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UK’s Daily Mail failed responsible journalism test, Shehbaz says in court claim
by News Editor May 12, 2020 0123
LONDON: Former Punjab chief minister and PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif has stated that a “defamatory article” in the Mail on Sunday and Mail Online caused “serious harm” to his “personal and professional reputation” and that he was left with no option but to seek justice from the court, according to the claim form submitted at the London High Court.
According to court papers obtained by Geo.tv and The News, Shehbaz Sharif has paid £10,528 in court fees but has not specified how much he sought in legal damages and fees from the defendant, the Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL).
Shehbaz’s claim against the ANL at the High Court of Justice now awaits a listing for a trial.
Geo.tv and The News has obtained a copy of the particulars of the January 29 claim, showing that the PML-N leader has claimed damages, including aggravated damages, for libel in various parts of the article published on July 14, 2019, on pages 34 to 35 and 37 of the Mail on Sunday newspapers entitled ‘He’s the top Pakistani politician who has been feted in No10, met THREE aid ministers and hosted Boris. Now, amid claims that tens of millions were embezelled and laundered in Britain, David Rose asks.. did the family of UK’s foreign aid poster boy steal taxpayers’ cash meant for earthquake victims?’.
Shehbaz’s lawyer has stated in the court papers that British journalist Rose’s article “conveyed the defamatory imputation that the Claimant is guilty, or that there are very strong grounds to suspect that the Claimant is guilty, of the embezzlement of hundreds of millions of pounds of public money while Chief Minister of the Punjab, all or most of the stolen money being British public money in the form of DFID aid to the province, and using Britain to launder the stolen money, thereby cruelly depriving vulnerable victims of poverty and natural disasters, including in particular the victims of the devastating 2005 earthquake in Pakistan, of the vital aid and healthcare that the DFID money was intended to provide”.
Shehbaz’s claim also made a tweet by Shahid Mursaleen — PAT leader Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri’s London-based aide, as well as one of Special Assistant to Prime Minister Imran Khan on overseas Pakistanis Zulfi Bukhari, a part of his claim to show he was defamed in the UK jurisdiction by British nationals.
Bukhari’s tweet says: “Shameful to say the least, for years this #SharifMafia has stolen without a slightest hint of embarrassment.
“Techniques & networks they established to launder money & evade tax while holding public offices are mind-boggling, yet they have audacity to ask ’mujey kyu nikala’ [Why was I kicked out]?,” it adds.
Mursaleen’s tweet says: “A very detailed report of how Nawaz Sharif & Shabaz Sharif used black money operators in Pakistan & UK to run a network of money laundering including aid funded by @DFID_UK [Department for International Development] destined for the poor!
“True extent of Sharif family mafia is higher than Sicilian mafia.”
The PML-N president told the court that despite the extremely-serious allegations against the claimant, the defendant’s proposal to publish it failed to satisfy the most basic tenet of responsible journalism by making any reasonable attempt to obtain comment from him prior to publication.”
Neither the claimant himself, his office, his personal secretary Murad Khan or his officially designated director, Muhib Ali Phulpoto, were approached at all.
“Instead the Defendant’s efforts consisted of its journalist David Rose sending a text message on Friday 12 July 2019, just 2 days before publication, not to the Claimant, but to his son Suleman Sharif, indicating that he wished to speak with him about the proposed article.
“Mr Suleman Sharif told him that he was not in London and wished to meet in person to discuss the proposed article. Despite there being nothing urgent about the story whatsoever, Mr Rose said that there was no time and that the story would be published on Sunday in any event.”
Shehbaz stated that the newspaper did not give him any chance to make it clear that the allegations were “completely untrue, and demonstrated various significant matters indicating their falsity, such as that the 2005 earthquake did not affect Punjab; that at the time it took place the Claimant was not Chief Minister of Punjab but was living in England; and that the funds paid by DFID in respect of the earthquake were under the control of the Federal Government (via the Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority) and not the provincial government of Punjab in any event; and that on first learning of the suspected theft by Ikram Naveed from ERRA, he instigated an investigation and, following the investigation being taken over by the Federal Government of Pakistan, ensured their prosecution of Naveed; and oversaw the recovery of stolen money, which included money lost in a commercial transaction in which his son in-law, Ali Imran, was innocently involved”.
The claim submitted by Carter Ruck says that the ANL publications did not accommodate the version given by Suleman that “the allegations were the product of the political witch hunt being carried out by Imran Khan and his government against his opponents”.
Shehbaz claimed that Rose was being “fed information and provided special access to prisons and government documents by the government. The campaign being waged by this government against its opponents and critics has been the subject of international reporting, including in the New York Times. In the circumstances it was plain that Mr Rose’s sources should not simply be taken at face value and that Mr Suleman Sharif’s response raised issues that required proper consideration and investigation before publication.
“Instead the Defendant ignored these issues and published the allegations against the Claimant in the Articles in any event.
“The Defendant even went so far as to devote more space to quotes from Mr Khan’s government dismissing Mr Suleman Sharif’s comments than to those comments themselves, thereby reinforcing the incorrect and unfair impression that this was not a proper response to the allegations.”
The claim’s particulars state that Rose had “made statements to third parties and on Twitter to the effect that the words complained of are and will be proven true”.
Shehbaz has asked the court to issue an injunction restraining the ANL from further publishing; award damages, including aggravated damages, for libel; and an order that the Defendant publish a summary of the Court’s judgment.
Rose, the Daily Mail journalist, has previously maintained that he stood by all allegations made in the article. When contacted on Monday, he said he would not comment on the issue as the matter was in the court.
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After Officer Mohammed Noor Shot Justine Damond Minneapolis Police Got A Search Warrant For Her House
For some inexplicable reason Minneapolis Police Officer Mohamed Noor “feared for his life” when him and his partner, Officer Matthew Harrity were approached by an unarmed 40 year old woman wearing pajamas. The Minneapolis Police Department’s equally ridiculous response to Noor shooting Justine Damond, whose “crime” was calling the police to report a potential sexual assault, was to go out and get a search warrant for Damond’s house.
According to a description of the search warrant posted at KSTP.com, the intent seems to have been to find evidence of drug usage or some sort of written statements by Damond:
Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension investigators were granted permission to search Justine Damond’s home hours after she was shot and killed by a Minneapolis police officer, according to court records.
A criminal law expert can’t understand why.
“I don’t understand why they’re looking for bodily fluids inside her home,” said Joseph Daly, an emeritus professor at Mitchell Hamline School of Law, referring to one of two recently-released search warrant applications.
“Whose bodily fluids are they looking for? Is she a suspect? I don’t understand why they’re looking for controlled substances inside her home. I don’t understand why they’re looking for writings inside her home. The warrant does not explain that to me.”
“When I read that search warrant, I really cannot find probable cause to search her home,” he continued.
According to court documents, investigators applied for the warrant on the following grounds:
The property or things above-described was used as a means of committing a crime
The possession of the property or things above-described constitutes a crime.
The property or things above-described is in the possession of a person with intent to use such property as a means of committing a crime, or the property or things so intended to be used are in the possession of another to whom they have been delivered for the purpose of concealing them or preventing their being discovered.
The property or things above-described constitutes evidence which tends to show a crime has been committed, or tends to show that a particular person has committed a crime.
Asked if that means the BCA considers Damond to be a suspect, spokesperson Jill Oliveira replied via email:
“No, an individual involved in the incident.”
Daly, who said he has served as a visiting professor at the University of Queensland in Damond’s native Australia, believes concerned members of the public in both countries will be outraged by the BCA’s request to search the home.
Instead of investigating Noor’s deadly actions, the first reaction to a completely unjustifiable murder by a police officer against an innocent woman was to go and file for a search warrant for her house. The focus of that search on the victim rather than the shooter, along with the statements about Damond being “panicked” during her 911 calls, Noor being startled by a loud noise, and the references to ambushes of police officers tells you what their true intent was in the immediate aftermath of the shooting.
They were hoping to find something to smear her name with and make it appear that she was acting irrationally or in some way that could somehow be construed as threatening. Just for good measure, they’ve also made sure to say that a cell phone was found near her body, so they can claim he thought she was holding a gun. As is common practice for police departments when one of their own kills an innocent person, they were already setting up a scenario where Damond had caused her own death.
Meanwhile, Noor reportedly feels that his Brothas in Blue have “thrown him under the bus.” According to an anonymous friend, “His colleagues are accusing him of not showing proper police conduct on Saturday night.” To be fair, cops will normally support one of their own, regardless of how heinous and obvious their crime might be. However, it’s a bit hard to argue with anyone that says that shooting an innocent, unarmed woman is proper conduct.
In another development last week, Minneapolis Police Chief Janee Harteau has been forced to resign by Mayor Betsy Hodges. It’s been a bad couple weeks in the arena of public opinion for Chief Harteau. In rapid succession, she has had another murderous cop get off after shooting Philando Castile and video surface an officer executing a family’s pet dogs.
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Fare Hike Four to Paterson: Not So Fast
In case you’ve forgotten who’s in charge these days, Governor Paterson’s nomination of Jay Walder to succeed Lee Sander as MTA chief was quickly met with a joint statement from Malcolm Smith, John Sampson, and Fare Hike Four members Pedro Espada and Carl Kruger. In the interest of "transparency and accountability," the senators say they plan to put Walder in front of their committees before any decision is made. Kruger, for his part, tells The Daily Politics that he doesn’t consider the backbone of the region’s economy to be a particularly urgent agenda item.
"We’ll look at it over the course of the next couple of months," said
Kruger. … "After that, we’ll finish our vetting process, which hasn’t even
begun yet, and we’ll have a better idea about the timetable (for a
confirmation vote)."
When Liz Benjamin informed Kruger that Walder has already spoken of restoring public trust in the agency — a task that will be much more difficult thanks to shameless hucksters like Kruger himself, the senator replied:
"I come from Missouri; don’t show me, tell me. I mean, everybody says
they’re for oversight and accountability. What does that mean? What
does it mean?"
I swear, this blog just writes itself sometimes.
Filed Under: Carl Kruger, David Paterson, Malcolm Smith, MTA, Pedro Espada, State Legislature, Transit
State Senate on Transit Funding Meltdown: It Wasn’t Us
By Brad Aaron | Dec 14, 2009
After omitting bridge tolls from last spring’s transit funding package, then raiding the "piggy bank" to the tune of $143 million, Albany’s neglect of the MTA has left millions of transit-dependent New Yorkers in the lurch. Yet lawmakers have shown no inclination to get to work patching the agency’s ever-widening budget hole, much less coming […]
The Four Stooges
By Aaron Naparstek | Mar 18, 2009
OK, we have a winner of yesterday’s photo caption contest. Democratic State Senators Hiram Monserrate, Carl Kruger, Pedro Espada, Jr. and Ruben Diaz, Sr. will henceforth be known as "The Fare Hike Four." While we’re at it, we figure if the State Senate is going to treat New York City’s transit riders like clowns and […]
By Noah Kazis | Jan 25, 2011
Next Fare Hike Could Be 4.5 Times Bigger, Thanks to MTA’s Looming Debt Bomb (Reuters) Unlicensed Dump Truck Driver Killed Laurence Renard as She Crossed First Ave. (News, Post) Drunk Dump Truck Driver Hit ‘Nick’ Sundarawadu as He Refueled on Side of Road (News, Advance) Carl Kruger Keeps Pushing to Ban Pedestrians From Using Headphones, Cell Phones (AP) […]
Jay Walder Resigns as MTA Chief, Effective October 21 [Updated]
By Ben Fried | Jul 21, 2011
After a two-year tenure during which he earned the praise of transit advocates as a skilled and innovative leader, MTA Chair Jay Walder has announced that he will step down effective October 21. Walder, who was appointed by governor David Paterson in July 2009 and took the CEO position that October, will be taking the […]
MTA Doomsday Hotline: How to Reach Your State Senator
By Ben Fried | Mar 25, 2009
If you’re having a "mad as hell" kind of morning and want to channel your frustration over imminent doomsday fare hikes and service cuts, here’s where you can track down the number for your state senator’s Albany office. Those in the Union Square area can also drop by Transportation Alternatives’ phone-a-thon, which will be going […]
Doomsday Redux? MTA and Transit Riders Squeezed on All Sides
By Ben Fried | Dec 8, 2009
Yesterday word surfaced that the MTA will receive $200 million less from the recently enacted payroll tax than the state of New York originally projected. The news came less than a week after Albany legislators slashed $143 million from the MTA so the state can keep paying its bills. Add it up, and the agency […]
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ANALYSIS: For Faster Bronx Buses, Get Rid of Cars
Until the city builds more dedicated lanes and busways, the MTA's bus-network redesign amounts to tinkering. Bring on the red paint!
By Eve Kessler
The DOT and MTA agree: It's time to paint bus lanes like there's no tomorrow.
When the MTA is finally all done with its Bronx bus-network redesign, riders may indeed get to their destinations a bit faster, but the year-long effort to improve service for the borough’s almost half-million beleaguered riders is ultimately minor tinkering that won’t solve the borough’s real transportation crisis, advocates say.
That’s because the MTA, by itself, cannot address the main problem for Bronx buses (or buses in Queens and Brooklyn, where redesigns are also underway): the cars that choke the borough’s streets.
Any car-reduction plan must come from the city’s Department of Transportation, in the form of expansion of bus-priority corridors — in which buses get signal priority and street improvements to speed boarding — if not by outright limiting or banning cars to form “busways” like the one inaugurated last year in Manhattan on 14th Street. In a borough lacking any east-west subway routes, crosstown busways really are a necessity.
“The city needs to roll out the red paint in a serious way,” Riders Alliance spokesman Danny Pearlstein said, referring to the magenta hue that designates a truly dedicated bus lane.
The problem is that the bus-priority corridors claim public space presently used as car storage, and the DOT — at the direction of the mayor — seeks approval from community boards that are typically stacked with entitled car owners. That arduous process is supposed to be only advisory, but winds up costing years of effort — as ridership swoons.
“Mayor de Blasio is running out of time to make New York a fairer city. He has to go big on bus lanes the next two years, and his planners know where those bus lanes need to go,” said TransitCenter spokesman Ben Fried. “In the Bronx, all the mayor has to do is give DOT the go-ahead to quickly add bus lanes on priority streets where buses get bogged down in traffic.”
The mayor did introduce a Better Buses Action Plan in 2019 that seeks to improve speeds by 25 percent, but he has shown again and again that he has little appetite for taking on the entitled minority of car drivers that seeks to block such efforts.
The DOT has named 10 bus priority corridors in the Bronx, including:
Pelham Parkway, Fordham Road, West 207th Street
Pelham Bay Park Station Area
Washington Bridge and West 181st Street
East 149th Street
E.L. Grant Highway
University Avenue
Tremont Avenue
East 167th Street/East 168th Street
Story Avenue
East Gun Hill Road.
In the last several months, the department presented bus-priority proposals to CB3, CB4, and CB5 that would have cut parking spaces for single-person vehicles in favor of faster buses filled with hundreds of people. Some boards, such as 4, have been receptive, but others have balked. It remains unclear who will blink first: DOT or the community boards.
The 14th St Busway has been a tremendous success! We are committing today to make it permanent and announcing the next set of busways: 125th St in Harlem, Fordham Rd. in the Bronx, and Nostrand Ave in Brooklyn. We will roll out more every 3-5 months. Let’s get New York moving. pic.twitter.com/MoxFJdwYtC
— Mayor Bill de Blasio But He’s Good At His Job (@GoodNYCMayor) February 27, 2020
The department, unfortunately, isn’t winning any awards for bravery. The success of the 14th Street busway — with its faster buses, increased ridership, and improved safety, all without causing the congestion its detractors predicted — has still not encouraged the DOT to designate a similar roadway in the Bronx (or in any other borough, for that matter). In particular, Bronx street-safety activists have agitated for a busway on Fordham Road, a shopping Mecca and east-west arterial like 14th Street with horrendous traffic carnage.
DOT spokeswoman Alana Morales said that the DOT is “working closely with the MTA” to build “10 to 15 miles of new bus lanes and improving five miles of existing bus lanes each year.” That’s for the whole city [PDF, page 8].
It’s a drop in the bucket (of red paint).
In the Bronx, the bus-network redesign and bus-priority corridors are a pressing matter of social justice. City bus riders are on average poorer than even subway riders, according to a 2017 report of the New York City Comptroller, with an average income citywide of $28,455. That’s especially true in the Bronx. With a population of 1.43 million, a poverty rate of almost 30 percent and a median household income of $38,467 (less than half of Manhattan’s $85,066), the Bronx is the poorest of the five boroughs (and one of poorest counties in the nation).
Even given the borough’s many transit deserts, only 40 percent of households own cars, less than the citywide average of about 45 percent. If de Blasio really wants to unite the “Two Cities,” as he explained his governing vision, he should prioritize buses in the Bronx.
Given the borough’s poverty, it should concern all New Yorkers that Bronx bus ridership has dropped, from 560,326 in 2013 to 456,746 in 2018, an 18-percent decrease in five years. And no wonder, when the buses have slowed to a crawl.
According to the MTA’s Existing Conditions Report, Bronx bus speeds during May 2018 averaged 6.58 mph, 12 percent below the average system-wide speed of 7.5 mph for May 2018.
A Bronx resident testified at the final hearing for the MTA’s bus-network redesign on Feb. 20. Photo: Eve Kessler
Since May 2014, Bronx bus speeds have dropped overall; all but four of the 49 local, limited, and SBS bus routes have slowed — with 11 slowing by 10 percent or more, a trend that is worsening. Three routes lost a whopping 15 percent or more of their speed — the Bx19, M100, and Bx35 — all of which traverse high-traffic areas.
The MTA’s network redesign has some promising features. For example, it proposes to add two new routes, and 11 of its existing 46 routes would get more-frequent service. Moreover, it would lengthen the distance between stops by 18 percent, to an average of 1,092 feet from 882 feet, which is good news for speeds because it would cut the time that the buses must wait to get in and out of traffic.
Cutting bus stops and changing routes can be unpopular, however. At the final hearing on the plan, held at the Bronx Museum of the Arts on Feb. 20, speaker after speaker rose to condemn lost stops and route changes to the Bx28 and Bx34 routes. The MTA took the criticism in stride.
“The proposed redesign updates routes that have remained largely unchanged since they were converted from trolley lines nearly a century ago, and we look forward to the feedback that we’re continuing to solicit and receive,” said MTA spokeswoman Kayla Shults.
That’s good, said Fried.
“It’s good news for bus riders that the MTA will straighten out routes like the Bx36 and Bx11, run buses more frequently during off-peak hours on several routes, consolidate bus stops, and add the Bx25 and M125 routes,” he said. “Wait times on many routes will be shorter, speeds will increase thanks to better stop spacing, and riders will generally be able to get more places, more reliably, in less time.”
But had the MTA taken the more ambitious approach at the outset, the benefits for bus riders could have been greater, Fried added. Given the limited mandate and a mere $2-million investment from the state, Fried said the agency should to re-evaluate the redesign in five years.
“Gov. Cuomo should recognize how important buses are to low-income New Yorkers by investing in more frequent service,” added Stephanie Burgos-Veras, campaign manager of the Riders Alliance Bus Turnaround Coalition.
But recently departed New York City Transit chief Andy Byford pinpointed the main problem at a digital town hall on the Bronx network redesign last December.
“The buses are hopelessly caught in traffic,” Byford said, name-checking the 14th Street Busway as a model he’d like to see emulated in the Bronx. “As I often say, the buses can’t levitate. … We need to look at the root cause of why the buses are caught up. … If we can get people out of their cars and back on the buses, it’s good for New York [and] good for the environment.”
In other words, this MTA bus redesign is up to a different three-lettered agency: DOT.
Filed Under: bus lanes, Car Dependence, Carnage, Fordham Road, Street Safety, The Bronx, Traffic Justice, Transit, Promoted
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The draft plan seeks to combine routes and eliminate redundancies while improving connections among neighborhoods and between boroughs.
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Overall, the plan has been been lauded by many transit advocates — so that's good. But it's not perfect, as our analysis shows.
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Ridgewood could be next in line for a genuine, bona-fide, car-defying Busway.
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By Dave Colon | Dec 11, 2019
Speeds are down on the MTA's Select Bus Service overall compared to last year, which means you're likely to hear the mayor referred to as Bill de Busislow.
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By Gersh Kuntzman | May 28, 2020
It's the busway or the highway — and that's the problem.
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Politics amp Law
YA Reviewers
Cryptic crosswords and intellectual judo, Chris Else
Posted on December 1, 1992 by NZ Books
Albert Wendt,
Penguin, $29.95
Octavio’s Last Invention
Michael Morrissey,
Brick Row, $27.95
The world of Black Rainbow is a futuristic parody based on New Zealand Pakeha values, a world without crime, poverty or unemployment founded on a comfortable, all‑pervasive Philosophy of Ordinariness. The novel tells the story of Eric Mailei Foster who, after several years of being ‘dehistoried’ by the Tribunal, is given the freedom of the state and embarks upon a quest, the Game of Life. Pursued by the mysterious Hunters, he sets out in search of his family. The central issue of the book is thus the question of cultural identity.
The treatment is allegorical rather than comic or satirical. The text is peppered with direct, anagrammatic references to literary and cultural figures, from Yoko Ono to members of the Auckland University English department, with a constant sense of hidden meanings and connections. This is the problem with allegory: the story always refers to something else and there is no layering of meaning which provides several levels of involvement or interpretation. Thus it is impossible to enjoy Black Rainbow as a straightforward satire on contemporary New Zealand, and still less as a serio-comic thriller. The many references to actual people constantly jolt the reader out of any absorption in the story. The book is ultimately a conundrum like a cryptic crossword or a game of bridge. Whether it is judged as a witty and entertaining departure or an irritating piece of self-indulgence will depend on the individual reader’s taste.
Octavio’s Last Invention is Michael Morrissey’s second collection of short stories. It differs from the first, The Fat Lady and the Astronomer, in containing less of the fabulous and the intellectual and more focus on character and relationships. The stories appear to be in reverse chronological order and, because of this, the book has a curious feel to it.
Morrissey’s characters tend to be psychologically isolated individuals who, on a fundamental level remain untouched by the life around them Relationships are based on tolerance or indifference, or else they involve a kind of emotional and intellectual judo in which the protagonists continually circle each other trying, and usually failing, to get a hold for a good throw. Morrissey’s treatment reinforces this sense of distance by feelings and emotion. In the later stories, such as ‘The Sylvia Zone’ and ‘Like Going to the Movies’, which comes towards the beginning of the book, the failure to engage is mitigated by a good-humoured eccentricity which provides a fair substitute for personal warmth. In the early stories, however, the lack of feeling leaves a chilly sense of personal alienation.
In ‘Day at the Circus’ Ralph’s only clear response to the death of his father from cancer is purely physical: He was puzzled by something moving on his face. It ran out of the corner of his eye and down into his mouth. Again, in ‘At Maisie’s Place’, Gretchen experiences the attentions of her lover with a detachment which stretches credulity: She watched her body being revealed. Whose were those breasts coming to life vividly? Reading this collection thus involves a journey from a quirky, surrealistic humour into a world which fails to recognise the validity of a direct emotional engagement.
Morrissey is always a skilful and subtle writer. To some extent, the problems of the earliest stories may simply come from the passage of time. The liberated individualism and self-sufficiency of the 70s and 80s encouraged the relegation of value and feeling to a private and personal level, things hinted at but never revealed. The insecurities of the 90s will, perhaps, demand a more direct response.
Chris Else is a writer and literary agent.
Tagged with: Albert Wendt, Brick Row Publishing, Chris Else, Issue 7, Michael Morrissey, Penguin, Summer 1992
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UH&CS offers new wellness program for students
Lyndsey Cole, News Editor|September 15, 2017
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The new wellness program builds upon the previous combindation of University Health Services with University Counselling Services.
Case Western Reserve University Health and Counseling Services (UH&CS) announced a new approach to student wellness beginning in the Fall 2017 semester. The student program is modelled after a similar one that has previously been offered to CWRU faculty and staff, and includes several new wellness events for students to take advantage of.
The new wellness program is one of several steps the Division of Student Affairs has taken recently regarding University Health and University Counselling, which were combined to form UH&CS as of last year, in an effort to connect students’ physical and mental health.
Dr. Jennifer Wright McCarthy, executive director of University Health and Counselling Services, said that she hopes the program “supports students in mind, body and spirit as they pursue their academic and personal goals.”
The wellness program also has its own, new website, case.edu/wellness.
“Many wellness offerings have already been available to students at Case Western Reserve University,” McCarthy said, “The goal of the new student wellness effort is to organize existing programs under one umbrella and add new programs to help students fulfill their wellness goals. An overarching goal is to collaborate with campus partners to promote a culture of wellness at [CWRU].”
In light of CWRU’s Tobacco-Free Policy, effective July 1, UH&CS offers a tobacco cessation program for students, which McCarthy said is a part of the new wellness initiative.
“Given the preponderance of medical evidence about smoking and secondhand smoke, eliminating tobacco use is a key component of campus wellness,” McCarthy explained.
The biggest challenge to the new initiative was discovering what dimensions of campus wellness should be prioritized to positively impact the most students.
Among the program’s new offerings are upcoming events that focus on stress management, mindfulness and healthy sleep. McCarthy also said that the student wellness initiative involves collaboration between the faculty and staff wellness program as well as university athletics.
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Why Is Netflix Killing Off All Its Marvel Shows?
By Brandon Katz • 11/30/18 3:52pm
Poor Daredevil. Barry Wetcher/Netflix
Following the cancellations of Netflix’s Marvel shows Iron Fist and Luke Cage earlier this fall, audiences were bracing themselves for the ax to fall on Daredevil. Despite a solid third season, our worst fears were realized Thursday night when the streamer made it official and pulled the plug on the series. Now, its Marvel empire, once robust with six Netflix series, is down to two—Jessica Jones and The Punisher, both of which are expected to be nixed after their upcoming third and second seasons, respectively.
The motivation behind these decisions is two-fold. For starters, nearly all third-party measurement systems determined that the shows’ recent seasons were drawing fewer viewers than previous seasons. Daredevil‘s third season lost a reported 50 percent of its Season 2 audience, even though it was superior. And none of these Marvel series come cheap.
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But Disney, which owns Marvel, likely played an important part too. As the Magic Kingdom prepares to launch its own streaming service, Disney+, in 2019, it has been dissolving its relationship with Netflix. All of its Marvel, Star Wars and Pixar properties will be removed from the site once the licensing agreement expires next year.
Rumbles around the industry suggest that Marvel head Kevin Feige, who is responsible for the big screen MCU, is consolidating his shared cinematic universe. Disney+ is currently developing as many as three big-budget limited series featuring characters such as Loki (Tom Hiddleston) and Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen), with Feige taking a “hands-on role in their development.”
However, we shouldn’t expect Daredevil to get resuscitated for Disney+. The streaming service is being built around family-friendly content, which doesn’t leave much room for the darker tone and violence of that show and its Netflix brethren. Furthermore, given that Feige and company abandoned Marvel TV, it also seems unlikely that the series will end up on Hulu once Disney takes a controlling stake in that platform.
Though Netflix’s announcement states that Daredevil “will live on in future projects for Marvel,” this version of the character has probably been laid to rest. That’s a bummer because Daredevil was the best small-screen Marvel effort so far.
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How does Orthodoxy relate to Pop Culture?
By Webmaster on June 6, 2018 Orthodox News, Orthodox News Top Stories
Source: Pan Orthodox United Another question answered as part of our Solve 60 plan. Haven’t seen the plan? Take a look @ Solve60 Thank you for helping us make this video possible! Click below to view our video
Youth Concerns: Pan Orthodox United
By Webmaster on September 4, 2017 Governance & Unity News, Grassroots Unity in Action, Uncategorized
Source: Pan Orthodox United Our Purpose WE ARE YOUNG PEOPLE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE Our mission is to empower young people to transform their lives and communities with Christ’s unconditional love. WE BELIEVE IN FOCUSING ON THE GOOD We believe that God is love and that His message of love needs to be conveyed to the world in today’s language. We believe that through invitation, welcoming, listening, understanding, and being an example of love, we can deliver the eternal message of Christ to those that have left the church. We know, that when we come together, and focus on the good,…
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By Webmaster on September 24, 2016 Orthodox News, Orthodox News Top Stories
Source: Pan Orthodox United I co-founded Pan Orthodox United, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization created by young people for young people, because I believe in focusing on the good. I know that every year more and more young people leave Christianity, are filled with doubt and desire, and embark on spiritual or worldly quests to find themselves. I know this, because I am one of those people. I have doubted the existence of God, went months without going to church, and am always struggling for truth. I believe that most people that have left organized religion will one day be curious and contemplate things like their purpose in life,…
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By Webmaster on March 13, 2015 Orthodox News, Orthodox News Top Stories, Uncategorized
Source: Pan Orthodox United May 29-31st 2015 in Akron, Ohio! A fun-filled weekend for the entire Family, where we connect with each other and learn more about living our faith! Learn to dance various cultural dances, and participate in a charity walk to benefit Focus North America and Zoe for Life!! Registration Open To: Individuals, Soccer Teams, Dance Groups Click here to register today!
2014 PAN ORTHODOX CONVENTION ATTRACTS 300 YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS
By Webmaster on July 2, 2014 Governance & Unity News, Grassroots Unity in Action
Source: Pan Orthodox United Around three hundred youth and young adults from eight states and Canada gathered in Akron, Ohio, May 30 – June 1, 2014, for the Second Annual Pan-Orthodox Convention for Orthodox Christian youth and young adults. The Weekend’s activities included a round-robin soccer tournament, ethnic dance exhibition, musical performances, and casual cornhole competitions. Pan Orthodox United, a committee of young adults representing Greek, Serbian, Antiochian, Russian, Romanian, and other parishes throughout the Midwest, organized the weekend long event. Michael Pacurar, of Long Beach, California, is the chairman of Pan Orthodox United. “It’s extremely difficult for Orthodox youth and young adults to…
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Source: Orthodox Christian Laity At its recently adjourned board meeting in Akron, Ohio (May 30, 2014), four OCL members were elected to the Board of Directors. Each member is passionately committed to Orthodox Christian Unity. The variety of ages and interests of the new members will strengthen the vision and mission of OCL. The new board members are: Ellen Pantazis, Ocala, FL (GOA); Michael Pacurar, Long Beach CA and Akron, OH (OCA); John Regule, The Villages, FL (OCA); and Roy Snyder, St Louis, MO (Antiochian Archdiocese). Ellen Pantazis has had professional experiences as an educator and technology coordinator. She also…
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Christ is Risen! With less than one month to go before our 2nd annual Pan Orthodox Fellowship weekend, I wanted to personally thank each and every one of you for your ongoing help in trying to make this event as successful as possible. The Pan Orthodox Fellowship Weekend is still a relatively new event and it would be nothing without all of your efforts. For those of you who do not know me, my name is Mark Bleahu. I worked on the event last year but will now be in charge of the day to day preparations leading up to…
Pan Orthodox Fellowship Weekend: May 30 – June 1, 2014 / Akron OH
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PAN ORTHODOX FELLOWSHIP WEEKEND
By Webmaster on May 26, 2013 Orthodox News, Orthodox News Top Stories
[nggallery id=1]Source: Pan Orthodox United More than two hundred youth and young adults from six states and one Canadian province gathered in Akron, Ohio, May 17-19, 2013, in the first Pan Orthodox Fellowship Weekend for Orthodox Christian youth and young adults. The Weekend’s activities included a round-robin soccer tournament, ethnic dance exhibition, and casual cornhole competitions. Pan Orthodox United, a committee of young adults representing Greek, Serbian, Antiochian, Russian, Romanian, and other parishes throughout the Midwest, organized the Weekend. Michael Pacurar, of Fairlawn, Ohio, is the chairman of Pan Orthodox United. “It’s extremely difficult for Orthodox young adults to meet…
Pan Orthodox United
By Webmaster on March 5, 2013 Governance & Unity News, Grassroots Unity in Action
Pan Orthodox United was established for the purpose of Orthodox cultural exchange. By bringing people together, we hope to solidify our traditions and create opportunities to share our heritage with one another. This is done by encouraging young adults to gather and participate in social and sporting events throughout the year. The organization provides a wonderful opportunity for Orthodox Christians from throughout North America to come together to enjoy Christian fellowship, to meet friends, and to display athletic sportsmanship in an Orthodox Christian venue. This experience of Orthodoxy helps everyone understand the Church beyond their own home parishes. While we…
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Tanya Roberts’ ‘favourite acting job’ was That ’70s Show as partner confirms death aged 65
Tanya Roberts’ partner said her favourite job was That 70s Show (Picture: Tammie Arroyo / AFF-USA.com / MEGA)
Following the death of Tanya Roberts, the Charlie’s Angels star’s partner has shared her ‘favourite’ acting gig was on That ’70s Show.
It comes after Roberts’ partner Lance O’Brien confirmed the star had died aged 65 after collapsing on Christmas Eve. Her death was prematurely announced by reps a day earlier, before it emerged she was still alive. O’Brien confirmed she had later died on Monday evening.
Now he has opened up on Roberts’ legacy, sharing her career highlights with fans.
Speaking to Fox News, he said: ‘She loved ‘That ’70s Show’ more than anything in the world.
‘She loved that more than any of her movies.’
Roberts, who also appeared as Bond girl Stacey Sutton in 1985 film A View to a Kill, starred as Midge Pinciotti, mother of Donna (played by Laura Prepon) in the series, and O’Brien explained it was the filming schedule for the sitcom, which ran from 1998-2006, that made her so happy.
Tanya, front, second from left, played Midge (Picture: FOX Image Collection)
According to O’Brien, it was closer to a typical ‘9 to 5 type job’ and gave her more time at home.
He explained: ‘It was so much fun. She could come home, have dinner at home, see the dogs.’
Heartbreakingly, addressing the death of his partner – who he had spent the past 18 years with – O’Brien said he doesn’t know how he’s going to cope without Roberts.
He said: ‘We haven’t been apart. I just am devastated about what I’m going to do without her.’
With co-star Don Stark (Picture: 20th Century Fox/Kobal/REX)
Roberts sadly died on Monday evening at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles, after she was reported to be alive despite the premature death announcement, causing confusion.
The actress’ rep Mike Pingel confirmed her death to Metro.co.uk on Tuesday and said in a statement: ‘With a heavy heart I can confirm the death of Tanya Roberts (age 65) last night on January 4, 2021 around 9:30pm PT at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, CA.
‘Her 18-year domestic partner Lance O’Brien received the phone call from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center last night at their home confirming her passing.
‘Roberts’ cause of death was from a urinary tract infection which spread to her kidney, gallbladder, liver and then blood stream.
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‘Today, January 5, 2021 at 10:00am PT, O’Brien picked up Roberts’ personal possessions from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.’
Roberts also appeared in flick such as The Beastmaster and Sheena: Queen of the Jungle.
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(PRESS RELEASE) -- THE ROW Reno's luxury Caesars Entertainment property, Silver Legacy at THE ROW, is in the process of undergoing a more than $47 million renovation to its resort rooms and suites, projected to be completed by summer 2021. This comes after an investment of over $100 million for a master renovation project at THE ROW, which was completed in mid-2019.
The current project will include renovations to the hotel's fifth through 25th floors, with a total of 1,199 redesigned rooms. In collaboration with local Reno-based design firm, MBA Architecture and Design and St. Louis-based architect KdG, the rooms will undergo a full transformation, including new furnishings, updated window treatments and drapery, bathroom renovation, replacement of carpeting and flooring, addition of art and decor pieces, and more.
"We want to give guests a visit to remember when they stay with us at Silver Legacy, and part of that memorable experience includes one of the most important elements to a trip: the hotel accommodations," said Silver Legacy Regional President and General Manager Glenn Carano. "This significant investment in our room product will help further ensure guests receive the most comfortable, enjoyable and elevated experiences during their stay at THE ROW Reno."
The renovations will create a modern, sophisticated look, while maintaining the resort's lively and entertaining atmosphere. New upgrades, such as amethyst purple headboards and drapes with wall art to match, will provide a sense of luxury, peacefulness and comfort that complement the views of Reno's mountain landscape and vanilla skies. Premium grade kiln dried hardwood furnishings, accented with white marble tops, will add an elevated touch. Updated wallpaper with abstract lines will brighten up the room and create a more stylish look. The renovated bathroom will feature walk-in showers with mosaic tile and elegant, pearl white floor tile. Additional highlights will include new, self-serve coffee makers, updated lounge seating and flat-screen, high-definition televisions.
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The Rise of the Black Hipster
Music, fashion and art are already complicating our ideas of youth, sex and identity. So what happens when the hybrid hipster culture hits black America?
Kanye West with Don C, Taz Arnold, and Fonzworth Bentley, among others, outside the Comme des Garçons Fashion Show.
Hipsters. They’re everywhere. You’ve seen them on skateboards, in the mall and at the club. You’ve seen them shrugging dismissively in Oakland, Calif., Willamsburg, Brooklyn and Austin, Tx. And, suddenly, in Barack Obama’s Washington, too. Recently, I encountered Hector, a teenager skateboarding with friends outside a McDonald’s in downtown D.C. He’s wearing a neon T-shirt, impossibly skinny jeans, and a bored expression. So, are you a hipster or what? “Man, no,” he says. He does not care much for labels. Can he have a cigarette?
Hector is black. And these days, if you spend enough time in Union Square in New York City, Gallery Place in Washington or even Brick Lane in London, you know that there are thousands more kids just like him—black, white and brown. What gives?
By now, the traits of hipsterism are easily recognizable to culture vultures: Hipsters are white, urban, occasionally privileged, attitudinally earnest and functionally alternative. They live life at the intersection of Pabst Blue Ribbon and day-glo leggings—worn with irony, or maybe not. They listen to indie darlings like Pavement, or anthem rockers like Arcade Fire. Maybe even a little Wu-Tang. Everything obscure is good; a headband on some longhair of a man; a waifish girl sporting several thick gold chains.
The hipster—torn between ironic, “who cares if I’m wearing a tracksuit” detachment and the exhibitionism required to perform the trend—is complicating traditional ideas of identity and sexuality. And this lifestyle is all the more striking when the kids mixing white-boy silhouettes and post-punk swagger are already culturally conspicuous—when they are black.
So just what is a black hipster—a “blipster” or “alt-black”? Like many recent cultural trends, this one straddles race, politics, fashion and art. For the purposes of discussion, we’ll stick with men (though I have seen some Flock of Seagulls-looking black females out and about of late). As Lauren Cooper, a Howard University graduate who admits to an indie lifestyle, puts it, “It’s probably easier to pick out a black male ‘blipster’ than a female.”
Simply put: The racial archetypes that had defined the last 15 years of masculine street style have given way to a radically new aesthetic. Gone are the extra-long T-shirts, saggy jeans and Timbs long favored by young black men. They haven’t swapped them for the mopey, emo tees once favored by young whites. Rather, urban youth of all colors now rock snug pants, bright, oversized graphic tees, spotless vanity sneakers and hats with brims flatter than Kansas.
And a skateboard, too, if you can hack it. More than anything, these black hipsters are the “Kick, Push” generation. Just as “swagga” has gone mainstream, the racially ambiguous fashion statements of Lupe Fiasco, Pharrell Williams of N.E.R.D. or black skateboarder Steve Williams have become a prominent urban aesthetic, from mallrats in San Diego to grown men in Chicago.
Part of the blipster look is born of utility. “You can’t really wear sagging jeans without being embarrassed on your skateboard,” says Himanshu Kumar of the band Das Racist. So pin-thin pants have joined the “Spitfire shirts and SB Dunks” named by Fiasco in his now-classic skateboarding rap as markers of the new style.
And then there are the hybrid social and cultural cues American teenagers pick up every day that translate into hipster fashion and art.
Take the 19-year-old blipster I met recently on the D.C. metro rail. He wore acid-washed skinny jeans, a Boston Red Sox cap that looked like he’d ironed it and a Middle Eastern kaffiyeh around his neck. He and a friend hung off the pole inside the subway car like bananas on a hook.
Where did you get that scarf? I inquire.
“H&M,” he says.
Remembering the kaffiyeh’s significance as a symbol of Palestinian solidarity, I ask: Do you know what that means?
“Yeah, it's Muslim,” he replies, with scorn. “I wouldn't wear it if I didn't know what it meant.”
Hmm. If he seems confused, he’s not alone. New York magazine has been trying desperately to separate the genuine trappings of hipsterism—Pabst Blue Ribbon, cowboy boots on men—from the insanities that populate sites like lookatthisfuckinghipster.com.
It's a hard line to negotiate—especially when it comes to black men. Take some recent controversy regarding entertainer Kanye West, who often pushes the envelope on both sound and fashion, sporting bright green trousers and nerd goggles or pairing with Louis Vuitton to design a white sneaker which one writer panned as “a deck shoe combined with an Air Force One.” Does Kanye West Dress Too Gay? ran a breathless headline on the Daily Beast. Marcyliena Morgan, a professor who manages the Harvard Hip-Hop Archive, concluded that West is a pioneer: “While people may not adopt these looks fully, they will inevitably serve to soften the boundaries around black-male fashion.”
And, of course, there are those who hate the “blipster” label—even if they are supposedly in on the joke. “The first time I had ever heard the term used, I got pretty pissed off about it,” says Cooper. “It’s ‘Oh, you skateboard? Oh, you listen to indie music? You're such a blipster.’ Yeah, I listen to Cut Copy and Lykke Li, but I don't think those things negate blackness or require a classification."
But, as with any budding social scene, it can be hard to tell who’s in and who’s out.
Asher Roth, a white rapper who favors a preppy look, became a YouTube sensation with his hit “I Love College.” Does he count? While he’s spat rhymes for Jay-Z and inked a deal with Def Jam Records, he’s also gotten into trouble for talking about “nappy headed hoes” in reference to the Rutgers University women’s basketball team, and proclaiming that “the world’s gone mad / when blacks wear plaid.” But, to look at the shoes, jackets and fitted flannels you can find in the closets of many young, black people today, perhaps it has.
Das Racist, a hipsterish band comprised of Queens-born Kumar and San Francisco-born Victor Vazquez, matches hyphy dance beats with lyrics about “the combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell” that could speak for the ‘hood or the nearest gated community. And why choose? “A lot of this all [comes] from a resurgence of ‘80s culture into the boring modern day; across races—tight jeans and bright clothing aren't distinctly un-hip-hop, so to speak,” Kumar says.
Still other blipster musical acts embrace the hip and downplay the black. One such artist is ninjasonik, a persona who insists that he’s “a band, not a rapper.” Fair enough—the hook from one of his indie hits is "I’m a tight pants wearing ass n****." One Williamsburg-dwelling friend describes the live ninjasonik experience: “At least 100 people on stage, half of them nerdy white hipsters, half of them ‘hood hipsters, all totally getting along—it was so surreal,” he says. “Post-racial, post-sexist; it was mad crazy.”
The hipster tendency to turn social difference into spectacle seems odd for blacks who are already, by virtue of their minority status, very visible. But this speaks to another, broader trend—which is that this culture is about total liberation. Allin Bond, the black president of Happy Hour Clothing, which sells bright graphic T-shirts and other blipster-friendly attire, notes that “we are in kind of a mash-up culture. Rap is cool; smart rap is real cool; the ‘80s came back hard,” he says. “And part of being a hipster is not having any rules.”
So kids punch out the lenses of 3-D movie goggles to use them as nerd frames reminiscent of Elvis Costello; and Steve Williams, whose line of skatewear is sponsored by the mega-corporate Reebok, lists his favorite movies as both Wall Street—the '80s flick featuring Michael Douglas chanting “greed is good”—and Belly, the ‘hood drama starring troubled rapper DMX.
Say what you will about the blipsters and their crazy tastes—but we should have seen it coming. Black folks have had plenty of role models when it comes to edgy style. Dwayne Wayne, a character on A Different World and one of the earliest templates for today’s blipsters, wore flip-up sunglasses without irony. Black rockers like Prince laid the track for musicians such as Brooklyn-based TV on the Radio, singer Kelis, who famously “screamed on a track” or even hip-hopper Jim Jones, who’s partnered with fairy-funk act MGMT and once declared himself “too fat to fit into those skinny pants.” And don’t forget the sheets, diapers and hot pants worn by Parliament Funkadelic and Earth, Wind and Fire.
In short, blipsters are proof that everything old is new again.
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Let Peaceful Coexistence Reign In Ghana!
Last week, the picture of a happy and embracing male and female candidate vying for the same constituency, working together, brought back memories I had long forgotten about. While visiting China in 2010, I attended a Trade Fair in Shanghai, the SHANGHAI EXPO 2010.
Sunflower and Mangrove
Naturally, my first port of call at the EXPO was Ghana’s stand where pictures of Abedi Pele, Michael Essien and cocoa were showcased. Thereafter, I visited the Chinese stand. At the entrance, the Chinese had created a mangrove swamp. While finding nothing unusual with that, it struck me that, the sunflower plants growing in a mangrove swamp was a contradiction in nature. Why?
In Geography at school, we were taught about both mangroves and sunflowers. Mangroves were/are tropical plants which grow in coastal estuaries called wetlands. Generally, where sea-water meets fresh-water in estuaries in the tropics, a maze of woody vegetation called mangrove grows.
Sunflower on the other hand is a plant with bright yellow flowers surrounding an inner black circle of seeds. Sunflower does not like water and only grows in arid or semi-arid conditions. To show sunflowers growing out of a mangrove swamp was therefore contradictory.
Recalling my knowledge acquired fifty years earlier in school, I confidently demanded from the Chinese organisers their reason for having sunflowers growing in a mangrove swamp. Impressed with my valid observation, they explained that, the rationale for putting the two “enemy” plants together was symbolic.
In life it is possible for two seeming contradictions like mangrove and sunflower to co-exist peacefully. The Chinese therefore were educating the world that, peaceful co-existence is always possible despite seeming contradictions. They concluded that, while conflict is inevitable, it is resolvable if the opposing parties seek peace and harmony.
That night, I asked myself why there was so much conflict between humans.
Before the December 2016 Elections, the posture and rhetoric from all angles seemed to suggest Ghana was going to war. After the election success, two African friends called me to congratulate Ghana for once again showing leadership in Africa. Again in 2020, war drums are being sounded.
Do we always have to go through this?
“The Value is the same!”
In a recent article titled “Robb and Zorro are all Mentholatum,” I stated that the popular Ghanaian coinage, “the value is the same” emphasizes form over content. I gave a few examples of “TEA” representing hot beverages, MENTHOLATUM for balms and “PEPSODENT” for toothpastes. The variety of feedback was interesting.
“Korle Bu” and “Petrol SHELL”
Responding to “tea,” “pepsodent” and “mentholatum” having attained generic status, a doctor said, to this day, every health facility in Accra is referred to as “Korle Bu” by some Accra residents. Interestingly, a lady from Keta told me that, during their childhood days in the 1960s, the Keta Government Hospital was called Korle Bu. Much later, she learnt that Korle Bu in Accra was the name of Ghana’s premier hospital.
The major fuel companies/stations in Ghana after independence were BP (British Petroleum,) Texaco, Agip, Shell and Mobil. Somehow, all filling stations were called “Petrol Shell!”
Universities as “Legon”
Perhaps, the most humorous is the calling of every university “Legon” attributed to a former Head of State. So, there was “Accra Legon, “Kumasi Legon” and “Cape Coast Legon" in the 1970s
I ended what a friend calls my “Tomogin article” saying that, like beverages, balms and toothpastes, Ghana has over one-hundred tribes! We cannot all come from one tribe, but we are all Ghanaians. For, whether our tribe is “Robb-Nzima,” “Zorro-Gonja,” “Tomogin-Ewe” or “Mentholatum-Ashanti,” “the value is the same” ………Ghanaian!
From my experience in China about the symbolism of the peaceful co-existence of seeming “enemy’ plants like mangrove and sunflower, Ghanaians are capable of accommodating whatever differences, as diversity is a fact of life. We lived peacefully in boarding schools. Indeed, many of us still do not know where others come from. All we know is that, we are classmates and Ghanaians.
Let us not allow partisan politics to divide us!
I hope that, as the two contestants have demonstrated maturity in happily taking a picture and doing communal work together in their constituency, all victors will be gracious in victory, and losers magnanimous in defeat. The more important thing is that, come 7th December 2020, GHANA must be the winner.
For, as an Egyptian officer said in my first UN peacekeeping operation in the Sinai Desert in 1975 after the Yom Kippur War with Israel in 1973,
“WAR NO GOOD! HOT AFTERNOON, YOU SEE STARS!
Fellow Ghanaians, let us swim together to GREATNESS!
Brig Gen Dan Frimpong (Rtd)
Former CEO, African Peace Support Trainers Association
Council Chairman
Family Health University College
Source: Brig Gen Dan Frimpong (Rtd)/ [email protected]
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AG Shapiro, PennEnvironment, Mayor Kenney, Congressmen Evans and Boyle speak out against Trump Rollback of Auto Pollution Standards
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THE MURDER IN 1911
Posted on November 6, 2011 by Zephyretta
Captain Neol Williamson was the Assistant Political Officer at Sadiya in the beginning of the 20th century and wedded to the ideas of British imperialism thoroughly. Within a very short time of his appointment, he toured into the interiors of the north-eastern hills and very often crossed the line of his jurisdiction. In the year 1908, Williamson toured the Pasi, Gallong and Minyong village around the present day Pasighat. In the following year he again made the tour in Lohit valley, this time going beyond the ’Outer line’. He also toured the Abor hills going along the course of Dihang river and went upto Kebang village. During this tour, he was accompanied by Colonel D.M. Lumsden and W.L.B. Jackman, a member of the American Mission at Sadiya. Williamson and his party could not go beyond the Kebang Village due to an inter-tribal war between the Pangis and the Minyongs.
The main objective of these tours was to gather detailed knowledge of the tribal land, explore the possibilities of the trade route through these hills to Tibet and to ascertain the extent of the Chinese influence in this area. The Adis, however, were always suspicious of these tours since during tours, they were not only required to work as porters but were also supposed to provide ration supply to the touring party without any substantial payment. Besides, the tribals were also haunted by a common sense of insecurity and humiliation. To a primitive people, with their distinctive native culture, institutions and values, the activities of the British amounted to a direct interference in their freedom and the imposition of an alien culture on them. Like any other tribal society which valued its freedom more than anything else, this was causing irritation among the Adis. The result was explosive, leading to the murder of Williamson and his party in 1911.
Noel Williamson was determined to penetrate into the hills with a view to fulfill his objective and once again, therefore, 1911, he penetrated again into the Mishmi hills upto Walong. There he noticed the Chinese flag at Menikari and was also reported the Chinese occupation of Rima. Noticing the Chinese activities In the Mishmi Hills he became concerned about the lot of the Abor Hills; immediately after his return from the Mishmi hills. He, therefore, chalked out a programme of tour into Abor hills. From the Chinese action he had seen in the Mishmi Hills, he at once realize the necessity of finding out the extent of the Chinese influence in these hills. Thus in 1911, Williamson ventured on another expedition of the Adi Hills that was to make an important landmark in the history of the North East.
Before proceeding to see the expedition of Williamson in 1911, let us have a look at the rules and regulations of the Government concerning such expeditions. the orders relating to the tours beyond the area of political control on the north-east border of India were summed up briefly in the rule that the sanction of the Local Government must first be obtained in all cases. When such tours were likely involve complications that could demand the sending of a punitive expedition, the tour could not be permitted without the prior permission of the Government of India. All the official records reveal that Williamson had failed to get the necessary sanction of the Government before he started his tour of the Abor Hills in 1911.
During this expedition, Willamson was accompanied by 34 Gurkhali coolies, 10 Miris, 2 orderlies and three servants. Besides, Dr. J.D. Gregorson, a successful doctor in medical charge of the European and native staff of an important tea garden at Tinsukia and Lakhimpur, who took a deep interest in the tribes of the Hills, also accompanied Williamson. On 18thMarch, 1911, the party reached Rottung and halted there for the night. During that night, some provisions and a case of liquor was stolen from the camp by some tribal people. Williamson asked the village people that the guilty were to be presented before him when he returned back from his journey. The naturally made the village people very angry, since Williamson had the guts to threaten the Adis in their own land. It is suggested that the plan to murder the entire party was discussed by the villagers the same night. This was even reported to Williamson, but he did not pay any attention to it. He was confident that the Adis would not attack him since as per the nature of the Adis, they are stronger in deliberation than in action. On the next day the party marched upto Pangi village and stayed there waiting for the arrival of the porters. On the 28th March, a Mising servant, Manpur, was sent back to Rottung with some sick coolies and some letters. Manpur, it was reported, told to the people of Rottung that he had come to take more sepoys into the hills so that the Adis could be punished. This false statement on the part of Manpur agitated the tribals who killed the four men and marched upto Pangi to take action against Williamson and his party.
On the fateful day of 30th March, Willamson marched further from pangi, leaving Dr. Gregorson and three coolies in the camp. The tribals, gathering more men at Kebang and Babuk villages, came to the Pangi camp and killed Dr. Gregorson and the three coolies. They they followed Williamson who had reached Komsing village, which is 80 miles from the present day Pasighat. On the morning of 31th March, 1911, the furious tribals arrived there and in the broad daylight, Williamson and his party was murderd at 10:00 a.m. Only a few managed to escape to relay the news of this murder at Sodiya.
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KEBANG and GAMBO :Adi Village Council System
Posted on October 23, 2011 by Zephyretta
KEBANG:
The Adi tribes of Arunachal Pradesh largely found in the erstwhile Siang district had developed a well organized republican system of administration. The KEBANG or the village council formed the basis of their political organization. The Adi folk songs and folklores often bear the reference to Kalu Kebo(the council of people), Kabo-Yabo (the public) and qumin-soyin(the village spirits) etc., which proves that the village council or kebang exitsted in the Adi society from the very early times.
Every Adi village is run by a council called kebang and all adult villagers are its members. All of them can participate in its deliberations which are guided by the elders of the council and are known as Kebang-Abus. The leadership of the Kebang is not hereditary but is acquired by an elder by virtue of his merits in different fields. The kebang was and is a democratic body and all the villagers are to take part in its meetings. Though there is no restriction on women taking part in Kebang, generally they did not participate in its deliberations due to one reason or another. The kebang, therefore, was generally an all male affair.
The meetins of the village council (Dolung kebang) are generally held at dere or moshup, the Adi name for public administration. During the British period, due to various reasons such as the possible fear of British intervention in their territory and curtailment of their right in the plains, two other categories of Kebangs came into being namely the Bango-Kebang or a council of many villages and the Bogum-Bokang kebang or a council of the whole Adi tribes. Due to the presence of the Britishers and their influence three more officials began to be associated with the kebang. They were the Gam, the political Jamadar and kotoki. The Gam or the Gaonburah were appointed by the Government under regulation 1 of 1945 by virtue of their influence, experience and acceptability to the villagers. Normally each clan had a Gam who could be easily spotted by the red coat that was their official dress.
In the Keabang the proceedings are generally initiated and controlled by the experienced members called the Abus. The proceedings of the Kebang sometimes continue for days together till all participants are exhausted and arrive at an agreeable decision, failing which the kebang is adjourned for the next session. Every speaker in the Kebang begins his speech with an introduction called Abe, which narrates the ancient history and glory of the Adi tribe, and exhorts the village elders for important judgment. Cases of both civil and criminal nature are put up before the Kebang by the contending parties backed by their fellow clansmen and supporters. The Abus guide the speakers and interpret the laws, sometimes giving examples as to how a case of similar nature was decided earlier. It is noteworthy that the aim of Kebang is to make all parties agree to a compromise and not to enforce any judgment. Once a decision is taken in a Kebang its implementation is automatic. In the criminal cases, the common punishment is usually the imposition of fines and compensation to the aggrieved party.
The village councils are empowered to decide the cases falling within the jurisdiction of their respective villages. The cases which involve two or more villages, the Bongo Kebang is called and those cases or an event which can affects the entire community, the Bogum Bokang Kebang is convened. The Kebang operates on the principle of unquestionable loyaelity to the village community and customary laws. Many a times the supernatural guidance is sought through oaths and ordeals, which comprise of physical and psychological tests. The findings of the supernatural courts were considered to be final and binding though this practice is not generally encouraged now a days.
THE GAMBO
The Adis who live in Mechukha area had a different system of administration which centered around GAMBO. A GAMBO means a head or a leader or an influential person of a particular clan or village. Earlier these GAMBOS were selected by the village people to act as their leaders. This selection of the GAMBO was, generally speaking, hereditary and normally the eldest son succeeded his father. In some cases, the GAMBOS attempted to become the DERA or the chief of their village.
The Gambos decided the issue and disputes related to property, murder, thief etc.. in the village but were not arbitrary. They were guided by the customary laws and traditions. In the issues relating to relations with the outsiders, tribals or otherwise, the support of the chiefs of other village also sought. The Gambos did not have either the authority or the power to collect taxes from the villagers. The Gambos gradually lost their influence after 1954 when the Assam Frontier regulation of 1945 was enforced in NEFA.
Filed under: Adi Tribe, Assam Frontier regulation of 1945, DERA, Dolung kebang, GAMBO, Kabo-Yabo, Kalu Kebo, Kebang, Kebang Abus, Moshup, qumin-soyin, the village council | Tagged: Assam Frontier regulation of 1945, Bango Kebang, Bogum-Bokang kebang, DERA, Dolung kebang, Gam, GAMBO, Gaonburah, Kabo-Yabo, Kalu Kebo, Kebang, Kebang Abus, NEFA, qumin-soyin, the Adi village council, the village council | Leave a comment »
Moshup and Rasheng- The Social Institutions of Adi tribe
The social institution that forms an important part of the social life of most of the tribes in the existence of the Dormitories or communal barracks or bachelor’s quarters.
Amongst the Adis these Dormitories are called MOSHUP (for boys) and RASHENG (for girls). The basic idea behind these institutions to create a habit of discipline amongst the children and also to create a feeling of cooperation. The Moshup is normally situated in the centre of the village and is constructed at a place from which different approaches to the village can be seen. These dormitories are used as the sleeping houses by all the youngmen of the village from the age of ten till marriage. The Moshup, sometimes has its advisory board comprising of the old and experience people. They advice the young members on the matters of community life, hunting, etc. etc.. The old and infirm members of the village also came to Moshup in the day time to get-together and gossip. Guests and visitors are also entertained here and kebangs are also held here.
The RASHENG or the girls dormitories was meant for the gaiety, amusement and the art and regulation of love-making. This rasheng is purely secular in nature and has no religious significance. After reaching puberty, girls sleep in their respective clan Rashengs. During the day time it is generally vacant but at night spinning and weaving is carried out here. A senior experience girl normally supervises the Rasheng. It is a training institution for the girls in discipline, comradeship, responsibility and leadership. The romantic life of a girl starts here. Young boys from different clans come and join the girls at night and the affairs of the boys and girls of marriageable clans generally lead to marriage. Thus the Moshup and rasheng of the Adis are the central institution where the boys and girls received practical training in traditional mode of life.
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The Origin and Migration of Adi Tribe Part I- Compensated by the oral tradition of the people in the form of Legends, Myths, Folklores and Sayings etc.
The Adis do not have any historical records in the want of a language; but this is compensated by the oral traditions of the people in the form of legends, myths, folklores, proverbs and sayings etc. These oral traditions are reflected in Abangs, Ponungs, Abes etc. The oral religious literature of the Adis is mainly represented by rhapsodies known a Abangs, relating to the mythe of creation, origin of social institutions and history of the people. The Ponungs are nothing but legthy ballads, drawing their themes from Abangs, highlighting the origin of different things including the Adis race itself. The Abes may be considered as the political literature of the people and the term is used to mean the introductory speeches given by the Kebang. An elderly person gifted with powers of good oratory is called the Kebang Abu, who traces the origin and migration of the people of the central zone of Arunachal from Uli, Usha and kumting in Tibet in a poetic language. There are dozens of myths currents among the Adis which talk about their origin and migration. The task of tracing the origin and migration of the Adis was taken over by various foreign scholars in the 19th and the early part of the 20th century.
William Robinson was the first European scholar to draw a connected account of the tribes and, as quoted, the difficulty in lifting up “ the dark veil which conceals the origin of the tribes”. John Butler thinks the Adis,“to be the descendents of the tortar race” by observing their physical features. Father Kreek believe that the Padams stood midway between mongoloid and Caucasian race and referred to a popular tradition about the origin of the padam people. He recollected a story that when the earth was full of mud, God came down from heaven and made two brothers and sisters with a handful of mud. The padams descended from the elder and the Miris from the younger brother. E.T. Dalton also tried to trace the origin of the Padams from an older son of a woman in the beginning of the earth. G.W. Beresford believes that all the Adis acknowledge a common origin from the Bor Abors. G.D.S. Dundar has also tried to trace the traditional origin of the tribes. R.C.R. Gumming refers that all the Adis claim their origin form some race tribes settled a Killing in Bomo-janbo country. According to a popular version,” in the beginning there was only darkness, and out of the union of the sky(Melo) and the earth(Sedi) things were born. Pedong nane who descended from Sedi-Melo were married to Yidum Bole and out of their union was born Donyi, the first man”. Dr. Verrier Elwin has collected some myths referring to Donyi or Tani as the first man on the earth.
Different branches of the Adi families however, have their own myths and traditions regarding their origin and migration. The Padam Minyong myths refer that keyum was the first in the line of creation. After a few generations came sedi who is believed to be the creator of the world. Pedong nane was the sixth generation of Sedi who gave birth to different gods, goddesses, spirits and animals and Donyi or tani was the youngest issues of Pedong Nane. This group of the adis regard Donyi or Tani as the common ancestor of the Adis. It is also believed that Pedong’s son was Dobir who had a son named Dirbo, and he had a number of sons. One of the sons of Dirbo was Bome from whom the Padams descended and the other was Banyo from whom the Minyongs descended. This myth of origin is also prevalent amongs Pasis, Panggis, karkos, Shimongs, Milangs and the Eastyern Adi groups.
The myths of the Galo group of Adis trace their origin from Sichi. They believed that after a few generations from Sichi, Tani, the first man was born and it was from him that all the sub-tribes of the Galo groups like the Pailibos, Bokars, Ramos etc.., came into being. The Pailibos claims to be the descendents of Sichi, the mother earth and recounts the story of the creation of different clans of the Pailibos from the descendents of Sichi or Sichang. The Bokars claims their descent from the first man Abo Tani and belives that one of the off-spring of Abo Tani was Dungume from whom runs the direct line of descent of the present day Bokars. The ramos attribute their origin to the union of Medoang (the sky) and Seaching(the earth) and consider Donyi (the sun) and Polo(the moon) as their first issues. As per their oral tradition, Donyi and Polo have gone to stay with medong(the sky) but the ramos have stayed back with their mother Seaching(the earth). It is also held that Jomso was the common forefather of the Ramos, Bokars and Pailibos. In the Galo mythology, Jimi is the creator who created Mrdo(the sky) and sichi(the earth) and from their union started the human race. The first child was Sibuk and one of his descendant was Tusi whose son was Rimi or Tani, the father of the man. Tani is the common father of man, as acknowledged by the Galos.
Filed under: Abangs, Abes, Abotani, Abutani, Adi ballad, Adi tribes, ancient Indigenous Tribes of Arunachal Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Donyi-Polo, Dr. Verrier Elwin, E.T. Dalton, Father Kreek, Folk, Folk Tale, FOLK TALES, folklores, G.D.S. Dundar, G.W. Beresford, Galo, Galong Tribe, HISTORICAL MYTH, History, John Butler, Kebang, legends, legends and myths, Minynong, Myth, myths, North East India, Oral Narratives, Oral tradition, Ponungs, proverbs and sayings of Adis, R.C.R. Gumming, Tani, Verrier Elwin, William Robinson | Tagged: Abangs, Abes, Abotani, Abutani, ADI, ADI culture, Adi Tribe, Arunachal Pradesh, Culture, Donyi-Polo, Dr. Verrier Elwin, E.T. Dalton, Father Kreek, Folk, folk Song, Folk Stories, folklores, G.D.S. Dundar, G.W. Beresford, Galo, HISTORICAL MYTH, History, John Butler, Kebang, Kebang Abu, legends, Myth of origins, Mythology, myths, North East India, Oral tradition, Ponungs, proverbs, R.C.R. Gumming, sayings, Tani, TRADITION, Verrier Elwin, William Robinson | 3 Comments »
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Justia Patents For Plate Or SheetUS Patent Application for BOX WITH HAND HOLES AND SPACER PANEL TO FACILITATE LIFTING AND CARRYING THE BOX Patent Application (Application #20140061080)
BOX WITH HAND HOLES AND SPACER PANEL TO FACILITATE LIFTING AND CARRYING THE BOX
Nov 11, 2013 - INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY
A carton has hand holes in opposite walls and a spacer panel inserted between stacked articles in the carton. The spacer panel has cut outs in its opposite ends positioned behind the hand holes to provide space for inserting the fingers. The hand holes and spacer panel facilitate lifting, carrying and manipulating the carton. The spacer panel has width and length dimensions to fit within the interior width and length dimensions of the carton and reinforces the carton to reduce damage when the carton is dropped.
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This invention relates generally to boxes. In particular, the invention relates to a box having hand holes and a spacer panel defining recesses behind the hand holes for insertion of the fingers to facilitate lifting and carrying of the box. In a specific embodiment the box is a carton designed to hold multiple reams of cut sheets of paper.
Conventional boxes and cartons are normally picked up and carried by placing the hands under the bottom of the box or carton, or sometimes by grasping straps wrapped around the box when straps are present. Conventional cartons designed for holding cut sheets of paper are formed of corrugated cardboard and typically hold 10 wrapped reams of 500 sheets each. These cartons of paper weigh 50 pounds or more, depending upon the bond rating of the paper.
For example, a single ream of standard 20 lb. bond paper weighs 5 pounds and a single ream of 24 lb. bond paper weighs 6 pounds, whereby a carton of 10 reams of 20 lb. bond paper weighs 50 pounds and a carton of 10 reams of 24 lb. bond paper weighs 60 pounds. These boxes are relatively heavy and difficult to handle by most consumers.
Some conventional boxes and cartons have hand holes in opposed walls to facilitate lifting and carrying of them, but there is no spacer panel defining recesses behind the hand holes to provide space for insertion of the fingers through the hand holes. Cartons holding cut sheets of paper normally do not have hand holes in them.
Consumers wishing to purchase one or more cartons of paper typically either order the paper to be delivered to their home or office location, or go to a point of sale to acquire the paper. In the former instance, even after the carton has been delivered to their location, the consumer generally either has to lift the carton of paper and carry it to its point of use, or lift the carton onto a cart for transport to the point of use and then again lift the carton to remove it from the cart. In the latter instance, when the consumer drives to a point of sale to acquire the paper, the consumer either has to lift and carry the carton to check-out, or select a shopping cart and push the cart to where the cartons of paper are displayed, then lift the carton into the cart and push the cart to check-out. After purchase, the consumer again has to lift the carton of paper to remove it from the cart and place it in his or her vehicle. Upon reaching their destination, the consumer again has to lift the carton to remove it from the vehicle and either carry the carton into his or her home or office or place it on a cart to transport it to its point of use. This multiple lifting of the relatively heavy cartons of paper from a variety of carts, dollies and shopping carts increases the possibility for personal injury to the consumer.
Container handling is the third largest source of injury and illness in the private sector and is the largest source of injury and illness in the retail trade. Boxes of photocopy paper are among the heaviest items that employees are required to lift in the office. Data indicates that manual material handling (MMH) is among the most frequent and severe causes of injury worldwide, and 35%-40% of workplace injury costs are related to MMH, with 1.8 million U.S. workers experiencing work related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSD's) each year.
Manual handling issues that affect the ease and safety of the lift include: weight of the object; horizontal location of the object; vertical location of the object; vertical travel distance; asymmetry/twisting; frequency; duration; coupling; posture; and if mechanical contact stress is present.
It would be advantageous to have a container, especially a container for cut sheets of paper, wherein the container has hand holes in the sides with space for inserting the fingers through the hand holes, to facilitate lifting and carrying of the container and thereby minimize the incidences of injury that occur with conventional containers.
In a preferred embodiment the box of the invention comprises a standard corrugated paper carton having a bottom wall, opposite side walls, opposite end walls, and a removable lid or cover, and is designed to hold 10 reams of paper, but it should be understood that the principles of the invention could be applied to containers made of other materials and having other capacities and designed for other goods.
The carton of the invention has hand holes in its opposite ends and a spacer panel with cut outs in its opposite ends is inserted between the reams of paper with the cut outs positioned behind the hand holes to provide clearance for the fingers when they are inserted through the hand holes. The fingers then engage beneath superjacent reams of paper to exert force against the paper to lift the carton.
In a preferred embodiment the cut outs in the ends of the spacer panel are shaped to minimize damage to adjacent sheets of paper, and a punch-out foldable panel is provided in the hand holes to close them until they are used to lift the carton.
