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Doctrine and Covenants 10–11 "That You May Come Off Conqueror" Revelation given to Joseph Smith the Prophet, at Harmony, Pennsylvania, likely around April 1829, though portions may have been received as early as the summer of 1828. Herein the Lord informs Joseph of alterations made by wicked men in the 116 manuscript pages from the translation of the book of Lehi, in the Book of Mormon. These manuscript pages had…
Doctrine and Covenants 6–9 "This Is The Spirit Of Revelation" Revelation given to Joseph Smith the Prophet and Oliver Cowdery, at Harmony, Pennsylvania, April 1829. Oliver Cowdery began his labors as scribe in the translation of the Book of Mormon, April 7, 1829. He had already received a divine manifestation of the truth of the Prophet’s testimony respecting the plates on which was engraved the Book of Mormon record. The…
5th, Jan
Doctrine and Covenants 3–5 "My Work Shall Go Forth" Revelation given to Joseph Smith the Prophet, at Harmony, Pennsylvania, July 1828, relating to the loss of 116 pages of manuscript translated from the first part of the Book of Mormon, which was called the book of Lehi. The Prophet had reluctantly allowed these pages to pass from his custody to that of Martin Harris, who had served for a brief…
29th, Dec
Doctrine and Covenants 2; Joseph Smith–History 1:27–65 "The Hearts Of The Children Shall Turn To Their Fathers" An extract from Joseph Smith’s history relating the words of the angel Moroni to Joseph Smith the Prophet, while in the house of the Prophet’s father at Manchester, New York, on the evening of September 21, 1823. Moroni was the last of a long line of historians who had made the record that…
Doctrine and Covenants 1 "I Saw A Pillar Of Light" Joseph Smith tells of his ancestry, family members, and their early abodes—An unusual excitement about religion prevails in western New York—He determines to seek wisdom as directed by James—The Father and the Son appear, and Joseph is called to his prophetic ministry. (Verses 1–20.) Some preachers and other professors of religion reject the account of the First Vision—Persecution is heaped…
2021 Study Summary 1: Hearken All Ye People
21st, Dec
Doctrine and Covenants 1 "Hearken All Ye People" This material was prepared by Daniel Rona who was born in Israel– educated in America– and has been a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints since 1950. He was a well-known radio broadcaster in Salt Lake City, St. Louis, Chicago, and New York, as well as an international newscaster for the “Voice of Israel” in Jerusalem, Israel. In…
2020 Study Summary 50: He Shall Come Into The World To Redeem His People
"He Shall Come Into The World To Redeem His People" The Christmas season is a time to reflect on and express gratitude for the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ. As you read and ponder about Hist birth and life, consider how your study of the Book of Mormon has strengthened your testimony that He is the Savior of the world. What season was the birth of the Savior? The…
2020 Study Summary 49: Come Unto Christ, And Be Perfected In Him
Moroni 10 "Come Unto Christ, And Be Perfected In Him" A testimony of the Book of Mormon comes by the power of the Holy Ghost—The gifts of the Spirit are dispensed to the faithful—Spiritual gifts always accompany faith—Moroni’s words speak from the dust—Come unto Christ, be perfected in Him, and sanctify your souls. [About A.D. 421]. What is true faith? Throughout the years, Jews have weaned themselves away from spiritual…
2020 Study Summary 48: May Christ Lift Thee Up
7th, Dec
Moroni 7-9 "May Christ Lift Thee Up" An invitation is given to enter into the rest of the Lord—Pray with real intent—The Spirit of Christ enables men to know good from evil—Satan persuades men to deny Christ and do evil—The prophets manifest the coming of Christ—By faith, miracles are wrought and angels minister—Men should hope for eternal life and cleave unto charity. [About A.D. 401–21]. The baptism of little children…
2020 Study Summary 47: To Keep Them In The Right Way
30th, Nov
Moroni 1-6 "To Keep Them In The Right Way" Moroni writes for the benefit of the Lamanites—The Nephites who will not deny Christ are put to death. Jesus gave the Nephite apostles power to confer the gift of the Holy Ghost. Elders ordain priests and teachers by the laying on of hands. How the elders and priests administer the sacramental bread. The mode of administering the sacramental wine is set…
2020 Study Summary 46: By Faith All Things Are Fulfilled
23rd, Nov
Ether 12-15 "By Faith All Things Are Fulfilled" The prophet Ether exhorts the people to believe in God—Moroni recounts the wonders and marvels done by faith—Faith enabled the brother of Jared to see Christ—The Lord gives men weakness that they may be humble—The brother of Jared moved Mount Zerin by faith—Faith, hope, and charity are essential to salvation—Moroni saw Jesus face to face. Ether speaks of a New Jerusalem to…
2020 Study Summary 45: That Evil May Be Done Away
Ether 6-11 "That Evil May Be Done Away" The Jaredite barges are driven by the winds to the promised land—The people praise the Lord for his goodness—Orihah is appointed king over them—Jared and his brother die. Orihah reigns in righteousness—Amid usurpation and strife the rival kingdoms of Shule and Cohor are set up—Prophets condemn the wickedness and idolatry of the people, who then repent. There is strife and contention over…
2020 Study Summary 44: Rend That Veil of Unbelief
Ether 1-5 "Rend That Veil of Unbelief" Moroni abridges the writings of Ether—Ether’s genealogy set forth—The language of the Jaredites is not confounded at the Tower of Babel—The Lord promises to lead them to a choice land and make them a great nation. The Jaredites prepare for their journey to a promised land—It is a choice land whereon men must serve Christ or be swept off—The Lord talks to the…
2020 Study Summary 43: I Speak Unto You As If Ye Were Present
3rd, Nov
Mormon 7-9 "I Speak Unto You As If Ye Were Present" Mormon invites the Lamanites of the latter days to believe in Christ, accept his gospel, and be saved—All who believe the Bible will also believe the Book of Mormon. [About A.D. 385] The Lamanites seek out and destroy the Nephites—The Book of Mormon shall come forth by the power of God—Woes pronounced upon those who breathe out wrath and…
2020 Study Summary 42: I Would That I Could Persuade All… To Repent
27th, Oct
Mormon 1-6 "I Would That I Could Persuade All... To Repent" Ammaron instructs Mormon concerning the sacred records—War commences between the Nephites and the Lamanites—The Three Nephites are taken away—Wickedness, unbelief, sorceries, and witchcraft prevail. [About A.D. 322—326] Mormon leads the Nephite armies—Blood and carnage sweep the land—The Nephites lament and mourn with the sorrowing of the damned—Their day of grace is passed—Mormon obtains the plates of Nephi—Wars continue. [Between…
2020 Study Summary 41: There Could Not Be A Happier People
3 Nephi 27-4 Nephi "There Could Not Be A Happier People" Jesus commands them to call the Church in his name—His mission and atoning sacrifice constitute his gospel—Men are commanded to repent and be baptized that they may be sanctified by the Holy Ghost—They are to be even as Jesus is. Nine of the Twelve desire and are promised an inheritance in Christ’s kingdom when they die—The Three Nephites desire…
2020 Study Summary 40: Ye Are the Children of the Covenant
3 Nephi 20-26 "Ye Are the Children of the Covenant" Jesus provides bread and wine miraculously and again administers the sacrament unto the people—The remnant of Jacob will come to the knowledge of the Lord their God and will inherit the Americas—Jesus is the prophet like unto Moses, and the Nephites are children of the prophets—Others of the Lord’s people will be gathered to Jerusalem. [About A.D. 34] Israel will…
2020 Study Summary 39: Behold, My Joy Is Full
6th, Oct
3 Nephi 17-19 "Behold, My Joy Is Full" Jesus directs the people to ponder his words and pray for understanding—He heals their sick—He prays for the people, using language that cannot be written—Angels minister to and fire encircles their little ones. [A.D. 34] Jesus institutes the sacrament among the Nephites—They are commanded to pray always in his name—Those who eat his flesh and drink his blood unworthily are damned—The disciples…
2020 Study Summary 38: I Am The Law, And The Light
22nd, Sep
3 Nephi 12-16 "I Am The Law, And The Light" Jesus calls and commissions the Twelve—He delivers to the Nephites a discourse similar to the Sermon on the Mount—He speaks the Beatitudes—His teachings transcend and take precedence over the law of Moses—Men are commanded to be perfect even as he and his Father are perfect—Compare Matthew 5. Jesus teaches the Nephites the Lord’s Prayer—They are to lay up treasures in…
2020 Study Summary 37: Arise and Comeforth Unto Me
15th, Sep
3 Nephi 8-11 "Arise and Comeforth Unto Me" Tempests, earthquakes, fires, whirlwinds, and physical upheavals attest the crucifixion of Christ—Many people are destroyed—Darkness covers the land for three days—Those who remain bemoan their fate. [A.D. 34] In the darkness the voice of Christ proclaims the destruction of many people and cities for their wickedness—He also proclaims his divinity, announces that the law of Moses is fulfilled, and invites men to…
2020 Study Summary 36: Lift Up Your Head and Be of Good Cheer
8th, Sep
3 Nephi 1-7 "Lift Up Your Head and Be of Good Cheer" Nephi, the son of Helaman, departs out of the land, and his son Nephi keeps the records—Though signs and wonders abound, the wicked plan to slay the righteous—The night of Christ’s birth arrives—The sign is given, and a new star arises—Lyings and deceivings increase, and the Gadianton robbers slaughter many. [About A.D. 1–4.] Wickedness and abominations increase among…
2020 Study Summary 35: Glad Tidings of Great Joy
1st, Sep
Helaman 13-16 "Glad Tidings of Great Joy" Samuel the Lamanite prophesies the destruction of the Nephites unless they repent—They and their riches are cursed—They reject and stone the prophets, are encircled about by demons, and seek for happiness in doing iniquity. [About 6 B.C.] Samuel predicts light during the night and a new star at Christ’s birth—Christ redeems men from temporal and spiritual death—The signs of His death include three…
2020 Study Summary 34: Remember the Lord
Helaman 7-12 "Remember the Lord" Nephi is rejected in the north and returns to Zarahemla—He prays upon his garden tower and then calls upon the people to repent or perish. Corrupt judges seek to incite the people against Nephi—Abraham, Moses, Zenos, Zenock, Ezias, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lehi, and Nephi all testified of Christ—By inspiration Nephi announces the murder of the chief judge. Messengers find the chief judge dead at the judgment…
2020 Study Summary 33: The Rock of Our Redeemer
Helaman 1-6 "The Rock of Our Redeemer" Pahoran the second becomes chief judge and is murdered by Kishkumen—Pacumeni fills the judgment seat—Coriantumr leads the Lamanite armies, takes Zarahemla, and slays Pacumeni—Moronihah defeats the Lamanites and retakes Zarahemla, and Coriantumr is slain. [About 52–50 B.C.] Helaman, the son of Helaman, becomes chief judge—Gadianton leads the band of Kishkumen—Helaman’s servant slays Kishkumen, and the Gadianton band flees into the wilderness. [About 50–49…
2020 Study Summary 32: Preserved By His Marvelous Power
Alma 53-63 "Preserved By His Marvelous Power" The Lamanite prisoners are used to fortify the city Bountiful—Dissensions among the Nephites give rise to Lamanite victories—Helaman takes command of the two thousand stripling sons of the people of Ammon. [About 64–63 B.C.] Ammoron and Moroni negotiate for the exchange of prisoners—Moroni demands that the Lamanites withdraw and cease their murderous attacks—Ammoron demands that the Nephites lay down their arms and become…
2020 Study Summary 31: Stand Fast In the Faith of Christ
4th, Aug
Alma 43-52 "Stand Fast In the Faith of Christ" Alma and his sons preach the word—The Zoramites and other Nephite dissenters become Lamanites—The Lamanites come against the Nephites in war—Moroni arms the Nephites with defensive armor—The Lord reveals to Alma the strategy of the Lamanites—The Nephites defend their homes, liberties, families, and religion—The armies of Moroni and Lehi surround the Lamanites. [About 74 B.C.] Moroni commands the Lamanites to make…
2020 Study Summary 30: The Great Plan of Happiness
28th, Jul
Alma 39-42 "The Great Plan of Happiness" Sexual sin is an abomination—Corianton’s sins kept the Zoramites from receiving the word—Christ’s redemption is retroactive in saving the faithful who preceded it. [About 74 B.C.] Christ brings to pass the resurrection of all men—The righteous dead go to paradise and the wicked to outer darkness to await the day of their resurrection—All things will be restored to their proper and perfect frame…
2020 Study Summary 29: Look To God and Live
21st, Jul
Alma 36-38 "Look To God and Live" Alma testifies to Helaman of his conversion by an angel—He suffered the pains of a damned soul; he called upon the name of Jesus, and was then born of God—Sweet joy filled his soul—He saw concourses of angels praising God—His converts have tasted and seen as he did. [About 74 B.C.] The plates of brass and other scriptures are preserved to bring souls…
2020 Study Summary 28: Plant This Word In Your Hearts
Alma 32-35 "Plant This Word In Your Hearts" Alma teaches the poor whose afflictions had humbled them—Faith is a hope in that which is not seen which is true—Alma testifies that angels minister to men, women, and children—Alma compares the word unto a seed—It must be planted and nourished—Then it grows into a tree from which the fruit of eternal life is picked. [About 74 B.C.] Zenos taught that men…
2020 Study Summary 27: The Virtue of the Word of God
7th, Jul
Alma 30-31 "The Virtue of the Word of God" Korihor, the antichrist, ridicules Christ, the atonement, and the spirit of prophecy—He teaches that there is no God, no fall of man, no penalty for sin, and no Christ—Alma testifies that Christ shall come and that all things denote there is a God—Korihor demands a sign and is struck dumb—The devil had appeared to Korihor as an angel and taught him…
2020 Study Summary 26: They Never Did Fall Away
2nd, Jul
Alma 23-29 "They Never Did Fall Away" Religious freedom is proclaimed—The Lamanites in seven lands and cities are converted—They call themselves Anti-Nephi-Lehies and are freed from the curse—The Amalekites and the Amulonites reject the truth. [About 90–77 B.C.] The Lamanites come against the people of God—The Anti-Nephi-Lehies rejoice in Christ and are visited by angels—They choose to suffer death rather than to defend themselves—More Lamanites are converted. [About 90–77 B.C.]…
2020 Study Summary 25: I Will Make An Instrument of Thee
23rd, Jun
Alma 17-22 "I Will Make An Instrument of Thee" The sons of Mosiah have the spirit of prophecy and of revelation—They go their several ways to declare the word to the Lamanites—Ammon goes to the land of Ishmael and becomes the servant of King Lamoni—Ammon saves the king’s flocks and slays his enemies at the waters of Sebus. [From about 91 to 77 B.C.] King Lamoni supposes that Ammon is…
2020 Study Summary 24: Enter Into the Rest of the Lord
Alma 13-16 "Enter Into the Rest of the Lord" Men are called as high priests because of their exceeding faith and good works—They are to teach the commandments—Through righteousness they are sanctified and enter into the rest of the Lord—Melchizedek was one of these—Angels are declaring glad tidings throughout the land—They will reveal the actual coming of Christ. [About 82 B.C.] Alma and Amulek are imprisoned and smitten—The believers and…
2020 Study Summary 23: Jesus Christ Will Come To Redeem His People
9th, Jun
Alma 8-12 "Jesus Christ Will Come To Redeem His People" Alma preaches and baptizes in Melek—He is rejected in Ammonihah and leaves—An angel commands him to return and cry repentance unto the people—He is received by Amulek, and the two of them preach in Ammonihah. [About 82 B.C.] Alma commands the people of Ammonihah to repent—The Lord will be merciful to the Lamanites in the last days—If the Nephites forsake…
2020 Study Summary 22: Have Ye Experienced This Mighty Change In Your Hearts
2nd, Jun
Alma 5-7 "Have Ye Experienced This Mighty Change In Your Hearts" To gain salvation, men must repent and keep the commandments, be born again, cleanse their garments through the blood of Christ, be humble and strip themselves from pride and envy, and do the works of righteousness—The Good Shepherd calleth his people—Those who do evil works are children of the devil—Alma testifies of the truth of his doctrine and commands…
2020 Study Summary 21: They Were Steadfast and Immovable
Mosiah 29–Alma 4 "They Were Steadfast and Immovable" Mosiah proposes that judges be chosen in place of a king—Unrighteous kings lead their people into sin—Alma the younger is chosen chief judge by the voice of the people—He is also the high priest over the Church—Alma the elder and Mosiah die. [About 92–91 B.C.] Alma: Nehor teaches false doctrines, establishes a church, introduces priestcraft, and slays Gideon—He is executed for his…
2020 Study Summary 20: They Were Called the People of God
Mosiah 25–28 "They Were Called the People of God" The people (the Mulekites) of Zarahemla become Nephites—They learn of the people of Alma and of Zeniff—Alma baptizes Limhi and all his people—Mosiah authorizes Alma to organize the Church of God. [About 120 B.C.] Many members of the Church are led into sin by unbelievers—Alma is promised eternal life—Those who repent and are baptized gain forgiveness—Church members in sin who repent…
2020 Study Summary 19: We Have Entered Into A Covenant With Him
Mosiah 18–24 "We Have Entered Into A Covenant With Him" Alma preaches in private—He sets forth the covenant of baptism and baptizes at the waters of Mormon—He organizes the Church of Christ and ordains priests—They support themselves and teach the people—Alma and his people flee from King Noah into the wilderness. [About 148—145 B.C.] Gideon seeks to slay King Noah—The Lamanites invade the land—King Noah suffers death by fire—Limhi rules…
2020 Study Summary 18: A Light… That Can Never Be Darkened
5th, May
Mosiah 11–17 "A Light... That Can Never Be Darkened" King Noah rules in wickedness—He revels in riotous living with his wives and concubines—Abinadi prophesies that the people will be taken into bondage—His life is sought by King Noah. About 160–150 B.C. Abinadi is imprisoned for prophesying the destruction of the people and the death of King Noah—The false priests quote the scriptures and pretend to keep the law of Moses—Abinadi…
2020 Study Summary 17: In the Strength of the Lord
28th, Apr
Mosiah 7–10 "In the Strength of the Lord" Ammon finds the land of Lehi-Nephi where Limhi is king—Limhi’s people are in bondage to the Lamanites—Limhi recounts their history—A prophet (Abinadi) had testified that Christ is the God and Father of all things—Those who sow filthiness reap the whirlwind, and those who put their trust in the Lord shall be delivered. [About 121 B.C.] Ammon teaches the people of Limhi—He learns…
2020 Study Summary 16: A Mighty Change
21st, Apr
Mosiah 4–6 "A Mighty Change" King Benjamin continues his address—Salvation comes because of the atonement—Believe in God to be saved—Retain a remission of your sins through faithfulness—Impart of your substance to the poor—Do all things in wisdom and order. [About 124 B.C.] The saints become the sons and daughters of Christ through faith—They are then called by the name of Christ—King Benjamin exhorts them to be steadfast and immovable in…
2020 Study Summary 15: Filled With Love Towards God & All Men
Mosiah 1–3 "Filled With Love Towards God & All Men" King Benjamin teaches his sons the language and prophecies of their fathers—Their religion and civilization have been preserved because of the records kept on the various plates—Mosiah is chosen as king and is given custody of the records and other things. [About 130–124 B.C.] King Benjamin addresses his people—He recounts the equity, fairness, and spirituality of his reign—He counsels them…
2020 Study Summary 14: He Shall Rise… With Healing In His Wings
31st, Mar
Easter "He Shall Rise... With Healing In His Wings" 2 Nephi 9:6–15, 22; The Atonement ransoms man from the Fall—The bodies of the dead will come forth from the grave, and their spirits from hell and from paradise. Alma 11:41–45; All men will rise in immortality—There is no death after the Resurrection. Alma 40:21–23; 3 Nephi 26:4–5; Christ brings to pass the resurrection of all men—The righteous dead go to…
2020 Study Summary 13: He Works In Me To Do His Will
23rd, Mar
Enos–Words of Mormon "He Works In Me To Do His Will" Enos – Enos prays mightily and gains a remission of his sins—The voice of the Lord comes into his mind promising salvation for the Lamanites in a future day—Nephites sought to reclaim the Lamanites in their day—Enos rejoices in his Redeemer. [Between 544 and 420 B.C.] Jarom – The Nephites keep the law of Moses, look forward to the…
2020 Study Summary 12: The Lord Labors With Us
17th, Mar
Jacob 5-7 "The Lord Labors With Us" Jacob quotes Zenos relative to the allegory of the tame and wild olive trees—They are a likeness of Israel and the Gentiles—The scattering and gathering of Israel are prefigured—Allusions are made to the Nephites and Lamanites and all the house of Israel—The Gentiles will be grafted into Israel—Eventually the vineyard will be burned. [About 544–421 B.C.] The Lord will recover Israel in the…
2020 Study Summary 11: Be Reconciled Unto God Through the Atonement of Christ
9th, Mar
Jacob 1-4 "Be Reconciled Unto God Through the Atonement of Christ" All the prophets worshiped the Father in the name of Christ—Abraham’s offering of Isaac was in similitude of God and His Only Begotten—Men should reconcile themselves to God through the Atonement—The Jews will reject the foundation stone. [About 544–421 B.C.] Jacob denounces the love of riches, pride, and unchastity—Men may seek riches to help their fellowmen—The Lord commands that…
2020 Study Summary 10: This Is The Way
3rd, Mar
2 Nephi 31–33 "This Is The Way" Nephi tells why Christ was baptized—Men must follow Christ, be baptized, receive the Holy Ghost, and endure to the end to be saved—Repentance and baptism are the gate to the strait and narrow path—Eternal life comes to those who keep the commandments after baptism. [About 559–545 B.C.] Angels speak by the power of the Holy Ghost—Men must pray and gain knowledge for themselves…
2020 Study Summary 9: A Marvelous Work and a Wonder
25th, Feb
2 Nephi 26–30 "A Marvelous Work and a Wonder" Christ will minister to the Nephites—Nephi foresees the destruction of his people—They will speak from the dust—The Gentiles will build up false churches and secret combinations—The Lord forbids men to practice priestcrafts. About 559–545 B.C. Darkness and apostasy shall cover the earth in the last days—The Book of Mormon shall come forth—Three witnesses shall testify of the book—The learned man cannot…
2020 Study Summary 8: We Rejoice In Christ
2 Nephi 11–25 “We Rejoice In Christ” Jacob saw his Redeemer—The law of Moses typifies Christ and proves He will come. About 559–545 B.C. Isaiah sees the latter-day temple, gathering of Israel, and millennial judgment and peace—The proud and wicked will be brought low at the Second Coming—Compare Isaiah 2. About 559–545 B.C. Judah and Jerusalem will be punished for their disobedience—The Lord pleads for and judges His people—The daughters…
2020 Study Summary 7: O How Great the Plan of Our God
2 Nephi 6–10 “O How Great the Plan of Our God” Jacob recounts Jewish history: The Babylonian captivity and return; the ministry and crucifixion of the Holy One of Israel; the help received from the Gentiles; and the Jews’ latter-day restoration when they believe in the Messiah. About 559–545 B.C. Jacob continues reading from Isaiah: Isaiah speaks messianically—The Messiah will have the tongue of the learned—He will give His back…
2020 Study Summary 6: We Lived After the Manner of Happiness
3rd, Feb
2 Nephi 1–5 “We Lived After the Manner of Happiness” An account of the death of Lehi. Nephi’s brethren rebel against him. The Lord warns Nephi to depart into the wilderness. His journeyings in the wilderness, and so forth. Redemption comes through the Holy Messiah—Freedom of choice (agency) is essential to existence and progression—Adam fell that men might be—Men are free to choose liberty and eternal life. About 588–570 B.C.…
2020 Study Summary 5: I Will Prepare The Way Before You
1 Nephi 16–22 “I Will Prepare The Way Before You” The wicked take the truth to be hard—Lehi’s sons marry the daughters of Ishmael—The Liahona guides their course in the wilderness—Messages from the Lord are written on the Liahona from time to time—Ishmael dies; his family murmurs because of afflictions. About 600–592 B.C. Nephi is commanded to build a ship—His brethren oppose him—He exhorts them by recounting the history of…
2020 Study Summary 4: Armed with Righteousness and with the Power of God
21st, Jan
1 Nephi 11–15 “Armed with Righteousness and with the Power of God” Nephi sees the Spirit of the Lord and is shown in vision the tree of life—He sees the mother of the Son of God and learns of the condescension of God—He sees the baptism, ministry, and crucifixion of the Lamb of God—He sees also the call and ministry of the Twelve Apostles of the Lamb. About 600–592 B.C.…
2020 Study Summary 3: Come and Partake of the Fruit
1 Nephi 8–10 “Come and Partake of the Fruit” Lehi sees a vision of the tree of life—He partakes of its fruit and desires his family to do likewise—He sees a rod of iron, a strait and narrow path, and the mists of darkness that enshroud men—Sariah, Nephi, and Sam partake of the fruit, but Laman and Lemuel refuse. About 600–592 B.C. Nephi makes two sets of records—Each is called…
2020 Study Summary 2: I Will Go and Do
1 Nephi 1–7 “I Will Go and Do” Nephi begins the record of his people—Lehi sees in vision a pillar of fire and reads from a book of prophecy—He praises God, foretells the coming of the Messiah, and prophesies the destruction of Jerusalem—He is persecuted by the Jews. About 600 B.C. Lehi takes his family into the wilderness by the Red Sea—They leave their property—Lehi offers a sacrifice to the…
2020 Study Summary 1: Another Testament of Jesus Christ
Introductory Pages of the Book of Mormon “Another Testament of Jesus Christ” It is important that the actual scriptures be read. The Holy Land and Jewish insights are added to help the teacher and student “go back” to the setting in which the scriptures were given, and to better understand the general Jewish views of those scriptures. Jewish views have varied with time and dispersion. Yet understanding the Jews (basically…
2019 Study Summary 50: He That Overcometh Shall Inherit All Things
Revelation 12–22 “He That Overcometh Shall Inherit All Things” Summary: John sees the imminent apostasy of the Church—He also sees the War in Heaven in the beginning when Satan was cast out—He sees the continuation of that war on earth. John sees fierce-looking beasts that represent degenerate earthly kingdoms controlled by Satan—The devil works miracles and deceives men. The Lamb will stand upon Mount Zion—The gospel will be restored in…
2019 Study Summary 49: Good Tidings of Great Joy
Christmas “Good Tidings of Great Joy” Summary: Matthew 1: Christ is born of Mary—She conceives by the power of the Holy Ghost—Our Lord is named Jesus. Matthew 2: The wise men are directed by a star to Jesus—Joseph takes the child to Egypt—Herod slays the children in Bethlehem—Jesus is taken to Nazareth to dwell. Luke 1: Gabriel promises Zacharias that Elisabeth will bear a son, whom they will name John—He…
2019 Study Summary 48: Glory, and Power, Be unto . . . the Lamb for Ever
Revelation 1–11 “Glory, and Power, Be unto . . . the Lamb for Ever” Summary: Christ chooses some as kings and priests unto God—Christ will come again—John sees the risen Lord. He who overcomes will gain eternal life, avoid the second death, inherit the celestial kingdom, and rule many kingdoms. He who overcomes will retain his name in the book of life, reach godhood, and be with Jesus as He…
2019 Study Summary 47: Love Is Joy
2nd, Dec
1–3 John, Jude “Love Is Joy” Summary: The Saints gain fellowship with God by obedience—We must confess our sins to gain forgiveness. Christ is our Advocate with the Father—We know God by obedience—Love not the world—Anti-Christs will come in the last days. The sons of God will become like Christ—Love for others is required to gain eternal life—Obedience ensures us an answer to our prayers. Try the spirits—God is love…
2019 Study Summary 46: Rejoice with Joy Unspeakable and Full of Glory
1 and 2 Peter “Rejoice with Joy Unspeakable and Full of Glory” Summary: The trial of our faith precedes salvation—Christ was foreordained to be the Redeemer. Converts are newborn babes in Christ—He is the chief cornerstone—Saints hold a royal priesthood and are a peculiar people—Saints are in subjection to the laws of man. Husbands and wives should honor each other—Saints should live by gospel standards—Christ preached to the spirits in…
2019 Study Summary 45: Be Ye Doers of the Word, and Not Hearers Only
James “Be Ye Doers of the Word, and Not Hearers Only” Summary: If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God—Resist temptation—Be doers of the word—James explains how to recognize pure religion. God has chosen the poor of this world who are rich in faith—Salvation is gained by keeping the whole law—Faith without works is dead. By governing the tongue, we gain perfection—Heavenly wisdom is pure, peaceable, and…
2019 Study Summary 44: An High Priest of Good Things to Come
Hebrews 7–13 “An High Priest of Good Things to Come” Summary: The Melchizedek Priesthood brings exaltation and administers the gospel—It is received with an oath and covenant—The superiority of the Melchizedek Priesthood over the Aaronic Priesthood is explained—Salvation comes through the intercession of Christ. Christ offered Himself as a sacrifice for sin—God promised to make a new covenant with Israel. The Mosaic ordinances prefigured Christ’s ministry—Christ is the Mediator of…
2019 Study Summary 43: Jesus Christ: “the Author of Eternal Salvation”
4th, Nov
Hebrews 1–6 “Jesus Christ: the Author of Eternal Salvation” Summary: The Son is in the express image of the person of the Father—Christ is the Only Begotten Son and thus above the angels. Jesus came to suffer death and save men—He came to make reconciliation for the sins of the people. Christ is the Apostle and High Priest of our profession—Jesus, being the Son, is more than a servant—Now is…
2019 Study Summary 42: Be Thou an Example of the Believers
23rd, Oct
1 and 2 Timothy; Titus: Philemon “Be Thou an Example of the Believers” Summary: Counsel is given to teach true doctrine only—Christ came to save repentant sinners. We should pray for all people—Christ is our Mediator—Women should dress modestly—Women are blessed in childbearing and are admonished to continue in faith, charity, and holiness. Qualifications are given for bishops and deacons—Great is the mystery of godliness. Paul describes the latter-day apostasy—Christ…
2019 Study Summary 41: Be Not Soon Shaken in Mind, or Be Troubled
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1 and 2 Thessalonians “Be Not Soon Shaken in Mind, or Be Troubled” Summary: The gospel comes both in word and in power. True ministers preach in a godly manner—Converts are the glory and joy of missionaries. The Saints are told to perfect that which is lacking in their faith. The Saints are told to be holy, sanctify themselves, and love one another—The Lord will come, and the dead will…
2019 Study Summary 40: I Can Do All Things through Christ Which Strengthens Me
Philippians; Colossians “I Can Do All Things through Christ Which Strengthens Me” Summary: All that happened to Paul furthered the gospel cause—Our conduct should be as becometh the gospel. Saints should be of one mind and one spirit—Every knee shall bow to Christ— Saints must work out their salvation—Paul faces martyrdom with joy. Paul sacrifices all things for Christ—True ministers set examples of righteousness. Stand fast in the Lord—We believe…
2019 Study Summary 39: For the Perfecting of Saints
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“For the Perfecting of Saints” Summary: The Saints are foreordained to receive the gospel—The gospel is to be restored in the latter days—The Saints are sealed by the Holy Spirit of Promise—They know God and Christ by revelation. We are saved by grace through faith—The blood of Christ saves Jew and Gentile alike—The Church is built upon the foundation of apostles and prophets. The Gentiles are fellow heirs with Israel—The…
2019 Study Summary 38: Walk in the Spirit
Galatians “Walk in the Spirit” Summary: Preachers of false gospels are accursed—Paul received the gospel by revelation—He believes, is taught, and preaches to the Gentiles. Paul goes to Jerusalem—He contends for the true gospel—Salvation comes through Christ. God gave the gospel to Abraham—Mosaic law added because of transgressions—The law was a schoolmaster to bring Israel to Christ—The saints are children of god by faith—All who are of the faith, and…
2019 Study Summary 37: God Loveth a Cheerful Giver
2 Corinthians 8–13 “God Loveth a Cheerful Giver” Summary: True saints impart of their substance to the poor—Christ out of His poverty brought eternal riches. God loves and rewards a cheerful giver—Thanks be to Him for his unspeakable gift. Bring every thought into obedience—Paul glories in the Lord. Maintain the simplicity that is in Christ—Satan sends forth false apostles—Paul glories in his sufferings for Christ. Paul caught up to the…
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Megaupload founder denied access to evidence by NZ Court of Appeal
Kim Dotcom to take his fight to the Supreme Court.
by: Khidr Suleman
Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom has had a setback in his piracy case after the Court of Appeal in New Zealand ruled the US authorities do not have to hand over evidence against him.
The Court of Appeal overturned a ruling that the FBI should disclose all its evidence to Dotcom ahead of his extradition trial in August.
The US government had a duty of "candor and good faith" in making an extradition bid, the Court of Appeal said, before ruling the authrorities only have to hand over a summary of the evidence they have.
Do 'good faith' & 'US govt' go together? NO. Will I sleep like an innocent baby tonight? YES.
"It is for the requesting state to decide what information it wishes to put before the requested state in support of its request," Reuters reported the court as saying.
Dotcom expressed his disappointment at the decision on Twitter, and claimed his legal team would take the fight to the Supreme Court.
"Am I disappointed about the ruling today? YES. Do 'good faith' & 'US govt' go together? NO. Will I sleep like an innocent baby tonight? YES," he told his 290,000 followers.
"The fight goes on. Next is the Supreme Court of New Zealand."
Dotcom founded the popular Megaupload file-sharing site which allowed users to share any files they wanted. The site raked in $175 million from 2005 until it was shutdown in January 2012 by the FBI.
The US government has accussed Dotcom of illegally copying and distributing copyrighted content - in particular films and music. Authorities are trying to extradite him from New Zealand to the US on charges of piracy, fraud and money laundering.
It remains to be seen whether the US authorities will be successful. The initial raid on Dotcom's property was bungled as courts have ruled the search warrants used were illegal.
A New Zealand government agency was also found to have illegally spied on him, and Dotcom could be entitled to damages.
The extradition hearing for Dotcom and the other three defendants is scheduled to be held in August.
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Supreme Court of Texas Reverses Course, To Hear Gas Compression Cost Case
February 2015 Commentaries
Last week, the Texas Supreme Court agreed to review the appellate ruling in Kachina Pipeline Co. Inc. v. Lillis, No. 13-0596-CV (Tex. 2015). The central issue for the Court is whether Kachina Pipeline Company Inc., a natural gas transportation company, is entitled to summary judgment on the claim that it improperly charged Michael D. Lillis, a natural gas producer, more than $450,000 for natural gas compression costs associated with compressors located downstream from Kachina's receipt of Lillis's gas and upstream from a third-party processing facility. The appellate court found that contractual language allowing Kachina to charge for compression installed to "effect delivery of [Lillis]'s gas" did not allow Kachina to charge Lillis for compression costs incurred after it received the gas in order to sell the gas to the third-party processing facility.
The Court's decision to hear this case is a reversal of its October 3, 2014 order denying appellate review. Kachina requested a rehearing in October after the Court's initial refusal to hear the case, arguing that the appellate court resolved the issue by mistakenly assuming that the downstream location of Kachina's compressor "necessarily means it does not aid in the transfer of Lillis's gas into Kachina's pipeline." This assumption is wrong because a compressor both pulls gas into a line and pushes it out the other end, meaning a compressor located downstream of a delivery point can still aid upstream deliveries. Kachina argues that this flawed assumption will disrupt the natural gas industry in Texas because all industry participants will need to reexamine their current contracts that were negotiated under the assumption that compression was correctly understood.
Lillis, on the other hand, while noting that the appellate court may have "muddled" the compression costs provisions, says he did not agree to be charged for compression costs associated with pushing his gas to a downstream third-party processing facility. He further argues that Kachina has not made any showing that his gas was under the contractually required pressure at Kachina's receipt points, and that Kachina compressed his gas only to deliver it to the processing plant.
The Texas Pipeline Association and Gas Processors Association also expressed their concern about the appellate court's decision in an amicus curiae letter. The trade associations said that the language "to effect delivery of [producer's gas]" is common in the natural gas industry, and that these provisions are negotiated with the understanding that a pipeline will install compressors to serve multiple producers in a gathering system who will share those centralized compression costs proportionally based on their share of total production.
After withdrawing its order denying petition for review without an opinion, the Court has set oral arguments for March 24.
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La Jolla Construction Update: Gilman Drive bridge and Mid-Coast Trolley
Construction crews pour cement during a nighttime operation at the Gilman Bridge over Interstate 5 in La Jolla, as part of the construction on the Mid-Coast Trolley extension. The roughly 2 billion project is expected to be completed by 2020.
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By Ashley Mackin-Solomon
The La Jolla Community Planning Association was updated on imminent construction activity in the Golden Triangle area during its July 5 meeting at the Rec Center. Genevieve Fong, a consultant with SANDAG, presented the latest news and highlighted how the Shift San Diego platform could assist motorists with more details.
The recently completed I-5/Genesee interchange project had its ribbon-cutting June 29, she said, adding that the idea was “to improve connectivity between east and west, so there was a widening of the freeway access ramps, the addition of an auxiliary lane on northbound I-5, and there is now a pedestrian and bicycle bridge that connects the Sorrento Valley Coaster Station to UC San Diego.”
The Gilman Drive bridge project, under construction over the I-5 freeway north of La Jolla Village Drive, could be complete by the spring of 2019. It will connect the existing campus roads on both sides of the I-5 freeway for UCSD, chiefly Gilman Drive to the west and Medical Center Drive to the east, and concrete pours will take place over the next few months.
“This realignment will reconfigure and widen Gilman Drive from Villa La Jolla East and north toward Voight Drive, will provide a new four-way signalized intersection. There is going to be a concrete pour for the top surface of the bridge and should conclude at the end of July. The final pour will be scheduled next week and will require full closure of I-5 southbound, but it will be in the evening. Crews will then remove the wooden support that has been under the bridge in late August or September,” Fong said.
Expected to be complete in 2021, the most imminent next step in the Mid-Coast Trolley Project is going to be construction of a cut-and-cover tunnel at La Jolla Colony Drive at Gilman Drive, which will begin in August. A cut-and-cover tunnel is a shallow tunnel where, according to Wikipedia, a trench is excavated and roofed over with an overhead support system. Work has also begun on the station foundations, some will be done by the end of July.
Updates on all these projects will be posted on the City’s new Shift San Diego platform: shiftsandiego.com
The website has project notices, alternative transportation options to single-occupancy vehicles, places to sign up for text alerts, and a real-time Twitter feed with construction announcements, upcoming projects and planned closures.
There is also an interactive map with planned and ongoing construction projects. It also features a “trip planner” through which a commuter could input their start and end points, and a route with minimal traffic impacts would be suggested.
“We want to centralize all these projects and their impacts in one place,” Fong said.
Commuters can also text the word ShiftSD to 797979 to receive construction alerts on a smartphone.
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New Cassandra Cain graphic novel shows Asian American girls can be Batgirl too
“Shadow of the Batgirl” is a new Cassandra Cain origin story by author Sarah Kuhn and artist Nicole Goux.
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By Tracy Brown Digital Editor
Cassandra Cain is a teenage assassin who was only ever taught how to fight and kill. She was trained from birth to be her father’s perfect weapon.
Debuting in a 1999 issue of “Batman,” she’s a Bat-family character known for her violent backstory in DC’s main comics universe who’s spent time both as a superhero and a super villain.
In “Shadow of the Batgirl,” a young-adult graphic novel from author Sarah Kuhn and artist Nicole Goux, Cassandra gets a new origin story where she learns that being a hero or a villain is about the choices a person makes. Kuhn and Goux will be discussing their book at an event at the Ripped Bodice, Culver City’s romance-only bookstore, on Saturday.
“I love that she was a character who had all the tools and training and everything to be a super villain and then decides to be a hero instead,” said Kuhn in a recent interview at DC Entertainment’s Burbank office.
The cover of “Shadow of the Batgirl,” a YA graphic novel spotlighting Cassandra Cain.
One of the reasons the “Heroine Complex” and “I Love You So Mochi” author has long been a “mega, mega Cassandra Cain fan” was because she was the “Asian Batgirl.”
“Being Asian American, it was really important to me to see her headlining her own book,” said Kuhn of Cassandra’s “Batgirl” comic series.
Like many superhero comic book characters, Cassandra in the main DC continuity has been rebooted, reimagined and renamed a number of times over the years (her current alias is Orphan). And a live-action interpretation of the character, played by Ella Jay Basco, makes her debut in “Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn),” which hit theaters Friday.
For their new book, Kuhn and Goux introduce an incarnation of Cassandra who takes on the Batgirl mantle once again.
SHADOW OF THE BATGIRL is out everywhere today. I have loved Cassandra Cain with all my heart since she debuted many years ago. Writing her becoming Batgirl — the Asian American Batgirl — was a dream come true. https://t.co/INdUPGxJRT pic.twitter.com/Cf2TpVbtIi
— Sarah Kuhn (@sarahkuhn) February 4, 2020
This Cassandra is surprised by a paradigm-shifting moment during a mission that leads her to break away from the only life she has ever known — being an assassin for her father, David Cain.
Having been raised deprived of any spoken or written language, Cassandra’s journey includes learning how to read and to communicate with other people as well as what it means to be “good” or “bad” as she starts to figure out her own identity.
Goux explained that among the things they had to resolve artistically was “how [to] communicate that [Cassandra’s] learning to read in this way and that she’s not understanding these words. That they’re real words, not just squiggles.”
The minimal dialogue was “an opportunity to really work through the acting of the characters, and the body language and the facial expressions, to communicate what they are thinking and feeling,” said Goux. “I think that is really integral to Cass as a character, not just in the way that we’re telling the story but who she is and how she interprets the world.”
Cassandra finds solace in the library in “Shadow of the Batgirl.”
As a writer known for work that is generally more “fun and joyous and happy,” Kuhn said it was a challenge to push herself to explore the darker aspects of Cassandra’s backstory in a meaningful and authentic way.
“Her story is so violent,” said Kuhn. “There’s trauma and abuse and other heavy issues.”
And she credit’s Goux’s art for helping her really connect with Cassandra and the story they wanted to tell.
“There’s so much empathy in that design,” said Kuhn. “That made me really want to find the joy for her. To write those first moments after she’s escaped her abusive father and she is finding happier things, more joyful things, connections with people [and] love of all different kinds.”
Two people who take an interest in Cassandra and her well-being are Barbara from the library, who knows an awful lot about gadgets and Batgirl, and Jackie Fujikawa Yoneyama, who owns a ramen shop.
While Barbara and Cassandra’s relationship is rooted in comic book history, Jackie is a “Shadow of the Batgirl” original character.
Jackie feeds Cassandra in “Shadow of the Batgirl.”
“It was really important to me that Cass had someone to look up to who was an Asian American woman, because in my own life that has certainly been important to me,” said Kuhn. “I thought for Cass it would be important to have someone who kind of looks like her when she’s older, who is mentoring her and helping her. Making her see that she can be the center of her own story.
“And, of course, I love Asian aunties,” she said.
Goux added that developing Jackie’s personal style “was such a fun place to play” but it was also an element that was significant for Cassandra’s character development.
“Jackie is an older stern figure, but she’s also really fun and she is very expressive and she knows what she wants. That’s very evident in the way that she dresses herself,” said Goux. “Cass, she’s never gotten to dress herself in her entire life.”
To be able to see someone like Jackie, who clearly chooses her own clothes and style without letting others dictate her decisions, empowers Cassandra to make choices like that for herself too. And it also allows Cass to make her own amazing custom Batgirl outfit.
Cassandra makes her own Batgirl costume in “Shadow of the Batgirl.”
“One of my favorite parts of the book is that when Cassandra makes her first DIY Batgirl outfit, she uses some of the things Jackie’s given her. Jackie’s old clothes,” said Kuhn. “And one thing that Nicole designed that I thought was so cool was she takes that wild flower-printed garment and makes it into her cape. When I saw that, I was like, ‘That is the most Asian thing I’ve ever seen.’”
What Kuhn also relates to with her Cassandra is that in the beginning, it doesn’t even occur to the teen that she could become a hero. It’s a feeling she believes many people of color have experienced with superhero stories due to lack of representation.
She hopes “Shadow of the Batgirl” can help change that.
“I want young Asian American girls to feel like they could be Batgirl,” said Kuhn. “I want them to feel seen. I want them to feel like they can be a main character and they can be this superhero with this epic, historic, legendary mantle.”
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The Ministry of Justice attends a meeting with Rhona Smith, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia. Ministry of Justice
The Cambodian Human Rights Committee (CHRC) has said it will consider concerns voiced by United Nations Special Rapporteur Rhona Smith over peaceful assembly to promote human rights in the Kingdom.
A CHRC statement said that after a meeting via video conference between CHRC president Keo Remy and Smith, she expressed concerns over restrictions on freedom of expression in Cambodia.
“CHRC and other relevant authorities will take into consideration the concerns voiced and continue to cooperate with the Special Rapporteur to improve the human rights situation in Cambodia,” said the statement.
However, it added that she did not support any assembly which violates the law and rights of others or causes racial discrimination, violence and unrest which affects public order and social security.
According to the statement, the meeting was held before Smith spoke at the UN Human rights Council in October which was attended by officials from the ministires of Interior, Foreign Affairs, Justice, Information and Health, who provided her with information.
Justice Ministry spokesman Chin Malin told Khmer Times yesterday that he had explained to Smith that incidents happening in the past were not a restriction on freedom, but instead were legal measures taken to prevent illegal protests, which pose a risk to public order and national security.
“To improve human rights, the government has increased its understanding of the people and all measures taken have been in line with their human rights,” he said. “However, the government must take a firm stance on those who violate the law.”
Democratic Institute president Pa Chanroeun told Khmer Times yesterday that freedom of expression and assembly has not improved yet and is still restricted by the government.
He urged the government for more transparency and accountability.
Interior Minister Sar Kheng on August 13 called on authorities to avoid using violence against peaceful protesters, warning it is not a solution and will only cause global criticism.
He said authorities should fulfill the needs of the people because government officials are the servants of the people.
The statement said Smith also expressed concerns about overcrowding in prisons, especially amid the pandemic.
Rhona Smith with Cambodian delegates in Geneva.
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Public order draft law in danger of worsening blame culture, say CCHR
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The Executive Director of the Cambodian Center for Human Rights Chak Sopheap has said that victim-blame culture encourages violence against women and the public order new draft law is in danger of exacerbating this issue.
The comments came during a live stream by the Youth Resource Development Programme on Facebook yesterday.
During the live video. Sopheap said that even though the law is only currently at its first stage of drafting, the proposed articles already threaten people’s freedom of expression, resulting in the public, CSO and NGO backlash calling to scrap the draft law”.
“The mindset which suggests that the way women dress and their behaviour are the reason that they get raped, as though they are wearing a sign which allows it, is completely wrong,” she said.
“The sign people read should be, ‘I may be wearing shorts but I don’t ask you to rape me’. For men it should read ‘I am a man and I won’t rape anyone, or think it’s acceptable because of the way they dress’, as that is the correct message,” she said.
Gender and Development for Cambodia programme manager Eng Chandy also featured on the live stream and said: “If society recognises and takes action on sexual harassment, it will be taken seriously as an issue and sexual harassment cases will decrease. However, this currently doesn’t happen and therefore it has become common place. This law just perpetuates a victim-blaming culture,” she said.
“Also, some of the laws – such as indecent exposure – are already covered in the Criminal Code,” she added.
Article 249 of the Criminal Code covers “Indecent exposure” and that anyone found guilty of the act in a public place faces between six days and three months in prison and a fine between $25 and $125.
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Kongsberg Norcontrol has upgraded the Norwegian Coastal Administration’s five Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) Centres with the new C-Scope Decision Support tool. The VTS Centres now have a state of the art VTS system with intelligent multi-sensor tracking providing an integrated real-time VTS Traffic Image for informed decision making.
The Norwegian VTS Centres of Kvitsøy, Horten, Fedje, Vardø and Brevik have all been upgraded to the new C-Scope VTS system from Kongsberg Norcontrol (KNC). The new system integrates several sensor types and correlates this with multiple real-time and non-real-time data sources.
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Kongsberg Norcontrol’s C-Scope VTS system supports the VTS Operator’s tasks in an even more efficient way than previously. Sophisticated decision support alerts enable faster identification of potentially dangerous traffic situations at sea. By configuring various alerting criteria, i.e. vessel class, speed over ground, wind speed, the VTS Operator receives prior warnings enabling early identification and the management of risk.
"A major milestone for us in the modernization of our Vessel Traffic Services and how we deliver these to shipping is the new C-Scope Decision Support tool. We have already seen examples where the new system has contributed to prevent accidents. As we look to the future, this tool gives us a solid foundation to build on when we expand our operational services in the form of a Regional Maritime Service Portfolio in accordance with the International Maritime Organization’s e-Navigation Strategic Implementation Plan,” says Jon Leon Ervik, Head of Department for VTS and Pilotage in the Norwegian Coastal Administration.
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Hardik Patel to Modi: You used Patels for 2002 Gujarat riots, then back-stabbed them
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Marking one year of the Patels’ agitation for reservations, Hardik Patel has dashed off a letter to Narendra Modi, directly accusing him of orchestrating the anti-Muslim carnage of 2002.
The exiled leader of the agitation – he is staying in Udaipur, Rajasthan, as required by the conditions of his bail in a sedition case – lamented that the prime minister has not helped release the Patels who are in prison for their involvement in the riots.
Hardik’s allegations are nothing new; Modi has faced such accusations for years from opposition parties and rights activists. This is, however, the first time they are coming from within the Patel community, which has long provided the foot soldiers to carry out the Sangh Parivar’s often violent agenda in Gujarat.
At the same time, the influential community has been the backbone of the ruling BJP for the past three decades, providing muscle power, money and even logistic supports for the extravagant celebrations that Modi’s reign as Gujarat chief minister is known for.
Hardik’s note to the prime minister, written in Gujarati, doesn’t start with the usual salutations. He aims right for the sensitive spot: “Everyone knows that the 2002 riots were organised by Narendra Modi”. The subject of the letter is, “Modiji, you have stabbed Patels in the back”.
Now 23, Hardik was nine-years-old during the riots but he learnt about the Patel community’s role apparently from his father, a member of the BJP in their hometown of Viramgam.
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one year of the Patels’ agitation for reservations, Hardik Patel has dashed off a letter to Narendra Modi, directly accusing him of orchestrating the anti-Muslim carnage of 2002.
Now 23, Hardik was nine-years-old during the riots but he learnt about the Patel community’s role apparently from his father, a member of the BJP in their hometown of Viramgam.http://www.catchnews.com/india-news/hardik-patel-writes-to-modi-you-used-patels-for-2002-gujarat-riots-then-back-stabbed-them-1472312091.html
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Truth is coming out from the people of the very community which perpetrated violence and murdered Muslims on the behest of the BJP and its Gujarat former CM. Patel community has long been a staunch ally of Modi and hoped for appeasements through sanctioning quota in reserved category. Now, their hopes are dashed. Si, they are coming out with truth. Patel’s letter is exposing the massacres of Gujarat riots and the participation of supremo’s like Amit Shah. The cases must be rebooked and investigated.
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India bars Sikhs to visit Pak for Ranjit Singh death anniversary
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The Centre has denied permission to a 251-member Sikh delegation to visit Pakistan on the occasion of death anniversary of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, the ruler of the 19th-century Sikh empire, citing security reasons, the SGPC said Wednesday.The delegation, sponsored by the Shiromani GurdwaraParbandhak Committee (SGPC), was scheduled to visit Pakistan from June 21 to 29.
“The Centre has declined permission to the delegation to visit Pakistan due to security reasons,” SGPC secretary Harcharan Singh told PTI on Wednesday.
The Centre had informed the SGPC that if anyone wanted to visit Pakistan, then it should give an undertaking that the person was going there at one’s own risk to which the Sikh religious body did not agree, he said.
On being asked whether the neighbouring country was contemplating sending a train for the delegation up to theAttari-Wagha border, he said, “Permission was not given by theCentre. Therefore, there was no question of anybody going to Pakistan.”
Singh said some people were sent by a Ferozepur-based NGOto the Attari border to protest against the Centre’s decision.”But they were stopped by the police today ahead ofAttari. When the permission has been declined by the Centre, how can one go to Pakistan,” he said.
Maharaja Ranjit Singh died in Lahore on June 27, 1839.
Another delegation, which was to visit Pakistan last month for the martyrdom day of Guru Arjan Dev, was denied visa allegedly due to want of clearance from the Centre.
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India’s Reggae Resistance: Defending Dissent Under Modi
An Indian reggae musician builds a Jamaican-style sound system to energise a wave of protests defending free speech.
Correction, May 23, 2017: In a previous version of this film, Al Jazeera incorrectly referred to Narendra Modi as a president rather than prime minister. It has been corrected.
Indian musician Taru Dalmia is convinced his reggae sounds can play a role in political activism, and decides it’s time to act when a wave of protests erupts at universities across India.
To take his music into the hearts of rallies and communities, he raises money to build a giant sound system and hits the road.
Taru hopes his hand-built stack of speakers can support protesters alleging that free speech is being suppressed under Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government.
But he’s uncertain how local artists and activists will react. Will they embrace his Jamaica-inspired music, or see him as a naive outsider out of touch with the country’s politics?
Taru Dalmia prepares his sound system for a show in Moirang, Manipur on March 16, 2017 [BFR Sound System/Al Jazeera]
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By Vikram Singh
Under the government of Narendra Modi, a shift towards right-wing Hindu nationalism has taken place in India in the past three years, apparent in government policies and public discourse. One of the major consequences of this has been a growing concern that free speech is being curtailed – and this is something that is of personal concern to me as a journalist and filmmaker.
