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BMW M3 “30 Years M3” Get Ominous First Video
Home » Models » BMW M3 » BMW M3 “30 Years M3” Get Ominous First Video
Gabriel Nica
June 3, 2016 / 2 minutes read
This year, at the BMW M Festival held on the Nurburgring grounds, BMW unveiled a special edition M3 celebrating 30 years since the original was launched. Dubbed the BMW M3 “30 Years M3”, this special model comes with a few bespoke features that will set it apart in any given crown. Now, it also has its own launch video and it is as ominous as it gets.
Set in a dark forest, at night, the video has a chilly, deep voice speaking in the background, in what seems to be an ode dedicated to the M3, using words such as ‘hunter of the night’, perfectly suiting the character of the 30 Years M3. Everything in the 69-second long clip compliments the character of the BMW M3 and we have to say, it’s been a while since a commercial gave us goosebumps.
As for the special edition M3, you should know that only 500 units will be built worldwide so you may want to hurry up if you’re interested in one. All cars come fitted with the new Competition Package that adds 19 HP to the total output of the car, raising the grand total to 450 HP. All BMW M3 ’30 Years M3′ models can be fitted with the 7-speed DCT gearbox and they are faster to 100 km/h (62 mph) than the standard versions by 0.1 seconds. That means the manual special edition will do the run on 4.2 seconds while the automatic version will do it in 4 seconds flat.
Other add-ons include the M Adaptive suspension, a new setup for the rear Active M differential, new springs, dampers and stabilizers as well as a reworked ECU map for the driving modes to allow you to get the most out of the car.
Inside the car you’ll find the “30 Years M3” logo stitched on the head rests, on the front door sills and the wording “30 Years M3 1/500” on the carbon fiber interior trim strip of the instrument panel. All cars feature an exclusive full leather Merino trim in bi-color Black/Fjord Blue or optionally in Black/Silverstone with color-matching contrast seams.
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The Data-Driven Chief Justice: Rehnquist As The First Legal Operations Thinker
“It is apparently common in some major New York firms to expect associates to bill in excess of two thousand hours per year, and the ratio of associates to partners in some law firms is increasing sharply”
“Institutional loyalty appears to be in decline. Partners in law firms have become increasingly “mobile,” feeling much freer than they formerly did, to shift from one firm to another and take revenue-producing clients with them.”
“Is the instinct of the young lawyer faced with staggering hours to favor exhaustive and exhausting research over exercising the judgment necessary to decide whether ten more hours of research will really benefit a client.”
–William Rehnquist, 1986
As we discussed in a prior post, with pressures to increase profitability at law firms intensifying, forwar d-thinking clients – led by innovative general counsels, legal COOs, and legal operations professionals – have strived to become more business-savvy in their management of legal budgets to counteract rising legal costs. A primary method is through utilization of data and analytics.
It might surprise you to learn that former Chief Justice William Rehnquist observed the connection between a changing legal profession and the need for empirical data before almost anyone
else. In 1986, he spotlighted the evolution of business models in law firms and the resulting pressure on lawyers and clients when he spoke at Indiana University’s School of Law.
His long-forgotten speech is a dazzling analysis applying legal ethics, economics, and business strategy to a changing legal profession followed by a call to action.
He noted the following trends, among others:
Increased lateral movement among partners who had portable books of business
Pressures on associates to bill over 2000 hours
Increased firm leverage as firms carried more associates per partner
Overlooking of conflicts given size and profit pressure
Rehnquist presented an extraordinary hypothesis that these trends posed foundational challenges for the profession, both lawyers and clients:
[T]he word being passed around some big law firms is that “”you only eat what you kill.” It is only natural that lawyer practicing in these firms will be more conscious than ever of the need to bring in their share of revenues. It would not be surprising if this sort of pressure led to ethical difficulties. Similarly, if one is expected to bill more than two thousand hours per year, there are bound to be temptations to exaggerate the hours actually put in.
Rehnquist suggested that these business models had led to increased legal costs.
He frowned on the lack of “empirical data” to verify or disprove that hypothesis, and the over-reliance on “anecdotal” information. He noted the role of an educated client: for the legal market to work, it was important to have both an “informed buyer” and “informed seller.” He recommended that collecting and tracking greater empirical data would be of “benefit to the profession at large and to society as a whole.”
Rehnquist’s prescience about how the industry was changing are even more striking when one considers that the industry was quaint compared to the industry today. Rehnquist expressed amazement in his speech at firms reaching the size of 200-300 lawyers, far larger than when he was in private practice.
The profession and pressures have exploded since then. Thirty years later, firms are routinely 3X-10X that size, with profits having increased at a similar multiples. With the increased stakes and even greater pressures, Rehnquist’s observations on the need for increased data are more important than ever.
We have seen that evolving business models and related business pressures on law firms result in tremendous variation in how similar firms provide legal services. Given this reality, tracking metrics related to the business model pressures of firms and cascading that information to decision makers is an essential part of managing legal spend today by business-savvy legal departments.
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Mobile Gaming Market: Now an Empire on Its Own?
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Consoles and personal computers dominated video gaming. Avid players would spend a considerable amount of time and money purchasing and even collecting gaming devices. However, their reign might end soon. The advent of the countless innovations in mobile gaming market is a game changer.
Utilizing mobile phones to play video games has led to the proliferation of the mobile gaming industry. Despite having the disadvantage of playing on a small screen, and sometimes a low processing power, games on smartphones made a huge come back to win over popular PC and console games.
Newzoo says the global market value of the gaming industry will reach $137.9B this 2018. The company is the number one market intelligence provider. Equally, other reports also suggested that 51% of the said value would come from the growing industry of mobile gaming.
How Did Mobile Gaming Market Oust Console and PC Games?
Experts say that one of the reasons why the mobile gaming industry is continuously gaining popularity is the fact that players find it more relaxing and more entertaining. Anyone can play mobile games, especially that they’re handy. As expected, that feature opens to a wider market.
Just like Newzoo, Electronic Entertainment Design & Research (EEDAR) also conducted a study focusing on the sector of mobile gaming. According to the research, people play mobile games because they enjoy passing time, which is favorable if you have a handy gadget with games installed.
These are just some of the reasons why mobile gaming is becoming people’s ‘go-to’ activity. There are over 190 million mobile players in America alone and they spend 23 minutes every day playing video games on their phones.
Scott Rigby, a Clinical and Social Psychologist from the University of Rochester, says it is important to know why many people enjoy playing mobile games.
In his book entitled Glued to Games: How Videogames Draw Us In and Hold Us Spellbound, Rigby said that “We all have basic psychological needs. These needs operate all the time – when we are at work, or when we are engaging in a softball league or on weekends while we are – playing a video game. These needs are always operating. Games perfectly target several of these needs.”
Nintendo Trying to Bridge the Gap
Gamers who use anything from Game Boy to Wii, they know Nintendo as a multinational company that delivers top-of-the-line consoles and has been catering the video game industry. To date, the Kyoto-based company is experiencing success because of its newest product called Switch.
Players have already embraced Switch just as they have supported every other console by Nintendo. Its officials are aware of the trend stemming from mobile games, which is why they are now trying to bridge the gap between the markets of console games and mobile games.
Nintendo wants mobile players to experience the games that Switch is offering. Nintendo Switch Online will launch for as low as $19.99 per year beginning this September.
Steve Black Jr., a podcaster, and a live streamer says, “I think the real selling point for the new games are the online features. With games like Pokemon GO existing and doing online so seamlessly, it would be great to have an even easier way to play with others from your home.”
The smartphone application aims to improve the online experience for compatible games like Splatoon 2, which is a popular Nintendo game in Switch consoles.
Top Mobile Game Developers and Their Product
The continuous demand seen in the industry of mobile games are opening doors for many developers. The following are some of the top developers currently creating a bold impact on the gaming industry:
Cubix –A leading mobile application company that specializes in both development and customization. Salman Lakhani founded the Columbia-based company in 2008 and he is also currently the CEO. It has a projected revenue of $7.1 million. Cartel Poker is its famous game.
Zco – The New Hampshire-based company was established in 1989 with John Olapurath as the president. It provides digital marketing, SEO, web, and mobile game application. Zco has an estimated revenue of $9.5 million. Dugout Dice is its well-known game.
zGames – It has a well-rounded platform for smartphone games and also caters to desktop, tablets, and smartphones. The Founder and CEO of the company is Chris Howard. It was founded in 2008. Happy Chef 3 is one of its most famous applications alongside Banana Blitz. The company has an estimated revenue of $5 million.
Fan Studio –Established in 2008, the startup is a specialized game development and mobile application company founded by Andrei Buta. It has a projected revenue of $4.8 million. Gym Tuck and Rhythm Rooms are two of the best developments of the company.
Fgfactory – Aleksandr Adamenko is the CEO of the Fgfactory and was founded in 2010. It covers consulting services and mobile game development. The estimated revenue of the company is $5.4 million. Fgfactory is known for its mobile games like Steves Castle and Mission Zoo.
“Big things come in small packages.” This quotation best describes what the industry of mobile gaming market is doing right now. Moreover, as long as there are players and mobile game developers who are willing to participate, the industry will continue to flourish because people are seeing the real potential of the supposedly small market.
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Rudd boost fails to stop slide in study of Asian languages
This was published 10 years ago
By Hamish McDonald ASIA-PACIFIC EDITOR
May 27, 2010 — 3.00am
THE study of Asian languages has sunk to new lows in Australian schools, with one of Kevin Rudd's targeted languages for ''Asia literacy'' set to disappear as a subject for school-leavers.
The first big study of Asian language education in schools for 15 years shows a far worse picture than feared by specialists.
Soon after coming to office, the Prime Minister set a target of doubling the percentage of year 12 school-leavers fluent in Indonesian, Korean, Japanese and Chinese to 12 per cent by 2020, devoting $62.4 million to a four-year program.
But the study by the Asia Education Foundation at the University of Melbourne finds the existing floor was falling away as the program was launched.
Mr Rudd's aspiration ''faces huge challenges unless there is attitudinal change across the Australian community'', it says.
Indonesian is at crisis point. Year 12 enrolments have halved since 2000 to just 1100 students nationally.
''On current trends, Indonesian could be virtually extinct in language studies at year 12 level by 2020,'' the foundation said.
The proportion of ''non-background'' speakers in Chinese language (students whose families have no Chinese heritage) is rapidly declining.
Japanese - once the shining light in Asian language studies - has experienced a marked 20 per cent decrease in participation since 2000.
The number of students from kindergarten to year 12 studying Indonesian, Korean, Japanese and Chinese dropped from 24 per cent in 2000 to 18 per cent of all school students in 2008.
At year 12, fewer than 6 per cent of students study one of the four languages. It is estimated about 50 per cent of these are Asian ''background'' or heritage speakers.
Asian languages have about a 90 per cent attrition rate overall - that is, students who drop the language before year 12 - among non-background speakers.
The Melbourne businessman and philanthropist Sid Myer, who advises the government on Asian studies, said the study meant more funding was needed.
''Young Australians' futures are linked to Asia,'' Mr Myer said.
''The next generation of Australians will be less effective if they cannot speak the languages and understand the cultures in which they will be working.''
Tim Lindsey, a University of Melbourne specialist on law in Asia, said the praise from the Indonesian President, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, on his recent visit for Australia's prowess in the Indonesian language was mistaken.
''This is the language of our largest neighbour, the world's largest Muslim community, an emerging democracy and a country vitally important to our security. It is the key to ASEAN, which as a bloc is now one of our major trading partners,'' Professor Lindsey said.
''Yet every year, thousands of Australian students drop Indonesian.''
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MITCHEL SENIOR CENTER
CARMEN ADORNO
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LIDIA MARIA ISAAC DE MOTA
ELENA FARCIERT
TERESA GUZMAN
GLORIA HALMAN
MARIA MEZA
NINFA NUÑEZ
ADELA PAREDES
CONSUELO PIZARRO
MILDRED VEGA
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CARMEN "CANDY" VIDAL
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VIRGINIA ALICEA
ESTHER ANAYA
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MARGARET FLOYD
LUCILLE GANTT
LYNDA HENDERSON
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My name is Vivian Hernandez Valentin. I was born in Puerto Rico, and my family came to mainland U.S. when I was 8 months old. My parents came to New York with the large influx of Puerto Rican migration to other family who also came to New York. I am the first girl after 5 boys, and I have a younger sister born 10 years later.
I worked in the business world after college; I switched careers after my last job at the World Trade Center. Luckily for me, I left in 1990 and began teaching in a middle school in the South Bronx. I taught children with learning disabilities. Furthering my education, I received another Master of Education degree in School Supervision and Administration. I was appointed a middle school assistant principal in Community School District 7, where I had been done a play when I was 12 years old.
My husband and I are retired. I retired from the Department of Education after 27 years, am married and have a daughter. Retirement was an adjustment but can now do some of the things we wanted to do. I love to travel and read. I joined the Castle Hill Senior and participate in some of the activities they offer and enjoy them. The photography class was offered through a grant and it has been an experience to document through photographs our changing communities and surroundings. During this pandemic, the photography class has been a stress reliever.
March 13, 2020 was declared a National Emergency due to the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic. President Trump declared a National Emergency, suspending entry into the United States from China, Europe, and other countries. The senior center was closed. Schools, businesses, and churches were closed. Cruise ships were not allowed to dock at their destination ports. This had never happened. People were dying because of the corona virus. Hospitals were closed to regular appointments and surgeries were cancelled. People were entering into the hospital with respiratory issues from the corona virus and were not able to have a family member to accompany them. Patients died without a family member by their side. The person brought to hospital remained there with no visitors at all. Many died by themselves with no family around to comfort them. This was scary. The news was dismal. Schools were having virtual classes for students. Everyone’s lives turned upside down. We were sheltered in our homes and used all precautions when we had to go out. Masks, hand sanitizers and disinfectant were used continuously. These items became difficult to acquire. Toilet paper, sanitizers and some of the necessary medical supplies were in great demand and went off the shelves in stores. The news would break in often to update us and Governor Andrew Cuomo became a regular on our screens a minimum of two to three times a day. The number of deaths were growing daily and the number of positive exposures to the virus was also growing. The spread of COVID–19 threatened our healthcare system. The United States was not prepared to the surmounting number of deaths and exposures. Hospitals did not have the number of supplies needed for the fast-growing outbreak during this pandemic.
Our photography class continued virtually. We remained home and I started to view the world through different lenses. I took pictures of the changes occurring on Castle Hill Avenue. I documented through photography what I did: watched TV, played word games, reading, planting, and exercising. After a while we started to Zoom for our weekly classes. I looked forward to the sessions as we were able to share with each other, even if not in person. We caught up, shared what we were doing and expressed how this was affecting us.
Then, just as numbers were going down with the corona virus, George Floyd is murdered by a police officer in Minnesota. The police officer placed his knee on George Floyd’s neck for 8 minutes and 46 seconds while the man was in custody and handcuffed. His tragic death resulted in the eruption of protestors nationwide and overseas. Unfortunately, some of the protestors have set fires to businesses across the country. The police officer has been charged with murder. The demands are to end choke holds and the use of excessive force from police. The demands are to end the violence, and ultimately end the war against black life. The nationwide demonstrations have brought people together for the same thing. Black Lives Matters!
Blue Dress. Mom's dress and purse for church. All churches were closed during the pandemic, 2020.
Mom and me, happy times and glamour shots. Mom and me taken during a visit to Miami Beach, Florida.
Gardening during pandemic, Ellis Ave backyard. May 2020.
Quiet neighborhood, across the street. Taken from my front steps. Pandemic, 2020.
Peaceful morning. Making bed with sun coming in. It was quiet outside and all you hear are the birds. Bronx, NY., Pandemic, April 2020.
Working out in front of TV with YouTube. Need to maintain some form of routine during this quarantine period. Pandemic, March 2020.
Family/Elephants , 3 Generations of the Hernandez' women. Mom, me and my daughter, first girl of the first daughter.
Steps and shadow, outside for some fresh air. On this day, I would have been heading to the Senior Center if COVID-19 did not exist. Pandemic, April 2020.
Rainy Day after backyard clearing. Bronx, NY., Pandemic, May 2020.
Floral arrangement and Mother's Day gift from my daughter. Bronx, NY., May 2020.
My husband cleaning up the backyard. Bronx, NY., Pandemic, May 2020.
Kitty Cat Star. My Star, my daily companion. Bronx, NY., Pandemic, 2020.
This program is supported by the Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation and, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
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LEGO Star Wars 75290 Mos Eisley Cantina – largest Master Builder Series set ever at 3,000 pieces & 20 minifigs [Review]
If you watched Star Wars beginning with Episode IV: A New Hope as many of us born in the decades before the Prequel Trilogy did, the first planet in a “Galaxy Far, Far Away” you ever saw on screen was Tatooine. But the enormous universe that Luke Skywalker and Ben Kenobi lived in truly came alive only when they first stepped into the cantina in the Mos Eisley Spaceport — “This place can be a little rough,” Old Ben warned Luke. LEGO’s latest set in its Master Builder Series takes us deep into that “wretched hive of scum and villainy” with 75290 Mos Eisley Cantina. It’s rare that I acknowledge up front in a review how excited I was personally about a forthcoming LEGO set. But I am, because my favorite planet in the Star Wars universe is still Tatooine, and my favorite place on the planet is Chalmun’s Cantina. Does it live up to my nearly life-long expectations? How does it compare to previous incarnations of this iconic watering hole?
75290 Mos Eisley Cantina is built from 3,187 LEGO pieces, and the product description states that it includes 21 minifigures “plus” R2-D2 the droid (a point we’ll return to later in this review). The set retails from the LEGO Shop for US $349.99 | CAN $449.99 | UK £319.99 and is available to LEGO VIP Program members beginning on September 16, with general availability on October 1st.
Let’s strap a blaster to our hip, leave the droids to park the landspeeder, and step inside…
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This 3,000+ piece 75290 Mos Eisley Cantina is the next LEGO Star Wars Master Builder Series set [News]
While a few images of the set were revealed in our article last week, today LEGO is fully revealing the next Star Wars Master Builder Series set, 75290 Mos Eisley Cantina. The newest version of the iconic Star Wars location includes 3,187 pieces. It is accompanied by 21 minifigures (plus Artoo), including many characters that have never appeared in any other LEGO Star Wars set. The set will retail for US $349.99 | UK £319.99 | EUR 349.99 starting sales on September 16 for LEGO VIP members and then globally from October 1, directly via LEGO.com and LEGO Stores.
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Blackhawks Q&A: Is Bowen Byram a slam dunk pick at No. 3? Is Stan Bowman on the hot seat?
By Jimmy Greenfield
Bowen Byram, an 18-year-old Canadian defenseman, could be the Blackhawks' choice at No. 2 in the NHL draft. (Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
The NHL season is finally over and now we’re all living in a world in which the Blues have won a Stanley Cup.
Perfect time to turn the page.
The draft is this week, free agency begins July 1 and trades can happen at any moment. The Blackhawks were always going to take on a very different look next season, but it’s about to get real.
Please explain to me why Bowen Byram isn’t a slam dunk for the Hawks at No. 3? I know they have good young defensive prospects that are left-handed. But if they all develop, just trade one for a gold mine down the road. Also, I’m curious about the goaltending situation after next season. Corey Crawford’s contract is up after this season. They signed Colin Delia to a team-friendly deal, but I’m not convinced he is a long-term answer. — Jonathan S.
I can’t tell you Byram isn’t a slam dunk because nobody knows what the Hawks are thinking yet. For all we know, he’s their guy and the Hawks are just doing their due diligence on everybody else in case of an unfortunate injury before the draft or a trade they can’t pass up presents itself.
What I can tell you is that the Hawks have insisted — and I have no reason to doubt them — that they will take Byram if they feel he has the best long-term NHL future, regardless of the position he plays. Keep in mind that not all of the Hawks’ young defensive prospects — Adam Boqvist, Nicolas Beaudin, Ian Mitchell and Henri Jokiharju — are likely to turn into viable NHL defensemen.
Could they all develop and play for the Hawks one day? Sure. But there’s no chance they’ll all be on the same timetable to arrive and succeed in the NHL. More than likely, at least one will not live up to expectations or will need far more seasoning than the others. Look how long it took Erik Gustafsson to become a full-time player in the NHL. Even Duncan Keith spent two full seasons in the AHL before cracking the Hawks roster.
Getting back to Bryam, it appears he’s a future No. 1 NHL defensemen with an all-around skill set that’s superior to Boqvist. My sense based on how much the Hawks have talked about defense the last two to three years is that he’ll be hard to pass up. But we just don’t know how they feel about Alex Turcotte, Dylan Cozens, Vasili Podkolzin or even Cole Caufield.
During my interview with Stan Bowman last week, I asked him if there was any straying from the “best player available” philosophy. Here’s what he told me:
“No. And the one correction I would make because I hear this said a lot — the best player — that assumes there is just one and everyone else is not the best player. There might be multiple great players. You’re trying to pick the one who you project the one to be the best fit for your team going forward. Because when you say the best that assumes that there’s an answer."
So whomever the Hawks take, it’s important to realize that doesn’t mean they think their pick is significantly better than the players they didn’t take. There is no slam dunk at No. 3 this year.
Regarding the goaltending situation for 2020-21, that’s too far away to really know what’s going to happen. Delia still has a lot to prove before the Hawks anoint him their starting goalie.
For one thing, Crawford could very well come back on a cheaper short-term deal after next season. The other factor is Kevin Lankinen, who just won a world championship with Finland last month and can’t be ruled out to even win the backup job for this season.
What is the price tag to re-sign Strome, Alex DeBrincat, Gustafsson, Crawford, Dominik Kubalik, Anton Wedin and Lankinen? And would it be cheaper to lock them up sooner than later? — Jeff B.
Let’s deal with the restricted free agents first: Strome, DeBrincat, Kubalik and Lankinen. Strome and DeBrincat are in different stratospheres than the other three, and DeBrincat is in at a different level than Strome. The big question is whether or not they take a bridge deal or sign a lengthier contract.
The Hawks have done both in the past for their core players. Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews signed bridge deals while Duncan Keith signed long term. Strome, at least at this point, is not a player I’d call a sure thing, but he’s coming off a really promising season and if he puts together another one should get a five-year deal between $5 million and $6 million.
DeBrincat already has a 40-goal season behind him and is a huge part of the Hawks offense. He’s not quite as invaluable as Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews but pretty close. Keep an eye on what other wingers who are RFAs at his level of production — Mikko Rantanen, Timo Meier and Matthew Tkachuk — get this offseason but figure at least $8 million per season for DeBrincat.
Far too early to know what Kubalik and Lankinen would get because neither has played in the NHL.
Gustafsson, Crawford and Wedin will be unrestricted free agents after this season and they’re all in very different situations. Gustafsson’s 60-point season has to be tantalizing to the Hawks and any potential suitors, but he’ll have to do it again next season to prove he’s worth big money. My guess is this is his last season with the Hawks no matter how he performs, and it wouldn’t shock me if he’s traded this offseason.
If the Hawks want Crawford back after next season, I can picture a two-year deal worth around $8 million. But if they’re comfortable with Delia and Lankinen in net, this will be a spot to get cheaper and clear up money for other needs.
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Far too soon on Wedin, whmo the Hawks just signed as a European free agent. If he makes the Hawks, he’s likely a fourth-line winger, which wouldn’t translate into a sizable raise.
It can be advantageous to sign players before they hit free agency, but every situation is too different to broadly say it’s cheaper to lock somebody up sooner than later.
With the Oilers hiring Ken Holland as their general manager to replace Peter Chiarelli, that kind of indicates to me that the GM talent pool isn't very deep in the hockey world. Is it safe to assume Stan Bowman is on the hot seat this year? If the Blackhawks don’t return to the playoffs and Bowman is fired, who would the Hawks hire to replace him? — Jason T.
Bowman is sort of on the hot seat. A third straight season without making the playoffs won’t be good. But the Hawks crave stability and the organization was shaken last year when Joel Quenneville was fired. Unless Jeremy Colliton has a disastrous second season and the Hawks don’t show progress, Bowman will be back.
What position do you think the Hawks will pursue in free agency? Who do you think the Hawks may deal? — Charles S.
What is the buzz for free agency? Do we have any good leads on solid prospects? — Shawn W.
Bowman has been upfront that the Hawks will be players in free agency and use some of the $20 million in cap room they have to spend.
I’ve thought that they wanted to bring in a proven veteran defenseman whom they can send out for 18-20 minutes a game and never have to worry about. Saturday’s trade with the Penguins to acquire Olli Maatta fills that need. Expect the Hawks to bring in at least two defensive-minded forwards who will try to turn around what was a terrible bottom-six unit last season.
Artem Anisimov is the most obvious trade candidate after free agency starts and the Hawks have already paid his signing bonus. This might also be the right time to start reorganizing their defensive assets. Maybe the Hawks deal Gustafsson if they can sell high on him. It also wouldn’t shock me if they use one or two of their defensive prospects to land a bigger fish.
One thing to remember is that Duncan Keith and Brent Seabrook have shown no willingness to waive their no-movement clauses.
What’s your take on the Hawks’ confidence level with Jeremy Colliton? Hiring Marc Crawford was a smart move, but you can’t ignore the speculation that he can step in if Colliton stumbles. Given that Colliton made it through last season’s rough ride, I would think management is pretty happy with him. — Christine S.
The Hawks are full steam head with Colliton. I asked Bowman about Marc Crawford being a “head coach in waiting” last week and, not surprisingly, he shot down the idea.
“That’s not a consideration for us. If anything, Jeremy was the one that was pushing for bringing in someone like him. He looks at the other guys Tomas (Mitell) and Sheldon (Brookbank) and himself and he knows that they’re three younger guys with a lot of ideas. And he was always wanting to bring in a veteran coach. Marc was the best. We interviewed a lot of people for this position and he was by far the best fit. And Jeremy felt that. He was like, ‘This is the guy. This is the guy I want to work with.’ So Marc’s here to be the assistant head coach, not the head coach.”
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Mace (MM)
by Gale Stanley
Hybrids 2
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Heat Rating: Sextreme
16 Ratings (4.3)
Contemporary Paranormal Shape-shifter Alternative (M/M, Gay)
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In a secret military complex, a scientist uses genetic engineering to spawn a new breed of humans who can shape-shift into animals. One-nineteen, a bat hybrid, longs for his freedom, but when he finally gets a chance to try his wings, fear of getting caught forces him to hide in an underground cave.
Brad Walsh is an experienced caver. His life is all about caving and exploring the unknown and untouched, but an accident leaves him trapped underground. Rescue comes in the form of a shy stranger, who calls himself Mace.
Brad invites his rescuer into his home—and his bed. But he has no idea that his virgin lover is a shape-shifter who's on the government's most wanted list. For the first time in his life, Mace knows what it feels like to care about someone. He stays longer than he intended, and soldiers track him to Brad's house. He only meant to save the human, but now they're both in danger.
Note: This book was previously published with another publisher and has been extensively revised and expanded.
Cover Art by Harris Channing
One-nineteen always lived underground and had never seen the light of day, his activity level increased between dusk and dawn, and he would prowl the dorms for hours on end. One night the technicians who administered his evening meds had forgotten his sleeping pill was this a accident or on purpose. The guards have never treated 119 or the others good, so when 2 of the guards enter his prison he is very worried. Before anything happens alarm goes off and then the all the door are release. 119 see that that everyone is rushing to get away fro the fire and go with the others prisoners. Since 119 gene have been split with a bat, he is able to fly and escape before he is capture again. He decides to hide with a colony of bats in a cave that is the cave that Brad decodes to explore. With Brad push over the ledge and injury 119 finds him, and helps him return home. Only problems is that 119, now know as Mace is afraid that the soldiers will find them and hurt Brad. unknown to Mace is that they are able to trace him.
This is the 2nd book of the Hybrids series and it picks up with another escapee from the horrid labs that are controlled by the military and Dr. Shepherd.I'm ready for the next book in the series.
OVERALL IMPRESSION OF THE BOOK: This is awesome book. I'm ready for the next book in the series.
MY RATING: 5 Hearts *****
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I'm a fan of this series. I really enjoyed book 1 and equally loved book 2. I fell in love with the innocent little "Mouse" right away. I'm waiting for book 3, Ms. Stanley. :)
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Brad checked his gear one more time. While he didn’t expect the cave to be especially cold, exposure to any water inside could bring on hypothermia. Over his lightweight fleece under-suit, made to drain and dry quickly, he wore a protective oversuit made of abrasive-resistant material. A helmet with a mounted light and sturdy canyon boots protected his head and feet. His equipment included water-proof flashlights, batteries, camera, climbing ropes, and all manner of devices meant to help a climber descend and get back up. Everything was in working order—checked and double-checked. Some people might call him a lunatic, but there was no place else he’d rather be than crawling through this hole in the side of a mountain.
The temperature started to warm up as the sun climbed higher on the eastern horizon. Brad took one last look at the glowing ball in the sky, then turned his back to it, lowered himself to his hands and knees, and crawled into the darkness. Flipping on the light mounted to his helmet, he went straight to the hole he’d enlarged on his previous visit. Brad crawled through the tunnel and emerged in the chamber where he got to his feet.
Expecting the drop ahead, Brad moved cautiously. The beam of his headlamp helped him find the pit, and he stared over the edge into a deep black void. This was as far as he’d come last time. Today he was going down. His heart hammered against his ribs. A little bit of fear was healthy.
He was starting to anchor his climbing rope when he heard a sound that didn’t belong.
Footsteps?
Brad’s head swiveled and he peered into the darkness behind him. A blur of movement outside the beam of his lamp caught his eye. He turned toward it and a sudden pressure on his back shoved him into the dark void.
I’m falling…
Cool air rushed past him, stealing his breath. When his scream finally escaped, it echoed off the rocks, faded, and died away. His arms flapped helplessly as his hands reached out for nonexistent holds. His guts rose toward his mouth, and his heart sank to his stomach. All this couldn’t have taken more than a few seconds, but to Brad it seemed like an eternity—a slow motion horror movie that he did not want to star in.
A cold, wetness swallowed him and broke his fall. Despite the water cushion, his body took a jolt from the force of the impact and his head buzzed under the helmet. His light went out and darkness closed over him like a heavy wool blanket. He felt like he was suffocating.
For a long minute, paralysis stilled his limbs and he couldn’t move. Then a tingling started in his fingers and he was able to reach up to play with the headlamp until the light came on. Overwhelmed with relief, Brad let out a deep breath and pulled himself out of the shallow pool.
Don’t get too cocky, son, you’re in a world of shit here.
Didn’t he know it? His head hurt along with every bone in his body. Lying on the rubble floor, he waited for the dizziness to stop, and then tried to move his arms and legs. Nothing appeared to be broken, but there was no time to rejoice over being alive. He rolled over onto his back, and the beam from the headlamp revealed a depressing sight. His dark limestone dungeon had slippery walls of flowstone that would be impossible to climb without a rope. Suddenly the cave started closing in on him. His pulse sped up, and he gulped air.
Get a grip, Brad! If the cave doesn’t kill you, panic will.
Good advice. Being alone in the dark could play with a person’s mind. His best chance of getting through this was to stay calm and think rationally. First off, how did this happen? Brad had been caving for years, and he’d planned this trip down to the last detail. Still, nobody was perfect. Brad wouldn’t be the first person to get into trouble caving. Accidents happened all the time. But was this an accident? He could swear he’d felt the pressure of a hand pushing on his back. He tried to replay the events in his head and it always came out the same—somebody wanted him dead. It could only be one person—the one who’d buried the flash drive. Could those meaningless numbers really be worth something? Enough to kill for? The thought chilled him more than his fall into the water. He needed to start climbing out of this pit, but one look up at the ledge and he knew that wasn’t happening.
Sheer walls encircled him. He was at the bottom of a limestone prison. Unclimbable. Suddenly Brad couldn’t get enough air in his lungs. His heart bounced in his chest, and the chamber started revolving around him. Everything went dark.
ADULT EXCERPT
Brad sat straighter and moved to the edge of his seat. “Come here, Mace.”
His nakedness didn’t bother him, but feeling like a stupid freak sure did. His erection deflated like a popped balloon. Nervous and more anxious than he’d ever been in his life, Mace stood in front of Brad’s spread legs.
Brad placed a hand on his hip while his other hand cupped Mace’s balls. Mace shuddered at Brad’s soft touch and his cock twitched with interest, but he had no idea what to do or how he was supposed to react.
“Just relax and let me do all the work,” Brad reassured him.
Can he read my mind?Mace tried to stand still and not squirm as he watched Brad unscrew the top from the bottle. Brad warmed more oil between his palms and then wrapped a hand around Mace’s half-hard cock. It swelled and stiffened as Brad moved his hand slowly down the shaft. When he reached the ridge of the head, he stopped. “You’re a big boy, Mace.”
Mace swallowed hard. Brad’s gentle touch excited him just as it had in the shower. Sex between men was supposed to be quick and humiliating, but with Brad, Mace felt wanted, and worthy of all the attention. But would Brad act the same if he knew I wasn’t a real man? A few more strokes from Brad’s big, warm palm and Mace couldn’t think anymore. He just wanted to feel…
Brad’s hand slid over the head of Mace’s cock, smearing the fluid that leaked from the slit with the oil before sliding back down his shaft.
Mace’s eyes fluttered shut.
Brad pumped a few times and then stopped.
Oh, god, Brad. Don’t stop now.
“Open your eyes, Mace. Look at me.”
Mace obeyed immediately. He stared into Brad’s eyes and waited to hear what he’d done wrong.
“Does this feel good? Do you want more?”
Mace’s eyes opened wide. He’d been expecting criticism. “Yes, please.”
“Good. ’Cause I really don’t want to stop. But tell me if you don’t like something. Okay?”
“I like every—” Mace’s words turned into a gasp as Brad’s hand started moving again, this time in a steady rhythm.
Brad hummed appreciatively as Mace’s erection grew bigger and more rigid. A few more strokes and Mace felt his balls draw up tight. A weird tingling sensation started in his groin and spread warmth throughout his body. A moan escaped his throat. His legs went rubbery and his heart pounded against his ribs. His penis throbbed, his ass muscles clenched, his toes curled…
“Oh, oh, oh…” The rest of his words were lost in an earth-shattering explosion as his hips arched forward and he let go. Long streams of cum splattered against Brad’s chest. Immersed in sensation, Mace wanted to hang on to these amazing feelings forever. All too soon, Brad removed his hand, and Mace opened his eyes. The patterns of cream splattered on Brad’s chest fascinated him. He followed the swirls up, and—
Oh, no!
Brad was licking at the milky fluid that had landed on his face.
I’ve made such a mess of things.
“I, uh…I’m sorry…” Mace’s face burned. He looked down at his toes.
“Hey.” Brad reached out and grabbed his hip. “Don’t be sorry. I love a cum facial.”
Mace knew men swallowed that stuff, and he’d often wondered what it tasted like. Brad was smiling, so he must like it. “Mace’s face burned. He looked down at his toes. But curiosity won out over embarrassment. “What does it taste like?”
Brad let out a groan. “Oh, man. You’re gonna drive me crazy.” He grasped his own cock and tugged. “Keep it up and you’ll find out pretty quick.”
Does Brad want to give me a facial? God, he hoped so. “If you touch me I think I’ll go off like a rocket.” Brad was looking up at him hopefully.
Mace knew what Brad wanted. He wanted it, too. In fact he was more than anxious to feel the slide of Brad’s flesh in his palm, and the taste of Brad’s fluid on his lips. But what if I hurt him? Mace pushed his doubts aside. Dr. Shepard had lied to him about so many things. Maybe he’d lied about sex, too. To hell with the doctor! It was time to make his own decisions. And right now, more than anything else, he wanted to please Brad, only one other thing stopped him. He’d never done this before. Feeling like a fool, Mace got to his knees between Brad’s legs. Brad must have sensed his embarrassment, because he took Mace’s hand and placed it on his cock. Mace wrapped his fingers around Brad’s shaft. It felt strange. The only cock he’d ever had in his hand was his own soft penis, and that was when he was peeing or washing his body in the showers. Brad’s penis was a little shorter than his, but just as thick. Mace ran his thumb over a prominent vein along the shaft. Then he cupped Brad’s lightly furred sac and squeezed gently.
Brad moaned, tilted his head back, and closed his eyes. Mace looked up, startled.
“Don’t stop.” Brad’s breathing grew ragged.
I must be doing something right.
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[Dante] Olschki, Dr. Leonardo
Heidelberg: Julius Groos, 1918. Engravings. First Edition--text in German facing Italian. Leather with blind- & gilt-stamping. 8vo, red leather with gilt stamping, illustrated with B&W engravings, 640 pages--German text & commentary with Dante's original Italian facing German translations. An attractive leather-bound, lightly illustrated, very scholarly edition of Dante's Divine Comedy..... More
GREAT GERMAN SHORT NOVELS AND STORIES; Edited by Bennett A. Cerf
[German Literature] Cerf, Bennett A., editor
New York: The Modern Library #108, 1946. Modern Library Reprint. Cloth. 12mo (7 1/8" x 5"), dark blue cloth with black labels and gold lettering on spine and front cover, Introduction by Bennett Cerf, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (not price-clipped) with white lettering against a black field," decorative endpapers, ix..... More
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Moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing House, c.1958. Early English Translation. Cloth. 8vo, blue boards with cover bearing the title in white & gold lettering, translated from the Russian by G. A. Gorchakov, frontispiece B&W reproduction of Gogol's head, decorative title pages with titles in light brown and small B&W illustrations of..... More
THE SONG OF SONGS; Text and Commentary by Robert Graves / Illustrated by HANS ERNI
Graves, Robert
New York: Collins, 1973. Hans Erni. First U.S. Edition. Cloth. Quarto (10 3/4" x 8 1/4"), black cloth with gold letttering on spine & delineation of man & woman on cover by Erni, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) by Hans ERNI, 16 pp. + [50] unnumbered pages, or 66 pages..... More
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Lawrence, D. H.
Florence: G. ORIOLI, 1929. Engravings. Lungamo Series, no. 1: The Story of Doctor Manente / Lasca, The Third Supper / 1 of 1000 copies on Lombardi paper [not numbered]. Light boards. 8vo (8" x 5 3/4"), thin tan boards with black lettering on spine and a fleur-de-lis stamped in an..... More
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Martyn, F.R.S., John
London: Printed for Robert Dutton, 1811. Engravings. Third Edition. Quarter leather and marbled boards. 8vo (8 1/2" x 5 1/2"), quarter leather with maroon label & gilt lettering over marbled boards, illustrated with 5 full-page engraved botanical plates and a few in-text engravings, xv, [xvi] + 487 + 4pp. Notes..... More
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Boston Scientific faces conspiracy suit
By Priyanka Dayal McCluskey Globe Staff,January 14, 2016, 2:17 p.m.
A Houston law firm has filed a suit accusing the medical device maker Boston Scientific Corp. of selling defective vaginal mesh implants made from materials smuggled from China, and putting the health of thousands of women at risk.
The lawsuit, filed in federal court in West Virginia, claims the Marlborough company ran “an international conspiracy” and racketeering scheme to sell defective vaginal mesh, used to treat urinary incontinence and other pelvic organ problems, and asks the court to stop sales of the product. Boston Scientific denies the claims.
The allegations from Mostyn Law are the latest legal challenge to Boston Scientific, which already faces some 30,000 lawsuits for its controversial vaginal mesh products. Last year the company paid $119 million to settle about 3,000 of these cases.
The new suit alleges that after losing its US supplier of synthetic resin to produce mesh, Boston Scientific bought substandard material from a known counterfeiter in China, at times “acting like a drug dealer” to hide shipments and avoid being caught by US and Chinese authorities.
Boston Scientific issued a statement refuting the lawsuit’s claims.
“At Boston Scientific, patient safety is of the utmost importance, and we dedicate significant resources to deliver safe, high-quality products,” spokesman Tom Keppeler said. “We don’t believe the case has merit and intend to vigorously defend these claims.”
The suit, which seeks class-action status, asks for unspecified damages for as many as 55,000 women a year who received the mesh product since September 2012.
Amber Mostyn, a lawyer bringing the suit, said in a interview that Boston Scientific essentially used an untested and unapproved plastic product from China to make its mesh implants, and concealed this fact from authorities.
“They knew they could not verify the authenticity of this plastic resin that they found in a warehouse in China from a known counterfeiter,” Mostyn said. “They bought it anyway and have been implanting it potentially into tens of thousands of women.”
Whether the material from China specifically harmed women is unclear. “It hasn’t been tested. We don’t know what’s in it,” Mostyn said.
In the past, patients have blamed vaginal mesh products for causing a variety of distressing symptoms, including severe pain, bleeding, urinary problems, and pain during sex.
Vaginal mesh can be implanted to treat women who have lost bladder control, and those whose pelvic organs have prolapsed, or fallen out of place. Boston Scientific earned more than half a billion dollars in revenue from selling mesh and other urology and women’s health products in 2014.
The company’s shares rose about 3 percent Thursday, closing at $18.16.
Priyanka Dayal McCluskey can be reached at priyanka.mccluskey@globe.com. Follow her on Twitter @priyanka_dayal.
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Assassin's Creed 3 Is Ubisoft's Most Pre-Ordered Game Ever
Pete Haas
Published: Oct. 25. 2012 11:17 AM
The pre-order numbers for Assassin's Creed 3 look very encouraging to Ubisoft. Today the company revealed that AC3 is the most pre-ordered Ubisoft title ever, with twice the amount of orders as Assassin's Creed Revelations.
Ubisoft didn't disclose the exact amount of pre-orders for AC3. It must be a very large number, though, considering that Revelations was the previous record holder for the company. AC3 passed Brotherhood's total way back in March.
AC3 brings the series to the American colonies during the Revolutionary War. Players will experience the era through the eyes of Connor, a brand-new character. He'll participate in famous battles from the war, assassinate targets on both sides of the conflict, and even command his own ship on the high seas.
There are a lot of plausible reasons why this game has racked up so many pre-orders. For starters, it's the first full-fledged sequel to the series in years. Unlike Revelations and Brotherhood, it introduces a brand new era for players to explore. The Revolutionary War setting itself has piqued the curiosity of many Americans (myself include). Flashy new features like ship battles and co-op aren't hurting matters.
The PS3 and 360 versions of AC3 will launch in North America on October 30th and in Europe on the 31st. The PC and Wii U editions will follow in November.
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All occupants escape as fire damages Topeka building
Tim Hrenchir
threnchir@cjonline.com
All occupants successfully self-evacuated Saturday afternoon as fire did an estimated $10,250 damage at a building that formerly housed a chiropractic office at 206 S.W. Topeka Blvd., authorities said. No one was hurt.
The fire was under investigation and its cause remained unknown, said Topeka Fire Marshal Todd Harrison.
He said firefighters were called at 4:44 p.m. to the scene, where they found smoke coming from the single-story structure.
Firefighters quickly put out the blaze, containing it to one room where it appeared to have started in a mattress just inside the front entry door, Harrison said.
Damage was estimated at $10,000 to the structure and $250 to its contents, he said.
Firefighters were assisted at the scene by Evergy, Kansas Gas Service and an ambulance crew from American Medical Response, Harrison said.
No working smoke detectors were found in the house, he said.
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How Ohio State football’s turnaround on defense is showing up in the red zone
Updated Oct 09, 2019; Posted Oct 09, 2019
Ohio State DT Jason Cornell (9) and Tommy Togiai (72) surround MSU QB Brian Lewerke (14) as he tries to run during the second half of Saturday night's game, October 5, 2019, in Columbus against the Michigan State Spartans. OSU won 34-10.David Petkiewicz, cleveland.com
By Stephen Means, cleveland.com
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The Ohio State football team is only allowing 8.8 points per game this season.
That number trails only Wisconsin and Penn State, both of which are on the Buckeyes’ schedule this season.
They’ve given up 50 of the 53 points scored this season in the red zone, but those points haven’t come easily for opponents.
Ohio State is a middle-of-the-pack team in terms of allowing teams to get to the red zone, but its opponents haven’t capitalized on the opportunity to get in the endzone very often.
In 15 red-zone appearances this season, only four have ended in a touchdown for opponents. Other trips include five made field goals, a blocked field goal by Chase Young and a multitude of turnovers ranging from fumbles to a pick-six by cornerback Damon Arnette.
There's a sense of urgency that this defense is playing with that translates in the red zone. The Buckeyes treat that area of the field no differently than what they treat a situation when an offense starts a drive in good field position.
"We talk about a number of things to be a really good defense you have to do," co-defensive coordinator Greg Mattison said. "Sudden change, for example, is one."
After the first six games in 2018, opponents had reached the red zone 13 times and walked away with points on 12 of them. Eight times they scored a touchdown.
This season after six games, the Buckeyes have cut those touchdowns in half despite two more attempts, while still giving up four field goals.
The field goals are the problem. Forcing a team to end a possession with one is a win in the defense’s eyes. But keeping teams from finishing off red zone trips by getting in the end zone is why Ohio State is winning games by nation-leading 40.5 points per game. It’s also why only Florida Atlantic can say it reached the end zone more than once against the Buckeyes
This defense is causing turnovers to give its offense more possessions. It's also deflating opposing offenses by killing all momentum on drives. Ohio State is making sure that the best possible outcome for opponents on offense is settling for a field goal.
“If you can be the kind of team that holds an opponent to three points and not touchdowns, that’s a huge boost,” Mattison said. “That goes all the way through your team.”
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Bill Barajas, Reporter
Tags: Veterinarian, local, news
Pet owner heartbroken, claims family cat accidentally euthanized at vet visit in north Harris County
HOUSTON – Sophie the cat was scheduled to have a routine visit at the Suburbia North Animal Hospital but things went horribly wrong.
Sophie’s owner, Michelle Olson, claims her fur baby was supposed to get her rabies shot but instead, was euthanized by mistake.
“The appointment after our appointment there was a cat that was ill. It was diagnosed with feline aids and was to be euthanized. The syringe somehow was drawn early,” Olson said. “It was just sitting there and did not have a label on it and when the doctor asked for the rabies vaccine for Sophie somebody handed her that syringe.”
Olson claims she picked up Sophie and was taking her home when she got a call from the vet, asking her to bring back the 7-year-old feline.
“They took her back, gave her oxygen, fluids to try and flush it out of her system and gave her some epinephrine to get her heart rate going again,” Olson said.
Sophie was eventually taken to an emergency animal hospital but died two days later.
"She use to be my little shadow, she would follow me everywhere. I still catch myself turning around looking behind me, looking for her," Olson said.
Olson claims she has since filed a complaint with the Texas Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners.
We also contacted the board to see if the veterinarians at the animal hospital have any history of wrongdoings. We were told one of the veterinarians had been issued an informal reprimand but there were no other priors complaints on the two other veterinarians at the hospital.
Olson said her mission now is to warn others in hopes that this never happens again.
“When you take your animal to any vet, not just this particular office, but any Veterinary office, be vigilant, ask questions, ask what their protocols and procedures are,” Olson said.
KPRC also reached out to the Suburbia North Animal Hospital about the incident but they refused to comment and said they had hired a lawyer.
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What is the CML Advocates Network?
The CML Advocates Network is an active network specifically for leaders of Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML) patient groups, connecting 119 patient organisations in 89 countries on all continents. It was set-up and is run by CML patients and carers. Its aim is to facilitate and support best practice sharing among patient advocates across the world.
The idea to form the CML Advocates Network was first discussed in 2005 during the 4th International "New Horizons in Cancer" conference in Dublin for CML & GIST patient advocacy groups. Since their initiation in 2002, the "New Horizons" annual conferences have become a key networking event and a platform for best practice and knowledge sharing for CML and GIST patient groups from all five continents. Presentations by expert clinicians, medical professionals and patient group organizers enable the sharing of the most up to date clinical information, of best practice in patient advocacy as well as of hands-on experience, e.g. and on how to run patient advocacy organisations. The CML Advocates Network website was then set up in 2007 to keep the international networking going also after the annual meetings, as well as to bridge geographical distances between patient leaders.