Although the carton has been described as holding 10 reams of paper, it should be understood that the invention is applicable to cartons holding a different number of cut sheets of paper, or to cartons for holding other objects and which have a weight that makes them difficult to handle in a conventional manner.
The hand holes allow the user to lift a carton from the floor without having to get his or her hands completely under the carton, thereby reducing the extent to which the user has to bend over to lift the carton. The hand holes also provide secure grip and control of the carton, enabling it to be easily maneuvered and cleanly lifted and carried, thus limiting the risk of product damage and injury to the user due to accidentally dropping the carton. Further, the hand holes allow the carton to be fully placed before releasing it, thus limiting the risk of product damage and injury to the user due to intentional dropping.
The foregoing, as well as other objects and advantages of the invention, will become apparent from the following detailed description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference characters designate like parts throughout the several views, and wherein:
FIG. 1 is a top isometric view of a carton having hand holes and a spacer panel according to the invention, shown in its shipping configuration with straps applied around the carton.
FIG. 2 is a top isometric exploded view of the carton of FIG. 1.
FIG. 3 is a bottom isometric exploded view of the carton of FIG. 1.
FIG. 4 is a plan view of the spacer panel shown in FIGS. 2 and 3.
FIG. 5 is an end view of a carton according to the invention, with a portion shown in section, wherein the carton has a second embodiment of hand hole that is formed by a punch-out panel that is joined to the end wall of the carton by a perforated line along the bottom and side edges of the panel and by a fold along its top edge so that when the panel is pushed inwardly the perforated line fractures and the panel folds upwardly and inwardly of the carton.
FIG. 6 is an enlarged, fragmentary isometric view of the hand hole of FIG. 5, looking from outside the carton.
FIG. 7 is an enlarged, fragmentary isometric view of the hand hole of FIG. 5, looking from the inside of the carton.
FIG. 8 is a plan view of a preferred form of spacer panel wherein the cut outs in its opposite ends are shaped to minimize damage to adjacent reams of paper.
FIG. 9 is a longitudinal sectional view taken along line 9-9 in FIG. 8.
FIG. 10 is a fragmentary plan view of an end of the spacer panel, wherein the cut outs in the ends of the panel have a rounded shape.
FIG. 11 is a lifting index table for a conventional ten ream carton.
FIG. 12 is a lifting index table for a ten ream carton having the hand holes and spacer panel of the present invention.
FIG. 13 is a lifting index table for an eight ream carton having the hand holes and spacer panel of the present invention.
Referring more specifically to the drawings, a carton according to the invention is indicated generally at 10 in FIGS. 1-3. The carton has a bottom wall 11, opposite side walls 12 and 13, opposite end walls 14 and 15, and a lid or cover 16 covering the open top of the carton. Tie straps 17 may be placed longitudinally and/or transversely around the carton, as shown in broken lines in FIG. 1. The carton as shown and described herein is intended for containing wrapped reams 20 of cut sheets of paper. In the example shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, there are ten reams of paper, but it should be understood that the invention is not limited to a carton for ten reams, or even to a carton for reams of paper.
In accordance with the invention, the carton 10 has hand holes 30 and 31 cut in its opposite ends, respectively, and a spacer panel 40 is inserted in the carton between the layers of reams of paper 20. A cut out or recess 41 is formed in each end of the panel 40 and the panel is positioned so that these cut outs are behind and in registry with the respective hand holes 30 and 31. When the carton contains reams of paper 20, the spacer panel and cut outs provide room for inserting the fingers between the reams of paper so that lifting force can be exerted against superjacent reams to lift the carton. The panel 40 can comprise a sheet of honeycomb material or other material to provide the necessary space for inserting the fingers. In a preferred embodiment, the panel 40 has a thickness of about one inch and each of the cut outs 41 has a width of about four inches and a depth of from about three inches to about four and one-half inches at its deepest point. The cut outs 30 and 31 preferably have a width of about four inches and a height of about one and one-half inches. The spacer panel has width and length dimensions to fit within the interior width and length dimensions of the carton and reinforces the carton to reduce damage when the carton is dropped.
In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the hand holes 30 and 31 are completely cut out openings. In a preferred construction, the cut outs have a height of about one and one-half inches.
As shown in FIG. 4, the cut outs 41 in the ends of the spacer panel 40 are rectangularly shaped, with parallel side edges 41a, 41b each having a length of about three inches, and a straight back edge 41c having a length of about four inches and connected between the inner ends of the side edges.
FIGS. 5-7 depict a different embodiment of hand hole 45, wherein the hand hole is formed by a punch-out panel 46 joined to the carton end wall along its bottom and side edges by a perforated line 47, and along its top edge by a fold 48 so that when the panel is pushed inwardly the perforated line fractures and the panel folds upwardly and inwardly of the carton.
FIG. 8 depicts a spacer panel 50 having a preferred embodiment of cut out 51, wherein substantially equal outer ends 52 and 53 of the back edge are angled forwardly at about 30° and intersect respective parallel side edges 54a and 54b spaced about 40% closer to the end of the panel than the back edge in the FIG. 2 embodiment. In this embodiment, the deepest point 55 of the cut out, where the angled edges 52 and 53 meet in the middle, is spaced approximately three inches from the end of the panel, the parallel side edges 51a and 51b each have a length of about one and three-quarter inches, and the side edges are spaced apart about four inches. Damage to the reams of paper is minimized with this shape of cut out, wherein the back corners of the cut out are beveled.
Cut outs of alternate shape are shown in the spacer panel 60 of FIG. 10, wherein the cut outs have a curvilinear shape 61. This shape cut out has the same advantages as the cut out shown in FIG. 8.
Revised National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Lifting Guidelines were used to quantify the differences between a conventional 10-ream carton and an 8-ream and a 10-ream carton having hand holes and a spacer panel according to the invention. See FIGS. 11-13. The differences between cartons according to the invention and conventional cartons that are reflected in the Revised NIOSH Lifting calculations include improved coupling, reduced horizontal distance of the hands away from the body, and increased vertical distance of the hands above the floor for both the 8-ream and 10-ream cartons of the invention, as well as decreased load weight for the 8-ream carton. For each of these calculations, variables that are not affected by features of the cartons according to the invention (vertical distance traveled, asymmetry, and frequency) were assumed to be under ideal conditions and the load was assumed to be lifted off of the floor.
As shown in FIG. 11, the lifting index for a conventional ten ream carton was calculated to be 2.53, with a recommended safe weight limit of 19.8 lbs.
The lifting index scores for cartons made according to the invention were significantly less. As shown in FIG. 12, the lifting index for the 10-ream carton of the invention was calculated to be 1.45, and as shown in FIG. 13, for the 8-ream carton was calculated to be 1.16.
Drop tests were conducted with ten 8½″×11″ reams of Hammermill Copy Plus 20 lb copy paper produced at the International Paper Company Sumter Mill in Sumter, S.C. Five cases were drop tested six times, once on each package face. Five additional cases were drop tested seven times, once on each package face and once on a corner. The packages were conditioned at 73° F./50% RH for 24 hours prior to testing.
Prior to testing, the cases were labeled to identify the exterior surfaces or faces of the package. Corresponding with the package top, the following identification was consistent for all units tested.
Face 1=Top of Ream Package
Face 2=Length panel of Ream Package
Face 3=Bottom of Ream Package
Face 4=Opposite Length panel of Ream Package
Face 5=Width panel of Ream Package
Face 6=Opposite Width panel of Ream Package
Five sample packages were dropped six times from a height of 12 inches in the following format:
Drop 1−Face 2 Length
Drop 3−Face 3 Bottom
Drop 4−Face 6 Width
Drop 5−Face 1 Top
Five sample packages were dropped seven times from a height of 12 inches in the following format:
Drop 7−Corner 2-3-5
A honeycomb spacer panel was placed between the second and third paper layers (as counted from the bottom of the package) within each case. The honeycomb spacer panel aligned with the case hand holes along the case width. The samples were banded for this testing.
Once drop tested, the paper ream tears were rated according to the Ream Damage rating table below. Generally, the longer the tear the greater the damage (severity) value.
Ream Damage Rating
Tear Length Scale Value <½″ 1 ½″-1″ 2 1″-1½″ 3 1½″-2″ 4 2″-3″ 5 >3″ 6
The tables below summarize the ream tear results.
Hammermill Copy Paper - Item #105007 Conventional Production Carton (Reference Lab Test Record #120988 - Sample A)
Test Variable Average # Reams Torn Average Severity of Tear Six Drop Series 1.4 0.3 Seven Drop Series 5.6 3.3
Hammermill Copy Paper - Item #105007 Printed Carton with ¾″ Lightweight Honeycomb Spacer Panel (Reference Lab Test Record #111755 - Sample C)
Hammermill Copy Paper - Item #105007 Kraft CAD Carton with 1″ C3 Honeycomb Spacer Panel (Reference Lab Test Record #121165)
As can be seen, the severity of tear was substantially reduced when either a ¾ inch spacer panel or a 1 inch spacer panel was placed in the carton according to the invention. When a 1 inch thick spacer panel was placed in the carton according to the invention the average number of reams torn was substantially reduced in both the six drop series and the seven drop series, and the severity of tear was reduced in the six drop series.
While particular embodiments of the invention have been illustrated and described in detail herein, it should be understood that various changes and modifications may be made in the invention without departing from the spirit and intent of the invention as defined by the appended claims.
1. A carton for cut sheets of paper, wherein said carton comprises:
a bottom wall, opposite side walls, and opposite end walls;
a hand hole in each of the opposite end walls through which fingers may be inserted for lifting the carton; and
a spacer panel inserted in said carton between layers of said sheets of paper, said spacer panel having a recess in each end thereof in registry with said hand holes to provide space for inserting the fingers between the sheets of paper to facilitate lifting the carton.
2. A carton as claimed in claim 1, wherein:
said spacer panel has width and length dimensions to fit closely within the width and length dimensions of the interior of the carton.
said cut outs are rectangularly shaped.
said cut outs are curvilinear.
said cut outs have spaced parallel side edges and a back edge comprising opposite ends that meet at a point at the middle of the back edge and diverge angularly outwardly and forwardly to an inner end of a respective side edge.
said hand holes each comprise a punch-out panel joined to a respective said end wall by a perforated line extending along a bottom and opposite side edges of said panel, and a fold along a top edge of said panel, whereby when said punch-out panel is pushed inwardly the perforated line fractures and the punch-out panel folds inwardly and upwardly against an inner surface of a respective said end wall.
8. A carton for holding articles, wherein said carton comprises:
a hand hole in each of said end walls; and
a spacer panel inserted in said carton between said articles, said spacer panel having cut outs in opposite ends thereof, said cut outs being behind and in registry with said hand holes to provide space for fingers inserted through said hand holes.
10. A carton as claimed in claim 8, wherein:
14. A carton as claimed in claim 12, wherein:
Publication Date: Mar 6, 2014
Applicant: INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY (Memphis, TN)
Inventors: RICHARD D. FABER (Memphis, TN), KENNETH BUSS (Collierville, TN), ALEX D. BEVIER (Olive Branch, MS), BRIAN K. JAMBOIS (Little Elm, TX), ADAM P. ROBERTS (Germantown, TN)
Current U.S. Class: For Plate Or Sheet (206/449); Plural (206/526)
International Classification: B65D 5/42 (20060101); B65D 5/468 (20060101);
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Just off the coast of Wakayama Prefecture the island of Tomogashima rises out of the Seto Inland Sea as a jewel of rolling hills and lush forests, all protected by majestic, craggy coastlines. The small island, that is easily reachable from nearby Osaka, also boasts a multitude of old ruins, and this combination of beautiful nature permeated by striking vestiges of the past makes it an excellent place to visit for those staying Kansai's largest metropolis.
The island, which is technically called Okinoshima but more commonly referred to by the name of the island chain in which it belongs, has an interesting history. During the Meiji Period (1868-1912), the island was selected as an outpost from which to defend the Bay of Osaka from unwanted foreign visitors.
The result was the construction of a string of fortifications on the island alongside other installations including a navy surveillance center and an impressive lighthouse. Off-limits to civilians until after World War Two, the island today is open for the public to explore and has become a popular spot for hiking, picnicking and even camping in the mist of stunning nature, history and urban decay.
I began my journey at Shin-Imamiya Station in central Osaka and from there boarded a limited express on the Nankai Line to Wakayamashi, where I switched to a special Medetai train on the Nankai Kada Line to the terminus at Kada Station.
Literally meaning 'auspicious seabream', the name Medetai alludes to Kada's signature food and also to good fortune, which is reflected in the colorful, fun-loving decor of the trains' exteriors and interiors. The trains are intended to make passengers feel relaxed and happy, and it certainly did the trick, as by the time I arrived in Kada I was and raring to go after my relaxing journey through Wakayama Prefecture's charming countryside.
The port from where the ferry to Tomogashima is boarded is around 20 minutes' walk from Kada Station through the quaint town's sleepy backstreets. Arriving near the port with some time to kill, I made the five-minute stroll over to Awashima Shrine, a seaside shrine notable for the plethora of dolls that are placed around its grounds.
Every year on March 3, the shrine hosts the Hina Nagashi festival in which thousands of dolls are cast out to sea on boats, in prayer for female fertility and safe childbirth. Accordingly, hundreds of dolls stand at the shrine, many of which have been dedicated from all over Japan. Walking among the dolls, which took many different forms and bore various expressions, I found the shrine to be a very pleasant and unique place to visit to kick off the day's exploration.
After making my way to the port I bought my ticket and boarded the small ferry that would transport the other passengers and I to Tomogashima. Outside of winter (when the ferry only operates on weekends and public holidays), the ferry makes multiple round trips between the mainland and the island every day except Wednesdays (Tuesdays and Wednesdays in March). The cost for a return ticket is 2000 yen.
The crossing takes around 20 minutes and provides for a fun and scenic, if slightly bumpy, experience. I arrived on Tomogashima and, having made note of the ferry times so as not to miss the last one back to the mainland, began my exploration of this isle of wonders.
A network of trails weaves around the island and leads visitors to many of the sights on offer. In all, walking the island's paths and taking in the sights takes about three hours at a leisurely pace, and although predominantly gentle and even, the route does include some relatively steep and uneven areas. Upon leaving the Nonaura Pier (where the ferry docks), I began to make my way around the island to my first stop at the Second Fort Ruins.
These redbrick ruins are nestled on a corner of the island overlooking the surrounding water and despite seeming to be slowly losing their battle with nature, make it easy to imagine how impressive this fort would have been at the time of its construction. For safety reasons, visitors must remain behind a rope away from the dilapidated structure, but nonetheless this first taste of Tomogashima's ruins left me wanting to see more.
A short walk further along the island's winding paths, I came to the next impressive feature of the island, Tomogashima Lighthouse. The lighthouse, which was built in 1872, stands impressively on the crest of a hill on the island's western tip, and in contrast to many other man-made structures here remains in operation to alert vessels of the island's presence.
Near the lighthouse are multiple foxholes where presumably gun-operating soldiers would have been stationed in decades past. The contrast between the working maritime lighthouse and the retired military installations was quite interesting.
Adjacent to the Tomogashima Lighthouse stand the First Fort Ruins which, unlike the Second Fort Ruins, are open for visitors to enter. To do so I descended the hill a little and walked through one of the island's numerous tunnels to arrive in a redbrick courtyard.
With echoes of decades past seemingly reverberating from the solid walls, this area is seemingly faring significantly better than the Second Fort Ruins, and has a tranquil yet slightly eerie atmosphere. After taking in the First Fort Ruins, it was back to the path to continue my exploration of this intriguing island.
From the First Fort Ruins I followed the pathways further around the island, taking in breathtaking vistas from various viewpoints.
After a short climb up another hill I came to one of the most intriguing of all the island's features, the Navy Listening Station. Perched near a cliff in the island's southwestern corner, this building is open to enter, its low ceiling and tarnished concrete walls making the spot eerily beautiful. I spent some time exploring the building's rooms and then made my way back to rejoin the main path.
It was now time for the last of the day's viewing spots, Tomogashima's Third Fort Ruins. Located deep in the island's interior, these ruins are the island's largest and stand as impressive examples of Meiji Period engineering. The forts consists of a network of interconnected tunnels and chambers that the public are free to enter.
Bear in mind that many sections of the fort are pitch black, so if venturing into the tunnels, a flashlight is highly recommended. Exploring this area was thoroughly enjoyable and made for a great place to round off my viewing of the island's man-made vestiges.
Following the path, I eventually ended up back where I began my time on the island at Nonaura Pier, and it was almost time to board the ferry back to the mainland. I purchased a coffee from a vending machine and then climbed aboard. While there are some food and drink options on the island, they are limited and not always available, so bringing your own supplies can be a good idea.
The ferry pulled off and with that my time on the beautiful and fascinating island had come to an end for now. Hopefully not forever though, as this is a place I would love to revisit for another hike possibly even with a tent in tow.
From Namba or Shin-Imamiya stations in central Osaka take a limited express (1 hour, 2 departures/hour) on the Nankai Line to Wakayamashi and then the Nankai Kada Line to Kada (30 minutes, 3 trains/hour). The entire one way jounrey takes around 90 minutes and costs 960 yen or 1470 yen with a reserved seat between Namba/Shinimmamiya and Wakayamashi. From Kada Station, both Kada Port and Awashima Shrine are around a 20-minute walk.
・Nankai Railway - How to Enjoy Osaka
Sam Evans
Sam grew up in Manchester, England and come to Japan for the first time to live in 2012. Falling in love with the Kansai region where he was originally based, he spent the first years exploring western Japan before moving to the east in 2016. A big fan of food and history with a general inquisitiveness towards tends and subcultures, Sam is happiest when exploring Japan's many metropolises, where he enjoys getting lost searching for cool neighborhoods with hidden gems of eateries and good craft beer bars.
Southwest Osaka Area (Senshu)
Railway Map
Stunning sights and shrines in Ise Shima
A side trip to Ise Shima from Osaka
Hiking, Eating and Bathing around Majestic Mount Kurama
A day trip of natural adventure on the doorstep of Osaka
Hiking Between Temple Towns
Following a trail from Arashiyama to Takao in the midst of beautiful nature
A gastronomic adventure in Kobe
Drinking and dining along the Hanshin Line
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“They’re not retirement villages”: How you can keep active and save money in a Hometown over 50s community
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When Queensland couple Fiona and Rick Lodge made the decision to downsize earlier this year, they were keen to find a new home which would allow them to cherish the great outdoors and lead an active lifestyle.
After all, Fiona, 62, and Rick, 74, love to spend time in the sun and be active and healthy.
In fact, in the lead-up to a major event, this super-fit couple would be likely to cover nearly 400km in a single week, either through running, riding their bikes or swimming.
Fiona and Rick have both run marathons and, in 2018, Fiona represented Australia in the 55-59 age group in the ITU World Championships Olympic Distance Triathlon.
“All through our lives, we have always done some kind of physical activity,” Fiona said. “There wouldn’t be a day we don’t exercise.”
“However, where we used to live in Brisbane, it got a bit boring running past houses and the local road system could be a bit dangerous and the environment not terribly healthy.
“We wanted to find a new home and community where we could enjoy a great outdoor coastal environment, and also help financially set up our retirement.”
Fiona and Rick moved into a Hometown Australia land lease community
Fiona and Rick decided to shift to Hometown Australia’s Orianna community located at Sandstone Point in the Moreton Bay region, north of Brisbane.
With its slow-paced coastal location, and an abundance of recreational facilities, Orianna is the perfect location for active and healthy over 50s.
As Fiona points out: “It is close to the water and beach, with lots of great scenery, which is great for running and being outdoors.”
Located just 100m from the edge of the Bribie Island Passage, Orianna has an outdoor fully heated pool and bowling green, along with a cinema, clubhouse, BBQ area, games room, gymnasium and wellness centre.
Similar active lifestyle features are also available in many of the 48 residential land lease communities operated by Hometown Australia across Queensland, NSW and South Australia.
Hometown land lease communities ideal for an active lifestyle
Land lease communities are growing in popularity across Australia, in part because they are attracting active and younger downsizers.
Unlike retirement villages laws in a number of States, you don’t actually need to be retired to enter a Hometown Australia land lease community.
As a result, these communities are attracting an increasing number of people in their 50s and 60s who are either in the early stages of retirement, or transitioning to retirement. Some residents are actually still working part-time or full-time, while living in the community.
Given the younger age profile, incoming residents tend to be more active than those in retirement villages. This helps create a more vibrant social and community atmosphere, where people are often out and about around the community.
As Fiona says: “People have to look at these communities with an open mind, and not think of them as retirement villages. They are all new and modern, lots of facilities, and you don’t have to be in your 60s and 70s to move into them.”
Hometown land lease communities help save you money
Another reason that land lease communities attract younger downsizers is because they offer financial incentives which allow people to retire early.
Under the land lease model, buyers purchase a dwelling and then benefit from a secure, long-term ground lease for this dwelling with Hometown Australia. Because no land is actually being purchased, buyers don’t have to pay stamp duty or ongoing council rates.
For Fiona and Rick, this means they have avoided a $7,175 stamp duty bill and around $950 in annual council rates, which would have applied if they had bought a general home in the same area for the same amount.
In addition, because of the ground lease arrangement, and because Rick is an aged pensioner, the couple are eligible to claim rent assistance via the Commonwealth Rent Assistance scheme, to offset their monthly site fees.
Hometown land lease communities have great and affordable homes
Importantly, Hometown land lease communities also allow buyers to move into a range of attractive lifestyle-rich locations, at an affordable price.
Many of these communities are located in some of Australia’s best-known coastal holiday spots, including Queensland’s Sunshine Coast, Moreton Bay and Gold Coast regions, NSW’s Mid-North, North Coast and Port Stephens regions and South Australia’s Fleurieu Peninsula.
Hometown community homes start at just $250,000, with most of these having two or three bedrooms, a study, and either 1.5 or two bathrooms. Homes in Orianna start from $379,000 (for a two-bedroom home with ensuite).
The affordable price point of these homes allows many retirees to top up their retirement savings, after selling their family home and moving into a Hometown community.
“By moving here, we were able to shift to a great coastal area and into a new house, but still be able to put away something for our retirement,” Fiona said.
“We had a look at other houses in the local area, when we were weighing everything up, but we generally found the other houses were more expensive and needed a lot of work, that would have taken money from us.”
Fiona and Rick purchased a three bedroom, two bathroom home with a double garage and spacious indoor and outdoor living areas. The home also features ceiling fans and air conditioning.
The Lodges use the backyard for regular Sunday get-togethers with other Orianna residents.
“We liked the idea of downsizing into a standalone house and a yard, where you are part of a great community but still have your own privacy. It ticked all our boxes,” Fiona said.
Hometown Australia’s new website allows potential buyers to easily search communities across Australia and see what facilities and homes they offer.
The details of the community manager are listed alongside each community, allowing you to easily find out more information.
SEE ALSO: How moving into a land lease community can help you retire early
SEE ALSO: Discover the resort-like over 50s communities helping Australia’s ‘grey nomads’ get back on the road
Written by Mark Skelsey, this sponsored article is produced in partnership with Hometown Australia.
Outdoor pool at Hometown Australia’s Orianna community
Outdoor bowling green at Hometown Australia’s Orianna community
Fiona and Rick Lodge outside their home at Hometown’s Orianna community at Sandstone Point
Fiona and Rick Lodge at Hometown’s Orianna community at Sandstone Point
Outdoor area at Hometown Australia’s Orianna community
Cinema at Hometown Australia’s Orianna community
Fiona Lodge represented Australia at the ITU World Championships
Fiona Lodge representing Australia at the ITU World Championships
Gym at Hometown Australia’s Orianna community
Fiona and Rick Lodge going for a run around Dockside Brisbane
Fiona Lodge’s certificate after finishing 6hr45min in the half ironman (2nd in age category)
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Object the existence of objects of a
Object detection :
detection is commonly referred to as a method that is responsible for
discovering and identifying the existence of objects of a certain class. An
extension of this can be considered as a method of image processing to identify
objects from digital images or videos.
Haar-like Feature detection:
We use a algorithm that tracks down animals in the wildlife. The
detection algorithm is based on human face detection algorithm which detects
faces using Haar like features and Adaboost. Haar-like features are digital
image featuress used in object recognition. They
owe their name to their intuitive similarity with Haar wavelets and were used
in the first real-time face detector. This detection system for animals is based upon an
approach for human upright facial detection introduced by Viola and Jones. This
algorithm consists of four main steps:
1)Haar
2)Integral
3)Adaboost
4)Cascading
The algorithm needs a lot of positive pictures and negative pictures to
train the classifier. For this, Haar features shown in above images are used.
Each feature is a single value obtained by subtracting sum of pixels under
white rectangle from sum of pixels under black rectangle. We apply each and every feature on
all the training images. For each feature, it finds the best threshold which
will classify to positive and negative. We
select the features with minimum error rate. Haar features are calculated all over the image
which will has many features per image. Summing up the entire image pixel and
then subtracting them to get a single value is not efficient in real time
applications. This can be reduced by using Ada boost classifier. Ada boost
reduces the redundant features. Here instead of summing up all the pixels the
integral image is used. One of the contributions of Viola
and Jones was to use summed area tables which they called Integral images
.Thsi can be defined as two-dimensional looked up tables in the form of a matrix with the same size of the original
image. Adaboost classifies relevant features and irrelevant
features. After identifying relevant features and irrelevant features the
Adaboost assigns a weight to all of them. It constructs a strong classifier as
a linear combination of Weak classifiers.
One of the contributions of Viola and Jones was to
us summed area tables, which they called integral images. Integral images can be defined as
two-dimensional lookup tables in the form
of a matrix with the same size of the original image. Each element of the integral
image contains the sum of all pixels located on the up-left region of the
original image (in relation to the element’s position). This allows to compute
sum of rectangular areas in the image, at any position or scale, using only
four lookups:
sum=I(C)+I(A)-I(B)-I(D)
where points {displaystyle A,B,C,D}A,B,C,D belong to the integral
image {displaystyle I}I.
Each Haar-like feature may need more than four
lookups, depending on how it was defined. Viola and Jones’s 2-rectangle
features need six lookups, 3-rectangle features need eight lookups, and
4-rectangle features need nine lookups.
The cascade classifier consists
of a list of stages, where each stage consists of a list of weak learners. The
system detects objects in question by moving a window over the image. Each
stage of the classifier labels the specific region defined by the current
location of the window as either positive or negative – positive meaning that
an object was found or negative means that the specified object was not found in
the image. If the labelling yields a negative result, then the classification
of this specific region is hereby complete and the location of the window is
moved to the next location. If the labelling gives a positive result, then the
region moves of to the next stage of classification. The classifier yields a
final verdict of positive, when all the stages, including the last one, yield a
result, saying that the object is found in the image. A true positive means
that the object in question is indeed in the image and the classifier labels it
as such – a positive result. A false positive means that the labelling process
falsely determines, that the object is located in the image, although it is
not. A false negative occurs when the classifier is unable to detect the actual
object from the image and a true negative means that a non-object was correctly
classifier as not being the object in question. In order to work well, each
stage of the cascade must have a low false negative rate, because if the actual
object is classified as a non-object, then the classification of that branch
stops, with no way to correct the mistake made. However, each stage can have a
relatively high false positive rate, because even if the nth stage classifies
the non-object as actually being the object, then this mistake can be fixed in
n+1-th and subsequent stages of the classifier.
Stages of the cascade classifier
This strong classifier is used to
create a cascading sheet which consists of all the mathematical calculations
required to detect the targeted animals from the given training dataset. This
cascading sheet is in a XML format which is used by opencv to detect animals in
real time. By this algorithm we can detect the species of the animal by the
trained dataset eliminating physical human power. This algorithm detects the
colour and shape of the targeted animal. This does not give a perfect detection
rate but this could be improved by providing images that are taken of the
subject in different scenarios which is not present in the training dataset.
helps to detect the targeted animal by capturing frames from the camera module when
the IR sensor is disrupted.
Deers are detected using the
trained data through
OpenCv and Python
2)K-nearest neighbors algorithm
for classification of animals:
The K-nearest neighbors algorithm is a versatile classifier that
is often used as a benchmark for more complex classifiers such as Artificial
Neural Networks and Support Vector Machines. KNN can be more powerful
classifier and can be used in a variety of applications such as economic
forecasting, data compression and genetics.
under supervised learning of algorithms. This means that we are given a
labelled dataset consiting of training observations (x,y)(x,y) and would like
to capture the relationship between xx and yy. More formally, our goal is to
learn a function h:X?Yh:X?Y so that given an
unseen observation xx, h(x)h(x) can confidently predict the corresponding
output yy. This consist of two learning algorithms namely:
1)Non-parametric
2)Instance
Non-parametric
means it makes no explicit assumptions about the functional form of h, avoiding
the dangers of mismodeling the underlying distribution of the data. For
example, suppose our data is highly non-Gaussian but the learning model we
choose assumes a Gaussian form. In that case, our algorithm would make
extremely poor predictions.
Instance-based
learning means that our algorithm doesn’t explicitly learn a model. Instead, it
chooses to memorize the training instances which are subsequently used as
“knowledge” for the prediction phase. Concretely, this means that only when a
query to our database is made (i.e. when we ask it to predict a label given an
input), will the algorithm use the training instances to spit out an answer.
Euclidean
Distance Formula
The K-nearest neighbour forms a majority between the K most similar
instances to a given “unseen” observation. Similarity is defined according to a
distance metric between two data points.This algorithm uses Euclidean
distance formula to calculate the nearest neighbors around our target. The K
value should be larger to classify the object more effectively.The algorithm for computing the
K-nearest neighbors is as follows:
First determine the parameter K where K is the nearest number of
Calculate the distance between the query-instance and all the training
samples. For distance estimation, Euclidean distance method is used.
Sort the distance for all the training samples and determine the nearest
neighbor based on the K-th minimum distance.
Get all the categories of the training data for the sorted value which
falls under K.
Use the majority of nearest neighbors as the prediction value
classification plot
This algorithm is used to classify our targeted animal to a species.
This can help to classify a animal depending upon its features such as its
color,hair,size,etc. Generally the Haar algorithm can only detect the shape and
colour of the targeted object. A wild cat with leopard spots can be detected as
a leopard. To overcome this problem we will be K-nearest neighbors algorithm
for classification of animals. This cascade classifier consists of the
classified classes of the required animals to detect the species.
Controller:
A controller is nothing but the user interface between the user and the
module. The role of the controller is to access the module and control it
remotely. The modules controller provides many functionalities to improve the
interface and help the user. A list of animals are given in a tabular form so
that the module could detect the only specified animals. This is done through
server-client approach. The instructions are passed down to the module when
specific animals are selected from the given one. It does not only send the
information but also receives information from the RPI module. Various data is
sent to and fro from the controller and the module. The controller has
functionality to broadcast live videos from the module to monitor the targeted
animals actions too. This creates a modular system that could be accessed and
controlled remotely.
The functionalities of the controller include:
Displaying various options to the user
Alerts users when the target is detected or if there
is a fire.
Displaying the live video broadcast
Video Storage
Controlling the module
Status of the module
The Controller is developed with the help of python using tkinter for
the interface. This is a toolkit for Python which helps in GUI programming.
This is the most commonly used for developing programmable interfaces for the
user. This also uses many packages such as sockets,smtp,etc for connecting and
controlling the module. Creating the tkinter GUI application involes the
following steps:
Import Tkinter module
Create the required window for GUI
Add the required widgets to the application
Assign main event loop when a action triggers event
A message is sent from the module
to the controller when the system detects a activity and alerts the user. The
user then could live stream and store activity recorded through the video
stored and broadcasted. The data obtained from the various algorithms is
collected and calculated to know the information about the animals in that
area. The data visualization is done through plotting graphs on the controller
by the program. The status of module can be displayed to the user by the controller. The RPI module
acts as a server and the controller acts as a client in order to control the
module and to protect the user machine from external attacks when the module is
compromised.
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The Military Road East and 22nd Avenue East intersection will be closed from Feb. 25 to March 9 as part of a project to extend the sanitary sewer system in the area.
A detour will move traffic around the intersection using 152nd Street East, Waller Road East, 176th Street East and B Street East. Local and emergency access will be provided.
Work hours will be 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday to Saturday.
The closure marks the beginning of a project to extend the sanitary sewer system in the area. Crews will install nearly 8,600 feet of sewer pipes and facilities along:
Military Road East from 22nd Avenue East to 36th Avenue East
34th Avenue Court East
169th Street Court East
173rd Street East
Waller Road East for 1,330 feet, 32nd Avenue East for 332 feet and 36th Avenue East for 1,890 feet – all extending south from Military Road East.
The project is expected to be complete by early 2022. Motorists should expect additional road closures throughout the project. Local and emergency access will be maintained at all times.
Miles Resources LLC is the project’s contractor. The estimated cost of the project is $5 million and is funded by sewer utility funds.
Learn more about this project and sign up for email alerts at www.piercecountywa.gov/military-road-interceptor.
About the Pierce County sewer system
The Pierce County sewer system collects wastewater from a 117-square-mile area serving 294,000 people in University Place, Lakewood, DuPont, Steilacoom, Milton and a portion of Tacoma. It also serves the unincorporated communities of Parkland, Spanaway, Midland, South Hill, Tehaleh and Frederickson.
Sean McDermott, Planning and Public Works public information specialist
sean.mcdermott@piercecountywa.gov
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PillarFour Capital Announces Investment in the Bayou Companies
By Paul ColucciJanuary 16, 2019News
December 18, 2018 Calgary, Canada
PillarFour Capital Partners (“PillarFour”), an energy focused private equity fund, is pleased to announce an investment in The Bayou Companies, LLC. (“Bayou” or the “Company”), a leading pipeline coatings and insulation provider based in New Iberia, Louisiana. PillarFour has invested into Bayou by way of a co-investment alongside Altamont Capital Partners (“Altamont”), a private equity firm with over $2.5 billion of capital under management.
Bayou is widely recognized as a market leader in offshore and onshore pipe coatings and insulation, including highly-specialized insulation for the oil & gas industry. Throughout its long history, Bayou has been a reliable partner for its customers across its mission-critical suite of services and has continued to invest in capabilities that match the increasingly complex demands of the pipeline community. Bayou’s prime location and expansive manufacturing and storage footprint provides efficient logistics and seamless operations for its customers.
“We are pleased to partner with Altamont and the Bayou management team. Over Bayou’s 75-year history, the Company has built a reputation of reliability for its clients and differentiated itself as an innovator within the offshore oil and gas pipeline coating and insulation market.” noted Paul Colucci, Managing Partner of PillarFour.
Iain Bridges, Principal at Altamont, added: “Alongside our operating partners, we believe PillarFour’s investment adds additional, complementary industry-specific expertise to further accelerate and assist in the growth of Bayou.”
About PillarFour Capital
PillarFour Capital is a global investment fund with offices in Calgary, Canada and London, UK. PillarFour invests in Sustainable, Energy Technology and Innovation Companies, targeting investment in companies with high ROIC, low capital intensity and commercial technologies aimed at enhancing sustainability and lowering carbon intensity in the oilfield. The PillarFour investment team is made up of dedicated energy and technology professionals, offering our investee companies decades of operational, financial, strategic planning and capital markets expertise. We partner with high quality management teams, putting in place strategies that maximize value creation by emphasizing operational excellence, prudent governance and social licence. www.pillarfourcapital.com
PillarFour Capital
Calgary: +1 (587) 349 2825
E-mail: info@pillarfourcapital.com
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Playing Russian Roulette With the Economy
As I said earlier, I think S&P was wrong to downgrade U.S. debt. It was a panicky reaction to a bit of ugly, but ultimately mundane political squabbling that hasn’t really lasted very long in historical terms. If we’re still threatening serial defaults in 2015, then fine. Pull
the trigger. But nothing much has changed about our long-term entitlement problems lately, our demographic trends remain more favorable than in most countries, and progress on tough issues like Medicare and Social Security legitimately takes years, not months.
That said, it’s true that our recent behavior has been unusually ugly, and S&P’s case for downgrade isn’t wholly without merit. What’s more, whether I think they were right or not, they certainly telegraphed their intentions well ahead of time. This is from their statement tonight:
The political brinksmanship of recent months highlights what we see as America’s governance and policymaking becoming less stable, less effective, and less predictable than what we previously believed. The statutory debt ceiling and the threat of default have become political bargaining chips in the debate over fiscal policy.
Translation: Argue over the budget all you want, but Republican games over the debt ceiling simply aren’t compatible with being a AAA superpower. Then, after some pro forma jabs at everyone for being unwilling to cut a better deal, they really lay into the GOP:
Compared with previous projections, our revised base case scenario now assumes that the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts, due to expire by the end of 2012, remain in place. We have changed our assumption on this because the majority of Republicans in Congress continue to resist any measure that would raise revenues, a position we believe Congress reinforced by passing the act.
Translation: America’s future fiscal stability will require higher taxes, and in the past we assumed that, political bluster aside, everyone knew that. But apparently not, and Republican intransigence on this point is endangering the country. Daniel Gross says this more pointedly:
It has long been obvious to all observers — to economists, to politicians, to anti-deficit groups, to the ratings agencies — that closing fiscal gaps will require tax increases, or the closure of big tax loopholes, or significant tax reform that will raise significantly larger sums of tax revenue than the system does now. Today, taxes as a percentage of GDP are at historic lows. Marginal rates on income and investments are at historic lows. Corporate tax receipts as a percentage of GDP are at historic lows. Perhaps taxes don’t need to rise this year or next, but they do need to go up in the future.
….This calamity was entirely man-made — even intentional. The contemporary Republican Party is fixated on taxes. It possesses an iron-clad belief that the existing tax rates should never go up, that loopholes shouldn’t be closed unless they’re offset by other tax reductions, that the fact that hedge fund managers pay lower tax rates than school teachers makes complete sense, that a reversion to the tax rates of the prosperous 1990’s or 1980’s would be unacceptable.
Again: regardless of whether S&P is right or wrong, everyone knew this was coming. All along, deals have been on the table that would have ended the threat of downgrade — deals that a Democratic president proposed even though they included program cuts that were agonizing to most of his fellow Democrats. But Republicans simply refused to consider them. In the end, they preferred to gamble with the financial decline of the country rather than face the obvious reality that eventually revenues are going to have to increase as America ages. It’s like watching someone mindlessly playing Russian roulette with five chambers loaded. One round has just gone off, and if nothing changes it won’t be the last.
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Community Affairs Show: 100 Black Men, Walter Kirkland Shares The Importance of Mentoring
Cheryl Jackson | 10.04.20
Source: Provided By Walter Kirkland / Walter Kirkland
Today on the Community Affairs Show Cheryl Jackson talks with The founder of 100 Black Men Prince George’s County, Walter Kirkland about the Importance of Mentoring during this time of racial unrest. As the world is faced with a deadly pandemic, racial disparities has escalated tremendously. Mr. Kirkland shares what 100 Black Men of Prince Georges County is doing to still support and mentor African American young men. We talk about the four areas in which 100 black men provide focus: mentoring, education, health & wellness and economic empowerment.
Find out how you can be apart of their current Virtual Fitness Challenge at www.100princegeorges.org/fitnesschallenge. Bike it….Hike it…Walk it…Run it.
About 100 Black Men:
Not all youth are born with privilege, opportunities, or a positive network. Some are raised throughout their lives thinking they’ll never be able to live the life they’ll want. This is because of the environment and the people who they surround themselves every single day. Every African-American person should have the ability to create the life they’ve always wanted and that’s what The 100 Black Men of America, Inc. provides.
Committing ourselves to personify the type of people our children will look up to and emulate, we embrace the immense responsibility we have to our mentees and our communities. Providing these children another choice in life by being around likeminded individuals who have similar aspirations and goals.
As we have grown The Network of 100 Black Men of America, Inc. more companies and programs have been formed to assist in delivering the education and empowerment needed to change the course of these children’s lives. This is done through the 100’s Four For The Future focus areas; Mentoring, Education, Health & Wellness, and Economic Empowerment.
Walter Kirkland
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NOW SHOWING: LONDON SCREEN GUIDE w/c 29.09.17
29th September 2017 25th November 2017
To help your hunt for adventurous moving pictures, RADIANT CIRCUS handpicks the best movies, film events and gallery screenings in London for the week ahead*.
It’s turnaround time across London as September segues into October and beyond. We’ll be publishing a GUIDE to the new screen month on Monday (02 OCT), but this is your last chance to catch the dying embers of current seasons at Close-Up, BFI and Bernie Grant Arts Centre (head below the line for more details).
The 61st London Film Festival (04 to 15 OCT) opens this week and we’ll be writing up our experiences as we go along (find our preview here). Accordingly, we’ve ignored Festival events for this GUIDE, focusing instead on the best of alternative screen culture.
There’s some outstanding science fiction across London this week, but our featured film event is Barbican’s new short season THE GRIME & THE GLAMOUR. We would be quite happy seeing everything in this season about “the wild days and nights of New York’s coolest era”. Some events are already SOLD OUT: click quickly.
> Let us know where you’re seeking shelter in the comments below!
NOW SHOWING: RADIANT CIRCUS RECOMMENDS
FE26 screens at Tate Modern (01 OCT).
FRIDAY 29 SEPTEMBER 2017, 19:00, TATE MODERN
Tate Modern kicks off their Kevin Jerome Everson weekender SO I CAN GET THEM TOLD (29 SEP to 01 OCT) tonight. Read our preview and writeup of THE ISLAND OF ST. MATTHEWS for more about this most prolific of artist filmmakers.
VALERIAN & LAURELINE DISCLOSED is at Ciné Lumière (30 SEP).
SATURDAY 30 SEPTEMBER 2017, 16:30 & 18:00, CINÉ LUMIÈRE
Put your moon boots on for a sci-fi double bill featuring influential French comic artists Jean-Claude Mézières and Pierre Christin. The event launches with the two in conversation with Paul Gravett about their work, VALERIAN & LAURELINE DISCLOSED (16:30), and continues with Luc Besson’s (controversial?) big screen adaptation VALERIAN AND THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETS + Q&A (18:00). Grab a joint ticket for just £15/£13 conc.
Looking for an alternative? Whitechapel Gallery hosts THE LAST LONDON: A PURGE DAY OUT (12:00 to 18:00), “a cross-media explosion of counter-cultural creativity” from the people at purge.xxx. The riot of delights includes a rare appearance from writer Michael Moorcock along with various performances, readings and screenings.
ON THE SILVER GLOBE screens at ICA (01 OCT).
SUNDAY 01 OCTOBER 2017, 15:00, ICA
For a DIY sci-fi weekender, head to The Mall for a restored screening of ON THE SILVER GLOBE + Q&A with director of photography Andrzej Jaroszewicz. The trailer alone contains enough startling moving pictures to last a lifetime. Screened in partnership with Kinoteka, the Polish Film Festival people.
Looking for an alternative? Two contrasting choices: Whitechapel Gallery projects an afternoon of recent artists’ films ANTON GINZBURG: AT THE BACK OF THE NORTH WIND (15:00) whilst Barbican screens silent classic THE END OF ST. PETERSBURG + LIVE MUSIC (15:30).
VARIETY screens at Barbican (02 OCT).
MONDAY 02 OCTOBER 2017, 20:45, BARBICAN
VARIETY screens as part of new short season THE GRIME & THE GLAMOUR. Barbican has the words: “Emerging from the creative community on New York’s Lower East Side at the beginning of the 1980s, this fearless exploration of female erotic fantasy tells the story of a Midwest girl who takes a job at the ticket booth of the Variety porn cinema off Times Square.”
Looking for an alternative? Close-Up’s new season of works by Finnish filmmaker and acclaimed “cynic-at-large” AKI KAURISMÄKI (01 to 25 OCT) continues with CALAMARI UNION (19:30), an urban gang movie that is “part Scorsese, part Threepenny Opera”. Or, you could continue your sci-fi buzz with OUTLAND in 70MM (21:00) at the Prince Charles Cinema. Yes it’s ‘HIGH NOON in space’ but that’s never been a bad thing.
CHAVELA screens at Bertha DocHouse (03 OCT).
TUESDAY 03 OCTOBER 2017, 18:30, BERTHA DOCHOUSE
The Bloomsbury home of documentary cinema welcomes CHAVELA to the stage as part of Camden Flux. DocHouse has the words: “Chavela Vargas revolutionised music in Mexico and challenged the status quo with her openly queer lifestyle and hypnotic, raspy voice, singing music traditionally reserved for men.”
Looking for an alternative? In the same queer vein, FAGS IN THE FAST LANE (20:30) from Zombie Zoo, screens at Genesis Cinema. Screen Space described their latest opus as: “…a terrifically tawdry, gloriously distasteful celebration of giggly eroticism and punkish shock tactics.”
SETH PRICE CIRCA 1981 opens at ICA (04 OCT).
WEDNESDAY 04 OCTOBER 2017, 11:00-18:00, ICA
ICA opens a new exhibition of moving image works from America, SETH PRICE CIRCA 1981 (until 07 JAN 2018). We’ll give the show a separate write-up soon, but you can get in with an ICA day membership of £1, which is an absolute bargain.
Looking for an alternative? We’re trying not to stalk Kim Newman, but here he is again at Regent Street Cinema introducing CARNIVAL OF SOULS (19:30), scrubbed up in a fresh 4k scan by The Criterion Collection (the film we mean, not Mr Newman…).
BLADE RUNNER 2049 starts screening at BFI IMAX (05 OCT).
THURSDAY 05 OCTOBER 2017, 14:00, BFI IMAX
Given our accidental urban / sci-fi combo theme of the week, it would be foolish to ignore the emergence of THAT sequel, BLADE RUNNER 2049. Catch it on the giant screen of the BFI IMAX to see if it measures up to size.
Looking of an alternative? THE INCREDIBLE SIMULTANEITY CONSOLE (07 SEP to 26 OCT) continues at Close-Up. PROGRAMME V (19:30) features two works by Sara Preibsch, Adam Roberts‘ REMAKE of Italian horror ATOM AGE VAMPIRE (aka Seddok, l’erede di Satana) and Maia Conran‘s TERM.
NOW SHOWING: FESTIVALS, SEASONS & TALKS (A-Z)
TALLY BROWN, NEW YORK screens at Barbican (04 OCT).
Barbican starts new short season THE GRIME & THE GLAMOUR (29 SEP to 05 OCT) about the wild days and nights of New York in the 1970s and 1980s.
Bernie Grant Arts Centre completes celebration of SIDNEY POITIER with TO SIR, WITH LOVE (29 SEP 19:30) before collaborating with Tate Modern for a screening of new shorts commissioned from black filmmakers, SOUL OF A NATION: ART IN THE AGE OF BLACK POWER (05 OCT 19:30).
THE HITCHER screens at BFI (30 SEPT & 01 OCT)
BFI completes seasons dedicated to JEAN-PIERRE MELVILLE (try his final film UN FLIC 01 OCT 17:40 & 03 OCT 21:00) and STEPHEN KING. The horror maestro himself handpicked THE HITCHER (30 SEP 20:45 & 01 OCT 18:00) to put you off car sharing for life. As to adaptations of his work, we saw the IT remake the other day which really made us want to rewatch STAND BY ME. So why not do just that (30 SEP 15:45)? The BFI’s Reuben Library is home to THE RISE OF THE VIDEO ESSAY IN FILM STUDIES (02 OCT 18:30), a talk by Professor Catherine Grant about the growth of the audio-visual essay in academia.
The Cinema Museum hosts EXPLODING CINEMA’S DISPOSABLE FILM NIGHT (30 SEP 19:00) looking at films made with disposable technologies in the era of ultra hi-def. Author Jonathan Rigby launches his latest opus, AMERICAN GOTHIC (02 OCT 19:00), a revised overview of six decades of classic horror cinema. It’s a free event and you’ll get a £5 discount on signed copies just for rocking up.
HEART OF GLASS screens at Close-Up (29 SEP).
Close-Up completes a WERNER HERZOG (01 to 29 SEP) retrospective with a rare screening of hypno-oddity HEART OF GLASS (29 SEP 19:30). A new season of works by Finnish filmmaker AKI KAURISMÄKI (01 to 25 OCT) launches with CRIME & PUNISHMENT (01 OCT 19:30) and continues with CALAMARI UNION (02 OCT 19:30).
The Horse Hospital and Oyster Shorts host an evening of JEAN-PIERRE JEUNET’S EARLY SHORTS (30 SEP doors 19:00/screening 20:00).
THE LIFE AQUATIC WITH STEVE ZISSOU screens at Prince Charles Cinema (30 SEP).
Prince Charles Cinema is the home of the all-nighter. WES ANDERSON: THE COLLECTED WORKS (30 SEP 21:00) is prepared to give you everything whilst the STEPHEN KING ALL-NIGHTER (30 SEP 23:30) is suitable for those that failed to catch up with him at BFI (or just prefer to binge-watch). For an earlier night, you can hang out with old reprobate Lloyd Kaufman for sci-fi, RETURN TO NUKE ‘EM HIGH: VOLUMES 1 + 2 (30 SEP 17:00).
An finally…
Regent Street Cinema and the British Library invite you to “revisit the shock of symphorophilia” with J. G. BALLARD’S CRASH: ON PAGE & ON SCREEN (30 SEP 14:30). Will Self and Chris Beckett, editor of a new edition, talk about Ballard’s book before a rare chance to see the uncut version of David Cronenberg’s 1996 film.
More places to shelter from the storm in next week’s GUIDE.
*As accurate as we could make it. Apologies for any mistakes. We aim to only cover film events you can get tickets for at the time of posting.
Featured image: LOS SURES (1984).
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You are here: Parliament home page > Parliamentary business > Publications and Records > Committee Publications > All Select Committee Publications > Commons Select Committees > Home Affairs > Home Affairs
Select Committee on Home Affairs Memoranda
MEMORANDUM 48
Submitted by Chief Superintendent Ian Johnston, Police Superintendents Association of England and Wales (CA 74)
Firstly I will deal with the issue of "police trawling" for evidence. This phrase conjures up expectations of a method of investigation whereby investigators seek out complainants in large numbers in an attempt to identify those individuals that have a story to tell based on their life experience. The motivation of these individuals is allegedly based on vindictiveness, financial reward, in the form of compensation, or those with a genuine complaint. The implication is that this practice is a widespread and indiscriminate search for alleged victims without concern for the rules of evidence or the reliability of that witness. To put the record straight the term trawling is a phrase used by those individuals who would wish to impugn the integrity of this type of investigation.
The Codes of Practice issued under Part II of the Criminal Procedures and Investigations Act 1996 sets out general responsibilities for officers conducting investigations into allegations that a crime has been committed. Under the code a police officer conducting an investigation should pursue all reasonable lines of enquiry, whether supporting or negating the complaint. What is reasonable in each case will, of course, depend on particular circumstances.
Recent research has been conducted nationally in relation to this type of investigation, the findings of which have been produced in a manual for advice and guidance to Senior Investigating Officers who have been charged with the conduct of this type of investigation. "The Investigation Of Historic/Institutional Child Abuse: The SIO Handbook" is a comprehensive study of the working practices contained within a number of such investigations nationally. The working group sought advice and best practice from ongoing and completed investigations. The manual details in eight chapters issues contained under the headings:
— The Initial Complaint
— The Investigative Structure
— Multi Agency Working
— Staff Selection Welfare and Training
— The Investigative Process
— Evidence Gathering
— Enquiry Administration
The investigative process is discussed at length and the various options open to the SIO in relation to witness contact are mentioned. Some of the processes have been identified as effective whilst others not so effective. The common theme however running through all the processes is the need for a policy outlining the "Do's and Don'ts" in respect of victim/witness contact. I append for the committee's assistance a copy of the policy outlined within this document. (Appendix 1)
After initial contact each apparent victim will have been required to make a statement of complaint. This statement will comply with the requirements of Section 9, Police and Magistrates Courts Act. Each individual will read and sign the declaration at the commencement of the statement. If the individual cannot read that declaration will be read to the individual prior to signing. It is then the responsibility of the investigation team to look for corroboration of the allegations made. This corroboration could be in the form of forensic corroboration; however, owing to the historic nature of these investigations this is unlikely but not unheard of. It could be in the form of entries in records or file retained by Health Authorities, Social Services or other agencies ie, Barnados etc or the corroboration could come from evidence of similar fact. It is in the later aspect that the concern of our critics lies.
In accordance with the requirement for officers to conduct a full investigation pursuing all reasonable lines of enquiry it is essential that officers identify and interview other residents who were in the care homes at the same time. This will lead to other residents who may have been abused by the same individual or will often negate or cast doubt on the initial allegation. In any event under the requirements of The Criminal Investigations and Procedures Act all the contacts made, negative or otherwise will be made available to the defence. The strategy for many of the methods of contact and alternative approaches made has been constructed after lengthy deliberation with the independent Crown Prosecution Service who have had significant say in the development of the protocols on witness contact.
Some enquiries nationally have adopted a dip sample approach whereby a limited number of residents will be seen. Usually this figure represents 10 per cent or 50 residents. If however, abuse is identified within that band it is essential that the investigating officer time line this process and identify as many as possible of the residents who were at the care home during that period. Other investigations choose to contact as many residents as possible who can be identified from registers etc. This is an operational decision taken by the Chief Constable, usually in consultation with our partnership agencies through local Strategy Groups—The latter obviously being much more resource intensive.
DISPROPORTIONATE USE OF RESOURCES
As a matter of law it is for respective chief constables to decide upon the deployment of their resources and upon the investigations that will or will not be conducted.
In comparison with this type of investigation the committee should consider the requirements for an efficient and expeditious enquiry into the murder, rape or serious sexual assault on a minor of whichever sex. Dependent on what category of investigation is under way guidelines can be found in MIRSAP which will give a lead on the type of responsibilities that each investigation should resource ie Statement reader, exhibits officer, disclosure officer etc. To give as an example a Category "A" murder being of major public interest would have at least 36 Detective Constables employed on enquiries. It is with this as a guide most, if not all, historic abuse investigations are resourced. These historic abuse investigations often involve the most serious sexual and physical abuse on minors at the time they were in the care of the state. Who, some would say, represent the most vulnerable members of our society? It is essential in the interest of the victims and to re-establish public confidence in the care system that these investigations are given the highest priority within the operational arena.
It is against this backdrop that the resourcing of these investigations is considered after an initial scoping study is conducted by the SIO.
The suggestion that these enquiries are disproportionately resourced in comparison to other needs is based on a false proposition. The historic nature of these allegations is often spoken about in derogatory terms. I would invite the committee to consider the Saville enquiry in the same terms. There is clear evidence that some of these offenders are still in the child care arena. There are significant examples where these individuals have been convicted and whilst they may appeal against the sentence many do not appeal the conviction itself. There are also a number of examples where these individuals pleaded guilty to the charges brought.
UNRELIABLE EVIDENCE
It is essential that the Crown Prosecution Service adopt a robust and challenging assessment of the evidence available prior to bringing these matters to court. A large proportion of the cases presented to the CPS are discontinued in the early stages. Approximately 90 per cent of the matters investigated do not result in a trial. The focus is on sexual abuse and serious physical abuse. Minor assaults that cannot be corroborated are discontinued at a very early stage, usually prior to charging. A robust No Further Action Policy is an integral part of any such investigation and the NFA policy outlined in the Historic Abuse guidance for SIO is appended for the benefit of the committee (Appendix 2). The CPS had a significant role to play in the development of this policy.
The whole process of investigation is transparent and subject to the full rigours of CPIA and PACE. The evidence is tested by the police in the first instance then by CPS, Barrister for the Prosecution and eventually through the due process of law before judge and jury. The antecedent history of the alleged victim and all the prosecution witnesses is made available to the defence under disclosure rules and their lifestyle, motivation and credibility open to forceful challenges by defence counsel. Despite views to the contrary many of these victims are not career criminals or motivated by compensation. In fact very few pursue the opportunities open to them via Criminal Injuries Compensation or Civil Litigation as court records would testify.
Operation * * * *
Policy When Dealing with Victims/Witnesses
The following points must always be considered when dealing with alleged victims and witnesses who become involved in this Operation. These points are by no means exhaustive and may be added to as and when necessary:
— Establish positive identification of the victim/witness.
— Identify yourself and the purpose on the interview.
— Maintain an open mind. Our purpose is to establish the truth into any allegation made.
— Be patient, sympathetic, and reassuring.
— Use simple language, no "police speak".
— Conduct interviews at complainant's pace.
— Seek victims' wishes when considering location and timescale of interview.
— Confidentiality—establish if partners/relative/friends are aware of persons' placement at any establishment or any allegations made.
— Confirm willingness to attend Court. Ensure they realise a likely timescale to their part of the enquiry.
— Ensure they understand Court procedure and the need to provide a statement.
— Assure them that they will not be forgotten.
— Record all contacts with victims/witnesses. Include reason/content/who initiated by.
— Obtain any relevant consents or records.
— Be aware of the medical/mental state of the victim. Consider the use of audio/video tape.
— Confirm the establishment(s) where they were placed.
— Confirm time spent at Establishment.
— Be conscious of any physical/medical evidence, which may be available.
— Keep in touch; leave and obtain contact numbers/addresses.
— Offer support of other agencies, eg Social Services, for counselling etc.
— Obtain a photograph (if available) of victim at the age of attendance at Establishment.
— Obtain details of any other person they remember from establishment.
— Establish if witness has been interviewed/given statement to other enquiries.
— Establish if witness has kept in contact with anyone from the establishment.
— Recover any relevant memorabilia from time at establishment.
— Do not use local police to contact victims.
— Do not discuss compensation.
— Do not solicit or put pressure on individual to complain or make statement.
— Do not discuss other complainants.
— Do not make promises.
— Do not leave notes/messages where others may find them.
— Generally, officers should not deal with persons they have dealt with as an offender.
— Officers who have dealt with a person as a victim should not deal with that person, should that person become an offender.
— If possible, do not meet at locations that could compromise victim/witness/officer.
No Further Action
To determine what allegations of abuse may be considered by the SIO as suitable for referral to the Crown Prosecution Service for No Further Action to be contemplated and to implement the policy at the earliest opportunity.
In determining what allegations of abuse may be considered for No Further Action, the following will apply:
1. All allegations of sexual abuse will be investigated as appropriate, and a full prosecution/advice file submitted.
2. All allegations of assault amounting to GBH (or where GBH was a likely consequence) will be investigated as appropriate and a full prosecution/advice file submitted.
3. All allegations of assault amounting to ABH (taking cognisance of the charging standard at the time the offence was committed), or where ABH was a likely consequence will be investigated as appropriate and prosecution/advice file submitted.
4. All other allegations will be investigated as appropriate and where it is considered by the SIO that No Further Action is an appropriate option, then he/she will submit an advice file to the CPS for advice, prior to finalising. Consideration will be given by the SIO for the need to conduct an interview with the alleged offender prior to submission of an advice file. This consideration however, is subject to the CPS recommending obtaining further evidence by way of interview.
5. In consideration of taking No Further Action, the SIO will pay due regard to the following:
(a) The nature of the complaint.
(b) The effect upon the victim.
(c) The age of the complaint.
(d) The identity of the suspect.
(e) Other complaints made against the suspect.
(f) The personal circumstances of the suspect.
(g) Corroboration of the complaint.
(h) The attitude/wishes of the victim.
(i) The implications for any other investigation.
(j) The advice of the Crown Prosecution Service.
(k) Any other relevant circumstances.
ACTION ON RATIFICATION OF NO FURTHER ACTION
6. The victim to be informed accordingly
7. If the suspect is currently involved in the child care arena, then a strategy meeting must be convened and interested parties informed of the nature of the complaint and subject to investigation, the initial police view is that this is a matter suitable for No Further Action.
8. The suspect to be notified in person of the nature of the complaint at the conclusion of the investigation. This will be confirmed via letter (Appendix A). The SIO will risk-assess if the identity of the complainant should be divulged.
9. All parties subject to earlier risk assessment will also be notified of the result and a further strategy meeting convened if required.
10. A category to be created on the HOLMES database to readily identify all such allegations on which No Further Action has been taken.
Prepared 31 October 2002
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Lab on a Chip
Dynamic temperature measurement in microfluidic devices using thermochromic liquid crystals†
Viet N. Hoang,a Govind V. Kaigalaa and Christopher J. Backhouse*a
a Applied Miniaturisation Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Edmonton, AB, Canada
E-mail: christopher.backhouse@ualberta.ca
Fax: +1 780 492–1811
Thermochromic liquid crystals (TLCs) are used to explore the temperature transients during thermal cycling for microchip-based polymerase chain reaction (PCR). By analyzing the reflected spectra of the TLCs over time, temperature vs. time trajectories were extracted and overshoots/undershoots were estimated. To our knowledge, this is the first report of TLC-based dynamic temperature measurements in a microfluidic device for all PCR temperature stages.
https://doi.org/10.1039/B713764H
Lab Chip, 2008,8, 484-487
Dynamic temperature measurement in microfluidic devices using thermochromic liquid crystals
V. N. Hoang, G. V. Kaigala and C. J. Backhouse, Lab Chip, 2008, 8, 484
DOI: 10.1039/B713764H
Viet N. Hoang
Govind V. Kaigala
Christopher J. Backhouse
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Time to Stop Using SMS for Service Messages- It’s Insecure!
Amid desperate times, where a ransomware attack hit over 200,000 computers in over 150 countries, we need to seriously think of text message security. Concerns were being expressed for years over security loopholes in the Signalling System 7- SS7 protocol, the telco standard that is used to send text messages.
Recently it has been reported that hackers have hacked some bank accounts in Germany. They easily managed to exploit the shortfall off SSL7. Hence, with the recent turn of events, customers need to be very careful while banking or shopping online.
Understanding two-factor authentication (2FA)
Two-factor authentication adds an additional step to complete the desired process. A random passcode is delivered via an SMS or a call when you log in to your account as an added layer of protection.
SMS-based two-factor authentications are not secure
Online and mobile banking truly provide the convenience of shopping and banking anytime and anywhere. Unfortunately, this attracts scammers and hackers that are interested in the money included in all this system.
All of us are familiar with One-time password (OTP) messages. When we shop online, we need to provide an OTP to complete the buying process. Even while banking, every time when we transfer the money online we need to provide this one-time password.
Regrettably, SMS-based two-factor authentications have been declared insecure by US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and had released a draft asking organization to ban it. SMS-based-two-factor-authentication soon might be a thing of past.
Here is the snippet of latest draft
"If the out of band verification is to be made using an SMS message on a public mobile telephone network, the verifier SHALL verify that the pre-registered telephone number being used is actually associated with a mobile network and not with a VoIP (or other software-based) service. It then sends the SMS message to the pre-registered telephone number. Changing the pre-registered telephone number SHALL NOT be possible without two-factor authentication at the time of the change. OOB [Out of band verification] using SMS is deprecated, and will no longer be allowed in future releases of this guidance."
NSIT mentions that SMS-based two-factor authentication is insecure because it's way too to obtain a phone number and the websites have no control to verify whether the person who receives the 2FA code is the correct recipient.
The flaws in SS7 also allows hackers to divert the SMS containing a one-time passcode (OTP) to their own device, which lets them hijack any service, including Twitter, Facebook or Gmail, that uses SMS to send the secret code to reset the account password.
Perfect Solution: Push Notifications
Push notifications can surely help banking, as well as e-commerce organizations, overcome the security challenges. How?
Push Notifications Lifts Android Security
Keeping Push Notification security tight in Android phones is what Google’s next endeavor. It has already made a recent announcement of instigating some vital security features in the next Android OS.
The world’s most popular search engine is now planning to bring a new feature named Native Android Push Notification. With this exciting set of features, when a new device accesses a Google account, the account holder would be quickly notified through a push notification as to check whether they have signed in. If any suspicious activity is detected, account owners just need to tap the “Review account activity” button to know the details of the newly logged in device.
Block Intrusions
The e-mail notifications for Google is not new and it believes that smartphone users pay 4 times more attention to push notifications on their smartphones as compared to email notifications. Push notifications will always provide Google account holders with the opportunity to change your password before an intruder logs-in. If the situation is a bit worse and you feel that prowler has accessed your account you can immediately change your password and add two-factor authentication that too on the go.
Re-Engaging and Converting: Tips to Reviving Your Inactive Customers
Web Push Notifications for Gym and Fitness Center
Web Push Notifications for Online Food Business
How to Get More Sales from Existing Users with Web Push Notifications?
Introducing Web Push Notifications for Opera Browser
Android: Why some of your subscribers are missing out on push notifications?
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Redistricting Glossary
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The process of assigning electoral seats to various political groupings such as states, counties, and districts.
The census counts every person living in the United States and its five territories. It happens every 10 years and the results are used to determine the number of seats each state will have in the US House of Representatives. They are also used to draw congressional and state legislative districts.
A collection of contiguous census blocks used by mapmakers to draw districts. Composed of 600 - 3,000 people.
This is when voting district lines across the country are redrawn to determine who represents the people of your state.
Redistricting Commission
A government body that researches, drafts, and/or draws district maps for legislatures and Congress.
Redistricting Criteria
The guidelines that map drawers must follow in order to create a district.
Gerrymander
A plan or map that is intentionally drawn to advantage or disadvantage a specific group.
A geographic area that shares cultural, historical, or economic interests. Mapping communities of interest encourages the drawing of fairer voting districts.
A file that is compatible with most map drawing softwares.
The act of grouping together members of one group within a district to the point that they are a super-majority in that district. This reduces the electoral influence of the group in the surrounding districts.
The act of splitting apart members of one group into multiple districts to the point that they are a super-minority in that district. This reduces the electoral strength of the group overall.
The boundaries that define a group of people that vote for an elected official together.
Contiguous District
When there are no gaps in a district and it has connecting boundaries.
https://www.ncsl.org/research/redistricting/the-redistricting-lexicon-glossary.aspx
“What is the 2020 Census?”, US Department of Commerce,
https://2020census.gov/en/what-is-2020-census.html
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256 - Decade By Decade/New Year Bash 0
Join Drisky, Garron, Ric, Jon and Kingy as they drunkenly celebrate the year end and reflect over all the previous decades of gaming.
Warning: This episode contains alcohol misuse, swearing and other type of content not suitable for all. You have been warned.
We'd like to thank our of our listeners for making 2009 great and we shall see you all in 2020.
255 - Star Wars Games 0
In celebration of the new Star Wars film, ending of a Saga, join Drisky and Kingy as they chat about some of the lesser known Star Wars Games out there, that we love and all mixed in with two big hitters that are our favourites.
Don't forget Drisky wrote the book on Star Wars Video Games (literally) way in his time at Retro Asylum, so have a read with this free pdf book that covers every Star Wars game ever made (up to 2014 when it was written)...
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bxvnp7cHAPAZR3NIZmZsNTlHZm8/view?pli=1
its a great read and perfect accompaniment to the show.
Games covered are:
Death Star Interceptor (Spectrum) : [Vid Link]
Star Wars (Famicom) : [Vid Link]
Star Wars - Attack on the Death Star (X68000) : [Vid Link]
Star Wars (Game Gear) : [Vid Link]
Star Wars Dark Forces (PC) : [Vid Link]
Rogue Squadron 2 : Rogue Leader (Game Cube) : [Vid Link]
Star Wars Episode III : Revenge of Sith (GBA) : [Vid Link]
Sharp X68000 Emulator : [Vid Link]
As always we would love to hear your thoughts and opinions so please reach out to @RGDSPodcast on Twitter or on Facebook [Vid Link] we would love to hear.
254 - Atari 7800 - The Prosystem 0
Join Drisky and Kingy as they chat about the very much underrated Atari 7800. Could it have been the dominant console if it were released when planned? There are some real gems of games on this system, so join the lads as they wax lyrical about them.
Show notes:-
Paul Davies' book - Florin's Zx Spectrum Haul of Games - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07ZZGDDXX/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1
Blast Annual 2020
Baggers in Space
https://www.spectrumnextgames.uk/baggers-in-space
Pro System 7800 Emulator
https://gstanton.github.io/ProSystem1_3/
Paul's Games X scans
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1AiVi73qXqCnMd5MV24tfdwwRvwj1uNfL?usp=sharing
https://evercade.co.uk/
253 Arcade Club 0
The 20th of October saw the RGDS team make their annual pilgrimage to Arcade Club in Bury. Join Drisky and Kingy as they chat about the weekend and go over their choices of "games of the weekend".
Apologies for the distortion in my mic, I hadn't noticed the gain had been knocked up. (Kingy)
Kingy's video interviewing the RGDS team at Arcade Club
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeVx-oBKIco#action=share
Will Brooker's successful ZX Spectrum documentary Kickstarter
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mscsi/the-zx-spectrum-experience
Drisky's MAME config
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GYg69kaVcoqC81A7lEtdn5pPtlOZs8iW/view?fbclid=IwAR1UOYT_sPzO6PcRWoADll--BqlxXLrdlQ5f3VAWE8JwJn41tUtOw8qB1so
Arcade Sidekick App
Ios - https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/arcade-sidekick/id1462217278
Android - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rumzcorp.arcadesidekick&hl=en_GB
252 SEGA Dreamcast 0
Join Matt, Aaron and Garron as they talk about their Dreamcast journey, as the console now hits 20 in the PAL region.
