medieval past alongside the latest architectural styles of the Italian renaissance. The chateau is a French national monument and possesses all the refinement found in the French Renaissance. We will continue to Villandry for lunch. After lunch, enjoy a walk through the lovely gardens surrounding the Château de Villandry. Spread out over an impressive area, the gardens bring together aestheticism, diversity, and harmony. Afterward, we will continue our tour and visit the Château d'Ussé. Rebuilt in the 15th and 16th centuries, this stronghold with fortified towers, turrets and steeples looks like something out of a fairytale. The castle is still inhabited today and takes visitors back to a time of legends and fairytales. It is thought to have inspired Charles Perrault when writing "Sleeping Beauty”.
We will return on board in Ancenis.
Tonight's our gala dinner and evening. Our ship will start sailing towards Nantes.
NANTES- BASEL -MS DOUCE FRANCE (B,D)
After breakfast, check out of cabin at 10 am. We then we transfer you to the Nantes Airport for your flight to Basel.
You will be welcomed at Basel Airport and transferred to cruise ship. Passengers are welcome to board our ship at 6:00 p.m. After comfortably settling into your cabins, we will introduce our crew at a welcome cocktail before dinner.
BASEL - SCHAFFHAUSEN – BASEL- MS DOUCE FRANCE (B,L,D)
This morning after breakfast we depart for a guided tour of Basel. We will travel by coach to the city centre for a guided foot tour of Basel. While strolling, you'll discover the longstanding Grossbasel section and its numerous passages and medieval monuments: the protestant cathedral (Basler Münster), viewed as one of the city's top landmarks; the market place dominated by the dark-red, ornate Town Hall; and the famous Freie Strasse - one of the main transit routes in the Middle Ages which has become the most trendy shopping area in the city.
This afternoon join us for an excursion to discover the Rhine Falls, among the most spectacular sites to visit in Switzerland. The Rhine Falls are among the most spectacular sites to visit in Switzerland. You will also discover the Laufen Castle, and its impressive view overlooking the rumbling falls.
Enjoy an evening of dancing before our ship departs towards Breisach.
BREISACH- MS DOUCE FRANCE (B,L,D)
After breakfast we depart for a guided tour of Breisach and wine tasting. On foot discover the old town of Breisach, a city along the Rhine. The romanesque St Stephansmünster cathedral overlooks this lovely German town with a European feel, characterized by its Romanesque and Gothic elements from the late 12th and 15th centuries. Our tour will end with a tasting of local wine. We will return on board.
This afternoon depart on a guided tour of Colmar and the Unterlinden Museum. Colmar will charm you with its authenticity and typically Alsatian architecture composed of brightly painted half-timbered facades dating from the Middle Ages. You will discover the quintessential neighbourhood of "Little Venice” and visit the Unterlinden Museum, featuring a large collection of local and international artworks and manufactured artifacts from prehistorical to contemporary times. The museum is housed in a 13th-century Dominican convent and 1906 former public baths building and was renovated by Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron in 2015 to incorporate more of the vast collection. Inarguably, the most important work in the collection is the Isenheim Altarpiece.
BREISACH – STRASBOURG -MS DOUCE FRANCE (B,L,D)
We arrive in Strasbourg early this afternoon. Join us for a guided tour of the European capital. We will start off with a panoramic tour of the town, which will take us through many of the town's districts, particularly the "German Quarter” (around the Place de La République) and the European district (passing the Palace of Europe, the Human Rights Building and the European Parliament Building). We continue with a guided walking tour around the Cathedral where you will see the famous Kammerzell house, before ambling down the Petite France District, a famous district in Strasbourg much loved by the local citizens and listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Return to the ship in Strasbourg at the end of the afternoon.
Enjoy an evening of dancing as our ship starts sailing towards Mainz.
MAINZ – KOBLENZ -MS DOUCE FRANCE (B,L,D)
This morning after breakfast we depart for a guided tour of Mainz and the Gutenberg Museum. You will set off on foot from accompanied by your guides and visit the town of Mainz. Capital of the Rhine Palatinate, Mainz was founded more than 2000 years ago by the Romans. In the 17th and 18th centuries, the top architects and sculptors created the basic shape of the town, with fine palaces and churches. Here you can admire the magnificent historic houses which have been outstandingly well-restored. Located on the banks of the Rhine opposite the confluence of the Rhine with the Main, Mainz will captivate you with its quite incomparable lifestyle, its unique charm, and its openness to the world. In the company of your guide, you will be able to enter the magnificent Cathedral, whose construction began in 975 and which has left a deep mark on the history of the town. The interior of the cathedral houses some wonderful historic treasures, including tombs and funerary monuments from the 13th to the 18th centuries. You will also have the opportunity to wander up and down the colourful streets in the old town. Finally, you will visit the Gutenberg Museum, the world's finest museum for printing equipment, materials, and books. Born in Mainz around 1400, Johannes Gensfleisch Gutenberg himself prepared the copy of the Bible referred to as "the 42-line Bible” which was published in 1455 - the oldest printed book in the world. Out of the 46 copies still in existence, the museum has just one, along with a "Mainz Psalter”, the first ever document printed using three different colours of ink. The museum extends over five floors and provides a quite remarkable exhibition on the history of the book and written word in both Europe and the world. Return on board on foot.
We will return on board and cruise up the most beautiful part of the Rhine River towards Koblenz, passing numerous castles as well as the infamous Lorelei Rock along the way. This evening join our hostess for a tour of the city.
KOBLENZ - COLOGNE – DÜSSELDORF -MS DOUCE FRANCE (B,L,D)
Today we depart for Cologne, reaching it later this morning.
On arrival we depart for a guided tour of Cologne on foot. Crossroads of Europe since the Middle Ages, Köln has kept its importance as a vibrant commercial and industrial city as well as a cultural and religious center. You will be able to admire the exterior façades of the huge Gothic Köln Cathedral which took five centuries to complete. Indeed, although construction started in 1247, it was interrupted due to a lack of financing in 1560 and only started again in 1842 upon request of Emperor Frederick Wilhelm IV, who had fallen in love with the building. Construction was finally completed in 1863 and the Gothic Cathedral was the highest building in the world from 1880 to 1884. Around the Cathedral, 12 other Romanesque style churches are set in a circle, representing the 12 holy apostles. We will then move on to the Old Town and stop to admire the outside of the neo-Gothic building, home of the famous "Eau de Cologne".
Before returning on board, we will have some free time to stroll through the streets of Köln or try the famous local beer, the Kölsch. Return on board by coach in Königswinter.
Tonight, is our gala dinner and evening.
DÜSSELDORF - XANTEN - NIJMEGEN – AMSTERDAM -MS DOUCE FRANCE (B,L,D)
After breakfast we depart for a guided tour of the open-air museum in Arnhem. Departure from Wesel by coach in the company of your hostess for the Dutch Open-Air Museum in Arnhem, which is located in a beautiful wooded park (44 ha). Some 80 authentic farms, windmills, workshops, houses, barns, a church, and a school provide an insight on the everyday life and architecture of yesteryear.
Inside every building, you will be intrigued by the typical furniture and the displays of various trades and crafts. Some of the buildings are grouped together, such as the beautiful Limburg timber-framed buildings or the Gelderland farms, but the most charming spot is without a doubt the area dedicated to the Zaan region, with its green painted wooden houses and tastefully decorated gables. Our visit will start with the renovated entrance pavilion and its good vantage point over the park and its many windmills. There are farming implements on display in many areas, like the collections centre. The lower level gives access to the spectacular panoramic theatre HollandRama. In this mobile capsule, films, sounds, lights, smells, and temperatures evoke different scenes, from cityscapes to the confines of houses. Return on board by coach. Meanwhile, our ship cruises towards Nijmegen where we will board it again after our tour.
AMSTERDAM - MS DOUCE FRANCE (B,L,D)
After breakfast we depart for a guided panoramic tour of Amsterdam and visit to a diamond merchant. We will leave by coach for a guided tour of the city. Amsterdam is one of the most unique and extraordinary cities in the world. From its romantic canals to its world-renowned museums and historical significance, it is a city that never ceases to surprise. Our first stop will be the Riecker Windmill, a windmill located on the riverbanks of the Amstel River, south of the city. This mill was built in 1636 in the village of Sloten and was used as a polder mill for the polder of the same name (Riekerpolder). The pumping of the polder water was taken over by an electric pumping station in 1932 and, when the polder was dug, the mill was then dismantled to create, among other things, Lake Het Nieuw Meer. The mill was rebuilt in 1961 on the riverbanks of the Amstel, around 8 km (approx. 5 miles) away, between the roads leading to Kalfjeslaan and Borcht. This part of the Amstel banks, extremely popular with tourists and walkers, is a prime location for an old Dutch windmill. A statue of Rembrandt was erected close to this mill to remind us that the painter made many drawings on the banks of this river. Afterwards, we will head to the Diamond District to observe how the talented cutters facet the raw diamonds into the jewels we buy. Our guide will explain in detail how a diamond is valued. After our tour, you will be able to spend some time browsing the shop. We will hop back on our coach and continue towards the Bloemenmarkt, the famous floating flower market. One of the most fragrant places in Amsterdam in any seasons thanks to its thousands of flowers and multitude of varieties, this unique market will make your head spin! At the end of our visit, we will return to the ship by coach.
In the afternoon, Departure by coach in the company of your guides towards Haarlem. Known as the "City of Tulips”, Haarlem has for centuries been the main production and export center for tulip bulbs. This charming town has been an inspiration for generations of painters throughout the centuries. We'll discover the Amsterdamse Poort (Amsterdam Gate) built in 1400 and the only vestige from the city's fortifications, the Grote Markt (Main Square), the Corrie Ten Boom House, used as a hiding place during World War II and the impressive Gothic Cathedral of St Bavo dating from the 14th and 15th centuries. In Haarlem, you will get the chance to see a great number of "beguinages”, with the oldest dating back to 1395. Before heading back to Amsterdam, you will have some free time.
Return on board in Amsterdam by coach.
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Short-range communication for increased safety
The technology behind the twICEme solution, Near Field Communication (NFC), has been around for quite some time. However, it isn’t until now that it has gained momentum as a widespread and household technology. This has been adopted by key players in the field, as recent strides forward have opened all NFC functionalities to Apple’s iPhones as well as Android smartphone makers. The technology is therefore introduced for the first time to a truly global public, which enables third-party integrations to reach the status of a global standard, which is what we are aiming for at twICEme Technology. Let’s dive deeper into the power of NFC connectivity and why it is the perfect solution for twICEme Technology.
Strong demand for easily accessible vital info
On our missions as military professionals, we have witnessed emergency situations where vital information about a person could have resulted in saved lives. By having such info available when seconds matter, higher efficiency with reduced lead times could have been created in the rescue operations. With that experience in mind, we wanted to develop a concept that could help not only military personnel but also people in dangerous working environments or people pursuing their adventures in the ski slopes, on the saddle or when biking. The result was the concept of “twICEme” - to always have a “second me”. The challenge was to find a reliable technology that fulfilled the crucial performance requirements.
Vital info anywhere, at any time, by anyone
From the very beginning, our vision was to create a user-friendly solution based on future technology where the first person on the scene of an accident or first responders could access the info and thereby be of help. We chose a technical solution that is based on Near Field Communication (NFC). The technology was invented already in 2002 but when we started in 2016, NFC was still in its infancy in terms of consumer knowledge. Even though Android smartphones have had NFC functionalities since 2010, the real change came in 2019 when Apple also opened up all the NFC functionalities for third-party developers. Along with the rise of Apple Pay, NFC is really starting to gain widespread consumer knowledge.
We have chosen NFC technology for twICEme based on a few bets
Ownership and usage of NFC enabled smartphones will dramatically increase in the near future
NFC through our smartphones will soon be a part of our everyday lives when we pay, unlock cars and homes, access information, etc.
People will take greater care before upload their personal information to a database/cloud due to privacy concerns. Therefore, we have chosen NFC which stores the information locally (not in the cloud)
Ingredient brands that focus on safety will, to a larger extent, increase safety innovation due to awareness by the upcoming generations of consumers
How twICEme caters to these bets
Being born in the military, the twICEme solution had to be offline and available only for short-distance reading in order to provide a wide range of information and perform at a high level, every time. These are the original principles on which the device is built. The NFC technology meets these requirements perfectly. Firstly, it works by induction through the magnetic field of the smartphone which allows the device to be completely inactive until pinged by a phone. This happens at a short distance and makes it extremely difficult to “hijack” information. Secondly, the device has a memory unit that allows all the necessary information to be uploaded to the device. Lastly, we have a supplier that produces that highest quality component that lasts for half of million of reads, which ensures performance over a very long time.
A technology that is here to stay
Looking towards the future, we strongly believe that NFC will be a household technology used for applications ranging from locking houses or paying at the grocery store, to unlocking your car or accessing vital information about a person in the event of an accident. There are constantly new developments taking place within the field and every year, large strides forward are taken which will put the NFC technology in a winning position for the future.
Our vision is to help as many people as possible in emergency situations and ultimately save lives. This can be achieved through our mission of being a global standard of the vital info that can be easily accessed. The NFC functionality enables time savings and efficiency in rescue operations for both first people on scene as well as ambulance and rescue professionals. The spread and wider usage of the technology will help push us towards this goal at an increasing pace.
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Taraji P. Henson to star in gender-flipped What Women Want remake
She’ll take the role of Mel Gibson from the 2000 original.
Taraji P. Henson at Black Girls Rock! 2017 on August 5, 2017 in Newark, New Jersey. Dia Dipasupil/Getty
Taraji P. Henson has been confirmed for the Mel Gibson role in a new, gender-flipped version of Nancy Meyers’s What Women Want. Set for release in early 2019, What Men Want will see Henson given the dubious pleasure of being able to hear exactly what men are thinking at all times.
Deadline reports that Henson will play a sports agent who is able to read the minds of her male colleagues as they attempt to push her out of the board room. She will use her newfound ability for good, securing a deal with a high profile NBA player for the agency. Girls Trip producers Will Packer and James Lopez are on board and Henson has an executive producer role on the film. What Men Want is released on January 11, 2019.
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10 Best Mardi Gras Events in San Antonio
Slice the King Cake and throw the beads—Mardi Gras is coming! These 10 Mardi Gras events in San Antonio will make this Fat Tuesday unforgettable.
This year, Fat Tuesday falls on February 25th, and everyone is gearing up for an incredible weekend of celebrations. The San Antonio RiverWalk is going all out, restaurants across town are dishing up special occasion Cajun creations, and the partying is sure to go into the early hours. We’ve rounded up 10 of the best Mardi Gras events in San Antonio to make sure this weekend will be one for the books.
Bud Light Mardi Gras Festival and River Parade
When Mardi Gras rolls around, San Antonio knows how to celebrate. Join revelers at the Arneson River Theatre, where the party starts on Saturday, February 22nd. This eight-hour event at the RiverWalk runs from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. and has a little bit of everything. Plus, it’s free to enjoy!
Live music kicks things off with the blues when Reuben V Band takes the stage outside the Arneson River Theatre. The music continues all day long with Zydeco Blanco, Shonnie Murrell, Europa Jazz, and GrooveTronX.
The River Parade will take place on Saturday from 4 to 6 p.m., so you’ll want to arrive with plenty of time to join the festivities. The parade will make two laps around the downtown section of the RiverWalk, totaling five miles. The float line-up will include Bud Light & King Rex, RiverWalk Royalty, the San Antonio Zulu Association, and more!
The fun doesn’t stop there. Five local restaurants—Margaritaville, Dick’s Last Resort, Joe’s Crab Shack, On the Bend Oyster Bar & Lounge, and Mad Dogs British Pub—are hosting patio and balcony parties where guests can head for refreshments from 4 to 6 p.m. all weekend long. Thanks to the RiverWalk’s partnership with Bud Light for the event, there will be plenty of opportunities for guests to grab an ice-cold Bud Light during the festival. Other sponsors include Shake Shack and Pete’s Tacos.
ZULU Fat Tuesday Mardi Gras Party
Fat Tuesday comes early during the ZULU Fat Tuesday Mardi Gras Party. For the 11th year running, this party brings people together for live music, delicious food, and prizes. This year’s celebration is taking place at VFW Post 9186 on February 20th from 4 p.m. to 1 a.m. Music will be provided by OMG Sounds and food truck catering will keep the party going all night long, but you’ll want to bring your own beverages to this event because it is BYOB. All entry tickets will be sold at the gate for a $10 cover charge.
For more information, check online at the San Antonio Zulu Association. This not-for-profit organization has been an integral part of San Antonio’s community since its establishment in 1976. They aim to positively impact the San Antonio area by providing scholarships to students, reaching the public through community outreach, and bringing people together during events like this.
Mardi Gras Artisan Show Presented by the Hiltons of San Antonio
This month, over 40 artisans will showcase their handmade creations at the Mardi Gras Artisan Show. From Friday, February 21st to Sunday, February 23rd, local creators will take to the RiverWalk to showcase their one-of-a-kind designs. Pottery, textiles, paintings, and beadwork designs are only a few of the types of gifts shoppers will find at the show.
Hours for the event are 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Sunday. You’ll find vendors on the RiverWalk extension near the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce. This event is free to enter, but come prepared to fall in love with crafts you won’t be able to resist taking home!
Royal Mardi Gras Masquerade Gala
On Friday, February 21st, don your finest disguise and join the fun at the 3rd Annual Royal Mardi Gras Masquerade Gala. Despite being held at The DoSeum, San Antonio’s Museum for Kids, this after-hours event is adults-only. Formal wear, masks, and beads make this masquerade a Mardi Gras masterpiece! From 7:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m., The DoSeum will be transformed into a bustling casino with a delectable Cajun-inspired buffet. Guests can participate in a silent auction, take a souvenir photo, or pay a visit to the YELP Glam Bar.
The 2020 RiverWalk Royalty Coronation will commence before the night is over, crowning the RiverWalk King and Queen. Royalty candidates are community members who fundraise money for the RiverWalk, and the people who raise the most money are awarded this royal title. After their coronation, RiverWalk Royalty will be featured on a float during the RiverWalk Parade the next afternoon.
Individual Pardi Gras Krewe tickets are available for purchase starting at $75. Table reservations range from $1,000 to $5,000 and include perks like bottles of champagne, increased casino chip allowances, and even a spot on a RiverWalk Parade float! VIP tickets grant guests access to the Friends of the RiverWalk VIP Speakeasy and can be purchased online for a $35 surcharge. VIP guests will be able to take advantage of exclusive drinks, a gourmet food station, and will each receive a one-year membership to the Friends of the RiverWalk.
Sunday JazzFest
Live jazz is the perfect way to celebrate Mardi Gras, and this year the Arneson River Theatre is hosting an incredible lineup of musicians on Sunday, February 23rd. BillyRay Sheppard will take the stage first from 1 to 2 p.m. Sheppard is a smooth jazz saxophonist local to San Antonio. Then, The Munoz Brothers Band takes over from 2 to 4 p.m. This seven-piece band is sure to entertain. Afterward, catch DV Jazz led by David Villanueva, who was born and raised in San Antonio, studied at St. Mary’s University, and now brings jazz music to life with his band. This event will also pay tribute to legendary jazzman Jim Cullum, who passed away in 2019.
El Mardi Gras
This year, Third Coast Charity's annual fundraising event will be held at Paper Tiger, San Antonio’s independent live music venue, on Sunday, February 16th. This family-friendly event is a great alternative to some of the rowdier Mardi Gras festivities. Live music, a pet costume contest, and face painting are just a few of the activities taking place throughout the afternoon. Prominent local chefs will also be coming together for the event, including Chef Pieter Sypesteyn of Third Coast Kitchen Restaurant Group, Attagirl’s Chris Cullum, and Joe Saenz from Swine House.
Third Coast Charities is a local not-for-profit organization that aids families in the San Antonio area, and all proceeds collected from El Mardi Gras will directly benefit households in need.
Mardi Craw at The Float In
Fat Tuesday is the perfect excuse to visit nearby New Braunfels to join The Float In for their incredible Mardi Craw celebration. VIP tickets are available for online purchase in advance for $35, and these tickets grant guests unlimited crawfish, admission to an exclusive lounge, and specialty drink options inspired by New Orleans. Located along the Comal River Tube Chute, The Float In’s outdoor seating area is the perfect place for a crawfish boil this February.
Beer, Bugs, and Blues Mardi Gras at Willie's Grill & Icehouse
Starting on February 20th, join Willie’s Grill & Icehouse for five nights of Mardi Gras. They’ll be serving up ice-cold beer, Cajun-inspired cocktails, and boiled crawfish all weekend long. Each night will feature live music selections. The Groove Doctors take the stage on Thursday, followed by Hamilton Loomis on Friday, E7 Band on Saturday, Paul Villareal on Sunday, and Finding Friday on Fat Tuesday. The whole family can stop by because there will be face painting, balloon artists, and their on-site arcade and sandboxes. Their signature menu items include their half-pound Cajun burger, shrimp and sausage gumbo, and addicting icehouse tacos.
Mardi Gras Princess Style
Nadler's Bakery and Deli is making dreams come true this Mardi Gras. Disney Princess Tiana will be joining guests for a Mardi Gras celebration suitable for children. Hors d'oeuvres will be followed by singing and dancing, DIY Mardi Gras mask decorating, and a visit with the princess. Guests aren’t required to arrive in their sparkliest gowns, but children are encouraged to dress up if they’d like. Admission for each attendee starts at $15, and both adults and children need tickets to join the fun. Children under 2 can enter for free with an adult ticket purchase. Be sure to grab your seat at the Royal Table early so you don’t miss out on any of the fun!
Mardi Craw at The Rustic
The Rustic brings back their annual crawfish boil for a Fat Tuesday bash. The event is free to attend with an RSVP, but to secure your seat with certainty opt for the $35 VIP upgrade, which guarantees a seat at the table. VIP guests will receive two pounds of crawfish, a bowl of jambalaya, and access to an exclusive VIP lounge. DJ Tone will provide live music, and the event begins at 5 p.m., so don’t be late!
The vibrancy of San Antonio’s community is self-evident, and this close-knit community gives New Orleans a run for its money when it comes to Mardi Gras celebrations. When you’re ready to learn more about living in San Antonio real estate or want to be in touch with a San Antonio real estate agent, contact me for more information.
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Do YOU work to these rules of journalism?
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I must share this gem. Michael Rosenberg, a sports writer with the Detroit Free Press, has compiled the nine rules of journalism. They strike me as being uncomfortably true to life. (There are only eight here because the ninth was specific to a previous Rosenberg column and requires too much context to make sense. The rest are, surely, universal).
1. Afflict the comfortable and comfort the afflicted. Then, after the afflicted become comfortable, afflict them again. This should provide an endless supply of news stories.
2. Be balanced. No matter what anybody says, find somebody to say the opposite. If a scientist claims to have a cure for cancer, find somebody who says cancer does not exist. If a man says "My name is Fred," make sure you find somebody who says "No, your name is Diane." Etc.
3. When deciding which tragedies deserve the most prominent coverage, use this simple math: 10,000 foreigners = one cute white American chick.
4. If the president of the United States is accused of violating the law on the same day that an African country erupts into civil war and an especially gloomy economic report is released, and you must decide which one is your lead story, ask yourself this: Did the local sports team just win a big game?
5. Internet, Schminternet. It will be gone in five years. People will always love reading a newspaper - and so will you, our intrepid reporter, once you accept our redundancy offer.
6. When working at the New York Post, make sure your story includes all six W's: who, what, when, where, why and with what kind of lubricant.
7. When appearing on television, insinuate that all newspaper reporters are biased. When writing for a newspaper, imply that all television people are boobs with no credibility. When at the bar afterward, complain that nobody trusts journalists anymore.
8. Keep each of the following on speed dial: a wacko religious leader who believes that god loves all his children, except the ones who skip church once in awhile; a gun nut who put semi-automatic weapons on his baby registry; an anti-weapons nut who thinks there should be a 10-day waiting period before buying steak knives; a legendary, highly quotable politician who has not been sober past noon since 1991, and a self-designated leader of each of the following minority groups: African-Americans, Asians, Latinos, American Indians, homosexuals, transsexuals, fat people, skinny people, people with absolutely no distinguishing physical attributes, and foot fetishists.
Do any of these rules apply in British newsrooms? Of course they do.
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‘Searchers may have located tail of crashed AirAsia plane’
Singapore/Jakarta, January 05, 2015 16:57 IST
Three more bodies were found early today, bringing the total found so far to 37 of the 162 people on board. File Photo of caskets containing the remains of passengers from AirAsia QZ8501 are being carried into an Indonesian military cargo plane.
Indonesian searchers on Monday said they may have found what could be the tail of the crashed AirAsia flight QZ8501, the section where the crucial black boxes are located, even as calmer waters led to the recovery of three more bodies of people on board the ill-fated plane.
“We found what has a high probability of being the tail of the plane,” Yayan Sofyan, the captain of an Indonesian patrol vessel, said. However, the Indonesian search and rescue agency is yet to confirm the discovery.
Flight recorders are very crucial for solving the mystery of the crash of the Airbus 320-200 on December 28 in the Java Sea while flying from Surabaya to Singapore.
The development came as Indonesian navy divers took advantage of calmer waters on Monday to resume efforts to identify suspected wreckage from the jet with no signal detected yet from the black box recorders.
This ship has a very specific mission. On board is a pinger locator that needs to be delivered to a vessel stationed in Sector 4 of the search zone.
Three more bodies were found early today, bringing the total found so far to 37 of the 162 people on board, as ships and aircraft seeking debris and bodies from the plane widened their search area, Metro News reported.
The bodies were retrieved from an area where most of the plane parts were discovered. More aircraft debris, including seats, has also been found.
The searchers would continue to focus on finding more bodies and recovering the black box in the priority area mapped out by the authorities for the search.
The rescue teams expanded search eastward to locate large objects of the plane believed to be on the ocean floor. “Search sector expanded eastward, in view of d easterly direction of the current at d rate of 1 knot,” Malaysia’s Chief of Navy Abdul Aziz Jaafar tweeted this morning.
>More Airasia plane wreckage found >Searchers find more bodies from AirAsia plane crash >First victims identified in AirAsia crash >First AirAsia plane crash victim buried in Indonesia
Indonesia’s National Search and Rescue director of operations Suryadi B Supriyadi said that at least five ships with equipment that can detect the pings of the plane’s black boxes have been deployed to the area.
“If it cannot be done by divers, we will use sophisticated equipment with capabilities of tracking underwater objects and then will lift them up,” he said.
Five large objects belonging to the crashed jet were retrieved from the Java Sea on Sunday. But rescuers battled bad weather in their efforts to reach the fuselage believed to contain the remaining victims.
“Today’s search mission once again depends on the weather,” Supriyadi said.
Divers are on standby, and heavy equipment will be deployed to lift wreckage should “all efforts fail”, said Bambang Soelistyo, Head of Indonesia’s Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas).
There are 229 experts from 27 institutions assisting in the identification process.
Police said it has collected DNA samples of 146 of 162 people on board the ill-fated plane.
Key developments in AirAsia search operations
Search area expanded
Indonesia cracks down on aviation sector
Harsh measures against everyone who allowed AirAsia Flight 8501 to take off without proper permits including the suspension of the airport’s operator and officials in the control tower. >Read more…
Allianz is lead insurer
The Munich-based reinsurance giant said on Monday that its subsidiary Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty U.K. is the lead insurer for AirAsia, including for liability insurance.
Here’s what AirAsia has had to say over the mishap:
Sunu Widyatmoko, Chief Executive Officer of AirAsia Indonesia said: “We are sorry to be here today under these tragic circumstances. We would like to extend our sincere sympathies to the family and friends of those on board QZ8501. Our sympathies also go out to the families of our dear colleagues." >Read more…
Differences between the AirAsia and the MH370 accidents
The disappearance of an AirAsia passenger jet soon after takeoff inevitably brings back memories of the mystery behind Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which disappeared nearly 10 months ago and is yet to be found. >Read more…
Meanwhile, AirAsia’s Group CEO Tony Fernandes has reacted to media reports about the airline’s another plane having run into engine trouble while trying to take off on a domestic flight from Surabaya to Bandung.
“Silly headlines in Malaysia. Airasia Indonesia aircraft did not have a stalled engine,” Fernandes tweeted today.
Media reports said Flight 7633 was taxiing in preparation to take off on Saturday but the one of the power units on the plane failed.
Navy ship finds what may be AirAsia plane's tail
What’s still not known about AirAsia jet and why it crashed
Divers enter water in search of wreckage from AirAsia jet
AirAsia crash: two more bodies found
Divers resume search for AirAsia victims
Indonesia cracks down on aviation sector after AirAsia crash
AirAsia tragedy: bodies, debris found in Java Sea
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QOH recap
Ford Hester, Reporter|March 5, 2015
As soon as Queen of Hearts craze is here, it is gone again, leaving Broughton with yet another fantastic year of festivities.
This year the entire Queen of Hearts experience was as terrific as always, with classic traditions mixed in with something new every year.
Queen of Hearts was observed with a school assembly on Feb. 6, a community assembly on Feb. 7, and a dance the night of Feb. 7.
Just like any time the entirety of Broughton meets in the same place, there was a lot of energy, school spirit, and of course, great music from students.
Including student bands all the way to new dance trends, all types of art were brought to the Holliday Gym to entertain both the court and of course the student body.
Many students and teachers enjoyed the opening band, 4 degrees, who played a popular Black Keys song.
Another popular act was a group of students dropping the whip, each with a creative freestyle at the beginning. The band that closed the Queen of Hearts Assembly was Isaiah and the Boys, which received a killer applause after they hit Pharrell’s “Happy” out of the park.
The theme for this year’s dance was Alice in Wonderland with the Holliday Gym transformed into a scene right out of the book.
The court entered through a massive tree with the Cheshire Cat at the top and walked along the traditional red carpet up to their seats which were made to look like a piece of the Evil Queen’s Card Castle.
The skit saw Alice as a senior being shrunken to a freshman and falling into Wonderland. Once there she met various fa- mous denizens of the world in- cluding the Tweedles, the Mad Hatter and the Evil Queen her- self.
After assuming the role of champion of Wonderland Alice and her newfound friends fought the Evil Queen in a dance battle, eventually winning control of the world for the Good Queen.
The skit ended with “Alice” waking up in class where it seems as though the adventure was all a dream. Notable actors included narration by Richard Matkins, Leah Greene as the Evil Queen, and Jabar Zalal as the show stealing caterpillar.
“My favorite part of the skit was when the caterpillar became a butterfly,” sophomore Eliza Krause said.
This year the court was made up of an extraordinary group of females, as always.
The Queen of Hearts was Abbey Bugger, who was escorted by Philip Cave. The Maid of Honor was Diona Payne who was escorted by Eli White. Bugger is a Caps Class Buddy and highly regarded member of the Broughton Color Guard.
The dance itself was extraordinary, featuring the Raleigh based, self-proclaimedly international band, the 919. Their live music rocked the house, which is why everyone at the dance was sure to have had a great time, dancing with their date or just chatting with friends.
“I really like the band, I thought they were very diverse and especially enjoyed the lead singer, she sure could sing,” Freshman Kyle Ehlers said.
The Queen of Hearts dance and festivities came to Broughton in the 1940s .
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Baths with a view... 8 of the best
Written by The Leap on 22 / 02 / 2018
If you're anything like me then you probably love a good bath. It's the ultimate in relaxation, a place to unwind after a stressful day and let essential oils do their magic.
Now you may think travelling isn't stressful so why would you need a bath? Whilst the stresses might be different it is important to relax the muscles after a long day on the tourist trail...
So, with this in mind, there is nothing I could want more than a relaxing bath with a view to match... Whether it's watching the waves roll in on your very own private island in Tanzania or taking in a city skyline there's a bath out there for you, here's my top 8.
Now, before you get stuck in be aware that most of these are at the higher end of the market but don't let that put you off... Hotels will often run last minute deals to fill rooms, alternatively, you can visit for dinner or breakfast in their swanky restaurants or just treat yourself to a night after spending a few months 'roughing it' in backpacker haunts.
1. Maldives - Huvafen Fushi Hotel
Everyone knows the Maldives is hard to rival when it comes to luxury but just check out the bath at Huvafen Fushi Hotel. The hotel is set in a private lagoon and each villa boats its own private pool and tub with views out across the water. A little slice of heaven that is worth splashing out for. Literally.
2. Cape Town- 12 Apostles Hotel
It's hard to escape the spectacular scenery in Cape Town, but then why would you want to. If you stay at the 12 Apostles Hotel in Cape Town you can continue to enjoy the views of Lions Head even while you have a soak in the tub. It's not just the view that's going to take your breath away whilst you sip a glass of Moet, check out the fancy marble bath too...
3. Tanzania - Thanda Island
What would your first thought be if you had your own private island? Bath on the beach? That's what the owners of Thanda Island in Tanzania came up with and aren't we grateful. Rent out one of their villas and you can soak in the tub whilst listing to the waves roll in, sipping a cocktail and watching the sunset. It may be at the higher end of the market but its worth it.
Relax after doing a volunteer program in Tanzania?
4. Zambia - Tongabezi Tree House
Whats better than listening to the song of the African bush, beer in hand as you admire one of Africa's famous sunsets...? Doing it all from a bath. This is completely possible if you make a visit to Tongabezi Tree House in Zambia. Just to make it that bit more special you also get a view of the Zambezi, complete paradise.