The network was initiated by four patient groups from Germany, UK, Czech Republic and Israel, facilitated by an unrestricted grant from Novartis. It is run independently by CML patients and hosted by the patient-run Leukemia Patient Advocates Foundation. The website has turned out to be a very powerful tool to support patient leaders around the world, to provide a knowledge base on CML advocacy, and to facilitate best practice sharing.
We welcome members from all CML patient group organizations throughout the world to become part of the CML Advocates Network!
The four main objectives of the "CML Advocates Network" are:
To provide a worldwide web directory of CML patient groups, to allow patient groups to find national support groups in another country
To provide a platform for communication for CML patient advocates, e.g. to share best practice on cancer patient advocacy, to share initiatives carried out throughout the World on the occasion of World CML Day, etc.
To build a CML-specific, patient-friendly knowledge base (CML glossary, Ressource and Knowledge Center on generics, Clinical Trials Database, patient-friendly summaries of ELN-recommendations in multiple languages, and others)
To provide an area where educational material is ready for download to patient advocates.
The website does not intend to be a platform for public discussions. Hence interactive functionality is mainly being offered in a non-public, member-only area which is accessible by registered representatives of leukemia patient groups only.
The CML Advocates Network is being coordinated by three founders of the network:
Giora Sharf, CML patients organization, Israel
(& co-founder CML Advocates Network)
Jan Geissler, LeukaNET e.V., Germany
Jana Pelouchová, Diagnoza CML, Czech Republic
The CML Advocates Network is being run by Leukemia Patient Advocates Foundation management team:
Lidija Pecova, Programme Manager
(Based in The Republic of Macedonia)
email: lidija@lepaf.org
Celia Marin, Programme Manager
(Based in Spain)
email: celia@lepaf.org
The network is supported by the elected "CML Horizons Steering Committee" representing the six major regions of the world.
The CML Horizons Steering Committee 2018-2019 was elected in May 2017 and consists of the following elected representatives:
Gail Sperling, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, USA
(Region North America)
Bahija Gouimi, Association AMAL, Morocco
(Region Middle East & Africa, temporary)
Zack Pemberton-Whiteley, Leukaemia CARE, United Kingdom
(Region Western Europe)
Mercedes Arteaga, The Max Foundation, Argentina
(Region Latin America)
Rod Padua, Touched By Max, Philippines
(Region Asia-Pacific)
Šarūnas Narbutas, Lithuanian Cancer Patient Coalition (POLA), Lithuania
(Region Central and Eastern Europe & West Asia)
Visitors of the website are
Patient advocates leading leukemia support groups, aiming to get in touch with other national groups, and to share experience in advocacy in the member area
Patients and their relatives to locate support groups, e.g. in their home country or in other countries
Health professionals and carers who are interested in key issues of the CML patient community.
The website does not aim to provide information to medical professionals. Hence, the website is provided in plain, patient-friendly language, and is hesitant in using medical terms.
Features for members
Most of the website's content, including news from the network, the CML glossary, the CML trial registry and CML-related information are openly accessible.
The member area is only accessible to registered members and requires a login. A login account can be provided by the moderators of the website after a registration. The moderators will then check whether the applicant is representing a leukemia patient organization.
Access to the member-only area is only granted leaders of patient organizations, not to individual patients or non-patient stakeholders. The reason is that the main goal of the network is to link up patient advocates and to facilitate best practice sharing in CML advocacy. However, we invite individual patients to use our website to search for a local patient organization in their country.
The following functionality is available to registered members:
Discussion forums, with subforums e.g. on advocacy, on how to set up patient websites, what activities the groups have, share their successes and failures that they encounter, so all the others can learn from these experiences, etc.
Download area for files, e.g. conference material.
The maintainers of this website have no medical qualifications and the information contained on this site is not intended to replace expert medical advice that you may be given. We do our best to ensure that any information we publish is accurate and strongly advise that any decisions about your treatment should be made after discussions with your haematologist or other suitably qualified medical professional.
We are purely patient-run, non-profit and public interest. Talking to each other is always the best solution. Before taking any legal action against us for whatever reason, please contact us - we are very confident we can solve any issue in both interests without the need for any legal steps.
This website - and the CML Advocates Network - is formally hosted by the "Leukemia Patient Advocates Foundation", a global patient-led non-profit foundation registered in Switzerland. The foundation is connecting leukemia patient organizations on all continents to strengthen their advocacy work. Its mission is to improve the lives and survival of patients affected by leukemia as well as their relatives by supporting leaders in providing help and support.
You can get in touch with us at info@cmladvocates.net or you can contact one of our Programme Managers: Lidija lidija@lepaf.org or Celia celia@lepaf.org
You can also use the Contact us website. We're happy to receive your feedback or enquiry!
The formal responsibility of this website belongs to the following organisation:
Leukemia Patient Advocates Foundation
P.O.B. 453
CH-3000 Bern 7
The trustees of the Leukemia Patient Advocates Foundation are Jana Pelouchová (President), Giora Sharf (Treasurer), Jan Geissler (Vice President and Managing Director) and Erik Aerts.
The website was built on free software and is hosted and maintained on a low-cost basis. This was to make sure the website does not require significant funding after its initial set-up. The website was set up using the Open Source Software Joomla. We would like to thank the enthusiasm of those engaged in Open Source Software. This project would have never been possible without open source projects and their communities!
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HOW - Focus Areas
Sustainably sourced down and fur have always been an important part of our story
We are a function-first company, and authenticity is everything to Canada Goose. Since 1957 we have focused on making best-in-class products by using the highest quality materials and craftsmanship to deliver a product that performs when and where it’s needed most. In making those products, we are committed to being transparent about where and how we make our products, including the sustainable sourcing and responsible use of animal products.
We do not condone any willful mistreatment, neglect, or acts that maliciously cause animals undue suffering. Our standards for the sourcing and use of fur, down and wool reflect our commitment that materials are sourced from animals which are not subject to willful mistreatment or undue harm.
Down: A Renewable Natural Resource
We have chosen to use natural down in jackets because it is the best natural source for warmth per weight ratio. A by-product of the poultry industry, natural down also has 18 times less of an impact on climate change than polyester fill, according to a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) that studied the environmental impact of down versus polyester fill material. This analysis, commissioned by the International Down and Feather Bureau and conducted by Long Trail Sustainability, an independent third-party firm specializing in LCAs and sustainability reports, studied the impact of both materials in five environmental areas: human health, ecosystems, resources, cumulative energy demand and climate change. It concluded that on a per ton basis, down has 85% to 97% lower impacts than polyester in all the impact categories analyzed.
Adopting the Responsible Down Standard
In 2019, we committed to the Responsible Down Standard (RDS) and we intend to be 100% RDS-certified by 2021. This move will provide a number of advantages. The RDS aims to ensure that down and feathers come from animals that have not been subjected to unnecessary harm. Under this standard, Canada Goose will join with other brands and supply chain members to respect the Five Freedoms of the animals that provide the down and feathers in our garments.
Adopting a widely-used global textile industry standard will simplify compliance efforts for our suppliers by providing a common set of expectations and provides consumers with a tool to help them understand what is in their products. Canada Goose actively participates in the RDS Global Working Group governed by the Textile Exchange to ensure that the RDS standard continues to evolve and reflect best practices in the industry.
By the end of 2019 we had completed all of our third-party audits for compliance with the RDS at 100% of our CG owned and operated and cut-make-trim (CMT) manufacturing facilities.
Fur: Sustainable Performance
For five decades, our renowned parkas have featured wild coyote fur sourced from western Canada and the United States. Natural fur provides functionality in extreme environments and is an integral feature of authentic Arctic outerwear.
Today’s consumers want to know more about the sustainability of fur and animal welfare and demand more transparency to make informed purchasing decisions. We acknowledge this desire and are glad to provide information.
Pertaining to the sourcing of wild, western North American coyote fur, our suppliers certify that:
They do not tolerate any willful mistreatment, neglect or malicious harm of animals.
They only supply Canada Goose with wild fur from North American suppliers and that they never use fur from fur farms
They only source from trappers who are regulated by state, provincial and federal standards
We pride ourselves on offering consumers with different styles, viewpoints, and tastes as much choice as possible when purchasing Canada Goose products.
In 2020, Canada Goose will launch a bold new initiative that will introduce reclaimed fur into our supply chain. We plan to begin making parkas using reclaimed fur and end the purchasing of new fur in 2022. Customers should begin to see reclaimed fur in some of our products as early as Fall of that same year.
We remain committed to the functionality and sustainability of real fur, however we are challenging ourselves to do it better, reusing what already exists. In the North, sustainability is a way of life and people there have been working with reclaimed fur for centuries. This initiative draws inspiration from that resourcefulness. We are proud to announce this commitment because we believe we must operate sustainably. It’s the right decision for our business, our customers and most importantly, our future.
Wool: Part of our Story
As we continue to expand our product offerings, we hold true to our commitment made in 2017 and use wool from sheep without the practice of mulesing. We require that our suppliers confirm that wool in our supply chains originate from farms that do not use this practice
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Our standards are high. Our focus is intense.
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‘Defenceless people’: Gunman kills 26 at South Texas church
SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas — A gunman dressed in black tactical-style gear and armed with an assault rifle opened fire inside a small South Texas church, killing 26 people in an attack that claimed tight-knit neighbours and multiple family members ranging in age from 5 to 72 years old.
Once the shooting started Sunday at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, there was likely “no way” for congregants to escape, said Wilson County Sheriff Joe D. Tackitt Jr. Officials said about 20 others were wounded.
“He just walked down the centre aisle, turned around and my understanding was shooting on his way back out,” said Tackitt, who said the gunman also carried a handgun but that he didn’t know if it was fired.
Tackitt described the scene as “terrible.”
“It’s unbelievable to see children, men and women, laying there. Defenceless people,” he said.
Tackitt told CNN on Monday morning that the gunman’s former in-laws attended services at the church “from time to time” but weren’t in attendance Sunday.
Authorities didn’t identify the attacker during a news conference Sunday night. But two other officials — one a U.S. official and one in law enforcement — identified him as Devin Kelley. They spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to discuss the investigation.
The U.S. official said Kelley lived in a San Antonio suburb and didn’t appear to be linked to organized terrorist groups. Investigators were looking at social media posts Kelley made in the days before the attack, including one that appeared to show an AR-15 semiautomatic weapon.
Kelley received a bad conduct discharge from the Air Force for assaulting his spouse and child, and was sentenced to 12 months’ confinement after a 2012 court-martial. Kelley served in Logistics Readiness at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico from 2010 until his 2014 discharge, Air Force spokeswoman Ann Stefanek said.
At the news conference, the attacker was described only as a white man in his 20s who was wearing black tactical gear and a ballistic vest when he pulled into a gas station across from the church, about 30 miles (48.28 kilometres) southeast of San Antonio, around 11:20 a.m.
The gunman crossed the street and started firing the rifle at the church, said Freeman Martin, a regional director of the Texas Department of Safety, then continued firing after entering the white wood-frame building, where an 11 a.m. service was scheduled.
As he left, the shooter was confronted by an armed resident who “grabbed his rifle and engaged that suspect,” Martin said. A short time later, the suspect was found dead in his vehicle at the county line.
Federal agents, including ATF investigators and the FBI’s evidence collection team, swarmed the small rural community of just hundreds of residents.
Several weapons were found inside the vehicle and Martin said it was unclear if the attacker died of a self-inflicted wound or if he was shot by the resident who confronted him. He said investigators weren’t ready to discuss a possible motive.
Martin said 23 of the dead were found in the church, two were found outside and one died after being taken to a hospital.
The man who confronted Kelley had help from another local resident, Johnnie Langendorff, who told KSAT TV that he was driving past the church as the shooting happened. He didn’t identify the armed resident but said the man exchanged gunfire with the gunman, then asked to get in Langendorff’s truck and the pair followed as the gunman drove away.
Langendorff said the gunman eventually lost control of his vehicle and crashed. He said the other man walked up to the vehicle with his gun drawn and the suspect did not move. He stayed there for at least five minutes, until police arrived.
“I was strictly just acting on what’s the right thing to do,” Langendorff said.
Among those killed was the church pastor’s 14-year-old daughter, Annabelle Pomeroy. Pastor Frank Pomeroy and his wife, Sherri, were both out of town when the attack occurred, Sherri Pomeroy wrote in a text message.
“We lost our 14-year-old daughter today and many friends,” she wrote. “Neither of us has made it back into town yet to personally see the devastation. I am at the charlotte airport trying to get home as soon as i can.”
Church member Nick Uhlig, 34, who wasn’t at Sunday’s service, told the AP that his cousin, who was 8 months pregnant, and her in-laws were among those killed. He later told the Houston Chronicle that three of his cousin’s children also were slain.
President Donald Trump, who was in Japan, called the shooting an “act of evil,” later calling the gunman “a very deranged individual.”
Sunday evening, two sheriff’s vans were parked outside the gate of a cattle fence surrounding the address listed for Kelley on the rural, western outskirts of New Braunfels, north of San Antonio.
Ryan Albers, 16, who lives across the road, said he heard intensifying gunfire coming from that direction in recent days.
“It was definitely not just a shotgun or someone hunting,” Albers said. “It was someone using automatic weapon fire.”
The church has posted videos of its Sunday services on a YouTube channel, raising the possibility that the shooting was captured on video.
In a video of its Oct. 8 service, a congregant who spoke and read Scripture pointed to the Oct. 1 Las Vegas shooting a week earlier as evidence of the “wicked nature” of man. That shooting left 58 dead and more than 500 injured.
Gov. Greg Abbott called Sunday’s attack the worst mass shooting in Texas history. It came on the eighth anniversary of a shooting at the Texas’ Fort Hood, where 13 people were killed and 31 others wounded by a former U.S. Army major.
The previous deadliest mass shooting in Texas had been a 1991 attack in Killeen, when a mentally disturbed man crashed his pickup truck through a restaurant window at lunchtime and started shooting people, killing 23 and injuring more than 20 others.
The University of Texas was the site of one of the most infamous mass shootings in modern American history, when U.S. Marine sniper Charles Whitman climbed the Austin campus’ clock tower in 1966 and began firing on stunned people below, killing 13 and wounding nearly three dozen others. He had killed his wife and mother before heading to the tower, one victim died a week later and medical examiners eventually attributed a 17th death to Whitman in 2001.
By Jim Vertuno
Associated Press writers Sadie Gurman and Eric Tucker in Washington, Nomaan Merchant in Houston, Will Weissert in Austin, Diana Heidgerd in Dallas, Michael Balsamo in Los Angeles and Paul J. Weber in New Braunfels, Texas, contributed to this report.
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Birth Name: Farid Zoland
Occupation: Songwriter
Born In: Kabul, Afghanistan
Birthdate: August 1, 1955
Age: 65 years old (as of 2021)
Ethnicity: Unknown
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CrossFit founder resigns over tweet backlash
by Hannah Paine
The massive row in the CrossFit world has come to a head, with reports CEO Greg Glassman has been forced to resign after sharing an offensive tweet about George Floyd's death.
CrossFit newsletter Morning Chalk Up is reporting that Mr Glassman has stepped down from the top position, with CrossFit Games director Dave Castro the new CEO.
The announcement was made by Mr Castro during a call with CrossFit seminar staff on Tuesday.
More than 1000 affiliate gyms, major company sponsors, star athletes and events have distanced themselves from CrossFit and Mr Glassman after his "Floyd 19" tweet sparked furore across the fitness world.
Many people labelled the tweet insensitive, claiming it made light of a race issue that has gotten worldwide attention.
CrossFit CEO Greg Glassman has resigned.
Mr Glassman has since apologised for the offensive post, claiming he made a "mistake" and is "not racist".
CrossFit is a high-intensity interval training program which has centres across the world, including Australia, which pay an annual fee to be an affiliate gym.
Its highly popular form of exercise has also spawned the CrossFit Games as well as making a slew of its devotees into bona fide CrossFit stars.
'BEYOND TONE DEAF'
Over the weekend the fitness company's US-based CEO Mr Glassman sparked fury when he tweeted in response to a tweet by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation which said racism and discrimination were "critical public health issues".
"Floyd-19," Mr Glassman wrote in response, referencing the killing of black man George Floyd, whose death in police custody has sparked the worldwide Black Lives Matter movement.
It's FLOYD-19.
— Greg Glassman (@CrossFitCEO) June 6, 2020
The backlash against Mr Glassman was swift, with followers calling out his tweet as "tone deaf" and "disgusting".
What kind of leader are you trying to be? Are you even trying? I couldn’t be more disgusted by a response to this horrific event. What a disappointment - understatement!
— Seth McKinney (@SethMcKinney) June 7, 2020
Wow, this is beyond tone death. Thank you for letting your Black athletes know exactly how little you care about them
— Brittany Ervin (@UnXpected_Ervin) June 7, 2020
'HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO YOUR BRAND?'
The response to Mr Glassman's tweet within the CrossFit community was swift as well, with multiple gyms and athletes immediately disowning the fitness brand.
Gyms said they would be no longer be paying their affiliate fees as they did not want to be branded as CrossFit centres in light of his comments.
@CrossFitCEO we are at a loss reading this response to @IHME_UW. As a 10+ year @CrossFit affiliate that is coming out of 3 months of business closure, we are already struggling. How could you do this to your brand that we pay to be affiliated with? Please help us understand.
— CrossFit Fresno (@CrossFitFresno) June 7, 2020
James Newbury, a star athlete who has been named Australia's fittest man four times, shared an emotional video in which he said he was "out" of CrossFit until "drastic changes are made".
I am out until some drastic changes are made!
A post shared by James Newbury • Adelaide (@jamesnewbury) on Jun 8, 2020 at 8:04pm PDT
CrossFit star Katrín Davíðsdóttir told her 1.8 million Instagram followers she was "truly ashamed" by his actions.
Other athletes including Rich Froning, Samantha Briggs have also called into question their affiliation with headquarters over Mr Glassman's actions.
Ms Briggs has said her "future ties to CrossFit are unclear", while Mr Froning said it was "impossible to stay loyal to leadership who make callous statements that alienate and divide in a time when unity is needed".
Australian CrossFit champion Tia-Clair Toomey said she had "not taken any of this lightly" and has shared messages slamming Mr Glassman's actions from other CrossFit accounts.
CrossFit star Katrín Davíðsdóttir.
CrossFit Games athlete Brooke Wells also shared a statement on Instagram revealing she doesn't "want any association with their statements as an organisation".
Mr Glassman's tweet also didn't sit well with one of CrossFit's biggest supporters, with Reebok confirming yesterday it was ending its commercial partnership with CrossFit.
"Our partnership with CrossFit HQ comes to an end later this year. Recently, we have been in discussions regarding a new agreement, however, in light of recent events, we have made the decision to end our partnership with CrossFit HQ," Reebok said in a statement to Footwear News.
"We will fulfil our remaining contractual obligations in 2020. We owe this to the CrossFit Games competitors, fans and the community."
Mr Glassman later responded to the criticism by seeming to try and offer further explanation to his original tweet.
"Your failed model quarantined us and now you're going to model a solution to racism? George Floyd's brutal murder sparked riots nationally," he wrote.
"Quarantine alone is 'accompanied in every age and under all political regimes by an undercurrent of suspicion, distrust, and riots.' Thanks!"
'IT WAS A MISTAKE, NOT RACIST'
CrossFit has now published an apology from Mr Glassman on their official Twitter account labelling his "Floyd-19" tweet a "mistake" but "not racist".
.@CrossFitCEO: "I, CrossFit HQ, and the CrossFit community will not stand for racism. I made a mistake by the words I chose yesterday.
My heart is deeply saddened by the pain it has caused. It was a mistake, not racist but a mistake.
— CrossFit (@CrossFit) June 8, 2020
He said that he had been trying to "stick it to" the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation and had been "incredulous, angry, and overly emotional" when he wrote the tweet.
Floyd is a hero in the black community and not just a victim. I should have been sensitive to that and wasn't. I apologize for that. I was trying to stick it to the @IHME_UW for their invalidated models resulting in needless, economy-wrecking, life-wrecking lockdown,
and when I saw they were announcing modeling a solution to our racial crisis, I was incredulous, angry, and overly emotional. Involving George Floyd's name in that effort was wrong.
It’s our hope that his murder catalyzes real change resulting in a level playing field for our black brothers and sisters.
Please hear me when I say, we stand by our community to fight for justice. I care about you, our community, and I am here for you."
Mr Glassman is still yet to delete his original "Floyd 19" tweet that sparked outrage.
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Educational Leaders Please Pass Climate Action Resolutions to Protect Students
Schools for Climate Action started this petition to California State Superintendent of Schools Tony Thurmond and
Our Congress needs help doing the right thing on climate change. Continued Congressional inaction on climate change harms kids and future generations. Educational leaders from across the country can speak with one, non-partisan voice to help break the logjam on commonsense national climate policy in DC. Twenty-six local school boards and one student council in California, Colorado, New York, and Virginia have led the way by passing climate action resolutions. Here are some examples: Sonoma COE, Albany (CA) USD, Harmony USD, San Lorenzo USD, Tamalpais UHSD, Credo HS Student Council, and Fairfax County Public Schools.
The educational leaders addressed in this petition represent school districts, school board members, and school personnel in 14,000 school districts across the nation. These educational leaders have been true champions for children and for educational equity for many years. They likely already privately believe that climate change is an unfair burden to pass on to young people and that Congress should find a bipartisan solution to limit the harm.
By signing this petition, you can help these educational leaders articulate this private belief publicly---in a climate action resolution. Were any of the 3 organizations (California State Board of Education, the California School Boards Association, and the National School Boards Association) to pass their own climate action resolution, likely hundreds or thousands of local school boards would follow their lead. We have spoken to members of Congress who feel certain this would help move Congress to act on climate. Educators know the climate harm young people will face and now have a tool to help lessen the harm.
The educational sector, more than any other sector, has standing to speak up in a non-partisan way for climate justice. We stand at the interface between the generations. Our mission---to help kids create great future outcomes for themselves---and our institutional integrity is directly threatened by national climate inaction and our silence about it. No educator or educational leader needs to be a silent witness to the generational justice issue created by national climate inaction. By signing this petition, you can help the educational sector speak up for climate justice.
Please leave a comment with notes about your school stakeholder status (parent of school kids, grandparent, teacher, administrator, school board member, student, community member, etc.). Please share widely. Thank you so much for your time.
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Chadwick: Whom Do You Trust – Warren Buffett or The Federal Government?
Published Tue, May 4 20109:48 AM EDT Updated Fri, Sep 13 20134:33 PM EDT
Listening to Warren Buffett as he discussed Goldman Sachs on Squawk Box yesterday morning, I was struck by both his eminent business sense as well as his common sense. His assessment of the securities firm and its CEO, Lloyd Blankfein, was reasoned, and was based on his many years of dealing with the company as well as his own immensely sound and proven business acumen.
Mr. Buffett understands risk and how markets work.
He knows that in the world of buying and selling complex financial instruments, responsibility is a two way street.
The buyers of the instruments at issue were not naïve individuals, unfamiliar with the vicissitudes of the market; rather, they were sophisticated investors, looking for a risky investment with a kick. Mr. Buffett admitted to making mistakes of his own, to failing to see the bubble in the residential real estate market. It was reassuring to hear him make that admission.
What a far cry his interview was from the experience last week of listening to the many U.S. Senators (on both sides of the aisle) grilling Goldman Sachs employees.
It was plainly evident that none of the Senators comprehended the financial instruments at stake.
Rather they were grasping at headlines – grandstanding, haranguing and trying to intimidate – force feeding isolated words and phrases to make theatre and to obfuscate their own enormous culpability in the real estate bubble and its subsequent bursting.
Unlike Mr. Buffet who readily confessed that he isn’t right all the time, not a single Senator admitted to pressuring the banks to relax mortgage lending standards. Nor did any of them mention Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, for which they have oversight and which have been so preposterously mismanaged.
The Federal Government is powerful, more powerful than any corporation in this country. If it wants, it can destroy a company, because it has infinite staying power and no profit motive. That is precisely what it did to Drexel Burnham, to Arthur Andersen, to Lehman Brothers. It can create an environment that makes it expedient for customers to abandon a company and for employees to jump ship. And in that way it can bring down any company if it so chooses.
Rather than admit their own involvement in the global financial crisis, Congress and the White House appear bent on finding scapegoats. Wall Street is an easy target, and the most profitable of the Wall Street firms is the easiest and most expedient target. And Congress, given its miserably poor standing in the polls, is hoping that by vilifying the private sector they will find redemption.
Financial reform is needed. The citizens of this country would be well served by thoughtful and reasoned legislation that would mitigate the risk associated with rampant leveraging. If Congress really wants redemption, let it admit its own errors and work together with the private sector in the best interests of the people it is supposed to serve.
November cannot come too soon.
Update: Many of you have responded to my blog, asking how much Goldman Sachs stock I own, or if I own any. I own no stock in the company. I apologize for not making that disclosure in my original posting.
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Patricia W. Chadwick has had more than 35 years of investment experience. She is the founder and president of Ravengate Partners LLC, a consulting firm that provides advice on financial markets and global economics.
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PSE Crews Ready for First Storm of the Season
Published Thu, Oct 11 20128:05 PM EDT Updated Fri, Sep 13 20134:33 PM EDT
Utility urges public to be prepared as well
BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- With fall’s first weather system predicted to hit Western Washington this weekend, Puget Sound Energy crews and emergency responders are ready if forecasted high winds and heavy rain batter the region.
“While the sun was shining these past few months, our crews were busy trimming trees, working on reliability projects and getting ready for winter,” said Andy Wappler, a certified meteorologist and PSE vice president of corporate affairs. “Now that the weather is changing, those preparations will help us serve our customers as storm season begins.”
Wappler will be speaking Saturday, Oct. 13, at storm-preparedness events in Thurston and Pierce counties. At 10 a.m., he will be speaking at the Thurston County Preparedness Expo at St. Martin’s College Pavilion & Worthington Center, 5300 Pacific Ave. SE, in Lacey, and at 2 p.m. at the Puyallup Emergency Fair, South Hill Mall, 3500 South Meridian, in Puyallup.
Although the National Weather Service predicts an El Nino weather pattern, which typically results in a mild mid-to-late winter with warmer and drier weather than average, the phenomenon has little impact on reducing the number of fall and early winter storms. As an example, meteorologists point to the very stormy fall of 2006, which brought flooding, snow and the devastating December 14-15 Hanukkah Eve wind storm.
“Our PSE crews are ready for storm season, and we want families and businesses to be ready, too,” Wappler said. “Our storm bases used our recent mild weather to train for when weather turns rough. The professionals are prepared. We want your family to be prepared as well.”
More than 250 PSE personnel recently took part in the utility’s annual “mock storm” exercises at PSE’s Emergency Coordination Center and its storm bases in Olympia, Puyallup, Kent, Redmond, Poulsbo and Burlington. The series of drills required crews to simulate all aspects of response to a major, widespread storm, from assessing damaged electrical systems and dispatching line crews to coordinating with local emergency-service agencies and communicating with customers and the media.
While effective, well-planned storm response is vital, Wappler said, equally critical is the work PSE does throughout the year to harden its energy-delivery infrastructure. PSE invests more than $100 million per year to maintain its electric system and enhance equipment reliability. The effort includes such things as:
Trimming or removing trees that are threatening to come into contact with power lines. In 2012, for instance, PSE crews are pruning trees along 200 miles of distribution lines and 10 miles of transmission lines in Thurston County, piloting an enhanced tree-pruning method in Kitsap County, and continuing a multi-year effort to prune trees along the transmission lines on Whidbey Island. In all, PSE trims approximately 1,110 miles of high-voltage transmission line and 1,900 miles of distribution lines annually across its nine-county electric service area.
Strategically replacing overhead power lines with specially coated “tree wire” that is less prone to power outages if a tree branch falls into the line. This year PSE is installing more than 40 miles of this high-strength wire, including in the Crescent Valley area of Pierce County.
Upgrading substations and replacing aged transformers, fuses, breakers, power poles and other electrical equipment.
Replacing overhead power lines in outage-prone areas with underground cable. On Bainbridge Island, for example, PSE is working to “underground” two existing overhead distribution lines to lower the number of tree-related power outages. Territorywide, PSE has more than 20,000 miles of power-distribution lines; half of those lines are now underground.
Wappler noted that PSE is a partner with other utilities and local governments in Take Winter By Storm, a campaign to raise community awareness of hazardous weather and help citizens get prepared before bad weather hits. For tips on weather preparedness and safety, please visit PSE.com/Safety/GetPrepared or TakeWinterByStorm.org.
About Puget Sound Energy
Washington state’s oldest local energy company, Puget Sound Energy serves 1.1 million electric customers and more than 750,000 natural gas customers in 11 counties. A subsidiary of Puget Energy, PSE meets the energy needs of its customers, in part, through cost-effective energy efficiency, procurement of sustainable energy resources, and far-sighted investment in the energy-delivery infrastructure. PSE employees are dedicated to providing great customer service that is safe, dependable and efficient. For more information, visit www.PSE.com.
Terri-Ann Betancourt, 1-888-831-7250
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Chip stocks surge after earnings beats. Buyer beware, says market watcher
Published Thu, Apr 26 201811:39 AM EDT Updated Thu, Apr 26 201811:39 AM EDT
Keris Lahiff@kerisalison
Trading Nation: Semis in a correction
Chipmaker stocks are in rally mode Thursday after Qualcomm and Advanced Micro Devices posted earnings beats, but one market watcher says to temper expectations of a long-term sectorwide rally.
"I don't love the space," Michael Bapis, partner and managing director at the Bapis Group at HighTower Advisors, told CNBC's "Trading Nation" on Wednesday. "It's coming off a monster rally in 2017 and it's still trying to find its footing."
The semiconductor space has been one of the best performers for markets since 2016. The VanEck Semiconductors ETF (SMH) surged 34 percent in 2016 and 36 percent in 2017, breezing past the Nasdaq's gains in both years.
Trading over the past month put a stop to that rally. SMH gained in the beginning of the year and quickly recovered from a February lull to hit a record intraday high in mid-March. In just more than a week, it has tumbled close to year-to-date lows. The ETF declined below its 200-day moving average at the beginning of the week.
SMH is down 14 percent from the 52-week high set in mid-March. That puts the ETF's drop above the 10 percent level indicative of a correction.
The chipmaker stocks, having benefited from buzz around certain tech developments, will now be judged on their individual merits, said Bapis.
The group "has ridden the coattails of all these technology booms with bitcoin, with everything that's happened in technology," Bapis said. "Certain names will ride those waves in 2018 but it's going to be very specific names and you can't just own the group. It's going to be specific stocks as a stock picker's index for 2018."
Boris Schlossberg, managing director of FX strategy at BK Asset Management, has also grown more bearish on the sector.
"It has become a very 'blah' industry. There's just no hits anymore," Schlossberg said on "Trading Nation" on Wednesday. "Think about smartphones, you think about desktops, laptops, servers, there's just no kind of a breakthrough product anymore. Because it's such a mature demand I think basically you're just not seeing any kind of sizzle."
Semiconductor demand is expected to grow in 2018, though not at the breakneck pace seen in previous years. U.S. chip stocks are forecast to post 10.8 percent sales growth in 2018 and half that in 2019, according to FactSet data. Sales rose by more than 13 percent in 2016 and 17 percent in 2017.
"Taiwan Semiconductor warned a couple of days ago that the sales aren't going to be that good. And I think that's going to be a uniform story going forward," said Schlossberg." "There's just not that much consumer excitement or front-end excitement for demand for the products at this point"
Taiwan Semiconductor cut its full-year sales outlook last week. The chipmaker cited expected softer smartphone sales and unpredictability surrounding the demand for crypto-related semiconductors.
The SMH ETF, an index which contains 25 of the largest U.S.-listed chipmaker stocks, is expected to post 21 percent earnings growth and nearly 13 percent sales growth in fiscal 2018.
The ETF was up nearly 2 percent Thursday.
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Australia told ‘butt out of election’
Cambodian Prime Minister politician Hun Sen. Picture: Supplied
CAMBODIA'S ruling party officials have told Australia, among the country's largest donors, not to interfere in national elections on July 29, dismissing calls that the ballot should not be recognised.
"We don't follow foreign orders," Phay Siphan, a spokesman for Cambodia's Council of Ministers, told the independent online news service Thmey Thmey.
Mr Siphan singled out comments by Julie Heckscher, first assistant secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade's Southeast Asia division, earlier this year regarding the elections that he said were not helpful and did not reflect the Australian government's attitude to Cambodia.
"Besides, we have our own legislation and institutions," he said, adding Cambodia would abide by its laws.
Julie Heckscher, DFAT's first assistant secretary Southeast Asia division. Picture: Supplied
In March, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen was met by a storm of protests during an ASEAN summit in Sydney after he threatened to beat protesters if they burned his image.
Ms Heckscher was among his critics, telling a Senate committee in Canberra "that threats on Australian soil are not acceptable to the Australian government".
Protesters are seen rallying against Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen in Sydney. Picture: AAP
Politicians and diplomats have rebuked Cambodia in the lead up to the poll, following the dissolution by the courts of the Cambodian National Rescue Party, the only political outfit capable of challenging Mr Sen's three-decade rule.
Some have called for Australia not to recognise the poll and follow a lead set by the United States where congressmen have introduced the Cambodian Democracy Act of 2018, calling for sanctions and a travel ban on senior officials travelling to America.
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. Picture: AAP
Mr Siphan said he did not expect ties to become strained after the poll while Thmey Thmey also reported that Sok Eysan, spokesmen for the ruling Cambodian Peoples Party, had mocked Khmer-Australians who want to see sanctions imposed.
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Scott Parker: Fulham owe nobody an apology after holding Spurs at short notice
Scott Parker shouts on the touchline
Scott Parker said Fulham do not owe anyone an apology after they made light of their fury at having to play Tottenham at just 48 hours notice by earning a deserved 1-1 draw.
Parker called the Premier League’s decision on Monday to cram this rearranged game into the Wednesday night slot as “scandalous” after a recent outbreak of coronavirus at the club, yet Spurs counterpart Jose Mourinho said the Cottagers should have to say sorry to everyone if they named a strong team.
They did that, with 10 of the players who played their last Premier League game on Boxing Day in the starting line-up, and Parker was rewarded with a performance that he described as “immense”.
They fell behind to Harry Kane’s first-half header but put up a spirited response after the break and earned a worthy point through Ivan Cavaleiro’s 74th-minute effort.
Former Spurs midfielder Parker, who also played under Mourinho at Chelsea, was in bullish mood after the game.
“Myself and this football club owe no one an apology because you can talk from the outside and people can see what they want to see and work out what the script was but it was far from that,” he said.
Ivan Cavaleiro levelled for Tottenham (Glyn Kirk/PA)
“There were two players on that pitch that had trained one day, come back from Covid and had one day’s training. Players had three or four days of training.
“The issue was never about only having two days to prepare for it. I understand that. The issue was 16 days ago this game was scheduled in, since then 10 positive cases of Covid, staff as well, and then 9.30 on Monday we got told that we were playing in the game.
“People need to understand the predicament we were in. We are not making it up. We have been very open and had worries for the safety of others too.
He’s magic, you know! ✨@ivancavaleiro17 ☄️#TOTFUL
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— Fulham Football Club (@FulhamFC) January 13, 2021
“That was my worry, so we don’t need to apologise for anything. We came here with a performance and we go away with a pleasing result.
“I thought we were immense tonight, I thought we were superb with what we faced, with a lot of speculation and talk from outside and no one really knows the full extent. I was very proud because of what we faced.”
Mourinho had little sympathy before the game for Fulham and even after the match suggested they knew for a long period that this fixture could be played.
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“Look, I truly believe, I have to believe and I know the top hierarchy at Fulham Football Club and we’re dealing with honest people and of course they had problems,” the Portuguese conceded.
“Of course the reason why we didn’t play the game when we should, there were reasons for that. Let’s put that very, very, very clear.
“The reason why they were not happy to play today is a different question you have to ask Scott not me. But in the football world it’s very difficult to keep secrets.
“Somebody tells somebody who tells somebody who tells somebody and it arrives to somebody else. And of course we knew for a few days that they were ready and had the players to come.
“Aleksandr Mitrovic is not a Covid situation, [he] had a small injury from the last match.
“We knew that so it’s something you have to ask Scott. But make things very, very clear. Of course they had problems and of course there was a reason for them not to play the game a couple of weeks ago.”
A long night for the visitors looked on the cards when Kane put Spurs ahead with his 18th goal of the season, coming after a string of missed chances by the hosts.
Son Heung-min hit the post when through on goal and then Cavaleiro delivered an all-too familiar gut punch, making it the same old story – a game of early domination, missed chances and ultimately dropped points.
Jose Mourinho, right was not happy with more dropped points (Glyn Kirk/PA)
That is six points lost from winning positions just at home this season and that will ultimately cost them any real shot at the Premier League title.
Mourinho pointed to the missed chances, but also suggested his defence was not individually good enough.
“This is the same story basically since the beginning of the season,” he added.
“We can talk about not killing the game yes, we can speak about that, and today was a clear situation where we could and should have killed the game in the first half but then you go back to the goals that we concede and it’s not also easy to assimilate that.
“There are some things they have to do with organisation of the team, but other things they have to do with individual skills, individual ability, and it’s as simple as that.”
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By MORGAN WINSOR and ERIN SCHUMAKER, ABC News
(NEW YORK) — A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now infected more than 62.7 million people and killed over 1.4 million worldwide, according to real-time data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University.
Here’s how the news developed Monday. All times Eastern:
Nov 30, 8:59 pm
Record 96,000 Americans hospitalized with COVID-19
The United States saw another record day of COVID-19 hospitalizations, according to the COVID Tracking Project, a volunteer-run effort to track the U.S. outbreak.
The group said the country currently has 96,039 people hospitalized with the disease, with a seven-day average of 91,331.
“Hospitalizations have doubled since November 1 and tripled since October 1. We should see 100k hospitalizations in the next couple of days,” The COVID Tracking Project wrote on its Twitter account Monday night.
The group called November the “worst month of the pandemic outside of April,” as the nation recorded a record 4.28 million new cases of COVID-19, over 72,000 new hospitalizations and 36,256 new deaths.
Trump’s controversial coronavirus adviser Atlas resigns
President Donald Trump’s coronavirus adviser Dr. Scott Atlas resigned on Monday.
Atlas, a neuroradiologist with no background in infectious diseases who had supplanted Dr. Anthony Fauci and other top federal public health officials as one of Trump’s top medical advisers, was reaching the end of his 130-day term as a “special government employee,” according to the official.
Fox News, where Atlas first caught Trump’s eye before the president appointed him to a paid advisory role in the White House, initially reported the news.
Atlas spoke with the president Monday, a White House official confirmed to ABC News.
Atlas did not respond to a request for comment.
Miami mayor tests positive
Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, who assumed office less than two weeks ago, announced Monday that she has tested positive for the coronavirus.
Her husband, Dr. Robert Cava, also tested positive and was exposed to the virus by one of his patients last Wednesday, according to the mayor. The couple is currently quarantining, the mayor said.
“We both remain in good spirits and are fortunate to have only mild symptoms at this time,” Mayor Cava said in a statement.
Cava, a former Miami-Dade County district commissioner, was elected as the city’s first female mayor on Election Day and assumed office on Nov. 17.
The county has over 229,000 total COVID-19 cases and at least 3,835 total deaths, according to the Florida Health Department.
President Donald Trump’s coronavirus adviser Dr. Scott Atlas resigned on Monday, according to a White House official.
Atlas spoke with the president Monday, the White House official confirmed.
-ABC News’ Ben Gittleson
Newsom says California will receive 327,000 vaccine doses in December
California Gov. Gavin Newsom tweeted Monday that the state will receive 327,000 doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.
“Transparency, equity, and safety will continue to be our top priorities as we begin the distribution process for Phase 1,” Newsom tweeted.
The pharmaceutical company announced earlier this month that its vaccine was more than 95% effective in its Phase 3 trial. The vaccine is given in two doses over three weeks, according to Pfizer.
Pfizer has asked the Food and Drug Administration for an emergency use authorization and a public hearing to address the request has been scheduled for Dec. 10.
The agency could make its official authorization decision shortly thereafter.
Ravens-Steelers game postponed for the 3rd time: ESPN
The NFL matchup between the Baltimore Ravens and Pittsburgh Steelers, which was originally scheduled for Thanksgiving Day, has been postponed for the third time, according to ESPN.
A source told ESPN that the game, which was rescheduled for Tuesday would be postponed to Wednesday. The game was first re-scheduled for Sunday.
The team was supposed to practice and board a plane for the game Monday, however, that was put on hold while they waited for test results, according to ESPN.
The Ravens have had 22 players test positive for COVID-19 or get identified as a high-risk close contact over the past nine days. MVP quarterback Lamar Jackson is one of the infected players.
Rhode Island set to open 2 field hospitals for COVID-19 patients
Rhode Island is set to open two field hospitals for non-critically ill COVID-19 patients, to lessen strain on existing hospitals.
Meanwhile, the state kicked off its two-week pause program Monday, including sending public safety alerts to residents’ phones, warning that hospitals are at capacity and advising the public to stay home as much as possible over the next two weeks.
ABC News’ Joshua Hoyos contributed to this report.
Florida schools, businesses to remain open as state’s outbreak worsens: Governor
Schools in Florida will remain open for in-person learning next spring, Gov. Ron DeSantis said during a Monday press conference in which he referred to school closings as the largest public health blunder in American history.
COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths are rising in Florida, according to an ABC News analysis of data from The COVID Tracking Project. Despite the worsening statistics, DeSantis said he will not close businesses or issue a statewide mask mandate, nor will he permit local governments to fine residents for failing to wear masks in public.
ABC News’ Scott Withers contributed to this report.
Nov 30, 12:44 pm
Vaccines could be ‘into people’s arms before Christmas’ if proven safe: HHS secretary
HHS Secretary Alex Azar said Monday that if safety and efficacy bear out, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) could approve Pfizer’s vaccine within days of an independent FDA advisory committee meeting on Dec. 10.
“We could be seeing both of these vaccines out and getting into people’s arms before Christmas,” Azar told CBS.
Moderna announced Monday that it would seek emergency FDA authorization for its vaccine, making it the second U.S. company to do so. Moderna’s FDA hearing will be held Dec. 17.
ABC News’ Anne Flaherty contributed to this report.
Rhode Island bucks national trend by opening schools, closing bars
Rhode Island entered a two-week pause Monday, shuttering bars, gyms, movie theaters, bowling allies and indoor sporting facilities. But unlike in many other states, schools will remain open.
“We’ve really got to shut it down for those two weeks,” Gov. Gina Raimondo said at a Nov. 19 press conference. “Because if we do, we can slowly crank up after those two weeks and make it through the end of the year.”
The tightened restrictions are in response to rising COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in the state, which has reported 53,954 infections and 1,346 deaths to date.
Rhode Island’s pause will remain in effect until Dec. 13.
Nov 30, 8:58 am
TSA screens record number of travelers since March
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) said it screened 1,176,091 people at its checkpoints in airports across the United States on the Sunday after Thanksgiving, making it the busiest day for air travel since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
The previous pandemic record was set on Wednesday, the day before the holiday, when TSA screened 1,070,967 individuals at airport security checkpoints.
By comparison, 2,882,915 travelers were screened on the Sunday after Thanksgiving last year, which remains the highest volume in TSA history.
Earlier this month, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it is recommending that Americans do not travel for Thanksgiving.
“It’s not a requirement, it’s a recommendation for the American public to consider,” Dr. Henry Walke, the CDC’s COVID-19 incident manager, told reporters during a call on Nov. 19. “Right now, as we’re seeing exponential growth in cases and the opportunity to translocate disease or infection from one part of the country to another leads to our recommendation to avoid travel at this time.”
Study shows COVID-19 infections dropped about 30% in England during second lockdown
New research suggests England has seen roughly a 30% drop in COVID-19 infections three weeks into its second nationwide lockdown.
The Real-time Assessment of Community Transmission (REACT) program, run by Imperial College London and research firm Ipsos MORI, is tracking current cases of COVID-19 in England by testing more than 150,000 randomly-selected people each month over a two-week period. An interim report released Monday from the latest round of testing, which includes results from more than 105,000 at-home tests between Nov. 13 and Nov. 24, shows that an estimated 0.96% of England’s population — or around one in 100 people — is infected with COVID-19.
The study, which is commissioned by England’s Department of Health and Social Care, also found that the overall reproduction (R) number has fallen to below 1 — estimated at 0.88 — meaning the country’s outbreak is currently shrinking rather than growing.
“In this interim report from the seventh round of data collection, we found a reduction in national prevalence of infection by around 30% from the high levels in the latter half of round 6 (26 October to 2 November 2020),” the study’s co-authors wrote in the report. “The national prevalence has now dropped to ~1%, a level last seen 6 weeks earlier. This fall in prevalence covers a period of nearly three of the four weeks of the second national lockdown, and is consistent with an observed reduction in the number of daily swab-positive cases recorded in routine surveillance data.”
Paul Elliott, professor of epidemiology and public health medicine at Imperial College London and director of the REACT program, called the data “encouraging” for England, which was under a regional tiered system of COVID-19 restrictions before entering lockdown again on Nov. 5. A tougher three-tier system will come into force when the lockdown ends just after midnight on Wednesday.
“We’re seeing a fall in infections at the national level and in particular across regions that were previously worst affected. These trends suggest that the tiered approach helped to curb infections in these areas and that lockdown has added to this effect,” Elliott said in a statement Monday. “As we approach a challenging time of year, it’s even more vital that through our actions and behaviors we all play our part in helping to keep the virus at bay.”
Moderna to submit emergency authorization request to FDA
Moderna announced it plans to submit a request on Monday to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for emergency use authorization of its COVID-19 vaccine, becoming the second company after Pfizer to do so.
Moderna said in a press release that the FDA’s meeting to review the safety and efficacy data for its National Institutes of Health-funded vaccine candidate, called mRNA-1273, will likely be scheduled for Dec. 17. The FDA hearing for the vaccine candidate developed by New York-based pharmaceutical company Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech is slated for Dec. 10.
Moderna also announced that the final analysis of its Phase 3 clinical trial of mRNA-1273 indicates a vaccine efficacy of 94.1%. Pending FDA authorization, Moderna said it expects to have approximately 20 million doses of mRNA-1273 available in the United States by the end of the year. The Massachusetts-based biotechnology company remains on track to manufacture 500 million to one billion doses globally in 2021.
“This positive primary analysis confirms the ability of our vaccine to prevent COVID-19 disease with 94.1% efficacy and importantly, the ability to prevent severe COVID-19 disease,” Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel said in a statement Monday. “We believe that our vaccine will provide a new and powerful tool that may change the course of this pandemic and help prevent severe disease, hospitalizations and death.”
US reports over 138,000 new cases
There were 138,903 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed in the United States on Sunday, according to a real-time count kept by Johns Hopkins University.
It’s the 27th straight day that the country has reported over 100,000 newly diagnosed infections. Sunday’s count is down from a peak of 205,557 new cases on Friday.
An additional 826 fatalities from COVID-19 were also registered nationwide on Sunday, less than the all-time high of 2,609 new deaths on April 15.
COVID-19 data may be skewed in the coming days and weeks due to possible lags in reporting over Thanksgiving followed by a potentially very large backlog from the holiday.
