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STATE REPRESENTATIVE • DISTRICT 93
Hammond: DHS Office Closure Would be Devastating to Most Vulnerable
State Representative Norine Hammond is working to prevent the impending closure of the Mason County’s Department of Human Services (DHS) office, Family Community Resource Center, on Main Street in Havana. She joins AFSCME, the employee union, in voicing opposition and vowing to fight the department’s decision.
“About 250 people visit the Family Community Resource Center every month. What are these people going to do for assistance when there is no public transportation in the county?” said Hammond. She added, “This closure would be devastating to the elderly and disabled who depend on services that they can easily access.”
The Center currently has five employees but would employ nine individuals when fully staffed. These current five employees would be transferred pending closure. So, what is the cost savings for the state? The cost of rent for the building is $2,300 per month.
Representative Hammond reiterated the need for the local DHS office, “Their caseload is currently at 2,500 people. That’s 2,500 of our friends and neighbors that have reached out for help. I will continue to push for accessible care and assistance for them- the most vulnerable among us.”
An official notice has not been released informing of an office closure but DHS management has sent boxes to the Havana office and told workers to prepare for a move.
Read the Peoria Journal Star’s story here.
WHOI’s story on the proposed closing is here.
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Fourth coronavirus death reported in India; bans int’l flights from March 22
As India continues to step up measures against the novel Coronavirus, the country reported its 4th death due to COVID-19 after a 70-year-old man in Punjab succumbed to the virus. The man had travel history to Germany and Italy.
In the meantime, the total number of confirmed cases has crossed 180 on a day India decided to bar international flights from March 22nd to 29th.
No scheduled international commercial passenger flights shall be allowed to land in India from March 22 for one week: Government of India.#Coronavirus
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Nearly 20 years after her son’s death, Katharine pays an unexpected visit to the New York apartment of his former partner, who is now married to another man and has a young child.
Confronted with the life her son might have led, Katharine is challenged to face the powerful ways in which society has changed around her and to accept an ever-evolving definition of family.
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Production photos by Michael Brosilow.
Haunting Mothers and Sons asks, how long do we mourn before moving on?
By CHRIS JONES
I thought this an important play when I first saw it on Broadway in 2014 (it starred Tyne Daly), in part because I remember seeing a couple of mothers like Katherine at funerals, in part because it reminds us what some (hardly all) family members did to those who died of AIDS, but mostly because it offers a chance to think about guilt, mourning and moving on, while we’re in the hands of one of America’s most compassionate and yet unstinting playwrights.
At one point, Cal, who is played with great sincerity by Parker, wonders aloud whether moving on to a new partner means he did not love Katherine’s son enough. It’s a common worry of the widowed, although the play is, I think, arguing that he has no choice, given how time moves so inexorably forward, leaving some of us behind.
Parker also nails the sheer horror of your past walking right through your front door, dredging up all that complexity. Gold’s performance is an exceptionally sincere and honest piece of acting that moved me greatly in some moments. And Sprunger, playing that new man in Cal’s life, has just the right lack of compassion for that which he was just young enough to miss.
You’ll sense I’m fond of this emotional play, and you would be right. It is honest, fair and moving, and entirely applicable to any number of other circumstances in which we find ourselves.
Mothers and Sons at Northlight Theatre: Theater review
Terrence McNally again considers the AIDS crisis from the perspective of those left behind.
4 STARS, CRITIC’S PICK
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By KRIS VIRE
McNally has often been at his best as a chronicler of current gay life (or a certain white, upper-middle-class or at least aspirational strain of it, anyway) in plays like Love! Valour! Compassion!. Revisiting the characters of Andre’s Mother (which he expanded into an Emmy-winning episode of PBS’s American Playhouse in 1990) allows him the opportunity to incisively comment on those aspects of the present moment—marriage equality, gay parenting, HIV as a manageable disease—that no one was even considering as possibilities 20 years ago.
But it also allows him to give some room for dignity, even in opposition, to the still unenlightened. Gold’s Katharine is neither sympathetic nor particularly repentant for her rejection of her son’s relationship and reality. But McNally, for the most part, resists encouraging us to jeer her, and Gold’s nuanced performance lets us see hints of the isolation and loneliness beneath Katharine’s standoffish demeanor. In Steve Scott’s sensitive, heartfelt production, we even start to root for her to come around.
Review: Mothers and Sons/Northlight Theatre
By AARON HUNT
Northlight has assembled a formidable team to live this story. Director Steve Scott guides actors Cindy Gold (Katharine), Jeff Parker (Cal), Benjamin Sprunger (his husband Will) and Ben Miller (their young son, Bud) through McNally’s beautifully crafted play. The anxiety ratchets up before being expertly released through humor or another diversion only to begin the climb to the next dramatic peak, each mountain of hurt taller than the next until the unforgiving apex.
This production left me gasping as I fell headlong into Gold’s needful, vacuum-sealed fury, Parker’s self-deluded graciousness, Sprunger’s disconnected entitlement and Miller’s open-hearted acceptance, doctoring the world with an Oreo cookie and milk.
McNally is right to teach history. History keeps repeating. Cal is right to shout down Katharine’s “Children don’t fix anything!” with “This one does!” Be brave enough to see this play.
Terrence McNally opens up about Mothers and Sons
Terrence McNally, the author of such celebrated works of drama as Love! Valour! Compassion!, Master Class and Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, and the bookwriter of such musicals as Ragtime, The Full Monty and Kiss of the Spider Woman, is talking about mothers and sons.
“Mother and son really is the most direct flow of unconditional love between two people,” he says, over the phone. “I can never understand why mothers cannot always just love their children.”
McNally is speaking about a particular moment in American history — the AIDS crisis, at its peak around a quarter of a century ago. At the time, there were many mothers (and fathers) angry with their gay children and alienated from them. The separation was often manifest at the funerals of sons who never reached middle age. Anyone who was around at the time, and who went to too many of them, can recall glimpses of parents sitting awkwardly in the pews, unsure about how to process their grief, unable to join in the celebration of their son’s life. That is assuming the parents were there at the funeral.
“My own mother was dead by the time I wrote this play, and I’m not much of an autobiographical writer,” McNally said. “But this play certainly is to some extent my working out my relationship with my own mother. After it opened in New York, a number of young gay people said to me things like ‘we’ve no idea what you had to live through.’ I mean, this was not World War II. This was not 100 years ago. But still they do not know. I urgently wanted to express what has happened in these past 25 years for gay men and women, and how much we’ve pushed under the rug without wanting to have a conversation about. The writing felt cathartic.”
Northlight’s Mothers and Sons a story of family, grief
By MYRNA PETLICKI
Grieving has no timeline. Katharine Gerard’s son Andre may have died of AIDS nearly 20 years ago but her wounds are still raw in Terrence McNally’s intriguing Mothers and Sons opening in previews Jan. 22 at Northlight Theatre.
Skokie resident Cindy Gold plays Katharine, who has come from her home in Texas to New York to visit Cal Porter (Jeff Parker), her late son’s lover. Why has she come to see Cal, even though they have had no contact since Andre’s funeral? What does she hope to achieve by the visit? It’s a bit of a mystery, even to Katharine.
“Her husband just died. Now she’s really alone,” Gold said. “She has no relatives. I’m imagining she has no friends. Her world has become very small. She’s very angry still.”
The actor surmised that Katharine likely visited New York many times before without descending on Cal’s apartment. “She probably got her courage up,” Gold said, adding, “It’s curiosity more than anything.”
Strained relations
By SCOTT C. MORGAN
“Homophobia and racism don’t die because of civil rights and marriage equality,” [Mothers and Sons author Terrence] McNally said. “I think the play is more relevant because you realize that homophobia is a huge subject.”
Homophobia rears its ugly head in Mothers and Sons, which is a sequel of sorts to McNally’s 1990 PBS drama Andre’s Mother. The earlier Emmy Award-winning TV movie focused on a Texas mother named Katharine whose son has passed away from complications of AIDS. Katharine attends a memorial service for her son in New York, and confronts Andre’s surviving lover, Cal, in the process.
For Mothers and Sons, Katharine (Cindy Gold) and Cal (Jeff Parker) meet again more than two decades later in his upscale New York apartment. Yet now Katharine must also contend with Cal’s family that includes his younger husband, Will Ogden (Benjamin Sprunger), and their son, Bud (Ben Miller).
“Mothers and Sons is looking at where we are today with AIDS as very much the unspoken subject of the play,” McNally said. “[AIDS] did decimate a generation of people and there’s a legacy and residue and many scars left.”
The best things to do in Chicago this month | January – Theater – Dramas
By CATEY SULLIVAN
CRITIC’S PICK – The regional premiere of a work by playwright Terrence McNally (Master Class, Kiss of the Spider Woman) is always reason for anticipation. With director Steve Scott at the helm, doubly so. Scott takes on the story of a mother who lost a son to AIDS and meets up with her son’s former partner years afterward.
Cindy Gold
Katharine Gerard
Cindy is thrilled to be back at Northlight after Awake and Sing!, Pride and Prejudice and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Recent area work includes A Kid Like Jake (About Face), In the Garden (Lookingglass) and Measure for Measure (Goodman). She played Gertrude Stein in Loving Repeating (Joseph Jefferson Award – Best Actress in a Musical). Other credits: Showboat (Lyric Opera, Chicago and Washington, D.C. National Opera at the Kennedy Center), Love, Loss and What I Wore (Broadway in Chicago) and Moises Kaufman’s 33 Variations workshop (About Face and Tectonic Theatre). Cindy appeared in The Music Man (Glimmerglass Opera Company) both in New York and at the Royal Opera House in Muscat, Oman. TV appearances include Empire and Chicago Fire. She is a Professor of Acting at Northwestern University Department of Theatre.
Bud Ogden-Porter
Ben is excited to make his Northlight debut in Mothers and Sons. You may have seen Ben in area productions of Oliver!, Tarzan, Seussical, Once Upon a Mattress or Peter Pan. He has also appeared in several commercials and films. Ben trains at The Performer’s School in Highwood. He is currently in fourth grade and he loves to read books, make videos and play “spies” outside with his friends.
Cal Porter
Jeff returns to Northlight where he most recently appeared in Mothers and Sons. Recent Chicago credits: Objects in the Mirror (Goodman), The Secret Garden (Court),Samsara (Victory Gardens) and Isaac’s Eye (Writers). Other Chicago credits include: Camino Real,Candide, Turn of the Century and Bounce (Goodman); The Brother/Sister Plays (Jeff Award – Best Ensemble) and Venus (Steppenwolf); Cymbeline, As You Like It and The Three Musketeers (Chicago Shakespeare); Sweet Charity and Days Like Today (Writers); and Nine (Jeff Nomination – Best Actor in a Musical, Porchlight). Off-Broadway and regional credits: Candide (Huntington), My Fair Lady(Asolo Repertory), 1776 (A.C.T.), Boy Gets Girl (Manhattan Theatre Club), The American in Me(Magic) and Winesburg, Ohio (Kansas City Repertory). Television and film credits: Chicago P.D., Love is a Four Letter Word, Prison Break and Early Edition. Jeff holds a B.F.A. in Acting from the University of Southern California. jeffparkeractor.tumblr.com
Benjamin Sprunger
Will Ogden
Benjamin is thrilled to be making his Northlight debut with Mothers and Sons. Other theatre credits include: About Face (seven productions including Take Me Out, The Homosexuals and The Pride), 16th Street, Goodman, TimeLine, House, Sankofa, LiveWire, Steppenwolf, Strawdog, Griffin (2011 Jeff nomination, Actor in a Principal Role – Musical), Steep, Haven, CityLit, Bailiwick, Mark Taper Forum and Pasadena Playhouse. Television credits: Chicago Fire,Will & Grace and Passions.
Steve returns for his third production at Northlight, having directed Souvenir and Black Pearl Sings!. He is the Producer at Goodman, where he has overseen over 200 productions, and is also a member of Goodman’s Artistic Collective. He has directed productions at a wide variety of Chicago theaters, including Goodman, Shattered Globe, Silk Road, Next, Porchlight, Red Orchid, Theatre Wit, Theatre at the Center, Organic Touchstone, Lifeline, Lyric Opera Center for American Artists, Redtwist and Eclipse, where he is a company member. He is on the faculty at the Theatre Conservatory at the College of Performing Arts of Roosevelt University and has served on panels for the National Endowment for the Arts, the Illinois Arts Council, Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs and the Philadelphia Theatre Initiative/PEW Charitable Trust. He is an artistic associate of the Collaboraction and Chicago Dramatists companies and serves on the board of Season of Concern. Mr. Scott has received six Jeff nominations, an After Dark Award, Eclipse Theatre’s Corona Award and the Award of Honor from the Illinois Theatre Association.
Jack Magaw
Jack most recently designed Discord and Mothers and Sons at Northlight. Recent Chicago and regional design credits include Other Than Honorable (Geva Theatre), Evita (Kansas City Rep), The Flick (Steppenwolf), Rapture Blister Burn (Goodman), The Who and The What (Lincoln Center Theatre-LCT3 and La Jolla Playhouse), Long Day’s Journey Into Night (Court), East Texas Hot Links and The Diary of Anne Frank (Writers), South Pacific (Clarence Brown Theatre), Man of La Mancha and The Mousetrap (Milwaukee Repertory Theatre). Ten Jeff Award nominations include designs for The Diary of Anne Frank (Writers) and Long Day’s Journey Into Night (Court). Upcoming projects include A Flea In Her Ear (American Players Theatre) and Fences (Kansas City Rep). Jack lives in Chicago and teaches design at The Theatre School at DePaul University. www.jackmagaw.com
Rachel Lambert
Rachel is delighted be working at Northlight for the first time. Her Chicago design credits include:Twist Your Dickens (Second City/Goodman); Life of Galileo, Travesties and Northanger Abbey (Jeff nominations – Remy Bumppo);The Lisbon Traviata, A Perfect Ganesh, Intimate Apparel (Jeff Nomination), Woman in Mind, Bedroom Farce, Ah, Wilderness! andAfter the Fall (Eclipse); The Winter’s Tale, Love, Loss and What I Wore, Cymbeline, Merchant of Venice and Romeo & Juliet (Jeff nomination – First Folio); The Magic Flute and Die Fledermaus (DePaul School of Music); The Drowning Girls (Signal Ensemble);American Myth (American Blues). Regionally she has designed The Mystery of Irma Vep and Lend Me a Tenor with Peninsula Players.
Heather Gilbert
Heather returns to Northlight where she previously designed You Can’t Take It With You, Mothers and Sons and Faceless. Ms. Gilbert’s lighting designs have been seen on many Chicago stages including Hypocrites, Goodman, Court, Steppenwolf, Steep, Victory Gardens, Remy Bumppo, Chicago Children’s Theatre, Writers, Timeline, About Face and countless storefronts. Regional credits include Oregon Shakespeare, American Repertory, Kansas City Repertory, Milwaukee Repertory, Huntington, Williamstown, Alley, Berkeley Repertory and Actors Theatre of Louisville. International credits include Almeida in London and Singapore Repertory. Heather was a recipient of the NEA/TCG Career Development Grant and the 3Arts Award. Heather serves as the Head of Lighting Design at Columbia College Chicago, and received her MFA at the Theatre School at DePaul. She is a member of The Hypocrites community.
Christopher Kriz
Original Music & Sound Design
Christopher is an award-winning composer and sound designer. Previous Northlight designs include 4000 Miles, The Whipping Man, Black Pearl Sings! and Eclipsed. In Chicago, Kriz has designed for Goodman, Steppenwolf, Court, Writers, Victory Gardens, TimeLine, Theatre Wit, Rivendell and many others. Upcoming and recent credits include Carlyle (Goodman), Anna Christie (Steppenwolf), Gem of the Ocean (Court), Sucker Punch (Victory Gardens), Sticky Traps(Kansas City Repertory), Sunset Baby (Timeline), Fallen Angels (Remy Bumppo) and Good For Otto (Gift). Recently, Lifeline Theatre produced Kriz’s new musical Soon I Will Be Invincible. For his work in theatre, Kriz has been honored with 11 Joseph Jefferson Nominations and 2 Awards, most recently nominated for Cicada (Route 66) and Mill Fire (Shattered Globe). Kriz is a proud member of United Scenic Artists 829. To hear more of his work, please visit www.christopherkriz.com.
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P-WAC, Member of Coalition to Save Abandoned Chimpanzees
June 23, 2015 /dans Blog /par Amandine Renaud
P-WAC is now a Member of the Coalition to Save the Abandoned Chimpanzees in Liberia.
We are pleased to announce our action along with 45 other primates conservation organizations to save the abandoned chimpanzees in Liberia.
This is an emergency situation: In Liberia, chimpanzees have been abandoned. They are now dying of starvation.
A few days ago, we shared this important information with you: the New York Blood Center or “NYBC” (keep this name in mind), an American research lab, who was using chimpanzees for experimental tests (Ebola, AIDS…) was leaving Liberia. In the process, it went back on it’s previous promise and decided to stop funding the care of these chimpanzees.
This situation is really disgusting, and upsetting.
Some of these laboratory chimpanzees were born in the wild and were taken from their natural environment. For years, they have been used as tools in medical research and experimentation. After helping human communities (in other words: us!!!) through being subjected to vaccine and diseases trials, they are now left on their own, abandoned, to die of starvation.
The NYBC owns them !
Nearby villagers have continued, by their own means, to feed and care for these chimpanzees. But it’s obvious, despite the villagers’ generosity and kindness, it is the NYBC’s responsibility to fund the center and provide care for these chimps.
Let’s remember that the NYBC for decades has made millions of dollars through the experimental use of chimpanzees (our closest relatives!) in the laboratory!
In other words, NYBC – an organization with hundreds of millions in assets and with rapidly increasing revenue over the last two years – exploited these chimpanzees for decades for their own profits and has now abandoned them, deciding to stop paying the salaries of their local caregivers.
Institutions such as The Humane Society of the United States and Humane Society International, alarmed and concerned by the actions of the NYBC, launched a campaign against NYBC, as well as a fundraising drive to take care of the needs of the chimpanzees and provide the villagers the funds they need so the chimps won’t suffer dehydration and starvation… which would have been the case without the intervention of the villagers and humane organizations mentioned above.
The animal protection community and the primates conservation community have stepped in, together, to change the situation as soon as possible. Jane Goodall is also engaged in this coalition. But, despite their efforts and support of Jane Goodall, the NYBC is still silent and sticking to its decision to abandon the chimps.
Unable to accept this situation, P-WAC has decided to join the coalition in order to help spread the message of hope and to call for aide. The coalition cannot accept this situation and is waiting for a response from the NYBC.
The aims of this coalition are :
– to urge New York Blood Center to reinstate funding for the chimpanzees immediately,
– to urge NYBC to discuss a long-term solution with animal protection and chimpanzee experts to ensure appropriate care for these animals who have been through so much.
– to ask the main NYBC sponsor, MetLife, to reevaluate their relationship with NYBC.
Let’s not forget, some, if not most, of these lab chimpanzees were taken from the wild!
Sign and share these petitions:
First petition: https://secure.humanesociety.org/site/Advocacy?page=UserAction&id=6921&s_src=sh_fbtextD20921&fb_ref=Default
Second petition: https://www.change.org/p/new-york-blood-center-don-t-abandon-chimpanzees-for-whom-you-promised-to-provide-lifetime-care?recruiter=38102323&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=autopublish&utm_term=des-lg-no_src-reason_msg&fb_ref=Default
Here are some articles relating this horrible situation:
New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/13/science/chimpanzees-endangered-fish-and-wildlife-service.html
TIME: http://time.com/3919270/chimpanzee-endangered-species/
Please, share this information as much as you can and help bring about this change. Let’s work together to bring about a better future for chimpanzees. Let’s not wait until someone else acts for us.
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And now Brandon Knight is in.
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My god this is just amazing to watch. Just the sheer level of complete and utter dominance in a game where the Bucks don't even look like they are sweating in yet.
I mean, the Pistons really suck, but 49-23 17 minutes in is still impressive.
Music CityMember
Total annihilation...
70-41 at the half and it didn't seem that close.
Getting ugly in the Palace
Giannis clearly does not appreciate Christian Wood.
In other news, Kyrie Irving out for the year. Shocking...
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Man O Man....I fell asleep just before halftime & woke up in middle of 4th quarter. Did I miss anything?? I saw Giannis "nudge" Wood
I know the Pistons suck but the Bucks are as good as advertised.....even with the MVP on the bench. Middleton was on fire early
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Kyrie Irving is a gutless turd and a quitter and it makes me want to puke that he’s won a title because he doesn’t deserve it.
78 points from their big 3...
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30 years ago they called the Pistons "The Bad Boys" because of how tough they were on the way to winning 2 titles in a row in '89 and '90.
They could call this current group by the same name but only because man they are BAD!!! Christian Wood is the only ex-Buck I wouldn't mind still being on the Bucks, it was unfortunate they had to part ways with him to get enough healthy guards on the roster last year. Sad what's happened to all those ex-Bucks as they are good guys, but none are worthy of big minutes on a championship level team at this point.
Bad Boys to Sad Boys...
MichiganPacker2 posted:
Things looked pretty heated during the game. To both guys credit, it looked like they laughed about it together after the game.
fightphoe93 posted:
Career earnings:
John Henson, 8 years, 51 million.
Tony Snell, 8 years, 51 million (including next year)
Thon Maker, 4 years, 11.6 million
Brandon Knight, 9 years, 81 million
Christian Wood hasn't gotten paid yet, but has still made 4 million over 4 years. Playing big minutes for an awful team will likely lead him to getting at least a MLE-type contract from someone.
You're right. They all seem like decent guys. It's just circumstances that lead to all of them ending up elsewhere. Wood was gone because they picked up Mirotic and they liked DJ Wilson better when they had to choose.
But there is very little difference between Henson/Snell/Maker/C. Wood and S. Brown/Wilson/Thanasis/Connaughton. It's just that Henson and Snell got paid.
Tagging onto the previous post (I'm having a particular awful week at work and need a break), here's the 10 guys that played opening night of the 2017-18 season. Parker started the season in IR so I'm counting him as the 11th guy. This isn't that long ago.
https://www.basketball-referen...es/201710180BOS.html
Starters: Giannis, Middleton, Brogdon, Snell, Maker
Bench guys who played: Dellavadova, Henson, Monroe, Teletovic, Vaughn
Parker on IR
Over the past two years, they've traded or released 9 of those 11. They turned over the entire roster around Giannis and Middleton in two years without signing a single big-money free agent. The only one of those 9 guys that you'd still want on the roster over anyone they have is Brogdon.
What have they given up to do it (besides cap space)?
Teletovic, Vaughn, and Parker were not resigned.
Brogdon was traded for a 1st round pick and two 2nd round picks.
Dellavadova, Henson, and a 1st round pick were traded for George Hill and Jason Smith and a second round pick. Jason Smith, Thon Maker, and 4 second round picks were then moved for Mirotic.
They traded Monroe, a first round pick, and a second round pick for Bledsoe.
They traded Snell for Leuer (and then waived Leuer).
B. Lopez, R. Lopez, Korver, M. Williams, W. Matthews, Ilyasova, and Connaughton were all street free agents signed for not much over the minimum originally (B. Lopez got more money a year in). They drafted DiVincenzo.
To turn those 9 guys from the opening roster two seasons ago and the salary cap mess associated with that into what for the following net cost is unbelievable.
Malcolm Brogdon, one first round pick, and 2 second round picks. The remaining first round pick is next year's. If Giannis stays that's not going be better than the late 20s.
Shedding the Delladova and Snell and Henson contracts alone were practically miracles.
They were going to lose Brogdon anyway and turned it into picks in their favor. I also think they intentionally (or unintentionally) drove up the price for Indy to sign him.
Sure, they swung and missed on Teletovic but at the time it was lauded as a brilliant move.
Horst has done a magnificent job as GM and perhaps the only guy that’s done better over the same period is Masai Ujiri in Toronto.
Bucks magic Number for guaranteed playoffs is down to 2
http://www.playoffstatus.com/n...winmagicnumbers.html
I also heard the Piston announcers say Bucks have 16 straight games scoring over 110.
2/21/2010:37 AM
The key to the title hopes rest on two players- Middleton and Bledsoe. If they get going forward what they got last night, they can run this roster back for the length of Bledsoe’s contract and expect greatness.
Next year, two teams are going to be back in the ring- Golden State and Brooklyn. The Bucks must get their title pedigree this year. It’s theirs to take.
Everybody wants to see Giannis vs. The Slim Reaper. I know I do.
I know there's talk about the Bucks winning 70 games but I would give it less than 10% chance that could happen. The toughest part of their schedule is coming up and I think expecting 4 losses or less is probably a tall order. Heck, just the one 5 game stretch with games at Miami, at Lakers, at Denver, at Phoenix with a home game vs. Indy mixed in, I could see a couple losses just in that stretch alone. Plus they have 3 more games with Toronto, 2 vs. Philly, 1 road game at Dallas, and 2 more games vs. Boston.
If they do somehow get 70 wins they'll have earned it, that's a lot of tough games coming up.
If you knew you were going to win a title for sure, then 70 is more important. Otherwise, no one is really going to care if the Bucks win 70 or play guys from their G league team and lose their next 25 games in a row to go into the playoffs as a 6 seed.
Music City posted:
Agreed with one additional key - Giannis' FT shooting.
In the 3 close losses in the ECF last year (Games 3, 5, and 6), Giannis was 11 for 26 from the line.
He was 2 for 7 in Game 3 during regulation and that went OT.
I believe Games 5 and 6 were one possessions games within the last 2 minutes of the 4th quarter.
If he hits 75% of his FTs in 2 of those games, the Bucks are likely defending champs right now.
Can you believe that Leuer, Hawes, and Larry friggin Sanders will cost the Bucks $7M in cap space next year (which will be the last for Leuer and Hawes while Sanders will still have 2 more year at $1.8M)? That’s Ilyasova (who will also be off the books after 2021)- the Bucks will have $13-14M in cap space to fill a role player slot or extend Divincenzo if they’re so inclined by then.
The cap is not growing- it’s expected to reduce a bit next year. The Bucks will go into the tax re-signing Giannis if they cannot rid themselves of the dead money. The CBA runs through 23-24, which if Giannis extends this summer will get the Bucks through 2 years of that contract. I am sure Saratsis is factoring while they mull the extension offer from the Bucks this summer. That little bit of uncertainty could be a monkey wrench...
Why would that be any more of a monkey wrench for the Bucks than anyone else?
As I've said before, if Giannis leaves Milwaukee because he believes he can't win a title with what he has around him, he's in some ways worse than Durant, James, Kawhi, etc.
There wasn't a wall of Raptors in front of him when he started airballing FTs in the ECFs. If he shoots 5 of 7 from the FT in Game 3 (instead of 2 for 7) that's the difference (the game went to OT). In the 7 previous games in the playoffs that were "pressure" games (I don't count the Pistons series), he went 45 for 65 and shot 71%. All of sudden he goes on the road to Toronto and Drake bothers him and he becomes Shaq at the line?
Middleton has been surprisingly good this year and he's a 45% career 3 point shooter in the playoffs. At worst, he's the guy that other team can't let beat them from 3. Bledsoe may struggle, but they have Donte D. to give them some minutes there they didn't last year. The key for the playoffs may end up being when Giannis has to shoot 18-20 FTs a game when the defenses go "Jordan Rules" on him in the playoffs. He can't be putting up 11-20 or 10-23 type performances at the line.
There is going to be a time when he has to close out a game at the line. That's what may be the difference between a Finals trip and a loss to the Raptors/Celtics/Heat/Sixers.
It looks like Ersan can come off the books this summer.
https://www.spotrac.com/nba/mi...ersan-ilyasova-6341/
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2020 non-guaranteed, fully if not waived on or before two days following 2020 NBA Draft, 06/27/2020 (@EricPincus)
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Goalline is too easily triggered by perceived criticism?
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Home Industry Atlus Character Designer Shigenori Soejima Interview on Projects From 2010 – 2017,...
Atlus Character Designer Shigenori Soejima Interview on Projects From 2010 – 2017, Artistic Process
The “Shigenori Soejima & P-Studio Art Unit Art Works 2010-2017” art collection was released in Japan in March 2018, featuring more than 140 illustrations—from 2010 to 2017—by Persona series character designer Soejima and artists at Atlus.
The first Soejima Artworks collection was released in December 2011, including illustrations from 2004 to 2010.
The 2010-2017 collection includes two lengthy interviews: one featuring P-Studio’s “Art Unit,” and the other exclusively featuring Soejima. This post will focus on the latter, originally conducted on January 24, 2018.
The previous post for the lengthy P-Studio Art Unit interview can be read here.
Page 1: Introduction & Catherine
Page 2: Persona 3 Portable
Page 3: Persona 4 & Persona 4 Golden
Page 4: Persona 4 Arena
Page 5: Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth
Page 6: Persona 4 Arena Ultimax
Page 7: Persona 4: Dancing All Night
Page 8: Persona 5
Page 9: Project Re Fantasy & Other
Page 10: The Artbook Cover
Page 11: Seeing the World as Flat
Page 12: Proceeding with the Art Unit
Page 13: Shigenori Soejima’s Frustrations
Page 14: A Character Designer’s Happiness
Page 15: A Way to Put Our Work in the Spotlight
Translation: @fabulouslyalone
Editor: @MysticDistance, @shininyan
It’s been seven years since the last publication, and you and your environment must have seen large changes in that time. We are here to talk about these changes. Thank you for this opportunity.
Soejima: Thank you for having me.
We’re actually going to start by going through each title, discussing the concept behind the artwork, your commentary on the work, and relevant anecdotes, just as we did for your first book. Let’s begin with Catherine.
Soejima: Almost all of the illustrations in Catherine involve 3D models.
So you use the 3D models as references when you draw?
Soejima: Not exactly. I take the rendered 3D image and focus drawing on parts that were lacking or that I wanted to emphasize more. Using the Catherine with Pizza illustration as an example, I worked on Catherine’s cleavage and hair.
Since you said “most”, were there any 2D illustrations?
Soejima: The jacket for the Catherine Sound Disk and Artbook was drawn without 3D models, as well as various limited-edition products. Everything else was in 3D. None of the character illustrations that I drew by hand actually appear in the game.
Soejima: We’d already decided to develop Persona 5 (henceforth written as P5) at the time and wondered how the game would look if we exclusively used 3D models for its characters. But from a practical standpoint, we didn’t know how much it would cost with regards to labor and development time. Thus, we would have to construct at least one game that’s entirely 3D, except for animated scenes. And that game was Catherine.
Which was more difficult: implementing 2D elements or creating a completely 3D game?
Soejima: The latter took considerably more effort. With 2D, you can use the characters’ portrait sprites to make caricatures during scenes, while 3D requires that we put all the acting on characters themselves. We had to make models of each of their expressions.
That’s why you wanted to try making it once.
Soejima: After that achievement, we felt like we could pave our way to better 3D modeling. By using 3D to create our cutscenes and puzzle gameplay until we were satisfied with the quality, we believed we could adapt this method for future titles.
And were you happy with the results?
Soejima: It still took a lot of effort, even though Catherine had more compact cutscenes compared to RPGs. The Persona series is a story-heavy RPG, so we concluded that we’d never have enough time to construct its numerous cutscenes entirely with 3D. However, given all our games all the way up until Persona 4 (henceforth P4), we needed ideas and techniques to present characters without using caricatured models. I believe constructing Catherine entirely in 3D was the right choice.
How would you describe the concepts behind Catherine’s art?
Soejima: Probably “thrilling” and “sexy.” I’ve never drawn provocative art, and I even had trouble drawing Yukari’s miniskirt in Persona 3 (henceforth P3). It just perplexes me. (laughs)
That’s a shock, given the pizza artwork. (laughs)
Soejima: That one definitely brings back memories. Hashino-san (Katsura Hashino, director and producer at Altus) personally asked me to draw cheese over that part of the body. I asked if he was serious. (laughs) I think I had to re-confirm every single request of that kind that I received. In hindsight, it was nothing to get worked up about, but since it was my first time drawing cleavage—really drawing it—perhaps I needed the courage to do so.
Would you say you’re not good at drawing sexy art?
Soejima: I suppose it’s not my forte. But Catherine is sexy and stylish, so I was more than happy to revise accordingly during the game’s final stages of development. It would’ve been far more challenging for me if the game was strictly about using sex and erotica to fulfill desires.
But there have been challenges?
Soejima: In drawing the “sensual” bits, yes. I mostly draw smart and slender characters, so Hashino-san suggested that I make the women’s thighs plumper. (laughs)
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'Revolution': Angry crowds in Beirut urge Macron to help bring change
Ellen Francis and Michel Rose
French President Emmanuel Macron visits devastated streets of Beirut
By Ellen Francis and Michel Rose
BEIRUT (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron toured Beirut's shattered streets on Thursday, two days after a giant explosion, with crowds demanding the end to a "regime" of politicians they blame for corruption and dragging Lebanon into disaster.
"I see the emotion on your face, the sadness, the pain. This is why I’m here," he told one group, shaking their hands on roads strewn with rubble and flanked by shops with windows blown out after Tuesday's blast that killed 145 and injured 5,000.
Macron, wearing a black tie in mourning and flanked by security guards, promised to send more medical and other aid to Lebanon, while those around him chanted "Revolution" and "The people want the fall of the regime."
"But what is also needed here is political change. This explosion should be the start of a new era," Macron said, making the tour shortly after arriving on the first visit to Lebanon by a foreign leader since the blast.
The president has said he would deliver "home truths" to a government that France and other Western donors have said must reform the country's politics and the economy.
One man told Macron: "We hope this aid will go to the Lebanese people not the corrupt leaders."
Before the Beirut port blast, whose explosive force was registered hundreds of miles (kilometres) away, Lebanon was grappling with an imploding economy - its banks in crisis, currency in freefall and mountain of debts climbing.
"Mr President, you're on General Gouraud Street, he freed us from the Ottomans. Free us from the current authorities," said one person among the crowd who gathered around him, appealing for help from Lebanon's former colonial power.
Some of the crowd, who were filmed by a pool report in a predominantly Christian district of the capital, shouted: "Mr Macron, free us from Hezbollah," referring to the Iran-backed Shi'ite Muslim group, a powerful player in a nation where political loyalties often run along sectarian lines.
After visiting a pharmacy damaged by the explosion, Macron told the crowd: "I understand your anger. I am not here to write a blank cheque ... to the regime."
(Reporting by Ellen Francis in Beirut and Michel Rose in Paris; Editing by Edmund Blair)
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COVID-19 cases confirmed at two Cornwall area schools this weekend
Published Sunday, November 29, 2020 7:14PM EST Last Updated Sunday, November 29, 2020 8:26PM EST
OTTAWA -- Two individuals at secondary schools in the Cornwall area have tested positive for COVID-19.
The Upper Canada District School Board announced an individual at Cornwall Collegiate Vocational School and an individual at Tagwi Secondary School in Avonmore tested positive for COVID-19 over the weekend.
The board did not say whether the individuals were students or staff members.
In a statement, the board said both schools will remain open, and there would be no change to the school schedule.
The Eastern Ontario Health Unit is working with the school and is communicating with all individuals who have been identified as possible close contacts through high-risk exposure.
The board says COVID-19 testing is not recommended, unless you are experiencing symptoms or have been directed to be tested by public health.
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Attorney General Jerry Brown Covers Superior and State Court Corruption, D A Tom Orloff, Oakland City Attorney John Russo Extrinsic Fraud Upon the Court!
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August 7, 2009, Oakland, CA:
Martin Silverman, newsnow1@gmail.com;
Toussaint LeToure
California Attorney General Jerry Brown, responsible for carrying out investigation of Alameda County Superior Court and State Appeals Court judges, District Attorney Tom Orloff, Oakland City Attorney John Russo and various corporate defendants is himself defending some of the criminals and covering up the very same corruption he is supposed to be investigating and prosecuting! Full Story with Videos and Documents on this blog or at http://tinyurl.com/ljk8av
Abdul-Jalil al-Hakim, the Uber-successful sports and entertainment agent with Superstar Management, filed a federal complaint with the United States Attorney General, Department of Justice, of a hate crime of Islamophobia and Xenophobia committed against him during a trial in Superior Court of Alameda County, California. More on al-Hakim on his Profile Page on this blog.
The complaint, drafted and filed by al-Hakim in pro per, has broad based support from Democrats and Republicans, was submitted by Congresswoman Barbara Lee with the offices of Congressmen John Conyers, and Charles Rangel, reviewed by several legal experts, with advocacy by former Republican Senator J. C. Watts, a client of al-Hakim’s, is moving forward with the investigation and charges of criminal extrinsic fraud upon the court of the State of California, fabricating and planting fabricated evidence, spoliation of evidence, and the doctrine “unclean hands” against defendants/hostile intervener AAA Insurance; Ronald J. Cook, Randy Willoughby, Alex Stuart, Bradley Bening and others of the law firm Willoughby, Stuart & Bening; Stephan Barber and others of the law firm Ropers, Majeski; and many others.
The complaint addresses concern that Superior Court Judges’, defendants, defense counsels and others conduct rose to the level of consideration for a Federal Crime and a Civil Rights violation because the bench upon which the judge rules is “under the color of law” and certainly the violation of anyone’s civil rights is a federal crime, perhaps even more importantly, not only requested Merrily Friedlander, Chief of the Civil Rights Division, to make an investigation of a judicial hate crime, but also the many other civil rights and due process violations of judicial misconduct, and attorney extrinsic fraud upon the court and law that are themselves directly the matters complained.
After review in the U. S. A. G. Office, the case was thought of as being so egregious that even the infamous Bradley Schlozman, whom is now fired and facing Federal indictment with resigned former Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez for removing Democratic attorneys from the U. S. Attorneys Generals offices nationwide, sent al-Hakim a letter referring the matter (because of jurisdictional limitations) to the California State Attorney General, California State Bar Association, the California State Judicial Council, and California State Insurance Commissioner for investigation and prosecution. And these were Republican Judges and attorney’s being complained of! Full Story with Videos and Documents on this blog.
The requested depositions and investigation concerns trial Judge David C. Lee’s allowance of the illegal product of fabricated and planted evidence, spoliated evidence and unclean hands by defendant/hostile intervener AAA Insurance; Cook and Willoughby, Stuart & Bening; defense counsel Steve Barber and the law firm of Ropers Majeski; the other underlying defendants; and the Oakland City Attorney’s Office run by John Russo to be admitted as evidence, subjected to testimony, and fostered it’s use to prejudice the jury. During the trial, testimony revealed that there were numerous documents and photos of a very damning nature to the defense and AAA as the hostile intervener, that were missing, altered, or incomplete.
Now, however, the very same California State Attorney General, Jerry Brown, responsible for carrying out the investigation of these crimes is himself defending these and other criminals and covering up the very same corruption he is supposed to be investigating and prosecuting!
Alameda County District Attorney Tom Orloff’s Extrinsic Fraud Upon the Court, Prosecutorial Misconduct, Willful and Malicious Prosecution, Conflict of Interest, Obstruction of Justice, Denial of Due Process, Willful and Intentional Fabrication and Authoring False Evidence; Misrepresentation and Concealment of Material Facts
al-Hakim had to file an action against Tom Orloff and the Alameda County District Attorney’s (DA) and the Alameda County Department of Child Support Services (ACDCSS) because for over 15 years they repeatedly failed and refused to enforce the courts own orders for the fair and proper application and accounting of payments al-Hakim made in trust to the DA in their fiduciary capacity for the minor al-Hakim child depriving al-Hakim and the minor child of over $2,000 of monies paid, thus creating a “mythical” arrearage and open account in al-Hakim’s name and on his behalf owed to the minor child, then illegally charging al-Hakim with the crime of violating the child support statute for nonpayment, reporting the alleged violation to the State of California for Collection and the State Department of Motor Vehicles for suspension of his driving privilege for nonpayment and illegally tossing al-Hakim into “debtors prison”, suspending his drivers license, revoking his passport, and ruining his credit. ACDCSS actions and claimed “right” to perform in this manner are not contained in any State or Federal statute, regulation, or other legislative act and therefore, do not have the force of law and renders it constitutionally infirm and no court officer can merely “grant” a ruling in their favor to cover getting caught having done so. Full Story with Videos and Documents on this blog.
Attorney General of The State of California Substituted In for DA Tom Orloff
On January 22, 2008 Attorney General Jerry Brown and the Office of The Attorney General of The State of California substituted in as attorney of record in this case for the Alameda County Department of Child Support Services allegedly “in the interest of justice”. What justice is there in the Attorney General defending, concealing and thereby further complicitly committing the admitted willful and intentional extrinsic fraud upon the court; prosecutorial misconduct; willful and malicious prosecution; misconduct; conflict of interest; obstruction of justice; denial of due process under the law; willful and intentional fabrication and authoring false evidence; misstating and mischaracterizing evidence; misrepresentation and concealment of material facts with knowledge of the truth with the intent to induce the court’s act or reliance; harassment; and intimidation on behalf of District Attorney Tom Orloff, Maureen Lenahan, Valgeria Harvey, counselors L. Lavagetto, Ms. K. Pendergrass, Ms. Adler, Kris Ferre, and accountant Mr. Lovelady and others unnamed in the DA’s office and Commissioner Oleon’s abuse of discretion, willful misconduct, conduct prejudicial, illegal ex-parte communications and bias that resulted in error.
This was done to excuse and protect the Alameda County Department of Child Support Services from their ongoing conflict of interest in their alleging to represent the interest of Joette Hall, whom they had defrauded along with al-Hakim of the funds paid to the DCSS in trust for their minor child.
The Alameda County Department of Child Support Services was never representing the al-Hakim Hall family, they were defending and covering up their extrinsic fraud upon the state and the families. The Alameda County Department of Child Support Services wanted to conceal their attempted coercion of al-Hakim to pay the arrearage they created in his name.
al-Hakim and his family had complained many times each year about the misapplication of the funds tendered to the Department of Child Support Services in trust for the al-Hakim Hall family.
Now Brown………
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INDIA: VIOLENCE SPREADS TO FIVE MORE STATES
Another man killed, more houses and churches attacked in Orissa’s Kandhamal district.
NEW DELHI, September 16 (Compass Direct News) – A policeman was killed today, the body of another victim of Hindu extremist violence was discovered and more houses and churches burned in Orissa state’s Kandhamal district even as anti-Christian violence spread to at least five more states across India over the weekend.
Christians and churches were targeted in Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand as fallout from violence in Orissa that began following the assassination of a Vishwa Hindu Parishad (World Hindu Council or VHP) leader, Laxmanananda Saraswati, and four of his disciples in Kandhamal district on August 23.
A mob of around 500 rioters today killed a policeman and burned down a police station in Orissa’s Kandhamal district, where Hindu extremists launched a spate of attacks three weeks ago blaming local Christians of killing Saraswati and his disciples. Maoists have claimed responsibility for the murders of the Hindu leaders.
“A large number of attackers armed with country-made guns and crude weapons gunned down a constable and set ablaze the police station at Gochapada early this morning,” Director General of Police Gopal Nanda told The Indian Express. Gochapada is 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Phulbani, the district headquarters of Kandhamal.
Police sources told the daily that the mob was demanding release of a man held by security personnel, but local residents felt the attack came in retaliation for police firing into a crowd in Kurtamgarh in Tumudibandh area, killing at least one person, on Saturday (Sept. 13).
Murder in Orissa
While the body of another person was found and at least 14 houses were burned on Sunday night (Sept. 14), a church and several houses were set ablaze on the previous day.
The Statesman newspaper reported that at least nine houses of Makabali village and five in Sanakbali village were torched in the Gunjibadi area. Authorities found the body of Purander Naik, who had fled to a relief camp where mainly Christians had taken refuge, in his village of Nilungia.
“The decomposed body of Naik was found by police near the Ratingia dam yesterday,” the newspaper reported yesterday. “Naik was at the G. Udayagiri relief camp for over 10 days but had left for his village to see the condition of his house and poultry. His family was at the relief camp. Apparently he was killed during his visit to the village.”
The Press Trust of India reported that while nine houses were torched in Toposi village, another house was burned in Dibadi village under the Raikia police station in Kandhamal.
The Rev. Ashis Parida of the Evangelical Fellowship of India (EFI) reported that more than 2,000 Hindu extremists set fire to a church belonging to the Church of North India (CNI) denomination and several houses of Christians in Kurtamgarh village on Saturday afternoon (Sept. 13). Kurtamgarh is about seven kilometers (four miles) from the ashram (religious center) of Hindu leader Saraswati.
Compass received reports that a Hindu extremist mob on Friday (Sept. 12) burned one church and a mission hostel in Mangapanga, Tumulibandh; three churches in Mundabali, Badipankha; and one church in Baringia in Phulbani. An estimated 40 houses were also destroyed on the same day by the intolerant Hindus.
The next afternoon a large Hindu extremist mob descended on Kurtamgarh, burning several houses and the CNI Church. Sources said the extremists were targeting the village headman of the area, a Christian whose house they destroyed.
A local source said that “while the mob was attacking the Christian homes and churches, the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) forces took notice of it and fired in the air to disperse the crowd. To their surprise the mob retaliated with gunfire aimed at the CRPF, which wounded two soldiers of the CRPF, one of whom was reported to be quite serious and had to be taken to Behrampur for his medical treatment.”
The CRPF forces retaliated with gunfire of their own, killing one person and injuring about 12. Early reports suggested that two people had died in the CRPF firing, but only one body was said to be recovered by the CRPF after the incident.
Krishan Kumar, district collector of Kandhamal, told media that on that day, “At least 400-500 people, some of them carrying firearms, attacked a man’s home and set it on fire at Kurtamgarh village.”
While the state government says 24 people, mainly Christian, have died in the Orissa violence, the All India Christian Council (AICC) maintained that 45 Christians were confirmed dead and five more were still missing.
According to the AICC, 14 districts of Orissa witnessed violence with Kandhamal as the epicenter. It reported at least 50,000 people from 300 villages have been affected by the violence, with hundreds still hiding in forests, and 4,000 houses and 115 churches burned or destroyed.
Death in Relief Camps
At least 20,000 people are in the 14 relief camps set up by the state government in Kandhamal. Two elderly persons and two children are known to have died in three of the relief camps.
The Statesman reported that while two ailing men, 75-year-old Sua Naik from Budrungia village and 66-year-old Kasipatra Naik from Tatamaha village, died at the Raikia relief camp, two children, one from the Phulbani camp and the other from G. Udayagiri camp, died during the week.
One of the children was reportedly a 10-year-old girl who had been hiding in the forest since the violence began who died from disease attained by being constantly on the run. The name of the girl was not known, but she was said to be from Kotgarh.
The Statesman also reported that the chief secretary of Orissa state, Ajit Tripathy, held a review meeting yesterday to discuss health and sanitation measures at the relief camps.
Orissa is ruled by a coalition of a regional party, Biju Janata Dal, and the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Attacks in Karnataka
Attacks were reported also from the southern state of Karnataka, where Hindu extremists ratcheted up hostilities after the state education ministry served show-cause notices to over 2,000 Christian schools in the state for staying shut on Aug. 29 to protest the violence against Christians in Orissa.
On Sunday (Sept. 14), Hindu extremists attacked several churches in Karnataka’s district of Dakshina Kannada, in Udupi and Chikmagalur, on the pretext that Christians were engaging in “forcible” conversions of Hindus to Christianity.