5. India - Oberoi Amarvilas
The Taj Mahal, it's a UNESCO World Heritage Site and also the centre piece of your view from the tub if you stay at Oberoi Amarvilas in Agra. People travel from every corner of the globe to see this jewel of India so why not keep the long saught after view for as long as possible. Bear in mind that the Taj Mahal was commissioned by Shah Jahan as a sign of undying love in memory if his wife so it's also quite romantic...
6. New Zealand - Azur Lodge
Have you ever wanted to relax in a beth with views of sparkling lake waters, pine forests and rugged mountains? Well nows your chance. If you stay at Azur Lodge in Queenstown, South Island's adventure capital, then you can relax with panoramic views of Lake Wakatipu and its surrounds.
7. England - The Fallen Angel
You don't have to travel too far afield to find a bath with a view... the UK has a lot to offer as well. Rather than a hotel, this beautiful bath is situated in The Fallen Angel B & B making it that much more unique. Relax in this freestanding steel beauty of a tub and enjoy views over the picturesque fishing village of Mousehole in Cornwall and the Atlantic beyond.
8. Scotland - Croft 103
Staying in the UK and just moving a little further north you get to Croft 103 on the shores of Loch Eriboll. Scotland is long know for its breathtaking scenery and unpredicatbale weather so here you have the option of an indoor or outdoor bath, both offering the same view just one with that extra element of adventure.
I like big baths and I cannot lie...
When doing the research for this blog I've fallen in love with every single bath. Okay, so some of these places are slightly more upmarket and not everyday hotels for your average backpacker but treating yourself is an essential part of travelling. Everyone needs at least one night of luxury every now and again.
I know which is my favourite, but where will you go first?
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A Tale of Mirkwood – Chapter Seventeen – Indecision
by theoneringDec 20, 2002Stories
© of Leaflocks (excluding all material written and/or created by J.R.R. Tolkien Estate Ltd.) Well, let’s pray this baby works this time! I am sorry to inform you that this chapter contains slight “cliffhanger” qualities. If you are daunted by this prospect, it might be best not to read it. Thanks again to everyone who commented on my previous chapters, and of course, to my fan club who stuck by me when 17 just did not want to appear!
The two weeks that followed brought happiness to Legolas, especially as Mithryn was up and about, and moved once more with a freer spirit. Indeed, she was most glad to leave the confines of her bed. At first, her legs were weak, and tired easily. With her devoted husband to support her, however, she strengthened swiftly. The fresh air, fragrant breezes, friendly faces, and bright sun all contributed to her recuperation.
Mithryn, indeed, felt like her old self again. And yet, a slight tingling in her back never seemed to leave her, and she wondered if ever it would. It did not trouble her greatly, therefore, never did she complain of it. After being stabbed in the back with an orc blade, she would expect her back to tingle.
With a strong arm, and a gentle hand, Legolas slowly led his adored wife along the elf path to the brook. Mithryn clasped tightly his hand and arm, all the while gazing about at the lush evidence of the weeks of summer she had missed. Warm sunlight flooded the trees, engulfing them with a golden luminance. Birds flitted about, chirping their many opinions. The docile wind dreamily rustled the leafy trees, and soon the merry laughter of cascading water could be heard. Oh, how she had missed the wild these last few weeks!
“Is this too much exertion for you? Indeed, you are still weak. Shall I carry you?” Legolas asked, concerned.
“Nay, dearest. I am ever gaining in strength,” Mithryn replied. Fatigued, though she was, Mithryn relished being on her feet again. The freedom of mobility never felt so great.
Mithryn, at last, sat by the water’s edge, allowing the sounds and earthy smells to wash over her. Legolas stood by her, eying her warily. “I do not like this,” he said at last. “Perhaps I should speak to Father. I need not return to duties today . . .”
“Legolas,” Mithryn said firmly, “necessity has held us both back for a time, but now life must return to the way it was. I understand you still fear for my well-being, however, fresh air and peace is all that I require. I am confidant that I shall be able to return to our chamber on my own. See?” she cried as she danced a little for him before dropping to the ground in peals of laughter.
“I know what you say is true. Life must return from where we left it. Your recovery has allowed that,” he said smiling, touching her flushed cheek. “Very well. I shan’t be long or far.”
Mithryn nodded and watched as he walked away, until at last, she was alone. Lying on the soft moss, her eyes gazed upwards with delight at the play of light, flickering on the leaves. She lay there some time, grateful for the tranquil silence and isolation.
“Oh! I beg your pardon; I did not see you,” a voice said beyond her view. Mithryn sat up directly, and saw Haldof.
“Nay, Haldof. You need make no apology, for you did not disturb me. Indeed, I am happy to see you. It has been some time, has it not? Not since the night of the attack?”
His eyes shifted clumsily, hesitant to meet her soft gaze. “Aye, I believe you are right. Pray pardon my never having visited you. I was . . . prevented.” he said, awkwardly.
“Of course,” Mithryn replied, examining his strange, anxious behaviour. He appeared unable to stand still, and eyes cast forever downward in a manner so guilty. “I understand, as does Legolas. He has just returned to his duties today. Have you happened to see him?”
“Nay, I fear not. Forgive me, I . . .forgive me,” he said before promptly bowing and strode out of the glen and down the path.
“Of course,” Mithryn replied, though none heard it but herself. She was at a loss as to what she could have done or said that would offend him so. Her mind searched, but could find nothing which suggested insult. “Perhaps it is nothing new,” she said quietly to herself, heart now sorrowed. “Perhaps he still disapproves of me, and thought it better if I had died.”
“Who would think such a horrid thing?” a gentle voice said. Mithryn looked up to see her dear friend Elmarin approaching her, babe Finaviel in arms.
“Hello, Elmarin! How nice to see you here,” Mithryn said, as her friend sat beside her. Mithryn took the baby, holding her close.
“I am pleased to see you so much improved since my last visit,” Elmarin said, her long golden locks tousling gently in the breeze. “Whom were you speaking of with such sadness? Surely not Legolas?”
“Nay!” Mithryn replied, emphatically. “Legolas has been wonderful!”
“Then. . .whom?”
Pensively, Mithryn’s soft green eyes rose and met Elmarin’s ageless blue pools. “Haldof,” was all she could say.
Elmarin’s fair face looked troubled suddenly. “Haldof? I have known him from birth, and never would he wish pain on any creature of good heart. Why would you think such?”
“Haldof has always seemed cool toward me. I had thought things were improving, but now it seems I supposed wrong. Understand, his supposition does not pain me. It is Legolas who is most likely to be pained by Haldof’s feeling; not I.”
“It is true that, at first, your coming here stirred many hearts,” Elmarin said, her long fingers dipping into the cool water. “Your presence, and Legolas’ intention was frightening to many, for he is so loved by his people. However, you have grown in your place here; this is now your home, and your people. If it is true that Haldof is still unnerved by you, you must give him time. I am certain only good shall prevail. His nature is a passionate one, for he has always felt with the whole of his heart, and was never one to conceal his emotions. Is not Legolas much the same, do you think?”
Mithryn smiled at these true words of her husband. “Aye, it is. Though, perhaps, Legolas is more apt at controlling his tongue.”
The two ladies laughed, and Mithryn’s worries drifted away with the blowing breeze. Elmarin’s calm nature never ceased to pacify Mithryn’s worries, and put peace in her anxious heart.
“How does Taranin recover?” Mithryn asked, as she cradled the sleepy Finaviel.
“All goes well now as his elven powers of recovery are strong. His injury was not as serious as yours. Though, I know to whom I have to thank for that.”
Humbly, Mithryn shook her head. “Any other would have done the same in my place.”
“Perhaps, but considering, as a mortal, what you sustained because of it, it was an inestimable gift. I believe many would agree with me.”
Mithryn was about to refute this, when the clear sounds of iavin broke out, melodiously filling the air with excitement. “What is that?”
Elmarin’s fair face betrayed no emotion when listening to every clear note of the instrument. At last, a smile filled her face. “Good tidings! The search party has returned.”
“Was the mission a success?” Mithryn asked ardently.
“I cannot tell,” Elmarin replied, ears listening for any news. Taking her daughter in her arms, she said, “I am going to greet them. Do you feel strong enough to join me?”
“Nay, it is a long walk, and I am already fatigued. If you see Legolas, can you tell him that I’ve returned home?”
“Do you need aid? Shall I call a servant?”
“Nay, Elmarin. I thank you. I must become independent again.”
“Very well, Mithryn. I shall see you at the banquet tonight.”
Mithryn rose and cautiously walked back to the Palace towers. It took her a long time, and she stumbled twice, but determined she was to overcome the evil that had been done to her. Ugnùl had perished, while she had not and she felt comforted that he was no longer a threat to any.
Legolas had not been far from the border when the imperious call of the iavin was heard. Immediately his actions ceased and he went to greet the travellers who had been absent, now, over a month. The search party strode with heads held high to the noisy, congregating elves, wives and loved ones waiting with expectant faces. Legolas embraced his brother, “How goes it, Tarnil?”
Sighing, Tarnil replied, “I am thankful to be in our own lands again. Though, somehow, I feel that is not what you meant.”
Legolas smiled, though it expressed little joy. They brought home no prisoner. Their mission had failed.
“Nay, we did not succeed in our purpose,” Tarnil said, reading Legolas’ face like a book. “It disappoints me, too. Believe that it was with heavy hearts indeed, that we turned away from Dol Guildor, though, I never thought I would desire to remain near such an evil place.” He seemed to shiver involuntarily at the recollection. “None wished to return home empty handed, yet, in the end, we realized it was of no use.”
“None shall think any less of you for not succeeding. We have searched before and returned without that wretched, slippery, creature,” Legolas said, benevolently, attempting to raise his brother’s wounded ego.
“You are kind, Legolas, and. . .is all well here? Tell me, how does Mithryn fare? Galamed spoke of how bravely she was recovering the last he saw of her. Is it still so?”
“Aye, and I cannot express how relieved it makes me. For a while, I had never been so frightened, brother. . .so helpless.”
Their conversation was interrupted by Galamed as he playfully attacked Legolas, so delighted was he to see him. “How wonderful a change, Legolas, not searching for you!”
Legolas could not contain his pleased laughter. Life was not the same without his brothers at his side. So long had they been together, depending on and supporting each other. Seeing Galamed quite amiable, Legolas felt a pang of guilt as he had yet to speak to his father concerning Galamed’s marriage. He knew his youngest brother would enquire of this, but he was puzzled as how to reply.
“Did you miss me?” Galamed asked Legolas with an air of roguery.
“Not in the least,” Legolas replied, stone-faced, which sent them all into mirthful laughter again.
“Ai, but this is no good,” Tarnil exclaimed, his eyes searching the crowd. “Where is Haldof, I should like to know?”
“You know Haldof when he gets into his moods. . .” Legolas said.
“Aye, some things never change,” Tarnil laughed. Arms around their shoulders, the three brothers made the long walk back to the Palace, stopping along the way to greet and converse with Elves welcoming the youngest princes home again. Anardil hesitantly approached, and as Galamed saw her, he ran to her, lifting her off the ground in a joyful embrace. Tarnil and Legolas watched, as did other Elves present. None would willingly bestow disapproval on the Prince, but his actions did not please. For now, they chose to ignore the lovers’ behaviour, and go about their business.
Tarnil and Legolas calmly waited for Galamed. “He has spoken of no one else the entire time we were away,” Tarnil exclaimed. “We all grew quite tired of it, but there is no discouraging Galamed if he has an idea in his head.”
“I know that, rightly enough,” Legolas said, blithely.
Turning, Tarnil’s face grew serious once more. “How is Father? Have you spoken to him on Galamed’s behalf?”
Instantly, Legolas became elusive in manner. “He is well. Nay, I have spoken to him of these matters as yet.”
It was not with reproaching eyes Tarnil beheld his brother; he merely eyed him, blinking. “Ai, that is very ill. He believes you had.”
“Why should he presume that?”
“Apparently, you said you would. Honestly, Legolas,” Tarnil said with sudden exasperation, “I know not his rational. It is not with reason that he has fallen in love with a maiden less than half in age.”
“Aye, but you have not been in love, brother,” Legolas said kindly, but firmly. Staring with an awestruck face, Tarnil could say naught in reply. Legolas continued at length. “When love claims your heart, there is naught can be done. Your very world can soar amongst the heavens, or sink into despair. Do I wish he had made a wiser choice? Aye, I do. Yet, who am I to condemn his choice, when my own breaks every rule of our people? Nay, brother. I once was thankful it was not for me to decide, but, now, I am thankful it is I he has chosen to fight for him.”
Pensively, Tarnil eyed Legolas. “That is what you must say to Father, if you wish to win him over for Galamed.”
“Truly?” Legolas asked, a smile creeping onto his face.
“Aye,” Tarnil said, mood lightening. “You are quite the speechmaker, brother, for one who says so little.”
“Nay, Tarnil,” Legolas said as they resumed their walk. “You flatter me, but I am not loquacious, nor have I ever been. I know not what kind of King I shall make. . .”
“You shall make an excellent King,” Tarnil said, reverently.
Smiling, Legolas could not help but be touched by those feeling words. “Enough,” he commanded, finally. “I shall never be King if Father thinks it was I who delayed you. Come! We shall seek him out at once!” Tarnil nodded, and they called Galamed away from his amorous reunion. Together, the three strode with hastened step toward the Palace and their Father.
The brothers had found their father and delivered their report. It was as King Thranduil had believed and feared, and naught was there to do but welcome the weary warriors home with open arms. A feast was ordered for the night’s merriment but the elven chefs had already set a rapid pace in the kitchens at news of their kinsmen’s return. Legolas had hoped to linger and beseech a private conversation with his father on Galamed’s behalf after their family conference, but Thranduil wished to be alone to complete the weighty tasks of the Kingdom, and Legolas did not refute. He knew the disappointing news of Sméagol had greatly added to this burden.
It was not until he and Mithryn prepared for the evening that he spoke openly of his reluctant behaviour for the first time with complete honesty.
“So, Galamed believes you have already spoken to your Father?” Mithryn asked as Legolas laced up her silken gown.
“Aye,” Legolas replied, eyes fixed on his task. “I had not the heart to tell him otherwise.”
“Legolas, it has been several weeks. What prevents you from keeping your word?” Mithryn inquired gently when his task was completed.
Staring into eyes that empathized completely, Legolas whispered, “I am uncertain. She is so very young, Mithryn. . .”
“Surely she is not younger than I?”
“Nay,” Legolas said, allowing a laugh to escape him, “but in Elven years, she may as well be. It simply is not done, Mithryn. There is a tremendous gulf between them. He is such a gentle creature . . . I confess, I worry for his amiable heart. I know not what her nature is. . .”
“Perhaps you should learn. She may be all that you would wish for your brother. Love has brought them together. For whatever reason or cause, love has chosen them for each other. Why do you not allow them to make their own choice, as you have done?”
Legolas began to pace in an anxious state. “It is not the same.”
“I do not think it very different. If their love does not hold the test of time, then that shall be their grievance, not yours. If it be a mistake, it is not yours by supporting their choice. Allow them to make such an error if they wish it. Perhaps it shan’t be so. Not all is sweet wine and honeysuckle in this life. We must learn from all the choices we make. You cannot feel their hearts. Perhaps it is real. Would you wish to keep them apart if you knew their love to be genuine?”
Transfixed, Legolas stared across the balcony, but thought only of his wife’s words. He could not deny that all she said was true.
“Legolas?” she called him, softly. He did not move, and she went to him, gently placing her hand on his firm back.
He turned, eyes meeting hers. “It should be you who speaks to Father, not I. You would do Galamed justice.”
“Perhaps. However, he has appointed you with this task.” She ran her hand along his firm chest, the soft, delicate velvet caressing her palm. “Say all that is in your heart. The rest is out of your hands.” He nodded, fingering her fiery curls. “Now come!” she bade, pulling him toward the door. “We shall be late, and not at all well looked upon. This is to be a night of our returning warriors adventure stories, and happy comradery; not lamenting of what the future may hold. Let us be merry, and think no more of it. Speak to your father tomorrow, when he is in lighter spirits.”
“Aye,” Legolas replied, taking her tiny hands, and following her out the door.
Music and song filled the night air as Elves conversed over their plates of mutton and sweetmeats. Laughter and merriment were plentiful, the King himself being quite contented, once again having his four sons and Mithryn at his table. The thought of Gollum’s escape still pained him, but he cast it aside that night, for the stars were in their glory, and all seemed not so ill as he had first feared. “Perhaps his escape shall account for naught,” Thranduil thought to himself as he saw his fair sons chatter, and make merry. “Perhaps Sméagol’s troublesome days are done. Perhaps the enemy has caught him and put his wretched life to a close. That at least would be an end. I pity that miserable creature, but I do not love him. His death would cause me no heartache. Perhaps, then. . .”
The King was forced from his deep thought when the music and gaiety abruptly ceased. His eyes surveyed over the sea of faces, all focused toward the same object. Following their gaze, he saw Mithryn, bent over, and in visible distress. Legolas sat at her side, hand on her arm, and whispered soft, words of concern which she did not appear to hear. Several short, gut-wrenching cries escaped her, and all fell silent, waiting helplessly. Soon, the torture seemed to pass within her, and once again, Thranduil saw her leafy green eyes open, though now red with pain and tears.
Mithryn gazed at all the concerned and frightened faces about her. Suddenly, she felt so small, and her heart ached within her chest. “I am sorry, your Majesty. I hadn’t meant to disturb this merry night. Pray forgive me.”
“Not at all, you have not, yet, fully recovered. No apologies shall I hear or accept, for there is no cause for any. Indeed,” the King said, now addressing the assemblage, “allow the music and merriment to continue once more. How kind for all to be concerned for her welfare. She is much recovered. Play!” Thranduil commanded, and the musicians struck up their chord and music again resounded merrily through the wood. Elves followed order, resuming conversations, but found it difficult to recommence old subjects.
“Mithryn,” Legolas whispered, “you are ill. Do you wish to return to our chamber?”
“Nay,” Mithryn said, mind reeling. “However, a walk, I believe, would help greatly. Pray, cannot we go and find some peace? My head pounds so. . .”
“As you wish,” Legolas said, helping her rise. Many eyes watched curiously as the pair made their way along the path, deep into the woods, the King included.
It had not taken them long to escape the boisterous melodies, and curious eyes. Mithryn was thankful to be away from both. She had not been gazed at with such speculation since her arrival, and it did not comfort her. However, her humiliation at the scene she had caused was nothing compared to the horrendous vision in her mind. They sat at the base of Bellegaladh in silence.
At length, Legolas could stand neither her afflicted expression nor the stillness any longer. “Mithryn, will you not tell me what happened? Is your wound troubling you again?”
“Nay,” she said, replaying the images in her mind’s eye repeatedly. It was all too dreadful to be true. Nevertheless, to her knowledge, her visions had never been wrong. It was this new revelation that caused her the most grief. She knew what the future held, and felt utterly helpless against it. Tears welled and spilled over her cheeks.
Unable to see his beloved wife so grieved, Legolas clasped his arms around her, wishing he could bear her pain. “Mithryn, I do not mean to distress you, but pray tell me!” he beseeched, heart desperate to give her some relief.
Mithryn merely shook her head; her body now trembling with her rasping breath. “I cannot. I am sorry, my love. I simply cannot.”
Legolas gazed at her, helplessly, frustrated at his inept ability to restore her. “If I could, I would say and do all that is required to put your fears at ease. Tell me what to say, Mithryn. I beg of you. What should I do?”
“Just hold me,” she asked. Again, he drew her close, though he knew it was not enough.
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The Undying Lands – (chapter 54)
by theoneringApr 15, 2004Stories
As Ariengil lay back in the carriage again, she thought of all of her emotions. She was afraid, because if Tarma’s body had not been found, he was still out there. He could be watching them now; Ariengil shook her head and told herself she was being silly- there was a whole army outside of her carriage and she was safe. The King was there too. The King was another one contributing to her emotions. She did not know what she felt, but every time she saw Eldarion, she could not wipe that stupid smile off her face. She also shook each time he touched her, which he put down to her still being weak, and she felt shivers run up her as well. Then there was the loss of Beleg, Tiuka and Nimtheryn. Dînhith had said that Tiuka’s death was not pleasant, and Ariengil had pursued it no further, silently saying a prayer to Eru for Tiuka.
As Ariengil sat, sorting through her thoughts, the curtains parted and the King jumped up. Ariengil immediately smiled and her hand began to tremble again. Eldarion announced that they were nearly at Minas Tirith and would soon be stopping. Ariengil smiled and was left alone again. Gradually she felt her eyelids dropping and she was soon fast asleep.
When Ariengil woke again, she had Dînhith by her side and was being shaken awake. `Arri you will never believe where we are,’ she squealed. `We are at Minas Tirith.’ Ariengil didn’t have the heart to tell her best friend that she knew already, so she smiled and Dînhith continued. `Such finery you will never see again- it is wonderful. We are being treated like royalty. Come quickly, we are feasting tonight.’
Ariengil dragged herself up and got down from the carriage. Her legs were weak again and she was shaking slightly from her dream- she had been chased by Tarma throughout the whole nightmare. She looked up at Minas Tirith and gasped.
Seven tiers of fine, white stone stood before her, standing as the seat of power in Gondor. Men in armour stood along the road, flanking each side as the King prepared to enter his stronghold. He first approached Ariengil and offered his arm. She gladly accepted, and leant on the King as they walked to Minas Tirith.
A fanfare stuck up as King Eldarion entered, and an important figure announced the re-arrival of the King. Two horses were led to the King and he took the black one while Ariengil took the white. She only realised how weak and tired she was when she nearly collapsed on the horse. The horses’ flanks were whipped and Ariengil found herself flying gaily along the road. She and the King spiralled up the seven tiers, right to the top where the white tree was.
As they dismounted, the King spoke. `Ariengil you must rest. Leonora will take you to the guest quarters. Have a sleep, then I will see you again for the feast.’ Ariengil was led away, not realising where she was going or what she was doing and she soon found herself in a comfortable bed. Her eyes were shut as she lay down, and she was fast asleep as her head touched the bed.
~Ariengil walked through a dark forest, following an unseen guide. She seemed to know which way to go; yet she had never been there before. She wore a light blue dress that rested on her gently but felt so light that it could not be there. The cloth was as though someone had taken a strip of the sky and made it into a dress, and then draped it over Ariengil. Her hair was beautiful- it floated around her shoulders and had such beauty in it.
Ariengil saw a clearing ahead, then realised it was the edge of the forest. The sun was shining and there was an expanse of water ahead of her, the water welcoming the gleaming sun and catching the gold streaks gently. Ariengil sighed and shut her eyes as the wind tossed her hair playfully. Ariengil could smell the freshness in the air, and she felt free.
`Ariengil,’ came a whisper in the air. She opened her eyes quickly, but saw no one. Once again she felt drawn towards an unknown place and she started walking along the water’s edge. Sand sifted through her toes and she was relaxed as the wind helped her along.
Ariengil stopped again as she knew she had come to her destined place. A boat was tied up on a small platform by the water and someone had left his or her bag there. Ariengil felt that it would be rude to get in the boat, but she sat on the edge of the platform and dipped her toes in as the boat bobbed gently beside her. She sensed someone or something behind her, but was not afraid.
`Ariengil,’ spoke a male voice from behind her. `I needed to talk to you.’
Ariengil slowly stood up, helped by a strong arm, and she turned to face Nimtheryn. She was not surprised, for she had almost expected it, and she smiled. They held each other in their arms and were content.
`Where are we?’ asked Ariengil as she stepped back, but she held Nimtheryn’s hands still.
`That boat brought me from the Halls of Mandos where I was for a while. It will take me back, then onto the Undying Lands.’
`So I will see you again,’ cried Ariengil again happily.
`Not properly,’ replied Nimtheryn. `I will be reborn in a different body. I shall be a child the next time you see me, and I will not remember you very well. Not very well at all- you will be more like a dream.’
Ariengil faltered as she took this in. `Have you seen Harma?’ she asked quietly.
Nimtheryn didn’t answer for a while, but he did not look jealous any longer. He looked almost puzzled, but happy; and there was another emotion that his face expressed, but Ariengil could not tell which emotion it was. `Yes,’ he said very slowly.
Ariengil’s face lit up happily and she didn’t even notice Nimtheryn’s strange reaction; if she did notice it, she put it down to jealousy. Nimtheryn smiled back and swept Ariengil into a hug. He pushed his face into her hair and smelt her for the last time; he remembered every detail about her- the rise and fall of her chest, the colour of her hair, the shine in her eyes, the beautiful clothes, her smell, and everything. Tears came to his eyes, but Nimtheryn just hugged Ariengil tighter so that she wouldn’t see. When his eyes were more or less dry again, he stepped back and looked into Ariengil’s eyes.
`Ariengil, I came to tell you that I love you and always will. I understand that you do not love me as much anymore- you love me as a friend, but nothing more. I understand that and accept it. All I want is for you to be happy.
`I hope you will always remember me as a dear friend, for that is what I think of you. I love you from here to Valinor and back one million times. I am totally in love with you and this departing will be the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do. I would give my life for you,’ he said, though he looked rather mysterious as he said that. `I bid you a very fond farewell, and I love you.’ He took Ariengil’s face in his hands so very tenderly and kissed her soothingly, yet he seemed to fade before Ariengil’s eyes as tear after tear welled in her eyes.~
`Ariengil, wake up. Ariengil,’ came a frantic voice and she found herself being shaken awake by Eldarion. He looked very worried, and she sat up to find her eyes were wet and she realised that she had been crying. `Ariengil, thank Eru you are awake,’ sighed Eldarion. `I was so worried. You have been crying for a few minutes. Are you all right?’ he asked.
`He said he would give his life for me,’ sobbed Ariengil. `Do you think that is what he did?’ she asked through her tears.
`Who?’ asked Eldarion in bewilderment. `Who said that?’
`Nimtheryn. He told me that he would give his life for me. He told me that. He did give his life for me, didn’t he? I didn’t realise that before, but I do now. He did that for me, Eldarion. For me.’
`Ariengil, I don’t mean to be pessimistic, but it was a dream and not reality. Also, you weren’t in danger, so why?’
`I don’t know Eldarion, I just don’t know. But I do know that he saved me from something. He said that all he wanted was for me to be happy. Maybe that is it, but no.’ Ariengil faded out as Eldarion took her hand and looked into her eyes.
`If all he wanted was for you to be happy, then be happy and come to the feast. We will eat, drink and be merry. Can you dance? I will be having my first dance with you if that be the case.’ Ariengil nodded numbly and she smiled, but her thoughts still troubled her.
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Kivnon offers to swap any makers’ mobile robots for its newer models
By The Robot Report Staff | July 6, 2020
Source: Kivnon
Supply chain operations worldwide are upgrading existing automation or adding mobile robots to keep up with accelerating demand, particularly in e-commerce order fulfillment. Kivnon Logistics S.L. last week announced a limited-time discount to encourage its customers to swap systems.
The Barcelona, Spain-based company said it has been designing, developing, manufacturing, and distributing automatic guided vehicles (AGVs) and related products for 10 years. Kivnon claimed that the promotion is intended to help companies “in their transformation towards Industry 4.0.”
“Kivnon” is named after the Greek word for “movement.” In 2014, the privately funded company introduced what it claimed were the first bi-directional AGVs for the pharmaceuticals industry. Its customers include Johnson Controls, Ford Almussafes in Spain, Renault, and Nissan.
Trade-ins receive 40% discount
The company said it is offering up to a 40% discount on the official sales price when trading in an AGV of any brand for a new Kivnon AGV or an autonomous mobile robot (AMR). To take advantage of the discount, which expires Dec. 31, 2020, customers must deliver the old AGVs when purchasing a new vehicle.
“With this initiative, the Kivnon group aims to facilitate the renewal and acquisition of self-guided vehicles,” it said. “At Kivnon, we have a wide range of self-guided industrial vehicles for the transport of all kinds of goods and that are capable of moving loads of up to 6,000 kg [13,227 lb.] using magnetic navigation or mapping technologies that allow them to adapt to any industrial environment and production process.”
Kivnon offers mobile robot support
The company added that its AGVs have been designed to be user-friendly, simple to install, and intuitive to operate. Its technical support service can advise and train logistics customers on how to use its AGVs or AMRs.
For more information on the AGV renewal plan, e-mail the company at [email protected] or visit its Web page.
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Mikel Arteta: Willian can help drive Arsenal to trophies
Mikel Arteta explains why he has been so happy with Willian's positive start to life as an Arsenal player
By The Sport Review
Tuesday 15 September 2020, 05:15 UK
Chelsea FC forward Willian (Photo: Willian / Instagram)
Mikel Arteta believes that Willian can play a key part in helping to drive Arsenal towards trophies this season and beyond.
The Brazilian attacking midfielder has been settling into life at The Emirates after having signed for the Gunners from Chelsea FC on a free transfer this summer.
The 32-year-old was named as the man of the match on his Premier League debut for the Gunners, as he notched up two assists in the 3-0 victory over Fulham at Craven Cottage on Saturday.
Willian will be keen to establish himself as a key player at The Emirates this season as Arsenal look to try and challenge for a top-four finish in the Premier League.
Arsenal boss Arteta has been delighted by the way Willian has started life at The Emirates and he feels that he will be a key player for the Gunners in the next few months.
Speaking in an interview after the 3-0 win over Fulham at the weekend, Arteta said: “I’m really pleased because he showed how much he really wants it and how much he is going to drive the other players on in order to achieve that.
“With some players when that happened they have a full stomach but with Willian I got the opposite feeling, that he wanted more and how he wanted to move to a different club and get to the level that he got before.”
Arteta continued: “We have a lot of young players with a big talent and a big future, but they need some role models.
“I think Willian is a really good one to have around the place because he doesn’t talk much in the dressing room – but he does on the pitch and that’s a good way to do it.
“What we have to find is a level of consistency throughout the season. We’ve done it in one match, there are still a lot of things we need to improve collectively and individually as well.
“We have another week to train and next week we go again.
“What I see is they are not happy with the last two trophies, they want more and they want to speed up this process and hopefully they are enjoying it as well.”
Willian will be hoping to feature for Arsenal when the Gunners take on West Ham United in their next Premier League game on Saturday at The Emirates.
The north London side are looking to try and challenge for a top-four finish this season after they ended up in eighth place and won the FA Cup last term following Arteta’s appointment back in December.
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The Truth About Cars | News Blog | Porsche
Porsche Macan Turbo Grows Even Hotter for 2020, Just in Time for It All to End
By Steph Willems on August 31, 2019
Think of it as a swan song for gasoline propulsion, not the Macan itself. For the 2020 model year, the hottest version of Porsche’s entry-level ute returns with more power and less displacement on tap, but the Macan Turbo sings its siren song against a funeral dirge backdrop.
This vehicle is a get-one-while-you-still-can proposition.
While the Macan saw a mid-cycle refresh this year, updates to the Macan Turbo were a longer time coming. This week, Porsche announced the twin-turbo 3.6-liter V6 that once powered the hot ute is gone, replaced by a 2.9-liter unit with similar breathing characteristics and a power boost you’ll only be able to appreciate after leaving the line.
The Macan Turbo now makes 434 horsepower, up from its predecessor’s 400 ponies. Torque actually drops a single foot-pound, from 406 lb-ft to 405, but 0-60 mph in 4.1 seconds isn’t likely to cause anyone to lose sleep over that missing lb-ft. All of that newfound power makes its way to each of the model’s 20-inch wheels via a seven-speed dual-clutch automatic, and standard adaptive damping ensures the Macan stays level, especially when you’re away from the prying eyes of the local constabulary. Top speed is now 167 mph, which almost no owner will ever reach. God help them and their license if they do.
Completing the package is an updated fascia, front and back, as well as a roof spoiler. Should you feel the need to spend more money than absolutely necessary (this thing starts at $84,950 after destination), Porsche has a wish list waiting: ceramic brakes and adjustable air suspension is on offer. You won’t have to pay extra for the standard 10.9-inch touchscreen.
While the changes coming to the Macan Turbo make it a better car, fans might not like what comes next. The Macan line is expected to go fully electric early next decade, as per an earlier announcement from Porsche.
“The Supervisory Board of Porsche AG has decided to manufacture the next generation of the Macan as a fully electric series,” the company stated in February. “This will be the first all-electric compact SUV from Porsche, and is due to roll off the assembly line at the start of the next decade.”
As best as anyone can figure, the next-generation, gas-free Macan will appear in 2021 as a 2022 model. Once free of its internal combustion restraints, the Macan, riding on Premium Platform Electric architecture co-developed with Audi, will borrow the 800V charging system found in the upcoming Taycan EV and its Cross Turismo crossover/wagon sibling.
[Image: Porsche AG]
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38 Comments on “Porsche Macan Turbo Grows Even Hotter for 2020, Just in Time for It All to End...”
dwford
I don’t think anyone would mind if every crossover went full electric. The typical crossover buyer doesn’t buy it for the vroom vroom sounds it makes. Leave the gas engines and a few manual transmissions to the cars.
Noble713
Anyone even *thinking* about buying a Macan Turbo is already not a “typical crossover buyer”. Shame to see this car get put out to pasture. It seemed like a good compromise for a wealthy guy who wants something exhilarating but still capable of pulling double-duty as an urban family vehicle.
I’d bet most of these are driven by the wives, not the husbands. The husbands can get away with buying these because they are family practical, and the wife won’t care that the husbands zooms the kids around once a week in it. All of that can be accomplished still as an EV.
September 1st, 2019 at 8:51 am
I and many others do not want a full electric or hybrid crossover vehicle. We want our crossovers with only an internal combustion engine.
I think ICE is too boring and depends on availability of highly refined petroleum, which in event of war will not be available for civilians. I want my crossover to have steam engine which is fun to drive, makes great sound and works from anything that burns.