A total of 13,384,651 people in the United States have been diagnosed with COVID-19 since the pandemic began, and at least 266,875 of them have died, according to Johns Hopkins. The cases include people from all 50 U.S. states, Washington, D.C. and other U.S. territories as well as repatriated citizens.
Much of the country was under lockdown by the end of March as the first wave of pandemic hit. By May 20, all U.S. states had begun lifting stay-at-home orders and other restrictions put in place to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus. The day-to-day increase in the country’s cases then hovered around 20,000 for a couple of weeks before shooting back up over the summer.
The numbers lingered around 40,000 to 50,000 from mid-August through early October before surging again to record levels, crossing 100,000 for the first time on Nov. 4 and reaching 200,000 for the first time on Nov. 27.
Hospitalizations of COVID-19 patients hit all-time high in US
Hospitalizations of COVID-19 patients in the United States reached an all-time high of 93,238 on Sunday, according to the COVID Tracking Project.
The figure surpassed Saturday’s record of 91,635 COVID-19 patients currently hospitalized. Current COVID-19 hospitalizations have gone up every day since Oct. 25, except for Sunday when the figure dipped slightly to 89,834, which The COVID Tracking Project credited to “the holiday effect.”
Our daily update is published. Our testing, case, and death statistics continue to be affected by the Thanksgiving holiday. Hospitalizations are less affected by the data slowdown and are at the record-high level of 93,238. pic.twitter.com/LVZnxVme4p
— The COVID Tracking Project (@COVID19Tracking) November 30, 2020
The COVID Tracking Project, a volunteer-run effort launched from The Atlantic magazine to track the U.S. outbreak, has warned of data inconsistencies in the coming days and weeks due to lags over Thanksgiving followed by a potentially very large backlog from the holiday. For instance, some states didn’t report any data at all on Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, while others only had partial reports. The totals for testing and new cases were inflated Saturday and Sunday as several states reported two days’ worth of data.
“The data wobbles don’t consist only of some states not reporting at all — though that’s happened a lot — but that most or all states that are reporting do not have a full data pipeline from labs and health departments,” The COVID Tracking Project wrote on its Twitter account Sunday.
However, the group noted that hospitalization numbers “are less affected by the data slowdown.”
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Application Security Still Slows Developer Work
Cooperation among DevOps teams might be growing, but security testing still seen as a road block to continuous delivery.
The cooperative nature of DevOps software delivery has done a lot to reduce friction between operations staff and developers, but looping security into the greater process still remains a challenge. According to a survey out today from Veracode, over half of developers report that security causes delays in the development process.
Conducted among more than 350 developers worldwide, the survey took a look at developer perceptions of application security and the impact that security testing has on their professional lives. As things stand, 52% of developers and 54.3% of DevOps managers report that security testing slows down development and threatens deadlines. This was the biggest challenge they reported about their work. Closely following that challenge is the difficulty of legacy application security processes adding complexity and slowing time-to-market, which was reported as a top challenge by 46% of developers and 44% of DevOps managers.
This is a huge business problem considering the intense heat turned up by the business on developers and DevOps to shorten development timelines. In a report earlier this year, Forrester found that 88% of developers feel increased pressure to produce more frequent releases. A little more than half of developers surveyed for that report now release at least monthly and 77% say that the business is also demanding software with more complex requirements and capabilities.
While there's clearly a lot of work to offer a more seamless mode of injecting security into the development process, the Veracode survey shows that a statistically significant ratio of organizations are moving in the right direction.
"Although it’s a best practice to address security early in the software development lifecycle, the shift towards continuous delivery and DevOps is providing more opportunities to integrate security throughout the entire lifecycle," the survey report explained. The study shows that the majority of organizations are seeking to incorporate security earlier in the software development lifecycle, with only about 16% relying inserting it after the programming stage. One of the best signs is that almost one in three organizations say they're involving security during requirements or design phases of development.
According to analysts with Forrester, that's huge not just for the security of the software but also the value an organization gets out of it.
"Developers who regularly collaborate with their security colleagues on software development tasks get significant value from their efforts, which produce major and tangible business and technical benefit," Forrester experts write.
Ericka Chickowski specializes in coverage of information technology and business innovation. She has focused on information security for the better part of a decade and regularly writes about the security industry as a contributor to Dark Reading. View Full Bio
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RetiredUser,
I hear this complaint all the time, have even been the one complaining in the past. Perhaps the answer is in refining the existing processes of development and operations to make security an integral function. If you've been hired as a programmer for a killer app that uses some new killer lib, you'd never say "Gee, learning how to program against this new library is really slowing my time to market down!" That's your job, to learn, to experiment, and to do it in a timely fashion. So should secure programming be, and so should security in general. It is as integral to software projects and release infrastructures as learning how to program is. DevOps especially should be an innovator of finding common ground for security to be embraced on by both coders and security engineers. You know what a really killer app is? An unhackable app; uncrackable and well coded. A secure app that protects the user's data while still being useful. That kind of app doesn't just appear, it needs to be intentionally created, and lovingly created. These rifts and complaints about security bringing down the dev process isn't going to produce that killer app.
rickkaun,
12/21/2016 | 11:01:27 AM
Wow! Is everyone ever missing the point here! When cybersecurity testing is included in functional testing or QA then these types of surveys go away. Cybersecurity is a core component of any code or it should be. Failing to see this and recognize its importance just shows how ignorant the development community still is. None of these survey respondents seemed to complain about functionality testing or QA cycles in their development plans did they?
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Identifying the Causes of Post-Harvest Ear Diseases through Ear Rots and Kernel Moisture Content
The presence of ear rots and kernel moisture content greater than 15% is not a good combination because diseased kernels can reduce test weight, grain quality, and ultimately, yield potential. Some ear rots require hot, dry weather and others are associated with moist to wet and cooler conditions. Wounds created by insects, mechanical damage, and hail can provide openings for pathogen entrance into the kernel.
If ear rots are found during routine scouting, identification of the causal agent is important for marketing and storage purposes, and infected fields should become a harvest priority. Identification is important because ear rot diseases such as Aspergillus and Gibberella can produce mycotoxins that are harmful and potentially deadly to humans and livestock. Infected grain should be tested by a toxicology lab to determine if mycotoxins are present. If present, appropriate marketing and/or feeding measures should be instituted based on FDA guidelines. Please see What You Need to Know about Aflatoxin for additional information on mycotoxins associated with ear rots.
Best management practices (BMPs) for ear rot management should begin prior to planting because little can be done to protect ears after infection except harvesting at higher moisture content and drying grain to below 14% within 48 hours. Strategies that help minimize crop stress can help reduce the potential for ear rot development.
Factors that can help reduce crop stress include:
Soil test and fertilize accordingly.
If available, irrigate to help reduce drought conditions.
Use insect-protected corn products (particularly for European corn borer, earworm, and western bean cutworm).
Use foliar disease-resistant corn products.
Use fungicides to help manage foliar diseases.
Avoid continuous corn.
Utilize tillage to manage infected residue.
Below are general descriptions of ear and kernel molds. Those in red have the potential to produce poisonous mycotoxins.
Aspergillus (Aspergillus species): Gray-green or light-green powdery mold starting at the ear tip (Figure 1). Favored by hot (above 90° F), dry conditions and after damage to silks or kernels from insects, hail, birds, or other factors. Considered to be more of a grain storage mold because of its ability to grow at 15% moisture content. Capable of producing an aflatoxin which is toxic to livestock and humans.
Figure 1. Aspergillus ear rot.
Cladosporium (Cladosporium herbarum): Gray to black or very-dark-green powdery mold that may appear in streaks scattered across the ear (Figure 2). The mold can be rubbed off the kernel surface. Infects kernels damaged by insects, hail, frost, and other factors. The disease is favored by wet weather during grain fill; however, it is more common in hot, dry years. It can grow at temperatures greater than 90° F and grain moisture content as low as 16%.
Figure 2. Cladosporium kernel rot.
Diplodia (Stenocarpella maydis): White to gray mold that can cause the entire ear to appear brown (Figure 3). Infection can begin at the ear base and move toward the tip, growing between kernels. Infection can also start at the tip of the ear, especially following insect or bird damage. Pycnidia, or fruiting bodies, can form on husks and at the base of kernels causing ears to be “mummified” or completely covered in white mycelial growth which causes kernels to be stuck to husks and cobs. Cobs can also be infected via the ear shank, causing yield loss due to poorly developed ears and/or kernels. Occurs most often in reduced tillage and continuous corn systems. Favored by warm, dry conditions prior to silking followed by wet conditions after silking. Diplodia is not known to produce mycotoxins; however, there has been some association with diplodiosis (lack of voluntary muscle coordination and/or weakness or partial paralysis) in cattle and sheep.1
Figure 3. Diplodia ear rot.
Fusarium (Fusarium species): White to pink mold infecting random kernels around the ear and/or causes a starburst pattern on kernel caps (Figure 4). Infection may occur from late vegetative growth stages to three weeks after midsilk. Entry points for infection include kernel growth cracks and damage from insects, hail, mechanical, and other injurious factors. Warm, wet weather after silking favors development. Fumonisin toxin, which is toxic to livestock (particularly horses), can be produced.
Figure 4. Fusarium ear rot.
Gibberella (Gibberella zeae): Coloration is often bright pink but varies from red to white and usually begins at the ear tip and progresses toward the base (Figure 5). Ears become “mummified” because the pink or white mycelial growth completely covers the ear and causes kernels to be stuck to husks and cobs. Favorable conditions include cool (average daily temperatures below 72° F) temperatures and seven or more days of rain within a period of three weeks after silking. Potential mycotoxins include vomitoxin or deoxynivalenol (DON) and zearalenone, which are deadly to livestock.
Figure 5. Gibberella ear rot.
Nigrospora ear or cob rot (Nigrospora sphaerica, synonym N. oryzae): Kernel tips and cob pith can be covered with very small, jet-black spore masses (Figure 6). Kernels appear bleached and often have whitish streaks starting at the tips and extending toward the crowns and may have a gray mold growth. Infected ears are easily broken into small pieces during harvest because of rotted pith (Figure 7). Infection usually starts at the ear butt. Often associated with premature plant death from frost, hail, drought, and leaf, stalk, and root diseases. May appear more often in low fertility situations.
Figure 6. Nigrospora infected ear with black spores in pith.
Figure 7. Shredded cob associated with Nigrospora ear rot. Picture courtesy of Don White, University of Illinois.
Penicillium or “Blue Eye” (Penicillin spp.): Powdery blue-green mold growing between kernels, usually at the tip of the ear (Figure 8). Infection generally occurs on kernels damaged by hail, insects, frost, or other factors. Capable of infecting non-injured kernels with the moisture content of 14%.
Figure 8. Penicillium ear rot. Photo courtesy of Tamara Jackson-Ziems, University of Nebraska.
Trichoderma (Trichoderma viride): Dark-greenish mold grows on and between husks and kernels and sprouting can occur when infection is severe (Figure 9). Favored by excessive rain and insect, hail, or mechanical damage to the ear.
Figure 9. Trichoderma Ear Rot
1Kellerman, T.S., Rabie, C.J., van der Westhuizen, G.C., Kriek, N.P., and Prozesky, L. 1985. Induction of diplodiosis, a neuromycotoxicosis, in domestic ruminants with cultures of indigenous and exotic isolates of Diplodia maydis. PubMed.gov. US National Laboratory of Medicine. National Institutes of Health. NCBI. https://www.ncbi.nlm.hih.gov/.
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Jackson, T. and Ziems, A. 2009. Corn ear rots and grain molds. CropWatch. University of Nebraska-Lincoln. http://cropwatch.unl.edu/cw-09-10-23-corn-ear-rots-grain-molds.
Munkvold, G.P. 2002. Corn ear molds and mycotoxins. Integrated Crop Management News. 1712. IC-488(22). Iowa State University. http://lib.dr.iastate.edu/cropnews/1712.
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Antitrust Authorities Block Massive Rail Merger
European Union authorities said the merger between France's Alstom and Germany's Siemens railway activities would have created a near-monopoly in the region.
Raf Casert and Sylvie Corbet, Associated Press
This June 24, 2016, file photo shows the Siemens logo at its headquarters in Munich.
AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File
European Union authorities on Wednesday blocked a deal to create a rail giant that could compete with China, angering France and Germany, which vowed to change the way the EU works.
The decision raised thorny questions of how to stand up to the growing economic might of China, where the government has no qualms creating state-backed monopolies.
But EU Antitrust Commissioner Margrethe Vestager kept her focus on European customers, saying the Franco-German merger would have created a near monopoly in the region, choking fair competition and leading to higher prices for travelers and companies.
"The merged company would have become, by far, the largest player in Europe," Vestager said, adding that in the rail signaling market there would have be no competition left at all.
Her office is tasked with making sure that competition is fair and consumers have enough choice. In this case, the decision clashed with France and Germany's desire to counterbalance the growing economic might of China, which controls and actively supports many of its biggest companies.
Alstom is best known for making France's TGV and Siemens for Germany's ICE high-speed trains. They face growing competition from China's CRRC Corporation, which had sales of about $33 billion last year. Alstom had $9.4 billion and Siemens' rail unit about $10 billion.
French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said Vestager's decision "will serve the economic and industrial interests of China."
Le Maire said the EU's move will "prevent Alstom and Siemens, the two champions of rail signaling and rail transport, to merge in order to have the same weight as the Chinese big industrial champion."
He called it both a political and "an economic mistake."
Vestager insisted CRRC was not an imminent threat, since more than 90 percent of its activities were still inside China. "It has had less success outside its home market."
"No Chinese supplier has ever participated in a signaling tender in Europe or delivered a single very high-speed train outside China. And there is no prospect of Chinese entry in the European market in the foreseeable future," Vestager said.
France and Germany vowed to make mergers of industrial giants less beholden to EU rules.
"We must consider and decide on future changes to European competition law that make it possible for Europe to shape future developments in this area on an equal basis with its competitors in other regions," German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier told reporters in Berlin.
Le Maire said that "we must look toward the future and revise the rules of European competition."
Le Maire said there would be Franco-German proposals "in the coming weeks to revise the rules of competition and enable us to have an industrial policy much more ambitious compared to our big competitors, Americans or Chinese."
In her decision, Vestager noted she had to also represent the interests of the 26 other EU nations, many of which stood to lose from the merger.
"The Commission prohibited the merger because the companies were not willing to address our serious competition concerns," she said.
Blocking mergers is rare for the EU antitrust office. In three decades, the EU approved more than 6,000 deals and banned less than 30. It blocked only 7 over the past decade.
Competition authorities in Britain, the Netherlands, Belgium and Spain expressed concerns that the new company would be in a dominating position that would potentially overpower smaller rail manufacturers and increase prices in the market.
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NICHOLAS DAY: Murdered while jogging on rural road in Blue Mounds, WI - Jan 2020 *ARREST*
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Investigators seek tips into town of Blue Mounds homicide; military friends grieve
The Dane County Sheriff’s Office is asking the public for information as they continue their investigation into the homicide of Nicholas Day.
Authorities say Day, 26, was killed Jan. 15, and his body was discovered on County Highway JG near Bergum Road in the town of Blue Mounds.
Investigators initially stated Day was the victim of a fatal hit and run, but after an autopsy, revised their view and classified his death as a homicide. The Dane County medical examiner has not specified the manner of the killing. "It is brutal and calculated," Sheriff David Mahoney says.
The Dane County Sheriff’s Office is asking the public for information as they continue their investigation into the death of Nicholas Day.
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Reward offered in Blue Mounds homicide case
Madison Area Crime Stoppers is now offering a $1000 reward for information leading to an arrest.
Investigators with the Dane County Sheriff’s Office are reviewing a large amount of video they’ve obtained from when Day's body was found.
Dane County Sheriff’s detectives have released images of a new jogger who may have been in the area Jan. 15 where a Blue Mounds man was found dead.
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Officials investigating ‘extremely brutal’ homicide still asking for help from anyone who interacted with Nicholas Day before his murder
Investigators are asking anyone who spoke to Nicholas Day in the months before he was killed in January to contact law enforcement, even if you don’t believe your interaction was significant or important to the homicide investigation.
The Dane County Sheriff’s Office said Friday that it is still seeking information from citizens who had contact with Day in months leading up to his death on Jan. 15.
Day’s body was found off County Road JG near the border with the town of Vermont, officials said. Sheriff Dave Mahoney has called the killing an “extremely brutal homicide and very calculated.”
The case was originally thought to be a hit-and-run, but autopsy results showed Day died from “homicidal violence.” Officials have not released details on the cause of Day’s death.
Officials on Friday asked “anyone who had either a personal or professional relationship or interaction with Nicholas, whom we haven’t spoken with, to reach out” by calling 608-284-6900 or Dane County Communications at 608-255-2345.
“Even if you don’t believe your interaction was significant or important to our investigation, we’d like to hear from you,” the sheriff’s office said in the release.
Officials said anonymous tips can be left on the tipline or online via danesheriff.com/crimetips/other.
The sheriff’s office would also like to reiterate that our detectives want to speak with anyone traveling through the Mt. Horeb and Blue Mounds area on Jan. 15. That includes the area of County Road JG, Bergum Road, Stewart County Park and Bohn Road.
“Whether your travels were for business or recreation, you may be able to provide important information,” the sheriff’s office wrote.
Deputies are following up on tips, reviewing video and conducting interviews, officials said.
Detectives also want to speak with anyone who might have been working in the area, including delivery drivers, utility workers and construction workers, and have asked for help tracking down vehicles and people who were seen in the area.
The sheriff’s office said that a pickup truck investigators had asked for help locating on Wednesday was identified and determined to be not involved in the case.
Madison Area Crime Stoppers is offering a $1,000 reward for any information leading to an arrest.
Officials investigating 'extremely brutal' homicide still asking for help from anyone who interacted with Nicholas Day before his murder
Investigators are asking anyone who spoke to Nicholas Day in the months before he was killed in January to contact law enforcement, even if you don't believe your interaction was significant or important to the homicide investigation.
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Arrest made in town of Blue Mounds homicide; motive unknown
"This homicide was a cold, calculated and extremely violent homicide," Dane County Sheriff David Mahoney said.
A Mount Horeb man has been arrested in the killing of Nicholas Day, whose body was found along a highway in the town of Blue Mounds on Jan. 15.
Riley Berg, 21, was arrested Thursday and booked into the Dane County Jail on a tentative charge of first-degree intentional homicide, Dane County Sheriff David Mahoney said Friday.
Authorities have been unable to determine a connection between Berg and Day, 26, whose body was found by a passerby on Highway JG. An autopsy found he had been shot and stabbed several times in the neck, Mahoney said.
“We know that this attack occurred over a very short, narrow window of time,” Mahoney said, “but what we don’t know is why. Riley Berg’s motives for this homicide are still unclear.”
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2 men deemed competent to stand trial in separate homicides
Two men charged in two separate homicides were deemed competent to stand trial Monday after courts determined treatment for their mental health problems was proving effective.
2 men deemed competent to stand trial in separate homicides
Riley L. Berg, 22, of Mount Horeb, is charged in the killing of 26-year-old Nicholas Day, of Blue Mounds. Day’s body was found along the road in the town of Blue Mounds on Jan. 15; he had been shot while jogging and then attacked with a knife.
The case against Berg was suspended in April after a judge found he was not capable of assisting in his own defense. On Monday, his attorney and Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne agreed medication had brought him back to competency and the court entered a not guilty plea on his behalf.
Police have been unable to find any connection between Berg and Day. But according to a criminal complaint, surveillance video placed Berg’s car near the area where Day’s body was found, and Day’s blood was found in Berg’s car.
The complaint states Berg’s father, John Berg, told detectives that his son has been diagnosed with schizophrenia but had been taking medication for it. Berg was not arrested until about a month after the killing.
Berg’s bail is set at $1 million.
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Man accused in Nicholas Day killing found not competent for trial
The Mount Horeb man accused of killing a man on the side of a Dane County road in January has been found not competent to stand trial.
Man accused in Nicholas Day killing found not competent for trial
Riley L. Berg, 22, was charged with first-degree intentional homicide for the killing of 26-year-old Nicholas Day, a Navy veteran who was killed while running. Day’s body was found by a passerby on Jan. 15. An autopsy later revealed Day suffered a gunshot wound and several lacerations.
According to online court records, Berg was found “not competent to stand trial” during a Monday morning court hearing. Berg was previously found competent during an October hearing, records show.
Berg will be held for treatment until he is found competent.
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SheWhoMustNotBeNamed said:
So in October he was competent and in November he is not? Hmm.
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Family, friends honor memory of man killed in Blue Mounds on one-year anniversary
The family of a 26-year-old man who was killed in Blue Mounds last year celebrated his life Friday one year after his death.
www.nbc15.com
Nicholas Day’s mother Donna Luhman said that it has been a tough year, but she wanted Friday to be a celebration of her son’s life, not his death.
“The person that did it is not out on the streets anymore so he cannot hurt another family member,” Luhman said. “I’m glad that we have a lot of support for Nick, because he was a very good child, a good person.”
Day’s loved ones honored him by taking part in his favorite activity, which was skiing. His best friend Damon Baker said that the events were bittersweet.
The family is hopeful that justice will be served.
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MSC Cruises Restarts Cruising in the Mediterranean
Adam Coulter
UK Managing Editor
By Adam Coulter
(5:08 p.m. EDT) -- MSC Grandiosa today became the first ship from the MSC Cruises fleet to restart cruising in the Mediterranean after a five month pause.
The 6,200-passenger ship which will embark and disembark around 2,500 passengers over the course of the week, set sail from Genoa today and will call in at Naples, Palermo and then Valetta in Malta, before returning to Genoa on Sunday.
MSC Grandiosa is the first ship to to implement the line's strict health and safety protocols, which include universal health screening at embarkation, daily temperature checks, a health questionnaire and increased and enhanced sanitation onboard.
"It is a real pleasure for me to be here and sail on board the first of our ships to return to service and to be able to welcome back our guests," said Gianni Onorato, MSC Cruises' CEO.
"Our main goal during these last months has been to put in place the right measures that will protect the health and safety of our guests, crew and the communities we visit.
"But at the same time, we have worked to ensure that we are able to provide our guests with a cruise holiday that they can enjoy and still experience all of the elements that they know and love from entertainment and activities on board through to protected ashore visits.”
The first guests began embarking the flagship this morning, arriving at the cruise terminal according to their allocated time slots and followed the new universal screening procedures.
All guests received a complimentary MSC for Me wristband, which provides them with contactless options whilst on board such as opening the cabin or making payments and will also help to facilitate proximity and contact tracing, if needed.
Additionally, over the past several weeks, all crew members have gone through similarly stringent health screening measures, which included three COVID-19 tests in various phases as well as a period of isolation before commencing their duties. Each crew member will then be regularly tested and their health monitored.
The line joins TUI as the first big ship line to resume cruising in Europe, as well as Dream Cruises in Taiwan.
German line Aida is due to resume cruising shortly, and a number of other smaller lines have also restarted, including Variety Cruises, the first line to resume operations in the Eastern Med.
MSC Magnifica will resume cruising in the Eastern Mediterranean later this month, followed by the gradual resumption of the rest of the fleet.
At present, the cruises are only available to citizens of Schengen countries.
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Coming Together Against Cancer 2020
Coming Together Against Cancer
Although the Sat., April 4th events are cancelled, we are refocusing our efforts to accommodate the current environment. We will keep you informed so you can continue to make an impact in advancing cancer research and supporting the critical support networks for those with cancer.
The CTAC Committee
Congratulations CTAC Community
We are excited to inform you that together we raised over $1 million dollars for 30+ cancer institutions and organizations at CTAC 2019.
Please save the date of Saturday April 4th, 2020 for CTAC 2020, where we will again gather at Eloise Werlin Park to learn more from the programs we funded this year and welcome the CTAC Pioneering Physicians for 2020.
CTAC is…
A new paradigm in collaborative donor engagement, where leading cancer researchers from around the country interact directly with CTAC community members supporting their programs.
The Event is…
An opportunity for attendees to learn first-hand about the latest cancer research from the nine pioneering physicians leading the innovative effort, ask the doctors questions about their research and personally interact with the pioneering physicians.
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Surrounded by the beautiful Sarasota Bay at Eloise Werlin Park and sheltered by the renowned Ringling Bridge. The newly refurbished park is a place for adults and children to dream, play, and spend time together...
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To educate donors and the community on advances in the fight against cancer;
To facilitate direct engagement and participation between researchers and donors; and
To provide a clear and actionable relationship between support and results.
In our mission to provide you with valuable information and educational resources, we would like to share with you this recent COVID-19 Clinical Research Update press briefing from the leadership team at Sarasota Memorial Hospital. In this video created on April 9, 2020, Chief Medical Officer Dr. James Fiorica, Medical Director of Clinical Research Dr. Kirk Voelker and Manager of Clinical Research Tamela Fonseca discuss COVID-19 clinical trials currently underway at Sarasota Memorial Hospital.
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As Director of Immunotherapy for Malignant Hematology, he has been involved in developing new immunotherapeutic approaches in malignant hematology with special emphasis of restoring the impaired immune response of patients with chronic leukemias. He has participated in several clinical trials of peptide and cellular vaccines in different hematological disorders. He has been involved in the development of a Wilms tumor 1 vaccine for leukemias and other solid tumor now in phase III trial across the world. His laboratory is interested in epigenetic immunoregulation in lymphoid malignancies such as B and T cell lymphomas through the use of epigenetic modifiers such as histone deacetylase inhibitors and hypomethylating agents. Other research focuses are on the interaction of kinase inhibitors with the immune system and how to use these drugs to improve current immune therapeutics approaches. Dr. Pinilla-Ibarz frequently presents his findings at annual meetings of the American Hematology Association and the American Society of Clinical Oncology and he lectures in other national/international meetings. His work has been published in journals including New England Journal of Medicine, Blood, Nature Immunology, Journal of Leukocyte Biology and Leukemia. He has also authored multiple book chapters.
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Dr. Stephen Rosenberg is a Radiation Oncologist. His work plays a significant part of the FORT (Future of Radiation Therapy) departmental research program. Dr. Rosenberg is interested in combining radiation with immunomodulatory drugs and targeted therapies. He is interested in utilizing radiomics as part of his research efforts. Dr. Rosenberg is an assistant member in the Section of Thoracic Oncology of the Moffitt Cancer Center.
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Trump, Biden fight over the raging virus, climate and race
Jonathan Lemire, Michelle L. Price, Darlene Superville and Will Weissert
Published Thursday, October 22, 2020 8:21PM EDT Last Updated Friday, October 23, 2020 10:44AM EDT
NASHVILLE -- U.S. President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden fought over how to tame the raging coronavirus during the campaign's closing debate, largely shelving the rancour that overshadowed their previous face-off in favour of a more substantive exchange that highlighted their vastly different approaches to the major domestic and foreign challenges facing the nation.
The Republican president declared the virus, which killed more than 1,000 Americans on Thursday alone, will "go away." Biden countered that the nation was heading toward "a dark winter."
"Anyone who is responsible for that many deaths should not remain as president of the United States of America," Biden said.
REPLAY: Watch the final presidential debate between Trump and Biden
With less than two weeks until the election, Trump portrayed himself as the same outsider he first pitched to voters four years ago, repeatedly saying he wasn't a politician. Biden, meanwhile, argued that Trump was an incompetent leader of a country facing multiple crises and tried to connect what he saw as the president's failures to the everyday lives of Americans, especially when it comes to the pandemic.
The president, who promised a vaccine within weeks, said the worst problems are in states with Democratic governors, a contention at odds with rising cases in states that voted for Trump in 2016. Biden, meanwhile, vowed that his administration would defer to scientists on battling the pandemic and said that Trump's divisive approach on suffering states hindered the nation's response.
"I don't look at this in terms of the way he does -- blue states and red states," Biden said. "They're all the United States. And look at all the states that are having such a spike in the coronavirus -- they're the red states."
After a first debate defined by angry interruptions, the Thursday event featured a mostly milder tone. And in a campaign defined by ugly personal attacks, the night featured a surprising amount of substantive policy debate as the two broke sharply on the environment, foreign policy, immigration and racial justice.
When Trump repeatedly asked Biden if he would "close down the oil industry," the Democratic standardbearer said he "would transition from the oil industry, yes," and that he would replace it by renewable energy "over time." Trump, making a direct appeal to voters in energy producing states like Texas and the vital battleground of Pennsylvania, seized upon the remark as "a big statement."
Perhaps sensing that the comment could soon appear in Trump campaign ads, Biden did a little clean-up boarding his plane after the debate, declaring, "We're not going to ban fossil fuels. We'll get rid of the subsidies of fossil fuels but not going to get rid of fossil fuels for a long time."
As the debate swept to climate change, Trump explained his decision to pull the U.S. out of the Paris climate accord negotiated in 2015, declaring it was an unfair pact that would have cost the country trillions of dollars and hurt businesses.
Trump repeatedly claimed Biden's plan to tackle climate change and invest in green industries was developed by "AOC plus three," referring to New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Biden chuckled during much of Trump's answer and said, "I don't know where he comes from."
On race, Biden called out Trump's previous refusals to condemn white supremacists and his attacks on the Black Lives Matter movement, declaring that the president "pours fuel on every single racist fire."
"You know who I am. You know who he is. You know his character. You know my character," Biden said. The rivals' reputations for "honour and for telling to truth" are clear, he said.
Trump countered by pointing out his efforts on criminal justice reform and blasting Biden's support of a 1990s Crime Bill that many feel disproportionately incarcerated Black men. Staring into the crowd, he declared himself "the least racist person in this room."
Turning to foreign policy, Biden accused Trump of dealing with a "thug" while holding summits with the leader of North Korea, Kim Jong Un. And closer to home, the former vice-president laced into the Trump administration's policy of separating children from their parents trying to illegally cross the southern border.
Biden said that America has learned from a New York Times report that Trump paid only $750 a year in federal taxes while holding "a secret bank account" in China. The former vice-president then noted he's released all of his tax returns going back 22 years and challenged the president to release his returns, saying, "What are you hiding?"
Trump said he closed his former account in China and claimed his accountants told him he "prepaid tens of millions of dollars" in taxes. However, as he has for the past four years after promising to release his taxes, he declined to say when he might do so.
Trump said that when it comes to health care, he would like "to terminate" the Obama-era Affordable Care Act, even amid a pandemic, and come up "with a brand new beautiful health care," that protects coverage for preexisting conditions. Biden said the president has been talking about making such a move for years but "he's never come up with a plan."
He also denounced Trump's claim that Biden wanted to socialize medicine, creating daylight between himself and the more liberal members of his party whom he defeated in the Democratic primaries.
"He thinks he's running against somebody else," the former vice-president said. "He's running against Joe Biden. I beat all those other people because I disagreed with them."
It remained to be seen if Trump, who is trailing in the race, managed to change the trajectory of the campaign. More than 47 million votes already have been cast, and there are fewer undecided voters than at this point in previous election years.
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The debate, moderated by NBC's Kristen Welker, was a final chance for each man to make his case to a television audience of tens of millions. And questions swirled beforehand as to how Trump, whose hectoring performance at the first debate was viewed by aides as a mistake that turned off viewers, would perform amid a stretch of the campaign in which he has taken angry aim at the news media and unleashed deeply personal attacks on Biden and his adult son.
When he feels cornered, Trump has often lashed out, going as negative as possible. In one stunning moment during the 2016 campaign, in an effort to deflect from the release of the "Access Hollywood" tape in which he is heard boasting about groping women, Trump held a press conference just before a debate with Hillary Clinton during which he appeared with women who had accused Bill Clinton of sexual assault. He then invited them to watch as audience members.
In a similar move, Trump's campaign held another surprise pre-debate news conference, this time featuring Tony Bobulinski, a man who said he was Hunter Biden's former business partner and made unproven allegations that the vice-president's son consulted with his father on China-related business dealings.
Trump made similar, if vague, accusations from the debate stage, but exchanges about Hunter Biden did not dominate the night as aides on both campaigns thought might happen. Biden declared the discussion about family entanglements "malarkey" and accused Trump of not wanting to talk about the substantive issues.
Turning to the camera and the millions of people watching at home, Biden said, "It's not about his family and my family. It's about your family, and your family is hurting badly."
Lemire reported from Washington, Price from Las Vegas. Additional reporting from Steve Peoples in Nashville, Bill Barrow in Atlanta, Alexandra Jaffe, Stephen Braun and Zeke Miller in Washington and Aamer Madhani in Chicago
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden, left, take the stage for the start of the second and final presidential debate Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020, at Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
The debate stage is set ahead of the start of the second and final presidential debate Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020, at Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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Divorce in Virginia, Part 1
Two provisions for no-fault divorce, seven fault-based grounds
Attorney useful even in uncontested proceedings
Experts and legal authorities advise both parties in a contemplated divorce to retain legal counsel, for at least an initial consultation to make clear their legal rights and risks. Even in an uncontested divorce in which both parties agree, experts say that-at least-the one who files the papers should have an attorney in order to ensure the filing is legal and the eventual decree enforceable. (Some terminology: in some states, the spouse who files the civil lawsuit seeking to end the marriage is called the Petitioner, because what is filed is a legal document called a petition; the petition is filed against, and served upon, the Respondent. In other states, the Plaintiff files a complaint against the Defendant.)
Another thing to consider is professional counseling; many who go through divorce (or dissolution of marriage) report pain and grief equivalent to that of a death in the family. Even when both parties recognize the relationship has run its course, the emotional upheaval can be traumatic. A compatible, experienced attorney can help with appropriate referrals.
Urgently addressing domestic violence
Furthermore, authorities and family law experts say that if the relationship includes domestic violence, it must be addressed immediately. An appropriate attorney can be invaluable, helping not only with restraining/protective orders but also in referrals to counseling and securing emergency shelter (or an escape plan).
Residents of the Old Dominion State have a variety of agencies and facilities that can help with domestic violence, including these online resources:
Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance;
A.A.R.D.V.A.R.C.'S page, Virginia: Domestic Violence Resources;
Information Guide for Victims of Domestic Violence in Virginia;
Safety tips;
About protective orders.
Residency requirements and grounds for divorce
According to § 20-97 of the Virginia statutes, at least one of the parties must have been a resident of the state for at least six months before the suit is filed. This also applies to military personnel and foreign service officers; further, if such personnel are stationed out of the country, they will be considered residents of Virgina is they were stationed in Virginia for at least six months prior to being assigned out of country.
No-fault provisions
According to § 20-91 (9), divorce can be granted when:
the couple has been living separate and apart without cohabitation for 1 year; or
the couple has been living separate and apart without cohabitation for six months if no minor children and the spouses have entered into a separation agreement.
Fault-based provisions
From § 20-91 (A):
A divorce from the bond of matrimony may be decreed:
(1) For adultery; or for sodomy or buggery committed outside the marriage;
(3) Where either of the parties subsequent to the marriage has been convicted of a felony, sentenced to confinement for more than one year and confined for such felony subsequent to such conviction, and cohabitation has not been resumed after knowledge of such confinement (in which case no pardon granted to the party so sentenced shall restore such party to his or her conjugal rights);
(6) Where either party has been guilty of cruelty, caused reasonable apprehension of bodily hurt, or willfully deserted or abandoned the other, such divorce may be decreed to the innocent party after a period of one year from the date of such act.
Continued in:, Divorce in Virginia, Part 2 (legal separation, known as divorce-from-bed-and-board compared with "absolute divorce" ).
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Category: Infections | Preventive Medicine | News
Masks and Summer Heat: Not a Great Mix, But Experts Have Tips
By Dennis Thompson
WEDNESDAY, June 17, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Dr. Teresa Murray Amato rode the subway into Manhattan from Queens the other day and found that summertime and face masks aren't an easy fit.
"It was a warm day. I definitely felt it was a little hot," said Amato, director of emergency medicine at Long Island Jewish Forest Hills in Queens, N.Y.
Despite her discomfort, Amato resisted the urge to remove her mask -- and she recommends that you do the same.
COVID-19 continues to spread even in the humid heat of summer, so it's important to keep wearing masks and maintaining social distancing to prevent transmission, said Dr. Waleed Javaid, director of infection prevention and control at Mount Sinai Downtown in New York City.
At least 10 states -- Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, Nevada, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas -- reached record levels of hospitalized COVID-19 patients on Sunday, the Washington Post has reported.
This was the risk of reopening, but public health officials have said it's worth it if people wear masks.
Evidence has shown that masks can reduce transmission of the new coronavirus, if everyone wears one, Amato said.
Summer heat may make your mask feel stifling, but you should keep wearing it if you're near other people or in enclosed spaces, she said.
"Even though we know it's going to be a little uncomfortable, I really think the benefits outweigh the discomfort of being a little warm while wearing your mask," Amato said.
Keeping both your mouth and nose covered is important. Folks struggling with their mask in the heat might try switching to a lightweight one that's more breathable.
At this point, surgical masks are in good enough supply that people who are uncomfortable with a cloth face covering might consider buying a box, Amato said. Even grocery stores are carrying them now.
"A light surgical mask probably does the trick with the least amount of discomfort," she said.
Sweat is another problem. If your mask becomes damp with sweat, its ability to screen out coronavirus is diminished, Amato and Javaid said.
"If it gets sweaty or damp for any reason, you should change the mask," Javaid said.
Consider keeping at least one mask on hand to swap out if necessary, Amato said.
"In an ideal world, you'd be able to have a few clean ones in your pocket, but I know that's not always possible," she added.
Folks who find themselves struggling to breathe should take a short break, Amato said.
"It does help if you can take a little bit of a break, distance yourself from people and lift the mask up a little bit, cool yourself off," she said.
Be sure to stay hydrated, Amato said. Dizziness or a racing heart could be a sign of heat exhaustion. In that case, get out of the heat, remove your mask and seek medical care.
The good news is that you can take your mask off when enjoying the pool, beach or local park -- as long as you maintain social distancing.
"Getting out there and getting some fresh air just makes you mentally feel better," Amato said. "If you can social distance and you can stay quite a bit of distance away from other people and you're outdoors, we feel pretty comfortable saying you can take that mask off."
The same goes for outdoor exercise like jogging or cycling. As long as you can stay at least 6 feet away from others, you don't need to wear a mask.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has more about COVID-19.
SOURCES: Teresa Murray Amato, M.D., director, emergency medicine, Long Island Jewish Forest Hills, Queens, N.Y.; Waleed Javaid, M.D., director, infection prevention and control, Mount Sinai Downtown, New York City
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Alleged Whitmer kidnapping plotter posted anti-Trump video
George Hunter
President Donald Trump has come under fire from critics who say he helped inspire an alleged plan to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, but while two of the alleged plotters posted pro-Trump social media messages, one member of their group thinks the president is "a tyrant," according to a viral video.
Whitmer, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, Democratic U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Detroit and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden are among those who argue Trump is in part to blame for the alleged kidnapping plot because they said he didn't do enough to condemn white supremacists.
But a video circulating online shows accused plotter Brandon Caserta in front of an anarchist flag railing against Trump.
Caserta, 32, of Canton Township appears in other videos complaining about the government and posted inflammatory messages on Facebook, including one in which he asks whether it's all right to "initiate violence" against non-violent people.
In a viral video being shared by conservative music producer Robby Starbuck, Caserta says, "Trump is not your friend, dude. It amazes me that people actually, like, believe that when he’s shown over and over and over again that he’s a tyrant. Every single person that works for government is your enemy, dude.”
Two of Caserta's alleged co-conspirators, Pete Musico and Barry Croft, posted pro-Trump messages on social media, according to the Daily Mail. Croft in 2017 praised Trump as "inspiring," while Musico appeared a YouTube video wearing a black "Trump 2020 Keep America Great" hat,
"We need to get away from the controllers of this country and become America again that's what Trump wants," Musico posted on May 8, 2016, on his still-active Twitter account.
When asked about the video in which Caserta criticized Trump, Whitmer spokeswoman Tiffany Brown said in an email: "As you know, this is an ongoing investigation, so I’m not going to speculate or comment on the investigation."
Brown added: "The governor said the President of the United States stood before the American people and refused to condemn white supremacists and hate groups. When our leaders speak, their words matter."
Plans to kidnap Whitmer, overthrow government spoiled, officials say Timeline: Key details of alleged plot Feds identify leaders they say were behind kidnap plan Nessel: Other groups planning terrorism, more arrests expected Some charged in plot attended Michigan Capitol rallies, witnesses say
Trump has condemned bigotry and white supremacy, including in August 2019 after mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio. He said the El Paso shooter’s manifesto was “consumed by racist hate.”
“In one voice our nation must condemn racism, bigotry and white supremacy,” he said. “These sinister ideologies must be defeated. Hate has no place in America.”
Critics including Whitmer argued that Trump equivocated during his Sept. 29 debate with Democratic presidential Joe Biden when moderator Chris Wallace asked him whether he would condemn white supremacist and militia groups. The president said "sure" in answer to Wallace and then added after the moderator finished his question: "Proud Boys, stand back and stand by."
Nessel's office did not return an email Friday seeking comment.
According to federal authorities, Caserta, who is one of 13 men accused of the plan to kidnap Whitmer, is part of the Wolverine Watchmen anti-government militia group.
Jon Lewis, a research fellow at the Program on Extremism at George Washington University, said he'd never heard of the Wolverine Watchmen but said militias and other anti-government organizations attract people from all political persuasions.
"Especially with groups like the boogaloo boys, which are primarily anti-government, you can get both white supremacists and left-leaning anarchists in the same group," Lewis said. "They can attract and put out narratives that appeal to both left- and right-leaning people who don't like the government."
Caserta posted several videos on TikTok, including one in which he is wearing a Hawaiian shirt, the clothing worn by members of the boogaloo movement. In the videos, he talks about fighting "oppression" and tells viewers to "wake up."
He also had several Facebook posts, since removed, in which he complained about mask ordinances and getting traffic tickets, according to the Daily Dot website.
“Apparently, I cannot go more than a month or two without getting robbed by government thugs for some made-up traffic violation,” Caserta wrote in one post. “They robbed me for going around someone who was turning left at a blinking yellow light, on a one lane f------ road."
Days before his arrest, Caserta wrote: “Is it morally legitimate to initiate violence and theft against nonviolent people?”
A meme Caserta shared shows a man with his face obscured holding a rifle, with the caption "when you've smoked 3 commies before you can legally smoke cigarettes."
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Antonio Arcidiacono
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Prodea shows home connected with Eutelsat SmartLNB
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The Eutelsat ‘smartLNB’ and Prodea ROS® Platform Go Beyond TV
The combined offering enables service providers to deliver a suite of compelling content and applications to any subscriber that can see a Eutelsat satellite, from media and entertainment to the broader Internet of Things
LAS VEGAS, NV — Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) and Prodea Systems, Inc. are for the first time unveiling the capability for service providers to offer a highly competitively-priced suite of connected TV services to consumers located in Eutelsat’s global footprint. This capability is possible through the combination of Eutelsat’s ‘smartLNB’ and Prodea’s ROS® platform. The companies are demonstrating the complete solution at the NAB Show in Vegas beginning April 13th, 2015.
Eutelsat’s “smart LNB” is a low-cost modem that bundles satellite reception of TV channels with a narrowband satellite return link for short transmissions of IP packets. As such, it opens the door for broadcasters to grow beyond their current offerings of linear television to an interactive and individualized set of services beyond TV.
Prodea is the first company to develop seamless access to the broad range of services comprising the connected home and the emerging Internet of Things (IoT). Prodea delivers on this promise through ROS®, a managed services delivery platform that enables traditional and emerging service providers worldwide to deliver seamless access between people, services, data and devices in a fashion never before available.
The combination of the two technologies will enable the following types of services to be delivered to users:
Satellite TV (SD and HD) and/or Live IP Streaming with electronic program guide (EPG) supported and personal video recording (PVR) capabilities
Push Video-On-Demand supporting both subscription and transaction video-on-demand business models
Over-the-top (OTT) video and music services that are optimized for delivery via satellite
A wide range of IoT services that include: Home Monitoring, Security, Control, Access, Energy Management, eHealth & wellness, eLearning, and eGovernment services
“Our relationship with Eutelsat is a great example of how two disruptive innovations can be combined to deliver an even greater impact on the market,” said Anousheh Ansari, CEO and Co-Founder of Prodea Systems. “By deploying Eutelsat’s ‘smartLNB’ with Prodea’s ROS® platform, we can bring the next generation of Internet enabled services to a far wider audience through our service provider partners.”
“In developing the ‘smartLNB’ solution we knew we had a compelling proposition to enable our customers to enjoy Live TV and Video-On-Demand on all screens throughout the home with a high level of interactivity and reliability, said Antonio Arcidiacono, Director of Innovation, Eutelsat. Arcidiacono continued, “By combining the “smartLNB” with Prodea’s technology we are able to offer broadcasters and service providers a high-end solution for all types of connected home and IoT applications.”
At NAB, Eutelsat and Prodea invite interested service providers to visit Eutelsat’s booth SU6713, LVCC, to receive a live demonstration of this market leading solution and experience a new generation of Entertainment and IoT services
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Dutch Genealogy News for March 2020
3 April 2020 by Yvette Hoitink Leave a Comment
Here is an overview of the new sources, projects, and news about archives that were announced last month.
The National Archives has made several of their publications available online, in the finding aid of the archive-of-the-archives. Publications include atlases for the Dutch East Indies and West India Company, archival guides to Japan, Ghana, and South Asia, and several other publications.
The Regional Archives Tilburg have added 1000 charters to their charter bank, over half of their collection of approximately 1600 charters.
Published letters by Groninger emigrant K. Jz. Beukma, who wrote from New York in 1835, are now available on the Groninger Archieven website.
An index of population registers for the area around Haarlem in Noord-Holland (1849-1927) has been added to the Noord-Hollands Archief website.
Census records for Zwolle in 1830 and 1840 were added to the Historisch Centrum Overijssel website (Inventaris > Bevolkingsboekhouding).
The West-Fries Archief digitized marriage records from the 1800s from several towns in Noord-Holland. They are available via their website. Most are not indexed yet.
Military enlistment records for Friesland (1863-1914) were added to AlleFriezen.
Over 1000 photos by the Drenthe photographer Willem de Vries, school teacher in Linde from 1910 to 1944, were scanned and are available via the Drents Archief website.
School photo of the public school Kerkenbosch in Zuidwolde, about 1900-1910. Credits: W. de Vries, Drents Archief (public domain)
Archives in the Netherlands are closed during the corona-epidemic. Most archives have also stopped their scanning-on-demand services. For more details and suggestions for alternative activities, see Effects of corona on Dutch Genealogy.
The National Archives of the Netherlands published a recommendation to treat the corona epidemic as a hot spot in terms of archival preservation. The hot spot methodology allows governments to mark records for permanent preservation even if they are created in work processes for which the records are routinely destroyed. [Source: NA]
The finding aid for the Mennonite church of Borne, Overijssel, is now available at the Historisch Centrum Overijssel website. The records have not been digitized.
The Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum received a register with Dutch and German war criminals (1947-1957) who were imprisoned in the Breda prison. The register will be public in 2028. Researchers may request permission to use the register sooner. [Source: BHIC]
Dome prison in Breda. Credits: Cultural Heritage Service
Tresoar took down some of their older websites, including the digitized library, due to security concerns. Some collections are available in other places, see the links on the Tresoar website. For other content, Tresoar is working on alternative presentations.
A new website for medieval manuscripts will be built by Huygens ING. The website will first feature manuscripts from the Huis van het Boek [House of the Book], Tresoar, and Athenaeumbibliotheek. The manuscripts will be digitized and at least 200 will be described in detail. Other institutes may follow later. The project will start in September 2020 and take two years. [Source: Historiek]
Universities and other organizations in Belgium have started MamaMito, a project to collect data about the mitochondrial lines of participants. People can enter their maternal line including documentation (before 31 August 2020). The documentation will be verified. From September, the researchers will select a group of participants for mitochondrial DNA analysis and then compare the results. The aim is to provide more insights more insights into mitochondrial DNA inheritance and reliability of documentation. A similar project in the past studied the male line using Y-DNA to determine the amount of situations where the biological father was not the documented father.
