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SR 916/NW 135 Street Beautification based on Complete Streets Concepts
Major Miami Route Gets Safer, Friendlier Makeover
SR 916/NW 135th Street is an important arterial that provides access to and within North Miami. It is a major route used by residents to go from I-95 to the eastern limits of the city. The existing typical section along the arterial includes 4 lanes separated by a dual left turn lane. Because most of the traffic on this road is coming from I-95 at high speeds, vehicles tend to speed along this corridor. The characteristics of the road are not consistent with the existing land use types and do not promote a safe environment for all road users.
The City of North Miami has requested FDOT and Kittelson to develop a Complete Streets-based concept for SR 916/NW 135th Street from NW 6 Avenue to west of SR 5/Biscayne Boulevard. The City of North Miami has asked that the concept include a median treatment along SR 916/NW 135th Street to be developed and incorporated in an ongoing resurfacing, restoration, and rehabilitation (3R) project along this segment.
The Outcome
The proposed concept will be implemented in the ongoing resurfacing project, which is scheduled for construction starting February 2019.
The final typical section of SR 916/NW 135th Street will maintain the same number of lanes, but narrower, and will encourage drivers to travel at lower speeds.
The installation of the curbed median will help to calm the traffic and make drivers more aware of their surroundings.
The raised median will provide an opportunity for the City to install small or thin palm trees, increasing the overall beautification of the corridor and providing a sense of space and community.
The modifications and implementation of a median will require modifications to current access, which will result in an overall reduction in several types of crashes, including angle and left turn crashes.
Green spaces for gateway features have been included in the concept, giving the City of North Miami the opportunity to enhance the corridor even further.
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GALLERIES > BIRDS > GALLIFORMES > ODONTOPHORIDAE > SCALED QUAIL [Callipepla squamata]
Location: Hermanas, NM
GPS: 31.9N, -107.9W, elev=4,262' MAP
ID : 7C2V5839 [3888 x 2592]
The Scaled Quail (Callipepla squamata), also commonly called Blue Quail or cottontop, is a species of the New World quail family. It is a bluish gray bird found in the arid regions of the Southwestern United States to Central Mexico. This species is an early offshoot of the genus Callipepla, diverging in the Pliocene (Zink & Blackwell, 1998).
This bird is named for the scaly appearance of its breast and back feathers. Along with its scaly markings, the bird is easily identified by its white crest that resembles a tuft of cotton.
The nest is typically a grass-lined hollow containing 9-16 speckled eggs. When disturbed, it prefers to run rather than fly.
Widespread and common throughout its range, the Scaled Quail is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
The Scaled Quail occupied a wider range during the drier conditions of the last ice age, inhabiting also areas northwest of its present range up to the Colorado River (Rea, 1973). It has formed several subspecies, 3 of which range into the USA:
Callipepla squamata squamata Vigors, 1830 (Altiplano Scaled Quail). The nominate subspecies; it is only found on the Central Plateau (altiplano) of Mexico.
Callipepla squamata pallida Brewster, 1881 (Northern Scaled Quail). The most common subspecies, it occurs from Arizona and New Mexico to Colorado and just into Oklahoma, and western Texas, northern Chihuahua, and Sonora. It is paler than the nominate subspecies.
Callipepla squamata hargravei Rea, 1973 (Upper Sonoran Scaled Quail). A form of arid habitat, it is only found in the area where the states of Colorado, Kansas and Oklahoma meet, and in northwestern New Mexico. It is the palest subspecies, adapted to dry and sandy habitat.
Callipepla squamata castanogastris Brewster, 1883 (Chestnut-bellied Scaled Quail). Found in southern Texas from Eagle Pass and San Antonio south to adjacent northwestern Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas). Similar individuals are sometimes found in the extreme northeast and west of the species' range (Schemnitz, 1994). The chestnut brown belly distinguishes it from all other subspecies; it is also darker than the other two found in the USA.
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Support needed 'more than ever' as Race for Life returns to Tatton Park in 2021
Cancer Research UK's Race for Life returns to Tatton Park in 2021
Race for Life will take place at Tatton Park in June
THE popular Race for Life is set to return to Tatton Park this summer following a difficult year for Cancer Research UK.
Last year's event was cancelled due to coronavirus, and the pandemic has hit the charity's fundraising efforts hard.
Cancer Research UK predicts a staggering £300 million drop in income over the next three years, which it says could put future medical breakthroughs at risk.
So to help the charity get 2021 off to the best possible start, runners of all abilities are being encouraged to sign up for this year's Race for Life.
Caitlin Holme, event manager for Cheshire at Cancer Research UK, said: "This year, more than ever, we need people to come together and help beat the disease.
“The truth is, Covid-19 has slowed us down. But we will never stop and we are absolutely determined to continue to create better cancer treatments for tomorrow.
“Every step our scientists take towards beating cancer relies on our supporters.
"Our Race for Life events are open to all and we’re sending a heart-felt message to everyone to come together in 2021."
Organisers are putting safety at the top of the priority list ahead of the event's return, with Covid-secure measures being put in place.
Participants will set off on the course either alone or in small, socially-distanced groups, and hand sanitiser will be provided with participants encouraged to use it before and after the event.
Caitlin said: "It may be that events look a little different this year but we are working proactively with our venues and suppliers to deliver a socially-distanced but great experience.
"We’ll ask participants to respect social distancing before, during and after the event.
"It means that this year people should refrain from hugging others at the finish line. But we promise our events will remain fun, colourful, emotional and uplifting."
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The Tatton Park Race for Life will take place on June 26 and 27, and is open to participants of all ages, genders and abilities.
Anyone who signs up this January can claim a special 30 per cent off the entry fee by using the code JAN2021.
To enter, visit raceforlife.org
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Automakers help restart US industry as globe reopens further
by: COLLEEN LONG, TOM KRISHER and MIKE HOUSEHOLDER, Associated Press
Posted: May 17, 2020 / 10:04 PM PDT / Updated: May 18, 2020 / 08:03 PM PDT
In this May 17, 2020, photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a medical worker collects sample for COVID-19 testing at the Tongji community in Shulan in northeastern China’s Jilin Province. Authorities have tightened restrictions in parts of Jilin province in response to a local cluster. (Zhang Nan/Xinhua via AP)
WARREN, Mich. (AP) — More than 130,000 autoworkers returned to factories across the U.S. for the first time in nearly two months Monday in one of the biggest steps yet to restart American industry, while an experimental vaccine against the coronavirus yielded encouraging results in a small and extremely early test.
Stocks rallied on the vaccine news and signs that the worst of the crisis has passed in many countries. The Dow Jones Industrial Average soared about 900 points, or nearly 4%.
In a surprise announcement, President Donald Trump said he’s been taking a malaria drug to protect against the virus even though his own administration has warned it should only be administered in a hospital or research setting because of potentially fatal side effects.
Automakers from Detroit’s Big Three — Fiat Chrysler, General Motors and Ford — to Honda and Toyota put screening procedures in place at the dozens of factories that reopened from the Great Lakes states south to Tennessee and Texas and out west to Tesla’s factory near the San Francisco Bay. Some Detroit automakers started cranking out vehicles Monday, but it will take longer to fully restart other plants. Workers appeared reassured by the precautions.
At a Fiat Chrysler pickup truck assembly plant in Warren, outside Detroit, workers entered a giant white tent with a sign reading, “Let’s restart and keep each other safe.” They had their temperatures checked and answered questions on whether they had COVID-19 symptoms.
“I feel safer than being anywhere at any stores, because they got the screening and everything,” said Ann’alazia Moore, a janitor at the factory. “I feel like that’s amazing. That’s smart. I like that. So, I feel more safe. I won’t get sick.”
Cole Stevenson, who installs steering wheels at a Ford pickup truck plant in Dearborn, Michigan, said, “The parts of the plant where people would be closer together, they’ve put up a lot of partitions. You can tell they’ve taken tape measures to just about any surface two people would need to be near each other.”
Meanwhile, an experimental vaccine by Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Moderna Inc. triggered hoped-for immune responses in eight healthy, middle-aged volunteers. They were found to have antibodies similar to those seen in people who have recovered from COVID-19.
Further studies on the vaccine’s safety, effectiveness and optimal dosage still need to be done. But with people desperate for any sign of progress, the findings caused excitement on Wall Street.
Worldwide, about a dozen vaccine candidates are in the first stages of testing or nearing it. Health officials have said that if all goes well, studies might wrap up late this year or early 2021.
The malaria drug that Trump says he’s been taking daily “for about a week and a half now” has not been shown to combat the coronavirus.
“I started taking it, because I think it’s good,” Trump said. “I’ve heard a lot of good stories.”
Despite warnings from health experts that the virus could make a resurgence, many states have eased lockdowns under pressure from Trump to save businesses and livelihoods. U.S. unemployment surged in April to 14.7%, a level not seen since the Depression.
Health authorities will be watching for a second wave of infections and worry Americans will disregard social distancing over Memorial Day weekend, the unofficial start of summer. There were already large crowds last weekend: Connecticut had to close beaches when they reached capacity under new rules, and people packed the Virginia Beach oceanfront even before restrictions were relaxed.
Deputies north of Orlando, Florida, say they were hit with cups of alcohol, bottles and bar stools after making arrests at a weekend block party with an estimated 3,000 people. Walt Disney World posted a warning about COVID-19 as it prepares to allow some third-party shops and restaurants to reopen this week.
Bars, day cares and zoos were the latest parts of Texas’ economy to reopen with social distancing measures. By June, summer camps and youth sports will be allowed in the second-most-populated state.
One of California’s largest tribal casinos reopened with customers getting their temperatures taken and being ordered to cover their faces, while every other slot machine was turned off to keep people separated. A large turnout meant many were still playing less than 6 feet (2 meters) apart.
Ronda McLauchlan lined up at 7:30 a.m. before going to work as a painting contractor because “it’s all about freedom.”
Europe also has pushed ahead with reopening, allowing people into the Acropolis in Athens, high-fashion boutiques in Italy, museums in Belgium, golf courses in Ireland and beer gardens in Bavaria.
More than 4.7 million people worldwide have tested positive for the virus and over 318,000 deaths have been recorded, including about 90,000 in the U.S. and over 160,000 in Europe, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University. Those figures are believed to understate the true dimensions of the outbreak because of limited testing, differences in counting the dead and concealment by some governments.
In other developments, the World Health Organization bowed to calls to launch an independent investigationinto how it responded to the coronavirus. Trump has repeatedly attacked both WHO and China, claiming the U.N. agency helped Beijing conceal the extent of the outbreak in its early stages.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the probe will take place “at the earliest appropriate moment.” The announcement at WHO’s annual meeting came after a watchdog body found possible shortcomings in the agency’s warning system.
Chinese President Xi Jinping defended China’s record, saying it provided all relevant outbreak data to WHO and other countries, including the virus’s genetic sequence, “in a most timely fashion.”
With new infections and deaths slowing considerably in Europe, many countries are preparing to reopen their borders and trying to draw up rules for a highly unusual summer tourist season.
“This vacation this year won’t be like the ones we know from the past,” German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas told ZDF television. “The pandemic is still there, and we must at least have safety precautions for the worst case that the figures get worse again.”
Churches in Italy and at the Vatican resumed public Masses. Guards in hazmat suits took the temperatures of those entering St. Peter’s Basilica, where Pope Francis celebrated a Mass in a side chapel to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of St. John Paul II.
Turkey’s president announced a four-day curfew during the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr. The country has opted to impose short weekend and holiday curfews, instead of full lockdowns, fearing damage to the already troubled economy.
Long reported from Washington, Krisher from Detroit. Associated Press writers around the world contributed.
Follow AP pandemic coverage at http://apnews.com/VirusOutbreak and https://apnews.com/UnderstandingtheOutbreak.
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Why is the Countach so significant to the Lamborghini brand?
0 May 3, 2018 By Admin
Posted in History, Lamborghini Countach, Lamborghini Diablo
What is the importance of the Lamborghini Countach?
Few cars from decades ago still resonate with people today quite like the Lamborghini Countach. It has an iconic design whose philosophies and qualities are still seen in the world of high-performance automobiles today. What is the importance of the Lamborghini Countach? If you don’t know, we are going to have to tell you.
What was unique about the Countach
Everything about the Countach was unique. It was a radically different vehicle from even the supercars of its day. Arguably one of its most distinguishing features was the upward opening scissor doors. At the time, these doors were a necessity. The Countach was ridiculously wide at 74.28 inches. This made outward doors hazardous and, in some places, impossible.
The doors themselves were also very thick to fit with the wide door sills. Why were the door sills so wide? That’s because of the tubular spaceframe that the Countach had. To top it all off, those doors came in handy as the Countach had practically no rear visibility. It became a common practice to open the door, sit on the door sill, and look backward out the open door to back the Countach up.
The doors were largely a product of the other innovative characteristics that the Countach took on, but it isn’t the only claim to fame for the Countach. This car practically pioneered the Italian Wedge design language that dominated Italian supercars for decades and can still be seen in modern Lamborghini models today.
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When was the Countach made?
The Countach was first unveiled in 1971 but it wasn’t until 1974 that enthusiasts first began receiving this model. The Countach was available from 1974 until 1990 making it the longest-lived model for Lamborghini.
The Diablo and the Espada are behind it in longevity with 11 years and 10 years of production respectively. In other words, at 16 years in production, the Countach has 5 years on any other Lamborghini model.
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Versions of the Countach
The Countach had several versions throughout its lifecycle. It began with the LP400 and the LP400 S. These were followed up by the LP500 S and the LP500 S QV. These models were followed up by the 25th Anniversary Countach in 1988. This model celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Lamborghini brand. The LP400 S, LP500 models, and the 25th Anniversary model all have the iconic look that the Countach is largely known for.
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Who determines if a court-appointed guardian is needed?
On behalf of J. Kevin Tharpe, P.C. | Apr 3, 2019 | Guardianships & Conservatorships
Many Georgia residents are elderly and dependent upon adult sons, daughters or other loved ones to help them with their financial, medical and daily living needs. It is not uncommon for people beyond age 80 to move into assisted-living facilities. A court-appointed guardian may be necessary if an elderly man or woman becomes incapacitated and unable to make decisions on his or her own behalf.
Sadly, many problem situations have arisen in this state and others when people seeking financial gain have exploited the elderly, somehow managing to convince the court that a guardian was needed when, in reality, that may not be the case. One situation in another state involved an older woman whose niece had taken her to a doctor’s office. The events that unfolded after arriving in the waiting room caused not only the niece, but other family members, to become gravely concerned.
It seems that the woman’s niece was asked to sign additional papers before the woman’s scheduled appointment. When she returned to the waiting room, her aunt was gone. She immediately inquired and was told by office staff that a court-appointed guardian had come to get the older woman and did not leave information as to where she was being taken. The niece and her family members suspect that the elderly woman’s grand-daughter had convinced the court that her grandmother suffers from dementia, which they all say is completely untrue.
The woman’s loved ones later learned that she was taken to an assisted-living facility for dementia patients. They also believe her grand-daughter has been wiping out her assets. Any Georgia resident facing problems regarding a court-appointed guardian will not only want to arm himself or herself with as much legal information as possible but perhaps also seek guidance and support from an experienced elder law attorney.
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Brent Urgent Care Centre sees decrease in patients as A&E demands rise
Published: 6:42 PM February 25, 2015 Updated: 9:22 PM October 15, 2020
North West London Hospitals NHS Trust manages Brent Urgent Care Clinic in Central Middlesex Hospital in Park Royal - Credit: Archant
An NHS centre in Brent is seeing its numbers fall at a time where A&E waiting times are at an all time high.
Brent Urgent Care Centre, (UCC), based at the Central Middlesex Hospital (CMH) in Acton Lane, Park Royal, has been a fully equipped and operational walk in clinic open 24 hours a day, seven days a week for the last four years.
Designed to take the pressure off hospital emergency units, it has become a stand alone unit since the closure of CMH’s A&E last year.
Dr Frank Schneider, lead GP at Brent UCC, said: “Northwick Park is very busy. Some of the footfall has gone there.”
Gary Passaway, UCC manager agreed that people may not realise it’s there. “We have seen a decrease. There’s perhaps a lack of clarity in the community about what’s based in the hospital and an understanding of what we do.”
Brent UCC, part of Care UK, has 11 permanent GPs, a nurse front of house at all times and provides a skeleton staff of two doctors and a nurse at night.
It has six consultation rooms and a “holding room” for those waiting for transfer to Northwick Park, not unlike an A&E unit in terms of the equipment that it has to keep patients stable.
Dr Schneider said: “It’s like a GP drop in but deals with urgent but not life threatening issues. We deal with coughs, colds, earaches, also minor injuries, from cuts and bruises, to broken bones and fractures.
“We have Xray units that link directly with NP, A GP surgery will deal with chronic diseases, so someone with asthma wouldn’t come here. Someone who is stabbed would go straight to A&E.”
It has a separate children’s area, with similar modern equipment to the adult section so there is no need to run between them.
Dr Schneider continued: “A third of our patients are children. We can manage 90 per cent of the cases here with the remainder referred to NP.”
This can be for complicated bone fractures, or surgical needs such as appendicitis, he added.
“Demand has increased so much with people presenting to hospitals, the UCC gives people a real choice,” he said.
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Players who are on the first 9 holes (no matter which hole) will be eligible for 50% refund of the paid green fee.
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All reserved tee-time bookings will be cancelled. After the re-opening of the golf courses, all new tee-times will be arranged on a "first-come-first- served" basis, subject to the practice as explained below. Management will decide to suspend registration of confirmed tee-time bookings to accord with the situation.
When the golf courses are officially closed for a period of time during the day.
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These players are requested to wait at the Administration Building for re-opening of the golf courses. Once the golf courses are re-opened for play, they may continue their rounds.
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During closure of the golf courses, Receptionists will mark down the names of these players on a “Re-opening Waiting List” and prioritize the order according to their original booked tee times. Upon re-opening of the golf courses, these players will be required to bring along their HKID cards/passports and green fee tickets to the Reception for arranging new tee times.
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During closure of the golf courses, these players are on a “first-come-first- served” basis, regardless of their original tee times. Receptionists will register their names on the “Re-opening Waiting List” and prioritize their order after those players who have already registered and paid, but not yet started their round. Players are requested to cooperate by informing the Reception to delete their names from the “Re-opening Waiting List” if they do not wish to play. Upon re-opening of the golf courses, players should bring their HKID cards/passports to Reception for arranging new tee-times. These players have priority over walk-in players only at their original reserved course.
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Walk-in players do not have priority over the players with reserved tee times. Tee times will be given subject to availability. Receptionists will mark down their information on a walk-in list. The normal arrangement for walk-in players will apply.
In order to accommodate all golfers with reserved tee times after re-opening the golf courses, shorter tee time intervals may be introduced.
Circumstances leading to temporary suspension of play for safety reasons are uncontrollable and are unavoidable. The understanding and cooperation of all players will therefore be greatly appreciated. Management reserves the right to exercise flexibility on the above arrangements in order to achieve fairness for the majority and to minimize any inconvenience that may be caused. Please follow the instructions from the staff who will do their best to arrange golfers with confirmed tee times to play.
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Players who have completed the first 9 holes will not be eligible for any refund.
Refund of green fee must be claimed on the same day in person at the reception counter Subsequent claim of refund at a later date will not be entertained.
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Chorion brings Mr License in-house
]> The Mr Men resonate with something you remember when you were young and yet they also speak the emotion of the moment. Chorion has taken over licensing for
The Mr Men resonate with something you remember when you were young and yet they also speak the emotion of the moment.
Chorion has taken over licensing for the Mr Men after completing a £31.5m settlement with the previous licensing agent CPLG. It follows Chorion's acquisition of the Mr Men last year from the family of the orginial author, Roger Hargreaves. Chorion's Nicholas James told us what the implication of the deal is for Chorion and the Mr Men brand. 'It's very important if you are going to re-launch a brand smoothly, to manage it as it has been traditionally handled as well as in a new way,' he says.Chorion has been researching and developing the Mr Men since its acquisition and has drawn a number of interesting conclusions that are informing the development of the new TVseries, scheduled to go into production later this year for 2007. Chorion will address the challenge of keeping the Mr Men in character (many in fact lose their charcteristics by the end of each book!), and have them appearing together. Nicholas describes the scenario as like any ordinary office; we do all get on with each other, despite our strong characteristics.
According to educational psychologists, Roger Hargreaves captured exactly how a child considers and draws characters and personalities at a young age, in his drawings of the Mr Men. Unusually, the books are read to very young children who then read the stories themselves later. 'It's very rare to get two bites of the cherry like this,' says Nicholas.
The Mr Men characters taken out of context of the stories are still relevant, communicative and have visual appeal. 'Mr Grumpy, for example, resonates with something you remember when you were young,' says Nicholas, 'and yet it also speaks the emotion of the moment.'
The new Mr Men should move relatively quickly and smoothly into the USmarket, where the books currently sell in their hundreds of thousands each year.
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The Wiggles Sign for Bath Products
Children’s entertainers The Wiggles signed Jets, Sets and Elephants to make a new line of bath products for toddlers. Products will include bubble bath, shampoo and conditioner, foaming hand soaps, character head bath sponges and toiletry gift sets
Children’s entertainers The Wiggles signed Jets, Sets and Elephants to make a new line of bath products for toddlers. Products will include bubble bath, shampoo and conditioner, foaming hand soaps, character head bath sponges and toiletry gift sets and will hit stores in the U.S. and Canada next spring.
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The Arts Interview
Frank Ryan
Renowned tenor who will serve-up a nostalgic musical evening featuring the world's best loved melodies
John Rainsford
BORN and raised in Curraglass, Co Cork, my parents Kevin and Joan were from Mallow and Lismore respectively.
I have two sisters, Sinead and Siobhan, and a brother, John. All have a fondness for music. My education took place in Curraglass NS and thereafter the Christian Brothers Secondary School, Lismore. My sister Sinead, who was in Loreto, Fermoy, got me to take vocal lessons from Clonmel’s Mother Benedict Woods. Having had success in Cork’s Feis Maitiú as a 12 year old boy soprano I still remember singing a Song called; ‘Have you seen a little dog’. However, singing was not a priority when a living had to be made on the family farm. That said, I sang solo for Tops of the Town later on.
Music was very popular in our home, with the likes of John McCormack's songs being played on a regular basis along with Placido Domingo.
This is how the seed was sown. It took many years before it came to fruition, however. Another favourite influence of mine is the tenor of Kenneth McKellar. This Scot’s Man had a beautiful voice whilst doing Handel‘s Arias real justice. He is truly underestimated in my opinion. RTÉ’s Cathal McCabe, our esteemed Director/Producer, has chosen many new numbers to perform but also has a few John McCormack, Joe Locke, and Mario Lanza tributes. One of the highlights of the year for me in 2016 was being accepted, along with three other Irish people, to attend the European Vocal Camp in Poland just outside of Warsaw. Here, I was given Musical Theatre and Classical workshops. We truly did our country proud amongst the 18 other nations present.
My grandfather was a famous tenor who sang before the 1947 All Ireland Football Final in the USA, when Cavan won.
This gave him contacts in America and he even got his own concert in New York’s famous Carnegie Hall. He died in 1965, the year that I was born, but his memory was always strong in our house with his legacy passed on through his three sons and a daughter, called Myra, who are all deceased bar my own Dad (Kevin), now in his eighties. However, it was Cathal McCabe, who convinced me that I had the voice and ability to take my musical career further. His good friend, Kevin Hough, also encouraged me and sourced a vocal coach in the form of Mary Brennan, in Dublin. Cathal previously toured with a tribute to John McCormack, with Joe Locke and others recently.
My mother's aunt Nora was married in Kilmallock to Jim Madigan who was from farming stock and they are both deceased.
However, my aunt Noreen resides with her husband, John and family, in Dooradoyle in Limerick city. She is very involved with choirs in the city and has seen me perform many times over the years. I remember Singing ‘Machula’ at Lime Tree Theatre, Limerick, and her eyes filled with nostalgia as she pictured her Dad whistling the melody in her youth. Cathal McCabe also narrates ‘The Golden Years– the songs we all love to sing’. Founder of RTÉ-2, Cathal produced The Late Late Show for many years and his best friend, Phil Coulter, has a special musical spot in the show (two proud Derry men). The up-coming event at Kilmallock is a nostalgic musical evening featuring some of the world’s best loved melodies, and also features soprano Sarah O’Mahony and pianist, Bethan Lee. Together, we will serve up an evening of classic songs from the American songbook, popular ballads, and unforgettable scores from the silver screen.
At the moment, musically it’s getting busy, and recently I even got a call to audition for Cork Opera House’s Choral production of La Bohème.
For example, on Sunday 21 January I will perform as a Guest Tenor with Killeagh Choir. As more requests come my way accompanists become pivotal. Indeed, it cannot be overstated how important they are. A good accompanist can bring the singer on a journey and also allow the audience to enjoy the performance even more. For example, the up-coming show will have a Top Lady from Cork School of Music by the name of Bethan Lee. A wizard from Co Offaly, our Soprano hails from Waterford, the beautiful Sarah O’Mahony, who toured with us last year. Time and time again she enthrals audiences.
I would most definitely encourage others to become involved in music.
For some it comes easy to them and for others it takes longer but the resulting confidence is worth the effort. Currently, I am a member of Youghal Choral Society and perform with them in many musical events. I am, also, involved with Lismore Musical Society and was involved with Lismore Choir until last year. They perform their annual Christmas Concerts every year at Lismore Castle and also perform at charity events, including Dungarvan Lions Club. Finally, they also put on a show each year at Glencairn Abbey.
Never, thank God, have I experienced stage fright but I would certainly be nervous before a performance.
Usually I find the second performance of any show, the most difficult, but as the show has to go on, so do I, and any nerves quickly settle. We become a family when touring with the show and the bond of music keeps us buoyant and upbeat!
‘The Golden Years – the songs we all love to sing’ starring the renowned tenor Frank Ryan, and featuring soprano Sarah O’Mahony and pianist Bethan Lee will run at Friars’ Gate Theatre for one night only on Saturday, February 3 at 8pm (Tickets €15/€12). For more info phone 063 98727 or visit the websites www.friarsgate.ie
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by Joshua Ferris
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Genre: Fiction / Fiction / Short Stories (single Author)
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A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year: The first collection of short stories from the critically acclaimed, prize-winning author of To Rise Again at a Decent Hour
These eleven stories by Joshua Ferris, many of which were first published in The New Yorker, are at once thrilling, strange, and comic. The modern tribulations of marriage, ambition, and the fear of missing out as the temptations flow like wine and the minutes of life tick down are explored with the characteristic wit and insight that have made Ferris one of our most critically acclaimed novelists.
Each of these stories burrows deep into the often awkward and hilarious misunderstandings that pass between strangers and lovers alike, and that turn ordinary lives upside down. Ferris shows to what lengths we mortals go to coax human meaning from our very modest time on earth, an effort that skews ever-more desperately in the direction of redemption.
There’s Arty Groys, the Florida retiree whose birthday celebration involves pizza, a prostitute, and a life-saving heart attack. There’s Sarah, the Brooklynite whose shape-shifting existential dilemma is set in motion by a simple spring breeze. And there’s Jack, a man so warped by past experience that he’s incapable of having a normal social interaction with the man he hires to help him move out of storage.
The stories in The Dinner Party are about lives changed forever when the reckless gives way to possibility and the ordinary cedes ground to mystery. And each one confirms Ferris’s reputation as one of the most dazzlingly talented, deeply humane writers at work today.
Praise for Joshua Ferris's THE DINNER PARTY:
Washington Post Notable Fiction
NPR's Best Books of 2017
The Guardian Best Books of 2017
Esquire Best Books of the Year
The Week Best Books of 2017
"A magnificent black carnival of discord and delusion....For some accomplished novelists--and Ferris is one of the best of our day--short stories are mere doodles, warm ups or warm downs, slight variations on themes better addressed at length. Not so for Ferris. Dynamic with speed, yet rich with novelistic density, his stories make The Dinner Party a full-fledged feast."—Will Blythe, New York Times Book Review
"Plenty of novels, memoirs and cultural studies have explored the end of men or the failings of masculinity. But Ferris, a darkly comic writer who feels like the novelist equivalent of the filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen, has managed to write a series of stories on the subject that feels fresh. His male characters mess up, in small and spectacular fashion, but their misdeeds often prompt our sympathy, thanks to Ferris's insightful narration."—Ian Shapira, The Washington Post
"Ferris finesses the line between tragedy and comedy, and his sly wit often surfaces in sarcastic, offbeat ways...The Dinner Party provides a fine showcase for his work."—Heller McAlpin, NPR.org
"Ferris is an incisive observer, and his descriptions of even the most quotidian situations are elegant and fresh."
—Eliot Schrefer, USA Today
"Everything comes mordantly alive in the priceless imagination of Ferris....His perverse short narratives do not disappoint."—Janet Maslin, New York Times, Books to Breeze Through This Summer
"Observational and piercing, Ferris's short stories expose how fraught and emotionally explosive the search for connection with other human beings can be."—Angela Ledgerwood, Esquire, 20 Best Books of 2017 (so far)
"The Dinner Party is a collection of stories about quiet, domestic chaos... I love it. The titular story finds a couple awaiting the arrival of dinner guests who never materialize.... equal parts Cheever and Carver....a strong set of stories about infidelity, jealousy, and neurotic insecurity."—Kevin Nguyen, GQ, Best Books You'll Read In May
"This collection hits the sweet spot between character realism and existentially wry musings on modern life... In the past, Mr. Ferris has drawn favorable comparisons with Jonathan Franzen, but this collection shows Mr. Ferris as the funnier of the two. None of Mr. Franzen's novels has been as light or enjoyable to read."
—Nathan Pensky, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
"[Ferris] isn't merely a master of description, but he's got a way of telling us everything we need to know about a character with just a few spare words."—Moira Macdonald, The Seattle Times
"Ferris's three novels have earned him a reputation as a high-concept high-wire artist, always working the line between comedy and tragedy, the domestic and the outlandish. His stories, by comparison, are compact gems of timing and everyday absurdity, and finally, here they are in one place. Hollywood satire, marriage-ending secrets, cracked minds, broken families: Ferris renders contemporary life as a parade of sad clowns."
—New York Magazine, Top 10 Spring Books preview
"A collection that show[s] humanity at its most awkward and insightful."
—New York Observer, 10 Most Anticipated Books of Spring
"Ferris has a sure hand when it comes to the nuances of interpersonal relationships. He knows the thin line between awkward and easy, and when silence between two people can be a sign of strain or comfort. Ferris walks this territory so well that we often see our own complicated selves reflected in his writing... Though Ferris' assured collection may seem laced with hints of despair, the stories are full and rounded, sad but often also tinged with humor and rich in empathy."
"Ferris has mastered a kind of fictional sucker punch, and he'll get you every time."
"[These stories] explore the fraying psychologies of their protagonists by way of dark humor and understated tragedy. In the excellent, surreal title story, the fissures in a childless couple's marriage become unbridgeable divides after their close friends fail to attend a dinner party... contain moments of sharp levity and intense insight...[Ferris is an] immense talent."
"Ferris invites you to make a meal out of his mordant tales about life's quicksilver changes."
—Sloane Crosley, Vanity Fair
"This season's standout short-story collections are masterful exercises in brevity, proving that sometimes less really is more.... Novelist Joshua Ferris returns with his first, highly anticipated story collection. Each entry showcases his customary wit and understanding."
—Thomas Gebremedhin, Wall Street Journal Magazine
"Throughout these 11 stories, the range of settings and characters makes for a recurring sense of surprise...Reading a collection of short stories by an emerging master of the form is one of the great literary pleasures, especially when the writer treats them as a set of variations on a powerful theme. A steady ground bass pulses through all of Ferris' narratives: the fatefulness of our lives, the uncanny and often hilarious ways in which our fragile hearts and massive egos determine our destinies."
—Michael Alec Rose, BookPage
"The collection pulls together stories that promise the, 'deeply felt yearnings, heartbreaking absurdity, and redemptive humor of life,' for which Ferris is so well known."
"The title story, a remarkable, John Cheever-esque tale, shows a couple preparing dinner for their friends ....[These stories] widen Ferris' range and prove stunning feats of compassion, such as "The Valetudinarian," which follows an early retiree and widower as he blunders with a prostitute. He collapses, and when his neighbor steps in to help, she is "struck dumb by his perfect helplessness." It's Ferris' great gift, and, indeed, readers will surely be struck dumb with empathy for these memorable cranks and depressives."
—Josh Cook, Minneapolis Star Tribune
"Displays his gift for dark humor."
—Michael Schaub, A Best Book of May pick in Men's Journal
"Ferris's pitch is perfect. These moments of crisis and compassion, humanity and wit, are perfect episodes of some television series that doesn't need serialization to make you want to keep coming back for more. They aren't chapters, leading to some conclusion, they are moments, shading, changing, building lives."
—Greg Hudson, Sharp
"Exposes the true, and sometimes absurdly comic, wiles of men who flail through life in remarkably routine fashion."—The Fader
"Tales of divorce and marriages falling apart weave together a complex understanding of human emotion that surpasses the family drama settings and reminds us why Joshua Ferris is a talent to be reckoned with."
—Ilana Masad, Read it Forward, Favorite Reads of May 2017
"Joshua Ferris is the master of capturing the ennui of the modern world without getting bogged down by the details-even his most minute or quotidian observations carry with them the sweeping and even, sometimes, spiritual."
—Jaime Green, Google Play Summer Reading
"Ferris reveals himself as an heir to the work of John Cheever... The Dinner Party's lightning flashes of insight are yet further evidence of [Ferris's] talent."
—Harvey Freedenberg, Book Reporter
"[Ferris] brings wit and grace to the dark corners of human nature and shines a light into the beautiful complexity of ordinary lives."
—Noelle Phillips, The Denver Post, Summer 2017 Reads
"Compelling...Ferris' writing is dark, funny and cold."—Trine Tsouderos, The Chicago Tribune
PRAISE FOR TO RISE AGAIN AT A DECENT HOUR:
"To Rise Again at a Decent Hour is beautifully written. It's also funny, thought-provoking, and touching. One hesitates to call it the Catch-22 of dentistry, but it's sort of in that ballpark. Some books simply carry you along on the strength and energy of the author's invention and unique view of the world. This is one of those books."—Stephen King
"This is one of the funniest, saddest, sweetest novels I've read since Then We Came to the End. When historians try to understand our strange, contradictory era, they would be wise to consult To Rise Again at a Decent Hour. It captures what it is to be alive in early 21st-century America like nothing else I've read."—Anthony Marra, author of New York Times bestseller A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
"Gut-bustingly funny... its wit is so sharp, its fake-biblical texts ... so clever and its reach so big ... It's an eminently worthy nominee for the Booker Prize or any other... a major achievement."—Janet Maslin, New York Times
A "wry, intelligent novel that adroitly navigates the borderland between the demands of faith and the persistence of doubt...In seizing upon both the transitory oddities of contemporary life and our enduring search for meaning, Joshua Ferris has created a winning modern parable...He's a gifted satirist with a tender heart, and if he continues to find targets as worthy as the ones he skewers here, his work should amuse and enlighten us for many years to come."—Shelf Awareness
"Enjoy the first great novel about social-media identity theft. . . . It's an atheist's pilgrimage in search not of God but of community . . . O'Rourke's search feels genuine, funny, tragic, and never dull. It'll also leave you flossing with a vengeance."—Boris Kachka, GQ
"[Ferris] shrewdly stages a kind of theological symposium in [an] uncomfortably intimate place, conducted halfway between levity and overeager sincerity... It's a pleasure watching this young writer confidently range from the registers of broad punchline comedy to genuine spiritual depth. The complementary notes of absurdity, alienation and longing read like Kurt Vonnegut or Joseph Heller customized for the 21st Century."—Sam Sacks, The Wall Street Journal
"A novel that raises questions about meaning and belonging, even if the only answer is that we will never know...This is the novel's peculiar brilliance, to uncover its existential stakes in the most mundane tasks...[a] curiously provocative novel."—David L. Ulin, Los Angeles Times
"To Rise Again at a Decent Hour reminds us that even existential suffering can prove both charming and hilarious...Ferris has written an arresting novel, a playfully ironic riff on how a man can come to know himself...the cumulative effect of the novel tugs the heart just as surely as it sparks the mind."—Bruce Machart, Houston Chronicle
"Brilliant...Ferris has managed to blend the clever satire of his first book...with the grinding despair of his second . . . The result is a witty story. At his best, which is most of the time, Ferris spins Paul's observations and reflections into passages of flashing comedy that sound like a stand-up theologian suffering a nervous breakdown."— Ron Charles, The Washington Post
"An engrossing and hilariously bleak novel . . . This splintering of the self hasn't been performed in fiction so neatly since Philip Roth's Operation Shylock."—John Freeman, Boston Globe
"A story made exhilarating by Ferris' wickedly dark humor and keen intelligence. The brilliant prose...never preens. It simply pulls the reader along in an effortlessly smooth ride. Ferris makes the tug-of-war between Paul's searching mind and his low spirits utterly fascinating...Ferris' three novels place him in grand company among our younger novelists. . . . All the same, he's a unique American original."—Dan Cryer, The San Francisco Chronicle
"Ferris's trademark blend of dark satire and ominous absurdity suits his subject, and his focus on one character allows him to perform a psychological excavation of his subject in conjunction with his examination of modern life...The result is a stimulating, bittersweet read."—Claire Fallon, The Huffington Post
"The author has proved his astonishing ability to spin gold from ordinary air . . . Ferris's third novel falls somewhere between the voice-driven power of the first [novel] and the idea-driven metaphor of the second . . . [He] remains as brave and adept as any writer out there."— Lauren Goff, The New York Times Book Review
"[An] alternately sad and hilarious new book...To Rise Again at a Decent Hour showcases the wit, intelligence and keen eye for workplace absurdity the author displayed to such great effect in his first novel . . . a welcome outlet for Ferris' enormous virtuosity as a philosopher and storyteller. Ferris raises profound questions about the role of faith, not just in belonging, but in living."— Daniel Akst, Newsday
"[Ferris has] the keen ability to traverse the high wire of satire and lyricism, to at once write a sentence that can drop a reader's jaw, then make them giggle in the next . . . a writer perfectly at ease with both the bleakly absurd and the deeply humane, using them equally in hopeful pursuit of a redemptive truth."—Gregg LaGambina, The A.V. Club
"Suffice it to say that To Rise Again at a Decent Hour isn't just one of the best novels of the year, it's one of the funniest, and most unexpectedly profound, works of fiction in a very long time."—Michael Schaub, NPR.org
"With almost Pynchon-esque complexity, Ferris melds conspiracy and questions of faith in an entertaining way...Full of life's rough edges, the book resists a neat conclusion, favoring instead a simple scene that is comic perfection... Smart, sad, hilarious and eloquent, this shows a writer at the top of his game and surpassing the promise of his celebrated debut."—Kirkus (Starred Review)
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Add-Ons Add to Lotus 1-2-3 Appeal
By Lawrence J. Magid
Lawrence J. Magid is a Silicon Valley-based computer analyst and writer
Ever since it was introduced in January, 1983, Lotus 1-2-3 has been at the top of the software best-seller list. But that doesn’t mean that it’s the best software on the market.
Only one of 1-2-3’s three functions, the spreadsheet, is strong by current standards. Its two other functions, database and graphics, pale in comparison to the offerings of Lotus’ competitors.
Lotus Development and other software publishers plan to introduce improved integrated spreadsheets, software packages that perform a variety of tasks. In the meantime, however, 1-2-3 continues to be a hot item.
Why does 1-2-3 still sell so well? For the most part, it’s because 1-2-3’s initial popularity created a momentum--and an industry--of its own. Entrepreneurs now offer hundreds of products and services that enhance the program’s performance.
Take, for example, pre-written templates, which are 1-2-3 worksheets that already have been set up for computer users. Creating a 1-2-3 worksheet can be anywhere from extremely simple, taking only a few minutes, to very complex, requiring sophisticated programming that can take months or even years to complete. Templates make the job easier.
A number of companies market accounting templates for 1-2-3 to be used for such tasks as payroll, accounts receivable and accounts payable. One popular set of accounting templates, called Ready-to-Run, comes from Manusoft of Los Angeles.
Another kind of 1-2-3 enhancement is the pre-written macro. A macro is equivalent to a simple program that reduces the number of keystrokes the computer must receive to perform a task. It enables computer users to perform complex tasks without having to remember a series of commands.
Macropac International of Cupertino, Calif., makes a product called 101 Macros for Lotus 1-2-3. The software strings together commands that enable 1-2-3 to perform tasks that otherwise would require too many keystrokes to be practical. The disk includes macros for word processing features, special graphics, controlling the printer and a pop-up calendar.
The 1-2-3 aftermarket also includes so-called front-end products that change the way you communicate with the basic program. One such product sold by Lotus, Hal, allows the user to communicate in plain English instead of the more cryptic 1-2-3 commands.
Other products give 1-2-3 additional functions such as word processing, while still others improve the existing functions already built into the program. Several products, for example, are designed to enhance the quality of 1-2-3’s business graphics.
Symantec’s Turner Hall software division is the most prolific of the 1-2-3 aftermarket companies. The Cupertino-based company makes six 1-2-3 aftermarket products. Sqz Plus, its most popular product, reduces the amount of disk space required to store a 1-2-3 worksheet up to 95%.
If you use a lot of 1-2-3 files, buying Sqz Plus can have the same effect as buying a larger disk drive for a fraction of the cost. The company says about 250,000 people have bought the $99 program.
Turner Hall’s other Lotus products include 4Views, which greatly improves 1-2-3’s database management functions. Database management has never been one of 1-2-3’s strong points, yet a lot of people use it to manage lists of information. 4Views makes data management easier to use and offers more ways to look at and print out the data.
Turner Hall’s 4Word allows 1-2-3 users to write notes, memos and letters without leaving the spreadsheet. This can be handy for an executive or others who use spreadsheets to perform financial calculations and who need some word processing capacity. There is even an optional spelling checker called Spellin that checks all words in the spreadsheet. Not a bad idea, considering that some spreadsheets end up as proposals and presentations.
For the combined cost of 4Word and Spellin, a 1-2-3 user could buy a regular word processing program with a built-in spell checker. But using that software would require quitting 1-2-3. For some users, that’s blasphemy.
Thousands of heavy-duty number crunchers start up 1-2-3 in the morning and leave it running all day. They couldn’t imagine being without it, even for a moment.
While some companies make products that enhance 1-2-3, others have developed competitive software to take a bite out of Lotus’ market. Some of these offer more features, better graphics, lower prices and better performance.
The programs to watch include Quatro from Borland International, Surpass from Surpass Software Systems of Novato, Calif., VP Planner from Paperback Software and Excel, the recently released IBM PC version of Microsoft’s popular Macintosh spreadsheet program.
In the meantime, Lotus isn’t resting on 1-2-3’s laurels. The company reportedly is working on two new versions of 1-2-3.
One version, 1-2-3/G, will have a graphic user interface that will enable IBM PCs to tackle spreadsheets much the way the Apple Macintosh does. The other, 1-2-3 Release 3.0, which is scheduled for shipment in mid-1988, will have a number of features that now come only with aftermarket products. But the program still will have the capacity to work with add-on programs, assuring a continuing market for entrepreneurs anxious to cash in on both the success and limitations of America’s favorite computer program.
Computer File welcomes readers’ comments but regrets that the authors cannot respond individually to letters. Write to Lawrence J. Magid, 3235 Kifer Road, Suite 100, Santa Clara, Calif. 95051, or contact the L. Magid account on the MCI electronic mail system.
LOTUS 1-2-3 ENHANCEMENT SOFTWARE
Software Publisher Function Sqz Plus Turner Hall Reduces disk storage space Sideways Funk Software Continuous spreadsheet printing at any width Lotus Hal Lotus Development Allows use of plain English instead of cryptic commands 101 Macros Macropac Provides a library of macros for Lotus International to reduce keystrokes 1-2-3 WideView Spies Labs Shrinks on-screen characters to allow users to view more of the spreadsheet What’s Best! General Lets users compare alternate Optimization results SOS Goldata Computer Automatically saves 1-2-3 Services spreadsheets to the disk Note It Plus Turner Hall Allows adding notes to any part of spreadsheet
Software List Price Sqz Plus $100 Sideways $70 Lotus Hal $150 101 Macros $70 for Lotus 1-2-3 WideView $80 What’s Best! $149- 995 SOS $60 Note It Plus $80
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‘I was terrified’: What happened to one traveler who lost his passport in transit and how he got himself out of trouble
A passenger waits in line with his passport.
(Jeff Haynes / AFP/Getty Images)
By Catharine Hamm
Travelers, here is a cautionary tale for international fliers, anyone who steps foot in any airplane, in the U.S. or abroad, or anyone who believes that details are boring (they are) and best left to somebody else (they aren’t). This is the story of Barrett Crake, who lost his passport on a flight from London to Italy.
Crake, who is from the L.A. area, was headed to Turin to collaborate with a fellow musician. He slipped his passport into the seat pocket for the two-hour trip from London’s Gatwick.
He deplaned through the back door and, from the tarmac, boarded the airport transport to the terminal. Somewhere between his exit from the plane and his entrance into the terminal, he realized he had left behind his passport.
He asked to return to the plane but was denied.
Next stop: customs, which wasn’t letting him into the country.
Crake knew he was in a spot but tried not to panic. Instead, he took that energy and poured it into figuring how to get out of this jam.
•He called the U.S. Embassy in London to get an appointment for the next day, as it dawned on him that he would be deported.
•He made friends with the Italian customs officers who let him use their computers and printer to complete the forms required for a replacement passport.
•He kept copious notes, writing down the name of everyone he spoke with, which he could (and did) later reference.
•He kept his wits about him.
He spent the night in an airport cell that he described as “dark and grim and depressing.” His fellow detainees were drug smugglers.
How could this happen?
Crake had plenty of time to think about what happened to his passport. He thinks it may have been stolen.
That’s possible, said Kevin Coffey, a detective formerly with the Los Angeles Police Department who travels and lectures on safety for executives. Such thefts happen more than you might imagine, he said.
Crake did many things correctly to get himself out of the mess, but he did one thing wrong: losing sight of his passport.
Just as you should not store your wallet in the back pocket of your trousers — the “sucker pocket,” Coffey calls it — you shouldn’t leave anything of value in an airplane seat pocket.
If you doze off, it’s easy for someone to slip a hand in there. And the pocket usually is opaque (although on some newer aircraft, the material is clear) and you can forget your item is there.
Some people carry their document in a jacket breast pocket or in a zippered compartment in an undershirt (my favorite method). Be aware that, at airport security, you may need to remove the jacket and the passport may no longer be in your control.
You also may need to remove a passport from a hidden clothing pocket or a belt because it may show up on a security scanner. I had removed my passport so it wouldn’t show up, but it also was out of my control. And I hadn’t secured it in my bag, which was now going through screening while I was in a millimeter wave machine.
If you’re going to give up control of that passport, “keep it in your purse or carry-on bag — but in a secured compartment that can be locked or secured with a paperclip,” Coffey said.
If you put the bag containing your passport in the plane’s overhead bin, turn it upside down so that the bag’s opening is blocked.
Store your passport in a pocket in the part of the bag that’s at the back of the overhead — an overhead that’s across from you, not above you, so you can keep an eye on it.
Doing so makes your passport or any valuable harder to reach. The last thing a thief wants to do is to make a commotion, Coffey said.
It’s cumbersome, but take your bag with you if you use the lavatory, he said.
Furthermore — and Coffey is adamant about this — put your phone or email (but not your home address) on a slip of paper in your passport. If your document is lost, that may help it find its way back to you.
Attitude counts — a lot
Crake facilitated the solution to his dilemma by filling out the paperwork ahead of time and making his appointment with the embassy late enough in the day to ensure he had time to get new passport photos. (Make sure your photos conform to U.S. specifications. Some travelers always carry two such photos with them, just in case.)
But Crake’s most valuable ally, he said, was his attitude. The Italian customs officers realized he wasn’t sketchy and when he ultimately returned to Turin with his shiny new passport, they remembered him.
His sunny outlook may have been a bit of bravado; he acknowledged “I was terrified” and could hear his heart hammering in his chest.
Realizing he was without his passport made him feel vulnerable, he said. “I was taking it [his passport] for granted,” he said. “That was my big lesson.”
He took the lesson to heart. The day I spoke with him, he had just come from a passport service. He wanted a regular passport, good for 10 years, not the limited, emergency version he received in London.
He may have gotten an F on his first exam, but on the makeup test he passed with flying colors.
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Catharine Hamm is the former Travel editor for the Los Angeles Times and became a special contributor in June 2020. She was born in Syracuse, N.Y., to a peripatetic family whose stops included Washington, D.C.; Honolulu; and Manila. Her varied media career has taken her from McPherson, Kan., to Kansas City, Mo., San Bernardino, Salinas and L.A. Hamm has twice received individual Lowell Thomas Awards, and the Travel section has been recognized seven times during her tenure as editor. Her favorite place? Always where she’s going next.
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Superfine! Los Angeles 2020
A Super Friendly Superfine!
Anne Wallentine February 8, 2020
The second L.A. iteration of Superfine! delivers all the upbeat energy of the exclamation point in its name. It’s not just down to the fair’s hot pink branding; true to its goal of making art accessible and affordable, the scene at the opening was colorful, enthusiastic, and intensely interactive.
Superfine! aims its offerings toward newer collectors, with works priced in a range (from under $100 to the low thousands) that is affordable for many. It also provides resources to artists at earlier stages in their careers, helping them establish and build a market for their work. The fair has grown rapidly since its first event in 2015 and now hosts seven shows around the country, with nine planned in 2020.
Unlike the standard white-cube booth style fairs, the artists’ displays at the Reef in DTLA zigzag along accordion-pleated walls that allow lots of neighborly interaction, as well as complementary juxtapositions between different mediums and styles. The artists themselves, many of them first-time exhibitors at Superfine! or any fair, were eager to engage with visitors and chat about their work.
Superfine! Los Angeles 2020 (Anne Wallentine)
The intimate feel comes out in Superfine!’s choice of local partners as well. The show’s killer drinks are served up by the Fingerjoint, the pop-up that serves as L.A.’s only lesbian bar until a brick-and-mortar space can be found (a lot of fingers crossed for November 2020).
Co-founder Alex Mitow calls Superfine! a “local-global fair.” About half of the exhibiting artists in L.A. this year are L.A.- or California-based, and their works often reflect that in the subject matter, with beach scenes, mid-century architectural landscapes, and surrealist and pop art influences predominating. It’s local in execution, but global in effect — these are images that speak easily to people in many places. Take, for example, Scott Froschauer’s installation, “The Peace Signs,” part of his popular series of self-reflective street signs with slogans about empathy. They are local in their geographic framing — as modified U.S. street signs — but globally understandable in their newly translated forms.
The colorful, Instagrammable immediacy is part of the Superfine! experience, including watching and participating in the live creation of art. In addition to Rob Anderson’s collaborative mural project on one wall, executed with the support of kids and visitors, BG Gallery’s John Kilduff painted 10-minute portraits that were priced at $80 and up. Many visitors walked away with personal pizza boxes shielding their still-wet boards.