I wanted to make a film that explored the issue through the eyes of someone who is engaging with it in their work, ideally an artist. I started scouting around for artists, writers and musicians who might be producing work in response to the growing right-wing movement in the country.
Taru was already on my radar because his band, the Ska Vengers, had produced a video after Modi’s election called A Message to You, Modi, which was really direct and bold. The lyrics include “Stop your fooling around / Messing up our future / Time to straighten right out / You should have wound up in jail.”
He had also been involved in a project called World Sound Power, which tried to meld Indian folk resistance music with Jamaican sounds, with lyrics focusing on caste violence, state abuse of power and crony capitalism.
When I heard about Taru’s plans to build a sound system and tour protest sites with it, I immediately saw the potential for a really compelling story, both visually and in terms of narrative.
The first time we spoke, it was apparent that this is something he’d been dreaming of doing his whole life, that it meant a lot to him and he was extremely motivated. It’s been fascinating to see his idea grow into the reality of the sound system, and from that into a vibrant community of people who come for the shows, both to contribute musically and also just to dance.
I have to admit to being obsessed with sound and speakers myself. The chance to film this huge rig being built, then set up and listening to these rare reggae records playing from it has been a real treat. I also love to film people dancing, and this journey gave us the chance to witness some truly spectacular moments, people just letting go and dancing with complete freedom. I hope people watching the film get a sense of how special that vibe was. http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/witness/2017/05/india-reggae-resistance-defending-dissent-modi-170518115300019.html
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My Ideal Judge
Justice Markandey Katju, Former SC Judge
10 May 2020 5:09 AM GMT
In today's situation in India when the faith of the Indian people in our judiciary has been rudely shaken due to certain events, I would like to mention about a judge, Qazi Sirajuddin, the Qazi-e-Subah of Bengal, as an inspiration and beacon of hope for many upright judges who still exist in the Indian judiciary. Having been a Judge myself for 20 years ( from 1991 to 2011 ) I have studied...
In today's situation in India when the faith of the Indian people in our judiciary has been rudely shaken due to certain events, I would like to mention about a judge, Qazi Sirajuddin, the Qazi-e-Subah of Bengal, as an inspiration and beacon of hope for many upright judges who still exist in the Indian judiciary.
Having been a Judge myself for 20 years ( from 1991 to 2011 ) I have studied the lives and works of numerous judges in the world, many of whom are my heroes for their uprightness, refusal to succumb to pressure or temptation, and learning, e.g. Lord Coke, Chief Justice of England, who refused to surrender his independence before King James 1, Lord Atkin, who in his famous dissent in Liversidge vs Anderson ( 1941 ) criticised majority judges for being ' more executive minded than the executive ', Justices Holmes, Brandeis and Cardozo, Judges of the US Supreme Court, who advocated judicial restraint instead of adventurism, and nearer home, Justice HR Khanna, who willingly lost his chance of becoming Chief Justice of India but refused to join the majority in the shameful ADM Jabalpur verdict.
However, in my opinion, Qazi Sirajuddin, the Qazi-e-Subah of Bengal, stands a shade above all other Judges in the world.
In his 'History of Bengal' Prof. Charles Stewart mentions an interesting case of 1490 which came before Qazi Sirajuddin.
One day while the Sultan of Bengal was practising archery, one of his arrows accidentally wounded a boy, the son of a widow. The widow immediately came before the Qazi and demanded justice.
The Judge (the Qazi ) was in a dilemma. He said to himself " If I summon the Sultan to my court, I may be punished by the Sultan for impertinence, but if I overlook the Sultan's act, I shall one day certainly be summoned before the Court of God to answer for my neglect of duty. "
After much reflection, fear of God prevailed over fear of the Sultan, and the Qazi ordered one of his officers to go and summon the Sultan to his Court.
On receiving the summons,the Sultan instantly rose, and concealing a short sword under his garments, went before the Qazi, who far from rising from his seat or showing the Sultan any mark of respect said to him " You have wounded the son of this poor widow. You must therefore immediately pay her adequate compensation, or suffer the sentence of the law. "
The Sultan made a bow, and turning to the widow gave her a sum of money which satisfied her. After doing so he said to the Qazi " Worthy Judge, the complainant has forgiven me".
The Qazi then asked the woman if she was satisfied, to which she assented, and the case was then dismissed.
The Qazi then came down from his seat and made obeisance before the King, who, drawing the sword from beneath his garment, said " O Qazi, in obedience to your command I came instantly to your Court, but if you had not done your duty, I swear that with this sword I would have taken off your head. Thanks to God I have in my dominion a Judge who acknowledges no authority superior to the law".
The Qazi then took out a whip which he had concealed under his robes, and said to the King " I also swear by Almighty God that if you had not complied with the injunction of the law this whip would have made your back black and blue. It has been a trial for both of us ".
Thus, fear of God prevailed over fear of the Sultan in the mind of the Qazi.
In today's context, God should be understood by judges to mean loyalty to their oath to uphold the Constitution and protect the rights of the people, and the Sultan should be understood as the political and executive authorities, before whom judges must never surrender.
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The Last Tango - Belgrade Theatre
Two of the stars from BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing, Vincent Simone and Flavia Cacace bring The Last Tango to the Belgrade Theatre for an evening of great music and stunning dancing.
The Last Tango is not a set of standalone dances, there is a story to be told, the story of George. George (Teddy Kempner) enters an attic, full of things from times gone by. As he walks around he finds long forgotten items, each one precious because of the memories it awakens. We are taken back to when George was a young man, played by Vincent Simone. During the evening we go through his life as he meets a girl (Flavia Cacace) falls in love and their times together.
There are varying dances to illustrate the story from uplifting jives, quicksteps, flowing foxtrot and of course a few Argentine tangos. The ensemble were as entrancing and foot perfect as the celebrity dancers, playing the parts of waiters, friends, soldiers and many more. Matthew Gent gave his velvet toned voice to many of the numbers bringing further depth to the show.
The highlights were the Argentine tangos danced by Vincent and Flavia, which each had a different feel and emotion running through it. Throughout the show the couples dance chemistry was obvious as they moved as one around the stage.
Of course the costumes are a delight as they flow and move around the dancers, most notably in the foxtrot and Flavia's flamenco routine. The attic sets creates the backdrop for all of the dance routines leaving plenty of space for the dancing. It gives George a place to watch his memories and enables some beautiful shadowing moments where his younger self echoes his movements.
The Last Tango is an old fashioned tale of love told through beautiful traditional dances, it was a hit with the sell out audience. This weekend it is the hottest ticket in town.
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Opening Chabad House Doors a Little Wider
Ruderman Foundation Celebrates Six Years of Collaboration
An accessible Sukkah Mobile in Arkansas, sign language interpreters at Chabad events in Alabama, and in Virginia, a lowered bimah that allows people in wheelchairs to be called up to the Torah. These are just a few of the accomplishments of the Ruderman Chabad Inclusion Initiative (RCII). Established in 2014, the initiative is a partnership between Chabad and the Ruderman Family Foundation to create a welcoming and inclusive environment in Chabad centers around the world.
“We shouldn’t exclude people, or their families, because there is a child, or a member with a disability. That’s what this initiative is about, and it fits perfectly with Chabad values,” says Jay Ruderman, the foundation’s president.
RCII has reached five million people with programs such as ShabaTTogether, a global Shabbat for mental health and disability awareness. “It opened up a whole new world to me,” says Menucha Cooper, director of Chabad of Malvern, Australia. “Inclusion doesn’t mean just letting people have a seat at the table. It means involving people as a part of the community.” The Coopers installed a ramp at their synagogue because of the initiative.
In Palm Beach, Florida, the Chabad community came together to sponsor a small, “Inclusion Torah” that can be more easily held. At University of Pennsylvania, Rabbi Ephraim Levin established an Active Listening Club that trained five hundred Penn State students to support peers struggling with their mental health. And in Israel, RCII helped get funding to provide similar training to directors of CTeen and Chabad on Campus.
The initiative also highlighted Chabad teachings and Torah classes that promoted messages of inclusion, subsidizing books on the subject for children and adults, as well as music, educational videos, and even a traveling street mural.
Executive Director of the Ruderman Family Foundation Shira Ruderman looks forward to continued growth. “We are so proud of our partnership with Chabad. A partnership that allowed us to be creative and see that the sky’s the limit for us.” The largest ShabbaTTogether yet is coming up on February 12th. 1,000 communities will implement the initiative, either via ‘ShabbaTTogether @home’ packets, or at socially-distanced in-person events. Through games, discussion prompts, and sharing lived experiences they will discuss ways to bring mental health awareness and inclusion into their community.
With mental health struggles coming to the fore especially over the last months of pandemic and lockdowns, RCII has committed to increase awareness and support for those struggling with mental health. They will host workshops and trainings to empower shluchim to provide mental health support, and suicide prevention and postvention in their communities.
RCII is a project of Machne Israel, Chabad’s educational and social services division “What the Rebbe taught all of us is not only to be tolerant, but to be accepting and loving with others, regardless of their station,” says Machne Israel Chairman Rabbi Yehudah Krinsky, “just to be like you would be with members of your own family, because we are all one family.”
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These initiatives are amazing. Yasher Koach. Are there large print sefarim or online sefarim (Feldheim. Artscroll, Chofetz Chaim, etc) other than the siddur which is available via apps. Many of us struggle to read regular print. Thanks
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Alila Diwa Goa's 114 rooms and suites are housed on two levels, surrounded by lush picturesque views and cooled by sea breezes. You'll be delighted by these havens of space, luxury and serenity, styled with simplicity and imbued with touches of Goa's cultural richness. Each is designed for modern living, with luxury bed linens and blissful bath experiences designed for your indulgence, and hi-tech amenities including a 40-inch LCD flat-screen television and Wi-Fi. Diwa Wing, the new exclusive residence club within the hotel designed to appeal to discerning guests looking for greater space, privacy and convenience.
On the ground and first floor level, Terrace Rooms, measuring 44 square metres, combine luxurious living space with a private terrace or balcony overlooking the garden. All rooms feature a king-size or twin beds, an exquisite bath experience with a large bathtub for two, a walk-in wardrobe, separate work space, mini-bar, and hi-tech amenities including 40-inch LCD flat-screen television and Wi-Fi capabilities.
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Located on the ground level, Family Terrace Rooms, measuring 44 square metres, combine space and comfort with easy access to the Kids’ Club and pool. Each room expands onto a private terrace with restful garden views. All rooms feature a king-size or twin beds with additional child bed, a blissful bathroom experience with large bathtub for two, a walk-in wardrobe, separate work space, mini-bar and hi-tech amenities including 40-inch LCD flat-screen television and Wi-Fi capabilities.
Loft Rooms, measuring 44 square metres, exude the intimacy of a wooden loft environment; loft living combined with contemporary style. Located on the second level, each room opens onto a large private balcony designed for enjoying the soothing views and cool ocean breezes. All rooms feature a king-size or twin beds, a blissful bathroom experience with large bathtub for two, a walk-in wardrobe, separate work space, mini-bar, and hi-tech amenities including 40-inch flat-screen television and Wi-Fi capabilities.
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Diwa Suites, measuring 88 square metres, are ideal for families, featuring a spacious bedroom and a large living room where contemporary elegance is graced with beautiful accents of Goa. Located on the second level, each suite opens onto a large balcony where you can relax and enjoy the views and gentle ocean breeze. Inside, indulge in the comforts of luxurious bed linens, lavish-size bathtub, his & hers vanities, walk-in wardrobe, a separate work space, mini-bar, and hi-tech amenities including 40-inch flat-screen television and Wi-Fi capabilities.
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The simplicity of Diwa Wing’s architecture captures the style and soul of Goa’s cultural richness. Designed as an enclave of exclusivity, the Diwa Wing boasts well-appointed Diwa Club Rooms, measuring 68 square metres, fanned by gentle sea breezes amid its lush surroundings. Amenities include air-conditioning, king-size or twin beds, balcony with stunning pool view, bathroom with tub for two and separate shower, romantic mood lighting, walk-in wardrobe, 42-inch LCD flat-screen television, mini-bar, separate working space and fresh seasonal fruit served daily. The Wing has its own separate lobby, and offers guests the convenience of in-room check-in, limousine transfers, complimentary all-day breakfast, as well as the services of a dedicated Diwa host to tend to their every need. Guests staying at the Diwa Wing have exclusive access to a range of amenities including a private pool, restaurant, and club lounge with Internet stations
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If just getting away is not enough and what you need is a complete retreat… Alila Diwa Goa has the perfect solution. Its newly opened Diwa Wing allows guests to enjoy the luxury of space and bespoke services ensuring their every comfort is seen to. Designed as an enclave of exclusivity, the Diwa Wing boasts well-appointed Club Executive Suites, measuring 85 square metres, fanned by gentle sea breezes amid its lush surroundings. Amenities include air-conditioning, king-size or twin beds, balcony with stunning pool view, bathroom with tub for two and separate shower, romantic mood lighting, walk-in wardrobe, 42-inch LCD flat-screen television, mini-bar, separate working space and fresh seasonal fruit served daily. The Wing has its own separate lobby, and offers guests the convenience of in-room check-in, limousine transfers, complimentary all-day breakfast, as well as the services of a dedicated Diwa host to tend to their every need. Guests staying at the Diwa Wing have exclusive access to a range of amenities including a private pool, restaurant, and club lounge with Internet stations and complimentary cocktail hour every evening. The
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Welcome to an oasis of peace and tranquillity, set in beautiful, natural surroundings. Keeping in mind your unique needs and discerning tastes, the Two-Bedroom Club Suites are designed to appeal to guests looking for greater space, privacy and convenience. Designed as an enclave of exclusivity, the Diwa Wing boasts well-appointed Two-Bedroom Club Suites, measuring 128 square metres, fanned by gentle sea breezes amid its lush surroundings. Amenities include air-conditioning, two king-size or twin beds, balcony with stunning pool view, bathroom with tub for two and separate shower, romantic mood lighting, walk-in wardrobe, 42-inch LCD flat-screen television, mini-bar, separate working space and fresh seasonal fruit served daily. The Wing has its own separate lobby, and offers guests the convenience of in-room check-in,
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The Edge Bar & Lounge
Located poolside, the Edge Bar is the perfect place for lounging in style in air-conditioned comfort or on the outdoor patio. Relax on sun beds or in private cabanas while sipping on fusion cocktails, snacking on light, mouth-watering delicacies, and drinking in the beautiful views.
Spa Alila
At Spa Alila, enjoy unique treatments from the heart, blending ancient Asian healing techniques with age-old beauty recipes features the curative benefits of fresh, natural, quality ingredients. Trained in anatomical physiology, massage, meditation and service, local therapists combine the latest organic nutrition and health knowledge with the most essential element warm, genuine care that flows from the heart through the hands, to stimulate, rejuvenate, balance and relax your mind and body. Balancing expertise with an intuitive sense of well-being, and through the contemporary expression of centuries-old therapies, Spa Alila offers a natural, heartfelt and surprisingly different experience.
Spice Studio
Spice Studio is an elegant, contemporary setting for a destination dining experience centred on authenticity of flavours and cooking techniques. Located on an elevated platform that spreads naturally around a Banyan tree, it offers a menu of essentially western coastal cuisine of Karnataka, western Maharashtra, Mangalore, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Kutch. From fresh produce and spices to the utensils unique to these regions, every meal immerses you in a rich experience of India''s culinary traditions.
Overlooking the hotel pool and surrounding paddy fields, VIVO offers a relaxed ambience for all-day dining within its air-conditioned and shaded open-air spaces. On the menu is a delicious mix of international, local and pan-Asian flavours with plenty of healthy choices to suit every palate. An elaborate breakfast spread of Western and Indian dishes is complemented by items fresh from the bakery, fresh fruits, gourmet teas and Alila's special blend coffee. At lunch and dinner, five 'live' counters will engage and excite your taste buds with an ever-changing menu that ranges from light and refreshing to fine dining.
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2020 Toyota GR Supra GT4
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TOYOTA GAZOO Racing confirmed today it will launch the GR Supra GT4, a race car for customer teams*1, in 2020. This comes on the back of growing customer expectations worldwide following the unveiling of the GR Supra GT4 Concept at the Geneva International Motor Show in March, and the participation of the GR Supra at the 24 Hours of Nürburgring in June. TOYOTA GAZOO Racing intends to strengthen its focus on customer motorsports in order to enable motorsports-lovers around the world to freely participate in races, and to develop ever-better cars using feedback gained through this race participation.
The GR Supra GT4*2 is a race car based on the GR Supra—TOYOTA GAZOO Racing’s first-ever global model, which was released earlier this year—and it is developed and produced by Toyota Motorsport GmbH.
The GT4 category is popular with private race teams around the world due to its low cost and ease of entry. GT4 cars are eligible to participate in a variety of races across the globe, including the Super Taikyu Series in Japan, the GT4 European Series and the VLN Endurance Championship Nürburgring in Europe, and the Michelin Pilot Challenge Series in the U.S.
The GR Supra already participates in the NASCAR Xfinity Series in North America and, from 2020, is scheduled to compete in the Super GT GT500 Class in Japan. The arrival of the GR Supra GT4 will provide motorsports fans with the joy of watching the GR Supra compete in circuits around the world.
In order to develop the GR Supra GT4, TOYOTA GAZOO Racing has joined forces with three technical partners: Akrapovič, Pirelli and Ravenol. Akrapovič will cooperate on developing motorsport-specific exhaust systems, while Pirelli will collaborate on tire development and Ravenol will provide lubricants.
Details regarding the specifications of the GR Supra GT4, including its selling price, sales area and release date, are scheduled to be announced later this year.
*1 Customer teams (also known as private teams) purchase race cars from manufacturers that are modified versions of production vehicles and enter them into races.
*2 GT4 is a category for production race cars based on SRO-regulated Grand Touring cars; it is positioned one rank below GT3.
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25 Gay Films Everyone Should See
Must-see gay movies from 'Aimee & Jaguar' to 'Wedding Banquet'
By Sean Bugg, Will O'Bryan and Randy Shulman
In many ways, movies are the heart and soul of America, our most widely shared cultural moments played out on the silver screen. We’re a nation where everyone can recite the plot of Star Wars, recognize the theme from Jaws, marvel at the twist-ending of The Sixth Sense.
While gay characters and stories took a long time to join that national consciousness of flickering images, our community boasts a cinematic soul of sorts — stories and characters who have given us a shared experience that helped shape us and support us.
Milk is this year’s latest gay Oscar bait, but while you await the roll out of the red carpet, here’s a list of GLBT films that everyone should see. Or, in the case of movie maniacs – yes, like us – revisit often (thank heaven for Netflix). From uplifting to tragic, comedic to dramatic, these 25 films reflect the heart and history of a community.
AIMÉE & JAGUAR (1999)
Unthinkable to miss, yet heartbreaking to watch, Aimée & Jaguar takes all the desperation of being Jewish in Nazi Germany, then adds to that the added danger of indulging in a lesbian affair. The movie leaves you feeling helpless as you empathize with the lovers’ romantic abandonment, yet know that doom is surely around the next corner. That it’s based on the true story of the wartime affair between Lily Wust, the good Berlin housewife and mother whose husband is off fighting for the fatherland, and Felice Schragenheim, the Jewish journalist who flaunts herself in front of her would-be executioners as she passes herself off as a gentile, makes it all the more painful. Thanks to gorgeous cinematography and elegant acting, Aimée & Jaguar is one for the GLBT cinematic hall of fame.
BEAUTIFUL THING(1996)
Few gay films are as richly affirming or powerfully uplifting as this coming-of-age, coming-to-terms romance between two London boys. Based on a play by Johnathan Harvey and directed with sensitivity and supple grace by Hettie Mcdonald, Beautiful Thing ultimately pumps your heart full of joy. But getting to that joy is a bumpy road for the quiet, shy Jamie and his schoolmate Ste, an abused, wounded pup who finds safe haven in Jamie’s home, and eventually responds to the tenderness shown to him by his new friend. The ancillary characters — Jamie’s tough-as-nails mother (Linda Henry) and a troubled, Mama Cass-infatuated neighbor (Tameka Empson) — are every bit as integral to the film’s narrative fabric. Yet at the center lies the simple, glorious tale of two emerging gay youths who find their heart’s desire: each other.
BOYS DON’T CRY (1999)
It’s the film that introduced the world to the talent known as Hilary Swank. More importantly, it’s the film that dramatized — brilliantly, searingly, brutally — the life of Brandon Teena, a transgendered teen viciously murdered after the crowd he ran with discovered him to be a biological female. Kimberly Peirce’s direction is volatile and uncompromising, but it’s Swank’s remarkable, gripping, Oscar-winning performance that propels Boys Don’t Cry to absolute magnificence. Side note: Peirce, who is gay, has only made one film since — 2008’s critically-acclaimed box office flop Stop-Loss.
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Is there anything more to say about the phenomenon that is Brokeback Mountain? Perhaps this: Despite unleashing a torrent of ”I wish I could quit you” gay-cowboy jokes on a tittering nation, Ang Lee’s adaptation of Annie Proulx’s short story hasn’t lost one iota of its emotional power, has never succumbed to the subversion of cultural irony. All the jokes in the world were unable to lessen the impact of the final images of lost love and loneliness. That’s in no small part due to the performances of Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger. But while many of Brokeback‘s gay boosters thought the film a first-ever big-screen romance, the film was far darker — remember Ennis’ wife, Alma (Michelle Williams), finally blurting the truth about her husband’s fishing trips? As much as Brokeback Mountain was about the love of two men, it was about the destruction that the closet wreaks on everyone it touches — gay and straight.
DESERT HEARTS (1985)
With a scenario that seems absurd by contemporary mores — a Columbia professor cooling her heels in 1959 Reno so that she can simply meet a Nevada residency requirement to get a divorce — the romance sparked between that professor, played with appropriate restraint by Helen Shaver, and rough-and-tumble Cay (Patricia Charbonneau) is beautiful contrast to the desolation of the desert and the oppression of society. Dust gives way to glorious vistas set to a vintage rock-and-roll beat, and the sky opens uncharacteristically to drench these lovers as they enjoy one of Hollywood’s best kisses.
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Teynham Road
Whitstable, CT5
Renovation Investment Opportunity £400,000
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- 3 Bedroom House
- In Need of some Modernisation
- Off Street Parking for Two Cars
- Summer House with Light and Power
- Side Access
- Large Rear Garden
- Central Heating
- Double Glazing
*** RENOVATION OPPORTUNITY ***
IDEAL FAMILY HOME IN CENTRAL LOCATION WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE OF WHITSTABLE'S STUNNING SEAFRONT AND RAILWAY STATION OFFERING HIGH SPEED RAIL LINKS TO LONDON ST PANCRAS.
The property is in need of some modernisation and offers substantial living accommodation comprising of a 26'9 living room/dining room, separate breakfast room and a kitchen on the ground floor. On the first floor there are three double bedrooms, a bathroom and separate w/c.
The property also has the added benefit of large rear family garden that is laid to lawn. There is a summer house and side access with off street parking for two cars, double glazing and central heating.
The property is a must view to appreciate all on offer to arrange an appointment to view call the Whitstable office of Miles and Barr now on 01227 277 254.
The popular seaside town of Whitstable is situated on the stunning North Kent coast, 7 miles north of the historical city of Canterbury and less than 60 miles from central London. With its quaint alley ways, colourful high street and peaceful shingle beaches this town has a lot to offer both residents and holiday makers.
Famous for its working harbour and oysters; which have been collected in the area since Roman times and celebrated at the annual July Whitstable Oyster Festival.
For entertainment there are excellent water sport facilities, plenty of art galleries, and a wealth of independently run restaurants, boutiques and cafes to enjoy along the vibrant high street.
The Crab and Winkle Way, one of the earliest passenger railways and the first ever steam-powered railway in the world, follows the disused railway line between Canterbury and Whitstable, and is now a popular walking and cycle route through woods and countryside.
Road links via the A299 Thanet Way give easy access to the M2 for travel to London and beyond. Whitstable also has a main line train station providing fast and frequent links into London Victoria (1hr 30 mins) and London St Pancras (1hr 11mins).
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MEET ITALY
A forum specialized in the Media and Entertainment Economy and Technologies for the Italian-American community
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It's A Brave Zoom World, interview series – Ep. 6
Episode 6: 2021 Market Outlook: A Roundtable With Three Pepperdine University Profs
MEET ITALY, in collaboration with THALASSA CAPITAL, is proud to present a new interview with Prof. Clemens Kownatzki, and Prof. Chris Manfre'.
Clemens Kownatzki is a Professor of Finance at the Pepperdine Graziadio Business School, which he joined in 2010 after an extensive career in the financial services industry around the world. Clemens is also the author of the book “Money Music 101,” which is the foundation for a personal finance class at LA College of Music.
Chris Manfre' is a Professor of Finance at the Pepperdine Graziadio Business School where he teaches courses on M&A and Valuation. Chris is also a Partner at Bardi Co, a boutique investment bank based in Los Angeles.
This interview is part of our new series “It’s a Brave Zoom World,” a modern engagement tool for our community which aims to be a fulcrum of ideas about our future.
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Britain's Most Admired Companies 2019: Top 10
These companies were the highest-rated by their peers.
by Andrew Saunders
1. Greggs
The Boss: Roger Whiteside, CEO
Sales: £1.03bn (FY 2018)
HQ: Newcastle
Rank last year: 66
Score: 8.44 (out of 10)
Britain’s Brexit-weary business community is at least united in one thing – admiration for the remarkable turnaround achieved at Greggs by Roger Whiteside and his team. The purveyor of sausage rolls, steak bakes and cheese- and-onion pasties not only jumps 66 places from 2018 to win the coveted overall award this year, but also takes the criteria awards for Quality of Management, Use of Corporate Assets and Inspirational Leadership.
The once-struggling north-east based baker has refocused on the food-to-go market, extended its opening hours and embraced new dietary trends, including gluten-free and vegan options. Sales at its 1,953 stores topped £1bn last year for the first time, and its savvy social media strategy has provided a masterclass in how to capture customers’ hearts, minds and money without the expense of traditional advertising campaigns.
2. McDonald's Restaurants
The Boss: Paul Pomroy, CEO
Employees: 120,000
Sales: $21.03bn (FY 2018, global)
HQ: East Finchley, London
Rank last year: 2
The UK remains a centre of innovation for global burger giant McDonald’s, which now offers app-based delivery options as an adjunct to the 1,300 restaurants and drive-ins it already has in the country, thanks to a partnership with Uber Eats.
It has just opened its first so-called dark kitchen – in Hounslow – to service anticipated demand from hungry mobile-wielding punters. It’s also joining the AI revolution: in March its US parent invested $300m in AI platform Dynamic Yield, with the aim of beating increasingly stiff competition in the US market by using algorithms to offer customers personalised menu options.
The abrupt departure of global CEO Steve Easterbrook in November, however, has rattled some investors – Watford-born Easterbrook was fired over his relationship with a staff member, which although consensual was against company policy.
3. Royal Dutch Shell
The Boss: Ben van Beurden, CEO
Sales: $388.4bn (FY 2018)
HQ: The Hague, Netherlands and London
Wrestling with the twin challenges of preparing for a low-carbon future while still making the most of its money from oil, Shell plans to double its investment in green energy to around $4bn a year and to halve the carbon intensity of its overall activities by 2050.
Consequently it’s buying into everything from a public EV- charging network in partnership with ViaVan, to French floating offshore wind-turbine outfit Eolfi. It’s also boosting its lower- emission gas and chemicals businesses.
But CEO van Beurden has made it plain that fossil fuels will still be the backbone of the business, keeping shareholders on side by continuing the two- and-a-half year, $25bn share buyback programme it began in 2018.
4. Diageo
The Boss: Ivan Menezes, CEO
Sales: £19.3bn (FY 2018)
HQ: Park Royal, London
Beer sales may be flagging, but the world’s largest drinks group – and thrice winner of the BMAC crown since 2012 – continues to ride the boom in flavoured and specialist gins while also keeping an eye on changing habits.
Consumers – especially younger ones – are drinking less booze, and sales of alternative ‘adult’ drinks in the UK alone have risen 25 per cent in the last year. To keep up with this new trend for sobriety, Diageo is boosting investment, and in August ramped up its holding in alcohol-free spirits brand Seedlip to a majority stake.
It’s also opened an £6.4m Innovation and Research Centre in Scotland to help achieve its sustainability goals, which include halving water usage and carbon emissions.
5. Unilever
The Boss: Alan Jope, CEO
Sales: €51bn (FY 2018)
HQ: London and Rotterdam, Netherlands
Under new British CEO Jope, who took over from Paul Polman in January, Unilever maintains its almost unbroken track record of top 10 finisher in the Most Admired rankings. The Anglo-Dutch giant behind more than 400 brands (including Dove, Marmite and Persil) continues to burnish its corporate citizenship credentials, most recently pledging to tackle excess plastic usage.
Unilever is also engaged in a novel experiment to democratise the way its employees are paid. A trial of 200 staff in the UK, the Netherlands and the US is offering workers at all levels the option to join the executive share scheme, and to convert more of the bonus they receive into fixed pay should they wish to.
6. Croda International
The Boss: Steve E Foots, group CEO
Employees: 4,300
Sales: £1.4bn (FY 2018)
HQ: Goole, East Yorkshire
A leading producer of surfactants operating in 38 countries, Croda’s speciality chemicals are vital components in everything from adhesives and industrial lubricants to textiles and dietary supplements. As one chemicals analyst polled for the BMAC survey noted, sustainability is a key challenge for the industry and CEO Foots has been giving it his attention.
An industry-leading 61 per cent of the firm’s ingredients are now obtained from biological sources rather than petrochemicals, and it has launched a new range of 100 eco-branded products. Croda is also developing new patented polymers to improve the stability and shelf-life of end-products, and has bolstered its position in the high-margin vaccines sector with the €72m acquisition of French adjuvant business Biosector.
7. Halma
The Boss: Andrew Williams, CEO
HQ: Amersham, Bucks
Halma is proof that health and safety doesn’t have to be boring. The engineering holding group may be best known for its automatic fire detection and suppression systems, but its portfolio of companies covers a wide range of products and markets. From blood pressure monitors and retinal scanners that help spot preventable blindness, to water and gas-testing probes and oil-rig locking systems – the factor that unites all Halma’s activities is that they are in innovative and high-margin niche markets connected to safety.
The group is also building its international competitiveness and acquired Australian evacuation systems business Ampac for £74m. With a track record of double-digit growth in recent years, Halma’s business model seems pretty secure – although Brexit-related trading issues could bite next year.
8. Compass Group
The Boss: Dominic Blakemore, CEO
Sales: £23bn (FY 2018)
HQ: Chertsey, Surrey
Rank last year: 172
The world’s largest contract caterer, Compass Group serves 5.5 billion meals a year in work canteens and school and hospital kitchens in 45 countries across the globe. It has jumped a whopping 164 places from its position in last year’s Most Admired ranking, and also wins the 2019 criteria award for Attracting and Retaining Top Talent.
With customers ranging from Chelsea FC to the US Senate, Compass’s inherent resilience should help it manage fears expressed by analysts polled by our researchers over the impact of Brexit on the domestic market. Blakemore – who took over last year after the tragic loss of predecessor Richard Cousins in a plane crash – is also continuing to invest in international growth, with the €475m acquisition of Nordic outfit Fazer, announced in June.
9. Derwent London
The Boss: Paul Williams, CEO
Employees: 130
Sales: £186m (FY 2018)
HQ: London
In the commercial property business, it’s called ‘doing a Derwent’: turning around some of London’s unloved buildings in areas to watch.
That model has helped Derwent London build a £5.4bn portfolio covering 5.7m sq ft of the capital’s West End and city borders. The question is, will the investment and global occupiers seeking London headquarters, which has sustained the sector in recent years, be cut off if and when Britain leaves the EU?
With 70 per cent of its offices within 800m of the Crossrail stations such as Bond Street and Tottenham Court Road, Derwent London is well placed to take advantage of the Elizabeth Line when trains start running in 2021.
10. BP
The Boss: Bob Dudley, group CEO
Score:7.63
There’s no doubt that it’s been a tough year for BP, at least on the PR front. In February, climate protesters filled the British Museum, objecting to its relationship with BP, and then in June the RSC ditched its eight-year sponsorship deal with the firm after Shakespearean star Mark Rylance quit, inspired by Greta Thunberg and her School Strike for Climate Change.
By comparison BP’s commercial performance has been pretty solid – although Q3 profits were down to $2.3bn from $3.8bn a year ago, it still beat City expectations. But the question of how to reshape BP for a world increasingly focused on zero-carbon will likely be uppermost in the mind of new CEO Bernard Looney when he takes over from Bob Dudley next March.
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How the Internet of Things will reshape future production systems
September 19, 2017 | Article
By Vineet Gupta and Rainer Ulrich
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Rich data, ubiquitous connectivity, and real-time communication are changing the way companies work. For leaders, that transformation will extend much further than the machines on the factory floor.
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For decades, many of the world’s best companies have used their production systems as a source of sustainable competitive advantage (see sidebar “What is a production system?”). But such a system isn’t just about doing things well, with fast, efficient manufacturing processes and consistently high quality. What differentiates benchmark organizations like Danaher or Toyota is their ability to improve those operations continually, at a pace their competitors struggle to match.
What is a production system?
A set of elements and guiding principles that determine how a company runs its operations and continually improves its performance is a production system:
The elements of such a system include the staff’s capabilities and incentives and the company’s reporting systems, documented improvement methods and tools, organization, and culture.
The guiding principles are expectations about the way methods and tools will be applied and people will behave.
Operations include all processes in a business—not only production, but also the sales, product-development, and administrative functions.
Continuous improvement includes ambitious yearly targets for gains in productivity, quality, and lead times.
A production system acts as the compass, tiller, and oar of an organization—setting its performance targets, guiding its daily practices, deepening its operational capabilities, and building them over the long term.
Strong production systems have other powerful benefits too. They give companies a clear, precise picture of their own performance, allowing direct comparisons among plants, for example, and encouraging internal competition. They provide a common culture, vocabulary, and tool set that facilitates the sharing of best practices while minimizing confusion and misunderstanding. And by developing the skills of existing staff and creating an attractive environment for talented new hires, they help people contribute to the best of their ability.
The best production systems are simple and structured, and built around a company’s specific strengths and challenges. That requires a good deal of self-knowledge. A company must not only understand what it wants to achieve but also identify the methods, resources, and capabilities it will need to get there. Ultimately, a good production system is a unique, bespoke management approach that’s difficult for competitors to copy.
Today, even the highest-performing companies can boost their performance still further. That technology-driven opportunity comes from data—specifically, the huge volumes of data on processes and performance generated by new generations of network-connected devices: the Internet of Things (IoT). To capture the opportunity, companies must revisit and reassess many of the processes and principles that have been so successful for them in the past.
Four dimensions of the IoT’s impact
The advent of IoT technologies—and the more general move to digital tools that support operations, communication, analysis, and decision making in every part of the modern organization—won’t change the fundamental purpose of production systems. It will, however, transform the way they are built and run, offering improvements across four main dimensions:
Traditional production systems embody a collection of separate tools bound together loosely by the rules governing their application. Usually, these rules are at best defined only on a paper document or a corporate intranet site. In the future, such links will be much tighter and more automated, and fast digital connections will allow the whole system to operate as a seamless, cohesive whole.
Integration will change production systems in two ways. First, performance measurement and management will be based on precise data. Sensors will monitor the entire production process, from the inspection of incoming materials through manufacturing to final inspection and shipping. Companies will store the output of those sensors in a single, central data lake, together with a host of additional data from other internal sources, as well as external ones (supplier specifications, quality indicators, weather and market trends). All these strands of data will combine to set the production system’s targets and measure its performance continually, so the staff will be able to see, at a glance, if the system is performing as it should.
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Second, connectivity will support better fact-based decision making. Access to comprehensive, up-to-date production information, together with a complete historical picture, will take the guesswork out of changes and improvement activities. As the collection and reporting of data are increasingly automated, frontline operators and managers will play a larger role in solving problems and improving processes. Root-cause problem solving will be easier: aided by advanced analytical techniques, staff will be able to identify the changed operating conditions that precede quality issues or equipment failures. Furthermore, stored information about similar issues solved elsewhere will help identify appropriate solutions.
Today’s production systems are necessarily retrospective. While they aim to maximize responsiveness by emphasizing discipline, standards, and right-first-time practices), the reality falls short. Manual measurement and management mean that most opportunities for improvement cannot be identified until a shift ends and the numbers come in.
With the introduction of comprehensive, real-time data collection and analysis, production systems can become dramatically more responsive. Deviations from standards can immediately be flagged for action. The root causes of those deviations can therefore be identified more quickly, as will potential countermeasures. The entire improvement cycle will accelerate.
The production-system transformation of the future
Highly integrated, digitally enabled production systems won’t just work differently from today’s—they’ll be built differently, too. New technologies will have a significant impact on each step an organization must take along the evolutionary journey of its production system.
Prepare and diagnose. Today, just getting a comprehensive picture of current performance takes too much effort: gathering data from disparate sources, talking to managers and team leaders about their issues and challenges, and then diagnosing improvement opportunities and capability gaps. In the future, the data necessary to understand the production system’s current performance will be much more readily available, often remotely. Automated analysis systems will parse these data much more rapidly to yield much more powerful insights, isolating subtle factors that influence the performance of production, from changes in humidity to the actions of individual operators.
Design and plan. While diagnosis will be easier, the design of future production systems is likely to be more demanding. Today’s focus on eliminating waste and optimizing material and information flows will remain crucial. But companies will also have to consider a host of new opportunities and requirements, such as the integration of new sensors and information sources, the potential for new production technologies (from 3-D printing to augmented-reality systems), and the design of a new digital infrastructure. And because few organizations will have already completed the journey, companies will be less able to rely on methods and blueprints that have been proved elsewhere.
The translation of a design into a tangible change plan is likely to become easier, however. A new generation of design tools will automate much of this process, defining the necessary steps and determining the best sequence and timing given the available resources and skills.
Implement and sustain. As in the design and planning phases, additional effort in the early stages of implementation will be repaid by dramatic improvements in flexibility, performance, speed, and sustainability. People will still have to carry out most physical changes to production lines and other facilities, and the initial introduction will be more complex for digital performance-monitoring and -management tools than for manual systems.
Once the basic elements are in place, however, the responsiveness and adaptability of digital systems will come into their own. The use of real-time data will make it simpler and faster to stabilize processes. Automated optimization systems will adjust manufacturing sequences and speeds to help balance lines and match production more closely to customer demand. Digital performance-management tools and standards can easily be updated as the organization modifies and fine-tunes the system. Digital tools and automated work flows will help managers and frontline teams maintain the cycle of root-cause problem solving. And capabilities will be faster, easier, and more personalized thanks to digital training tools and digitally supported coaching programs for managers and change agents.
Digital tools will also simplify and streamline ongoing continuous-improvement activities by adjusting targets and tracking progress in real time while automatically escalating issues to the relevant personnel when required. They’ll simplify the management of complex changes, too, by automatically identifying interactions and potential conflicts between different initiatives and recommending resolutions.
Ultimately, manufacturing transformations will be quicker to plan, thanks to the speed and flexibility of digital tools; faster to implement, given the tools’ ability to align and engage all employees behind the same goals; and more powerful, since the underlying drivers of improved performance will be clear for all to see and address in a structured way.
It isn’t just the management of day-to-day operations that will get faster. Capability building will, too, thanks to focused, online training packages customized to the specific needs of individual employees. Finally, IoT technologies will speed improvements in the production system itself—for instance, by automatically identifying performance gaps among plants or updating processes throughout the company whenever new best practices are identified (see sidebar “The production-system transformation of the future”).
Back-end data storage isn’t the only thing that will be unified in the production systems of the future. So will access. Staff at every level of the organization will get the tools and data they need through a single application or portal (see sidebar “The human factor”). That portal will be the organization’s window into the system’s dynamic elements—especially minute-by-minute performance data—as well as more static parts, such as standards, improvement tools, and historical data.
The production systems of the future will still require people in many of the roles they hold today, but the nature of those roles will change. Here’s how:
Operators will need new capabilities as low-skill tasks are automated and increasingly sophisticated equipment requires skilled people to run it. Frontline personnel can expect more support, however, since the allocation of work will be based on their proven capabilities, training will be customized to their individual needs, and they will receive instantaneous recommendations for course corrections when problems occur.
Managers and supervisors will spend less time tracking and reporting on day-to-day performance and more time coaching their teams and looking for innovative improvement opportunities.
Change agents will still have the critical and diverse roles they do today: identifying and fixing issues (for both machines and humans), developing and implementing solutions, building capabilities, and changing mind-sets in the wider workforce. Future production systems, emphasizing analytical capabilities for working with complex data, will change some aspects of those roles, however. Other capabilities, such as those required to guide colleagues through significant change, will become much more important in light of the transformation most organizations will need.
These portals—with responsive, customized interfaces ensuring that the right employees get access to the right information and tools at the right time—will simplify and accelerate the operation of the production system. If it identifies a deviation on a production line, for example, it will be able to alert the team leader, show current and historical data on that specific process, and offer appropriate root-cause problem-solving tools, together with a library of solutions applied elsewhere.
Using secure and tightly controlled interfaces, the production-system portal will also be accessible beyond the organization’s boundaries: it will allow suppliers to track consumption and quality issues in materials, for example, or external experts to review current and historical performance to find improvement opportunities. Using online support and predictive analytical tools, manufacturers of equipment will increasingly operate, monitor, and maintain it remotely. The portal will even allow companies to benchmark their own performance automatically against that of others.
One of the most powerful effects of IoT and digital technologies, we foresee, will be to anchor the production system in the organization’s psyche. This will overcome the most critical challenge many companies struggle with today: sustaining change, so that the organization improves continually.
That anchoring effect will be achieved in several ways. First, the unified data, interface, and tool set will not only help enforce the adoption of standards but also ensure that the right way of doing things is the easiest way. Staff won’t need to improvise production plans or override machine settings if the optimum settings are just a button click away.
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Second, future production systems will help the organization to collaborate more effectively. An end-to-end view of performance will break down barriers among functions and ensure that decisions reflect the interests of the business as a whole. The communication and sharing of information will be greatly enhanced, since a central knowledge hub and social-media tools will let staff in one area access support, ideas, and expertise from another.
Finally, future production systems will make performance far more visible: when the whole leadership can see the direct link between operational performance and profitability, for example, the production system will no longer be considered the concern solely of the COO. Digital dashboards on computers, mobile devices, and even smartwatches will show staff in every function and at every level exactly how the organization is performing, as well as the precise value of the contribution of their businesses, plants, or production cells. The result will be genuine transparency—not just about where the value is being created, but also about how.
Adopting IoT: Early wins
Although the fully integrated digital production systems described in this article don’t yet exist, many of the building blocks are already in place. The oil-and-gas industry, for instance, is rolling out industrial-automation systems that can monitor the health of expensive capital assets in remote locations. These systems facilitate timely preventative maintenance by using sensor data to generate real-time performance information and provide an early warning of potential problems. Automakers already have production lines where hundreds of assembly-line robots are integrated with a central controller, business applications, and back-end systems. This technology helps companies to maximize uptime, improve productivity, and build multiple models (in any sequence) without interrupting production.
The next challenge for manufacturing companies is to complete the integration process. This will mean taking the tools and capabilities that now work on individual production lines or assets and extending them to the entire enterprise and then its entire supply chain. For companies that succeed, the reward will be greater efficiency, rich new insights, and dramatic, continual improvement in performance.
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Reviews: Armored Core 3 (9/10)
Forcing balance can be a tricky thing with game design, especially when it comes to sequels. If you have already set a precedent on acquiring ever more powerful weapons in a game franchise, to deny that in a sequel would (most probably) irritate the hell out of your customers. In this particular case, From Software got it right.
Set in a post-apocalyptic future, where mankind has retreated to the sanctuary of underground cities, humanity is still in the throws of petty corporate warfare. Disregarding the possibility of human extinction, the corporate schmucks decide to speed up the carnage by hiring mercenaries. This is where you come in. Your ride of choice is a fully customisable mechanical monstrosity, an avatar of destruction if you will. You goal is to take on missions and proceed to earn cash to buy more parts that can kill things quicker. In short, it is great cathartic fun.
The big changes in Armored Core 3 are several fold. The first big change is that the game is now four player. Matches can either be free for all or team based. When team based, the first side to destroy the opponent’s “Leader” wins. A system not all that different from Hitmaker’s (rather disappointing) Virtual On Force. In the missions part of the game this follows on somewhat. On some missions you are allowed to hire “consorts” to help you out, this can be extremely helpful on some missions.
The next addition is that of “Exceed Orbits” (EO). These are, essentially, parts of the core that detach and fire at opponents at will (partially similar to the funnels/bits within the Gundam franchise). This means there are now two types of core to choose from, EO or OB (Over Boost). EOs are good for adding extra firepower(if they hit), whereas having an OB function allows a Holy Grail-esque type of “Run Away!!” tactic. Thankfully EO shots regenerate, giving the player unlimited ammo.
Yet another addition to the game is the function of being able to “purge” parts mid-game. Once you have depleted a weapon’s ammo cache you detach it, freeing up some waiting and energy resources (allowing you to move around more freely). Some of the more cheeky players have been known to equip super heavy parts, detach them at the beginning of the match and wait until their opponent inadvertently picks it up. Thus slowing them down and making them an easier target.
The last big addition is that of left-arm weapons. Previously only laserblades (and then shields) were only equipped on the left-arm (the right-arm was for pure firepower). Now you can equip all manner of weapons on the left arm (from howitzers to flamethrowers). Naturally hosing an opponent down with a flamethrower whilst, simultaneously, drilling a hole in them with machine gun fire is immensely satisfying (popping out a few EOs at this juncture also helps to rank up the “fun” level).
To anyone that has played the previous five games (yep, I said five) all this information may seem a little redundant. To that I agree, however Armored Core 3 is profoundly different from its precursors. In the previous games it was possible to use a special set of powers called “kyokaningen” (human plus) and “juryokata” (over weight), when used, vast swathes of the parts list became irrelevant. Why use a tank, which can fire back cannons while moving, when you can do it on a superfast lightweight biped? This problem has been addressed for Armored Core 3.
If you wish to overload your Core you have to pay a hefty price. You move like a rock. That isn’t all either. If you wish to use human plus attributes, you now have to equip an option part called OP-INTENSIFY. In order to use the attributes you have to earn them by completing certain tasks within the game (this also goes for certain secret parts too), a stark contrast to the “fail and get rewarded” game mechanic of the previous games. Even then, once this option part is equipped, you cannot use any other option parts. Shell or energy defense screens? No. FCS window enlarger? No. This balancing gives you no other choice but to appreciate the sheer blinding genius of the intricate parts system.
This I can utterly assure you, the parts system is now balanced nirvana. You want to equip the new Karasawa, feel free. Now it no longer stuns and it weighs a ton. Equip it and realise that you will need skill in order to utilise it properly. Otherwise you will fritter your shots away and become a harmless harbinger of incompetence.
On to more superficial matters, aurally and graphically the game is particularly accomplished. The game fully utilises Dolby’s “Pro Logic II” surround sound. This means that you can really hear the aural detail and direction when a fellow player laserblades your back with coldhearted precision. The music is also vastly different from what we are used in this franchise. Gone is the bland techno, instead we now have a touch of pathos added to the harmonic proceedings.
Graphically it is astounding. Considering that both Armored Core 2 (and Another Age) were produced on this same system, it makes Armored Core 3 look all the more impressive. The design work (by Shoji Kawamori no less) is crisp, clean and superbly detailed. There are also vast swathes of extra environmental effects (eg – heat shimmering for the boosters and discarded shells from machine gun fire). Gone is the abysmal draw distance and fogginess of the previous PlaySation 2 incarnations, instead we now have a beautiful ubiquitous clarity.
Following on from this somewhat, many players of the previous PlayStation 2 games would be well acquainted with the John Woo-esque super slowdown that these games offered. Firing missiles (among other things) resulted in the game freezing up and frustrating a fair few gameplayers. First off, there is very little slowdown now (none in two player versus). Secondly the games moves much faster now, superfast in fact. The net effect is that the game is now fun to play. In closing I would like to iterate how damn fine a game this is,here’s hoping that it is commonly appreciated as such.
There is also a PSP port of this game now available but due to somewhat simplified control inputs and a more erratic framerate it is regarded by this reviewer as being consequently quite inferior.
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Praise for debut duo
Saturday’s game saw both of MK Dons’ deadline signings make their first appearances and Robbie Neilson was full of praise for his debut duo.
Stuart O’Keefe and Maecky Ngombo both featured in the second half of the 1-1 draw with Bolton Wanderers at Stadium MK – the former heavily involved in the Dons’ solo goal.
“I think they did really well,” Neilson said.
“Stuart gave us energy and got involved for the first goal.
“As soon as (Ngombo) came on he got the ball and he had people on the back foot, with his step-overs and his confidence to go at people.”
“I'm really pleased for him.”
“He's playing really well at the moment. His movement and finishing has been really good and he's been getting into good areas.
The Dons boss also reserved a mention for his top goalscorer Kieran Agard, whose second-half strike extended his scoring streak to three games.
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Described by Kim Hill as the “wunderkind of the Christchurch musical scene,” composer, lyricist, musical director and educator Luke Di Somma is one of New Zealand’s leading musical theatre artists and is based in Melbourne, Australia.
A Fulbright scholar, Luke studied at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, graduating with a Master of Fine Arts from the Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Programme. He completed his Bachelor of Music at the University of Canterbury, and gained First Class Honours from the New Zealand School of Music where he studied conducting and composition.
Luke is the co-writer of hit musical THAT BLOODY WOMAN, which toured New Zealand, playing to over 30,000 people. Current projects include an opera about former New Zealand Prime Minister David Lange, a commission for the Auckland Theatre Company and several projects with Australian collaborators. In the United Kingdom, his work has been seen at Andrew Lloyd Weber’s The Other Palace theatre, and he co-wrote the opening number for the last three WEST END BARES charity concerts in various theatres in London’s West End. His music has been sung by Broadway’s Andréa Burns, Olivier winners David Bedella and Rebecca Trehearn, and Tony nominees Andy Karl and Eva Noblezada.
His music direction credits are numerous. Highlights include LES MISÉRABLES, CHICAGO, RENT, THE MIKADO, MY FAIR LADY, SWEENEY TODD and SPAMALOT. He musically directed the European premiere of Lin-Manuel Miranda's 21 CHUMP ST. A regular guest conductor with the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, he has conducted performances of BERLIN TO BROADWAY, MAD MEN AND DANGEROUS WOMEN, THE GOLDEN AGE OF BROADWAY and THE GOLDEN AGE OF HOLLYWOOD as well as four seasons of CSO KIDS. He has also worked with New Zealand Opera, the Christchurch Youth Orchestra and started the Christchurch Pops Choir.
Luke is also the founder and director of CIMTSS (Christchurch Int’l Musical Theatre Summer School) - a biennial programme with a school of both secondary school students and emerging professionals. He has taught with some of Broadway’s finest including Andréa Burns, Sutton Foster, Jonathan Groff, Peter Flynn and Julia Murney. He is currently a Sessional Lecturer at Federation University of Australia in Victoria.
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Home sports world cup Russia wins Worlcup Opening Match against Soudi Arabia 5 - 0
Russia wins Worlcup Opening Match against Soudi Arabia 5 - 0
MOSCOW: Denis Cheryshev struck twice for Russia as the World Cup hosts thumped Saudi Arabia 5-0 in the opening match of the tournament in Moscow on Thursday.
Iury Gazinsky scored after 12 minutes and Cheryshev added a second before the break after coming on as an injury replacement for Alan Dzagoev.
Artem Dzuyba netted a third before terrific late efforts from Cheryshev and Aleksandr Golovin wrapped up Russia's first win since October to launch their Group A campaign in style.
Russia headed into the curtainraiser at the 80,000-capacity Luzhniki, the crucible of Russian and Soviet sport, without a victory in over eight months and ranked a lowly 70th in the world.
For Saudi Arabia it was a return to the global showpiece for the first time in 12 years, with their only previous finals wins at the 1994 World Cup.
Only South Africa, in 2010, have failed to advance from the group stage as the host nation and a seven-match winless run had ramped up the pressure on Stanislav Cherchesov's side.
A lack of an attacking threat in recent outings was a primary concern for Russia going into a group campaign in which they will also face Egypt and Uruguay.
Those fears were soon washed away, at least for the time being, as Alexander Samedov and Fedor Smolov carved out early chances only to be denied by desperate sliding blocks.
The opening goal came soon after, as Saudi Arabia failed to clear a corner and a curling cross in from the left by Golovin picked out an unmarked Gazinsky to head low into the far corner.
It was a goal that prompted Russian President Vladimir Putin to turn to the Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman, seated alongside FIFA chief Gianni Infantino, and shake his hand.
Russia lost Dzagoev to a hamstring injury midway through the first half, the CSKA Moscow midfielder clutching his hamstring as he crumpled to the turf.
But his replacement, former Real Madrid winger Cheryshev, celebrated his recent recall to the national side with Russia's second goal two minutes before half-time. Cheryshev was still left with plenty of work to do inside the area after a pass from Roman Zobnin, brilliantly flicking the ball past two closing defenders before rifling into the roof of the net.
Saudi briefly threatened early in the second half when an inviting cross in from the right skipped just beyond the reach of Taiseer Al-Jassam.
Russia then nearly grabbed a third when Abdullah Al-Muaiouf spilled a low drive from Roman Zobnin, the Saudi goalkeeper recovering just time in time to nudge the ball away from Smolov.
