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INEOS Group Businesses INEOS Shale
INEOS Shale a new oil and gas exploration and production business
INEOS Statement on the decision by Rotherham Council to remove its objection to test drilling at Woodsetts.
Fracking tests find ‘U.S. levels’ of gas in British Shale
INEOS calls for Government to end "unworkable" shale policy or end shale.
INEOS Shale stops legal action following National Trust agreement to allow Geological survey at Clumber Park
Currently there is a moratorium on all unconventional exploration and development. INEOS is in conversation with the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) as to the ongoing moratorium and specifically the science around seismicity risk assessment and operational monitoring. INEOS believe the shale resources in the UK can still play a key role in the UK’s energy provision for the coming decades, reducing imports and helping reduce the UK’s carbon footprint
With extensive licence interests across North and South Yorkshire, the East Midlands and Cheshire in addition to gathering geological information through 2D and 3D imaging technology we are also planning to carry out some exploration drilling, known as coring wells, that will provide detailed information about the rocks 2-3 km below the surface. We are committed to full and open consultation with local communities. When we have formulated exploration plans for any of our licences we will engage with all stakeholders in communities near to proposed sites before submitting planning applications. This will continue through each stage of the process.
Why Shale Gas?
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Rush Limbaugh Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom During State of the Union Address
5:48 PM PST 2/4/2020 by the Associated Press
Trump thanked Limbaugh for "decades of tireless devotion to our country" and said the award recognized the millions of people a day Limbaugh speaks to and inspires, as well as his charity work.
Standing before a Congress and nation sharply divided by impeachment, President Donald Trump used his State of the Union address Tuesday to extol a "Great American Comeback" on his watch, just three years after he took office decrying a land of "American carnage" under his predecessor.
The partisan discord was apparent for all to see as the first president to campaign for reelection while facing impeachment vigorously made his case for another term: Republican legislators chanted "Four More Years." House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ripped up her copy of Trump's speech as he ended his address.
"America's enemies are on the run, America's fortunes are on the rise and America's future is blazing bright," Trump declared. "In just three short years, we have shattered the mentality of American decline and we have rejected the downsizing of America’s destiny. We are moving forward at a pace that was unimaginable just a short time ago, and we are never going back!"
Offering the nation's economic success as the chief rationale for a second term, Trump’s speech resembled a lower-volume version of his campaign rallies, offering something for every section of his political base.
But while he tweets daily assailing his impeachment, Trump never mentioned the "i-word" in his 78-minute speech. He spoke from the House of Representatives, on the opposite side of the Capitol from where the Senate one day later was expected to acquit him largely along party lines.
Pelosi, a frequent thorn in Trump's side, created a viral image with her seemingly sarcastic applause of the president a year ago. This time, she was even more explicit with her very public rebuke.
Trump appeared no more cordial. When he climbed to the House rostrum, he did not take her outstretched hand though it was not clear he had seen her gesture. Later, as Republicans often cheered, she remained in her seat, at times shaking her head at his remarks.
Tim Murtaugh, the communications director for Trump's reelection team, responded to the ripped speech moment: "She might as well rip up any plans for attracting independent voters. Pelosi and the Democrats sat on their hands through all of the good news for Americans in that speech. It’s a sad place to be when good news for America is bad news for Democrats."
The White House accused Pelosi of disrespecting Trump's guests of honor by ripping up the speech. "Speaker Pelosi just ripped up: One of our last surviving Tuskegee Airmen. The survival of a child born at 21 weeks. The mourning families of Rocky Jones and Kayla Mueller. A service member's reunion with his family. That's her legacy," the White House tweeted.
Trump, the former reality TV star added a showbiz flavor to the staid event: He had wife Melania present the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, to the divisive conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh, who recently announced he has advanced lung cancer.
He stunned a young student in the gallery with a scholarship. And he orchestrated the surprise tearful reunion of a solider from overseas with his family in the balcony.
Even for a Trump-era news cycle that seems permanently set to hyper-speed, the breakneck pace of events dominating the first week of February offered a singular backdrop for the president's address.
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, who has presided in the Senate over only the third impeachment trial in the nation’s history, was on hand again Tuesday night — this time in his more customary seat in the audience. Trump stood before the very lawmakers who have voted to remove him from office — and those who are expected to acquit him when the Senate trial comes to a close.
The leading Senate Democrats hoping to unseat him in November were campaigning in New Hampshire.
In advance of his address, Trump tweeted that the chaos in Iowa's Monday leadoff caucuses showed Democrats were incompetent and should not be trusted to run the government.
Among Trump's guests in the chamber: Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó, who has been trying to win face time with Trump, his most important international ally.
The president offered Guaidó exactly the sort of endorsement he’s been looking for as he struggles to oust President Nicolás Maduro from power. Trump called Guaidó "the true and legitimate president of Venezuela."
"Socialism destroys nations," Trump declared.
The president entered the evening on a roll, with his impeachment acquittal imminent, his job approval numbers ticking upward and Wall Street looking strong. H e struck a largely optimistic tone Tuesday night, though even in past moments when Trump has struck a tone of bipartisanship and cooperation, he has consistently returned to harsher rhetoric within days.
In the closest historical comparison, Bill Clinton did not mention his recent impeachment when he delivered his State of the Union in 1999. In his address a year ago, Trump did remain on message, making no mention of how Pelosi had originally disinvited him from delivering the speech during the longest government shutdown in the nation’s history.
Trump spent much of the speech highlighting the economy's strength, including low unemployment, stressing how it has helped blue-collar workers and the middle class, though the period of growth began under his predecessor, Barack Obama. And what Trump calls an unprecedented boom is, by many measures, not all that different from the solid economy he inherited from President Barack Obama. Economic growth was 2.3% in 2019, matching the average pace since the Great Recession ended a decade ago in the first year of Obama's eight-year presidency
Trump stressed the new trade agreements he has negotiated, including his phase-one deal with China and the United States-Mexico-Canada agreement he signed last month.
While the White House said the president would have a message of unity, he also spent time on issues that have created great division and resonated with his political base. He attacked Democrats’ health care proposals for being too intrusive and again highlighted his signature issue — immigration — trumpeting the miles of border wall that have been constructed.
He also dedicated a section to "American values," discussing efforts to protect "religious liberties" and limit access to abortion as he continues to court the evangelical and conservative Christian voters who form a crucial part of his base.
The Democrats were supplying plenty of counter-programming, focusing on health care — the issue key to their takeover of the House last year. Trump, for his part, vowed to not allow a "socialist takeover of our health care system" a swipe at the Medicare For All proposal endorsed by some of his Democratic challengers.
Many female Democrats were wearing white as tribute to the suffragettes, while a number in the party were wearing red, white and blue-striped lapel pins to highlight climate change, saying Trump has rolled back environmental safeguards and given free rein to polluters.
Several Democratic lawmakers, including California Rep. Maxine Waters and New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, announced in advance of the speech that they would be skipping it, with the high-profile New York freshman tweeting that she would "not use my presence at a state ceremony to normalize Trump’s lawless conduct & subversion of the Constitution."
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer delivered her party's official response and drew a contrast between actions taken by Democrats and the president's rhetoric.
"It doesn’t matter what the president says about the stock market," Whitmer said. "What matters is that millions of people struggle to get by or don’t have enough money at the end of the month after paying for transportation, student loans, or prescription drugs."
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'Despicable Me' Exclusives Among Preorder Offers
Best Buy 'Despicable Me 3' exclusives
Among continuing sales offers in the wake of Black Friday, retailers touted preorders for upcoming home videos such as Despicable Me 3, coming Dec. 5.
Best Buy is offering a Steelbook Blu-ray for Despicable Me 3, as well as a 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray collection of all three "Despicable Me" movies.
Target is offering a free $5 gift card with preorders of the Despicable Me 3 Blu-ray.
Among other deals, Target has holiday movies, music and books priced at $8 and $10.
Walmart offered DreamWorks' Trolls Holiday DVD with an exclusive digital copy and sticker sheets bundle.
Target started offering a 4K UHD version of its exclusive Stranger Things: Season 1 Blu-ray combo pack.
By: John Latchem
'Hitman's Bodyguard,' 'Valerian' Steelbooks at Best Buy
Best Buy's 'Hitman's Bodyguard' and 'Valerian' Steelbooks
Best Buy offered exclusive Steelbook editions of Lionsgate's The Hitman's Bodyguard and Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets.
Walmart offered a mini "The Art of the Film" book with the Valerian Blu-ray.
Most stores were otherwise preparing for Black Friday sales.
Target offered holiday-movie DVDs priced at $4 and $6, and had select recent DVDs for $9 each.
Best Buy offered DVDs and Blu-rays at $3.99, $4.99 and $6.99 price points, plus $K Ultra HD Blu-rays at $9.99 each, and gift sets starting at $24.99.
'Atomic' Exclusives
'Atomic Blonde' Best Buy Steelbook and Target artwork
A few retailers offered exclusive packaging for Universal's Atomic Blonde upon its home video release Nov. 14.
Best Buy had Steelbook packaging for both the Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray editions.
Target had special box art with its Blu-ray slipcover, plus collectible Atomic Blonde art cards.
Among other titles, Walmart offered a DVD two-pack of The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature with a DVD of the first The Nut Job.
'Cars 3,' 'Westworld' Get Steelbook Treatment
Best Buy's 'Westworld' and 'Cars 3' Steelbook Blu-rays
Best Buy Nov. 7 offered Steelbook editions for the Blu-rays of Disney's Cars 3 and Warner's Westworld: Season 1.
Other Cars 3 retailer exclusives included Target's Blu-ray with storybook packaging, and Walmart's Blu-ray with three bonus Mater short cartoons.
Sony Pictures offered a deluxe gift set of the Blu-ray of The Crown: Season 1, but Amazon was the only retailer where it was readily available.
Best Buy Offers 'Dark Tower' Steelbook
Best Buy's 'Dark Tower' Steelbook
Halloween was relatively light on new releases, and thus retailer promotions on home video, for the week.
Among the only notable retail exclusives was at Best Buy, which offered a Steelbook edition of the 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray combo pack of Sony Pictures' The Dark Tower.
Best Buy is also taking preorders for its exclusive Steelbook Blu-ray of Disney's Cars 3, due Nov. 7.
Retail Fun With 'The Emoji Movie'
Walmart's 'Emoji Movie' with character plush
A couple of retailers offered exclusive pack-on goodies with the Blu-ray of Sony Pictures' The Emoji Movie.
Walmart offered the animated movie in a gift set containing the Blu-ray and a character plush backpack clip.
Target offered the Blu-ray with a pack-on movie-branded PopSocket mobile-device grip.
Among other titles, Target didn't have any copies of Fox's Teen Wolf: Season 6 Part 2 on shelves, and the title didn't come up on a search through Target.com. The title is listed at Target.com (where it comes up after a Google search), where is it listed as out of stock online.
Movies Anywhere a Good Next Step, But Some Digital Ownership Holes Remain
The introduction of Movies Anywhere, an expansion of the Disney Movies Anywhere platform to include four more studios, is the most significant advancement of the promotion of digital ownership since the launch of UltraViolet.
The concept behind UltraViolet was to give consumers more choices in playing back their digital content by linking several digital retailers. After it launched in 2011, UltraViolet became primarily associated with the code included with Blu-rays and DVDs that allowed consumers to have a free digital copy of a movie or TV show with the purchase of the physical disc. The content itself would be stored in the cloud, and UltraViolet accounts would give consumers the rights to access the content whenever they wished from affiliated websites and apps such as Flixster, CinemaNow or Vudu.
But, there were significant gaps in the service. Apples’ iTunes, one of the biggest retailers of digital content, did not sign up. Neither did Disney, which launched its own, proprietary Disney Movies Anywhere service, which was compatible with iTunes.
In essence, while you could buy almost any content from any retailer, you could only watch it across platforms depending on the interconnectivity deals they had in place. This could lead to some eclectic digital collections, as some studios began offering digital copy only through UltraViolet. So you could have some movies on iTunes and some on Flixster and no means to visit one site to gauge your entire library. In many cases, especially for families, this could lead to inadvertently buying the same content again without realizing you had it on a different service. (Some studios, such as Paramount and Universal, allowed the same code to redeem a digital copy on both iTunes and UltraViolet, which opened up options but was still essentially owning the movie twice in two different spots, even if it were free).
One key difference between digital and physical ownership, of course, is the nature of the playback device. With a disc, you put it in a Blu-ray or DVD player and watch it as many times as you want, and the brand or location of the player shouldn’t matter. With streaming, however, the retailer where you bought (or redeemed the code for) the movie also provides the playback device, via the retailer’s app or a video plug-in at their website.
Thus, the key for consumers looking for the best option to see as much of their collection as possible in one spot would be finding a retailer that used as many of the available rights lockers. With its deal with Disney Movies Anywhere, Walmart’s Vudu soon became the only digital retailer where consumers could see their cloud-based collections of movies and TV shows from all six major studios and participating mini-majors such as Lionsgate.
But, it’s not as if these facts where widely marketed or known to mainstream consumers, many of whom erroneously expect everything ever made to show up eventually on Netflix. For digital ownership to remain viable, the ability to access content couldn’t be so annoying as to drive more viewers to subscription streaming.
Another problem facing UltraViolet was the decline in compatible retailers, particularly big names such as Flixter and CinemaNow.
So, unless studios wanted to incur the wrath of other retail partners to exclusively promote Vudu as the digital solution, they needed to facilitate a way to expand how their movies interacted with a variety of digital retailers.
Aside from a few early technical snafus, creating a Movies Anywhere account and linking all a consumers’ retail accounts is a relatively seamless process. Plus, as a reboot of DMA, the new Movies Anywhere offers something that UltraViolet never did — a playback app. You still have to visit a participating retailer to buy the movie, but you can watch it through the MA app in addition to that retailer if you want.
Now, the Movies Anywhere app and website just allow you to see which movies you own that are connected to the Movies Anywhere platform (not unlike how the UV site lets you see which UV-linked movies you own). So you can’t watch your content from holdouts such as Paramount and Lionsgate there. And because those studios haven’t signed up yet, their movies won’t automatically cross-populate between participating retailers Vudu, iTunes, Amazon Video and Google Play the way the rest of your collection will (with some exceptions).
Also, the biggest drawback to Movies Anywhere thus far is that it doesn’t include TV shows. All the major retailers connected to Movies Anywhere also sell TV episodes and seasons, and many TV DVDs and Blu-rays include UltraViolet codes for the content. Thus, you can’t watch TV shows on the Movies Anywhere app or website, and if you own TV content on iTunes it won’t show up in Vudu, or vice versa.
That, and the lack of Paramount and Lionsgate content, means consumers may still have to jump between retailers to see all their content.
But, if those issues can be worked out, and soon, then Movies Anywhere represents a good step toward the one-stop option for digital content studios are looking to achieve.
Retailers Offer a Web of 'Spider-Man' Exclusives
Target and Best Buy exclusive 'Spider-Man: Homecoming' Blu-rays
Retailers offered several exclusives for Sony Pictures' Spider-Man: Homecoming Oct. 17.
Target touted a "triple exclusive" with a comic book, special packaging and artwork, and an exclusive bonus disc. Target also offered $5 with the purchase of both the movie and a $9.99 Spider-Man flip mask.
Best Buy offered Steelbook packaging with the 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray version of the movie.
Walmart offered a gift set with two Mashems figures, one Spidey and the other a mystery figure.
Amazon had the Spider-Man: Homecoming UHD Blu-ray with a collectible mask case.
Among other titles, Target offered Universal's Girls Trip with an exclusive one-year subscription to Essence.
For Warner's animated Batman vs. Two-Face, Best Buy offered the Blu-ray with Steelbook packaging, while Target offered lenticular box art.
One of the bigger Target exclusives during the week was a $24.99 Blu-ray/DVD combo set of Netflix's Stranger Things: Season 1 in retro packaging styled like a VHS tape with a collectible mini-poster.
Best Buy Offers 'Baby Driver' Steelbook
In a sparse week for retailer exclusives, Best Buy offered Steelbook packaging for Sony Pictures' Baby Driver 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray.
Target offered an exclusive bonus DVD with Paramount's new Dreamgirls: Director's Extended Edition Blu-ray with more than two-and-a-half hours of content.
Best Buy is offering $10 in rewards for My Best Buy Members with preorders and purchase of select digital and physical video games.
Retailers Load Up on 'Pirates' Booty
Best Buy 'Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales' Steelbook
Retailers offered quite a few options for consumers looking to buy Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales on disc.
Target offered the Blu-ray combo pack with exclusive digital bonus content in the form of featurettes "From the Depths" and "How to Steal a Bank."
Best Buy had Steelbook editions for the Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray versions. Best Buy also had the first four "Pirates" movies as low as $7.99 each.
Target is giving a $5 gift card with preorders for Spider-Man: Homecoming. The Blu-ray will include a comic book and an exclusive bonus disc.
Walmart had a display of Fox and MGM Halloween-themed Blu-rays and DVDs with limited-edition cover art by Mexican-Cuban-American artist Orlando Arocene. The copies at Walmart came with an exclusive coloring book featuring the designs.
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2018 Honda Accord Introduction
The 2018 Honda Accord is all new, more upscale and more refined. Built around a new chassis that utilizes more high-strength steel, it’s wider and lower than before, and it looks more substantial. Inside, it’s roomier and quieter.
There are two new turbocharged four-cylinder engines, with a hybrid version available late in the model year. Gone is the brilliant, smooth, longtime V6 (though it remains in other Honda products).
The new engines deliver adequate performance, but it’s the handling and ride that make the new Accord stand out.
The new sedan brings a Honda-made 10-speed automatic, soft leathers, wood dash accents, interior noise cancellation, LED headlamps, advanced safety features, and a slick 8.0-inch touchscreen on every model but the base LX.
The standard Accord LX still offers a lot. It uses a 1.5-liter turbocharged four-cylinder, mated to a continuously variable transmission, to bring a 33 Combined miles per gallon EPA rating, 38 mpg Highway. The ride is composed, the cabin is quiet, and there’s good rear legroom. A six-speed manual transmission is available for no cost.
Sport models get upgraded equipment and appearance features.
The popular EX and EX-L models get upgraded upholstery, bigger wheels, and better audio. The Accord Touring model with adaptive suspension feels upscale, almost feels like a luxury car, and is enjoyable to drive on a winding road.
The upgrade engine is a 2.0-liter turbocharged four cylinder making 252 horsepower and 273 pound-feet of torque. The 10-speed automatic is standard, a 6-speed manual available.
HondaSensing, standard on every model, includes forward collision warning with automatic emergency braking, active lane control, and adaptive cruise control. LED headlamps are standard.
The Accord Hybrid is expected in early 2018, beginning its third generation. Honda’s hybrid system is different than the others, using its internal combustion engine to power a generator that feeds two 181-hp electric motors that power the wheels. The engine is a 2.0-liter Atkinson-cycle four-cylinder making 143 horsepower, to make a total horsepower of 212 when combined with the electric motors. Compact batteries are relocated under the seat. We’ve had some seat time in prototypes, and the powerplant felt seamless.
Prices shown are manufacturer suggested retail prices only and do not include taxes, license, or doc fee. Manufacturer vehicle accessory costs, labor and installation vary. Please contact us with any questions.
**Based on 2014 EPA mileage ratings. Use for comparison purposes only. Your mileage will vary depending on driving conditions, how you drive and maintain your vehicle, battery-pack age/condition and other factors.
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Dawes County Inmate Listings (Nebraska)
Dawes County Jails and Prisons operate at the federal, state, and local level to detain suspected and convicted criminals in Dawes County, NE. These institutions process individuals who have been arrested for a crime, including both misdemeanors and felonies. Jails and Prisons maintain Dawes County inmate listings for people who have been arrested and booked through the correctional facility. These inmate listings include the individual's name, booking number, and the alleged offenses in the arrest charges. They may also include bond information and the inmate number. Dawes County Jails and Prisons typically provide online search databases for their inmate listings.
Dawes County Jail Chadron NE PO Box 671 69337 308-432-3025
Dawes County Jail Chadron NE 451 Main Street 69337
Dawes County Police Departments maintain order by providing law enforcement services such as stopping crimes and conducting investigations Dawes County, NE. They also maintain Dawes County inmate listings for individuals who have been arrested by the police and processed at a correctional facility. These inmate listings include the arrested individual's name, the criminal charges, and the date of the arrest and booking. They often contain bond information and the inmate number. Dawes County Police Departments often provide inmate listing information in online databases.
Chadron Police Department Chadron NE 125 Main Street 69337 308-432-0510
Crawford Police Department Crawford NE 250 Main Street 69339 308-665-2510
Nebraska State Patrol - Troop E - Sergeant Area 3 Chadron NE 316 Main Street 69337 308-432-6131
Dawes County Courts are judicial bodies charged with resolving legal disputes, which can include both criminal and civil cases Dawes County, NE. The courts are also involved in Dawes County jail and prison bookings, and they maintain records on individuals who have been arrested and booked at a Dawes County correctional facility. These inmate listings may include the arrested individual's name, the criminal charges, and the date of the arrest. Dawes County Court records can also provide information on the bail, inmate numbers, and any trial dates or court cases that resulted from the arrest. Courts may provide online access to their inmate listings.
Dawes County Courthouse Chadron NE 451 Main Street 69337 308-432-0116
Dawes County District Attorneys prosecute cases on behalf of the public, including criminal and civil cases Dawes County, NE. They also play a role in maintaining records on Dawes County arrests and jail bookings, which can include inmate listings. These Dawes County inmate listings include the arrested person's name, age, the criminal charge, and the date of the arrest. The Dawes County District Attorney's Office may also provide information on bail and any court cases that resulted from the arrest. These inmate listings may be available on the District Attorney's website.
Dawes County District Attorney Chadron NE PO Box 1346 69337 308-432-3900
Dawes County Sheriff Departments are law enforcement agencies that usually operate at the county or local level to maintain order and protect the public safety Dawes County, NE. They often maintain Dawes County inmate listings for individuals who have been arrested by the Sheriff Department and processed at a correctional facility. These inmate listings include the individual's name, booking number, and the arrest charges with information about the alleged offenses. They may also provide bond information and the Dawes County inmate number. Sheriff Departments often provide online access to their inmate listings.
Dawes County Sheriffs Office / Dawes County Jail Chadron NE 451 Main Street 69337 308-432-3025
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Russian lugers Demchenko and Ivanova to be defended by American lawyer
By Thomas Giles
President of the Russian Luge Federation Natalia Gart claims that banned athletes Albert Demchenko and Tatyana Ivanova will be represented by an American lawyer from Swiss law firm Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd at their Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) hearing.
Demchenko, currently head coach of the Russian national team, and Ivanova were both part of their country’s silver medal-winning mixed relay team at Sochi 2014 and have been banned for life from the Olympic Games and had their medals stripped after being implicated in the Russian doping scandal.
Gart has previously said that Demchenko and Ivanova, who have not been sanctioned by the International Luge Federation (FIL), were among preliminary entries submitted by Russia for Pyeongchang 2018.
The two athletes were among the 42 of 43 banned Russian athletes to submit appeals to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) with the hearing set to begin week commencing January 22 with the judgement coming no later than January 31.
Bobsledder Maxim Belugin is the sole athlete of the 43 to not submit an appeal with it reported that he tested positively for steroids supposedly present in the "Duchess cocktail".
An American lawyer from Swiss firm Schellenberg Wittmer will represent banned lugers Albert Demchenko and Tatyana Ivanova at a hearing before the Court of Arbitration for Sport on January 25, it has been claimed ©IFLR1000
As reported by Russia’s official state news agency TASS, Gart said: "I speak to the lawyer from Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd daily and keep a check on everything.
"But we are also interested in having an individual approach to all our athletes and, for the defence of our lugers, we attracted an American lawyer.
"Together with his Swiss colleagues, the lawyer from the US will defend only Demchenko and Ivanova.
"I really hope that the hearing will take place no later than January 25.
"We will ask CAS to hear our case early because Albert [Demchenko] and Tatyana [Ivanova] need to be at the European Championships, which take place in Latvia from January 27 to 28."
insidethegames has contacted Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd for comment.
TASS reported yesterday that Demchenko and Ivanova will fly to Lausanne to be at the hearing themselves.
It has also been announced that the Russian women’s ice hockey players banned for life by the IOC will attend the CAS hearing.
January 2018: Rodchenkov to testify at CAS hearing for 42 Russian athletes
January 2018: CAS confirm 42 of 43 Russians have appealed bans for doping at Sochi 2014
January 2018: Ivanova among entrants at Luge World Cup in Königssee
January 2018: Banned lugers among preliminary entries submitted by Russia for Pyeongchang 2018
January 2018: Russian sliders still eligible to compete in IBSF events after CAS decide against ruling
Thomas Giles Junior Reporter
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Prior to joining insidethegames.biz in November 2017, Thomas worked as a freelance sports writer specialising in football. He has covered several tournaments and events including the 2017 Confederations Cup along with many Champions League and Europa League matches. Thomas is particularly interested in Russian sport and society and is a fluent Russian speaker having studied the language at the University of Nottingham as well as living in the country for several years.
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When illness strikes: How a risk management plan for your accounting practice pays off
inpractice Small business 18 Mar 2019
By Susan Muldowney
Ron Flood CPA, a public practitioner, successfully battled cancer while keeping his practice afloat. Learn how having a risk management plan helped.
In early 2017, Ron Flood CPA developed what he thought were the symptoms of the common cold: general fatigue, a few aches and pains and a sore throat. The cold never materialised but the sore throat persisted. Blood test results showed an irregularity and a follow-up PET scan revealed what Flood describes as a “horrific situation”.
“I had cancer in my throat, in both lungs, in my liver, in my sternum and my spine,” says the 68-year-old sole practitioner from Palm Cove in Queensland.
“I’d had had melanoma removed from my shoulder in 2004, which had spread into my glands. The cancer was pretty much everywhere and I knew where I was headed. I got ready to say goodbye to the world.”
A revolutionary response
Miraculously, Flood’s farewell proved to be premature. After signing up to a trial of a new-generation of cancer drugs, he is now cancer free and has returned to work as a semi-retired practitioner with three long-term customers on his books.
The risk management plan he had devised years earlier provided business continuity while he underwent treatment, and the new cancer drugs have given him a second chance at life.
After his diagnosis, doctors expected Flood to live for just six months and began treating the tumours in his throat with radiation therapy. The pain medication Flood was taking initially made him ineligible for the clinical trial, however the drugs’ developer, Bristol-Myers Squibb, gave oncologists at Cairns hospital permission to include him.
Flood received a combination of two drugs – Opdivo and Yervoy – through intravenous therapy over a several months. While traditional cancer treatments, such as radiation and chemotherapy attack both the cancer and the body, the new drugs are part of a revolutionary immuno-oncology treatment designed to boost the body’s defences.
They help the body to fight off the disease by targeting the same immune pathways that tumour cells use to evade eradication.
“I sat on a couch and received the medication intravenously,” says Flood.
“It doesn't target cancer; what it does is give my immune system the ability to find the cancer, eradicate it and then repair any damage that’s been done. It’s almost beyond comprehension.”
A risk management plan for his public practice
After receiving what Flood describes as his “death sentence”, he enacted his risk management plan. He had developed relationships with two other accountants who would take over his work if he was incapacitated.
“I’d written summary documents about my customers and had briefed the accountants who would take over,” says Flood.
“I’d also explained to my customers the plan if anything were to happen to me. I basically followed the CPA Australia risk management plan.”
ATO assistant commissioner Colin Walker emphasises the value of working with a professional association to develop such as plan.
“The ATO also offers practitioners support if they are experiencing physical or mental illness,” he says. (See ATO Resources, below.)
“It’s important that they contact us as soon as possible so we can devise the best way to help them.”
Walker says support may come in many forms. “There’s no one-size-fits-all approach because we need to ascertain an individual’s requirements.”
Support may include lodgement deferrals, suspending compliance action or developing a managed lodgement program to helping practitioners to prioritise their outstanding and upcoming obligations.
The ATO also offers a complex issues resolution service for registered agents who require assistance with complicated administrative issues or tax technical interpretation queries. It aims to resolve issues within five working days.
“Not enough practitioners are coming to us for help,” says Wilson.
“They think they can get through it on their own but there’s a lot that we can do to take the pressure off and we have an important role to play.”
Fighting fit
Throughout the drug trial, Flood says he was “pretty much an invalid” due to side effects of the treatment.
“My attitude was that I had nothing to lose and I thought, ‘do what you want’, but I’d lost 40kg and had reached a stage where they thought the treatment was too strong for me and they pulled me off the program.”
However, test results showed that Flood was responding to the drugs. The tumours were shrinking and, when he came off the program in November 2017, there was only one tumour visible in a PET scan.
“Three months later, there were none,” says Flood. “I have PET scans every three months and there is absolutely no cancer in my body.”
Flood returned to work at the beginning of 2018 and describes it as a “revelation”.
“The risk management plan worked, and I was able to pick up where I left off,” he says.
Cancer patients like Flood now access Opdivo and Yervoy, which are two of five new cancer medications listed on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) in November last year.
Patients with forms of leukaemia, advanced intestinal and pancreatic tumours, melanomas, bowel cancer and ovarian cancer are expected to benefit from these new listings, paying $39.50 per script, instead of up to $30,000 a year. The PBS listing represents the first time a combination immuno-oncology treatment has been reimbursed by the Federal Government.
“I have to emphasise how revolutionary this is as a cancer treatment,” says Flood.
“The only damage done to my body is that I’ve totally lost hearing in my right ear, but that was because of the radiation therapy. Physically, I feel as though the cancer was never there.”
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GTA 6 should adopt this pivotal Mass Effect feature
The next GTA story mode needs to be more of an RPG.
Danny Paez
Grand Theft Auto Online gives players thousands of options when it comes to customizing their virtual persona, but GTA 5's single-player story offers virtually no freedom when it comes to customizing protagonists Franklin, Michael, and Trevor.
While GTA 5's plot heavily relied on the whacky and deranged characters that Rockstar Games designed, GTA 6 should take a more traditional role-playing game approach to its single-player. Instead of forcing players into the roles of pre-set characters, Rockstar should allow users to fully customize GTA 6's protagonist's gender, appearance, and how they sound, just like the Mass Effect series and other BioWare games. This is something we desperately want to see when the next installment is released.
Bioware's Mass Effect let gamers play through the science-fiction series with either a pre-built or completely personalized protagonist. The developer even had a male and female voice actor record lines for the game's protagonist depending on which gender the player chose, which is something that Rockstar could easily pull off on top of offering GTA Online levels of customization in the game's story mode. Plenty of gamers that have taken Inverse's GTA 6 survey wrote in that they wanted a female protagonist in the next game. Why not give players the freedom to choose?
'GTA 6' needs to seriously up its single-player character personalization features. Rockstar Games
GTA 5 had an immense cast of voice actors that brought Los Santos to life, GTA 6 should do the same but offer a variety of male, female, and gender-neutral voice options at the character creation menu. Games like Madden 21's "Face of the Franchise" story mode already offer players the option to select different voices and accents.
Rockstar could take this a step further to truly make GTA 6 next-gen by giving players the options to pick from a variety of different American and international accents. So you could give your character some Southern twang or choose from a number of Latin American accents, like Colombian or Brazilian.
The protagonists in 'GTA 5' were some of the best the series has introduced. But 'GTA 6' needs to let players live out their own crime drama. Eliascool1 / DeviantArt
A wide selection of different voices would perfectly complement a single-player mode character creator that has long been requested by fans.
The GTA 5 modder community has even scraped together their own version of a character creation menu for the game's single-player mode, titled Skin Control, which has been downloaded more than 200,000 times.
The mode essentially imported the GTA Online character creation screen into the story mode. Unfortunately, the mod is no longer supported which leaves it up to Rockstar to deliver on the Mass Effect-levels of character customization that gamers want to see in GTA 6. But maybe that's the very reason why it's no longer supported?
'GTA 5' modders have laid out the groundwork for a fleshed out, single-player character customization menu. Now Rockstar needs to incorporate the feature in to 'GTA 6's story mode. Rockstar Games
Rockstar hasn't confirmed that GTA 6 is in the works just yet, but an April report by games journalist Jason Schreier revealed that the developer has begun work on its next monumental open-world adventure. Unverified GTA 6 rumors have suggested that it'll be a story about an up-and-coming drug smuggler and based in various U.S. and Latin American cities, like a hat tip to Netflix's Narcos.
As such, there's no official word on when the game might be released, but publisher Take-Two Interactive did drop a few hints in early August. GTA Online is going standalone in the second half of 2021 when it'll be free for PlayStation 5 players for several months. In the best possible scenario, the full GTA 6 might also launch around that time — but that's pure speculation.
Let's hope Rockstar will let its fans live out their drug pushing escapades with any kind of character they want.
GTA 6 is reportedly in early development.
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Machinists Union to Delta and JetBlue: You Are Not Above the Law
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WASHINGTON, May 21, 2020 -- The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) today reiterated its demand that Delta Air Lines and JetBlue Airways restore workers’ pay and benefits. Delta and JetBlue combined have accepted approximately $6.5 billion under the CARES Act in taxpayer funded airline bailout money intended to maintain workers’ jobs, pay and benefits until at least Sept. 30, 2020.
Earlier this month, the IAM filed a federal lawsuit against United Airlines after the carrier announced similar plans to reduce all full-time ground workers’ hours, which would have reduced their pay and benefits. United then reversed course and suspended its plan.
"Delta and JetBlue may not have reduced hourly pay rates, but they did reduce weekly, monthly and yearly pay rates, just as United tried to do,” said IAM General Vice President Sito Pantoja. “The undeniable result is workers are involuntarily taking home less money to support their families. A pay cut is a pay cut.”
Both Delta and JetBlue applied for and received taxpayer funds under the Payroll Support Program component of the CARES Act, which required airlines to maintain workers’ jobs, pay and benefits as a condition of taking the funds.
In letters to the CEOs of Delta and JetBlue, 13 Senators led by Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) wrote, “Your workers supported relief for airlines on the condition that their jobs, pay, and benefits would be protected. On April 23, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers wrote you a letter opposing your mandatory time off policy, and noting that, ‘The IAM, along with the all the other AFL-CIO affiliated transportation unions, and Delta JetBlue workers, fought for the federal stimulus to protect airline workers and save the airline industry from the ravages of the novel coronavirus pandemic,’ but that your company is ‘using that good faith support of airline workers around the country and at every carrier to [undermine the interest of your own workforces].’”
“We called on Delta and JetBlue to reverse course over three weeks ago and they have thumbed their noses at their employees, Congress and American taxpayers,” continued Pantoja. “Delta and JetBlue are not above the law and should immediately restore their workers’ pay and benefits as required under the CARES Act.”
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May 21, 2020 - 7:12 pm Reply
exactly right
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Share this Story: COVID numbers dip again in Sudbury (updated)
COVID numbers dip again in Sudbury (updated)
Case at Northeastern Elementary now resolved
A computer image created by Nexu Science Communication together with Trinity College in Dublin, shows a model structurally representative of a betacoronavirus which is the type of virus linked to COVID-19, better known as the coronavirus linked to the Wuhan outbreak, shared with Reuters on Feb. 18, 2020. Nexus Science Communication/via Reuters File
Sudbury’s COVID-19 case count inched downward for the second straight day on Friday, with no new confirmed cases and one newly resolved, for an active total of 13.
The total number of confirmed cases announced by Public Health Sudbury and Districts remained at 228. Of those, 215 have now been declared resolved.
COVID numbers dip again in Sudbury (updated) Back to video
Rainbow District School Board announced in a letter to parents and guardians on Friday that a previously announced case in a student at Northeastern Elementary School in Garson has been resolved.
The board thanked students and staff who were asked to isolate as part of COVID-19 protocols, and welcomed back students who had been learning remotely.
Outbreaks declared at Extendicare Falconbridge and Extendicare York earlier this week remain active, following positive tests by staff members at both sites, but no new cases have been announced in recent days.
Public Health will update COVID-19 case data at www.phsd.ca again on Saturday at 4 p.m. The health unit has been updating data twice daily on weekdays, at 10:30 a.m. and 4 p.m., but plans to switch to a single daily update at 4 p.m., beginning on Monday.
While it was a good day in Sudbury, Ontario, on the whole, reported another daily record high in new cases of COVID-19 with 1,855 laboratory-confirmed cases reported Friday.
Those include 517 new cases in Peel and 494 in Toronto, with both regions beginning the week under the province’s most restrictive lockdown measures. There were 189 new cases reported in York and 130 new cases in Halton region. Combined, the broad Toronto region accounted for almost 75 per cent of the new cases.
The new totals pushed the seven-day average to 1,489 cases, another record.
There were 20 new deaths reported Friday, with 3,595 deaths now attributed to coronavirus in Ontario.
There have now been 111,216 total confirmed cases in the province, and Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliott said 1,451 cases have been resolved in the last 24-hour reporting period.
Hospitalizations declined slightly to 541 after several days of increasing numbers, with 556 patients in Ontario hospitals Thursday. The week began with 484 patients in hospital.
Of those currently in hospital, 151 are in intensive care and 101 require a ventilator.
Ontario announced Friday that five public health regions will move to more stringent levels of restrictions on the province’s COVID-19 response framework.
Windsor-Essex, which reported 51 new cases Friday, will move into the red “control” level, while Haldimand-Norfolk will move to orange “restrict,” and Hastings-Prince Edward, Lambton and
Northwestern regions will move to yellow “protect.”
“Over the last week we have seen a shift in the trends of key public health indicators in regions across the province, and by moving these five regions to a new level in the framework, we can ensure that the necessary targeted measures are in place to stop the spread of the virus and allow us to keep our schools and businesses open,” said Elliott in a statement.
— with files from Postmedia
Twitter: @SudburyStar
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Garda chased motorcyclist at 191 kph
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The case was heard at Naas District Court
A man who drove a motorbike at speeds of up to 191 km/h near Naas received a custody term in Naas District Court on October 28.
James Hughes, 36, whose address was given as 852 Piercetown, Newbridge, was prosecuted for dangerous driving on August 15 last Newhall.
Garda John O’Sullivan told the court he saw a yellow motorcycle being driven at Newhall.
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He was in an unmarked patrol car and he accelerated to 150 km/h and “it continued to pull away.”
He said it was driven on to the northbound route of the motorway and it overtook and undertook traffic.
The garda was driving at close to 200 km/h but when he tested the car he was driving with a gun used to detect speeding it emerged that the speed he was actually driving at on the date was 191 km/h.
The garda conducted this test after closing off a section of the roadway.
He said the defendant started to slow down some 10 kilometres later at Monread North, Naas.
He was signalled to stop and pulled in.
The garda, who has experience of motorcycles, agreed that although the motorbike was a 1999 model, it was in good condition.
The defendant said that he was on his way to the Coombe Hospital at the time.
Solicitor David Gibbons said the man’s partner called him to say she was going into hospital.
Mr Gibbons described the incident “as an irrational response to getting bad news” and the couple had lost a child previously.
Mr Gibbons said most of the defendant’s convictions occurred before 2008.
He cares for his father, who has a disability and who will have to have a foot amputated,
The court heard the defendant has 20 previous convictions, the most recent of which was seven years ago.
Judge Desmond Zaidan said that while the road is in good condition the incident was “absolute madness.”
He added “he might arrived five or 10 minutes early, or he might arrived dead.”
The defendant could have ended up in a vegetative state, being fed through a tube.
“The message has to go out that if you’ve no regard for your own safety or welfare , think about others. Roads aren't meant for this. Anything can go wrong like a blowout."
He imposed a five months custody term and a six year driving ban.
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A cinnamon-colored black bear forages on intertidal shellfish on a cliff. (Photo by Joss Bakker)
By MARY F. WILLSON
Thursday, May 31, 2018 7:35pm
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We often think of land and sea as totally separate entities, and this is commonly reflected in separate governmental jurisdictions. But the biological reality is that the two “entities” are very closely linked, and here in Southeast Alaska that connectedness is very evident.
Perhaps the most well-known ecological link between sea and land is told in the story of the “salmon forest.” Spawning salmon return to freshwater streams, bringing marine-derived nutrients (and pollutants) in their bodies. The spawners die or are eaten by predators such as bears, wolves, and eagles. Smaller consumers, including mink, otters, and some song birds, also nibble on the carcasses. The fish-eaters sometimes drag the carcasses into the forest and all the consumers deposit digested fish and the contained nutrients on the landscape, sometimes quite far from the streams. Flies and other insects lay eggs on the carcasses and aquatic insects have bountiful dinners; the flourishing abundances of insects are consumed by birds that contribute to the spread of nutrients over the landscape. These animals help fertilize the surrounding land.
But there are also many other channels by which marine-derived nutrients reach land. Less spectacular, perhaps, than the salmon runs and the attendant consumers, these other links make their contribution to the connection between sea and land. Lots of critters forage at the edge of the sea and then move up into the forest and meadows, where they deposit their digested dinners. Bears dig clams in muddy intertidal zones and gnaw barnacles off rocks. Bears, geese, and probably our beach marmots graze in the sedge meadows. Deer graze on sedges and intertidal plants. Ravens dig up sand lance and clams from the sediments. Eagles harvest herring and sand lance, and sometimes capture marine birds. Crows and ravens prey on sea urchins and small crabs and, during a eulachon run, these birds are known to store captured fish in grass tussocks and in trees.
It’s not all one-way, of course; it’s a two-way connectedness. The land has some major influences on the sea. Run-off from rain and snow-melt regularly carry the products of erosion, including sediment, fallen trees, and some dissolved nutrients, eventually to the sea. Glacier-fed streams send a rich supply of minerals and organic nutrients to the sea, feeding the plankton that feeds the herring and the whales and lots of other organisms.
Human activity can have some major effects too. A recent excursion to Hawk Inlet on Admiralty Island made this abundantly clear. This was a Southeast Alaska Conservation Council cruise, so the emphasis was on what the mining activities near the inlet are probably doing to things in the sea. Waste products from the mine are pumped out into the lower inlet, where some sink to the bottom and some are swirled about by the incoming and outgoing tides. Leachates from the tailings piles ooze downhill toward the beach. The situation there came to our attention when a harbor seal, harvested in that area and eaten by humans, was found to be heavily laden with toxic chemicals. Then the levels of various toxic metals (e.g., lead, selenium, and several others) in blue mussels, shrimp, crabs, clams, and cockles from the inlet were found to be several times higher than in other parts of Alaska. Perhaps not coincidentally, local herring spawning aggregations and littleneck clams have recently disappeared; so has a run of king salmon. The initial concern has been for humans that harvest wild food in this area.
However, if mussels, clams, shrimp, and cockles are picking up high levels of contaminants, it’s a sure thing that many other organisms are too, leading to ramifying consequences throughout the food chains. Contaminants, such as the toxic metals of direct concern here, get passed up the food chain, accumulating at higher and higher levels, until the top predators get really big doses. Even before the contaminant concentrations become lethal, sub-lethal levels (sometimes very small amounts) can change body chemistry in serious ways, including growth rates, behavior, and even the gender of some consumers. Such changes would be reflected in population sizes of the consumers and that, in turn, would affect the populations of their predators.
On this cruise, we saw some of the spectacular wildlife for which Southeast is famous. There were brown bears foraging on sedges in beach-side meadows. Dall’s porpoises dashed past the boat. Humpback whales cruised by and dove. A group of killer whales moseyed back and forth, sometimes making impressive vertical leaps out of the water. All of those species depend on resources that could be affected by contaminants. To take just one example: Killer whales are top predators that could accumulate high levels of contaminants from their prey. Resident killer whales eat fish, those that eat plankton directly and those that eat plankton-eaters, while transient killer whales eat marine mammals that eat fish that …
The other animals we observed could also be exposed to some level of potentially toxic mine effluent. Even though the effluent from the inlet presumably gets diluted in the larger channel, sometimes a little bit can have huge impacts. It is unlikely that anyone will look to see if that occurs, so it would be wiser to prevent it from happening in the first place.
• Mary F. Willson is a retired professor of ecology. Her essays can be found online at www.onthetrailsjuneau.wordpress.com
Northwestern crows dig up sand lance from the tide flats. (Photo by Bob Armstrong)
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Cloud County Finalist For Chicken Plant
KSAL StaffOctober 19, 2017
Three Kansas sites are finalists to land a new Tyson chicken processing plant.
Sedgwick, Cloud and Montgomery counties are under consideration for the plant, which would create numerous jobs.
Tyson announced earlier this year that “Project Sunset” would be built near Tonganoxie, but later reconsidered. The decision came after the Leavenworth County Commission reversed its support of issuing $500 million in industrial revenue bonds to help finance the plant. The commission rescinded the resolution amid growing opposition to the plant from Leavenworth County residents. Among things at issue were the secrecy surrounding the project.
Saline County Commissioners support the effort to attract the chicken plant to Cloud County.
Back in September, the county commission sent a letter in “support of the efforts of Cloud County and the City of Concordia to bring Project Sunset to North Central Kansas.”
The letter said, “Employees for Tyson Foods’ new plant will come from a broad area across the (US Highway) 81 Corridor Region. Workers moving to the region will find a wide variety of homes for sale and rental properties in both rural and town locations.” It notes the area’s “excellent transportation networks”. The letter states “the entire 81 Corridor Region to be a supportive and welcoming location for (the Tyson Foods) company and this new state-of-the-art fully integrated poultry complex.”
The plant is expected to bring about 1,600 jobs with it.