In Dakshina Kannada district, suspected extremists from the Bajrang Dal, VHP’s youth wing, attacked the Adoration Monastery near the Milagres Church on Falnir Road in Mangalore region.
“The 10-member group barged into the prayer hall and damaged the tabernacle, where the holy Eucharist is kept,” reported the Times of India. “They damaged windowpanes, furniture as well as the crucifix. Police said the same group attempted to vandalize another prayer hall in Kankanady, but were driven back.”
The daily added that Christians later gathered in large numbers in front of the Milagres Hall to protest the attacks, which resulted in a day-long stand off between the protestors, who reportedly hurled stones at the police, with officers using batons in return. Several vehicles were damaged in the tussle.
In Udupi district, three churches of the New Life Fellowship were attacked by suspected Bajrang Dal extremists while Sunday prayers were in progress, reported the daily. At least 15 Hindu extremists entered its prayer hall, attacking worshippers and ransacking the hall during the worship service. A music system and projector were damaged.
In Shiroor area, Hindu extremists attacked another prayer hall of the New Life Fellowship, burning a vehicle and striking some members of the congregation, including the pastor.
The daily reported another attack on a church in Mudur, near Kollur, resulted in damaged materials. It added that police prevented yet another such attack in prayer halls of the New Life Fellowship in Kaup and Karkala areas.
In Chikmagalur district, extremists attacked three churches and the house of a new convert. “In one incident, 15 activists came in a vehicle and barged into Harvest India church in Makkikoppa near Jayapura in Koppa Taluka [Block] in the morning and assaulted a parishioner and the Protestant pastor,” the daily reported. “They broke the window panes and the plastic chairs.”
On Sunday night (Sept. 14), a mob attacked a prayer hall in the Padavu Pre-University College on the Mangalore-Udupi Road.
Yesterday morning, Hindu extremists attacked a shop in Kalladka village and the St. Ann’s Friary Grotto near Canara College, about 25 kilometers (almost 16 miles) from Mangalore, in two separate incidents. A Christian prayer hall in Chickballapur district, about 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Bangalore, also was attacked.
Some Christians reportedly retaliated by targeting policemen in different parts of Dakshina Kannada district. At least four policemen were injured, with one reportedly stabbed yesterday.
According to Indo-Asian News Service (IANS), police arrested about 100 people, almost all Christians, for staging allegedly violent protests.
Hindu extremists also attacked churches in Belthangady, Moodabidri, Koloor, Kodaikal, Hemanagatta, Kadur and Puttur, Kundapur and Balehanoor. All together 18 churches and prayer halls in and around Mangalore and in Udipi and Chikmaglur districts were attacked on Sunday (Sept. 14).
Police reportedly had arrested seven Bajrang Dal members by Sunday night. Schools and shops remained shut in Mangalore yesterday in protest, and vehicles were kept off the roads. Christians continued to protest, and in some places police had to fire tear gas shells to maintain order. A curfew was imposed in Mangalore as well.
But that did not stop Hindu extremists from throwing stones at a church in Mangalore yesterday morning, in spite of an order the previous day banning assembly of more than five people for three days. Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa stoked fires by stating, “There is no room for forcible conversion in democracy. No one should indulge in it.”
Asked what action he was going to take against the Bajrang Dal during a press conference yesterday evening, the chief minister said only, “Whoever was involved in this act will be arrested very soon.”
But he was quick to blame church groups, saying “No one has the right to insult any other religion. As we know some community called ‘New Life’ is converting people, we have asked the bishop to support us in this regard. But as per the bishop, New Life is not under his control and the bishop is not the in charge of this community.”
There was little to suggest the involvement of New Life Fellowship churches in forced conversion. NDTV 24X7, a national television news channel reported that “so far there seems to be little evidence that New Life is carrying out forcible conversions.”
A team from the National Commission for Minorities (NCM) will reportedly make an on-the-spot assessment of attacks on churches and prayer halls in different parts of Karnataka and submit its report to the federal government. Members will visit churches damaged in attacks in Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Chikmagalur districts, as well as Mangalore.
Bajrang Dal representatives unabashedly admitted to the violence that was carried out on Sunday (Sept. 14), telling NDTV 24X7 that they are targeting evangelical groups in and around Mangalore.
Violence in Other States
In the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, Bajrang Dal extremists on Sunday (Sept. 14) attacked two pastors in Kanpur district, accusing them of beating their supporters, reported IANS.
Govindnagar police station inspector N.K. Singh told IANS that the pastor of the New India Church of God, Jitendra Singh, approached officers late Sunday night and submitted a written complaint against Ram Babu Bajpai, a local leader of the Bajrang Dal.
Pastor Singh said Bajpai, along with a large number of his supporters, attacked him in the church compound in the presence of his wife, Helena Singh, and fellow pastor Anil Gilbert.
Both sides filed complaints
According to the complaint by the Hindu extremists, “The Bajrang Dal has alleged that the church was involved in converting Hindus to Christianity by offering them money, and the pastors attacked them when its activists opposed the practice,” IANS added.
In the north-central state of Madhya Pradesh, at 1:30 p.m. today five unidentified people carrying air guns shot a guard of the Caramel Convent in Banduha village (under the Ghatia police station) in Ujjain district, Madhya Pradesh state. Father Anand Muttungal of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Madhya Pradesh state reported that Amar Singh’s injuries were not fatal.
Fr. Muttungal said that the culprits asked Singh to call the nuns, and when he told them they were away the assailants beat and shot him.
Hindu extremists in Madhya Pradesh also burned the 80-year-old Masihi Mandir church of the CNI denomination in Chhawni (Cantonment) area of Indore city at 10:30 p.m. on Saturday (Sept. 13), reported EFI.
“The fire was spotted by a few onlookers, who managed to extinguish it quickly,” EFI reported. “The doors, windows and other wooden material were burned.”
In the southern state of Kerala, on Sunday night (Sept. 14) Hindu extremists attacked the Jaya Mata Convent School, a Christian kindergarten that doubled as a church in Kottakkani area in Kasargode district under the Catholic diocese of Teleicherry, reported the Times of India.
The Hindu extremists launched the attack to protest conversions
“On Monday morning, we saw the glass panes of a box containing the figure of Mother Mary, as well as window panes of the school, smashed,” Vicar Antony Punnoor told the daily. “It seemed someone had hurled stones.”
The Kerala state interior minister, Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, told the daily that the incident would be investigated.
“Cops would also examine if the attack had any link with such incidents in Karnataka,” he reportedly said. “No one will be allowed to create communal riots in the state.”
In the western state of Jharkhand, Hindu villagers attacked Christians of a Believers’ Church and pressured them to “reconvert” to Hinduism in Talatad village (under Patratu police station) in Hazaribagh district on Sunday (Sept. 14), reported the Christian Legal Association.
Pastor Cyril Tamgaria and 18 others were worshiping in the house of Badhi Oraon when Hindu extremists surrounded the house. They beat them, took them forcibly to a temple in a nearby jungle and asked them to “return” to their old faith. Local Christians reported the incident to police, however, and officers freed the Christians.
The Rev. Dr. Babu Joseph, spokesperson of the Catholic Church in India, said in a statement that the Christian community in India has been conducting itself in a peaceful manner throughout the ordeals, and “even under extreme provocation it has exercised restraint.”
“It is not to be construed as weakness,” he said, “but a preferred option based on sound principles of civilized living.”
Joseph added that the community continued to render its services to all sectors of society without discrimination.
“Nevertheless, baseless allegations of fraudulent conversion have long been hurled at it by certain vested interests whose chief agenda seems to be social polarization on the lines of religious beliefs,” he said. “We, as responsible citizens of India, will not succumb to their divisive tactics, but continue to work, in the spirit of Christ our master, for the unity, integrity and progress of the nation.”
Women’s Group Pans Official Assessment of Orissa
Dismissing claims by government officials, the National Federation of Indian Women (NFIW) reported that their findings from a visit to Orissa’s Kandhamal district last week did match statements made by the central and state governments before the Supreme Court.
Annie Raja, general secretary of the NFIW, told media that the team she led to the riot-torn district Sept. 9-12 concluded that a judicial inquiry was inadequate to uncover abuses.
The NFIW demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the killing of Laxmanananda Saraswati and subsequent riots in Kandhamal district. The organization’s report notes that the situation in the district was tense and a sense of security was absent among the Christian minority community.
Calling conditions in the relief camps “pathetic,” with about 20,000 people living with inadequate medical facilities, Raja reportedly said that camps with more than 700 children and around 30 pregnant women did not have a pediatrician or a gynecologist.
The NFIW demanded that civil society organizations and women’s organizations be allowed to participate in relief and rehabilitation operations.
Orissa officials have asked the central government to allow the state to retain central and paramilitary forces until the end of October in light of approaching festivals.
Home Secretary T.K. Mishra has described the situation in Kandhamal as “satisfactory” and requested the recall of the Border Security Force, as “they did not fit into the situation” in Orissa. He added, however, that the state needed Central Reserve Police Force and Rapid Action Force personnel to deal with any rioting. He also acknowledged that sporadic violence was taking place in some villages of the Kandhamal district.
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Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom! At Pentecostals & Charismatics for Peace & Justice (PCPJ), we want to connect Spirit-filled Christians around the world who want to follow Jesus’ ethical teachings on nonviolence, equality and sustainability.
PCPJ is a multicultural, gender inclusive, and ecumenical organization that promotes peace, justice, and reconciliation work among Pentecostal and Charismatic Christians around the world.
Our mission: To encourage, enable, and sustain peacemaking and justice–seeking as authentic and integral parts of Pentecostal–Charismatic Christianity. We witness to the conviction that Jesus Christ is relevant to all tensions, crises, and brokenness in the world and we seek to show that addressing injustice and making peace as Jesus and his followers did is theologically sound, biblically commanded, and realistically possible.
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Rodrigue Allard says:
Hello. We are a mennonite church in Eastern Canada. We are from Pentecostal/Charismatic background and we would want to get in touch and ally with our pacifist brethren in the other denominations. So I would want to know if you have a branch in Canada and if so, do this branch have groups or contacts in the Province of Quebec ?
Thanks in advance for your kind help.
Peace in Jesus.
Rodrigue Allard,
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Michael Hardin says:
It is a troubling sign that PCPJ would endorse such an Empire glorifying event as the Azusa gathering. Not only was the event shamelessly exploiting American exceptionalism, it also lacked any ethical component (other than certain persons touting their work on behalf of the ‘poor.’). One did not find anywhere Jesus’ call to nonviolence articulated at this event. I am sorely disappointed that PCPJ would lend their good name to such as this.
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Micael Grenholm says:
Hello Michael! Thank you for your comment.
The idea of the PCPJ blog is not that we or our members officially endorse everything we cover. We weren’t present at the Azusa Now event and do not by any mean endorse American exceptionalism. What we did was to interview Jennifer Miskov who lives in community, is ordained by Iris Global that has an impressive development work in southern Africa and who spoke about how the revival she’s praying about includes peace and justice. That’s what we wanted to highlight related to an event that attracted the attention of hundreds of thousands of Pentecostals and Charismatics.
Ramone Romero says:
I think out of necessity and in recognition of the complexity in charismatic churches, pcpj tries to acknowledge the good while also speaking out about the bad.
I’ve contributed a little to pcpj so far. But here’s something I wrote shortly after AzusaNow, following a lot of friends happily sharing with me about how the event honored Natives: https://facebook.com/notes/ramone-romero/what-repentance-needs-to-mean/10153509757556127/
Norrin Radd says:
I stumbled across this site by accident, landing on the undated “Letter to Donald Trump” page. I am truly shocked and saddened to see scholars such as Dr. Yong and Dr. Keener — men whom I generally respect — willingly affix their names to such a flawed document.
The primary error is that the signatories actually seem to believe that the U.S. is supposed to be a literal, official Christian nation, and almost as bad, that “POTUS” stands for “Pastor of the United States.”
Regarding Point 1 — The teachings of the Obsolete Covenant are not even directly applicable to Christians, let alone to a secular nation such as the U.S., so the Levitical citation is silly. I readily grant that President Trump’s rhetoric is often imprecise and fluid; however, he has frequently clarified that the primary objection is to ILLEGAL immigrants. Unfortunately, I suspect you are probably so soft-hearted and soft-headed that you believe in “open borders,” and hence the “illegal” part is nothing but offensive to you. in regard to “banning millions,” it was always intended to be a prudent but *temporary* measure, contingent on the ability to put in place better methods of vetting. Regarding African Americans, FBI crime statistics show they do commit a disproportionately large percentage of violent crimes.
Regarding Point 2 — As you may have noticed, the President’s bellicose rhetoric, so disturbing to many, has not resulted in war, but instead has motivated Dictator Kim to at least make a decent pretense at being willing to “denuclearize.” I am skeptical, but I would be delighted to see the vision Secretary Pompeo laid out come to fruition, with the Koreas reunited and our country helping the North to become modernized, prosperous, and safe, even if it means Kim stays securely in power, and never answers for his atrocities.
Regarding Point 3 — You should pull your heads out of your ice-holes and listen to some more moderate voices, such as Bjorn Lomborg. He in fact believes in “climate change,” but argues that hasty, vigorous attempts to thwart it only end up harming the poor. And again, no one in a secular government has a reason to care about Scripture as a reason for policy — especially one such as Rev. 11:8, which has nothing obvious to do with the subject at hand, nor does it say what you claim it says.
Regarding Point 4 — Yes, President Trump has a history of being an obnoxious boorish womanizing ass. I’m not aware of recent instances of such behavior.
Regarding Point 5 — Nobody should care what 2 Cor. 8:14 says insofar as crafting policy for a secular government is concerned. You clearly see “equality of OUTCOME” as the goal, in true dopey socialist fashion. Here in the U.S., at least as long as the good guys are in charge, the goal is “equality of OPPORTUNITY.” Sadly, you have embraced the one-sided leftie perspective on the tax cuts, embracing the politics of envy. While the tax cuts disproportionately benefited “the rich” — the ones who PAY most of the taxes — they also contributed to the roaring economy that is creating huge opportunity for blue collar workers. (The other thing benefiting the working class by increasing opportunities is the reduction of regulations, another thing you hate.)
Regarding Point 6 — Yes, it’s a shame President Trump does not lie as subtly and skillfully as his predecessors.
Norrin, illegal immigrant is already and must remain a misdemeanor punishable by a $250 fine, about what you pay for your most recent speeding ticket. It is not a mud round felony and not even a sin.
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Thank you for your recent entry (Was the early church really pacifist?). Your citing of ancient patristic sources was a good reminder what the early church teachings were (and their source was Jesus’ teachings). I am a Mennonite pastor and our church roots go back to the Reformation when the Anabaptists were among many voices trying to reform the mother church. They were part of the ‘radical reformation’ and were subsequently hunted down as heretics, tortured and killed by both Catholics and other Reformers. But they also looked at the early church teachings and interpretations of New Testament scripture and saw the same thing you are writing about.
I found your site via FB friends and have read your posts from time to time. It feels like we are kindred spirits.
Your brother in Christ,
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The General Economics Division (GED) of the Bangladesh Planning Commission with the technical and financial assistance of the UNDP and PEA has prepared ‘Sustainable Development Goals: Bangladesh Progress Report 2020’. This is the second formal SDGs Progress Report produced by Bangladesh. This report reflected progress on 118 indicators.
The report will help Bangladesh to measure the status of and progress in SDGs implementation during the last 4 years so that the country can adopt appropriate strategies and policy actions for the goals and targets the country is lagging. This progress report is also a source of motivation for all stakeholders to undertake actions to enhance performance in SDGs implementation for achieving the milestones set under the SDGs by 2030. The important priority, in this regard, is to capture real progress (or lack of it) in specific SDGs targets using reliable data and to help overcome existing weaknesses in data generation, and for ensuring availability, timeliness, quality and disaggregated data for monitoring.
The report has been translated in native language (Bangla) for wider circulation and better understanding of the global development agenda among the common people and all stakeholders to build their ownership in implementation, tackling challenges and way forward.
Bangladesh SDGs Progress Report 2020: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eZjBtw8JY_33D37yvnKx-3OL7wYsTvZr/view?usp=sharing
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Bangladesh makes progress in attaining SDGs: https://www.dhakatribune.com/business/2020/08/27/bangladesh-makes-progress-in-attaining-sdgs
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এসডিজির ৪ বছরের অগ্রগতি মূল্যায়ন: দুর্বলঅবস্থানে ১২ সূচক : https://www.jugantor.com/todays-paper/first-page/338398/এসডিজির-৪-বছরের-অগ্রগতি-মূল্যায়ন-দুর্বল-অবস্থানে-১২-সূচক
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Frederick Man Pulls Gun on Pizza Delivery Driver
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A late-night delivery of a pizza in Frederick resulted in a gun being pulled on the delivery driver. According to the Greeley Tribune, at approximately 10:15 p.m. on August 22, a driver delivered a pizza on the porch of a home in the 7400 block of Skyline Street. The woman then returned to her car and drove east on Valley Drive, where she pulled over to locate the address for her next delivery.
When she stopped, a flashlight started to shine through her driver's side window. The man, identified as 62-year-old Timothy Bosonetto, knocked on the window and pointed a gun at her, according to court records.
He asked what she left on his porch. The driver told police that he said "if you don't start talking, I'll shoot you." When she explained that she works for a local pizzeria and she was delivering an order, Bosonetto let her leave.
Bosonetto was contacted by the police and denied that anything out of the ordinary had happened. He stated that he did not order pizza. His son denied ordering the pizza as well. The delivery driver did have a receipt showing the address was, in fact, the address for the Bosonetto residence.
Police were able to locate video evidence that confirmed the driver's account of the incident. The Frederick Police arrested Timothy Bosonetto on August 31 for suspicion of felony menacing and has an advisement hearing on October 9 in the Weld District Court.
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Strengthening to prevent, control crime and law violations in field of information and communication
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On March 16, the Department of Information and Communications of Long An held an online conference to review the 2-year implementation of the Regulation on coordination of crime prevention and other law violations in the field of information and communication in the locality. In the province (April 7, 2017, the provincial People's Committee issued Decision No. 1257, issuing the regulations).
Director of Department of Information and Communications - Nguyen Ba Luan presides over the conference
According to the report at the conference, in the past 2 years, the Department of Information and Communications has presided over and coordinated with relevant agencies and units in preventing and fighting against law violations and crime on the internet.
Accordingly, 149 inspections were organized; 98 people were fined for administrative sanctions with the total amount of nearly 300 million VND; 8 social network users had the signs of law violation such as misrepresentation, slander, or insult of the reputation of the organization, honor and dignity of individuals. It checked and recommended the Ministry of Information and Communications to remove or block 5 Facebook pages with illegal content.
In addition, the provincial police has worked, educated, and asked to write commitment not to repeat these action for 37 people who posted, shared negative and untrue information, incited people against the government and protest the Law on Security network.
At the conference, the delegates said that although the agencies and units has strengthened to detect and handle with information violations, the achieved results are still limited. There has not been effective measures to take advantage of people who take advantage of the internet and social networks to bring false information, incite against the government; offend the reputation of the organization, honor and dignity of the individuals.
Coordination is sometimes embarrassing, less proactive and regular. The inspection and handling with violations between provincial and district levels only take place one-way or mainly between provincial agencies and units in coordination with each other.
Director of the Department of Information and Communications - Nguyen Ba Luan said that the Department, branches and localities continue to strengthen the propaganda, dissemination and education of the law on information and communication. They renewed forms and selected propaganda contents suitable to each people and locality in the coming time. They performed well the speech and provide information to the press, timely struggle, oppose wrong viewpoints, misrepresentations about the Party's guidelines, the policies and laws of the State, and false information. At the same time, the functional forces work closely to strengthen the inspection and the specialized inspection of information and communications and resolutely handle with violations./.
By Le Duc – Translated by Duc Tam
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Trouble at Home Spawns Another Crisis at the Border: Waves of Young, Illegal Canadians Pouring into USA
Young Canadians are streaming into the USA to escape hockey-inspired violence and so-called “sports gangs” rampaging through their home country. President Obama, facing a similar crisis on the US southern border, has called the onslaught of illegal Canadian immigrants a far greater threat to national security than the problems in Texas and other southwestern border states: “These (Canadian) kids are well fed and don’t have as far to go as the kids from Central America who are really tired by the time they get here. Plus the Canucks all carry frickin’ hockey sticks. That’s a huge danger for the rest of us.” (Photos by Rueters)
By Andrew Squibley
WASHINGTON (Rueters) – Tens of thousands of children unaccompanied by parents or relatives are flooding across the northern U.S. border illegally, forcing the Obama administration and Congress to grapple with yet another unexpected humanitarian crisis and budget dilemma.
An estimated 60,000 such children will pour into the United States this year primarily from Canada’s western provinces, including British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba and the Northwest Territories, according to the administration, up from about 6,000 in 2011.
Now, Washington is trying to figure out how to pay for their food, housing and transportation once they are taken into custody. “Not only that, but separating them from their dangerous hockey sticks is no easy task, either,” said one official familiar with the Canadian problem.
The flow is expected to grow. The number of unaccompanied, undocumented immigrants who are under 18 will likely double in 2015 to nearly 130,000 and cost U.S. taxpayers $2 billion, up from $868 million this year, according to administration estimates.
“We’re lucky it’s only the western provinces (of Canada) that’s sending their kids to the US. The kids in the eastern provinces aren’t all that bright and haven’t figured out how to get past Lake Ontario, the Niagara River and the St Lawrence River,” the official said. “Once they see what bridges and boats are for, then this immigration problem will only get worse.”
The shortage of housing for these children, some as young as six months, has already become so acute that an emergency shelter at McChord Air Force Base near Tacoma, Washington, has been opened and can accommodate 1,000 of them, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said in an interview with Rueters.
Illegal infant Canadian immigrant
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The issue is an added source of tension between Democrats and Republicans, who disagree on how to rewrite immigration laws. With comprehensive legislation stalled, President Barack Obama is looking at small, administrative steps he could take. No details have been outlined but immigration groups are pressing him to take steps to keep families with children together.
The Canadian minors flooding over the border are often teenagers leaving behind crime and chaos in communities as diverse at Calgary and Yellow Knife. A culture of violence, many believe to be inspired by introducing hockey to children as young as 2, has infected towns across Canada’s western plains, according to experts in Canadian sociology, a heretofore unknown academic discipline.
Young illegal Canadians are sometimes seeking to reunite with a parent who is already in the United States, also without documentation, according to US Customs officials.
Canadian adults, leaving their families behind, have been attracted to low-paying jobs in the booming US micro-brewery industry. “You don’t have to scratch the surface very deep at any one of these small breweries before you’ll find an illegal Canuck,” one plant manager in Fredericksburg, Virginia, told Rueters. “Most often you’ll find them passed out behind the fermentation tanks. They like the smell.”
“This is a humanitarian crisis and it requires a humanitarian response, even for our neighbors to the north — which is where we want them stay,” Senate Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Barbara Mikulski said in an interview.
The Maryland Democrat, a former social worker, has likened the flood of unaccompanied children to the “boat people” of past exodus movements. “Except we know a lot of Canadian young people haven’t the slightest idea of how to use a boat.”
Immigration groups lobbying for comprehensive reform of Canadian immigration policies argue that children are being hit hardest by the political deadlock. “It’s always the kids who suffer first and worst,” Mikulski said. “And can we blame them for wanting to get as far away from Canada as possible? Look at Justin Bieber, Alex Trebek, Shania Twain, William Shatner and most of the ‘Saturday Night Live’ cast. They couldn’t wait to get out of that hell-hole either.”
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Finland picks crooner Aksel Kankaanranta for Eurovision 2020
The singer will perform 'Looking Back' in Rotterdam in May, with hopes of securing a place in the Song Contest final.
File picture of Aksel Kankaanranta, Tampere, 7th March 2020 / Credit: UMK
Televoters and music juries have selected singer Aksel Kankaanranta to represent Finland at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest.
Kankaanranta was the only male contestant, and his pop-ballad ‘Looking Back’ scored 170 points at the Uuden Musiikin Kilpaulu UMK 2020 competition on Saturday night in Tampere, ahead of five other entries.
‘Looking Back’ topped the jury vote, and came second in the televote, putting him in pole position ahead of pre-contest favourite Erika Vikman with her campy Euro-dance number ‘Cicciolina’ – which had already clocked up close to 1.3 million views online before the UMK final.
Kankaanranta is a former Voice of Finland contestant, and one of the songwriters behind his track has written for Christina Aguilera and Zara Larsson, among others.
Return to format for UMK
This year UMK returned to its roots with six different acts vying for the Eurovision nomination. In the last few years organisers have focused on one artist singing several songs for voters to chose from.
Since winning the Eurovision Song Contest for the first and only time back in 2006 when Lordi performed ‘Hard Rock Hallelujah’, Finland has had mixed results and appeared just seven time in the finals.
In recent years Finland has only qualified once in five attempts for the Song Contest grand final.
This May in Rotterdam the hopes of the nation rest with Kankaanranta’s performance in the second semi-final on Thursday 14th May. The final is two days later on Saturday 16th May.
“Finland’s team aims to get to the final with a positive attitude” says UMK producer Anssi Autio.
“The same top team that was involved in the UMK performance will be responsible for the show in the Eurovision Song Contest, says the happy UMK producer Anssi Autio.”
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Toronto Aboriginal Agencies Partner with Freedom
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Toronto Aboriginal Agencies Partner with Freedom Mobile to Keep Indigenous Youth, Families and Seniors Connected
500 handsets with talk, text, and data plans provided to the Toronto Aboriginal Support Services Council (TASSC) to help keep vulnerable individuals connected
TORONTO, Dec. 17, 2020 – A group representing Toronto’s Aboriginal support agencies today announced it has partnered with Shaw Communications’ Freedom Mobile to support Indigenous youth, families and seniors, with phones to help keep them connected.
Toronto Aboriginal Support Services Council (TASSC) received 500 handsets from Freedom Mobile to distribute to individuals most in need in its community to help them get online to access important resources and stay connected to loved ones.
“These phones will allow community members to connect with one another and be able to share important resources and be equipped to stay educated and connected,” said Frances Sanderson, Board President, TASSC. “By donating these phones, Freedom Mobile is helping individuals and families from Toronto’s urban Indigenous community get access to educational resources, vital information about healthcare and government services, while staying connected with family, and informed about local and global news.”
As part of its donation, Freedom Mobile has loaded each handset with nine months of free talk, text, and data to help users get online and stay connected. Once the nine-month period is over, recipients will have the option to continue their plan at a discounted rate.
“With the holidays fast approaching, and as the world continues to work, study, and connect with loved ones online through the pandemic, staying connected has never been more important,” said Paul McAleese, President, Shaw Communications. “Through this partnership with TASSC, we hope we can provide individuals with a sense of connection to their community and their loved ones during this difficult time.”
This donation to TASSC was made possible with the support of the City of Toronto.
“Thank you to Freedom Mobile for donating 500 cell phones and services to Toronto at-risk Indigenous youth, low-income families and senior residents experiencing hardship due to COVID-19,” said John Tory, Mayor, City of Toronto. “This generous donation will help some of our City’s most vulnerable residents stay connected to social supports and vital services, helping to address the digital divide exacerbated by the pandemic.”
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“I am so happy to receive the phone and phone plan, it is a lifesaver. I really needed the phone to book my doctor appointments. As of right now, I am going through a lot of health problems and just having a phone relieves a lot of stress for me. I am so grateful and thankful,” Leon Micheal, 2 Spirited People of the 1st Nation Client and TASSC phone recipient.
“I am very grateful for this phone. It truly helps me out a lot to stay connected to family, friends, and most of all my community supports in the city during these challenging times. Miigwetch 2 Spirits,” Shannan Pine, 2 Spirited People of the 1st Nation Client and TASSC phone recipient.
“I am so grateful for this device as I use it for everyday living such as school, counselling, programs via zoom, email etc. It makes my life so much better being accessible. Thank you so much for your generosity,” Charleana Toney, 2 Spirited People of the 1st Nation Client and TASSC phone recipient.
“I am so happy with my new phone. Thank you! I am able to call my mom and check in on her everyday now. I really appreciate the support and all the wonderful work TASSC does,” Anonymous TASSC member.
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TASSC is the leading not-for-profit research, policy, and advocacy organization that addresses the social determinants of health to improve and enhance the socio-economic prospects and cultural well-being of Aboriginal peoples living in the City of Toronto.
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Shaw is traded on the Toronto and New York stock exchanges and is included in the S&P/TSX 60 Index (Symbol: TSX - SJR.B, SJR.PR.A, SJR.PR.B, NYSE – SJR, and TSXV – SJR.A). For more information, please visit www.shaw.ca
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Award-winning actress, mom, comedy writer, public figure, teen mentor, inventor, synesthete, author, quantum physics lover, recovery expert, public speaker, women and children's advocate, author, comedienne, talk show host Lydia Cornell - best known as the star of ABC's hit series "Too Close for Comfort" as Ted Knight's youngest daughter, the virginal blonde cheerleader Sara Rush. An international celebrity, with fans all over the world, Lydia's TV shows and films are in 27 countries. Recent credits include: HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm; Cats Dancing on Jupiter; Me, Miami and Nancy with Robert Downey Jr ; Variety's Power of Comedy live stream host; The Kelsey Grammer-Bill Zucker Comedy Hour; Lydia Live & Friends. Lydia is a synesthete, recovery expert; spiritual therapy comedy" public speaker, miracles, metaphysician, Sci-Fi- LOTR-Harry Potter-lover; Discovery, Science, NASA, Quantum physics-researcher and Trekkie. You can watch her every night nationwide on Tribune's new comedy channel Antenna TV. Check your cable listings.
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Duration: 0:03:54 | Added: 01 Mar 2011
Professor Helen McShane talks about her work on a new vaccine against tuberculosis.
There are about 9 million new cases and two million deaths every year from tuberculosis (TB). BCG, now over 100 years old, remains the only licensed vaccine against TB. It confers good protection against severe disease and meningitis, but doesn't protect against lung disease. After working on TB for 10 years, Professor Helen McShane developed MVA85A, a vaccine with the aim to boost the cellular immune response induced by BCG. Professor McShane explains why developing countries are especially in need of a new vaccine since HIV and TB epidemics overlap and show a devastating synergy.
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Blake Bortles Vic Fangio Kyle Shurmur Jeff Driskel Brett Rypien Pat Shurmur Von Miller Drew Lock Bryce Callahan Shelby Harris William Parks John Elway Sports Coronavirus Infectious diseases Diseases and conditions Health Lung disease NFL football Professional football Football 2019-2020 Coronavirus pandemic Athlete injuries Athlete health
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Lock returns to practice, apologizes again for COVID-19 slip
By ARNIE STAPLETON - Dec. 02, 2020 08:21 PM EST
FILE - Denver Broncos quarterback Drew Lock, center, jokes with backup quarterbacks Jeff Driskel, left, and Brett Rypien during an NFL football practice in Englewood, Colo., in this Monday, Aug. 31, 2020, file photo. The Broncos activated three quarterbacks—starter Lock and backups Rypien and Blake Bortles—from the COVID-19 list Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020, to insure that the team will not be without quarterbacks on the roster for the game against the Chiefs in Kansas City on Sunday as the Broncos were last Sunday when hosting the New Orleans Saints. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Many viewers cringed at Denver’s ugly loss to the Saints behind a rookie receiver pressed into duty because every Broncos quarterback was barred by the NFL over coronavirus concerns.
Among them was Drew Lock.
“It hurt my heart, hurt my soul,” the Broncos starter said Wednesday. “It was tough. It was really tough. It wasn’t something that I enjoyed doing. I would much rather have been out there on the field helping my teammates out.”
Lock and backup Brett Rypien returned to the practice field about an hour later, but veteran practice squad QB Blake Bortles was isolated in case the Broncos run into another quarterback quandary this season.
The trio served what was essentially a one-game banishment for not wearing their masks last week around QB Jeff Driskel, who tested positive for the coronavirus on Thanksgiving.
In addition to isolating Bortles, the Broncos began putting QB Kyle Shurmur, son of offensive coordinator Pat Shurmur, through COVID-19 protocols to possibly be signed later in the week. A three-year starter at Vanderbilt, Shurmur spent last season on the Chiefs’ practice squad.
The Broncos’ four QBs went into work on their day off last Tuesday to watch film, but they didn’t have their masks on the entire time. After Driskel’s positive test, a league investigation deemed Lock, Rypien and Bortles as high-risk close contacts and ordered them into quarantine Saturday.
The QBs were pulled off the practice field Saturday and the Broncos scrambled to get Kendall Hinton up to speed on a truncated playbook that mostly involved hand-offs.
Hinton, who played quarterback at Wake Forest, was promoted from the practice squad shortly before kickoff and completed just three passes, two of them to the Saints in Denver's 31-3 loss.
Hinton returned to catching passes, not throwing them, when he went back to the practice squad Wednesday.
Coach Vic Fangio, who fined his QBs this week for violating COVID-19 rules, called out his quarterbacks after the game for putting the team and the league in a precarious position, something that upset Lock’s mother, Laura, who defended her son on social media.
Lock said he had no problem with anything Fangio said.
“He’s my boss. He’s the leader of this team and whatever he says goes,” Lock said. “I feel like we were taking a little bit of leadership by coming in and getting ready by ourselves and doing that by ourselves on a day when everyone else was at home. So, that shows leadership.
“But again, we didn’t do the right thing, we didn’t have them on the whole time we were in there.”
As for his mother coming to his defense, Lock said, “Moms will be moms. That’s just a fact. They’re going to back up their kid. They’re going to stand up for their kid regardless of the situation, and my mom is a fiery human. There’s never a game where I played bad and wasn’t more scared of her than my dad.”
Lock praised Hinton for stepping in on very little notice and making his NFL debut at the league’s toughest position — against the NFC’s top team, no less.
“Gosh, he had to go out there, not take a rep at quarterback, play against one of the best defenses in the league. What else can you ask this guy to do?” Lock said. “I mean, he went out and he played his butt off.”
Lock said he was sitting in his vehicle Monday awaiting results of his rapid COVID-19 test when he saw Hinton and told him, “It takes a lot of guts and a lot of heart to go out there and do what you did in the circumstances you did.”
Fangio said he was disappointed the events of last weekend “overshadows all the good work everybody has done here, starting with the players” to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus.
“That part bugs me a little bit, but hey, it is what it is," Fangio said. "We had that mistake with the quarterbacks and we have to own it.”
Team president Joe Ellis, who battled the coronavirus last month, met with Fangio and general manager John Elway on Monday and said, “While it’s easy to point fingers, all of us must take responsibility and work together to prevent it from happening again.”
NOTES: DC Ed Donatell is back part time after COVID-19 sidelined him all last month. ... Fangio said Von Miller hasn’t been cleared medically to return to practice. Miller has made it his goal to play this season after a freak ankle injury six days before the opener. ... The Broncos claimed S Will Parks off waivers from Philadelphia, activated DE Shelby Harris from the reserve/COVID-19 list and placed CB Bryce Callahan (foot) on IR. Callahan started all 10 games this season after missing all of 2019 with a foot injury.
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TruClear Global Puts LightScene Projection Technology in Center of the Experience Economy
From the closet to the pantry to the driveway, there are few corners of the American household you can’t shop for at the touch of a button. As e-commerce soars to new heights, businesses around the globe are pondering answers to the same question: How do you revive traditional brick and mortar?
According to Julio Linares, product manager at TruClear Global, the solution lies in a single word: Experience.
“Moving into the future, experiences will guide the way people shop,” Linares says. “People will go to a business for the experience first. Then, they’ll purchase.”
To meet the needs of this emerging “experience economy,” TruClear Global developed an innovative, technology-driven platform that combines engineering, hardware, software, and services into a seamless solution for clients looking to elevate their in-person environments.
TruClear Global’s offerings include nano-optical coatings, or films, that can transform ordinary glass windows or panels into vivid interior- or exterior-facing displays. The company also creates TruPanel, TruCube, TruRound, TruDoor, and TruCharge displays that can activate static spaces with dynamic brand storytelling or advertising content.
This scalable solution allows customers to create impactful experiences — and even monetize them, if they opt to “rent” the display space to other brands via a built-in ad network. What’s more, since TruClear Global owns all the hardware and software, there is no upfront capital investment for the customer — just a white-glove, at-the-ready service focused on helping to create unforgettable experiences.
“Our clients are looking for guests or customers to enter their venue and reach a vibrational state where it’s enjoyable to be there,” Linares says. “Then, the brand is able to connect with them on that level at the point of purchase or decision-making.”
Lighting Up the In-person Experience
Whether the client is a car dealership, storefront, shopping mall or convention center, TruClear Global is notably “technology agnostic.” “What’s most important is the client gets what’s best for their activation,” Linares shares.
But when it comes to projection, the company trusts Epson’s broad portfolio of visual display solutions.
“During our initial planning, we wanted to ensure we were going to be vertically integrated utilizing the best products from A to Z,” he says. “After testing the world’s leading projection companies over the course of eight months, we found Epson was best suited for our needs.”
The integration of Epson laser projector technology — specifically the compact LightScene accent lighting laser projector, which features a sleek spotlight design — allows TruClear Global’s engineers to realize visions they previously thought impossible.
“LightScene is something that changes the industry,” Linares notes. “Its spotlight form factor gives it the ability to be camouflaged within the ceiling of retail spaces. It seamlessly blends — almost melts — into the ceiling while providing memorable experiences.”
From visual merchandising to spatial design, LightScene can be leveraged for an array of applications with the goal of transforming spaces and captivating customers.
“We can now accommodate locations that don’t have enough space or the desire for a large projector,” Linares adds. “And in smaller spaces, experiential information goes a long way. With LightScene, we can project sharp images as small as 30 inches.”
Bringing Bright Ideas to Life
At TruClear Global’s customer experience center, well over a dozen LightScene projectors guide the client’s journey, from entering the building to navigating among the center’s customized retail simulations. The moment a client arrives inside the lobby, they are immersed in a 360-degree experience, where every wall — and even the floor — activates with Epson projection technology to welcome them.
Elsewhere, LightScene projectors illuminate a prototype retail display, with projection mapping on shoes, basketballs and apparel. Individual ads also appear alongside the product wall as customers pick up and interact with different products.
From projecting dynamic content onto floors for wayfinding to activating retail shelves and storefront glass displays for merchandising, TruClear Global sees endless possibilities with LightScene. “This technology unleashes stories in ways and places few other technologies today can,” Linares says.
Leveraging this dynamic technology is made all the more feasible by LightScene’s affordable pricing.
“We utilize these projectors with our clients for wayfinding, retail, hospitality, and digital signage,” Linares shares. “The price point allows us to deploy them at a great rate, wherever we find the need for one.”
And, they’re easy to install, Linares adds: “The content management software is easy to use and enables creation of playlists that can play directly from an SD card, without the need for an additional system for managing it.”
Properly executing digital advertising requires great messaging — and a great image. After all, when it comes to brand storytelling, visual content is always part of the conversation.
Linares says Epson stands apart from other manufactures due to the projectors’ precision performance and image quality.
“The number-one consideration for us was visual quality,” Linares says. “With Epson, the contrast is incredible and the brightness seems to be more consistent.”
Linares notes realizing your vision doesn’t always require the most powerful projector.
“In one particular scenario, due to the size of projection that was needed, having too much power was not a good thing,” Linares explains. “Even though it was less bright than the other Epson projectors we use, the LightScene stood up well on its own — in this case, I’d say it performed better. We firmly believe in using the right tool for each job, and since I’ve worked with LightScene, I’ve found it to be the ‘right tool’ for many of our jobs.”
And, it seems, Epson is the right partner.
“The people at Epson have a care and love for what they do that matches ours,” he observes. “For us, that’s extremely unique.”
LightScene EV-100 Accent Lighting 3LCD Laser Projector
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A few hundred Illinois environmental, labor and faith leaders hit Chicago's downtown streets Wednesday evening to rally for climate justice and demand that state leaders implement aggressive policies to combat climate change.
The Chicago demonstration was one of nearly 200 similar events held across the country as part of a national day of action spearheaded by the People's Climate Movement, which was behind last year's massive climate change march in New York City that drew some 400,000 people.
The organizers of Wednesday's national day of action hoped to send a clear message to political leaders scheduled to convene for a United Nations climate change conference in Paris this December.
"The goal of these marches was to help send a clear signal that the people of this country are concerned about [the] climate crisis and injustices that are going on," the Rev. Booker Vance with Faith in Place told Progress Illinois at the Chicago rally. "We want to make sure that when our leaders go to Paris that they have a clear sense that the people are behind them. The United States in all other areas wants to be a leader. This is an (area) clearly where we can show our leadership and understanding and compassion for issues of climate justice."
Rallygoers marched from Old St. Patrick's Church, 700 W. Adams, to the Haymarket Memorial, 175 N. Desplaines St., which commemorates the Haymarket Tragedy that took place in Chicago in 1886 during the peak of the American labor movement.
While addressing the crowd at Old St. Patrick's Church, SEIU* Local 1 President Tom Balanoff stressed the importance of labor and environmental groups, in particular, joining forces on climate justice efforts.
"It's been too long that the labor movement and environmental movement, it's been too long, that we haven't come together. And we haven't understood our mutual interest. First of all, our interest in keeping a healthy world for all of us," he said.
"I will tell you that working people throughout this country, and quite frankly for that matter throughout this world, pay the biggest price for an unhealthy environment," Balanoff continued. "While millions of people suffer the worst impacts of pollution and climate change, particularly people of color, a handful of people and a handful of companies are getting rich, they're getting rich and polluting our environment. There's a lot of ways to get rich. That's the wrong way to get rich, brothers and sisters."
At the Haymarket Memorial, McDonald's worker Adriana Alvarez of Cicero spoke about how low-income communities are often hard-hit by pollution, which can impact human health.
"We have to worry about our children's health and our own health, but we can't afford healthcare and health insurance with the wages we make," she said. "That's why low-wage working families and people of color have to do something about this."
Susan Hurley with Chicago Jobs With Justice also addressed the crowd at the Haymarket Memorial. Here are her remarks, plus comments from Balanoff and Cheryl Johnson with People for Community Recovery:
The marchers ended their protest at the Thompson Center, where they called on Gov. Bruce Rauner to support strong clean energy policies that will help Illinois comply with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Power Plan in an "equitable manner."
The Clean Power Plan calls for cutting carbon emissions from existing U.S. power plants to 32 percent below 2005 levels by 2030. States, which are given flexibility under the EPA's regulations to meet carbon standards, have until 2022 to comply with the rules.
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A 23-year-old book about the internet predicted the web’s worst problems
Bárbara Abbês for Quartz
From our Special Project
Net Positive
These are the stories of the people who have shaped the world wide web, and those who are defining its future.
By Tim Fernholz
Senior reporter
When “Government Alien Announcement” was published to the Usenet group alt.alien.visitors on Dec. 1, 1993, the internet was already over.
Referencing everyone from J. Edgar Hoover to a pre-presidential George W. Bush, the rant-cum-essay warned of an impending alien invasion. “[The Greys] will come bearing gifts, technology that supposedly will heal cancer and AIDS, retard aging, etc.” it read. “They will tell us they are the ‘saviors’ of humanity who have come to defend the earth against an invasion of man eating aliens called Reptoids. This story is a lie. The Greys already work for the Reptoids. Their plan is to unify the world into a One-World Government, a ‘New World Order’ with the argument that only this can defeat the invasion of the Reptoids….”
At the time, Usenet was the central arena of the pre-graphical internet, one of a long list of then-thriving digital, text-based communications protocols like Gopher, TELNET, BBS, IRC, and MUDs. Having existed since roughly 1980 for a community of university employees, students, and those inclined to spend a few grand on a home computer and internet connection, Usenet was in September 1993 made available to all AOL customers. The influx of newbies became known as the “Eternal September,” and arrived nine months after Marc Andreessen created the first graphic web-browser, Mosaic. In 1994, Andreessen brought Netscape Navigator to market, and the net was over. Long live the web.
“[I wanted to] dive down the rabbit hole into this invisible, globally interconnected world and its culture.”
While Andreessen was writing the software that would end that world, a 22-year-old Harvard grad named JC Herz was writing a book, Surfing on the Internet, that would preserve it in amber. (Jacket copy: “A digital Dian Fossey loose in the jungle of Net life.”) Published in 1995 by the same editor who acquired David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest three years earlier, Surfing on the Internet is at its heart a tour through the classic online activities: discussing the best sugary cereals and caffeinated beverages, posting instructions for making explosives with household products, documenting Elvis sightings and other urban legends, playing Jeopardy with a robot Alex Trebek, role-playing violent conflict with Barney the Purple Dinosaur. But it’s also a portrait of the social dynamics that are increasingly troubling the online world, and a map to digital patient zero.
“[I wanted to] dive down the rabbit hole into this invisible, globally interconnected world and its culture,” Herz said in an e-mail in May. “The publisher bought the book but wanted it finished in eight months, which is fast for a book—they didn’t want to publish the second book about the Internet.”
Flooding the Net
When I found Surfing on the Internet in a rural New Hampshire library in 1997, after my family acquired its first PC and a 35-kilobit-per-second internet connection, the book might as well have been ancient history. (It was located next to the Internet Yellow Pages, a large volume that quite literally listed websites you could visit.) But Surfing enthralled me as a middle-schooler, and not just because it excerpted the above alien conspiracy theory. Herz’s book catalogued a new world that was absurd and chaotic, not infrequently problematic, and, bafflingly, important.
When new users were “flooding onto the Net at rate of a million per month”—ha!—Herz wrote that “the population explosion is putting a lot of stress on the system. Not so much the physical system of hardware and phone lines, but the social structure is beginning to fray. Noise levels are up. Signal quality is down…even die-hard Net addicts now admit that it’s impossible to wade through the daily traffic.”
“They didn’t want to publish the second book about the Internet.”
Indeed, reading Surfing now, there’s an unmistakable sense that what made the internet cool was also what made it impotent, at least in real-world terms: There wasn’t really any capitalism, even though it was a specter hanging over the digital landscape. But what made the internet bad then is also what makes it bad today—the people who are on it.
Influencers, famous for nothing but their fame? Consider James “Kibo” Parry, who claimed to read every mention of his handle on the net and somehow became a celebrity, complete with a newsgroup of his own, alt.religion.kibology. Vituperative Twitter warfare? That has nothing on the newsgroup flame wars of yore. Even reminders that your experience is more mediated and less authentic than in the past existed in the form of phreakers, old-timey hackers of the telephone system who would share “always the same refrain: times were simpler then.”
Amid the flood of newbies, Herz writes of finding a home at MindVox, a hip online community (“The Algonquin Round Table meets the World Wrestling Federation”) founded by two former members of the hacker group Legion of Doom. LOD was in the news this year when presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke was revealed as a former member, known not for his coding prowess but his posts. (Asked about Beto’s net history, Herz says “national politics is a clown show, period full stop.”) The idea of someone being respected online because they could write compelling essays is only baffling if you don’t grok the text-only Net.
AP Photo/Greg Gibson
The dream of the nineties.
Among the net community, Herz also finds, well, let’s call them pre-incels. “I’m having my mid-20s breakdown a year or so ahead of schedule,” posts one graduate-school dropout, who added “I need a woman, so I can pay attention to her and not me.”
