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Enderby Mayor Greg McCune paid tribute to those who served and sacrificed for their country ahead of a much different Remembrance Day 2020. (City of Enderby photo)
Enderby mayor pays tribute to those who served ahead of Remembrance Day
Despite no usual gathering, Mayor Greg McCune invited all to take part in a two-minute silence Nov. 11
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Ahead of a much different Remembrance Day, Enderby Mayor Greg McCune offered words of tribute to those who served and sacrificed for their country, along with a reminder that the community can still come together in remembrance, even while staying apart.
Remembrance Day ceremonies have been scaled back this Nov. 11 as Legions and organizers find safe ways pay tribute amid a global pandemic. Ceremonies in Vernon and Coldstream are by invite only, and the Enderby Legion is won’t be having the usual gathering at Cenotaph Park.
Regardless, McCune said this Nov. 11 is no less a day for honouring our veterans and service members.
“On this day, we pay our solemn respect and offer our admiration to those who served and sacrificed to enable us – and so many others, the world over – to live in freedom. Their courage as they confronted the tragedies of war and human suffering must be kept in our hearts and minds, always,” McCune said.
“At 11 a.m. on Nov. 11, 2020, wherever you may be I urge you to observe two minutes of silence to recognize those who fought for us.”
READ MORE: Fewer people plan to attend virtual or in-person Remembrance Day ceremonies: poll
The Enderby Legion will set up a Field of Remembrance display tonight in Cenotaph Park, with contributions from local students and the Dutch Liberation 2020 Canadian Society. Memorial banners featuring local veterans will be erected along Mill Avenue and nearby streets. Adjacent to Cenotaph Park, Mill Avenue is being designated as Veterans Way, paying tribute to those who served.
The Enderby Legion says there will be no laying of wreaths this year, and residents are asked to make a donation instead of buying a wreath. The Legion invites people to attend the ceremony virtually on its Facebook page.
“We’ll still be having our service, but it will be very abbreviated,” said Cindy Tottenham, president of the Enderby Legion, adding the streets won’t be blocked off since the service is limited to 50 people.
“We’re asking people to drive by tonight and tomorrow morning to see the candles, and take the time to remember,” Tottenham said.
“In the throes of a global pandemic, we are fighting a different fight this year; however, we remain steadfast in our commitment to remember those who fought for the values that we cherish,” said McCune, who shared his message on Sunday, Nov. 8, which is National Aboriginal Veterans Day.
“On this day, we recognize the contributions of Indigenous peoples to the freedoms and values that we hold in our hearts,” he said.
“When you glance down at the poppy on your shirt or jacket, let it be an opportunity to say, ‘Lest we forget.’”
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Senate Democrats think Brett Kavanaugh may have lied about his role in Vince Foster probe
Kavanaugh may have lied about his involvement in a sensitive investigation during Bill Clinton's presidency
By Matthew Rozsa
Dianne Feinstein; Brett Kavanaugh (AP/Salon)
The Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., believes that Brett Kavanaugh may have lied to members of the committee about whether he broke grand jury secrecy laws while he worked on the investigation of President Bill Clinton.
"According to a memo from the National Archives, Brett Kavanaugh instructed Hickman Ewing, a colleague and deputy independent counsel in the Starr investigation, to ‘call [Chris] Ruddy’ about matters before a grand jury, which would be illegal to disclose," Feinstein told Politico in a statement. "I asked Judge Kavanaugh in questions for the record whether he had shared ‘information learned through grand jury proceedings.’ His answer, which says that he acted ‘consistent with the law,’ conflicts with the official memo from Mr. Ewing. Disclosing grand jury information is against the law and would be troubling for any lawyer, especially one applying for a promotion to the highest court in the country."
The underlying issue involves Kavanaugh's time working for Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr while he investigated various accusations against the former president, including conspiracy theories that the suicide of White House lawyer Vince Foster was actually a murder orchestrated by the Clintons. When Kavanaugh questioned a grand jury witness named Patrick Knowlton at the time — Knowlton claimed to have seen a man in Fort Marcy Park shortly before Foster's body was discovered there — the young lawyer asked questions that implied Knowlton may have been there seeking homosexual intercourse.