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The forward was soon replaced by Dzyuba, who struck almost immediately by heading another Golovin cross beyond a helpless Muaiouf in the 71st minute. Cheryshev hammered in a fourth with the outside of his left in stoppage time and Golovin capped a magnificent performance by bending in a last-gasp free-kick.
Russia meet Egypt in their next match on June 19 in Saint Petersburg, while Saudi Arabia will look to rebound against group favourites Rostov-on-Don a day later.
Denis Cheryshev struck twice for Russia as the World Cup hosts thumped Saudi Arabia 5-0 in the opening match of the tournament in Moscow on Thursday.
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Group Campground at Turkey Swamp Park
143 Nomoco Road, Freehold, NJ 07728
(732) 462-7286 or 5343
Brochure | Tick Advisory
Nomoco Group Campground remains closed. (updated 7/2/2020)
The Nomoco Activity Area group campground offers camping facilities for organized groups. An "organized group" is a group with a charter.
Reservations must be made either in person or by mail and be in our possession at least 7 days in advance of camping date. Payment in full must be received before a receipt is issued. Payment in full consists of per site fee for the desired number of nights. Payment can be made by cash, check, or money order. Click here for fee information. See our refund policy. Checks should be payable to Monmouth County Board of Recreation Commissioners. A full refund for cancellation will be granted only if Turkey Swamp Park is given 48 hours notice prior to date of reservation. Group representative must check in at Turkey Swamp Park Office before occupying site in order to inform Park personnel of arrival, to obtain gate lock combination, and to gain access to cabins. Gates will be locked at dusk.
Check out time is 12 p.m. Each site accommodates approximately 40 people. Firewood can be purchased at the campground office.
Vehicles are allowed at sites for loading and unloading. Parking is permitted only in designated areas. No vehicle access is permitted to "Outpost" wilderness site. Adult supervisors must remain with groups at all times while using park facilities. Ratio of adult supervisors to youths should be at least one adult for every ten youths. Axes, knives, etc. must remain in adults' possession, and adults should supervise their use at all times. The Family Campground is not available to those using the Nomoco Group Camping Area.
See our complete rules and regulations for Turkey Swamp Park Campgrounds.
ENJOY TURKEY SWAMP PARK
The site features a lake where visitors can bring or rent canoes, rowboats, kayaks, and paddleboats. Visitors who have a New Jersey fishing license (under 16 license not required) can try their luck with the bass, catfish, and bluegills that call the lake home. The park also offers picnic areas with charcoal grills, children's playgrounds, and plenty of open space to fly a kite, toss a ball, or watch the clouds roll by.
The best way to explore this park is on its 9 miles of multiple use trails. Hikers, bicyclists, and equestrians can enjoy the pitch pine and oak trees of the wooded area while looking for wildlife. Other plants and animals associated with the Pine Barrens can also be found. The park also features an archery range, reserved group areas with open shelter that accommodates up to 250 people (fee), open playing fields, a shelter building with fireplace, and soccer fields for league use. To learn more, visit Turkey Swamp Park Page.
Interstate 195 to Exit 22. Turn onto Jackson Mills Road north. Follow Jackson Mills Road to Georgia Road, turn left and follow 1.7 miles to main park entrance.
· State Highway 9 to Route 524 west. Follow 524 west to Georgia Road 1.7 miles to park.
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Exclusive: Boris Kodjoe’s son Nico gets an awesome surprise birthday party on David Tutera’s CELEBrations
Fri Sep 21, 2018 at 1:19am ET Sat Jul 04, 2020 at 1:19 am EDT
By April Neale
Boris Kodjoe’s son Nico is going to have a party like no other kid on David Tutera’s CELEBrations. Pic credit: WE tv
Imagine having parents like Boris Kodjoe and Nicole Ari Parker, who are really in with the in-crowd — including party planner David Tutera. Their son Nico is about to be rocked for his 10th birthday thanks to Tutera’s team of party wizards.
On tonight’s episode of David Tutera’s CELEBrations, Kodjoe and Nicole Ari Parker hired David and his crew to throw a birthday party for their son Nico, with many of his friends and their parents in tow for the festivities.
The cool twist is that Nico’s soiree is to be held out at sea under clear sunny skies, posing a new set of restrictions and challenges for Tutera’s team of logistics magicians.
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But the genius behind the Tutera curtain, Ms. Slomique, totally has this one in the bag and will dazzle him with her various favors called in.
Code Black and Soul Food star Boris has decided that the party must be on a chartered yacht, but Nicole is not so sure about that.
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However, Slomique assures Nicole that the party will be a nautical knockout and tackles her fear.
Not only does she enlist some Los Angeles firefighters to put on a show with a special firefighting boat, but a plane will fly overhead with a banner for Nico for everyone to see while on board.
In a separate interview, Slomique says: “Let’s just say I called in a few favors…how do you like me now, David!”
And the evidence is in the video — you cannot fake the enthusiasm Nico has at all the stops David Tutera’s team has arranged for him.
There are some hiccups during the event as motion sickness gets to Team Tutera, which really puts a damper on things, but luckily the party kids are having so much fun that the green color of seasickness washing over Tutera’s face is barely noticed.
Tune in to see how amazing this party is and how proud, emotional and happy Boris Kodjoe is for his son’s special day.
Boris says: “Nico’s running around this boat like he owns it…he’s excited, he’s happy, and for me to see a little boy like that is absolutely incredible!”
David Tutera’s CELEBrations episode Boris and Nicole airs Friday, September 21, at 10 PM ET/PTon WE tv.
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Monster Galaxy: The Zodiac Islands
Monster Galaxy: The Zodiac Islands, developed by Gaia Interactive Inc. is a great Action, Adventure, RPG (Role Playing Game) and Puzzle video game available to play on both iOS and Android platforms. The game is set in a monster filled galaxy in which every monster is recognized by a zodiac sign and has the abilities of different kinds such as water, fire and grass etc… read more
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#1 Pokémon
Pokémon is an RPG (Role Playing Game), Puzzle and Adventure video game series developed by Game Freak in collaboration with Creatures Inc. and published by Nintendo. Originally developed for Nintendo Game Boy back in 1996, Pokémon holds a huge series of main games, spinoffs, and sequels and is the second bestselling game series of all time worldwide. The whole series provides with almost same type of gameplay with different storylines, turn-based combats and allows the players to capture and train any monster they want to. As the publishing company officially announced the end of the Pokémon series games, the players around the world said goodbye to the legendary game and the character of Pokémon with heavy heart, but mobile game developers took this task upon themselves and started making games like Pokémon shortly after. A lot of games created by mobile developers present almost similar game-play and other characteristics in their games like Pokémon. You won’t be able to find out much difference while playing. if you miss Pokemon, you can always try all the wonderful alternatives and enjoy a similar gaming experience.
#2 Battle Camp
Battle Camp developed by PennyPop is a marvelous Action, Adventure, Puzzle and RPG video game for iOS and Android platforms. Battle Camp features a similar game-play and loads of other characteristics as Pokémon and lets you enjoy lot of puzzles and role-playing elements. The story-line of the game allows you to capture and train a number of different monsters and turn yourself into a great trainer. All the Action, Adventure and Puzzle RPG enthusiasts will surely enjoy what this super awesome game has to offer. Battle Camp offers different quests, challenges and a lot of hidden items to find and enjoy the versatile nature of the game. Battle Camp simply lets you explore a wonderful virtual world filled with real people and leads of different types of monsters such as legendary dragons and epic flaming bears etc. and it allows you to capture and train them and use them while you ravel against all the epic and powerful bosses in order to save the island. Along with best graphics and easy swipe and tilt controls, this game provides with quite an amazing and appealing game-play.
#3 ZENFORMS: Protectors
ZENFORMS: Protectors, developed by Calis Projects is an Action, Adventure, RPG and Puzzle video game set in a 2D world of planet Gaia. The game lets you use your skills and Zenform abilities to become a Grand Protector by capturing the hostiles and turning them on to your side. Capturing the hostiles who are also lead by a Grand protector is not an easy task to complete, so you better be quite skilled for that. ZENFORMS: Protectors is a bit short length game but you can choose between different journeys and by manipulating the difficulty level and different customization options you can make the game-play enough exciting and engaging. The game actually offers you a chance to become one of the most skilled and powerful Grand Protector who possesses wonderful abilities of capturing and taming the hostiles and monsters along with keeping the peace in the world. As a student of the Protector School, you must learn all the skills required to fulfill your dream of becoming a Skilled Monster and Hostile hunter and tamer. ZENFORMS: Protectors offers loads of fantastic character building options including loads of customization and selection options etc. ZENFORMS: Protectors is available to play only on iOS platforms.
#4 Beastie Bay
Beastie Bay is a fantastic Action, Adventure, RPG and Puzzle video game developed by Kairosoft for Android and iOS devices. According to the storyline you with your allies explore an unknown territory filled with hordes of beasts and monsters. The only purpose of being on an unknown territory is to capture the beasts and monsters, and by the use of some special skills and abilities make them your allies to work together and to make a school in which you train them and other captured beasts. The beasts also help you develop the territory by planting trees, fields and buildings etc. on the land. Beastie Bay offers exciting Adventures and expeditions for you to go on, capture a number of monsters, beasts etc., bring them back to your training school and train them in order to make them your allies while hunting for more monsters and hostiles. A quite exciting game to play, Beastie Bay is available to play on both Android and iOS platforms.
#5 Mighty Monsters
Mighty Monsters, developed and published by Uken Studios is another fun Puzzle, Action-Adventure and RPG video game by Uken. The game is heavily inspired by Pokémon and provides you with adventures that spread over a vast area of land. Mighty Monsters lets you become a great trainer of monsters by capturing them using your special skills and abilities and by exploring the lands and completing different tasks and quests. You capture different monsters with different abilities and use them on different game tasks to complete. For example, there are classes of monsters with fire, water and grass building and making abilities and these monsters help you build lands, meadows, different buildings and also they help you fight against the other monster trainers to captures their monsters as well. Mighty Monsters is quite fun to play and enjoy. Mighty Monsters is available to play on both iOS and Android devices.
#6 GeoSociety
GeoSociety, developed by Ben Hill is a brilliant Action-Adventure, RPG (Role Playing Game) and Puzzle game that allows you to have a super cool experience of monster Hunting, Taming, breeding elements. The game is inspired by Pokémon and a number of old school games like that. GeoSociety lets you be an employee of the GeosSociety and your task is to capture different monsters, breed them and protect the monsters living in the GeoSociety to make the GeoRealm secure and thriving. GeoSociety lets you be a protector of almost 350 different monsters species, train them and make them available to battle against other Societies and to capture more monsters and resources and deliver them to the GeoSociety, then train the new monsters and continue on doing the same until the game ends. With a beautiful world to explore, over 350 different types of monsters to capture, amazing team-based 3v3 battles, options to make your own monster parties of 9, and the unique game modes including Zombie Mode, GeoSociety is an amazingly addictive game to play, so do try it out if you haven’t yet and enjoy all the fun. GeoSociety is available to play on both iOS and Android platforms.
#7 Monster Squad
Monster Squad another great Action, Adventure, RPG (Role Playing Game), and a Puzzle video game developed and published by Nexon M Inc. for iOS and Android gaming platforms. Monster Squad takes you to a number of different adventures on different mystic lands and lets you capture and train the monsters and loot the required resources from your enemies. You along with your monster squad will have to go on different quests, battle against nearby settlements in order to capture their resources and the enemy monsters to make them your allies and use them to work for you. The game offers a number of different monsters types with different abilities in app purchases and lets you use against the enemies to show your might. Monster Squad game-play is deeply inspired by the one in Pokémon and a number of other games like that and some of the game options are also quite resembling. You’ll actually feel like playing Pokémon while playing this exciting and engaging game. Do try it out, it’s all about fun. Monster Squad is available to play on both iOS and Android gaming platforms.
#8 Monster Kingdom
Monster Kingdom, an Action, Adventure, RPG (Role Playing Game) and Puzzle video game is developed by Zhurosoft and is available to play on both Android and iOS platforms. The game is set in a huge game world packed with different creatures and secrets, and lets you create an adventure for yourself by capturing and training different kinds of monsters, creatures and become a greatest trainer the world has ever seen. You can choose between 60 monster species and select the best one according to your choice and solve different puzzles and challenges by the help of that selected monster. Monster Kingdom provides with single and multiplayer gaming modes in which you can play campaigns as a single player or you can challenge your friends and other people online in the multiplayer gaming mode. As compared to a lot of other games of the same nature, Monster kingdom is quite fun and game to play and enjoy.
#9 Haypi Monster
Haypi Monster is a closely related Action, Adventure, RPG (Role Playing Game) and Puzzle video game to Pokémon developed by Haypi Inc. Set in a monster world, Haypi Monster lets you battle against a huge number of monsters and capture them to make your dream team. You just need to capture the monsters who you think will suit best according to your battling needs, train them and get into the battle ground to embrace victory over your enemies and capture more monsters and resources. Haypi Monster provides with hundreds of exciting and action filled levels and epic adventures to explore and conquer surreal and beautiful lands filled with amazing attractions and monsters of over 100 species and skills of eight necessary elements. The game also offers different power-ups and tools to boost up your excitement level. Inclusion of the multiplayer gaming mode lets you play the game against or with your friends and other people playing the game online. With all the fancies provided, Haypi Monster is quite fun to play and enjoy. Do try it out.
#10 Mino Monsters
Mino Monsters, developed by Mino Monsters Inc. is an Action, Adventure, RPG and Puzzle video game available to play on iOS only. The game is set on a land filled with MinoMonsters and allows you to capture and train the monsters to create your dream team to battle and conquer your enemies. The game is highly inspired by Pokémon and various other monster capturing and training games. You as a great monster capture maestro and trainer go on different quests and campaigns to capture monsters, collect resources and build structures like houses, fields etc. and train the captured monsters to make a team of skilled ones to fight against your enemies and capture their lands and resources to help grow your civilization and all the monsters in it. MinoMonsters also provides with the options to play the game in single or multiplayer modes to enjoy it a little bit more. Mino Monsters is available to play on iOS platforms only.
#11 My Monster Rancher
My Monster Rancher by Mobage is an Action, Adventure, RPG and Puzzle driven video game available on Android and iOS platforms. The game is a direct sequel to Monster Rancher and provides with a similar game play that is actually inspired by Pokémon. The game lets you be a top tier monster capture maestro and trainer and assigns you the tasks of going onto different quests and adventures to capture and train and breed more monsters and make a team of unbeatable entities. Later on you go on to fight against the enemies and do what you are good at! Capture monsters, take them to home, train them, cross breed them for new species of monsters and build fields, structures and a lot of other things to carry on with the storyline of the game. The game also provides with hidden treasures and if you are able to find the treasure, you can buy upgrades and new monsters and their abilities etc. The inclusion of multiplayer gaming mode makes this game significantly amazing and quite special. Try this game and you’ll definitely like it.
#12 Mino Monsters 2: Evolution
Mino Monsters 2: Evolution is a fantastic new inclusion to the Mino Monsters series. This brilliant sequel to the original Mino Monsters offers a brilliant combination of Action, Adventure, RPG and Puzzle elements and allows you to Hunt and Capture a number of different types of monsters and creatures, Build your own super cool team of Monsters, go on some epic quests, defeat your enemies and capture more monsters, bring them back to your world, tame and train them and keep on enjoying the awesome game-play. The ultimate goal of the game is to be a skilled Monster Hunter, tamer and Trainer so you better develop all the necessary skills and enjoy hunting. With a beautiful and top title inspired game-play and mechanics, beautiful and stunning visuals, easy controls and loads of other exciting things, Mino Monsters 2: Evolution lets you combat against the monsters and enemies in amazing PvP style battles, engage in epic Multiplayer Arena-based encounters with enemies and enjoy team-based matches, complete a number of enchanting quests and just enjoy playing this marvelous creation of Mino Monsters Inc. With a very addictive and quite immersive game-play, Mino Monsters 2: Evolution is a fun game to play and enjoy. Do try it out.
#13 GeoSociety Plus
GeoSociety Plus takes you to further adventures of GeoSociety game and allows yo to immerse yourself into an epic Action, Adventure, RPG and Puzzle oriented gameplay experience. The game offers similar mechanics, game-play and other features to its predecessor GeoSociety and allows you to enjoy a more advanced and revamped version of the game. According to the storyline, GeoSociety Plus tasks you to go on a number of amazing quests in order to search for the rare monster species and once you have spotted them, you can capture them, bring them back to GeoSociety, train them, breed and cross breed them in order to have new hybrid species etc. The building element of the game allows you to build shelters for the new monsters, keep them well fed and admit them to the special Monster training schools. Once you think the monsters are trained well and are ready, you can select the ones you want and make your own dream team to further go on quests to capture more monsters or assign them tasks to secure the GeoSociety. As a trained and skilled monster hunter, trainer and an employee of the great GeoRealm it is your duty to keep all the monsters in good conditions, take good care of the monsters, and keep the GeoRealm thriving and prospering. With a beautifully well-written storyline, over 300 unique and beautiful monster species to captur and train, exciting encounters with the monsters and other enemies, hardcore action and thrill filled PvP combats, a number of fantastic upgrades, various exciting game modes, beautiful visuals and an immersive gameplay, GeoSociety Plus is a great Monster hunting and training video game to play and enjoy.
#14 PokeMMO
PokeMMO is an exciting new Action, Adventure, MMO, RPG and Puzzle video game that offers a Pokemon like game-play and mechanics. For all the Pokémon fans, PokeMMO is one amazing alternative that they can enjoy just as they did the Pokémon. With a rare and one of the best combination of Action, Adventure, RPG and MMO features, PokeMMO lets you engage into epic Building and Monster Hunting routine and just enjoy the game. The unique MMO feature of the game lets you enjoy a totally unique Pokémon like experience and lets you play the game with your online friends, get connected and enjoy. With challenging puzzles and quests, PokeMMO will definitely leave you spell bound for quite some time. PokeMMO is set in a world almost totally similar to the one in Pokemon where your task is to simply meet new people from around the world, go on some of the most epic quests, capture rare species of different monsters, bring them back to your Poke world, tame and train them until they are full prepared to be part of your team. Once you have enough monsters on your team, you can go on further challenging quests and capture more monsters with advanced abilities and skills. PokeMMO features mostly PvP style combats in the game along with arena-based encounters with the enemies and other monsters. With all the wonderful things combined, PokeMMO is one of the classics and it’ll definitely entertain you good. Do try it out if you haven’t yet.
#15 DragonVale
DragonVale is a wonderful Building, Management and Dragon Capturing, Training and Breeding Simulation that allows you to design and build a Park in which you can breed and pet multiple types of dragons, sell them and earn Dragon Cash. The game lets you use 10 main elements such as Plant, Cold, Fire, Earth, Lightening, Air, Water, Metal, Light and Dark etc. to make different combinations and breed normal and hybrid Dragons and enjoy being a Skilled Dragon Master and a trainer. In order to live up to your dreams, you must go on epic quests to capture rare species of dragons, tame and train them to make them your allies and use them in epic brawls against the enemies. The great multiplayer feature of the game allows you to interact with other players, make new friends and enjoy all the Dragon capturing, taming, training and building fun. With a beautiful game setting, fantastic HD visuals and all the fun activities, Dragon City is a fantastic video game to play and enjoy.
#16 Dragon City
Dragon City is a Wonderful Dragon Capturing, Taming, Training, City Building and Dragon Breeding video game for all the hardcore Community based gamers out there around the world. The game allows you to Build a massive Dragon City on Floating Islands, Train and Raise, and pet different kinds of dragons, Train them for battles and show off their might and power, engage yourself into the most epic dragon combats with other online players and be an Ultimate Dragon Master. Dragon City lets you train your dragons and make them able to hold a number of fantastic abilities and powers, use them against the enemies in epic battles and enjoy all the fun. The multiplayer feature of the game lets you interact with other online players, exchange dragons and gifts etc. and just enjoy playing this marvelous video game.
#17 Dragon Mania Legends
Dragon Mania Legends takes you to a beautiful world of Dragonlandia and allows you to reclaim your beautiful world by Capturing, Taming, Training, Raising, Breeding, taking care of your rare Dragons, and with their help fighting legendary battles and by defeating your enemies. Your basic task in the game is to go on some epic quests to capture, tame and train the dragons, bring them back to your Dragonlandia, Breed and Hatch cute little dragons, feed them with your own farm food, and turn them into full grown, powerful dragons and fight off the kings and Vikings to reclaim and rebuild your world Dragolandia. Go through almost 100 unique species, select the best dragons to take care of and become an ultimate Dragon Lord of the time. With epic wars, battles and combats, Dynamic 3 on 3, PvP and PvE combat events etc. this game will definitely let you turn yourself into the most furious and a name worthy Dragon Lord who eventually rules the whole world around him and is known as the true Dragon Master. Dragon Mania Legends offers beautifully created visuals and mechanics along with a very immersive gameplay to enjoy.
#18 Dragons World
Dragons World is a wonderful Dragon Capturing, Training, Raising, Building and Management video game that takes you to amazing new world of wonders where you can be a maestro by capturing, training, feeding and breeding various dragon species. The game takes you to a wonderful world of Flying Islands and allows you to create your own Dragon Sanctuary in which you can raise different species of dragons and other beautiful creatures, breed more species by a lot of new combinations and watch them turn into full grown dragons. Your task is to build their habitats, decorate them, and settle the dragons in their homes, build and manage farms and food sources for your dragons, and enjoy being a great dragon caretaker. With a great 3D environment and visuals, a lot of different species of dragons to play with, amazing battles to take part in, cool upgrades and a lot of other great things, Dragons World is a great video game to play and enjoy. Try it out and you’ll love it.
#19 Wooparoo Mountain
Wooparoo Mountain is a great game about mysterious Wooparoo creatures living on the great Wooparoo Mountain. You are required in this enchanted game to go live on the Wooparoo Mountain, build up your new village from scratch, raise amazing mystical Wooparoo creatures, Go through 80 different species of Wooparoos, bree or cross breed them to raise new hybrid species, feed and train them, wage wars against your epic enemies and enjoy being an ultimate, highly skilled Wooparoo caretaker. Constructing buildings, decorating them, accommodating Wooparoos in them, building farms to grow their feed is what makes this game wonderful and an amazingly addictive game of this specific genre. With superb visuals, adventure and quest based story-line, cool upgrades, multiplayer online feature etc. this game is quite fun to play and enjoy. Do give it a try.
#20 Tiny Monsters
Tiny Monsters created by TinyCo is a brilliant monster Capturing, training and building video game similar to the popular Pokemon video games. The game takes you to an amazing wonderland of Elemental Creatures and allows you to Capture, Hatch, Raise and Breed Mysterious little monsters. With tons of new and rare species of beautiful tiny monsters, great feeding and breeding options, Hybrid monsters, great visuals, and an option to become top Tiny Monster Caretaker, this game is so wonderful that it turns you into a monster addict and provides you with tons and tons of wonderful game-play and entertainment. If you are a true monster lover, this game is not less than a sweet treat for you. Do give it a try.
#21 Dragon Wizard
Dragon Wizard is another cool Building and Dragon slaying RPG video game that lets you be a skilled Dragon Wizard. The game lets you be a true Dragon Master in a huge Fantasy world full of Cute, Fancy and Marvelous Dragons that you can capture, train, breed and use in combats with other Dragon masters from around the world. By exploring the game world you can find the Hidden Legendary Dragon Eggs, hatch them and raise the mighty dragons that will let you prove your superiority over hundreds of other Dragon Masters, online players and enemies. With amazing real-time dragon battles, a lot of cool missions and quests, boss battles, epic dragon combats, Dragon Wizard will definitely allow you to experience an amazing game-play filled with all the fun things you can imagine.
#22 Bulu Monster
Bulu Monster by Sigma Game Limited is an amazing Monster Capturing, Training and breeding video game that takes you to an amazing Bulu Island and lets you become a great Monster Trainer, Hunter and Caretaker. The game allows you to explore Bulu Island discover and capture 150 amazing monsters species, train them and go fighting and hunting with other online players, trainers and enjoy. With cool animation, beautiful visuals, adventure based story-line and an amazingly addictive game-play, Bulu Monster allows you to be an ultimate monster trainer who defeats all of his opponents and remains undefeated. Some cool features of Bulu Monster are the games you can play with other online players, nice and easy touch controls, Both online and Offline game-play etc. With amazing numbers of monster to capture, 14 different maps and locations to explore, a lot of NPCs and AIs, cool upgrades etc. Bulu Monster is a wonderful game to play and enjoy.
#23 Dragon Story
Dragon Story is another wonderful Dragon Capturing, Training, breeding and Caring video game that allows you to raise over 400 different species of Dragons, hatch and breed them to double up in numbers, build an amazing Dragon Village in the magical fantasy islands and be an amazingly skilled and an ultimate Dragon Caretaker. The game lets you explore a huge game world, capture and train cool Mysterious, beautiful and special dragons, breed and cross breed them to hatch new hybrid species, train them for hardcore battles and win exciting prices in the tournaments. Building and managing new farms, growing magical foods and feeding your dragons, building and decorating their homes are among a lot of other cool things that make this game more fun and addictive to play and enjoy. Try it out, it’s fun.
#24 My Singing Monsters
My Singing Monsters takes you to an amazing world of strange creatures that you can capture, train, breed and raise and settle on some beautifully created islands. Your pet monsters will Hum, Sing and scream out loud and will eventually entertain you to the limits with all their sweet actions and activities. The city building element in the game allows you to build beautiful habitats for your pet monsters, decorate them and accommodate them. Each of the monster has a unique song to sing, a wonderful sound and a great personality to show off along with multiple other great abilities. Being part of this Musically enchanted world, your task is to create your own great monster orchestra, lets your monsters sing and entertain your online audience. With great new options, super cool visuals and an addictive game-play, My Singing Monsters will definitely entertain you good.
#25 Brave Frontier
Brave Frontier is an Action-Adventure and MMORPG Video game developed by A-Lim. The game is greatly inspired by Valkyrie Profile, Pokemon and Final Fantasy type of games and provides with a similar game-play and mechanics. Brave Frontier allows you to choose between the elemental powers of Lance (Earth), Vargas (Fire), Eze (Thunder) and Selena (Water) and Proceed as the story of the game guides you. You can go on missions and quests with your friends (Friended by Friend Requests) and can only carry five units of players with you. Every quests or mission allows you to fight against a number of enemies and a boss, who after getting defeated, lets you advance to the next level with all the earnings and rewards. Brave Frontier provides with easy touch and tilt controls and user interface. Try it out for a marvelous Action, Adventure and MMORPG experience, you’ll definitely like it.
#26 Pokémon Volcano
Pokémon Volcano offers a Free to Play access for all the hardcore Pokémon fans out there. Without worries of the hefty download procedures, it instead allows the players to get registered Online and start playing the game right away. For all those who have played Pokémon Pearl, Pokémon Platinum, and Pokémon Diamond, etc., this game would definitely be a great source of entertainment because it offers similar gameplay and mechanics with a little more twist. Pokémon Volcano allows the players to control a Pokémon Trainer character, lace up your companion (a Pokémon Character) with all the gadgets required and go hunting for more Pokémon characters. Once enough characters are caught, the players can train them and make them part of their fantastic Pokémon Volcano Team. The fun doesn’t stop here, as the players can keep on hunting and capturing more and more Pokémon and train them to make more fantastic teams and ultimately make a whole Gym for the Pokémon. Once the have enough Pokémon, they can challenge other online Pokémon leaders and defeat them. Every gym win rewards the players with Gym Medals, and that helps get into more advanced Pokégyms. The ultimate goal of the game is to get into the Pokémon Safety Park, and that is a place for the most skilled trainers. So are you ready to take on the job?
#27 Monster Legends
Monster Legends is a fun Action-Adventure and Puzzle video game that offers a Pokemon inspired gameplay and mechanics. The game allows the player to enjoy Capturing, raising and training the most beautiful monsters and enjoy City Building elements in the game as well. Monster Legends lets the players breed and cross breed various species of monsters and enjoy petting the most rare and newest species of monsters. The city building and management elements of the game allows the players to build perfect habitats for the monsters, and via breeding, unlock over hundred new monsters. Raise them with all the love and train them to take part in epic PvP battles (3v3) and enjoy the game to the fullest. Monster Legends keeps on adding the upgrades and new content on regular basis and lets the players enjoy engaging in new adventures and quests as well. The ultimate goal of the game is to become a Monster Master so the players are invited to take part in epic Team Wars, a worldwide tournament where the players can team up with friends and go against the other players online in blasting PvP Arena-based battles. With over three hundred unique monsters to collect, amazing breeding options, amazing RPG Progression system, fantastic building and management options, arena based PvP combats and a community of over Forty Million players worldwide, Monster Legends is one amazing game to play and enjoy. So, are you ready to become the most skilled and powerful Monster Master of all times? Well, let’s hit it. Shall We?
#28 Pokémon: Dawn of Darkness
Pokémon: Dawn of Darkness offers an epic MMORPG experience for all the hardcore fans of handheld consoles and games. The game allows the players to explore a huge and unique game world, enjoy hundreds of new and old maps, interactions with NPCs, enjoy all the fun Quests and unique Storylines as well. With a very competitive and challenging system, Pokémon: Dawn of Darkness allows the players to take part in amazing PvP matches, tournaments, Pokéball challenges, and more. As Pokémon: Dawn of Darkness is a community-based video game, it allows the players from almost every corner of the world to take part in developing the game world, add unique content and enjoy content created by other players at the same time. Considering all the great things about this marvelous game, Pokémon: Dawn of Darkness offers variety of content, an engaging gameplay packed up with all kinds of fun things and beautifully created graphics. Pokémon: Dawn of Darkness offers over 300 unique game maps, loads of custom NPC sprites, bundles of Player characters and customizable Avatars, amazing trainer and Gym battles with enhanced and up to date AIs, a great battle engine supporting over four hundred battle mover to learn, mouse-driven gameplay, etc. For a brilliantly addictive and challenging MMORPG experience, try it out and enjoy the ultimate fun.
#29 Creatures of Olympus
Creatures of Olympus by Frismos games is a wonderful Monster Hunting, Breeding and Management Simulation that takes the players back to the world of ancient Greece. Players in the game are tasked to have command over the World of Ancient Greece, build their own Olympian town, explore the legendary Greek mythologies, and enjoy nourishing Mythical Creatures. The secondary tasks are to build and decorate the habitats for beautiful Mythical Creatures, build Temples, breed and cross breed the Mythical Creatures to have more of them, plow the fields, build farms and feed your loved creatures to keep them in good shape all the time. The town should also look beautiful so the players can build numerous beautiful buildings, decorate them and enjoy being in control of almost everything. Furthermore, Creatures of Olympus allows the players to interact with each other with the help of Live Chat sessions, hang out with all the like-minded people (other online players), make new friends from almost every part of the world and enjoy spending time on quality gaming. The players can compete each other in games such as races, exploring the game world, etc. Players can also make combinations of different breed of creatures to have the rare ones such as Pegasus, Phoenix, and Lima, and raise mighty Dragons in beautifully created habitats. They can also unlock mythical Olympian heroes, explore the Water World, Hades World, and enjoy playing with the epic monsters such as Medusa, Cerberus and Scylla. With all the amazing graphics, immersive gameplay and ancient mythology fun, Creatures of Olympus is a great Simulation to enjoy.
#30 Kung Fu Pets
Kung Fu Pets is a cool new Pets Training, Capturing and Breeding Simulation by Com2Us. The game allows the players to discover a whole lot of new Mystical pets that can be trained and be made Kung Fu masters. The game is set in a beautiful Village named as Xiaolin where all of the inhabitants are beautiful animals and they all practice Kung Fu on daily basis. In the game, the players are allowed to live in the Xiaolin Village, Summon mystical Pets and train them to learn Kung Fu and eventually become masters of kung Fu. Once the Pets are all trained up, players can take them to Kung Fu Tournaments and lets them battle against other Kung Fu pets. The players are also tasked to train the Pets and get into epic Kung Fu battles against the Evil Forces that are threatening the Peace of Xiaolin Village. The game lets the players summon new Kung Fu pets by making enchanting combinations of various types of elements. The players can also breed various types of Kung Fu pets, raise the beautiful Baby pets and turn them into skilled kung Fu masters. Kung Fu Pets lets the players build their own Mystical village in the Sky, build bases and decorate them with all the fun items and enjoy a totally unique and addictive experience of a pet Simulation. With a remarkably beautiful game world, beautiful sounds and all the amazing graphics, Kung Fu Pets is a fun simulation to enjoy.
#31 Pocket Frogs
Pocket Frogs is an exciting Life-Simulation Virtual World video game by NimbleBit. The game offers playability on Android and iOS devices only. The objective of the game is to complete the FroggyDex by earning money. The earned money can then be used to buy, breed, and sell various species of Frogs. In the beginning, the game lets the players have 2 Frogs from the species of Cocos Bruna Anura and Green Folium Anura. The game also lets the players have a thousand coins, a nursery habitat and a regular habitat for the frogs. The secondary task of the game is to take the frogs to the pond, where they can eat flies and be happy. The frogs in the pond must breed to let the frog carer have gifts. The gifts are actually more new species of frogs that the players can have, take care of them, breed and cross breed them for more new species and sell them to earn coins. Keeping the frogs Happy matters a lot because if a from is not happy, it can take more time to mature and that leads to low earnings for the players. Taming the frogs, helping them learn to catch flies and jumping in ponds makes them happy. Every fully tamed Frog helps the players get rewarded with experience points that help the players reach down to the advanced levels of the game where they can have more advanced and new species of frogs and earn more. With a very unusual type of gameplay, beautifully created graphics and all the frogs taming, training and breeding fun, Pocket Frogs is a fun simulation to enjoy.
#32 Here Be Monsters
Here Be Monsters was an Online Multiplayer Monster Hunting video game specifically designed for Facebook. Published by Gamesys Ltd, Here Be Monsters allowed the players to explore the world by traveling to multiple destinations, collect loads of different types of rare items, crafting various types of in-game items and capturing or hunting the Monsters. According to the gameplay, back in the say when the game was available, it tasked the players to capture all the monsters scattered all around the world. The monsters were infected the corruption and they all needed the cure. The Ministry of Monsters hires the players to find and capture the monsters, bring them to the Ministry and cure them. The illness of the Corruption started a while back when the Starium Meteors started falling from the skies. Every Monster got infected with the illness of Corruption but the Humans remained uninfected. To stop the infection growing worldwide, the ministry hired the heroes who kept on capturing and curing the infected monsters. As being the main characters, the game allowed the players to save the world by embarking on the quest to rid of the Corruption. In the game, the ones who captured and cured the monsters, were called the “Tappers”. Here Be Monsters was no doubt a remarkable game to play, but the publishers closed it down in 2015. For all those who loved to play the game and still miss it, can always play the games with similar elements and enjoy them. There is a number of games that are available to play that closely resemble to Here Be Monsters.
#33 Monster Rancher
Monster Rancher is a Strategy, Single and Multiplayer Life Simulation created and published by Tecmo. It is the first game in the series of Monster Rancher. The game revolves around breeding, raising, and fighting. It takes place in the fantasy-themed world populated with different monsters. Each monster has its unique skills, power, and abilities. Your main goal is to select your monster, take care of them by feeding, breeding, and training. One day, your monster will turn into fighting machines. Explore the game world, fight against other trainers using your monsters and defeat them to level-up. Play as the solo or against other players in multiplayer mode your main task is to prove yourself as the best trainer around the globe. You can play with your monsters different games and can earn hit points that you can use to unlock further content. With the stunning environment, immersive gameplay and superb mechanics, Monster Rancher is the superb game to play and enjoy.
#34 Monster Rancher DS
Monster Rancher DS is an addictive, Exploration, Single and Multiplayer Life Simulation created by Cing and published by Tecmo for the Nintendo DS. The game revolving around raising, breeding and fighting monsters. The game lets you get into the role of the unseen protagonist and includes a menu options through this you can choose your actions. It has two different procedures for monster creating such as you can draw a picture of the monster in the field of magic using touchscreen and recruit using a microphone. You’ll discover a new monster by combining two different monsters. Train your monsters and see how it grows and convert into a legend. Take part in tournaments to fight against other players with your monster and defeat them to earn money. The game includes a series of challenging levels each offers different gameplay. Explore the game world, earn money and use them to unlock further content in the game. There are different monsters, and each monster has its unique powers, skills, and abilities. Monster Rancher DS offers enhanced mechanics, addictive gameplay and superb mechanics. Try it out.
#35 Digimon World DS
Digimon World DS is an Action, Role-playing, and Single-player video game by Bandai Namco Games. It offers superb gameplay and lets the player get into the role of the Digimon Tamer and puts him into an epic adventure to find, raise, tame, and train over 230 exciting Digimon. The game takes place in the fantasy world and offers an open environment to explore. The ultimate task is to build a shelter to raise the Digimon, take care of them and train them to fight against other trainers. To unlock other levels, the player must complete objectives. The main goal is to become the best monster trainer and the player must create his monsters team, train them, and participates in the tournament to fight against other trainers. He can exchange his monsters with others or win theirs by defeating them. Explore the game world to find rare Digimon and evolve himself in their communities. Try it out, and it’ll amuse you.
#36 UnovaRPG
UnovaRPG is a Monster Hunter, Role-playing, Browser-based, Single and Multiplayer video game. It takes place in the fantasy word populated with different Pokémon. The game offers the similar gameplay like Pokémon series and revolves around trading, catching, and battling. Get into the role of the trainer and explore the game world to discover and catch tons of monsters. The game world consists of different environments, challenges, and scenarios. Raise and train monsters and participates in different tournaments to win trophies. There are rare monster species are included in the game that you can catch after progress. Complete a series of objectives and earn experience points. Maintain your health and collect power-ups to keep progressing. The game includes over 600 Pokémon to capture and play. To get into the game world, you have to sign-up with your registered account and start your journey after registration. UnovaRPG offers exciting features, different modes, and challenging competitors. With detailed visuals, superb mechanics, and addictive gameplay, UnovaRPG is the excellent game to amuse.
#37 Pokemon Vortex
Pokemon Vortex is a fabulous Monster Hunter, Exploration, Massively Multiplayer Online and Role-playing video game available to play on Browser. The game takes place in a fantasy world and lets the player get into the role of the trainer. The world is populated with thousands of Pokémon and ultimate task of the player is to capture the Pokémon, train them and fight against other trainers to prove himself as the best trainer. The player can play the game from a top-down view. He must explore the game world, interact with NPCs and other players, compete against them to win their monsters if the player likes. Each monster has its unique skills, powers, and abilities. Take part in tournaments, compete against the best trainer and level-up by defeat each one. There are a set of levels, and the game will unlock other rare Pokémon species as the progress. The player will explore different scenarios and immerse himself in combat experience. With exciting gameplay, superb mechanics, and stunning environment, Pokemon Vortex is the wonderful game to play and amuse.
#38 Codemon
Codemon is an Action-Adventure game that mixes the elements of Pokemon, Barcode Battle, and Pet Collection. The game revolves around your home and allows you scan every barcode you find. It is available to play on Android platform and offers the similar gameplay like Pokemon with barcode scanning into the real world. You can find spells, codemon, and auras by scanning barcodes. There are a variety of levels, and you have to fight against other players and defeat them by attaching on it. Choose your spell and dominate the battle. Improve the performance of your Codemon using Auras. Find rare monsters and create your collection to show off your friends. Each monster has its unique skills and abilities. You don’t have any control over the battles that means your strategy and tactics will be on using different auras and spells accurately. Scan Barcodes to Find Monsters, different Auras, and Spells, Battle against other Players, Choose and Play, more than Sixty Codemon, etc. are the prominent features of the game. Try it out, and you’ll enjoy it.
#39 Monster Galaxy
Monster Galaxy is an Action-Role-playing, Monster Hunter and Single-player video game developed and punished by Gaia Interactive. The game takes place in the fantasy world populated with different cute and deadly monsters and lets you get into the role of the monster trainer. Your ultimate task is to explore the game world, capture hundreds of wild monsters, and fight against other to win rewards and experience points. There are more than fourteen Fantasy Island and some of them are locked. Earn experience points to unlock further levels, Islands and monsters to prove yourself as the best monster tamer. Find rare monsters by exploring and use them in the battle to capture some other monsters and make your best collections. Each monster has its unique spell, attacks, items and planet of surprises. Explore each Island and unlock others by collecting enough points and experience. With superb mechanics, addictive gameplay, and cute monsters, Monster Galaxy is the best game to play and enjoy.
#40 Pokemon Nuzlocke Challenge
Pokémon Nuzlocke Challenge is an Action, Monster Hunter, Exploration, Single and Multiplayer video game. It takes place in the fictional world populated with thousands of monsters called Pokémon. It offers the similar gameplay like its previous games. You assume the role of the monster tamer and your ultimate task is to become the best master by defeating rival candidates. The game includes some rules which make the match more interesting and challenging. According to rules, you can only capture the first Pokémon in each area, and you have to release the monster if he faints. Create your best team by collecting rare Pokémon and use them during battle to win the trophy. You’ll lose the match if your Pokémon goes faints. Each Pokémon has its unique skills, spells, and play style. Participate in the tournament, select your monsters strategically and fight against your competitors. Pokémon Nuzlocke Challenge offers core features such as a set of Battle Style, Bypass the First Encounter, Release Faint Pokémon, and more. Try it out, and you’ll enjoy it.
#41 Pokemon Y
Pokemon Y is a Role-playing, Single and Multiplayer video game created by Game Freak and published by The Pokemon Company. It is the first release in the 6th generation of Pokemon series. Like previous entries, each game revolves around the struggle of a young Pokemon Trainer and his friends. The game takes place in the Kalos region focuses on France. There are over seventy-two Pokemon species and the game introduces new features such as Character Customization, new Fairy Type, Updated battle, Training Mechanism and more. The game combines the elements of adventure and role-playing and uses third-person perspective to navigate the world. The player take on the role of the young trainer and complete a series of objectives where he has to go on a journey to capture and train strange creatures known as Pokemon. He must battle against other players using creature and defeat them to prove himself as the best trainer. The game focuses on turn-based combat, and the Pokemon gain experience points to level up and increase his statistics. Travel the world to learn new abilities and techniques. With superb mechanics, addictive gameplay, and superb story, Pokemon Y is the best game to play and enjoy.
#42 Pico Monsters
Pico Monsters is an Adventure, Monster Hunter, Top-down Role-playing and Single-player video game created by Headchant. The game takes place in the fantasy world populated with thousands of monsters. You assume the role of the monster trainer and your primary goal is to explore the game world, find rare species of monsters to catch and train them to fight against NPCs. The game focuses on turn-based combat and allows you catch the monster using picoballs. In the beginning, you have to find a picoball from the ground floor, and you can go outside to catch and fight against monsters. Earn experience points to improve your abilities and progress through the game to prove yourself as the best monster trainer. Collect a variety of monsters and progress through the story. The game uses top-down perspective to navigate the environment. The game rewards you with XP points as you defeated the monster. With superb gameplay and brilliant mechanics, Pico Monsters is the best game to play and enjoy.
#43 Monster Legends Mobile
Monster Legends Mobile developed by Social Point is an Action, Breeding, Monster Hunter, Strategy, Single and Multiplayer Simulation available to play on Android and iOS. The game takes place in the fantasy-themed world populated with tons of monsters each with its unique skills and abilities. Your ultimate task is to collect rare monsters, breed and raise them to turn into massive monsters and create your unique force. There are lots of monsters are waiting for you. Unearth unique skills to enhance your abilities and battle against other players around the globe or NPCs in action-packed gameplay. Take the monsters with you on an epic quest and fight against others using monsters. Create a superb world for your monsters using different buildings, items, and accessories and earn experience to upgrade all assets. The strategy is only the key to victory so, make your plan and implement it. Monster Legends Mobile offers a core features such as Battle Unique Monsters, PvP Battle, Strategy-based, Collect Monsters, Build a Paradise, etc. Try it out, and you’ll enjoy it.
#44 Pokemon Island
Pokémon Island is an addictive, Role-playing, Puzzle, Monster Hunter and Single-player video game takes place on the fictional Island full of monsters. According to the story, the Pokémon Island is only the home of Pokémon. Some people including Oak, who are researchers came and studied about Pokémon. They come to known before three years the Pokémon named Mew who is a rare Pokémon are available on the Island. Most of the trainers are finding Mew, and after a short time, the island filled with trainers, some of them are skilled and popular. You can take on the role of the trainer, and your ultimate task is to start off from a beginner trainer and become the ultimate trainer after progressing through the game. Explore the world to catch rate Pokémon and take part in the tournament to battle against trainers and defeat them to win the title of the best trainer in the world. Pokemon Island offers enhanced mechanics, gameplay, sounds and controls. Try it out.
#45 Mutants: Genetic Gladiators
Mutants: Genetic Gladiators developed and published by Kabojo is an Action, Fighting and Single and Multiplayer video game available to play on mobile platforms. The game takes place in the stunning world and lets you play as a captain. Your ultimate objective is to use your physic skill to lead a team of genetic gladiators, breed and train them to progress through the game and unlock new attacks to take down enemies. Navigate the world to discover new species of mutant and make your team powerful, take part in tournaments against worldwide players and fight against them to become the top and ultimate captain. There are six genes of mutants to unlock including Zoomorph, Sabre, Galactic, Mythic and more. More than three hundred different and unique mutants are available to discover. Find new recipes by manipulating the world and create your unique mutant to take over the world. You can take part in 3 versus three combat arena to show off your mutant fighting skills. Each character in the game has its unique abilities and skills. Mutants: Genetic Gladiators offers prominent features such as Six Mutant Genes, Three Hundred Mutants, Secret Recipes, Cross Breed Mutants and more. Try it out, and you’ll love it.
#46 Battle Camp: Evolve Monsters
Battle Camp: Evolve Monsters developed by WRKSHP is a Monster Hunter, Role-playing, Fighting, Single and Multiplayer video game available to play on Android and iOS platforms. The game takes place in the fantasy world populated with thousands of monsters to capture and raise. You can take on the role of the monster trainer and your aim is to create a team of fierce monsters and train them to survive longer in the unforgivable environment. It is the mix of Virtual world, MMO, Puzzle, and Combat elements. Interact with other players around the globe, team-up with them or other players to complete against strong contestant. You can fight against other players in PvP tournament to show off your abilities and win the title of the best monster trainer. There are different characters and you can design your unique avatar using different combinations. Battle Camp: Evolve Monsters offers core features such as Monster Battle, Troop with Friends, Coordinate Attacks and more. Try it out.
#47 Digimon World Championship
Digimon World Championship developed by Epics and published by Bandai Namco Games is a Single-player Life Simulation available to play on Nintendo DS. It is the marvelous entry in the series of Digimon and centers on the protagonist raising, caring, feeding and bathing for his Demigods as he participates in different activities and learns about the battle. The game offers the similar gameplay to its previous entries and offers enhanced mechanics, gameplay and story. In the game, the player has no need to give any command to their pets in a battle, and they can select their attacks themselves. The primary objective is to look after his pets and feed them regularly to raise. Once they grow up, then the player has to teach them how to fight. There are different types of Demigods to select and take care. The game becomes challenging as the player advances. With superb features, attractive sounds, and brilliant graphics, Digimon World Championship is the best game to play and enjoy.
#48 Monster Rancher EVO
Monster Rancher EVO is a Role-playing, Single and Multiplayer Life Simulation developed and published by Tecmo for PlayStation 2. It is the marvelous game in the series of Monster Rancher and puts the player into the role of the protagonist named Julio, a circus performer, who wants to become the world best monster breeder. The player must meet with the ringleader to plan out next course of action on a weekly basis such as training for his brutal monsters, circus performance, and adventure. The game takes place in the exciting world and lets the player navigate the world find rare breed and train them to perform in the circus. According to the story, the protagonist Julio is a part of circus named The Orcoro who attempts to bring the happiness to the life of people. Julio aspires to be the famous and professional monster breeder. One day, after the performance a beautiful young girl appears with special abilities named Nayuta and force the protagonist to join her troop of the circus. With the well-written story, interesting mechanics, and incredible graphics, Monster Rancher EVO is the best game to play and enjoy.
#49 Digimon World Dawn and Dusk
Digimon World Dawn and Dusk is a Role-playing, Single and Multiplayer video game created and published by Namco Bandai Games for Nintendo DS. It is the second title in the series of Digimon World, and the game takes place in the fantasy world called Digital World, where a strange virus become a reason of a massive earthquake. Due to the earthquake, the inhabitants of the world has turned into Digi-Eggs. Rumors have spread in Dawn that the Night Crow were attacked the city from Darkmoon City. The player can get into the role of the Night Crow (in Dusk), or the Light Fang (in Dawn). To get into the world, the player may select to play as a girl to a boy. The player has to manipulate the world from an isometric perspective, fulfill his quests, earn experience points and unearth the mystery behind the tremors. The game offers a different environment that the player has to navigate to fight against enemies, bosses, etc. With enhanced mechanics, compelling characters, brilliant gameplay and smooth controls, Digimon World Dawn and Dusk is the best game to play and enjoy.
#50 Monster Rancher 4
Monster Rancher 4 developed and published by Tecmo is a Single and Multiplayer Life Simulation available to play on PlayStation 2 platform only. The game is a mix of management and monster breeding elements, and it is the marvelous installment in the series of Monster Rancher. Like the previous entries, the game is about breeding, raising, and fighting monsters. The game takes place in the stunning world full of cute monsters. The story centers on the protagonist named as Phayne, who is a monster trainer. After being kicked out of the school, the player discovers a famous monster breeder named as TeeTee. He offers a job to the protagonist to look after his ranch. There are up to thirty-four different types of monsters, and the player can create a new one by combining two separate monsters. Each monster has its unique power, abilities, and personality. The player can keep up to five different monsters on his ranch simultaneously. With enhanced gameplay, prominent features, brilliant mechanics and superb graphics, Monster Rancher 4 is the best game to play and enjoy.
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How Austin Carr scored every one of his 61 points
Throwback Thursday: Austin Carr's 61 points
Austin Carr played seven NCAA tournament games in his career at Notre Dame. In them, he averaged 41.3 points.
But it was his second-ever March Madness appearance that sits alone at the top of a prestigious leaderboard.
In a 112-82 win over Ohio, 17 years before the adoption of the three-point line in the NCAA tournament, Carr scored 61 points — an NCAA tournament record to this day.
Luckily, video of that game exists, so we watched it (way too many times), and broke down every one of Carr's 61 points below:
Here, we break down every one of those points. Some free throws were not shown, so we'll mark these with an asterisk.
1. Carr gets a pass at the elbow, puts a defender on his hip, takes one dribble, leans in, then rises and knocks down a jumper. 2 points
SCORE: 2-2
2. Carr takes a pass right outside the lane, fakes inside, then curls low around a pick and launches a fadeaway a foot outside the block. 4 points
3. Off a defensive rebound, Carr breaks down the middle of the lane. A full-court pass finds him at the top of the key. One dribble, and he’s at the rim for an uncontested layup. 6 points
4. A quick pass to the corner leaves Carr with enough separation to fire a jumper instantly. 8 points
FTs: Carr mishandles a pass at the elbow, but recovers and is fouled while shooting. Goes 1 for 2 from the line. 9 points
5. An Ohio defender attempts to cut off a pass to Carr on the wing, but misses, leaving him wide open for a jumper. 11 points
SCORE: 16-14.
FTs: Goes 1 for 2. 12 points
6. Carr collects a pass on the wing and squares up. The defender gives him ample room, preparing for a drive. But Carr rises and knocks down a 20-footer. 15 points
FT: 16 points*
7. A low screen for Carr gives him a window, but he takes a dribble down the baseline and is trapped. So, he pulls the trigger on a jumper. 18 points
8. Carr boxes out and snags a tough offensive rebound that pulls him out of the paint. He takes two dribbles in a wide arc back in, and floats through a sea of arms for a 2-footer. 20 points
SCORE: Notre Dame leads 28-27 with 9:30 left in the first half. Carr has 40 percent of all points scored in the game so far.
9. Carr fakes a pick, and the defender tries to move around it and away from Carr. Carr then releases to catch a pass outside the block, has an open lane, drives baseline and lays it up. 25 points
10. A full-court pass off a steal finds Carr streaking down the right side. A defender is flying down the court to cut him off, but Carr cuts under him, and the defender heads into the stands, leaving Carr wide open to bank in a layup. 27 points
11. Here (and in the timestamped video below) you can see how Carr gets so open on fast breaks. As an Ohio shot goes up and Carr is on the top of the key, on the back of a defender. When he sees Notre Dame is securing the rebound, he takes off. He and the defender are neck and neck at the elbow. By midcourt, Carr has 10 feet of separation. He gathers a pass and has a wide-open layup. 29 points
12. Carr dribbles up the court with one defender trying to keep pace. Another stands meekly between him and the basket. Carr cuts inside him and rises for a finger roll with one step. 31 points
*Sidenote: At this point in the video, the announcer calls this Carr's 29th point. Later, he skips over two points, jumping from 38 points to 42 with one basket, and is then consistent for the rest of the game. While the video doesn't show every point scored, and shows at least one basket that is waved off, it is our theory that the announcer made a mistake at this point in the game, and corrected himself right before Carr's 42nd point, and is then on track for the rest of the game.