While painting predominates, Superfine! offers a range of photography, illustration, and mixed media work. Jonathan Ducrest’s photographs stood out for their powerful use of negative space, bringing fresh perspectives to historic landscapes. From Patricia Hardmeier’s gestural monotype prints, to David Dunleavy’s textural cut-paper works, to Chris Roberts-Antieau’s embroidered and appliquéd “fabric paintings,” there is something for every taste, in nearly every medium.
The art is trendy, fun and playful; many of the artists are growing in their practice and willing to show some of their experimentations in this setting. Go for the lively and welcoming atmosphere; stay because you just might find a work you can afford to bring home.
Superfine! continues Saturday, February 8, noon-10 p.m. and Sunday, February 9, noon-8 p.m. at The Reef on Washington and Broadway, downtown. Tickets are $15. superfine.world.
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Kids should be exempt from rule of six, says Children's Commissioner
By Fiona Jones
Those under 12 years old should be exempt from the rule of six, says Children's Commissioner Anne Longfield OBE.
England is two weeks into the Prime Minister's coronavirus regulation "rule of six" which limits socialising to no more than six people, with penalties for a first offence being £200.
Children's Commissioner Anne Longfield told LBC that Westminster's measures throughout the pandemic have not prioritised children at any point, an example being the pubs being allowed to reopen with "kids forced to stay at home."
For rule of six specifically, she said, kids have a "different circumstance."
"They're not at the greatest health risk here, they are particularly going to pay a heavy price if they're locked in at home. None of us want to see the kids actually at home on their PlayStations all day playing with their screens.
"In other countries they have relaxed those and made their children exempt by allowing children under 12 who are not being counted as one of the household," Ms Longfield said.
She continued that in some parts of the country children are included in the rule that households can't mix which means they are not allowed to play out with their friends and partake in "all the things that we hold dear about childhood."
The Children's Commissioner told Nick that she also has an eye when the clocks go back and the nights will draw in earlier. She is prioritising outside school time for children, impressing the importance of children relaxing with friends and having hobbies.
Reflecting on university students, a minority of whom are in tough lockdown, the Commissioner said that these young adults have had a very tough year and her heart goes out for them.
"It needs sorting out, those children need to know that they can get on with their lives," she said, "they've been held back so much over this year.
"From what I can see there are different scenarios in different universities but now they are back the situation needs sorting," she reiterated.
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Rotherhithe Police Station
Gary Bland
Tuesday 16 June 2009 9.23pm
Dear Forum users
Does anyone have any news about the proposed closure of Rotherhithe police station?
I remember hearing that some minister, no doubt not living in the Bermondsey/Rotherhithe area, wanted it to close down. Someone please correct me if I am wrong.
Politicians shouldn't close the station or any police stations, on the contrary, an extra floor should be added to house extra police officers. I don't want to see more officers on the streets in order to arrest people, I want to see them really communicating with the local residents as they used to do, and for the police to genuinely be seen as part of the community, which they no longer appear to be. They shouldn't have to arrest many people, because they should be a strong deterrant to problems arising.
I found the following figure on Southwark Councils own website. For every 1,000 resident in Southwark there are 33 violently attacks against a person. In the whole of London, not including Southwark, there are 23 violent attacks against a person. I think 23 attacks is is terrible, but 33 attacks per 1,000 people in Southwark is appalling.
Southwark has nearly twice as many residents in the borough on average, than the rest of the London boroughs, on average. Therefore, as a percentage, the number of violent attacks in Southwark is wholly unacceptable and even greater in percentage terms.
We really do need more police and better education in Southwark.
Thank you in advance for any comments.
http://www.garybland.org
Wednesday 17 June 2009 6.31am
It's appalling Gary, I know years ago in Flint Street there was a small police staion they closed, I think the building is still there, but had never seen it in use.
Southwark closed schools on the basis that the population was ' falling' then sold them off..Paragon in Searles Road and Chaucer school near tabard street comes to mind,both now converted to flats. How shortsighted not to realise that with a constant influx of people to the capital there would be an increase in children and a shortage of school places!
We make booze cheaper on the high street and forbid any one who smokes to sit and natter to their friends, so when pub trade drops they too are sold off. ( the pub not the drinkers!)
Is the Rotherhithe station already earmarked for selling off?
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Moogfest Preview: Umfang Interview [Discwoman]
Ahead of Moogfest 2018, we chat with one of techno's leading ladies
Moogfest 2018 is just around the corner. In the weeks leading up, we'll be showcasing and highlighting some of the artists and news we are most excited about. We were fortunate enough to have a little chat about what it takes to create a movement with one of New York-techno's finest exports, Discwoman cofounder Umfang.
Hi Emma, really appreciate you taking the time to chat with us. The big news is that you will be performing at Moogfest this year, but before we dive into that, first, tell us about your origins. How did you even end up as Umfang?
Big question but basically just got in to techno in college through a group of friends, one friend got me in to virtual dj, playing raves and then it kept going when I moved to Nyc. I got in to records after my computer got stolen and it really changed things.
As one of the founders of the inimitable Discwoman collective, how does it feel to be a leader of such a positive and inclusive movement? Has the growth and success come as a surprise?
It's pretty overwhelming, I've had to back off of any admin at this point which feels strange but necessary with the amount of travel I'm doing now. I really just want us to keep evolving and actually help others and progress. It's really challenging building something all on our own. Yes it's all a big surprise and still feels like an amazing thing that moves really fast. We have to remind each other to take care of ourselves while maintaining a mission to spotlight others.
Discwoman first started off as a music festival. Was the intent always to expand into artist management and beyond? What has been the core belief since day one? Have your goals changed?
The intent came more out of a need than a mission. Agents and labels weren't picking up on some of the most talented musicians we knew which can be really disheartening. We decided to fake it until we realized everyone was faking it, and being an agency is something we really CAN do. The core aim is and was to push for underrepresented talent and those who's hard work has been overlooked. The ways to do this best keep changing.
Being associated with such an important company like Moog is something most people could only dream of. How did this partnership come about? What was your initial reaction when asked to provide demos of the DFAM synth?
They found us. I think it can be hard to accept attention from something that has always felt out of reach or inaccessible but meeting the team and understanding that they are trying to change their image and give young artists more access was really heart warming. I also have come to realize that the vision of Bob Moog was really futuristic and inclusive but the fanbase that had latched on, mainly middle aged white men, had always put me off a bit. I'm happy they let us change the narrative with them. I love the DFAM so much and I'm so excited to have more time with it.
Moogfest may just be the top music and technology festival on the planet, with keynotes from some of the top minds in both industries. In your opinion, why is something like Moogfest such an important event? Who or what are you personally looking forward to most during the event?
Unfortunately I'm only able to be there one day. I really hope to catch as many performances as possible. I think it's a cool coming together of worlds, old and new nerds.
We live in times of drastic change and uncertainty. For those of our readers who want to make a difference in the scene like you and Discwoman have, what is the best piece of advice, or lesson you've learned, that they can take with them on their journeys?
Engage others in your work as much as possible, have a selfless intention and listen to people and how you can help them. Amplify Each Other is our main slogan and I try to think about it with all of my decisions. I'm really put off by people that are too ego driven in a sense that they won't listen to others and want a lot of credit. I struggle with this as an introvert, I do need to make a lot of time for myself and my art but working on setting a pace has been really important to have energy for myself, my work, and other people. Basically pay people, try not to be an asshole, try to make others feel valued.
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Mercedes-Benz Museum
Today at the Museum
Schools and day care centres
Activities for families and kids
Museum & Exhibition
Gottlieb Daimler Memorial
Gottlieb Daimler Birth Place
Special exhibition: G-Class
Events & Gastronomy
Mercedes-Benz Concert Summer
To Mercedes-Benz Classic
At the Mercedes-Benz Museum and around the globe.
Events 2020.
The Mercedes-Benz Museum offers exciting events during the year, such as the concert summer, open-air cinema and special exhibitions.
Again this year, the Mercedes-Benz Classic star is shining worldwide - whether at classic car fairs and exhibitions or at prestigious historical driving events. Hence, not only the Techno Classica and the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, but also the Mille Miglia and Colorado Grand are set in the event calendar.
At the Mercedes-Benz Museum
Social Media Night (once per month) from August 2020
Special exhibition “40 years G-Class” until end of September 2020
Cars & Coffee (every Sunday) 14.06. - 13.09.2020
Image gallery.
Techno Classica | March 2018
Long Night of Museums | March 2018
The 9th million Mercedes-Benz museum visitors | April 2018
The stage show with Clueso at the Mercedes-Benz Concert Summer | July 2018
Kontra K at the Concert Summer | July 2018
Concert Summer | July 2018
The stage show with Kontra K at the Concert Summer | July 2018
Children and Family Day | July 2018
Cars & Coffee | Summer 2018
Salsa under the stars | Summer 2018
Rally Hamburg-Berlin-Klassiker | September 2018
Schöne Sterne | August 2018
Silvretta Classic Rally Montafon | July 2018
Dream cars.
With the help of our colleagues from the Mercedes-Benz Museum, we brought all of our dream cars together.
Lantern-lit procession 2020.
The lantern-lit procession on 11 November 2020 will not take place due to the current Corona situation.
WE ARE PART OF CULTURE.
WE ARE PART OF CULTURE can be viewed from 9 October 2020 to 1 November 2020 at the Mercedes-Benz Museum.
EVO II raced to victory in Kyalami 30 years ago.
Thirty years ago, Roland Asch won the DTM race in South Africa in the EVO II with ABS.
On the road with Mercedes-Benz dream cars.
Driving a very personal dream car – like at the Classic Insight “Dream Cars by Mercedes-Benz” in Immendinge...
The history of the Mercedes-Benz S-Class.
Discover the different model series of over 100 years of Mercedes-Benz S-Class.
Mercedes-Benz Museum Stuttgart – 130 years of history.
The Mercedes-Benz Museum is the only museum in the world that can document in a single continuous timeline ...
A unique journey through automotive history.
Mercedes-Benz Museum: Opening hours, prices and address.
Visitor information Mercedes-Benz Museum.
Mercedes-Benz Classic: Classics, festivals and milestones.
Mercedes-Benz Classic: Experience milestones and enjoy emotional insights into the history of the inventor ...
Classic Store.
You look for accessories, vintage cars or spare parts? Then this is the right place.
Mercedes-Benz Museum.
The Mercedes-Benz Museum is the only museum in the world that can document in a single continuous timeline over 130 years of auto industry history from its very beginnings to the present day. On nine levels and covering a floor space of 16,500 square metres, the museum presents 160 vehicles and over 1,500 exhibits.
Visitor information.
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Buy your ticket online
Visit us digitally – the Museum is closed.
As a precautionary measure against the further spread of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, the Mercedes-Benz Museum is temporarily closed.
Tickets that have already been booked will be fully refunded or can be cancelled free of charge on +49 711/ 17 30 000 or via classic@daimler.com.
Visit us online.
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Colorado Sold Twice As Much Recreational Marijuana As Medical Cannabis Last Year
AZ issues cannabis app forms and draft rules (Newsletter: January 12, 2021)
The share of legal marijuana sales in Colorado that came from the recreational market in 2018 significantly outpaced those from the medical market, according to an annual government report released on Monday.
In fact, there were about two times as many adult-use sales of flower compared to medical cannabis purchases—a new milestone for the state.
Colorado’s Marijuana Enforcement Division (MED) said that 288,292 pounds of bud were sold last year for recreational purposes, while 147,863 pounds were sold to medical marijuana patients. For comparison, in 2017, recreational consumers purchased 238,149 pounds and 172,994 pounds were sold to patients.
That means the recreational-medical gap increased 73 percent in one year.
Via MED.
Overall, 436,155 pounds of cannabis were sold in 2018, compared to 411,143 pounds in 2017.
In part, the trend can be attributed to the ongoing expansion of Colorado’s adult-use cannabis market since the state’s first recreational shops opened in 2014. Medical cannabis sales were notably higher than recreational sales in that first year of implementation, with just 38,660 pounds coming from the adult-use market and 109,578 pounds being sold to medical patients.
Medical and adult-use sales were roughly even in 2016. But by 2017, recreational sales accounted for 58 percent of the market. And last year, they represented 66 percent of the market.
MED also found that licenses for recreational marijuana facilities increased by three percent (47 licenses) while medical business licenses declined by eight percent (77 licenses).
“Data collection continues to be a priority at the MED,” Jim Burack, director of the program, said in a press release. “This ongoing analysis and compilation of industry information helps inform the public and contributes to our outreach efforts to stakeholders.”
The report also showed that the adult-use market is the primary destination for individuals purchasing edibles. Eighty-six percent of edible sales came from recreational consumers. And from July-December 2018, 75 percent of cannabis plants were cultivated for adult use.
The market shift isn’t unique to Colorado. An Associated Press analysis from June detailed how states across the country that have established recreational marijuana programs are seeing the number of medical patients decline as more consumers transition to the adult-use market.
That may be partially explained by individuals who sought out medical cannabis recommendations choosing not to renew their registration after recreational marijuana shops became available. To that point, a recent study found that many customers at recreational dispensaries are consuming cannabis for the same reasons that registered patients do, such as to alleviate pain and sleep issues.
The concern for some advocates, however, is that adult-use legalization could drive up prices for patients, or leave them with fewer product options tailored to therapeutic use as demand for high-THC products increases.
“When states pass adult-use legalization we are seeing many patients leave the strict controls of the medical programs,” David Mangone, director of government affairs at Americans for Safe Access, told Marijuana Moment. “Patients must already pay out of pocket for cannabis, and any added cost like a registration fee for a medical card or renewal can make the process of obtaining medicine extremely burdensome and costly.”
“States like Colorado must continue to provide adequate benefits to patients to ensure the medical program remains robust,” he said.
Mangone added that “as states pass adult-use programs it is important that they continue to understand and appreciate the needs of patients.”
“A common frustration for many is not what happens in terms of access to cannabis, but rather what happens in terms of access to specific products. Products and flower with a high-THC content have a wider market appeal, but may not necessarily benefit the existing medical market.”
That said, one interesting finding from this latest MED report is that medical and recreational consumers alike seem increasingly interested in concentrates, with the units of such products sold to both nearly doubling from 2017 to 2018. Concentrates are sold at a much higher rate in the adult-use market, but the potent products evidently have growing appeal across the board.
Gov. Jared Polis (D) recently celebrated tax earnings from marijuana sales, touting the fact that the state has amassed more than $1 billion in cannabis revenue that has been allocated to various social programs.
And the marijuana market is continuing to evolve in state. Polis signed legislation in May allowing for home deliveries of cannabis products as well as social consumption sites.
The governor said last month at a conference with governors from around the country that the new delivery law could help mitigate impaired driving.
After Legalizing Marijuana, Colorado Saw ‘Significant Decrease’ In Opioid Prescriptions, Study Finds
Photo courtesy of Kimberly Lawson.
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Two of the biggest players in the marijuana space are heading to federal court over a dispute related to an alleged violation of a patent for a cannabis extraction method.
Canopy Growth Corporation, a Canadian-based marijuana company, filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against GW Pharmaceuticals, a UK-based firm that produces the Food and Drug Administration-approved cannabis-derived anti-seizure medication Epidiolex.
The legal action came on the same day that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued a new patent to Canopy that gives it broad and exclusive rights to a process of extracting cannabinoids from plant material in the U.S. That issuance is giving Canopy more leverage to pursue litigation and potentially receive damages from GW if the suit plays out in its favor.
Canopy’s original patent—which was issued in 2014 (and initially filed as an international patent application in 2001)—was more narrow and gave companies like GW leeway to adopt their own extraction practices that fall outside the scope of the patent.
That’s not the case anymore, and if the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas sides with the plaintiffs, it could have far-reaching implications for the marijuana industry.
Canopy is claiming that GW’s infringement of a patented extraction method “has been and continues to be willful and deliberate.” Because of this infringement, “Canopy has suffered and continues to suffer damages and irreparable harm,” the suit says.
The looming issue for the industry is that, unless GW is able to prove that the patent is invalid, that could mean Canopy would have exclusive rights to an extraction process that is widely used across the market—leaving any company that relies on this method at risk of litigation.
Canopy’s exclusive rights won’t last indefinitely, of course. The newly issued patent that is the basis of its latest iteration is set to expire in a little under a year and a half. But even in that timeframe, Canopy could profit immensely from exclusivity and it could have a chilling effect on competitors in the interim.
“It really could be a major threat to the extraction industry. Once they know about [the patent], companies might be considered to be willfully infringing the patent, which can potentially triple damages if they are sued,” Larry Sandell, a patent attorney and litigator with Mei & Mark LLP, told Marijuana Moment. “Although there are steps that can be taken to reduce infringement liability risks, CO2 extractors may essentially have this anvil hanging over their head as the business continues on—at least until the patent expires or someone succeeds in knocking it out.”
It remains to be seen whether Canopy will pursue litigation against other companies that use the extraction process. GW is one of the biggest players, as the pharmaceutical firm that earned the first U.S. federal approval for a cannabis-derived medication.
“The lawsuit asserts that GW manufactures CBD—the active pharmaceutical ingredient in Epidiolex, GW’s leading cannabinoid product—using Canopy Growth’s patented CO2-based extraction process,” Phil Shaer, chief legal officer at Canopy Growth, told Marijuana Moment. “We have no interest in restricting access to Epidiolex, but the company should be fairly compensated for GW’s use of our intellectual property.“
A spokesperson for GW told Marijuana Moment that the company “is aware of the patent infringement lawsuit filed by Canopy Growth.”
“As a policy, we do not comment on any pending litigation except to say that based on our preliminary review of the complaint, we are confident in our position and will vigorously defend against this lawsuit,” they said.
One possibility would be for Canopy to license out its extraction method to other businesses that produce cannabis products.
But that’s not likely to sit well with others in the burgeoning industry. And it could be the case that GW or other companies will challenge the legitimacy of the very patent in question in court.
On a symbolic level, all of this speaks to the growing pains of a corporatizing industry—a fear expressed by some advocates as the market has expanded. And how it shakes out in this case could, at least in the short-term, be of significant consequence to cannabis businesses throughout the country.
Read Canopy’s new patent and suit against GW over a cannabis extraction process below:
Canopy vs. GW CBD Extractio… by Marijuana Moment
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Ben Adlin
Say you’re a Montana farmer who has planted acres of industrial hemp. As harvest nears, you’re looking to offload it. Where do you go to find a buyer?
Montana’s Department of Agriculture says it has the answer.
The state this week announced the launch of an online “Hemp Marketplace,” unveiling an online portal meant to connect the hemp farmers with buyers in search of seeds, fiber and derivatives such as cannabidiol, or CBD.
“The Hemp Marketplace concept originated from the same idea as the department’s Hay Hotline,” the Agriculture Department says on its website, “only instead of hay and pasture, the online tool connects buyers and sellers of hemp and hemp derivatives.”
Listings are free of charge.
Montana Department of Agriculture
Montana farmers have embraced industrial hemp since the state legalized its production under a federal pilot program. The first legal crop was planted in 2017, and in recent years the state has led the country in terms of space dedicated to the plant. In 2018, for example, licensed farmers in Montana grew more acreage of hemp than any other U.S. state. While other states have since eclipsed the state’s hemp production—the crop became broadly federally legal through the 2018 Farm Bill—Montana remains an industry leader.
But to make revenue, farmers have to be able to sell their crop. That’s where the new hemp marketplace comes in. The online portal is essentially a sophisticated bulletin board for buyers and sellers, split into “Hemp for Sale” and “Hemp to Buy” categories.
“With hemp being a relatively new crop grown in Montana, the department recognizes that these markets are still developing,” Department of Agriculture Director Ben Thomas said in a statement. “The Hemp Marketplace was designed to help facilitate connections between buyers and sellers. I’m looking forward to seeing how the marketplace will continue to advance the industry.”
Listings include what type of products are on offer (or being sought), whether a given crop is organic and even whether laboratory testing data is available. The portal also organizes products into one of four varieties based on whether the hemp seeds have been certified by regulators. None of the products may contain more than 0.3 percent THC—the upper limit for what qualifies as hemp under both state and federal law.
Meanwhile, Montana voters are set to decide on Tuesday whether the state will legalize hemp’s more infamous cousin, high-THC marijuana. According to a poll released this week, passage looks likely: The survey, conducted by Montana State University at Billings, found that 54 percent of likely voters plan to support legal cannabis on the ballot. Another 38 percent said they were opposed, while 7 percent remained undecided.
At the federal level, officials at the Drug Enforcement Administration are still working to revise rules around marijuana and hemp to reflect Congress’s move to legalize hemp broadly in 2018. While the public comment on the proposals closed earlier this month, nine members of Congress cautioned the agency against adopting its proposed changes, warning some could put hemp producers at risk of criminal liability. Already a number of arrests and seizures have been made by law enforcement officers confused whether products were legal hemp or illicit marijuana.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), meanwhile, has faced separate criticism over its own proposed hemp rules, though it has been more proactive in addressing them. Following significant pushback from the industry over certain regulations it views as excessively restrictive, the agency reopened a public comment period, which closed again this month.
USDA is also planning to distribute a national survey to gain insights from thousands of hemp businesses that could inform its approach to regulating the market.
Montana Marijuana Legalization Ballot Measure Has Solid Lead In New Poll
Photo courtesy of Brendan Cleak
Less than two years after Missouri voters approved a ballot measure to legalize medical marijuana, dispensaries made the state’s first cannabis sales to patients on Saturday.
N’Bliss Cannabis opened the doors of two separate St. Louis County locations, in Ellisville and Manchester.
I was honored to watch Larry, a cancer survivor, and his wife Sue, an RN, make the state’s first legal medical cannabis purchase this morning in St Louis. @mocanntrade @NewApproachMO pic.twitter.com/rCudrkdbfI
— Jack Cardetti (@jackcardetti) October 17, 2020
“Missouri patients have always been our north star as we work to implement the state’s medical marijuana program,” Dr. Randall Williams, director of the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, said in a press release. “We greatly appreciate how hard everyone has worked so that patients can begin accessing a safe and well-regulated program.”
Made history today by serving the first medical marijuana patients in Missouri. So proud of the team and all of the hard work of the entire industry to help get patients the medicine they need and deserve! More pics and video to come…
A post shared by N’Bliss Cannabis (@nblisscannabis) on Oct 17, 2020 at 9:22am PDT
Officials have touted the speed with which they have gotten the voter-approved cannabis program off the ground, saying it is “one of the fastest implementations of a medical marijuana program in the United States.”
Via Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services.
“A tremendous amount of work has occurred by the licensed facilities and our team to get us to this point, and we continue to hear from more facilities that they are ready or almost ready for their commencement inspection,” Lyndall Fraker, director of the Section for Medical Marijuana Regulation, said in a press release. “We look forward to seeing these facilities open their doors to serve patients and caregivers.”
First #medicalmarijuana sales to patients in #MO take place today.
DHSS interactive facility map: https://t.co/Os2yc0jBdU pic.twitter.com/tpzztI9sOh
— Mo Health & Sr Srvcs (@HealthyLivingMo) October 17, 2020
The impending launch of sales on Saturday was first announced by the Missouri Medical Cannabis Trade Association on Friday and reported by The Springfield News-Leader.
The wait is finally over! Tomorrow morning at 9am @NBlissCannabis will open the doors to their Ellisville and Manchester locations for the first medical marijuana sales in Missouri! Congrats to the whole N'Bliss team! The #MOMMJ industry is up and running! pic.twitter.com/wyZIcoyLBv
— MoCannTrade (@mocanntrade) October 16, 2020
The state, which has so far licensed 192 dispensaries and expects most of them to open their doors by the end of the year, posted an interactive map that tracks the status of approved medical marijuana businesses.
For months, regulators have been caught up in lawsuits and appeals challenging their licensing decisions, with revenues that would otherwise go to supporting veteran services instead being allocated to covering legal costs.
Missouri isn’t the only state to see medical cannabis sales launch this weekend. Virginia’s first medical marijuana dispensary also held its grand opening on Saturday.
Meanwhile, recreational sales of marijuana rolled out in Maine last week—four years after voters there approved a legalization ballot measure.
Another New Jersey Poll Shows Marijuana Legalization Passing By A Huge Margin
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They are some of the most brilliant minds on the planet, and some of the most dangerous criminals as well. United they may achieve things denied to them on their own, and the world would be at the mercy of the Intelligencia.
Many years ago, the Leader had a vision of assembling the world's most intelligent criminals for the sole purpose of plundering the greatest intellectual treasure of all time – The Library of Alexandria. The Library contained writings from some of the most renowned minds of all time, including arcane studies such as alchemy and transmutation. The Leader wanted to rescue this knowledge from those who didn't truly deserve to possess it.
The first genius he approached was the Wizard, both for his experience in working within a team dynamic as leader of the Frightful Four and for his ingenious creations utilizing anti-gravity technology. The next on his list was a former member of the Masters of Evil, the notorious Egghead. However useful Egghead's brilliance was, the Leader had to explain the Intelligencia was not a combative team, since Egghead mainly suggested they kill the object of his obsession – Henry Pym. The Mad Thinker was the third member to join followed by the Red Ghost. Of course the Thinker had his Awesome Android for protection just as the Ghost had his Super Apes, and both were long-time enemies of the fabled Fantastic Four, proving they could hold their own.
Using technology that required all of them to operate, the Intelligencia's first and greatest accomplishment was sneaking inside the home of the Eternals and stealing their portion of the Library of Alexandria right from under their noses. In addition to great knowledge, the group couldn't pass up stealing munitions and other random artifacts. The Intelligencia needed a stronghold to house the Library, and the place they chose was Latveria, home of their last member, Doctor Doom. When the group wasn't working together, they each pursued separate ventures – mostly ending with them incarcerated – but those who remained free would liberate the others and sometimes unaffiliated villains just to avoid anyone making a connection between them. Unfortunately, Egghead became a tad overzealous in his quest to kill Pym, and he took on the Avengers solo which resulted in his death.
Thinking the Intelligencia finished, the surviving members squabbled over what to do since the Library of Alexandria was not completed. The Leader was prepared for such a setback and enlisted the murderous M.O.D.O.K. to join them. With their ranks restored, the nations of Wakanda and Atlantis, homes of the Black Panther and Namor, the Sub-Mariner respectively, were subject to the same fate as Olympia, and the final pieces belonging to Library of Alexandria was theirs.
The Intelligencia were betrayed by Doom as he was unwilling to share the benefits of all the knowledge the Library possessed, and they were expelled from Latveria. The Leader abandoned his group as they were locked in combat with Doom's army, knowing the despot could not be defeated on his own territory, and he hid away in seclusion. Time passed, and even though the Leader thought the Intelligencia was finished, M.O.D.O.K. continued to carry out what they started. He found the Leader before Hulk waged war with Earth, and M.O.D.O.K. explained his plan to exact revenge on all those who ever wronged them, including Doom, and the key to their success was the Hulk. The Leader insisted they would not be able to control the brute, but M.O.D.O.K. told him of his plan to create a Hulk they can bargain with – a Red Hulk. Besides gathering most of their old allies back into the fold, the Intelligencia expanded their roster by adding a now schizophrenic Doc Samson, a Red She-Hulk, the daughter of the Hulk, Lyra, and it even appeared General Ross was working with them.
Red Hulk and Ross were constantly at odds with each other, and in a devastating turn of events, Ross confronted the Red Hulk in the Redeemer armor, fully intending to kill the beast, but Red Hulk ended the general's life instead. It turned out Ross was merely a Life Model Decoy controlled by the Leader, but it was vital to their plans. Still, M.O.D.O.K. was undeterred from achieving their ultimate goal. Since then, the Intelligencia used the Frightful Four to kidnap Reed Richards, the Cosmic Hulk to seize Doctor Doom, and the Red She-Hulk to attack the Avengers and escape with Henry Pym. The Red Ghost, along with his Super Apes, managed to abduct Beast and T'Challa, the former Black Panther, despite interference from the X-Men and Red Hulk.
Bruce Banner discovered the Intelligencia had his wife, Betty, and assumed she was their captive. He sent Amadeus Cho, A-Bomb and Korg of the Warbound to liberate her while he and his group attacked the Intelligencia's mobile base, the Hellcarrier. As he and Skaar, with the help of Lyra - secretly working with Banner all along - made their way to the chamber where the smartest minds of the world lay incapacitated, Wolverine, Namor and Spider-Man took on the opposition.
Meantime, Red Hulk infiltrated a separate part of the Hellcarrier while members of the Avengers, Fantastic Four and X-Men waited to back him up. Red Hulk, privy to the Intelligencia's plans, was shocked to find the body of She-Hulk, thought to be held in stasis, missing as he was assaulted by the Thinker's new Gammadroid. The android did a number on Red Hulk, but it was torn apart by his superior strength just before M.O.D.O.K. unleashed a devastating mind blast on him. Injured and weakened, Red Hulk was no match for Cosmic Hulk and was imprisoned. It was at that time, his backup plan was set in motion - Deadpool.
Triumphant At Last
Banner got dealt a serious blow when he found out Betty wanted nothing to do with him, but the worst was yet to come. Red She-Hulk was let loose on Banner's group just as Samson confronted Red Hulk, and even though Banner had numbers on his side and Deadpool leaped to action, it was too late. The Intelligencia activated their master stroke creating an army of Hulks out of A.I.M. soldiers and the heroes previously working against them. Red Hulk was too injured to stand against their superior power, and Banner had been outsmarted, captured and inserted into the machine imprisoning the minds of the other kidnapped victims. The Intelligencia had won!
Arrogance Leads to Defeat
Only weeks prior to their victory, the Intelligencia used the Gammadroid to find a time machine stolen from Doom by Thundra in order to peer one year into their future. What they saw pleased them, but in actuality, it was a fabricated vision planted by Banner to instill a certain amount of overconfidence which would hopefully result in the Intelligencia's downfall.
After Banner was captured and his mind imprisoned, Doom's mind showed it was too strong to remain trapped, and he convinced Banner that he was trapped too. The combined willpower of both men was enough to damage the Intelligencia's machine and allow them to break free. Doom escaped while Banner freed the others before acting out his final strategy. He knew the only way to defeat the Intelligencia was to siphon all the gamma energy out of all the A.I.M. soldiers and the "Hulked-Out Heroes" into a vessel that could contain it all. The only vessel capable of handling that much power was Banner himself. Before Banner reabsorbed all the radiation, Amadeus Cho used his augmented powers to revert M.O.D.O.K. back to his human form just as Red Hulk did the same to the Leader. Once Banner completed his task, the Hulk was reborn, and the remainder of the Intelligencia was on the run.
Outlaw Roundup
Wizard was the first to be caught by She-Hulk and Lyra, and he was brought to Banner and imprisoned. He vowed revenge on the jade giantesses but quickly turned on his teammates, bargaining for luxury items in return. The Red Ghost and his Super Apes were the next to be captured even though they nearly escaped by damaging the ship carrying them to Banner’s detention center, forcing an emergency landing. Klaw and the Mad Thinker had fled to Switzerland, but the She-Hulks brought them back after defeating an army of Gammadroids and the Mad Thinker's latest creation - Byte. The Wizard was content to have betrayed his former allies because despite their new hatred of him, he had asked for all the appropriate components to turn his cell into a rocket and escape Banner's penitentiary. He attacked Lyra during her school's prom, severely injured her classmate and forced her to reveal her true identity to everyone in attendance. Wizard's surprise attack had Lyra on the defensive until the She-Hulk showed up and took him down, using the Wizard's own weapons against him.
And Now…Ultron!
Somehow the Wizard avoided incarceration, and the other captured members of the Intelligencia were freed from Banner's prison. They reformed the team along with MODOK Superior, an artificial life form with a cloned brain from the original MODOK. An alien energy signature belonging to an unidentified spaceknight armor, compelled them to investigate and found Spider-Woman doing the same. They captured her and took the armor back to their base, but the armor's uncategorized energy trail enabled the Avengers to find them. A brief battle ensued, but once the armor was activated, both teams were dealt a serious blow. Ultron programmed his artificial intelligence into the armor while off-world, manipulated the armor to adapt his form and unleashed a devastating blast, incapacitating all until such a time he was prepared to challenge them.
Formerly outside the Quadriverse
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Adult : PO Susceptible infections; Prophylaxis of surgical infections 1-2 g/day in 2-4 divided doses, increased up to 4 g/day for severe infections. IV Susceptible infections; Prophylaxis of surgical infections As erythromycin lactobionate: 1-2 g/day equivalent to 25 mg/kg/day given in 2-4 divided doses, up to 4 g/day equivalent to 50 mg/kg/day in severe infections. Ophthalmic Superficial ocular infections As 0.5% oint: Apply approx 1 cm length to the affected eye(s) up to 6 times/day depending on the severity of the infection. Topical Acne vulgaris As 2 or 4% gel/pad/soln: Apply onto affected areas 1-2 times/day.
Prophylaxis of surgical infections, Respiratory tract infections, Skin and soft tissue infections, Susceptible Gram-negative infections, Susceptible Gram-positive infections
Adult: As erythromycin lactobionate: 1-2 g daily equivalent to 25 mg/kg daily given in 2-4 divided doses, up to 4 g daily equivalent to 50 mg/kg daily in severe infections. Doses may be given as continuous or via intermittent infusion over 20-60 minutes every 6 hours. Replace with oral erythromycin after 2-7 days.
Child: 15-20 mg/kg daily divided every 6 hours. Max: 4 g daily.
Prophylaxis of neonatal conjunctivitis
Child: As 0.5% oint: Instill approx 1 cm in length into each of the lower conjunctival sac.
Superficial ocular infections
Adult: As 0.5% oint: Apply approx 1 cm length to the affected eye(s) up to 6 times daily depending on the severity of the infection.
Child: Same as adult dose.
Adult: 1-2 g daily in 2-4 divided doses; may be increased up to 4 g daily for severe infections. Doses >1 g should be given in more than 2 divided doses.
Child: 30-50 mg/kg daily in 2-4 divided doses; may be doubled in severe infections.
Topical/Cutaneous
Adult: As 2 or 4% gel/pad/soln: Apply onto affected areas 1-2 times daily. Discontinue treatment if condition worsens or if there is no improvement after 6-8 weeks.
Should be taken on an empty stomach. Best taken on an empty stomach at least 30 min & preferably 2 hr before meals.
Oral: Add enough water to make 100 mL susp, shake vigorously. IV: Add 20 mL sterile water for inj to a vial labelled as containing 1 g to prepare a concentration of 50 mg/mL; further dilute with ≥100 mL of suitable diluent to a final concentration of 1-5 mg/mL.
Hypersensitivity. Prolonged QT interval, uncorrected hypokalaemia or hypomagnesaemia, clinically significant bradycardia. Concomitant use with astemizole, terfenadine, cisapride, pimozide, tolterodine, mizolastine, amisulpride, ergotamine or dihydroergotamine, lovastatin, simvastatin, Class 1A or III antiarrhythmic agents.
Patient with risk factors for prolonged cardiac repolarisation, coronary artery disease, myasthenia gravis. Hepatic impairment. Children. Pregnancy and lactation.
Significant: Fungal or bacterial superinfection (e.g. C. difficile-associated diarrhoea [CDAD]); myasthenia gravis; infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis; hepatotoxicity.
Blood and lymphatic system disorders: Eosinophilia.
Cardiac disorders: Chest pain, palpitations.
Ear and labyrinth disorders: Deafness, tinnitus.
Eye disorders: Mitochondrial optic neuropathy.
Gastrointestinal disorders: Nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhoea, pancreatitis.
General disorders and administration site conditions: Fever, malaise.
Hepatobiliary disorders: Cholestatic hepatitis, jaundice, hepatic dysfunction, hepatomegaly, hepatic failure, hepatocellular hepatitis.
Immune system disorders: Allergic reactions, anaphylaxis.
Investigations: Increased liver enzymes.
Metabolism and nutrition disorders: Anorexia.
Nervous system disorders: Convulsions, vertigo.
Psychiatric disorders: Hallucinations, confusion.
Renal and urinary disorders: Interstitial nephritis.
Skin and subcutaneous tissue disorders: Pruritus, urticaria, exanthema, angioedema, Stevens-Johnson syndrome, toxic epidermal necrolysis, erythema multiforme. Topical: burning, peeling, drying, reddening, oiliness and pruritus at the application site.
Vascular disorders: Hypotension.
Potentially Fatal: QT prolongation, ventricular arrhythmias including torsades de pointes, pseudomembranous colitis.
IV/Ophth/Parenteral/PO/Topical: B
Increased risk of hypotension with Ca channel blockers that are metabolised by CYP3A4 (e.g. verapamil, amlodipine, diltiazem). May cause a significant increase in the plasma concentration of colchicine. Decreased serum concentration with CYP3A4 inducers (e.g. rifampicin, phenytoin). May decrease the effectiveness of contraceptives. May increase the effect of oral anticoagulants (e.g. warfarin). May increase plasma concentration of benzodiazepines (e.g. midazolam). May increase the pharmacodynamic effects of zopiclone. Increased plasma concentration with cimetidine.
Potentially Fatal: Increased risk of rhabdomyolysis with simvastatin and lovastatin. May increase serum concentration and enhance QT prolongation, ventricular tachycardia or fibrillation and torsades de pointes with Class IA (e.g. procainamide, quinidine) or Class III (e.g. amiodarone, sotalol, dofetilide) antiarrhythmics, cisapride. Increased risk of serious CV events with astemizole, terfenadine, pimozide, tolterodine, mizolastine, amisulpride. Increased risk of acute ergot toxicity with ergotamine or dihydroergotamine.
Decreased serum concentration with St John's wort.
May give a false-positive result for urinary catecholamines, 17-hydroxycorticosteroids and 17-ketosteroids. May interfere with colorimetric assays resulting in falsely elevated AST and ALT concentrations.
Description: Erythromycin inhibits protein synthesis by binding to the 50S ribosomal subunit of susceptible organisms resulting in blockage of transpeptidation.
Absorption: Variable and unreliable due to instability in gastric acid. Time to peak plasma concentration: 1-4 hours.
Distribution: Widely distributed throughout the body tissues and fluids; diffused into CSF (minimal). Crosses the placenta and enters breast milk. Volume of distribution: 0.64 L/kg. Plasma protein binding: 70-75% (as the base), 95% (as the propionate ester).
Metabolism: Partly metabolised in the liver via N-demethylation by CYP3A4 into inactive, unidentified metabolites.
Excretion: Mainly via faeces; urine (2-15% as unchanged drug). Elimination half-life: 1.5-2.5 hours.
Source: National Center for Biotechnology Information. PubChem Database. Erythromycin, CID=12560, https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Erythromycin (accessed on Jan. 22, 2020)
Store between 20-25°C.
Topical Antibiotics / Eye Anti-Infectives & Antiseptics / Macrolides
S01AA17 - erythromycin ; Belongs to the class of antibiotics. Used in the treatment of eye infections.
D10AF02 - erythromycin ; Belongs to the class of topical antiinfective preparations used in the treatment of acne.
J01FA01 - erythromycin ; Belongs to the class of macrolides. Used in the systemic treatment of infections.
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Erygel Gel (Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc). DailyMed. Source: U.S. National Library of Medicine. https://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/. Accessed 13/05/2020.
Eryhtrodar Tablets 500 mg (Ennogen Pharma Limited). MHRA. https://products.mhra.gov.uk/. Accessed 15/05/2020.
Erythromycin 1 g Powder for Solution for Infusion (Stragen UK Ltd.). MHRA. https://products.mhra.gov.uk/. Accessed 15/05/2020.
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Disclaimer: This information is independently developed by MIMS based on Erythromycin from various references and is provided for your reference only. Therapeutic uses, prescribing information and product availability may vary between countries. Please refer to MIMS Product Monographs for specific and locally approved prescribing information. Although great effort has been made to ensure content accuracy, MIMS shall not be held responsible or liable for any claims or damages arising from the use or misuse of the information contained herein, its contents or omissions, or otherwise. Copyright © 2021 MIMS. All rights reserved. Powered by MIMS.com
Elthrocin Tablet
Eritrotex
Erycin
Erythromycin YSP
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Akne-Mycin
Eryderm
Eryson
Oftalmolosa Cusi Erythromycin
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Sathrocin ES
Stiemycin
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This Is What Happened To The Prime Witness Against Salman Khan In The Hit-And-Run Case!
Aayushi Bhargava , 07 May 2015
Ravindra Patil and Salman Khan
It has now become a long saga of what happened the night when Salman Khan (allegedly) drank and drove over people sleeping on the footpath. Ravindra Patil, a constable on duty as a bodyguard for Salman when he was receiving threats, was the prime witness in the case. It all happened that night, Patil had warned Salman to not drink too much since he had to drive back home. But the actor drank and (as we all know) the rest is history. Patil fulfilled his duty as he reported the case immediately to the cops.
However, during the court hearing in 2006, Patil did not show up for 5 hearings in a row. His family had filed a missing report – yes, missing. But he was adjudged “absent” and an arrest warrant was filed against him. This information was given by a journalist in his blog post titled Ravindra Patil: The Death of a Messenger, which was later deleted. He had written,
There were many who wanted Patil to change his statement. They preferred that Patil maintain that Salman leaned back to listen to him seconds before he lost control of the wheel. This would mean that the accident was caused by a ‘human error’ and not because he was drunk. Some people wanted him to say that Salman was not drunk at the time of the accident. As the judge ordered that he be arrested and produced in court, his seniors at the police force simultaneously approved that Patil be sacked from his job because he was absent from duty. His seniors chose to ignore the fact that technically Patil was ‘missing’ and not ‘absent’ according to their own records.
Nobody was interested in knowing why he had run away from his house. Or, why the same person who was so forthcoming in lodging a complaint against a Bollywood star like Salman Khan, didn’t want to take the witness-box. Patil was never put under any witness protection programme. Patil was sent to Arthur Road jail with hardened criminals.
In Arthur Road jail, Ravindra Patil was incarcerated in a separate cell like they would treat an armed dacoit or a serial killer. Patil submitted fervent pleas that he doesn’t want to be grouped with criminals at the Arthur Road jail but the court was in no mood to relent.
After Patil was let out of jail, he found himself in a strange situation — his family had disowned him and the Mumbai Police was not ready to take him back. Patil didn’t know what to do — suddenly he was the victim because he saw the accident and spoke about it. A broken man by then, Ravindra Patil went missing again.
Patil was finally discovered at the Sewri Municipal hospital in 2007. Patil was begging on the streets of Mumbai before he landed up at the hospital. The years of acute stress coupled with heavy drinking had made his body weak. Worse, he had contracted a drug-resistant tuberculosis which fast tracked him towards an inevitable end. Constable Ravindra Patil died on October 4, 2007. “I stood by my statement till the end, but my department did not stand by me. I want my job back, I want to survive. I want to meet the police commissioner once,” were his last words.
So, this is what REALLY happened to the man who wished to stand by his statement despite the strong forces against him!
For more stories related to the Salman verdict:
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Alia Bhatt, Sonakshi Sinha, Arjun Kapoor, Varun Dhawan & Other Bollywood Celebs React To The #SalmanKhanVerdict
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Michael R. Morrison
Bankruptcy | Family Law
What are the requirements for a valid will?
On behalf of Michael R. Morrison, Attorney at Law | Jan 4, 2021 | Uncategorized |
Having a valid will is typically an important part of having a comprehensive and thorough estate plan. What makes a will valid, and understanding the components of a valid will, is important for estate planners to be familiar with. The best way for estate planners to ensure that they have a valid will is to be familiar with the components of a valid will and how to comply with those requirements.
Testamentary and legal capacity
Testamentary capacity requires that the estate planner is of sound mind when executing their will. Sound mind requires that they have testamentary capacity including that the estate planner must understand that they are making a will and the impact of the will; understands the nature and extent of their estate; and understands that they are using the will to dispose of their property and assets. Legal capacity requires that the estate planner be of legal age to execute a will which usually is 18 years or older.
Intent and voluntariness
The estate planner must have the intent to execute a will and dispose of their property and assets using the will. In addition, the estate planner must execute their will voluntarily which requires that there is no coercion, undue influence or duress in the formation and execution of their will for it to be valid.
Witness and signature requirements
The estate planner’s will must meet witness and signature requirements in the jurisdiction where it is being executed. These requirements vary by state but generally require the estate planner to sign the will in the presence of two disinterested witnesses and for those witnesses to sign the will as well.
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Trojans' Burks finally shows his breakaway speed
A. Stacy Long
TROY – Junior Brandon Burks needled one fellow Troy running back over a lack of breakaway speed.
Sophomore Jordan Chunn, faced with the facts of Burks' 176 yards in last weekend's win over New Mexico State, was in no position to refute it.
"I would say Burks has got it right now," Chunn said. "I still haven't had my chance to break away yet, so he's got it.
"Right now."
Let the banter begin between the two Trojans, though the banter has long been flowing between them.
While Burks has piled up the yards, it's Chunn who gets the touchdowns. He had two against New Mexico State.
They – and quarterback Brandon Silvers – helped the Trojans amass 360 yards against New Mexico State. That ranks third on the school's Division I-A list.
"I'm a lot faster than them," Silvers said, jumping into the running backs' debate/fray.
Silvers had 70 yards last weekend to rank second among the Trojans. Jordan Chunn, though he hit the end zone twice, was fourth with 29 yards, behind even Khary Franklin's 44.
But who would win a race?
"I would lose by at least a hundred yards," offensive lineman Terrence Jones said. "I wouldn't make it. They'd already be done by the time I got out of my stance. I'm not fast at all.
"I just block for them. Turn around and hope they're in the end zone. That's what I do."
Jones said he couldn't pick a favorite in a full team race – count Chandler Worthy as a candidate – but he'll weigh in on Burks v. Chunn.
It's not the one who jokes that his nickname is Big Scat. Of course, his teammates mangled that into "Fat Scat."
"Burks has breakaway speed," Jones said. "Chunn doesn't."
Burks reached his 176 yards on just 10 carries and nearly eclipsed a school record for average yards per game. He needed 5 more yards to break Dwayne Thompson's 18-yard average from 1982.
Burks said last weekend that a cramp on his last long run, a 43-yarder early in the fourth quarter, was the culprit.
"I questioned him after he got done running. 'Why didn't you break away on that?' " Chunn said. "He said, 'I cramped up.' OK. You cramped up."
Chunn rolled his eyes in mock disbelief. He'll try to make sure Burks gets enough sports drink next time to ward off any future excuses.
"He needs some electrolytes," Chunn said.
Some tackle-breaking ability helped fuel Troy's big running day, offensive coordinator Kenny Edenfield said. He'll take it, even if it sparked their banter to another level.
"They tease each other, but they both had some big runs," Edenfield said, mentioning how Chunn broke a tackle on a late 18-yard touchdown that came on a fourth-and-2 play.
"He looked fast after that," Edenfield said. "Nobody was behind him."
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LORD OF THE RINGS, THE (1978) 29241 Style A One-Sheet Art by Tom Jung Movie Poster
United Artists Original U.S. One-Sheet Poster (27x41) Folded. Single Sided Very Good Plus to Fine Condition
Original United Artists U.S. One-Sheet Poster for the Ralph Bakshi animated film LORD OF THE RINGS (1978). Based on only two of the books by J.R.R. Tolkien, this animated version predated the famous films by Peter Jackson. The art of Galdalf on this poster is by Tom Jung. Jung is the artists who did the famous style A STAR WARS one sheet poster that is perhaps one of the most famous posters in the world. This poster is folded and the condition is graded as very good plus, due to some general rumpling and edge wear. MovieArt Austin guarantees this poster to be the authentic U.S. style A one-sheet poster for this film. MovieArt Original Film Posters is located in Austin, Texas and does not sell reproductions.
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STAR WARS: EPISODE V - EMPIRE STRIKES BACK, THE (1980) 3982 Art by Tom Jung Movie Poster
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BETSY, THE (1978) 2782 Harold Robbins Movie Poster
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WEDDING, A (1978) 29337 Robert Altman Movie Poster
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LORD OF THE RINGS, THE (1978) 29242 Ralph Bakshi Movie Poster Art by Tom Jung
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LUNA. LA (1979) 29244 Jill Clayburgh Matthew Barry Movie Poster
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POLTERGEIST (1982) 29278 Tobe Hooper Movie Poster Art by Carl Ramsey
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about MSD MSD Careers Research WorldWide
Gastrointestinal Disorders in Neonates and Infants /
Meconium Plug Syndrome /
Gastrointestinal Disorders in Neonates and Infants
Overview of Gastrointestinal Disorders in Neonates and Infants
Gastroesophageal Reflux in Infants
Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis
Intussusception
Meconium Ileus
Meconium Plug Syndrome
Necrotizing Enterocolitis
Miscellaneous Surgical Emergencies in Neonates
(Small Left Colon Syndrome)
William J. Cochran
Geisinger Clinic
Temple University School of Medicine
Last full review/revision Mar 2020| Content last modified Mar 2020
Meconium plug syndrome is colonic obstruction caused by thick meconium. Diagnosis is based on radiographic contrast enema and sometimes testing for Hirschsprung disease. Treatment is radiographic contrast enema; surgical decompression is rarely required.
Meconium plug syndrome usually occurs in infants who are otherwise healthy. It is generally regarded as a functional immaturity of the colon, resulting in failure to pass the first stool.
Meconium plug syndrome is more common among
Infants of diabetic mothers
Infants of mothers treated with magnesium sulfate for eclampsia, preeclampsia, or preterm labor
One study noted that 16% of cases of meconium plug syndrome were associated with magnesium tocolysis and only 3% were associated with Hirschsprung disease; however, other reports have noted Hirschsprung in 10 to 40% of infants with meconium plug syndrome. Meconium plug syndrome is also associated with cystic fibrosis.
Infants present in the first few days of life with failure to pass stools, abdominal distention, and vomiting. Thick, inspissated, rubbery meconium forms a cast of the colon, resulting in complete obstruction.
Radiographic contrast enema
Sometimes testing for Hirschsprung disease
Diagnosis of meconium plug syndrome is of exclusion and should be differentiated primarily from Hirschsprung disease.
Plain abdominal x-rays are nonspecific and can show signs of low intestinal obstruction. Conversely, contrast enema shows the characteristic appearance of the outline of the inspissated meconium against the wall of the colon, providing a double-contrast impression. Unlike meconium ileus, microcolon is not typically seen on x-ray with meconium plug syndrome.
The water-soluble contrast enema can be therapeutic by separating the plug from the intestinal wall and expelling it. Occasionally, repeated enemas are required.
Rarely, surgical decompression is required. Although most infants are healthy thereafter, diagnostic studies may be needed to rule out Hirschsprung disease or cystic fibrosis.