READ MORE: Psychiatrist Bandy Lee: Trump is getting worse; "I suspect he is unable to tolerate reality"
"Did the man in the park pass you a note?" Knowlton claimed Kavanaugh asked him, in addition to asking, "Did the man in the park touch your genitals?"
Later, when Christopher Ruddy of the conservative Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (now CEO of Newsmax) reached out to Kavanaugh about the story, Kavanaugh insisted to deputy independent counsel Hickman Ewing (according to a memo later written by Ewing) that "I didn't ask him that. I did ask him about sexual advances by the other man in the park. [Fellow prosecutor] John Bates and I want you to call Ruddy — at least get him off the genitalia part. I am worried about that."
This isn't the first time that Kavanaugh has been accused of lying to the Senate.
In an editorial for The New York Times, Kavanaugh's former Yale classmate Chad Ludington wrote that "I can unequivocally say that in denying the possibility that he ever blacked out from drinking, and in downplaying the degree and frequency of his drinking, Brett has not told the truth."
Ludington added, "I felt it was my civic duty to tell of my experience while drinking with Brett, and I offer this statement to the press. I have no desire to speak further publicly, and nothing more to say to the press at this time. I will, however, take my information to the F.B.I."
Matthew Rozsa
Matthew Rozsa is a staff writer for Salon. He holds an MA in History from Rutgers University-Newark and is ABD in his PhD program in History at Lehigh University. His work has appeared in Mic, Quartz and MSNBC.
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Horace Andy & Cultural Warriors – Money
by Mr.T at Reggae VibesOct 27, 2018News
Horace Andy & Cultural Warriors – “Money”.
First collaboration of Swiss label Evidence Music and the pioneers of the European Dub scene Cultural Warriors leads to the release of new versions of Horace Andy’s “Money” and Errol Dunkley’s “A Little Way Different”.
Money by Horace Andy, Cultural Warriors
Cultural Warriors, who began their careers in the early 1990s, quickly established themselves as Swiss ambassadors of Dub and Roots Reggae in the European Dub scene. They have collaborated with the greatest Jamaican artists through their Sound System and their label. Their productions have travelled the world and have established themselves as a sure value on today’s Dub scene. With this release, Evidence Music team (Derrick Sound for the mix & Nicolas Meury for the mastering) keep pushing their dub catalogue after the success of Brother Culture’s album “Code Name”.
For their first release with Evidence Music, Cultural Warriors offers a collaboration with one of the most beautiful voices of Reggae Roots, Horace Andy. Discovered through his hits at Studio One, like “Skylarking” or “Mr Bassie”, Horace Andy has never stopped recording and in the 1990s his collaboration with Massive Attack brought him to the biggest stages of the world and made this Reggae figure discovered by a younger audience. This version of his hit “Money” will surely smash more than one dance this winter.
In addition to Horace Andy, Cultural Warriors offers “A Little Way Different” featuring another Reggae Roots star, Errol Dunkley, the singer of the hit songs “OK Fred” and “Black Cinderella” which imposed him in 1979 as one of the most selling Jamaican artists in England. With this new version of “A Little Way Different”, we realize that Errol Dunkley hasn’t lost his angel voice.
This 12″ vinyl release – out on December 8, 2018 – is supported by a beautiful video compiling image from Jamaica, highlighting the message of the song, “Money Is The Roots Of All Evil”.
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Military Robots Market By Platform ( Airborne, Land-Based and Naval); By Payload (Sensor, Weapon, Radar, Camera, Video Screens and Others); By Application (Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance, Pick and Place, Firefighting, Rescue & Search, Explosive Ordnance Disposal and Others) – Global Industry Demand Analysis & Opportunity Assessment 2016–2024
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Before we witness the stabilization of economic growth in Europe and North America, Asia Pacific is estimated to bounce back progressively with countries such as China, India, South Korea and Japan witnessing more opportunities to recover from the losses sustained during COVID-19.
Being the biggest market in Eastern Europe, Russia is estimated to take the lowest hit, offering a sigh of relief to the businesses operating in the country. Whereas, GCC is estimated to observe low investments due to the sliding prices of crude oil.
We evaluate the strategies and commitment of the Giant Players in the market towards creating products and services that customers value and rely on.