We chat about made this short lived console so great, some of our favourite games and its legacy.
Join the team as they talk about the first entry to the 6th generation of consoles.
Matt has shared his awesome Apple Music Crazy Taxi playlist
https://music.apple.com/gb/playlist/2019-music-from-and-inspired-by-crazy-taxi/pl.u-Z60Jsr2G3o
Mike Phelan over at the fantastic Dreamcast Junkyard produced this great guide to all of the Dreamcast releases.
http://www.thedreamcastjunkyard.co.uk/p/collectors-guide.html?m=1
Sega Blue Skies - 3D Sega Classic 3D collection 0
Drisky and Kingy take you through some classic Sega games that appeared on Sega 3D Classics Collection on the 3DS by M2. Don't worry if you don't have a 3DS as really its an excuse (as if we needed one) to talk through some great Sega retro classics.
3D VR NES emulator
https://geod.itch.io/3dnes/devlog/26400/3dnes-v2-release
Kingy guesting on Arcade Perfect chatting about Power Drift
https://arcadeperfectau.podbean.com/e/arcade-perfect-podcast-ep-17-powerdrift/
Super Bub on Net Yaroze
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55v7Ifi_li0
You can grab it here:-
http://www.psxdev.net/yaroze.html
Sega 3d Fukkoku Archives
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HY2w0UrLWgw
250 - A to Z of Sega Dreamcast 0
No. 250 is upon us. There is no better way to celebrate our sestercentennial episode than have a bumper episode featuring the grossly underrated Sega Dreamcast.
Join Drisky and Kingy as they discuss their favourite games in our continuing series of A to Z.
Will Brooker's Kickstarter trailer/kickstarter for ZX Spectrum Experience.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mscsi/the-zx-spectrum-experience/
249 - Turn-based Strategy Games 0
Kingy and Drisky chat about some of their favourite games in this tactical genre. The chosen list is one in which the rules of engagement and concise and they are very accessible for players who may be new/shy to this style of game. Don't worry about overly complicated tutorials; the guys are too old and impatient for that kind of thing these days :)
Games featured in the episode are
Rebelstar Raiders
Rebelstar
Hero Quest
Space Crusade
Dr Ninja's Hero Quest
https://drninja.itch.io/hero-quest
Rebelstar Raiders Manual PDF
https://archive.org/download/World_of_Spectrum_June_2017_Mirror/World%20of%20Spectrum%20June%202017%20Mirror.zip/World%20of%20Spectrum%20June%202017%20Mirror/sinclair/games-info/r/RebelstarRaiders.pdf
Lasers Squad Map Maker
http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0027609
This guy has made his own Rebelstar tabletop!!!
https://www.matakishi.net/rebelstar.html
https://store.steampowered.com/app/286160/Tabletop_Simulator/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/326670/Warhammer_Quest/
Dark Quest 2
https://store.steampowered.com/app/453690/Dark_Quest_2/
Wargroove
https://wargroove.com/
Tanks of Freedom
https://w84death.itch.io/tanks-of-freedom
Naked War by the Pickford Brothers
http://www.zee-3.com/nakedwar/
248 - Sega Saturn - A Japanese Voyage of Discovery 0
In this episode Drisky and G set sail looking at some of the best Japanese only Sega Saturn games to play and how to play them. There are lots of hidden gems for you to discover and enjoy here, so join us by trying some of these great games and telling us what you think.
Come Join us on Discord and tell us what you think: https://discord.gg/jGZuZWy
Super Tempo : https://youtu.be/Y_Cr8HP9EnQ
Pui Li Ru : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyI3b8fWKZQGame Tengoku: The Game's Paradise! : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTf2IVMQIrI
Shinrei Jusatsushi Taromaru : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHeek-aZBK0
Arthur to Astaroth no Nazo Makaimura - Incredible Toons: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7s7FiXAOdf4
Tryrush Deppy : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7XZL9O57ws
Hon Mentions:
Cotton 2 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cD10gFW7wQw
Cotton Boomberang:
2do Aru Koto ha Sando R :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fe_zhtvF60U
Bulk Slash : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDoKYgIYsfM
Gale Racer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7J2wdX7V86o
Gal Panic SS : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IN2QkQy2W4
Gussun Oyoyo S : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMA1kYjLKNg
Paodius Forever With Me:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFstPageTKs
Keio Yugekitei Katsugekihen (Keio Flying Squadron 2): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Bxm2BXM2Hs
Thunder Force V: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iDaWp1_ZCE
Translated Patched Games - Rom Hacking Net
Linkle Liver Story (Translated Patch): https://youtu.be/ByGL1WpUhn4
Shining Force 3 Scenario 1 to 3 (with translated Patch) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REk92HMpCTI
Policenauts (Translated) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5q9DbQLfYI
A great resource for all Saturn games can be found in this two volume work...
Saturn Encyclopedia: https://daddarulekonge.itch.io/saturn
Pre Chat:
Video of linking Amiga to Launch Box: https://youtu.be/5VNsisdSJNI
Ion Fury / Ion Maiden: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjnhRz_GP3c
8 Dragons: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9UQH6ZxoDA
Revival 2019 :
Amigos Podcast Overview of event: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kh_0MVyQfxg
Bull Frog Talk: https://youtu.be/Hvn9v8_U2MU
Sensible Soccer Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUKz27-fDoM
Arcade World Holder Talk: https://youtu.be/LpY-fysMVEw
Next Revival Announced :
Part 1: 7th-8th March 2020 and Part 2: 7th-8th November
@ Fivestar Community Centre, Wednesbury WS10 8JG
Action Replay Plus: https://segaretro.org/Action_Replay_Plus
Mednafen: https://mednafen.github.io/
Saturn to Launchbox vid: https://youtu.be/u26ScPsAQ-A
Launchbox : https://www.launchbox-app.com/
Saturn Encyclopeadia : https://daddarulekonge.itch.io/saturn (an amazing two volume work)
247 - W.R.A.F - Beat 'em Up Special 0
Ric and Kingy team up to discuss their favourite beat 'em ups. It's such a special genre close to their hearts. Many classics and some lesser known ones are discussed. Expect the usual banter and many memories of these brawler games.
Bruce Lee remakes...
C64 Bruce Lee II - http://kollektivet.nu/brucelee2/
ROCK HARD!!!!
SMS version: http://www.smspower.org/Homebrew/BruceLee-SMS
By Kagesan - This was a competition entry in 2014 (SMSPOWER.ORG)
Slaps and Beans -
https://store.steampowered.com/app/564050/Bud_Spencer__Terence_Hill__Slaps_And_Beans/
198x -
https://198xthegame.com/
246 Collecting vs Emulation 0
Drisk is joined by Garron and Kingy as they discuss their own experiences in both camps of retro gaming. The pros and cons are discussed of both physical collecting and that of emulating. There is no right way, only your way.
Spectrum DAW example
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59eXA48x2SM
M2 Documentary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jc5DlOkOcU4&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR155n0e7uRs-rB5e8-6QPcsZJ5ViuZEj3b-MebrmAC9u0SSob2qbL2eyW4
Electric Underground Podcast
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/electric-underground-podcast/id1377920944?i=1000437779375&fbclid=IwAR3Mx6EVG8ewsI3se4f_jf1f61YyINDcPNNIwPxmw-zaBot7Umy6yjIU1mE
https://www.launchbox-app.com/big-box?fbclid=IwAR1BfwOnzEG36yGOAYxtWWRMS_aqp85DlLfo4rhCzhQcgrd6PMWXuw9lcCU
245 Revival 2019 0
Drisky and Garron catch up with Revival organiser Craig Turner to discuss this year's Revival even in Walsall.
Full details of the event can be found here-https://www.revivalretroevents.co.uk/
Hope to see some of our listeners there
244 Three Men and a Baby 0
In celebration of The Drisk becoming a grandad!!! We decided it would be fun to have a show featuring games featuring babies/toddlers.
Join Drisky, Garron and Kingy as they try and change the nappies on these retro classics.
Come join the chat on our Discord channel..
https://discord.gg/BwUwY8A
Games featured in this episode are:-
Aero Wings 2
Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa
Herbert's Dummy Run
Jack the Nipper 1 & 2
Show Notes -
Drisky's Jack the Nipper Map -
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1zf6koYYRvihAj0h8gol7x6hAQo2goRSE
Parodius featuring Bobby the Baby -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantastic_Parodius_-_Pursue_the_Glory_of_the_Past
243 Gameboy's A Day At The Movies 0
Yes Drisky and Garron look through what we consider the top 5 movie licenses on the humble original Gameboy. There are some classic games talked about so take a listen and join us as we play through it.
The RGDS Discord Channel:
A new place for our listeners to all meet up and chat. Lots of fun and useful knowledge with a great group. We hope to see you there soon.
https://discord.gg/f583qJa
Ant Stream Kickstarter:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/234135283/antstream-retro-gaming-reborn/description
BGB a great Gameboy Emulator:
http://bgb.bircd.org/
Aliens Easter Extravaganza (Mono Version) 0
Please note:- There are 2 versions of this episode; the stereo mix is done in a cinematic way to celebrate the movies. If you, for whatever reason, require the mono version - please choose that one
For best listening experience use headphones in a dark room with some alcoholic beverages of your choice :D
In this epic sci-fi episode, Ric and Kingy awake from their retro cryo-pods aboard the RGDS Nostromo and chat about all these lovely Alien themed games. The titles range from the 8-bit era, right through to the 64-bit generation. You may hear the lads wax lyrical about their favourite titles, but remember - in space, no one will hear them scream.
Games covered in this episode are:
Alien - Atari 2600
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2hTPqNqqJk
Alien - ZX Spectrum, C64 & Amstrad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6NVttxy_nI - Spectrum
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCw3SmAvRMs - C64
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCtjw2-dNxc&t=286s - Amstrad
Fanmod Bugfix spectrum version - https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=625&p=18783&hilit=alien#p18783
Aliens - US Version - ZX Spectrum, C64 & Amstrad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5vqewOH474 - Spectrum
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKq1b9CzToE - C64
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWJc0AO0Op4 - Amstrad
Aliens - EU Version - ZX Spectrum, C64 & Amstrad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_2E2BQiwHI&t=1471s - Spectrum
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efolLO2zcpc - C64
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4qd-9CvnlU - Amstrad
Windows fan remake of Aliens titled LV-426 (2007)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TUOqAm3SeE
https://derbian.webs.com/lv-426/
Aliens 2 - MSX
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0tLZbhlzcs
Play msx games online @ http://www.jamsx.com/
Cancelled NES/FAMICOM version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdgs5IVlWec
Aliens (Arcade)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvvgwFbHr7Q
Alien 3 - Mega drive/Amiga/Snes/C64/Gameboy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMOdKrs8wdg - Megadrive Version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ge5vZN_DiU Amiga Version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPafigDOOvI&t=849s - Snes Version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xarmn0gTCkg&t=529s - C64 Version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNuIz7yUx_E - GameBoy Version
Alien 3 The Gun - Arcade
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htUjhFtgtEY
Aliens vs Predator Arcade
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTHS2TIISUE
Aliens vs Predator - Atari Jaguar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kLG8v3O_UE
Alien Trilogy - PS1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KW2IQrfci0I
Ultimate Doom Mod Alien Trilogy
https://www.moddb.com/mods/aliens-the-ultimate-doom/news/alien-trilogy-ud
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djqjKV5wZ8U
Ultimate Doom Mod Aliens Total Conversion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5qOCCnxj88
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMzQPWfFIDM
https://www.moddb.com/mods/aliens-tc
Alien Infestation - Nintendo DS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFW4fOyEjlI
Alien Neoplasma - ZX Spectrum Homebrew
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZEE2Gxex1s
Project Firestart
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8UJamK45o4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7sZI04RXtM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfZtX8Vj4s0
Alien Syndrome
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dC0wrCI0-EI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPrMz1SrAhI
242 Aliens Easter Extravaganza (Stereo version) 0
241 Easter EGG-travaganza Special 0
Yes, with Easter around the corner, Kingy and Drisky have decided to take you through an EGG-xellent adventure full of us poaching some of the best games and yolks through gaming past.
We cover the Dizzy series, Chuckie Egg 1 & 2, Jazz Jack Rabbit and Billy Hatcher and that's not all Yolks! we even manage to squeeze in a few honourable mentions.
So come and join us on this EGG-citing adventure and have a great Easter.
Dizzy Fansite:-
http://yolkfolk.com/
Chuckie Egg Fansite (Get Chuckie Apple here):-
http://www.bagshot-row.org/chuckie-egg/
Jazz Jackrabbit on GOG:-
https://www.gog.com/game/jazz_jackrabbit_collection
Jazz Jackrabbit comic scans:-
https://www.gog.com/forum/jazz_jackrabbit/original_manual_scans_with_comics_here
240 35 Years of Jet Set Willy 0
35 Years ago this month, Jet Set Willy was unleashed upon the 8 bit world. This sequel to the already popular Manic Miner still remains a fan favourite to this day.
Join Kingy and Drisky as they cover the entire series of Miner Willy games and discuss it's enduring legacy.
8-bit Annual Kickstarter:-
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/8bitmagazine/8-bit-annual-2019-hardback
Spectronica Album by Tufty can be found here:-
https://tufty1.bandcamp.com/album/spectronica
Manic Miner & Jet Set Willy Remakes:-
http://retrospec.sgn.net/
Your Sinclair Tipshop Tiptionary
Sam Coupe Emulator
http://www.simcoupe.org/
Jet Set Willy Lord of the Rings
http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseek.cgi
Jet Set Willy Megamix
Matthew Smith interview on Thumb Candy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ngGU4tUDLM
Central Cavern Facebook Page
https://www.facebook.com/groups/centralcavern/
Jet Set Willy and Manic Miner Online Community
http://jswmm.co.uk/
Manic Miner: The Lost Levels NDS
http://headsoft.com.au/index.php?category=mmll
Sir Lancelot Mobile remake
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lapigames.sirlancelotquest
Gary Arnott's icon art (Pooterman)
https://www.deviantart.com/pooterman
239 PC Gaming and Upgrades 0
The RGDS boys sit down to chat about memories of PC gaming during the 90’s and the numerous Hardware upgrades they purchased to play the latest and greatest games.
Hear why Matt L can’t be trusted to buy a good Graphics card, why Drisky was king of the gaming world (for a while at least), why Kingy overpays for corporate junk and Matt A believes the PC’s time is now (as well as then…).
If you played PC games in the 90’s and know your RTS from FPS, your 3DFX from PhysX and your HBP from your AGP, you’ll have a blast dipping back in time with this episode.
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238 Filling in the Blanks 0
Kingy is joined by special guest, Will Brooker to discuss the phenomena of "Filling in the Blanks" in gaming. Where the imagination takes over the experience suggested in the particular game.
This episode is based around the 8-bit era where the games were a lot more basic and the players own imagination took the game to a new level.
Will has submitted an academic paper on this very topic and discusses it in the show.
Twitter details
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Details of Will's Spectrum documentary (as discussed in the episode)
I’m currently filming my first round of interviews with Spectrum gamers - people local to me who can fund their own travel to the university - and I’m going to apply for funding to cover the costs of more distant interviews.
In the meantime I’m inviting Spectrum gamers to mail me their video memories. Here’s what I’ve sent my respondents so far.
We can ask your listeners to send in their videos, and they can check details in the show notes.
The end goal for this project is a short film about Spectrum fans which will be screened at the Centre for Computing History as part of their 2020 Spectrum anniversary celebrations. It may also be screened and hosted elsewhere -- I'll keep you informed if that happens. I'll be gathering material over a long period, with the aim of having the film edited in 2020-2021. I should be able to show you clips before that.
I'm currently interviewing fans who live close to me, and then I will be applying for funding to cover the cost of interviewing more distant fans. I hope I may also be able to interview you face to face.
Meanwhile, if you are willing, I'd like you to submit your responses to some questions by video. The questions are at the bottom of this email.
This can be as simple as you like -- no problem with using a phone, though if you have other camera equipment, please feel free to use it. The videos will be compiled into my documentary film as a montage of responses, so a mixture of different styles and quality will be fine.
Feel free to film your responses to them separately or all at once. There is no right or wrong way of doing this -- just please make sure that I can hear you clearly with no background noise, that you're well-lit and in focus.
If you want to include your own Spectrum and original cassettes in the video, please do.
Once you've filmed your responses, please upload them to https://wetransfer.com/
and send them to me at drwillbrooker@gmail.com. (My gmail account has more room than my work one).
Or you can attach them directly to an email and send them to me at drwillbrooker@gmail.com.
Thanks very much for taking part, and if you have any questions, do let me know.
I'll very much appreciate all contributions.
Questions for Spectrum fans
1. Your name, your age now, and where you’re from.
2. What Spectrum did you first have, and when? How old were you?
3. What did the Spectrum mean to you?
4. What were your favourite games?
5. Please read podcaster Gordon King’s review of Avalon here. He talks about how he was entirely drawn into the world, experiencing fear and shivering in the cold dungeon.
http://girnygamer.scottige.com/2017/04/13/avalon-the-greatest-game-of-all/
Did you feel immersed like this in any games? Please say as much as you want.
6. What do you remember about the role the Spectrum played in your friendships and family relationships? (For instance, swapping games with friends, two-player mode with a brother or sister; your parents buying you games for Christmas; taking the Spectrum to a grandma’s house or on holiday...?) Say as much as you want.
7. Can you still experience the magic and wonder of the Spectrum in the 80s, or is it something of a specific time, which has now been lost?
Please feel free to send any photos of yourself from the time, and/or you at the Spectrum, your bedroom, Spectrum games from the time – or, even better, video from the time that you are happy for me to use.
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In this episode Drisky and Kingy hark back to a time when the arcade was still king and we all coveted home ports of our favourite coin guzzlers. The lad’s champion what they think are some of the best arcade to home conversions on the Commodore Amiga.
Games featured in this episode are:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lKr4M_4b3I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Rzfco6rpy0&t=532s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26GXjmzjAdU
Rainbow Islands
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-JXM43NkIg
Rodland
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYVdnXuNRM8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeY9kOot9iI
Silkworm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdVX1kmSWw0
Super Hang On
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRdZSYpACk8
Heart of Neon documentary
Andrew Braybrook blog on Rainbow Islands
https://uridiumauthor.blogspot.com/2018/03/rainbow-islands.html
Afterburner Amiga (Activision)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERJ9-i9prng
Afterburner Amiga (sega)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UznN5Xc_4v0
Follow us on Twitter @RGDSpodcast
@UVTkingy@TheDrisk
236 Resident Evil 0
Welcome back to RGDS. We’ve deployed our R.G.D.S Bravo team of Matt A, Matt L and Jon back to the Spencer Mansion to battle the evil demons of destruction, in celebration of the newly released Resident Evil 2 Remake.
The boys discuss their favourite memories of the original Resident Evil, the 1996 seminal Survival Horror experience for PS1, Saturn and PC, memories of acquiring via slightly dodgy means on Import 6 months before a PAL release, and Matt A had a few nightmares he’d like to forget about.
We also give a quick run through some of the games that inspired the original RE, and a round-up of the immediate sequels.
If you like Shotguns, Tyrants, and a Jill Sandwich, this is the podcast for you.
Follow -
@RGDSPodcast
@Piepew
Original BIOHAZARD Trailer that came on the disc for Street Fighter Zero (Alpha) in Japan - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRuJeR_CkWM
DON”T OPEN THAT DOOR!
235 RGDS Spy Agency 0
In this episode Drisky and Kingy look at a whole host of clandestine espionage games, covering a multitude of genres and systems. Expect much cloak & dagger discussions and many games secrets passed back and forth between our RGDS secret agents.
Games covered in this episode are:-
Superspy
Spy Vs Spy
Sly Spy
Captain MaCaw game on Steam...
https://store.steampowered.com/app/946000/Captain_MaCaw/
We have a competition to win a key for the upcoming game.
#RGDScompo on twitter and tell us why you'd like to win this key.
Winner will be chosen on Friday 18th January.
Tuckersoft pop up store - https://www.iambirmingham.co.uk/2019/01/03/surreal-black-mirror-bandersnatch-store-mysteriously-appears-birmingham/
Tuckersoft website - https://www.tuckersoft.net/ealing20541/
Golden Eye easter egg ZX Spectrum Emulator - https://kotaku.com/5897828/long-lost-emulation-easter-egg-discovered-in-goldeneye
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Opal – a Sound Investment?
Sep 12, 2013 | General, In The Media
“Opallios”, Greek word for “to see a change in colour”
Opal comes from Eastern Europe, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico and, most importantly, from Australia (our national Gemstone). It occurs in volcanic lava and in sedimentary and igneous rocks in veins, as lumps or in pipes. It can be
found in Brazil, South Africa, Zimbabwe and the USA.
Black opals are the rarest and most valuable of the stones. The difference between them is that they are found in different parts of Australia and each has very unique appearances. Black opals are considered the “Rolls Royce” of opals, and have a high price attachment associated with their status and rarity.
Federal Government agency Austrade estimates current Australian production figures for uncut opals between $100 million and $200 million. However, while few Australians would have opal designs in their jewellery boxes, the US, Japan and much of Europe enjoys the stone. There are three major mining areas in Australia, each producing a different variety of the stone: Coober Pedy in South Australia; Lightning Ridge in New South Wales and central Queensland.
There are four types of opal commonly used in jewellery: white, black, and boulder. Opal is one of the few non-crystalline gem stones, a hardened jelly made up of silica and water. The play of colour or iridescence is due to the interference of white light on minute silica spheres in the structure of opal.
The world’s most valuable opal, black opal, is found in the town of Lightning Ridge. The stone has an underlying dark background hue, which gives the colour a greater intensity. The word “black” doesn’t refer to the face of the opal but to its background, and its precious colours come in a rainbow of shades. The world’s most valuable Black Opal is Aurora Australis”, found at Lightning Ridge in 1938 and valued at $1 million. It weights 180 carats and sparkles red, green and blue against a black backdrop.
Coober Pedy is home of the white opal, sometimes referred to as the milk opal – pale white or light body tone. They are much more plentiful than any other kind of opal and generally display less vibrant colours. The towns of Mintabie and Andamooka also have the gem.
Boulder opals are lesser known but have equally stunning colour. Here the opal runs in thin veins on ironstone backing (hence the dark colour). Price is generally less per carat due to the ironstone content of the stone. Found all over Queensland. It is often found as a thin veneer of opal of vibrant colours naturally covering the surface of the ironstones rock.
German geologist Johannes Menge made the first Australian Opal discovery in 1849 in Angaston, South Australia. This area in Queensland attracted many miners during the 1880s. Production actually began at White Cliffs, NSW, in 1890. When Australian Opal first appeared on the world market it was at first thought not to have been genuine – perhaps because of the fire of colours never before seen in the European specimens.
Around this time is has been said that the diamond merchants saw the amazing attributes of opal and realised that it was going to be a serious threat to their livelihood. Opal was increasing in popularity and could represent a threat to this lucrative diamond trade. Rumor has it that the diamond trade spread the belief that opals are bad luck to protect themselves and gave opaIs a bad reputation. The diamond trade continued to flourish, however, and by 1932 most Eastern European opals were unable to compete with Australian opals and ceased production. This is when Australia won the title of premier opal producer of the world.
Australian opal can be a sound longterm investment, with value appreciation climbing yearly. Few visitors to Australia return home without buying an opal. In the past, most purchases were quite modest; however, today we see a far greater
realisation of the investment values of solid or precious opal.
Buying for Investment:
• Solid Opal is most valuable.
• Red on black is most valuable colour.
• The next most valuable colour is orange followed by yellow, green and then blue being the most common.
• Think about what you are going to use the stone for. Shape and size is an important factor when considering the setting for jewellers.
• Brilliance
• Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
Cautions when buying:
• Solid Opal is a soft stone, approximately the same hardness as glass, avoid high temperatures (boiling water) or low
extremes, e.g., zero humidity bank vaults.
• Be cautious of people selling boulder opal at price per carat, they may be leaving the heavy ironstone on the back of the stone. This is a dishonest way of pushing up the price of the stone.
• High quality stone should be set in a high quality setting.
• Ensure any Certificate of Authenticity (signed) is by a Registered Valuer
Opal has been plagued for centuries by misinformation, superstition and wives’ tales. It has also been considered a good luck talisman and prized by many civilisations, possessing magical properties. Romans believed that, like the rainbow, it brought its owner good fortune, a token of hope and purity. Greeks believed the opal bestowed powers of foresight and prophecy upon its owner.
It certainly has not stopped overseas customers and celebrities enjoying the stone. US media mogul Ted Turner famously gave actress Jane Fonda a massive black opal Engagement ring, and there have been many others.
With Australian Opal fields slowly running down, it is logical that values on quality gems will steadily increase year by year. For the overseas visitor, it is also logical to buy at the source of supply and save money.
Australian precious opal is the most sought after and the most stable of opals in world markets.
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By Giulia Trojano
Sophia sits with 21 Savage and Teyana Taylor at an Alexander Wang runway show. Photo via Instagram.
With the field of AI developing by leaps and bounds, what legal rights are granted to autonomous non-human beings? In her new series, Giulia Trojano considers the present and future legality of AI. Her investigation began by examining content produced by creative AIs in light of existing and potential copyright protection in Part 1. Now, in Part 2, Trojano questions associations between authorship and personhood, by posing the hypothetical situation of a runway collaboration between creative AIs.
Picture a model walking down a runway, wearing incredibly textured Balenciaga clothes—with patterns that are new but comfortably fit within the brand’s identity. Only, the model is computerised. Her pose has been chosen by an AI. So are her clothes, not actual Balenciaga as it turns out, but AI-generated renditions of what could easily be their Fall/Winter 19 collection.
Robert Barrat, the young self-taught creative behind the AI faux-Balenciaga fashion designer, trained a Generative Adversarial Network (GAN) to recognise and create designs that would suit the brand. GANs such as Barrat’s have a generative component that can take a random noise and upscale it to an image that falls within the brand’s identity, whilst at the same time creating a new data pool for the system’s second component: the discriminator. The discriminator will then try to learn how to distinguish fake images generated by the network from the real brand ones. Both generator and discriminator grow, the first trying to fool the second, the second trying to catch the first.
Whilst Barrat is not the only one using AI in the fashion industry, his enthusiasm for the prospects of AIs and humans collaborating on a collection is contagious—and that reality is almost here.[1] Tommy Hilfiger, in partnership with IBM, uses an AI tool to read real-time fashion trends and customer sentiment around every brand product and runway image to then allow its designers to make informed decisions around next season.[2] Alibaba and Guess piloted a system using smart mirrors that not only analyses clothes, all of which are Bluetooth tagged, whilst a customer tries them on, but also alerts staff to bring and suggest certain complementary items.[3] Stitch Fix acts as a personal stylist and shopper by looking at a user’s purchase history and social media activity (their likes on Instagram).[4] Robots such as Stackit can cut, sew, seam, and stack materials to assemble footwear and shirts.[5] A team of researchers at the University of Tsukuba trained their GAN to generate new images that human fashion designers would use to draw patterns from.[6] The patterns were then turned into a program used to make clothes. These were created and tested on users, whose response was positive, with subjects judging the garments to be most similar to those of the actual brand.
Considering the above, it isn’t hard to imagine the following scenario. Balenciaga decides to create a new collection, using an AI to assess customer data and predict trends. Barrat’s GAN then generates mood boards and hypothetical models. These are fed into a Deep Convolutional GAN (DCGAN) to create patterns and silhouettes that can be feasibly made and worn. The clothes are produced by a SewBot, embedded with tags that create a constant feedback loop so that Balenciaga can monitor the success of its collection. Sophia is the casting director. Visuals for the runway show are created by E-David, an AI with an arm, five brushes, and a camera that autonomously takes pictures and draws original paintings from these photographs.[7] Young Paint is asked produce and perform new tracks.
AI-generated faux-Balenciaga produced by a GAN trained by Robert Barrat. Photo via Twitter.
If this were a team of mere humans, relations between fashion houses, designers, tailors, casting directors, art directors, and music producers would be governed by a series of contracts. These would include licence agreements to use, for example, Young Paint’s track in campaign ads or to licence a particular pattern to Adidas for the creation of a capsule collaboration, distribution agreements to sell the collection, and employment contracts between the different parties. These are all grounded, commercially, in the subsistence of copyright in the designs, the patterns, the music, and the visuals.
As discussed previously, the lack of copyright protection afforded to genuinely creative AIs leaves us in a lawless landscape in which original works cannot be declared as such because generated purely by non-humans. As neural networks become more advanced and an entire team of AI creatives could be hired, it is imperative to implement models that can accommodate for them.
Europe, generally, has been reticent to acknowledge that original works can be created by anyone other than a person—or persons. The romantic notion of authorship is entrenched in the Berne Convention.[8] The instrument, adopted first in 1886 and now counting 176 contracting parties, deals with the protection of works and rights of their authors, by setting minimum protections to be granted and contains special provisions available to developing countries that want to adopt them. Imbuing the Convention with notions equating authorship with personhood has ramifications far beyond the realm of copyright. In particular, as AI systems are ultimately software algorithms regulated under existing copyright regimes, their accountability and (lack of) robotic personhood will necessarily stem from these.
Before copyright protection for authors was introduced, sixteenth-century booksellers would hold exclusive rights, known as privileges, granted by sovereigns. Following abuse of monopoly power, sovereigns refused to renew these and a new system prioritising the rights of authors filled the vacuum that was left. Philosophers argued that authors’ rights were found in natural law, and that statutes would exist in order to give them a more precise formulation, justifying the shift.[9] Great Britain, however, with the Statute of Anne in 1710, allowed authors to sell their rights to booksellers, creating a market approach, which was emulated in the US. This meant that authors could choose to relinquish their rights in works too. On the other hand, in continental Europe, an author’s personal and moral rights (such as the right to object to unauthorised modifications of the work) remained inalienable, even if they sold economic rights to publishers. These differences played out during Berne revisions, with natural rights prevailing—perhaps unsurprisingly as these are not limited by national borders: they attach to living individuals and thus suit the spirit of an international standard. Suffice it to say that the group that laid the groundwork for the Convention was the first International Congress of Authors and Artists.
In line with a more humanist reading of copyright law, EU and continental jurisprudence have failed to recognise purely computer-generated works, whilst England and Wales, by virtue of s 9(3) CDPA has sought to grant them protection.[10] Yet, despite historically being more commercially focused, common law jurisdictions now lack the necessary models to award authorship to AIs for original works.
As noted by Dr Lambert commercial endeavours should be protected, however in the instance of increasing … robotic and AI created works, it remains to be seen whether and how copyright might apply to assist in doing so … without further regulatory amendments.[11] Should future models grant AI-created works originality from a deontological or utilitarian perspective? That is, should an AI’s creativity be rewarded because fairness requires that its efforts be acknowledged or, from a utilitarian perspective, because innovation and its sharing is inherently valuable, there should be no ground for denying copyright or patents to an AI?[12]
Before delving into notions of robotic personhood, a simple model envisaged by intellectual property specialist Andres Guadamuz merits consideration. He suggests extending the applicability of s 9(3) CDPA since awarding copyright to the person that made the operation of AI possible is the most sensible approach to encourage investment.[13] However, the proposal again endeavours to find a human behind the machine, and cannot work with current systems as none of the human players meet the threshold of authorship. Programmers, trainers, data providers, feedback providers, owners of an AI’s hardware and/or software, AI operators, users, buyers… these could all arguably be classified as “those that made the operation of the AI possible”[14] and having a myriad of stakeholders would create unpractical scenarios with rights awarded at such fractional levels that it would be tantamount to having no rights at all.
Zach Blas and Jemima Wyman, i’m here to learn so :)))))), 2017. Showing Tay, Microsoft’s AI that was launched on Twitter in 2016, hacked shortly after, and then removed over a Deep Dream generated backdrop. Photo by author.
Reducing the number of stakeholders is at the heart of another model developed by the Japanese AI task force currently working on protecting AI created works from unauthorised use and to ensure fair compensation of the developers. Shinzo Abe himself cited support to universities and companies in the field of creative innovation as its main driving force.[15] Yet developers and programmers are already being rewarded for their efforts: they hold copyright in the software system behind the AI. Why should they be rewarded for an AI’s artistic creation? This is equivalent to Microsoft being entitled to rights over any written work a user produces despite already owning software rights in Word.
Scholars such as Ana Ralmho have sought to avoid double-incentives to developers by suggesting that legislators should adopt a public domain model for AI creations, enabling the public to use and reproduce these without restrictions.[16] Whilst this would resolve the issue of multiple stakeholders, it would prove problematic, as Balenciaga would shy away from using any AI in its collection if the same patterns, music, and visuals created for its runway become part of the public domain at the point of creation. Once in the public domain, anyone could use their same exact designs with no copyright restrictions—as if they were free stock images—to create their own collection. Balenciaga bootlegs would no longer be bootlegs.[17]
A revised version of the above public domain model is considered by IP and technology scholar Pratap Devarapalli. He refines the same by providing authorship to the AI and ownership rights to the person(s) behind the machine, under a Non-Commercial Creative Commons (NCCC) licence. The NCCC would enable licensees to copy, distribute, display, or make derivative works only for non-commercial purposes. Protection would be awarded for 50 years from the work’s availability, with no link to an author’s life as is currently the case, arguing that under this regime AI creations would have an identity and boost innovation whilst still incentivising creative teams.[18] Once again, the workability of the model is highly dependent on the amount of humans involved behind the AI becoming autonomously creative.
Viewing authorship as a purely human phenomenon[19] is antiquated and fails to protect the fruits of an AI’s creativity or acknowledge current technological advances. Granting a Balenciaga GAN-fashion designer, E-David, or Young Paint robotic personhood would allow them to be rightly recognised as authors of their original creations. At first, it may seem that AI authorship could not possibly find justification in principles of natural law. However, arguably an incentive-based model is more unsuitable. IP laws under common law intend to benefit owners, who can use royalties as a means to enhance their works and life, but machines have no similar needs (as of yet).[20]
Perhaps the most apt model to date is one that aims to expand an exception to general copyright rules without overhauling these. Put forth by law professor Shlomit Yanisky-Ravid, the Work Made For Hire (WMFH) model imagines Young Paint and its fellow AI creatives as employees or independent contractors.[21] Each AI is considered to be the author of the creative work produced, but ownership passes automatically to its employer or commissioner, which, in our scenario, would be Balenciaga. This is precisely how fashion brands operate today: designers are hired by the brand to create collections, and whilst acknowledged as authors, ownership in the designs passes to the brand itself. The model doesn’t shy away from understanding an AI-creative’s human-like features, whilst at the same time providing commercial force. By awarding both benefits (i.e. ownership in the works) and responsibilities to the user employing the AI, it hopes to resolve issues associated with the vast number of stakeholders that need to otherwise be considered as ‘humans behind the machine’. The model is flexible too: a user could be Balenciaga in one instance and Saint Laurent the next.
Of course, the model rests on one fundamental principle: that an AI’s works can be copyrightable, meaning current IP laws still need to move away from historic notions of personhood, as illustrated.
In granting full robotic personhood to Young Paint, E-David, and Balenciaga-GAN, a new range of complex legal issues would have to be determined: their employment rights, citizenship, ability to travel, be compensated and crucially, their liabilities.
Whilst AI authorship and personhood have largely been shunned as philosophical inquiries because they call into question what it means to be human if we allow non-human entities to share our same intellectual rights[22], the question of liability and infringement has actively been debated by EU regulators and legislators. Feeding AIs large quantities of data and being unable to control how the neural network processes these is very much a contemporary challenge, and analysing associated enforceability issues is as pressing as recognising and rewarding an AI’s creative efforts.
Barrat shows works produced with his code against those produced by Obvious Art. Photo via Twitter.
To illustrate just how complex these liability issues are, one can turn to Christie’s recent auction of Portrait of Edmond Bellamy, a work of art generated by a GAN purportedly developed by Obvious Art. Besides the astounding price paid, the sale revealed intricate issues surrounding the AI art community. The code used by Obvious Art was in fact predominantly that developed by Barrat, who had released it on GitHub using an open-source licence. Whilst Obvious Art’s members recognised that they hadn’t modified Barrat’s code significantly, they argued that the amount of time spent on applying it and training their AI amounted to rewardable creative effort. AI artist and academic Tom White took an opposing view, noting that downloading Barrat’s code, unedited, yielded extremely similar results to those produced by Obvious Art’s AI.[23]
Yet, no matter how eerily close the images generated may appear, Barrat would have little to no avenues for redress. For one, academics have argued that GANs share a similar aesthetic—referred to as GANism[24]—due to the way in which they process data, characterised by indistinct and melting boundaries. Second, to distil the exact impact of Barrat’s code on Portrait one would need to consider all steps involved in presenting the final work: collecting data, constructing the generative algorithm, training it, and selecting its best possible outputs. Third, Barrat’s code is available on an open-source licence meaning that users can review and modify it, whether or not for commercial purposes.
Although the above matter involves relatively few parties, significant difficulties already arise in proving liability for copyright infringement in works produced by two GANs when this may appear clear-cut to the relevant community.
Problems would only increase exponentially if the dispute were between two creative AIs seeking to enforce their rights. Without data processing regulations in place, and assuming both had full access to the internet, what would happen if they designed extremely similar collections for two different brands? Distributing liabilities amongst each of the possible players in the growth of the respective AIs would prove futile, yet this is precisely why legislators and regulators need to consider hypothetical scenarios of this kind.
Imagine the same Balenciaga show. As models walk down the runway, Young Paint, now working under a different record label than Actress’s Werk, starts playing a song that is too similar to Actress’s own Falling Rizlas. E-David’s visuals start to grow closer to David Hockney’s Splash. The patterns themselves now seem to recall Comme des Garçons’ collection, shown only an hour ago. Actress, Hockney, and Rei Kawakubo are all in the crowd. What happens next?
[1] See his interview with SSENSE https://www.ssense.com/en-ca/editorial/fashion/do-androids-dream-of-balenciaga-ss29
[2] See H. Milnes, “How artificial intelligence is informing how fashion designers create”, Digiday (22 January 2018)
[3] See J. Greene, A. Longobucco “Is Artificial Intelligence the Newest Trend in Fashion?”, New York Law Journal (24 August 2018)
[4] See Observer “When Artificial Intelligence Clashes With Fashion, How Will Our Future Dresses Look?” (2 April 2018)
[5] See Techemergence “Artificial Intelligence for Clothing an Apparel – Current Applications” (7 August 2018)
[6] N. Kato et al “DeepWear: a Case Study of Collaborative Design between Human and Artificial Intelligence”, University of Tsukuba (2017)
[7] Created at the University of Konstanz, Germany
[8] Professor Ricketson, in 1992 noted that human authorship constituted a ‘leitmotif’ throughout
[9] 3 J.L. & Tech. 1 (1988) The Berne Convention: Its History and Its Key Role in the Future, Burger, Peter
[10] J. Ginsburg “People not machines: authorship and what it means in the Berne Convention”, International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law, 2018, 49(2), 131-135
[11] Dr P Lambert, “Computer-generated works and copyright: selfies, traps, robots, AI and machine learning”, E.I.P.R, 2017, 39(1), 12-20
[12] P. Blok, “The inventor’s new tool: artificial intelligence – how does it fit in the European patent system?”, E.I.P.R. 2017, 39(2), 69-73
[13] A. Guadamuz, “Artificial intelligence and copyright” (October 2017), WIPO Magazine http://www.wipo.int/wipo_magazine/en/2017/05/article_0003.html
[14] S. Yanisky-Ravid, “Generating Rembrandt: Artificial Intelligence, Copyright, and Accountability in the 3A Era – the Human-Like Authors are Already Here – A New Model”, 2017 Michigan State Law Review, 659
[15] J. Dickenson et al “Creative Machines: ownership of copyright in content created by artificial intelligence applications”, European Intellectual Property Review (E.I.P.R) 2017, 39(8), 457-460
[16] A Ramalho “Will Robots Rule the (Artistic) World? A Proposed Model for the Legal Status of Creations by Artificial Intelligence Systems” (2017) 21 Journal of Internet Law 12
[17] See Gucci and Vetements ‘reclaiming’ bootleg versions of their classic logo t-shirts https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2017/dec/30/bootleg-logos-designers-copyright-fashion
[18] P. Devarapalli, “Machine learning to machine owning: redefining the copyright ownership from the perspective of Australian, US, UK and EU law”, E.I.P.R, 2018, 40(11), 722-728
[19] A Bridy, “Coding Creativity: Copyright and the Artificially Intelligent Author” (2011) 5 Stanford Technology Law Review 1
[20] R D Hart “If an AI creates a work of art, who owns the right to it?” Quartz Media (15 August 2017)
[22] “The Next Rembrant: Originality and Authorship of, Works” (31 October 2017), Columbia Science and Tech Law Review
[23] See https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/23/18013190/ai-art-portrait-auction-christies-belamy-obvious-robbie-barrat-gans
[24] The term was coined by Google AI engineer François Chollet
Giulia Trojano works for international law firm Withers as a trainee solicitor, with an affinity for art law. Currently based in Milan, she regularly writes for FAD Magazine and is assistant editor of the recently launched broadsheet, Art of Conversation. She is particularly interested in advancing legal and political discourse through a close study of contemporary and experimental art forms. Giulia graduated from the LSE with an LLB in Law and prior to that lived in Rome and Vienna.
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Star People Nation is trumpeter, producer, arranger, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Croker’s most personal project yet, something he describes as an intimate exploration of “the everyday rituals of blackness” and is already garnering widespread acclaim in the UK from the likes of Gilles Peterson.
Grandson of the late venerable trumpeter Doc Cheatham, and former student of legendary jazz trumpeter Donald Byrd, Theo Croker stands firmly at the helm of a scene with many parallels to that in the UK; taught by the greats, yet unafraid to step in bold new directions.
His 2016 album Escape Velocity, marked a watershed moment, with the Wall Street Journal extolling the album as “timeless and of-the-moment” and since then he’s lent his talents to the world of hip hop, acting as trumpeter, arranger and performer on rap superstar J. Cole’s platinum-certified No. 1 opus 4 Your Eyez Only, and Grammy award-winning rapper Common seeking him out for his critically-acclaimed album Black America Again.
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CHPN: Richmond’s worst year?
R. Anthony Harris | August 16, 2010
Great article from the Chuch Hill’s People News:
Richmond bottomed out in 1994: one city councilman went off to rehab for his heroin problem and another was in hot water for not paying utilities and renting out condemned property, enrollment at VCU dropped, the city recorded the nation’s 19th largest population decline since 1980, Richmond made the wrong end of Money Magazine’s Best Places to Live list, and by the end of the year had tallied a record 161 homicides. With recent years showing the lowest body counts since 1961, the city’s population back up over 200,000, and VCU having greatly expanded, it is somewhat difficult to imagine that mid-1990s Richmond was ever real.
That year’s spike in killings did not arrive suddenly. Richmond’s body count had topped out over 100 for the previous 6 years and the city had already earned a dangerous reputation by the mid-1980s (if not earlier). The Briley Brothers’ 1979 killing spree and 1984 escape from death row were in recent enough history. Southside’s Johnson/Brown gang, estimated to be responsible for 30 lives over 3 years, were only recently off the streets. The leaders of the notorious Newtowne gang were locked up in 1992 after killing 13 people in “a furious month and a half”.
Curious about and fascinated by Richmond’s shockingly violent semi-recent history, I thought to look and see where all of this killing was taking place. It seems that to be able to say that certain areas once had these incidents but do not any longer would be a useful way of marking the changes in the city. Unfortunately, the Richmond Police are not able to easily provide data for the years before 1998, so to get a look at anything earlier I had to dig it up for myself. Given the time involved, I chose to pull the info only for 1994, which to get I had to dig through the year’s worth of the RTD at the Library of Virginia.
This work identified 158 homicides (PDF) – not a perfect data set, but close enough to have a sense of what was going on where in 1994. Because the information was pulled from news accounts, some of the dates and locations might be somewhat off, but are generally accurate.
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Preterm labor: One syndrome, many causes
Roberto Romero1,2,3,*,
Sudhansu K. Dey4,
Susan J. Fisher5
1Perinatology Research Branch, Program for Perinatal Research and Obstetrics, Division of Intramural Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, Wayne State University/the Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, MI, USA.
2Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
3Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.
4Division of Reproductive Sciences, Perinatal Institute, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
5Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Department of Anatomy, and Center for Reproductive Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
↵*Corresponding author. E-mail: romeror{at}mail.nih.gov
Science 15 Aug 2014:
Vol. 345, Issue 6198, pp. 760-765
Roberto Romero
For correspondence: romeror@mail.nih.gov
Sudhansu K. Dey
Susan J. Fisher
Preterm birth is associated with 5 to 18% of pregnancies and is a leading cause of infant morbidity and mortality. Spontaneous preterm labor, a syndrome caused by multiple pathologic processes, leads to 70% of preterm births. The prevention and the treatment of preterm labor have been long-standing challenges. We summarize the current understanding of the mechanisms of disease implicated in this condition and review advances relevant to intra-amniotic infection, decidual senescence, and breakdown of maternal-fetal tolerance. The success of progestogen treatment to prevent preterm birth in a subset of patients at risk is a cause for optimism. Solving the mystery of preterm labor, which compromises the health of future generations, is a formidable scientific challenge worthy of investment.
Special section on parenting
Preterm birth, defined as birth before 37 weeks of gestation, affects 5 to 18% of pregnancies. It is the leading cause of neonatal death and the second cause of childhood death below the age of 5 years (1). About 15 million preterm neonates are born every year, and the highest rates occur in Africa and North America (2). Neonates born preterm are at an increased risk of short-term complications attributed to immaturity of multiple organ systems as well as neurodevelopmental disorders, such as cerebral palsy, intellectual disabilities, and vision and hearing impairments (3). Preterm birth is a leading cause of disability-adjusted life years [the number of years lost because of ill health, disability, or early death (4)], and the annual cost in the United States is at least $26.2 billion per year and climbing (5).
Two-thirds of preterm births occur after the spontaneous onset of labor, whereas the remainder is medically indicated because of maternal or fetal complications, such as preeclampsia or intrauterine growth restriction (6). Herein, we propose that preterm labor is a syndrome caused by multiple pathologic processes, summarize important strategies in the prevention of spontaneous preterm birth, and highlight promising areas for investigation.
Preterm labor: Not just labor before term
A tacit assumption underlying the study of parturition is that preterm labor is merely labor that starts too soon. In other words, the main difference between preterm and term labor is when labor begins. This is perhaps understandable given that both involve similar clinical events: increased uterine contractility, cervical dilatation, and rupture of the chorioamniotic membranes (7). These events represent the “common pathway” of labor. The current understanding of this process is that the switch of the myometrium from a quiescent to a contractile state is accompanied by a shift in signaling from anti-inflammatory to pro-inflammatory pathways, which include chemokines [interleukin-8 (IL-8)], cytokines (IL-1 and -6), and contraction-associated proteins (oxytocin receptor, connexin 43, prostaglandin receptors). Progesterone maintains uterine quiescence by repressing the expression of these genes. Increased expression of the microRNA-200 (miR-200) family near term can derepress contractile genes and promote progesterone catabolism (8). Cervical ripening in preparation for dilatation is mediated by changes in extracellular matrix proteins, which include a loss in collagen cross-linking, an increase in glycosaminoglycans, as well as changes in the epithelial barrier and immune surveillance properties (9). This decreases the tensile strength of the cervix, key for cervical dilatation. Decidual or membrane activation refers to the anatomical and biochemical events involved in withdrawal of decidual support for pregnancy, separation of the chorioamniotic membranes from the decidua, and eventually membrane rupture. Increased expression of inflammatory cytokines [tumor necrosis factor–α (TNF-α) and IL-1] and chemokines, increased activity of proteases [matrix metalloprotease 8 (MMP-8) and MMP-9], dissolution of extracellular matrix components such as fibronectin, and apoptosis have been implicated in this process (10, 11) (Fig. 1).
Fig. 1 Labor (term and preterm) is characterized by increased myometrial contractility, cervical dilatation, and rupture of the chorioamniotic membranes.
Collectively, these events have been referred to as the common pathway of parturition. The switch of the myometrium from a quiescent to a contractile state is associated with a change in nuclear progesterone receptor isoforms and an increase in the expression of the miR-200 family, as well as an increase in estrogen receptor α signaling. Cervical ripening is mediated by changes in extracellular matrix proteins, as well as alterations in epithelial barrier and immune surveillance properties. Decidual or membrane activation, in close proximity to the cervix, occurs in preparation for membrane rupture and to facilitate separation of the chorioamniotic membranes and placenta from the uterus. E denotes extracellular matrix; M, mucus; Os, cervical os.
In our view, the common pathway is activated physiologically in the case of labor at term, whereas several disease processes activate one or more of the components of the common pathway in the case of preterm labor. This conceptual framework has implications for the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of spontaneous preterm labor. For example, interest in myometrial contractility, the most recognizable sign of preterm labor, has led clinical and translational research to focus on the use of pharmacologic agents to arrest or decrease uterine contractility (i.e., tocolytics) with the goal of preventing preterm delivery. Yet, after decades of investigation, there is no persuasive evidence that inhibiting or arresting uterine contractility per se decreases the rate of preterm delivery or improves neonatal outcome, although these agents can achieve short-term prolongation of pregnancy for steroid administration and maternal transfer to tertiary care centers. We consider that, in most cases, tocolytic agents address a symptom and not the underlying cause(s) that activate the parturitional process. The extent to which the physiologic signals that mediate labor at term can be co-opted in the context of pathologic processes in preterm labor remains to be elucidated.
Preterm labor as a syndrome associated with multiple mechanisms of disease
Spontaneous preterm labor is often treated implicitly or explicitly as if it were a single condition. Accumulating evidence suggests that it is a syndrome attributable to multiple pathologic processes (7). Figure 2 illustrates the mechanisms of disease implicated in spontaneous preterm labor. Of these, only intra-amniotic infection has been causally linked to spontaneous preterm delivery (12). The others largely have their bases in associations reported by clinical, epidemiologic, placental pathologic, or experimental studies.
Fig. 2 Proposed mechanisms of disease implicated in spontaneous preterm labor.
Genetic and environmental factors are likely contributors to each mechanism.
Microbial-induced inflammation
One of every four preterm infants is born to mothers with an intra-amniotic infection that is largely subclinical (12). Microorganisms isolated from the amniotic fluid are similar to those found in the lower genital tract, and, therefore, an ascending pathway is considered the most frequent route of infection. Bacteria involved in periodontal disease have been found in the amniotic fluid, suggesting that hematogenous dissemination with transplacental passage can also occur (13). Microbial-induced preterm labor is mediated by an inflammatory process. Microorganisms and their products are sensed by pattern recognition receptors, such as toll-like receptors (TLRs), which induce the production of chemokines [e.g., IL-8 and C-C motif ligand 2 (CCL2)], cytokines (e.g., IL-1β and TNF-α), prostaglandins, and proteases leading to activation of the common pathway of parturition (12, 14, 15) (Fig. 3A).
Fig. 3 Mechanisms of microbial-induced preterm labor.
(A) Bacteria from the lower genital tract gain access to the amniotic cavity and stimulate the production of chemokines (IL-8 and CCL2) and cytokines (IL-1α and TNF-α), as well as other inflammatory mediators (prostaglandins and reactive oxygen radicals) and proteases. These products can initiate myometrial contractility and induce membrane rupture. (B) (Top left) Amniotic fluid containing bacteria that was retrieved by amniocentesis from a patient with preterm labor. Bacteria and nuclei stained with DAPI (4′,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole) (blue). (Top middle) Bacteria identified with a probe against 16S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) using fluorescent in situ hybridization. (Bottom left and middle) Bacteria invading the amnion epithelium. Note the absence of bacteria in the subepithelial part of the amnion, suggesting that the pathway of microbial invasion is ascending into the amniotic cavity (74). (C) Chorioamniotic membranes without evidence of inflammation. Amnion and chorion are identified. (D) A similar membrane section as (C) from a patient with intra-amniotic infection. Inflammatory cells from the mother infiltrate the chorion and amnion.
In 30% of cases of intra-amniotic infection, bacteria are identified in the fetal circulation (16), resulting in a fetal systemic inflammatory response (17). Such fetuses have multiorgan involvement and are at risk for long-term complications, such as cerebral palsy and chronic lung disease, underscoring that complications of infants born preterm are not only due to immaturity but also to the inflammatory process responsible for preterm labor. This has important implications because recent evidence suggests that down-regulation of congenital systemic inflammation in the neonatal period using nanodevices coupled with anti-inflammatory agents can reverse a cerebral palsy–like phenotype in an animal model (18).
From an evolutionary perspective, the onset of preterm labor in the context of infection can be considered to have survival value, because it allows the mother to expel infected tissue and maintain reproductive fitness. In a remarkable example of evolutionary co-option, the molecular mechanisms developed for host defense against infection in primitive multicellular organisms (e.g., pattern-recognition receptors in sponges) have been deployed in viviparous species to initiate parturition. This unique mechanism of maternal host defense comes at a price: prematurity. In terms of the fetus, inflammation may also have survival value near term, contributing to infant host defense against infection and accelerating lung maturation (19).
A central question is why some women develop an ascending intra-amniotic infection, whereas most do not. The relationship between the mucosa of the lower genital tract (vagina and cervix) and the microbial ecosystem appears key. Bacterial vaginosis, a change in the microbial ecosystem in which there is proliferation of anaerobic bacteria, confers risk for intra-amniotic infection and spontaneous preterm delivery. However, antibiotic treatment of asymptomatic women with bacterial vaginosis has not reduced the rate of preterm delivery. A comprehensive understanding of microbial ecology and genetic factors that control susceptibility to infection and the inflammatory response is required, particularly in light of evidence that gene-environment interactions may predispose some women to preterm labor (20). Viral infection has recently been shown to alter mucosal immunity in the lower genital tract and to predispose one to ascending bacterial infection (21).
Early studies of the vaginal microbiota in normal pregnancy using sequence-based techniques suggested that this ecosystem, which is different from that of the nonpregnant state, is more stable (22). Whether the vaginal microbiota and the local immune response of the vagina are different between women who subsequently deliver preterm and those who deliver at term are important unanswered questions (23, 24). The factors responsible for changes in the vaginal microbiota during pregnancy remain to be established. Sex steroid hormones are attractive candidates, given that estrogens can induce the accumulation of glycogen in the vaginal epithelium and also modify glycosylation (25). Carbohydrate structures are key for bacterial adherence to mammalian cells; therefore, sex steroid hormones could alter the microbiota of the lower genital tract.
At a mechanistic level, little is known about how preterm labor-related infections occur. On the pathogen side, the Group B Streptococcus pigment plays a role in the hemolytic and cytolytic activity required for ascending infection related to preterm birth (26). Further work is required to elucidate the role of the host. One intriguing possibility involves the “glyco-code,” specific aspects of human carbohydrate structures that mediate the binding of bacteria via lectins and, subsequently, adherence. For example, Helicobacter pylori adhere via the Lewis b blood group glycan, making participants that express this antigen more susceptible to infection. Conversely, blood group O provides a selective advantage for surviving malaria (27). Whether similar mechanisms may help explain the increased frequency of spontaneous preterm birth in some ethnic groups is a question for in-depth exploration.
Although the maternal-fetal interface has traditionally been considered sterile, bacteria and viruses have been identified in first- and second-trimester decidua (28). Moreover, a placental microbiota has been described by using sequence-based techniques (29), along with differences reported between patients who delivered preterm and term (29). Large studies, such as those under consideration by the Human Placenta Project initiated by NICHD/NIH (30), are required to clarify the role of a putative placental microbiota and the maternal and fetal immune responses in normal pregnancy and spontaneous preterm labor. Recent studies using a combination of cultivation and molecular techniques suggest that intra-amniotic inflammation associated with spontaneous preterm labor occurs in the absence of demonstrable microorganisms, indicating a role for sterile intra-amniotic inflammation (31).
Extrauterine infections are also associated with spontaneous preterm delivery (e.g., malaria, pyelonephritis, and pneumonia). Indeed, from a global health perspective, malaria may be a major contributor to preterm birth in endemic areas. The mechanisms whereby malaria leads to preterm labor remain to be determined.
Decidual hemorrhage and vascular disease
A subset of patients with preterm labor with intact membranes and preterm prelabor rupture of membranes have vaginal bleeding attributed to defective decidual hemostasis. Thrombin generated during the course of decidual hemorrhage can stimulate myometrial contractility and degrade the extracellular matrix in the chorioamniotic membranes, predisposing to rupture (32, 33). Mothers with evidence of increased thrombin generation are at greater risk for spontaneous preterm labor. Uterine bleeding has also been observed with vascular lesions of the placenta. During normal pregnancy, cytotrophoblast invasion physiologically transforms uterine spiral arteries—small-diameter, high-resistance vessels—into large-diameter, low-resistance conduits that perfuse the chorionic villi of the placenta (Fig. 4, A, B, and D). About 30% of patients with preterm labor have placental lesions consistent with maternal vascular underperfusion, and a similar number have failure of physiologic transformation of the myometrial segments of the spiral arteries (34). In these cases, the vessel lumen fails to expand (Fig. 4, C and E), a pathological feature that is commonly associated with preeclampsia (maternal high blood pressure and protein in the urine) (35). An abnormal maternal plasma antiangiogenic profile in the midtrimester, which predates the symptoms of preeclampsia (36), has also been reported in a subset of patients who deliver preterm and have placental vascular lesions of underperfusion (37). Understanding why some women with these vascular lesions and an abnormal angiogenic profile develop preeclampsia and others preterm labor can provide insight into the pathophysiology of both conditions.
Fig. 4 A subset of patients with preterm labor has placental vascular lesions, including failure of physiologic transformation of the uterine spiral arteries.
(A) Schematic drawing of the maternal-fetal interface in normal pregnancy. A physiologically transformed uterine spiral artery with a wide lumen delivers blood to the chorionic villi of the placenta. (B) A spiral artery with an expanded ostium that normally enables adequate perfusion of the chorionic villi. (C) Ostium of a narrow spiral artery with failure of physiologic transformation in a patient with spontaneous preterm labor. (D) Periodic acid–Schiff staining of a histological section of the maternal-fetal interface in normal pregnancy shows a spiral artery transformed by cytokeratin 7–positive cytotrophoblasts (brown) that line the lumen. (E) Failure of physiologic transformation of a spiral artery in a patient with preterm labor. The lumen is narrow, and cytotrophoblasts have not invaded the muscular wall.
Decidual senescence
Around the time of implantation, the endometrium undergoes anatomical and functional changes to become the decidua, which is crucial for successful implantation, pregnancy maintenance, and parturition. Decidualization is characterized by extensive proliferation and differentiation of uterine stromal cells into specialized cell types called decidual cells. The tumor suppressor protein p53 plays an important role in decidual growth, and its deletion causes implantation failure or, if pregnancy is established, inadequate decidualization. Premature decidual senescence has been implicated in implantation failure, fetal death, and preterm birth. In mice, conditional deletion of uterine Trp53 leads to spontaneous preterm birth in 50% of cases (38), which is associated with decidual senescence demonstrated by increased mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) complex 1 signaling, p21 levels, and β-galactosidase staining but without progesterone withdrawal (38, 39). The administration of rapamycin (an mTOR inhibitor) and/or progesterone attenuates premature decidual senescence and preterm birth. Evidence of decidual senescence has been demonstrated adjacent to the basal plate of the placenta (placental surface in direct contact with the uterine wall) in cases with preterm labor but not in women who delivered at term (39). Whether other mechanisms of preterm labor (e.g., infection and uterine bleeding) converge on decidual senescence is an open question. Additionally, it would be interesting to determine whether tissue stiffness, measured by atomic force microscopy, is a proxy for decidual senescence and therefore a biomarker (40).
Disruption of maternal-fetal tolerance
The fetus and placenta express both maternal and paternal antigens and are therefore semi-allografts (41). Immune tolerance is required for successful pregnancy (42, 43), and a breakdown in tolerance can lead to a pathologic state (Fig. 2) with features of allograft rejection. Chronic chorioamnionitis, the most common placental lesion in late spontaneous preterm birth, is characterized by maternal T cell infiltration of the chorioamnion with trophoblast apoptosis and resembles allograft rejection (44). Maternal sensitization to fetal human leukocyte antigens is frequently found in patients with chronic chorioamnionitis and is accompanied by C4d deposition in umbilical vein endothelium (45, 46). A novel form of fetal systemic inflammation characterized by overexpression of T cell chemokines (e.g., C-X-C motif ligand 10) (47) has been observed in chronic chorioamnionitis. Breakdown of maternal-fetal tolerance may be particularly relevant to preterm labor occurring after fetal surgery or stem cell transplantation, interventions that increase in the number of maternal T cells in the fetal circulation (48). The mechanisms linking disorders in tolerance and spontaneous preterm labor remain to be defined.
Decline in progesterone action
Progesterone is key to pregnancy maintenance, and a decline in its progesterone action precedes labor in most species, which can be mediated by a reduction in serum levels of progesterone, local changes in metabolism, and/or alterations in receptor isoforms/coactivators (49, 50). The administration of progesterone receptor antagonists, such as mifepristone (RU-486), induces cervical ripening, spontaneous abortion, and labor in both animals and humans—hence the concept that a decline in progesterone may be responsible for some cases of preterm labor. Indeed, progesterone has effects on each component of the common pathway of parturition. Throughout gestation, progesterone promotes myometrial quiescence by reducing the expression of contraction-associated proteins (51) and inflammatory cytokines/chemokines (e.g., IL-1, IL-8, and CCL2) (50). Near term, increased myometrial expression of miR-200 family members counteracts many actions of progesterone, increasing its catabolism and inducing expression of proinflammatory cytokines/chemokines and prostaglandin synthase 2 (8). Progesterone’s effects on the decidua and chorioamniotic membranes include inhibition of basal- and TNF-α–induced apoptosis, which protects the component cells from calcium-induced cell death and attenuates cytokine-induced MMP expression and activity (52). Progesterone has been implicated in the control of cervical ripening by regulating extracellular matrix metabolism (9). It is possible that the efficacy of progesterone in reducing preterm birth is due to a pharmacological effect rather than treatment of a progesterone deficiency.
Other mechanisms of disease
Uterine overdistension has been implicated in spontaneous preterm birth associated with multiple gestations and polyhydramnios (an excessive amount of amniotic fluid). In nonhuman primates, inflation of intra-amniotic balloons can stimulate uterine contractility, preterm labor, and an “inflammatory pulse,” which is characterized by increased maternal plasma concentrations of IL-1β, TNF-α, IL-8, and IL-6 (53). This finding is consistent with the observation that stretching human myometrium results in the overexpression of inflammatory cytokines.
Maternal stress is also a risk factor for preterm birth. Stressful stimuli range from a heavy workload to anxiety and depression, occurring at any time during the preconceptional period and/or pregnancy. Stress signals increase the production of maternal and fetal cortisol, which in turn could stimulate placental production of corticotropin-releasing hormone and its release into the maternal and fetal circulations (54).
Cell-free fetal DNA
Cell-free fetal (cff) DNA has recently been proposed as a signal for the onset of labor (55). In pregnant women, cffDNA is normally present in the plasma, and concentrations increase as a function of gestational age—peaking at the end of pregnancy just before the onset of labor. cffDNA (in contrast with adult cell-free DNA) is hypomethylated, can engage TLR-9 (56, 57), and induce an inflammatory response. The downstream consequences could include activating the common pathway of labor. Interestingly, patients who have an elevation of cffDNA in the midtrimester are at increased risk for spontaneous preterm delivery later in gestation (58), and those with an episode of preterm labor and high plasma concentrations of cff DNA are also at increased risk for preterm delivery (59, 60). The concept that cff DNA can mediate a fetal/placental/maternal dialogue to signal the onset of labor in normal pregnancy, as well as preterm labor after insult, is a fascinating hypothesis worthy of investigation.
Progress in the prevention of spontaneous preterm birth
After decades of clinical and basic investigation, major progress has been made toward the prediction and prevention of spontaneous preterm birth. The two most important predictors of spontaneous preterm birth are a sonographic short cervix in the midtrimester (61) and spontaneous preterm birth in a prior pregnancy. As for prevention, vaginal progesterone administered to asymptomatic women with a short cervix in the midtrimester reduces the rate of preterm birth at <33 weeks by 45% and decreases the rate of neonatal complications, including neonatal respiratory distress syndrome (62). In women with a previous spontaneous preterm birth, the administration of 17-alpha hydroxyprogesterone caproate reduces the rate of preterm birth at <37 weeks by 34% and decreases the need for oxygen supplementation in singleton gestation (63). Cervical cerclage in patients with a previous spontaneous preterm birth and a short cervix reduces the rate of preterm birth at <35 weeks by 30%, as well as composite perinatal mortality and morbidity. However, vaginal progesterone is as efficacious as cervical cerclage in these patients and does not require anesthesia or a surgical procedure.
The combination of transvaginal ultrasound in the midtrimester to identify women with a short cervix and treatment with vaginal progesterone represents an important step in reducing the rate of preterm birth. This approach is anchored in the knowledge that progesterone plays a role in cervical ripening and has the potential to save the U.S. health care system $500 million to $750 million per year.
Progress in the understanding and prevention of preterm labor will require recognition that preterm parturition has multiple etiologies and further elucidation of the mechanisms underlying each. The definition of pathologic processes, identification of specific biomarkers, and implementation of therapeutic interventions within the unique complexity of pregnancy are particularly challenging. In pregnancy, two individuals with different genomes and exposomes coexist, largely with overlapping interests but occasionally in potential conflict. Inaccessibility of the human fetus also poses a formidable obstacle to elucidating the physiology of fetal development, maternal responses to this process, and the changes in both when pathologic processes arise.
High-throughput techniques and systems biology can be used to improve the understanding of the preterm labor syndrome. Early studies using unbiased genomic/epigenomic (64–66), transcriptomic (67, 68), proteomic (69, 70), and metabolomic approaches (71) have been informative yet require verification and validation. Progress will also depend on the generation and availability of multidimensional data sets, with detailed phenotypic characterization of disaggregated patient groups according to the mechanisms of disease. Longitudinal studies are required to determine whether any of the discriminators, at molecular or pathway levels, can serve as biomarkers during the preclinical disease stage and enable risk assessment and/or noninvasive monitoring of fetal health and disease. In vivo monitoring of cell-free RNA during human pregnancy can provide information about fetal tissue-specific transcription is an exciting development (72, 73). Since a stereotypic blood transcriptome has been identified in fetuses with acute and chronic placental inflammatory lesions, there are opportunities to determine whether and when, during the course of pregnancy, these changes can be detected in maternal blood. This information could have enormous diagnostic and prognostic value to inform the selection of therapeutic interventions. Thus, we envision that the goal of reducing the rate of spontaneous preterm birth will be grounded in a deeper understanding of the mechanisms of disease responsible for this syndrome.
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Acknowledgments: The authors regret that, because of page limitations, the contributions of many investigators to the study of parturition could not be credited in this article. The authors thank S. Curtis for editing the manuscript. The work of R.R. is supported by the Division of Intramural Research of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver NICHD, NIH/Department of Health and Human Services. Studies from S.K.D.’s lab were supported in part by grants from the NIH (HD068524 and DA06668) and March of Dimes (21-FY12-127 and 22-FY14-470). The work of S.F. is supported by R37 HD076253 and U54 HD055764. We thank M. Gormley for assistance preparing the figures.
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Focused ultrasound shows promise for Parkinson’s disease
Credit: UVA Health
A scalpel-free alternative to brain surgery has the potential to benefit people with Parkinson’s disease symptoms that are much more severe on one side of the body, new research suggests.
More testing is needed, but the approach, which uses a technology called focused ultrasound, could offer a new option for patients whose symptoms are poorly controlled by medications and those who cannot or do not wish to undergo traditional brain surgery.
“This small brain region, the subthalamic nucleus, had a very strong and potent effect on parkinsonian symptoms when we targeted it with precise, focused ultrasound energy,” said researcher Jeff Elias, MD, a neurosurgeon at UVA Health and a pioneer in the field of focused ultrasound. “The key for the ultimate adoption of this new procedure will be further refinements of the technology to ensure reliability and safety.”
About Focused Ultrasound
Focused ultrasound offers a minimally invasive alternative to traditional surgery approaches. The technology focuses sound waves inside the body, much like a magnifying glass focuses light. This allows doctors to interrupt faulty brain circuits or destroy unwanted tissue. Magnetic-resonance imaging (MRI) allows doctors to monitor the procedure in real time – and to make adjustments as needed to obtain the best patient outcomes.
To determine if the technology could benefit patients with “asymmetrical” Parkinson’s symptoms, Elias and Binit Shah, MD, from UVA’s Department of Neurology, collaborated with Spain’s Centro Intregral de Neurociencias to evaluate the approach in 40 volunteers in a randomized, double-blinded study. Twenty-seven study participants received treatment with focused ultrasound, while 13 others received a simulated treatment, so that the researchers could compare the results between the real procedure and the placebo. The average age of study participants was 57.