Population registers of The Hague (1913-1939) are being indexed by volunteers at Vele Handen.
The Zeeuws Archief is digitizing records creating by organizations involved in madder (“meekrap”) production, a red dye. The largest record group to be digitized is that of the Royal Cooperation Wilhelminapolder in Zeeland. [Source: Zeeuws Archief]
The Noord-Hollands Archief is using artificial intelligence to describe the collection of Press agency De Boer, which contains two million photos from 1945-2004. Volunteers at Vele Handen [Many Hands] will help to create training data. The results are expected by 2022. [Source: NHA]
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Last Updated on May 5, 2015, by eNotes Editorial. Word Count: 424
Emma climbs out of the coach, and the other passengers follow. Charles has fallen asleep, and somebody has to wake him up. Monsieur Homais greets the Bovarys and explains that he will join them for dinner at the hotel. They are also joined by a clerk named Monsieur Léon Dupuis, an educated young man who feels bored and stifled in Yonville.
During the meal, Monsieur Homais tells the Bovarys all about their new town. In particular, he tells them about the wonderful climate in great detail. He compares the local atmosphere to that of other regions and lists off the town’s high and low yearly temperatures according to three different scales of measurement.
Neither Monsieur Léon nor Emma Bovary shows the slightest interest in Monsieur Homais’s impromptu climate lecture. They chat separately, bemoaning the annoyance of living in small, boring towns. They agree that they would both prefer to live in mountains or near the sea. As their conversation progresses, they find that they share similar taste in music and books.
Emma ends up talking animatedly with Monsieur Léon for two hours. They exclaim about how the characters of books can transport them to whole other worlds and be, in Monsieur Léon’s words, “a refuge from life’s disillusionments.” During this conversation, Monsieur Léon grows so comfortable with Emma—whom he calls Madame Bovary—that he places his foot on a rung of her chair.
Meanwhile, Monsieur Homais and Monsieur Bovary converse in a very different manner. Monsieur Homais continually drones on about dry facts, attempting to impress everyone else with his vast knowledge. When he hears that Emma likes books, he immediately offers to loan her his. He lists off the titles of the books he owns, but his personal library does not include the romantic titles Emma prefers. Monsieur Bovary pipes up now and then to tell Monsieur Homais about his work or his wife. When he talks about Emma, he does so in the third person, as if she is not sitting right next to him.
After the meal, the Bovarys walk across the dark street to their new home. It is larger than their old house, but it is also chilly and unwelcoming. The movers have dumped all of their possessions haphazardly on the floor. Still, Emma goes to bed feeling hopeful:
She refused to believe that things could be the same in different places; and since what had gone before was so bad, what was to come must certainly be better.
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Gregerson rejoins Cardinals after decade away
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JUPITER, Fla. -- Newly re-acquired St. Louis Cardinals closer Luke Gregerson sat on a stool in front of his spring training locker reflecting on his first major league spring training experience more than a decade ago.
He didn't record a save. He didn't even throw a pitch.
As a minor league call-up for the day, Cardinals coaches summoned Gregerson from the bullpen in the ninth inning to pinch-run for catcher Yadier Molina.
"The ball got hit, I ran halfway to third, game was over. I was like, What's going on?" Gregerson said.
For the 33-year-old Gregerson, who reported with Cardinals pitchers and catchers on Tuesday, the location is familiar but the surroundings are a little different.
Tuesday marked the first time Gregerson entered the Cardinals' major league clubhouse since he was a member of the Class A Palm Beach Cardinals, who use Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium as their home ballpark in Florida State League play once the big league club heads north.
St. Louis traded the right-hander, then still a minor leaguer, to San Diego in 2009 to complete the previous year's deal for shortstop Khalil Greene.
A nine-year major leaguer, Gregerson spent the past three seasons in Houston, with 2017 being the most memorable.
It began with Gregerson saving three games for United States in the World Baseball Classic and ended with five scoreless playoff outings for the Astros. Gregerson and third baseman Alex Bregman became the only two Americans ever to win the WBC and the World Series in the same year.
"It was special, it was fun, it was exhausting, it was a mental run," said Gregerson. "At the end of it, that's why you go through those struggles. That's why you go through the mental stress. That's why you go through the physical stress, to reach that ultimate spot. So it was worth every second of it and I wouldn't change anything."
Having released the injured Trevor Rosenthal and with Seung-Hwan Oh a free agent, the Cardinals signed Gregerson to help cement the back end of their bullpen. Gregerson insists he wasn't looking for a closer role, and that the club didn't guarantee him the final three outs as part of the wooing process, but he enters the spring expecting to start the season as the closer.
"Until they tell me otherwise, that's kind of what I've been hearing," said Gregerson, who signed a two-year, $11 million contract with a team option for a third year.
The right-handed Gregerson is not the prototypical hard-throwing closer. His fastball reaches the mid-90s, and when successful he mixes sinkers and sliders to induce weak contact.
He saved 47 games for the Astros over the past three seasons, but only one of those saves came last year.
The back end of the bullpen remains one of the Cardinals' biggest concerns this spring. Brett Cecil, Sam Tuivailala, Tyler Lyons and Matt Bowman -- all members of the Cardinals pen last season -- are in the mix for the final innings and could even close occasionally.
St. Louis could also groom former top prospect Alex Reyes for the closer role. The Cardinals are expected to bring the 23-year-old Reyes, who's coming off Tommy John surgery, along slowly this season. That means he could begin the season in the pen. Reyes arrived in camp early and has already thrown several bullpen sessions.
And more bullpen help could be on the way. St. Louis is also expected to formally introduce veteran free agent signee Bud Norris, most recently of the Los Angeles Angels, on Wednesday. Mainly a starter throughout his career, Norris spent most of last season in the Angels bullpen, recording 19 saves.
Norris and the Cardinals reached an agreement on Monday. He was expected to undergo a physical on Tuesday which, if successful, would finalize the deal. The Cardinals have yet to detail how they intend to use Norris.
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CA chairman criticises ex-players over ball-tampering outrage
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The CA chairman also said that former Test batsman Rick McCosker would lead the review into the culture of the Australian men's team
Daniel Brettig06-Apr-2018
David Peever, the Cricket Australia chairman, criticised former players for expressing outrage at Australia's behaviour before the board handed down bans of up to 12 months on the captain Steven Smith, his deputy David Warner, and the young opener Cameron Bancroft, following their exposure for ball tampering in Cape Town.
In audio obtained by ESPNcricinfo, Peever is heard on a teleconference call to the state associations on March 26 - the day after the Newlands Test concluded - making noises about wanting the game to be an encouragement to parents and their children, before lapsing into something more cynical about the public reaction to the events.
"All of that said, though, I have been interested in the fact that I didn't realise so many former cricketers were such angels reading the press," Peever said, in an off-hand remark that on the audio was received with strangled laughter by others on the call.
The revelation of Peever's statement about past players took place two days before CA chose to ban Smith and Warner for 12 months, and Bancroft for nine months. Smith and Bancroft were also barred from captaincy for two years, and Warner for life. Smith and Bancroft took the lead in accepting the sanctions, before Warner also assented to them on Thursday.
CA had been subject to multiple instances of former Australian players questioning the behaviour of the national team prior to the events of the Cape Town Test. Former Test allrounder Tom Veivers revealed last month that he and former captain Brian Booth had previously written to the CA chief executive James Sutherland and been rebuffed.
"I would like to see James Sutherland take a tougher stance," Veivers told The Courier-Mail. "Brian Booth and I wrote to him a couple of years ago saying this and he wrote back and said we had to realise the game has changed from our day and it is a lot tougher. I disagree. The game was tough back in our day. What has changed is the sportsmanship. Cricket Australia has to do something about it.''
Peever, a former Rio Tinto executive, who joined the CA Board in 2012 and succeeded Wally Edwards as chairman in 2015, has long been evasive of speaking publicly. Before his press conference on Friday, where he named former Test batsman Rick McCosker to chair a cultural review of the game, Peever had previously made himself available for questions at the CA AGM last October, following acrimonious MoU negotiations with the Australian Cricketers Association.
"I think we're all going to come under the microscope in terms of what is occurring back in the organisation that might have contributed to this," Peever told reporters in Brisbane. "But I can tell you this, circumstances like this are not the time for witch- hunts.
"I know people in these circumstances call for everybody to be sacked. Clearly, that isn't going to solve any problems. What we must do now is work on the issues that we have and we take responsibility for fixing them and making them better."
This week, it was revealed by Fairfax Media that Peever had rounded on the Ten Network in correspondence with the CBS executive Armando Nunez, after CA rejected a joint broadcast rights bid by Ten and Nine as "non-compliant". Peever described local management of Ten as "bottom feeders" to Nunez.
"Unfortunately, your team has completely messed this up," Peever said in the email to Nunez. "I expected much more, given our discussions and the unique position we were affording 10. Frankly, the tactics are appalling on a number of levels." He then added that "I feel they [Ten] are not prepared to challenge their operating model to be anything other than bottom feeders in this market."
The ball-tampering scandal has resulted in the withdrawal of CA's Test naming rights sponsor Magellan, while coinciding with Nine Network's decision to sign a five-year, A$300 million deal to cover tennis over summer, having been the major broadcaster of cricket in Australia for more than 40 years.
Daniel Brettig is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo. @danbrettig
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Warren Buffet Places Bets on Japan Trading Companies
Ben Hernandez August 31, 2020
“The Land of the Rising Sun” has caught value investing guru Warren Buffett’s eye. In particular, the Berkshire Hathaway CEO is placing bets on the big five Japanese trading companies, which could put Japan-focused exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on watch.
“The chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway announced Sunday — his 90th birthday — that his company has acquired a slightly more than 5% stake in each of the five leading Japanese trading companies. The companies are Itochu Corp., Marubeni Corp., Mitsubishi Corp., Mitsui & Co., and Sumitomo Corp,” a CNBC article wrote. “Berkshire said it acquired the holdings over a roughly 12-month period through regular purchases on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Based on Friday’s closing prices for the trading houses, a 5% stake in each would be valued at roughly $6.25 billion.”
Buffett, for the most part, has been quiet during the height of the pandemic sell-offs, but now as more economies look to re-open, his investing activity is starting to ramp up. Earlier, Buffett purchased a stake in Barrick Gold as prices of the precious metal have been rallying as of late amid the Covid-19 uncertainty.
Now, Buffett turns his attention to Japan.
“The Japanese trading companies — known as sogo shosha — are conglomerates that import everything from energy and metals to food and textiles into resource-scarce Japan,” the CNBC article said further. “They also provide services to manufacturers. The trading houses have helped grow the Japanese economy and contributed to the globalization of its business.”
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Dr Aaron Pelttari
MA, PhD
Email: Aaron.Pelttari@ed.ac.uk
Room 01M.22, William Robertson Wing, Old Medical School, Teviot Place
Mondays 16.00-17.00, Thursdays 10.00-11.00, and by appointment.
Programme Director for MSc in Classics, MSc in Ancient History and MSc in Classical Art & Archaeology.
Affiliated research centres
Centre for Medieval & Renaissance Studies
I grew up in the countryside of Wisconsin where I was first introduced to the Greeks and Romans through the poetry of John Keats and T.S. Eliot. After earning degrees at the University of California Santa Barbara (MA, 2004), and Cornell University (PhD, 2012), I lectured for a year in the department of Classics at the University of California Santa Barbara and then as a teacher of Latin and Spanish for a year in Orlando, Florida.
In autumn of 2014, I moved to Edinburgh to join the University of Edinburgh as a Chancellor’s Fellow. In 2017, my position was converted to a Lectureship in Latin Literature. During holidays, I enjoy discovering the various parts and accents of Britain.
External appointments
co-editor of Edinburgh Studies in Later Latin Literature
Research, Knowledge Exchange and Impact
Summary of research interests
I am interested in Latin literature and its contexts. My research has centered on the Latin poetry of late antiquity. During the fourth century, authors came to write in ways that invited or even demanded the active involvement of their readers. The disjointed fragments of the text called readers to see that meaning was created at the point of reception. I described this transformation of Classical Latin poetry in The Space That Remains: Reading Latin Poetry in Late Antiquity.
The poets of late antiquity created and lived through times of intense change, economic, political, and cultural change. I study their work because I am fascinated by the differences of Classical literature, by the ways in which authors managed to make the past present, and by the power of poetry to create meaning and belief as it is read. I first began to work on the poetry of late antiquity in graduate school, because I wanted to re-read the words that transformed Classical culture. In addition to late antique poetry, I am interested in hermeneutics, translation, paratexts, ancient commentaries, manuscript studies, and reception.
Current research activities
Teaching Prudentius at the University of Edinburgh led me to write a student commentary on the Psychomachia (published in 2019 by the University of Oklahoma Press).
In keeping with my previous project of literary history, I am working on the continuing transformations of Latin poetry in the fifth and sixth centuries. In a revolutionary turn, poets such as Claudian, Prudentius, and Ausonius became models in their own right, which is another way of saying that Medieval traditions of writing and thinking were coming into shape.
While my work up to this point has looked from the fourth century back towards its classical precedents, my current work turns forwards from the fourth century towards the continuing traditions of Latin literature. This long-term project and a number of smaller projects are keeping me happily busy.
Cambridge History of Later Latin Literature, ed. with Gavin Kelly.
Undergraduate teaching
Various subhonours Latin courses: Catullus (selections); Cicero, De amicitia; Aulus Gellius (selections); Prudentius, Pyschomachia; Seneca (selections from the Epistulae); Virgil, Aeneid 2. These intermediate courses were Latin 1c, Latin 1d, Latin 2a, Latin 2b, and Intermediate Latin 1 & 2.
Lectures on the Aeneid for Classical Literature in Translation 2.
Later Latin Poetry (Honours level).
Latin Epic (Honours level).
Poetry and Culture from Antquity to the Middle Ages (Honours level, in translation).
Postgraduate teaching
Classics Methodology Seminar (various lectures)
Latin Text Seminar: topics including Claudian's De raptu Proserpinae, the writings of Sidonius Apollinaris; the poetry of Prudentius, and the Aeneid.
Current Students:
Thesis topic
Garðarsson, Gísli
PhD Romuli Fabulae Secondary
Paterson, Rory PhD Looking back: Love and torment in Late Antique “revivalist” Latin poetry Joint
Sagliardi, Giulia PhD Claudian, Bellum Geticum. A Literary & Historical Commentary Joint link
Past Students:
Bruce, Joshua PhD Coercive precedents: The place of Donatist appeals in Augustine’s anti-Donatist polemic Secondary 2018
Currently accepting research student applications : Yes
Areas accepting Research Students in:
I am happy to hear from any interested students. Some likely areas of research that I would supervise include Latin poetry, later Latin literature, Prudentius, and reception.
The list below is a subset of the information held on the University of Edinburgh PURE system, and includes Books, Chapters, Articles and Conference contributions. For a full list, including details of other publication types (e.g. reviews), please see the Edinburgh Research Explorer page for Dr Aaron Pelttari.
Books - Authored
Pelttari, A. (2019) The Psychomachia of Prudentius: Text, Commentary, and Glossary. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma
Pelttari, A. (2014) The Space That Remains: Reading Latin Poetry in Late Antiquity. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University PressDOI: https://doi.org/10.7591/9780801455001
Pelttari, A. (2019) The authorial drama of Prudentius in the Apotheosis, Amartigenia, and Psychomachia. Lucida Intervalla, 48, pp. 139–162
Pelttari, A. (2019) The reader and the resurrection in Prudentius. Journal of Roman Studies, 109, pp. 205–239DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075435819000893
Pelttari, A. (2016) Sidonius Apollinaris and Horace Ars poetica 14-23. Philologus, 160(2), pp. 322-336DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/phil-2016-5010
Pelttari, A. (2011) Approaches to the writing of Greek in late antique Latin texts. Greek, Roman and Byzantine Studies, 51(3), pp. 461-482
Pelttari, A. (2011) Symmachus' Epistulae 1.31 and Ausonius' poetics of the reader. Classical Philology, 106(2), pp. 161-169DOI: https://doi.org/10.1086/659850
Pelttari, A. (2009) Donatist self-identity and “The Church of the Truth”. Augustinianum, 49(2), pp. 359-369DOI: https://doi.org/10.5840/agstm20094923
Pelttari, A. (2020) The literary horizons of the poem In Evangelia. In: Hernández Lobato, J. and Prieto Domínguez, Ó. (eds.) Literature Squared: Self-reflexivity in Late Antique Literature. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 15–40
Pelttari, A. (2020) The rhetor Sapaudus and conflicting literary models in Sidonius Apollinaris and Claudianus Mamertus. In: Onorato, M. (ed.) Lo specchio del Modello: Orizzonti intertestuali e Fortleben di Sidonio Apollinare. Naples: Paolo Loffredo, pp. 191–210
Pelttari, A. (2017) Lector inueniet: A commonplace of Late Antiquity. In: Vinzent, M. (ed.) Studia Patristica: Papers presented at the Seventeenth International Conference on Patristic Studies held in Oxford 2015. Leuven: Peeters, Leuven, pp. 215-227
Pelttari, A. (2016) ‘Unity and Diversity in Jacques Fontaine’s Late Antiquity’. In: Ando, C. and Formisano, M. (eds.) The New Late Antiquity. Heidelberg
Pelttari, A. (2016) Speaking from the Margins: Paratexts in Greek and Latin. In: Walking the Wire. Latin and Greek Late Antique Poetry in Dialogue.
This article was published on 17 Jun, 2019
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Nogee, Joseph L(ippman)
NOGEE, Joseph L(ippman). American, b. 1929. Genres: Politics/ Government. Career: Yale University, New Haven, CT, instructor, 1956-57; University of Houston, assistant professor, 1958-61, associate professor, 1961-66, professor of political science, 1966-99, professor emeritus, 1999-. Publications: Soviet Policy toward International Control of Atomic Energy, 1961; (with J. Spanier) The Politics of Disarmament, 1962; (with R. Donaldson) Soviet Foreign Policy since World War II; (with J. Spanier) Peace Impossible-War Unlikely, 1988; (with R.J. Mitchell) Russian Politics, the Struggle for a New Order, 1997; (with R.H. Donaldson) The Foreign Policy of Russia, Changing Systems, Enduring Interest, 2001. EDITOR: Man, State and Society in the Soviet Union, 1972; (with J. Spanier) Congress, The Presidency, and American Foreign Policy; Soviet Politics, Russia after Brezhnev. Address: 8735 Link Terr, Houston, TX 77025, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]
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Following the historic Paris Agreement last weekend, the Columbia SIPA Center on Global Energy Policy collected commentary on the agreement from several of our scholars and Faculty Affiliates across Columbia University. Download the complete set of commentaries here (PDF). The individual pieces are below.
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Scott Barrett, Lenfest-Earth Institute Professor of Natural Resource Economics at the School of International & Public Affairs, explores the strengths and weaknesses of voluntary pledges, building on his own research. (Download PDF)
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Andrew Gillum Tries to Counter Donald Trump With Bernie Sanders
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President Donald Trump is not the only politician who will be in Florida on Wednesday as the gubernatorial campaign enters its final days. Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum, the Democratic gubernatorial candidate, announced on Tuesday that U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., will hit Central Florida for his campaign.
Sanders, who backed Gillum in the primary, will appear in Orlando at the University of Central Florida with businessman Chris King, the Democratic lieutenant governor candidate, and state Rep. Sean Shaw, D-Tampa, who is running for state attorney general.
After the event in Orlando, Sanders, King and Shaw will head I-4 for an event on Wednesday afternoon at the University of South Florida (USF).
Later that night, Trump is scheduled to hold a “Make America Great Again” rally in Fort Myers where he is expected to campaign with former U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., who is behind Gillum in most recent polls. Trump is scheduled to hold another rally in Pensacola on Saturday.
These two stops are part of more than 10 that Trump has scheduled in the final days of the 2018 elections as he takes the stump for Republicans across the nation.
“We are pleased to announce the final stretch of our national midterm campaign tour with MAGA rallies scheduled in key congressional districts and states including Florida, Missouri, West Virginia, Indiana, Montana, Georgia, Tennessee, and Ohio,” said Michael Glassner, the COO for Trump’s campaigns. “It will be a sprint to the finish of the midterms for President Trump who is campaigning hard for GOP House and Senate campaigns across the map. We can’t go back to the days of high taxes and low expectations. Voters must choose the right future on Election Day and support President Trump’s successful America First agenda with the continued support of GOP majorities in the House and Senate.”
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Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall – You’re Probably More Attractive Than You Think
By Crystal Jones on March 18, 2020
People rate their own bodies as more attractive when viewed from a third-person perspective
Are we the best at judging our own attractiveness?
New research out in Frontiers in Robotics and AI shows that we might not be after all. Researchers from the Experimental Virtual Environments (EVENT) Lab at the University of Barcelona examined the difference between how we believe we look, and how we view our own body from an outsider’s perspective.
What they found was that people rate their own body more negatively when embodied in it, compared to viewing their exact same body except as an outsider. So, how exactly do we view our own body as an outsider?
The researchers set out to answer this by recruiting 11 men and 12 women from the University of Barcelona. Participants filled out one questionnaire on eating disorders and one on body shape perception.
The team used virtual reality to create three virtual bodies (“avatars”) for each participant: one based on how participants indicated measurements of their own body as their own image of it, one based on their ideal body shape, and one based on their real body measurements. Once these computer models were created, participants were immersed in virtual reality to view these three avatars from two different perspectives — first-person (like how we see our own bodies day to day) or third-person (how others in public would see us). They were then asked to rate the attractiveness of each of these virtual bodies.
“Our results suggest that a change in perspective affected the evaluation of the attractiveness of a virtual body. For female participants, when the same virtual body was perceived from a third person perspective, it was evaluated as more attractive than when it was perceived from a first-person perspective,” says lead author Dr. Solène Neyret.
“Importantly, we also observed that the internal representation that people create of their own body is highly inaccurate.”
The researchers found that individuals’ prior beliefs about ‘the self’ may be responsible for this effect and could prevent people from accurately judging their real appearance. Interestingly, the researchers also noted that the “ideal body” described by participants often had similar physical attributes one to another. This points towards the predominance of an ‘ideal body shape’ within the study’s cultural environment.
By using virtual reality, the researchers were able to give participants a new perspective on themselves — in more than just a physical sense. The gap between the reality of how we look versus how we perceive how we look can often be at the root of many body perception disorders, and the techniques described here may have future applications for treatment.
“By showing their real body to our female participants from a third person perspective, it appeared more attractive to them than when the same body was seen from a first-person perspective. We believe that this method can be particularly efficient for increasing body satisfaction in patients with eating disorders”, states Neyret.
“This method could help patients to understand the biased representation they have of their own body. This knowledge could re-orientate their attention to the real features of their body shape in a more accurate and objective way, that isn’t affected by the negative prior beliefs they have about themselves”, says Neyret.
By being able to see ourselves as from an outside perspective, we might learn to get a more objective perception of our bodies, and start to live with a healthier and more accurate body image.
Reference: “Which Body Would You Like to Have? The Impact of Embodied Perspective on Body Perception and Body Evaluation in Immersive Virtual Reality” by Solène Neyret, Anna I. Bellido, Xavi Navarro and Mel Slater, 18 March 2020, Frontiers in Robotics and AI.
DOI: 10.3389/frobt.2020.00031/full
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Eliminate Suffering From PMS In 5 Simple Steps
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"Seventy-five percent of women suffer from headaches, mood swings, bloating, and other problems that threaten their relationships, work life, and well-being." It's a statement that most of us unconsciously accept without a second thought. But it doesn't have to be this way ...
It's true that the symptoms of premenstrual syndrome (PMS), like mood swings, irritability, depression, anxiety, fluid retention, bloating, breast tenderness, sugar cravings, headaches, and sleep disturbances, affect 75 percent of women. And in 20 percent of those women, the symptoms are so severe that they need medical treatment. About eight percent have such extreme symptoms that the problem has been given a new name: premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD).
But just because you're a woman doesn't mean you have to live with these symptoms. The real fact is that suffering related to menstrual cycles is unnecessary -- and not caused by bad luck, but by bad habits, environmental toxins, and stress.
Of course, the drug companies don't want you to know that! So the conventional treatments for PMS range from anti-inflammatory drugs such as Advil or Aleve to birth control pills. And then there are the big guns...
These include prescription medications such as danazol, a drug that suppresses ovulation and causes increased facial hair, acne, and a deep voice. Newer, very expensive drugs called gonadatropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) analogs actually change brain chemistry to turn off the ovaries' production of estrogen and progesterone -- but they also lead to osteoporosis.
Sometimes, diuretics like spironolactone are used to treat fluid retention. A drug called bromocriptine can be used to stop prolactin production and is used to treat breast tenderness.
No wonder the drug companies want you to believe that PMS is inevitable. Recently, they even helped create a new disease -- PMDD -- and a new indication for a drug whose patent was running out: Prozac (now called Sarafem). What's wrong with this picture?
It's based on the assumption that the symptoms of PMS are an inevitable part of being a woman and require "medical intervention" with serious medication to correct them. Nothing could be further from the truth!
To think that 75 percent of women have a design flaw that requires medical treatment to live a normal life is just absurd.
If you are one of the many women that suffer from PMS, you can end your suffering using five simple dietary and lifestyle interventions. In today's blog I will explain how to do that. But first, I want to tell you a story.
Curing PMDD Without Medications
This is the story of a patient of mine with PMDD who was barely able to work or function in her family -- suffering three weeks out of the month. She was thirty-seven years old (many women feel worsening PMS symptoms as they get into their later reproductive years). She was severely depressed, fatigued, and anxious, and suffered severe food and sugar cravings, which led to overeating and weight gain.
She also had joint pain, breast tenderness, heavy bleeding, hot flashes, dry skin, acne, hair loss, memory problems, poor sleep, and no sex drive. She also complained of gas and bloating.
What about her diet?
Well, she didn't drink alcohol, but was a big coffee drinker. And she started the day with a bagel and cheese, ate a cafeteria lunch, snacked on chocolates in the afternoon, and had a healthy dinner but binged later on ice cream, chips, and Cheerios. She also ate a lot of dairy.
Hers is a story that I hear all too often. But the good news is that I was able to give her a simple solution that didn't involve taking medication.
We know that sugar, caffeine, alcohol, stress, and lack of exercise all contribute to worsening PMS. It is also true that dairy consumption can worsen hormonal imbalances because of all the hormones in milk.
So I had her change her diet, take a few supplements and herbs, and start exercising -- and within just one cycle, her life changed. The results were dramatic. All of her symptoms resolved, she lost weight, and dramatically increased her energy. Her mood stabilized and her acne and dry skin cleared up.
The approach I used to treat this patient is part of an approach called systems, or functional, medicine. That means that I define the imbalance (in this case, severe hormonal imbalances), address the causes (diet and lifestyle), and then help the body repair and regain balance. Once this is done, the body's natural intelligence takes care of the rest.
So what is the REAL underlying cause of PMS?
The real cause for PMS is simply this: Your hormones become unbalanced, your estrogen levels increase and progesterone levels decrease, either relatively or absolutely.
There are many things that promote these hormone imbalances, such as a high-sugar, refined carbohydrate diet, caffeine, stress, dairy, hormones in dairy products and meat, and estrogen-like toxins from pesticides and pollution. Alcohol also contributes to problems because it damages the liver and prevents it from excreting excess estrogen.
Constipation and imbalances in the gut bacteria can worsen the situation, because they lead to the reabsorption of estrogen from the gut back into your blood, even after your liver has tried to get rid of it.
Your body also needs exercise to help balance hormones. So if you aren't moving your body enough, it's likely this is part of the problem as well.
Fortunately, good research shows that there many ways to get hormones back in balance -- without drugs. Here's my plan for preventing PMS and PMDD. Even though some of my suggestions may seem severe, science shows that they work. Give them a try and you will see in just one or two cycles how much better you feel.
Five Simple Steps to Eliminate PMS
1. Clean Up Your Diet
This means:
Stop eating refined flour, sugar, and processed foods.
Cut out caffeine.
Stop drinking alcohol.
Balance your blood sugar by eating protein, such as a protein shake, eggs and nut butters, for breakfast.
Eat evenly throughout the day and don't skip meals.
Don't eat within three hours of bedtime.
Cut out all dairy and consider eliminating other common allergens for a few months, especially gluten.
Increase fiber in your diet from vegetables, fruit, nuts, seeds, beans, and whole grains. Two tablespoons of ground flax seeds a day are especially helpful in correcting constipation and balancing hormones. Put them in a shake or sprinkle them on salads or food.
Increase omega-3 fats by eating more wild fish like sardines, herring, and wild salmon, as well as omega-3 eggs and walnuts.
Eat organic food, especially animal products, to avoid environmental estrogens from pesticides.
2. Take Supplements
A number of supplements have been shown to help ease PMS symptoms by improving metabolic function and hormone metabolism. Here are the superstars:
Magnesium citrate or glycinate -- Take 400 to 600 mg a day.
Calcium citrate -- Take 600 mg a day.
Vitamin B6 -- Take 50 to 100 mg a day along with 800 mcg of folate and 1,000 mcg of vitamin B12.
Evening primrose oil -- Take two 500mg capsules twice a day.
EPA/DHA (omega 3 fats) -- Take 1,000 mg once or twice a day.
Taurine -- Take 500 mg a day to help liver detoxification.
A good daily multivitamin (all the nutrients work together)
Herbs and phytonutrients can also be very helpful. Here are the best studied and most effective:
Chasteberry fruit extract (Vitex Agnus-astus) can help balance the hormones released by the pituitary gland that control your overall hormone function. Studies of over 5,000 women have found it effective. Take 100 mg twice a day of a 10:1 extract.
Wild yam (Dioscorea villosa) and cramp bark (Viburum opulus) can help regulate cycles and relieve menstrual cramps.
Dandelion root can help with liver detoxification and works as a diuretic.
Isoflavones from soy, red clover, or kudzu root improve estrogen detoxification by boosting the activity of specific detox enzymes. They can be taken as supplements or consumed in the diet.
Flax seeds contain lignans that help balance hormone metabolism and block the negative effects of excess estrogens.
Chinese herbal formulas may also help. One of the most effective is Xiao Yao San, or Rambling Powder. It contains: Bupleurum Root (Bupleurum chinense), Chinese Peony Root (Paeonia lactiflora), Dong Quai Root (Angelica sinensis), Bai-Zhu Atractylodes Root (Atractylodes macrocephala), Poria Sclerotium (Poria cocos), Ginger Rhizome (Zingiber officinale), Chinese Licorice Root (Glycyrrhiza uralensis),and Chinese Mint Leaf (Mentha haplocalyx)
Replacing healthy bacteria in the gut also helps normalize estrogen and hormone metabolism. Take 5 to 10 billion live organisms in a daily probiotic supplement.
For intractable cases, I will occasionally use topical, natural bioidentical progesterone in the last two weeks of the menstrual cycle. The usual dose is 1/2 tsp (20 to 40 mg) applied at night to thin skin areas for the last two weeks of the menstrual cycle.
3. Get Moving
Exercise is very important for balancing hormones. Aim for 30 minutes of aerobic exercise, four to five times a week.
4. Address Stress
Dealing with stress is also critical. Take a hot bath at night, get a massage, try yoga, learn deep breathing or meditation. These techniques and others can help balance hormones.
5. Try Alternative Therapies
Therapies such as acupuncture and homeopathy may help. One clinical trial showed that individualized homeopathy is effective in treating PMS. Five homeopathic medicines were used: Lachesis, Natrum muriaticum, Nux vomica, Pulsatilla, and Sepia.
Do you suffer from PMS or have been told that you have PMDD?
How do your diet and lifestyle affect your premenstrual symptoms?
Share your tips and successes with others in the comment section below.
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GAO’s foresight shop has its eyes wide open for 2020
Written by Dave Nyczepir
Dec 30, 2019 | FEDSCOOP
The Government Accountability Office’s new team of futurists, having quickly established itself as a source of tech expertise for Congress, plans in 2020 to increase its analysis of emerging issues like artificial intelligence’s use in health care and the impact of brain-machine interfaces.
The new unit, the Center for Strategic Foresight, got rolling quickly in September, holding its first public conference on “deepfakes” — the synthetic digital media created to manipulate online and real-world reactions — soon after the GAO announced its creation.
GAO officials say a conference is in the works for 2020 that will focus on another of the center’s priority areas: health AI; devices that use brain information to control machines; emotion-recognition tech; or how changing demographics will affect government.
“Most of our activities they’re going to be public facing — collaborative,” James Christian Blockwood, managing director of the GAO‘s Strategic Planning and External Liaison, told FedScoop. “That’s always been our design.”
The GAO directed Blockwood’s office to develop the new center to bolster the agency’s identification of technology trends, as well as demographic shifts. The idea fits tightly with GAO’s mission to serve as Congress’ budget and policy watchdog, as well as a deep source of expertise for lawmakers.
The Center for Strategic Foresight includes nine nonresident fellows whose backgrounds span government, industry, nongovernmental and global organizations, and academia. They identify and track futuristic subjects.
GAO has long used “environmental scanning” — the practice of looking for emerging, global issues — to alert lawmakers to tech trends and their organizational implications. That’s how the center chose deepfakes as the marquee theme for its first conference, Blockwood said. The event also included discussion of space policy.
The center also is planning external briefings from its fellows, whether in person or written for GAO leadership and lawmakers.
After the September conference, the center produced an emerging issues brief on deepfakes for GAO’s comptroller general and other senior managers in collaboration with the Science, Technology Assessment, and Analytics team launched in January. The center has done similar work in the area of cellular agriculture, the production of crops from cell cultures.
GAO management uses those briefs to determine if additional study of the issue or audit work is necessary. Another team or agency may become aware of the center’s research and follow up, Blockwood said.
While fellows from the center have yet to testify before Congress, that’s not out of the question if an issue falls within their wheelhouse, Blockwood said. For now, fellows have lended their expertise to GAO audit teams and even participated in a followup briefing on deepfakes provided to clients, including lawmakers.
The center will also establish a web presence in 2020, Blockwood said.
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Spurs must come out on top in Tielemans race
By Luke Randall
Tottenham Hotspur will be desperate to get off to the best possible start at their new stadium tonight as they’ve struggled to grind out positive results in recent times.
Spurs have been far from perfect and they could end up slipping out of the top four if they fail to ensure consistency from here on in, with tough games against Everton and Manchester City still to come.
However, it appears as if Mauricio Pochettino is looking towards the summer transfer window at this moment in time, as according to Het Laatste Nieuws (via HITC), Spurs are still pursuing £40m-rated Youri Tielemans.
The Belgium international has been one of the shining lights in the Premier League in recent times as he’s produced four assists in seven appearances. His passing style and creativity makes him the perfect midfielder for Tottenham as the likes of Harry Winks and Moussa Sissoko haven’t been able to influence the game in the final third.
Daniel Levy will need to get his wallet out if Spurs are to welcome him to their new stadium as his current club AS Monaco have reportedly told Leicester they’ll need to pay £40 million. But, paying the price would definitely benefit the North London club both in the present and the future as he’s the type of player who could get fans off their seats.
Tottenham Hotspur fans, do you think Youri Tielemans would fit in? Join the discussion by commenting down below!
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Bitcoin Mining (In A Mine) Without Breaking The Bank Or The Planet?
Billy BambroughContributor
I write about how bitcoin, crypto and blockchain can change the world.
Bitcoin mining, using sophisticated computers to create new bitcoins through the peer-to-peer blockchain network, is a costly endeavor that takes its toll on the environment and resources. That's the widely accepted perception but is it possible to mine bitcoin more cheaply and in a less environmentally damaging way?
Northern Bitcoin, a German listed company, has begun mining bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies deep within a Norwegian former metal mine and claims it has slashed the price and energy costs of bitcoin mining.
Bitcoin miners around the world have unearthed more than $4.7 billion in revenue so far this year, according to Diar, a bitcoin and blockchain research firm, but due to sky-high electricity prices and this year's fall in the value of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, profits are increasingly hard to come by.
The Lefdal mine near Norway's Sandane now acts as a data center for some of the world's biggest tech... [+] companies.
Northern Bitcoin / Lefdal mine
The largest mining pool operator in the world, Bitmain, will soon be forced to average out electricity costs across all of its facilities in order to remain profitable, according to Diar.
Northern Bitcoin claims it can mine one bitcoin for as little as $2,700 in Norway's Lefdal Mine, against a current market price of around $6,500 and giving it a profit per bitcoin in the region of $4,000.
The Lefdal Mine, which last year opened as a data center hosting the likes of computing giant IBM, uses the cold water of the fjord to cheaply cool computers and the hydroelectric and wind power generated in the region to provide cheap, renewable, electricity.
The mine, which was previously used to harvest the mineral olivine, had been closed for almost 10 years before being transformed to a sprawling underground data center, that includes a self-sustaining water cycle.
Northern Bitcoin has found the Norway average cost for bitcoin mining is $7,700 per coin. It claims China has the lowest average of $3,100, along with Saudi Arabia. In Canada, the average cost of bitcoin mining is almost $4,000. At the other end of the scale, bitcoin mining can cost almost $10,000 per bitcoin in Australia.
Racks of computers are brought into the mine on trucks.
Northern Bitcoin, which in October ditched bitcoin mining for bitcoin cash in order to have a say in the up-coming bitcoin cash fork (but plans to revert to bitcoin mining after that), hopes to eventually be mining 100 bitcoins per day—up from what the company described as "several bitcoins per day" before the bitcoin cash switch.
Meanwhile, bitcoin mining continues to attract attention for its huge energy consumption. The amount of energy required to mine one dollar worth of bitcoin is more than twice that required to mine the same value of copper, gold or platinum, according to a paper published in the science journal Nature this week.
One dollar’s worth of bitcoin takes about 17 megajoules of energy to mine, according to researchers from the Oak Ridge Institute in Cincinnati, Ohio, compared with four, five and seven megajoules for copper, gold, and platinum.
Last year it was estimated the power consumption of the bitcoin network was equivalent to that of the whole of Ireland, while another suggested it was producing the same annual carbon emissions as one million transatlantic flights.
The Lefdal mine has a depth of 350 meters and hosts the likes of computing giant IBM.
"Energy consumption is really a critical part of the system, and the bitcoin network is a balanced economic system," said Moritz Jäger, Northern Bitcoin's chief technology officer. "The energy consumption and the investment it requires is an important part of the system."
The price of bitcoin and the energy required to mine it create stability in the bitcoin network, according to Jäger.
Northern Bitcoin is in the process of turning on its own mining pool, which is expected to happen this month. The company has been recruiting other miners to join the pool, and will soon open it up for others to join. Northern Bitcoin plans to take a 2% cut from the pool.
Northern Bitcoin’s revenue breakdown is then expected to be 60% from its own computing power, with the remaining 40% coming from the mining pool.
Billy Bambrough
I am a journalist with significant experience covering technology, finance, economics, and business around the world. As the founding editor of Verdict.co.uk I reported
I am a journalist with significant experience covering technology, finance, economics, and business around the world. As the founding editor of Verdict.co.uk I reported on how technology is changing business, political trends, and the latest culture and lifestyle. I have covered the rise of bitcoin and cryptocurrency since 2012 and have charted its emergence as a niche technology into the greatest threat to the established financial system the world has ever seen and the most important new technology since the internet itself. I have worked and written for CityAM, the Financial Times, and the New Statesman, amongst others. Follow me on Twitter @billybambrough or email me on billyATbillybambrough.com. Disclosure: I occasionally hold some small amount of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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UK announces rules for Christmas ‘bubble’ to keep COVID cases down
Britain will leave a national lockdown next week.
By Adam Shaw | Fox News
Fox News Flash top headlines for November 24
The U.K. government on Tuesday announced that Brits will be allowed to form a Christmas “bubble” consisting of people from three households, as part of a relaxation of rules to allow Christmas celebrations to continue in some form.
"'Tis the season to be jolly, but 'tis also the season to be jolly careful," Prime Minister Boris Johnson said in a video statement.
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The rules announced by the government say that Brits can be part of one bubble of three households, and cannot change that bubble. They will only be allowed to meet in private homes, places of worship and outdoor spaces. The rules will be in place between December 23rd through the 27th.
"I know this doesn't equate to a normal Christmas and it won't work for everyone, and it's up to each of us to think carefully about how we use this special time-limited dispensation,” Johnson said.
It’s part of an ambitious, if often-confusing effort, by the government to limit the spread of COVID-19, while allowing Christmas to be celebrated. It mirrors the struggle that American officials are facing in limiting Thanksgiving -- something not celebrated in the U.K.
BORIS JOHNSON ANNOUNCES MONTH-LONG NATIONAL LOCKDOWN OF ENGLAND
“A fixed bubble is a sensible and proportionate way to balance the desire to spend time with others over the Christmas period while limiting the risk of spreading infection,”’ the government said in a statement.
The guidelines were announced as the country, which has been hard hit by the coronavirus, is still undergoing a national lockdown -- which Johnson has said will end on Dec. 2. Johnson himself is currently self-isolating after being exposed to someone with the virus, although he himself was hospitalized in April with the virus.
FILE - In this Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020 file photo, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street in London, to attend a weekly cabinet meeting at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, in London. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)
The country will move from lockdown to a three-tiered system of restrictions next week, with areas put into those tiers based on how badly they have been hit.
The moves have proved politically damaging for Johnson who has faced a backlash not only from members of the public, but also from his own party who believe the lockdown rules are too harsh. While schools have reopened in full, a 10 p.m. curfew on bars and restaurants has been controversial -- particularly over its effect on the economy.
Downing Street says it is hoping to begin a national vaccine program in December, presuming a vaccine is formally approved.
The lockdown has closed non-essential business like many shops, gyms, bars, restaurants. It also banned most social gatherings.
The number of positive cases has been declining, although the infection rate remains high. More than 54,000 people have died of the virus in the U.K.
Adam Shaw is a reporter covering U.S. and European politics for Fox News. He can be reached at adam.shaw@foxnews.com.
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Martinez has been brave and bold in fighting Everton’s corner… he’s a credit to the club
By Elliott Bretland
Everton NewsEverton Opinion
‘Money can’t buy everything.’ It is a quote which could just see Everton turn a massive corner.
We’d been here before. Nearing the end of August and a star player’s future was in serious doubt. The transfer request had been made. The inevitable was sure to happen.
John Stones revealed his desire to leave Everton amid interest and three unsuccessful bids from Premier League champions Chelsea which in turn sent a seismic wave of negativity through an entire fanbase.
The pessimists knew Stones was off, while the optimists blindly and naively insisted he would stay. Though, deep down they doubted themselves. It had happened before and would happen again.
However, that feeling shifted thanks to Roberto Martinez. The Everton manager spoke to the media at Oakwell following Wednesday’s 5-3 victory over Barnsley in the League Cup and made his feelings absolutely clear on the subject. Stones is not for sale.
Martinez played an absolute blinder and told the watching world, in no uncertain terms, that John Stones would not be leaving Everton. The Blues boss has dealt with the entire situation brilliantly and deserves huge credit should the England defender stay beyond the transfer window.
Roberto Martinez told the watching world, in no uncertain terms, that John Stones would not be leaving Everton
Constantly questioned on Stones’ future by the press this summer, Martinez has batted away all of the interest with a smile on his face but has been stern when needed. Either way, the answer has been the same whatever the mood: John Stones is NOT for sale.
Not only did Martinez insist the request would be rejected the morning after the game, but he did not allow Stones’ desire to leave affect the side’s preparation for a competition which is vital to the club’s overall success this season.
We’ve seen players, agitating for a move, benched or completely dropped for the next game. Often the ‘player’s head isn’t right’ or they pick up a mysterious injury. Sure enough, the player fails to appear again and soon gets his move.
That is why starting Stones against his former club was the perfect way for Martinez to get his message across. Putting his name on the teamsheet showed Everton do not care for bids or requests and will rightly select a player contracted to the club.
One hundred per cent the right decision to make. Why should another club’s public, month-long attempts to unsettle a 21-year-old derail Everton’s season?
Shunning any bids, Martinez is adamant Bill Kenwright and the board will not sell and said: ‘I think that is going to be a very strong statement at Everton.
Shunning any bids, Martinez is adamant Bill Kenwright and the board will not sell and said:
‘We have a Chairman who will do the right thing for the club and for the team and, as a true Evertonian, we are clear he will not be easily influenced in taking the money and accepting things which will clearly make our team weaker.’
Using the club’s proud history and tradition in many of his responses to the probes on Chelsea‘s interest was music to fans’ ears. We may not be a rich club at present but we are a big club – something Martinez is all too aware of.
After years of selling, it seems times are changing. The Everton boss will not let one of his best players leave. In his bid to build a ‘golden generation’ at Goodison, the Spaniard will have made it clear how losing a star man would be completely detrimental to what he is trying to achieve; no matter what the offer is on the table.
The statement from chairman Bill Kenwright made on Thursday reaffirmed Martinez’s stance and said: ‘John is not for sale and he will remain a highly valued member of our first team squad.’
While Stones hasn’t endeared himself to the Everton faithful after handing in a request this week, lining up alongside Phil Jagielka at the back is indeed commendable and shows his character.
Yes, he is a professional and he is paid to play football. It’s his job. However, many players before him have shied away and refused to appear in order to get their way. Not Stones, he got on with the game and will be stronger for it.
During a difficult situation, both Stones and Martinez deserve praise for not letting issues off the pitch affect the outcome on it.
Backing the player and laying no blame on Stones despite the request, Martinez said: ‘The situation with John is very clear. We care about him. We will protect him and make sure we give him everything we can to allow him to enjoy his football.’
No fall-out, no hard feelings, just an aim to help and improve his young centre back. Again, great management by the Everton boss in order to help the club move forward.
Stones will have the fans back on side simply by putting a shift in against Chelsea. We’ll move on. Brought closer together after a summer of uncertainty.
How good was it to hear the manager fight Everton’s corner so resolutely? Every comment was a further blow to Jose Mourinho’s pursuit of Stones. With the Chelsea boss now on the ropes, we will only be sure Martinez managed to land a knockout blow come September 1 when the transfer window shuts.
Of course, we’ve been fans long enough to know anything can happen in football but should be supremely confident Stones will be playing in Everton blue rather than Chelsea blue this season.
At Everton, we longed for the previous regime to stick up for the club’s cause but it never came. As the rich vultures circled for our prized assets, former boss David Moyes may scowl and bemoan the fact another team had dared attempt to sign one of his players. The saga would then drag on and the player would depart – much to the detriment of Everton as the 6-1 hammering to Arsenal showed before Joleon Lescott secured a switch to Man City in 2009.
Obviously, Martinez has been boosted by the game’s current TV money in his desire and attempts to keep Stones but it always felt like Moyes could have done more to try and keep his players. There was a reluctance in his demeanour which didn’t fit with a club the size of Everton.
Whether Moyes was being realistic or just downright pessimistic during his time at Goodison Park, isn’t it great we now have a manager who understands the enormity of the club he is managing?
In the same week Moyes insisted it is unlikely his Real Sociedad side will be ready for European football next season, Everton boast a manager who is desperate to keep one of his star men and adamant he will win trophies on Merseyside.
Now, with Stones more and more likely to stay, the challenge is to build in order for him to want to stay and regret his request. As a first-teamer, Everton should increase his £30,000-a-week contract to show how vital he is to the club’s future.
If we want to move forward as a club, there is no point in thinking: ‘We’ll keep Stones until the Euros or perhaps a year after that.’ We have to believe and hope he is here for the long haul. We have to have faith he will lift trophies as Everton captain, play for the Toffees during his prime and retire after hundreds of appearances for the club. Martinez has made us believe it can happen.