SCORE: 44-35, ND
13. Off a pick, Carr is open in the lane. He collects a pass from the opposite elbow, seals the defender on his back and rises for a layup. 33 points
14. Carr brings the ball up on a 3-on-1, then dishes to the man in the middle, who passes right back to Carr on the right side. Carr banks in a jumper near the block. 35 points
15. Carr cuts across the baseline and gets a pass on the block. He jumps before facing the basket, turns and banks it in. 37 points
HALFTIME. Notre Dame leads 54-41
16. A terrible pass from an Ohio player finds itself in the hands off Carr, who takes off. For once, he doesn’t beat his man down the court, but it doesn’t matter. He hits the layup while the defender watches from the ground. 39 points
FT: Goes 1 for 1. 40 points
17. This is subtly one of Carr's best plays of the night (you can watch in the timestamped video below). He gets a transition pass low on the baseline and notices a defender sprinting towards him. Immediately, he takes one dribble to the basket, causing the defender to change paths and try to cut him off before the rim. But he's not going to the rim. Instead, with the defender heading away now, Carr rises for an open bank shot. 42 points
SCORE 83-62
18. Carr gets a pass in the lane and is guarded well. So he dribbles right, but sees a second defender and turns back into the chest of the first defender. Out of options, he fades away and knocks down a jumper. 46 points
19. A full-court inbounds pass bounces off his hands. One defender falls over trying to steal it. He dribbles with his left hand around the basket with another defender on his inside, then launches a sky hook off the glass. 48 points
20. On a fast break, Carr collects a bounce pass and hides behind a screen. He fades away, kissing a shot off the glass. 50 points
21. On a 3-on-1 fast break, Carr fills the left lane. A teammate passes to him, and the Ohio defender goes for the steal, but misses. Carr cuts in for an easy layup. 52 points
22. Carr gets a pass at the elbow on transition. Again, a defender tries to steal it, but misses. Carr takes one dribble and lays it off the glass, but is fouled. After knocking down the free throw, he ties his own Notre Dame single-game record at 55 points
23. Bringing the ball up at half court, Carr fakes outside, then slices inside between two defenders. One more steps in front of him at the rim, so he cuts back left and finishes an off-hand layup. Sets a new Notre Dame record with 57 points
24. Carr has the ball in the wing, dribbles to the key, spins outside, takes two dribbles to the rim, but is fouled on the floor. He knocks down both free throws. 59 points
25. Carr gets a handoff at the top of the key. Squaring up, he pump fakes, and the defender bites. With the Ohio player in the air, Carr rises for real, and shoots. The ball bounces off the back of the rim, floating high above the backboard. Then it falls back down, straight through the net. Carr throws his hands up and smiles. It’s an NCAA tournament record, 61 points
Epilogue: Carr is done scoring at this point, but one final play included in the video is an interesting one. Here, Carr sets a pick at the timeline, and both defenders leave him and double the ball handler. Reminder: Carr has 61 points at this time in the game. Naturally, his teammate passes to Carr, who is wide open. Carr then fakes a shot, losing a defender who came to help, then drives for a layup and misses. Conclusion: Maybe Ohio should have left him open more often.
FINAL SCORE: 112-82.
Carr ends the day shooting 25-for-44 from the field (56.8 percent), and 11 for 14 from the line (78.6 percent). He colelcts six rebounds, one turnover, one personal foul, and one NCAA record, that will stand for at least 58 years.
Daniel Wilco has worked at the AJC, Sports Illustrated, and SEC Country. His writing has also appeared on SI.com, Men’s Health, and The Cauldron.
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Chili has been named World Changer of the Year!
Chili has won Pearson's 'World Changer of the Year' award for her efforts in helping young people with their mental health during the pandemic.
After teaching herself to use an electric sewing machine in lockdown with the help of her grandma on Facetime, Chili created and sold over 1,500 colourful facemasks for her community, through her @Chilis_facemasks Instagram account. She succeed in raising £4,000 for young people’s mental health - a cause close to her heart.
Her entrepreneurial efforts helped fund vital twice-weekly counselling sessions for young people struggling with their wellbeing over lockdown, as well as education and sport courses that work to increase confidence and motivation among young people through local mental health charity Inspire Suffolk.
"Chili is an inspiration and well-deserved ‘World Changer of The Year’! She defines what a world changer is all about. She has learnt a new skill for the good of her community and used her facemasks to affect real change for a cause that is close to her heart - all while studying for her GCSEs!"
Chantel Carpenter, Director at Pearson & World Changer Awards Judge
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Tradewinds® Introduces Jimmy Buffett’s Island Tea
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STAMFORD, CT - Tradewinds®, a company inspired by a family tradition of slow-brewing sweet tea, is making waves with the introduction of Tradewinds®Jimmy Buffett’s Island Tea. The five unique flavors available nationally include: Pineapple Coconut White Tea, Peach Mango Black Tea, Tropical Citrus Green Tea, Paradise Punch Hibiscus Tea and Strawberry Lime Black Tea.
Inspired by singer, songwriter and author, Jimmy Buffett, Tradewinds® partnered with Margaritaville Enterprises, LLC to create Island Tea – delicious blends of tropical fruit flavor and refreshing iced tea. The new line uses natural flavors and natural sweeteners to add a signature, flavor-packed taste in every delicious and refreshing sip. The 18.5 –ounce single-serve bottle contains only 110 calories per bottle. From the tropical flavors to the packaging inspired by Jimmy’s lifestyle, the Caribbean influence clearly shines through and nods to the relaxing atmosphere of an island getaway.
“We are so excited to be partnered with Margaritaville, as both Tradewinds and Jimmy Buffett embody relaxation and escapism,” said Julia Balakrishnan, Associate Marketing Manager of Tradewinds®. “These Island Teas will send you to a guilt-free tropical oasis after just one sip!”
“Our goal is to provide people the chance to experience the Margaritaville way of life, whatever their latitude, and the launch of Jimmy Buffett’s Island Tea Line will create that escape with every delicious taste,” said Tom Keane, president of Margaritaville Foods. “We’re thrilled to be partnering with such a well-regarded and like-minded brand as Tradewinds.”
The new Tradewinds® Jimmy Buffett’s Island Tea is a complement to the line of Tradewinds®slow-brewed beverages which include varieties such as Sweet Tea, Unsweet Tea, Green Tea with Honey, and Raspberry Tea. Tradewinds®Jimmy Buffett’s Island Tea is available now in select grocery, mass and convenience stores nationwide and for a suggested retail price of $1.39 -$1.69. For more information on Tradewinds® please visit,www.TradewindsTea.com.
ABOUT TRADEWINDS®
Since its conception in 1992, Tradewinds® has been dedicated to providing refreshing and enjoyable iced tea using the finest ingredients, high-quality tea leaves and real sugar. Based on a family brewing tradition, Tradewinds® iced teas are made in a slow-brewed process that gives each sip its signature, flavor-packed taste. For more information on Tradewinds® please visitwww.TradewindsTea.com.
ABOUT MARGARITAVILLE®
Margaritaville is more than a product or a place, it’s a state of mind.
Inspired by the lyrics and philosophy of Jimmy Buffett; since launching its first restaurant location in 1987, the leading lifestyle brand has expanded to 33 restaurants, retail shops, vacation ownership and cruise partnerships, as well as resorts and casinos across the United States. In fall of 2015, Margaritaville will celebrate the opening of its 349 room flagship luxury resort in Hollywood Beach, Florida. Consumers can also enjoy the sights, sounds and tastes of Margaritaville at home through its national radio station on Sirius/XM, retail products including apparel, frozen concoction makers, home décor and food, beverage and spirits lines consisting of Margaritaville tequilas, rums, LandShark Lager and Island Tea.
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An Iowa girl was blinded and almost killed by the flu. Now, she can see again.
Ryan W. MillerSarah Kay LeBlancUSA TODAY
DES MOINES, Iowa – An Iowa girl blinded after complications from the flu has regained her eyesight months after she nearly died in the hospital, her mother says.
Jade DeLucia, 4, spent Christmas fighting to survive after a case of the flu hospitalized her and caused seizures and swelling in her brain that blinded her.
But weeks after leaving the hospital, Jade can see again.
"She was following people around, she was giving high fives, and it was awesome," her mother Amanda Phillips told KCRG-TV.
Phillips told CNN that family members noticed Jade had regained her sight when she walked to the bathroom by herself without touching the walls. Her family then asked her where he uncle was, and she walked toward him.
"From there, it was almost an instant thing," Phillips told CNN. "She's doing really good."
Just a couple months ago, Jade's family wasn't sure if the young girl would survive the illness, let alone see again.
At 8 a.m. on Christmas Eve, the girls' father, Stephen, went to wake her and her sister and found Jade unresponsive. Jade had felt sick for a few days with a low-grade fever and a runny nose, but nothing that caused alarm.
"It was a flip of a switch; there were no warning signs," Phillips said in January.
The family rushed Jade to Covenant Medical Center, where she tested positive for the flu in the emergency room. Jade received a flu shot in March of 2019, but wasn't vaccinated this season. A nurse treating Jade asked Phillips and her husband whether they were sure their daughter wasn't faking. A few minutes later, Jade had a seizure. Hospital staff used a crash cart to revive her.
Phillips said it took about four hours to stabilize her daughter enough that she could be flown to the University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital.
"It was terrifying. I thought we were going to lose her," she said.
The episodes of seizure-like shaking continued. After four days, doctors said the influenza had traveled to her brain, causing swelling.
"We could have lost her so many times, and with the brain damage that we were seeing on the MRI scan of her brain, we didn't think any part of her was really going to come back," Phillips said.
Phillips said at the time that doctors told her Jade may regain her sight in three to six months. Still, Phillips said she was just happy to have her daughter home.
Dr. Theresa Czech at University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital told KCRG-TV that Jade has since made "a good recovery."
"She's such a bright, cheerful girl who's full of love," the doctor told the TV station.
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Home Coronavirus There is no improvement in Rabbi Kanievsky’s situation: “At the dangerous stage”
There is no improvement in Rabbi Kanievsky’s situation: “At the dangerous stage”
A week after he contracted the virus, his family informed him on Friday that the 92-year-old rabbi’s condition had worsened and there had been changes in the temperature and temperature indices (blood oxygen level, HG). It is said that he is in the second and most dangerous stage of the disease.
At the end of Simchat Torah, we noted in his house that his condition had not changed in the last day, and that he continued to feel well. During the holiday he continued with his daily routine, which mainly includes Torah study, and also ate the holiday meals as usual. Rabbi Kanievsky was examined by regular doctors, as well as by another doctor due to the corona virus.
“Praying for his health”
Upon receiving the announcement of the worsening of his condition, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wrote on Twitter that he was praying for the rabbi’s recovery. “I join the prayers of the masses of Beit Yisrael for the health of Rabbi Kanievsky. Please, heal him.” Shas chairman Aryeh Deri also addressed the issue and wrote: “I pray with all of Israel for the complete recovery of the Minister of Torah, Rabbi Kanievsky.”
The news that Rabbi Kanievsky contracted the corona virus has become the talk of the day in the ultra-Orthodox world. 92-year-old Rabbi Kanievsky is considered a senior figure in the Lithuanian ultra-Orthodox world and world-renowned following countless stories about his blessings.
In recent months, following the eruption of the corona, the rabbi’s home and the usual way of life have changed in the rabbi’s home. The audience receptions, in which hundreds of people would pass in front of him during each day to receive greetings – were completely stopped.
The events were stopped
The circumcision events in which Godfather was used were also discontinued. Heads of yeshivas as well as MKs who were accustomed to coming to his house regularly refrained from doing so, and a nylon partition was placed on his desk for meetings held under the restrictions.
During the Sukkot holiday, the Simchat Beit Hashoeva and the “Welcome to his Rabbi” ceremony were held in the presence of Rabbi Kanievsky.
Due to the situation, which does not allow for a mass gathering, and due to the rabbi’s own health condition, the event was broadcast live from his home to hundreds of thousands of residents in Bnei Brak in amplification systems installed in dozens of centers, and of course online. No entry to the class area was approved, and the place was cordoned off and secured by a heavy security team to prevent access to the place.
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Kelly Gearhart gets 14 years, will appeal
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Former developer and 2006 Atascadero citizen of the year Kelly Gearhart hardly had time to hear his cell door clank shut before he began looking for a way out.
On July 6, four days after he was sentenced to 14 years in federal prison for bilking investors out of millions of dollars in a Ponzi scheme, Gearhart’s attorney filed a notice of appeal. According to the document, the appeal will be filed with the U.S. Court of Appeal’s Ninth District.
Firdaus Dordi, Gearhart’s lawyer, said the case hasn’t been officially filed with the appeals court, and the notice signals intent to file an appeal.
“We just preserved our right to file an appeal,” Dordi told New Times.
U.S. District Court Judge Otis D. Wright II handed down Gearhart’s sentence on July 2. Prior to the sentencing, Gearhart pleaded guilty to two counts of wire fraud and one count of money laundering in May 2014. As part of his guilty plea, Gearhart admitted knowingly and intentionally misrepresentating information about his Vista Del Hombre real estate project to get his victims to invest their money. Federal prosecutors said Gearhart also admitted to selling Vista Del Hombre lots that were already being used to secure loans from other victims and banks.
While he’s now in prison, there’s still the matter of paying back victims. Wright scheduled a restitution hearing for Oct. 20. According to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s office, prosecutors will seek restitution for victims of the Vista Del Hombre real estate scam and “any other fraudulent conduct in which Gearhart may have been involved.” That figure could be as high as $20 million.
“However, it is unclear if there is any money available to repay victims,” the release states.
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There are 152 new unclaimed estates in London - check if your family name is on the list
You could be due a significant windfall if your surname is on this list
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Thousands of estates are laying unclaimed, held in trust by the government whenever someone dies without leaving a will.
In fact, with unclaimed estates, it is likely you could be the rightful heir to the estate without even knowing the person well or knowing that they had left something behind.
If you believe you are the heir to one of the estates, you can claim it within 12 years and receive interest on the estate, or within 30 years without receiving interest on any of the money.
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Below is the list of people who have died intestate in London in 2018 and 2019 or have links to London and left behind unclaimed estates (as of May 3).
How you can claim an estate
If someone dies intestate the following people are entitled to the estate, in order:
Husband, wife or civil partner;
Children, grandchildren, great grandchildren and so on;
Mother or father;
Brothers or sisters who share both the same mother and father, or their children (nieces and nephews);
Half brothers or sisters or their children (nieces and nephews of the half blood or their children) - ‘half ’ means they share only one parent with the deceased;
Grandparents;
Uncles and aunts or their children (first cousins or their descendants);
Half uncles and aunts or their children (first cousins of the half blood or their children) - ‘half’ means they only share one grandparent with the deceased, not both.
For the fill list of names you will need to visit www.bonavacantialist.co.uk
The list of unclaimed estates, which is regularly updated, is here ; and details on how to claim are here. If you are claiming, you will obviously need to prove that you are related to the person whose estate you are claiming.
Hawkins,William 01/05/2019 16/12/2018 Barnet London EN5
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Overseas Students in Australia
Author By intpartners Categories Study at High School, Study at TAFE, Study at University, Study English, Study Master, Study MBA, Study PhD Doctorate, studyinaustralia
The student visa program enables overseas students to come to Australia to undertake full-time study in registered courses.
When processing applications, the department ensures:
· transparency in the requirements to be granted a student visa
· consistency in decision-making
· integrity of the student visa program by using objective measures of risk to determine visa requirements.
Before applying for a student visa, students must have been accepted for full-time study in a registered course in Australia.
A registered course is an accredited education or training course listed on the Commonwealth Register of Institutions and Courses for Overseas Students (CRICOS) and offered by an Australian education provider registered to offer courses to overseas students.
See:CRICOS
Applying for a student visa
Students must apply for a visa in the sector that relates to their main course of study:
· Independent English Language Intensive Course for Overseas Students (ELICOS) sector (subclass 570) visa
· Schools sector (subclass 571) visa
· Vocational Education and Training sector (subclass 572) visa
· Higher Education sector (subclass 573) visa
· Postgraduate Research sector (subclass 574) visa
· Non-award sector (subclass 575) visa
· AusAID and Defence sector (subclass 576) visa.
Generally, only students subject to Assessment Level 1 or students eligible for streamlined visa processing may be granted their first student visa while they are in Australia. Other students may only be able to obtain their first student visa while they are in Australia under exceptional circumstances.
See: Student Visa Program—Assessment Levels (formerly known as Form 1219i) (144KB PDF file)
Students who already have a student visa to study in Australia, but want to change their main course of study to one in a different education sector must apply for a new student visa in the education sector appropriate to their new main course of study.
See:Applying for a student visa (formerly known as Form 1160i) (128KB PDF file)
Assessment factors and streamlined visa processing
Students must provide evidence to satisfy the assessment criteria that apply to them before they can be granted a student visa. This may include evidence that they have the financial capacity to cover living costs in Australia—tuition fees, travel costs and capacity to support any family members. Applicants must also satisfy criteria for proficiency in English, level of education and other matters such as the potential to breach visa conditions.
The evidence required for these criteria varies according to the student visa applicant’s assessment level. Assessment Level 1 represents the lowest evidentiary requirements and Assessment Level 5 represents the highest.
Streamlined visa processing is available for prospective international students with a confirmation of enrolment (CoE) from a participating university at bachelor, masters or doctoral degree level. Student visa applicants who are eligible for streamlined visa processing are not subject to assessment levels.
See: The university sector streamlined visa processing( 80KB PDF file)
All students and accompanying family members must meet character and health requirements and obtain overseas student health cover (OSHC) for the duration of their visa. Students from Belgium, Norway and Sweden may not need OSHC if they have acceptable health cover offered by those countries.
Passport holders from certain countries may be entitled to Medicare, however it is still a requirement for overseas students to obtain OSHC for the duration of their stay in Australia while on a student visa.
See:Health insurance for students
Course packaging
Students may ‘package’ their studies to combine a preliminary course with their main course of study on the one student visa. The subclass that applies to the package would be the one that corresponds to the main course of study. The student’s assessment level is based on the package of courses they are studying.
See: Course packaging
Visa conditions
Permission to work
Students and their dependent family members who were granted a student visa on or after 26 April 2008 have permission to work.
See:New permission to work arrangement for student visa holders(58KB PDF file)
Students and dependent family members who were granted a student visa before 26 April 2008 and have not yet applied for permission to work may only apply for permission to work after they have started their course in Australia.
See:How to apply for permission to work
Students and their dependent family members with permission to work must not undertake work until the main student visa holder has started their course in Australia. They are limited to 40 hours work per fortnight while their course is in session, but may work unlimited hours during formal holiday periods. Holders of a Postgraduate Research (subclass 574) visa who have started their course have unrestricted permission to work.
Student visa holders found to be working in excess of their limited work rights may be subject to visa cancellation.
Family members’ permission to work
Family members who have permission to work can work up to 40 hours per fortnight once the main student visa holder has started the course of study.
Where students are on a Higher Education (subclass 573) visa, Postgraduate (subclass 574) or AusAID and Defence (subclass 576) visa and have started a masters or doctorate course, any family member who has permission to work can do so for unlimited hours.
No extension of stay
Most Assessment Level 3 and all Assessment Level 4 students (except those in the schools sector) undertaking a course or courses of 10 months duration or less, are subject to a ‘Further Stay Restricted’ condition. This condition generally prevents students from extending their stay in Australia, although they may apply for a Temporary Graduate (subclass 485) visa or a student visa with permission to work or a student visa with permission to work.
If an Assessment Level 3 student provides evidence of funds to cover a further 12 month stay, the ‘Further Stay Restricted’ condition is no longer mandatory.
Students who are sponsored by the Australian Government, or the government of their home country, may also be subject to a ‘Further Stay Restricted’ condition. They will only be able to extend their studies in Australia if the sponsoring government gives written consent.
Students must inform their education provider of their current residential address within seven days of arrival and of any change of address in Australia within seven days of the change. Students must also notify their current provider of any change of enrolment to a new provider.
Family members aged 18 years or over may only study for up to three months. If they want to undertake a course of study that exceeds three months, they must apply for a student visa in their own right.
School-age family members, children aged 5–18 years, who join the student in Australia for more than three months must attend school. The student must meet any associated education or tuition costs for that child.
A student’s child aged 18 years or over cannot apply for a student visa as a family member. If they want to study in Australia, they must apply for a student visa in their own right.
Student Guardian (subclass 580) visa
Where students are under 18 years of age, it is possible for a parent or relative to apply for a student guardian visa to accompany them to Australia. The student guardian visa allows that person to stay in Australia to care for the student until they turn 18. A student guardian does not have permission to work while in Australia.
The student visa program report is a quarterly statistical publication that provides data on the student visa program administered by the department. This report will be a valuable resource for anyone who has an interest in the international student sector.
See:Student visa statistics
Further information for students
The Education Services for Overseas Student Act 2000 provides important safeguards for overseas students in Australia. The Act regulates the activities of education providers delivering education and training to international students by setting standards and providing tuition and financial assurance.
See:Australian Education International
If students choose to work part-time while studying in Australia they have the same work rights as Australian permanent residents and citizens. For more information and advice about conditions of employment in Australia students can contact the Fair Work Ombudsman.
See:Fair Work Ombudsman
Further information is available on the department’s website.
See:www.immi.gov.au
The department also operates a national general enquiries line.
Telephone:131 881
Hours of operation:Monday to Friday from 8.30 am to 4.30 pm. Recorded information is available outside these hours.
Fact Sheet 50 – Overseas Students in Australia
Produced by the National Communications Branch, Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Canberra. Last reviewed April 2013.
Zero to Twelve: A solid Australian education
Author By intpartners Categories Uncategorized
The Australian education system has earned a reputation of being one of the most sought after curricula in the world. In June last year, more than 15,000 Malaysian international students were living in Australia.
In 2010, 73 countries took part in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) testing, an internationally standardised assessment for 15-year-olds, conducted by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Australia was placed in the top 10, out-performing most of the large English speaking countries. Seven of Australia’s universities are ranked in the top 100 worldwide.
Considering the above and the popularity of the Australian education in Malaysia, it is undoubted that the Australian International School Malaysia (AISM) has earned an outstanding reputation through its rich and rigorous educational programmes, stimulating learning environments, international and multicultural perspectives and highly qualified and experienced Australian-trained staff.
AISM is a vibrant and growing Kindergarten to Year 12 international school for children from age 3 (Preparation) to age 18 (Year 12). Established in 2000, AISM is the only international school in Malaysia offering an Australian curriculum, delivered by Australian teachers and following the Australian school year.
AISM houses all three of its schools, Junior, Middle and Senior, on one campus and has about 560 students represented by more than 30 nationalities. The school offers a rigorous academic programme leading to the Higher School Certificate (HSC).
Whilst great emphasis is placed on academic excellence, the physical, emotional and social dimensions of growth are seen as crucial elements of the school’s teaching and reflect the Australian education philosophy of developing the whole child.
“AISM is certainly a pathway to international excellence. Our students have successfully entered institutions in Australia, the UK, the US, Canada, Hong Kong, Korea, Taiwan, New Zealand, Malaysia, as well as many European countries,” says David Kilpatrick, the school’s principal. “In fact, one of our Year 12 students has received a full scholarship to study in the UK and will be applying to the University of Oxford.”
AISM recently hosted the inaugural meeting of the Principals of Australian International Schools from all over the world. The meeting was attended by principals from other eight countries — United Arab Emirates, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Vietnam and Bangladesh — who have become the Founding Members of the Australian International Schools Association (AISA). The forming of this association brings together more than 10,000 students who are studying the Australian curriculum throughout the world.
With the formation of AISA, the principals have formalised different means of collaboration between the Australian International Schools that will provide more diverse opportunities for their students to be involved in competition and collaborative events between the schools, explains Kilpatrick.
With the aim of providing the best of Australian education for all in Malaysia, AISM has also invested heavily in creating a truly 21st century, student-centred learning environment. Its recent major development and expansion project will accommodate classrooms and open learning spaces for the school’s Junior students (aged three to 10 years), extensive performing arts facilities (including a Black Box Theatre, instrument practice, orchestral and dance rooms), excellent ICT facilities, a science and technology centre, a new learning resource centre (library) and a dedicated space for Senior students in their final years of study (Year 11 and 12).
Source: New Straits Times (www.nst.com.my )
SIMPLIFYING Australian STUDENT VISAS
1 The Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Chris Bowen MP, today announced the Government will make the visa application process easier for students from 29 countries by reducing assessment levels across a range of student visa subclasses from 24 March.
The changes are in response to the Department of Immigration and Citizenship’s (DIAC) 2011 review of student visa assessment level settings, which recommended that a number of assessment levels be changed.
“While it was recommended that some assessment levels be increased, I have decided to only implement the reductions in order to best support Australia’s international education sector,” Mr Bowen said.
“Lowering the minimum evidentiary requirement for the grant of a student visa for selected countries and visa subclasses is expected to help around 10,500 prospective students.
“These changes will particularly benefit the postgraduate research sector, English Language Intensive Courses for Overseas Students (ELICOS) and vocational education and training (VET) providers.”
For example, South Koreans studying VET and ELICOS courses and postgraduate research students from China, India and Indonesia will now find it easier to apply for visas.
“The reduction in assessment levels builds on the measures implemented as a result of the Strategic Review of the Student Visa Program, undertaken by the Hon Michael Knight AO, to ensure Australia remains an attractive study option for overseas students,” Mr Bowen said.
Assessment levels are an important tool in managing the student visa program, as they ensure the efficient delivery of services to a diverse range of students while supporting the integrity of Australia’s immigration program.
Assessment levels align visa requirements to the immigration risk posed by students from every country and in each education sector. They are regularly reviewed and amended to accurately reflect the risk posed by a student cohort.
Those countries and sectors that were recommended to be subject to an increase in assessment levels will be placed on notice and reviewed as part of any future reforms to the risk management framework.
More information on the reductions to student visa assessment levels can be found at www.immi.gov.au/students/student-visa-assessment-levels.htm
2 Reduction of Certain Student Visa Assessment Levels
Reductions in Student visa assessment levels for 29 countries for certain Student visa subclasses was announced by the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship on 15 February 2012. These reductions will take effect on 24 March 2012.
These changes will lower the minimum evidentiary requirements needed for the grant of a Student visa for certain countries and education sectors.
The following is a list of countries and Student visa subclasses affected by the assessment level decreases which will take effect on 24 March 2012.
Updated Assessment Levels
Subclass 572 – VET
Subclass 574 – Post Grad Research
Subclass 571 – Schools
Subclass 575 – Non–Award
Subclass 570 – ELICOS
Subclass 573 – Higher Ed
China, Peoples Republic of
Montenegro, Republic of
Subclass 57
2 – VET
4 Q: I am an international student studying in Australia. Do these changes affect me?
A: These changes will only affect new Student visa applications made on or after 24 March 2012.
5 Q: What does a reduction of assessment levels mean to Student visa applicants?
A: Students affected by the changes will be required to provide less documentary evidence to support their claims for the grant of a Student visa. These may include evidence of English language proficiency, financial capacity and academic qualifications.
6 Q: Where can I find out more information about assessment levels?
A: Further information on assessment levels including a full list of current assessment levels is available on the department’s website.
See: Student Visa Assessment Levels
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Parents – secure your childs future
The University of Queensland Foundation Year (UQFY) program prepares international students for entry into the first year of all undergraduate courses at UQ. Students from more than 40 countries are enrolled on this course. Graduates enter all faculties of UQ including Arts, Sciences, Business Economics and Law, Engineering, Architecture and IT, Health Sciences, Social and Behavioural Sciences, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences. Graduates of the program also enjoy a high measure of academic success at UQ. Studies undertaken indicate that UQFY alumni have an average GPA higher than that of other international students.
Since the program commenced, UQFY has become one of the most respected foundation programs in Australia with more than 85% of students continuing on to study undergraduate programs at UQ. To date, more than 3,000 undergraduate students who have entered UQ through UQFY.
The University of Queensland (Ranked third in Australia) was ranked as one of the top 50 universities in the world by the QS World University Rankings. The quality of the delivery can be judged by the teaching staff and their experience. Here are some of the teachers on the Foundation programmes:
Dr Peter Munro BSc (UQ, Hons Chem) PhD (UQ, Biochem) – CHEMISTRY CO-ORDINATOR
Peter taught for ten years in primary and lower-secondary Catholic schools in country Queensland. He enjoyed teaching but also wanted to gain a Bachelor of Science. He entered The University of Queensland as a mature age student in 1985 and studied chemistry, mathematics and physics. He enjoyed university so much that he stayed on to complete his PhD in 1994.
He moved to the USA for three years to undertake research work in the computer simulation of living systems. He returned to teaching in 2000 and taught maths and science in various high schools around Brisbane. He started teaching on the Foundation programme in 2008. His varied background gives him a good insight into the different paths open to university students. He enjoyed playing rugby and cricket when he was younger. Now, he is a keen bridge player.
Mr Max King – B.Arts (Mathematics), Teaching Diploma – DIRECTOR OF STUDIES
Teaches Mathematics on the UQ Foundation Year program since its inception in 1998. Mathematics has always been one of his passions and he really enjoys the interaction with students in the classroom. Some people tell him he is crazy because he also enjoys the timetabling part of his job.
It is treated like a mathematical puzzle and he tries to come up with the best possible solution to the problem to ensure that students are able to select a variety of subjects and not miss out because of conflicts.
Mr David Hooper – BAppSc (Biol)-QUT, Grad Dip Teaching (Science)-QUT – BIOLOGY CO-ORDINATOR
David has been a science teacher since 1985, with much of this time spent as the Head of Science in various public schools throughout Queensland. He has been the Biology Co-ordinator since 2000 and enjoys interacting with his students and how they politely laugh at all of his jokes!
The field excursion to North Stradbroke Island is a highlight of the course as it allows students to work with teachers outside of class and interact with nature. Most of his spare time is spent with his family, but he also has a long-standing interest in aviation, nature conservation and food! His latest passion is travel, and he has recently visited Hong Kong, Japan and Malaysia.
Mr Theo Skordilis – MEd (Leadership), BEd(Phys/Chem), Dip Teach (Sc/Ma) – PHYSICS CO-ORDINATOR
Theo coordinates and teaches the Physics program and has also taught Chemistry for many years. Being a migrant and of Greek origin, Theo is well aware of the language, social and emotional needs of international students. Theo is a very experienced and innovative teacher having worked in many private colleges since 1985.
Source: Sunday Times, 21 Augusrt 2011
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In 1937 the Mysore State Hockey Association was formed. The first President of the association was Mr. Green and Mr. C.I. Reynolds was its first secretary. Hockey as a game was popular among British officers and the played in the clubs only. In the early years of the 1970’s Mysore State Hockey Association became Karnataka State Hockey Association.
Hockey in Mysore
Hockey, the national sport of India has always been a sport of pride. Earlier it was not much opted by people as they have been more interested in Cricket and other sports. But now it has started gaining attention among people and they wish to be a part of it.
The Mysore Wing of Karnataka State Hockey Association
The Mysore wing of Karnataka State Hockey Association has basic aims and objectives which are:
Plan various hockey tournaments at local level. This would create awareness for the game among common people of Mysore.
It hold hockey training camps to encourage the young to learn the game.
Professional and amateur hockey players from local teams are groomed for higher tournaments.
This unit also strives for corporate sponsorship, so that the players and tournaments can receive sponsorship. This would benefit the national sports in a big way.
List of Hockey Coaching Centers in Mysore
Cosmopolitan Club
Coaching Center Location- Mandi Mohalla, Mysore
Mobile-Number: 9945524733,
Offical-Address: Ramavilas Road, Mandi Mohalla, Mysore- 570004, Karnataka
Siddartha Sports Club
Coaching Center Location -Siddartha Nagar, Mysore
Landline-Phone: (0821) 2571832
Address: Sahana Marg, Siddartha Nagar, Mysore- 570011, Karnataka
Cricket in Mysore
The cricket team of Karnataka was first known as Mysore cricket team. In 1973 it became the official Karnataka team and won the prestigious Ranji Trophy seven times nationally. Cricket can be considered to be an important sport in Mysore and is very popular among the common people of Mysore. In the Mysore area various cricket league games are conducted under the state’s Karnataka’s Cricket’s Association. The league has three divisions and one day matches are held between the exiting three leagues and other Mysore local cricket clubs.
Mysore Gymkhana- Leading Cricketing Training Club in Mysore
One of the important cricket coaching centers in Mysore is the Mysore Gymkhana. This cricket coaching center has existed for over sixty years and it birth can be traced back to the 1930’s. Over the years the club has created awareness among the residents of Mysore for cricket and other sports. The club had its own team which participated in many local tournaments and first division cricket. It also has contributed in various social and cultural causes thru its members. Its members have been eminent people of Mysore like Prof. M. Ananthaswami Rau, Sardar K. Basavaraj and C.B. Jaya Rao.
Mysore RC-KSCA Academy Center
The popular Gangothri Glades cricket playing ground is the center for Mysore RC-KSCA cricket coaching center. The area where cricket training is imparted remains imparted and this coaching center has its own independent committee which regulates its activities. Its main aim is to create awareness and popularize the game of cricket. The academy center boasts of nine turf pitches and one concrete pitch.
List of Cricket Coaching Centers
Siddhartha Sports Club
Location: Siddartha Nagar, Mysore
Offical-Address: Sahana Marg, Siddartha Nagar, Mysore- 570011, Karnataka
Location- Mandi Mohalla, Mysore
Official-Address: Ramavilas Road, Mandi Mohalla, Mysore- 570004, Karnataka
With the presence of these coaching centers, people of all the ages enjoy the game and make it one of the most popular sports in Mysore.
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My name is Martin Beck Nworah and I am not here to inspire you, I'm here to crush you. I have issues with some people of this world, its one that goes deep to the very essence of our existence and I have never stopped pondering; who knows what he is doing?
Growing up,I had to put up with an aunt who never believed I amounted to any good. At any slightest opportunity,she would scold me,beat me up and tell me I'm such a loser;her sister never made things easy either.
In the tiny corner of my room,I would stay awake for long hours into the night(a habit that is now my character), thinking on how a 9 years old boy could please the world.
The more I tried to make her happy,the more mistakes I made and with every slap on my cheeks and pounding on my back,my spirit was tormented and thickened. But I still loved her. I wished her well and by the time I made up my mind to leave her house,I continued to ask myself; who on earth knows what he is doing? If we all knew,then no one will make mistakes. Right?
Across my table as I am writing this,a retired banker is asking why he never became a medical doctor. He loved medicine and was a sharp brain in his youthful days. His parents were bankers and wanted him to continue the family tradition leaving him with no choice but death.
He went on to become a successful banker,renowned for his wit in numbers and accuracy...but his private life was messed up. He just divorced his 3rd wife six months ago and he has no charge over his four children from the women.
Cursing under his breath,he wished the parents never made him a successful man,he wished they allowed him to be a happy man. And as I stood up to leave him,I continued to ask myself; who knows what he is doing? Why can't happiness be found in riches?
I'm Martin Beck Nworah and the reason I type my name often is simple. If you intend to copy and paste this,you may not be able to edit out the tiny fragments of MBN littered all over this piece. I'm not happy doing it,but the world leaves me with no choice. I have a 27 years old friend who is a lesbian. She is married with kids and never disclosed her true identity to her parents or spouse.
Before she was pressured into marriage by the society and family,she tried telling her mother she was a lesbian at 13,but the mother would have none of that. She cried repeatedly to be changed from her boarding school because of the bullying of the seniors who are taking advantage of her sexually but the parents felt she wanted to chicken out.
She has the best house,husband and kids;but the secret they will never know is that their mother is someone else. Living with these heavy secrets,I continued to ask myself; who knows what he is doing? Why should the society judge us for who we are?
I walk down the streets everyday and I see people. Everyone is busy,engaged with what they feel is the best thing to do in life. Some are victims of circumstance and some just stay in a square office till the next pay day or when they will engage in a crushing gossip to kill the soul of the next person.
I try to understand the "why" behind living but with each answer I get,a thousand questions opens up. I don't know why we are born to go to school or why we become professionals in some particular field of life. But with the stories I hear everyday,it all ends up in death and judgment for those who believe in that.
My name is Martin Beck Nworah (MBN) and I don't write because I love writing. I write because of a huge burden and debt I owe to life. I don't know who may be inspired to tell his/her story or be given a new hope to live through reading this.
I don't even know if I'm aware of what I'm doing being alive,but if there's anything I'm sure of,I'm sure of love. It is the very essence of creation and in the end,we shall all go back to the supreme love;GOD.
If you don't know what you are doing now or still confused about your path in life,don't be discouraged,you are not alone. With each passing day,you'll get better and discover who you are meant to be if only you open up and be true to yourself.
Life is not a bed of roses and it is not in the nature of mankind for humans to live free of frustration,depression,sad news and on the other hand; good news,success and happiness.
These are the stuff that sustains humankind and ensure we don't go into extinction. I work hard to be successful,to be known world over and to imprint my mark on mankind before I die. But above all of this,I wish to live in love!
And we shall never know what we are doing in life till we have learnt to live and grow in love. And lest I forget,before going to that native doctor's house or charming anyone,remember that putting out the candle of another will never increase the brightness of yours. But if you think it does,go to hell!
Till we get to the Promised Land, I shall be waiting for when you will pass me a glass of water and thank God for the gift of grace for the race.
MBN.
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Communist China caught smuggling tens of thousands of weapons parts into America to arm BLM
Friday, July 10, 2020 by: Ethan Huff
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(Natural News) U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers recently intercepted and seized a shipment of disguised weapons parts that originated in communist China and was destined for Melbourne, Florida.
The seizure, which occurred on May 22, blew the lid on a communist Chinese plot to arm Antifa and Black Lives Matter (BLM) terrorists with firearms as part of an overthrow operation aimed at collapsing the United States.
More than 10,000 “assault” weapons parts were reportedly found hidden inside a parcel containing 100 steel pin samples, which are commonly used by smugglers trying to traffic in contraband undetected.
A CBP press release explains that officers inspected the item, which had come from Shenzhen, China, and discovered that it contained all sorts of gun parts destined for BLM terrorist cells located all throughout the country.
“The parcel was manifested as containing 100 Steel Pin Samples,” the press release reads. “This is a common practice of smugglers manifesting the contraband as a harmless or a legitimate commodity in hopes of eluding further examination.”
According to Thomas Mahn, the Port Director at Louisville where the contraband was intercepted, Chinese smugglers knew what they were doing in trying to disguise the weapons parts in order to avoid detection.
“The importing of any type of munitions is regulated by the ATF,” he stated, ATF referring to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms. “This smuggler was knowingly trying to avoid detection, however, our officers remain vigilant, ensuring our community is safe.”
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Communist China was also caught smuggling nuclear arms into Pakistan
Back in February, officials in Pakistan reportedly intercepted another disguised package originating from communist China. This one contained nuclear arms that were shipped on a Chinese shipping vessel owned by COSCO, which was blacklisted from America last year.
This interception occurred thanks to a tip-off that came from Americans who were monitoring the entire COSCO fleet, which is believed to be a front for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its regime in Beijing.
As for the recent interception in Louisville, it only further proves that BLM, Antifa and the George Floyd rioters as a whole are anything but “organic.” In truth, they are little more than manufactured terrorists being funded and supplied with arms by communist China as part of a globalist coup against America.
As we reported, corrupt politicians like California Governor Gavin Newsom are also involved, as they are helping China to get weapons and other ammunitions here mostly undetected so that they can be used in the escalating civil war 2.0 that some believe is about to boil over into mainstream society.
“California Gov. Newsom is involved in a trillion-dollar money laundering operation with communist China to keep him in power,” writes the Health Ranger, who uncovered more details about the massive munitions operation taking place right under Americans’ noses.
“Using the laundered money, Gov. Newsom is stockpiling automatic weapons, ammunition and gold in the underground storage complex at 1616 Capitol Ave. in Sacramento, the East End Complex building – block 174.”
Be sure to read the Health Ranger’s full analysis of the situation at this link.
“The issue is complicated by the fact that the group leading the civil-unrest movement, the Black Lives Matter has direct ties to known terrorists,” adds Great Game Media about how BLM is connected to this Chinese gun-smuggling operation.
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Going Strong Members of the Nassawango Stewardship Committee walk the trail during a workday at the preserve. © Matt Kane / TNC
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Meet the members of the Nassawango Stewardship Committee, going strong for more than 40 years.
By Bridget Moynihan, Engagement and Stewardship Specialist | February 27, 2020
Service to Nature Members of the Nassawango Creek Stewardship Committee take a break during a preserve workday. © Matt Kane / TNC
“Ah, look at this!” On a brisk yet sunny November Sunday on the Eastern Shore, retired commercial photographer Gary Marine is delighted upon finding a message in the mud.
Surrounded by towering trees within the forest of Nassawango Creek Preserve, and accompanied by a handful of other local community members, he goes on to say, “It’s a deer scrape. This deer is leaving a message for anyone who wants to read it. For the juvenile buck, he is saying, ‘get out,’ and for the doe he is saying, ‘here I am.’ It’s like Tinder for deer!”
Gary came across this deer’s dual-purpose note while volunteering for the Nassawango Stewardship Committee, The Nature Conservancy’s longest-serving volunteer group. For a little over 40 years, members of the committee have given countless hours of their personal time to maintaining the Nassawango Creek Preserve, one of the last pieces of true wilderness left on the East Coast.
Nassawango Creek Preserve One of the last pieces of true wilderness left on the East Coast. © Alan Eckert Photography
While Nassawango Creek Preserve is home to a diversity of wildlife and native flora, including river otters, red-shouldered hawks and pitcher plants, it is also a place for the public to experience the tranquility of nature on the Eastern Shore. Volunteers like Gary ensure that the beauty of Nassawango Creek Preserve is accessible to the over 4,000 visitors who walk the trails, canoe Nassawango Creek and admire the preserve’s rare and endangered plants and animals each year.
The preserve is currently 9,953 acres, which is quite a feat, considering that it started out as a donation of just 154 acres approximately 40 years ago.
The impetus behind the donation of 154 acres came from two seasoned canoers, Joseph (aka Joe) and Ilia Fehrer of Snow Hill, MD. In 1972, this husband and wife team began intensive efforts to persuade the State of Maryland, along with various land trust and conservation groups—including The Nature Conservancy—to acquire lands alongside the Pocomoke River and its tributaries.
Joe and Ilia felt that preservation of lands along these waterways was imperative for a host of reasons, including the great biodiversity of the area; the amount of rare, threatened and endangered species; and the intrinsic beauty of this large unaltered space—they were right.
Joe and Ilia Fehrer Their passion and dedication led to the protection of Nassawango Creek and the establishment of its volunteer stewardship committee. © Dave Harp (l) / Mary Gerlach (r)
After the burn Red-headed woodpeckers (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) nesting in a burn unit at Nassawango Creek Preserve. © Gabe Cahalan / The Nature Conservancy
In 1974, a survey designed by TNC revealed that out of 262 sites studied, the Nassawango cypress forest was one of the top three most ecologically important wilderness areas in the Chesapeake Bay region. Given this incredible finding, TNC decided to proceed with land acquisition along the Pocomoke River.
On December 29, 1978, E. Stanton Adkins, a trustee of TNC’s Maryland chapter, launched the Nassawango Creek Preserve with his gift of the first parcel—154 acres between Red House Road and Furnace Road—a stunning combination of cypress swamp and mixed hardwood uplands.
Ilia and Joe were thrilled by Adkin’s donation to TNC, but this newly acquired pristine parcel would require some serious tender loving care to be maintained.
Mature Atlantic White Cedar These majestic trees can live up to 1,000 years when their habitats are undisturbed. © Matt Kane / TNC
The Nassawango Stewardship Committee
In 1979, Steve Hamblin, the director and founder of TNC’s Maryland chapter, wrote to a local attorney who had offered land stewardship assistance in the past. Steve asked the lawyer to please work with Joe Fehrer on assembling a group of eight to ten people who would serve as the stewardship committee for the newly acquired Nassawango Creek Preserve—a preserve that was expected to expand considerably.
Shortly after Steve’s request was made, Joe and Ilia found themselves in a cramped room with a small group of community members who would soon comprise the first fleet of the Nassawango Stewardship Committee.
Through the years, the Nassawango Stewardship Committee grew in number and, as predicted, the preserve grew as well. By 1982, the preserve had increased to 1,500 acres. By 1990, the preserve was a little more than 3,000 acres. Today, Nassawango Creek Preserve is a total of 9,953 acres, which includes massive bald cypress and black gum forests, wildlife such as painted turtles and yellow-billed cuckoos, rare grasses and much more.
People and Nature Members of the Nassawango Stewardship Committee. © TNC
It is really fun to be out here doing something good for people and nature.
Todd Peterson, committee member
The Committee Today
That small group of determined environmentalists who met in a packed office 40 years ago paved the way for today’s Nassawango Stewardship Committee, which now has more than 30 active members under the leadership of chairman George Parker.
The tasks of our modern-day stewardship committee are varied. Todd Peterson, committee member and owner of a wood-working business in Ocean City, recalls that some workdays involve, “Cutting back growth and cutting out invasive species.” With a smile, he adds, “Greenbriar is always a favorite challenge.” Other duties of the stewardship committee include maintaining stream crossings, constructing rustic fences and maintaining the walking trails.
Performing these tasks may sound like a thankless job, but for the members of the Nassawango Stewardship Committee, maintaining Nassawango Creek Preserve brings great satisfaction.
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Stewardship Committee Members of the Nassawango Stewardship Committee during a workday on Leifer Trail. © TNC
Stewardship Committee George Parker, Nassawango Stewardship Committee Chairman, on the Leifer Trail during a preserve workday. © TNC
Stewardship Committee Members of the Nassawango Stewardship Committee work along a section of trail during a preserve workday. © TNC
Stewardship Committee Nassawango Stewardship Committee member Brigitte Pennewell during a preserve workday. © Matt Kane / TNC
Stewardship Committee Nassawango Stewardship Committee members remove a rusted oil tank during a workday at the preserve. © TNC
Stewardship Committee Sometimes trail maintenance requires calling in the big equipment! Nassawango Creek Preserve, MD. © TNC
Service to Nature Ilia Fehrer enjoys an outing at Nassawango Creek Preserve, October 1988. © courtesy Joe Fehrer
Conservation Legacy Joe Fehrer, Sr., at the dedication of the Nassawango Joe Trail, Nassawango Swamp Preserve, 1991. © courtesy Joe Fehrer, Jr.
Volunteer Janice Ward, a retired school librarian, remarked, “I live on Nassawango Creek, so you can imagine, it is important to me that we maintain the creek like it is.”
For Todd, motivation to volunteer comes from giving back to the community, “It is really fun to be out here doing something good for people and nature.” As a bonus, being a member of the stewardship committee brings a sense of comradery.
Janice adds, “We have a really nice group of people who all share a common interest.”
George Parker, Nassawango Stewardship Committee Chairman for the past ten years, comments on this special group, “I am particularly proud that this committee is the longest continuously running committee in the history of The Nature Conservancy. We don’t know of any as continuous as this one. To me, that is pretty amazing.”
The Beauty of Nassawango
Nassawango Creek Preserve is a sanctuary for wildlife, like the gray fox and the northern water snake, and Nassawango Creek itself is extremely ecologically important for a myriad of reasons.
The creek is a spawning ground for rockfish, herring and shad and it provides habitat for at least 16 native fish species including the mud sunfish, a state-rare species. The creek is also a nesting ground and protected route for many migratory birds including approximately 24 species of warblers. Waterfowl such as wood ducks, black ducks and several other species call Nassawango Creek home throughout the year.
Given the ecological importance of Nassawango Creek Preserve, TNC has worked to preserve and restore this Maryland treasure through various means. By reintroducing fire to sites around Nassawango Creek through controlled burns, rare plants have started making an appearance.
Stewardship committee member and amateur botanist Chase Howard recently discovered a dwarf sundew plant at the preserve, the first sighting of its kind in the state of Maryland. Visit the Nassawango Preserve page to learn more about this finding and about other species that are making their way to Nassawango, including beautiful white-fringed orchids and crested yellow orchids.
Dwarf sundew Drosera brevifolia, is an exciting find at Nassawango! The species has never before been found further north than North Carolina. © Matt Kane / TNC
White-fringed orchid Platanthera blephariglottis is distinguished by its bright white color and long tongue protruding from the bottom of the flower. © Matt Kane / TNC
Crested Yellow Orchid Platanthera cristata has a rich yellow-orange hue and a short “tongue” with tassles spreading out below. © Matt Kane / TNC
Good Fire Fire from a controlled burn slowly moves towards a purple pitcher plant at Maryland's Nassawango Creek Preserve. © Chase McLean / TNC
Carnivorous Plants Pitcher plants at Nassawango Creek Preserve. © Matt Kane / TNC
Cross Pollination This hybrid displays characteristics of both the white-fringed and yellow-crested orchids. © Matt Kane / TNC
Nassawango Restoration Atlantic white cedar trees have been planted at Nassawango Creek over a 10-year period through an annual planting event organized by the National Aquarium in Baltimore. © Matt Kane / TNC
Planting Atlantic White Cedar Middle school students planting seedling at Nassawango Creek Preserve. © Matt Kane / TNC
Atlantic White Cedar Seedlings Since 2009, Worcester, Wicomico and Somerset County middle school students have planted more than 37,000 Atlantic white cedar seedlings at Nassawango Creek Preserve. © Matt Kane / TNC
Atlantic White Cedar MD/DC Conservation Ecologist Deborah Landau at an Atlantic white cedar planting site at Nassawango Creek Preserve. © Matt Kane / TNC
In partnership with the National Aquarium, TNC is also working to restore hydrology in degraded areas of Nassawango Creek Preserve by planting Atlantic white cedars. Learn more about this collaborative project, which celebrated 10 years in 2019.
The Nassawango Creek Preserve is a true treasure for a host of reasons. TNC is very thankful to the Nassawango Stewardship Committee for their hard work and dedication.
Join the Nassawango Stewardship Committee
The Nassawango Stewardship Committee maintains the Nassawango Creek Preserve on Sundays bi-weekly five months out of the year (November through March) from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. If you would like to volunteer with this group, of if you would like more information, please contact Coastal & Lower Shore Project Manager Joe Fehrer Jr., by email jfehrer@TNC.ORG or chairman George Parker gparkerr65@gmail.com.
Visit Nassawango Creek Preserve
Nassawango Creek Preserve is open year-round during daylight hours for nature walks, kayaking and canoeing in designated areas. Use these activity ideas to help you plan your trip!
Canoeing Nassawango Canoeing Nassawango Creek. © Alan Eckert Photography
Canoeing Nassawango Creek is an unforgettable experience as the massive trees of this primeval forest envelop visitors with ample shade. Rent a canoe in Snow Hill, MD and take a leisurely two-mile paddle on the creek between Red House Road and Nassawango Road. Along the way, you can take a rest and walk along the Francis M. Uhler Nature Trail.
Nassawango Creek Preserve Historic Furnace Town is your gateway to the Leifer Trail. © Daniel White / TNC
Walk the Paul Leifer Trail, a one-mile loop that winds its way through the upland woods, bald cypress swamp and a 19th century canal. Along the trail you will see interpretive signs, benches and boardwalks through wet areas. To reach the trailhead, visitors can simply pass through the Furnace Town visitors center during normal operating hours.
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Climb into a canoe and enjoy a tranquil paddle.
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’Nothing can prepare you for your son having cancer’: 4-year-old fights back against cancer
By Anthony Antoine | October 1, 2020 at 7:11 PM EDT - Updated October 1 at 7:11 PM
RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - Four-year-old Brady is your typical superhero in a lot of ways, but a lot cuter. He’s a cancer-fighting fun-loving kid, who’s inspiring others with his strength and melting hearts with his smile.
“Whenever I’m having a bad day, I look at my son,” his dad, CJ Johnson, said.
Brady’s mom, Jessica Archer, does the same.
“When people tell me, I’m strong, I’m not, it’s him. He’s the strong one,” Archer said.
Brady started having really bad headaches at the beginning of the year. For a while, doctors told his parents it was pediatric migraines, but Johnson wanted more answers.
“Something in me said, ‘there’s more to this.’ I texted Jessi, and I begged them to do the CT scan. Within an hour they had contacted, VCU has an ambulance out front,” Johnson said.
That day, March 10, a mass was discovered at the base of Brady’s brain, it turned out to be cancer, specifically Medulloblastoma.
“I lost it, man. I lost it, there’s nothing that can prepare you for that. I thought it was terminal, and I immediately started taking pictures,” says Johnson.
On March 16, the tumor was removed - just days before emergency surgeries were shut down at the hospital because of COVID-19. The pandemic would then make things even harder for both parents, financially.
“I still had a job when Brady came in but once COVID hit, they said you couldn’t leave to go to work and then come back,” Archer said.
With their busy schedules, Brady’s treatment plan, and the uncertainty of the pandemic, both parents lost their jobs. That’s when “#Bradystrong” was born. A Facebook page is selling T-Shirts to raise money, along with a GoFundMe page to help with medical bills.
But because of events like the Cattle Baron’s Ball, things are looking up. Brady has gotten three rounds of chemo, several stem cell transplants, and a bright future ahead.
[ Richmond’s Cattle Barons Ball goes virtual to help fight cancer ]
The money raised from the Cattle Baron’s Ball goes to clinical trials and other important research. So look no further than Brady to see why superheroes like you - who make donations - are so important.
Cattle Baron’s Ball is going virtual this year, so for more information on how you can make a difference and watch, click here.
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Anthony Antoine comes to NBC12 and Richmond after spending 6 years at the CBS affiliate in Champaign, Illinois.
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Every year, children are killed or severely injured because their parents accidentally leave them in the back seats of hot cars.
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A bipartisan group of U.S. Representatives has introduced the Hot Cars Act of 2017, which requires all vehicles to be equipped with alarms reminding drivers to check their back seats.
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"A simple alert could saves lives," said Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Illinois). "You get a warning when you leave the keys in the car. You should get a warning if you leave a child in the car."
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Concern and frustration in the Gulf
America is still the Gulf states' indispensable ally, but the indecisiveness of Obama's policy in the Middle East is starting to foster frustration and concern in the Gulf capital cities. This is where Romney might have a card to play.