One user—a prominent MindVoxer known in the book by username Kieran—merits an entire chapter. He says he’s been on the internet since 1982, when he was 12. Kieran is caught up in angsty dynamics with other netizens, frustrated by his struggle to advance in the world, and irked by his lack of fruitful real-life relationships. He loves his internet life and hates it at the same time. He’s also mad at the media, then in the throes of celebrating broader public interest in the net, for lauding this real-fake community.
*Kieran* That's why all this pseudo-cyberpunk, cutting edge WIRED-is-God bullshit pisses me off so goddam much. THERE IS NOTHING NEW ABOUT ANY OF THIS EXCEPT THE SIZE OF IT.
Months prior, Kieran—real name, Aaron Dickey; real job, systems operator at CompuServe—had a chance to ask vice president Al Gore a question in an online forum. (You may remember Al Gore took an interest in the internet.) Dickey asked if “eventually we ALL may be spending too much time … on the Net, and not enough time in face-to-face conversations/socialization?” “Yes,” Gore replied, according to the Washington Post, “but it’s better than the same amount of time [spent] in front of a non-interactive screen.”
Ethics in internet Journalism
What stands out most in reading Surfing on the Internet today is the sheer misogyny Herz encounters online. “Chicks on computers are considered to be chicks first and human beings second (if at all),” writes one male Usenet poster. Herz tends to hide her gender behind her initials or an ambiguous handle, but sometimes the truth comes out. “Ugh, I’ve been outed as a woman on a late night IRC session,” she writes. “I don’t want to deal with this tonight.”
*kilgore* What do you look like?
*jimv* How old are you? Are you still in school?
*casper* Would you care to talk in private?
*crackerjack* What do you look like?
*synapse* HI THERE :- ))
*vito* Where are you?
When Herz ventures into a MUD—a multi-user online dungeon, a kind of text-only Second Life or MMRPG—she finds herself harassed by another user who acted as a friendly guide until he discovered her gender. “Sticks and stones and techie-boys who can’t deal with women, that’s what MUDs are made of,” she concludes. During the inevitable chapter on cybersex, Herz winds up impersonating a man in a gay chat room. It was an exploration of fluid identities in the anonymous internet, but also, one can’t help but think, a good way to avoid talking about sex with ostensibly straight men.
Nearly three decades later, techies still have a problem with women. “It was given a pass because it was overgrown adolescents catering to each other,” Herz says today of the gamer culture that she went on to chronicle as a technology journalist. “In that context, it’s really about the ability to Not Grow Up as a lifestyle.”
Now, though, that lifestyle has been weaponized: The events of #gamergate made social-media harassment campaigns a trope of internet discourse, not a rarity. Toxic male angst, played out on message boards among self-described incels today, isn’t just online but acted out in Walmarts by digitally radicalized shooters. This remarkably consistent internet culture is a reminder: It’s easy to become nostalgic about the anarchic and weird internet but, like most nostalgia, it is blind.
At the end of Surfing on the Internet, Herz gives up on the net after, frankly, getting bored. She was a digital version of Sunset Boulevard‘s Norma Desmond: It was the internet that got small.
I asked Herz how long her self-imposed exile lasted. She told me she mostly passed on the web, got into games, and did the requisite stint on social media before giving most of that up too. “More people hear about what happened on Twitter than actually engage with it,” she told me. “Technology got boring. It became kitsch. Elite culture became kitsch. …As a writer I love the idea of a culture based on reading and writing. But I’m not sure that could ever last.”
My generation—call us elder millennials—largely missed out on the world Herz experienced, as I found in youthful attempts to retrace her trail. Soon we had AOL Instant Messenger and shortly after the century turned, blogs happened. For a weird moment, posting was en vogue again. But the web rolled on, and the bloggers got hired or tired.
Surfing on the Internet is filled with a palpable foreboding about what the internet will do and be when unleashed en masse. “God help us when the Information Railroad is actually built,” Herz writes. “We’ll be talking about the good old days—these days—eighteen months or two years from now, when every post has a ‘Send me MORE information about this product’ checkbox in its sig. We’ll remark about the few places where the Net and real life touched, how strange, and in a way, how charming they were.”
Twenty-five years later, the web and real life don’t only touch, they overlap and interact in uncanny feedback loops. As the rest of America wakes up to the same things that Herz struggled with in her first encounter with the internet—”the online world and the offline world aren’t staying in their boxes like I thought they would”—she offers up some wisdom.
“The only real hope we have is to get to know each other…”
“The only real hope we have is to get to know each other, find things to love, like or enjoy about people we disagree with and strengthen our local relationships and communities,” Herz says. “If not, we’re one natural disaster and grid-takedown away from the zombie apocalypse. The more concrete, local and physical a topic is, the more people seem able to forge fellowship around it. You see a lot of humanity in streams of participation around fitness, food (the BBQ cults…), DIY maker-type things, and local communities.” There’s a reason Herz’s most recent book is about the subculture of CrossFit.
Still, I miss that dial-up modem magic. “The Matrix was produced post-Web, but no web page was as dramatic, intimate and compelling as a black screen with text unfurling in real time,” Herz told me. I asked my former digital spirit guide—had she found anything that matched the old thrill of logging on?
“It is encouraging to see how persistent certain high-value commons are,” she notes, listing Wikipedia, Khan Academy, GitHub, and “even commercial commons like Tasty and RetailMeNot, and pure enthusiast data aggregations like Dahlia Addict.” Herz today is also into flowers, and Instagram. “There’s still some of the old charm of the early Internet associated with lifestyle stuff—fitness, food, crafts, farms and gardens—that transcends geographic boundaries,” she says. “I can post a photo of tulips that get hearted from eight different countries.”
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How Well Does Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Hold Up?
March 27, 2014 David-D--Nelson — 38 Comments
I feel compelled to note that as I write this someone is playing the Final Fantasy X theme on a piano about 50 feet from me. There's no question this game is back in the public consciousness.
Yet I must ask, how is Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster holding up for you folks who bought it? I know a lot of you did, I can see you on my PSN friends list and it has been prominent in the comments.
Obviously fans of the original are going to enjoy it, fans of classic Final Fantasy are going to enjoy it, and I'm interested to hear from anybody who is young and new to this style of gameplay as opposed to that in XIII however what I'm most interested in here is whether or not you all think the game has aged well enough to stand up to its modern competition like Tales of Xillia , Ni No Kuni , Eternal Sonata , or even current Final Fantasy sequels.
The process for coming to a conclusion has to be different for everyone. The voice acting, dialogue, and unpolished portions of graphics (like those horrid NPCs) are going to be a drawback for sure. However most players are fully willing to forgive that provided they have the knowledge that previous to FFX there were no voices at all, the graphics were considerably less advanced, and the optimum way to view the original was on a standard definition picture-tube television set complete with scan lines. Yeah, some portions of the game were never meant to be super clear. The updated character models are really just some extra eye candy so they don't look awful, and we shouldn't complain that it ends up making NPCs look worse.
Those things haven't aged well, but I think they can easily be forgiven so long as people know that it was state of the art at the time. The gameplay is a better area for ascertaining how well FFX enters the PS3 generation. I was stunned by just how darn slow it seemed at first. I love cut scenes, especially when they take their time and develop the characters so it was nice to get back to that comfortable non-frenzied form of gaming. I'm not sure that would go over so well now. It's strange to me but people seem to just want to skip cut scenes and get back to the gameplay, but the gameplay has never been the main draw of the FF series at least until recently, it was always the story and characters before.
The battles feel slow too. Again there's nothing wrong with that, it's what I prefer. One can easily envision a newcomer getting frustrated by the pace since you can't fit each battle into a the 140 characters of a twitter post. Once I really got back into the intricacies of the battle system though, I could really see why this style of RPG gameplay should never have been abandoned.
Every character has special enemy types they are best against and you can control every character's moves, elements add a layer to magic, status changes require constant care, the sphere grid allows fine tuning and true choice in advancement that gets restricted in today's games when party members become automatic partners in battle. Weapons and armor all have special effects, need to be switched around in battle, and they actually matter. Really what difference does a poisoning or lightning defense bracer serve in a 15 second battle? Not much. In FFX you have time to set up the best strategies and the best equipment to dominate the enemy with your mind rather than your flash, quickness, or might. You need your mind too because the bad guys put up a serious fight and when you die you don't get to retry. Something is actually on the line here, and if you do survive you don't get the “benefit” of regenerating health.
The end result is an ongoing struggle though nuanced battles that bring your party to high highs and low lows. You establish those proper RPG character connections through battle after battle that simply isn't as strong in the fast and furious encounters of today.
I think once you are ensconced in the multiple intricacies of battle you see how the gameplay holds up quite well. It isn't “old-fashioned turn based,” it's a legitimate way of prosecuting encounters with various enemy forces with their own multiple strengths and weaknesses. Just as the difficulty, timing, and preciseness of action is lauded in Dark Souls , so too should the depths of FFX's strategy be respected. Since X-2 refines it further and adds another layer with the dress spheres it goes without saying that it deserves similar consideration.
Mind you, I'm not an advocate for things simply staying the same. I don't think you could release this game today, as it is, and without its classic status, and have it be the hit it was. Playing the game again though, it is easy to see that with a few tweaks and updates toward modernity we'd have a masterpiece yet again. In that sense, as the foundation of something still relevant and exciting, I believe this HD remaster holds up against the tides of time pretty darn well. Is it holding up for you?
LimitedVertigo
I'm sure you've seen it's all I've been playing this past week. So much that I haven't posted much the past few days! I'm currently enjoying myself in the Omega Ruins, increasing my gil thanks to the mimics. The game holds up well enough to warrant 50hrs of gameplay from me so far and I don't intend on stopping anytime soon. I'd say that says it all. The voice acting (some of it) and animations are definitely dated but the story is one of the best you'll ever find in a game. I love this game, I loved it then and I love it just as much now.
The gameplay is incredibly addictive and rewarding. There is just so much for you to do that it never feels like you're bored with the game. Several times I've had moments of pure delight and sadly remind myself that the next big thing from the FF franchise will most likely pale in comparison to what this game offers. It didn't used to be like that…kinda sad.
WorldEndsWithMe
I'm tickled every time I hear the victory fanfare and see the screen where I earn my experience stuff from the battles. It's bittersweet, but mostly sweet for now. 🙂
vatoloco47
The remake is done quiet well and i don't mind the NPCs not looking the best due to how amazing this game is. Im enjoying it so much it feels like im experiencing everything for the first time. The story, game play and blitzball make this one of my favorite JRPGs of all time. And for those who haven't played i strongly suggest you do as you will see how JRPGs should be as opposed to what Final Fantasy is now 🙁
Now just to wait for Final Fantasy XI to be made with achievements..
darxed
"Now! This is it! Now is the time to choose! Die and be free of pain, or live and fight your sorrow! Now is the time to shape your stories! Your fate is in your hands!"
God these games still brings shivers to my spine. I played through them a lot but I had forgotten a lot of details, like the emotion Auron puts on that line and how much it gets you pumped up for the battle.
I'm always been one of the defenders of FFXIII and It's sequels, but when you compare them with games like this, the decline in every aspect of the game is evident.
I'm almost done with X, so I guess I just have like another 120 hours to go with the extra content and X-2.
DIsmael85
Love it, that's all I can say. The story still holds up well 12 years later and the characters are just as likable as they were back then. This is the most fun I've had all gen with an RPG and I'm glad it's with a Final Fantasy. Brings back memories off all the previous ones. Man time sure has flown by and changed.
Nas Is Like
I tried to love the game (X) but the grid system really turned me off. Had they used a better system, I would have completed it a long time ago…probably multiple times, too.
Underdog15
Grid system is rockin'!
F U
Banky A
Whaaaat sayyy?
Sphere Grid is the best thing since sliced Materia
Ben Dutka PSXE
In some ways yes, in some ways no.
The voice acting and dialogue certainly don't, for instance. You could also argue that due to the more linear nature (especially concerning X), the games come across as very cramped and restricted. Not only are games MUCH bigger these days, but X eve felt more linear than previous FF entries due to its design.
The concept and story is still plenty deep and intriguing, and the combat mechanic and Sphere Grid will always hold up well. That's because we never really got anything better; developers opted to kill the turn-based mechanic and all the great character progression systems we've seen over the years. It didn't die out because gamers stopped playing it, and it didn't die out because it failed to compare to real-time mechanics.
It always stood apart and had its unique strengths, which is why so many still want to play it today.
kraygen
I haven't bought it yet because I'm 100 hours deep into my current game and have about 15 purchased games I've yet to play. However I am itching to play it and have been pleased with all the comments I've read from those of you who are playing it right now.
Honestly some of these aged games are much better to me than a lot of the stuff being released right now so even though I haven't played it yet, I'm going to go ahead and bet on the positive side.
Draguss
It seems I'd been missing turn-based combat even more than I thought. After so many years, it doesn't just hold up, it feels downright refreshing.
The part where I'd say the game shows its age the most is when you have to start grinding if you want to do the superbosses. You mentioned Xillia as an example of a modern JRPG, so I'll compare with that. The hardest boss in that game was at the bottom of his own high level dungeon where the enemies gave enough exp that you didn't have to grind much to be at an adequate level. FFX has the omega ruins, but they don't get you anywhere near being high level enough for the hardest bosses without hours of mindlessly hacking away at random enemies.
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If you don't feel like grinding than I strongly suggest you do the Don Tonberry or Cactuar King AP trick in the Monster Arena. Honestly though I miss games like this where there are bosses that are so insanely godlike you're forced to level your party in an extreme way. As long as these bosses aren't required to finish the main story I see no harm in making them incredibly difficult.
I wouldn't really call them incredibly difficult. Simply requiring high stats hardly qualifies them as hard, it just means they require a lot of prep time. Personally, I found fighting braska's final aeon with adequate stats to be more difficult than nemesis. Of course, I can't really say if the same will apply to penance, this will be the first chance I have to fight him.
Yeah I don't think I had an ounce of trouble in Xillia
aaronisbla2
I found myself changing the difficulty the max on xillia
Penance was actually hard. Dark Aeons don't compare.
WAY too good. Feels good and certainly has some old fashioned feels to it but thats part of its charm. Comepletely re-inlove with the game.
I feel no frustration and have absolute fun when playing it. So yeah, it holds up great.
MrAnonymity
Well, I don't miss the voice acting and the mad, almost ventriloquist dummy, flapping of mouths (particularly when a character is excited), but… those are piecemeal compared to the experience as a whole. It feels great to be reliving such a classic that has been all gussied up.
Still… playing this only makes the yearning in my heart stronger for HD updates to games that hold even more special places in my heart; such as FFVIII.
CH1N00K
I may have to try this again, for some reason, any of the FF's after IX never really grabbed me like the PS1 era games did..I tried to struggle through X and X-2 and just couldn't seem to get interested. Although I didn't mind XII, I never got sucked into the story like I did with VII, VIII and IX. Although with JRPG's kind of being on the decline, maybe it's time to give X and X-2 another shot..
My gf just got Valefor and is about to leave Besaid 🙂 she also ound the Cloister of Trials to be EASY… and we all know how incredibly boring, clunky and unintuitive it is – especially in this age.
So happy to watch her play and other YouTube walkthroughs past her progress. This game really is joy for my senses.
Vivi_Gamer
The game does hold up well, but I have some really big issues with this re-release.
Firstly, the image is cropped. This was very apparent in one part before the Chocobo Eater Battle. Auron walks into Rins Inn and speaks, but as he is at the bottom of the screen, he now cut off – which really made that sequence disorientating.
Another problem, this one is a surpise, I have been worried for months that the new character model of Tidus looks like a doll… well he is fine, but the really problem is Yuna. Here character model just looks really bad, graphically worse than the original PS2 version. Also, the animation for the facial experession has really been compromised and as this was a big feature in FFX's original release it does ruin some of the scenes.
Then there is the music, I don't want to be nit picking here, I actually loved the remastered version of Kingdom Hearts HD soundtrack. But in FFX it really doesn't work, the tones just really lack oomph! But what is worse is that some of the notes in the composition have been changed. Just listen to the beginning of the 'Tidus Theme', it sounds so off key at the beginning it is horrible.
That is really about it, there are great benefits to the release. The environments look fantastic! and the battle system is perfect as ever. I am at the Mi'hen High Road and I have both Wakka & Tidus with Posion Touch weapons which really makes the stat elements of this game seem engaging. I am enjoying it, but at every turn there is one or two little things which just seem off putting from the score to the animation. I beat the Sinspawn boss in Kilika and for a brief second the boss model was present before the cutscene loaded. Just little things like that which never were an issue in the original.
Broady
Haven't got round to playing it yet!
Started Far Cry 3 a few weeks ago, and want to finish that before I start the marathon of FFX. Sure I'll love it all over again – last FF I played (in terms of timescale) was XII about 6 months ago and that held up well, even with the old graphics.
Remember the story in X being brilliant so looking forward to it, think I put about 150hrs into when it first came out and can see myself doing the same again – will just have to wait/limit myself – exams coming up for uni!
I don't know if it's just some hardcore nostalgia talking, seeing as this is one of my favourite games of all time. But it feels to me like FFX has not only stood up to the test of time, but it's better than many of the games I've played recently. I'm absolutely loving FFX HD. I don't have a lot of time for video games these days and for the first time in a long time, I'm MAKING time for FFX, and I'm staying up super late on worknights playing it. The last game to do that for me was Portal 2…
I LOVE this battle system. It took a while to get used to it again because I found myself rushing through the menu's at first so I could get my attacks off in a hurry. It really highlights just how stressful modern games have become. This is just plain old good time RPG fun, and I love it.
I have an HD projector and a 100" screen in my home theatre set up and this game looks stunning on it. Yuna's sending in Kilika was magical. I've seen it a hundred times and I still found myself reloading my save a few times to watch it again.
So good, so very very good. I hope they release it again in another 10 years!
haha I rushed through the menus the first few times, too!
I was doing the same thing, as if I was in danger of losing my advantage if I didn't go fast. It's a terrible leftover effect of this past generation.
MRSUCCESS
After FF8, FF10 (not X-2 cause the interest is not there) was the FF that I enjoyed the most. It was truly a wonderful experience. I just cannot find the time to replay it because Dark Souls 2 is like a drug. A drug that I cannot wait to play this weekend.
What's interesting to me is that playing doesn't feel like the fun comes from nostalgia (as I thought it would) but it comes from feeling fresh.
I'm with that, although I'd say about 20-25% of my fun comes from nostalgia. 🙂
It's surprising how much DOESN'T, though. It's just because this style of gameplay simply doesn't exist on a big-budget scale anymore.
I feel like I'm far more involved in the development of my characters than I was in any of the XIII games, too.
I've given up on x for now in favor of x2. That battle system especially on active mode is amazing
Aaronisright
streakermaximus
One thing I've noticed that I find rather funny is that it's incredibly linear. It even has a minimap with a path you have to follow with a flashing light showing the destination. Considering the hate for FFXIII I'd have expected a bit more backlash.
That's silliness. You can revisit pretty much any area in FFX. The arrow is a bit of a crutch, but you are not forced to go where they tell you to go if you'd rather try some other things. It still has the end game side quests that let you revisit everywhere if you want to.
FFXIII got flack for the first 10 or so chapters basically being levels action-adventure levels. Once you beat it, that's it… level 2 is finished… no more replaying that level.
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ProfPlayStation
More than being just a path in FFXIII, what really made me dislike that game world was the feeling that you weren't getting to see any of it. You weren't able to interact with any of its inhabitants. You weren't able to take in the local flavor of various towns. You weren't able to revisit areas later on. You always felt like an observer, on the outside looking in, but never involved. All you did was walk down a very long, very boring hallway, with nothing to do but hit "Auto Battle."
In any JRPG, the immersiveness of the game world is one of the most important aspects, and FFX nailed it. You grew to know and love the world of Spira. You chatted up all the passers-by. You visited the local shopkeepers. You watched kids chasing dogs around. Raced chocobos. Played Blitzball. Collected the Al Bhed primers. Found hidden areas. Came back to areas to see how the inhabitants were faring as the game progressed. It felt like a place you would enjoy visiting.
Frankly, I'm still not sure how FFXIII's world even functions. Do the people live on the inside of a sphere? On the outside? In tiered levels? One part of the world would contradict another part, and the datalog would only confuse things further; and there were no people to ask… It was uninteresting, confusing, boring.
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glets86
Bought Limited Edition, one of my most favorite games of all time!
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15 Jun 2005 : Column 512W—continued
Bill Wiggin: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what measures she is taking to reduce the time taken to undertake genetic testing. [3210]
Jane Kennedy: The 2003 genetics White Paper, Our inheritance, our future—realising the potential of genetics in the NHS", announced £18 million to upgrade national health service genetics laboratories in England. As a result of this increase in laboratory capacity, we expect that by 2006 genetic test results should be available:
Within three days where the result is needed urgently, for example, for prenatal diagnosis.
Within two weeks where the potential genetic mutation is already known, for example, because another family member have already been tested.
Within eight weeks for unknown mutations in a large gene.
This initiative builds on earlier investments by the Department, including £11 million in specialised genetics services from 2001 and two national genetic reference laboratories to explore the use of new technologies in NHS genetic laboratories. The genetics White Paper also announced that it would boost the future workforce in NHS genetic laboratories by funding up to 90 healthcare scientist trainees in genetics and 10 trainer posts.
Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health when she plans to publish the results of the two-year review of genito-urinary medicine services undertaken by the Medical Foundation for AIDS and Sexual Health. [3354]
Caroline Flint: The review is expected to be completed in 2006, at which time the Department will consider when and how to disseminate the findings.
Mr. Jenkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) single-handed and (b) two or more partner general practitioner practices there were in Burntwood, Lichfield and Tamworth Primary Care Trust area on the latest date for which figures are available; and what percentage these practices represent of the total number of general practitioner practices in the primary care trust area. [3322]
Ms Rosie Winterton: The information requested is shown in the table.
Number of practices by practice size for Burntwood, Lichfield and Tamworth Primary Care Trust (PCT)—as at 30 September 2004
5DQ Burntwood, Lichfield and Tamworth PCT
Number (headcount)
and percentages
Single handed practices(47) 9
Practices with two or more partners 15
Percentage of single handed practices 38
Percentage of practices with two or more partners 63
(47) Figures cannot be calculated prior to 2004 for single handed practitioners, excluding GP registrars and GP retainers.
National health service health and social care information centre general and personal medical services statistics.
Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment she has made of routine appointment waiting times at general practitioner surgeries in Hornsey and Wood Green; and if she will make a statement. [2887]
Jane Kennedy: The NHS Plan states that, by December 2004, all patients will be able to see a primary care professional (PCP) within 24 hours and a general practitioner within 48 hours.
The results for the Haringey Primary Care Trust May 2005 primary care access survey are:
15 Jun 2005 : Column 513W
24 hour GP access 100
48 hour PCP access 100
Heart Hospital, London
Mr. Dismore: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will make a statement about the recent closure of the Heart hospital, London. [3270]
Jane Kennedy: This is a matter for the chair of the University College London hospital national health service foundation trust. I have written to the chair, Peter Dixon. He will reply shortly and a copy will be placed in the Library.
Graham Stringer: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will make it her policy to collate centrally information on the numbers of prisoners receiving treatment for hepatitis C. [3136]
Ms Rosie Winterton: There are no present plans to do so.
Graham Stringer: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans she has to establish regional centres of excellence for hepatology. [3134]
Mr. Byrne: The Department has drawn the attention of specialised commissioning groups to the need to plan on the basis of the national definition for specialised hepatology services. In that context they will need to consider that some activities will be restricted to the
seven liver transplant centres while other treatments should only be carried out at hepatology centres where the full range of multi-disciplinary support is available. Some local hospitals have developed expertise in a particular treatment and could be recognised appropriately as a centre for that particular treatment.
Hospital Cleanliness
Daniel Kawczynski: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what representations she has received regarding the use of ward sisters in the pursuit of cleanliness on hospital wards; and from whom those representations have been received. [3146]
Jane Kennedy: The Department has received no formal representations on this issue. We recognise that ward sisters have a key role to play in ensuring that hospitals are clean. A Matron's Charter: An Action Plan for Cleaner Hospitals", published in 2004 by all of the organisations representing nursing staff, re-emphasises the importance of involving ward sisters in establishing cleaning contracts and setting and monitoring standards of cleanliness.
Hospitals (Learning Disabilities)
Mr. Andrew Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what hospital facilities were available (a) in the last financial year and (b) in each of the previous five years to meet the needs of people with learning disabilities (i) across the NHS and (ii) in the private sector. [3525]
Mr. Byrne [holding answer 14 June 2005]: The national health service and private sector provides a variety of hospital facilities for people with learning disabilities. The figures available for NHS facilities are shown in the following table.
Hospital inpatient activity: average daily number of available beds for learning disabled people; NHS trusts in England
Learning disabilities:
Children: short stay — — 281 205 268 229
Children: long stay — — 95 70 141 59
Other ages: secure unit — — 431 407 508 514
Other ages: short stay — — 1,323 1,374 1,117 1,210
Other ages: long stay — — 4,186 3,639 3,003 3,199
Total 6,834 6,834 6,316 5,694 5,038 5,212
KH03 return, Department of Health
With regard to private sector facilities, on 31 March 2004, the Healthcare Commission identified 46 private sector facilities registered as independent hospitals providing 968 beds for people with learning disabilities.
Source: The Healthcare Commission, 2004
Gregory Barker: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what research she has commissioned on the health effects of energy-from-waste incinerators. [4160]
Caroline Flint: The Department has not commissioned specific research into the health effects of energy-from-waste incinerators. Several studies of cancer rates near the older generation of waste incinerators have been undertaken by the small area health statistics unit (SAHSU). The Department is a co-funder of SAHSU, which is wholly funded by the Government. The expert advisory committee on the carcinogenicity of chemicals in food, consumer products and the environment considered these studies in March 20001, 2, 3 and concluded 4 that any potential risk of cancer due to residency near to municipal solid waste incinerators was exceedingly low and probably not measurable by the most modern epidemiological techniques. The Committee agreed that, at the present time, there was no need for any further epidemiological investigations of cancer incidence near municipal solid waste incinerators.
In addition to the studies of cancer, Government-funded investigations in the 1980s found no association with birth defects around two ReChem waste incinerators in Wales5, 6, 7 and Scotland8, 9, although no firm conclusion could be drawn in the Scottish study 9 about the occurrence of the eye defect microphthalmos.
Emissions from modern waste incinerators in the United Kingdom are subject to stringent controls which have been introduced since the periods covered by the studies noted.
1 Elliott P, Hills M, Beresford J, Kleinschmidt I, Jolley D, Pattenden S, Rodrigues L, Westlake A, Rose G. Incidence of cancers of the larynx and lung near incinerators of waste solvents and oils in Great Britain. Lancet. 1992;339(8797):854–8.
2 Elliott P, Shaddick G, Kleinschmidt I, Jolley D, Walls P, Beresford J, Grundy C. Cancer incidence near municipal solid waste incinerators in Great Britain. Br J Cancer. 1996;73(5):702–10.
3 Elliott P, Eaton N, Shaddick G, Carter R. Cancer incidence near municipal solid waste incinerators in Great Britain. Part 2: histopathological and case-note review of primary liver cancer cases. Br J Cancer. 2000;82(5):1103–6.
4 Department of Health, Food Standards Agency. Committees on toxicity, mutagenicity and carcinogenicity of chemicals in food, consumer products and the environment. Annual Report 2000. Committee on carcinogenicity of chemicals in food, consumer products and the environment statement on cancer incidence near municipal solid waste incinerators in Great Britain. London: Department of Health, Food Standards Agency, 2001. Br J Cancer. 2000 Mar;82(5):1103–6 Also available at the following website address: www.advisorybodies.doh.gov.uk/coc/munipwst.htm
5 Welsh Office. The incidence of congenital malformations in Wales, with particular reference to the district of Torfaen, Gwent. A Welsh Office review of notifications made to the Office of Population, Censuses and Surveys. Cardiff: Welsh Office, 1985.
6 Welsh Office. The incidence of congenital malformations in Wales, with particular reference to the district of Torfaen, Gwent. An updated analysis of notifications to the Office of Population, Censuses and Surveys. Cardiff: Welsh Office, 1987.
7 Laurence KM. Neural tube defect and polydactyly in Gwent. Cardiff: 1987.
8 Scottish Home and Health Department. Bonnybridge/Denny morbidity review. (Report of independent review group; Chairman: Professor John Lenihan). Edinburgh: Scottish Home and Health Department, 1985
9 Scottish Home and Health Department. Report of a working party on microphthalmos in the Forth Valley health board area. Edinburgh: Scottish Home and Health Department, 1988.
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Role of disclinations in determining the morphology of deformable fluid interfaces†
N. Ramakrishnan,*a John H. Ipsen*b and P. B. Sunil Kumar*ab
a Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India
E-mail: ram@physics.iitm.ac.in, sunil@physics.iitm.ac.in
b MEMPHYS Center for Biomembrane Physics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, DK, Denmark
E-mail: ipsen@memphys.sdu.dk
We study the equilibrium shapes of vesicles, with an in-plane nematic order, using a Monte-Carlo scheme and show that highly curved shapes, like tubes and discs, with a striking similarity to the structures engendered by certain curvature sensing peripheral membrane proteins, can be spontaneously generated by anisotropic directional curvature with nematic disclinations playing an important role. We show that the coupling between nematic order and local curvature could lead to like defects moving towards each other and unlike defects moving away, in turn leading to tube formation. Thermally induced defect pair production lead to branched tubular structures. It is also shown that a helical arrangement of the membrane tubes, with nematic field spiraling around it, is the dominant soft mode of the system.
Supplementary information PDF (5719K)
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2SM07384F
Soft Matter, 2012,8, 3058-3061
Role of disclinations in determining the morphology of deformable fluid interfaces
N. Ramakrishnan, J. H. Ipsen and P. B. S. Kumar, Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 3058
DOI: 10.1039/C2SM07384F
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Emergence of plasmid-mediated colistin resistance mechanism MCR-1 in animals and human beings in China: A microbiological and molecular biological study
Yi Yun Liu, Yang Wang, Timothy R. Walsh, Ling Xian Yi, Rong Zhang, James Spencer, Yohei Doi, Guobao Tian, Baolei Dong, Xianhui Huang, Lin Feng Yu, Danxia Gu, Hongwei Ren, Xiaojie Chen, Luchao Lv, Dandan He, Hongwei Zhou, Zisen Liang, Jian Hua Liu, Jianzhong Shen
2155 Citations (Scopus)
Background: Until now, polymyxin resistance has involved chromosomal mutations but has never been reported via horizontal gene transfer. During a routine surveillance project on antimicrobial resistance in commensal Escherichia coli from food animals in China, a major increase of colistin resistance was observed. When an E coli strain, SHP45, possessing colistin resistance that could be transferred to another strain, was isolated from a pig, we conducted further analysis of possible plasmid-mediated polymyxin resistance. Herein, we report the emergence of the first plasmid-mediated polymyxin resistance mechanism, MCR-1, in Enterobacteriaceae. Methods: The mcr-1 gene in E coli strain SHP45 was identified by whole plasmid sequencing and subcloning. MCR-1 mechanistic studies were done with sequence comparisons, homology modelling, and electrospray ionisation mass spectrometry. The prevalence of mcr-1 was investigated in E coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae strains collected from five provinces between April, 2011, and November, 2014. The ability of MCR-1 to confer polymyxin resistance in vivo was examined in a murine thigh model. Findings: Polymyxin resistance was shown to be singularly due to the plasmid-mediated mcr-1 gene. The plasmid carrying mcr-1 was mobilised to an E coli recipient at a frequency of 10-1 to 10-3 cells per recipient cell by conjugation, and maintained in K pneumoniae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. In an in-vivo model, production of MCR-1 negated the efficacy of colistin. MCR-1 is a member of the phosphoethanolamine transferase enzyme family, with expression in E coli resulting in the addition of phosphoethanolamine to lipid A. We observed mcr-1 carriage in E coli isolates collected from 78 (15%) of 523 samples of raw meat and 166 (21%) of 804 animals during 2011-14, and 16 (1%) of 1322 samples from inpatients with infection. Interpretation: The emergence of MCR-1 heralds the breach of the last group of antibiotics, polymyxins, by plasmid-mediated resistance. Although currently confined to China, MCR-1 is likely to emulate other global resistance mechanisms such as NDM-1. Our findings emphasise the urgent need for coordinated global action in the fight against pan-drug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria. Funding: Ministry of Science and Technology of China, National Natural Science Foundation of China.
The Lancet Infectious Diseases
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Liu, Y. Y., Wang, Y., Walsh, T. R., Yi, L. X., Zhang, R., Spencer, J., Doi, Y., Tian, G., Dong, B., Huang, X., Yu, L. F., Gu, D., Ren, H., Chen, X., Lv, L., He, D., Zhou, H., Liang, Z., Liu, J. H., & Shen, J. (2016). Emergence of plasmid-mediated colistin resistance mechanism MCR-1 in animals and human beings in China: A microbiological and molecular biological study. The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 16(2), 161-168. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(15)00424-7
Liu, Yi Yun ; Wang, Yang ; Walsh, Timothy R. ; Yi, Ling Xian ; Zhang, Rong ; Spencer, James ; Doi, Yohei ; Tian, Guobao ; Dong, Baolei ; Huang, Xianhui ; Yu, Lin Feng ; Gu, Danxia ; Ren, Hongwei ; Chen, Xiaojie ; Lv, Luchao ; He, Dandan ; Zhou, Hongwei ; Liang, Zisen ; Liu, Jian Hua ; Shen, Jianzhong. / Emergence of plasmid-mediated colistin resistance mechanism MCR-1 in animals and human beings in China : A microbiological and molecular biological study. In: The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 2016 ; Vol. 16, No. 2. pp. 161-168.
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Liu, YY, Wang, Y, Walsh, TR, Yi, LX, Zhang, R, Spencer, J, Doi, Y, Tian, G, Dong, B, Huang, X, Yu, LF, Gu, D, Ren, H, Chen, X, Lv, L, He, D, Zhou, H, Liang, Z, Liu, JH & Shen, J 2016, 'Emergence of plasmid-mediated colistin resistance mechanism MCR-1 in animals and human beings in China: A microbiological and molecular biological study', The Lancet Infectious Diseases, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 161-168. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(15)00424-7
Emergence of plasmid-mediated colistin resistance mechanism MCR-1 in animals and human beings in China : A microbiological and molecular biological study. / Liu, Yi Yun; Wang, Yang; Walsh, Timothy R.; Yi, Ling Xian; Zhang, Rong; Spencer, James; Doi, Yohei; Tian, Guobao; Dong, Baolei; Huang, Xianhui; Yu, Lin Feng; Gu, Danxia; Ren, Hongwei; Chen, Xiaojie; Lv, Luchao; He, Dandan; Zhou, Hongwei; Liang, Zisen; Liu, Jian Hua; Shen, Jianzhong.
In: The Lancet Infectious Diseases, Vol. 16, No. 2, 01.02.2016, p. 161-168.
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AB - Background: Until now, polymyxin resistance has involved chromosomal mutations but has never been reported via horizontal gene transfer. During a routine surveillance project on antimicrobial resistance in commensal Escherichia coli from food animals in China, a major increase of colistin resistance was observed. When an E coli strain, SHP45, possessing colistin resistance that could be transferred to another strain, was isolated from a pig, we conducted further analysis of possible plasmid-mediated polymyxin resistance. Herein, we report the emergence of the first plasmid-mediated polymyxin resistance mechanism, MCR-1, in Enterobacteriaceae. Methods: The mcr-1 gene in E coli strain SHP45 was identified by whole plasmid sequencing and subcloning. MCR-1 mechanistic studies were done with sequence comparisons, homology modelling, and electrospray ionisation mass spectrometry. The prevalence of mcr-1 was investigated in E coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae strains collected from five provinces between April, 2011, and November, 2014. The ability of MCR-1 to confer polymyxin resistance in vivo was examined in a murine thigh model. Findings: Polymyxin resistance was shown to be singularly due to the plasmid-mediated mcr-1 gene. The plasmid carrying mcr-1 was mobilised to an E coli recipient at a frequency of 10-1 to 10-3 cells per recipient cell by conjugation, and maintained in K pneumoniae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. In an in-vivo model, production of MCR-1 negated the efficacy of colistin. MCR-1 is a member of the phosphoethanolamine transferase enzyme family, with expression in E coli resulting in the addition of phosphoethanolamine to lipid A. We observed mcr-1 carriage in E coli isolates collected from 78 (15%) of 523 samples of raw meat and 166 (21%) of 804 animals during 2011-14, and 16 (1%) of 1322 samples from inpatients with infection. Interpretation: The emergence of MCR-1 heralds the breach of the last group of antibiotics, polymyxins, by plasmid-mediated resistance. Although currently confined to China, MCR-1 is likely to emulate other global resistance mechanisms such as NDM-1. Our findings emphasise the urgent need for coordinated global action in the fight against pan-drug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria. Funding: Ministry of Science and Technology of China, National Natural Science Foundation of China.
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Comparison of Fast Fourier Transform and Convolution in Wavelength Scanning Interferometry
Hussam Muhamedsalih, Xiangqian Jiang, Feng Gao
Centre for Precision Technologies
The assessment of surface finish has become increasingly important in the field of precision engineering. Optical interferometry has been widely used for surface measurement due to the advantages of non-contact and high accuracy interrogation. In spite of the 2π phase ambiguity that can limit the measurement scale in monochromatic interferometry, other optical interferomtry have succeeded to overcome this problem and to measure both rough and smooth surfaces such as white light interferometry and wavelength scanning interferometry (WSI). The WSI can be used to measure large discontinuous surface profiles by producing phase shifts without any mechanical scanning process. Where the WSI produces the phase shifts by altering the wavelength of a broadband light source and capturing the produced interferograms by a CCD. This paper introduces an optical setup and operation principle of a WSI that used a halogen white light as a broadband illumination source and an acousto-optic tunable filter (AOTF) as a wavelength scanning device. This setup can provide a wide scan range in the visible region. The scanned range is being operated from 682.8 nm to 552.8nm and the number of captured frames is 128. Furthermore, the obtained interferograms from a Linnik interferometer have been analyzed by two methods, Fast Fourier Transform and Convolution. A mathematical description of both methods is presented then a comparison in results accuracy is made between them. The Areal measurement of a standard 4.707μm step height sample shows that FFT and convolution methods could provide a nanometer measurement resolution for the surface finish inspection.
Optical Measurement Systems for Industrial Inspection VII
Peter H. Lehmann, Wolfgang Osten, Kay Gastinger
SPIE Optical Metrology - Munich, Germany
Duration: 23 May 2011 → 26 May 2011
https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/8082.toc#FrontMatter (Link to Conference Information)
SPIE Optical Metrology
10.1117/12.889357Licence: Unspecified
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Interferometry Mathematics
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Convolution Chemical Compounds
Fast Fourier transforms Chemical Compounds
interferometry Physics & Astronomy
Muhamedsalih, H., Jiang, X., & Gao, F. (2011). Comparison of Fast Fourier Transform and Convolution in Wavelength Scanning Interferometry. In P. H. Lehmann, W. Osten, & K. Gastinger (Eds.), Optical Measurement Systems for Industrial Inspection VII (Vol. 8082). [80820Q] (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 8082). SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.889357
Muhamedsalih, Hussam ; Jiang, Xiangqian ; Gao, Feng. / Comparison of Fast Fourier Transform and Convolution in Wavelength Scanning Interferometry. Optical Measurement Systems for Industrial Inspection VII. editor / Peter H. Lehmann ; Wolfgang Osten ; Kay Gastinger. Vol. 8082 SPIE, 2011. (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering).
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AU - Muhamedsalih, Hussam
AU - Jiang, Xiangqian
AU - Gao, Feng
N2 - The assessment of surface finish has become increasingly important in the field of precision engineering. Optical interferometry has been widely used for surface measurement due to the advantages of non-contact and high accuracy interrogation. In spite of the 2π phase ambiguity that can limit the measurement scale in monochromatic interferometry, other optical interferomtry have succeeded to overcome this problem and to measure both rough and smooth surfaces such as white light interferometry and wavelength scanning interferometry (WSI). The WSI can be used to measure large discontinuous surface profiles by producing phase shifts without any mechanical scanning process. Where the WSI produces the phase shifts by altering the wavelength of a broadband light source and capturing the produced interferograms by a CCD. This paper introduces an optical setup and operation principle of a WSI that used a halogen white light as a broadband illumination source and an acousto-optic tunable filter (AOTF) as a wavelength scanning device. This setup can provide a wide scan range in the visible region. The scanned range is being operated from 682.8 nm to 552.8nm and the number of captured frames is 128. Furthermore, the obtained interferograms from a Linnik interferometer have been analyzed by two methods, Fast Fourier Transform and Convolution. A mathematical description of both methods is presented then a comparison in results accuracy is made between them. The Areal measurement of a standard 4.707μm step height sample shows that FFT and convolution methods could provide a nanometer measurement resolution for the surface finish inspection.
AB - The assessment of surface finish has become increasingly important in the field of precision engineering. Optical interferometry has been widely used for surface measurement due to the advantages of non-contact and high accuracy interrogation. In spite of the 2π phase ambiguity that can limit the measurement scale in monochromatic interferometry, other optical interferomtry have succeeded to overcome this problem and to measure both rough and smooth surfaces such as white light interferometry and wavelength scanning interferometry (WSI). The WSI can be used to measure large discontinuous surface profiles by producing phase shifts without any mechanical scanning process. Where the WSI produces the phase shifts by altering the wavelength of a broadband light source and capturing the produced interferograms by a CCD. This paper introduces an optical setup and operation principle of a WSI that used a halogen white light as a broadband illumination source and an acousto-optic tunable filter (AOTF) as a wavelength scanning device. This setup can provide a wide scan range in the visible region. The scanned range is being operated from 682.8 nm to 552.8nm and the number of captured frames is 128. Furthermore, the obtained interferograms from a Linnik interferometer have been analyzed by two methods, Fast Fourier Transform and Convolution. A mathematical description of both methods is presented then a comparison in results accuracy is made between them. The Areal measurement of a standard 4.707μm step height sample shows that FFT and convolution methods could provide a nanometer measurement resolution for the surface finish inspection.
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KW - Interference Fringes
KW - Interferograms
KW - Wavelength Scanning Interferometry
VL - 8082
BT - Optical Measurement Systems for Industrial Inspection VII
A2 - Lehmann, Peter H.
A2 - Osten, Wolfgang
A2 - Gastinger, Kay
PB - SPIE
T2 - SPIE Optical Metrology
Muhamedsalih H, Jiang X, Gao F. Comparison of Fast Fourier Transform and Convolution in Wavelength Scanning Interferometry. In Lehmann PH, Osten W, Gastinger K, editors, Optical Measurement Systems for Industrial Inspection VII. Vol. 8082. SPIE. 2011. 80820Q. (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.889357
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Case studies to enhance graduate employability: Entrepreneurship
Madelaine-Marie Judd, Shelley Kinash, Linda H Crane, Cecily Knight, Matthew McLean, Kirsty Mitchell, David Dowling, Rosalind Schwerdt, Caroline Lovell
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This is one in a series of case studies to enhance graduate employability. The theme of this case study is:
• Entrepreneurship (graduates in start-up businesses and graduates employed by entrepreneurs)
Entrepreneurship signifies an alternative means to traditional notions of graduate employability. Entrepreneurial start-ups are increasingly established by recent graduates as a means of self-employment. An educator described ethical entrepreneurship as “being able to work out when things are going wrong, in your own humble way, with your own level of intelligence and what you are born with, how to try to manage that situation in an efficacious fashion to help move it in a productive way forward.”
Two distinct advantages of entrepreneurship from the perspective of graduates and educators are that:
• Graduates do not have to rely on waiting for a job to find them. They can effectively “create value in that particular industry area” themselves.
• The world is becoming more uncertain with respect to employment. By grounding student knowledge in an entrepreneurial mindset, educators are effectively instilling students with the adaptability to tackle an uncertain marketplace. Embedding experiential projects in curriculum was recommended by interviewees as a means for students to develop business acumen and skills.
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Case studies to enhance graduate employability_EntrepreneurshipFinal published version, 492 KBLicence: CC BY-SA
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Judd, M-M., Kinash, S., Crane, L. H., Knight, C., McLean, M., Mitchell, K., Dowling, D., Schwerdt, R., & Lovell, C. (2015). Case studies to enhance graduate employability: Entrepreneurship. Australian Government Office for Learning and Teaching. http://www.olt.gov.au/project-supporting-graduate-employability-generalist-disciplines-through-employer-and-private-instit
Judd, Madelaine-Marie ; Kinash, Shelley ; Crane, Linda H ; Knight, Cecily ; McLean, Matthew ; Mitchell, Kirsty ; Dowling, David ; Schwerdt, Rosalind ; Lovell, Caroline. / Case studies to enhance graduate employability: Entrepreneurship. Sydney : Australian Government Office for Learning and Teaching, 2015. 20 p.
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DBWiki: a database wiki prototyped in Links
James Cheney, Sam Lindley, Heiko Muller
Both relational databases and wikis have strengths that make them attractive for use in collaborative applications. In the last decade, database-backed Web applications have been used extensively to develop valuable shared biological references called curated databases. Databases offer many advantages such as scalability, query optimization and concurrency control, but are not easy to use and lack other features needed for collaboration. Wikis have become very popular for early-stage biocuration projects because they are easy to use, encourage sharing and collaboration, and provide built-in support for archiving, history-tracking and annotation. However, curation projects often outgrow the limited capabilities of wikis for structuring and efficiently querying data at scale, necessitating a painful phase transition to a database-backed Web application.We perceive a need for a new class of general-purpose system, which we call a Database Wiki, that combines flexible wiki-like support for collaboration with robust database-like capabilities for structuring and querying data. This paper presents DBWiki, a design prototype for such a system written in the Web programming language Links. We present the architecture, typical use, and wikimarkup language design for DBWiki and discuss features of Links that provided unique advantages for rapid Web/database application prototyping.
13th International Symposium on Database Programming Languages 2011 - Seattle, United States
13th International Symposium on Database Programming Languages 2011
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Cheney, J., Lindley, S., & Muller, H. (2011). DBWiki: a database wiki prototyped in Links. Paper presented at 13th International Symposium on Database Programming Languages 2011, Seattle, United States.
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AU - Lindley, Sam
AU - Muller, Heiko
N2 - Both relational databases and wikis have strengths that make them attractive for use in collaborative applications. In the last decade, database-backed Web applications have been used extensively to develop valuable shared biological references called curated databases. Databases offer many advantages such as scalability, query optimization and concurrency control, but are not easy to use and lack other features needed for collaboration. Wikis have become very popular for early-stage biocuration projects because they are easy to use, encourage sharing and collaboration, and provide built-in support for archiving, history-tracking and annotation. However, curation projects often outgrow the limited capabilities of wikis for structuring and efficiently querying data at scale, necessitating a painful phase transition to a database-backed Web application.We perceive a need for a new class of general-purpose system, which we call a Database Wiki, that combines flexible wiki-like support for collaboration with robust database-like capabilities for structuring and querying data. This paper presents DBWiki, a design prototype for such a system written in the Web programming language Links. We present the architecture, typical use, and wikimarkup language design for DBWiki and discuss features of Links that provided unique advantages for rapid Web/database application prototyping.