With Stones signing a five-year deal twelve months ago, if we held firm this summer, there is no stopping us remaining resolute until 2019 and beyond.
Martinez’s comments were a huge boost to supporters and will have buoyed the playing squad.
Young stars like Romelu Lukaku and Gerard Deulofeu will have taken great confidence from the manager’s comments and will have faith we are building to achieve. If Stones left, a player exodus would likely occur in the future and does not bear thinking about.
‘Clearly we have got to a point – in life and football – when sometimes money can’t buy everything.’ said Martinez.
It’s the sort of statement Everton fans were longing for, the club allaying our fears and giving Chelsea another firm ‘No’. After the gutting feeling we felt upon hearing of Stones’ request, Evertonians must have felt proud smiles return to their faces as Martinez spoke so passionately.
We’ve been given our pride back. We’re Everton. Nine League titles, five FA Cups. A powerhouse of English football and we won’t be bullied in our pursuit to return to the top.
It’s thanks to Roberto Martinez. He is an absolute credit to Everton Football Club.
Elliott Bretland
Elliott Bretland - Freelance football writer at MailOnline Sport. Everton season-ticket holder currently living in London. Avid fan of Leighton Baines, Duncan Ferguson and Trevor Steven. Proud School of Science scholar.
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Home/News/International/Canada/Today’s Pickup: Volkswagen announces aggressive EV expansion plans
Today’s Pickup: Volkswagen announces aggressive EV expansion plans
John Paul Hampstead, Director, Passport ResearchTuesday, March 13, 2018Last Updated: Sunday, May 12, 2019
A Volkswagen dealership in Berlin, Germany. ( Photo: Wikimedia Commons )
Volkswagen AG secured $25B worth of battery supplies as part of its aggressive electric vehicles play, the German automaker announced today in Berlin. VW, the world’s largest carmaker, will equip 16 separate factories to produce electric vehicles by the end of 2022, a huge expansion from the three EV plants it currently has.
CEO Matthias Mueller said that VW will roll out a new electric model “virtually every month” for the next year. “This is how we intend to offer the largest fleet of electric vehicles in the world,” Mueller said. Volkswagen AG predicts an operating margin between 6.5% and 7.5% of revenue for 2018 after achieving an operating margin of 7.4% in 2017.
The Small Business Optimism Index neared an all time high at 107.6 in February (the record high is 107.8, set in the mid-1980s), the highest level reached in over 13 years.
“After April 1 you will be put out of service if you’re supposed to have an ELD and you do not. If you are currently required to prepare a paper record, you have to have an ELD. It’s as simple as that.”
-Bill Mahorney, chief of Compliance and Enforcement Divison at FMCSA, speaking during a webinar yesterday
FedEx to announce quarterly earnings today
Analysts expect FedEx to report EPS of $2.83 after markets close today. (Stock News Times)
XPO Logistics CIO Mario Harik to speak at Home Delivery World 2018
Harik will discuss the critical role of technology in enhancing the consumer experience in an on-demand economy, at 12:15 p.m., April 18, at the AmericasMart Center in Atlanta, GA. (Nasdaq)
The Port of New Orleans wants a second container terminal
Port of NOLA officials are in the early stages of planning to build a second container terminal; AECOM Technical Services is conducting evaluations of a 675 acre greenfield site. (American Shipper)
Maersk forecasts North American container trade growth
The Danish container line predicts U.S. container trade growth of 2-4%; Canadian growth should exceed 7%. (Maritime Executive)
Union Pacific announces $127M capex in Arkansas
The funds will go toward maintenance of rails and bridges as part of Union Pacific’s overall $3.3B capex in 2018. (Union Pacific)
There are a couple of major stories in electric vehicles today. The first is that this morning Volkswagen AG finally unveiled its ambitious plans to expand into the EV space. VW has a production target of 3M electric vehicles annually by 2025, and they’ve secured deals with suppliers including Samsung, LG Chem, and Contemporary Amperex Technology Ltd. for batteries in Europe and China.
Reuters reported that Tesla’s switch to a magnetic motor using neodymium in its Model 3 Long Range car has created upward price pressure on the rare earth metal, the supply of which is virtually entirely controlled by China. The other Tesla cars, like the Model X and Model 3 Standard, have induction motors, which use comparatively more copper. In 2015, China banned neodymium exports, which caused manufacturers to shun the metal. The market for the neodymium-iron-boron magnet used in the motors is now worth $11.3B, with demand for the magnets accelerating at 8.5% CAGR from 2010-7.
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Home/American Shipper/Fernandez says goodbye to TIACA
Fernandez says goodbye to TIACA
American Shipper StaffFriday, August 2, 2013Last Updated: Saturday, March 2, 2019
The former secretary general of the International Air Cargo Association, Daniel Fernandez, has left the organization following the appointment of Douglas Brittin to the secretary general post.
Brittin, it was announced last week, is to take over his new duties on Aug. 15. The organization had offered Fernandez what it called a “substantial continuing role” in the organization, but Fernandez has decided to leave TIACA instead. Fernandez had served as secretary general for nearly 15 years.
Brittin, a 33-year industry veteran, most recently served as the division director of air cargo for the U.S. Transportation Security Administration. He previously worked at BAX Global, Emery, Menlo Worldwide and Panalpina. – Jon Ross
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Home/American Shipper/SHAKEUP AT SAIR USHERS IN NEW CHAIRMAN
SHAKEUP AT SAIR USHERS IN NEW CHAIRMAN
The SAir Group named Mario A. Corti as chairman and delegate of the board at a March 15 meeting, placing him in charge of operational responsibilities of the group.
Current chairman Dr. Eric Honegger will step down on April 25, one year earlier than initially scheduled.
Corti, chief financial officer at Nestl', will leave that post after its annual shareholders' meeting April 5 to concentrate on his new duties with the SAir Group. The company said the chairmanship will overlap in the interest of board continuity.
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Home/News/SpaceWaves: ‘Out of this world’ commodities opportunities abound in space (with video)
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SpaceWaves: ‘Out of this world’ commodities opportunities abound in space (with video)
Expert delves into wealth of resources beyond Earth and how to harness them
Nate Tabak, Border and North America Correspondent Follow on Twitter Thursday, December 3, 2020Last Updated: Thursday, December 3, 2020
Commodities and finance expert Tom James (right) with FreightWaves Executive Publisher Kevin Hill during the SpaceWaves conference.
Trillions of dollars worth of commodities exist in the vastness of space just waiting for someone with the technical know-how, technology and logistics capabilities to extract them from asteroids and get them back to Earth.
“It’s out of this world, literally,” remarked Tom James, a commodities and finance expert who edited “Deep Space Commodities: Exploration, Production and Trading.” The book offers a practical guide for navigating the future of commodities outside the confines of Earth – including negotiating with aliens.
Tom James discusses the future for commodities in space with FreightWaves Executive Publisher Kevin Hill during the SpaceWaves virtual conference.
James delved into his book and the future prospects of harnessing resources from space during an interview with FreightWaves Executive Publisher Kevin Hill during the SpaceWaves virtual conference on Thursday.
“There are some asteroids out there that contain more platinum than has ever been mined on Earth in the history of mining,” James said.
Apart from the practical barriers to mining and transporting all that platinum, James noted, “It’d be a one-off trade because you’d collapse the market.”
Still, the future of extracting resources is slowly becoming a reality. In October, OSIRIS-REx successfully extracted 60 grams of material from the near-Earth asteroid 101955 Bennu.
Beyond the breathtaking prospect of that golden ticket asteroid, James sees a more practical but still exciting future for rare commodities that are needed from supercomputers to medical devices like MRI machines.
“There are a lot of things that will help us create a better world on Earth,” James said.
The moon represents an important stepping stone to harnessing the resources of the farther reaches of space, particularly of minerals and water that can be harnessed, James said. The return of manned missions to the moon will pave the way for having a permanent base, which will make it easier to launch missions that can handle larger payloads.
While there are many unknowns about when it will be possible to harness commodities from beyond Earth, important legal frameworks already exist, including the U.S. Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act. The result is that some things are off-limits.
“We can’t enslave alien species,” James said.
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Nate Tabak is a Toronto-based journalist who covers cross-border trucking, logistics and trade for FreightWaves. Before moving to Canada, he spent seven years reporting stories in the Balkans and Eastern Europe as a reporter, producer and editor based in Kosovo. He previously worked at newspapers in the San Francisco Bay Area, including the San Jose Mercury News. He graduated from UC Berkeley, where he studied the history of American policing. Contact Nate at ntabak@freightwaves.com.
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Today’s Pickup: Shopping season off to good start as U.S. consumers look to spend
Michael Angell, Bulk and Intermodal EditorMonday, November 26, 2018Last Updated: Monday, April 8, 2019
Scene at a Walmart on Black Friday ( Photo: Walmart )
Detroit tops list of places for online retail start-ups; climate change seen having a major impact on U.S. infrastructure.
Amid uncertain activity in trade, home construction and business spending, one pillar of the U.S. economy, consumer spending, appears to be holding steady. Official estimates for Black Friday retail sales will not be released until Tuesday, but the early indications are that shoppers are not holding back. ShopperTrak, which tracks retail visits, saw a 1% decline in retail foot traffic during Thanksgiving and Black Friday. Some decline is expected as shoppers continue to migrate to online retail, but the decline is “consistent with data results over the last several years,” it added. Overall, ShopperTrak says that based on the traffic data, “retailers are in for a successful holiday season,” especially as there is one more Saturday for shopping until Christmas. Walmart’s (NYSE: WMT) first read on holiday shipping was that “traffic was steady all night.” Macy’s (NYSE: M) Chief Executive Jeff Gennette says the retailer had a “strong start” to the holiday shopping season.
Thinking of starting an online business? Think Detroit. Sellics, an online shopping analytics firm, says the Motor City tops its charts for fledgling entrepreneurs due to low start-up costs. It says a Detroit resident would need to amass $31,000 in savings to start an online business. As for New York City, fuhgeddaboudit as you would need $64,000 to start up an online retailer.
“More people have already shopped than at this point last year, and their average spend is higher.”
– Neil Saunders, a managing director at GlobalData Retail, on preliminary holiday shopping estimates.
New Zealand’s trucking companies put drivers ‘at risk’
Reckless driving offenses double over five years as carriers push drivers. (Newsie.co.nz)
U.S.-China trade spat can spillover to world economy
Chinese ambassador to the U.S. warns global supply chains hang in balance of upcoming talks. (WSJ)
U.K.’s brexit from Europe to impact truckers
New quota on permits only allows one in 10 U.K. drivers to operate in Europe. (thetruckexpert.co.uk)
Volvo deploys autonomous trucks in Norwegian mine
Volvo plans to charge the miner on a per-load basis for the vehicles. (Fleet Owner)
New futures contract readied for low-sulfur marine fuel
Contract could mitigate costs of using more expensive fuel as of 2020 (S&P Global)
Last Friday saw the release of the Fourth National Climate Assessment, a Congress-mandated report on the impacts of climate change to the U.S. The report says that climate change will “result in substantial net damage to the U.S. economy throughout this century,” with annual losses in some economic sectors expected in the “hundreds of billions of dollars by the end of the century.” The transportation industry will also see these effects as seal level rise will make coastal road and bridges more vulnerable to flooding, leading to increased congestion and higher accident risk. Hampton Roads, Virginia, the home of the fifth biggest port in the U.S., is experiencing severe flooding at least a couple of times per year. South Carolina’s U.S. Route 17, which connects to several Southeastern ports, floods 10 times per year and could see up to 180 floods annually by 2045, the report says. Higher temperatures will also stress bridges and roadways, causing buckled roadway joints and impacting pavement performance.
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Michael Angell, Bulk and Intermodal Editor
Michael Angell covers maritime, intermodal and related topics for FreightWaves. His interest in transportation stretches back several generations. One great-grandfather was a dray horseman along the New York waterfront and another was a railway engineer in Texas. More recently, Michael has written about the shipping industry for TradeWinds, energy markets for Oil Price Information Service, and general business topics for FactSet Mergerstat and Investor's Business Daily. When he is not stuck in the office, he enjoys tours of ports, terminals, and railyards.
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Home/News/Today’s Pickup: What midterm elections may mean for transportation funding
Today’s Pickup: What midterm elections may mean for transportation funding
Ashley Coker, Associate Editor Follow on Twitter Wednesday, November 7, 2018Last Updated: Monday, April 8, 2019
FedEx (NYSE:FDX) CEO Frederick Smith called out President Donald Trump for his views on global trade at an event in Singapore, calling his perspective “quite rare.” It wasn’t a compliment.
FreightWaves Markets Managing Editor Mark Solomon reported the story, noting Smith said the U.S. and the world are in a tug-o-war between the forces of free trade, which provide the best opportunity to pull millions out of poverty, and those of “mercantilism and nationalism” which seek to restrain will be self-defeating.
FedEx is not dramatically affected by the trade tensions between the two countries because the traffic subject to tariffs make up a small percentage of its $70 billion in annual revenue.
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While transportation was not a front-of-the-ticket issue for politicians in the midterm elections, FreightWaves Managing Editor Brain Straight reported on some significant developments when it came to funding, most notably in California.
Last year, the state passed a fuels tax hike that increased the gasoline tax 12 cents and the diesel fuel tax 20 cents. The increases are expected to generate some $5.4 billion a year. On Tuesday, voters were asked in a referendum, Prop 6, whether the state should repeal the tax as well as a $50 per vehicle registration fee hike.
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What's Your Pick? 4 Comedy Flicks Will Swarm Theatres This Friday (November 27)
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This weekend promises to be a fun-filled one for all Tamil movie lovers, as not just one but four interesting comedy capers are all set to release this Friday (November 27th).
The director responsible for dishing out fascinating movies like Mozhi, Abhiyum Naanum and Payanam is back with his latest venture, Uppu Karuvaadu, after a long hiatus of two years.
Yes, film-maker Radha Mohan's Uppu Karuvaadu, starring Nandita Swetha, Karunakaran and Narayan Lucky in prominent roles will hit the silver screen this weekend.
Yet another film which is expected to be a classy entertainer is Arya and Anushka starrer Inji Iduppazhagi. Both the Telugu and Tamil version will release simultaneously on Nov 27th.
Jogging on, with an interesting title and a decent trailer, 144 has managed to secure some attention among movie buffs. Directed by G Manikandan and starring Shiva, Ashok Selvan, Oviya and Sruthi Ramakrishnan in the lead roles, 144 too, will attempt to tickle your funny bone this week.
And finally, the film which is expected to be an out and out comedy entertainer will accompany all the above mentioned flicks. Vaaliba Raja, starring Santhanam, Sethu, Vishakha Singh and Nushrat Bharucha in important roles, has found a release date in November 27th.
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Welt im Film 20/1945 28.09.1945
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01 last fight pictures from the Pacific Allied ships in the Pacific. The deck of an aircraft carrier. Aircraft carrier entering the escort. The English Admiral Rollins used over in a chair lift to the battleship USS Missouri to meet with Admiral Wolsey. Planes and ships. Board team observed with binoculars. Guns fire, great. Bombs are thrown at Japanese airfields. Admiral Wolsey consults with his staff. Soldiers on the ship go into position. Back firing guns, big.
(100 m) 02 soldiers are farmworkers German soldiers at the point of discharge. Be fingerprinted. Military badges are taken from the shoulder and the CAP close-up. The soldiers at the crop on the field.
(28 m) 03. London: world peace the Church House, Westminster, London. Meeting of the Preparatory Committee of the United Nations. The Chairman, the representative of China, doctor Wellington Chu. The representatives of the Nations seated at tables.
(19 m) 04. Oslo: Quisling to death sentenced a prisoner wagon drives above. Quisling gets out and goes into the Court building. The courtroom. Quisling in profile and from the front, great. Quisling runs again after ruling jurisdiction and continues with a prisoner carriage.
(28 m) 5th Oldenburg: field marshal Montgomery in Oldenburg in a small plane sitting Montgomery. After the landing damaged the plane. Canadian soldiers present. Montgomery continues down the front. Field marshal Montgomery distributed awards to the soldiers.
(24 m) 6th river shipping in China a river in a Gorge of the foothills of the Himalayas. Chinese move junks in the River on the shore with long ropes. Close-ups of feet and forward stemmenden legs. The junks in the River, total. The men are with full force in the rope and pull the ships forward.
(45 m) 7 camera review food workers in reconstruction work in food. Debris will be cleared. Shield road closed duds. Unexploded ordnance thrown from a truck in a sand drift. A British soldier sets the fuse and take cover. Demolition. Destroyed bridge. Allied soldiers during the construction of the bridge. Car body. The tracks will be renewed. Work on cars. Vehicle park. A tram comes. People jostling in the car and wait at the bus stop. A crowded train departs.
(54 m) 08 Allied soldiers on leave in Switzerland the Swiss mountains. A train through the countryside. Allied soldiers go through the streets and face shop Windows. Showcase filled with clocks, screen-filling. Two soldiers with girls on the walk. Soldiers on the shore of the Lake. A sightseeing boat. Trip across the Lake. Sausages and bottles are in shop Windows. Shelves filled with bottles of wine and liquor. A mountain stream and dam basin. A railway car, electrified. Scenery with the Matterhorn.
(66 m) 09. Radio localization radar researchers Dr. Taylor, Director of the Research Institute of electronics and his assistant, Dr. Young. Great in the picture of the cathode ray tube. Flow of electrons and figure on the fluorescence movie. Animated representations of the work of the radar. Air defence in the trick. Anti-aircraft guns. A man with big headphones. Anti-aircraft troops at headlights. Lights shine in the sky. Aircraft in the light beam will be fired. Gunfire. Blurry plane in the fog. Pilot unclear. Soldiers with headphones. Instruments in the aircraft.
(132 m) 10 Heidelberg aerial photographs of Heidelberg. Close-ups of Professor Schönfeld, skin specialist, Professor Seifert, throat, nose and ear specialist, Professor Ochone internist, Professor Helpach, Department of psychology, Professor Karl Heinrich Bauer enters the clinic. At the same time, the surgeon is the Rector of the University. Students on the way to the University. Lecture Hall in the surgery. A sister with a newborn comes. Professor Bauer presents the lecture. Professor Steinbeck, internist, head of the surgical Department and Rector of the University Professor Heinrich Bauer on motorcycle.
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01 the overwhelming power of the Pacific fleet, which set Great Britain against Japan, before it offered its surrender shows last fight pictures from the Pacific Ocean in this image report. On the side of the powerful American fleet, Great Britain had strong units in action. In addition to the battleships, the aircraft carrier operated. Before the atomic bomb was dropped, the Japanese air force was lame beat and shot Japan's war machine together. Preparations for the invasion of Japan, but Japan was already a battered nation. The few Japanese pilots who dared to interfere with the fighting, were taken to the crash. It was superior to the power of the allies to water and in the air. While this film recordings were made, an American fleet in the vicinity of the British ships operated. Pilots of both fleets bombarded the Japanese homeland, and on the sea, it came to a meeting between the admirals Rollins and Wolsey, on the American battleship USS Missouri. The British Admiral. It was Admiral Wolsey's 3rd fleet, opened along with the aircraft carrier Association 38, the major offensive against the Japanese homeland, the offensive, which should prepare the landing on Japan. From dawn to sunset were the carrier-based fighters in the use against military targets on land and in the waters of the country of the root. More than 70 Japanese airfields were damaged to the extent that no single Japanese hunters had the opportunity to ascend to the defense. 4 days after the air strikes Japan undergoes a humiliation that is second to none. Admiral Wolsey and his staff check the last details. Time of first attack and "Clear for action"! 40 cm guns step into action, became the fleet in the waters of Hondschu position, only 480 km from Tokyo. For two hours the steel works behind the hills with fire were covered. The Japanese fired a single shot over the course of 2 days. Japan had offered his total surrender in the next few months, but the atomic bombs were dropped. They have saved more lives, as they destroyed and forced Japan to offer its unconditional surrender.
02. soldiers are agricultural workers for the first time German soldiers are willing participants in an offensive field marshal of Montgomery, on the operation to ensure the grain. All peasants in the army be called. Fingerprints are taken and everyone is checked for its reliability. All military insignia be removed from uniforms. The German soldier is again a civilian, with the obligations of the civilians. The former farm workers receive instructions from a German landowner. The task is big. Only with hard work, only work with Germany can save from the misery that has sown it everywhere in Europe.
03. securing world peace In the Church House, Westminster, Londond found Instead of the 1st [...] of the Preparatory Committee of the United Nations, one of the first steps for the realization of the world security certificate of San Francisko. During the first 14 days of the representatives of China, Dr Wallington Chu, will preside. Here the representatives of 30 United Nations work at the [...]
04. Quisling doomed in this courthouse in Oslo is Quisling death under the charge of betrayal of the country. The police has taken special precautions, and no unauthorized is allowed to enter the building. But Quisling knows the way. The judge negotiate a case that is unique in the history of Norwegian justice. An indictment of 7000 words lists 9 crimes committed against the State Quieling. Quisling, who enjoys the dubious honour to have given a new Word to various countries throughout the world, its name, after the hearing, which lasted 3 weeks, heard Quisling dasUrteil: death.
05. field marshal Montgomery in the aircraft, the field marshal Montgomery to Oldenburg Oldenburg flew, to give where Canadian forces war Medal, crashed on landing. With an hour of 80 km, the small plane against a tree on the edge of the Alexandra bounced airfield. As if by a miracle, the field marshal and his companion was unhurt. The parade was Instead of the fixed hour, and Canadian soldiers of 3 divisions received the awards, which purchased them on European theaters by field marshal Montgomery, personally.
06. river shipping in China China in the last days of the war. Through the canyons and ravines of the foothills of the Himalayas, the almost superhuman strength tension and input Chinese brought the supplies material for their troops who defend them against Japan for 14 years. The junks large Chinese flat boats, loaded with empty gasoline drums, upstream to be. When they reach a point in the narrow Canyon, where torrential flow complicated the trip, all boats are anchored to one and the men must together take all their forces, to bring this one about the difficult route. You do not subside and not work, to the ruble sake, not for purchase, but for the peace and freedom China's, destroyed by a 14-year-old war. You did it. Diligence and will solve the most difficult problem, even transportation problems.
07. camera Rundschau eating food, seat of the Ruhr area and seat of the Krupp works, one of the most beschädigsten cities of in Germany. Here, as everywhere, the rubble be cleared away, and the reconstruction is in full swing. The streets are repaired, dud raised from volunteers from the ruins and brought to the demolition out-of-town. To make it operational again the transport network must be given to streets and bridges reconstructed. Allied soldiers help at work. The railway facilities need to be repaired. The base and the tracks are laid for freight in the service of peace. Engines are repaired and from the stock of existing vehicles to get the best for the transport of coal, food and those goods that receive the city alive. In Essen, the trams running again, and in food as in other cities are dis first car so crowded that it is almost impossible to To find space. But it is wiederaufwärts in Germany. Trains roll again, it only a few for this grateful and slowly carves up Germany's way out of the chaos and gradually it triggers one of his most difficult issues, the problem of transportation.
08 Allied soldiers on leave in the Switzerland spend some happy Allied soldiers now 7 days holidaying in the mountains of Switzerland. For the men who fought before a year on the Rhine, that means staying in another world, in a country that remained unaffected by the war. The Switzerland is a dream land of abundance, full of luxury goods, which has almost forgotten the rest of the world. This small country was the paradise in the middle of a world, lit by the flames of war. The Switzerland wears the fruits of their love of peace. Food is there in abundance, wine, liqueurs, aperitifs. The lack of coal caused the Switzerland to realize their hydro-electric plans. New dams were built, a source of strength for the electrified mountainous terrain. All in all is a model country that soldiers can visit the Switzerland. In the shadow of the 4500 m high Matterhorn and its other mountains an independent, peace-loving and arbeitswilliges people live.
9th radio locating radar, one of the epoch-making inventions of World War 2. 2 scientists on behalf of the American Navy, Dr. Taylor, Director of research in the field of electronics and his young Assistant contributes to the success. The experience gathered during the last 50 years in the field of radio and television, helped the development of cathode ray tube, the heart of radar that measures the time in millionth seconds. When in action, a stream of electrons flows through the cathode-ray tube and appears as a visible point on the fluorescent screen. Changes the Volt voltage keep the points in faster or slower movement. They seem accelerated a fixed line to keep track of the time button. The period of time the points needed to disconnect the line is exactly calculated for the targeting. If the radar antenna sends out their vibrations, they fall back from the unknown destination, and the result appears as a vertex on the radar screen, the distance and the speed of the moving aircraft is given. An aircraft equipped with radar recorded the presence of a large vessel to his left, later a small hull. The vertices coincide. The broadside can appear larger as his bow of a ship. A marine saying plane found the enemy fleet in the vicinity. The guns of the Allied Association can destroy the enemy's fleet from great distances without seeing them. The ring of air defense to an English industrial town continuously send out radar vibrations. This defense helped win the battle of Britain. The goal of the enemy is discovered, the vibrations bounce back. The antenna sends its rays straight against the enemy. By the receiving antenna, the effect will be sent to the main control station and from here go the commands of the light stations and anti-aircraft batteries. Closer to the enemy aircraft. His lane will be closely watched. Spotlight to take action. The enemy is clutching. The automatic guns fire. This invention which almost completely defeated the surprise moment in this war, will play a large role in peace in the air and maritime transport. The pilots, who had to land in the Nobel, the victim of poor visibility was often, in spite of best radio equipment, now the control station of the airport with the help of the radar ensures Woodrat landing him. The plane loses its buoyancy. Is the risk of a crash landing, but in time the control tower sends a warning. Instructions for safe landing are given. Radar is the most effective weapon since the invention of the airplane and is overshadowed only by the atomic bomb in its meaning. Such as aircraft and bomb, radar is the work of American and Allied researchers. But now the guns are silent At last, and the achievements of the war experience in the service of peace.
10 Heidelberg Heidelberg at the river Neckar. The oldest University of in Germany, the University of Heidelberg, is the first that has again opened their classrooms. The skin specialist Professor Schönfeld, Professor Helpach, who holds the Chair for psychology and have an internist Professor SIEBECK began neck and nose specialist Professor Seiffert, the internist Professor Ochone, who with their Verlesungen in the Faculty of medicine. Professor Karl Heinrich Bauer, the head of the surgical Department and new Rector of the University of Heidelberg. In his speech of the Rector, Professor farmer said: old Heidelberg, once the bulwark of German democracy, can now therefore go, to exert its influence. (No interview). In this lecture, Professor Bauer his lectures on treating newborns. The schleunigste opening of schools and universities in Germany is operated by the Allied military authorities with all means and promoted.
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6 Ugly Fruit and Veg Campaigns for "Cosmetically Challenged" Ingredients
What makes an ugly fruit or vegetable? The food we see in the aisles, on the shelves of our supermarkets, is but a portion of what is produced at farm level. The rest is discarded before it even leaves the farm because it does not conform to the market's beauty standards. Food retailers sell produce in line with the common perception of what makes a quality product, measured by it's looks, colour, and size, but where does all the so called ugly food go? Often, it's jettisoned straight from the world's garbage chutes and dumped directly into landfill sites.
However, it seems there are better ways to deal with our perpetual stream of waste. From up-and-coming food management startups to relaxing our food beauty standards, the last few months have seen a number of initiatives concerned with reducing the waste of perfectly edible, if only a bit ugly, food.
2014 was the EU year against food waste. Fighting at the forefront of this campaign was France. The French National Assembly voted unanimously to pass a law which prohibits grocery stores from throwing away unsold food that's safe to eat, instead forcing retailers to donate it to charities or for use as animal feed. The supermarket chain Intermarché also started selling misshapen produce at discounted prices, and launched an advertising campaign to support the consumption of ugly fruit and vegetables.
"Inglorious Fruits and Vegetables" campaign was created to evaluate whether customers would be willing to buy ugly products, each of which was given its own original caption.
The same legislation passed in France was recently presented to The European Parliament with the objective to have the law enforced across Europe by the end of 2015.
Inspired by the French initative's success, many European countries have followed suit. Coop Sweden recently announced it will begin to sell ugly fruit and veg at a reduced price in selected shops to curb food waste. They estimate up to 30% of food produce is discarded before it even reaches the shelves, simply because of appearance. An Axfood discount food store will also be inaugurated in Stockholm this autumn in collaboration with Stockholm Stadsmission. Here, prices will be down 70% percent compared to regular grocery stores, but shoppers will need a membership card to prove they are in greater need of discounted food.
Isabel Soares has found an innovative way to siphon rejected Fruta Feia (ugly fruit) into an alternative market, "to break the dictatorship of aesthetics", she says, which results in the waste of 30% of edible food. Fruta Feia Cooperative buys local produce from Portughese farms, unwanted by conventional retailers, and sells them at fixed delivery points in Lisbon. The cooperative provides its consumers with two options for buying produce: a small box of 3-4kg of 7 assorted products for 3.5 euro, or a larger box of 6-8kg of 8 assorted products for 7 euro. The aim of the project is to combat market inefficieny by changing consumption patterns, hamper the ethical and environmental consequences of a rigid market, and revamp what it means to be beautiful, or rather, edible.
Below Ms. Soares' speech at MAD4
Imperfect, an Oakland-based startup, delivers a box of "cosmetically challenged" food directly into American homes. Veteran food entrepreneurs Ben Simon and Ben Chesler raised $38,120 (103% of the total funds requested) through the crowdfunding platform Indiegogo: sufficient for a six-month pilot programme through the end of the year in Oakland and Berkeley. But the two Bens have plans of expanding to the East-coast and, perhaps, nationally. Their service offers a weekly 10-15 pound box of assorted, seasonal, ugly produce from California farms at 30% less than grocery store prices. Imperfect is also negotiating with a major West-coast retailer (as of yet unnamed) to set up stalls of "cosmetically challenged" fruit and vegetables in its product aisles. The ugly fruit and veg will be stacked next to their good-looking (and more expensive) counterparts, for shoppers to make a socially aware choice.
Canada also tackles the issue of food waste management as Loblaw Ltd is stacking misshapen apples and potatoes in its Real Canadian, No Frills, and Maxi Stores across Ontario and Quebec. The goal of No Name Naturally Imperfect is a threefold return: lowering the cost of healthy food options, improving revenue for struggling farmers, and combatting food waste. Odd-looking products will be discounted by 30% to promote sales as there are no significant differences in quality or taste with their more attractive equaivalents. Apples and potatoes will be used to gauge the success of the initiative, with plans for a national rollout by the end of the year. North of $31 billion worth of food is wasted each year in Canada (Value Chain Management International report, December 2014) as unsightly produce is discarded because of its 'poor aesthetic appeal'.
Smaller initatives like the Culinary Misfits Cafe' in Berlin have also shown a keen interest to curtail the inefficient disposal of imperfect farm produce. Lea Brumsack and Tanja Krakowski began their creative food-culture partnership in 2012 catering for events, and finally opened their own cafe' in July last year. The pair of designer-chefs use locally sourced "misfits" to create original vegetarian dishes, to maintain a healhty and fair food culture, and to combat "product-lookism". The rural-style interior of the locale shows a strong emphasis on design, in harmony with the products used in the dishes: because misfits are - actually - deliciously beautiful.
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Graham Hand
Tony Togher is Head of Short-Term Investments & Global Credit at First Sentier Investors, which is responsible for about $60 billion of client investments. He started his career in 1983 in the Commonwealth Bank’s Global Treasury Division and moved to Commonwealth Investment Management in 1988, which was part of the merger with Colonial First State in 2002. In 2012, Tony was appointed to the Market Governance Committee of the Australian Financial Markets Association (AFMA).
GH: What has been the biggest change in cash and liquidity management since the GFC?
TT: The trade-off between liquidity and returns has become a major part of decision-making. Before 2008, little, if any, margin was attributable to illiquidity. Investments like RMBS (Residential Mortgage Backed Securities) were paying single-digit margins above swap in mid-2007, as were long-term floating rate notes issued by banks. But they offered poor liquidity making them a buy and hold. Diversification was an important part of portfolio management but liquidity was often ignored.
We learned in 2008 that the requirement for liquidity should never be underestimated, especially its unavailability in times of severe stress.
GH: When the market for many securities simply closes.
TT: Yes. So now we have more decisions to make. For liquidity-style portfolios, exposures must be to securities which always have the best liquidity (we call it ‘omnipresent’). Or, we can determine that a proportion of a cash portfolio can accept less liquidity, but we want to be paid for that.
GH: You need to be rewarded for less liquidity with better margins.
TT: I say to clients that we have a ‘liquidity component’ versus an ‘income component’ of a cash book. Some of the income securities do not have the same level of liquidity, and we benefit from our experience with the counterparties for various securities.
GH: Do all banks buy back their own securities to give investors liquidity?
TT: Usually, but it’s best endeavours, they don’t need to buy, but they want to honour the liquidity ‘contract’ and maintain a market in their own paper.
There is also now a clear distinction between a bank term deposit and a bank NCD (Negotiable Certificate of Deposit). It’s exactly the same credit and exactly the same term, it’s exactly the same issuer under the Banking Act, but one has liquidity and the other doesn’t. What price for that liquidity?
GH: And bank issuers are willing to pay more on TDs than NCDs?
TT: Yes, because bank liquidity regulations give the TD a benefit to the issuing bank. But for us as an investor, a TD is not ‘repo-eligible’, so we cannot sell to as a repo (Editor Note, a sale and repurchase agreement generates liquidity for an agreed term). And a second-tier bank outside the four majors will pay extra on a TD, tens of basis points depending on the institution, their credit rating and the tenor.
GH: The four majors all trade at the same rate?
TT: Yes, although we all know that of the $120 billion or so of NCDs on issue by the four majors, none of them could buy back all their paper tomorrow, but their NCDs are the undoubted liquidity in the market.
There are rarely questions about credit limits for the four major banks (and Treasury Notes if available) and everything else trades at a margin. This was one reason why the Council of Regulators reshaped the BBSW pricing metric to derive from transaction activity as opposed to simply posting bid/offer spreads where 10 or 12 providers were involved. We no longer have dealers simply transacting at BBSW, and all transactions are now negotiated with reporting obligations. So the transactions undertaken form the BBSW price.
GH: What other scope is there for extra investment returns?
TT: Well, an innovation we helped to develop resulted from the introduction of the Liquidity Coverage Ratio in 2012 and into 2014. New rules were imposed relating to the liquidity capital requirements banks must adhere to for all assets maturing in 30 days or less, so the non-call deposit developed, moving the maturity outside that window. Then these products moved from 31 to 35 days as banks worried about the one day ‘cliff risk’. Then came the Net Stable Funding Ratio rules in 2018, where structures allowed a conversion into a longer-dated security after a call. This instrument gives liquidity through the converted security (normally NCDs).
GH: Do investors think about cash differently in the last dozen years?
TT: From a funds management perspective, the notion that cash is a temporary place while looking for a better opportunity has changed. For example, in 2007, many investment funds had a cash allocation of zero because they wanted to fully allocate into higher-returning asset classes. But post 2008 they realised they needed cash because there are a wide range of circumstances where cash is required to facilitate a transaction.
For example, on cash-collateralised derivatives, where counterparties must put up cash due to the change in the profile of a currency hedge. Every insto now monitors credit risk exposure on derivatives and may require a cash top-up based on the mark-to-market. There’s much more focus now on reducing the credit risk inherent in any transaction.
GH: In the $60 billion or so of securities you hold, how do you assign between the income and liquidity portions you talked about?
TT: The trade-off is usually specified by the client. A client with good insights into their cash flow forecasting may allocate more to the income space. We also run pool products where we make an assumption on what is appropriate for most investors.
GH: Can we turn to the funds you have available to retail investors including SMSFs. What's in your Wholesale Strategic Cash Fund, available on many retail platforms.
TT: The dominant securities are NCDs of major banks. There is also an allocation to term deposits and convertible deposits (which convert to an NCD upon call) and Treasury Notes. There are floating rate notes, largely issued by banks but some corporate securities, and an allocation to triple-A mortgage-backed securities.
GH: And what return does an investor earn at the moment?
TT: It’s about 0.5% above the cash rate on a gross basis, then depends what fees the platform takes. The gross running yield today is about 1.25%.
GH: You’re also responsible for global credit, so same question, what returns does an investor achieve on the Wholesale Global Credit Income Fund at the moment?
TT: It holds about 440 global securities and the goal is to swap back all returns to Aussie dollars and floating rate (Editor note, short duration risk, not long term). It’s a widely-diversified allocation to global credit, given credit in Australia is highly concentrated in the financial sector. Our goal over time is to achieve a gross return of 90-day BBSW plus 150 basis points (1.5%), and we’ve achieved 157 basis points (1.57%) annualised over 20 years through the cycles. It has an allocation to both investment grade and high yield.
GH: How do you decide the high yield allocation?
TT: It is dynamic. It can be up to 25% of the fund or as low as zero. I believe we have better insights and the ability to provide value in that sector than most of our clients. Simply put, as yields compress we tend to become far more selective, and as yields expand, we allocate more. It's not a trading mentality, it’s more a ‘value-for-risk’ allocation. The gross running yield is about 2.20% at the moment.
GH: Do you see much ‘reaching for yield’ in your space, the quest for yield at the expense of quality?
TT: Yes, some people have been more willing to take on credit or illiquidity risk to achieve a higher return, but credit margins are not at historical lows. They were lower prior to 2007. Indeed, high yield is not as tight as it was in December 2018, since then it has moved out from about 300 to 380 over swap. In fact, during the Fed tightening phase in 2018, it blew out to over 500. It’s also moved out in recent days due to the coronavirus implying a higher likelihood of default. It’s a volatile spread and a manager must be very diligent in allocating capital to the sector. As a chart on default rates shows, investors should recognise that lower-rated issuers will have more defaults over time.
Sources: S&P Global Fixed Income Research and S&P Global Market Intelligence's CreditPro®.
It’s also important to focus on ‘loss-given-default’, that is, how much of your money you get back after default. There might be a default, but you get back 50% of your money.
GH: How long will cash rates remain below 1%? Is it five or 10 years?
TT: I don't think it will be a short period of time. The central bank accommodation is designed to re-inflate the economy, and the first sign of that happening will be wage inflation. Globally, I don't think having spent a decade trying to generate activity that central banks will rush to the table to stymie inflation. Anyone waiting for adjustments in rates upwards will need to be very patient.
GH: I have known you for over 30 years. One of the things that you say is that in this business, there are no degrees of honesty. What does that mean to you?
TT: That was a quote I heard when I joined the Commonwealth Bank as a fresh-faced new employee in March 1983. It always stuck with me as a truism. I’ve used it as a guide to what I am doing. Are we being open and honest? Would we be happy for this to be public knowledge? We are fiduciaries of client money.
GH: Final question, after nearly 40 years in a similar role with one company, what motivates you to continue?
TT: I guess the role is never similar, it evolves as dynamic markets change. I’ve worked with interest rates in the high teens and now sub 1%. This market is never boring, and the requirements of clients and investors are always changing. It’s a constantly-evolving process.
Graham Hand is Managing Editor of Firstlinks. He worked with Tony Togher in various roles including at Colonial First State before the platform and investment functions were separated. The funds management business became Colonial First State Global Asset Management, and following the sale by Commonwealth Bank to Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation, it changed its name to First Sentier Investors, a sponsor of Firstlinks. This article is general information and does not consider the circumstances of any investor.
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“ in 2007, many investment funds had a cash allocation of zero because they wanted to fully allocate into higher-returning asset classes. But post 2008 they realised they needed cash “
Isn’t that the case now? What’s the difference between 2007 and now? We just haven’t had a GFC like event that will make us aware of the need for cash, right?
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The difference now is that funds are cashed up already! Article in AFR last week about super funds cashed up and ready to invest in a pull-back; I look at the multi-sector managed funds in my SMSF and they've been cashed up for ages (too long actually).
Every fund manager and his dog has been predicting the next crash and holding too much cash. Those that haven't are sitting on top of the league tables at the moment. I exited one of my global share managers last year because they were building up cash ahead of the downturn. I exited because I want them to pick stocks, not to asset allocate and I already had enough managers who were building up cash and, to be honest, did a little bit of that myself for a while until the RBA had to start cutting rates in the middle of the year.
Don't expect another GFC-like event. It wasn't just a market downturn; it wasn't just credit spreads widening; it wasn't just a recession (that in Australia was avoided by quick policy responses, here and in China). No, the GFC was a once in a hundred year near fatal failure of the entire banking system to function because no bank trusted any others. We just aren't in that situation these days.
The market can stay irrational longer than you, I or the funds can stay solvent. It's a game of 'chicken' that the market will not lose, because individuals will eventually pull the trigger and buy (FOMO) and fund members will be complaining that their managers are holding too much cash and either (a) deploy it or (b) return it to members.
Chris, possibly. But this isn't a GFC like event, it's just an overvalued market. That's a normal cyclical thing, not a massive structural disruption that almost brought the banking system to its knees.
In which case the buying opportunity also won't be as massive as both equity and credit markets were in 2009. That opportunity was also once in a hundred years. The buying opportunity this time will be a normal one.
Gary M
So when he started at CBA in 1983, he was told 'there are no degrees of honesty'. What happened? All the subsequent MDs, including Murray, Norris and Narev, instilled another culture that is now costing CBA in billions in remediation payments and costs, with Austrac in there somewhere. Never mind. Share price back above $80, nobody in jail, so who cares? What Royal Commission?
Warren Bird
Tony Togher is one of the genuine good guys of the funds management industry. It was a pleasure to work alongside him for a decade or so during my time heading up the fixed income team at Colonial.
Really pleased that the allocation to high yield in the global credit fund is dynamic and based on the value for risk approach.
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Complete Look at the Full Cast of Sylvain White's The Losers
If you hadn't already heard, Matrix producer Joel Silver is developing an adaptation of the Vertigo comic series The Losers at Warner Brothers (already due for release next April). Sylvain White, of Stomp the Yard previously, is writing and directing, making this his first foray into big-budget action. With the news today (via THR) that Holt McCallany has joined the cast, I thought it would be as good a time as any to do a full-fledged feature on the film (and its cast), as I haven't written about it that much before today. The best part of this project is the impressive ensemble cast that Sylvain was gathered up, so let's take a closer look.
Here's the plot (from Wikipedia): Originally a Special Forces team seconded to the CIA in the 90s, the Losers were betrayed by their handler, Max, and left for dead following the conclusion of their operation. Eager for revenge and the opportunity to remove their names from a secret CIA death list, the Losers regroup and conduct covert operations against the CIA and its interests, uncovering startling operations spearheaded by the enigmatic Max, whose influence within the CIA and US government is unparalleled.
The Losers:
Jeffrey Dean Morgan is Clay: The Leader, easily identified by a consistent use of black suits without ties. Commonly referred to as 'the Colonel,' perhaps alluding to his rank prior to the team's "death." A meticulous planner, initiative-taker and an excellent leader, Clay harbors the largest grudge against Max, at times appearing visibly angry at the mention of his name.
Idris Elba is Roque: The second-in-command, easily identified by the large, vertical scar down the right side of his face and icy demeanor. His ruthless thirst for money motivates a majority of his actions, including the serial betrayal of the Losers and many of his underlings.
Chris Evans is Jensen: The hacker of the group, characterized by his spiky blonde hair, glasses and a conspicuous beard on his chin. Known for his nonstop motormouth that often leads him into trouble and a variety of conversational tangents.
Óscar Jaenada is Cougar: The sniper, identified by his cowboy hat and haunted demeanor. Morose and laconic as a result of a traumatic combat incident in Afghanistan. An absolute genius with the rifle.
Columbus Short is Pooch: The pilot of the group, identifiable by his shaved head and laid-back appearance, has been known to pilot any ground, air or sea vehicle with ease. Despite his involvement with the CIA and Special Forces, is also married with children.
Zoe Saldana is Aisha: The loose cannon who partners with the Losers in light of their common goal of killing Max. Skilled in all combat skills, with particular emphasis on melee and reconnaissance, stemming from a harsh upbringing in Afghanistan and Pakistan. A cold-blooded killer who prefers to leave corpses rather than survivors when she engages the enemy.
The Bad Guys:
Jason Patric is Max: A Keyser Söze-like mastermind wielding unprecedented, covert influence over the US intelligence community and military institutions. Organized the assassination of Aisha's father, a slave trader and local warlord, and the subsequent "accident" of the Losers when they went off-mission. Although the current Max enjoys substantial influence over the CIA and infamy throughout the Black Ops community, the "Max" codename predates the CIA itself by several years.
Holt McCallany is Wade: A "psychotic mercenary" who is involved in the Santa Maria massacre witnessed by the Losers in Colombia. Also described by THR as a "Special Forces officer who has left the group." My guess is that he becomes a henchman for Max in the movie, but who knows.
At one point earlier this year, Jeremy Renner mentioned that he was up for a role in The Losers, although it looks like that didn't pan out. I haven't actually read the comics myself (you can read some sample chapters over on Vertigo's website), but there's something about this comic series and adaptation that just intrigues me. I don't expect it to necessarily be groundbreaking, but its got a great mix of actors and I think it should at least be pretty action-packed and thrilling. As for Sylvain White, I can only say I hope he does a good job.
The Losers is already scheduled to hit theaters on April 16th, which means they better start shooting in the next few months or they won't make that release. I believe this might be one of the first "anti-hero" comic book adaptations we'll see - where the story isn't necessarily about a group of good guys looking to kill bad guys. It's about a group of good guys who were betrayed and thus turn into bad guys and go after who we're supposed to perceive is a good guy, or is at least working for the CIA. As I said, nothing groundbreaking, but potentially an exciting action thriller with a fantastic cast. We'll be keeping our eye on this, so stay tuned!
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On the picture there are only 5 losers. Whats with the other one?
d on Jul 13, 2009
Finally some news. I love this comic, and think it will make a great action film if it sticks to the comic. Nice to see Joel giving a first timer the realm! Keep us posted.
dom on Jul 13, 2009
I still can't quite believe this is actually happening... or that Sylvain has pulled together such a white-hot cast! If you haven't read THE LOSERS yet, you can still get in on the ground floor and download the entire 32-page first issue for free from the DC Comics/Vertigo website: http://www.dccomics.com/vertigo/graphic_novels/?gn=1687 "Never miss an issue. I'm down with The Losers in a big way. It's tough to make international espionage fresh, and I love that book." -- JOSS WHEDON "If there's a more consistently enthralling, action-packed comic than this, I'll eat my hat... Hollywood will be lucky if it can pull off a caper flick that’s half as entertaining as The Losers" -- AIN’T IT COOL NEWS "A terriffic caper created by British scribe Andy Diggle... With a muscular visual style - courtesy of resident artist Jock - already in place, even Hollywood can't fuck up The Losers" -- EMPIRE MAGAZINE "A fantastic conspiracy theory thriller." -- IAN RANKIN "This series is much more than just an action-packed extravaganza. There’s real depth to this series. Depth to the plot. Depth in the characters. It’s as intriguing as it is exciting, and as suspenseful as it is powerful... The Losers is the comic book equivalent of dynamite... Shockingly good stuff" -- C.H.U.D. http://www.dccomics.com/vertigo/graphic_novels/?gn=1687
Andy Diggle on Jul 13, 2009
@#1... read much? "Zoe Saldana is Aisha: The loose cannon who partners with the Losers in light of their common goal"
Joel on Jul 13, 2009
This sounds pretty cool...it seems like one of those movies where you pick out your favorite character and you really want him to kick the most ass in the movie! Until i see a trailing I cant say id see it the first weekend it comes out but id think about it.
tankmaster on Jul 13, 2009
looks promising. I like the cast
Dan W on Jul 13, 2009
Cast looks good but we shall see.