In an attempt to control and eliminate the surge of coronavirus cases and meet the demand for required medical devices along with providing efficient medical services, there is a drastic shift of investments from authoritative bodies towards the healthcare sector. Where the aftermath of this pandemic may take years to be measured, Research Nester estimates notable expansion of e-health, gaming, and media and entertainment industries till the whole situation is contained and the plan of action for the recovery process is determined. There is an estimated probability of the growth in businesses going back a year if the condition is controlled in the next 2-3 months. Request Insights
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General Dynamics Corp. acquired the Bluefin Robotics, manufacturer of unmanned undersea vehicles (UUVs) which helped the company to expand its portfolio in the field of unmanned undersea vehicles (UUVs).
Increasing demand for innovative and advanced robotics technologies in defense sector is pressurizing the companies to launch new products. The military robot companies such as Lockheed Martin Corp. introduced its very own quite, lightweight and multicopter Indago drone on May 2017.
There is a growing adoption of the automation technology for surveillance purposes across the borders and increasing investment by government to develop military infrastructure. This is driving the market of military robots. Further, the government of major countries is continuously adopting military robots to strengthen their defense power. Military robots play a very important role in strengthening of defense power through enhancing security at national borders, better surveillance in sky, water and on ground as they can perform dangerous military tasks which are very difficult for a human soldier to perform. This increase in replacement of human soldiers with military robots to perform dangerous tasks and to secure life of human soldiers is fueling the demand for military robots and is benefiting the expansion of the global military robots market at a CAGR of 9.0% over the period 2017-2024. The global market of military robots accounted for USD 1,300.4 Million in 2016 and is further believed to reach USD 2,571.8 Million in 2024.
Geographical Growth Highlights during 2016-2024
The global military robots market is segmented by regions into North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Middle East and Africa, out of which, North America accounted for largest market share of 42.5% in 2016 and is predicted to hold leading market share, in terms of revenue by the end of 2024 owing to the increasing military expenditure to strengthen the army in the region. The U.S. and Canada are the prominent market holders in the region where the U.S. military robots market is anticipated to achieve a Y-o-Y growth rate of 8.8% in 2024. Besides, positive GDP growth coupled with advancement in military robots is also expected to impel the growth of the military robots market in the North America region. Further, Europe and Asia Pacific are believed to hold more than 50% of the total combined market share by the end of 2024. The Asia-Pacific military robots market is expected to grow significantly by registering a CAGR of 9.7% over the forecast period.CLICK TO DOWNLOAD FREE SAMPLE
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The global military robots market has been segmented by platform into airborne, land-based and naval. Among these segments, the airborne segment dominated the market by holding market share of 45.6% in 2016 and is believed to grow remarkably throughout the forecast period. Further, the land-based segment accounted for second largest market share in 2016 and is predicted to expand with highest CAGR of 10% between the years 2017 and 2024.
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The global military robots market is divided by payload into sensor, weapon, radar, camera, video screens and others, out of which, the sensor segment held the highest market revenue in 2016 and is anticipated to have largest share by the end of 2024 and is further believed to achieve Y-o-Y growth rate of 10.4% in 2024. After sensor segment, the weapon, radar and camera segment are predicted to grow significantly over the next 6-7 years. The weapon segment is estimated to expand with highest CAGR of 11.5% over the forecast period. Further, the video screens segment contributed around 6.6% market share of total military robots market in 2016 and is projected to capture 5.5% market share by 2024.
The global military robots market is segmented by application into Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance (ISR), pick & place, firefighting, rescue & search, explosive ordnance disposable and others. The Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance segment accounted for the largest market size of around USD 579.5 Million in 2016 and is estimated to dominate the overall military robots market by crossing USD 1,100 Million by 2024. These ISR military robots are mainly designed for scouting missions and are able to identify objects from very far distance, locating designated targets, breaching a compound or simply observing from a position.
The study further incorporates Y-O-Y Growth, demand & supply and forecast future opportunity in North America (United States, Canada), Latin America (Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Rest of LATAM), Europe (U.K., Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Hungary, BENELUX [Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg], NORDIC [Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland], Poland, Russia, Rest of Europe), Asia-Pacific (China, India, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Indonesia, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand, Rest of Asia-Pacific), Middle East and Africa (Israel, GCC [Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman], North Africa, South Africa, Rest of Middle East and Africa).