How about a turbine engine?
FreedMike
It’s been done before!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysler_Turbine_Car
One of my all-time favorites…
September 2nd, 2019 at 8:31 pm
It makes cool noise for sure. I would love to have it in my car.
September 1st, 2019 at 12:17 pm
But you and many others most likely aren’t the buyers for Macans… Porsche buyers are Tesla buyers these days. And for them, an electric Macan may be just the ticket.
namesakeone
September 2nd, 2019 at 9:56 am
…until it becomes time to replace the battery. Is that going to be a several-thousand-dollar proposition? (See the August 5 article in TTAC about battery refurbishment and the Nissan Leaf, among others.)
I’d take a battery replacement over a Porsche IMS failure repair bill any day.
Third parties are starting to get into the replacement battery business. That’s probably the market where the muffler, oil change, and transmission companies will head. The beauty of a battery replacement in an EV is that your drive train will be just as reliable as when it was new. On an ICE, you start a death by a thousand cuts process when parts begin to fail.
dal20402
Sure, the same way (and usually at about the same point in the lifespan) as replacing an automatic transmission in a modern ICE car is a several-thousand-dollar proposition.
Snooder
Dude, it’s a Porsche crossover. Nobody is keeping it past the warranty.
I know right? It cost a fortune to replace a regular battery in a Porsche now!
Well, for eight now, electric is too expensive for most crossovers.
But for the Macan and other luxury crossovers, it’s perfect. Pretty much eliminates all the downsides of EV ownership, cause the typical owner has a house, and probably a second car anyway. And they dont give a fuck about that rumbling V8 sound anyway.
ThomasSchiffer
Beautiful SUV and stunning color.
Do Germans even buy these cars? Isn’t there social shaming going on in Europe in general?
September 1st, 2019 at 9:39 pm
Inside,
Yes, we do. SUVs have become very popular in Germany and I like them. But most are sold with Diesel engines, especially the large SUVs.
No, I did not mean SUVs, I meant owning expensive cars like Porsche or Bentley, RR or S class. Is it considered shameful flaunting wealth in front of public opinion. Like new rich do to prove whatever they need to prove.
@Inside,
Yes, flaunting your wealth is frowned upon here. There is a popular word in Germany known as Sozialneid. This translates into English a ‘social jealousy’. It is hard to believe but many Germans are very envious and upset about what type of cars their fellow countrymen drive.
highdesertcat
“many Germans are very envious and upset about what type of cars their fellow countrymen drive.”
My wife and I each have many German relatives in Germany, but those relatives sure own a lot of property in the US, including cars, that their German neighbors know nothing about, except that they spend a lot of time on ‘vacation’, someplace.
When the German Luftwaffe was stationed in my area, the parents of those military people bought vacation homes in this area, to include El Paso, TX, Las Cruces, NM, Cloudcroft, NM, and a host of other mountainous ski-country locations nearby.
The Luftwaffe has gone home now, after many years, but the German tourists still come to vacation here.
@highdesertcat
That is how we live in Germany, in partial secrecy of what we drive. And now with the climate change hysteria SUV drivers in particular are being targeted by these FFF kids. Last week a sticker was posted on my Mercedes SUV which essentially insulted me for buying and driving such a vehicle.
Germans love their “combis”, which is what they call wagons. I swear, 90% of the cars in Germany are combis.
In Russia we call it “Universal” and Combi is something transitional between wagon and hatchback.
SUV? That’s a crossover, with the ground clearance and gearing to stride over a robust hummock of grass or mow down dandelions. A Grand Cherokee is an SUV with high/low transfer case if optioned. So is a Range Rover and defintely a Wrangler. These pretend tough guy cars are hatchbacks on (very minor) stilts. The BMW X2 ditches all pretense of even being a crossover, and the X7 looks like a mini school bus with attitude and a missing lower step for kiddies to board.
I’ve noticed the Europeans call even something as pathetic as a wobbly Ford Ecosport an SUV. Since the term was first used in North America, something seems to have been lost in the translation across the pond of what an actual SUV is. Of course, BMW calls their crossovers Sports Activity Vehicles just to be completely out of touch. They had to call them something because no BMW can be called an SUV.
The original almost 3 tonne lard of a Porsche Cayenne and VW Touareg with two-speed transfer box and ground clearance, I would admit to the SUV club. The second gen ditched the SUV credentials and became a porky crossover with a badge and a flash engine.
The Macan is a souped up Audi Q5 with better road suspension. Any car up to at least the early 1980s had the ground clearance of the Porsche Maclown. Nice car, though as a car, that Macan.
September 1st, 2019 at 10:45 am
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Roader
“Think of it as a swan song for gasoline propulsion.”
Or a swan song for this particular Porsche model if it goes all-electric. Gasoline propulsion will power the vast majority of automobiles for decades. Yeah, they might have an electric motor in between the gas engine and the wheels, but they’ll still be powered by gasoline.
Besides, electric cars in the US are powered mostly by natural gas, coal, and nuclear:
https://afdc.energy.gov/vehicles/electric_emissions.html
@Roader: That data is from a ten-year-old report. Ten years old. Cheap natural gas has wiped out a lot of coal plants in that time. Where I live, there are no coal plants, but I’m not sure what the number is nationally these days.
September 2nd, 2019 at 11:25 pm
Huh. I didn’t see any date on that US Department of Energy Alternative Fuels Data Center website. Here’s a US Energy Administration page that’s dated 2018:
https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=427&t=3
Natgas 35.1%
Coal 27.4%
Nuclear 19.3%
My calculator shows 82% from those three sources.
@roader: Yes, those numbers are correct and current. But, that’s on a national basis. Individual areas are different. You have to look at areas where high numbers of EVs are sold.
California electricity is 0% coal, 36.3 NatGas, 52.7% renewable (I’m surprised it’s that high), and 10.9 nuke. The 2017 data for Massachusetts is inaccurate since lots of changes have occurred since then. Massachusetts is 0% coal now, The Plymouth Nuclear plant shut down this year and I don’t know how much we get from NH. I saw a figure of 67% natural gas. Offshore wind will start gaining a share once it’s approved.
So, maybe EVs are mostly powered by Natural Gas, but if coal isn’t being used or isn’t heavily used in states with large numbers of EVs, you have to leave coal out of the list of power sources.
I’d look closer into the data, but I just don’t have time. Also remember, cars last a number of years and as time goes on, the energy sources for EVs can be improved. Coal is on it’s way out for economic reasons and renewables are making gains. On the nuclear front, NuScale Power’s work on SMR plants is interesting and could play a role.
September 3rd, 2019 at 10:18 pm
CA gets 4% of its electricity from coal, 34% from NatGas. No, those coal plants aren’t in CA but the power is imported from the Intermountain Power Project in Utah, the San Juan plant in New Mexico and the Navajo plant in Arizona. Those three coal power plants provide SoCal with about 50% of its power.
https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2018/07/03/california-breakdown-of-electricity-imports-upholds-statess-clean-reputation/
karonetwentyc
And, once again, a major manufacturer misses the mark. When, oh when, will they realise that the car- (and crossover-) buying public don’t want electric vehicles?
Gazogenes are the future, as proven by the Citroën Traction Avant and other pre-WWII vehicles. The technology is mature, and with a bit of modernisation could become the ultimate in sustainable-fuel transport.
Proof: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_d7Xb3L5Jo
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Is this the Audi RS5 engine?
Basically. It’s fundamentally the same 2.9-liter twin-turbo that’s in the RS4, RS5 and upcoming RS6. It will likely also be in the RS7.
My dad bought the Macan S two years ago. Traded in his Boxster for it, as he felt he was getting old for his car (low to the ground, a little too loud). It’s a nice compromise for him.
September 3rd, 2019 at 12:54 am
This is never going to happen. The Macan will have a combustion engine for many years to come, for the simple reason that the Macan is way too profitable to axe. Porsche is just indulging in a bit of virtue signalling, which will be forgotten as early as next week.
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Mercer Park Aquatic Center/Scanlon Gymnasium/Baseball Fields
2701 Bradford Drive
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The Mercer Park Softball/Aquatic Center and Scanlon Gym is a all-encompassing facility on the east side of Iowa City. The Aquatic Center is divided into three separate sections. The deepest section is 25 yards long; depth ranges from 4'6" to 12' and contains 2 one-meter diving boards. The middle section is 25 yards long; depth ranges from 4'2" to 4'6". The shallow section is approximately 2'6" to 4'. There is an outside wading pool area which requires children to have adult supervision. The facility also features 2 indoor gyms with bleacher seating, meeting space, and locker rooms. In the same complex, outdoors there is an open play field, 6 lighted tennis courts, 3-90' ball fields, 1-60'-75' field, lights, scoreboards, 2 batting cages, 6 lighted outdoor tennis courts, an open field, concession stand, bleacher seating and parking for 350
Number of Adult Slow-Pitch Softball Fields: 1
Number of College, Adult, HS size Softball Fields: 1
Number of Fields with Lights: 4
Number of Fields with Scoreboard: 4
Number of Little League Fields: 1
Number of Youth Softball Fields: 1
Number Pro, College, HS size Baseball Fields: 3
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Total Seating Capacity: 350
Number of Diving Boards: 2
Number of Lanes Available: 8
Number of Clay Courts: 6
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Sports Food & Wine Nation / World Obituaries E-Edition Legals
Food trucks get temporary OK to visit Groveport neighborhoods
SCOTT GERFEN
editorial@thisweeknews.com
Food trucks are permitted to visit residential areas of Groveport under new guidelines set up by the city.
The temporary rules are similar to those in other cities that have eased restrictions during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.
"Subdivisions and neighborhoods have gotten creative in inviting food trucks to come in and set up for an evening," said Benjamin King, city administrator. "We received some requests and there's an increase in demand."
Some food-truck operators say the pandemic has upped demand by residents working from home.
"The demand for residential food-truck stops arose from local residents' desire to have a variety of food options nearby while observing Ohio's stay-at-home order," said a news release from the Central Ohio Food Truck Association.
"COFTA has worked closely with the city of Columbus, Hilliard and many other local municipalities to develop ... relationships that benefit both the small-business owners and the community members represented. ... Most municipalities COFTA serves have been willing to temporarily suspend any existing zoning ordinances that would prohibit mobile food vendors from operating in residential areas," the release said.
In Groveport, food-truck operators must get a special-use mobile-vendor permit from the city to operate in a residential area. They must inform the city where the truck will be parked and hours of operation.
Additionally, food trucks must be parked on private property, cannot block sidewalks and cannot have more than two signs, which also must be posted on private property.
Food trucks may operate for up to four hours but not past 8 p.m.
"We know there will be certain situations like one that came up during council: What if there are a bunch of people who live on a cul-de-sac and they want to put it in the middle of the cul-de-sac instead of somebody's driveway?" King said. "We know we will have to tweak it and look at each individual situation as it comes."
He said city officials will monitor how the temporary permits are working before going to City Council with a request to permanently change the zoning code.
"Let's see what the demand is and go from there," King said.
ThisWeek reporter Paul Comstock contributed to this story.
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Manx Team Manager Says Commonwealth Games Will Not Be Cancelled Or Delayed
Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010 1:00am
The Commonwealth Games team in Wales have set a deadline of this evening for the organising committee to confirm the venues and athletes village in Delhi are fit for purpose.
Its decision comes as Scotland have delayed their journey to India and Northern Ireland team has said it's sending two senior officials there to assess the situation.
However, with 11 days to go, the Isle of Man say they still intend to travel this weekend.
Organisers are struggling to cope with unfinished buildings, the athletes' village's been described as 'filthy' and a foot bridge collapsed at the main
stadium.
Trevor Taubman, General Manager for the Isle of Man team, has been corresponding with Island representatives who are in Delhi and says the games will not be cancelled.
He had told 3FM if there are problems which cause health and safelty concerns they will put the athletes first.
The Manx squad is sending 33 athletes, 20 officials and 1 guest on Saturday morning.
He says that most venues are of an excellent standard and the rest should be completed before the teams arrive. (audio above)
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The Best Italian Restaurants in New Orleans
By Scott Gold
Published on 6/30/2015 at 12:05 AM
Courtesy of Avo
New Orleans may be more famous for our Creole, Cajun, and French-style fare, but our Italian game is also strong. To prove it, we’ve rounded up the finest spots in town, from romantic, fine-dining spots to more casual classics. So if you want some Italian eats in NOLA, here are the ones that should be on your red-sauce radar.
Paladar 511
Come to Paladar for the pizza (where the lamb sausage and tzatziki pie will bowl you over), but the menu offers many Italian delights if you’re willing to share some of the small plates. Try the lovely fried arancini or the fantastic chicken liver mousse, before moving on to other pleasures. Super bonus points, too, for Paladar’s wallet-friendly prices -- $11 for the house-made raviolo with egg yolk, ricotta, maitake mushrooms, porcini cream, and truffle pecorino? Sold!
Marcello's Restaurant & Wine Bar
There are few modern surprises or quirky culinary tricks at Marcello’s -- which also has an outpost in Lafayette if you’re out that way -- but it does old-school red sauce and Southern Italian favorites just right. Expect classics like chicken cacciatore, veal, chicken, or eggplant Parm, and spaghetti bolognese, as well as a massive wine list for all your vino needs.
This list couldn’t be complete without Alon Shaya’s Italian love letter in the Roosevelt Hotel. The Napoli-style pizzas are always a favorite, especially during happy hour, when they’re half-price (2-5pm daily), and you’d be a fool indeed to miss out on its selection of house-cured salumi, from lardo to coppa, prosciutto, biroldo, and even a chicken liver mousse.
This beautiful Bywater restaurant opened in 2013 and quickly earned raves for its casual-but-thoughtful approach to Italian fare. It sports a nifty raw bar featuring oysters and crudos, not generally found in Italian joints, but certainly par for the course in NOLA, and entrees as diverse as anchovy and pig ear salad, sweetbreads risotto, and lamb meatballs with a poached duck egg.
Oak Oven
Harahan
The approach at Oak Oven is all about the seasonal ingredients, sourced from a network of local organic farms (including one of its own -- it even makes its own mozzarella and vinegars), and incorporated into traditional Italian favorites like veal marsala and piccata, fresh penne with rosemary chicken, grilled mushrooms, spinach and garlic, and, of course plenty of wood-fired pizzas. If you’re smart, you’ll hit the one with lamb meatballs, tomato, sweet peppers, basil, red chile, and ricotta.
Mandina's
A lot of people don’t realize that “Italian Creole” is a specialty in the 504, but you’ll find some of the best po-boys nestling side by side with chicken Parm and veal scallopini at some of the finer neighborhood joints in the city. And nowhere is there a more spectacular embodiment of this phenomenon than Mandina’s, which never fails to disappoint with everything from turtle soup to soft-shell crab meuniere and, of course, spaghetti with meatballs. Come hungry... the portions are not to be trifled with.
Mosca’s/Chad Bower
Mosca's Restaurant
One local’s instructions on finding Mosca’s: “Drive to the West Bank. Keep driving until you’re absolutely certain you passed it up five minutes ago. Then you’re almost there.” Sure, a visit to Mosca’s involves a trek, but it’s always been a trek worth making. Its sublime, garlic oil-rich dishes, served family-style, have been lauded by locals since 1946. Skip the spaghetti and meatballs and head directly for the Italian crab salad, Oysters Mosca, Shrimp Mosca, Chicken a la Grande, and spaghetti bordelaise. Go with a group and don’t forget to bring cash (no credit cards here, but it does have an ATM).
Amici Ristorante & Bar
Amici Ristorante & Bar
This Magazine St spot is all about Sicilian tradition, including a coal-fired pizza oven that bakes the pies at 1,100°F to get that sweet spot of crispy, bubbly, charred crust with a fluffy interior. The rest of the menu is all familiar Sicilian and Sicilian-American fare, but there are some cool additions as well, like Nona Lena's Bruciuluni: “Pork medallions stuffed with beef, Italian sausage, and egg served with angel hair pasta & marinara sauce.” Si, signore!
Lower Garden District
Want to turn heads with a new restaurant in New Orleans? Spruce up a historic mansion into a B&B, then add a serious red-sauce joint to the mix. That’s the story behind the long-awaited Altamura, helmed by ManhattanJack’s Jack Petronella and Coleman Jernigan. Altamura is a loving ode to Petronella’s New York-Italian heritage, and if there’s anything we’ll never get tired of in NOLA, it’s a spot-on Sunday gravy and pasta so perfectly al dente, madonna, you could just die.
Del Porto Ristorante
Like Mosca’s, you’ll have a hike ahead of you if you want to visit Del Porto, which is located in Covington on the North Shore of Lake Pontchartrain. And, like Mosca’s, it’ll be a hike worth making, since the restaurant has been receiving critical raves since it opened in 2002. The deceivingly simple preparations shine here, especially the house-made artisan pastas.
Courtesy of Josephine Estelle
Josephine Estelle
You know an Ace Hotel isn’t going to mess around when it comes to dining, and that’s surely the case with Josephine Estelle’s entry into the NOLA dining scene. The pasta list alone is something of a marvel, with entries ranging from a killer bucatini amatriciana and short rib fusilli with mushroom and taleggio cheese, to gemelli with duck confit. The simple canestri cacio e pepe will make you weep for your gluten-free friends.
Pascal’s Manale
Pascal's Manale
Get ready to get messy; if you’re going to “Manale’s,” you’d best order the BBQ shrimp, a dish that, strangely, has nothing to do with barbecue or grilling. It’s all about the sauce, a decadent combination of butter, olive oil, and black pepper used to poach the whole, huge Gulf shrimp. Shelling those shrimp, bathed so heavily in that sauce, means that you’re going to have butter leaking all the way down into your armpits if you’re not careful. Totally worth it, though.
Irene's Cuisine
If you’re visiting NOLA and staying in the Quarter and looking for great Creole-Italian nearby that’s something above a muffaletta, Irene’s is definitely your best bet. And you’ll be even more pleased if you have a hankering for comfort dishes prepared with generous amounts of butter, cream, and cheese. Just be prepared to make a reservation in advance or you’re sure to run into a serious wait for a table.
It can be hard for a chef to really stand out amongst all the spectacular Italian food in NOLA, but Nick Lama hit this one out of the park. His Magazine St eatery satisfies both in style and substance, clearly showing off Lama’s Italian roots and painstaking attention to detail, all while managing to avoid fussy pretension. Get the rosemary fettucini with rabbit ragu and chanterelles, then thank us after.
Cafe Giovanni
If you enjoy your mini alligator meatballs in spicy Alfredo sauce with a side of live music, head to Giovanni’s in the Quarter, where you’ll find opera singers as well as “Pasta Jambalaya” and “Fried Medallions of Eggplant with Louisiana Shrimp & Crawfish in a Vodka Dill Cream Sauce.” Combining Louisiana cuisine with Italian is clearly the hallmark here, and it’s a combo that definitely works.
Italian Barrel
Let’s say your plan to hit Irene’s didn't work out, and maybe you’re in the mood for something a bit more intimate. The Italian Barrel it is. This spot is best known for Northern Italian fare, not the red sauce, sausage, and peppers you’ll find at a ristorante specializing in fare from Naples or Sicily. Here you can have everything from an imported olive oil tasting to simply prepared white anchovies, to more hearty fare like a killer veal osso buco, as well as porcini and truffle-stuffed ravioli.
Pizza Delicious/Patrick Niddrie
Pizza Delicious
As you might tell by the name, Pizza Delicious is known for, well... pizza. In fact, it offers the most authentic New York-style slice the city has to offer, and many consider it the best pizza in New Orleans overall. But what many don’t know is that “Pizza D” also cooks up some fantastic pasta and salad dishes as well, at prices that would be twice as much in any other restaurant. Seriously, “Seared gulf fish w/ sweet corn risotto” for only $14? Or “Bucatini carbonara with farm egg, pancetta, parmigiano, peas” for $12? That, friends, is a total steal. Oh, and the slices are fantastic, too.
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Scott Gold is a writer in New Orleans who's a sucker for your nonna's pasta e fagiole. Follow him and his rusty college Italian @scottgold.
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Trebuchet News| 27/11/2014| News
Bigger WiFi, Broader Broadband
New WLAN networks might reach communication partners at a distance of several kilometers.
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Wireless data transmission largely takes place via WLAN networks, such as WiFi. However, these networks are currently limited to high frequency ranges at 2 GHz and above and, hence, have a limited range. The authors of the study, Arnd Weber of the Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS) of KIT and Jens Elsner, a former member of the staff of the KIT Communications Engineering Lab, propose to extend the frequencies for free communication to include lower ranges and even increased transmission power. These bands are being used less and less for the transmission of TV signals. They are highly suited for penetrating obstacles such as walls.
Depending on the ambient conditions and by automatically adapting transmission power to prevent interference, such WLAN networks might even reach communication partners at a distance of several kilometers. Even in cities where the transmission capacity will be limited due to the large number of transmission stations, the range of wireless networks could be extended significantly. The networks could, for example, be made available to passersby on neighboring streets for transferring data to and from their smartphones.
“Implementation of our approach would have far-reaching consequences. Individuals, institutions, and companies would be far less dependent on expensive mobile communications networks in conducting their digital communication. This would also be of great economic benefit,” according to Arnd Weber. Even the opening of existing WLAN frequencies in the last century demonstrated that users and companies utilized the new opportunities innovatively to develop new products. Examples besides wireless computer networks are wireless loudspeakers and cameras, remote controls for garage doors, transponders, baby phones, and Bluetooth.
According to Weber, however, a worldwide and broad debate about the approach is required because governments could also use the frequencies to extend the range of state-owned TV channels or auction them to mobile telephony providers at high prices. For this reason, Arnd Weber and Jens Elsner propose discussing their approach at the World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC). This conference, organized by the United Nations, will meet again next year and decides on the use of radio frequencies at the global level.
Source: Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)
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FILE - In this Sept. 23, 2020 file photo, Committee Chairman Rep. Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., during a House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Trump administration political appointees tried to block or change more than a dozen government reports that detailed scientific findings about the spread of the coronavirus, according to a House panel investigating the alleged interference.
Kevin Dietsch
Probe: Trump officials attacked CDC virus reports
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump administration political appointees tried to block or change more than a dozen government reports that detailed scientific findings about the spread of the coronavirus, a House panel investigating the alleged interference said Monday.
Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., said his coronavirus subcommittee investigators have found evidence of a “political pressure campaign” to “bully” professionals at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in what may have been an attempt to “cripple the nation's coronavirus response in a misguided effort to achieve herd immunity.”
Herd immunity is shorthand for a theory — rejected by most public health experts — that society can be best protected by allowing younger people to get infected and develop natural immunity until vaccines are widely available.
Accusing Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar and CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield of stonewalling his investigation, Clyburn issued subpoenas to compel them to turn over reams of documents and emails by Dec. 30.
In a statement, HHS responded that there was no political interference, adding: "While the administration is focused on vaccination shots, the subcommittee is focused on cheap shots to create headlines and mislead the American people.”
The committee's topline findings were detailed in a 20-page letter to Azar and Redfield that centered on the actions of two political appointees earlier this year at HHS. New York political operative and Trump loyalist Michael Caputo was installed as the department's top spokesman during a period of high tension between White House officials and Azar. Caputo brought health researcher Paul Alexander with him as an adviser. Both men have since left the agency.
But for months, the letter alleges, they waged a campaign to block or change articles on the COVID-19 pandemic in a CDC publication called the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, or MMWR, which is closely followed by the public health community.
With Alexander firing off internal emails, investigators said the campaign:
— Sought to block or change more than a dozen MMWR articles, sometimes succeeding in getting changes to draft language and at other times delaying publication as internal arguments raged.
— Intensely challenged articles that detailed scientific findings on the spread of COVID-19 among children. This came during a time when President Donald Trump was adamantly urging a return to in-person schooling in the fall. Those included reports about outbreaks in summer camps, data on hospitalization rates among children, and findings about a dangerous condition called “multi-inflammatory syndrome,” which afflicts some children who get sick from the coronavirus.
—— Attacked a draft MMWR article showing a jump in prescriptions for hydroxychloroquine, an anti-malaria drug that Trump embraced early on as a “game changer” only to ultimately learn it could do more harm than good. HHS even went so far as to draft an op-ed rebutting the CDC article, although it was never published. The op-ed accused the MMWR authors of trying to grab headlines, calling them a “disgrace to public service.”
While some HHS career officials apparently tried to defuse Alexander's criticism by making changes in wording or headlines of MMWR articles, at least one confronted the pressure tactics.
Bill Hall, a senior career spokesman, wrote to Caputo and Alexander to explain that the CDC's publication was akin to a peer-reviewed scientific journal and that HHS historically had respected its independence. The HHS public affairs office that Caputo once headed “is not a science or medical program office," wrote Hall. "As a matter of longstanding policy, we do not engage in clearing scientific articles, as that arena needs to remain an independent process.”
The HHS statement said Alexander's emails “absolutely did not shape department policy or strategy.”
Clyburn explained he took the step of issuing subpoenas in part because his investigation has turned up evidence suggesting attempts to destroy records. A congressional demand for materials raises the legal stakes for anyone attempting to destroy or conceal materials.
Dr. Charlotte Kent, CDC's chief of scientific publications, previously told committee investigators she was ordered to delete an email from Alexander attacking an MMWR article on coronavirus transmission among children. Kent said she believed the order had come from Redfield. It was transmitted to her through another official.
Redfield responded at the time that he had told CDC staffers to ignore Alexander's email, and that he is fully committed to maintaining the independence of the MMWR health reports.
HHS said Monday that Kent's email “was never deleted – it was archived.”
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Modern and Historic Train Rides in and Near Reno
United States Nevada
All Nevada
Get From Here to There on Amtrak or Ride Into Old West
Standley White
Stan White is a freelance writer and outdoor photographer who has lived in the Reno/Lake Tahoe area for 10 years.
Photo © Stan White
If you're looking for slick, modern trains that take you to and from Reno, hop on Amtrak, with Union Station located in downtown Reno. Railroad buffs who want to ride into the Old West can find both steam and diesel locomotives pulling excursion trains in Nevada. In the Reno/Tahoe area you can ride the Virginia & Truckee Railroad, one of the most famous lines in the country. Elsewhere, look for other historic steam locomotives as well as their opposite, the ultra-modern Las Vegas Monorail.
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Modern Trains
To ride a modern, for-real train that actually goes somewhere, check out Amtrak trains in Reno that leave from Union Station downtown. The California Zephyr runs through downtown Reno on its route from Chicago to San Francisco.
The Las Vegas Monorail system runs an elevated route along the Las Vegas Strip area and provides cheap transportation between major attractions. Ride this train if you'd like to avoid traffic and parking hassles on The Strip. There are ticket vending machines at the stations or you can get tickets online before arriving in Sin City.
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Excursion Train Rides
Today's Virginia & Truckee Railroad (V&T) is a restoration of the original line that began during the Comstock era and hauled ore and passengers between Virginia City and Carson City. It has quickly become a popular attraction and runs both steam and diesel locomotives. Buying tickets in advance is highly recommended. Another excursion train running part of the V&T route makes a much shorter trip between Virginia City and Gold Hill. This train makes the run several times a day, and reservations are not required.
The Nevada Northern Railway (NNR) in Ely is a designated National Historic Landmark. The NNR is a working railroad and museum that offers excursion train rides. There are both steam and diesel locomotives, so check the online train ride summary or contact the museum if you want to be sure to ride the train you desire. In addition to excursion trains, the NNR has a number of special attractions and opportunities to participate in running the railroad. This is a great place for hardcore train buffs.
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Railroad Museums
The Nevada State Railroad Museum has two locations, in Carson City and Boulder City. Excursion train rides are available at both locations, but steam locomotives only run in Carson City. These trains are made up of historic engines and rolling stock from the Virginia & Truckee Railroad (V&T). In addition to train rides, the Carson City Museum offers a variety of activities, events, and exhibits.
The Comstock History Center in Virginia City is not specifically a railroad museum, but its centerpiece is the restored Virginia & Truckee Railroad locomotive No. 18 - The Dayton. Since the V&T is a big part of Comstock history, you'll find lots of railroad information here in addition to a trove of Virginia City history.
The East Ely Railroad Depot Museum doesn't offer train rides, but it does offer a trove of historic railroad transportation and copper mining information for both train buffs and researchers; it is located in the historic Nevada Northern Railroad Depot building.
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Former tennis player Easton Bradbury is trying to be the best teacher she can be, trying to reach her bored students, trying to forget her past. What brought her to this stage in her life isn’t important. She can’t let it be. But now one parent-teacher meeting may be her undoing…
Meeting Tyler Marek for the first time makes it easy for Easton to see why his son is having trouble in school. The man knows how to manage businesses and wealth, not a living, breathing teenage boy. Or a young teacher, for that matter, though he tries to. And yet…there is something about him that draws Easton in—a hint of vulnerability, a flash of attraction, a spark that might burn.
Wanting him is taboo. Needing him is undeniable. And his long-awaited touch will weaken Easton’s resolve—and reveal what should stay hidden…
(*STANDALONE, NO CLIFFHANGER*)
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Thrust into a life he didn’t imagine for himself, but unable to escape it, Benny Duncan immerses himself in his job to avoid his home life. With his future mapped out for him from birth by a pair of controlling parents, more concerned about their social stature, than the happiness of their only son, he always knew he was destined for this life. It doesn’t mean he likes it, though.
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My name is Eva Morales, and I was one step away from being homeless when Trace Walker came into my life. I want to hate him because of my past, but I end up making what I consider a "devil's bargain" with the arrogant young billionaire instead. Really, I have no choice. It's either take the work he's offering or starve, and I've been hungry long enough.
I didn't think being his fake fiancee for the holidays would be a difficult job, but it ends up more complicated than I ever imagined, and I see a whole new side of Trace once he lets his guard down. He's haunted by his past--just like me, But there are things I can never tell him, secrets I don't dare reveal.
Eventually, I find myself in a difficult situation because our volatile attraction to each other won't be denied. Should I tell him the truth, or do I finish the job he's paying me for and walk away with my secrets still hidden, my pride still intact? He's paying me enough for this job to take care of myself once it's over. I've always been alone, and I always thought I preferred it...until I met Trace. I'd have to put everything on the line to be honest with him, but he very well might be the first man who is worth the risk. Honestly, I'd be endangering more than just my pride. I could handle feeling like a loser, because I've pretty much felt that way my entire life. What really terrifies me is being vulnerable and the possibility of ending up with a shattered heart....
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"What do you do when someone you trust threatens to sell you into slavery? Find the perfect place to hide out.
Destitute and apathetic from the loss of her parents, Willow Demora is forced to accept any help thrown her way. Unfortunately, the only person willing to help is her cousin, a cousin who doesn't have a good bone in his body, and would do anything to stay out of the trouble he's in..."
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It's a Christmas wedding for Daddy William and his little, Haley.
The final chapter in their story is one with a little pink, lots of bows, and lots of Daddy's attention.
Warning: Their happily ever after is filled with full-time DD/lg play as William and Haley embrace their lifestyle with open arms. If being innocent at Christmas is a dream come true, then this is the novella for you!
NOTE: Innocent Christmas can be read as a standalone but might be more enjoyable after reading Owning Her Innocence & Innocent Getaway.
We one-clicked. Did you! #Sportsromance
Cruel & Beautiful by Terri E Lane HERE
The relentless hockey-playing medical resident knows what he wants— a career in Oncology and Cate. Although he’s heard the gorgeous brunette is a little relationship skittish, a single night out isn’t what he has in mind. Determined to have her— in every way possible— he shows her just what a future with him would hold.
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Ten is LIVE! #Secondchance #Forbiddenlove This sounds really good!
Ten years old I fell in love.
Ten years was the price of that love.
Ten years later our world’s re-collide.
My brother, Jonah, was possessive when it came to the things he owned. This unfortunately included the people in his life. The forbidden love between his best friend and me was just that… forbidden. Our families were from different walks of life, and as a sheriff’s daughter, being with a Moore’s kid would never be tolerated. To my parents, their son and Dalton Moore were on different paths, and their friendship would end as soon as college began, but it was my brother who had a craving for trouble. He was always looking for danger, committing petty crimes and getting away with it because Dalton would take the fall, blackening his already stained name. When Jonah found out we broke the rules by loving each other, his actions impacted us all causing immeasurable suffering. Betrayal comes with a debt, and it would be paid by all of us. One with their heart, one with their mind, and one would pay in blood.
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It’s my first Christmas with the MacAlister's and it’s beyond anything I could have hoped for. After ten years without a Christmas tree or people to celebrate the holidays with, I’m thrown for a loop when my new family shows me what Christmas is all about… biker style.
Warning: Contains shameless adult sexual content, an arseload of profanity, and whatever the hell else that makes it unsuitable for folks under the age of 18.
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Take the New Adult Romance journey of 18 year-old September Dawson.
When her mother deserted her and her younger half-sister, Scout, five years earlier, September was sent to live with her grandparents in Mississippi. Five years and no one has heard from her mother.
So when September is asked to spend the summer in Arkansas to watch over Scout, she can hardly refuse. She hasn't seen Scout in awhile, and she can certainly use the money for college.
She meets a young man while there, and though he tries to strike up a relationship with the beautiful September, she is drawn to someone else. Someone older. A most unlikely match but the chemistry can't be denied. At summer's end, September has no desire to return home. Soon after, they all receive some devastating news that threatens to change everything.
#NEWRelease with a blurb that has me #OneClick #BlurbLove"Emerson Montgomery loves his high school sweetheart, Kelly Price. He'd do anything for her, including agreeing to a break where they'll see other people as he heads off to college. Struggling with the break and guilt over dating other people, Emerson meets Eva, a beautiful, funny, easygoing, and nosey junior..."