(information from Metro Source News)
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Trump asked about Ukraine aid before July Zelenskiy call
Volodymyr Zelenskiy (center), Ukraine's president, inspects sniper rifles during an Interior Ministry military drill in Stare, Ukraine, on Sept. 30. | BLOOMBERG
by Daniel Flatley
WASHINGTON – New documents show President Donald Trump asked about U.S. military aid to Ukraine a month before the call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that went on to trigger an impeachment investigation.
The heavily redacted emails, obtained under a freedom of information request by the Center for Public Integrity, also show that administration officials ordered a hold on the aid about an hour after the leaders’ call on July 25.
Trump asked about a June 19 article in the Washington Examiner newspaper referencing the aid. Michael Duffey, an official at the Office of Management and Budget, wrote to the Pentagon requesting more detail about the funding, according to an email from Duffey to the Pentagon comptroller.
“The President has asked about this funding release, and I have been tasked to follow-up with someone over there to get more detail.”
An email from Duffey to Deputy Secretary of Defense David Norquist on July 25, shortly after the Trump-Zelenskiy phone call, expressed uneasiness about the hold.
“Given the sensitive nature of the request, I appreciate your keeping that information closely held to those who need to know,” Duffey wrote.
The new documents “reveal how quickly the White House moved to cut off military aid to Ukraine,” Susan Smith Richardson, chief executive officer of the CPI, said in a statement on Saturday.
Duffey, an OMB official working on national security issues, is one of four witnesses Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has requested for the pending Senate trial of Trump on two articles of impeachment passed by the House of Representatives last week.
Schumer met with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday to discuss the terms of a trial. The meeting ended in an impasse before Congress broke for the holidays.
Schumer “made clear to Sen. McConnell that the witnesses and documents are necessary to ensure a fair trial in the Senate,” spokesman Justin Goodman said. McConnell has been pushing for a process that likely won’t include any witnesses.
The other officials Schumer has requested are Mick Mulvaney, the acting White House chief of staff, John Bolton, the former national security adviser who left the administration in September, and Robert Blair, an adviser to Mulvaney.
The House adopted two articles of impeachment against Trump Wednesday following an investigation into allegations that the president withheld military aid from Ukraine in an effort to extract politically damaging information about a domestic political rival, former Vice President Joe Biden.
The historic votes Wednesday won the support of almost all Democrats in the House chamber but not a single Republican, leaving Trump as only the third president in U.S. history to be impeached.
Sen. Chris Murphy, a Democrat from Connecticut, said Saturday on Twitter that the new documents, which CPI — a nonprofit investigative journalism organization — reported late Friday, show that the internal notes show Trump’s “direct involvement” in the matter.
Murphy later seemed to concede that the documents, while important, were just the latest piece of evidence in a monthslong inquiry spearheaded by House Democrats that still seems certain to end in Trump’s acquittal by the Republican-controlled Senate, some time in early 2020.
“Frankly it’s just the 77th piece of evidence confirming the same thing,” Murphy said in a reply to Sen. Brian Schatz, a Hawaii Democrat.
Republican Sen. Ron Johnson said the new emails “don’t shed any new light” on the Ukraine matter.
“The president’s been very consistent in the explanation he gave to me in terms of why he had reservations about Ukraine, the generalized and endemic corruption,” Johnson said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week.”
As the Senate gears up for an impeachment trial of Trump in January, the Wisconsin lawmaker said he would “support the president and the type of trial he wants.”
The comment echoed McConnell’s recent vow of “total coordination with the White House” on impeachment strategy, one that has enraged many Democrats.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar, a Minnesota Democrat, said Sunday that McConnell’s partisan approach to impeachment was “a serious problem.”
Americans are “looking for a fair trial, not a fake trial,” Klobuchar, a 2020 presidential hopeful, said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”
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BMX freestyle park rider Rim Nakamura suffers broken left heel
Rim Nakamura competes in the elite category of the BMX freestyle national championships on Sept. 21 in Okayama. | KYODO
Japan’s Rim Nakamura, a gold medal hopeful in the men’s BMX freestyle park at the postponed Tokyo Olympics, broke a bone in his left heel in September and underwent surgery to fix it, sources close to the matter said Monday.
The 18-year-old is expected to get back on the bike in stages after the turn of the year, depending on how he progresses with his rehabilitation, the sources said.
“While filming for my edit, I broke my heel. I will be back stronger,” the Kyoto native wrote in English on his Instagram account along with a picture of himself on crutches with his left foot bandaged in a brace.
In June, the Japan Cycling Federation named Nakamura to compete at the Tokyo Games in a newly-added, trick-focused discipline in which riders are scored by judges.
Nakamura claimed his first-ever UCI World Cup win in Chengdu, China last November, and finished the season at the top of the overall classification.
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“Build First, Ask Permission Later” Not The Best Plan
Sometimes “act first, ask permission later” isn’t the best course of action, as evidenced by a recent Land Court decision concerning a change to a Gloucester multi-family home.
The entire factual history is set forth in detail in the Court’s decision in Gattineri v. McGeary, (Mass. Land Ct. Oct. 31, 2016), but can be summarized as follows. Plaintiff Daniel Gattineri, both individually and in various business and trust capacities over the years, was involved in renovating an historic house in Gloucester that was converted to multi-family use pursuant to a special permit issued to the prior owner. The special permit allowed for 4 units with a total of 7 bedrooms. Gattineri eliminated the 4th unit, turned the remaining 3 units into a condominium, and purchased Unit 2, which had 2 bedrooms. Despite the limitations set by the special permit, Gattineri enclosed the second-story porch off Unit 2, converting it to a third bedroom. An interim building inspector told Gattineri that the conversion didn’t require an amendment to the special permit, but shortly after construction began, the new permanent building inspector advised Gattineri that he needed a modification of the special permit to allow the proposed third bedroom in Unit 2, and that any work undertaken was at Gattineri’s risk. Nonetheless, Gattineri completed construction and began living in or renting Unit 2 without an occupancy permit, which the building inspector refused to issue. Gattineri appealed this refusal, along with the denial of his requests for a modification of the special permit, to the Superior Court, which affirmed Gloucester’s position. Gattineri further appealed, but never followed through, leaving the appeals in limbo.
Gattineri next appealed to the State Building Code Appeals Board (“SBCAB”), alleging that the building inspector never acted on his request for an occupancy permit. The SBCAB ordered Gloucester to issue the occupancy permit, but upon appeal, the Superior Court annulled the SBCAB’s decision, which decision was later upheld by the Appeals Court.
Presumably in an attempt to resolve the issue once and for all, in 2015 Gattineri and Gloucester entered into an Agreement for Judgment in two of the Superior Court cases (notwithstanding the entry of judgment in 2006 and Gattineri’s failure to pursue the appeals). Gattineri agreed to file an application to amend the special permit to allow the already-completed conversion of the open deck to a third bedroom in Unit 2. If the amendment was approved, Gattineri would pay $40,000 to Gloucester in lieu of fines; if the amendment was not approved, Gattineri would file the necessary applications to demolish the bedroom and reconstruct the deck.
Gattineri filed his application to amend the special permit, but it was denied for lack of the requisite supermajority vote. Rather than comply with the Agreement for Judgment and move forward with demolition, Gattineri appealed the denial to the Land Court.
The Land Court determined that Gloucester applied an appropriate standard for review of the request to amend the special permit, was not estopped from denying the amendment, did not single out Gattineri for harsher treatment than other residents of Gloucester, and that Gloucester reasonably concluded that it “anticipates no beneficial effect from granting the application. Far from comporting with the general purpose of the ordinance, the requested amendment would reward Gattineri for flouting the terms of the Special Permit. It would allow an undue intensification of use in an already crowded neighborhood.” Cognizant of “the discretion afforded to a special permit granting authority to deny an application for a special permit even if the standards for granting the permit could be found to be met,” the Land Court upheld the denial of the modification of the special permit.
Whether this resolves the long-standing issue remains to be seen. However, the case serves as a good reminder that though “[t]here is a school of thought that it is better to ask for forgiveness than for permission, . . . in order render such a practice even remotely viable, one must at least try to make it appear as if one is actually asking for forgiveness,” and that an approach that involves a “thirteen-year strategy of ignoring the lawful orders of the building inspector, occupying or renting a dwelling unit with no occupancy permit, and conducting dilatory litigation in Superior Court” is not the best way to proceed.
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|Podcast| A Simple F*cking Gesture - Jesse Shamata
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Jesse Shamata is a collaborative film and tv writer/director with a penchant for dark humor. His previous film Break A Leg premiered at NewDirectors/NewFilms at the MoMA. His films have screened internationally at fests including Clermont-Ferrand & Palm Springs.
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A SIMPLE FUCKING GESTURE
A short comedy film by Jesse Shamata
While stuck in traffic, emotions escalate for a husband and wife when another driver doesn’t give them a "thank you wave" after they cut in. Comparing him to a symbol of all that is wrong in the world, they are terrified when he pulls over to confront them.
ABOUT THE CASTS
CHRISTY BRUCE
Originally from Calgary, Christy first started improvising at The Loose Moose Theatre with Keith Johnstone. After moving to Toronto in 2000, she was hired by the Second City. She has been performing with the company ever since, teaching and doing shows across the county and as far away as Bosnia and Monaco.
Select TV credits: Schitt’s Creek, The Handmaid’s Tale, New Eden, Designated Survivor, Suits, Reign, Newborn Moms, The Strain, Orphan Black, and Odd Squad. Christy can also be found performing in the hit improv show Hookupat The Bad Dog Theatre in Toronto.
Select Theatre: Dracula: The Bloody Truth (WCT, Theatre Northwest), Blind Date (across Canada and in London’s West End), The Canadian (1000 Islands Playhouse) Undercover (The Tarragon, Vertigo Theatre, Citadel Theatre), Murder in the Cottonwoods (Toronto Fringe), Legend Has It (ATP, Brooklyn Academy of Music), DINK! (The Factory Theatre), This is Cancer (Halifax), The Forum (Stratford Festival), and Private Lives with Kim Cattrall and Paul Gross (New York).
CHUCK SHAMATA
Chuck Shamata has enjoyed an extensive film, television and theatre career. Recently, he completed John Madden's gun control thriller Miss Sloane, starring Jessica Chastain. His feature credits also include Flash of Genius, The Sentinel, Cinderella Man, The Day After Tomorrow, One Week, Still Mine, Clown, Wargames: The Dead Code, and Joshua Then And Now.
Shamata has been nominated for three Canadian Screen Awards. His first feature, Between Friends, is acknowledged as one of Canada's best, for which the legendary Vittorio De Sica presented him a "Migliore Attore" award at the Sorrento Film Festival.
Shamata's television credits are equally wide-ranging. He recurs in the Crackle TV series The Art of More, and stars as Uncle Cheech in the hit animated series Fugget About It. He has appeared in series ranging from The Mod Squad and Barretta To Beauty and the Beast and as a regular in the USA network remake of Kojak.
He earned a Best Actor Bijou award for portraying a family man facing homosexuality in the breakthrough CBC network film The Running Man. Other notable credits include Showtime's Tony Bill-Directed Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story, The Engagement Ring, The award-winning Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story, The Company and Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis (as Pierre Salinger).
Shamata has performed on stages from Halifax to Los Angeles, in classics such as Uncle Vanya (opposite Peter O'Toole), A Doll's House, The Good Woman of Setzuan, To Clothe the Naked, and in contemporary plays including The Country Girl, Battering Ram, My Fat Friend, Chapter Two, and The Indian Wants The Bronx, among many others.
Chuck Shamata and his wife Diane live in Toronto. They have two children and three grandchildren.
PAUL BATES
A veteran of Toronto comedy stages, Paul got his start at The Second City, where he wrote and performed in six revues. Other stage credits include SlapShot Live, It’s A Wonderful Toronto, An Inconvenient Musical; and SARSical, for which he received a Dora Award nomination. His live show HOOKUP has been playing to sold out houses at Bad Dog Theatre for five years.
On television Paul played Jeff on Dan For Mayor (CTV), and has also appeared in Workin’ Moms, Kim’s Convenience, Baroness Von Sketch Show, Ransom, The Stanley Dynamic, The Ron James Show, Odd Squad, Against The Wall, and Puppets Who Kill. Film credits include The Green Room, The Tuxedo, Welcome to Mooseport, and Camille. Voice credits include Max & Ruby, Elinor Wonders Why and Monster Pack.
Paul is one half of the popular musical comedy duo The Williamson Playboys, and one third of the improvised science fiction comedy podcast ILLUSIONOID. He has won numerous Canadian Comedy Awards, and received NOW Magazine’s 2013 Reader’s Choice Award for Best Male Improviser.
A SIMPLE F*CKING GESTURE
Running time | 8:05 minutes
Exhibition formats | 4K/2K DCP, 4K/2K/1080 Digital File
Aspect ratio | 1:1.85
Sound | 5.1
Shooting format | 4K 2:35.1
Original language | English
Year of production | 2019
Year of completion | 2020
World premiere | World Premiere Florida Film Festival 2020
Starring Paul Bates, Christy Bruce, & Chuck Shamata
Written & Directed by Jesse Shamata
Produced by Suzan Mazur & Jesse Shamata
Cinematography by Martin Hawkes
Edited by Christopher Donaldson cce
Credits Music - "Race To The Bottom" by Dan Mangan
© 2020 Shamagical Productions Inc.
Produced with the support of The Directors Guild of Canada Short Film Fund & Sim International
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Inicio / LIBROS ARTE / STAR WARS – Carrie Fisher – Wishful Drinking
STAR WARS – Carrie Fisher – Wishful Drinking
-NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER-
by Carrie Fisher
Categorías: LIBROS, LIBROS ARTE Etiqueta: Autobiography
Finally, after four hit novels, Carrie Fisher comes clean (well, sort of ) with the crazy truth that is her life in her first-ever memoir.
In Wishful Drinking, adapted from her one-woman stage show, Fisher reveals what it was really like to grow up a product of «Hollywood in-breeding,» come of age on the set of a little movie called Star Wars, and become a cultural icon and bestselling action figure at the age of nineteen.
Intimate, hilarious, and sobering, Wishful Drinking is Fisher, looking at her life as she best remembers it (what do you expect after electroshock therapy?). It’s an incredible tale: the child of Hollywood royalty — Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher — homewrecked by Elizabeth Taylor, marrying (then divorcing, then dating) Paul Simon, having her likeness merchandized on everything from Princess Leia shampoo to PEZ dispensers, learning the father of her daughter forgot to tell her he was gay, and ultimately waking up one morning and finding a friend dead beside her in bed.
Wishful Drinking, the show, has been a runaway success. Entertainment Weekly declared it «drolly hysterical» and the Los Angeles Times called it a «Beverly Hills yard sale of juicy anecdotes.» This is Carrie Fisher at her best — revealing her worst. She tells her true and outrageous story of her bizarre reality with her inimitable wit, unabashed self-deprecation, and buoyant, infectious humor.
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+ Editorial: Simon & Schuster
+ Formato: Tapa Blanda, 176 páginas
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Aqua-Vu® Pro Dr. Bruce Samson Inducted into Fishing Hall of Fame
Angling electronics expert recounts a lifetime of fishing and education
Crosslake, MN - He's known as Doctor Sonar, but for over a decade professional angler Bruce Samson has looked through the lens of an Aqua-Vu camera to boost his underwater intelligence. Now, the Central Minnesota fisherman is being recognized for his lifelong contributions to the sport he cherishes. One of seven legendary individuals inducted into the 2021 class of the Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame, Samson remains a passionate, inquisitive student of the underwater world.
Launching a super-successful career as a tournament walleye pro in 1986, Samson won ten major tournaments and over $800,000 while competing on the Masters Walleye Circuit (MWC), Professional Walleye Trail (PWT), RCL/FLW Circuit and AIM Pro Walleye Series. Now retired from the tournament game, the ex-medical doctor remains highly active in the fishing community.
Acknowledged as one of the nation's preeminent authorities in angling technology, Samson conducts educational seminars, on-water training, DVDs, online videos and articles teaching thousands of anglers around the world how to interpret their electronics and understand the mysteries beneath the surface. Punctuating his commitment to education, he has earned honors such as Top Teaching Pro on the Professional Walleye Trail.
During a recent day in the boat, the all-time great walleye pro recounted some of his fondest fishing memories...
When did you quit your medical practice to become a professional walleye angler?
When I completed my medical education in 1976, I moved to Minnesota to practice medicine and go fishing. Fishing had always been my passion and in 1986, I fished my first MWC event. My partner Jerry Anderson and I won the championship that year, fishing the Missouri River at Bismarck, North Dakota. In 2002, after winning $300,000 at the RCL Championship, I knew it was time to hang up the stethoscope and go fishing full-time.
Tell us about that big 2002 tournament win.
I'd had really a tough first day on the Mississippi River. But I tried to maintain a positive attitude throughout the four day tourney, telling myself I was going to win no matter what. On the second day I needed a good fish to make the top 12 and reach the finals. Finally, I hooked the big one I needed. But it dove hard right under the boat and swam right toward the big motor. Nearly in a panic, I stuck my rod down into the water and somehow kept the fish out of the prop. Eventually, it swam further downstream and came up to the surface-seemingly too far away to reach with a net. My co-angler was a tall, former college football player who reached way out there and executed the most amazing net job I'd ever seen. That fish put me into the finals and helped me earn a big payday. Tim and I have relived that moment and that big fish many times over the years.
How did you become an authority on fishing technology?
I've always strived to drop my lure only where I knew fish were present. That meant relying on sonar and underwater cameras. It all started with an old Humminbird flasher. Once I realized I could differentiate between hard and soft bottom and see actual fish, I was hooked on sonar. My first computer graph was a Lowrance X15. It had a long complicated manual. So, one day, I hooked the unit up to a battery in my office and ran through the entire instructions, punching buttons and trying every setting and menu there was. I discovered a lot of interesting tools, so I decide to share what I learned by writing a series of six articles for the In-Fisherman Walleye In-Sider magazine. I found out when you write about complicated electronics, you quickly become an "expert." Which then led me to create a sonar-training DVD that ultimately launched my educational adventures.
Explain some of your pioneering work with digital lake maps.
Quite a few years ago, my friend Warren Parsons and I started making our own custom digital lakemaps, merging historical aerial photos with contours and accurate GPS coordinates. Eventually, we also added side imaging mosaics-or overlays-onto the cartography. Originally, you couldn't view these maps on a traditional sonar unit, only on a laptop computer.
I won a PWT tournament at Ottertail Lake, Minnesota, running a Panasonic Toughbook laptop in my boat with a map no one else had access to. Never had a single other boat on my tournament spots-small rockpiles in the middle of the lake. That's unheard of. Word got out about our maps, which we now sell for places like Devils Lake, ND, Bull Shoals, AR and the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers.
The Multi-Vu Pro Underwater Camera adds live underwater views to any video-enabled sonar unit.
Why do you consider an Aqua-Vu an invaluable fish-finding tool?
It's really the best and only way to identify fish species with total certainty. I use the camera especially when I'm marking fish on sonar that don't bite. You can't believe how often you'll actually be fishing for carp, suckers or other fish you're not targeting. Sometimes, too, even your target species, like walleyes, just don't want to bite. Fish ID with a camera almost always solves the puzzle within a few minutes.
The Aqua-Vu is also the best way to find walleyes and other fish living in vegetation, brush, big boulders or timber. Drop the camera into weedbeds and you'll be amazed by how many walleyes, in particular, live there.
Is an Aqua-Vu helpful for interpreting sonar?
Even for someone like me who's looked at a sonar screen for thousands of hours, an Aqua-Vu camera remains one of the best teaching tools of all. For beginners, an Aqua-Vu is invaluable in helping them interpret their sonar screen. When you see a live visual of the lake bottom and can compare it to the sonar, side-by-side, your learning curve speeds up exponentially.
2021 Fishing Hall of Fame inductee, Dr. Bruce Samson.
What are some of the more interesting discoveries you've made with the camera?
I've found that the ledges of supposedly soft mud flats can have super sharp drop-offs and ravine-like ledges that look like a mini Grand Canyon. Everyone thought these spots were flat and featureless until the camera showed otherwise.
Another little discovery is that fish like bluegills and smallmouth bass are actually attracted to the Aqua-Vu. They're curious about the lens. They'll swim over to inspect it and even follow it for many minutes at a time. When I'm fishing for bluegills, for example, I'll deploy the camera and leave it there and then fish right beside the lens. I can actually attract and hold a school of fish right on my side of the boat and catch fish after fish this way.
To read the rest of Doc Samson's story, click here.
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Employee-owned company
Founded in 1922, Landry’s Bicycles is now rated as one of "America's Best Bike Shops" — with a growing family of bicycle stores located in Boston, Braintree, Natick, Newton, Norwood, Westboro, and Worcester, Massachusetts. Landry’s Bicycles has also been nationally recognized as National Bicycle Dealer of the Year for supporting bicycle advocacy.
Landry's Bicycles is collectively owned by our dedicated employees. Starting in 2010, Landry's ownership transitioned to an ESOP (employee stock ownership plan), and all core staff now own shares in the company as part of their long-term retirement benefits. As co-owners, Landry's staff have a vested interest in collaborative teamwork, exceptional customer service, and our visionary goal for Landry's to become "the best bike shop for the world."
Learn more about Landry's from some of our employees
Learn more about Landry's from some of our longtime employees in this video.
National Bicycle Retailer of the Year
Everyone at Landry's is honored to receive Interbike's top bike-shop award in 2015.
High-quality products and service
In all of Landry’s stores, our goal is to provide you — our valued customers — with the best bicycle products and service available. You can depend on Landry’s for:
Friendly, expert, and efficient assistance
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Satisfaction guaranteed on all Landry’s products and service
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Everyone who works at Landry’s is passionate about cycling, and we believe in the power of bicycling to make our world a better, healthier, and happier place. To help improve local cycling conditions, we invite all our customer and friends to support MassBike and/or NEMBA with your membership.
At the national level, Landry's supports the League of American Bicyclists, People For Bikes, and other bike-advocacy organizations. Landry's is a long-standing member of the National Bicycle Dealers Association (NBDA).
Landry's Bicycles and our employees support dozens of community and bicycling events each year:
We provide complimentary tech support at dozens at benefit/charity rides each year.
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Lux Awards 2016 moves to exciting new venue
The InterContinental London -The O2 - The new venue for the Lux Awards.
The Lux Awards 2016 is moving – to one of Britain’s most modern and exciting venues.
The ballroom at the magnificent new InterContinental London – The O2 can seat 1,000 guests and features state-of-the-art lighting and audio visual equipment.
Even better, the drinks reception and after-show party will take place in the dramatic River Suite, with unrivalled views across the Thames to the spectacular Canary Wharf skyline.
‘I believe this is a great coup for the Lux Awards. This glamorous venue is one of the most-talked about new openings in London and it will more than match the prestige and excitement of the Lux Awards. It’s the perfect home.’
Ray Molony – chairman of the Lux Awards
It’s also one of the best connected hotels in London, with both the Jubilee Line Underground station and Thames Clipper jetty on its doorstep. Alternatively, guests can arrive in style on the Emirates Air Line cable car, which directly connects with ExCeL, the location for LuxLive 2016.
The InterContinental is a luxury flagship hotel located right next to the O2, Arena which regularly plays host to the likes of Madonna, Justin Bieber and Lady Gaga.
Earlybird tables for this year’s Lux Awards will be available on the 31 July. Watch for announcements on this site and on social media.
Hurry, entries for this year’s Lux Awards close on Friday 1 July.
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Jay William Thomas & David Leeper
Tana Sorois
Olivier Renaud
“Sirois is alternately heartbreaking and delightful...
Renaud (is) like some virtuoso gene-splice of Jack Lemmon and John Cleese...
David Leeper radiates melancholy insight and honest solitude...
"Donal Brophy is irresistible as the burrito of rakish remoteness and manipulative humility..."
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Stupid Fucking Bird
by Aaron Posner
Directed by Adam Knight
July 18, 20, 21 at 8pm, at The Plaxall Gallery
Stupid Fucking Bird, written by Aaron Posner, reimagines Chekhov’s classic text as a contemporary artist’s journey attempting to find new forms of art by living in this present moment. The characters’ stories are at once hysterical, tragic and cathartic as they desperately attempt to find out what it means to be an artist.
This meta-theatrical experience, grounded in the disappointment inherent in growing up in the world we live in today, asks the question: Art, Love Happiness… can we have it all?
THE CAST of STUPID FUCKING BIRD features OLIVIER RENAUD (Cirque De Soliel), JAY WILLIAM THOMAS (”Dementia 13”), MARY RUTH BAGGOTT (“Brokers”), TANA SIROIS (“Broad Comedy”), DAVID LEEPER (“At The Flash”), ALLISON THREADGOLD (“Tomorrow In The Battle”) and DONAL BROPHY (“Sleep No More”).
AARON POSNER (Playwright) is an American playwright, theatre director, and co-founder of the Arden Theatre Company in Philadelphia. He has previously adapted The Chosen based on a novel of the same name, My Name Is Asher Lev, based on Potok’s 1972 novel. He has adapted Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya (titled Life Sucks) and Three Sisters titled (No Sisters).
ADAM KNIGHT (Director) is co-founder of the Off-Off Broadway Slant Theatre Project, where he has produced 25 world premieres and worked with artists such as Lucy Alibar, Bekah Brunstetter, Adam Rapp and Mat Smart. NYC credits include projects with Cherry Lane, Ensemble Studio Theatre, aMios Theatre, Poetry Project, Drilling Company, The Tank, 59E59, Roust Theatre Company and HERE Arts Center. Regionally, he has worked at Folger Shakespeare Theatre, Warehouse Theatre, Millbrook Playhouse, PURE theatre, WaterTower Theatre and Williamstown Theatre Festival.
THE DESIGN TEAM includes artwork by Paola Martinez Fiterre, lighting design by Eric Goodman, and stage management by Didi Marrero and Marissa Riggs.
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Patron of Victims of Nervous Disorders*
The success of the Colony of Gheel, Belgium,
all these years can be attributed to
the intercession of St. Dymphna.
ISLE OF SAINTS has long been a title popularly given to the island evangelized by St. Patrick, which nestles in the blue waters of the Atlantic. And appropriately it is so called for the names of the Irish saints would more than fill the Church’s calendar. Yet it is to be regretted that Catholics for the most part are entirely unfamiliar with so many of these glorious saints, yes, even ignorant of their very names. One such forgotten or unknown saint, who, on account of her spotless virtue and glorious martyrdom, is sometimes referred to as the “Lily of Fire,” is St. Dymphna. True, the records of the life and martyrdom of this holy virgin are for the most part meager and unsatisfactory, but sufficient is known regarding the principal faces of her life and of her many well-authenticated miracles to attest to an exalted sanctity.
St. Dymphna was born in the 7th century, when Ireland was almost universally Catholic. Yet, strange to say, her father, a petty king of Oriel, was still a pagan. Her mother, a descendant of a noble family, was, on the other hand, a devout Christian., who was remarkable both for her piety and her great beauty. Dymphna was, like her mother, a paragon of beauty, and a most sweet and winning child, the “jewel” of her home. Every affection and attention was lavished upon her from birth. Heaven, too, favored the child with special graces. Dymphna was early placed under the care and tutelage of a pious Christian woman, who prepared her for baptism, which was conferred by the saintly priest Father Gerebran. The latter seems to have been a member of the household, and later taught little Dymphna her letters along with the truths of religion. Dymphna was a bright and eager pupil, and advanced rapidly in wisdom and grace. When still very young, Dymphna, like so many other nobel Irish maidens before and after her, being filled with fervor and love for Jesus Christ, chose Him for her Divine Spouse and consecrated her virginity to Him and to His Blessed Mother by a vow of chastity.
It was not long, however, until an unexpected cloud overshadowed the happy childhood of the beautiful girl. She lost her good mother by death. Many were the secret tears she shed over this bereavement, but at the same time she found great comfort in the Divine Faith which, though she was still of a tender age, already had taken deep root.
Dymphna’s father, too, greatly mourned his deceased wife and for a long time continued prostrate with grief. At length he was persuaded by his counselors to seek solace in a second marriage. So he commissioned certain ones of his court to seek out for him a lady who would be like his first spouse in beauty and character. After visiting many countries in vain, the messengers returned saying that they could find none so charming and amiable as his own lovely daughter, Dymphna. Giving ear to their base suggestion, the king conceived the evil design of marrying Dymphna. With persuasive and flattering words he manifested his purpose to her. Dymphna, as may be expected, was greatly horrified at the suggestion, and asked for a period of forty days to consider the proposal. She immediately betook herself to Father Gerebran, who advised her to flee from her native country, and since the danger was imminent, he urged her to make no delay.
With all speed, therefore, she set out for the continent, accompanied by Father Gerebran, the court jester and his wife. After a favorable passage, they arrived on the coast near the present city of Antwerp. Having stopped for a short rest, they resumed their journey and came to a little village named Gheel. Here they were hospitably received and began to make plans for establishing their future abode at this place.
The king, in the meantime, having discovered Dymphna’s flight, was fearfully angry, and immediately set out with his followers in search of the fugitives. After some time, they were traced to Belgium and their place of refuge was located. At first, Dymphna’s father tried to persuade her to return with him, but Father Gerebran sternly rebuked him for his wicked intentions, whereupon he gave orders that Father Gerebran should be put to death. Without delay, his wicked retainers laid violent hands upon the priest and struck him on the neck with a sword. With one blow of the steel, the head was severed from the shoulders and another glorious martyr went to join the illustrious heroes of Christ’s kingdom.
Further attempts on the part of Dymphna’s father to induce her to return with him proved fruitless. With undaunted courage she spurned his enticing promises and scorned his cruel threats. Infuriated by her resistance, the father drew a dagger from his belt and he himself struck off the head of his child. Recommending her soul to the mercy of God, the holy virgin fell prostrate at the feet of her insanely raving father. Thus the glorious crown of martyrdom was accorded to St. Dymphna in the fifteenth year of her age, on the fifteenth day of May, between 620 and 640. The day of her death has been assigned as her feastday.
The records of Dymphna’s life and death say that the bodies of the two martyred saints lay on the ground for quite some time after their death, until the inhabitants of Gheel removed them to a cave, which was the customary manner of interment in that part of the world at the time of the martyrdoms. But after several years had elapsed, the villagers, recalling their holy deaths, decided to give the bodies a more suitable burial. When the workmen removed the heap of black earth at the cave’s entrance, great was their astonishment to find two most beautiful tombs, whiter than snow, which were carved from stone, as if by angel hands. When the coffin of St. Dymphna was opened there was found lying on her breast a red tile bearing the inscription:
“Here lies the holy virgin and martyr, Dymphna.”
The remains of the saint were placed in a small church. Later necessity obliged the erection of the magnificent “Church of St. Dymphna,” which now stands on the site where the bodies were first buried. St. Dymphna’s relics repose there in a beautiful golden reliquary.
Miracles and cures began to occur in continually increasing numbers. Gradually St. Dymphna’s fame as patroness of victims of nervous diseases and mental disorders was spread from country to country. More and more mentally afflicted persons were brought to the shrine by relatives and friends, many coming in pilgrimages from far-distant places. Novenas wer made, and St. Dymphna’s relic was applied to the patients. The remarkable cures reported caused confidence in the saint to grow daily. At first the patients were lodged in a small annex built onto the church. Then gradually it came about that the patients were place in the homes of the families living in Gheel. From this beginning Gheel developed into a town world-famed for its care of the insane and mentally afflicted. An institution, called the “Infirmary of St. Elizabeth,” which was conducted by the Sisters of St. Augustine was later built for the hospital care of the patients. Most of the latter, after some time spent in the institution, are placed in one or other of the families of Gheel, where they lead a comparatively normal life. Every home in Gheel is proud to welcome to its inmost family circle such patients as are ready to return to the environment of family life. Generations of experience have given to the people of Gheel an intimate and tender skill in dealing with their charges, and their remarkable spirit of charity and Christlike love for these afflicted members of society gives to our modern-day world, so prone to put its whole reliance on science and to forge the principles of true Christian charity, a lesson the practice of which would do much to restore certain types of mentally afflicted individuals to an almost normal outlook on life.
Renowned psychiatrists are in full agreement with this statement, and testify that a surprisingly large number of patients could leave mental institutions if they could be assured of a sympathetic reception in the world, such as the people of Gheel take pride in showing. In fact, psychiatrists state that institutions can help certain cases only to a given extent, and when that point is reached, they must have help from persons outside the institution if the progress made in the institution is to have fruition. Gheel is the living confirmation of this statement and an exemplar of the Gospel teachings on charity.
*Reprint from Tabernacle and Purgatory, published by Benedictine Convent Sisters, Clyde, Mo., May, 1946.
_The Chaplet of St. Dymphna
How to pray the Chaplet of St. Dymphna
This traditional Chaplet consists of a Holy Medal of St. Dymphna and seventeen beads as follows: The Medal and two beads at the beginning, then fifteen beads in the circle.
Begin with the Sign of the Cross, holding the Holy Medal between your thumb and forefinger. Touch the medal to your forehead, your chest, your left shoulder and your right shoulder, tracing the sign of the cross on your body. As you do this say the following prayer:
+In the Name of Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Amen.
On the First Bead, you pray the Our Father:
Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.
Some people, particularly those who have been abused by a father, will be more comfortable with the Our Mother prayer as an alternative.
Our Mother, with us on earth, holy is your name, your true reign come, your will be done, within us, as it is within you. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our sins, as we forgive those whose sins
have oppressed us, and lead us not into confusion, but enlighten us with your wisdom. Amen.
On the second bead, you pray the Hail Mary for the intentions of all Christians.
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee, blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us* now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
*traditional text reads Pray for us sinners…
On the 15 beads, you pray 15 Glorias in honour of the 15 years of Saint Dymphna's life.
Glory to you O God, Living One, Word, and Spirit, now and for all ages and aeons. Amen.*
*the traditional text of the Gloria is “Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. .”
Novena to St. Dymphna
O God, we humbly beseech You, through Your servant, St. Dymphna, who sealed with her blood the love she bore You, to grant relief to those who suffer from mental afflictions and nervous disorders, especially (Mention the person's name here)
St. Dymphna,helper of the mentally afflicted, pray for us. Amen.
Closing Prayer
I turn to you, dear martyr St. Dymphna, confident of your power with God and of your willingness to take my cause into your hands.. I firmly hope that through your kind intercession God will restore my lost serenity and peace of mind. May God speak to my heart and reassure me: "My peace I give you. Let not your heart be troubled nor let it be afraid."
Pray for me, dear St. Dymphna, that my nervous and emotional turmoil may cease, and that I may again know serenity and personal peace. Amen.
Another Chaplet of St. Dymphna
To be prayed on a Rosary of Seven Decades (Franciscan Crown
1. Sign of the Cross
2. Our Father on 1st bead
3. Hail Mary on next 3 beads
4. Announce the mystery
5. Pray Our Father AND Hail Mary on next bead.
6. Pray the Gloria Patri on each of the 10 beads
7. Announce next mystery, pray Our Father AND Hail Mary on the large bead continue with Gloria Patri on each of the 10 beads.
Seven Mysteries, Meditations and Intentions
for the Chaplet of St. Dymphna
1. St. Dymphna, patron of Emotional Illnesses, grant us balance, comfort, and consolation. Amen.
2. St. Dymphna, patron of Mental Illnesses, grant us the grace of insight, healing, peace, and liberation. Amen.
3. St. Dymphna, patron of Runaways, grant us the shelter of your love, and the sanctuary of your prayers. Amen.
4. St. Dymphna, Patron of those who suffer domestic violence, grant us the courage to love ourselves and the grace to rise above the cycle of abuse. Amen.
5. St. Dymphna, Patron of those who suffer child abuse, defend us as an elder sister, and grant us relief and healing from the wounds of the abusive parent. Amen.
6. St. Dymphna, patron of those who suffer sexual abuse, grant us the grace to defend our sexual autonomy, and reclaim the power of our bodies. Amen.
7. St. Dymphna, patron of those who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder, heal our memories, still the demons of anxiety, and grant us restful sleep. Amen.
Hear us, O God, Our Saviour, as we honor St. Dymphna, patron of those who are sexually abused and those afflicted with mental and emotional illness. Help us to be inspired by her example and comforted by her merciful help. Amen.
ANOTHER NOVENA TO ST. DYMPHNA
(pray for 9 days or 9 hours straight)
St. Dymphna, a great wonder worker in every affliction of mind and body, I humbly implore your powerful intercession with Jesus through Mary, the Health of the Sick.
You are filled with love and compassion for the thousands of patients brought to your shrine for centuries and for those who cannot come to your shrine but invoke you in their homes or in hospitals. Show the same love and compassion toward me, your faithful client. The many miracles you have wrought through your intercession give me great confidence that you will help me in my present need.
(state your specific request or intention here!)
I am confident of obtaining my request, if it is for the greater glory of God and the good of my soul. For the sake of Jesus and Mary, whom you loved so earnestly, and for whom you offered your life in martyrdom, grant my prayer.
St. Dymphna, young and beautiful, innocent and pure, strong and determined, help me to imitate your love. You chose to be martyred by your own fathers sword rather than continue to submit to sexual abuse. Give me strength and courage in fighting off my abuser and in breaking free from the cycle of abuse. As you have given all the love of your heart to Jesus, help me to love God with my whole heart and serve God faithfully. As you bore the persecution of your father and the sufferings of an exile so patiently, obtain for me the patience I need to accept the trials of my life with love for God and my neighbor, and the strength to affirm the autonomy of my body and my sexuality. St. Dymphna, through your glorious martyrdom for the love of Christ, help me to be loyal to my faith and my God as long as I live. And when my hour of death comes, stand at my side and pray for me that I may at last merit the eternal crown of glory in God's Kingdom.
Good St. Dymphna, I beg you to recommend my request to Mary, the Health of the Sick, and Comforter of the Afflicted, that both of you may present it to Jesus, the Divine Physician.
O God, You gave St. Dymphna to Your Church as a model of all virtues, especially the holiness and true freedom of sexual love, and willed that she should seal her faith with her innocent blood and perform numerous miracles. Grant that we who honor her as patroness of those who suffer sexual abuse and those who are afflicted with nervous and mental illness may continue to enjoy her powerful _
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Exploring the new Bind 10 name server
Admins have waited all of five years for the 10th major release of the Bind name server, which appeared at the end of March this year. The latest release is a complete rewrite of the DNS server, with a modular design and new configuration tools, but is it ready for business?
Article from Issue 152/2013
Author(s): Konstantin Agouros
The Bind name server has a mixed reputation. Although the lion's share of DNS servers on the web run it, veteran administrators will recall – with a mixture of melancholy and horror – the difficult transition from Bind 4 to Bind 8: Although the zone files were almost identical, the configuration moved from named.boot to named.conf. The format suddenly contained brackets and semicolons that were once unnecessary. Additionally, Bind 8 and its successor allowed more configuration options, for which the old format proved insufficient.
After five years of development (Figure 1), Bind 10 brings even greater upheaval. Not only the configuration, but also the architecture has changed fundamentally. JSON database files replace named.conf; zones are still configured with familiar zone files, but in operation they are also stored in SQLite. (The administrator has the option to disable the default database storage option and go back to storage in normal zone files.)
Figure 1: Started in 2008, completed in 2013 – is everything on schedule for Bind 10?
Configuration is managed through a Rest API using HTTPS. To allow this to happen, Bind 10 comes with a command-line utility that lets administrators make configuration changes in a proprietary language.
Finally, instead of a named, Bind 10 operates through 12 processes (DHCP not included), most of which are Python processes. The built-in DHCP components, according to the project website, are still "experimental," but you can already configure and test. The modularization of Bind 10 into individual daemons is the biggest change for administrators, and it prevents you from upgrading many existing enterprise scenarios. Figure 2 shows the setup that most enterprises use for name resolution. A single name server instance handles both the authoritative and the recursive service. All clients use the name of an existing server that provides all the answers.
Figure 2: In the setup commonly used in business today, a single DNS server does all the work.
But the standard scenario depicted in Figure 2 is not ideal. A cleaner approach would be to separate the two functions, as shown in Figure 3. The recursive name server in this configuration has entries for the local zones that tell it to query the authoritative name server explicitly – through either the secondary mechanism or the forward zone entries.
Figure 3: The recommended configuration using a separate DNS resolver and an authoritative server is currently not possible with Bind 10.
As an inquiry on the Bind 10 mailing list confirmed, the configuration shown in Figure 3 is currently not possible with Bind 10. Requests for the local network would go through the Internet, with no prospect for successful responses because they only exist locally.
However, the developers say they plan to implement the setup shown in Figure 3 in a later version by letting the server evaluate the RD (Recursion Desired) bit in the query. The server will then either forward the request to the authoritative component or to the resolver. As of now, if your network reflects the scenario shown in Figure 3, you can't use Bind 10.
Bind 10 is still quite new, with no official packages, let alone repositories, when this issue went to press. The Linux Magazine test team had to build the complete application from source [1]. Shortly before the editorial deadline, packages for Bind 10 appeared on the openSUSE Build Service, which allowed for easy installation with just one click [2].
On the Gentoo installation used for the test, we needed to install the boost, botan, log4cplus, and sqlite3 packages before building Bind; Python version 3.1 or later is also required. The DHCP component requires MySQL, but you can do without it for simple tests. After installing the packages, quickly compile using:
w ./configure && make && make install
If you want to run the DHCP server with a MySQL back end, you need the --with-dhcp-mysql option.
After installing Bind 10, you first need an administrative account for the configuration interface. To set it up, run b10-cmdctl-usermgr; this utility prompts you for a username and password, which it then adds to the cmdctl-accounts.csv file in $INSTALLDIR/etc/bind10. The program is still very rudimentary and only allows you to add users; it has no other functions. Incidentally, the utility names all start with b10.
Before you set out to configure the name server, you need to decide on the mode in which you will be running it: recursive or authoritative (i.e., as the master for your own zones). Unlike the previous versions, modularization in Bind 10 leads to only one component accepting connections on one IP address. Things are different for a host with multiple IPs.
To start the name server, run the INSTALLDIR/sbin/bind10 wrapper script, which, in turn, starts b10-init, which is located in the libexec directory of the installation. b10-init launches the configured components. When you first start Bind 10, all the log messages are routed to the console. In a second shell on the same machine, you then launch bindctl from the INSTALLDIR/bin directory. This command-line front end for the Restful API is used to configure Bind 10.
By default, the server accepts requests on localhost port 8080 and accepts only secure SSL connections. A self-signed certificate is installed with Bind 10, but you can replace it if necessary. When a connection is opened for the first time, bindctl queries the username and password; they are sent to ~/.bind10/default_user.csv for reuse – but in plaintext.
After logging on to the server with the user you created, you need to create the desired component. In the first example (Listing 1), this is an authoritative name server. The first line creates an instance of an authoritative name server. Line 2 is used to tag Bind services that require special attention at start and stop time, including the resolver and the web server for the configuration.
Creating an Auth Server
The third line indicates whether the auth service is necessary for this configuration. config commit enables the changes, and you can then immediately test the name server. To query the version.bind entry, for example, use the following command:
dig @127.0.0.1 -c CH -t TXT version.bind
Now it is time to teach the name server about the zones it needs to provide. Bind 10 can use a SQLite database or legacy zone files to manage them. Despite SQLite, you still need to use zone files.
Apart from dynamic DNS updates, changes end up in the zone file; the old zone definition is automatically overwritten when you import the new version. Although it is possible to modify the database directly using requests, this will most likely cause inconsistencies; the bind authors advised against doing this when I asked. The import program goes by the name b10-loadzone. Listing 2 shows a sample call.
Importing a Zone into Bind 10
Zone Import
Bind 10 not only imports zones but also implicitly runs the bindctl commands, which are necessary for creating the zone. The zone is then immediately enabled. Although it is possible to point to your own SQLite database using the -c option, it is probably only necessary to split the file if you are a large provider supporting many zones. If you do not want to copy the zone to the database, but prefer to go on working with traditional zone files, you need to stick with bindctl (see Listing 3).
Creating a Zone with Zone Files
In the first step, Listing 3 creates a new instance of the class IN, to which it then adds parameters. The type is MasterFiles, in contrast to sqlite3 in the standard configuration. The parameters comprise the zone and the corresponding file in JSON format. The last line finally enables the cache, which serves up the zone from main memory instead of from the disk. This step is absolutely essential for zones made up of text files.
An entry in the data_sources/classes/IN hierarchy is not created for every new IN zone, only for the MasterFiles and sqlite3 types. The SQLite database can contain multiple zones, in which the Master Files type requires a JSON entry for each pair from a zone together with the associated file, all neatly separated by commas. As with legacy versions of Bind, admins need to communicate changes in the zone file; in Bind 10, the auth loadzone example.org command reloads the example.org zone.
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DoS Attack Exploit in BIND 9
A specially crafted dynamic update message to a DNS zone for which the server is a master can raise havoc in BIND 9. An active remote exploit is already "in wide circulation."
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Warrant Tender Offer [Text Block]
NOTE D – 2017 Warrant Tender Offer
On January 13, 2017, the Company completed its tender offer to amend and exercise certain categories of existing warrants.