Overview of Congenital Gastrointestinal Anomalies
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'They knew better': Fmr. Sen. Corker says Cruz and Hawley played a 'destructive role' on Wednesday
Former Senator Bob Corker (R-TN) criticizes his former colleagues, Sens. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Josh Hawley (R-MO), for playing a "destructive role" on Wednesday with their challenges to the election results, telling Andrea Mitchell they were "irresponsible" and "knew better."Jan. 8, 2021
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Amethyst Tour and Giveaway
categories: Book Related, Book Tour, giveaway, Giveaways
The Smoky Blues Book 9
by Emily Mims
CAN’T GET HER…
Deke Gregory has a type – petite, feminine, pliable. His ex-wife was his ideal, but she wasn’t his, obviously. Faced with the realities of joint custody and a family “village” raising his son, Deke sets out to find a woman who ticks all his boxes and thinks he walks on water. Enter Doctor Taylor De Witt: tall, strong, willful, opinionated, and too busy to be bothered with soothing his rough edges. Imagine his surprise when he falls for her – hard.
OUT OF HIS HEART
Taylor De Witt knew she would be a heart surgeon since college. Now a single mother with a schedule that requires roller blades, she has little time for her family, never mind a social life. When she meets Deke Gregory she thinks he’s a Neanderthal – yummy, but from a different era. Little does she know what their mutual attraction will bring, including examining her life to include an everlasting love.
Amazon * Apple * B&N * Kobo * Smashwords
Author of eighteen romance novels under the pseudonym 'Emily Elliott', Emily Mims combined her writing career with a career in public education until leaving the classroom to write full time. 'Solomon's Choice' is her first romantic suspense and the first novel she has published under her own name. The mother of two sons, she and her husband Charles split their time between Central Texas and eastern Tennessee. For relaxation she plays the piano, organ, dulcimer, and ukulele. She says, "I love to write romances because I believe in them. Romance happened to me and it can happen to any woman-if she'll just let it."
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Follow the tour HERE for exclusive excerpts, guest posts and a giveaway!
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Exploring York
Ghost walks
Historical Houses
Tours of York
With the Children
New York 75-Minute High Line Walking Tour
Adventure and Sports (1)
Exploring York (1)
Ghost walks (5)
Guided walking tours (2)
Historical Houses (6)
Museums and Art Galleries (6)
Tours of York (3)
With the Children (11)
Take a tour with an expert guide through the High Line, a beautiful Manhattan park built on one of city’s former elevated train lines! Walk 40 feet above Manhattan, enjoying the gardens of the High Line and views of Chelsea and the Meatpacking District.
See the growth that High Line Park has sparked on the west side
Learn about the industrial past of the Hudson River shores
Discover the Chelsea and Meatpacking District neighborhoods from above
New York City's High Line Park was ranked last year as one of the world’s top 10 places to visit. Learn about the park’s beginnings as an elevated train line, and hear the inside stories about its development. On this 75-minute guided tour you’ll walk through the park 40 feet above Manhattan, taking in views of the neighborhoods of Chelsea and the Meatpacking District from above. Hear how these old industrial and blue collar areas have become some of the city’s most expensive and trendy! The High Line is now home to over 225 species of plants, making it a small botanical garden in the sky. You’ll see how this abandoned rail line has transformed the landscape of Manhattan's west side, while also maintaining traces of the area’s industrial past. This is a great New York story of industry, history, and everyday New Yorkers working to make their city even better. In addition to hearing the amazing stories, you’ll experience High Line as a work of art in itself. Admire the views of the surrounding neighborhoods and cutting-edge architecture.
Gratuities (optional)
Be sure to wear good walking shoes. No pets are allowed on this tour, sorry!
Central Park 5-Star Bike Tour
Enjoy a Central Park bicycle tour and learn more about this legendary location.
New York City: Little Italy Italian Food Tasting Tour
Savor the flavors of Italy American style on a 2-hour food tour of Manhattan’s most colorful neighborhood. Sample pizzas, prosciutto, and cheeses in Little Italy, and l
3 Neighborhoods Tour: Soho, Chinatown & Little Italy
Come explore three unique neighborhoods and see some of the sites these places have to offer.
South Brooklyn and Coney Island Bike Tour
Hop on a bike for a tour of South Brooklyn's most interesting neighborhoods and landmarks from Prospect Park to Coney Island. Enjoy some Brooklyn culinary classics and ex
New JFK Airport Private Limousine Transfer
Arrive in style at JFK airport with a private and luxury limousine transfer into Manhattan, Queens, or Brooklyn. Rely on a professional chauffeur to guide you to your des
Metropolitan Museum of Art & Museum of Natural History Tour
Visit two of the Big Apple’s most iconic museums in one day, allowing you to make the most of your time in New York. Join our enthusiastic guide on this 5 hour tour tha
Private Brooklyn & SoHo 2–Hour Tour with Photographer
Your personal photographer will capture you throughout SoHo, The Brooklyn Bridge and surrounding neighborhoods on this private tour. Additionally, you will receive sugges
New John F. Kennedy Airport (JFK) Private Transfer
Enjoy a private transfer between JFK Airport and New York City. Book your transfer to take the stress out of airport commutes. Create more time for your trip, relax and e
New York City: Night Tour by Bus and Entry to 1 Attraction
See the brilliant lights of New York City after dark on an evening tour by open-top double decker bus. Visit one attraction of your choice from a range of options.
New York Dinner Cruise
Cruise around Manhattan and the Statue of Liberty whilst dining on a Mediterranean-inspired 4-course dinner. Get stunning views of New York icons such as the Chrysler Bui
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February 2017 Miami Events, Holidays and Festivals
Coconut Grove Art Festival, Miami Boat Show, SoBe Wine and Food Fest, Andrea Boccelli, Valentine's Day...
Home > Miami Events > February 2017
Top Miami Events for February 2017
Coconut Grove Art Festival, Miami Boat Show, SoBe Wine and Food Fest, Andrea Boccelli, Bon Jovi, Sting, Valentine's Day...
Miami in February is just glorious! These are great times to be outdoors with the cooler and drier temperatures, there's no other place we'd rather be.
February packs three signature events celebrating the best in art, food and boating, just in case you need any excuses to get out there and enjoy the gorgeous South Florida winter weather!
Likewise, if you are a nature lover, our State and National parks are teeming with wildlife and this is one of the best times for bird-watchers and photographers, so grab your binoculars and lenses and enjoy!
February Signature Miami Events:
The Miami International Boat Show and Strictly Sail, - February 16 - 20, 2017
Art Wynwood - February 16 - 20, 2017
The renowned Coconut Grove Art Festival - February 18 - 20, 2017
Haulover Kite Festival - February 18 - 19, 2017
Chinese New Year Festival - February 19, 2017
Virginia Key Grassroots Music and Dance Festival - February 21 - 28, 2017
The South Beach Wine and Food Festival, presented by Food & Wine - February 22 - 26, 2017
The concert and entertainment scene in February features:
Andrea Bocelli Valetine's Concert - February 12, 2017
Aplauso 2017: Marco Antonio Solis, Los Juanes, Ricardo Montaner - February 3, 2017
The Wizard of Oz - February 3 - 4, 2017
Titanic: The Musical - January 19 - February 5, 2017
A Conversation With Yanni (This is Not a Concert) - February 11, 2017
Paloma San Basilio & Raul Di Blasio - February 11, 2017
Bon Jovi - This House Is Not For Sale Tour - February 12, 2017
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical - February 14-19, 2017
The Piano Guys - February 15, 2017
Sting - 57th and 9th Tour - February 25, 2017
Lang Lang in Recital - February 25, 2017
Valentine's Day is just around the corner and love is in the air in Miami, here are some Romantic Getaway ideas to spend this special day! - Tuesday, February 14, 2017
Public Holidays: President's Day - Monday, February 20, 2017
Miami Heat Basketball Schedule - February 2017 Home Games and Tickets
Florida Panthers Schedule - February 2017 Home Games and Tickets
Harlem Globetrotters - February 26, 2017
Family Fun Fest at Biscayne National Park - February 12, 2017
Miami February 2017 Highlight Events
Miami International Boat Show and Strictly Sail
February 16 - 20, 2017
The latest and greatest in Boating, Fishing, Sailing, Diving...
Cruising Boats, Racing Boats, Sailing Boats, Catamarans, Power Boats, Mega Yachts... some serious boat eye candy all in lovely South Florida weather, definitely a "do not miss" event specially for boating enthusiasts.
This is quite an impressive 5-day event which in 2016 moved to its new spectacular home at Miami Marine Stadium in Virginia Key just across the Bay from downtown Miami and RIGHT ON THE WATER! Exactly where a Boat Show should be!
Here's more on the Miami Boat Show.
Art Wynwood, on its sixth year, is a relative newcomer to Miami's art show scene but quickly gaining recognition among contemporary art lovers, collectors and connoisseurs.
It is completely reflective of the District's cutting edge and dynamic environment, highlighting its hallmark street art and murals.
Free shuttle buses will run every 30 minutes from the Marriott Marquis, and the Yacht & Brokerage Show at the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach.
When? February 16 - 20, 2017
Where? Art Wynwood Pavillion at the Wynwood Art District - 3001 NE 1st Avenue, Miami, FL 33137
How Much?: One day fair pass $25, Multi-day $55, Students 12-18 $15, Seniors $15, under 12 FREE
More Info: www.artwynwood.com.
Here's more on the Wynwood Art District and its signature street art.
The Coconut Grove Arts Festival
The Coconut Grove Art Festival is legendary, a weekend filled with live music, exquisite food, fun outdoor entertainment, and art, art, art...
When? February 18-20, 2017
Where? Streets of Coconut Grove. The Festival runs along McFarlane Road, South Bayshore Drive and Pan American Drive.
How Much?: Adults $15, free for children under 12, Metrorail Golden Passport and Patriot Passport holders. Coconut Grove Residents (zip code 33133, bring ID) $5
Here's more on the Coconut Grove Art Festival.
Chinese New Year Festival 2017
Year of the Rooster Celebrations
Chinese New Year is the largest festival in the Asian community calendar which this year welcomes the Year of the Rooster.
Colorful celebrations featuring Lion Dances and Dragon Parades as well as cultural performances will take place over the traditional fifteen day holiday period all throughout South Florida. Chinese New Year Day is on January 28, 2017.
Lion Dances and parades are hosted by restaurants and martial art schools throughout the city. Other festivals, spiritual activities and cultural demonstrations are sponsored throughout the first two weeks of the new year.
The largest celebration takes place at Miami Dade College, Kendall campus, jointly hosted by the Confucius Institute and the Chinese Cultural Foundation in Miami, normally on the Sunday following Chinese New Year's Day.
What can you expect? Lion Dances, tai chi demonstrations, calligraphy, face painting, acrobatics, arts and crafts, bounce houses ans slides, and of course, lots of food and the Dragon Parade.
When? Sunday February 19, 2017 - 11:00 am to 6:00 pm
Show Times at 12:30pm and 3:30 pm
Where? Miami Dade College Kendall Fred Shaw Plaza, 11011 S.W. 104th St. Miami
How Much? $10 for adults, $5 children 6-12, under 5 FREE
More info and planned activities: http://chinesenewyearfestivalmiami.org/ and Chinese New Year Festival Miami Facebook Page
Haulover Kite Festival - February 18-19, 2017
Calling all kite enthusiasts, children and adults! This annual event features paper kite building classes, kite-flying competitions, make-your-own, or just bring a blanket and enjoy the sight and sounds as hundreds of kites dance in the sky accompanied by some great music.
Everyone is welcome to come and fly a kite. There will be refreshments and ready-made kites for sale.
When? Saturday and Sunday February 18 - 19, 2017 - 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Where? Skyward Kites at Haulover Park 10800 Collins Ave., Miami Beach, Florida 33154
How Much? FREE!!! Parking at the Park is $7
More info: www.skywardkites.com
About Haulover Park and Map
Virginia Key Grassroots Music and Dance Festival
GrassRoots brings communities of multi-cultured backgrounds together through the magic of music, art, dance, education, wellness and sustainability. GrassRoots works to nurture local artists and talent while reaching around the globe to bring world music and culture to new audiences, creating environments that inspire creativity and foster community building.
40+ Bands across 4 stages over one whole week!
Kids Village and Beach camping available!
Where? Virginia Key Beach Park, Miami
How Much? Single Day Adult $35, Youth (13-15) $25, 12 and under free
More info, ticktes and this year's line up: virginiakeygrassroots.com
presented by Food & Wine - February 22-26, 2017
On its 16th year, this five-day affair of glorious food, famous chefs, flowing champagne, or wine... or beer... will be attracting its share of foodies to one of the most spectacular places to be in February, gorgeous South Beach.
The festival consists of several events, some private, some open to the trade only, and many many more open to the public for all of our enjoyment. What kind of events? Brunches, Cocktail Parties, Seminars, Dinners, Burger Bashes, Wine Tastings, VIP galas... you name it, and of course the Grand Tasting Village set up in tents along 13th Street and Ocean Drive.
In addition this year we will have special performances by Little River Band, Snoop Dogg, Rev Run &T DJ Ruckus, David Grutman Experience featuring INGROSSO and more!
When? Wednesday-Sunday February 22-26, 2017
Where? Events take place at many different venues, mostly in the South Beach area, some of the regulars: the Delano, the Fountainbleau, the Ritz Carlton.
How Much? Varies, Grand Tasting Village $225, Heineken Burger Bash $250, Wine/Beer Seminars from $65, Fun and Fit and Jungle Island $21.40...
Here's more on this year's South Beach Food and Wine Fest, highlight events and ticket offers.
Miami Concerts and Entertainment February 2017
Andrea Bocelli Valentine's Concert 2017
Andrea Bocelli is the most successful classical solo artist ever and one of the best-selling artists in music history, period, with more than 80 million albums sold worldwide.
This Italian tenor is back in South Florida, this time at the AmericanAirlines Arena, with one of his signature extraordinary performances just on time for Valentine's Day.
When? Sunday, February 12, 2017
How Much? $80+ Concert sells out quick!
›› Andrea Bocelli Valentine's Concert in Miami
Aplauso 2017: Marco Antonio Solis, Juanes, Ricardo Montaner
When? Friday February 3, 2017 - 8:00 pm
How Much? $40 +
›› Aplauso 2017
- February 3 - 4, 2017
When? Friday and Saturday February 3 - 4, 2017 - 7:30 pm
Where? Abdo New River Room at The Broward Center For The Performing Arts, Ft. Lauderdale
How Much? $25 $12.50 Check for half-price tickets at Goldstar, you need to be a member but membership is FREE, just sign up, it's worth the savings!
Titanic: The Musical
When? January 19 - February 5, 2017
How Much? $47 $23.50 - $37 Check for half-price tickets at Goldstar, you need to be a member but membership is FREE, just sign up, it's worth the savings!
Paloma San Basilio & Raul Di Blasio
Tal Como Somos Tour
When? Friday, February 11, 2017 - 8:00 pm
Where? Miami Dade County Auditorium
›› Paloma San Basilio & Raul Di Blasio Tal Como Somos Tour
An Evening In Conversation With Yanni
Please note that this is NOT a concert!
For decades, YANNI has thrilled audiences worldwide, now, for the first time ever, he is stepping off the concert stage to give his fans the chance to interact with him on a more intimate and personal level.
An Evening In Conversation With Yanni provide fans with the unprecedented opportunity to talk with him directly, just him and his piano, no backup orchestra or singers. The evening will be completely unscripted!
When? Saturday, February 11, 2017 - 8:00 pm
›› An Evening In Conversation With Yanni
Find Discount Tickets at Goldstar $99.75 $74
Bon Jovi - This House Is Not For Sale Tour
When? February 12, 2017 - 7:30 pm
›› Bon Jovi: This House Is Not For Sale Tour
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Where? Ziff Opera House at the Adrienne Arscht Center
›› Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Where? Au Rene Theater at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts
›› The Piano Guys
Sting - 57th and 9th Tour February 25, 2017
Where?The Fillmore At The Jackie Gleason Theater, Miami Beach
How Much? $150+
›› Sting 57th and 9th Tour
Lang Lang In Recital - Saturday, February 25, 2017
Where? Knight Concert Hall At The Adrienne Arsht Center, Miami
›› Lang Lang in Recital
Miami For Kids And Families This February 2017
Family Fun Fest is a FREE program at Biscayne National Park brought to you thanks to the many volunteers and park sponsors. It is held on the second Sunday of the month during the "dry and cool" season, December through April with lots of fun and educational activities for kids and adults alike. There is also "Family Fun Fest Junior" with lots of activities for toddlers and little ones!
When? Sunday, February 12, 2017 - 1:00pm to 4:00 pm
Harlem Globetrotters - Sunday, February 26, 2017
The Harlem Globetrotters are simply legendary and need no introduction. All this passing, jumping, dunking and rebounding action mixed with their fun comical adaptations and interactions, make for a a fantastic performance and entertainment for the whole family.
For this year's tour they're fielding a team of talented vets and outstanding rookies, including three players who are more than seven feet tall!
When? Sunday February 26, 2017 - 4:00 p.m.
›› Harlem Globetrotters in Miami
Limited Time Discount tickets $73.50 $40 available at Goldstar, you must be a Goldstar member but membership is FREE, just sign up, it's worth the savings!
February 2017 Public and Special Holidays
Valentine's Day: Miami Romantic Getaway Ideas
There's more to the candle-lit dinner, the chocolates and the flowers... No matter what your budget, there are certainly many options to make this day extra special.
From a stroll on the beach to some over-the-top (literally) escapades, here are some ideas to ponder:
A sunset stroll along our beautiful striking beaches
A cruise on the bay
A sunset scenic flight
A Swim with Dolphins
Here's more on Valentine's Day in Miami and Romantic Getaways in the city.
President's Day - Monday, February 20, 2017
This is a public holiday celebrated every year on the 3rd Monday in February. The observed federal holiday is actually called George Washington's Birthday. Certain states, however, list the holiday as Presidents' Day. The following will be
For Miami Sports Fans This February 2017
February 2017 Home Games and Tickets
Florida Panthers Schedule - February 2017 Home Games
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Volume 64, Issue Pt_10
The subgenus names Moraxella and Branhamella (in the genus Moraxella) are not in accordance with the International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria and are therefore not validly published: Supplementary information to Opinion 83. Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes
B. J. Tindall1
Affiliations: 1 Leibniz Institute-DSMZ Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH., Inhoffenstrasse 7b, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany
Correspondence B. J. Tindall [email protected]
First Published: 01 October 2014 https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.069245-0
The publication of Opinion 83, which dealt with the valid publication of the subgenus names Moraxella and Branhamella (in the genus Moraxella ), has highlighted a problem relating to the absence of descriptions associated with these names at the time they were effectively published. This calls into question whether the ruling outlined in Opinion 83, that these names should have qualified for inclusion on the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names, and their inclusion on Validation List 15 are not in accordance with Rule 27 of the International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria governing the valid publication of a name. The subgenus names Moraxella and Branhamella (in the genus Moraxella ) are not to be considered to be included on the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names, nor are they to be considered to be validly published by inclusion on Validation List 15.
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Bøvre K. ( 1984b ). Subgenus Moraxella (Lwoff 1939) Bøvre 1979 and subgenus Branhamella (Catlin 1970) Bøvre 1979. In Validation of the Publication of New Names and New Combinations Previously Effectively Published Outside the IJSB, List no. 15. . Int J Syst Bacteriol 34, 355–357. [CrossRef]
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Judicial Commission of the International Committee for Systematics of Prokaryotes ( 2008 ). The subgenus names Moraxella subgen. Moraxella and Moraxella subgen. Branhamella and the species names included within these taxa should have been included on the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names and a ruling on the proposal to make changes to Rule 34a. Opinion 83. . Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 58, 1766–1767. [CrossRef] [PubMed]
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Moore W. E. C., Cato E. P., Moore L. V. H. ( 1985 ). Index of the bacterial and yeast nomenclatural changes published in the International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology since the 1980 Approved Lists of Bacterial Names (1 January 1980 to 1 January 1985). . Int J Syst Bacteriol 35, 382–407. [CrossRef]
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Category: Narnia Movie News
Latest Narnia Movie News
Netflix Film Chief Looks “Beyond 2021,” Mentions Narnia
In Netflix’s recently released slate of films for 2021, The Chronicles of Narnia was nowhere to be seen. However, in...
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“The Voyage of the Dawn Treader” is coming to Disney+ in a few weeks.
Mark Gordon to Head New Production Company With eOne
Narnia producer Mark Gordon begins a new venture with eOne.
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Skill Development in the Electric Mobility Sector in India – Workshop held in Delhi
by Ajay Kumar K
in Events, Industry
A workshop on the Opportunities and Challenges in Skill Development in Electric Mobility Sector in India was organised on 17 September 2018 at the India Habitat Center. It was co-hosted by the Automotive Skill Development Council (ASDC) and Department for International Development (UFID), UK, and supported by the Skill Council for Green Jobs (SCGJ) and organised by Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC), Gurgaon.
The workshop saw participation from all EV eco systems such as manufacturing, battery, charging infrastructure, industry partners and governmental agencies. It started with a welcome address by Mr. Nikunj Sanghi, President at ASDC, followed by a presentation by Ms. Anu Gupta, Head – Skills and Inclusion, DFID, who briefed the gathering on the importance of skilling and its role in developing any industrial sector. This was followed by a speech by Mr. Jayant Krishan, ED and COO at National Skill Development Council (NSDC), who talked about the need for apprenticeships and the lack of apprenticeships programs in India. The inaugural session concluded with Dr. Praveen Saxena, CEO at SCGJ, talking about the importance and growth of green jobs with the EV disruption and its effect on the Indian power industry.
The workshop was divided into three sessions. The first session was conducted by Mr. Appurva Appan, PwC, who presented the Occupational Map (OM) of the EV industry while making comparisons of the same with the OM of the automotive industry. He discussed what job roles would be added, replaced and would require upskilling. His presentation concluded with PwC’s analysis on narrowing down 5 priority job roles which needed immediate attention.
The second session was divided in to two parts, the first one was given by Mr. Pradeep Kapse, an industry expert, on the training needs and skill gaps of the Indian EV industry which was followed by a presentation by Mr. Appan enlightening the audience about the various trainings and courses available nationally and internationally. The final session was conducted by Ms. Mona Gupta, Sr. Public Policy advisor at MSDE who further talked about the need for apprenticeships in India and different skills apprenticeships would cover. Each of these sessions were followed by a detailed open house discussions which was moderated by Mr. Sanghi.
Finally, there was a webinar by UK’s EV skilling expert, Mr. Adam Saunders from Oxford University, who presented key comparisons between how skilling organisations work in the UK and what their Indian counterparts can do for developing the same in India.
The following were the key way forward points that came out of the half a day workshop
Formalisation occupational map is required and could be the next steps.
QPs and NOSs need to be developed after finalization of draft OM on the prioroty job roles
Identification of priority jobs (1-2 years) and medium term (5 years).
Service and Maintenance needs to be upskilled and the EV technlogy needs to be Homogenized.
Developing a training program for trainers
Identification of next steps for training in EV sector having immediate and long-term effect is required
Finally, the vote of thanks was given by Mr. Raman Kumar Sharma, CEO-ASDC, where he also summarized the topics discussed and expressed his gratitude to all the participants for their attendance and valuable inputs.
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$74 million World Bank Uttarakhand Workforce Development Project signed to improve ITIs
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Lord Wei of Shoreditch
Long reads etc
Reform versus Revolution
By natwei_lngozg on 13 September 2010
Posted in Long reads and tagged with reform, revolution, shoreditch
In case you hadn’t noticed, I love social reform. I’m just not so sure about social (or political) revolution. The amazing thing about this country is that despite having gone through two dramatic technological and economic shifts over the past few centuries (agricultural and industrial) and now as we experience a third (information) – all of which invariably tend to widen the gap between those that have and those that do not – we have a track record of finding ways to reform our society and politics, rather than resorting to physical and bloody revolutions. In other countries around the world, and still today, this was not always possible. Somehow the anger and sense of injustice here was channelled into solutions that more people could benefit from: electoral reform in the past, the rise of the free press, of steam power, education for all and the welfare state. Great reformers, whether Wilberforce, Shaftesbury (my favourite), Gladstone and more recently Beveridge, knew that to effect long term change and achieve social justice, they needed to widen the net of support beyond their base of activists, and include among them the general public and those with the skills and resources to not only win the argument, but also to implement a different future. So anger about slavery was directed towards enlisting public support through reasoning and ultimately legal and economic measures to move the country away from dependence on slaving as a source of growth, which paved the way for its eventual abolishment. So anger about about illiteracy was turned into a desire to establish the first non-governmental schools for the poor. So anger about the crippling poverty from unemployment and depression led via the war to the welfare state in its original, enabling form. All without the scale of unrest and bloodshed that dogged countries overseas. So the real question is not whether I or others are prepared to engage with and accept anger at the coming cuts and the speed of them, but how we deal with the situation together. How we deal with it not just in government, but also at the level of affected and unaffected institutions working in partnership with those that have alternative resources to government whether from philanthropy, business, or direct from citizens. And how we ultimately figure out how to channel our anger into real local (and sometimes national) solutions. I’m angry as well. I’m angry that the previous government led so many social organisations down the garden path which meant that when the inevitable reductions in public expenditure arrive, they have been left exposed and vulnerable – a result of Big Government style funding. I’m angry that the process has to be done so quickly because to not act now would mean things would be worse later when the country is forced overnight to act as it did in the past – but that it suits those who no longer have to make these painful decisions to cast blame rather than to share responsibility. I’m angry because what is happening affects my family too, with a number of local services we use being potentially affected here in Shoreditch. But I choose to harness that anger and direct it to finding solutions. To looking in government at how we can smooth the transition where possible, encouraging philanthropy to support organisations at risk and bring in new skills so they can diversify their income away from government, and to finding ways longer term to join up budgets and make them more locally-led by citizens, reducing the waste and overheads that comes from overcentralisation and allowing funds to flow to social enterprises and other providers so long as they can convince people rather than Ministers that they can genuinely help them achieve their aspirations for their neighbourhood. That’s why I and others are working to build a long-term social investment sector that harnesses the tremendous wealth we create as a country and directs some of it towards helping to scale what works, so that sustainable funding is no longer totally subject to the vagaries of politics or elections or the IMF. And that’s why I’m engaged in thinking through with other citizens how we can save our local services innovatively, such as by co-locating services and raising local funds to run them more autonomously, and by going back to local government funders and landlords with alternative business plans and proposals that make sense and which allow more to be done for less. To do all of this requires more than just anger and angry people. It requires a joined up movement at all levels first to get the angry and the “not particularly angry” to work together by showing the latter what life is like for those on the margins; second to team up those with resources with those that do not have any and harness not just their money but also their skills and networks; and third to recognise that we can aim higher and not just tackle the economic and financial challenges that this once-in-a-lifetime generational shift poses, but also build real prosperity which is not just about money but also about social connection and the poverty of isolation – which affects people of all classes and backgrounds. To just be angry (at government) and have no solutions is divisive and can alienate those in the mainstream who might otherwise get involved and help. To turn that anger to constructive reform is to follow a noble tradition which will invariably help lead us out of the crisis which we all face – a crisis which otherwise threatens to turn into a bitter, unforgiving, bloody revolution that will once again set community against community.]]>
Lord Wei is a social entrepreneur, advisor, author and legislator with an interest in social reform. His background is in business, investing, technology, and social enterprise, and currently serves as a Conservative Life Peer in the House of Lords.
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With Depleted Roster, Bulls Fall Short Against Nuggets in 135-102 Loss.
Nuggets score 77 points in first-half as Bulls struggle to maintain defensive intensity
By Sam Smith
Sometimes these kinds of games like the Bulls 135-102 loss Wednesday to the Denver Nuggets can be predictable. Light mountain air, a team at the end of a long road trip coming off a tough loss.
What, you mean that game was in the United Center? And it was the Nuggets coming off a double overtime loss in Miami in the midst of their longest road trip of the season while the Bulls were playing their third of the last five at home without a back to back set in a month?
That was bad. How bad?
So bad skunks didn’t want to get near? So bad fans were ordering air freshener at the concession stands? OK, maybe not that bad. But it was the Bulls third biggest margin loss of the season, but worst since the Nov. 24 debacle in Golden State and the worst loss of the season to a non playoff team. The Nuggets’ 77 first half points were an opponent most this season. And then even after players described what was a tongue lashing at halftime, the Bulls gave up their second largest scoring third-quarter of the season by just a basket from the poorest.
So, that defense, coach Fred Hoiberg, what was wrong?
“Everything,” Hoiberg said without immediate elaboration.
The Nuggets with six players scoring in double figures by halftime led by 46 points early in the fourth quarter before a playground game once again broke out for the Bulls, enabling them to shoot away without anyone caring much about defense and lose by a comfortable 33.
The Bulls had seven players score in double figures (four through three quarters) led by Cristiano Felicio with 16 points, his second consecutive game as team leading scorer. Bobby Portis had 15, Noah Vonleh 14, Cameron Payne and David Nwaba 11 each and Denzel Valentine and Jerian Grant 10 each. Denver was led by Paul Millsap with 22 and Nikola Jokic, drawing the loudest ovations from a huge contingent of Serbian fans, 21 points. Dozens from the Serbian group chanting for Jokic all game crowded around the Nuggets tunnel exit at the end of the game. Jokic stopped to take selfie pictures with many of the fans.
They appeared to be putting more pressure on him than the Bulls.
Jokic shot nine of 11, Millsap shot eight of nine and Will Barton was seven of nine. The Denver starters shot a combined 68 percent. There was one remarkable second quarter stretch in which the Nuggets committed turnovers in five consecutive possessions over 90 seconds. The Bulls scored two points in what was probably their best run through the first three quarters. The Bulls at that juncture cut a 25-point Denver lead to 23. Then Denver closed the quarter 13-5 and the closest the Bulls would be after that was within 26.
Denver is ninth in the Western Conference at 39-33. They shot a Bulls opponent season best 61.4 percent and made 20 of 35 three pointers. The Bulls fell to 24-47 with the interest now on the post season odds for the draft lottery. The Bulls remained with the eighth poorest record in the NBA as the Nets with the ninth poorest blew a 21-point lead and lost to Charlotte. The Bulls host the Bucks in the United Center Friday.
Lauri Markkanen, Kris Dunn and Zach LaVine remained out with injuries without any indications any would return soon. Robin Lopez was also listed inactive, though not hurt. So the Bulls started the same five from the Monday drubbing in New York of Felicio, Payne, Valentine, Paul Zipser and Justin Holiday.
The Bulls at least made some of their threes this time, five in the first quarter after just three for 30 in New York. But that was about all they could match the Nuggets at in the opening quarter as after a back and forth the first six minutes in which Denver led 18-16, it was all gold for the Nuggets after that.
Denver led 39-25 after the first quarter and then a shocking 77-46 at halftime.
“Well, we jumped their ass at half and challenged them,” said Hoiberg.
The Bulls players seemed to fight off that challenge, trailing 113-70 after three quarters.
It was an aberration because these Bulls players have competed seriously just about all season. It’s been something of a constant even in the 3-20 start and throughout the new year. Though with their three leading scorers out and the lottery odds discussed in the community these days more than success on the court, it does perhaps become difficult to exert yourself as you would chasing playoff seeding.
“It’s definitely challenging and harder with the circumstances we are given,” said Valentine. “But at the same time it’s a ball and a hoop.”
Yes, same 10 feet from the floor. Just five guys on the other side, and five who still are in ninth place.
“We’re down a couple of guys, three big pieces to our ball club, guys who can put the ball in the hole, get stops on the other end, too,” Portis added. “Against Cleveland (without them), we competed well. We’re a young basketball team. We should go out each and every night, play as hard as we can, get up and down and play both ends of the floor.”
That also was Hoiberg’s principal point.
Sure, this is hardly an ideal environment for success with so much of the community rooting for the team to lose for better draft lottery odds, the Bulls officially out of the playoffs and the team’s top players all out injured and starting center Lopez observing in order to aid the development of the bottom of the roster.
The goal given the circumstances is not unreasonable: Determine in regular play, against teams some of whom are desperate for wins late in the season, whether the young and inexperienced players on the roster could or should have roles going forward as the Bulls add more draft choices and, presumably, free agents.
It’s on court job interviews. Are you prepared and looking your best?
“These guys are getting an unbelievable opportunity right now, to come out and prove that they belong in this league, prove that they belong in the rotation, try to prove that they belong long term with the organization,” reminded Hoiberg. “We’re just obviously way too inconsistent with it. We’ll come out, we’ll have good moments. But when you come out tonight and just dig that type of hole — which has been pretty consistent with our first quarter starts — it’s very discouraging, and it’s disappointing and it’s demoralizing.
“Guys are getting great opportunities to go out there and get valuable minutes and valuable experience, especially guys that have not had a lot of opportunity over the course of the season,” Hoiberg noted. “It’s been tough with Justin and Robin, but they’ve handled it beautifully and understand what this thing is all about at this point in the year, to get these guys the experience. But you can’t take it for granted. You’ve got to go out, got to fight, got to scrap, do a lot of little things. We’re not doing that.”
The circumstances of being in a non competitive close, perhaps the first time for the Bulls in a decade, are unsettling. Still, it is an opportunity for players to earn their way toward next season and for observers to picture the elements of a rotation. Felicio finally is showing some offense, Payne with six assists is demonstrating an ability to be a backup point guard and Vonleh appears to have potential as a stretch four. But there’s been an obvious lack of, if not hustle, certainly physical play. That was evident against the Knicks and especially against Wednesday against the Nuggets as Jokic easily had his way inside and three-point shooters had ample space. Nine Nuggets players made threes. Maybe everyone was worried about getting hurt right before vacation.
“I don’t think,” Portis keenly observed, “everyone was locked in on the defensive end.”
The contents of this page have not been reviewed or endorsed by the Chicago Bulls. All opinions expressed by Sam Smith are solely his own and do not reflect the opinions of the Chicago Bulls or its Basketball Operations staff, parent company, partners, or sponsors. His sources are not known to the Bulls and he has no special access to information beyond the access and privileges that go along with being an NBA accredited member of the media.
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Sizzling Summer Nights: Dance at The Autry
Spin under the stars at the Griffith Park museum.
By Alysia Gray Painter • Published July 12, 2017 • Updated on July 12, 2017 at 9:44 am
The longing to go dancing? It exists in the hearts, and toe-tapping feet, of many people, even, and perhaps especially, those people who don't shake it all that often, at least outside of the confines of their own den.
The bar can be pretty high, finding such a shake-it spot, should you desire a casual atmosphere, earlier in the evening, where there's no pressure to perform but only a general everyone-cut-loose-ness spirit in the air.
"Air" is the key word there, for the Autry Museum of the American West's annual Sizzling Summer Nights. The get-outside-and-live-it-up events are on each Thursday evening through Aug. 17, 2017, and while polished dancers with a knack for performing will be out in spectacular force, so will, well, everyone who just likes to move their happy bones to the music.
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The tunes are provided by a host of live Latin fusion bands, and the place is The Autry's airy plaza, a roomy expanse that never leaves anyone feeling too hemmed in, unless perhaps you're the world's biggest twirler (if so, props).
If you're not the world's biggest twirler, or if you've never twirled at all, take note: A salsa instructor will advise attendees on a series of basic and beautiful steps. And there's a children's dance floor, too, for the up-and-coming stars among us.
Will the galleries'll be open after-hours, should you and your partner want to catch your breath and enjoy a few exhibits? They will, so plan on both spinning and soaking in a hefty dose of culture.
A taco bar and a place to purchase beverages both bring up the sustenance and refreshments end of the evening.
Time? If you're there from 5:30 to 9, you're in the sweet spot.
Open-air-a-tude plus casual dance fun isn't a pairing we see too often, but if raising the roof when there isn't a roof around is your preference, dance-wise, the Autry is the place to be on a summer Thursday night.
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Choir sing at Edgewater Nursing Home
The choir were delighted to be asked back to sing at Edgewater Nursing Home for the residents. We thoroughly enjoyed our visit and look forward to our next visit.
Church of Ireland Carol Service
We were delighted to be asked to take part in Newbuildings Church of Ireland Carol Service on Sunday. It was a beautiful service and although we were low in numbers, the pupils who came along sang so sweetly.
Singing at Foyleside
On Thursday Mrs McCormick had the pleasure of taking the school choir to Foyleside to sing for the Christmas Shoppers while raising money for Save the Children. The choir were a credit to the school and enjoyed the experience.
Senior citizen lunch
We were delighted to be invited to sing this year at the community centre for our senior citizen’s Christmas lunch.
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Domestic Violence and Temporary Restraining Orders in Bayonne New Jersey
The New Jersey Prevention of Domestic Violence Act (“the Act”) controls who can secure a restraining order in Hudson County, including in Bayonne. The following classes of people are protected under N.J.S.A. 2C:27-19d of the Act:
Current or former spouse
Current or former member of the same household
Someone with whom you had a child
Someone you dated even if the relationship has ended
When a qualifying individual is a victim of certain criminal offenses set forth in the Act, they are eligible to secure a temporary restraining order. The following charges constitute an act of domestic violence:
Criminal sexual contact
All of these criminal offenses can also provide the basis for a criminal charge. Disorderly persons offenses like harassment and simple assault are handled in Bayonne Municipal Court. Indictable crimes of the first degree, second degree, third degree or fourth degree, including aggravated assault and terroristic threats, can only be heard in the Criminal Division of the Hudson County Superior Court.
Every complaint for domestic violence includes a return date for a final restraining order hearing where the defendant has an opportunity to contest the allegations of domestic violence. The plaintiff must establish by a preponderance of the evidence that: (1) an act of domestic violence occurred; and (2) that a final restraining order is necessary to protect the victim from further acts of domestic violence. A final restraining order prevents the accused from continuing to live with or have any contact with the accuser. It can also result in limitations on visitation and custody of children. take custody of your children away from you and restrict the contact you have with them. Given the breadth of the potential ramifications of losing a restraining order hearing, it is abundantly important for the defendant to be represented is early as possible by a skilled Hudson County restraining order attorney.
Violating a temporary or permanent restraining order results in a NJ criminal contempt offense. Criminal contempt is a fourth degree crime that can send you to prison for up to 18 months and result in a fine of as much as $10,000. You should also know that contempt is a felony that results in a criminal record.
Bayonne NJ Domestic Violence Attorney
If you have been accused of domestic violence in Bayonne, get advice and outstanding representation from the attorneys at the Law Offices of Jonathan F. Marshall. We are committed to providing an innovative and aggressive defense capable of challenging the prosecution version of the events that led to your arrest. Call us now at 201-309-0500 to speak to an Bayonne criminal attorney about any aspect of your restraining order or domestic violence charges. Lawyers are available 24/7 to assist you and initial consultations are free.
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Hina Khan's 'full swag performance' on TV show 'Waaris'
IANS Friday, 10 March 2017 11:08:24 AM
Mumbai : She left many unhappy when she announced her departure from popular soap opera "Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai". However, actress Hina Khan will be making a comeback on the small screen with "Waaris" where she will be seen giving a "full swag performance" on the auspicious occasion of Holi.
"I feel privileged and honoured to be part of 'Waaris' special episode -- ‘Holi Mahotsav… Rishto Ke Rang'. Holi is one of my favourite festivals and I am extremely excited and elated to perform during the festival of colours and joy," Hina said in a statement.
"I will be seen entertaining my fans in a completely different avatar in a full swag performance, something that I have never done before on TV. I am thankful for all the love I have received so far and I am very sure that my fans will enjoy my performance in ‘Waaris'," she added.
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US man arrested for using pet iguana as a weapon at restaurant
Arnold Teeter in the Perkins Restaurant. Photo credit: Supplied.
A man has been arrested after swinging an iguana around above his head and launching it at a restaurant manager.
Arnold Teeter, 49, entered a Perkins Restaurant in Painesville, Ohio and immediately caused concern by lying down in a booth.
When a waitress approached him he threw a menu at her and became increasingly noisy. At that point the restaurant's manager intervened but was left in shock after Teeter pulled an iguana out from under his sweatshirt.
Painesville Police said in a statement that Teeter then began swinging the iguana over his head in a circular manner before letting it go towards the manager.
While the animal missed its intended target, it then landed on the tile floor of the restaurant, "sliding across the floor at some length".
After picking up the iguana by the tail and walking out of the restaurant, Teeter was eventually arrested while wandering through traffic nearby. He's been charged with disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and cruelty to animals.
The iguana was rescued by police. Photo credit: Facebook/Painesville Police Department
The iguana will now require surgery after suffering a broken leg in the incident, while vets also discovered it had part of its tail missing, a metabolic bone disease and poor body condition.
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Tulsa agencies working at getting Hispanic children 'buckled up'
Tuesday, October 7th 2003, 12:00 am
National statistics show Hispanic children are 72% more likely to die in a traffic accident, because they are less likely to be in a car safety seat. News on 6 reporter Rick Wells found local agencies working to change that.
Cassandra is 1 years old, and she is in line with her mother at EMSA's once a month free car seat check. Santa Ramirez is getting car seats for Cassandra and for her baby due later this month. The car seat will keep Cassandra safer while she's riding in the car.
New information from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration shows death rates in car accidents are much higher for Hispanic children than for non-Hispanic, white children. NHTSA says the reason many Hispanics don't have car seats or don't use them properly.
The Oklahoma Highway Patrol conducts annual compliance surveys and seatbelt and car seat usage in Tulsa is improving. OHP trooper Pat Mays: "In Tulsa we have an over 80% compliance rate." But their surveys consider all vehicles on the road and don't break the numbers down by ethnic group. He does say difficulties with English could explain compliance problems among Hispanics.
Agencies like the YWCA's Intercultural Service Center help bridge the gap. Maria Reyes: "We try to educate on the laws of the US and of Tulsa." They help with translations, English language classes and more. She says they helped 14,000 people last year, the vast majority Hispanic.
EMSA says their backseat buddies car seat checks bring in a cross section of the community but always a significant number of Hispanics, many who speak no English, so the word is getting out perhaps better here than elsewhere in the country. Now the challenge for Santa Ramirez is keeping Cassandra buckled up when she clearly doesn't want to be.
EMSA's Back Seat Buddies program has given away more than 6,300 car seats in both Oklahoma City and Tulsa since 2001. EMSA conducts the free checks the first Tuesday of each month.
For more information check out EMSA's web site at www.emsaonline.com.
News On 6 National statistics show Hispanic children are 72% more likely to die in a traffic accident, because they are less likely to be in a car safety seat. News on 6 reporter Rick Wells found local agencies
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$19.2 million verdict upheld in Chrysler minivan case
Wednesday, August 25th 1999, 12:00 am
BOSTON (AP) -- The state's highest court this morning upheld a
ruling that Chrysler Corp. should pay $19.2 million to a man who
blamed a faulty brake system for a crash that killed his wife and
three children.
The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed a 1996 Suffolk Superior
Court jury verdict in the case of Paul J. Santos of Belmont.
In 1990, Santos was driving a 1986 Plymouth Voyager minivan on a
New Hampshire parkway when he braked to avoid rear-ending another
car. Santos said a design defect caused the rear brakes to lock,
sending his van out of control.
Chrysler blamed the accident on driver error in winter weather.
A spokesman for DaimlerChrysler Corp. insisted this morning that
the company's brake system was not at fault.
"There was nothing ever wrong with the braking system in this
vehicle," said spokesman Jay Cooney.
Peter Black, an attorney for Santos, said, "That's not what the
jury said and that's not what the SJC said."
News On 6 BOSTON (AP) -- The state's highest court this morning upheld a
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Oklahoma records act will require the release of some reports
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) _ Exemptions in the state Open Records Act designed to protect police investigations should not be used by police to cover up for powerful people, the head of the Oklahoma Press Association said.
OPA Executive Vice President Mark Thomas told The Oklahoman the Open Records Act gives law enforcement agencies broad authority to either release investigative reports or keep them secret to avoid interfering with investigations.
``However, when those investigations are used to keep information confidential to protect powerful people, that's an abuse of that investigatory power,'' Thomas said. ``If that's what's happening, they should reverse their position and give that information up.''
Lawton police kept secret all references to a state appeals judge, Steve Lile, in a supplemental report about the Dec. 16 arrest of his secretary.
The newspaper in January asked for all reports on the arrest ``as being in the public interest,'' particularly since the secretary, Dawn Lukasik, was never charged.
Police released an initial report on the arrest and a typed, edited version of a supplemental report.
A copy of the original, handwritten follow-up report _ titled ``CONFIDENTIAL SUPPLEMENT NOT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE _ was later obtained by The Oklahoman from sources.
The report revealed the secretary had the judge's driver's license and credit card number in her purse. The report also revealed she was released from jail at the request of the Comanche County district attorney after police called Lile, who then contacted the prosecutor.
Under the Open Records Act, police have to release ``facts concerning the arrest, including the cause of arrest and the name of the arresting officer.'' They also have to identify who was arrested and the date or manner of release from jail.
However, police may deny access to other law enforcement records.
``You requested records not required to be released under the 'Act,''' Lawton Police Chief Harold Thorne wrote The Oklahoman. ``It was and is city policy to release only those records the 'Act' requires to be released.''
News On 6 OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) _ Exemptions in the state Open Records Act designed to protect police investigations should not be used by police to cover up for powerful people, the head of the Oklahoma Press Association
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Lawmakers Pushing For Vehicles To Be Safer For Kids
Tuesday, February 27th 2007, 5:59 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) _ Lawmakers and safety advocates called for new auto safety upgrades Tuesday that would require rearview cameras for drivers and power windows that automatically reverse, both as a way to protect children around vehicles.
``None of us wants to _ as we each have done _ meet with another family who has lost a child, in what is clearly a preventable death,'' said Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., who outlined legislation that would force automakers to provide the improvements.
Called the Cameron Gulbransen Kids and Cars Safety Act, the measure is named after a 2-year-old New York boy who was accidentally run over and killed by his father as he backed out his sport utility vehicle in 2002.
Kids and Cars, a Kansas-based safety group supporting the bill, estimated that about two children are killed and 48 injured every week because of back-over accidents. Family members are typically behind the wheel, they said.
Under the measure, which has failed in past years, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration would require equipment alerting drivers to children and other objects behind the vehicle, prevent a vehicle from rolling when parked and make power windows reverse direction to address some children who have been strangled to death.
The power windows automatically change direction when detecting an object in their path. The cameras provide a view of the space behind the bumper, which is often difficult to see through a rearview mirror.
The federal safety agency also would be required to improve its collection of data involving ``nontraffic, noncrash injuries'' involving children. The bill is backed by Sen. John Sununu, R-N.H., and Reps. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., and Peter King, R-N.Y.
Many luxury vehicles have the technologies and other vehicles offer them as optional equipment. Parents and safety advocates said the improvements could run more than $350 per vehicle.
NHTSA has estimated that back-over accidents led to 183 deaths annually and about 7,400 injuries.
Automakers have opposed mandating the upgrades, noting that many of the safety features are available for consumers as an option. A government report last November also found that many of the cameras face limitations and their performance can vary depending on weather conditions.
``Such technology does show promise, though more research and development could help them better identify objects, especially at night and in inclement weather,'' said Gloria Bergquist, a spokeswoman for the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers.
The industry has agreed to provide brake-shift interlock equipment that requires the driver to engage the brake to shift the vehicle out of park. Automakers have pledged to install the devices on all vehicles by 2010.
Others have stressed the importance of walking around the vehicle before moving it. But some parents whose children have been injured or killed in backovers said a simple check is not always the best prevention.
``We can supervise our children to the best of our ability, but anybody who has ever met a child knows that they are unpredictable at best,'' said Sue Auriemma, of Manhasset, N.Y.
Auriemma's young daughter, Kate, was seriously injured after she accidentally backed over her in May 2005. Auriemma said moments before the accident, she had looked behind her car ``but my daughter slipped out of the house in a second and behind my vehicle before I knew it.''
News On 6 WASHINGTON (AP) _ Lawmakers and safety advocates called for new auto safety upgrades Tuesday that would require rearview cameras for drivers and power windows that automatically reverse, both as a way
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5 Dead After Avalanches In Montana, Utah And Idaho
HELENA, Mont. (AP) _ Weekend avalanches killed five people in Montana, Utah and Idaho, with one bruised survivor traveling miles by snowmobile and on foot to reach help, authorities said.
In Montana's Big Belt Mountains, the bodies of two snowmobilers caught in an avalanche were found by searchers early Sunday and removed by helicopter later in the day.
That avalanche happened Saturday at the base of Mount Baldy, about 20 miles from Townsend. A survivor traveled the 15 or 20 miles back to the trailhead, initially by snowmobile and then on foot after the machine became stuck, Lewis and Clark County Sheriff Cheryl Leidle said.
Upon reaching a pickup truck at the trailhead, he used a cell phone to call for help.
``It would appear the avalanche drove them into a grove of trees downhill from the avalanche itself,'' Leidle said.
Families of the snowmobilers issued a statement identifying the deceased as Kris Rains, 26, and Brett Toney, 27, both of Townsend, and the survivor as Jason Crawford, 27, of Helena. Leidle described them as friends from the Townsend area.
In Utah, two snowmobilers died in separate avalanches on Saturday.
Zachary Holmes, 16, of Farr West, was buried by an avalanche estimated to be 300 feet wide near Tower Mountain in the Uinta Mountains, about 14 miles southeast of Heber City, the Wasatch County sheriff's office said.
Holmes was wearing a helmet and an avalanche beacon, deputy Michael Graves said. Following the beacon's signal, his cousins found him and dug him out of the snow. He later died at the University of Utah Hospital, authorities said.
Earlier Saturday, a snowmobiler on Signal Peak in southwestern Utah triggered the avalanche that killed him, the Sevier County sheriff's office said.
That man, whose name was not released, was climbing the back side of the peak when the avalanche buried him in an estimated 8 feet of snow, authorities said.
In Idaho, the Bonneville County Sheriff's Office in Idaho Falls confirmed the death of a Utah man in an avalanche near Palisade Peak. His name was not immediately available.
News On 6 HELENA, Mont. (AP) _ Weekend avalanches killed five people in Montana, Utah and Idaho, with one bruised survivor traveling miles by snowmobile and on foot to reach help, authorities said.
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NFL fantasy football: 10 sleepers to target
Published: Jun 03, 2013 at 04:22 AM
Dave Dameshek
NFL.com Analyst
Draft kit | Deep sleepers | Busts | Breakouts | Bargains | Strategies
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Vick Ballard, RB, Indianapolis Colts: Ballard won't drop your jaw with Barry Sanders-style juke moves, but as the feature back in an offense that's gonna score lots of points again in 2013, he'll give you the workmanlike production you want from your second RB.
Ryan Tannehill, QB, Miami Dolphins: A very nice rookie season was overshadowed by his transcendent peers, but now that the former receiver is no longer the most talented pass-catcher in Miami (hello, Mike Wallace), Tannehill's numbers are about to take a quantum leap forward. And, oh by the way, he can run, too.
Sidney Rice, WR, Seattle Seahawks: It's easy to overlook how productive Rice is when he's on the field ... because he's spent relatively little time on the field since getting to the NFL. Take a closer look, though: he cuts the figure of a legit No. 1, and we know the Seahawks offense has plenty of other pieces that require the defense's attention. If you're an optimist, take a shot on Rice.
Carson Palmer, QB, Arizona Cardinals: Yes, his numbers were up in 2012 largely because the Raiders were playing catch-up in lots of second halves, but the fact is Palmer was spinning it better than he had in years. Now with a QB guru in Bruce Arians, one of the game's best WRs in Larry Fitzgerald and the interesting second-year wideout Michael Floyd, there's reason to expect Palmer to thrive this season.