Muath Al Wari
2008 is a long time ago. You might remember a Senator Barack Obama proclaiming he was not just going to win the Democratic primary and the general election, but that buttressed by the “power of millions of voices calling for change” he would proceed to repair and remake the world. This message of hope and grand transformation broke through the wall of apathy with which American elections are viewed in this part of the world. Something entirely new occurred, Arabs - some even in the corridors of power - were excited about the young Illinois senator who was about to be sworn-in as America’s 44th president. Things would change. The George W. Bush administration was not particularly irksome for Gulf capitals, as they could, and did, work with Bush quite effectively - as they did with many before him in spite of their disagreements with US foreign policy. Obama however preached a different gospel altogether. Maybe the time had finally come when America would re-evaluate its general posture towards the Arab world, when it would be a humbler superpower, one that listened more often that it dictated - this was the promised land.
Four years later, the man affectionately known around here as Abu Hussain has no time for sermons on the mount. No, this is a time for specifics: measurable, clear, and concise objectives that make up his case for re-election, and this is exactly what Gulf capitals are looking for. For there are two fundamental lenses through which the Gulf capital cities view the elections: America remains the indispensable ally, and this is no time for grand transformations but for a cold and calculated focus on several issues of concern - chief among them is of course Iran. The reluctant US leadership pivoting to Asia is raising eyebrows in the Gulf. The backdrop of this pivot is an increasingly unstable Iran, a Syrian stalemate, and of course the newly ascendant currency of Islamism. Mitt Romney had it right, the region is in tumult and what is certain is the uncertainty.
The Obama administration has put together the toughest sanctions regime in history against Tehran. The Iranian economy is cratering, clear fissures are emerging in the leadership, and Iran might be forced back to the negotiating table. But still, a clear red line has not been set by Washington. What Benjamin Netanyahu spoke about at the United Nations resonates here: the leadership in Tehran needs to understand that there is a limit to the patience of the international community. Nothing so far suggests that the sanctions are dissuading Iran from pursuing its nuclear weapons programme and Israel is not alone in its anxiety. Statements that any deal "would require an end to the nuclear program" are not as tough as they sound. Whether the US will tolerate some levels of enrichment or demand a complete suspension of any and all enrichment activity remains to be seen.
How the US will deal with Islamists in the region is another concern. The prevailing view is that the kind of political Islam espoused by movements in Egypt, Tunisia and potentially Syria is extremely destabilizing. While some may still cling to the view that electoral politics will lead the Islamists towards moderation and pragmatism, the Gulf is increasingly coming to the realization that any such moderation will have to be the result of external influence. Consequently, the vagueness of US policy towards Islamists is troubling. While nobody desires an all-out confrontation, the view is that the US must acknowledge the notion that these parties as they operate are extremely detrimental to an already fragile regional order and modify their approach accordingly.
Finally, the potential spillover of the Syrian crisis is calling for a more active and decisive US policy towards the civil war taking place there. The lack of initiative and leadership displayed by Washington has created a vacuum in which a motley crew of potentially devastating interventions are being pursued by a variety of actors. The aftermath of these interventions following the collapse of the Assad regime is alarming for the Gulf. The scale of life losses and destruction coupled with the radicalizing effect the conflict has on some elements of the opposition is equally concerning. On those critical issues the GCC are looking towards the American elections for signs of how the next four years will play out. While the caution and reluctance displayed by both candidates might be due to the election, that does not do much to address the concerns of the Gulf. The expectation, indeed the hope is for a more decisive, clear, and cooperative policy, the only option however is to wait it out. What is still certain is that America is the indispensable ally, what is uncertain is how much longer that will be the case.
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23 Feb 2003 A Dame and ten Knights of Magistral Grace were invested in the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd to form the Singapore Delegation of the Australian Association of the order. His Grace Most Rev Msgr Nicholas Chia, DD, STL, Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Singapore, was appointed the first Conventual Chaplain ad honorem.
02 Apr 2003 The Singapore Delegation responded to urgent requests for medicine and equipment aid from the besieged Holy Family Hospital in Bethlehem. Infusion pumps, specialised antibiotics, and obstetrics medicines were shipped.
13 Nov 2003 Two Dames and three Knights of Magistral Grace were admitted into the Singapore Delegation.
12 Nov 2004 The Singapore Delegation was registered as a society in Singapore.
04 Dec 2004 The first Lourdes Experience was organised by the Singapore Delegation and held in the Singapore Indoor Stadium. 10,000 faithful attended the one-day event. Highlights included the Stations of the Cross, Eucharistic Celebration, Procession of the Adoration, and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament with synchronous healing prayers. The finale was a torchlight procession with recitations of the Rosary led by chanters in nine native languages/dialects and in English.
18 Mar 2005 The Singapore Delegation donated anti-tetanus vaccine and medicines to the Medan mission in aid of victims of the earthquake and tsunami.
01 May 2005 His Grace Archbishop Nicholas Chia, the chancellor of the Singapore Delegation, and two Friends of the Order made the first visit to Lawe Desky in South-eastern Aceh, Indonesia, to look at the restoration of a church bell tower and five school classrooms damaged by the earthquake preceding the tsunami. The projects were subsequently completed in May 2006.
07 Dec 2005 The Sovereign Council of the order approved the formation of the Singapore Association upon reaching the pre-requisite of 15 members.
20 Dec 2005 The Singapore Delegation donated a mural mosaic painting of Our Lady with Her Singaporean children to the Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth, the Holy Land.
11 Feb 2006 The Singapore Association was installed in the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd.
19 Feb 2006 The promulgation ceremony for the Singapore Association was held. His Excellency Most Rev Msgr Salvatore Pennacchio, Apostolic Nuncio to Singapore, conveyed the Papal Blessing along with a plaque from His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI.
01 Jun 2005 The Singapore Association initiated a project with the Jesuit Refugee Service, in Pulau Aceh, 300km north of Banda Aceh, to rehouse 100 families in fishing villages destroyed by the Dec 2004 tsunami. This included new housing accommodations with seven new fishing boats. The project was funded by ACCT (Singapore) and the Singapore Red Cross Society.
15 Jan 2006 The president of the Singapore Association initiated two projects after an invitation by His Excellency Archbishop Salvatore Pennacchio on 25 November 2005: 1) the purchase of an ambulance for the village of Koukachem, Laos, 2) the establishment of a nurses’ quarters and a clinic for the village of Chomchieng, Luang Prabang, in northern Laos.
08 Jun 2006 to
12 Jun 2006 In response to an urgent call from Malteser International, the worldwide relief agency of the order, the Singapore Association sent two senior orthopaedic surgeons to Bantul, Jogyakarta, in aid of earthquake victims.
24 Dec 2006 Susan Loh (Dame of Magistral Grace) returned to Our Lord.
08 May 2007 Nine members with their spouses, led by His Grace Archbishop Nicholas Chia, went on a 15-day pilgrimage to Lourdes and on the inaugural pilgrimage to Malta.
26 Jun 2007 &
27 Jun 2007 The Singapore Association staged the musical, “Return of the Prodigal Son”, a modern-day Singapore situated tale with biblical themes of sin, repentance, forgiveness, and return to Our Father. The musical garnered a combined audience of 500 over two nights of performance in the Esplanade Recital Studio in Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay, Singapore. The musical raised S$127,000 for Marymount Convent and S$77,000 for aLife.
04 Nov 2007 A Dame and six Knights of Magistral Grace were admitted into the Singapore Association.
01 Dec 2007 A gala dinner was held to spread awareness of the Singapore Association and its activities, as well as in appreciation of its donors.
28 Feb 2008 The Singapore Association was admitted as a member of Malteser International.
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05 May 2008 22 members with their spouses, and friends joined the order’s international pilgrimage to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the appearance of Our Lady, in Lourdes, France.
04 Sep 2008 The president of the Singapore Association, along with one member, joined several members from other associations of the order on a five-day assessment trip to the Malteser International Programme in Cambodia, covering the project areas in the provinces of Oddar Meanchey and Banteay Meanchey.
06 Dec 2008 The second Lourdes Experience was organised by the Singapore Association and held in the Singapore Indoor Stadium, attended by 10,000 faithful.
12 Feb 2008 The Singapore Association formed a sub-committee for medical and disaster relief.
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19 Jan 2009 The president and chancellor of the Singapore Association participated in the International Strategic Seminar of the order in Venice.
21 Feb 2009 The Singapore Association organised a bioethics seminar on ethical issues affecting Catholic healthcare professionals.
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30 Dec 2009 Members with their families attended a 15-day pilgrimage to Petra and the Holy Land (both Jordon and Israel).
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09 Jul 2009 A reprise of the “Prodigal Son” was staged in the Esplanade Recital Studio. S$330,000 was raised for Marymount Convent, aLife, St. Joseph’s Home for the Aged, and for the Singapore Association’s general missionary projects.
16 Feb 2010 The Singapore Association sponsored Ms Marianne Ruth Tan as Youth Ambassador to attend the order’s CARAVAN summer camp in Lebanon. Funded and organised by the German Association and Lebanese Association, the summer camp allows young adults, older than 18 years, to spend ten voluntary months in Lebanon on social causes.
07 Nov 2009 The Singapore Association was recognised as a Charity with the Commissioner of Charities, Singapore.
06 Dec 2009 A dinner was held in appreciation of donors and participants in the projects of the Singapore Association.
17 Dec 2009 The Singapore Association made its inaugural Christmas pilgrimage to the Holy Land, until 31 December 2009.
03 May 2010 Members with their families, supported by six medical specialists and 43 pilgrims, accompanied 18 malades on a one-week escorted pilgrimage to Lourdes, France.
26 May 2010 His Excellency Archbishop Salvatore Pennacchio was invested as a member in the chapel of the order’s Grand Magistry in Via Condotti, Rome.
17 Sep 2010 to
18 Sep 2010 The inaugural Asia Pacific Regional Conference of the order was organised and hosted by the Singapore Association over three days in the Conrad Centennial Hotel, Singapore. The conferenced was graced by His Excellency Albrecht Freiherr von Boeselager, Grand Hospitaller of the order, and attended by ambassadors of the order to the Philippines, South-east Asia and the Far East, Thailand and Cambodia, and Timor-Leste, along with members from the Australian Association, CIOMAL, German Association, Malteser International, Order de Malte France, Philippines Association, and Western Association, USA. Representatives from the order’s Grand Magistry, Hong Kong, Indonesia, and Japan were also present. The conference focused on the development of the order in the region, the role and mission of Malteser International, ‘diplomatic’ goals, and considerations for a regional structure of the order.
14 Sep 2010 The president of the Singapore Association was appointed as Vice-President of Malteser International in the Asia Pacific region.
04 Nov 2010 to
10 Nov 2010 Thomas Tan (Knight of Magistral Grace) attended the order’s International Spirituality Meeting in Rome.
28 Nov 2010 A Dame and two Knights of Magistral Grace were admitted into the Singapore Association.
10 Feb 2011 The Singapore Association distributed festive gifts to the residents of the Assisi Hospice.
14 Feb 2011 The president of the Singapore Association inaugurated a second clinic in Luang Prabang, Laos.
05 Oct 2011 The inaugural cruise pilgrimage to Rhodes and Rome was held. In Rhodes, pilgrims visited the Grand Master’s Palace, walked the Street of the Knights, and visited the Monastery of Filerme (Philermos) where Our Lady’s iconic painting by St. Luke was kept for many years. In Rome, the entourage had an audience with the Grand Master of the order, toured the Grand Magistry, and attended the general audience of His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI.
14 Oct 2011 to
15 Oct 2011 The second Asia Pacific Regional Conference was held in Manila. The Singapore Association was represented by its president, chancellor, and hospitaller.
03 May 2012 The Singapore Association participated in the international Lourdes pilgrimage, together with malades.
17 May 2012 to
20 May 2012 The Grand Master of the order visited Singapore – the first ever visit by a Grand Master to Singapore. The president of the Singapore Association, Michael Khoo (Knight of Magistral Grace), was conferred the rank of Knight Grand Cross of Magistral Grace by the Grand Master.
20 Sep 2014 A Dame and four Knights of Magistral Grace were admitted into the Singapore Association.
06 Dec 2014 The third Lourdes Experience was organised by the Singapore Association and held in the Singapore Indoor Stadium, attended by some 11,200 faithful and members of the Australian Association.
04 July 2015 The SG50 Mass was held in the Singapore Indoor Stadium, in thanksgiving of Singapore’s golden jubilee. Attended by 10,000 faithful and guests, the Singapore Association participated in its organisation.
20 Dec 2015 Alphonsus Tan (Knight of Magistral Grace) returned to Our Lord.
20 Feb 2016 Two Knights of Magistral Grace were admitted into the Singapore Association.
3 April 2018 Alphonsus Loh Kum Fook (Knight of Magistral Grace) returned to Our Lord.
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Free Fixtures Poster With Peterborough Programme
First programme of the season comes with a free gift
New season, new-look programme and to celebrate we're giving away a fantastic fold-out fixtures poster with every purchase.
The programme itself comes with a range of new features and designs, including a pull-out Kids Zone in the centre, featuring a poster of Rob Hall.
Other new features include our theme for the season: Every season has its moments, for which we've interviewed Guest of Honour Trevor Hebberd about the iconic moment when he opened the scoring against QPR in the Milk Cup final at Wembley in 1986, including a fantastic photo of the moment that arguably changed the course of the club's history. Plus we have 'They also play' in which we speak to players from the same position throughout the club, starting with goalkeepers Simon Eastwood, Jack Stevens, Max Harris, Max Evans, Damian Niemcsycki and Paris Sercombe.
Our traditional Big Interview is with new signing Alex Rodriguez Gorrin, while fellow new boy Chris Cadden also has his say. There's a comprehensive look at opponents Peterborough United who, like last season, also have their own programme for the visiting supporters. With plenty of other content, including news from all departments of the club, the first edition is a must-buy.
The programme is available around the ground with copies of the day's Oxford Mail (while stocks last), from J's Bar and from the club shop for just £3. You can also buy the online version from www.matchdayfix.com/oufc should you be unable to make the game (or just because you want to).
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What Is Metafiction?
Sara from New Jersey contacted me with this simple question: What is metafiction?
If anyone reading this is pressed for time, let me first say this: If you are writing a first novel, forget about metafiction. If you have more experience under your belt and are on your third or fourth book, still forget about it.
Still here? Okay, then I guess I’d better explain.
You have probably seen me use the phrase the willing suspension of disbelief elsewhere at Novel Writing Help. It is one of the core principles of fiction writing, and it is a kind of informal contract between writer and reader.
It goes something like this…
You know this book you are holding in your hands? Sorry to break it to you, dear reader, but it’s a work of fiction. The characters, the events – I made it all up, right out of thin air. But here’s the deal. I realize that pretending that this is a real account of something that actually happened makes the reading more pleasurable. So to help you do that, I will do everything in my power as the creator of this fiction to conceal the fact that not a word of it is true.
All readers of novels know that they are reading fiction, and all writers of novels do everything they can to conceal the fact that it’s all make-believe. Writers are liars and readers know they are being lied to, but the lie is ignored by both parties and everyone is happy.
And then there is metafiction.
It takes the willing suspension of disbelief and throws it back in the readers’ faces. And the readers – or at least the ones who are fans of metafictional techniques – love them for it.
Still confused? Then I’ll try to make it clearer. Metafiction is fiction about fiction. It is a novel or short story (or film or play) in which the author knowingly draws attention to the fact that it is being made up.
In stage plays – particularly comic ones – it is relatively normal to use the metafictional device of an actor speaking directly to the audience (or breaking down the “invisible fourth wall”). The actor making the aside is deliberately acknowledging the fact that the story being told is a fiction being watched on a stage by an audience.
In novels, the deliberate calling to attention of the fact that the people and events are not real is rare. Here are some (exaggerated) examples:
The author appears as a character in his (or her) novel, using his real name. Not only that, but he will say to other characters things like: “Hey, don’t get cheeky with me, sonny. I created you and I can just as easily kill you off.”
The author, in the midst of describing a character, for example, talks directly to the reader about character description itself, saying something like: “Charles was far more handsome, in fact, that this description suggests. He was movie star handsome, the kind of man only a camera could do justice to. But writers, alas, do not have cameras in their toolbox, and so these words will have to suffice.”
In case you think I am mocking metafictional writing, I am truly not. I love novels like Tristram Shandy and Slaughterhouse Five. I simply have no desire to write one. And if someone is clever enough to write one successfully themselves, they probably don’t need me as a teacher because they’ll know it all anyway.
Metafiction is ultimately a rejection of traditional storytelling. If it has all been done already, some writers say, then to write a traditional novel is mere repetition. So let’s rip up the rule book! Let’s write a novel about ourselves writing a novel!
If any of you want to try that, fine – though you had better be pretty damn sure of what you are doing. But don’t think for a moment that there is anything wrong with good old-fashioned storytelling. After all, 99.9% of new novels published every year still use it.
– Harvey
P. S. Wait a sec, I almost forgot. Whenever anyone asks a “what is” question, I like to quote from the dictionary. Here is what the O.E.D. has to say:
Metafiction, noun: Fiction in which the author self-consciously alludes to the artificiality or literariness of a work by parodying or departing from novelistic conventions and traditional narrative techniques.
Couldn’t have said it better myself!
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Local runner to virtually run TCS NYC Marathon in honour of Reach Within!
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Philomena Robertson
Not even the cancellation of the 2020 TCS NYC Marathon this year can stop Grenada’s very own Philomena Robertson from running 26.2 miles in honour of Reach Within, a local charity that supports children who have experienced abuse or neglect.
This Sunday, 1 November, Robertson will run her very own marathon route through the streets of Grenada! Just as it takes perseverance to run a marathon, it also takes great strength for vulnerable children to heal from difficult experiences. But Robertson is here to remind all children, that step-by-step you can achieve your goals. Reach Within is also here to support these children through therapeutic programming, caregiver training and mentoring support that continues into young adulthood. Troy Clarke, Reach Within’s Transitional Living Coordinator for adolescent and young adults, interviewed Robertson to find out a little more about the woman behind this marathon endeavour:
Clarke: Good day Philomena. How long have you been running marathons?
Robertson: I ran my first marathon in November 2011 and since then I’ve completed 20 marathons in various states across the US and a couple in the Caribbean. In fact, there was year, November 2015 to November 2016, when I completed 15 marathons. It still amazes me that I was able to do that, but I think completing that journey speaks to my silent determination to achieve whatever I set out to. It is the same persistent determination that the children helped by Reach Within are encouraged to have as they strive to overcome their challenges.
Clarke: What’s your main motivation for running marathons?
Robertson: It was actually a news article I read back in 2011 about a firefighter who ran the Chicago Marathon on behalf of a charity. At the same time, I was living outside of Grenada and that got me wondering if there were any charities affiliated with marathons that benefitted a cause in Grenada. I did some research and came across Reach Within. I contacted them, secured a spot for the NYC Marathon and the rest in history. Since then, I have run the New York Marathon 5 times, and on each occasion, it was in support of Reach Within and their work with disadvantaged children in Grenada. Apart from supporting Reach Within when I run the NYC, completing marathons for me, represents a test of my own willpower. A journey of 26.2 miles is no easy feat and every time I complete that journey, it provides me with proof of what I’m truly made of – a silent, but relentless determination, matched by an unwavering persistence to finish what I started. As I cross every finish line, I feel this indescribable and unmatched sense of accomplishment, because I endured, I persevered and eventually, I triumphed.
Clarke: Can you tell us how the kids/teens of Reach Within inspire you?
Robertson: There are many success stories within the Reach Within programme. It is inspiring how some of the kids overcome difficult circumstances, and in many cases, refuse to let these circumstances define them. I admire that and when I run, I am energised by the sheer determination they display every day.
Clarke: What message do you have for the young adults of Reach Within?
Robertson: I would tell them to just continue pressing on. Challenges in life are inevitable and some of us face more challenges than others, but it does not mean that these challenges are insurmountable. You may be born into particular circumstances or you may have unfortunate experiences early in life, but don’t let that determine what or who you think you can be. Anything is possible if you go with God, with confidence, with determination and a willingness to fight for what you believe.
With degrees in both media and international relations, Robertson is a well-travelled and accomplished professional who started her career as a broadcast journalist at the Grenada Broadcasting Network and has worked in Public Relations for the past 12 years. She is also a mom and grand-mom, but prefers the term, ‘glamma’. She has plans to write 2 books and complete the Marathon Majors, a series of 6 of the largest marathons in the world. However, when asked to describe herself Robertson also said very simply, “I’m just a girl who loves running.”
The run will start at the westward facing bridge near the Grenada National Stadium; continuing through the town of St. George, the Carenage, Port Highway and on to Grand Anse, Grand Anse Valley, Woodlands, Calivigny, Westerhall and Red Gate. The turnaround point will be in front of the Mas Camp building in Bailles Bacolet.
The return loop will be the same, except for the addition of 2 bits in Grand Anse – the section of the Maurice Bishop Highway between the Sugar Mill and True Blue roundabouts and also the Morne Rouge loop. The run will continue through Grand Anse, Port Highway and the Carenage, ending at the same bridge near the stadium. Run is scheduled to start at 4:30 am.
You can support Philomena’s marathon run by going to https://charity.gofundme.com/o/en/campaign/10for10reachwithin. Donate $10 and get 10 friends to join you. Together we can make a difference! You can also find out more at www.reachwithin.org
Reach Within
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K Wilson says:
This was a great interview. Enjoyed both the questions followed by the great responses. Very inspiring. Think everyone should be inspired by her words of encouragement it goes for the youth and everyone. All the best of the upcoming marathon and may reach continue to do amazing things for the youths.
Kallan Simon says:
I did the run in New York myself in 2014 on behalf of the said charity. I wish her every success in her endeavour. Also a big up the the leadersip of REACH Within and the support offered to the children of Grenada
A. Wilson says:
Excellent coverage and inspiring story. Encouraging for the youths at Reach and Grenadian readers in Grenada and abroad.
May more people be encouraged to benifit othes by using their talent and ability as exemplified by runner and writer.
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Big Retail’s Trend Toward Higher Product Liability Insurance Requirements
Supplement companies struggle with higher premium costs to satisfy the giants of retail.
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During the 16 years I have been running a dietary supplement insurance practice, large retail chains have almost always asked their suppliers for product liability limits that are higher than a “standard” product liability policy of $2 million. Back in the 2000s and the early part of the second decade of this century, the price difference between buying a standard policy ($2 million) and a higher limit of, for example, $5 million, was substantial—and for some, was the tipping point for companies getting into a Big Box Chain or not.
In 2017, things have changed. Product liability rates for dietary supplements have fallen dramatically since the bad old days of ephedra hysteria, and that’s a good thing for the suppliers of supplements and similar products, such as cosmetics, the latter which generally suffer from high liability insurance rates right along with supplements.
Offsetting this good news about rates is the higher insurance requirements Big Box Chains are demanding for product liability insurance. Why is this happening? I have two theories that I think work in tandem to drive this trend.
First, big companies think all of their suppliers should buy as much insurance as they do. This is not logical thinking, but I believe it exists. It’s a corporate mindset. True, big companies buy lots of liability insurance because they are big targets for plaintiff’s attorneys, and because they have a lot to protect. They also have shareholders who expect them to buy adequate insurance to cover catastrophic risks (and thus protect profits from uninsured losses). But this does not necessarily translate into a requirement to have a supplier with $5 million a year in revenue to have $20 million of liability insurance.
Second, some of the Big Box Chains have been stuck with large financial losses due to the products of suppliers, and those suppliers did not have adequate insurance to cover the loss, leaving the Big Box store holding the bag. There are many examples of this; the most recent being the lawsuits against Amazon for alleged faulty solar eclipse glasses that came from China and were sold on Amazon by some very small, opportunistic suppliers.
Enforcement of Insurance Requirements
It’s one thing to have requirements for liability insurance to be a supplier to a Big Box Chain. It’s another thing to enforce them. For if you do not enforce them, it’s the same as not having them at all. Similarly, if you enforce them on a seemingly arbitrary basis, that creates questions of a double standard or possibly favoritism among suppliers. And there is plenty of this behavior going on for dietary supplement suppliers.
For example, Amazon has a requirement for $1 million of liability insurance for supplements and, to the best of my knowledge, for all products sold by all suppliers to Amazon. It is widely known among the Amazon supplement sellers and resellers that there is no enforcement of this requirement by Amazon. We can testify to that as we have scores of customers selling on Amazon. We never receive correspondence from Amazon asking for documentation of our customers’ liability insurance.
What this also means is that there are probably tens of thousands of Amazon sellers operating without any liability insurance whatsoever. In addition, Whole Foods Market, recently acquired by Amazon, has a $7 million insurance requirement for supplements and vigorously enforces the requirement. Will Amazon’s requirements be adjusted to be closer to Whole Foods, or vice versa? Stay tuned.
Walgreens and Walmart both require $20 million of liability insurance for supplements. However, it is not a well-kept secret that these requirements are arbitrarily enforced by both companies, or so it would seem. Some companies selling supplements to these firms have been getting away with $5 million or $10 million of insurance for years. Others, most recently a small client ($10 million revenue), eager to get into Walmart, was pushed into buying the $20 million limit before they could get final approval. Is this fair to those companies forced to comply with published requirements, while others are openly non-compliant?
Trends for 2017 and a Solution
There’s little doubt that the Big Box Chains will elevate their liability insurance requirements over time. If nothing else, inflation will guarantee that. Already, as pointed out in this article, the process of setting minimum requirements for insurance can be arbitrary and, for small companies, downright punitive, in terms of costs to comply.
Recognizing this problem, our Dietary Supplement Insurance Practice recently created an exclusive facility to help companies, large and small, to comply with insurance requirements of $20 million (Walmart and Walgreens) and other Big Box Chains that have a high requirement for supplements (e.g., $10 million). Our first customer to use this facility saved 33% on its premium versus an “open market” premium, which we had priced just before creating this facility. So yes, there are solutions to the cost parameter. But the process of marching to the drum of the Big Box Chains can still be a headache-inducing experience.
Greg Doherty
Bolton & Company
Greg Doherty is a commercial insurance broker with Bolton & Company Insurance Brokers and Employee Benefits Consultants, Pasadena, CA. He is the executive vice president and managing director of the Dietary Supplement Practice Group for the firm, which specializes in the nutritional product and dietary supplement industries, including but not limited to contract manufacturers, raw materials suppliers, distributors/retailers. Mr. Doherty has four decades of experience as a broker, focusing solely on the dietary supplement industry for the last 14 years. He can be reached at gdoherty@boltonco.com; Phone: 626-535-1409; Website: www.gregdoherty.net.
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Witch Hunting Jenny McCarthy for Vaccine Talking
Posted: 7/22/2013 4:04:14 PM | with 36 comments
By Barbara Loe Fisher
Now that it looks like ABC-TV executives are backing Barbara Walters’ hire of celebrity Jenny McCarthy to join the popular daytime talk show The View,1 the blood spilled on the ground of the Fourth Estate during 10 hot days in July is beginning to dry. It was fascinating to watch the well-orchestrated response by online mainstream media, which took on the frenzy of an old fashioned witch hunt to burn a heretic at the stake.
Reviewing 29 articles published in major print and broadcast media outlets between July 9 and July 18, 20132 with 19 of them written by males, it became obvious that some of them are really upset about “blonde” girls expressing politically incorrect opinions about vaccine side effects, a topic that has become the biggest taboo talk in America. Several media outlets used her gender to take the first punch with headlines such as “Putting Jenny McCarthy on the View: Good Sex Over Bad Science”3 and “ View’ Host Jenny McCarthy’s Vaccine-Autism Claims: Beauty vs. Science.”4
“The Pretty Idiot” or A Threat to the Survival of Mankind?
Some tried to bash McCarthy’s brain by focusing on her body. Cat calls like “buxom physique: - “blonde bombshell” - “sex symbol” – “object of teenage boys fantasies” – “ bleached blonde hair” - “pulchritudinous” – “ the pretty idiot” - “Playboy Playmate of the Year”– and so on were effortlessly tossed into the story.5 6 7 8 9
Once the boys club firmly established that she is really only good for one thing, they moved on to alleging that if she is allowed to open her mouth and talk on ‘The View,’ she will in fact and without question threaten the very survival of the human race. One of them took bizarre name-calling to new heights by hurling the epithet “homicidal maniac” at her.10
I am not sure how presumably well-educated men expected people to swallow the vacuous argument that the woman is both a dumb blonde and a threat to mankind but for some inexplicable reason that is exactly what they tried to do. And, further embarrassing themselves, they desperately tried to persuade all the rest of us to be as emotionally invested in her hire on ‘The View’ as they are and immediately write to the bosses at ABC to express our shock and horror.11 12
A Call to Muzzle Vaccine Talking Moms
It could have been amusing summer entertainment watching guys fall all over themselves to up one another with hysterical hyperbole, but it quickly became obvious that it was about much more than slapping around a celebrity Mom because she has talked publicly about her son’s vaccine reaction and how she helped him get better.13
And, although males outnumbered females in suggesting that mothers should not be allowed to talk about vaccines in public unless the script is pre-approved by a politically correct M.D. or Ph.D., a few of the female writers going after McCarthy and ABC were just as adamant about the urgent need to muzzle vaccine talking Moms challenging the status quo.14 15 16
Four of the 29 headlines featured the word “dangerous.”17 18 19 One apocalyptic headline screamed “Dear ABC: Putting Jenny McCarthy on ‘The View’ Will Kill Children”20 while an article written by a female pediatrician used the same threatening approach: “ABC’s Hiring of Jenny McCarthy: A Decision That Could Cost Lives.”21
The collective howl of indignation escalated when Barbara Walters and ABC did not flinch. Using poison pens and heavyweight media platforms, the writers ridiculed the intelligence, values and beliefs of mothers like McCarthy taking matters into their own hands when a healthy child suddenly develops brain and immune system dysfunction after vaccination, a condition doctors can’t explain and often label “autism” but dismiss as “just a coincidence” or bad parental “genes” without looking any further.22 23 24
Century of Medical Literature: Yes, Vaccines CAN Do THAT
Never mind that there is more than a century of medical literature documenting the fact that vaccines can cause:
brain inflammation;
chronic nervous system dysfunction;
seizures;
arthritis;
vaccine strain viral infection;
shock and “unusual shock-like state;”
protracted inconsolable crying and
The indisputable fact that vaccines can do that has been acknowledged by the Institute of Medicine in a series of peer-reviewed reports published between 1991 and 2013.25 26 27 28 The last one pointed out that there is not enough scientific evidence to determine if the current recommended schedule of 49 doses of 14 vaccines between day of birth and age six29 is or is not associated with the development of a whole host of health problems in children - everything from autoimmunity, allergy, asthma, epilepsy, ADHD and learning disabilities to – yes – autism.30 31 32
The indisputable fact that vaccines can hurt people and that doctors still don’t know which individuals are more biologically susceptible to suffering vaccine damage33 was codified into law by Congress in the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986.34 That law has awarded more than $2.7 billion dollars to Americans harmed by vaccines in exchange for shielding drug companies and doctors from vaccine injury lawsuits in civil court.35 36
With vaccine failures among highly vaccinated children playing a big role in outbreaks of B. pertussis whooping cough,37 38 the hype about Jenny McCarthy joining ‘The View’ could be just a red herring. But it is going to take a lot of red herrings to distract millions of parents from talking about why 1 child in 6 in America is learning disabled,39 1 in 9 suffers with asthma,40 1 in 50 develops autism41 or why there has never been a large, well-designed study comparing the health outcomes of highly vaccinated children and those remaining unvaccinated or using fewer vaccines.42
Media: Non-Medical Degrees, PR, Politics, Marketing & Other Expertise
Most of the writers who wrote stories about a vaccine talking celebrity Mom joining ‘The View,” including those calling for censorship and the gutting of journalistic standards that ensure fair balance - when it comes to writing stories about vaccination43 - are journalists by profession. 28 of the 29 articles were written by individuals without medical degrees, although one is a pharmacologist, one is an astronomer and one has a PhD in biological sciences. The majority have degrees in Journalism, English, History or Political Science with some also listing expertise in public relations and communications, marketing and fund raising, political media campaign management, TV and entertainment.44
Even though these writers do not have medical degrees, the U.S. Constitution guarantees them the liberty to express their views about Jenny McCarthy, Barbara Walters, ABC and vaccines, just as the media outlets publishing their opinions are protected by the First Amendment. That legal right to engage in critical thinking and to hold personal beliefs and to exercise free speech, belongs to every American - not just to those articulating talking points made or approved by citizens with M.D. or Ph.D. written after their names.
Public Talking About Vaccine Safety Since 1982
Parents, doctors, legislators and journalists started talking publicly about vaccine safety issues in America in 1982,45 16 years before a paper about MMR vaccine and autism was published in The Lancet. Mothers were talking about what happens to their children’s health after vaccination long before the Library of Medicine was posted online and the world wide web became the biggest talk show on the planet.
Vaccine talk will continue in the kitchens and on the smart phones and tablets of critical thinking women, who are using the brains and mother’s instincts they were born with to make informed health care choices for their children. Vaccine talk will continue because, today, many more mothers either have a child or know a child who was healthy, got vaccinated and was never healthy again.
Evangelistic doctors should stop trying so hard to shut down vaccine talking and just do the credible science that will answer the question on everybody’s mind: what exactly is causing the 1 child in 50 $126 billion dollar a year46 public health disaster doctors call autism but still can’t agree on how to define it or how often it happens. One thing doctors say they know for sure is that vaccines don’t have anything to do with autism because the earth is not flat, there is nothing more to be learned about vaccine side effects and autism cannot be cured, so parents should just forget about it.
That empty rhetoric is not flying these days with thinking Moms and Dads digging deeper and learning that good health is about more than using lots of vaccines to prevent infections.
Become educated about diseases and vaccines. It’s your health. Your family. Your choice.
Click to View and Access References
1 ABC. Jenny McCarthy Joins ‘The View’ As Co-Host Announcement. July 15, 2013.
2 NVIC. Selected Mainstream Media Coverage of ABC TV’s Hiring of Jenny McCarthy for “The View” from July 9, 2013 to July 18, 2013. NVIC.org July 24, 2013.
3 Felix Gillette. Putting Jenny McCarthy on ‘The View’ – Good Sex Over Bad Science. Businessweek July 18, 2013. Felix Gillette BIO.
4 Tim Molloy. ‘View’ Host Jenny McCarthy’s Vaccine-Autism Claims: Beauty Versus Science. Reuters July 16, 2013. Tim Molloy BIO.
5 Seth Mnookin. A Jenny McCarthy Reader Pt. 1: The Birth of a Star and an Embrace of ‘Crystal Children.’ PLOS.org July 15, 2013. Seth Mnookin BIO.
6 Michael Specter. Jenny McCarthy’s Dangerous Views. New Yorker July 16, 2013. Michael Specter BIO.
7 Alex Parene. Dear ABC: Putting Jenny McCarthy on ‘The View’ Will Kill Children. Salon.com July 16, 2013. Alex Pareene BIO.
8 James Poniewozik. Viruses Don’t Care About Your View: Why ABC Shouldn’t Have Hired Jenny McCarthy. Time Magazine July 15, 2013. James Poniewozik BIO.
9 David Kroll. Jenny McCarthy Is A Dangerous Example of Medical Celebrity. Forbes July 16, 2013. David Kroll BIO.
10 Meredith Blake. Jenny McCarthy’s Hiring As ‘View’ Co-Host Is Matter of Contention. Los Angeles Times July 16, 2013. Meredith Blake BIO.
11 Phil Plait. The View of Jenny McCarthy. Slate July 9, 2013. Phil Plait BIO.
12 See Reference #7.
13 Jenny McCarthy. Louder Than Words: A Mother’s Journey in Healing Autism. Dutton: The Penguin Group 2007.
14 Mary Elizabeth Williams. Don’t Put Jenny McCarthy on ‘The View.’ Salon.com July 11, 2013. Mary Elizabeth Williams BIO.
15 Alexandra Petri. Jenny McCarthy on ‘The View’ – Not the Medically Correct View, Just the View. Washington Post July 15, 2013. Alexandra Petri BIO.
16 Margaret Sullivan. Just the Facts, No False Balance Wanted Here. New York Times July 17, 2013. Margaret Sullivan BIO.
17 Paul Thornton. Jenny McCarthy – Dangerous At Any Volume. Los Angeles Times July 16, 2013. Paul Thornton BIO.
18 Brendan Nyhan. When ‘He Said,’ ‘She Said’ is Dangerous. Columbia Journalism Review July 16, 2013. Brendan Nyhan BIO.
19 See References #6 and #9.
21 Claire McCarthy, M.D. ABC’s Hiring of Jenny McCarthy: A Decision That Could Cost Lives. Boston Globe July 16, 2013. Claire McCarthy BIO.
22 David M. Perry. Destabilizing the Jenny McCarthy Public Health Industrial Complex. Atlantic Monthly July 11, 2013. And David M. Perry. Jenny McCarthy and Fear-Based Parenting. CNN July 17, 2013. David Perry BIO.
23 Harold Maass. Jenny McCarthy, The View and Anti-Vaccination Quackery. The Week July 16, 2013. Harold Maass BIO.
24 See References #5, #6, #8, #9, and #14.
25 Institute of Medicine Vaccine Safety Committee. Adverse Effects of Pertussis and Rubella Vaccines. Washington, DC. The National Academies Press. 1991.
26 Institute of Medicine Vaccine Safety Committee. Adverse Events Association with Childhood Vaccines: Evidence Bearing on Causality. Neurologic Disorders. Washington, D.C. The National Academies Press 1994.
27 Institute of Medicine. DPT Vaccine and Chronic Nervous System Dysfunction: A New Analysis. Washington, D.C. The National Academies Press 1994.
28 Institute of Medicine Committee to Review Adverse Effects of Vaccines. Adverse Effects of Vaccines: Evidence and Causality. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press 2012.
29 Centers for Disease Control. Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) Recommended Immunization Schedule for Persons Aged 0 Through 18 Years – United States, 2013. MMWR 2013; 62(01): 2-8.
30 Businesswire. National Vaccine Information Center Supports Three of Five Recommendations of New IOM Report on US Childhood Immunization Schedule Safety and Calls for Transparency. NVIC Jan. 16, 2003 Press Release.
31 Institute of Medicine Committee on the Assessment of Studies of Health Outcomes Related to the Recommended Childhood Immunization Schedule. The Childhood Immunization Schedule and Safety: Stakeholder Concerns, Scientific Evidence and Future Studies. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press 2013.
32 Ibid. Review of Scientific Findings. Chapter 5: Pages 69 - 88.
33 Ibid. Evaluating Biological Mechanisms of Adverse Events. Chapter 3: Page 82.
34 NVIC.org. National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986.
35 Health Resources Services Administration. National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program Statistics Report. June 26, 2013.
36 Businesswire. National Vaccine Information Center Cites ‘Betrayal’ of Consumers by U.S. Supreme Court Giving Total Liability Shield to Big Pharma. NVIC Press Release Feb. 23, 2011
37 Kane J. Whooping cough Outbreak: Top 10 Things You Should Know - #6 Vaccine Refusals and Disease Importations Are Not to Blame for Outbreaks. PBS NewsHour Aug. 21, 2012.
38 Liz Szabo. US Whooping cough may be becoming resistant to vaccines. USA Today Feb. 18, 2013.
39 Boyle CA, Boulet S et al. Trends in the Prevalence of Developmental Disabilities in US Children 1997 – 2008. Pediatrics. Published online May 23, 2011.
40 CDC. Asthma in the U.S.: Growing Every Year.
41 Blumberg SJ, Bramlette MD, Kogan MD et al. Changes in Prevalence of Parent-reported Autism Spectrum Disorder in School-aged U.S. Children: 2007 to 2011-2013. National Health Statistics Reports 2013; 65: 1-11.
42 Fisher BL. The Safety of the Childhood Vaccine Schedule: A Public Perspective Institute of Medicine Committee on the Assessment of Studies of Health Outcomes Related to the Recommended Childhood Immunization Schedule Feb. 9, 2012.
43 See References #7, #16, #18.
45 Coulter HL, Fisher BL. DPT: A Shot in the Dark. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1985 (Warner 1986, Avery 1991, Penguin - current).
46 Jonathan Berr. How Autism Can Cost Families Millions. MSN Money Mar. 25, 2013.
The Yearly “Back-to-School Push” to Vaccinate
Posted: 7/9/2013 7:11:43 PM | with 4 comments
By Kate Raines
It happens every year: Just when it’s beginning to seem that summer vacation will never end, the back-to-school packet arrives with annual reminders to load a backpack full of binders, folders and pencils; fill out emergency contact information; and update physicals and medical forms. Along with evaluating whether children are growing at a normal rate and ensuring that they haven’t developed any new health conditions that would prevent participation in school activities, the back-to-school physical form includes a section where the doctor is supposed to verify that the child has received a certain number of doses of federally recommended and state-mandated vaccines.
The back-to-school physical is an annual opportunity for public health officials and pediatricians to do more than encourage parents to give their children a growing list of vaccines. During this yearly “Back-to School Push” to vaccinate, how many parents take the time to become educated about the diseases and vaccines doctors are promoting?
The Perfect Time for Questions
Annual school physicals are a perfect opportunity for parents to learn about specific vaccines and the diseases they are supposed to prevent, to evaluate vaccines for potential benefits and risks for their own child, and to get prepared to make confident, informed choices for their children. There are many more choices to be made, now that there are many new vaccines on the market, and it is not always clear to parents exactly which vaccines being promoted by pediatricians are actually required for school attendance.
HPV Vaccine: Recommended But Not Required
For example, in addition to recommending an annual flu shot for all children over six months of age (influenza vaccine is not a requirement for school attendance, and only New Jersey and Connecticut require annual flu shots for children in child care), pediatricians are now implementing CDC policy advising that all boys and girls between 11 and 12 years of age receive three doses of the HPV (human papillomavirus) vaccine, given over a six-month period.1
Despite all the controversy in the news over that particular vaccine, with doctors and public health officials insisting it’s safe2 and others insisting it was not fully tested before licensure and is causing too many reactions,3 4 5 it is important for parents to learn more before taking a child in for a pre-school physical. Since HPV vaccine was licensed in 2006, there have been many attempts by pharmaceutical company and other special interest lobbyists to mandate HPV for sixth grade attendance.6 7 So far, only Washington, D.C. and Virginia have HPV vaccine requirements for girls entering sixth grade. However, in both D.C. and Virginia, parents may “opt-out” and elect not to give the vaccine.
As noted by Dr. Denise Hunnell, arguments can be made both for and against the vaccine, but in the end, “parents have the right to weigh the risks and benefits of the HPV vaccine and make a decision based on their own unique situations. The state has offered no convincing argument to justify usurping parental rights and mandating HPV vaccination.”8
But Then There Are Other Laws…
In all 50 states, public schools are required by law to obtain paperwork that documents children attending schools have received certain state-mandated vaccines or have filed an exemption to vaccination with the state. However, given the nature of one-size-fits-all vaccine policies, full disclosure about vaccine exemptions allowed in vaccine laws may be ignored by pediatricians advocating children receive all scheduled government-recommended vaccines.
Therefore, while the school policy might read something like, “Entry into 7th grade requires proof of compliance with all mandatory vaccinations,” it may not be made clear on school physical forms that exemptions are available, and it is unlikely that pediatricians will mention it during school physicals. While all 50 states require specified vaccines for students, there are legal exceptions for medical, religious or conscientious belief reasons – depending upon the state.9
All state vaccination laws allow medical exemptions but they must be written by a medical doctor (M.D.) or doctor of osteopathy (D.O.) and usually must conform to federally approved contraindications to vaccination, which are very narrow.10 Every state except two—Mississippi and West Virginia—allow religious belief exemptions, but requirements for proof of religious belief can vary from state to state. About one-third of the states (17) provide exemptions for conscientious or philosophical beliefs, but in several states (Washington, California), a medical doctor or other state-designated medical worker must sign the exemptions form.
As more and more vaccines are required by schools, it is increasingly important to understand your legal rights under state laws. You can learn about your state vaccine laws on NVIC’s website, where there is a user-friendly map of the U.S. that visually tells you what kind of vaccine exemptions are allowed in your state for children to attend school. If you want to take action to protect vaccine exemptions in your state public health laws, sign up for the free online NVIC Advocacy Portal.
NVIC.org: A Very Good Place to Start
It can be a challenge to navigate the information overload available on the Internet but, as a starting point, NVIC has gathered straightforward, referenced facts about diseases and vaccines. Information includes vaccine product inserts, and fact-filled articles about the history and serious complications of both diseases and vaccines.
Among many other resources available through NVIC are tools that allow parents to calculate vaccine ingredients, get suggestions for questions to ask pediatricians about vaccination and listings of other resources available to facilitate the search for information. NVIC encourages everyone to consult one or more trusted health care professionals before making a vaccination or other health care decision.
Sign up for the free NVIC Vaccine Newsletter so you don’t miss any of the news NVIC publishes on vaccination and health.
1. CDC. 2013 Recommended Immunizations for Children from 7 Through 18 Years Old.
2. CDC. HPV Vaccine Safety. Feb.5, 2013.
3. National Vaccine Information Center. Merck’s Gardasil Vaccine Not Proven Safe for Little Girls: National Vaccine Information Center Criticizes FDA for Fast Tracking Licensure. Press Release: June 27, 2006.
4. Chitale R. CDC Report Stirs Controversy for Merck’s Gardasil Vaccine. Aug. 19, 2009.
5. Judicial Watch. JW Seeks Answers to Payout Made to Victims of HPV Vaccines. Press Release: Feb. 28, 2013.
6. Pettypiece S, Zimm A. Merck Stops Campaign to Mandate Gardasil Vaccine Use. Feb. 20, 2007.
7. National Conference of State Legislatures. HPV Vaccine: State Legislation and Statutes. June 2013.
8. Hunnell DJ. HPV Vaccine Controversy is About Rights and Transparency, Not Sex and Health. CNS News Oct. 19, 2012.
9. National Vaccine Information Center. State Law & Vaccine Requirements. NVIC.org 2013.
10. CDC. Chart of Contraindications and Precautions to Commonly Used Vaccines. July 28, 2011. Conditions Commonly Misperceived as Contraindications to Vaccination.
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Roger A. Sedjo
The concept of sustainable forest systems finds its origins in the European concept of sustainable yield forestry and the regulated forest. The concept of sustain yield is commonly attributed to Germany in works such as D. M. Gould’s article The Future of Forests in Society, which locates the origins of the sustainable yield idea in feudal Germany. Franz Heske’s argument in German Forestry from Yale University Press (1938) characterizes the situation as reflecting a “diminishing timber supply and expanding consumption (that) at last lead to a crisis” (p. 20). These crises were thought to have occurred periodically between the 13th and 16th centuries. The crises led to attempts to regulate timber cuttings to insure that forests and forest outputs were maintained. Forest management was introduced in most of the large German state forests during the first half of the 19th century and spread to France and surrounding countries as noted by Lee in his article “The Classic Sustainable Yield Concept,” Gould in The Future of Forests in Society notes that after 1800 systems of forest management began to be viewed as scientifically based.
Although the concept of sustainable forest systems almost surely originated as a biological concept, the early concerns were for forest and wood availability. The ideal became sustainable yield or what the Society of American Foresters (SAF) 1958 calls a “plan for forest management (that) implies continuous production with the aim of achieving, at the earliest practical time, an appropriate balance between growth and harvest.” A popular textbook of the latter 1900s, Davis 1966 uses a looser definition for sustainable management, simply the “continuity of harvest” (p. 5). The objective of a sustainable forest is to obtain an age structure of the forest trees that allows for a balance between cut and growth. This situation is often called a “normal” or “regulated” forest. In such a forest the volume of the periodic harvest of a cohort equals the net growth volume that occurred over that period. Upon achieving this age structure, an annual harvest of a certain volume can be maintained in perpetuity. This outcome requires that the reduction in forest stock associated with the harvest is just offset by the increase in forest stock due to growth that occurs on the remaining forest. Although such a situation has traditionally been associated with a specific forest or forested area, sustainability may be achieved through coordinated management across different forest landscapes, as shown by Sohngen, et al. 1999. The notion of sustainable yield associate with the regulated forest, however, not only reflects an asset that is maintained for continuing productivity but also is sometimes viewed as a symbol to maintain an obligation to future generations to leave the forests and their productivity, as in Duerr and Duerr 1975. Lee 1982 shows German forestry’s familiarity with this concept. The breakthrough on the economics of sustainable yield came earlier and was provided by Faustmann, which correctly calculated the age rotation at which forest stands should be harvested to maximize the economic returns from the forestry operation. In his 1848 paper, Faustmann correctly determines the harvest conditions that maximize the financial returns over time. He shows that with a positive societal discount rate the income-maximizing financial rotation is determined by incremental growth rather than average growth. Faustmann’s result was confirmed many years later by Ohlin 1995. However, the initial question of “when is a tree mature for harvesting” maintained in contention between economists and biologists for decades. Subsequently, Samuelson 1976 noted that biologists examining this question have argued that the harvest should be grown for maximum sustainable yield harvest volume. This is achieved if harvest occurs when the average annual increment of volume growth begins to decline. Although this biological rule maximizes the sustainable harvest volume it does not generally maximize financial returns to the forest asset. Only if the social discount rate is zero do the biological optimum and financial optimum coincide.
Davis, K. P. 1966. Forest management: Regulation and valuation. New York: McGraw-Hill.
Presents a less technical, more intuitive, and flexible statement of the concept of sustainable management.
Duerr, W. A., and J. Duerr. 1975. The role of faith in forest resource management. In Social sciences in forestry; a book of readings. Edited by F. Rumsey and W. A. Duerr, 408. London and Toronto: Saunders.
Argues that forest sustainability has spiritual and environmental dimensions as well as biological and economic.
Faustmann, M. 1995. Calculation of the value which forest land and immature stands possess for forestry. Journal of Forest Economics 1:7–44.
The classical and earliest rendition of economics as applied to forest management that correctly calculated the economically optimum age at which a forest should be harvested. This provided the foundation for much of the subsequent development of the economics of forest management.
Gould, D. M. 1964. The future of forests in society. n.p.
Locates the origins of the sustainable yield idea in feudal Germany.
Heske, Franz. 1938. German forestry. New Haven, CT: Yale Univ. Press.
Discussed German forestry, its development, and its implications for forest management.
Lee, R. G. 1982. The classic sustainable yield concept: Content and philosophical origins. In Proceedings, sustainable yield. Edited by D. LeMaster, D. Baumgartner, and D. Adams, 1–10, Cooperative Extension. Pullman: Washington State Univ.
Discusses the early philosophical aspects of sustainable yield forestry, especially as found in Germany.
Ohlin, B. 1995. Concerning the question of the rotation period in forestry. Journal of forest Economics 1:89–114.
This paper largely confirms the correctness of the earlier Faustmann paper. Article first published in Ekonomisk Tidskrift 22 (1921).
Samuelson, P. A. 1976. Economics of forestry in an evolving society. Economic Inquiry 14:466–492.
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-7295.1976.tb00437.xE-mail Citation »
Provides a relatively recent examination of the biological and economic aspects of the question of the optimal forest harvest rotation and was commissioned in part to bring a famous Nobel Laureate economist to address forestry, largely to try and resolve ongoing dispute between biologists and economists regarding the optimal harvest rotation. Note that the differences in rotation length are resolved when the discount rate equals zero.
Society of American Foresters (SAF). 1958. Forest terminology. Washington, DC: SAF.
Defines sustainable yield in terms of the relation between growth and harvest.
Sohngen, B., R. Mendelsohn, and R. Sedjo. 1999. Forest management, conservation, and global timber markets. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 81.1: 1–13.
DOI: 10.2307/1244446E-mail Citation »
Using modeling techniques, this article examines sustainability for a forest system that consists of multiple forest locations and landscapes. In the extreme this might involve an entire country or even the global forest system, which is examined in this paper.
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The treatment gap continues to be an obstacle in addressing opioid use disorder (OUD) in the U.S. In 2018, an estimated 2 million Americans had OUD but only about 26% received any addiction treatment.
Some patients and policymakers assume that the best course of treatment for OUD is in an inpatient setting, despite evidence to the contrary and guidance from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). As of 2017, 60% of U.S. residential facilities did not offer any Food and Drug Administration-approved medication to treat OUD, the gold standard treatment for this disorder.
As shown in Pew’s recent video, outpatient treatment in the community provides several benefits and an appropriate level of care for many individuals, especially people with a less severe OUD according to diagnostic criteria. As demonstrated by David Zee, an outpatient recovery advocate, outpatient treatment allows people to live in their communities, retain employment and/or education, and remain near their support networks, including family and friends. Moreover, outpatient treatment generally costs less than inpatient treatment.
America’s Opioid Crisis: Outpatient Treatment is Effective and Accessible
In response to the coronavirus pandemic, the federal government has eased restrictions for OUD treatment by allowing take-home methadone doses of two weeks or longer; initial buprenorphine consultations taking place via telephone or videoconference; and the use of telehealth for counseling, making outpatient care more accessible than ever before. These allowances can also help patients begin or remain in treatment while practicing physical distancing, one of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s chief recommendations for slowing the spread of coronavirus.
Outpatient treatment options
Outpatient treatment in the community can be accessed at opioid treatment programs (OTPs), in office-based primary care settings, and in other settings that provide intensive outpatient treatment. OTPs are treatment facilities that provide OUD medications, counseling, and other health care services. They are the only outpatient treatment setting in which individuals can access methadone, one of three FDA-approved medications that doctors use to treat OUD. Some programs also offer buprenorphine and naltrexone, the other two approved medications.