Pursuant to the Offer to Amend and Exercise, an aggregate of 30,966,350 Warrants were tendered by their holders and were amended and exercised in connection therewith for an aggregate exercise price of approximately $15.5 million, including the following: 3,750,000 Formation Warrants; 754,000 Merger Warrants; 7,243,750 2013 Investor Warrants; 500,000 Private Placement Warrants; 14,750,831 2015 Investor Warrants; 722,925 $2.00 Placement Agent (PA) Warrants (of which 721,987 were exercised on a cashless basis); 1,426,687 $1.00 PA Warrants (of which 1,424,812 were exercised on a cashless basis); and 1,818,157 $0.75 PA Warrants (of which 1,774,017 were exercised on a cashless basis). The gross cash proceeds from such exercises were approximately $13.5 million and the net cash proceeds after deducting warrant solicitation agent fees and other estimated offering expenses were approximately $12.7 million. Prior to the Offer to Amend and Exercise, the Company had 58,159,495 shares of common stock outstanding and warrants to purchase an aggregate of 40,255,234 shares of common stock. Immediately following the Offer to Amend and Exercise (after the effect of certain cash and cashless exercises), the Company issued in exchange for the warrants 29,666,782 common shares. This resulted in 87,826,277 shares of common stock outstanding and warrants to purchase an aggregate of 9,288,884 shares of common stock. As of March 31, 2017 the Company has 90,985,192 shares of common stock outstanding and warrants to purchase an aggregate of 6,373,283 shares of common stock.
The Company considers the warrant amendment to be of an equity nature as the amendment allowed the warrant holder to exercise a warrant and receive a common share which represents an equity for equity exchange. Therefore, the change in the fair value before and after the modification of approximately $16.7 million will be treated as a change in additional paid in capital (APIC) as an inducement charge. The cash received upon exercise in excess of par is also accounted through APIC.
The Company retained Aegis Capital Corp. (“Aegis Capital”) to act as its Warrant Agent for the Offer to Amend and Exercise pursuant to a Warrant Agent Agreement. Aegis Capital received a fee equal to 5% of the cash exercise prices paid by holders of the warrants (excluding the placement agent warrants) who participated in the Offer to Amend and Exercise. In addition, the Company agreed to reimburse Aegis Capital for its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses and attorney’s fees, including a $35,000 non- accountable expense allowance.
The entire disclosure pertaining to the 2017 warrant tender offer.
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Let's get behind the mask
This little piece of protective gear has got a lot of attention since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic. And official advice on their use changes as we learn more about the virus. Here’s the latest on what you need to know.
Written by Editor Medibank
19 November 2020 •4 min read
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Jinarc 45 mg + Jinarc 15mg tablets
Otsuka Pharmaceuticals (UK) Ltd contact details
Last updated on emc: 21 Apr 2020
Jinarc 15 mg tablets
Each tablet contains 15 mg of tolvaptan.
Excipient(s) with known effect
Each 15 mg tablet contains approximately 35 mg lactose (as monohydrate).
Blue, triangular (major axis: 6.58 mm, minor axis: 6.20 mm), shallow-convex, debossed with “OTSUKA” and “15” on one side.
Blue, round (diameter: 8 mm), shallow-convex, debossed with “OTSUKA” and “30” on one side.
Blue, square (6.8 mm on a side, major axis 8.2 mm), shallow-convex, debossed with “OTSUKA” and “45” on one side
Blue, modified rectangular (major axis 9.9 mm, minor axis 5.6 mm), shallow-convex, debossed with “OTSUKA” and “60” on one side
Blue, pentagonal (major axis 9.7 mm, minor axis 9.5 mm), shallow-convex, debossed with “OTSUKA” and “90” on one side
Jinarc is indicated to slow the progression of cyst development and renal insufficiency of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) in adults with chronic kidney disease (CKD) stage 1 to 4 at initiation of treatment with evidence of rapidly progressing disease (see section 5.1).
Tolvaptan treatment must be initiated and monitored under the supervision of physicians with expertise in managing ADPKD and a full understanding of the risks of tolvaptan therapy including hepatic toxicity and monitoring requirements (see section 4.4).
Jinarc is to be administered twice daily in split dose regimens of 45 mg + 15 mg, 60 mg + 30 mg or 90 mg + 30 mg. The morning dose is to be taken at least 30 minutes before the morning meal. The second daily dose can be taken with or without food. According to these split dose regimens the total daily doses are 60 mg, 90 mg, or 120 mg.
Dose titration
The initial dose is 60 mg tolvaptan per day as a split-dose regimen of 45 mg + 15 mg (45 mg taken upon waking and prior the morning meal and 15 mg taken 8 hours later). The initial dose is to be titrated upward to a split-dose regimen of 90 mg tolvaptan (60 mg + 30 mg) per day and then to a target split-dose regimen of 120 mg tolvaptan (90 mg + 30 mg) per day, if tolerated, with at least weekly intervals between titrations. Dose titration has to be performed cautiously to ensure that high doses are not poorly tolerated through overly rapid up-titration. Patients may down-titrate to lower doses based on tolerability. Patients have to be maintained on the highest tolerable tolvaptan dose.
The aim of dose titration is to block activity of vasopressin at the renal V2 receptor as completely and constantly as possible, while maintaining acceptable fluid balance (see section 4.4).
Measurements of urine osmolality are recommended to monitor the adequacy of vasopressin inhibition. Periodic monitoring of plasma osmolality or serum sodium (to calculate plasma osmolarity) and/or body weight should be considered to monitor the risk of dehydration secondary to the aquaretic effects of tolvaptan in case of patient's insufficient water intake.
The safety and efficacy of Jinarc in CKD stage 5 have not been explored and therefore tolvaptan treatment should be discontinued if renal insufficiency progresses to CKD stage 5 (see section 4.4).
Therapy must be interrupted if the ability to drink or the accessibility to water is limited (see section 4.4).
Tolvaptan must not be taken with grapefruit juice (see section 4.5). Patients must be instructed to drink sufficient amounts of water or other aqueous fluids (see section 4.4).
Dose adjustment for patients taking strong CYP3A inhibitors
In patients taking strong CYP3A inhibitors (see section 4.5), tolvaptan doses have to be reduced as follows:
Tolvaptan daily split-dose
Reduced dose (once daily)
90 mg + 30 mg
30 mg (further reduction to 15 mg if 30 mg are not well tolerated)
Dose adjustment for patients taking moderate CYP3A inhibitors
In patients taking moderate CYP3A inhibitors, tolvaptan doses have to be reduced as follows:
Reduced split-dose
Further reductions have to be considered if patients cannot tolerate the reduced tolvaptan doses.
Increasing age has no effect on tolvaptan plasma concentrations. Limited data on the safety and effectiveness of tolvaptan in ADPKD patients aged over 55 are available (see section 5.1).
Tolvaptan is contraindicated in anuric patients (see section 4.3).
Dose adjustment is not required in patients with renal impairment.
No clinical trials in subjects with indices of glomerular filtration rate < 10 mL/min or in patients undergoing dialysis have been conducted. The risk of hepatic damage in patients with severely reduced renal function (i.e. estimated glomerular filtration rate [eGFR] < 20) may be increased; these patients should be carefully monitored for hepatic toxicity. Data for patients in CKD early stage 4 are more limited than for patients in stage 1, 2 or 3 (see section 5.1). No data are available for patients with CKD late stage 4 (eGFR < 25 mL/min/1.73 m2) and stage 5. Tolvaptan treatment should be discontinued if renal insufficiency progresses to CKD stage 5 (see section 4.4).
In patients with severe hepatic impairment the benefits and risks of treatment with Jinarc must be evaluated carefully. Patients must be managed carefully and liver enzymes must be monitored regularly (see section 4.4).
Jinarc is contraindicated in patients with elevated liver enzymes and/or signs or symptoms of liver injury prior to initiation of treatment that meet the requirements for permanent discontinuation of tolvaptan (see sections 4.3 and 4.4).
No dose adjustment is needed in patients with mild or moderate hepatic impairment (Child-Pugh classes A and B).
The safety and efficacy of tolvaptan in children and adolescents has not yet been established. No data are available. Tolvaptan is not recommended in the paediatric age group.
Oral use.
Tablets must be swallowed without chewing and with a glass of water.
• Hypersensitivity to the active substance or to any of the excipients listed in section 6.1 or to benzazepine or benzazepine derivatives (see section 4.4)
• Elevated liver enzymes and/or signs or symptoms of liver injury prior to initiation of treatment that meet the requirements for permanent discontinuation of tolvaptan (see section 4.4)
• Anuria
• Volume depletion
• Hypernatraemia
• Patients who cannot perceive or respond to thirst
• Pregnancy (see section 4.6)
• Breast-feeding (see section 4.6)
Idiosyncratic hepatic toxicity
Tolvaptan has been associated with idiosyncratic elevations of blood alanine and aspartate aminotransferases (ALT and AST) with infrequent cases of concomitant elevations in bilirubin-total (BT).
In post-marketing experience with tolvaptan in ADPKD, acute liver failure requiring liver transplantation has been reported.
In a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial in patients with ADPKD, the period of onset of hepatocellular injury (by ALT elevations > 3 × ULN) was within 3 to 14 months after initiating treatment and these increases were reversible, with ALT returning to < 3 × ULN within 1 to 4 months. While these concomitant elevations were reversible with prompt discontinuation of tolvaptan, they represent a potential for significant liver injury. Similar changes with other medicinal products have been associated with the potential to cause irreversible and potentially life-threatening liver injury (see section 4.8).
Prescribing physicians must comply fully with the safety measures required below.
To mitigate the risk of significant and/or irreversible liver injury, blood testing for hepatic transaminases and bilirubin is required prior to initiation of Jinarc, continuing monthly for 18 months and at regular 3-monthly intervals thereafter. Concurrent monitoring for symptoms that may indicate liver injury (such as fatigue, anorexia, nausea, right upper abdominal discomfort, vomiting, fever, rash, pruritus, dark urine or jaundice) is recommended.
If a patient shows abnormal ALT, AST or BT levels prior to initiation of treatment which fulfil the criteria for permanent discontinuation (see below), the use of tolvaptan is contraindicated (see section 4.3). In case of abnormal baseline levels below the limits for permanent discontinuation treatment can only be initiated if the potential benefits of treatment outweigh the potential risks and liver function testing must continue at increased time frequency. The advice of a hepatologist is recommended.
During the first 18 months of treatment, Jinarc can only be supplied to patients whose physician has determined that liver function supports continued therapy.
At the onset of symptoms or signs consistent with hepatic injury or if clinically significant abnormal ALT or AST increases are detected during treatment, Jinarc administration must be immediately interrupted and repeat tests including ALT, AST, BT and alkaline phosphatase (AP) must be obtained as soon as possible (ideally within 48 hours to 72 hours). Testing must continue at increased time frequency until symptoms/signs/laboratory abnormalities stabilise or resolve, at which point Jinarc may be re-initiated.
Current clinical practice suggests that Jinarc therapy is to be interrupted upon confirmation of sustained or increasing transaminase levels and permanently discontinued if significant increases and/or clinical symptoms of hepatic injury persist.
Recommended guidelines for permanent discontinuation include:
• ALT or AST > 8-times ULN
• ALT or AST > 5-times ULN for more than 2 weeks
• ALT or AST > 3-times ULN and (BT > 2-times ULN or International Normalised Ratio [INR] > 1.5)
• ALT or AST > 3-times ULN with persistent symptoms of hepatic injury noted above.
If ALT and AST levels remain below 3-times the ULN, Jinarc therapy may be cautiously re-started, with frequent monitoring at the same or lower doses, as transaminase levels appear to stabilise during continued therapy in some patients.
Access to water
Tolvaptan may cause adverse reactions related to water loss such as thirst, polyuria, nocturia, and pollakiuria (see section 4.8). Therefore, patients must have access to water (or other aqueous fluids) and be able to drink sufficient amounts of these fluids (see section 4.2). Patients have to be instructed to drink water or other aqueous fluids at the first sign of thirst in order to avoid excessive thirst or dehydration.
Additionally, patients have to drink 1 to 2 glasses of fluid before bedtime regardless of perceived thirst and replenish fluids overnight with each episode of nocturia.
Volume status must be monitored in patients taking tolvaptan because treatment with tolvaptan may result in severe dehydration which constitutes a risk factor for renal dysfunction. Accurate monitoring of body weight is recommended. A progressive reduction in body weight could be an early sign of progressive dehydration. If dehydration becomes evident, take appropriate action, which may include the need to interrupt or reduce the dose of tolvaptan and increase fluid intake. Special care must be taken in patients having diseases that impair appropriate fluid intake or who are at an increased risk of water loss e.g. in case of vomiting or diarrhoea.
Urinary outflow obstruction
Urinary output must be secured. Patients with partial obstruction of urinary outflow, for example patients with prostatic hypertrophy or impairment of micturition, have an increased risk of developing acute retention.
Fluid and electrolyte status must be monitored in all patients. Administration of tolvaptan induces copious aquaresis and may cause dehydration and increases in serum sodium (see section 4.8) and is contraindicated in hypernatraemic patients (see section 4.3). Therefore, serum creatinine, electrolytes and symptoms of electrolyte imbalances (e.g. dizziness, fainting, palpitations, confusion, weakness, gait instability, hyper-reflexia, seizures, coma) have to be assessed prior to and after starting tolvaptan to monitor for dehydration.
During long-term treatment, electrolytes have to be monitored at least every three months.
Serum sodium abnormalities
Pre-treatment sodium abnormalities (hyponatraemia or hypernatraemia) must be corrected prior to initiation with tolvaptan therapy.
In post-marketing experience, anaphylaxis (including anaphylactic shock and rash generalised) has been reported very rarely following administration of tolvaptan. This type of reaction occurred after the first administration of tolvaptan. Patients have to be carefully monitored during treatment. Patients with known hypersensitivity reactions to benzazepines or benzazepine derivatives (e.g. benazepril, conivaptan, fenoldopam mesylate or mirtazapine) may be at risk for hypersensitivity reaction to tolvaptan (see section 4.3).
If an anaphylactic reaction or other serious allergic reactions occur, administration of tolvaptan must be discontinued immediately and appropriate therapy initiated. Since hypersensitivity is a contraindication (see section 4.3) treatment must never be restarted after an anaphylactic reaction or other serious allergic reactions.
Diabetic patients with an elevated glucose concentration (e.g. in excess of 300 mg/dL) may present with pseudo-hyponatraemia. This condition must be excluded prior and during treatment with tolvaptan.
Tolvaptan may cause hyperglycaemia (see section 4.8). Therefore, diabetic patients treated with tolvaptan must be managed cautiously. In particular this applies to patients with inadequately controlled type II diabetes.
Uric acid increases
Decreased uric acid clearance by the kidney is a known effect of tolvaptan. In a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of patients with ADPKD, potentially clinically significant increased uric acid (greater than 10 mg/dL) was reported at a higher rate in tolvaptan-patients (6.2 %) compared to placebo-treated patients (1.7 %). Adverse reactions of gout were reported more frequently in tolvaptan-treated patients (28/961, 2.9 %) than in patients receiving placebo (7/483, 1.4 %). In addition, increased use of allopurinol and other medicinal products used to manage gout were observed in the double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Effects on serum uric acid are attributable to the reversible renal hemodynamic changes that occur in response to tolvaptan effects on urine osmolality and may be clinically relevant. However, events of increased uric acid and/or gout were not serious and did not cause discontinuation of therapy in the double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Uric acid concentrations are to be evaluated prior to initiation of Jinarc therapy, and as indicated during treatment based on symptoms.
Effect of tolvaptan on glomerular filtration rate (GFR)
A reversible reduction in GFR has been observed in ADPKD trials at the initiation of tolvaptan treatment.
The safety and efficacy of Jinarc in CKD late stage 4 (eGFR< 25 mL/min/1.73 m2) and stage 5 have not been explored. Tolvaptan treatment should be discontinued if renal insufficiency progresses to CKD stage 5.
Jinarc contains lactose as an excipient. Patients with rare hereditary problems of galactose intolerance, total lactase deficiency or glucose-galactose malabsorption should not take this medicinal product.
Effect of other medicinal products on the pharmacokinetics of tolvaptan
CYP3A inhibitors
Concomitant use of medicinal products that are moderate CYP3A inhibitors (e.g. amprenavir, aprepitant, atazanavir, ciprofloxacin, crizotinib, darunavir/ritonavir, diltiazem, erythromycin, fluconazole, fosamprenavir, imatinib, verapamil) or strong CYP3A inhibitors (e.g. itraconazole, ketoconazole, ritonavir, clarithromycin) increase tolvaptan exposure.
Co-administration of tolvaptan and ketoconazole resulted in a 440 % increase in area under time-concentration curve (AUC) and 248 % increase in maximum observed plasma concentration (Cmax) for tolvaptan.
Co-administration of tolvaptan and fluconazole, a moderate CYP3A inhibitor, produced a 200 % and 80 % increase in tolvaptan AUC and Cmax, respectively.
Co-administration of tolvaptan with grapefruit juice, a moderate to strong CYP3A inhibitor, produced a doubling of peak tolvaptan concentrations (Cmax).
Dose reduction of tolvaptan is recommended for patients while taking moderate or strong CYP3A inhibitors (see section 4.2). Patients taking moderate or strong CYP3A inhibitors must be managed cautiously, in particular if the inhibitors are taken more frequently than once a day.
CYP3A inducers
Concomitant use of medicinal products that are potent CYP3A inducers (e.g. rifampicin) will decrease tolvaptan exposure and efficacy. Co-administration of tolvaptan with rifampicin reduces Cmax and AUC for tolvaptan by about 85 %. Therefore, concomitant administration of tolvaptan with potent CYP3A inducers (e.g. rifampicin, rifabutin, rifapentin, phenytoin, carbamazepine, and St. John's Wort) is to be avoided.
Co-administration with medicinal products that increase serum sodium concentration
There is no experience from controlled clinical trials with concomitant use of tolvaptan and hypertonic sodium chloride solution, oral sodium formulations, and medicinal products that increase serum sodium concentration. Medicinal products with high sodium content such as effervescent analgesic preparations and certain sodium containing treatments for dyspepsia may also increase serum sodium concentration. Concomitant use of tolvaptan with medicinal products that increase serum sodium concentration may result in a higher risk for developing hypernatraemia (see section 4.4) and is therefore not recommended.
Tolvaptan has not been extensively studied in ADPKD in combination with diuretics. While there does not appear to be a synergistic or additive effect of concomitant use of tolvaptan with loop and thiazide diuretics, each class of agent has the potential to lead to severe dehydration, which constitutes a risk factor for renal dysfunction. If dehydration or renal dysfunction becomes evident, appropriate action must be taken which may include the need to interrupt or reduce doses of tolvaptan and/or diuretics and increased fluid intake. Other potential causes of renal dysfunction or dehydration must be evaluated and addressed.
Effect of tolvaptan on the pharmacokinetics of other products
CYP3A substrates
In healthy subjects, tolvaptan, a CYP3A substrate, had no effect on the plasma concentrations of some other CYP3A substrates (e.g. warfarin or amiodarone). Tolvaptan increased plasma levels of lovastatin by 1.3-to 1.5-fold. Even though this increase has no clinical relevance, it indicates tolvaptan can potentially increase exposure to CYP3A4 substrates.
Transporter substrates
In-vitro studies indicate that tolvaptan is a substrate and competitive inhibitor of P-glycoprotein (P-gp). In vitro studies indicate that tolvaptan or its oxobutyric metabolite may have the potential to inhibit OATP1B1, OATP1B3, OAT3, BCRP and OCT1 transporters. Steady state digoxin concentrations were increased (1.3-fold in maximum observed plasma concentration [Cmax] and 1.2-fold in area under the plasma concentration-time curve over the dosing interval [AUCτ]) when co-administered with multiple once daily 60 mg doses of tolvaptan. Patients receiving digoxin or other narrow therapeutic P-gp substrates (e.g. dabigatran) must therefore be managed cautiously and evaluated for excessive effects when treated with tolvaptan. Statins commonly used in the tolvaptan phase 3 pivotal trial (e.g. rosuvastatin and pitavastatin) are OATP1B1 or OATP1B3 substrates, however no difference in adverse events profile was observed during the phase 3 pivotal trial for tolvaptan in ADPKD. If OATP1B1 and OATP1B3 substrates (e.g. statins such as rosuvastatin and pitavastatin), OAT3 substrates (e.g. methotrexate, ciprofloxacin), BCRP substrates (e.g. sulfasalazine) or OCT1 substrates (e.g. metformin) are co-administered with tolvaptan, patients must be managed cautiously and evaluated for excessive effects of these medicinal products.
Diuretics or non-diuretic anti-hypertensive medicinal product(s)
Standing blood pressure was not routinely measured in ADPKD trials. Therefore, a risk of orthostatic/postural hypotension due to a pharmacodynamic interaction with tolvaptan cannot be excluded.
Co-administration with vasopressin analogues
In addition to its renal aquaretic effect, tolvaptan is capable of blocking vascular vasopressin V2 receptors involved in the release of coagulation factors (e.g. von Willebrand factor) from endothelial cells. Therefore, the effect of vasopressin analogues such as desmopressin may be attenuated in patients using such analogues to prevent or control bleeding when co-administered with tolvaptan. It is not recommended to administer Jinarc with vasopressin analogues.
Smoking and alcohol
Data related to smoking or alcohol history in ADPKD trials are too limited to determine possible interactions of smoking or alcohol with efficacy and safety of ADPKD treatment with tolvaptan.
There are no or limited amount of data from the use of tolvaptan in pregnant women. Studies in animals have shown reproductive toxicity (see section 5.3). Jinarc is not recommended in women of childbearing potential not using contraception.
Jinarc is contraindicated during pregnancy (see section 4.3).
It is unknown whether tolvaptan is excreted in human breast milk. Studies in rats have shown excretion of tolvaptan in milk. A risk for the newborns/infants cannot be excluded. Jinarc is contraindicated during breast-feeding (see section 4.3).
Studies in animals showed effects on fertility (see section 5.3). The potential risk for humans is unknown.
Jinarc has minor influence on the ability to drive or use machines. When driving vehicles or using machines it has to be taken into account that occasionally dizziness, asthenia or fatigue may occur.
The pharmacodynamically predictable and most commonly reported adverse reactions are thirst, polyuria, nocturia, and pollakiuria occurring in approximately 55 %, 38 %, 29 % and 23 % of patients, respectively. Furthermore, tolvaptan has been associated with idiosyncratic elevations of blood alanine aminotransferase (ALT; 4.4 %) and aspartate aminotransferases (AST; 3,1 %) with infrequent cases of concomitant elevations in bilirubin-total (BT; 0,2 %).
The incidences of the adverse drug reactions (ADRs) associated with tolvaptan therapy are tabulated below. The table is based on adverse reactions reported during clinical trials and/or post-marketing use.
All ADRs are listed by system organ class and frequency; very common (≥ 1/10), common (≥ 1/100 to < 1/10), uncommon (≥ 1/1,000 to < 1/100), rare (≥ 1/10,000 to < 1/1,000), very rare (< 1/10,000) and not known (cannot be estimated from the available data). Within each frequency grouping, adverse reactions are presented in order of decreasing seriousness.
The frequency of adverse reactions reported during post-marketing use cannot be determined as they are derived from spontaneous reports. Consequently, the frequency of these adverse reactions is qualified as "not known".
Anaphylactic shock,
Generalised rash
Polydipsia
Hypernatraemia,
Decreased appetite,
Hyperuricaemia,
Hyperglycaemia,
Diarrhoea,
Abdominal pain,
Abdominal distension,
Dyspepsia,
Abnormal hepatic function
Acute hepatic failure1
Rash,
Nocturia,
Pollakiuria,
Polyuria
Alanine aminotransferase increased,
Aspartate aminotransferase increased,
Bilirubin increased
1 observed in post-marketing with tolvaptan in ADPKD. Liver transplantation was necessary.
Elevation (> 3 × upper limit of normal [ULN]) of ALT was observed in 4.4 % (42/958) of patients on tolvaptan and 1.0 % (5/484) of patients on placebo, while elevation (> 3 × ULN) of AST was observed in 3.1 % (30/958) of patients on tolvaptan and 0.8 % (4/484) patients on placebo in a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial in patients with ADPKD. Two (2/957, 0.2 %) of these tolvaptan treated-patients, as well as a third patient from an extension open label trial, exhibited increases in hepatic enzymes (> 3 × ULN) with concomitant elevations in BT (> 2 × ULN).
Reporting suspected adverse reactions after authorisation of the medicinal product is important. It allows continued monitoring of the benefit/risk balance of the medicinal product. Healthcare professionals are asked to report any suspected adverse reactions via the Yellow Card Scheme
Single oral doses up to 480 mg (4 times the maximum recommended daily dose) and multiple doses up to 300 mg once daily for 5 days have been well tolerated in trials in healthy subjects. There is no specific antidote for tolvaptan intoxication. The signs and symptoms of an acute overdose can be anticipated to be those of excessive pharmacologic effect: a rise in serum sodium concentration, polyuria, thirst and dehydration/hypovolemia.
No mortality was observed in rats or dogs following single oral doses of 2,000 mg/kg (maximum feasible dose). A single oral dose of 2,000 mg/kg was lethal in mice and symptoms of toxicity in affected mice included decreased locomotor activity, staggering gait, tremor and hypothermia.
In patients with suspected tolvaptan overdose, assessment of vital signs, electrolyte concentrations, ECG and fluid status is recommended. Appropriate replacement of water and/or electrolytes must continue until aquaresis abates. Dialysis may not be effective in removing tolvaptan because of its high binding affinity for human plasma protein (> 98 %).
Pharmacotherapeutic group: Diuretics, vasopressin antagonists, ATC code: C03XA01.
Tolvaptan is a vasopressin antagonist that specifically blocks the binding of arginine vasopressin (AVP) at the V2 receptors of the distal portions of the nephron. Tolvaptan affinity for the human V2 receptor is 1.8 times that of native AVP.
The pharmacodynamic effects of tolvaptan have been determined in healthy subjects and subjects with ADPKD across CKD stages 1 to 4. Effects on free water clearance and urine volume are evident across all CKD stages with smaller absolute effects observed at later stages, consistent with the declining number of fully functioning nephrons. Acute reductions in mean total kidney volume were also observed following 3 weeks of therapy in all CKD stages, ranging from -4.6 % for CKD stage 1 to -1.9 % for CKD stage 4.
Clinical efficacy and safety
The primary focus of the clinical program for development of tolvaptan tablets for the treatment of ADPKD is a single pivotal, multi-national, phase 3, randomised, placebo-controlled trial in which the long-term safety and efficacy of oral split dose tolvaptan regimens (titrated between 60 mg/day and 120 mg/day) were compared with placebo in 1,445 adult subjects with ADPKD.
In total, 14 clinical trials involving tolvaptan have been completed worldwide in support of the ADPKD indication, including 8 trials in the US, 1 in the Netherlands, 3 in Japan, 1 in Korea, and the multinational phase 3 pivotal trial.
The phase 3 pivotal trial (TEMPO 3:4, 156-04-251) included subjects from 129 centres in the Americas, Japan, Europe and other countries. The primary objective of this trial was to evaluate the long-term efficacy of tolvaptan in ADPKD through rate of total kidney volume (TKV) change (normalised as percentage; %) for tolvaptan-treated compared with placebo-treated subjects. In this trial a total of 1,445 adult patients (age 18 years to 50 years) with evidence of rapidly-progressing, early ADPKD (meeting modified Ravine criteria, TKV ≥ 750 mL, estimated creatinine clearance ≥ 60 mL/min) were randomised 2:1 to treatment with tolvaptan or placebo. Patients were treated for up to 3 years.
Tolvaptan (n = 961) and placebo (n = 484) groups were well matched in terms of gender with an average age of 39 years. The inclusion criteria identified patients who at baseline had evidence of early disease progression. At baseline, patients had average estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) of 82 mL/min/1.73 m2 (Chronic Kidney Disease-Epidemiology Collaboration; CKD-EPI) with 79 % having hypertension and a mean TKV of 1,692 mL (height adjusted 972 mL/m). Approximately 35 % of subjects were CKD stage 1, 48 % CKD stage 2, and 17 % CKD stage 3 (eGFRCKD-EPI). While these criteria were useful in enriching the study population with patients who were rapidly progressing, subgroup analyses based on stratification criteria (age, TKV, GFR, Albuminuria, Hypertension) indicated the presence of such risk factors at younger ages predicts more rapid disease progression.
The results of the primary endpoint, the rate of change in TKV for subjects randomised to tolvaptan (normalised as percentage, %) to the rate of change for subjects on placebo, were highly statistically significant. The rate of TKV increase over 3 years was significantly less for tolvaptan-treated subjects than for subjects receiving placebo: 2.80 % per year versus 5.51 % per year, respectively (ratio of geometric mean 0.974; 95 % CI 0.969 to 0.980; p < 0.0001).
Pre-specified secondary endpoints were tested sequentially. The key secondary composite endpoint (ADPKD progression) was time to multiple clinical progression events of:
1) worsening kidney function (defined as a persistent [reproduced over at least 2 weeks] 25 % reduction in reciprocal serum creatinine during treatment [from end of titration to last on-medicinal product visit])
2) medically significant kidney pain (defined as requiring prescribed leave, last-resort analgesics, narcotic and anti-nociceptive, radiologic or surgical interventions)
3) worsening hypertension
4) worsening albuminuria
The relative rate of ADPKD-related events was decreased by 13.5 % in tolvaptan-treated patients, (hazard ratio, 0.87; 95 % CI, 0.78 to 0.97; p = 0.0095).
The result of the key secondary composite endpoint is primarily attributed to effects on worsening kidney function and medically significant kidney pain. The renal function events were 61.4 % less likely for tolvaptan compared with placebo (hazard ratio, 0.39; 95 % CI, 0.26 to 0.57; nominal p < 0.0001), while renal pain events were 35.8 % less likely in tolvaptan-treated patients (hazard ratio, 0.64; 95 % CI, 0.47 to 0.89; nominal p = 0.007). In contrast, there was no effect of tolvaptan on either progression of hypertension or albuminuria.
TEMPO 4:4 is an open-label extension study that included 871 subjects that completed TEMPO 3:4 from 106 centres across 13 countries. This trial evaluated the effects of tolvaptan on safety, TKV and eGFR in subjects receiving active treatment for 5 years (early-treated), compared with subjects treated with placebo for 3 years, then switched to active treatment for 2 years (delayed-treated).
The primary end point for TKV did not distinguish a difference in change (−1.7 %) over the 5-year treatment between early- and delayed-treated subjects at the pre-specified threshold of statistical significance (p = 0.3580). Both groups' TKV growth trajectory was slowed, relative to placebo in the first 3 years, suggesting both early- and delayed- tolvaptan treated subjects benefitted to a similar degree.
A secondary endpoint testing the persistence of positive effects on renal function indicated that the preservation of eGFR observed by the end of the TEMPO 3:4 pivotal trial (3.01 to 3.34 mL/min/1.73 m2 at follow-up visits 1 and 2) could be preserved during open-label treatment. This difference was maintained in the pre-specified mixed effect model repeat measurement (MMRM) analysis (3.15 mL/min/1.73 m2, 95 %CI 1.462 to 4.836, p = 0.0003) and with sensitivity analyses where baseline eGFR data were carried forward (2.64 mL/min/1.73 m2, 95 % CI 0.672 to 4.603, p = 0.0086). These data suggest that tolvaptan can slow the rate of renal function decline, and that these benefits persist over the duration of therapy.
Longer term data are not currently available to show whether long-term therapy with tolvaptan continues to slow the rate of renal function decline and affect clinical outcomes of ADPKD, including delay in the onset of end-stage renal disease.
Genotyping for PKD1 and PKD2 genes was conducted in a majority of patients entering the open-label extension study (TEMPO 4:4) but the results are not yet known.
Following an additional 2 years of tolvaptan treatment, resulting in a total of 5 years on tolvaptan therapy no new safety signals were identified.
The phase 3, multi-centre, international, randomised-withdrawal, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial 156-13-210 compared the efficacy and safety of tolvaptan (45 mg/day to 120 mg/day) to placebo in patients able to tolerate tolvaptan during a five-week titration and run-in period on tolvaptan. The trial utilised a randomised withdrawal design, to enrich for patients that were able to tolerate tolvaptan for a 5-week, single-blind pre-randomisation period consisting of a 2-week titration period and 3-week run-in period. The design was used to minimise the impact of early discontinuation and missing data on trial endpoints.
A total of 1,370 patients (age 18 years to 65 years) with CKD with an eGFR between 25 and 65 mL/min/1.73 m2 if younger than age 56 years; or eGFR between 25 and 44 mL/min/1.73 m2, plus eGFR decline >2.0 mL/min/1.73 m2/year if between age 56 years to 65 years were randomised to either tolvaptan (n = 683) or placebo (n = 687) and were treated for a period of 12 months.
For subjects randomised, the baseline, average eGFR was 41 mL/min/1.73 m2 (CKD-EPI) and historical TKV, available in 318 (23 %) of subjects, averaged 2,026 mL. Approximately 5 %, 75 % and 20 % had an eGFR 60 mL/min/1.73 m2 or greater (CKD stage 2), or less than 60 and greater than 30 mL/min/1.73 m2 (CKD stage 3) or less than 30 but greater than 15 mL/min/1.73 m2 (CKD stage 4), respectively. The CKD stage 3 can be subdivided further to stage 3a 30 %, (eGFR 45 mL/min/1.73 m2 to less than 60 mL/min/1.73 m2) and stage 3b 45 %, (eGFR between 30 and 45 mL/min/1.73 m2).
The primary endpoint of the trial was the change in eGFR from pre-treatment baseline levels to post-treatment assessment. In patients treated with tolvaptan the reduction in eGFR was significantly less than in patients treated with placebo (p < 0.0001). The treatment difference in eGFR change observed in this trial is 1.27 mL/min/1.73 m2, representing a 35 % reduction in the LS means of change in eGFR of -2.34 mL/min/1.73 m2 in tolvaptan group relative to a -3.61 mL/min/1.73 m2 in placebo group observed over the course of one year. The key secondary endpoint was a comparison of the efficacy of tolvaptan treatment versus placebo in reducing the decline of annualised eGFR slope across all measured time points in the trial. These data also showed significant benefit from tolvaptan versus placebo (p < 0.0001).
Subgroup analysis of the primary and secondary endpoints by CKD stage found similar, consistent treatment effects relative to placebo for subjects in stages 2, 3a, 3b and early stage 4 (eGFR 25 to 29 mL/min/1.73 m2) at baseline.
A pre-specified subgroup analysis suggested that tolvaptan had less of an effect in patients older than 55 years of age, a small subgroup with a notably slower rate of eGFR decline.
The European Medicines Agency has deferred the obligation to submit the results of studies with tolvaptan in one or more subsets of the paediatric population in polycystic kidney disease (see section 4.2 for information on paediatric use).
After oral administration, tolvaptan is rapidly absorbed with peak plasma concentrations occurring about 2 hours after dosing. The absolute bioavailability of tolvaptan is about 56 %. Co-administration of tolvaptan with a high-fat meal increased peak concentrations of tolvaptan up to 2-fold but left AUC unchanged. Even though the clinical relevance of this finding is not known, the morning dose should be taken under fasted conditions to minimise the unnecessary risk of increasing the maximal exposure (see section 4.2).
Following single oral doses of ≥ 300 mg, peak plasma concentrations appear to plateau, possibly due to saturation of absorption. Tolvaptan binds reversibly (98 %) to plasma proteins.
Tolvaptan is extensively metabolised in the liver almost exclusively by CYP3A. Tolvaptan is a weak CYP3A4 substrate and does not appear to have any inhibitory activity. In vitro studies indicated that tolvaptan has no inhibitory activity for CYP3A. Fourteen metabolites have been identified in plasma, urine and faeces; all but one were also metabolised by CYP3A. Only the oxobutyric acid metabolite is present at greater than 10 % of total plasma radioactivity; all others are present at lower concentrations than tolvaptan. Tolvaptan metabolites have little to no contribution to the pharmacological effect of tolvaptan; all metabolites have no or weak antagonist activity for human V2 receptors when compared with tolvaptan. The terminal elimination half-life is about 8 hours and steady-state concentrations of tolvaptan are obtained after the first dose.
Less than 1 % of intact active substance is excreted unchanged in the urine. Radio labelled tolvaptan experiments showed that 40 % of the radioactivity was recovered in the urine and 59 % was recovered in the faeces, where unchanged tolvaptan accounted for 32 % of radioactivity. Tolvaptan is only a minor component in plasma (3 %).
Following single oral doses, Cmax values show less than dose proportional increases from 30 mg to 240 mg and then a plateau at doses from 240 mg to 480 mg. AUC increases linearly.
Following multiple once daily dosing of 300 mg, tolvaptan exposure was only increased 6.4-fold when compared to a 30 mg dose. For split-dose regimens of 30 mg/day, 60 mg/day and 120 mg/day in ADPKD patients, tolvaptan exposure (AUC) increases linearly.
Pharmacokinetics in special populations
Clearance of tolvaptan is not significantly affected by age.
The effect of mildly or moderately impaired hepatic function (Child-Pugh classes A and B) on the pharmacokinetics of tolvaptan was investigated in 87 patients with liver disease of various origins. No clinically significant changes have been seen in clearance for doses ranging from 5 mg to 60 mg. Very limited information is available in patients with severe hepatic impairment (Child-Pugh class C).
In a population pharmacokinetic analysis in patients with hepatic oedema, AUC of tolvaptan in severely (Child-Pugh class C) and mildly or moderately (Child-Pugh classes A and B) hepatic impaired patients were 3.1-times and 2.3-times higher than that in healthy subjects.
In a population pharmacokinetic analysis for patients with ADPKD, tolvaptan concentrations were increased, compared to healthy subjects, as renal function decreased below eGFR of 60 mL/min/1.73 m2. An eGFRCKD-EPI decrease from 72.2 to 9.79 (mL/min/1.73 m2) was associated with a 32 % reduction in total body clearance.
Non-clinical data revealed no special hazard for humans based on conventional studies of safety pharmacology, repeated dose toxicity, genotoxicity or carcinogenic potential. Teratogenicity was noted in rabbits given 1,000 mg/kg/day (7.5 times the exposure from the 120 mg/day human dose on an AUC basis). No teratogenic effects were seen in rabbits at 300 mg/kg/day (about 1.25 to 2.65 times the exposure in humans at the 120 mg/day dose, based on AUC). In a peri- and post-natal study in rats, delayed ossification and reduced pup bodyweight were seen at the high dose of 1,000 mg/kg/day.
Two fertility studies in rats showed effects on the parental generation (decreased food consumption and body weight gain, salivation), but tolvaptan did not affect reproductive performance in males and there were no effects on the foetuses. In females, abnormal oestrus cycles were seen in both studies.
The no observed adverse effect level (NOAEL) for effects on reproduction in females (100 mg/kg/day) was about 8-times the maximum human recommended dose of 120 mg/day on a mg/m2 basis.
Maize starch
Hydroxypropylcellulose
Indigo carmine aluminium lake
Store in the original package in order to protect from light and moisture.
7 or 28 tablets in PVC/aluminium foil blister
Jinarc 15 mg tablets + Jinarc 45 mg tablets
14 tablets in 1 PVC/aluminium foil blister with 7 × 15 mg and 7 × 45 mg tablets
28 tablets in 2 PVC/aluminium foil blisters with 7 × 15 mg and 7 × 45 mg tablets
14 tablets in 1 PVC/aluminium foil blister in wallet card with 7 × 15 mg and 7 × 45 mg tablets
28 tablets in 2 PVC/aluminium foil blisters in wallet card with 7 × 15 mg and 7 × 45 mg tablets
Any unused medicinal product or waste material should be disposed of in accordance with local requirements.
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Date of first authorisation: 27 May 2015
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Detailed information on this medicinal product is available on the website of the European Medicines Agency http://www.ema.europa.eu.
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VISIT MACON LAUNCHES MYCITY BIKES APP HIGHLIGHTING SELF-GUIDED TOURS
Finding activities to do this summer just got a little easier with a new smart phone app that’s taking residents for a ride.
Visit Macon launched a mobile app that features several of its self guided bike tour routes through Macon, in partnership with MyCity Bikes. So, you can take a tour and explore uncharted territory or un-biked territory, rather.
“This is just another way that people can go out and experience Macon on their own,” said
If you’re looking for a way to get some exercise or just get out of the house, you can look no further than your finger tips.
“We are very excited. We have just launched our MyCity Bike App and that was done through the Downtown Challenge grant,” said Visit Macon’s Valerie Bradley.
The app is a continuation of Visit Macon’s Bike Share program, and a way to get people riding along its bike tour routes, people like Saiyda Campbell.
“It’s pretty cool. I usually go down to central city park and so I’m kind of excited to see more Macon and more of the area,” said Campbell.
The different routes range from ‘hair-raising’ to ‘harmonious’.
“Ghosts of Macon, the Best of Macon and the Music Registry. All three of those tours are self-guided, so anyone can do download the app for free and take advantage of the riding bike tours,” Bradley explained.
But Bradley says the ultimate goal is to get people to take a look around by taking those routes.
“We have so many things that people could take advantage of, so many great assets, we have such a beautiful city and we just want people to take advantage of that–residents and visitors,” she continued.
What they’ll see with the app is a new opportunity; What they’ll find along the ride, well… we’ll let you find out for yourself.
Visit Macon received a $7,500 grant from the Knight Foundation’s Downtown Challenge to fund the app, which is free and easy to download. To find out just how easy, click here.
Macon’s temporary bike grids also got some praise and recognition on a national scale.
According to Bradley, Bikewalk Macon should be putting in more temporary lanes in the very near future.
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Kuo: Mini-LED Displays to Debut in Apple's Next iPad Pro
Wednesday September 23, 2020 12:45 am PDT by Eric Slivka
Following his report earlier this week indicating that Apple will be accelerating adoption of mini-LED displays in its iPad and Mac notebook lineups thanks to better than expected development from potential secondary supplier Sanan Optoelectronics, analyst Ming-Chi has released a new report today sharing a bit more perspective on the mini-LED display market as it relates to Apple.
Kuo says that Epistar remains Apple's initial partner for mini-LED chips, but that Sanan and others should be able to quickly join Apple's supply chain as existing patents are not expected to serve as significant barriers to entry. As a result, mini-LED efforts by Apple and its suppliers have effectively moved from the "technology development" stage to the "economies of scale/cost" stage.
While Sanan has seen rapid development of its mini-LED capabilities that could allow it ship large quantities of the chips to Apple in the first half of 2021, Kuo says that Epistar has experienced some yield issues that have led Kuo to reduce his fourth-quarter 2020 display shipment estimates by 50% to between 300,000 and 400,000.
Kuo has said that Apple has at least six iPad and Mac products with mini-LED displays in its pipeline for launch by the end of 2021, but he indicates that the initial batch of displays coming through the end of 2020 will be for an iPad Pro.
Apple's mini LED dies will be mass-produced in 4Q20, but due to yield issues related to the production process of display module materials, the 4Q20 display shipments have been revised down by 50% to 300,000-400,000. We believe that the mini LED display in 4Q20 will be used for the new iPad Pro.
Kuo has long predicted that a high-end 12.9-inch iPad Pro would likely be Apple's first mini-LED product.
As indicated in his earlier report, Kuo sees fierce price competition among Apple's mini-LED suppliers in 2021, predicting that Apple's costs for the mini-LED dies will drop by 50% in 2021 and a further 35% in 2022.
Mini-LED displays, which use on the order of 1,000 to 10,000 individual LEDs, can offer deeper, darker blacks, brighter brights, richer colors, and better contrast compared to traditional LED-based displays, though the technology comes at a significant increase in cost for the time being.
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Tags: Ming-Chi Kuo, Mini-LED Guide
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Realityck
Bring it to the iPhone Line up!
Mini-LED is adding local dimming to a LCD panel that is backlit to increase contrast. Phone would just use OLED instead.
T'hain Esh Kelch
Hello price hike. Now we know why the Air 4 is so close in price to the much better valued iPad Pro.
PickUrPoison
Many think the Air is the much better value right now.
I’m only interested in the Pro though, even with a $100 bump. My 1st gen 12.9” has a broken screen and low capacity battery but I could never give up four speaker sound. Looking forward to ProMotion too, and FaceID. Don’t really care about rear cameras or LiDAR.
69Mustang
"We believe that the mini LED display in 4Q20 will be used for the new iPad Pro."
Wait, 2020? i dont think there will be another ipad in 2020....but i hope i will be wrong and KUO is right...
You sorta parsed that quote sans context. The full quote is about the mini LED display panel, not the iPad. The panels are being produced in 4Q20. Those 4th quarter mini LED panels will be used in the new iPad Pro, which will be among the 6 rumored models to be released by the end of 2021.
madmin
So once again Apple will lead the way with these new chips while the rest play ketchup
Awesome! I’m in for that. I’d guess June/July but hopefully earlier. Some will read tea leaves and cast runes, trying to convince themselves it’ll come later this year or in the Jan-Mar quarter; it never fails lol. But that’s just wishful thinking.
Hopefully no price increase but depending on new features I could easily see a $100 bump. The 2020 iPad Pro added some nice tech while effectively decreasing the price. Very likely Apple’s been eating lower margins to save the price hike for mini-LED. No doubt 5G will also be available at that time.
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Workboat capsizes during Louisiana oil spill exercise, killing two
Professional Mariner|October - November 2020
A workboat that capsized and sank during a boom deployment exercise on the Lower Mississippi River, killing both people on board, turned broadside to the current moments before it rolled over.
Casey Conley
National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigators could not explain why MSRC 8-1 maneuvered abreast to the fast moving river at mile 18 near Boothville, La., on Jan. 16, 2019. The abrupt turn to starboard placed the 32-foot boat in a perilous position, with the towline still connected to the oil spill response vessel (OSRV) Louisiana Responder.