Rashard Mendenhall, RB, Arizona Cardinals: Sticking with vets who've moved to the Valley of the Sun, this former Steelers RB -- who put up some nice fantasy numbers while Arians was serving as his OC -- will benefit from running behind an upgraded line and a head coach who knows how to use him. In other words, Mendenhall will rise like a phoenix (pun intended).
Lamar Miller, RB, Miami Dolphins: Jeff Ireland nabbed the speedy 'Cane in the 2012 draft to serve as Reggie Bush's replacement. We know Mike Wallace and company will keep defenses from going with eight men in the box, which means Miller is a good bet to have some room to run.
Michael Vick, QB, Philadelphia Eagles: It seems like a long time ago the first overall pick in many fantasy drafts was being spent on Vick, but in reality, it was just two years ago. With Chip Kelly now integrating his offense in Philly, Vick is a reasonable gamble once the first ten or so QBs are gone (but if he's your No. 1, make sure you get a reliable No. 2 like Andy Dalton ... or Nick Foles?).
Sam Bradford, QB, St. Louis Rams: There are too many other good options to make Bradford your first-string QB, but stashing a Heisman-winning first-overall pick as your No. 2 - especially with his intriguing new pass-catchers - is a nice fallback.
Jared Cook, TE, St. Louis Rams: Speaking of the Rams' new pass-catchers, Cook is a high-pedigree guy who never quite took off in Tennessee. With his size and the attention those twin rookie West Virginia burners will attract on the outside, 2013 might finally be the year he joins the statistically elite TEs.
Mario Manningham, WR, San Francisco 49ers: With Michael Crabtree out indefinitely, Anquan Boldin will now presumably see the other team's top corner and might therefore suffer statistically. Manningham, on the other hand, stands to benefit in terms of targets.
Follow Dave on Twitter @Dameshek.
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Rams five-time Pro Bowler Jon Arnett passes away at 85
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DWTS' judge Camilla Sacre-Dallerup introduces her soap star husband Kevin
Originally writing him off as cocky and competitive, Camilla was pleasantly surprised to find out just how wrong she was.
Jul 01, 2018 9:00am
By Sebastian van der Zwan
Cuddling up on a wet winter's day in Auckland, Dancing with the Stars NZ judge Camilla Sacre-Dallerup and her husband Kevin casually let slip that this week marks a decade since they first met, sending us scrambling for a bottle of bubbles.
How will they celebrate their anniversary? "Well, we're doing a romantic photo shoot for a magazine called Woman's Day – have you heard of it?" laughs Camilla, adding, "It honestly doesn't feel like it's been 10 years. I still get excited about seeing him."
British former soap star Kevin, who has flown into New Zealand for the final week of the Three series, agrees, saying, "It doesn't compute that it's been that long. I still like being around Cam and I don't generally
like people. We'll have some oysters later and maybe a bottle or six of Central Otago pinot noir."
Danish-born Camilla – then a pro dancer on Strictly Come Dancing, the UK version of DWTS – first laid eyes on ex-Hollyoaks hunk Kevin on the 2008 British reality series The Underdog Show, which saw celebrities paired up with rescue dogs to compete in a Crufts-style competition.
The actor, 40, jokes, "When she swanned in, I thought she was nice-looking but clearly thought a lot of herself."
Camilla, 44, who was wary after her failed engagement to Kiwi dancer Brendan Cole, recalls, "I thought he was cute but so cocky and ridiculously competitive. The other girls were fawning over him, but
I wrote him off because he was an actor and I didn't want another relationship in the public eye."
However, the pair soon became friends and after Kevin got Camilla's number from a crew member, he asked her out for a drink.
He grins, "It was the longest pint of Guinness ever! We sat there talking for over an hour and had a cheeky snog, and from that day on, we were a couple. Camilla was so endearing, honest and forthcoming, which was very refreshing. I used to be a bit of a player, but I knew within a week she'd be the one I would marry."
Now also a self-help author and life coach, Camilla adds, "I'd judged him, which was exactly what I tell people not to do, and I was so wrong. Kevin wasn't into games – he texted me that night. I liked him and that was it."
Soon living with Camilla in her home, Kevin went on to win The Underdog Show, with the pair adopting his champion mutt Sven, who still lives with them. Camilla jokes, "I let Kevin win. I only wanted one trophy that year and that was the Strictly one, which I got!"
Exactly a year after their first date, Kevin popped the question on the Italian island of Capri. Twelve months after that, they tied the knot in an intimate but star-studded seaside ceremony in Ibiza.
In 2014, on the advice of Camilla's fellow DWTS judge Julz Tocker, the couple relocated to LA, where they reinvented their careers, the dancer becoming a wellness guru and her actor hubby an investment advisor.
Camilla tells, "It was a huge risk and a humbling experience after being so comfortable back in London. But we were done with our jobs over there and once we finally figured out how LA works, we came out of it stronger than ever."
Ditching her old career inspired Camilla to write her new book Reinvent Me, though she wasn't completely done with dancing, leaping at the chance to audition for the role of a judge on our Kiwi series when it arose.
"I'd put this role on my vision board and I've loved the whole experience," she says. "Having been in the dancers' shoes, I've got emotionally invested in all their journeys. I couldn't hold myself together when Suzy Cato left."
Kevin, who watched most of the show from LA, gushes, "This is the first time I've seen Camilla be herself on screen and she's really glowing.
I'm also a big fan of David Seymour and I was gutted to see him leave in the semi-finals – but I had to hide that fact from Camilla!"
After the grand final, the blonde bombshell has planned a road trip around Aotearoa, which will take in lots of hot pools and Lake Rotopounamu, in Tongariro National Park, which is world famous as a spiritual site of pilgrimage.
"I absolutely love New Zealand and I really hope to be back for another season of Dancing," Camilla says, joking that Kevin could get a stint on Shortland Street so they don't have to be apart for so long next time. "But I am looking forward to getting home and cuddling our dog."
TVWhat the Dancing With The Stars NZ judges really think of each other
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Greg and Lynne Houston shared the story of their unconventional courtship with StoryCorps in McLeansville, N.C. StoryCorps hide caption
They Fell In Love For Life, After She Got Over All The Death
October 27, 2017 • In 1992, when Lynne Houston first laid eyes on the man who would become her husband, he was wearing a white gown with blood all over it. The then-waitress dropped the food she was delivering and ran.
Jessi Silva and Maggie Marquez on the grounds of the Blackwell School in Marfa, Texas. The school closed in 1965 and some of it was demolished. Both women returned to the grounds in 2007 with a group of alumni to hold a symbolic ceremony to unearth "Mr. Spanish." Sarah Vasquez for StoryCorps hide caption
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The Day A Texas School Held A Funeral For The Spanish Language
October 20, 2017 • Two women remember a day in the 1950s when their elementary school in Marfa, Texas, banned speaking Spanish on campus in a ceremony called the "burial of Mr. Spanish."
Ronald Clark, 83, and his daughter, Jamilah, 47, at StoryCorps in New York City. Courtesy of StoryCorps hide caption
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How Living In A Library Gave One Man 'The Thirst Of Learning'
October 13, 2017 • Ronald Clark's father was a live-in custodian at a New York City library. Clark tells his daughter about growing up surrounded by stacks of books — and how that shaped the man he would become.
Johnny Holmes and Christian Picciolini during a recent visit to StoryCorps. StoryCorps hide caption
The Man Who Helped Change A Neo-Nazi's Mind
October 6, 2017 • Former high school security guard Johnny Holmes talks with a student who turned his life around after leaving a neo-Nazi group.
Dr. William Lynn Weaver at his StoryCorps interview in Fayetteville, N.C. Courtesy of StoryCorps hide caption
What Evil Depends On: 'Good People To Be Quiet'
September 29, 2017 • William Weaver, who helped integrate his Southern high school, recounts painful memories of football games he played with teammates he says may now wish they would have said something supportive.
Russell Lehmann (left) and David Apkarian at their StoryCorps interview in Reno, Nev. Courtesy of StoryCorps hide caption
How An Air Traveler With Autism Found Strength In A Stranger's Kindness
September 22, 2017 • Russell Lehmann, who has autism, suffered a major meltdown at the airport in June. An airline employee saw him and tried to help. That "meant the world," Russell says, and changed his life.
Nurse practitioners Carla Saunders (left) and Kyle Cook at the East Tennessee Children's Hospital earlier this year. Courtesy of Carla Saunders hide caption
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How 2 Nurse Practitioners Decided To Help Babies Touched By Opioid Crisis
September 15, 2017 • Kyle Cook and Carla Saunders, two neonatal nurse practitioners, remember the early days of the opioid crisis, a time that led them to help develop treatment protocols for babies exposed to opioids.
Talat Hamdani says her son Salman, pictured here in 1983, was so proud to be an American. Salman died responding to the Sept. 11 attacks in New York City. Courtesy of Talat Hamdani hide caption
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September 8, 2017 • Talat Hamdani's son Salman died after the police cadet rushed to the fallen towers to help. The first responder was later wrongfully identified by police and the press as an accomplice in the attacks.
Josh Hanagarne, 39, and his son Max, 9, recently sat down at StoryCorps to talk about Tourette's syndrome. Josh has dealt with Tourette's since he was Max's age and while Max hasn't been officially diagnosed, he has started to show symptoms, too. Courtesy of StoryCorps hide caption
A Father To His Son: 'I Know What It's Like' Living With Tourette's Syndrome
September 1, 2017 • Josh Hanagarne has an extreme form of Tourette's syndrome, where his tics — or involuntary movements and sounds — have been so severe, they've put him in the hospital.
Dr. William "Lynn" Weaver during a recent visit to StoryCorps in Fayetteville, N.C. StoryCorps hide caption
'People Helped You, Whether You Knew It Or Not'
August 25, 2017 • William Weaver was one of 14 students who integrated West High School in Knoxville, Tenn., in 1964. He struggled at first, but with help regained his footing and earned a scholarship to college.
Francine Anderson grew up in a small town in Virginia in the 1950s. She says that when she was 5 years old, she first realized that the color of her skin could put her in danger. Courtesy of StoryCorps hide caption
After 60 Years, Girl's Experience At Whites-Only Gas Station Still Hurts
August 18, 2017 • An African-American woman remembers growing up in segregated Virginia in the 1950s, and being in the car when her father tried to get gas from a whites-only truck stop.
Sylvia and Marcus Bullock talked to StoryCorps about how their relationship as mother and son developed when Marcus was in prison and what it is today. Courtesy of StoryCorps hide caption
As A Boy In An Adult Prison, His Mother's Letters 'Were Everything'
August 11, 2017 • Marcus Bullock was tried as an adult and sent to prison when he was 15. The eight years he was away changed his relationship with his mother, Sylvia. The distance actually brought them closer.
Wally Funk is one of the Mercury 13, a group of women who trained to be astronauts in the early 1960s. Courtesy of Wally Funk hide caption
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This Pilot Is Headed To Space With Or Without NASA
August 4, 2017 • In 1961, Wally Funk trained to be an astronaut. But she never got to go to space. Fifty years on, she still dreams of flying among the stars.
The Rev. Noel Hickie was working as a hospital chaplain when he met Marcia Hilton, a bereavement counselor at a hospital in Eugene, Ore. For 25 years they often worked together on hospice teams. Courtesy of StoryCorps hide caption
For Decades These Caregivers Helped Patients, Families Through Illness And Death
July 28, 2017 • When the Rev. Noel Hickie and Marcia Hilton began working in hospice care, neither was sure they were cut out for the job. But they realized they could help families process grief and make things OK.
Dawn Sahr (left) and Asma Jama met for the first time at StoryCorps. In October 2015, Sahr's sister physically attacked Jama at a restaurant in Minnesota. Afterward, Sahr reached out to Jama to make sure she was OK and to offer her support. Courtesy of StoryCorps hide caption
When A Somali-American Woman Was Attacked, Support Came From An Unlikely Source
July 21, 2017 • Asma Jama was struck in the face with a glass mug after speaking Swahili in a restaurant in Minnesota. After the trial ended and the attacker pleaded guilty, the attacker's sister reached out to Jama.
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Home » Basketball » NBA Finals Game 5: Miami Heat Do or Die, Lakers on Cusp of Title
NBA Finals Game 5: Miami Heat Do or Die, Lakers on Cusp of Title
By Pauly McGuire on October 9, 2020 3 min read
The Los Angeles Lakers are one win away from the NBA Championship heading into Game 5 of the NBA Finals, whereas the Miami Heat are on the brink of elimination after falling behind 3-1.
Anthony Davis of the LA Lakers attempts to block Miami Heat guard Jimmy Butler in Game 4. (Image: Mark J. Terrill/AP)
The Lakers are seeking their first title since they knocked off the Boston Celtics in the 2010 NBA Finals. That was their 16th championship, and the last that Kobe Bryant secured for the franchise.
If the Lakers win the title this year, they’ll tie the Boston Celtics for most NBA championships with 17.
The Lakers will wear their black mamba jerseys in Game 5 to pay tribute to Kobe Bryant in the NBA Finals.
LA Lakers (3-1) at Miami Heat (1-3)
Tip-off: 6:00pm PT
Point Spread: LAL -7.5
Total: 216 o/u
Moneyline: LAL -310 / MIA +266
The Heat are 15-4 ATS in the postseason, including 3-1 ATS in the NBA Finals.
Goran Dragic tore his plantar fascia in Game 1. He attempted to suit up and play Game 4, but experienced too much pain and sat out. He’s listed as doubtful for Game 5.
Bam Adebayo suited up for Game 4 despite a neck and shoulder injury. He’s expected to play in Game 5.
LeBron Closeout King
Coming into the NBA Finals, the Lakers are 3-0 in closeout games this season, all of which were Game 5 scenarios when they didn’t blow a 3-1 lead. LeBron averaged 34.3 points per game, 12.3 rebounds, and 9.0 assists in those three clinchers.
Over his career, LeBron’s won 79% out of 48 possible closeout games, for a 38-10 record. That’s better than Michael Jordan (30-13) and Kobe Bryant (32-16).
“I play with the same desperation as my opponent,” explained LeBron.
LeBron is 16-1 in his last 17 postseason closeout games.
Most importantly, LeBron James is 3-0 in closeout games in the NBA Finals. When you give him a lead, he does not waste the opportunity to put away his opponent.
LeBron also has the best defender in the league watching his back. The Heat have been unable to solve Anthony Davis, who started guarding Jimmy Butler in Game 4 to cool him down.
Heat Rally?
Hollywood loves a good underdog story. Any screenwriter will tell you that Game 5 of the NBA Finals is the pivotal moment in Act III where the hero (Miami Heat) finds their inner strength to overcome insurmountable odds and rally to victory.
It only takes one game to turn around a series. That’s why LeBron is hellbent on not gifting Miami a chance to launch a comeback.
“We just got to lock in on us knowing that we can control a lot of these things,” said Jimmy Butler. “Our confidence ain’t going nowhere. It’s going to stay high. I’m going to make sure that it stays high because it’s going to have to be at an all-time to get this next win.”
“You have two competitive groups and you just have to figure out how to make some plays at the end, and that’s usually where we figure it out, and usually where our group thrives,” said head coach Erik Spoelstra.
“They’re going to make adjustments,” said Anthony Davis. “We have to be prepared for it.”
After Butler scored 11 points to start Game 4, Davis intermittently defended Butler through the rest of the game. Davis and the Lakers held Butler to just 11 points over the next three quarters. Butler finished with 22 points in a game where he was on pace to explode for another 40-plus monster.
“I’ve got to be better because I think that’s my role to make sure that everybody’s in the right spot and that I’m putting us in the best position to win,” added Butler.
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UK Rules Against Court Orders on Alleged Kazakh Properties
Published: Wednesday, 08 April 2020 20:09
Written by Will Neal
A UK court has dismissed a request made by authorities to the family of the former president of Kazakhstan to explain where they got the money to buy three mansions in London. The National Crime Agency, NCA, said it would appeal.
The NCA issued UWOs against three London properties with alleged links to the family of the former president of Kazahkstan (Photo: QuintusPetillius, CC BY-SA 3.0) Introduced in January 2018, unexplained wealth orders (UWOs) allow UK authorities, such as the Serious Fraud Office and the National Crime Agency (NCA), to force wealthy individuals to account for the origin of suspected ill-gotten gains.
The NCA issued such orders for three properties linked to the family, but presiding judge Mrs Justice Beverley Lang said in a High Court judgement issued on Wednesday that she believed there was insufficient evidence to merit the orders.
Because “a UWO is potentially intrusive,” Lang added in her ruling that it is “important not to lose sight of the relatively limited purpose” of such investigative measures.
OCCRP reported in March that an investigation conducted by Transparency International had revealed at least one of the properties targeted in the case is presently occupied by Nurali Aliyev, grandson of Nursultan Nazarbayev, former president of Kazakhstan.
Nazarbayev’s regime was repeatedly criticised by western governments of grand corruption and rampant human rights abuses.
Graeme Biggar, the NCA’s Director General of the National Economic Crime Centre, said in a statement that the agency always suspected the new legislation would encounter significant legal challenges. However, he also said that the NCA is “tenacious,” adding that “we have been very clear that we will use all the legislation at our disposal to pursue suspected illicit finance, and we will continue to do so.”
Duncan Hames, Director of Policy at Transparency International UK, said in an emailed statement that the ruling represented a setback for the NCA, but that it was encouraging to see that the agency will appeal the decision.
“The complex web of secretive companies that owned these properties made it extremely difficult for investigators to identify the individuals behind them and their source of funds,” he said.
Hames stressed that the case had “highlighted major weaknesses in the UK’s defences against dirty money,” calling on the government to “require transparency over who really owns secretive offshore companies holding UK property."
He further pointed to previous research carried out by Transparency International, in which the organisation flagged more than £5 billion worth of the country’s real estate as having been bought with suspicious finances.
After publication of the story, OCCRP received a statement from Nurali
Aliyev, through a spokesperson. Aliyev said: “The court's powerful
judgment demonstrates the NCA obtained the Orders on an inaccurate basis
as part of a flawed investigation which was entirely without merit. …
Today we have been vindicated and as a family we now respectfully ask
for privacy.”
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Detective Lyons Kelliher
Chicago Police Department, Illinois
End of Watch Wednesday, January 25, 1956
Lyons Kelliher
Detective Lyons Kelliher was shot and killed by a 17-year-old AWOL soldier in a night club at 2801 W. Warren Avenue.
He and his partner were making a routine investigation to check reports that the club was a hangout for narcotics addicts. As they were questioning the suspect he drew out a pistol and shot Detective Kelliher twice in the chest. The subject then shot Detective Kelliher's partner in the right hand and in the right foot preventing him from returning fire. The subject was later captured running through a park.
Both detectives were rushed to Illinois Research Hospital where Detective Kelliher succumbed to his wounds.
The subject was convicted of Detective Kelliher's murder and sentenced to 199 years in prison.
Detective Kelliher was the son of retired Captain Patrick Kelliher.
Tour 4 years
Badge 6695
Cause Gunfire
Weapon Handgun; .38 caliber
Offender Sentenced to 199 years
deserter, juvenile offender
My dad worked out of Warren Avenue and I recall him calling home tonight the detective Kelleher was killed. He just wanted to assure us he was OK. For years afterward, when we say our nightly prayers we would always include the phrase “and God bless LYONS.” My dad spoke of him often. He was a true hero.
John McTIGUE
Son of a CPD Detective Gene McTIGUE
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Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...
San Francisco Police Department
Officer James William Bloesch
San Francisco Police Department, California
End of Watch Tuesday, August 2, 1988
Leave a Reflection
Reflections for Officer James William Bloesch
Rest in peace knowing that your service and sacrifice will never, ever be forgotten by your law enforcement brethren.
Posted on Daily Republic September 2, 2019
Fairfield California PD Lieutenant strives to keep late father’s legacy alive
FAIRFIELD — Fairfield police Lt. Matt Bloesch was 13 when his father, San Francisco Police Officer James Bloesch, 36, was accidentally killed by his partner Aug. 2, 1988.
The tragedy was compounded by the fact Bloesch learned about his father’s death from a San Francisco radio station.
More irony surfaced when a paramedic called to the scene was James Bloesch’s sister, Irene Ager. With her was her husband, Steven Ager, the registered owner of the gun that shot James Bloesch. He had lent it to his brother-in-law for off-duty use.
The loss of his father and one semester of being a Fire Explorer in high school, only made his resolve stronger to follow in his father’s footsteps.
Bloesch served five years with the Marin County Sheriff’s Office before coming to work for the Fairfield Police Department 15 years ago. He was promoted to lieutenant in July.
His father will always be a hero in his eyes.
“Part of growing up was seeing Dad off to work,” Bloesch said. His father served on the mounted unit at Golden Gate Park. Bloesch, his mother and siblings would often meet him for lunch at Golden Gate Park.
Bloesch would often tag along with his father as he and his horse competed in the Grand Nationals.
“It seems like they won every year,” he said. “It was cool for me to watch and be a part of it.”
There was the time Bloesch was choking on food and his father knew what to do.
“I thought it was the coolest thing he was trained in first aid and CPR,” Bloesch said.
James Bloesch started with the San Francisco Police Department in 1972. He received a Silver Medal of Valor and two Bronze Medals of Valor.
He and a colleague were looking at a .357 Magnum to see if the weapon had been altered so it would fire with a lighter touch. The elder Bloesch and his partner were in the police stables locker room when Officer Robert Mahoney passed the gun to Bloesch. It fired a single shot that struck him in the head.
Bloesch stayed with his grandparents while his mother was at the hospital. Searching for any information, he turned on a San Francisco radio station that announced his father’s name and the fact he died.
Today, Bloesch makes it his mission to keep names private until family have been notified.
He still meets people who remember his late father. They’ll see his name tag and ask, “Are you related to Jim?” Bloesch said.
When Bloesch went to motorcycle school, the lead instructor had worked with his father and shared several stories.
“It’s funny how things come full circle,” he said.
The married father of two adult children, Bloesch said he doesn’t carry a grudge against his dad’s partner.
“He went through a horrible process,” Bloesch said. “It’s something he has to live with the rest of his life.”
Bloesch wants to leave the same legacy his father did.
“He left a positive impact on a lot of people,” Bloesch said. “I want to leave that same mark.”
Just like his father, it’s about doing good, being nice and treating people right, Bloesch said.
Retired Police Officer
Rest in peace Officer Bloesch.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
Rest In Peace Brother in Blue. You are a Hero. You are honored and remembered on the 30th anniversary of your EOW.
Officer Mike Robinson (Ret.)
Upland Police Dept. CA
You'd be proud of Matt
Rest in Peace, Officer Bloesch. Your sacrifice is not forgotten.
Officer 11169
Your heroism and service is honored today, the twenty-first anniversary of your death. Your memory lives and you continue to inspire. Thank you for your service. My cherished son Larry Lasater was a fellow police officer murdered in the line of duty on April 24, 2005 while serving as a Pittsburg, CA police officer.
Phyllis Loya
Two decades have passed but you have not been forgotten. Continue to keep watch over your loved ones and those still out on patrol. You are a true hero.
Bob Gordon
Father of Michael P. Gordon, EOW: 8/8/04
On the 20th anniversary of Officer Bloesch's death, we honored his service in our patrol briefing by reading his entry from ODMP. Each day, we honor one fallen officer on the anniversary of their death so as to keep them in our thoughts, and also to remind us of the dangers inherent in our job. Officer Bloesch is not forgotten.
Agent Zach Perron
Palo Alto (CA) Police Department
"The Badge"
He starts his shift each day
To respond to calls unknown.
He drives a marked patrol car.
A police officer he is known.
He's paid by the citizens' taxes
To make it safe on the streets.
But he usually has a second job
'Cause a waitress has his salary beat.
Now he doesn't know a holiday
'Cause he works all year round.
And when Thanksgiving and Christmas finally arrive
At his home he cannot be found.
He's cursed and assaulted often,
The one whos blood runs blue.
He seldom ever gets a thanks,
To some he's just a fool.
His friends are always other cops
'Cause people just don't understand
That underneath his badge and gun,
He's just another man.
He knows there might not be a tomorrow
In this world of drugs and crime.
And he gets so mad at the court system
'Cause the crooks don't get any time.
And each day when he leaves for work,
He prays to God above.
Please bring me home after my shift
So I can see the ones I love.
But tonight he stops a speeding car,
He's alone down this ole' highway.
It's just a little traffic infraction.
He does it everyday.
Well, he walks up to the driver's window,
And his badge is shining bright.
He asked the guy for a driver's license,
When a shot rang through the night.
Yes, the bullet hit its mark,
Striking the officer in the chest.
But the Department's budget didn't buy
Each officer a bullet-proof vest.
So he lay on the ground bleeding.
His blood wasn't blue - His blood was red.
And briefly he thought of his loved ones
'Cause in a moment the officer was dead.
In the news they told the story
Of how this officer had died.
And some who listened cared less,
But those who loved him cried.
Well, they buried him in uniform
With his badge pinned on his chest.
He even had his revolver,
He died doing his best.
David L. Bell
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Investigator David L Bell
Richland County Sheriff's Dept., Columbia, SC
I am a friend of you son who is also a Police Officer. I have worked with him for 6 years and our family has become very close. I honor your son's friendship and his work ethic is top-notch, so you raised him right and you would be proud of him.
Every officer here should have a reflection. On this day you are remembered. Thank you for your service.
Victor De Pedro-Fernandez
San Juan Police Department, Puerto Rico
EOW: April 6, 2002
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Deputy identified in fatal officer-involved shooting in Aloha
By Rebecca Woolington | The Oregonian/OregonLive
The Washington County Sheriff's Office has identified the deputy who shot and killed an Aloha man Sunday after authorities say the man pointed a rifle at deputies.
Deputy Brian McLeod, a 12-year veteran of the sheriff's office, fatally shot 52-year-old Robert Kimball Fox Sunday afternoon, said Sgt. Bob Ray, a sheriff's office spokesman. Ray said that Fox pointed a "loaded high-power rifle" at the deputies and failed to respond to multiple commands to drop the gun.
McLeod was placed on administrative leave, a standard procedure after a police shooting.
McLeod, a member of the Washington County Tactical Negotiations Team, was also involved in a shooting that injured a man at New Columbia in North Portland on March 13. Members of the Washington County team were helping the Portland Police Bureau. During that incident, McLeod and Hillsboro Officer Steven Slade reportedly fired from their handguns at Adalberto Flores-Haro and Washington County sheriff's Deputy John Egg fired a less-lethal 40 mm grenade launcher.
Flores-Haro, 31, was shot three times – once in the forearm, and twice in the torso, when he came out the front door of his home holding a handgun to scare away what he thought were prowlers outside his home, his family said.
A Multnomah County grand jury last month cleared the involved officers of any criminal wrongdoing.
During Sunday's incident, McLeod fired one shot, striking Fox, who was pronounced dead at the scene. The sheriff's office has not released where Fox was shot or what type of weapon McLeod used.
Shortly after 3:15 p.m., sheriff's deputies responded to a report of a man, armed with a gun, threatening suicide at the residence, in the 6700 block of Southwest 180th Avenue, Ray said. Fox reportedly came out of the home and into the street with the rifle, and the deputy opened fire.
The Washington County Interagency Major Crimes Team is continuing to investigate.
Rebecca Woolington
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Discover the magnificent valleys of the rivers Amel and Warche. This walk presents itself as a nature experience with some more athletic sections. There are magnificent views along the hills. But the valleys are exciting, too. The water remains in view at all times, and if you're lucky you may get to see some wild ducks or grey herons. Indeed, it's not unusual.
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Amel – Losheimergraben (21 km)
You start on GR56 in the village of Amel at the junction of Büllinger Straße (N658) towards Eupen, Büllingen or Bütgenbach. After only a short distance, the route turns off into a wonderful hiking trail which goes to Valender along the Amel. Via a wide tarmac road you then proceed to Heppenbach and Hepscheid on the watershed between the Maas (Amel, Ourthe) and the Rhine (Our, Moselle). After going through a wooded area, you reach the village of Honsfeld, surrounded by a magnificent meadow landscape. The Vennbahn passes very close by, and there are still relics from long forgotten times to be seen here. For example an old railway tunnel you have to go through. Through an attractive forest landscape, the long-distance hiking trail continues along the old railway line. After going through the dense woods, you find that you have reached the N632 and the destination in Losheimergraben is very close.
Losheimergraben – Bütgenbach (19 km)
On the second day, Honsfeld is the first place you come to, but this time the route runs in a north-westerly direction via an open meadow landscape to Büllingen. The municipality of Büllingen comprises 27 towns and villages and is the highest in Belgium. The Our and the Warche both begin their course here. Just behind the town, the first marshland meadows of the Warche valley can be seen. The route runs past below the village of Wirtzfeld towards the reservoir at Bütgenbach. There, you can follow the hiking route 'around the lake', which offers magnificent views at any time of the year. The reservoir was constructed in 1932 and has a capacity of 12 million m³. In summer, the lake attracts many bathers. The hiking trail runs more or less along its shore and the stage ends in Berg.
Bütgenbach – Malmedy (22 km)
Via the impressive dam wall of the lake at Bütgenbach, you set off on the third stage of this hike. South of the village of Nidrum, the route now follows the Warche towards Weywertz. A wonderful landscape of meadows and hedgerows lies before you. On the 'Warche tour', this vivacious river is with you all the time. Often, you follow narrow trails or wider gravel paths. Overall, there's certainly plenty of variety. On the one hand, there are no major climbs to be tackled today, but on the other, the hiker receives compensation for the relative flatness of the route in the form of some great views of the Warche, which gets wider all the time. Below the village of Outrewarche, the outskirts of the lake at Robertville can already be discerned. Via the campsite, you come right down to the shore of the reservoir, which was built for the generation of electricity. This little path is quite exciting, beginning after Halen bridge and then winding its way to the dam wall.
Behind the wall, the descent towards the Warche valley begins with a magnificent view out over Reinhardstein Castle. The continuation towards Malmedy takes you on through the wild Warche valley. The trail continues to be exciting and fascinating. Once you have left the woods, the landscape becomes more open again. It goes on up into the village of Chôdes, and then, without any more major turns, to the destination in Malmedy. You arrive at this idyllic tourist town on the Warche via an old way of the cross.
Malmedy – Ligneuville (21 km)
On the fourth day, you walk southwards from the centre of Malmedy on to one of the hills that surround the town. At Hurdebise it's worth making a brief stop to enjoy the wonderful panorama. After the village of Falize, the hiker should also make time for a detour to the 'rocher de Warche' (Warche rock). This quartz rock offers a postcard view out over the river bed of the Amel valley. An easy woodland trail turns off to the right in der village of Cligneval and intersects with the confluence of the Amel and the Warche under the motorway bridge. Here, the GR hiking trail makes a detour towards Stavelot. Via the villages of Villers and Lasneville, you come to Pont, a village known for its trout farms. From there, an easy trail takes you to the end of this stage at Ligneuville.
Ligneuville – Amel (16 km)
The final stage takes you from Ligneuville back to the starting point in Amel. The start is via the main road towards Malmedy and Waimes. Behind the village graveyard (where the grave of the legendary Monsieur Hawarden is to be found), the trail branches off to the right towards the Amel valley. There too, you get a nice view of the local trout farms which made this village known. Through the majestic state forest of Haut-Sart, you finally come to the somewhat more elevated village of Ondenval, before the route goes back down into the Amel valley and off towards Wolfsbusch. An old way of the cross brings you to the idyllic monastery of St. Raphael, which is in the possession of the Steyler monks today, functioning as a meeting place. In the area around Montenau, according to the legend, a considerable quantity of gold was found in Roman times, and in the 19th century and after the 2nd World War too, adventurers tried their luck here searching for gold. Obviously not always with the desired result. After this, you return to the starting point in Amel via Iveldingen and Deidenberg.
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Judge Revokes George Zimmerman’s Bond, Orders Him Back To Jail
A Florida Judge has ordered George Zimmerman back to jail.
Doug Mataconis · Friday, June 1, 2012 · 51 comments
In a surprising move motivated by a motion filed by the State’s Attorney this afternoon, the Judge presiding over George Zimmerman’s Second Degree murder case has revoked the bond that was imposed last month after his arrest:
SANFORD – In a shocking turn, Circuit Judge Kenneth Lester has revoked George Zimmerman’s bond in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin.
Zimmerman now has 48 hours to turn himself in to authorities.
The decision came after revelations that Zimmerman and his wife may have conspired to lie about thousands of dollars in donations they’d collected before his bond hearing.
In a new motion, prosecutors accused Zimmerman and his wife of lying to the judge during a bond hearing about money they collected for his defense.
Prosecutors allege Zimmerman’s wife knew about the donations her husband had collected through aPayPal account, but didn’t mention the money at his bond hearing.
Zimmerman’s PayPal account ultimately collected more than $200,000, his attorney later revealed.
“Defendant has intentionally deceived the court with the assistance of his wife,” the motion says. “During the jail phone calls both of them spoke in code to hide what they were doing.”
Prosecutor Bernie de la Rionda told the judge today that “this court was led to believe that they didn’t have a single penny” at the earlier bond hearing.
Zimmerman’s wife “flat out lied to this court,” de la Rionda said. Lester agreed, revoking Zimmerman’s bond. He must turn himself in, the judge said.
The prosecutors also alleged that Zimmerman has a second passport that was not turned in to the Court as required by the bond conditions. The passport that Zimmerman turned in had expired earlier this year, but he either did not disclose or inadvertently neglected to turn in the renewed passport he received shortly before this whole story went public.
It’s worth noting, of course, that this revocation was based entirely upon the evidence presented by the prosecution. Once Zimmerman is back in custody, his attorney will have the right to apply for a new bond. There will be another bond hearing and, of course, Zimmerman will be required to explain the financial issues, presumably turn in the new passport, and explain these misrepresentations to the Court.
The news about the account with $200,000 in it had actually come out several weeks ago, and Zimmerman’s attorney notified the Court about it as soon as he learned about it. His attorney said that, as far as he knew at the time, Zimmerman’s failure to disclose the existence of the money was an oversight on his part, and the attorney himself was not representing Zimmerman when the account was set up. That money is now held in an Attorney Trust Account apparently. There was no action taken against Zimmerman at that time, it appearing at the time that this was an oversight. However, Prosecutors apparently presented this afternoon recordings made at the jail while Zimmerman was in custody where he is heard discussing the accounts with his wife and the two of them allegedly agreeing to keep the account concealed.
This won’t have any bearing on the question of Zimmerman’s guilt, although it may potentially become an issue if and when Zimmerman testifies at trial in an effort by the prosecutor to impeach his credibility. Most importantly, though, the likelihood is that George Zimmerman will be spending the time between now and his trial in jail, unless the Judge decides to grant a new bond. This may mean that his attorney will push for an earlier trial date than he otherwise might have given the fact that his client is in jail. One also has to wonder what impact all of this may have on the relationship between Zimmerman and Mark O’Mara, his attorney. Twice now, O’Mara has communicated incorrect information to the Court based on what his client told him. Many attorneys will draw the line at a client who lies to them like this, especially on a repeated basis. On the other hand, O’Mara is essentially acting as Court-appointed counsel at this point and it could be difficult for him to get permission to withdraw from the case if he wanted to. We’ll have to see how that one turns out.
The lesson for today? If you’re under indictment for murder, don’t lie to the Court.
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John Burgess says:
Friday, June 1, 2012 at 15:33
From Scott Greenfield’s Simple Justice law blog:
If You Say So
Some clients want to tell their lawyer everything under the sun, using tens of thousands of words to express thoughts that require maybe a dozen. Some answer questions posed to them succinctly and clearly. Some don’t say much. Some lie.
The liar isn’t malevolent. He’s manipulative. Maybe he survived on the street by his wits, and can’t quite give up the tools that kept him alive thus far. More likely, he believes, as many do, that if he convinces his lawyer that he’s an innocent man, his lawyer will love him more and represent him better. It’s not that he views his lawyer as the enemy (though that often becomes the case as the lawyer is the messenger for a miserable system, and comes to personify all the client comes to hate), as much as he can’t quite bring himself to trust someone.
And so the lawyer asked the client questions, and the client responds. The lawyer knows that the client isn’t being forthright with him, and pushes the client. Sometimes, he even tells the client that he’s lying, and that his lies won’t serve his cause.
Do you really want your lawyer to be the stupidest guy in the room?
They can’t help it. This isn’t an intellectual choice, but an emotional one. The believe they can beat the system, outwit it, by lying to their lawyer.
I think Zimmerman is the kind of guy who’s always front stage centre in some theatrical production that runs in his head, a man who makes his own reality. In the current situation you’d think he’d be all yes-sir-no-sir where his lawyer is concerned. Better safe than sorry.
Going to be a heck of a trial.
KansasMom says:
“So all that money you wingnut losers donated to Zimmerman landed his stupid lying ass in jail. Love it.” John Cole
merl says:
at this point i don’t think he’ll ever get a fair trial. i also agree with drs. he’s been living like he was Charles Bronson or something. the death wish movies probably play in his head when he’s doing his neighborhood watch vigilante patrols.
MarkedMan says:
I’m curious about those who defended Zimmerman because the completely accept his version of the events. Will this news affect their perceptions?
@MarkedMan: no
Saturday, June 2, 2012 at 01:04
@MarkedMan: “I’m curious about those who defended Zimmerman because the completely accept his version of the events. ”
I’d say no, too, but that’s mostly because I don’t think the bulk of Zimmerman’s supporters “completely accept his version of the events.” Some of them do, sure. But I think the rest are forced into their “support” for Zimmerman for other reasons.
Some support “Stand Your Ground” and as long as Zimmerman is a proxy for that, they’ll support that.
Some support Zimmerman because they’re reacting against Trayvon Martin’s supporters. They don’t Zimmerman or his story all that defensible, but Al Sharpton had a rally and Spike Lee sent out a Tweet and that stuff is way more objectionable than killing someone.
Indeed, I think in the immediate aftermath of the shooting, most of Zimmerman’s support came from the former, but now that the case doesn’t seem to be make or break for Stand Your Ground, I’d say it’s mostly the latter.
OzarkHillbilly says:
If you’re under indictment for murder, don’t lie to the Court.
FTFY, Doug. My ex is a pathological liar who has yet to learn that lesson. She is now under indictment (again) for some random stupid lesser offense that she can not keep herself from committing. By this time next year, I expect she will be in prison again.
What we might be seeing here is what happens in a situation where there is an actual consequence for outright lying.
anjin-san says:
Lying to the judge… not a great idea.
Jeremy R says:
Zimmerman is the only surviving witness to many critical events of the night when he shot and killed Trayvon Martin. You’d think the fact that he spoke in code to his wife so that both of them could deceive the court could make jurors think twice about accepting his version of events at face value.
Jenos Idanian says:
Sunday, June 3, 2012 at 07:11
Let’s look at things from Zimmerman’s perspective here for a moment. He shot and killed a guy who was doing his level best to kill him, and now there’s a movement to make him the most hated man in America. He’s been branded a racist stalking child murderer by all kinds of people, including members of Congress, and a violent group that is apparently immune from criminal action has posted a bounty on him.
You think he might be just a wee bit paranoid after all that?
No, strike that — it’s not paranoia if they are out to get you. Or, if you prefer, sometimes paranoids have real enemies.
Obviously, what he did was stupid, wrong, and illegal. And it looks like the authorities are doing the right thing here.
But I don’t think this is a big deal. I’d put it marginally above the “Skittles and iced tea are ingredients in some party drugs” notion going around.
grumpy realist says:
@Jenos Idanian: Why can’t the prosecution use this as evidence against him? If he’s lied to the court once already, why should his statement about what happened the night of the shooting be taken at face value?
There’s a reason why we use prior testimony to impeach witnesses in trials.
Meli B says:
The issue here is credibility. His lawyer was not aware and now how does that relate to how the judge will look at George Zimmerman in court on trial. $200,000 and a passport also made him a flight risk. The money was for his trial and not his bail. A can of Arizona Tea and a bag of skittles..typical teenage purchase and OBVIOUSLY on his way back home to his father’s condo according to the map and WHERE GEORGE ZIMMERMAN took him out. Imagine had George Zimmerman never got out of his car. Trayvon would of made it HOME.
I would like to also add that mistake of not going to the hospital to evaluate and document injuries is a issue too. Especially after a death has occurred on your behalf. LATER after the FACT and with a personal family physician will not cover up the truth no matter how good it looks.
I agree, its going to be quiet the trial when it gets to court. Meanwhile, If I were that judge, I would make sure George Zimmerman knew where I stood with LYING.
@grumpy realist: I’ve tried several times, but I just can’t see how this relates to what I just said:
Why can’t the prosecution use this as evidence against him? If he’s lied to the court once already, why should his statement about what happened the night of the shooting be taken at face value?
I said “the Court did the right thing.” I meant in relation to revoking his bail.
I think I understand why he did what he did. I’m even sympathetic for him over it. Anyone would be freaked if put in his position.
But that sympathy doesn’t mean I excuse his violations of laws and rules.
mattb says:
Monday, June 4, 2012 at 09:31
@Jenos Idanian:
He shot and killed a guy who was doing his level best to kill him, and now there’s a movement to make him the most hated man in America.
Really? Really?!
What proof do you have of that? Being in a ground and pound situation is still not equivalent to “level best to kill.” It’s, all things considered, one of the most common fight positions that people end up in statistically speaking.
Most of your recountings of this always seem to (a) forget Zimmerman’s role in creating the situation and (b) always place Treyvon Martin as attempting to kill Zimmerman.
On the note of “b” the only true evidence we have as to how badly Zimmerman was in trouble was his own words. *blah* *blah* *blah* bruising and broken nose — look as someone whose been involved in both controlled and uncontrolled fights (and studied fighting), brusing happens, and so do broken noses, but neither by itself is a sign of eminent death.
Its entirely fair to argue that Zimmerman felt his life was in danger — but that’s different — SO DIFFERENT — than saying that Martin was trying to kill him, let alone doing his level best to kill him.
Wow… it’s always amazing to me how hard you *try to understand* Zimmerman’s motivation and how little you have ever attempted to demonstrate any understanding of Martin’s actions.
Of course, given your overall posting record, I can’t say it surprises me that you wouldn’t try to hard to understand the motivations of someone you immediately saw as a “criminal”.
@mattb: It helps if you read the first sentence of my comment — it kinda sets the tone for the rest.
Let’s look at things from Zimmerman’s perspective here for a moment.
I was looking at the situation when Zimmerman was asked about his finances, from his perspective. And his story has always been consistent: he was defending himself.
At no point did I say that is what happened — just that that is what Zimmerman has presented thus far. And it has been remarkably consistent with pretty much everything else that has come out so far.
From Zimmerman’s perspective, a bit of caution is certainly understandable. And keeping his “legal defense fund” (which apparently isn’t set up formally as such) is also understandable.
Understandable, but not legally excusable.
This isn’t a Madoff or a Corzine, concealing criminal acts of high finance. This is a relatively average guy who’s in the biggest jam of his life — and, probably, a bigger jam than a lot of people will ever face. So he’s scared and freaking a little and making bad choices.
The judge was right to revoke his bail. But as long as nothing else comes out, I see no reason he shouldn’t be offered bail again — this time, though, at a more substantial amount.
And he needs to make that a formal “legal defense fund,” not just a PayPal account.
So chill out a bit. I didn’t say what you think I said.
@mattb: Oh, and the “what he did” was “conceal his newfound financial assets.”
It is worth noting that Zimmermann’s problems started when he decided to start driving around his neighborhood with a gun. He is in no way a victim. He is jammed up because of his own idiocy, the string of horrible decisions he made started well before he got to court. I suspect that is true of his lies as well.
@anjin-san: And, as we all agree, that kind of stupidity is only justly punished by having one’s head repeatedly bashed into the pavement.
Monala says:
@Jenos Idanian: No, I think most of us agree that Trayvon had as much right to self-defense as George Zimmerman, and that it’s quite possible that the altercation between the two that night was just that.
The exact nature of the altercation is still being determined. But I am pretty sure that it didn’t consist of GZ having his head repeatedly bashed into the pavement. That would have resulted in a likely concussion, possibly passing out, certainly a trip to the ER that night to rule out a concussion or other brain damage, and far worse injuries that GZ sustained.
No, I think most of us agree that Trayvon had as much right to self-defense as George Zimmerman, and that it’s quite possible that the altercation between the two that night was just that.
Martin was being followed by an armed man, he was, as events proved, in danger. I think any of us would feel we had the right to self defense in the same situation.
But I am pretty sure that it didn’t consist of GZ having his head repeatedly bashed into the pavement. That would have resulted in a likely concussion, possibly passing out, certainly a trip to the ER that night to rule out a concussion or other brain damage, and far worse injuries that GZ sustained.
Bingo. Zimmermann’s scalp lacerations appeared to be superficial. I am not impressed by the blood, almost any scalp wound will bleed profusely. A more serious injury, the kind that results from having ones head “bashed” into pavement, would almost certainly result in a trip to the ER. I think I can say with some certainly if I was fighting in what I perceived as a life or death situation and I bashed someone’s head into the pavement even once, they would not be getting up anytime soon.
@Monala: The exact nature of the altercation is still being determined. But I am pretty sure that it didn’t consist of GZ having his head repeatedly bashed into the pavement. That would have resulted in a likely concussion, possibly passing out, certainly a trip to the ER that night to rule out a concussion or other brain damage, and far worse injuries that GZ sustained.
So, Dr. Monala, it’s your testimony that it would be very unlikely for Mr. Zimmerman’s known injuries — at least two different lacerations to the back of his head — to be the result of being struck two or more times against the pavement? Consider Mr. Zimmerman’s account, doctor — he was struck in the nose and knocked down, then Mr. Martin sat astride him and repeatedly slammed his head against the pavement. “Repeatedly” meaning “more than once.” You’re saying that a single slamming would account for the injuries shown? And what else about Mr. Zimmerman’s account do you find contradictory with the evidence?
Finally, Doctor Monala, keep in mind that the photos you have seen were taken shortly after Mr. Zimmerman had received medical attention from EMTs, who would have taken steps to stop the bleeding and clean up the wounds.
Feel free to consult with your colleague, Dr. anjin-san, before you answer.
It helps if you read the first sentence of my comment — it kinda sets the tone for the rest.
I did read that first sentence. I was more commenting on your string of comments as it has come to this issue — I’ve only ever seen you attempting to look at the situation from Zimmerman’s perspective. I’d go so far as to say you have done everything you could *not* to look at it from Martin’s perspective (except when you’ve put on your “thug” hat to imagine what might have been running through his little criminal mind).
And, I should note that in “trying to understand” you seem to miss how this fits into a larger pattern of Mr Zimmerman not showing the best judgement — especially when it comes to working with his legal representation.
I agree that Zimmerman is facing “the biggest jam of his life.” And that means he needs to treat the situation seriously and work with his lawyers. Organizing a legal defense fund is exactly the sort of thing that his legal defense team should be handling — not him, not his wife, not his family. And yet, as with reaching out to Hannity and other strange behavior we’ve heard about, that wasn’t what he chose to do.
Yes, I think you can defend him as being scared. But this wasn’t a snap decision type of thing. This was a big screw-up on his part. Hopefully he’s learned from this and will let his lawyers handle all of this stuff in the future.
But, for the moment at least, this sort of easily avoidable mistake doesn’t put his judgement in the best light.
that kind of stupidity is only justly punished by having one’s head repeatedly bashed into the pavement.
While I realize that it’s based on Zimmerman’s own words, this entire “repeatedly bashing” line you continue to use is problematic for a couple reasons:
1. According to the eye witness testimony, Zimmerman was mounted and being struck on grass, not pavement (or rather the sidewalk). In fact, Zimmerman’s back was covered with grass stains.
2. It summons the idea that Martin was somehow holding Zimmerman’s head and continually driving it down into the pavement. Again, as someone who knows a fair bit about self defense, the wounds (even cleaned up) on the back of Zimmerman’s head don’t match that (and I expect we will be hearing more on that as we get closer to trial).
3. By eyewitness accounts, there was far more wrestling than striking going on — which, btw, is entirely in line with the typical statistics of this sort of physical confrontation.*
As someone who knows more than his fair share about this sort of stuff (I teach self defense, I’ve trained MMA, I’ve worked with police and police trainers, and I’ve been grounded and pounded in the past): Zimmerman’s wounds are entirely conducive with someone whose head was resting on hard ground (either pavement or dry, packed dirt) and being punched about the head and face.
Let me assure you that there is a huge difference between the two.
Getting punched when there is little give room for the head can be dangerous, but it is no where near as immediately dangerous as getting ones head actively based into the pavement. Even in a secured mount, scoring quality debilitating shots against the head of someone who is actively resisting is a pretty difficult thing to do.
Note: Statistically speaking, most deaths in this sort of situation are from stomping, not punching. I would more readily buy into an immediate danger if Martin had been standing over Zimmerman and giving him a curb (or lawn) job… It’s in that situation, when full body weight can be brought to bear through a concentrated weapon like a shoe where the physics are immediately and dangerously against the person on the ground.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying that Zimmerman was in a good place. And I’m sure I would have been in a panic in his position, but it wasn’t as immediately and necessarily life threatening as you continue to make it. And that is ultimately going to be the question that needs to be answered — was the situation enough to warrent the use of deadly force.**
Jenos, no offense, you really don’t know what you’re talking about here.
As far as I know, Zimmerman received no stitches to the back of his head. None show up in the high res pictures ( http://photos.denverpost.com/mediacenter/2012/05/photos-travon-martin-george-zimmerman-case-evidence/35975/ ). That’s a pretty clear sign that his head wasn’t being bashed in the way you seem to imagine.
Either he was on grass (and hence the lack of open wounds/splits) or it was on the sidewalk and his head was largely in contact with the ground the entire time. I’ve fallen backwards onto pavement and split my head open to the tune of a number of stitches on two occasions. I have fight aftermath photos where heads have been bashed and large lateral gashes have opened where the scalp split from pressure (it’s a pretty common injury given how thin the skin is there).
I’m not saying that Zimmerman wasn’t being punched. I’m not saying his head didn’t hit the pavement. I am however saying that this is not statistically in keeping with the typical types of injuries one would see in the type of fight that you keep describing (with Zimmerman’s life in immediate danger from repeated bashing on the pavement).
And again, I fully expect that there will be a lot of medical testimony to this fact when this finally gets to trial.
* – While we’re on statistics and the entire “Martin was on top of him” part of this, the statistics of this type of confrontation suggest that Martin was most likely dragged to the ground and into mount by a falling Zimmerman grabbing out for anything to help stop his fall. The actual cases where a person has the presence of mind to follow their opponent to the ground of their own volition are extremely rare.
** – It’s still going to be a hugely uphill battle for the Prosecution to get murder to stick. I personally think the charge has always been over reach. Especially given (even in more progressive states) how sympathetic juries typically are to people who say that they truly believed their lives to be at risk. The only exception (ironically) is if the person has had prior self defense or martial arts training — then juries tend to side (rightly or wrongly) with the state.