The volunteers’ symptoms before and after the procedure were assessed on a scale of 1-44. Those who received the focused ultrasound procedure saw an improvement of 10 points, while those who received the sham treatment saw a difference of less than two points.
The study also looked at the safety of the procedure. Side effects included unwanted movements, muscle weakness, speech disturbances and difficulty walking. In most cases, these were temporary, but some effects persisted in six patients a year later.
The results warrant additional studies in larger numbers of volunteers conducted over longer periods of time, the researchers conclude.
“Parkinson’s disease affects patients in more ways than just tremor,” Shah said. “The current FDA approval for focused ultrasound in Parkinson’s disease treats only tremor. Targeting this new area allows us to improve tremor but also get more overall benefit for our patients than we previously were able to achieve.”
About UVA’s Focused Ultrasound Research
UVA has been at the leading edge of research into the technology’s potential to treat disease. For example, the federal Food and Drug Administration approved focused ultrasound for the treatment of essential tremor, a common movement disorder, based on Elias’ pioneering research. His work also paved the way for the FDA to authorize the technology to treat tremors caused by Parkinson’s disease.
Other researchers at UVA are investigating the technology’s potential to treat a wide variety of conditions, including epilepsy and breast cancer.
Findings Published
Elias and his colleagues have published their latest findings in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine. The research team consisted of Raúl Martínez-Fernández, Jorge U. Máñez-Miró, Rafael Rodríguez-Rojas, Marta del Álamo, Binit B. Shah, Frida Hernández-Fernández, Jose A. Pineda-Pardo, Mariana H.G. Monje, Beatriz Fernández-Rodríguez, Scott A. Sperling, David Mata-Marín, Pasqualina Guida, Fernando Alonso-Frech, Ignacio Obeso, Carmen Gasca-Salas, Lydia Vela-Desojo, Elias and Jose A. Obeso.
The research was supported by InSightec, the manufacturer of the focused ultrasound technology; Charlottesville’s Focused Ultrasound Foundation, a longtime supporter of UVA’s focused ultrasound research; Fundación MAPFRE in Madrid; Fundación Hospitales de Madrid; and a University of Virginia Center of Excellence grant. Elias disclosed that his department at UVA has received research funding from InSightec, but the company had no role in the study design or analysis. A full list of author disclosures is included in the paper in the New England Journal of Medicine.
To keep up with the latest medical research news from UVA, subscribe to the Making of Medicine blog at http://makingofmedicine.virginia.edu.
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Real-life aliens extremely efficient at turning their hosts into new parasites
Last updated Mar 9, 2016
The way parasitoid wasps feed may be gruesome, but it is an extremely efficient way to exploit prey, University of Exeter research has found.
The wasps lay their eggs inside other animals and once the larvae hatches it starts feeding on the still living host from inside — as portrayed in the movie Alien. This is an unpleasant way for the attacked animal to die but it is a clever way for the wasps to eat.
As a result parasitoids are found in large numbers, but living inside other animals doesn't mean they are safe. Other parasitoids have developed specialist skills to find them inside their hosts and then attack them in the same way and even these hyperparasitoids can be attacked by further parasitoids.
The new study, published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B today, shows that this process of parasitoids attacking other parasitoids can happen because they are incredibly efficient in turning their food into their own body mass and this efficiency increases up the food chain. One hyperparasitoid reached an efficiency rate of more than 90 per cent. These findings suggest that some food chains may therefore be longer than previously thought.
The research team, which included Dr Dirk Sanders and Dr Frank van Veen from the Centre for Ecology and Conservation at the University of Exeter's Penryn campus, used aphids and several species of parasitoid wasp that either feed on the aphids or on the other wasps to measure the proportion of body mass that was transferred from species to species along the food chain.
Previous studies have shown that food chains are short because only between 15 and 50 per cent of prey body mass is converted into predator body mass. However, this new research shows that for parasitoids this efficiency restriction disappears higher up the chain.
Dr Sanders said: "It was a surprise to find that these parasitoid wasps are so efficient at converting their food into biomass. While many people may not be aware of them, parasitoids actually make up a large proportion of animal life on earth and they are often important in the control of agricultural pests.
"These new results could have a big impact on our understanding of these important and much-studied systems.
"We think it indicates that there may be previously overlooked levels to these food webs and this is what we will be looking at now, when we take our research from the laboratory into the field."
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We sell only pure origin spices, because like for wines, spices have a different taste when they are grown in a different "terroir". For example, cumin grown in an arid region, on sandy soil (like in Rajasthan, India) will be tastier than if grown in a rainy place.
But do not worry, I've done all the research so you don't have to, and you would just find in our shop the most flavourful spices!
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I love to cook, and to eat well, and spices and herbs gives me an incredible palette of flavors to play with in the kitchen.
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We are supporters of the sustainable spice initiative, that promotes sustainable practices in spice production, for safer products and better conditions for farmers.
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Feds Send Outside Agitators To Escalate Conflict in Portland
Plus: How H-1B visa restrictions cost U.S. jobs, a woman sues the British health service over hormone blockers, and more...
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Clampdown in the Northwest. In Oregon this past weekend, federal agents fired tear gas into a group of moms, including one pregnant woman, who were peacefully gathering to demand police reform. They also pummeled the Portland crowd with pepper bombs, according to those on the scene and a plethora of video.
Incredible scene in Portland right now. A group of Moms are chanting, "Feds stay clear! Moms are here!" at the federal courthouse.
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— Joshua Potash (@JoshuaPotash) July 19, 2020
Federal law enforcement has started making threats of using violence and making arrests, but moms are up front and standing strong. #PortlandProtest pic.twitter.com/GG6RQiBYee
— pdx law grrrl (@pdxlawgrrrl) July 20, 2020
The feds in Portland just indiscriminately launched tear gas at the Moms and started firing pepper rounds and everyone. Horrifying.
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Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agents and U.S. marshals dressed in military gear and brandishing large weapons have been stationed in Portland since around the start of the month, per an executive order from President Donald Trump. The feds are allegedly there to protect national monuments and guard against potential domestic terrorism.
Instead, this deliberately intimidating gaggle of outside "law enforcement" officers has been agitating peacefully assembled people who are merely exercising their constitutional rights. This has included shooting one man directly in the head with an impact munition of some sort (sending him to the hospital and necessitating facial reconstruction surgery) and, reportedly, forcing protesters into unmarked vans.
According to an internal Homeland Security memo, "federal agents facing backlash for their militarized approach to Portland were not specifically trained in riot control or mass demonstrations," The New York Times reports.
That doesn't bode well for the idea that they were sent in with mitigation in mind.
Despite federal agent actions last week, large Portland protests continued over the weekend…
"Stay together! Stay tight! We do this every night!" #PortlandProtest pic.twitter.com/Fg4r8MuOQ7
…and so did federal agents acting in unnecessarily hostile and abusive ways:
The Navy Veteran said this was his first protest, and he attended because he was concerned about reports of protestors being arrested without due process.
"I felt these gentlemen were violating their oath of office, and I wanted to talk to them." https://t.co/r1vqOy4Ehd https://t.co/GjTw63jhLc
— Don Moynihan (@donmoyn) July 19, 2020
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler told CNN on Sunday that "they're not wanted here, we haven't asked them here, in fact we want them to leave." He continued:
What I want to do is raise awareness nationally. This could happen in your city. And what we're seeing is a blatant abuse of police tactics by the federal government, by a Trump admin that's falling in the polls. This is a direct threat to our democracy.
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown has suggested the feds' presence was a "deliberate effort to provoke." She told The Washington Post "that her contacts with Trump administration officials about the situation had convinced her that 'they are not interested in problem solving,' and this has 'nothing to do with public safety.'"
After federal law enforcement showed up in riot gear at the protest tonight in Portland, people are chanting: "I don't see no riot here! Take off your riot gear!" #PortlandProtest pic.twitter.com/YhaUJPEvSy
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) last week sought a temporary restraining order against federal agents stationed in Portland. (Read the ACLU motion here.)
And Oregon's Department of Justice is suing the DHS, the U.S. Marshals Service, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and the Federal Protection Service. The lawsuit, filed in federal court on Saturday, alleges that "they seized and detained Oregonians without probable cause," explains Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum.
Oregon Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley say they'll be introducing legislation to address the situation. "When I get back to DC next week, I will be introducing an amendment to the defense bill with @RonWyden to stop the Trump administration from sending its paramilitary squads onto America's streets," tweeted Merkley on Saturday. "We won't let these authoritarian tactics stand."
Thread. https://t.co/a6Wop7T7g8
— (Stephanie) Slade (@sladesr) July 20, 2020
It's nice to see some lawmakers actually attempting to use their power to stop this, instead of simply trying to score Twitter points with spurious allegations that libertarians aren't freaking out enough.
Senators should be abolishing @DHSgov. https://t.co/SAJAfTR7wv
— Michael F. Cannon (@mfcannon) July 18, 2020
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A British woman who was given hormone blockers as a teenager is suing the U.K.'s National Health Service. "Keira Bell said the care she received for gender dysphoria, a condition where a person experiences distress due to a mismatch between their biological sex and their gender identity, steered her towards medical treatment," reports Sky News:
Ms Bell, who used to identify as a boy, was 15 when she went to the Tavistock Centre in London. She said after "roughly three sessions" she started receiving hormone blockers.
Eight years later, and after undergoing surgery, Ms Bell is de-transitioning to return to a woman.
Ms Bell wants clinicians to do more to explore the reasons a young person changes gender before they are treated. She believes that during treatment, priority needs to be given to a person's "biological sex as much as their gender identity".
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July.20.2020 at 9:35 am
Reason “libertarians” for violent domestic left-wing terrorists.
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Reason “libertarians” for violent federal government intervention.
It would be far better all around if the feds didn’t have to get involved in this nightmare at all, but they’re completely justified when the state and local authorities decided to abdicate their constitutional duties for such a long period of time and won’t abide by the law themselves. Kind of like when back in the days the feds had to intervene in certain places to ensure that desegregation laws were being followed.
But you believe people should be allowed to riot, destroy property, and physically assault others with no repercussions whatsoever.
Do you think this should be the case for everyone, or just rabid left-wingers only?
Ra's al Gore
People, yes. Non-socialists, no.
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July.20.2020 at 10:04 am
Just to be clear, when are you a big fan of aggressive federal intervention?
I’m not trying to be a smart alec, just trying to see where the line is here.
I thought I made it pretty clear before that it would be a lot better if the local authorities were handling this situation themselves, but they obviously refuse to, so therefore the feds come in. I even gave you a similar example with the desegregation battles from decades ago.
Now you answer my that I already asked you.
I’m sorry, but you haven’t answered my initial question. I asked for a neutral, general principle of when the feds should intervene in local matters. Can you supply an answer? Thanks.
The feds intercede when the local government is either allowing or pursuing a violation of individual rights. This is happening now in Portland as the tights of business owners and those being assaulted are being violated. When the D.A. in Portland is releasing arsonists without charge there is an issue.
This shouldnt be difficult to grasp.
In this case the federal agents were focused on federal buildings which have been attacked almost nightly. They always have jurisdiction in that regard.
“The feds intercede when the local government is either allowing or pursuing a violation of individual rights.”
“In this case the federal agents were focused on federal buildings which have been attacked almost nightly. ”
It speaks volumes that you offer these two rationales casually.
Because they are true?
Usually a casual assertion is one of honesty and not made up.
When the feds go into a police office to investigate corruption, do you cry the same amount of tears?
I asked for a neutral, general principle of when the feds should intervene in local matters. Can you supply an answer? Thanks.
mad.casual
They’re incapable of fathoming anything but sophistry.
If you support federal agents defending federal property you’re anti-libertarian. You can’t possibly hold the opinion that the government shouldn’t own property and/or that, if it does, it’s beholden to the taxpayers to preserve and/or return on the value of that property.
You can’t be a libertarian and conceive that if the Klan “owns” both state and local governments and is terrorizing black (and white) communities at an individual level, the FedGov might have an obligation to protect those individual’s rights (despite the BOR’s explicitness on the issue).
Even having those thoughts is anti-libertarian.
“If you support federal agents defending federal property you’re anti-libertarian. ”
So Confederate monuments and tributes should really stop, right?
I asked for a neutral, general principle of when the feds should intervene in local matters.
When they give you and your friends the full Kent State.
I provided a general rule dummy.
TallDave
same as the last time a three-letter paramilitary arm of the Democratic Party was violating the civil rights of locals
Wilsonian tactics are eternal
lol if Tea Party protests killed dozens, injured hundreds, committed thousands of assaults, and burned/looted hundreds of businesses while local GOP officials declared themselves unwilling to respond, all these left-wingers conveniently donning their fashionable civil libertarian masques today would have been demanding tanks in the streets, mass arrests, and banning of the group from all social media — if not actual tactical nuclear strikes
WuzYoungOnceToo
I’d opine that you can’t possibly be that obtuse and/or dishonest, but your posting history proves that wrong.
If the Feds are attempting to protect the rights of the local businesses, where is the federal judge’s order finding that their rights are abridged? At least in the case of desgregation, the president was enforcing a judge’s court order.
If the feds were protecting federal buildings, why were they shooting into crowds? How hard is it to stand on the steps and shoot someone that comes on the property?
First you apparent missed the question asked. He asked when the feds can intervene. I answered.
Second I listed what the feds were primarily doing at this point, which is protecting the federal buildings. If you bothered to take 5 seconds to watch the videos linked below you will see the constant violence against the federal building.
And despite the narratives, the people being targeted are overtly involved in the violence. They aren’t headed out into the burrows, back alleys and suburbs of Portland beanbagging and abducting news reporters and BLM leaders from their homes in the middle of the night. They’re picking up people that they can visibly identify as having thrown objects at cars and shooting bean bags at people yelling “We’re going to fucking kill you!” at police officers.
By the way… when you clear an area to protect a building you generally extend the radius. To stop secondary escalations. Is this not common knowledge?
RRDRRD
knowledge is decidedly not common among the political left.
Bluwater
The article author lost me at “group of moms”. How the fuck does someone’s maternal status figure into this other than as an emotional squeal? From that point on, everything that is said falls under a cloud of certain bullshit. Someone’s been reading too many of the clickbait ads that start with “a mom just invented…”
ErictheRed
QA- It is you being disingenuous. WCR asked you a question first.
m1shu
Lady, stop being pedantic. If that was the principle you are standing on, you would be against Eisenhower sending the 101st to Little Rock. Just say you are siding with the rioting commies and the enablers in local government. Portland has become a shithole thanks to antifa and their perpetual rioting.
You were, of course, all over this with the Bundy case?
Precisely how many fires were set in the Bundy case? How many people were assaulted? How many buildings damaged? How many goods stolen?
Go on, we’ll wait.
There was certainly alleged violation of property. Where were you?
Weak dodge.
Wizened Fool
So you’re not going to answer bs’s questions because they destroy your narrative.
So zero.
You’ve got nothing but trespass, which you deem completely peaceful.
That is an incredibly obtuse question but here you go:
The BLM suspends the roundup of trespassing cattle
Protesters disperse
Incident defused
Cliven Bundy and 18 others indicted for federal felonies
All charges against Cliven Bundy, two sons, and a co-defendant dismissed with prejudice
( I have no doubt you are incredibly confused right now – BLM menas Bureau of Land Management.)
Alberto Balsalm
Just say you are siding with the rioting commies and the enablers in local government.
Commie Mommies
The fed law enforcement is intervening to protect federal property, a courthouse to be specific.
You were given a clear answer – your inability to grasp it is your problem (and likely one of longstanding).
The feds aren’t even doing that much, they’re just protecting the courthouse.
If all the hand-wringers think this is bad, they really need to read up on the riots of the late 60s or even the LA riots, where actual Marine companies were mobilized from Pendleton to back up the cops.
You’re essentially an anarchist, not a libertarian. There has been 50 days of riots at this point. Tens of millions in damage. Assaults. Murder. Robbery.
If you dont think at that point government cant intervene you believe in no government.
Squirrelloid
To be fair, an-cap is a libertarian philosophy. But they’d support private police corporations protecting the businesses and the use of lethal force to defend property.
Azathoth!!
The feds aren’t intervening. They’re protecting federal property.
They let the locals burn the local police station, didn’t they?
EISTAU Gree-Vance
I say when you get people chanting and ugly chicks with grrrl in their Twitter handle reporting on it, just go in and bust some heads. It’s time.
There are really no worse people in the world than these.
JoeB
Answer: When rioters violently interfere with normal citizens’ ability to peacefully assemble, conduct business, earn a living from their private property, etc. You know, those things which even libertarians admit are what government might be needed for, and which the local government is not providing. Portlandia citizens are also US citizens, and should be able to enjoy their rights like other US citizens. They pay federal taxes, too, y’know. Why is this not obvious? The Reason virtue signaling is getting old.
NOYB2
I oppose federal government intervention in this case, but not on libertarian grounds. I think it’s best to let Portland become what it so desperately desires: a warning to the nation.
Trump should not just not have gotten involved, he should have cut all federal funding, stopped federal projects, canceled federal research grants to the university, moved federal facilities and handed the bill to the city.
King of NYC
14A case for Federal intervention. Hmm. I’d just thought of it as justified to protect federal property, but I do think this has to work. Bit of a blank check for my comfort, but I guess it kind of always was.
There is no blank check about it. If the states refuse to protect the federal rights of their citizens, the feds have a duty to intervene and do so.
You mean the case where your fellow travelers were screeching for drone strikes?
How many people did the Bundys evict from the refuge in question? How many local businesses did they shut down and loot?
How many other police stations and public buildings did they take over?
How many crimes were committed on the reserve under the Bundy’s watch?
I’m curious, how many of those crimes when armed thugs take over federal property warrants a heavy federal response? Let me know.
See you’re not curious though, you’re just straining to fabricate a false equivalency.
And when you loe like you did about your motives then the rest of what you say is suspect.
Are you a different sock of the same dumbass?
All of them. BLM is a federal organization that can/will arrest or shoot your ass just the same as the Marshals and DHS will/did in Portland. The FBI and BATF are also federal organizations and were involved in the standoff.
The state’s intervention in the Bundy Standoff was a legitimization of the Bundys much more than the current situation in Oregon.
IIRC, The Federal Government was the one starting fires to damage the Bundy’s property…
You ate about 3% as clever as you think you are, and really, Really bad at this.
Your estimate there might be too high.
Moreover, despite all of the above differences, yes, undisclosed Federal officers were stalking the shit out of the Bundys the whole time they were there. Additionally, the Bundys et al. stood trial for their crimes.
Poor Queen just got destroyed by facts.
No. Because that involved federal land. It had nothing to do with the 14th Amendment or the states. And I had little sympathy for the Bundies. They basically were claiming to own land that they had leased but never owned. I didn’t want them murdered for that like you leftists did, but I was on the feds side.
So, why don’t you try again or come back when you are smarter and can make a point that is sensible.
“They basically were claiming to own land that they had leased but never owned.” — That’s not true. Cliven Bundy sent lease payment to the state of Nevada where “Nevada” land is. In Oregon; the refuge was renamed Hammond county (County owned). The Bundies has and always has been complete inline with the U.S. Constitutional Law as well as the Supreme court both of which our federal government has IGNORED in an attempt to steal ALL western states of their land especially Obama who up and decided to just start STEALING land by executive orders.
It’s never ever a good thing when this becomes necessary, and it should be used very sparingly and only as a last resort.
But putting an end to violent seditious rebellion is THE core function of the federal government. If this isn’t the case, then there may as well not even be a central authority at all. This has been the case going all the way back to when George Washington had to send his troops into western Pennsylvania to put down the “Whiskey Rebellion”.
I’m still not entirely convinced that this—or the interventions to help the blacks—would have been legitimate in pre 14A America. The state sovereigns didn’t WANT them there, remember.
No it’s not. The US is a voluntary union and the federal government is not a central authority.
If Oregon wants to turn itself into a cesspool of violence, here, and destruction, the federal government should let them.
No judge has said this is a 14th Amendment intervention. Has Trump even asserted this? I’m not being snarky here, I am genuinely curious. Did he issue an executive order saying that he is intervening to protect the rights of citizens?
And no, declaring that he will “bring law and order” to a place is not the same as finding that peoples’ rights are being violated and they need to protect them. (For example, enforcing drug prohibition may be enforcing law and order, but it isn’t based on someone’s constitutional rights).
“No judge has said this is a 14th Amendment intervention”
Which of course is absolutely meaningless.
He is intervening to protect the rights of human statues, bro.
SilentSkies
Oh no! We can’t have federal intervention when people have their rights violated by “riots of peace” and the state refuses to protect them! It’s not like we have a 14th amendment and constitutional supremacy or anything!
It’s interesting to see conservatives be such ardent champions of the 14th Amendment suddenly. States rights was a passing fad indeed…
Fine, get rid of the cops. I know a ton of people, myself included, who would be happy to go to Portland and settle this issue and would if the threat of prison were not on the table. But when we do, we will show up at the next BLM Antifa riot and will be shooting back. And when we are done there will not be a BLM or Antifa thug or human shield left alive.
We will have a peaceful society. We can have it that way or we can have it with the cops putting a stop to this. So, my advice is that you better start sucking that cop dick hard, I mean really throat it, because that big blue dick is the only thing standing between you and your antifa buddies and a bullet in your head.
“because that big blue dick”
You seem to have big dicks heavy on your mind…Maybe you think the 14th is important in a Lawrence v. Texas way?
You sound extremely upset.
a libertarian
LMAO this is by far the most pathetic internet tough guy post I’ve ever seen holy shit
Jam Ishii
2nd most pathetic now.
I think you are missing his point. If the police don’t step in, and things get bad enough, other people will take matters into their own hands. I’m not endorsing this. But it will happen if this is allowed to go far enough.
ElvisIsReal
Exactly the case. People will not just sit by and let the city go to complete shit.
You’re a fucking moron if you think John’s post was not something that millions of Americans are thinking right now.
We are losing patience with your idiotic tantrum
Damn straight.
docduracoat
I am with you.
If they abolish the police, I will join you in armed attack on the tyrants of the left.
This is largely a local issue, except when fed buildings are attacked or if bystanders are being assaulted without a local response. Under those circumstances a fed response is appropriate.
10th amendment. States have some rights, but they certainly don’t have the right to violate the rights of their citizens.
It is slightly surprising to see a “libertarian” think that denial of rights is ok if it is done on the state level, rather than the federal level.
Chris Bottega
“suddenly”?
You don’t know any conservstives then.
States rights was a passing fad indeed…
‘States rights’ was a canard of the left when they were attempting to defend slavery/Jim Crow/Poll taxes/forced sterilizations and on and on.
It is NOT federalism.
We aren’t conservatives you leftist retard.
I’m not. I think Oregon made its choice and should suffer the consequences. Trump can bill them for the destruction of federal property.
Now do Alabama in the 60’s.
Joe Namath and Kenny Stabler
Citizens sued the state for violation of their rights, and a federal judge ruled in their favor. When the state refused to follow the federal order, the president nationalized the Alabama guard to get them away from the governor, and then sent in the military to enforce the order.
I don’t necessarily think a federal judge needs to issue an order saying that rights are being violated- I think that it is also the president’s duty to protect rights. I am just curious to know if the President has issued any finding similar to that.
I think sending people in is your de facto answer.
Randy Owen and Ted Gentry?
JohannesDinkle
Downtown Portland has been a war zone for over a year. The protesters are some sort of Antifa groupies, spray painting, rock throwing, arsonist thugs. If you truly believe they are peaceful, then go to the ‘protest’ with a MAGA hat and await the people’s justice.
Do you live in Portland?
I’ve written and erased my comment a few times now but I can’t quite find ‘les mots justes’ after watching those mothers. It explains a lot though.
2020. Something happened and I can’t quite process it.
try Commie Mommies
Here is what ENB and the other ignorant here are ignoring. The violence. There is lots of it. Millions and millions of damage alone.
But having watched a bunch of streams from independent journalists this weekend, what seems to be happening is this.
Police give these marches wide birth until violence, arson, or assaults tick up. They then use loud speakers to announce the police need to march to an area to clamp down on the violence. These groups such as the mothers above often end up willingly mock the police who are en route to break up the rioting areas. They ignore police asks to clear the area so they may get to the area that needs attention. The leftists then post these shortened clips so the useful idiots think that the police are simply randomly attacking people. Ignoring the violence and buildup as well as requests by police to clear so they can intercede in the areas of violence.
You can see this with Ngo, Pool and his friends, and many others constantly posting videos of the actual violence.
40+ days of violent riots. The local authorities refuse to do anything about it. And all ENB can do is cheer on the rioters and tell everyone how peaceful having your city burned to the ground is.
50 days now.
If the government cannot protect my rights or my property….why do I really need them? That is the question I think the state and fed governments should ultimately fear.
Just like how politicians ignored the enormous ramifications of their lockdowns, they’re ignoring the potential negative harmful effects of mass mask wearing.
Malice intent at this point.
VenerableLurker
“The leftists then post these shortened clips so the useful idiots think that the police are simply randomly attacking people.”
They’ve been doing that little dance since the first “black bloc” rioters appeared at the WTO protests a little over two decades ago. This is nothing new. QA and her ilk are either ignorant (perhaps willfully) or disingenuous.
The protesters are getting desperate if they have to bring in pregnant women and the disabled to serve as human shields. It’s not sincere, or they would have already been there weeks ago.
If you’re pregnant, going to a riot where you know rioters have been routinely getting tear-gassed and trying to burn buildings down is exceptional. You’re deliberately putting your baby’s health at significant risk, just for internet ass-pats (it worked, look at ENB’s whinging).
These protesters cry for mercy out of one side of their mouth and spit at you with the other.
I said it at the time that the media was too stupid to understand the significance of designating BLM as a terrorist organization. That order meant the FBI counter terrorism task forces could investigate Antifa. And Antifa is guilty of a long list of federal crimes that carry long mandatory prison sentences. The feds showing up in Portland means Antifa and most importantly it’s leadership is going to face real prison time. But what are they going to do? If they stop, they are revealed to be cowards and laughing stocks. So, they just keep doing stupid shit and it isn’t going to turn out well for them. Yeah, desperate is a good word for it.
Chip Chipperson
They’re facing real federal prison time — until Joe Biden’s second day in office, when he issues blanket pardons for every rioter, er, peaceful protestor, in federal custody.
Then they’ll go right back to their rioting, completely secure in the understanding that they’re totally untouchable.
You think the last few months have been bad? Hooo boy just wait until these people start operating with total impunity at every level of government. That’s when you’re gonna see the real fireworks. Not even the red states are going to be safe once Biden’s AG hamstrings state and local law enforcement with ‘civil rights investigations’ for any attempt at restraining the chaos.
Lock and load boys, because it’s either 1776 or 1984.
It is literally a Palestinian tactic. Launch rockets from a school, mosque, hospital. Get Israel to retaliate. Pull put the aggressors. Show footage of only the damaged school, mosque, or hospital.
Useful idiots abound.
“The protesters are getting desperate if they have to bring in pregnant women and the disabled to serve as human shields.”
These people, of course, have no agency. It’s all part of the master plot bwha ha ha!
Stupid enough to risk your baby for Antifa?
No agency is the best case scenario.
So, the ‘they deserve it’ *libertarian* argument, eh?
Do the business owners?
Evidence the moms hurt business owners?
Shutting commerce down and ruining tourism doesnt hurt them?
You’re saying you’re illiterate?
They’re certainly showing a distinct lack of judgement. Can’t wait to see how fucked up their kids end up being.
“Know your role!” Brought to you by the Libertarians (ostensibly!).
JCinDE
It’s strange how you think your posts aren’t unresponsive gibberish.
Rubber/glue next?
“Fetuses now have rights!” Brought to you by the Left (ostensibly!).
You know what?
If you’re stupid enough to walk onto a battlefield while pregnant for the purpose of deliberately acting as a human shield because you know the people you’re calling evil nazis are actually too good and moral to shoot at a pregnant woman, you DO deserve to get shot.
they’re completely justified when the state and local authorities decided to abdicate their constitutional duties for such a long period of time and won’t abide by the law themselves. Kind of like when back in the days the feds had to intervene in certain places to ensure that desegregation laws were being followed. Hindi-Shayari
Fist of Etiquette
CEOs have often been ahead of cops and politicians on gay rights
And yet we need CEO quotas because there are too many white male ones.
Earth Skeptic
Well, true diversity is all on the outside.
A British woman who was given hormone blockers as a teenager is suing the U.K.’s National Health Service.
And now she’s officially a TERF.
Can she be a dolphin next?
I believe Dr. Lilly was working on that exact treatment.
Dr. Lilly was a head of his time.
If you had a friend who had plastic surgery, say rhinoplasty, would you insist on showing her pictures of her pre-surgery days and telling her that her current look is a biological lie? Would you say ‘what’s next, you’re a dolphin?’
Someone didn’t read the story about the woman de transitioning and asking for courts to simply not let clinics push life altering drugs after 3 visits to teenagers.
Someone isn’t following this conversation.
That would explain why you keep posting gibberish
If you had a friend who had plastic surgery, say rhinoplasty, would you insist on showing her pictures of her pre-surgery days and telling her that her current look is a biological lie?
Does this apply to Koreans who lighten their skin?
Rat on a train
Stores in the Philippines have aisles dedicated to skin whitening … and corned beef.
BYODB
This isn’t a good case for either sides notions, perhaps.
Note this is a person who has an actual mental illness coming out and saying maybe the ‘cure’ for a mental sickness they actually have isn’t a ton of hormone blockers. Is that so controversial? This individual is also ‘going back’ to their biological sex, which sort of implies their mental illness is either treated or in remission? Is that the hormone blockers that did that, or was it perhaps therapy or some mix of other treatments?
Is the claim here that hormone blockers are the equivalent of lithium for certain mental illnesses? Or perhaps that gender dysphoria isn’t real? I can’t really tell.
If she insisted that her pronoun is “her majestic natural nose” every day…
Hopefully she just becomes a normal, well adjusted woman instead of joining one of those two rival clown schools.
The New Number Two
Unfortunately, women who pump themselves full of male hormones at an early age seldom get their feminine voices back after they detransition.
“She believes that during treatment, priority needs to be given to a person’s “biological sex as much as their gender identity”.”
Biology is destiny?
Social Justice is neither
Wait, so now we’re not supposed to respect her decisions and beliefs? Why is that other than she’s now stepping on your leftist orthodoxy?
You’re fucking insane, and intentionally so.
“Wait, so now we’re not supposed to respect her decisions and beliefs?”
Uh, yeah, as much as they are about other people’s situations.
I love your instant hyperbolic move to ‘you’re insane!’ though. I feel for anyone who gets in a Domino’s vs. Papa John’s argument with you…
She was given the altering drugs while a teenager based on very little actual determination of her underlying issues.
The horror of her asking for something a bit more in depth so future children dont alter their lives over bad diagnosis.
Forcing children to take hormones and pretend to be a different sex than they actually are is kinda like picking a pizza joint. Or at least when you’re an alcoholic piece of shit.
coming to someone and they prescribing you something = forcing?
Children bro. Try to keep up.
Right, so no response other than it violates your leftist orthodoxy. Everything must be recreated from the ground up every single time by you collectivist asshats who suddenly (when convenient) find individualism when you need to use it to discredit somebody else’s lived experiences.
The insane bit is having read your incoherent logic and intentional obtuseness (or maybe you are just that stupid or brainwashed, who knows).
Rev. Arthur L. Kuckland
When it comes to domino’s v’s papa John’s there are no winners
Arguing otherwise would be insane.
When a troll account makes this much sense, there’s something deeply wrong in the world.
It’s 2020.
not sure i’ve had a domino’s pizza but i have to say – although i’m not crazy about Pepsi, i find pizza hut is better than papa john’s
Yes, it’s called DNA.
Biology is science.
But not Science.
Well, to be factual about it, Yes = Biology is destiny
You mean tadpoles can’t grow up to be ponies?
Racist!
The radical feminists who were adamant that gender is nothing but a social construct are now fodder for this new generation of transfeminists pushing for the idea of an individualized gender “essence” divorced both from chromosomes and from social norms. Men trying to become women was seen as a thinly veiled attempt at male infiltration and patriarchal subterfuge. Those days are now behind us.
I wouldn’t be surprised if the next social injustice we’re supposed to get woke and outraged about is referring to trans individuals as “transmen” and “transwomen” rather than simply men and women, since it suggests there’s something less authentic about them.
Instead, this deliberately intimidating gaggle of outside “law enforcement” officers has been agitating peacefully assembled people who are merely exercising their constitutional rights.
I don’t trust either side is acting in good faith at this point.
Yeah, looks like both sides suck here.
The right has really doubled down with righteousness on their cop bootlicking. Very sad. Libertarianism as much the subject of ridicule as establishment conservatives. Not entirely without justification, unfortunately.
Those cops are there to protect dumb asses like you. You are just too retarded to understand that.
Is this Tango or Cash? You’re amazing toughness is apparent, of course, so it makes further distinctions difficult.
There are millions of people in this country who are armed and would love nothing better than to be able to finally put a stop to this. There is a tremendous amount of garbage in this country that needs to be emptied. Pray the cops do it and not the public.
I’m going with Tango, he’s cooler, like you, right?
God, save us Tango!
Yeah, vigilante justice will never happen. Keep telling yourself that retard. I am sure you and your other 100 pound weaklings in your mom’s basement are going to be real tough. Has there ever been a time when Antifa didn’t get it’s ass kicked when anyone decided to fight back? Never. The old communists and Nazis were legitimately scary people. You people are about as scary as a star trek convention. I am sure federal prison will love you.
Tango, right? My God you’re tough! Strut it, Tango, strut, for the good of us all, of course though!
The Great Muta
John’s identity is public. You could always sack up and have a face to face with him.
When did I say I wanted to get rid of the cops or had an ounce of sympathy for the “protesters”? Did you reply to the wrong comment?
You don’t seem to want to cops to do anything to stop it. So, what difference does it make that you don’t want to get rid of the police department if you refuse to allow them to do what is necessary to keep the peace?
Again, where did you get this? I mildly entertained some subsidiarity consternation about the presence of Federal agents in a state whose authorities do not want them there. I explicitly rejected this twice over–first, because I had justified their presence to defend Federal property from square one, and second because I do think the 14A argument works. What this has to do with the issue of what law enforcement in general, qua law enforcement, i.e. is allowed to do versus unruly and criminal citizenry (as opposed to state’s sphere of authority versus Federal) is beyond me. But you explicitly talk about what I do or do not want to permit the “police department” to do.
I was explicit about the fact that any consternation about Trump’s intervention should apply to the Civil Rights Era interventions, no matter where you ultimately come down on. Frankly, I was expecting in these parts to get called a yokeltarian or paleo, which is what I kind of am. Instead I’m being accused of being “Antifa buddies.” I never thought I’d be taken to be something like Nick Sarwark guesting on C4SS, for exhibiting a watered down version of Tom Wood’s perspective.
Suck more antifa dick.
If your city had another 9/11, no one except the coasts would give a shit now.
Probably false, but it would almost certainly have been better for America and the world if they hadn’t given a shit the first time around. Perhaps even, better for NYC itself too. (Especially given how much of our own and America’s money we wasted taking nearly a decade and a half to rebuild the WTC alone. No entity that inefficient deserves any help.)
Does that mean you’re pro cop assaults and murder?
No, Cathy Newman, I am not. Where the hell is everyone getting this stuff.
Perhaps the fact that you are only critical of one side of this? Just spit balling here.
You’re only condemning them. Cant find one post of yours condemning the violence they are responding to.
Feel free to link to it. Difficulty, include your time stamp.
I’ve made about five posts total. Not fifty where all I do is criticize the cops. And zero where I defend the rioters and looters. In fact in my first here I explicitly endorsed the presence of Federal LE in Portland, and only committed the sin of briefly entertaining objections to the contrary.
Is that really what this place is? I suppose if I had started off by happening to post my opinions on abortion, illegal immigration, the death penalty, Soros, Black Lives Matter, or indeed the legitimacy (and, for law enforcement, the duty) of defending property and innocent life from looters and thugs with violent force, I would have been dismissed by the other side as some sort of alt-righter. I will perhaps be sure to make sure that my “Nazi” and “Antifa” sounding comments are posted in a strictly alternating manner from here on in, to make sure everything is fair and balanced.
You’ve got antifa in your hair.
So you created an account to just bash cops and when called pit on it asking your views you defended said action.
Totally making a point.
I created an account to comment here. I commented earlier this very day, before the Roundup even posted, on the Kanye story, where my comments were against some claims about the “libertarian” position about abortion. So, false. Try again.
I fail to see how “bashing cops” is some sort of horrifying sin. What are they, some sort of sacred cow of yokeltarianism to prove we aren’t Reasonoid Antifa dicksuckers? They’re state agents, they abuse their power frequently, I find both mainstream conservatives’ and populist-statist rightists’ praise of them excessive and unsettling. (In this I’m no different from any paleolibertarian you’d ever encounter.) I happen to take their side, as I have said repeatedly, against the rioters, thugs, and looters currently terrorizing America. (BLM and Antifa, and yes pretty much all of them, in case I’m suspected once again of not wanting to name them specifically.) They have been insufficiently aggressive far more often then excessively so in the past months. Protecting the lives and property of the vulnerable is a core duty of the state–pretty much the core duty of the state as a matter of fact.
The reaction to my first few posts on this page has been nothing short of ridiculous.
…Plus as I just pointed out, I posted a total of one comment where I mildly entertained–and ultimately rejected twice over–a subsidiarity objection to the presence of Federal LE in states where (whether out of sympathy for Antifa or Jim Crow or whatever) the governor doesn’t want them there. And one where I bemoaned the fact that there is getting to be too much “cop bootlicking” on the right as a whole. (Not among libertarians.) Yes I stand by this. I prefer to see a perspective with more skepticism and balance toward the power of state agents be the rising, dynamic force on the Right. And so forth.
Somehow this was excessive. Because I had yet to mention how much I hate Antifa or something.
EstebanO
Good luck. Unless you carry water for DT, they will give you no quarter. If you want to have a thoughtful discussion about Libertarian issues or anything else, I’d advise you to go elsewhere. This place is a total sewer. I’m not even sure why Reason still has a comment section.
I find mindlessly parroting the NYT latest conspiracy theory to be the most libertarian thing a publication can aspire to, don’t you?
“Mildly” offered, of course. And none of that nasty collectivizing that makes Jeffy so sad. Of course there’s no skepticism required of the narrative that these are only peaceful protesters. It’s not like there’s any evidence at all that maybe they aren’t so peaceful all the time. No, pointing that out must be “cop bootlicking.”
When the fuck did I call them “peaceful protestors”? For that matter, when the fuck did I call them “protestors,” as opposed to “looters,” “rioters,” and “thugs,” which I did repeatedly (adding that the police need to crack down on them harder than they have been)?
And when the fuck did I say that anything anyone said here, let alone something I explicitly agree with myself, was “cop bootlicking”? I said that it is becoming too popular for my tastes of late “on the Right”? I don’t know where you got that impression. I feel like I’m taking crazy pills here with you fucking people.
Sevo
“…Where the hell is everyone getting this stuff…”
Maybe, if “everyone” is getting it, it’s coming from you.
If you don’t know who the rube is at the poker table, it’s you.
Cop bootlicking? Where?
If Portland wants to get rid of its police, the voters can do so. Rioters don’t get to decide that.
As for federal buildings, I think Trump should just send Portland the bill for the destruction and relocation.
Formerly Cynical Asshole
Yeah, there really aren’t any “good guys” in Portland right now.
Nemo Aequalis
It’s about time! If they’d been doing this in 1968, we wouldn’t have to put up with this kind of shit today.
I believe the Chicago PD did do this in 1968, so your hypothesis needs work.
The problem is they backed down. They should have kept going.
OMG! The Donkey 1968 convention riots did very little damage to property, but the cops clubbed dozens of protesters. It has been accurately portrayed as a police riot.
Portland panic: they wanted a totalitarian state, just not this totalitarian state.
Ahhh government.
“We know that, when you do it properly, you bring down those cases. We have done it. We have done it in New York. New York got hit worse than any place in the world. And they did it correctly by doing the things that you’re talking about,” Fauci said.
The state with the most deaths. The state that put covid patients in nursing homes. The state that started lock downs the latest. The state that didnr clean subway cars.
Yet this is the person we have been told to listen to.
The same people who say to keep schools closed. Yet the flu is worse for children.
https://www.conservativereview.com/news/horowitz-panicmongers-consistent-wed-close-schools-every-flu-season/
The same media that had Mayor Gallagos from arizona on CNN claiming there was triage when there wasnt. The media lies constantly.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/coronavirus-in-arizona-stick-to-data-and-stop-media-induced-panic
Arizona cases are already reducing from the peak which never got higher than 40% ICU usage.
Is the Washington Examiner media?
MT-Man
Is anything media?
I’ll do you one better, why is media?
I love being correct.
I said same media, ie the leftist media who celebrates Cuomo.
Cute argument though.
Ah, so some media=good, some bad. I’m glad you’re making distinctions now!
All media is biased. The majority of media is heavily biased.
Is this news to you?
So the Washington Examiner is biased and I should ignore your comment? Thanks!
Any media the breathlessly pushed the #RUSSIA narrative is thoroughly discredited. Does that include the Washington Examiner or the NYT? Which is the go to source for ENB?
Yeah you should probably ignore it, everyone already knows you’re a moron anyway.
You dont click links anyways. You’ve admitted to that. You’re willfully ignorance.
The trick is to find what facts competing sides to agree to or to find the actual underlying primary sources. Which Washington examiner provided of you had clicked.
Sure, anything leftist is bad, anything not leftist is good.
We’re the Anti-Bad Guy Squad. Anything we do is justified because of our name.
Cases are already dropping in texas too.
https://mobile.twitter.com/AlexBerenson/status/1284532076000292867
Buy wait…
That new South Korea study showing kids are carriers the NYT is pushing???
That is crumbling too
https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2020/07/19/bombshell-crumbling-caution-urged-over-nyt-article-on-that-south-korea-study-and-schools-reopening/ (thread inside)
Pediatricians are saying to open the schools, which one shocked MSNBC journalist wasnt prepared for.
https://www.westernjournal.com/look-msnbc-hosts-face-priceless-experts-unanimously-agree-us-reopen-schools/amp/
Also that surge of infants with covid in Texas? More media lies. Number is infants over the whole covid period, not a surge. Only a handful has even a single complication.
Thanks, Jesse. Please stay on it!
Remember, the main reason the 1918 flu had such a massive second spike was because soldiers in Europe brought back a mutated strain from the front that was much stronger than the one that caused the initial bump.
If cases are already on a downward trajectory, the third bump will probably be this fall when kids start vectoring it into their own homes. After that, it will likely burn out and be just another in the cocktail of annual flu bugs.
See, it’s hard for me to believe that the “moms” were “peaceful” when they show up wearing helmets. Why would they need armor if they’re only peacefully protesting? It’s especially hard for me to believe when I get to see videos of these people attacking the feds and trying to burn down the courthouse. If you’re part of a violent riot, you don’t get to act the victim when the feds respond accordingly
sarcasmic
“Why would they need armor if they’re only peacefully protesting?”
Because peaceful protesters are routinely attacked by cops?
Oh, wait. There are no peaceful protesters. They’re all terrorists who should be exterminated like vermin. Right JesseAz and Nardz?
There are precious few peaceful ones and if the moms didn’t suck at being moms, this would’ve already ended.
“I realized some time ago that I’m not separate from nature just because I have a primate brain – an upper brain – because underneath the primate brain, there’s a mammalian brain, and beneath the mammalian brain, there’s a reptilian brain; and it’s those two lower brains that made the upper brain possible in the first place. Here’s the way it works: The primate brain says, “Give peace a chance.” The mammalian brain says, “Give peace a chance, but first let’s kill this motherfucker.” And the reptilian brain says, “Let’s just kill the motherfucker, go to the peace rally and get laid.””
Hey look, the alcoholic boomer Marxist posted a non-sequitur he copped from another alcoholic boomer Marxist.
Pertinent, accurate, and humorous. Unlike you.
The White Knight
So, now George Carlin was a Marxist. Got it.
The 99% of protestors who are violent savage psychopaths committing murder, assault, vandalism, and battery give that other 1% a really bad name. Kinda like the cops. Except that you don’t suck the cops’ dick like a pathetic little faggot.
My, but you’re edgy!
Socking already faggot? LMFAO. If it offends you feel free to go fuck yourself with a rusty chainsaw.
Faggot? LMFAO, you’re mom certainly would dispute that.
Ignore it.
Or else sarcasmic will sock too.
Fuck you Jesse.
Dariush
“The White Faggot has entered the chat”
Hi, Tulpa!
Nice, Dariush, let’s get homophobic!
Strange, Buttplug did it below and you didn’t seem to have a problem with it.
There are over 600 comments as I type this in. I have not seen whatever comment you are referring to.
Really, that’s all you could come up with? “I know you are but what am I”? Again?
Good move replying to your sock btw. Keep it on the qt. You’re doing great bro, nobody can tell!
It’s hardly I know you are but what am I, unless you too are thoroughly and somewhat violently (with full consent of course) boning your mom.
It’s OK buddy, I know it’s hard to keep track when you’re drunk and handle hopping at 9 in the morning.
Your mother helps me keep track. She’s very grateful it seems.
pinxos
His mom is your parole officer?
Considering the historical Oscar Wilde’s sexual proclivities, your rhetoric is more than a little weird.
Even if your 99% vs. 1% numbers were accurate, yes, it would be unfair to brand the 1% as violent using guilt by association.
If you’re part of a protest, you are responsible for the protest and its objectives
I mean, you can see the evidence yourself if you care to look. Utah and Georgia didn’t declare states of emergency over peaceful protesters, and peaceful protestors didn’t cause over $500 million in damage in Minnesota. At some point sheep like you have to admit that the media’s lying to you.
“peaceful protestors didn’t cause over $500 million in damage”
Duh. My point, which flew over your head, is that not every protester is a rioter.
Nobody suggested they were, of course. But thanks for clearing that up. Now let’s explore the implications of your “point” – that it’s inappropriate to disperse the riotous crowds numbering in the hundreds and thousands while they steal, maim, vandalize, murder, rape and assault because not every single person there has committed a crime, just an overwhelming majority. Well golly gee, that’s almost like you’re defending Marxist violence for the 10,000th time. What a coincidence. Go have another drink and jack off to CNNPC you stupid fucking cunt.
“Nobody suggested they were” True, only, a suggestion it is 99%:
https://reason.com/2020/07/20/feds-send-outside-agitators-to-escalate-conflict-in-portland/#comment-8357054
Woah, woah, woah, are we still talking about the moms in Portland? Where is the stealing, maiming, murder, raping? Vandalism definitely vandalism. Maybe assault (I haven’t followed every single news story out of Portland, so I may have missed a story about assault.)
Portland has had violent riots for over 50 days straight, at this point if you’re joining them then you know what they’re about.
Or you’re unemployed and bored. Or maybe a naive idealist.
Mostly peacefully burning and destroying. Typical idealism.
Because all protester are rioters. Yep. Sure.
By day 50?
After rioting constantly?
The fuck man, sober up.
Is everyone in the crowd violent? How many are there just for the show?
Seriously. If they were rioting around here, which they are not, I might show up just to say I was there.
If you go to a protest you know will turn into a rlot and stay while the riot goes off, your consequences are on you. Is everyone a ripter and violent? Irrelevant. Crowd control doesnt have the capability of being discreet enough to remove 9nly rioters in the middle of a violent outbreak.
This isn’t difficult but you keep trying tangential crap to avoid admitting it.
“Crowd control doesnt have the capability of being discreet enough to remove 9nly rioters in the middle of a violent outbreak.”
I’m not going to argue with that. But talking like everyone there is a terrorist or antifa is fucking stupid.
Acting like people are “talking like everyone there is a terrorist or antifa” is even more ” fucking stupid.”
I’d agree with you if I didn’t see people making that exact argument on a routine basis.
So post a link to that exact argument. Because the majority here are directly criticizing the riots and the so called peaceful protestors interceding against the police trying to deal with it.
So quote some.
So post a link to that exact argument.
I’m wondering why he didn’t post any links too.
Talking like none of them are is even more fucking stupid.
That’s easy. It’s not important enough for me to put out the effort.
I never said that either.
So you don’t have any and were lying, got it.
Then I’m forced to conclude you were making things up.
If you smell a wafting turd, that’s me giving a shit about what you conclude.
Because no protesters are rioters. Yep. Sure.
No you see some aren’t so you can’t treat any like they are.
I see you are logically challenged, like JesseAz.
“Not all X are Y” is not the same as “no X are Y.”
It can be. You logic bad.
Funny how you have such a difficult time admitting that.
Now what did you actually post?
Seems like you’re the one having the syllogism problems. You can, of course, point to where I claimed that all protesters are rioters. No? Oh dear. Perhaps you’re the one who can’t appreciate the nuance, nor hold anyone accountable for their actions.
Now do Charlottsville
Hey white knight, your arguments are still terrible. Try watching some of the actual live streams from independent journalists so you dont look stupid next time.
I know you don’t believe me, so this comment isn’t for you, but I’ve never used any handle other than this one. Mostly I post as a diversion while at work. So the impostor who ruined my reputation in the evenings and weekends was, well, an impostor. Again, I don’t expect you to believe that because it would shatter your belief that everyone who disagrees with you is the same person using multiple names, so whatever. Have a great day.
Why would I intentionally tarnish multiple screen names including my own? Seriously. Ask yourself that. It doesn’t make sense.
Or keep believing I’ve got multiple personalities because it’s easy to be intellectually lazy.
I think you have a fundamental lack of self-consistent principles (which is why you find the new and improved Reason so appealing) and a very malleable set of progressatarian ethics, but I don’t think you play the sock game.
I don’t play the sock game, but the impostor(s) using my name have made me look like a progressive. I’ve as consistently libertarian as it gets.
I’m also good at typos.
You’re not consistent.
You still can’t get it through your brain that I am consistent and appear otherwise because an impostor was making it seem otherwise. I’m starting to think you’d be law enforcement material, being that you couldn’t score more than 108 on an IQ test.
D-Pizzle
Someone has been spoofing you for ten years?
If you’ve been reading my posts for ten years and you think I’m inconsistent and a leftist, then you’ve got drain bramage.
Or has read your posts.
108 IQ is well above average, and only someone with a sub108 IQ wouldn’t know that
I was being generous.
Remember that time I catfished you into admitting you weren’t as smart as I am?
Yeah. Forever.
” I’ve as consistently libertarian as it gets.”
Uh huh. Except when it comes to actual property rights.
Alright, wise guy, when did I say anything about property rights?
You can’t seem to find a single rioter, nor can you acknowledge the massive damage they’ve done. All you can do is parrot the ENB position which is little more than the teen version of the NYT.
This is the point where you offer some weak defense that you said rioters should be locked up and then proceed apace to ignore them. As a supposed “libertarian” capable of seeing nuance, answer me a simple question: on which do you think there’s a lack of media attention, “stormtroopers” or “peaceful” rioters. Yours is the same ostrich-like viewpoint that excused away the SA because after all, they weren’t the government! Which of the mainstream outlets that Reason just parrots (so much for those free minds) hasn’t downplayed the destruction with the “mostly peaceful” euphemism?
“the impostor who ruined my reputation in the evenings and weekends was”
You’ve had an imposter for months or years… and you’re only now just mentioning it?
I don’t know how long it was going on. Like I said I rarely post on evenings or weekends. At least you don’t have to worry about impostors. You’re a violent asshole without a reputation to ruin.
From what I saw the “impostor’ posted coherently and sober, so your rep improved.
Are you sure you arent just blacking out at night and on weekends?
Oh damn!
Nah, I’m a peaceful poster.
If you’re posting during the day, based on the 30 or so months I’ve been visiting here, your reputation is entirely deserved and of your own making
Peaceful? You’re the first to advocate for violence and murder.
Oh I get it. You’re saying that because you have no problems with killing people to get your way, and you’re peaceful, that the “peaceful” protesters are amoral pricks like yourself! Funny!
You appear to have no problems with rioters burning, looting, raping, assaulting, and killing as long as they’re mixed in with “peaceful” protesters. You seem incapable of finding even a single one among a sea of little angels.
Some morality.
OK. You made that comment in reply to a comment by sarcasmic, not me, where he didn’t make an argument, but OK.
They’re all peaceful protesters, even the ones that burn buildings, shoot people, assault people, and steal.
War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Reason is libertarian.
“They’re all peaceful protesters, even the ones that burn buildings, shoot people, assault people, and steal”, said nobody.
Stop defending them, then.
I never started.
You’ve been doing it up and down the thread. Stop lying.
Maxime Weygand - Hero Of France
That was very good. Bravo
Handle spoofing still not fixed. 🙁
Tell Support.
Those are bicycle helmets. It is likely they have bicycle helmets on because they rode their bicycles to the protest.
And those pallets of bricks and trunks full of baseball bats were just construction materials and sporting enthusiasts. What are you, some kind of conspiracy theorist?
The moms had pallets of bricks and trunks full of baseball bats?
now explain away these animals attacking people in Denver you commie fuck.
The moms in Portland attacked people in Denver?
Oh looks like he already got his sock.
Troglodyte Rex
They’re “moms”, so they’re used to being fucked.
Based on the photo, there must have been a lot of beer involved.
or lots of surprise adoptions.
Nice. Very nice.
New york times is owned by ex slave holders who widely supported the confederacy.
https://nypost.com/2020/07/18/the-family-that-owns-the-new-york-times-were-slaveholders-goodwin/amp/
OneSimpleLesson
TEAR IT DOWN!!!
Longtobefree
No need. It is already a trash heap.
Just rename it: The NWA Times.
Interesting to see if their logo is trashed or their windows broken.
Some of the latest pictures and videos from the 50 day portland “peaceful protest.”
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bethbaumann/2020/07/19/watch-on-the-ground-footage-shows-just-how-bad-the-riots-in-portland-really-are-n2572726
Chicago’s peaceful protests.
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/rick-moran/2020/07/19/18-chicago-cops-injured-in-riot-and-activists-scream-police-brutality-n661717
Fat Mike's Drug Habit
Those tweets read like David Attenborough describing an animal learning to use tools for the first time.
New Zealand is claiming the right to quarantine people indefinitely. The US is claiming the right to quarantine people if they test positive. People are getting notified of positive tests when they didn’t get tested.
But yea, lets worry if rioters get arrested. Orange man bad.
So protester equals rioter? False equivalence much?
There is no difference. Shoot them all and then torch their bodies. Then find their parents and slap them.
The NAP at work, folks!
Conservatives have no use for the NAP. Conform or get a club upside the head. The only difference between them and progressives is what incites them to initiating violence.
“Allow all of the public and private property to burn to the ground because it’s a hell of a lot better than using tear gas to disperse a crowd” is… an interesting version of the NAP. Perhaps you could explain the intricacies of your philosophy to your sockpuppet, since you keep replying to it.
They are too stupid to even realize this is the argument they are making.
I don’t know what argument “they” are making. I’m not “they.”
But I’m sure you will tell me.
Help! Help! I’m being repressed! He’s using my own words against me!
Explain in detail your argument.
Is it okay for protestors to block police agencies in response to rioting?
Is it okay for cops to punch women in the face and knock their teeth out when the woman was no threat to the officers?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8538373/Chicago-police-punched-18-year-old-black-activist-face-knocked-teeth.html
My simple point is that not all protesters are rioters. Just like not all fruits are kumquats, and not all motor vehicles are Fords.
Why is that so difficult? Oh yeah, because it’s intellectually easy to just lump them all together, just like you lump everyone who disagrees with you into the ‘sarcasmic sock’ category.
Fuck off. Seriously. Or grow some brains.
“My simple point is that not all protesters are rioters”
A point which everyone seemingly grasps but which you can’t stop belaboring. Because you think disagreeing with you is the same as not understanding you.
Your thoughts are simple, we agree on that.
Now answer the simple question I asked.
I thought the question was rhetorical.
The question is underlying on whether your argument is one of honesty or sophistry.
So answer.
Dude, you don’t argue honestly. So no matter what I say I will be attacked. I could say the sky is blue and you’ll attack me saying that there are clouds. That and you constantly accuse me of being multiple people. So no, I will not answer.
If I thought you were arguing in good faith I might. But you aren’t.
You can’t admit that there are violent protesters present. Why is that? Why can’t you admit that they are assaulting people? Why can’t you admit that they are destroying property?
You have a pathological need to hide that. Why?
If I thought you were arguing in good faith I might
No you just can’t and need an excuse.
And liberals have no use for NAP, as long as the government is the one doing the A–except when its the wrong government.
Comnservatives aren’t the ones running hog wild in these cities.
But it is time for that to change and for conservatives to bust heads in retaliation.
Fuck Portland with a steel spiked dildo.
Wait… now you support the NAP? Not when rioters burned down buildings left and right?
No fan of rioters or of police who beat peaceful protesters.
You should check out this thing called ‘principles.’ It’s different than ‘partisanship.’ You might like it!
Sanctimonious is a bad color on you.
Nobody’s perfect.
Or consistent.
Do your principles include property rights?
If a protestor is stopping a cop from responding to violence located in the middle of a protest, are they violating the NAP? Please answer.
Let’s see your co sistency.
They probably are violating the NAP.
Also, you moved the goal posts on what we have been debating about.
No, rioter = rioter. Let me help you, set fire to a federal courthouse and you are a rioter.
Is everyone who showed up a rioter when some asshole torches something? I see a lot of ‘guilt by association’ going on here.
“No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible” – George Carlin, or somebody
So let rioters riot, because not everybody there is violent?
I didn’t say that either. Assholes need to be arrested. But don’t treat everyone like an asshole.
Any proposal on how to arrest the rioters in the middle of a riot when they’re in a crowd of thousands of “peaceful protestors”, or is that above your paygrade when you’re on your 16th natty lite at 9 in the morning?
“Arrest them all when in doubt!”
Such a libertarian sentiment!
I know you’re already heavily sloshed and having a really hard time keeping your handles straight, but dispersing a crowd is not the same as arresting them. Try and remember what you were defending 13 seconds ago on your other handle. If you focus you can do it.
Pepper spraying and flash banging innocent people is really a small, not intrusive government action! I’m a libertarian y’all!
“Mostly peacefully” assaulting, looting, burning. This Newspeak libertarianism is positively liberating!
Yet those assholes you want to be arrested are getting away because those “peaceful protestors” refuse to disperse to allow the cops to get those assholes. Weird.
Can you try consistency of argument?
I, Woodchipper
I’m shocked at how many ‘libertarians’ don’t understand this simple concept.
Everybody there is an asshole, because they know that their presence, their association, is what the other assholes need to be violent assholes.
I’m amazed at how many libertarians are complete subservient pussies.
On the one hand, peaceful protesters interfering with police attempting to arrest the assholes really are part of the problem. (Peaceful protesters who disperse when asked so police can do this aren’t a problem).
On the other hand, not everyone posting here is a libertarian. Don’t mistake the loudest voices for libertarians, they’re mostly liberal and conservative trolls who come here to yell at each other.
Like systematic racism?
So those peaceful protestors not clearing streets to allow police to respond to the rioters arent helping the rioters?
Maybe, maybe not but once the rioters started you either go home or risk being associated with them. Its the problem with large crowds and why you only have a right to peaceful assembly. The longer this goes on my fear is any of the proposed legislation will be sunk because of the rioters.
I’d oppose all police reforms SOLELY because of the rioting shit bricks.
sounds like you’ve been pulled too deep into team thinking.
If you have a libertarian bone in your body you should actively support changes to our current police-state.
as a respecter of property and individual rights you should deplore violent rioters/nihilists who are laying waste to businesses and public property. That’s not too hard to hold those two ideas in your head at the same time.
If changes to our current police state leads to the shitstorm that is Portland, Seattle, and NYC…I’ll take the police state, thanks just the same.
At least police CAN be held accountable. These riotous monkeys cannot.
It appears to be impossible for ENB. Please identify anywhere in the above piece that she acknowledges that there were rioters present.
We’ll wait.
Meanwhile Andy Ngo has a “plethora” of video showing the rioting. This is pure gaslighting to fit a narrative.
You mean like faulting every police department for the actions of one man? How quickly the notion of individual agency flies out the door when it interferes with your progressive desires.
False equivalence much
Of course, but then we’re used to it coming from you since you’re a drunken piece of subhuman shit Marxist.
“since you’re a drunken piece of subhuman shit Marxist.”
Every accusation is a confession with some folks…
“I know you are but what am I” is precisely the level of discourse expected from drunken subhuman piece of shit Marxists. Thanks for playing. Good sock btw. Nobody can tell!
What’s wrong with you?
It’s Tulpa or Mary or something waging personal attacks to get a reaction. Ever heard the expression “Don’t wrestle with a pig. You just get dirty and the pig like it.”?
Oscar Mayer here is the pig. Don’t wrestle with it.
LMFAO, and yet here you are compulsively replying to every single post I’ve made on this page with your main and your sock. Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. Holy fucking shit bro.
I’m not sarcasmic. You’ve got to have enough self-awareness to know more than one person can see you’re awful, right?
There is a group of people here who think I run multiple screen names because some asshole who ran multiple screen names used mine before Reason made an effort to restrict impostors. I’m pretty sure Oscar Mayer here was that person. So now anyone who is remotely libertarian is accused of being a sarcasmic, chemjeff, or SQRLY sock.
Not true, I’ve never been accused of being any of those socks.
Odd that you only show up at the same time as sarcasmic and compulsively reply to all of the same posts as sarcasmic for the exclusive purpose of defending sarcasmic. Ya’ll should definitely fuck. But then you have, I guess. Since you’re the same fucking stupid peckerneck bloated alcoholic Marxist.
You’ve been in the shit the whole time.
But like the others, please continue to act sanctimonious.
At this point, after two months of consistent rioting and the complete lack of reality to the issues that are supposedly being protested, yes.
Shut the fuck up and go home you miserable, ugly little pieces of trash and let the rest of the country live their lives free of your misery.
MikeT1986
I mean, worry about both? the unidentified law enforcement in military (looking) gear is a real visual attention grabber, so don’t be surprised it dominates headlines. Iron fists tend to.
Every officer in the videos I have seen have been identified with both police badges front and back and agency badges on the arms.
What does unidentified mean?
Then there are videos you haven’t seen.
“ People are getting notified of positive tests when they didn’t get tested.”
Can you link to more information on that?
Here are positive tests from negative results.
https://news.yahoo.com/113-rhode-islanders-got-false-150144143.html
That’s different from getting positive tests when you didn’t get tested at all.
Here is the untested.
https://www.timesonline.com/news/20200709/bernstine-bartolotta-say-untested-residents-told-they-have-covid-19
So, something that might have happened in Pennsylvania. The state of Pennsylvania should get on checking that out.
Meanwhile, Ra’s just passes it off as true.
By the way, took 5 seconds to find.
Do you enjoy being intentionally ignorant?
It’s my job to back up Ra’s assertions?
SQRLSY One
All protesters are rioters, ’cause Orange Man said so! And He NEVER lies!!!
Orange Man Bad? Orange Man bad?!? He BAD, all right! He SOOO BAD, He be GOOD! He be GREAT! He Make America Great Again!
We KNOW He can Make America Great Again, because, as a bad-ass businessman, He Made Himself and His Family Great Again! He Pussy Grabber in Chief!
See The Atlantic article by using the below search-string in quotes:
“The Many Scandals of Donald Trump: A Cheat Sheet” or this one…
https://reason.com/2019/09/02/republicans-choose-trumpism-over-property-rights-and-the-rule-of-law/
He pussy-grab His creditors in 7 bankruptcies, His illegal sub-human workers ripped off of pay on His building projects, and His “students” in His fake Get-Rich-like-Me realty schools, and so on. So, He has a GREAT record of ripping others off! So SURELY He can rip off other nations, other ethnic groups, etc., in trade wars and border wars, for the benefit of ALL of us!!!
All Hail to THE Pussy Grabber in Chief!!!
Most of all, HAIL the Chief, for having revoked karma! What comes around, will no longer go around!!! The Donald has figured out that all of the un-Americans are SOOO stupid, that we can pussy-grab them all day, every day, and they will NEVER think of pussy-grabbing us right back!
Orange Man Bad-Ass Pussy-Grabber all right!
We CAN grab all the pussy, all the time, and NONE will be smart enough to EVER grab our pussies right back!
These voters simply cannot or will not recognize the central illusion of politics… You can pussy-grab all of the people some of the time, and you can pussy-grab some of the people all of the time, but you cannot pussy-grab all of the people all of the time! Sooner or later, karma catches up, and the others will pussy-grab you right back!
Mother's lament
Then Sqrls pushed back from the keyboard, satisfied that its copied and pasted walloftext was prescient and applicable and not at all insane.
For those interested I found the video on how Sqrlsy became Sqrlsy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WxYvvcb0BE
At least the peaceful protestors in Portland got that Confederate General Elk statue torn down.
The elk raised their families on Native American land!
And elk are very patriarchal.
They tend to vote Republican.
I don’t know about elks but a moose once bit my sister
Quo Usque Tandem
I think it is unfortunate that federal agents have even gotten involved in Portlandia. Much better to just stand down and let the events unfold and be on the heads of the inept city leaders. Otherwise every opportunity will be taken to escalate the feds and do exactly what MSM is doing here.
Leo Kovalensky II
Makes one wonder if this isn’t exactly what the BLM group wanted to happen. They were looking pretty bad with the rioting, but of course the ineptitude of the Feds has been quite effective in making themselves look bad (potentially worse).
Could it be that you can out-troll a troll?
I guess everyone who’s rights are being violated by the violent mob can just go fuck themselves in the meantime, right?
They tried so hard in Seattle to get this happen. Looks like it’s working in Portland. This is a very un-shrewd move on Trump’s part me thinks.
“I had a pony, her name was Lucifer”
Hey, did you know that nobody gives a single tiny little daunt of a fuck about your inane boomer shit you alcoholic Marxist apologist?
Tulpa is drunk again….
Did you forget that you’re using your Queen Amalthea sock to defend yourself this morning you alcoholic fucking piece of shit?
Sarah Palin's Buttplug
Go take your Droxy, Trump Trash. Be a good little Trumptard.
Tell us more about your child pornography habit? You posted links to child pornography. You are biggest piece of garbage on earth and everyone knows it. So, stop pretending you even qualify as a human being.
The irony of course being all of the recent studies showing HCQ being a positive prophylactic while you refer still to the retracted Lancet study.
Jealous? Miss the old days?
And fucking your ex. And rasiing your kid.
I have the life you want, but threw away.
Judge Esther Salas Assigned to Epstein Deutsche Bank Case 4 Days Before Husband, Son Shot
https://www.newsweek.com/judge-esther-salas-shooting-deutsche-bank-epstein-1518974
Hmm, although the case has Epstein’s name in it, it sounds like a boring civil case that isn’t likely to cause embarrassment to any powerful people.
The article mentions that she has gotten death threats before, so maybe there’s another case where she pissed someone off, and the timing just happens to be a coincidence.
unless the bank has deposit boxes with information it them.
Turns out she sent a cartel big wig to prison in 2018 probably a stooge inmate released recently for Covid 19 looking for some fame
Gray_Jay
Part of it is a ‘know your customer’ case, so whatever due diligence (if any at all) that DB did before taking on Epstein and other alleged money launderers on as clients, is going to be part of the case. Which will get into just what Epstein offered DB’s employees.
This shooting could easily be something affiliated with the husband’s work instead. Ringing the door bell, blasting the first two people they see, not making sure they’re dead, and running away: all sounds rather amateurish to me.
My first thought was what case was involved. You can bet the Feds will go apeshit here.
They had better go apeshit over someone trying to assassinate a Federal judge.
It is already known who did it. A lawyer who had a grudge against her. The guy committed suicide shortly after the shooting.
‘Hamilton’ Loses Its Snob Appeal
Political correctness is a barrier to keep the working class from becoming upwardly mobile.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/hamilton-loses-its-snob-appeal-11594746441
TL;dr, it is available to the poors on streaming and thus no longer hip.
Fascinating though paywalled! Much more exciting than debates about whether making him a PR makes it OK to make a flattering portrayal of Michael Malice’s favorite Founding Father.
lap83
“Incredible scene in Portland right now. A group of Moms are chanting, “Feds stay clear! Moms are here!” at the federal courthouse.”
Omg I hate these idiots
The fact that these imbeciles supposedly reproduced should frighten us all.
Some men will go too far in the name of getting laid.
We have ourselves to blame, really.
women want equal right well guess what batons don’t know the difference between mens or womens skulls
‘Equal rights, and equal lefts.’
Literally a Karen convention.
ohbother
I think the Fed’s using unmarked fans on protestors and teargassing a group of moms is a bad move and truly warrants criticism and condemnation. However, just as bad are roving bands of anarchists causing property damage, setting fires, attacking people, and frightening citizens and businesses. Not all of the protestors are comprised of these violent individuals but they do exist and they are not insignificant.
That Elizabeth Nolan Brown fails to spare even a few sentences for the ongoing violence and destruction caused by some of the protestors is telling and depressing.