“The static force that the boom towline exerted on (MSRC 8-1’s) H-bitt, combined with the force of the current broadside to the MSRC 8-1’s underwater hull, attached framework and large rudders, created a heeling moment which rolled the boat to port quickly, overcoming its inherent stability and capsizing it,” the NTSB said in its report.
Katelyn Carlisle, 24, and Ruben Arellano, 48, both of whom worked for the Marine Spill Response Corp. (MSRC), died in the incident despite feverish efforts by the MSRC crew, an Associated Branch Pilots crew and a Coast Guard rescue swimmer to save them. The incident happened at 1038.
MSRC, in a prepared statement, said the NTSB findings align with those from an investigation conducted on the group’s behalf by the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS). MSRC has since added buoyancy collars and towing guides on the stern of its 32-foot workboats to reduce the capsizing risk.
“Our commitment to our customers and our stakeholders is to be fully transparent about our learnings from this painful incident to prevent anything like it from occurring in the future,” MSRC spokeswoman Ceren Karaer said. “MSRC does not dispute the overall NTSB findings.”
The nonprofit MSRC is the largest oil spill response organization in the United States. It has vessels and equipment positioned on all three U.S. coasts, the Great Lakes and Hawaii to rapidly respond to pollution and spills. The 210-foot Louisiana Responder, based at Fort Jackson near Venice, La., carried myriad spill response equipment, including MSRC 8-1.
Munson Aluminum Boats built the 640-hp twin-screw MSRC 8-1 in 1992. It had an enclosed cabin with a crawl space accessible beneath the helm chair. The vessel’s gunwales had a series of cleats and small bitts, and a sturdier H-bitt was installed just aft of amidships.
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Cheshire Police
CCTV appeal after pub manager loses tip of finger in assault
Police were called to the Macc Public House in Macclesfield earlier this year
Sam Yarwood
The Macc Public House in Macclesfield (Image: Google Street View)
A pub manager lost the tip of his finger after it was slammed in a door by an angry punter.
Police investigating the nasty assault in Macclesfield have now released CCTV of a man they want to speak to in relation to the incident.
Officers were called to the Macc Public House, on Old Mill Lane, on June 24 this year.
They say a man went into the pub at around 11.30pm and became aggressive towards other customers.
The victim, who is 62, asked him to leave, and as the man left he forcibly kicked the door.
It slammed shut on the manager's finger, and he ended up losing the tip of it.
Cheshire Police are looking to speak to this man following an assault at a pub in Macclesfield (Image: Cheshire Police)
Cheshire Police are now looking to speak to the man in the CCTV image, who they describe as white, with short dark hair, of slim build and approximately 5ft 10ins tall.
At the time of the incident he was wearing a white t-shirt and shorts.
PC Jackie Cantrell said: “The victim in this case was simply trying to do his job and as a result he has sustained a serious injury.
“Enquiries in relation to the incident are ongoing and we are committed to doing all we can to trace the person responsible.
“ If you recognise the man in the CCTV image, or you have any information on the assault, please contact me.”
Anyone with information is asked to contact PC Cantrell on 101 or via the Cheshire Police website quoting IML103638.
Alternatively information can be given anonymously by contacting Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
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Government redistributes school funding
In December last year the government published a document headed “How schools are going to make £3bn worth of efficiency savings, and the opportunity this brings”
The Education Secretary Justine Greening said that “Funding every child fairly and according to their specific needs sits at the heart of delivering the government’s pledge to build a country that works for everyone, not just the privileged few.
“The government has protected the core schools budget in real terms since 2010, but the system for distributing that funding across the country is unfair, opaque and outdated. It is based on patchy and inconsistent decisions that have built up over many years and on data that is over a decade old. This outmoded system allows similar schools with similar students to receive levels of funding so different that it puts many young people at an educational disadvantage.
“Currently, disparities in the current school funding system mean a school could get 50% more if it were situated in another part of the country.”
As a result the government published what it called its “fair funding proposals”, replacing the current system with “a new formula to ensure that children with similar characteristics and similar needs attract similar levels of funding - regardless of where their families happen to live.”
The national funding formula for England due to be introduced from 2018 to 2019 proposed that
more than 10,000 schools will gain funding, including more than 3,000 receiving an increase of more than 5% - up to 3% in per pupil funding in 2018 to 2019 and a further 2.5% in 2019 to 2020
no school will face a reduction of more than more than 1.5% per pupil per year or 3% per pupil overall
for pupils with high-level special educational needs no area will see the funding reduce.
We are now in the consultation period for the new funding formula.
The first response came from the National Audit Office raised concerns that the Department for Education had failed to outline how schools could make £3bn worth of efficiency savings as part of this changeover.
However Jonathan Slater, the permanent secretary at the DfE, has now told the public accounts committee that these efficiency savings expected by government were “doable” without larger class sizes, curriculum changes or damaging pupil performance.
Meg Hillier, the chair of the public accounts committee, replied, “This report shows you have got a very ambitious savings target ... there is a disconnect between what you are asking schools to do and your knowledge and understanding of what the impact will be on pupil attainment.”
To which the permanent secretary said, “I would not say it’s easy. I would say it’s doable, because I have seen evidence of schools doing it.”
He also suggested that schools could be involved in training schemes related to apprenticeships - which will be funded by a levy of 0.5% of all organisations, which have a salary bill of over £3m a year.
Furthermore Mr Slater said that schools that fell into debt would be asked to take on loans.
In further evidence headteachers were invited to say how they were making savings, but it was clear from the evidence that no real re-thinking of the way schooling works was going on. Instead there was talking about having schools cleaned less often, the grass cut less often, and stopping the upgrading of ICT systems while cutting on-going staff training.
What there wasn’t, was any mention of using ICT systems (which have been shown to be easily as efficient as teachers in the classroom) for part of the factual teaching programmes - a system which not only raises results, but also dramatically cuts costs by reducing the number of teachers needed.
Of course, it is phenomenally expensive to make teachers redundant and so the most likely result will be simply not to replace teachers who leave. This will result in a complete re-think of what happens in schools, and there is no doubt in my mind that companies which provide radical alternatives to the biggest expenditure that schools have (ie staff costs) will begin to make significant sales.
This is not to say that just the big computer companies will make money, but rather that any firm that offers ways of doing what schools do now, but at much less cost, will have the chance to make significant sales.
For example, in parts of the USA this has resulted in school students studying for only half the day at school, and working at home or in computer centres for the other half of the day. Likewise continuing professional development can be undertaken from the study of a particular book or even an article, with those interested then attending a voluntary after-school seminar run by the teachers themselves.
There are many options for efficiency savings without reducing the quality of the education, and suppliers who find these are likely to find that rather than sales declining they are growing.
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M&T Bank Donates $50,000 to United Way of Long Island’s COVID-19 Response Fund
Buffalo-based M&T Bank donated $50,000 to help the nonprofit United Way of Long Island launch its new initiative providing relief to those affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
The effort, United Together: A Response Fund For COVID-19, provides direct emergency financial assistance to thousands of Long Islanders experiencing financial hardship to help them meet critical needs of food and household essentials.
“Due to the action from companies like M&T Bank, we have already helped over 4,000 Long Islanders who have been unemployed or furloughed due to the effects of COVID-19,” said Theresa A. Regnante, president and CEO of United Way of Long Island. “This generous contribution is ensuring that we can continue to help families, now and in the future, afford basic necessities while they are not receiving a paycheck.”
Jason Lipiec, market president for M&T Bank on Long Island, was happy to help.
“It’s vital to support community partners during this unprecedented time,” said Lipiec. “We are proud to support the United Together COVID-19 response fund to provide direct relief for the communities where we live and work. We’re humbled by the work United Way is doing to ensure the stability of our neighborhoods and its residents most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.”
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Amy Schumer Finally Gives Us the Female Masturbation Jokes We Deserve
When it comes to real talk about sex, comedian Amy Schumer is leading the way.
At Sunday night's 2015 MTV Movie Awards, Schumer brought the conversation to one of our culture's most silenced and squeamish topics: female masturbation. During the host's opening monologue, she brought up the cast of Magic Mike XXL.
"Magic Mike XXL. It like, really is magic," she said.
"Anytime I watch those guys, at least two of my fingers disappear."
While Schumer's "two finger" joke might be written off as just a clever nod to an upcoming film, it's also a send-up to a topic that doesn't get nearly enough air time in most comedians' repertoires.
And it wasn't just the Magic Mike XXL quip. In a promo video for the awards ceremony released last Friday, Schumer imagined a scenario in which women flock to movie theaters alone, not for the latest romantic comedy, but for a night of solo pleasure courtesy of Fifty Shades of Grey, Magic Mike XXL and lots of phallic accessories.
In the short video, Schumer runs into several friends who have the same idea as her. She hilariously admits to having "bought two seats next to each other so I can sit on the armrest," while her friend confesses she brought her Clarisonic and shower head for her viewing pleasure. The pièce de résistance? Amber Rose carrying in a vibrating bag that sounds like "rattlesnakes."
As the movie theaters let out, dozens of women leave, each carrying a unique sex toy and looking sweaty and satisfied.
A silenced behavior: If this kind of frank, unashamed and highly public conversation about female masturbation seems out of place, there's a reason. Historically, women who have been outspoken about their need for sexual pleasure have been pathologized as "hysterical" and in more contemporary times, seen as promiscuous or unnecessarily bawdy.
That judgment aids a feedback cycle of silence and discomfort. As one study from Pennsylvania State University found, women tend to skirt around the issue when talking with their peers: "Females reported more communication overall than did males on all [sex] topics, except for masturbation, which males reported discussing more frequently than did females."
But there's no reason not to talk about something so common. In 2014, the National Survey of Sexual Health and Behavior and FiveThirtyEight found that 84.6% of 25- to 29-year-old women had masturbated at least once.
Which is why Schumer's jokes matter: The more we acknowledge and destigmatize the behavior and see women's pleasure as just as valid as men's, the better off we'll be. The MTV Movie Awards draw millions of young viewers, which makes it the perfect platform to talk positively about female sexuality.
Later in the ceremony, Schumer thanked the cast of Magic Mike XXL for "making it rain in my Spanx." We have Amy to thank for getting hilariously honest about a subject usually limited to men. Feeling good about yourself and enjoying a hot film aren't limited to any specific gender — just ask Anna Kendrick.
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Michael Carrick takes part in the Manchester 10k to raise funds for local children in Manchester
Michael Carrick, along with a team of volunteers, will be running the Manchester 10k on Sunday 19th May 2019 to raise awareness and funds for the Michael Carrick Foundation.
The money raised from taking part will go towards two of the Foundation’s projects based in Manchester; Carrick’s Street Reds, in partnership with the Manchester United Foundation, and Girls Without Boundaries, in partnership with the Lancashire Cricket Foundation.
With the former focusing on football and the latter on dance and self-defence, both projects give much needed opportunities for children in deprived areas to engage in safe, free and exciting activities, to meet and mix with new friends and to learn important social skills to prepare them for later life.
The 10k starts in the centre of Manchester, with the runners heading out towards Manchester United’s Old Trafford football ground and crossing the finishing line on Great Bridgewater Street. Last year over 30,000 runners and thousands of spectators took to the streets of Manchester to support the highly anticipated event.
Michael is very much looking forward to the event and told us, ‘It’s the first year we’ve entered a team to the Manchester 10k and we’re really excited about it. There will be 25 of us running to raise money for the Foundation, including me and my wife Lisa. It’s really important to us to get involved and support all of our fantastic fundraisers’.
You can find the Team Carrick supporters on one of the eight cheer bus points sited for charities, to make for a vibrant atmosphere and a day to not be missed.
If you are interested in taking up any fundraising challenges for the Michael Carrick Foundation we’d love to hear from you – please contact us at info@michaelcarrickfoundation.com
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How are employers supporting disabled staff during coronavirus?
Over the last few months, Covid-19 has turned our world on its head. We are living and working in a way that few, if any, could have imagined just weeks ago. Businesses across all sectors have had to adapt how they operate overnight. Some will survive. Some will thrive. But what does this all mean for the disabled people they employ?
Workplace adjustments are critical for so many disabled people – and with homes now the new workplace there are some logistical challenges. Our survey revealed issues around provision and portability, set up of equipment, and ensuring effectiveness – and availability – of adjustments as well as the challenges of having accurate data on who has a disability and reaching out to them to provide support.
At a practical level, the focus has been on:
Reviewing routine working hours to enable effective working from home (67 per cent)
Supporting colleagues with assistive technology (64 per cent)
Helping colleagues install video conferencing applications (61 per cent)
Working out which adjustments, such as assistive technology, specialist chairs or other equipment, could be transported to employees’ homes (60 per cent)
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Of course, in the current climate, we are all working with adjustments to a greater or lesser extent and surely one positive legacy of the pandemic will be a much deeper acceptance and appreciation of the role of home and flexible working and the use of assistive technology in the workplace. Our respondents were positive about the potential for long-lasting benefits:
90 per cent agreed responses to Covid-19 will result in a lasting change in attitudes to flexible and home working
63 per cent recognised the increased demand in adjustments for all staff to enable them to work in a new way
Businesses are doing the groundwork already – in our survey, 61 per cent said they were ensuring managers were briefed about how to effectively manage staff remotely. Hopefully, this will go some way to debunking some of the attitudes around the need to (always) be in the office and enable a more mixed economy for the future – which could benefit us all.
Of course, cultural change needs to come from the top. And, while responses to our survey reveal a cross-organisation effort to support disabled colleagues, decisions are generally being made at the most senior, strategic level. The majority (83 per cent) said how the business has responded to Covid-19 generally – including arranging internal communications, home working, and ensuring staff have the adjustments they need – was being led by the chief operating officer or chief executive.
While the figure for responsibility for ensuring staff with disabilities and long-term conditions specifically can move to home working was much lower – 31 per cent said this was the direct responsibility of the COO or CEO compared to 69 per cent for HR – this is still encouraging. We see time and time again that CEOs or senior leaders who have a personal knowledge of and interest in disability issues – perhaps because of their own experience or that of a close family member – are champions of driving change. Giving senior leaders direct visibility of the issues facing their disabled employees should have a lasting and positive impact.
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New map: Corellia: Coronet Rail news - The Dark Times mod for Star Wars Battlefront II
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Star Wars Battlefront II mod | Released 2010
The Dark Times is a Star Wars Battlefront II mod with a heavy single-player focus. It adds many new features to the game, including (but not limited to!) wave modes, randomized units, heroes, and skyboxes, and AI hero support. Its sequel, Rising Son, adds more of the above as well as several new maps and scripted missions.
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In a lot of ways, this expansion to the Dark Times mod - Rising Son - has been about giving me a dumping ground for some ideas that I thought were fun or for things that I wanted to try, but those things weren't a big enough deal on their own to justify really investing time in. A lot of these ideas were some basic map concepts, and while some got scrapped and others got modified (e.g. Nar Shaddaa was originally going to be more of a cosmopolitan, ritzy feel and less industrial), this below mentioned map is a straight translation from concept to finished product. It may even be the only map concept that really made it through the winnowing-down without any real changes!
This map is a unique map in that it sort've breaks one of my own rules as far as maps for this game go, that rule being "don't design a map without a loop of some kind." It's easier understood as a map needing to have some flow beyond one direction. The design for this forces that rule to be broken, in a way (train cars don't attach to each other any way other than end to end, after all), and so a lot of the fun in designing this map was working out a way to keep a "flow" while still maintaining the overall straight design.
One of the things I enjoy about working with the specific limits of this game is seeing how I can create the appearance of breaking those limits. In this case, objects in Battlefront II have no simulated physics or real physical interaction, and so it's functionally impossible to make a map that moves around. Obviously, you wouldn't design a map-set-on-a-train as moving through the map anyway, but the fact that this limit of the game is obvious in some respects makes creating something like this all the more fun.
The map itself is actually a fairly-decent-sized map, with nine train cars attached end-to-end. It is of course somewhat skinny, but in its Z dimension it is significantly larger than a number of maps.
This is the last of this "batch" of updates, and as far as adding major portions of content go, this is wrapping up that section of the mod. My remaining work is a significant amount of scripting, adding new modes, and adding some smaller, fun features. While I am not over the hump yet as far as finishing the project goes, I'm certainly over a hump; finishing up the planned land maps is at the very least a good mile marker. Keep your eyes peeled for future updates!
booman Jun 14 2010
A train map is very interesting! So do all the bots end up in the same car at one time or another? Or, is there different passageways from one car to the next?
Maveritchell Jun 14 2010
There are parallel paths down each side of each car. Sometimes they meet in the center in a big open area (like in the picture of the room with a chandelier) and sometimes they're just obliquely connected (like the room pictured with the doors).
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lukepriefer May 29 2018
can I use this map in my mod I would like to use it my solo a star wars story mod
lukepriefer Mar 15 2018
This is my favorite map out of the whole mod do you think you can add compatibility with conversion pack 2.0. Meaning I can play this era on those maps
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Burglar caught red-handed in garden told police: 'The handbag is MINE'
Victims were left "badly affected" after Michael O'Brien broke into their home, according to police
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Burglar Michael O'Brien is now behind bars
A hapless burglar was caught red-handed by officers in a back garden with three wrist watches, a designer handbag and perfume.
Michael O’Brien was nabbed in the early hours of April 11 at the family home in Seagrave Road, Fulham.
The occupants were away on holiday but neighbours noticed something amiss and called police to the scene.
He was picked up by officers and despite initially denying responsibility, later admitted the burglary.
The 19-year-old was sentenced to 12 months following an appearance at Croydon Crown Court earlier this month, police said.
The court was told when officers arrived at the home they found a smashed window, and searched the house but found no-one there.
However, they soon spotted O’Brien, from St John’s Close in Fulham , standing in the courtyard.
Seagrave Road in Fulham (Image: Google Street View)
He told police he was “just passing through”, but when searched, was found to be carrying three wrist watches, a designer handbag and a bottle of perfume on him.
When questioned about the items he told them that the handbag was his, but was arrested and later charged with burglary.
Detective Constable Will Garton, from Hammersmith and Fulham’s Priority Crime Unit, said: “The quick response by officers resulted in the arrest and imprisonment of a burglar.
"His actions have left a family with small children badly affected when they came to know of what he had done and this sentencing has provided them with some comfort.
“I urge anyone who witnesses suspicious activity in their area to call police and we will respond.”
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Investment market update: May 2020
Whilst investment markets have settled a little from the severe bouts of volatility seen a few months ago, the impact of Covid-19 continues to weigh on economic and business prospects. The next few months, as restrictions are lifted and government support begins to withdraw will be crucial and give an indication of how economies will fare in the short and medium-term.
The full impact of coronavirus on the economy remains unknown. However, the lockdown and ongoing restrictions will undoubtedly have an impact. The Bank of England predicts the UK economy will shrink by 14% this year. However, it added banks are strong enough to handle this and will be able to continue lending.
During May, the government announced it was easing lockdown restrictions, allowing some businesses, including retailers, to prepare to open in June. The furlough scheme, which figures from the Office for National Statistics indicated two-thirds of firms have taken advantage of, has also been extended until October.
Unsurprisingly, economic activity has slowed considerably over the last couple of months:
Official figures show UK GDP shrank by 2% between January and March, just as the pandemic was beginning to take hold
UK private sector output fell to record lows, with data going back to 1998. The composite PMI index fell to 13.8 in April, with a reading below 50 indicating contraction
CBI’s measure of factory output suggests volumes are down 54% in the last quarter, with 84% of respondents stating they have seen a negative impact on their domestic output.
In a sign that consumer confidence is falling and an economic downturn is weighing on decisions, the Bank of England reported that credit growth and mortgage approvals are at their lowest point since 2013. Credit card lending fell for the first time on record, with records going back to 1987.
In a similar picture to the UK, Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank, expects the eurozone economy to shrink by 8-12% in 2020. GDP across the currency area fell 3.8% in the first quarter of 2020.
The eurozone PMI did improve in May, rising to 30.5 compared to the record low of 13.6 in April. As the figure is still below 50, it indicates a contraction but could suggest that businesses are getting back on their feet as lockdown restrictions started to lift across Europe.
The EU has also unveiled its recovery fund which is accessible to all EU member states, which could go some way to offer confidence to businesses operating during these uncertain times as well as investors. The fund totals €750 billion and includes a €560 billion recover and resilience facility and a new health programme to prepare for future health crises.
Mimicking what we’ve seen in Europe, US GDP fell by 5% in the first quarter and Jerome Powell, Chair of the Federal Reserve, warned the US faced a ‘prolonged recession’.
Data released in May shows that US factory orders have suffered a 10.3% slump, with PMI data for the manufacturing sector falling to 41.5 in March. Even more worrying is the PMI April figure for the US construction sector falling to just 8.2. The lower level of activity has affected unemployment rates. The private sector suffered record job losses, with 20.5 million Americans losing their job in April.
Causing concern among investors is also the risk of a trade war igniting between the US and China again. In January, a preliminary trade deal was signed suggesting an agreement could be reached between the two nations. However, President Donald Trump has since called for tariffs as the ‘ultimate punishment’ for the handling of the coronavirus pandemic, dashing investors’ hopes.
Data from Hong Kong has highlighted the impact of coronavirus in the region. The economy shrank by 5.3% in 2020, however, last year’s pro-democracy protests and the US-China trade war will also of had an impact.
As always, it’s important to consider your long-term financial plans and goals when investing. Whilst the market may be experiencing some volatility and economic downturn, focusing on the bigger picture is crucial.
If you have any questions at all about your investments, please get in touch.
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Movies, Script to Screen
Watch the Thrilling New Star Wars: The Force Awakens TV Spot
By Bryan Abrams
"I have lived long enough to see the same eyes in different people" begins the brand new TV spot for The Force Awakens. And this isn't just a re-cut of the images we've seen before—here we get to see Daisy Ridley in proper ass-kicking mode, as this TV spot puts our heroine Rey at the very center of the action, and suggests this voice over (which we've read on The Verge is delivered by Academy Award-winning actress Lupita Nyong’o, who plays Maz Kanata) is directed at Rey. When Rey reaches down to help pick up Finn (John Boyega) and says "follow me," sure she sounds a young woman who's stepping into her fated role, and perhaps those same eyes she looks at Finn with were once looking at a scared Luke, compelling him to join the fight.
Like the Japanese trailer, this TV spot is another unexpected, awesome jolt and a reminder, as if we needed one, that December 18 can't come soon enough.
The force is calling to you… Check out the first official TV spot for #StarWars #TheForceAwakens. https://t.co/tsKiEvZAK7
— Twitter (@twitter) November 8, 2015
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Bryan Abrams is the Editor-in-chief of The Credits. He's run the site since its launch in 2012. He lives in New York.
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Directed by: Roger Spottiswoode
Starring: Colin Salmon, Desmond Llewelyn, Geoffrey Palmer, Götz Otto, Joe Don Baker, Jonathan Pryce, Judi Dench, Michelle Yeoh, Pierce Brosnan, Ricky Jay, Samantha Bond, Teri Hatcher, Vincent Schiavelli
Genres: Action, Adventure, Bond, Thriller
All mistakes 2 audio problems2 character mistakes44 continuity mistakes2 deliberate mistakes14 factual errors2 other mistakes4 plot holes3 revealing mistakes7 visible crew/equipment mistakes Order by popularity Order chronologically Significant dates Titles starting with T
Continuity mistake: The Chinese agent handcuffs Bond to the shower. Then she is running away and you can see her from the back picking up a piece of clothing. Her hair is completely dry, although she was under the shower with Bond only a few seconds ago.
Continuity mistake: There is a shot from behind a video camera, showing a wire or cable coming out of the back of the video camera, however, in all subsequent shots the wire/cable is not present. (00:00:50)
Continuity mistake: Bond takes a watch from Wai Lin's computer-weapons room. The watch is shown to be an Omega Seamaster, the exact same model worn by Bond earlier in the film, but with a few improvements made by Wai Lin's organization, according to her. This model of watch is equipped with a helium escape valve, a knob located on the perimeter of the case at the 10:00 O'clock postion. The close-up of the watch shows this. Later, Bond removes a small remote-controlled detonator from the watch which has the helium escape valve control knob attached to it. The close-up insert shot shows that the knob is no longer attached to the watch at the 10:00 O'clock position, and the close-up shot of the rigged grenade-in-a-jar bomb shows the control knob as a part of the detonator. When Bond and Stamper have their final show-down at the end of the film, there are many shots showing Bond's watch and the helium escape valve control knob is inexplicably back in place on his watch.
Continuity mistake: When Bond parks the BMW, the tyres are turned slightly to one side. When the bad guys come to break into it, they're perfectly aligned with the body of the car.
Continuity mistake: When Wai Lin handcuffs Bond to the water pipe (after the motorbike chase) she has a red shirt on over a white vest. When she turns to walk away the red shirt has disappeared.
Continuity mistake: James and M are travelling in the motorcade. The privacy barrier is lowered to reveal that Moneypenny is in the front-passenger seat. The shot changes to an exterior shot of the limousine. You can clearly see the privacy divider rising during this shot. The shot returns to the interior of the limousine for more dialog. Then the shot returns to Moneypenny for her to say that James will have to decide how much "Pumping" is required. Once again you can see the privacy divider rise. (00:26:59)
Continuity mistake: In the scene where James is trying to escape from Carver's headquarters, a black guy holds him over the newspapers being printed. In one shot the back part of his tie (that hides behind the larger front part usually) is hanging by his ears, it cuts to a shot of the black guy and when it cuts back, the back part of the tie has risen back to its proper place against his chest.
Continuity mistake: When Carver has Bond and Wai Lin in his new building after capture, he is writing their obituaries as he narrates it. The camera zooms slowly closer to Bond and Lin before cutting to a close up of Lin. Suddenly, her mouth is shut when it was partly open before, and her hair is in a slightly different position. (01:13:34)
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Continuity mistake: The scene where Carver is writing the newspaper headline, he changes it from "British sailors killed" to "British sailors murdered." The camera then cuts to a close up of his face, and reflected in his glasses we see the other page (with the headline in different languages). The top text box changes so it has two rows of text. However, when the camera cuts back as Stamper calls in, there is mysteriously only one line of text again.
Continuity mistake: Bond is led into the soundproof room and the one guard closes the door. Bond is then hit, and we see the door close again. (00:36:10)
Continuity mistake: When Bond is in bed with the translator just after the title sequence, the position of the sheet of her back changes between shots. Note the gap between James' hand and the sheet. (00:21:40)
Continuity mistake: Bond is fighting henchmen up on a moving platform at the newspaper. During the fight with the first guy, in several shots the platform isn't moving, then it is, then it isn't.
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Continuity mistake: After Bond is done "meeting" with Paris, she puts her dress back on, including two straps for her shoulders. They disappear in the next shot, and never reappear.
Continuity mistake: When the BMW goes through the shop window there is a large hole in the back of the car with steam coming out of it indicating that a steam cannon was used to shoot the car off the roof of the car park (although a pre-production book claims that the hole is for mines, which weren't used during the chase anyway). Regardless, cut to the overhead shot and the hole is gone.
Continuity mistake: After Bond finds Paris in his Hamburg hotel room and kills Dr Kaufmann he steps out on the balcony. Stamper is standing on an opposite building and the sky is dark blue and cloudy. At the following car scene on the garage's top floor the sky is light blue and cloudy.
Continuity mistake: The magazine in Bond's modified assault rifle changes length several times during the pre credits sequence. Whenever you see Pierce Brosnan's face, the rifle has the bigger 30 round mag, and whenever you don't see his face, this being his stunt double Wayne Michaels, the rifle has the smaller magazine. (This is seen in the jacket collar picture.)
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Continuity mistake: When Wai Lin and Bond are placing the mines on the stealth ship, the underside of the boat is closed. Otherwise people could have easily seen them placing the mines through the big opening in the underside of the boat if it were open. But when they show the inside of the ship, the underside is open to the water.
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Continuity mistake: When on the Stealth ship, Bond uses a fixed rocket launcher using controls on the left side of it, then he turns it to aim elsewhere and he's instantly on the right side. Possible flipping of the image? Also when he turns it, you can see there's an empty rocket tube next to him but in the couple of frames before it launches, all rockets are in their tubes. (01:41:10)
Continuity mistake: In the pre-credits plane chase scene the aircraft behind Bond's fires two missiles. Bond avoids the missiles and they strike the side of the mountain, exploding in a huge ball of flame and smoke. The pilot chasing Bond pulls up quickly, almost crashing into the mountain and passing through the cloud of smoke from the missiles. The camera angle cuts immediately to an overhead shot and it is completely clear around the jet; the smoke cloud from the missiles has disappeared. (00:08:35)
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Continuity mistake: During the car chase in the parking garage, Bonds's remote-driven BMW has video camera lenses mounted on the forward-facing surfaces of the outside door mirrors. They are dark, round spots about 3/4" diameter. These were installed so the rear-seated stunt driver could sit low and unseen and still drive the car. This is all documented in the behind-the-scenes stuff on the DVD. Unfortunately, every shot of the car before the chase scene shows the mirrors to be the normal type with no cameras mounted in them.
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Factual error: As Bond is preparing for the HALO skydive, he is warned that he has to freefall for 5 miles and without oxygen he will be asphyxiated. However, he jumps from a non-pressurised aircraft. Surely when the back hatch opened, the other people standing around would either also start to suffocate or be sucked out.
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Elliot Carver: According to Eastern philosophy, the body has seven different chakra points. The Energy centers, like the heart, or genitals. The purpose of these implements is to probe those organs, inflicting the maximum amount of pain whilst keeping the victim alive for as long as possible.
Mr. Stamper: Dr. Kaufman's record was fifty-two hours. I'm hoping to break it.
James Bond: I would have thought watching your TV shows was torture enough.
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Trivia: Michelle Yeoh did as many of her own stunts as she was allowed to in this movie (that is her climbing around on the front of that bike). This was partly because they couldn't find a stuntwoman as small as she is.
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Question: From the way it is portrayed in the movie, it looks like Bond & Wai Lin just head straight for the stealth boat once they spot it. They come at it from the front. I don't see why they would do that. Even if the surveillance guy wasn't paying attention (there's no way Bond could've known that), shouldn't someone on the bridge be able to see the dingy approaching straight at it? It would've made more sense to me if Bond waited for the ship to pass and then come from behind or the sides.
Answer: It's getting dark by this point - Bond and Wai Lin are dressed in black in a dark coloured boat. Anyone looking out of the window would be looking down towards them - they wouldn't be able to pick them out against the sea.
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In the scene with the helicopter chasing them down the street, apart from the fact that the rotors should catch on something and hurl the machine into a wall, when it finally hits the wall at the end, the pilot and crew quite clearly become about 4 crash-test dummies. This wouldn't be so bad if it weren't for the fact that they are unpainted and all sit in their seats looking straight ahead with their hands in their laps while they are driven into a wall. You'd think they could have at least posed the arms over their faces or SOMETHING!
James Bond: I think we understand each other.Q: Grow up, 007.
Teri Hatcher was three months pregnant when she filmed her scenes - she took the part to fulfil her then-husband's ambition to be married to a Bond girl .
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Bowel cancer screening programme needs to be extended to more Kiwis - Bowel Cancer NZ
James Fyfe
Watch: Dr Sarah Derrett spoke to The AM Show. Credits: The AM Show
More people under the age of 60 need to be eligible for the Government's bowel cancer screening programme, says Bowel Cancer NZ.
The organisation is calling for Māori aged 50-59 to be immediately included in the programme, and the wider population in that age group by 2025.
Dr Sarah Derrett, spokesperson for Bowel Cancer NZ and a professor at Otago University, says dozens of people are dying every year because they missing out on being diagnosed early enough.
'We're losing about 120 people in that 50-59 age group every year - it's a huge amount of people," Dr Derrett told The AM Show on Wednesday.
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Currently screening is only available for those aged 60-74.
She said 360 people in the 50-59 age group are diagnosed with bowel cancer each year.
If the disease is caught early enough it is curable, but the longer it is left undiagnosed the more danger those suffering it face, she says.
"It's treatable and beatable. It's one of the most treatable cancers if it's caught in time."
Although eventually all Kiwis of that age should be screened, Māori - who are most at-risk - need to be eligible for screening immediately, says Dr Derrett.
"We should start screening Māori at age 50 now. Because while 12 percent of all of us [New Zealanders] are diagnosed with bowel cancer in that 50-59 year age group - for Māori that's over 20 percent."
Dr Derrett pinpointed a lack of qualified workers as part of the problem.
"The decision was made to start at 60 because of the concerns we don't have enough workforce in New Zealand. So what Bowel Cancer New Zealand wants action on is getting some workforce," she said.
"We've been sitting on our hands for over a decade not doing the workforce development that we know we need.
"It's not good enough."
Dr Derrett says an investment in growing the workforce and more screening would work out more cost-efficient for the country in the long-term.
"If we diagnose it early people get treated, then it's saving the entire health system money."
Opposition leader Simon Bridges told The AM Show that he agrees in principle that more needs to be done on the issue, particularly in regards to Māori health, though wouldn't say if his party would change the programme if elected in this year's general election.
"I don't want to commit outright, because I think we should be looking at the details, but broadly speaking, yeah, I think we need to do more and that is the direction we should be travelling in."
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Charter Uses Towers To Mine for Revenue
By Jeff Baumgartner 13 November 2000
More cable operators have realized that old technology can carve out new streams of cash as wireless spectrum increases in value.
In this case, the source of that revenue happens to be the hundreds of wireless towers owned and operated by cable companies. As the cable industry shifts from terrestrial microwave to fiber, the need for those towers is quickly diminishing, leaving with a base of fully depreciated but languishing assets.
The latest MSO to recognize that is Charter Communications Inc., which recently hired Dallas-based KGI Wireless to license spectrum on its roughly 1,500 microwave towers to wireless carriers that hunger for more capacity. This way, Charter doesn't have to write contracts on each site, but instead allows KGI write up master agreements with wireless carriers.
"This agreement will enable Charter Communications to leverage its tower assets and maximize their revenue potential by licensing space on its cable towers to the wireless industry," Charter senior vice president of engineering John Pietri said, in a press release.
"Wireless carriers are desperate to create or locate cell cites-not so much for coverage anymore, but capacity," KGI partner Stott Greenwell said. "Wireless carriers are saying they've got enough coverage, but what they can't handle is all of the people who want to talk at the same time."
Because wireless is little more than controlled interference with limited amounts of spectrum and channels, the quick fix is to add more sites. However, local municipalities and zoning boards shudder at the thought of littering the landscape with scores of new towers.
The solution? Tap and sell the available capacity on existing but relatively dormant wireless pillars.
In Charter's case, KGI serves as the facilitator for such deals, bringing the cable operator and wireless carriers together and finding common ground. Time Warner Cable has also signed KGI to license capacity on its 700 existing towers.
"We put these corporate giants, these two industries, together in a way that makes compelling sense," Greenwell said His company leases spectrum to "the cream of the corporate crop," he added, including tenants such as AT&T Corp., Verizon Communications, Sprint Corp. and SBC Communications Inc.'s Southwestern Bell.
KGI is presently auditing Charter's tower inventory to verify locations. Because of pent-up demand for capacity, however, there are already about a dozen or more deals in the cue, Greenwell said.
"It doesn't matter whether I've audited it or not, (carriers) want to locate on it even before it has been audited," he said. KGI gets paid a fee based on the total initial-term license revenue written into each contract. The tenant pays for ongoing tower maintenance, Greenwell added.
Several cable operators have already identified the concept of renting tower capacity to wireless carriers. In 1999, for example, The Tower Synergy Group-which at the time consisted of Rifkin & Associates, TCA Cable TV Inc., Triax Telecommunications Co. LLC and Multimedia Cablevision Inc.-hired Centerpointe Communications to market space on about 700 towers.
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Eleven Years Ago Today Al Gore Predicted the North Pole Would Be Completely Ice Free in Five Years
Posted on December 13, 2020 December 13, 2020 Environment
By Cap Allon
On December 13 & 14, 2009, professor, prophet, and soothsayer Al Gore predicted the North Polar Ice Cap could be completely ice free within the next five to seven years.
Gore made his prediction at COP15 Copenhagen which ran from Dec 7 – Dec 18, 2009, where he repeatedly referenced “state-of-the-art” computer modeling to suggest that the north polar ice cap may lose all of its ice by 2014.
“Some of the models suggest that there is a 75 percent chance that the entire north polar ice cap, during some of the summer months, could be completely ice-free within the next five to seven years,” Gore claimed.
“Join me in asking president Obama and the US Senate to set a deadline of 22 April for final action in the US Senate,” he said. “I do not believe we can wait till next November or December.”
The Guardian wrote on Dec 16, 2009 in an article entitled “Al Gore rallies the troops in Copenhagen“:
[Gore] kept up the pace by calling for the international community to sign up to a fully fledged climate change treaty by July 2010 – and then announcing that Mexico was prepared to host a deal-making summit.
He scolded rich countries for demanding the developing world offer evidence of emissions cuts while at the same time trying to inflate the funds they were prepared to offer poor countries to deal with climate change. And he was just as tough on activists who have embraced him as a hero, demanding they set aside their pride and their principles and embrace a deal – no matter how imperfect. He said he recognized their frustration with the glacial pace of negotiations. He agreed that cap-and-trade schemes to cut carbon emissions were an imperfect solution – Gore confessed to favoring a carbon tax – but the current efforts for a deal were the best prospect of avoiding catastrophic climate change.
And there was no trace of sympathy for opponents of action on climate change. Gore began with a brief run-through of the latest science on melting of the Arctic ice cap, evidence he said “only reckless fools would ignore.”
Well, who’s the fool now:
The year 2020 is now all-but over, Al, and DMI data reveals that at its lowest point Arctic sea ice volume this summer barely dipped below 5,000 km3, and has then by September had started growing at record-early pace.
But instead of graciously admitting defeat, the CAGW camp has merely pushed back its date of doom:
“We have 12 years to save the world. Don’t waste this year.” #COP24 pic.twitter.com/NguPlcNiMf
— Greenpeace PressDesk (@greenpeacepress) December 13, 2018
What most alarmist fail to realize is how incredibly complex earth’s climate system is.
The margins for error in the IPCC’s own models are truly immense. How they can tell us anything with any certainty based on those models is truly a joke and one that leaves me cynical.
The IPCC was created by the UN for the sole purpose of pushing its AGW agenda, and no real world observations, no matter how contradictory to that agenda, will get in the way.
Just look at past narrative shifts as the real world observations altered: we’re now to believe a warming world means more record snow and more record cold, not less as was previously prophesied.
But unfortunately for these political bodies, real world observations are soon to become insurmountable. The sun is shutting down (relatively) — all four magnetic fields are going out of phase (Zharkova) — and the upshot will be a dramatically cooler planet.
The COLD TIMES are returning, the mid-latitudes are REFREEZING in line with historically low solar activity, cloud-nucleating Cosmic Rays, and a meridional jet stream flow.
Both NOAA and NASA appear to agree, if you read between the lines, with NOAA saying we’re entering a ‘full-blown’ Grand Solar Minimum in the late-2020s, and NASA seeing this upcoming solar cycle (25) as “the weakest of the past 200 years”, with the agency correlating previous solar shutdowns to prolonged periods of global cooling here.
Furthermore, we can’t ignore the slew of new scientific papers stating the immense impact The Beaufort Gyre could have on the Gulf Stream, and therefore the climate overall.
Prepare accordingly— learn the facts, relocate if need be, and grow your own.
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Kristin Rizzo is a full-time neutral who believes that parties seeking to resolve a dispute through mediation deserve a partner in resolution - a mediator who is dedicated to her clients, has a command of the details of the case, the needs of the parties, and the underlying complexity of the law involved. Passionate about dispute resolution, Kristin uses her strong work ethic, empathy, and tenacity to help parties resolve their disputes in creative and meaningful ways.
Kristin specializes in employment mediation, from internal workplace disputes and post-investigative matters, to pre-litigation and litigated employment matters. She is also skilled at mediating breach of contract, fair housing, and emotionally charged matters. With her years of prior experience representing both employees and companies in a wide range of employment law matters and recognized as a San Diego Super Lawyer in Employment Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution, Kristin is committed to resolving your matter.
Every mediation with Kristin is set up for success as she offers a full complement of tailored services that start prior to the mediation and may continue post-mediation. Kristin becomes involved with your matter early, through a pre-mediation conference with each counsel, seeking information about counsel’s and client’s goals for the mediation, any obstacles to resolution, and inviting counsel’s input on factual and legal issues. Kristin continues her preparation for your mediation by reviewing all materials submitted in advance and customizing a mediation plan. As most of Kristin’s matters resolve at mediation, Kristin is ready to assist you with settlement document execution to finalize the resolution at the mediation. And, because some matters just need a little bit more time, if your case does not resolve during the session, Kristin offers her continued assistance through post-mediation communications and/or a settlement proposal to find your resolution.
Building consensus on a host of topics with a diversity of opinions, Kristin recognizes that a calm, knowledgeable, and collaborative presence can instill parties with confidence that the correct resolution has been reached. Kristin has gained these skills from years of leadership, including many years with the San Diego County Bar Association, ultimately serving as the association’s President, successfully leading a Board of Directors and a membership of nearly 10,000 legal community members in 2018. In 2019, Kristin was recognized by the San Diego Metro Magazine as a top leader under 40. She has also been active in numerous other organizations; she leads the Professional Development Group for the Southern California Mediation Association; she has an advisory role to the Dean of her law school on the Board of Visitors; and appointed by the Mayor and City Council, she is a Commissioner on the San Diego Human Relations Commission.
A cum laude graduate of the University of California at San Diego, Kristin holds bachelor’s degrees in Political Science – International Relations and Spanish Literature and obtained her juris doctor degree from the University of San Diego School of Law. She received her mediator training from the National Conflict Resolution Center and Pepperdine University’s Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution. Kristin further gives back to her community by offering discounted and pro-bono mediation services on several distinguished mediator panels, including the San Diego Superior Court panel, the Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) pro-bono panel, and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) pro-bono panel.
Kristin is a native of San Diego. She is married and has two daughters. She enjoys time with her family and friends, red wine and chocolate, traveling, camping, and spending time in the sun and at the beach, on the island of Kaua’i, and on Glen Lake (MI).
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For cases in Orange County, Kristin requires a three-quarter day, but does not charge for travel time. For cases in Los Angeles County, Kristin requires a full day, but does not charge for travel time. Superior Court Ordered Civil Mediations
Civil Unlimited: $250 per hour for each of the first two hours and $450 per hour thereafter.
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Additional time: $450 per hour. Extended mediation session time and continuing settlement discussions, including Mediator’s Proposal, will be billed at $450 per hour on a half-hourly basis.
Fees and costs for any mediation, whether private or through the Superior Court’s Civil Mediation Program, are the obligation of the parties and their attorneys, jointly and severally, unless otherwise agreed.
2019 – present / Mediator, Workplace Investigator, President/Founder - Rizzo Resolution
2011 – 2019 / Litigation Attorney, Strategic Representation of Employees and Employers, Mediator, Workplace Investigator, President/Founder - Rizzo Law, PC
2007 – 2011 / Litigation Attorney - Higgs, Fletcher & Mack, LLP
2005 – 2007 / Litigation Attorney, Law Clerk - Hosey & Bahrambeygui
2017 - Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine University School of Law, Mediating the Litigated Case
2011 - National Conflict Resolution Center, Introductory Mediation Skills Training
2006 - University of San Diego School of Law, J.D.
Federal District Court Judicial Legal Extern
Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney’s Office Law Clerk
2001 - University of California, San Diego, B.A. Political Science International Relations, B.A. Spanish Literature
Cum Laude Honors
President 2018, Treasurer 2015, New Lawyer Division President 2010
Board of Directors 2010, 2014 – 2019
Labor & Employment Section Chair 2013, Member
Alternative Dispute Section, Member
University of San Diego School of Law
Law Alumni Board: Executive Committee 2014 – 2016, Board of Directors 2012 – 2016
Board of Visitors: 2019 – present
Commissioner - City of San Diego Human Relations Commission, 2020-present Kristin is member of the following organizations: California Bar Association; California Lawyers Association; Southern California Mediation Association; San Diego County Bar Association – Employment Law and Alternate Dispute Sections; Enright Inn of Court; San Diego Inn of Court, Trial Program, Graduate; Association of Workplace Investigators; Lawyers Club of San Diego; San Diego La Raza Lawyers Association; Tom Homann LGBT Law Association.
Kristin mediates all types of employment matters and workplace disputes:
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In addition to private mediation, Kristin serves as a pro bono mediator for the Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).
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– Los Angeles Plaintiff’s Employment Attorney
“Thank you, Kristin. I know having you as our mediator really helped with my client’s nerves. Both she and I were both very appreciative of the outcome and really thankful to you for all your work.”
“Extremely effective! Ms. Rizzo is one of the most effective, productive and kind mediators I have worked with. She was very informed about the issues prior to the start of the process and took a great interest in my client's perspective. She worked tirelessly to get both sides to come to a resolution. I look forward to enlisting her help on future cases.”
- Daphne Delvaux, Senior Trial Attorney, Gruenberg Law
Kristin is a native of San Diego. She is married and has two daughters. She enjoys time with her family and friends, red wine and chocolate, playing games, domestic and foreign travel, camping, volunteer work, and in whatever free time she has left – recharging her batteries watching movies or soaking up the sun and splashing around at a beach, lake or pool, especially on the island of Kaua’i and on Glen Lake (MI).