Just to be clear (not that it will most likely matter) — when I wrote:
I have fight aftermath photos where heads have been bashed and large lateral gashes have opened where the scalp split from pressure (it’s a pretty common injury given how thin the skin is there).
I didn’t mean pictures of me post fight. I mean evidence photos of people (and bodies) that were taken after these sorts of attacks/confrontations.
People involved in self defense tend to trade/circulate these sorts of photos and statistical evidence in order to help defeat a lot of the classic misconceptions about these sorts of confrontations.
Jenos, I’m curious about something. Do you carry a gun?
George did not stay in the car. He pursued and followed Trayvon Martin. I believe the altercation arose out of Trayvon Martin asking George Zimmerman WHY HE WAS FOLLOWING HIM. I am sure George popped off in reply and perhaps even Trayvon was trying to be on his way to his father’s fiance’s home..IN THE SAME COMMUNITY by the way. George Zimmerman was not going to let him off so easy and continued to provoke Trayvon Martin. The wrestling and fighting then took place. WHY did GEORGE not just leave it all alone?? Stay in his car? George Zimmerman also has a history of three reports in the past with domestic violence along with police.
The fact that George Zimmerman never went to the hospital to DOCUMENT his injuries is almost an ADMISSION OF GUILT. Whenever there is a DEATH, especially in a struggle with injuries, YOU BETTER go to the hospital and have a evaluation and documentation of the event. What was George Zimmerman hiding by refusing to go? The serverity of his injuries to cover up how everything went down? He shot Trayvon 18-24 inches and not to injure him, to KILL HIM. Who knows..Trayvon might of been reaching for that big CAN of ARIZONA Tea to defend himself and George thought it was a gun. GOD and George Zimmerman only know the truth and before this trial is done…so will we.
This was a interesting article..I read about why George did not go to the hospital. These are all opinions of course. The writing is on the wall. IF YOU ARE THE VICTIM…you go to the hospital..Not run away from one.
http://thisruthlessworld.wordpress.com/2012/05/17/do-medical-records-exonerate-george-zimmerman-not-so-fast/
Everyone’s comments are interesting ..thanks for sharing.
@mattb: Finally, Doctor Monala, keep in mind that the photos you have seen were taken shortly after Mr. Zimmerman had received medical attention from EMTs, who would have taken steps to stop the bleeding and clean up the wounds.
Where did “stitches” come in? A bit of direct pressure and literal “cleaning up” would suffice.
I don’t have any qualifications like you do, but I see one possible hole in your “punched repeatedly” scenario — Zimmerman had no other reported head injuries besides the broken nose and the back-of-head lacerations. If he was being punched hard enough to scuff up the back of his head, where were those punches landing? And wouldn’t there be bruises if he was being punched that hard?
As far as my “taking Zimmerman’s side” so much, I’ll just note that so far, the facts have shown his account to be pretty damned plausible. Besides, aren’t there enough people here on the “let’s just hang the racist, profiling, stalking psycho” side?
Hell, I can think of at least two on that side who’d immediately start defending Zimmerman if I did take their side, just out of sheer contrariness.
@MarkedMan: Jenos, I’m curious about something. Do you carry a gun?
I think I’ll go the Rick Perry route and neither confirm nor deny. After all, it’s certainly none of your business.
George Zimmerman has no hair..or very short short buzz..He could of easily injured his own self falling to ground running after Trayvon. There was a chase, then they both went down. I am sure they both struggled and rolled…but intererestingly enough. Trayvon only had a bruise or injuries to his knuckle..Defending his life from George Zimmerman or trying to get away from him. For all we know, George Zimmerman took him down and shot him right there standing over him, 18-24 inches. I have read some of the coroner’s report.
Trayvon had No reason to attack George Zimmerman. No weapon to defend himself or fight George Zimmerman. George Zimmerman’s credibility however is the issue here. Why he contiued to follow Trayvon when the dispatcher told him not to. NO LAW was bring broken by Trayvon Martin or act of violence in progress taking place. It unfortunate that paranoia got the best of George Zimmerman and his real task now is to save his own life…How ironic is that?
@Meli B: My, what a rich imagination you have. And isn’t Zimmerman a genius, to have arranged for all those elements of his story — including witness testimony and forensics — to be consistent both with his account and your totally plausible and not in the least far-fetched and in no way incredible scenario?
Dont humor yourself too much. I have been in this profession for 32 years…GEORGE is lying.
And George knows HE IS LYING. Only a trial can bring that to surface. And it is coming.
I have seen too many dead people from violence and put some of them back together and helped saved their lives. And heard just about every story of denial of “what really happened”.
GEORGE is LYING.
Jenos, that’s our point. There’s very little between the outer skin layer and the skull. The result is that the scalp tends to — under impact — split pretty easily. That’s why cut men are so important in fights.
Getting your head bashed against the pavement tend to open lateral wounds that can’t be closed via simple pressure. Same is typically true with face wounds.
That actually was my second point. That’s most people are pretty bad at punching people on the ground. Especially when they are grappling.
Ultimately, I don’t think there were a lot of punches thrown. Or a lot of heads bashed (other than in the initial fall). But if Zimmerman had never been in a real fight before it might have felt like he was one step away from his brains leaking out his ears. The problem is that the photographic evidence doesn’t back that up.
To your point, there was little bruising on either the front or the back of the head. Nor were there any significant splits or cuts (front or back) that required more than a little direct pressure to close. Nor was there a diagnosis of a concussion (again having had at least one concussion, it doesn’t take much and should have been the result of any bit of repeated “bashing”).
Do I think that Zimmerman thought his life was in danger? Yes. Do I think Zimmerman’s life was in danger? No — or at most, the biggest threat to his life was the very gun he was carrying and the chance that it *might* have been turned on him (provided Martin wanted to and knew how to disengage the safety). Generally speaking, I think *sans gun* this entire thing wouldn’t have gone much past a school yard fight — and all the photographic evidence seems to point to that assumption.
Based on my experience here’s what I suspect happened:
– Verbal escalation and possible pushing.
– Martin most likely punched Zimmerman first. I take some issue with using the phrase “sucker punch” here (but that’s the subject of a different thread). Either way, it makes sense that that Martin did throw the first punch — a heavy, loopy right hand. I also doubt that it broke Zimmerman’s nose (again, surprisingly hard to do standing up).
– Zimmerman, who was probably already backing up with his hands up, is hit and begins to fall. This most likely happened rather slowly (as this often does in a fight). As he falls he grabs onto the nearest thing: Martin. Martin was also most likely off balance from the loopy right* that he threw and was probably half falling onto Zimmerman already.
– The two fall to the ground together with Martin landing on top. Zimmerman’s head most likely bounces on the ground opening up the key wounds. Perhaps Martin has enough control to stay somewhat upright and rains a couple blows, causing Martin’s head to impact once or twice more. It’s most likely in this part of the scuffle where Zimmerman’s nose breaks as the ground would provide the lack of give to assist the break.
– Zimmerman, like most people, goes primal (chances are Martin is primal to) which means he’s reaching out and trying to hold onto his attacker to keep from getting hit (we’re hard wired to do this btw). The look from the outside is wrestling. In the scuffle, Zimmerman’s head is probably making impact with the ground (as heads tend to do in this sort of wrestle/fight). It’s scary (especially with everything going on) and might have felt like his head is being bashed, but it wasn’t (at least not in the way you seem to think it was).
– At some point, there’s a bit of an opening and sense starts to return to Zimmerman. Perhaps Zimmerman’s clothes fell away and revealed the gun. Perhaps Zimmerman remembered he had the gun. Either way the gun become visible and both people fixate on it. And both have the same reaction — “I need to get the gun.”
We all know what happened next…
TWO OTHER POINTS:
#1: Zimmerman’s claim that Treyvon is talking to him the entire time is most likely (a) made up or (b) remembered due to stress. Ditto the thing about Treyvon saying that he’s going to take the gun and shoot him. The fact is that during a real fight, the brains speech and communications centers largely shut down/are overwhelmed. Unlike Spiderman, the vast majority of people don’t banter in fight or flight situations. In fact, the longer a confrontation stays verbal, the better the chances that it won’t go physical (in the self defense biz, one of bits of wisdom is “if they talk, they can be made to walk”). It’s when people stop talking that things get bad and punches are about to be thrown. And often people can’t talk for minutes after a fight due to the adrenal dumps and post fight shock.
#2 Weapon retention – Just because someone goes for a gun doesn’t mean they’re going to use it. It’s pretty much hard-wired human reaction to go for the weapon so it won’t be used on you (first) and then to use it against the other person second. So anyone who attempts to claim that Martin’s attempt in going for the gun was to shoot Zimmerman are reading a LOT into the situation. It was a possibility, but it wasn’t as big a possibility as many seem to think.
@Meli B:
I have been in this profession for 32 years…
Which profession?
The problem is that you take to it with a zest that has no room for a conseration of the truth. Instead you need to demonstrate that Martin was a criminal and deserved what he got. You pretend that you know things about fighting and fight related injuries when you clearly don’t. And you refuse to acknowledge where your argument falls off the rails.
Plus, I’ve never see you ever argue for anyone you don’t see as belonging to your side. The net result is that you end up representing the safe, partisan side of things with little consideration for what actually might have happened.
It’s one thing to be a devil’s advocate in the cause of trying to find a better, closer truth. It’s another thing to simply be contrarian to score points regardless of possibly knowing that you’re wrong.
And I’m sorry, it’s one thing to argue that George Zimmerman isn’t a racist. I don’t think he is. It’s another thing to pretend that he is constantly not at fault and always the victim and that thug Treyvon deserved it.
That’s the point you’ve chosen to take.
Don’t blame us for pointing out how your choice to take up the cause with that much fire and pride says something rather negative about you to just about anyone who reads your posts.
@mattb: Sorry, fail. I’ve smacked around birthers on several occasions, and on a few occasions expressed disgust with a few on “my” side.
I don’t recall “trying to prove Martin was a criminal.” I’ve cited a few things that are factual about his background (and at least one that was false, but fooled me at the time).
I know you won’t buy this, but I’m interested in the truth and justice prevailing. That the immediate narrative — the one that was so bad for Zimmerman was 1) pushed by people I greatly distrust and dislike and 2) keeps falling apart as more details emerge are convincing me that the smartest thing I can do is to keep pointing out how Zimmerman’s story is, by and large, holding up.
Well, that and avoid actually expressing any conclusions.
The next point I’m thinking of working is how Zimmerman’s getting out of his vehicle and following Martin on foot broke no laws whatsoever, and in many cases is laudable. We are told “if you see something, say something.” Well, Zimmerman saw something — a guy who fit the description of the suspect in a series of at least 8 burglaries perfectly acting suspiciously. He also called the cops, and stayed on the line to keep them up to date on where the suspect was going and what he was doing.
He also, apparently, stopped following Martin when the 911 operator said “we don’t need you to do that.” Note that 1) the operator did NOT give him any direct instructions, and 2) the operator has no legal authority to give him any orders anyway.
Currently, it seems to me that Zimmerman lost Martin, and then Martin circled back and confronted Zimmerman. So at least a portion of the responsibility for the confrontation goes on Martin — who was free and clear, but chose to go back and “get in Zimmerman’s face.”
But based on my understanding of the law, it looks like the first to break the law was Martin, who apparently threw the first punch. Nothing Zimmerman did before then, based on current facts, broke any laws or constituted justification for physical force.
Of course, this could all be contradicted by new evidence. But it ain’t happened yet.
Well, except within Meli’s fevered imaginings, that is…
Well, Zimmerman saw something — a guy who fit the description of the suspect in a series of at least 8 burglaries perfectly acting suspiciously.
a) In only 4 of the 8 robberies had a suspect been identified as black. The rest may or may not have been.
b) In the most recent robbery, I believe the suspect had been caught — and thus, the crime wave (which was over a 14 month period, so not a huge wave) may have been over.
c) Regardless, should all young black males have been considered suspects, because one or more had committed a crime? Especially in a community that is 20% black, and therefore, likely has several young black male residents?
Currently, it seems to me that Zimmerman lost Martin, and then Martin circled back and confronted Zimmerman.
No one knows that for certain.
But based on my understanding of the law, it looks like the first to break the law was Martin, who apparently threw the first punch.
We don’t know that for certain, either.
All we know for certain is that the two had a confrontation, and TM was shot and killed. How it began, who threw the first punch, are still unknown.
@Jenos Idanian: Your POV only works if you take Zimmerman’s word as truth, even though he has strong motivation to lie about what happened, and has already lied under oath.
What you wrote here: The next point I’m thinking of working is how Zimmerman’s getting out of his vehicle and following Martin on foot broke no laws whatsoever, and in many cases is laudable.
… can be reworded to support Martin. “In walking home, Martin broke no laws whatsoever. In choosing not to perhaps wait instead of entering the home (and therefore, not leading a creepy guy into the house where only his younger future stepbrother was waiting), Martin also broke no law as whatsoever, and behaved laudably (protecting a younger child).”
Yes, I’m speculating. But so are you. You don’t know what happened to start the fight, and neither does anyone else except Zimmerman. And for a variety of reasons, I don’t find him credible.
Sorry, fail. I’ve smacked around birthers on several occasions, and on a few occasions expressed disgust with a few on “my” side.
Snort!
Thank you so much for the much needed deep laugh.
I’m sorry Jenos, but proving your even-mindedness by saying you “smacked around birthers” is funny for two reasons.
First, you’ve picked upon the most fringe element (the one that everyone with a brain agrees are out of their gourds) of “your” side (btw: I say its your side because, well, outside of birtherism, I’ve yet to see you step out of step with arguments presented on that side… like any argument… not to mention your unfailing defense of anyone on that side you see as being “victimized”). I mean, it really doesn’t take up much to stand up to birtherism. So you’re really going out on a limb there.
The second, and far funnier aspect of your “smacking around” birthers, is at least on OTB, every denouncement of birtherism is accompanied by “but it’s all Obama’s fault.” You say they’re wrong, but then you bend over backwards to explain why Birtherism is still based in some fact (Obama took forever to release his birth certificate, he released the wrong certificate, his campaign and his surrogates kept the issue alive, people don’t really believe it — it’s all just a protest, he intentionally wrote biographies that said he was from Kenya, he led people to believe he was from Kenya so he could get into colleges, get into law school, sell books, get elected president, it’s American to question why the black guy got so far in life… well maybe not the last one).
I’ll take you at your word that you’ve gone against the grain on other issues. I just can’t say I’ve ever seen you do it here or not without finding some way to still blame it on the other sides.
Either way, I remain somewhat underwhelmed by your rock solid, well thought out independence on most political and social issues.
(yeah… that was sarcastic — if you’re tick is being the appointed and overzelaous devil’s advocate for all things conservative, my tick is being the know-it-all, trying to be somewhat independent, occupying the higher ground, paleo-liberal academic type — I’m pretty sure that despite being better informed, the end result is just as annoying).
Zimmerman’s story is an abject lesson in “just because you can do something, doesn’t mean you should do something.” And further, if that something you are going to do involves law enforcement (like being a self appointed neighborhood watch) then you should get training to do it.
Let me break it down for you:
The next point I’m thinking of working is how Zimmerman’s getting out of his vehicle and following Martin on foot broke no laws whatsoever, and in many cases is laudable. We are told “if you see something, say something.”
You leave out the facts that Zimmerman decided all by himself to become the neighborhood watch for the area… without, you know, doing all the leg work necessary to do it right.
That has always, ultimately been my problem with Zimmerman, and fits into a larger pattern of behavior that he continues to apparently repeat around this case.
Zimmerman didn’t break laws with his foot persuit. But if you actually look into EVERYTHING THAT NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH GROUPS ADVOCATE (stuff, btw developed in conjunction with the Police) ZIMMERMAN DID EVERYTHING WRONG. You don’t follow people on foot if you have the safety of a car, you don’t carry armed weapons, you don’t do things that can initiate a confrontation.
Do you know why they made up these rules? It was to prevent exactly these sorts of situations — where innocent people and people who want to do the right thing — end up getting hurt.
Try to explain it away as much as you like, but Zimmerman (and I’m sure his heart was in the right place) was trying to play cop without the training. And someone ended up dead.
Let me continue…
As mentioned, not all of the suspects in the burglaries were African Americans. But more importantly, do you know when the majority of those break ins occured? During the week and during the day. Not 7.30pm on a Sunday Night — a time when statistically speaking the fewest break-ins occur because people are at home. BTW, break-ins typically don’t happen during inclement weather.
Those are the sort of facts you learn when you go through neigborhood watch training. The police also help plan routes and set up patrol schedules for the most likely periods of criminal activity.
Instead, Zimmerman is off patrolling the streets at 7.00pm on a rainy Sunday night. With a loaded gun.
But at least he followed good procedure and stayed in the car. Oh wait…
He also called the cops, and stayed on the line to keep them up to date on where the suspect was going and what he was doing.
This would have been ok if he had not decided to follow the possible perp on foot, with his gun.
Again, neighborhood watch people are explicitly told not to do this. Not to be armed. Not to follow. Not to do anything that might initiate a confrontation.
Which he would have known if he had done any training. If he thought good practice rules applied to him.
But of course, his heart was in the right place and he didn’t break any official laws (until he shot the kid).
But the confrontation wasn’t at all his fault… except for the fact he did everything that neighborhood watch and police trainers tell you not to do because it could lead to a confrontation.
And he didn’t apparently practice regular self defense training, because, as I’ve documented above, it’s pretty clear that he panic’d, though a light confrontation was immediately life threatening, was carrying a loaded weapon that he was sure was going to be used against him, and then shot an unarmed teenager.
Of course YANAL. But neither am I (though my partner is one). Even in legal circles, self defense does not necessarily boil down to who threw the first punch. The issue of what each person believed is a major factor. And what the jury will believe (though in Florida it seems like the Judge can also do what seems a lot like the finding of fact). So it’s not (surprise) as cut and dry as you make it out.
Additionally, as others have pointed out, you seem to give all preference to Zimmerman’s account and ignore much of the evidence that contradicts or complicates his story (including the question of whether or not he broke off following Martin and if their path’s might have come close to crossing on Zimmerman’s path back to the car).
Beyond that, the other issue with your legal analysis is the question of the use of deadly force. Just because X initiates the fight does not give Y the right to radically escalate. As I keep mentioning, just because Zimmerman claims his head was being repeatedly “bashed” into the pavement doesn’t mean that it was to the degree that warranted deploying the gun against an unarmed attacker.
Even in Florida, there are limits to when you can fire.
I’m sorry, but you have to contort yourself to continually make Zimmerman out to be the pure victim here. He might not have wanted to murder Martin. I don’t think he’s a racist. I don’t think he’s guilty of murder. But he is morally culpable for the death of that young man and the pain inflicted upon that family. And to some degree he is legally responsible for creating the situation that led to the confrontation.
This is a tragedy. You can feel sorry for both people involved as both acted stupidly. But that doesn’t man that Zimmerman shouldn’t be punished for his negligence. And I know a lot of gun owners, pro self defense people, and police officers who agree with my position.
I know this won’t sway you. But I will continue to contend that your entrenchment on this has far more to do with your own biases than any facts in the case.
In the end, it’s up to the Judge and, if it goes to trial, the Jury as well.
it looks like the first to break the law was Martin, who apparently threw the first punch. Nothing Zimmerman did before then, based on current facts, broke any laws or constituted justification for physical force.
One other point, if Martin felt that Zimmerman, who had been persuing him for some period of time, presented a credible threat, he was within his right to per-emptively engage (i.e. throw the first punch).
It can even be argued that actively confronting Zimmerman was in no way illegal (in the same way that Zimmerman getting out of the car was not illegal).
Zimmerman had lost sight of Martin. For all we know, Martin has lost sight of Zimmerman. Based on the phone call to the girlfriend, we know Martin knew he being followed and was concerned about it. If suddenly Zimmerman reappears, a jittery Martin might have thought Zimmerman was still following him (even though Zimmerman might have been walking back to the car).
So a confrontation happens. I suspect both men were already amped up on Adrenaline by this time (based on what generally happens in confrontations, and the testimony of various people, including Zimmerman). The fight was already on before any punch was thrown.
And under those circumstances, when each person felt the other was attacking them, bad things happen quick and the argument could be made that it’s better to hit first and ask questions later.
That’s why trying to apply simple “lay’ readings to legal issues end up creating bad situations for everyone involved. Especially in a state where there a pretty wide range of interpretation allowed due to the general vaugeness of the self defense statutes.
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 at 01:46
if that something you are going to do involves law enforcement (like being a self appointed neighborhood watch) then you should get training to do it.
It goes a bit beyond that. Zimmermann committed all sorts of neighborhood watch no-no’s. Neighborhood watch folks are supposed to observe, and call the police if they see something suspicious. No following, and certainly no guns. The national Neighborhood Watch organization made it very clear that he had nothing to to with them, or they with him. Zimmermann abandoned any patina of legitimacy the moment he armed himself. At that point, he was just someone with a gun and terrible judgement.
@anjin-san:
Zimmermann abandoned any patina of legitimacy the moment he armed himself [and went out on a neighborhood watch].
Fixed that.
There’s nothing wrong, per sea with being armed, but arming yourself to then go on patrol is something else entirely.
and went out on a neighborhood watch
Not really. Neighborhood watch rules forbid arming yourself.
There’s nothing wrong, per sea with being armed
In the eyes of the law, Zimmermann had a right to be armed. That being said, fool + gun = tragedy is an old story. This is just one more chapter.
That was my point. You don’t arm yourself and go on neighborhood watch.
Zimmerman was a well meaning vigilante, and to your point, that’s an old recipe for disaster.
Things I’ve learned from the Zimmerman haters:
If a 911 operator makes an inference as to what she thinks you should do, that is a legally binding command.
If you’re following a suspicious person and talking to the cops, it’s illegal to get out of your vehicle and continue the following on foot.
If someone is following you for reasons you don’t like, you are legally justified to turn around and beat the living crap out of them. Even if they stop following you.
If you are legally licensed to carry a concealed weapon, then don’t actually take it with you except in cases where you’re almost guaranteed to not actually need it.
How educational this has been…
Not really. You are still an idiot. What you are getting out of your Rain Man like obsession with Zimmermann, no one knows.
Wednesday, June 6, 2012 at 00:57
It’s funny @Jenos I’ve once again learned from this conversation that you are an unserious and fundamentally dishonest conversational partner (and I say dishonest because you claim that you listen and take our postions seriously and then crank out shit like you just did) and often an unmitigated a-hole… check that a-holes are useful. You sir are a douche.
But do me a favor and take one of your learnings in particular:
And do the following when you apply for a pistol permit:
Let them know that you are getting the pistol so you can carry it when you perform self appointed crime patrols of your neighborhood.
Or if you already have a concealed carry permit, please head down to your local police or sheriff’s office and let them know that this is your plan. And record it. Because I’m am all but 100% sure that you’ll discover that this is a quick way to lose your permit.
I also love how you continually ignore a key fact that we keep repeating — that Neighborhood Watch and other Police/Community sponsored patrolling organizations discourage, if not out and out forbid, citizens to carry firearms while on patrols.
But… you know, it’s not like I teach self defense… that regularly discuss these issues with law enforcement folks… as always Jenos, I bow to your superior logic…
It’s when people stop talking that things get bad and punches are about to be thrown.
“if they talk, they can be made to walk”
That was my experience in my years in the bar biz. Big talkers almost always turned out to be all talk. Guys that were actually tough did little talking, but when it was time to fight they would take the other guy down fast and hard.
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Online global marketplace Just Eat has commenced a trial of seaweed-based biodegradable, compostable sauce sachets, as part of its efforts to reduce plastic usage in the UK takeaway space.
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Online food order and delivery service Just Eat has commenced a trial of seaweed-based biodegradable and compostable sauce sachets, as part of its efforts to reduce plastic usage in the UK takeaway space.
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For several years now, the creative genius of Stanley Kubrick’s films have been a tremendous inspiration for me as an artist. While the visual poetry and dramatic storytelling of his entire oeuvre captivate the mind, one particular Kubrick work has fascinated me the most – 2001: A Space Odyssey. In the fifty years after its 1968 release, the film’s main narrative (an allegory on the nature of mankind) has spawned countless theories and analyses around the world, all with varying interpretations of the mysterious black monolith which plays a transcendental role across each of 2001 ‘s four acts.
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Ok, Aussies. The wait is over.
As of last week, The Great Australian Bakery is officially open in Old Town Scottsdale, bringing culinary classics from Down Under to the Valley of the Sun. The bakery, located at 7217 East Main Street in Scottsdale, serves a menu of sweet and savory baked goods including sausage rolls, pasties, desserts, and more.
The menu highlights a selection of meat pies including a version of classic shepherd's pie made with peas, carrots, and tomato paste topped in a layer of mashed potatoes, to a beef-and-pork filled sausage roll and a mincemeat pie made with ground beef and onion. Each pie costs about $7, while pasties, which come in either beef and vegetable or veggie, cost between $5 and $7.
According to bakery owner Laurence Lindahl, an Australia native who's been in the States for more than a decade, Australian pasties could be compared to American hot dogs in terms of their popularity and prevalence.
"You never go to a cricket game without a seven-pack," Lindahl says — a "seven-pack" being a six-pack of beer and a pasty.
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To satisfy your sweet tooth, the bakery also serves pastries including custard tarts, turnovers, scones, and either apricot or raspberry crumbles. One of the most popular options, however, might be the lamingtons, a popular Australian dessert comprised of sponge cake that's coated in chocolate and shaved coconut.
The bakery also offers coffee and espresso drinks.
Down the line, Lindahl says he hopes to offer more Australian products, including Vegemite and Australian candies, as well as to offer the baked pies and pastries wholesale to other local restaurants. For now, the bakery is open 7 a.m. to 3 a.m. Thursday through Saturday and from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday through Wednesday.
For more information, visit The Great Australian Bakery website.
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by Benjamin M. Miller
On June 13th, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking soliciting comments on how to improve the consistency and transparency of the cost benefit analyses that guide EPA's regulatory decisionmaking. Both are praiseworthy goals, particularly because executive orders issued by the Trump administration last year resulted in cost benefit analysis being used not only for determining the appropriateness of individual regulations, but also for choosing between regulations when deciding which to implement. In its solicitation for comments, EPA has hinted at a key part of the answer: retrospective reviews.
Many of the questions on which EPA is seeking feedback are in the weeds of policy analysis, such as how to grapple with the realities of inadequate data, model limitations, and uncertainty about how to weight various factors. As will always be the case, implicit or explicit decisions will be made to address those questions. The broader challenge is creating a system that continually learns and tweaks those decisions to reflect changes in knowledge, methods, and the state of the world. EPA's interest in including a “systematic retrospective review element” in new regulation has the potential to provide a transparent and well-structured method for assessing which decisions worked well and which didn't. If EPA can successfully implement retrospective reviews, it could serve as a role model for other regulatory agencies.
EPA asks a variety of good questions about how to set up such a retrospective review system: What criteria will determine when review is needed? How specific should the requirement be in terms of methodology, scope, and data? Beyond these details of the analysis itself, critical requirements that could contribute to success include requiring the reviewers to be independent and unbiased, insuring that the reviews directly influence future analyses, and developing a culture within EPA that values and rewards retrospective, high-quality reviews. None of this will be easy to accomplish.
Regulations affect what can and can't be done at every step in the production of every product purchased or service hired. For that reason, there are often a lot of vested interests and monies riding on the outcomes of regulatory decisions. EPA should avoid reviewing its own regulations, and experts supported directly or indirectly by organizations impacted by the regulation being reviewed could also be excluded. This could create challenges for finding reviewers in the case of particularly broad regulations, but this is generally a surmountable problem. The independence of reviewers could prove critical in demonstrating that reviews are unbiased in both perception and reality.
The independence of reviewers could prove critical in demonstrating that reviews are unbiased in both perception and reality.
In addition to being unbiased, the impact of reviews also could be considered. An unbiased review that simply sits on a shelf gathering dust is a waste of everyone's time and money. Instead, the review process could carry real weight in influencing both the regulation in question as well as the broader regulatory analysis process used by EPA. To start, reviews could be made publicly available, without redaction, along with the required response from EPA. Ideally, a third party arbiter might assess whether EPA has sufficiently addressed the reviewer's concerns, and could be given the authority to mandate further action if EPA's response is deemed insufficient.
Finally, and perhaps most importantly, steps could be taken to create a culture that rewards high-quality reviews. The suggestions made above could easily cause retrospective reviews to be viewed as extra work and new headaches. Career regulators are already busy evaluating the impact of new policies, and no one likes having old work dug up to see what could have been done better.
Without proper incentives, retrospective reviews might be avoided or marginalized by those tasked with implementing them. To avoid this outcome, incentives could be introduced so EPA's individual career regulators and managers directly and personally benefit from seeing through high-quality and impactful reviews. Rather than treating reviews as opportunities for punishing under-performance or errors, they could come to be treated as opportunities for rewarding career analysts for having produced work that reviews found to be high-quality, and for rewarding managers for shepherding though reviews that find opportunities for improvement. For example, the Society for Benefit Cost Analysis might hold an annual competition for recognition awards, or EPA staff might be rewarded with time to pursue novel research ideas or growth opportunities. Indeed, at certain career levels, successful implementation of retrospective reviews could be an advancement criterion.
These elements will not easily fall into place on their own, but could be well worth the effort. Retrospective reviews could help the EPA better protect the public interest by improving the consistency and transparency of its regulatory analysis.
Benjamin Miller is an associate economist at the RAND Corporation and a Professor at the Pardee RAND Graduate School.
This commentary originally appeared on Legal Planet on July 18, 2018. Commentary gives RAND researchers a platform to convey insights based on their professional expertise and often on their peer-reviewed research and analysis.
Benjamin M. Miller
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William Hosgood – BSc (Hons) Computing & Games Development graduate
William Hosgood talks to us about setting up his own game development company and how the University of Plymouth has provided assistance along the way
Current Employer: So Good Studios
Current Job Title: Creative Director
Current Location: Plymouth
“For me the University of Plymouth was a life changer and I would recommend it to anyone who wants to prove what they can truly achieve... With the help and support I've received from the University of Plymouth I've managed to pave my own career path through creating So Good Studios, and I now work each day doing something for which I have a true passion.”
Tell us about your career path since graduation.
Following graduation I started working for a game development company that I founded with two other alumni, which has been a fantastic experience that's expanded my understanding of the gaming business even further. My position in the company is Creative Director, and my role is to produce the artwork and designs for any projects, advertising, and company products that we need. This has allowed me to work on a broad range of techniques and expand my knowledge.
Has your career path changed since graduation?
In the eleven months since finishing my final exam I have been working at So Good Studios and have remained as the Creative Director throughout, working on multiple projects – some for clients as well as our own personal intellectual property.
What is the most difficult thing which you have faced in your career?
Taking a chance to create a company after university was a big step, as it meant risking time I could have otherwise used to further my chances of acquiring a job in a game development company. It was a very difficult decision, but with the help and advice from lecturers at the University of Plymouth, So Good Studios landed on its feet and is still going strong.
What is the best, most exciting or fun thing that you have done in your career?
Since starting the company one of the most exciting moments was landing the first piece of contract work, which allowed us to continue working for months to come. This helped us to transform the dream of creating a sustainable company into a reality.
What advice would you give to anyone wanting to get into the same line of work?
Making your own work, showing it off, and learning to improve yourself through self-study is key. Show your work somewhere that people can go and look, like a portfolio website. I created blogs for the projects I was working on so that I could show off the progress I'd made over the year. This will show your dedication to employers and allow you to prove your value to a company.
How did studying at Plymouth help you?
With the help and support I've received from the University of Plymouth I've managed to pave my own career path through creating So Good Studios, and I now work each day doing something for which I have a true passion. This is something that wouldn't have been possible without the teachers and other students I met at the University of Plymouth.
How has a degree from the University of Plymouth influenced your career?
Without the skills honed at the University of Plymouth I wouldn't have been able to form the company that I work at today or be able to take on the work that has kept So Good Studios going. My time at Plymouth has helped me to form new friendships with a variety of people whose individual skills have contributed towards our success.
What is your favourite memory of studying at Plymouth?
During the second year the games development society held a Game Jam, where the task is to form small groups and create a game from scratch. We had many people from the course as well as other people with a genuine interest in game development there, and it was fantastic event with lots of fond memories.
Do you stay in touch with other University of Plymouth alumni or lecturers?
Since graduating I have kept in touch with many of my previous course friends through the society, as well as giving talks to younger students to help them the same way that I was helped during my studies. I also still keep in contact with some of the lecturers that used to teach me, to show how far So Good Studios has progressed since graduating.
Would you recommend undertaking a course with the University of Plymouth, and why?
For me, the University of Plymouth was a life changer and I would recommend it to anyone who wants to prove what they can truly achieve. The possibilities for your future career and the friends you make are just some of the incredibly rewarding things you'll get to do, and it's something I'm proud to be a part of.
Is there anything else which you would like to share with our current students?
University is about pushing yourself and proving how far you can go. It's not an easy feat, and you'll find that it can get overwhelming sometimes, but that's what makes it so rewarding once you've graduated. Don't give up and you'll surprise yourself with how much you can achieve.
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Dr Lucy Turner
Lecturer in Marine Biology
School of Biological and Marine Sciences (Faculty of Science and Engineering)
Room 404, Davy Building, Drake Circus, Plymouth, PL4 8AA
lucy.m.turner@plymouth.ac.uk
I am a Lecturer in Marine Biology here at the University of Plymouth and divide my time between teaching and research.
In my research I specialise in using comparative ecophysiological and biochemical approaches within interdisciplinary (natural-social science) frameworks to understand the impact of ongoing global change on the marine environment, and to contribute towards sustainable solutions for this. I work across trophic levels and taxonomic groupings and I often use large-scale integrative approaches to my thinking and research. I integrate biochemistry with molecular biology, whole organism physiology and also more recently with cutting edge ‘omics’ techniques to understand how organisms respond to environmental change, and how this may ultimately influence the functionality of the ecosystem. When these types of data are combined with social science approaches this gives us a very powerful toolkit to respond to the wider effects of climate change on real life scenarios.
At Plymouth I am the personal tutor and leader of the ‘Marine Biology with Foundation Year’ degree, teaching on and designing ‘tailored’ marine biology assessments for the Study Skills module and immersive Marine Biology module linked to this. I also teach on the Marine Biology degree delivering lecturers, seminars and field trips. I hold a PhD in Land crab ecophysiology (University of Bristol, 2010). Prior to this I completed a BSc (University of Wales, Swansea, 2003) and MRes in Marine Biology (molecular and cellular pathway) (University of Plymouth, 2005).
2016-present Lecturer in Marine Biology, University of Plymouth
2014-2016 Post-doctoral Fellow in Zoophysiology, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
2013-2014 Lecturer in Foundation Biology and Chemistry, University of Plymouth International College
2013 Lecturer in Molecular Ecology, University of Plymouth
2010-2014 Research Assistant in Marine Ecophysiology and Molecular Ecology, University of Plymouth
2017 PG Cert Academic Practice, University of Plymouth
2006-2010 Land Crab Environmental Physiology PhD, University of Bristol
2004-2005 Marine Biology (cellular and molecular pathway) MRes, University of Plymouth
2000-2003 Marine Biology BSc, University of Wales, Swansea
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (since 2017)
Society for Experimental Biology
Society of Biology
Marine Biological Association of the UK
Malacological Society of London
Crustacean Society
The Systematics Association
I currently teach on the following modules:
GEES001 Study and Mathematical Skills for Science
MBIO001 Issues in Marine Biology
MBIO120 Introduction to Marine Biology
MBIO123 Marine Biology Field Course
MBIO221 Marine Molecular Biology
MBIO223 Methods in Marine Biology
MBIO226 Experimental Marine Biology Field Course
MBIO364 Conservation Physiology
I am also the module leader for 'Conservation Physiology' and 'Issues in Marine Biology' and the Programme Leader of the 'Marine Biology with Foundation Year' degree pathway.
I am a comparative ecophysiologist and biochemist who specialises in using interdisciplinary (natural-social science) frameworks to understand the impact of ongoing global change on the marine environment, and to contribute towards sustainable solutions for this. I work across trophic levels, taxonomic groupings and aquatic environments and I often use large-scale integrative approaches to my thinking and research. I integrate biochemistry with molecular biology, whole organism physiology and also more recently with cutting edge ‘omics’ techniques to understand how organisms respond to environmental change, and how this may ultimately influence the functionality of the ecosystem. When these types of data are combined with social science approaches this gives us a very powerful toolkit to respond to the wider effects of climate change on real life scenarios.
For the last few years I have been working on the effects of climate change on toxin producing phytoplankton and harmful bacteria within the context of seafood safety in South Asia. This work has combined ecophysiological multi-trophic experiments with social science approaches to make projections for the effects of this on local people as consumers and producers of these seafood products as protein and/or economic resources. We have several ongoing projects to extend this research to different life stages and further alternative sustainable aquaculture species. Prior to this my research has involved work to understand the biochemical metabolic adaptations of marine invertebrates to marine climate change parameters (e.g.warming, freshening and acidification) in both laboratory experiments and field studies.
My PhD was on the functional biology of Christmas Island land crabs,specifically that of the hormonal control of metabolic and osmotic homeostasis during the annual breeding migration. Later work in collaboration with Parks Australia on Christmas Island has continued to utilise molecular ecology approaches to inform conservation management strategies of these crabs which are ecologically and increasingly economically important species.
Turner, L.M., Knight, M.E. & Spicer, J.I. (2018) University of Plymouth Global Challenges Research Fund (£49,000): Is the freshwater crab Barytelphusa cunicularis suitable for use as a sustainable livelihood resource in India?
Turner, L.M., Godhe, A., Edler, L., Turner, A. & Karunasagar, I. (2016) NERC Urgency grant (£65,000): Lessons for the future: Qualifying and quantifying South Asia's first widespread ciguatera poisoning outbreak.
Turner, L.M, Rodwell, L.D., Karunasagar, I., Bhatta, R. & Godhe, A. (2016) Plymouth University PhD studentship (£65,000): Identifying barriers to small-scale crustacean aquaculture in South Asia.
Turner, L.M. & Calosi, P. (2014) NERC Biomolecular Analysis Facility (£4,000): ‘Identify the metabolomics basisfor adaptation to ocean acidification in a marine polychaete living around a shallow water CO2 vent system’
Calosi, P. & Turner, L.M. (2012) ASSEMBLE (Association of European Marine Biological Laboratories) (£8,000): ‘Identify the Mechanistic Basis for Metabolic Adaptation to Ocean Acidification using a shallow CO2 vent system (MetabolAdapt)’
Turner, L.M. (2011) British Ecological Society (£2,500) 'Roles of crustacean hyperglyceamic hormone in ionic and metabolic homeostasis in two related Christmas Island (CI) land crab species, the CI Red crab Gecarcoidea natalis and the CI Blue crab, Discoplax hirtipes' '
Turner, L.M. (2011) Society of Experimental Biology/Company of Biologists Travel Fund (£500) 'Hormonal control of osmoregulation in land crabs'
Turner, L.M. (2009) Parks Australia, Christmas Island (£750) ‘Phylogeography of Discoplax hirtipes on Christmas Island'
Turner, L.M. (2005) Malacological Society Research Grant (£500) 'Polyphyly across oceans: a molecular phylogeny of the Chromodorididae (Mollusca,Nudibranchia)'
Small, D.P., Calosi, P., Rastrick, S.P.S., Turner, L.M., Widdicombe, S., & Spicer, J.I. (2020) The effects of elevated temperature and PCO2 on the energetics and haemolymph pH homeostasis of juveniles of the European lobster, Homarus gammarus. Journal of Experimental Biology, 223, jeb209221.
Turner, L.M., Havenhand, J.N., Alsterberg, C., Turner, A.D., Girisha, S.K., Rai, A., Venugopal, M.N., Karunasagar, I. & Godhe, A. (2019) Toxic algae silence physiological responses to multiple climate drivers in a tropical marine food chain. Frontiers in Physiology, 10, 373.
Collins, M., Tills, O., Turner, L.M., Clark, M.S., Spicer, J.I. & Truebano, M. (2019) Moderate reductions in dissolved oxygen may compromise performance in an ecologically important estuarine invertebrate. Science of the Total Environment, 693, 133444.
Apine, E., Turner, L.M., Rodwell, L.D. & Bhatta, R. (2019) The application of the sustainable livelihood approach to small scale-fisheries: The case of mud crab Scylla serrata in South west India. Ocean and Coastal Management, 170, 17-28.
Venello, T.A., Calosi, P., Turner, L.M., & Findlay, H.S. (2018) Overwintering individuals of the Arctic krill Thysanoessa inermis appear tolerant to short term exposure to low pH conditions. Polar Biology, 41, 341-352.
Turner, A.D., Dhanji-Rapkova, M., Rowland-Pilgrim, S., Turner, L.M., Rai, A., Venugopal, M.N., Karunasagar, I. & Godhe, A. (2017) Assessing the presence of marine toxins in bivalve molluscs from Mangalore, southwest India. Toxicon, 140, 147-156.
Turner, L.M., Bhatta, R., Eriander, L., Gipperth, L., Johannesson, K., Kadfak, A., Karunasagar, I., Karunasagar, I., Knutsson, P., Moksnes, P.-O. & Godhe, A. (2017) Transporting ideas between marine and social sciences: experiences from interdisciplinary research programs. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 5, 14.
Calosi, P., Melatunan, S., Turner, L.M., Artioli, Y., Davidson, R.L., Byrne, J.J., Viant, M.R., Widdicombe, S. & Rundle, S.D. (2017) Regional adaptation defines sensitivity to future ocean acidification. Nature Communications, 8, 13994.
Bennett, K.A., Turner, L.M., Millward, S., Moss, S.E.W. & Hall, A.J. (2017) Obtaining accurate glucose measurements from wild animals under field conditions: comparing a hand held glucometer with a standard laboratory technique in grey seals. Conservation Physiology, 5, cox013.
Bilton, D.T., Turner, L.M. & Foster, G.N. (2017) Frequent discordance between morphology and mitochondrial DNA in a species group of European water beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). PeerJ, 5, e3076.
Turner, L.M., Alsterberg, C., Turner, A.D., Girisha, S.K., Rai, A., Havenhand, J.N., Venugopal, M.N., Karunasagar, I. & Godhe, A. (2016) Pathogenic marine microbes influence the effects of climate change on a commercially important tropical bivalve. Scientific Reports, 6, 32413.
Turner, L.M., Ricevuto, E., Massa Gallucci, A., Lorenti, M., Gambi, M.-C. & Calosi, P. (2016) Metabolic responses to high pCO2 conditions at a CO2 vent site in juveniles of a marine isopod species assemblage. Marine Biology, 163, 211.
Turner, L.M., Ricevuto, E., Massa Gallucci, A., Gambi, M.-C. & Calosi, P. (2015) Energy metabolism and cellular homeostasis trade-offs provide the basis for a new type of sensitivity to ocean acidification in a marine polychaete at a high CO2 vent: adenylate and phosphagen energy pools vs. carbonic anhydrase. Journal of Experimental Biology, 218, 2148-2151.
Turner, L. M. (2014, invited) Salt and water balance in the land crabs of Christmas Island: A review. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology (A special supplement of the Raffles Bulletin of Zoology: The Christmas Island and Cocos-Keeling Islands: Biodiversity and management challenges), S30, 97-108.
Heilveil, J.S., LaPilusa, T.L. & Turner, L.M. (2014) Characterization of microsatellite markers from the commodity species Cardisoma guanhumi Latreille and the Christmas Island blue crab (Discoplax celeste). Conservation Genetics Resources, 6, 99-101.
Calosi, P., Turner, L.M., Hawkins, M., Bertolini, C., Nightingale, G., Truebano-Garcia, M. & Spicer, J.I. (2013) Multiple physiological responses to multiple environmental challenges: An individual approach. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 53, 660-670.
Ellis, J.S., Turner, L.M. & Knight, M.E. (2013) Lack of variation at phosphoglucose isomerase (pgi) in bumblebees: implications for conservation genetics studies. PLOS ONE, 8, e65600.
Turner, L.M., Webster, S.G. & Morris, S. (2013) Roles of crustacean hyperglycaemic hormone in ionic and metabolic homeostasis in the Christmas Island Blue crab Discoplax celeste. Journal of Experimental Biology, 216, 1191-1201.
Turner, L.M., Hallas, J.P., Smith, M. & Morris, S. (2013) Phylogeography of the Christmas Island Blue Crab, Discoplax celeste(Decapoda: Gecarcinidae) on Christmas Island, Indian Ocean. The Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 93, 703-714.
Ellis, J.S., Turner, L.M. & Knight, M.E. (2012) Patterns of selection and polymorphism of innate immunity genes in bumblebees (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Genetica, 140, 205-217.
Turner, L.M. & Wilson, N.G. (2012) The Chelidonura tsurugensis-sandrana (Cephalaspidea) species complex – do reproductive decisions maintain colour polymorphism? Journal of Molluscan Studies, 78, 166-172.
Turner, L.M., Hallas, J.P. & Morris, S. (2011) Population structure of the Christmas Island Blue Crab, Discoplax hirtipes (Decapoda: Gecarcinidae) on Christmas Island, Indian Ocean. Journal of Crustacean Biology, 31, 450-457.
Morris, S., Postel, U., Turner, L.M., Palmer, J., Mrinalini & Webster, S.G. (2010) The adaptive significance of crustacean hyperglycaemic hormone (CHH) in daily and seasonal migratory activities of the Christmas Island red crab, Gecarcoidea natalis. Journal of Experimental Biology, 213, 3062-3073.
Turner, L.M. & Wilson, N.G. (2008) Polyphyly across oceans: a molecular phylogeny of the Chromodorididae (Mollusca, Nudibranchia). Zoologica Scripta, 37, 23-42.
Turner, L. M. (2015, invited) Physiological adaptations to the environment in Brachyura. In Treatise on Zoology: The Brachyura. Edited by P. Castro, P. J. F. Davie, D. Guinot, F. R. Schram & J. C. Vaupel Klein
I review articles for PLoS One, the Journal of Comparative Physiology, Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, Marine Ecology, Journal of Experimental Zoology, Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK, Journal of Crustacean Biology, Aquaculture Research, Caribbean Journal of Science and North American Journal of Aquaculture.
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Recap #11: Arcadia 3: The Pool by T. S. Rue
Written by Dove Published 18 August 2014 25 March 2020 Discussion 3 Comments on Recap #11: Arcadia 3: The Pool by T. S. Rue
Arcadia 3: The Pool by T. S. Rue
Title: The Pool by T. S. Rue (Part 3 of the Nightmare Inn/Arcadia series)
Summary: Kelly is elated when she lands her dream job as a lifeguard at the New Arcadia Inn pool, but a string of bizarre poolside accidents soon convinces her that someone, or something, is after the lifeguards.
Tagline: Don’t go in the water…
Note: I will use “Bad Guy” throughout my reviews to refer to the anonymous killer/prankster/whatever. Doesn’t mean it’s a guy. Also doesn’t mean it’s ever successful at killing/pranking/whatevering.
I remember all of these books being generally awful, but 1 and 3 being less awful than the others. It worked out well for me that Wing had to review 2 and 4. Also, it helps that I don’t really like the water. It doubly helps that I’ve just had to skim-read Room 13, and that’s probably the worst book we’ve had to recap for this site. So far. The Attic (Part 4) could be worse. I can’t remember.
Edit – 3 March 2015: I finally bought a copy of the book from eBay so I could have a nice high quality scan of the front cover, which is just as pretty as I remember. (I originally owned the book, then lost it, then replaced it with a 3-in-1 and now I have the lovely cover again. *blissful sigh*)
So, we open with Kelly being woken up by a fat, greasy bus driver. In case you missed it, T. S. Rue really hates fatties.
[Wing: T. S. Rue, someday the fatties are coming for you.]
The bus was full when she went to sleep, but now she’s the only one left, and they have arrived at her stop.
“Where’d everyone go?” Kelly asked, still drowsy.
“Where’d they go?” The bus driver grinned. “I murdered ‘em and dumped them in a ditch… Where do you think they went?”
Kelly eyed the bus driver nervously. His jaw was covered with whiskers, and his uniform looked as though it hadn’t been washed in weeks. He was just creepy enough for Kelly to wonder if he actually might have killed the other passengers.
FATTIES! THEY CANNOT BE TRUSTED.
[Wing: See? Fatties coming for you.]
There’s not even a bus stop, she’s in the middle of nowhere and it’s pitch black out. She suddenly wonders about the wisdom of taking a lifeguard job miles away from home.
She plays some music on her portable CD player. Some things about the nineties make me very nostalgic, but how to listen to music outside of the home is not one of them. Batteries cost a fortune, CDs skip as you walk, god bless Apple for the wonder that is an iPod!
[Wing: Why the hell is she walking around with a boombox?]
By the third song she’s freaking out about being alone, and she muses that she doesn’t even remember sending an application letter to the Arcadia. She rationalises that the name may have changed, or the owner might know someone she applied to and passed her details along, but since it’s Nightmare Inn, we smugly know that this is the job of doooooooooooooom.
[Wing: Why the hell didn’t she do any research on this “dream job” of hers? Pretty sure this deserves a stupid point.]
She’s now on song five and starting to panic, because still nobody arrives. And then she hears a twig snap and a “dark figure was standing behind her”.
Dun-Dun-DUNNNNN! 1 (needlessly dramatic chapter end) – I’m giving this a point, even though it’s not like Book 1, where a chapter ended on Sarah’s roommate opening the bathroom door. However, it’s chapter 1 and we know that these books are not structured to be a thrill-ride from beginning to end.
So, the dark figure turns out to be Martin. Hi Martin, we met you last book, during which nothing happened. Also, Martin is a dick, because Kelly asks who he is, and he’s evasive. Kelly threatens to scream, and he’s all, “do you think anyone will hear you”. Way to put the teenage girl at ease on her first interaction with the Arcadia staff, Martin.
All my friends are a bag of dicks: 1
[Wing: Martin is much worse in book four. Enjoy.]
Kelly picked up her CD player and followed. “You walked here?”
“Yeah. The inn’s not real big on giving out cars.” Martin crossed the road and headed into the trees. Kelly followed him to the edge of the woods, then stopped. Martin looked back at her. “Now what’s wrong?”
“I’m sorry, Martin,” Kelly said. “You came out of nowhere. I have no idea who you are. I feel a little funny following you into the woods in the middle of the night.”
“Well, I was going to take a shortcut,” Martin said. “It’s about half a mile through the woods. If we stay on the road it’s more like two miles.”
Kelly thought it over. “I think I’d prefer the road.”
Two things: 1) doesn’t the Arcadia have an ISUZU TROOPER knocking about somewhere? and 2) Kelly, sweetie, am I actually going to like you a little? You have an air of Funhouse Tess, who had no clue she was in a Point Horror and stubbornly acted like a rational human being throughout.
“Are you the one who hired me?” she asked.
“What do you do at the inn?”
“I’m in charge of teen recreation.”
“Then you’re my boss.”
“Well, no. Running the pool is separate,” Martin said.
“Is this your first year?”
“At the inn?” Martin asked. “Nope.”