Market Drivers & Challenges
The global military robots market is thriving on the back of increasing defense budgets and growing acceptance of advanced technology in defense sector. This can be attributed to the increasing terrorism attacks all across the globe especially in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Syria, India, and other countries which is getting attention of the governments from all over the world and is driving them to invest high capital to adopt advanced military robots to enhance their defense power at international borders.
The growing applications of military robots in defense sector coupled with the replacement of human soldiers with robots are the major factors that are expected to fuel the growth of the global military robots market over the forecast period. Apart from this, these unmanned systems are able to work perfectly on land, in the water, air and in space. Further, these abilities of military robots are making them highly acceptable in the defense sector.
Additionally, growing demand for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is also believed to aid the global military robots market to grow in near future.
The complexities of military robots along with unpredictable behavior in complex robots is arising alarming concerns regarding the use of the robots for military purposes. Further, lack of technological maturity, limited ability of decision making and high investment cost required for the manufacturing of military robots are expected to negatively impact the growth of the global military robots market.
Some of the affluent industry leaders in the global military robots market are Northrop Grumman Corp., Thales Group, AeroVironment Inc., Boeing, ReconRobotics Inc., General Dynamics Corp., Lockheed Martin Corp., Boston Dynamics and Clearpath Robotics Inc.
AeroVironment Inc., a U.S. based electrical and electronic company, headquartered in California is engaged in the designing, developing, manufacturing and marketing of unmanned aircraft systems, tactical missile systems and electric energy systems. In September 2017, AeroVironment Inc. launched new long range of tracking antenna for Puma™ AE unmanned aircraft system. This up gradation of the technology extends the operating range of the drone up to 60 Km and has boosted the intelligence, surveillance and other capabilities.
Moreover, other key and niche players are working towards the expansion of product portfolio along with investing in high quality R&D to develop highly engineered and innovative technologies in order to gain competitive edge in the global military robots market.
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Ukraine says the money's in the pipeline...but Russia still waits...
The Ukrainian president's office has said that Naftogaz, the country's state gas company, has paid off the debt it owes Russian energy giant Gazprom for 2008. However, Gazprom says that it has not yet received payment.
Naftogaz has said that it has used state bank loans to pay off the more than $US 2 billion it owes Gazprom for gas supplied in 2008.
The Russian company says it is serious about cutting off supplies if it isn't paid for outstanding debts, and there is no contract for the coming year.
Time is ticking away, with no agreement yet reached between Gazprom and Naftogas.
An October memorandum signed between Russia and Ukraine set December 31 as the date by which outstanding debts need to be paid. This must happen before a new contract can be signed.
Gazprom says that cash strapped Ukraine is unable to come up with the $2 Billion dollars it owes, and it has proposed non-financial means to settle its debt. One involves payment with gas in Ukrainian storage. Another involves accepting the debt as prepayment for the transit of Russian gas through Ukraine to Europe, for which Russia pays its neighbor
Ukraine's refusal to accept alternatives, or come up with the money, is making the possibility of another New Year gas supply disruption increasingly possible. Gazprom CEO Aleksey Miller, says the company is preparing for the worst.
“Gazprom has already today created a command centre. It has started preparatory work for gas a turn-off. In the event that Ukraine goes to the European market price from the 1st of January 2009, then the price for gas will be $418 per 1,000 cubic meters.”
Market rumors suggest that Ukraine may be waiting for a better gas price later in the year. It's expected gas prices will fall in the wake of the collapse in oil prices. Alexey Bogatirev, Analyst at United Communication, says Ukraine has enough gas in storage to last about 4 months.
“The current gas price is calculated according to a gas price formula based on the oil price over 9 months. It is possible that gas prices will be lower, but to what extent is unknown. And awaiting better prices, the Ukrainian government may create a disastrous situation in Ukraine, should gas reserves run out.”
Gazprom has held several video press conferences, with including one with London, warning European consumers of possible gas supply disruption. Spokesman Sergey Kupriyanov is also pointing to history, and alerting to the possibility of Ukraine siphoning off Russian gas intended for European customers.