Without a Doubt HERE
New Stepbrother Romance! "Seven years ago I made the biggest mistake of my life. Slade Jarvis. Hot, ripped, and tattooed, yes. But also an arrogant prick."
Slade by Sienna Valentine HERE
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***This is a novella. Please Read Something Great (FREE), Something Wonderful, and Something Forever FIRST or can be read after Something Amazing and Something Precious***
Twas the Knight before Christmas, when all through Max and Matthew’s house
Not a creature was stirring?—but not in these boys’ family house;
Stress, deadlines, and naughty children were nestled all snug in their beds,
While visions of sugar plums did NOT dance in their heads,
When they met with obstacles, mounted to the sky,
Could they overcome the hurdles before time flies?
When what to their wondering dreamy brown eyes did appear,
But peace, harmony, and calmness, my dears.
And all was right in the land of Knights.
Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night!
New FIGHTER Romance! We heard this series is scoooorching hot.
"Wyatt Hunter is the reigning UFC champ home for the holidays, fresh from the circuit and all he wants to do is unwind between the thighs of some hot young thing who knows the rules. He wasn’t looking for her, didn’t even know she was out there; until he walked into a smoky bar on a cold winter’s night and saw the world’s greatest ass from across the room.
Everything changed for him that night, within a split second the hardcore bad boy who was only looking for a good time, was hooked...."
The Champ HERE
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Dr. Mackenzie Daniels was a loner. He had the divorce, a far-away family, and well-known cranky persona to prove it. And if he had his way, he would continue on his loner way, in spite of the attempts of the townspeople to infiltrate his life with their irritating, so-called charming ways. That was...until he met the beautiful Nurse Millicent Robbins.
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All he wants is Christmas with his band and his girl...and a strand of pearls.
Rock star Nick Crandall is determined to make this Christmas the best of his life. So what if his beloved band, Oblivion, may be on the rocks? So what if his girl, Lila Shawcross, the band’s manager, has been freezing him out for days without telling him why? And hey, who needs snow anyway? In Southern California, it’s always hot.
Especially when the band gets back together for their kind of misfit family Christmas, and Nick and Lila reunite for one steamy night...
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Junior year is really shaping up to be something. After three years of trying, I finally made the cheer squad. And on the last day of summer practice the demigod of Glen Heights High, Joel Effing Miller, finally notices me—right after he runs me over and lands my leg in a cast. Yeah, junior year is really shaping up to be something.
I swear I didn’t see her. But I’m making it up to her every way I can. I’m driving her to school, helping her to all of her classes. I’ve never met anyone so down to earth—a girl who actually likes the things I like. Melissa Malinowski is a breath of fresh air. I can’t stop thinking about her. I swear I didn’t see her, but I should have. Melissa is too beautiful to miss.
My name is Kelly Masterson, and nobody messes with me. I’m Joel Miller’s girlfriend. So Joel ran Mouse-akowski over with his truck. So what? He should’ve finished her off. And now he wants to break up? As if. Nobody breaks up with me. Joel is mine, and he’s going to stay that way. And after having a nice little chat with his mother, it’s become clear why he’s bending over backward to please that human speed bump. I’ll make sure Mouse-akowski understands this, too. That will be the end of Joel and his nerdy little plaything. My name is Kelly Masterson, and nobody messes with me.
1984 called and it wants to Melt With You.
Melt With You (A Totally '80s Romance)
It’s like totally awesome.
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As the club Enforcer, Stitch is the man chosen to protect the club. There are no limits to his brutality, no lines drawn in the sand. The club is his life, and he’ll do whatever it takes to keep his brothers safe.
He’s a man who keeps to himself, guarding the walls that he secured so long ago. Then, one moment, one chance meeting, changes everything.
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The Storm is LIVE! We read an advance copy & experienced one of the most jaw-dropping moments this year!
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THE STORM is a CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE NOVELLA from the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestselling author of THE MIGHTY STORM.
STORM (noun)—a turbulent disturbance; a disruption or dispute.
Jake Wethers’s life is perfect. He’s married to the woman he’s always loved, and they have three beautiful children. The Mighty Storm is still going strong, and his record label is thriving.
Jake has everything—a life he thought he would never have and one that he didn’t think he deserved.
Not so long ago, Jake’s life wasn’t perfect. The unexpected and untimely death of his best friend, Jonny Creed, sent an already out-of-control Jake spiraling down further.
Drug addiction. Alcohol. Women.
Jake was in the fast lane to following Jonny to the grave until Tru Bennett walked back into his life and changed everything.
But now, the past that Jake left behind has come back to find him. And what the past brings with it is going to be one of the biggest challenges he has ever faced.
Note: The Storm is a novella following on from the intentional bestselling Storm series. It is advisable to read The Mighty Storm and Wethering the Storm before reading The Storm. Taming the Storm does not need to be read to understand the novella, but if read, it will enhance the reading element.
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"They tell you that a parent’s love is all consuming. I never put much thought into it. Not until the minute I heard her take her first breath. That little girl is my world. I’d do anything to protect her..."
Southern Pleasure HERE
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Sometimes all love needs is a little Christmas Magic...
Stuck.
In a house with their childhood nemesis', The Earl of Ashbury and his brothers have no choice but to put on a brave face, after all, how many times have the sisters "who shall not be named" nearly killed them?
They had a plan.
A good plan.
One of avoidance, and possible fake illnesses if necessary.
Instead, the minute the men set eyes on the women, their plan changes from making war--to love.
Each book is interconnected so no skipping ahead!
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Her name had garnered more attention than she ever wanted growing up, only fueling her already established disdain for the cheerful holiday. It wasn’t until she started her temporary job at Santa’s Workshop that she realized that her last name held more meaning than even she knew. While weird things begin to happen in her already chaotic life, the last person she thought she could lean on, would end up being the one person she could trust. With so many secrets between the two of them, will they ever be able to uncover the truth, and give into the holiday spirit before it’s too late?
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A sweet and sexy holiday sequel to the bestselling romance, The Play
Lachlan McGregor and Kayla Moore have fought hard for their happily ever after, so one would think their first Christmas together would be a piece of sugarplum cake.
But even though the city of Edinburgh is absolutely magical during the holiday season and the sizzling duo has enough steam between them to make snow melt, Christmas often brings its own share of troubles.
Kayla misses her mother and San Francisco while trying to adapt to life in Scotland, Lachlan struggles to stay on top of his ever-present demons (which pack more punch during the holidays) and his older brother Brigs is facing difficult memories of his own.
One thing is for sure though - this will be a Christmas they'll never forget.
NOTE: Winter Wishes is a holiday novella (AKA not a full-length book) and not a standalone. The story takes place between the last chapter of The Play and the epilogue.
I REALLY enjoyed this ANGSTY sports romance!
"South Eastern University: Where the football players are royalty and Andrew Fayden is king."
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I ADORED this one! Such a sweet and scooooorching HOT read!
"Jason Thorn… My brother’s childhood friend.
Oh, how stupidly in love with that boy I was. He was the first boy that made me blush, my first official crush. Sounds beautiful so far, right? That excitement that bubbles up inside you, those famous butterflies you feel for the very first time—he was the reason for them all. But, you only get to live in that fairytale world until they crush your hopes and dreams and then stomp on your heart for good measure. And boy did he crush my little heart into pieces."
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December 12 - WIRED
By the time police arrived in the hamlet of Rainpada on July 1, 2018, the village council office was the scene of a massacre.
The bright blue shutters on the windows were splintered and the door was kicked in. Inside, files were strewn across the floor and the light green walls were splashed with blood. Five men were dead, beaten to death with fists, feet, sticks, and office furniture wielded by a raging mob.
The dead men—four in their late forties and one whose age remains unknown—had arrived in Rainpada earlier that day, at around 9 am, on a bus from Solapur, some 300 miles south, to attend a Sunday market. According to their families and police, all of them were members of a Nath Panthi Davari Gosavi tribe, a nomadic group that roams India’s western Maharashtra state, surviving mostly on alms. The men sat under a tree not far from where they had gotten off the bus and, as they ate, handed a biscuit to a young girl.
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E/R: VISIT HEALTH CENTRES FOR MEDICAL CHECK-UPS – MS LARTEY ADVISES MILE 50 RESIDENTS
Samuel Appah-Peniel 2 years ago November 13, 2018 no commenteducationhealth
A Senior Nurse in charge of health screening at the Standard Specialist Clinic in the Eastern Region Ms Paulina Lartey has advised people living in Mile 50 and it’s surrounding communities to visit health centres regularly every one month to check their health status.
She explained that, the fact that one could see him or her self very healthier should not make that person assume that he or she had no health challenge, adding that there was the need for everyone to occasionally go for medical check-up for the early detection and management of the challenge.
Ms Lartey, who gave this advise at a one-day free medical screening organised by the ASA Savings and Loans Limited in koforidua Mile 50, appealed to the media to use their airwaves to help increase awareness creation among community members, men, women, and girls and boys to understand the importance of medical screening and also direct them to where to seek help when necessary.
She bemoaned the Ghanaian attitude of blaming their woes on occultism and poverty and not visiting the hospital to check on their health until they were seriously sick.
Ms Lartey said a special voluntary counselling consulting section was created to enable those who want to know their HIV status to do so to improve their welfare conditions.
According to her, free drugs were also administered on those tested with minor infections while serious cases were referred to health centres for further test and treatment after the exercise.
“The medical team were able to screened 110 people out of the projected target of 150 who went through various health screening such as Hypertension, Malaria, Blood sugar, Ear, Nose and throat cases, General laboratory test, Pharmacy services, Skin cases and HIV” she added.
The Koforidua Area Manager of the ASA Savings and Loans Limited, Mr Alam Safiul Mohammed said the exercise forms part of the company’s corporate social responsibility of providing free health care services to people especially the in the society.
He indicated that the company had budgeted USD 75 000.00 in the year 2018, to undertake its corporate social responsibility activities in the area of education, health and the support for disaster victims with relief items.
Mr Mohammed said the company is concerned about the health needs of the people and would continued to also provide medical care for its customers as well.
Some beneficiaries also commended the management of ASA Savings and Loans Limited for providing the community with free health screening to exercise to improve their health conditions.
Source: Haruna Yussif/ tnpnewsonline.com
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[...] Mysterious 'Dark River' may flow for 1,000 km underneath Greenland
Thursday, November 19th 2020, 7:00 am - Models suggest that melting water from the centre of Greenland’s ice sheet could flow through a subglacial valley and exit into the ocean along the northern coast of the country.
A study published in The Cryosphere considers how the canyons, trenches, and valleys within and underneath Greenland’s glaciers formed and what they could look like. The researchers state that this study is a thought experiment to speculate what could be underneath Greenland and suggest that there could be a river, nicknamed the ‘Dark River’, inconspicuously flowing for more than 1,000 kilometres from the deep interior of the massive continental glacier.
Ice-penetrating radar surveys and models of Greenland’s bedrock indicate that there could be a long valley, but the researchers are uncertain if it is continuous or broken into segments. To explore what would happen if deep parts of the ice sheet’s centre began to melt more quickly, they created simulations for valleys that were both continuous and segmented.
The models showed that an open valley would stretch over 1,000 kilometres from the interior out to the Petermann Fjord on Greenland’s northern coast. The valley is described as being “relatively flat” with elevations that range from 250 to 500 metres below sea level. “[The valley] follows a path near the interior ice divide that roughly intersects the east and west basal hydrological basins,” the researchers say in a press release. [...]
[...] “The results are consistent with a long subglacial river,” Chambers says, “but considerable uncertainty remains. For example, we don’t know how much water, if any, is available to flow along the valley, and if it does indeed exit at Petermann Fjord or is refrozen, or escapes the valley, along the way,” said Christopher Chambers, a scientist at Hokkaido University and one of the study’s authors.
Simulations showing fixed valley base elevations relative to sea level (red) and basal water flux magnitude and streamlines for north Greenland (blue). Credit: Chambers et al., The Cryosphere, 2020. (CC BY 4.0)
https://www.theweathernetwork.com/ca/news/article/mysterious-dark-river-may-flow-for-1000-km-underneath-greenland-ice-sheet
This river supposedly runs from deep within Greenland linking Petermans glacier in the north. And, it is rather from where it starts to flow that i wanted to show here. There seems to be a clear coincidence happening with two different types of imagery:
Comparison between Google Earth (2010) imagery from central Greenland and NASA data of the Greenland's mega canyon.
https://photos.google.com/album/AF1QipOgcm7TtHWlRsWz_mFnyWARgjoSOtKvIv_WEVXK
The Garden of Eden is the biblical earthly paradise created by God to be inhabited by his first human creation - Adam and Eve. Some claim that the name “Eden” derives from the Akkadian term edinu, which means ‘plain’.
https://www.ancient.eu/Garden_of_Eden/
Edited November 28, 2020 by Polar
Trelane 2,447
Psychic Spy
……..and????
jaylemurph 13,048
Forum Divinity
"You can lead a whore to culture, but you can't make him think." --Dorothy Parker
...and the reason this is in a new thread and not one of your previous 1,567 useless "Greenland is Atlantis thread" is?
And please don't give us your typical "this isn't about Atlantis" ****, because we all know it is.
...and you wonder why people call you a pathological liar...
--Jaylemurph
cormac mac airt 14,481
Location:Tennessee, USA
Many prefer a reassuring lie over an inconvenient truth
Greenland has nothing to do with the Biblical Garden of Eden so what is the point of this thread?
Imaginarynumber1 22,743
It turns out that i may, in fact, be an irrational number
Location:Ohio
Garden of Eden is a myth from a different part of the world. Much like atlantis...
Abramelin 3,789
Location:"Here the tide is ruled, by the wind, the moon and us."
We willen in de boot genomen worden, en daarom gaan we 't schip in. -Piet Vroon
https://nsidc.org/cryosphere/icelights/2014/06/what-under-greenland’s-ice
"Soil material at the base of an ice core from Greenland, indicates the ice sheet overlies an ancient tundra landscape, similar to the tundra that currently exists in the Arctic. Credit: Teddy Llovet."
Edited November 28, 2020 by Abramelin
On 11/28/2020 at 1:12 AM, cormac mac airt said:
At least Aurora Borealis or the northern lights do look like the Cherubim and their swords (the guards of Paradise), being connected to storm winds bright clouds and lightnings... do you not agree?
On 11/28/2020 at 4:19 AM, Abramelin said:
I am glad you brought it up, because it is just more food for thought:
The researchers were looking for evidence of the typical bulldozer-like erosion, expecting to find little more than bedrock under the ice sheet. Bierman was looking specifically for a chemical element that forms when cosmic rays hit the Earth’s surface. Since Greenland had been covered by ice for significant portions of the past few million years, Bierman didn’t expect to find much of this element. He said, “We thought that the ice sheet had been erosive enough to remove any material that predated the ice on Greenland.” Instead, he and his team were surprised to find plenty of it in the core samples. “We realized that in fact there was preservation of material from a long time ago,” Bierman said. That meant the massive ice sheet didn’t bulldoze the tundra off Greenland’s surface, but simply froze it in place. How does a thick, moving sheet of ice leave an ancient landscape intact?
The important word is TUNDRA...
Not much like an Eden, right?
Hanslune 13,220
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.........I'm personally incredulous of your personal incredulity
5 hours ago, Abramelin said:
Unless you are a Alutiiq, Inupiat, or Yup'ik (folks who live in the Tundra).
jethrofloyd 2,891
East of Eden Santa Claus lives in his igloo ?
2 hours ago, Hanslune said:
Maybe these guys and girls were living there?
Did you notice the flag? That is a symbol of..... Atlantis!
There is tundra in Greenland but that is not all, far from it, because according to my dear friend Eske Willerslev:
Fossil DNA Proves Greenland Once Had Lush Forests; Ice Sheet Is Surprisingly Stable
Ancient Greenland was green. New Danish research has shown that it was covered in conifer forest and had a relatively mild climate. The research is painting a picture which is overturning all previous assumptions about biological life and the climate in Greenland. The findings also show evidence of ice in Greenland during the Eemian interglacial period 125,000 years ago, which indicates that although we are now confronted with global warming, the whole ice sheet will probably not melt and bring about the tremendous sea-level rises which have been the subject of so much discussion.
Quote from your link:
"Eske Willerslev, a professor at Copenhagen University, has analysed the world's oldest DNA, preserved under the kilometre-thick icecap. The DNA is likely close to half a million years old, and the research is painting a picture which is overturning all previous assumptions about biological life and the climate in Greenland. "
Hahaha!!
Nobody commented on my comparison between Google Earth and NASA images...
3 minutes ago, Polar said:
Most people would take that as a (not very subtle) hint.
Maybe by now everyone recognizes your game — when you /do/ get a response, it will demonstrate to you (again) your deliberate ignorance and inability to make a cogent point, to which you’ll start to whine and throw around conspiracies about how the mods and other posters are ganging up against you, and you’ll make a whole production number out of how you’re leaving and never, ever coming back, only to show up again, throw around a few lies and start the whole embarrassing predicament again.
But, yeah: you poke that bear.
—Jaylemurph
15 minutes ago, Abramelin said:
Meaning: this find is about something more than 20 times as old as Plato's Atlantis.
Mario, read my lips: READ your links. Entirely.
So you are saying that Atlantis could not have existed in Greenland because they found DNA half a million years old?
Greenland was once ice free
Using data from a 3053-meter-long core of ice and bedrock collected from the center of the island in 1993, Schaefer’s team has found valuable clues to what the period held. In particular, the 1.55 meters of bedrock at the core’s base revealed much about the island’s history of glaciation, Schaefer says, in atoms that chronicle exposure to the elements. Earth’s surface is constantly bombarded by cosmic rays, high energy particles streaming into Earth from space. They collide with atoms in Earth’s atmosphere as well as in the uppermost centimeters of its rocks, producing new particles. Some of those particles have a particularly useful set of properties: They don’t naturally occur in the rocks, and they are radioactive. Thus, they can act as a sort of clock, marking time since the rocks were last ice free and exposed to the atmosphere.
Schaefer and his colleagues measured the abundance of two cosmogenic isotopes, aluminum-26 and beryllium-10, in grains of the mineral quartz that they found within the bedrock. Each isotope is produced at a different rate by cosmic rays and has a different half-life. Once the rocks are no longer exposed to the atmosphere—for example, buried by ice—the ratio of 26Al to 10Be in the rocks changes because of their differing half-lives. Schaefer and his team found that the ratio in the bedrock was simply too low for the site to have remained buried continuously over the last 1.25 million years—suggesting that it had been exposed and ice free at least once during that time.
Schaefer says he is certain the findings show that Greenland was ice free at one point—but, he says, “we need to understand what happened and how it happened.” More cosmogenic studies of the bedrock, for example, could further narrow the dates of exposure. He finished his presentation with an appeal to other researchers: If you’re going to retrieve an ice core, consider getting some bedrock while you’re at it.
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2015/12/greenland-was-once-ice-free
correction, sourcing
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We need to ask this fella, he knows where Eden is/was.... http://www.scpwiki.com/dr-clef-s-proposal
Well, show me a paper that says that Greenland was free of ice, some 12,000 years ago. That it had a sub-tropical climate, that its inhabitants had a bronze-age level of civilization, that they conquered most of (western) Europe, up to Egypt.
AND, that their island submerged, and left nothing but an impassible sea of mud.
This was a question meant for Polar.
This is the untouched image of the center of the island, taken from a much larger image (about 20 MB). The longest canyon in the world starts there.
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4097
16 minutes ago, Polar said:
I would say that the average University professor IS NOT a geneticist. Where is the specific genetic analysis supporting his DNA claim.
You ignore my question to you.
7 minutes ago, Abramelin said:
Your wish is my command:
Ancient Greenland was much warmer than previously thought
New knowledge helps researchers understand how Greenland's ice sheet responds to warming
Although researchers have long known that the last two interglacial periods experienced warming in the Arctic due to changes in the Earth's orbit, a mix of fly species preserved from these times in a rare lake sediment core shows that Greenland was even warmer than previously thought. This information could help researchers better gauge Greenland's sensitivity to warming, by testing and improving models of climate and ice sheet behavior.
A tiny clue found in ancient sediment has unlocked big secrets about Greenland's past and future climate.
Just beyond the northwest edge of the vast Greenland Ice Sheet, Northwestern University researchers have discovered lake mud that beat tough odds by surviving the last ice age. The mud, and remains of common flies nestled within it, record two interglacial periods in northwest Greenland. Although researchers have long known these two periods -- the early Holocene and Last Interglacial -- experienced warming in the Arctic due to changes in Earth's orbit, the mix of fly species preserved from these times shows that Greenland was even warmer than previously thought.[...]
Regarding your other two aspects of what Plato might have said about historical events, e.g. advanced civilization, or conquering Europe and Egypt, is a moot point, imo.
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The museum holds irreplaceable specimens of flora and fauna of the Great Basin and beyond dating as far back as the 1850's and houses decades of biological research and teaching collections of University faculty, students, technicians, and volunteers. As the only museum of its kind in the state, it is an invaluable resource for understanding Nevada's natural heritage. The museum is currently in the process of making data available through searchable public databases. Educational resources and tours for K-12 classes, clubs, and groups in the community are also offered to provide interactive and age appropriate hands-on learning.
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Nevada Stable Isotope Laboratory
Facilities are available to prepare and analyze a variety of materials for their nitrogen, sulfur, carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen stable isotope compositions using stable isotope ratio mass spectrometry. The lab can perform a variety of isotope analyses on a wide range of sample types. Customers are encouraged to contact the lab concerning specific analytical requirements before submitting samples for analysis.
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The facility conducts research and trains students in the field of high-energy-density (HED) science, the study of the behavior of matter at extremely high temperatures and densities. This rapidly developing field explores the fourth state of matter, called plasma, under conditions similar to those occurring in the interiors of stars, nuclear fusion reactors, and lightning bolts. The facility is housed in the SAGE building located 10 miles north of the University campus in Stead, NV.
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Ozmen Center for Entrepreneurship
The Ozmen Center for Entrepreneurship, located on the fourth floor of the Ansari business building, was founded in 2014 and made possible by a gift from Eren and Fatih Ozmen who are entrepreneurs and alumni of the University. The center serves as an idea space that develops entrepreneurial capacities and fosters the creation of ideas and new enterprise among students and faculty at the University.
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The University's user-driven, high performance computing cluster is extending research capacity and supporting the latest research applications in areas such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, robotics, computational biology, computational neuroscience, bioinformatics and large data sets. Pronghorn is collocated at the Switch Citadel Campus located 25 miles East of the University of Nevada, Reno. Switch is the definitive leader of sustainable data center design and operation. The Switch Citadel is rated Tier 5 Platinum, and will be the largest, most advanced data center campus on the planet. Pronghorn is available to all University of Nevada, Reno faculty, staff, students, and to business, industry and off-campus affiliates. Priority access to the system is available for purchase.
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TORONTO and CARLSBAD, Calif. – December 10, 2020 — Cority, the most trusted provider of environmental, health, safety, and quality (EHSQ) management software, and Verisk 3E, the leading global provider of intelligent compliance solutions, today announced the integration of Verisk 3E’s substance-level chemical safety data into Cority’s industry-leading EHSQ SaaS platform. This API integration enables organizations to improve regulatory compliance while managing their most challenging business risks with greater efficiency. Verisk 3E is a Verisk (Nasdaq:VRSK) business.
Organizations are facing an increasingly complex regulatory landscape. For many companies, regulatory research and content management is a manual process, resulting in heavy administrative burdens that reduce efficiency and divert resources from other critical tasks. By integrating 3E Optimize™ value-added regulatory content from Verisk 3E into Cority’s unified platform, organizations can access necessary regulatory and chemical substance information in a matter of seconds, including the most up-to-date global occupational exposure limit (OEL) data available to help assess regulatory compliance and ensure worker protection. Verisk 3E data provides users with access to thousands of chemical control laws for more than 500,000 chemical substances across more than 130 countries.
Automating processes to source, research, aggregate, and validate EHSQ regulatory content and seamlessly update company legal registers and agent tables can reduce costly administration while providing better information to drive compliance management and decision-making. By linking Verisk 3E’s expansive chemical content with Cority’s extensive Business Intelligence tools, organizations can increase their visibility into critical data, better enabling them to respond to compliance issues earlier and more decisively.
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President’s Message February 2016
Posted February 6, 2016 by Sherry Buttnor as President's Message
Writer’s block! Gosh…I’ve been wracking my (admittedly tiny) brain for days, trying to come up with a positive message. I was hoping to report that we had good crowds at Cattle Point, a great turnout at the UVic observatory, great times at the VCO, that Comet Catalina looked amazing…but I only recall all the crummy weather and cancelled observing sessions lately. I can’t remember such a dismal period as this last few weeks. Even my cats have their paws crossed for better weather; they know mommy’s getting grumpy!
Still lots to look forward to, though! Have a look:
Hobby Show: Feb 6, 7, 8 at Westshore Town Centre mall.
Monthly meeting: Feb 10 (see below)
UVic observing: Feb 12. We will be visiting Orion and the area.
And longer term: International Astronomy Day (May 14th) is also confirmed as the start of our Summer Saturdays at the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory. Still lots of details to work out, but the dates this year are:
May 14, 21, 28. June 4, 11. July 2, 9, 16, 23, 30. August 6, 13, 20.
I know I can count on our faithful volunteers to bring telescopes for parking lot duty, but we also need:
-two or three people to train in, and operate the indoor planetarium (it’s fun!)
-one or two people to train on, and operate the Plaskett telescope as a backup to Dave Balam.
-two or three people to give talks in the Plaskett dome.
Please contact me asap is you’re interested in any of these cool opportunities!
In other news: I’ve started an email list for the total solar eclipse in August 2017. At January’s meeting and at Astro Cafe, an interest sheet was passed around, and enough interest was shown to make it feasible to put together some sort of expedition to central Oregon for Victoria Centre members. If you missed the interest sheet but want to join in, please email me at: popokinui@shaw.ca
I may make a Facebook group for this purpose as well, so stay tuned.
For our February monthly meeting on the both, we are excited to have Sebastien Lavoie as our guest speaker:
How to Build a Universe.
Our representation of the Universe has evolved throughout the ages. From the first men to Ptolemy, we have always tried to understand the skies. Modern astronomers have access to tools that their ancestors did not even dream of. This lead to multiple big and small revolutions in our understanding of the Universe in the last centuries. We retrace some of these moments that shaped our knowledge of the Universe.
Clear (hopefully) skies!
Sherry.
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URC began working in Afghanistan in 2007 to provide technical leadership and country assistance for the application of modern quality improvement methods. View our past projects in Afghanistan here. View Country »
URC began working in Albania in 2003 to help improve health care services and increase service access and utilization. View our past projects in Albania here. View Country »
URC began working in Angola in 2000 to assess grants administration and provide technical assistance to improve grant management. View our past projects in Angola here. View Country »
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URC began working in Egypt in 1981 when our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, undertook multi-country research to guide developing countries in strengthening their primary health care services. View our past projects in Egypt here. View Country »
URC began working in the United States in 1965 to develop training, curricula, and programs to support new career opportunities. View Country »
URC began working in Argentina in 1995 to assess health education in Buenos Aires and the provincial regions. View our past projects in Argentina here. View Country »
URC provides research services that assist the Australian Government in delivering an effective aid program. View Country »
URC began working in Benin in 1981 when our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, undertook multi-country research to guide developing countries in strengthening their primary health care services. View our past and current projects in Benin here. View Country »
URC began working in Bosnia in 2000 when our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services provided technical assistance in quality improvement and regulatory strategies to the Srpska Agency for Accreditation and Quality, part of the Ministry of Health. View our past projects in Bosnia here. View Country »
URC began working in Gaza in 2002 to build Palestinian capacity to deliver health services, including during emergencies. View our past projects in Gaza here. View Country »
URC began working in Bangladesh in 1981 when our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, undertook multi-country research to guide developing countries in strengthening their primary health care services. View our past and current projects in Bangladesh here. View Country »
URC began working in Belize in 2007 to improve program management and provide oversight of local organizations that received funding. View our past projects in Belize here. View Country »
URC began working in Botswana in 2008 to improve the quality and use of HIV prevention and care services, as well as strengthen the delivery of routine HIV-testing strategies. View our current projects in Botswana here. View Country »
URC began working in Georgia in 2011 through two projects funded by the US Agency for International Development. View our past and current projects in Georgia here. View Country »
URC began working in Iraq in 2007 with a project aimed to improve program management and provide oversight of local organizations that received funding. View our past and current projects in Iraq here. View Country »
URC began working in Brazil in 1981 when our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, undertook multi-country research to guide developing countries in strengthening their primary health care services. View Country »
URC began working in Burkina Faso in 2013 to increase the resilience of chronically vulnerable people, households, communities, and systems in targeted agricultural areas. View our past and current projects in Burkina Faso here. View Country »
URC began working in Jordan in 1990 with our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, to provide global leadership for health care quality assurance in USAID-supported programs. View our past projects in Jordan here. View Country »
URC began working in Kazakhstan in 2000 when our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, provided technical assistance and guidelines for training programs for the Directly Observed Treatment, Short Course Strategy. View our past projects in Kazakhstan here. View Country »
URC began working in Bolivia in 1981 when our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, undertook multi-country research to guide developing countries in strengthening their primary health care services. View our past projects in the Bolivia here. View Country »
URC began working in Burundi in 2012 to improve health care in USAID-assisted countries, strengthen their health systems, and advance their frontier of improvement science. View our current projects in Burundi here. View Country »
Our efforts in Cambodia have included support for QI, health systems strengthening, research and evaluation, health communication, and behavior change. Subsequent URC-implemented projects in the country have focused on: malaria; HIV and AIDS; tuberculosis; maternal, newborn, and child health; reproductive health and family planning; and food and nutrition. View Country »
URC began working in Morocco in 1990 with our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, to provide global leadership for health care quality assurance in USAID-supported programs. View our past projects in Morocco here. View Country »
URC began working in Poland in 1990 with our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, to provide global leadership for health care quality assurance in USAID-supported programs. View our past projects in Poland here. View Country »
URC began working in Chile in 1981 when our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, undertook multi-country research to guide developing countries in strengthening their primary health care services. View our past projects in the Chile here. View Country »
URC began working in China in 2007 to improve program management and provide oversight of local organizations that received funding. View our past projects in China here. View Country »
URC began working in Côte d'Ivoire in 1981 when our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, undertook multi-country research to guide developing countries in strengthening their primary health care services. View our past and current projects in Côte d'Ivoire here. View Country »
URC began working in Romania in 2005 to help Romania reallocate resources to its primary health care system and strengthen and improve health care services. View our past projects in Romania here. View Country »
URC began working in Colombia in 1990 with our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, to provide global leadership for health care quality assurance in USAID-supported programs. View our past projects in Colombia here. View Country »
URC began working in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1981 when our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services (CHS), undertook multi-country research to guide developing countries in strengthening their primary health care services. View our past and current projects in Democratic Republic of the Congo here. View Country »
URC began working in India in 1981 when our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, undertook multi-country research to guide developing countries in strengthening their primary health care services. View our past and current projects in India here. View Country »
URC began working in Russia in 1998 through the USAID Quality Assurance Project, to provide global leadership for health care quality assurance in USAID-supported programs. View our past projects in Russia here. View Country »
URC began working in Syria in 2007 to improve program management and provide oversight of local organizations that received funding. View our past projects in Syria here. View Country »
URC began working in Costa Rica in 1990 with our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, to provide global leadership for health care quality assurance in USAID-supported programs. View Country »
URC began working in Eritrea in 1990 with our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, to provide global leadership for health care quality assurance in USAID-supported programs. View our past projects in Eritrea here. View Country »
URC began working in Indonesia in 1990 with our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, to provide global leadership for health care quality assurance in USAID-supported programs. View our past and current projects in Indonesia here. View Country »
URC began working in Tunisia in 1981 to build the Ministry of Health’s capacity to deliver heath care services by training frontline health workers and supervisory personnel, developing medical internships, and strengthening health system management. View our past and current projects in Tunisia here. View Country »
URC began working in Ukraine in 2007 to provide technical leadership and country assistance for the application of modern quality improvement methods. View our past and current projects in Ukraine here. View Country »
URC began working in Eswatini in 1981 when our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, undertook multi-country research to guide developing countries in strengthening their primary health care services. View our past and current projects in Eswatini here. View Country »
URC began working in Korea in 1981 when our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, undertook multi-country research to guide developing countries in strengthening their primary health care services. View our past project in Korea here. View Country »
URC began working in Uzbekistan in 2000 when our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, partnered with Maxwell Stamp, Inc. to develop plans to rationalize health service delivery in health facility networks. View our past projects in Uzbekistan here. View Country »
URC began working in Dominican Republic in 1981 when our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, undertook multi-country research to guide developing countries in strengthening their primary health care services. View Country »
URC began working in Ethiopia in 2007 through projects funded by The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria and the US Agency for International Development. View our past projects in Ethiopia here. View Country »
URC began working in Ecuador in 1981 when our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, undertook multi-country research to guide developing countries in strengthening their primary health care services. View our past projects in Ecuador here. View Country »
URC began working in Ghana in 1995 to implement improvements in health policy, management, financing, and health services delivery. View our past and current projects in Ghana here. View Country »
URC began working in Laos in 1990 with our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, to provide global leadership for health care quality assurance in USAID-supported programs. View our past projects in Laos here. View Country »
URC began working in El Salvador in 1987 to strengthen the capacity of the Ministry of Health to deliver and support basic health care services, including preventive and primary care services. View our past and current projects in El Salvador here. View Country »
URC began working in Guinea in 1981 when our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, undertook multi-country research to guide developing countries in strengthening their primary health care services. View our past projects in Guinea here. View Country »
URC began working in Grenada in 1981 when our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, undertook multi-country research to guide developing countries in strengthening their primary health care services. View our past projects in Grenada here. View Country »
URC began working in Kenya in 1990 with our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, to provide global leadership for health care quality assurance in USAID-supported programs. View our past and current projects in Kenya here. View Country »
URC began working in Mongolia in 2009 to expand coverage of services for injuries and noncommunicable diseases to reach 95% of the country's population. View our past project in Mongolia here. View Country »
URC began working in Guatemala in 1990 with our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, to provide global leadership for health care quality assurance in USAID-supported programs. View our past and current projects in Guatemala here. View Country »
URC began working in Lesotho in 2009 to provide support for monitoring and evaluating construction activities for 150 health centers and outpatient departments, antiretroviral therapy clinics, and a central laboratory and storage facility. View our past and current projects in Lesotho here. View Country »
URC began working in Myanmar in 2011 to contain the spread of a multi-drug resistant malaria strain in the Greater Mekong Sub-region. View our current projects in Myanmar here. View Country »
URC began working in Madagascar in 2011 to evaluate the overall functionality of existing support systems (programs) supporting community health volunteers who provided maternal and child health and reproductive health and family planning services in Madagascar’s rural communities. View our past projects in Madagascar here. View Country »
URC began working in Haiti in 1981 when our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, undertook multi-country research to guide developing countries in strengthening their primary health care services. View our past and current projects in Haiti here. View Country »
URC began working in Malawi in 1981 when our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, undertook multi-country research to guide developing countries in strengthening their primary health care services. View our past and current projects in Malawi here. View Country »
URC began working in Pakistan in 1981 when our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, undertook multi-country research to guide developing countries in strengthening their primary health care services. View our past projects in Pakistan here. View Country »
URC began working in Honduras in 1981 when our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, undertook multi-country research to guide developing countries in strengthening their primary health care services. View our past and current projects in Honduras here. View Country »
URC began working in Mali in 1981 when our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, undertook multi-country research to guide developing countries in strengthening their primary health care services. View our past and current projects in Mali here. View Country »
URC began working in Papua New Guinea in 1981 when our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, undertook multi-country research to guide developing countries in strengthening their primary health care services. View our past projects in Papua New Guinea here. View Country »
URC began working in Jamaica in 1981 when our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, undertook multi-country research to guide developing countries in strengthening their primary health care services. View our past projects in Jamaica here. View Country »
URC began working in Mozambique in 1981 when our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, undertook multi-country research to guide developing countries in strengthening their primary health care services. New our past and current projects in Mozambique here. View Country »
URC began working the Philippines in 1981 when our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, undertook multi-country research to guide developing countries in strengthening their primary health care services. View our past projects in the Philippines here. View Country »
URC began working in Mexico in 1981 when our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, undertook multi-country research to guide developing countries in strengthening their primary health care services. View our past projects in Mexico here. View Country »
URC began working in Namibia in 2004 to provide technical support to the Ministry of Health and Social Services for reducing the transmission of HIV and other blood-borne pathogens among patients and providers during delivery of medical injections. View our past projects here. View Country »
URC began working in the Solomon Islands in 1994, conducting public awareness campaigns and improving population-related management information systems. View our past projects in the Solomon Islands here. View Country »
URC began working in Nicaragua in 1990 with projects funded by the US Agency for International Development and The World Bank. View our past and current projects in Nicaragua here. View Country »
URC began working in Niger in 1989 to improve the delivery of family planning services. View our past and current projects in Niger here. View Country »
URC began working in Sri Lanka in 1981 when our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, undertook multi-country research to guide developing countries in strengthening their primary health care services. View our past projects in the Sri Lanka here. View Country »
URC began working in Nigeria in 1981 when our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, undertook multi-country research to guide developing countries in strengthening their primary health care services. View our past and current projects in Nigeria here. View Country »
URC began working in Panama in 2010 to strengthen HIV and TB surveillance and control in the Central American region. View Country »
URC began working in Thailand in 1981 when our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, undertook multi-country research to guide developing countries in strengthening their primary health care services. View our past and current projects in the Thailand here. View Country »
URC began working in Paraguay in 2014 to lessen the burden of HIV among key populations. View Country »
URC began working in Rwanda in 1990 with our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, to provide global leadership for health care quality assurance in USAID-supported programs. View our past projects in Rwanda here. View Country »
URC began working in Peru in 1981 when our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, undertook multi-country research to guide developing countries in strengthening their primary health care services. View our past projects in Peru here. View Country »
Since the early-1980’s, URC has been working in Senegal to support the improvement of health care across the nation. URC’s first project in the country was the Senegal Family Health Project, which supported the expansion of the Ministry of Health’s service capacity and developed an autonomous family health organization. View our past and current projects in Senegal here. View Country »
URC began working in Vietnam in 1990 with our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, to provide global leadership for health care quality assurance in USAID-supported programs. View our past and current projects in Vietnam here. View Country »
URC began working in Sierra Leone in 1981 when our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, undertook multi-country research to guide developing countries in strengthening their primary health care services. View our past and current projects in Sierra Leone here. View Country »
URC began working in Somalia in 1981 when our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, undertook multi-country research to guide developing countries in strengthening their primary health care services. View our past projects in Somalia here. View Country »
URC began working in South Africa in 1990 with our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, to provide global leadership for health care quality assurance in USAID-supported programs. View our past and current projects in South Africa here. View Country »
URC began working in Suriname in 2007 to improve program management and provide oversight of local organizations that received funding. View our past projects in Suriname here. View Country »
URC began working in Tanzania in 1981 when our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, undertook multi-country research to guide developing countries in strengthening their primary health care services. View our past and current projects in Tanzania here. View Country »
URC began working in Trinidad in 1990 with our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, to provide global leadership for health care quality assurance in USAID-supported programs. View our past projects in Trinidad here. View Country »
URC began working in Uganda in 1990 with our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, to provide global leadership for health care quality assurance in USAID-supported programs. View our past and current projects in Uganda here. View Country »
URC began working in Uruguay in 1981 when our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, undertook multi-country research to guide developing countries in strengthening their primary health care services. View our past projects in Uruguay here. View Country »
URC began working in Zambia in in 1990 with our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, to provide global leadership for health care quality assurance in USAID-supported programs. View our past and current projects in Zambia here. View Country »
URC began working in Zimbabwe in 1990 with our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, to provide global leadership for health care quality assurance in USAID-supported programs. View our past projects in Zimbabwe here. View Country »
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Advancing Newborn, Child and Reproductive Health (ANCRE) Program
The Advancing Newborn, Child, and Reproductive Health (ANCRE) Program supports USAID/Benin’s Integrated Family Health Program to improve the quality and coverage of the Government of Benin’s (GOB) Package of High-Impact Interventions (PIHI).