“I’ll tell you, Kelly,” he said. “It seems like I’ve been there forever.”
“Forever, huh? What’s it like?”
“It’s an incredible place,” Martin said. “Once you’ve been there awhile, you’ll probably never want to leave.”
He’s a wealth of information, isn’t he?
They arrive at the Arcadia, and Kelly feels a bit less anxious as it’s not completely abandoned, and Martin gives her a little information about the place (we are told this, not shown it, so no idea what he actually told her, but given the above exchange, I like to believe Kelly had to play a guessing game, and Martin got pissy if he had to say anything but “nope”).
Also, when Martin explains the inn only reopened a few months ago, Kelly asks why he says it feels like he’s been there forever, and he says it’s just a figure of speech. So, one logic point for Kelly.
[Wing: EXCEPT. He not only used a figure of speech, he expressly said that it was not his first year at the inn. EXPLAIN THAT SHIT, MARTIN. EXPLAIN THAT SHIT.]
They then bump into the rest of the cast:
Eric: curly hair, bad skin, short and with one sentence manages to establish that being short, and having to endure such horror, has made him a cataclysmic bell end.
Tiffany: who is both “thin” and “athletic looking”, I’m going with no on that. This really bugs me, “thin” means very slight, and if she’s athletic looking, she should have muscle tone, and if she did, you wouldn’t look at her and think “thin”. I’d give you “wiry” but not “thin”. Also, she’s going to be a bitch, even though all she does is introduce herself. Since our protagonist is a girl, it stands to reason that the other girl must be a “thin” hottie, powered by pure spite, because GIRLS HATE EACH OTHER, AMIRIGHT?
Nick: light brown hair, green eyes (Dove approves), and “really cute”. Also, he is “reserved”. Which is a minor change from “intense”.
Eric and Tiff are lifeguards, Nick is not, but he hangs out with them anyway… wait, didn’t the last book end with some kid called Nick going into Room 13? *checks* Wait, nope. That was someone called Matt, which was also a name they used in Book 1. For a moment I was excited for continuity.
[Wing: Pretty sure Nick turns up again in book four, though.]
Oh god, I’m on 1,200 words and I’m on Chapter 2. FFS.
They’re heading to the disco, Eric is clearly into Kelly already, and, yep, Tiffany is territorial and encourages Kelly not to go with them. It’s slightly better than the usual PH, where the protagonist is deliberately BFFs with complete spite-queens, but still, girls can be nice to each other, even pretty ones. (Hi, Tess and Gina! *kisses*)
They mosey off, and look who it is…
A man with gray hair pulled into a ponytail was standing inside the door. He was wearing paint-stained overalls and a work shirt. Silver-and-turquoise Indian jewelry adorned his fingers and wrists.
SEB! HI THAR SEB! HAVE YOU SEEN MY ISUZU TROOPER LATELY?
[Wing: The Isuzu Trooper has gone to Isuzu Trooper heaven, Dove.]
[Dove: LIES!]
If Seb’s seen the Trooper, he doesn’t mention it. He’s too busy explaining that Kelly’s room doesn’t lock, and there’s nowhere else she can stay. She could have a cot in the room that Tiffany and Claire’s room (we haven’t met Claire yet), but she decides not to, given that Tiffany is a meanie. She grudgingly agrees, for “a day or two”, since she can leave her valuables in the guest safe at front desk.
Her room overlooks the pool, which sounds really nice.
Kelly stepped to the window and looked out. Below her was the pool. It was shaped like an hourglass, with two wide ends joined by a narrow passage in the middle. One of the wide ends was indoors and enclosed under a steel and glass canopy. The other half was outdoors. Underwater lights shone beneath the surface, turning the water an aqua-blue color.
And the chapter ends without a cliffhanger. This is a massive improvement on the last books.
[Wing: I really like pools that are both indoors and outdoors.]
Kelly gets changed, puts on some makeup and we’re told that she’s pretty. Then she grabs her gold cross necklace and opal ring and heads down to front desk to leave them in the safe.
[Wing: If she’s dressed up for the disco, why doesn’t she wear her fancy jewelry?]
At the front desk a young woman wearing a white blouse and a black bow tie smiled at Kelly. She had curly red hair and haunting eyes. A small name tag above her pocket said her name was Sarah.
SARAH! *snuggles* HI!
Sarah is a bit of a dick and makes a big deal about how it’s a guest safe, not a worker safe, but eventually agrees, then directs Kelly to the disco. Disco. I’m sorry, but nothing screams eighties more than the word “disco”, and yet these were written in the nineties. In other news:
Kelly noticed that Sarah’s eyelids never blinked. She figured that the red-haired girl really wasn’t feeling well.
Sarah’s eyelids never blinked. What’s wrong with “Sarah never blinked”? That’s a weird way to phrase it.
She bumps into Eric and they head to the disco, and, again, Tiffany is a possessive bitch.
Together they walked back into the disco. The music was unbelievably loud inside; the floor shook with the sound coming from the speakers. Eric led Kelly to a booth where Tiffany and Nick were sitting. A pitcher of soda sat on the table, next to some glasses. Tiffany gave Kelly a little smirk. She and Nick were sitting on the same side of the booth, and she slid a little closer to him when Kelly sat down opposite them. Nick gave Kelly a short, mysterious smile.
Honestly, what’s wrong with girls being nice? And, if she and Tiff became friends, I’m sure any decent girl would basically go, “Oh, you and Nick are a thing? Or you want to be? Sure, I respect that.” GIRL FRIENDSHIPS PLEASE!
[Wing: If I have learned anything from media, it’s that girls can never be friends. Never. Ever. Ever.]
Nobody else remembers applying to the Arcadia. It’s funny, the music is “unbelievably loud” and they can still hear each other perfectly. Are they bats? (… do we need a “needs more bats” tag?)
[Wing: NEEDS MOAR BATS.]
Nick is mysterious. In that they ask him how he knew about the Arcadia and he said he heard about it from a friend. I’m sorry, but that’s a perfectly reasonable response. If a stranger asks you that, they don’t want to hear, “Well, I was planning a vacation, and my mum was talking to our next door neighbours, and she said that her niece – the single one that works as a vet, not the one with four young children – had heard that the Arcadia was fairly reasonably priced.”
[Wing: I love you, Dove.]
Some other lifeguards and their friends show up, we don’t meet them, all we learn is one is called Chip. Chip. Moving on. She dances with him and Eric, but Tiff won’t leave Nick’s side long enough to let her talk to him.
Eric insists on walking her back to her room and makes it clear he’s interested. Kelly is not. Claire is mentioned as being nice, but “a little too quiet and scared of her own shadow.”
She finally gets Eric to leave, and lets herself into her room. Someone had been in there. Cue infuriating chapter end.
Dun-Dun-DUNNNNN! 2
Actually, maybe someone hadn’t been in there. She doesn’t quite remember leaving stuff as it is now, but she’d been thinking about Nick, so maybe she wasn’t paying attention.
She goes to sleep and wakes up at 8:55, her alarm didn’t go off.
World of fail: 1 (when the “bad things” really are quite lame)
Come on Arcadia, by this point Sarah was fantasising about cutting Matt’s hand off. Step it up.
[Wing: Ah, the good old days of fantasy mutilation.]
At the pool, Tiffany is doing beautiful dives, Eric is clearly a weight-lifter (or roided to the hilt), and Claire is finally there, she is short and has black hair. Chip still exists. Fuck you and your silly name, Chip.
Martin shows her several things, all of which will be plot points later:
Emergency on-off switch for the pool filter – if the pool level drops, and the filtration system isn’t turned off, it’ll burn out.
Liquid chlorine, which is only needed every four days or so.
De-clouder, to keep the water clear and pretty.
She then heads to the office and someone grabs her from behind, with their hand over her mouth.
Creepily, the grabber’s first words are “Promise me you won’t scream.” Naturally it’s Nick, who refuses to explain what he’s doing in her office.
[Wing: While I realise she doesn’t think he’s the killer — mostly because there have been no deaths, boring — he is all creepy like this and yet she wants him to be her lovah.]
He’s been at the inn four days now.
“Where are your parents?”
“Not around,” Nick said.
Parents? What parents? 1
He makes it clear he’s not into Tiffany, and Kelly does the same about Eric. Then he reveals that he got into her office using basically a credit card, and he can get into any room he wants. Kelly promises not to tell anyone about this. Because… he’s cute? Kelly! Come on, I was liking you. You were about to be my next Tess.
[Wing: Come on, Dove, don’t you know you should do anything to win the cute boy?]
The day drags on, Eric shows off his muscular prowess, Kelly isn’t interested, and he does not take the hint. We finally talk to Claire. Claire worries about having to really save someone, as opposed to practice. Kelly is surprised by this. Why? The difference between knowing how to do something academically and actually doing it is a big one. Kelly, I’m starting to dislike you.
[Wing: I would have let this go if Kelly’s surprise was that Claire had never been called to rescue someone, but neither has Kelly. Apparently, Kelly has no such weakness as worry that she might mess up and not save someone’s life.]
When she gets back to her room, she has the creepy feeling someone’s been in there again. Which I’m sure you’d have if you were working on the knowledge that your door doesn’t lock and you’re surrounded by strangers.
And then dinner.
Kelly rolled her eyes as she sat down next to him. Claire took the only other chair available at the table.
Kelly heard a loud crack!
Suddenly Claire disappeared.
She did not disappear, the chair was sabotaged. Claire is pretty shaken. No, I’m not being sarcastic, look:
Shaking a little, Claire stood up and brushed herself off. “Nothing like that’s ever happened to me before.”
I’m sorry, but I demand a better level of fuckery from the Arcadia, we’ve had possession/past lives, and we’ve had a ghost encouraging someone to kill their dad. A collapsing chair and an unplugged alarm clock are not getting the job done.
[Wing: You forget, NOT A GODDAMN THING HAPPENED IN THE BOOK WHERE A GHOST ENCOURAGED SOMEONE TO KILL THEIR DAD.]
World of fail: 2
Nick sidles over and tells, yes, tells, Kelly to meet him in her room. And yes, he already knows which room and which floor she’s on. Hi, thar, Edward Cullen.
[Wing: NO. NO I AM NOT READING ANOTHER FAKE TWILIGHT NIGHTMARE BOOK. NO.]
T. S. Rue/Stephenie Meyer, same person? Rue gets to the point a lot quicker though.
Also, Eric cannot take social cues. Kelly says she can’t hang out with him because she has to write a letter. He offers to cover her work shift so she can write it then and hang out with him now. Kelly really ought to just say, “Look, you’re coming on kind of strong, I’m not interested, can you pull it back a little, and maybe we can be friends.”
Oh, hey, that letter thing wasn’t actually the lamest lie ever, she actually wants to write to her boyfriend, Tom, who’s really nice and popular and… probably the killer in another PH story out there.
Kelly wrote Dear Tom, and then stared at the blank notepad for a long time. Tom was everything a girl could want, but… well, he wasn’t Nick. There was just something special about Nick. Something about the spark in his eyes and the mysterious smile on his lips both thrilled and frightened Kelly. Tom was easy to boss around. He’d do almost anything Kelly told him to do. On the other hand, Kelly found it hard to say no to Nick.
Stop telling us he’s mysterious. He isn’t. He’s just not given much to do. This is what we call an informed attribute. Linked heavily to telling and not showing. Why am I even bothering? Anyone who reads the recaps knows this, and anyone who wrote the books will never get it. *sigh*
Anyway, Nick tells her he likes her, then notices that there’s a massive puddle by the filtration system.
They hurry down, deciding a pipe has broken. Kelly runs over to switch the filtration system off, and her ankle gets caught. She reaches down into the mud to free it and decides that it doesn’t feel like a branch, actually.
More like bone, actually.
[Wing: No. She says it is hard like a branch. Then she says it is hard and therefore can’t be a branch. And I want to ram the branch/bone/pipe through her ear.]
She flails a bit, then Nick pulls her free. She’s still panicking, as they stand in the storage building.
Kelly stared up at him. She knew it would sound crazy. It was crazy. But she had felt it herself, had touched those bony fingers… “It was a skeleton,” she whispered. “A skeleton’s hand.”
Mental health: with tact and sensitivity: 1
Seb and Martin show up.
Nick glanced at Kelly, then back at Sebastian. “What would cause a pipe to rupture like that? I mean, those things are buried deep in the ground, aren’t they?”
“Not all that deep. A couple feet, maybe. But the ground moves,” Sebastian said. “Not like an earthquake or anything. Just gradually. Things settle.”
“Was there ever a graveyard here?” Kelly asked abruptly.
“Here?” Sebastian frowned, then stared at Martin for a moment. “No, I don’t think so. Not that I know of, at least. Anyway, I don’t think they would have built a pool over a graveyard.”
“What if it was really old?” Kelly asked. “Like, here long before this place was built?”
Why don’t we have an “it was an Indian burial ground” trope?
[Wing: Well, wasn’t Seb described as wearing Indian jewelry earlier?]
Also, Seb reasonably points out they might have noticed a boneyard when digging a big fucking hole for two swimming pools.
[Wing: Technically, it is only one pool. It’s all connected. They keep saying two. They are wrong. And have you heard my new band, BONEYARD SWIMMING POOL? First single is “Digging a Fucking Hole”.]
[Dove: I would buy that shit.]
[Wing: *preens*]
Kelly and Nick do not tell them why they’re asking, and they head back to the hotel. Kelly says she wishes she knew him better, because she’d ask him to stay on her floor. I love the outraged chastity in these books. To be fair, she does barely know him, and this rant would be better placed in Dream Date, where the lead won’t let a boy stay over her house, even with her female BFF there to chaperone.
Anyway, they decide to come back in the morning when the area has drained and see if it really was a hand.
They don’t find it. They do find a string of beads spelling out a name, Laura.
Martin shows up and says the pool is closed, and they’ll get the repair crew to dig up the area and fix the pipe. Kelly is convinced they’re going to find bones.
I’m equally convinced they’re not. THE ARCADIA DOES NOT PLAY BY YOUR RULES, BITCHES!
[Wing: Arcadia plays by the rules of the Isuzu Trooper, bitches.]
[Dove: *snorts*]
They close the pools, rope them off, make signs, and disperse. Nick gets cornered by Tiffany, and Kelly by Eric, and end up politely agreeing to spend the day with them. Good lord, it’s no more rude to say “I don’t want to” than it is to act all irritated and inconvenienced by hanging out with someone.
Kelly’s going to lie on a sun lounger and keep an eye on the digging. Eric’s going to stalk her.
Sitting on her pillow was a torn piece of paper. STAY AWAY FROM THE POOL, the handwriting said. Kelly tore the paper up and threw it in the wastebasket. It was a stupid joke by one of the other lifeguards. Kelly didn’t see the humor in it, though. In the back of her mind she couldn’t help wondering if the warning was serious. She shrugged the idea off. The weirdness at the New Arcadia was just making her nervous.
Arcadia, seriously, step it the fuck up. By now, Sarah had split into Sarah and Sharon and was running amok. Or, at least, moseying about belligerently.
[Wing: Ha, ha, such a funny prank.]
Speaking of Sarah, Kelly goes to front desk to get her valuables, and Sarah is wearing the cross. This is a minor step up from wearing Erin’s sunglasses. Sarah is a dick, and says the manager is away and only he knows the safe combination.
She then heads off to find Seb, presumably to ask about her lock, though she say doesn’t so. She finds him in the boathouse sawing chairs, just like the one that made Claire “disappear”.
COME ON ARCADIA, FUCKING STEP UP! DID ALL YOUR FUCKING POWER LIE IN THE ISUZU TROOPER? IS THAT WHY EVERYTHING HAS BEEN SO LAME EVER SINCE BOOK 1? BRING BACK THE FUCKING ISUZU!
[Wing: DED FROM LAUGHTER]
When questioned, Seb says that he is “reinforcing” the chair, breaking it is the “first step”. I’m sorry, Seb, but you were much fucking cooler in the first book. I’m disappointed in you. In fact, I’m giving you a stupid prank counter.
Oh you wacky kids, with your hi-jinks and your pranks: 1
“You know, last night Claire had a nasty fall because the chair she’d been sitting on had had its leg sawed partway through. Weird, huh?” Kelly said coolly.
“Well, er, it’s possible I put one back by accident without finishing the job,” Sebastian said, scratching his head. “I am kind of forgetful. So, uh, how can I help you?”
Also, Seb still hasn’t got time to fix her lock.
Eric turned his lounge around so that it faced the same direction as hers. He took out one of his CDs.
“The Spin Doctors,” he said. “Ever heard of them?”
Way to date the book, Rue.
Also, Kelly’s batteries are dead.
Kelly shook her head and sighed. It seemed as though nothing worked around here. Door locks, chairs, swimming pools, CD players… And she’d only been there two days!
World of fail: 5 – and you’re lucky I don’t give out more points for listing all the weaksauce crap that’s happened thus far.
The chapter ends with the workmen finding something…
… it’s a bit of broken pipe. Although it is weird, because it’s like it’s been cleaved neatly in half, rather than breaking down naturally. Kelly doesn’t understand this though.
The man’s words meant little to Kelly. All she knew was that they’d dug clear down to the pipe and hadn’t found the skeleton. What could have happened to it? Was she just crazy, after all?
Kelly got up and started back toward the inn. Either she was totally nuts, and there had been no skeletal hand, or there had been a hand, and Nick had somehow done something with it. Neither choice was very appealing. But she began to wonder about him again. Why had he been in the lifeguard office? Why was she so trusting of him?
She finds Nick in her office again. He’s “looking for Laura” apparently. He then reveals that something awful happened at the Arcadia a long time ago, and his parents were there at the time, and it changed his father forever (I’ll assume the mother died then?) and he’s going to get to the bottom of it.
Then they get stuck in the office, and it’s toasty warm.
For some reason, there’s no keyhole on the inside of the door, and Nick can’t use his credit card to open it. Ok, whatevs. I’m not even all that fussed. Nick asked why she left the door open (aside, presumably, to avoid this very situation), [Wing: Except both times she’s caught him in there, the door was shut. So … he’s down with suffocating? Kinky.] and she says that she’s not sure of him. And with that Kelly claws back my respect.
Nick starts beating the door with a hole punch and eventually the hinge pins come out and they escape, woozy and overheated.
Nick decides to go for a dip, and Kelly actually hears the water, then wonders how the pool could be filled so quickly!
Obviously, he does not dive in and crack his skull on the empty pool bottom. He’s the love interest, that means he dies in the last or penultimate chapter. Nobody else has even been so much as inconvenienced yet. Nick is fine. Also:
“The sounds of the pool water.” Nick scowled. “That’s weird. I heard it a second ago. Now I don’t.”
Kelly found a kickboard lying on the floor. She picked it up and tossed it into the pool. Instead of a splash, they heard a dull thud as it hit the pool floor.
“It’s empty. There’s no water,” Nick whispered in amazement. “How did you know?”
Why the fuck can’t they just look in the pool and see if the water is in there? This is not me being slack. There is no paragraph that says they can see water, but can’t hear it (or vice-versa), they are literally relying on sound to work out whether or not the pool has water in it.
Ladies and gentleman, I give you the Head Lifeguard.
DED FROM STUPID: 1 (when stupidity rears its ugly head)
The next day they still don’t work. Kelly spends the day with Nick. They hold hands. And have a quick kiss. And that’s about as much effort as the book put in to conveying those three facts.
When she gets back to her room that night, she looks at the pool and…
It was glowing red.
Blood red.
Dun-Dun-DUNNNNN! 10
Fucking ROFL. Head Lifeguard doesn’t bother going to find out why the pool is filled with blood, she just goes to bed, telling herself it’s a rusty pipe.
[Wing: KELLY NEEDS HER BEAUTY SLEEP. SHE’S GOT A CREEPY LOVAH.]
This is what happens when you hire teenagers to manage things. Just saying. When I was her age, the boss told me I was in charge for the week while she and the second in line were both on holiday. The office junior and I spent the week buying ice creams with the petty cash, wrapping each other’s monitors in cling film (saran wrap?) or tin foil, taping paperclips to odd places and seeing how long it would take for the other to notice, and feeding bits of paper through a fan to see if it really would produce confetti. (It doesn’t.)
Actually, I’m so genuinely amused by this, I might have to call Wing and tell her. [Note from the future: I did just that.]
[Wing: She did. It was hilarious.]
Also, I’m deducting 20 points from the overall counts at the end of this, because it has fucking made me laugh.
DED FROM STUPID: -19 (we were on 1 to start with)
Oh, god, back to business as usual at the Arcadia. And by this I mean that the pool is closed again, this time it’s all cloudy (not bloody), and won’t clear up when Kelly uses the de-clouder, and all the tests say it’s fine.
Also, someone has fixed the office door that Nick took off the hinges yesterday, but they still haven’t fixed Kelly’s bedroom lock.
Martin turns up and demands she open the pool. He proves how safe it is by diving to the bottom of the pool and Kelly can just about see him because she knew he was there. Martin’s all, “that’s fine. As long as they have the option to kill themselves while swimming, it’s all good.”
So, she goes to see the manager to complain, except for Sarah says the manager is out, no idea when he’ll be back. Kelly then realises she has no idea who the manager is.
Right, back to the pool. Two lifeguards on each pool.
Someone still manages to drown.
He’s dead! He’s dead! HE’S FUCKING DEAD! … oh wait, he survived: 1 (pretty sure this one explains itself)
Fucking prank. Will someone just die already?
[Wing: Where’s the damn prank counter then?
AND. AND. AND.
Two pools. Two lifeguards for each pool, which is really one big pool. The inn offers sailing and jetskis and other such lake games. WHY IS THERE NO FUCKING LIFEGUARD AT THE LAKE?]
Kelly essentially weeps in Nick’s arms, feeling overwhelmed by this shit. I’m sorry, but I don’t remember Sarah weeping at all, and her friends were fucking dying and she thought she was killing them. Come on, Arcadia, step it up!
[Wing: Also, makes her look pretty hypocritical back when she basically mocked Claire for worrying about having to save someone, but Kelly breaks down over a prank of not actually saving someone.]
A week passes and we are told that Nick and Kelly get closer. We don’t fucking see it, but we’re told, so I’m sure I’m rooting for them to stay together forever. They stop eating with the rest of the lifeguards, because of their twoo luv.
One night, they overhear a bunch of new guests who talk about how wild it was at the Arcadia back in the sixties – that they used to come here back then.
[Wing: … convenient.]
“But remember that triple murder? That crazy jealous girl? That one was in all the papers.”
And yet, nobody decides to mention that Sarah is identical to the murderer. Nobody speculates she’s a love child or relative. Nobody things that gossip is worthy of mentioning.
Carrying straight on from that quote:
“Well, sure, but that was the early seventies,” someone said. “By then all the hippies had taken over and the place was just a big commune. They closed it down after that. But a lot of strange stuff went on even before that. I mean, back when it was still being run as an inn.”
“Oh, yeah, wasn’t there a story about some kid whose parents beat him?”
“There was that one. And the one about the girl who drowned and they hid the body.”
Nick sat perfectly still. It seemed to Kelly that the blood was draining out of his face.
“I never heard that story.”
“Well, it seemed there was a party one night. Some kids and lifeguards. Anyway, they were drinking and things got kind of out of hand. The next thing they knew, this girl was lying on the bottom of the pool. They tried to revive her, but she must’ve been on the bottom for a while, because she was stone cold.”
[Wing: See also: Books one and two.]
Naturally, these partying morons decided to hide the body instead of telling anyone about it. Because that always turns out so well. Especially when the place is already haunted.
Nick storms out, Kelly follows, bumps into Martin, has a conversation that goes in circles, then finds Nick, and that conversation goes nowhere, and we learn nothing new and I’ve just saved you reading two whole chapters with one paragraph.
They separate and Kelly finds a note on her door from Tiffany (who has been mean every time she’s been around, but I didn’t bother to recount it because when you’ve read one PH, you don’t really need an explanation of why the “alpha bitch” character is not even worthy of recap space) saying that the diving board feels weird and Kelly should test it.
It goes about as well as anything does in the Arcadia the next morning. The board cracks and Kelly belly-flops (or Kelly-flops, do you see what I did there? I’M FUCKING FUNNY!) [Wing: Just snorted water ouch.] into the water.
[Wing: Still want to know how the hell she ended up hitting the water face first from that dive position, but whatever.]
Kelly marches upstairs and confronts Tiffany about this “prank”… wait, up the count…
… and Tiffany’s all “What? I didn’t do anything!” which pisses off Kelly, especially when she finds the note from Tiffany missing.
Finally, Kelly’s all “Fuck this shit, I’m finding Martin and telling him to stick his job up his arse!”
Then she bumps into Nick, who talks her into staying. And we still don’t get his backstory. This still doesn’t make him mysterious, it just means he lacks any depth or personality.
At lunch:
“You know,” Chip said, “I’ve noticed some strange things about this place too. Like in my room the hot and cold water is reversed. And there’s a window in my closet.”
ARCADIA, YOU ARE BETTER THAN THIS SHIT. BE MORE WEIRD.
[Wing: But just imagine what might be watching him through that window in his closet. IMAGINE, DOVE. IMAGINE.]
[Dove: … uh, me?]
They have a pool party, and Chip bets the others he can’t stay on the bottom of the pool for a minute. That’ll end well. Or at least, that’ll end with a…
He’s dead! He’s dead! HE’S FUCKING DEAD! … oh wait, he survived: 2
Chip claims he couldn’t swim back up because the current into the drain was too strong. They laugh it off because, lolz, Arcadia, what can you do?, etc. Next up is a water fight, except Chip, who only exists to get hurt, gets a face full of liquid chlorine instead. And the party’s over.
So, they hire a new lifeguard called David to replace Chip, who has been around for all of two scenes, so clearly he was an integral part of this story. But it’s all good, because Tiffany fancies David.
She’s showing off doing her dives when something goes wrong. I don’t know if she breaks her neck or just hurts herself, but Tiffany’s out. Also, when Kelly dove in to save her, she felt something grab her ankle again and heard someone say “too bad, too bad”.
And Kelly’s door still hasn’t been fixed.
Nick nodded and sat down on the bed. “After a while you start to wonder whether this place is a resort or a funny farm. There’s just so much bizarre stuff going on.”
If you can’t tell, I’m getting fed up. *momentarily brightens* Wait, we’re getting Nick’s backstory.
His dad killed himself last year. Mum and Dad used to come to the Arcadia all the time until something happened and they never came back. That’s it? That’s what I have slogged through 22 chapters and 5,000 words of recap for? FFS.
“My father’s friends told me,” Nick said. “After what happened here, my father changed. It was like, before that he was a great, happy guy, and after that he began a long, slow decline. He went to college and became a history professor. But he couldn’t hold a job. The last four years, he was in and out of mental institutions. Finally he convinced them he was better just long enough for them to let him out. Then he killed himself.”
Nick bent his head and ran his fingers through his hair. “I haven’t talked to my mother in years. She walked out on me and my father when I was eight. She left me alone with him when he couldn’t even take care of himself. I had to take care of him. And then when I couldn’t take care of him anymore, they put him in the nuthouse.”
Kelly felt a tear slide out of her eye and roll down her cheek. “You had to start taking care of your father when you were eight?”
Nuthouse?
Also, Kelly, why are you crying? It didn’t happen to you. It doesn’t make you sensitive to cry over someone’s misfortune, it makes you come across like you’re cashing in on someone else’s misery.
[Wing: Kelly: IT’S ALL ABOUT MEEEEEEEEEE.]
Nick refuses to call his mother for an explanation because he hates her. He would rather put up the nightmare that is living at the Arcadia than have an awkward chat with the maternal body. Fine.
Update: Tiff definitely broke her neck, though no word on whether she’s paralysed. Eric refers to the place as Disaster HQ, and Kelly points out that all the staff have vanished.
David and Claire no longer want to go in the water. I had completely forgotten Claire existed, so that update was refreshing and informative.
They’re not alone in this. When they get to the pool, it’s cloudier than ever, “like soup”. Kelly closes the pool and Eric calls them a bunch of pussies. Well, in nineties/PG-friendly language.
“I’m gonna dive off the bad-luck diving board,” Eric said. “Then I’m gonna swim to the bottom of the evil pool, and then I’m going to get out.”
Yeah, no, son, you’re not.
DED FROM STUPID: -18 (+1)
He dives successfully, he touches the bottom successfully, then he’s eaten by piranhas. Successfully.
And there’s a sentence, even on this blog, I never thought I would type. Wing is glaring at me because I won’t tell her what’s so funny. She’s getting really cross.
[Wing: ADS;LKFJASDFLKJASDKFJHSAD;LFJS. I HATE YOU, DOVE.]
[Dove: In Wing-speak, this is a compliment. *preens*]
This is even better than Kelly saying “Pool full of blood? Fuck it! I’m going to bed!”
You know what? Another 50 points deducted from the total score because FUCKING PIRANHAS!
FUCKING PIRANHAS!: -50
[Wing: But I love the piranhas.]
Kelly and Nick converge in his room because it has a lock.
Nick nodded slowly. His expression said that the news wasn’t good. “I called the police and told them that someone had been eaten by piranhas in the pool.”
“They didn’t believe you?” Kelly asked.
“Not only did they not believe me, but they tried to keep me on the line so they could trace the call,” Nick said. “I told them I was calling from the New Arcadia Inn, but they didn’t believe me. They were convinced that it was a crank call.”
Right, the count… this is one of those rare moments where the cops have a fucking point. Wing? Help me. Fuck it. No, I’m deducting a point for using this correctly.
Oh you wacky kids, with your hi-jinks and your pranks: 2 (it was 3 earlier)
[Wing: Deduct away. That definitely sounds like a prank call. I would have gone for someone’s hurt in the pool, CONSIDERING TWO OTHER PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TAKEN AWAY TO HOSPITAL FOR BEING HURT IN OR NEAR A POOL SO FAR.]
They think Claire and David have left… which means all of the named cast is gone. You know what that means? ISUZU TROOPER, BITCHES!
Or, you know, finale where Nick dies and Kelly becomes part of the inn?
There is more bloody talking about how Kelly wants to leave, but Nick talks her into staying, and talk of his dad, which is handled with diplomacy and a respect for all people with mental health issues, and the count gets bumped by three.
Mental health: with tact and sensitivity: 10
Kelly talks Nick into calling his mum, and while they’re in the lobby, Kelly notices it’s empty, most people have left. Nick calls but there’s no answer. He calls again, she answers.
MOAR BACKSTORY. Dad was a lifeguard, mum was a waitress, both at Arcadia. Dad had a friend named Jack, who dated a girl who got all obsessed with him, and she drowned. Jack hid the body because he was old money, and you know how the rich don’t ever own up to murder. Jack’s parents then put Dad through college as hush money. Naturally, dead girl is called Laura.
They theorise Laura might have been buried near the pool.
YA THINK?
Nick suggests when the pipe broke, Laura moved from her grave next to the pool to the pool itself. Yeah, sure, let’s go with that.
[Wing: Why, that is perfectly sound logic. I mean, I’m sure no one has ever done maintenance on the pipes since she was buried.]
“I still don’t get it,” he said. “I mean, if it’s really true that the drowning was an accident, why did it drive my father crazy?”
Kelly went over and put her arm around his shoulder. “You’re going to drive yourself crazy trying to come up with answers, Nick. There’s no way you can find out what really happened that night.”
It was probably murder if she was clingy and Jack was an ass. Also, Jack died in a car accident on his way to college. Nick finally admits he’ll never know what happened, and they’ll leave in the morning.
So, everyone is going to die tonight.
Nick sleeps on the floor, Kelly sleeps on the bed, but before she falls asleep, Nick asks whether she heard the voice speak to her in the pool. Why? Oh, no reason. Night.
She wakes up the night and Nick is gone. She figures out his stealthy question and heads to the pool, where she finds him talking to the water, but she can’t hear what’s being said, she can’t get through the glass door because it’s locked. And breaking all that glass is not an option because… nobody thought of it.
Something suddenly grabs him and drags him into the water.
Kelly cried out in horror. The thing clinging to Nick was half human, half skeleton. One arm was bone from the elbow down. Its face was a skull, except for a few patches of flesh and long, stringy hair. But there was no doubt in Kelly’s mind that it was the girl in the picture.
Nick drowns and the door opens.
[Wing: Actually, not a terrible description for a PH.]
Laura doesn’t really clarify whether they killed or just didn’t notice, but she’s bitter either way. She beckons Kelly closer, and Kelly does so, until Laura reaches for her. Kelly grabs her arm, and drags her out of the pool and outside on to the grass, where Laura drowns in air.
Then she goes home. That’s it.
Well, I remember this being a lot more sinister when I was 12. However, it made me laugh out loud twice, and no book either already recapped or on the book list has ever made me do that before, so currently, based on scores, this is the finest PH we own.
[Wing: It is one of the best, but book four, Dove. BOOK FOUR.]
Final Counts:
DED FROM STUPID: -16 (for making Dove laugh her ass off.)
FUCKING PIRANHAS! -50
Final Score: -28 (a low score is good)
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“moseying about belligerently”
That was my favorite description ever. lol
Love these recaps!! I had the nightmare inn 3in1 book as a kid and just discovered your website. It’s great being able to read your recaps as I can never seem to find any random point horror books in charity shops etc these days.
It feels like watching a movie with friends and pointing out all the stupid times characters do things. Keep up the awesome work!!
I actually really liked the nightmare inn books, they failed to pull off what they were going for but the idea was great of the place messing with different people who stayed there… And I always imagined a giant sort of log building with terrible 60s wallpaper and tacky 60s lamps.
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Recap #108: The Forbidden Game #3: The Kill by LJ Smith
Written by Donna Published 22 November 2017 13 April 2019 Discussion Leave a Comment on Recap #108: The Forbidden Game #3: The Kill by LJ Smith
L.J. Smith, who finally ditched the ridiculous descriptions and probably realized what she did with Dee in the last book was a bit much so she toned it down a ton in THE KILL. The othering is still there, but it’s minimal in comparison. [Wing: Third time’s the charm, I guess.]
It was Julian’s last challenge before he disappeared into the Shadow World, taking Jenny Thornton’s boyfriend Tom and her cousin Zach: “If you want them, come on a treasure hunt. But remember: if you lose, there’s the devil to pay.”
Jenny, Audrey, Michael, and Dee have burned their bridges, leaving their families behind, to enter the Shadow World with a set of runes, magical letters that open the doors of hell. They’re lost in an amusement park nightmare, at Julian’s mercy as they look for Tom and Zach. Jenny’s only clue it a gold coin, Julian’s gift, and Julian himself, more beautiful, more seductive, and more dangerous than ever. And determined to make her his bride . . .
At this point the kids are like, “Best of seven?” And Julian’s like
Because dude. You lost twice already. Just take your toys and go home.
The Place:
A little bit in Jenny’s grandfather’s house but mostly in an amusement park of nightmares. BE STILL MY HEART. [Wing: I am so damn excited. Best location yet.]
And then there were four. And Julian.
Jenny – Who’s gone all BAMF and isn’t taking shit lying down and is [mostly] not having any of Julian’s crap and GODDAMNIT GIVE HER BACK HER MENS.
Dee – Who has largely stopped being othered (largely) but her personality changes pretty heavily in this book. I guess the amusement park really gets to her.
Audrey – Is basically looking like a crisped out Tri Pi from Sorority Boys hanging out in a life raft at this point. She’s frazzled, unkempt, and so incredibly over this shit.
Michael – Still a useless coward and I’m not even really sure what he’s doing in the story. He’s effectively dead weight.
Julian – Also looking like a haggard Tri Pi because Jenny’s beaten his ass twice and he doesn’t know when to fuck right on off.
Tom and Zach don’t show up until the end and as if you couldn’t see it coming, Summer shows up too.
The book starts off with Audrey having her spiky lashes, Dee looking like Nefertiti (and also a night princess, not sure WTF that is), and Jenny describing herself looking at her reflection in a window and she has her hair the color of honey in sunlight again. Smith pretty much gets this out of the way in the beginning, thank god. Because we don’t really come back to these horrid descriptions again.
The paragraph summarizing the last two books is rather awkward but less so than in the last book at least. Jenny thinks a lot to herself while on the plane about the brief note she left for her parents and what she could have written, the could-have-written being the summary of the last two books. Jenny, considering it’s the story you told the police, your parents should expect the ridiculous truth. Your dad may want to test you for acid again, though.
I guess the way they all funded their trip back east to get to Jenny’s grandfather’s house to get into the Shadow World was by stealing their parents ATM cards and skimming $200 a day from them. I get there was no internet and people weren’t monitoring their accounts then like they do now, but shouldn’t someone at the bank have notified the cardholders of this kind of activity? Seems like it should have sent up some kind of red flag or something.
But their plan was to skim this money from their parents and buy tickets to Pittsburgh and get to Jenny’s grandfather’s house, the only place she knows with a door to the Shadow World. I mean not a bad idea but it seems like they probably shouldn’t have gotten as far as they did. But what do I know?
Dee, Audrey, Michael, and Jenny are on the plane and they all pass out at the same time and wake up at the same time, all having some kind of Julian dream. Then the plane drops due to turbulence, a number of buttholes clench, and I imagine one of my worst fears while reading a book. Fantastic.
For all the planning Jenny did to actually get them to the house she didn’t do jack to find out anything about the house. Like whether it was even still in the family, who could be living there, who’s taking care of it. Nothing. So they wing it, practically breaking in before they see the ADT-type sign on the lawn and think better of it.
Jenny remembers the name of the caretaker so they walk a half mile or so to the local dairy bar (I’m guessing an ice cream shop? Soda fountain?) to use the phone. Turns out the woman’s out all day and it’s just past dawn so they all have some time to kill. So Jenny drags them all onto a bus to go to the local amusement park to while away the hours. [Wing: When you’ve already stolen enough money for the trip, might as well blow it having fun before you go rescue your friends.]
Enter the best setting ever. The park is run down with only a handful of updated rides so it gives off this vibe of dilapidation. Of course the place gives her the creeps the entire time she’s there and when they’re playing a fishing game Jenny ends up fishing Julian’s ring out of the water and she realizes (yet again) that he’s always watching. How could she forget this? This is literally every book and she has to be reminded she has some kind of fairy stalker on her ass.
They leave and head to the caretaker’s house to get the key, giving her some lame excuse that prompts the intelligent woman to have Jenny’s parents call her in the morning, leaving them on a short fuse to get their shit done.
So they let themselves into Jenny’s grandfather’s house and immediately set to work, rooting through all the crap he has in the basement, giving Audrey something to do with all that culture she’s collected as she points out what everything is in his creepy sorcerer’s room. Then they find the old man’s journals and start reading in shifts so they can get some sleep but keep working.
The original closet door that Jenny’s grandfather got sucked into turned out to be just an empty closet now so once they found the runes they decided to go that route and carved up the basement door itself. Jenny has a foreshadowing moment when they get to the rune Gebo and she has a feeling something bad is going to happen associated to that rune, the rune of sacrifice. What would a cheesy 90s YA horror novel be without such obvious foreshadowing?
Jenny conveniently accidentally cuts her thumb, drawing the blood they need to trace the carved runes. [Wing: Accidental blood drawing is always so convenient in 90s supernatural stories. BtVS, I’m looking at you.] Before they actually speak them, though, they go and get prepared for the journey and Jenny’s preparations are the shit. She looks like she just rolled out of a LL Bean catalogue with her boots and her fanny pack filled with provisions, including a yard of toilet paper. That just amuses me so much that she thought to bring a yard of toilet paper into the Shadow World. Because shit happens and you have to be prepared. So many people forget their toilet paper. [Wing: Jenny is the greatest.]
I also like how they’re not necessarily being off-the-handle assholes about all of this. A more common trend now especially is for characters to just run tits first into any situation without an ounce of thought about anything. While these kids kind of did that, they also planned the shit out of it. They committed identity theft to fund their trip. They actually thought about what could be on the other side of the door and prepared for it with provisions (she even has food in that pack!) and weapons and lights. It’s like someone FINALLY paid attention in Girl Scouts. Thank god.
Jenny says [the right] words, activates the runes, and turns the door into an EDM club for a second before the strobe lights fade, leaving the circle of runes turned from their original position, like a clock ticking. She reaches out to open the door and finds nothing on the other side. No stairs, no frozen wasteland. Just absolute blackness. And Jenny’s like let’s do this.
I love her “fuck with me and I’ll end you” attitude that she’s developed. The navel-gazing “how have I changed?” is gone and replaced with this cold resolve that puts her on a track with no possibility of derailment. Julian’s dragged her through the muck and the mud and now he’s fucking with her Tom and her Zach and she’s about to Hulk smash some shit to get them back. Go, Jenny!
Smith’s ability to paint a scene really shines in THE KILL. I’m a total sucker for amusement park settings anyway (and I’ve read some shit books just because they had amusement park settings, just didn’t know they were shit going into it, unfortunately), but she describes it in this sinister, dark shadows sort of way that makes me feel Julian’s eyes on the back of my neck. And the creepy abandoned lodge sort of feel at the grandfather’s house? Felt it there too. Shit getting’s really creepy and Smith’s painting a picture of impending evil and doom really well. Considering the park itself is a character in this story, she would have to or it would all fall flat.
And the one time I agree with Michael, when he says, “Nothing creepier than a closed amusement park.” Yes. That’s correct. That’s where horror is born.
It’s weird, though, because when they all walk through the door they’re not sure whether the amusement park is actually the Shadow World or not. Uh . . . why wouldn’t they? They all just cracked open a supernatural rune door that they walked through that started in a house and ended up in an amusement park. What part of that is questionable? Did they think they just discovered a way to teleport? It’s a moment of duh for the sake of duh. And she drags it on too. I imagine for tension but it only works to show how obtuse the characters are being for the sake of plot. [Wing: I don’t understand why she thought she needed this tension here. It’s already tense! The description is working! The stakes for Jenny are high! We don’t need forced tension like this.]
And now a moment for a little bit of Dee othering, including mentioning that she’s always threatening physical violence and her arms were slim but “as hard as a boy’s.” I’m just going to go roll my eyes so hard I give myself a brain scan now.
They walk into Joyland Park, the amusement park they were in earlier, [Wing: If the park has to tell you it’s a land of joy, it’s probably a land of murder in reality.] and after they spend way too much time mulling over their existential crisis Dee notices a fishing pole in the little game booth they were at earlier and wants to try fishing. Michael gets all whiny about Dee putting them all in danger with her rash decisions. That’s not untrue but Michael’s a whiny little shit so I’m just going to ignore him.
A headless zombie pops out of the water and attacks Dee. Jenny throws herself into the fray to protect her all the while thinking she’s not a fighter. Yet barreling tits first to save her friend anyway. So there’s that.
They just barely save Dee and then Jenny realizes that bloated, headless corpse was familiar . . . Because it’s Slug, which is horrifying and terrifying and just amped up the creep in this story tenfold. They get cleaned up in a bathroom before heading over to the mine ride to get themselves some picks for weapons since Jenny’s Swiss Army knife won’t cut it against headless zombies. Literally.
On the way they all discover they’ve all had amusement park nightmares at some point in their lives and this whole shit show is going to be a smorgasbord of Julian using that to fuck with them. Hooray! [Wing: HOW CONVENIENT. And wonderful.]
So the mine ride, which exists in the “real” park that Jenny’s been to, is a thing that depicts miners being buried alive in a cave-in. Just as a reminder, this is set in western Pennsylvania, which is nearly ground zero for mine country. Uh . . . Little tactless? Maybe? [Wing: Wait, the real mine ride in the story depicts that too? I’ve seen mine rides, but never ones actually about miners being buried alive. I must have read this as Julian’s version, but damn.]
Enter another Smith adverb: bounced bruisingly. No. Just . . . No.
They get into the mine ride, get their weapons, and on the way back out things start going haywire. The tracks split where they didn’t split before and instead of being smart about it and backtracking they just keep plunging forward, following Jenny and her poor decision-making as they bury themselves further and further into this hell ride. Granted I’m sure they would have buried themselves regardless of who was making the decisions because it’s the Shadow World and everything’s changing but whatever.
When Dee admits that she had a nightmare once about being in a mine during a cave-in the shaft changes from the ride to something real, with real dirt and damp, and she curls into herself more. They reach a cavern and the earth crumbles, dropping Jenny down another shaft and tumbling into darkness alone where she sat panicked about what could be around her in the dark. Then a voice spoke to her through the rock.
Of course it’s Julian talking to her and he ignites a torch for her to see. She’s in an oubliette (basically) and he’s taunting her but she’s so fired up she doesn’t care. When she walked through the fire in the last book she felt it cleanse her. It washed away the draw she used to have toward Julian and now she mocked and taunted him back only to hoist herself by her own petard.
The new game he has set out for her is getting to Treasure Island. It was set up in the park earlier with a couple of kids trying to find gold doubloons. If you collect all three you get onto the island. So Julian uses that. He gives her one coin and leaves her in the dark to get out and find the rest. But before he leaves he claims the Shadow Park is ten years old and created for something else completely, which she’ll find out about eventually. [Wing: Is it murder? Because my guess is it was created for murder.]
She’s groping along the oubliette (let’s just call it what it is) and finds the flashlight, which is dying. Before it does she sees eyes in the stone — other Shadow Men. Then the room stars to flood when the eyes disappear. She thinks they’re doing this without Julian knowing because he wouldn’t actually want her dead. He disagreed with them before when she was five and opened the door. Now that she’s entirely in their world, not Julian’s doll house, she’s exposed and for the taking.
As the room is nearly full she thinks of the runes and successfully uses one to turn the waterfall into ice, which stops the flooding but starts her freezing. The chapter ends with her losing consciousness and sliding under water without getting out.
Julian’s running theme here is that light kills shadows. But that’s dumb. Light actually creates shadows. We wouldn’t have shadows without light. Shadows don’t actually exist in the dark. It’s just dark. They only exist where there’s light.
Julian pulls Jenny from the water and warms her back to consciousness. When she comes to she sees him shaking over her, truly fearful about having nearly lost her. He silently confirms to her, when she asks, that he did not send the water.
Then they have a moment and Jenny’s wall to Julian breaks down after seeing his raw emotion. Part of my brain tells me she needs to be stronger, but a bigger part of me is applauding about how incredibly human this makes her look. In this one moment Julian is showing true feelings and it rattles her and makes her question everything. But just for a moment until she starts thinking about Tom again.
Once she does she pulls herself up by her bootstraps and pushes Julian away but not before having another kiss where she truly considers what her life with Julian would have been like had he just asked instead of forcing her and threatening Tom. [Wing: Seriously, Julian, perhaps next time you will start with the wooing via asking and not with the wooing via SUCKING THEM INTO A TERRIFYING GAME OH MY GOD.] And since Tom is part of her DNA she can’t live without him. So it’s not like any of that would be an option anyway. Blah.
Julian’s Ice King persona turns back on when Jenny makes up her mind and she realizes he’s taken back the gold coin he originally gave her. This infuriates her, he calls no takesies backsies, and lets her out of the cavern so she can have a chance of collecting the coins and getting to Tom on Treasure Island.
Jenny gets to a door and is yanked through it by Dee and they’re joined by Audrey and Michael. After the cave-in the three ran back the way they came as it all collapsed behind them. When they turned around to look it was all back to being a ride again, all made of fiberglass, and Jenny wasn’t with them. Dee wanted to go back but the other two stopped her. It was two hours before Jenny came out of the emergency exit.
Jenny told them what happened but left out the part about the Shadow Men and nearly dying but told them about Julian and the new game. Eventually they find themselves in front of one of the Leo the Lion trash cans except when it talks it’s all gravely and sinister and it looks like there’s something gold stuck in its throat. I guess Audrey had hands small enough so she stuck her hand in and the lion started morphing, turning into some kind of cyber creature with fangs that started to devour Audrey’s arm. It was up to her shoulder before Dee was able to pry the jaws open with her pick axe and Michael pulled Audrey out. She was gouged up a little but otherwise okay and holding a doubloon that Jenny tucked into a pocket.
To narrow down their search for the other two they decided that since the lion was on and working they should look for things that are working. So they ended up at the penny arcade and it’s how Jenny remembered it, with old school mechanical games from the turn of the century. How it was when they were in the park was all modern and plastic and had lost its charm. The descriptions remind me of the Musee Mecanique on Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco. Same exact concept with these neat old timey games that are really innocent and totally creepy at the same time.
They eat some candy and check out the games. Jenny finds one about a wizard that predicts your future by giving you a card (totally Zoltar in Big right there) so she sticks in a dime.
The wizard turns on and starts doing its thing and Jenny notices how much disrepair it’s in and it makes her sad. Then things start getting familiar, like the eyes and the hair, and she realizes it’s her grandfather. The machine spits out a card that says HELP ME. She freaks out and the others come rushing over. At first they don’t believe her until it spits out another card that points them to a black cabinet. When they go over they see a spirit box where you ask it yes or no questions and a skeleton head is supposed to pop up and answer it. Only when Michael puts his money in the heads of PC and Slug light up in the window and more freaking out ensues. [Wing: BECAUSE THAT IS CREEPY AS SHIT!] The machine spits out a card that directs them to the fun house while the heads nod to confirm.
Jenny contemplates breaking the wizard doll out of the glass case to free her grandfather but tells him she’ll come back. It’s then she realizes the park was built 10 years ago for him.
How horrifying. To have your soul stuck in this amusement park purgatory Zoltar machine forever.
They head over to the fun house and at first it’s not on but then it slowly starts to light up and come to life like some deadly clown nightmare. They walk in and work their way through the maze, searching every corner for doubloons with Jenny thinking she’s going to see Summer stuck in something like her grandfather. They run into a Laughing Sal (called a Laughing Lizzie in the book) and Jenny looks for Summer in that face but finds nothing.
They may only look slightly creepy but they’re motion-activated and it’s one of the most horrifying laughs I’ve ever heard. The one on the boardwalk in Santa Cruz is life-sized too. [Wing: I hate this thing so much.]
They all walk into a room filled with torture devices and wax figures posed in the devices themselves and Dee admits this is her nightmare (another one). She was scared shitless by a similar exhibit at Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco (coincidentally) and it gave her nightmares. She’s so rattled that she has to repeat a mantra to herself in order to keep from throwing up or fainting. This freaks Jenny out even more to see Dee, the rock, so destroyed.
Makes me wonder whether Julian has a thing for Dee. It seems to be a lot of her more serious nightmares that Julian’s pulling from. Or they’re the most gruesome out of the group so why not use those?
Michael mentions the color blue and when Jenny turns around she sees Summer’s blue dress she was wearing the last time they saw her on a table with sandals and blonde hair, but her face was turned away. Jenny was afraid of the wax figures coming to life (not an outlandish fear, all things considered) but this was so much worse.
A beam broke above the table Summer was on and Jenny dove for her at the same time Dee kicked the beam out of the way. Summer came to in Jenny’s arms and at first no one believed it, but it really was Summer. She’d been asleep and she woke up thinking they were still in the first game. They decided to update her when they got out of the fun house. [Wing: SUMMER!]
Summer wanted to stop for candy in a machine. Dee was the one to get it and the thing ended up spitting out another doubloon along with some M&Ms. Yet another convenience, Summer’s two month hunger.