Recent Press:
Commentary: Do you know definition of workplace sexual harassment? Legal Source Citation (Feb 9, 2018)
NBC.com, “Accusations in the #MeToo era: How Companies Handle Complaints,” Legal Source Citation (December 17, 2017).
San Diego Union Tribune, “Beyond #Me Too: What You Need to Know About Reporting Sexual Harassment,” Legal Source Citation (December 10, 2017).
Kristin is a frequent author, speaker, and presenter on a variety of topics, including mediation techniques, online dispute resolution, employment law, and current legal issues; for a complete list of Kristin’s media, or to contact her about speaking at your next event, please visit her website at www.rizzoresolution.com
To schedule a mediation please call Case Manager Kathy Purcell at
619-238-7282 or kpurcell@westcoastresolution.com.
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Moore Takes Standing Rock Doc on 3-City East Coast Tour
Northland College Filmmaker in Residence Paulette Moore will be screening and discussing The Spirit of Standing Rock, her documentary featuring activists known as Water Protectors, this week in Washington D.C., Baltimore, Maryland, and Buffalo, New York
Water Protectors have stood with Standing Rock Sioux leaders in North Dakota to defend land and water from a $3.8 billion, 1,200-mile pipeline slated to run under Lake Oahe and the Missouri River. This documentary is a collection of soulful narratives from Water Protectors articulating what they believe are the defining world views, actions, and stories of our day.
Paulette Moore and author and YES! Magazine Co-Founder and Editor-at-large Sarah van Gelder created the documentary The Spirit of Standing Rock from their footage and reporting from Standing Rock camps gathered in the fall of 2016.
Buffalo State graduate Paulette Moore is a Kanien’kehaka (Mohawk) of mixed Native and British heritage and an enrolled member of Six Nations of the Grand Reserve in Ontario, Canada. Moore is an educator and filmmaker who spent two decades based in Washington DC working as a director, producer and writer with Discovery Channel, National Geographic, PBS, ABC and other national and international media outlets. In 2004 Moore began making independent community-based films.
Schedule of Tour (click on links for details)
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GenesisCare Acquires Ten New ExacTrac Dynamic Systems for Advanced Cancer Treatment Following FDA Clearance
Brainlab to deliver 10 systems to GenesisCare in the US bringing the total investment by the international oncology provider to more than 30 systems globally
Chicago, October 7, 2020—Brainlab, the digital medical technology company, announced today the planned delivery of 10 new ExacTrac Dynamic® systems to GenesisCare, offering US cancer patients and physicians access to the latest treatment technologies on the market. This follows GenesisCare‘s acquisition of major integrated cancer care provider, 21st Century Oncology, increasing access to advanced cancer care for patients across US communities.
ExacTrac Dynamic, a patient positioning and position monitoring device, received FDA 510(k) clearance in July 2020 and supports the delivery of precision radiotherapy with surface and thermal tracking combined with real-time X-Ray monitoring. ExacTrac Dynamic will allow GenesisCare physicians to deliver stereotactic radiosurgery, a non-invasive form of radiation therapy which delivers precisely targeted radiation in fewer high-dose treatments than traditional therapies.
Australian-headquartered GenesisCare is one of the largest networks of integrated oncology care in the world, with treatment centers and clinics across Australia, the UK, Spain and now the US. ExacTrac Dynamic systems have already been rolled out in Australia and the UK, providing patients access to the latest advancements in radiation therapy, including stereotactic radiosurgery and tattoo-free treatment.
“During COVID-19, we have remained steadfastly committed to ensuring all cancer patients in local communities across the United States and globally receive rapid access to world-class cancer care. Our investment in these cutting-edge ExacTrac Dynamic systems will help us deliver on our vision to ensure as many cancer patients as possible are able to receive the right treatment, at the right time, closer to home. Our partnership with Brainlab will allow our physicians in the US to automate precise patient monitoring during the delivery of faster, more personalized radiotherapy treatments in our 290 centers across the country,” said Dan Collins, Founder and Global Chief Executive Officer, GenesisCare.”
Building upon the first generation ExacTrac X-Ray, the new ExacTrac Dynamic system expands clinical workflows beyond traditional stereotactic capabilities with new surface-guided and thermal technology. These high-precision tracking and verification capabilities enable the delivery of effective prescription target doses, with less radiation to normal healthy tissues, for a wide range of treatment locations in the body. The system allows for:
Surface guided patient setup without tattoos or markings
Submillimetric patient monitoring using integrated surface, thermal, and X-Ray imaging at all couch angles
Real-time motion management with automatic beam-hold enabling future applications such as Deep Inspiration Breath Hold (DIBH) gated treatments*
“It’s exciting for Brainlab to continue to work with GenesisCare as they expand their presence in the United States,” said Stefan Vilsmeier, President and CEO, Brainlab. “We have long partnered with GenesisCare in Australia and the UK and share their vision to make precision radiotherapy more accessible on a global scale.”
First deliveries are planned for November 2020.
To learn more about ExacTrac Dynamic, visit Brainlab.
About Brainlab
Brainlab is a digital medical technology pioneer founded in 1989 and headquartered in Munich. The company employs more than 1,500 people in 20 offices around the globe. Brainlab serves physicians, medical professionals and their patients in over 5,600 hospitals in 116 countries.
Brainlab creates software-driven medical solutions that digitize, automate and optimize clinical workflows for neurosurgery, spine, trauma, craniomaxillofacial (CMF), general and vascular surgery as well as radiotherapy and radiosurgery. Core products center around surgical navigation, radiotherapy, digital operating room integration, and information and knowledge exchange. The Brainlab open framework operating system will allow third parties to develop medical applications to further advance the field of spatial computing and mixed reality.
Brainlab is dedicated to creating an impact in healthcare. The company connects opportunities from emerging digital technologies to transform healthcare at scale and help improve the lives of patients worldwide. For more information, please visit Brainlab and follow on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
About 21st Century Oncology
21st Century Oncology is the largest integrated cancer care group in the United States. It became part of the international GenesisCare network in May 2020.
We employ or are affiliated with nearly 900 physicians in the US, including radiation oncologists and other cancer-related specialists such as urologists, medical oncologists, hematologists, gynecologic oncologists, surgeons and pathologists. Together, we strive to deliver the most advanced, integrated and compassionate cancer care in personal and convenient settings from 293 locations across 19 states. Our US headquarters are based in Fort Myers, Florida. For more information, please visit 21co.com.
About GenesisCare
GenesisCare is a Sydney and Australian headquartered private company and is one of the world’s largest cancer treatment providers. The organization has committed more than $300 million to upgrade technology and cancer treatment services across Florida and the United States.
Every year GenesisCare clinical teams see more than 400,000 people at more than 440 locations. This includes our 293 locations in the US, 38 locations in Australia, 14 in the UK. and 21 in Spain. Our purpose is to design care experiences that get the best possible life outcomes. We believe that care should be focused on the individual, not the condition, and are proud of our world-class patient satisfaction ratings. For more information visit genesiscare.com.
Debbra Verard
Director, Marketing and Communications, Brainlab
presse@brainlab.com
Angharad Bhardwaj
US Communications Officer, GenesisCare
Bronte Kerr (AU)
Media Relations Manager, GenesisCare
Bronte.kerr@genesiscare.com
*commercial availability pending
About Novalis Circle
Novalis Circle is a worldwide network of clinicians dedicated to the advancement of radiosurgery. Novalis Radiosurgery users represent the leading edge in the application of Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS) and Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) and their participation in the Novalis Circle community indicates their strong commitment to improving healthcare. Novalis Circle provides a communication and collaboration network for developing new ideas and optimizing treatments that will continue to change the face of cancer treatment.
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The green industrial revolution to drive net zero
The Government’s bold strategy published on 18th November 2020 launched a ten-point plan as the race for net zero continues. Calling it our green industrial revolution – drawing parallels with the innovation demonstrated by industry leaders during the UK’s first industrial revolution some 250 years ago.
From advancing offshore wind, to exploring carbon capture and storage – the ambitious plan pledges £12 billion in Government investment to drive the race for net zero carbon emissions by 2050.
Providing up to 250,000 job opportunities by 2030
Realising this vision will also provide a wealth of opportunities for new jobs and skills. With 90,000 job vacancies expected across the initial plans, rising to 250,000 by 2030.
Offshore wind ambitions expected to support up to 60,000 jobs by 2030
Small and Advanced Nuclear Reactors potentially providing 10,000 jobs during construction
Developing low carbon hydrogen could support 8,000 jobs by 2030
Decarbonising public transport could deliver 3,000 jobs by 2025
Smarter, greener building developments creating 50,000 jobs by 2030
Carbon capture clusters supporting 50,000 jobs by 2030 in Humber, Teesside, Merseyside, Grangemouth and Port Talbot
We all have a part to play
As the world’s leading energy and engineering companies restrengthen their future growth and diversification plans to meet this agenda, we’ll be right beside them. Supporting them to identify the best talent and expertise to bring their visions to life.
We welcome to Government’s ten-point plan to embark on a green industrial revolution – knowing the enormous potential it will have to place the UK on the map for innovation.
With it comes a huge opportunity to create long-term career opportunities across a range of industries. By upskilling and cross training hundreds and thousands of people we will position our country as a leader for emerging technologies.
David Redmayne, CEO, NRL Group
NRL Group tops North West business leader board
We’re making 2021 the year of giving back
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O'Dwyer's April Social Media PR & Broadcast Media Services Magazine
By O'Dwyer's Staff
Feature of this issue:
Damages claim, leadership exit loom over Cision
by Greg Hazley
Apr. '12 Social Media PR & Broadcast Media Services Magazine
Main Index of Issues
The Sweden-based PR software company said March 18 it would nix three proposals ahead of its March 26 annual meeting because of “continuing uncertainty” surrounding the litigation threat.
That included a proposed 30 million SEK ($4.5 million) dividend, a plan to implement a long-term incentive plan for no more than 13 executives, and a proposal to authorize purchase of its own shares. Cision currently holds 69,442 of the company’s 14.9 million shares and its holdings cannot exceed one-tenth of the total.
Cision said March 8 that it had been threatened with a copyright infringement action by a U.S. publisher it has declined to name. At the company’s annual meeting March 26, Cision said only that CEO Hans Gieskes addressed the situation regarding the threat adding that further information will be disclosed “as soon as possible.”
CEOs exit
In February, Cision’s North American CEO Joe Bernardo stepped down with acceptance of an early retirement package, effective March 1.
The PR software provider named North American President/COO Peter Granat to take over Bernardo’s duties under Gieskes.
Bernardo, who joined the company in 1998, has overseen a restructuring and overhaul of Cision’s operations in the region and its transition from printed media directories to digital services in recent years. The company reported 12% growth in the U.S. for the fourth quarter of 2011, although Canadian operations were down 14%.
“For the past 13 years, Joe Bernardo has been key to Cision’s success in North America, as the company transformed itself from a news clipping service and publisher of hard-copy media directories to a global software and technology company,” said Gieskes.
Bernardo was previously president and publisher of Futures magazine after stints in tech and publishing.
Granat is the former President of Cision’s European operations, joining from the 2003 acquisition of MediaMap.
Just weeks after announcing the exit of its North American CEO, Cision said in March that its European CEO is leaving the company at the end of the second quarter.
Yann Blandy, CEO of Cision of Europe, is slated to take that same post at Sweden-based Intellecta AB.
Cision CEO Hans Gieskes said Blandy leaves behind a European operation “in better shape than ever.”
Publisher threat
Cision said March 8 that it has been threatened by a “major U.S. publisher” over copyright infringement but does not yet know if or how the claim will affect its operations.
“It is at present not possible to quantify the likely potential liability that Cision could incur as a result of this claim,” said a statement from Hans Gieskes and CFO Tosh Bruce-Morgan on March 8. “However, it cannot be excluded that the impact on Cision’s full-year earnings could be significant.”
That revelation sent the company’s Sweden-traded shares sinking by more than 25%.
The company said it intends to work toward an “amicable solution or otherwise invoke such defense as it sees fit.”
Revenues slip overall, but rise in U.S.
Cision in February reported fourth quarter revenue slipped 6% from 2010 to 252 million SEK, but organic growth swung positive to increase four percent on strength of its U.S. performance.
It posted 12% growth in the U.S. in 2011’s fourth quarter on revenue of 165.1 million SEK, although revenue slipped 2.5% for the full year 2011 at 598.2 million.
“There are clear signs that our 2010-11 investments in sales and marketing in the U.S. are paying off,” said Gieskes in releasing the earnings, noting improvements in Europe also boosted revenue.
The company continues to struggle in Canada, where revenue fell 13% in the fourth quarter.
Divestments and currency effects put a 28 million SEK hit on revenue for the fourth quarter, but net profit jumped 150% to 25 million SEK for the quarter over 2010’s fourth quarter.
For the year, operating revenue hit 969 million SEK, down 14% from 2010 on divestments of its Germany and Finland operations, but organic growth was 0.4% for the year. Gieskes noted it was Cision’s first full year of organic growth in four years.
Fifty-eight percent of Cision’s revenue for 2011 was derived from subscriptions. It counted 13,305 customers at the end of the year, including nearly, 9,000 for its CisionPoint PR software.
Cision shed 118 staffers in 2011, although it added headcount in the U.S.
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Edelman: Business Must Earn 'License to Lead'
The collapse of trust in the private sector combined with the rise of consumers as content creators has put an end to the traditional “license to operate” business model, according to Edelman CEO Richard Edelman, who believes successful companies need to adopt a “license to lead” approach.
Edelman Photo: Christian Whitman
“Business must gain the informed consent of constituents, provide value beyond its traditional performance objectives and be held accountable through a new level of transparency,” he said today at Marquette University’s first corporate communications summit.
The CEO of the top independent firm said business should substitute principles-based leadership for rules-based leadership.
“Rather than driving the car next to the guard rail, business needs to operate in the center of the lane-to tune out the high-priced lawyers or brilliant financiers who advise hugging the guard rail to make a bit more money," said Edelman. "There’s more to gain from a motivated workforce and confident customer base that far outweighs any benefit derived from operating at the edge.”
Edelman urged business to take the lead on issues that are central to their operation and stakeholders.
He gave the firestorm surrounding fracking as an example where energy companies failed to lead, resulting in dozens of stories about pollution of water supplies and laws banning that technique to extract natural gas.
The Edelman CEO sees the need for companies to embrace “radical transparency” and let the voices of “regular people” be heard.
“Employees in mid- to lower levels of the organization are more credible than the chief executive—and they are out there communicating already," he said. "Progressive corporations can serve their own best interests by supporting the process, encouraging informed engagement with Twitter or Facebook because that’s where discussions are taking place.”
The corporate communications officer, to Edelman, is the right person to drive the license to lead model. “Gone are the days when senior communications executives could lean toward their CEOs and whisper advice in their ears, then step aside, assured they’d done their job. The CCO must partner now with CEO on both strategy and execution. It needs to be the closest relationship in the corporation.”
Edelman’s dream is that the best students will forgo the temptations of Wall Street, consulting and tech start-ups for a career in communications.
He said: “CCOs are the future of organizational transformation. We’re the next-generation power brokers.”
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SONATA ARCTICA The ninth hour BLACK VINYL
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“And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying “My God, why hast thou forsaken me?” – Matthew 27:46
Humanity no longer needs a bible to know that we are quickly approaching the „ninth hour“ – the particular moment, when Jesus died on the cross. Our time has come to sacrifice and regret our sins, yet not in a religious way, but in a completely mundane context. We are standing on the edge of a nuclear war, inside a society where environmental pollution is a daily matter and people’s respect for Mother Nature seems barely existent. No wonder that even the good-humoured Finns from SONATA ARCTICA are slowly haunted by fear and doubt when it comes to the future of this planet. And although their sound is still dominated by fast guitar solos, catchy keyboard melodies and Tony Kakko’s unmistakable vocals - a gloomy sense of world-weariness is creeping through their ninth studio album »The Ninth Hour«.
“I am not a very religious person at all,” admits front man and lyricist Tony Kakko. “So I actually had to study the background and different meanings, once I came up with the title »The Ninth Hour«, which was meant to underline the fact this is our 9th studio album. But it was a pleasant thing to find all these meanings and realise that they actually fit in really well with my idea about the cover and some of the lyrical themes.”
Once again, the album was produced by SONATA ARCTICA themselves and mixed by Pasi Kauppinen, to create a typical yet refreshing sound that defines the spirit of the band in the year 2016. The recordings started in April in different home studios, before the band came together to unite their creative forces at Studio57 in Alaveteli, Finland.
After 17 years as a team, the wolf pack has moved from classic Power Metal to more progressive shores, but went back to their initial roots on the last release »Pariah’s Child«. Fans know that SONATA ARCTICA constantly deliver their high quality sound, but are also up for a little surprise here and there, hence every one of the band’s 8 full-length releases carried its own charm that always added a fresh new touch to the genre – not only in their homeland, but across the entire world, placing them on top of the melodic metal Olympus next to bands as NIGHTWISH or STRATOVARIUS.
Therefore the ever-active quintet rarely finds time to breathe and once again, it only took them less than two years to produce the follow-up to their last hit album
»Pariah’s Child« - their new brainchild »The Ninth Hour« will see the light of day on October 7th. But just like their last two releases, this album also gives the listener food for thought due to its thoughtful lyrical and visual content. After a North American tour with their friends from NIGHTWISH plus many headline shows around the globe, the band was able to take a close look at the entire world as it is at the moment – on the edge of a possible armageddon. And this spirit is reflected in the new artwork of »The Ninth Hour«, which was once again designed by ToxicAngel (NIGHTWISH, TAROT) and tells a story whose ending we need to decide for ourselves:
“The artwork of »The Ninth Hour« depicts a future utopian landscape on the background”, Tony explains. “Nature and human technologies are in balance. In the middle we have an hour glass contraption with a knob for us to meddle with. The right-hand side cup represents the nature side with no humans left, on the left we have the human dystopia after we have destroyed Nature. The idea I had was, that turning the knob will tilt the hour glass in one direction or another, and the other cup will slowly empty and that future will be erased. Biblically we are expected to repent and sacrifice on »The Ninth Hour«…to dive right back to a more mundane reality; it’s a fact that we are currently living in critical, historical times. Our decisions will define the future. Not only ours as a race, but the future of this entire planet. We need to make sacrifices and in many cases we will repent our already made choices.”
But from a musical point of view, one won‘t risk falling into deep depression while listening to the new release, since the band once again concentrated on writing 11 epic hymns with energetic melodies and powerful impacts:
„The album itself is not particularly gloomy, I think. Our music has mostly been happy sing-a-long stuff, but the lyrics never really fit that mould. If you are familiar with my lyrics in the past, I'd say we swim in similar oceans. I deal with my worries about the state of this planet, human greed, love, relationships, tragedy, death, but also war and politics in semi-tongue in cheek fashion (I feel the US elections are an endless chest of unbelievable wonders…). Our ‘murder-ballad-saga’ continues AND an old, epic lighthouse related tragedy now has a second part…”
Especially these sequels to evergreen- classics such as ‚Don’t Say A Word‘ or ‚White Pearl, Black Oceans‘ will be a great discovery for all the die-hard fans and their euphoria is just about to begin – since SONATA ARCTICA have massive long-term plans for their future:
“It’s been a work-filled spring and summer for us so far. Working on the album, in the middle of it all a seven week long North-American tour supporting NIGHTWISH, summer festival shows while still in studio… it’s has been a rough ride, but absolutely worth it! And after the festival season our “The Ninth Hour World Tour” will start around the time of the album release and continue until… well, we’ll see where the journey will lead us to! I can’t wait to hit the road and play these new songs live - SEE YOU on tour!”
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4 - White Pearl, Black Oceans [Part II] ("By the grace of the ocean")
5 - On the faultline (Closure to an animal)
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Forestry safety: Prosecutions 'very likely'
2 Dec, 2013 11:02 PM 3 minutes to read
File photo / NZ Herald
By: Isaac Davison
Social Issues Reporter, NZ Herald
isaac.davison@nzherald.co.nz@isaac_davison
Labour Minister Simon Bridges says prosecutions are "very likely" for forestry owners who have breached safety standards.
Up to 150 forestry businesses have been inspected by officials to check their compliance with health and safety rules, and 14 have been shut down.
Mr Bridges told reporters this morning: "My understanding is that there is one prosecution pending, there are other investigations ... What I certainly can say is there is the likelihood of prosecutions in this industry."
He added: "We are warning the industry that they need to get their house in order. We're stepping up, we're resourcing this, doing the inspections, changing the law. We need them to take that seriously and also step up. Because if they don't, there will be consequences."
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment was handling the prosecution but would soon hand it over to Worksafe New Zealand, a newly formed regulatory body.
The minister could not comment on whether the prosecution related to any of the nine deaths in the industry this year - two of them last week.
Under the Health and Safety Act, managers or directors could face up to two years' jail if the company was found to have acted recklessly. Proposed law changes would increase the penalty for reckless behaviour to a maximum of five years' jail.
Mr Bridges said the high death rate in the industry was unacceptable.
"Every single death is a tragedy. We've had an appalling record for a very long time."
He said further law changes would make forest owners responsible for safety throughout their entire supply chain. These changes would be introduced in a bill early next year.
Forestry worker dies after accident in Bay of Plenty
26 Nov, 2013 07:55 PM Quick Read
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Forest deaths: Operations shut down
27 Nov, 2013 06:54 AM Quick Read
Another fatal logging accident
The Ministry of Justice was investigating whether corporate manslaughter charges could be introduced in New Zealand.
The ministry was considering the possibility of a manslaughter charge against corporations, which was already in place Britain or Australia.
An Independent Task Force on Health and Safety said earlier this year that a manslaughter charge against independent directors was unworkable.
Prime Minister John Key said yesterday that a corporate manslaughter charge was "off the table" but clarified this morning that no final decision had been made.
He said: "There is a general belief that it hadn't been successful in the UK and had been very difficult to take prosecutions," he told 3News.
Labour leader David Cunliffe said his party supported the introduction of a charge which targeted individual directors or senior executives.
"The advice that we've received is that it is a worthwhile addition to the legal framework ... and it provides a strong incentive for good behaviour for directors and boards.
"When matters are life and death, it's not sufficient for directors and boards simply to be able to get away with a financial penalty."
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Plunging Into The Depths
Ian Snook · July 7, 2015 ·
Story by Candace Wu. Photography by Peter McCully, Shirley White and Jay Holbrook
A Blackeye Goby (Jay Holbrook photos)
There’s something enchanting about the ebb and flow of the ocean.
Perhaps it’s the vastness of it all; the idea that we are connected in one way or another to the outer edge of the earth.
On a calm evening, the waters lining Parksville Qualicum Beach look as delicate as glass.
But what lies beneath that seemingly perfect surface is one of the greatest mysteries of all time: a world relatively untouched by humanity; free from wrath, greed, gluttony, Facebook.
A Nudibranch (Jay Holbrook photos)
It’s been a lifelong dream of mine to penetrate this fascinating abyss and learn how to scuba dive. And this year I got to scratch it off my bucket-list. One of the most famous underwater explorers of the 20th century Jacques-Yves Cousteau once said: “From birth, man carries the weight of gravity on his shoulders. He is bolted to earth. But man has only to sink beneath the surface and he is free.”
Lore also has it that Cousteau proclaimed Vancouver Island to have the best cold water diving in the world.
That praise has been echoed by scuba enthusiasts all over the place. In 2015 Scuba Diving magazine ranked British Columbia’s coastline as one of the best overall dive spots in North America, taking the top title for Best Advanced Diving, Best Wall Diving and Best Underwater Photography.
DIVE DIARY
Candace gets suited up (Peter McCully photo)
It only takes one plunge into the depths of the ocean to find out why.
The moment I passed my PADI Open Water dry suit course I took to the water for an experience I’d been waiting my entire life to have.
After the initial panic of being 60 feet underwater with my sole source of oxygen strapped to my back subsided, it was like gliding through a 3D Planet Earth episode without the commentary. Suddenly the extra 30 pounds of weight in my suit disappeared and while I was well below ground level, it felt like I was flying; suspended in a state of fascination.
On my first dive as a certified scuba diver at Madrona Point in Nanoose Bay, I tackled what is known to scuba-insiders as Main Wall. It was literally crawling with marine life — bright purple and yellow sea stars of all different sizes, rock fish camouflaged into the seafloor, and I even saw a giant Pacific octopus hiding in the crevices of the wall. And just as we were leaving, like a flash of lightning, I noticed a sea lion dart behind fellow divers. In the blink of an eye, the magnificent creature had graced our dive and was gone; and I was left wondering if I even saw it at all.
An Orange Anemone (Jay Holbrook photos)
While you never forget your first, my most recent dive is now a favourite memory.
Though I didn’t see any particularly spectacular marine animals, the dive itself was surreal. I arrived at Dolphin Beach at high tide in the early evening; sunlight was plentiful, blanketing the ocean’s glossy surface.
As I descended into the water, it seemed a bit murky at first, but the deeper I dove, the better the visibility became and suddenly it was like watching high definition television for the first time all over again. I diligently followed my divemaster because I don’t quite trust my underwater navigation skills yet, and he took me through a forest-like trench lined with lush curly ribbons of army -green Bull kelp.
A Sea Star (Jay Holbrook photos)
As we passed through the algal beds, I noticed tiny fish and invertebrates peek out from behind the thick curtain of kelp. The kelp provides an important sheltering habitat for a variety of marine life including urchins, sea stars, snails and crabs. Then I looked up and saw an unforgettable vignette: a school of fish, at least 100, swimming in sync with one another while sunlight shed through the water, dotting the ocean with little marine shadows. We continued on, traveling at a slow pace, being careful to appreciate every breath of oxygen we had left in our tanks. I saw a small jellyfish, not bigger than my hand. I looked out and realized there wasn’t just one, but a minefield of jellyfish suspended in the ocean just like us scuba divers.
INCREDIBLE VARIETY
Feather Duster worm (Jay Holbrook photos)
Shirley White, co-owner of Nanaimo Dive Outfitters, has taught hundreds of people how to scuba dive in the Strait of Georgia — including me.
White says it’s the wide array of marine life living along our coastline that’s so enticing for divers.
“A couple weeks ago I saw my very first squid (at Neckpoint in Nanaimo),” she says. “I’ve been diving in these waters for 12 years now and that was my very first squid. I see lots of squid eggs, especially in the spring, but I’ve never seen a squid before.”
White explains more common marine life to see include lingcod, rockfish, giant Pacific octopus, wolf eels, war bonets, puget sound king crabs, sea slugs and sea cucumbers to name a few.
“There’s lots of variety,” she says.
A Townsend Shrimp (Jay Holbrook photos)
“You can go down and look at one spot and if you stay calm and stay quiet and stay still, everything that has hidden while you pass by starts to relax and come out again…then when you’re calm and quiet you start to see the interaction between the life.”
While there’s a lot to see, there are some marine creatures you don’t want to run into.
But according to White, there’s not much to worry about on
Vancouver Island.
“Especially diving around here, we don’t really have anything dangerous in our waters,” she says. “The most you might get is a sting from a jellyfish tentacle.”
White says we don’t have any predatory sharks in our waters — and certainly not the great white shark from Jaws.
We do, however, have six gill sharks which usually come up between May and August. White says she hasn’t seen one yet, but knows many divers who have.
Asked if she’s ever felt threatened underwater, White says “sea lions can be intimidating when you have a pack of them all over you.”
But she says sea lions and octopus are playful in nature.
“You have to remember they are wild creatures,” she says. “As long as you don’t antagonize the sea life it won’t hurt you.”
BEST DIVE SITES IN NANOOSE BAY
Avid scuba diver and former instructor Jay Holbrook helped compile a list of the best dive sites in Nanoose Bay. Holbrook, who lives in Nanoose, says he dives once a week in the area — and as an artist, he takes much of what he sees in the ocean for inspiration.
A Green Sea Urchin (Jay Holbrook photos)
MADRONA POINT Madrona Point is a highly rated dive site with a range of opportunity at one location. It’s equipped with shore access and plenty of challenges for all levels of divers. Holbrook says it’s his favourite local spots because you can either do the deep wall (90-95 feet deep) or the small wall (60 feet feet). He say it’s a steep, vertical rock face that attracts a lot of marine life, especially at night.
WALL BEACH Just down from Madrona is another site called Wall Beach, which also has excellent shore access. Holbrook says it’s a fantastic site and if you “time it just right” you’re sure to run into sea lions coming from the log boom nearby. He says sea lions are “a real treat to dive with” and claims the ones at Wall Beach are much calmer than the ones near Hornby Island, known to be a little rambunctious with divers.
BEACHCOMBER PARK Just past the Beachcomber Marina in Nanoose Bay, Beachcomber park is a nice dive. Holbrook says the area doesn’t get a lot of traffic and there’s a bit of a hike to and from the dive site but it’s well worth it. He says you’ll find different types of rockfish at the site and deep down there’s some interesting sponge life. Sea lions also frequent this site.
TYEE COVE Tyee Cove, also referred to as Seducers Cove, is a well known site popular among the dive community for its sheltered location, making it possible to dive despite Mother Nature’s mood swings. Holbrook said it’s his second favourite dive spot for the diversity of marine life it houses, including lots of wolf eels.
DOLPHIN BEACH Just a short distance from Tyee Cove, Dolphin Beach is a popular site, but shore access can be a bit challenging. You’ll need at least a 10-foot-tide on the rise to get in, so be sure to check your tide chart. Holbrook says there’s a neat trench that runs along the seafloor before you get to the main wall.
COTTAM POINT For advanced divers, Cottam point is a great site and sits across from Mistaken Island. However, Holbrook warns there’s often a current if you dive other than a slack tide.
NANKIVELL POINT One of the lesser known sites, Nankivell Point is located south of Schooner Cove. Holbrook says this site was featured in a popular dive book but later taken out in further editions, so it’s waned in popularity. However, Holbrook says it’s a great site with a busy wall of juvenile fish. It has good shore access but Holbrook says divers are more exposed at this site as it’s in the main strait.
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Oath presents selected works by the multidisciplinary artist from South Africa. Dass is a creative, curious, and seriously blooming talent from Durban who chats with us about identity, cultural heritage and image-making.
“MY WORK LOOKS AT DISCCECTING THE TAPESTRY OF MY CULTURE AND HOW EACH THREAD OF THOUGHT HAS CAREFULLY GIVEN SHAPE TO THE IDENTITY I HAVE COME TO ASSOCIATE WITH MYSELF AND MY COMMUNITY. I SPEND TIME VISUALLY INVESTIGATING WOMEN IN MY FAMILY AND MEMBERS IN MY WIDER COMMUNITY.”
1) Tell us about the creative scene in Durban?
It’s vibrant, yet teeny tiny! The points of entry seem to be unfortunately less plentiful and diverse than the plethora of incredible talent here. There are only two major spaces, really—DAG (Durban Art Gallery) & KZNSA. Both are wonderfully singular, engaging spaces, but the ability of any gallery to accommodate only so many artists at a time (combined with the limited number of galleries in the city) creates a scarcity that can leave certain artists underrepresented in our commercial and public spaces. It’s a goal of mine to partner with any entities that are willing to fill that gap and become outlets for the many fearless, beautifully textured artists who speak for our local culture.
2) When and where were you born? Tell us about yourself.
I was born in 1992, in Durban. I am an artist, first and foremost; one who is enthusiastically multi-disciplined, though she has often found inspiration in that which is thoroughly undisciplined. I, like my work, am a jumper of mediums—I am an incorrigible smoker of Marlboros, an ardent lover of rain, and an enthusiastically bemused pessimist. Primarily though, I am a person unweaving the fabric of herself through her work, and in so doing, hopes to clear the way for other womxn who express their experiences and identities as ardently and urgently as I do.
3) Walk us through your practice, how do you approach image-making?
I tend to lean towards whatever I feel a strong emotional connection to. My mom is sure it’s because I’m a water sign, and is quite fond of reminding me whenever she sees a new medium I’m playing with (or an old one I’ve cycled back to). I end up interpreting my emotions through whatever medium feels appropriate, which is why I feel I cannot stick to just one. There’s an element of tactile memory I feel attached to each medium I use, and since 2019 until now, that sensation of visceral memory has resonated most with archival family photographs. The history is conveyed not just in the moment of time the picture captured, but also in the fragility of the photograph itself. I try to convey the nostalgic intimacy they stir in me by rendering the photographs either on fabric or in digital collage.
4) Why are you attracted to working with archives?
When I began working with them, I initially asked family members to please just share any photographs I could use as references, and honestly, I was surprised at how deeply I fell in love with the images. I swelled with emotions looking at them, not having ever seen anything so personally potent as my own history encapsulated in these single moments across nearly a century. I’d unfortunately already felt a lack of representation in the art world when it came to South African Desi artists, so I felt I owed it to generations of others—especially mine—who it seemed had been forgotten. In a way, I feel like I’ve started actively archiving the history of a minority community I feel has been left behind, and its all the more important to me that I’m beginning that journey with my own family.
5) What are the common themes in your work?
Memory, identity, and heritage.
6) Do you predetermine the final result of your image when you begin a project, or does it happen organically?
I think it more or less happens organically. Even choosing an image to work with sometimes happens by chance. My Nani will usually come into my studio and start telling me a story about someone she recognizes in the image, and that will spark whatever inspiration that compels me to work with that photograph. The richness of her storytelling often motivates me to choose a certain image to work with just as much, if not more so, than the image itself.
7) South Africa has a rich biodiversity. There is something harmonious in your work to connect your personal narrative to the heritage of the country, and elements of the land itself. This comes across visually by your use of flowers. This fondness for flora and fauna, where does this connection come from?
I think it comes from the thought that my ancestors were farmers who came to this country on a boat to work on this land. When they came here (or were brought here), they brought with them and nurtured many plants that were not indigenous—certain types of marigolds, chili’s, tulsi, and curry leaf, for example. Most of these plants that have become a part of South African Indian culture were brought here years ago by Indian slaves and immigrants. There’s something magical about the way a seed travels like humans do, and I think the literal splicing of the two images epitomizes my fascination of that mutual, interwoven history.
Then there’s the tactile element I spoke about earlier. The pressed flowers are completely vulnerable. They are fragile, dry, and brittle, just like the old photographs onto which they’ve been placed…and the delicate histories those photographs carry into the present. I also feel the act of drying these pressed flowers is an act of archiving in itself. Most of these flowers are inextricably bound to my culture and are quite literally grown by my Nani’s hand.
8) For our next Volume we are investigating all things relating to LOVE. As an artist who is conscious of artifacts, memorabilia, and who works with physical products of memory we want to ask you: what is your most valued possession, in sentimental stock that is? A physical thing that holds memory and an element of love in it for you?
It’s a quilt my mom made for me when she found she was pregnant. My mother is a nurse, and at that time, she mainly worked night shifts in the ER department. When I was a child, the idea of her stitching those blocks of fabric together while everyone was dreaming made me think my blanket might be magical…and secretly, I still suspect it is.
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New Delhi, Nov 26: Prime Minister Narendra Modi condoles death of football legend Diego Maradona. The PM said, "Throughout his career, he gave us some of the best sporting moments on the football field. His untimely demise has saddened us all."
Diego Maradona, the Argentine soccer great who was among the best players ever and who led his country to the 1986 World Cup title before later struggling with cocaine use and obesity, has died. He was 60.
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The office of Argentina's president will decree three days of national mourning because of Maradona's death on Wednesday, and the Argentine soccer association expressed its sorrow on Twitter.
Maradona died two weeks after being released from a Buenos Aires hospital following brain surgery.
Famed for the "Hand of God" goal in which he punched the ball into England's net during the 1986 World Cup quarterfinals, Maradona captivated fans over a two-decade career with a bewitching style of play that was all his own.
Although his reputation was tarnished by his addictions and an ill-fated spell in charge of the national team, he remained idolised in soccer-mad Argentina as the "Pibe de Oro" or "Golden Boy.: The No. 10 he wore on his jersey became synonymous with him, as it also had with Pele, the Brazilian great with whom Maradona was regularly paired as the best of all time. Bold, fast and utterly unpredictable, Maradona was a master of attack, juggling the ball easily from one foot to the other as he raced upfield.
Dodging and weaving with his low center of gravity, he shrugged off countless rivals and often scored with a devastating left foot, his most powerful weapon. "Everything he was thinking in his head, he made it happen with his feet," said Salvatore Bagni, who played with Maradona at Italian club Napoli.
A ballooning waistline slowed Maradona's explosive speed later in his career and by 1991 he was snared in his first doping scandal when he admitted to a cocaine habit that haunted him until he retired in 1997, at 37.
Hospitalised near death in 2000 and again in '04 for heart problems blamed on cocaine, he later said he overcame the drug problem.
Cocaine, he once said famously, had proven to be his "toughest rival." But more health problems followed, despite a 2005 gastric bypass that greatly trimmed his weight. Maradona was hospitalised in early 2007 for acute hepatitis that his doctor blamed on excessive drinking and eating. He made an unlikely return to the national team in 2008 when he was appointed Argentina coach, but after a quarterfinal exit at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, he was ousted - ultimately picking up another coaching job with the United Arab Emirates club Al Wasl.
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Maradona was the fifth of eight children who grew up in a poor, gritty barrio on the Buenos Aires outskirts where he played a kind of dirt-patch soccer that launched many Argentines to international stardom. None of them approached Maradona's fame. In 2001, FIFA named Maradona one of the two greatest in the sport's history, alongside Pele.
"Maradona inspires us," said then-Argentina striker Carlos Tevez, explaining his country's everyman fascination with Maradona at the 2006 World Cup in Germany. "He's our idol, and an idol for the people." Maradona reaped titles at home and abroad, playing in the early 1980s for Argentinos Juniors and Boca Juniors before moving on to Spanish and Italian clubs.
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His crowning achievement came at the 1986 World Cup, captaining Argentina in its 3-2 win over West Germany in the final and decisive in a 2-1 victory against England in a feisty quarterfinal match.
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| Updated: Saturday, June 3, 2017, 0:05 [IST]
Manila, Jun 2: A masked gunman set fire to a gaming room at a casino in the Philippine capital on Friday, igniting a toxic blaze claimed by the Islamic State group that killed 37 people, authorities said.
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IS said its "fighters" carried out the attack, though Manila has repeatedly insisted the incident was not terror related. The victims suffocated inside one of the main gambling venues of the upscale Resorts World Manila, while dozens of other people were injured in a panicked crush to escape, police said.
The gunman committed suicide by setting himself on fire about five hours after storming the casino with an M4 assault rifle and a bottle of petrol that he used to start the fire, police chief Ronald Dela Rosa said.
Dela Rosa and other police officials insisted the assailant was not carrying out a terrorist attack, pointing out that he did not shoot anyone, and said it appeared to be a bizarre robbery attempt by a "deranged" man.
"This is not an act of terror. There is no element of violence, threat or intimidation that leads to terrorism," Dela Rosa told reporters.
But local police chief Tomas Apolinario told AFP that 37 people died from inhaling smoke from a fire that spread quickly because of flammable carpet on the gaming room floors. Four of the victims were from Taiwan, according to the Taiwanese government. The gunman initially disappeared into the chaos of smoke and running people, leading to a five-hour manhunt through the complex, which also includes a hotel and shops, according to Dela Rosa.
He said the assailant, who appeared to be a foreigner because he spoke English and looked caucasian, was found just before dawn in a hotel room having committed suicide.
"He lay down on the bed, covered himself with a thick blanket, apparently poured petrol on the blanket and burned himself," Dela Rosa said.
Before the gunman had been killed and police had given any motive, there was an unconfirmed claim of responsibility from the Islamic State group. US President Donald Trump also branded it a "terrorist attack". The IS group's self-styled Amaq news agency carried a brief message in Arabic on Telegram, which said: "Islamic State fighters carried out the attack in Manila in the Philippines yesterday".
In a later statement posted on Telegram from one of IS's regular and authenticated accounts, the group went on to provide the gunman's "nom de guerre" and boasted of killing and injuring nearly 100 "Christians" during the rampage. But Philippine officials were adamant it was not related to terrorism, and was the work of an individual.
"This particular situation in Manila is not related in any way to a terrorist attack," presidential spokesman Ernesto Abella told reporters. Dela Rosa said the man, acting alone, walked into one of the gaming rooms and fired the rifle at a large television screen, then poured gasoline onto a gambling table and set it alight. He said the man then fired again at a stock room containing gambling chips and filled a backpack with chips worth 113 million pesos ($2.3 million). The man left the room and went upstairs to the hotel section, but left the backpack, according to Dela Rosa.
The police chief said 18 of the 54 injured people were in hospital, while the others sustained only minor injuries. People inside the casino recounted a terrifying ordeal when the shooting broke out.
"I was about to return to the second floor from my break when I saw people running. Some hotel guests said someone yelled 'ISIS'," Maricel Navaro, an employee of Resorts World, told DZMM radio, referring to another acronym for the Islamic State group.
"When we smelled smoke, we decided to go for the exit in the carpark. That's where we got out. Before we exited, we heard two gunshots and there was thick smoke on the ground floor," Navaro said.
Outside the complex, relatives of people trapped waited today to hear news of their loved ones.
"Our daughter called us past midnight saying she was in the VIP section of the casino and there was smoke and they were suffocating," Gil Yongco, 42, told AFP.
"We are very worried about her. We haven't heard from her."
Their daughter, Hazel, died, authorities announced later. President Rodrigo Duterte imposed martial law last week across the southern region of Mindanao to crush what he called a rising threat from IS.
He made the move shortly after militants went on a rampage through the southern city of Marawi, about 800 kilometres (500 miles) south of Manila. Security forces are still battling the militants in Marawi, and the clashes there have left at least 175 people dead. Duterte said last week he might declare martial law across the rest of the country if the terrorism threat spread.
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State shift: The board's vote leaves districts freer to teach only in English.
By Michael Bazeley and Lori Aratani • San Jose Mercury News • March 13, 1998 • 1,000 Words
In yet another blow to bilingual education advocates, the state Board of Education on Thursday rescinded its policy on teaching non-English speaking students, saying school districts — not the state — should decide how those children are educated.
The unanimous vote followed hard on the heels of a court ruling last week that said the state has little, if any, authority to force districts to educate students in their native language.
The board’s action, which makes it easier for districts to teach only in English, left education officials stunned and dismayed.
“The board has acted precipitously,” said state schools chief Delaine Eastin, who has clashed repeatedly with the board. “They don’t just get to change the rules of the game. This is not in the best interest of the kids.”
The decision comes just three months before Californians will vote on Proposition 227, which would require that most public school instruction be in English.
There has been no legal requirement for schools to teach children in their native language since the state law authorizing bilingual education expired in 1987. But the board and the education department — through polices and administrative regulations — have continued to insist that school districts provide special help for students with limited English skills.
With its vote, the state board voided its bilingual education policy and all its related “program advisories.” Trustees said they would work with the state to develop a new policy by next month.
The board’s decision was a response to a Feb. 17 petition by the Pacific Legal Foundation to withdraw all written policies that led districts to believe instruction in their first language is required for “limited-English proficient” students.
The foundation argued that since the state’s bilingual education law expired in 1987, the board was acting beyond the scope of law when it required districts to obtain permission for English-only programs.
‘Wheels in motion’
“This puts the wheels in motion to set a new direction for . . . meeting the needs of English-language learners,” said Bill Lucia, the board’s executive director.
Board member Janet Nicholas made the motion to rescind the current policy, saying the board had little legal choice.
“It’s clear to me the provisions of the state bilingual education act are inoperative and the principles governing this state are federal law,” she said.
Federal law does not require bilingual education, but it does mandate that schools “overcome language barriers” that impede “equal participation” by students.
The Education Department and the Board of Education have been at odds over bilingual education for years.
Department officials have long advocated teaching non-English speaking students in their native language first and phasing in English-language instruction over a period of years.
That approach, formulated in the late 1970s and early 1980s, is intended to help students comprehend their course work while they acquire a second language.
Through regulations and the withholding of state-controlled funds, state officials have strongly encouraged districts to use that method whenever feasible.
But the mostly conservative state board, appointed by Gov. Pete Wilson, has been skeptical of that approach. In 1995, the board tried to ease the state’s emphasis on primary language instruction by saying it would grant waivers to districts that wanted to use other approaches, such as immersion in English, as long as they could prove their educational validity.
Thursday’s action means districts no longer need to obtain a waiver from the board to use alternative instructional methods.
The board said it would prepare a new policy for approval next month “that is structured in a manner to permit school districts the flexibility authorized under federal law.”
State education officials said they were still evaluating the effect of the board’s action. But they said the department is still obligated to abide by other aspects of state law.
Among other things, the education code requires school districts to train teachers in the “bilingual and cross-cultural skills” necessary to serve students with limited English skills. The code also directs districts to provide an equal educational opportunity for all students, “including, when necessary, academic instruction using the primary language.”
Nothing in Thursday’s action indicated that school districts wanting to use primary language instruction will be prohibited from doing so.
“The districts that implemented programs that bring students to English literacy through primary language instruction will continue to do so,” said Silvina Rubinstein, executive director of California Association for Bilingual Education. “The districts that have not moved in that direction will stay where they are.”
Rubinstein criticized the board for “not taking leadership for schools that need to work with students whose first language is not English.”
Olga Sanchez, legislative staff attorney for the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund, said she is worried districts will misinterpret the board’s actions.
“I’m sure there are various school districts, particularly in Southern California, that will interpret this to say they don’t have to provide primary language — that they can do what they feel is in their interest,” Sanchez said. “But we believe there still has to be some accountability.”
Sanchez argued that districts cannot abandon primary language instruction because federal law requires that it be used when deemed necessary.