One of the critiques about libertarians is that we’re all a bunch of anarchists when, in fact, what we stand for is limited government. The joke goes that lawless countries like Somalia are, indeed, libertarian paradises. When you have libertarians like Brown sparing little to no space to the lawless and destructive behavior of some of the protestors, it shows that, perhaps, this argument has some merit.
It’s probably best that she didn’t spare those few sentences, since she would have ended up advocating for racial violence yet again.
ENB is a marxist cheerleader since the leftist Journolisters she so wants to be all support and defend the violent rioters.
I think the Fed’s using unmarked fans on protestors and teargassing a group of moms is a bad move and truly warrants criticism and condemnation.
The vans weren’t unmarked. One edited video shows the van from the front. Other videos of the same van show it licensed out of the state of Florida. It’s as marked as civilians are required to mark it.
The bigger and more outright offense is that Merkley and Wyden know exactly why the Federal troops are there and are going with the pro-rioter narrative *and Reason is on their side*. Reason, an auspiciously libertarian publication, is effectively siding with the brown shirts and the Nazi party members who are backing them.
As much as we heard that Trump was Hitler in ’16. It appears that somebody like Biden, Harris, Klobuchar, Pelosi, Schumer, AOC, or whomever (Clinton?) is going to wind up more exactlingly cloning Hitler’s playbook.
Just because Elizabeth Warren argued for more nationalism and more socialism, that does not make her a nazi!
Reason, an auspiciously libertarian publication, is effectively siding with the brown shirts and the Nazi party members who are backing them.
This surprises you?
Honest condemnation of #Berkley violence must also condemn those who invited him.What’s point except baiting n inciting in Trump’s America?
Meanwhile China is sending people to reeducation camps to probably die, as evidenced by the ambassador’s inability to provide a coherent rationale for the footage of people being literally filed into trains. But Reason is busy covering the important stuff, like idiot moms using themselves as human shield to protest….the fact that they are human shields? Or something. So brave
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/19/chinas-uk-ambassador-denies-abuse-of-uighurs-despite-fresh-drone-footage
Stunning, too.
Koch Industries loves them some Chinese communism.
OpenBordersLiberal-tarian
#BillionairesKnowBest
Ms Bell wants clinicians to do more to explore the reasons a young person changes gender before they are treated. She believes that during treatment, priority needs to be given to a person’s “biological sex as much as their gender identity”.
HaTe SPeEcH! /woketards
Did all those protesting “moms” get babysitters for the night? Must be a boom time for babysitters in Portlandia.
Michelle Malkin beaten by BLM thugs and prevented from speaking at Denver pro-police rally
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/07/michelle_malkin_beaten_by_blm_thugs_and_prevented_from_speaking_at_denver_propolice_rally.html
To be a bit more accurate:
– Malkin claims some of her colleagues were beaten.
– Malkin herself was shot with silly string.
– The counter protest was organized by two groups, The Party for Socialism and Liberation and the Afro-Liberation Front.
I just watched the video.
Why are you lying? The video makes it clear your actually definitively lying about what happened.
He admitted a few days ago he doesnt actually click links here. He just makes shit up.
Sorry to disappoint you, but I checked out the Malkin tweets, and also read some other coverage from other sources.
More truth bending. I said that I didn’t click on videos about BLM founders being Marxists.
I also said I’ve never thought, more claimed, that the founders of BLM are not Marxists. I have consistently argued that too many people are being labeled as “BLM” and as supporters of Marxism with weak or non-existent evidence. The guilt by association works both ways, too: BLM has been accused of promoting promoting particular incidents of violence with weak or non-existent evidence.
Such a curious selective criteria for “evidence.” It’s pretty amazing how accepting you are of one particular narrative.
Can you be more specific?
What happens at 28:45 in the video? And at 29:53. This is where you play your little Sgt. Schulz game and suddenly become blind.
Who approached whom?
Here is her own tweet where she says she was shot with silly string and other people with her were assaulted:
https://twitter.com/michellemalkin/status/1285109382896685059?s=21
The info about who organized the counter protest came from other news sources.
Antifa Rioters Break Into Portland Police Union and Set It on Fire as Mayor Hamstrings Federal Troops
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/tyler-o-neil/2020/07/19/antifa-rioters-break-into-portland-police-union-and-set-it-on-fire-as-mayor-hamstrings-federal-troops-n661172
PEACEFUL PROTESTS.
MIXTURE OF PEACEFUL AND VIOLENT PROTESTING, DEFYING ANY SIMPLE NARRATIVE ANYONE WANTS TO IMPOSE
Why are we typing in ALL CAPS?
Funny how hard it is for you to acknowledge the rioting. You seem to have no trouble with the simple narrative of “muh stormtroopers” coming from the left.
I acknowledge there is rioting.
So it’s not as simple as police gunning down poor, peaceful protesters? Perhaps there are more than a few bad actors on the left including your precious BLM that have been violent against life and property? Do you admit that government actually should hold those people accountable? Do you admit that there is an amazing dearth of any discussion of what those rioters have done around the country?
Come on. You can do it. Join reality. The food is better here.
I agree with much of what you said. Never didn’t.
Go back and *carefully* read comments I’ve written here, trying not to read anything extra into them.
Stop lying.
LOL. Translation: Stop disagreeing with me! I don’t like it!
Speaking from experience?
Chuck P. (The Artist formerly known as CTSP)
MIXTURE OF PEACEFUL AND VIOLENT
These things are mutually exclusive. You have been schooled for over a week now, lost every argument, and are just sticking with ‘I know you are but what am I’ as a response.
Fuck you with flaming flagpole, you commie shitstain.
Lost every argument.
LOL, you end a claim that I lost every argument with a personal insult to me. The same thing most of the arguments have ended with.
I have news for you. If you end the argument with an insult and no actual argument, I won the debate.
The Pigeon proudly struts after winning his latest round of hooverball.
Yet you are for the peaceful side blocking access to cops responding to the violent side. Weird.
I am?
EVERYTHING IS SO TERRIBLE AND UNFAIR!!!!!
That’s why.
Now THIS I can get behind. Burn down the police stations, but leave my business alone.
This degree of economic inequality is simply not sustainable.
Jeff Bezos has accumulated more wealth this year ($61.4 billion) than Charles Koch has in his entire life ($52.7 billion).
Koch / Reason libertarians aren’t satisfied with an economy in which only some billionaires prosper. We demand an economy in which all billionaires prosper.
Just because Bezos (like Gates, and Zuckerberg, and Ballmer, and Page, and Brin, and Musk, and Ellison, and the Waltons) has found a way to make money in the #DrumpfDepression, it’s not fair to expect Mr. Koch to do the same. Our benefactor cannot thrive if he’s forced to hire people born in the US.
#OpenTheBordersToHelpCharlesKoch
including one pregnant woman
If you’ve ever wondered whether ENB’s stance on abortion and women’s agency had any principles whatsoever, you can rest knowing the answer is “No. No principles whatsoever.” ENB would toss a fetus under a bus to “save a woman” and then toss the woman under the bus to make a point.
You have to explain the logic of what you just wrote. How is ENB throwing a fetus under the bus by mentioning that a pregnant woman was in a crowd of protestors?
If a fetus is just an inanimate clump of cells to be disposed without ceremony or consequence up to and including the moments after being shat out of a woman’s slippery love tunnel then it doesn’t really bear mentioning that a woman involved in a riot was pregnant, now does it?
So, your core complaint about ENB isn’t what she wrote about the pregnant woman at the protest. If she were anti-abortion and mentioned the pregnant woman, that would be OK.
So, your core complaint is that ENB is not anti-abortion. Not getting into a discussion of whether abortion is right or wrong, you must have that complaint about a lot of people, since roughly half of the people in this country are not anti-abortion.
Not to speak for him, but it’s his interpretation of my implication.
Seriously, take the time, maybe attach a pair of jumper cables to your ears, I don’t know, whatever it takes to come back with even a modestly functioning brain.
So, your core complaint about ENB isn’t what she wrote about the pregnant woman at the protest.
I was explaining to you what mad.casual meant since it was incredibly clear and simple, yet somehow eluded you. Invoking the sanctity of a pregnant mother in order to clutch your pearls when you are on record not giving a flying fuck about unborn children makes you look like a histrionic retard trying to use cheap emotional tricks to support your narrative.
Not getting into a discussion of whether abortion is right or wrong, you must have that complaint about a lot of people
Not really, because most people do not write histrionic bullshit on the internet that contravenes their stated principles making themselves into public hypocrites. If you’re cool with post-birth infanticide I don’t want to hear you making emotional appeals because the big bad cops were mean to a pregnant lady. The worst case scenario in your ethical framework is that an inhuman tumor with no value and no rights is destroyed through negligence.
Can you link to a citation where ENB said she doesn’t give a flying fuck about unborn children?
Can you link to a citation where she opposes any form of abortion at any age or, in fact, legalized infanticide such as in NY or VA? Because she has actively supported every single effort. In fact she even argued on this very site that we should have federal funding of abortions because they were cheaper than Medicaid.
But you know that and are just pretending to avoid the difficult reality.
Aborto-Freaks want Womb Cops! It’s the new libertarian fad!
Nope. Ideological and intellectual consistency from a magazine called ‘Reason’ *drink* is what I’m implicitly requesting. I’m fine if the lady in question got pregnant a week ago and is willing to abort the oocyte to spite Trump as long as I don’t have to hear about her using her ovaries as a political tool.
So, is your complaint about ENB or about the woman choosing to go to a protest while pregnant?
I’d actually consider an argument that it was an irresponsible act on the pregnant woman’s part (although, it is totally her First Amendment right to do so).
Holy Fuck are you stupid. Read what I wrote and who I wrote it about. Then read it again, aloud this time. Then go do a few other things for 45-60 min. Then come back and read it aloud again. Don’t post again until you’ve done that.
With cytotoxic you get a twofer. He’s willfully obtuse for the purposes of misrepresenting his opponents, but also too stupid to comprehend the actual arguments.
using her ovaries as a political tool
Are we gonna get reports of every man who knocked up a woman in the previous 9 mos. now too? Or in the riot for equality do we only care about one pair of genitals some of the time?
Nuttplug wants babies sacrificed to Moloch! It’s the new prog fad!
Couldn’t find the two loose neurons you spark to get the rest of your brain to turn over this morning, huh?
Her stance on abortion throws fetuses under a bus dumbass. The fact that, when it’s politically expedient, she’ll highlight a fetus as some sort of special ‘Get Out Of Jail Free’ card that voids the mother’s agency is where she then throws the mother under the bus and loses the rest of the credibility she never really had.
A woman showed up at a riot pregnant? Setting aside that women can and do get pregnant out of spite all the time, as far as ENB’s concerned it’s just a lump of cells and she should be sifting through all the mammograms to make sure none of the other women showed up with potentially malignant lumps.
Don’t blow a gasket. The rhetoric claims a fetus is sacred when useful, and meaningless when not. Tactics. Alinsky, or something.
and meaningless when not
Oh really? Who here implied that, Jeff?
You’re such a dishonest sack of shit.
Er, read it again. That’s not Jeff and doesn’t say what you think.
Hint: sarcasm
Yup. My bad.
Violent crime is out of control in our major cities. The primary impetus behind that is economic, but a lot of it is also because the police are reluctant to interact with criminal suspects in the wake of George Floyd.
“For the five investigations [of police brutality] that were preceded by a viral incident of deadly force, there was a stark increase in crime—893 more homicides and 33,472 more felonies than would have been expected with no investigation. The increases in crime coincide with an abrupt change in the quantity of policing activity. In Chicago alone after the killing of Laquan McDonald, the number of police-civilian interactions decreased by 90% in the month the investigation was announced.
Importantly, in the eight cities that had a viral incident but no investigation, there was no subsequent increase in crime. Investigations are crucial, but we need to find ways of holding police accountable without sacrificing more black lives.
—-Roland G. Fryer Jr., Harvard University
https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-the-data-say-about-police-11592845959
Meanwhile, liberal, young, white professionals are fleeing the cities for the suburbs, applications for background checks are twice as high as they normally are and 40% of them are first time gun buyers. The media continues to behave as if the police are the cause of the crime problem, and that’s practically become the official position of the Democratic party.
How do you think this plays in Peoria?
All of this has happened before. Here’s what happened last time:
The Democrats went all out on the root causes of crime, rehabilitation, and forgiveness. When crime spiked, she shit the Democrats did and said was so embarrassing, it started to look like no one from the reform minded generation could be elected to the White House again. It sure made Michael Dukakis easy pickings for George H.W. Bush’s Willie Horton ad.
The only way the Democrats were able to beat the wrap that they were soft on crime was for them no nominate a southern Democrat from Arkansas, who went out of his way to execute a man who was basically retarded–just to prove that, unlike Dukakis, he was “tough on crime”. I’ll go to my grave criticizing Bill Clinton for that, but the truth of the matter is, he might not have won if he hadn’t done it. After he executed that functionally retarded man–and was criticized for it in public–no one accused him of being soft on crime again.
There were two other large scale reactions to “liberals” back then.
1) The militarization of the police.
It accelerated with 9/11, but that wasn’t where it started. The militarization of the police really started when Daryl Gates started up the first SWAT teams in Los Angeles. No, what he did wasn’t the solution to anything, but the public’s support for it was a reaction to the policies of liberals at the time.
2) Broken Windows policing.
Support for arresting people for minor infractions became an openly discussed and celebrated policy. And we’re not talking about Arizona or Texas. Even in a liberal stronghold like New York City, people like Dinkins were kicked out of office for being soft on crime and blaming the racism of the police, etc. for riots and crime getting out of control. People like Giuliani were cheered on and celebrated in a liberal stronghold for being tough on crime, too.
To get a sense of the public mood at the time, think of the first Mad Max movie, being all about crime spiraling out of control with its catch and release justice system. Think of Robocop, robots and cyborgs are hardly enough to deal with the crime. Best of all, think of Escape from New York, the central premise of which is that if trends continued, the best thing to do with New York City might be to wall it off to keep the out of control criminal population there from affecting the rest of the country.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76jy3zJ9_PE
We are early in this cycle. We’re maybe in the Jimmy Carter getting elected phase. IF IF IF Biden wins office, it’ll be in spite of the things the Democrats and their cheerleaders in the media are saying–not because of them. And if the progressives gain power, 1) getting rid of them will become the most important cause for libertarian freedom and 2) the right-wing backlash when the American public swings away from the progressives will present a bigger threat to our liberty than anything Trump is doing now.
The best thing we can do now is to speak the truth wherever we find it–to both sides of these arguments. The press, in the meantime, is the enemy of liberty. Feeding into this pro-crime narrative unnecessarily with their horseshit is indefensible. Watch for the polls of the American people’s confidence in the news media. I bet we’ll be hitting new lows–lower than in 2016.
Not ti distract from your larger point but that guy wasn’t retarded. About to be apprehended for his monstrous crimes, he tried to blow his brains out like a coward but only succeeded in blowing out half. Assuming he was still appropriate to be punished (because fit to stand trial) AT ALL, I see no particular reason he should not receive that one. Even under the arbitrary retarded execution ban Justice Kennedy would later pull out of his ass that guy can still get the needle.
As I recall, when they asked him why he didn’t finish his last meal (with his favorite food), he supposedly replied that he was saving it for after the execution.
And the larger point was that this is an example of the kinds of things Trump gets away with as free advertising. Clinton wanted to be criticized for being so tough on crime–because voters associated the Democrats with the soft on crime approach.
The Democrats are falling into the same trap now, but no one like Clinton has emerged to be a touch on crime Democrat. The only reason the liberals could bring themselves to back Clinton was because they’d suffered eight years under Reagan and four more under Bush Sr., in no small part because they were considered soft on crime. If they lose again to Trump, they might turn to a tough on crime Democrat like Kamala Harris.
Violent criminals will never be popular with swing voters, no matter what lies the progressives tell themselves and each other on the news.
Just for the record:
“Rector’s appeal for clemency took place during Clinton’s presidential campaign—specifically during the New Hampshire primary . . . . Clinton not only denied Rector’s appeal for clemency but flew home to Arkansas in order to oversee the execution personally.
Rector’s last meal consisted of fried chicken, steak, and pecan pie. According to Marshall Frady, writing for the New Yorker, when Rector had finished eating, he set aside a piece of the pie and told the guards that he would like to save it for later.
https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/rickey-ray-rector-6860/
Regardless of whether he was actually retarded or why, the fact is that Bill Clinton wanted to appear to be especially tough on crime by showing no mercy to a man who was obviously not right in the head. If the man had actually been born with Down syndrome, that only would have made it better from the perspective of Bill Clinton’s reelection campaign.
Oh, and Clinton’s willingness to execute someone for political gain should have been telling of a large truth: There wasn’t anything the Clinton’s wouldn’t have done to further their political goals. Executed someone who was “basically retarded” was just the beginning.
Oh, your larger (and much more important point than mine) still stands. I just wanted to correct a somewhat common misunderstanding about Ricky Ray Rector’s situation, pushed not by you but by other critics of Clinton (who certainly cannot have enough bad said about him already). And about the Kennedy decision.
No one who is not brain damaged before the age of 18 can be technically speaking retarded. And it’s actually only those people who are affected by the Kennedy ban, which is just one of the silly and arbitrary things about it. It’s also important to note that it does not affect the Lennys of the world, but only the very mildest retarded, those who have already have been determined to be adults fully responsible and capable of understanding, planning, and committing first-degree murder (or similar crimes) and of participating in their own defense against the accusation that they did. Absent such determination they would not be facing the needle. And I really don’t see what is so particularly compelling about this particular condition, mild cognitive slowness acquired before 18, being exempted from this particular punishment.
Still less is it clear that a man who failed a suicide attempt as the cops were closing in should be exempt from that particular punishment provided he was fit to defend himself at trial and therefore receive any punishment whatsoever. Which was indeed decided, and I believe not contested in appeal. Questioning whether a man who thinks he will finish his pecan pie posthumously is capable of adequate defense of his own interests and justice, even while represented by counsel, seems legitimate. Saying he is, but that he should be ineligible for the most severe sentence for his able-minded crimes simply because he later crippled himself out of cowardice, seems another thing. The best argument against putting him down was probably the absurdity of doing so to a suicide attempt!
No one who is not brain damaged before the age of 18 can be technically speaking retarded
Completely and irrefutably wrong.
It’s the fucking medical definition of the term. Consult Professor Google. Here; this one from fringe alternative-medicine quackhouse Emory University School of Medicine is the top result.
Even the name, “mental retardation,” betrays its definition. It means one’s development is “retarded.” You’re not retarded if you cognitively developed into adulthood normally but later became mentally disabled.
I don’t know where you got such impressive confidence on this point, but boy is it misplaced.
let us not forget that there’s a 99% chance Clinton won because Ross Perot was in the race.
I haven’t checked in the last couple days/week but, ammo shortages at Bass Pro in E. Peoria.
Watching the news these days is like watching interdimensional cable on Rick and Morty. It’s like the news is covering a different universe.
A Christian Blog I follow summarized White Fragility. https://www.challies.com/articles/white-fragility-and-the-story-it-tells/
I’ll look forward to him responding to its arguments.
Trump, Meadows, McConnell, Mnuchin et al working on Trump Welfare and Handout Virus Bill of 2020 version 4.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-18/white-house-against-testing-funds-in-stimulus-bill-wash-post
From the link:
“The meeting comes as the Trump administration balks at $25 billion in new funding favored by Republican lawmakers to help states with coronavirus testing and contact tracing, according to a person familiar.
Trump’s team also opposes a plan to allocate billions for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and extra funding for the Pentagon and State Department to address the pandemic around the world, said the person, who wasn’t authorized to speak publicly.
Were you trying to make President Trump look good?
He is trying to hide the 3.5 trillion bill Nancy wants.
Trump doesn’t want testing because the daily new peaks of infection make him look bad.
He doesn’t have a libertarian bone in his body. He just wants to look good for the election and he just looks like a clueless douchebag.
You mean like Pelosi’s UBI? But at least democrats pay for the welfare or something, right?
Turd is too coked-up to know what *he’s* doing, but proposes to tell us why someone else is doing something.
Got fuck your nephew, turd.
#freedarfur
#bringbackourgirls
AlmightyJB
The Noble Protestor reminds me a lot of the Noble Savage.
First Amendment: “Congress shall make no law … abridging … the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
Does this apply to the rest of us, currently prohibited from, oh, going to a restaurant?
There is a loophole where you could claim that you are dining out in protest. Or a restaurant could claim it’s service on any particular night is an organized protest.
I’m not even half joking. I wonder if any restaurant has tried that.
Funny, my wife and I were talking about organizing a block party last night (Portland suburb). De4cided the only way we would get away with it was if we put up a buncha BLM signs and called it a protest.
You could found an organization called Block Lives Matter. Same initials.
One benefit, assuming you are a libertarian, is that anyone has a block party after your founding of Block Lives Matter would be supporting libertarianism. Unless you issue an official Block Lives Matter press statement saying you denounce their activity.
I’ve been told this is how the rules of association work. 🙂
is that anyone has a block party after your founding of Block Lives Matter would be supporting libertarianism.
If there was a website up that said “abolish the FDA, eliminate all taxes and Affirmative Action”, then yes, that would be correct. Otherwise it would be full of people shaking their fist who don’t know what the fuck they were doing.
I don’t have any problem with people who admit they don’t know what the fuck they were doing. And as I said previously, I suspect a whole lot of people don’t. But as time goes on, yeah, I suspect more and more people will have their Kmele Foster moment and say, “Hang on, the destruction of the nuclear family?!!”
But sure, you gave money to Storm Front thinking they were an All Lives Matter movement. I’ll give you a pass on that.
Does no one else find it troubling that when contemplating getting people together, there is (un)Official State Propaganda that comes to mind, as required promotion?
There was a car race recently that was a ‘race for unity’ and the governor was pissed off as hell. You can google it.
A California school registered a graduation ceramony as a protest and held it… ~300 people got covid from it
You didn’t see the “virus exception” clause in the constitution?
Does peaceably mean something different to you?
You are going to blow right by the ‘peaceably’ part…..
Illocust
The article about the girl who is de-transitioning mentions research done by an activist group that says only 1% of people come to regret doing so. Leaving aside that an activist group has every reason to use dodgy methodology to get the results they want.
I’d be interested to see research on how many people are convinced to walk away from transitioning. The girl says within three meetings she was on the drug. Surely someone could check if this is a standard experience. If NHS was doing due diligence on their patients, you’d expect some percentage of people to be turned down because they don’t actually have gender dysphoria and instead some other underlying issue that needs to be fixed.
J.K. Rowling wrote an essay centering on exactly those questions, and is currently being threatened with cancellation.
she probably peaked anyway.
Her having more money than Gringotts makes it hard to cancel her. Her livelihood can’t be threatened.
Exactly my thought. According to her, the process in the UK used to take much longer. The current trans rights activists are just pushing to make it go faster and faster.
She argues caution in making such massive changes before gender reassignment.
Only 1% regret doing so. Otherwise, people were generally so satisfied with their new gender that all the suicides are autoerotic.
You should look into an organization called “mermaids”. The shit they’re doing will turn you pale.
The Moms are the new The Nurses.
But much, much, much uglier
Fn leftist cows
>H-1B visa restrictions cause more offshoring of jobs
So better to have the foreigners working the jobs here because reasons. Before COVID, the numbers spoke differently.
Some of the reasons would be paying taxes here, consuming goods in the economy here, helping businesses here succeed and therefore be able to hire other people.
So we get to iron their shirts? We get to have welfare checks funded by them? Yay!
Seriously, have you worked among H1B’s? They are notoriously frugal and what they do spend is spent on their own ethnic enclave and the state run airline of their home country on which they travel from time to time. Not much else.
Not just worked among them. Hired them.
They rented apartments and houses, went out to restaurants, bought cars, went on vacations because they were excited to be in America. Started applying for citizenship because they love being here and wanted to become Americans.
Oh. So this is the DoL sock.
Shouldnt have responded with your fake business.
Apologies sarcasmic.
There are absolutely problems with the way the visas are structured that sometimes makes it possible for employers to exploit foreign workers, but the thing to do is fix the laws so they allow the workers to be out there on in a free labor market, not to shut out immigration and guest workers.
Wait so we’re against all immigrants now, not just illegal ones? It’s hard to keep up.
Hey listen pal, it’s either a zero-sum game or they don’t want to play it.
On a serious note though, did you have to list taxes as a positive (and first on the list)?
I get that listing paying taxes as a positive is a negative to many libertarians, but it’s a pretty standard argument when someone asks about what some person taking up space in our country is contributing: “they are paying taxes”.
And it’s pretty common to use the opposite argument: those illegal aliens aren’t paying any taxes!
How strange that those same jobs can’t be created here without those people. Seems like the only ones arguing zero sum here are the open borders crowd.
This isn’t just an abstract claim. I’ve been though it as a hiring manager: it can be very hard to find people with the skills you need for a specific job. That’s why you go to all the hassle of hiring someone on an H-1B.
Right it’s not the slave labor conditions or pay.
Sure pal.
Name one.
You mean a set of skills at a reduced price.
Fats of Fury
it can be very hard to find people with the skills you need for a specific job
Especially when you are removing the native employee doing the job after requiring them to train their H1b replacement.
^^^^^^This 100%
So have I. I’ve seen plenty of H1-B’s that didn’t live up to the hype.
Yea, but HR drones like white knight are doing the hiring, so you definitely can’t expect competence
First thing I did with an opening was get HR out of the way.
That’s generally true of immigration; however H-1B is a massive perversion in the labor market.
H-1B visa holders cannot easily switch employers without risking their visa. Their employer knows this. This means that H-1B holders get forced into longer hours for less money because they don’t want to get sent home. That distorts the rest of the market, because as long as the employer can get more relatively cheap H-1B workers they have no reason to hire natively.
I’m all for more skilled workers immigrating here, but H-1B is not the way to do it. Get rid of the sponsorship concept altogether so that once the workers arrive they have all the options in the labor market that native workers do.
This is absolutely true. All the H1B workers Ive known experience suppressed wages and live in fear of making any mistakes because the employer knows they have to leave the country if they quit/get fired.
I don’t disagree with this at all. You are correct.
Some of the reasons would be paying taxes here
Nice of you to acknowledge that you only view those precious brown bodies as a means to keeping your welfare state going. Let’s not talk about the fact that H1Bs displace American workers for lower pay and hence contribute less overall to the tax coffers. Let’s also not talk about the fact that OPT1 and other visa programs allow workers to stay for up to 3 years and work at any employer without either the immigrant or the employer having to pay one thin dime in payroll tax.
Didn’t mean to flag myself. Reason seriously needs an edit function on the comments.
China Is Using Uighur Labor to Produce Face Masks
A Times video investigation identified Chinese companies using a contentious labor program for Uighurs to satisfy demand for P.P.E., some of which ended up in the United States and other countries.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/19/world/asia/china-mask-forced-labor.html
Hey T, gonna mandate masks?
https://www.getyarn.io/yarn-clip/cb376296-d066-4fb3-ab78-4061253b12b3
“It’s nice to see some lawmakers actually attempting to use their power to stop this, instead of simply trying to score Twitter points with spurious allegations that libertarians aren’t freaking out enough.
—-Elizabeth Nolan Brown
How dare they say such a thing!
I can personally attest to the fact that ENB has been crying wolf almost daily for more than three and a half years now.
I’m trying to remember when it was that I first stopped running to find out what was going on every time ENB cried wolf. I think it was that time she covered one of Gloria Allred’s clients, a porn star who (as I recall) did bukkake and gang bang videos, on the one hand, but was also suing candidate Trump for traumatizing her by greeting her with a kiss on the cheek without asking for permission first.
https://reason.com/2016/10/22/donald-trump-accused-of-offering-porn-st/
It’s easy to forget the kind of bullshit they threw at Trump trying to make anything stick in 2016, but try to remember that one of the reasons Trump wining was so hilarious was because the win was so unexpected given how hard they tried and all the stuff they pulled. The Russia investigation was just a continuation of that.
Oh, and Michelle Fields!
Remember when they were accusing candidate Trump of running Nuremberg like rallies, complete with exhortations to violence and neo-Brownshirts, all culminating in the assault of Michelle Fields?
I take the threat of the economy making people crazy in the wake of the virus to President Trump’s reelection more seriously than I do the threat posed by the accusation that President Trump is paying it back to anti-fa with interest, but it’s also important to remember that the allegations against Trump were much more serious in 2016 than they are now.
When they released that “pussy grabbing” tape just ahead of his debate with Hillary Clinton, I thought he was doomed. It takes an arrogant SOB to walk in front of the cameras after having that set against him and clean Hillary Clinton’s clock on national television. It was like watching Evel Knievel, everybody was tuned to watch the crash. Instead, they saw the greatest come from behind victory in Superbowl history. The economy is a big hill to climb, but I wouldn’t count him out yet, especially not when the Democrats keep repeatedly stabbing themselves in the feet with Green New Deals amid a recession and chants of “defund the police” amid a huge spike in violent crime.
If you lost all respect for ENB why come here and read her blog post every morning?
I usually don’t bother.
I here to read the comments in the morning thread anyway.
When’s the last time you saw someone here say, “RTFA”?
That’s generally not necessary.
IMO, the way it stopped is more pointed/hilarious. RTFA became the problem. People would read the article *and the citations* and the ‘don’t believe your lying eyes, wet roads cause rain’ narrative was too obvious. And not out of any parroting false narrative/naivete either. Not an example specific to ENB but Ted Cruz would say, “I hate Donald Trump’s liberal values.” and Reason would, entirely of its own accord, pen an article “Ted Cruz hates liberty.”
Because the comments set a new record every time?
Are you fucking her? Mind your fucking business.
Trump wants “larger stimulus checks” than Democrats want.
Trump said on Fox Business Wednesday that he not only supports second stimulus checks, but also that he supports a “larger” second stimulus check than the Democrats. “I do. I support it, but it has to be done properly,” Trump said. “I support actually larger numbers than the Democrats.”
https://www.forbes.com/sites/zackfriedman/2020/07/01/second-stimulus-checks-trump/#4ef2b80f1181
GIT YER TRUMP HANDOUT NOW BOYS! HE IS A LIBERTARIAN GODSEND!
Extend those +$600 unemployment bennies forever. How could paying people more to not work go wrong? Get yer Pelosi Plunder here!
“I support actually larger numbers than the Democrats.” Trump
Proud of him yet?
Fuck Pelosi. She can’t do shit without the Con Man’s signature.
From your link, turd:
“Return to work bonus instead of unemployment
Trump also said he prefers a “return-to-work” bonus over extending supplemental unemployment benefits…”
You remain one of, if not the, most pathetic pieces of lefty shit to post here, and given the field of low-watt bulbs, that’s saying a lot.
“given the field of low-watt bulbs…”
They’re just trying to stop global warming.
He wants $2 trillion worth of handouts, you moronic old fag.
This is your “libertarian” hero?
Pelosi wants 3.5.
So you admit you can’t read? Oh, and your erotic fantasies are irrelevant.
No one said he was. Ever.
Yeah, it’s just that the “lesser of two evils” was the incompetent mentally deformed proto-fascist, because he didn’t remind white boys of their shrill math teachers.
The only fascists I see are the American SA rioting and destroying along with your party’s “Green New Deal” which is, literally, fascism.
But keep up the Goebbels Big Lie. You learned it well.
So normal citizens protesting for their interests is fascism, but the unmarked vans sent by the head of government to round them up isn’t. Also I’m the one who has a problem understanding what words mean. Got it.
“Normal citizens” burning, killing, raping, and looting you mean. Yes, the SA was fascist and your pals in ANTIFA and BLM not to mention your preferred political party is fascist. They and you literally want the government to control industry held in “private” hands and you will invent as many death cult religions as needed to get that power.
Why are federal goons needed to handle these crimes? The local and state authorities–who you trust to do everything else under the sun–are asking them to get out. Stop and think about what you’re mindlessly supporting because it has an (R) after it, once in a while.
So normal citizens protesting for their interests is fascism, but the unmarked vans sent by the head of government to round them up isn’t.
It’s communism.
How odd that every single bailout has come under Nancy. And yet all you can do is think of ways to sniff her grannypants.
And she’s your great “liberrtarian” hero.
you moronic old fag.
Careful, you’re not Joy Reid. You’re not allowed to use those slurs.
Single check. Versus the UBI and increased weekly unemployment check Democrats want which ends up being much more.
But you knew that you dishonest piece of shit.
But this is the kind of thing you would normally support so what’s your criticism exactly?
Unicorn Abattoir
federal agents fired tear gas into a group of moms, including one pregnant woman, who were peacefully gathering to demand police reform.
This is hardly the first time that lefties have used their kids as human shields.
Well, in all fairness, it would now be unconstitutional for the police NOT to fire tear gas at women if they would fire tear gas at men under the same circumstances.
The police have finally embraced feminism and we’re still finding stuff to complain about.
A woman using her pregnancy manipulatively? Somebody get my fainting couch!
With extra pillows for my lower back.
And some pickles and ice cream.
Also, get rid of whatever that smell is.
I assumed it was lefty moms acting as human shields for their lefty kids. That seems to be the pattern, media filming the designated non-violent group as the others sneak around the back to light shit on fire. They finally realized that nobody has any sympathy for the bitchy millennial girls that have been getting the baton, so they sent in the Karens.
They’re all the Karen’s.
Seriously- can you think of anything more Karen than the peaceful aspect of these protests?
There’s that, but no. There are many cases where adult protesters have placed children between them and police.
Here’s an oldie but a goodie
Janet Reno actually killed kids, American kids that is, those who escaped the living hell of Cuba were sent back to hell by her. the left does not care if your a woman or a child so why should we
Well, Reno had to make up for all those false child sex abuse convictions she had as Florida AG.
So, longer story short both sides sent outside agitators? Seems fair to me.
You’ll never read that from the Uterus.
“That doesn’t bode well for the idea that they were sent in with mitigation in mind.”
Any chance at all for a link to who said they were there for mitigation?
Last I heard they were there to protect federal buildings, a perfectly valid use of federal employees.
They were sent there to protect federal buildings and are in the process of rolling Antifa and BLM up like a rug. That is why ENB and her ilk are so unhappy.
One wonders what there is to “mitigate” at a peaceful protest as well.
If you accept that “mitigation” is valid, you’re tacitly admitting that there is behavior that needs to be mitigated.
Yes, and the point? What I, and others, have argued is that there is a mix of peaceful and violent, not that it is all peaceful.
Yet somehow you seem incapable of finding any of the violence. It’s just something that happened somewhere, sometime, done by somebody instead of being ubiquitous. Your blind spot is most revealing.
There have been specific acts of violence. For example, some protestors tried to set the Federal building on fire.
I have never said otherwise.
I’m sorry, peaceful protests don’t have body counts.
Peaceful protests don’t have businesses burned to the ground.
If any part of a protest gets so out of hand that lives are endangered, it all has to stop.
SaraLovr4u
Reason.com is a filthy rag staffed with government whores.
If you believe that, why are you here?
You could ask the same of the protesters. Why don’t you?
Ok Rachel Maddow, you keep being you.
I don’t doubt her account of what happened, but the videos she posted with her claims are nearly useless. She needs to learn to hold her phone more still while taking videos.
MacDaddy81
The mental gymnastics Reason is using to defend these commie scum are amazing. Useful idiots. These commies will put you up against the wall, too.
Yeah! I’m sure all those moms are commies! Every one of them!
Nah they just attend commie outings for fun.
If the movement you support was founded by self proclaimed Marxists, and on it’s own website describes itself as anti-capitalist, you shouldn’t be surprised when lining up with them gets you called a commie.
You are absolutely correct. You shouldn’t be surprised.
Simultaneously true that the person calling you a commie is engaging in collectivist thought by lumping you in with commies. Which means the person calling you a commie is engaging in a way of thinking that is foundational to communism.
Also you’re allowed to be a communist without the government hitting you with a stick in this country.
You’re allowed to own property without those communists burning it or stealing it aided by said government.
Do you realize that the typical American conservative has only really ever had one political belief in like 400 years?: “Keep the scary black people away!” Keep up the good work.
Do you realize that the typical American progressive invented eugenics to kill all the scary black people? Invented Jim Crow laws to keep them from voting? Was born and will die embracing slavery?
Like all good fascists (and unlike you I use the word knowingly and correctly), all you can do is project your own evil on those who oppose you.
Nope. You’re not telling the truth.
That is true. What relevance does that have to a protest in front of a government building?
Explain why those “mostly peaceful” protests have destroyed property.
This isn’t hard unless you’re trying to avoid the truth.
“Mostly peaceful” are not my words, and I cannot defend them.
All *I* have ever said is that there is a mix of peaceful and violent, and I don’t know the proportions.
All *I* have ever said is that the peaceful protestors have a Constitutional right to protest, and it is wrong to use guilt by association to paint a peaceful protestor as a violent protestor.
When you join with a mob you become part of the mob and what ever transpires. If you do it once and walk away when it becomes violent or illegal you are not guilty by association. If you stick with them and return day after day you are guilty by association.
What you are saying is if you drive a person or more to a bank and they go in and rob it you are not guilty by association. If you don’t know they are robbing it I agree. If you continue to go back and drive them a second or more times you are guilty of bank robbery.
All of the participants in these protests that always turn into riots know what they are getting into and are not innocent.
Now do your collectivizing of the police. Go on. We’ll wait.
Ah yes, I’m the REAL communist. Not the ones out there marching for the end of capitalism.
Most recent protests have been for police reform, not ending capitalism. Maybe all.
Yes, acknowledging the groupings that people voluntary place themselves in is exactly the same as communism.
Log the fuck off you fucking smoothbrained retard, holy fucking shit.
“Oh so just because I believe that Jesus Christ is my lord and savior and I go to church every Sunday you’re just going to COLLECTIVE me and call me a CHRISTIAN?!”
That’s COS play by antifa. One “mom” literally scrawled “Mommy” on her Goodwill t-shirt. This staged act is straight out of Hamas’ playbook.
A good reporter might look into the contacts between Islamist militias and leftist activists in the west, though it’s only a partnership that’s existed for 60 years…
Then, maybe look at the Arab Spring and recognize who was behind it and how they’re pulling the exact same shit here.
You want to know why Obama/HRC/all our intel agencies went from taking Russian bribes to painting Putin as the world’s #1 bad guy?
Because he won’t play by their rules, and intervened in the Soros/deep state attempted seizures of Ukraine and Syria.
If you just study the events that have happened and ignore the characterization (aka spin) of those events, a clear picture emerges
American Socialist
God, I can’t wait to see what Reason “libertarian” commenters are going to be saying when Joe Biden sends in federal troops to make sure people have the right to vote in Oklahickastan. Probably something different than they are now. Principals over principles.
are you there God? it’s me, amsoc.
We’ve already seen what you think when team socialism uses the power of the federal government to harass people on the right exercising their constitutional rights.
The train fetish on the left never changed from 1940.
Now with pictures from paragon of liberty China!
He’s going to use federal troops to stop poll workers from asking for ID?
Did I miss something? Is Joe Biden president?
Art Kumquat
ENB is reporting at home using Twitter. Classic. Great sources no bias there.
Reason should maybe get on the ground there and find out what’s really happening.
Well, it’s the age of covid. You can’t be too careful.
It is the daily Reason Roundup blog post. The idea is to post some links to a few current news stories, and promote some links to other Reason posts, that people can read and discuss with their morning coffee. In that context, linking to tweets is appropriate, and original reporting is not expected.
Having said that, I don’t think ENB is the best writer at Reason, nor always balanced, nor looking too hard for contradictions to her narrative.
nor always balanced, nor looking too hard for contradictions to her narrative.
Seems like that should make her your favorite. Selective nuance seems to be your thing.
Someone brought up a great point that I hadn’t even thought of: Joe Biden’s mental state is apparently declining so rapidly that he can’t even record a short video tribute to the deceased civil rights icon John Lewis from his Delaware basement.
One of Biden’s lackeys did do a Twitter post with an embedded minute long video montage of John Lewis clips and quotes, however Sleepy Joe himself appears nowhere in the video, not even for a few seconds simply as a voice-over.
Do you have any idea how pathetic it is to normal people when grown-ass adults call politicians childish names, and they can’t even come up with something original?
Does Trump do your shitting for you in addition to your thinking?
Honestly, I’m beginning to wonder if Basement Boy is ever going to be seen outside of his basement alive again. He spends more time hiding out down there than a lazy, unmotivated college post-grad.
Best as I can tell, nobody outside of his own immediate family and closest inner circle has seen or talked to him in about a week!
You can see why he has Tony’s vote.
You’re going to have to do a lot better. He’s up 15 points. Hurry along and figure out if he sent work emails on a private account. You know, a real scandal.
But #RUSSIA.
Yeah, the president of the United States got elected with the help of Russian election interference. This is not a controversial fact except among mindless zombie Trumpbots who believes everything that comes out of his weird little mouth.
Trump? The biggest liar known to man. You believe the self-serving things he says as a government official because… you’re a libertarian? A dumbass? Whatever.
At least he didn’t ask for and pay Russian intelligence for misinformation in an attempt to influence the election or use the DOJ and intelligence agencies against his opponent. If you voted for who the Russians preferred in this election that is on you. They always prefer one of the candidates over the other as many countries do but no one has ever said the election was influenced by a foreign country. Maybe it is because of the failing education of our young the Democrats have taken control of that you have no confidence in the reasoning and thinking of Americans. Like you they are now being indoctrinated instead of educated and the IQ level has dropped significantly. Anyone that attempts to talk to or reason with a lefty soon realizes they have the IQ of a rock but unlike a rock that at least remains silent they remove all doubt quickly by talking.
You mean like “Drumpf” or “Orange?”
RockLibertyWarrior
@Tony Don’t even need to read your fucking stupid “comment” its all a bunch of drivel as usual, parroting left wing horse shit and being a fucking moron. “Hurdy dur da Orange man is bully.” You haven’t done everybody a favor and drank Draino yet, stupid?
I come here just to read the comments.
As far as I am concerned, Reason could just have headlines and comments
“not specifically trained in riot control or mass demonstrations”
Why is it relevant that they lack riot-control training? Is there some kind of riot going on?
Jeff Mason
Portland officials may not want the Federal police there but what about its citizens? The officials have sided with the mob from the start but I am sure there are more people who want the rioting and looting to stop than want to see it expand. The Fed is doing what state and local officials refuse to do – THEIR JOBS. If its your home or business they are destroying, you’ll beg for the police – local, state or Federal – to stop them.
End PC
Low intensity law enforcement perpetuates conflicts. Tolerating mob lawbreaking is provocative. That notion is unpopular with shortsighted democratic politicians, but not tolerating it is the only practical approach, otherwise more intense lawbreaking tends to follow.
Scott McClelland
Never in my worst nightmares could I have imagined that Reason would advocate capitulation to a Marxo-anarchist revolutionary front. Federal agents were sent to Portland for one reason: to protect federal facilities from being overrun and destroyed by violent mobs so that they can continue to serve the public, most importantly by keeping the federal courts open and functioning. They are not there to do anything else and they haven’t.
There is one and only one reason why this action was necessary. The city government of Portland categorically REFUSES to protect federal facilities within their jurisdiction.
SHAME ON THE REASON FOUNDATION for this spineless and immoral surrender to the forces of leftist tyranny! Shame on you for hastening the destruction of the one nation on earth that prevents tyranny from overwhelming the entire planet!
A pox upon your house and all who live in it!
For many years I have described myself as a libertarian constitutional conservative, but that ends now. I am done with libertarianism for good. Libertarianism is the Flat Earth Society of political philosophy.
You are mistaking Reason for libertarianism. KMW has trashed the brand.
What this article implies is they need more federal police in these cities. The “moms” involved also is further proof that children raised by women in single parent homes are more likely to be less educated and more prone to violence and crime.
As a parent I always taught my children to not become one of the crowd and to be an individual. If my children made the mistake of acting like these mobs and they were under 18 they would have been restricted from leaving the house and required to talk to me about their thinking. If they were over 20 I would reason with them but let them know how stupid they were acting and made them think about it. As a father I found most of the time I could cure stupid even if sometimes it hurt. These mothers joining with the children are no doubt low IQ products of liberal schools that are uninformed and easily influenced.
What we are seeing today is not a result of George Floyd or any recent occurrence. This was planned from almost a hundred years ago by extreme radical leftist and the world wealthy elite and is the culmination of what they planned. With a little research you can read the alarming steps that have been taken over the last century slowly and patiently to the point we are at today. Americans have felt safe and secure and have disregarded the warnings that have been called conspiracy theories and failed to act and now we have arrived at the tipping point. This is not going to go away unless Americans wake up and unite if enough are left to stop it.
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“their militarized approach”
As opposed to standing by doing nothing as rioters ravage the city.
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“The feds want to tear-gas protesters.” Oh so that is what you fucking call them “Reason” not what they really are, rioters, looters, assaulters etc. that the police will do nothing about. I thought you people are “Reason” were for private property? Or are you still trying to make the left love you which they will never do? A misleading title to a misleading article. The government if it has to exist has one job and that is to protect people and property.
Holy shit! Reason has gone to shit these last few years.
Reason authors probably have always been like this, it’s just that the last few years have revealed what kinds of reprehensible authoritarians and propagandists they actually are.
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The author seems to have forgotten to mention the fact that these “peaceful protesters” have repeatedly attempted to firebomb inhabited Federal Buildings.
I kinda think the Fed’s have legitimate cause to try to prevent people from burning down Federal buildings and the people inside them.
I’m sorry, but I’m going to trust local news on this one. Two weeks Ago. KOIN News. Headline “Terribly Upsetting, Portland Takes In Riot Damage”, which has pictures and detailed accounts of the damage these riots were causing, including using fireworks (which, remember, are actual bombs) to damage statues, buildings, and harm people. There is even a picture of a federal building so heavily graffitied and scorched that I can’t say for certain which one it is.There are dozens or hundreds of stories about the damage that was caused.
Peaceful Protests don’t have body counts and don’t torch buildings to the ground. The idea that these were peaceful, harmless protests until the Federal Police arrived is a transparent and rather absurd lie. These riots have been going on for nearly two months essentially unopposed. Of course, things will get heated when someone actually fights back.
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Remembering Hell
Note from Cyn: I wrote this on July 3, 2011. It’s archived in the old posts but figured it couldn’t hurt to bring it out since the Cubs are finally in the NLCS again.
I reviewed the documentary “Catching Hell” without intending to. I wrote the below because while watching the documentary I started yelling at the television and then remembered I wrote a blog where I could vent my frustrations. So here it is.
July 3, 2011: So I’m home and going through the On Demand listings and I come across “Catching Hell“, a documentary described as exploring “the phenomenon of scapegoating by examining what the fateful deflected foul ball in Game 6 of the 2003 NLCS did to Cubs fans and Bill Buckner’s error in the 1986 World Series did to Boston fans”. Sounds like 104 minutes of fun, right? This was made for ESPN’s 30 for 30 series and I almost didn’t watch it. I really go out of my way, even now, to avoid watching anything from Game 6 but in buying this On Demand I made the decision to watch it. No sense in paying to watch the documentary and skip through the painful parts, right?
I know that it is completely insane that after 2004 and 2007, watching the end of that game is still painful, but it is. It hurt me physically to watch it. Really made my heart and body ache. There was never, ever, a time when I “blamed” Bill Buckner for what happened, never, but there is no denying that there were many who did (truth be told, more in the media and around the country than locally. I’ve honestly never met anyone who held hatred or anger toward Buckner who lived in the area. Hell, he got cheered when he came back to Boston as a player…that bit of information always gets left out of any discussions about Bill Buckner).
So I expected to watch this and be annoyed by comparing something that happened in the LCS to something that happened in the World Series (as far as the pain of the fans) but I wasn’t. Alex Gibney, the filmmaker (and Boston Red Sox fan) did a wonderful job of showing in painful detail how scapegoating both Bartman and Buckner was so ridiculous and unfair that the personal pain kind of went away. I’ll say this about the Cubs fans, I have a different view of them now. I will never get over hearing the fans not only chanting “asshole”at him but yelling things like “we’re going to kill you!” and “Put a twelve gauge in his mouth and pull the trigger” and throwing things at him. Definitely not a high point for baseball fans. I did NOT expect to be more upset by the Bartman incident than the Buckner one but the filmmakers really covered it in such detail that I couldn’t help getting upset for Steve Bartman (not the Cubs fans. Definitely not the Cubs fans) like it just happened. I was genuinely yelling “Oh my God!” at some of what was shown. How Fox and Steve Lyons hammered the visual of Bartman over and over and how the fans fed off of Moises Alou and instead of supporting the team after that, spent the rest of the game torturing Bartman. (And, really, based on the audio and video, Lyons and Fox are as responsible for what happened to him as the Cubs fans are. ) Friendly Confines, my ass.
Ironically, anyone who blamed Buckner or Bartman seemed to forget that both games were game sixes. Each team had an entire game to finish things off and couldn’t seal the deal. I guess it’s more fun to blame folks than it is to accept that your team failed.
I have to tell you, too, that after watching the replay of Moises Alou’s reaction over and over, I take issue with how he acted. His actions (or REactions) helped fuel the fire that changed Steve Bartman’s life forever. It pleased me that Gibney says in a voice over “Moises Alou was NOT a great fielder. Would he have made the catch [had Bartman not been there]?” To this day, Alou is “…convinced 100 percent” that he would have made the catch. Using technology where they erased the crowd from the shot, it does look like Alou would have made the catch. But we’ll never know. Is ruining a man’s life a good trade off for your favorite team losing?
The filmmaker wants to get your blood boiling and he does. Not only showing us Buckner and Bartman, but reminding us about Jeffrey Maier. (Interesting that Maier gets treated like a God for legitimate fan interference while Steve Bartman is forever reviled for doing something all the fans around him were also doing.)
All in all an interesting, but also sad look at how fans protect their own feelings by picking a scapegoat so they can continue to root for the laundry.
The majority of the documentary covers Bartman and what happened surrounding what happened in game 6 but it is bookended by Bill Buckner and the Red Sox. Fascinating to hear him talking about how he really didn’t know how he missed the ball and never watched the replay until recently where he studied in slow motion what happened. (According to him, the ball went by his glove not between his legs. Not sure what he means specifically by that) Buckner didn’t watch the 2004 World Series because Fox kept showing his error video. (Yes, this film is full of more reasons to hate Fox.)
The Boston segment ends with Bill Buckner’s trip back to Fenway in 2008 for Opening Day. A quote from him at the pre-game presser that I had almost forgotten about gives us more proof of where the whole vilification of Bill Buckner came from.
“I had to forgive, not the fans of Boston per se, but in my heart I had to forgive the media for what they put me and my family through”
On the record for the film he says that he felt the crowd “wanted me to feel better”. We sure did, Bill.
It also gets pointed out that Bill Buckner, in becoming a professional baseball player, asked for the limelight and the good and bad that came with it and Steve Bartman didn’t ask for any of it. I do agree with this in a sense. I can’t imagine having your entire life change over something you didn’t even realize was happening at the time.
To this day, Steve Bartman is in hiding from Cubs fans. The stories are that he doesn’t even use credit cards because he doesn’t want to risk anyone recognizing his name. In a sense, he’s lost his identity because people don’t know where to draw the line.
“There are many who say the city should forgive Bartman but it’s really up to Bartman to forgive Chicago.” Can’t really say I would blame him if he never did.
October 15, 2015 Posted by Cyn | 2015 | 1986 Boston Red Sox, 2003 Chicago Cubs, 2003 NLCS, 30 for 30, Bill Buckner, Boston Red Sox, ESPN, Steve Bartman | Leave a comment
Catching Hell
I’ve been pretty vocal regarding my feelings about the Cubs making it to the NLCS. Let’s just say it doesn’t make me happy.
A fair amount of people have asked me how I could possibly root against a team that hasn’t won a championship in over 100 years. Many are adamant that I’m just spiteful and have no good reason to dislike the Cubs. They bring up the Red Sox drought and how I should feel a companionship with the Cubs fans because as a Red Sox fan I know their pain. This is all too true.
In the 2003 post-season, I was much too involved with the Red Sox/Yankees ALCS to pay much attention to what was going on with the Cubs and Marlins. I probably had the NLCS on but I honestly don’t remember one game of it. So I have no memory of my own of the October 14th “Bartman” game at Wrigley Field. All my memories of it come after, from the news, the Internet and the documentary “Catching Hell” that ESPN produced for their 30 for 30 series.
Which means I didn’t immediately hold the treatment of Steve Bartman against the Cubs fans. In my mind, initially, it was just fans giving another fan grief because he interfered with a ball in play and it seemed to affect the outcome of the game. The fans acted like jerks, but all fans act like jerks at one time or another (even you St Louis Cardinals fans) so let’s note they acted crummy and move on with our lives.
Then in 2011 I watched “Catching Hell” on-demand and it changed my view of Cubs fans forever. What they did went beyond giving a fan grief. They tormented Steve Bartman and ruined his life. Ruined it, genuinely, all over a baseball game. (I should note that “Catching Hell” doesn’t just cover Bartman but Bill Buckner as well.)
The argument from many is that ANY fans (maybe, especially Red Sox fans) would have reacted the way the Cubs fans did. I reject this false premise. I will always reject this because we haven’t seen it happen. There have been plenty of goats in Major League Baseball over the last 12 years and where is the next Bartman?
ESPN has been kind enough to post the documentary in its entirety. I’ll save you a click and share it below. I implore you to watch it if for no other reason than to understand how some people. such as yours truly, will have a very difficult time ever forgiving the Cubs fans.
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October 15, 2015 Posted by Cyn | 2015 | 2003 NLCS, 30 for 30, Chicago Cubs, ESPN, Steve Bartman | 1 Comment
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The Young and the Restless’ Adam Has Nothing Left to Lose — and He’s Gunning for Rey!
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Will The Young and the Restless character unleash his inner monster to win his lady love?
Adam’s been spiraling since finding out he killed a man as a boy, and Billy printing an exposé of his wrongdoings only made things worse. With Adam’s son, Connor, being sent away to boarding school, Chance regretting their Vegas connection, Chelsea no longer willing to back Adam’s hopes of exacting revenge, and Sharon, the last person he believed to be in his corner, nixing the idea of a reconciliation, it all comes down to Adam having nothing left to lose.
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Adam versus the world is never a good thing as The Young and the Restless viewers know. The question is who will he unleash his inner monster on… or will this be a turning point where he finally battles the monster back down and it disappears for good?
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Wow. I’m getting the vibes of Adam burning the shey relationship down. Definitely take this as foreshadowing. Im here for it tho! Get your woman back! #TeamAdam #YR #TeamShadam pic.twitter.com/AL3K0Ox7jX
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It’s important to bring non-mainstream voices on sexuality and feminism to the forefront. How do you believe your podcast helps do this?
We are four women who talk very openly, positively, possibly at times even aggressively about sex and sexuality. Already this is rare in the mainstream. We also have different perspectives, as some of us are sex workers, POC, pansexual, non-monogamous, kinky… and we are absolutely unapologetic about who we are and what we think. We also want to have guests who bring in new aspects to the conversation. Thus our ambition is to create a space with voices that would add some diversity to the discourse about sexuality and feminism.
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We’re sure being a part of this podcast has helped you learn a lot about yourself. If you could tell your teenage self one piece of advice, what would it be?
It is true that I personally feel I’ve learned a lot about myself by doing the podcast, it’s interesting how putting thoughts into words helps you understand your own feelings better. This might sound like a total cliché but what I would tell my younger self is: you’re alright, and it gets better. I felt so isolated as a teenager and had so many self-doubts, I wish I had known references with whom I could identify. I hope with the podcast we reach people that have felt that way and make them feel better!
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I have happily observed that there is more porn being produced that is more diverse and inclusive, and that has to do with women working behind the cameras. I believe porn has a great political potential for emancipation and sexual liberation, and it is crucial that people have access to different kinds of porn. The more diverse the people producing and directing porn the merrier the sexual imagery! Having different bodies, sexualities and desires on camera is something that the porn industry does better than Hollywood.
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We plan some special episodes for the Ersties podcast so definitely keep tuned!
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An Introduction to Sightseeing
Below is a selection of places of interest to visit in the local area. Click on Read More to see further details about any of them. Local events to visit (fetes, shows, fayres etc) can be seen at Ystradgynlais Info's Events page.
If relying on bus transport be sure to check out the local travel information at www.traveline-cymru.info/
To view a selection of Adventurous Activities in the local area, click here instead.
Craig-y-Nos
Pentre Riding Stables is located directly opposite Craig-y-Nos Castle, within easy walking distance of Craig-y-Nos Country Park. Both locations are free to access, though there is a car-parking fee at the country park.
Dan-yr-Ogof National Showcaves
The National Showcaves of Wales at Dan-yr-Ogof are only a couple of minutes down the road from Pentre Riding Stables. The centre at Dan-yr-Ogof includes 3 cave complexes, the famous dinosaur park, shire horse centre, and an animal park with llamas and South American maras.
Henrhyd Waterfall
Henrhyd Waterfall, shown on the left, has an uninterrupted 90ft drop, making it the highest waterfall in South Wales. Only 3 miles away, the falls can easily be walked to, and the stables also provides a Special Ride there that can be booked in advance.
Llyn-y-Fan Mountain Lakes
High up in the Black Mountains are the lakes of Llyn-y-Fan Fawr and Llyn-y-Fan Fach. The lakes can be reached by a 2km hike from the Trecastle direction, or by taking one of our Special Rides.
Penwyllt
In the hills behind Craig-y-Nos lies Penwyllt, a former industrial community, now with the remains of a Victorian quarry, and the railway station formerly on the Brecon line, where Adelina Patti used to alight.
Red Kite Feeding Centre
The Red Kite Feeding Centre is located at Llanddeusant, on the road to Llangadog via Trecastle (photograph thanks to Bob Grainger of Bob Grainger Photography).
The centre is about a twenty minute drive from Pentre Riding Stables, and is open 365 days of the year.
Scwd Gwladys Falls (Glynneath)
The Glyn Neath valley boasts a delightful walk alongside the river to the Scwd Gwladys falls.
The picture on the left shows the "Sleeping Giant", a part of the Cribarth Mountain which looks just like a large sleeping man (photograph thanks to the Sleeping Giant Foundation). Access to the mountain is available from directly behind Pentre Riding Stables, offering an opportunity for visitors to walk, or ride, along the giant's neck.
Ynyscedwyn Ironworks
The Ynyscedwyn Ironworks are located in the nearby town of Ystradgynlais, and in their day were world leaders in the technology of working iron. The arches are an iconic symbol of Ystradgynlais, and the park around them includes other preserved examples of industrial machinery.
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Biden Family Influence Peddling
Irreconcilable Armenian/Azeri Differences Over Nagorno-Karabakh
Russian Foreign Ministry on Syria, Bolivia, Iran and Other Issues
by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman)
Billionaire/first US reality TV president Trump is the worst choice for the nation’s highest office — except for the other guy and his president-in-waiting running-mate.
I’ve written plenty about them and explained they’re unfit for any public office, clearly not the highest.
They’re warlords itching to smash more nations unwilling to sell their souls to Washington.
I discussed the Biden crime family and media coverup of its sleaze — fronting for his campaign by providing press agent services.
Biden family profiteering from influence peddling runs through Ukraine, China, and likely elsewhere.
According to Professor Christopher Balding, establishment media suppress how Dem standard bearer Biden “was compromised” by Beijing.
Collaboratively with a trusted colleague, he worked on disseminating a damning report about the Bidens’ connection to China.
According to Balding, information in the report is scrupulously accurate.
For its writer’s “personal safety and professional risks,” his or her name is undisclosed.
Below are the report’s key points as explained by Balding:
“Joe Biden’s compromising partnership with the Communist Party of China runs via Yang Jiechi (CPC’s Central Foreign Affairs Commission).”
“YANG met frequently with BIDEN during his tenure at the Chinese embassy in Washington.”
“Hunter Biden’s 2013 Bohai Harvest Rosemont investment partnership was set-up by Ministry of Foreign Affairs institutions who are tasked with garnering influence with foreign leaders during YANG’s tenure as foreign minister.”
“HUNTER has a direct line to the Politburo, according to SOURCE A, a senior finance professional in China.”
“Michael Lin, a Taiwanese national now detained in China, brokered the BHR partnership and partners with MOFA foreign influence organizations.”
“LIN is a POI for his work on behalf of China, as confirmed by SOURCE B and SOURCE C (at two separate national intelligence agencies).”
“BHR is a state managed operation.”
“Leading shareholder in BHR is a Bank of China which lists BHR as a subsidiary and BHR’s partners are SOEs that funnel revenue/assets to BHR.”
“HUNTER continues to hold 10% in BHR.”
“He visited China in 2010 and met with major Chinese government financial companies that would later back BHR.”
“HUNTER’s BHR stake (purchased for $400,000) is now likely be worth approx. $50 million (fees and capital appreciation based on BHR’s $6.5 billion AUM as stated by Michael Lin).”
“HUNTER also did business with Chinese tycoons linked with the Chinese military and against the interests of US national security.”
“BIDEN’s foreign policy stance towards China (formerly hawkish), turned positive despite” Sino/US irreconcilable differences.
Former Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi “met regularly with Joe Biden (when) chairing the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.”
Hunter cashed in big because of his father’s political influence.
Father Joe’s half century of public life has been pockmarked by dirty politics, betrayal of the public trust, and self-enrichment.
In its expose of the Bidens — China connection, the NY Post, emails showed that farther Joe — referred to as “the big guy” — profited directly from Hunter’s business deals.
His son profited directly and served as a conduit to funnel money secretly to his dad.
Damning emails showed Joe Biden lied when claiming he had no involvement in Hunter’s business deals.
Father and son profited hugely. In the second so-called presidential “debate” on October 22, Biden falsely said “I have not taken a penny from any foreign source ever in my life.”
He and Trump both are serial liars. They’re profiteers — DJT in business, likely including dodgy deals, Biden through influence peddling.
Neither warrants support from anyone.
Between the two, Biden is more dangerous domestically and geopolitically — especially allied with Harris in the wings to take over when “the big guy’s” dementia leaves him unable to go on.
VISIT MY WEBSITE: stephenlendman.org (Home – Stephen Lendman). Contact at lendmanstephen@sbcglobal.net.
My two Wall Street books are timely reading:
“How Wall Street Fleeces America: Privatized Banking, Government Collusion, and Class War”
HOW WALL STREET FLEECES AMERICA Privatized Banking, Government Collusion and Class War
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Anniversary of the Death of Louis XVI
Today marks the 216th anniversary of the execution of Louis XVI of France. The photo above marks the spot of the crime. Formerly called Place Louis XV, then Place de le Revolution, now it is known as Place de la Concorde. Note the obelisk, a typical Masonic symbol, that dominates the square.
The account of Louis’ death below is from the memoirs of Fr. Henry Edgeworth, and taken from the blog of all things French royal, Le Fleur de Lys too:
…”The King, finding himself seated in the carriage, where he could neither speak to me nor be spoken to without witness, kept a profound silence. I presented him with my breviary, the only book I had with me, and he seemed to accept it with pleasure: he appeared anxious that I should point out to him the psalms that were most suited to his situation, and he recited them attentively with me. The gendarmes, without speaking, seemed astonished and confounded at the tranquil piety of their monarch, to whom they doubtless never had before approached so near.
The procession lasted almost two hours; the streets were lined with citizens, all armed, some with pikes and some with guns, and the carriage was surrounded by a body of troops, formed of the most desperate people of Paris. As another precaution, they had placed before the horses a number of drums, intended to drown any noise or murmur in favour of the King; but how could they be heard? Nobody appeared either at the doors or windows, and in the street nothing was to be seen, but armed citizens – citizens, all rushing towards the commission of a crime, which perhaps they detested in their hearts.
The carriage proceeded thus in silence to the Place de Louis XV, and stopped in the middle of a large space that had been left round the scaffold: this space was surrounded with cannon, and beyond, an armed multitude extended as far as the eye could reach. As soon as the King perceived that the carriage stopped, he turned and whispered to me, ‘We are arrived, if I mistake not.’ My silence answered that we were. One of the guards came to open the carriage door, and the gendarmes would have jumped out, but the King stopped them, and leaning his arm on my knee, ‘Gentlemen,’ said he, with the tone of majesty, ‘I recommend to you this good man; take care that after my death no insult be offered to him – I charge you to prevent it.’… As soon as the King had left the carriage, three guards surrounded him, and would have taken off his clothes, but he repulsed them with haughtiness- he undressed himself, untied his neckcloth, opened his shirt, and arranged it himself. The guards, whom the determined countenance of the King had for a moment disconcerted, seemed to recover their audacity. They surrounded him again, and would have seized his hands. ‘What are you attempting?’ said the King, drawing back his hands. ‘To bind you,’ answered the wretches. ‘To bind me,’ said the King, with an indignant air. ‘No! I shall never consent to that: do what you have been ordered, but you shall never bind me. . .’
The path leading to the scaffold was extremely rough and difficult to pass; the King was obliged to lean on my arm, and from the slowness with which he proceeded, I feared for a moment that his courage might fail; but what was my astonishment, when arrived at the last step, I felt that he suddenly let go my arm, and I saw him cross with a firm foot the breadth of the whole scaffold; silence, by his look alone, fifteen or twenty drums that were placed opposite to me; and in a voice so loud, that it must have been heard it the Pont Tournant, I heard him pronounce distinctly these memorable words: ‘I die innocent of all the crimes laid to my charge; I Pardon those who have occasioned my death; and I pray to God that the blood you are going to shed may never be visited on France.’
He was proceeding, when a man on horseback, in the national uniform, and with a ferocious cry, ordered the drums to beat. Many voices were at the same time heard encouraging the executioners. They seemed reanimated themselves, in seizing with violence the most virtuous of Kings, they dragged him under the axe of the guillotine, which with one stroke severed his head from his body. All this passed in a moment. The youngest of the guards, who seemed about eighteen, immediately seized the head, and showed it to the people as he walked round the scaffold; he accompanied this monstrous ceremony with the most atrocious and indecent gestures. At first an awful silence prevailed; at length some cries of ‘Vive la Republique!’ were heard. By degrees the voices multiplied and in less than ten minutes this cry, a thousand times repeated became the universal shout of the multitude, and every hat was in the air…”
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Showing http://ucomm.stanford.edu/about/directions.html captured on Sep 19, 2015
Stanford Office of University Communications is located in Building 170 of the Main Quad and at 425 Santa Teresa Street .
TO GET TO CAMPUS:
Two main north-south freeways link us to San Francisco, San Jose and their airports: Interstate 280 and U.S. Highway 101. Shuttle and bus service to Stanford is available from nearby airports. A commuter rail line, CalTrain, also connects Stanford to cities between San Francisco and San Jose.
From the Airports
The San Francisco Bay Area is served by three major airports: San Francisco, San Jose and Oakland.
From San Francisco
Take U.S. 101 SOUTH (direction San Jose) and follow the directions below. The distance is approximately 35 miles.
From San Jose
Take U.S.-101 NORTH (direction San Francisco) and follow the directions below. The distance is approximately 20 miles.
From Oakland
Take I-880 SOUTH (direction San Jose) to CA-92 WEST (direction Half Moon Bay) to U.S. 101 SOUTH (direction San Jose) and follow the directions below. The distance is approximately 35 miles.
BUILDING 170:
The main University Communications office is located at Building 170, first floor.
Directions from U.S. 101
Take the University Avenue exit to the west (toward Palo Alto/Stanford). As you enter the gates to Stanford at El Camino Real, the road becomes Palm Drive. Continue on Palm Drive to the Oval. Building 170 is near the front of the Main Quad, behind Building 160. The entrance is off the interior courtyard (see map).
Directions from Interstate 280
Take the Alpine Road exit east (toward Palo Alto / Stanford) to Junipero Serra Boulevard. Turn right onto Junipero Serra, and at the traffic light turn left onto Campus Drive West. Proceed on Campus Drive for approximately 2 miles until you reach Palm Drive. Turn right and follow Palm Drive to the Oval. Building 170 is near the front of the Main Quad, behind Building 160. The entrance is off the interior courtyard (see map).
THE PRESS BUILDING:
The Stanford News Service, Web Communications team and Digital Communications team are located at the Press Building.
Take the University Avenue exit to the west (toward Palo Alto/Stanford). As you enter the gates to Stanford at El Camino Real, the road becomes Palm Drive. Continue on Palm Drive to Campus Drive West, where you will turn right. Follow Campus Drive until you see Santa Teresa Street. Make a left onto Santa Teresa, and follow the signs to the Press Building, on your left, near the Old Fire Truck House.
Take the Alpine Road exit east (toward Palo Alto / Stanford) to Junipero Serra Boulevard. Turn right onto Junipero Serra, and at the traffic light turn left onto Campus Drive West. Turn right on Santa Teresa Street. Follow the signs until you see the Press Building, on your left, near the Old Fire Truck House.
University Communications is part of the Office of Public Affairs. Our staff provide information about the Stanford, coordinate the university's public and media relations efforts; and produce the university's main web pages, social media channels and central publications.