AB - Both relational databases and wikis have strengths that make them attractive for use in collaborative applications. In the last decade, database-backed Web applications have been used extensively to develop valuable shared biological references called curated databases. Databases offer many advantages such as scalability, query optimization and concurrency control, but are not easy to use and lack other features needed for collaboration. Wikis have become very popular for early-stage biocuration projects because they are easy to use, encourage sharing and collaboration, and provide built-in support for archiving, history-tracking and annotation. However, curation projects often outgrow the limited capabilities of wikis for structuring and efficiently querying data at scale, necessitating a painful phase transition to a database-backed Web application.We perceive a need for a new class of general-purpose system, which we call a Database Wiki, that combines flexible wiki-like support for collaboration with robust database-like capabilities for structuring and querying data. This paper presents DBWiki, a design prototype for such a system written in the Web programming language Links. We present the architecture, typical use, and wikimarkup language design for DBWiki and discuss features of Links that provided unique advantages for rapid Web/database application prototyping.
T2 - 13th International Symposium on Database Programming Languages 2011
Cheney J, Lindley S, Muller H. DBWiki: a database wiki prototyped in Links. 2011. Paper presented at 13th International Symposium on Database Programming Languages 2011, Seattle, United States.
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Issue: November 29, 2019
WeChat is censoring US citizens outside of China when they talk about Hong Kong
By Cindy Harper
China is increasingly censoring users outside of mainland China.
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China is increasing its censorship of political speech in support of liberating Hong Kong. This time, the country is moving towards censoring the messages of US citizens on the WeChat app – an app most popular in China and has over 1 billion active users.
WeChat is owned by Tencent.
While the app is based in China, and mostly used in China by Chinese citizens, there are some Americans in the US that use the app regularly to stay in touch with friends.
However, these users are finding that when they talk about Hong Kong via the app, their messages are disappearing – and, for some users, their accounts are being suspended completely.
While Chinese companies have been known for their strong ties to the Communist Chinese government in China and citizens in the country are used to facing censorship, the outright censorship of those living outside of China has been somewhat rarer.
The censorship of citizens outside of the country and outside of Chinese influence is an escalation.
Citizen Lab research has previously suggested that Tencent has often used a two-part system to differentiate which users get heavy censorship (within mainland China) and which users get more leniency.
WeChat performs its censorship centrally on the server – meaning that messages sent from the app pass through a remote server that has filter rules in place. If certain strings of phrases are detected, the message is deleted. If a user repeatedly uses these phrases, they get suspended from the app.
An example of how WeChat is censored. The phrase “China arrest human rights defenders” – written in English – gets completely auto-deleted.
As can be seen by this example, it’s often not that certain words are blocked – it’s certain combinations of words used in a certain way that gets censored.
Users had set up a petition on Whitehouse.org earlier in the year to try and raise the awareness of the issue but the petition didn’t get enough signatures to get any attention.
The petition said:
“In recent months, large numbers of WeChat users and accounts in North America have been blocked and censored, in some cases, completely banned. The ongoing serious abuse and violation of free speech rights are the result of Beijing’s iron grip…it is well understood that a foreign company operating in the U.S. must comply to the laws and regulations of the U.S. The Congress and the President must stand tall for America and American values and tell Tencent either to follow our laws or get out of America completely.”
The Verge reported that a man named Bin Xie had his WeChat account banned after the Houston-based information security analyst wrote “The pro-China candidates totally lost” on WeChat, simply a comment on the results of the recent election in Hong Kong.
Xie told The Verge that he has now joined a WhatsApp group for Chinese Americans who have been censored on WeChat.
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In Canada, Twitter doesn’t have the defense of the First Amendment or Section 230, meaning it can legally be held liable for users’ posts.
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Thorne questioned the idea of having a small group of people deciding what you can hear.
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The tech giant says live streams showing someone holding a firearm are not allowed.
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🛡Biden’s history gives people a taste of what to expect going forward.
Leaked video shows Twitter exec Vijaya Gadde acknowledging Trump attempts to “deescalate” before Twitter ban
Despite this acknowledgment, Twitter claimed that Trump’s final tweets had violated its “Glorification of Violence” policy.
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How Long Does Coronavirus Stay On Surfaces?
How Long Does The Coronavirus Stay On Surfaces?
Elizabeth Gulino
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In the age of the coronavirus pandemic, many of us are seeing the world a little differently. Take public transport. As soon as I step on the tube, I start to make some mental calculations. What's my best bet, if my goal is avoiding the virus? Should I grab a metal pole? Sit down? If there's a fabric or plastic-y strap available, is that the better option?
As you may already know, COVID-19 spreads via respiratory droplets, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. If an infected person coughs or sneezes, those virus-laden droplets spread to nearby surfaces — a subway pole, or restaurant table, or coffee cup. And if someone else comes by and touches those spots, then touches their face, they can end up getting sick.
What's more, the coronavirus can linger — for up to nine days, depending on what it's touching, says Darshan Shah, MD, founder and Medical Director at Next Health. But not all surfaces are created equal. Here's what you need to know about virus hotspots, and how you can avoid them.
How long can coronavirus live on metal, glass, and plastic?
In a laboratory setting (more on this below), coronavirus can survive on metal for up to five days, glass for four to five days, and plastic for up to nine days, according to a study recently conducted by the Journal of Hospital Infection.
Here's what the CDC is recommending for staying safe: Clean visibly dirty areas, then disinfect. Regularly clean and disinfect frequently touched surfaces, such as tables, doorknobs, light switches, desks, toilets, and sinks. You may want to disinfect your phone, too.
As for how to clean, the CDC suggests using a general household cleaner first. Then rinse with water, and use EPA-registered disinfectant, such as Clorox Disinfecting Wipes and Lysol Brand Clean & Fresh Multi-Surface Cleaner. Follow the instructions on the product; some require you to use enough disinfectant for surface you're cleaning to remain wet for several minutes.
How long can coronavirus live on fabric?
It's not clear yet, but it may have shorter lifespans on fabrics. Viruses can get trapped in the small spaces and holes in cloth, preventing transfer, says The New York Times. The Journal of Hospital Infection study found that coronavirus can live on disposable gowns (a.k.a. hospital gowns) from one hour to two days, but the researchers didn't look at fabrics.
Maybe because the risk of contracting the illness from clothing is relatively small, the guidance the CDC gives on cleaning it and other fabrics pertains to if someone in your household is sick. In that case, the organisation suggests wearing disposable gloves to touch dirty laundry, or washing your hands immediately after handling it. Set your machine to its warmest setting, and make sure the items are totally dry before using them again.
Is there any good news?
Yes, actually. As I mentioned, the above information is based on a study done in a lab. In "real world" conditions, the virus may not be able to last that long.
During a media availability with Bill de Blasio, the mayor of New York City, Oxiris Barbot, MD, the Commissioner of Health for New York City, said: "This is a novel virus that we're still learning a lot about, and there is still science that is coming out. You will find in the literature that in a lab setting you can have the virus live up to a couple of hours, but in every day world scenarios what we're learning from our partners from around the globe is that typically, it's in the range of minutes," she explained. "Now as we learn more that range of minutes may shift to the right or to the left but I think focusing on the number of minutes is the wrong place to focus."
The final word? Remember, keep washing your hands. “Respiratory viruses don’t infect through your skin, they infect through your mucous membranes: the eyes, nose, and mouth," Julie Vaishampayan, MD, chairwoman of the public health committee for the Infectious Diseases Society of America, said in an interview in The New York Times.
That means that being careful about what you touch, keeping your hands away from your face, and washing and sanitising them frequently can go a long way in keeping you healthy.
written by Elizabeth Gulino
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Introduction”The right to refuse unsafe work and the ‘internal responsibility system’represent a fundamental shift in ideology over how workplace health and safetyis governed. Using qualitative data, Gray provides a grounded critique of thisshift and demonstrate that the right to refuse is continually evolving thoughits everyday applications: the local definition of what constitutes risk isconstantly being negotiated. Even when workers do not formally use this rightto deal with a hazard they still, nonetheless, engage in the local constructionof how this safety right is conceptualized, defined and exercised.” (Gray, 2002) Everyone in the workplace, thatincludes workers and employers is responsible for their own safety and thesafety of the co-workers. This is the foundation of Internal Responsibility System (Gray, 2002) that forms the underlying philosophy of theoccupational health and safety legislation in all Canadian jurisdictions.
Thissystem will essentially, create an employee-employer partnership in ensuring asafe and healthy workplace and entrusts the responsibility on everyone in theworkplace. The legal right to refuse unsafe work is one element of the InternalResponsibility System. The right to refuse unsafe work appears to have thesupport of the power of law and seems to fully protect workers from having to carryout jobs that they believe are dangerous. But the system of internalresponsibility stipulates that workers take responsibility for their own safetywhile at work. Thus the two represent a fundamental change in ideology over howworkplace safety is managed.
The Internal Responsibility Systemthat relies on responsible workers is affected by social interaction within aworkplace and the overall social relations of production. Safety is just one ofthe many factors that determine whether an employee will exercise his/her legalright. Any formal safety refusal has an inherent confrontational nature aboutit. If the employee wants a good working relationship with the employer anddoes not want to get into a possible conflict, he/she will lean towards aless-confrontational method of refusing.
Thethree broad pathways for refusing dangerous work, that differentiate thevarious types of strategies that workers use to negotiate safety, are:Formalconfrontational,Informalconfrontational, andInformalnon-confrontationalEven though workers possess the rightto refuse unsafe work, they may not formally use their employee right, but theystill greatly influence the way safety right is conceptualized, defined andexercised. The general types of legal awareness of workers who refuse unsafejobs are ‘before’, ‘with’ and ‘against’ the law as mentioned by Garry C Gray inhis research paper. The two main characteristics of the ‘before the law’ form of legality isthat the law is characterised by its impartiality and individuals are morelikely to use the law if they can justify to themselves that some kind ofcollective harm exists.
The individual nature of the right to refuse unsafework might therefore be in practical conflict with how some individualsgenerally understand the appropriate use of the law. This explains why somepeople may avoid using their formal right to refuse unsafe work.In the ‘with the law’ form of legal consciousness, the law is described andplayed as a game.
The legal right of refusing unsafe work is mostly not exertedby an employee because of the historical conflict and present dayconfrontations that happens after the refusal. This results in workers relying oninformal ways of refusing. In the event of a confrontation, the matter is dealtwithin and resolved privately in the organization as required by the internalresponsibility system, thus replacing the ‘practice’ of legal consciousness byencouraging workers and those with managerial authority to involve in thepractice of “internal game playing”. This could be both direct like, misusingthe legal loopholes in the procedural aspects of workplace refusals andindirect such as, making subtle threats of potential job loss or transfer. Someworkers can play with the law better than others and thus the informalnon-confrontational way of refusing is the most predominant method used byworkers. The ‘against the law’ form of legality is developed over time andthrough experience for many of the situations which the workers confront regularlyat work. In this form, the workers will not formally use the law; instead theyrely on actions such as privately refusing, avoidance and involving in othersilent and hidden resistant practices.
Thisgradually becomes a routine because they are repeated so often thus losing the initialintent of refusal to work. Legislations across CanadaWorkers generally have four rights under theOccupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA): the right to know the potentialhazards, the right to participate in identifying the health and safety hazards,the right to refuse unsafe work, and the right to stop dangerous work. Thecontentious one among the four is the Act that allows worker the right torefuse work that he or she believes is unsafe to himself or his co-worker.
Every province has regulations governing the rightto refuse unsafe work and they vary slightly from province to province. The legalright achieved by the labour movement to provide a safe workplace by theemployer and the right for a healthy and safe workplace for the workers hasgained great importance throughout Canada. The legal rights and obligations of aworker to refuse unsafe work is in Part II of the Canada Labour Code (laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/L-2/page-22.html, 1985).
The definition of danger in the Labour Code reads as:”dangermeans any hazard, condition or activity that could reasonably be expected to bean imminent or serious threat to the life or health of a person exposed to itbefore the hazard or condition can be corrected or the activity altered”The legislation provides all workers the rightto refuse work on reasonable grounds they believe that could compromise theirsafety, and/or the safety of others; however exercising the right to refuse is aserious issue and cannot be taken casually. This typically involves a sequenceof steps to identify and resolve the unsafe or dangerous work. Sections oflegislation which refer to the “right to refuse” work in each jurisdictionare listed below (cupe.
ca/orders/refusing-unsafe-work-fact-sheet, 2015): Alberta Occupational Health and Safety Act, Sections 35 and 36 British Columbia Workers’ Compensation Act, Occupational Health and Safety Regulation – Section 3.12 and 3.13 Manitoba Workplace Safety and Health Act, Sections 42 and 43 New Brunswick Occupational Health and Safety Act, Sections 19 to 23 Newfoundland and Labrador Occupational Health and Safety Act, Sections 45 to 49 Nova Scotia Occupational Health and Safety Act, Sections 43 to 45 Ontario Occupational Health and Safety Act, Sections 43 to 50 Prince Edward Island Occupational Health and Safety Act, Sections 28 to 31 Quebec Act Respecting Occupational Health and Safety, Sections 12 to 31 Saskatchewan Saskatchewan Employment Act, Section 3-31 Canada Canada Labour Code, Part II, Sections 128 to 131 Some of the similarities and difference inlegislation among the provinces are summarized as below (cupe.ca/orders/refusing-unsafe-work-fact-sheet, 2015):According to Section 35 of the OccupationalHealth and Safety Act in Alberta,the worker can refuse unsafe work if he or she believes there is imminent dangerto himself/herself and to others. The worker cannot be disciplined or dismissed accordingto Section 36 of the act for conforming with the legislation.In BritishColumbia, the Act (OHSR, Section 3.12) states that the worker must notcarry out unsafe work or any work process or operation of any tool or equipmentthat would lead to workplace hazard to self or others. According to theWorkers’ Compensation Act (Occupational Health and Safety Regulation, Section3.
13), the worker cannot be disciplinedfor complying with the regulations.If the work is considered to be dangerous tothe worker’s health and to his/her co-workers, Section 43 of the WorkplaceSafety and Health Act allows the worker to refuse work in Manitoba. Section 42 of the act states that the worker cannot be threatened or discriminated against for conforming with the legislationAccording to Section 19 of the OccupationalHealth and Safety Act, a worker in NewBrunswick has the legal right to refuse work if there is a reason tobelieve that an act is likely to compromise the safety and health of himselfand others. According to section 24 of the act, no worker can be discriminated against, threatened, or coerced for acting in accordance with the legislation.A worker in Newfoundland and Labrador has the legal right to refuse unsafe workaccording to Section 45 of OHSA, if there is reasonable ground to believe thatthe work, tool or equipment is dangerous to the health and safety to the workerand others in the workplace. Section 49 of the Act states that the workercannot be discriminated againstthrough dismissal, discipline, or reduction of either wages or benefits for complying with thelegislation.In NovaScotia, according to Section 43 of the OHSA, if there is sufficient groundto be certain that a work condition, equipment, material or any aspect of thework is dangerous to the safety and health of the worker, he or she has thelegal right to refuse work.
The worker according to section 45 of the actcannot be threatened or victimised through dismissal, reprimand or reduction of either wages or benefitsfor complying with the legislation.Ontario’s OHSA Section 43(3) states that any equipmentor workplace condition that is likely to endanger the health and safety, theworker has the right to refuse work. Few workers and certain circumstances areexcluded from this regulation which are listed in Section 43(1) and (2) of theOHS Act. According to Section 50 of the OHS act, the worker cannot be threatened, discharged, disciplined, intimidated or forced for complying with the legislation.If there is a defensible reason to be certainthat the work will cause harm to the health and safety of the worker andothers, Section 28 of the Occupational Health and Safety Act in Prince Edward Island allows the workerto refuse work. Section 29 of the act states that the worker cannot be threatened or discriminated against, intimidatedor coerced for complying with thelegislation.For a worker in Quebec, Respecting Occupational Health and Safety (ROHSA), Section12 of the Act states that on reasonable grounds if the work appears tocompromise the health and safety or physical well-being of the worker andothers, he/she has the legal right to refuse work. Sections 30 highlights thatin such circumstances the worker cannot be dismissed,suspended, transferred, or penalizedfor complying with the legislation.
Also, the worker has the right toprotective reassignment under certain situations.Saskatchewan also has similar regulation like other provinces.Section 3-31 of the Saskatchewan Employment Act allows the legal right ofrefusal to work under reasonable grounds if a worker deems that the act or aseries of acts is dangerous to the health and safety at workplace. In Section3-35 of the act, the worker cannot bediscriminated against for complying with the legislation.
Workers in the Federal Sector have theright to refuse work, according to Section 128 in Part II of the Canada LabourCode, if there is reasonable grounds to believe that the work performed willput the safety and health of worker and others in danger. Certain categorieslike workers on ships and aircraft operations are exempted from this Act accordingto Section 128 (3-5). According to the Section 147 of the code, no worker canbe dismissed, suspended, or penalizedfor complying with the legislation.The essence of the legislation to refuse andreport unsafe work in every province and federal sector in Canada is very closein their interpretation and application. On the contentious issue of the rightto refuse unsafe work, most employers have the concerns of this right beingmisused to settle non-health and safety issues.
Employers also question thesubjective assessment mentioned in the Act, under which the worker must onlyhave “reason to believe” that work is unsafe to qualify for initial investigation.Employers normally oppose the “susceptible worker” policy, in which workplace situationscan be considered unsafe for a particular worker with a special susceptibility,rather than the normal worker.Trips and fall at workplace can be attributedto both the employers having an unsafe workplace and the employee not beingcareful.
There is often disagreement between the employer and workers about thework place hazards. As mentioned in the article “Right to Refuse DangerousWork” (Peter Bowal & Aleksandar Gvozdenovic, 2015), there has to be adialogue between both parties, assess workplace hazards and understand theimplications of not following the legislations.Recognizing and declaringdangerous work Health and safety hazards existeverywhere. An unsafe work, confined work space, work involving equipment, allwork that has danger to the health or safety of the personnel need to beidentified and proper measure to protect the worker needs to be put in place bythe employer. The five major workplace hazards are: Physical, Ergonomic, Biologic, Chemical &Psychological Hazards. Some of these hazards are visible and easy to identifywhether it is unsafe to execute. Some hazards occur over a period of time duesome routine body postures.
Other hazards occur due to improper contact ofchemical or infectious objects. Employers, in such cases should have mandatoryassessments to review and identify unsafe working conditions to avoid legalliabilities. The hazard assessment shouldbe carried out to identify existing and potential hazards for every job andevery task at a work site. Once the hazards are identified and risk level isassigned, appropriate precaution and control measures need to be put in place.The procedure and situations to refuse workdiffers from province to province. The process by which the worker can exercisethe right to refuse work involves certain steps which is more or less same inevery province. The general procedure followed are (Alberta.
ca » Labour » Occupational Health & Safety>Section 35 Existence of imminent danger, 2013):The first stepthe worker has to take is report to the immediate supervisor about his or herintention to refuse work as he/she believes it is unsafe. Simply stating thatsomething is unsafe is enough to start the work refusal process. It has to berationally defensible to believe the work to be unsafe. If the work situation cannot be correctedimmediately, the worker, supervisor and Joint Health and Safety (JHSC) memberwill initiate the investigation process.The worker willresume work only if the workplace is fully made safe and mutually agreed by theemployer and worker.If the conditioncannot be made safe, a government health and safety inspector is brought in toinvestigate the situation. The inspector will provide a decision in writing.The employershould not assign any other worker to the job without informing them about thework refusal and the reason for refusal.
If the worker isnot satisfied with the report of the investigating officer, he/she can appealfor a review within 30 days.The flow chart from the Canadian Labour Codesummarizes the sequence of process followed in the event of refusing unsafework (Part II of the Canada Labour Code (Occupational Health and Safety), 2015). Consequences of refusingunsafe workEmployment and Social DevelopmentCanada enforces the Canada Labour Code which notifies the employees andemployers of their legal right and obligations if a refusal of work take placein the workplace. According to the code, the employer is defined as “a personwho employs one or more employees and includes an employers’ organization andany person who acts on behalf of an employer” (Part II of the Canada Labour Code (Occupational Health and Safety), 2015)If an employer or supervisor receivesnotification that an employee has used the legal right and refused to carry outunsafe work, an investigation should immediately be conducted to assess theimminent danger, in the employee’s presence.
The investigation can also takeplace in the absence of the employee if he/she agrees to it. The work cannot bere-assigned to any other employee while the investigation is on. Once theinvestigation is completed, the employer has to prepare a written report statingthe outcome of internal investigation.If the employer agrees that there isa danger based on the investigation results, the employer should take urgentaction to protect the employees from that danger and should inform the workplace committee or representative about the corrective action taken.
Once thecorrective measures are taken and the employee is satisfied, he or she canreturn to work.If the employee disagrees with thedecision taken by the employer after the investigation, the employee cancontinue to refuse the work, which then should be immediately reported to theemployer and to the work place committee or representative. The work placecommittee or representative will then immediately initiate an investigation inthe employee’s presence. The investigation will be conducted in an unbiasedmanner by a team consisting of one member representing the employees and onemember representing the employer. When the investigation is completed, the workplace committee or representative will give a written report with theinvestigation results and any recommendations to the employer.
If the employerwishes to provide any additional information to have the report reviewed, andif the workplace committee or representative finds them as appropriate to betaken into account, they can provide a revised report to the employer.If the employer decides that thedanger exists after reviewing the work place committee’s report, the employershould take immediate corrective action to protect the employees and thisshould be reported to the work place committee. Once the corrective measuresare taken and the employee is satisfied, he or she can return to work. If the employer decides that thedanger exists but the refusal cannot be permitted under ss.
128.(2) “as it putslives, health or safety of another person directly in danger or the danger is anormal condition of employment”, then the employer should let the employee knowabout this in writing and if the employee agrees to it, then he or she canreturn to work.If the employee disagrees with thedecision taken by the employer, the employee should inform the employer thatthe refusal to work would continue.
The employer will then immediately reportit to the Minister of Labour and the work place committee or representative. Acopy of the two earlier investigation reports is also provided to the Minister.The Minister, upon receiving thereport about the continued refusal, will decide if the refusal can be moreeffectively addressed by some other legislation or is “trivial, frivolous orvexatious, or made in bad faith” in which case, the Minister will not proceedwith an investigation and will provide his decision in writing to the employeeand the employer. The employee no longer has the right to refuse to work. Ifthe employee is not satisfied by the Minister’s decision, the employee can filea judicial review application with the Federal Court within thirty days afterthe decision.If the Minister proceeds with aninvestigation, this will be done in the presence of the employer, employee anda member of the work place committee appointed by the employees. While theMinister’s investigation is on, the employee can continue the refusal to work;and the employer may bring in another qualified employee to do the same work.
Theemployer has to inform this employee of the continued refusal and the reasonsfor it and assure that he/she will not be exposed to danger. If there is aprevious or ongoing investigation for this employer which involves almost thesame issues, the Minister can consider whether or not to trust the previousinvestigation findings. The Minister can also consider if this investigationcan be combined with any ongoing investigation so that a single decision can behanded out. The Minister will then conduct an investigation and will give awritten report with the decision to the employer and the employee.
If the Minister determines that unsafesituation exists at work, the Minister will issue appropriate directions regardingthe work. The employee can continue to refuse to work until the workingsituations have met the terms as in the directions or until they are modifiedor cancelled. If the Minister decides that thedanger exists but the refusal cannot be permitted under ss. 128.(2) “as it putslives, health or safety of another person directly in danger or the danger is anormal condition of employment”, then the Minister should provide this decisionin writing, and the employee is no longer entitled to refuse work.If the Minister decides that thedanger does not exist, then the Minister should provide this decision inwriting, and the employee is no longer entitled to refuse work.
After providing the Minister’swritten decision, a copy of the written report will also be provided to theemployee, employer and the work place committee or representative within 10days of its completion.If the employee is not happy with theMinister’s decision that no danger exists or the refusal is not permitted underss. 128.(2), the employee can appeal in writing to an appeals officer within 10days after receiving the decision.If any employer, employee or tradeunion is not happy with the Minister’s direction, they can appeal in writing toan appeals officer within 30 days after the direction was issued.
Discipline for refusingwork believed to be unsafeAn employee cannot be disciplined ordismissed if the refusal to dangerous work was in compliance with thelegislation and regulations. However, if the employer can prove that anemployee has deliberately misused his right to refuse dangerous work,disciplinary action can be taken against that employee, once all theinvestigations and appeals have been completed. The reasons for thedisciplinary action should be provided in writing to the employee within 15working days of the employee’s request. The employee can make a complaintregarding the disciplinary action within 90 days to the Canada IndustrialRelations Board. If the employee is a public servant, he/she can complain tothe Public Service Labour Relations Board (PSLRB).
If the board receives acomplaint that an employee is penalized for exercising the right to refuseunsafe work, then the employer will have to demonstrate before the Board thatthe decision is not related to the incident of refusing work by the employee. Thefinal decision will be taken by the Board or PSLRB; but, if the employee is notsatisfied, he/she can appeal the Board’s decision to the Federal Court. ConclusionDespite the Federal and Provinciallegislations that governs workplace health and safety in Canada, every yearmany Canadians are still injured and killed in their workplace. Safety ofworkers should be enforced by the government and laws should encourageemployers to act more responsibly. Right to refuse dangerous work has proved asa deterrent in Canadian workplace against unsafe work practices. Majority ofCanadian workers are shielded against acts of retaliation by employers fordeclining to perform unsafe work. The most glaring inadequacy in thislegislation is the lack of standards to determine the rationality of any worker’sclaim of an unsafe work.
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The Book of Waking Up: Experiencing the Divine Love That Reorders a Life by Seth Haines
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We all have our habits to "help" when life gets hard. Yet there's only one force that can offer us true healing from life's pain. Join award-winning writer Seth Haines in The Book of Waking Up for a guided experience into the Divine Love of God that transforms a life.
The inevitable pain of life gives us many reasons to check out--and many ways to do it. Alcohol, entertainment, pills, shopping, porn, chasing success, cashing checks, and collecting social media "likes"--these and so many other things anesthetize us from the wounds of everyday living. As Seth Haines wrote in his award-winning book, Coming Clean, "We're all drunk on something."
In his compelling follow-up, The Book of Waking Up, Seth invites you into the story of healing. He invites you to see your coping mechanisms for what they are--lesser lovers, which cannot bring the peace, freedom, and wholeness you crave. Through guided reflections, sustainable soul practices, and stories from Seth's life and others, The Book of Waking Up invites you to wake to your coping mechanisms, find the why behind your pain, and walk into the Divine Love of God.
As Seth writes, "Addiction is misplaced adoration." Now, join him on a journey toward the only Love worth adoring, the only Love that cures a soul. Join him on the journey to waking up.
Dimensions: 5.5 x 8.4 x 0.55 inches
Seth Haines has experienced the grace that comes from a God who lives in mystery, who works through both joy and pain. Seth’s first book Coming Clean: A Story of Faith received a Christianity Today Award of Merit in the publication’s 2016 book awards. Seth’s poetry and prose has been featured in various publications, including In Touch Magazine, Fathom Magazine, Tweetspeak Poetry, and at SethHaines.com. He makes his home in the Ozarks with his wife, Amber Haines, and their four sons.
"Seth has lived these words, fought for them, wrestled lies to the ground, and found love on the other side. May we slow down, pay attention, and wake up to the freedom we've been craving all along."
— Rebekah Lyons, bestselling author, Rhythms of Renewal and You Are Free
"The Book of Waking Up truly is for all of us. In these pages you will not find the dreaded alarm clock, no. This is a glorious song of joy, of honesty, and of wonder-working power. These lyrical, honest, humble words will open eyes, unclench fists, and cause souls to rise up in love."
— Sarah Bessey, author, Miracles and Other Reasonable Things and Jesus Feminist
"Seth cheerfully challenges the lies all addicts tell themselves to get them through the night, because he knows, by experience, that the truth will set you free. Whether or not you think you're an addict, read this book and learn."
— Bishop Greg Brewer, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Central Florida
"Sobriety is complicated. No one has it all figured out, but no one writes toward it and speaks toward it and leads me toward it like Seth Haines. His writing is a map and a comfort. A lamp and a warm hearth. I trust his words in my joy and in my pain."
— Annie F. Downs, bestselling author, 100 Days to Brave and Remember God
"Combining prose with poetry, theology with biography, and rapture born of rupture, Seth paves the way for those of us who, having grown tired of our wandering and wavering affections, are trying to figure out how to get back home. I can't recommend this book to you highly enough."
— Scott Sauls, senior pastor, Christ Presbyterian Church; author, Jesus Outside the Lines and Irresistible Faith
"Years ago, Gerald May's theologically rich and psychologically trustworthy Addiction and Grace became my go-to resource. Today it's The Book of Waking Up. I'm so grateful to Seth for his wisdom and vulnerability in it."
— Chuck Degroat, professor of pastoral care and Christian spirituality, Western Theological Seminary
"Seth Haines does two things in this book: he awakens us to our addictions and reveals himself as a thoughtful, incisive, and skilled writer. This book invites us to dive deep into the condition of our hearts, and offers guidance, hope, and direction for a better way."
— Mike Cosper, author, Recapturing the Wonder and Rhythms of Grace; founder, Harbor Media
"This book encourages us not merely to wake up from addiction but also to wake up to adoration of the God who loves us and promises to be faithful to us forever. It is most effective when read slowly, reflecting on the challenges offered and allowing God to transform us."
— Glenn R. Kreider, professor of theological studies, Dallas Theological Seminary; editor-in-chief, Bibliotheca Sacra
"Poet Haines, who wrote about his alcoholism and recovery in Coming Clean, addresses the importance of waking up from a life of addiction to a life of delighting in God in this thoughtful memoir."
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4 Effective Mobile Apps to Help Stop the Spread of Viral Infection
Healthlynked
Corona Checker by OpenMed
CDC App
Published December 21st, 2020
What is a Viral Infection?
Viral infections are caused by microscopic germs called viruses which latch onto a host and attempt to corrupt normal, healthy cells by infecting them with their DNA. Once the virus successfully infects a cell, the corrupted cell then produces copies that contain the virus’s DNA. This process repeats itself; damaging and killing healthy cells along the way. The viral infection manifests in different symptoms and illnesses depending on the host and the virus itself.
How Does a Viral Infection Cause a Pandemic?
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines a pandemic as “the worldwide spread of a new disease.” Initially, a viral infection that actively spreads within a single community or region is classified as an epidemic. Once the virus has spread to at least three countries, it can be elevated to pandemic status. Pandemics are typically borne from a new disease, which means most people do not have natural immunity against it; further contributing to the speed in which it spreads.
Another factor which made COVID-19 hard to contain is that up to 25% of those infected are asymptomatic. This means that they can be carriers of the virus without experiencing any of the common symptoms such as fever, dry cough, and tiredness. Being unaware of their status, asymptomatic carriers unwittingly infect other people simply by being out in public and interacting with others. This viral trait greatly contributed to the exponential growth of infections, eventually culminating in WHO officially declaring COVID-19 a pandemic on March 11, 2020.
Viruses can infect different types of hosts and in different ways. Cross-species infection is also possible. The prevalent theory being the new coronavirus originated in bats. These wild bats infected other animals which were subsequently captured and sold in a wet market in Wuhan, China, where the first case of COVID-19 was documented.
The coronavirus generally has two main avenues for transmission:
Air droplets
When an infected person sneezes or coughs, the droplets may be inhaled by an otherwise healthy person who then gets infected– which is why social distancing of at least 1 meter is advised.
Contaminated surfaces
Studies suggest that the virus can survive anywhere from 1 to 3 days on surfaces and items. Touching a contaminated surface such as a handrail or grocery store items then touching your eyes, nose, our mouth, can lead to infection. Washing your hands often using soap and water, especially if you left the house, is advised by WHO and leading healthcare professionals.
How Can We Flatten the Curve?
Cooperation on a global scale. Healthcare systems all over the world, even those in highly-developed first world countries such as Italy, are being overwhelmed due to the sheer speed at which infections are taking place. “Flattening the curve”, means we must work together to slow the infection rate down enough to prevent hospitals from being overrun. We can do this through social distancing, staying home as much as possible, and frequent hand washing with soap and water. Additionally, there are mobile apps that can help us combat the spread of COVID-19.
Healthlynked COVID-19 Tracker
Checking up-to-date COVID-19 statistics
Keeping track of news from WHO
The Healthlynked COVID-19 Tracker can be downloaded from the iOS app store and the Google Play Store for free and it contains useful features for both frontline workers and civilians. It allows users to self-report their status, whether not positive/asymptomatic, not positive but with symptoms, or positive, in order to inform the app’s COVID MAP to show cases in different geographical locations. Statuses per location are color-coded for easier comprehension, and it has the added feature of informing the user’s contacts through the app if the user tests positive; helping to prevent further infections.
iAuditor - Digital Inspections
Conducting paperless hygiene and infection prevention audits
Customizing inspection templates to assist viral prevention initiatives in hospitals
Collating data and gathering useful insights to streamline COVID prevention processes
Available for both Android and iOS, iAuditor is a customizable mobile inspection app mainly used to improve and maintain safety and quality in numerous industries. iAuditor offers a number of ready-to-use COVID-19 templates that can be used in different settings including hospitals, home offices, and communities in order to ensure that best hygiene and infection prevention practices are implemented; minimizing the chances of further transmission.
In-app consultation
Getting a free sample testing kit if your symptoms qualify
The Corona Checker from OpenMed allows users to answer a simple quiz which screens their symptoms to determine possible infection. Additionally, the app even sends free sample testing kits to users with valid symptoms. Users can then take the testing kit to their healthcare provider so they can get tested by a medical professional.
CDC App - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Getting updated information regarding COVID-19 developments and related news
This Android and iOS app from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention allows users to stay on top of COVID-19 updates from leading authorities in health and diseases. It has a filter option so users can filter out content types they don’t want and customize their home screen view. The app includes Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports, as well as several content types including stories, videos, and podcasts.
Keeping ...
Conducting paperless hygiene and infection prevention ...
Getting a free sample ...
Getting updated information regarding COVID-19 ...
Juhlian Pimping
Juhlian Pimping has been writing about safety and quality topics for SafetyCulture since 2018. Before writing for SafetyCulture full-time, Juhlian worked in customer service and wrote for an Australian RTO.
Food Allergy Form
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Optimizing housing and service locations to provide mobility to meet the mandated obligations for former offenders to improve community health and safety
Roughly 2,000 inmates return to communities each day in the U.S. Unsuccessful re-entry jeopardizes community safety, promotes re-incarceration, and increases costs to taxpayers to support the criminal justice apparatus. Research indicates that strong networks of support reduce recidivism, but most communities remain ill-equipped to successfully support former offenders. Community partner, Unlocking DOORS in Dallas, Texas, is a re-entry brokerage firm that coordinates services including housing, mental and physical health services, job retraining, transportation, and parole or probation obligations. This, like most re-entry service providers, assists former offenders navigating a patchwork of logistical hurdles including individual offender obligations, scarce offender resources, and critical (often mandated) mental health services. Transportation has been identified as a major barrier to successful re-entry and a barrier to all environmental justice (EJ) populations needing to access services. While many EJ populations face mobility challenges and constraints, this particular group faces some of the most significant barriers. The transportation network and transportations services provide the mobility necessary for this population to re-enter society. As a result, housing and/or services must be located with the transportation system in mind. This project develops a facility location problem for both housing and services that seeks to minimize the average travel time while using a maximum travel time as a constraint in the formulation. The mathematical formulation will work with the community partner to determine a reasonable set of constraints and typical travel needs of this population. Given the typical path to re-entry one can assume that most of this population will need to utilize public transportation services. This framework may be extended to other populations with less severe constraints to optimize the locations of housing and services for the disabled, homeless and public assisted housing projects.
Arlington, TX United States 76019-0308
Unlocking Doors
Dallas, TX United States
Nordberg, Anne
Mattingly, Stephen
Davis, Jaya
TRT Terms: Communities; Environmental justice; Housing; Location; Mobility; Offenders; Optimization; Public transit; Travel time
Subject Areas: Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society;
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Listen, I don't know either
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50 Years of Spider-Man
On August 6, 2012 By Rob KaasIn Uncategorized
Fifty years ago this month, Marvel Comics published Amazing Fantasy #15, featuring a Stan Lee/Steve Ditko story about mild mannered teen Peter Parker. Parker was just an ordinary teenager juggling ordinary teenager problems, except he also had to juggle being a superhero: Spider-Man. After an ongoing argument with Lee, during which publisher Martin Goodman allegedly said “People hate spiders, you can’t call a hero Spider-Man! And a hero can’t be a teenager! Teenagers are sidekicks!”, Goodman finally caved and allowed Lee to move forward but only as a one-off story to be printed in the final issue of the failed title Amazing Adult Fantasy, then renamed Amazing Fantasy.
Amazing Fantasy #15 went on to become one of Marvel’s best selling issues to date and nearly a year after its printing The Amazing Spider-Man #1 was launched and Peter Parker was well on his way to becoming a cultural icon.
Spider-Man has survived a 1970s live-action television show, countless animated versions, four feature length theatrical films, and his closest call of all: The Clone Saga.
Fuck you, man.
We now live in a time when being called a “geek” or “nerd” is no longer an insult or something said before you’re treated to an involuntary lunch consisting of a knuckle sandwich. Geek and Nerd are badges of honor now, as comic books and science fiction are the “in” thing. When this moment in history passes, as it almost certainly will, Spider-Man will be one of the comic book heroes whose street cred won’t falter.
Fifty years in and Spider-Man is listed in the pantheon of superhero gods, with Batman and Superman and the rest, as he is not only a teenager in tights stopping crime by way of sticky webs and funny quips, but a part of our popular culture forever.
All I can say is thank you to Stan Lee, Steve Ditko, and Jack Kirby for the genesis of this memorable character and to Martin Goodman for giving in.
Happy Anniversary, Peter Parker.
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Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015)
July 27, 2015 December 22, 2015 ~ Nikki Baughan
Almost 20 years after he first appeared in rebooted sixties spy classic Mission: Impossible, Tom Cruise is back for his fifth outing as Ethan Hunt; top agent of the Impossible Mission Force (IMF). This time he’s on the trail of the nefarious organisation known only as The Syndicate, a task made even more difficult when the IMF is dissolved by the CIA. And when Ethan comes up against the mysterious Ilsa (Rebecca Ferguson) and shadowy Solomon Lane (Sean Harris), Ethan may finally have met his match…
After five films we know what to expect from this franchise; jaw-dropping action, glossy gadgets and very little in the way of narrative nuance. Rogue Nation certainly delivers, the screenplay from co-writers Christopher McQuarrie (who also directs) and Drew Pearce using the labyrinthine world of global espionage and unchecked terrorism as a framing device for Cruise to showcase the limitless movie star charm which makes him unendingly watchable.
Elsewhere, Simon Pegg gets a great deal more to do as tech-whizz Benjy and, while Jeremy Renner’s Brandt and Ving Rhames’ Luther spend much of the film on the sidelines, they make for an undeniably great team. The real revelation here is Swedish/British actress Ferguson; that she is a dead ringer for a Casablanca actress Ingrid Bergman is obviously referenced by her character’s name and the fact that key scenes take place in Morocco but, to the film’s great credit she is no mere love interest – even though Ethan’s wife Julia (played by Michelle Monaghan in the third and fourth films) seems to have been completely forgotten. While she and Ethan may be kindred spirits, Ilsa drives a great deal of the narrative, shoulders much of the action and does her fair share of day-saving. True, she may be dressed in variations of skin-tight leather and thigh-high splits, but she is a strong female character the likes of which are all too rarely seen in such summer blockbusters.
Ultimately, however, this is Cruise’s rodeo and, while Ethan’s crisis of confidence does offer a little more depth of character, as Tony Stark’s psychological turmoil did in the Pearce-penned Iron Man 3, he is, first and foremost, a stylish action hero. And while his scaling of Kabul’s Burj Khalifa tower in 2011’s Ghost Protocol remains the most jaw-dropping moment of the series, this film’s daredevil plane ride and underwater race against time certainly get the adrenaline pumping. Slick, accomplished and hugely entertaining, Rogue Nation is another slice of glorious mayhem from a franchise that continues to play to its strengths and deliver the goods.
UK Theatrical Release Date: July 30, 2015
An edited version of this review was originally published by The List
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August 22, 2018 August 22, 2018 rhaugh2154
City Council Admonishes Mahan and Kolstad, First Time in Santa Clara City History
By Robert Haugh
For the first time in Mission City history, two council members have been officially “admonished” by their colleagues.
Councilmembers Patty Mahan and Pat Kolstad were sanctioned by the City Council for the way they refused to appoint anyone to fill the seat of disgraced former Councilman Dominic Caserta.
Mahan and Kolstad refused to appoint anyone after interviewing more than two dozen candidates for over 6 hours on June 12. (Technically, the vote happened on June 13 after 1:30 a.m.) Councilmembers and the public said they had a right to vote anyway they wanted. But their actions to approve the process, then participate in it, then refuse to appoint anyone were: “dishonest,” “deceitful,” “unethical” and “deceptive.”
Mayor Lisa Gillmor and Vice Mayor Kathy Watanabe prepared a written motion. Here’s an excerpt:
We, as a Council, had an opportunity — perhaps duty — to appoint a Councilmember from one of many communities who are unrepresented on our Council. Of the final six candidates, five of them were from communities of color. More significantly, all the candidates had excellent qualifications. They all had the potential to be outstanding public servants and community role models as an appointed member of our council. To reject all of them, as Councilmembers Kolstad and Mahan did, was a major lost opportunity for Santa Clara…
In conclusion, we believe it’s important for Santa Clara residents to know that our Council has standards and policies that reflect the goodness of our community. We support open and honest debate, but should not tolerate deception or dishonesty. We seek participation from all members of our community and should not condone actions that discourage individuals from participating. If our Council cannot enforce these standards upon ourselves, we are derelict in our duty as public servants and we will send an unfortunate and discouraging message to residents of Santa Clara. For these reasons, we recommend Councilmembers Kolstad and Mahan be officially admonished by the City Council.
Mahan was unhappy and unapologetic. She made a long speech including references to her father, husband and son. And she talked about her breast cancer in detail. (During public comment, a woman named Linda with ovarian cancer, asked Mahan to “please don’t use breast cancer as a weapon on somebody.”)
Mahan also had an attorney represent her. James McManis wrote a letter to the council asking for a continuance and threatened possible legal action.
Kolstad also had an attorney who spoke at the meeting: Guyton Jinkerson. Kolstad suggested that an admonishment may be illegal. It’ll be interesting to see if Mahan or Kolstad sue the City.
Councilwoman Debi Davis made a strong statement about how Mahan and Kolstad “disrespected the residents” and “it’s a sad commentary on our city.”
Councilwoman Teresa O’Neill voted admonishment because she felt Mahan and Kolstad wasted people’s valuable time and it was “an action that would discourage people” from participating in democracy.
The vote was 4-1-1. Kolstad voted against and Mahan abstained.
Stadium Authority
City Attorney Brian Doyle said he had “really, really good news for the city of Santa Clara.” It was actually old news.
The City won a major arbitration decision against the 49ers who tried to lower their rent. What we discovered last night is that the team tried to cut its rent in half during arbitration. Wow. The city saved $180 million with the win. The Mission City could have lost $492 million if the 49ers got their way. This wasn’t just a big win. It was a huge. We’ll write more soon.
Chamber and Convention Center Audit
City Manager Deanna Santana reported that the audit will be completed next week. We’re hearing that there’s a lot of new findings that are disturbing. Stay tuned.
Closed Session Report
City Attorney Doyle reported that the City Council voted unanimously to appeal the Yumori Kaku vs. Santa Clara decision. That’s the one that forced the city to create six districts. But the City won’t seek a “stay” of the decision, so the November elections to elect a Mayor and two council members are a go. That was also a unanimous vote.
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Guyton Jinkerson
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Kathy Watanabe
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Patty Mahan
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YWCA Returns Check from Controversial San Jose Attorney Jim McManis – Santa Clara News Online says:
[…] He was the attorney for Vice Mayor Patty Mahan in 2018 when she was a Councilwoman. He unsuccessfully defended her. Mahan was officially admonished by the City Council. That’s the first time that’s happened in Santa Clara history. […]
Edward Strine says:
I hope some of that money from the Niners will be used to build a structure for creating shade on the eastern portion of Levi’s stadium.
wolfgang schaechter says:
BRAVO for the citizens of Santa Clara city who voted for the Council candidates who want a fair deal for the City from the incredibly greedy 49’ers. As we all know, the 49’ers spent a lot of effort and money to “get their [City] Council back.”
Can you imagine what a fiscal disaster the stadium would be if the Mahan-Kolstad-Caserta-Matthews types had won in 2016 ? Sadly, many of the dire predictions of Santa Clara Plays Fair are happening, so the City is not our of the woods yet…
Emma L. says:
Old news is good news! The 49ers have been robbing the city blind for years. It’s about time things got turned around!
LAWYERS! Let’s hope they sue the city. Let them try and justify their stupid actions. They would have a done better if they just apologized and said we made a mistake. But guilty people never admit mistakes. Glad they got spanked.
James Lee says:
Just how low will this council go 5 mos till we vote who we want not who the council wants Thank you Pat and Patty for standing up for us
ltmk says:
You fail to mention that there were many of us that stood up to support Mahan and Kolstad. The voters have a right to decide who should be on the Council. And these council members have the right to vote that they feel that is appropriate. Definitely a broken city council. And the action last night does not help to make matters better.
wasted time says:
Ha! Ha! That msg was deliver ad nauseum. Unfortunately, the folks that should’ve delivered that msg waited until 1:30 am instead of being open and honest and share their opposition at start of meeting. They chose to be lead everyone on. It was wrong. They.Wasted.Everyone’s.Time!