Advancing the Evidence-Base of the Minimum Initial Service Package (MISP) for Reproductive Health: Using a Quality Improvement Approach in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Led by the International Medical Corps, URC and other partnering organizations will identify ways to bridge the gap between evidence and practice by integrating a quality improvement (QI) approach in the implementation of the maternal and newborn health (MNH)...
All Children Read: Bookshare
In many countries, students who are blind or have other print disabilities face formidable barriers as they pursue their education in the midst of a widespread book famine. In countries with several regional languages, such as India, even when a child with a print disability does...
Anemia Implementation Science Initiative
The Uganda Anemia Implementation Science Initiative (ISI) seeks to improve the implementation of iron-folic acid (IFA) supplementation through undertaking an implementation science (IS) approach. Anemia ISI activities are nested within the URC USAID Regional Health Integration to Enhance...
Assessment of KALAHI-CIDSS Subprojects
Indonesia, Myanmar (Burma), Philippines
The sentinel site monitoring system is designed to provide comprehensive system for data management (collect, analyze, store and use the data) related to first 1000-day life of a child. The Sentinel Program will support the MCA-Indonesia M&E Unit to accommodate more wide-ranging data needs....
Assistance to the Fellows Program of the National Center for Education Statistics
URC supported the admissions and registration process of a week-long meeting centered on information and skill-building sessions for Fellows representing local, state, and higher education agencies.
Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao for Health (BARMMHealth)
USAID supports the Ministry of Health - Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (MOH-BARMM) to achieve a self-reliant health system by building commitment and strengthening the capacity of the government, civil society, and communities to develop, implement, and finance solutions to...
Benin Integrated Family Health Project (Projet Intégré de Santé Familiale, PISAF)
The Integrated Family Health Project (PISAF) built on URC's accomplishments over seven years in northern Benin to improve management systems.
Benin Integrated Family Health Project (PROSAF)
The Benin Integrated Family Health Program (PROSAF) provided technical assistance to Benin’s Ministry of Health at central, regional, zone, and community levels to increase the use of family health services and preventive measures.
Benin Muskoka
URC is helping to improve 1) the quality of reproductive health services at health facilities, 2) community-based family planning promotion, and 3) distribution and gender activities targeting family planning in Benin's Couffo and Borgou health zones.
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Wheeling Island Hotel-Casino-Racetrack suing sports app provider
JOSELYN KING
jking@theintelligencer.net
WHEELING — Owners of the Wheeling Island Hotel-Casino-Racetrack are suing the providers of their sports betting app, which has now been off-line for more than two months.
Delaware North — under its division Delaware North iGaming — filed suit Thursday in the Court of Chancery for the State of Delaware against Miomni Gaming LTD and its CEO Michael P. Venner.
The complaint accuses Venner and Miomni of fraud and misrepresenting Miomni’s assurances that it owned all technical rights needed for the sports betting platform. It asserts that while doing so, Miomni breached the joint venture agreement it had with Delaware North in operating the “Bet Lucky” app. According to the lawsuit filed, Delaware North owns 51 percent of Bet Lucky; and Miomni, 49 percent.
Because of the breach, Delaware North is seeking to acquire Miomni’s interest in Bet Lucky under the provisions of the joint venture agreement, and to be discharged from any financial obligations it might owe to Miomni.
Delaware North is asking for damages in an amount to be determined at trial, as well as interest on those amounts.
Miomni is defined in the suit as a limited company formed under the laws of England and Wales with a principal office in the United Kingdom. Calls to Miomni’s east coast office in Rochester, New York were not answered late Friday.
Calls to both Wheeling Island Hotel-Casino-Racetrack CEO Kim Florence and the West Virginia Lottery Commission also were not answered Friday.
The Bet Lucky app went on-line Dec. 27 and has been down since March 6.
Miomni has since acknowledged to Delaware North that technical issues arose between itself and a third-party contractor, Entergaming of Cyprus. who owned the rights to source code to the “back end” of the app’s platform. This dispute — as well as Entergaming’s ownership of the source code — was initially concealed by Miomni from Delaware North, according to the lawsuit.
Delaware North and its affiliates purchased hardware to be used with the platform, prepared its facilities to use the platform, and invested in “substantial marketing efforts,” the complaint states.
Delaware North owns both Wheeling Island and the Mardi Gras Casino in Cross Lanes, Kanawha County.
(King can be contacted at jking@theintelligencer.net)
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Made In Africa: Threaded Tribes Is Tailoring a Renewed Appreciation for Hand-Woven Fabrics
In conversation with Awurama Mankatah, the Ghanaian creative designer and manager of Threaded Tribes.
Awurama Mankatah is a young Ghanaian stylist, creative designer and manager of luxury clothing and visuals brand, Threaded Tribes. She hit the trail with Tribes (short for Threaded Tribes) 3 years ago, and has since mixed outstanding self-fashioning with a thorough and refreshing aesthetic sense to fashion a brand which is naturally relatable with a distinct subgroup of society—"the carefree and unique."
It says something about the impact of Tribes that their vibrant, hand-woven pieces—which range from cloaks to dresses—aren't only popular among Accra's cool kids; you can find the brand in concept stores from Elle Lokko in Accra to GLOBUS in Zurich. Tribes' garments is due to showcase in Paris this weekend at Innov'Ethik Fashion Week.
We spoke with Mankatah about the beginnings of Threaded Tribes and touched on some questions pertinent to her work as creative designer and founder of the brand.
moshood for OkayAfrica: Have any of your current career paths been influenced by some early life experiences of yours?
Awurama Mankatah: I think my career paths have all been influenced by my existence; just me being here. Threaded Tribes, for instance, is just like a path that fell into my many paths. And I went with it. So, I wouldn't say anything in particular has shaped me and made me want to do this, but everybody strives to survive—to make money, be comfortable—and I've always been into business. I like to add to the resources that the world has given me and make more out of them. I remember in my high school days, I would download songs off of Waptrick and bluetooth them to my colleagues for, like, 30 Ghana Pesewas a song. In my first year at university, I was selling hair; because it was quite in demand and I just so happened to find a good plug. So it's stuff like that; little interests and hobbies that come along the way which I follow and make something out of.
Tell us about Threaded Tribes and the story behind the name.
I was in a market the first time I came across the mud cloth fabric, and I was awed by it. I thought people could be doing shit with fabric like this and I hadn't seen people do that around me. I thought to myself, "I'd like to be wearing this." The 'threaded' part of the name comes from the mud cloth—when you look at it, it's very carefully woven together. And 'tribes' comes from all the patterns and symbols that the cloth had, and, beyond that—the notions of unity and togetherness and just finding a place to belong. Also, when you further consider 'threaded,' it's not just about mud cloth. It's also about other kinds of fabric that we have in Africa like kente, baule and other kinds which are all intricately woven from scratch.
The name evinces an image of communities that are literally closely-knit around a common identifier. What are your personal thoughts on style and how it intersects with people's identities?
The reason why I even started Threaded Tribes was personal. I discovered mud cloth and I wanted to wear it all the time. But it was just too good to just keep to myself. I feel like people's style and their personalities intersect a lot and it's necessary for us to be able to wear whatever the fuck we want, however we want to. Threaded Tribes is about creating cool things for people who are, say, trying to find a tribe and stick to it; and I find that for a lot of people, as soon as they latch on to the garment, it becomes their personal style. I know some people who have about nine of the garments in their closets. It's what they wear, their everyday thing; it becomes something to identify them by. So, if, say, person A sees the next person wearing the same thing, I think they realize that 'Hey, that's my sis.' As in, they realize they could have some kind of affinity.
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Charles Walker, Joseph Jenkins had illegal cellphone in prison, FDLE says
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The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is expected to announced new charged on Thursday in the case of two convicted killers who escaped from prison.
Six people have been arrested in a scheme that led to the release of two convicted murderers from a Florida prison, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement announced Thursday.The arrests include the two inmates who were mistakenly released, Joseph Jenkins and Charles Walker.According to FDLE Commissioner Gerald Bailey, all it took was access to computers in jail, a cell phone that was smuggled in and a person on the outside to be the "delivery man" for fake documents to the court.Jenkins and Walker were able to escape the Florida Correctional Institution in September and October.The FDLE said Jenkins was assisted by an inmate who had previously used fake documents to escape prison, and then Jenkins used that knowledge to help Walker escape.Jenkins is charged with escape, principle to escape, two counts of conspiracy to commit escape, six counts of forgery and six counts of uttering a forgery. Walker is charged with one count of escape.The alleged mastermind of the scheme, Nydeed Nashaddai, 48, has been charged with two counts of conspiracy to commit escape and two counts of principal to escape. FDLE agents said he taught Jenkins how to forge documents.Jeffrey Forbes, 30, was charged with one count of escape, forgery, uttering a forgery and conspiracy to commit escape.Terrance Goodman, 37, of Panama City, is accused of driving Jenkins and Walker to Panama City and renting them a motel room. He is charged with one count of harboring a fugitive and two counts of conspiracy to commit escape.Perhaps the most surprising announcement was that Willie Slater Jr., the brother of a man Walker killed, was also arrested in the scheme.The FDLE said Slater owed a favor to Jenkins because Jenkins lied about Slater's involvement in a home invasion, which got him out of jail. To return the favor, Slater ensured the forged documents were delivered to the Orange County Clerk's Office, according to the FDLE.See the WESH 2 News interview with SlaterSlater spoke to WESH 2 News in October and acted surprised that the two men had escaped.Safeguards are now in place on the prison level and the court level to ensure any order to release an inmate first goes to the judge that issued the sentence, and is then double-checked by the department of corrections before that inmate can be freed.Timeline: How inmates escaped
ORLANDO, Fla. —
Six people have been arrested in a scheme that led to the release of two convicted murderers from a Florida prison, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement announced Thursday.
The arrests include the two inmates who were mistakenly released, Joseph Jenkins and Charles Walker.
FDLE investigates text messages sent by escaped inmates
Escaped inmates had illegal cellphone in prison, FDLE says
Timeline: How inmates escaped from prison
According to FDLE Commissioner Gerald Bailey, all it took was access to computers in jail, a cell phone that was smuggled in and a person on the outside to be the "delivery man" for fake documents to the court.
Jenkins and Walker were able to escape the Florida Correctional Institution in September and October.
The FDLE said Jenkins was assisted by an inmate who had previously used fake documents to escape prison, and then Jenkins used that knowledge to help Walker escape.
Jenkins is charged with escape, principle to escape, two counts of conspiracy to commit escape, six counts of forgery and six counts of uttering a forgery. Walker is charged with one count of escape.
The alleged mastermind of the scheme, Nydeed Nashaddai, 48, has been charged with two counts of conspiracy to commit escape and two counts of principal to escape. FDLE agents said he taught Jenkins how to forge documents.
Jeffrey Forbes, 30, was charged with one count of escape, forgery, uttering a forgery and conspiracy to commit escape.
Terrance Goodman, 37, of Panama City, is accused of driving Jenkins and Walker to Panama City and renting them a motel room. He is charged with one count of harboring a fugitive and two counts of conspiracy to commit escape.
Perhaps the most surprising announcement was that Willie Slater Jr., the brother of a man Walker killed, was also arrested in the scheme.
The FDLE said Slater owed a favor to Jenkins because Jenkins lied about Slater's involvement in a home invasion, which got him out of jail. To return the favor, Slater ensured the forged documents were delivered to the Orange County Clerk's Office, according to the FDLE.
See the WESH 2 News interview with Slater
Slater spoke to WESH 2 News in October and acted surprised that the two men had escaped.
Safeguards are now in place on the prison level and the court level to ensure any order to release an inmate first goes to the judge that issued the sentence, and is then double-checked by the department of corrections before that inmate can be freed.
Timeline: How inmates escaped
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SOUTH PASADENA, Fla. (WFLA) – The latest Florida Department of Health data shows more than 550,000 people in Florida have received the vaccine, more than 26,000 people in Pinellas County alone.
On Monday, CVS began COVID vaccinations for some residents in an assisted living facility in South Pasadena.
Residents at The Fountain in Boca Ciega Bay were overflowing with excitement Monday. They didn’t even have to leave their room, as CVS pharmacists and a nurse came door to door with the vaccine.
One resident even calling it the best birthday present. “Yes, I just turned 89, happy birthday [to me!],” Jim Donarski said.
Donarski, a former athlete, and a captain in the Korean War says he’s excited to get the COVID vaccine to socialize again.
“I like to talk to people,” Donarski said who was grateful to be receiving the vaccine Monday. “I’m a happy camper.”
Phase one is taking place Monday, with vaccines available for the 140 assisted living residents, including staff and essential family.
“Let me tell you they are so excited today, this is really a true celebration,” Executive Director for the Fountains of Boca Ciega Bay Suzanne Burtzlaff said.
However, there are people in independent living, some upset they have to wait until phase two.
“I would tell them that it’s coming, it’s coming very quickly,” Burtzlaff said.
Over within minutes, Donarski said February can’t come soon enough to get the second part of the vaccination.
“The fact that a month will go by and I’ll be free as a bird,” said Donarski.
CVS officials weren’t available to speak in person Monday but said per an agreement with the Department of Health, they hope to roll out vaccines at CVS pharmacies in the coming weeks.
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17 essential tips to visit the Cinque Terre towns in one day!
Home » Destinations » Europe » Italy » 17 essential tips to visit the Cinque Terre towns in one day!
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Can you visit the 5 beautiful towns of Cinque Terre Italy in one day? Is it possible to see them all? What about travelling between the Cinque Terre towns by train? And how do you avoid a HUGE fine? (SPOILER- we didn't!)
We visited Cinque Terre in March (when many places are closed.) On a day of national rail strikes. With a dog. Seriously, in terms of planning the optimum time to visit this beautiful part of Italy, we did not do well!
At least it wasn't raining I suppose…
Still, I figure a decent Cinque Terre blog should share the bad, as well as the good. So this is a no-holds-barred post, telling you what it's REALLY like in one of the biggest tourist spots in Italy, whether you can ‘do' the Cinque Terre towns in one day, if you should visit in March. Or with a dog. And what on earth do you do during a rail strike…!??
What and where is Cinque Terre?
Cinque Terre Italy Map
Cinque Terre Towns
Cinque Terre in March – is it worth a visit?
Weather in Cinque Terre in March
How do you get to Cinque Terre with a motorhome?
DO NOT DRIVE TO CINQUE TERRE WITH YOUR MOTORHOME.
EVEN IF IT'S A CAMPERVAN!
DON'T DO IT.
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Cinque Terre in a car- Can you drive to Cinque Terre?
Cinque Terre by Train- Levanto to Cinque Terre
Cinque Terre Trains- how to use them
Cinque Terre train- validate your ticket- our biggest mistake!!
La Spezia to Cinque Terre train
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Train Strikes at Cinque Terre
Taking a dog to Cinque Terre- are they allowed?
Cinque Terre in one day- is it possible?
Where we stayed while visiting Cinque Terre
Cinque Terre Towns in One Day – Complete Itinerary and costings
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Cinque Terre is a National park in North West Italy, which became a UNESCO world heritage site in 1997. The Cinque Terre towns are linked by train, footpaths and some terrifying roads! The area is managed using ‘responsible tourism' and hopes to showcase the delicate balance between man and nature working in harmony.
In a nutshell, it's some of the most breathtaking scenery you will ever see, alongside people living and working the land.
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Here are the 5 towns of Cinque Terre. I've also marked Levanto, which is where we stopped to watch the beautiful sunset.
Cinque Terre towns map
There are 5 towns in Cinque Terre. It's impossible to see how big they are, as they're built on a cliff, but many people refer to them as villages- who knows which is right!?!?!
They're called (from South to North):
Absolutely! A lot of cafes and restaurants were closed, but the views and the pretty villages are still there. Having seen some of the photos from people who have gone in summer, I think March is a PERFECT time to visit, especially as part of a European road trip. There were very few crowds, you could get a seat anywhere you wanted and the queues for the ice cream weren't too long!
Visit Cinque Terre towns
I would definitely suggest going on a day when the sun is out, even in winter. It was about 15-18 degrees (eventually!) and sunny when we went, although VERY windy.
The day before rained ALL DAY, so we decided to hide in our motorhome– after all, it's not much fun wandering around in the rain. As we prove, you can definitely see the Cinque Terre towns in one day.
The wind didn't matter too much, but all the harbours were closed and stormy, so cute photos of the boats bobbing happily weren't available. Next time I might pop back in better weather, but I'd only do two of the villages again (see more below). Having said that, if your Italy itinerary only allows for one day to visit, then go and make the best of whatever weather you get!
There are several ways to get to Cinque Terre- and the best routes all involve train. Sadly, we were in a motorhome. Let me make something very very very very clear. Are you sitting comfortably???
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Those roads are TINY. And steep. And there's pretty much nowhere to park when you get there. Just trust me on this- park up at a train station and get on the train. Or leave the motorhome in a campsite and get a taxi to the station. Anything except try to drive to ANY of the Cinque Terre towns!
For reasons stated above, we didn't drive at all in Cinque Terre (although we did walk up several of the roads and wonder how many clutches the locals go through each year!) We also met an American couple who were on a road trip around Northern Italy and the lakes; they hadn't realised quite how terrifying the roads would be! The poor gentleman was looking a bit white.
The roads to get to any of the Cinque Terre towns are tiny even for a car and, apparently, parking was a nightmare- there are signs and restrictions everywhere and this was only in March!
This is the route we picked. We actually found a campsite in Deiva Marina, which is another two stops up from Levanto. We arrived at the train station… and it was impossible to buy tickets. You have to purchase tickets from an automated machine (luckily you can select English).
Normally, you can buy something called a Cinque Terre pass, which allows you to hop on and off the trains within the Cinque Terre park as much as you like. I believe it also allows access to some of the hiking paths.
However, this pass was unavailable for us to buy. Maybe it was because it was March, or because of the damage over the winter (there were a lot of storms and many of the footpaths are currently closed due to damage and falling rocks.) Either way, the only option for us was to get on the train without a ticket- although we did buy a ticket from a conductor onboard without any problems, so perhaps they knew the machines were out.
DO NOT FORGET TO VALIDATE YOUR TICKET. When you get the ticket out of the machine, look around for a green card reader on the wall. You MUST put all your tickets into this machine and get it stamped. It doesn't matter which way round, it doesn't matter which way up, but it NEEDS to be done. I forgot on our very very last trip, which was 10 minutes long… and we were fined 100€ (50€ each… he let us off for the dog!) I was gutted- I'd remembered all day for all the other tickets, but rules are rules. 🙁 It was an expensive lesson.
NOTE- the validation of each ticket is only valid for 75 minutes AFTER you've stamped it. So don't try and be clever and stamp them all early- it doesn't work like that. Also, if you're spending a couple of hours at a village, don't stamp the next ticket until your return to the train station.
This is the other main route to get into Cinque Terre. Park up near here and get the train from La Spezia to Cinque Terre. There are several campsites/ sostas nearby, although please your discretion before leaving your van unattended all day. Also, beware of pickpockets on the trains- they are a common and unpleasant problem.
Trains run roughly every hour (occasionally more often during high season and also during rush hour.)
Each village has its own station. So you want a ticket from La Spezia to Monterosso (for example) or you want a pass which allows you to stop at each one without getting another ticket.
This is the weirdest thing I've ever heard of.
When we arrived at Riomaggiore, our first stop, we spoke to the lady in the ticket office, who informed us that the trains were on strike that day. We looked at each other in complete confusion- after all, we'd just arrived by train without any problem.
Then the worry set in- we were about 60km from our motorhome, in a tiny town on a steep cliff. With a puppy.
How were we going to get out of Riomaggiore if there were no trains?? It was an awfully long walk. We must have looked terrified, as the lady in the office was swift to reassure us.
“Don't worry”, she said. “This is Italy. We are on strike, but the trains are running at the moment. And they're on time.”
Huh?!?!?
And she was right- all day, every single train arrived, on time, and without problems. There were even staff on the trains. Seriously- it was bizarre! I don't know if this is normal Italian strike behaviour, or if we were just lucky, but we were very grateful!
The lady told us to buy individual tickets for each stop, so we did. Full costings are below.
Absolutely. Cinque Terre is amazingly dog-friendly. Your dog can go on the trains too- you just need the following:
A ticket for your dog (bought at the automated machines at the same time as you buy yours.) You actually get a printed ticket saying ‘dog' or animal.
A muzzle (which we had with us but was never enforced, even by the train staff. After the first trip we didn't bother putting it on him.)
Pet paperwork. You need to carry the pet passport and proof of all injections etc with you.
Dogs were very welcome in restaurants and cafes. Both places we stopped at offered dog bowls with water. There are regular bins to dispose of any ‘business'.
We really enjoyed being able to bring our puppy. We didn't let him swim in the sea as it was too rough, much to his disappointment. I'm not sure dogs would be allowed on the Cinque Terre beaches in summer but there are plenty of other places to take them. It's definitely a dog-friendly place.
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Cinque Terre- 5 beautiful towns in Italy
Yep. Absolutely. We did it all in about 9 hours of nearly solid exploring- although if you're visiting Cinque Terre with kids you might want to slow it down! It was a long day, with a LOT of walking and, given the choice, there are some places I would have stayed for longer, but if your options are either go for a day or don't go at all, then definitely go. If you have time for a longer visit, there are plenty of option of where to stay in Cinque Terre.
We decided to skip the middle village, Corniglia, as we'd heard it was the least attractive of the five- and there was a steep walk of 200 steps just to get up to it! As we were pushed on time, we skipped it and spent longer elsewhere. You could, of course, add it into your itinerary if you wish.
We parked our motorhome at a campsite called Camping Valdeiva, which is just north of Deiva Marina. It's a nice campsite and there is a free shuttle bus which will take you (and your dog!) from the campsite to Deiva Marina train station.
You need to book the shuttle bus the day before to guarantee a space- it's a minibus, so once it's full, it's full.
You can see around Camping Valdeiva on the video at the bottom of this post.
I'll be honest, for a major tourist destination, Cinque Terre was surprisingly budget-friendly. Considering all the train travel we did, not to mention the lunch, ice creams and Italian souvenirs we bought, it wasn't CRAZY expensive.
Here's our ONE DAY itinerary:
Train from Deiva Marina to Riomaggiore (the most southern village): 6€, 39 minute ride
We spent one hour at Riomaggiore (read review below)
Riomaggiore to Manarola train: 4€, 2 minutes
One hour at Manarola
Manarola to Vernazza (missing Corniglia): 4€, 7 minutes
One hour at Vernazza
Vernazza to Monterosso train: 4€, 4 minutes
One hour at Monterosso
Monterosso to Levanto train: 4€, 7 minutes
One hour at Levanto (for sunset- highly recommended!)
Levanto back to Deiva Marina train: 2.20€, 14 minutes
TOTAL spend on train tickets: 48.40€ for 2 adults, plus dog tickets, which was about half, so around 12€ for the day. (Obviously, this doesn't include the fine. I'm trying not to dwell on that!!)
They are all unique in their own way. You'll easily find incredible photo spots all over Cinque Terre! Here's a more in-depth review of each one:
This was our very first Cinque Terre village and honestly, it was a disappointment. Paint was peeling from all the walls, there was washing hanging out everywhere, all the boats had been lifted out of the harbour and the waves and surf were so strong that the harbour was completely closed off.
I have seen the photos of Riomaggiore in summer, and it looks idyllic. Sadly, it was not at it's best for us. We stopped at a little cafe and had a coffee and a croissant for second breakfast (don't judge), but even with yummy food, the place didn't grow on us.
Score 2.5/5 (should probably be 2/5… but I feel bad blaming them for the bad weather!)
Riomaggiore- our first Cinque Terre town!
This one was a little better, or maybe our expectations had been lowered. I didn't think much of the actual village, but if you walk down to the harbour and out to the right, there's a walkway which will take you around the headland where you get a beautiful view of the village, which is well worth doing. There is a building there which looks like a cafe, but it appeared to be closed (as were a lot of the restaurants and cafes.)
Manarola- pretty, but not our favourite Cinque Terre town
Ok, now we're getting there. Vernazza is BEAUTIFUL. I had been wondering what all the fuss about the Cinque Terre towns was about, but I got it here.
We sat and had a traditional Italian dish for lunch by the beautiful harbour. Mac made friends with some guys playing football, and they were kind enough to run him in circles for about 20 minutes! It was a lovely, quintessential Italian village with AMAZING shops (although they were expensive!) Would happily have spent the rest of the day exploring the streets and enjoying the views. The harbour was closed here too and the boats were piled up in the square, but it just had a lovely feeling.
Score 4/5 (point lost for a snooty waiter who refused to bring us a coffee until the end of our lunch and forgot our chips. 🙁 And the fruit platter!!- Watch the video to see why it was the most bizarre fruit platter I've ever seen!!)
Vernazza- a perfect lunchstop
The good feelings continued. This one was also gorgeous. I'll admit, the sun had come out, it was warm and we had ice cream! The beach was beautiful- you could see it from the train station. It was a pleasant 10-15 minute walk around the headland to the main town, which was really pretty. Lots of little shops, cafes and restaurants, as well as an amazing black and white church which was HUGE!
Score 4.5/5 (I'm not really sure why not 5… I don't feel we got to explore this one properly. We'll have to go back sometime so we can laze on the beach, eat more ice cream and see more of the town.)
Monterosso- one of our favourite Cinque Terre towns.
Monterosso Church, Cinque Terre
When I mentioned on Facebook we were heading to Cinque Terre, someone highly recommended Levanto and said we had to stop there, so we added it to our itinerary. (Are you following us on Facebook? If not, you can join us here.)
We only had an hour, (we had to be back at Deiva by 7pm to catch the last shuttle bus back to the campsite!) but luckily sunset was at 6.30, so we headed to the beach.
Something which caught us out about Levanto is that the train station is NOT on the beachfront, unlike the Cinque Terre towns. You need to walk into Levanto, which takes about 15 minutes (we did it in 10, due to an over-excited puppy!) The beach was full of campervans with surfer dudes who had parked on the seafront and were enjoying the waves. I think it would be a fun village to hang out in, the bars and restaurants were open and looked lively. We fancied dinner here, but sadly if we stopped we had about a 3 mile uphill walk back to the campsite… didn't seem very appealing after a long day!
We have been told that Portofino is worth a visit, but sadly it was closed when we were there due to huge storm damage. We'll have to visit another time.
Drones in Cinque Terre are strictly forbidden. I can understand why, although it is a bit frustrating when you know it would make a stunning photo. Still, they have been known to prosecute, so we didn't risk it.
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Wear comfortable shoes. There are lots of steps, cobbled streets and hills. I'm sure some women could do it in heels or cute shoes- I am not one of those women. Trainers were a great idea!