Johnny Neat on Jul 13, 2009
hey #1 and #4, Pooch the pilot is the one missing from the cover cuz hes not one of the main characters the...look much?
#8- It's Roque that is missing. The series is a genius, I highly recommend it.
Bahumbug on Jul 13, 2009
Sweet! Knowing Morgan, he might throw out the script again and read the comic. That guy is awesome! Been a fan since Supernatural. Awesome actor!
Tra la la di da on Jul 13, 2009
Sounds awesome. I look forward to this and its good to see Chris Evans getting some decent roles. He was awesome in Sunshine, but keeps picking bad scripts (Fantastic Four) or incomplete scripts (Push).
Ben on Jul 13, 2009
That's the first time to hear about this comic book series although i will give it a go.
Fisherr on Jul 14, 2009
It sounded intrigueing to me at first, as I loved the bold slash style of the comic. These often don't turn out well however, but I must say this is a very interesting , eclectic cast they have gathered. Jason Patric as Max sealed my ticket for the first weekend. There must be something in it if he is doing it. I've loved him since RUSH, and when he chooses to work, there is not a real leading man out there that can touch him. I hope sexy Zoe and Jason have scenes together. FIRE BABY>
Jingo on Jul 15, 2009
They are filming some scenes in july in Puerto rico
thr3 on Jul 26, 2009
This definitely has my interest. The cast and the screenwriters (Peter Berg and ZODIAC's Jim Vanderbilt) are solid, but I'm really not sure about the director. I'll wait until a trailer comes out before I weigh in positively or negatively. BTW, as thr3 said, filming has already begun.
Corran Horn on Aug 7, 2009
So far so good, the movie is looking good. Can't say exactly where we are filming or details, just that the acting is great, the stunts are crazy, and the action is hot. Look for it next year. God bless. JD-
JD- on Aug 28, 2009
The film is great it was really funny when Jensen(Chris Evans) said that he was a robot or something LOL
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Zahua will tell you that his master Ixepillo was supposed to teach him how to become an anitlei, but that Ixepillo died before he could impart the knowledge, only revealing that Zahua was "not yet" ready for the transformation. So Zahua has searched for the answer on his own, but without any luck. However, he'll let you know that when he passed by Whitestone Hollow on his way to Stalwart Village, the region put his "soul on edge," and he'll ask you to travel there with him.
When you enter Whitestone Hollow, Zahua will spot a spirit lion, and he'll ask you to eat some malcachoa so you can see it to. If you don't want to deal with the quest yet, then you can decline the offer. If you tell Zahua that he's on his own, then he'll leave your party and disappear from the game. But if you promise Zahua that you'll get back to the lion as soon as possible, then he'll ask you again the next time you enter Whitestone Hollow. If you refuse him again, then he'll leave you, so you'll only be able to delay the quest once.
When you take the malcachoa, Whitestone Hollow will suddenly become much more colorful, and the lion will lead you to a greedy spirit (#2). The spirit will ask you to retrieve a gem from the nearby pedestal (#3), which it can't reach on its own. You'll need to be careful while making the trip. As you approach the pedestal, different parts of the ground will glow red, and if you step into them (white they're glowing red or not), then you'll trigger a venombloom trap and take damage. For best results, you should only send one character to the pedestal, where you'll find a Sentimental Gem. When you return to the greedy spirit with the gem, you'll be able to complete the transaction as requested, but the spirit won't be able to touch the gem, and so it won't be any better off than it was before.
After completing the greedy spirit's task, you'll have a vision of the Tacan shaman promising great things to Zahua, which he -- perhaps foolishly -- believed. This will lead to you getting attacked by an odd variety of creatures, including an ice troll and a giant dank spore. For the easiest battle, you should immediately retreat to the west. This will allow you to separate the dank spore from the other creatures, and fight the battle in two parts.
Next, you'll need to follow the lion to the east, where you'll meet a haggard spirit (#4). The spirit will give you a Thirsty Man's Waterskin, and he'll ask you to fill it from the nearby waterfall (#5). When you place your hand into the water to collect some of it, the water will begin hissing, and it will feel as if your skin is being boiled away. With Constitution 13, Resolve 18, or Perception 15, you'll recognize that it's an illusion. Otherwise, you'll drop the waterskin in your haste to save your hand, and Zahua will collect the water for you. Either way, you'll end up with a full waterskin, but if you collect the water yourself, then you'll also receive a Sapphire and two Topazes. However, when you give the waterskin to the spirit, he won't have any more luck drinking from it than the greedy spirit did clutching his gem.
At this point Ixepillo will make an appearance. He'll seem as though he's finally ready to teach Zahua the secret, but then he'll start coughing, and he'll eventually turn to dust. You'll be able to counsel Zahua afterwards, but no matter what you say, he'll decide to keep looking for answers.
Next, the lion will lead you to a spirit antelope (#6). You'll see that the antelope is wounded, and it will ask you to collect some sap from a tree to the north (#7) so it can hide its scent from the predators in the area. You won't have to do anything tricky at the tree. When you click on it, you'll gain some Repellant Tree Sap. However, when you return to the antelope, you'll discover that you're too late, and wolves have already killed it.
This will trigger another vision. This time you'll see Ehuilia, the chieftain of the Quechmatl. No matter what you say to him, a war party will spring up and ambush you. Afterwards, Zahua will realize that all of the spirits relate to his quest: "I have become a slave to knowledge I will never learn."
For the final part of the quest, the lion will drain the lake in the area (#8). When you go there, you'll see a vision of Zahua talking to the woman who would have become his wife, had his people not been enslaved. From this conversation you'll learn that Zahua's quest is hopeless -- and that it was hopeless before he even started. There isn't anybody left to save. Zahua is the only remaining Tacan. When Zahua realizes this, he'll finally gain the Anitlei talent, which will increase his attack speed by 10%.
1 - Zahua's Barrel
2 - Greedy Spirit
3 - Pedestal
4 - Haggard Spirit
5 - Waterfall
6 - Spirit Antelope
7 - Tree
8 - Lake
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Atsu draws praise from Newcastle United manager Benitez
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Christian Atsu
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The Magpies boss has praised the Ghanaian midfielder's impact against Everton despite missing glorious opportunities
Newcastle United coach Rafael Benitez has lavished praise on Ghana midfielder Christian Atsu ahead of their Premier League game against Wolverhampton Wanderers on Sunday.
Following Matt Ritchie's suspension, Atsu was handed his second start of the campaign in the 1-1 stalemate with Everton on Wednesday, with the former Chelsea loanee putting up one of his finest outing so far this season.
"Jacob Murphy and Atsu were really good because they were defending all the time and, after, attacking, you need the legs," Benitez was quoted as saying by thechroniclelive.
"It’s a pity because we have two or three situations with Atsu, one v one, that we didn’t find this final pass to make the difference.
"But, again, I will say that when you get a point against a good team, away from home, you have to be pleased," he added.
With Kenedy yet to fully recover from a knock he picked up at training on Monday, Atsu is likely to retain his place in the squad against Wolves.
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Annals of the Five Senses.
GRIEVE, C.M. [real name of MACDIARMID, Hugh] (1892-1978).
Montrose: Privately published by the author, 1923. [Stream-of-Consciousness] FIRST EDITION, a presentation copy. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[10] 195 [3]. With a black and white photographic image of the author clipped from a newspaper tipped onto flyleaf, with a presentation note (possibly secretarial) in pencil stating 'from the author.' Publisher's..... More
In Memoriam James Joyce from a Vision of World Language.
MACDIARMID, Hugh [pseudonym of GRIEVE, Christopher Murray] (1892-1978), [FERGUSSON, John Duncan, illustrator].
Glasgow: William MacLellan, 1955. [Scottish Poetry] FIRST TRADE EDITION. Quarto (29 x 23cm), pp.150. With occasional illustrations by Fergusson. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine and a gilt decoration to upper. Top edge green. With the green dust-jacket titled in white, and priced at one Guinea. Spotting and..... More
Complete Poems 1920-1976.
MACDIARMID, Hugh [pseudonym of GRIEVE, Christopher Murray] (1892-1978), [GRIEVE, Michael, and AITKEN, W.R., editors].
London: Martin Brian and O'Keeffe, 1978. [Scottish Poetry] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION. Two volumes. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.[4] xxii; 734; pp.[4] viii; 735-1485 [5]. Printed on india paper, with an associated poetry reading flyer loose to preliminaries. Contemporary green full calf, with raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to..... More
Cornish Heroic Song for Valda Trevlyn, and Once in a Cornish Garden.
MACDIARMID, Hugh [pseudonym of GRIEVE, Christopher Murray] (1892-1978), [LORGAN, illustrator].
Padstow: Lodenek Press, 1977. [Poetry] DOUBLE SIGNED FIRST EDITION THUS. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.[5] 22 [1]. SIGNED by both MacDiarmid and his wife Valda, one in blue, the other in black ink to flyleaf. With three illustrations by Lorgan, including a frontispiece, and a photograph of Christopher and Valda..... More
First Hymn to Lenin and Other Poems.
MACDIARMID, Hugh [pseudonym of GRIEVE, Christopher Murray] (1892-1978), [RUSSELL, George William, introduction].
London: The Unicorn Press, 1931. [Scottish Poetry] LIMITED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 12cm), pp.[10] 44 [2]. Number 221 of 450 copies thus. With a portrait illustration of the author as a frontispiece. Publisher's black quarter cloth with gilt titles to spine, and to red cloth over boards. Top edge..... More
A Clyack-Sheaf.
MACDIARMID, Hugh [pseudonym of GRIEVE, Christopher Murray] (1892-1978).
London: MacGibbon and Kee, 1969. [Scottish Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[2] 57 [5]. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine, top edge brown, typographic dust-jacket, priced at 18s. A lightly sunned strip to top edge on rear cover of jacket, and some spotting to edges. Near..... More
Direadh I, II and III.
Frenich and Foss: Kulgin Duval and Colin H. Hamilton, 1974. [Scottish Poetry] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Quarto (31 x 22cm), pp.[2] 52 [4]. Number 56 of just 200 copies SIGNED by the author, and printed in Dante type on Magnani paper. Publisher's red quarter morocco with gilt titles to spine and..... More
A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle.
Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1926. [Scottish Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.viii; 108. Including an extensive Glossary. Publisher's navy cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper, light blue typographic dust-jacket, priced at 7/6 to spine. Jacket toned to grey, and heavily rubbed to spine. A number..... More
The Fire of the Spirit. Two Poems.
Glasgow: Duncan Glen, 1965. [Scottish Poetry] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo pamphlet (26 x 16cm), pp.[2] 13 [1]. Number 166 of 350 copies thus, also SIGNED by the author in blue ink to first blank. Publisher's blue card wraps with white titles, sewn. Some rubbing and handling to covers, with a...... More
A Kist of Whistles. New Poems.
Glasgow: William MacLellan, no date [1947]. [Scottish Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 15cm), pp.48. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. Spotting to edges and margins. Light browning throughout, and some light handling to cloth. Very good. From the library of pioneering Sports Scientist Prof. N.C. Craig Sharp..... More
A Lap of Honour.
London: MacGibbon and Kee, 1967. [Scottish Poetry] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (26 x 16cm), pp.69 [3]. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to flyleaf. Publisher's red paper-covered boards, with gilt titles to spine and gilt monogram decoration to upper, typographic dust-jacket, priced at 25s. Jacket sunned to spine with..... More
Scots Unbound, and Other Poems.
Stirling: Eneas MacKay, 1932. [Scottish Poetry] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.[12] 42 [2]. Number 127 of 350 copies SIGNED by the author in blue ink to limitation page. Publisher's cream quarter cloth with brown titles to spine, and gilt titles to brown cloth over boards, typographic dust-jacket..... More
Stony Limits and Other Poems.
London: Victor Gollancz, 1934. [Scottish Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.143 [1]. Publisher's cream cloth with titles to yellow paper label on spine, typographic dust-jacket, priced at 6s to spine. Cloth chipped to head of spine. Jacket stained and soiled, with large losses to head of spine, chips..... More
Million — New Left Writing. First Collection.
VARIOUS; MACDIARMID, Hugh (1892-1978); O'CASEY, Sean (1880-1964), et al., [SINGER, John, editor].
Glasgow: William MacLellan, no date [1943]. [Socialist Literary Magazine] ORIGINAL MAGAZINE. Octavo pamphlet (22 x 14cm), pp.64. With two double-sided illustrated plates, one side being printed in colour. Publisher's paper covers, stapled twice and priced at 2s. The lightest of handling. A fine, almost as-new copy. A selection of Socialist..... More
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Hawkins’ new Rosemount facility opened its doors on schedule on March 1, 2013, with the first truck of finished material leaving the facility that morning. The plant was built for efficient loading with facilities automation and a well-organized traffic pattern.
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In 2014 Bianca won her first junior titles and ended the season becoming the fourth Canadian winning the under-16 title at the Orange Bowl. 2017 she received a wildcard for the City Open and had her first win at the WTA Tour. In the following match she became the first player born in the 2000s to beat a top 20 player.
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This is why Bianca Andreescu is so Special
Canada loves its ice hockey but Bianca Andreescu mania swept the nation after she won the US Open in September 2019. Just how much did the 19-year-old who goes by the nickname of “Bibi” capture the imagination of her home public during her historic fortnight in New York?
How popular is Bianca Andreescu?
“We do a national tracking study with a representative sample of Canadians every September,” said Michael Downey, president and CEO of Tennis Canada, the governing body of Canadian tennis,” and the week after she won the US Open was when we went to field with the research. We didn’t do it waiting for her to win. It just happened to be the field day.
“And nearly 30 per cent of Canadians were following her. Thirty percent! It’s an immense number.”
That is more than 10 million people. “That’s the type of following Roger Federer has,” added Downey. “And Federer has taken 15 years in Canada to get that kind of following. So there’s no doubt she’s taken the country by storm.”
Further evidence came in December when Andreescu became the first tennis player to win the Lou Marsh trophy as Canada’s athlete of the year, voted by Canada’s top sports journalists.
What are Bianca Andreescu’s best shots?
But Andreescu is garnering attention everywhere thanks to her competitiveness, high tennis IQ and pleasing game. “She plays in-your-face tennis,” said 18-time Grand Slam singles winner Chris Evert of Andreescu last year. “I love that aggressiveness. She has such passion in every point. I think that's why she's successful. That's why she's winning tournaments, because she's in the moment every point. With that enthusiasm, she's winning a lot of fans, a lot of popularity. I love that about her.”
Calling Andreescu’s game ‘varied’ is apt. She can rip big serves and groundstrokes while mixing in slices on both the forehand and backhand and deliver sublime drop shots with sidespin. The occasional moonball to throw off opponents isn’t out of the equation, either.
Downey related a conversation he had with Tennis Canada’s vice-president of high performance, Louis Borfiga, who was formerly a key member of the French Tennis Federation’s set-up at Roland Garros. “He told me, every return is a strategic return,” said Downey. “Every return. She’s just not getting the ball over, she’s being strategic in every return she makes. That’s partly why she’s so strong. She has got so many weapons that the opponent doesn’t normally know what is coming back.”
What is Bianca Andreescu’s biggest weapon?
Andreescu herself says her “biggest weapon” is her preparation for matches, which includes both visualisation and meditation. “Just working your mind, because at this level everyone knows how to play tennis, I think,” Andreescu said at the US Open. “The thing that separates the best from the rest is just the mindset.”
Who are Bianca Andreescu’s parents?
It was Bianca’s mother, Maria, who got her into meditation, says Downey. Maria and Bianca’s dad, Nicu, can often be seen in the crowd watching their daughter’s encounters along with another member of the family — pet poodle Coco.
“She’s my rock and always makes me feel better after a tough day!” says the animal-loving Andreescu. “It makes me so happy to look up into the stands and see her sitting with my parents and the rest of my team.”
How famous is Bianca Andreescu’s dog?
Coco, as it turns out, is almost as popular as Andreescu. “Coco is definitely a celebrity,” she says. “She might be just as recognizable as I am these days. People always come up to me and ask to take pictures of Coco or to pet and play with her. She just has a way of bringing people together and brightening their day.”
Andreescu has always been an animal lover. Tennis Canada’s website recounts the story of how she gathered stray cats and dogs in Romania, helped them to better health and found them homes. “I have three dogs and one cat, and my grandmother now takes care of them in Romania,” she says. “One of my favorite parts about going back to Romania is seeing them.”
Where was Bianca Andreescu born?
She was born on 16 June 2000 in the Toronto suburb of Mississauga. The family later moved to Romania, where her parents were from, and stayed for a while before returning to Canada.
When she was seven, Nicu took his daughter to a tennis court in Romania and started hitting with her. And that’s where it all began.
'I just love how no two matches are the same and I`m challenged mentally and physically'
“I was kind of familiar with tennis from watching some legends of the sport play on TV,” she says, “but I’d never had a formal introduction to the sport until that day. I was a very active kid. My parents threw me into a number of different sports and I loved soccer, but tennis was always number one for me. I just love how no two matches are the same and I’m challenged mentally and physically.”
As Downey recollects, Andreescu trained at a private club in Toronto prior to attending camps run by Tennis Canada. “She was on our radar as an early teenager,” said Downey. “I know the coaches saw phenomenal ability with her. And it all started quite frankly with, ‘She’s a very cerebral girl’.”
“I think our coaches say she was very coachable and very trainable at that point in time. If I went back and asked them, ‘Did you think she’d be No 4 in the world when at 19,’ I don’t know what they’d say. But they would have said there’s no doubt she has potential.”
What was Bianca Andreescu’s junior career like?
Winning the prestigious junior tournament, Les Petit As, in France in 2014 set her on her way. She recalls playing in front of thousands of people and signing autographs. It wasn’t long before the Romanian-Canadian rose to No 3 in the junior ranks.
Her big breakthrough at pro level came in January 2019 in Auckland, New Zealand. Ranked 152 and going through qualifying, Andreescu beat the likes of Grand Slam champions Caroline Wozniacki and Venus Williams en route to the final.
Why does Bianca Andreescu wear a hair band?
She made waves with her play — but also with a hair band she donned above her right elbow. She had bought some in the buildup to 2019 and the accessory has remained.
Even better days for Andreescu were just around the corner at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California — arguably the biggest tournament outside the four Grand Slams. She beat Garbine Muguruza, Elina Svitolina and Angelique Kerber to win her first top-level title after entering the draw on a wildcard.
Injuries derailed her in the weeks after — injuries have been a feature of her young career — but she returned in style by winning at home in Toronto at the Rogers Cup in August.
Who did Bianca Andreescu beat in the US Open final?
Andreescu prevailed in the Toronto final when an injured Serena Williams retired, and then the two met again in the US Open final four weeks later, with Andreescu winning despite squandering a 5-1 lead in the second set.
The Tennis Canada chief Michael Downey was looking on. “Here’s someone who is really beyond her years,” he said. “She’s got a bunch of ingredients that just come together very, very well.”
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Natural Therapist
How to become a Natural Therapist
Natural therapists specialise in a range of complementary and alternative medical techniques and remedies (including homeopathy, herbalism and aromatherapy), which they use to diagnose, treat and prevent physical illness or dysfunction.
Personal requirements for a Natural Therapist
Desire to help people achieve good health
Committed to promoting complementary and alternative medicine as a complement to conventional medical treatments
A mature and confident personality
Education & Training for a Natural Therapist
To become a natural therapist you usually have to complete a VET qualification. You may be required to attend an interview. As subjects and prerequisites can vary between institutions, you should contact your chosen institution for further information.
Natural therapy is not a registered health profession. However, national professional bodies such as the Australian Traditional Medicine Society and the Australian Natural Therapists Association set standards for membership.
Duties & Tasks of a Natural Therapist
Natural therapists:
Analyse patients' eating habits and develop personalised nutrition plans
Prescribe natural medicines such as herbal remedies, vitamin compounds and mineral supplements
Use organic techniques to stimulate the body's capacity for self-healing
Examine the iris (the coloured part of the eye) to analyse and treat illness in various organs of the body (known as iridology).
Evaluating and documenting patients' progress through treatment plans.
Developing and implementing treatment plans using applications such as acupuncture, homoeopathic and herbal medicine, and dance, drama, hypnotic and music therapies.
Providing dietary and lifestyle advice and guidelines.
Assessing patients to determine the nature of the disorder, illness, problem or need by questioning, examining and observing.
Prescribing natural medicines, such as herbal, mineral and animal extracts, to stimulate the body's capacity for self-healing.
Employment Opportunities for a Natural Therapist
Natural therapists usually work in private practice, and success depends largely on the local community's willingness to receive complementary and alternative medical treatments. Other career options include employment in group practices, research, consultancy, government agencies or in industries such as health food and natural products.
A naturopath provides holistic remedies for physical ailments by assessing the client's lifestyle, including mental, emotional, nutritional and physical habits. They prescribe necessary changes (as well as herbal and natural medicines) to encourage the maintenance of a lifestyle that supports health and wellbeing.
A herbalist prescribes and prepares natural remedies specific to their clients' health profiles, using plants and plant parts. These remedies can take the form of tablets, capsules, teas, tinctures, extracts, essential oils (aromatherapy) and other herbal preparations.
A homeopath prescribes medicines and therapeutic measures to assist the natural tendency of the body to heal itself. A homeopath takes into account the individual's whole physical and emotional environment as well as the specific symptoms of illness.
Aromatherapist
An aromatherapist blends therapeutic plant oils, including essential oils, and uses methods such as topical application, massage and inhalation to promote psychological and physical wellbeing.
A kinesiologist uses non-invasive muscle monitoring to evaluate imbalances in the body's nervous system and energy systems and employs muscle-testing techniques to restore and promote overall health and wellbeing.
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U.S. Mayors Say Priority Issues for 2020 Election Revolve Around Tech
Transportation infrastructure, water and sewer systems, clean energy and data policy are among the recommended focus areas on the just-released 2020 policy agenda of the U.S. Conference of Mayors.
Andrew Westrope, Government Technology | December 7, 2019 | News
An association of America’s mayors has announced its priority issues for the 2020 election, and it put transportation, wastewater systems, clean energy tech and digital government on the shortlist.
In a 32-page “call to action” released Wednesday, and in advance of a presidential candidate forum the group is hosting on Friday, the U.S. Conference of Mayors outlined context and recommendations for a dozen focus areas for voters and candidates to consider. These ranged from civil rights issues to immigration reform, affordable housing, the tax code and climate change, but four focus areas hinged on technology.
In a conference call with national media, USCM President and Mayor Bryan Barnett of Rochester Hills, Mich., said the report built on policies that USCM supported in the past. He said 99 mayors, including Republicans, Democrats and independents from every geographic region in the United States, saw or contributed to the document, which went through a senior USCM leadership and about a dozen different committees for input and approval. The group has historically issued a policy agenda on the year before each presidential election, and this one urges that the next president focus on three I's: infrastructure, innovation and inclusion.
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Barnett pointed out that with the clock ticking on issues like infrastructure and climate change, and with crippling gridlock in Washington, D.C., it’s up to state and local governments to get things done.
“The value of mayoral leadership has never been higher. We know this because data shows that the public trust is highest at the local level,” he said. “We believe that cities bring people together, that they drive economic growth, that they’re the place where culture is created, and where innovation is really harvested and incubated. They are the center of American life.”
Mayor Stephen Benjamin of Columbia, S.C., echoed that sentiment.
“This is a golden age of local leadership,” he said. “There’s never been a greater time to be an American mayor.”
Among USCM’s 2020 agenda items were the following technology initiatives:
Reimagine and Modernize the Nation’s Transportation Infrastructure
The agenda asks the next president and Congress for immediate action to plan for regional mobility, reducing congestion and improving air quality. It stresses the need for public investment, and not just in urban areas, to compensate for years of underfunding at the federal level. It says underfunding led to the deterioration of airports, roads and bridges nationwide, which has already cost taxpayers extra money in the long run because of maintenance and delays. The report says overall investment in infrastructure as a share of gross domestic product is still declining, but cities have raised their revenue commitments faster than federal and state partners.
Mayor Elizabeth Kautz of Burnsville, Minn., said mayors have been leaders on the issue of infrastructure for the past several years, but they need federal support.
“We know that there are no Republican or Democratic roads or bridges. Good waterways, pipes and efficient airports have no party affiliation. And no issue unites average Americans like the need for better infrastructure, and yet, so much remains unfulfilled,” she said. “We need to secure the Highway Trust Fund, support local projects through surface-transportation block grant programs, support public transit investment, support innovative new technologies that promote mobility like autonomous vehicles and hyperloop, (and) invest in modernizing American airports. There is a deep well of political support for all of these ideas, and we are ready to be a strong partner at the local level to help drive the agenda.”
Specific recommendations in USCM’s policy agenda include:
securing the Highway Trust Fund, first established in the 1950s to fund road construction and mass transit
directing more highway dollars to programs like the Surface Transportation Block Grant to support local officials
making public transit investment a priority
rewarding cities for curbing fossil-fuel emissions and promoting transit-adjacent housing
updating local regulatory agencies to deal with emerging technologies, like autonomous vehicles or hyperloop pilots
For airports, USCM wants the feds to direct more money from the Federal Aviation Administration to local airport capital projects, and stop repurposing money collected at port facilities for other government expenses.
Invest in America’s Water and Wastewater Systems
According to USCM, replacing water service lines nationwide will cost $27 billion-$48 billion, and as the residents of Flint, Mich., can attest, the work is already late.
To address this problem, mayors want the next president and Congress to:
increase federal funds, specifically grant money, for water and treatment systems
implement the Integrated Planning Permit law, which would allow cities to plan for the integration of wastewater and stormwater management
change laws to let cities have 10-year, instead of five-year, terms for treatment works permits
fund studies of capital investments
support federal credits for plumbing upgrades on private property
boost funding for new programs such as the water workforce development grant
Fight Climate Change by Accelerating Clean Energy Use
USCM regards fighting climate change as a global imperative, and cities as the “best laboratories for innovation.” The group’s 2020 agenda says buildings account for 40 percent of U.S. energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, so that could be an ideal place to start. USCM is asking Congress and the president to:
give money to the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program for supporting things like alternative fuels and EV charging stations
write policies to make buildings carbon neutral
launch a national strategy to cut greenhouse gas emissions
recommit to researching hydropower at the Department of Energy
expand tax credits for EV purchases
support policies that accommodate offshore wind energy
develop policies for landfill management, including the reduction of single-use materials and the development of markets for recyclables
give money to redevelop the nation’s estimated 400,000 to 600,000 sites containing hazardous materials
Embrace Modern Technology While Protecting Consumers and Cities
The USCM’s agenda praises cities for being pioneers in digital government and data, but from the feds, it asks for:
cooperation to develop data standards for security and access
financial and technical support to protect elections
support and deregulation for cities to test new technologies
reversal of previous actions by the Federal Communications Commission that give local government property to national communications companies
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Covid-19FOIA BlogPublic Records Resources
5 Ways COVID-19 is Impacting Public Records Requests
By Melanie PusateriApril 1, 2020August 25th, 2020No Comments
How is COVID-19 Impacting State and Local Government Public Records Departments?
by Jen Snyder, Chief Sales Officer, GovQA
Around the second week of March, we started waking up to a local, national and global nightmare: coronavirus.
It’s not the first time this century overstretched governments have had to scramble to manage both day-in day-out tasks and emergency management and response – think 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina. But it’s the first one that’s meant the only way to get ahead of the threat was to stop sharing space for an undetermined time.
The ability of every citizen to ask for and get information from governments is as fundamental a right as voting. So fundamental that it’s enshrined in the First Amendment and citizens can sue if they think governments haven’t complied with requirements.
So how have governments’ efforts to battle coronavirus been impacting the functioning of public records requests? We took a look across the country and found that government actions followed some trends:
Temporarily suspending PRRs
Delaying PRR responses
Closing physical offices to the public, staff, or both
Shifting to teleworking
Parts of the process that work well under teleworking and parts that don’t, e.g. paper records
“We are considering remote working, which will mean administrative offices will be closed and many records will be unavailable for processing. We are also asking more staff to assist in record review and processing.”
GovQA COVID-19 Survey Responder
Temporarily Suspending PRR requirements
At every level, governments have had to divert resources from other functions to fight coronavirus on the public health, public safety, emergency management, and other fronts. At the same time, coronavirus cases and exposures along with school closures have left desks at state, county and city offices vacant.
Some governments responded by publicly stating that for the time being they wouldn’t process PRRs. How has this played out?
“Non-essential city services may be suspended, including but not limited to, responding to requests under the California Public Records Act.”
Fresno, California City Council
Some California cities suspend requests
On March 19, the city council of Fresno in central California suspended its duty to respond to public records requests, decreeing by ordinance that “Non-essential city services may be suspended, including but not limited to responding to requests under the California Public Records Act.”
By that time, both the City and County of Fresno as well as the State of California had declared states of emergency due to coronavirus. Fresno’s move to temporarily abandon public records requests was decried by free speech activists and newspaper editorials, but so far no word that Fresno has changed its approach.
UPDATE – 3/27/2020: According to The Fresno Bee, The Fresno City Council reconsidered their vote and revised their language to say PRA requests will be delayed, but not outright suspended.
UPDATE – 5/21/2020: The Fresno City coronavirus page, states “Public Records Act requests are accepted but the response may be delayed during and following the period of the state of emergency.”
Fresno was in fact joined by other California jurisdictions in stating they wouldn’t be responding to PRRs. According to the L.A. Times, City of Fremont in the Bay Area “won’t take requests until city offices reopen after the coronavirus emergency is declared over” and reports similar actions by the cities of Los Altos and Martinez.
The Times article includes the First Amendment Coalition’s perspective that public access to information is especially critical during emergencies: “Government power is at its apex in a crisis, and so is the risk that the government will abuse that power. Transparency provides a crucial check on that possibility.”
The Coalition Spokesperson also observed “emergency declarations at the state and local levels made no mention of allowing governments to ignore California’s open records law.”
UPDATE – 4/20/2020: According to a report from NPR, other cities and states have suspended public records including Philadelphia and the states of Washington, Indiana, Rhode Island, and Hawaii.
UPDATE – 5/21/2020: As the pandemic worsened around the country and public records requests continue, media reports abound of requesters being told responses to their requests will be delayed or not pursued at all.
Maryland government and politics website Maryland Matters observed “Some state agencies have used the edict to shut down timely access to public information altogether, for the duration of the emergency. Others are struggling to meet public records requests in a timely fashion.”
On April 20, the site filed a PRR for information on how the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services (DDPSCS) was addressing specific issues related to prisoners and Covid-19. The Department responded that it had suspended processing of all PRRs until the state of emergency had been lifted, in alignment with a March 12 executive order signed by Governor Hogan. The order gave the heads of state agencies and local governments authority to extend legal deadlines. As of May 6, all PRRs to DDPSCS were still being held. A Hogan spokesperson noted that not all agencies were holding PRRs and that for some tackling any PRR backlog would be part of their Covid-19 recovery plan.
“Government power is at its apex in a crisis, and so is the risk that the government will abuse that power. Transparency provides a crucial check on that possibility.”
PRRs and the First Amendment
The question comes up – even if an emergency declaration does relieve governments, at least temporarily, of the duty of responding to PRRs, do they usurp the First Amendment?
If Texas law is anything to go by, the answer is yes. Section 522.233 of the Government Code of Texas provides that governments experiencing disasters can suspend applicability of the state’s Public Information Act for up to 14 calendar days but also that a formal suspension under the law isn’t needed if the government is open for business but has determined that a disaster will interfere with its ability to comply with the Act.
UPDATE – 4/14/2020: A Texas Observer article states that, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton told officials they won’t have to comply with the 10 business day open records request deadline if their offices aren’t open for business, even if the employees who would normally respond to requests are working from home. As a result, roughly 80 cities, counties, school districts, and other governmental bodies have filed notices with the AG’s office stating they do not intend on fully complying with open records rules. The agencies that have filed “catastrophe notices,” include some that hold crucial information about the unfolding public health crisis – such as Tarrant County (876 positive C-19 cases and 25 deaths); Williamson County (with 113 cases and 4 deaths); and the Texas Dept of State Health Services and Health & Human Services Commission (the agencies overseeing most of the state’s healthcare functions).
California city officials ask Governor Newsom to suspend numerous state laws
In an April 1, 2020 article in the Press Democrat, the executive director of the League of California Cities is quoted as saying that “city resources and personnel are stretched thin [responding to the pandemic]” and asked Newsom last week to “take immediate action to pause certain statutory requirements.”
Kayla Woods, a spokeswoman for the League, which represents nearly 500 cities, says they are not seeking to suspend all public records requests. Rather, they want the flexibility to be able to respond only to those PRA requests created during, and related to, the COVID-19 crisis.
UPDATE – 4/20/2020: “Transparency is often most important when it is least convenient,” says Erik Arneson, the executive director of the Office of Open Records, a government agency in Pennsylvania, in an April 19 story for NPR.
The governor of New Jersey, Phil Murphy, has called the fight against the coronavirus a “war,” causing some government functions to be delayed, including loosening the requirements of the state’s Open Public Records Act.
The law in New Jersey is just one example of how governments across the country are relaxing their public records policies to give civil servants more bandwidth to deal with the pandemic.
The mayor of Philadelphia, along with municipalities across the country, and governors in Washington, Indiana, Rhode Island, and Hawaii have all rolled back or suspended public records laws. Some federal agencies are also telling people to expect delays.
UPDATE – 5/21/2020: The PA Office of Open Records has posted a unique statement regarding PRRs.
In essence, the statement is an open appeal for forbearance on everyone’s part. Of requesters, it asks “Unless you have an urgent need to access records, please do not file any new Right-to-Know Law (RTKL) requests at this time.” On the other hand, it reminds agencies that “transparency builds trust, especially in times of crisis” and that they “should continue processing RTKL requests to the greatest extent of their ability to do so.”
Meanwhile, on May 5, the PA General Assembly passed House Bill 2463, known as the “Restoring Transparency In State Government,” amending state administrative code that addresses providing responses to PRRs during declared disasters. It states in part “The Governor may not direct a Commonwealth agency to ignore requests for records or suspend the Commonwealth agency’s process to answer a request for records during a disaster declaration.” The legislation has now been taken up in the PA Senate.
“Transparency is often most important when it is least convenient.”
Erik Arneson, Executive Director of the Office of Open Records, PA
Delaying Responses But Staying Responsive
“As soon as practicable”
PRR law usually recognizes that the time needed to respond to requests will differ based on the nature of the request and other variables. The State of Wisconsin’s Public Defender’s Office puts it this way:
“The SPD will respond to all public record requests as soon as practicable and without delay. The time it takes the SPD to respond will depend on factors including the nature and scope of the request, the availability of staff, and the other resources necessary to process the request.”
The term “practicable” is key. You’ll find it in PRR code and related notices in many jurisdictions.
We've added a message to the usual confirmation message to say that there may be a delay in response times, and we cited government code stating "unusual circumstances".
GovQA COVID-19 Survey Respondent
Letting requester's know that their will be a delay in reviewing, scanning and uploading of paper records [into the public portal]. Since many staff are teleworking and not physically in the office, we have let requester know that we will review paper records once the emergency has lifted and staff return back to the office.
We have added a paragraph to our 5-day letter which states we are in a "state of emergency" which may result in longer than normal delays in searching for and providing records.
Spirit of the Law
Some simply say records will be provided as soon as is practicable; but others, likes Rio Rancho, NM put “practicable” at the far end of the response time range: “The City Clerk’s office must permit inspection immediately or as soon as practicable, but no later than fifteen (15) calendar days after the records custodian receives the inspection request.”
But an advisory issued by the NM Open Government Division after the governor’s March 11 coronavirus-related declaration of emergency acknowledges that staff will be teleworking and delays are likely and permissible:
”Where the state of the public health emergency hampers an agency’s ability to respond, we urge the agency nonetheless to communicate promptly with the requester to make alternative arrangements to allow for the inspection of records, in keeping with the general spirit of the law.”
A 3/24 proclamation from Washington State’s governor also acknowledges PRR processes will be delayed and echoes the New Mexico statement about maintaining the spirit of the law: “agencies are still expected to continue to respond promptly and to the greatest and fullest extent possible.”
Locking Down City Hall
Emergencies at every level
As of March 24, according to the National Association of Counties, all 50 states had declared states of emergencies. Seven adopted business closure policies, 13 adopted safer-at-home policies, and 1 adopted both.
574 counties declared their own emergencies, with one adopting business closure, 32 shelter-in-place, and one both.
UPDATE – 4/20/2020: 43 states now have adopted safer-at-home and business closure policies. 2 states have only a business closure policy (Iowa and Missouri). And 5 states are holding out with no safer at home or business closure policies (North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming and Utah). 864 counties have declared emergencies with 169 adopting safer-at-home or business closure policies.
UPDATE – 5/21/2020: Not much has changed in the last month in terms of states and counties with declared emergencies, safer-at-home and business closure policies. All 50 states and the District of Columbia are still in emergency status, as are 864 counties. Two states still have only a business closure policy, with Iowa remaining status quo, but Missouri has now also added safer-at-home and Arkansas has moved into business closure only.
Our offices have closed to the public, so individuals can't stop in and make a request in person.
GovQA COVID-19 Survey Respondent, 3/31/2020
We are considering remote working, which will mean administrative offices closed and many records will be unavailable for production. We are also asking more staff to assist in record review and production.
We've closed the office to the public, so people can only make requests through the GovQA portal, by e-mail, or over the phone.
We have closed our lobby to customers and are only accepting requests by mail or through GovQA. Payments are only accepted by mail.
The only difference is that working remotely we cannot search, scan or view physical files. We are postponing that as our building is closed through April.
Still working in offices, practicing social distancing with limited public contact.
While trying to sort out what to tell the public about where they can and can’t, or should and shouldn’t go, governments from states to the smallest towns have been determining they’ll close premises and cancel in-person events and services including public meetings, hearings and inspections, to maintain social distancing. Thousands of states, cities and local governments have done so with no end date in sight.
An ongoing informal survey of GovQA customer jurisdictions showed that as of March 26, 41 of 70 respondents reported working from home; eleven offices had fully or partially closed. Six reported that their lobbies were still open to the public and staff were reporting to work as normal.
UPDATE – 4/20/2020: As of April 20, 2020, 100 of 126 respondents reported working from home (79%) and 19 respondents (15%) said they were not working from home and were reporting to work as usual (7 respondents did not answer).
Changing perceptions of “closed” and “open”
State and local code, some of it passed long ago, refers to government being either “closed for business” and “open for business.” But technology, flexibility and ingenuity, along with a shift to viewing citizens as “customers” and themselves as “providers”, means governments see themselves as “sets of services.” They’re innovating to keep as many services going as they can during crises. Messages like these on the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection website are common:
“COVID-19: DEP offices closed...
“In order to prevent the further spread of COVID-19, all DEP offices are closed. To report environmental emergencies, please call 1-800-541-2050.
“DEP staff that are able are teleworking, and still fulfilling the mission of the department. This includes reviewing permits, responding to complaints and environmental emergencies, and other work. For general inquiries, please continue to contact DEP.””
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection website
Watauga County, North Carolina reports:
““Effective Monday, March 23, 2020 - Watauga County buildings will be closed to the public.
“All county departments and operations will remain on normal operating hours. Staff will be available to respond to citizen’s requests via email, telephone, or by appointment where applicable.”
And specifically on PRRs:
“All public records requests may be requested by phone...or be submitted by e-mail...””
Watauga County, North Carolina website
Teleworking – Public service, remotely
Of all the sectors of our lives that technology has revolutionized, communication – along with the ability to move data from place to place – may be the biggest. During “normal” times as well as crises, it has placed before us the possibility that work can be done from anywhere.
For government, this possibility comes with complications. In no other sector are employees referred to, and proudly so by many, as “servants” – of the public. This concept of service traditionally carries with it the idea that public sector employees are available when citizens show up at city hall, and the smaller the jurisdiction the more likely this is to still be the case.
A challenge and an opportunity
But at this time, public servant-citizen and staff-to-staff interfaces could be deadly. Some governments like the State of Tennessee, committed to teleworking years ago and had the time to work through the technology needs; but, perhaps more importantly, the work policy and controls issues.
Other local governments like Baton Rouge, LA, the State of Delaware, and DuPage County, IL had to scramble to set up teleworking when coronavirus hit. (Others mentioned in this GovTech article are: Oakland, CA; Los Angeles, CA; Philadelphia, PA; Virginia Beach, VA; and Wake County, NC)
Govtech.com quotes Phil Bertolini, former Chief Information Officer of Oakland County, MI, as saying “the challenges of managing a remote workforce are likely to be greater when decisions about telework have to be made quickly….impacts to certain city services will be difficult to mitigate without bodies in an office.” He considers the coronavirus crisis as “an opportunity for government to stretch its legs on telework.”
I can go in to the office if I want/need to, but I'm mainly working from home. So far, no impact on responses.
I am fully able to work from home with little to no impact.
I'm able to access the portal at home and have been able to administer fine.
Having an online portal and accessible from anywhere helps tremendously.
No noticeable impact with staff working from home. Since GovQa is web based, the transition was easy.
Teleworking Complications for PRR
Multiple staff and paper records
As PROs know, any size or nature of request could come in at any time. You know at a glance whether a request will involve maybe one other person and a single document, or an untold number of other people and possibly thousands of documents.
Some jurisdictions (like GovQA customers) have implemented PRR management technology that facilitates the entire process. Others have invested significantly in document digitization and management technology that makes accessing the right documents easier and minimizes the number of people that need to be involved. Some have done both.
But some still rely heavily on people being in the office, meaning one or more of the following:
needing to ask multiple staff if they have responsive documents, because only those people have access to the documents and know if they’re responsive;
many documents are still only in paper form;
having to consult with management, legal counsel, and staff from other departments about issues like request scope, responsiveness, document withholding, and document provision coordination.
Respondents to our survey reported public records responses would be slowed often due to paper records – either because other people had to retrieve them, they had been archived, they had to be scanned and uploaded or sent, or offices were locked down.
Working from home is impacting document retrieval as not everyone has electronic files and cannot come in to scan records into or upload to our portal.
It's working fine so far. The only problem is that I'll have to go into the office to pull photo/interview CDs/DVDs, burn copies, and mail them to requesters.
To date there has been minimal impact with the exception of creating electronic files for records that are in physical form to allow electronic transmittal.
Our case files are NOT paperless so only requests for case dockets and defendant case histories can not be handled remotely. Our 2 largest divisions have records clerks figured into their essential staffing plan. But if a request comes in for a file in an outlying division, it will end up in the backlog unless essential staff - already stretched thin - can scan records to me to then handle remotely.
I can still respond remotely but I don't have access to key personnel anymore.
Currently we are only allowed two days in the office a week (if needed) and are limited to 5 people in city hall at a time. The impact is I don't have access to documents that are kept in a paper state.
We would be able to give customers all their records we have online but would have to push out dates for microfiche and paper records.
We are a mandatory work from home with people going in if they are considered essential. Public Records is considered essential. So I go in at least once a week to assure that we comply with our legal obligations for those mailed requests.
The Right to Inspect
As with many jurisdictions, the State of Washington built key “in-person” language into its public records code (Revised Code of Washington 42.56). As the WA Attorney General’s website says, citizens are entitled to inspect and access records – carrying the sense that citizens are entitled to see the interior workings of their governments as well as being able to get usable information.
One Washington State agency has had multiple experiences of gathering roomfuls of paper documents (many of which should have already been discarded pursuant to document retention policies) and citizens spending days reviewing them while a staff member supervised. Given the volume of records, there was really no practical alternative; and among thousands of documents, a requester might only identify a dozen worth copying.
UPDATE: During social distancing, the “right to inspect in-person” has obviously had to be suspended anywhere government offices are closed – as well as at many agencies which have closed public lobbies and are only open to staff during the crisis. But, once government offices open up again, it may still be awhile before agencies can get through their backlog of physical paper records requests and make these responsive documents available for in-person viewing.
Conclusions, in the Midst
The coronavirus situation continues to change day to day, week to week. But governments are responding and adapting as quickly as possible. Whether that means temporarily suspending or delaying PRRs (or the portions of responses which require on-site document collection); changing the way governments physically interact with requesters (closing lobbies and reducing in-person records inspection options to obey social distancing recommendations or mandates); or learning for the first time how to continue to do public records work from home; we’re all in this together and we will find ways to continue to keep the channels open between citizens and governments.
UPDATE: One topic we’re keeping an eye on is the handling of confidential health information by governments responding to public records requests involving COVID-19 cases. In Utah, the County Health Department is receiving requests for lists of people who have tested positive for the virus in local cities and neighborhoods: Health Confidentiality in a pandemic – does the public have a right to know? More to come on that topic!
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Nice guys actually get laid more than the rest of us, research reveals
Bad boys finish last
There's a longstanding belief amongst the general population that chicks love a bad boy. Who knows how we came to take this statement as fact but finally we can combat this nonsense with the evidence of science. Research has revealed that people who help others are more desirable to the opposite sex, have more sexual partners and more frequent sex. Before we get into the research, it's important to clarify here what we mean by 'nice guy' so, without further adieu, here is the differentiation.
The Nice Guy: a genuinely kind, good-hearted human being.
The Wannabe 'Nice Guy': tries too hard to look vulnerable and spends most of his time kissing the ass of his attractive female friends.
Number two is not cute, nor sexy, nor anything else for that matter. Nobody likes that guy.
The study, published in the British Journal of Psychology, asked close to 800 people about their sexual history and how likely they were to engage in selfless acts like charity work, helping people across the street and donating blood. Researchers discovered that those who were more altruistic had more success in the sex and dating department than those who were more selfish. Even after controlling for age and personality, altruists were found to have greater success at dating and sex.
"This study is the first to show that altruism may translate into real mating success in Western populations, that altruists have more mates than non-altruists," said Pat Barclay, a U of G psychology professor who worked on the study with lead author Professor Steven Arnocky from Nipissing.
Arnocky added: "It appears that altruism evolved in our species, in part, because it serves as a signal of other underlying desirable qualities, which helps individuals reproduce."
The research concludes that the whole thing about women being attracted to bad boys is garbage because the truth of the matter is that women are attracted to confidence, and while yes, bad boys are confident, they tend to be douchebags and emotionally unavailable. Nice guys on the other hand are ambitious, funny, intelligent, and most importantly, emotionally available. And that is sexy. (ALSO READ 6 clues that she's faking it)
In another study, 500 college students were asked about their sexual participation and asked a question designed to measure their level of selflessness. The question: "If you won $100, would you give it all to charity, keep all of it, or give some of it to charity?"
Much the same like the other study, this one concluded that those who were deemed to be more kind had a higher history of casual sex, long-term relationship sex and marital sex.
The researchers suggest expanding the study to include a wider array of variables such as relationship length and partner quality.
"Given the importance we place on attractiveness, resources and intelligence, it would be worthwhile to explore how individuals 'trade-off' altruism against other desirable qualities," Arnocky says.
So why have we all been told that chicks dig pricks?
We couldn't tell ya, but at least now you know not to believe it.
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Protect from Narcissism - Excerpts Part 32
HealthyPlace.com Staff Writer
Excerpts from the Archives of the Narcissism List Part 32
How to Protect My Son from Narcissism?
From Desperation to Happiness
Internal Combustion and External Propulsion
Loving and Believing that You Love
The Art of Un-Being
The Narcissist's Refrigerator
Mind Like Water Interview
1. How to Protect My Son from Narcissism?
Your son is likely to encounter narcissists in his future.
In a way, he will be better prepared to cope with them, more alert to their existence and chicanery and more desensitized to their abuse.
For this you should be grateful.
There is nothing much you can do, otherwise. Stop wasting your money, time, energy, and emotional resources.
It is a lost war, though a just cause. Instead, make yourself available to your son.