“Looking at the way the Ukrainian partners are meeting their obligations on the supply contract, we can’t be 100% confident that they will perform their commitments on the transit contract in full measure. Gazprom will do its best to meet all the obligations to European partners,” said Kupriyanov.
With the dispute entering its final day before a gas disruption becomes a distinct possibility, downstream customers and Gazprom are placing their hopes in a last minute compromise, while preparing for the worst if one doesn’t come.
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US Records 100K-Plus Daily Infections For 2 Weeks Straight
By RTTNews Staff Writer ✉ | Published: 11/18/2020 8:55 AM ET
The United States on Tuesday completed two straight weeks of recording more than 100,000 coronavirus infections a day.
With 1,54,319 new cases reporting in the last 24 hours, the country's total number of COVID-19 infections increased to 11359804, as per latest data from the Johns Hopkins University Center for Systems Science and Engineering.
1467 new deaths in the same period took the total casualties to 248687.
With COVID-19 cases surging across the country, long-term care facilities experienced their largest increase in six months. The LTC case surge is concentrated in the Midwest, mirroring the pattern of the US pandemic as a whole, according to Covid Tracking Project.
Last week, states reported 29,606 new COVID-19 cases in nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and other long-term care facilities. This represents a 17 percent increase, the highest weekly rise since the pandemic began.
There are around 44,500 long-term care facilities in the United States, according to a 2019 report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. (PFE) and German biotech firm BioNTech SE (BNTX) said Wednesday that final data analysis from the Phase 3 study of their coronavirus vaccine candidate, BNT162b2, showed the vaccine to be 95 percent effective in preventing COVID-19. Shares of Pfizer rose more than 4 percent in the pre-market trade following the news.
Meanwhile, top U.S. medical bodies urged President Donald Trump to share Covid data with President-elect Joe Biden.
The California Department of Public Health issued updated guidance requiring people in the state to wear a mask or face covering when they are outside of their home.
France became the first European country to record 2 million confirmed cases of coronavirus.
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Newest Capitol Riverfront apartments: $10,000/month rents and a private bowling alley
Capitol Riverfront’s newest apartment building certainly keeps up with the Joneses on the amenity list, and some of its largest apartments will rent for $10,000 a month.
10K — at 10 K Street SE, three blocks from Nationals Park — is a 305-unit luxury apartment building from Ruben Companies and Related Companies. Related Companies’ other projects have included New York City’s Hudson Yards.
10K is the second building in Capitol Riverfront for Related. Its neighboring One Hill South, at 28 K Street SE, opened in 2017.
The project broke ground in mid-2018.
10K, which Related Companies calls the premiere luxury living in D.C., is definitely one of the most amenity-rich buildings in the city, with a total of 40,000 square feet of shared resident space.
Headline amenities at 10K include a two-lane bowling alley, a resident-only speakeasy, saunas, a steam room, a Sky Terrace with outdoor infinity pool, private cabanas, a fully staffed bar, hammocks and a hot tub. The fitness center is by Equinox.
Not enough for the rent?
There’s also an indoor lap pool, full-sized indoor basketball court, a billiards and arcade room, a rooftop dog run and a coworking lounge with reservable private offices.
For residents without a car, there’s a Tesla house car they can use.
There is also an on-site “resident experience director” to curate exclusive events, and a virtual concierge named Alfred that can coordinate grocery shopping, laundry and light cleaning services for residents at the press of a button.
And, of course, a doorman.
To live like that, residents will sign leases starting at $2,165 for a studio and as much as $10,000 a month for a three-bedroom. Some apartments have outdoor terraces.
There are a handful of fully furnished micro studios with Murphy beds.
“10K is one of the most all-encompassing rental offerings we have ever built, providing residents amenities and services unmatched by any other building in the D.C. area,” said Jordan Sasson, vice president of Related Companies.
The building was designed by the Morris Adjmi architecture firm, whose other projects have included the High Line Building in Manhattan.
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Centro and Robby Give us hope in World Indoor 1,500 meters, by Elliott Denman
By Elliott Denman on March 15, 2016 5:45 AM | 0 Comments
Matt Centrowtiz, photo by PhotoRun.net
Robbie Andrews, photo by PhotoRun.net
The men's 1,500 meters on Saturday night, March 13, rocked the OCC with the recognition of the inch by inch battle between Matt Centrowitz and Robbie Andrews. It was the first time I have seen Robbie get in front of Centrowitz.