Office-based opioid treatment allows primary care providers to prescribe OUD medications in their own clinical settings. Although these providers are not legally required to offer behavioral health services, such services are sometimes available on-site, or patients may receive a referral for counseling. Providers with the appropriate authority may prescribe buprenorphine as a take-home prescription; naltrexone is administered once a month in the clinical setting.
For individuals who require more services, intensive outpatient treatment programs represent a higher level of care than traditional outpatient settings. These programs can offer individual and group counseling, skills development and support, and medication.
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A number of individual and systemic hurdles keep people who need treatment from accessing it, ranging from out-of-pocket expenses to restrictive state policies and regulations. Stigma also serves as a barrier by perpetuating the falsehood that OUD is a moral failure and that individuals who receive medication are substituting one drug for another. This misconception discourages individuals from seeking help, even though evidence shows that medication allows people to live productive lives. Stigma may also lead to less availability of OTPs and health care providers who can treat OUD. When community residents and policymakers do not understand the value of these programs, they may not support the opening and expansion of OTPs.
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The Chimney Sweep
by Antonio Salieri
libretto by Leopold Auenbrugger
July 5, 6 & 7 2014
City Recital Hall Sydney
Salieri's The Chimney Sweep
An Italian chimney sweep seduces the women of the household in which he works, in order to bargain for his future. Composed by Antonio Salieri, The Chimney Sweep is a sexy, fun comedy, filled with characters all shamelessly indulging their appetites.
Bribery and blackmail, anarchic domestic affairs, and venality reigns. But most of all, more wonderful music from the 18th century that you’ve probably never heard before. And for those whose knowledge of Salieri comes from the excellent film Amadeus, Pinchgut is compelled to report that much of the story in the film is nonsense. Mozart’s murderer? Pah! Pinchgut’s production of The Chimney Sweep restores Salieri’s good name, and his music!
It is literally a rare privilege to see a Salieri opera, and Pinchgut’s robust, enthusiastic production does great credit to the neglected composer’s charming little comedy. Strongly recommended, not just as a rarity or curio, but as a truly fun night at the opera, and one not to be missed.
— Australian Stage
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Salieri was a master orchestrator, and Erin Helyard and the excellent Orchestra of the Antipodes immerse themselves to the hilt in his imaginative sound world. From the energetic overture to the folksy ländlers of the finale, this is a revelatory reading. Time and again the ear is tickled by moments of passing loveliness – flute, oboe and pizzicato strings in Volpino’s aria to the little birds; the surging strings in Wolf’s storm aria – the list could go on at considerable length. Helyard is not just a wiz at bringing out the felicitous colours, he’s also a terrific dramatist, urging band and singers on to bring out every musical gift that Salieri gives.
— Limelight
‘I can honestly say that I have not enjoyed an opera as much as I did tonight for a very long time indeed. The orchestra sounded wonderful, so beautifully nuanced and colourful, and I particularly enjoyed the knock-out singing of the female cast. Brilliant!’
"The Chimney Sweep was pure joy from start to finish. Everything about it was so finely crafted and perfectly realised that Salieri must have been cheering from whatever dimension he now inhabits.’
‘The quality of what you all produce is all so very impressive, the fine detailing appreciated I know by a grateful audience of opera lovers. It was a great cast, great crew and Erin and that orchestra - stunning!’
1] Singspiel explained
From the March newsletter:
In July we will be staging Antonio Salieri’s The Chimney Sweep . This is new territory for us as it’s an opera in the singspiel tradition. Literally ‘sing-play’, the singspiel was a favourite genre of Emperor Joseph II. Characterised by spoken dialogue alternating with lots of music (in the form of ensembles, songs, ballads, and arias), singspiels often featured hilarious romantic plots, and comically exaggerated characterisations of good and evil.
Emperor Joseph was initiating many social reforms in favour of more social equality, dismantling the class system, and opening gardens and parks to a wider public. The singspiel sat happily within these enlightened reforms, giving people of all classes the chance to see themselves on stage. Emperor ‘Jo’ [as I like to think of him! – Ed.] was also busy closing down the big fancy-pants Italian opera houses and French theatres in favour of promoting the German language more widely.
The Chimney Sweep is a sexy, fun, ‘upstairs- downstairs’ comedy, filled with characters all shamelessly indulging their appetites. (We’ll tell you more about the plot in the next newsletter.)
Salieri was Italian-born but lived most of his life in Vienna. He was a favourite composer of Emperor Joseph who asked Salieri to compose in the vernacular German rather than his native Italian as part of his social reforms.
The Chimney Sweep is a social drama or ‘master/servant comedy’ very much reflecting the changes in society at the time. Co-artistic director Erin Helyard is busy researching the manuscript and background to our Salieri production and says:
‘I’d been reading about this opera in musicological articles and histories for quite a while, and pretty quickly realised its historical and musical importance. This is a new and interesting departure for Pinchgut from our regular productions because it’s a singspiel . Much of the drama is spoken rather than sung as recitative.’
Salieri was very attached to his Italian opera roots so The Chimney Sweep contains some arias in Italian. We asked Erin how he planned to work with the language issues of this singspiel :
‘We made the decision to perform the whole thing in the vernacular (ie. English), which is basically what Joseph II wanted to do in the first place (i.e. turn Italian opera into the vernacular, German). But there will be sprinklings of Italian and German through the show!’.
And of the music itself ? Erin says, “Right now I’m editing the score from a facsimile of Salieri’s manuscript. He was a very precise composer in his notation and I’m learning a lot about performance practice!
‘To the casual listener, Salieri sounds like Mozart – or more accurately, Mozart sounds like Salieri. [Salieri came first! – Ed.] He was the foremost Italian composer in Vienna at the time. But as the greatest student and protégé of Gluck, at his most serious he certainly sounds like his teacher.’ In a beautiful piece of symmetrical operatic planning, we’ll all be able to hear the fine work of Salieri’s teacher Gluck in our second production for the year – Iphigénie en Tauride!
2] Leopold von Auenbrugger: librettist and famous physician
The Austrian physician Leopold von Auenbrugger (1722-1809) earned a firm footnote in the history of medicine by inventing chest percussion as a diagnostic technique, a technique that he had learnt when testing the level of wine casks in his father's hotel cellar. During his years of hospital-based research in Vienna, Auenbrugger validated his clinical observations on the use of diagnostic percussion, first, by comparing his clinical assessments with post-mortem findings and, second, by injecting fluid into the pleural cavity of cadavers thus showing that percussion could accurately define the physical limits of any fluid present.
For a pioneering auscultationist, Auenbrugger must have had a good ear and sense of pitch, attributes that no doubt enhanced his love and involvement in music. Indeed, he wrote the libretto to Antonio Salieri’s three-act opera, The Chimney Sweep (‘Der Rauchfangkehrer’), first performed in the Burgtheater in Vienna in April 1781. This opera, long-neglected but highly popular at the time, is soon to be resurrected and performed in Sydney for the first time by Pinchgut Opera.
In 1773 Auenbrugger and his two musically talented pianist daughters, Franziska and Mariane, visited Vienna where they renewed contact with the Mozarts, father and son; Wolfgang was now 17 years old. Auenbrugger’s daughters were keyboard pupils of Joseph Haydn, comfortably established with the family and court of Hungarian nobility in Esterhazy, Austria. Haydn composed the famous six Auenbrugger keyboard Sonatas for the sisters in 1780, one year before the premiere of Salieri’s opera.
In subsequent years von Auenbrugger also attended Mozart as a physician.
3] Meet Stuart Haycock
When we settled on The Chimney Sweep as our first production this year, we knew a great key to unlocking the appeal of this work would be in finding just the right person for the principal role of Volpino. We’re delighted to say we found him, in young Australian tenor, Stuart Haycock!
The role of Volpino calls for a charming, charismatic, lovable rogue. Though his heart is true, Volpino has one goal in mind, and nothing’s going to stop him getting the girl of his dreams – look out all who stand in his path! The role is also fiendish in parts, and requires a tenor of great strength and flexibility.
Antony Walker, our co-artistic director, first heard Stuart sing at the English National Opera some years ago when Stuart was covering various roles in Offenbach’s Tales of Hoffman . More recently, Stuart also sang the role of Demo in the English Touring Opera’s production of Giasone – what a wonderful coincidence!
Based in London, Stuart spared a few moments to answer some questions for us about his upcoming appearances with Pinchgut:
From Stuart:
I haven't sung singspiel before. The main difference will be the emphasis on spoken dialogue. It will be both challenging and interesting to work on this, especially with the comic elements that The Chimney Sweep provides!
It’s been about six years or so since I've sung in Australia so it's definitely something to look forward to. It’ll be lovely to sing for family and friends who perhaps haven't been able to see what I've been up to whilst overseas. Also, to see some extra familiar faces in the audience will certainly be comforting and most welcome.
This will be my first experience with singing Salieri so it's a great opportunity to learn about a composer whose works for the stage aren't often seen. My initial thoughts on Salieri are naturally based on the film Amadeus which of course is a highly fictionalized account of his relationship with Mozart, and the sentiment is that he has been largely overlooked and overshadowed as a composer. It's exciting to work on something different and I'm looking forward to discovering him through The Chimney Sweep.
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Stuart Haycock Volpino
Amelia Farrugia Mrs Hawk
Janet Todd Miss Hawk
Alexandra Oomens Lisel
Christopher Saunders Mr Wolf
David Woloszko Mr Bear
David Hidden Tomaso
Sydney Children's Choir Apprentice chimney sweeps
Nicholas Hiatt Franzl
Gary Clementson Johann
Troy Honeysett Peter
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Conductor Erin Helyard
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Lighting Luiz Pampolha
Basta, vincesti
Miss Hawke (Janet Todd) attempts to seduce Volpino (Stuart Haycock) with the beauty of her singing, not knowing that he is doing the same. She makes a number of mistakes at the beginning so that he can correct her!
Janet Todd, Stuart Haycock, Orchestra of the Antipodes, Erin Helyard conductor
To be the master of your fate
In the quartet at the end of Act 2 Lisel (Alexandra Oomens) and Volpino (Stuart Haycock) try to persuade Wolf (Christopher Saunders) and Bear (David Woloszko) to have the courage of their convictions. Wolf and Bear are not convinced that Volpino’s cunning plan and deception will work. Volpino and Lisel must persuade them to go for it.
Alexandra Oomens, Stuart Haycock, Christopher Saunders, David Woloszko, Orchestra of the Antipodes, Erin Helyard conductor
Two thousand Guilders placed on trust
Bear (David Woloszko) is very nervous about the amount of money he will have to outlay in order for Volpino’s plan to succeed. He fears that he is being tricked and that there is no way out. He decides that the only course of action is to be bold.
David Woloszko, Orchestra of the Antipodes, Erin Helyard conductor
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Is bigger always better? For Dove, so long as it brings in big bucks, it is.
We've all seen the billboards for Dove's new Campaign for Real Beauty showing full figure twenty-somethings posing in white bra and panties. These women are confident, proud of their bodies, and far from perfect. The campaign's We're Big & Beautiful strategic placement of ads all over the eastern seaboard (from Boston to NYC to DC) is creating quite a buzz. Even comedian Conan O'Brien jumped on the bandwagon recently by introducing male models to advertise the firming cream. His reasoning: women aren't the only ones in need of the cream. Unfortunately, many of us single hetero gals can attest to this ugly truth.
Ugly could also aptly describe the ensuing bitterness raging between supporters of the campaign and those who criticize it. Chicago Sun Times critic Richard Roeper was recently attacked for his labeling of the Dove models as "chunky". and blatantly stating that he'd rather stare at a billboard of beautiful models than "real" women. Who could forget his infamous comment, which sparked the controversy? "If I want to see plump gals baring too much skin," said Roeper, "I'll go to Taste of Chicago, OK?" I'll walk down Michigan Avenue or go to Navy Pier. When we're talking women in their underwear on billboards outside my living room windows, give me the fantasy babes, please."
For his remarks, Roeper has received hate mail calling him a "loser" and a "sexist". But if Roeper's so-called "Neanderthal" (as one unhappy member of the public put it) comments teach us anything, it's that honesty is in short supply and as a woman, I come to his defense. I'd rather see the pretty, skinny-minis on the billboards, too. These models, however, amply displayed on life-size 4-ft tall billboards, who are being celebrated and praised for their "curves" are not "curvy" they are simply fat. Curves imply a waist and some semblance of a ratio between hips, bust, and ass: a la Angelina Jolie. Last time I checked, these women were pretty much straight down from shoulder to hip with some flab jiggling in the posterior, and even some spilling out to the side. But I digress.
The point of these ads according to Dove's marketing director Philippe Harousseau is to "broaden the definition of beauty". "It is our belief that beauty comes in different shapes, sizes, and ages," he said. Indeed, many teenagers and women seem to identify with these models. They see these women's bodies as more realistic depictions of the female form, and more importantly, relevant to their own bodies. Dove also goes the extra step of creating a sense of relevancy and intimacy with the models. (You can read their personal stories here.)
These women are not only images/visuals used to sell a product; they have names and ages and professions just like other real women. There is Gina Crisanti, a barrista, who was discovered taking out the trash and later propositioned for the photo shoot. (Ms. Crisanti appeared noticeably slimmer in the ad (in white panties and bra) then she did in her photo for ABC News with clothes, begging the question of just how "natural" and untouched these photos really are.) Then there is Stacey, who poses with her tush to the camera and smirks at us, confidently. She is proud of her big butt.
Dove wants to relay the message that models like Stacy and Gina are like you and me. But even if you can't identify with them personally, that is, size-wise, such women could be your neighbor or best friend, so the personal touch remains. The ads convey that such every-day women as models are less objectified and more approachable. The "friendly" didactic being preached: Dove is for the average, everyday woman in you, too. But still one can't entirely ignore that "average" and "everyday" are relative to culture from whence they came.
Case in point. I was recently vacationing in Toronto, Canada, where I picked up a copy of the British version of Glamour magazine. I was somewhat surprised to see the same Dove ads featured in the glossy, since I had no clue that these ads were being pitched internationally. I was also surprised that instead of the American women I had seen in the stateside ads, European women were being featured in these ads. No doubt this is an ethnocentric slip on my part.
At any rate, I had to compare the American models and the Europeans and much as was the case when watching East Germany/Russia compete in figure skating or gymnastics in the Olympics during the era of Communism. In all such comparisons, there are clear-cut winners in the looks department. And I'm bereft to report that once again the Americans took a silver medal, at best. Of course, these ads, European or American, are not a competition for whose women look hotter. When models start competing for whose body looks more in need of firming cream, you know the status quo has changed and that perhaps superficial is "out" and inner beauty "in".
Those that defend the ads preach the importance of "curves", citing what it's like to grow up in a society with breasts and hips more ample than Lindsay Lohan's coveted waifishness. Personally, I have to side with Lindsay Lohan, pre-blond stick figure. In her red hair, buxom, foxy days (like when she was 18 circa Mean Girls), she was absolutely stunning. This is why celebrities and supermodels exist; because people don't necessarily want to aspire to be their best friends/neighbors/girl-next-door. Sometimes people want to reside in a fantasy.
Is the Dove "Real Beauty" campaign right in trying to hinder this dream by imposing its own standard of beauty? Isn't it simply like trading in one idealized sense of beauty/superficiality for another? How are they generating a diverse campaign when it is largely comprised of Caucasian women in their still-youthful 20s, all with a similar body type? Where's the diversity in that? Frankly, I concur with blogger Kim Nicole's statement "Call me shallow or stupid, but if you put something on a typical model, I'm more likely to buy it.''
Ultimately will Dove be a trendsetter in forcing our society to re-evaluate our concept of feminine beauty and alter our preconceived notions? Will using reverse psychology (integrating typically non-traditional forms of beauty as models) alter the beauty paradigm that's been engrained in our culture for generations? Time will tell. For now, Unilever Dove is simply hoping to sell their new product. And if they manage to get us talkin' bout a [cultural] revolution and upsetting some men in search of "fantasy babes" while adding up the profits, well, so be it. Sometimes "Girlz just wanna have fun", and from the looks of it, these big models in Dove's big ad campaign are doing just that.
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Nigerian journalist, Suleiman Bisalla, dies in Abuja explosion
Mr. Bisalla’s corpse was identified and confirmed by his younger brother, Mohammed, at the Maitama General Hospital, Abuja.
The Managing Editor, North, of New Telegraph, Suleiman Bisalla, has been announced to be among the 21 persons confirmed dead in Wednesday’s bomb blast at the EMAB plaza in Abuja.
The 46-year-old journalist was said to have left the Abuja office of the newspaper at about 3.30 p.m. Wednesday for “the EMAB plaza to go and fix his phone” the newspaper announced on its website on Wednesday night.
Mr. Bisalla, a former Deputy Editor of Daily Trust Newspaper in Abuja, who joined the New Telegraph recently, hailed from Gindiri in Mangul Local Government Area of Plateau State.
He holds a Masters in International Relations from the University of Jos.
According to the newspaper, Mr. Bisalla’s corpse was identified and confirmed by his younger brother, Mohammed, at the Maitama General Hospital, Abuja.
The late editor was married with children.
The blast, which occurred at the busy plaza at about 4 p.m. local time, killed at least 21 persons while 17 others were injured according to the police. Officials said the bomb was thrown at the entrance of the plaza by someone on a power bike.
Though no group has claimed responsibility for the bomb explosion, the insurgent Boko Haram has carried out similar attacks in the past in the Nigerian capital, and has threatened more attacks.
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Fighting Tar Sands Expansion
Case Study: Banking on Climate Change 2019
posted by Linda Capato Jr.
This case study was written by Tara Houska (Honor the Earth) and Jason Disterhoft (RAN) for our latest bank report card, Banking on Climate Change: Fossil Fuel Finance Report Card 2019.
Pipeline Victories in 2018
In 2018, Indigenous-led opposition to each of the three major proposed tar sands oil pipelines in North America continued to spotlight the outcomes of failing to secure free, prior and informed consent, alongside the pipelines’ threats to the climate and broader environment. The Trans Mountain pipeline saw the most spectacular setbacks, with Canada’s Federal Court of Appeal quashing the project’s approvals and permits, ruling that both the federal government’s consultation with First Nations communities and its environmental assessments were inadequate.1As former sponsor Kinder Morgan exited the project, Ottawa finalized its extraordinary purchase of the pipeline for C$4.5 billion.2
In August, a federal judge ordered the U.S. State Department to conduct a new environmental review of the route for TransCanada’s Keystone XL (KXL) pipeline, in response to a lawsuit by the Indigenous Environmental Network and allies. The same judge later blocked KXL’s construction pending that reassessment — even as TransCanada was shipping pipe to the route in Montana. 3
2019 will be another year that Enbridge’s Line 3 pipeline isn’t complete — it was originally projected to be in service in 2017.4 The project received its certificate of need and route approval from the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission in June 2018.5 However, the resistance in Minnesota is fierce, resulting in the political players in the administration of Minnesota taking legal action against the state: the state’s Department of Commerce has appealed the decision by the Public Utility Commission to approve Line 3.6 In other words, the state is suing itself.
In March of 2019, Enbridge announced it will delay its in-service projection to late 2020, due to an extended review period of water crossing permits by the state of Minnesota. 7 Three tribes along the proposed route remain explicitly opposed, as do a myriad of non-profit organizations, youth climate intervenors, landowners, and concerned citizens who are engaged in filing numerous lawsuits on the adequacy of the environmental impact statement, the route selected, and other matters.8
In the absence of project-level finance for either Line 3 or KXL, banks like JPMorgan Chase and Bank of Montreal that back Enbridge and/or TransCanada — see the following chart for a fuller list — risk contributing to clear abuse of free, prior and informed consent if these projects proceed. And Canada’s purchase of Trans Mountain does not absolve banks that provided the initial project finance of the Indigenous rights abuses and climate destruction they endorsed.9
Extraction: A Mixed Picture
2018 showed that stopping the expansion of tar sands infrastructure stops the expansion of extraction. The exodus from the tar sands of the supermajor oil and gas companies continued, with Total selling its Joslyn extraction project to Canadian Natural Resources for C$225 million.10 The Alberta government moved to create new rail and refining capacity to move tar sands oil out of Alberta and ease the strain of the pipeline bottleneck.11 In December, Alberta Premier Rachel Notley announced mandatory temporary tar sands production cuts, citing insufficient transportation capacity.12
Significant resistance to new infrastructure projects, particularly by tribal nations, has resulted in a provincial government reducing its tar sands production. 13
These economic lessons about lack of consent by tribal nations should not be taken lightly.
Alarmingly, two extraction companies — backed by banks like JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America — bucked the trend by doubling down. Imperial Oil made a final investment decision to move forward with its Aspen project, the first new tar sands project sanctioned since 2013.14 In March 2019 it delayed this project due to “the uncertainty in the current business environment,” given pipeline constraints and production caps.15 Meanwhile, Teck Resources continued to push its huge Frontier mine: a project that is widely seen as economically unviable.16At C$20.6 billion it would be the most expensive mine in the sector’s history, and with a projected lifespan of 41 years it would last well beyond when world emissions must reach net zero.17
Another year of pipeline delays and setbacks will further lock in constraints on tar sands extraction. Industry was counting on Line 3, in particular, to be in service by the end of 2019, when Alberta’s production cuts were scheduled to be lifted. Enbridge’s recent in-service date postponement was a major financial blow to the tar sands, and yet another example of the outcomes of failing to secure free, prior, and informed consent. If Line 3 moves forward, any bank backing Enbridge is supporting abuse of Indigenous rights, threatening the Great Lakes and numerous wetlands, rivers, and watersheds along the pipeline, while putting 1.5°C further out of reach as an achievable goal. 18 Global banks should recognize that risk, and, if Enbridge won’t drop Line 3, the banks should drop Enbridge. If banks do not follow human rights laws and climate science, the Indigenous-led, grassroots opposition will hold them accountable, as it has in other failed North American infrastructure projects.
Who’s Banking Expansion in the Tar Sands?
These are the leading bankers since the Paris Agreement was signed of at least three of the four key companies expanding tar sands production.19
TransCanada Enbridge Teck Resources ExxonMobil
(majority owner of Imperial Oil)
JPMorgan Chase X X X X
Bank of America X X X
Bank of Montreal X X X
Barclays X X X
CIBC X X X
Citi X X X
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Mike De Souza and Carl Meyer, “Court Quashes Trudeau’s Approval of Trans Mountain Pipeline,” National Observer, 30 August 2018.
Steven Chase, Kelly Cryderman, and Jeff Lewis, “Trudeau Government to Buy Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain for $4.5-billion,” The Globe and Mail, 29 May 2018.
Karl Puckett, “Judge Blocks Construction of Keystone XL Pipeline,” Great Falls Tribune, 11 November 2018.
Dan Kraker, “Enbridge Eyes Third Oil Pipeline Project Through Northern Minnesota,” MPR News, 5 March 2014.
Dan Kraker, “Line 3 Oil Pipeline Moves Closer to Construction in Northern Minnesota,” MPR News, 19 November 2018.
Walker Orenstein, “Walz Administration to Continue Legal Challenge to Enbridge’s Line 3 Pipeline Project,” MinnPost, 12 February 2019.
Dana Ferguson, “Walz Calls Enbridge Timeline ‘Optimistic’ After Line 3 Project Delay,” Duluth News Tribune, 4 March 2019.
Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, White Earth Band of Ojibwe, Honor the Earth, and The Sierra Club, “In the Matter of the Application of Enbridge Energy, Limited Partnership, for a Certificate of Need for the Line 3 Replacement Project in Minnesota From the North Dakota Border to the Wisconsin Border, OAH 65-2500-32764, MPUC PL9/CN-14-916,” 19 December 2018, p. 21 (of the PDF, labeled p. 12); Various organizations, “Line 3 Letter,” Honor the Earth et al., 2 September 2017.
Ruth Breech, “Doing “Whatever it Takes” to Stop the Trans Mountain Pipeline,” Rainforest Action Network, 18 August 2017.
Robert Perkins, “Total Agrees Sale of Joslyn Oil Sands Project to Canadian Natural Resources for C$225 Million,” S&P Global Platts, 31 August 2018.
David Ljunggren, “Canada’s Alberta Province to Buy Rail Cars to Reduce Oil Glut,” Reuters, 28 November 2018; Kyle Bakx and Tony Seskus, “Why Rachel Notley’s Refinery Pitch Won’t Solve the Oilpatch’s Problem,” CBC, 12 December 2018.
Michelle Bellefontaine, “Alberta Premier Announces 8.7% Oil Production Cut to Increase Prices,” CBC, 2 December 2018.
Stewart Phillip and Serge ‘Otsi’ Simon, “Alberta Tarsands Production Cuts Here to Stay: Indigenous-led Movement Will Make Sure of It,” The StarCoast Protectors, 127 September 2018.
Julie Gordon, “Imperial Oil to Build New Canada Oil Sand Project,” Reuters, 6 November 2018.
Kevin Orland, “Exxon Delays $1.9 Billion Project in Canada Amid Oil-Sands Woes,” Bloomberg, 15 March 2019.
Teck is pushing ahead with a project that doesn’t make economic sense. Rystad, the industry database used in this report to tally tar sands reserves, doesn’t even count Teck’s Frontier reserves, because the economic calculations deem the project to be commercially unviable. Source: Rystad Energy AS, Ucube database, accessed November 2018.
Dan Healing, “Teck Resources Takes $20.6B Frontier Oilsands Mine Project to Joint Hearing,” Financial Post, 25 September 2018.
“Enbridge Line 3,” US Army Corps of Engineers St. Paul District, updated January 2019.
Bloomberg Finance L.P. and the data researched for this report, January 2019. This subset of the tar sands financing data aggregates bank financing for these four companies, adjusted down by the proportion of tar sands in the activities of each company named on a given transaction.
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COVID-19 update: Overall stats show surge is contining
BY CHARLES WHISNAND cwhisnand@portervillerecorder.com
The overall statistics as far as the status of COVID-19 showed the surge continued over the weekend.
Tulare County Health and Human Services reported on Monday an increase of 189 active cases in the county over the weekend. There are now 5,275 people in Tulare County who have tested positive for COVID-19.
The health department also reported nine more deaths over the weekend, bringing the total number of deaths in Tulare County due to COVID-19 to 464. The county has data on 406 deaths of which 317 were ages 65 and older, 82 were ages 41-64 and seven were ages 26-40.
There have been no deaths under the age of 26. There have been 138 deaths related to nursing homes and 268 deaths not related to nursing homes.
There was a large increase of recoveries over the weekend in Tulare County as the number of recoveries increased by 1,150. There are now 32,545 people in Tulare County who have recovered after testing positive for COVID-19.
The overall number of cases increased by 1,348 over the weekend. Since March 11 there have been 38,284 cases in Tulare County.
There was also a slight uptick in the number of COVID-19 hospitalizations in Tulare County over the weekend. The health department reported 220 COVID-19 hospitalizations in the county, an increase of five over the previous number reported.
The health department also reported the number of ICU beds available on Monday in Tulare County fell to just one — 1.9 percent.
The official ICU availability rate for the San Joaquin Valley remained at 0 percent so the state continued to reported the Valley's status “does not meet criteria to exit order” as far as the stay-at-home order is concerned. For the stay-at-home order to be lifted, the Valley's projected ICU availability in four weeks must reach at least 15 percent.
As of Friday, Sierra View Medical Center reported seven of its 10 ICU beds were in use. Sierra View has had 101 deaths due to COVID-19.
Sierra View reported it had 36 COVID-19 patients and four patients suspected of having COVID-19. Sierra View reported six of its 25 ventilators were in use.
Sierra View reported it now has 15 employees who have tested positive for COVID-19, including five who are hospitalized. There have been 135 employees who have recovered after testing positive for COVID-19. Sierra View has had a total of 870 positive tests.
Once the stay-at-home order is lifted, Tulare County will return to the most restrictive tier, the purple tier.
Tulare County's unofficial, preliminary case rate remained stable, but continued to be high. On Monday the health department reported Tulare County's rate was 86.8 per 100,000 residents over a 7-day period, a slight decrease of 0.2 from the previous number reported. For Tulare County to move into the next least restrictive tier, the red tier, it must reduce that number to 7 per 100,000.
Tulare County's R number which measures the rate of the spread of the virus also remains stable. Tulare County's R number continues to be in the “likely stable” category, meaning the increased rate of spread of the virus is expected to continue at its current level.
The number 1 represents the average number of people who would be infected by one infected person. The state's R number is .99.
Since March 11 there have been 7,495 cases in the Porterville area, 90 cases in foothill-mountain communities, 90 cases in Springville, 502 cases in Strathmore, 1,443 cases in Lindsay, 6,805 cases in Tulare, 3,404 cases in Dinuba, 237 cases in Richgrove, 63 cases in Alpaugh, 627 cases in Pixley, 273 cases in Tipton, 1,172 cases in Earlimart, 938 cases in Farmersville, 829 cases in Exeter, 41 cases in Three Rivers, 670 cases in Woodlake, 617 cases in Cutler, 1,127 cases in Orosi, 75 cases in Goshen, 196 cases in Traver, 44 cases in the Reedley area, 15 cases in Orange Cove and 406 cases in Ivanhoe.
In Visalia there are 4,233 cases in one region, 2,737 cases in another region and 3,329 cases in a third region.
There have been 5,525 cases ages 0-17, 6,024 cases ages 18-25, 10,897 cases ages 26-40, 11,867 cases ages 41-64 and 3,954 cases ages 65 and older.
There have been 21,085 cases who have been Hispanic, 4,985 have been Caucasian, 746 have been Asian, 252 have been African American, 222 have been Native American, 1,202 have been multi-race and 9,792 are unknown.
There are 331 people in Tulare County in self-quarantine being monitored by public health officials.
With a population of about 470,000 people Tulare County has had a rate of 8 cases per 100 residents or eight percent.
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NI hospitals and schools facing food shortages in ‘major crisis’ – minister
Depleted supermarket shelves
Northern Ireland’s hospitals and schools risk running out of food when post-Brexit Irish Sea trade arrangements are fully implemented, a Stormont minister has claimed.
A grace period that limits the level of red tape required to move retail food products from Great Britain to Northern Ireland runs out at the end of March.
Once that exemption expires supermarkets will have to comply with more rigorous animal health certification processes under the terms of Brexit’s Northern Ireland Protocol.
With depleted supermarket shelves already in evidence in Northern Ireland with the lighter-touch trade controls, Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots warned of a “major crisis” once the grace period ends.
New checking facilities at Belfast Port (Liam McBurney/PA)
“It was made very clear to us by the suppliers to both hospitals and schools that if the current arrangement for supermarkets isn’t extended in a few months’ time that they will not be able to supply our hospitals and schools with food,” he told BBC Radio Ulster’s Nolan Show.
“That is a major crisis and I have raised this with (senior Cabinet minister) Michael Gove.
“Seriously, are we going to have a situation where our hospitals and schools are not able to feed the children at school, they’re not able to feed their patients?
“That is an outrageous situation that we in Northern Ireland have been put in as a result of the protocol negotiated between the UK Government and the European Union.”
Empty food shelves in Sainsbury’s store in Bangor, Co Down (Michael McHugh/PA)
Under the terms of the Northern Ireland Protocol, the region has remained in the single market for goods. That requires strict health checks on animal-based food products being shipped from Great Britain.
Some products are prohibited from entering Northern Ireland at all under single market rules.
Sausages and other chilled meats, which are on that banned list, have been granted a six-month grace period to enable their import from GB to continue until June using temporary Export Health Certificates.
Northern Ireland also applies EU customs rules at its ports, requiring customs declarations on goods moving from GB.
Lorries arriving into Northern Ireland from Great Britain face new checks as a result of Brexit (Liam McBurney/PA)
Mr Poots rejected suggestions his party was partly to blame for the situation, given its support for Brexit and its opposition to the withdrawal deal negotiated by former prime minister Theresa May.
Mrs May’s version of Brexit did not include the same economic barriers on GB-NI trade, with the Northern Ireland Protocol later negotiated by her successor Boris Johnson.
Mr Poots insisted those who advocated the protocol, as a means to keep trade flowing freely across the Irish border, should shoulder responsibility for the “unmitigated failure” of the new trading arrangements.
He singled out the Irish Government, Sinn Fein, the SDLP and Alliance Party for criticism.
Senior DUP figures have urged the UK Government to invoke the Article 16 mechanism within the Northern Ireland Protocol to halt its operation.
The Prime Minister has said he will not hesitate to invoke the article if the protocol is causing economic harm, however he has characterised the disruption witnessed since the end of the transition period as “teething problems”.
Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis has denied the existence of a new Irish Sea trade border.
Sinn Fein MP Chris Hazzard accused Mr Poots of “talking up a problem”.
“He’s peddling panic needlessly to divert the gaze of angry supporters who are angry at Irish Sea Border,” he tweeted.
Poots on @BBCNolan talking up a problem despite the fact that officials from his department DAERA, DEFRA & EU have agreed a solution in recent days & will test in days ahead
He’s peddling panic needlessly to divert the gaze of angry supporters who are angry at Irish Sea Border
— Chris Hazzard (@ChrisHazzardSF) January 14, 2021
Earlier, DUP MP Sir Jeffrey Donaldson warned that the disruption risked breaching the terms of the Good Friday Agreement.
Sir Jeffrey told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “The protocol is damaging the Northern Ireland economy and if it damages the Northern Ireland economy it actually undermines the Good Friday Agreement.
“And furthermore, that agreement makes clear that Northern Ireland will remain an integral part of the United Kingdom unless the people of Northern Ireland vote otherwise.
“Therefore this breaches a fundamental element of the Good Friday Agreement by increasingly separating Northern Ireland from Great Britain in trading terms – our biggest trading partner, our biggest trading market, and that simply doesn’t help anyone in Northern Ireland.”
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Klingenschmitt: Disney Is ‘Being Influenced By Demonic Spirits Who Want To Recruit Your Children Into Sin’
By Kyle Mantyla | February 13, 2014 12:42 pm
“Dr. Chaps” Gordon Klingenschmitt has added his voice to the chorus of outrage over the inclusion of a same-sex couple in an episode of the Disney Channel’s “Good Luck Charlie,” calling for a boycott of the Disney Corporation because it has fallen under the influence of demonic spirits who want to recruit kids into homosexuality:
If you are a Christian or a moral-minded parent who wants to teach your children that homosexuality is aberrant and wrong behavior, for example, you don’t want to model sinful behavior as normative to your kids, your morality and faith, you child’s innocence are now being undermined by the Disney Corporation.
And that’s why we are inviting you to participate in boycott of the Disney Channel … Send a message to the Disney Channel: stop recruiting our children into an aberrant lifestyle!
Don’t you want to have that blessing for your children, that their conscience will not be assaulted, their innocence will not be violated by the corporations who want to push a gay agenda upon your family? … I believe these tempters now at the Disney Corporation are being influenced by demonic spirits who want to recruit your children into sin … God bless the children, not just the ones who are actors in this show whose innocence is being violated, but also your children at home who may be having access to this kind of programming.
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Coalition says open communication can stop anger-based litigation
Are "I’m sorry" really the magic words? According to a coalition of doctors, hospitals, attorneys, and patients, a lesson most of us learned as toddlers could be the key to stemming the flood of medical malpractice lawsuits in the United States.
"Medical malpractice lawsuits are not driven by greed; they’re usually about anger," says Doug Wojcieszak, an Illinois resident and public relations executive who founded a coalition called Sorry Works!
Wojcieszak knows a little bit about the power of apology and communication. His brother died as the result of a medical mistake, and though his family tried to find out what happened, they finally had to sue to get the answers they sought. Their suit — like as many as 60% of all medical malpractice suits, Wojcieszak says — was not about money. It was about getting satisfactory answers and assurances that corrections would be made so the mistake wouldn’t happen again to someone else.
"Medical malpractice lawsuits are not about money," he says. "They’re usually about anger and feeling abandoned after a bad outcome."
That feeling of abandonment is inflicted by a legal and medical system that closes ranks when a medical error is alleged or suspected, Wojcieszak notes. "Family members are asking questions, and doctors and hospitals are being told to not say anything, not to admit anything. "It leaves the family members feeling shut out and angry."
How Sorry Works!’ works
The ideas behind Sorry Works! are communication and compensation. In the case of an adverse incident:
Hospitals and physicians review the incident thoroughly.
They determine exactly what happened and whether there was medical error committed — no matter what the investigation reveals.
The hospital contacts the family/patient and schedules a meeting.
Wojcieszak says the hospital encourages the family to hire an attorney, and then hospital representatives, the physician, family, and legal counsel sit down and go over the event in full.
If a mistake was made, "I’m sorry" is the first step.
If medical error contributed to the bad outcome, the hospital and physician apologize to the family or patient, and a fair settlement is offered. Importantly, Wojcieszak says, the family is told how the hospital and physician plan to ensure that the mistake won’t happen again.
If no mistake was made, sympathy and full disclosure are offered.
If the death or bad outcome is found to be simply the unavoidable, unfortunate result of disease, treatment, or injury, the hospital and physician explain what happened. The patient’s file is opened up to the family/patient, and the episode is explained step-by-step, with questions from the family or patient answered.
Wojcieszak says in the best scenarios, families’ questions are answered, they are fairly compensated (if deemed appropriate), and lawsuits that would have been filed simply out of anger are avoided.
Not a guaranteed solution
The Sorry Works! model is not a solution to every case. Sometimes, families are not satisfied by the hospital’s explanation or settlement offer. Sometimes, they believe litigation is their best option.
In those cases, the Sorry Works! meeting does not work against either side, Wojcieszak explains. In fact, even if the doctor or hospital have admitted a mistake and apologized, it need not always work against them.
"Some states and some hospitals want to say that the apologies can’t be used against the doctors if the case goes to court," he says.
In fact, some states have passed so-called "I’m-sorry" legislation that protects physicians from their own apologies being used against them should a medical malpractice suit arise.
"But why would you do this — sit down, explain everything honestly, and offer a sincere apology— and not want it known? You’ve taken the high road. You’ve been honest. Instead of wearing the black hat, you get to wear the white hat," Wojcieszak says.
He adds that full disclosure to families could be a necessary step toward closure, whether there is error or not.
"Sometimes people just die. Medicine can only do so much, but one thing it does need to do is communicate with families," Wojcieszak says. "And doctors, especially when they are innocent, need to say, I did all I could.’"
The Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center, Lexington, KY, practiced the "extreme honesty approach" for more than 17 years, and reports it has reduced lawsuits, settlement costs, and defense costs. Only three cases have gone to trial in the time the medical center has been practicing the approach on which Sorry Works! was modeled, and the average settlement is $16,000 vs. the national VA average of $98,000.
Hospitals that use the Sorry Works! approach find their defense costs are greatly decreased, because cases that could drag on for years are resolved in a matter of months. Details of the success of the program at the VA hospital were detailed in a 1999 Annals of Internal Medicine report.1
The Joint Council on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) used the VA Lexington program to develop a protocol by which all hospitals — private and public — should follow to be accredited. JCAHO awarded its 2002 John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety Award for advocacy to the VA center for its voluntary disclosure policy.
Better than caps on damages
Proponents of the extreme honesty approach say communicating with patients on the front end and avoiding potential lawsuits makes more sense than capping damages, a frequently mentioned solution to the rise in medical malpractice cases.
"We hear politicians and doctors screaming, Frivolous lawsuit!’" Wojcieszak says. "We make no bones about the fact that 60% to 80% of cases are dropped. Some people say that’s because they were frivolous to begin with, but others say they only filed the suits because they were angry and had to go through the courts to get the answers they wanted."
One thing Sorry Works! does not do is discourage patients and families from filing lawsuits.
"We don’t encourage families to give up their rights to sue, because that keeps the medical community honest," says Wojcieszak. "Some hospitals might construct their program to say that families waive their right to sue if they sit down and get full disclosure, but that defeats the intent."
The honesty model works better than state-imposed caps on jury awards, he says, because it works faster and does not involve constitutional changes.
For example, he notes, in the first year of implementing Sorry Works!, the University of Michigan hospital system reduced lawsuits by 50% and annual defense litigation expenses from $3 million to $1 million.
In comments to physicians on its web site, Sorry Works! claims the honesty and apology model provides more certainty over liability exposure without waiting for legislation or court rulings on the constitutionality of damage caps and insurance reform.
Persuading the medical and insurance communities is a hefty undertaking, Wojcieszak says.
"That’s the reason for the coalition," he points out. "This is a culture change, and we’re committed to a long-term education campaign because we realize Sorry Works! runs contrary to conventional wisdom.
"So often people — especially doctors — are told to keep quiet and not communicate with individuals who may initiate a lawsuit against them."
Model used in business world, too
The outdoor equipment manufacturer Toro Inc., is a pioneer in resolving cases — ones usually involving an injury suffered while using a Toro product — before litigation ensues. Toro uses paralegals, experienced settlement counsel, and mediators familiar with Toro’s preference for early case resolution to work with potential adversaries, and apologizing for injury or damage is a major part of the system. The program has been in place since 1991, and Toro says it will have saved $100 million in litigation costs by middle of this year.
Johnson & Johnson Co. followed suit, incorporating many of Toro’s methods into its own settlement approach.
To help introduce the ideas behind Sorry Works! in a way that will seem less scary to hospitals, proponents in Illinois are proposing legislation that would create a pilot program to guarantee hospitals reimbursement should their liability costs go beyond what they averaged before the hospitals adopted the extreme honesty model.
The bill allows doctors or other medical staff to express sympathy for a bad outcome within 72 hours, without having the expression used against them.
"If their liability costs go up, the state would pay the excess [difference between the historical average and the higher costs], so they have a sort of insurance policy for the hospitals, and it’s a way for the state to say, This is a real solution that we believe will help the medical malpractice problem,’" says Wojcieszak.
Some in the medical community are wary, however.
"Doctors are by nature compassionate people, but the litigious environment in which we work often forces us to speak with our heads over our hearts," says Kenneth J. Printen, MD, president of the Illinois State Medical Society, in comments to members about Sorry Works! legislation. "Sadly, it is possible for an expression of grief or sympathy to be twisted into an admission of guilt and used against us by opportunistic lawyers with visions of dollar signs dancing in their heads."
He says doctors should be allowed to say, "I’m sorry," but won’t feel comfortable doing that until they are assured that they will be protected from that act being used as fuel for the medical malpractice fire, rather than a solution.
According to American Medical Association (AMA) past president Donald J. Palmisano, MD, the AMA encourages physicians be honest with patients when mistakes are made and to explain what corrective actions will be taken.
1. Kraman SS, Hamm G. Risk management: Extreme honesty may be the best policy. Ann Intern Med 1999; 131:963-967.
Kenneth J. Printen, MD, President, Illinois State Medical Society. Address: 20 N. Michigan Ave., Ste. 700, Chicago, IL 60602. Phone: (312) 782-1654.
Doug Wojcieszak, Founder, The Sorry Works! Coalition, P.O. Box 531, Glen Carbon, IL 62034, Phone: (618) 559-8168. Email: doug@sorryworks.net.
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Transitioning To Traceability 13 - 19 July, 2018
Photo: Fishing fleet in Belize City Harbour © Julie Robinson / TNC
Julie Robinson, Belize Oceans Manager
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In a little country like Belize, the opportunity for change is huge! We have fostered strong partnerships across Government, the private sector, NGOs and most importantly, communities – all striving towards a common goal of improving the sustainability and profitability of our fisheries.
The fishing industry is based on a small-scale, artisanal fishery that is made up primarily of sailboats, dugout canoes and small open skiffs that fish the shallow waters of Belize. Our products are mostly caught by hand, free-diving or lobster traps.
With over 500 members, the National Fishers Cooperative (NFC) is the 2nd largest Cooperative in the country and has built a reputation for itself with over five decades of fishing throughout Belize’s tropical waters.
NFC is led by a group of seven commercial fishermen who depend on fishing for their livelihoods. Over the years, they have seen a decline in the fishery, making it harder for them and their members to earn a living. They decided that something must change, and that they would take the lead in creating a better managed and more sustainable industry.
Dugout canoes used for Belize artisanal fishing © Julie Robinson / TNC
Their commitment to sustainability and willingness to make difficult management decisions is what led us to partner with them, to support them in their efforts and to create a model for others in the industry to follow. Their willingness and our knowledge of fisheries management is what led us to identify electronic traceability as one factor that could assist with improving fisheries management in Belize while providing access to premium markets for NFC members.
Transition is a difficult thing for anyone, much less a fishing cooperative in Belize City that is struggling to maintain high standards and strict sustainability criteria in an industry that is becoming overly competitive while fishery stocks are in decline.
Transitioning from hand-written notes to tablets ©Julie Robinson / TNC
My introduction to NFC’s catch data a couple years ago involved deciphering a hand-written legal ledger that only the Plant Manager, Eden Leon, could interpret. Eden knows hundreds of fishers by name and face and which boat they come from. He, along with the Quality Control Manager, Jason Arnold, keep a tight ship and while the yellow ledger still sits on the table, there is now a new tool alongside that.
Today, Eden, Jason, and their staff are using tablets to electronically track all the conch and lobster that is brought to the plant. They are collecting real-time data as it arrives at the Cooperative that links catch to individual fishers and Managed Access regions across Belize. This level of detail has never been captured before in Belize and can be a real game changer in improving both the fishery and livelihoods of these fishers.
For the first time ever, we can see what individual fishers have caught, where they caught it, how much was caught and how it was caught. It also keeps track of all of NFC’s product inventory and it’s an invaluable tool: “The staff is still getting accustomed to the new system but I see that it will be a time saver, resulting in less human errors and allowing us to focus our work on other areas that need attention,” said Eden Leon.
Starting in 2017, we went through a vigorous process, designed and facilitated by Future of Fish, to determine what traceability technology would be the best match for Belize’s fishery and NFC needs. We identified ThisFish, which is a seafood traceability provider that is committed to helping consumers make more informed choices about the authenticity, quality, and sustainability of the seafood they eat. ThisFish has been gathering the eyes of many, as shortly after partnering with us in Belize they were selected by Techstars and The Nature Conservancy to participate in the first evet Techstars Sustainability Accelerator program.
Sitting in the Managers’ office at NFC, we are able to track production by landings to individual fishers and fishing regions with the swipe of a finger and I’m giddy with the thought of how this can change fisheries management for the country and the region. “The installation of the Tally traceability system at the NFC represents a first step in revolutionizing sustainability and management of fisheries in Belize, by enabling access to higher value markets for members, generating data to inform decisions over how to manage fisheries sustainably, and encouraging responsible fishing behavior through financial incentives to fishers,” said James Foley, TNC’s Belize Fisheries Specialist.
By putting electronic traceability in place, the National Fisher’s Cooperative is leading the way in Belize and the region in environmentally and socially responsible seafood production and will be able to share the story of where their lobster and conch is coming from and the fishers who are working hard to catch it. Traceability should lead to better market access for the co-op and ideally result in tangible benefits to their members and Belize’s fishing communities.
said Charles Steinback, Future of Fish Director of Global Operations.
Eden showcasing the new traceability system to the TNC’s Development Leadership Team in the processing plant, one week after installation ©Julie Robinson / TNC
With only one week under their belt and still learning the system, the NFC staff and Eden showcased the processing plant floor for The Nature Conservancy’s (TNC) Development Leadership Team. ‘It was so inspiring to see the marriage of TNC’s core strengths – partnering with community stakeholders like the National Fishers’ Cooperative – and new technologies like the seafood sourcing tracker that add business value and advance sustainability outcomes. This is exactly the kind of innovation needed to strengthen the local economy, protecting valuable natural resources, and ensuring a sustainable food supply. Even better, once tested, these supply chain tracking tools can be scaled around the globe.’ – Justin Greene, TNC Director of Revenue Strategy and Analysis.
As a proud Belizean, my heart is filled with emotion with this ground-breaking move by NFC and being able to share this moment with Elmer Rodriguez, a fisherman for almost 40 years and who has led NFC to where it is today, shows me that mutual respect and values can lead to great things.
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Koji Igarashi’s newest action platformer is on the horizon. Ahead of E3, he and 505 Games have dropped a brand-new trailer featuring a beautiful gothic world and plenty of gore to go along with it.
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night follows the story of Miriam, an orphan who was cursed by a twisted alchemist. Her skin is slowly turning to crystal, and as this curse develops, she falls into a deep coma. Ten years later, Miriam awakens in a castle, and Hell has resurrected. Her journey begins here, where she must hunt down the castle’s summoner, Gebel, and his demons to put an end to her crystalline curse.
The new trailer features a brand-new map, as well as some of Miriam’s stylish new moves. This spiritual successor to Igarashi’s Castlevania fashions Miriam with new skills, and weapons like the whip, rapier and katana in a bloody battle with a fresh face—the boss Bloodless. She certainly doesn’t fit her namesake.
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Alaska Airlines announces 13 new nonstop routes from the Bay Area
Three months after its acquisition of Virgin America, Alaska Airlines is growing its Bay Area footprint, adding 13 new nonstop markets from San Francisco International Airport and Mineta San Jose International Airport. The routes mark the single largest new market announcement in Alaska Airlines history. With the additional flights, Alaska Airlines and Virgin America will offer guests 125 daily nonstop flights to 42 destinations from the three major Bay Area airports.
“The 10 new San Francisco routes and three new San Jose routes offer something for both the leisure and business traveler, including exciting destinations like New Orleans, Baltimore, Austin and Kona, Hawaii,” said Andrew Harrison, executive vice president and chief commercial officer at Alaska Airlines. “Our strategy is to use the same philosophy that’s worked well for us in our Pacific Northwest hubs, which is to offer convenient, nonstop flights to the places guests fly to most. And if your itinerary requires travel overseas, our 10 global airline partners offer 137 international departures a week from the Bay Area.”
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Media reaction to the Koenigsegg-BAIC deal
May 24, 2010 September 10, 2009 by Swade
With so much criticism of both Koenigsegg and Saab in the Swedish media, it was always going to be interesting to see the reaction of the press to the announcement of Beijing Automotive’s involvement.
As was noted by a few in comments, they’d have no right to complain and seemingly little reason to protest. Koenigsegg asked Swedes for the money and were told to go jump. So they did.
ctm has been kind enough to collate a number of the Swedish reactions and michael H was good enough to prompt me towards an editorial from Auto Motor and Sport, which I’ve Googletrans’d and reproduced at the end.
Actually not that many editorial comments on the announcement. Journalist were obviously expecting some juice stuff to scare the kids with, but got a much more low-key and sensible deal. Here’s the few prominent I could find:
di.se (business newspaper)
Interviewed the usual susp.. I mean, “experts” who says that it could be a good thing if it works (d’oh), but that there are lots of uncertainties. In other words, the same cold-reading, open-ended crap they usually produce in their so called analysis.
e24.se (business website)
One of the experts also interviewed in di.se now says that it is a milestone for the automotive industry at large and that it is an excellent solution for Saab… No need to worry about the jobs in Sweden!
gt.se / expressen.se (regional newspaper / national tabloid)
Jan-Erik Berggren: “How could GM allow this?” Koenigsegg’s license deals with GM responsible for GM accepting BAIC. But it’s not over yada yada yada. They need EIB loans and that could be a tough process.
svd.se (national newspaper)
Jonas Fröberg: “Is Saabs future secured? Not yet. It’s just a MOU and before a signed contract there are no guarantees.” EIB loans yada yada yada. It’s not something that was planned, it’s a last minute desperate solution. Positive on that BAIC is the partner and that it’s only a minority stake.
In general, I note three things.
1) Extensive coverage, but mostly matter-of-fact stuff with the press release, pictures, interviews with CvK, positive quotes from the unions and Government. No doomsday headlines so far, but rather a media coverage that I feel generates a positive spin on the brand name…
2) Feels like there is a surprise that it was BAIC. They can’t dig up dirt on them, can’t show any EuroNCAP tests with crappy BAIC cars, can’t deny them working with Daimler for 30 years…
3) Some die-hard pessimists try to spoil the party with no EIB loans yet, not a signed deal yet, we don’t know what they want, jobs will be moved to China, how come GM accepted this and not for Opel… Still, several things can’t be ignored even by them: Saab has only a small plant that is one lean machine and obviously secured for the European production, BAIC are buying only a minority stake and not controlling Saab, and access to the Chinese market could prove to be a cash cow.
My thanks to ctm for the local look!!
And now to the editorial from Auto Motor and Sport.
For what it’s worth, Auto Motor and Sport and TTELA have been the two news services that have always kept a balanced reporting stance when it comes to Saab stories. They haven’t gone hunting for so-called experts to provide damaging fodder for their stories. Instead, they’ve kept a positive frame of mind, reported the problems when they’ve occurred and reported the real news in an accurate manner.
My hat is off to both publishers.
The following Googletrans is of an editorial written by AMS’s Chief Editor, Alrik Söderlind, and I think it sums up the enthusiast’s thoughts pretty well.
The Saab affair seems to be in port – my initial analysis is extremely positive. I can not see a better arrangement for Saab and its employees.
China is a fantastic country, but also scares. The political system we ridges and culture is almost impossible to understand for a Swedish trygghetstillbedjare.
But: Chinese companies owner of the Swedish car industry is the current trend. In the case of Volvo Geely Automobile, I am still very hesitant. The founder Li Shufu is admittedly an extremely polished entrepreneur – but it is the same as the legal owner of the Volvo? What I heard from various quarters is Geely Automobile, the people who visited Sweden is not entirely easy to understand. And having a Chinese company as the principal owner of Volvo? Well.
As I understand it, BAIC may have a number of votes in the Koenigsegg Group, but not a majority role. This means that Saab will be “guided” from Sweden.
In the case of Saab, I can not see a better partner – even though I really is not a connoisseur of BAIC. (Started a collaboration with AMC in 1983 and now has partnerships with Mercedes Benz, Hyundai and some 20 component manufacturers and is expected to build over 1.1 million cars this year. It is no small undertaking).