Along the same lines, I think families with young children might struggle. Strollers/ pushchairs might be a pain in those streets, although some are definitely better than others. It would be doable, but be prepared for a hard slog uphill at times!
Have at least one ice-cream. Ideally two.
Stop for lunch somewhere pretty. Yep, it's probably more expensive than a restaurant outside of Cinque Terre, but the views are beautiful. Be sure to eat something with pesto- one of the Liguria regions most famous foods!
Bring your dog!
Carry a bottle of water with you. Some of those hills are STEEP- even if you're not hiking between the villages.
Start early, especially if you're doing all the Cinque Terre towns in one day. You can easily see at least one village before breakfast and you're going to want longer to explore in some places than others.
BRING A CAMERA. And spare batteries. This is absolutely the place for tripods, posh cameras and taking your time to compose a shot; especially if you're visiting in March or out of season when there are fewer people!
Include Cinque Terre in a wider Italy itinerary– there are so many incredible places to explore!!
See the puppy's first train ride, enjoy the beauty and colour of the villages, marvel at the crazy steep steps and cry for us as we get a fine…. 🙁
Have you ever visited Cinque Terre? Which was your favourite Cinque Terre town?
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4 thoughts on “17 essential tips to visit the Cinque Terre towns in one day!”
Do you feel riding a motorcycle/scooter through the Cinque Terra towns would be a viable option?
Wandering Bird
1st April 2019 at 19:43
Sadly, not really. You might be able to get down to them, but there’s still the issue of parking when you’re there. Most of them are on very very steep cliffs and trying to walk around in bike gear might be a pain too. But we didn’t do it, so I guess it might be possible!!
Oscar Andrews
15th October 2019 at 05:54
Great post!You’re great at convincing ppl :))
19th December 2020 at 14:43
Absolutely stunning! Thank you on a detailed impressive guide!
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Cavelossim, India
Average sea temperature in November
Average sunshine in November
Average UV index in November
The last month of the post monsoon autumn, Noviembre, is still a tropical month in Cavelossim, India, with average temperature fluctuating between 33°C (91.4°F) and 22°C (71.6°F).
The ideal sea water temperature of 29°C (84.2°F) and only 2 rainfall días, with 38mm (1.5") of accumulated rainfall, makes Noviembre the best time for swimming and other water activities.
Abril, Mayo and Noviembre, with an average high-temperature of 33°C (91.4°F), are the warmest months in Cavelossim, India.
In Cavelossim, it is raining for 2 days, with typically 38mm (1.5") of accumulated precipitation. In Cavelossim, India, during the entire year, the rain falls for 93 days and collects up to 2959mm (116.5") of precipitation.
In Noviembre, the average sea temperature in Cavelossim is 29°C (84.2°F).
Note: Water temperature between 25°C (77°F) and 29°C (84.2°F) is regarded as very warm and enjoyable by all. With these temperatures, water activities are pleasurable, without feeling uncomfortable for prolonged periods.
In Noviembre, the average sunshine is 9h.
In Cavelossim, the average daily maximum UV index is 9. A UV Index value of 8 to 10 symbolizes a very high health hazard from the exposure to the Sun's UV radiation for average individuals.
Note: In Noviembre, the average maximum UV index of 9 translate into the following recommendations:
Take special precautions, as unprotected eyes and skin can be burned and damaged quickly. The Sun's UV radiation is most powerful between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. To the extent possible, limit exposure to the direct sun during these hours. On bright days sunglasses that block both UVA and UVB rays should be worn. A hat with a wide brim is extremely helpful, as it can prevent roughly 50% of UV radiation from reaching the eyes. Even on cloudy days, a sunscreen with a minimum 30 sun protection factor should be generously applied and frequently re-applied, including after every swim or outdoor exercise. Beware! The strength of the UV rays is significantly increased by the reflection of the water and sand.
What are the warmest months in Cavelossim?
Abril, Mayo and Noviembre, with an average high-temperature of 33°C (91.4°F), are warmest months.
What is the temperature in Noviembre in Cavelossim?
The average high-temperature, in Noviembre, in Cavelossim, is 33°C (91.4°F), while the average low-temperature is 22°C (71.6°F).
How many days does it rain in Noviembre in Cavelossim?
In Noviembre, the rain falls for 2 days. Throughout Noviembre, 38mm (1.5") of precipitation is accumulated.
How warm is the water in Noviembre in Cavelossim?
In Noviembre, the average sea temperature in Cavelossim, India, is 29°C (84.2°F). For any water activity, surface water temperatures between 25°C (77°F) and 29°C (84.2°F) are considered as excellent and extremely pleasant for lengthened periods.
What is the average length of the day in Noviembre in Cavelossim?
In Noviembre, the average length of the day in Cavelossim, India, is 11.4h.
How long on average sun shines in Noviembre in Cavelossim?
In Cavelossim, the average sunshine in Noviembre is 9h.
How high is the UV index in Noviembre in Cavelossim?
The average daily maximum UV index in Noviembre in Cavelossim is 9. A UV Index estimate of 8 to 10 represents a very high health threat from unprotected exposure to the UV radiation.
Warmest months (with the highest average high temperature) are April, May and November (33°C).
Months with the lowest average high temperature are July and August (29°C).
The month with the highest average low temperature is May (26°C).
Coldest months (with the lowest average low temperature) are January and February (20°C).
Average rainfall in November: 38mm
The wettest month (with the highest rainfall) is July (951mm).
Driest months (with the lowest rainfall) are January and February (0mm).
Average rainfall days in November: 2 days
Months with the lowest number of rainy days are January, February, March, April and December (0 days).
Average sea temperature in November: 29°C
The best month for swimming (with the highest average sea temperature) is May (30°C).
Coldest months (with the lowest average sea temperature) are January, February, March, July, August, September and December (28°C).
Average daylight in November /
The month with the longest days is June (Average daylight: 13h).
Average sunshine in November: 9h
Months with most sunshine are January, February, April and December (Average sunshine: 10h).
Months with least sunshine are July and August (Average sunshine: 4).
Average UV index in November: 9
Months with the highest UV index are March, April, May, June, July, August and September (UV index 12).
The month with the lowest UV index is December (UV index 8).
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The progressive, forward-thinking renewable-energy sector resonates with women and represents the future of energy-sector jobs.
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It’s no secret that renewable energy is a rapidly growing market. With more than 250,000 expected new jobs in renewables by 2020 in the U.S. alone, the energy industry is seeing both men and women choosing this field over the more traditional energy fields.
The idea of playing a leading role, and being at the forefront of a ground-breaking industry, is attractive for many, particularly graduate-engineering candidates. Renewable energy is a fast-changing and diverse sector consisting of a variety of technologies in constant evolution, such as solar PV, onshore and offshore wind, and energy storage. The industry has earned a reputation of being forward-thinking and often initiates more modern business practices within the workplace. The renewables industry provides professionals with the chance to be involved in some of the most diverse and innovative engineering projects in the world.
For the renewables industry to truly prosper, however, energy workers with the relevant skillsets and experience will need to be mobilized to the right worksite locations. In addition, the renewables talent pools, particularly in booming sectors such as wind and solar, will need to be quickly established and retained.
two wind farm engineers working around the base of a wind turbine , they are wearing orange hi vis jackets and blue hard hats . one is male , one is female. In the background wind turbines can be seen across the landscape. In the foreground a female engineer uses a builder’s level whilst her colleague accesses the entrance to the turbine.
Women in Energy Global Study
The Women in Energy Global Study, a recent study by NES Global Talent, a leader in engineering and technical recruitment services, found that one potential talent pool the renewables industry should vigorously tap into is female engineers. Women are changing the future of the energy industry and in order for the sector to continue to thrive, employers must promote an environment of inclusiveness and diversity within the workplace.
A total of 1,200 female professionals participated in the online survey, which ran for one month in the second half of 2018. NES Global Talent and its research partner, Energy Jobline, then analyzed the results, identifying key trends and statistics of women in the energy sector’s workforce.
The study provides breakthrough insights into the female workforce and what women look for in an employer, as well as clear data around trending subjects within the gender diversity topic, such as mentoring, “pink vs. blue jobs,” flexible work schedules, and inclusiveness. The data within these themes can aid hiring managers and organizations within the renewable energy sector to successfully implement invaluable support for female professionals.
Undertones of promise
The energy sector is still behind in closing the gender gap that remains across all markets. Women in energy continue to face challenges such as male-dominated environments, a lack of work-life balance, and an absence of female mentors. As the gender diversity topic gains more momentum and more energy companies implement diversity initiatives, the study provides insight on the industry’s progress to-date.
Globally, the strongest energy sector for female representation was the oil and gas sector at 85 percent. When looking at experience, the renewables sector had the best representation of women, with 63 percent of those being less than five years into their career. Additionally, more than 100,000 people work in the wind-energy field, with women making up roughly 32 percent of this figure, which has increased from 20 percent just five years ago. Thus, the renewable energy sector is currently triumphant in growing the future female workforce.
The modernistic nature of renewables, as well as its strong advantage of being environmentally-friendly, seems to be resonating with women who are in the infancy of their careers — the future leaders of the energy sector. Experienced females tend to be working in oil and gas, which will be widely due to the sector itself having had decades of activity.
The renewable energy sector is growing rapidly and is seen as a secure industry of the future. NES Global Talent’s research shows that inexperienced professionals favor renewables because they see it as stable, forward-thinking, and welcoming.
A common stereotype is that women who work in energy only hold support roles, such as administration and human resources. Discrediting this theory, the Women in Energy Global Study shows engineering as the most common job type at 31 percent for all energy sectors and 39 percent for renewables. This means more women are specializing in STEM subjects and qualifying in engineering fields such as wind energy. Only one-fifth of respondents claimed to specialize in “pink jobs.”
Research shows the presence of women in the workplace improves perceptiveness and decision-making processes, both crucial to the renewables and wind-energy fields. A higher volume of women working in leadership roles in the energy industry will continue to pave the way for greater gender equality.
The gender pay gap is still a huge issue for working women, as well as the ability to achieve a healthy work-life balance. For women in energy, the common assumption that men are the big earners is counteracted, as 63 percent of survey respondents were the bread-winners in their households. This number tends to be slightly higher in oil and gas at 66 percent than in renewables at 55 percent.
Additionally, nearly half (44 percent) of those who claimed to be the primary wage earner in their family had children. The infancy of the female renewables workforce is likely to have contributed to only a third of the sector having children.
Furthermore, the U.S. contained the highest number of female professionals that were also parents at 55 percent, whereas the U.K. came in at 40 percent. The U.S. is often ahead of the game when it comes to employment change, which suggests the country is also advanced in establishing flexible working opportunities for parents.
Despite popular belief, the NES study shows that working in the energy sector fails to deter women from having children, as 30 percent of females with up to five years of experience in energy have kids. This data confirms a career in energy can offer a viable work-life balance.
With a male-dominated workforce and lack of female inspiration, a strong company culture should be a prime focus for renewable companies. When asked what their current company could do to be more welcoming and encouraging to women, 43 percent of respondents cited “more flexible working” and “better communication” as their top criteria. This was closely followed by “training/education” at 42 percent and “mentoring schemes” at 40 percent. Positively, nearly half of women in all energy sectors felt their company was inclusive or very inclusive, with renewables ranked at 43 percent.
The energy industry presents many workplace challenges to women, but which challenge is the most significant obstacle? If employers can address this challenge, retaining their female workforce becomes an easier task. The study’s respondents cited a lack of suitable roles at 31 percent as their biggest challenge working in the energy sector. This suggests acceptable roles are few and far between.
Company benefits are an important consideration for attracting and retaining female employees into the under-skilled energy workforce. For a renewables company to improve its gender diversity, its employee benefits must match women’s needs. “Flexible working” was considered the most necessary benefit at 66 percent, closely followed by “remote access” at 60 percent. Access to female networks and enhanced maternity leave also receive strong rankings at 43 percent and 44 percent. Again, female professionals desire to achieve a healthy work-life balance, especially those with children.
With a skills shortage looming, the industry must consider where female professionals will be in the future. The study shows a keen interest in other engineering sectors, with 55 percent of respondents stated having considered a move. Among the alternative engineering markets, construction and infrastructure had the biggest draw of female interest at 28 percent and 22 percent.
Yet, 84 percent of women said they would encourage a female friend to pursue a career in energy. This signifies that hiring managers’ most successful means of attracting new talent will likely be referral schemes, as incentivized referrals are often an incredibly useful way of widening the candidate pool.
Additionally, 15 percent more women with children (than not) are thinking of leaving the sector, but would recommend it to a friend, suggesting the struggle to balance childcare with a career in energy could play a part in women wanting to leave the sector. Also, the lack of flexibility offered in the workplace can sometimes lead to financial strain in which women are forced to exit the market or scale back hours.
To better improve the relationship between employers and employees, the study investigated the options women place the most emphasis on when considering a new role. The survey showed that women value their ‘career development’ at 31 percent over “salary” at 14 percent. “Job security” was slightly more valued, but “career development” prevails by a considerable amount.
Without a doubt, women are making a huge impact on the energy industry. Younger sectors, such as renewable energy, are rounding up the female troops to provide for the future energy workforce, while the oil and gas sector offers strength in numbers. Women want to feel welcome in an industry, and the progressive, forward-thinking renewables sector resonates with them.
A common theme among women in the renewable energy market is that they are all pioneers, working to build gender equality in a male-dominated industry. Renewable energy companies should continue to strive for inclusivity, female mentorship, equal pay and a healthy work-life balance in order to attract and retain women in the workplace. This will help ensure the sector’s advancement and long-term success within the energy industry.
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2019 Best New Winery of the Year: Mewstone Wines
by James Halliday for The Australian Wine
Two brothers with business savvy and passion are behind this excellent Tasmanian winery.
Without wishing in any way to denigrate past recipients of the Best New Winery award, this year’s recipient has achieved a level of success we haven’t seen before, and are unlikely to see again. The winery is owned by Tasmanian-born brothers Matthew (Matt) and Jonathan (Jonny) Hughes and their respective wives Cathie and Margie. Each couple has two children.
Matt is a banker, having worked successively with Macquarie Bank, JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley; he is in the process of retiring to become CFO of Mewstone. In 2000, younger brother Jonny (now 38) obtained an economics degree from the University of Tasmania, but decided that he would rather make wine than money. A one-year post-graduate degree in wine science from Lincoln University in New Zealand was the best option for his purposes.
Duly armed with his degrees, in ’03 Jonny returned to Australia to undertake vintage work at Bleasdale before going back to New Zealand’s Felton Road for its (later) ’03 vintage (thwarted by frost). In ’04 he worked at Stonier for the southern hemisphere vintage, then at Barolo during a magnificent northern hemisphere vintage, completing his flying winemaker career in the Hunter Valley, followed by Canada’s Okanagan Valley.
On returning to Tasmania in ’06, he jumped the employment fence to work in a Hobart wine bar succinctly called Grape; after one year he moved to a distributor with a who’s-who list of mainland producers. Having covered all the bases, he then became assistant winemaker at Moorilla Estate for seven years.
In 2011, the brothers purchased the land on which to plant the estate vineyard, which will eventually increase to 5ha from its present (April 2018) 2.65ha. Both now and in the future Mewstone will purchase grapes from growers in all parts of Tasmania to build a mosaic of wines under the Hughes & Hughes brand. There are no preconceptions for any of the wines in this portfolio although, as the years pass, some regional blends may establish an ongoing part of the portfolio.
At the present time, the Hughes & Hughes wines may make use of innovations in the winery drawing upon Jonny’s experiences overseas. He has also learnt much from Moorilla’s winemaker Conor van der Reest, who has made his reputation handling small amounts of many wines involving varietal and vinification practices that have successfully challenged orthodoxy.
There were 12 wines submitted for this edition of the Wine Companion, four from the ’16 vintage and eight from the ’17 vintage. They are a brilliant group, led by the ’17s, all showing a sure, delicate, precisely weighted touch. There is only one way forward for Mewstone: up.
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L.E Philips Library Annual Holiday ‘Give a Kid a Book’ drive underway
CHIPPEWA VALLEY, Wis. (WLAX/WEUX) – The L.E. Phillips Library annual holiday “Give a Kid a Book” drive is underway.
In years past, nearly 4,000 books have been donated to children in the Chippewa Valley who might not otherwise have books to call their own.
You can drop off book donations at the local store through December 18 or send a check directly to friends of the library through the 15.
Friends of the Library Program Coordinator Stacy Yearous says she wants to thank its community partners for continuing to provide kids with books this holiday season.
Yearous said, “At a time with everybody being homeschooled or virtual learning, kids are spending a lot of time on screens and it’s really great that if we get them off their screens and reading books and just letting their imaginations run wild with the stories that are in those books it’s just another great way to keep kids learning during this time.”
Aside from the local store, book donations can also be brought to books-a-million in Oak Pointe Plaza.
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s top health official, who has led the state throughout the coronavirus pandemic, is leaving for a job with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under President-elect Joe Biden.
Andrea Palm, secretary-designee of the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, has been nominated as deputy secretary of the federal agency.
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Coronavirus task force addresses spike in new cases in southern states
WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — The White House Coronavirus Task Force held its first news conference in two months on Friday as cases in the country – particularly in the south – continue to rise.
“Our focus today is very much on the advent of a rising series of new cases across the American South,” Vice President Mike Pence said. “Now’s the time for everybody to continue to do their part.”
Pence led the briefing that focused on 16 states with rising COVID-19 numbers. As cases rise, some states are slowing their steps to reopen.
Texas is closing bars and scaling back restaurant capacity to 50% and Florida is banning alcohol consumption at bars.
“We can always scale back to address the surge but right now, I think we can keep continuing to move forward,” Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) said Wednesday.
Tillis continues to monitor the cases in his state of North Carolina where a state-wide mask mandate went into effect Friday.
“If we want the economy to open up, distance, wear a facial covering, and get the economy back on track,” Tillis added.
White House Coronavirus Task Force member Dr. Anthony Fauci pressed states to stay vigilant.
“You have an individual responsibility to yourself but you (also) have a societal responsibility,” Fauci said.
Pence said it’s up to state and local authorities to decide whether to require social distancing and wearing a mask. But he noted that Americans should be able to make their own choices, including attending Trump rallies without masks.
“I want to remind you again that the freedom of speech and the right to peacefully assemble is enshrined in the constitution of the United States,” Pence said.
Pence is set to travel to coronavirus hot spots Texas, Arizona and Florida in the coming days.
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Sonny Milano gets 2-year extension, stays with Anaheim Ducks
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP)Left wing Sonny Milano has agreed to a two-year, $3.4 million contract extension with the Anaheim Ducks.
The Ducks announced the deal Tuesday night.
Anaheim acquired Milano from Columbus last February in a trade for Devin Shore. Milano contributed two goals and three assists in nine games with the Ducks before the coronavirus pandemic ended their season.
Milano spent parts of five seasons with the Blue Jackets, recording 20 goals and 22 assists in 116 games. He was eligible for restricted free agency this summer.
Columbus chose Milano with the 16th overall pick in the 2014 draft, and the Long Island native reached the NHL as a 19-year-old in March 2016. He scored a career-best 14 goals for the Blue Jackets during the 2017-18 season, and he has impressed the Ducks’ coaches during his brief stint in Anaheim with his speed and offensive creativity.
The Ducks’ remaining free agents include defensemen Michael Del Zotto and Matt Irwin. Ryan Miller also is without a contract for next season, but the 40-year-old veteran is expected to be re-signed by Anaheim if the winningest American goaltender in NHL history elects to continue his career.
Anaheim general manager Bob Murray has re-signed right wing Troy Terry and defensemen Brendan Guhle and Kodie Curran to multiyear contracts during the Ducks’ extra-long offseason.
The Ducks haven’t yet re-signed potential restricted free agent defenseman Jacob Larsson, who had two goals and nine assists in 60 games last season.
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After opening their season with a 4-1 victory against Colorado on Wednesday, the Blues absorbed an 8-0 drubbing from the Avalanche two nights later.
Yandle gets 100th NHL goal, Panthers beat Blackhawks 5-2
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP)Keith Yandle got his 100th career goal, Chris Driedger made 23 saves and the Florida Panthers beat the Chicago Blackhawks 5-2 on Sunday night.
Eetu Luostarinen scored his first NHL goal, and Aaron Ekblad, Patric Hornqvist, and Jonathan Huberdeau also scored for Florida, which had three goals in the third period to pull away in its delayed opener. The Panthers were to have played Dallas last week twice, games that were called off because of a COVID-19 outbreak among the Stars.
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Securing Driverless Cars From Hackers Is Hard. Ask the Ex-Uber Guy Who Protects Them
In his Uber exit interview, top car hacker Charlie Miller warns of the dangers of insecure autonomous vehicles.
An Uber driverless car during a test drive in San Francisco.Eric Risberg/AP
Two years ago, Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek pulled off a demonstration that shook the auto industry, remotely hacking a Jeep Cherokee via its internet connection to paralyze it on a highway. Since then, the two security researchers have been quietly working for Uber, helping the startup secure its experimental self-driving cars against exactly the sort of attack they proved was possible on a traditional one. Now, Miller has moved on, and he's ready to broadcast a message to the automotive industry: Securing autonomous cars from hackers is a very difficult problem. It’s time to get serious about solving it.
Last month, Miller left Uber for a position at Chinese competitor Didi, a startup that’s just now beginning its own autonomous ridesharing project. In his first post-Uber interview, Miller talked to WIRED about what he learned in those 19 months at the company---namely that driverless taxis pose a security challenge that goes well beyond even those faced by the rest of the connected car industry.
Miller couldn't talk about any of the specifics of his research at Uber; he says he moved to Didi in part because the company has allowed him to speak more openly about car hacking. But he warns that before self-driving taxis can become a reality, the vehicles' architects will need to consider everything from the vast array of automation in driverless cars that can be remotely hijacked, to the possibility that passengers themselves could use their physical access to sabotage an unmanned vehicle.
Charlie Miller
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“Autonomous vehicles are at the apex of all the terrible things that can go wrong,” says Miller, who spent years on the NSA’s Tailored Access Operations team of elite hackers before stints at Twitter and Uber. “Cars are already insecure, and you’re adding a bunch of sensors and computers that are controlling them...If a bad guy gets control of that, it’s going to be even worse.”
At A Computer's Mercy
In a series of experiments starting in 2013, Miller and Valasek showed that a hacker with either wired or over-the-internet access to a vehicle---including a Toyota Prius, Ford Escape, and a Jeep Cherokee---could disable or slam on a victim's brakes, turn the steering wheel, or, in some cases, cause unintended acceleration. But to trigger almost all those attacks, Miller and Valasek had to exploit vehicles' existing automated features. They used the Prius' collision avoidance system to apply its brakes, and the Jeep's cruise control feature to accelerate it. To turn the Jeep's steering wheel, they tricked it into thinking it was parking itself---even if it was moving at 80 miles per hour.
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Their car-hacking hijinks, in other words, were limited to the few functions a vehicle's computer controls. In a driverless car, the computer controls everything. "In an autonomous vehicle, the computer can apply the brakes and turn the steering wheel any amount, at any speed," Miller says. "The computers are even more in charge."
An alert driver could also override many of the attacks Miller and Valasek demonstrated on traditional cars: Tap the brakes and that cruise control acceleration immediately ceases. Even the steering wheel attacks could be easily overcome if the driver wrests control of the wheel. When the passenger isn't in the driver's seat---or there is no steering wheel or brake pedal---no such manual override exists. "No matter what we did in the past, the human had a chance to control the car. But if you’re sitting in the backseat, that’s a whole different story," says Miller. "You’re totally at the mercy of the vehicle."
Hackers Take Rides, Too
A driverless car that's used as a taxi, Miller points out, poses even more potential problems. In that situation, every passenger has to be considered a potential threat. Security researchers have shown that merely plugging an internet-connected gadget into a car's OBD2 port---a ubiquitous outlet under its dashboard---can offer a remote attacker an entry point into the vehicle's most sensitive systems. (Researchers at the University of California at San Diego showed in 2015 that they could take control of a Corvette's brakes via a common OBD2 dongle distributed by insurance companies---including one that partnered with Uber.)
"There's going to be someone you don’t necessarily trust sitting in your car for an extended period of time," says Miller. "The OBD2 port is something that's pretty easy for a passenger to plug something into and then hop out, and then they have access to your vehicle's sensitive network."
Permanently plugging that port is illegal under federal regulations, Miller says. He suggests ridesharing companies that use driverless cars could cover it with tamper-evident tape. But even then, they might only be able to narrow down which passenger could have sabotaged a vehicle to a certain day or week. A more comprehensive fix would mean securing the vehicle's software so that not even a malicious hacker with full physical access to its network would be able to hack it---a challenge Miller says only a few highly locked-down products like an iPhone or Chromebook can pass.
"It's definitely a hard problem," he says.
Deep Fixes
Miller argues that solving autonomous vehicles' security flaws will require some fundamental changes to their security architecture. Their internet-connected computers, for instance, will need "codesigning," a measure that ensures they only run trusted code signed with a certain cryptographic key. Today only Tesla has talked publicly about implementing that feature. Cars' internal networks will need better internal segmentation and authentication, so that critical components don't blindly follow commands from the OBD2 port. They need intrusion detection systems that can alert the driver---or rider---when something anomalous happens on the cars' internal networks. (Miller and Valasek designed one such prototype.) And to prevent hackers from getting an initial, remote foothold, cars need to limit their "attack surface," any services that might accept malicious data sent over the internet.
Autonomous vehicles are at the apex of all the terrible things that can go wrong.
Car Hacker Charlie Miller
Complicating those fixes? Companies like Uber and Didi don't even make the cars they use, but instead have to bolt on any added security after the fact. "They're getting a car that already has some attack surface, some vulnerabilities, and a lot of software they don’t have any control over, and then trying to make that into something secure," says Miller. "That’s really hard."
That means solving autonomous vehicles' security nightmares will require far more open conversation and cooperation among companies. That's part of why Miller left Uber, he says: He wants the freedom to speak more openly within the industry. "I want to talk about how we’re securing cars and the scary things we see, instead of designing these things in private and hoping that we all know what we’re doing," he says.
Car hacking, fortunately, remains largely a concern for the future: No car has yet been digitally hijacked in a documented, malicious case. But that means now's the time to work on the problem, Miller says, before cars become more automated and make the problem far more real. "We have some time to build up these security measures and get them right before something happens," says Miller. "And that’s why I’m doing this."
Andy Greenberg is a senior writer for WIRED, covering security, privacy, and information freedom. He’s the author of the book Sandworm: A New Era of Cyberwar and the Hunt for the Kremlin's Most Dangerous Hackers. The book and excerpts from it published in WIRED won a Gerald Loeb Award for... Read more
Two hackers have developed a tool that can hijack a Jeep over the internet. WIRED senior writer Andy Greenberg takes the SUV for a spin on the highway while the hackers attack it from miles away.
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Glen Este honors Locker Room Legends
Program pays tribute to fallen former players
Updated: 5:47 PM EDT Jun 12, 2012
The football team at Glen Este High School is finding a new way to honor their fallen brothers.
The football team at Glen Este High School is finding a new way to honor their fallen brothers.First-year head coach Nick Ayers runs the team's football camp, where youngsters learn the game's fundamentals, with some help from current and past players."It shows that we actually care about our former players," said senior Victor Cave.The Locker Room Legends program is a symbolic gesture started by Ayers to honor former players who've lost their lives."It's unfortunate and everything, (but) they can still bring something to us with that plaque, those two lines (with) their name, what they were great at, which is so many things, their favorite slogan, whatever they do and we can always touch on that during the year if we're looking for that spark," Ayers said.Tony Castelluccio is the first former player to receive a Legends plaque. He was killed last year in a car crash after graduating from boot camp."Losing Tony Castelluccio was a big loss for our program," Cave said. "He was a big mentor for us back when I was a freshman, and to see him die like he did crushed all of us."The team also plans to honor Matt Maupin, the 2001 Glen Este grad killed by his captors three years later in Iraq.
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First-year head coach Nick Ayers runs the team's football camp, where youngsters learn the game's fundamentals, with some help from current and past players.
"It shows that we actually care about our former players," said senior Victor Cave.
The Locker Room Legends program is a symbolic gesture started by Ayers to honor former players who've lost their lives.
"It's unfortunate and everything, (but) they can still bring something to us with that plaque, those two lines (with) their name, what they were great at, which is so many things, their favorite slogan, whatever they do and we can always touch on that during the year if we're looking for that spark," Ayers said.
Tony Castelluccio is the first former player to receive a Legends plaque. He was killed last year in a car crash after graduating from boot camp.
"Losing Tony Castelluccio was a big loss for our program," Cave said. "He was a big mentor for us back when I was a freshman, and to see him die like he did crushed all of us."
The team also plans to honor Matt Maupin, the 2001 Glen Este grad killed by his captors three years later in Iraq.
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Quiz: Can You Finish All Of These Severus Snape Quotes?
Five points from Gryffindor for every question you get wrong.
This Harry Potter trivia quiz will test your quotes knowledge by asking you to finish all of these Severus Snape quotes.
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1 of 20Finish The Severus Snape Quote:
"You don't want me as your enemy, ____."
2 of 20Finish The Quote.
"Or maybe... he's waiting to hear why you two didn't arrive _____."
At your detention
On the school train
In potions class
"...Mis Granger. Five more points from Gryffindor for being an insufferable ___."
Know-it-all
"How extraordinarily like your _____ you are Potter."
"Potter...______ or not, if I catch you breaking into my office one more time.."
Boy Who Lived
Chosen One
Pint-sized celebrity
"The ____. It is not clear as it was an hour or so ago when it burned black, but you can still see it."
Dark Mark
Morsmordre Symbol
Quill Ink
"Fools who wear their hearts proudly on their sleeves, who cannot control their emotions, who wallow in sad memories and allow themselves to be provoked this easily - ____."
Weak people
Muggles
Mudbloods
"You are neither special nor important, and it is not up to you to find out what the Dark Lord is saying to ___."
His Death Eaters
"I don't need help from filthy _____ like her!"
10 of 20Finish The Quote.
"He is ____ to the last degree, though as obnoxious and self satisfied as was his father before him."
"I have played my part well..And you overlook Dumbledore's greatest weakness: He has to believe in the ____."
Best of people
"_____ is like fighting a many-headed monster, which, each time a neck is severed, sprouts a new head even fiercer and more cleverer than before."
Fighting Horcruxes
"I do not take cheek from anyone Potter...not even the _____."
"Do you know what I think Potter? I think you are a ___ and a ___…"
Hero, Savior
Liar, Fool
Liar, Cheat
"Would you like me to do it now?...Or would you like a few moments to compose an ___?"
"____."
"Don't call me a _____!"
"You dare use my own spells against me Potter? It was I who invented them - I, the ______!"
Dark Lord’s Servant
Potions Master
Half Blood Prince
"Ah yes, Harry Potter. Our new _____."
"I can teach you how to bottle ___, brew ___, even stopper ____."
Fame, Glory, Death
Happiness, Glory, Destruction
Glory, Fame, Death
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Get Ready to Have Fun and Celebrate 40 years of Women Outdoors!
This is a big one for Women Outdoors!!!! This year, the organization turns the big FOUR-O! That's right, this nonprofit, nature-loving, outdoors-roaming, adventure-seeking, 100% women-run nonprofit has been getting together at our National Gathering every year for four entire decades, bringing women together to laugh and learn, to sing and play, to make new friends and cherish their old ones, from all across the country. It's three wonderful days of fun, laughing and learning, and we'd be overjoyed to have you with us to celebrate our history and to pay homage to the women who built this organization.
This year, we'll be returning to our new home in the Berkshire Mountains of Western Massachusetts. Whether you hike, bike, kayak, swim, gaze at the birds or at the stars, paint, play the ukulele or drum or you name it, sing, start campfires from scratch, scale walls, write or read, the Women Outdoors Gathering has something for almost everyone. Come sing happy birthday with us and to us—to ALL of us, be you a long-standing member or new to the group!
Announcing the Jan Brown Memorial Scholarship Award
We are thrilled to announce that in this, our 40th year, we are introducing a scholarship to honor the memory of Jan Brown. Jan was one of our beloved founding mothers. She was an historian and office manager whose contributions to Women Outdoors were vast: Jan tracked our organization's history and publications, as well as kept a comprehensive bibliography of books written by and about women's voyages and adventures in the outdoors that has now been donated to Mount Holyoke College, along with our Women Outdoors archives. She was a world traveler who visited far-flung lands and regaled us all with her marvelous photos and stories. To pay tribute to Jan's countless contributions and her inspiring life, we will be awarding a full scholarship to attend the National Gathering. The winner will be announced at the Gathering. Don't miss the announcement, timing to be determined—the recipient won't know until you ALL know!
RIP, Jan, we love you, and we miss you. This year, we are also hoping to pay homage to as many lifetime members as we can. We've been reaching out to individually ask them to please join us this year. They are the rocks that we build on, so please, if you know some of these special Women Outdoors members, urge them to join us at this very special gathering. Read More about Jan
The Berkshire Outdoor Center's Becket Camp
The YMCA operates multiple campuses in the heart of the Berkshire Mountains in Becket, Massachusetts. This year, we'll be staying at the Becket Campus.
We'll all be together at the historic Gibson Hall lodge. Steps away will be boating and swimming on the gorgeous, pristine Rudd Pond.
The activities at the Gathering are a combination of volunteer-led workshops and offerings from the Berkshire Outdoor Center and its staff. Favorites include the hike to see, up close, the dam and lodges of the American Beavers that live on the ponds in the Berkshires; lantern making workshops with our creative maven Monica; kayaking and canoeing instruction with our ACA certified instructors Bonna and Deb; boating on the pristine, 100-acre Rudd Pond; a night walk where you'll learn things about pirates and eyeballs that you well may never have known; a challenge course that will include a climbing tower, high ropes, and a zip line, and much, much more!