It was athletics version of Raging Bull. Two milers putting it all on the line, down the final stretch, and neither would give up.
In this column, Elliott Denman opines that Centro and Robby are ready to do something really exciting in front of our home crowd this coming weekend.
Can the U.S. get a medal, or, dare we say it, win the men's 1,500 meters?
Stay tuned, sports fans.
CENTRO AND ROBBY
GIVE USA BIG HOPE
IN WORLD INDOOR 1500
By ELLIOTT DENMAN
PORTLAND - In a sport full of astounding stats, here's one as good as any:
The 11 fastest 1500-meter times of the 2016 indoor season were all run on Saturday, February 20th. In three races on three continents.
How's that?
As Abdalaati Iguider of Morocco (3:34.94) was beating Djibouti's Ayanlew Souleiman (3:36.30) and Bethwell Birgen (3:37.55) and Vincent Kibet (3:37.55, too), both of Kenya, at the Emirates Arena
In Glasgow, Scotland,
AmericanMatthew Centrowitz (3:35.91) was outkicking Nick Willis of
New Zealand (3:36.12) and American Cory Leslie (3:37.67) in the NYRR Millrose Games at New York's Armory Track Center,
Mohamad Al-Garni of Qatar (3:36.35) was outrunning Benson Seurei of Bahrain (3:37.08) and fellow Qataris Said Aden Said (3:37.29) and Musaab Adam Ali (3:37.29) at the Aspire Dome in Doha.
All within a few hours, give or take a bunch of time zones.
And these are very good numbers- 11 men, of seven nations, just 2.73 seconds apart - to review now that the world athletics spotlight is set to shine - despite days of rain out here - on the Pacific Northwest of the U.S. of A.
The best of these global guys will be flying into PDX (Portland International Airport) the next few days to
have it out in the 1500-meter final of the IAAF World Indoor Championships and it already
has the sport's cognescenti rubbing their hands in glee at the prospect of something truly sensational transpiring.
Don't expect the world 1500 record - Hicham El-Guerrouj's 3:31.18 for Morocco dating back to 1997 - to fall.
Or even to be threatened. World records never go in championship races these days.
They're only seen in set-up, rabbitted, invitationals.
But expect one tremendous rouser of a seven-and-a-half lap footrace.
Say like seven guys barreling around the final bend of the emerald-green Portland Convention Center 200-oval just a stride or two apart, after a moderate early pace, and the eventual winner any one of them.
Unlikely. You may ask, but don't count it out, either.
A precedent, you see, has already been set. The men's 1500-meter final at the USA National Championships was a slow-paced, fast-closing sizzler whose 1-2 place winners were not decided until the final strides.
It took 26-second-ish final laps by Matthew Centrowitz and Robby Andrews to really open any distance on their pursuers. And even then the result was never clear.
Andrews seemed to edge ahead coming off the bend. Centro -
who hasn't lost a major race since the 2015 World Outdoor Championship 1500 in Beijing - seemed to regain the lead
for a stride or two.
Andrews seemed to seize it right back. And Centro wound up
winning it by all of 7 100ths of a second - 3:44.43 to 3:44.40.
Forget that those times are pedestrian. Nowhere close to Bernard Lagat's American record (3:33.34 in 2005.) Or even Rob Myers' meet record (3:40.80 in 2004.)
They got the job done, they got the crowd on its feet, and not until the re-runs were shown on the big scereens at either end of the Convention Center were most of the crowd of 5,244 finally convinced that Centro had won it.
Ben Blankenship (3:45.40) and Garrett Heath (3:46.67) simply couldn't muster the all-out sprints to handle Centro or Robby and wound up 3-4.
So now it's back to the drawing board and onto the Indoor Worlds.
The World Championship 1500 final could easily turn into something very-very similar
And the crowd - reportedly a 7,000-seat-plus sellout already - would surely relish it.
Specially so if one of the Americans got to the wire ahead of the prides of Morocco, Djibouti, Kenya, New Zealand, Qatar, Bahrain and everywhere else.