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City Council Review: Becker and Park Object to Contract for Political Reasons
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Mendoza, GJA; Seidel, NE; Otsu, M; Anderson, SM; Simon-Stoos, K; Herrera, A; Hoogstraten-Miller, S; Malech, HL; Candotti, F; Puck, JM; Bodine, DM
Comparison of five retrovirus vectors containing the human IL-2 receptor gamma chain gene for their ability to restore T and B lymphocytes in the X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency mouse model
MOLECULAR THERAPY
G.J.A. Mendoza et al., "Comparison of five retrovirus vectors containing the human IL-2 receptor gamma chain gene for their ability to restore T and B lymphocytes in the X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency mouse model", MOL THER, 3(4), 2001, pp. 565-573
Gomariz, RP; Martinez, C; Abad, C; Leceta, J; Delgado, M
Immunology of VIP: A review and therapeutical perspectives
R.P. Gomariz et al., "Immunology of VIP: A review and therapeutical perspectives", CUR PHARM D, 7(2), 2001, pp. 89-111
Cavazzana-Calvo, M; Hacein-Bey, S; Yates, F; de Villartay, JP; Le Deist, F; Fischer, A
Gene therapy of severe combined immunodeficiencies
JOURNAL OF GENE MEDICINE
M. Cavazzana-Calvo et al., "Gene therapy of severe combined immunodeficiencies", J GENE MED, 3(3), 2001, pp. 201-206
Fischer, A
Primary T-lymphocyte immunodeficiencies
CLINICAL REVIEWS IN ALLERGY & IMMUNOLOGY
A. Fischer, "Primary T-lymphocyte immunodeficiencies", CL R ALL IM, 20(1), 2001, pp. 3-26
Grunebaum, E; Roifman, CM
Signal-transduction defects in T cells
E. Grunebaum e C.M. Roifman, "Signal-transduction defects in T cells", CL R ALL IM, 20(1), 2001, pp. 27-42
Li, XC; Demirci, G; Ferrari-Lacraz, S; Groves, C; Coyle, A; Malek, TR; Strom, TB
IL-15 and IL-2: a matter of life and death for T cells in vivo
X.C. Li et al., "IL-15 and IL-2: a matter of life and death for T cells in vivo", NAT MED, 7(1), 2001, pp. 114-118
Li, XC; Strom, TB; Turka, LA; Wells, AD
T cell death and transplantation tolerance
X.C. Li et al., "T cell death and transplantation tolerance", IMMUNITY, 14(4), 2001, pp. 407-416
Dialynas, DP; Shao, LE; Billman, GF; Yu, J
Engraftment of human T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia in immunodeficient NOD/SCID mice which have been preconditioned by injection of human cord blood
D.P. Dialynas et al., "Engraftment of human T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia in immunodeficient NOD/SCID mice which have been preconditioned by injection of human cord blood", STEM CELLS, 19(5), 2001, pp. 443-452
Cavazzana-Calvo, M; Hacein-Bey-Abina, S
Correction of genetic blood defects by gene transfer
CURRENT OPINION IN HEMATOLOGY
M. Cavazzana-Calvo e S. Hacein-Bey-Abina, "Correction of genetic blood defects by gene transfer", CURR OPIN H, 8(6), 2001, pp. 360-367
Wang, TH; Secombes, CJ
Cloning and expression of a putative common cytokine receptor gamma chain (gamma C) gene in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY
T.H. Wang e C.J. Secombes, "Cloning and expression of a putative common cytokine receptor gamma chain (gamma C) gene in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)", FISH SHELLF, 11(3), 2001, pp. 233-244
Golden-Mason, L; Kelly, AM; Traynor, O; McEntee, G; Kelly, J; Hegarty, JE; O'Farrelly, C
Expression of interleukin 7 (IL-7) mRNA and protein in the normal adult human liver: Implications for extrathymic T cell development
L. Golden-Mason et al., "Expression of interleukin 7 (IL-7) mRNA and protein in the normal adult human liver: Implications for extrathymic T cell development", CYTOKINE, 14(3), 2001, pp. 143-151
Cooper, RN; Irintchev, A; Di Santo, JP; Zweyer, M; Morgan, JE; Partridge, TA; Butler-Browne, GS; Mouly, V; Wernig, A
A new immunodeficient mouse model for human myoblast transplantation
HUMAN GENE THERAPY
R.N. Cooper et al., "A new immunodeficient mouse model for human myoblast transplantation", HUM GENE TH, 12(7), 2001, pp. 823-831
Morice, WG; Leibson, PJ; Tefferi, A
Natural killer cells and the syndrome of chronic natural killer cell lymphocytosis
W.G. Morice et al., "Natural killer cells and the syndrome of chronic natural killer cell lymphocytosis", LEUK LYMPH, 41(3-4), 2001, pp. 277-284
Igaz, P; Toth, S; Falus, A
Biological and clinical significance of the JAK-STAT pathway; lessons fromknockout mice
P. Igaz et al., "Biological and clinical significance of the JAK-STAT pathway; lessons fromknockout mice", INFLAMM RES, 50(9), 2001, pp. 435-441
Matsue, H
Cytokine profiles and responsiveness of dendritic epidermal T cells: Cytokine-mediated communication with other cells
H. Matsue, "Cytokine profiles and responsiveness of dendritic epidermal T cells: Cytokine-mediated communication with other cells", CHEM IMMUNO, 79, 2001, pp. 52-65
Judd, BA; Koretzky, GA
The role of the adapter molecule SLP-76 in platelet function
B.A. Judd e G.A. Koretzky, "The role of the adapter molecule SLP-76 in platelet function", ONCOGENE, 20(44), 2001, pp. 6291-6299
Refici, ML; Metzger, DW; Arulanandam, BP; Lennartz, MR; Loegering, DJ
Fc gamma-receptor signaling augments the LPS-stimulated increase in serum tumor necrosis factor-alpha levels
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-REGULATORY INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY
M.L. Refici et al., "Fc gamma-receptor signaling augments the LPS-stimulated increase in serum tumor necrosis factor-alpha levels", AM J P-REG, 280(4), 2001, pp. R1037-R1044
Berndt, MC; Shen, Y; Dopheide, SM; Gardiner, EE; Andrews, RK
The vascular biology of the glycoprotein Ib-IX-V complex
THROMBOSIS AND HAEMOSTASIS
M.C. Berndt et al., "The vascular biology of the glycoprotein Ib-IX-V complex", THROMB HAEM, 86(1), 2001, pp. 178-188
Lockhart, LK; Pampolina, C; Nickolaychuk, BR; McNicol, A
Evidence for a role for phospholipase C, but not phospholipase A(2), in platelet activation in response to low concentrations of collagen
L.K. Lockhart et al., "Evidence for a role for phospholipase C, but not phospholipase A(2), in platelet activation in response to low concentrations of collagen", THROMB HAEM, 85(5), 2001, pp. 882-889
Nishio, J; Kohsaka, H; Shimamura, T; Hamuro, J; Miyasaka, N
Abundant expression of common cytokine receptor gamma chain (CD132) in rheumatoid joints
JOURNAL OF RHEUMATOLOGY
J. Nishio et al., "Abundant expression of common cytokine receptor gamma chain (CD132) in rheumatoid joints", J RHEUMATOL, 28(2), 2001, pp. 240-244
Dopheide, SM; Yap, CL; Jackson, SP
Dynamic aspects of platelet adhesion under flow
CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PHARMACOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGY
S.M. Dopheide et al., "Dynamic aspects of platelet adhesion under flow", CLIN EXP PH, 28(5-6), 2001, pp. 355-363
De Stahl, TD; Heyman, B
IgG2a-mediated enhancement of antibody responses is dependent on FcR gamma(+) bone marrow-derived cells
T.D. De Stahl e B. Heyman, "IgG2a-mediated enhancement of antibody responses is dependent on FcR gamma(+) bone marrow-derived cells", SC J IMMUN, 54(5), 2001, pp. 495-500
Pettersson, FE; Schneider, MKJ; Andersson, J; Gronvik, KO
CD8(+) T cells induce medullary thymic epithelium and CD4(+)CD8(+)CD25(+) TCR beta(-) thymocytes in SCID mice
F.E. Pettersson et al., "CD8(+) T cells induce medullary thymic epithelium and CD4(+)CD8(+)CD25(+) TCR beta(-) thymocytes in SCID mice", SC J IMMUN, 54(5), 2001, pp. 506-515
Ishii, N; Owada, Y; Yamada, M; Miura, S; Murata, K; Asao, H; Kondo, H; Sugamura, K
Loss of neurons in the hippocampus and cerebral cortex of AMSH-deficient mice
N. Ishii et al., "Loss of neurons in the hippocampus and cerebral cortex of AMSH-deficient mice", MOL CELL B, 21(24), 2001, pp. 8626-8637
Yamada, M; Takeshita, T; Miura, S; Murata, K; Kimura, Y; Ishii, N; Nose, M; Sakagami, H; Kondo, H; Tashiro, F; Miyazaki, JI; Sasaki, H; Sugamura, K
Loss of hippocampal CA3 pyramidal neurons in mice lacking STAM1
M. Yamada et al., "Loss of hippocampal CA3 pyramidal neurons in mice lacking STAM1", MOL CELL B, 21(11), 2001, pp. 3807-3819
Lejeune, D; Demoulin, JB; Renauld, JC
Interleukin 9 induces expression of three cytokine signal inhibitors: cytokine-inducible SH2-containing protein, suppressor of cytokine signalling (SOCS)-2 and SOCS-3, but only SOCS-3 overexpression suppresses interleukin 9 signalling
D. Lejeune et al., "Interleukin 9 induces expression of three cytokine signal inhibitors: cytokine-inducible SH2-containing protein, suppressor of cytokine signalling (SOCS)-2 and SOCS-3, but only SOCS-3 overexpression suppresses interleukin 9 signalling", BIOCHEM J, 353, 2001, pp. 109-116
Nieswandt, B; Brakebusch, C; Bergmeier, W; Schulte, V; Bouvard, D; Mokhtari-Nejad, R; Lindhout, T; Heemskerk, JWM; Zirngibl, H; Fassler, R
Glycoprotein VI but not alpha 2 beta 1 integrin is essential for platelet interaction with collagen
EMBO JOURNAL
B. Nieswandt et al., "Glycoprotein VI but not alpha 2 beta 1 integrin is essential for platelet interaction with collagen", EMBO J, 20(9), 2001, pp. 2120-2130
Fanos, JH; Davis, J; Puck, JM
Sib understanding of genetics and attitudes toward carrier testing for X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS
J.H. Fanos et al., "Sib understanding of genetics and attitudes toward carrier testing for X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency", AM J MED G, 98(1), 2001, pp. 46-56
Fanos, JH; Puck, JM
Family pictures: Growing up with a brother with X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency
J.H. Fanos e J.M. Puck, "Family pictures: Growing up with a brother with X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency", AM J MED G, 98(1), 2001, pp. 57-63
Sen, J
Signal transduction in thymus development
CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
J. Sen, "Signal transduction in thymus development", CELL MOL B, 47(1), 2001, pp. 197-215
Reche, PA; Soumelis, V; Gorman, DM; Clifford, T; Liu, MR; Travis, M; Zurawski, SM; Johnston, J; Liu, YJ; Spits, H; Malefyt, RD; Kastelein, RA; Bazan, JF
Human thymic stromal lymphopoietin preferentially stimulates myeloid cells
JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY
P.A. Reche et al., "Human thymic stromal lymphopoietin preferentially stimulates myeloid cells", J IMMUNOL, 167(1), 2001, pp. 336-343
Behbod, F; Erwin-Cohen, RA; Wang, ME; Trawick, BW; Qu, X; Verani, R; Kahan, BD; Stepkowski, SM; Kirken, RA
Concomitant inhibition of janus kinase 3 and calcineurin-dependent signaling pathways synergistically prolongs the survival of rat heart allografts
F. Behbod et al., "Concomitant inhibition of janus kinase 3 and calcineurin-dependent signaling pathways synergistically prolongs the survival of rat heart allografts", J IMMUNOL, 166(6), 2001, pp. 3724-3732
Andrew, D; Aspinall, R
IL-7 and not stem cell Factor Reverses both the increase in apoptosis and the decline in thymopoiesis seen in aged mice
D. Andrew e R. Aspinall, "IL-7 and not stem cell Factor Reverses both the increase in apoptosis and the decline in thymopoiesis seen in aged mice", J IMMUNOL, 166(3), 2001, pp. 1524-1530
Nieswandt, B; Schulte, V; Bergmeier, W; Mokhtari-Nejad, R; Rackebrandt, K; Cazenave, JP; Ohlmann, P; Gachet, C; Zirngibl, H
Long-term antithrombotic protection by in vivo depletion of platelet glycoprotein VI in mice
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE
B. Nieswandt et al., "Long-term antithrombotic protection by in vivo depletion of platelet glycoprotein VI in mice", J EXP MED, 193(4), 2001, pp. 459-469
Rodewald, HR; Waskow, C; Haller, C
Essential requirement for c-kit and common gamma chain in thymocyte development cannot be overruled by enforced expression of bcl-2
H.R. Rodewald et al., "Essential requirement for c-kit and common gamma chain in thymocyte development cannot be overruled by enforced expression of bcl-2", J EXP MED, 193(12), 2001, pp. 1431-1437
Achison, M; Elton, CM; Hargreaves, PG; Knight, CG; Barnes, MJ; Farndale, RW
Integrin-independent tyrosine phosphorylation of p125(fak) in human platelets stimulated by collagen
M. Achison et al., "Integrin-independent tyrosine phosphorylation of p125(fak) in human platelets stimulated by collagen", J BIOL CHEM, 276(5), 2001, pp. 3167-3174
Suzuki-Inoue, K; Ozaki, Y; Kainoh, M; Shin, YC; Wu, Y; Yatomi, Y; Ohmori, T; Tanaka, T; Satoh, K; Morita, T
Rhodocytin induces platelet aggregation by interacting with glycoprotein Ia/IIa (GPIa/IIa, integrin alpha(2)beta(1)) - Involvement of GPIa/IIa-associated Src and protein tyrosine phosphorylation
K. Suzuki-Inoue et al., "Rhodocytin induces platelet aggregation by interacting with glycoprotein Ia/IIa (GPIa/IIa, integrin alpha(2)beta(1)) - Involvement of GPIa/IIa-associated Src and protein tyrosine phosphorylation", J BIOL CHEM, 276(2), 2001, pp. 1643-1652
Schulte, V; Snell, D; Bergmeier, W; Zirngibl, H; Watson, SP; Nieswandt, B
Evidence for two distinct epitopes within collagen for activation of murine platelets
V. Schulte et al., "Evidence for two distinct epitopes within collagen for activation of murine platelets", J BIOL CHEM, 276(1), 2001, pp. 364-368
Kierszenbaum, F; Sztein, MB
Down-regulation of human B lymphocyte activities by a Trypanosoma cruzi membrane glycoprotein
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY
F. Kierszenbaum e M.B. Sztein, "Down-regulation of human B lymphocyte activities by a Trypanosoma cruzi membrane glycoprotein", INT J PARAS, 31(3), 2001, pp. 265-271
O'Loughlin, EV; Pang, GP; Noltorp, R; Koina, C; Batey, R; Clancy, R
Interleukin 2 modulates ion secretion and cell proliferation in cultured human small intestinal enterocytes
E.V. O'Loughlin et al., "Interleukin 2 modulates ion secretion and cell proliferation in cultured human small intestinal enterocytes", GUT, 49(5), 2001, pp. 636-643
Pipitone, N; Sinha, M; Theodoridis, E; Goulding, N; Hall, M; Lanchbury, J; Corrigall, V; Panayi, G; Pitzalis, C
The glucocorticoid inhibition of LFA-1 and CD2 expression by human mononuclear cells is reversed by IL-2, IL-7 and IL-15
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY
N. Pipitone et al., "The glucocorticoid inhibition of LFA-1 and CD2 expression by human mononuclear cells is reversed by IL-2, IL-7 and IL-15", EUR J IMMUN, 31(7), 2001, pp. 2135-2142
Suzue, K; Reinherz, EL; Koyasu, S
Critical role of NK but not NKT cells in acute rejection of parental bone marrow cells in F1 hybrid mice
K. Suzue et al., "Critical role of NK but not NKT cells in acute rejection of parental bone marrow cells in F1 hybrid mice", EUR J IMMUN, 31(11), 2001, pp. 3147-3152
Shah, N; Oseth, L; Tran, H; Hirsch, B; LeBien, TW
Clonal variation in the B-lineage acute lymphoblastic leukemia response tomultiple cytokines and bone marrow stromal cells
N. Shah et al., "Clonal variation in the B-lineage acute lymphoblastic leukemia response tomultiple cytokines and bone marrow stromal cells", CANCER RES, 61(13), 2001, pp. 5268-5274
Ting, SS; Tangye, SG; Wood, J; Ffrench, RA; Ziegler, JB
Reduced memory B-cell populations in boys with B-cell dysfunction after bone marrow transplantation for X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency
BRITISH JOURNAL OF HAEMATOLOGY
S.S. Ting et al., "Reduced memory B-cell populations in boys with B-cell dysfunction after bone marrow transplantation for X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency", BR J HAEM, 112(4), 2001, pp. 1004-1011
Gilmour, KC; Cranston, T; Loughlin, S; Gwyther, J; Lester, T; Espanol, T; Hernandez, M; Savoldi, G; Davies, EG; Abinun, M; Kinnon, C; Jones, A; Gaspar, HB
Rapid protein-based assays for the diagnosis of T-B+ severe combined immunodeficiency
K.C. Gilmour et al., "Rapid protein-based assays for the diagnosis of T-B+ severe combined immunodeficiency", BR J HAEM, 112(3), 2001, pp. 671-676
Chung, B; Barbara-Burnham, L; Barsky, L; Weinberg, K
Radiosensitivity of thymic interleukin-7 production and thymopoiesis afterbone marrow transplantation
B. Chung et al., "Radiosensitivity of thymic interleukin-7 production and thymopoiesis afterbone marrow transplantation", BLOOD, 98(5), 2001, pp. 1601-1606
Colucci, F; Samson, SI; DeKoter, RP; Lantz, O; Singh, H; Di Santo, JP
Differential requirement for the transcription factor PU.1 in the generation of natural killer cells versus B and T cells
F. Colucci et al., "Differential requirement for the transcription factor PU.1 in the generation of natural killer cells versus B and T cells", BLOOD, 97(9), 2001, pp. 2625-2632
Kouro, T; Medina, KL; Oritani, K; Kincade, PW
Characteristics of early murine B-lymphocyte precursors and their direct sensitivity to negative regulators
T. Kouro et al., "Characteristics of early murine B-lymphocyte precursors and their direct sensitivity to negative regulators", BLOOD, 97(9), 2001, pp. 2708-2715
Fehniger, TA; Caligiuri, MA
Interleukin 15: biology and relevance to human disease
T.A. Fehniger e M.A. Caligiuri, "Interleukin 15: biology and relevance to human disease", BLOOD, 97(1), 2001, pp. 14-32
Chung, CH; Peng, HC; Huang, TF
Aggretin, a C-type lectin protein, induces platelet aggregation via integrin alpha(2)beta(1) and GPIb in a phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase independent pathway
C.H. Chung et al., "Aggretin, a C-type lectin protein, induces platelet aggregation via integrin alpha(2)beta(1) and GPIb in a phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase independent pathway", BIOC BIOP R, 285(3), 2001, pp. 689-695
Tang, W; Hue, HR; Zhu, JF; Ji, HB; Zou, WG; Xu, LF; Sun, LY; Zheng, ZC; Theze, J; Liu, XY
Critical sites for the interaction between IL-2R gamma and JAK3 and the following signaling
W. Tang et al., "Critical sites for the interaction between IL-2R gamma and JAK3 and the following signaling", BIOC BIOP R, 283(3), 2001, pp. 598-605
Vega, F; Medeiros, LJ; Jones, D; Abruzzo, LV; Lai, R; Manning, J; Dunmire, V; Luthra, R
A novel four-color PCR assay to assess T-cell receptor gamma gene rearrangements in lymphoproliferative lesions
AJCP. American journal of clinical pathology
F. Vega et al., "A novel four-color PCR assay to assess T-cell receptor gamma gene rearrangements in lymphoproliferative lesions", AM J CLIN P, 116(1), 2001, pp. 17-24
Terabe, M; Matsui, S; Noben-Trauth, N; Chen, HJ; Watson, C; Donaldson, DD; Carbone, DP; Paul, WE; Berzofsky, JA
NKT cell-mediated repression of tumor immunosurveillance by IL-13 and the IL-4R-STAT6 pathway
NATURE IMMUNOLOGY
M. Terabe et al., "NKT cell-mediated repression of tumor immunosurveillance by IL-13 and the IL-4R-STAT6 pathway", NAT IMMUNOL, 1(6), 2000, pp. 515-520
Zhang, Y; Lu, LW; Furlonger, C; Wu, GE; Paige, CJ
Hemokinin is a hematopoietic-specific tachykinin that regulates B lymphopoiesis
Y. Zhang et al., "Hemokinin is a hematopoietic-specific tachykinin that regulates B lymphopoiesis", NAT IMMUNOL, 1(5), 2000, pp. 392-397
Otsu, M; Anderson, SM; Bodine, DM; Puck, JM; O'Shea, JJ; Candotti, F
Lymphoid development and function in X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency mice after stem cell gene therapy
M. Otsu et al., "Lymphoid development and function in X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency mice after stem cell gene therapy", MOL THER, 1(2), 2000, pp. 145-153
Vihinen, M; Villa, A; Mella, P; Schumacher, RF; Savoldi, G; O'Shea, JJ; Candotti, F; Notarangelo, LD
Molecular modeling of the Jak3 kinase domains and structural basis for severe combined immunodeficiency
M. Vihinen et al., "Molecular modeling of the Jak3 kinase domains and structural basis for severe combined immunodeficiency", CLIN IMMUNO, 96(2), 2000, pp. 108-118
Niemela, JE; Puck, JM; Fischer, RE; Fleisher, TA; Hsu, AP
Efficient detection of thirty-seven new IL2RG mutations in human X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency
J.E. Niemela et al., "Efficient detection of thirty-seven new IL2RG mutations in human X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency", CLIN IMMUNO, 95(1), 2000, pp. 33-38
Mella, P; Imberti, L; Brugnoni, D; Pirovano, S; Candotti, F; Mazzolari, E; Bettinardi, A; Fiorini, M; De Mattia, D; Martire, B; Plebani, A; Notarangelo, LD; Giliani, S
Development of autologous T lymphocytes in two males with X-linked severe combined immune deficiency: Molecular and cellular characterization
P. Mella et al., "Development of autologous T lymphocytes in two males with X-linked severe combined immune deficiency: Molecular and cellular characterization", CLIN IMMUNO, 95(1), 2000, pp. 39-50
Reinemer, P; Sebald, W; Duschl, A
The interleukin-4-receptor: From recognition mechanism to pharmacological target structure
ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION
P. Reinemer et al., "The interleukin-4-receptor: From recognition mechanism to pharmacological target structure", ANGEW CHEM, 39(16), 2000, pp. 2834-2846
Rutella, S; Bonanno, G; Pierelli, L; Sora, F; Sica, S; Scambia, G; d'Onofrio, G; Rumi, C; Leone, G
Enhanced susceptibility to apoptosis in T cells recovering after autologous peripheral blood progenitor cell transplantation: Reversal by interleukin-15
CYTOKINES CELLULAR & MOLECULAR THERAPY
S. Rutella et al., "Enhanced susceptibility to apoptosis in T cells recovering after autologous peripheral blood progenitor cell transplantation: Reversal by interleukin-15", CYTOK CELL, 6(4), 2000, pp. 189-198
Leonard, WJ
X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency: from molecular cause to gene therapy within seven years
MOLECULAR MEDICINE TODAY
W.J. Leonard, "X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency: from molecular cause to gene therapy within seven years", MOL MED TOD, 6(10), 2000, pp. 403-407
Rivera, J; Lozano, ML; Corral, J; Gonzalez-Conejero, R; Martinez, C; Vicente, V
Platelet GP Ib/IX/V complex: physiological role
JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
J. Rivera et al., "Platelet GP Ib/IX/V complex: physiological role", J PHYSIOL B, 56(4), 2000, pp. 355-365
Boyd, Y; Blair, HJ; Cunliffe, P; Masson, WK; Reed, V
A phenotype map of the mouse X chromosome: Models for human X-linked disease
Y. Boyd et al., "A phenotype map of the mouse X chromosome: Models for human X-linked disease", GENOME RES, 10(3), 2000, pp. 277-292
Suzuki, K; Oida, T; Hamada, H; Hitotsumatsu, O; Watanabe, M; Hibi, T; Yamamoto, H; Kubota, E; Kaminogawa, S; Ishikawa, H
Gut cryptopatches: Direct evidence of extrathymic anatomical sites for intestinal T lymphopoiesis
K. Suzuki et al., "Gut cryptopatches: Direct evidence of extrathymic anatomical sites for intestinal T lymphopoiesis", IMMUNITY, 13(5), 2000, pp. 691-702
Perkins, HD; van Leeuwen, BH; Hardy, CM; Kerr, PJ
The complete cDNA sequences of IL-2, IL-4, IL-6 and IL-10 from the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)
H.D. Perkins et al., "The complete cDNA sequences of IL-2, IL-4, IL-6 and IL-10 from the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)", CYTOKINE, 12(6), 2000, pp. 555-565
Bunting, KD; Lu, TH; Kelly, PF; Sorrentino, BP
Self-selection by genetically modified committed lymphocyte precursors reverses the phenotype of JAK3-deficient mice without myeloablation
K.D. Bunting et al., "Self-selection by genetically modified committed lymphocyte precursors reverses the phenotype of JAK3-deficient mice without myeloablation", HUM GENE TH, 11(17), 2000, pp. 2353-2364
Akashi, K; Mizuno, S
Epstein-Barr virus-infected natural killer cell leukemia
K. Akashi e S. Mizuno, "Epstein-Barr virus-infected natural killer cell leukemia", LEUK LYMPH, 40(1-2), 2000, pp. 57
Suzuki, K; Nakajima, H; Saito, Y; Saito, T; Leonard, WJ; Iwamoto, I
Janus kinase 3 (Jak3) is essential for common cytokine receptor gamma chain (gamma(c))-dependent signaling: comparative analysis of gamma(c), Jak3, and gamma(c) and Jak3 double-deficient mice
INTERNATIONAL IMMUNOLOGY
K. Suzuki et al., "Janus kinase 3 (Jak3) is essential for common cytokine receptor gamma chain (gamma(c))-dependent signaling: comparative analysis of gamma(c), Jak3, and gamma(c) and Jak3 double-deficient mice", INT IMMUNOL, 12(2), 2000, pp. 123-132
Wilde, JI; Retzer, M; Siess, W; Watson, SP
ADP-induced platelet shape change: an investigation of the signalling pathways involved and their dependence on the method of platelet preparation
J.I. Wilde et al., "ADP-induced platelet shape change: an investigation of the signalling pathways involved and their dependence on the method of platelet preparation", PLATELETS, 11(5), 2000, pp. 286-295
Selheim, F; Holmsen, H; Vassbotn, FS
PI 3-kinase signalling in platelets: the significance of synergistic, autocrine stimulation
F. Selheim et al., "PI 3-kinase signalling in platelets: the significance of synergistic, autocrine stimulation", PLATELETS, 11(2), 2000, pp. 69-82
Akashi, K; Reya, T; Dalma-Weiszhausz, D; Weissman, IL
Lymphoid precursors
CURRENT OPINION IN IMMUNOLOGY
K. Akashi et al., "Lymphoid precursors", CURR OP IM, 12(2), 2000, pp. 144-150
Di Santo, JP; Radtke, F; Rodewald, HR
To be or not to be a pro-T?
J.P. Di Santo et al., "To be or not to be a pro-T?", CURR OP IM, 12(2), 2000, pp. 159-165
Nosaka, T; Kitamura, T
Janus kinases (JAKs) and signal transducers and activators of transcription (STATs) in hematopoietic cells
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEMATOLOGY
T. Nosaka e T. Kitamura, "Janus kinases (JAKs) and signal transducers and activators of transcription (STATs) in hematopoietic cells", INT J HEMAT, 71(4), 2000, pp. 309-319
Tajima, K; Amakawa, R; Uehira, K; Matsumoto, N; Shimizu, T; Miyazaki, Y; Fujimoto, M; Kishimoto, Y; Fukuhara, S
Adult T-cell leukemia successfully treated with allogeneic bone marrow transplantation
K. Tajima et al., "Adult T-cell leukemia successfully treated with allogeneic bone marrow transplantation", INT J HEMAT, 71(3), 2000, pp. 290-293
Notarangelo, LD; Candotti, F
JAK3-deficient severe combined immunodeficiency
IMMUNOLOGY AND ALLERGY CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA
L.D. Notarangelo e F. Candotti, "JAK3-deficient severe combined immunodeficiency", IMMUNOL ALL, 20(1), 2000, pp. 97
T-lymphocyte immunodeficiencies - Novel phenotypes
A. Fischer, "T-lymphocyte immunodeficiencies - Novel phenotypes", IMMUNOL ALL, 20(1), 2000, pp. 113
Kohn, DB; Weinberg, KI; Parkman, R
Gene therapy for T-cell immunodeficiencies
D.B. Kohn et al., "Gene therapy for T-cell immunodeficiencies", IMMUNOL ALL, 20(1), 2000, pp. 221
Muench, MO; Humeau, L; Paek, B; Ohkubo, T; Lanier, LL; Albanese, CT; Barcena, A
Differential effects of interleukin-3, interleukin-7, interleukin 15, and granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor in the generation of natural killer and B cells from primitive human fetal liver progenitors
EXPERIMENTAL HEMATOLOGY
M.O. Muench et al., "Differential effects of interleukin-3, interleukin-7, interleukin 15, and granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor in the generation of natural killer and B cells from primitive human fetal liver progenitors", EXP HEMATOL, 28(8), 2000, pp. 961-973
Sin, JI; Weiner, DB
Improving DNA vaccines targeting viral infection
J.I. Sin e D.B. Weiner, "Improving DNA vaccines targeting viral infection", INTERVIROLO, 43(4-6), 2000, pp. 233-246
Rebollo, A; Dumoutier, L; Renauld, JC; Zaballos, A; Ayllon, V; Martinez-A, C
Bcl-3 expression promotes cell survival following interleukin-4 deprivation and is controlled by AP1 and AP1-like transcription factors
A. Rebollo et al., "Bcl-3 expression promotes cell survival following interleukin-4 deprivation and is controlled by AP1 and AP1-like transcription factors", MOL CELL B, 20(10), 2000, pp. 3407-3416
Pearson, R; Weston, K
c-Myb regulates the proliferation of immature thymocytes following beta-selection
R. Pearson e K. Weston, "c-Myb regulates the proliferation of immature thymocytes following beta-selection", EMBO J, 19(22), 2000, pp. 6112-6120
Pasquet, JM; Quek, L; Stevens, C; Bobe, R; Huber, M; Duronio, V; Krystal, G; Watson, SP
Phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-trisphosphate regulates Ca2+ entry via Btk in platelets and megakaryocytes without increasing phospholipase C activity
J.M. Pasquet et al., "Phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-trisphosphate regulates Ca2+ entry via Btk in platelets and megakaryocytes without increasing phospholipase C activity", EMBO J, 19(12), 2000, pp. 2793-2802
Buckley, RH
Advances in the understanding and treatment of human severe combined immunodeficiency
IMMUNOLOGIC RESEARCH
R.H. Buckley, "Advances in the understanding and treatment of human severe combined immunodeficiency", IMMUNOL RES, 22(2-3), 2000, pp. 237-251
Wei, S; Liu, JH; Epling-Burnette, PK; Jiang, K; Zhong, B; Elkabani, ME; Pearson, EW; Djeu, JY
IL-2 induces the association of IL-2R beta, lyn, and MAP kinase ERK-1 in human neutrophils
S. Wei et al., "IL-2 induces the association of IL-2R beta, lyn, and MAP kinase ERK-1 in human neutrophils", IMMUNOBIOL, 202(4), 2000, pp. 363-382
Notarangelo, LD; Giliani, S; Mella, P; Schumacher, RF; Mazza, C; Savoldi, G; Rodriguez-Perez, C; Badolato, R; Mazzolari, E; Porta, F; Candotti, F; Ugazio, AG
Combined immunodeficiencies due to defects in signal transduction: Defectsof the gamma(c)-JAK3 signaling pathway as a model
L.D. Notarangelo et al., "Combined immunodeficiencies due to defects in signal transduction: Defectsof the gamma(c)-JAK3 signaling pathway as a model", IMMUNOBIOL, 202(2), 2000, pp. 106-119
Noben-Trauth, N
Susceptibility to Leishmania major infection in the absence of IL-4
N. Noben-Trauth, "Susceptibility to Leishmania major infection in the absence of IL-4", IMMUNOL LET, 75(1), 2000, pp. 41-44
Hartnett, BJ; Somberg, RL; Krakowka, S; Ochs, HD; HogenEsch, H; Moore, PF; Weinberg, KI; Felsburg, PJ
B-cell function in canine X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency
VETERINARY IMMUNOLOGY AND IMMUNOPATHOLOGY
B.J. Hartnett et al., "B-cell function in canine X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency", VET IMMUNOL, 75(1-2), 2000, pp. 121-134
Imada, K; Leonard, WJ
The Jak-STAT pathway
K. Imada e W.J. Leonard, "The Jak-STAT pathway", MOL IMMUNOL, 37(1-2), 2000, pp. 1-11
Fischer, A; Hacein-Bey, S; Le Deist, F; Soudais, C; Di Santo, JP; Basile, GD; Cavazzana-Calvo, M
IMMUNOLOGICAL REVIEWS
A. Fischer et al., "Gene therapy of severe combined immunodeficiencies", IMMUNOL REV, 178, 2000, pp. 13-20
Notarangelo, LD; Giliani, S; Mazza, C; Mella, P; Savoldi, G; Rodriguez-Perez, C; Mazzolari, E; Fiorini, M; Duse, M; Plebani, A; Ugazio, AG; Vihinen, M; Candotti, F; Schumacher, RF
Of genes and phenotypes: the immunological and molecular spectrum of combined immune deficiency. Defects of the gamma(c)-JAK3 signaling pathway as a model
L.D. Notarangelo et al., "Of genes and phenotypes: the immunological and molecular spectrum of combined immune deficiency. Defects of the gamma(c)-JAK3 signaling pathway as a model", IMMUNOL REV, 178, 2000, pp. 39-48
Conley, ME; Rohrer, J; Rapalus, L; Boylin, EC; Minegishi, Y
Defects in early B-cell development: comparing the consequences of abnormalities in pre-BCR signaling in the human and the mouse
M.E. Conley et al., "Defects in early B-cell development: comparing the consequences of abnormalities in pre-BCR signaling in the human and the mouse", IMMUNOL REV, 178, 2000, pp. 75-90
Schiff, C; Lemmers, B; Deville, A; Fougereau, M; Meffre, E
Autosomal primary immunodeficiencies affecting human bone marrow B-cell differentiation
C. Schiff et al., "Autosomal primary immunodeficiencies affecting human bone marrow B-cell differentiation", IMMUNOL REV, 178, 2000, pp. 91-98
Monnet, E; Sizaret, PY; Arbeille, B; Fauvel-Lafeve, F
Different role of platelet glycoprotein GP Ia/IIa in platelet contact and activation induced by type I and type III collagens
THROMBOSIS RESEARCH
E. Monnet et al., "Different role of platelet glycoprotein GP Ia/IIa in platelet contact and activation induced by type I and type III collagens", THROMB RES, 98(5), 2000, pp. 423-433
Cavazzana-Calvo, M; Hacein-Bey, S; Basile, CD; Gross, F; Yvon, E; Nusbaum, P; Selz, F; Hue, C; Certain, S; Casanova, JL; Bousso, P; Le Deist, F; Fischer, A
Gene therapy of human severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID)-X1 disease
M. Cavazzana-Calvo et al., "Gene therapy of human severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID)-X1 disease", SCIENCE, 288(5466), 2000, pp. 669-672
Primary immunodeficiency diseases due to defects in lymphocytes.
R.H. Buckley, "Primary immunodeficiency diseases due to defects in lymphocytes.", N ENG J MED, 343(18), 2000, pp. 1313-1324
Kondo, M; Scherer, DC; Miyamoto, T; King, AG; Akashi, K; Sugamura, K; Weissman, IL
Cell-fate conversion of lymphoid-committed progenitors by instructive actions of cytokines
M. Kondo et al., "Cell-fate conversion of lymphoid-committed progenitors by instructive actions of cytokines", NATURE, 407(6802), 2000, pp. 383-386
Pesoa, S; Martin, A; Marian, AL; Vullo, C; Serra, H
Interleukin 2 induction of proliferation in resting T lymphocytes requirescontact with monocytes
MEDICINA-BUENOS AIRES
S. Pesoa et al., "Interleukin 2 induction of proliferation in resting T lymphocytes requirescontact with monocytes", MEDICINA, 60(2), 2000, pp. 202-210
Baird, AM; Lucas, JA; Berg, LJ
A profound deficiency in thymic progenitor cells in mice lacking Jak3
A.M. Baird et al., "A profound deficiency in thymic progenitor cells in mice lacking Jak3", J IMMUNOL, 165(7), 2000, pp. 3680-3688
Fujimoto, M; Naka, T; Nakagawa, R; Kawazoe, Y; Morita, Y; Tateishi, A; Okumura, K; Narazaki, M; Kishimoto, T
Defective thymocyte development and perturbed homeostasis of T cells in STAT-induced STAT inhibitor-1/suppressors of cytokine signaling-1 transgenic mice
M. Fujimoto et al., "Defective thymocyte development and perturbed homeostasis of T cells in STAT-induced STAT inhibitor-1/suppressors of cytokine signaling-1 transgenic mice", J IMMUNOL, 165(4), 2000, pp. 1799-1806
Oida, T; Suzuki, K; Nanno, M; Kanamori, Y; Saito, H; Kubota, E; Kato, S; Itoh, M; Kaminogawa, S; Ishikawa, H
Role of gut cryptopatches in early extrathymic maturation of intestinal intraepithelial T cells
T. Oida et al., "Role of gut cryptopatches in early extrathymic maturation of intestinal intraepithelial T cells", J IMMUNOL, 164(7), 2000, pp. 3616-3626
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A Bright Moon for Fools by Jasper Gibson
by Shiny New Books | Posted on July 17, 2014 June 29, 2020
Reviewed by Annabel Gaskell
Harry Christmas strode out of Caracas airport with little more than a wallet full of stolen money and the dried-up brain of a long-haul drinker. Beyond the terminal building lay the sea. Beyond the car park there were mountains. The sunset was coronary.
That’s quite an opening paragraph; I particularly liked that last short sentence. It set the tone nicely, I was already imagining that Harry Christmas was like a character on the run from a British gangster movie after a drugs deal gone wrong or something like that… but I was only partially right. Further down the page, we find out more about Harry…
Fifty-eight years old, fat, moustachioed, sporting a Panama hat, red trousers and a cream jacket, Harry Christmas flared his nostrils and sucked in his cheeks. He thought he looked terrific.
Yes, Harry is a pompous and self-opinionated old bugger, who instantly made me think of characters like Jane Gardam’s Old Filth and Alun Weaver from Kingsley Amis’ The Old Devils, but he is worse than either of them – a man behaving very badly. However, as the novel went on, I came to have some empathy for Harry as he, the archetypal old reprobate, began to see the error of his ways – a little.
But why was Harry in Caracas with the stolen money? Simply put, he jilted his future second wife and ran off with the dosh she’d put into their new joint account when he realised he couldn’t bear her, especially when he found out that she had a stepson from her first marriage she’d never told him about and that she was about to realise that he was penniless. Why Venezuela? Harry’s late first wife Emily had wanted her ashes scattered on a beach there. Harry, who had absconded with 26 grand and just the clothes on this back, now only has a little book of Emily’s favourite poems in his pocket – so his plan was to take that to the beach at Guiria as the next best thing…
… but not before having a bit of fun in Caracas. He sets about eating, drinking, exploring the city, always avoiding the hotel manager – the money or credit card won’t last. He even manages to have a one-night stand with a beautiful middle-aged Venezuelan woman, Lola Rosa, who declares that one night was enough for her!
He’s having fun – and then it stops. The arrival of William Slade in Caracas puts paid to Harry’s retirement plans. Slade is the spurned stepson and he’s a sociopath of the highest order. He means to find and kill Harry.
Thus begins a cat and mouse chase through the rest of the novel. Harry will get robbed, beaten, arrested, and beaten again – but always manages to escape by the skin of his teeth, getting out of one predicament into another, finding new friends to help and lying his way through – usually middle-aged women, somehow staying one step ahead of Slade.
What Harry doesn’t know is that Slade, psycho that he is, is leaving a trail of damage and hurt behind that is so utterly nasty, I felt as if I was in another novel when the narrative turned to him. There were moments that made me wince and grimace with distaste and hatred for Slade.
Then the narrative turns back to Harry, and we are back in comedy caper-land and his fish out of water situation. His first bolt-hole is with an ex-pat Englishwoman who has a house in the hills where the two of them indulge in a lot of rum and he poses for her sculptures when recovered enough. Judith’s daughter Bridget sees through him a bit though and their sparring matches are hilarious:
‘You know, for my mother’s sake, I’ve been trying to change my opinion of you, but-‘
‘And what is that?’
‘That you are a selfish, self-satisfied, wholly unlikeable wanker.’
‘Well, my opinion of your opinions, young lady, is that the gallows, arsenic and the firing squad would all be preferable to tasting any more of the tripe that drips from your stillborn sensibilities.’
As the novel progresses, we gradually move from laughing at Harry’s antics towards a more sympathetic view of him – although he is a lying cheat and he shouldn’t have stolen the money, he was right to ditch Diana. It is touching to find him still grieving for Emily and we will gradually find out more about their relationship as he is still determined to visit her beach.
I did find myself hoping for a happy ending: that he would find a good woman like Emily and calm down his excesses through love, that something equally nasty would happen to Slade as retribution for his vile acts, and that Harry would find Emily’s beach and lay his grief to rest, but it would be telling too much to let you know how the story continues.
Gibson does bring Venezuela and its people to life – he lived and worked there for a while. The atmosphere is tropical, the people are full of life and the scenery is lush, yet many still live in poverty, the system is corrupt, but the people love Chavez – ‘a little bit of politics’ as Ben Elton would say.
The paperback of Gibson’s novel comes with a quote from Michael Palin on the front, ‘Very funny, very unpleasant and very moving.’ I can’t do better than that to encapsulate it! For a debut novel taking on the difficult task of being funny, Gibson has succeeded, but the novel is much more than that having profoundly dark overtones, and many touching moments – but I’m just paraphrasing Palin there. Apart from the nasty bits, I found this novel entertaining and involving. It was definitely a good read and I hope that Jasper Gibson writes more for I’ll gladly read it.
Annabel is one of the editors of Shiny New Books.
Jasper Gibson, A Bright Moon For Fools (Simon & Schuster, 2013), paperback, 368 pages.
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SigAlert brings I-5 traffic to a crawl
Caleb Lunetta
Traffic is brought to a halt on the I-5 Wednesday morning due to a traffic collision. Gilbert Bernal / The Signal
After a vehicle hit a big rig on the Interstate 5, a SigAlert was issued early Wednesday morning, bringing traffic to a crawl in Santa Clarita.
“The (No.) four and five lanes are blocked for an unknown duration,” said Officer Peter Nicholson of the California Highway Patrol Traffic Management office at 8:40 a.m.
The collision occurred on the I-5 southbound near Roxford at approximately 3:40 a.m. A SigAlert was issued at 4:17 a.m..
Photo of the big rig involved in the Wednesday morning collision that caused heavy traffic in and around the Santa Clarita Valley. Photo courtesy of Nickayla Rivera.
One person was transported with non-life threatening injuries, according to Los Angeles City Fire Department spokeswoman Margaret Stewart.
Traffic was heavily impeded well into Wednesday morning due to both the Sig Alert and weather.
Both the southbound sides of I-5 and Highway 14 were heavily impacted before the Newhall Pass, as well.
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West Ranch and Valencia doubles teams end season in Round of 32
Haley Sawyer
The CIF-Southern Section Round of 32 was unkind to the Foothill League as doubles teams from West Ranch and Valencia were both eliminated from the postseason on Tuesday.
The Wildcats’ Chase Eisenberg and Brooke Johnston lost to Brentwood’s Sammy Wadler and Sydney Lichtenstein 7-5, 4-6, 4-6.
“Every single point was really long and every game was really long,” Johnston said. “I don’t think there was a single game that was 40-love or anything like that. They would get back everything so we had to really get them out of their strike zone and comfort zone in order to win the point.”
The pair scored points when Johnston hit the ball high to her opponent’s backhand, which forced them to hit it back high and primed for an overhead shot for Eisenberg.
Johnston and Eisenberg also were able to use different formations to pressure Wadler and Lichtenstein and force them to make quick decisions to get to the ball.
Johnston added that all of Eisenberg’s serves were hard and she played aggressively. It was Eisenberg’s last match as a senior and Johnston, a junior, comes back for another season next year.
“She fought so hard and I’m really proud of her and she made West Ranch history as her last game playing for West Ranch,” Johnston said. “I think that’s pretty cool and she should be really proud of herself and I’m excited to hopefully make it to CIF again next year.”
Nerves weren’t much of an issue for Johnston, even though it was a long match. She and Eisenberg had even made a special handshake to help calm down when they encountered challenges.
“We just jumped around when we were feeling nervous and we remembered what we were doing when we had the momentum and tried to repeat that,” Johnston said.
Brenna Whelan and Sydney Thay, this year’s Foothill League doubles champions, lost on Tuesday to Ella Pachal and Sarah MacCallum of Laguna Beach, 1-6,1-6.
The only Foothill League player remaining in playoffs is Jordyn McBride, who was the league’s singles champion this season. McBride beat her opponents 6-0, 6-0 and 6-0, 6-1 in the CIF-Southern Section Individual Sectionals on Nov. 26.
Although Johnston and her teammate lost in the round of 32, she’s still excited to cheer on McBride in the next round and is already focusing on next season. She also plans to play junior tennis with some of her teammates in the spring.
“Next season I definitely want to take some of the aggression I had in these matches into the season. “And we do a lot of formations so I want to incorporate that into next season too because it psyches the opponents out a lot.”
McBride will compete in the CIF-SS individual semifinals at Seal Beach Tennis Center on Thursday at 11 a.m.
A Pennsylvania native, Haley Sawyer has covered sports across the country. She is a graduate of Robert Morris University in Pittsburgh and is the sports editor at The Signal.
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A Phylogenetic Analysis of Armored Scale Insects, Based Upon Nuclear, Mitochondrial, and Endosymbiont Gene Sequences
Jeremy C. Andersen, University of Massachusetts AmherstFollow
Organismic & Evolutionary Biology
Year Degree Awarded
Month Degree Awarded
Diaspididae, Coccoidea, evolution, PGE, pupillarial, invasive
Armored scale insects (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) are among the most invasive insects in the world. They have unusual genetic systems, including diverse types of paternal genome elimination (PGE) and parthenogenesis. Intimate relationships with their host plants and bacterial endosymbionts make them potentially important subjects for the study of co- evolution. Also, in some groups, the adult female never sheds the second instars cuticle, and remains within its confines, a habit referred to as the pupillarial habit. Here we expand upon recent phylogenetic work (Morse and Normark 2006) by analyzing a partitioned dataset including armored scale and endoysmbiont DNA from one hundred and twenty three species of armored scales, represented by two hundred and fifty-four samples. Included were fragments of the nuclear protein-coding gene Elongation Factor 1α (EF1α), the D2 and D3 expansion segments of the large subunit ribosomal RNA gene 28S, and a region of mitochondrial DNA encompassing the 3' portion of cytochrome oxidase I (COI), and the 5' portion of cytochrome oxidase II (COII). Ribosomal 16S from the primary bacterial endosymbiont Uzinura diaspidicola was amplified as well. Two versions of our dataset were analyzed due to concerns over the possible effects of missing data. The first version (the full dataset) contained all 254 taxa, with every taxon having at least both the 28S and EF1α fragments. The second version (the core dataset) had only the 113 taxa for which all four fragments were available. Maximum parsimony, maximum likelihood, and Bayesian analyses were run on both versions of the dataset, as well as individually for each fragment. We find that our results were consistent across methods, and between the two versions of the dataset. It appears that including missing data had little effect on topology. Our results mirror that of the classic taxonomy, however we reconstruct a general lack of monophyly at the subfamily, tribal, and subtribal levels. Within the two major subfamilies, we reconstruct that the same developmental pathway has evolved independently. We reconstruct independent replacements of the pupillarial habit with the scale cover, followed by independent origins of early PGE. In each case there appears to be increased diversity in clades associated with the scale cover and early PGE. In light of this apparent increase we propose a new adaptive scenario under which early PGE may have evolved – the removal of male-killing paternal chromosomes. We also reconstruct the ancestor to the armored scales to Australasian in origins, and to have an ancestral diet breath that includes members of the Rosids and/or Monocot plant groups.