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The Urban Revolution
by Henri Lefebvre
Originally published in 1970, The Urban Revolution marked Henri Lefebvre's first sustained critique of urban society, a work in which he pioneered the use of semiotic, structuralist, and poststructuralist methodologies in analyzing the development of the urban environment. Although it is widely considered a foundational book in contemporary thinking about the city, The Urban Revolution has never been translated into English--until now. This first English edition, deftly translated by Robert Bononno, makes available to a ... Read More
Originally published in 1970, The Urban Revolution marked Henri Lefebvre's first sustained critique of urban society, a work in which he pioneered the use of semiotic, structuralist, and poststructuralist methodologies in analyzing the development of the urban environment. Although it is widely considered a foundational book in contemporary thinking about the city, The Urban Revolution has never been translated into English--until now. This first English edition, deftly translated by Robert Bononno, makes available to a broad audience Lefebvre's sophisticated insights into the urban dimensions of modern life.Lefebvre begins with the premise that the total urbanization of society is an inevitable process that demands of its critics new interpretive and perceptual approaches that recognize the urban as a complex field of inquiry. Dismissive of cold, modernist visions of the city, particularly those embodied by rationalist architects and urban planners like Le Corbusier, Lefebvre instead articulates the lived experiences of individual inhabitants of the city. In contrast to the ideology of urbanism and its reliance on commodification and bureaucratization--the capitalist logic of market and state--Lefebvre conceives of an urban utopia characterized by self-determination, individual creativity, and authentic social relationships.A brilliantly conceived and theoretically rigorous investigation into the realities and possibilities of urban space, The Urban Revolution remains an essential analysis of and guide to the nature of the city.Henri Lefebvre (d. 1991) was one of the most significant European thinkers of the twentieth century. His many books include The Production of Space (1991), Everyday Life in the Modern World (1994), Introduction to Modernity (1995), and Writings on Cities (1995).Robert Bononno is a full-time translator who lives in New York. His recent translations include The Singular Objects of Architecture by Jean Baudrillard and Jean Nouvel (Minnesota, 2002) and Cyberculture by Pierre L???vy (Minnesota, 2001). Read Less
2003, University of Minnesota Press
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Writings on Cities
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The Sports Curmudgeon
Don't Get Me Wrong, I Love Sports…
NBA Today
James Harden got his wish; the Houston Rockets traded him to the Brooklyn Nets as the headline for a deal that involves 4 teams – Rockets, Nets, Cavaliers and Pacers. This trade gives the Nets a “Big 3” alignment of Durant, Harden and Irving – – when Irving can get himself focused on basketball and not outside issues. This trade signals that the Nets are focused on winning a championship now – or very shortly into the future. Here are the highlights of the trade:
Rockets get Rodions Kurocs, Dante Exum, Victor Oladipo and four unprotected first-round picks (Brooklyn 2022, 2024 and 2026, Milwaukee 2022), and four unprotected first-round pick swaps (2021, 2023, 2025, 2027).
Nets get James Harden.
Let me start with the Rockets. This puts them in an interesting “tear down and rebuild mode”. Kurocs and Exum are role players; Kurocs is only 22 years old so he has room to “develop” but the odds are that he will bounce around the league as a throw-in for a variety of trades over the years. Exum is in his mid-20s and is sort of in the same position. Oladipo is an All-Star when he is healthy – – but he is not always healthy. If you pair him with John Wall, you have two players who are All-Stars when healthy – – but neither is always healthy. Wall and Oladipo should prevent the Rockets from being awful – – but nothing more than that.
The Rockets, however, now have the draft capital for a rebuild. It may appear at first that those first-round draft swaps are of no value since the Nets look to be very good and drafting at the bottom of the first round. That is almost certainly true for 2021 and 2023, but as the Nets’ “Big 3” start to age, those swaps in 2025 and 2027 might develop some value.
The Nets are clearly in “Win Now Mode”. Back in December when the first rumblings of “Harden to the Nets” was the headline story in NBA circles, I said that it would be a risky move for the Nets for two reasons:
Harden and Irving both want/need the ball to be as effective as they can be. Durant does not need the ball as much as the other two, but he is more efficient offensively than the other two in the sense that he scores a lot of points with the ball in his hands for a relatively short time. There is an unalterable fact about NBA basketball that applies here. There is only one ball in use on the court at any given time. We will soon find out if James Harden, Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant learned their lessons about “sharing with others” in kindergarten.
Defense is secondary in the NBA; please do not try to convince me otherwise. Having said that, two of the Nets’ “Big 3” exhibit nonchalance on defense over and above the typical lack of enthusiasm for that part of the game. Durant will play defense – and will have to against teams with topflight centers and power forwards – but that will limit his offensive production. When he is on the bench … Back in December, I said that the Nets’ opponents might be able to score as if it were a layup line.
[Aside: For anyone who wagers on NBA games – I do not! – let me suggest that you consider betting OVER in Nets’ games for a week or two until the “market adjusts” to the new scoring potential married with the new defensive liabilities of the Nets.]
I think the most important “intangible” in this trade is that James Harden gives the Nets a measure of insurance for those times when Kyrie Irving takes time off for injury and/or personal reasons. Over the last 3 NBA seasons, Irving has missed 87 games; so far this season, Irving has missed 6 of the 13 games on the Nets’ schedule.
If you believe that talent dominates everything else in the NBA, the Nets now must be the Eastern Conference favorites and – on a talent basis – on the same level as the Lakers out west. If you believe that offense is only part of the NBA game, you might see a few smudges on the shiny new toy in Brooklyn.
In other NBA happenings, the league is having difficulties with the coronavirus. Last season, the NBA was immensely successful with its “Orlando Bubble”; it finished off a regular season and ran a full complement of playoff games with only minimal overlap with the virus. It was an unadulterated success from a scheduling, health and safety standpoint. However, the main defense against the virus provided by the “Bubble” was the strict control over the people and the products that crossed the isolation boundary of the “Bubble”. In the current season, that isolation boundary does not exist.
This NBA season began on December 22nd; the first NBA game that had to be postponed happened on December 23rd; as of this morning seven games have been postponed and two more games scheduled for tomorrow are going to be postponed. That will make 9 games in 24 days that had to be scrapped due to the virus.
Obviously, there needed to be some form of tightening up the COVID-19 protocols currently in place if the league is to avoid either a hiatus or a shortened version of its already truncated season. At the current pace of postponements, there could be a scheduling crisis at the end of the season resembling the Gordian Knot.
Earlier this week, the league and the players have agreed to some new restrictions to try to limit the virus. They are well-intentioned; they will mitigate the problem if they are followed strictly. Aye, there’s the rub…
Players and staff are not to leave their residences when the team is at home except for outside exercise, emergencies, essential services and team activities at the team facility.
Anyone who visits the residence of a player or staff member on a regular basis – – like a personal chef – – must be tested for COVID-19 twice a week.
Pre-game meetings in the locker rooms are limited to 10 minutes and everyone must be masked.
Players cannot arrive at a game venue more than 3 hours in advance of tip-off.
On an airplane, players can only sit next to a teammate whom they will sit next to on the bench.
“Extended socializing” with players on opposing teams is “discouraged”.
Mask wearing rules are extended.
If a player or staff member tests positive for COVID-19, the league can mandate twice -a-day testing for players and staff in lieu of the standard daily testing set forth in the protocols.
Finally, yesterday I mentioned the contract extension between Jim Harbaugh and the University of Michigan. Dwight Perry of the Seattle Times had this take on that event:
“Jim Harbaugh has reached an incentive-laced contract extension to coach Michigan football through the 2025 season.
“No truth to the rumor that Ohio State boosters bankrolled the whole thing.”
But don’t get me wrong, I love sports………
Author JackPosted on January 14, 2021 Categories Daily Rants
2 thoughts on “NBA Today”
TenaciousP says:
Stop the presses. Sports Curmudgeon has unleashed his brilliant acumen and taught us the secret to understanding the game of basketball in the 21st century:
There is only one ball in use on the court at any given time.
TenaciousP:
That “revelation” may come as an unpleasant surprise to some Brooklyn Nets’ fans later this season… 🙂
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"Breakthroughs happen in Challengers," says Bopanna
Commenting on the sidelines of the Pune Challenger, ace Indian tennis star Rohan Bopanna said Indian players would certainly benefit from Challenger tournaments and urged authorities to host at least one Challenger each month.
G. Viswanath
Mumbai 19 November, 2017 18:17 IST
Rohan Bopanna has played 24 tournaments overseas and believes there has to be balance between the ITF-Futures and ATP Challengers. - G. P. Sampath Kumar
Back to back ATP Challenger events in Pune ($ 50000 + H) and Bengaluru ($ 100000), at the end of the 2017 tennis season, is the best thing to have happened for India’s top and promising tennis players, Yuki Bhambri and Ramanathan Ramkumar and many more.
Someone like the gifted and clever Saket Myneni, rendered out of action for more than seven months because of a lower limb injury, got a chance to assess himself. While Bhambri and Ramkumar Ramanathan competed hard for the prize on Saturday, more significantly the 80 and 48 ATP points; Myneni advanced as far till the semifinals.
Ranked World No. 15 in doubles, Rohan Bopanna, who spent five of his nascent years in Pune, was at the KPIT-MSLTA event for a day and in the course of an interaction with the media said, "Challengers are the way forward for Indian tennis. The ecosystems are very much in place across India, it’s only a matter of all coming together. If everybody has that one vision of supporting the sport and players, it can happen. Maharashtra is doing a great job; people like Sunder Iyer, Kishor Patil and Prashant Sutar have the passion for sport and are keen to improve.’’
READ: Bhambri tames Ramkumar in thrilling final to clinch Pune Challenger title
The 37-year-old doubles specialist, who runs an academy in Bengaluru, urged the authorities and sponsors to host more ATP events. "If each state has one Challenger every month, then we will have 12 Challengers in a year. If we have Futures and Challengers, then after five years, we will have more Indians in the main draw of tour events in India and that brings in more people to watch the game support the players.
"France has 30 weeks of Challengers; their players don’t have to travel. Today India has two Challengers in a year. When you have the Futures and Challengers every month, then it brings up the younger players and the next generation, and everything starts building up.’’
Bopanna, who began the year partnering Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and winning the Chennai Open, and has played 24 tournaments overseas believes, there has to be balance between the ITF-Futures and ATP Challengers.
"Only playing the Futures, there is no future. But a youngster of 14 or 15 years age, cannot straightaway come into a Challenger. So you have to have those Futures events. You do well in a week of Futures event, you get an ATP point. But eventually it is at the Challengers that the breakthroughs are going to happen. Two Indians in a Challenger men’s singles here (Pune) is fantastic."
ALSO READ: Bengaluru Open: Bhambri to face Sriram Balaji in first round
Explaining his point on the need for more Challengers, Bopanna said, "Right now we have five players in the top 350. For them to play Futures doesn’t really make sense. They need those Challengers. There should be a balance. This Challenger (KPIT-MSLTA) has been running for four years. An Indian player knows that this Challenger is there for sure. There is nothing like playing at home. There is only one tournament for me in India. I am thankful that Pune has taken the opportunity to have the ATP event (Maharashtra Open in January 2018).’’
Bopanna is also pleased that Maharashtra has taken the initiative to host the 250 K series Maharashtra Open (from Chennai). "It’s fantastic. That’s the only way to go; the longer the period of a tournament you have, there are better chances for the local players get the opportunity to see the best players in action, the way they train and also realise themselves that to reach that level, they need to demonstrate a particular level of discipline and commitment. It’s always easier to watch someone at home than travel, because it’s pretty expensive.’’
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Home > Lady Liberty Hat Trick For Shartin N
Lady Liberty Hat Trick For Shartin N
Published: August 8, 2020 7:20 pm ET
Shartin N made it three in a row in the Lady Liberty for pacing mares, winning Saturday’s (Aug. 8) $177,100 edition by one length over Major Occasion A in 1:48.2 at The Meadowlands.
Major Occasion A led the field to the opening quarter in :26.2, but driver Tim Tetrick already had Shartin N in gear and on her way to the front. Shartin N took the lead and reached the half in :54.3 and three-quarters in 1:22. She fought off a challenge from Warrawee Ubeaut on the final turn and went on to her fourth win in five starts this season and the 45th of her career. Stonebridge Soul (Corey Callahan) closed strongly for third.
“You just get to a point with 45 wins that you go out and you think you’re going to win again, but it just doesn’t always happen,” co-owner Jo Ann Looney-King said. “It’s just a thrill every single time. She’s just a thrill.”
Shartin N, the 2019 U.S. Horse of the Year, has won more than $2.4 million lifetime and 38 of 48 starts since arriving from New Zealand. She is owned by Richard Poillucci, Looney-King, and Tim Tetrick LLC. The seven-year-old mare is a daughter of Tintin In America out of Bagdarin.
“If it wasn’t for Rich Poillucci, I would not be standing here and she would not be out there today,” Looney-King said. “He picked her out, he bought her and brought her here; it’s all Rich Poillucci.”
Shartin N paid $2.80 to win.
The Lady Liberty is one of many stakes contested on the Hambletonian Day card at The Meadowlands. Read about the rest of the action in the Hambletonian Day News Centre.
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Critiquing David H. “Orac” Gorski, MD PhD and his Personalized MUD-Targeted Skeptic Therapy
I’ve made no secret of my opinion of a certain cancer “research” doctor named David H. Gorski, MD, PhD, of Wayne State University School of Medicine and Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Center / Institute, Detroit, Michigan fame
Gorski, as you may recall was responsible for this 6/3/2013 “Orac” posting:
In which the latest movie about Stanislaw Burzynski’s “cancer cure” is reviewed…with Insolence
http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2013/06/03/in-which-the-latest-movie-about-stanislaw-burzynskis-cancer-cure-is-reviewed-with-insolence/
When last we left Gorski, his propaganda, which I characterize as pure propaganda so incompetently made that it would make blush blush
After a couple of winks I changed my characterization to say that it would have made Penn and Teller vomit in revulsion at its sheer incompetence
Be that as it may, I view Gorski as highly unethical and pseudononsense, an incompetent purveyor of “personalized MUD-targeted medicine for dummies,” and someone who might at one time have been on to something but, like all hacks, just couldn’t let go when it became clear that his personalized MUD-targeted Skeptic therapy was far more toxic than advertised and way less efficacious, if it’s even efficacious at all, which is highly doubtful.
Gorski claimed:
“[I]f I had screwed up, I would have admitted it”
BS walks
And there’s no doubt that Gorski, too, is pure BS
In fact, I think I’m being too kind
I have yet to see his admission that he lied when he posted:
“how Burzynski never explains which genes are targeted by antineoplastons … “
8/12/2013 Gorski blogged:
A study of antineoplastons fails to be published. Stanislaw Burzynski’s propagandist Eric Merola whines about it. News at 11.
http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2013/08/12/antineoplaston-fails-publication/ ======================================
In regards to antineoplastons, Gorski states:
“antineoplastons are chemotherapy”
“They even have significant toxicity!”
What science based medicine publication(s) does Gorski cite in support of his “theory”?
NONE !!!
What do the science based medicine publications indicate?
[1] 4/1/1992 PHENYLACETATE-novel NONTOXIC inducer of tumor cell differentiation
Sodium PHENYLACETATE found to affect growth and differentiation of tumor cells in vitro at concentrations achieved in humans WITH NO SIGNIFICANT ADVERSE EFFECTS
PHENYLACETATE is effective in inducing tumor cell maturation and FREE OF CYTOTOXIC AND CARCINOGENIC EFFECTS, a combination that warrants attention to potential use in cancer intervention
Sodium PHENYLACETATE is investigational new drug approved for human use by U.S. Food and Drug Administration
DRUG ALREADY ESTABLISHED AS SAFE AND EFFECTIVE … we propose use may be extended to cancer preventation and therapy
[2] 8/20/1992 Difficulties may be overcome through exploitation of recent discovery of sodium PHENYLACETATE as NONTOXIC inducer of differentiation …
(pro-drug) Sodium 4-PHENYLBUTYRATE can be given in oral doses of 0.3 to 0.6 g per kilogram of body weight per day with NO ADVERSE REACTIONS
Drug rapidly metabolized to PHENYLACETATE and PHENYLACETYLGLUTAMINE
PHENYLACETATE (but not PHENYLACETYLGLUTAMINE) … CAN POTENTIATE EFFICACY OF OTHER DIFFERENTIATING AGENTS, such as cytotoxic drugs …
[3] 9/15/1992 we explored efficacy of PHENYLACETATE, an amino acid derivative with LOW TOXICITY INDEX WHEN ADMINISTERED TO HUMANS
PHENYLACETATE, used alone or in combination with other drugs, might offer safe and effective new approach to treatment …
[4] 5/1993 NONTOXIC differentiation inducer, sodium PHENYLACETATE (NaPA)
In vitro antineoplastic activity was observed with drug concentrations that have been achieved in humans with NO SIGNIFICANT TOXICITIES, suggesting PA, used alone or in combination with other antitumor agents, warrants evaluation in treatment of advanced prostatic cancer
[5] 10/1/1993 Sodium PHENYLACETATE (NaPA) and its precursor, sodium 4-PHENYLBUTYRATE (NaPB), can enhance HbF production in cultured erythroid progenitor derived from normal donors and patients with SS anemia or beta-thal, when used at pharmacologic concentrations
NaPA and NaPB, BOTH ALREADY PROVEN SAFE AND EFFECTIVE IN TREATMENT OF CHILDREN …
[6] 2/15/1994 sodium PHENYLACETATE can induce cytostasis and reversal of malignant properties of cultured human glioblastoma cells, when used at pharmacological concentrations that are WELL TOLERATED BY CHILDREN AND ADULTS
Systemic treatment of rats bearing intracranial gliomas resulted in significant tumor suppression with NO APPARENT TOXICITY to host
[7] 4/1/1994 Pg. 1690
protocol underwent several modifications over 6-month period
Interest in PHENYLACETATE as anticancer agent generated by reports that ANTINEOPLASTON AS2-1, a preparation which by weight is 80% PHENYLACETATE, displayed clinical antitumor activity (13)
17 patients (16 men / 1 woman) (36-75) median age 57
Pg. 1693
Clinical Toxicities. NO TOXICITY associated with bolus administration of drug
Drug-related TOXICITY clearly related to serum
PHENYLACETATE concentration
3 episodes of Central Nervous System (CNS)
TOXICITY, limited to CONFUSION
and LETHARGY and often preceded by emesis, occurred in patients treated at dose levels 3 and 4
Symptoms resolved within 18 h of terminating drug infusion in all instances
PHENYLACETATE serum concentrations … were typically associated with CNS toxicity
While ability to cross blood-brain barrier may underlie clinical improvement seen in patient with glioblastoma, could also explain dose-limiting side-effects of drug, i.e., nausea, vomiting, sedation, and confusion
Limited experience with 150-mg/kg i.v. boluses suggests serum PHENYLACETATE concentrations occurring transiently
above 500 ug/ml are well tolerated
Intermittent drug infusion should permit some drug washout to occur, thereby minimizing drug accumulation
Predicts wide range of peak drug concentrations will be observed
Possible these would be sufficiently transient so as not to produce CNS toxicity and troughs not prolonged as to abrogate antitumor activity of drug
Dosing alternatives should be explored, our study indicates PHENYLACETATE can be safely administered by CIVI and result in clinical improvement in some patients with hormone-refractory
prostatic carcinoma and glioblastoma multiforme who failed conventional therapies
[8] 6/1/1994 PHENYLACETATE is naturally occurring plasma component that suppresses growth of tumor cells and induces differentiation in vitro
Treatment with PHENYLACETATE extended survival … WITHOUT ASSOCIATED ADVERSE EFFECTS
[9] 9/1994 PHENYLACETATE, NONTOXIC differentiation inducer, can suppress growth of other neuroectodermal tumors, i.e., gliomas, in laboratory models and humans
[10] 4/1995 PHENYLACETATE, an inducer of tumor cytostasis and differentiation, shows promise as RELATIVELY NONTOXIC antineoplastic agent in models and humans
[11] 6/15/1995 Growth-inhibiting and differentiating effects of sodium PHENYLACETATE against hematopoietic and solid tumor cell lines has aroused clinical interest in use as anticancer drug
In Phase I trial of PHENYLACETATE … commonly resulted in drug accumulation and REVERSIBLE DOSE-LIMITING NEUROLOGIC TOXICITY
18 patients
DOSE-LIMITING TOXICITY, consisting of REVERSIBLE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSION, observed for 3 patients at 2nd dose level
[12] 10/12/1995 aromatic fatty acid PHENYLACETATE, a common metabolite of phenylalanine, shows promise as a RELATIVELY NON-TOXIC drug for cancer treatment
[13] 10/1995 investigated effects of a NONTOXIC differentiation inducer, PHENYLACETATE (PA), on neuroectodermal tumor-derived cell lines
[14] 1995 Antineoplastons, firstly described by Burzynski, are naturally occurring peptides and amino acid derivatives which control neoplastic growth
toxicological study of Antineoplastons A-10 and AS2-1 in combination with other anticancer agents or radiation in 42 patients
46 tumors with terminal stage cancer
Antineoplaston A-10 oral formulation
14 – patients
A-10 injectable formulation
Antineoplaston AS2-1 oral formulation
AS2-1 injectable formulation
Major adverse effects that may have been related to agents used in combination with other conventional chemotherapeutic agents or radiation:
myelosuppression
THESE EFFECTS WEREN’T SEEN WHEN EITHER ANTINEOPLASTON WAS ADMINISTERED ALONE
MINOR ADVERSE EFFECTS OBSERVED IN SINGLE USE OF EITHER ANTINEOPLASTON A-10 OR AS2-1:
reduced albumin
increased alkaline phosphatase
increased amylase
reduced cholesterol
peripheral edema
fingers rigidity
excess gas
maculopapullar rash
adverse effects didn’t limit to continuation of either agent
Antineoplaston A-10 and AS2-1 LESS TOXIC THAN CONVENTIONAL CHEMOTHERAPIES and useful in maintenance therapy for cancer patients
[15] 1996 Antineoplastons, first described by Burzynski, are naturally occurring peptides and amino acid derivatives which control neoplastic growth
reported cytostatic inhibitory effect of A10 on human hepatocellular carcinoma cells and differentiation inducing effect of AS2-1 on various tumor cells suggest potential benefit for treatment of human hepatocellular carcinoma since tumor recurs frequently despite initial successful treatment
Clinical experience of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patient whose tumor, after incomplete trancathere arterial embolization (TAE) for a 7cm 7cm HCC, has been stable for more than 15 months during which time he has been taking Antineoplaston AS2-1 continuously WITHOUT ANY SERIOUS ADVERSE EFFECTS
[16] 5/1996
In pursuit of alternative treatments for chemoresistant tumor cells, tested response of multidrug-resistant (MDR) tumor cell lines to aromatic fatty acids phenylacetate (PA) and phenylbutyrate (PB), 2 differentiation inducers currently in clinical trials
Both compounds induced cytostasis and maturation of multidrug-resistant breast, ovarian, and colon carcinoma cells with no significant effect on cell viability
MDR cells generally more sensitive to growth arrest by PA and PB than their parental counterparts
PA and PB potentiated cytotoxic activity of doxorubicin against MDR cells
Taken together, in vitro data indicate PA and PB, differentiation inducers of aromatic fatty acid class, may provide alternative approach to treatment of MDR tumors
[17] 12/1996 PHENYLACETATE (PA) and related aromatic fatty acids constitute novel class of RELATIVELY NONTOXIC antineoplastic agents
[18] 8/1997 aromatic fatty acids PHENYLACETATE (PA) and PHENYLBUTYRATE (PB) are novel antitumor agents currently under clinical evaluation
ability to induce tumor differentiation in laboratory models and LOW CLINICAL TOXICITY PROFILE makes them promising candidates for COMBINATION WITH CONVENTIONAL THERAPIES
[19] 1997 PHENYLACETATE and analogs represent new class of pleiotropic growth regulators that alter tumor cell biology by affecting gene expression at both transcriptional and post transcriptional levels
Based on findings, NaPA and NaPB entered clinical trials at National Cancer Institute
Ongoing phase I studies with NaPA, involving adults with prostate and brain cancer, confirmed therapeutic levels can be achieved WITH NO SIGNIFICANT TOXICITIES, and provide preliminary evidence for benefit to patients with advanced disease (Thibault et al., submitted)
[20] 10/1997 Sodium PHENYLACETATE (PA) and sodium PHENYLBUTYRATE (PB) are aromatic fatty acids that can effect differentiation in a variety of cell lines at doses that may be clinically attainable
PB has been successfully administered to patients with urea acid cycle disorders and sickle cell anemia for extended periods of time, and NO HEMATOLOGICAL TOXICITY has been reported
Significant HEMATOLOGICAL TOXICITY was not reported in a Phase I trial of PA in patients with malignancy
Because of its ATTRACTIVE CLINICAL TOXICITY PROFILE, PB represents an excellent candidate for clinical trials in this group of disorders
[21] 11.–.12/1997 Antineoplaston AS2-1 exhibits cytostatic growth inhibition of human hepatocellular carcinoma cells in vitro and SHOWED MINIMUM ADVERSE EFFECTS in phase I clinical trial
[22] 6/1999 Burkitt’s lymphoma (BL) is readily treated malignancy, recurrences, as well as disease arising in immunosuppressed patients, are notoriously resistant to conventional therapeutic approaches
Using in vitro models of EBV-transformed lymphoblastoid as well as BL cell lines, we demonstrate increased expression of genes coding for HLA class I and EBV latent proteins by differentiation inducer PHENYLBUTYRATE (PB)
Aromatic fatty acid also caused cytostasis associated with sustained declines in c-myc expression, a direct antitumor effect that was independent of EBV status
Findings may have clinical relevance because in vitro activity has been observed with PB concentrations that are
WELL TOLERATED and nonimmunosuppressive in humans, a desirable feature for different patient populations afflicted with this disease
[23] 8/2001 PHENYLBUTYRATE (PB) is aromatic fatty acid with multiple mechanisms of action including histone deacetylase inhibition
Overall DRUG WELL TOLERATED with most common TOXICITIES being grade 1-2 DYSPEPSIA and FATIGUE
Nonoverlapping dose-limiting TOXICITIES of NAUSEA/VOMITING and HYPOCALCEMIA were seen at 36 g/day
PB (p.o.) IS WELL TOLERATED and achieves concentration in vivo shown to have biological activity in vitro
[24] 10/2001 Sodium PHENYLBUTYRATE (PB) demonstrates potent differentiating capacity in multiple hematopoietic and solid tumor cell lines
Pharmacokinetics performed during and after first infusion period using validated high-performance liquid chromatographic assay and single compartmental pharmacokinetic model for PB and principal metabolite, PHENYLACETATE
24 patients with hormone refractory prostate cancer being predominant tumor type
All evaluable for TOXICITY and response
Dose escalated 150 to 515 mg/kg/day
One patient at 515 mg/kg/day and one at 345 mg/kg/day experienced this DLT
Maximum tolerated dose 410 mg/kg/day for 5 days
Recommended Phase II dose 410 mg/kg/day for 120 h
Dose-limiting TOXICITY (DLT) was neuro-cortical, exemplified by EXCESSIVE SOMNOLENCE and CONFUSION and accompanied by clinically significant HYPOKALEMIA, HYPONATREMIA, and HYPERURICEMIA
Other TOXICITIES mild, including FATIGUE and NAUSEA
DLT in Phase I study for infusional PB
given for 5 days every 21 days is neuro-cortical in nature
TOXICITY resolved < or =12 h of discontinuing infusion
[25] 2003 Case of survival for nearly 8 years after treatment of unresectable multiple liver metastases from colon cancer, using microwave ablation and NONTOXIC ANTITUMOR AGENT, ANTINEOPLASTONS
72-year-old man diagnosed with adenocarcinoma of ascending colon and 14 bilateral liver metastases underwent right hemicolectomy combined with microwave ablation of 6 metastatic liver tumors
Antineoplaston A10 given intravenously, followed by oral antineoplaston AS2-1
Patient underwent 2nd and 3rd microwave ablation of recurrent tumors, and has survived for nearly 8 years WITHOUT SUFFERING ANY SERIOUS ADVERSE EFFECTS
Currently FREE FROM CANCER
Demonstrates potential effectiveness of NONTOXIC ANTITUMOR AGENT, ANTINEOPLASTONS, for controlling liver metastases from colon cancer
[26] 4/2005 Determined maximum tolerated dose (MTD), TOXICITY profile of … oral sodium PHENYLBUTYRATE (PB) in patients with recurrent malignant gliomas
All PB doses of 9, 18, and 27 g/day WELL TOLERATED
At 36 g/day, 2 of 4 patients developed dose-limiting grade 3 FATIGUE and SOMNOLENCE
At MTD of 27 g/day, one of 7 patients developed reversible grade 3 SOMNOLENCE
[27] 4/2007 PHENYLBUTYRATE (PBA), and its metabolite PHENYLACETATE (PAA), induce growth inhibition and cellular differentiation in multiple tumor models
Conversion of PBA to PAA and PHENYLACETYLGLUTAMINE (PAG) documented without catabolic saturation
THERAPY WELL TOLERATED OVERALL
Common ADVERSE EFFECTS included grade 1 NAUSEA/VOMITING, FATIGUE, and LIGHTHEADEDNESS
Dose limiting TOXICITIES were SHORT-TERM MEMORY LOSS, SEDATION, CONFUSION, NAUSEA, and VOMITING
Administration of PBA twice-daily infusion schedule is SAFE
None of the above publications indicate that antineoplastons are toxic as Gorski would have people believe
12/12/2011 Gorski published his attempt at trying to explain why antineoplastons are supposedly toxic
What Dr. Stanislaw Burzynski doesn’t want you to know about antineoplastons
http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2011/12/12/what-dr-stanislaw-burzynski-doesnt-want/
Gorski posited:
“He’s also prescribing huge doses of antineoplastons (up to 25 g/kg/d for A10 and 80 mg/kg/d for AS-2.1, as we have seen). both of these are so far above the maximal tolerated dose of 300 mg/kg/d determined in the phase I trial I cited above as to be terrifying”
In support of his “theory”, Gorski provided a link to the National Cancer Institute (NCI) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH):
http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/cam/antineoplastons/healthprofessional/Table1
However, as is the case with a lot of Gorski’s lame research, he makes you search for what he is referring to:
[14]Ba Primitive neuroectodermal tumor (13)
A10/AS2-1
Max dose: A10: 25 g/kg/d; AS2-1: 0.6 g/kg/d
Does this support Gorski’s “toxic theory”?
[28] 2005
5 years 7 months (1-11) median age
13 / 100% – children with recurrent disease or high risk
5 / 38% – weren’t treated earlier with radiation therapy or chemotherapy
3 / 23% – Complete Response
1 / 8% – Partial Response
4 / 31% – Stable Disease
5 / 38% – Progressive Disease
6 / 46% – Survived 5+ years from initiation of ANP
Serious side effects:
1 – anemia
1 – fever
1 – granulocytopenia
average dosage of A10 was 10.3 g/kg/d and of AS2-1 was 0.38 g/kg/d
REDUCED TOXICITY MAKES ANP PROMISING for very young children, patients at high risk of complication of standard therapy, and patients with recurrent tumors
The above sure does NOT support Gorski’s “toxic theory”
When science based medicine keeps saying the following:
[9] 9/1994 increasing incidence of melanoma and POOR RESPONSIVENESS OF DISSEMINATED DISEASE TO CONVENTIONAL TREATMENT CALL FOR DEVELOPMENT OF NEW THERAPEUTIC APPROACHES
[29] 9/27/1995 (7/17/2006) Alterations in expression of ras oncogenes are characteristic of wide variety of human neoplasms
Accumulating evidence has linked elevated ras expression with disease progression and FAILURE OF TUMORS TO RESPOND TO CONVENTIONAL THERAPIES, INCLUDING RADIOTHERAPY AND CERTAIN CHEMOTHERAPIES
observations led us to investigate response of ras-transformed cells to differentiation-inducer PHENYLACETATE (PA)
Interestingly, IN CONTRAST TO THEIR RELATIVE RESISTANCE TO RADIATION and doxorubicin, ras-transformed cells were significantly more sensitive to PA than their parental cells
[30] 5/1996 CYOTOXIC CHEMOTHERAPIES OFTEN GIVE RISE TO MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE, WHICH REMAINS MAJOR PROBLEM IN CANCER MANAGEMENT
IN PURSUIT OF ALTERNATIVE TREATMENTS FOR CHEMORESISTANT TUMOR CELLS, we tested response of multidrug-resistant (MDR) tumor cell lines to aromatic fatty acids PHENYLACETATE (PA) and PHENYLBUTYRATE (PB), 2 differentiation inducers currently in clinical trials
[31] 7/1997 Children with malignant GLIOMAS THAT PROGRESSED AFTER CONVENTIONAL THERAPY
0 / 0% – EXHIBITED CLEAR-CUT TUMOR regression
[32] 2000 treatment combination PRODUCED NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE in overall POOR prognosis of patients
Most tumors responded initially to treatment but RECCURED as study progressed
Based on POOR RESULTS, recommend ALTERNATIVE TREATMENTS be tested in patients with this type of tumor
[33] At time of approval, NO RESULTS were available from randomized controlled trials in refractory ANAPLASTIC ASTROCYTOMA that show clinical benefit such as improvement in disease-related symptoms or prolonged survival
[34] 12/2000 NO CLEAR PROOF OF EFFICACY
NO BETTER THAN SURVIVAL BEFORE THE INTRODUCTION OF temozolomide
[35] 2002 p53 tumor suppressor gene plays important role in protecting cells from developing undesirable proliferation
Mutant p53 gene or malfunctioning p53 protein found in more than 50% of cancer cells impedes DNA repair or apoptosis induction
MAY BE WHY SOME CANCERS GAIN RESISTANCE TO CHEMOTHERAPY AND RADIATION AND BECOME MORE RESISTANT AFTER FREQUENT CANCER TREATMENTS
[36] 2004 outcome for patients with either type of tumor is POOR when STANDARD multimodality THERAPY IS USED
children are ideal candidates for INNOVATIVE TREATMENT approaches
33 / 100% – DIED OF DISEASE PROGRESSION
administration of temozolomide after RT DIDN’T ALTER POOR PROGNOSIS associated with newly diagnosed diffuse BRAINSTEM GLIOMA in children
[37] 2/2008 addition of vincristine and oral VP-16 to standard external beam radiation causes moderate toxicity and DOESN’T IMPROVE SURVIVAL OF CHILDREN WITH DIFFUSE INTRINSIC BRAIN STEM GLIOMA
[38] 5/6/2009 Currently, NO DATA available from randomized controlled trials demonstrating improvement in disease-related symptoms or increased survival with Avastin in GLIOBLASTOMA
[39] 10/12/2011 Afinitor (ubependymal giant cell ASTROCYTOMA (SEGA) brain tumor)
none of their tumors went away completely
ability to induce tumor differentiation in laboratory models and LOW CLINICALTOXICITY PROFILE makes them promising candidates for COMBINATION WITH CONVENTIONAL THERAPIES
So what does Gorski think is going to fill the void?
His clinical trial drug ?
The potentially profitable drug Gorski is in the process of conducting a clinical trial for is the ALS drug Riluzole, made by Sanofi-Aventis and marketed as Rilutek
Apparently, David Gorski has had his eye on that drug for a long time, but as a possible treatment for breast cancer
As suggested by a 2008-2009 webpage of a breast cancer website:
“Three years ago in another cancer (melanoma), Dr. Gorski’s collaborators found that glutamate might have a role in promoting the transformation of the pigmented cells in the skin (melanocytes) into the deadly skin cancer melanoma”
“More importantly for therapy, it was found that this protein can be blocked with drugs, and, specifically, in melanoma cell lines and tumor models of melanoma using a drug originally designed to treat ALS and already FDA-approved for that indication (Riluzole) can inhibit the growth of melanoma.”
http://www.ageofautism.com/2010/06/david-gorskis-financial-pharma-ties-what-he-didnt-tell-you.html
Better luck next time with your personal MUD-targeted Skeptic therapy Gorski
Dvorit D. Samid learned about antineoplastons from Burzynski
[1] 4/1/1992
SAMID, D., Shack, S., and Sherman, l.. T.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1372534/
Cancer Res., 52: 1988-1992, 1992
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/1372534/
Cancer Res 1992;52:1988-1992
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Cancer Res April 1, 1992 52; 1988v I
http://cancerres.aacrjournals.org/content/52/7/1988
Cancer Res. 1992 Apr 1;52(7):1988-92
Click to access 1988.full.pdf
Cancer Res 52:1988,1992
http://m.cancerres.aacrjournals.org/content/52/7/1988.full.pdf#page=1
SAMID D, Shack S, Ti-Sherman L
Clinical Pharmacology Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland
PHENYLACETATE-A novel nontoxic inducer of TUMOR CELL differentiation
↵1 Supported by Elan Pharmaceutical Corporation Grant G174ED
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[2] .8/20/1992
Dover GJ, Brusilow S, SAMID D. Increased fetal hemoglobin in patients receiving sodium 4-PHENYLBUTYRATE. N Engl J Med. 1992 Aug 20;327(8):569–570
N Engl J Med. 1992 Aug 20;327(8):569-70
N Engl J Med 1992; 327:569-570
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM199208203270818
N Engl J Med 327569, 1992
Dvorit Samid, Ph.D
National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD
[3] 9/15/1992
SAMID D, Yeh A, Prasanna P. Induction of erythroid differentiation and fetal hemoglobin production in human leukemic cells treated with phenylacetate. Blood. 1992 Sep 15;80(6):1576–1581
Blood. 1992 Sep 15;80(6):1576-81
Blood September 15, 1992 vol. 80 no. 6 1576-1581
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Blood 80:1576, 1992
http://m.bloodjournal.hematologylibrary.org/content/80/6/1576.abstract
Blood 80(6):1576–1581
Clinical Pharmacology Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD
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[4] 5/1993
SAMID D, Shack S , Myers CE . Selective growth arrest and phenotypic reversion of prostate cancer cells in vitro by NONTOXIC pharmacological concentrations of PHENYLACETATE . J. Clin. Invest . 1993;91:2288
J Clin Invest. 1993 May;91(5):2288-95
J Clin Invest. 1993 May; 91(5): 2288–2295
Published in Volume 91, Issue 5 (May 1993)
http://m.jci.org/articles/view/116457
J Clin Invest. 1993;91(5):2288–2295
1993, The American Society for Clinical Investigation
http://m.jci.org/articles/view/116457/pdf.mobile
J Clin Invest 91:2288, 1993
PMCID: PMC288233
doi:10.1172/JCI116457
SAMID D References: 9, 13-14, 17 and 33
[5] .10/1/1993
Enhanced fetal
hemoglobin production by PHENYLACETATE and 4-PHENYLBUTYRATE in erythroid precursors derived from normal blood donors and patients with sickle cell anemia and P-thalassemia
Blood. 1993 Oct 1;82(7):2203-9
Blood 822203, 1993
Blood October 1, 1993 vol. 82 no. 7 2203-2209
1993 82: 2203-2209
Department of Hematology, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel
Fibach E, Prasanna P, Rodgers GP, SAMID D
SAMID, D., Ram, Z., Hudgins, W. R., Shack, S., Liu, L., Waibridge, S., Oldfield, E. H., and Myers, C. E. Selective activity of PHENYLACETATE against malignant gliomas: resemblance to fetal brain damage in phenylketonuria. Cancer Res., 54: 891-895, 1993
Cancer Res. 1994 Feb 15;54(4):891-5
Cancer Res February 15, 1994 54; 891
http://cancerres.aacrjournals.org/content/54/4/891/
Cancer Res 1994;54:891-895
Clinical Pharmacology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
Work supported by funds from Elan Pharmaceutical Research Corporation through Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CACR-0139)
A phase I and pharmacokinetic study of intravenous PHENYLACETATE in patients with cancer
Cancer Res. 1994 Apr 1;54(7):1690-4
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/8137283
Cancer Res 54(7):1690-4 (1994), PMID.8137283
Clinical Pharmacology Branch, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
Thibault A, Cooper MR, Figg WD, Venzon DJ, Sartor AO, Tompkins AC, Weinberger MS, Headlee DJ, McCall NA, SAMID D, et al.
Study supported in part by grant from Elan Pharmaceutical Research Co
SAMID D
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Drugs Exp Clin Res. 1990;16(7):361-9
Growth inhibition, tumor maturation, and extended survival in experimental brain tumors in rats treated with PHENYLACETATE.
Cancer Res 54:2934-2927, 1994
Cancer Res. 1994 Jun 1;54(11):2923-7
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Cancer Res 54(11):2923–2927
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Surgical Neurology Branch, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
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http://cancerres.aacrjournals.org/content/54/11/2923
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J Invest Dermatol. 1994 Sep;103(3):335-40
Disposition of PHENYLBUTYRATE and its metabolites, PHENYLACETATE and PHENYLACETYLGLUTAMINE.
J Clin Pharmacol 35:368-373, 1995 Abstract
The Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
Volume 35, Issue 4, pages 368–373, April 1995
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Piscitelli SC, Thibault A, Figg WD, et al: (SAMID D)
http://jcp.sagepub.com/content/35/4/368
Pharmacy Department, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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[11] 6/15/1995
Phase I study of PHENYLACETATE administered twice daily to patients with cancer
Cancer. 1995 Jun 15;75(12):2932-8
Cancer 75(12):2932–2938
Clinical Pharmacology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
Thibault A, SAMID D, Cooper MR, Figg WD, Tompkins AC, Patronas N, et al
[12] 10/12/1995
Cytostatic activity of PHENYLACETATE and derivatives against tumor cells:
Correlation with lipophilicity and inhibition of protein prenylation.
Biochem Pharmacol. 1995 Oct 12;50(8):1273-9
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Clinical Pharmacology Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
[13] 10/1995
Stockhammer G, Manley GT, Johnson R, et al: (SAMID D) Inhibition of proliferation and induction of differentiation in medulloblastoma and astrocytoma-derived cell lines with PHENYLACETATE. J Neurosurg 83:672-681, 1995
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Cotzias Laboratory of Neuro-Oncology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA
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Toxicological study on antineoplastons A-10 and AS2-1 in cancer patients
Kurume Med J. 1995;42(4):241-9
The Kurume Medical Journal
Vol. 42 (1995) No. 4 P 241-249
https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/kurumemedj1954/42/4/42_4_241/_article
JST.Journalarchive/kurumemedj1954/42.241
https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/kurumemedj1954/42/4/42_4_241/_pdf
Department of Anesthesiology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Japan
http://dx.doi.org/10.2739/kurumemedj.42.241
Tsuda H, Hara H, Eriguchi N, Nishida H, Yoshida H, Kumabe T, Sugita Y
https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/kurumemedj1954/42/4/42_4_241/_article/references
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Nishida et al. (Japan) A-10 Reference: 4 and 7
Muldoon et al. A-10 Reference: 6
Inhibitory effect of antineoplaston A10 and AS2-1 on human hepatocellular carcinoma
Tsuda H (Japan)
Kurume Med J. 1996;43(2):137-47
http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/kurumemedj1954/43/2/43_2_137/_article
Burzynski References: 1 – 3, 5 and 7
http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/kurumemedj1954/43/2/43_2_137/_article/references
SAMID Reference: 13 (who learned from Burzynski re PHENYLACETATE)
http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/kurumemedj1954/43/2/43_2_137/_pdf
Nishida et al. (Japan) A10 Reference: 4 and 10
Muldoon et al. A10 Reference: 8
Vulnerability of multidrug-resistant tumor cells to the aromatic fatty acids phenylacetate and PHENYLBUTYRATE
Clin Cancer Res. 1996 May;2(5):865-72
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http://m.clincancerres.aacrjournals.org/content/2/5/865.abstract
Clinical Pharmacology Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Click to access 865.full.pdf
Shack S, Miller A, Liu L, Prasanna P, Thibault A, SAMID D
http://clincancerres.aacrjournals.org/content/2/5/865
Gorospe M, Shack S, Guyton KZ, et al: (SAMID D)
Up-regulation and functional role of p21Waf1/Cip1 during growth arrest of human breast carcinoma MCF-7 cells by PHENYLACETATE. Cell Growth Differ 7:1609-1615, 1996
Cell Growth Differ. 1996 Dec;7(12):1609-15
Cell Growth Differ 7(12):1609–1615
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Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Gerontology Research Center, National Institute on Aging, NIH, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Miller AC, Whittaker T, Thibault A, et al: (SAMID D)
Modulation of radiation response of human tumor cells by the differentiation inducers, PHENYLACETATE and PHENYLBUTYRATE. Int J Radiat Biol 72:211-218, 1997
Int J Radiat Biol. 1997 Aug;72(2):211-8
Armed Forces Radiobiology, Research Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
PHENYLACETATE and PHENYLBUTYRATE as novel, NONTOXIC differentiation inducers
Adv Exp Med Biol (1997), PMID.9547596
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Eicosanoids and Other Bioactive Lipids in Cancer, Inflammation, and Radiation Injury 2
Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology Volume 400, 1997, pp 501-505
Clinical Pharmacology Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD USA
D D SAMID, W R WR Hudgins, … C E CE Myers
Impact of the putative differentiating agents sodium PHENYLBUTYRATE and sodium PHENYLACETATE on proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis of primary neoplastic myeloid cells
Clin Cancer Res. 1997 Oct;3(10):1755-62
Clin Cancer Res October 1997 3; 1755
http://m.clincancerres.aacrjournals.org/content/3/10/1755.full.pd
Clin Cancer Res. 1997a;3:1755–1762
http://m.clincancerres.aacrjournals.org/content/3/10/1755.abstract
The Johns Hopkins Oncology Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Gore SD, SAMID D, Weng LJ
[21] 11.–.12/1997
Antineoplaston AS2-1 for maintenance therapy in liver cancer
H Tsuda phase I clinical trial
Oncol Rep. 1997; 4:1213- 1216
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/21590224
Oncol Rep. 1997 Nov-Dec;4(6):1213-6
http://www.spandidos-publications.com/or/4/6/1213
Oncol Rep 4 (6):1213-6 (1997)
Oncology Reports
4 (6):1213-6
KURUME UNIV,SCH MED,DEPT SURG,KURUME,FUKUOKA,JAPAN. KURUME UNIV,SCH MED,DEPT INTERNAL MED,KURUME,FUKUOKA,JAPAN. KURUME UNIV,SCH MED,DEPT RADIOL,KURUME,FUKUOKA,JAPAN
PHENYLBUTYRATE induces cell differentiation and modulates Epstein-Barr virus gene expression in Burkitt’s lymphoma cells
Clin Cancer Res. 1999 Jun;5(6):1509-16
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/10389940/
Clin Cancer Res 5(6):1509–1516
http://m.clincancerres.aacrjournals.org/content/5/6/1509.abstract
Clin Cancer Res June 1999 5; 1509
http://m.clincancerres.aacrjournals.org/content/5/6/1509.long
Pediatric Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
http://clincancerres.aacrjournals.org/content/5/6/1509
Bar-Ner M, Thibault A, Tsokos M, Magrath IT, SAMID D
Supported in part by funds from Elan Pharmaceutical Research Corporation
A phase Idose escalation and bioavailability study of oral sodium PHENYLBUTYRATE in patients with refractory solid tumor malignancies
Clin Cancer Res. 2001 Aug;7(8):2292-.300
Clin Cancer Res 7(8):2292-.300 (2001), PMID.11489804
Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Oncology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA
J Gilbert, S D Baker, … M A Carducci
SAMID D References: 2-3, 5-6, 15 and 20
A Phase I clinical and pharmacological evaluation of sodium PHENYLBUTYRATE on an 120-h infusion schedule
Clin Cancer Res 7(10):3047-55 (2001), PMID.11595694
http://m.clincancerres.aacrjournals.org/content/7/10/3047.long
Division of Medical Oncology, The Johns Hopkins Oncology Center, Bunting-Blaustein Cancer Research Building, Baltimore, MD, USA
M A Carducci, J Gilbert, … R C Donehower
SAMID D References: 10-11, 13-14, 17-18, 23-24, 27, 33, 40-41 and 47
Long-term survival following treatment with antineoplastons for colon cancer with unresectable multiple liver metastases: report of a case
Long-Term Survival Following Treatment with Antineoplastonsfor Colon Cancer with Unresectable Multiple Liver Metastases:
Report of a Case
A10 and AS2-1 – Phase II Clinical Trial
Hideaki Tsuda
http://www.springerlink.com/content/b48ch3ha165nbrqp
Surg Today. 2003;33(6):448-53
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10595-002-2503-2
Surg Today 2003; 33:448–53
http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2Fs10595-002-2503-2
Surg Today. 2003; 33:448-453
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10595-002-2503-2?LI=true
33 (6):448-53
Surgery Today, Springer
http://sciencelinks.jp/j-east/article/200313/000020031303A0389449.php
Surg Today 2003
http://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/10015483373
Department of Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan
Oral sodium PHENYLBUTYRATE in patients with recurrent malignant gliomas:
A dose escalation and pharmacologic study
Neuro Oncol. 2005 Apr;7(2):177-82
Neuro-oncol. 2005 April; 7(2): 177–182 PMCID: PMC1871887
Click to access neu0702p177.pdf
The New Approaches to Brain Tumor Therapy CNS Consortium, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
Buckner Reference: 3
SAMID D References: 12, 17 and 19-21
Phase I dose escalation clinical trial of PHENYLBUTYRATE sodium administered twice daily to patients with advanced solid tumors
Invest New Drugs. 2007 Apr;25(2):131-8. Epub 2006 Oct 20
Investigational New Drugs
April 2007, Volume 25, Issue 2, pp 131-138
Invest New Drugs 25(2):131-8 (2007), PMID.17053987
Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Joan and Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell Medical Center, New York, New York, USA
Luis H LH Camacho, Jon J Olson, … Mark G MG Malkin
SAMID D References: 4-5, 7, 20, 24, 30 and 32-38
14. Burzynski SR, Weaver RA, Janicki T, et al.: Long-term survival of high-risk pediatric patients with primitive neuroectodermal tumors treated with antineoplastons A10 and AS2-1. Integr Cancer Ther 4 (2): 168-77, 2005
Integr Cancer Ther. 2005 Jun;4(2):168-77
Increased susceptibility of ras-transformed cells to PHENYLACETATE is associated with inhibition of p21ras isoprenylation and phenotypic reversion. Int J Cancer 63:124-129, 1995
Int J Cancer. 1995 Sep 27;63(1):124-9
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ijc.2910630122/abstract
Int J Cancer 63:124-129, 1995
Int J Cancer. 1995 Sep 27;63(1):124-9.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ijc.2910630122/references
Volume 63, Issue 1, Article first published online: 17 JUL 2006
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.2910630122
Shack S, Chen L-C, Miller AC, et al: (SAMID D)
Shack, S., Chen, L-C., Miller, A. C., Danesi, A., and SAMID, D. Int. J. Cancer, 63: 124-129, 1995
Shack, S., Miller, A., Liu, L., Prasanna, P., Thibault, A., and SAMID, D.. Vulnerability of MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT TUMOR CELLS to the aromatic fatty acids PHENYLACETATE and PHENYLBUTYRATE. Clin. Cancer Res., 2: 865-872, 1996
Clinical Pharmacology Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
A phase I study of high-dose tamoxifen for the treatment of refractory malignant gliomas of childhood
Clin Cancer Res. 1997 Jul;3(7):1109-15
Clin Cancer Res July 1997 3; 1109
http://m.clincancerres.aacrjournals.org/content/3/7/1109.full.pd
Department of Neurosurgery, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Radiation therapy and high-dose tamoxifen in the treatment of patients with diffuse BRAINSTEM GLIOMAS:
results of a Brazilian cooperative study
Brainstem Glioma Cooperative Group
J Clin Oncol 18, 1246-1253
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http://clincancerres.aacrjournals.org/content/11/19/6767.full
Temozolomide and ANAPLASTIC ASTROCYTOMA:
new indication
Prescrire Int. 2000 Dec;9(50):170-1.
A novel strategy for remission induction and maintenance in cancer therapy
A10 and AS2-1
H Tsuda
Oncol Rep 2002;9:65–8
Oncol. Rep. 2002;9:65-68
http://www.spandidos-publications.com/or/9/1/65
Oncol Rep 9(1):65-8 (2002)
Oncology Reports, Spandidos Publications
Department of Anesthesiology, Kurume University, School of Medicine, Fukuoka-ken, Japan
Supratentorial high-grade ASTROCYTOMA and DIFFUSE BRAINSTEM GLIOMA:
two challenges for the pediatric oncologist
Oncologist. 2004;9(2):197-206.
Oncologist 9, 197-206
http://m.theoncologist.alphamedpress.org/content/9/2/197.long
Division of Neuro-Oncology, Department of Hematology-Oncology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
1/1/2005 (11/24/2004) – Role of temozolomide after radiotherapy for newly diagnosed diffuse BRAINSTEM GLIOMA in children:
results of a multiinstitutional study (SJHG-98)
Cancer. 2005 Jan 1;103(1):133-9.
Cancer 103, 133-139
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cncr.20741/abstract;jsessionid=6717837591CCC8FCBD8E46163808E221.d03t01
Volume 103, Issue 1, pages 133–139, 1 January 2005
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cncr.20741/full
Article first published online: 24 NOV 2004
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cncr.20741/references
Cited By:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cncr.20741/citedby
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Department of Hematology-Oncology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
[37] 2/2008 (Article first published online: 2/2/2007)
Treatment of children with diffuse intrinsic BRAIN STEM GLIOMA with radiotherapy, vincristine and oral VP-16:
a Children’s Oncology Group phase II study
Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2008 Feb;50(2):227-30
University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, USA
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pbc.21154/abstract;jsessionid=DE7A67EFBAC1A184F6805F11CFC4F30B.d02t02
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[38] 5/6/2009
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted accelerated approval of Avastin (bevacizumab) for people with GLIOBLASTOMA (brain cancer) with progressive disease following prior therapy
effectiveness of Avastin in AGGRESSIVE form of BRAIN CANCER based on improvement in objective response rate
http://www.drugs.com/newdrugs/fda-grants-accelerated-approval-avastin-combination-paclitaxel-chemotherapy-first-line-advanced-852.html
According to FDA analysis of study
Study AVF3708g
Study NCI 06-C-0064E
Efficacy of Avastin in GLIOBLASTOMA that progressed following prior therapy supported by another study that used same response assessment criteria as AVF3708g
http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/fda-bevacizumab
http://www.drugs.com/newdrugs/fda-grants-accelerated-approval-avastin-brain-cancer-glioblastoma-has-progressed-following-prior-1342.html
[39] 10/12/2011 (Published online: 8/1/2011)
Everolimus tablets for patients with subependymal giant cell ASTROCYTOMA
Expert Opin Pharmacother. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2012 July 5.
Published in final edited form as:
Expert Opin Pharmacother. 2011 October; 12(14): 2265–2269.
Published online 2011 August 1. doi: 10.1517/14656566.2011.601742
NIHMSID: NIHMS385824
http://www.fda.gov/AboutFDA/CentersOffices/OfficeofMedicalProductsandTobacco/CDER/ucm231967.htm
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Himansh Kohli Opens Up On His Breakup With Singer Neha Kakkar
Imran Asif Fazal |Feb 19, 2020
Himansh Kohli claimed that he has faced severe backlash from netizens when Neha Kakkar posted on social media platforms.
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After almost an year, actor Himansh Kohli spoke his heart out about his break up with singer Neha Kakkar. It was an ugly turn of events after Neha Kakkar broke down on the singing reality show Indian Idol. During an interview with a leading daily newspaper, Himansh Kohli claimed that he received lot of hate on the internet when Kakkar shared any posts on her social media accounts.
Himansh Kohli and Neha Kakkar were in a serious relationship since a very long time.
For the unversed, Neha Kakkar broke down on national television when Himansh Kohli's name was mentioned during the show. Himansh Kohli said that the break up was not ugly from his side but due to speculations everything became ugly. He termed this period as his worst phase of life. But he feels that things have settled down but he remembers the time when fans on internet cursed him on social media.
He further said that the split which took place in the end of 2018 and it all started after Neha uploaded a post on her social media account. The fans without knowing the real story started speculating various stories and blamed Himansh for the entire incident. This further led to people drawing conclusions due to the posts on social media platforms. The singer later went on to a TV show and cried which everyone believed that the actor has to be blamed. He further stated that even he wanted to cry but he wanted to show up a brave face.
Himansh Kohli also said that several times he wanted to write down his feelings on social media platforms when he felt weak. But he stopped himself thinking that he should wait and not vent out things against a person whom he had loved. He decided to not speak against Neha Kakkar because he loved her at one point of time. But the actor never asked Kakkar as to why she was doing such things despite knowing that it was hurting him. When he was asked about the reason behind the break up, he also said that there were any things which took place during their relationship. But he chose to not talk about it and mutually decided to end the relationship.
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STATE OF THE ARTS NYC
Podcast Show Hosted by Savona Bailey McClain
NEW YORK CITY, Zimbabwe
ZIG, ZAG, ZIM
Posted by stateoftheartsnyc on March 29, 2016 April 2, 2016
In the Summer of 2015, we embarked on the journey of a lifetime. Coming from different corners of the planet, on a Winter’s day in July, we landed in Zimbabwe’s capital city, Harare. We expected to be amazed. We hoped to learn and grow. We even thought we might mock our own “otherness” and pursuit of the exotic. What we did not know then was that this trip would change us forever.
The “we” in this case were Catinca Tabacaru, the gallery’s fearless namesake owner, Raphael Guilbert, the young and multi-talented assistant director, and three roster artists: Russian-Israeli force of nature Rachel Monosov, Surinamese Xavier Robles de Medina whose talent is as true and ancient as the plains burning all over Sub-Saharan Africa, and American rock-star painter Justin Orvis Steimer.
The inception of the idea for this adventure came some two years earlier on a trip to the 2013 Venice Biennial. Having spent some time living in Africa, Catinca found her way to the Zimbabwean Pavilion, one of the only African Pavilions, a fifth floor walk-up on the way to the Giardini. Inside, she found a drawing that both excited with its contemporary lines and evoked deep emotions by way of its subject matter: Virginia Chihota’s Mistakes In The Right Lines, a work that anchors this exhibition in its revelation of the story’s starting point.
Catinca returned to the Zimbabwean Pavilion in 2015 while in Venice working with the European Pavilion who presented works by young Justin Orvis Steimer alongside legends including Yoko Ono and Herman de Vries. Again, the Zimbabwean Pavilion surpassed all expectations with textural giant paper works by Gareth Nyandoro, also an artist in this exhibition, stealing the show. This time, Catinca struck up a conversation with Raphael Chikukwa, the Pavilion’s curator and one of Africa’s star curators, and expressed her growing interest in building a collaboration between her artists and the Zimbabwean emerging art scene. That exchange quickly snowballed and landed the group in Harare not two months later. The rest is very literally history in the making.
Everything that happened during our stay in Zimbabwe crossed and re-crossed artistic, cultural and personal boundaries. The Residency became a space where the traditions of Zimbabwean ancestors were not only kept alive but propagated, and simultaneously, where artistic pursuit was relentlessly challenged as the artists collectively pushed to evolve, playing their part to assist Zimbabwe’s transition into a real player on the international contemporary art scene.
Much of the work completed during the Residency involved artist-to-artist assistance. Two major collaborations were conceived and continue to develop to date: Admire Kamudzengerere’s Paper Project and Rachel Monosov’s #PinkVillage. They make appearances in this Exhibition in video, painting, photography, performance and sculptural forms. Both projects take fine art outside the formal white-box gallery, effectively turning the gallery inside out. Although the American Embassy refused to grant Admire Kamudzengerere a visa to physically participate in this exhibition, when the show travels to the National Gallery of Zimbabwe to open on April 28 of this year, Kamudzengerere will unroll the 2km long scroll-like paper first used during the Residency through the Gallery doors and onto the city streets. Remnants of the reddish Zimbabwean earth and other detrius will be joined by new marks as the paper spills into the city. Sections of the paper will be left unrolled while the rest will be re-rolled and placed within the gallery space like sculptures telling the story of their making.
Notably, #PinkVillage has captured the hearts and minds of local community leaders and art curators. It began as the painting of five mud huts pink. This aesthetic act questions ideas of aid and assistance in Africa. What happens when you give people not their survival necessities but a gift, which one artist desires to see manifested for formalistic reasons? The creative pursuit of bringing friction to the natural landscape ignites dialogue regarding the aesthetic, political and cultural relationships between Africa and the West. What was first conceived as an artistic pursuit, in its interaction with the local community and a wider audience, evolved into a complex dialogue. There is now a call for the painting of over 100 mud huts pink — deeply evolving the aesthetic conversation and now engaging the political wings of land development and immigration status. Monosov’s video work Pink Village Chapter I will premier in New York during the opening of this exhibition.
An unexpected and highly interesting parallel appeared during the Residency between 25-year olds: Zimbabwean Terrence Musekiwa and Surinamese Xavier Robles de Medina. Both grew up in post-colonial societies and were trained by their patriarchs at a very young age–Musekiwa in traditional stone sculpture and Robles de Medina in painting and drawing. Although they hail from opposite parts of the world, their experiences and current career journeys share infinite similarities. Here, each explores the unique characters making up the social and political arms of Zimbabwean daily life. Robles de Medinas time-intensive charcoal drawing is based on a film still captured in Zimbabwean Parliament in 2004, a split second before Zimabwean MP Roy Bennett attacked the Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa. The Minister declared Bennett would not be returning to his farm, resulting in one more story of physical collision between black and white Zimbabweans within the context of the widely controversial land reform program.
“I don’t understand why he makes them so ugly,” Musekiwa’s mother complains looking at one of the young artist’s satirical works donning exaggerated features and comic expressions. It is this unique and humorous vision of the world, mixed with a current interest in Chinese products that have inundated Zimbabwe over the past decade, that both makes Musekiwa representative of contemporary African aesthetics, and distinctly sets Musekiwa apart from other artists carving stone or using discarded materials. What results is the playfulness of a traditional art form used to render a new aesthetic. Musekiwa creates a portrait of a people, opens a fresh dialogue about religious changes, the making of history, forgotten traditions of magic, and the quotidian turmoil that is still at the heart of most Africans living today.
Terrence Musekiwa, Human Insect, 2015, stone, rubber, metal, rope and wire, 9 x 12 in Magic is the last ingredient needed to complete this Exhibition, and it is added effortlessly by Bushwick-based Justin Orvis Steimer whose large painting and series of small paper works executed on Kamudzengerere’s rolled paper depict the spirit of this time and space. The painting is a product of the spiritual engagement Steimer and the others had during the Residency. The piece is made on a tarp found around the grounds of Dzimbanhete Arts Interactions, our artists-space host in Harare. The tarp was already infused with geometry, history, in situ earth, and energy. The marks that form the shapes of the painting were made during a 3.5-hour consultation with Sokuru, the ancestral spirit brought to life by the local healer and medium Jonathan Dube aka Samaita. The work is a testament to the part of the Residency that is often left unsaid, kept safe for those who experienced it to feel its power. The paper works are portraits of spaces, and time spent, in Harare: the women’s kitchen who tirelessly cooked for 18 of us each night; a portrait of Musekiwa while he sculpts a sardonic stone head; the last hours of a goat’s life preparing for slaughter to accompany the ceremony that welcomed us strangers into the intimate folds of the small Zimbabwean village; the “office” of a Shaman with its spirits flying around inside; a tourists’ lodge that offered “that sweet warm water” so rare in local neighborhoods; and our dear and invaluable host space Dzimbanhete Arts Interactions where we were received and cared for like members of an extended family.
About Catinca Tabacaru Gallery:
Catinca Tabacaru Gallery opened its brick and mortar space on the Lower East Side in 2014. Interested in authenticity, a universal language and the geopolitical environment, the themes of identity, gender, spiritualism and time run deep throughout the gallery’s program. Its activities are collaborative at their core and stay true to its roots of curating and branching out into multidisciplinary projects. The Gallery created a traveling Artist Residency Program during the Summer of 2015 starting in Zimbabwe and continuing with a second installment in Newfoundland, Canada; a project evolving parallel to its space-driven program. Catinca Tabacaru Gallery 250 Broome Street, New York, NY 10002, Wednesday – Sunday | 11:00am – 6:00pm Press contact: raphael@catincatabacaru.com or 212-260-2481 SAMPLE IMAGES Gareth Nyandoro, Untitled Performance, 2015 On the eve of this Exhibition’s Opening Reception at the National Gallery of Zimbabwe, the audience will be asked to move to the upper level of the Gallery. The lights go off as Nyandoro leads a procession of thirty goats wearing headlamps into the downstairs Museum Gallery. The performance feels simultaneously surreal and comical. While rooted in the traditional trade of shepherding, it transcends time to create a futuristic concoction of movement, light and sound.
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British Gambler Stakes $5 Million on Trump in Largest Ever Political Bet
93% of bets being placed on a Trump victory over the last 24 hours.
Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
A British gambler has staked $5 million dollars on President Trump winning re-election in what is believed to be the largest ever political bet.
According to the Sun, the former banker used private bookmakers registered on the Caribbean island of Curacao and was able to secure odds of 37/20, meaning he will receive a $15 million payout if Trump is victorious.
Apparently, the high roller decided to place the gargantuan bet after a private consultation with “Trump camp insiders.”
“Word of this bet has done the rounds and we think it’s the biggest ever made on politics,” one industry source told the newspaper.
According to gambling comparison site OddsChecker, 71% of money wagered on the outcome of the election was in favor of Trump over four hours this morning, a figure that represents a “remarkable” swing according to the site’s head of marketing, Sam Eaton.
“The 2020 election is following a very similar betting pattern to the one we witnessed back in 2016. The closer we got to Election Day, the more money came for Donald Trump,” said Eaton.
It’s normal for part-time gamblers to make late bets on the underdog, which according to the polls is Trump, because they are guaranteed higher returns.
However, according to Paddy Power, the numbers are massive, with 93% of bets being placed on a Trump victory over the last 24 hours.
“Even at the eleventh hour, punters are continuing to back Trump at the odds on offer,” said Ladbrokes’ Jessica O’Reilly.
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Social network showdown
Briaune Knighton
When it comes to meeting new people and maintaining friendships, meeting in person is history. In the age of social networks, friendships are now only a click away.
Two prominent websites leading the way for social networks are Facebook and Myspace. With their distinct differences, users choose their preferred service and find ways to express themselves.
‘Facebook is nothing compared to Myspace,’ said 18-year-old freshman graphic design major Christina Balanesay. ‘You can’t customize your profile.’
Though they offer different ways of self-promotion, one thing remains constant, the urge for thousands of people to flood the websites checking their profiles for messages and comments.
Profile designing seems to be a defining factor for those choosing which is better, Myspace or Facebook. The ability to decorate a page is appealing to most, giving them the chance to add their personal flair.
Being one of the first social networks, Myspace has many more profiles and registered users than Facebook, but according to some that will not last for long.
‘I am constantly receiving friend requests on Facebook, it seems to be growing constantly,’ said 23-year-old political science and history major James Hermon.
When Facebook, the newer of the two social networks, came on the scene it offered many things that Myspace initially did not have. At first all users were required to have a university e-mail address to join, it was primarily a social network for college students but opened to the public in 2006. People have been joining ever since and utilize the website for conventional activities.
‘It has very intriguing games that you can play over and over again,’ said 22-year-old junior psychology major Hardy Aguirre. ‘It has a lot of cool applications and can become addicting.’
Facebook gives one the opportunity to compete with friends on trivia, quizzes and puzzles online. In response to waves of people flooding Facebook, Myspace recently added applications as well.
‘I hear about local events on Myspace but don’t really use it much for that,’ said Balanesay.
Myspace has a large music community in which artists are able to advertise their talent. Like any form of promotion, sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t.
Many local clubs and organizations on university campuses also use the tools offered on Facebook.
‘I am the vice president of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc, Pi Kappa chapter on campus and I am able to inform CSUN students about events we are having,’ said Hermon. He discussed how he and his fraternity were able to go ‘Green’ through using Facebook for promotion.
‘One of the major benefits is that Facebook is largely student-based. We are able to cut the cost of making flyers by sending invites on Facebook and the less paper we hand out the cleaner the campus will end up being,’ said Hermon.
The organized look of the site allows users to browse smoothly and easily, finding videos posted by friends or writing and posting blogs.
‘I think the layout is better, its cleaner,’ said Aguirre. ‘Myspace is kind of dull.’
Social networks have greatly changed the way that people communicate with each other. As opposed to talking face to face or even over the phone, messages and comments have become a new source of conversation.
‘Socially I am able to keep in contact with many associates from high school, middle school, and even grade school that I might not have been able to if it was not for Facebook,’ said Hermon.
Despite the many opinions and differences between the two social networks, one common factor does remain, they are the new wave in communication.
Briaune Knighton, Author
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Graduation with no greencard, what happens next?