Do you want to be part of the "much, much more?" If you're interested in leading a workshop, please go to our Programming & Activities page (link below) for instructions on how to submit your title and description.
Leaders of workshops accepted by the Gathering Committee will receive a $35 rebate on their registration fee.
EVENING ACTIVITIES
Evening features this year will include the Women Outdoors annual meeting, our ever-popular and typically hilarious and/or jaw-dropping Talent Show, a campfire with s'mores and a sing-along, and dancing.
The two-story Gibson Hall lodge, devoted to Women Outdoors' exclusive use for the Gathering, sleeps a total of 78. Check out the floor plan. As you can see, the rooms surround a massive, two-story, central auditorium. It's all made of old, dark wood. We've been calling it the Harry Potter House!
Gibson Hall has electricity, heat and hot water, with shared bathrooms.
Room assignments are first come, first served. We have a total of 17 rooms that can be doubles, triples, or quads. When you register, you can request your roommates. If no preference is given, we will match you up, filling double rooms first (unless you have a preference for 3 or 4 in a room). If you require a private room, send us an email to: gathering@womenoutdoors.org.
Tenting Option: Do you prefer to tent? Tenting is the same price as lodging in Gibson Hall. Tents may be pitched adjacent to Gibson Hall with use of the facilities (restroom/shower) at Gibson Hall. You may select this option when you register.
Meals will be served in the camp's beautiful dining hall, on the shores of Rudd Pond. The meals include a fabulous array of options, with pastas, chicken, vegetables, delicious steaks, and vegetarian options at all meals. The mouth-watering selections are accompanied by an extensive salad bar, fabulous desserts and snacks, fresh fruits and coffee, tea and drinks, as well as hot vegetarian options.
Make sure that when registering you fill out the optional form for those with food allergies, and get it back to us by the deadline so that the kitchen staff can accommodate you!
You can find that form in the PAPERWORK section at:
Gathering Resources
Lodging Friday to Sunday – 3 Days / 2 Nights
Includes 7 meals, 2 nights lodging, and all activities:
Friday: Lunch, Dinner
Saturday: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Sunday: Breakfast, Lunch
Adult/Youth age Over 13 - $341
Summer Sale - only $317
Kids aged 5-13 - $265, age under 5 - Free
Friday, Saturday OR Sunday – 1 day
Includes 2 meals, day and evening activities:
Friday: 9 am - 9 pm, Meals: Lunch, Dinner
Saturday: 9 am - 9 pm, Meals: Lunch, Dinner
Includes 2 meals, and day activities:
Sunday: 8 am - 5 pm, Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Adult/Youth age Over 13 - $80
Summer Sale - only $59
Kids aged 5-13 - $55, age under 5 - Free
Please register and pay by July 31, 2019.
After that date, fees go up $25 for all registrations.
Some partial scholarships are available. To apply for a partial scholarship to the Gathering, download this form and return your completed application no later than August 21 to the Gathering coordinator at gathering@womenoutdoors.org.
Please note: Gathering attendance is for Women Outdoors members only. If you are not a member, please Join Now or Renew your membership!
More Info / Contact
For required/optional Paperwork, Packing lists, Check-in/out times, etc. Be sure to visit this page to fill out the required form after you have registered!
For detailed information on our programs and activities, including a daily schedule.
Check out our Photo Gallery. Have you attended past Gatherings? We'd love to see your best photos of attendees and activities.
Photo Gallery from Past Gatherings
For General questions: gathering@womenoutdoors.org
For Registration questions: gatheringregistration@womenoutdoors.org
For Workshop questions: workshops@womenoutdoors.org
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You are here: Home / Environment / Conservation / New evidence of white nose syndrome in Wisconsin bats
New evidence of white nose syndrome in Wisconsin bats
January 21, 2015 By Andrew Beckett
One of the Wisconsin bats found with white-nose syndrome. (Photo: WDNR)
For the second time in a year, evidence of a deadly fungal disease has been found in Wisconsin bats.
The state Department of Natural Resources says it found genetic markers for white nose syndrome in a pair of bats at a privately-owned cave in Dane County. The affected bats are an eastern species that’s different from the little brown and long-eared bats that were found to have the disease last April in Grant County. More than ten of those animals were confirmed to have white nose syndrome.
The DNR says white nose syndrome causes hibernating bats to wake frequently, depleting their energy and causing them to starve and dehydrate or die of exposure before the end of winter. The infection does not affect people or other animal species.
The disease poses real concerns in Wisconsin, because bats eat large amounts of insects, protecting farm crops. White nose syndrome has killed six million bats in the eastern US and Canada since the disease was first confirmed in New York State in early 2007.
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Theater Director Samantha Van Der Merwe
A theatrical worldbuilder with equal tastes for the sinister and the fanciful.
SAMANTHA VAN DER MERWE
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In science fiction, people often speak of "worldbuilding," about writers and filmmakers who can construct an entire universe—its appearance, its laws, its technology, its history, its customs.
Samantha Van Der Merwe is a theatrical worldbuilder. The shows she directs for her company, Shaking the Tree, are immersive, imaginative experiences unlike others in Portland. For Van Der Merwe, theater doesn't begin when the lights go down—it begins when audience members tread across dirty strips of fabric to reach their seats, as they did for last season's One Flea Spare, which took audiences to 17th-century, plague-ravaged London. And it doesn't end at the applause—which may not even come, because the actors remain onstage, going about their business, without a formal conclusion, as in Far Away two years ago. Sound, image, movement—she orchestrates it all.
"I feel strongly that when I go to the theater, I want to have an experience," Van Der Merwe says. "When I do, my world is changed. But it still has to be storytelling, because we thrive off meaning."
Van Der Merwe grew up in Johannesburg, South Africa and studied drama in college. She's also an abstract painter. But it took her time to realize she could fuse the two forms: that she could create, as she's called it, "artwork in motion." She admits it was a steep learning curve. Her directorial debut was Oscar Wilde's lyrical, highly stylized Salome, which she staged at CoHo Theater in 2005.
"It was the most dreadful production of Salome that's probably ever been seen," says the 44-year-old, chuckling gently. "Horrible. Terrible." (Then-WW theater critic Steffen Silvis agreed, calling it "leaden and often ludicrous.")
She staged a series of one-acts to build her directing skills. It paid off. Her next full production, South African playwright Athol Fugard's Statements After an Arrest Under the Immorality Act—a daring work that requires its two actors to be naked for the entire show—earned her a Drammy for best director. She's gone on to produce a string of visually entrancing, visceral shows, even while remaining somewhat on the periphery of the local theater scene, which tends to favor naturalism.
That's not Van Der Merwe's style. She's drawn as much to the sinister as she is to the fanciful. Last year's Wilde Tales, for example, braided together six fairy tales by Oscar Wilde to charming, dreamlike effect. "I get very seduced by these magical works, but I'm also attracted to real darkness," Van Der Merwe says. "It feels right for each season to have one flight of fancy and one descent into darkness."
The upcoming season's flight into fancy is October's Masque of the Red Death, a collection of Edgar Allan Poe stories adapted by local collective Playwrights West. (The descent into darkness will come next spring, with Tennessee Williams' Suddenly, Last Summer, about the aftermath of an American boy's mysterious death in Spain.) She has ideas for Masque to unfold as if in a zoetrope, each story being progressively revealed.
One potential challenge? Van Der Merwe has just moved to a warehouse on Southeast Grant Street, which at 2800 square feet is double the size of her previous space and still very raw: She's putting down wood floors but forgoing insulation to keep the rough aesthetic. But as she walks through the space on a balmy afternoon in August, her eyes grow big as she talks about Masque.
"There are tons of ghosts, and it's creepy as heck," she says. "It's about excess and hedonism, but it's also just an opportunity to have way too much fun."
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Rebecca Jacobson is a writer from Portland (OK, she was born in Seattle but has been in Oregon since the day after she turned 10) who's also lived in Berlin, Malawi and Rhode Island. While on staff at Willamette Week, she covered theater, film, bikes, drug dealers-turned-barbers and little-known scraps of local history.
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Catherine Zeta-Jones Shares Rare Photo of Michael Douglas and Their Kids for Father's Day
Claudia Harmata
June 22, 2020, 2:56 PM ·3 min read
Catherine Zeta-Jones shared a rare photo of her family while honoring her husband, Michael Douglas, on Father's Day.
On Sunday, the 50-year-old actress shared a throwback photo that featured the couple, along with their two children, daughter Carys, 17, and son Dylan Michael, 19, as well as Michael's older son Cameron, 41, from a previous marriage to Diandra Luker.
"We love you Michael, Happy Father's Day my love 💌🌹♥," Zeta-Jones gushed in the caption of the photo, which showed the couple's now-teenage children when they were much younger.
Meanwhile, the Fatal Attraction star, 75, shared his own heartfelt Father's Day tribute to his late father, Kirk Douglas.
"I miss him so much! Cherish your Dad while you have him #KirkDouglas #FathersDay," he wrote alongside a photo of himself with his father.
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Catherine Zeta Jones, Michael Douglas and family
I miss him so much! Cherish your Dad while you have him #KirkDouglas #FathersDay
A post shared by Michael Douglas (@michaelkirkdouglas) on Jun 21, 2020 at 7:05am PDT
The Hollywood icon died earlier this year at 103 on Feb. 5, Michael confirmed to PEOPLE at the time.
“To the world, he was a legend, an actor from the golden age of movies who lived well into his golden years, a humanitarian whose commitment to justice and the causes he believed in setting a standard for all of us to aspire to,” Michael wrote in a moving statement. “But to me and my brothers Joel and Peter he was simply Dad, to Catherine, a wonderful father-in-law, to his grandchildren and great grandchild their loving grandfather, and to his wife Anne, a wonderful husband.”
“Let me end with the words I told him on his last birthday and which will always remain true,” he concluded. “Dad- I love you so much and I am so proud to be your son.”
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Zeta-Jones also shared a touching tribute to her father-in-law following his death.
“To my darling Kirk, I shall love you for the rest of my life,” she wrote on Instagram, sharing a black-and-white photo giving Kirk a kiss on the cheek. “I miss you already. Sleep tight…”
Kisses for Kirk 😘😘#foreverinmyheart
A post shared by Catherine Zeta-Jones (@catherinezetajones) on Oct 3, 2019 at 2:14pm PDT
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She later thanked fans for the outpouring of love and support she and her entire family received after they shared the sad news.
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Formalizing the Informal: State and Non-State Security Providers in Government-Controlled Taiz City
Formalizing the Informal
State and Non-State Security Providers in Government-Controlled Taiz City
Maged Sultan
Mareike Transfeld
Kamal Muqbil
YPC Policy Report • July 22, 2019
Main Findings
At the onset of the 2015 conflict in Yemen between the internationally recognized government and Ansarallah (Houthis), state institutions and frameworks collapsed in southwestern Taiz city. While much of the former police leadership remained in place, the rank and file had to be rebuilt after the relative reestablishment of stability.
Informal actors, in particular sheikhs and aqils, expanded their roles as security providers. After the state framework collapsed, the degree of arbitrariness in security provision increased. Today, security structures overlap in their functioning, without clear hierarchies.
Informal actors have become security actors as well as security threats. While these actors mediate in conflicts and manage public security, some are at the same time involved in armed clashes and criminal activity.
Over the course of 2017, formal institutions gradually began to function again in southwestern Taiz city through the internationally recognized government. When asked in 2017 which actor is usually the first to respond to security incidents, a plurality of 37 percent of respondents in resistance-controlled areas said the police/security authorities.
Although overall confidence in the police increased between 2017 and 2019, Taiz residents are disappointed with the performance of the police, with a 2019 survey recording a 40 percent increase in the number of respondents who said that the police are not active in their area.
Cooperation between formal and informal actors is characterized on the one hand by the state’s efforts to gain control over all security services and reestablish an order of command, but on the other hand, many actors base their preferences for coordination on political loyalties.
Police in Taiz lack training, uniforms and basic equipment, including vehicles, computers, phones, weapons and armor.
Non-state actors, the sheikhs and aqils, lack knowledge of basic administrative processes, resulting in a situation that hampers coordination with state institutions and encourages cooperation with actors based on political or personal loyalty.
By YPC|2020-04-14T17:43:38+00:00July 21st, 2019|policy report, security|
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Woodford Equity Income fund a step closer to being wound up
Investors trapped in disgraced Neil Woodford’s former Equity Income fund have been told a ‘significant portion’ of the fund’s remaining assets have been sold, bringing them closer to closure.
In a letter to investors, administrator Link Fund Solutions confirmed it had reached agreement with Acacia Research Corporation (Acacia) for the sale of 19 of the fund’s healthcare assets in return for up to £223.9m.
It added the sale of assets are from both the listed and the illiquid, unlisted investments.
To date, investors of the LF Equity Income fund (formerly LF Woodford Equity Income fund), have received payments of £2.3bn. An estimated £558m remained in the illiquid part of the portfolio at the end of May.
However, Link added that the fund’s current net asset value (NAV), as of 3 June 2020, including the sum from the Acacia sale, stands at £444.2m – more than £100m less than investors expected.
Karl Midl, managing director of Link Fund Solutions Limited, wrote: “It is possible that this NAV may vary as the market prices attributable to the fund’s remaining assets may change prior to them being sold.”
Link added that given the formalities associated with the sale of these assets, it could take up to six months for the sale to complete.
While it is unable to confirm the exact dates and amounts in respect of the further capital distribution, investors will receive an update letter no later than 29 July 2020.
‘Step closer to drawing a line under this sorry situation’
Ryan Hughes, head of active portfolios at investment platform AJ Bell, said the sale – which represents around half of the remaining assets by value – will be cautiously welcomed by investors as it moves them one step closer to being able to draw a line under this sorry situation.
He said: “However, there will no doubt be huge frustration at the valuation achieved by Park Hill, which has been managing this process, given the valuation may be lower than other offers that had reportedly been received and rejected previously. This highlights the very real problem of being a forced seller with all potential purchasers knowing that Park Hill and Link were in no position to try and push the price higher. At the end of the day with such illiquid stocks, these assets are only worth what someone is prepared to pay for them.
“Ultimately, the challenge for Link has been to find a balance between getting a fair price for the assets and the time taken to achieve this. Given one year has already passed since the initial suspension, I’m sure many investors will feel like this has dragged on long enough and it is time to finalise the winding up of the fund – even if it does mean taking yet another hit on the value of their original investment.”
The fall of Woodford
Former star manager Neil Woodford was forced to suspend his flagship fund on 3 June 2019 because he could not meet a surge in redemption requests following a period of poor performance.
In October 2019, the fund’s administrators confirmed the £3bn fund would be wound-up with cash returned to investors as soon as possible.
Trapped investors received the first tranche of payments from the sale of assets in January with a second lot in March.
Woodford, who was once considered the UK’s best stock picker, was sacked as manager of the fund, his other two funds were handed to new managers, and his firm, Woodford Investment Management, shut.
Woodford investors set to share £97m in fourth round of payments
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Longboat Key Wednesday, May 1, 2019 1 year ago
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Why did the turtle cross the road?
Police reports from around Longboat Key.
by: Eric Garwood Managing Editor
The direct approach
5:25 p.m., 800 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive
Animal call: Unsure about the legalities of handling a turtle and unsuccessful at redirecting the animal from crossing the island’s busy main road, a caller sought help from police. The caller said he had tried to maneuver the turtle out of the travel lanes, but it kept returning to danger. The officer assigned to the call picked up the turtle, walked it over to a nearby golf course pond and released it.
2:41 a.m., 700 block of St. Judes Drive
Suspicious person: A caller to police reported an unfamiliar car backed into the driveway of a neighbor’s home. When an officer arrived, he met with a man who said his mother lived in the unit, that he had just finished working and a friend had driven him there. The man told the officer he’d chat with the caller later in the morning to reassure him everything was OK.
Blocking the way
12:50 p.m., 5900 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive
Traffic: Police were alerted to a truck and trailer blocking the southbound bike lane while parked alongside Gulf of Mexico Drive. By the time an officer arrived, the vehicle had been moved.
Sit . . . stay . . . leave
1:59 p.m., 100 block of North Shore Road
Dog on the beach: A man with a dog was approached by officers who explained that only bonafide service animals are allowed on the beach. The dog owner couldn’t produce documentation or an explanation of how the dog qualified as a trained service animal. In fact, the dog lunged at officers and passers-by and didn’t obey the owner’s commands to sit. The owner described his dog, a pit bull, as more of a comfort dog. Officers told him comfort dogs aren’t allowed on the beach.
Focusing on suspicion
2:01 p.m., 700 St. Judes Drive
Suspicious person: Unwanted photography was the reason for a police call to settle a situation between an employee and a neighbor. The employee told police a man was making her uncomfortable by taking photos of her and her car. She said she was on the property working for the owner. The neighbor said instead of calling the police about a person he didn't recognize, he chose to take photos and video to document what he was seeing. Police told him to call them if he suspects criminal activity instead of relying on photography.
Going an extra mile
2:17 p.m., 4400 block of Exeter Drive
Public service: An officer was dispatched to help a caller move a mirror off a wall, and when he arrived, he spotted a water leak on the ceiling of the foyer. The officer notified building management and also the upstairs neighbor about the possibility of a leak. The upstairs neighbor said she would ask the building manager to check out the problem.
Take the day off
6:30 p.m., 2300 block of Harbour Oaks Drive
Noise: Police told a man working on a tile project in his home that the noise made by a grinder was disturbing his neighbors and that town regulations prohibit construction on Sundays. He was reminded this interaction with police over noise was not the first and that further complaints might require more stringent measures to gain his compliance.
10:26 a.m., 500 block of Ranger Lane
Public service: An officer responded to a home regarding an infant’s bedroom door that had become locked from the inside. The officer used a multi-purpose tool to unlock the door. Six minutes after the call was received, the officer was back on patrol.
No one aboard
1:55 p.m., Longboat Pass Bridge
Unsecured boat: A police department marine patrol officer heard from a boater who reported a vessel adrift in Longboat Pass. With the help of the other boater, the officer found the boat, which slipped its anchor and floated away from Greer Island. Once the vessel was secured back at the island, police looked for its owner. While checking the area, an officer spotted a group of people standing near the boat. He confirmed the boat was theirs. They said the boat was a rental, and all of their party was accounted for.
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Crossing the line
Longboat Key Cops Corner: It was lost, then it was found
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Dragoon 88: The Decision and Family
Posted on June 8, 2017 by Yoraikun
The intense clash of shield and sword, the sparks scattered affording the arena a tension it hadn’t felt in any of the matches to come before.
Though imperfect, the iron weapons gave off different impressions than the wood swords. The sound and sparks they produced whenever they met, and the screams that started coming in from the audience.
After finishing their practice exercise to test out that different sensation, both sides took distance at once. Those swords had been dulled, but after they had met so many times, the chipping gave them saw-like edges. Aleist’s sword was in an especially terrible state.
In the single portion of the ring they had fought, the scars of their slashes remained.
Wiping the sweat off his face with the sleeve of his left arm, Aleist regripped his sword. Even now, he showed Rudel a joking leisure, but even if they were dulled blades, the man himself wasn’t used to the sensation of being assailed by metal.
“You’ve gotten quite good at using your shield. Did you really just start last year?”
“No, I had been learning the shield from the start. I thought I’d never have the chance to use one, so I stopped part-way… but the boar prepared me a shield, see?”
“The boar, you mean… well, I did hear this and that.”
Aleist had heard Rudel’s armor had been made with the boar’s tusk, and he heard that after that, the boar himself had changed shape for Rudel. His uncouth armor, thanks to the boar, had become something worthy of the white dragoon…
“Ah, by the way, both my eyes are the bird’s magic eyes.”
“What’s that, I want it!”
Once they finished their jest, Rudel held out his left hand and fired magic. While he meant it as a diversion, a number of fireballs that wouldn’t leave on in any healthy state flew at a high velocity.
Aleist avoided them all with his enhanced gait. As those fireballs hit the wall, they raised grand explosions, but the barrier was still maintained.
Hit by the blast wind from behind, Aleist’s stance was put off just a bit, and Rudel used that opportunity to move at once. Conducting high-speed movement with wind magic, he rushed right at Aleist.
But Aleist was the black knight. Dark matter in the shape of spears extended from his shadows, sealing off Rudel’s movement.
From Aleist’s left hand as well, he used his mana pool that could be called bottomless to fire a none-too-frugal stream of magic. Rudel had to economize his mana, but Aleist had an inexhaustible supply, eliminating the need entirely. In his five years at the academy, Aleist had grown as well.
While he fell short of Rudel and Luecke, he excelled in the use of magic.
For the masses of intermediate magic coming at him, Rudel activated the shield on his left hand to manifest his shield of light and block them all. But a mid-range battle of magic put Rudel at a disadvantage. Short on mana, a decisive confrontation was most desirable.
Aleist would win out in a battle of attrition.
“Good grief, in the past, I would’ve used advanced magic here to make an opening!”
Rudel entered high-speed movement again, and Aleist used his shadow to manifest spears around him. For in Rudel’s approach, the spears in his path would be destroyed.
As he thought, the spears on Aleist’s left side were destroyed by Rudel, and shattered, the spears dissolved before fading away in the end. But the moment he readied himself, the spears stopped breaking, and Aleist lost sight of Rudel.
In the noble visitor room, Cattleya and Lilim could just barely follow Rudel with their eyes. Sophina was confused by that unfamiliar fighting style.
It was called an indispensable skill for a dragoon, but it was supposed to be an emergency magic one used when they fell off their dragon.
As Lilim had her elven wings, she hadn’t even learned the techniques. Perhaps you could call it a magic to fly through the sky singlehandedly; by compressing and exploding wind one could change direction and soften falls, or so they had learned. Taking those factors into account, it really was unnecessary for an elf.
But seeing Rudel use the essentials of that technique before their eyes, they couldn’t bring themselves to call it an emergency measure.
Seeing the surprise of those three, Fina’s interest was piqued. She posed the question.
“What sort of magic is that?”
Sophina shook her head unknowingly, so she directed her eyes to the two dragons standing beside her. Cattleya to Sophina’s side gave a simple explanation.
“… It’s similar to a magic that’s been called a dragoon’s essentials. It’s an emergency magic, but I’ve never heard of it being used like that.”
As Lilim nodded as well, Fina thought back to Marty’s dragon. She remembered that Rudel had learned techniques apart from petting, but it wasn’t Fina’s duty to remember any non-petting skill in detail.
“Is it the magic he was practicing back then? (Even so master ain’t human).”
“Back then?”
Lilim bit onto Fina’s words. The dragoons hadn’t been informed of the events that transpired in the dragons’ dwellings.
“Come to think of it, he was practicing something over the lake.”
Sophina recalled the scene of Rudel’s practice, but she never thought she would be seeing the fruits of that training before her eyes.
“Yes, thinking back on it now, that was quite a fun trip, Sophina… (Oh, the eyes of the two dragoons grew sharp! Now I just have to remind Sophina of… well, I guess now’s not a good time.)”
Even Fina showed prudence, but Sophina’s face hung face had already turned red.On that reaction, for every adult that understood something happened, there were some who would misunderstand.
“… Hey, duty shirking high knight, what happened?”
On Cattleya’s cold words, Lilim joined in as well.
“I’d definitely like to hear. If the princess was present, then wouldn’t this be a serious affair?”
“W-what are you talking about! There was nothing indecent! Just some lotion and massages…”
They were unfamiliar words, but Lilim immediately understood it related to Rudel’s petting. Turning her eyes to Rudel on the ring, she felt dread at the knowledge he had obtained yet another mysterious technique
But Cattleya alone was different. Next to her excited senpai, she breathed a sigh as some unfamiliar words came out again.
“You mean to say there’s something even stronger than lotion!?”
“No, senpai… by massage, do you mean shoulder rubbing or something? No matter how you look at it, you’re getting too worked up.”
Cattleya still made light of Rudel’s petting. While Fina looked at her in intrigue, inside she looked down on her. She has yet to understand.
Being accused of shirking work, Sophina looked at Cattleya, certain that she didn’t understand the terror of Rudel. Directing a meaningful smile, she offered a warning.
“Cattleya, you too shall experience it someday… and there’s no going back.”
“That’s right, Cattleya, you’ll see a world you’ve never even dreamed up.”
Even Lilim joined Sophina, making a similar smile full of meaning. Fina was also looked at Cattleya, and receiving those three stares, Cattleya mulled again.
(S-seriously, what is this!!?)
By the time Aleist caught sight of Rudel again, a shield of light had manifested above him.
Using a shield to crush Aleist from above was the plan Rudel thought up. Putting his spears back into his shadow, Aleist made a large amount of arms protrude from it.
Those black arms that extended to restrain Rudel’s giant shield disappeared as they touched it as if melting away from heat.
“This is a bit…!”
Aleist wanted to flee from the spot, but his left hand was held out to control his mana. If he moved, his control would become difficult, and he’d be crushed too easily.
He produced hand after hand to resist, lowering the speed of the rapid-falling shield. On the contrary, Aleist slowly attained the force to push it back, but against Rudel, he had ended up using too much of his power as a black knight.
A black magic flowed through his body, trying to take over his head again.
Rudel on the other side of the shield was the same. A radiant mana overflowing, just like the year before, he felt something was taking over his mind to defeat the black knight… to defeat Aleist.
“This again…”
Erasing his shield, Rudel moved to the end of the ring. Aleist emitted a large flow of mana as he writhed in pain.
The powers of these two had yet to be fully understood, but their sheer maginitudes made them difficult to control.
Rudel closed his eyes, directing his consciousness towards the power in his chest. An existence trying to squeeze his power out was entreating him to defeat the black knight before his eyes.
For just an instant, Sakuya’s words revived in his head. The face of the goddess who told him to be the strongest… there was no way he could show her that shameful form again, Rudel decided in his heart.
Opening his eyes, Rudel shouted from the bottom of his heart. Forcefully mustering up his willpower, Rudel subdued the strength of the white knight.
“If you’re my power, then shut up and obey me!!”
The overflowing mana emitting from his body stopped, and this time, as if to cover him, a line of light floated a few centimeters from his body.
An armor of white symbols formed to cover Rudel’s body. Before hie eyes, Aleist fell to his knees and held his head in pain.
And to Aleist, Rudel called out.
Taken in by the darkness, Aleist was unable to use his willpower to subdue the black knight as Rudel had.
His heart gradually eaten into, Aleist was brought back to memories of a distant past.
‘What are you looking at, trash.’
‘He should just die already.’
‘Hah? Confessing? Are you making fun of me? Stop it, you’re making me laugh.’
“Hah, hah, stop it already.”
The memories before Aleist was born as Aleist, they were coming back vividly. The wounds of his heart he had forgotten called back a pain of old.
The memories from when he thought someone like him was unnecessary ate into Aleist.
“Yeah, that’s right. It’s because I reincarnated into this world that the story went awry. If only I wasn’t there…”
As Aleist shed tears and denied himself, a black shadow was approaching his back. To swallow Aleist whole, the shadow opened its large mouth, but there he heard Rudel’s voice.
‘What are you doing, Aleist!? You plan to abandon your match with me!?’
The shadow on Aleist’s back, before the power of the white light shedding light into Aleist’s heard, it faded away. But even now, Aleist couldn’t stand.
“B-but…”
‘Very well! If you’re not getting up, I’ll just have to smack you awake.’
In the next instant, Aleist was sent flying, forcefully dragging him back to reality. Even now, his body let off a black mana, but his mind alone was brought back to the world. Through his forceful awakening, he felt as if he was still seeing a dream.
The jeers he received in his past life were still ringing through his ears.
‘I really don’t want to be in the same class as him.’
‘Having no friends? Isn’t he done-for as a human?’
‘When he’s just a disgusting otaku…’
As Aleist clutched his chest in pain, Rudel standing before his eyes seemed radiant. He was letting off light, and besides a physical light, Rudel’s unwavering way of life was blinding.
As Aleist lay face up on the ring, he began giving up. He would never win. Swallowed by the power of the black knight, the weakness of his own heart was turning on him.
But from around came cheers for Aleist.
“Stand up, Aleist! Are you alright, losing like that!?”
“Millia’s watching you know!”
“Show Rudel how strong you are!”
The voices of his friends. Having obtained the first existences he could ever call friends after coming to the academy, Aleist raised his torso.
“Aleist-sama, you can still stand, can’t you!”
“If you’re a knight, then stand! And you call yourself the black knight!?”
“Aleist, don’t lose to Rudel!”
“D-do your best, senpai!”
“If it’s you, Aleist-san, I’m sure you can win!”
Next, Aleist’s harem members raised their voices. Despite the bitter smile on his face, Aleist extended his hand to his knees, readying himself to stand.
He suddenly recalled the face of a girl he admired in the past. Like Aleist, she was a girl who didn’t fit in with her surroundings. He remembered talking to her a few times, and he remembered she had never made fun of him.
(I see, so Millia resembled her…)
By vividly recalling what had grown hazy, Aleist was able to know why he had fallen for Millia.
(How pitiful… dragging on the past for twenty whole years…)
Once again, Aleist heard the jeers stabbing into his heart, but he ignored them all. He turned his ears to the voices of the reality.
He stopped emitting his black mana, and just like Rudel, a black, lightly-glowing insignia covered his body. As he stood, his form was a color swap of Rudel’s.
If Rudel was light, then Aleist was shadow… it was a scene that made it look like that.
“You’re finally up, Aleist.”
“I’m sorry, I took some time… you hit me too hard.”
“We’re in the middle of a match. You should think of it as my mercy that I didn’t land the final blow.”
“Yeah, that’s right. Then we’ll have to go all out from now on.”
“Don’t be stupid! I was going all out from the start!!”
The two of them faced each other once more, readying their weapons.
With the destructive power that increased as the match carried on, Luecke was troubled to respond.
The barrier’s application was still experimental. As Rudel and Aleist suddenly increased in output, Luecke was desperately trying to endure it.
Otherwise, the arena would have already been destroyed.
“Young master, this is bad! The men need some rest!”
“Don’t call me that, Vargas! More importantly, we’re changing formation. Hurry and gather personnel at the indicated points!”
Opposing the two trying to destroy the barrier, Luecke put all his might to maintaining it. While he didn’t have a match, maintaining the barrier through all matches put a considerable burden on Luecke.
While he definitely wanted to show the competence of the Halbades House, more than that, Luecke wanted to prepare a place for his friends to fight.
To grant his friends’ wishes, Luecke had taken on a role that few would evaluate. Looking at Luecke from the side, Lena offered a proposal.
“Luecke-san, Luecke-san.”
“W-what?”
Luecke was too busy to deal with her, and as he let off a colder air than usual, Lena pointed at the barrier’s roof.
Gaining control of their white and black knight powers and using them, the intensity of their battle increased.
In contrast to the several hundred black snakes Aleist called from his shadow, Rudel put out his shield of light to contain them. If the two grew close enough, the swords in their hands or their fists would fly, and Aleist would get in a kick.
Atop the ring where they had given up on long-range combat, the match had already grown impossible to follow. Aleist’s black shadow and Rudel’s radiant light got in the way, and the spectators couldn’t see what was going on.
Rudel closed in and smacked his shield into Aleist. His right-hand sword was coiled by a snake, and he couldn’t use it. Aleist had been hit around by the shield a few times now, and after redirecting it with the hilt of his sword to soften the impact, he visited Rudel with a kick.
As that sharp kick entered Rudel’s stomach, he made a slight expression of anguish. But Rudel unhanded his right hand’s sword, hammering his fist into Aleist.
As Aleist flew, Rudel followed at a high speed. But a large number of snakes wrapped around Rudel’s body, getting in the way of his movement.
He emitted mana from his body to brush away the snakes, but by that time, Aleist had recovered his stance. A black lightning took residence in Aleist’s sword, forming a magic sword.
“This lighting magic sword was always the most troublesome one.”
Taking a stance with his sword, Aleist was sure that metal would be able to endure more than wood. From the start, his output was at the maximum.
In contrast, Rudel had light in his shield, and around him, he made a great many more shields. The magic sword imbued with the magic of lightning destroyed a number of shields with just a touch.
On top of that, Rudel who had been enhancing his body with magic, felt a numbness in his body.
“That one was your specialty. I never thought you’d polish it to such an extent.”
Perhaps because Aleist was concentrating, the snakes and spears returned to his shadows. Rudel avoided Aleist’s attack as he picked up his own fallen sword.
As light filled Rudel’s sword, it took the form of a magic sword. But this time, it was clad in a pale flame. As the sword clad in flames that had a light tint of blue met with Aleist’s sword, Rudel felt numb, while Aleist took some distance, surprised by the heat.
As Aleist jumped back, he protruded spears from his shadow. Among them, a few arms were mixed in to capture Rudel.
All of them were burned away by a swing of Rudel’s sword.
“Haha, you really are inhuman, Rudel.”
“And you’re quite the rude one. I’m sorry to betray your expectations, but I’m human.”
Both were reaching their bodies limits, their symbols on the verge of fading away. Rough in breath, they looked as if they’d collapse at any moment, but they were laughing.
Rudel compressed his magic sword, a sword of blinding light manifesting in his right hand, and in his left a similar shield manifested. What was once a simple mass of iron now let off a divine light.
Aleist also sublimated his sword. He could have just waited for Rudel to run out of gas, but that was something Aleist himself couldn’t accept. He was up against a foe he needed to meet head-on and attain victory.