Benjamin B Normark
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In Review: Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge #1
This is how to debut a new Star Wars series!
by Patrick Hayes April 27, 2019
The covers: There are four different covers for you to find that shouldn’t require the help of Dok-Ondar. The Regular cover by Rod Reis has Han Solo and Chewbacca walking away from the Millennium Falcon accompanied by an Ithorian. Han spreads his arms wide as he’s obviously pleased by what he sees at Black Spire Outpost on Batuu. I’m a fan of Reis’s work and I’m always happy to see more of it. This has the two fan favorites surrounded by several familiar species of the Star Wars Universe and the background looks just like the photos of the soon-to-open attraction at Disneyland and Disneyworld. The Variant cover by Patch Zircher & Federico Blee has Han and Chewie looking into the maw of a Sarlacc, shown from its mouth’s point of view. This looks great and I love that Han looks fearful and Chewbacca howls in anger. The tendrils of the creature are reaching for the pair. I love this illustration and the colors are perfect. The image that was released some time ago is the Concept Design Variant cover by Karl Lindberg & Iain McCaig. This features Dok-Ondar, the dealer of illicit and expensive items at Black Spire Outpost. He looks fantastic, as does the small droid that accompanies him. His clothing is exceptionally cool. The final cover is the Attraction Variant cover by Richard Lim. This shows the Falcon from a distance as it sits in Black Spire Outpost. This illustration was created to give designers of the attraction a guide to creating the space at the Disney parks. This looks great and I’m going to have to track this down. Overall grades: All A
The story: Let me state that this was a ton of fun. Ethan Sacks does an incredible job in crafting the atmosphere of this location and in weaving Han and Chewie into the tale. The book opens with Remex walking down one of the many busy walkways of Black Spire Outpost, stopping to get something to drink, while teaching a young pickpocket a lesson. A rumble from above has him cursing the arrival of a First Order ship that could cost him his business. Within the ship, Lieutenant Agnon tells his troopers he can’t wait to find the Resistance agents hiding among the throng, burning it to the ground if needed. With the ship passing, Remex meets with Kendoh and Wooro whom he’s joining with to meet Dok-Ondar. They’ve brought enough credits to buy the Itorian’s attention, but are distracted by something near him which sparks the story of this issue. It involves Han and Chewie procuring the item that the dealer has in his possession. This has the heroes in classic form, going in with the best of intentions to make a quick profit and having the situation quickly spiral out of control, with the pair in a life and death struggle to survive on several fronts. I especially liked the creatures involved. The final two pages return to the present where the trio ask for something and are quickly told to get out. However, one of the threesome has left something behind that will cause trouble in the future. I loved the action, loved the new characters, and loved the new setting. Overall grade: A+
The art: The visuals on this book really capture the disreputable nature of the setting and the wild action that occurs on I’vorica Prime. Will Sliney did a great job on this book. The first page shows a busy corridor peopled with many familiar faces from the franchise, focusing on Remex as he makes his way forward. I like the subtle way the child is shown trying to pinch the man’s purse and how he’s dealt with. The final panel on the page is shown from a cool point of view to introduce the First Order ship on the partial double-paged spread on 2 and 3. Agnon and his troops look good, with me very curious about the leader’s lack of pupils. Kendoh and Wooro’s introduction has the reader looking up at the pair, making them seem very strong. Page 5 has Dok-Ondar make his first appearance and I like how he’s surrounded by objects of all kinds that he’s obviously willing to sell. The stance of the three characters at the bottom of the page changes how the reader thinks of their previous appearances. The next page transitions to the past to show the Falcon and her pilot and co-pilot. The heroes don’t look great on this page, but improve considerably after this and for the remainder of the issue. I love the design of Ooris and the characters that are working with him. Page 9 is fantastic: again, great point of view, and the creatures are spectacular. The reader will have the same reaction Han does at seeing them. The action that follows, and there’s a lot of it, is incredibly fluid, with characters fighting, leaping, falling, and running. I love the first panel on 11, followed by a great impact panel. The first panel on 12 is terrific, with the one that comes after it a great point of view. I loved the action on 14 and the character that stands alone at the bottom of the page. 15 has me standing and applauding because this character isn’t shown like this enough. WOW! The leap and fall on 17 is awesome. The fate of the antagonist on 18 is so enjoyable. There’s a neat transition between the second and third panel on the penultimate page. The final panel of the book is a great tease for troubles to come. Sliney’s art is something to savor. Overall grade: A
The colors: Dono Sánchez-Almara with Protobunker create this book’s colors and they direct the reader where to look in the detailed art. On the first page Remex is colored much more vividly than the backgrounds which are very pale. The red sound effect in the fourth panel is a good way to introduce the First Order’s ship. The grays and blacks of this ship have it instantly stand apart from the browns, tans, and greens below them; this ship simply does not belong at this location. The black orbs Agnon has for eyes has me curious about him. The dark oranges that end Page 5 make the creature within it much more threatening and it definitely captures the reader’s attention. I’vorica Prime’s flora has gorgeous greens, blues, and violets. This is a great contrast to the main setting that contains oranges, yellows, and sickly pinks for the bulk of this flashback tale. The blue outbursts used for weapons is electrifying. Many sound effects are in red during the action sequences to increase the frenzied events on the page. The blue sky background is beautiful throughout this setting. This is a great coloring job. Overall grade: A
The letters: This issue’s scene settings, droid speech, dialogue, sounds, Wookiee speech, screams, and yells are created by VC’s Travis Lanham. Because this is a new setting that’s going to appear in several forms of media, I really want to see all that I can, so I appreciate that Lanham is able to insert a lot of dialogue in some tiny panels without covering important elements of the visuals. I’m not liking the scene setting font, which looks blurry due to the coloring. They’ve looked better in other Star Wars books recently and I wish that Marvel would abandon this font. The dialogue is wispy looking, only giving the speakers power when it changes for yells and screams. The droid dialogue is in italics to visually show the speaker isn’t biological. Chewbacca’s dialogue is centered in most of his balloons, but these containers are wildly warped for no apparent reason, making them odd looking whenever he spoke. I did love all the sounds, especially from the threats and the Wookiee’s bowcaster sounded magnificent. Overall grade: B+
The final line: Give me more! I loved the new setting, new characters, and the inclusion of some classic faces involved in a job gone wrong. I want to learn more about this cast and would love to see more of this location. The visuals are highly detailed and Han and Chewie’s portion of the tale looks great. This is how to debut a new Star Wars series. Reading this book will only increase fans’ desire to go to the Disney theme parks. I was already excited, now I’m on fire. Overall grade: A
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In Review: B.P.R.D.: The Devil You Know #15
by Patrick Hayes - Apr 27, 2019
In Review: Star Trek: Year Five #1
Patrick Hayes
Patrick Hayes was a contributor to the Comic Buyer's Guide for several years with "It's Bound to Happen!" and he's reviewed comics for TrekWeb and TrekCore. He's taught 8th graders English for 20 years and has taught high school English for five years and counting. He reads everything as often as he can, when not grading papers or looking up Star Trek, Star Wars, or Indiana Jones items online.
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Technology Images of New iOS 8 with New Applications
Images of New iOS 8 with New Applications
The alleged images of the next iteration of iOS have made an appearance, showing us what the iOS 8 mobile operating system might look like.
According to the leaked screenshots, the iOS 8 will look a lot similar to the current version, featuring square icons with rounded edges. Apart from the design, the image reveals the presence of new applications such as Healthbook, TextEdit, Preview and Tips.
The new apps are said to help users to view, Preview and TextEdit files that are stored in the iCloud. However, these icons seem far from finished as they are basically OS X icons for Preview and TextEdit.
Apple’s next generation mobile OS is still months away from being official and might see a lot of changes through its development cycle. So, take it all with a pinch of salt.
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Long ago, I thought the way all young men think. Maybe one day I would have a boy with red hair. Maybe he would be a junior. Or maybe we’d have a daughter. Sometimes, my wife and I would even fall asleep talking about it.
I am eating a cheeseburger, sipping beer, looking at a beachside restaurant full of families and kids.
There’s a band playing. They couldn’t be any worse if they detuned their instruments and started making bodily noises over the microphone.
But the children are loving the music. Some are dancing. Others are screaming, “Look, Daddy! Daddy! Look, Daddy! Daddy!”
I love kids.
I have always wondered how people with children enjoy their lives. I look around at a table of my middle-aged friends and I am thinking of this very thing.
These people seem to have more responsibility than the rest of us civilians. I’m fact, they’re so responsible that they can’t even focus on a conversation—at least not fully.
They are too busy looking from the corners of their eyes, waiting for catastrophe, or a screaming toddler.
My friend Billy, for instance, is trying to tell a story, but his sentences are incoherent because he keeps diverting his eyes toward his kids.
“Hey,” he begins. “You remember when we were fifteen…”
Billy turns his head.
“...And there was that water tower….”
Another head turn.
“...With the Hallelujah Chorus and lima beans…”
Then he jerks his head and shouts, “PUT YOUR SISTER DOWN, RIGHT NOW! RIGHT NOW, I SAID! DON’T MAKE ME COME OVER THERE! I SWEAR, I WILL WHIP YOUR SHINY LITTLE…”
My friend Nathan tells me:
“The thing about kids is, they say ‘Daddy’ about fifteen hundred times per day. It’s enough to make you nuts.”
“Yeah,” another friend says. “And I wish my kids would just let me go pee in peace.”
My friends’ wives sit at the other side of the table, rocking babies, talking. My wife is with them.
My wife and I exchange a glance. We are the only childless couple here tonight. We smile at each other.
She rolls her…
It was March. I remember because my truck was covered in yellow powder. And if you don’t know the yellow powder I speak of, you might be from Ohio.
A lot of people who move to the South from other places think our biggest problems are humidity, mosquitoes, or evangelical fundamentalists. But those are nothing.
We have dehumidifiers for humidity, citronella for bugs, and fundamentalists won’t bother you if you play dead or talk about beer.
No, one of our biggest pests in these parts is the Satanic-dust that kills innocent woodland creatures and ushers in Armageddon.
Pine pollen.
Long ago, I tried to start a landscaping company. It was a bad idea and a colossal failure. I bought a utility trailer and some equipment. And when pollen season hit, I put a few fliers in mailboxes.
“FIRST LAWN-CUTTING IS FREE!!!!” I advertised, and I used four exclamation points.
One of my first customers was an old man. He hired me to re-sod his entire
front yard during the height of pollen season. I paid my friend Adam to help me.
Adam and I worked like rented mules. We replaced almost half an acre of centipede grass. Our noses were running, our eyes burning.
“This pollen’s killing me,” I said to Adam.
“Who said that?” Adam answered. “My eyes are too swollen to see anything.”
While we worked, an old woman came walking out of the house. She wore a nightgown, her hair was white and messy. She wandered through the yard like she were in a daze, letting the sun hit her face. She smiled. She sneezed.
"Oh, Carl!" she shouted. "There are boys out here!"
She sneezed again.
"Boys!" she said. “Two boys!”
I was afraid this woman was going to boil us in a kettle with toe of a frog and eye of newt.…
Thank you to the seventy-year-old man who went back to school to get his GED. And his forty-six-year-old daughter, who tutored him.
Thank you. That is the purpose of this column. I want to say “thanks.” I don't know you, but I believe in the good you do.
In public, I see you sometimes and think to myself: "I wish someone would thank them." But I never do because if I did, you’d think I was a complete nut job.
Maybe I am a nut job. But I’m allowed to be that way. After all, I am a columnist—sort of—and that means I am missing some crayons.
Long ago, I used to deliver newspapers with my mother. We used to deliver to a fella who would answer the door in pajamas. He had messy hair and a bushy white beard. He always gave me a five-dollar tip.
He was generous. If he wasn’t home one day, he would pay me ten bucks the next day. He was a columnist, my mother told me. And that’s why he was such a weirdo in weird pajamas. Even his house smelled weird.
I suppose I ought
to thank him while I am at it.
Also, thanks to the man I saw in the gas station who bought a lottery scratch-off ticket. Who won thirty bucks, then turned around and gave the cash to a woman behind him in line. What a guy.
The woman thanked him in a language that sounded like Russian, but he didn't seem to understand, so he answered: “Alright.”
Thank you, Cindy—the woman who translated one of my speeches in American Sign Language for the front row. She told me I talked very fast and now she has problems with her rotator cuff.
She also taught me how to cuss in sign language.
And you. You deserve thanks, but you don't always get it. In…
For one hour, three grown men would teach a twelve-year-old how to play the game. They cheered for him. They taught him how to wear his hat backwards, and how to make noises with his armpits.
Randy was at a Little League game, watching his nephew play. Only, he was not paying attention to his nephew. He was watching the dugout.
A boy warmed the bench. He was all alone.
Maybe it was the way the kid held his head that made Randy feel so bad. You can tell a lot about a person by the way they hold their head. The kid sort of drooped his chin.
The game was in the eighth inning. The boy wore his uniform, it was spotless, no dirt. He sat beside the water cooler. Head down.
Randy made his way to the dugout and introduced himself. Randy asked why he wasn't playing on the field.
“‘Cause,” the boy said. “I ain't no good at baseball.”
“Don’t say ‘ain’t,’” Randy said. “It ain’t proper.”
This was a course of habit. For Randy’s whole life, his mother had corrected him for using the word “ain’t.”
“Aren’t,” Randy suggested. “Say ‘aren’t‘ instead.”
“Aren’t?” the boy said. “I AREN’T no good at baseball?
Randy had to think long and hard. He couldn’t find the right word to say in place of “ain’t.”
The boy looked at Randy like the man’s wheel was spinning but the hamster was dead.
“Well,” said Randy. “It ain’t a real word, so don’t say ‘ain’t.’”
And so it went.
Randy told the kid his life story. It wasn’t a long tale, but it was a sad one. His father walked out on his mother when he was five. He had to grow up on his own, his mother worked two jobs.
The boy had a similar story. He was alone in this world, warming a bench.
But nobody needs to hear a hard luck story when they have one of their own. So Randy offered to help the kid improve at…
In this book you will find the exact deviled eggs approved by the Methodist church.
The cookbook I am holding is old. It is every hometown recipe book you’ve ever seen. Spiral bound, thick, stained, and there is a sketch on the cover featuring stately oaks draping over a shaded street.
Inside are the four gospels: church food, wedding food, funeral food, and congealed salads.
You won't find many things holier than these recipes. They are American history, described in standard measurement form.
I once knew an old Sunday school teacher who made buttermilk pie that made grown men loosen their neckties. Once, at a Fourth of July supper, she gave me a slice and told me:
“God wants all his children to be a little soft in the middle.”
And I’ve always believed that.
This particular cookbook I am holding, however, comes from the Brewton Civic League. The recipes within are everything you need to find a happy life.
Cheese grits, Squirrel D’ete, Congealed Cantaloupe Salad, mint juleps, Miss Paula’s pickled shrimp, and Coca-Cola salad—whatever that is.
None of them use the word “margarine,” but “Oleo.” And in this book, you will
also find the secret to perfect fried chicken—peanut oil and Jesus.
You will discover that measurements are open to loose interpretation. A “handful” here, a “passel” there. A “dash,” a “pinch,” a “dusting,” or a “touch.”
Also, there are a dozen variations of chicken-broccoli casserole. Though, the only discernible differences are the varying amounts of cheese.
But anyway, I have a long history with homemade cookbooks. In fact, the article you’re reading was typed on a manual typewriter that once typed a similar cookbook.
Many moons ago, I typed 418 recipes using only my index fingers. The recipes were then fed through a Xerox machine which resided in the church office.
After that, the finished recipes were placed into position based on pure favoritism according Mrs. Bellmaker.…
I’ve never known what I am. I’ve had an even harder time figuring out WHO I am.
I went to a dinner party at a nice house. The house was in a slick part of town with manicured lawns and sidewalk lighting.
It was the kind of neighborhood where a guard at the gate gives you a disapproving look before he lets your noisy truck into the community.
I helped construct the house where the party was held. A long time ago, I worked in construction when this subdivision was being built.
The irony is, the people I come from don’t use words like “subdivision.” Furthermore, my people have a hard time understanding why anyone would pay association dues when covenants and restrictions prohibit Uncle Bill’s Winnebago from being parked in the driveway.
The house is a four-bedroom-four-bath, and it was one of the first I ever helped build. I was a kid, I still had plenty of freckles, and I was slow at reading a measuring tape.
Anyway, the dinner party was nice, if you’re into that sort of thing. It was catered
by a chef who had a lot of class.
The appetizer was tomato aspic. The main course was quail, topped with soy glaze and mint. This marks the first time I’ve ever had quail that wasn’t retrieved by my uncle’s Labrador.
The portions were microscopic—Barbie could lose weight on meals bigger than this. But then, I was too busy to eat. I was looking at the ceiling.
The sheetrock had a nice orange-peel texture. I hung that sheetrock.
The chef cleared his throat. Fourteen high-society people wouldn’t stop talking long enough to listen. So he rang a little bell. A hush fell over the table.
The chef explained exactly what we would be eating. He used lots of culinary words that went miles over my head.
After his speech, I excused myself to the restroom. I was impressed by the tile-work in the…
Blue Lake Methodist Camp is a beautiful place. The compound sits nestled in the wilderness, surrounded by longleafs, live oaks, and still water.
I am here tonight to deliver a speech to a room of elderly Methodist ministers and their wives. I have to remind myself to behave, and not tell stories about my Methodist friends. Which is hard for me to do.
It will take all I have not to tell the story of my friend J.L., whose mother woke him up one morning before church shouting, “Get dressed for church, J.L.! You’re gonna be late!”
“I’m not going!” he shouted.
“Why not?” she said.
“Two reasons, Mama. One, because I don’t like anyone in that roomful of obnoxious jerks. And two, because they sure as shoeshine don’t like me.”
His mother replied, “Well, I’ll give you two reasons why you ARE going, J.L. One, you’re forty-seven years old. And two, you’re the pastor.”
Blue Lake’s main building is a plain-looking structure, built in the early ‘50’s.
The cinder block walls, the fluorescent lights, the linoleum floors, it reminds you of every municipal building you ever saw.
The beauty of this place lies beneath the surface.
I walk the hallway of dorm rooms. Many doors are slung open. Inside each room are three single beds, side by side. Lord, at the memories.
I have done my share of camping here. Sometimes in dorms, sometimes in cabins. I was not raised Methodist, but sometimes we Baptists used these facilities.
Once, I shared a dorm with Billy Sheldon and his grandfather who was a Primitive Baptist minister. The old man snored so loud that we placed bits of toilet paper into our ears.
This did nothing to dull the sound. So the next night, Billy and I tried wet cotton balls instead. It still didn’t work.
We were about to…
My cousin’s son is in town for spring vacation this week. He texted me yesterday to see what I was up to. He is twenty-two years old, and his texts were hard for me to understand because he abbreviates everything.
It is Spring Break, 2019. That means we are all going to die.
I’m serious—sort of. A spring break in Lower Alabama, and Northwest Florida, means that a simple drive to the grocery store is a deadly tactical maneuver. Spring breakers are on the highways, and they are too busy texting to drive a car.
They steer with their knees, glancing at phones, avoiding eye-contact, texting such vital sentiments as:
“LOL! IKR?”
Today, I passed three car wrecks on the way to get my dry cleaning. Outside the vehicles stood young men and young women who were crying on officers’ shoulders, traumatized by the horrifying reality of coming scarily close to almost losing their cellphones.
Things have changed. Last week, I was in Nashville, using the public restroom in a crowded place. I entered the mens’ room to find every stall occupied.
There, standing before eight urinals were eight young men who were—I am sorry to get too personal—using their cellphones.
That poor janitor.
Sure, I know society has become technologically advanced, I’m
no fool. Still, I miss the days when a fella could visit the bathroom without waiting for the guy ahead of him to finish writing an email to his boss.
My cousin’s son is in town for spring vacation this week. He texted me yesterday to see what I was up to. He is twenty-two years old, and his texts are hard for me to understand because he abbreviates everything.
“How R U,” he texted—no question mark.
“Hey!” I wrote—I took the time to add an exclamation point because that is the kind of guy I am.
He texted in reply: “WYD?”
“You’re gonna have to be a little more clear.”
“LOL! It means ‘What are you doing?’”
“I’m texting a twenty-two-year-old.”
“#Lifegoals.”
“#Whatdoesthatmean?”
“LOL! IKR?"
Give me strength, Lord.
I didn’t want to ask,…
Church Ladies
I was raised by a church lady. My mother was a woman who lived on coffee and the Bible. And you could find her each morning, on the sofa, before work, holding both.
“Go upstairs and shower,” she’d say when she saw me walking downstairs in the mornings. Then, she’d take a sip and go back to reading.
And I would take a shower because you always do what a church lady tells you. Always.
My mother gave me my first taste of coffee when I was a 5-year-old. I was over the moon. She couldn't have picked a worse beverage to give a hyperactive child who could not sit still through an entire episode of Gilligan’s Island.
I was so grateful to her, coffee was an adult pleasure that seemed illicit somehow.
My mother always made her coffee the same way. She used a Corningware percolator on a stovetop, like church ladies have been doing since Adam and Eve attended the first Billy Graham crusade. When her coffee was ready, it
would be hot enough to rip the flesh from the roof of your mouth and scald your liver.
That first morning, she gave me half a cup. It steamed. It smelled beautiful.
“How do you want it?” she asked.
“In a cup, please.”
“No, how do you take your coffee?”
“By mouth.”
“No, sweetie, I mean what do you want in your coffee?”
“Let's make it pretty.”
“Pretty?”
“That just means extra cream and extra sugar.”
Soon, my cup sat before me, fixed pretty. It was the color beige.
My mother grinned and said, “This is kinda nice, I don't ever have anyone to sit and drink coffee with. Your father doesn’t drink coffee, he drinks Coke instead.”
And that’s the story of how I became my mother’s drinking buddy.
It meant…
The Novelist
Sometimes, my memory can be foggy. But sometimes it can be remarkably clear. On rare occasions I can remember everything.
I went to the mailbox today and found a package. Before I opened the parcel I already knew what was inside. And it brought my whole life back in a moment.
Like the first time I went to the fair. My old man took me to ride the carnival rides with my cousin. We paid our tokens. The glorious rides only lasted a blazing ninety seconds. They were so surprisingly short that you felt cheated at the end.
Or the way I once told Eleanor Nelson I liked her, by giving her a ceramic sculpture I made in art class. A figurine of two people paddling a boat.
“What’s this?” said Eleanor.
“It’s two people in a boat, what else?”
“Is that supposed to be me?”
“I look like I fell into a bee’s nest.”
“You mean a hive.”
“Technically, bees don’t have nests, they have hives.”
“You’re a dork,
you know that?”
I remember my first taste of corn liquor—and I’m not making this up. My friend's father let me take a sip at a Church of God barbecue. I was visiting. The old man’s name was Mister Travis, but everyone called him Big T.
After one tiny sip, I knew why Big T always spoke in tongues at Little League games.
My wedding ring, I remember buying it. We went to the jewelry store to pick out rings. The man behind the counter had white hair and an accent that was pure Alabama. He greeted us with:
“Well look at this pair of lovin’ younguns.”
Now there’s a little gem of a phrase.
The honeymoon my wife and I took, I’ll always remember that. It was one for the books. I had never…
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New York Jets Fans Will Make it Impossible for Mark Sanchez
Ehud Riven
It seems inevitable that at some point this season, probably very early on, Mark Sanchez will lose his starting quarterback job for the New York Jets, probably for good. It’s not that Geno Smith is that great, but Sanchez is past the point of getting a break from fans, who won’t even let him get through scrimmage without getting booed.
Over 6000 fans came to see the annual white vs green scrimmage in Cortland, as Smith got to work most of the reps with the first teams offense because it was his turn in the rotation, but from the way people and Rex Ryan himself reacted, it seems like Sanchez’ days as the number one quarterback for the Jets are numbered.
Sanchez has been looking off all summer long, but going 6-11 with an interception, an embarrassing tumble and missing a couple of wide open receivers with hard-to-watch overthrowing was a bit much for the mostly calm crowd which started moaning, groaning and eventually booing. Now multiply that by about 10, thinking of MetLife stadium, and the scenes don’t seem too pretty in your mind.
Sanchez himself slightly redeemed himself with the last pass of the game, a 57-yard touchdown pass to Stephen Hill, but it was still not enough to shake the impression that rookie Geno Smith, a second-round pick, is probably going to be the better player right off the bat.
Not that Smith lead to touchdowns and scores. He finished with 9-of-16, but he didn’t turnover the ball as he led his team on four drives, scoring only three points total. Yet his composure, poise and arm strength make you think that without having Ryan feeling some loyalty to Sanchez, this shouldn’t even be a competition – Smith is the better of the two quarterbacks, and should be the one who is starting.
Sanchez has been booed before, but never have the scales been tipped against him so badly, at least via media perception, right from the start. The Jets get a lot more coverage than they should compared to their relative success or failure in the NFL, but they’re a team that invites drama, especially over the last few years through an outspoken head coach and some decisions that have made their quarterback battles intriguing despite the lack of quality in them.
What will be a good season for the Jets? One in which there won’t be so much talk about replacing the quarterback. It’s hard to see them doing any better than the 7-9 from last season, as the team simply traded away its best player while not being able to add anything in his place, but everyone knew this was going to be a lame duck season. Still, there are things to achieve and questions to be answered from it, with the most prominent one being who will end up being the number quarterback when the season begins, and ends. Right now, Smith should have the edge, and don’t be surprised to see McElroy capture Sanchez’ place on the bench as well at some point.
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Quick Answer: How Do You Get A Nosocomial Infection?
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Hospital-acquired infections are caused by viral, bacterial, and fungal pathogens; the most common types are bloodstream infection (BSI), pneumonia (eg, ventilator-associated pneumonia [VAP]), urinary tract infection (UTI), and surgical site infection (SSI)..
Irrigating cutaneous wounds thoroughly between dressing changes, debriding necrotic material effectively and dressing a wound appropriately to absorb exudates, are all ways in which nurses can protect patients from HAIs.
No matter the germ, there are 6 points at which the chain can be broken and a germ can be stopped from infecting others. The 6 points include: the infectious agent, reservoir, portal of exit, means of transmission, portal of entry, and susceptible host.
A Hospital-acquired infection also known as a nosocomial infection, is an infection that is acquired in a hospital or other health care facility To emphasize both hospital and nonhospital settings, it is sometimes instead called a healthcare–associated infection).
Stringent disinfection reduces the risk of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). Currently, there are five main EPA-registered chemicals that hospitals use for disinfectants: Quaternary Ammonium, Hypochlorite, Accelerated Hydrogen Peroxide, Phenolics, and Peracetic Acid.
Surgical gowns in hospitals may still carry deadly superbugs even after being thoroughly sterilised, a study has found.
As you might think, bacterial infections are caused by bacteria, and viral infections are caused by viruses. Perhaps the most important distinction between bacteria and viruses is that antibiotic drugs usually kill bacteria, but they aren’t effective against viruses.
Box 2: Practical methods for preventing nosocomial infectionHand washing: as often as possible. use of alcoholic hand spray. … Stethoscope: cleaning with an alcohol swab at least daily.Gloves: supplement rather than replace hand washing.Intravenous catheter: thorough disinfection of skin before insertion.
Some well known nosocomial infections include: ventilator-associated pneumonia, Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Candida albicans, Acinetobacter baumannii, Clostridium difficile, Tuberculosis, Urinary tract infection, Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus and Legionnaires’ disease.
Most Common Healthcare-Associated Infections: 25 Bacteria, Viruses Causing HAIsAcinetobacter baumannii. … Bacteroides fragilis. … Burkholderia cepacia. … Clostridium difficile. … Clostridium sordellii. … Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae. … Enterococcus faecalis. … Escherichia coli.More items…•
Certain underlying diseases, procedures, hospital services, and categories of age, sex, race, and urgency of admission were all found to be significant risk factors for nosocomial infection.
Break the chain by cleaning your hands frequently, staying up to date on your vaccines (including the flu shot), covering coughs and sneezes and staying home when sick, following the rules for standard and contact isolation, using personal protective equipment the right way, cleaning and disinfecting the environment, …
7 of the deadliest superbugsKlebsiella pneumoniae. Approximately 3-5% of the population carry Klebsiella pneumoniae. … Candida auris. … Pseudomonas aeruginosa. … Neisseria gonorrhea. … Salmonellae. … Acinetobacter baumannii. … Drug resistant tuberculosis.
However, some general symptoms of a bacterial infection include: fever. feeling tired or fatigued. swollen lymph nodes in the neck, armpits, or groin.
Most Common Infectious Diseases in the U.S.Scroll down to read all. 1 / 15. Chlamydia. … 2 / 15. Influenza A and B. Sudden fever and chills, muscle aches, headache, tiredness, sore throat, congestion. … 3 / 15. Staph. There are more than 30 kinds of staph bacteria. … 4 / 15. E. Coli. … 5 / 15. Herpes Simplex 1. … 6 / 15. Herpes Simplex 2. … 7 / 15. Shigellosis. … 8 / 15. Syphilis.More items…
Considered more dangerous than MRSA, Dr. Frieden called CRE a “Nightmare Bacteria” because of its high mortality rate, it’s resistance to nearly all antibiotics, and its ability to spread its drug resistance to other bacteria.
You can’t wash your hands enough when you’re visiting someone in the hospital. Like I said, assume every surface (including the patient you’re visiting) is contaminated. Wash thoroughly with soap, rinse well, and towel completely dry. And when you get home, wash your clothes and take a shower.
Nosocomial infections can be defined as those occurring within 48 hours of hospital admission, 3 days of discharge or 30 days of an operation. They affect 1 in 10 patients admitted to hospital. Annually, this results in 5000 deaths with a cost to the National Health Service of a billion pounds.
According to the CDC, the most common pathogens that cause nosocomial infections are Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and E. coli. Some of the common nosocomial infections are urinary tract infections, respiratory pneumonia, surgical site wound infections, bacteremia, gastrointestinal and skin infections.
Hospitals claim to disinfect beds in between patients. Don’t believe it. Data from four New York hospitals prove beds are full of germs. Patients are nearly six times as likely to come down with staph, strep or another dangerous infection if the patient who used the bed before them had it.
Top 3 Recommendations for VAP PreventionPractice Good Hand Hygiene. Always clean your hands with soap and water or an alcohol-based rub before touching the patient or the ventilator.Maintain the Patient’s Oral Hygiene. … Maintain the Patient in a Semirecumbent Position.
“On an annual basis, surgical site infections (158,639) and Clostridium difficile infections (133,657) were estimated to be the most frequent hospital-acquired infections nationwide,” accounting for 36% and 30% of the total number.
The organisms causing most nosocomial infections usually come from the patient’s normal flora of the skin and mucous membranes (endogenous flora), when host factors that alter susceptibility to infection permit these organisms to behave as pathogens (6).
Description: The chain of infection has 3 main parts. A reservoir such as a human and an agent such as an amoeba. The mode of transmission can include direct contact, droplets, a vector such as a mosquito, a vehicle such as food, or the airborne route.
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China Further Weakens Yuan to 11-Year Low After US Blacklists Beijing as 'Currency Manipulator'
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by Svetlana Ekimenko
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In a statement on 6 August, the People's Bank of China (PBOC) slammed Washington's decision to designate China as a "currency manipulator".
China's yuan has continued its nosedive, weakening to 7.0488 to the US dollar on Wednesday, about 0.4 per cent below its level late day yesterday.
China's Central Bank set the opening level for trading 7 August at 6.9996 to the dollar, the lowest since 15 May 2008.
Earlier in the week, financial markets tumbled as Beijing allowed the yuan to plummet to an 11-year low against the dollar.
The US labelled China “currency manipulator”
In a statement on 6 August the People's Bank of China slammed Washington's decision to designate China as a currency manipulator as the Asian currency nosedived to its lowest-ever level, breaching the seven yuan-per-dollar threshold.
"The US side disregarded the facts and unreasonably labelled China a 'currency manipulator'. The Chinese side is firmly opposed to this", the statement read.
The bank stressed that the decision would not only undermine the global financial order and "bring turmoil to the financial market", but would also damage the recovery of the global economy and trade.
On Monday, US President Donald Trump condemned China's move to devalue the yuan, calling it "currency manipulation" and claiming that this will significantly weaken Beijing.
The statement followed the announcement by US Secretary of the Treasury Steve Mnuchin on Monday that Washington had designated China a "currency manipulator", citing alleged violations by Beijing and the PBOC of "China's G20 commitments to refrain from competitive devaluation".
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Earlier, US President Donald Trump pledged he would slap 10-per cent tariffs on a further $300 billion worth of Chinese imports starting 1 September, a day after the US and China wrapped up trade talks in Shanghai. Trump complained Beijing had failed to back up its pledge to purchase "large quantities" of agricultural products as he claims President Xi Jinping promised during the G-20 summit in Osaka.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry said that countermeasures would be installed if the US set in motion the tariff hike, with Foreign Minister Wang Yi stressing that tariffs are "not a constructive" way to resolve the bilateral trade war.
Washington and Beijing have been embroiled in a trade dispute since June 2018, when Trump announced he was imposing tariffs on $50 billion worth of Chinese imports to fix what he claimed were "unfair trade practices".
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Chinese Envoy to Israel Found Dead in Herzliya
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The 58-year old diplomat was appointed to the country back in February, after serving as envoy to Ukraine. He didn't meet the Israeli president right after his arrival, instead staying in a 14-day quarantine, as the COVID-19 pandemic was already raging across the globe.
According to preliminary reports, Chinese Ambassador Du Wei was found dead in bed in his apartment on Sunday morning. The cause of his death remains unknown.
The Chinese Embassy, however, said that it cannot confirm the reports at the moment.
The Israeli police have launched an investigation into the circumstances of his sudden death.
🚨 #BREAKING 🇮🇱 #ISRAEL: Du Wei, the Chinese ambassador to Israel, was found dead at his home in Hertzliya, the circumstances of his death are not known.#MiddleEast #MENA pic.twitter.com/DHe21Ob0Yn
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City Announces Series of Mobile COVID-19 Testing Sites
Mayor Linda Gorton has announced Lexington will begin offering a series of free drive-up and walk-up COVID-19 neighborhood testing locations, responding to a disproportionate increase of cases in the city’s Hispanic and African-American communities.
The first stop in the Mobile Neighborhood Testing Program series will be Lexington’s Cardinal Valley neighborhood. Starting June 25, Bluewater Diagnostic Laboratory will provide free tests at Cardinal Valley Elementary School and, on June 27, in Valley Park at the shelter. Information in Spanish will be available, and bilingual staff will be on-site to assist.
“Our community has seen a disproportionate increase in COVID-19 cases in some groups. With the help of Bluewater, we’re focused on bringing a series of walk-up and drive-up testing locations to neighborhoods, and we’re starting in Cardinal Valley,” Gorton said in announcing the new sites. “Getting people tested is vitally important. With COVID-19, sometimes there are no symptoms, or it feels like an allergy attack. Some people continue to infect others because they do not know they have the virus. The more people who get tested, the better we know what we have to do to slow the increase.”
“Black and Hispanic people in Lexington continue to be disproportionately affected by the pandemic in Lexington,” said Lexington-Fayette County Commissioner of Health Dr. Kraig Humbaugh. “Because the percentage of COVID-19 cases in people who identify as Hispanic has risen in Lexington, the Cardinal Valley test sites may make testing more available to this community. This is another opportunity for people to be tested for COVID-19 in a location that could be more convenient to where they live and work.”
This week’s round of testing will begin at Cardinal Valley Elementary School. Testing will take place from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. on Thursday, June 25, and 2-8 p.m. Friday, June 26. On Saturday, June 27, the testing will move to the Cardinal Valley Park shelter. Testing will take place from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Face masks will be provided to those being tested while supplies last. A Spanish-speaking translator will be available on-site.
Drive-thru testing is also available seven days a week at the Walgreen’s testing location at 2296 Executive Drive (the corner of Winchester Road and Executive Drive). Tests will continue for approximately two weeks, or until they run out of test kits (testing approximately 200 per day). Online registration is recommended, but not required, at walgreens.com/coronavirus.
In addition, drive-thru testing is available, at least through July, at the Kroger Health testing site at Bluegrass Community & Technical College Newtown Campus. The testing entrance is located off Loudon Avenue near the intersection with Newtown Pike. Testing is available by appointment, which can be secured by visiting thelittleclinic.com/drivethru-testing. Appointments are available Monday through Friday.
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Our new staircase makes it easy to access the house. Pedestrians can come right up the staircase from Shelton-McMurphey Boulevard during open hours! If you’re arriving by car, you can park either off Third and Pearl (particularly recommended for those with mobility impairments), or in the large lot behind the Eugene Amtrak station on Shelton-McMurphey Boulevard. Bicycles should come around from Third and Pearl — we have bicycle parking on the east side of the building.
The house is located on the south side of Skinner Butte at 303 Willamette Street, off Third and Pearl. We are open six days a week: Tuesday through Friday, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., and weekends from 1 to 4 p.m. The house is typically closed on Eugene School District 4J snow days. Any house closures due to inclement weather will be noted on the web site and on our Facebook and Twitter accounts. Map to Shelton McMurphey Johnson House
When bringing a group of ten or more people, please contact our office at least two weeks ahead of time so we can be sure we have adequate staffing to accommodate you.
Parking is permitted behind the house, off of Third Street, and at the lot behind the train station on the south side of Shelton-McMurphey Boulevard. Parking behind the house is relatively limited. The lot on the south side of Shelton-McMurphey Boulevard is a pay lot; the current charge is $1/day and that is where we recommend that larger groups park. Parking is NOT permitted in the Ya-Po-Ah Terrace gravel lot immediately below the house, and cars parked there may be asked to move. Buses should use the lot on Shelton-McMurphey Boulevard, because there is not room for large vehicles to turn around behind the house.
You can download a detailed parking map here.
SMJ House is a short walk from stops on the 1, 51, and 52 Lane Transit District bus lines, and immediately behind the Eugene Amtrak station. Lane Transit District offers transportation sponsorships for school trips: contact them at 541 682-6100 at least two weeks in advance for more information or to schedule a trip.
The house is a short walk from downtown Eugene. It is accessible from Shelton-McMurphey Boulevard via stairs, or by following the signs from the intersection of Third and Pearl. You may also reach the house on the old footpath that runs along the west side of Skinner Butte, which connects with Eugene’s riverfront pathway system.
A rack for bicycles and similar human-powered vehicles is available on the east side of the house.
Our regular admission rate is $6 for adults, $3 for children, with a $1 discount per person for AAA members, seniors, and students. Admission cost for school groups is $3 for adults and $3 for children. When bringing a group to the house, please have your admissions fees collected before you arrive, including chaperones’ admissions. This lets us get your group involved in activities right away. We accept cash, checks, and credit cards.
Access to the building for individuals with mobility impairments is available from a ramp in the rear. Please ring the doorbell for entry. The first floor of the house is wheelchair-accessible, including the first-floor bathroom; the upper floors are only accessible via the building’s original 1880s staircases. A handicapped parking space is located in the parking lot behind the house, immediately to the east of the building. If you are bringing a group and will require more than one parking place which is accessible for someone with a mobility impairment, please let us know so we can cordon off additional spaces.
If possible, please let us know about access or disability-related needs ahead of time so we can adjust our program to fit your situation. We are eager to make the house as accessible as possible for you.
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Weird hair and top flair to start the first 2020 ranking event…
Home /News/Weird hair and top flair to start the first 2020 ranking event…
Australian Neil Robertson made history in Austria over the weekend – becoming the second player to whitewash an opponent in a ranking final to win the first ranking event of the 2020s.
The last time it was done was in the 1989 Grand Prix where Steve Davis hammered Dean Reynolds 10 – 0.
This time, the 37-year-old Aussie demolished Chinese talent Zhou Yuelong 9 – 0 in the Betvictor European Masters with a string of big breaks.
It was the first time Zhou, 22, was in a final, but Zhou couldn’t match what his younger counterpart Yan Bingtao did in Riga earlier this season by winning his first ranking event.
Robertson claimed the 80K first prize and his 17th ranking title along with the Champion of Champions title he had won late last year this season.
Carter continued a good run in Austria reaching the semi-finals…
There was also a good run again for England’s Ali Carter, who, only a week earlier, had reached the final of the Dafabet Masters, but fell short in Dornbirn as he was beaten by Robertson in the semi-finals.
“You never expect a final to be played like that,” Robertson told Eurosport. “I played fantastically well, up there with my best-ever performance in a final, and I’m sure it won’t be long before Zhou is in another ranking final.”
🏆 CHAMPION | Congratulations to Australia's Neil Robertson (@nr147) who has whitewashed Zhou Yuelong 9-0 to win the BetVictor #EuropeanMasters this evening in Austria.
Full report via @WeAreWST 👉 https://t.co/1QeE7ztk8h pic.twitter.com/UEAc0OOwqt
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Gary Wilson couldn’t manage to get into the final, but caused a bit of a wave, with his Dinosaur green hair!
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Snooker fans in shock over Gary Wilson's new 'dinosaur' hair style https://t.co/nYEaEgMAbh pic.twitter.com/k3gXSE2uui
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Highlights: L.A. Galaxy loses again; Beckham rips ref
By Steve DavisMay 24, 2012, 8:42 AM EDT
Three quick things to know before you watch the five goals and assorted other highlights from last night’s match at the Home Depot Center, where the Galaxy had a 2-0 lead and home … at found a way to lose, 3-2:
No Landon Donovan. No Robbie Keane. But David Beckham was on the field, valiantly representing his third of the Galaxy’s DP triple threat. (San Jose leading scorer Chris Wondolowski was absent, too.)
San Jose’s Alan Gordon has become the ultimate late-game hero. For the third consecutive match, a stoppage time goal has proven the difference. This time, rather than just an equalizer, his stoppage time strike became the game-winner.
A frustrated Beckham ripped referee Jair Marrufo. The Galaxy captain was upset about an alleged handball that went uncalled in the first half. (Yes, when you lose a two-goal lead at home, it’s usually the referee’s fault.)
“Unfortunately, we had someone in control of the game tonight that, every time we’ve had him, he wants to be the star, and that’s what happens when you have a referee who wants to be on ‘SportsCenter,’ ” he said. “That was disappointing.”
So is that attitude. Suspension for criticizing the referee? Could be.
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Bolshoi Ballet big screen treats
Posted on November 25, 2018 by sosuterbill
A scene from the poster for The Nutcracker by The Bolshoi Ballet.
BY BILLY SUTER
THE Cinema Nouveau group in South Africa has a feast of films of acclaimed Bolshoi Ballet productions headed for cinemas in Durban, Cape Town and Johannesburg in coming months, first up being Don Quixote, which opened this weekend.
Other productions lined up until March next year are the romantic masterpiece La Sylphide, The Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker, La Bayadere, Carmen Suite, Petrushka and The Golden Age.
Don Quixote launches the Bolshoi Ballet in Cinema 2018/2019 season with a journey to find true love, a tale of Don Quixote of La Mancha and his faithful servant Sancho Panza setting off to meet Don Quixote’s ideal woman, Dulcinea.
Cervantes’s hero comes to life in this critically acclaimed staging of this intensifying performance. The panache and sparkling technique is evident as principal dancers Ekaterina Krysanova and Semyon Chudin lead the spectacular cast of toreadors, flamenco dancers, gypsies and dryads in Bolshoi style.
The film, which runs for five minutes shy of three hours (including a 15-minute interval) is scheduled for final Cinema Nouveau screenings at 2.30pm today (Sunday, November 25) and 7.45pm on Wednesday and Thursday, November 28 and 29.
A poster image for the Bolshoi Ballet’s La Bayadere.
Next up on the bill will be a new production of the festive season favourite, The Nutcracker, scheduled for screenings from December 8.
The ballet, set to music by Tchaikovsky, is set It on Christmas Eve when the clock strikes midnight. The magic begins when Marie’s wooden nutcracker doll comes to life and transforms into a prince. Soon her other toys come alive, and Marie and her prince embark on a dreamy, unforgettable adventure.
A new production of La Sylphide will be shown from January 5. One of the world’s oldest surviving ballets, and a treasure in the Danish Bournonville style, it is a whimsical tale of an ethereal winged creature called a Sylph.
The story tells of a young Scotsman, James, who, on his wedding day, is awoken by a kiss from the mystical and graceful creature. Entranced by her beauty, James risks everything to pursue an unattainable love.
Restaged for the Bolshoi by Bournonville expert Johan Kobborg, this production is said to be the ultimate romantic masterpiece.
A new production of La Bayadere reaches Cinema Nouveau screens from March 23.
This work is one of the greatest in classical ballet history – a story of love, death and vengeful judgement set in India. Dazzling sets and costumes, and one of the most iconic scenes in ballet, the “Kingdom of the Shades”, illuminate the tragic tale of a temple dancer and warrior’s doomed love, and their ultimate redemption.
From April 13, Cinema Nouveau will present The Sleeping Beauty in which doom replaces celebration when Princess Aurora falls under the curse of the Evil Fairy Carabosse on her 16th birthday, falling into a deep sleep for 100 years. Only the kiss of a prince can break the spell.
A resplendent fairy tale ballet performed by the Bolshoi, The Sleeping Beauty features scores of magical characters including fairies, the Little Red Riding Hood, Puss in Boots, and a beautiful young Princess Aurora performed by Olga Smirnova.
The choice for screening from May 25 is The Golden Age, in which beautiful tangos of men in love in the roaring 1920s take a spotlight.
A poster image for the Bolshoi Ballet’s The Golden Age.
The Golden Age cabaret is a favourite night-time venue and during the merriment, a young fisherman, Boris, falls in love with Rita. He follows her to the cabaret and realises that she is the beautiful dancer “Mademoiselle Margot,”, but also the love interest of the local gangster, Yashka.
With its jazzy score by Shostakovich and its music-hall atmosphere, The Golden Age is an historic ballet that runs for two hours and 20 minutes with an interval of 15 minutes.
Carmen Suite/Petrushka is a double bill that runs from June 22.
Carmen tells of a passionate and free-spirited woman caught in a love triangle. The passionate one-act ballet, by Cuban choreographer Alberto Alonso, was originally conceived for legendary Bolshoi prima ballerina Maya Plisetskaya.
Petrushka is a new creation for the Bolshoi by contemporary choreographer Edward Clug.