In making their decision, board members also relied on a ruling by a Sacramento judge, issued last week in a separate court case. In that case, Spanish-speaking parents sought to require the Orange Unified School District to continue primary language instruction for 1,400 first-, second- and third-graders.
Orange County battle
Parents and Latino bilingual education advocates argued that children were being denied equal education opportunities and that the state Board of Education was wrong to allow the Orange County district to conduct an English-only program.
Sacramento Superior Court Judge Ronald B. Robie ruled last Friday that the board was acting “contrary to law” in issuing any such waivers.
Robie said primary language instruction is required “when necessary” to meet the educational needs of a student. But he said the board had no authority to require districts to offer any specific type of program for students who speak little or no English
Sherri Annis, spokeswoman for Proposition 227 campaign, said she doubted the board’s action would have an affect on the ballot measure.
“The state board of education basically confirmed that a law that expired 11 years ago need not be continued,” she said. “I think it’s going to have very little practical affect in California. Those districts which have entrenched bilingual programs will choose to maintain those programs, so we believe the inaction will continue.”
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Changes to Eels Athletic Performance Department
parraeels.com.au
Wed 30 Oct 2019, 05:39 PM
The Parramatta Eels Club has made some changes to its Athletic Performance Department.
Parramatta Eels rehabilitation coach Brendan Inkster has been promoted to Head of Athletic Performance, replacing Lachlan Wilmot who recently departed the Club to pursue another career opportunity.
Parramatta Eels Club General Manager, Football, Mark O'Neill said, "Brendan has done a fantastic job since joining us one year ago. The work he and our performance staff did this year to get the best out of our players on a consistent basis is a testament to his ability and level of professionalism."
Trent Elkin will now take on the role of NRL Lead Strength and Conditioning Coach.
Trent has previously worked with the Bulldogs, Eels and Sharks before being banned from NRL in 2013. However the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA) cleared Trent of all charges and he is a welcomed addition to the Eels Athletic Performance Department.
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ZCover Ships ISA Cases for New IPod Nano, IPod Touch
zCover on Friday announced the release of iSA cases for the fourth-generation iPod nano and second-generation iPod touch. They're priced from US$24.99 to $34.99 depending on model.
The iSA Touch2 protects the second-generation iPod touch.Each of the cases is made of silicone and provides you with access to the iPod nano and iPod touch's controls and functions. They come in five colors -- blue, pink, grey, ice clear and black.
The iSA Micro4 is designed for the fourth-generation iPod nano. It includes a 360-degree rotating belt clip, and costs $24.99.
The iSA Micro4 Outdoor Kit combines the Micro4 case with belt clip and armband. It's for people looking to use their fourth-gen iPod nano during outdoor activities like walking, running and biking. It's priced at $29.99.
The iSA touch2 is for the second-generation iPod touch. It's a silicone case that includes a clear protective display film, microfiber cleaning cloth and removable belt clip for $29.99.
The iSA touch2 Outdoor Kit, similarly, includes a rotary armband for outdoor use. It's priced at $34.99.
This story, "ZCover Ships ISA Cases for New IPod Nano, IPod Touch" was originally published by Macworld.
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Dragon Age II Out Now, First Downloadable Expansion Released
By Matt Peckham
Like you, I won't lay hands on Dragon Age II until later today, once the post arrives. Something funny happened on the way to a review copy, which just means I'll be probing its occasionally bucolic (but mostly metropolitan) vistas same time as you. Professional expectations aside, I kind of prefer it that way.
It looks like the first downloadable content pack's also out today, something titled "The Exiled Prince." Said prince's family was "brutally murdered," and you're invited to help him avenge their deaths, after which you'll either set him up as prince-once-more, or compel him (hey, he's a crackerjack archer) to accompany you on your quest. You can pull down the expansion for 560 Microsoft Points, or $6.99.
The rest of BioWare's press release is filled with predictable Dragon Age II plaudits. You've got your magazine panegyrics, including a bit of puffery from PC Gamer crowning the game's new action-angled battle system "the best RPG combat ever." Ever ever? I've only played the demo, but combat felt awfully spammy. Better than World of Warcraft? Valkyria Chronicles? The World Ends With You? Resonance of Fate (my current favorite)? We'll see.
In any event, the game launched last night, though not without some hiccups. One gamer in Austin, Texas snagged a PC version Signature Edition, got home, sat down with a cup of coffee, launched the installer, and received an error message warning the game wasn't out yet. BioWare apparently set the activation time to midnight Pacific time.
"Please wait until the official release date and restart the application at that time," reads the error box.
"Yeah, because that was worth me waiting in line and pre-ordering a game I could have digitally downloaded Tuesday morning instead," wrote the user. "The gaming gods doth frown upon us, my friends!"
Another odd move: BioWare's released a high-resolution DirectX 11 texture pack for the PC version of the game. Like it sounds, the pack enables "higher detail replacements for most textures in game." BioWare claims "a big difference will be noticed on level art especially," though cautioning "[m]ost of the benefits from the Hi-resolution textures will only be seen if you are able to run the game in DirectX 11."
You can download the 1.08 GB patch direct from Bioware.
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Colombia’s peace plebiscite: the ‘Yes’ movement
On 2 October 2016, peace agreements worked out through years of negotiations between the Colombian government and the FARC guerrilla group will be endorsed or rejected through a public vote. While Colombians prepare for this decision, youth groups and civil society activists are looking to cut through political divides to advocate for peace.
Lina María Jaramillo
Colombians celebrated as historic peace agreements were signed in August 2016. Now the public will vote on the agreements in an upcoming referendum. Image credit: Agencia Prensa Rural
Civil society groups understand that peace must be understood separately from political interest
The public debate around peace in Colombia has become frenetic, showing up different shades of a society that agrees on the imperative for peace, but not on the means to achieve it. A majority support the recently finalised peace agreements, but many also struggle with some of its key features: amnesty for ex-combatants and the possibility of political participation for rebels. The difficulty of this decision and the burden of responsibility for peace has shown in the ferocity of debates. Rational argument and acceptance of different points of view have been replaced by animosity, the path to peace obscured by political and ideological difference.
But there are those who understand that peace must be understood separately from political interest. Civil society groups, many of them led by young people, are keeping their distance from political parties and political leaders, activating their own movements and campaigns to promote peace and reconciliation. The young people involved in these movements realise that peacebuilding is their generation’s challenge. They accept that there is uncertainty and risk involved in accepting the peace agreements. But for them any peace is better than no peace, any uncertainty better than a future with guns, guerillas and war.
What follows is a description of the most popular of these youth movements. Though the movements were only established after negotiations ended, they are already enjoying widespread support and mobilising large numbers of campaigners.
Sí me la juego: I am in
https://www.facebook.com/SiMeLaJuego/?fref=ts
This is a movement that broadly translates to mean “I am in”, created by a group of influential people that act to mobilise youth and promote the ‘Yes’ vote.
Natalia Currea, a core supporter, explains: “We speak in a positive tone. The 'Yes' vote is hope. The possibility of a different future for the generations to come, to dream a different country, to open dialogue spaces that did not exist before. These will never exist if war continues.”
Si me la juego acts as a network, making connections with and supporting other ‘Yes’ movements and actions such as marches and gatherings. They strongly believe everyone can promote the ‘Yes’ vote through talking about the vote, following social networks to stay up to date with events and developing communications that specify the benefits of ending armed conflict.
Paz mi Pez: everyday peacebuilding
Building peaceful environments is an individual responsibility, and everyone can put it into practice every day
https://www.facebook.com/pazmipez/
Peace my Friend is a movement founded by 25-year-old Angela. She argues that violence in Colombia comes not only in confrontation between illegal armed groups but also in the hostile way people interact with one another. She decided to start her own campaign to promote a simple message: building peaceful environments and relationships is an individual responsibility, and everyone can put it into practice every day with their friends, relatives and neighbours.
Speaking to Angela about the key messages Paz mi Pez aims to promote, she answers that people should leave behind their fears about change, and understand that voting ‘Yes’ to approve the peace agreements it not just about giving Colombians hope, but giving hope to other countries that are facing civil war and armed conflict. It is a huge opportunity to take on behalf of future generations.
Through social media and outreach events, Angela encourages small acts of kindness in everyday settings, whether at home, at work or on the bus. In doing so she hopes to foster an atmosphere of mutual respect and tolerance in Colombia, believing this to be a vital step towards a long-lasting peace. After the vote, the movement aims to support peace education for children and young people.
Jóvenes de paz: defeating political apathy
https://www.facebook.com/jovenesdepazmeta/
Peace Youth is a participative platform of young people from the small city of Villavicencio. These young people see a great enthusiasm for debate about the peace agreements among their peers. But they also see apathy and disillusionment with political processes. Peace Youth aims to convince other young people that the vote on the peace agreements is different from other political events in Colombia. There are no political parties, no candidates, no nepotism. Instead there is a remarkable opportunity to build a new society, free from guns and violence.
Oscar, 26, a political scientist is one of the leaders of this social movement. He is convinced that young people will be the ones responsible for peace building in Colombia. To reach this goal it is important to have new leaders, and more innovative and transparent politics.
Peace Youth reach out through events and advocacy work. Last week, they organised Planting Peace, an event spreading the message that peace is a national responsibility. They argue that a vote endorsing the peace agreements will be a seed of peace, one that will need to be nourished and cared for by every Colombian. In mobilising their peers to vote ‘Yes’ to the agreements, they hope to secure the foundation for building a peaceful society in Colombia.
Jóvenes por el Si: countering media bias through performance art
Jovenes por el sí focuses on the optimism that results from the possibility of a country living in peace
https://www.facebook.com/JuntosCol/?ref=br_rs&hc_ref=SEARCH&fref=nf
The Youth for Yes movement is already active in 10 different cities and has united students and young leaders from universities across Colombia. The group is concerned about media bias relating to the plebiscite. They fear that media sites and newspapers are selectively sharing polls that have ‘No’ votes leading and that this will influence voting.
Alex Bahamón, one of the members of the movement, explains that by reading the full document of the peace agreements it is not possible to identify all the benefits that peace would bring to the society. With this idea on mind, Jovenes por el sí is focusing on the optimism that results from the possibility of a country living in peace.
In response, they seek to promote the ‘Yes’ option independently of traditional media. They use art and symbolism to highlight the positive aspects of the peace agreements. Flash mobs and street demonstrations are typical of their style. They even organised a faux-wedding where supporters married a ‘Yes’ vote.
Organising for peace
These organisations are a sample of the vibrant civil society that is growing around the plebiscite vote. Youth are celebrating the opportunity for peace, convincing others of how positively peace could transform Colombia and rallying people to go out and vote.
In building a new Colombia these groups may well end up as the political elite of the future. Perhaps the best advice they can follow in this moment comes from Martin Luther King Jr: “Those who love peace must learn to organise as effectively as those who love war.”
Lina María Jaramillo is Peace Insight’s Local Peacebuilding Expert for Colombia. Lina María is a political scientist with Master's degrees in International Studies and International Development. For the past 8 years she has worked on projects related to peace, security and development issues and is currently with Oxfam as Knowledge Management Officer.
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Young Australians working multiple jobs
Angus Livingston, AAP National Economics WriterAAP
A quarter of Australians younger than 30 hold multiple jobs, with the number tracking up again after a slight decline.
New data also shows the median income per job in 2016/17 was $43,189, adjusted to take into account how long workers spent in each role.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics data shows young people are working in multiple industries in order to make their money.
"Around one in every four employed people under 30 were multiple job holders in 2016/17, and this was highest around the age of 19," ABS head of labour statistics Bjorn Jarvis said on Thursday.
Of these multiple job holders, 53.7 per cent were women, and 67.2 per cent lived in capital cities.
"Around 26 per cent of multiple job holders worked all of their jobs in the same industry, which meant that 74 per cent worked across multiple industries," Mr Jarvis said.
The most common combination of industries were health care and administration, health care and education, and retail and hospitality.
Overall, more 2.1 million people held multiple jobs in 2016/17, after numbers ticked below two million in 2012/13 and stayed there for four years.
The Northern Territory had the highest rate of multiple job holders at 19.1 per cent, while South Australia reported the lowest.
Of those two million Australians with multiple jobs, 19.4 per cent of them held three jobs, and eight per cent - 168,000 - held four or more.
The data also revealed which type of businesses employ the most Australians, with large businesses with more than 200 workers employing 7.8 million people.
Small businesses with fewer than 20 workers employed 5.6 million people, while medium-sized businesses had 4.2 million workers.
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Review of the Alfa Romeo Giulia Diesel Saloon
The new Alfa Romeo Giulia Diesel Saloon is a drop dead gorgeous, larger version of the Giulia Hatchback. Here to take on the exec German saloons, it’s got heaps of luxury and is fun to drive.
For the brand, this is a key car. For fans of the brand, it’s also a key car as Alfa Romeo haven’t put together an exec saloon for six years. Has it been worth the wait? OSV finds out with our 2018 Alfa Romeo Giulia Diesel Saloon review.
To achieve as pure a driving experience as possible, Alfa Romeo has gone for a rear-engined layout here. This means that the front wheels don’t need to provide any extra power but can instead just steer the Giulia. It works perfectly and it’s immaculate to drive, no matter what the conditions are.
Moreover, the decision to forge the car from aluminium has also been proven to be a wise one, as it means the Alfa Romeo is nice and light. This boosts its agility while keeping running costs down.
However, there is a major caveat, which is that there’s no manual gearbox. Instead, buyers have to settle for an 8-speed automatic. Hopefully, even keener enthusiasts won’t be too put off by this, as aluminium paddles are optional if you want to get involved yourself. Other than that, the gearbox is smooth and makes quick changes.
The car’s steering is accurate but the sheer speed of the car means it might take you a bit of time to get a firm handle on taking corners. Body lean is kept to a minimum due to the firm suspension, but the trade-off here is discomfort over harsher surfaces. If you’re willing to pay an extra £2,000 for the Performance Pack, you’ll get an adjustable suspension as well as those gearbox paddles.
In terms of its engines, there’s only one diesel unit available but it comes in two separate power guises. The smaller 148bhp variant takes 8.2 seconds to complete the 0-62 dash, which is brisk. But the bigger 178bhp variant returns the exact same fuel economy and can get you from a standstill to 62mph in 7.1 seconds. It also feels a lot meatier and is our top pick.
Interior, Design, and Build
A luxurious interior is the order of the day here, with Alfa Romeo doing their best to make sure the driver feels right at home. They do this with controls that are tilted towards the driver, as well as an easy to use 6.5” central display.
From the way it’s been designed, it’s clear that Alfa Romeo wanted to keep things as tasteful and simple as possible. The dashboard is clutter-free, a rotary control knob takes care of a lot of the various settings, while a huge 8.8” infotainment screen not only looks great, it also brings the higher trimmed cars in line with the sort of class offered by its German executive rivals.
Overall, the interior is comfortable and sophisticated, but it’s a shame that only the higher trims get leather seats.
In terms of how practical it is, there’s plenty of room for all, thanks largely to the fact that the car has the longest wheelbase in this sector. Four adults can sit in genuine comfort, with plenty of room to stretch out and actually enjoy long distance trips.
The boot, meanwhile, measures a very competitive 480-litres. The lip is high, however, this is common on most cars of this type. Build quality is also excellent, and the Giulia is a super luxurious and usable car.
Standard kit is good across all four trim levels, with the entry-level model getting the likes of a 6.5” infotainment screen, cruise control, air conditioning, daytime running lights and 16” alloys included in the purchase price.
The Supermodel adds bigger 17” alloys, steering-wheel shift paddles, an 8.8” infotainment screen, sat nav and part-leather seats. The Speciale model gets a 7” TFT instrument cluster, 18” alloys and a sports pack, while the Giulia Veloce model comes with twin exhausts, xenon headlights and black brake callipers.
Is the Alfa Romeo Giulia Diesel Saloon safe? It scored 5/5 when crash-tested by Euro NCAP, while its standard safety kit across the range includes lane-departure warning, forward collision warning, electronic stability control, a blind-spot monitoring system and emergency autonomous braking.
Costs of the Alfa Romeo Giulia Diesel Saloon
Prices for the new car start out from £29,875 and rise to £61,595. If you prefer to lease, you can pick up a deal from £269 + VAT per month. For more information on our leasing deals, check out our page here.
In terms of running costs, the 2.2-litre diesel engines fare well. Both the 148 and the bigger 178bhp variants return 67mpg economy and emit 109g/km of CO2. That’s pretty good, and it means the car sits in the 23% BiK band.
Where insurance is concerned, the diesels occupy groups 22 – 28, which is about average for a car of this type.
Pros and Cons of the Alfa Romeo Giulia Diesel Saloon
Sharp Handling
It’s fun on the road, with its engines backing things up with pace and performance.
There’s a classic Italian glint in its eye, with the Giulia one of the most suited and booted cars in this class.
Solid Engines
The diesels are characterful, economical and quick.
Harsh Ride
The suspension setup won’t appeal to everyone.
No Manual Gearbox
This will be a source of frustration for some buyers.
Alfa Romeo Giulia Diesel Saloon vs BMW 3 Series Diesel Saloon vs Jaguar XE Diesel Saloon
Let’s see how the car fares against its rivals in the comparison section of our 2018 Alfa Romeo Giulia Diesel Saloon review.
Alfa Romeo Giulia Diesel Saloon vs BMW 3 Series Diesel Saloon
The new BMW 3 Series Diesel Saloon is the yardstick against which all others are measured in this sector. With each generation, it’s got better and better and is a triumph to BMW’s remarkable engineering capabilities.
On the road, it’s fun to drive, with nicely weighted steering, stiff suspension and lots of grip being the order of the day. The steering has a bit of a dead spot on the motorway which won’t suit all buyers, but for the most part, this is an engaging machine that’s a strong rival to the Alfa Romeo.
Adaptive dampers are optional, and if you can extend your budget far enough we whole-heartedly recommend them.
In terms of its diesel engines, they’re almost as quick as the petrols. The 320d can race away from rest to 62mph in just 7.5 seconds, yet despite its speed it’s also frugal. It’s our top pick and feels responsive and smooth on the move. It also benefits from a softer suspension setup than the petrols and the steering feels more natural.
In terms of its running costs, the 320d benefits from some smart aerodynamics to return as much as 74.3mpg if you go for the 161bhp variant. There’s also the option of a slower and cheaper 318d and 316d model, but all diesels share a 2.0-litre engine.
There’s a bigger 330d diesel available which is fast but returns 56.6mpg at best, while an M Sport 335d diesel is good for 51.4mpg.
Inside, you can expect the same high-quality interior as usual from BMW. The layout is logical, the design classy and comfort is assured despite the stiff suspension.
Like the Alfa Romeo, the dashboard is very driver-focused, with the dials and controls angled towards you. The centre console is elevated and everything is easy to use, such as the dash-mounted colour screen.
The car is hardly lacking in standard kit, with all models gutting air conditioning and a three-spoke leather steering wheel that’s suitably chunky.
Is the BMW 3 Series Diesel Saloon practical? Its boot measures 480-litres, which is the same as the Alfa Romeo. However, it’s easier to use and has a smaller lip. Other than that, it’s worth pointing out that this is the largest 3 Series yet, with a high transmission tunnel being the only serious issue. That said, it’s not the most spacious saloon inside.
On the other hand, there are plenty of handy storage spaces, including two cup-holders, some reasonably sized door bins and a big glovebox.
Alfa Romeo – £29,875 – £61,595
BMW – £26,790 – £44,020
Alfa Romeo Giulia Diesel Saloon vs Jaguar XE Diesel Saloon
The new Jaguar XE Diesel Saloon is another assured offering that will make you think twice about the Alfa Romeo.
The way the car drives will suit enthusiasts, with the Jaguar keeping up with both the Giulia and the BMW on this count. It’s fun but comfortable, although we would say that the Giulia ultimately edges it for being more driver-focused.
Still, the XE can offer sharp, precise and well-weighted steering, and it feels super agile. Unlike the Alfa Romeo, it also offers the option of a 6-speed manual gearbox, which is actually standard. With that in mind, the 8-speed auto ‘box changes gears smoother and most buyers will likely go for it.
In terms of its engines, there is a pair of diesels to choose from. The 2.0-litre engine is available in two separate power guises, starting out with a 161bhp variant that will cover the 0-62 dash in 8.4 seconds if you stick to the manual ‘box and 8.2 seconds if you add the automatic transmission.
The 178bhp variant does 0-62 in 7.8 seconds no matter which gearbox you go for, but if you add four-wheel drive you’ll see that time pegged back a little. Rounding off the range is a 25d model that develops 237bhp, and which can do 0-62 in 6.1 seconds.
Where running costs are concerned, the 2.0-litre 161bhp diesel returns an impressive 75mpg and emits less than 99g/km of CO2. The bigger 178bhp variant is good for 67.3mpg at best and emits just 109g/km of the old CO2, but you will slightly dent those figures if you opt for the automatic gearbox. Adding four-wheel-drive will also negatively affect them a little.
Inside, there’s a real sense of occasion that buyers will warm to. It’s taken as much as it can from the bigger Jaguar XF and distilled it into its more compact cabin. The rotary automatic gear selector has made it over from the XF, while fit and finish is hard to argue with. We also reckon drivers will love the sporty driving position and the wraparound dash.
There’s scope for a bit of personalisation too, with Jaguar offering various upholstery choices. The centre console is a bit wide in what is a minor criticism, but the blue ambient lighting adds a touch of class.
Is the Jaguar XE Diesel Saloon practical? It isn’t the car’s strongest suit and we’d probably have to say it’s average. There’s no shortage of space upfront, but rear seated passengers will feel a bit cramped. There is room for five adults but the one sat in the middle will struggle for foot room.
The boot, meanwhile, measures 455-litres and comes with a relatively small lip.
Jaguar XE Saloon – £27,000 – £45,000
Verdict of our 2018 Alfa Romeo Giulia Diesel Saloon
If you’re on the lookout for a classy compact exec saloon, it’s hard to look beyond this one. It boasts sharp looks, sharp handling and chucks in affordable running costs for good measure.
However, we reckon buyers who want something different to the usual German fare will be torn between this and the Jaguar. Both offer something different, but if it’s the fiery Italian character you’re after, the Alfa Romeo Giulia Diesel Saloon just edges it.
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Pacific Edge Notified of Positive LCD Decision in USA
Pacific Edge Limited (NZX: PEB), has been notified by Novitas1 that the LCD: Biomarkers for Oncology (L35396) provides coverage for Cxbladder, CPT codes 0012M (Cxbladder Detect) and 0013M (Cxbladder Monitor), for tests performed on or after July 1, 2020 that are medically necessary.
This includes reimbursement for all Cxbladder tests performed for patients covered by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) across the USA, at the already determined national CMS price for Cxbladder of US$760 per test. The CMS provides healthcare coverage for all US citizens over 65 years, as well as assistance for healthcare coverage to people with low incomes. CMS tests currently make up approximately 40% of Pacific Edge’s current Commercial Tests in the USA. Pacific Edge will also be seeking to negotiate reimbursement for the Cxbladder tests that have previously been completed and invoiced for CMS patients.
CEO of Pacific Edge, David Darling, said: “This is a transformational milestone for Pacific Edge and the result of a number of years of hard work and effort from our teams in New Zealand and the USA. This long awaited outcome results from the generation of substantial clinical evidence, publication of numerous clinical papers demonstrating the compelling clinical utility and outperformance of Cxbladder, and growing commercial use of our tests by urologists in the USA and other markets.
“Coverage under the LCD for our two Cxbladder tests with CPT codes2 will unlock access to the CMS revenue which currently represents approximately 40% of Pacific Edge’s commercial sales in the US. The coverage decision is also expected to positively impact on demand and positive reimbursement decisions from other healthcare organisations and payers as well. It signals a new phase in Pacific Edge’s commercial journey and we will be pushing hard on the back of this announcement to gain adoption of Cxbladder by other large scale healthcare organisations.”
The LCD coverage notification comes hot on the heels of the signing of a commercial agreement with Kaiser Permanente, one of the largest non-profit healthcare providers in the USA, which was announced by Pacific Edge on 17 June 2020. Kaiser Permanente is one of the largest non-profit healthcare providers in the US, with over 12 million members and annual operating revenue of $84.5b3. It operates 39 hospitals, 714 medical offices and employs approximately 23,000 physicians.
Cxbladder is already in commercial use by the majority of the public healthcare providers in New Zealand and many have adopted it into their guidelines for both the evaluation of haematuria and in the monitoring for recurrence of urothelial cancer.
Chair of Pacific Edge, Chris Gallaher, said: “The LCD coverage signals a major step change for our company with the successful completion of the major reimbursement milestones in the USA. For a company from New Zealand, this is a huge achievement and one of which we are very proud. On behalf of the Board, I would like to thank our team who have worked tirelessly to make this happen and shareholders for their patience and support as we have worked to commercialise our Cxbladder technology.”
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Republican group pummels Trump with derogatory ad: ‘What Is He Afraid Of?’
Republicans for the Rule of Law—a nonprofit group of lifelong conservative GOP members who are “dedicated to defending the institutions of our republic”— has called out President Donald Trump with a critical TV ad.
In its new 32-second clip released online November 27, The Huffington Post reports, the group questions the White House’s refusal to allow key witnesses in the Ukraine scandal to testify before Congress in the impeachment inquiry that targets Trump.
“These witnesses must testify,” the voiceover says, referring to a lineup of Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani, along with White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and former National Security Adviser John Bolton.
“What is Trump afraid of?” the narrator adds.
The ad is slated to air on Fox News’ flagship morning show “Fox & Friends” for several days after Thanksgiving.
Republicans for the Rule of Law Executive Director Sarah Longwell said in a statement that the House impeachment hearings “have presented startling evidence” that Trump “abused his power, strong-arming a foreign government to interfere on his behalf in the upcoming election, and damaging national security in the process.”
“The president denies the allegations, but won’t let key administration officials― including Vice President Mike Pence, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Energy Secretary Rick Perry, and White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney―testify to Congress,” Longwell added. “If the president did nothing wrong, what does he have to hide? If they tell the truth, what is he afraid of? Most importantly, will Republicans in Congress allow the president to simply ignore their constitutionally mandated oversight role?”
According to the HuffPost, the group last week launched a campaign that aimed to educate GOP voters―who polls have shown remain steadfast in their support of Trump―on the facts of the Ukraine scandal that prompted the impeachment inquiry.
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Graham to gather signatures for letter to Pelosi saying GOP won’t impeach Trump over Ukraine call
Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina)—who has been playing the role of golf partner and crony-in-chief to President Donald Trump—on Wednesday said that he is sending a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-California) to warn her that Senate Republicans won’t impeach the POTUS over his call with Ukraine, The Hill reported.
In an appearance on the Fox News morning show, Fox & Friends, Graham said that he would ask other Senate Republicans to sign the letter—claiming that GOP lawmakers “do not believe the transcript of the phone call between the president and the Ukraine is an impeachable offense.”
“They’re about to destroy the nation for no good reason,” Graham said, according to The Hill. “And I want Nancy Pelosi to know that Republican senators are not going to impeach this president based on this transcript, so she can stop now before she destroys the country.”
House Democrats are in the early stages of an impeachment inquiry into how and why Trump asked the Ukrainian government to work with his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, as well as with Attorney General Bill Barr, to provide dirt on Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden—while concurrently withholding $400 million in military aid to Ukraine in an effort to get Kiev to launch such a probe.
“There’s a lot of talk about Biden’s son, that Biden stopped the prosecution and a lot of people want to find out about that; so whatever you can do with the attorney general would be great,” Trump told Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky during the July 25 call.
The White House ramped up the fight over the impeachment inquiry on Tuesday, sending a letter to Pelosi and the House committee chairs overseeing the investigation saying that it would refuse to cooperate further with the probe, The Hill said.
In the letter, the White House argued Democrats were pursuing a “constitutionally invalid” investigation of a duly elected president.
Graham, who is one of Trump’s most vocal allies on Capitol Hill, blasted House Democrats on Wednesday, saying they couldn’t “care less about fairness.”
Research contact: @thehill
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The emirate of Dubai is poised to unveil a big solar power plant as part of a push to get five percent of its electricity from renewable sources by 2030, Saeed Mohammed al-Tayer, vice chairman of Dubai's Supreme Council of Energy, said on Monday.
Under Dubai's Integrated Energy Strategy 2030, the Middle East emirate plans to reduce energy imports and climate warming carbon dioxide emissions by 30 percent by 2030, using its own solar power and nuclear power imported from neighbouring emirate Abu Dhabi to reduce reliance on gas.
"In line with Dubai's energy strategy the plan is to have 5 percent of renewables in the electricity supply mix. This is mainly going to be solar," Tayer, who is also chief executive of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), told a news conference.
"Soon we will have a very big (solar) project in Dubai we are trying to find a date to announce it. We have identified the place."
But Tayer declined to say how many megawatts the solar plant project would have and how much it would cost.
The UAE is one of the highest per capita electricity consumers in the world, with soaring temperatures driving up air conditioning use from June-September, forcing energy-hungry Dubai — home to nearly 2 million people — to buy ever more natural gas.
The UAE expects to start its first nuclear power plant in 2017, and hopes nuclear energy to eventually supply 25 percent of its power.
Nejib Zaafrani, secretary general and chief executive officer of Supreme Energy Council said "multi-billion dollar" worth investments were expected to fulfill Dubai's renewables ambitions.
"The strategy of Dubai have looked at an array of alternatives and we are talking about multi billion dollars of investment until 2030," he said, adding that through this the emirate aimed to reduce its energy imports by 30 percent.
Zaafrani also declined to say how big the planned solar plant in Dubai would be but said: "It will be big enough to accommodate this 5 percent target."
Partnerships with international companies both from the West and East are also on the agenda, Zaafrani said, but did not name potential investors.
The aim for Dubai was to generate 71 percent of electricity supplies from gas, 12 percent from coal, 12 percent from nuclear which it would import, mainly from Abu Dhabi and 5 percent from solar by 2030, Tayer added.
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Findthatstyle.com Revolutionizes the Way Users Find TV Show Fashion
Findthatstyle allows users to find articles of clothing worn by their favorite television program stars using proprietary visual scene search technology. Users can request that unknown items be identified as well as contribute new links to the site. While a user-driven site, the bulk of the data comes from an ever-growing team of fashion experts.
Houston, TX, January 27, 2011 --(PR.com)-- Today, Findthatstyle, a leader in fashion retail Internet database technologies, launches its official website. The site measures the pulse of fashion from hundreds of shows, such as Gossip Girl, Pretty Little Liars, Glee, and many others.
"Our processing and matching engines make the concept possible for the first time at this scale," said Founder, Kevin Whitley. "This system allows Findthatstyle to showcase media fashion at an unprecedented level."
Others have attempted to accomplish what Findthatstyle has done, but none have been able to tackle this problem on such a large scale. Managing and organizing the information present on the site is a huge undertaking of its own.
Co-Founder and CTO, Kenneth Rutland, adds, "Due to the volatile nature of the fashion industry, creating a scalable infrastructure to accommodate our needs proved to be a sizable problem that we’ve had to overcome."
The company has plans to expand its reach over the coming months by allowing website owners to monetize their traffic through customizable widgets. These widgets will give website owners the ability to make use of the wealth of data that Findthatstyle offers.
"We have some creative plans in the works that not only will expand our reach but will allow us to build our brand and overall user-base," said Co-Founder Nick Palacios.
Findthatstyle was founded in 2010 by Kevin Whitley, Nick Palacios and Kenneth Rutland. Each held positions as key developers for a leading fortune 500 company.
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Air Force Air University and Air War College Deploy AtHoc’s Net-centric Emergency Notification System for Campus Alerting Capabilities
When Emergencies Occur, Faculty and Students Receive Emergency Alerts through Computers, Cell Phones and PDAs
Burlingame, CA, June 11, 2007 --(PR.com)-- www.athoc.com – AtHoc, Inc., the leading provider of enterprise-class mass notification systems, today announced the U.S. Air Force Air University and Air War College has deployed AtHoc IWSAlerts™ for use on campus at Maxwell Air Force Base for university alerting. The university and college are part of the Air Force’s Air Education and Training Command.
Air University provides the full spectrum of Air Force education, from pre-commissioning to the highest levels of professional military education, including granting degrees and professional continuing education for officers, enlisted and civilian personnel throughout their careers. As part of Air University, Air War College is the senior professional school of the U.S. Air Force. The program is open to lieutenant colonels and colonels or equivalent in Navy rank or civil service grade.
“In the past couple of months, there has been an increased emphasis on campus alerts & security for obvious reasons,” commented Guy Miasnik, president and CEO for AtHoc. “The DoD has been actively pioneering the use of AtHoc’s system to transform network-connected devices into effective alerting platforms. All campuses and facilities can learn from the best practices derived from the Defense Department’s experiences.”
In addition to educating, the Air University and Air War College are responsible for protecting faculty and students, and to that end, they have deployed AtHoc IWSAlerts to quickly reach everyone if there is an emergency that impacts the entire facility or a smaller group within the campus. The educational facilities can quickly alert staff and students via the network to desktops and laptops with a pop up alert and an accompanying audio alarm.
AtHoc IWSAlerts is a commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) software product that fully leverages a campus’ existing network infrastructure, including wireless hotspots and computer kiosks in rooms and buildings, to achieve mass reach about threats and account for personnel safety. IWSAlerts turns existing connected devices into personal alarm systems. Audio/visual desktop alerts will instantly appear on all PCs, and every handheld device will receive text messages. IWSAlerts can also integrate with existing telephony alerting systems and public address systems to provide a single point of activation to all alerting channels.
In addition to the speed, ease of use and the ability to trigger any network-connected device, IWSAlerts helps keep people informed about all types of emergencies, including: accidents, weather warnings, violence or attacks, hazardous conditions, fire warnings and contaminations.
Based on work performed throughout the Department of Defense, AtHoc published a thought leadership piece that further outlines the capabilities facilities should consider when evaluating an emergency alerting system. These practices are compiled based on an aggregate of AtHoc’s experience working with clients. The paper can be accessed on AtHoc’s Web site at http://www.athoc.com/AtHocSite/products/article.asp. Some of these best practices highlighted in this paper include:
· Network-based Alerts for Assured Mass Notifications: Transform the existing network infrastructure into an instantaneous, pervasive and cost-efficient mass warning system, reaching each individual’s laptop, desktop or PDA via desktop popup alerts. Leverage the network’s capability for assured, prompt delivery with acknowledgement of receipt. Use email only for non-emergency communications.
· Shared “Kiosk” Computers as Warning Stations: Leverage existing kiosk computers, lab workstations and other shared computers, as a network-based computerized warning station. This provides both audio alerts and instructions for action (i.e. evacuation map) for people in its vicinity.
· Text-Messaging for Outside Mass Personal Notifications: Use text messaging/SMS alerting to reach people on their mobile phone while they are outside of their normal work or study space.
· Phone Notification for Targeted Personnel: Use phone alerts for small subset of population such as first responders and campus leadership. Phone alerts take more time to deliver, require more communication resources and may get congested if used for mass communication.
· Track Recipient Feedback: For some alerts, emergency managers need to know the intended recipient received the message. Incorporate a delivery and user response acknowledgement mechanism that tracks who has received the alert and their response.
· Special Needs Community Alerts: Make sure your system supports alerting to people with disabilities. This is a legal requirement under Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act, the American Disability Act and related presidential directives.
· Single Activation through Integration of All Notification Systems: Create a single interface for all alerting systems, including network alerting (“NAS”), telephony alerting (“TAS”), public address and sirens. Such integration reduces response time, assures consistency of message, creates redundancy between delivery media and reduces training and management resources required.
· Reliable Recipient Contact Information: Focus attention on gathering and maintaining updated user information for all people in the facility. Select systems that provide robust tools to manage users, integrate with existing user directories and support organizational hierarchy and group management.
· Automatic Tie-In to Emergency Information Sources for Real Time Situational Awareness: Integrate with and capture sources of emergency information from the National Weather Service (NWS), DHS, etc., and be able to automatically trigger alerts to emergency managers and leadership.
· Interoperable Alerting with Other Organizations: Because emergencies regularly require alerting other organizations (fire, rescue, police, sister organizations, federal agencies, etc.), it’s important to be able to “forward” alerts to other facilities as appropriate. It’s also important to have the ability to capture such alerts as needed. To make this possible, it is important to use an alerting offering that supports standards for emergency communications including CAP (Common Alerting Protocol), XSDL and others.
· Launch Alerts through the Web: When emergencies happen, a communications center may be down, or the person who uncovers the situation may be in a different location. An alerting system should provide the ability to launch an alert from anywhere a Web browser can be accessed.
· Delegated and Distributed Management and Activation: Beyond control via a centralized emergency operations center or crisis management team, enable subunit and local security officers (in a specific building or department) to access the system, activate alerts related to their domain and manage their users. This will shorten response time and assure that the people who can immediately respond can do so in a “short-loop” process.
· Establish Standard Operating Procedures for Emergency Notifications: Emergency notifications should be an inherent part of any emergency response plans. Incident scenarios should be planned in advance – who to notify, what is the message, how to deliver the message and what response to expect. Defining who is allowed to approve and/or activate the emergency notification procedure is just as important. That may differ per type of incidents (i.e. security threat may differ from fire), by location of affected building or even the personnel notified (i.e. should everyone be able to alert leadership).
· Secure Access: Assure that access to the system is well secured through appropriate authentication means and security permissions tools.
· Offsite Backup System: Always have available an offsite backup capability in case the internal notification system is down.
About AtHoc
AtHoc, Inc. is a recognized leader in providing enterprise-class, network-centric emergency notification systems used for force protection, installation alerting, public safety, critical enterprise communications and campus alerts. Millions of end users worldwide, in organizations such as the U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, Hawaii State Civil Defense, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Boeing, PwC and eBay rely on AtHoc's alert delivery and management systems for their critical communication and alerting needs.
AtHoc has partnered with market leaders including Microsoft, Northrop Grumman, Siemens, Unisys, Avaya and others to bring these notifications solutions to the public and commercial markets.
For more information on AtHoc, please visit http://www.athoc.com.
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When you apply for a VA loan, lenders will want to know that you have sufficient income. They also need to know you’re eligible for a VA loan. Eligibility is determined by the VA. If your service or situation meets the guidelines, the VA will issue a Certificate of Eligibility. It lets lenders know you’re eligible for a VA loan. Then the lender decides whether to approve your loan.
The VA considers service in these branches of the military and other organizations when deciding whether to issue a Certificate of Eligibility:
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The lucrative cloud services market has seen a race for dominance and, although there are clear leaders, much is still at stake
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The cloud is having its “national grid moment” as ubiquitous access to scalable and configurable computing resource, offered as a service, is transforming the way businesses compete and operate. Just as electricity grids ushered in industrial productivity on a scale previously unimaginable, cloud is morphing from efficient IT hosting platform to business innovation platform.
A vendor race for world domination of cloud is pushing prices down and accelerating this transformation of business model and mindset. Incumbents and startups alike are scrambling for share of the cloud infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) market as well as software, processes and emergent technologies delivered as a service. Analysts estimate the total cloud market will nudge $178 billion (Forrester) or $259.8 billion (Gartner) in 2018.
At the start of the year, it’s clear the IaaS race has already been won: Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft’s Azure are comprehensive leaders, according to just about everyone. Forrester predicts the duo, with Google, will capture 76 per cent of all cloud revenue in 2018 and expand its share to 80 per cent by 2020. Gartner’s most recent Magic Quadrant confirmed the two leaders, chased by Google in third place and Alibaba, featured as an insurgent for the first time.
US research firm Raymond James confirms the lead is unassailable: “Strong September quarter growth from hyper-scale cloud vendors Microsoft and AWS suggests the cloud spoils are going to those with scale.” It reported Azure and AWS grew 90 per cent and 42 per cent to an estimated $5.4 billion and $18.3 billion in run-rate revenue respectively, outpacing Gartner’s forecast for 35 per cent for IaaS and 25 per cent for PaaS or platform-as-a-service industry growth in 2017.
This depiction of the big three, the insurgents – Oracle, IBM, Alibaba Cloud – and the “also rans” is an oversimplification of how cloud services will be chosen and consumed, however. In individual markets there will continue to be plenty of choice, says Dave Bartoletti, vice president and principal analyst at Forrester. ”European providers will co-opt and extend the cloud offerings; they are not competing at platform level, but for partnership,” he says.
With price per unit going down because of the capacity coming on-stream, it’s difficult to enter the market unless you have a specialism
Nonetheless, newcomers and insurgents cannot compete with the hyper-scalers’ ability to invest billions of dollars of capital in building capacity, and take a view on balancing price with volume. “With price per unit going down because of the capacity coming on-stream, it’s difficult to enter the market unless you have a specialism,” notes Matt Caffrey, a partner with private equity cloud specialist Livingbridge.
Ten years ago, Amazon’s Elastic Compute Cloud was a compute rental proposition for small businesses, Google apps were a novelty and Azure wasn’t even a twinkle in Microsoft’s eye. Now, says Mr Caffrey, the cloud landscape has evolved and been populated so fast that Livingbridge sees investment opportunity only in plugging complementary, specialist services into the hyper-scalers, such as security or load balancing.
While infrastructure and software cloud players hustle for world domination or lucrative crumbs, the drivers of cloud adoption – agility, speed to market and access to innovation – only get more compelling. “If you think about cloud as a financial optimisation, you’ve missed the point. It stops wasting time and helps you focus on advancing your business,” says Greg DeMichillie, director of product management in the office of the chief technology officer at Google Cloud.
Embracing its potential
Sectors that were cautious about the cloud are now embracing it, especially as regulators such as the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority give the green light, issuing cloud guidelines last July. While enterprises house their new workloads in the cloud, legacy and data will be a harder migration – Deloitte estimates 50 per cent will remain in on–premise datacentres – none of which makes cloud shopping an impulse buy.
Oracle and IBM, incumbent insurgents, are going after their own niche and aim to be the natural choice for customers seeking a staged migration to cloud. “These insurgents are betting on the fact that large enterprises can’t throw everything out and start over. It’s too hard to change everything about an application, database and middleware. First, get the stuff to the cloud, then examine alternatives in the cloud,” says Forrester’s Mr Bartoletti.
Of the big three, businesses using open source would logically pick AWS, while Microsoft appeals to customers with an installed stack. Google’s pedigree in analytics and search engine optimisation has real pulling power, says Mr Bartoletti. “Driving insight from data will drive the next wave of cloud adoption,” he predicts, but adds corralling dispersed corporate data on to the cloud represents a major challenge.
Former easyJet chief information officer and director of Futurice Trevor Didcock agrees and hankers after a business service wrap for cloud services. “As we move into the world of the internet of things and big data, harvesting, cleansing and analysing data will become more critical and mainstream. Services that deliver pre-packaged data for complex analysis and to power automation and artificial intelligence, will enable organisations to understand and use insights,” he says.
Cloud-enabled insight will also boost consumption, says John Winstanley, a partner in technology consulting at Deloitte. “Most forecasts are based on traditional IT models and consumption. People have not factored in how voice, machine-learning and artificial-intelligence technologies will change the way we interact with corporate services,” he says, anticipating that the internet of things will be crucial for driving volume in IaaS.
Driving insight from data will drive the next wave of cloud adoption
Gartner’s research director Tiny Haynes concurs: “One aspect of cloud that is seriously underestimated is the change of mindset which accompanies adoption. With cloud, IT becomes a utility rather than an investment and fuels innovation – a taste for innovation can seriously boost consumption.”
Migration to the cloud may be inevitable, but the prospect of a painful journey still delays many, including Gavin Scruby, chief information officer of Smart Debit. The financial management company currently runs its own datacentre and its customers remain wary of the cloud. Mr Scruby would only consider AWS and Microsoft in terms of accreditation, and Smart Debit would also need to acclimatise to the new budgetary model of pay as you go.
His concern about too-easy usage is shared by big enterprises, as Google acknowledges. “That’s one thing traditional companies like about the cloud – they pay for what they use – but they find the unpredictability scary too. A lot of it is about giving visibility and control to customers. We help them ramp up quickly, but help them keep discipline,” says Mr DeMichillie at Google Cloud.
His observation on consumption patterns sums up the dilemma of cloud for enterprises and why the market is hard to call. “Typically, there’s an initial ramp-up at proof of concept, an inflection point when the customer has an ‘aha’ moment, gets the value, and then usage really increases,” he concludes.
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BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is grasping the imminent arrival of the incoming Biden administration as a moment to reset relations with the United States after four years of trans-Atlantic acrimony under President Donald Trump.
With a series of initiatives, the 27-nation bloc is seeking to rekindle the spirit of cooperation between Washington and Europe that has long defined global diplomacy. But the EU also acknowledges that future relations will have to adapt to a multi-polar world where China is an ever bigger player.
“It is time to reconnect," European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Wednesday.
The EU is glad to be shedding the Trump years. The president has often criticized European allies for cowering under the U.S. defense and security umbrella while seeking economic advantage through subsidies and other trade tactics.
“Let’s look forward, not back. Let’s rejuvenate our relationship,” EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said.
Both sides face major challenges, including beating the coronavirus pandemic and containing climate change.
During the four years of unraveling trans-Atlantic relations, China and Russia have gained influence, and the EU is looking for the strongest partner possible.
EU partners are seeking a change from Trump's go-it-alone credo and back a multilateral approach to better deal with global crises.
The EU has already invited President-elect Joe Biden to visit Brussels at the earliest opportunity next year. Beyond the EU itself, Germany and France have sounded equally welcoming to Biden.