“Rudel, I always wanted someone to recognize me. But for you alone, I’ll force you to recognize me!!”
On Aleist’s words as he stepped in, Rudel returned no words in response. He simply brandished his blade. Aleist’s sword was taken by Rudel’s shield, but Rudel’s sword was wound in Aleist’s shadows.
That sword that was wrapped in that rubbery darkness had its heat stolen away in an instant. Aleist had imbued his shadow with the attribute of water. It was the moment his last-ditch effort had proved successful.
But at the same time, Aleist’s sword lost to Rudel’s shield and shattered. Aleist’s mana had forced his sword of iron to its limit.
Both swords had been sealed, and everyone could feel Aleist’s disadvantage. Rudel who still had his shield looked like he would come out on top.
Casting aside his sword, Rudel slammed his fist into Aleist. Reacting to the motion, Aleist bent his body forward to avoid the punch.
In his stooped-over position, Aleist aimed at Rudel’s jaw and fired off a kick. Rudel blocked with his left arm, but the impact tore the belt affixing his shield to his arm, sending it flying off.
As Rudel lost the initiative, Aleist tried to trip Rudel up, executing an axe kick as he stood. Rudel rolled to dodge, having a bad premonition of the dull pain he felt in his left arm.
“That’s a tiger tribe technique. I remember this pain.”
“Yeah, it’s a technique executed with nothing but body strengthening. I really went through some troubles to learn it.”
In the past, because of Rudel, Aleist had been abducted and trained by the tiger tribe. A few years ago, he had thought of it as hell, but now that he was fighting Rudel like this, he was thankful.
The wall that couldn’t be overcome with talent alone had been surpassed with the tiger tribe. That combat training, and the techniques he learned from those scary-faced delinquent tigers.
Aleist had once been too afraid to use his power to its fullest, but now he could use it adequately. It was the first time he felt the sway of his own matured power.
Rudel took a stance with his fists, his mouth laughing. Aleist was taken aback, but perhaps Rudel was delighted, as he ignored the pain in his left arm and sent out a fist.
“That’s right! I want to fight you at your best! This is completely different from back then; fighting a serious you!!”
Rudel’s rush was properly answered.
“Y-you battle junkie!!”
But perhaps scared of Rudel’s smile, he was slightly teary.
With the high-speed movement Rudel occasionally mixed in, and the fight’s duration, Aleist was beginning to fall back. If it was a fair-and-square fight, perhaps Aleist held the advantage. But whether it be swordplay or magic, the match was a battle where anything goes.
It was the sort of rule that allowed Rudel to use his strength to the fullest. No matter the field, Rudel was unable to be first, but he could take second place. He was the multi-purpose type who could perform on any sort of battlefield.
In contrast, Aleist was also multi-purpose, but he was cut from different stuff. While Rudel would fight risking his life, Aleist would fight to protect his own. It was clear who held the greed to triumph in a battle against a strong foe.
Aleist who had relied on his cheats held a different base. Even if he had reformed, what he had built up in a few years was different from Rudel.
Perhaps the winner had been decided the moment Rudel set foot into Aleist’s domain. The same territory called the white and black knights…
As Rudel’s right hand stuck a blow into Aleist’s stomach, the shockwave assailed him. The light of the black symbols crumbled, and Aleist was blown a large distance.
At the same time, Rudel’s white symbols disappeared from a lack of mana.
Rudel was still on his feet, looking at Aleist who was trying to stand. Even if he tried to pursue, his body wouldn’t move. Even in that state, Rudel’s greatest desire was for Aleist to stand. The two no longer had the power to fight, but their willpower maintained their consciousness.
“Hah, hah, this really is the worst. I should’ve trained more… I should’ve… I should’ve… why did I have to notice so late…”
If he had noticed it sooner, Aleist could have obtained powers far greater than what he possessed. He had made light of the world as a game, but now he mourned all the time he had spent in waste. He was irritated with himself. But obtaining strength and maturing were separate problems. As he bit back his vexation and tried to stand, Aleist could see the winner.
Rudel’s eyes as he looked at him were pleading for him to stand. Having come so far, whether he stood or not held no meaning to the result. But Aleist wanted to stand.
(At least let me act cool at the end. I really was an idiot, but at the very least, I can put on airs before Rudel. This guy alone, I want Rudel alone to recognize me!)
Whipping his immobile body to motion, Aleist tried to stand when he heard a nostalgic voice, feeling a warmth on his back and limbs. As if four people were supporting him up, he lifted his body he could no longer put power into.
‘Look, your friend’s waiting for you. You can’t keep him waiting.’
‘That’s good, as expected of our child. Our pride and joy…
The nostalgic voices belonged to the parents of a life gone by, voices he was no longer able to hear. Aleist felt tears on his face, and as he stood, he could hear the applause.
Making sure the referee heard, Aleist’s tears wouldn’t stop as he accepted his defeat with a shaking voice.
“I-it’s my loss… The winner is Rudel!”
The ref heard Aleist’s voice, and once he climbed up to the ring, he gave a grand proclamation of Rudel’s victory. The evening had already dyed the sky in orange, and the spectators showered the two in a magnificent applause.
Right after the referee declared the outcome, the two of them fell unconscious at once.
Letting go of his consciousness, Aleist thought back to the familiar voices he had heard at the end.
The forms of his parents floated up in the darkness. While their faces were smiling, they looked somewhat miserable.
“Ah, is this a dream? Goodness me, for me to suddenly feel homesick after coming this far…”
People continued appearing from the darkness. His brother, and his classmate who resembled his beloved Millia. His parents opened their mouths. First was his father.
‘You’ve got to treasure your new parents. And I’m sorry I never noticed. I’m really sorry for being such a no-good parent…’
Shedding tears, Aleist tried to call out to his father. But his mother held up a hand, shedding her own tears before the changed form of her son.
‘You didn’t have to force yourself to endure it all… you really did good, holding out to the end. But it’s alright now. You’ve got a lot of friends, and a lot of girlfriends… you’ve got to make them happy.’
He nodded in tears, and this time, his little brother bashfully scratched his head.
‘… I’ll do something about mom and pops. So bro, you have to do a proper job this time. Don’t cause too much trouble.’
Aleist’s voice wouldn’t come out for his odious brother. He nodded and wiped his tears. And finally…
‘I should’ve properly told you. I’m sorry. When you talked to me, I really was happy. I was always bad at talking with people, and it often turned awkward, but… thank you.’
As his family disappeared into the darkness, Aleist reached out his hand and was about to chase after. But he stopped. He held up his extended hand to wave them off with a smile.
(What am I doing, remembering my family at this point? Am I to show such a pitiful sight to my family and that girl who worried for me so? Keep it strong to the end, Aleist!)
Shouting at himself, Aleist tried to give them some peace of mind. Even if it was just a dream, perhaps it was precisely because it was a dream that he could muster his courage.
He cried as he made a smile, and he knew it was surely a strange face he made. But he wanted to act strong.
“I’m the one who should say sorry! I really am thankful… thank you for everything!!”
Even if it was a dream, Aleist was happy he could meet his family and that girl. He got the feeling he had found proof that he wasn’t alone in that world either.
When Aleist regained consciousness, he thought he had seen a good dream. But the voice and warmth he felt in the match definitely remained in his memory. He thought he had gone through quite a peculiar expression, but he remembered he had already gone through the impossible experience of reincarnation.
He suddenly realized he had grown quite accustomed to this world, and that was a laugh.
But from the infirmary bed he had been carried to, as per usual, he could see the Three Lords lay asleep on their beds. Rudel had the window bed, and to his side, Aleist, Luecke, then Eunius in that order.
Luecke had run out of mana maintaining the barrier during Rudel and Aleist’s battle. He lay with a considerably pained look on his face.
Everyone apart from Luecke was in bandages, the rhythm of sleepers’ breath filling the moonlit room.
“Ah, so it ended as usual… well, that’s not bad at all.”
Lying on his bed once more, Aleist closed his eyes and fell asleep once more. He didn’t yet know that some noisy days were to start tomorrow.
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Fukuda says:
likantro says:
Selinus says:
Rafu~
Talia???
Neko MK2 says:
Ria!!!??
Nepu!
Tasear says:
Fake!!!!
Fue???!!!
KozuKy says:
Thanks for the chapter !! :D
Rifa Mulya says:
everybody will miss the scene where 3 dukes + Aleist hang out in the infirmary
Yeah…. I’m happy that Aliest ended up becoming a really respectable character after all was said and done.
raj72616a says:
a few chapters ago someone commented that Rudel stole away Aleist’s happy ending in his reincarnation. but surely Aleist turned out to become far better than he would have than if the story went on normally.
Pong-san says:
I concur~pong
Sage says:
the end scene will 100% be them laying in field lazarett just like that.
Thanks for the chapter~!!!
Pitiful Cattleya, excluded from the group who has caught a glimpse of fluffadise…
Termt says:
I honestly and seriously hope she never experiences it. And if she absolutely HAS to experience it then another character who severely underestimates Rudel’s petting needs to be added.
Their “am I missing something? What’s so bad about it?” reaction is adorable considering Rudel is probably capable of both starting and ending wars with just his petting skill.
Ultragunner says:
Hahaha the room reserved for the legendary problem children.
Oh and all Aleists monologue would also fit if he said it to his harem or his friends.
kazamakj says:
Hahaha Rudel basically changed the lives of everyone around him. Even his former enemies change because of him.
but if you look it another way, Aleist is probably the reason why Rudel is different (since because he was a reincarnated person he acted different then in the story), so it kinda is all thx to Aleist…
Alort says:
Not exactly, since from the beginning, even before meeting Aleist, Rudel had changed. Remember that scene when he saw a dragoon as kid and moved towards turning one himself? That never happened in the game.
hellwhisper says:
But the dragon probably went past rudel’s manor because of aleist. Maybe he cause a ruckus by trying to level up or trying magic, causing the dragoon to investigate
diablo8x says:
Aleist changed a not insignificant art of the story, he changed the origin of the games hero, from commoner to noble and while we do not know when in the story he was reincarnated into this world it was it is quite possible that it was long before he meet Rudel, And that change would cause ripples that sent Rudel down the different ath.
Dark Jackel says:
Awesome conclusion. Thanks for all your hard work! 😄
Black and white knight, fates to have fighting tournament style fights.
Boartank says:
As usual we’re missing a chapter. Haha jk
*wipes tear*
This is really an addiction.
hezat says:
Thanks for the food
darkm3d says:
Thanks for the chapter. They really like the infirmary so much. Thanks for the chapter. =)
Reaper Phoenix says:
Thanks 4 the chapter!
The infirmary will feel lonely after they graduate.
And reading this really make me want to play Suikoden 2 again. I should be able to. PS1 games should be playable on PS2. And my PlayStation 2 still works. Hope the disk is still readable.
spanglishtranslationsblog says:
Rudel’s will make sure that does not hapen (Sending people in…)
atrie94 says:
So they got perfect attendance in the infirmary give them a prize lol
Sabishii desu!! says:
Sophina?
Newface says:
when will Cattleya experience the wonderful petting/massage techniques of Rudel?
also thankyou for the chapter!!!
BadJoke says:
As soon as the primary wife lifts the ban on petting/massage 😛
Law says:
Thank you for the chapter. I can’t get enough of this.
mr.webermanjenkins says:
The four idiots in the infirmary once more xD
denius says:
Hahahahaha…so sweet, 4 idiots gathering together in the end. Thanks
darkxheero00 says:
just a moment i feel like Aleist become a proper MC… seems like it’s raining on my place atm
troled says:
Honestly, this is now my favorite chapter. Thanks for the treat!!
Vostok says:
Rudel… A man that is loved by the (former) Goddess….
Lewd Anon says:
I always like that the fights between extremely strong individuals devolves into a slugfest a la S-cry-ed’s ending, and it’s practically down to sheer will. Rudel’s will is just extremely hard to beat now that he fights to fulfill a dream for both himself and others, especially Sakuya’s dream.
Aleist too just finally found his own reason and resolve, and with it a bit of revelation as to why he felt inferior and also pursued Milla incessantly.
On the lighter side of things; I want to see Rudel petting/massaging Cattalya and indoctrinating her to the forbidden pleasures of Master Rudel’s hands. And while he’s at it, do the same for Lilim again.
Cattley still made light of Rudel’s petting. (Cattleya)
a line of lithe floated a few centimeters from his body. (light)
Atamahead027 says:
Good old fistfight
SS Ship Wrecker says:
Thanks for the chapter, you know what would be funny, if the empires hero was weaker then fritz since unlike everyone on rudels side he doesnt seem to have anyone to push him to his limit like rudel does for everyone around him.
Hakurei06 says:
Huh, it’s basically a rehash of the first tournament. How close is this to the end?
such a great chapter~~ love all the four bakas, one more and we get a a full baka rangers team (who would make a good fifth member?
Thanks for the chapter 😆
Poor Luecke, thakyou for maintaining the barrier ˊ▽ˋ
smoggythebear says:
And then the quintet is assembled in the infirmary room, again.
Thanks for the chapter:)
Btw,what happened when lena pointed at the barrier roof?is there something happening over there?
I wanna know that too!
Thank you for the meal!
Paps says:
Thanks for the chapter, a great finale for their school years. I almost cried with Aleist dream sequence. I am glad the author didn’t made him antogonistic.
Thanks for doing this chapter! 😁
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This is Your Captain Sleeping..... Will the New FAA rest rules make a difference?
Patrick Smith's (hey that's me) ASK THE PILOT column takes a look at the new flight/duty time rules... An excerpt: "...Perhaps the most important change is the one stipulating that pilots must now receive a minimum 10-hour rest period between assignments (i.e., workdays), with an opportunity for at least eight hours of uninterrupted sleep. Until now, not only have rest periods been reduceable to as few as eight hours, the very definition of “rest” itself has failed to account for… (www.salon.com) 更多...
canuck44 9年之前 0
Fortunately some actual science is being brought to the table and Patrick touches on that and the immediate need to improve conditions to prevent fatigue. "Sleep" is complex and has become a medical subspecialty of three or four other specialties notably Pulmonology, Otolaryngology, and Neurology. Many kids with diagnoses of ADHD (and other fashionable labels) actually are quite normal but have significant sleep disturbance with "brain fatigue" that is often correctable. Growth hormone (needed for normal physiological function at all ages) is reduced as is leptin, a hormonal appetite suppressant amongst others when the brain fails to reach deep planes of sleep, particularly REM.
Irregular hours and lack of daylight exposure play a role in brain rest and alertness. Many of the parameters are altered with age with the two ends of the spectrum requiring more sleep than those in the middle...unfortunately I am on the wrong end of the curve.
Changes are likely to be incremental, but the important part is that they will be made on the basis of physiology not purely economic criteria. Ultimately we will see individualized analysis of sleep patterns as part of aircrew medicals.
PS:...great title, Patrick.
Marcus Pradel 9年之前 0
1 - the new rules are better than nothing.
2 - 10 'rest' hours might not be enough.
3 - beats working a regular job for 40-50 hours per week for 10 years before you are making the same +100K per year, and even then you don't get to work just 4 days on with 5 days off.
chetsgenius 9年之前 0
The fact that these rules don't pertain to cargo pilots is bogus, and they extended the flight hours for pilots instead of flying 8 hours they can now fly 9, which means that instead of having a relief pilot on your flight to europe it will just be two pilots trying to stay awake for 9 hours on a flight on the backside of the clock. Where do you get that pilots make 100k a year? Some do for sure, but my husband has been with the airlines for 11 years and hasn't made that yet. He also doens't get 5 days off in a row unless he has vacation...
borderplt 9年之前 0
Well as usual the freight world has been left out. Sad to see the same old "who cares it a frieghter" attitude still applies. When its the freighters that really could use better rest due to the oddities of irradic schedules.
astrojet120 9年之前 0
Even though I'm not a pilot, I think it's alot like Driving a car with no sleep
only worse because you can't just pull over to the side of the road and rest.
jst1592 9年之前 0
While I applaud the new rules, it still falls short. The FAA's 'one level of safety" slogan, has been made a joke. They still have "blankets" of safety, which is why the NTSB, still has issues with this rule.
EDWARD moore 9年之前 0
Good article, its not perfect as most have stated'' , The young pilots who fly in the worst conditions and lousy working conditions (great Lakes') will get some much needed rest.... its about time''
One of the biggest lies is "I am from the FAA and I would like to help" Mean while holding a Noose and a Yard Arm behind him.
Work/Rest cycles have been a bane on many industries along with the Airline industry. I have seen many schemes in the past, and all found one important drawback, it would cost the companies more in labor costs as crew availability would drop. And all those schemes depended upon the supposition that all human bodies reacted the same way. However we are not robots.
There was a time when I could work 91 days straight on my "rest", and not miss a beat. Such is not the case today.
Also, while aiming at the improvement of physiological conditions, there must be corresponding examination of one of the big influences of the body, the brain (read psychological well being). The body, while being elastic in nature, will not endure abuse forever, and try to create a way to cope. The same holds true for the brain.
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Loves Furniture & Mattresses Announces Grand Opening Of New Headquarters In Warren
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PHOTOS: A Tour of The Neon Museum in Las Vegas – Part Three
PHOTOS: Inside the all-new AREA15 experience in Las Vegas, NV
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Tim Keefe
Team: Giants
League: National League
Hall: National Baseball Hall of Fame
Smiling Tim, Sir Timothy (1857-1933). A dominant pitcher for 5 teams over 14 seasons, Keefe’s 1st season was the last in which pitchers threw from 45′ & his last season was the 1st in which they threw from 60’6″. In an extraordinary career, Keefe won 20+ gms 7x; 30+ gms 6x; 40+ gms 2x; 200+ Ks 6x; 300+ Ks 2x; & posted lowest ERA in history: 0.86 in 1880.
Won Triple Crown: 1888
ERA Champ: ’80, ’85, ’88
342 career Wins
Elected to Hall of Fame: 1964
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Alex Baskin Papers
Abstract Dr. Alex Baskin was a professor at State University of New York at Stony Brook; among his mainresearch interests were social history of the late 20th century, especially with regard to the 1960s and 1980s. Dr. Baskin also attended Wayne State University during the 1960s where he studied various left-wing social movements. Among his published works include The Woman Rebel and The Masses.The materials in this collection reflect a wide variety of subjects that Dr. Baskin researched and...
Alfred and Rose Anderson Papers
Abstract Though collectively titled, the collection is largely that of Alfred Anderson. Mr. Anderson was an active member of Industrial Workers of the World and various Industrial Union locals during the 1920's. The collection reflects the activities of Industrial Union 440, and the IWW, and particularly the controversies at both the national level and within the Industrial Union 440 during 1924-1925 which ultimately caused Mr. Anderson to withdraw from active union participation.
Arthur A. Almeida Papers
Collection — Box: Small Processed Collections, Box 16, Folder: 1
Abstract Arthur A. Almeida was born in about 1929 and lived in San Pedro, California. He helped found the San Pedro Bay Historical Society. With his interest in local history, Almeida documented history of the early labor efforts including International Workers of the World (IWW) local - Maritime Transport Workers 510 and International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU). Includes a speech given by Paul Ware and historical articles by Almeida about early organizing efforts in San Pedro and Los...
Barry Roderick Papers
Collection — Container: Small Processed Collections: O-R, Box 12, Folder: 14
Abstract The papers of historian and collector Barry Roderick relate to left-wing political activities in Alaska. The folder of materials is predominantly flyers announcing events, including those sponsored by the Juneau-Douglas Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) and the Juneau Third World Perspective.
Ben Legere Papers
Abstract Union activist Benjamin Legere (1887-1972) worked in the theater as an actor, playwright, and director. He participated in both the American and Canadian labor movements as a member of the General Executive Board of the Canadian One Big Union and an organizer for the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). Legere’s papers reflect his activities in the American and Canadian labor movements, California politics and the theater.
Charles and Jennie Velsek Papers
Abstract A member of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) for over 50 years, Charles Velsek served as secretary of IWW Agricultural Workers Industrial Union (AWIU) Local 110, and for a brief period, as Chairman of the IWW General Executive Board. Jennie Velsek was an active labor advocate, and participated in a number of IWW strikes. The papers of Charles and Jennie Velsek reflect their involvement in the labor movement, and the activities of Local 110 in Yakima, Washington.
Charles Ashleigh Papers
Collection — Container: Small Processed Collections: A - Bo, Box 1, Folder: 6
Abstract Transcripts of interviews with Charles Ashleigh conducted by the Sussex Society for the Study of Labor History in 1973 and 1975. Mr. Ashleigh describes his personal experiences with the Industrial Workers of the World and other radical groups in the years prior to and during World War I and the early 1920's.
Dates: 1973; 1975
Covington Hall Papers
Abstract A Xerox copy of a draft of Hall's 238-page manuscript, Labor Struggles in the Deep South. The original of this draft is held by the Tulane University Library. In his work, Mr. Hall discusses the labor movement in New Orleans and the Louisiana-Texas area from the pre-Civil War period to the outbreak of World War 1. The role of the IWW is particularly well covered.
Edward Falkowski Papers
Abstract The Edward J. Falkowski collection contains diaries and papers relating Mr. Falkowski’s experiences as a mineworker, reporter, a student at Brookwood Labor College and as an instructor at Commonwealth Labor College.
Elaine Rogan and Tor Cedervall Papers
Abstract The Rogan-Cedarvall papers consist mainly of clippings pertaining to Mr. Cedervall's activities on behalf of the IWW in Cleveland, Ohio.
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn Papers
Abstract Elizabeth Gurley Flynn joined the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) as a high school student in 1906, but left school a year later to dedicate herself to organizing full time. A gifted and popular speaker, over the next several years she participated in IWW free speech and legal defense fund-raising campaigns and helped organize the Lawrence and Paterson textile strikes. A tireless defender of labor and political agitators facing deportation, Ms. Flynn helped found the ACLU in 1920, only to...
Eugene Barnett Oral History
Item — Box: Individual Oral Histories Box 1: A-E, Folder: 3
Identifier: LOH002265
Abstract Eugene Barnett was one of eight IWW members convicted of murder following a raid by American Legionnaires on the Centralia, Washington, IWW hall on Armistice Day 1919. He was jailed from 1920 to 1931. Around 1940, folklorist and IWW activist Ben Legere interviewed Eugene Barnett about his involvement in the 1919 Centralia events. Professor of folklore Archie Green conducted a follow-up interview on the subject with Barnett in 1961. Professor emeritus at the University of California, Santa Cruz,...
Dates: 1940 - 1961-06-05
E.W. Latchem Papers
Collection — Container: Small Processed Collections: La-Le, Box 9, Folder: 10
Abstract An apprentice glass blower at an early age, E.W. Latchem joined the Industrial Workers of the World in 1912. He helped organize the Agricultural Workers Organization in 1915 and much of his union activity centered around Minnesota. His papers reflect his affiliation with the IWW and labor figures such as Vincent St. John.
Floyd Hoke-Miller Papers
Abstract A member of United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 659, Floyd Hoke-Miller wrote for the Local 659 publication, Searchlight, the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) publication, Industrial Worker, and the Council of Industrial Organization (CIO) publication, Auto Worker. Mr. Hoke-Miller’s papers include poems and published articles.
Frank Cedervall Oral History
Abstract Labor historian Patrick Reagan interviewed IWW organizer and orator Frank Cedervall, who was the chief organizer for the Metal and Machinery Workers Industrial Union (MMWIU) and leader of its Cleveland Local 440, from the 1930s through the 1950s, with his brother, Tor. Collection consists of an interview recording. Cedervall discusses the idea, formation, and aims of the IWW, his hopes for the future of the radical labor movement, and to a lesser degree, his experiences with the IWW and MMWIU.
Fred Thompson Oral History
Item — Box: Individual Oral Histories Box 4: Sm-T, Folder: 7
Abstract In 1984, Dennis East interviewed Fred Thompson, IWW labor organizer and an instructor and director, 1927-1941, at the Work People's College (Työväen Opisto), a radical labor college near Duluth, Minnesota. Collection consists of the interview transcript and recording. Thompson recounts his activities with the Work People's College.
George Lutzai Papers
Abstract An early member of the IWW and of UAW Local 314 in Detroit, Mr. Lutzai has long been interested in various radical movements. This collection contains materials on communism and anti-religious movements, as well as humanist, rationalist, and free-thought pamphlets from the 1950's and 1960's. Other periodicals and newspapers have items on the American Civil Liberties Union, Father Charles Coughlin's Social Justice Movement, and problems of senior citizens.
Goddard Graves Papers
Abstract Material from his tenure as IWW General Executive Board member.
Hagbard M. Edwards Papers
Overview Hagbard Edwards was a member of the General Organization Committee of the Industrial Union of Lumber Workers. Mr. Edwards's papers consist of primarily of an autobiography, which describes his childhood in Norway and his experiences as a lumberjack, miner and field hand in the Pacific Northwest.
Industrial Workers of the World Oral Histories
Abstract In 1972 Tracy Dalton interviewed Industrial Workers of the World organizer Herb Edwards. For his book on the IWW, The Centralia Tragedy of 1919: Elmer Smith and the Wobblies, Tom Copeland drew on this interview; in addition, he also interviewed Edwards, as well as other IWW organizers including Lucy Annne Cloud and Julia Ruuttila. Collection consists of four interview transcripts. Herb Edwards (interviewed twice), Lucy Anne Cloud, and Julia Ruuttila share...
Dates: 1972-02-12 - 1972-09-07
Industrial Workers of the World Records
Abstract The Industrial Workers of the World was founded in 1905 and is a member-run union for all workers. The IWW organizes all workers producing the same goods or services into one union instead of pooling them by skill or trade. Numbered among its members (known popularly as Wobblies) are lumberjacks, miners, farmhands (especially migrant workers), sailors, and workers in textile mills. Since their founding, the IWW has made significant contributions to labor struggles around the world. The union is...
IWW Colorado Coal Strike of 1927 Oral History
Abstract Between 1974 and 1984, while completing graduate studies in sociology, Eric Margolis and Ron McMahan undertook two research projects that formed the University of Colorado Coal Project, documenting the memories and work of coal miners through interviews and photographs. The project included oral histories with former coal miners, community members, and experts across the Western United States, with a focus on Colorado. Coverage includes documentation of IWW members, activities, and events....
IWW Detroit/Ann Arbor Branch Records
Abstract Subjects include: organizing; boycotts
IWW Minneapolis Branch Records Accession
Abstract Subjects include: radical pamphlets; union affairs
IWW San Francisco Bay Area Branch Records
Abstract Subjects include: radical publications; union activities
Names: Industrial Workers of the World X
Labor unions 32
Textile Workers' Strike, Lawrence, Mass., 1912. 4
Transcripts 4
Mining engineering 3
Centralia Massacre, Centralia, Wash., 1919 2
Labor unions and communism 2
Anti-Semitism 1
Anti-racism 1
Antinuclear movement 1
Catholic Worker Movement 1
Child labor 1
Christian anarchism 1
Coal Strike, Colo., 1927 1
Coal miners 1
Columbine Mine (Weld County, Colo.) 1
Environmentalism 1
Folk festivals 1
Folk music 1
Folk songs 1
Folklore--Performance 1
Ford Hunger March, 1932 1
Jews. American 1
Labor education 1
Nevada City (Calif.) 1
Pacifism 1
Pacifists 1
Political activists 1
Politics, Practical 1
Public radio 1
Radicalism 1
Sacco-Vanzetti Trial, Dedham, Mass., 1921 1
Spokane (Wash.) 1
Tramps 1
Unitarianism 1
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 1
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements--United States 1
Women labor union members -- United States 1
Women's rights 1
Workers' theater 1
Working class--Songs and music 1
Legere, Ben 3
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America 2
Beffel, John Nicholas 2
International Brotherhood of Teamsters 2
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union 2
Robbins, Matilda 2
Textile Workers Union of America 2
Tussey, Richard B. 2
Alexander, Moses 1
Almeida, Arthur A. 1
American Federation of Musicians 1
Anderson, Alfred, 1899-1973 1
Anderson, Rose 1
Ashleigh, Charles 1
Barnett, Eugene 1
Baskin, Alex 1
Calvert, Herbert 1
Calvert, Mellie 1
Cedervall, Frank 1
Cedervall, Tor 1
Communication Workers of America 1
Copeland, Tom 1
Corder, Minnie F. 1
Dalton, Tracy 1
DiFranco, Ani 1
Earth First! (Organization) 1
East, Dennis 1
Edwards, Hagbard M. (Hagbard Marius) 1
Falkowski, Edward J. 1
Friedland, William H. 1
Gracia, Lawrence 1
Graves, Goddard 1
Green, Archie 1
Hall, Covington, 1871-1951 1
Henkelman, William, 1894- 1
Hering, Paul 1
Hoke-Miller, Floyd 1
Hotel & Restaurant Employees and Bartenders International Union 1
Industrial Workers of the World . San Francisco Bay Area Branch 1
Industrial Workers of the World. Detroit-Ann Arbor Branch 1
Ingar, David, -1970 1
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers 1
International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers 1
International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America. Local 163 (Detroit, Mich.) 1
Kornbluh, Joyce L. 1
Krieger, Sadie 1
Krieger, Samuel 1
Latchem, E. W., 1888- 1
Loafer's Glory 1
Lutzai, George 1
Margolis, Eric 1
Marie, Ingar 1
McMahan, Ronald L. 1
Metal and Machinery Workers Industrial Union. No. 440 (Cleveland, Ohio) 1
Morse, Kendall 1
No Guff Records 1
Oneka, John 1
Panzner, John 1
Peace Center of Nevada County 1
Peace and Freedom Party (U.S.) 1
Petric, Faith 1
Philo Records 1
Program on Women and Work 1
Progressive Party (U.S. : 1948) 1
Rand School of Social Science 1
Reagan, Patrick D. 1
Righteous Babe Records 1
Roderick, Barry N. 1
Rogan, Elaine 1
Ross, Mark 1
Rossi, Robert 1
Sender, Garlin 1
Seraile, William, 1941- 1
Service Employees International Union 1
Sing Out! Corporation 1
Smith, Elmer 1
Sorrels, Rosalie 1
Steelink, Nicolaas, 1890- 1
Stewart, Polly 1
Students for a Democratic Society (U.S.) 1
Taft, Philip 1
Tatsuro, Nomura, 1932- 1
Trautmann, W. E. (William Ernest), 1869- 1
United Farm Workers 1
United Mine Workers of America 1
United States. Labor Management Relations Act, 1947 1
United Steelworkers of America 1
Velsek, Charles 1
Velsek, Jennie 1
Vorse, Mary Heaton 1
Walsh, John, 1880- 1
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Search for clues in eye-gouging attack
By Hou Liqiang and Cheng Hong ( China Daily)
Six-year-old Guo Bin, whose eyes were gouged out in an attack, is out of danger after surgery, but the boy from Shanxi province is very upset even though he is not aware he is now blind.
"The boy is in a poor physical state and in a bad state of mind after the surgery," one of the boy's uncles, Guo Sibao, told China Daily on Wednesday. "He cries a lot and only likes to stay with his mother.
Six-year-old Guo Bin, whose eyes were gouged out, rests after surgery on Wednesday while his mother looks on at a hospital in Taiyuan, Shanxi province. Sun Ruisheng / China Daily
"The boy is unaware that he has lost his eyes and we told him his eyes were injured and there will be no problem after treatment when he asked why it was dark all the time," said the boy's another relative.
"We lied because we were worried telling the truth will deal a further blow to him."
Fenxi county police posted a notice on Tuesday offering a reward of 100,000 yuan ($16,340) for information that leads to the arrest of the assailant, who they said is a woman.
Guo's uncle told Beijing News that the boy's friend, who was playing with him before the attack, said a woman with blond hair took the boy away.
It was confirmed by a video the police found, but other physical features are too vague to recognize.
According to the Guo's mother, Wang Wenli, the boy said that the woman had asked him if anybody in his home played mahjong before taking him away.
"We had no disputes with anybody," said Wang, adding that she had no idea what had driven the attacker to commit the act.
Earlier media reports said the boy's corneas were missing, which led to speculation that the assailant was an organ trafficker.
But police said the corneas were "surely" with the eyes and ruled out the possibility of organ trafficking, but offered no alternative explanation for the attack.
"We are still working on it, so we cannot offer any comment or make any assumption on the motives," said a local police officer who declined to give his name.
The boy, who was set to start school next month, was discovered missing on Saturday evening. He was found after a five-hour search lying in a field, his face drenched in blood.
Guo's parents knew the boy's eyes were removed only after a CT scan at a local hospital before they called the police, Guo's uncle told China Daily.
The boy was later transferred to Shanxi Eye Hospital in Taiyuan, the capital of Shanxi, that night.
Police then found the boys' eyes near where he was lying late on Sunday.
More surgery planned
One of the boy's aunts, who declined to give her name, told China Daily that a further operation will be performed in at least two months, but the exact date is still unknown.
Doctors plan to give the boy artificial eyes so that people will not be startled by his appearance, she added.
The surgery has cost the family more than 20,000 yuan ($3,270), excluding the fee for tests, according to his family.
Provincial health authorities have suggested reducing the cost of the boy's medical treatment, or providing it for free.
Good-hearted people have donated almost 40,000 yuan, his aunt said.
The attack has gotten widespread attention of Chinese netizens, many of whom have offered their sympathy to the boy and who want severe punishment for the attacker.
"It was so inhuman, so cruel. (The criminal) should be dealt with strictly by law," Taiyuan resident Wang Yongwei said.
The case has topped the hot-topic list on China's popular Sina Weibo micro-blogging service, attracting tens of thousands of discussions and forwardings within days.
Xinhua contributed to the story.
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