The only thing you can do to prevent your son from emulating his father - is to present to him another role model of a NON-narcissist - YOU. Hopefully, when he grows up, he will prefer your model to his father's.
But there is only that much you can do. You cannot control the developmental path of your son.
Exerting unlimited control is what narcissism is all about - and is exactly what you should avoid at all costs, however worried you might be.
2. From Desperation to Happiness
This is our duplicity as humans:
That we transform our desperation into a fount of happiness, our constant quest into its own reason, our horror into curiosity, our fear into courage, our thoughts into action, our cruelty into God.
It is this insane behaviour that psychiatrists call "sane".
3. Internal Combustion and External Propulsion
Some of us have internal combustion - others need external propulsion.
It takes the two kinds to make a world.
You need a reason, a vision, an horizon - to be motivated.
You are deterred by the void.
I need the void. Its very vacuity attracts me. The challenge of its emptiness.
I am out to conquer by expanding into the abyss.
You minimize yourself in order to avoid it.
You are propelled by other people's strength and by their convictions.
Their very eagerness and neediness accelerates you.
I make a universe for them and then withdraw.
You make a universe for them and then withdraw.
I withdraw because they need me.
You withdraw because you need them.
4. Loving and Believing that You Love
One must differentiate between LOVING and BELIEVING that you love.
Adults who are NPD sufferers lack empathy and, as a result, are incapable of loving.
The prognosis of NPD in therapy is poor - though a certain percentage does "heal".
Put together, this means that NPDs are not likely to recover or develop the ability to love as other people do.
Still, many Narcissists BELIEVE that they are in love or that they are loving.
They INTERPRET certain experiences (such as co-dependence, or the acquisition of narcissistic supply) - as LOVE.
So, in a (material) way - narcissists do love and are capable of experiencing love (though their "love" is not the love of non-narcissists).
You might wish to read: On Empathy and The Manifold of Sense
And you will find much more about the emotions experienced by narcissists in the Excerpts pages.
The index is here
5. The Art of Un-Being
To un-be is an art practised only by the much abused - or by the very healthy.
The former learn to hide their true selves, to project invented ones - and to believe in their own projections.
They learned that often to vanish is to survive.
They became penumbral background, sliding stealthily and noiselessly across walls of fury and of rage, across traumas and injurious time.
They exercise merging.
They transubstantiate into the ethereal existence that is being someone else's extension.
Moulded into the inanimate, objectified and cast around, they watch life itself projected onto the inside of their eyelids in hues of red and black.
They know better than to be. A nuisance, an obstruction, a agonized reminder - they cringe and curl, transformed into an infinite loop of searing void.
Sometimes they hope not to return.
The latter are so certain of their own vitality that they are not afraid of turning it on and off at will - a tap of animation, a valve of quiddity, a switch between the present and the absent.
They can un-be with fearless glee and satisfaction.
They have a solid foundation, the healthy ones - cemented by love, a rock of self esteem, embedded in an ocean of self worth, hurling in a universe of self-acceptance.
Those wistful endowments bestowed on one when too young to appreciate them...
6. The Narcissist's Refrigerator
Imagine that your refrigerator would have constantly demanded your attention beyond rudimentary and passing maintenance. Wouldn't you be amazed and angry at it? To the narcissist, you are a mere function, an instrument whose fate and destiny is to supply the narcissist with the attention or adulation that he requires (i.e., with Narcissistic Supply). The narcissist recognizes that he has to maintain you to a certain degree. Your performance tends to deteriorate if not properly treated. But he does his best to minimize his investment in you in terms of time and energy. The narcissist is a highly efficient machine. Should you demand more - you will become a nuisance, a drag, a burden. The narcissist will dump you. He will disconnect swiftly and remorselessly, ruthlessly and cruelly. The narcissist is in a constant, resource-consuming pursuit of an elusive commodity. He has nothing left for human relations. Human emotions and intimacy - constitute an inefficient allocation of resources because of their low yield of narcissistic supply. It is better to invest and be invested in appearances, in the false self, in superficial interactions - these consume a minimal amount of energy and time and yield the most Narcissistic Supply per energy and time units invested.
7. Mind Like Water Interview
Q: What is your background and why did you write about narcissism? Please define narcissism for those who are unfamiliar with the term.
A: Narcissism is a pattern of traits and behaviours which signify infatuation and obsession with one's self to the exclusion of all others and the egotistic and ruthless pursuit of one's gratification, dominance and ambition.
"Malignant Self Love - Narcissism Revisited" was written in jail (at least in outline). It was an unflinching attempt to understand what went wrong, what brought me hither, and where was I likely to go from there. In its current incarnation, it is an impersonal textbook, with a lot of scholarly material and dozens of frequently asked questions answered in laymen's terms. So, it has a lot for everyone. It deals with a pernicious and devastating mental health issue - the Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) with which I am afflicted. I think that what made it a hit (and, at $45 + shipping it is not cheap) is its relentless straightforwardness, its uncompromising gaze, its willingness to venture where others feared to tread. The narcissist is often also a sadist, a stalker, a masochist, a sex pervert, and an abuser. The book is a manual intended to help the narcissist's exhausted and traumatized victims extricate themselves from the nightmare of being near a narcissist or with him.
Q: How do we encourage kids or adults to have high self-esteem, but yet avoid becoming narcissistic?
A: This is precisely the mistake of the education system. One cannot "teach" self-esteem or "encourage" it. Moreover, self-esteem is a derivative of one's sense of self-worth. Optimally, both do not fluctuate too wildly. They are both rooted in one's upbringing (mainly in early childhood) - though both one's self-esteem and sense of self-worth are affected by one's environment later in life.
A healthy and stable self-esteem is the result of predictable and just caregiving, of a recognition of the child's boundaries and his or her existence as a separate entity, of nurturing though not overbearing compassionate and empathic care, of respect coupled with rational discipline, and of teaching by example. Self-esteem grows in response to all these and is osmotically "absorbed" in the right milieu.
Q: Tell me about "After the Rain". What should I care about the Balkans?
A: If you don't mind the Balkan - the Balkan will mind you. This is the greatest lesson of September 11: the world is everywhere. There is nowhere to hide and isolationism is futile. You have millions of immigrants from the Balkan - a direct result of the conflicts there. Knowing Balkan history - is knowing the history of your fellow Americans.
Moreover, as I wrote in the essay "The Mind of Darkness":
"'The Balkans' - I say - 'is the unconscious of the world'. It is here that the repressed memories of history, its traumas and fears and images reside. It is here that the psychodynamics of humanity - the tectonic clash between Rome and Byzantium, West and East, Judeo-Christianity and Islam - is still easily discernible. It is in the Balkans that all ethnic distinctions fail and it is here that they prevail anachronistically and atavistically. Contradiction and change the only two fixtures of this tormented region."
Q: What is your most popular e-book?
A: "Pathological Narcissism FAQs" (http://samvak.tripod.com/faq1.html ). It comprises dozens of questions and answers regarding relationships with abusive narcissists and the Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD). The content of this e-book is based on correspondence since 1996 with hundreds of people suffering from the Narcissistic Personality Disorder (narcissists) and with thousands of their family members, friends, therapists, and colleagues.
Q: What do you see as the greatest challenge in selling your e-books?
A: Trust. Potential readers are not sure they will get the e-book. They hesitate to provide their credit card data over the Internet (even through a safe server and to a respectable fulfilment agent, such as CCNow). The barriers to publishing an e-book are very low, so the market is inundated by vanity-type "books" and "monographs" authored by graphomaniacs. People have learnt not to trust the quality of e-books. Moreover, many e-books are overpriced. The reader applications are still to complicated and mutually incompatible. You won't believe how many technical problems we have even with simple WORD or HTML documents: backward incompatibility, Mac vs. PC, fonts - it is a nightmare.
Q: What advice can you give to other authors?
A: I thought that selling a book is a matter of mastering a few basic principles. Fresh on the heels of the success of "Malignant Self Love", I hubristically believed that I knew everything there is to know about book promotion. The truth is that every book is an entirely independent product. It has its own, idiosyncratic, rules of promotion which one to discover anew.
Moreover, "eyeballs", online readers, do not always translate to offline cash. Books can rarely be promoted exclusively online. And niche products are a lucrative proposition - providing the niche is sufficiently large and accommodating. "Balkan studies" proved to be a narrow and Procrustean market.
Be online. Be generous with your free online content - but not TOO generous. The entire text of "Malignant Self Love" is available online. While we had more than 700,000 visitors in the last 4 years - we sold books only to a negligible fraction of them.
To succeed, write about things you know well or that are close to your heart. Write with conviction and passion - but do not hector or judge. Just tell a story. Never forget the narrative. People buy books either to escape from reality - or to grapple with it. A good book provides both options and allows the reader to smoothly switch between them.
Q: Please leave us with you favourite philosophical musing.
A: I have seen the enemy - and it is I.
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Staff, H. (2008, December 13). Protect from Narcissism - Excerpts Part 32, HealthyPlace. Retrieved on 2021, January 19 from https://www.healthyplace.com/personality-disorders/malignant-self-love/excerpts-from-the-archives-of-the-narcissism-list-part-32
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We are currently working through our schedule of upcoming shows and postponing and re-booking the artists who will be affected by this current and unique global challenge.
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A celebration of the music and life of His Purple Highness – with a back catalogue more rich and varied than perhaps any other recording artist, Prince is one of the most influential artists of his generation. David McAlmont & Miss Baby Sol star on vocals with MD Janette Mason as Hideaway parties "like it’s 1999!"
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Handbook of Damage Control
Handbook of Damage Control, NAVPERS 16191, 1945, was created near the end of World War II and represents best practices in WW II damage control.In this online version of the manual we have attempted to keep the flavor of the original layout while taking advantage of the Web’s universal accessibility. Different browsers and fonts will cause the text to move, but the text will remain roughly where it is in the original manual. In addition to errors we have attempted to preserve from the original this text was captured by optical character recognition. This process creates errors that are compounded while encoding for the Web.Please report any typos, or particularly annoying layout issues with the Mail Feedback Form for correction.
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Original manuscript by staff members of the Naval Damage Control Training Center, Philadelphia, with the assistance of the Bureau of Ships and the Naval Training School (Damage Control, San Francisco.
Produced by Standards and Curriculum Division, Training, Bureau of Personnel, for the Chief of Naval Operations. Illustrations prepared at Training Aids Development Center, New York, N. Y.
NavPers 16191
The Handbook of Damage Control was written by the staff of the Naval Damage Control Training Center, Philadelphia, with the aid of the Bureau of Ships and the Naval Training School (Damage Control), San Francisco, and was produced by Training, Bureau of Naval Personnel, for the Commander in Chief, United States Fleet.
Since the first days of World War II, the great importance of damage control has been clearly perceived. Given effective damage control, ships have been kept in action or have returned to port; without it, many of these ships would have been destroyed.
This volume represents the accumulated damage control experiences of the present war. It is intended to serve as a textbook in damage control schools and to provide a ready source of information and guidance for the Forces Afloat.
C. M. COOKE, Jr.
Chief of Staff.
Chapter I, Resistance to Damage 10
Chapter II, Basic Principles of Mathematics and Mechanics 20
Chapter III, Fundamentals of Buoyancy and Transverse Stability 27
Chapter IV, Stability Characteristics 37
Chapter V, The Inclining Experiment 47
Chapter VI, Weight Shifts and Transverse Stability 49
Chapter VII, Weight Changes and Transverse Stability 58
Chapter VIII, The Effects of Loose Water 65
Chapter IX, Stability Data for Standard Conditions of Loading 76
Chapter X, Longitudinal Stability and the Effects of Trim 86
Chapter XI, Curves of Form 94
Chapter XII, The General Stability Diagram 99
Chapter XIII, Impaired Stability 105
Chapter XIV, List 124
Chapter XV, Underwater Explosions 132
Chapter XVI, Hull Strength 141
Chapter XVII, Estimate of the Damaged Ship’s Situation 146
Chapter XVIII, Corrective Measures Available 151
Chapter XIX, Restoring Seaworthiness 157
Chapter XX, Stranding 162
Chapter XXI, Preparations to Resist Damage 163
Chapter XXII, Damage-Control Organization 169
Chapter XXIII, Damage-Control Organization, Cont’d 175
Chapter XXIV, The Repair Party 181
Chapter XXV, The Medical Department 185
Chapter XXVI, Damage-Control Education and Training 189
Chapter XXVII, Training of the Repair Party 197
Chapter XXVIII, Damage-Control Communications 200
Chapter XXIX, Hull Piping Systems 207
Chapter XXX, Material Upkeep and Damage Control 221
Chapter XXXI, Reduction of Fire Hazards 231
Chapter XXXII, Fire Fighting 237
Chapter XXXIII, Investigating Damage 245
Chapter XXXIV, Repairing Damage in Action 250
Chapter XXXV, Repair Party Equipment 275
Chapter XXXVI, Shoring 282
Chapter XXXVII, The Use of Concrete in Repairing Hull Damage 317
Chapter XXXVIII, The Engineer Department and Damage Control 321
Chapter XXXIX, Repair of Engineering Damage 330
Appendix A, Check Inclining Experiment 334
Appendix B, Symbols 338
Figure 0-A. Bomb hole in the flight deck. Rapid covering of such holes is an important function of repair personnel.
INTRODUCTIONEXCERPTS FROM ACTION AND WAR DAMAGE REPORTS(Variously altered for reasons of security.)
Inherent resistance to damage.“If the ship does not sink within a very few minutes after damage, she probably will survive for several hours.”“Possibly the best indication of the ability of the (BB) to absorb the damage sustained (2 torpedoes, 1 bomb, 1 near miss) without serious effect is the fact that she was dry docked without any underwater repairs whatsoever and with the use of only two pumps on the forecastle.”… the resistance to gunfire damage was remarkable, and is typical of the ruggedness of modern U. S. destroyers. During the period of action, _____ was between two enemy columns at ranges from 1,000 to 4,000 yards, and received eleven direct projectile hits-resulting in considerable, although not vital damage, and starting numerous fires. Speed was reduced from time to time in order to facilitate extinguishing fires.”
“The beneficial effect of having wing tanks filled is illustrated… had the… tanks been empty, the flooding… would have given the ship a list of about five or six degrees.”
“U.S.S. _____ was a victim of an unusual combination of circumstances which resulted in heavy damage. Her survival speaks well for the ruggedness of her construction and the effectiveness of her crew under very trying conditions.”
Watertight integrity and watertight integrity discipline.
Open doors, hatches, and valves.
“Apparently, one of the crew went through the port door in bulkhead 37 on the second deck and failed to secure it. A short time later it was noticed that water was flowing through this door and aft into No. 5 hold. After properly dogging the watertight door in bulkhead 37, the water was immediately pumped out of the hold.”
“Root valves for galley drains were not closed, and exhaust steam backed up in the lines and entered damaged compartments through ruptured lines. This was the result of an error in setting condition able.”
“With the flooding of the shaft alley and shaft alley recess the water continued upward through the shaft alley trunk and through the access door leading into the steering room, completely flooding that space. This door apparently had been left open.”
“All hatches on the second platform deck were undamaged. One hatch was insecurely dogged down by personnel escaping from lower magazine spaces, and this resulted in a compartment over the magazine spaces being flooded with oil and water.”
“In the hold all doors were undamaged; yet two doors apparently were left open by personnel escaping from magazine spaces, and this caused some progressive flooding.”
“A bulkhead on the second deck was almost undamaged, but the watertight door in it was left open after the escape of personnel and the compartment flooded. When the door was closed by a diver the space was unwatered in 45 minutes.”
“It appears that the sinking would have been avoided if more closures on the third deck could have been made, and if more pumps had been available. Water was permitted to infiltrate through open valves and fittings, mainly in ventilation ducts, fuel-oil lines and fittings, and plumbing drains.”
“A five-inch magazine flooded completely through two doors left partially undogged by personnel evacuating
these spaces. The athwartship passage on the first platform level was flooded to the waterline because the watertight door leading from the damaged laundry space was left open.”
“The ice machine room (on a heavy cruiser) flooded to a depth of about one foot through a door which was improperly dogged, and through an unblanked cable hole.”
Faulty maintenance.
“The ship listed to port and flooding began forward on the third deck, through the open manholes of the voids underneath. Flooding aft on the third deck through loose manhole covers and leaking deck seams started at about the same time.”
“The center motor room flooded from leakage around the eight-inch bulkhead fitting and through the ventilation trunk.”
“The loss of the ship is entirely attributable to progressive flooding. The very important lesson to be drawn from this loss is that flooding boundaries must be determined quickly and maintained effectively.”
“Analysis quite plainly indicates that progressive flooding in spaces below the second deck caused the list to increase to a point where water was free to enter the second deck in large quantities. When this occurred, capsizing was inevitable.”
“The ship sank because of deficiencies in watertight integrity, by virtue of the lack of watertight bulkheads on the second deck, and failure of boundaries and fittings elsewhere which should have been watertight but were not.”
“The rupturing of the starboard fire-main riser (by bomb fragments) resulted in the flooding of A-405A, A-406A, and A-410A through splinter holes in the transverse bulkheads. Some water also leaked into the forward six-inch handling room through the reach-rod stuffing box.”
“The stuffing boxes for the cables in the port wiring runs were noted to be leaking badly.”
“Water entered the steering motor room through the ventilation system, cable stuffing tubes, and seams.”
“Compartment C was unwatered and temporary repairs were made to electric cable conduit stuffing boxes, thus stopping flooding.”
“Torpedo explosion resulted in the immediate flooding of the forward engine room. There was slow flooding into the after engine room through cable stuffing boxes.”
“No structural damage was incurred in the after fireroom, but the space flooded to the upper grating level due to copious leakage through electric stuffing tubes, through leaky main steam expansion joints, around number two and three propeller shafts, and through the open funnel drain.”
“Water entered the I.C. room from the after gyro room through electric cable housings.”
“Compartment C was flooding through electric cable stuffing boxes. When this condition was discovered the leaks were temporarily stopped and the space pumped out.”
“All compartments below the third deck from frame xxx to frame xxx were flooded immediately except C____ and C____. These two compartments flooded slowly through defective electric cable stuffing boxes.”
“From the engine room the water entered the shaft alley through a leaky door and through unpacked glands around electric cable, and when the shaft alley was flooded, the water entered the after magazines through an electric cable hole in the deck of the handling rooms.”
“The flooding of the shaft alley and after magazines through leaky doors, unpacked glands, and open cable holes again emphasizes the necessity of constant checking and searching for openings in “watertight” boundaries. Even though initially tight at the builder’s yard, bulkheads must be checked by the ship’s force at frequent intervals. This can readily be the margin by which the ship is saved or lost.”
“The after engine room flooded to a depth of about five feet as a result of leakage through the bulkhead shaft stuffing boxes.”
“An examination subsequent to damage revealed several holes in the watertight bulkheads aft of the ice machine room which had not been blanked off upon removal of electric cable. Had this space flooded
Figure 0-B. This carrier was lost because fires could not be controlled. Subsequently, improved fire-fighting techniques, equipment, and training, and removal of fire hazards have greatly reduced such perils.
completely one or more compartments aft of this space probably would have flooded. Routine air testing is for the purpose of detecting deficiencies in watertight integrity and should reveal such defects as these.”
Fire prevention and fire fighting.
“The U.S.S. _______, in spite of her small size, would have survived damage to the hull had there been no fires. Watertight subdivision, stability characteristics, and reserve buoyancy were all adequate to absorb the damage without fatal consequences. After this ship was abandoned she was struck by three additional torpedoes. Even then she did not sink immediately. Considering the durability of this ship, it is unfortunate that fire caused her loss.”
“The inability to control the fire was one of the vital factors which caused the entire situation to become hopeless in such a short period of time. Lack of pressure at upper-deck fire plugs prevented employment of effective fire-fighting measures. References do not contain any mention of attempts to cut out the damaged portion of the fire main forward.”
“With two minor exceptions the engineering plant was intact and engineering personnel remained at their stations until the ship was abandoned. The inability to control the fire is disappointing in view of the excellent facilities provided, and the intact condition of the pumping plant. Low pressure to the fire plugs on the upper decks was caused by an open break in the forward loop of the fire main, and the fact that this loop never was isolated from the rest of the system.”
“Structural damage to the U.S.S. _______, although extensive, was not such that loss of the vessel was inevitable. The fires which resulted however, effectively prevented control of damage.”
“These fires were fed by topside paint, life jackets, signal flags, airplanes, airplane spare tails, wings, parachutes, ships’ boats, lubricating oil, and kerosene, which made the area between the bridge and the after bulkhead of the hangar an inferno beyond human endurance.”
“These fires (and particularly one in the wardroom country) were the direct cause of the loss of this ship. Excess equipment, paint on bulkheads, records, and so forth in the officers’ spaces and in ship’s offices provided fuel for a fire which worked downward, exploding ammunition in five-inch hoists.”
“This emphasizes the absolute necessity of permanently removing inflammables and of leaving ashore clothes, records, paint, and other materials that are not essential for war-time operation of the ship.”
“It was approximately 12 hours from the time of the torpedo detonation until the fire was extinguished. Throughout the whole period of the fire, dense smoke, which resulted from the burning oil vapors, was a severe handicap. Rescue breathing apparatus was successfully used by the crew when entering smoke-filled spaces to quench smoldering embers.”
“The failure of several sections of hose resulted in an unfortunate delay during the early and critical period of the fire. This permitted the fire to gain considerable headway before water was applied.”
“That the fire on the U.S.S. _______, which was of major proportions, was at first successfully controlled and later extinguished despite inadequate fire-fighting facilities is a tribute to the skill of her personnel.”
“Twenty-two different fires started during the engagement. All of these were brought under control quickly by prompt action of fire-fighting parties. The fact that these fires were put out speaks for itself.”
“Fragments will start fires. They will also damage mains, fire plugs, nozzles, and fire extinguishers in the vicinity. Fire-fighting equipment on exposed decks should be shielded as much as arrangements permit.”
“In cases of oil fires following a torpedo detonation, one of the most important measures is to bring into play promptly as many hose lines equipped with fog nozzles as possible. Time is the very essence of effective action in combating a fire of this type, inasmuch as the fire will accelerate swiftly and quickly advance beyond control of any facilities which are practicable to install on a warship.”
“Rubber fire-fighting boots and gloves are of unquestionable value in fighting fires near ruptured electrical cables. Those who failed to use them learned their lesson the hard way.”
“The bomb exploded upon contact. Fragments
pierced the hangar deck, and fires were started in three planes. The sprinkler system and water curtains in the two after bays quickly extinguished the fire.”
“A small fire was started in B-2, but was quickly extinguished with the use of a gasoline handy billy.”
“In the loss of this ship we again find some of the same lessons learned in the Naval actions of the Pacific. The presence of unessential inflammable material and the absence of adequate fire-fighting facilities prevented control of the fire.”
“Fire immediately broke out… in the crew’s quarters, G.S.K. storeroom, and small stores compartment. Clothing, bedding, linoleum, cork slab, and bulkhead paint burned in these spaces, producing a great deal of smoke. The fire was difficult to control due to lack of access. Wrecked bunks and bins kept men from the seat of the fire.
“Fire damage was extensive. Insulation on cables… was completely destroyed. The fires were under control in about twenty minutes.”
“The bomb which detonated in the C.P.O. mess room started a fire in this compartment and the storeroom (below it)… filled the damaged area with smoke and necessitated abandoning the sick bay area. To permit the repair party to fight the fire, the smoke was vented topside by opening hatches on the second and main decks.”
“In one place a heavy steel door had to be cut away to get into the linen locker where there was a very persistent fire. Rescue breathing apparatus was used while fighting the flames in enclosed spaces and in making inspections of smoke-filled holds and engineering spaces. During the fire-fighting operations on this ship, fog, solid stream, chemical, and mechanical foam were used.”
“Although the fires started during the morning attack were extinguished in about two hours, they were very difficult to fight, and required the attention of a large number of the crew. These fires were fed by excess clothing, upholstered furniture, and excess material in squadron ready rooms.”
“Mattresses, clothing, and upholstered furniture contributed greatly to the tenacity of the fire, and prevented it from being brought under control early in the action.”
“The bomb which detonated in the crew’s mess room also started a fire in the wardroom mess room which contained a great deal of upholstered furniture. Dense smoke passed into the hangar where conditions were made extremely difficult for the repair parties. There was little if any fire in the crew’s mess room (where the bomb exploded) because no combustible material was present.”
“The bomb hit in the uptakes started a heavy fire on the second deck in the photographic laboratory, where films caught fire, and in the executive office and the first lieutenant’s office where papers caught fire.
“Repair parties extinguished the fire in the rag stowage in about one hour, except for some baled rags that smoldered (for about two days).”
“Fires were started in the Admiral’s and Chief of Staff’s cabin. Fire in the upholstered furniture of these cabins was very difficult to extinguish.”
“Fires started in a compartment consisted mainly of burning and smoldering bedding and personal effects from lockers. These fires created dense smoke which completely permeated the area.
“The dense smoke, the wreckage of lockers and bunks, and the damage to the fire main hindered repair party personnel in fighting the fires.”
“Rescue breathers had to be employed in order to rescue injured personnel.”
“Since there was no water pressure available on the fire main, the fire was fought by a bucket brigade. It was finally extinguished by a handy billy set up on the main deck.”
“Central station was also filled with smoke which entered through the ventilation system.”
Drainage of damage water, and obstacles encountered.
“The three gasoline handy billies were placed in operation to unwater a flooded compartment, but were not of much use due to the fact that large quantities of bedding and personal gear were continually plugging the suction lines.”
“Damage-control personnel did not function smoothly. There was confusion in getting started, and difficulty in getting submersible pumps in operation.”
“The need for additional drills and training was brought home. There was delay in getting electric submersible pumps and gasoline driven handy billies into operation, due to inability to find proper couplings for connecting up sections of hose. Further, the leads on the submersible pumps were not long enough to reach a power outlet, and had to be lengthened before the pumps could be used, power outlets in the vicinity of the damage being dead because electricity had been cut off in the damaged, fuel-oil filled areas as a precaution against fire.”
“Two portable electric submersible pumps were rigged to pump out A-202L. One burned out and the other had a ground which required two hours to bake out. The latter then was used to clear A-202L of water.”
“The main circulator was started and put on bilge suction, and flooding in the forward engine room was quickly controlled although the pump operated close to capacity.”
“… no suction could be taken from the damaged oil tanks… because the suction manifold was submerged… and had also been broken by the bomb.”
“No pumping was carried out forward as power was never regained. All compartments were flooded with oil making it impossible to use a handy billy.”
“Submersible pumps clogged up due to the presence of paper, clothing, and other loose gear from flooded living compartments.”
“Debris resulting from an explosion will always clog submersible pumps. Such pumps should have large basket screens; these are being made on this ship.”
Engineering and electrical aspects.
“Boilers Nos. 1 and 2 were subsequently secured, due to the failure of the fire main in the forward fire-room. This resulted in loss of cooling water to the lubricating system of the forced-draft blowers.”
“The action of the ship’s force in pulling all power circuits to the forward turrets when these turrets were out of action was an excellent move, and undoubtedly prevented further trouble such as fires from shorted circuits.”
“The U.S.S. _______ had an extremely serious casualty just as the first phase of the action ended, losing all electrical power at 1800 and not regaining it until 1815. This casualty apparently resulted when electrical faults appeared in the five-inch system which had locked circuit breakers.”
“The salvage and rescue work was seriously handicapped by absence of light.”
“Considering the violence of the explosions which resulted in the loss of one-quarter of her length, the lack of machinery difficulties and electrical difficulties is remarkable. It is clearly evident that considerable effort was expended on the myriad details of maintenance, and that such efforts paid dividends.”
“Two fuel tanks, which were required to be kept full of either fuel oil or salt water at all times inasmuch as they constitute a portion of the liquid protection for the after magazines, were empty.”
“Excellent design, material upkeep, and operating procedure was evidenced by the ability of the after engines to run unattended at 290 r.p.m. for a period of about two hours without casualty.”
“Shell hits put the supply blowers out of commission and caused considerable difficulty with heat in the after engine room. It was kept in operation, however, by frequent changes of the watch. Operating personnel wore plenty of clothing for heat insulation.”
“All light and power were lost in a few minutes because of salt water in the fuel oil… from the rupture of fuel-oil tanks from the forward torpedo.” (Improper distribution of fuel-oil service arrangements.)
“The explosion drove metal splinters into the cables, causing short circuits which resulted in blowing the circuit fuses of the energized circuits. Tests showed other circuits to be shorted also.”
“Cables running in wire ways… were torn loose from hangers and ruptured in some cases. Those… that passed through a non-tight bulkhead and
were not fitted with bushings were sheared by the edges of the drilled holes. The explosion also ruptured the air lines to the forward guns…”
Damage-control organization and training.
“The performance of the ship in sustaining and successfully combating such extensive damage is gratifying to say the least. The success of damage-control measures indicates thorough preparation both in material readiness and training of personnel.”
“This cruiser suffered a torpedo hit aft, resulting in the loss of two propellers and steering control. Despite the radical reduction in fighting efficiency, this ship continued in action, engaged an enemy battleship, and sank an enemy destroyer the following morning. This record is impressive, and is a tribute to the skill of her personnel.”
“Damage-control training should be based on coping with the most adverse combinations of conditions.”
“A damage-control party functioned in an efficient manner and is deserving of high praise for its action after the battle damage was incurred. Fires, slight flooding, necessary shoring of bulkheads, removal of injured personnel, and necessary pumping and rigging of emergency electrical leads were all handled in a highly commendable fashion which showed the direct result of constant instruction and vigilant training.”
“Training of the crew in watertight-integrity discipline must emphasize the danger of leaving watertight hatches and doors open. An obvious lesson is the danger of opening scuttles for visual observation of damaged spaces below. Sounding tubes or air escapes should be utilized for this purpose, where installed. Air-test fittings can always be used. Under no circumstances should any hatch be opened where there is even a slight possibility of the space below being flooded.”
“To date the U.S.S. _______ is the only U. S. warship to survive two torpedo hits. This was a noteworthy achievement, and was made possible by the prompt and effective damage-control measures taken by the crew.”
“Although the hull of the U.S.S. _______ absorbed the effects of structural damage in a satisfactory manner, complete loss of propulsion and electrical power was narrowly avoided. This could have occurred easily had the engineering force been less vigilant.”
“… undoubtedly would have sunk after the first torpedo struck had she not been beached quickly. The remarkable, persistent, and skillful efforts of her entire crew not only saved her, but also most of her cargo, sorely needed at that time…. the inflexible determination of her personnel .. the key to her ultimate survival and return to service.”
“Immediately after the shell hit was received, both repair parties were dispatched to the scene of the action and the first lieutenant supervised their activities. Minor fires caused by exploding 20 mm. shells were quickly put out. As the fire main was ruptured, a jumper was rigged between two risers on either side of the break, thus putting the magazine sprinkling system back in operation. It was gratifying to note the skill with which the repair parties operated.”
“At 0659 this ship experienced a heavy explosion aft. The damage-control party upon immediate investigation ascertained that there had been serious damage from the explosion, and repotted small scattered fires which were quickly brought under control. It was realized by the damage-control party that electrical power in the after part of the ship could cause serious fires due to broken leads, and steps were taken to secure all electrical power in the damaged area. Inasmuch as power was required by the submersible pumps (in case of flooding) and for welding and cutting equipment in the damaged compartments, portable electric leads from the power casualty system were rigged, and were available almost immediately.”
“A report was received by messenger that compartments B-1, B-2, and B-3 were flooded, that depth charges were set on safe, and that there was an oil fire in B-3. This fire was put out with foam, as there was no water pressure available. There were two subsequent fires in the same compartment that were extinguished by the same means. Compartment B-4 was not damaged, and the generator located there kept running. Under the leadership of the assistant engineer officer, the rigging of emergency power cables was commenced at once. The repair party immediately began shoring the forward bulkhead located in compartment B-4. The work of repair parties in evaluating and repairing damage and in the extinguishing of fires was outstanding.”
“This ship was hit by a six-inch shell from a shore battery. Before the hit was received speed was 15 knots. Just as the hit was received speed was increased to 25 knots for evasive purposes, but the port engine slowed momentarily until the plant could be cross-connected and both engines shifted to steaming on the forward fireroom. The after fireroom was properly secured by the watch, and all action incident to the cross-connecting of the plant was carried out, despite rising water and escaping steam in the fireroom. The fireroom was flooded to a depth of approximately 12 feet. An exterior temporary patch of boiler plate, held in place by a turnbolt in the center of the plate and padded with mattresses and pillows was put into place. After this the fireroom was pumped dry, using three submersible pumps in addition to the main drain. No further difficulty was experienced with flooding.”
“In a surface engagement between a destroyer and an enemy submarine the destroyer attempted to ram, and in so doing suffered a five-inch hole two feet above the waterline in an engine room, and completely sheared one propellor shaft. Damage-control measures were instituted immediately. Mattresses backed with heavy shoring were used to block off the hole and the leakage was completely stopped. A wire strap was taken around one of the blades of the useless screw and secured to the deck. This prevented the screw from turning and banging against the ship’s side while the ship was underway. Further repairs were made later by ship’s force, who welded a temporary patch on the hole in the engine room.”
“Damage-control measures taken immediately after the explosion:
1. An immediate inspection was made of the watertight integrity throughout the undamaged portion of the ship.
2. C and R soundings were instituted immediately.
3. The damaged area was inspected for possible points of weakness, and to see if the ship showed signs of breaking in two.
4. Watches were posted adjacent to spaces where the damage was centered for the purpose of detecting fires and any breaking noises.
5. The forward bulkhead of B-4 was shored across its entire width to take care of any undue pressure that might be exerted while under tow.
6. All handy billies were rigged and suction taken over the side because fire-main pressure was lost. 7. Cans of aerofoam were distributed to the handy billies to take care of any possible fire.”
“Damage-control measures were seriously handicapped by the following:
1. There were only three survivors in the forward repair party and two of these were disabled.
2. All light and power were lost forward.
3. The damage amidships prevented the after repair party from getting forward to assist in the control of flooding.
4. The forward repair locker was destroyed, although damage-control equipment was distributed throughout the ship.
5. The continuing attack.”
Magazine sprinkling.
“Whether or not to flood magazines is one of the most difficult damage-control decisions to make, particularly in the heat of action… in this case it appears that flooding of the after magazine might have been avoided… it seems that a good criterion would have been whether decks and bulkheads bounding the magazines had been dangerously warm…. As a precautionary measure, it probably would have been sufficient to sprinkle the magazines for a period just long enough to obtain an adequate cooling effect.”
“The forward magazines… were flooded as a precautionary measure… The forward hold and the small-arms magazines flooded because of leakage from the forward magazines. Free surface in these compartments contributed to the loss of metacentric height.”
“Ship’s personnel were well pleased with the performance of sound-powered phones. No failures were experienced except in cases where lines were actually severed.”
“With the exception of two dead circuits to the flooded firerooms, the sound-powered phones remained in normal operation. The general electrical power failure caused all other telephones to go dead.”
“Each topside repair patrol talker should be equipped with telephones with sufficient length of lead to allow access to any point of his patrol area.”
“It is recommended that more drills be held to exercise communication by messenger.”
“Due to a misunderstanding originating from poor communications, flooding was commenced in an eight-inch powder magazine.”
Personnel protection.
“Unengaged personnel should lie down on deck in action, especially in air attacks, to reduce blast and shrapnel exposure. Insofar as possible they should also lie clear of doors and hatches.”
“Anti-flash clothing should be worn during battle by all personnel below decks as well as topside.”
“Rubber boots with non-skid soles are an absolute necessity for damage-control parties working in an area where the decks are covered with fuel oil and water.”
“The value of protective clothing and eye shields was again demonstrated. Those so equipped escaped serious burns.”
“One uninjured member of mount _______ gun crew stated that he did not wear his jacket at the time because it hindered his movement between the mount and the ready projectile stowages on the shield. He stated that he can now move without undue difficulty with his life jacket on.”
“In several instances fragments penetrated and tore kapok jackets without injuring the men wearing them. The value of the kapok jacket as protection against fragments has been pointed out before… It is believed that all hands of this vessel have learned their lesson…”
“The importance of… having and wearing life jackets and helmets was strongly pointed out as a result of this action.”
“It is of importance to note that of personnel killed one man was merely a spectator when he was fatally hit. He had come out of the galley to witness the action, and had failed to put on a life jacket which previously had been furnished him… The collar of a jacket would (probably) have prevented passage of a fragment which was the direct cause of his death.”
“Three men had strolled on deck from their normal battle stations in order to witness the action. All were hit. None had his life jacket on.”
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10-year-old Texas girl kills 13 foot, 800 pound alligator with crossbow from 15 yards
Ella Hawk killed this 13-foot gator using a crossbow. Facebook/Hawk family
A 10-year-old girl from Texas has killed a 13-foot, 800-pound alligator using a crossbow on her first attempt.
Last week, Ella Hawk fired the weapon just 15 yards away from the reptile at the Guadalupe River, half a mile from where U.S. Highway 77 crosses the river.
When the young girl, who has been hunting for a few years, shot the gator, the bolt hit the beast above its eyes which instantly paralysed and killed the animal. However, just to be safe, Ella's father Tony Hawk, who taught her how to use the crossbow, told her to shoot the gator twice, according to Field and Stream.
Although dad was nervous, Ella, he observed, was not. Tony says the young girl has nerves of steel which resulted in her killing the large gator that was attracted to the bait tethered on the opposite shore while the father and daughter team were on a boat, reports Victoria Advocate. Baiting the gator and hooking it near the bank is in compliance with Texas's alligator hunting law.
For the next two shots, Ella used a .243 pistol. One of the shots landed on the original crossbow bolt. Their guide, Ryan Longer, then went through the mud and pulled the gator to the boat. Longer, who has not killed a 12-foot alligator in years, considers Ella’s catch his miracle of the year.
“It could have been a rodeo. It worked out in all aspects. It was like a crocodile hunt in Africa,” says Longer who operates Longer’s Outdoors and lives on a ranch a few miles south of Victoria.
In 2014, Ella was given the Huntress of the Year award from the Trophy Game Records of the World. The award is given to girls below 17. She is in contention for the same award this year.
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WASHINGTON, May 8, 2003--A new interactive learning exhibit, 10 new penjing trees and three new pieces of calligraphy are part of the newly renovated National Bonsai and Penjing Museum that opened today at the U.S. National Arboretum.
After a year-long closure for renovations, the museum opened its doors to the public today during a ceremony this afternoon in the museum's courtyard, followed by a reception celebrating the completion of the renovation. Since March 2002, the museum had been undergoing a $1.6 million facelift funded by the National Bonsai Foundation and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service.
"The renovations to the National Bonsai and Penjing Museum will make this, the world's first true bonsai museum, even more attractive to tourists, horticulturists, gardeners, people in the nursery trade, bonsai enthusiasts and anyone who wants to learn more about this wonderful art form," said Agriculture Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics Joseph Jen. Renovations to the museum's upper courtyard area have made it more accessible to visitors with limited mobility by replacing a large, uneven gravel courtyard with hard, wheel-friendly surfaces.
The ceremony included an unveiling of 10 new penjing trees donated by the recently deceased penjing master Stanley Chinn of Wheaton, Md.; three new pieces of calligraphic artwork made specifically for the museum's renovation by noted Japanese artist Ken'ichi Oguchi of Okaya, Japan; and a new interactive bonsai learning exhibit titled "Bonsai: Test Your Knowledge." Stanley Chinn's widow, Susan, attended the ceremony, as did Hiromasa Oguchi, son of Ken'ichi Oguchi.
The art of developing an artistically designed miniature tree growing in a pot originated in China, where it was known as penjing, and subsequently spread to Japan, where it was modified slightly and known as bonsai, at about the time Buddhism was introduced in Japan.
The National Bonsai and Penjing Museum is the most comprehensive museum of its kind in the world. It opened in 1976, when the Nippon (Japan) Bonsai Association donated 53 bonsai--one of which was given by Ken'ichi Oguchi--to the people of the United States to commemorate the nation's bicentennial. Now, more than 200,000 people annually visit the museum's collection of 150 plants located in three pavilion houses.
ARS is the U.S. Department of Agriculture's primary scientific research agency and operates the Arboretum.
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Fatal Duck Boat Lawsuit Seeks $100M
Lawsuit says company put profits over people's safety after 17 die in accident.
In this July 23, 2018, file photo, the duck boat that sank in Table Rock Lake in Branson, Mo., is raised. A lawsuit seeking $100 million in damages was filed Sunday, July 29, against the owners and operators of the duck boat that sank July 19.
Nathan Papes/The Springfield News-Leader via AP, File
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The owners and operators of a tourist boat that sank this month in Missouri, killing 17 people, put profits over people's safety when they decided to put the Ride the Ducks boat on a lake despite design problems and warnings of severe weather, a lawsuit alleges.
The lawsuit filed Sunday in U.S. District Court in Kansas City seeks $100 million in damages on behalf of two of nine members of an Indiana family who died when the tourist boat sank July 19 at Table Rock Lake near Branson. Others killed were from Arkansas, Illinois and Missouri.
"This tragedy was the predictable and predicted result of decades of unacceptable, greed-driven, and willful ignorance of safety by the Duck Boat industry in the face of specific and repeated warnings that their Duck Boats are death traps for passengers and pose grave danger to the public on water and on land," the lawsuit alleges.
Ripley Entertainment Inc., Ride the Ducks International, Ride the Ducks of Branson, the Herschend Family Entertainment Corp., and Amphibious Vehicle Manufacturing are named in the lawsuit, which was filed by a team led by a Philadelphia-based legal firm that has litigated previous lawsuits involving duck boats. The legal team planned a news conference Monday morning.
A spokeswoman for Ripley Entertainment did not return a phone call and email Monday morning seeking comment.
The lawsuit says the boat operators violated the company's own policies by putting the boat into the water despite the weather warnings. It also says the captain violated protocol by not telling passengers to put on life jackets when the water got rough and instead lowering plastic side curtains, "thus further entrapping passengers in the soon-to-sink vessel."
The lawsuit cites an August 2017 report from private inspector Steve Paul, who looked at two dozen of the duck boats. The report warned Ripley Entertainment that the vessels' engines — and pumps that remove water from their hulls — were susceptible to failing in bad weather. It also accuses the defendants of ignoring warnings the National Transportation Safety Board issued in 2000 that the vehicles, which are designed to operate on land and water, should be upgraded to ensure the boats remain upright and floating in bad weather.
The 2000 recommendation from The NTSB was issued after a duck boat sank May 1, 1999, on Lake Hamilton in Arkansas, killing 13 people.
When Robert McDowell, then-president of Ride the Ducks Branson, responded that upgrades would require significant costs, NTSB Chairman Jim Hall said the recommendations were made because the agency believed "immediate action was necessary to avoid additional loss of life." The lawsuit says the defendants ignored the warnings.
It also alleges McDowell designed and developed the stretch duck boats, including the Stretch Duck O7 that sank, despite having no engineering training.
The National Weather Service issued a severe thunderstorm warning for the area including Table Rock Lake about 30 minutes before the boat went onto the lake with 31 people on board.
The NTSB said Friday that a preliminary review of video and audio recordings from the boat showed that the lake changed from calm to dangerous in a matter of minutes. The agency emphasized it had not drawn any conclusions on what caused the boat to sink.
The captain, who operated the boat on the water, survived and has acknowledged he was aware of the weather warnings before the trip, according to the NTSB. Another crew member who operated the boat on land was among those who died.
The lawsuit was filed on behalf of the estates of Ervin Coleman, 76, and Maxwell Ly, 2. Maxwell was identified by authorities as Maxwell Coleman after the boat sank.
The lawsuit accuses Ripley Entertainment and the other defendants of negligence, product liability, outrageous conduct, wrongful death, negligent infliction of emotional distress, and violating the Missouri Merchandising Practices Act.
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Ransomware payments doubled in fourth quarter 2019
January 30, 2020 Maria Sassian Leave a comment
The average ransomware payment increased by a whopping 104 percent in the fourth quarter of 2019, spiking to $84,116 from $41,198 in Q3, according to a report from Coveware, a security vendor.
Ransomware, also known as cyber extortion, involves the use of malicious software designed to block access to a computer system until a sum of money is paid. The 4Q increase reflects the diversity of the cyber criminals attacking companies.
Some ransomware variants are focusing on large companies where they can attempt to extort the organizations for seven-figure payouts. Small businesses, on the other hand, are bombarded with ransomware variants with demands as low as $1,500.
The total cost of a ransomware attack depends on its severity and duration and includes the costs of the ransom payment (if one is made), as well as remediation costs, lost revenue, and potential brand damage.
In Q4, ransomware actors also began exfiltrating data from victims and threatening to release it. In addition to remediation and containment costs, this complication adds to the potential costs of third-party claims.
Other key takeaways from the report include:
98 percent of companies that paid the ransom received a working decryption tool in Q4 2019, unchanged from Q3.
Victims who paid for a decryptor successfully decrypted 97 percent of their data, a slight increase from Q3.
Average downtime increased to 16.2 days, from 12.1 days in Q3 of 2019. The was driven by a higher prevalence of attacks against larger enterprises, which often spend weeks fixing their systems.
Cyber criminals demand Bitcoin almost exclusively now in all forms of cyber extortion because it’s easier to swap extortion proceeds into a privacy coin after they collect, than to require a victim to purchase a less liquid type of digital currency.
Less sophisticated and well-financed attackers will target small companies with small IT budgets.
Public sector organizations continued to account for a high percentage of ransomware attacks in Q4. The attacks are expected to continue until these organizations are able to increase their security budgets.
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June 28, 2017 Claire Leave a comment
Another global ransomware attack, dubbed Petya, has disrupted operations at major firms across Europe and the United States.
More than 100 companies and organizations across various industries were affected, including shipping and transport firm AP Moller-Maersk, advertising firm WPP, law firm DLA Piper, Russian steel and oil firms Evraz and Rosneft, French construction materials company Saint-Gobain, food company Mondelez, drug giant Merck & Co, and Pennsylvania healthcare systems provider Heritage Valley Health System.
Today’s Insurance Information Institute Daily, via The Wall Street Journal, reports that the attack has exposed previously unknown weaknesses in computer systems widely used in the West.
The U.S. cyber insurance market grew by 35 percent from 2015 to 2016, based on recent reports.
From A.M. Best: U.S. property/casualty insurers wrote $1.35 billion in direct written premium for cyber insurance in 2016.
Overall, cyber insurance for the majority of companies was profitable and the direct loss ratio decreased by 4.5 percentage points to 46.9 percent in 2016, from 51.4 percent in 2015.
Ransomware attacks are part of the reason for the decline in the loss ratio, A.M. Best explains:
“The decline in direct loss ratio for 2016 is partially attributed to the majority of reported cyber-attacks being related to ransomware heists. In almost all ransomware cases, the losses were well below the deductible and a simple backup recovery resolved and remedied any negative long-term effect of the attacks.”
Read our earlier post on insurance for ransomware attacks.
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Ransomware: Does Cyber Insurance Make Sense?
May 15, 2017 Claire 1 Comment
As organizations look to recover from the disruption caused by Friday’s massive global ransomware cyberattack, the value of cyber insurance, and other cybersecurity tools, just multiplied exponentially.
Security researchers at Kaspersky Lab recorded more than 45,000 attacks in 74 countries including the UK, Russia, Ukraine, India, China and Italy, the Guardian reports.
The UK’s National Health Service, French car manufacturer Renault, and Spain’s telecommunications giant Telefonica were among those hit by the so-called WannaCry ransomware, which locks up computer systems until the victims pay a ransom.
Cyber risk modeling firm Cyence estimates the average individual ransom cost from the attacks at $300, and the total economic costs from interruption to business at $4 billion, according to this Reuters report.