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Lynne Goodman says:
The advertised Don Quixote was not shown on Sunday (November 25). It was cancelled without notice and no explanation to those who arrived to see it. Would you know why?
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Hi. Mailed S-K head office yesterday and they have advised they are enquiring and will revert. Heard nothing as yet, but will let you know when I do.
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5 Great Latin American Films of 2020
By Carlos Aguilar | 23 December, 2020
In spite of the barrage of setbacks and postponements that hit the entertainment industry—and ultimately the forced revaluation of the future viability of theatrically-releasing titles in a world ravaged by a pandemic—movies that don’t entirely rely on box office still lit up our (small) screens this year. Among those, Latin American film continued to make waves at home and abroad with challenging stories from artists with sharp perspectives that peer underneath the surface on sociopolitical issues. Out of the large pool of releases that came out this year, these five standout selections highlight voices sharing specific stories with global appeal.
Divine Love (Brazil)
For his new feature, Divine Love, director Gabriel Mascaro (Neon Bull) paints a near-future vision of Brazil that warns about religious ideology infiltrating secular society. In this alternative, but not entirely unfeasible, reality an evangelical rave has replaced carnival as the South American country’s biggest party. Here, Christianity has been so utterly commodified that one can use a drive-through setup to get spiritual counselling from a pastor. There’s a satirical quality to Mascaro’s writing that shines as the plot veers into absurdity. Abusing her position as a bureaucrat, Joana (Dira Paes), a devout woman, preys on couples trying to file for divorce and encourages them to visit Divino Amor, a cult-like group that can help rekindle the flame in their relationship. Besides the Bible’s teachings, their radical interpretation of the scripture allows for extramarital sexual encounters if it means saving the sacred bond of marriage. To call the film provocative is an understatement. Neon-drenched, the visual aesthetic courtesy of Mexican cinematographer Diego García provides an alluring atmosphere as Joana, desperate to become pregnant, realises she may be the vessel for the ultimate miracle.
I’m No Longer Here (Mexico)
Set amidst the Kolombia subculture of Monterrey, Mexico, this coming-of-age drama from film-maker Fernando Frías de la Parra serves as a window into a previously unseen identity born out of intermingling influences. Known as kolombias or cholombianos, the young people portrayed exhibit fashion and linguistic traits lifted from cholo culture in the United States. Most key to their worldview are the cumbias rebajadas, a slowed down take on the famous Colombian music genre. In Frías de la Parra’s fiction, our guide through this is Ulises (Juan Daniel Garcia Treviño), the teenage leader of the Terkos, a gang that provides kids with a sense of community in a violent and impoverished environment. Introspective and inventive in its execution, I’m No Longer Here takes on the form of an immigration narrative when the protagonist runs away to New York City to save his family’s life. Isolated from those who validate him, Ulises is forced to look at his life with hard-earned perspective, while trying to hold on to some of the superficial aspects that have defined him. Garcia Treviño, a first-time actor from the same areas where the movie takes places, delivers a superb performance in a one-of-a-kind exploration of the perils of growing up.
READ: ‘I’m No Longer Here’: A Coming-Of-Age Story About Music And Migration (REVIEW)
La Llorona (Guatemala)
To discuss the genocide committed against Mayan Indigenous people in Guatemala during the regime of dictator Efraín Ríos Montt, acclaimed auteur Jayro Bustamante resorted to the horror genre. In La Llorona, the storyteller repurposes the legend of the Weeping Woman, popular across Latin America, and presents the folk character as an avenger for all those murdered. Bustamante centres his story inside the home of the ageing tyrant (under a different name), where he and his family must grapple with the past and the nation’s collective anger. The ghostly entity, cleverly presented in an ambiguous manner, haunts them to demand justice in a movie that operates as both political allegory and effective scary flick. With La Llorona, the astute director completes a trilogy that tackled major social issues in his Central American homeland, and continued his working relationship with Indigenous actresses María Mercedes Coroy and María Telón—who starred in his debut Ixcanul. The significance of this piece is such that Nobel Peace Prize laureate Rigoberta Menchú, a survivor of the very atrocities the plot interrogates, has wholeheartedly supported it and even has a cameo in a crucial sequence.
READ: Oscars 2021: Latin America’s Contenders
Los Lobos (Mexico)
Tender like few other stories about immigration, this hybrid delightful tale by Samuel Kishi follows two young Mexican brothers and their mother as they begin a new life in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Taking on multiple jobs to stay afloat, Lucía (Martha Reyes Arias) leaves Max (Maximiliano Nájar Márquez) and Leo (Leonardo Nájar Márquez) alone for most of the day in a sparsely furnished apartment. She has promised to take them to Disneyland soon, even if that’s clearly not financially viable for them. Banking on their imagination, the energetic boys make a magical kingdom out of their four walls, unaware of the challenging neighbourhood affected by addiction and poverty outside. Through the use of wonderful animation, stylised to give the impression of having been drawn by the young leads themselves, we get an insight into these children’s minds as they fight villains in the form of their animated alter egos: small ninja wolves. Kishi never dwells on their circumstances and observes the characters, and the real people in the area where he shot the project, with a hopeful and compassion gaze. It’s a cinematic hug as heartwarming as they come.
READ: ‘Los Lobos’: Brothers Fend For Themselves In A Mexican Equivalent To ‘The Florida Project’ (REVIEW)
The Mole Agent (Chile)
A geriatric take on James Bond, this endearing Chilean documentary introduces us to the charming spy we didn’t know was missing from our lives. Seasoned director Maite Alberdi crafts a film noir atmosphere through the visual aesthetic and the score, for a rather unique use of the non-fiction medium. Private detective Rómulo Aitke needs an elderly individual to infiltrate a retirement home and find out if one of the women there is suffering from any abuse. In comes 83-year-old Sergio Chamy, a widower eager for purpose who is willing to take on the mission. From inside, he must report on the dynamics at play between staff and residents and make note of anything out of the ordinary. Being the suave new guy, he quickly becomes an object of desire for the numerous ladies there (who outnumber men 10 to 1). While he develops meaningful friendships, a profound realisation about growing old and loneliness becomes apparent for both him and the viewer. As hilariously entertaining as it is thoughtfully bittersweet, Alberdi’s latest film resonates with relatable truth despite its unusual premise.
Brazil / CON ALMA 17: Rodrigo Bento (Pilantragi)
Categories: Brazil, Chile, Film & TV, Guatemala, Mexico
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100 views (please) for my son, the rock star!
Jewish mothers brag about their son the doctor.
Jewish mothers praise the accomplishments of their son, the big-shot lawyer.
I don’t know if I will ever have those bragging rights, but thanks to Craig Taubman and his band of gracious musicians, my son rocked the bimah at Temple Beth El in Rochester!!!
Thank you, thank you thank you, to Craig and his band and ALL at Temple Beth El who made this weekend happen!
For myself and most of the audience, we expected to be moved by Craig Taubman and his seasoned ensemble comprised of a pianist, drummer, guitarist and a phenomenal woman violinist.
We had no clue that my 14-year-old son would be bestowed the opportunity to show off his latest slide guitar improvs to an audience of about 200.
Jewish rock musicians were not exactly my son’s “thing” – up until last night. He poo-pooed them in fact. If they play Jewish music, how can they be cool???
Kid, you’ve got a thing to learn.
Last night, after a Friday Night Live service, he had the honor of having Shabbat dinner sitting with the band.
They got to talking, and then they got into some serious talking about music. Two realizations were discovered. My son discovered that, yes, these were real, bona fide musicians even if they played in a Jewish rock band. And Craig’s band, after listening to my son go on about designing a pick up for his guitar for a science project, concluded that my son in spite of his young age is also a real musician.
I didn’t think they would let him jam with them tonight. I mean, they are grammy-winning road-touring musicians. Professionals. And my son is good, but he has to earn his musical chops before he gets to share a stage.
But share they did. And this is how it sounded. Excuse the screams from his biggest fan:
Tags: Craig Taubman, Jewish Music, music
5 responses to “100 views (please) for my son, the rock star!”
auntyuta says : March 17, 2013 at 3:28 am
It is great that your son has this interest in Music. Yes, please, keep bragging about it. I don’t mind mother’s bragging about their sons achievements. Thanks for posting. Pity about the quality of the sound.
transplantednorth says : March 17, 2013 at 3:42 am
yes, that was the mom’s fault, the poor sound quality. All I had was my Flip cam, I had NO idea (nor did he) that he would be improving like that!
mom says : March 17, 2013 at 1:03 pm
Through happy tears we listen and watch our amazing grandson.May music fill his life
PROUD GRANDPARENTS
renée a. schuls-jacobson says : March 19, 2013 at 1:50 pm
Mazel tov! And I’m so glad I found you! Thanks for the redirect, Stacy Lynn! 🙂
transplantednorth says : March 19, 2013 at 1:53 pm
Stacy Lynn! That’s something I would only hear from my mother when I was in trouble, guess I’ll have to get used to that : )
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Uzbekistan: EU Parliamentarians Reject Textile Deal With Uzbekistan
October 6, 2011 /0 Comments/in Child Labor - International, Recent News, Clothing, Cotton, Uzbekistan /by Reid Maki
October 5, 2011 – 3:06pm, by Catherine A. Fitzpatrick [Source: EurasiaNet.org]
European Union parliamentarians have rejected a trade deal that would have eased Uzbekistan’s export of textiles to Europe, citing the use of forced child labor in Uzbekistan’s cotton industry, Radio Liberty/Radio Free Europe reported.
The Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament voted unanimously against the inclusion of textiles in the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA), the pact that has governed EU-Uzbek trade since 1999. The vote prevented a lowering of tariffs on EU imports of Uzbek cotton, which make up at least 25 percent of Uzbekistan’s exports.
The language of the legislation now stipulates that the inclusion of textiles “should only be put to the vote by Parliament after international observers, and in particular the International Labor Organization (ILO), have been granted by the Uzbek authorities close and unhindered monitoring.”
The Uzbek government has failed to invite the ILO to inspect cotton fields during the harvest season, despite calls from employers and unions at the ILO annual meeting as well as human rights groups.
In February, the European Council approved an amendment to the PCA, extending the customs and tariffs breaks to Tashkent. But the European Parliament had yet to approve it, and it still had to go through committees.
EU members of parliament became concerned about increasing reports of the exploitation of children in the cotton harvest. A coalition of international labor and human rights organizations, joined with Uzbek human rights groups working both inside the country and in exile, have been advocating for some years with MEPs to try to stop forced child labor, especially after Uzbekistan ratified the ILO convention against the worst forms of child labor in 2009.
In June, the EU Parliament held a hearing on the issue and heard testimony from Anti-Slavery International and other NGOs campaigning against forced labor.
Joanna Ewart-James, Supply Chain Program Coordinator at Anti-Slavery International testified:
Ninety percent of Uzbek cotton is picked by hand, with almost half being picked by state-sponsored forced child labor. Uzbekistan is not a country with which we should be doing business and clearly not with the cotton and related sectors.
Nicole Kiil-Nielsen, a French MEP, asked on her blog why the agreement should be signed, when Tashkent wouldn’t allow the ILO to monitor the cotton harvest. Liam Aylward, an Irish MEP also issued a press release on the issue, and Catherine Bearder and Leonidas Donskis, MEPs from England and Lithuania respectively, lodged queries with the European Commission.
The European Parliament’s International Trade Committee must next vote on the measure on November 22, and the vote in plenary is expected in December.
On October 3, MEP Paul Murphy, a member of the Socialist Party/United Left Alliance from Ireland, member of the Europarliament’s International Trade Committee, organized a panel on Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. Nadejda Atayeva of the Association for Human Rights in Central Asia, who regularly monitors forced labor in Uzbekistan, was invited to testify. A number of MEPs pledged their support for blocking Uzbek textile imports, including Hannes Swoboda, vice president of the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament, Foreign Affairs Committee member and member of EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committee and Norica Nicolai of the Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, who is vice chair of the Subcommittee on Security and Defence, and also a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee.
Uzbekistan has generally denied that it uses young children in the harvest, although monitors this season have found children as young as 10 in the 4th and 5th grades sent to work in the fields.
ILO signatories can allow children 15 years or older to work after school, and children of 14 years under certain conditions. But unlikely other countries where agricultural work occurs in a family farm context, in Uzbekistan, local administrators remove students from middle school through college from classes, and then bus them to the cotton fields under threat of penalties for themselves and their families. In the state-controlled agricultural sector, even nominally private farmers must meet quotas and accept fixed prices for their produce.
UNICEF has been permitted by the Uzbek government to make some limited observation of the cotton harvest, but has cautioned that this is not a substitute for the kind of thorough monitoring that the ILO could do of labor practices.
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The number of youth, 15- to 17-years-old, who work increased 20 percent in the period 2004-2008, while child labor rates are believed to have fallen among young children, particularly girls.
Total Child Workers
The estimate of child laborers in the world: 168 million Source: ILO
Decline of Child Labor Slowing?
The ILO reports that while child labor around the world decreased 10 percent between 2000 and 2004, it only decreased 3 percent between 2004 and 2008.
Almost 55 million children under the age of 5 in India are underweight.
2000: Human Right's Watch Report Fingers to the Bone
Human Rights Watch publishes a report outlining the exploitation of children in US agriculture entitled “Fingers to the Bone: United States Failure to Protect Child Farmworkers.”
Trafficking - Africa
According to a UNICEF report in 2003, the number of 53 African countries with human trafficking problems: 49
Nearly one in five victims of trafficking around the world are children.
1995: Death of Iqbal Masih Child Labor Activist
Iqbal Masih, a former child slave in the carpet industry in Pakistan, is murdered for his international advocacy of child rights at the age of 13. His courage and determination continues to inspire children, activists, and officials.
1832: Association Condemns Child Labor
The New England Association of Farmers, Mechanics and Other Workingmen officially condemns child labor.
1836: Union Proposes Minimum Age Laws
Early trade unions at the National Trades' Union Convention propose requiring state minimum age laws for factory work.
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About Mad Ellen
ポプリの香り
パルファンミスト(香水)
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A scent recommended in early summer called SPIRITUELLE
SPIRITUELLE
"Fresh green shining in sunlight hydrates the body like a desert drink"
SPIRITUELLE is popular for its exhilaratingness in the scent of Madueren.
It's one of the first things we recommend to customers who have lost their scent.
Especially, it is a scent that fans rapidly increase from spring to summer.
This time We will show you the charm of SPIRITUELLE.
The exquisite blend of herbs stands out SPIRITUELLE
The bright green season has arrived.
The scent of SPIRITUELLE is perfect for this season when you want to change and take on new challenges with a positive feeling even during the year.
When expressing the impression of fragrance in easy-to-understand words, the words "refreshing," "exhilarating," and "moisturizing" look great.
That should be it, SPIRITUELLE is fragrant based on the herb "Mint" that strongly propagates from around May.
Speaking of herbs, we are familiar with the colors of tea and dishes, herbs that enjoy the scent, and other uses such as herbs and preservatives. Therefore, it feels like a very specialized plant, but it is a very familiar plant (grass), and it has roots strongly so that it can snuggle up to a living area such as a green space where you suddenly stopped.
The relationship between humans and herbs is deep, and it has been popular as a treatment and preservative since ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt, and it appears in various medical books. Since then, Western herbs have been studied mainly in England and France, and have been inherited as traditional Western medicine.
Unlike common medicines, natural energy can help the body to boost immunity. It is also one of the charms of herbs that you can take care of yourself from the heart that connects you to the body like aromatherapy.
Herbs that survive such a harsh natural environment store plenty of energy filled with the blessings of the earth.
SPIRITUELLE herbs and bitter orange
There may be some people who say "I don't like the strong refreshing scent".
The scent of SPIRITUELLE is not just refreshing.
A refreshing mint scent with mugwort, the same herbBy adding the bitterness and bitter orange citrus,It gives you a new scent.
From the freshness and depth of exhilaration, you can catch a glimpse of the scent of Madwellen.
It feels like you are cooling down while drinking a mojito in the evening cool.
In fact, in the Sahara desert of North Africa such as Morocco, mint tea is traditionally drunk to outweigh the heat.
Mint is familiar in Japan with light load (mint). It contains a component called menthol, which brings a refreshing and refreshing feeling. It is generally famous for its effects of relieving fatigue and soothing pain, and it is useful when you feel drowsy or want to refresh your head.
[Mugwort]
Mugwort, which has been used as a medicinal herb since ancient times, has a soft fragrance in the spring. It is known to have effects that fit the beauty and worries of women, such as warming the body and adjusting the hormone balance. Regarding the scent, it is famous for its calming and relaxing effect, and is said to lead to a good night's sleep.
How to enjoy SPIRITUELLE
・Awakening in the morning
・Daytime when you want to concentrate
・Evening cooldown
・Relaxation before going to bed
The scent of SPIRITUELLE will refresh your body and mind.
In addition, there are various ways to enjoy the scented scene, and it adds color to everyday life.
It is said that scent and memory have a close relationship because they reach the part of the brain that controls the instinct. (Restoring past memories and emotions by sniffing the scent is called the "Proust effect.")
Why don't you leave the memories of early summer in the future by the method of scent?
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Former LSU Tiger Danny Etling Fools Giants, Scores Touchdown [VIDEO]
Former LSU Tiger Quarterback Danny Etling scored an 86-yard touchdown run against the New York Giants Thursday night.
In the final preseason game of the year, Etling faked a handoff to the running and kept the ball. What the Giants didn't know was that he was off towards the end zone, on the opposite side of the field.
I don't think Etling will take Tom Brady's starting job, but this was quite impressive. And it came against the Giants, which makes it even sweeter.
I hope Etling makes the team after this. He's a great person.
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Trickett Makes Olympic Squad; Leisel Upended
With just one day to go at the 2012 Australian Olympic Trials, chaos has kicked in. One of the comeback-kids...
Chalmers Missing From South Aussie States; McKeown Lined Up
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Toussaint 59.85 100 Back, Martinenghi 59.10 100 Breast In Geneva
Check out the solid performances produced by the likes of Kira Toussaint (NED) and Nicolo Martingenghi (ITA) tonight to close out the Geneva International.
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March 20th, 2012 International, News
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With just one day to go at the 2012 Australian Olympic Trials, chaos has kicked in. One of the comeback-kids made the team, one missed it, there was a massive double-upset in the 200 breaststroke, and the men’s 50 free got incredibly fast (including the Missile). This meet was everything you’d want an Olympic Trials to be.
Women’s 100 Free – Final
There were three big swimmers vying for Olympic spots after this meet after some period of retirement. Thorpe failed. Klim (see 100 fly semi) failed. But Libby Trickett succeeded on Tuesday, by way of placing 5th in the 100 free in 54.21. Though not guaranteed a qualification based on that swim, precedent and tradition presumes that she will at least be earned a prelims spot on the 400 free relay. Her ability to continue improving from round-to-round is what really separated her from her male counterparts.
The automatic qualifiers in this race line up for a very fast relay at that. Melanie Schlanger won in 53.85, which is a bit slower than her best time this season. She really came on strongly the first part of 2012 to reclaim a huge presence on the Olympic team. She will be joined in the individual race by 19-year old Cate Campbell in 54.01.
Behind that pair, and also swimming on the relay, were 17-year old Brittany Elmslie (54.08) and 16-year old Yolane Kukla (54.08). That gives the Aussies three teenagers in the top four of this relay, ahead of the 27-year old Trickett.
Rounding out the relay, very significantly, was Alicia Coutts in 54.25. She was the country’s fastest 100 freestyler last year, and though she wasn’t quite as fast at this meet, she should be back to a 53-mid by London.
Missing the relay in this final were Emma McKeon in 54.35 and Emily Seebohm in 54.89 – Seebohm looked a bit tired in this final.
Women’s 200 Breast – Final
Tess Wallace and Sally Foster. Those are your two Australian qualifiers for the women’s 200 breaststroke and the Australian Olympic Team. That means that Leisel Jones, two-time World Champion in the event, two time Olympic silver-medalist in the event, and three-time defending Commonwealth Champion in the event, did not make the squad. In fact, she finished only 4th here. This demonstrates where her focus has been since scratching this event at last year’s World Championships, and I think that she honestly only swam this race because there was nothing to lose (it came after the 100). Her time was 2:27.62.
That also means that Sarah Katsoulis, winner of the 2010 Common Wealth Games bronze medal in this event, won’t be on the team, as she was 5th in 2:27.83. Both women have to be disappointed with those times.
But Wallace and Foster have to be ecstatic, because they made this team without swimming all that fast. The 18-year old Wallace is a first-time Olympian after winning this race in 2:26.31, and Foster was 2nd in 2:26.51. Those were the only two swimmers who cleared the FINA Automatic qualifying time. Emma McKeon was 3rd in 2:26.90.
As a team, this was a big stumble for a team that swept the medals at the Commonwealth Games in 2010 and expected to be very deep.
Men’s 100 Fly – Semi-Final
As Trickett succeeded, Michael Klim fell short of his Olympic comeback in his final attempt in this 100 fly. He finished 14th in this 100 fly semi-final in 53.72 (slower than the prelims).
The top seed went to Christopher Wright in 51.83, followed by Nick D’Arcy (52.21) and Matt Targett (52.31). 30-minutes later, Targett had the 50-free semi-finals, so if anybody was slow-playing this semi, I think it was probably him. Geoff Huegill was also safely through the final in 5th.
Men’s 50 Free – Semi-Final
James Magnussen made a small ripple in the prelims of this 50 free. In these semi-finals, he made a gigantic wave. Though his competitors really heaped up on speed here, he had no problem matching them with a 21.87 for the top seed. That is another lifetime best for him (now by 6-tenths in this meet) as well as the fastest an Australian has ever been in textile. And there’s still a semi-final to come.
But this 50 isn’t going to be a runaway like the 100 was. Eamon Sullivan was just .01 behind (21.88), and Matthew Abood is not far behind that in 21.92. Those three have separated themselves from the pack a bit, but other notable names to also make the final include Cameron McEvoy (22.32), Andrew Abood (22.34), James Roberts (22.39), and Matt Targett as the final qualifier in 22.54. Targett might have to consider scratching one of these two finals on Wednesday, as they’re back-to-back races there. His odds of qualifying in both under those circumstances are tiny.
Men’s 200 IM – Final
This was another race dominated by youth, and 20-year old Daniel Tranter came away with his first Olympic bid by way of winning the men’s 200 IM in 1:58.19. He will be joined by another first-timer: 18-year old Jayden Hadler thanks to a 1:58.99.
Thomas Fraser-Holmes, winner of the 400 IM, was much better in the final of this 200, but could only muster a 3rd-place finish in 1:59.02. Kenneth To was 4th in 1:59.57.
Women’s 200 Back – Semi-Final
Belinda Hocking and Meagan Nay moved ahead of the Olympic qualifying standard in the semi’s of this 200 backstroke. Hocking took the top seed in 2:07.79, which is the fastest time in the world this year. Nay also ranks in the top 10 now with her 2:09.30. Those two should be comfortably the top two in this race, but just as we saw in the 200 breast, you can’t sleep with young swimmers lurking.
That includes Mikkayla Sheridan in 3rd in 2:11.12. She wasn’t all that far off of Nay on any given 50, despite a time two seconds slower. She closed the race very quickly, and could make this a race in finals.
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The Titanic violinist dies, a day after he turns 70
Thomas Füri’s moment of fame arrived as the band played ‘Nearer My God to Thee’ when the Titanic sank on screen in James Cameron’s film.
He’s in the picture, third from left, with his I Salonisti ensemble.
A Max Rostal student from Berne, he directed the city’s Camerata for 14 years and enjoyed an international solo and string quartet career. He played a 1761 Guadagnini.
Thomas died yesterday, just after his 70th birthday.
Film clip here.
Richard Gibbs says:
The violinist on the left is Jonathan Evans-Jones who played the bandleader on the Titanic, Wallace Hartley; he was not actually a member of I Salonisti.
adriano says:
Thomas was a wonderful musician. For him and his wife, the soprano Ursula Bernhard-Füri, I once arranged Mussorgsky’s “Nursery” (bassflute/piccolo and string trio) – and they performed magnificently! Watching them in rehearsals was a great experience; they had an intoxicating sense of humour.
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How Can I Advertise Dish Soap?
By Melinda Gaines
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The dish soap section in most stores has grown, making way for independent brands and novelty soaps, including those with unconventional scents and greener ingredients. Getting your dish soap onto store shelves is just one step in building your brand. No matter whether you're just starting out or you've built up a respectable customer base, you need to continuously advertise your dish soap to ensure your product remains relevant to consumers.
Conduct research to determine who your target market is -- not all dish soaps will appeal to everyone. For example, if your dish soap is packaged in eco-friendly bottles, your target market may be environmentally conscious men and women between the ages of 25 and 40. You would then research the types of media this group pays attention to and what type of events they're likely to attend. Knowing who you're trying to sell your soap to will help you advertise to them more effectively.
Develop a character to serve as a sort of mascot for your dish soap company. This isn't necessary, but if you can come up with the perfect fit for your brand, your mascot can help the dish soap stick in people's minds. Some cleaning brands have become famous due in part to the characters associated with them, such as the Snuggle Bear and Mr. Bubble.
Send samples to the editors of print and online magazines that your target market is likely to read. There is heavy competition among companies to get press because there are only so many pages and advertorials available in each publication. Sending a sample, photos and well-written press release or pitch letter can help get your dish soap featured. Free press is more effective than bought ads because consumers feel it's more credible -- it's basically a media outlet giving your product its approval.
Use social media, including social networking and blogging, to get the word out about your product -- both are inexpensive ways to advertise and connect with potential customers at the same time. Many social networks offer businesses a page for free where you can add coupon codes, polls, a forum and product photos. You can also set up a company blog with tips about how to best use your soap, as well as buy ads on blogs that your target market is likely to read.
Sponsor an event and either hold a demonstration or give free samples to passersby. There's no limit to the type of event you can sponsor, but it should be one that your target market is likely to attend. Family-centered festivals, pet shows, home product conventions and Earth Day fairs are all possibilities.
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Melinda Gaines has been a freelance writer since 2006, with work appearing online for YellowPages and other websites. Her areas of expertise include business, beauty, fashion and sports. Gaines attended the University of Houston where she earned a Bachelor of Science in sport administration.
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Bungajungle Pivots Its Way to Market-Ready Device Mounts
Will Schmidt January 28th 2014 11:00 am
Anil Rami was continuously using his laptop while doing remote tech support work, but he kept running into the same issue over and over. No matter how much he shifted his position, he had absolutely no way to comfortably view his screen.
“I wanted something that allowed me to be hands-free while moving to all these different positions effortlessly,” says Rami.
That’s when his entrepreneurial spirit perked up and his mind started racing with ideas: Bungajungle was born. Basing his operations in Chicago, Rami began a course of development for device mounts after unsuccessfully trying a lot of the currently available options.
He started by considering how rare earth and neodymium magnets would work to attach devices to mounts, and his research showed that it allowed for effortless attachment and detachment. The fact that Apple had multiple patents on the same types of magnets was exciting and led Rami to believe he was on the right track.
But things fell short of the mark in the beginning. The magnets were negatively affecting laptops with no hard drive and even ones that had solid state hard drives. So, like any good entrepreneur, Rami pivoted, but not totally away from his idea of magnets.
Rather, his discovery led him to file a patent, still pending, on magnetic shielding that Bungajungle now uses in all of their mounts. Thus, the magnetic field on the discs, the size of a penny, does not enter the device whatsoever.
This is a great example of how a pivot doesn’t always have to be relegated to changing a name, service, or product. This is entrepreneurial problem solving incarnate.
“We think that this magnet system could be an industry standard for mobile devices,” says Rami. “The mobile world lacks this standardization when it comes to mounts, thus we are left with cumbersome solutions.”
One of Bungajungle's biggest selling points is that people spend so much time sitting in desk chairs all day, reclining in bed or on sofas, or otherwise remaining static in one position. It’s no secret that altering your device for a more versatile and ergonomic viewing experience is healthy for you, and Bungajungle is capitalizing on that.
To date Bungajungle has held a successful Kickstarter campaign, but they are planning on launching another one in the next week or so. They also made a nice showing at The International CES 2014: this was all to get big-time exposure for their initial products for sale on their main site.
For the time being, though, the team is pooling their focus on their upcoming Kickstarter campaign while marketing their mounts to as many people as possible. They’re also coming up with other awesome names like “Treebunga,” “Dundabunga,” and “Sungabunga.”
Will Schmidt
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Will is a Senior Writer with Tech.Co, based out of America's Finest City: San Diego. He covers all territory West of the Mississippi river, digging deep for awesome local entrepreneurs, companies, and ideas. He's the resident Android junkie and will be happy to tell you why you should switch to the OS. When he's off the clock, Will focuses his literary talent on the art of creative writing...or you might find him surfing in Ocean Beach. Follow Will on Twitter @WJS1988
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Home Technology To Tame Coronavirus, Mao-Style Social Control Blankets China
To Tame Coronavirus, Mao-Style Social Control Blankets China
SHANGHAI — China has flooded cities and villages with battalions of neighborhood busybodies, uniformed volunteers and Communist Party representatives to carry out one of the biggest social control campaigns in history.
The goal: to keep hundreds of millions of people away from everyone but their closest kin.
The nation is battling the coronavirus outbreak with a grass-roots mobilization reminiscent of Mao-style mass crusades not seen in China in decades, essentially entrusting front line epidemic prevention to a supercharged version of a neighborhood watch.
Housing complexes in some cities have issued the equivalents of paper hall passes to regulate how often residents leave their homes. Apartment buildings have turned away their own tenants if they have come from out of town. Train stations block people from entering cities if they cannot prove they live or work there. In the countryside, villages have been gated off with vehicles, tents and other improvised barriers.
Despite China’s arsenal of high-tech surveillance tools, the controls are mainly enforced by hundreds of thousands of workers and volunteers, who check residents’ temperature, log their movements, oversee quarantines and — most important — keep away outsiders who might carry the virus.
Residential lockdowns of varying strictness — from checkpoints at building entrances to hard limits on going outdoors — now cover at least 760 million people in China, or more than half the country’s population, according to a New York Times analysis of government announcements in provinces and major cities. Many of these people live far from the city of Wuhan, where the virus was first reported and which the government sealed off last month.
Throughout China, neighborhoods and localities have issued their own rules about residents’ comings and goings, which means the total number of affected people may be even higher. Policies vary widely, leaving some places in a virtual freeze and others with few strictures.
China’s top leader, Xi Jinping, has called for an all-out “people’s war” to tame the outbreak. But the restrictions have prevented workers from returning to factories and businesses, straining China’s giant economy. And with local officials exercising such direct authority over people’s movements, it is no surprise that some have taken enforcement to extremes.
Li Jing, 40, an associate professor of sociology at Zhejiang University in the eastern city of Hangzhou, was almost barred from taking her husband to a hospital recently after he choked on a fish bone during dinner. The reason? Her neighborhood allows only one person per family to leave the house, every other day.
“Once the epidemic was disclosed, the central government put huge pressure on local officials,” Professor Li said. “That triggered competition between regions, and local governments turned from overly conservative to radical.”
Updated Feb. 10, 2020
It is a novel virus named for the crown-like spikes that protrude from its surface. The coronavirus can infect both animals and people, and can cause a range of respiratory illnesses from the common cold to more dangerous conditions like Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, or SARS.
How contagious is the virus?
According to preliminary research, it seems moderately infectious, similar to SARS, and is possibly transmitted through the air. Scientists have estimated that each infected person could spread it to somewhere between 1.5 and 3.5 people without effective containment measures.
How worried should I be?
While the virus is a serious public health concern, the risk to most people outside China remains very low, and seasonal flu is a more immediate threat.
Who is working to contain the virus?
World Health Organization officials have praised China’s aggressive response to the virus by closing transportation, schools and markets. This week, a team of experts from the W.H.O. arrived in Beijing to offer assistance.
What if I’m traveling?
The United States and Australia are temporarily denying entry to noncitizens who recently traveled to China and several airlines have canceled flights.
How do I keep myself and others safe?
Washing your hands frequently is the most important thing you can do, along with staying at home when you’re sick.
“Even when the situation is relieved or if the mortality rate turns out not to be high, the government machine is unable to change direction or tune down,” she added.
China’s prevention efforts are being led by its myriad neighborhood committees, which typically serve as a go-between for residents and the local authorities. Supporting them is the government’s “grid management” system, which divides the country into tiny sections and assigns people to watch over each, ensuring a tight grip over a large population.
Zhejiang Province, on China’s southeastern seaboard, has a population of nearly 60 million and has enlisted 330,000 “grid workers.” Hubei Province, whose capital is Wuhan, has deployed 170,000. The southern province of Guangdong has called upon 177,000, landlocked Sichuan has 308,000 and the megacity of Chongqing has 118,000
The authorities are also combining enormous manpower with mobile technology to track people who may have been exposed to the virus. China’s state-run cellular providers allow subscribers to send text messages to a hotline that generates a list of provinces they have recently visited.
At a high-speed rail station in the eastern city of Yiwu this past week, workers in hazmat suits demanded that passengers send the text messages that show their location data before being allowed to leave.
An app developed by a state-run maker of military electronics lets Chinese citizens enter their name and national ID number and be told whether they may have come in contact, on a plane, train or bus, with a carrier of the virus.
It is too early to say whether China’s strategy has contained the outbreak. With large numbers of new infections being reported every day, the government has clear reasons for minimizing human contact and domestic travel. But experts say that in epidemics, overbearing measures can backfire, scaring infected people into hiding and making the outbreak harder to control.
“Public health relies on public trust,” said Alexandra L. Phelan, a specialist in global health law at Georgetown University. “These community-level quarantines and the arbitrary nature in which they’re being imposed and tied up with the police and other officials is essentially making them into punitive actions — a coercive action rather than a public health action.”
In Zhejiang, one of China’s most developed provinces and home to Alibaba and other technology companies, people have written on social media about being denied entry to their own apartments in Hangzhou, the provincial capital. Coming home from out of town, they say, they were asked to produce documents from landlords and employers or be left on the street.
For Nada Sun, who was visiting family in Wenzhou, a coastal city in Zhejiang, a health scare turned into a mandatory quarantine.
When Ms. Sun, 29, complained of tightness in her chest this month, her mother told her to go to the hospital. She did not have a high fever, yet the hospital gave her a battery of checks. All came back negative for the virus.
Even so, when she returned to her apartment, she was told that she would be quarantined for two weeks. She was also added to a group on the WeChat messaging app with a local Communist Party secretary and other volunteers in which she has to submit her temperature and location twice a day.
“I’m worried they have too much information,” Ms. Sun said.
The lockdowns are not necessarily oppressive. Many people in China have been happy to wall themselves off, ordering groceries online and working from home if they can. Some neighborhood officials act with a humane touch.
Bob Huang, a Chinese-born American living in northern Zhejiang, said the volunteers at his complex had helped chase down a man who stayed out overnight to drink, in violation of rules about how often people can step outside. Yet they also delivered food from McDonald’s to a quarantined family.
Mr. Huang, 50, has been able to dodge the restrictions by using a special pass from the property manager, and he has been driving around delivering protective face masks to friends. Some building complexes don’t let him in. Others take down his information.
A nearby village took a less orthodox approach.
“They always start asking questions in the local dialect, and if you can respond in the local dialect, you are allowed to go in,” Mr. Huang said. Unable to speak the dialect, he had to wait, though the villagers were friendly. They gave him a folding chair, offered him a cigarette and didn’t ask for an ID.
Some parts of China have imposed other, often severe policies for fending off the epidemic.
Hangzhou has barred pharmacies from selling analgesics to force people with symptoms to seek treatment at hospitals. The eastern city of Nanjing requires anybody who takes a cab to show ID and leave contact information. Yunnan Province wants all public places to display QR codes that people must scan with their phones whenever they enter or exit.
Many places have banned large gatherings. The police in Hunan Province this month destroyed a mahjong parlor where they found more than 20 people playing the tile game.
With local governments deciding such policies largely on their own, China has become a vast patchwork of fiefs.
“It can be quite haphazard,” said Zhou Xun, a historian of modern China at the University of Essex in England. “A perfect plan on paper often turns into makeshift solutions locally.”
Officials seem to recognize that some local authorities have gone too far. This month, Chen Guangsheng, the deputy secretary general of Zhejiang’s provincial government, called it “inappropriate” that some places had employed “simple and crude practices,” like locking people into their homes to enforce quarantines.
National officials on Saturday urged towns and villages to remove unnecessary roadblocks and ensure the smooth transport of food and supplies.
Zhang Yingzi’s apartment complex in Hangzhou initially forbade anybody who had been out of town from entering. Later, the ban was adjusted to cover only people coming from Hubei Province and the Zhejiang cities of Wenzhou and Taizhou, both of which have had many cases of the new virus.
“Banning everyone from out of town wasn’t realistic,” said Ms. Zhang, 29, an accountant. “There are so many of them, after all. Some needed to come back for work.”
Still, many in China are uneasy about loosening up virus controls too quickly.
Zhang Shu, 27, worries that her parents and neighbors are becoming cavalier about the virus, even as workers drive around her village near Wenzhou with loudspeakers telling people to stay home.
“Ordinary people are slowly starting to feel that the situation isn’t so horrible anymore,” Ms. Zhang said. “They are restless.”
Alexandra Stevenson contributed reporting from Hong Kong. Wang Yiwei and Lin Qiqing contributed research.
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The city is situated 88 km northeast of Kalka, 116 km northeast of Chandigarh, 247 km south of Manali and 350 km northeast of Delhi, the national capital. Kalka can be reached within 2.5 hours, Chandigarh can be reached in 3 hours and 15 minutes. Delhi and Manali are both around 7 hours away from Shimla.
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The nearest broad gauge head is at Kalka - a four- to seven-hour journey from Delhi. After that, take the mountain train from Kalka to Shimla. This railway track has recently been granted the status of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The view is stunning, with the line passing through an amazing 103 tunnels. The fastest way to get to Kalka is to catch the Shatabdi Express, which departs early morning from the New Delhi Railway Station, arriving at Kalka four hours later. A detailed list of trains between Delhi, Kalka and Shimla is available at and.
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Railway Station Odesa Holovna;
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Address: 2 Pryvokzalna Square, Odesa 65000
Phone numbers: +380 (48) 727-29-13, +380 (48) 727-13-19;
Phone number of the information desk at the Odesa railway station: +380 (48) 727-42-42, extension 15-05;
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Odesa railway station is a gate to the city. In the form in which we know the station today, this beautiful architectural gem and a city landmark was built in record time from 1950 to 1952. The latest reconstruction of the facade took place in 2006. The railway station in the city of Odesa is a strategic facility because dozens of suburban, local and international trains pass through it daily.
The location for the Odesa station is very well chosen, as from there you can get to anywhere in the city; Pryvoz food market, various shops, cafés, sightseeing attractions are located nearby. When necessary, you can use a bus station located a few stops away from the railway station.
On the territory of the railway station, there are cafés, comfortable lounge rooms, as well as cozy waiting rooms where passengers can rest, watch cable TV, read a book, make an important call while awaiting their train. The station has a baby care room, a medical center, and luggage lockers.
If Odesa is a transit point in your trip and you have a couple of free hours at hand, we recommend getting to know the city closer. This, of course, is not enough to soak up the special atmosphere of the port city, but you will be interested in passing the time on the streets of Odesa. You can get back to the railway station by buses No. 133, 145, 129, 9, 150, 215, 237, 121, 117, 148, 198, trolleybuses No. 1, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and trams No. 3, 5, 10, 13, 28, 31.
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Odesa-Skhidna railway station was named this way due to its location. The station is located in the north-east of the city and serves as an intermediate passenger station of the Odesa Railways. Suburban electric trains and long-distance trains run through Odesa-Skhidna on a daily basis.
The station’s opening date is not known with certainty, but earlier it was called Kuyalnyk. Today, the Odesa-Skhidna station has 4 main and 10 additional railway tracks. The station building is a small, old, one-story facility. Two parks are located nearby.
The nearest railway station Odesa-Holovna is in 40 minutes from the Odesa-Skhidna station.
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Adam Honeysett-Watts is Principal Director at Conservatives in Communications
Having badgered folks to read more books during the lockdowns, I decided to practice what I was preaching and make a note of everything I got through (all 36 of them – circa 11,000 pages). The only sequence to the below is the order in which I finished them. This list combines non-fiction and fiction titles as well as political and non-political genres.
For consistency, all links direct to publisher sites or Amazon. For availability, check with your independent bookseller before online retailers. Book information relates to the copies I own.
1. The MAGA Doctrine: The Only Ideas That Will Win the Future by Charlie Kirk
HarperCollins | 2020 | Hardback | 256 pages
Love him or loathe him, Donald J. Trump is the 45th President of the US; but, how did we end up here? Turning Point USA’s founder-president sets out the ‘Make America Great Again’ (MAGA) stall – the movement that brought Trump to The White House – and how he intends to win a second term (clue: ‘Keep America Great’ is the new slogan).
2. National Populism: The Revolt Against Liberal Democracy by Roger Eatwell & Matthew Goodwin
Penguin | 2018 | Paperback | 384 pages
Professor Goodwin brought up ‘national populism’ – the 21st century conundrum, including MAGA, that’s challenging mainstream politics – at the Conservatives in Communications Spring 2020 Reception. This text goes further – beyond lazy stereotypes of Brexit and Trump supporters – and looks at what is next: will Matteo Salvini become the next Prime Minister of Italy?
3. Call Me by Your Name by André Aciman
Atlantic | 2009 | Paperback | 256 pages
Set in 1980s Italy – in fact, the film was directed about an hour from Salvini’s hometown of Milan – this real page-turner centres on the blossoming relationship between an intellectually precocious and curious teenager, Elio, and a visiting scholar, Oliver. It chronicles their short, summer romance and the 20 years that follow, which is developed in the sequel ‘Find Me’.
4. Find Me by André Aciman
Faber & Faber | 2019 | Hardback | 272 pages
Billed as the sequel to ‘Call Me by Your Name’, this novel focuses on three romances: that of Elio’s father and a younger woman, called Miranda; that of Elio and an older man, called Michel; and that of Elio and yes, Oliver. If you discovered the former, you should definitely read this; though a word of warning… manage your expectations!
5. The Gatekeeper by Kate Fall
The Baroness was at the heart of David Cameron’s administration for over a decade. As one of the former Prime Minister’s most trusted advisers (Deputy Chief of Staff), this is a must-read for any past, current and wannabe media or policy SpAd. It is full to the brim with snippets of information, including several new revelations.
6. Triggered: How the Left Thrives on Hate and Wants to Silence Us by Donald Trump Jr.
Center Street | 2019 | Hardback | 304 pages
This isn’t elegant prose, but it’s a wide-ranging and colourful book – think Boris Johnson and Jeremy Clarkson on speed – that covers everything from his childhood to the present day and beyond. If you follow him on social media and you’re (i) right-leaning – you will love it, but if you’re (ii) anything else – I can’t really guarantee your reaction.
7. Friends, Voters, Countrymen: Jottings on the Stump by Boris Johnson
HarperCollins | 2002 | Paperback | 288 pages
Like ‘The Gatekeeper’ – albeit early on in his career – this memoir, of his campaign to become the MP for Henley and endorsed by Jeremy Paxman, is essential reading for any Tory candidate. It is both educational and entertaining, and reflective of his personal style for The Telegraph and The Spectator, including phrases that are now synonymous with him.
8. The Strange Death of Europe: Immigration, Identity, Islam by Douglas Murray
Bloomsbury | 2018 | Paperback | 384 pages
The Literary Review is spot on here: “Disagree passionately if you will, but you won’t regret reading it.” The author dares to tread where others have avoided like the plague – focusing on three traditionally sensitive topics – however, in my opinion, he does it all rather well; although, perhaps, it could have been written with half as many words.
9. Seventy Two Virgins by Boris Johnson
Now Shadow Arts Minister, this was his first novel to be published, thereby making him the third novelist – after Disraeli and Churchill – to become Prime Minister. POTUS is set to address both Houses of Parliament and there’s an Islamist terrorist plot to assassinate him. Roger Barlow, a hapless backbench MP (hapless like the book), aims to foil the attack to distract from a scandal.
10. Matteo Salvini: Italy, Europe and the New Right by Alessandro Franzi & Alessandro Madron
goWare | 2019 | Paperback | 104 pages
This is a map that seeks to answer one simple question: who is Matteo Salvini, really? As both Vice-Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior (in 2018) the number of non-European illegal immigrants to land in Italy fell by 100,000, and – if current polls are to be believed and his digital and media strategy is anything to go by – he is on course to become their next prime minister.
11. Have I Got Views for You by Boris Johnson
Published just after he was elected as Mayor of London (first term), this is an anthology of some of his best articles for The Daily Telegraph – such as observations on British society and foreign affairs (including China) – coupled with several new hits. As with both ‘Friends, Voters, Countrymen’ and ‘The Churchill Factor’, this is educational, entertaining and easy to read.
12. Positive Populism: Revolutionary Ideas to Rebuild Economic Security, Family, and Community in America by Steve Hilton
Penguin | 2018 | Hardback | 240 pages
Along with another Steve (Bannon) and Dominic Cummings, Hilton is one of the political mavericks of our age. Here – in a similar vein to his ‘Invitation to Join the Government of Britain’ (Conservative Party 2010 manifesto) – he begins with an ‘invitation for you to participate in the next revolution’ and puts forward interesting ideas on the economy, society and government.
13. The Dream of Rome by Boris Johnson
Now Shadow Education Minister, here, he discusses how the Roman Empire achieved political and cultural unity in Europe, and compares it to the failure of the European Union to do the same. Not usually one for historical books, this is both an authoritative and amusing study – with plenty of lessons for all of us – and I read it in a few sittings.
14. The Wages of Spin by Bernard Ingham
John Murray | 2003 | Hardback | 272 pages
This week marks over three decades since Britain elected its first female Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher. Sir Bernard’s a journalist and former civil servant, who served as the Iron Lady’s Chief Press Secretary throughout her time in No10. We hear first-hand (and slowly) how spin-doctoring developed, from the man who is wrongly attributed with its invention.
15. Campus Battlefield: How Conservatives Can Win the Battle on Campus and Why It Matters by Charlie Kirk
Post Hill Press | 2018 | Hardback | 160 pages
I’d read mixed reviews about this, but purchased a copy, since I enjoyed ‘The MAGA Doctrine’ and wanted to see whether Charlie’s experiences resonated with my own young conservative days. Bit pricey, considering how short the text is; however, there’s good intention and some decent content – if you ignore the partisan approach, marketing pitch and re-printings of his tweets!
16. My Fellow Prisoners by Mikhail Khodorkovsky
Penguin | 2014 | Paperback | 96 pages
Described by The Economist as “the Kremlin’s leading critic-in-exile” (after eight years inside he now resides in London), this is a selection of brilliantly written essays about the author’s first hand accounts of prison life and the people he encountered. It is a clever and quick read, and more people should be made aware of it.
17. Dangerous by Milo Yiannopoulos
Dangerous | 2017 | Hardback | 232 pages
Akin to ‘Campus Battlefield’, I’d heard mixed reviews and all of the drama around its release just made me want to read it more. The reality, in my opinion, is that the contents of the book, while certainly not everyone’s cup of tea, are far less controversial than its publication (even boring in parts) – conservatives will largely agree with his message while liberals will largely disagree.