The Chinese market is growing extremely rapidly, Saab must of course there, and one has a partner who can kick and produce new Saab 9-5 is ideal.
New 9-5 has also the right rear seat dimensions to suit the Chinese people – we do not need to build an extended version.
BAIC is of course also in great need of skilled development engineers, all the Chinese automakers want to “catch up” western. Thus, it is not farfetched to think that Saab engineers may have lots of development work. That means Saab can stick with a large well-trained development organization – which of course will benefit future Saab cars.
On the other hand I do not think there is any reason to cut car production in Sweden, Trollhattan plant is efficient and close to the European market.
With the new approach has therefore Saab plants in Europe, in Mexico (Saab 9-4) and in a few years in China. It means hedge funds.
A Chinese partner also provides a strong future-proofing, the Chinese government is doing everything it can to help Chinese companies at the expense of the foreign Joint Venture manufacturers.
So: Congratulations Saab!
And to all the skeptics who last year demanded that Saab will be closed: ( “Do not throw good money after bad”, and “Saab has never made a profit and will never do it”) I can only say: how does it feel now ?
Certainly, the future will be extremely tough and no one can know if Saab really survive in the long term.
But the pessimists do not build the future I want to live in.
Now it feels good.
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American Art > Work On Paper > Ardis Hughes
Yellow Dahlias
Ardis Hughes
Watercolor on Paper, signed l.l.
Size: 16 x 12 in. (40.64 x 30.48 cm)
Frame Size: 24 x 20 inches
about Yellow Dahlias
A still life of yellow flowers by the artist, the vessel seems to be overflowing with these yellow flowers.
With lovely details in the petals on the table and the lid shown on the table, off of the urn.
About The Artist: Ardis Hughes
Ardis Hughes known as Artie among friends was not only an illustrator but was also a "sidewalk artist" creating watercolors and oils of architectural buildings in the United States and Europe. Many of the architectural works of art ended up on corporation literature and institutions such as Carnegie Hall. Some of his clients were Thomas English Muffins, The Sobel Foundation and magazines such as Liberty. Ardis Hughes was an assistant to Saul...
About The Medium: Watercolor
A paint made with a water-soluble binder such as gum arabic, and thinned with water rather than oil, giving a transparent color.
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Track clearing
By Peter Lee-Johnson, Programme Officer, Katikati Tramping Group (KKTC)
When Jessica Meade approached me regarding our club spending a day at Sanctuary Mountain helping staff with track clearing, a notice to club members produced an enthusiastic response. This resulted in eight of us arriving at Maungatautari early on 31st October 2019, to be warmly greeted by a team of volunteer staff waiting for us. Like most tramping clubs, many of us are experienced in track clearing. Our club has responsibility for the maintenance of some local DoC tracks as part of the Kaimai Ridgeway Trust.
Following a health and safety briefing and an induction talk, we were divided into two groups; one to clear an upper monitoring line, working down to meet the second group who worked their way up a lower monitoring line. The task was straightforward, as it was just a case of locating existing markers and trimming back the vegetation to enable easy passage. This meant staff and volunteers wouldn’t need to spend time finding their way and could concentrate on collecting and replacing the cards in the monitoring tunnels.
Having the opportunity to walk through parts of the Maunga visitors don’t normally see was a unique experience, and one we would be keen to repeat. One thing that I especially remember was hearing saddlebacks kicking up a noisy fuss as we passed by under the canopy.
The second group did not have such an easy time. One participant reported as follows: “Ian Barnes, bless his heart, reckoned Tom and I were the fittest of our group and so off we went with two volunteer staff driving quad bikes further up the mountain. Our task was to clear an upper monitoring line, working down to meet the other group of six led by another staff member. Their job was to work their way along a lower monitoring line across two ridges to a small creek. They were transported in a couple of utes to a gate in the predator proof fence near the top of the Southern enclosure. Tools were provided but most of us chose to use our own. Unfortunately, our leaders were unsure where the monitoring line began, and so after a few minutes of climbing up the sometimes steep old track, a radio call established we were on the wrong part of the track. Back down to the quad bikes and a lower section of the track, to find after a short uphill slog that we’d been on the right track after all. We just hadn’t gone far enough! Up again we traipsed (not so merry by this time) until the correct turnoff point appeared – a large, orange DoC triangle bearing the name of the line. The line was fairly easy to follow, marked by red triangles, but was overgrown.”
We all enjoyed our time on the Maunga and look forward to another chance to work with the volunteer staff in 2020. We’ll be back!
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Kentucky Is Fueling the Country Music Insurgency
Kentucky has always been the fertile crescent of country music. From Bill Monroe and the formation of bluegrass, to countless other classic and contemporary country stars that call Kentucky home, and even to artists associated with other locales but who were born in the Bluegrass State such as Dwight Yoakam, Kentucky has been churning out incredible country music talent for generations.
It just happens to be that lately it has kicked its output into overdrive, and more than any other state at the moment, it’s Kentucky’s sons and daughters fueling the country music insurgency turning the mainstream on its head, opening up the music in ways we haven’t seen since the Outlaw era, challenging the status quo, and in some cases finding unparalleled success rarely seen for artists with an independent spirit.
With all deference to Texas and Red Dirt, which is the largest and most self-contained regional musical scene arguably in all of music—and is offering one of the few viable alternatives to Nashville’s Music Row—it is Kentucky right now that is setting the pace in the way it is shaking up the entire industry. There is a big upsurge in country music talent emanating from the two coasts, including L.A’s Sam Outlaw, Jaime Wyatt, and A.J. Hobbs, and even a surprising wellspring of talent in New York that has seen the emergence of Zephaniah Ohora and The Brother Brothers. But it is Kentucky that is birthing the talent that is taking independent music to the apex of commercial success and critical acclaim.
Of course there are the obvious names of country music Kentuckians such as Chris Stapleton, who isn’t just selling more records than anyone in country at the moment, he’s lapping the field many times over. Stapleton is up there in the stratosphere of sales with names such as Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran. Born in Lexington, but raised in the tiny coal town of Staffordsville, Stapleton’s father and family were all coal miners. Now he’s embedded those hardscrabble experiences into songs that are finding a massive audience despite the deafness of country radio. Chris Stapleton’s peers are paying attention however, and who would have ever thought a few years ago that a scruffy Kentuckian without a single significant radio hit would be the three-time reigning CMA Male Vocalist of the Year?
And there is Sturgill Simpson, who inspired Chris Stapleton to work with producer Dave Cobb and cut a record live, resulting in Stapleton’s overwhelming success and positive reception. Sturgill Simpson is the true embodiment of the country music insurgent, mouthing off whenever it’s needed (and maybe sometimes even when it isn’t), and embodying the anger of the disenfranchised country music fan, and a forward thinking approach to country music. Sturgill’s grandfather lived in Kentucky coal mining camps, listening to the Grand Ole Opry on Saturday nights on the camp radio. Though the music of Sturgill’s last record veered somewhat away from country—and to hear him speak himself about it, it’s probably not likely his next album will be very country either—his work has already gone far to helping right the country music ship, and the reverberations of Sturgill’s efforts are still resonating throughout the genre, and inspiring a new generation of country insurgents to take up the fight.
Speaking of such, one of the most remarkable things about this Kentucky-fried country music insurgency is the yawning breadth it has enjoyed across a diverse cross section of backgrounds and influences. Tyler Childers from the coal regions of Lawrence County, Kentucky has picked up the mantle that Sturgill Simpson vacated as a roosty and gritty hard country revivalist, and run with it. His future is as bright as anyone’s in the industry, and with a direct endorsement from Sturgill Simpson as one of the producers on the well-received 2017 release Purgatory.
This Kentucky wave isn’t exclusively a male-dominated affair either. In fact a slew of women right now are in the thick of speaking out about the ills of Nashville and championing the independent approach to country music. Songwriter and performer Angaleena Presley from the incredibly-tiny Appalachian mining town of Beauty, Kentucky, released a record in 2017 called Wrangled that as the Pistol Annies member put it bluntly, is her “fuck it” record. Speaking directly to the way Music Row wrangles artists, and specifically women, and challenging the list-tastic “coutrier than thou” flavor of the country bros, it was short listed on many critic’s end-of-year tallies as one of 2017’s best.
The same went for Kelsey Waldon‘s 2016 effort, I’ve Got A Way. A slyly thematic work, the record was all about Waldon asserting her own identity and freedom in a world that constantly is attempting to reshape and sway her towards its own image and desires. Waldon is originally from Monkey’s Eyebrow, Kentucky. Yes, it’s a real place in the western part of the state, near the Ohio River. Unlike many of her Kentucky compadres, Kelsey’s family farmed tobacco and raised cattle as opposed to working the coal mines, but the true struggle and stories of America’s rural heartland still drip from her songs.
Even the Wheeler Walker Jr. phenomenon has its roots in Kentucky, since that’s where comedian Ben Hoffman is originally from. Though certainly not for everyone, his foul-mouthed persona has honed in on the acrimony that exists from the pop direction of country, and made it into a creative platform. And once again it was another Kentuckian in Sturgill Simpson who opened doors for Walker by introducing him to producer Dave Cobb.
And that’s really just the start. One of the dangers of trying to list off all of Kentucky’s country music insurgents is you’re probably going to miss a few since they’re so numerous. Justin Wells, who once fronted the Southern rock band Fifth on the Floor and won Saving Country Music’s Song of the Year in 2016, is from Lexington, Kentucky. Dillon Carmichael is one of the hottest names to watch right now after the release of his song “Old Songs Like That” and the revelation that his upcoming debut is being produced by Dave Cobb. Carmichael is from the tiny town of Burgin, Kentucky. And Kyle Fields from Greenup, KY on the Ohio River just released a new album called Hillbilly Poetry. Jeremy Pinnell‘s Ties of Blood and Affection is another release that has folks talking beyond the Bluegrass State.
And there’s even more artists beyond that. JD Wilkes of Th’ Legendary Shack Shakers has long been an inspiration for Kentucky artists to hold tight to the roots of the region, and to challenge the traditional business model of music. Along with being an encyclopedia of the region’s influences, he gave Sturgill Simpson his first big break on stage.
Even as depressed areas in the Midwest and Upper Midwest rebound, Kentucky and its reliance on the coal economy has put the region through incredible hardships like it hasn’t seen for generations. For all the adversity, it has awoken an independent spirit, and resolute doggedness in a new generation of country music artists who when they arrive in Nashville, do so with a stiff upper lip, and an unparalleled determination one needs to hold on to your vision, and persevere in an industry bound and determined to reshape you. It’s being themselves—Kentuckians—that has made them the heart, the face, and the sound of the current country music insurgency.
Angaleena Presley, Chris Stapleton, Dave Cobb, Dillon Carmichael, JD Wilkes, Jeremy Pinnell, Justin Wells, Kelsey Waldon, Kentucky, Kyle Fields, Sturgill Simpson, Tyler Childers, Wheeler Walker Jr.
January 3, 2018 @ 10:58 am
Hoptowntiger94 = Hopkinsville, KY HS class of 94 (tiger mascot)
Hillbilly Sheep
Jeremy Pinnell should be included in that list.
Not as well known as the others but he sure deserves to be.
Ummmmm he is!
I agree though LOL
Bill Goodman
You didn’t finish the article did you?
Yeah, I missed it !!
I think Trigger must have added it after my post, lol 😉
TX_1836
Hillbilly Sheep. Thanks for mentioning Jeremy Pinnell. I bought “Ties of Blood and Affection” and have been playing it a lot over the past couple of weeks. With Sturgill drifting from country, I’ve been wearing out my Whitey and Cody albums. Nice to add Jeremy to the mix.
Tubb
Nice article Trig. I’ll have to check out some of these artists that I haven’t yet heard of.
Aggc
I couldn’t agree more. Both of his albums are outstanding and I’m really surprised neither has been reviewed here. “Ties of Blood and Affection” ranks up there with 2017’s best.
I meant this as a reply to Hillbilly Sheep’s post.
Joan Shelley is also great, and from KY. Excellent album last year.
Country runs on coal
Or tobacco if you’re on the west side.
Electric cars run on coal.
No mention of Chris Knight? One of the best songwriters out there.
January 3, 2018 @ 12:06 pm
Chris Knight is one of the best living songwriters and a Kentucky native, and no disrespect was meant to him. This article was not meant to be an encyclopedia of Kentucky artists. The intent here was to shine a spotlight to the new artists from Kentucky fighting the good fight and helping reshape the country music industry. Chris Knight has been around for a long time, is already well-respected. He also hasn’t released a new record in six years. Hoping for a new one in 2018.
Any idea why some of his stuff is coming off Spotify? Just happened a week ago
My guess? Knight could be pulling it off since he openly groused about low record sales for his last album. It also could be pulled due to an expired rights deal between Knights label and Spotify.
For what it’s worth, all of Knights albums/songs are available on competing streaming services like Google Play, Apple Music, and Amazon Unlimited as far as I know.
South of I-10
I spent a year in Nashville. Highlight of my time there was seeing Chris knight for ten bucks at the Exit Inn. He called out all the “Nashville record executives in the back there. Y’all probably got in for free. Everybody looooves me but nobody wants to sign me!” Great show. He played Down the River solo acoustic and cussed some guy in the front by the stage for some reason. In between cussing the sound guy after every song. Y’all won’t believe this, but I saw Jake Owen there,!
Mike Blackwell
Chris Knight opened for Jason Isbell in Louisville a few weeks ago and still has a lot in the tank.
Is Kentucky the Seattle of Country Music? LOL. The weather here sure sucks.
Good article. I also like Arlo McKinley, hoping he has a new release soon. Also, long time Childers friend Laid Back Country Picker is a riot.
Robert Hensley
Old Laid Back Country Picker supplies a lot of good country licks behind a lot of these Ky. boys who will soon or are making a name for themselves. His performance with Tyler and the foodstamps of CDB’s Trudy was amazing. Sean Whiting is another Rt. 23 voice.
Would have loved to see that show. My LBCB t-shirt is a big hit up here in the Northwest, and I’ve been trying to spread the word.
I ‘m from Kentucky,and I’m proud to be Country.And it took my favorite Kentucky Country singer Loretta Lynn to get me hooked on Country.The second I heard her beautiful voice and saw her beautiful face,I was hooked for life.And I’m even more proud to be from the same state Loretta is from.Good ole Kentucky.
Kyle Fields
Thank you so much for the featuring me in this trigger I greatly appreciate it sir!!!!
Love your album especially “Turn Some Conway On”.
Chris Lewis "Louie"
Not to fault you, but you can’t really talk about Kentucky without mentioning Chris Knight in my opinion. Just adding this because I know it bugs ya when people list off those that aren’t included in your lists..lol
nevermind I should have read the comments from above
I sure wish Kevin Denney would make a come back.
Kevin had a song out that I found last year called “The cowboy and the dancer”.Great Real Country song.I found it on youtube.Whether it’s still there or not,I don’t know.
I know he’s recently performed last year @ The Nashville Palace on Music Valley Drive.I heard WSM promote the concert.
Cowboy307
It’s been forever since I’ve heard that name. That’s just Jesse is a fantastic song.
Yes and so was “Cadillac Tears”. I can’t believe I remember that song or Kevin Denney for that matter. Back then I still would kick the local country station on for the hell of it to see if anybody worth a shit was putting anything decent out, and low and behold I remover hearing Kevin Denney sing that’s just Jesse. Then, just like anybody who sounded like traditional country, poof he was gone like a fart in the wind.
Yeah he still performs around town, but he had a major label deal back in ’02. He’s a great hard Country vocalist, and one of the greatest songwriters the world may never know.
I always thought another label would sign him, but no one ever did. He must be around 41 now. He needs to find some support from an independent label, and start cutting records before it’s too late. I’m a huge fan, always have been.
And yes, there’s lots of good videos of him on YouTube.
He released an independent album in 2016 called “Something in Between.” I believe “Cowboy and a Dancer” is on there. I know Wesley Dennis isn’t from Kentucky but an FYI, he has new music coming out in the Spring.
For some reason, he hasn’t made any attempt to expand his reach. Maybe he doesn’t want to. I’ve never seen him mentioned on this site, likely because he’s mostly a local Nashville figure, instead of a touring act.
He’s had a few of his songs cut. “Cowboy And A Dancer” was cut by Tracy Byrd. “Too Late To Save The World” was cut by Daryle Singletary. There’s probably more that I’m unaware of.
Go on YouTube and search the following Kevin Denney songs, and you’ll be glad you did.
“Whiskey And Whitley”
“Lost My Record Deal Today”
Funny you mentioned Youtube, that seems to be where I’m finding most of my music. Either older artists or newer ones. I would love to make to the annual Keith Whitley memorial concert. Last year seemed like it was the biggest. I think Kevin is a regular for the show. Thanks for the heads up.
My part of Kentucky is located near where the late Kenny Price from Hee Haw is from,Florence KY.And,45 minutes south of us is where the late Skeeter Davis is from,Dry ridge KY
Florence Y’all!
I just drove past that water tower Wednesday night.
Ian Noe from Beatyville touring with Colter Wall, second coming of Townes.
Mitchctim
I would say more John Prine.
Very impressed with Ian Noe when he opened for Colter Wall. His new EP is out. He is someone worth watching.
Speaking of Kelsey Waldon, does anybody know where to get her Anchor In The Valley release or her EPs she released prior to The Goldmine?
Christian H.
DJ, thanks for the Ian Noe recommendation – serious potential from that young man.
We can only dream Governor WWJ and his all-star cabinet, just as shown in your picture. Shit would get real in a hurry.
Great spotlight article Trigger. Thanks!
Irish,English,Scandinavian and German blood make up the DNA of the Settlers of the Big Sandy Basin where most of these artist are from. Generations of hard living and a breath of Coal Dust is what creates these songbirds. No other region can claim nearly as much talent per capita. Damn proud to be an Eastern Kentuckian!
Corncaster
socal, texas, bayou, memphis, kentucky
that’s a powerful band across the US
where’s the upper band? the western, the high plains, the prairie music?
All the good artists seem to come out of Kentucky, Alabama, or Texas.
Matt Fraidin
Colter Wall, too, correct? I think his album this year is one of the best pieces of music I have EVER heard.
Colter Wall has strong ties to these Kentucky artists. He has toured with Tyler Childers and such. But he’s actually from Saskatchewan, Canada. Call him an honorary member of the Kentucky clan, if you will.
Matthew Fraidin
January 4, 2018 @ 6:18 am
Of course. My brain turned off for a moment. Thanks.
I think he actually lives in Kentucky at the moment, or he did for a while. So he definitely has close ties to the state.
Trainwreck92
Colter is actually Canadian, believe it or not.
Ulysses McCaskill
I think we can cut the shit and just call Kentucky the Country Music Capital of the USA already. More real and honest music has come out of there in the last year than the Nashville scene’s put out in the last 20 years.
DrewFrog
check out Nathan Blake Lynn out of Paducah and The Wooks from Lexington.
It would be nice if there was a place in Kentucky that these and other out-of-state artists flocked to like an Austin or Nashville. Everybody comes up here then leaves. Living in Lexington I’m lucky to be able to catch all these guys coming up but when they head off for greener pastures I’m stuck waiting around for them to put us on the tour date list. I don’t begrudge any of them any of their success but wished they had a reason to stick around.
I’d like to see Owensboro ramp up their music scene. Tie it in to the Bluegrass HoF there. Beaver Dam is an additional venue not too far down the road.
Newport/Covington would be a possibility. Cincy is a major metro area there. And eastern KY is the better choice I would think. Southgate House Revival is there.
Louisville could work if they would address the crime. Infrastructure is improving there. Southern IN has a reasonable scene of sorts nearby that would add to it somewhat.
Bowling Green is too tainted by Nashville, lol.
Lexington is all horses and bourbon.
Bardstown is all bourbon, but come to think of it it wouldn’t be a bad choice either, lol! Plus it is more centrally located. Hmmm…..
The distilleries need to add music venues, methinks!
Bowling Green KY was once a music pipe line to Nashville. It was not only country music but all kinds of music. It could be again if they had the desire to.
SmokeySean
Love this. I just logged into my Google Music and created a “SCM Kentucky” playlist and added the albums you listed above. Thank you very much. This is the stuff that really makes your website shine. Keep it up!
Great article and discussion catalyst, Trigger. Thank you!! All kinds of new stuff to check out in these comments.
Neal R
Sundy Best.
Great music with incredibly loyal fans.
Matt kidd
I was skimming through the comments of someone hadn’t mentioned sundy best I was going to….nick jameson’s solo album is awesome great lyrics
Meanwhile, Georgia is doing all it can to destroy country music with Luke Bryan, FGL, Thomas Rhett, and Sam Hunt.
Coal country is Eastern Kentucky, West Virginia and SW Pennsylvania. And that’s all true about the spirit and toughness of this region. I wish more artists would come out of West Virginia! However, Western Kentucky – where some of these artists like Chris Knight hail – is flat, tobacco country. We still had a smoking room in my high school in 1993! My house growing u was surrounded by tobacco fields. The tobacco economy possess its own hardships too.
Jason Hunt
JOSH MARTIN, KY boy deserves a mention!
Kevin Asbell
How about Chris Knight!
Everyone asking why Chris knight wasn’t featured in this article please understand that I think he was trying to focus on the artist that have or are coming up in the last 2-3 years…however please note that absolutely NONE of us would even be a thing without Chris Knight..he paved the way in some form or another for every single artist on this list..I listened to him when I was 9 or 10 years old after hearing “William” made me want to be a country music singer…sorry y’all actually have time to read the comments I’m an independent artist and still have some free time haha
Kylefields
As mentioned above, I would love to see a town in Kentucky become the next music capital. It’s a beautiful state with so much talent.
Forrest Sweasy
Trigger, Nice article. From Exile (the rock band who became a country band) to Justin Wells and his heritage in Fifth on the Floor, to Sturgill and Chris (and don’t forget Whitey Morgan’s roots either); there has always been some amazing music coming out of the Bluegrass State. Heck they even named an entire genre after it. (and you can’t play a sad song on the banjo).
Renfro valley is considered to be country music capital but it’s not what it once was. Would love to see some of these artists there!
I heard Tommy Webb was coming out with a new album…
Eastern Kentucky is pouring out the singers right now… Not to mention those that have come from this small area along Country Music Highway… Loretta Lynn, Dwight Yokam, Patty Loveless, Ricky Skaggs, The Judds, Billy Ray Cyrus, Tyler Childers, Crystal Gayle, Chris Stapleton, Angaleena Presley, Hylo Brown…
Now you have some of these new singers from eastern ky… Just boat loads of talent…
Let’s not forget Tyler Booth from eastern Kentucky. This young man has talent!
Add Larry Cordle to this list
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Persistent Culey reveals how he snared RoadNats podium finish
Marcus Culey, left, on the podium (Con Chronis/Zac Williams )Source: Con Chronis/Zac Williams
In an Australian national road race field littered with World Tour talent, an unlikely figure - Marcus Culey (Team Sapura) - emerged as the crowd favourite in Buninyong as he battled at the head of the race for 185 kilometres.
Jamie Finch-Penninger
14 Jan 2020 - 10:49 AM
Various pronunciations of a little-known rider were on the lips of many at nationals, ‘Kewelly’, ‘Cully’, some managed to come up ‘Curly’.
Sydneysider Culey wasn’t in the race scripts for many heading into the Australian nationals, but forced his way in by sheer force of will to become the only constant during a grueling edition.
The normal rule that ‘once a breakaway rider is caught, they get dropped pretty soon after’ didn’t apply as the Team Sapura rider hung tough against the attacks of much-vaunted opposition in the final kilometres.
“It was a nice feeling looking around in the last couple of laps,” Culey said.
“There were seven or eight WorldTour riders, me and Michael Freiberg, and then just me (when defending champion Freiberg was dropped).
“I was sort of cramping on the climb in the last two laps, I was probably lucky that there was a bit of a headwind on the first section and the pace wasn’t really on. I got gapped in the last lap and managed to ride back on with Harper and then it was all on for the finish.”
Culey was one the main animators early in the race, the strongest in the middle stages and then hung tough when the WorldTour riders came to the fore and managed to summon some reserves of energy to attack in the final kilometres and snag himself a spot on the podium.
With his muscles still trembling from the exertion of the effort during the post-race interview, Culey went through the action of the day from his perspective.
“It was a long day,” he said.
“I went a couple of times in the early laps and when I got clear I was actually not too happy with myself as there were only two of us and there was a long way to go.
“But once you get that 40 second gap, you’re sort of committed by then and when we kept riding it became clear that the bunch was trying to hold us at two minutes. We had to cruise along and try and see what we could make of it later in the race.”
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Culey’s definition of ‘cruising’ may differ from others, as Team Bridgelane - the strongest domestic squad - were working hard behind having missed the move, with their resources dwindling as they were dropped after expending themselves to chase Culey and his breakaway companions.
Parked alongside the likes of Bridgelane and Mitchelton-Scott in the feed zone was the figure of Marcus’ father, Derek Culey, passing on water, electrolyte mix, a banana or whatever was requested by the younger Culey as he whizzed past each ascent of Mt Buninyong.
The result and performance of Culey may have surprised some but the 26-year-old was confident of his abilities, and expectations were high coming in.
“I would have been disappointed if I didn’t finish in the top 10,” Culey said.
“The training is going well enough to get a couple of races strung together in November and December so I knew the form was good. That top 10 probably sounds ambitious to a lot of people, but if you don’t set the bar high then it’s hard to achieve what you want to.”
Culey was a comparative late bloomer in Cycling, emerging onto the National Road Series in his early 20s and supporting Chris Harper (Jumbo-Visma, then SwissWellness) to some of his early victories.
He was passed up by premier domestic squad Bridgelane, then Bennelong SwissWellness, which took the majority of the Harper-led team in a merger.
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An early attack illuminated the action during the elite womens road race, with two-time national champion Amanda Spratt and WorldTour teammate Grace Brown showing their strength to fly clear of the peloton.
At that point, a different route opened up for Culey, to join St George Continental, whose primary focus is riding the Asian races.
St George had some good luck in picking up Ben Dyball, when he returned from an unsuccessful stagiare stint in Europe, and Culey quickly became Dyball’s right-hand man in some of the biggest races in Asia.
When Dyball was made an attractive offer to ride for Malaysian squad Team Sapura, it was only natural that Culey would accompany him.
What wasn’t expected was the proliferation of his personal results from there, taking out a number of stages and general classification results and finishing 2019 with seven UCI victories to his name, including a stage win at the prestigious Tour de Langkawi.
“I don’t often get to race in Australia anymore, I’m pretty focused on riding the Asian tour,” Culey said.
“It’s nice to pop my head up every now and then and say ‘hey I’m still here and the level in Asia is getting quite good now’.
It was a brutal and unforgiving edition of nationals that saw just 35 riders of the initial 111 who started finish the course, and with the calibre of those he bested more than a few in commentary said it would only be a matter of time before Culey was snapped up by a European squad.
“It would be amazing,” he said.
“I’ve never set the end goal of my cycling career to make the WorldTour … I don’t want to walk away disappointed if it never happens. I’m just every effort to take it as far as I can and try and enjoy the process.”
Age may count against Culey, at 26, he’s older than the typical WorldTour recruit and unfortunately top-tier performances in January tend not to stick in the minds of managers making recruitment decisions in July.
However, perhaps it’s serendipitous that two riders Culey has had a lot to do with over his career, Harper (25 years old) and Dyball (30 years old) provide the blueprint for WorldTour entry that Culey can follow.
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Description of the methodology and of the overall approach
The primary objective of the SCARABEUS project is to demonstrate that using blended-CO2 is the only route currently possible to meeting the very ambitious economic performance of next generation Concentrated Solar Power plants: ≈50 €/MWh by 2050 according to the SET Plan and SunShot programs. This demonstration will be carried out for two selected CO2-blends, amongst a number of blends that will be explored within the project, in a test-rig that will include a recuperative heat exchanger and an air-cooled condenser specifically developed for the innovative working fluid. The overall approach adopted and the steps that will be undertaken to demonstrate the technology are shown schematically in the figure below.
Methodology adopted to demonstrate the techno-economic feasibility of SCARABEUS concept
Work plan – Work packages, deliverables
The figure below shows the WP structure of SCARABEUS and the corresponding WP leader institutions. The WP structure comprises activities covering the whole value chain needed to prove thermodynamic, economic and environmental benefits of the proposed technology. The work plan is divided into 5 R&D work packages (WP2-6), WP1 on project management and coordination and WP7 on dissemination, communication and exploitation with a cross-cutting approach. WP2 will be devoted to identifying the most promising CO2 blends. The thermodynamic properties of these fluids will be determined and passed to WP5 where the overall plant optimization both from thermodynamic and economic standpoints will be carried out. WP5 will select the CO2 blend to be validated in the project through efficiency and LCoE calculations. In addition, WP5 will define the power block operating conditions which are necessary in WP3 for the design of the turbomachinery and in WP4 for the heat exchanger design and manufacturing. A prototype air-cooled condenser and recuperative heat exchanger will be designed and manufactured in WP4 to be tested in the experimental loop in WP6. WP3 will design a full-scale axial turbine and select a suitable pump which could be adopted in a commercial plant. Both components will also be characterised, and a detailed cost assessment will be performed. WP6 will build a test loop to validate the technology through 300 hours testing. Together with the concept, components such as the air-cooled condenser and recuperator will be manufactured and demonstrated. Two different fluids will be tested in WP6 and compared with pure CO2. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and natural capital assessment will be performed in WP5 to understand and evaluate the environmental and social impacts of the SCARABEUS technology. WP1 will ensure the accomplishment of the ambitious goals of the project and the achieved breakthrough potential and impacts. WP7 will promote the SCARABEUS project as widely as possible to the relevant scientific community, stakeholders and media. The WP structure reflects the concept of the proposal where development of new CO2 blending for power block will be developed and validated in a test loop. Furthermore, the activities of the different work packages and tasks are interlinked and each of the RTD work packages will end up in a specific product of the project.
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49ers shorthanded in slot: Cornerback Emmanuel Moseley won’t play vs. Bills
Sporting Green // San Francisco 49ers
Eric Branch Dec. 7, 2020
INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA - NOVEMBER 29: Emmanuel Moseley #41 of the San Francisco 49ers defends Cooper Kupp #10 of the Los Angeles Rams downfield during the fourth quarter at SoFi Stadium on November 29, 2020 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
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The 49ers will be shorthanded in the slot.
Emmanuel Moseley, who was the team’s third option at slot cornerback, will not play Monday night against the Bills at State Farm Stadium because of a hamstring injury.
Moseley replaced backup slot cornerback Jamar Taylor in a 23-20 win against the Rams on Nov. 29 after Taylor suffered a torn ACL. Taylor was subbing for K’Waun Williams, who remains sidelined with a high ankle sprain.
Beyond starting outside corners Richard Sherman and Jason Verrett, the 49ers’ other cornerbacks are Ahkello Witherspoon, Dontae Johnson and Tim Harris, a 2019 sixth-round pick who was moved from the practice squad and has not played a snap in the NFL.
One possibility: The 49ers could move Verrett into the slot in their nickel defense and have Witherspoon or Johnson replace him on the outside. However, Verrett, who played some slot cornerback at TCU, has played outside in his eight-year NFL career.
Whoever gets the assignment will face Bills wide receiver Cole Beasley, who has 57 catches for 667 yards this season.
Meanwhile, wide receiver Trent Taylor and running back Austin Walter are also inactive.
Taylor, who is a healthy scratch, will be replaced by River Cracraft on the game-day roster. The 49ers’ other wideouts are Deebo Samuel, Brandon Aiyuk, Kendrick Bourne and Richie James.
Taylor has 10 catches for 86 yards this season.
Eric Branch covers the 49ers for The San Francisco Chronicle. Email: ebranch@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @Eric_Branch
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Seeing double: Is Colin's twin coming to town?
by Dan J Kroll
Posted Friday, May 25, 2001 4:18:51 PM
Though unconfirmed by anyone at One Life to Live, it appears that Ty Treadway (ex-Colin MacIver) is headed back to Llanview.
Treadway, of course, played Colin MacIver on the show, a character that met his demise earlier this Spring. So is Colin going to rise from the dead? Not so, according to Treadway's official web site.
In a message on his official web site, Treadway "confirmed he will be back as a twin." The message goes on to claim that Treadway has already started filming scenes at One Life to Live, scenes that should air in June.
At One Life to Live's Fan Club Luncheon in May, several stars hinted that Treadway was returning to the show. If that's the case, executive producer Gary Tomlin must be out of the loop. Though an admitted "huge fan" of Treadway, Tomlin said earlier in the month that he would have preferred to have never had Treadway's character meet his maker. As for Treadway's return, Tomlin insists that he has heard nothing of Treadway making a return appearance on the show.
Adding another crinkle to rumor is that Ty Treadway was reportedly spotted reading for a role on Passions.
When contacted by Soap Central, a spokesperson for the show informed us that it "is not [ABC's] policy to comment on rumors."
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Why stress is more likely to affect women than men
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by Patrick Tadros
When it comes to the battle of the sexes, women are undeniably ahead in the health stakes - except when it comes to the critical issue of stress.
Australia's Health Report, which conducted more than 755,000 health checks in Priceline pharmacy stores over a two-year period, shows women are outperforming their male counterparts as the healthiest sex when it comes to BMI (47.9 per cent compared to 65.4 per cent), blood pressure (10.8 per cent to 14.8 per cent), diabetes (4 per cent to 5.8 per cent) and smoking prevalence (13.8 per cent to 18.1 per cent).
But stress was a key problem for women, with 8.8 per cent experiencing high stress levels compared to 5.1 per cent of males.
Many 18-24 year olds face increased levels of stress due to COVID-19.
And while they may be expected to have the world at their feet, many 18-24 year olds face increased levels of stress due to COVID-19.
The report also found that Gen Z females are reporting more than triple the rate of high stress (17.3 per cent) compared to their Gen X parents (5.4 per cent).
"Stress triggers are different for everyone, across all generations, so it's important to recognise your personal triggers and how to keep these under control," Priceline pharmacist Justin Withers says.
Anuna Flaherty, 23, dealt with anxiety every day during her first year at university in 2020. She began visiting a psychologist who prescribed a low dose of medication to provide some relief.
"I had a great boyfriend, a great job and I got into the degree I wanted. There didn't seem to be a real red flag as to why I would be anxious," Flaherty says.
Anuna Flaherty dealt with anxiety every day during her first year at university in 2020.
"It's so important to have people around you that you can talk to. I always work to be that person that people feel like they can come to and speak to about anything and without judgment."
Olivia Molly Rogers, former Miss Universe Australia and mental health advocate, says body image and conflict between work, personal goals and relationships are some of the big issues facing younger generations today.
She says it's important to write a list and prioritise what can be done versus what can wait.
"Set boundaries for yourself that will help reduce stress and plan out your day to include some free time to do things that make you feel good," she says.
"Take a warm relaxing bath filled with calming essential oils, practise some basic breathing exercises or call up a particularly funny friend."
Ita Buttrose says eating well and exercising regularly are the top ways to reduce stress.
Experts say identifying your child's emotional and behavioural reactions to stress is crucial, especially when anxieties are high.
"It's important for parents not to solve problems for children, but instead coach them to solve the problem for themselves," psychologist Michael Hawton says.
"If we don't, then children will not get the practise they need to resolve emotional problems themselves, which will lead to issues later in life."
Healthy living advocate and Priceline ambassador Ita Buttrose says, "Eating well, exercising regularly and a good night's sleep are the best ways to reduce stress and live a good life.
"Add chicken and fish to your diet and don't neglect your bone health - include milk, yoghurt and cheese."
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Non-doms remain, London property prices to rise from 2010 - Spear's Magazine
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Non-doms remain, London property prices...
Non-doms remain, London property prices to rise from 2010
The supposed exodus of non-doms from London has not materialised, according to Knight Frank’s residential market forecast, launched this morning. Their research also predicted that prime London property will grow by three per cent in 2010 and up to nine per cent in the years to 2014, in contrast to a three per cent fall nationally next year, while country houses above £3 million have been most resilient through the downturn.
The supposed exodus of non-doms from London has not materialised, according to Knight Frank‘s residential market forecast, launched this morning. Their research also predicted that prime London property will grow by three per cent in 2010 and up to nine per cent in the years to 2014, in contrast to a three per cent fall nationally next year, while country houses above £3 million have been most resilient through the downturn.
The combination of the £30,000 tax on non-doms and the 50 per cent income rate to be introduced next April has driven away fewer people than have arrived thanks to the weak pound giving discounts of up to 45 per cent and rapid price falls at the end of 2008, the research says. Together with perennially limited supply (down 20 per cent on last year), Knight Frank predicts that London property prices will return to 2007 levels by 2013.
Liam Bailey, head of residential research at Knight Frank, said contrary to expectations, non-doms were remaining in England: ‘There’s a lot of talk but it doesn’t tend to come to fruition. Many foreign buyers are not affected because they are only buying second homes, so their tax status is irrelevant.’ He also remarked on how London was apparently consolidating its position as a global financial capital.
Country houses experienced a 16 per cent fall in 2008 and a 4 per cent fall this year, but will rise from 2011 to 2014 at rates just below those of prime London. The top of the country house market has, however, been largely buoyant thanks to international buyers and the fact that opportunities to buy appealing properties are rare and thus generally taken.
Farmland has been the biggest boomer over the past five years and will continue, according to Andrew Shirley, head of rural property research. He said that farmland would increase by nine per cent next year and by double digits at least until 2014. Because of local factors like limited availability and global factors like climate change and a rapidly-increasing population, farmland could reach £10,000 an acre (double today’s price) by 2015.
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Constitutionalism and Rights
Gary C. Bryner - Author
Noel B. Reynolds - Author
ISBN10: 0-88706-657-7
ISBN13: 978-0-88706-657-3
Release Date: December 1987
Constitutionalism and Rights explores the ambivalent relationship between the American tradition of constitutionalism and the notions of rights that have emerged over the last three centuries. The six essays focus systematically on selected tensions between these two fundamental strands in the American tradition of liberty and self-government. Discussed are: ideas of rights and constitutionalism generally; mechanisms and procedures necessary to assure rights in a large bureaucratic state; rights as expressed in public welfare programs; innovations employed by the eighteenth-century Framers to achieve limited government as a means to securing fair and equal individual freedom; the dependence of rights on institutional devices and the rule of law; the need for public virtue (balancing individual rights with self-sacrifice for the common good) if the American constitutional system is to survive; and the dangers of individualism and individual rights posed by modern liberalism.
The essayists are prominent scholars representing the disciplines of political science, government, and law. They all state their confidence in the American constitutional system, but they also voice doubts about the future if problems are not redressed. The editors conclude their introduction by expressing hope that this volume "will clarify some important issues and help us remember essential lessons of the past, as we continue in this great public conversation."
Constitutionalism and Rights is the first of a three-volume series examining significant features of the Constitution. The series, inspired by the bicentennial of that great achievement, consists of essays presented by scholars at three conferences on the Constitution held at Brigham Young University in 1985, 1986, and 1987, and several additional essays written especially for these volumes.
Gary C. Bryner is an assistant professor of political science and Noel B. Reynolds is a professor of political science at Brigham Young University.
I Constitutionalism and the Politics of Rights
Gary C. Bryner
II The Uncertain Quest for Welfare Rights
Richard A. Epstein
III The "New" Science of Politics and Constitutional Government
Walter Berns
IV Constitutionalism and the Rule of Law
Noel B. Reynolds
V Civic Virtue: The Founders' Conception and the Traditional Conception
Thomas Pangle
VI The Political Theory of the Procedural Republic
Michael J. Sandel
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Democracy in an Age of Corporate Colonization
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Debating the Global Financial Architecture
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Comparative Environmental Regulation in the United States and Russia
The Failures of American and European Climate Policy
Critical Theory, Public Policy, and Planning Practice
Dilemmas of Representation
Controversial Issues in Presidential Selection
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About Eyelash Extensions
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About super lash boutique
As of 2020 Super Lash Boutique has been operating for over 10 years. It was founded by Jo Blake.
10 years ago Jo was running her own fashion label selling clothes all over the world including Topshop and ASOS. Her sister 1st had eyelash extensions and introduced her to the fascinating world of eyelash extensions. Jo then went on to have a treatment and was so fascinated by it that she went on and trained to become a lash artist herself. She fell in love with lashes and decided after years in the fashion industry to change careers. Jo swapped sketching and making clothes for the world of beauty.
Jo started working from home in her living room then moved into 2 different beauty rooms running her business and building her clientele.
Jo always knew that the secret to build a strong following was to always do the best treatment each and every time. After a few years into doing lashes Jo had so many clients she could no longer manage all of them on her own. She started to hire lash technicians and train them to become experts in the field. In 2015 Jo signed the lease on her 1st shop and opened Super Lash Boutique an actual building in 2016.
Jo has seen plenty of unprofessional work and heard loads of horrified stories and experienced going on courses that did not provide information for the students. Jo always wanted to train people to do the treatment. With over 10 years in the business, Jo knew the next step was to teach all she had learnt along the way. The course was created to be affordable without leaving any information out. There are a lot of details in the manual and enough to help you build your own clientele.
Been an Eyelash Technician can brig you an extra added income or a main income. As long as you are fully trained and use the information correctly you will be an amazing lash technician and will also benefit financially.
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As Pace of Last Mile Delivery Quickens, Distance Could Shorten
Learn what the emergence of highly automated urban fulfillment centers means to last mile delivery. Swisslog’s Senior Director of Business Development shares his perspective in this guest blog from the NAIOP Commercial Real Estate Development Association.
The last mile of retail delivery could become a matter of feet and inches as new models of urban fulfillment centers spring up, according to panelists at the “The Accelerating Pace of Last Mile Delivery” session at CRE.Converge 2017. This could help retailers and e-tailers meet customer demands for not only same-day but same-hour delivery.
E-commerce sales hit $395 billion in 2016, a 15.6 percent increase from the previous year, said moderator Keith Stauber, SIOR, managing director at JLL, who noted that factors important to last mile calculations include total population, density, numbers of millennials and young parents, and both average income and the percentage of those with higher incomes.
Customers of Swisslog Logistics, Inc., want to know how to improve upon free delivery, how to make their supply chain entirely digital, and how to more directly connect with consumers and remove distance, said David Schwebel, senior director of business development at the company, who knows the CPG perspective from past experience with Coca Cola. Retailers need to find ways to provide a greater assortment faster and cheaper with more flexibility, he said. “The one thing you can’t do is buy back time.”
To achieve those goals simultaneously, retailers need to behave like technology companies, said Sean Barbour, senior director, supply chain at Walgreen Co. “The market is rewarding innovation,” he said, with two-hour delivery of online goods becoming standard in urban areas through neighborhood stores like Walgreen’s, big box chains like Walmart and Target, and Amazon fulfillment centers.
Crowdsourced delivery mechanisms through Google marketplaces and the like add agility but might make it more difficult to keep control of the customer experience, Schwebel said. But to replicate that agility under your own roof is difficult. “Most store locations are not designed for a courier to come in and out every 5 minutes to pick up an order. How does the store layout need to change? How do employee functions need to change?”
The Chicago Millennium Mile parking garage could prove to be one example of how to create a new vision of an urban fulfillment center and help reduce the distance to consumers, Schwebel said. Customers parking in that location would be able to pick up their items in a drive-through area, and couriers could even run out with the items in a branded shopping bag rather than an ugly cardboard box, he said.
When a Fortune 500 omnichannel retailer asked Schwebel’s company what to do with their stores with the growth of e-commerce, Swisslog suggested expanding the back rooms for order fulfillment and even putting up glass shields so customers can see the robots whirring around to put together the orders. “People seem to love robots,” he said. “We’re turning existing retail environments into giant vending machines.”
Putting fulfillment in the stockroom makes sense to Barbour, given that stockrooms no longer need to hold as much inventory. “Most retailers should be replenishing every day if not multiple times a day,” he said.
In creating urban fulfillment hubs, retailers need to account for drive-through and curbside pickup along with parking and pedestrian traffic, which can be tricky, Barbour said. “It’s a flow problem, understanding how you facilitate all those different modes without it becoming a logjam,” he said. “You need to facilitate good quality shopping experience and remember the reason a consumer visited to begin with.”
Ed Finkel
This post is brought to you by JLL, the social media and conference blog sponsor of NAIOP's CRE.Converge 2017. Learn more about JLL at www.us.jll.com or www.jll.ca. Ed Finkel is a freelance writer based in Evanstan, Illinois, who covers real estate and a variety of other business-related topics.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Target is on its way back.
Shoppers are visiting the company's stores more often and spending more on each trip, the Minneapolis-based discount-store chain said Wednesday. The company raised its annual profit outlook and said its second-quarter net income more than tripled.
The upbeat report is evidence efforts to spruce up fashions and other merchandise are paying off for CEO Brian Cornell, who has led the company for a year with marching orders to reinvent the "cheap chic" retailer after a series of problems.
"I think we're making very good progress right now," Cornell told investors during a conference call Wednesday. "But we're not satisfied. We know we've got more work to do to meet the needs of the guests every time they shop."
Target's results are among one of the brighter spots in retailers' second-quarter earnings season, which mostly wraps up this week.
Department store chains Macy's and Kohl's both reported last week declines in second-quarter profit and weak sales as shoppers have been pulling back buying traditional items like clothing and gravitating more toward services or going out to eat.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer, announced Tuesday a 15 percent drop in second-quarter income and cut its annual outlook as its investment in its stores, e-commerce and increases in wages for hourly workers are dragging down results. But those efforts are perking up sales and traffic.
But Target isn't getting hurt by that shift away from clothing, showing that shoppers will still buy the right item at the right price.
Target's shares rose nearly 4 percent in morning trading.
Cornell succeeded Gregg Steinhafel, whose abrupt departure in May 2014 capped a tumultuous year for the company. It was hurt by a massive credit-card breach before Christmas 2013 that sent shoppers temporarily fleeing. The company also botched a major expansion into Canada that the company pulled the plug on earlier this year.
Cornell aims to reinvent Target as a more nimble force amid fierce competition.
The company is investing in e-commerce and said it's improving its shipping time this fall by testing a specific delivery commitment, typically two or three business days if the customer orders on a specific date. It's also adding small-format stores, including a recent one in Boston.
It's also trying to reclaim its position as the place to go for "cheap chic." Target is placing heavy emphasis on fashion, children's goods and home products. Those areas carry higher profit margins. That includes adding mannequins in the stores and improving the quality of its clothing.
For example, it recently redid the fit for its jeans, a move customers liked. And it's reacting quickly to trends. This fall, it's working with various partners to create a 300-item plaid collection including plaid diapers and plaid blankets.
And Target is bringing more organic, natural, gluten-free and locally produced food to its grocery aisles.
Cornell is also reshaping his management team. On Monday, Target promoted its Chief Financial Officer John Mulligan to the newly created role of chief operating officer. Mulligan will assume oversight of stores, supply chain and properties. Succeeding Mulligan as chief financial officer is Cathy Smith, a seasoned retail executive. The changes are effective Sept. 1.
Target has wrestled with uneven growth since the Great Recession. Its expansion into basic groceries during the downturn helped to bring in shoppers but it diluted its focus of being a style purveyor. But its business was rocked by the pre-Christmas 2013 breach and the money-losing operations in Canada.
Target's second-quarter results are benefiting from Cornell's moves.
The company said second-quarter earnings were $753 million, or $1.18 per share for the three month period ended Aug. 1. That compares with $234 million, or 37 cents per share, a year earlier.
Adjusted earnings were $1.22, above Target's range of $1.04 to $1.14 per share.
Target says revenue at stores open at least a year rose 2.4 percent, in line with expectations. In comparison, Wal-Mart's U.S. stores saw a 1.5 percent increase.
Target said that figure rose three times that rate for fashion, baby, kids and wellness items, areas the company is emphasizing in its turnaround efforts. Overall, the number of transactions rose 1.6 percent.
Online sales rose 30 percent. Mulligan told reporters Wednesday that efforts to beef up its mobile e-commerce are helping to drive more traffic to stores.
The company now believes that it will earn $4.60 to $4.75 per share for the full year. That's up from its prior projection of $4.50 to $4.65 per share.
Target's shares slipped 66 cents to $79.64 in midday trading after rising earlier Wednesday.
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The Best in Jazz Since 1952
Tag: Danish jazz
Helle Henning – As Long As We Both Know
NORAH JONES’ RENOWNED MUSICIANS RECORD NEW ALBUM IN NEW YORK WITH DANISH SINGER.
The new album from Helle Henning entitled As Long As We Both Know is set to come out via Storyville Records on November 13th.
Helle Henning and Nikolaj Hess have once again been in New York to record an album, this time joined in the studio by the bassist and drummer from Norah Jones’ legendary “Come Away with Me” album – Tony Scherr and Kenny Wollesen. The recordings are now to be released on a new album with ten original songs. The album presents Helle Henning’s deliciously sultry, dark vocals and reveals her capacity for composing beautiful themes and writing clear lyrics using intimate and personal prose.
Helle and Nikolaj have been drawn to the challenge of fusing American jazz with Nordic folk-music for the past ten years. They love Tony and Kenny’s unmistakable sound and unique musical connection, which with Nikolaj Hess’ intricate piano playing and Helle’s Hennings intimate vocal ties it all together. A translucent atmosphere is created throughout the album, settling in the landscape between jazz, folk and pop.
Helle Henning has been called the first Jazz Singer/Songwriter in Denmark. Her music is both present and timeless, and she writes lyrics that, while being poetic and beautiful, comes across as earthed and easy to relate to. On As Long As We Both Know the lyrical content is backed by musicians who in their own way are equally poetic in their expression. As Long As We Both Know is an album that you can chose to listen to carefully and immersed, or you can chose to have it running as the back drop to a beautiful and evocative evening. However you chose to listen, rest assured that you are in great hands.
”Here is a voice that does not have to exaggerate in any way, but immediately fascinates us with its personality.”
(Boris Rabinowitsch/ Politiken)
“The expression is timeless, yet very contemporary. It’s Nordic, melancholic and extremely jazzy. An empathetic calling card from an intense voice that is rich in facets” (Jazznews DK)
Listen to the two first singles here.
Order the CD here.
Summer has ended, fall has begun! Thus we would to like to wrap up the season in style and draw focus to some of the fantastic releases we have had the pleasure of releasing.
The Duo – Duke Ellington 100
Mulgrew Miller & Niels Henning- Ørsted Pedersen
This is one of those releases that is really close to our hearts here at the office. It has taken so many years for it to come into realization, and the music these two legends produce is so beautiful!
Stream it right here.
Enrico Pieranunzi – The Copenhagen Concert
Feat. Marc Johnson & Paul Motian
This is another release that has been many many years underway. The recording from 1996 in the legendary, and now closed, Copenhagen venue Jazzhouse sees Pieranunzi let all his virtuosic energies flow freely in a high tempo alongside Marc Johnson & Paul Motian.
Thomas Fonnesbæk & Justin Kauflin
A Danish bass legend alongside an American piano legend jamming a set of classic tracks as part of their warm up routine during the recording of a fantastic album! What’s not to like? Laidback and the same time tightly performed interpretations of Bud Powell, Duke Ellington, Oscar Peterson and more…
Kira Martini – Warm Valley
“Like lying down in a warm valley, feeling safe, surrounded by love, guidance, and still a sense of wonder, that is how I feel about this band “ -Kira Martini
In the course of the past few years, Kira Martini, has become a strong and well-known character on the danish jazzscene. With her positive energy and frank ways; her warm, true voice; and a broad repertoire of different styles, she is unlike any other singer on the scene. Kira Martini is both a jazz singer and a songwriter, and up until now she has released 4 albums in total, with the 5th, entitled Warm Valley, ready for release. The album is a mix of great songs from the history of Jazz, but also draws on Folk and Bossa nova inspirations for its diverse expressions.
“I am so grateful for this collection of fine people. Each skilled musicians with heart and soul, that manage to bring their personalities into their playing. The combination of our very different backgrounds, ages, experience, musical references, and persons, brings a certain chemistry. Each time I get on stage with these guys, I feel I’m a part of something real special. I feel a flow of happiness, love and gratitude. I feel challenged, connected, playful, free, and above all, heard and understood.”
Throughout, Warm Valley is full of great musicianship, due to its experienced players. It’s the type of album that sounds laid back and easy going and yet very focused.
Buy or stream the album here.
Christina Dahl Quartet ready to release new album “Quintesse”
Christina Dahl Quartet is ready to release a new album on Storyville Records named “Quintesse”.
Christina Dahl Quartet consists of some of the most exciting and respected musicians in Denmark. The guitarist Niclas Knudsen, who has his own unique expression, embraces the music with magic and creates inner images. Nils Bosse Davidsen, who is an extremely creative and playful bassist & cellist, manages to give a touching & sensuous experience, Espen Laub von Lillienskjold, who is super creative and varies the sounds on the drums, adds a great dynamic & energy to the music.
The quartet appears as an original group with its very own personal musical expression. Based on Christina’s compositions, all reflecting life and its wealth of dynamics and colors, the Quartet tells stories. The music is organic with a spiritual and sensual openness and brought out into the edges of life with a clear lyrical sense. It is beautiful and strong interplay that creates a present sound illustration. The quartet plays with a dedicated fervor and heartfelt interaction, where the instruments talk to each other, giving an impression of a common vision and direction.
Christina Dahl is a bandleader and composes music for small & larger ensembles. She is one of the most respected saxophonists in Denmark, and has appeared in a myriad of contexts, and is characterized by her unique tone and lyrical interpretations. She masters the ability to maintain an intensity and vicinity in her music. Her playing varies from the most intimate and understated to the abstract and the wild. Christina Dahl received Bent Jædig Price 2010 & Honorary Award by the composer association DJBFA 2011 and Walther Klæbels Mindelegat 2012. Christina has also received the Ben Webster Prize in 1994.