Kevin Kalinich, global head of Aon’s cyber risk practice, told Reuters:
“If you’re a hospital that turned away patients, if you’re a global delivery company that can’t send a package, or a telecom company in Spain, Russia or China, the financial statement impact from the business interruption is much larger than the $300 ransomware.”
Insurance coverage for ransomware (see earlier post), and other forms of extortion, is available under cyber insurance policies, or other types of policies that specifically cover cyber extortion.
An insured’s ransom payment following an attack is typically covered, subject to individual policy terms and conditions, according to this I.I.I. white paper.
Cyber policies also provide coverage for the costs of forensic investigation, restoring lost or corrupted data, legal expenses and business interruption.
Here are some of the considerations that go into the decision to purchase coverage.
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Hotel guests locked out of their rooms at a four-star hotel in the Austrian Alps? Washington DC’s CCTV system disrupted days before Donald Trump’s inauguration? Libraries in St Louis brought to a standstill? Eight years of digital evidence lost by a Texas police department?
Ransomware is not just grabbing headlines, it’s now the favorite method of cyberattack used against businesses, particularly in North America and Europe, according to this Malwarebytes report.
In the fourth quarter of 2016 alone, Malawarebytes catalogued nearly 400 variants of ransomware, and 81 percent of ransomware detected in corporate environments occurred in North America.
Lloyd’s insurer Beazley saw ransomware attacks quadruple in 2016 and projects them to double again in 2017.
“Evolving ransomware variants enable hackers to methodically investigate a company’s system, selectively lock the most critical files, and demand higher ransoms to get the most valuable files unencrypted.”
In its white paper Cyberrisk: Threat and Opportunity, the Insurance Information Institute reports that insurers are issuing an increasing number of cyber insurance policies and coverage for cyber extortion, including payment of a ransom following a ransomware attack, is available.
According to the FBI, ransomware attacks are on the up, particularly targeting organizations because the payoffs are higher.
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Thinking about the data you will collect and store while you design your product or service is only one part of “baking in” privacy. You also need processes in place to address issues that might arise in the future. Save time, money, and even your reputation by maintaining privacy and security practices that are holistic, regularly re-evaluated, and prepared for potential data security issues and legal demands.
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PROTECT YOUR USERS BY NOTIFYING THEM AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
Notifying users in the event of a data breach is required by law in most of the United States. Failing to follow these laws can result in expensive lawsuits. In addition, keeping a breach hidden could result in even more outrage from users and the press. Instead, promptly and thoroughly notify your users to help them prevent identity theft and other harms and to start to repair your relationship with them.
Uber Hit with Lawsuit for Delayed Notice of Breach
App-based car service Uber was hit with a class action lawsuit after accidentally posting the personal information of about 50,000 drivers and waiting nearly five months to disclose the incident.
App-based car service Uber was hit with a class action lawsuit after accidentally posting the personal information of about 50,000 drivers and waiting nearly five months to disclose the incident. When Uber did not offer an explanation for the delay, it faced flack for its “unsavory and unprincipled” practices. Moreover, Uber was sued for allegedly violating California law, which requires companies to notify those affected “without unreasonable delay.”
Sony Slammed for “Half-Baked Response” to Security Breach
Sony “will have a long road ahead to win back the trust of gamers” after a security breach that shut down its PlayStation Network in spring 2011 turned into a major privacy fiasco.
Sony “will have a long road ahead to win back the trust of gamers” after a security breach that shut down its PlayStation Network in spring 2011 turned into a major privacy fiasco. The company waited five days before revealing that user data, including passwords, had been compromised and then disclosed weeks later that at least some credit card information had been lost in the incident as well. In the aftermath of the breach, Sony was sued for failing to secure its data and also excoriated by Congress, with Rep. Bono Mack (R-CA) describing its behavior as a “half-hearted, half-baked response [that] is not going to fly in the future.”
TAKE STEPS TO PREVENT FURTHER HARM.
If you suffer a breach, maintaining your customers’ good will requires that you do everything in your power to protect them from further harm. Contact law enforcement officials, banks, credit payment processors, and credit agencies to try to head off fraud and other harm. Taking steps such as offering free credit monitoring to any user whose data was exposed can mitigate the damage both to your users and to your reputation. By being forthright about the problem and offering clear guidance and assistance to your users about how they can protect and monitor their own privacy, you will reassure them that you take your business responsibilities—and their privacy—seriously.
Businesses fail to offer mitigation services such as credit monitoring 29% of the time in cases where it would be helpful. - California Attorney General's 2014 Data Breach Report
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Frantumaglia
Elena Ferrante, Ann Goldstein (Translated by)
Named one of The Guardian's "Best Books of 2016"
From the author of My Brilliant Friend
This book invites readers into Elena Ferrante’s workshop. It offers a glimpse into the drawers of her writing desk, those drawers from which emerged her three early standalone novels and the four installments of My Brilliant Friend, known in English as the Neapolitan Quartet. Consisting of over 20 years of letters, essays, reflections, and interviews, it is a unique depiction of an author who embodies a consummate passion for writing.
In these pages Ferrante answers many of her readers’ questions. She addresses her choice to stand aside and let her books live autonomous lives. She discusses her thoughts and concerns as her novels are being adapted into films. She talks about the challenge of finding concise answers to interview questions. She explains the joys and the struggles of writing, the anguish of composing a story only to discover that that story isn’t good enough. She contemplates her relationship with psychoanalysis, with the cities she has lived in, with motherhood, with feminism, and with her childhood as a storehouse for memories, impressions, and fantasies. The result is a vibrant and intimate self-portrait of a writer at work.
Praise For Frantumaglia: A Writer's Journey…
Praise for Frantumaglia
“Frantumaglia [may be] her most experimental text yet, a massive prank on criticism and the media: all of it done to show us how badly we read what we read, how badly women writers are treated, and how badly the press operates.”
—Alexander Chee, New Republic
"Elena Ferrante (for that is her real name, regardless of the private identity of the woman who uses it in public) has created a body of work that stands alone. This represents an entire world, made up of language, family, gesture, emotions, politics and culture."
—Roxana Robinson, The Washington Post
"Frantumaglia offers a chance to consider [Ferrante's] strange, spectral presence in the world of letters."
—Elaine Blair, The New York Times Book Review
"Now, American readers hungry for every Ferrante sentence they can get will find many here in which she lowers her knife through the bread of life with the same startling force as she does in her novels.”
“In Ferrante’s invention, experience is fluid, not limited to the border of any particular self...Her world, as far as any reader should be concerned, easily maintains its integrity.”
"Ferrante's work is not about women or friendship or abandonment: It is, rather, about a sense of the deep-down rawness of life itself—which runs like an electrical current beneath the prose—and it is responsible for the thousands of pages of writing she has sent out into a world of readers hungry to feel alive to their own perilous condition."
—Vivian Gornick, The Nation
"It is an addictive, powerful, and disquieting miscellany of piercing intelligence, restless questioning, compulsive rumination, equable uncertainty, courteous self-possession, quiet generosity."
“While this collection will be most enticing to those already reading Ferrante, it’s also a feast for writers, lovers of literature, and creators of all kinds.”
“To be a woman is to live in a state of flux. At her wisest, Ferrante’s writing reverses literary tradition so that it’s the experience of being a woman that becomes the universal.”
“So here is Ferrante in written fragments...She’s anxious and protective; warm and kind; a woman is who simultaneously politically engaged and an aesthete...But her intellect isn’t cold, her application of theory isn’t done objectively—the women that populate her novels are not merely flat, fictional objects to Ferrante, rather they’re real and visceral (‘the word is always flesh’).”
“I must confess that the words of Ferrante that have captivated me the most are included in Frantumaglia—something she wrote about writing.”
"Ferrante's true readers (as opposed to fans – she draws a sharp distinction between the two) will be grateful for Frantumaglia and the story it tells, which is exquisite, regardless of those who would fact-check her."
"This is a fascinating volume, as ever beautifully translated by Ann Goldstein. At times, it is as absorbing as Ferrante's extraordinary fictions and touches on troubling unconscious matter with the same visceral intensity."
"In Frantumaglia there are some outstanding passages of literary criticism, feminist theory, film studies, sociology and philosophy. As a reader one longs to forget the gossip about her identity and just appreciate her as a critical thinker."
"Never less than compelling...As a book of fragments, the title refers to the nature of the contents. But it also speaks to a vision of the self that is communicated throughout the material: human identity as something partial, fragmented, conflicted and heterogeneous."
"[Frantumaglia is] a magnificent jumble of insights, reactions, and philosophical play."
—Lili Loufbourow, The Week Magazine
"We learn plenty about Ferrante in the pages of Frantumaglia...Ferrante has long maintained that everything we need to know about her is in her novels. Frantumaglia rounds out this picture."
"Her letters and interviews are decidedly not mere chatter: they, too, are literary works. They show artistry and imagination, and Ferrante even notes the difficulty of answering interview questions because they lead her into a complicated maze of storytelling, artifacts, and searching.”
—The Kenyon Review
Praise for Elena Ferrante
“Elena Ferrante’s decision to remain biographically unavailable is her greatest gift to readers, and maybe her boldest creative gesture.”
—David Kurnick, Public Books
“Everyone should read anything with Ferrante’s name on it.”
—Eugenia Williamson, The Boston Globe
“Ferrante has written about female identity with a heft and sharpness unmatched by anyone since Doris Lessing.”
—Elizabeth Lowry, The Wall Street Journal
“Ferrante has become Italy’s best known writer. In our era of social media accessibility, shameless self-promotion, and hot young celebrity culture, this is nothing short of astounding.”
—Gina Frangello, Electric Literature
“Ferrante’s writing seems to say something that hasn’t been said before—it isn’t easy to specify what this is—in a way so compelling its readers forget where they are, abandon friends and disdain sleep.”
—Joanna Biggs, The London Review of Books
“To disagree over the quality of a Ferrante passage is often to run up against what you cannot answer or digest.”
—Jedediah Purdy, The Los Angeles Review of Books
“Who, in American literature today, deals with the subtleties of class difference in such a painful and sensitive way, while achieving even a fraction of Ferrante’s massive popularity? . . . We must go to the fictionalized Naples of Ferrante to read the story we want to believe can happen again in our country.”
—Alissa Quart, BuzzFeed
Europa Editions, 9781609452926, 400pp.
Elena Ferrante is the author of The Days of Abandonment (Europa, 2005), Troubling Love (Europa, 2006), The Lost Daughter (Europa, 2008) and the Neapolitan Quartet (Europa 2012-2015). She is also the author of a children’s picture book illustrated by Mara Cerri, The Beach at Night.
Ann Goldstein has translated into English all of Elena Ferrante's books, including the New York Times bestseller, The Story of the Lost Child, which was shortlisted for the MAN Booker International Prize. She has been honored with a Guggenheim Fellowship and is the recipient of the PEN Renato Poggioli Translation Award. She lives in New York.
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Crash News Report 4-26-16
Updated on: 2/26/2019
One man was pronounced dead after a small plane skidded off the runway and crashed through a fence at the Woodland State Airport last Thursday. Two other people who were in the airplane were taken to Southwest Washington Medical Center with injuries. The Federal Aviation Administration has not released details about the cause of the crash.
Police cruiser rammed by stolen truck
A cruiser owned by the Spokane Police Department was rammed into by a suspect on Saturday afternoon during a police pursuit. The chase began when police officers found Lacy Drake, 27, sleeping in a truck that they suspected was stolen. When she woke up, she drove off, slamming into a police car before fleeing. Police located the abandoned truck and arrested Drake after finding her in the area shortly afterwards. The police officer who was in the cruiser was not injured.
Two incidents, possibly connected, send four to hospital
Four people were injured after two collisions in Seattle on Sunday. The first, a hit and run at W Dravus St. and 16th Ave W, resulted in no injuries. The second, a multi-vehicle crash at 15th Ave W and W Armory Way, ended with three people with minor injuries and one in critical condition. Police announced that one of the drivers involved in the crash will be taken into custody when they are released from the hospital. They are investigating the possibility that their suspect was involved in both incidents.
One hospitalized after Spokane crash
A multi-vehicle car accident on East Bigelow Gulch Road in Spokane sent one person to the hospital on Sunday night. The road was closed for over an hour as emergency responders cleared away debris. A witness to the collision told reporters that two of the cars hit head-on.
Defective equipment to blame for fire truck crash
One man was taken to the hospital on Saturday night after the fire truck he was driving rolled while he was turning at a stop sign. The driver was not wearing a seat belt and was ejected through the passenger side windshield. The truck ended up in a ditch, resting on its top. Investigators believe that the crash was caused by defective equipment.
Man struck by truck on Lake City Way
A 33-year-old man was struck by a commercial truck on Monday afternoon in Seattle. He sustained a life-threatening head injury and is currently being treated at Harborview Medical Center. Police have not yet released details about the cause of the crash, but they did tell reporters that the driver of the commercial truck is cooperating with the investigation.
Bicyclist injured in collision with school bus
A bicyclist in Everett was critically injured after he was struck by a school bus on Monday afternoon. None of the students on the bus were injured in the collision. Police believe that the cyclist had failed to stop at an intersection before he hit the bus. Alcohol may have been a factor in the cyclist’s erratic behavior on the road.
Police chase ends in sand trap
A suspect fleeing from police early Tuesday morning veered off the road and onto a golf course. The chase had begun on I-5, where the suspect reached speeds of over 100 miles per hours before he exited onto a surface street. The suspect’s stolen car ended up stuck in one of Broadmoor Golf Course’s sand traps. Two girls who were in the suspect’s stolen car were taken home, and the suspect was taken into custody.
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Indonesian Divers Recover Flight Data Recorder Amid Plane Crash Debris
By David Schaper
Published January 12, 2021 at 4:06 AM CST
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Shifting our focus overseas now. Divers in Indonesia say they've located the black box from a commercial jet that crashed over the weekend. Authorities there say all 62 people on board were killed. It was an older model of the Boeing 737, not a 737 Max. NPR's David Schaper has more.
DAVID SCHAPER, BYLINE: The plane took off from Jakarta's international airport Saturday afternoon in a heavy rainstorm. According to the tracking service Flightradar24, it climbed to just under 11,000 feet in four minutes, but then suddenly went into a steep descent, plummeting more than 10,000 feet in less than 30 seconds.
ANTHONY BRICKHOUSE: Well, that is definitely abnormal.
SCHAPER: Anthony Brickhouse is a former plane crash investigator for the NTSB and now a professor of aviation safety at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.
BRICKHOUSE: So the fact that they dove at that clip is obviously concerning. And then it's something that investigators will focus in on.
SCHAPER: Todd Curtis is a former Boeing safety engineer and now runs AirSafe.com. He says such a steep, fast dive indicates the pilots lost control rather quickly.
TODD CURTIS: A large jet transports like the 737, they don't have the maneuverability of, let's say, a fighter aircraft. If you start going in a very, very high velocity toward the ocean, you can't pull the aircraft out of the dive.
SCHAPER: And Curtis says what's left of the plane will hold important clues.
CURTIS: Debris has been recovered from the ocean surface and from the floor of the ocean. That debris could indicate what the sequence of events was when it came to the airplane breaking up.
SCHAPER: This particular Boeing plane was 27 years old. But Curtis says that might not matter.
CURTIS: For large airliners like the 737, age is not really a consideration. What is the thing that determines whether or not an aircraft can be flown at low risk is whether or not it's properly maintained.
SCHAPER: Former crash investigator Anthony Brickhouse says the flight data and cockpit voice recorders will also hold vital clues.
BRICKHOUSE: They give us information as to what was happening on a specific aircraft in the minutes before the accident happened and, actually, during the accident.
SCHAPER: While investigators may release preliminary findings on what may have caused the plane to crash in the coming days and weeks, it could take them a year or longer to reach any final conclusions.
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Child of a Hidden Sea
On 8 Jul 2015
In Book Reviews, Science Fiction & Fantasy
Alyx Dellamonica’s Child of a Hidden Sea (Tor Books, June 2014) is the kind of fantasy adventure novel you used to see a lot more of — not technically YA, but certainly something my 14- or 15-year-old self would have had no trouble reading. But do not make the mistake that this is some kind of throwback. It’s a delightful portal fantasy that brings the form up to date in several important ways.
Twenty-four-year-old Sophie Hansa, fresh off a difficult first contact with her birth mother, suddenly finds herself floating at sea, desperately trying to save the life of an aunt she’s just met. It turns out that she’s been swept away to Stormwrack, a richly developed fantasy world of island nations and dashing sailors. She is promptly sent back, but manages to return, bringing her brother Bram with her. Adventures naturally ensue.
There are many ways in which this take on portal fantasy is so refreshingly modern. As fantasies age, the real world acquires its own layer of strangeness: for modern readers, the Pevensies’ England is as uncanny as Narnia. Not so here. Sophie and Bram are normal adults who have natural and recognizable responses to their fantastic surroundings. Those responses are not sentimental or unquestioning: they actively interrogate Stormwrack, Bram trying to figure out its location, Sophie arriving with a truckload of modern technology and studying its biota.
Stormwrack too comes across as real: it has wildlife, and politics, and economics. People exist and have agency. (And sex.) Also, gay people exist (as does homophobia). It does not exist to be an adventurers’ playground, though adventures certainly occur.
Fantasy frequently separates children from their parents so that they may go on and have adventures without adult supervision. There are lots of orphans, children sent to the countryside, living with distracted uncles, unloving step-parents and so forth: reasons, in other words, for escape.
But such scenarios are also as uncanny as the Pevensies’ England; that’s not what we do with children nowadays. Sophie is adopted; her story is very much about encountering her birth parents—a very modern concern for adoptees. Jennifer, who devoured this book, is adopted as well; she cannot recall ever reading a book whose protagonist mirrors her own background. Of such small details are books made important.
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Uganda’s social media and mobile money blockage takes us several steps back
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Suddenly all my phones (I confess I maintain more than one phone line!) started going off with numerous notifications in the wee hours of Thursday February, 18th 2016. Someone told me: “The entire internet is off in the whole country”. It turns out the Uganda Communications Commission had blocked access to the main social media platforms, in this case Facebook, Whatsapp and Twitter. They had also reportedly blocked the mobile money service! All this for “security reasons”.
I agree with all who say the internet is a basic human right! Blocking access to any part of vital communications channels is detrimental to the country’s continued growth. Ugandans on Thursday headed to the polls and there is no better way to foster democracy by propelling access to communications. Citizens need to know where to go to cast their ballots and later on find out the results. In case there is violence, people need to know how to avoid hotspots. For many Ugandans, their essential and main means of communication are via Facebook, Whatsapp and Twitter.
The Uganda Communications Commission wanted to tweet about blocking Twitter for #UgandaDecides “security reasons” but then they remembered..
— Joseph Owino (@JosephOwino) February 18, 2016
Equally disappointing are the reports that mobile money, a service where money transfer is done via the mobile phone was blocked! Someone desperately needed money for an emergency in the village and they couldn’t get access to funds all because of this. Surely the government is not so scared of the populous that they think Mobile Money – with all its spending caps of about 5,000,000 UGX (or $2000USD)- can be used to foster rebellion at the eleventh hour.
Ugandan authorities should realise and desist from affecting the ordinary citizen’s access to information and funds. Several small businesses rely on the social media to serve their clients and in turn support their families. What should a fruit vendor who gets orders via their Facebook page, Twitter Direct Message or whatsapp do? By denying small business that rely on these free tools to make ends meet, we are interrupting the lives of honest Ugandans and their loved ones. One of the incumbent’s central campaign message is that a vote for the Opposition is a vote that can lead to war and the disruption of peoples lives, so at very least let people who bought such rhetoric just get on with things.
All digital media ventures my company runs suffered traffic slumps bse key referral sources were blocked. Businesses affected #UgandaDecides
Moreover, one thing the Ugandan government has always seemingly understood is there is no stopping a Ugandan voicing his/her opinion. It is why Uganda used to be celebrated amongst donors, despite the Opposition’s claims to a lack of democracy, for the openness of the 5th Estate, whether it be cerebral motor-mouths like Andrew Mwenda (though admittedly less critical in recent years) or always wise worlds of Charles Onyango-Obbo are ever present parts of the discussion. Likewise, There is no stopping this train. Social media is here to stay and it is only a powerful and indeed democratizing force. Ugandans are relentless and have already resorted to alternative means such as virtual private networks (VPN) to access the social media networks.The only way is for the UCC – and Government – to be part of the conversation.
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A systematic review of the consequences of early extraction of first permanent first molar in different mixed dentition stages p. 223
Thamer Alkhadra
DOI:10.4103/jispcd.JISPCD_222_17 PMID:29026692
Aims and Objectives: The aim of this study was to consider the available evidence regarding early extraction of permanent first molars (PFMs) in different mixed dentition stages that affect the integrity of occlusion and the implications for treatment planning. Materials and Methods: Electronic database, including PubMed and Science Direct, searches were conducted for available evidence. Key terms used in the search were “extraction,” “ first permanent molar,” and “mixed dentition.” Results: The initial search identified 56 studies to be related to the review. Although a significant number of published articles had dealt with early extraction of PFM, only three studies had fulfilled the final selection criteria to be considered for this systematic review. Conclusion: Future active appliance treatment is important after extraction of PFMs with poor prognosis. If such therapy is not needed, consideration should be given to extraction at the ideal developmental age to achieve spontaneous space closure. Each case should be assessed for the need of balancing or compensating extractions to preserve the dental midline and prevent overeruption.
Platelet-rich fibrin: A paradigm in periodontal therapy – A systematic review p. 227
Umesh Pratap Verma, Rakesh Kumar Yadav, Manisha Dixit, Abhaya Gupta
Periodontal tissue regeneration has always been a challenge for the periodontists owing to its structural complexity. Although with tissue engineering as a growing multidisciplinary field, this aim has partially been fulfilled. In recent years, platelet-rich fibrin (PRF) has gained wide attention for its utilization as a biocompatible regenerative material not only in dental but also in medical fields. The following systematic review has gathered all the currently available in vitro, animal, and clinical studies utilizing PubMed electronic database from January 2006 to August 2016 highlighting PRF for soft and hard tissue regeneration and/or wound healing. Although results are encouraging but require further validation from clinical studies to justify the potential role of PRF in periodontal regeneration so that this relatively inexpensive autologous biomaterial can be utilized at a wider scale.
A systematic review and meta-analysis of school children's caries studies in gulf cooperation council states p. 234
Wafa Alayyan, Manal Al Halabi, Iyad Hussein, Amar Khamis, Mawlood Kowash
Objectives: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the prevalence and severity of dental caries school children in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) area, to help the development of systematic approaches for preventive oral care programs in the GCC states and to provide sound information for oral health promotion and public health care. Materials and Methods: A comprehensive search to identify both published and unpublished articles concerning relevant studies of dental caries in children aged 6–16 years for their permanent teeth published from 1992 to 2016 with no language and time limit was performed. The search strategies employed electronic databases and incorporated both dental subject headings and free-text term. Results: The overall mean decayed, missing and filled teeth in the permanent teeth was 2.57, and the prevalence was 64.7% in the GCC area. Conclusions: Most of the studies were conducted in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The results may not be a true reflection, and other countries in GCC are urged to study the prevalence and severity of caries in their children population.
Comparison between antibacterial effect of chlorhexidine 0.2% and different concentrations of cyperus rotundus extract: An in vitro study p. 242
Roza Haghgoo, Majid Mehran, Hamideh Farajian Zadeh, Elaheh Afshari, Nafiseh Farajian Zadeh
Aims and Objectives: Modern methods of caries prevention concentrated on natural ingredients usage such as probiotics and polyphenols that are safer for young children with Streptococcus mutans inhibitory properties. The purpose of this study was to compare antibacterial effects of different concentration of Cyperus rotundus extract and chlorhexidine (CHX) 0.2% mouthwash on S. mutans and Lactobacillus acidophilus. Materials and Methods: In this in vitro study, the antibacterial effectiveness of the C. rotundus extract and CHX was compared with minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) test in tube, minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC) test in solid medium, and disc diffusion for measurement of inhibition zone. Data were analyzed using one-way ANOVA, one sample t-test, and independent sample t-test statistical methods by SPSS. 24 software (SPSS Inc., Chicago, USA). Results: MIC and MBC values of the C. rotundus extract were obtained 225 and 450 mg/ml, respectively, for S. mutans and 108 and 225 mg/ml for L. acidophilus, which are more than CHX (0.5, 1 res.). The inhibition zone increased in a dose-dependent manner but lower than CHX. Conclusion: The C. rotundus extract had antibacterial effects (bactericide and bacteriostatic) on S. mutans and L. acidophillus. Although this effect was lower than CHX. With regard to adverse effect of CHX, this extract can be a potential antibacterial agent.
The effect of chlorhexidine mixed with mineral trioxide aggregate on bacterial leakage of apical plug in simulated immature teeth using human fresh saliva p. 247
Gholamhossein Ramezani, Sohrab Tour Savadkouhi, Sahar Sayahpour
Objectives: Apexification is a challenging treatment in necrotic open apices teeth and bacterial leakage is the main reason for the treatment failure. The aim of this study is to compare the effect of mixing mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) with chlorhexidine (CHX) on microbial leakage in apexification treatment of simulated immature teeth. Materials and Methods: In this experimental study, 44 intact central incisors were selected based on inclusion criteria. The coronal and 2 mm of apical part of the specimens were removed till all root segments were 12 mm long. The apical parts of the teeth were prepared using Profile #40/0.06 (Dentsply Maillefer, Ballaigues, Switzerland) in the apical to coronal direction to simulate open apices. The specimens were separated into experimental groups (n = 40) and control groups (n = 4). Group 1 delivered a 5 mm apical plug by MTA/H2O and group 2 delivered an apical plug by MTA/CHX 0.12%. The positive control group had no apical barrier; on the other hand, the negative control group had an apical barrier and two layers of nail varnish on entire root surface. The microbial leakage assessment was done by a dual-chamber apparatus using fresh human saliva after 10-week follow-up. The turbidity of the lower chamber containing the Brain Heart Infusion (BHI) solution was analyzed based on the McFarland (0.5) standard which utilizes spectrophotometry results. Data analyses were done using Chi-square, Kaplan–Meier, and log-rank tests. Results: MTA/CHX group had lower microbial leakage percentage (P = 0.001) and longer time of leakage (P = 0.002) in compared with MTA/H2O group and the difference was statistically meaningful. Conclusion: Based on the results of this study, MTA/CHX mixture can reduce the amount of bacterial leakage.
Effect of fluoride concentration in drinking water on intelligence quotient of 12–14-year-old children in Mathura District: A cross-sectional study p. 252
Priyanka Razdan, Basavaraj Patthi, Jishnu Krishna Kumar, Nikhil Agnihotri, Prajakta Chaudhari, Monika Prasad
Aims: The aim was to assess and correlate the influence of the concentration of fluoride in ingested water on the intelligence quotient (IQ) of 12–14-year-old youngsters in Mathura district. Materials and Methods: A total of 219 children were selected, 75 from low F area, 75 medium F area, and 69 from high F area. The concentration of fluoride in the routinely ingested water was estimated using “Ion Selective Electrode method”; then, Raven's Test was utilized to estimate the IQ of the study participants. Independent t-test, Tukey's post hoc, Chi-square an analysis of variance tests were used to associate the mean and proportion IQ scores in high-, medium-, and low-fluoride regions along with inter-group significant differences (P ≤ 0.05). Results: The comparison of IQ score showed that 35 (46.7%) participants from the high fluoride and 10 (13.3%) participants from the medium-fluoride areas had below average IQ. Further, it was noted that the lowest mean marks were obtained by the children in the high-fluoride region (13.9467) followed by those in medium (18.9467) and uppermost in least noted fluoride area (38.6087). However, gender-based intergroup comparison did not produce a significant relation with fluoride (P ≥ 0.05). Conclusion: Concentration of Fluoride in the ingested water was significantly associated with the IQ of children. It has also coined the proportional variability in mental output in accordance to the ingested fluoride level. As two sides of a coin, fluoride cannot be utterly blamed for a lower intelligence in a population; it puts forward a fact that intelligence is a multifactorial variable with a strategic role played by genetics and nutrition to develop cognitive and psychosomatic activities in an individual.
Evaluation of the impact of oral health education on oral hygiene knowledge and plaque control of school-going children in the city of Amritsar p. 259
Gunmeen Sadana, Teena Gupta, Neha Aggarwal, Hashmit Kaur Rai, Ankita Bhargava, Satinder Walia
Aims and Objectives: The present study aims to evaluate the impact of oral health education on oral hygiene knowledge and plaque control of school-going children in the city of Amritsar. Materials and Methods: The study was carried out for 6 weeks and included four groups of schoolchildren of 10–12 years of age. Children were randomly selected and assigned into one of the four groups – Group I (verbal communication), Group II (verbal communication and self-educational pamphlets), Group III (audiovisual aids and verbal communication), and Group IV (control group). Oral health education was assessed by getting a questionnaire filled by children and plaque scores was recorded using Silness and Loe plaque index before and after the study. The data were then compared and analyzed using SPSS 16 software manufactured by IBM. Results: Differences in knowledge gain after the dental health education were statistically significant between all the groups, except between Group II and Group III in which the difference was not found to be significant. Group III showed the highest decrease in plaque score followed by Group II. There was a significant difference in reduction in plaque scores between all the groups, except between the Groups II and III. Conclusion: Both methods, i.e., pamphlets and audiovisual aids when used along with oral lectures, are equally effective in improving the knowledge and plaque scores in children.
Comparison of the clinical biological width with the published standard histologic mean values p. 264
Fatme Mouchref Hamasni, Fady El Hajj
Aims and Objectives: Biologic width (BW) as defined by Cohen is the part of the supracrestal gingival tissues that occupy the space between the base of the gingival crevice and the alveolar crest; it includes the junctional epithelium and the connective tissue element. Interactions between dental crowns and the marginal periodontal tissues analyzed in many review papers concluded that the recognition of the BW, in terms of crown margin placement, is beneficial for periodontal health. Therefore, knowledge of the dimensions of the sum of the junctional epithelium and connective tissue attachment as well as the sulcus depth (SD) is of clinical relevance. The aim of the study is to compare the average SD and BW clinically measured around teeth with the standard application of a mean value of 0.69 mm and 2.04 mm, respectively, found by Gargiulo et al.in a histological study on cadavers. Materials and Methods: Forty-two healthy patients with age ranging from 20 to 50 years presented to the Multidisciplinary Department at the Lebanese University. A total of 504 tooth sites of 126 teeth were selected and measured by two periodontists. All measurements were done on teeth requiring infiltration anesthesia for surgical, restorative, or endodontic procedures on neighboring tooth/teeth, which eliminate any ethical concerns. The SD and the distance from gingival margin to bone crest at four sites per tooth; mesial, midbuccal, distal, and midlingual/palatal were measured. Clinical, BW was calculated by subtracting SD from the distance between gingival margin to bone crest. Statistical Analysis: Friedman's ANOVA test, independent samples t-tests, and one-sample t-tests were applied. The IBM® SPSS® statistics 20.0 statistical package was used to carry out all statistical analyses. Results: The BW is statistically significantly lower than the value stated by Gargiulo et al. (2.04 mm) with a mean value of 1.13 mm, whereas the SD is statistically significantly greater than the value stated by Gargiulo et al. (0.69 mm) with a mean value of 1.96 mm. Conclusion: It can be concluded that there is a need to create a patient/site-specific distance from the proposed margin of the restoration to the bone crest when restoring subgingivally fractured or carious teeth. This leads to more stable and healthy tissues when performing crown lengthening procedures. Therefore, using the term clinical, BW is more reliable and it should be used to reestablish stability and integrity of periodontal tissues around restored teeth.
Relationship between the remaining dentin thickness and coronal pulp status of decayed primary molars p. 272
Roula Berbari, Hussein Fayyad-Kazan, Mohamad Ezzedine, Mohammad Fayyad-Kazan, Daniel Bandon, Elia Sfeir
Aims and Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess the correlation between the remaining dentin thickness (RDT) in deep decayed primary molars and the inflammatory status and bacterial composition of the corresponding coronal pulp. We hypothesized that RDT could be used as a reference for clinicians in assigning the indication for pulpotomy. Materials and Methods: Pulpotomies were conducted on the cameral pulp of 48 primary molars. Microorganisms, such as Lactobacillus sp., Streptococcus sp., and Prevotella sp., were identified and quantified and levels of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) and interlukin-6 (IL-6) were assessed. The correlation between the pre-operative RDT based on radiographic images and inflammatory-microbial profiles in vitro was evaluated using Spearman's rho correlation coefficient. All data analysis was performed using a statistical software program (SPSS 20.0, SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA). Results: Immunological and microbiological studies revealed elevated levels of TNF-α and IL-6 cytokines, and Lactobacillus sp., Streptococcus sp. and Prevotella sp. in the cameral pulp with an RDT measuring up to 1.1 mm. No significant relationship could be established between RDT, inflammatory status and microbial content of the pulps. Conclusion: The RDT remains a key clinical factor that needs to be assessed when establishing the indication for pulpotomy. Additional parameters that can improve this therapy should be investigated in the future.
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How much do Italian patients in supportive periodontal therapy know about the role of smoking in oral health and what is their lifestyle? p. 279
Roberto Pippi, Maria Vita, Roberto Alvaro, Carlo Di Paolo
DOI:10.4103/jispcd.JISPCD_75_17 PMID:29026701
Objective: The level of awareness of patients receiving supportive periodontal therapy (SPT) concerning the role of smoking as a risk factor for oral health was investigated. Materials and Methods: A questionnaire was administered to 158 patients previously treated for periodontitis in four periodontally oriented private dental offices in Rome. The generalized linear model was used to test the simultaneous effect of questions posed to all patients. Fisher's exact test was used to verify significant associations among qualitative variables. Results: Only 53.79% of the total sample referred having been informed by the dentist/hygienist about smoking as an oral health risk factor. About 40% of patients did not know that oral cancer exists and only 36.08% of them reported being informed about it by their own dentist/hygienist. Females are significantly less frequent among ex-smokers than among smokers. Nonsmokers were on periodontal supportive therapy for a longer period than smokers. Patients who started smoking later found harder to quit smoking than those who started earlier. Conclusion: Awareness of patients in SPT about health risks related to smoking does not assume a change in their harmful behavior. Among oral health professionals, there is not yet a widespread awareness of the importance of their role in increasing patient's motivation to quit.
Apical extrusion of intracanal bacteria with single file and multifile rotary instrumentation systems p. 292
Eshaghali Saberi, Shahram Shahraki Zahedani, Sediqe Ebrahimipour
Aims and Objectives: Instrumentation techniques may cause extrusion of microorganisms and their products into the periapical region resulting inflammation and treatment failure. The aim of this ex vivo study was comparing the apical bacterial extrusion in canals prepared with single file versus multiple file rotary systems. Materials and Methods: Ninety-two human single-rooted mandibular first premolars were used. Endodontic access cavities were prepared, and root canals were contaminated with an Enterococcus faecalis (E. faecalis) suspension. The samples were incubated at 37°C for 30 days; the contaminated teeth were divided into four groups of 20 specimens each (1: Reciproc, 2: Mtwo, 3: Neoniti A1, 4: Safesider). Six teeth were not infected and each were prepared with one of the above instruments were considered as negative and six teeth which had been previously infected, were used as positive control groups. Extruded bacteria from the apical foramen during instrumentation were collected into vials containing 0.9% NaCl. The microbial samples were taken from the vials and incubated in brain heart agar medium for 24 h. The resulting bacterial titer, in colony-forming units per mL, was determined. The data entered into SPSS 18 software and were analyzed by Kruskal–Wallis and Mann–Whitney U-tests at 0.05 significance level. Results: Mtwo multifile system showed significantly less bacterial extrusion than Safesider (P = 0.015) and Neoniti A1 (P = 0.042) but did not show significant difference with Reciproc system (P = 0.25). Conclusions: All instrumentation systems extruded bacteria beyond the apical foramen. However, this study showed that Mtwo multifile rotary system extruded fewer bacteria.
Endodontic management of a maxillary first molar with seven root canal systems evaluated using cone-beam computed tomography scanning p. 297
Vijay Reddy Venumuddala, Sridhar Moturi, SV Satish, B Kalyan Chakravarthy, Sudhakar Malapati
Permanent maxillary first molar morphology has been studied widely. Usually, it has three roots with three canals and the frequent deviation being incidence of a second mesiobuccal canal, thus showing a multifaceted root canal anatomy. Other variations comprise four and five roots and abnormal root canal morphology within individual roots. Many case reports with five and six root canals or a C-shaped canal configuration have been reported in the past. This varying number of root canals poses a challenge for endodontist in detecting and treating by root canal treatment. This problem can be avoided using techniques such as using the dental operating microscope and cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT). We report a change in canal morphology case of maxillary first molar having seven root canals, its evaluation, and management using latest equipment such as CBCT.
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AnimeNEXT 2011: Kanon and Sakurai Q&A
Sakurai Takamasa-san sat up front welcoming people into the room which brought some laughter from the crowds. “Good morning…cosplayer.” After everyone was seated, Sakurai-san started with talking about the Cosplay Burlesque which they saw yesterday. “No matter which cosplay it was, they’re always stripping.” Then he turned the time over to us. “Today, you’re the main cast. We’re just the players so you guys keep on asking the questions.” What a wonderful transition into questions!
Q: How is like working with Wakeshima Kanon?
Kanon: I have never had a working conversation with her yet. (Me: Perhaps he means he doesn’t have time to even speak with her…?)
Q: What is the main differences you find in countries on cosplay?
Kanon: Everyone is so bold.
Sakurai: Isn’t that because we saw the Cosplay Burlesque yesterday?
Kanon: Maybe so.
Sakurai: There is no Cosplay Burlesque in Japan. It was alot of fun.
Q: What music and musicians inspired you?
Kanon: During middle school, I started listening to different music. I was inspired by J-pop musicians.
Q: What do you think about the Vocaloid softward and the huge influence that it has?
Kanon: It might take long explaining this thought. It really turned around the music world. It made a whole new generation. I don’t know why it wasn’t so well known before since it was out for a long time. I think from now on, it’s going to be even better.
Sakurai: As a journalist, I write alot about Vocaloid. I also write alot about Vocaloid in English. Next week, on wednesday, I’m going to have another page on the site, Asianbeat so you can take a look. It’s about Asian music. If you go on the site, ‘Asianbeat’, it will show up on the J-pop culture site.
Q: Are you wearing ‘Alice and the Pirates’ today?
Sakurai: Yes. Do you know, ‘Baby the Stars Shine Bright’? This is their second brand, ‘Alice and the Pirates’. This is not on sale, I tailored it myself. Do you like ‘Baby’? *audience applauds* Have you seen ‘Kamikaze Girls’? For those who never seen it, it’s a really great Japanese movie so I recommend it alot. For those who watched it, please explain it to those who didn’t. Have you seen it, [Kanon]?
Kanon: I’ve seen it once. It’s very fun.
Q: Which is your favorite concert?
Kanon: In 2009, I had a outside concert in Yokohama. Even in the rain, it felt really good.
Sakurai: Have you seen AnCafe’s live? Where have you seen it?
Fan: In California.
Sakurai: Is everyone from California? *audience responses with different states* Has anyone seen it in Japan? *a hand goes up* Your mother is a professor?
Fan: Yes, a music teacher.
Q: Where is your favorite place to perform?
Kanon: Anaheim. There is a live house near Disneyland. It was very interesting. I even got a Disney pass.
Sakurai: Do you like Disneyland?
Kanon: I go every 3 months.
Sakurai: Do you wear the Mickey Mouse costume?
Kanon: No…. *audience laughs*
Sakurai: Mickey Mouse is Mickey Mouse, there is no one inside.
Q: Even though I love anime, I am drawn towards to tokusatsu genre. Is that still considered cosplay?
Kanon: Its still considered cosplay. When I was a child, I admired those hero series.
Sakurai: Cosplay is being someone else, another character. It doesn’t have to be anime.
Kanon: You can even cosplay a doctor, the police. It’s still cosplay.
Sakurai: I go all over the world. I see alot of AnCafe cosplayers.
Q: Most of us here are young and I see that you’re pretty old…. *audience starts laughing* Not old, but what experience have you gained when you travel around the world professionally?
Sakurai: So everywhere in the world, there are alot of people that looks like Kanon. *audience laughs* There are people who look like Kanon going out with another person looking like Teruki. They’re all the same to me. About 2 weeks ago, I was teaching at a class in college. Afterwards, Kanon-san and Teruki-san have a drink and I was there with them. Teruki and his Chinese friend was saying that its not possible to not know about Fullmetal Alchemist. Teruki saw the whole series in 3 days. He was saying later, there are not so many changes with the world, because everyone is doing the same thing. Kanon was reading his tweets and saying, ‘Why is he watching it now?’
Kanon: Nothing really changes except for the travel time.
Sakurai: For those that haven’t received the pamphlets, you can have them for free. Its a pamphlet about a guide to Tokyo. There are illustrations explaining about our favorite places in Tokyo. This is Kanon’s page which he drew himself. This is my page. I’m different from Kanon since I don’t have any drawing skills. Therefore, I asked my friend who is a young voice actress and a model who draw it for me. It’s in Harajuku. Please take a copy and visit Japan! Who wants to visit Japan? *hands go up* Who is visiting Japan pretty soon? *not so many hands* For those who are flexible, please put this in your suitcase.
Fan: Please bring me back with you!
Sakurai: As a doll? Maybe its okay to cosplay. “It only moves a little.” (I’m assuming it’s his comment to the airport staff over a living doll.)
Q: Which is your favorite anime?
Sakurai: It’s a difficult question.
Kanon: Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni
Sakurai: The first season of Fullmetal Alchemist…no it’s Evangelion. I like the new manga by the mangaka of Honey and Clover called, 3 Gatsu no Lion (March Comes in Like a Lion.) This time its not a shoujo manga. The main character is a boy who actually plays shogi. It is really interesting.
Q: Which is your favorite cosplay and what is your favorite cosplay to see?
Kanon: The characters that I like to wear are those with really bright hair. I like to see cosplays with knee socks.
Sakurai: As a person whose part of the World Cosplay Summit, I cannot say a favorite cosplay. Its a secret. I love every cosplay.
Q: Sakurai-san, next week, you’ll be at Kintoki-Con. What will you be doing there?
Sakurai: First I’ll back to Japan, then I’ll go to California. I might do a comedic act with Teruki-san, kind of like a Saturday Night Live.
Fan: We’re going to go.
Sakurai: Thank you. I’ll practice very hard. Maybe Teruki-san will be very sad if I don’t take him since I always bring Kanon with me.
Q: Since you travel around the world, what are your different reactions on cosplay?
Sakurai: It’s always different in each country. In Japan, it’s normally done by one person, and they’ll get alot of different people to take pictures of them. On the otherhand, the Chinese cosplayers look very similar to Japanese cosplayers, but they like to gather in groups and take pictures. Not just one. In Vietnam. the cosplayers actually do it in musical style. They actually dance with the cosplay. In Spain, the cosplayers like to be in couples, have a passionate, romantic cosplay. There are lots of couples that actually met by cosplaying. It’s very interesting for the different countries to have different ways in cosplay. In Asia, the cosplays go by very fast. In Asia, not just Japan, the anime that is airing now, that’s what they’re cosplaying at conventions. Like Madoka Magica. *Madoka cosplayer stands up* This is the most popular cosplay in Japan right now. Does anyone know Madoka Magica? *lots of hands go up* What do you think of cosplays, Kanon?
Kanon: Its very pleasing to my eyes.
Sakurai: Do you mean Cosplay Burlesque? *audience laughs*
Q: Do you prefer reading manga or watching anime?
Kanon: I think it’s anime for me. When they turn the manga into an anime, sometimes I get a little disappointed. But even watching the anime and reading the manga afterwards, it’s fun that way too. It’s always different for people when they read manga and watch anime.
Sakurai: I don’t want alot of people talking about anime since I go to all these different places and I don’t have time to watch anime. Definitely, everyone here watches more than me. On the other hand, I can read manga on the airplane and while traveling. It helps in that way. On the airplane, I saw Summer Wars 6 times and I cried every single time. To everyone who saw it before, I cry every time during the scene where the German kid saves Natsuki.
Q: Were any of you affected by the earthquake?
Sakurai: It’s still very hectic. I wasn’t in Japan during the earthquake. I was in China during that time. When I went back to the hotel, that’s when I noticed it. And from all over the world, I received lot of e-mail messages. Everyone was worried about it. Right now, China can’t use twitter. Kanon and Teruki was tweeting that they were fine, but since I couldn’t see that, this girl sent to me Kanon and Teruki’s messages. The earthquake affected the eastern side very much, even today, it’s pretty bad over there. I’m very happy that people all over the world volunteered to help Japan. Even though we’re Japanese, there are lots of false information around. In Tokyo, its back to normal with the same lifestyle. Alot of people left Japan because of the earthquake. But afterwards, people started coming back because it’s alot safer. For those people to come to Japan, it’s alot of support for Japan. I’m very happy that there are alot American musicians to come to Japan and to perform concerts in the area. For those who were worried, thank you very much. We’re working very hard.
Q: Do you know about ‘Pray for Japan’ and cosplayers who supported that?
Sakurai: Yes, I know about the cosplayers who supported the cause. There were alot of different ways to support Japan and I’m happy with any way that was used.
Q: There was a PV that was shown yesterday. When they are making a music video, is Kanon-kun involved in production of the PV? Also, what kind of reactions here were different from Japan?
Kanon: The reactions of the US wasn’t very different from Japan so I’m very happy about that. In the music video with people turning their heads, that is an image I have. For the animation, I told them the style that I wanted. The background is something added afterwards. During the filming, they were acting in a lime green stage. Everything else was added afterwards.
Sakurai: Does anyone like Wakeshima Kanon and her style? *nods in the crowd* Kanon will tell her about that. There are many musicians named ‘Kanon’ any they’re all very good. In the music world, there are lots of talks about this Kanon and that Kanon…I have no idea who they’re referring to. There are 5 at this moment! I really don’t know! In those 5 musicians, 3 of them are under Sony! And when spelling it out, it’s always ‘K-A-N-O-N’. The kanji is different though.
Q: Who are your musical inspirations?
Kanon: In Japan, it’s GLAY, Mr. Children and L’arc en ciel.
Sakurai: I’m actually in love with American music. As I grew up with American influence, it took me awhile to get to America since I was hesitant about actually explaining the Japanese culture to America. The people here probably watched more anime than me! As far as the 70’s music, I probably heard more than you! From the west, I like Jackson Brown, and in the east, Bruce Springsteen. Before I came to NJ, I heard Bobby Jean hundred times. But here, I’m talking about Madoka Magica and Hatsune Miku. But if there is an event for American music, I will talk about it nonstop!
Q: What do you think about American music now.
Sakurai: Most recent American band that I’m interested in is Red Hot Chili Peppers. *audience applauds* That is the most recent that I got into. What should I listen to?
Fan: Lady Gaga.
Sakurai: I know. Even in Japan, there are video clips of her everywhere.
Q: How is it like making Pinky Distortion?
Kanon: It was the first time producing an app for the Iphone. There was alot of work and alot of new things that I had to work through. They told me that I could do whatever I wanted to do, but while I was working on it, I realized that it was alot closer to AnCafe style.
Q: Do you like Vocaloid? Which character do you like?
Kanon: I like Miku. In July, there will be a Miku live and I really want to go see it, but I’m also in a live. *audience awwwws*
Sakurai: They’re doing it at the same time. It’s very unfortunate. If I was in LA, which one should I do? Well, I can see KanonxKanon all the time…maybe Miku…. *audience laughs* Well, I’ll just think about it when I get there.
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