18. The Descent of Man by Grayson Perry
The celebrated artist and media personality Grayson Perry explores masculinity. In short, I think it is well written (and illustrated) – although it took me a while to get into it; however, I didn’t feel there was anything new and therefore, at best, it’s a conversation starter (perhaps that alone might be considered a success?)
19. Michael Gove: A Man in a Hurry by Owen Bennett
Biteback | 2019 | Hardback | 432 pages
Ignoring the endless typos (I have never spotted so many typos in one book – did anyone proof it?), I really enjoyed reading this biography. The author successfully combines old and fresh information to tell us the story about one of the most recognisable and central characters in British politics today.
20. Celsius 7/7 by Michael Gove
Weidenfeld & Nicolson | 2006 | Hardback | 160 pages
I only learned about this text having read Owen Bennett’s book on the man (see above), but glad I did. In writing ‘Celsius 7/7’, which describes how the West’s policy of appeasement has provoked yet more fundamentalist terror, Gove names both Dominic Cummings and Douglas Murray among those whose conversations and ideas helped shape his thinking.
21. First Confession: A Sort of Memoir by Chris Patten
A man who’s been there at pivotal moments: Chairman of the Party (winning the 1992 election, but losing his own Bath seat), the last Governor of Hong Kong, Chairman of the Independent Commission on Policing for Northern Ireland (pursuant to the Good Friday Agreement) and Chairman of the BBC Trust (when the Jimmy Savile scandal broke). Absolutely captivating.
22. Party Games by Fiona Cuthbertson
Blossom Spring | 2020 | Paperback | 316 pages
Fiona’s first novel addresses love and corruption in the seat of power – from a female perspective. However, for those of either sex and who have worked in Parliament or on Whitehall will enjoy this – and perhaps associate with some of the content. I look forward to her second book, which is in the works.
23. Great Again: How to Fix Our Crippled America by Donald J. Trump
Simon & Schuster | 2016 | Paperback | 208 pages
I didn’t read this in 2016, however I decided to now since he’s seeking re-election. In a similar vein to ‘The MAGA Doctrine’, you get a better feel what the 45th President of the US does and doesn’t believe, but this time you get to judge him on his record in office as well as in business. I wonder if Boris has read it too (see “get it done” p.123 and “shovel-ready projects” p.165)?
24. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
A friend of mine bought this for my 18th birthday (I’m not sure what she was hinting at) and, though I’ve watched the 2019 film adaptation, I’ve never got round to reading this gift – until now, during lockdown. Another book I wish I’d read earlier as the writing is beautiful and I’ve a lot to learn.
25. One Minute to Ten: Cameron, Miliband and Clegg. Three Men, One Ambition and the Price of Power by Dan Hodges
I’m a fan of Dan Hodges, so it wasn’t a difficult choice to pick-up a copy of this book (in 2016). Then, I couldn’t get beyond the first chapter. Four years later, I still struggled with it but persevered and I’m glad that I did as it takes off – a smart and unique account of the 2015 general election campaign and the three party leaders.
26. Why Can’t We All Just Get Along… Shout Less. Listen More. by Iain Dale
Great read. I’m not just saying that because we both studied at “the very left-wing” University of East Anglia, worked/ interned for the staunch right-winger David Davis MP, nor was his chief of staff/ backed him until the leadership hustings in Cambridgeshire… This is “part-memoir, part-polemic about the state of public discourse in Britain and the world today”, and it’s spot on.
27. Dial M for Murdoch by Tom Watson and Martin Hickman
This is a tale about News Corporation and the corruption of Britain, according to the former Deputy Leader of the Labour Party and active member of the Culture, Media and Sport Committee. My reading this happens to coincide with the BBC airing a new three-part documentary series ‘The Rise of the Murdoch Dynasty’. Both excellent.
28. First They Took Rome: How the Populist Right Conquered Italy by David Broder
Verso | 2020 | Hardback | 192 pages
Similar to Franzi and Madron’s book Matteo Salvini: Italy, Europe and the New Right (as above), this is a forensic, educational read – written by a left-wing author – especially for non-Italians who want to understand what has been happening in Italy these past three decades. It’s a shame it took until three quarters of the way through to get to the important bit!
29. The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst
Picador | 2005 | Paperback | 512 pages
It’s a classic novel about class, politics and sexuality in Margaret Thatcher’s 1980s Britain. Similar to One Minute to Ten, I struggled with the very early chapters and put it back on the shelf. I picked it up again this summer and made headway. I’m glad I did because it’s quite excellent and clearly deserving of its awards.
30. The Spirit of London by Boris Johnson
Like ‘The Dream of Rome’ this is an interesting and entertaining history of the British capital. This updated version of ‘Johnson’s Life of London’ – which focuses on some very famous figures and some rather obscure ones – includes material following the Jubilee and Olympic celebrations in 2012. I hope the Spirit of the United Kingdom shines through in his CPC20 speech.
31. Order, Order! The Rise and Fall of Political Drinking by Ben Wright
Duckworth Overlook | 2017 | Paperback | 368 pages
One of the BBC’s political correspondents, Ben Wright, explores the history of alcohol in global politics, including a section titled ‘Party Time’. I confess that I was one of the “tight-suited delegates from Conservative Future” in the Midland Hotel he refers to (p.215). I found this witty and informative. Another one that all aspiring politicians should read and take note of.
32. The Art of the Deal by Donald J. Trump with Tony Schwartz
33. Diary of an MP’s Wife: Inside and Outside Power by Sasha Swire
Little, Brown | 2020 | Hardback | 544 pages
34. Left Out: The Inside Story of Labour Under Corbyn by Gabriel Pogrund and Patrick Maguire
Bodley Head | 2020 | Hardback | 384 pages
35. The Political Animal: An Anatomy by Jeremy Paxman
36. The Unmaking of the President 2016: How FBI Director James Comey Cost Hillary Clinton the Presidency by Lanny J. Davis
Scribner | 2018 | Hardback | 240 pages
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Analyze the reason why directors use cameos. What impact does it have on the audience? Why is it gaining popularity?
From Kareem Abdul Jabbar to Stan Lee to Stephen King, highlight examples that will look at why the crossover from reality to media is so popular. Big Bang Theory regularly played with this trope with great effectiveness. Why do we love it?
Neat topic! In the case of Stan Lee, I like to think of it as a nice little "wink" to the audience. With other cameos, I usually find them to feature celebrities - were they just in the right place at the right time? Did they love the show that much that they just couldn't help but be on it? Did the producers just love that actor so much? It would be interesting to see what answers one could find. – EJSmall 1 year ago
I believe some actors are fans of a show and ask to be on. Stan Lee’s cameos were pretty funny. There is one where he plays Hugh Hefner that he did because people sometimes mistake them for each other. I would love to see a list of all time great cameos. SPOILER - There is a awesome one in Hobbes and Shaw. – Munjeera 1 year ago
Though there is no direct possible way to verify, I wonder what is the percentage of viewers who do not like cameos or find it distracting. My friend once mentioned that he felt "left out" whenever there was a cameo he did not know about. – kpfong83 1 year ago
Good point. Are cameos a distraction? – Munjeera 1 year ago
Maybe the need is to distinguish when it is done well and done poorly. Bill Gates on "Big Bang Theory" (well) versus Martina Navratilova on "Hart to Hart" (poorly) provide examples as a starting point. – Joseph Cernik 1 year ago
Navratilova on H2H? – Munjeera 1 year ago
Law and Order, CSI and Criminal Minds: The power of a TV show franchise
Compare and contrast the varying successes of a TV franchise using Law and Order, CSI and Criminal Minds. Why have some succeeded, such as CSI Miami and others failed, such as Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders. Take a look at how the actors have succeeded in other shows such as Shemar Moore in SWAT. Not only has the franchise done well but the actors have moved on to other shows with enduring popularity over decades.
Analyze popular themes in Canadian Literature from LM Montgomery to Alice Munro to Margaret Atwood. Some have noted themes of survival, self-deprecation and social gospel. Also take a look at Northrop Frye’s literary criticism to form a lens to analyze Canadian literature.
I know that “Anne of Green Gables” is one of the classics and one of the more famous Canadian works of literature. Any discussion on this should include some discussion of this. – J.D. Jankowski 12 months ago
The author of Anne of Green Gables is LM Montgomery. – Munjeera 7 months ago
The new movie "Loving Vincent" is a celebration of Van Gogh’s life. Write about the film that made history as the first fully painted feature film as an international effort.
By sheer coincidence I happened to acquire a copy of this film recently and watched it this evening. 'Loving Vincent' is a thing of beauty and an astounding project to undertake. I can only imagine the technical difficulties those involved had to overcome, but the end result is well worth the time and effort. Perhaps the only suggestion I could add to your topic suggestion is to also look at the artists involved in the film making and how they approached the subject matter, what research they did and what insight they (hopefully) gained into the art of Vincent Van Gogh. – Amyus 3 years ago
Female Villains
Forever Femme Fatale: Reigning Female Villains
A top 5 list of the best female villains of all time in either literature, TV or film with a description of what makes them so memorable, their motivations and their evil strategies. From Eve to Lady Macbeth to Catwoman to the Borg Queen.
Forever Femme Fatale: Reigning Female VillainsA top 5 list of the best female villains of all time in either literature, TV or film with a description of what make them so memorable, their motivations and their evil strategies. From Eve to Lady Macbeth to Catwoman to the Borg Queen. – Munjeera 5 years ago
I think this article should stick to one category (like only TV or only literature female villains) since there would be so many to choose from. – LaRose 5 years ago
The Rise and Fall of the Prime Directive
Explain what the Prime Directive is and its history in ST. Examine how ST: TNG emphasized the guiding principle with Picard’s pontification on the subject using specific examples where the PD was central to the plot. Conclude with a discussion on how and why the PD has fallen to the wayside first under Rick Berman and now with J.J. Abrams and Justin Lin.
Justin Lin: Up and Coming Director
Explore Lin’s rise to direct ST: Beyond. Look at how he began as a director and examine what he will bring to the ST franchise. Address the topic of Justin Lin and Star Trek Beyond applied to the rest of the series and how that will effect them. Mention how Lin’s background in the Fast and Furious franchise will either be beneficial or harmful to what J.J. Abrams has done
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Dragons: East versus West
I think the Academy has just recently changed the criteria to be considered for best picture, must be a diverse cast. Hopefully that means more women and racially diverse. They are going to be the one’s left out though because Youtuber, podcasts and streaming services are doing a better job of catering to historically marginalized groups. Netflix has been on the cutting edge in terms of diversity. It is getting a lot more competitive in the movie making business and I am gratified that Hollywood is losing its monopoly. They have been slow to back diversity.
This was an important movie in its time.
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The wave of Jerusalem attacks Israelis don’t hear about
The Levant Dec 16, 2014 Exclusive Leave a comment
By Larry Derfner for 972mag.com –
If you’d asked me how many East Jerusalem Palestinian bus drivers in the capital had quit their jobs because of the violence they’d faced from Jewish assailants, I’d have said oh, maybe three. When I read in Haaretz on Sunday (truly a must-read) that the number is roughly 100 — or one out of three Palestinian bus drivers in the capital — I was amazed. East Jerusalem Palestinians, on the whole, are poor; driving for Israel’s giant Egged bus cooperative is a very, very good job for an ordinary eastside resident, paying about three times the average East Jerusalemite’s salary. When 100 of these drivers quit their jobs because of the menace of racist Jewish marauders, it means that that menace is overwhelming.
I had no idea. And I keep up with the news and I’m extremely alert to stories about Jews abusing Arabs. I knew from the Israeli media that on the nights after Palestinian terror killings, bands of young Jews would roam the streets on Jerusalem’s Jewish westside, attacking Arabs in their path and chanting “death to the Arabs.” After the death of Egged driver Yousef Hassan al-Ramouni a month ago — he was found hanged in his bus in what Israeli forensic pathologists ruled a suicide, but which Palestinians commonly believe was a murder — there was a story or two about East Jerusalem drivers complaining about Jewish attacks. But with those rare exceptions and the story of the murder by burning of 16-year-old Muhammad Abu Khdeir, the only Jerusalem violence you hear about in the Israeli media lately is Palestinian-on-Jewish — the murders by car and knife, the stoning of the light rail, the violent protests against the police.
But Jewish violence against Arabs in Jerusalem? As far as we Israeli Jews can gather from the news, these are not exactly isolated incidents, but they’re not a “phenomenon,” either. Nothing to make a normal Palestinian bus driver quit his job.
I didn’t know, we didn’t know. In Israel, any incident of Arab-on-Jewish violence is a big story, while a plague of Jewish-on-Arab violence has to be going on for years and years, like the “price tag” settler attacks, before it qualifies for sustained media attention.
The resignations, formal or effective, by the 100 Palestinian bus drivers have come only in the last month, since the driver Ramouni’s hanging death, said Tamir Nir, the Jerusalem city councilman in charge of local transportation. In a Sunday interview on TLV1 radio, he told me that Jewish attacks on Palestinian drivers have become a full-blown phenomenon in the last six months, growing especially intense in the last two.
Most of the assaults have been verbal, he added, but “about 40” were physical. However, a Palestinian attorney representing many of the former Egged drivers painted yet a much bleaker picture for Haaretz’s Nir Hasson:
“The situation is catastrophic,” said attorney Osama Ibrahem, who represents more than 40 drivers who have been attacked — mainly in the past four months. “Not a day passes without a physical assault,” he said. “I’m not talking about verbal assaults. They don’t even count those; that’s something they’ve learned to live with.”
Hasson reported that Egged buses are frequently stoned in East Jerusalem neighborhoods, regardless of whether the driver is Jewish or Arab. He also wrote that “Jewish drivers complain of passengers who suspect them of being Arabs and demand to see their identity cards before boarding.”
I asked Councilman Nir if Palestinian passengers were also attacking Jewish drivers. “No, I don’t know about it, I don’t think that they are,” he said. “But as you know there are attacks on the train.” Yes, about that we know.
“We also have problems with Arab taxi drivers,” the councilman continued. “They suffer too, from violence, and not only violence — some people don’t want to drive with them, don’t want to pay them.”
He said Egged plans to install security cameras in the buses, and that he’s lobbying to get barriers put up between drivers and passengers, but until now no measures have been taken to protect Palestinian drivers, who have been under ongoing attack for the last half year. “Unfortunately, I heard about the issue only about three weeks ago,” he said. “It came up only after the death of the driver. I didn’t know about it before, nobody told me about it.”
I believe him. That’s how pathetically in the dark Israeli Jews are about Jewish-on-Arab violence: even the head of transportation for the Jerusalem Municipality didn’t know that local Palestinian bus drivers had been getting attacked regularly until one of them was found hanged in his bus last month.
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Piers Morgan Doesn’t Interview Susan Shuman
March 5, 2017 by The Abject Muse
Below is an edited excerpt of Piers Morgan’s interview with Oprah Winfrey on January 17, 2011.
MORGAN: Tell me this, Ms. Shuman. Do you ever get sort of surreal moments when — I’m just trying to picture what it’s like being you? When you wake up in the morning and you go, bloody hell, I’m The Abject Muse, aka Susan Shuman. Do you ever?
SUSAN: Sure. Who wouldn’t? I’ve been me for over five decades though, so I am pretty much used to it. Every so often though, BAM! Reality smacks me in the face with a three-day-old catfish.
MORGAN: How many people do you absolutely, 100 percent trust?
SUSAN: All but two of my multiple personalities.
MORGAN: Who would they be?
SUSAN: Dick & Jane. They aren’t as much fun as they’d like you to think.
MORGAN: Do you contemplate failure with Gutter Ball? Have you thought about that?
SUSAN: Have you read it? There’s no way it can fail. Especially with the Wild-Ass Series in there.
MORGAN: Of course, you’re right. Silly of me. In another direction…I mean, now you have reached this — pinnacle — you are the nearest thing America’s got to a princess. Do you feel regal? Do like being famous?
SUSAN: I don’t feel regal; I am regal. I’m lovin’ every second of it. Peel me a grape!
MORGAN: <Laughter> When we come back, Susan on her life’s mission.
MORGAN: Now, about that life’s mission. Susan, what do you think it is?
SUSAN: In addition to rescuing animals in distress, I feel that my mission on this planet is to write about not only the human condition, but about the homunculi condition as well.
MORGAN: What’s been one of the most hurtful things you’ve had to hear or read about yourself?
SUSAN: Someone once told me that my fried chicken was greasy.
MORGAN: Everything Susan touches turns to gold. A bartender on and off for 25 years, a waitress, data entry clerk, and freelance writer extraordinaire. Millions read her blog, and now she has written a book!
SUSAN: Yep. Amazeballs, right?
MORGAN: I know you hate this phrase but what is your brand do you think?
SUSAN: Talent. Pure, genius talent.
MORGAN: How many times have you been properly in love?
SUSAN: Stop, Piers. You’re making me blush!
MORGAN: C’mon. You can tell me.
SUSAN: No, I cannot. But I will tell you that I’ve been improperly in love more times than I’ve been properly in love.
And that about wraps it up!
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4 thoughts on “Piers Morgan Doesn’t Interview Susan Shuman”
slfuchs says:
Awesome sense of humor and humility on display. The Abject Muse is NOT a gutterball
Thank you, Stephen. So glad you enjoyed!
Now you will need to wear a disguise when going out in public 😀
You’re exactly right! I’d better dye my hair turquoise & by some cheap shades.:-)
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Fright Night: You’re Still So Cool, Brewster
Andrew WelshRe-Animated: Original vs. RemakeAnton Yelchin, Colin Farrell, Evil Ed, Fright Night, Horror Remake, Peter Vincent, Tom Holland, Toni Collette, Vampire Movie, VampiresLeave a comment
Vampires were all the rage in the 1980’s. The Lost Boys, Near Dark, Once Bitten, The Hunger, Lifeforce, Vamp, Vampire’s Kiss. Like the zombie takeover of popular culture in the last 10 to 15 years, the neon decade was saturated with bloodsuckers. Nestled somewhere between The Lost Boys and the more obscure Near Dark, Tom Holland’s Fright Night was a minor horror hit. Critics loved it, and Fright Night scored modestly well at the box office. Yet in spite of its cult status among horror fans, Fight Night always remained a more ‘hidden’ hit from the decade. Not surprisingly then, some Hollywood executives saw it as the ideal next choice for a remake. Loved by some but unknown to just enough moviegoers to justify the 2011 remake.
Fright Night Put a Fun Twist on the Vampire Movie
If vampire fatigue was starting to set in by 1985, Tom Holland found the cure. Fright Night wasn’t just an excellent blend of horror and humour. Holland took a little bit of Hitchcock’s ‘Rear Window‘ and sprinkled it with some of the midnight movie nostalgia to which his movie aspired. Sometimes the best ideas are the simplest. And Fright Night’s premise of suburban teen who, discovering his neighbour is a vampire, turns to a late-night horror movie host for help makes for perfect B-movie fun. From the premise onward, everything about this vampire thriller still works.
In fact, one of the movie’s strengths is the way in which it maintains an old-school B-movie sense of fun alongside the 80’s style of over-the-top gore.
As a director, Holland knows how to deliver scares and when to inject some humour into the proceedings. Nothing feels out of place. In fact, one of the movie’s strengths is the way in which it maintains an old-school B-movie sense of fun alongside the 80’s style of over-the-top gore. Not surprisingly, some of the effects look a little dated. But it’s not a steep decline in quality. Moreover, Fright Night’s unique visual vampire effects more than compensate for any of these limitations. All of this is crafted into a movie that never drags its feet or wastes its time.
Peter Vincent and ‘Evil Ed’ Steal the Show
With regards to its casting, everyone in Fright Night nails their roles. In particular, Chris Sarandon seems to be having an absolute blast playing the villain. But Roddy McDowall and Stephen Geoffreys steal the show. A genre icon, McDowall’s ‘Peter Vincent’ mixes nervous energy, charisma, and cowardice into a character that still elicits sympathy. You laugh at what a sham Vincent’s ‘vampire killer’ turns out to be, but still like him regardless. And Geoffreys’ ‘Evil Ed’ is the kind of eclectic character that turned up a lot in the 80’s, but is in short supply today. It’s a credit to both the actor and writer when you want more of a character in a movie. Both McDowall and Geoffreys understand what Holland wants in his movie and deliver in turn.
Fright Night Remake Faithfully Resurrects the Premise
Like most horror movie remakes, Fright Night wasn’t crying out for a new treatment. Tom Holland’s original vision still holds up remarkably well. Additionally, Roddy McDowall’s scene-stealing ‘late-night horror movie host’ was irrelevant by 2011. Most horror fans born after 1990 wouldn’t have a clue why a someone was ‘hosting’ a movie. However, former Buffy the Vampire Slayer scribe Marti Noxon tweaked Holland’s concept just enough while keeping the story intact. For instance, she updates Peter Vincent to sleazy Las Vegas magician. While that update makes sense, Noxon also switches up the ‘Rear Window‘ narrative. This time around it’s former friend ‘Evil Ed’ who discovers that neighbour Jerry is a vampire. It’s change for the sake of change that adds little to the movie. These changes accompany a few other unnecessary connections that feel just a bit superfluous.
After her tenure on Buffy, Noxon puts that show’s trademark banter and sharp wit to good use here.
What Noxon’s screenplay gets right is the humour. Like Holland’s original movie, the Fright Night remake dishes out scares, blood, and laughs in equal measures. After her tenure on Buffy, Noxon puts that show’s trademark banter and sharp wit to good use here. Along with its quick pacing and some rousing action-horror bits, Fright Night feels like it has an extra jolt of energy. What you have here is a remake that understands why fans loved the first movie. No, it doesn’t make the remake any more necessary. Nevertheless, the 2011 Fright Night still feels clever and funny.
Pitch-Perfect Casting Highlights Remake
Whomever cast the Fright Night remake deserves some recognition. Regardless of how much you loved the original movie, the remake boasts some pitch-perfect casting. First, Colin Farrell’s ‘Jerry’ is every bit the charismatic, but menacing, villain as Chris Sarandon. Pardon the pun but Farrell bites into the role and clearly is enjoying himself. Though replacing the legendary Roddy McDowall was daunting, David Tennant was an excellent choice for the role. He brings the same nervous energy, wit, and sympathy to the role. Similarly, Stephen Geoffrey’s ‘Evil Ed’ was so distinct that it was impossible to imagine anyone else in the role. Still if you had to replace Geoffreys, you couldn’t get much closer than Christopher Mintz-Plasse. And while the late Anton Yelchin (Green Room) has an A-lister look, he still convinces as the boy-next-door.
If the Fright Night remake improves on its predecessor, it’s with some of its action set-pieces. Director Craig Gillespie has an eclectic filmography. Yet nothing in his resume suggested he would prove to be as apt at Fright Night’s bigger moments. Jerry’s ‘turning’ of ‘Evil Ed’ improves on the 1985 original. Charley’s gruesome basement discovery is well-executed ‘cat-and-mouse’ suspense. And the car chase scene is among the better horror scenes you’ll find this decade. All of this adds up to what’s a surprisingly brisk, bloody fun horror-comedy.
Fright Night Remake Proves That Some Concepts Are Immortal
Guess what, the Fright Night remake actually works. From casting to its sharp humour and vampire mayhem, the remake gets it right. Ideally, the best remakes re-imagine a movie with new ideas or commentary that fit their time period. Though the 2011 Fright Night doesn’t do more with its premise, it faithfully re-creates Tom Holland’s original movie. As a result, the remake serves as a nice companion to its predecessor. Fans of the original can watch and enjoy Gillespie’s underrated remake without feeling like they’ve cheat on Holland’s vision.
Posted by Andrew Welsh
I am a Criminology professor in Canada but I've always had a passion for horror films. Over the years I've slowly begun incorporating my interest in the horror genre into my research. After years of saying I wanted to write more about horror I have finally decided to create my own blog where I can share some of my passion and insights into the films I love.
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Gutter Space # 18: Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, by Zach Weiner
Posted by thedrunkenodyssey in Gutter Space
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Gutter Space # 18 by Leslie Salas
Utilizing Humor to Teach: Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, by Zach Weiner
I’m a big fan of comics that like to teach random facts in unconventional and humorous ways. Comics like xkcd fit this bill, but so does Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, a daily webcomic by Zach Weiner.
While all of the characters in this comics are drawn in a particular style, there are no recurring characters and there is no serialized plot. Each comic stands alone, and the humor ranges from silly to dark to seriously introspective social commentary. In addition to the occasional literary joke, there are also jokes about discourse analysis, physics, economics, statistics, life in academia, the possibilities of extraterrestrial life and life after death, to name more than a few topics.
SMBC has an openmindedness that I enjoy. The site regularly features LGBTQ couples, biracial couples, and polyamourous relationships. The joke of the comic almost never relies of the characteristics of the couple. It is simply a fact that—to be honest—should be overlooked and unnoticed by readers.
I like to think of SMBC as a random exercise in amusement and learning. You stumble across unexpected nuggets of wisdom along the way, but overall the experience is interesting and fun. This has gained SMBC a lot of attention over the years, and qualified it at an award-winning webcomic. Take the time to check it out, and let me know what you think.
Leslie Salas writes fiction, nonfiction, screenplays, and comics. She earned her MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Central Florida and attended the University of Denver Publishing Institute. In addition to being an Associate Course Director at Full Sail University, Leslie also serves as an assistant editor for The Florida Review, a graphic nonfiction editorial assistant for Sweet: A Literary Confection, and a regular contributing artist for SmokeLong Quarterly.
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DGA Predictions 2012
January 9, 2012 thomasconroy Leave a comment
I really didn’t even feel like doing this. In fact, I’ve always had an aversion to predicting the DGA. Trying to correctly predict these five nominees feels a bit like shooting fish in a barrel with an unloaded gun. Sure, there’s the chance that they’ll be exactly what people are expecting, but…no…they never are. there’s always that fifth slot that never does what you want it to do.
The one nice thing about the DGA is that it makes things infinitely clearer in the actual Oscar race. I can recall only twice in the last ten years that the DGA hasn’t lined up with the Academy’s five Best Director nods with at least 4 out of 5 slots, and twice in those ten years, it’s been a perfect match. Ever since the Academy altered the number of Best Picture nominees, using the DGA as a predictive tool has changed a bit, as well. Instead of using it as a guide for the five nominees, the lucky directors now point to which films are absolute locks. Ironically, during the age of five nominees, the DGA was actually a better predictor for Best Picture then for its own category.
All right, well, here’s how I see the cookie crumbling. I would say that the two locks are Michael Hazavanicius and Martin Scorsese. Of the major contenders, they’ve divvied up nearly all of the critics awards and just seem to have the most clout, right now. Next on that list would be Alexander Payne. While his direction isn’t the strong point of the movie, the film is just too strong of a contender, thus far, for him to simply be left out.
The last two spots get kind of tricky. Despite the difficult time “War Horse” is having with the guilds, Spielberg shouldn’t have much trouble making his way in here. The same was happening with “Munich” in ’05 (a much superior film to “War Horse,” I might add) and he still handled the DGA. This seemed to single-handedly resurrect it back into the Oscar race. To be honest, the DGA has always drooled over Spielberg. Ten career nominations, three wins and a lifetime achievement award. When he has a film in contention, it’s simply more likely to see him nominated than not.
So for the final spot, I am going to make my “out on a limb” choice by saying that Woody Allen will miss. This will be the decision that I’ll likely be kicking myself for tomorrow, but as you are about to read, I have my reasons. At this point in Allen’s career, even if this is somewhat of a comeback film, I feel that the industry will be satisfied with just recognizing his writing. As it has been since the early nineties, nominating the film’s screenplay should suffice, making his directorial efforts easy to overlook.
As for who’s taking his spot, there’s plenty of choices. It’s quite possible Terrence Malick’s clout might carry over into the guild of his peers, yet I get the feeling that “The Tree of Life”‘s support will likely remain among the critics. Until this past week, near-rookie Tate Taylor seemed like a long shot, but the overwhelming love for “The Help” in the guilds has made said nomination more and more of a possibility. If wishing made it so, I would enjoy seeing Bennett Miller show up here in recognition for his steady and assured crafting of “Moneyball.” After all, not many saw his previous nomination coming for “Capote.” Yet, the young artist’s failure to bring in even a single nomination this season has left that option unlikely. One choice that would certainly throw a wrench in the mix would be the stellar Nicholas Wending Refn, who’s work on “Drive” earned him this award at Cannes. But, lack of a PGA mention for the film makes his chances less promising.
That leaves me with the one and only David Fincher. While his re-adaptation of “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” isn’t turning quite as many heads as the studio had hoped, the film’s director has something going for him which puts him a step ahead of his competition. That factor is the enormous amount of residual respect leftover from last year’s awards season. After both the DGA and the Oscars incomprehensibly snubbed the master of his much-deserved awards for “The Social Network,” I imagined that there had to be a fair amount of guilt churning around the industry. And while “TGWTDT” isn’t quite as extraordinary as the former, it’s certainly good enough for his peers to throw him an apologetic bone. I’ve had this aching feeling all year long, and with the film nabbing unexpected nominations from the PGA, ADG and WGA, said scenario seems now more likely than ever before.
My Predix:
1. Martin Scorsese – “Hugo”
2. Michael Hazavanicius – “The Artist”
3. Alexander Payne – “The Descendants”
4. Steven Spielberg – “War Horse”
5. David Fincher – “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”
Alts:
6. Woody Allen – “Midnight in Paris”
7. Tate Taylor – “The Help”
8. Bennett Miller – “Moneyball”
9. Terrence Malick – “The Tree of Life”
10. Nicholas Wending Refn – “Drive”
Well, there you have it. Check back tomorrow afternoon to see which choice (or choices) I’ll be crying over.
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Played by Janos Starker
No. 4 in E Flat Major
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Starker recorded the Bach cello suites no less than five times during his lifetime. When discussing Janos Starker and the Bach suites one is often drawn to the famous and much lauded Mercury stereo edition from 1965 (SR3-9016), much coveted in audiophile circles. However these 1959 mono recordings on the Columbia label are in our opinion the "reference" Starker performance of these works. Never previously re-issued on vinyl we have taken our usual approach to recreate these three phenomenal LP's in resplendent true mono glory.
True Mono LP - Catalogue Number. ERC015
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Home News Briefs Briefs Developing 17 Carleton St: Animosity Over Lost Parking
Developing 17 Carleton St: Animosity Over Lost Parking
Posted By: Anthony Zelion: June 12, 2015 10:25 am In: Briefs, Neighborhood Notes, News Briefs1 Comment
Between 50 and 60 neighbors from Carleton, Pine, Neal, West Streets and others, attended the neighborhood meeting on a proposal to build 37 affordable housing units.
The apartment building would replace a parking lot, and many neighbors showed their anger at losing up to 56 spaces — not to mention potential increased demand for parking from new tenants.
Affordable housing nonprofit Avesta owns the property, and they say there is a two-year waiting list for their units.
Avesta reps pitch their development to the neighborhood at Reiche Community School cafeteria.
No one argued the need for affordable housing, although some argued that Carleton Street, within the affluent Western Promenade neighborhood, was not the right location.
“We own [the property]. It’s zoned appropriately… It’s an ideal smart growth location,” said Avesta Development Officer Drew Wing.
The project would replace a 58-car parking lot at 17 Carleton Street behind the Butler School apartments. The issue that brought most out was the lost of almost all of those parking spots.
Parking lot at 17 Carleton St.
Those who use the lot include neighbors living at 20 and 30 West Street. There is a waiting list for spots in the lot. Residents wanted to know where they were going to park.
“We understand that parking is a major concern,” said Drew Wing.
He did not offer any solutions. Avesta will provide 31 spaces to meet City requirements for the new building. The City requires one new parking spot per new unit. Avesta will offer a car share program, reducing the parking requirement by up to seven spaces.
Avesta also owns the Butler School, and they will retain two parking spots for that building. They estimate that there is a need for about 10 spaces from Butler School residents. Avesta representatives stressed that the need for parking generated by other neighboring properties was not Avesta’s concern.
This inflamed passions from many attending. Avesta was called callous and uncaring. Clearly, the meeting did not abate concern about parking.
Neighbors were also concerned about storm water drainage. The neighborhood has a history of overflowing storm drains during violent storms. The development would include rain gardens and catch basins that the City has approved as adequate, but many had their doubts.
Still others were concerned about the building’s design. It will have a brick facade, and must pass historic preservation review.
Architect David Loyd said of the design, “I like to think of it as nice background architecture.”
Proposed affordable housing development at 17 Carleton St.
Given that the property is privately owned by the developer, and that the proposed building meets zoning requirements, it is likely that project will move forward.
The project must go before the Historic Preservation Board and the Planning Board. Concerned residents can participate in the public process at these yet to be scheduled meetings.
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Dan Tompkins & Jay Postones of TesseracT talk to ThisIsNotAScene.com
Posted by Lorna Allen | Feb 23, 2011 | Interviews, Music | 0 |
Lorna Allen caught up with Dan Tompkins and Jay Postones of TesseracT for a quick chat before their explosive set on the League of Extraordinary Djentleman Tour at Rock City, Nottingham.
The Album “One” is set for release in March, is there anything that you’re particularly excited about?
Jay – We’re just excited to have something out finally. The record has been finished for almost a year now. It was mastered last year and recorded well before that. It will be great to finally have something out in stores worldwide! There’s a DVD that is going to be out (as a bit of a thank you to the fans) with the record too which we’re all really excited about and clips of it are already online and the feedback has been great so far.
What can the fans expect from the penultimate show of the tour?
Dan – Tonight is my hometown gig, so I’ve got a lot of people coming down to catch the show and see the full line-up [the last time we played I was in hospital]. It will be a good night!
TesseracT look destined for good things in 2011, have you got any aspirations for this year?
Jay – We just want to tour as much as we possibly can and do as much music as we can. This is our full-time job now and we’re planning to got to America more than once. We hoping to get on some festival bills like Sonisphere or Download, although any of them would be superb!
How has the first few months as a signed band been? It took you a while to settle with a label, how supportive have Century Media been?
Jay – Awesome! The support they’ve given us has been incredible; they’re very creative and open to ideas. They’re really positive and want to help us out by suggesting things for us. We’ve always been a very hands on band so this is great!
Dan – They really are thinking outside the box!
How do you react to the comparisons with bands like Meshuggah?
Jay – It’s great. Most of us have grown up listening to or got into them at some point. When I first started getting into music they were one of the first bands I listened to and we played with them last year in India which was fantastic. It was surreal sitting down and eating a curry with them like friends, no egos!
You’ve become very popular in India in the past year, how do the shows differ there to over here?
Dan – From one extreme to the other; over there people can’t afford to go out and buy a CD but they can go to gigs. Many of the shows there were sold out to a 10,000 capacity crowd. You play a show here, like in the basement at Rock City, and you’re lucky if you sell-out.
Jay – If any of you get chance to go to India, do! It’s an amazing experience. The crowds are so up for the music, incredible experience!
Are there any other bands around at the minute that you’re really impressed by?
Dan – I met a guy in India, Keshav Dhar, who was in a band called Hydrodjent (he has renamed it to Skyharbor now) but he is writing some fantastic music; almost Chimp Spanner meets Textures. It’s like a combination of everything that’s going off at the minute.
Jay – If you’re looking to get into your first Indian band I’d recommend his stuff, Skyharbor! But over here, Chimp Spanner is amazing it’s like Masters of the Universe Metal. Monuments are fantastic too, the drummer is only 19 years old but so talented! The Periphery guys are incredible too!
And finally, if you had to describe your band in 5 words, what would they be?
Dan – Stupid,
Jay – Epic and Groovy
Dan – Ethereal
Dan – Spunk-a-licious
Sums it up quite nicely!
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10 Indie Bands You Should Definitely Check Out
By Stephanie Karina, January 9th 2014
1. Unknown Mortal Orchestra (UMO)
Label: Jagjaguwar
Latest Record: II (2013)
Genre: lo-fi, psychedelic rock
UMO rose to fame after lead singer and founder Ruban Nielson posted a track to the music-sharing website, Bandcamp. Bloggers began to re-share the track, and in typical Internet fashion, it quickly went viral — capitulating Nielson and his band to fame within indie music circles. Since then, UMO has signed with Jagjaguwar (the same Indiana-based label that launched Bon Iver into the limelight) and has appeared on the Late Night with Jimmy Fallon show. Nielson sounds like early David Bowie, pre cocaine blitz. Consequently, UMO brings psychedelic rock into the 21st century.
“Swim and Sleep (Like a Shark)”
2. Father John Misty
Label: Sub Pop
Latest Record: Fear Fun (2012)
Genre: post-rock, folk, experimental rock
Joshua Tillman only just adopted the moniker Father John Misty for his latest record, but the name fits — listening to Fear Fun is a spiritual experience. The lyrics are witty — at times hilarious or heartbreaking. Tillman has collaborated with artists like Kid Cudi and Fleet Foxes (for whom he used to drum), but Fear Fun is his baby and his alone. There is no way to listen to the entire record without falling in love with him (and he’s a looker, too — Google Image search him!). Check out the video for one of the best songs on the record, which features a performance from Aubrey Plaza of Parks and Recreation.
“Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings”
3. Damien Jurado
Label: Secretly Canadian
Latest Record: Maraqopa (2012)
Genre: folk, Americana
I first heard of Damien Jurado, the Seattle-based singer-songwriter, when I went to New York City during the summer. A boy I liked played Jurado’s record, Maraqopa, for me. Subway fumes and the unbearable heat must have gone to my head because Jurado’s music will always be associated with a certain sense of romanticism for me. However, that’s not far from the truth. The tracks on Maraqopa talk about a man (a musician, I assume) who leaves home, lovers, and familiarity to explore the vast, American landscape. Listening to the record will make you experience a whole slew of feelings you’ve probably learned how to repress.
“Museum of Flight”
4. Fuck It Dog, Life’s a Risk (FIDLAR)
Label: Mom and Pop
Latest Record: FIDLAR (2013)
Genre: surf punk, garage rock, skate punk
In case you couldn’t tell from their name, FIDLAR does not care what anyone thinks, and their music makes that much clear (in the best possible way). Their eponymous debut album discusses serious topics like drinking cheap beer, dealing with “cokeheads,” and wake ‘n baking — with a sweaty grunge that is reminiscent of Kurt Cobain’s musical styling…that is, minus the angst. Although their music isn’t for everyone, it is certainly fun, and it will make you feel slightly rebellious — as if, by listening, you too are helping to fight The Man.
“No Waves”
5. Cults
Latest Record: Static (2013)
Genre: indie pop
Technically, Cults does not fall within the “indie” category, given that they’re signed to Columbia Records — the same label that manages little-known acts like, uh, Beyoncé. However, most of their fans are a part of the set that compulsively reads Pitchfork and brags about it. Brian Oblivion and Madeline Follin, the duo behind Cults, began dating and making music together when they met as students at NYU. They made their first record Cults while together but recently released their second Static after breaking up. While the tracks on Static are as bubbly and dreamy as the ones on Cults, the lyrics and subject matter contain a darker subtext that their first record lacks. I just wonder what it’s like to spend hours sitting in a tour van with your ex.
6. Diane Coffee
Label: Western Vinyl
Latest Record: My Friend Fish (2013)
Genre: psychedelic rock, glam rock
Diane Coffee is the brainchild of Shaun Fleming, the drummer for Foxygen — an indie rock outfit that rose to prominence last year. You might also know Fleming from his Disney Channel days, during which he voiced characters on shows like Kim Possible and starred in a few original movies for the network. With a tender falsetto and intricately layered instrumentals, My Friend Fish hits close to the heart with tracks on young love, Sriracha, and girls who go running in booty shorts during the dead of winter. Diane Coffee sounds like the latter-stage Beatles, and this debut album will have you yearning with soft nostalgia for the 60s, the better times.
7. Yip Deceiver
Label: New West
Latest Record: Medallius (2013)
Genre: indie pop, electronic pop
Yip Deceiver is sexy. If listening to their debut album, Medallius, does not make you want to grab someone and grind all up on him or her like you’re at a middle-school dance, you are not doing it correctly. The Athens, Ga. duo makes light-hearted, bubblegum-fun dance music that instantly improves your mood upon listening. The lyrics are like a series of pick-up lines, delivered with vocals so smooth that they could serve as an aphrodisiac. You’ll wonder why all guys can’t or don’t sing this way.
“Get Strict (ft. Reggie Watts)”
8. The Dodos
Label: Polyvinyl Record Co.
Latest Record: Carrier (2013)
Genre: psychedelic rock, Baroque pop
I saw The Dodos perform at a venue in Atlanta this past October, and I understood why an older (and much wiser) cousin once cautioned me against getting involved with a musician. It is impossible to watch The Dodos perform without fantasizing about quitting school, snagging up a cute guitarist, and spending the rest of your days as a roadie or “Band-Aid” à la some Almost Famous character. The Dodos care about artistry as much as anything else, and their music is rife with complex, interesting, and innovative instrumentals. Watching them is a blast (in the pants…ha…ha) but listening to their music will make you want to pick up an instrument and jam out.
9. Typhoon
Label: Roll Call
Latest Record: White Lighter (2013)
Genre: post-pop
The songs on White Lighter — the second album from Portland-based Typhoon — describe a traumatic event during the childhood of front man Kyle Morton. Morton contracted Lyme disease, which caused several of his organs to shut down and nearly killed him. White Lighter is a heartbreaking account of his brush with death, but most of the songs are so cheery and happily rendered that you almost forget their subject matter.
10. Sky Ferreira
Label: Capitol
Latest Record: Night Time, My Time (2013)
Genre: dance pop, synth pop
Like Cults, Sky Ferreira isn’t exactly underground. But, most people don’t give her as much credit as she deserves for already being a boss bitch at 21 years old. In interviews, Ferreira has described how record executives early in her career wanted to make her into a sex symbol — a Britney or a Christina for the younger set. Homegirl was not having it, so she chose to delay the onset of her career in order to maintain artistic integrity. This year, she finally released her debut album, which is perfect for anyone going through a rough break-up and who needs the motivation to give fewer shits. Ferreira gives zero shits (earlier this year, she was busted for possession of ecstasy and will soon release a song about…molly!), and she just wants the rest of us to feel equally as liberated.
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London Regional Children’s Museum Award
Sponsor London Regional Children’s Museum
Award Highlight in an issue of the Children’s Museum e-newsletter, opportunity to display project at the Children’s Museum (if desired) and a 1-year Children’s Museum Family Membership (free access to the London Children’s Museum for one year as well as free admission to science attractions across Canada).
Number of Awards One
Criteria A single project that best represents the Children’s Museum’s values: Stay Curious and Dream Big. Exploring a unique topic, this project displays outstanding creativity and critical thinking while promoting curiosity and dreaming big.
The winner of this award is not eligible for the London Public Library Award.
Thank You Letter Amanda Conlon
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Card Sharks: Season One Ratings
ABC is looking to up its game. In the past few years, it has found some Nielsen ratings wins by reviving classic game shows, which may not draw as large an audience as scripted series, but cost a lot less to produce. This summer, the Alphabet Network has revived a couple more — the latest contender being the Card Sharks TV show. Has ABC dealt itself an inside straight? Will Card Sharks be cancelled or renewed for season two? Stay tuned. *Status update below.
An ABC game show from executive producers Scott St. John, Jack Martin, and Jennifer Mullin, Card Sharks is hosted by Joel McHale. Based on the card game Acey Deucey, on the series two players face off, each hoping to eliminate the other, with the goal of claiming a $10,000 cash prize and a chance for even bigger winnings. The winning contestant bets their prize on properly predicting the final seven cards of the game. The player’s final prize is the amount of money remaining in the bank after all the predictions have been made and the results are revealed.
The ratings are typically the best indication of a show’s likelihood of staying on the air. The higher the ratings (particularly in the 18-49 demo), the better the chances for survival. This chart will be updated as new ratings data becomes available — typically around 11:30am EST/8:30am PST. Refresh to see the latest.
8/15 update: You can see the latest night’s ratings in context.
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Note: These are the final national numbers (unless noted with an “*”). These are different from the fast affiliate numbers which are just estimates of the actual ratings. The final nationals are typically released within 24 hours of the programming or, in the case of weekends and holidays, a couple days later.
What do you think? Do you like the Card Sharks TV series? Should this ABC TV game show be cancelled or renewed for a second season?
*11/20/19 update: ABC has renewed this and six other game shows for Summer 2020.
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Tuesday Ratings: The Goldbergs, Trophy Wife, NCIS, Supernatural, The Voice, New Girl
by Trevor Kimball, November 13, 2013
Tuesday, November 12, 2013 ratings — New episodes: The Mindy Project, New Girl, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Dads, Chicago Fire, The Voice, The Biggest Loser, Supernatural, The Originals, Person of Interest, NCIS: Los Angeles, NCIS, Trophy Wife, The Goldbergs, and Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD. Specials: Scandal for Real: The Top 10 Political Scandals of the Century. Reruns: (none).
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These are the fast affiliate ratings. The percentages represent the change since the previous original episode. (Percentages aren’t given for reruns or specials.) To see past ratings for a particular show, click the show’s link. The show pages are updated with the daily final ratings when they become available. Those pages include season averages to date.
What were you watching last night? Original network programming, reruns, cable, or something else?
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Temporal Aspects of Foot-Pad Dermatitis in Swedish Broilers
C. Ekstrand, Tim Carpenter
This study aimed at analysing the tem- poral aspects of foot-pad dermatitis in Swedish broilers. The information on disease prevalence and severity was based on a 2-year foot-health surveillance programme where information on producer, breed, feed manufacturer, region, abattoir, date of slaughter and several other variables was recorded. The seasonal effects were evaluated using classical multiplicative decomposition time series analysis. This study shows that there has been a significantly consistent decrease in the prevalence of severe foot-pad lesions during the first 2 years of the programme. Looking at the development over time we found a trend-cycle component of 10.4% and a seasonal component of 48.7% resulting in a total adjusted R-square value of 58.5% for the total foot-pad score. This means that almost 60% of the variation in flock foot-pad score can be explained by the variable 'time', and that this variation was mainly related to seasonal effects but also to a general decreasing trend over the study period. However, substantial differences in temporal patterns among slaughterhouses, feed suppliers and regions were found. The time series analysis approach was found to be useful for this type of investigation when evaluating the effects of an intervention programme, and it can also be applied for projecting the future development of disease status in a stable population.
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Ekstrand, C., & Carpenter, T. (1998). Temporal Aspects of Foot-Pad Dermatitis in Swedish Broilers. Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica, 39(2), 229-236.
Temporal Aspects of Foot-Pad Dermatitis in Swedish Broilers. / Ekstrand, C.; Carpenter, Tim.
In: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica, Vol. 39, No. 2, 01.12.1998, p. 229-236.
Ekstrand, C & Carpenter, T 1998, 'Temporal Aspects of Foot-Pad Dermatitis in Swedish Broilers', Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica, vol. 39, no. 2, pp. 229-236.
Ekstrand C, Carpenter T. Temporal Aspects of Foot-Pad Dermatitis in Swedish Broilers. Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica. 1998 Dec 1;39(2):229-236.
Ekstrand, C. ; Carpenter, Tim. / Temporal Aspects of Foot-Pad Dermatitis in Swedish Broilers. In: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica. 1998 ; Vol. 39, No. 2. pp. 229-236.
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