“We have a once-in-a-generation opportunity," states a strategy paper released by Borrell on Wednesday.
When it comes to the coronavirus pandemic, the EU is already calling for the United States to come back to boosting the World Health Organization, which Trump jettisoned earlier this year.
Trump also pulled Washington from the Paris climate agreement, and the EU is seeking for Biden to bring the U.S. back into that fold again, too.
However, the EU realizes its intents might not match reality anytime soon on issues such a trade conflict over subsidies — highlighted by the longstanding fight between plane construction champions Boeing and Airbus and differences over steel exports.
Even if the EU would love to intensify its outreach before Biden's inauguration on Jan. 20, it is still hamstrung by U.S. congressional confirmation hearings, which make it difficult for any talks to get into diplomatic detail.
The next seven weeks do leave time for Europe to put its own house in order when it comes to reaching out to Washington, and not to squander the opportunity because of internal strife, said Wolfgang Ischinger, a former German ambassador to the U.S. who now runs the annual Munich Security Conference.
Ischinger referred to a simmering dispute between Germany and France over European defense, a rare clash between the nations that dominate the EU.
Trump’s retreat from traditional alliances prompted French President Emmanuel Macron to push the idea of “strategic autonomy” that would make Europe much more self-sufficient in providing for its own defense.
German Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer said before the U.S. presidential election that Berlin still considers a close partnership with the United States as critical for European security.
“Illusions of European strategic autonomy must come to an end: Europeans will not be able to replace America’s crucial role as a security provider” with its nuclear deterrence on the European continent, Kramp-Karrenbauer wrote in an op-ed for Politico.
Her published opinion prompted an unusually public rebuke from Macron, who said he “profoundly” disagreed and suggested it was “a historical misinterpretation.”
Ischinger called the episode “a totally unnecessary public dispute” between two allies.
“Quite frankly, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer and Emmanuel Macron are on the same page. They want the same thing - they want a stronger Europe," he said.
Macron and Chancellor Angela Merkel will be able to discuss the issue in person next week when EU leaders gather in Brussels for a summit that has U.S. relations high on the agenda.
David Rising contributed from Berlin
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Rams survive scare, seize 74-71 win
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Colorado State sophomore Isaiah Stevens goes up for an easy layup against UNLV at Moby Arena on Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021.
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FORT COLLINS –– To live and die by the 3-pointer.
Though a risky way to operate, the phrase defined much of Colorado State’s evening as Niko Medved’s squad faced UNLV on Thursday. And while opening the first of two contests against the Rebels this week, the Rams came out firing from deep in front of an empty Moby Arena.
Early on, all one could hear was the sound of the net as CSU knocked down triple after triple. However, once the hosts went collectively cold behind the arc, the visiting Rebels settled in and eventually pinned the Rams against the ropes.
Not to worry, because when the Rams desperately needed a high-percentage look, star big man David Roddy came through, pulling CSU ahead twice in the final two minutes en route to a 74-71 victory.
“End of the day, we found a way to win,” Medved said. “You’ve got to give a lot of credit to UNLV with what they’ve been through. They came out with a good game plan and did some things we probably weren’t prepared for. We were sluggish there for a while, but this team never quits.”
Following a pair of Isaiah Stevens free throws, Roddy maneuvered aggressively in the paint upon converting a hard-fought layup plus the foul.
The sophomore’s make from the stripe granted the Rams a 70-69 advantage with 1:50 remaining –– their first lead since the first half and a response in full to as much as a 13-point second-half deficit.
Colorado State sophomore David Roddy hoists a 3-pointer against UNLV at Moby Arena on Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021. (Eddie Herz/Loveland Reporter-Herald)
Then, down 71-70 in the final 30 seconds, Roddy worked his way toward the rim similarly to settle the outcome. Overall, Roddy tallied 18 points and five rebounds.
“For me, it was just move the ball, go with the flow and stick to my game,” Roddy said. “Throughout the offense, sometimes I have a crowd around me, so I have to kick it out to my guys. I’ll do whatever I can do to help the team win. As long as we get the win, I’ll do it. But it was just about sticking to my game.”
In total, the Rams converted 11-of-25 2-point field goals compared to a 12-of-30 mark from 3-point range. And though Roddy played a crucial role in the team finally asserting itself in the paint down the stretch, so did Stevens, his sophomore partner in crime.
Frankly, for much of the action, Stevens carried the Rams offensively with a plethora of dazzling ball reversals and strong finishes near the rim.
After the guard’s acrobatic layup somehow found nylon as the first-half buzzer sounded, Stevens dropped 18 of his game-high 25 points in the conclusive frame off an 8-for-15 clip from the floor. Stevens also hit five of CSU’s collective 2-point makes.
“At halftime we were 1-of-8 near the rim,” Medved said. “We were just doing a poor job of finishing. We weren’t physical down there and were really soft with the ball. Down the stretch, in the second half, we were much more aggressive. That started with our guards attacking the lane and penetrating. That really started with Isaiah Stevens.”
To commence to action, the Rams established their deep-shooting prowess by nailing eight of their first 12 3-point attempts in a back-and-forth start.
They then missed 11 consecutive 3-pointers –– which lingered into the second half as the Rebels assembled a 13-point edge with less than nine minutes to play.
The Rams were dying from deep at that point. However, amounting to the eventual crunch-time victory, CSU resurrected its shooting stroke amid an 11-point run to trim its deficit to 61-60. The flurry included a pair of treys from Stevens, followed by a Kendle Moore triple.
Speaking of Moore, the junior’s contributions proved vital during his return to the lineup after missing the Rams’ last game for the birth of his child. The sharpshooting guard provided 15 points off a 5-of-8 mark from distance.
“He definitely makes me a better coach when he’s out there playing for us,” Medved said. “He’s just a warrior, a tough kid, an ultimate competitor. The steal he had late in the game when he needed it, that’s Kendle Moore right there. He’s just got the heart of a champion.”
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Renault board meeting Tuesday to seal De Meo's CEO nomination: report
FILE PHOTO: SEAT President and CEO Luca de Meo attends the 89th Geneva International Motor Show in Geneva, Switzerland, March 5, 2019. REUTERS/Pierre Albouy/File Photo
PARIS (Reuters) - Renault's RENA.PA board is set to meet on Tuesday to approve naming Luca de Meo, formerly the head of Volkswagen's VOWG_p.DE Seat brand, as its next chief executive, Le Figaro newspaper reported on Monday.
Renault declined to comment. The board had not yet been called, according to a source close to the matter, who declined to be named as the timing is still confidential. But De Meo’s nomination is widely expected to take place any day now.
De Meo, who stepped down from Seat earlier this month, will not take up his post at Renault until closer to July, the source added.
Italian-born De Meo had been hotly tipped for the job for several weeks but faced wrangles over his contract and a stringent noncompete clause, which had to be negotiated between Renault and Volkswagen, sources previously told Reuters.
The delay in his arrival comes at a delicate time for Renault, which is trying to reboot its alliance with Japan's Nissan Motor Co Ltd 7201.T after the partnership's former boss, Carlos Ghosn, was arrested in Tokyo in 2018.
Ghosn, who has repeatedly denied the financial misconduct charges he was accused of, slipped out of Japan and fled to Lebanon at the end of 2019.
Renault’s board ousted its former CEO and longstanding Ghosn ally Thierry Bollore last October, as part of efforts to clean the decks and reset the alliance, and the job has been occupied in the interim by financial chief Clotilde Delbos.
Reporting by Gilles Guillaume and Sarah White in Paris; Editing by Matthew Lewis
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Ohio governor: State’s first vaccine batch coming by Dec. 15
COLUMBUS (AP) — Ohio could see its first batch of up to 30,000 doses of a coronavirus vaccine by Dec. 15, with fresh supplies arriving every few days, Gov. Mike DeWine said Tuesday, citing calls his office had with the White House.
The first batch would come from a Pfizer-produced vaccine, followed by one developed by drug maker Moderna, the governor said.
“We’re told once it starts coming, they hope it to be a continuous flow,” DeWine said.
The Republican governor called the announcement good news even as COVID-19 cases skyrocket in Ohio along with a record number of hospitalizations.
The state’s distribution plan is expected to put a high priority on first responders such as health care workers, nursing home residents, people considered at high-risk for the coronavirus because of medical problems, teachers and school staff members, and others.
The state will follow distribution guidelines set forth by the federal Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, said Dr. Bruce Vanderhoff, the Ohio Department of Health’s chief medical officer.
“We are looking at getting vaccine first to those who are at the greatest risk, and the health care providers who work with them, and then it will cascade from there,” Vanderhoff said.
The state’s preference is to provide the first vaccine batches to local health departments for initial distribution, according to a draft plan of Ohio’s vaccination plan released last month.
DeWine and health experts continued to urge Ohioans to limit Thanksgiving gatherings. The governor also asked schools moving forward with winter sports to do so without fans.
The Ohio High School Athletic Association tweeted Tuesday it was alerting schools to DeWine’s request while noting parents would still be allowed to attend contests.
Nearly 4,500 people are currently in the hospital with COVID-19 symptoms, including more than 1,000 in intensive care units and more than 570 on ventilators, according to state Health Department data.
The seven-day rolling average of daily new cases in Ohio has risen over the past two weeks from 4,724 on Nov. 9 to 8,277 on Nov. 23, according to an Associated Press analysis of data provided by The COVID Tracking Project.
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Relative Importance of Quality Factors and Determinants in the Selection of Foreign Language Courses in Social Networks
Danielle Miranda de Oliveira Arruda Gomes Universidade de Fortaleza
Cláudio André Gondim Nogueira Universidade de Fortaleza
Gilmara Elke Dutra Dias Universidade de Fortaleza
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15359/ree.19-3.13
Keywords: Online Social Networks, Language Courses, Website Quality Factors, Consumers’ Perspective
This paper is based on a research of the relative importance of quality factors and determinants for the selection of language courses in a virtual environment, according to Lee e Kozar (2006). The method used was the Analytic Hierarchy Process. A survey was carried out with 200 individuals who had experiences with any type of educational service in the virtual environment. The more significant factor was the system’s quality, followed by the quality of service, the quality of the information, and the quality of a specific vendor. The main sub-factors were responsiveness, response time, navigability, and security. The study concludes that better-structured social networks facilitate purchases and can induce consumers to change their behavior, moving from conventional to virtual environments. The discovery of the quality factor hierarchy for selecting the social network to study languages suggests that the developers should design websites that present more aesthetic, comfortable, and effective educational services provision, in accordance with the consumers’ expectations.
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Schinagel v. Albuquerque Police Department, et al. No. Civ. 07-481 LH/RLP (USDC)
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Case Type: Civil Rights
Ruling: Jury verdict in favor of our client.
On September 6, 2005 at approximately 11:30pm, Gary and Penny Schinagel were enjoying cocktails, playing music very loudly, and dancing nude within each other’s arms in their home’s living room. They were celebrating freely because they just dropped off their youngest daughter to college. An APD officer was dispatched to the home due to a noise complaint from a neighbor. After speaking with the complaining party, the officer walked to the Schinangel residence to investigate where the loud music was coming.
The officer attempted to knock on doors and windows for eight minutes. When he realized no one was responding, the officer entered a side gate to investigate if anyone was home. The officer eventually made his way to an entry door where he knocked again. Finally, the loud music stopped yet no one responded to the officer. The entry was unlocked and the officer opened the door and shouted, “Albuquerque Police Department.”
While standing near the front entrance, the officer saw Gary Schinagel enter the room completely naked. Schinagel ducked into another room and returned wearing his wife’s purple silk bath robe. Schinagel asked the officer, “Do you have a warrant?”
The officer answered with, “I have a violation of the law.”Plaintiff then began to yell to the officer that he needed to leave immediately and began to make an advance on the officer. The officer yelled to Plaintiff “whoa” to indicate he needed to stop advancing towards him. Plaintiff did not stop his advance and punched the officer in the face. The officer returned the favor by throwing Plaintiff backwards to the ground and arrested Plaintiff for the felony of battery on a police officer.
As the officer was attempting to arrest Schinagel, Penny Schinagel entered the room and began to scream at the officer asking him what her husband done wrong. The officer begged for Mrs. Schenagel to stay back, but Mrs. Schenagel did not oblige. She jumped on the officer’s back in order to pull him away from her husband. In order to get better control of the situation, the officer used OC spray on both Gary and Penny.
Gary Schinagel was able to escape from the officer. Mr. Schinagel ran out of the room, where the officer feared he would arm himself. In the mean time, the officer quickly handcuffed Mrs. Schinagel. Mr. Schinagel returned with a chair raised in the air as if he was going to strike the officer. The officer demanded Mr. Schinagel drop the chair as he pointed his handgun towards him. Mr. Schinagel dropped the chair and ran out of the room immediately.
The officer did not know what Mr Schinagel was capable of. Concerned for everyone’s safety, the officer gained physical control over Mrs. Schinagel and threw her in handcuffs. The officer then led Mrs. Schinagel outside of the home to the sidewalk to wait for back up officers.
Shortly after, emergency medical personel reached the house in order to flush the mace out of Mrs. Schinagel’s eyes. Also, seven other APD officers showed up to locate Mr. Schinagel. The officers made several announcements to Mr. Schinagel pver a Public Address System to leave the house and surrender. Mr. Schinagel ignored the requests and remained inside his house.
In order to avoid a stand-off, two officers entered the home and attempted to apprehend Mr. Schinagel before anyone could be hurt. The two officers forced entered the house before Mr. Schinagel could arm himself. They located Mr. Schinagel in the kitchen where they demanded him to get down. Mr. Schinagel ignored the lawful command. An officer then fired a Taser at Mr. Schinagel. The Taser malfunctioned and did not activate a shock. The other officer then managed to take Mr. Schinagel to the floor and finally handcuffed him.
Mr. and Mrs. Schinagel were transported to the Foothills substation. The necessary booking paperwork and a criminal complaint were completed and the Schinagels were transported to the Metro Detention Center without further incident. Gary and Penny Schinagel were charged with Battery on a Police Officer (4th degree felony) and conspiracy to commit a 4th degree felony (4th degree felony).
The criminal charges against the couple were dismissed by a New Mexico District Court Judge. In 2006, Mr. and Mrs. Schinagel filed a lawsuit against APD claiming the following counts: Wrongful Arrest/unlawful detention, unreasonable and excessive force, false imprisonment, negligence, malicious and false prosecution, and other additional tort claims
Before the federal trial, Judge C. Leroy Hansen settled a major piece of the action when he ruled the officer violated the Schinagels’ Fourth Amendment right to protection from unreasonable searches and seizures in their home. The jury returned a verdict that judgment should be entered for Plaintiffs Gary and Penny Schinagel on their Fourth Amendment unlawful entry claim against the Defendant in the amount of $1.00 each. The Court further entered final judgment in favor of the Defendants on each of the Plaintiffs’ other claims, including the Schinagels’ excessive force claims.
Chelsea Sandoval
Select Month December 2019 (2) September 2014 (1) August 2012 (2) June 2012 (1) December 2010 (1) August 2010 (1) August 2009 (1) August 2008 (1) July 2007 (1) July 2006 (2) August 2004 (2)
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Development of 'rural week' for medical students: impact and quality report
Jonathan Newbury
qualifications: MD
contribution: original concept, literature review, wrote the first draft
Professor Jonathan Newbury has held the position of Professor of Rural Health at the University of Adelaide since February 2006. His previous academic responsibilities have been the Rural Undergraduate Support and Coordination program (1997 to 2006) and the Rural Clinical School (2002-2006) and he continues in part time general practice at the Investigator Clinic, Port Lincoln. Professor Newbury has undertaken substantial empirically based research, using a variety of quantitative and qualitative methodologies. His MD thesis was a randomised controlled trial of preventive Health Assessment of the people aged 75 years and over (75+HA). This research work included GP supervision of nurses providing home assessments was the Australian evidence base for the introduction of the Enhanced Primary Care policy and the Medicare item number for 75+HA. Internationally this evidence is included in the latest systematic review and meta-analysis of preventive aged care in primary health care. Professor Newbury's work in rural medical education has been part of the Australian governments Rural Health Strategy. While this is starting to deliver a new rural health workforce this is no longer seen as the only solution to adequate health workforce for rural and indigenous Australia. Hence his future research is directed to models of health service delivery in communities in partnership with Country Health SA. Through the development of these roles Professor Newbury brings an in-depth understanding of the relationships between clinical service delivery of primary health care and primary health care policy, especially in the areas of multi disciplinary practice and training, and workforce planning and training.
Susan Shannon
qualifications: PhD
contribution: devised survey tool, supervised data collection, statistical analysis, contributed to drafts
position: Senior lecturer
As the Evaluator for the Spencer Gulf Rural Health School, one of the 10 Rural Clinical Schools established in Australia to (longer term) address rural medical shortage, I am involved day to day in establishing what creates and sustains quality rural medical education. My research interests concern evaluation of learning in tertiary education (medical and other); online learning (for students and academics), and from my discipline area - architecture - how students learn, particularly in an online or digital environment. My webpage www.arch.adelaide.edu.au/~sshannon contains most of my recent research publications in full. I am particularly interested in hearing from other academics working in evaluation in medicine, especially in rural and remote medicine eduation.
Ms Vanessa Ryan
qualifications: BMid
contribution: original concept, designed the project, contributed to drafts
position: Lecturer
Melissa Whitrow
contribution: designed the project, contributed to drafts
Having previously worked in epidemiology and in rural health (at the Spencer Gulf Rural Health School) in Australia, I am currently working as a Career Development Fellow with the Ethnicity and Health Program of the Medical Research Council Social and Public Health Sciences Unit in Glasgow, Scotland. My work is focused on data analysis and field work for the DASH study (Determinants of Adolescent Social well-being and Health), a longitudinal study of teenagers from disadvantaged inner London schools.
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RSA Conference 2016 Asia Pacific & Japan Unveils Critical Insights To Address Regional Cybersecurity Issues
RSA CONFERENCE 2016 ASIA PACIFIC & JAPAN – SINGAPORE – 14 June, 2016 – RSAConference, the world’s leading information security conference and exposition, is set to return to Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands Expo® and Convention Center. In its fourth year, the annual RSA Conference Asia Pacific & Japan (RSAC APJ) will host established regional business leaders and prominent cybersecurity experts from 20 – 22 July, 2016.
Over the three days, the Conference will feature more than 50 sessions and workshops spanning across five dedicated conference tracks – Cloud, Mobile & IoT Security, eFraud & Law Enforcement, Global Perspectives, Security Strategy & Data Security and Threats & Threat Actors. The event will facilitate engaging discourse and sharing of in-depth insights on a variety of information security policy and technology topics, with a look at the future of the information security industry from a unique Asia Pacific perspective.
“The sophistication of cybercrimes is evolving as rapidly as innovations in security technologies are, and so it is imperative for enterprises and governments to set cybersecurity as a core focus area – especially in Asia Pacific, where we are seeing an exponential growth in technology and internet penetration”, said Linda Gray, General Manager of RSA Conference. “Conference attendees can expect to hear from some of the world’s leading security minds at RSAC 2016 APJ who will deliver deep insights and guidance on the cybersecurity issues we are currently facing,” she added.
Notable keynote speakers include world renowned humanitarian and winner of the Nobel Man of Peace award, Sir Bob Geldof. In the closing keynote “The Effects of the Digital Age”, he will examine the intersection of the digital world with sustainability, resources and political instability. In addition, he will also address the effect of how social media sites are being used to gain rebel support, the high-frequency trading of commodities as well as how young people live in a highly connected virtual world.
Additional keynote sessions include:
Amit Yoran, President, RSA, will deliver the opening keynote
Alex Taverner, Head of Cyber, Commercial Solutions – JAPAC, BAE Systems
Ben Johnson, Co-Founder & Chief Security Strategist, Carbon Black
Glenn Gunara-Chen, Executive Director, Fraud Investigation & Dispute Services, Ernst & Young Advisory Pte. Ltd
Bruce Schneier, Chief Technology Officer, Resilient, an IBM Company, and Security Technologist
Chris Coryea, Cyber Intelligence Services Manager, Lockheed Martin UK
Matthew Alderman, Vice President, Global Strategy, Tenable Network Security
Still to come, the Conference will feature two concurrent Wednesday Summits on 20 July:
G2B: Cyber-Business in Myanmar, Indonesia and Thailand – Hear from key government, end users and vendors from emerging businesses in the region on the cybersecurity regulatory considerations, needs and business drivers
Achieving eCommerce Success through Effective Internet Security: A Primer for SMEs – WithAsia Pacific set to become the largest eCommerce market in the world learn how SMEs can best address security concerns of consumers
In addition to the above keynote sessions and summits, the exposition also serves as a knowledge-sharing platform for businesses and organizations across public and private sectors to discover new technological advancements and solutions to enhance their cybersecurity measures.
RSA Conference is the premiere series of global events where the world talks security and leadership gathers, advances and emerges. Whether attending in the U.S., the EMEA region, or the Asia-Pacific region, RSA Conference events are where the security industry converges to discuss current and future concerns and get access to the people, content and ideas that help enable individuals and companies to win, grow and do their best. It is the ultimate marketplace for the latest technologies and hands-on educational opportunities that help industry professionals discover how to make their companies more secure while showcasing the most enterprising, influential and thought-provoking thinkers and leaders in security today. For information on events, online programming and the most up-to-date news pertaining to the information security industry visit www.rsaconference.com.
RSA Conference logo, RSA and EMC are either registered trademarks or trademarks of EMC Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. All other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.
Michael.K.Lee@rsa.com
RSACAPJ@we-worldwide.com
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Syria receives Russian missles
Lebanon's Hezbollah-owned TV station broke the news Thursday
By Barbara Surk
May 30, 2013 3:25PM (UTC)
Bashar al-Assad (Associated Press)
BEIRUT (AP) — The Syrian president has told Lebanon's Hezbollah-owned TV station that Damascus received the first shipment of Russian air defense missiles, according to remarks released by the station Thursday.
Bashar Assad's comment on the arrival of the long-range S-300 air defense missiles in Syria could further ratchet up tensions in the region and further undermine efforts to hold U.N.-sponsored talks with Syria's warring sides.
Israel's defense chief, Moshe Yaalon, said earlier this week that Russia's plan to supply Syria with the weapons is a threat and that Israel was prepared to use force to stop the delivery.
The Al-Manar TV, owned by the Lebanese militant Hezbollah group, released Assad's comment on the Russian missiles through its breaking news service to clients on Thursday morning. An official at the station confirmed to The Associated Press that the remark was from the interview.
The TV is to air the exclusive interview in full later Thursday.
The shipment of the missiles, if confirmed, comes just days after the European Union lifted an arms embargo on Syria, paving way for individual countries of the 27-member bloc to send weapons to rebels fighting to topple Assad's regime.
The developments raise fears of an arms race — not just between Assad's forces and the opposition fighters battling to topple his regime, but also in the wider Middle East.
Israel has carried out several airstrikes in Syria in recent months that are believed to have destroyed weapons shipments bound for Hezbollah, the Lebanese Shiite group that is an Assad ally, along with Iran and Russia. It is not clear whether Israeli warplanes entered Syrian airspace in these attacks.
With the Russian missiles in Syria's possession, the Israeli air force's ability to strike inside the country could be limited since the S-300s would expand Syria's capabilities, allowing it to counter airstrikes launched from foreign airspace as well.
The S-300s have a range of up to 200 kilometers (125 miles) and the capability to track and strike multiple targets simultaneously. Syria already possesses Russian-made air defenses, and Israel is believed to have used long-distance bombs fired from Israeli or Lebanese airspace.
When Israeli warplanes struck near the capital of Damascus, targeting purported Iranian missiles intended for Hezbollah earlier this month, Syria did not respond.
But on Wednesday, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem told Lebanon's Al-Mayadeen TV that Damascus "will retaliate immediately" if Israel strikes Syrian soil again.
It was the regime's most serious warning to Israel since the beginning of the conflict in March 2011 but it was not clear if there was a link between al-Moallem's remark and the Russian shipment.
Israel has long lobbied Moscow over the planned sale of S-300 air-defense missiles to Syria. However, on Tuesday, Russia's deputy foreign minister, Sergei Ryabkov, said his government remained committed to the deal.
Monday's decision by the EU to lift the arms embargo opened the possibility for individual countries to send weapons to Assad's outgunned opponents, though there was no indication any single European country would send lethal weapons to the rebels anytime soon.
Britain and France, the main military powers in the EU, had pushed for the lifting of the embargo, arguing that Europe's threat of arming the rebels would force Assad to negotiate in good faith.
Russia harshly criticized Europe's decision, saying it undercuts international efforts to bring the opposing sides in Syrian conflict together for a peace conference.
There was no immediate reaction from Israel on the Russian shipment but Silvan Shalom, a Cabinet minister from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's party, told Israel Radio that the Jewish state will "take actions" to make sure advanced weapons don't reach rogue groups.
Prospects for convening a peace conference on Syria were further thrown in doubt after al-Moallem said Wednesday that Assad intends to remain Syria's president at least until elections in 2014 and might run for another term.
The Syrian foreign minister also said any deal reached in eventual talks with the opposition would have to be put to a referendum, introducing a new condition that could complicate efforts by the U.S. and Russia to bring the two sides together in Geneva, possibly next month.
While Syria has said that it will "in principle" attend the conference, the fractured political opposition has not yet announced whether it will attend or not, despite more than a week of meetings in Turkey to devise a strategy for Geneva talks.
Leading opposition members have said they would only attend the conference if Assad's departure from power tops the agenda, a demand on which sponsors Russia and the U.S. appear to disagree.
Barbara Surk
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French protesters decry bill outlawing use of police images
By THOMAS ADAMSON and ANGELA CHARLTON, 29/11/2020
PARIS (AP) — Thousands of critics of a proposed security law that would restrict sharing images of police officers in France gathered across the country in protest Saturday, and officers in Paris who were advised to behave responsibly during the demonstrations fired tear gas to disperse rowdy protesters in the largely peaceful crowd.
Dozens of rallies took place against a provision of the law that would make it a crime to publish photos or video of on-duty police officers with the intent of harming their “physical or psychological integrity.” Civil liberties groups and journalists are concerned that the measure will stymie press freedoms and allow police brutality to go undiscovered and unpunished.
In Paris, several thousand people packed the sprawling Republique plaza and surrounding streets carrying red union flags, French tricolor flags and homemade signs denouncing police violence, demanding media freedom or calling for Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin’s resignation. Officers fired tear gas as scuffles broke out.
The crowd included journalists, journalism students, left-wing activists, migrants rights groups and citizens of varied political stripes expressing anger over what they perceive as a hardening police tactics in recent years, especially since France's yellow vest protest movement against economic hardship in 2018.
Many protesters, police and journalists have been injured during protests in recent years, including several Associated Press journalists.
“There were all those protests in the summer against police violence, and this law shows the government didn’t hear us... It’s the impunity. That’s what makes us so angry," protest participant Kenza Berkane, 26, said.
Berkane, who is French and of North African origin, described being repeatedly stopped by police for identity checks in the metro or while going to school. while white friends were allowed to pass. “We ask ourselves when will this stop?”
The cause has gained renewed importance in recent days after footage emerged of French police officers beating up a Black man, triggering a nationwide outcry.
French President Emmanuel Macron spoke out against the video images on Friday, saying “they shame us.”
Video that surfaced Thursday showed the beating, days earlier, of music producer Michel Zecler, following footage of the brutal police evacuation Tuesday of migrants in a Paris plaza. The officers involved in the beating of Zecler were suspended pending an internal police investigation.
An internal letter from Paris Police Prefect Didier Lallement called on officers to use “probity, the sense of honor and ethics” when policing the protests, which were authorized by authorities.
Hundreds of police in body armor, some with truncheons, others with tear gas launchers and a few with rifles, lined the march route and side streets. They erected tall metal gates barricading all main roads leading out of Bastille plaza at the end of the march route.
Through most of the march they hung back, chatting while holding their helmets or watching silently as protesters shouted “Shame!” at them.
The officers jumped swiftly to action after some objects apparently were thrown at them. The crowd was overwhelmingly peaceful, but some in the unruly minority came equipped with gas masks and helmets. An Associated Press reporter heard about 10 rounds of tear gas being fired and saw some small rocks and a couple of paving stones being thrown.
Article 24 of the proposed security law criminalizes the publishing of images of police officers with the intent of causing harm. Anyone found guilty could be sentenced to up to a year in jail, and fined 45,000 euros ($53,000).
While journalists have been the most outspoken over the security bill, it could have an even greater impact on the efforts of non-journalists who film police during aggressive arrests, notably minorities who can try to fight police abuse and discrimination with a few seconds of cellphone video.
Protesters calling for the article to be withdrawn say it goes against their democracy’s “fundamental public freedoms.”
Agathe Le Gall, a 26-year-old job seeker, said the proposal “is like the beginning of the end” because she fears laws will get tougher and tougher.
“All those videos we see online, we know that behind those incidents there are thousands more that aren’t recorded," Agathe said Saturday. “I am lucky I am white because I am not targeted” by police.
Prime Minister Jean Castex announced Friday that he would appoint a commission to redraft Article 24, but he backtracked after hearing from angry lawmakers. The commission is now expected to make new proposals by early next year on the relationship between the media and police.
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Olo and Faumuina delighted, ready for Parliament return
WINNING: M.P. for Salega East, Olo Fiti Vaai and M.P. for Urban West, Faumuina Wayne Fong (Photo: Vaitogi A. Matafeo)
Member of Parliament for Salega East, Olo Fiti Va'ai, and his colleague from Urban West, Faumuina Wayne Fong, are looking forward to their return to Parliament on Tuesday when the Legislative Assembly convenes for the last time this year.
Olo and Faumuina are back in after the Supreme Court overturned a decision by the Speaker of Parliament, Leaupepe Toleafoa Fa'afisi, to declare their seats void over their decision to register for the Faatuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi (F.A.S.T.) party for next year's General Election.
Acting Chief Justice, Her Honour Niava Mata Tuatagaloa, Justice Leiataualesa Daryl Clarke and Justice Tafaoimalo Leilani Tuala – Warren ruled that the Speaker’s decision was invalid and unlawful.
“The first respondent’s motion to declare the applicants seats vacated is declined for the reasons given,” the Supreme Court ruling says.
The decision was handed down in a Court room full of F.A.S.T. supporters. It was greeted by cheers and singing outside Court where the M.Ps and their supporters celebrated.
Olo said the Speaker's decision was clearly unlawful and it is the reason they challenged it in Court.
“The law is very clear that it is the Speaker’s responsibility to refer the matter to Court if there are objection from the members,” Olo said.
“If we had not brought the matter to the Court, the country would be in the dark about the legality of this matter. What this has shown is that they are not abiding by the laws especially the Speaker of the House.”
Faumuina on the other hand was a grateful man.
“The outcome is not something to brag about, it is the decision from above (God),” he said. “Maybe at a later time [will make comment] but for now we accepted the decision.”
Speaking to the media after the Court case, Clerk of the Legislative Assembly, Tiatia Graeme Tualaulelei said the Speaker has accepted the decision.
Lawyers Luamanuvao Katalaina Sapolu and Leota Tima Leavai represented the Speaker of the House. Mauga Precious Chang and Muriel Lui acted for the M.Ps.
The Speaker had argued that his decision to declare the seats void followed their decision to register under the Fa’atuatua ile Atua Samoa ua Tasi (F.A.S.T.) political party.
But the Court concluded that the Speaker’s declaration was a breach of Article 47 of the Constitution and section 143 of the Electoral Act 2019.
Vaiusu wharf project claims disputed
Claims that villagers opposed the proposed building of an international wharf at the Vaiusu Bay have been strongly denied by the Faleata West M.P. Lealailepule Rimoni Aiafi.
Staff “attitude problems” behind resignations: A.G.
Lawyers that have resigned from the Attorney General’s office have “attitude problems” and cannot “handle the standards of work ethics” set up by Attorney General, Savalenoa Mareva Betham-Annandale.
By Joyetter Feagaimaali'i 18/01/2021
Tokelau Liaison Office celebrates new year
The Tokelau Apia Liaison Office at Matautu held a church service on Monday to mark the starting of a new year and to celebrate a fresh beginning.
By Marc Membrere 19/01/2021
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4 pregnant women among 20 migrants dead in Tunisia sinking
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Four pregnant women were among 20 migrants whose bodies were found off Tunisia's coast after their smuggling boat sank, Tunisian authorities said Friday, as search efforts continued for 13 others believed missing.
Nineteen of the 20 migrants who died in Thursday’s sinking were women, according to Mourad Torki, the court spokesman for the Sfax region in central Tunisia.
Coast guard officials and local fishermen retrieved the bodies and brought them to shore, and transferred them in white body bags to a nearby hospital where autopsies were carried out.
Four migrants were rescued, Torki said: One remained under medical supervision Friday and another fled the hospital.
The boat, overloaded and in poor condition, was carrying 37 people — three Tunisians and others from sub-Saharan Africa, Torki said. Coast guard boats and navy divers were searching for the 13 missing, but found no new bodies or survivors Friday, amid strong winds and high waves in the area.
Tunisian authorities say they have intercepted several migrant smuggling boats recently, but that the number of attempts has been growing, notably between the Sfax region and the Italian island of Lampedusa.
Migrant smuggling boats frequently leave from the coast of Tunisia and neighboring Libya carrying people from across Africa, including a growing number of Tunisians fleeing prolonged economic difficulties in their country.
Thakur, Sundar revive India's hopes in series deciding test
Death toll from violence in Sudan's West Darfur rises to 83
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The Latest: Pelosi wants fines for bypassing House security
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the fallout from the attack of the U.S. Capitol by pro-Trump loyalists (all times local):
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is proposing fines of up to $10,000 will be imposed on members who fail to abide by the security protocols of the House.
Wednesday's announcement comes after metal detectors were set up outside the House chamber following last week's attack on the Capitol. Some Republican lawmakers have expressed their displeasure about the new protocol and have been bypassing the metal detector entirely or walking through and not stopping when they set it off.
Pelosi says, “It is tragic that this step is necessary, but the Chamber of the People’s House must and will be safe.” She says, "Many House Republicans have disrespected our heroes by verbally abusing them and refusing to adhere to basic precautions.”
The fine will be $5,000 for the first offense and $10,000 for the second offense. The Democratic-led House will vote on the rule change.
Earlier in the week, she imposed fines for those who fail to wear face masks during the COVID-19 crisis. Both fines will be deducted directly from members' salaries.
HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE FALLOUT FROM THE RIOTING AT THE CAPITOL:
The House voted Wednesday to impeach President Donald Trump for an unprecedented second time. The move comes one week after he encouraged a mob of loyalists to “fight like hell” against election results and the Capitol became the target of a deadly siege.
— Trump impeached after Capitol riot in historic second charge
— McConnell blocks quick Senate vote; it's unclear how he'll vote
— Led by Cheney, 10 House Republicans vote to impeach Trump
— AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s call to action distorted in debate
HERE’S WHAT ELSE IS GOING ON:
President-elect Joe Biden says he hopes the Senate can balance a second impeachment trial of President Donald Trump with “other urgent business” as the coronavirus pandemic rages.
In a statement Wednesday evening, Biden did not take a position on whether the Senate should convict Trump after a bipartisan House vote that charged the outgoing president with inciting the violent insurrection on the U.S. Capitol last week as Congress convened to certify Biden’s presidential election.
Biden blamed Trump for the “armed insurrection” by his supporters. The president-elect called it “an unprecedented assault on our democracy ... unlike anything we have witnessed in the 244-year history of our nation.”
Besides considering Trump’s fate, Biden noted that the Senate will be considering his nominations for key leadership posts and additional COVID-19 relief measures. Biden is scheduled to deliver a speech Thursday outlining his proposals to spur vaccine distribution and for additional economic aid.
Federal officials say a Texas flower shop owner who posted a video on Facebook bragging about House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office being broken into during the U.S. Capitol riot last week has been arrested.
A spokesperson for the U.S. attorney’s office in San Antonio says the FBI arrested Jenny Cudd and another Midland resident on Wednesday.
They appeared in court Wednesday, and each is charged with entering a restricted building and disorderly conduct, both misdemeanors.
Cudd has told The Associated Press that she didn’t personally go into Pelosi’s office and that she didn’t do anything violent or destroy any property.
President Donald Trump has released a video condemning the violent insurrection he fomented at the Capitol last week.
The video came out Wednesday after he was impeached by the House for a record second time, this time with Republican votes. Trump also called on his supporters to remain peaceful amid concerns about additional violence in the days before President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration.
Trump says: “I want to be very clear: I unequivocally condemn the violence that we saw last week.” He says, “Like all of you I was shocked and deeply saddened by the calamity” and “no true supporter” of his “could ever endorse political violence.”
Trump also said that he had directed federal agencies “to use all necessary resources to maintain order in Washington, D.C.” over the next week.”
Trump made no reference to becoming the first president in the nation’s history to be impeached twice.
U.S. Rep. Tom Rice of South Carolina was one of only 10 House Republican to join Democrats in voting to impeach President Donald Trump, a stunning reversal from his position just days earlier.
Rice said in a statement Wednesday that he had backed Trump “through thick and thin for four years” but called Trump’s handling of the Capitol violence an ”utter failure” that “is inexcusable.” Rice was among the House Republicans who voted last week to throw out Arizona’s electoral votes, which went to President-elect Joe Biden.
The House voted to impeach Trump on a charge of incitement of an insurrection on a 232-197 vote.
Two days ago, Rice told local media that he didn’t support impeachment, saying Trump had acted recklessly but, with just days remaining in Trump's term, “Let’s not stoke further division.”
Rice represents South Carolina’s 7th Congressional District, an area near Myrtle Beach that voted heavily for Trump. Rice was recently elected to his fifth term but is among the lesser-known member of South Carolina’s delegation. He had previously been a steadfast supporter of Trump's.
Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer vows there will be an impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, even if it’s after he leaves office and Democrat Joe Biden is inaugurated.
Schumer said Wednesday that the trial could begin immediately if Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell agreed to convene an emergency session.
He says if not, the trial will begin after Jan. 19. That’s the quickest the Senate can start under the existing calendar. Biden is set to be sworn in on Jan. 20.
McConnell said earlier Wednesday that there is “no chance” that the Senate will be able to hold a “fair or serious” impeachment trial before Biden is sworn in.
Trump was impeached Wednesday by the House on a charge of incitement of insurrection over the deadly siege of the Capitol.
Schumer said if Trump is convicted, there will be a vote on barring Trump from ever running again for office.
Five-time Olympic swimming medalist Klete Keller has been charged with participating in a deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol after video emerged that appeared to show him among those storming the building last week.
An FBI complaint, citing screenshots from the video, asked that a warrant be issued charging Keller with knowingly entering a restricted building without lawful authority and attempting to impede an official government function. Keller was charged Wednesday.
Thousands of supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol during a joint session of Congress on Jan. 6 while lawmakers met to formalize the victory of President-elect Joe Biden.
The 38-year-old Keller competed in the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics. He captured two golds and a silver as a member of the 4x200-meter freestyle relay, as well as a pair of individual bronzes in the 400 free.
Messages seeing comment left with Keller and his sister, former Olympic swimmer Kalyn Keller, were not immediately returned.
Outgoing Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says there is “no chance” that the Senate will be able to hold a “fair or serious” trial on the impeachment of President Donald Trump before President-elect Joe Biden is sworn in next week.
The House voted Wednesday to impeach Trump for the second time, with 10 Republicans joining Democrats to support an article for incitement of insurrection after the president egged on a violent mob of his supporters who ransacked the Capitol last week.
McConnell told his GOP colleagues in a note earlier on Wednesday that he had not yet decided on whether he would vote to convict. After the vote, he said that a trial would last longer than the seven days Trump has in office. McConnell noted that three previous impeachments “have lasted 83 days, 37 days, and 21 days respectively.”
McConnell says he thinks the nation is best served if “Congress and the executive branch spend the next seven days completely focused on facilitating a safe inauguration and an orderly transfer of power to the incoming Biden Administration.”
Ten Republican House members voted to impeach President Donald Trump over the deadly insurrection at the Capitol. The GOP votes were in sharp contrast to the unanimous support for Trump among House Republicans when he was first impeached by Democrats in 2019.
Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, the third-ranking House Republican, said in a statement, “There has never been a greater betrayal by a President of the United States of his office and his oath to the Constitution.”
Nine other House Republicans also supported impeachment: Reps. John Katko of New York; Adam Kinzinger of Illinois; Anthony Gonzalez of Ohio; Fred Upton and Peter Meijer of Michigan; Jaime Herrera Beutler and Dan Newhouse of Washington state; Tom Rice of South Carolina; and David Valadao of California.
All Democrats who voted supported impeachment, while 197 Republicans voted no.
Two police officers from Virginia have been charged in connection with the U.S. Capitol riot.
A statement of facts unsealed Wednesday in federal court said Sgt. Thomas “T.J.” Robertson and officer Jacob Fracker were photographed in the Capitol “making an obscene statement” in front of a statute of John Stark, a Revolutionary War officer famous for writing the state’s “Live Free or Die” motto.
In social media posts, Robertson is quoted as saying: “CNN and the Left are just mad because we actually attacked the government who is the problem and not some random small business."
The statement also describes a now-deleted Facebook post by Fracker containing the caption, “Lol to anyone who’s possibly concerned about the picture of me going around...Sorry I hate freedom? ...Not like I did anything illegal...”
Robertson told news outlets that he broke no laws, did not know about the violence and had been escorted into the building by Capitol Police.
The agent writes in the statement, “At that date and time, the United States Capitol was on lockdown and the defendants’ presence inside was without lawful authority."
President Donald Trump was in the Oval Office as the House of Representatives voted to impeach him.
Trump on Wednesday became the first president to be impeached twice. The vote came days after he fomented a violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol by telling his supporters to “fight like hell” against election results that he falsely told them were rigged.
Trump, who has been suspended from social media platforms, was expected to respond to the vote in a taped video to be released later Wednesday.
Ten Republicans joined Democrats in voting to impeach the president. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called Trump a “clear and present danger” to the country.
The White House was lightly staffed Wednesday as moving boxes crowded offices and hallways as aides prepare for their departure ahead of Inauguration Day, when President-elect Joe Biden takes office.
President Donald Trump has become the first American president to be impeached twice, facing a strong bipartisan rebuke from the House exactly one week after a violent mob of his supporters invaded the U.S. Capitol.
The House voted 232-197 to impeach Trump, with 10 Republicans joining with Democrats to charge him with incitement of insurrection.
The extraordinary second impeachment, just days before Trump is to leave office, comes after the president encouraged his supporters to “fight like hell” against the election results in a speech near the White House.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will now send the article of impeachment to the Senate, though that timing is unclear. Actual removal seems unlikely before the Jan. 20 inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has said he will not bring the Senate back before Jan. 19.
Still, McConnell did not rule out voting to convict Trump. In a note to his fellow Republican senators just before the House was to begin voting, he said he is undecided.
A majority of the U.S. House has voted to impeach President Donald Trump for a second time, just a week after he encouraged loyalists to “fight like hell” against election results and a mob of his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol.
The House vote on an article of impeachment for incitement of insurrection was still underway Wednesday, but the Democratic-led House had secured enough votes to impeach Trump. Some Republicans joined Democrats in voting to impeach the president.
During debate before the vote, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi asked Republicans and Democrats to “search their souls.” Trump is the first American president to be impeached twice.
The impeachment proceedings came one week after a violent, pro-Trump mob breached the Capitol, sending lawmakers into hiding and revealing the fragility of the nation’s history of peaceful transfers of power. Five people died.
Trump has taken no responsibility for the riot.
President-elect Joe Biden’s transition team says it’s taking the threat of violence across the U.S. in the runup to the inauguration “incredibly seriously.”
It says Biden received a briefing Wednesday on preparations for the event from top law enforcement officials.
In a statement, the Biden transition said senior officials at the FBI and the Secret Service and members of his national security team briefed the president-elect on the “threat picture, and on the preparations being put in place to deter and defend against violent disruptions or attacks.” Biden’s team will continue to receive daily briefings on the issue before the Jan. 20 inauguration.
Biden’s team is “focused on laying the groundwork for a smooth handoff in power that will ensure continuous command and control across the homeland security and law enforcement components.”
Security across Washington has increased in the wake of last week’s deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, and a number of protests are planned both in Washington and in state capitols and cities across the U.S. in the coming days.
Newly elected Michigan Rep. Peter Meijer says that “with a heavy heart” he will join some other Republicans in supporting impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump.
Meijer announced he would vote to impeach Trump in a statement released Wednesday as the House was debating the proceedings. He said the vote “isn’t a victory for my party, and isn’t the victory Democrats might think it is.”
But after a violent mob of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol last week in an effort to overturn Democrat Joe Biden’s win, Meijer says it’s a step “for us to reflect on these events and seek ways to correct them.”
Meijer said impeaching Trump will likely exacerbate division and set precedent. But he ultimately concluded it is a “meaningful” way to hold Trump accountable for the “seriousness” of his actions.
Voting is underway in the House on impeaching President Donald Trump over the violent siege at the U.S. Capitol last week by a mob of his supporters.
Lawmakers are voting Wednesday on impeaching Trump on a single charge, incitement of insurrection. If it passes, Trump would be the first president to be impeached twice.
The riot has forced a reckoning among some Republicans, who have stood by Trump throughout his presidency and largely allowed him to spread false attacks against the integrity of the 2020 election.
While Trump’s first impeachment in 2019 brought no Republican votes in the House, at least seven House Republicans were breaking with the party to join Democrats this time.