Pre-order/Pre-save Quintesse here.
Pre-order digital or CD via Bandcamp.
Posted on April 25, 2018 November 14, 2018
Christina von Bülow releases new album
The Danish alto saxophonist Christina von Bülow has created a very special trio with two jazz masters in their own right: The Swedish bassist Palle Danielsson and the American drummer Eliot Zigmund. Together, they pick up standards from the great songbooks of jazz and make them their unique own creations; like birds singing, never quite repeating the same sound. The music is very inspired by Lee Konitz with a focus on improvisation, intuition and interplay. Quite a few of the tracks on the album is Christinas take on new themes for old standards.
Thomas Clausen, writer of the liner notes, explains: “The present CD is all about this element of variation. But also about being natural, playing melodically. And it’s an album about interplay! Every bar these musicians play breathe this truth. Some tunes are straight standards. And the presentation of the melody is sometimes straight, as we know it. But it is varied all the time and never feels repetitive.”
What makes the new album special is a feeling of a collective spirit throughout. Christina is the main soloist, but she is always giving herself time to breathe and making pauses in her solos and thus room for the other instruments.”
Buy the album here.
Posted on May 3, 2017 June 7, 2018
Childish – a new album from Christina Dahl Quartet
Christina Dahl is one of Denmark’s most prominent saxophonists, educated from The Royal Danish Conservatory of Rhythmic Music in composition and saxophone. She has been awarded The Ben Webster Award, the Bent Jædig Prize, the Walter Klæbel Mindelegat among others. With her personal and lyrical sound she expresses a wide range from explosive virility to dimmed melancholy.
On her new album she brings the unique quartet consisting of one of our very best guitarists, Niclas Knudsen, the internationally acclaimed bassist Jesper Lundgaard and a great talent on the drums, Esben Laub von Liljenskjold. Together, the four musicians have developed a playful and free language, where everyone has a leading role as soloists.
This can be heard on seven compositions all written by Dahl. We meet a broad spectrum of musical temperaments. The language is free, but with a heightened sense of melody and a strong Nordic expression. Enjoy Scandinavian jazz with soul, depth and intensity.
But the album here.
Posted on July 4, 2016 June 7, 2018
Trio Tunes: News from Heine Hansen & Carsten Dahl
We’re happy to present two new jazz releases by coveted Danish artists Heine Hansen Trio & Carsten Dahl Trio!
Check them out below…
Heine Hansen Trio: Signature
Heine Hansen’s piano is playful, even bubbling and almost singing, like an early bird in the first days of spring. On his long awaited debut album, Hansen unfolds his signature sound on eleven new compositions of his own.
A signature is something so personal it can’t be replicated; Heine Hansen plays the piano with a unique sense for applying rhythm and melody. With Thomas Fonnesbæk on bass and Alex Riel on drums, a truly beautiful symbiosis of eloquent melodies and precise playfulness emerges like rays of sunshine finding their way through green leaves.
This spring, Heine was awarded the prestigious Ben Webster Award of 2016.
Cat.# 1014301
Carsten Dahl Trio: Simplicity
Carsten Dahl (piano), Lennart Ginman (bass) and Frands Rifbjerg (drums) have played together for more than 20 years now and yet every time they play together, it still sounds completely fresh and new. The combination of the three of them is somehow a magic golden cut in terms of swing, balance, dexterity and imagination.
Carsten Dahl says: “My dear mentor jazz pianist Ed Thigpen used to say that “you’ve got to be able to snap your finger to it” and I always try to keep that in mind. I try to discover the magic in space and the simplicity in the music: In rhythmical progressions and in lyrical melodies. All this is what this trio’s essence is all about and we sure did exactly that.”
Storyville wishes all a sunny summer with loads of jazz music.
News from Storyville: Danish Avant-garde Jazz
We’re proud to present three important additions to the recording of Danish Avant-garde Jazz History. Two never before released gems from the archives and one brand new recording are ready for discovery:
Cadentia Nova Danica
Saxophonist John Tchicai returned home to Denmark in 1966 after four years in New York and then formed the Cadentia Nova Danica ensemble with young Danish musicians who were already playing together: On this live recording, they all prove themselves worthy as conceptual and creative equals of their most advanced contemporaries in other European countries.
The music they played on this first public appearance radiates passionate honesty and intense humanity. Richard Williams’ liner notes explain: “Although in some respects very characteristic of its era, [the music] communicates its raw and heartfelt beauty across the decades with undimmed strength, still reaching out in hope to an unknown future”. Cadentia Nova Danica’s 1966 concert is a wonderful gem and, finally, no longer a hidden one.
Finn von Eyben plays Finn von Eyben
From a leading exponent of the fertile Danish free jazz movement of the 1960s comes these never before released live and studio recordings pointing back to traditional jazz, swing and bop and forwards to future forms of jazz mixed with folk, funk, soul and rock.
The first half of the record features studio recordings from von Eyben’s “Workshop”, en ensemble that created a free-flowing and spontaneous feel. The musicians were trained classical musicians and composers, and this foundation of skill ensures an uncompromised high quality of play and a basis from which they can improvise masterfully. The second half of CD is a recording of the Danish Broadcasting Corporation’s “Radiojazzgruppen” playing compositions by Finn von Eyben. Von Eyben himself is featured on bass and accompanied by Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen.
Listen to excerpts from the tracks here!
Cry!
Last, but not least: Check out the brand new record Cry! by Karsten Vogel and Per Aage Brandt!
In the year of the 50th anniversary of Per Aage Brandt and Karsten Vogel’s joint record debut in 1966, ten freshly recorded pieces of music are issued on Storyville Records. They represent Danish avant-garde jazz in its original form. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Per Aage Brandt and Karsten Vogel were high profile musicians in the avant-garde jazz environment that ha found a growth centre in Copenhagen, a movement whose likes were only found and practiced in New York at the time.
The outcome of their resumed collaboration is 50 minutes of ecstatic jazz, beautiful passages and lots of original piano, convincing saxophone and an iconic style frame.
Read more about the record here!
Svend Asmussen 100 Years: New 5 CD + DVD box set
We’ve been looking very much forward to this release, and now it’s finally here: Svend Asmussen celebrates his 100th birthday and we celebrate the legendary Danish jazz violinist with a 5 CD + DVD box set.
The box set is an exciting collection of highlights from Asmussen’s career: The first CD features early 1937-1944 recordings, where Asmussen finally decided on music as his occupation for life and began gaining international recognition with his elegant swing and refined arrangements. The second CD features 1953 and 1958 recordings from Hamburg, where Asmussen’s profound musicality and jazz skillfulness shine. On CD3, Asmussen collaborates with violinist colleague Stephane Grappelli, and their different phrasings compliment each other. We also find previously unreleased tracks from a 1985 Paris session with the Georges Arvanitas Trio, a complement to the critically acclaimed “Embraceable” concert CD from the same occasion. On CD4, Asmussen and American legend Stuff Smith play a concert together in Copenhagen, the two clearly enjoying each other’s company. CD5 features the renowned 1996 concert “Fit as a Fiddle”, where Asmussen masterfully combines the insistent energy of his youth with the experience and musical grandeur he has gained from a lifetime of playing.
On the DVD, Asmussen plays a lively 1986 concert in Copenhagen’s famous Jazzhus Montmartre with prominent musicians such as bassist Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen and pianist Kenny Drew.
Asmussen’s recognition as one of the world’s best jazz violinists is definitely well-merited – our new box set is yet another proof. Asmussen’s biographer Kjeld Frandsen writes: ”In short, Svend Asmussen is a phenomenon. Not just because he has lived for a hundred years, but primarily for the intense and variegated way he has filled these many years.”
Buy here! (international customers)
For Danish customers, buy here instead.
Lee Konitz – Leewise (2020 Remaster)
Storyville Records release two albums with Mette Juul
The Duo is out now!
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St Paul's Sinfonia
Music South of the River
Conductor Andrew Morley
St Stephen’s Lewisham
St Alfege Church
Andrew Morley
Andrew Morley studied conducting and orchestration with Denis McCaldin at Lancaster University and subsequently won the Hertford Scholarship to study with Peter Stark at Trinity College of Music, London. Having graduated with distinction, winning the Ricordi Conducting Prize, he is now in great demand as a conductor and teacher in London and the south-east.
Andrew started his career with many ensembles in Lancaster, including symphony and chamber orchestras, chamber and wind ensembles, and choir and choral groups. He has a particular interest in Twentieth-century orchestral music and is the composer ofIncidental Music to Frühlings Erwachen, Time Transfixed, and more recently Six miniatures for chamber ensemble. At Trinity, Andrew’s conducting work included Aaron Copland’s ballet Appalachian Springwith the TCM Sinfonia, Heinz Holliger’s experimental study in breath,Pneuma, with the TCM Wind Orchestra, and a concert of film music arranged by the late Stanley Black with the TCM Symphony Orchestra. In recognition of his success at TCM, Andrew was chosen as Trinity’s entry for the intercollegiate Harriet Cohen Memorial Awards. In February 2004 Andrew was awarded First Prize at the Allianz-Cornhill Insurance Conducting Competition (formerly British Reserve competition), having received unanimous votes from both jury and orchestra.
Andrew has directed the Wallace Ensemble in concerts including Walton, Viola Concerto; Mathias, Harp Concerto; Scriabin, Piano Concerto; and has given the premières of a number of works by the Greek composer Basil Athanasladis. Recent work includes a charity performance of Stockhausen’s rarely-performed Gruppen for three orchestras; an appearance with the National Youth Orchestra Sinfonietta at the Lake District Summer Music Festival; and Rachmaninov’sRhapsody on a Theme of Paganini with David Owen Norris. Among future projects are Khachaturian’s Flute Concerto with international soloist Wissam Boustany; a premère of a new work for ‘DJ’ and ensemble by Gabriel Prokofiev; and Mendelssohn’s Incidental Music to a Midsummer Night’s Dream with the TCM Sinfonia. In addition he will be working with film and television composer Debbie Wiseman, and conductor Barry Wordsworth, as part of Junior Trinity’s centenary celebrations. Andrew has held teaching posts at Lancaster University, Trinity College of Music, and Oxford Brookes University, and currently works with the Junior Trinity Symphony Orchestra, St Paul’s Sinfonia and the Southampton University Sinfonietta.
Paul Driver, The Sunday Times
“What we heard was a marvel … the most convincing, gripping, sheerly beautiful realisation of Gruppen that I’ve heard.”
Kentish Times
“Appalachian Spring was played with warmth, colour and vitality!”
Keith Potter, The Independent
“… playing of a precision that must be extraordinarily difficult in such spatially separated circumstances … A heartwarming evening.”
“Andrew Morley gave a moving account of Vaughan Williams’s Tallis Fantasia.”
Richard Morrison, The Times
“… the students matched daring with skill, delivering the fiendish complexities of Gruppen with astonishing assurance … Much of the microcosmic drama was caught here, too: a tribute to the young conductors, Tim Henty, Dominic Grier and Andrew Morley, who co-ordinated their widely separated battalions of players with exemplary coolness.”
Clive Walkley, The Westmoreland Gazette
“Andrew gave his young players [the National Youth Orchestra Sinfonietta] clear, firm direction and encouraged them to give performances notable for their technical command and musical understanding.”
Beckus, The Journal of the Malcolm Arnold Society
“The conductor was in very fine form and brought the orchestra through one of the most energetic versions of that symphony [Arnold No. 3] I have ever heard.”
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Read beyond massive job-cuts headlines: US labour market is fine
Malana Long fills out a job application during a job fair for the homeless at the Los Angeles Mission in the Skid Row area of Los Angeles, California, in this file photo taken on Jun 4, 2015.PHOTO: REUTERS
Sep 28, 2015, 12:54 pm SGT
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DALLAS (BLOOMBERG) - In the span of just 10 days, four major US companies announced plans for a whopping 40,000 job cuts. And this quarter is the worst since the recession with 79,000 total.
But read beyond the headline numbers because hiring remains strong, and the US government may report this week that unemployment remained at its lowest levels since 2008.
The juxtaposition of apparently contradictory data shows the divergence within corporate America as the third quarter draws to a close. While automakers and retailers enjoyed soaring profits, earnings at energy, industrial and materials companies were crushed by the rout in crude prices and a slowdown in emerging markets.
"We're experiencing a bout of economic weakness that is hitting certain portions of the economy, but not everyone," said Jonathan Golub, chief US market strategist with RBC Capital Markets. "If you look at the jobs data, nothing is falling apart."
The tally of job cuts announced since July 1 in North America - including 5,000 at Caterpillar Inc., 2,000 at Halliburton Co., 30,000 at Hewlett-Packard Co. and 3,000 at Johnson Controls Inc. - is the biggest number since 2009. It's more than double the 32,000 reductions in the same period in 2014 and 36,000 in 2013, according to data compiled by Bloomberg from company statements and filings.
The number reflects the extend to which the drop in energy prices has trickled through the industry, from oilfield-service providers like Halliburton to big manufacturers such as Caterpillar, the world's biggest maker of construction and mining machinery, that are dependent on demand from drillers.
It also tells the decline of a tech giant, HP, which is shrinking its workforce ahead of a split into two companies to compete with nimbler rivals. Johnson Controls is spinning off its automotive-interiors business to focus on its building-efficiency and batteries units.
Older technology companies such as HP behave like large industrial companies, Mr Golub said. Other mass job cuts unveiled last week - 1,100 jobs cuts at Groupon Inc. and 1,200 at Marvell Technology Group Ltd. - are related to problems specific to each company and don't fit in a particular trend, he said.
"A fifth of the market looks like it's in recession while the other 80 per cent is perfectly normal or even strong," he said.
Earnings at Standard & Poor's 500 Index members are predicted to drop 6.5 per cent in the third quarter, chiefly because of the collapse in profitability in the energy industry. Excluding energy, analysts see profit rising 0.5 per cent gain, according to estimates compiled by Bloomberg.
Bright spots include automakers and their suppliers, whose earnings probably jumped 30 per cent, and retailers, with 14 per cent growth, the predictions show.
The energy and manufacturing slowdown will temper the US recovery without derailing it, said Jay Bryson, global economist at Wells Fargo Securities. The US economy is forecast to expand 2.5 per cent this year, the highest rate since 2010, and accelerate to 2.7 per cent in 2016, according to analysts' estimates compiled by Bloomberg.
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"There's really been no significant employment deceleration in our economy," Mr Bryson said.
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Architectural student Rohini Contractor was given the opportunity to help co-ordinate construction of an elaborate entrance pavilion for a public art event before she’d even graduated.
Rohini was in the final year of her Bachelor of Architectural Studies degree when she started working on the pavilion for Sculpture on the Gulf, an outdoor sculpture exhibition on Waiheke Island, near Auckland.
The pavilion was designed by professional architects and built by Unitec’s architecture, engineering and construction students.
For some students, the work went towards course credits. For others, it was paid work experience that gave them a chance to take the skills they’d learned in the classroom into the real world.
Rohini says her weekly meetings with the project’s architects and structural engineer have been invaluable.
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The Ultimate Glossary of Real Estate Terms and Abbreviations
Looking for real estate terms, abbreviations and jargon?
Here’s the ultimate glossary of real estate terms and abbreviations from the Real Estate Institute of Australia (REIA), Property Council of Australia, Australian Property Institute, realestate.com.au and more.
Glossary of real estate terms and abbreviations
Absentee landlord: An owner or sub-lessor who does not reside in the place or
area in which he/she owns real estate from which he/she derives rental income.
Abstract of auction: A summary of the auction advertisements which appears in
the property page of a newspaper.
Abstract of title: A chronological summary of conveyances, mortgage or leases
and other deeds giving the names of the parties and the description of the land,
arranged to show the continuity of ownership of general law land not under the
Torrens system.
A/C: Air conditioning.
Acceleration clause: A clause in a mortgage document which requires the
immediate repayment of the entire balance due under the said mortgage at any
given time should there be a breach of the conditions of the mortgage e.g.
repayment default.
Access rights: The right to enter or exit a property that abuts upon an existing
street or highway. Details will be shown on Certificates of Title of both parties
granting and receiving the right.
Accessible housing: A dwelling designed to allow easier access for physically
disabled or vision impaired persons.
Acquiring authority: A government department, local authority or other body
empowered by statute to acquire land compulsorily.
Adaptable housing: A dwelling designed to facilitate low-cost modification to
enhance access for physically disabled or vision impaired persons.
Adj: Adjacent.
Adjustments: Apportionment of rates, taxes, body corporate fees, rent, insurances
etc up to the date of possession or settlement on a sale or letting.
Agent: A person authorised to act for another (usually for the owner) in the
selling, buying, renting or management of a property. Commonly used to refer to
licensed real estate agents and real estate representatives.
Agents in conjunction: Two or more agents employed by a principal to sell or let
real estate and share commission.
Amen: Amenities.
Apartment: A room or suite of rooms used as a dwelling unit. Not necessarily selfcontained.
The term flat is used to describe a self-contained dwelling unit in
multi-unit dwellings.
Appraisal: The term commonly used in America to indicate what is termed in
Australia as a Valuation. In Australia, the term means an opinion of the potential
saleability of a residential property by a licensed Real Estate Agent.
Appreciation: An increase in value.
APRA: Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (https://www.apra.gov.au/). An
independent statutory authority that supervises institutions across banking,
insurance and superannuation and promotes financial system stability in
Arbitration: The determination of a dispute by one or more independent third
parties rather than a court. Arbitrators are appointed by the parties in
accordance with the terms of the arbitration agreement or in default by a court.
The arbitration is conducted pursuant to the Arbitration Acts in each State and
the award given by the arbitrator/s binds the parties.
A-REIT: An Australian Real Estate Investment Trust, formally known as Listed
Property Trusts. An A-REIT is an Australian listed property trust that buys property,
generally commercial property and manages it on behalf of investors.
Arrears: Unpaid debts.
ASIC: Australian Securities and Investment Commission (https://asic.gov.au/). An
independent commission of the Australian Government tasked as the national
corporate regulator.
Assessed, rateable or taxable value: A value which is based upon definitions
contained within applicable laws relating to the assessment, rating, and/or
taxation of real property.
Assumption of mortgage: When a buyer takes ownership of real estate
encumbered with a mortgage and has assumed the responsibility as the
guarantor for the unpaid balance of the mortgage. Such a buyer is liable for the
mortgage repayment.
Auction: A sale usually in public, by an auctioneer, in which property is sold to the
highest bidder.
Auction agency agreement: An agreement that the vendor must sign when a
property is listed for auction. Details the reserve price and the costs of the
auction, including advertising and the agent’s commission. Usually includes a
condition that one agent will have the exclusive right to sell the property for a
period during and after the auction.
Auctioneer: One who is licensed to sell, or offer for sale, real estate where persons
become purchasers by competition, being the highest bidders.
Basis point: One percent (1%) is the equivalent of 100 basis points.
Bi: Built-in.
Bics: Built-in cupboards.
Bid: A verbal or written offer to purchase.
BIR: Built-in wardrobes.
Body corporate: (a) A term used in the Strata Titles Act to describe the body
representing the building owners; (b) The control and administration of common
property is vested in a statutory Body Corporate which comes into existence
automatically on the registration of the plan, and to which the provisions of the
Companies Act do not apply. The registered proprietors of the units are the only
members of the Body Corporate. Associated rights and obligations are fixed by
scheduled by-laws.
Bond (rental): Consideration held usually under a lease to ensure per formance of
lease terms and conditions. Normally refundable if possession of property is
returned in good condition.
Br: Bedroom.
Building Code of Australia (BCA): Sets minimum community standards for buildings
in terms of health, safety and amenity in buildings for regulatory purposes.
Produced by the Australian Building Codes Board (https://www.abcb.gov.au/)
(ABCB).
Building inspector: An authorised person who is responsible for checking buildings
in the course of construction and completed buildings to ensure that they have
been constructed in accordance with building control provisions.
Building line: The setback from the site boundary required by statutory authorities
for buildings.
Building regulations: The Building Code of Australia and other regulations
stipulated by local authorities relating to the design and construction of buildings.
Building restrictions: Planning and development controls that limit the use, size
and location of buildings or other improvements on land.
Business broker: An estate agent licensed and certified to sell businesses.
Buyer’s market: The condition which exists when, under competitive conditions,
the pressures of supply and demand are such that market prices are at a
relatively low level, giving the buyer an advantage. An oversupply causing prices
to decline.
Buyer’s agent (BA): Represents a property buyer in negotiations with a vendor or
his/her agent. The buyer’s agent is paid by the buyer. Buyer’s agents should be
licensed and certified to act as a buyer’s agent.
BV: Brick veneer.
Capital expenditure (CAPEX): Those items that are significant replacements or
additions to existing properties or for new developments, as distinguished from
cash outflows for expense items that are normally considered part of the current
period’s operations. Capital expenditure does not include general maintenance
and repair items.
Capital gain: The amount by which the net proceeds from resale of a capital
item exceeds the book value of the asset.
Capital Gains Tax (CGT): A Commonwealth tax payable on the Capital Gain
made on the sale of an investment property.
Capital Gains Tax discount: A discount of 50% on the CGT payable, provided the
property has been owned for at least 12 months (and provided various other
conditions have been met).
Capital growth: An increase in the value of the property over time.
Capital return: The change in capital value between periods less any capital
expenditures which may have occurred – it is expressed as a percentage of
capital value plus a portion of capital expenditures less any partial sales and less
a portion of net income.
Caveat: A notice on title proclaiming a possible interest other than that of an
owner.
Caveat emptor: ‘Buyer beware’, that the risk in a property transaction lies with
the purchaser.
Certificate of occupancy / occupation: A certificate which establishes that a
building or major refurbishment project has reached a stage where it complies
with all relevant statutory approvals and is ready for occupation.
Certificate of title: A document issued under the Torrens System of Title, showing
ownership and interest in a parcel of land.
Certified Practising Valuer (CPV): A designation of the Australian Property Institute
signifying the recipient has the required education and experience to undertake
comprehensive valuations.
Ceteris Paribus: Latin phrase, literally translated
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceteris_paribus) as "with other things [being] the
same," and usually rendered in English as "all other things being equal."
Chattels: Any fixed asset other than freehold land. Items such as machinery,
implements, tools, furnishings, fittings, which may be associated with land use, but
which are not fixed to the land or premises or, if fixed, may be removed without
causing structural damage to a building. Legally known as personalty.
Client: One who engages the services of an agent or valuer and to whom the
agent or valuer should look for payment of his commission or fees, in return for
services rendered.
Commercial property: Property intended for use by all types of retail and
wholesale stores, office buildings, hotels and service establishments. In many
property circles, commercial property refers specifically to office property.
Commission: The fee or payment made to an agent for services rendered, such
as the sale of property, often calculated with reference to the value of the
property, contract or agreement.
Common law title: A system of title based upon traditional English land laws which
depends upon tracing the ownership of the subject land from the original Crown
grant through all succeeding dealings.
Common property: (a) Land or a tract of land considered as the property of the
public in which all persons enjoy equal rights. A property not owned by
individuals but by groups; (b) In a home (villa) unit or flat development that part
of the property owned and used in common by all the unit or flat owners or
occupiers and which is maintained by the Body Corporate.
Company title: (a) Method of obtaining ownership of real estate by way of
company shares (usually preceded Strata Title Act); (b) Under Company Title,
land and buildings are owned by a private company. The company’s
shareholding structure is organised so that ownership of a certain number of
shares entitles the shareholder to exclusive possession of a part of the building.
Compound interest: Where interest is calculated on a sum that includes previous
interest payments.
Compulsory acquisition: Where an asset is acquired by a statutory authority
through legislation, irrespective of whether an owner is willing to sell or not.
Conditions of sale: The conditions applicable to a sale contract made between a
vendor and purchaser.
Conjunction agency: See Agents in Conjunction.
Consideration: Payment in the form of money or other form of benefit in
exchange for an agreed action (e.g. the receipt of goods and / or services).
Contract: A legally binding agreement.
Contract of sale: An agreement relating to the sale of property, which expresses
the terms and conditions of sale.
Conveyance: A deed which transfers ownership of common law title from one
person to another.
Cooling of f period: A short statutory period after the contract is made, during
which the purchaser may cancel the contract unconditionally. Usually does not
apply in the case of auctions.
Counter of fer: A new offer as to price, terms and conditions, made in reply to a
prior unacceptable offer. Normally the counter offer terminates the previous
offer.
Crown land: Unalienated land owned by a State or the Commonwealth
Date of settlement: The date on which a contract of sale is finalised and final
payment is made.
Deed: A document executed under seal. For example, a conveyance.
Deposit: Percentage of total consideration, or an agreed amount, paid on
exchange of contract for purchase of an asset.
Depreciation: (a) In accounting terms, the writing down of the original cost of an
asset systematically over the life of that asset; ( b) An effect caused by physical
deterioration, or obsolescence, or both; (c) In valuation terms, the writing down
of the current cost of an asset to calculate its current value. The accumulated
effect on the value of an asset due to physical, functional, technological and
economic obsolescence.
Depreciation schedule: A list of items in an investment property that can be
depreciated and claimed as a tax benefit. It includes such items as carpets, hotwater
systems and air conditioning.
Development approval: Approval from the relevant planning authority to
construct, add, amend or change the structure of a property.
Disbursements: Recoverable costs. For example, in the case of real estate sales,
expenses paid by an agent on behalf of an owner, such as advertising, rates and
taxes.
Display home: A building which represents a completed example of a dwelling
type offered for sale.
Dry rot: Decay of seasoned wood caused by fungus.
Easement: A right to use the land of another (not involving the taking of any part
of the natural produce of that land, or any part of its soil) or a right to prevent the
owner of that land from using that land in a particular manner. Most commonly
used where Government authorities have the right to run, for example, electrical
mains or drainage through private property. Some form of compensation may be
payable.
Effective age: The age of an item, such as a building, as indicated by its physical
condition and utility compared to its useful life, in contrast to its chronological
age. The amount of maintenance and care given to the building will help
determine its effective age. A 5-year old building may have an effective age of
10 years due to poor maintenance of the building.
Effective cause of sale: Where the efforts of a particular real estate agent are
considered to have been an essential element in a purchaser entering into a
binding contract with a vendor for the sale of a property. An agent considered to
be the effective cause of sale will usually be entitled to a commission in respect
of that sale.
Effective date: The date something commences or closes.
Egress: The exit point from a property.
Encumbrance: A charge or liability on a property; for example, a mortgage or a
special condition on the use to which it may be put (e.g. easements, restrictions
and reservations).
Environmental impact study: A multi-disciplinary assessment of existing
environmental conditions and the likely effect on a specified environment of the
introduction of a proposed development or actions which may change the
existing environmental conditions and ecological balance.
Equity: (a) A synonym for a share (as distinct from fixed interest) investment3; (b)
the interest or value that an owner has in an asset over and above the debt
against it. For example, a home-owner has equity in that part of the value of his
or her house above the amount borrowed from a lender.
Estate agent: See Agent.
Eviction: The removal of a person from a property.
Exchange of contracts: A formal legal process that creates a binding contract for
the sale of real property on agreed terms. The vendor and purchaser each sign a
copy of the sale contract and then exchange these documents, after which time
the contract becomes legally binding on the parties. The parties are then bound
to proceed to settlement, subject to any cooling off period that may apply. A
deposit is usually also paid by the purchaser to the vendor during the exchange
process. Any party that unilaterally declines to proceed to settlement may for feit
deposit monies or be subject to a damages claim.
Exclusive agency: See Exclusive Listing.
Exclusive agency agreement: The agreement between an agent and a vendor
establishing an Exclusive Listing.
Exclusive listing: Where a single agent only is appointed to sell or lease a property
under an Exclusive Agency Agreement. Under the terms of an Exclusive Agency
Agreement, the appointed agent is usually entitled to any commission resulting
from a transaction relating to the property, even if it is sold or leased by another
agent or the vendor during the term of the agreement. Also known as an
Exclusive Agency or a Sole Agency.
Extension of lease: An agreement extending or renewing the terms of a lease for
a period beyond the expiration date.
F/F or F/furn: Fully furnished.
Fire resistance rating: Means the minimum period of time during which an
element of a structure may be expected to function satisfactorily while subjected
to a standard fire test, as set down by the relevant authority.
Fireproofing: The use of incombustible materials to protect structural components
of a building so it can withstand a complete burn-out of contents without losing
structural integrity.
First refusal (right of): The right granted to a person to have the first privilege to
buy or lease real estate, or the right to meet any offer made by another.
Fittings: Installed items that may be removed from real estate without causing
irreparable damage to the land, structure or use of the premises.
Fixed interest rate: An interest rate that remains unchanged for a set period, for
example, for the whole term of the loan, or the first year of a loan.
Fixed rate loan: A loan where the interest rate is fixed for a period of time, which
can vary from one to 15 years.
Fixtures: Those parts of a property affixed to structures or land, usually in such a
manner that they cannot be independently moved without damage to
themselves or the property housing supporting or pertinent to them. Fixtures are
usually included in a sale and commonly include items such as carpets and
awnings.
Flat: A self-contained dwelling unit in a multi-unit building.
Foreclose: Removing the right, title and interest of the owner of a property or
asset, usually due to a default of due payments.
Foreign Investment Review Board: An Australian Government entity that reviews
foreign investment proposals and advises the Government on foreign investment
Freehold: Absolute ownership subject to limitations imposed by the state; also
known as a fee simple estate. An estate held for perpetuity.
Ftld: Fully tiled.
Furn: Furnished.
Gazumping: Where the vendor agrees to sell a property, but then sells it to
another party on more favourable terms.
Gearing (leverage): A measure of indebtedness i.e. the extent of borrowings as
against the equity held by a person or company in an asset. Usually expressed as
a ratio. Positive gearing refers to the magnification of financial gain resulting from
borrowing when the cost of capital (borrowed) is less than the return on capital
and leads to magnification of returns to equity. Negative gearing refers to the
same relationships but where the cost of capital exceeds the return on capital.
Persons would normally only negative gear in the expectation of positive returns
General law title: See Common Law Title.
Going concern: An operating business that will remain in operation for the
foreseeable future. It is assumed that the entity has neither the intention nor the
necessity of liquidation or of curtailing materially the scale of its operations.
Properties sold as a going concern may be treated differently for taxation
Goods and Services Tax (GST): A consumption tax imposed by the
Commonwealth levied on the provision of goods and services.
Grace period: A period when a mortgage payment or other debt becomes past
due and before it goes into default.
Graduated lease: A lease which provides for a certain rent for an initial period,
followed by an increase or decrease in rent over a stated period.
Guarantor: A person who undertakes to fulfil a contract if the main party defaults.
Hammer price: The purchase price paid when land or goods are sold at auction.
Head lease (or master lease): A lease to an entity that will subsequently grant
leases to sublessees who will be tenants in possession.
Holding deposit: An amount given by a buyer to the estate agent acting for the
seller. It shows the buyer’s serious commitment to the property and is commonly
10% of the purchase price.
House: A single, self-contained place of residence detached from other
buildings. A house generally consists of enclosing walls with a roof to shelter
occupants against both climate and intruders.
Implied covenant: A covenant implied rather than expressly written into a lease.
On the part of the lessor this could include the asset being fit for the purpose for
which it is let and allowing for quiet enjoyment. On the part of the lessee it could
include keeping the premises clean.
Implied easement: An encroachment upon property that has been left
unchallenged for a long period of time. One that is apparent by long and
continued use.
Ingress: The entry point to a property.
Interest: The payment made by a borrower to a lender in return for the loan of
money, in addition to the principal repayments.
Interest only loan: Only the interest on the principal is repaid during the term of
the loan. At the end of that time the principal is repaid as a lump sum.
Interest rate: The rate of return earned on an investment, or charged by a lender,
expressed in the form of a percentage per annum.
Investment property: Property (land or a building - or part of a building - or both)
held (by the owner or by the lessee under a finance lease) to earn rentals or for
capital appreciation or both.
Joint tenancy: The ownership of land in common by several persons where there
is a right of survivorship i.e. where on the death of one joint owner the land as a
whole vests in the survivors.
KIO: Key in office.
Land agent: See Agent.
Land tax: A tax payable annually in respect of the beneficial ownership of land,
the rate of which is determined by the assessed valuation. Usually based on
unimproved value of land.
Landlord: The owner of leased property. The lessor.
Lease: An agreement whereby the lessor conveys to the lessee in return for a
payment or series of payments the right to use an asset for an agreed period of
Lease abstract: A summary of a lease document listing the specific details
peculiar to that lease.
Lease term: The period of the lease.
Leasehold: Possession and use of a property by virtue of a lease.
Lender’s Mortgage Insurance (LMI): A premium paid by the purchaser if the loan
is more than 80% of the value of the property. This insurance covers the lender if
the borrower defaults on the loan.
Lessee (tenant): A person / legal entity who receives the right to occupy and use
a property under the terms of a lease.
Lessor (landlord): The owner of a property who transfers the right to occupy and
use property to another by way of a lease agreement.
Licensed real estate agent: A Licensed Real Estate Agent may per form the
activities in the conduct of a real estate business. He/she is licensed to hold
responsibility for an agency’s legislative compliance activities.
Lien: A charge, security or encumbrance upon property for the payment of debt.
Line of credit loan: A loan that is similar to a credit card, where you are able to
withdraw funds as needed. Sometimes regular, minimum, interest-only repayments
Listing: (a) A term commonly used by agents for obtaining an instruction to sell or
lease real estate; (b) The recording of properties as being available for sale.
Loan-to-value ratio (LVR): The value of the loan as a percentage of the value of
the property.
Long-term lease: Generally considered to be a lease extending for ten years or
more. In some long-term leases the lessee or tenant may desire, or be required, to
do extensive remodelling or, if the property leased is land, to construct a building
or other improvements.
Low-doc loans: Loans where minimal documentation is required by the applicant.
Often used by self-employed people. The interest rate charged is often higher
than for a full-doc loan.
LUG: Lock-up garage.
Maintenance: The act of keeping, or the expenditure required to keep, an asset
in condition to per form efficiently the service for which it is used.
Management agreement: A written contract recording the agreement between
the owner and manager of real estate concerning the duties, responsibilities and
liabilities of the owner and the manager in the management of that real estate.
Management fee (property): The fee charged by the property manager to the
landlord for the service of managing a property or properties. This service
typically includes collecting rents, paying recurrent property expenses, selecting
and supervising property service contractors such as cleaners, plant service
providers and security. It may also include negotiating new leases, marketing of
the property, rent reviews and overseeing building refurbishment. In respect of
property trusts, it refers to the fee levied on unit holders by the responsible entity
to cover the cost of trust administration.
Managing agent: A real estate agent authorised to manage the business affairs in
connection with the property of another. See also Property Management.
Margin scheme: Refer to the Australian Taxation Office (https://www.ato.gov.au).
Market price: The price actually paid, or agreed in a contract to be paid, for an
asset. It differs from market value in that it relates to an accomplished fact,
whereas market value is and remains an estimate until proved. Market price may
involve circumstances not normally included in market value.
Market value: Market value is the estimated amount for which an asset should
exchange on the date of valuation between a willing buyer and a willing seller in
an arm’s length transaction after proper marketing, wherein the parties had each
acted knowledgeably, prudently and without compulsion.
Median: The middle number when data is arranged from lowest to the highest in
sequence. If there are two median scores, they are averaged to provide the true
median. The median is also known as the 50th percentile.
Median price: The median price is derived by arranging property prices in
ascending or descending order and then selecting the middle price. It is not the
Mediation: The process by which a third party assists two disputing parties to
reach a mutually agreeable solution. A recommendation made by the mediator
is not necessarily binding on the parties.
Mortgage: Documentation of a property loan. Security over real property to
ensure payment of a debt or per formance of an obligation.
Mortgage guarantee insurance: Paid by the borrower to protect the lender
against failure by the borrower to keep up mortgage repayments or to pay back
the loan in full when it is due.
Mortgagee: Financier who lends money against property as security.
Mortgagee sale: Sale of a property where, in the case of a default of payments
by the mortgagee, the mortgagor can sell the property over which the mortgage
has been held.
Mortgagor: One who owns an interest in real estate and who executes a
mortgage on that interest as security for a loan or for the advance of credit.
Multiple listing: A method of exchanging exclusive entries for the sale of
properties between real estate agents who are members of the same
organisation.
Negative gearing: The interest payable on an investment loan is greater than the
income received. See Gearing.
Neutral gearing: The interest payable on an investment loan is equal to the
Notice of termination: The notice given by either the landlord or tenant that they
want to end the rental agreement and vacate the property in compliance with
the terms and conditions of the lease.
Notice to quit: A legal notice served on tenants requiring them to vacate real
estate due to a breach of lease terms.
Of fer: The consideration offered to purchase or lease an asset.
Of f the plan: Signing a contract for property which has yet to be built. This is often
the practice of developers of blocks of high rise units and apartments.
OFP: Open fireplace.
Old system title: See Common Law Title.
ONO: Or nearest offer.
Open agency agreement: The agreement between an agent and a vendor
establishing an Open Listing.
Open listing: Where a vendor grants selling or leasing rights over a property to
any number of agents on a non-exclusive basis. The first agent to procure a buyer
ready, willing and able to purchase or lease the property on terms acceptable to
the vendor receives the commission. Also known as a Common Listing, Simple
Listing or Open Agency.
OSP: Off street parking.
Outbuildings: Any building other than the main structure on a particular allotment
of land e.g. a garage, workshop etc.
Outgoings: The expenses incurred in generating income. In real estate, these
expenses include, but are not necessarily limited to, property rates, insurance,
repairs and maintenance and management fees.
Owner: In relation to land, the owner includes every person who jointly or
severally whether at law or in equity: (a) is entitled to the land of an estate in
freehold possession; or (b) is entitled to receive rent or profits thereof, whether as
beneficial owner, trustee, mortgagee in possession or otherwise.
Owners corporation: See Body Corporate.
Passed-in: If a property is not sold at auction because the owner’s reserve price
has not been reached, it is passed in.
P.c.m: Per calendar month.
Periodic lease: Where a tenant continues to rent / occupy the property after the
lease has formally expired.
Pkg: Parking.
Planning approval: Approval from the relevant authority to use property for a
specified use.
Positive cash flow: Income from the property (including tax benefits) is greater
than all the expenses (including interest, rates and taxes, repairs, etc.).
Positive gearing: The income from a property is greater than the interest payable
on the investment loan. The difference between positive gearing and positive
cash flow (and negative gearing and negative cash flow) is that cash flow
includes all income and all expenses whereas gearing only refers to rental
income vs interest. See Gearing.
Preferred listings: Entrusting a property sale / lease to a predetermined preferred
Premises: A house, building or other structure together with the surrounding
grounds that form part of the title. Also, the real estate forming the subject of a
conveyance or licence.
Principal: (a) A term used in most Australian contracts in lieu of ‘client’ or
‘proprietor’; (b) A licensed estate agent holding responsibility for an agency’s
legislative compliance activities including legal responsibility for trust accounts.
Private sale: Where an owner offers a property for sale without engaging an
Private treaty sale: A sale negotiated directly between the parties or their agents.
Property: At law, property consists of the private rights of ownership. To distinguish
between real estate (realty), a physical entity, and its ownership, a legal
concept, ownership of land is known as real property. Physical items other than
real estate are legally termed ‘personalty’ and their ownership is known as
‘personal property’. The word ‘property’ used without further qualification or
identification may relate to real estate, personalty or a combination.
Colloquially, property is anything that can be owned or in which an interest can
be held, over which control can be exercised, which can be traded or left in an
estate or from which current or future rights to receive benefits can be held.
Property can include, but is not limited to, real estate and associated interests
therein, personalty, intellectual property, rights, licences and options, plant and
machinery, art and jewellery, goodwill and shares.
Property management: The management of a property on behalf of the owner.
For example, the leasing of space, collection of rents, selection of tenants and
generally the overall maintaining and managing of real estate properties for
Property manager (PM): A property manager is a person or firm charged with the
upkeep and management of a property on behalf of the owner.
Pw: Per week.
Rates: Periodic property taxes levied by Local and State Governments (e.g. water
rates).
RBA: Reserve Bank of Australia (https://www.rba.gov.au/). Australia's central bank
and banknote issuing authority.
Real estate agent: See Agent.
Real property: All the rights, interests, and benefits related to the ownership of
real estate. Real property is a legal concept distinct from real estate, which is a
physical asset. There may also be potential limitations upon ownership rights to
real property.
Realty: See Real Estate.
Rent: A payment made periodically by a lessee to a lessor for the use of premises.
Rent review: A periodic review of rental under a lease using a predetermined
method. For example, an increase in line with Consumer Price Index (CPI) or in
accordance with a market valuation.
Rent roll: A group of rental properties managed by a real estate agent and
includes names of tenants and the amount they pay.
Rental determination: A valuation report by an independent valuer fixing a rent,
in circumstances where a lessor and lessee have been unable to negotiate an
Rescind: To terminate a contract of sale.
Reserve price: The lowest acceptable price fixed by the vendor.
Residential Tenancies Tribunal: Specialist bodies exist in most Australian States and
Territories to resolve disputes between landlords and residential tenants in a lowcost
manner, usually without the involvement of lawyers. Specifically, these
bodies include the: Residential Tenancies Tribunal (ACT, SA); Residential Tenancies
Authority (QLD); Residential Tenancies List (VIC); Residential Tribunal (NSW);
Commissioner of Tenancies (NT); and Residential Tenancy Commissioner (TAS).
Tenancy disputes may be heard by the Small Disputes Division of Local Courts in
WA.
Residential tenancy database: A risk management tool used by agents to identify
tenants with a history of breaching tenancy rules.
Reverse mortgage: A mortgage over a residential property owned by a person
(usually over 55 years of age), where repayments are not required until the
property is sold or the last homeowner dies.
Right of access: Where an ongoing right of access has been granted, usually for
inspection of services, agistment, etc.
Right of entry: Where a landlord may inspect the premises, provided reasonable
notice is given to the tenant.
R/O: Room only.
Self-managed super fund (SMSF): A type of trust that exists with the sole purpose
of funding the beneficiaries’ retirement.
Seller’s market: The condition which exists when, under competitive conditions,
relatively high level, giving the seller an advantage. An under-supply causing
prices to increase.
Settlement: This is the final stage of the sale when the purchaser completes the
payment of the contract price to the vendor and takes legal possession of the
Settlement date: The date on which a contract of sale is finalised and the
balance of money is paid for an asset.
Simple interest: Interest that is calculated on a sum that does not include
previous interest charges.
Simple listing: See Open Listing.
SLUG: Single lock-up garage.
Sole agency: See Exclusive Listing.
Speculator: One who speculates; that is, one who buys any commodity, including
real estate, in the expectancy of selling in a higher market.
Stamp duty: The tax imposed by state governments on certain contracts (e.g.
Contracts of Sale and Registered Leases). The amount of tax payable is
calculated as a percentage of the contract value. See also individual state
legislation.
Standard lease: A lease in commonly used form into which specific clauses or
provisions may be written.
Stock and station agent: Stock and station agents are certified to broker
transactions that involve livestock, rural property and agricultural products on
behalf of their clients.
Strata plan: The registered plan of a strata title property showing the boundaries
of lots and unit entitlements. Pursuant to legislation on strata or unit titles.
Strata title: (a) The formal ownership of property held within a strata plan where
property is defined within horizontal and vertical boundaries; (b) A scheme of
property ownership where each proprietor owns parts of a building and has joint
rights with other proprietors over the land and other common areas.
Sub-agent: A person employed by an agent as their sales representative to
provide assistance in transacting the affairs of the principal. In some States a subagent
is referred to as a sales representative.
Subdivision: Divisions by a landowner, of all or part of a parcel of land, into
separate allotments (or sections), each with a separate title, in accordance with
a ‘plan of subdivision’ approved by the planning authority.
Sublease / sublet: A contract whereby the whole or part of the property is let to
another person, the party letting being themselves a lessee. The obligations of the
lessee to the lessor are not diminished. The length of the sub-lease must not be
longer than the unexpired part of the head lease.
Survey: The measurement and depiction on paper of the boundaries of real
estate and the location of the improvements on the land, or measurement of a
part of a building, usually undertaken by a registered surveyor.
Tenancy agreement: A form of lease, generally in an abbreviated form. It may be
registered on an owner’s certificate of title.
Tenancy in common: Ownership that is separate and not held directly with
another person. There is no survivorship.
Tenant: A person or entity paying rent in exchange for the occupancy of a
building or dwelling. See also Lessee.
Tenant’s agent: A Tenant’s Agent should be a licensed real estate agent, who
acts on behalf of a tenant in a commercial property transaction.
Tender: The sale of an asset through the seeking of written bids.
Title: The form of ownership of real estate (i.e. Torrens, strata or company title).
Title deeds: Documents evidencing the ownership of property.
Torrens title: The title to land by registration. Originating in South Australia under
the stewardship of R.R.Torrens (later Sir Robert Torrens) and enacted in 1858. The
Torrens titles has superseded the ‘Common Law Title’ system throughout Australia.
Under the Torrens system dealings and ownership of land are managed by
registration with the Titles Office.
Trust account: A legislatively required bank account where monies are held by an
agent for or on behalf of another person e.g. deposits, rental etc.
Unencumbered property: Property free and clear of mortgages, restrictive
covenants, leases and assessments of any kind.
Unimproved value: A statutory concept of value used mainly for rating and taxing
purposes, which envisages the land as being in its virgin state but enjoying the
benefits of all external factors which influence the value at a given date. The
value of land as if all existing improvements thereupon, including site works, had
never been built or made, but regarding all other lands as in their current
circumstance, including all improvements, roads, services and amenities.
Unit (strata): Each dedicated lot / unit area designated within a strata plan.
Vacancy: A rental property or any unit thereof that is unlet.
Vacancy rate: The proportion of inhabitable rental premises which are vacant.
Vacant possession: In real estate this refers to a right to possession of land or builtup
property in respect of which there is no current occupant.
Vacate: To give up occupancy; to make vacant; move out of property.
Valuation: (a) The process of estimating value.5; (b) The prediction of the value of
an asset at a point in time, depending on the purpose for which the valuation is
Valuation report: A document that records the instructions for the assignment, the
purpose and basis of the valuation, and the results of the analysis that led to the
opinion of value. A Valuation Report may also explain the analytical processes
undertaken in carrying out the valuation, and present meaningful information
used in the analysis. Valuation Reports can be either oral or written. The type,
content and length of a report vary according to the intended user, legal
requirements, the property type, and the nature and complexity of the
assignment. The terms, Valuation Certificate and Valuation Report, are sometimes
used interchangeably.
Valuer: A person who is: (a) registered / licensed / approved to carry out property
or plant and machinery valuations under any State, Territory or Commonwealth
legislation; and / or (b) a member of the Australian Property Institute who is
accredited as a Certified Practising Valuer.
Variable rate loan: A loan in which the interest rate fluctuates.
Variation: An addition to, omission from, or alteration to a contract or to the
contract conditions.
Vendor: One who sells anything. In real estate transactions, the person(s) or entity
selling the property.
Voidable: An agreement which can be made void at the option of one or both of
the parties.
Water closet: A room equipped with toilet fixtures and facilities.
Without reserve: An auction term signifying that a reserve price has not been set,
such that the highest bid will prevail.
Yield: The derived percentage return of a property assessed from the net income
and the market value or price. It is calculated by dividing the net income by the
opening market value or price.
Zoning: A local planning tool to control the present and future development of
land including residential, business and industrial uses.
Real Estate Institue of Australia (http://reia.asn.au/wpcontent/
uploads/2017/10/Glossary-of-terms-Fact-Sheets.pdf)
(https://www.propertycouncil.com.au/Web/Events___Services/Research_Services/Glossary_of_Terms.a
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Could be weeks to a month before man charged with killing Port Salerno couple goes to grand jury
Sara Marino
Treasure Coast Newspapers
STUART — It could run into the holidays before a grand jury is seated to determine whether to indict a handyman accused of killing a Port Salerno couple inside their home.
Johnny Joseph Manord, 55, of the 5400 block of Southeast Jack Avenue, was arrested on two counts of first-degree murder and one charge of aggravated burglary Sept. 9 regarding the Aug. 26 slayings of Donald Smith, 81, and his wife Lorraine, 80. He is in the Martin County Jail.
Manord accepted a plea deal, taking the death penalty off the table, and has agreed to serve three consecutive life sentences, said Tom Bakkedahl, chief assistant state attorney for the 19th Judicial Circuit that includes the Treasure Coast and Okeechobee County.
The next step in the legal process requires prosecutors to seek a capital murder indictment from a Martin County grand jury to formally charge Manord, but that can’t happen until after Oct. 5 when jurors begin returning for service.
Grand juries and jury trials were suspended in March because of COVID-19, but last month court officials lifted the ban.
If he’s indicted as prosecutors expect, Manord will be arrested again at the Martin County Jail. He’ll be scheduled to appear before a judge to enter the plea he agreed to, which requires he serve three consecutive life prison terms.
If Manord refuses the plea offer when he's in front of the judge, prosecutors would be free to seek a punishment of death if he’s convicted at trial.
An exact date hasn't been chosen for the grand jury, but Bakkedahl said it'll likely be in the first few weeks of October.
"We're working around a few dates (for the grand jury), we just have got to confirm with the 21 grand jurors, and we need 15 to show up, so we're trying to accommodate their schedules," Bakkedahl said.
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More:Handyman accused of two counts of first-degree murder
Manord was the Smiths' handyman. He waited outside of the couple's Port Salerno home on Southeast Hull Street the afternoon of Aug. 26, and when Donald Smith returned home and went inside, he went into the house through the open garage door, according to his arrest affidavit.
He hit both Smiths over the head with a heavy bowl, then cut their necks with a knife from the kitchen, Martin County Sheriff Will Snyder said.
He took $800, stole the Smiths' 2007 Lincoln sedan, bought crack cocaine and abandoned the car in the nearby Golden Gate neighborhood where the Smiths' owned rental property.
Two days later, the couple was found dead in their home when a friend came over to check on them.
A day after the discovery, Manord was arrested on unrelated charges of felony battery, possession of cocaine and use or possession of drug paraphernalia and was taken to the Martin County Jail; bond was set at $110,00.
The Sheriff's Office investigation led to Manord as a prime suspect in the killings, Snyder said. Manord later admitted to killing the couple.
During his plea hearing, it’s possible relatives of the Smiths will testify either in-person or virtually before a judge sentences Manord.
Because of COVID-19 restrictions, it could take a week or longer for Manord to be transported from the Martin County Jail to state prison once his charges are resolved.
"Once he's pled and he's sentenced I would imagine they would then put him on the next bus out of town," Bakkedahl said.
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If Manord doesn't enter a plea for the three consecutive life terms that were previously discussed, Bakkedahl said, the death penalty is back on the table.
"Negotiations for the deal are complete, but (Manord) hasn't stepped in front of a judge yet to enter his plea and he can't do that until a grand jury has indicted him for first-degree murder," Bakkedahl said.
He said the State Attorney's Office has spoken with the Smiths' family who agreed that with COVID-19 delaying the legal process and Manord's health problems, it could take five years or longer for a capital case to go to trial.
Another factor Bakkedahl said the family had to consider was that on average, most death row inmates are put to death in about 25 years. This would make Manord about 85 before he's on death row.
According to records from the Martin County Clerk of Court's office, Manord has an arraignment scheduled for Oct. 1.
Sara Marino is a TCPalm breaking news reporter covering Martin County. You can reach Sara on Twitter @saradmarino or email her at Sara.Marino@tcpalm.com. If you're a subscriber, thank you. If not, become a subscriber to get the latest breaking news.
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Chock And Bates Earn Silver, Hubbell And Donohue Bronze At Figure Skating Grand Prix Final
By Paul D. Bowker | Dec. 07, 2019, 3:10 p.m. (ET)
Madison Chock and Evan Bates perform at the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final on Dec. 6, 2019 in Turin, Italy.
Skating to a season-best score in the free dance, two-time Olympic ice dancers Madison Chock and Evan Bates led an American two-three podium finish in the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final on Saturday in Torino, Italy.
Chock and Bates, who were third in the competition following Friday’s rhythm dance, moved up to second place by scoring 129.01 in the free dance. Their total score was 210.68.
Madison Hubbell and Zach Donohue, 2018 Olympians, placed third to win the bronze medal, scoring 125.21 in their free dance for a 207.93 total score.
France’s Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron, four-time world champions and Olympic silver medalists, won the gold medal with a score of 219.85.
Chock and Bates reached the podium for the third time in five Grand Prix Final appearances. They won silver medals in 2014 and 2015.
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Chock and Bates have reached the podium in all three grand prix appearances this season, including second-place finishes at Internationaux de France and Cup of China. Their podium finish Saturday added to an impressive line of grand prix finishes: including the Finals, Chock and Bates have medaled in 15 of their 20 grand prix appearances.
Hubbell and Donohue reached the podium in the Grand Prix Final for the second consecutive year in their fifth appearance. They were defending champs, and had reached the final with a first-place finish at Skate America and second-place finish at Skate Canada International.
The U.S. teams positioned themselves for podium spots after finishing two-three in Friday’s rhythm dance. Hubbell and Donohue, skating in a Marilyn Monroe-themed program, were second with 82.72 points, just 1.11 points behind Papadakis and Cizeron. Chock and Bates were in third place after scoring 81.67.
Paul D. Bowker has been writing about Olympic and Paralympic sports since 1996, when he was an assistant bureau chief in Atlanta. He is a freelance contributor to TeamUSA.org on behalf of Red Line Editorial, Inc.
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