Carol Morales • May 26, 2006
Ana is a graduating student with no future. Ana, psychology major, isn't thinking about getting a job in her field of study. She isn't even thinking about life after college. "I don't really like to...
14 hour days with no overtime pay
For more than 10 years, Telma Gutierrez said she slept on the floor of a small closet along ironing boards, clothes and hangers while working as a live-in housekeeper. Gutierrez said she worked for more...
Gay couples wonder if ‘I do’ will ever be legal
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In the five years they have known each other, 18-year-old Sarah McIlvaine and Autumn Benson dated, committed to a long-term relationship and began to talk about living together, but now wonder if they...
Indoor ban hurts club fundraising
Carol Morales • March 28, 2006
Some clubs and organizations have found difficulty fundraising on campus due to campus policies that require sales to be outside. With many club-sponsored events costing tens of thousands of dollars, bake...
Women’s center more than a safe haven; a home
As an individual crosses the gate into the CSUN Women's Resource and Research Center, a person probably could not help, but feel safe and at home. "What we have is because someone stood up before us....
Religious studies teacher practices what he teaches
Bob Goss, CSUN professor of religious studies, began his sermon on a recent Sunday at the Metropolitan Community Church in the Valley in North Hollywood by blessing those who couldn't make it to church...
Students protest apparel made in sweatshops
Carol Morales • March 7, 2006
Are your T-shirts, sweaters and caps sold in most university stores produced by sweatshop laborers? According to sweatshop laborer Fredy de los Santos "they sure are." Santos is an employee at a maquiladora...
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ingerly, Fuat Sezgin takes the gleaming brass astrolabe out of its display case and hands it to me. “Don’t drop it,” the science historian warns with an elfin grin. From the 38 astrolabes in the Institute for the History of Arabic– Islamic Science at Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt, I’ve selected a copy of an elegantly designed model constructed in Muslim Seville in the 13th century. This movable enigma is 16.5 centimeters (6½") in diameter, about the size of a dessert plate, and six millimeters (¼") thick. Front and back are crawling with etched circles, arcs, Arabic lettering and numerals, zodiac signs and dials within dials festooned with tiny hooks and pointers—a beautiful but terrifying astronomy exam.
“That one’s stunning, but it sure is complicated,” he says with frank, but less than reassuring, cheeriness. “I’ll just run you through the basics.”
“See that light?” the professor asks, pointing to a ceiling fixture. “Hold the astrolabe up to the light, look along the pivoting ruler on the back and line it up with the light, which is your star,” he explains. “Where the ruler crosses a scale that circles the back rim of the instrument, the number shows the altitude, in degrees, of that star above the horizon. You take that measurement and the sun’s celestial longitude, using the separate calendar scale on the back, match them up with the star’s altitude and the sun’s coordinates on the front of the astrolabe, and you can determine the name of the star and its location.”
“Got it?” asks Sezgin, as he replaces the instrument in its case. “It just takes some practice,” he adds, with a confidence I am very far from sharing.
After hours poring over explanations, watching demonstrations on the Web site of the Institute and Museum of the History of Science in Florence, Italy and fiddling with “The Electrical Astrolabe,” a whiz-bang computer simulation created by James Morrison, a retired software engineer from Delaware, I’m still a tenderfoot. But I can now report I know my way around the astrolabe well enough to tell time and even locate a few stars with it.
Based on an ancient Greek concept, the astrolabe is the salient emblem of Muslim science. The 10th-century astronomer Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi claimed it had a thousand uses—a bit of poetic exaggeration, of course. The instrument served chiefly to pinpoint stars; predict sunrises, sunsets and prayer times; find the qibla (the direction for prayer toward Makkah); survey land; and cast horoscopes. A simplified version, known as the mariner’s astrolabe, was used for navigation.
An endearing but unlikely Islamic legend has it that the second-century Alexandrian astronomer Ptolemy conjured up the astrolabe when he dropped the celestial globe he was studying while riding a donkey. The donkey stepped on the globe and flattened it, inspiring Ptolemy to reproduce the three-dimensional sky on a two-dimensional plane.
In fact, an earlier Greek astronomer named Hipparchus from Nicaea (present-day Iznik in Turkey) wrote about the concept of stereographic projection around 150 BC. Although ancient Greek scientists probably created astrolabes, none has survived. The oldest instrument extant, designed by Nastulus in Baghdad in about 927, is now part of Kuwait’s national collection.
The most complete collection of astrolabes in the world, with some 136 instruments, is at Oxford University’s Museum of the History of Science; the UK’s National Maritime Museum at Greenwich has around 70. In the US, Chicago’s Adler Planetarium, the Smithsonian’s Museum of American History and Harvard University each has extensive collections on display.
Some astrolabes are incomparable works of art. In medieval workshops in Baghdad, Aleppo, Cairo, Toledo, Seville, Istanbul and Lahore—and later in 16th-century Augsburg and Nuremberg in Germany and Louvain in Belgium—metalworkers fashioned pieces of incredible finesse, precision and occasional whimsy, with star pointers shaped like birds’ beaks, dogs’ heads, even court jesters. One of the most exquisite astrolabes in the Frankfurt museum is a copy of a 17th-century Persian design swirling with filigree ornamentation and incised with geographical coordinates for 46 cities between Baghdad and Balkh in northern Afghanistan.
The word astrolabe is a Greek–Arabic hybrid that literally means “star-holder,” an apt description for a device that indicates the positions of the stars, sun, moon and planets. Essentially, it is a map of the heavens, depicting the apparent movements of celestial bodies in terms of celestial latitudes and longitudes, combined with slide rule-like features that allow calculation.
Although there are spherical astrolabes, the most common is the flat, or planispheric, astrolabe, which consists of four parts. A plate, or tympanum, representing the sky fits into a larger base plate, the mater (“mother” in Latin), which is calibrated in degrees (and sometimes also in hours) around the rim. The rete (“net” in Latin) is a large openwork disk with star pointers; a circle showing the sun’s annual path, the ecliptic, is engraved on the rete. (Some astrolabes were also fitted with a clock-like hand on the front called the rule.) On the back is another ruler, the alidade, which pivots on a brass pin that passes through the center of the mater, the tympanum and the rete. All the parts can pivot concentrically in relation to each other.
Because the sky looks different according to one’s location on Earth, a person in Baghdad sees constellations in different positions than someone in Cairo, Córdoba or Toledo, for instance, on any given night. To take this shifting sky into account, observers used different tympanum plates for different latitudes. Some planispheric astrolabes were equipped with as many as nine interchangeable plates for latitudes ranging from Zaragosa to Ghana and Sri Lanka. But in 11th-century Toledo, Ibrahim al-Zarqali (known in the West as Azarchel) perfected the safîha, a universal astrolabe with only one plate that was capable of making readings at any latitude.
Calculating the height of an object as a proportion of your distance from it, using an astrolabe.
Generally speaking, if you know the time, you can locate virtually any celestial body using the astrolabe. Conversely, if you know the coordinates of the sun or stars, you can tell the time. Say you want to predict the time that sunrise will occur on a certain date. You locate that date on the circular calendar engraved on the back of the astrolabe, line it up with the edge of the alidade and read off the coordinates for the sun’s celestial longitude on that date. Then you rotate the rule on the front of the astrolabe so that it crosses that longitude marked on the small ecliptic circle on the rete. You then rotate the rule and the rete together until they intersect on the eastern horizon shown on the astrolabe. You see that the rule crosses a time marked on the rim of the mater: That is the time of sunrise on the date you selected.
Many astrolabes also had “shadow squares” engraved on their backs to enable the observer to measure the height of buildings, trees, mountains and so on. For example, if you know how far you are from the base of a tower, you hold up the instrument and sight the top of the tower along the alidade. Where the alidade crosses the shadow square, you read off the number on the vertical scale as a ratio to the horizontal scale. Using this ratio, you can calculate the height of the tower as a proportion of your horizontal distance from it.
Brought to Europe through Muslim Spain around the 13th century, astrolabes remained popular until the 17th century, when they were supplanted by pendulum clocks and telescopes. The 14th-century poet Geoffrey Chaucer wrote the first treatise in English on astrolabes to teach his 10-year-old son, Lewis, about astronomy. The instruments remain handy devices for understanding time and the heavens, whether you use a cardboard astrolabe or a computer-simulated one.
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Introducing the Galaxy A70 & Galaxy A80 of the Live Era
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By Winston Clarke April 11, 2019
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For a new era that demands more, and a whole new generation that expects more, I am thrilled to introduce two new devices that deliver more, please say hello to the brand new Galaxy A-80 and Galaxy A-70.
These were the words addressed by none other but the Samsung’s President & the CEO, DJ Koh at the live event which took place on the 10th of April in Bangkok City, Thailand.
It left the entire Samsung audience mystified as they were expecting the much anticipated reveal of the Galaxy A40 and the Galaxy A90 models. Instead, they were greeted with completely different phone models of the A-series, the Galaxy A70 and the Galaxy A80.
The Presenter named Ruby at the Live Event said,
When we begin to design the Galaxy A-series, we had one goal in mind, to help these digital pioneers push the limits of Live Mobile Communication and give them access to the best of what they truly need in the era of Live.
Built for the future era of the Live, these phones are specifically designed to meet the modern day requirement of the ever-growing market of influencers. This time, Samsung has kicked things up a notch with its massive reveal of the Galaxy A80 and Galaxy A70.
It’s one of the first smartphones of its era which comes with a rotating camera mechanism.
Normally the camera’s on the back are more powerful than the front facing cameras, but with the new phone, you can easily flip the back camera to the front and have the same experience. All thanks to the rotating pop up camera which is available on both models.
The camera setup comprises of a 3D Depth module (specs unknown), an ultra-wide 8-megapixel f2.2 (128-degree) module and the primary 48-megapixel f.20 snapper. All you have to do is tap the lens flip button on the main screen and it flips the camera for you.
The camera of 48 MP + 8 MP on the Galaxy A80 beat hands down the camera of the Galaxy A70 which is 32MP + 8MP + 5MP. Both the phones have a 25W super fast charging.
The Galaxy A80 & Galaxy A70 series has a slightly bigger display than the Galaxy A50. But when it comes to RAM speed, Galaxy A80 stands above the Galaxy A70 with an 8GB RAM. The Galaxy A70 has 6GB RAM instead of an 8GB RAM. Both, A70 & A80 have 128GB storage space.
While, A50 and A70 contains microSD card slots, the A80 model does not support microSD cards. On the other hand, the Galaxy A70 has a bigger battery pack than the Galaxy A80 which has a battery pack of 3700mAh. The battery pack for Galaxy A70 is around 4500 mAH.
Ruby further illustrated,
It’s important to have a display which is spontaneous as your ideas are, as the first Galaxy device with the full-screen design, the A80 offers the perfect canvas for you to explore. No front facing camera notch. The New infinity display is a screen that is all screen.
It means that you can now watch just about anything you want without any distractions. With the new infinity display edge-to-edge, you can now enjoy every vibrant pixel of every image, every video and every story that you stream on your smartphone device.
The phone display is also optimized for multi-tasking. You can split screen and watch videos and at the same time respond back to your business queries through social apps of choice.
The full screen display might baffle the mind of an average user making him wonder where is the front facing camera? or how does my voice delivers through the microphone? or where is the speaker? It’s actually all there behind the screen. The mic is embedded below the screen. Now, while taking a call, you can hear your friend through the display and talk back to them. Both, Galaxy A70 and Galaxy A80 comes with an on-screen fingerprint support so only you can access the device. The onscreen fingerprint reader is fused to glass.
The image resolution of the Galaxy A80 (8000 x 6000) is better than the image resolution of the Galaxy A70 (6500 x 4920). The prices for both the phones are yet to be confirmed.
For now, all we know that both the phones, the A80 and the A70 model are releasing with aluminum frames encased in what Samsung terms as the 3D glass. They come in three sparkling finishes; the Phantom Black, Angel Gold and the Ghost White.
The phone is known to work epic from both the sides. You can now create Live focus videos with super steady support which creates videos as if you are watching a movie. Additional to the intelligent camera, it also comes with an intelligent battery saver support feature. The phone automatically adapts to your routine and adjust the battery settings for max. Use. It also comes with Intelligent Performance Enhancer which learns how you use the phone and predicts which apps you are going to use and optimizes its performance accordingly.
Without a doubt, the Samsung Galaxy A70 and the Galaxy A80 is one of the interesting eye-catching designs in the mid-range smartphone category.
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Bakery Production Facility in Lebanon PA
The 22,000 SF Bohemia bakery, with 85 employees, turns out 336,000 bagels a day, seven days a week. They’re done the old fashioned way; steamed, boiled and baked. They’re then flash frozen before they make their way onto refrigerator trucks bound for supermarkets and food-service facilities across the country, bringing a New York taste to the rest of America.
Square Footage: 68,000 (initial phase); 186,940 (total) Services Provided:
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When family-owned Always Bagels, Inc., began running into some obstacles to the Company’s long-term growth and profitability in its current location in Bohemia, NY, it called upon The Austin Company to assist them in determining the requirements of a new plant, finding the best available location for the new plant, performing preliminary design and engineering services, and developing cost and schedule details for the planned facility.
The project began with Austin Consulting, a division of The Austin Company, performing a site location study to identify the most beneficial site. An initial analysis identified eastern Pennsylvania as the most desirable area due to transportation models, availability of suitable sites, availability of labor and other factors. In assessing the area analysis, Austin used fifteen different communities to perform a comparative cost analysis, eventually identifying Lebanon, PA as the preferred location.
The building was built in three phases, with the initial phase consisting of office support, building systems support and an initial production line. The initial move-in phase consisted of approximately 68,000 SF (out to outside dimensions). Each of the two additional phases consisted of approximately 57,170 SF each with the total building area, both move-in and two future additions, totaling approximately 186,940 SF.
Austin’s responsibility included working with the equipment vendors hired by Always Bagels to assure the proper space planning, layout and utilities were provided.
This new production facility provides Always Bagels with greater production capacity and efficiency closer to their raw materials supply, closer to their ever-growing universe of customers, and at substantially lower operating costs. The facility is more automated and produces more than the past operation with only 78 employees. The new operation increases Always Bagels’ market share across the south, all the way to Texas.
The work for this plant included structural system of concrete spread foundations and grade beams; interior steel circular post columns; beams, open web joist girders, and bar joists; insulated metal panel exterior walls, and interior metal wall panels. Roof is 1-1/2” metal decking with rigid insulation and a fully adhered roof membrane. The mechanical system includes process and sanitary plumbing, heating, ventilating, fire protection systems with automatic sprinklers for the Building and limited air conditioning.
The electrical systems include 480/277 volt, 3 phase, 4 wire electric service entrance, main switchboard, main distribution panels, conduit and feeders to secondary distribution panels for building and process systems, building 120-volt receptacle and lighting systems. Site lighting systems for parking, sidewalks and the surface of building. This work included the building interior lighting system, building fire alarm system, and building grounding system, and provisions for card access system.
The architectural systems include insulated walls, interior and exterior windows and pass doors, vertical lift doors and sliding doors. It includes interior masonry walls for sound control. Also included are dock doors and levelers in the Freezer Dock, Receiving Area and Packaging Materials & Assembly Area. It includes gypsum wallboard partitions, acoustical suspended ceilings and general trade work for the offices, lunchroom and locker rooms, janitor’s closets, as well as building finishes and cabinetry.
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Bakery Production Facility in Topeka KSDue to increased production and distribution needs, Bimbo Bakeries USA wanted to build a new bakery production facility. Bimbo selected a site in Topeka, Kansas, and commissioned The Austin Company to provide design-build services for the new bakery facility. Bimbo was familiar with Austin’s work, as Austin had recently completed design-build services for another Bimbo bakery facility in Elkhart, Indiana.View Details
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Review: Being Dead in South Carolina by Jacob White
Jacob White said in an interview that, channeling Philip Roth, he likes to begin a story in the moments following futility. The tragedy of human existence, says Roth, is that we don’t realize it’s tragic until it’s too late. White’s book of short stories, Being Dead in South Carolina, shows just that: his characters don’t die, they are in many ways already dead.
Which isn’t to say his is a collection of Proustian cookie-eating and remote musing on the past, all in riskless pluperfect. Nor is his tone all frowns and moribund. There are high-speed boat races, sons punching fathers, pseudo-sumo wrestling, and impossible lines that would green Barry Hannah with envy, like, “‘Paper or plastic, dribble-dick,’ he says, then shoots me in the head to let me know he’s being rhetorical.” Which sounds moribund, but the only death in South Carolina is by acoustic guitar.
In “The Days Down Here” (which if you don’t cry reading, you haven’t read every word), a wife, husband, and their son move south to a lakefront house and what follows is reminiscent of “Gift of the Magi.” She is terminally ill and he sells everything to move the family where she vacationed as a child. And, in true Southern Gothic, little remains. He worries that this off-grid atmosphere will toll their young adult son. But the world turns without his spinning it: the son has been learning to wakeboard and can fly higher than his father’s physics allow and the man’s wife has intended all along to make the move a gift to him, a founding ground in a burial site’s disguise.
The titular piece begins with distant relatives trying to tip a car rightside up. After being shot in the head, Dayton loses much of his memory. His mother thinks he should “reassociate,” so she sends him to visit a cousin he spent time with as a boy. The story, I think, is a microcosm of the book: “Being Dead” is meant to be read as an introductory participial phrase, i.e. “Given that you’re dead,” and then the story follows. Action proceeds in real time, but what is really happening is a totaling of his life, a backward cast. We learn that as a boy, Dayton accidentally sprayed his cousin, Jackie, with a .22 shotgun. Jackie tells him the bullet that went through his head was the same discharge his own gun sent through Jackie years ago. It is he who wrecks the car and it’s his history—that internal confrontation—that allows him to tip its wheels to the ground and move on to whatever meaning might accompany death. Which, of course, isn’t roses and halations of the inspired. À la Flannery O’Connor, he is punched in the face.
Other pieces plumb philosophically down without the fireworks of action. In “The Hour of Revision,” a young father scratches his neurotic head at the mossy precipice of Fatherhood from his domain, a dad’s. He recalls his father handing over car keys, telling him with the authority of a country judge to “[t]ake it easy on Franklin, because on Franklin they will nail yo ass.” He contrasts his father, regaled in full suit, folding a newspaper regaled in serious news, with his modern self and the paltry props of today: seated at his breakfast bar, “face palely aglow with a screen of Yahoo spam.”
The backdrop is almost always the American South. And the South, at least as it has been known, is dying too. In nearly every story are gated communities, cul-de-sacs and fairways, but rather than showing the reader a sadness cruelly hanging over their unknowing heads, his characters are aware and move forward with a human valor that’s as out of place as a corn stalk in River Heights “Plantation,” known less for its crops than condominiums.
Where White leaves his influences (viz. O’Connor, Welty, Hannah) and takes on a trademark of his own design is near the end of the longer pieces. There is this Scrubs-like reflection, looking openly for meaning in the story. As I notice the pattern and find signs of its unfurling, I cringe, only to read on genuinely moved. There is no orchestral background or head-tilting smile, no general warm fuzziness, but a sincere confrontration between an event of real-life importance and a character made whole. Although this may break that flimsy classroom mantra, Show and don’t tell—readers don’t like being read to—White pulls it off and it’s often as admirable as Proust, who wins us over because he can out-read us. In an era of literature, particularly in short fiction, when everything is evasive, ironized, and cynical—what can irony give us besides a lacking?—it is refreshing to read what is so much more substantial than Southern comfort in Jacob White.
Ryan Chamberlain has worked as a farmhand, teacher, roustabout, freelance writer, and busboy. He is currently a bookseller in upstate New York.
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AT&T Says Warner Bros’ Upcoming Films Could See Further Delays
admin on August 13th, 2020
AT&T’s CFO has hinted at further delays for Warner Bros’ upcoming films!
Despite the upcoming opening for films like Tenet, AT&T has hinted at further delays for Warner Bros’ upcoming releases.
Since the coronavirus spread outside of China, many businesses had to fundamentally alter the way they practiced. The movie industry was hit particularly hard by this with movie theaters closing their doors, productions shutting down and films delaying their release dates. Studios like Warner Bros did, however, expected the Covid-19 situation to be cleared up by now and scheduled the release dates of many of their films like Tenet and Wonder Woman 1984 to reflect this. Now, however, Warner Bros parent company AT&T has suggested that further delays of these titles may be possible.
During the Oppenheimer Virtual Technology, Internet & Communications Conference, AT&T CFO John Stephens spoke about the coronavirus’s effects on the way the company distributed its content and how it intends to adapt to it. When asked about the company’s upcoming theatrical releases Stephens was unsure what was going to happen to them:
“I am not certain where those are going to go.”
He did, however, suggest that “further delays in some of the titles” would be possible. He did not mention which titles these might include nor how long the delay might be.
What do you all make of Stephens’ words? Are you surprised that AT&T may be delaying some of Warner Bros’ films? Is it a responsible action? Let us know what you think in the comments below!
Here is the official synopsis for Warner Bros’ next film Tenet:
“John David Washington is the new Protagonist in Christopher Nolan’s original sci-fi action spectacle “Tenet.” Armed with only one word—Tenet—and fighting for the survival of the entire world, the Protagonist journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a mission that will unfold in something beyond real time. Not time travel. Inversion.”
Written and directed by Christopher Nolan, the film stars John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Debicki, Dimple Kapadia, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Clémence Poésy, Michael Caine, Kenneth Branagh, and Himesh Patel. Christopher Nolan also serves as a producer alongside his wife Emma Thomas, with Thomas Hayslip on board as an executive producer.
Tenet will begin its international roll out on August 26. The film will enter U.S. cinemas in select cities starting September 3. Stay tuned for all the latest news on the future of Warner Bros’ upcoming films and be sure to subscribe to Heroic Hollywood’s YouTube channel for more original video content!
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Thailand | Hot to very hot in the North, possible thundershowers in the South
Hot to very hot in the North, possible thundershowers in the South
Thailand’s Meteorological Department says today that a thermal low is covering upper Thailand, while the southerly and southeasterly winds are bringing humidity to the Northeast, the East and the Central region. Chiang Mai and Khon Kaen forecasts below.
Basically, it’s HOT.
The South is currently getting an easterly airflow across the Gulf of Thailand. In upper Thailand, hot to very hot conditions are forecast, although fewer ‘summer’ thundershowers are expected in the North, the Northeast, the East, the Central region and the South. But from tomorrow until next Monday, upper Thailand will have thunderstorms, lightning, gusty winds and hail in some areas.
“People are warned to keep off unsecured buildings and outdoor installations, and farmers should beware of crop damage.”
The weather forecast for the next 24 hours is as follows…
Northern region: Hot to very hot in some areas; temperature lows of 18-27 °C and highs of 38-41 °C.
Northeastern region: Hot to very hot during the day with thundershowers in 20% of the areas; lows of 23-27 ℃ and highs of 34-38 .
Central region: Hot to very hot during the day with thundershowers in 10% of the areas; lows of 24-27 °C, highs of 36-40.
Eastern region: Mostly cloudy with thundershowers in 10% of the areas; lows of 25-28 °C, highs of 32-36; waves a metre high.
Southern region (east coast): Partly cloudy with possible thundershowers in 10% of the areas; lows of 21-28 ° C, highs of 32-35; waves a metre high.
Southern region (west coast): Partly cloudy with possible thundershowers in 10% of the areas; temperatures as low as 23-26 ° C, highs of 35-38; waves a meter high and more than a metre offshore.
Bangkok and surrounding areas: Hot during the day; lows of 26-27 ° C, highs of 35-37.
SOURCE: The Nation
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The Dawei Special Economic Zone Management Committee has announced the cancellation on the deep seaport project contract with Italian-Thai Development (ITD), one of Thailand’s leading industrial firms, by saying that they “lost confidence” in the company after long, controversial issues.
The Dawei Special Economic Zone Management Committee said that the Thai company has caused them “repeated delays, continuing breaches of financial obligations under the contracts and the concessionaires’ failure to confirm their financial capacity to proceed with development”.
They say they will look for new development partners to continue the projects. Currently, there are still no comments from ITD.
The Dawei Special Economic Zone is Myanmar’s initiative to encourage international investments into the country, but the project has been delayed because of funding problems and local opposition.
PHOTO: Bang Sue Grand Station
There seems to be little interest in the new Bang Sue Grand Station project, which is planned to be Thailand’s new railway hub in place of Bangkok’s Hua Lamphong Railway Station and the largest railway station is Southeast Asia. Bidding for the station’s Plot A opened 3 weeks ago, with envelopes each costing 500,000 baht, but not one was sold.
With the bidding closing in January and no interest so far, the State Railway of Thailand is finding alternative plans for the Bang Sue Grand Station’s Plot A, a source told Nation Thailand.
“It is believed that nobody has shown interest in the project because of the new wave of Covid-19 infections. Also the Plot A project has low potential for commercial profit as an elevated expressway passes over it and it has limited access.”
If no one buys a bidding envelope in the next 10 days, then the bidding will close and the SRT will make changes to Plot A’s development plan. The source told Nation Thailand that railway officials might make the site a SRT office building or let other state agencies rent the land, which would not require any more bidding.
SRT is also studying any possibility to pack Plot A into Plot E which has a greater potential for commercial profit and may attract more bidders.
SOURCE: Nation Thailand
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Home Celebrities Meghan Markle’s father reportedly won’t attend Royal wedding; palace calls for ‘understanding’
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Meghan Markle’s father reportedly won’t attend Royal wedding; palace calls for ‘understanding’
Kensington Palace has asked for Meghan Markle’s father to be given “respect and understanding” amid reports he has pulled out of attending his daughter’s wedding to Prince Harry.
Thomas Markle told entertainment website TMZ he made the choice to not attend the Royal wedding after he staged a series of photos of himself for the event with a well-known paparazzo.
Mr Markle reportedly said he had a reason to make the deal with the photo agency and that it was not primarily about money, but he now deeply regrets the decision and did not want to embarrass his daughter or the Royal family further.
He also told TMZ he had suffered a heart attack last week but checked himself out of hospital to make it to Windsor in time for the wedding.
In a statement, Kensington Palace did not confirm Mr Markle would not be in attendance at the wedding, but asked for “understanding and respect” to be given to him.
“This is a deeply personal moment for Ms Markle in the days before her wedding,” the statement read.
“She and Prince Harry ask again for understanding and respect to be extended to Mr Markle in this difficult situation.”
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Magazine photos in need of names
by Maria Brown | Jan 29, 2020
Life photographers captured
switchboard operators at work
IMLAY CITY — Can you hear me now? The Imlay City Historical Museum hopes our readers can help them identify the people and places pictured in these unique photos dating back to 1949.
That’s the year a photography crew and writers from Life magazine came to Imlay City for a feature story about the Imlay City Fire Department.
One of the photos they took during that visit depicted what it took to dispatch firefighters when they were needed.
A team of telephone operators are seen sitting in front of a switchboard.
“Back then the alarm was set off manually and the switchboard operators would contact each fireman,” said the museum’s Marilyn Swihart.
Local historians hope to identify the two women in the foreground of this photo taken in Imlay City in 1949. Orpha Weston, a supervisor, stands in back, while Gerry Harris, Evangeline Trumble and Mary Sherwood (seated from top left) operate the phone lines. It was their job to notify each fireman when emergencies arose.
Those already identified in the photo are Orpha Weston (standing in back), and at the switchboard, seated from left, operators Gerry Harris, Evangeline Trumble and Mary Sherwood.
“The unidentified lady standing at the far end of the switchboard (in the foreground) is believed to be a supervisor, and the other woman operator further down the line (to her left) is unidentified,” Swihart said.
Local historians would also appreciate knowing just where the telephone office was located. Swihart said they believe the backroom of a storefront on Almont Ave. was likely utilized for this important service but they don’t know exactly where.
The museum would also like to know the identity of the woman in a second photo shown sitting on the hood of an Imlay City Fire truck.
The photos belong to a collection of Imlay City Fire Department items in the possession of the Imlay City Historical Museum. Besides photos, the museum has fire gear, a plaque honoring members of the department’s 25 Year Club and more. They were featured in a special ‘Meet the Heroes’ exhibit at the museum last spring.
If you can identify any of the people pictured or know the location of the telephone office, please contact the Tri-City Times at 810-724-2615 or tct@pageone-inc.com.
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Aerotropolis: A New Model for Cities?
Imagine a city where the airport is not located at the urban periphery but in the center of the city. All other facets of commerce and life flow from that central point, the city’s economic nucleus.
That is John Kasarda’s vision, known by the catchy appellation “Aerotropolis.” Kasarda’s futuristic airport city is premised on the notion that in a globalized economy, access to world markets is paramount. Since airports provide the fastest mode of shipping, he posits, they should be the figurative and literal city center, with businesses, cultural amenities and even homes organized around them.
That vision is attracting adherents in the Middle East and Asia, and the U.S. as well, most notably the city of St. Louis, which has been looking at the model as a potential avenue for economic and urban revitalization.
Is the Aerotropolis the city of the future? Aaron Renn at the Urbanophile has read Greg Lindsay’s new book “Aerotropolis: The Way We’ll Live Next.” The book raises important points about the nature of cities in a era when location can be reduced to a figure on a balance sheet. But ultimately, Renn is not convinced:
I think this is a great summation of perhaps how we got to where we are with globalization. Globalization is often portrayed as an inevitable, inexorable process that sort of came about as an emergent property of advances in transportation and communications technology. But as the aerotropolis – a master-planned environment conceived and dictated from the top down – illustrates, globalization is in fact a man-made creation, one willfully brought into existence by the efforts of various parties.
As for Kasarda, the impression I get from the book and various articles I’ve read about him is less of a man interested in getting rich than of someone who is looking for someone to implement his new vision of the aerotropolis city. In the video above, Kasarda quotes Le Corbusier in the title slide. Corbu famously proposed demolishing much of historic Paris in order to build a city of freestanding modernist towers. He was more than willing to sweep away the entire urban order in order to remake the city in accordance with what he thought was a better vision – his vision naturally.
But a funny thing happened on the way to the aerotropolis. Even where the nominal ingredients were in place (including authoritarian government), there seem to be precious few places where the aerotropolis has been pulled off successfully. In fact, the book probably relates as many failed as successful ones, and at no point did I read a case study and come away going, “Wow – that’s it.”
The aerotroplis, inhumane as it may seem at times, has its merits as an abstract idea, but the reality is likely rarely to match up to Kasarda’s expectations. As Dietrich Dörner put it in his classic The Logic of Failure, “Because planning involves only imagining our actions, we are essentially free from the irksome conditions of reality, and nothing prevents us from simply ignoring the conditions necessary to carry out an operation.” Indeed.
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Thursday, December 11, 2014 — 3:30 PM EST
Seminar - “Towards The Unraveling of Structure and Properties of Nanothin Ionomers in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells” by Kunal Karan, Associate Professor, Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Calgary
ABSTRACT: Mid-December 2014 is set to be the historical launch of the first commercial fuel-cell vehicle, heralding a transition from fossil-fueled vehicles to cleaner hydrogen-fed vehicles. Despite this significant milestone in making, there is an aggressive approach for further reduction in the cost of the polymer electrolyte fuel cell (PEFC) stacks while maintaining/ improving its electrochemical performance.
Thursday, December 11, 2014 — 11:00 AM EST
Notice of PhD Oral Defence - "Novel Polymer Electrolyte Nano-Composite Membranes for Fuel Cell Applications" by Hadis Zarrin
Monday, December 8, 2014 — 11:00 AM EST
Notice of PhD Oral Defence - "Engineered Nano-Architectures as Advanced Anode Material for Next Generation Lithium Ion Battery", by Fathy Mohamed Hassan
Seminar - "Understanding Coupled Mechanical-Chemical Degradation Mechanisms for Improving the Performance and Durability of Lithium Ion Batteries" by Yang-Tse Cheng, University of Kentucky
ABSTRACT: Advanced lithium ion battery electrodes experience large volume changes caused by concentration changes within the host particles during charging and discharging. Electrode failure, in the form of fracture or decrepitation, can occur as a result of repeated volume changes. In this presentation, we will provide an overview of our recent work on understanding the evolution of concentration, stress, and strain energy within a spherically- or cylindrically-shaped electrode element under various charging-discharging conditions.
Notice of PhD Oral Defence - "Development of Soft Sensors for Monitoring of Chinese Hamster Ovary Cell Professes" by Seyed Kaveh Ohadi
Friday, November 28, 2014 — 11:30 AM EST
Seminar - “Surface Modification of Polymeric Biomaterials to Improve Interfacial Interactions” by Kyla Sask, PhD
ABSTRACT: Polymers and other materials that are used in contact with biological fluids such as blood are prone to protein adsorption and cell interactions. A protein layer quickly forms at the surface of the material and can influence the subsequent adhesion of platelets, leukocytes, other cells and microbes. For medical devices this can lead to numerous complications including coagulation, thrombosis (blood clotting) and infection, among others.
Friday, November 28, 2014 — 9:00 AM EST
Notice of PhD Oral Defence - "Oil Sands Bitumen Emulsion Upgrading by using in situ Hydrogen Generated through the Water Gas Shift Reaction" by Lei Jia
Thursday, November 27, 2014 — 3:30 PM EST
Seminar - “Optimal Molecular Design of Ionic Liquids for CO2 Capture” by Antonio Flores-Tlacuahuac, Professor, Department of Engineering and Chemical Sciences, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City, Mexico
ABSTRACT: We propose a processing alternative for replacing the traditional and environmentally dangerous solvents (as monoethanolamine, diethanolamine) in the process of CO2 capture. We use a computer aided molecular design (CAMD) methodology for exploring the use of ionic liquids (ILs) as solvents for CO2 capture. The CAMD formulation is solved as a mixed-integer nonlinear programming (MINLP) problem, the objective is to obtain an optimal molecular structure of an ionic liquid for CO2 capture from a post-combustion (PC) gas stream (GS).
Seminar - “Biochemical Control of Phosphate Mineral Saturation: A Proposal for Polyphosphates” by Sidney Omelon, Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering, University of Ottawa
ABSTRACT: The rigidity of our skeleton is due to reinforcement with nano-sized minerals of biological apatite. Theories of skeletal apatite nucleation include initiation by the organic matrix (collagen and non-collagenous proteins), and increasing the phosphate concentration by hydrolysis of phosphoric acid monoesters. An enzyme that has been attributed to skeletal mineralization - tissue-nonspecific alkaline phosphatase (TNAP) - is known to increase inorganic phosphate concentration by catalyzing phosphoric acid monoester hydrolysis. However, the substrate for TNAP in
Seminar - “Size Matters: Developing Design Rules to Engineer Nanoparticles for Solid Tumour Targeting" by Edward A Sykes, Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto
ABSTRACT: Nanotechnology offers highly customizable platforms for producing minimally invasive and programmable strategies to diagnose and treat cancer. Advances in this field have demonstrated that nanoparticles can enhance specificity of anti-cancer agents, respond to tumour-specific cues, and direct the visualization of biological targets in vivo.
PARK AND VEVA REILLY DISTINGUISHED SEMINAR - “Genetic and Metabolic Engineering of Clostridium pasteurianum for Production of Butanol as a Renewable Biofuel” by Michael Pyne, PhD, Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Waterloo
(Please be advised that signing a NDA will be required for attending this seminar)
ABSTRACT: The Acetone-Butanol-Ethanol (ABE) fermentation by anaerobic bacteria from the genus Clostridium was one of the first large-scale industrial bioprocesses, operating globally for the production of acetone during the first half of the 20th Century. Feedstock and product recovery costs prevented the ABE process from remaining profitable and acetone production was overtaken by the developing petroleum industry.
Friday, November 7, 2014 — 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM EST
Eastern Canada Student Energy Conference
The UW Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Chapter invites you:
Event: The Eastern Canada Student Energy Conference
(hosted by University of Waterloo, University of Toronto and Society of Petroleum Engineering Student Chapters
Date: Friday, November 7th, 2014
Time: 9:00 am to 4:30 pm
Location: The Delta Waterloo Hotel, 110 Erb St. W., Waterloo, ON
Register: http://www.ecsec.ca/
Thursday, November 6, 2014 — 3:30 PM EST
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING BEST PUBLICATION PRIZE (2013) SEMINAR - “Hard Spherical Colloids at Fluid Interfaces: A Cellulosic Nanoparticle System” by Navid Bizmark, Chemical Engineering University of Waterloo
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING BEST PUBLICATION PRIZE (2013) SEMINAR
“Irreversible Adsorption-Driven Assembly of Nanoparticles at Fluid Interfaces Revealed by a Dynamic Surface Tension Probe” by Navid Bizmark, Marios A. Ioannidis, Dale E. Henneke, Langmuir, Vol. 30, pages 710-717
For: “A Balanced Theoretical-Practical paper, with a Significant Contribution for the Quantitative Description of Nanoparticle Adsorption at Fluid Interfaces”
Friday, October 31, 2014 — 2:30 PM EDT
Seminar - “Separation Processes – Soil Remediation and Air Pollution Control” by Kathryn Mumford, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Melbourne
ABSTRACT: Increasing challenges associated with environmental remediation projects has driven the development of new, efficient and effective separation materials, technologies and processes suitable for large scale deployment. This presentation will provide an overview to some of the work being conducted at the University of Melbourne in this area for soil and air pollution control.
Tuesday, October 28, 2014 — 2:30 PM to 4:30 PM EDT
Student Motivation for Learning
What motivates student learning? Can instructors influence the motivation levels of their students?
Thursday, October 23, 2014 — 3:30 PM EDT
Seminar - “Discrete and Continuous Optimization Models for the Design and Operation of Sustainable and Robust Process Systems” by Ignacio E. Grossmann, Center for Advanced Process Decision-Making, Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
ABSTRACT: In this presentation we give an overview of recent applications in Process Systems Engineering of new discrete and continuous optimization techniques. We first provide a brief overview of logic-based optimization methods, emphasizing the theoretical relation of the continuous relaxations between mixed-integer programming and generalized disjunctive programming for nonconvex optimization problems.
Friday, October 10, 2014 — 9:30 AM EDT
Notice of PhD Oral Defence - "Carbon Formation Inhibition in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFC) using H2S" by Asmida Ideris
Wednesday, October 8, 2014 — 2:00 PM EDT
Seminar IPR - Facilitated transport composite membranes for olefin/paraffin separation
IPR Seminar -Speaker Professor X. Feng Facilitated transport composite...
Friday, October 3, 2014 — 1:00 PM EDT
Notice of PhD Oral Defence - "Reactivity Ratio Estimation in Multicomponent Polymerizations using the Error-in-Variables-Model (EVM) Framework" by Niousha Kazemi
Friday, October 3, 2014 — 11:30 AM EDT
Seminar - “The Role of Rheology in Non-Pressurized Polymer Foaming Systems” by Maryam Emami, PhD, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON
ABSTRACT: Plastic foams, as engineering materials, are widely used in variety of industrial sectors and represent an extraordinary class of materials. Foaming in polymers involves delicate scientific mechanisms and unique morphology transformations. This work explores the influence of rheological properties on polymer foam development in non-pressurized systems.
Tuesday, September 30, 2014 — 10:00 AM EDT
Notice of PhD Oral Defence - "Integration of Multi-Period Optimization Model for Electricity Generation Planning and Operational Strategy Considering Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles Penetration" by Lena Ahmadi
Wednesday, September 24, 2014 — 7:00 PM EDT
Free Public Lecture and Expert Panel - The Science Behind Ebola - Evolution, Epidemiology, Experimental Treatment with Dr. Marc Aucoin, Dr. Christine Dupont, Dr. Shannon Majowicz, hosted by Dr. Josh Neufeld
The Science Behind Ebola
Monday, September 15, 2014 — 11:00 AM EDT
Notice of PhD Oral Defence - "Nanostructured Composites as Electrochemical Catalysts for Li Air Batteries" by Hey Woong Park
Seminar - “Methods for Fast Determination of Lithium Insertion/Extraction Kinetics”, by Steen Brian Schougaard, Université du Québec à Montréal, Département de chimie, Montreal (QC) H3C 3P8, Canada
ABSTRACT: Arguably, electric and hybrid electric vehicles are the new frontiers for lithium batteries. As a new market it is distinctly different from mass produced microelectronics, not only in the energy per battery unit but also in the power performance requirements. Especially the required charging rates during deceleration and emergency charging, as well as, the discharge rates during startup from standstill are exciting challenges.
Saturday, September 13, 2014 (all day) to Sunday, September 14, 2014 (all day)
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Software Carpentry's mission is to help scientists and engineers become more productive by teaching them basic lab skills for computing like program design, version control, data management, and task automation. This two-day hands-on bootcamp will cover basic concepts and tools; participants will be encouraged to help one another and to apply what they have learned to their own research problems.
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Instructors: Nasser Abukhdeir (SHARCNET), Pawel Pomorski (SHARCNET), Albert O'Connor (WatPy)
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2015 Election Recap from FCRC Chairman Matt Ames
Posted on November 9, 2015 by virginia8gop
Fairfax Republicans:
There always many people who deserve our thanks after a hard-fought election: the members of the FCRC, our donors, the voters who saw the merits of our candidates, the individuals and groups who contributed financially to particular campaigns — but most especially the candidates themselves and the thousands of committed volunteers who put in so many hours on their behalf.
I can’t overstate the size of the job that our volunteers undertake every year. There are more registered voters in Fairfax County than there are in eleven states. Staffing our 241 voting precincts on Election Day requires a minimum of 3000 hours of volunteer time. Staffing the in-person absentee voting locations requires another 800 hours. And that’s not counting back-to-school night events at nearly 200 schools, or knocking and calling for the campaigns. This year, when we were supporting more than 30 candidates, it was especially challenging.
I also can’t overstate the personal sacrifice and dedication required of our candidates. Any candidate for public office takes on a big personal challenge, and the mere decision to run is an act of courage. The size of the County, the high cost of running a campaign, and the demographic and partisan composition of our electorate make that challenge especially great here in Fairfax. Our candidates this year represented us honorably and well, and they all deserve our respect, our thanks, and our congratulations.
Here are the highlights of this year’s races:
Braddock District is never friendly territory for Republicans, but incumbent Supervisor John Cook ran a flawless campaign to secure his well-deserved reelection. As they have for many years, Larry and Nancy Krakover formed the core of John’s team. Braddock resident Jeanette Hough was endorsed by the FCRC for one of the three at-large positions on the School Board. It is very difficult for a Republican — especially a first-time candidate — to win a County-wide race in Fairfax, but Jeanette pulled it off and will soon begin a four-year term on the School Board.
In Dranesville District, we were represented by an exceptional set of six candidates: Jennifer Chronis for Dranesville Supervisor, Pete Kurzenhauser for School Board, Craig Parisot and Danny Vargas running for the House of Delegates, and Stephen Hollingshead and George Forakis for Senate. All faced well-known candidates, either incumbents or individuals who had run before. Our energetic and enthusiastic Dranesville team worked closely with the campaigns and continued its tradition of superb work; Ellie Bartlett and Mark Cronin are just two of many who deserve special mention.
Three of our candidates were Hunter Mill District residents. Arthur Purves, our candidate for Chairman of the Board of Supervisors, delivered a powerful message about the state of the County’s finances that may prove prophetic if it continues unheeded. Mark Wilkinson, running for Hunter Mill School Board, and Dr. Bob Copeland, one of our three at-large School Board candidates, both sought to bring fiscal responsibility and political accountability to the School Board. Randy Bordelon, Pam Styles, and nearly 160 other volunteers ensured that every Hunter Mill voter was offered a Republican sample ballot on Election Day.
Our Lee District volunteers turned out all summer and fall to support Anna Urman for the House of Delegates, and Mayor Jerry Foreman and Joe Murray in their Senate races. All three acquitted themselves well against well-funded and established opponents. Nancy Almasi and Beth Schaefer worked tirelessly, organizing events and contacting voters.
In Mason District, the FCRC endorsed Mollie Loeffler, the independent candidate for Supervisor against 20-year incumbent Penny Gross. Mollie and her team knocked on the door of every Republican, independent, and Democrat-leaning voter in the district, a goal that has not been met in many years in Mason. Paul Blumstein was critical to the door-knocking effort, and Susan Cobb played a key role in recruiting and organizing volunteers.
Mount Vernon District resident Scott Cameron presented his plans for protecting environmental quality in a fiscally responsible manner to voters all across the County and was elected to the Soil and Water Conservation Board. Jane Gandee brought exceptional experience (not to mention grace and charm) to her campaign for Supervisor, and Anthony Stacy showed great perseverance in his School Board race. Jerry Foreman and Joe Murray are true gentlemen, whose optimism and generosity made it a pleasure for our Mount Vernon team to work with them. Special thanks go to Delegate Dave Albo for his assistance to the rest of the ticket in Mount Vernon. Two of our most dedicated and effective precinct organizers, Ford Chinworth and Cindy Smith, also deserve particular recognition.
Providence District is home to two of our Republican-endorsed School Board candidates. In 2009, Patty Reed became the first Republican elected to represent Providence District since the 1970s. Her outstanding performance, especially on matters related to the budget and teacher compensation, was recognized by many outside groups. Unfortunately, despite the hard work of Stephan Brady, Ross Witter, and other volunteers, Providence voters reverted to their Democrat leanings and elected a left-wing Democrat to represent them. Manar Jean-Jacques ran for one of the three at-large seats on the School Board, because her immigrant parents did not come to America to be denied a voice in their government. Manar was a wonderful running mate to Jeanette Hough and Bob Copeland, and I hope she will stay engaged with our party.
Springfield District is historically the core of Republican strength in the County. Supervisor Pat Herrity led the effort there, working with Delegate Dave Albo, Delegate Tim Hugo, and School Board Member Elizabeth Schultz to deliver a unified message to more than 15,000 Republican voters in Springfield. Elizabeth Schultz also deserves great credit for her heroic and relentless battle to elect more Republicans to the School Board. Springfield resident John Frey, our long-serving Clerk of Court, benefited greatly from this teamwork; he and the rest of our Springfield-based incumbents were reelected by healthy margins. They provide strong leadership here in Fairfax and in Richmond, and we look forward to their continued service. Suzanne Spikes, Michael Marrow, and Geraldine Davie all provided leadership of their own in support of the campaigns and the FCRC.
Sully District offers another example of outstanding teamwork. With the strong support of his Sully running mates, Tom Wilson narrowly defeated his Democrat-endorsed opponent to win our third seat on the School Board. Although running unopposed, Delegate Jim LeMunyon offered strategic advice, financial support, and many hours of doorknocking to help our ticket. John Guevara‘s campaign for Supervisor was aggressive and well-organized, knocking on over 30,000 doors. Standouts supporting the Guevara campaign include Sully stalwarts Joanne and Ralph Hubbard and Hunter Mill residents Spike and Julie Williams. Tim Hannigan put together a model precinct operation supporting all of our candidates. State Senate candidate and Sully resident Dave Bergman also benefitted from the comprehensive efforts of the Sully team.
Finally, our thanks go to Fairfax City residents Bryan Wolfe and Sang Yi. As he did in his 2013 race, Bryan pointed out that our current sheriff has the wrong priorities and does not know how to provide a safe environment for occupants of the County jail. And Sang’s campaign for the House of Delegates has helped advance our efforts to expand our contacts with the Korean community.
This year’s campaign was a classic off-year election, with roughly 30% turnout, and only the most engaged and partisan voters going to the polls. With only three exceptions (two of which we won), every one of our challengers was up against an incumbent, or an elected official serving in the same geographic area. Despite the advantages that incumbency and name identification gave to the other side, our candidates performed well in a difficult partisan environment.
Next year will be a different race in a different environment. Turnout will be close to 80%, every media outlet will be saturated with coverage, and swing voters in Virginia will hold the key to the Oval Office. We will need all hands on deck next year, all year. We’ll stay in touch – but if you have any questions in the meantime, please contact our office at info@fairfaxgop.org or 703-477-4467.
Matt Ames
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Shawn Mendes, Bebe Rexha, Maren Morris Confirmed for Clive Davis Pre-Grammy Gala
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Now in its 43rd year, the Clive Davis Pre-Grammy Gala is famously the music industry’s hottest ticket, an invite-only affair held the night before the Grammy Awards and loaded with the kind of A-list guest list that only Davis could assemble. Organized by Davis with his son, attorney Doug Davis, it’s legendary as a platform for exclusive superstar performances — over the past few years we’ve seen everyone from Mary J. Blige to Barry Manilow sing — and also a rite of passage for younger artists ranging from Chance the Rapper to Alicia Keys. At last year’s event, Jay-Z was the honoree (and was feted with a solo medley of his hits delivered by Keys) and Davis announced that Jennifer Hudson (pictured above) had signed on to star in a forthcoming biopic on Aretha Franklin. Hudson then delivered a medley of Franklin’s hits before the singer herself, who was in attendance in one of her last public appearances before her death in August.
Traditionally, only a couple of performers’ names are leaked before the big night, but Variety has obtained an initial list of guests confirmed to appear at the gala, which will take place Feb. 9 at its usual site, the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles.
While a rep declined to give even a hint of which of these guests might perform, it would not be a leap of logic to assume that at least a couple of them will be taking the stage as performers that night, particularly Shawn Mendes, Maren Morris, Bebe Rexha, Ryan Tedder, Florida Georgia Line and legendary jazz keyboardist Chick Corea.
It also would not be a stretch to assume that there will be a tribute to Franklin, who worked closely with Davis for many years.
The note concludes, “Of course, the list of performers will remain under wraps until they take the stage; but the ‘Man With The Golden Ears’ guarantees the entertainment will once again blow the roof off.”
Along with those artists, other personalities confirmed for the event are: Live Nation chief Michael Rapino, “Last Week Tonight” host John Oliver, film producer Brian Grazer, entertainment attorneys John Branca and Allen Grubman, iHeartMedia chief Bob Pittman, CNN on-air personality Don Lemon, restauranteur Wolfgang Puck, hit songwriter/producers Max Martin, Timbaland and Diane Warren as well as the heads of each major label.
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2020 Valero Alamo Bowl Preview
by Joe DiTullio December 24, 2020 December 24, 2020 0
The 2020 Valero Alamo Bowl features the 6-3 Texas Longhorns against the 4-1 Colorado Buffaloes. Here is the 2020 Valero Alamo Bowl Preview.
Texas Longhorns (6-3)
Texas didn’t have the season that they were planning to, but did win six games. They beat two teams with .500 records or above in West Virginia and Oklahoma State. Their losses all came to teams that made it to bowl games.
The Longhorns have one of the best offenses in the country, which scores 41.3 points per game (ranked 12th). They pass for 274 yards (ranked 29th) and rush for 183.3 yards per game (ranked 48th).
Sam Ehlinger (Photo via hookem.com)
Sam Ehlinger has seemingly been at Texas for more than his four years, but is the leader of the team at quarterback. He has passed for 2,406 yards, 25 touchdowns and five interceptions on 60.1 percent completion. Four receivers have produced over 200 receiving yards on the year. Brennan Eagles leads the team with 28 receptions for 469 yards and five touchdowns. Joshua Moore has 386 receiving yards, while Jake Smith and the Michigan-transfer Tarik Black have over 250 yards on the season.
Bijan Robinson leads the team with 520 rushing yards and also has three scores on the ground. Roschon Johnson chips in with 386 rushing yards and five touchdowns. Ehlinger is the team’s leader in rushing touchdowns with eight, but has also picked up yardage with 382 yards. Keaontay Ingram has 250 yards on the ground after dealing with injuries and is questionable for this game.
Their defense allows 29.1 points per game, which has cost them in some games this season. They give up 274.2 passing yards (ranked 114th) and 135.6 rushing yards per game (ranked 30th). Linebacker Juwan Mitchell has led the team with 59 tackles. The Longhorns will need more pass rushers to step up after their team leader, Joseph Ossai, decided to opt out of the bowl game. Cornerback Chris Brown and linebacker DeMarvion Overshown are tied for the team lead with seven passes defended. While he hasn’t led the team in any specific category, Caden Sterns has been a great safety over the course of his career for Texas. He has opted out for the rest of the season.
Colorado Buffaloes (4-1)
With the Pac-12’s COVID issues, Colorado was only able to play five games, but they were able to win four of them. They won one game over a team with a .500 record in San Diego State. They were upset in their regular season finale by Utah, who finished the season 3-2.
The Buffaloes score 29.1 points per game, ranking 61st in the country. They pass for 202.6 yards (ranked 86th) and rush for 218.4 yards per game (ranked 17th).
Jarek Broussard (Photo via cubuffs.com)
Colorado turned the reins of the offense over to Sam Noyer this season. Noyer had his ups and downs, but finished the season with 1,000 passing yards, six touchdowns and five interceptions on 58.4 percent completion. Dimitri Stanley leads the team with 249 receiving yards on 16 catches. La’Vonte Shenault, Laviska’s brother, had 17 receptions for 193 yards. Brenden Rice was a big play threat with six catches for 120 yards and two touchdowns.
The majority of the carries this season for the Buffaloes have gone to Jarek Broussard. Broussard has 129 carries for 813 yards and three touchdowns. Behind him, Noyer is the only other player with over 100 rushing yards, as he finished with 191 and five rushing touchdowns.
Their defense allows 29 points per game, which makes them an average defense. They allow 156.8 rushing yards (ranked 56th) and 220 passing yards per game (ranked 47th). Linebacker Nate Landman has led the team in tackles with 53, but he will miss this game with an ankle injury. Safety Isaiah Lewis leads the team with six passes defended, while linebacker Carson Wells has the team-lead with 4.5 sacks.
Sam Ehlinger is going to want to end his Texas career with the win. The Longhorns will put up a lot of points and Colorado will not be able to match that. Look for Ehlinger to have a big day as they send him off.
Texas Longhorns 39 Colorado Buffaloes 23
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Trades Contracts and Transactions
Rick Nash Bolsters Broadway as a Blueshirt
By Heidi Werner July 25th, 2012
It’s finally a done deal. Rick Nash is a Blueshirt on Broadway. Nash will earn $7.8 million against the salary cap through the 2017-18 seasons. Nash had to waive his no-trade clause before the trade to the Rangers. The 28-year-old five time all-star, 40-goal scorer is relieved the wait is over. Nash can concentrate on elevating his game rather than being a face of a franchise.
The deal sends Rick Nash, a 3rd round draft pick and a minor league defenseman to the Rangers in exchange for Brandon Dubinsky, Artem Anisimov, Tim Erixon and a 1st round draft pick.
New York General Manager Glen Sather made it known he wanted to make a trade for Nash for the past six months or more. General Manager Scott Howson of the Columbus Blue Jackets played his cards with the frustrated captain wanting a large haul from New York, including rookie Chris Kreider and Derek Stepan. Howson was willing to trade Nash but was hoping for as as much as he could get for the winger. Nash has six years remaining of his 8-year, $62.4 million contract. Nash had his worst offensive season since 2006 as the Blue Jackets struggled last season.
The Rangers still have enough cap space to re-sign Michael Del Zotto and Anton Stralman securing the blue line bombers, plus could add an interesting free agent. Shane Doan, Jason Arnott and Pavel Kubina are all names that have been bounced around.
Michael Del Zotto (Charles LeClaire-US PRESSWIRE)
Brad Richards will benefit playing with a power winger. Chris Kreider has shown he’s ready for the NHL and to take it to the next level. Add in a healthy Marian Gaborik, Ryan Callahan and the possibility of adding other key elements should give the Rangers that extra push for Cup contention.
During a live conference call with Glen Sather and Rick Nash, Sather adressed whether Shane Doan was an option for the Rangers and stated that Doan “is purely speculation at this time.”
Sather is excited to bring Nash to the fans and the organization.
Glen Sather on #Nash: "This type of player doesn't become available very often. This is a very important deal for our hockey club" #NYRNash
— New York Rangers (@NYRangers) July 23, 2012
Nash likes what he sees in the Rangers and is excited to give New York and its fans the best he has to offer.
“I think they already are one of the top teams in the league and the players they have there is pretty impressive right from the goaltender and the defense and right on up. I’m proud to be part of the organization and the whole city.”
News of the Nash trade in the NHL surrendered instant quips that the Rangers won the draw. So what was Howson thinking when he traded a hot commodity for seemingly subpar players? Howson is pleased with the talent and potential in Anisimov and Dubinsky.
“I think they’re capable of 20. Dubinsky’s gotten 20 twice in the league. He had a down year last year. Anisimov, I think, has scored 16 and 18 over the last 2 years so we think that he’s got some more upside to give. Could they potentially get 20? Yes, but I think they’re good for 15. 15 to 20.”
Brandon Dubinsky fumbled often in his 8-year career with the Rangers and noticeably during the playoffs. This hasn’t been the first time Dubinsky was rumored to go in a trade deal. He’s been expecting this to happen. It’s a compliment and a testament to his play and potential as a leader. And he can pull a punch. The sturdy center will survive in Columbus with his fortitude and the fresh start. Performance expectations in a media-driven metropolis can be inspiring, but many athletes get lost in the normal shuffle. Dubinsky’s chance to become a powerful ambassador to hockey fans in Columbus is there for his taking.
I would like to thank all of my fans and the city of New York for everything! My 8 years being part of the NYR have been magical. Thank you!
— Brandon Dubinsky (@BDubi17) July 23, 2012
Howson fully expects Dubinsky to rebound.
“Well I know he played an important role on a team that finished with the second overall best record in the league and went to the Conference Finals. I have no issues with Brandon Dubinsky bouncing back. I think he will. He had a bit of an off year offensively, but he was still — he impacted games every time he played and I expect him to do that here.”
Howson sees an opportunity with Erixon and the Jackets franchise.
“We wanted a top prospect in the deal, and we think Tim Erixon fulfills that. We went through a lot of combinations with the Rangers and finally settled on this. Our highest priority was to get some forwards that could help us right now, and we’ve done that with Artem and Brandon.”
Tim Erixon never got his wheels firmly planted. He played 18 games for the Rangers. New starts do great things for underrated players. But Erixon arrives in Columbus with fans questioning his loyalty. He was the 23rd overall pick in the 2009 draft for the Calgary Flames. That wasn’t received by Erixon and he never played there. If Calgary isn’t appetizing, then Columbus won’t be much better.
Sather got his man and the Jackets delivered. Howson walked away pleased with the exchange.
“He’s a great general manager. We talked a little bit about that today — about trading these types of players. It was good to hear his views on it, but really you know this trade had its own course. […] We really worked hard at this. We talked to the Rangers for a long time, right up from starting at the trade deadline to the draft, post free agency and to today. The Rangers were the team that showed the most interest in Rick, consistently.”
Coach John Tortorella will have new blood to bewilder. The countdown begins…the Nash Jersey Dash. Will Rangers’ fans sport the Nash?
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Train service remain suspended in Kashmir for security reasons
By Press Desk on June 6, 2019
Srinagar: Train service remained suspended for the second consecutive day on Thursday for security reasons in the Kashmir valley, where people are still in Eid-ul-Fitr mood visiting relatives, friends greeting each other.
No train will run today also in the valley for the second day today, a senior railway official told UNI.
An advisory was received on June 4 evening to suspend all train runs in the Kashmir valley for two days on June 5 and 6 for security reasons.
Therefore, he said, no train will run on Srinagar-Badgam and Baramulla in north Kashmir today.
Similarly, trains will not chug on Badgam-Srinagar-Anantnag-Qazigund in south Kashmir and Banihal in Jammu region, he added.
Railway officials said that they are acting on the advice of local administration, particular police, who are taking decision keeping in view the safety and security of the passengers besides railway property and officials.
He said a letter was received that there is apprehension, threat of damage to railway property and other assets in view of past incidents during Eid-ul-Fitr 2018.
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Fight like a motherfucker.
David Biespiel’s Poetry Wire: 21 Poems That Shaped America (Pt. 8): “Song of the Gourd”
By David Biespiel
I may not be the only poet who wishes he could reproduce the vernacular of a two-seater outhouse simultaneously with writing on subjects like capitalism, prison life, art and music, portraitures of America, war, urban and rural neglect, and immigration, as C.D. Wright did. To be able flip these tendencies would be a thrill too:
Who will build the great wall between us, the illegals, the vigilantes, the evangelicals
or the ones who come back from Fallujah with four limbs and attached head.
And the Supercenter in Teotihuacán. It is not quietly being built at the skirt
of the pyramids. Will the great job of the future be The Greeter.
Thus did Montezuma open his arms to Cortés.
We have been extremely fortunate with our Southern poetry icons of late, perhaps for the reason that many of them didn’t stay put. Wright, who was born in Mountain Home, Arkansas, in 1949, and who died last year in Rhode Island, has written very sharply, to say nothing of poignantly and pungently, of the poverty and cultural isolation that marred the region of her birth and the dignity that marks those gully-washed lives.
The story of her influential, complex poetic output, if I had to summarize it, begins with her as a poet who emerges from the need to write from her affection for the classical traditions of American poetry. This was not, in Wright’s hands, high culture. But something more primitive. She was like a musician dedicated to reviving the sounds of roots music—in her case, the poetic roots of “Idiom Ozarkia,” as she famously called it. She came from a climate where anyone found listening to European symphonies, slipping into an art gallery on a rainy afternoon to look at abstract paintings, or thumbing the dusty shelves of a library would be looked at askance for having elitist notions, or—in a Southern turn of phrase—for getting above their raising. Geographical disbandment from the South northward occurred for Robert Penn Warren, A.R. Ammon, Sonia Sanchez, Yusef Komunyakka, Rodney Jones, Terrance Hayes, and many others, many of whom have never reconciled with their old grounds in light of the region’s historically reactionary leanings. As an expatriate Texan, I hold similar cultural beefs, and have, at times, found places outside the South more accessible.
And yet, and yet.
“Song of the Gourd” is like an eye roll at this sort of gusto about leaving the Southland. The poem has an appetite for all of life, North and South, and etcetera. To say that Wright throughout her amazing body of work views the South as a wreck she survived would be banal, even if there are moments when she surveys the mangled world there and wonders how she did it. What’s beautiful about “Song of the Gourd” as a poem that shapes a sense of American life from the ground up—a Jeffersonian, agrarian dirt life up—is the exhilaration of the near miss, an enthusiastic populist layering where regrets are on display and, as Thomas Jefferson reminds us, self-interrogation is penetrating, even when simply meant as a symbol for those—
cultivators of the earth…the most valuable citizens. They are the most vigorous, the most independent, the most virtuous, & they are tied to their country & wedded to it’s liberty & interests by the most lasting bands.
Everybody can recognize the mixed bag of of horror and thrill in Wright’s poem, copied below, in which we are asked to repudiate the moral vapidity in American life; asked to witness American life by someone who has survived it—not by one crippled from it, physically or psychically:
In gardening I continued to sit on my side of the car: to drive whenever possible at the usual level of distraction: in gardening I shat nails glass contaminated dirt and threw up on the new shoots: in gardening I learned to praise things I had dreaded: I pushed the hair out of my face: I felt less responsible for one man’s death one woman’s longterm isolation: my bones softened: in gardening I lost nickels and ring settings I uncovered buttons and marbles: I lay half the worm aside and sought the rest: I sought myself in the bucket and wondered why I came into being in the first place: in gardening I turned away from the television and went around smelling of offal the inedible parts of the chicken: in gardening I said excelsior: in gardening I required no company I had to forgive my own failure to perceive how things were between them since I was not privileged: I went out barelegged at dusk and dug and dug and dug for a better understanding: I hit rock my ovaries softened: in gardening I was protean as in no other realm before or since: I longed to torch my old belongings and belch a little flame of satisfaction: in gardening I longed to stroll farther into soundlessness: I could almost forget what happened many swift years ago in arkansas: I felt like a god from down under: chthonian: in gardening I thought this is it body and soul I am home at last: excelsior: praise the grass: in gardening I fled the fold that supported the war: only in gardening could I stop shrieking: stop: stop the slaughter: only in gardening could I press my ear to the ground to hear my soul let out an unyielding noise: my lines softened: I turned the water onto the joyfilled boychild: only in gardening did I feel fit to partake to go on trembling in the last light: I confess the abject urge to weed your beds while the bittersweet overwhelmed my day lilies: I summoned the courage to grin: I climbed the hill with my bucket and slept like a dipper in the cool of your body besotted with growth infected by green.
This is not a poetry of agony and misery but a poetry of idiomatic confidence by one who thinks no lasting harm was done to her. A “lost nickel,” here, an “offal” there, a few “stop the slaughter” and sleeping “like a dipper in the cool of your body” yonder over there. On the whole the poem is okay saying simultaneously hello and farewell. It is, to extend a cliche, grounded in the American grain of please and vex.
One knows too well that, at the very first opportunity, many men and women leave town, set off for other locales, pay for leisures not found at home, vent about geopolitical politics, refute dogmatic faiths of the past, tumble into art and, if they must, poetry. Many people, like Wright, had a narrow escape from their youths and picked up and pressed on. There may be a death in the rearview mirror but Southern plainspokenness helps you steer away from that, too.
That makes a poem like “Song of the Gourd” both revolutionary and classical. Wright may have discarded youthful pain—to a point—just as Americans try to discard historical pain. But the impulse of digging in the dirt you do know is to force yourself to find out about things you don’t know.
This is part eight of a twenty-one part series. Here are links to parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7. These pieces will appear every two weeks. We value your feedback and your suggestions for other pieces to be included in this list of poems which shaped, and continue to shape, America.
David Biespiel is a poet, literary critic, memoirist, and contributing writer at American Poetry Review, New Republic, New York Times, Poetry, Politico, The Rumpus, and Slate, among other publications. He is the author of numerous books, most recently The Education of a Young Poet, which was selected a Best Books for Writers by Poets & Writers, A Long High Whistle, which received the 2016 Oregon Book Award for General Nonfiction, and The Book of Men and Women, which was chosen for Best Books of the Year by the Poetry Foundation and received the 2011 Oregon Book Award for Poetry. More from this author →
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Indian police halt first interfaith wedding one week after controversial ‘Love Jihad’ law
Stuti Mishra
4 December 2020, 11:15 am ·4-min read
File image: Indian authorities halt wedding of interfaith bride and groom citing the controversial ‘love-jihad’ law
A week after passing a controversial “Love Jihad” law, authorities from India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh have now stopped a Hindu-Muslim wedding asking the couple to seek “clearance from the district magistrate” first.
The incident took place on Wednesday in UP’s capital Lucknow, where a Hindu woman and Muslim man were set to get married when local police arrived and asked both parties to come to the police station, citing the newly passed law against “unlawful” conversions.
The police of Lucknow’s Para police station told The Indian Express they acted on the complaints of a Hindu group, however, both bride and groom said they were getting married of their own will.
Nonetheless, police insisted they halt the proceedings and apply for the approval of district authorities.
“Both of them were getting married with each other’s consent and there was no coercion of any type,” the Indian Express quoted senior police officer Triloki Singh.
“Some representatives of Hindu Yuva Vahini objected to the wedding and we stopped the wedding and told them that under the new conversion law, you can only get married if you have notified the district magistrate for the specified period of time. We told them that it should not seem that there is pressure to covert,” Mr Singh said.
The report said preparations for a traditional Hindu ceremony had already begun when the police arrived, and the couple told the police that neither bride nor groom was intending to convert religion.
Police said the family ultimately agreed to postpone the wedding until they receive permission from the authorities.
As the morning newspapers reported the incident, several people took to social media to denounce the state's interference in a couple’s personal lives. One twitter user asked: “A boy and a girl are in love & wants to get married. What’s the role of state?” Another user termed the police’s move “infuriating and insulting for grown up adults.”
People pointed out how the new law infringes upon an individual’s right to choose a partner with their own will and called the BJP government’s law a tool for harassment.
A boy and a girl are in love & wants to get married.
What’s the role of state ?
Police stopped the wedding and now they have to get DM’s nod.
Cant imagine what they would have undergone to convince their parents for marriage, now they need state permission too ??
What nonsense pic.twitter.com/Z1u4hYT1Uu
— Arvind Gunasekar (@arvindgunasekar) December 4, 2020
This is infuriating and insulting for grown up adults. Imagine a wedding being stalled because Hindu Mahasabha flags lack of DM sanction even as the couple & their families are happily engaged in performing ceremonies of both the religions. We live in such regressive times!!! pic.twitter.com/TjTGKA6Tra
— Ruchica Tomar (@ruchicatomar) December 4, 2020
Miyan biwi (and families raazi), but not UP police? Seriously, why is the family being asked by the police to get approval from the DM? When there is no talk of conversion? This kind of harassment is exactly why this law was opposed. https://t.co/A7yd9WVYFM
— Maanvi (@Maanvi2501) December 4, 2020
The state of UP, where the national ruling BJP is also in power, passed a law last week criminalising conversion for the sole purpose of marriage amid strong criticism from those who said the law was pandering to Islamophobic fringe groups and impinging on citizens’ basic rights.
The law comes amid increasingly mainstream discussions around the concept of “Love Jihad” - a conspiracy theory coined by the Hindu right wing which claims that Muslim men are conspiring to convert Hindu women by seducing or forcing them to marry.
There is no evidence to suggest such a conspiracy exists, and several police investigations at various levels have ruled out a wider trend or coherent scheme along these lines.