Trump has taken no responsibility for the riot, suggesting it was the drive to oust him rather than his actions around the bloody riot that was dividing the country.
Democratic Rep. Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts says her husband has tested positive for COVID-19 following last week’s siege and subsequent lockdown at the Capitol.
Pressley said in a statement that Conan Harris received a positive test Tuesday evening. Pressley says she received a negative test result.
Harris had accompanied Pressley to her swearing-in ceremony last week and was with her in the Capitol complex throughout the Jan. 6 attack. Harris has shown mild symptoms and remains in isolation, along with Pressley and staff who were in close contact.
Pressley said Wednesday: “As my colleagues and I sought shelter from the white supremacist mob that violently attacked our seat of government, we were greeted by a different threat — one posed by my callous Republican colleagues who, in this crowded and confined space, repeatedly refused to wear masks when offered.”
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has said in a note to his fellow Republican senators that he is undecided on whether President Donald Trump should be convicted if the House votes to impeach him.
McConnell said in the letter Wednesday: “While the press has been full of speculation, I have not made a final decision on how I will vote and I intend to listen to the legal arguments when they are presented to the Senate.”
The House is poised to vote to impeach Trump on Wednesday for a second time after he egged on a violent mob of his supporters who invaded the Capitol last week.
President Donald Trump says he opposes violence in a statement read on the House floor as members debate impeaching him for his role in fomenting the violent insurrection at the Capitol last week.
Trump’s message was read Wednesday by GOP Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio.
Trump says in a statement: “In light of reports of more demonstrations, I urge that there must be NO violence, NO lawbreaking and NO vandalism of any kind.” Trump adds: “That is not what I stand for, and it is not what America stands for. I call on ALL Americans to help ease tensions and calm tempers.”
Trump is on the verge of being impeached for a second time in a fast-moving House vote, just a week after he encouraged loyalists to “fight like hell” against election results and then a mob of his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol. Five people died, including a U.S. Capitol Police officer.
The president falsely claimed widespread voter fraud cost him the election won by Democrat Joe Biden.
The number of people arrested on criminal charges related to last week’s riot at the U.S. Capitol has exceeded 100.
The count by The Associated Press resulted from a nationwide review of court records and announcements of arrests issued by law enforcement agencies. The charges range from misdemeanor curfew violations in the District of Columbia to federal felonies related to the assault of law enforcement officers, theft of government property and possessing firearms and explosives.
Federal prosecutors and the FBI said this week they are pursing dozens more suspects who have been identified through photos and videos from the Jan. 6 melee and tips from the public.
Those newly arrested Wednesday include 56-year-old Robert Keith Packer, of Newport News, Virginia. His mugshot appears to match the bearded man photographed at the Capitol wearing a hoodie emblazoned with “Camp Auschwitz” and the phrase “Work Brings Freedom,” a translation of the German phrase from the gates of the Nazi concentration camp where more than 1.1 million Jews and others were murdered during World War II.
Rep. Dan. Newhouse of Washington has added his name to the short list of Republicans supporting the impeachment of President Donald Trump.
He said Tuesday on the House floor that the article of impeachment is flawed, but he will not use process as an excuse to vote no.
He says, “There is no excuse for President Trump's actions.”
Newhouse says the president took an oath to defend the Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic. Yet he says when there was a “domestic threat at the door of the Capitol,” the president “did nothing to stop it.”
He says he will vote for impeachment “with a heavy heart and clear resolve.”
House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy says President Donald Trump “bears responsibility” for last week’s storming of the Capitol by his supporters.
McCarthy, a close Trump ally, says the president “should have immediately denounced the mob when he saw what was unfolding.”
But McCarthy also says he believes it would be a mistake to impeach Trump in such a short time frame. Trump leaves office on Jan. 20 when Joe Biden is inaugurated.
The House is set to vote later Wednesday on impeaching Trump, accusing him of rallying the violent mob.
McCarthy says “a vote to impeach would further divide this nation, a vote to impeach will further fan the flames, the partisan division.”
The California lawmaker is calling instead for a fact-finding commission and censure resolution.
The Capitol Police’s inspector general is opening an investigation into the department to look into events surrounding last week’s riot at the Capitol that resulted in five deaths, including a Capitol Police officer.
That’s according to a House aide with knowledge of the investigation. The aide was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke on condition of anonynmity.
Michael A. Bolton is the inspector general and he will lead the review. It will focus on security preparations for the Jan. 6 congressional vote to certify the presidential election, as well as the department’s response.
Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund resigned in the wake of the riot, as did the top security officials in the House and Senate. Assistant Capitol Police Chief Yogananda Pittman is now the acting chief.
The department is facing intense scrutiny after its lackluster response to the riot, poor planning and failure to anticipate the seriousness of the threat drew widespread condemnation.
— By AP writer Matthew Daly
If the House impeaches President Donald Trump, a Senate trial on whether to convict him of inciting insurrection seems all but certain to have to wait until President-elect Joe Biden is inaugurated.
That’s the word from a spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. The spokesman says aides to the Kentucky Republican have told Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s staff that McConnell won’t agree to invoke powers calling senators into emergency session.
That means the Senate almost certainly won’t meet again until Jan. 19. That’s the day before Biden’s inauguration.
The House is set to vote later Wednesday on impeaching Trump, accusing him of rallying a violent mob of supporters to attack the Capitol last week.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is suggesting that President Donald Trump should be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for promoting Arab-Israeli peace.
Pompeo’s suggestion, made on his official Twitter account, comes as the House is set to vote later Wednesday on impeaching Trump, accusing him of rallying a violent mob of supporters to attack the Capitol last week.
Trump and many of his allies have made no secret of their desire to see him honored with the Nobel Peace Prize, which is one of the world’s most distinguished awards.
Their campaign on his behalf has raised eyebrows because self-promotion for the prize is considered unseemly.
Pompeo tweeted a photo of Trump waving from a White House balcony with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and senior officials from the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain and copied the Nobel committee.
The photo was taken in September last year when Israel normalized relations with the UAE and Bahrain under the so-called Abraham Accords, which were negotiated by Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner. Since then Morocco and Sudan have also agreed to recognize Israel.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says President Donald Trump represents a “clear and present danger” to the nation and must be impeached.
Pelosi says in a House speech that members of Congress and the country as a whole “experienced the insurrection that violated the sanctity of the people’s Capitol and attempted to overturn the duly recorded will of the American people″ in the presidential election.
She says “we know that the president of the United States incited this insurrection this armed rebellion against our common country. He must go. He is a clear and present danger to the nation that we all love.″
Pelosi says Trump has “repeatedly lied” about the outcome of the election that he lost to Democrat Joe Biden and Trump has “sowed self-serving doubt about democracy and unconstitutionally sought to influence state officials to repeat this armed rebellion against our country.″
The House is set to vote Wednesday afternoon on impeaching Trump, accusing him of rallying a violent mob of supporters to attack the Capitol last week.
Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina says the impeachment effort being pushed by House Democrats could “do great damage to the institutions of government” and he’s warning his GOP colleagues not to support it.
Graham is a frequent ally of President Donald Trump. Last week, Graham condemned the violent mob of the president’s supporters who invaded the Capitol. After that siege and after Trump had pushed the unconstitutional argument that Vice President Mike Pence could overturn the election results, Graham said to count him out and that “enough is enough.”
Still, Graham has stayed in touch with the increasingly isolated president.
And Graham’s message to fellow Republicans on impeachment is that those “who legitimize this process, you are doing great damage not only to the country, the future of the presidency, but also to the party.”
He says the millions of people who have supported Trump and his agenda “should not be demonized because of the despicable actions of a seditious mob.”
At least five GOP House members have said they will support impeachment, and two Republican senators have called on Trump to resign. Another GOP senator has said he will take a look at the articles of impeachment when they are sent to the Senate.
The debate is heated almost from the start as the House sets up a vote to impeach President Donald Trump.
Democrats and a few Republicans say Trump must be removed immediately after he egged on a violent mob of supporters a week ago who then stormed the Capitol. The insurrection happened as some of Trump’s GOP allies were challenging his election defeat, echoing the president’s false claims that there was widespread fraud in his loss to Democrat Joe Biden.
Most Republicans are saying impeachment is divisive. They’re not mentioning the president.
Republican Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio is one of Trump’s most vocal defenders. Jordan blames Democrats for objecting to previous election results and he’s repeating baseless claims that the 2020 election was rigged.
But Democratic Rep. Jim McGovern of Massachusetts says Democrats haven’t pushed conspiracy theories that a president won in a landslide when he actually lost — which is what happened to Trump.
McGovern is looking back at the deadly Capitol siege and saying “people died because of the big lies that were being told.” And he says that’s enough to merit impeachment.
Democratic lawmakers have opened the historic impeachment effort in the House by saying that every moment Donald Trump is in the White House the nation is in danger.
Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass., says the debate is taking place at an “actual crime scene and we wouldn’t be here if it were not for the president of the United States.”
The House is considering impeaching Trump for the second time after last week’s riots at the Capitol as lawmakers met to certify the election results. McGovern says it was Trump and his allies who were stoking the anger of the violent mob.
He says Trump told the crowd to march to the Capitol and “the signal was unmistakable.”
Republican Rep. Tom Cole of Oklahoma said Jan. 6th would live in his memory as the darkest day of his service in the House. But Cole says the Senate could not even begin to consider impeachment until after President-elect Joe Biden is sworn in.
He says he can think of no action the House can take that would further divide the American people than the actions being taken Wednesday. He says “it’s unfortunate that a path to support healing is not the path the majority has chosen today.”
As the House opens its impeachment hearing, the District of Columbia National Guard says it has been authorized to arm troops assigned to security duty on the U.S. Capitol grounds.
The Guard said in a statement that the authority was requested by federal authorities and approved by Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy as of approximately 6 p.m. Tuesday.
Up to 15,000 Guard members are expected to be on duty in coming days in the district to support law enforcement in connection with the Jan. 20 inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden. Authorities are concerned about threats of violence, following the insurrection at the Capitol last week.
The House has opened its proceedings Wednesday, poised to impeach President Donald Trump for a second time exactly a week after his supporters stormed the Capitol to protest his election defeat.
At least five Republicans have said they will join Democrats in voting to remove Trump from office. The article of impeachment charges the president with “incitement of insurrection.”
The House chaplain opened the session with a prayer for “seizing the scales of justice from the jaws of mob-ocracy.”
A vote is expected by the end of the day.
New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says she thought she was “going to die” when a mob of President Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol last week.
The Democrat spoke about her experience in an Instagram Live video on Tuesday night. She didn’t disclose any details over security concerns.
Ocasio-Cortez said she and other elected officials “narrowly escaped death” and there was “a sense that something was wrong from the inside.”
The second-term representative, whose New York district covers part of Queens and the Bronx, had strong condemnation for Trump for inciting the riots, as well as members of his administration who have not invoked the 25th Amendment to remove him from office, and those who voted to overturn the election results.
Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger is predicting more Republicans will join him in voting to impeach President Donald Trump.
The House is set to vote Wednesday afternoon on impeaching Trump for a second time, accusing him of rallying a violent mob of supporters to attack the U.S. Capitol last week. If that isn’t an impeachable offense, Kinzinger said, “I don’t know what is.”
Several other Republicans are backing impeachment, including No. 3 GOP leader Liz Cheney.
“This is one of these moments that transcends politics,” the Illinois lawmaker told “CBS This Morning” in an interview ahead of the vote.
Besides Kinzinger and Cheney, other Republicans backing impeachment are John Katko of New York, Fred Upton of Michigan and Jaime Herrera Beutler of Washington.
Kinzinger wouldn’t say how many more GOP lawmakers might vote to impeach, but said, “there’ll be more than the five you’ve seen so far.”
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TDR turns to Rygor for heavy haulage Mercedes-Benz truck
Transport and Logistics company, TDR has added a new truck bearing the three pointed star to its fleet, and it’s a heavyweight champion!
TDR bought the 150t Arocs SLT tractor unit from the Kidderminster branch of the UK’s largest Mercedes-Benz commercial vehicle Dealer this spring and driver, John Whitworth, is already putting it through its paces up and down the UK roads.
John said: “I have been driving trucks for 17 years now and this Arocs is by far the best vehicle I have driven. The manoeuvrability is fantastic and it was put to the test just last week when I was at a site with difficult access. In other heavy haulage trucks I wouldn’t have stood a chance at being able to negotiate the site, but it was much more manageable in the Arocs. The turbo clutch is brilliant and makes these types of challenges much easier for me as a driver.”
The Arocs is the first Mercedes-Benz truck which TDR has bought following a week-long demo last summer, organised for them by Rygor Group Truck Sales Manager, Jeremy Price.
John said: “Jeremy gave us the opportunity to demo the vehicle over a longer period of time to allow us to see how it would work for our business. This was hugely beneficial as we got to really experience the product in action, something which we have found to be unique to Rygor when it comes to trucks of this size and specification. After a week in the Arocs, we knew it was the vehicle for us.
“Rygor has fitted everything we need, including a TV and a microwave which are essentials when the truck is basically your home Monday to Friday! It’s a really comfortable vehicle and the cab has a great amount of room, making the driving experience all the better.
“The service level we have received from Rygor has been fantastic. Their zero tolerance to downtime policy means they accept our vehicles into their workshops immediately, so vehicle off road time is kept to an absolute minimum. This is essential to our business as any downtime effects our own customer service.
“It was also really useful to have an extensive vehicle handover from driver trainer, Guy Danvers at Rygor. His knowledge was vast, meaning he was able to go through the vehicle with me in detail and answer any questions I had. It was definitely the best handover I have ever had of any vehicle and it’s this type of customer service which makes all the difference to my job,” John added.
Dan Harris, Regional Manager, TDR Heavy Haulage, said: “From a business perspective, we need to ensure that we choose vehicles which are going to be reliable, cost effective with great aftersales care, but it is also essential that our drivers enjoy driving the vehicles, find them easy to manoeuvre and comfortable. We have found the Mercedes-Benz product to tick all the boxes for us and Rygor has certainly delivered on service. We look forward to working with Jeremy and the team at Rygor more in the future.”
Jeremy Price, Rygor Group Truck Sales Manager, said: “I am thrilled that the team at TDR are already finding the Arocs to be a brilliant truck which is helping them drive their business forward. It is a great privilege to be working with a company who is widely recognised as a leader in the heavy haulage sector and I look forward to continuing to develop this relationship going forward.”
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Solution Structure of Hdm2 RING Finger Domain
DOI: 10.2210/pdb2HDP/pdb
Deposition Author(s): Kostic, M., Matt, T., Yamout-Martinez, M., Dyson, H.J., Wright, P.E.
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Conformers Calculated: 200
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Selection Criteria: structures with the lowest energy
Solution structure of the Hdm2 C2H2C4 RING, a domain critical for ubiquitination of p53.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2006.08.027
Regulation of the transcriptional response to the tumor suppressor p53 occurs at many levels, including control of its transcriptional activity, and of its stability and concentration within the cell. p53 stability is regulated by the protein Hdm2, a ...
Regulation of the transcriptional response to the tumor suppressor p53 occurs at many levels, including control of its transcriptional activity, and of its stability and concentration within the cell. p53 stability is regulated by the protein Hdm2, an E3 ubiquitin ligase that binds to p53 and promotes its ubiquitination and degradation. The C-terminal domain of Hdm2, which is critical for this activity, has been classified as a RING domain on the basis of sequence homology, although it lacks the canonical set of zinc ligands (RING domains typically have C3HC4 or C4C4 zinc coordination). Here, we report the solution structure of the C2H2C4 RING domain of Hdm2(429-491), which reveals a symmetrical dimer with a unique cross-brace zinc-binding scheme. Each subunit has one Cys4 Zn site and one His2Cys2 Zn site. The global fold of each subunit is similar to those reported for other RING domains, with a compact betabetaalphabeta fold, a small hydrophobic core, and two Zn ions, which are essential for maintaining the domain structure. The dimer structure is maintained by an extensive interface that buries a large hydrophobic area on each subunit. It has been proposed that Hdm2 and its homologue HdmX form a stable heterodimer through their RING domains, resulting in a synergistic increase in observed E3 activity. To test this proposal, we prepared an HdmX RING construct and showed by NMR titration that it forms a tight 1:1 complex with the Hdm2 RING. The resonances most perturbed by heterodimer formation are located within the subunit interface of the homodimer, far removed from the surface expected to form the docking site of the E2 ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme, providing a structure-based rationale for the function of the RING domains in p53 ubiquitination.
Department of Molecular Biology and Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
Ubiquitin-protein ligase E3 Mdm2 A, B 63 Homo sapiens Mutation(s): 0
EC: 6.3.2 (PDB Primary Data), 2.3.2.27 (UniProt)
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Justin Toscano
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How do you spot a Jeff McNeil when others don't? 'Your lens,' says coach who recruited him
Many times, rival coaches asked Mark Kertenian, “How did you find McNeil?’ And to this day, Kertenian admits he did not “discover” Jeff McNeil.
“I just don’t want anybody to write about him like he was a bum and nobody knew about him,” said Kertenian, who recruited McNeil when he was an assistant coach at Cal State Northridge years ago.
To Kertenian, McNeil is not some cliché diamond-in-the-rough story. The kid possessed exceptional talent, but his circumstances differed from others in his class. Kertenian does not think others “missed” or “whiffed” on McNeil.
“I don’t think he was playing better at that time I watched him than guys his age,” Kertenian said. “He did not play better. He was going to be better. It’s your lens.”
McNeil did not play any high school baseball until his senior year. While his classmates competed in dozens of showcases and tournaments, he golfed.
When Kertenian first watched McNeil play in October 2009, he kept that in mind.
McNeil had much fewer at-bats than others his age. He was skinny and raw defensively. He did not specialize in baseball like many of the kids who go on to play Division I ball.
“With time and development,” Kertenian said, “you could only dream about him being an even more special player.”
Kertenian does not believe he’s a better recruiter than others, nor does he accept credit.
“Just because he’s a big leaguer on the Mets and now an All-Star and everything like that doesn’t make him more of a stud than the first day I saw him,” Kertenian said.
McNeil’s case is an example of college baseball recruiting’s intricacies. Top-tier programs like Vanderbilt, Florida, UCLA — you name it — often do not recruit someone like McNeil. They go for polished products they’ve often built relationships with and monitored for years. They are always in on the best recruits.
Kertenian said his Cal State Northridge program perhaps was freed up to be a bit more aggressive with players like McNeil. They already had to be creative because they were not a power-conference team. McNeil committed to Cal State Northridge but when the coaching staff was let go, he reopened his recruitment and eventually chose Long Beach State.
Kertenian, who was a recruiting coordinator at three schools, had many mentors who taught him not to engage in the herd mentality often seen in player development. He said some programs only seek polished players, and if a guy struggles, he’s run off the team.
The proper way for schools to act, in Kertenian’s eyes, is to use a lens that focuses on a player’s skills and potential. Then, coaches must pull the most out of their athletes — which is not easy when coaching 18- to 22-year-olds.
On that fall Saturday over a decade ago, Kertenian noticed fluidity in McNeil’s movements. The high schooler possessed clear athleticism and a certain looseness. Most importantly, he had barrel accuracy: His bat found the ball almost every time he swung, which MLB organizations view as one of the most important tools.
“In under eight or nine months, this guy went from nobody knowing him to everybody thinking he was one of the best guys,” Kertenian said. “That’s not a recruitment story. That’s a story of a guy who’s very talented applying himself to something like baseball.”
Vince Sagisi — who coached a scout ball team for which McNeil played — led Kertenian to the kid. He worked to ensure McNeil received exposure, but even he had no idea McNeil would play in the bigs.
“I’d be lying if I said I did,” Sagisi said. “Those kinds of kids like Jeff that get in the game so late, they’re kind of behind the other players. But the one thing I will say is that I thought he was going to hit. He had the best hand-eye coordination that I’ve seen in a hitter.”
Since, many have witnessed the attributes — some immeasurable — that make McNeil special.
Two weeks after McNeil signed with Cal State Northridge, he attended one of the program’s prospect camps. Because of NCAA rules, he had to pay his own way to do so. Not only that, but he woke up at 4 a.m. to drive from Nipomo, his small hometown in California, to the camp.
He went 10-for-11 with multiple extra-base hits that day. He looked like a much different player in the couple weeks since the coaches had last seen him play.
Kertenian asked McNeil: “Jeff, what have you been doing?”
“I’ve been working my (butt) off,” McNeil responded.
McNeil’s willingness to even attend the camp impressed the coaching staff as much as anything he did on the field that day.
“Who does that? And who has that kind of energy to make two drives like that?” Kertenian said. “And he was in high school.”
Since, McNeil has made his believers look smart.
Kertenian often sees player development and recruiting turn into a disgusting popularity contest, something it should never be. Some coaches aim for the flashiest kids, the ones playing for the richest travel ball teams from the upscale areas. They never consider those who have taken other journeys.
That is how you might miss a Jeff McNeil.
“I wouldn’t be on the phone with you doing what I do for a living if I didn’t meet Jeff McNeil,” said Kertenian, who now coaches in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization. “I think the real gift is that way. He taught me personally, multiple times, to not fall into social norms and the herd mentality when you’re in a position like we are with player development.”
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Final phase of Bihar elections on Saturday
Source: PTI - Edited By: Roshneesh Kmaneck
All eyes are now on the polling for third and final phase of assembly elections in Bihar scheduled Saturday in which stakes are quite high for the ruling National Democratic Alliance, trying to avert the anti-incumbency factor, and the opposition Grand Alliance led by an apparently resurgent Rashtriya Janata Dal.
About 2.34 crore voters, spread across 78 assembly segments of the 243-strong assembly, will decide the fates of 1204 candidates, including the Speaker and 12 members of the state cabinet.
Besides, polling will also take place for Valmiki Nagar Lok Sabha seat where a by-election has been necessitated by the death of sitting Janata Dal-United MP Baidyanath Mahato
The JD-U's bid to retain the Parliamentry seat by fielding his son Sunil Kumar is facing the primary challenge from Congress candidate Pravesh Kumar Mishra, a journalist-turned-politician.
Like Valmiki Nagar, all the 78 poll-bound assembly segments spread across 19 districts fall in north Bihar, as areas falling north of the Ganges in the state are called in common parlance.
Many of these fall in the Kosi-Seemanchal region where the contest between NDA and Grand Alliance will be held under the shadow of Owaisi factor given the fact that the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen
has fielded candidates in many of the Muslim-dominated seats and the Hyderabad MP also carried out a hectic campaign.
The Kosi-Seemanchal region also happens to be the main area of influence for maverick former MP Pappu Yadav, whose Jan Adhikar Party is determined to make its presence felt and prove a point to the RJD as both draw their support from the states most populous community the Yadavs.
As in the previous two phases, Chirag Paswan's Lok Janshakti Party is also in the fray in a number of seats this time, threatening to play spoilsport for the National Democratic Alliance, especially the JD-U with its repeated pleas that "every vote cast in favour of the chief minister's party will be a loss for Bihars future".
While the NDA looked surefooted till a few months ago, poll pundits have begun to predict "winds of change" and the ruling coalition seems to have taken note as emotional appeals to the voters have emanated from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
Modi, who attended 12 rallies during the campaign, came out with an open letter addressed to the people of the state Thursday saying he "needed" Nitish Kumar in the state so that the development of Bihar continued unhindered.
Kumar, on his part, stunned all by winding up his last election meeting in Purnea district with the remark "this is my last election. And all is well that ends well".
The chief minister, who seems to be bearing the brunt of the perceived anti-incumbency with the public anger seemingly directed not as much against the BJP, his alliance partner, caught the rank and file of his JD-U unawares.
His old associate and state unit president Vashishtha Narayan Singh has insisted that the CM was himself not in the fray, having been a member of the legislative council ever since he occupied the top post in the state, and he must have meant to say it was the "last rally he was addressing for the current elections".
The RJD, once considered invincible, is leaving no stone unturned to make a comeback, enthused by the response its chief ministerial candidate Tejashwi Yadav. All of 31 years, has been receiving. T
The party has forged a rainbow coalition that comprises its old ally, the Congress, besides the Left parties though none of these have remained a force to reckon with in the state since the rise of "Mandal" and "Mandir".
Prominent candidates include Vijay Kumar Chaudhary of JD-U,Speaker of the outgoing assembly, famed for his ability to win over hostile opponents with a disarming smile, who seeksto do a hat-trick in Sarairanjan.
JD-U ministers in the fray are Bijendra Prasad Yadav (Supaul), Narendra Narayan Yadav (Alamnagar), Maheshwar Hazari (Kalyanpur), Ramesh Rishideo (Singheshwar), Khurshid alias Firoz Ahmed (Sikta), Lakshmeshwar Roy (Laukaha), Bima Bharti (Rupauli) and Madan Sahni (Bahadurpur).
Four ministers are in the fray from the BJP Pramod Kumar (Motihari), Suresh Sharma (Muzaffarpur), Binod Narayan Jha (Benipatti) and Krishnakumar Rishi (Banmankhi).
Besides, wife and daughter-in-law respectively of recently deceased ministers Vinod Kumar Singh (BJP) and Kapil Deo Kamat (JDU) respectively are in the fray from the late legislatorss respective seats Pranpur and Babubarhi.
Another keenly watched candidate is Subhashini Yadav from Bihariganj whose father, veteran socialist leader and former Union minister Sharad Yadav, had been a multiple-term MP from Madhepura under which the assembly segment falls.
She is contesting on a Congress ticket.
Saturday will be the last leg of the voting in the current Bihar polls where elections are being conducted amid raging COVID pandemic.
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Thai Residents Get Back To Nature With Eco-Friendly Escapes And An Amazing “Two-For-One” Offer At Phi Phi Island Village Beach Resort
An exclusive “buy one get one free” promotion applies to accommodation, offshore excursions, spa treatments and food & beverages, allowing guests to unwind and rebalance their bodies and minds
Phi Phi Island Village Beach Resort is an exquisite tropical paradise, surrounded by nature
For Immediate Release: 13 August 2020
Koh Phi Phi, Thailand: Phi Phi Island Village Beach Resort, the chic and sustainable retreat, is inviting Thai residents to leave the stress of the city behind and get back to nature with an eco-friendly, activity-packed island adventure – and an exclusive “two-for-one” promotion on accommodation, offshore excursions and more from THB 5,500 net per room per night!
Nestled in 70 acres of lush tropical gardens, with its own 800-metre-long stretch of sandy beach and surrounded by the crystal clear waters of Hat Noppharat Thara-Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park, this stunning southern Thai resort sets the scene for idyllic island escapes. Surrounded by this iconic and inspiring seascape, urbanites can rebalance their bodies and revive their senses in harmony with the environment.
Sustainable journeys start at the Marine Discovery Centre, the resort’s dedicated conservation lab. Led by a resident marine biologist, guests can learn about the pristine ecosystems of the national park, preserve Thailand’s unique marine species, such as clownfish, and help to restore the area’s vibrant coral reefs.
Many activities are available at Phi Phi Island Village Beach Resort, including paddling
Alternatively, Thai residents can book a full-day island hopping tour by speedboat around this unspoilt archipelago, including the Phi Phi Islands, Bamboo Island and Mosquito Island, or take an early bird boat trip around Koh Phi Phi Leh, the enchanting uninhabited islet that was made famous by the movie, “The Beach”. This dream-like island has been closed to outside visitors for many months, which has allowed wildlife to recover and flourish, without the impact of humans.
For a truly Thai experience, travellers can head out into the marine park on a traditional long-tail boat, including plenty of opportunities to stop for swimming, sunbathing and snorkelling at beautiful bays and secluded coves. Closer to the shore, guests can explore the maze-like mangrove forests by kayak and snorkel along the coastline to witness the vibrant underwater life that thrives in these precious ecosystems. For scuba divers, the resort can also organise PADI-certified trips to the area’s exceptional dive sites.
Visitors who prefer to keep their feet dry can spend soothing days at the resort’s Wana Spa, which offers a wide range of revitalising therapies, including scrubs and massages. Alternatively, the inviting outdoor lagoon pool lets travellers stay fully refreshed and invigorating workouts can be enjoyed at the well-equipped fitness centre.
With such an outstanding array of amenities and so many ways to relax, it is little wonder that Phi Phi Island Village Beach Resort has become popular with Thai nationals and expats. The resort has even achieved the TripAdvisor Travelers’ Choice Award for the quality of its services, putting it in the top 10% of hotels worldwide.
Phi Phi Island Village Beach Resort features seven room categories, including Beachfront Junior Suites
All of these immersive excursions and activities can now be booked with an exclusive “buy one get on free” offer, which applies to accommodation, food & beverages, mini bar purchases, spa treatments, airport transfers, tours, laundry services and gifts! Thai residents who purchase the resort’s vouchers by 31 August 2020, and stay before 25 December 2020, will enjoy attractive rates from just THB 5,500 net per room per night on a choice of bungalows and villas, plus daily breakfast, welcome drinks, in-room fruit and free Wi-Fi, as well as the two-for-one offer. Terms and conditions apply.
The resort is also participating in the Royal Thai Government’s “Rao Tiew Duay Kan” (We Travel Together) campaign, which offers 40% discounts to Thai nationals, worth up to THB 3,000 per room per night for a maximum of five nights.
All visitors can rest assured that Phi Phi Island Village Beach Resort adheres to the highest standards of health and hygiene, in line with the guidance of the World Health Organization (WHO) and local authorities. The resort is certified by the Thai Ministry of Public Health and awarded the “Amazing Thailand Safety and Health Administration (SHA)” certification, reflecting its advanced cleaning procedures and protocols. These measures include deep cleaning and disinfecting, use of personal protective equipment (PPE), body temperature checks for all guests and team members, social distancing arrangements and more.
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Employers Don't Understand the Work People with Disabilities Can Do, SHRM Research Finds
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By Kathy Gurchiek October 29, 2019
A sign language interpreter at the SHRM 2019 Inclusion event in New Orleans.
NEW ORLEANS—Many HR professionals and managers think certain kinds of work can't be performed by someone with a disability, and that prevents people in this talent pool from being recruited, hired or promoted, according to research released today from the SHRM Foundation and Workplace Initiative by Understood.
In the last seven years, employers have not changed their recruitment methods to attract and hire talented job candidates who have disabilities, Employing Abilities @Work shows, yet the nation's employers continue to have trouble filling 7.2 million jobs.
"It seems that many organizations have been on autopilot when it comes to disability recruitment," and that needs to change, said Alex Alonso, Ph.D., SHRM-SCP, the Society for Human Resource Management's (SHRM's) chief knowledge officer. Only about 25 percent of organizations have explicit goals for recruiting and hiring people with disabilities, he noted.
There's also a lack of training in this area. Only about one-third of organizations offer disability-awareness or sensitivity training to all managers and supervisors. Among people managers and HR professionals, 61 percent and 51 percent, respectively, have not participated in any disability-inclusion training, the Foundation found.
The Foundation conducted the research in partnership with the Workplace Initiative and SHRM between June and August. Nearly 100 SHRM members participated in focus groups, and two surveys were fielded—one with 1,658 SHRM members working in HR and another with 1,168 employees and 748 managers.
Need for a Culture Shift
Employers' reluctance to recruit and hire people with disabilities may be due in part to how "disability" is perceived.
"There needs to be a culture shift when only about one-third of organizations offer disability-awareness or sensitivity training to all managers and supervisors," Alonso said.
Managers surveyed tended to define a disability as something that limits a major life function and requires an accommodation. But looks can be deceiving: Some people who appear hale and hearty may have an undiscernible disability. Ten percent of Americans have a medical condition that could be considered an invisible disability, including asthma, chronic migraines or depression.
Managers are uncomfortable discussing disabilities for fear of doing or saying something unlawful. The research found that:
32 percent of managers said they were somewhat or very uncomfortable working with a colleague with a mental-health disability.
26 percent of managers said they were somewhat or very uncomfortable working with a colleague with an intellectual disability.
13 percent of managers said they were somewhat or very uncomfortable working with a colleague with a physical disability.
But nearly all managers (92 percent) who are aware that one or more of their employees have a disability said those individuals perform the same as or better than their peers who don't have disabilities. HR managers responded similarly (97 percent).
Some organizations are making a concerted effort to recruit and hire people with disabilities and to reach out to customers with disabilities.
[SHRM members-only toolkit: Employing Persons with Cognitive Disabilities]
Examples run the gamut from large to small: JPMorgan Chase launched Autism at Work in July 2015 with four employees; the program now has 85 people in 20-plus roles representing 10 lines of business in six countries. In Hilliard, Ohio, the manager of AT&T's DirecTV warehouse hired a man who is deaf because he was the best person for the job.
Starbucks started an initiative of hiring staffers fluent in American Sign Language at the deaf-friendly store it opened last October in Washington, D.C. Deaf employees wear a special apron embroidered with ASL symbols, and hearing employees wear a pin that identifies them as proficient in ASL, NPR reported.
"There is an opportunity to educate and promote inclusivity, not just via formal training but through other capacity-building methods," Alonso said. "HR professionals should lead the charge in better educating their managers and employees about compliance matters related to disability and disability inclusion. HR also needs to create spaces within the organization where managers and employees can learn informally and build capacity around creating inclusive workplaces."
The SHRM Foundation will launch a certificate program in January 2020 to help increase employers' knowledge and skills to hire, develop and retain individuals with disabilities.
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Articles LifestyleFamilyDiscover a new app for saving memories
Discover a new app for saving memories
By Sally - Silversurfer's Editor Aug 5, 2020
How an old clip of her mother led Judith Ralston to Miigen, a new app for saving memories
“Seeing my mother in her prime was one of the most powerful things I’ve experienced in a long time.”
TV Personality Judith Ralston had never seen footage of her mother until someone shared with her a video from the ‘60s. It was an emotional and uplifting experience.
After that moment earlier this year, Judith discovered Miigen – a new Scottish app that allows people to store and narrate old photographs in an online time capsule – and she loved the new technology so much, she signed up for her own account.
Judith Ralston
Judith said: “I discovered Miigen a couple of months ago – not long after I watched the video of my mother – and I was really quite blown away by it. This simple idea, taking old photographs from our shoeboxes in the loft and being able to narrate and store them for our kids and grandkids is just wonderful.”
Miigen was created by Stirling entrepreneurs Craig Lemmon and Campbell Ferrier. The inspiration for their idea was also an emotional one. Campbell explained: “Both Craig and I had lost a parent quite close together and we both had to go through the difficult experience of sorting through old possessions. We both realised that we had discovered masses of treasure troves of old pictures that we had no knowledge of.
“It was really quite upsetting to think that all these memories would never be enjoyed in the future because the stories behind them were gone. The more we talked about this, the more we realised how passionate we were to do something about it. That’s how Miigen was born.”
Miigen is simple and easy to use. It can be accessed on desktop, tablets and smartphones. Users simply log in, upload their images and narrate them by using the record function.
The developers are already working on various other functions, including a biographer option which will allow people to become online custodians for family and community groups.
Craig and Campbell are aware that many of the people who typically would like to use the app, might not be computer literate. Digital and social inclusion are important factors for the entrepreneurs so they created the Miigen Biographers function.
Miigen Biographers can help other older adults to tell the story of their life and community digitally on Miigen, ensuring that no one gets left out.
Judith Ralston is the first high-profile user to join Miigen and co-founder Craig Lemmon believes the popular presenter’s involvement will help to boost sign-ups.
He said: “Judith was really like any other user of Miigen. As soon as she learned about it, she was taken by it almost immediately. We find that most people who use the app quickly become very attached to it. Photographs represent the stories of our lives and that’s something that’s very dear to just about all of us.
“We feel very strongly that we have a responsibility to ensure people can store memories for future generations to enjoy.”
Miigen is centred around keeping family memories alive simply because the story of the life “held captive” in the shoeboxes or old cases in the attic or basement are important to the family.
Craig said: “They are the bedrock of the family history and the story of a generation that we are at risk of losing.”
Miigen users can create a Family Group under their own profile and issue usernames and passwords to other family members or, in the case of older adults in the family, simply set up a device for them to muse without a need to remember usernames or passwords.
New memories
“Our aim is to make it as easy as possible for our older adults to add a voice tag to any image uploaded by a family member – then store these images and play them back to them, in later life, when they need them most, as memory triggers to remind them of the great life they have had,” said Campbell.
Miigen is the place where older adults will go in later life to learn about their lives again.
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Born in Prague, June 30, 1942.
First marriage 1971-2001
with Marlene Landsch; three children: Britta, Astrid, Ingmar
Second marriage 2001-
with Vessela Lozanova, born Yakimova; two children: Alexandra, Grigorii
Abitur: Leibniz-Gymnasium Düsseldorf (foreign languages: Latin and Greek, English and French) 1962
Philosophicum (state examination in Philosophy and Pedagogy): Universität Bonn 1966
State examination for grammar school teachers (in German Studies and Philosophy): Bonn 1967
Dr. phil., summa cum laude: Technische Universität Berlin 1972
Habilitation (qualification for a professorship with tenure) in Linguistics, General Literature and Philosophy of Language: Technische Universität Berlin 1973
1968-69: Part-time assistant ("Hilfsassistent") for German Studies, Technische Universität Berlin
1969-70: Research and teaching fellow ("Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter") for Linguistics and German Studies, Technische Universität Berlin
1970-74: Assistant Professor ("Wissenschaftlicher Assistent") of Linguistics, Technische Universität Berlin
Professor, Chair of Linguistics and Semiotics, Berlin Institute of Technology (since 1975)
Guest Professorships: 1973 Universität Hamburg, 1977 Université de Montréal,
1985 Pontifícia Universidade Católica in São Paolo, 2001 National University Cheju/Korea, 2005 University of Toronto, 2008 South West University at Chongqing/China, 2009 Case Western Reserve University at Cleveland/Ohio
Professor at Linguistic and Semiotic Summer Institutes
1977 in Salzburg, 1979 in Tunis, 1982 in Toronto, 1983 in Estoril/Portugal, 1984 in Mysore/India, 1985 in São Paolo, 1988 in Imatra/Finland, 1992 in Lund, 1995 in Prague, 1995, 2001 and 2003 in Sofia
1975-80: Head of Department, Institut für Linguistik, Technische Universität Berlin
1975 ff.: Director, Semiotisches Kolloquium Berlin
1976 ff.: Founder and First President of "Deutsche Gesellschaft für Semiotik DGS" (German Society for Semiotic Studies)
1976-79: Director of Research Project "Experimental Investigations in Guided Acquisition of Foreign Language Reading Proficiency in Croatian, Serbian, Persian and Japanese", funded by the German National Science Foundation DFG
1978-81: Member of the Inter-University Research Group "Foundations of Science and Ethics", funded by the Volkswagen Foundation
1979 ff.: Founder and Director of "Arbeitsstelle für Semiotik" (Research Center for Semiotics), Technische Universität Berlin
1980-82: Co-Director (with Sabine Kowal) of the Research Project "Linguistic and Pausological Analysis of Narration of a Non-Verbal Color Sound Film as a Basis for Hypotheses about the Processes of Planning and Decision in Language Production", funded by the German National Science Foundation DFG
1980-86: Linguistic Consultant for the Interdisciplinary Research Project on "Dialogue Systems with an Acoustic Natural Language Interface", Technische Universität Berlin
1984-94: Vice-President of the International Association for Semiotic Studies IASS
1985 ff.: Member of Awarding Committee, Tiburtius Prize for extraordinary dissertations
1985 ff.: Member, Committee on Literary Theory, International Comparative Literature Association ICLA
1985-89: Semiotic Consultant for the Interdisciplinary Research Project "Comparative Analysis of Youth Culture in Berlin and Warsaw", Technische Universität Berlin
1986 ff.: Member , International Society for Research on Emotion ISRE
1987 ff.: Permanent Fellow, Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences, Wassenaar
1988-89: Semiotic Consultant for the Research Project "Chinese Sign Conceptions and Western Sign Theory", funded by the Volkswagen Foundation
1988 ff.: Ordinary Member, International Esperanto Academy San Marino, Sections Philosophy and Semiotics
1989 ff.: Vice-President of the International Semiotics Institute, Imatra/Finland
1989-94: Member, Selection Committee for academic teachers, German Academic Exchange Service DAAD
1993 ff: Ordinary Member of the "Berliner Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft" (Berlin Society of Arts and Sciences)
1993-96: Linguistic Consultant for the Interdisciplinary Research Project "Cognition and Context", Technische Universität Berlin
1993-97: Corresponding Member of the Humanities Research Center "Man and Nature" in Odense/Denmark
1993-98: Organizer of Regular Exchange of professors and students between the Research Center for Semiotics (Berlin) and the Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities (Moscow), funded by the German Academic Exchange Service DAAD
1994-98: Co-Director of the Interdisplinary Research Project "Recognition and Simulation of Hand Gestures with the Help of Data Gloves", Technische Universität Berlin
1994-04: President of the International Association for Semiotic Studies IASS
1996 ff.: Honorary Member, Hungarian Society for Semiotic Studies
1996 ff.: Honorary Director of the Master's and Doctoral Programs in Semiotics of the New Bulgarian University in Sofia
1996 ff.: Ordinary Member of the New York Academy of Sciences
1998 ff.: Corresponding Member of the Center for Advanced Research on Indigenous Knowledge Systems in Mysore/India
2000-03: Director of the Berlin Group in the Research Consortium "Cultural Units of Learning: Tools and Services", funded by the European Union
2001 ff.: Corresponding Member of the Center on Violence and Human Survival at the City University of New York
2004-11: Founding Member of the Transatlantic Graduate Research Center ("Graduiertenkolleg") on "The History and Culture of Cities in the 20th Century", Berlin and New York
2005 ff.: Honorary Member of the "Deutsche Gesellschaft für Semiotik DGS" (German Society for Semiotic Studies)
2005 ff.: Permanent Fellow of the International Communicology Institute at Carbondale/Illinois, USA
2008 ff.: Recognition as Editor of Rank-A Journal "Zeitschrift für Semiotik", European Science Foundation, Strasbourg
2009: Chair of the Evaluation Team for Semiotic Study Programs in Estonia, Tallinn
2009 ff.: Member of the Expert Council of the Center of Excellence in Cultural Theory CECT at the Ministry of Education and Research of Estonia, Tallinn
March-April 1991: "Wall Street Gallery". Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
May-June 1991: "Eine Mauer durch Umea". Galerie Brage, Umea/Sweden ("A Wall through Umea")
March-April 1994: "A Forest of Crosses: The National Monument of Lithuania". Baltos Lankos Art Gallery, Vilnius/Lithuania
April-May 1996: (with Vessela Lozanova): "The Wrapped Reichstag: A Meeting Point of Interpretations". Exhibition and Performance at the American Cultural Center, Sofia
May-June 1997 (with Vessela Lozanova): "Proximity and Distance: Bulgaria in the Midst of Change". Exhibition in the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Saloniki
March-April 1998 (with Vessela Lozanova): "Palimpsest: An Intermedial Dialog and Exhibition". Ata Rai Art Gallery, Sofia
June-July 1998 (with Vessela Lozanova): "Errare humanum est ... : S(h)e who wanders deviates". Exhibition at the Summer Institute for Semiotic Studies, University of Urbino/Italy
Nov.-Dec. 1998: "Structure as Idyll". Göteborg Art Museum
June-August 1999: (with Vessela Lozanova) "Palimpsest: Architektur, die das Leben umschreibt – Malerei und Photographie". Infobox, Potsdamer Platz, Berlin ("Palimpsest: Architecture, Re-writing, Life – Painting and Photography")
March-April 2000: (with Vessela Lozanova) "Himmel, das Parlament – Malerei und Photographie". Bulgarian Embassy, Berlin ("Heavens, the Parliament - Painting and Photography")
Nov. 01-Feb. 02: (with Vessela Posner) "Ikonisch: Eine Meta-Ausstellung zur Kultur des Christentums". Buxtehude Museum ("Iconic: A Meta-Exhibition on the Culture of Christianity")
Jan.-March 2003: (with Vessela Posner) "Leben mit Wasser". Umweltbundesamt Berlin ("Life with Water")
May-June 2004: (with Vessela Posner) "Kräne und andere himmlische Wesen", VZB Grunewald, Berlin ("Cranes and other Heavenly Creatures")
Oct.-Nov. 2008: „Mirror Chamber“, Latvian Academy of Fine Arts, Riga
March-April 09: "Die Großstadt als Spiegelsaal – The Metropolis as a Giant Hall of Mirrors". Faculty of Arts, University St. Kyril and Method, Veliko Turnovo/Bulgaria
In preparation: "Buxtehude: Wie der Wagen des Bürgermeisters das Leben seiner Stadt reflektiert". Buxtehude Museum ("Buxtehude: How the Mayor's Car Reflects the City's Life")
Photo-Book Publications
1990: (with Sabine Kowal) Wall Street Gallery – Eine Bildchronik der Berliner Mauer. Berlin and New York: Walter de Gruyter ("Wall Street Gallery – A Picture Chronicle of the Berlin Wall").
1994: "Structure as Idyll: The Genesis of Meaning in Nature". In: Winfried Nöth (ed.), Origins of Semiosis – Sign Evolution in Nature and Culture. Berlin and New York: Mouton de Gruyter, p. 367-382.
1999: (with Vessela Lozanova) Palimpsest: Architecture, Re-writing, Life – Paintings and Photographs. Berlin: Berlin Verlag Arno Spitz.
In preparation: "Visual Deconstructions of Urban Life: Car Bodies as a Medium of Communication". Berlin: Berliner Wissenschaftsverlag.
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