They leave via the iron rotating door for an exit. Jenny pushes Summer through first but when she goes next she’s taken to another room with Julian in it. He’s hardened and aloof and she’s convinced he’s playing a part now that he knows he is capable of change and it’s totally evil. He admits he didn’t kill PC and Slug and the Shadow Men couldn’t touch Summer because she was his and he was saving her to use against Jenny.
Jenny’s infuriated by Julian’s shifting moods but she’s drawn to him again and kisses him. Only this time he pushes her away with the same resolve she had with him in the mine chamber. He’s clinging to his nature that he’s supposed to have and almost angry at Jenny for shattering that image. He threatened bad things to come, telling her to wait and see just what he can do before sending her on her way and disappearing.
Everyone meets back up and Dee climbs up a lamp post to get a look at the rest of the park. The only portion that’s lit up is the tunnel of love. When they walk over Jenny notices how different Dee is, how unlike herself, and doesn’t get an answer why when she tries to push for more information.
The ride sign has an extra word on it that Jenny assumes says death but it’s covered in ivy so she can’t see it. They get into the swan boat waiting for them and it takes them into the tunnel. The farther they get the dimmer their flashlights get until they go out completely and leave them in darkness.
They sit there in the dark for a while until Julian comes out of some light and starts making fun of them and needling them. He starts with Dee, telling her her personality is all an act to cover up her failings with her mother. How she’s not smart enough. Jenny helps her through it by repeating her mantra to her, which Julian tries to throw back in her face and fails. Then he works on Michael, throwing him and Audrey against each other as he throws out things she said a long time ago. Only she promptly apologizes and breaks down sobbing, telling Michael she loves him. He accepts and whispers in her ear as Julian tries verbally attacking her and she successfully blocks him out. When he rounds on Summer, who immediately crumples, Jenny storms out of the boat, through the water, and confronts Julian head on. It wasn’t the tunnel of love and death, but love and despair.
Julian’s trying so hard to be cruel like the other Shadow Men but Jenny’s not having it. She says she cares for him and she does in some weird way. Maybe she even loves him, but Tom’s still her number one. She’s saying all this, throwing his despair back at him, and he disappears, leaving the final doubloon behind for her. Jenny grabs it and they leave.
Before heading to the island they go back to the arcade so Jenny can release her grandfather. She realizes this is where (she thinks) her Gebo comes in and he wants release instead of living in this half life. And it works as she gets a thank you card out of the machine when she’s done. Then the heads of PC and Slug want the same and she’s sobbing as she’s carving up the runes, but they get attacked by another headless body before she finishes. Dee heads it off [Wing: Rim shot.] and Michael helps her finish to send the two on their way to finally being dead.
When they do finish all the games spring to life, creating a terrible racket, and Jenny realizes the Shadow Men are pissed with what she’s doing. No duh.
They get to the island and pay the three doubloon toll and cross the bridge to make their way over. Jenny is terrified of heights and it’s a real problem for her to get over the ever-expanding bridge. A mist flows up and surrounds them and the bridge ends up infinitely higher than it should have been, showing them the nine worlds they’re operating in. [Wing: I read nine worlds, I immediately think: I’m not a queen, or a monster. I’m the goddess of death. What were you the god of again?] Jenny effectively brain fucks herself as she gets over the bridge, thinking she’s going to faint, knowing she will faint, thinking about jumping off the bridge. Then her inner Dee turns on and browbeats her strength back into her to move one foot in front of the other to get across.
When they do get across it’s just the island from the park with a mini golf set up there and in a couple little dinghies are Tom and Zach. They’re tied up but otherwise fine and Jenny’s overjoyed to see them both. Tom mentions they were most scared of the eyes that watched them and Jenny knew he was talking about the other Shadow Men. They know the game’s done now. They should be able to walk away. Julian should have showed up but he didn’t. Until he spoke.
Julian’s turned into some brooding, self-pitying turd who just yells at everyone to leave. Jenny realizes she wants to fix him (eye roll) and tries talking to him but he won’t have it. He throws out more threats but then ice overwhelms them along with horrible monsters. They’re the true forms of the Shadow Men that have been scuttling around the park after them the whole time. Julian says that’s what he’ll become eventually. It’s inevitable.
Because Jenny released her grandfather, Slug, and PC, she traded their lives for hers and the Shadow Men can claim her. Her friends tried dragging her out when she wanted to talk to Julian and now they scream as a black mist engulfs her and takes her away while Julian stands off to the side, impassive and detached.
But no one would let her go. Everyone volunteered to go in her place when the Shadow Men offered it, and Jenny tried pushing them all away. [Wing: CHOSEN FAMILY FEELINGS. I HAVE THEM.] Then Julian stepped in to block, fending the Shadow Men off with a runestave. His ancestors threaten him with death by carving out his name from the instrument. Julian tells everyone to run. The Shadow Men cut and Julian collapses. Jenny breaks free of everyone and runs to him, holding him as she’s dragged back through the door to her grandfather’s house.
They try to seal the door to keep the other Shadow Men from coming through but Julian says it’s not necessary since he already gave them their sacrifice. They won’t come after any of them. He dies, Jenny cries, and she finds her ring on his chest. Only it now says, ‘I am my only master’ instead of the binding words from before. True Gebo right here.
Nothing’s forgotten as long as someone remembers and Jenny promises to dream Julian into a wonderful wonderful as he fades to mist and disappears. [Wing: Fading to mist and disappearing is a damn good image.] Everyone’s changed all thanks to him. Michael’s more confident and Audrey doesn’t give a shit about her looks anymore. Zach is noticing Summer for the first time, coming out of his shell, and Summer seems more substantial of a person. Dee’s considering college and Tom is finally letting Jenny breathe, and Jenny no longer feels the need to chase Tom but to find out who she is and what she wants with her life.
Julian brought color into the world and it will be poorer without him in it, even though he was probably too dangerous to exist. Someone asks what would happen if someone were to carve Julian’s name back into the runestave and everyone tries to brush it off. But Jenny couldn’t help but wonder and she thought that if someone did that she’d wish him luck.
They make calls to their parents, money gets wired, and they leave Jenny’s grandfather’s house behind to go home. [Wing: Where they are grounded for life.]
I think my fanfic-writing brain exploded with that last bit there about someone carving Julian’s name back into the runestave. [Wing: I wonder if there is any good fic out there about just that.]
By far the best book in the series. I don’t usually say that about the third book but I think Smith really took the time to drill down into her characters and develop them so that by the time we get here, to this creepy amusement park from hell, they’re genuinely fully formed people that have shown true character development over the story arc.
Plus it was a story set in a creepy amusement park from hell. It was hard not to love. And Smith did a great job setting the scene. I could see it all so vividly and her tone really brought it all home.
I think Julian dying was really the only way this was going to go. He didn’t seem like the kind of person to give up easily and since Jenny had a habit of beating him at his own game he needed to die by his own game. And I both liked and disliked Jenny’s development toward Julian. I said it before but I basically wanted her to be like FUCK YOU MAN after he keeps just fucking with her. Which she kind of does. And she doesn’t get sociopathic about it. She gets this weird kind of Stockholm Syndrome thing going on with effectively sympathizing with him and humanizing him. I mean I guess you do get to see his struggle toward the end where he’s fighting what he’s eventually going to become and he does save them all. So no, he’s not the pure evil he wants to play up. He turns into a solid little anti-hero there for a second.
Overall an excellent series. Probably my favorite next to Christopher Pike’s Last Vampire series. Very well-written (although Smith doesn’t know how to write people of color and uses incredibly odd descriptions), great character development, great story development, and scene-setting appears to be her thing. She just makes it work so well. The books are worth the read just for the worlds she paints. Even if they are vaguely similar to Labyrinth.
[Wing: This series is a ton of fun. I’m so glad you decided to recap them. Thanks, Donna! And thanks, LJ Smith, for a wonderful world with entertaining plots and characters I grew to adore.]
Donna’s been an avid reader since she found out what books were and she’s had horror on her shelves since way too impressionable of an age. Some might say so much horror at such a young age adversely affected her development in some weird, as-yet-unknown way. She’ll just tell you she’s nearly completely desensitized to the horror genre and only has irrational fears of the dark and clowns and refuses to sleep with the closet door open. That’s not *that* abnormal. From Goosebumps to Fear Street to everything Christopher Pike, it was all on her shelves. And then it wasn’t and it wasn’t until years into adulthood that she realized she made a big mistake in purging all that glorious cheese all those years ago and feverishly started re-collecting it all again. Right down to that first edition Fear Street #1 signed by the master himself. Because of a rather unfortunate nose-to-chin collision in high school that rattled her memory a tad, she can’t remember her original reactions to these books, but as an adult she revels in all the gouda gloriousness that they are. From Stine’s incredibly elaborate and creative death scenes to the caricatures that these authors thought human beings (especially teenagers) were, she loves it all. To varying degrees, at least. She’s reviewed cheese at her own review blog, www.litbites.com, since 2009 and she looks forward to recapping some of her favorite (and not so favorite) cheese brands among such lovely like-minded folks at The Devil’s Elbow.
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Kayo Matsuzawa - 1998
Kayo Matsuzawa
Japanese woman Kayo Matsuzawa came to New Zealand in 1997 to study English in Christchurch, to work and travel. On 11 September 1998 she flew to Auckland city and checked into a backpackers on Fort Street before heading out to explore the city that afternoon. She never returned to the backpackers.
Eleven days later her naked and decomposing body was found in a small room off the stairwell in the Centrecourt Building in Queen Street.
Police believe 29-year-old Kayo had only been in the city for several hours before she met her killer.
The last sighting of the young woman was from security camera footage outside the BNZ in Queen St, shortly after she had checked into a downtown-backpackers in Fort Street. Both the bank and backpackers are close to the Centrecourt building where Kayo’s body was found.
The Centrecourt Building in Queen Street where
Kayo’s body was found in a small room off a stairwell.
Police think Kayo may have been targeted by a man who has approached her that afternoon. It is possible this man may have spiked her drink. Police want to hear from anyone if this sort of predatory behaviour from the 1990’s in Auckland sounds familiar.
For the first time, Police have revealed that unknown male DNA material was located under Kayo’s fingernails.
Although Kayo’s passport was recovered from a public rubbish bin close to where her body was discovered, her clothes and jewellery have never been found.
Kayo was wearing black bootleg pants, a black jacket, black shoes and carrying a backpack. She had crescent-shaped earrings and a small delicate gold ring with a single pink stone. Do you have any information about these items?
Police need your help to solve the murder of Kayo Matsuzawa.
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Researching New Highly Efficient OLEDs with Quantum Materials
ELQ-LED project focuses on new cadmium-free quantum materials.
Fraunhofer IAP Adds Center for Applied Nanotechnology (CAN) GmbH
Petra Wicklandt Appointed Head of Corporate Affairs at Merck KGaA
Quantum Materials Gains ACS CAS Registration
‘UV Power’ Research Project Works on LED Replacements for Conventional UV Lights
Merck KGaA Opens Production Facility for Liquid Crystal Window Modules
Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, is announcing its leadership role in the joint project titled “Exploration of quantum materials – New paths to realizing innovative optoelectronic components (ELQ-LED).” The aim of the project, which will receive total funding of €5.5 million from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), is to develop quantum materials for innovative applications in the display and lighting industries. The total budget of the project amounts to €9.1 million.
Modern light sources such as organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) must satisfy stringent requirements: high image quality and extremely slim, highly energy-efficient designs. With quantum materials as emitters, these advantages are now to be further exploited while simultaneously reducing costs and optimizing color spectra. The resulting innovative component utilizing the quantum materials is called an electroluminescent quantum materials-based light-emitting diode (ELQ-LED).
Quantum materials feature even greater color intensity, which can be controlled by the particle size. The toxic metal cadmium is deliberately not being used in the development of materials in order to preserve the safety of OLEDs.
“ELQ-LEDs represent a systematic refinement of OLEDs and offer great potential for synergies between OLED and quantum materials,” says Michael Grund, head of OLED and Quantum Materials at Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany.
Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, OSRAM OLED, the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research, the University of Augsburg, Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich, and Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg have joined forces as partners. In addition to conducting research on quantum materials, the partners plan to test and develop components, processes, matrix materials, transport materials, and inks following the comprehensive approach. All components are to be completely printable to save resources during production. The printed parts are being tested in display and automotive tail light demonstrators. The research project is scheduled to run for three years, ending in summer 2020.
Quantum Dots Make Gains in the Display Market
ORNL Develops New Method to Detect Spin Current in Quantum Materials
Fraunhofer FEP Develops Biodegradable Electronics
LOPEC 2018 to Cover 3D Printed Circuits and More
Merck KGaA on Course to Achieve Objectives for 2018
Merck KGaA Showcases Materials for Modern Lighting Systems at ISAL
Merck KGaA Celebrates Successful Premiere at the IAA
Merck KGaA Debuts Automotive Innovations at the IAA
Merck KGaA Prepares Strategic Options for the Consumer Health Business
Merck KGaA Sets Up PMatX Incubator in Israel for Next-Generation Electronics
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Absorb Software Acquires Koantic, a Cloud-Based Content Authoring Solution
Absorb Software
Aug 18, 2020, 10:00 ET
Latest Acquisition Reinforces Position as the Most Holistic Learning Platform in the Industry
CALGARY, AB, Aug. 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Absorb Software, provider of the Absorb Learning Management System (LMS) and Absorb Infuse, today announced the acquisition of Koantic, a cloud-based course authoring tool.
The demand for engaging, interactive eLearning content that can be created quickly continues to grow. Unlike complicated desktop solutions from legacy vendors—or overly simplified cloud-based solutions—Koantic's unique combination of an intuitive, web-based interface and full-featured course authoring meets the needs and expectations of today's market.
"We went through an extensive search to find not only the best course authoring tool to complement Absorb LMS, but the best authoring tool, period. Koantic is that product," said Mike Owens, founder and CEO of Absorb Software. "The Koantic acquisition keeps Absorb moving forward on a path of strong growth and market expansion. It also reinforces our position as a truly all-in-one learning platform at a time when intuitive, powerful tools are a differentiator for businesses."
Absorb plans to integrate the course builder with its LMS while continuing to offer it as stand-alone product—which will soon be renamed Absorb Create.
"The current course authoring market includes many complex legacy tools that are expensive and difficult to use," said Romain Gagnon, CEO of Koantic. "Our customers love that Koantic is a powerful, yet easy-to-use tool that 'works like my brain does.' In that sense, Absorb and Koantic complement each other perfectly. They're both intuitive, best-in-class solutions on their own, and together, they offer the best end-to-end eLearning platform on the market."
Koantic is the fourth eLearning company acquired by Absorb since 2019, following the Torch LMS, eLogic Learning and ePath Learning acquisitions last year.
Absorb Software is a portfolio company of Silversmith Capital Partners. Dentons Canada LLP and Choate Hall & Stewart served as legal counsel to Absorb Software.
About Absorb Software
Absorb Software is a learning technology company based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, with global offices in London, Dublin, Shanghai, Sydney, Boston, Tampa and Salt Lake City. Absorb offers both Absorb Infuse, the first true in-the-flow learning experience, and its flagship product, Absorb LMS, an industry-leading and award-winning Learning Management System for businesses, higher education, government and non-profit agencies around the world. Learn more at www.absorblms.com, or follow the company on LinkedIn, Facebook, or Twitter.
About Koantic
Koantic is the easiest cloud-based eLearning authoring tool utilized to create interactive eLearning courses with the ease of drag and drop. Our solution includes the ability to create slides Powerpoint like slides, branching, quizzes, animations, and interactive videos. You can also export your content to all of the standard 3rd party tools or use our Koantic hosting solution for in-depth analytics and ease of use to create and assign users to training. Founded in 2016, Koantic is headquartered in Montreal, Canada. Learn more at www.koantic.com.
About Silversmith Capital Partners
Founded in 2015, Silversmith Capital Partners is a Boston-based growth equity firm with $1.1 billion of capital under management. Silversmith's mission is to partner with and support the best entrepreneurs in growing, profitable technology and healthcare companies. Representative investments include ActiveCampaign, Centauri Health Solutions, Digital Map Products, DistroKid, Impact, LifeStance Health, MediQuant, Panalgo, Validity, and Webflow. The partners have over 75 years of collective investing experience and have served on the boards of numerous successful growth companies including Ability Network, Dealer.com, Liazon, Liberty Dialysis, MedHOK, Net Health, Passport Health, SurveyMonkey, and Wrike. For more information about Silversmith, please visit www.silversmithcapital.com
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Prosperity Indiana Joins Partners to Launch Opportunity Zone Portal
16 Nov 2018 5:21 PM | Jessica Love (Administrator)
Prosperity Indiana is one of many partners who collaborated to launch the Opportunity Investment Consortium of Indiana and its Opportunity Zone deal matching portal. With a $100,000 investment from Fifth Third Bank for the initiative, consortium backbone organizations and training and resource partners hosted a launch event for early adopters at United Way of Central Indiana on November 16, 2018. The portal will connect investors and Opportunity Funds looking for projects with potential Opportunity Zone developers and businesses. As a training and resource partner, Prosperity Indiana will provide in-person and webinar training opportunities related to Opportunity Zones. Watch for upcoming trainings on our events page.
To learn more about joining the consortium and accessing the online portal, visit the OIC website.
For more information on the launch, see these articles:
IBJ: New consortium to promote, facilitate investments in state 'opportunity zones'
OFN: Opportunity Investment Consortium of Indiana Launches to Support Projects in Newly-Named Opportunity Zones
Inside Indiana Business: Portal to Promote 'Opportunity Zone' Investment
Prominent senators begin bipartisan push to expand Fair Housing Act
15 Nov 2018 1:24 PM | Deleted user
Sens. Kaine and Hatch unveil bill to protect low-income families from housing discrimination
November 15, 2018, HousingWire
Two of the most notable senators on opposing sides of the political aisle are partnering to unveil a bill that would expand the Fair Housing Act to include protections for low-income families and military veterans.
This week, Sens. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, and Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, introduced the “Fair Housing Improvement Act of 2018,” which would prohibit housing discrimination based on source of income or veteran status.
According to Kaine and Hatch, the Fair Housing Act currently does not strictly prohibit discrimination based on those factors, meaning that landlords may deny housing opportunities to renters using housing vouchers.
But under Kaine and Hatch’s bill, the Fair Housing Act would be expanded to include source of income and veteran status among the other anti-discriminatory factors, which include race or color, religion, sex, national origin, familial status, or disability.
This isn’t the first time that Kaine has tried to expand the protected classes under the Fair Housing Act. Last year, Kaine led the effort to introduce the “Fair and Equal Housing Act of 2017,” which would have prohibited housing discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
The fair housing cause is one long championed by Kaine, who spent much of pre-political career as a fair housing lawyer.
“As a fair housing lawyer, I witnessed the pain experienced by families who were discriminated against as they searched for a home,” Kaine said in a statement. “Housing decisions should be made on a potential tenant’s merits, not harmful prejudices that hurt the nation’s veterans and families in-need. The Fair Housing Improvement Act will help us continue that long pursuit to protect all Americans from discrimination.”
Congress currently provides vouchers to help 2.2 million veterans and low-income households afford housing, and this bill would help ensure they actually are able to obtain the housing they need.
“Helping veterans lead lives of dignity and independence has long been among my top priorities. This bill is part and parcel to that legacy,” Hatch said in a statement.
“It will put an end to the immoral housing discrimination against veterans and others who rely on veterans’ benefits, social security disability, or other non-wage legal income,” Hatch added. “This bill will address the fact that Source of Income is not a protected class under the Federal Fair Housing Act, thereby helping to remove an unnecessary barrier facing Utah families and veterans on the path to self-reliance.”
The move comes just a few months after the Department of Housing and Urban Development launched a push to get more landlords to accept housing vouchers, citing two studies that “most” landlords do not accept housing vouchers and therefore deny affordable housing opportunities to those who need it most.
According to Kaine’s office, the bill is supported by:
Housing Opportunities Made Equal Virginia
National Housing Law Project
National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials
National Low Income Housing Coalition
Paralyzed Veterans of America; Veterans Association of Real Estate Professionals
Virginia Poverty Law Center
Prosperity Indiana Members Receive Tax Credit Awards in Six out of Nine Set-Asides
15 Nov 2018 8:21 AM | Jessica Love (Administrator)
Members receive all workforce housing awards
The Indiana Housing & Community Development Authority announced 19 Rental Housing Tax Credit awards on November 15, 2018.
Prosperity Indiana members received tax credit awards in the following set-aside categories: Rural, Preservation, Workforce Housing, Community Integration, Qualified Not-for-Profit, and Small City. One member award was received in each category, except Workforce Housing, which garnered two member awards.
Members who received tax credit allocations include The Englewood Group (Rural), Partners in Housing (Preservation), Herman & Kittle (Workforce), RealAmerica (Workforce), Milestone Ventures (Community Integration), HOPE of Evansville (Qualified NFP), and Crestline (Small City).
See the IHCDA website for the applicant list and full awarded and denied lists.
Interested in commenting on the Qualified Allocation Plan, which determines how tax credit projects are awarded? Prosperity Indiana is hosting events on December 6, 7 and 14 in South Bend, Evansville and Indianapolis. Members can register here.
AARP & Purdue Extension Partner to Assess Age Friendliness of Two Indiana Cities
AARP is partnering with Purdue Extension to assess the age-friendliness of Indianapolis and Fort Wayne. The Livable Communities Survey, which is available online from Nov. 1 through Dec. 15, is designed to determine attitudes and opinions of residents of Indianapolis, who are 45 years or older, regarding the current state of housing, outdoor spaces, transportation and streets, health and wellness, social participation, educational opportunities, volunteering and civic engagement, and job opportunities in their community. The survey takes about 10 minutes to complete. The information gathered in this assessment will be used to spur a conversation with community leadership regarding the possibility of becoming an AARP Age-Friendly Community and provide information to improve the quality of life for older citizens.
Indianapolis residents can complete the survey by going here. Fort Wayne residents can complete the survey online here. All responses are completely anonymous, and no information will be collected that could identify any individual.
Report: CFPB and the Military Lending Act
02 Nov 2018 12:34 PM | Deleted user
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFBP) recently announced plans to end supervisory examinations of banks, lenders, and other financial institutions for violations of the Military Lending Act, a statute designed to protect military service members and their families from predatory lending. Acting Director Mick Mulvaney has expressed the belief that the CFPB lacks the statutory authority to include MLA in its supervisory work.
On November 1, the Consumer Federation of America (CFA) published a comprehensive legal analysis of the CFPB's authority to include Military Lending Act compliance within its supervisory exams. The analysis concludes that the CFPB has ample legal authority for this supervision for four reasons:
Violations of the MLA render service members' loans void, thereby triggering concurrent violations of federal consumer financial laws that the CFPB must already cover within its exams.
The CFPB may use its supervisory exams to obtain information about MLA compliance because such information is pertinent to business practices already subject to CFPB enforcement.
The CFPB can cover MLA violations within its exams for the purpose of detecting and assessing risks to consumers.
The text of the MLA itself requires the CFPB to enforce the MLA in the same way that the CFPB enforces the Truth in Lending Act - which includes supervisory exams.
Click here to read the full analysis.
Indiana Arts and Culture Nonprofits: Overview and Challenges
01 Nov 2018 9:20 AM | Deleted user
The Indiana Nonprofits Project collaborated with the Indiana Arts Commission to include a special sample of Indiana arts and culture nonprofits to inform the Commission’s planning, capacity building, and training efforts.
Selected highlights:
Increased demand for services. Over half of arts and culture nonprofits say that demands for their services have increased over the last three years and very few say demands have decreased.
Dependence on volunteers. About a fourth of IAC nonprofits have no paid staff members and almost all use volunteers (other than board members).
Sources of revenue. Indiana arts and culture nonprofits are more likely to receive donations from individuals, grants from foundations, and government grants than other nonprofits.
Challenges in finance and marketing. Arts and cultural nonprofits are significantly more likely to face financial challenges than all other nonprofits; they also report more challenges managing programs, planning, and marketing.
IT and other capacities. Indiana arts and cultural organizations have significantly greater experience with a broad range of information technology resources and have more good organizational practices in place than other Indiana nonprofits.
For more details and highlights from the report, see the press release »
Download the complete report — “Indiana Arts and Culture Nonprofits: Overview and Challenges” and its other findings »
Indiana Supreme Court asked to review rent-to-buy agreements
Asserting the Court of Appeals’ ruling in a rent-to-own dispute will adversely impact tenants across the state, Indiana Legal Services filed a petition Monday to transfer its litigation against Rainbow Realty Group for the company’s rent-to-own practices. In its transfer petition,Indiana Legal Services argued Rainbow's rent-to-buy contract is a lease governed by the state’s Landlord-Tenant Act.
For the full story, see theindianalawyer.com.
Join Us for Opportunity Zone Financing – Practical Insights and Sample Transactions based on the Recently Proposed Regulations
29 Oct 2018 10:52 AM | Deleted user
Join us for a webinar on Nov 2, 2018 1:30 PM EDT.
Register now at the link below:
O-Zone Reinvestment Advisors, a consulting firm launched by experienced legal and finance professionals invite you to a one-hour free webinar discussing how the Opportunity Zone program can be used to finance real estate projects and operating businesses. The webinar will focus on practical insights and discuss sample deal structures based on the recent clarifications in regulations by Treasury.
Gary Hobbs
Special Guest(s)
Time: 1:30pm – 2:30pm EDT
Claudia Cummings of Conexus Indiana to lead Indiana Philanthropy Alliance
Indiana Philanthropy Alliance Announces Incoming President and CEO
Claudia Cummings of Conexus Indiana to lead Indiana Philanthropy Alliance.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND.—Indiana Philanthropy Alliance (IPA) Board of Directors has named Claudia Cummings as its next president and CEO effective Jan. 1, 2019. Cummings will succeed Marissa Manlove, who announced her retirement after 12 years at the organization.
“Claudia is a strategic leader with years of experience working across the state of Indiana,” said Tina Gridiron, chair of IPA Board of Directors. “She brings the right mix of strategic vision, disciplined implementation and personal passion to this role. I look forward to the many ways she will continue to support, champion and connect all members.”
Cummings currently serves as vice president of strategic development at Conexus Indiana, the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership (CICP) initiative positioning the Hoosier state as the best place for advanced manufacturing and logistics industries to invest, employ and succeed. An Indiana native, Cummings has been the senior leader with Conexus Indiana since 2008 responsible for overseeing collaborations on workforce development and education between industry, academic, philanthropic and public sector partners.
“With over $846 million in grants awarded each year, the impact of IPA members in their communities and across the state is tremendous,” said Cummings. “I’m looking forward to working with Indiana’s vibrant philanthropic community to leverage the strength of IPA and to intensify our results.”
Cummings was selected after a competitive process conducted by the Columbus, Indiana-based search firm Smith and Syberg and coordinated by a seven-member search committee of current IPA Board of Directors and key community leaders.
“There was very high interest in the position from across the country. We spoke with many strong candidates, and I’m confident Claudia is the right leader for the next season of IPA,” shared Gridiron.
“She is a thoughtful leader with a wealth of experience building networks, supporting partnerships and sustaining collaborations,” Gridiron added. “I look forward to the energy, innovation and creative leadership that she will bring.”
Cummings has dedicated her career to public service and community impact. Prior to her work with Conexus Indiana, she was Deputy Commissioner at the Indiana Department of Administration where she focused on small business development. She has also worked in various policy advocacy, communications and leadership positions for the Mayor of Indianapolis, Speaker of the Indiana House, Marion County Clerk, and U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana.
Cummings currently chairs the Goodwill Education Initiatives Board of Directors and serves on the Leadership Council of the Manufacturing Skills Standards Council and as Vice Chair on the Distinguished Alumni Council for the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA). She has also been a member of the State Workforce Innovation Council and the Indianapolis Local Public Improvement Bond Bank.
Cummings succeeds Manlove, who leaves the organization in a strong financial position and with more members than in the organization’s 28-year history. During her tenure, IPA has gained prominence as a key voice on behalf of philanthropy with policymakers and other community leaders across the state. Manlove has also positioned IPA as a national leader among regional associations of grantmakers.
“I am pleased to welcome Claudia to the IPA family. She knows and has worked with many members of the philanthropic sector and is well-suited to build on IPA’s strengths,” said Manlove. “I look forward to assisting her in November and December to ensure a seamless transition in leadership.”
For more on this story and the Indiana Philanthropy Alliance, go here.
Indianapolis to host 2019 International Economic Development Council Conference
IEDC Call for Sessions
The International Economic Development Council will host its 2019 annual conference in Indianapolis, October 13-16. As member of the host committee, Prosperity Indiana invites members to submit session proposals for consideration.
The committee is looking for a wide variety of content related to topics impacting economic development, i.e. education, community development, transportation, etc.
Proposals will be evaluated by the IEDC staff and the Programming Subcommittee based. Proposed content will be scored on relevance, innovation, timeliness, actionability, and appropriateness. Proposed speakers will be scored on qualifications, diversity, and availability/competitivity. Proposed session formats will be scored based on appropriateness for the intended audience and innovation.
Please use this link for submitting concurrent session proposals by January 11, 2019.
Note the following: 1) proposals and the ideas therein will become the property of IEDC and 2) any component of a proposal’s content, speakers, or format may be adapted, modified, or combined with others to best fit programming needs.
For event details, see IEDC's conference page.
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We use personal information collected from you for a range of reasons. These include security purposes and to contact you with respect to this property and other properties which we believe may interest you and in providing the information you agree to these uses unless you advise us differently.
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We shall take all reasonable steps to make sure that any personal information we collect, use, hold or disclose is accurate, complete and up to date.
You can access the personal information we are holding about you at any time (subject to the exceptions provide by the APPs). We ask that such a request is to be in writing. There will be no charge for providing the information to you. If you would like to access such information, please contact us and we will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible. Provincial Group will give access in the manner requested unless it is unreasonable or impractical to do so. Access will generally be granted within 30 days of the request. We will try to make sure that the personal information we hold is up to date, correct, complete and relevant. However, from time to time, we may need your assistance to identify if we are holding incorrect or out of date personal information. If you would like to update or correct the personal information that we are holding, please contact us (our contact details are set out at the bottom of our privacy policy). A dated record will be kept of any corrections to personal information. We will not charge you for any request to correct your personal information.
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No, Escape From Tarkov won't add female playable characters
8th January 2020 / 2:36PM
After a year-ish of steadily growing a fanbase, serious Russian scavenging sim-o-shooter Escape From Tarkov recently exploded in popularity thanks in part to promotion from some big Twitch streamers. The torrent of new interested people have come bearing wishes and questions, including wondering if the developers will add playable female characters. No, Battlestate Games say, they won’t. There’s your answer. It seems they don’t consider female player characters sufficiently worth investing resources in. Ah well. They did also offer the patently daft idea that ladies wouldn’t fit with the “lore” but mate come on.
Battlestate Games addressed the question of a female player character option on Monday after internauts seeking an answer found a dodgy one in an interview from 2016. Back then, Battlestate’s Pavel Dyatlov told Wccftech they had considered playable warlasses “but we came to the conclusion that women are not allowed to be in the war.” When the interviewer pushed back that women are in the military, Dyatlov gave the remarkable answer:
“I can agree with you and we discussed it for a very long time, but we came to the conclusion that women can’t handle that amount of stress. There’s only place for hardened men in this place.”
With that daftness circulating again and drawing ridicule, Battlestate addressed the interview on Monday in a tweet. “The answers were done by one, not a key BSG employee which probably were misinterpreted and as a result didn’t reflect the official position of the company, that we always respected women in wars and military women,” they said.
That is a weaselly response, trying to deflect with accusations of misinterpretation and claiming the problem was that they’d disrespected women in the military. Battlestate added that “the employee was reprimanded and properly instructed” and said they are “sorry for caused confusion.” They still don’t plan to add female characters, mind, and they’re not entirely done using daft fictional justification for their decision.
Battlestate followed-up with tweets saying while they have some female NPCs, “there will be no playable female characters because of game lore and more importantly – the huge amount of work needed with animations, gear fitting etc.”
So they don’t think it’s worth allocating any of their limited resources to this task, basically. It’s not a priority. I wish it were otherwise, but hey ho. I’m more forgiving of that when it’s a small studio rather than Ubisoft, who had nine studios and hundreds of people working on Assassin’s Creed Unity yet said they couldn’t add women. It’s still a shame, particularly with Tarkov drawing interest from a whole load of new people.
It’s also unfortunate that Battlestate muddied the waters by trying that “lore” nonsense again. As Samuel Johnson said, lore is the last refuge of the scoundrel. The game’s story is a paper-thin excuse for heavily-armed players to pick through ruins for loot, shoot and rob each other, then escape. It doesn’t matter. This is like Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds getting self-serious delusions that it’s a grim and gritty world built on cutting Cold War history rather than a big silly playground for idiots to lark about with stunts and banter. They could change the lore to allow women fighters with a click of their fingers.
Escape From Tarkov is still in closed beta, though they’re selling beta access as part of pre-ordering for €35. It’s basically early access under another name. When we sent our Matt into Tarkov in January 2019, he came out declaring it “brutal, stressful and exhausting” – but he felt no lasting purpose or draw. Still no firm word on when the finished game will launch.
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Matthew Thornton was a New Hampshire delegate to the Continental Congress, and a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
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Matthew Thornton was born in 1714 somewhere in Ireland to James Thornton and Elizabeth Malone. When Matthew was only two year old, his mother and father decided to move to the American colonies. The young couple took their toddler and settled in Williamsburg, Virginia.
In 1722, their home was attacked by native Americans, who set all the houses on fire. Terrified, the Thorntons took their son, Matthew, and ran away to Worcester, Massachusetts. Matthew was eight years old.
Matthew studied medicine in Massachusetts. When he became a doctor, he started his own practice in New Hampshire. After establishing himself there, he was asked to be a physician to the New Hampshire troops. He happily agreed to this.
In 1760, he took Hannah Jack to be his wife. Together, Hannah and Matthew had five children. As the Revolutionary War was coming on, Matthew began to become more involved in a public life. He started by becoming Londonderry’s town selectman.
Soon after he was elected to the provincial assembly, and ended up being appointed president of the assembly. Soon after this, he was appointed to the Committee of Safety.
In 1776, Josiah footlett (currently the only New Hampshire delegate to the Continental Congress) sent letters requesting that New Hampshire send more delegates to help carry the load. Matthew Thornton and William Whipple were selected to go also as New Hampshire delegates.
Even though the vote for independence had already been taken by the time he arrived at Congress, Matthew was permitted to sign the document. He signed the Declaration of Independence in November of 1776.
After the Revolutionary War, he retired from his practice as a physician and became a political essayist. Matthew Thornton then died on June 24, 1803.
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Two Door Cinema Club – False Alarm
After one or two false starts, the sunshine is getting a bit of consistency and the good vibes are beginning to flow here in the UK, so the question is: what’s gonna be your sound of the summer?
Two Door Cinema Club’s new album ‘False Alarm’ is the answer to that question. Count yourself lucky if the Irishmen are appearing at a festival near you in the next couple of months, as you’re in for an absolute treat.
TDCC have divided opinion since their debut album a little under a decade ago, despite a couple of tracks from that record becoming cast-iron indie classics. ‘False Alarm’ could be their most unifying project yet though, such is its infectiousness. You’ve got to be proper miserable sod to hate this album.
‘False Alarm’ has all the vibrancy and colour of a bunch of enthusiastic newcomers, but with the intelligent pacing and quality songwriting of an experienced outfit on their fourth record.
You’re hit straight off the bat with the effortlessly catchy ‘Once’ and its wistful sentimentality, before it’s dancefloortime when lead single ‘Talk’ bobs and weaves through your head.
Pretty consistently throughout the record, TDCC utilise disco-inspired grooves alongside 80s-sounding synths to great effect. It’s spacious, fun and free, and the urge to get moving is irresistible.
There are also a couple of guest credits that come a little from left field for a band of TDCC’s profile, with Zimbabwean group Mokoomba providing a subtle influence to the beat of ‘Satisfaction Guaranteed’ and US rapper Open Mike Eagle jumping on the end of ‘Nice To See You’ with a few bars that maybe don’t really fit with the aesthetic of the album.
Keeping up such a relentless energy from start to finish would be a tax on both the band and the listener, so TDCC wisely insert the more mellow numbers ‘Think’ and ‘Break’ to give everyone a much needed breather.
The vocal effect used on ‘Think’ is a little annoying, but everything else about the track is so bloody good (particularly the lyrics), you’ve just got to accept it.
Another boon to the variety of the record is Alex Trimble’s full use of his vocal range, which means that no two songs hit the exactly the same note, which can be a problem for bands with more limited singers.
I’m one of those who is guilty of dismissing TDCC in the past as a bit on the twee side, but the four-year gap to regroup between their second and third albums has made the world of difference. 2016’s ‘Gameshow’ was a glimpse into that hard work, but ‘False Alarm’ is the realisation of it. In short, despite it not being perfect, it’s a triumph.
Do yourself a favour; go and find a swimming pool, get all your mates to come and put this album on. You won’t regret it.
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Threat Intelligence: Everything You Need to Know | Recorded Future
What Is Threat Intelligence? Why Is Threat Intelligence Important? Who Can Benefit From Threat Intelligence? The Threat Intelligence Lifecycle 1. Planning and Direction 2. Collection 3. Processing 4. Analysis 5. Dissemination 6. Feedback The Types of Threat Intelligence Strategic Tactical Operational Machine Learning for Better Threat Intelligence 1. Structuring data 2. Natural language processing 3. Prioritizing alerts 4. Creating predictive models Threat Intelligence Use Cases Incident Response Security Operations Vulnerability Management Risk Analysis Fraud Prevention Security Leadership Reducing Third-Party Risk
What Is Threat Intelligence?
Digital technologies lie at the heart of nearly every industry today. The automation and greater connectedness they afford have revolutionized the world’s economic and cultural institutions — but they’ve also brought risk in the form of cyberattacks. Threat intelligence is knowledge that allows you to prevent or mitigate those attacks. Rooted in data, threat intelligence provides context — like who is attacking you, what their motivation and capabilities are, and what indicators of compromise in your systems to look for — that helps you make informed decisions about your security.
“Threat intelligence is evidence-based knowledge, including context, mechanisms, indicators, implications and action-oriented advice about an existing or emerging menace or hazard to assets. This intelligence can be used to inform decisions regarding the subject’s response to that menace or hazard.” — Gartner
For more detailed information, check out the sections of this overview titled “The Threat Intelligence Lifecycle” and “The Types of Threat Intelligence.”
Why Is Threat Intelligence Important?
Today, the cybersecurity industry faces numerous challenges — increasingly persistent and devious threat actors, a daily flood of data full of extraneous information and false alarms across multiple, unconnected security systems, and a serious shortage of skilled professionals.
Some organizations try to incorporate threat data feeds into their network, but don’t know what to do with all that extra data, adding to the burden of analysts who may not have the tools to decide what to prioritize and what to ignore.
A cyber threat intelligence solution can address each of these issues. The best solutions use machine learning to automate data collection and processing, integrate with your existing solutions, take in unstructured data from disparate sources, and then connect the dots by providing context on indicators of compromise (IoCs) and the tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) of threat actors.
Threat intelligence is actionable — it’s timely, provides context, and is able to be understood by the people in charge of making decisions.
Who Can Benefit From Threat Intelligence?
Everyone! Cyber threat intelligence is widely imagined to be the domain of elite analysts. In reality, it adds value across security functions for organizations of all sizes.
When threat intelligence is treated as a separate function within a broader security paradigm rather than an essential component that augments every other function, the result is that many of the people who would benefit the most from threat intelligence don’t have access to it when they need it.
Security operations teams are routinely unable to process the alerts they receive — threat intelligence integrates with the security solutions you already use, helping automatically prioritize and filter alerts and other threats. Vulnerability management teams can more accurately prioritize the most important vulnerabilities with access to the external insights and context provided by threat intelligence. And fraud prevention, risk analysis, and other high-level security processes are enriched by the understanding of the current threat landscape that threat intelligence provides, including key insights on threat actors, their tactics, techniques, and procedures, and more from data sources across the web.
Look at our section on use cases below for a deeper look at how every security role can benefit from threat intelligence.
The Threat Intelligence Lifecycle
So, how does cyber threat intelligence get produced? Raw data is not the same thing as intelligence — cyber threat intelligence is the finished product that comes out of a six-part cycle of data collection, processing, and analysis. This process is a cycle because new questions and gaps in knowledge are identified during the course of developing intelligence, leading to new collection requirements being set. An effective intelligence program is iterative, becoming more refined over time.
To maximize the value of the threat intelligence you produce, it’s critical that you identify your use cases and define your objectives before doing anything else.
1. Planning and Direction
The first step to producing actionable threat intelligence is to ask the right question.
The questions that best drive the creation of actionable threat intelligence focus on a single fact, event, or activity — broad, open-ended questions should usually be avoided.
Prioritize your intelligence objectives based on factors like how closely they adhere to your organization’s core values, how big of an impact the resulting decision will have, and how time sensitive the decision is.
One important guiding factor at this stage is understanding who will consume and benefit from the finished product — will the intelligence go to a team of analysts with technical expertise who need a quick report on a new exploit, or to an executive that’s looking for a broad overview of trends to inform their security investment decisions for the next quarter?
The next step is to gather raw data that fulfills the requirements set in the first stage. It’s best to collect data from a wide range of sources — internal ones like network event logs and records of past incident responses, and external ones from the open web, the dark web, and technical sources.
Threat data is usually thought of as lists of IoCs, such as malicious IP addresses, domains, and file hashes, but it can also include vulnerability information, such as the personally identifiable information of customers, raw code from paste sites, and text from news sources or social media.
3. Processing
Once all the raw data has been collected, you need to sort it, organizing it with metadata tags and filtering out redundant information or false positives and negatives.
Today, even small organizations collect data on the order of millions of log events and hundreds of thousands of indicators every day. It’s too much for human analysts to process efficiently — data collection and processing has to be automated to begin making any sense of it.
Solutions like SIEMs are a good place to start because they make it relatively easy to structure data with correlation rules that can be set up for a few different use cases, but they can only take in a limited number of data types.
If you’re collecting unstructured data from many different internal and external sources, you’ll need a more robust solution. Recorded Future uses machine learning and natural language processing to parse text from millions of unstructured documents across seven different languages and classify them using language-independent ontologies and events, enabling analysts to perform powerful and intuitive searches that go beyond bare keywords and simple correlation rules.
4. Analysis
The next step is to make sense of the processed data. The goal of analysis is to search for potential security issues and notify the relevant teams in a format that fulfills the intelligence requirements outlined in the planning and direction stage.
Threat intelligence can take many forms depending on the initial objectives and the intended audience, but the idea is to get the data into a format that the audience will understand. This can range from simple threat lists to peer-reviewed reports.
5. Dissemination
The finished product is then distributed to its intended consumers. For threat intelligence to be actionable, it has to get to the right people at the right time.
It also needs to be tracked so that there is continuity between one intelligence cycle and the next and the learning is not lost. Use ticketing systems that integrate with your other security systems to track each step of the intelligence cycle — each time a new intelligence request comes up, tickets can be submitted, written up, reviewed, and fulfilled by multiple people across different teams, all in one place.
The final step is when the intelligence cycle comes full circle, making it closely related to the initial planning and direction phase. After receiving the finished intelligence product, whoever made the initial request reviews it and determines whether their questions were answered. This drives the objectives and procedures of the next intelligence cycle, again making documentation and continuity essential.
The Types of Threat Intelligence
As demonstrated by the threat intelligence lifecycle, the final product will look different depending on the initial intelligence requirements, sources of information, and intended audience. It can be helpful to break down threat intelligence into a few categories based on these criteria.
Threat intelligence is often broken down into three subcategories:
Strategic — Broader trends typically meant for a non-technical audience
Tactical — Outlines of the tactics, techniques, and procedures of threat actors for a more technical audience
Operational — Technical details about specific attacks and campaigns
Strategic Threat Intelligence
Strategic threat intelligence provides a broad overview of an organization’s threat landscape. It’s intended to inform high-level decisions made by executives and other decision makers at an organization — as such, the content is generally less technical and is presented through reports or briefings. Good strategic intelligence should provide insight into areas like the risks associated with certain lines of action, broad patterns in threat actor tactics and targets, and geopolitical events and trends.
Common sources of information for strategic threat intelligence include:
Policy documents from nation-states or nongovernmental organizations
News from local and national media, industry- and subject-specific publications, or other subject-matter experts
White papers, research reports, and other content produced by security organizations
Producing strong strategic threat intelligence starts with asking focused, specific questions to set the intelligence requirements. It also takes analysts with expertise outside of typical cybersecurity skills — in particular, a strong understanding of sociopolitical and business concepts.
Although the final product is non-technical, producing effective strategic intelligence takes deep research through massive volumes of data, often across multiple languages. That can make the initial collection and processing of data too difficult to perform manually, even for those rarified analysts who possess the right language skills, technical background, and tradecraft. A threat intelligence solution that automates data collection and processing helps reduce this burden and allows analysts who do not have as much expertise to work more effectively.
Tactical Threat Intelligence
Tactical threat intelligence outlines the tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) of threat actors. It should help defenders understand, in specific terms, how their organization might be attacked and the best ways to defend against or mitigate those attacks. It usually includes technical context, and is used by personnel directly involved in the defense of an organization, such as system architects, administrators, and security staff.
Reports produced by security vendors are often the easiest way to get tactical threat intelligence. Look for information in reports about the attack vectors, tools, and infrastructure that attackers are using, including specifics about what vulnerabilities are being targeted and what exploits attackers are leveraging, as well as what strategies and tools that they may be using to avoid or delay detection.
Tactical threat intelligence should be used to inform improvements to existing security controls and processes and speed up incident response. Because many of the questions answered by tactical intelligence are unique to your organization, and need to be answered on a short deadline — for example, “Is this critical vulnerability being exploited by threat actors targeting my industry present in my systems?” — having a threat intelligence solution that integrates data from within your own network is crucial.
Operational Threat Intelligence
Operational intelligence is knowledge about cyber attacks, events, or campaigns. It gives specialized insights that help incident response teams understand the nature, intent, and timing of specific attacks.
Because this usually includes technical information — information like what attack vector is being used, what vulnerabilities are being exploited, or what command and control domains are being employed — this kind of intelligence is also referred to as technical threat intelligence. A common source of technical information is threat data feeds, which usually focus on a single type of indicator, like malware hashes or suspicious domains.
But if technical threat intelligence is strictly thought of as deriving from technical information like threat data feeds, then technical and operational threat intelligence are not totally synonymous — more like a Venn diagram with huge overlaps. Other sources of information on specific attacks can come from closed sources like the interception of threat group communications, either through infiltration or breaking into those channels of communication.
Consequently, there are a few barriers to gathering this kind of intelligence:
Access — Threat groups may communicate over private and encrypted channels, or require some proof of identification. There are also language barriers with threat groups located in foreign countries.
Noise — It can be difficult or impossible to manually gather good intelligence from high-volume sources like chat rooms and social media.
Obfuscation — To avoid detection, threat groups might employ obfuscation tactics like using codenames.
Threat intelligence solutions that rely on machine learning processes for automated data collection on a large scale can overcome many of these issues when trying to develop effective operational threat intelligence. A solution that uses natural language processing, for example, will be able to gather information from foreign-language sources without needing human expertise to decipher it.
Machine Learning for Better Threat Intelligence
Data processing takes place at a scale today that requires automation to be comprehensive. Combine data points from many different types of sources — including open, dark web, and technical sources — to form the most robust picture possible.
Recorded Future uses machine learning techniques in four ways to improve data collection and aggregation — to structure data into categories, to analyze text across multiple languages, to provide risk scores, and to generate predictive models.
1. To structure data into entities and events
Ontology has to do with how we split concepts up and how we group them together. In data science, ontologies represent categories of entities based on their names, properties, and relationships to each other, making them easier to sort into hierarchies of sets. For example, Boston, London, and Gothenburg are all distinct entities that will also fall under the broader “city” entity.
If entities represent a way to sort physically distinct concepts, then events sort concepts over time. Recorded Future events are language independent — something like “John visited Paris,” “John took a trip to Paris,” “Джон прилетел в Париж,” and “John a visité Paris” are all recognized as the same event.
Ontologies and events enable powerful searches over categories, letting analysts focus on the bigger picture rather than having to manually sort through data themselves.
2. To structure text in multiple languages through natural language processing
With natural language processing, entities and events are able to go beyond bare keywords, turning unstructured text from sources across different languages into a structured database.
The machine learning driving this process can separate advertising from primary content, classify text into categories like prose, data logs, or code, and disambiguate between entities with the same name (like “Apple” the company, and “apple” the fruit) by using contextual clues in the surrounding text.
This way, the system can parse text from millions of documents daily across seven different languages — a task that would require an impractically large and skilled team of human analysts to do. Saving time like this helps IT security teams work 32 percent more efficiently with Recorded Future.
3. To classify events and entities, helping human analysts prioritize alerts
Machine learning and statistical methodology are used to further sort entities and events by importance — for example, by assigning risk scores to malicious entities.
Risk scores are calculated through two systems: one driven by rules based on human intuition and experience, and the other driven by machine learning trained on an already vetted dataset.
Classifiers like risk scores provide both a judgment (“this event is critical”) and context explaining the score (“because multiple sources confirm that this IP address is malicious”).
Automating how risks are classified saves analysts time sorting through false positives and deciding what to prioritize, helping IT security staff who use Recorded Future spend 34 percent less time compiling reports.
4. To forecast events and entity properties through predictive models
Machine learning can also generate models that predict the future, oftentimes much more accurately than any human analysts, by drawing on the deep pools of data previously mined and categorized.
This is a particularly strong “law of large numbers” application of machine learning — as we continue to draw on more sources of data, these predictive models will become more and more accurate.
Threat Intelligence Use Cases
The diverse use cases of threat intelligence make it an essential resource for cross-functional teams in any organization. Although it’s perhaps the most immediately valuable when it helps you prevent an attack, threat intelligence is also a useful part of triage, risk analysis, vulnerability management, and wide-scope decision making.
Security analysts in charge of incident response report some of the highest levels of stress in the industry, and it’s no wonder why — the rate of cyber incidents has steadily climbed over the last two decades, and a high proportion of daily alerts turn out to false positives. When dealing with real incidents, analysts must often spend time painstakingly sorting through data manually to assess the problem.
Threat intelligence reduces the pressure in multiple ways:
Automatically identifying and dismissing false positives
Enriching alerts with real-time context, like custom risk scores
Comparing information from internal and external sources
Recorded Future users identify risks 10 times faster than they did before integrating threat intelligence into their security solutions, giving them days more time on average to respond to threats in an industry where even seconds can matter.