In fact, UP police themselves recently said that in an investigation of 14 interfaith marriages involving criminal cases, invariably brought by the families of those getting married, there was no evidence of a wider conspiracy.
Critics say another problem with the new law is that it places the burden of proof on the accused.
According to legal news website Bar and Bench: “It [the law] states that the burden of proof as to whether a religious conversion was effected through misrepresentation, force, undue influence, coercion, allurement or by any fraudulent means or by marriage, lies on the person who has caused the conversion and, where such conversion has been facilitated by any person, on such other person.”
Despite the lack of evidence about the existence of “Love Jihad”, the theory is increasingly being cited as requiring action, with several states where Narendra Modi’s BJP is in power now saying they want to pass their own similar laws.
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Hikaru Utada
ARTIST Hikaru Utada
ALBUM Colors
anime • j-pop • japanese • JPop • utada hikaru
D Gbm
When you walk away You don't hear me say
Bm A
"Please Oh baby, don't go"
Gbm E D
Simple and clean is the way that you're making me feel tonight
It's hard to let it go
Bm A
You're giving me too many things
Lately, you're all I need
You smiled at me and said,
Pre-Chorus:
Don't get me wrong I love you
Gb Bm
But does that mean I have to meet your father?
Bm G
When we are older you'll understand
Gb G
What I meant when I said "No,
A Gb
I don't think life is quite that simple"
-D Gbm Bm jonasA-jonas
When you walk away
You don't hear me say please
Oh baby, don't go
-Gbm E D jonasE-jonas
-Bm jonasA-jonas -x2-
The daily things -like this and that and what is what-
That keep us all busy
Are confusing me
That's when you came to me and said,
-G Gb Bm Bm
G Gb G A jonasGb-jonas
Wish I could prove I love you
But does that mean I have to walk on water?
It's enough when I say so
And maybe some things are that simple
-play Chorus till the end-
-D Gbm Bm A
Gbm E D jonasE-jonas
Whatever lies beyond this morning
Is a little later on
Regardless of warnings the future doesn't scare me at all
Nothing's like before
Nothing's like before...
uh uh ...uhhhuh
https://ukutabs.com/h/hikaru-utada/simple-and-clean/
(宇多田 ヒカル Utada Hikaru, born January 19, 1983), known by her stage name Utada in America and Europe, is a Japanese singer, songwriter, arranger, and producer. Since the release of her Japanese debut album First Love, which went on to become the best-selling album in Oricon history, Utada has had three of her Japanese studio albums in the list of Top 10 best-selling albums ever in Japan and six of her albums (including one English-language and one compilation) charting within the 275 Best-Selling Japanese albums list.
All songs by Hikaru Utada
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Video Club on VTV in January: ‘Beyond the Gates’ Goes to Orange
Video One Productions, our special interest group for team-based video projects, continues its pandemic-defying production schedule – masked and socially-distanced, of course – with a new January episode of “Beyond the Gates” featuring the City of Orange. “Beyond the Gates” takes viewers to nearby places of interest every month and airs Wednesdays at 11 am on Village Television.
Betsy Martin (right), a former long-time Orange resident, was Segment Producer on January’s City of Orange show. Betsy’s lineup features interviews at antique shops, restaurants, an art museum, and Chapman University’s new Musco Center, now one of Orange County’s premier venues.
With hosts Bill Hemberger and Susan Wheeler (pictured at left) having to be six feet from their interview subjects, early plans for one-camera, Huell Howser-style shooting had to be scrapped, and the show is being shot with three cameras – plus B-roll provided by Jack Crawbuck, who heads the camera crew. Susanne Savlov and Tom Nash are the show’s Producers. Suzanne, who also edits the show, is always seeking new location ideas. If you have a suggestion, or would like to serve as a Segment Producer, please email Suzanne, sedonasue1@gmail.com..
“Video Club Spotlight”
The “Video Club Spotlight” which airs Sundays at 4 pm, presenting monthly collections of short videos by club members, was the brainchild of – and is produced and edited by – Fred Harshbarger (right), Facilitator of Video One Productions.
January’s show will be Spotlight #6 and will feature a 14-minute theatrical video, “Pandora”s Box,” by Gila Zalon and a 13-minute documentary, “Extreme Bicycle,” by Fred Harshbarger.
In February, Spotlight #7 will consist of three videos: “Secretary Bird,” a 1-minute nature video by Fred Harshbarger; “Red Sea Sky,” a 4-minute music video by Jack Krawbuck; and “Morocco,” a 19-minute travel video by Fred Harshbarger.
If you’re a Video Club member and would like to submit a video for possible use in the “Video Club Spotlight” or would like to learn more about Video One Productions’ twice-monthly Zoom meetings, please email Fred, f.harshbarger@sbcglobal.net.
Other Video Club-Produced Shows
Two other Video Club-produced shows are in re-runs on Village Television. “Laguna Woods Stories,” produced, hosted, and edited by Tom Nash, was shot by Video One Productions crews in our now-shuttered Video Studio. It airs Wednesdays and Sundays at 12 noon and in January will feature an interview with Hollywood actor and Village resident Brett Halsey.
“Welcome to my Home,” which visits the homes of residents born and raised outside the United States, was originated, produced, and edited by Suzanne Savlov and shot on location by Video One Productions crews. Airing Mondays at 9:30 am and Thursdays at 10 am, it introduces viewers to the hosts’ cultures and foods. In January, viewers will meet Sam Schlitz from Moldovia.
“Discovering Laguna Woods”
In the January, Video Club member and “Discovering Laguna Woods” host Cyndee Whitney chose to interview resident Pat Wilkinson on her monthly Village TV-produced series, which airs Wednesdays and Sundays at 9:30 am. “I think Pat is an incredibly inspiring person,” says Cyndee. “She’s lived in Laguna Woods for 23 years and has been involved in so many activities that benefit all of us. The Camera Club, the Cat Club, the History Center, and the Tree Walks are only a few.”
Cyndee is pictured above, on left, with Judy Saxon, co-host of the “Write Now Show,” discussed below.-
“Write Now Show”
Video Club members Charlie Redner and Judy Saxon co-host the “Write Now Show,” one of Village Television’s longest-running resident-hosted programs. Using Zoom, the show continues to be produced each month by Village TV, airing Sundays at 12:30 pm and Mondays at 11 am.
Says Charlie, “Our January guest will be Professor Dean Nelson, founder and director of the journalism program at Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego. He is also founder of the ‘Symposium by the Sea,’ an annual program where Dean interviews world-famous writers. In addition to our interview with Dean, we will show clips of him with Joseph Wambaugh, Ray Bradbury, George Plimpton, Anne Lamott, Bill Moyers, and Billy Collins.”
In February, Charlie and Judy will interview performance poet Taylor Mali, based in New York City. Mali writes, performs, and teaches poetry worldwide. A former NYC teacher, Mali is best known for his signature poem, “What Teachers Make.”
Shoots, Video One News, Village TV Programs
John Schmidt to Share Feature Film Producer’s View in January 21 General Meeting
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Pinna nobilis disappearance alarm also along the Venetian coast: now your help is even more important
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The Venetian area seemed to be one of the last safe places of this important bivalve, but the situation has become much more serious with the death of more than 90% of the specimens observed. The good news is that we can still help the project, all together.
The loss of biodiversity has unfortunately become one of the great issues and one of the great challenges of the new century, which affects everyone because we too depend on it, our very survival depends on it.
Pinna nobilis is the name of a large marine invertebrate, also known under the name of sea castanet, stura or palostrega, an endemic species of the Mediterranean (i.e. present only in this area) as well as one of the largest bivalves in the world, which reaches one meter high, so much so that in our lagoon it is possible to see it emerge in conditions of low tide.
Its presence in the entire Mediterranean is fundamental because it is a habitat-building species, which promotes biodiversity, bearer of ecosystem services, as well as flag-species for all other related species that depend on it.
In practice, the Pinna nobilis plays a key ecological role, as a filter of water and as an ideal habitat for other marine species that grow and feed around it, forming rich populations.
In August we talked to Marco Sigovini, from CNR-ISMAR in Venice, head of the joint research project Mappa la Pinna, to understand how the Venetian lagoon seemed to be one of the last healthy places in the whole Mediterranean and how much research in this sense - as indeed the one directed by him - are extremely important to understand the epidemic that has decimated the species from 2016 to today, to identify the factors to restore a balance favorable to the survival of the Pinna and which solutions can therefore be adopted to to safeguard its vitality, so as to reverse the course and repopulate our waters of this important bivalve.
Pinna nobilis shell empty and uprooted after the death of the individual (photo: Shoreline soc. Coop. - CNR-ISMAR)
The press release issued on 11 December 2020, however, brings the sad news of the worsening of the situation, with a sudden change in health of the Pinna along the Venetian coast, more precisely at some rock formations that are located offshore, locally known as tegnùe: over 90% of the specimens observed died:
The epidemic that decimated the protected species Pinna nobilis throughout the Mediterranean has probably reached the coasts of Veneto, one of the last areas so far unscathed. A mass mortality event was in fact recorded at the end of November 2020 at some rock formations off the Venetian coast, locally known as "tegnùe". The numbers are alarming: over 90% of the specimens observed have died. The phenomenon was found during investigation activities carried out in collaboration between the Institute of Marine Sciences of Venice (CNR-ISMAR) and the Regional Agency for Environmental Prevention and Protection of Veneto (ARPAV) within the scope of the 2008 Directive. / 56 / EC on the Marine Strategy, with the operational support of Shoreline Soc. Coop.
Previous observations made last September had shown no signs of suffering. The dynamics of the event unfortunately conforms to what was recorded in the other affected locations. The populations of Pinna nobilis present in the other tegnùe scattered between Caorle and Chioggia, as well as in the Venice lagoon, must therefore be considered at immediate risk. In the next few days these areas will be the subject of further investigations by the CNR-ISMAR.
CNR-ISMAR is involved in various activities for the study and monitoring of Pinna nobilis in the coastal waters of Veneto and in the Venice Lagoon, in collaboration with other technical and scientific bodies. A further investment in terms of research and monitoring is now urgent to face the emergency and guarantee a future for this species. Everyone can make a contribution: the "Mappa la Pinna" initiative, launched through social media last spring, is aimed at divers, boaters and all those who frequent the Venice lagoon and the coasts of Veneto.
There are a couple of other important things to consider: the tidal currents, so important for the lagoon in maintaining a high level of livability, in this case can become vectors capable of transmitting the pathology from the fins on the coast to those inside the lagoon. However, it is equally true that the specific conditions of the lagoon environment could help populations to better resist the epidemic.
Mappa la Pinna more than ever needs our help, which we can do in a simple and very practical way, that is by reporting the presence of the Pinna nobilis - and its health conditions - through the project map (follow the directions, double click on the exactly you want to report, a form will open to be filled in) or by e-mail to [email protected]
Each report can make a difference not only in the beloved lagoon waters but in all coasts ranging from the Adriatic to the gates of the Atlantic Ocean.
Why participate in the Mappa la Pinna! (nobilis) project is good for you too
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The Fontego dei Tedeschi: the thirteenth-century factory
A healthy example of Pinna nobilis in the Venetian lagoon — (Marco Sigovini, CNR-ISMAR Venezia, CC-BY-4.0)
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Walter is an amazing speaker - disruptive, entertaining, with a deep understanding of where the future will take us.
Benjamin Ruschin
Inspiring, thrilling, captivating
Amelie Groß
Walter, we definitely need more people like you!
Michael Altrichter
I met Walter while keynoting an event together. He is amazing at reading between the lines.
Robin Farmanfarmaian
I am impressed by Walter’s lateral and forward thinking of renewable energy solutions!
A conversation with him inspires and boosts one's own self.
Mathias Gruber
WALTER KREISEL
Entrepreneur, leading figure of the energy transition, passionate mountainbiker and father of twins.
He inspires. He motivates. He fills the audience with enthusiasm and encourages reflection. Walter feels confident that we can “electrify” the world with renewable energies. He demonstrates this every day anew as a successful entrepreneur leading a highly motivated team. As a visionary and passionate advocate of the energy transition, Walter illuminates the past, questions the status quo and – in his very unique and fascinating way – points out to solutions that seem immediately achievable and economically viable.
Let’s get electrified!
taken from real life
Walter thinks holistically, acts sustainably and sets himself clear goals. This is also reflected in his personal life story.
PHANTOR is a multiple winner of the Energy Globe Award 2020
Imhotep.Industries – a neoom group company – wins the Energy Globe 2020. In Upper Austria and even nationwide, PHANTOR – the mobile water giant – was able to secure the victory in the category water. In addition, the project became the overall winner in the public voting. A great success for Imhotep.Industries, a spin-off of the neeom group.
neoom First Year and More Livestream
The big birthday livestream #neoomlive01 on Tuesday the 31.3. was a great success. Exactly one year to the day after the successful trademark registration of neoom, it was the perfect occasion for a look behind the scenes and an opportunity to get to know the people of the company.
#10minutes POdcast
Under the title #10minutes Walter creates a campaign around a video podcast, which, in light of the current corona crisis, deals with another major problem of our time – climate change. Because while in the case of Covid-19 we can only react, it is already 5 past 12, there is still the chance to act proactively in the fight against climate change.
neoom A look back on a brilliant year 2019
2019 was the biggest year for Walter’s company so far. By 2019, the products of neoom and NTUITY had already reduced CO2 emissions by ~800 tons!
Kali Kimanzi
Walter Kreisel, the entrepreneur from Freistadt, Austria, brings a young talent from Kenya to Mühlviertel, where he studies and works and later brings software for energy solutions back to Africa.
PHantor - The mobile Water Giant
Walter Kreisel recognizes water shortage as a global challenge and launches the high-performance AWG PHANTOR, which he develops with his team. Red Bull Innovator and Die Macher report on the innovation that can save lives.
Energy and Water.
With the neoom group gmbh, Walter introduces the neoom product family and the NTUITY energy revolution platform. Neoom consists of modular and perfectly matched products for power generation, power storage and energy distribution. NTUITY is the next level in energy optimization: distributed, redundant and open.
neoom
NTUITY
Fueled by top athlete Lukas Kaufmann, Walter fulfilled himself another life goal: to complete a marathon before his 40s. Before that it was 365 days no alcohol and lose 13kg, because “to bring body and mind to the limit widens the horizon.”
The strategic partnership with the successful entrepreneur Johannes Weißengruber and the establishment of W & Kreisel GmbH marked an important milestone in the international expansion of the company.
A SPECiAL INViTATIoN
Walter was invited from Solar.Future.Today, an association of the world’s most important influencers and characters of the energy transition, to participate in a discussion with Tony Seba (linkedin) and Heinz-Josef Fell (linkedin) in Abu Dhabi.
FROM FREISTADT TO AFRICA & INDIA
When he circumambulated Mount Kilimanjaro on his mountain bike, Walter developed a close relationship to Africa and it’s people. Back home, Walter decided to support the Karibu World Association – an NGO which runs orphanages in Africa and India and is closely working with the involving locals: “Each and every person on our planet, irrespective of origin, religion or gender, should get a chance for education and a life worth living”
Kreisel Systems
Due to the strong grow of his business, Walter restructured the company into a GmbH and established the division called KREISEL SYSTEMS as a cooperation partner of KREISEL ELECTRIC. The company demonstrated the potential of renewable energies in the stationary area with the development of AC chargers and innovative software solutions. In the same year, Walter and his team were assigned from KREISEL ELECTRIC to plan and implement the entire building concept of the
new high-tech research and development center. They developed a cutting-edge, self-sufficient and interconnected building automation system so that the building can run on power it generates by itself. The KREISEL ELECTRIC research and development center is one of the most innovative commercial buildings in Europe.
AND THE BRONZE MEDAILLE GOES TO
Another team success! In 2016, about 4,500 took part at the “MTB Salzkammergut Trophy”, one of the most challenging mountain bike competitions in Europe. Lukas Kaufmann, Alfred Schabauer and Walter were in the winner’s circle, reaching the phenomenal third place.
Together with Philipp Kreisel, Kurt Lengauer and Rajal Clemens, Walter became “Indoor Mountain Bike World Champion”. They started as a real outsider team, however, the team always followed their mutually agreed plans during the 24-hour race.
During his MBA, Walter founded his company walterkreisel – HOMETEC and hired his first employee. The aim of his company was to provide other people with the same level of comfort and well-being as he and his family are enjoying in their home-based on renewable resources of course, with a minimal ecological footprint and lowest operational costs.
BACK TO "SCHOOL"
Walter decided to participate in a MBA program as a second education in 2011, which he graduated with “magna cum laude” in 2012. He enlarged and deepened his professional expertise with practical business knowledge.
Building and moving into his “intelligent home”, based on the model of Bill Gates. At that point of time, a smart home was absolutely innovative. Walter asked for support and help, but nobody was really able to assist him with his plans. So, he got it done on his own. With the fully automated, smart building, Walter was laying the foundation for his company’s future direction at the same time.
Hello twins! Walter became a father of Theo and Finn. In his talks and lectures, Walter always encourages his audience to look at the world through the curious eyes of children, to question objectives, to try things out and think differently.
While still an apprentice, he has set up his own department and succeeded in winning numerous awards with his innovative ideas for the joint family business. Walter’s ingenious Hi-Fi system in his first car was published and praised as “best practice” and a point of reference in numerous specialized media. The company grew significantly between 1996 and 2006 and RED ZAC Kreisel became well known across borders. In 2010, RED ZAC Kreisel received the AERA (Austrian Retailer Award), the most prestigious award in their industry, and was named as “Austria’s Best Specialist Retailer”.
What others say about him
Walter proactively rises to speak. And he is heard. He has a clear mission: to electrify the world – ideally, the whole one – with energy from renewable resources. On his way, he meets exciting and enriching personalities.
Hubert Rhomberg
Entrepreneur, Speaker, Author
“Curious, sustainable, open, visionary – these are the keywords that best describe Walter Kreisel.
I first met him in 2019 at “Interactive West”. At this event he spoke with impressive passion about climate issues and the necessity of the “Friday for Future” movement.
His statements appealed to me very much and showed that we think alike and are interested in holistic energy solutions. I look forward to the next exchange with him”.
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Rudolf Hilti
Serial Entrepreneur
“Walter is a courageous pioneer who sees the complexity of problems as an opportunity for change and strives to find sustainable solutions that are scalable in order to achieve the highest possible economic and ecological value contribution.“
Marc Buckley
Sustainability Advisor, Social Entrepreneur
„Walter is a visionary, creating solutions to solve our global grand challenges. He is a caring family man and sustainable entrepreneur who genuinely cares about humanity. He delivers systemic transformational infrastructure changes through planetary services for resilient desirable futures. Not only do I think so but the most important award for sustainability worldwide The Energy GIobe Award was given to him for Austria this year 2020. I gladly open my network of friends, change makers, and international organizations to Walter because I want to see that his vision and efforts are spread throughout the world.“
Speaker, author & entrepreneur
“I met Walter at the Fast Forward Forum in St Tropez, he was my fellow keynote speaker in his field of expertise. I was very impressed with his lateral and forward thinking of renewable energy solutions that coincided with my own plant based ways of saving the planet by saving the environment. He was an excellent speaker and I look forward to working with him in the future to help with my worldwide vision of plant based only eco-factories.”
Business Angel & Impact Investor
“Walter KREISEL is not only a successful entrepreneur and distinguished personality, but is also committed to sustainable projects in order to strive for nothing less than making the world a better place. Good on you, Walter, we need more people like you!”
„I met Walter while keynoting an event together. He is amazing at reading between the lines. As a Silicon Valley entrepreneur, I recognize Walter’s ability to think outside the box, and drive to focus on world-changing ideas. Great addition to any event!“
Mag. Amelie Groß
Bundesvorsitzende der Jungen Wirtschaft
„Walter Kreisel gave an exciting keynote on the subject of innovation at our federal conference in front of around 1000 young entrepreneurs. His lecture was both inspiring and informative and inspired us all!“
Co-Founder & Managing Director of WeAreDevelopers
“Walter is an amazing speaker – disruptive, entertaining, with a deep understanding of where the future will take us. We were delighted to have Walter speak at our WeAreDevelopers World Congress with more than 8,000 participants in Vienna. If you are looking for a high-level technologist, who can entertain and educate your audience, Walter is your man!”
Mathias Erich Gruber
Director, presenter, actor
“Walter Kreisel is an extraordinary personality. He thinks fast, big and above all in a collective and global context. He fascinates through his entrepreneurial expertise as well as through his creativity. A conversation with him inspires and boosts one’s own self.“
Mag. Dr. Josef Weißl, MBA
Executive Director of OBERBANK
“Walter KREISEL is a visionary thinker with his feet firmly on the ground. He knows how to create tangible solutions to the great challenges of our time with regard to climate protection.
To be congratulated!“
A selection of media reports about Walter.
WeAreDevelopers @ Wien
Pioneers @ München
SolarFutureToday Influencer Forum @ AbuDhabi
Austrian Innovation Forum @ WeXelerate Vienna
EPCON @ Graz/Steiermark
JW @ Bundestagung Innsbruck/Tirol
Tech & Nature Launch Party
GBB Green & Blue Building
Kronen Zeitung
a3BAU
Radio interview on 5 October at 7:05 p.m. as part of the report: Electricity for the Future- Rethinking Electricity
MEDIA & PRESS KIT
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Dazzling Dahlias – 39 in a series – Dahlia “King Of The Autumn” via Biodiversity Heritage Library
By Douglas E. Welch on September 3rd, 2020
from Addisonia : colored illustrations and popular descriptions of plants.
DAHLIA “KING OF THE AUTUMN “
Dahlia Garden Hybrid Family Carduacear Thisti,© Family “King of the Autumn,” a variety of Dutch origin, is a good example of the “decorative” class of dahlias, the class that is perhaps the most popular with American dahlia-growers at the present day. The American Dahlia Society defines varieties of this class as having “double flowers, full to the center in early season, flat rather than ball-shaped, with broad, flat, somewhat loosely arranged floral rays with broad points or rounded tips, which are straight or decurved (turned down or back), not incurved, and with margins revolute, if rolled at all.” “Margins revolute,” if pronounced, would lead to placing a variety in the hybrid cactus group, with which the decoratives intergrade, and any pronounced showing of an “open center,” which is an occasional failing of the variety here figured, weakens the line of distinction between the decorative and peony groups. Again, the rounding and deepening of the flower-head and the cupping of the inner floral rays makes a transition to the “hybrid show” type. The decorative type of dahlia has been developed chiefly in Holland, England, and, more recently, in the United States. Most of the numerous varieties of this group now in cultivation in the United States are of domestic origin. The largest-flowered varieties grown at the present time belong in this group, the flower-heads occasionally attaining a diameter of thirteen inches. Many of the varieties have flower- heads that are too large to be represented in natural size on an Addisonia plate, and the desire to show the flowers without reduc- tion in size has led to the selection of one of the smaller-flowered varieties to represent the decorative class. The development of a “fully double” dahlia flower-head from the “single” and “semi-double” forms in which the dahlia was first known in Europe appears to have required a number of years of cultivation and selection. The credit of originating the first “fully double” dahlia has sometimes been given to a Belgian horti- culturist, M. Donckelaar, who is said to have attained this goal in 1814 or 1815. But there appears to be evidence that this result was accomplished as early as 1805 in Kensington Gardens, in I^ondon, and even earlier on the continent (Gard. Chron. III. 35:
An interesting link found among my daily reading
Dazzling Dahlias – 25 in a series – 2020 New & Exclusive Dahlia via Swan Island Dahlias
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Captivating Cactus and Striking Succulents – 48 in a series – The Cactaceae. v.1. via the Biodiversity Heritage Library
Dazzling Dahlias – 38 in a series – Bicolor Dahlia via @prin2_ryochan on Instagram
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We’ll make today quick because there’s a lot of Playoff and Awards talk to get to on the blog today. While there were 14 games around the Association last night, only and handful actually mattered in regards to playoff seeding or lottery placement. And while if you’re reading this blog you’re for sure more of an NBA fan, I’d guess a large portion of this audience — especially in New York — was tuning in to the first night of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
Which is good. It’s what you should have been doing. Playoff Hockey is awesome. Like I wrote yesterday, this is arguably the best time of the year as a sports fan. We’ve got two months of NBA and NHL Playoffs ahead of us. Baseball is off to a hot start. The Triple Crown is right around the corner. Golf is coming off an awesome Masters. The NFL Draft is two weeks from today. It’s starting to get really, really nice out – like daydrinking on rooftops and wearing shorts out nice. And we’re just 43 days from Memorial Day Weekend.
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Sik joke there Ham. Why don’t you just move on.
So before we get to Awards talk and Playoff Previews later on today, let’s quickly wrap up the last night of the regular season with a rundown of what happened and what mattered from those 14 mostly meaningless games…
The Knicks won and the Wolves lost, sending the two into a tie for the sixth worst record in the league. What that now means is that the two teams now have the same percentage chance at the number one pick (5.3%) and at a top three pick (18.3%) at the lottery drawing next week. Within the next few days, the NBA will have a coin flip to determine who will end up with the higher pick if neither were to jump into the top three during the lottery selection. But no matter who wins that coin flip, the Knicks and Wolves will still have the same percentage chance to win the lottery.
Knicks fans lost their collective minds last night about winning that game last night, which to me is ridiculously stupid. Look, I’m not a rational or calm Knicks fan either. But folks, what did you expect? Did you really think the Knicks were ever going to lose that game? Where have you been the last fifteen years?
I know it sucks. That could have HUGE ramifications moving forward with the drop-off from six to seven in the talent pool. But what did you expect? Did you think ROn Baker and Marshall Plumlee and Maurice n’Dour, who are playing for their livelihood next season, were going to roll over last night? Did you think Justin Holliday, who has the chance to get some real money this offseason, was going to pass up the opportunity to showcase his ability? Teams tank, players do not. And if you are one bit surprised by the Knicks bench guys going can’t-miss-white-hot in the last few minutes to win a meaningless game and ruin our draft position, that’s your own fault. Know your team better.
The Pacers and Bulls both won, securing the seventh and eight seeds in the East respectively while also knocking out the Miami Heat.
Sad as it is too see this shockingly fun and likable Heat team miss the playoffs after their improbable two month stretch – they’ve got nobody to blame but themselves. They lost six out of ten from March 19th to April 7th and tumbled down from a probable fifth or sixth seed to missing the playoffs. That stretch killed them. It allowed Milwaukee and Indy and Chicago to jump them, and they left themselves too little time to recover over these last three games.
All the credit in the world to Spoelstra and Dragic and everyone else in that Heat organization. I thought they had no chance at a playoff spot before the season, and even less than zero after starting the season 11-30. Think about that. They were 11 and 30… and finished the season 41-41. They had won 23 out of 28 until they lost Dion Waiters and dropped six of their next ten. That’s one of the more remarkable turnarounds you’ll ever see. They absolutely could have sold their roster off and tanked, and instead did a complete 180 turn to go 30-11 in the second half.
Knowing how karma works in this sport… and knowing Pat Riley’s black magic… I genuinely would not be surprised to see them land a top three spot in this lottery. I’m telling you now. Just watch. Karma works in mysterious ways. And Pat Riley works in the art of black magic. And if the Miami Heat end up with Markelle Fultz come June 22nd, I wouldn’t be the least bit shocked.
As for Indy and Chicago, we’ll get to them later on today.
And last but not least… the Clippers won to secure themselves home court over the Jazz in the first round. Which, considered how much home court meant to both this season (both were 29-12 at home and 22-19 on the road), is a pretty big deal.
And I think this is good for the series too. If LA fell behind 2-0 in Utah I’d consider that series over in max five games. Now, if Utah falls behind 2-0 in LA, I’m still fully confident they’ll come back and win the next two in Salt Lake City.
While Rockets-Thunder is very clearly the marquee series of the first round, I’d put this Clippers-Jazz matchup as a veeeeery very very close second. This thing is going seven.
And that’s it. Yes, Boston locked up the number one seed. but Cleveland had basically conceded it at this point. And nothing else really mattered or had much significance.
Like I said, Regular Season Awards and Playoff Preview stuff is all coming later today.
Thanks to everyone for following the Ham’s Hoops Roundup through the regular season. No, don’t worry – I’ll still have them up each and every morning throughout the course of the playoffs. The format will just be a little different to account for fewer and, obviously, more meaningful games. Fun time is over. This is the playoffs. I am locked the fuck in and ready to blog. And yes I’m just kidding there will still be plenty of jokes and plenty of fucking around and of course all the insane ramblings you’ve come to expect. Playoff Schedule for all the Game 1’s this Saturday and Sunday is below.
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Playoff Schedule for Saturday and Sunday, Game 1’s
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Suge Knight has finally revealed that he was the real target in the drive-by that killed 2Pac
Suge Knight claims his ex-wife and former Death Row Records security chief Reggie White Jr ‘killed Tupac Shakur and insists HE was the real target of the drive-by’
Marion ‘Suge’ Knight has finally he revealed that he was the real target in the drive by that killed Tupac Shakur, according to his attorney’s affidavit
Rapper has always refused to identify the shooter of Tupac until now
He claims that it was his ex-wife Sharitha and former Death Row Records security chief Reggie White Jr
Suge said that new documentary Tupac Assassination: Battle for Compton had got the facts about the 1996 fatal shooting right, according to the filmmakers
Also tells of attempted coup at Tupac’s label Death Row Records which was co-founded by Suge and Dr Dre
Filmmakers say they have a signed affidavit from Suge’s attorney confirming that everything in their documentary is true
Lawyer also claims shooting was first in a history of attempts on Knight’s life
Suge, 50, is currently behind bars charged with murder and attempted murder after running over two men in Compton January 2015
Marion ‘Suge’ Knight claims that his ex-wife and former Death Row Records security chief Reggie White Jr killed Tupac Shakur, and insists he was the real target of the 1996 drive-by.
Suge’s attorney Thaddeus Culpepper wrote in a signed affidavit, that ‘Knight has known for many years that Reggie Wright Jr. and his ex-wife Sharitha were behind the murder of Tupac and attempted murder of Knight.’
He added that Knight also had alleged details of Wright’s involvement in the Bigge Smalls murder case.
The rapper, who until now has always refused to identify the shooter, appears to have spoken out after hearing the ‘salient points’ in the new documentary Tupac Assassination: Battle for Compton.
New documentary promises to reveal truth about Tupac’s murder
‘When our book, came out and we were working on the movie, we gave the salient points of the book (Tupac: 187 The Red Knight) to Thaddeus Culpepper, who read them to Suge Knight,’ said co-director Richard Bond. ‘Suge’s initial response was, “Who the hell are these guys?”
‘He admitted to Culpepper that the theories in the movie were true,’ a source said.
Suge was so intrigued he sent his private investigators, to discover how the writers and directors found out about what happened.
The documentary also claims that Suge had always been the real target of that fatal shooting. Tupac was just in the way.
The film tells of an attempted coup at Tupac’s label Death Row Records – co-founded by Suge and Dr Dre among others – which eventually led to the shooting in Las Vegas on 7 September 1996.
‘Culpepper told Carlin individually that not only did Knight confirm the events as portrayed in Compton, which portray Knight was the intended target and Shakur as collateral damage, as true, but also goes on to allege that these 1996 events may have been the first in a history of attempts on Knight’s life, culminating in the recent attempted killing of Knight at the 1OAK Club in Los Angeles, where Knight was shot six times,’ a film spokesperson told Music News.
Knight was also the target of allegations that he was responsible for the shooting of Shakur’s rival Christopher ‘Biggie Smalls’ Wallace in 1997.
The film features Culpepper’s signed affidavit – which was taken by former LAPD detective Russell Poole on July 18, 2015.
The last known photo of Tupac, in the car with Suge, taken in Las Vegas on September 7 1996
Tupac and Suge Knight, pictured together in the 1990s, were friends before Tupac was gunned down in 1996
Suge has also allegedly been accused of shooting Shakur rival Christopher ‘Biggie Smalls’ Wallace (above) in 1997 – a year after Tupac’s death
Poole, who also contributed to the book, appears to agree with Suge’s theory.
He told Vice in 2015 that Wright Jr. and Suge’s ex, Sharitha Knight orchestrated the murder to assume control of Death Row Records.
‘Suge wasn’t divorced yet and if he died in that hit, she’d get most of everything,’ Poole said. ‘So she went to Wright Jr., who was in charge of Death Row and ran it while Suge was in prison.
‘[Wright Jr.] has gotten away with it this whole time. They floated a whole lot of propaganda to former LA Times reporter Chuck Phillips—calling in hundreds if not thousands of fake clues.’
White Jr responded to the claims in 2015, after Poole’s death, to AllHipHop, pointing out that several people that had accused him of Tupac’s murder had died in the past decade.
They include the late rapper’s ex-bodyguards Michael Moore, Frank Alexander and Poole.
‘I believe in karma,’ he said. ‘All these people are dropping dead. I keep telling people God don’t like ugly. I hope people learn a lesson from this.’
Wright warned that the next person could be Tupac Assassination co-director Bond.
‘The next person is probably going to be R.J. Bond. I ain’t predicting no death on anybody, but they better get their selves right,’ he said. ‘They better stop with all this bullcrap they’ve been promoting, because they’re all dying like flies around here.’
Suge’s marriage to Sharitha Golden, the mother of his first child, was tumultuous at best.
Just two years before their wedding in November 1989, Sharitha had obtained a restraining order against Suge.
They later reconciled and wed, but got divorced the following year with Sharitha demanding her ex pay $735,000 in unpaid child support.
Tupac: 187 The Red Knight
According to his lawyer, Suge believes both Sharitha and White plotted his death together.
The shooting of Tupac, 25, has been surrounded by conspiracy theories ever since.
They include claims that Tupac faked his own death with the help of the first cop on the scene, Chris Carroll, who is now retired, and fled to Cuba. There were even theories that Suge had ordered an assassination hit on Tupac and that Carroll was involved.
Suge, 50, had always denied he was behind the shooting but until now was unwilling to name who it was.
Tupac’s last public photograph was taken as he was riding in the car with Death Row Records co-founder Suge on September 7, 1996, in Las Vegas.
The pair had just left a Mike Tyson fight held at the MGM Grand, when the 25-year-old rapper was shot as he stood up through the sunroof to talk to a group of women while the car was stopped at a traffic light.
Shakur was hit four times – twice in the chest, once in the arm, and once in the leg.
THOSE TUPAC CONSPIRACY RUMORS
Perennial rumors surface that the rapper – who was shot in 1996 – is in fact still alive.
The emergence of a ‘selfie’ by a look-a-like last year supposedly showing the rapper was just the latest of many wild stories that the star lives on.
Some say that Tupac grew sick of his fame, faked his own death and moved to Cuba.
Other rumors swirled that police officer Carroll somehow swapped Tupac’s body for a double, helping him on the way to starting a secret new life.
And the fires have been stoked by Marion ‘Suge’ Knight, Tupac’s former record label boss, who was next to the star in the vehicle when he was shot.
Knight has said he never saw the musician’s body and has repeatedly hinted Shakur is out there somewhere.
‘You know he’s somewhere smoking a Cuban cigar on the islands,’ he said in 2014.
He eventually died six days later on September 13.
Bond believes Suge, who is behind bars awaiting a separate murder trial, is ready to make a statement about Tupac’s murder because it proves that he has been a target of gangs out to get him for years.
Suge, who was shot multiple times in 2014, has been in jail since his arrest for mowing down two men in a burger stand parking lot in Compton in 2015, killing businessman and friend Terry Carter and injuring Cle ‘Bone’ Sloan.
The two men had been working as security on the location set for the NWA movie Straight Outta Compton and had got into a dispute with Knight earlier in the day.
Prosecutors have charged Knight with murder and attempted murder. He has pleaded not guilty and claims he accidentally struck Carter as he fled the scene in fear for his life suspecting an armed ambush.
Bond and Carlin insist Knight was a victim in Vegas, which could be evidence of his that he was also telling the truth about his 2014 shooting at One Oak and in the Compton case he is only trial for.
‘The hope is Knight’s confirmation of the story laid out in Compton (the film) may put a final stamp to close this mystery, after 20 years.’
New of the potential break through in the now decades-old case, come as Tupac is due to be posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Friday.
The Harlem-born rapper’s recording career may have only lasted five years before he was murdered, but it is the rapper’s influence from beyond the grave that will be celebrated.
The black car in which Tupac and record label boss Suge Knight were driving in when the attack by an unknown gunmen occurred
The Las Vegas intersection between the Strip and Paradise Road, where the shooting occurred in 1996
Suge Knight collapses in court after bail hearing in March 2015
Arguably bigger in death than he was in life, Shakur will be only the sixth rap act to be voted into the Hall of Fame in its 30-year history.
The Hall of Fame described him as ‘an international symbol of resistance and outlaw spirit, an irresistible contradiction, a definitive rap anti-hero.
Shakur has sold 75 million albums, mostly from seven posthumous releases, and although his sales figures will never match those of 21st century hip hop kings like Drake, Kanye West and The Weeknd, his influence remains profound.
‘For anyone who is serious about learning about hip hop, there are certain people whose music you have to deal with and Tupac is one of those people. You can’t say you are knowledgeable about hip hop if you don’t know about Tupac,’ said Todd Boyd, professor of cinema and media studies at the University of Southern
Tupac Assassination: Battle for Compton is now available on Blu Ray, DVD, and digital download sites.
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Sexual Harassment in Athletic Programs
Part III. Financial Matters
Chapter 13. Marketing and Fund-Raising
Bob Buckanavage
Nontraditional Marketing
Interscholastic Sport Marketing Process
Educational Foundations and Fund-Raising
Chapter 14. Budgeting and Purchasing
John Evers, CMAA
Budgeting Process
Part IV. Physical Assets
Chapter 15. Equipment
Joni Pabst, CAA
Rotation Plans for Uniforms and Consumable Playing Equipment
Equipment Repair and Reconditioning
Care of Equipment and Uniforms
Chapter 16. Facilities
Carter Wilson, CMAA
Building Renovation Versus New Construction
Current Athletic Facility Trends
Athletic Master Plan
Closing. Priority Issues Ahead in Interscholastic Sports
Eric Forsyth, CAA, John Olson, CMAA
Specialization by Athletes
Budget, Finance, and Resource Shortfall
Effect of Fees on Participation Stability
Electronic Social Networking
Quality of Coaches and Continuing Education
Michael L. Blackburn, PhD, CMAA, is the associate executive director for the National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association (NIAAA) in Indianapolis, Indiana. Blackburn regularly communicates with athletic administrators nationwide to stay current on the challenges and needs in the field. He has published more than 200 articles and editorials in NIAAA’s Interscholastic Athletic Administration as well as in other print and electronic professional magazines, newspapers, and newsletters. Blackburn served for nearly 30 years as an athletic administrator and also an assistant principal.
Eric Forsyth, PhD, CAA, is a professor at Bemidji State University in Bemidji, Minnesota. He is a founding author of the interscholastic athletic administration graduate curriculum standards endorsed by the National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE) and the NIAAA. He also served as a consultant in the development of a new leadership training course pertaining to interscholastic sport corporate sponsorships. He is coauthor of a chapter on interscholastic sports in the textbook Contemporary Sport Management, Fourth Edition.
John R. Olson, PhD, CMAA, is an adjunct faculty member in sport administration at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, and Edgewood College in Madison, Wisconsin. He also spent seven years as an instructor in coaching, sport administration, and program administration at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. Olson has 40 years of public education experience in coaching, sport administration, school administration, and school district administration. He is the author of two undergraduate textbooks on sport administration, numerous professional journal articles, and 17 NIAAA leadership training courses.
Bruce D. Whitehead, CMAA, is executive director of the NIAAA. He has been involved in interscholastic athletics for nearly 45 years as a coach, official, athletic administrator, and leader of athletic administrator organizations at state and national levels. He was a 25-year athletic administrator, and became a certified master athletic administrator in 2001. He has served as a university adjunct professor at two universities. He has served the NIAAA as a conference presenter, author of articles, instructor in the Leaderhsip Training Institute, and LTI course coauthor.
Steve Berseth, CMAA, retired after 39 years in education, 19 of which was as athletic administrator at Brookings High School in Brookings, South Dakota. He spent his entire career with the Brookings School District. Berseth, who served the NIAAA Board of Directors, was also chair of the Certification Committee, and a member of the NIAAA 1st Strategic Planning Committee.
Bob Buchanavage, has been Executive Director of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Directors Association for the past 24 years. He served 35 years in public education, 23 years as the athletic administrator at Pennsbury School District located in Fallsington, Pennsylvania. Buchanavage was Chairman of the National Executive Directors Council and was inducted into the NIAAA Hall of Fame.
Bill Bowers, CMAA, served as an athletic administrator for 19 of his 41 years in educational leadership. His longest reign as director of athletics was at Springfield High School in Springfield, Oregon. Bowers is currently Executive Director of the Oregon Athletic Directors Associatioon and is a member of the NIAAA Board of Directors as a representative of the National Executive Directors Council.
Kimberly Chorosiewski, CMAA, has a rich career as an athlete, teacher, administrator and coach. Her athletic administration experience includes years spent at Garrison Forest School and The Fay School in Southborough, Massachusetts, as well as the college level. She has served as an adjunct professor at two universities, and has been a college coach. Chorosiewski is a current doctoral student at Northeastern University.
John Evers, CMAA, served as athletic administrator for 17 years at Castle High School, Newburgh, Indiana. He retired in 2011 after a 35 year career in education as an administrator, teacher and coach. Evers is a national faculty member for NIAAA Leadership Training Institute Course 511, and is chair of the NIAAA Publications Committee. Currently, Evers serves as an adjunct instructor in the Ohio University athletic administration program.
Tim Graham, CMAA, has been athletic administrator at Tumwater School District in Washington for 15 years. During his 25 years in education, as a teacher, coach and administrator; Graham has served the NIAAA Publications Committee as its chair, and is currently an at-large member of the NIAAA Board of Directors.
Lee Green, JD, is an attorney and professor at Baker University where he has taught business, as well as institutional and sports law for the past 27 years. He helped write LTC 504, 506 and 508; all sports law courses that are a part of the Leadership Training Institute curriculum. Green also serves as a course chair for these three offerings. He is the author of three books on sports law.
Warren Hagman, CMAA, amassed 26 years of athletic administration during his 41 year career. The greater portion of that service was to the Clark County School District in Las Vegas, Nevada, where he contributed all his years to Liberty High School and Mojave High School. Prior to arriving in Nevada, he also administered school athletic programs in Alaska. Hagman is currently an instructor in the school of education at Touro University, Henderson, Nevada.
Dr. David Hoch, CMAA, recently retired after 41 years of service to education, 17 of those as an athletic administrator in Maryland. Hoch served at both Loch Raven High School and Eastern Technical High School, after coaching at the college level. He is an author of numerous articles, documents and materials related to administration education-based athletic programs.
Joni Pabst, CAA, spent her 28 years in education serving the Tucson Unified School District in Tucson, Arizona. The most recent 15 years prior to retirement were spent as the athletic administrator at Sahuaro High School. Pabst is a former president of the NIAAA Board of Directors, served as vice-chair of the NIAAA Awards Committee as well as the NIAAA 2nd Strategic Plan Committee.
Gary Stevens, CMAA, is the athletic administrator at Thornton Academy located in Saco, Maine. He has been at Thornton for 6 years, and has held an athletic administrator position for 17 of his 30 year career in education, previously at Bonny Eagle High School, Standish, Maine. Stevens serves as a vice-chair of the NIAAA Publications Committee, and is the Associate Executive Director of the Maine IAAA.
Sheri Stice, CMAA, totaled 38 years in education pprior to her retirement in 2012. She was assistant athletic director of the Cypress Fairbanks Independent School District in Houston, Texas, for 17 years of the 35 years spent in Cypress Fairbanks ISD as an administrator, teacher and coach. Stice is currently the Certification Director for the NIAAA, and previously chaired the Certification Committee.
Roy Turner, CMAA, has spent 20 years as an athletic administrator. Since 2006 he has been at New Hanover County Schools as director of athletics at Eugene Ashley High School. Prior to his current position, Roy was the athletic administrator for Guilford County Schools, at both Dudley and Southeast Guilford High Schools. He has a total of 27 years in education and currently serves the on the NIAAA Board of Directors
Carter Wilson, CMAA, has for the past 13 years served as athletic administrator at the City Schools of Decatur, Georgia. His 34 year career in education has included 13 years of college and 21 years of high school administration, teaching and coaching. Wilson earned the NIAAA Certified Master Athletic Administrator (CMAA) in 2012, is a Georgia ADA past president and currently serves the Georgia High School Association’s executive board.
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ARVC’s Hosted Buyer Program Is Gaining Steam
By: Woodall's Campground Management|Published on: Sep 2, 2020|Categories: ARVC, Industry News| 0 comments
ARVC’s Hosted Buyer Program aims to connect OHCE vendors with attendees and vice versa.
Excitement is growing around the Expo at the National Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds’ (ARVC) virtual 2020 Outdoor Hospitality Conference & Expo (OHCE) from Nov. 2-5 largely due to ARVC’s new Hosted Buyer Program, according to ARVC officials.
Attendees participating in the Hosted Buyer Program will be able to connect directly with exhibitors offering the products and services that interest them and, at the same time, get their registration for free.
This unique feature of OHCE2020 will bring qualified decision-makers and exhibitors together through pre-scheduled video meetings at the virtual Expo. Campground owners, operators and general managers who are interested in becoming Hosted Buyers can easily apply while registering for OHCE—the process only takes about five minutes. One hosted buyer will be accepted per park, and those who are accepted and attend a minimum of five pre-scheduled video meetings with exhibitors at the OHCE2020 virtual Expo will have their registration fees refunded.
Click here to learn more about being a Hosted Buyer and to register for OHCE.
Kelly Knight, president of Bergheim Campground Inc., an ARVC member who is in the process of developing a 250-site resort-style RV park in central Texas has already registered and been accepted as a Hosted Buyer. She says the application process was easy and she’s excited about the opportunity to connect with participating exhibitors.
“I’m really wanting to connect with suppliers who can help educate me in what we’re going to need and to possibly engage them as we proceed forward,” she says. “I wanted to become more educated, so I joined ARVC, and when the Hosted Buyer Program came along, I thought it was the perfect timing. I’m hoping it will be an efficient way to make those connections.”
Knight says she is interested in meeting with suppliers that provide a variety of operational products and services for the RV park industry, including electrical services, park models, online reservations systems and other technology. She says she would have signed up for the Hosted Buyer Program even without the opportunity to have her registration fee refunded.
“It’s always nice to get something for free, but I’d be there anyway,” she says. “I guarantee we’ll do enough business with somebody to pick up the cost.”
Steve Bledsoe, global strategic account manager for ARVC Member Benefit Provider Club Car, is a supplier who will be participating in the virtual Expo at OHCE2020. Club Car a manufacturer of small-wheel, zero-emissions electric vehicles and they offer an exclusive member discount to ARVC members, up to 25% off MSRP select models (to lease or own). He says the virtual Expo and the Hosted Buyer Program will give attendees an easy way to learn what exhibitors have to offer.
“We’re all there for the same exact reason,” he says. “Though we’re there selling, we are also there to make attendees’ lives better, their jobs easier and their offerings more enticing for the campers.”
While the Expo is always beneficial for attendees, participating in the Expo can be a very worthwhile investment for exhibitors too — a recent survey shows that 90% of OHCE attendees purchase from exhibitors at the Expo or within six months of the show.
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Lothian (Scottish Parliament electoral region)
Lothians (European Parliament constituency)
Lothian (/ˈloʊ.ði.ən/; Scottish Gaelic: Lodainn) is a region of the Scottish Lowlands, lying between the southern shore of the Firth of Forth and the Lammermuir Hills. The principal settlement is the Scottish capital, Edinburgh, while other significant towns include Livingston, Linlithgow, Queensferry, Dalkeith, Musselburgh, North Berwick, Dunbar, and Haddington.
Historically, the term Lothian referred to a province encompassing most of what is now southeastern Scotland. In the 7th century it came under the control of the Anglian kingdom of Bernicia, the northern part of the later kingdom of Northumbria, but the Angles' grip on Lothian was quickly weakened following the Battle of Nechtansmere in which they were defeated by the Picts. Lothian was annexed to the Kingdom of Scotland around the 10th century.
Subsequent Scottish history saw the region subdivided into three shires—Mid, East, and West Lothian—leading to the popular term 'the Lothians'.
The origin of the name is debated. It perhaps comes from the British *Lugudūniānā (Lleuddiniawn in Modern Welsh spelling) meaning 'country of the fort of Lugus', the latter being the pagan god of commerce. Alternatively it may take its name from a watercourse which flows through the region, now known as the Lothian Burn, the name of which comes from the British lutna meaning 'dark or muddy stream'.
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Lothian is one of the eight electoral regions of the Scottish Parliament. Nine of the parliament's 73 first past the post constituencies are sub-divisions of the region and it elects seven of the 56 additional-member Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs). Thus it elects a total of 16 MSPs.
The Lothian region was created as a result of the First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries and largely replaced the Lothians region.
Constituencies and local government areas
As a result of the First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries the boundaries for the region and constituencies were redrawn for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election.
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Upon the death of David McLetchie, he was replaced by Cameron Buchanan as the next name on the Lothian regional list for the Scottish Conservatives. As Margo MacDonald was elected as an Independent MSP, following her death there was no mechanism to appoint a replacement, and so her seat will remain vacant until the next Scottish Parliament general election.
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Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post for the European elections in England, Scotland and Wales. The European Parliament constituencies used under that system were smaller than the later regional constituencies and only had one Member of the European Parliament each.
The constituency of Lothians was one of them.
When it was created in Scotland in 1979, it consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Edinburgh Central, Edinburgh East, Edinburgh Leith, Edinburgh North, Edinburgh Pentlands, Edinburgh South, Edinburgh West, Midlothian, West Lothian, although this may not have been true for the whole of its existence.
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Radio Stations - Lothian
Calm Radio: Bachata World Caribbean Canada
CBC Music - R&B / Soul R&B Canada
Canoe FM Public Canada
CBC Radio 3 Indie Rock Canada
CFXJ-FM (FLOW 93.5) Toronto, ON R&B,Hip Hop Canada
CHRL-FM 99.5 (Planète) Roberval, Quebec Adult Contemporary,Talk Canada
CIDG-FM 101.9 (Dawg FM) Ottawa, Ontario Blues Canada
Calm Radio: Christmas Christian Contemporary Canada
CBC Music - Piano Classical Canada
CJWF-FM 95.9 (Country 95.9) Windsor, ON Country Canada
CFML-FM 107.9 (Evolution 1079) Burnaby, British Columbia Alternative,Adult Canada
CIBX-FM 106.9 (Capital FM) Fredericton, New Brunswick Adult Contemporary Canada
C-VUE 105.9 FM Varied,Oldies,Pop Canada
CHTO-AM 1690 Toronto, Ontario Varied Canada
CBC Music - Canadian Songwriters Varied Canada
CIGB-FM 102.3 (NRJ) Mauricie, Quebec Pop Canada
CKFM-FM 99.9 (9-9-9 Virgin Radio) Toronto, Ontario Varied Canada
CFRO-FM 102.7 (Co-op Radio) Vancouver, BC News,Contemporary,College Canada
Abacus.fm My Friend Irma Oldies Canada
Beatsradio Varied Canada
RDI, le Reseau de l'Information Varied Canada
CHOZ-FM 94.7 (OZFM) St. John's, NL Top 40 Canada
CIEL-FM 103.7 Rivière-du-Loup, QC Pop Canada
CBC Music - Mansbridge On Music Varied Canada
CFGL-FM 105.7 (Rythme FM) Laval/Montreal, QC Adult Contemporary,Pop,Adult Canada
CJNB-AM 1050 North Battleford, SK Country Canada
Calm Radio: Classical Guitar Classical Canada
CHLQ-FM 93.1 (Magic 93) Charlottetown, PE Adult Contemporary Canada
CFBK-FM 105.5 (Moose FM) Huntsville, Ontario Adult Contemporary Canada
CBC Radio 2 - Classical Varied Canada
CBC Music - Orchestral Classical Canada
RR Radio: Vancouver (BC) Railroad Talk Canada
Calm Radio: Africa World Africa Canada
CHDI-FM 102.9 (Sonic 102.9) Edmonton, AB Rock Canada
CBC Music - Adult Alternative Alternative,Adult Canada
Abacus.fm Radio Mozart Classical Canada
CKYC-FM 93.7 (Country 93) Owen Sound, ON Country Canada
Radio Maria Toronto Religious Canada
Calm Radio: Folk Folk Canada
CIMG-FM 94.1 (Eagle 94) Swift Current, SK Rock Canada
CJOT-FM 99.7 (Boom 99.7) Ottawa, Ontario Oldies Canada
CKAC-AM 730 (CKAC Sports) Montreal, Quebec Varied Canada
CKJH-AM 750 (CK750) Melfort, SK Classic Rock Canada
Abacus.fm Renaissance Lute Classical Canada
CFBG-FM (99.5 Moose FM) Muskoka, ON Adult Contemporary Canada
CKNX-FM 101.7 (The ONE) Wingham, Ontario Adult Contemporary,Pop Canada
CKBW-FM 98.1 (South Shore Radio) Bridgewater, NS Adult Contemporary Canada
CHFI-FM 98.1 Toronto, ON Adult Contemporary Canada
CKPM-FM 98.7 Port Moody, BC Adult Contemporary Canada
CKRA-FM 96.3 (Capital FM) Edmonton, Alberta 80s,70s,60s Canada
Pure Rock Radio Rock,Classic Rock Canada
Lethean, Katatonia
Luthien, Rivendell
Lethean
Is the pattern going to speak for you
How far can your voice reach
Your song below the night
From my view
I can see you
Shudder where you are standing
In the vision
Cyan blue
This time you won't be needing me
To run along the freeway
To weigh one's heart against the oncoming dark
You left me with the pills
We had plans but you couldn't make it
What took you so long
The high grass
Translate the fire
The venom's rush inside your heart
How long can winter
Colour your every word
And the skyline
Past the houses and the cities
This river
This time I will
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Met Office warn that more snow is coming to West Lothian this week
Daily Record 19 Jan 2021
The forecasts predict that there will be two days of snow and then that will be followed by sub-zero temperatures at the weekend ... ....
West Lothian Council has announced its Housing Allocations Policy is changing
The key changes are to the points framework with a greater focus on awarding priority to those assessed in urgent housing need ... ....
Yellow weather warning issued as Lothians and Borders expected to be hit with snow
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Two men charged as cops seize cannabis worth �750k in West Lothian drugs raid
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Plan submitted for 200 homes and park and ride at train station in West Lothian
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Covid deaths reported at West Lothian care home
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West Lothian radio station pleads with public for help after hitting tough times
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Watch West Lothian delivery driver describe the moment he saved families after spotting a flat fire while working
“I didn't really do anything, I just did what I'd expect others to do. I don't see myself as a hero but my family are all really proud of me.”. He added. “It's really touching that as far as Elouise is concerned, if I hadn't done what I did, she doesn't think she and her family would be here. It's quite overwhelming, really ... He said ... 0 comments ... Sign Up. ....
West Lothian florist wrongly branded a terrorist in midst of clashes in America
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Latest Public Health data shows Covid-19 cases continue to fall in West Lothian
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Cancer survivor from West Lothian launches national campaign
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The Helsinki European Council of December 1999 granted the status of candidate country to Turkey. European Council of December 2004 confirmed that Turkey fulfils the Copenhagen political criteria which are a prerequisite for opening of the accession negotiations with Turkey.
As agreed at the European Council in December 2004, accession negotiations have been launched on October 3, 2005 with the adoption of the Negotiation Framework by the Council of the European Union. "Negotiation Framework Document" takes account of the experience of fifth enlargement process and of the evolving acquis. The framework includes the principles governing the negotiations, the substance of negotiations, negotiating procedures and list of negotiation chapter headings.
This document consists of three fundamental elements on which the negotiations will carry out.
1- Fulfilling the Copenhagen political criteria with no exceptions and assimilating and speeding up the political reforms,
2- Undertaking and applying the EU acquis,
3- Establishing and strengthening the dialogue with civil society and in this regard undertake a communication strategy aimed at both the European and the Turkish public.
These three elements are being coordinated by the Ministry for EU Affairs by establishing distinct and specific mechanisms.
The launch of accession negotiations would not be possible unless Turkey had not met Copenhagen criteria to a certain degree. From then on, Turkey's progress is being closely watched by the EU.
Although economic criteria is not a subject in any of the negotiation chapters, the improvements in this area will present a point of importance due to its potential of being used as a criterion for the further opening of chapters. Therefore, it is Turkey's duty to provide a sustainable economic policy, reduce monetary imbalances and fight inflation with fiscal discipline.
Accession negotiations describe the time frame given for Turkey to fully and effectively adopt the EU acquis to her own legal system.
The EU acquis refers to the total body of the EU law. It is composed of roughly one hundred and twenty thousand pages.
It contains the treaties on which EU was formed, the changes to these treaties, the treaties that the previously accessed countries signed and the legislation enacted by the EU Commission, EU Council, European Community and EU Court of Justice.
The EU acquis has been categorized under 35 chapters . These chapters are as follows;
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Shortly after the EU Accession Negotiations was launched on 3 October 2005, Screening Process was started with a meeting on the Chapter "Science and Research" on 20 October 2005. Screening Process for all negotiation Chapters was completed on 13 October 2006.
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Liberal MPs Matt Kean and Sussan Ley link bushfires to climate change
By Emma Elsworthy
Posted TueTuesday 10 DecDecember 2019 at 10:58pmTueTuesday 10 DecDecember 2019 at 10:58pm , updated WedWednesday 11 DecDecember 2019 at 2:46amWedWednesday 11 DecDecember 2019 at 2:46am
Some of the NSW bushfires have been burning for weeks. (AAP: Darren Pateman)
NSW Environment Minister Matt Kean and his federal counterpart Sussan Ley have broken ranks with some Coalition colleagues and blamed Australia's devastating bushfires on climate change.
Bushfires have so far destroyed more than 720 homes and 2.7 million hectares of land in NSW this season
Six people have also been killed
Mr Kean and Ms Ley are blaming climate change, but some of their Coalition colleagues don't agree
Speaking on Radio National this morning, Mr Kean, who is also the state's Energy Minister, used strong rhetoric to describe the blazes, that have so far destroyed more than 720 homes in NSW.
"We cannot deny that these fires have been going on for weeks and we need to address the causes of them," he said.
"We need to be doing our bit to make sure we mitigate or adapt to these more extreme weather events happening and we do our bit to abate carbon and reduce the impact of climate change."
His comments come after Prime Minister Scott Morrison was yesterday criticised on social media for announcing updates to his Government's religious discrimination bill in Sydney, as the city choked through air quality 12 times "hazardous levels" in some areas.
This morning, Ms Ley told ABC Radio Sydney: "The dryness of the vegetation, particularly in the north of NSW, and the reduced streamflow is creating unprecedented [conditions]."
"That's what climate science has told me and I completely agree with it."
However, Mr Kean and Ms Ley's comments are at odds with several Coalition colleagues in NSW and federally.
Last month, Craig Kelly — the Liberal Member for Hughes south of Sydney — told Sky News wildfires had actually decreased around the globe.
"The facts are, if you look at globally, you look at the peer-reviewed science, wildfires have declined over the last 25 years, since we have had satellite monitoring, more than 24 per cent," he said.
"That's what the peer-reviewed science tells us."
The NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS) this week said more than 2.7 million hectares of bush had been affected by this season's blazes.
Six people have also been killed.
The Prime Minister has previously acknowledged climate change as "a factor" behind the bushfires.
Matt Kean has broken ranks with senior coalition figures on climate change. (Supplied)
Ms Ley, the Member for Farrer, in regional NSW, also expressed her concern for rural communities in the state, in particular the "people, the landscape, the lifestyle, the future".
"I think it's extraordinarily hard for everyone involved at the moment and I'm hearing the public debate," she said.
"I've always said global climate change increases the risk and intensity of bushfires."
This morning NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said she expected Mr Kean to be a "champion of climate change issues".
Last month, Deputy Prime Minister and Nationals leader Michael McCormack criticised people linking climate change to bushfires, describing them as the "ravings of some pure, enlightened and woke capital city greenies at this time, when [people are] trying to save their homes, when in fact they're going out in many cases saving other peoples' homes and leaving their own homes at risk."
Greg Mullins, former Fire and Rescue NSW commissioner, said "this Government fundamentally doesn't like talking about climate change".
NSW's first RFS commissioner Phil Koperberg said: "If we're not going to talk about it now, when it's happening, when are we going to talk about it?"
Posted 10 DecDecember 2019TueTuesday 10 DecDecember 2019 at 10:58pm , updated 11 DecDecember 2019WedWednesday 11 DecDecember 2019 at 2:46am
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The Economic Burden of Debt on Small and Large Companies
The financial strain from the global pandemic is showing no sign of letting up as we approach fall and the traditional ‘flu season’. As the country’s GDP shrank by 32.9% in the second quarter alone, the financial consequences are beginning to unravel for businesses. From the small coffee shop and gym around the corner to mega-corporations such as Hertz, Chesapeake Energy and Tailored Brands, the stage is set for Chapter 11 bankruptcies to accelerate. The shift to remote work, along with unprecedented global quarantines, staggering demand and global shutdowns have decimated company profits this year. In turn this has burdened businesses large and small with a massive amount of debt. So much so, that business debt payments are beginning to show signs of default.
According to a recent article published at bloomberg.com on August 11, 2020 by Madeline Ngo, “Big companies are going bankrupt at a record pace, but that’s only part of the carnage. By some accounts, small businesses are disappearing by the thousands amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and the drag on the economy from these failures could be huge.
What is Happening with Business Debt?
Financial experts are pointing to a significant indication provided by creditreform.com, an international “expert network” for credit reporting and debt collection services, which cites an increase in the amount of outstanding invoices being “paid late” - a warning indicator that multiple companies are showing signs of low cash reserves. According to this study, “the payment behavior of companies is currently worse than ever since the survey began in summer 2015”, and continues by warning of a chain reaction in regards to corporate debt.
How are Small Businesses Managing Debt?
According to the same article at bloomberg.com by Madeline Ngo “Yelp Inc., the online reviewer, has data showing more than 80,000 permanently shuttered [small businesses] from March 1 to July 25. About 60,000 were local businesses, or firms with fewer than five locations. About 800 small businesses did indeed file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy from mid-February to July 31, according to the American Bankruptcy Institute, and the trade group expects the 2020 total could be up 36% from last year”.
While companies with fewer than 500 employees account for 44% of U.S. economic activity, they employ almost half of all American workers, according to a U.S. Small Business Administration report. These business owners traditionally operate on lower cash reserves. Chapter 11 can offer them some debt protection, but it cannot generate much needed cash-flow to keep operating. Often businesses that declare bankruptcy have a higher likelihood of being denied a loan, squashing any hopes of successful recovery. Many financial institutions and experts have agreed sweeping legislative action regarding small business loans and debt is imperative to the economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Feds Weigh In
In May of this year, the Federal Reserve commenced a historic intervention into a market that sits “traditionally outside of the central bank’s influence”. These purchases by the Federal Reserve were aimed at supporting the flow of credit for corporations, helping them survive the financial storm created by the COVID-19 pandemic. The reason for this unprecedented intervention surrounds how larger businesses manage debt--often by relying on corporate bond markets to borrow money during a crisis, not banks.
The Rate of Corporate Debt is Growing
The feds have shown signs of conservative precaution as they make their maiden-voyage into the U.S. corporate bond market. According to an article posted at bloomberg.com by Joy Wiltermuth on August 11th of this year, the Feds have only absorbed $3.6 billion worth of corporate debt by the end of July, “only a smidge of its total $750 billion corporate debt-buying capacity”.
While investment-grade companies have issued a record $1.3 trillion plus of U.S. denominated debt, an increase of approximately 80% over last year as cited in the same article by Joy Wiltermuth via bloomberg.com, researchers at the New York Fed have stated “concern” over the lack of cash-flow at public U.S. companies. As the pandemic is weighing heavily on the issue of corporate debt, expect more relevance from financial reports in October, as third-quarter earnings reports start to trickle in.
Unprecedented Debt
As the flotsam and jetsam of the COVID-19 pandemic continue to surface in global financial markets, the issue of corporate debt will continue to weigh heavily on large and small companies alike. With more and more company bankruptcies expected to be filed, and business continuing to close, the impacts will be felt from Main Street to Wall Street. Financial markets will likely need to absorb more debt, legislators will need to resolve their eternal ‘battle of wills’ and the tip-toeing of the Fed’s into historically unfamiliar territory will need to continue. (cue the aliens) If 2020 were to have one word, it’s unprecedented. Like it or not, debt is a mandatory part of the modern world, and managing it through this pandemic will have lasting impacts for generations to come.
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Ivory & Violet vs Summer and Winter- bed wrestle tag match
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Re: Ivory & Violet vs Summer and Winter- bed wrestle tag match
by Underdog21 on Sun Jun 01, 2008 4:10 am
Violet wasted no time in getting back up and pressing the attack. Huffing and red-faced, Violet shuffled back to her knees, and, spinning around, lunged at Winter, aiming to shoulder-tackle and grab her by the waist and take her down onto her back.
UNDERDOG'S KENNEL:
FRICTION:
Emily Nelson, the Noble Fighter
Panther Risako, the Queen of Queens
Rainbow Mika, the Rainbow Warrior
Maria Tempesta, aka Loca Brujera
TENSION:
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Kyo Akamatsu, the Scion of the Ring
Laila Nazari, "the Bird of Prey"
Underdog21
by anegge on Sun Jun 01, 2008 9:15 pm
Winter gasped, caught off guard by the speed of her enraged opponents action. She was dropped to her back with a small thump that shook the entire bed.
Well.,I think the dust has settled, any other skateboarders around here? - Sparkplug71
NEWS FLASH: the Archergurl who you speaking of is not part of AFW anymore and she's currently working in production for new game titles in Japan. I'm her Canadian friend who she gave her PC due to mines has crashed. She was nice enough to give it to me to help a friend in need. So she got a spared one that she uses for the things I've mention above. BTW, Anegge and Alexandra be sure to check the E-mail adresses carefully. As Archergurl and me aren't the same thing.
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by Underdog21 on Mon Jun 02, 2008 4:25 am
Violet growled as she tackled Winter to the mattress, the impact causing their breasts to press against each other. Scrambling on top of the other girl, the Canadian began to try to take control of Winter, grabbing at her arms and attempting to force them behind her back, while at the same time trying to snake her legs under Winter's to restrain them.
by anegge on Mon Jun 02, 2008 11:29 pm
Winter hissed in disgust as Violet began to take control of her limbs to weak after the splash to fight her grip.
by Underdog21 on Tue Jun 03, 2008 2:07 am
Violet grinned slightly as she executed her trademark Violet Wrap, folding both of Winter's arms behind her back and crossing and twisting them. At the same time, she hooked her legs around Winter's and began to pull back on them in a frontal grapevine, gritting her teeth as she began to stretch at Winter's legs.
"This...is for Ivory, bitch," she hissed through gritted teeth.
by anegge on Tue Jun 03, 2008 2:33 am
Winter raised her eyebrows. "Oh, for Ivory?" she grinned slyly as Violet completed the hold despite her precarious position. "You and I are very similar, aren't we?" she asked. "If it's for your' sister than hurt me as much as you can." Then she too grit her teeth as raw tension flushed in her thighs. She pushed up with her hips trying to break Violet's concentration on the grapevine.
Violet grunted as she felt Winter shifting beneath her, bucking her hips in an attempt to dislodge the grapevine. Gritting her teeth, she tightened the hold, pulling Winter's legs apart further, stretching at her opponent's thighs and crotch on the process. In the meantime, she began to twist Winter's arms behind her back even further, interlocking her arms and wringing at her opponent's wrists to cause the maximum pain. All the while, she lay on top of Winter, her breasts heaving against her opponents and her head lying next to hers, her pants of breath blowing against Winter's neck.
"Rggh," groaned the raven haired girl as Violet turned the attack up a notch. The pain in her biceps and thighs was quickly mounting. Winter knew she had better keep focused in the face of this immense pain, but it was getting quite difficult. She twisted from side to side trying desperately to yank one of her limbs free. If this didn't work...
(Edit: If this didn't work... she's going to try something else, so you don't have to let her go if you don't want.)
by Underdog21 on Tue Jun 03, 2008 5:30 pm
Violet cursed as Winter bucked and twisted beneath her. One of her legs managed to slip free, causing the grapevine to weaken dramatically. Gritting her teeth, Violet continued to work Winter's arms, keeping them twisted behind her back, while at the same time shifting to scissor the one leg that was still caught in her grapevine.
by anegge on Tue Jun 03, 2008 10:59 pm
Winter shut her eyes as she trembled from the tearing at her arms. "Ahh," she cried as her pain finally burst forth from her lips. She wildly drove her knee up at Violet's side and arm trying to disrupt the girl's focus as searing pain flowed down her biceps.
Summer frowned worried at Winter's predicament and pressed against the side of the bed.
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