Most security operations center (SOC) teams must deal with huge volumes of alerts generated by the networks they monitor. Triaging these alerts takes too long, and many are never investigated at all. “Alert fatigue” leads analysts to take alerts less seriously than they should. Threat intelligence solves many of these problems — helping gather information about threats more quickly and accurately, filter out false alarms, speed up triage, and simplify incident analysis. With it, analysts can stop wasting time pursuing alerts based on:
Actions that are more likely to be innocuous rather than malicious
Attacks that are not relevant to that enterprise
Attacks for which defenses and controls are already in place
As well as accelerating triage, threat intelligence can help SOC teams simplify incident analysis and containment. Recorded Future users resolve threats 63 percent faster, cutting the critical hours they spend on remediation by more than half.
Effective vulnerability management means shifting from taking a “patch everything, all the time” approach — one that nobody can realistically ever achieve — to prioritizing vulnerabilities based on actual risk.
Although the number of vulnerabilities and threats has increased every year, research shows that most threats target the same, small proportion of vulnerabilities. Threat actors are also quicker — it now only takes fifteen days on average between a new vulnerability being announced and an exploit targeting it appearing.
This has two implications:
You have two weeks to patch or remediate your systems against a new exploit. If you can’t patch in that timeframe, have a plan to mitigate the damage.
If a new vulnerability is not exploited within two weeks to three months, it’s unlikely to ever be — patching it can take lower priority.
Threat intelligence helps you identify the vulnerabilities that pose an actual risk to your organization, going beyond CVE scoring by combining internal vulnerability scanning data, external data, and additional context about the TTPs of threat actors. With Recorded Future, users identify 22 percent more real threats before they have a serious impact.
Risk modeling can be a useful way for organizations to set investment priorities. But many risk models suffer from vague, non-quantified output that is hastily compiled, based on partial information, based on unfounded assumptions, or is difficult to take action on.
Threat intelligence provides context that helps risk models make defined risk measurements and be more transparent about their assumptions, variables, and outcomes. It can help answer questions such as:
Which threat actors are using this attack, and do they target our industry?
How often has this specific attack been observed recently by enterprises like ours?
Is the trend up or down?
Which vulnerabilities does this attack exploit, and are those vulnerabilities present in our enterprise?
What kind of damage, technical and financial, has this attack caused in enterprises like ours?
Asking the right questions with Recorded Future’s threat intelligence is one of the ways users see an 86 percent reduction in unplanned downtime — a huge difference when even a minute of downtime can cost some organizations up to $9,000 in lost productivity and other damages.
To keep your organization safe, it isn’t enough to only detect and respond to threats already exploiting your systems. You also need to prevent fraudulent uses of your data or brand.
Threat intelligence gathered from underground criminal communities provides a window into the motivations, methods, and tactics of threat actors, especially when this intelligence is correlated with information from the surface web, including technical feeds and indicators.
Use threat intelligence to prevent:
Payment fraud — Monitoring sources like criminal communities, paste sites, and other forums for relevant payment card numbers, bank identifier numbers, or specific references to financial institutions can provide early warning of upcoming attacks that might affect your organization.
Compromised data — Cybercriminals regularly upload massive caches of usernames and passwords to paste sites and the dark web, or make them available for sale on underground marketplaces. Monitor these sources with threat intelligence to watch out for leaked credentials, corporate data, or proprietary code.
Typosquatting — Get real-time alerts on newly registered phishing and typosquatting domains to prevent cybercriminals from impersonating your brand and defrauding unsuspecting users.
By avoiding more breaches with threat intelligence, Recorded Future users are able to save over $1 million per potential breach through damaging fines, penalties, and lost consumer trust.
CISOs and other security leaders must manage risk by balancing limited available resources against the need to secure their organizations from ever-evolving threats. Threat intelligence can help map the threat landscape, calculate risk, and give security personnel the intelligence and context to make better, faster decisions.
Today, security leaders must:
Assess business and technical risks, including emerging threats and “known unknowns” that might impact the business
Identify the right strategies and technologies to mitigate the risks
Communicate the nature of the risks to top management, and justify investments in defensive measures
Threat intelligence can be a critical resource for all these activities, providing information on general trends, such as:
Which types of attacks are becoming more (or less) frequent
Which types of attacks are most costly to the victims
What new kinds of threat actors are coming forward, and the assets and enterprises they are targeting
The security practices and technologies that have proven the most (or least) successful in stopping or mitigating these attacks
It can also enable security groups to assess whether an emerging threat is likely to affect their specific enterprise based on factors such as:
Industry — Is the threat affecting other businesses in our vertical?
Technology — Does the threat involve compromising software, hardware, or other technologies used in our enterprise?
Geography — Does the threat target facilities in regions where we have operations?
Attack method — Have methods used in the attack, including social engineering and technical methods, been used successfully against our company or similar ones?
With these types of intelligence, gathered from a broad set of external data sources, security decision makers gain a holistic view of the cyber risk landscape and the greatest risks to their enterprise.
Here are four key areas where threat intelligence helps security leaders make decisions:
Mitigation — Threat intelligence helps security leaders prioritize the vulnerabilities and weaknesses that threat actors are most likely to target, giving context on the TTPs those threat actors use, and therefore the weaknesses they tend to exploit.
Communication — CISOs are often challenged by the need to describe threats and justify countermeasures in terms that will motivate non-technical business leaders, such as cost, impact on customers, new technologies. Threat intelligence provides powerful ammunition for these discussions, such as the impact of similar attacks on companies of the same size in other industries or trends and intelligence from the dark web indicating that the enterprise is likely to be targeted.
Supporting leaders — Threat intelligence can provide security leaders with a real-time picture of the latest threats, trends, and events, helping security leaders respond to a threat or communicate the potential impact of a new threat type to business leaders and board members in a timely and efficient manner.
The security skills gap — CISOs must make sure the IT organization has the human resources to carry out its mission. But cybersecurity’s skills shortage means existing security staff frequently cope with unmanageable workloads. Threat intelligence automates some of the most labor-intensive tasks, rapidly collecting data and correlating context from multiple intelligence sources, prioritizing risks, and reducing unnecessary alerts. Powerful threat intelligence also helps junior personnel quickly “upskill” and perform above their experience level.
Reducing Third-Party Risk
Countless organizations are transforming the way they do business through digital processes. They’re moving data from internal networks to the cloud, and gathering more information than ever before.
Making data easier to collect, store, and analyze is certainly changing many industries for the better, but this free flow of information comes with a price. It means that to assess the risk of our own organization, we also have to consider the security of our partners, vendors, and other third parties.
Unfortunately, many of the most common third-party risk management practices employed today are lagging behind security requirements. Static assessments of risk, like financial audits and security certificate verifications, are still important, but they often lack context and aren’t always timely. There’s a need for a solution that offers real-time context on the actual threat landscape.
Threat intelligence is one way to do just that. It can provide transparency into the threat environments of the third parties you work with, providing real-time alerts on threats and changes to their risks and giving you the context you need to evaluate your relationships.
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Fascinating landscapes of the sea and the mountains. A hundred kilometres from both Cagliari and Nuoro, Tertenia is a village with an agricultural and pastoral tradition in the southern part of Ogliastra, populated by almost four thousand inhabitants. It stands in a valley, surrounded by the complex of Monte Ferru, rich in forests and trails, from the Taccu mannu and from Mount Arbu. The scenery is striking: the waters of the Rio Quirra torrent, which crosses through the residential area, and its tributaries, vineyards and holm oak forests of Crabiolu, Fustiragili and Bingionniga, create colour variations ranging from blue to green. In the background, the limestone towers of Tacchi d'Ogliastra add even more charm. The coastline stretches for twelve kilometres. The long Marina di Tertenia consists of enchanting beaches of soft, light sand, interspersed with rocky shorelines: Foxi Manna, Foxi de Murdegu and S Abba de Is Marronis. Their waters are transparent and iridescent blue. Next to the coast, there are plains and hills with lush Mediterranean scrub: cistus, strawberry tree, mastic and heather. Overlooking Foxi Murdegu, there is the tower of San Giovanni di Sarrala (16th century). According to tradition, the village first emerged here, by the sea, and it then moved higher up, in order to defend itself from the Saracen incursions and, in the end, it settled in an 'intermediate' site. Confirming this, is the fact that Sarrala comes from the Roman town of Saralapis, which may have been located here. Between the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century, the area was involved in the extraction activity of minerals transported and loaded in the port of Santoru, in the southernmost part of the Marina.
The first traces of a settlement in the territory of Tertenia date back to the Late and Final Neolithic periods (4th-3rd millennium BC), in the grottoes at the foot of Mount Giulea and the Domus de Janas necropolises in the localities of Magalàu and Santa Lugia. In the Bronze Age, the village was densely populated: almost 80 Nuraghi - among which the Aleri Nuraghe stands out - about thirty Tombs of Giants, about twenty Nuragic villages and a sacred well. From archaeology to art: in the village, there is the Albino Manca Museum, dedicated to the very successful artistic experience (in Italy and in the United States) of the painter and sculptor who was born and died in Tertenia (1898-1976). Among the religious buildings worth visiting, there is the parish church of the Beata Vergine Assunta and the church of Santa Teresa d'Avita (17th century). In Bidda 'e Susu there is the Byzantine church of Santa Sofia, in honour of whom the most heartfelt festivity is celebrated (beginning of September). There is a costume parade in honour of San Pietro Apostolo, while in August there is a feast of typical local produce, in which you can enjoy roast and boiled sheep, cheese and local wines.
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SIX is Ready for the Activation of the Ordinance Adopted by the Swiss Federal Council to Safeguard and to Strengthen a Strong Swiss Capital Market
The European Commission’s decision to grant Switzerland “equivalent third country” status is still pending. SIX still welcomes the ordinance adopted by the Swiss Federal Council in November 2018 to safeguard and to strengthen the functioning of the Swiss capital market. If the recognition of equivalence is definitely not extended, this measure shall ensure that EU market participants continue to have access to the Swiss domestic market and continue to be able to trade Swiss shares there. SIX has prepared for this eventuality by establishing direct links to all its clients over the past seven months so that trading will not be disrupted. In addition, it has implemented a Fast Track process for bringing new participants on board.
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If the recognition of equivalence is definitely not extended, the ordinance of the Swiss Federal Council will be activated on 1 July 2019, meaning that EU trading venues will no longer be permitted to trade in Swiss equities with effect from 1 July 2019. The Federal Council’s measures create a new “recognition regime” for foreign trading venues trading Swiss equities. Due to the new “recognition regime”, FINMA would only grant recognition if the country in which the foreign trading venue is located allows securities firms registered in that country to conduct unrestricted trading in Swiss equities in Switzerland. If this condition is not met, FINMA would not recognize the foreign trading venue, so any such trading venues would no longer be permitted to trade in Swiss equities with effect from 1 July 2019. In case of Switzerland’s expired equivalence status with the EU, this would affect all EU trading venues.
The ordinance is going to be activated with effect from 1 July 2019, as the European Commission will most probably no longer recognize the Swiss legal framework as equivalent although Swiss legal framework has already been judged to be equivalent numerous times by the EU technical authorities in the past.
SIX welcomes the ordinance adopted by the Swiss Federal Council in November 2018 to safeguard and to strengthen the functioning of the Swiss capital market, as this ensures that EU market participants continue to have access to the Swiss domestic market and continue to be able to trade Swiss shares directly at SIX.
The intended consequence of the Federal Council’s ordinance is that EU securities firms should continue to have access to the Swiss domestic market and continue to be able to trade Swiss shares in their home market, because the shares are no longer subject to the EU trading mandate (Share Trading Obligation) in MIFIR (Art. 23).
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‘Dining out’ could add to café culture
Jul. 17, 2006 12:00 a.m.
Neighborhood businesses long barred from putting tables and chairs outside may soon see a different picture.
In many cases these neighborhood business have watched over the years as zoning changes went into effect around them, leaving their establishments in “nonconforming” status and ending their chances to apply for a permit to put tables and chairs outdoors. Most of these businesses are on the ground floor of buildings with residences above them or in residential areas of The City.
Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi plans on introducing legislation Tuesday that would allow these nonconforming businesses to apply, like other businesses do, with the Department of Public Works for a permit to put tables and chairs outdoors.
If the legislation is approved, then “a majority of your small 'mom and pop' corner stores and small business cafes would be able to seek a permit to provide seats and chairs,” said Dan Sider, legislative liaison for The City's Planning Department.
“This is San Francisco. People who come here expect to see our city peppered with restaurants and outdoor cafes. It's amazing how few we have,” Mirkarimi said.
The business community is expected to embrace the legislation, saying it would go far to increase profit as well as invigorate the neighborhoods.
“Most businesses are driven by consumer demand,” said Kevin Westlye, director of the Golden Gate Restaurant Association. “On nice days, consumers like to sit outdoors.”
Westlye added, “Outdoor seating helps the neighborhood come alive and people feel more safe and comfortable in the neighborhood because people are visible on the street.”
These businesses would adhere to existing regulations, requiring tables and chairs to be placed only in front of the businesses and only when at least six feet of sidewalk space remains. The permit to place tables and chairs outside costs between $100 and $360, depending on how many there are.
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The Pelham Public Library is kicking off summer with a boom, hosting fun science experiements and a drum show in early June. (Contributed)
By MOLLY DAVIDSON / Staff Writer
PELHAM—The Pelham Public Library is kicking off summer with a boom, bringing mad science and drums to the library in early June.
The Pelham Public Library will turn into a mad science lab on June 3, kicking off the “Fizz, Boom, Read!” children’s summer reading program with experiments and projects. From 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. children can stop by the library to make flubber, mad scientist hair, get their pictures taken in a photo booth and sign up for the reading program, Children’s Librarian Mary Campbell said.
“Its just a few fun things” to start off summer and the summer reading program, Campbell said.
On June 10, the Pelham Public Library will host its annual interactive kid’s drum show by Mark Seymour of BE-AT Your Best.
“He’s been doing this show for us for (six) years now,” Campbell said of the 45 minute show that features “drums from all over the world” and even a didgeridoo.
Seymour will play a variety of original songs and new popular sings, although it is “not really a concert,” Campbell said, explaining that Seymour invites kids to participate in a “silly skit.”
“It’s very popular,” Campbell said. “It’s always a favorite.”
The free show will be held in the library’s program room at 10:30 a.m.
“Just show up,” Campbell said. “We’ll fit as many as possible (in the program room).”
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The Oak Mountain Eagles dropped a matchup to No. 5 Mountain Brook on the road on Friday, Oct. 4. (For the Reporter/Barry Clemmons)
Mountain Brook QB Gibbs’ 5 TDs sinks OMHS
Published 11:36 pm Friday, October 4, 2019
By STEPHEN DAWKINS | Staff Writer
MOUNTAIN BROOK – Oak Mountain’s football team lost at region foe Mountain Brook, 42-14, on Friday, Oct. 4, to fall to 2-4 overall on the season and 0-4 in Class 7A, Region 3 play.
The host Spartans (6-0, 4-0) built a 21-0 lead early in the second quarter and never looked back.
Scoring came via 29-yard pass from Strother Gibbs to Christopher Wright, 22-yard run by Gibbs and 17-yard pass from Gibbs to Wright.
Oak Mountain got on the scoreboard with 1:34 remaining in the first half on a 19-yard run by Judah Tait, but the Eagles could never threaten the lead.
Mountain Brook added second-half scores on an interception returned for a touchdown by Blake Pugh, a 2-yard run by Gibbs and a 10-yard run by Gibbs.
Oak Mountain’s Jonathan Bennett raced 49 yards for a touchdown with 3:37 on the clock in the third quarter, and Hogan Morton was good on both of his point-after attempts.
The visitors were outgained 413 yards to 213 and 25 first downs to seven.
Even Smith completed three passes in nine attempts for 27 yards for OMHS and added 16 rushing yards on eight carries.
Bennett rushed for a team-high 128 yards on 13 carries.
Devin Holden caught two passes for 20 yards.
Will Pfaffman led the Oak Mountain defense with eight tackles, and Juston Taylor added six tackles.
The Eagles host Tuscaloosa County High School on Friday, Oct. 11.
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Adding 3 MPs Of Indian-Origin, Britain Now Has The Most Desi Cabinet In Its History
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There's been one notable feature about the election of Boris Johnson as the UK Prime Minister. He's given three cabinet positions to MPs of Indian origin, making this the most Desi cabinet in Britain's history.
Priti Patel, an ardent supporter of Brexit and Narendra Modi, was appointed as Home Secretary, making her the most senior Indian-origin MP ever in a British government. She will be in charge of national security, tackling crime, fighting terrorism and extremism, and dealing with illegal immigration.
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According to The Times of India, Agra-born Alok Sharma has been promoted to the role of Secretary of State for International Development. The Agra-born MP was previously Minister of State for Employment.
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Lastly, Richmond's Rishi Sunak has been elevated to Chief Secretary to the Treasury. He was previously a junior minister in the department for housing, local government and communities.
Source: Rishisunak
The Boris Johnson-led government is aiming to deliver Brexit by October 31, and also strike a new deal with the European Union.
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Dr. Azeem Ibrahim
Born in Glasgow, Dr Ibrahim was named one of the Top Global Thinkers of 2009 by the LSDP European Social Think Tank and a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum.
With a PhD from the University of Cambridge, Dr Ibrahim is highly in demand for his expertise in the area of geopolitical strategy. He has advised many world leaders in recent years and served as an International Security Fellow at Kennedy School of Government at Harvard, a World Fellow at Yale and an Adjunct Research Professor at the Strategic Studies Institute, US Army War College.
Dr Ibrahim also founded over half a dozen award-winning companies in three continents, including his most recent venture, Ibrahim Associates - a non-profit global strategic consultancy firm. His many years of experience as an economic expert led him to consider the situation of his own home country. He knew that innovative policy solutions were required if Scotland was to remain globally competitive, and he responded to this need by setting up The Scotland Institute.
Charles Lavery
Charles Lavery is an award-winning journalist who has reported on many of the most important stories of the last two decades, including Omagh, Soham, Dunblane,the funeral of Princess Diana and the Afghanistan war. A former chief reporter at Scotland's biggest selling newspaper, the Sunday Mail, he was named Reporter of the Year in Scotland in both 2008 and 2009.
Dr. Roger Cook
With a BSc, MSc and PhD in economics, Dr Cook has worked for eight years in the UK higher education sector in various positions involving strategic planning and institutional governance. He is an expert on student retention in tertiary education, examining the economic, ethical and social impacts of increasing longevity and various specific country studies.
Nicholas Mitchell
With a first class degree in Economics and masters in International Politics and Research Methods, Nicholas Mitchell has been working as a political researcher ever since university. While originally based in Munich, he investigated the role this Bavarian city played in the birth of National Socialism and published a guidebook to the Dachau Memorial Site. He is now highly in demand as an independent researcher, with clients in both the US and UK.
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Corrine was also awarded a scholarship and worked/studied at Oregon State University in the United States for 3 months where she facilitated contacts for the Oregon State University representatives who were travelling to Orkney to meet with European Marine Energy Centre with the purpose of gaining information to assist in setting up a marine testing bay in Oregon. Ultimately this resulted in talks between two Universities in holding joint Masters Programmes.
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The season of autumn is made up of three months – September, October and November. In the Scots language the season is called the hairst. Hairst comes originally from a Common Germanic word which is believed to have taken the form *harbistoz about two thousand years ago. We find this word taking the forms hærfest in Anglo-Saxon (giving modern English the word harvest) and haust in Old Norse. The three months which make up this season – September, October and November – take the same forms in Scots as they do in English, though in the case of November the ‘o’ tends to be lost and it is pronounced as ‘N’vember’.
The autumn brings with it the wettest weather in Scotland, which continues into the winter. This is very true of the western regions of Scotland, such as the Highlands, which experience much longer and heavier rainfall than other regions of the country. At this time of the year low air pressure (called depressions by meteorologists) is brought into Scotland by westerly winds coming in from the Atlantic. Low air pressure is closely associated with higher winds and warming air. As air meets higher ground it is forced to rise upwards and leads to cooling which will produce clouds and rain. So it is unsurprising that mountainous and upland regions draw more rain at this time, such as Argyll, Dunbartonshire and Inverness which are very rainy compared with more lowland regions to the south and east of the country. Indeed, Argyll is among the wettest areas not only of Scotland, but the entire UK. Along with these rains come some of the strongest winds in Scotland, usually blowing up from the south west and affecting the western islands and Highlands, though some of the most dramatic short term gusts are to be experiences in the north east (see spring).
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Everyone knows Trump adores American fast food, but geez. If nothing else, President Donald Trump is always fun, and on Monday he did not fail to amuse with his choice of meal to serve champion college football team, The Clemson Tigers.
Having won the college football national championship, Trump decided to celebrate the team's victory by putting an "All American" slant on a traditional White House dinner. What slant is that, you ask...
Trump served them fast food. Yes- pizza, burgers and fries. The same kind of food you'd get at a children's birthday party at Chucky Cheese's!
The greasy aroma of McDonald's and Wendy's hung heavy in the White House air as Trump saluted college football's Clemson Tigers for winning the national championship.
Trump said he even paid for their meal himself because of the partial government shutdown.
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Chris Burns - Feb 11, 2020, 4:52pm CST
The Samsung Galaxy S20 5G release situation is a mess, of that you can be sure. It happened largely because of the strange way in which 5G is launching, with more than one sort of “5G” being legitimately tagged with the name, and Samsung switching the way it markets its hero phones, and different phones having different mobile data access… It’s not a simple situation. So Verizon decided they won’t launch their Samsung Galaxy S20 at the same time as everyone else.
NOTE: Each mobile carrier has their own way of marketing 5G connectivity. The two versions we’re looking at today are Verizon-centric, so here’s the key to that:
• “Verizon’s 5G Ultra Wideband (MMW) network” = mmWave
• “Verizon’s 5G low-band network” = sub-6
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This is a different version of the S20
The Samsung Galaxy S20 launching with Samsung – shown by Samsung today, here in February of 2020 – does not have the ability to connect to the same sorts of 5G as the other two Galaxy S20 devices, called S20+ and S20 Ultra. The Galaxy S20+ and S20 Ultra can connect to both mmWave 5G and sub-6 5G, while the Galaxy S20 can only connect to sub-6 5G, while the S20+ and S20 Ultra can connect to sub-6 5G AND mmWave 5G.
SEE TOO: Our Samsung Galaxy S20, S20+, Ultra hands-on
Verizon decided they did not want this Samsung Galaxy S20, this first version of the S20, with its inability to connect to mmWave 5G. Instead, Verizon will launch a different S20 in the future.
A Verizon representative today said that they will have “a version of the GS20 in Q2 that will work on Verizon’s 5G Ultra Wideband (MMW) network.”
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Mr Richard James
Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
MBchB BDS LDSRCS FRCS FDSRCPS FDSRCS LLB
Mr James specialises in the management of oral and maxillofacial disorders. He has a particular interest in oncology and is the lead oral and maxillofacial surgeon in oncology based at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital. Mr James also manages general oral and maxillofacial disorders including the management of surgical teeth extractions and salivary gland disease. Mr James normally sees new patients on Friday mornings though other appointment times can be arranged.
Some of the principal treatments carried out by Mr Richard James at Spire include:
Oncology Head and neck oncology Oral and maxillofacial surgery
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Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
International Bone Research Association (IBRA)
British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (BAOMS)
Mr James studied dentistry at Guys Hospital, London. He subsequently worked as an oral surgeon prior to studying medicine at Leicester University Medical School. His higher surgical training was completed in the South Thames Rotation, including Guildford, Kings, Guys, St Thomas's and finally Brighton & Eastbourne Hospitals. Mr James has lived in Norfolk since 2005.
Email richard.james@nnuh.nhs.uk
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HomeColumnistsJohn RobertsDixie Dean: ‘I never had any lessons at school. No maths. No English. Nothing except football’
Dixie Dean: ‘I never had any lessons at school. No maths. No English. Nothing except football’
JOHN ROBERTS wrote for the Daily Express, The Guardian, the Daily Mail and The Independent, where he was the tennis correspondent for 20 years. He collaborated with Bill Shankly on the Liverpool manager’s autobiography, ghosted Kevin Keegan’s first book, and has written books on George Best, Manchester United’s Busby Babes (The Team That Wouldn’t Die) and Everton (The Official Centenary History).
As Matthew Engel once wrote in the British Journalism Review: “I suspect posh-paper sports writing changed forever the day John Roberts left the Daily Express to join The Guardian in the late 1970s, was handed a piece of routine agency copy and picked up a telephone to start asking questions.”
By John Roberts
In conversation with Dixie Dean: Part Two
Part One is here
DD: [In 1928] we had quite a good, hard-working team, and I would say that there would be about nine comedians in the team, and they were all kidding each other and that sort of thing, and, of course, [the team spirit] paid off.
I wanted nine goals in three matches to get 60. On the Saturday I scored two against Aston Villa at Goodison. I thought to myself well blimey, I only want another seven from two matches. So when we go off to Burnley, the next thing I know the ball has started running a bit my way and before half-time I’d scored four. And, of course, our supporters, they were going off at the deep end. Oh, by the way, I went off the field then at half-time.
I pulled a muscle stretching, so I didn’t go on in the second half. My old trainer Harry Cooke, from that night, from the Wednesday night until the Friday, he was with me at home, my home in Alderley Avenue, Birkenhead. Old Harry kept putting clay plasters on [the muscle] until the Friday night, even leaving one on overnight as well. Old Harry cured it and on the Saturday, of course I was fit.
JR: So if it hadn’t been for that, you might not have been playing?
DD: That’s a fact, because we’d already won the League. But, of course, the spectators could see this other three, [thinking] if I can two get two against the Villa and four at Burnley I must be able to get three against this other mob at home.
JR: And that day you went there were 60 odd thousand in the ground.
DD: Yeah, they shut the gates.
JR: Geordie (George) Camsell, he got his [record 59] goals [for Middlesborough] in the Second Division the season before, but that wouldn’t diminish the quality of what he did or the merit of his goals. I mean, he might have been in the Second Division but it was still an enormous thing for him to do, wasn’t it, to score 59 goals?
DD: Yeah…yes, he was a nice lad Geordie. As a matter of fact I got my calling up papers for the army from the north-east, up near Bishop Auckland, and it was there that I heard that old Geordie had snuffed it.
JR: The Everton team of that time, it was all geared up for attacking football wasn’t it? What would you have? Obviously a goalkeeper, two backs…
DD: … three halves, five forwards.
JR: What qualities were expected in the centre forwards?
DD: Solid, hard-working…not to be afraid. You’ve got to take all the risks, which I did. I had just over 15 operations. But I was quick at healing.
JR: The right temperament too. You never let yourself lose your temper or anything like, you never got…
DD: I wouldn’t argue.
JR: You must have had big defenders trying to provoke you, pushing you, shoving you, kicking you, they’d be calling you names, the old procedure.
DD: You’d get [your own] back a bit … There’s a case at Blackburn, where they had a big fella there, [Bill] Rankin, and there was a corner kick coming over. And just when I’m going up to head this, he’s got two fingers in the back of my football trousers, in the negligee. And he pulled me down, you see, and he’s behind me, and when he knows that I haven’t gone up for it, he turns around, and says ‘He doesn’t ruddy well get that one.’
‘No,’ I said. ‘You did, thank you very much. Look where it’s gone.’
It hit him, hit his shoulder and went in the net.
JR: And he didn’t even know he’d done that, did he? He was too busy watching you.
DD: Yes, he was pulling, watching the ball, trying to watch the ball, and pull my knickers at the same time, pull me down.
JR: There was a funny goal you scored at Villa where the sun helped you a lot…when you saw the shadow.
DD: Yeah, that was [Fred] Biddlestone, I think, the Villa goalkeeper, and this ball was pumped right up the field from Hunter Hart, the centre-half. He belted it and, er, I’m watching this ball ten yards outside the penalty area, and all of a sudden I can see the shadow lengthening, knowing then that the goalkeeper had come out of his goal. So instead of me breasting it down, or footing it down, taking it on, I jumped up and flicked it with the back of my head, and it dropped in the empty net. And then he said: ‘How the bloody hell do you get these goals?’ I said: ‘Er, that thing there gave me that.’ He said: ‘How do you mean?’ I said: ‘Well, look at your shadow there…’ Oh, Christ! ‘Don’t bring your shadow with you next time!’
JR: You were born in Birkenhead?
DD: I was born in Birkenhead, but both sides of my people belonged to Chester. My randfather, Ralph Brett, he drove the royal train.
JR: During the reign of George V?
DD: Yes.
JR: Were there other railwaymen in the family?
DD: My dad was on the railways from when he was 11.
JR: What were your schooldays like?
DD: Well, it was war time you see, so you were grafting all the time. I used to take milk out. I’d be up at half-past four in the morning and go down and get the ponies and the milk floats, then I’d come out to this place in Upton, between Upton and Arrowe Park, and Burgess’ Farm was there. We used to collect the milk in the big urns and take it out to people’s houses, serving it out of the ladle. And not only that, you had an allotment, and that was in school time. And there was no such thing as pinching and stealing and all that bloody caper. In those days, you were growing all that stuff and you needed it for the war time.
JR: It was all part of the war effort was it?
DD: Yes. It was in Birkenhead Park. We all had an allotment set to us. A couple of us would have a nice piece of ground. Get the old spuds in, cabbages in, onions, everything that we wanted, lettuce.
JR: Would you take them home, or would it go…
DD: No, the Council took all that. We got a bit ourselves of, course.
JR: So at school you just had to take what lessons you could, I suppose?
DD: My only lesson was football.
JR: Is that right?
DD: That’s right…nothing else. I used to give the pens out on Friday afternoons…the ink, and the chalks. That was the only job I had in school.
JR: What about the lessons?
DD: I never had any lessons.
JR: Did you never learn maths or English?
DD: No, nothing.
JR: Well how did you learn to read or write then?
DD: Oh, I can write as good as anybody. I just picked it up. And then when I left school, then I was on the railway, same as my dad. My mother, she’d come to Birkenhead to go in service, and my dad packed up in Chester and he came down to Birkenhead. Got a job on the Wirral railway, and he was on the Wirral railway until he retired.
I served my time in the sheds as an apprentice fitter. The other two apprentice fitters, they didn’t like the night job because there were too many bloody rats around there, coming out of the Anglo-oil company and the Vacamoil company…rats as big as whippets. So I took their night job, and of course, I could always have a game of football then.
JR: You’d play football and then go working at the railway sheds?
DD: Yeah. My manager at the Wirral railway, his two sons were doctors, and they were also directors of New Brighton Football Club. Whoever it was that told them, I don’t know, but the general manager of the railway sent for me and asked me would I care to go to New Brighton. Now my mind, you see, was always on Everton.
JR: Did you used to watch them as a boy?
DD: Only seen them once. My dad took me there when I was eight. Watching that blue and the stands and everything I thought, blimey, what a place! Anyway, I told the general manager of the railway that I wasn’t thinking about going anywhere yet. The next thing I know I’m playing out here in Wirral for Pensby United. Then this fella approached me one day and asked me did I want to go to Tranmere and have a game there. I got lucky in the sense that I went there, I did get to Everton from there. But at Tranmere I didn’t fancy Bert Cook, who was the secretary, manager, trainer…everything. He was one of those soft soapers, until he finished with you.
JR: And the big clubs were watching you…
DD: Oh, eight or nine teams. Newcastle wanted me. Arsenal wanted me. Anyway, one afternoon I cleared off to the pictures and when I got home my mother told me Mr McIntosh from Everton had been and was waiting for me at the Woodside Hotel. I ran the two and a half miles there. I couldn’t get there quick enough. Mr McIntosh asked me did I want to play for Everton, and that was that.
JR: What was your share of the £3,000 transfer fee?
DD: Tranmere promised my mother and father three hundred quid. They were satisfied, I was satisfied and then a fortnight later Tranmere sent for me. I went up there, they handed me this cheque for thirty pounds. So I said to them: ‘Hey, you’ve missed an ‘0’ off this.’
‘Oh, no, I’m sorry’ Bert Cook said, ‘but that’s all the League will allow.’ I went to see Mr John McKenna, the chairman of the Football Association, and I told him, and he said, ‘I’m afraid you’ve signed, and that’s it.’
To be continued . . . Part three is here
Some material from the interview also appears in ‘Everton: The Official Centenary History’ and ‘The Legendary Dixie Dean’ CD book.
More columns by John Roberts
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Is ESPN’s Chris Fowler Gunning for His Co-Worker’s Monday Night Football Job?
by Jack Dougherty on November 28, 2020
Chris Fowler has been a staple of ESPN’s college football coverage for years. Fowler and Kirk Herbstreit have handled Saturday Night Football duties in the booth since 2014, but the veteran play-by-player might be looking for a promotion.
Fowler recently spoke about the possibility of taking his voice to Monday Night Football, and he seemed open to the idea despite ESPN just filling the booth with a new crew this year.
Chris Fowler is ESPN’s premier college football voice
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Chris Fowler has become an integral part of every college football fan’s Saturday night over the years. He took over play-by-play duties for ESPN’s Saturday Night Football in 2014, and he’s held the position ever since.
He and Herbstreit have only been on the call for college football’s game of the week for six years, but they’ve been apart of ESPN’s college football coverage for decades.
Fowler served as the host for College GameDay from 1990-2014 before jumping to play-by-play. He’s also hosted ESPN’s Heisman Trophy Presentation since 1994 and The Home Depot College Football Awards since 1993.
College football has been Fowler’s bread and butter at ESPN, but the NFL could be on the horizon.
Fowler expresses interest in Monday Night Football
I know this is easy for me to say but I really think ESPN ought to have Chris Fowler and Kirk Herbstreit call BOTH the top Saturday college game AND Monday Night Football. People say it's too much work but baseball broadcasters call six or seven games a week.
— Michael David Smith (@MichaelDavSmith) September 15, 2020
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After ESPN canned its Monday Night Football crew of Joe Tessitore, Booger McFarland, and Jason Witten, Fowler and Herbstreit became the favorites to replace them in the booth. ESPN eventually settled on Steve Levy, Louis Riddick, and Brian Griese, but Fowler and Herbstreit still got to call an NFL game earlier this season.
The college football duo called the Week 1 matchup between the Steelers and Giants, and fans wanted more. Apparently, so does Fowler. He appeared on “The Jake Asman Show” on SportsMap Radio Monday and spoke about possibly working the MNF booth in the future.
I love what I’m doing, but you never shut yourself off from opportunities down the line. I think doing Saturdays and Mondays together would be too much, but you never know how the landscape would change. We would definitely be open to it. We are both fans of the sport. The NFL is the sport at the highest level.
Chris Fowler
Is Fowler gunning for his co-worker’s job?
Sending support to #JoeBurrow for his long road back. Today’s news about his knee is rough. As someone who’s torn everything you can in a knee (multiple times) I know the work he’s facing. I root for NFL players I enjoyed covering in college. Far too many have gone down in ‘20 pic.twitter.com/O9q77hIZBK
— Chris Fowler (@cbfowler) November 24, 2020
RELATED: Could Your Favorite ESPN Personality Soon Be out of a Job in New Round of Layoffs?
Fowler has expressed interest in the MNF job more than once, but he backed off those comments this week. He spoke to Andrew Marchand of the New York Post about the situation.
If you are going to treat it this way and say, ‘Hey, if it were me, I would’ve answered the question differently,’ that’s fair. But, if you are going to be honest and say what I’m telling you, on the record, and what I’ve said many times, I think it is fair that that be framed up that way. I’ve said again and again and again that I have admiration for those guys. They’re friends. I have no interest in that job. I’m very happy doing what I’m doing. I want to keep calling the biggest college football games we have. I’ll only talk about reality. I can’t answer hypotheticals.
So, is Fowler really gunning for his co-worker’s MNF job, or is he content in his current role?
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Decision reports
Decision Report 201701589
Case ref:
A Council
Upheld, recommendations
child services and family support
Ms C complained about the council's actions when she reported concerns about her child (Child A) to the social work department on several occasions.
We took independent advice from a social worker. We found that in relation to the first time Ms C raised concerns, the records were inadequate to determine whether the decisions made by the council were reasonable or not. We found that in relation to the second time Ms C raised concerns, the council should have carried out further investigation and it was unreasonable that they did not. We found that when the council was contacted by a health board in relation to concerns about Child A, they failed to assess the matter in full and therefore failed to follow national guidance on 'Getting it right for every child' (GIRFEC). We considered that it unclear from the records why the council took no further action at this point. Overall, we found that there had been a failure to properly record what happened, assessments, and follow-up. We upheld this aspect of Ms C's complaint.
Ms C also complained about the council's communication with her and their handling of her complaint. We found that the complaint responses to Ms C lacked empathy and understanding. We were also critical that the council's complaint process did not identify the failings in social work practice and failed to acknowledge the significance of poor record-keeping in this case. We considered this to be unreasonable and we upheld this aspect of Ms C's complaint.
What we asked the organisation to do in this case:
Apologise to Ms C for failing to take reasonable action on the concerns raised about Child A; and that the communication with Ms C and handling of her complaint was unreasonable. The apology should meet the standards set out in the SPSO guidelines on apology available at www.spso.org.uk/leaflets-and-guidance
What we said should change to put things right in future:
Record-keeping should be clear and accurate. Details of interviews and assessments should be recorded, and reasons for any decisions should be clear.
Reports of concern about children and young people should be acted upon appropriately and in line with guidance.
National Guidance for Child Protection in Scotland and the National Framework for Risk Assessment should be followed in relation to assessing risk and linking this with GIRFEC framework.
In relation to complaints handling, we recommended:
Complaint responses should be appropriately empathetic and understanding.
The council's complaints handling system should ensure that failings (and good practice) are identified and the significance of these failings acknowledged, in order to enable learning from complaints to inform service development and improvement.
View Decision Report 201701589 as a PDF (28.22 KB)
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Welcome to Story & Spirit!
Facilitation, Healing, Coaching, and Humanness for People and Organizations Who Give a Damn
We work with amazing people and organizations to harness the power of story to create a more just, vibrant, and equitable world where we live in greater connection with ourselves, each other, and the world around us. Also, we have fun.
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Please note that all facilitation, workshops, and offerings are currently offered via Zoom. If you have questions about how this works (and even if it's possible to cultivate deep, human experiences online), I hear you. Please get in touch and we'll chat!
Here are a few reflections from people I've had the privilege of supporting!
Michael is an alchemist, from helping transform your life narrative into a business mission statement to turning a personal challenge into a platform for growth. After every conversation with Michael I walk away wiser, and his healing practices are immensely valuable and full of practical compassion.
–Adriel Hampton, Founder Adriel Hampton Group & CA Gubernatorial Candidate
Working with Michael is like walking down a new path with a old friend.
Each step forward is a genuine question to which you both discover the answer. Each step is one at a time, based on what you learned by taking the previous step, together because, and this is his deeply rooted ethic, he knows you will only take a true second step once you both discover what lies at the first, right then in that moment.
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Storytelling Workshops
Michael’s technical knowledge of storytelling will stick with me – he is well-versed in structure, tone, movement and a host of other fundamentals for those looking to hone their skills. But much more importantly, Michael recognizes the power of story to heal and to build connections.The joy and celebration at the final presentation was something I’m not sure I’ve ever felt before. It was magical.
–Max A., Marketing Consultant
While we may not know it, we all have the ability to be amazing storytellers. Michael's workshop teaches you the tactical skills to tell stories effectively while also building your confidence to embrace the authentic storyteller inside.
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Michael offers guidance and wisdom from his path, shared in the most empowering way while approaching everything with sense of wonder, humor, vulnerability and in a peer leadership style. He holds a safe space for a genuine and exponential shift, gently inviting the group and individuals to just exist as they are and be present with an unusual but ever- accessible experience. There's so much to say and it's also very hard to bottle in words. It was magical, without being, like, all weird about it, ya know? Rare but with no intention to keep anything secret or proprietary.
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Microsoft goof lets anyone grab Windows 8.1 Update 1
By JR Bookwalter 07 March 2014
Now making rounds of Mega
Slipped thru Redmond's grasp
Too impatient to wait until next month to download the first big update to Microsoft's latest desktop OS? If you know where to look, you might not have to. Then again, you may not want to just yet.
Wind of a release to manufacturing (RTM) build of the forthcoming Windows 8.1 Update 1 started making the rounds of public cloud storage services after mistakenly being released by none other than Microsoft itself.
Although the update isn't due for a public release until April 8, the leaked build is what manufacturers use to make sure their hardware is ready to go, especially for PCs that will ship with the latest version of Windows already installed.
Adventurous types won't have to wait nearly that long, since the RTM build of Update 1 is now available for download, assuming you know where to look.
Mega leak
The update flap began with Microsoft's enthusiasm for getting Update 1 into the hands of its employees, using the public Windows Update servers to post the build with a file name that wouldn't be obvious to outsiders.
That tactic apparently backfired, allowing non-employees to access and download the files using little more than a "simple software tweak," and it didn't take long for those files to get uploaded to cloud storage lockers such as Mega.
But just because you can download now, doesn't mean you should. Mashable noted the RTM build is likely missing many "hardware-specific drivers" as well as links to services that have yet to be updated, making Update 1 a dubious prospect at the moment.
Windows 8.1 Update 1 is expected to include improvements to the so-called "modern" UI including the ability to boot straight into the Desktop, the return of shutdown on the Start screen and a more familiar task bar that aims to unify the old and new user interfaces.
Research before buying with our comprehensive PlayStation 4 review!
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Texas Olympian Is The Latest To Speak Out Against Abusive Team USA Doctor
By Becky FogelJanuary 17, 2018 7:14 amTexas News Roundup
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The four-day sentencing hearing for former USA Gymnastics team doctor, Larry Nassar began Tuesday. Nassar is accused of sexually abusing more than 140 women and girls while he was the doctor for Team USA and Michigan State University. He has plead guilty to seven first-degree sexual assault charges. Several Olympic gold medalists have accused Nassar of sexual abuse and this week another gymnast came forward: Simone Biles of Spring, Texas.
Mark Alesia, a reporter with The Indianapolis Star, told NPR’s Morning Edition on Wednesday that it’s a big deal for Biles to share her story.
“Simone Biles won four gold medals at the Rio Olympics, she is one of the most successful Olympic gymnasts ever,” said Alesia. “And adding her name to the Olympians who’d already come forward makes people think, when is this going to end? Who’s next?”
Biles posted a statement to Twitter Monday saying that she had been reluctant to speak about the abuse but knows now that it isn’t her fault. She went on to say “It is impossibly difficult to relieve these experiences and it breaks my heart even more to think that as I work towards my dream of competing in Tokyo 2020, I will have to continually return to the same training facility where I was abused.”
Fans of the Dallas Mavericks will soon have a new, high-tech option to pay for tickets. Owner Mark Cuban says the Mavs will become the first pro sports franchise outside California to accept bitcoin.
Gus Contreras with KERA News has the latest on Cuban’s cryptocurrency play.
Mark Cuban spent much of last year talking about a Bitcoin bubble.
“Most stocks, there’s not intrinsic value because you have no true ownership rights, no voting rights. You just have the ability to buy and sell those stocks — they’re like baseball cards. And I think Bitcoin’s the same thing,” Cuban said.
Next year fans can turn those virtual baseball cards into basketball tickets. The Mavs owner answered a Twitter question Monday about when the team would start accepting Bitcoin. He replied, “Next year.”
Cuban told Bloomberg the team will accept currency like Bitcoin or Ether, from companies it deals with. And he wants to make it easy for fans to pay that way.
The big question now? Whether Dirk Nowitzki will still be around to spend those bitcoins on.
Oprah Winfrey’s powerful speech at the Golden Globes calling for an end to the culture of sexual harassment continues to make waves.
She was accepting the Cecil B. de Mille Award for lifetime achievement. Winfrey told the audience, “For too long women have not been heard or believed if they dared to speak their truth to the power of those men, but their time is up.”
Her message was met with thunderous applause. On the heels of that rousing speech, Winfrey is now slated to speak in north Texas this April. She will be the keynote speaker at the “Feed Just One” gala, held by Minnie’s Food Pantry in Collin County.
Texas Standard For January 17, 2018
When Congress Won’t Act, Should One Judge Be Able To Overturn Nationwide Orders?
DACA Negotiations Continue, But Government Shutdown Looms
In Dallas, A Chance For Low-Income Kids To Get The ‘Boarding School Experience’
Texas Governor Unveils Plan To Reduce Property Taxes
Millennials Could Be More Pessimistic About The Future Than Their Parents Are
This Year, Homeless Advocates Will Get Results From The Dallas Homeless Count In Real Time
For This Tiny-House Owner, Living Small Means Being Flexible
Do Half Of Stolen Texas Vehicles Really Have The Keys Left Inside?
Older Texans Are Now Eligible For COVID Vaccines. But Good Luck Finding Someone To Give You A Shot.
Texas Is Relying On Chain Stores To Get COVID-19 Vaccines Out. In Austin, They Aren’t Near Communities Of Color.
After 22 Years In Prison, He’s Now Giving Incarcerated Men A Second Chance Through Entrepreneurship
‘Negroes’ Sign In Waxahachie Courthouse Leads To Controversy Over Its Preservation And Defacement
As Certification Of Joe Biden’s Victory Nears, Ted Cruz Leads Senators Calling For An Election Audit
Her New Year’s Cooking Is Steeped In Generations Of Tradition
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Data Sharing Concerns Rise with New COVID-19 Information
by Danielle Kane | Aug 5, 2020 1:32:43 PM
Headlines about cyber-threats are endless
Twitter and its employees were recently hacked in a cyberattack that ended up gaining access to the profiles of Barack Obama, Kanye West and other celebrity bigshots. TikTok has been in the national spotlight as it becomes an increasingly popular social app, yet even experts don’t know where all of the user data is going. What they do know is TikTok is ripe for a nefarious data breach.
While these are just two of the more prominent cybersecurity cases in recent memory, they serve as an important reminder that even with all else going on in the world (a rampant viral pandemic and struggling economy), cyber-criminals are still out there.
Though not solely to blame, part of this issue is the country’s sudden and large-scale shift to work from home in the wake of COVID-19. Big corporations and small business owners alike were all faced with the same challenge: transition employees to work remotely and do it fast.
At Better Business Bureau Northwest + Pacific, we’ve been pleased to hear many business owners were able to handle this with tact. But that doesn’t mean it was without risk. In fact, since the start of COVID-19, there has been a 20% spike in cyber-fraud, according to fraud-prevention platform Arkose Labs.
Scammers and hackers like risk because if often translates into vulnerability. Even with so much else on their plates, business owners must remain vigilant when it comes to their data and cybersecurity posture.
Be Careful What You Click
One of the most common scams that leads to hacks is employee email phishing.
“Criminals are very good at surveying the landscape to determine which areas or regions are most vulnerable,” said University of Hawaii Chief Information Security Officer Jodi Ito. “We haven’t seen new techniques since the start of COVID, but we have seen cyber-criminals getting better at creating backstories to impersonate someone else. They also have a lot more information about the target recipient to make [the scam] seem more legitimate.”
What Ito is describing is better known as an imposter scam, and it’s an extremely successful way for cyber-criminals to gain access to employees’ personally identifiable information, as well as sensitive business data. In most cases, unknowing employees click on a malicious link that they think came from someone inside their organization. But that link compromises the device, leaving the business open to malware and ransomware attacks.
The reason these attacks are working more often is due to the believability of the imposter email or message itself. But where are bad actors getting this data? How do they know so much about you, or your boss?
Read the Terms & Conditions
Let’s go back to TikTok for a moment. TikTok collects 125 pages of user data within the first nine seconds of opening the app. This includes things like your IP address, your browser history, your behavioral data, and information from other third-party social media profiles. Now, while we don’t know exactly where that data goes (because it’s a Chines app, not a U.S. app), we do know this level of data harvesting is seen across the board at Facebook, Netflix and Amazon, to name a few.
When we agree to the terms and conditions of these (and many, many other apps) we are consenting to a certain level of data sharing. This data is then used in a bevy of ways, including but certainly not limited to:
Showing us tailored advertisements or movie content
Selling access to our newsfeeds to third parties (not access to the hard data itself)
Trading data with other tech giants (as publicized in 2018)
Aggregating to create buyer personas
Not every app or tech company uses data in the same way. But yes, oftentimes your data is shared, despite such practices coming under heavy scrutiny in recent years. And sometimes giants (like Facebook) come under fire for having more intrusive access to personal information than users thought they agreed to.
Still, all of the above barely scratches the surface about the intimate ways in which our data is used to paint a picture of us as consumers, as voters and as employees. The point is this: Data privacy is an omnipresent issue, and when that data gets into the wrong hands, it becomes easier to scam people. Data security company Varonis shared that 71% of breaches are financially motivated and 25% are motivated by espionage.
“Consumers should be very careful – read the terms and conditions to learn more about how your data is being shared and who has access to it," Ito asserted.
Understand Where You Are in the Supply Chain
In the era of COVID-19, the type of information we are giving out is also of concern to cybersecurity experts because it’s health-related and is being used for critical research.
Ito says she and her colleagues see a budding cyber-threat: universities, research facilities and labs becoming prime targets for a breach.
“These entities are being targeted by other nations for their COVID-19 research data,” Ito said. “They want to be the first in the race to develop a treatment or a vaccine, and they want to do it without having to do the base research on their own. They try to steal it instead. If they can get to market even one week ahead of their rivals, that’s a huge gain.”
Such information was already breached at the University of California, which confirmed in June it had to pay $1 million in ransomware to a hacker gang called Netwalker.
Ito added, however, that smaller companies within the supply chain of medical research or defense for COVID-19 are at risk for similar hacks.
As we always stress at Better Business Bureau, there is no such thing as being too small to be hacked. In fact, 43% of cyber-attacks annually are small businesses, according to Verizon.
Cyber-criminals don’t just go after the big guys. It is imperative, now more than ever, for business owners to educate employees, remain on guard and update their cyber-hygiene policies in the new normal.
For more information on cybersecurity, visit BBB.org/cybersecurity.
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The iPhone SE 2 may actually be called the... iPhone 9?
By Richard Priday 09 December 2019
The missing iPhone name could be used after all.
We’ve heard a few rumors about the next budget iPhone, and the prevailing theory was that it would be a named sequel to the iPhone SE - the iPhone SE 2. However, a new source has thrown that into doubt.
Sourced from the Japanese Apple enthusiasts at Macotakara (via 9to5Mac), a source has claimed that the new phone designed by Apple will actually be called the iPhone 9. The handset would use the old iPhone 8 chassis but be powered by an A13 Bionic processor and have a release date of Spring 2020,
If you cast your mind back a few years to 2017, Apple released the iPhone 8 as a smaller upgrade to the iPhone 7, and also the more advanced iPhone X. Apple later released the iPhone XS and iPhone XR, and most recently the iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro.
The iPhone 9 name was skipped over, and it could be an ideal name for an entry-level handset. It's not great, but it makes more sense than iPhone SE 2, which is kind of messy.
In addition to the A13 chip, the iPhone 9 is rumored to use a 4.7-inch LCD screen and a Touch ID sensor, rather than Apple’s more recent Face ID system. Most importantly, the iPhone 9 would cost around $399 according to Ming-Chi Kuo, the Apple analyst with a strong record of predicting the company’s plans. That price would make it the cheapest iPhone, including the existing iPhone 8.
If you want to learn more about Apple’s new cheapest iPhone, then our iPhone SE 2/ iPhone 9 rumor hub will fill you in on the latest rumors.
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