No American runner has ever claimed the gold in the World Indoor 1500 meters.
So might this be the year?
Well, why the heck not?
Centrowitz and Andrews are in best shape of their lives and clearly ready for something extraordinary.
"I'm really, really happy with my strength right now," said Centro. "I didn't really know I had another move left(to hold off Andrews ) until I did it. With 20 meters to go, both of us had pretty much showed all of our cards.
"But once Robby (the final time) edged by me, I just told myself, 'come on,man I've got to ind a way to continue this unbeaten streak.
"I just knew I had to dig in, so I did."
"Matt just had a little bit more saved up," said Andrews. "He knew exactly what he was doing."
For Andrews, it was an important lesson learned, another step in the process that's seen him progress from schoolboy record-breaker, to NCAA champion, to rising young veteran of the international circuit.
Moral of the story: With wisening and still-rising talents like Centro and Andrews in the USA 1500-meter lineup, the home team's going to have a lot to cheer for on the World stage.
And with this World Indoor meet coming to the U.S. for the first time since the Indianapolis edition in 1987, it's about time.
Elliott Denman
Bio: One of the finest and most prolific writers in our sport, Elliott Denman has written about our sport since 1956, when he represented the US in 1956 Olympic Games at the 50k race walk, the longest event on the Olympic schedule. A close observer of the sport, Elliott writes about all of our sport, combining the skills of a well honed writer with the style of ee Cummings. We are quite fortunate to have Elliott Denman as a friend and advisor.
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The Rational Public: Fifty Years of Trends in Americans' Policy Preferences
Benjamin I Page, Robert Y Shapiro
Page, B. I., & Shapiro, R. Y. (1992). The Rational Public: Fifty Years of Trends in Americans' Policy Preferences. University of Chicago Press.
Page, Benjamin I ; Shapiro, Robert Y. / The Rational Public: Fifty Years of Trends in Americans' Policy Preferences. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1992.
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Despite the risks, masked shoppers flock to Bay Area malls on Black Friday
Bryan Mena and Nora Mishanec Nov. 27, 2020 Updated: Nov. 27, 2020 4:58 p.m.
Despite the risks, masked shoppers flock to Bay Area...
1of11Michelle Michaels of Antioch wears a mask while carrying bags of items she bought form Ralph Lauren on Black Friday at the Great Mall in Milpitas.Photo: Jessica Christian / The Chronicle
2of11Crowds lined up for hours on Black Friday outside Eastridge Center in San Jose. Due to strict limits that Santa Clara County placed on retailers. The county threatened to send out enforcement officers and issue fines if rules were not met.Photo: Jessica Christian / The Chronicle
3of11(From left) Aliya Bassa, 17, Sue Bassa, 18, and Fatima Nakhuda, 16, of Marin wear face masks while shopping at Victoria's Secret during the Black Friday rush in the Great Mall in Milpitas.Photo: Jessica Christian / The Chronicle
4of11Fernando Trujeque and Andrea Magana of San Jose bundle up with their dog Teddy under blankets while waiting outside of Eastridge Center in San Jose on Friday. . The couple lined up at midnight hoping to buy a Playstation 5 once doors opened. Eastridge Center is working to limit Black Friday crowds due to the strict limits Santa Clara County has placed on retailers.Photo: Jessica Christian / The Chronicle
5of11Two shoppers (no names given) walk past closed kiosks with caution tape and clear plastic wrapped around them as Black Friday crowds gather inside the Great Mall in Milpitas.Photo: Jessica Christian / The Chronicle
6of11A custodian is seen cleaningwhile crowds begin to line up outside of Eastridge Center in San Jose on Black Friday, where both the county and the malls are trying to limit crowds.Photo: Jessica Christian / The Chronicle
7of11Crowds line up on Black Friday outside of Eastridge Center in San Jose.Photo: Jessica Christian / The Chronicle
8of11Black Friday crowds line up for the best deals outside of the Nike store inside the Great Mall in Milpitas on Friday.Photo: Jessica Christian / The Chronicle
9of11Black Friday crowds line up for the best deals outside of the Nike store inside the Great Mall in Milpitas.Photo: Jessica Christian, The Chronicle
10of11The dining area of the Great Mall is seen closed with tables and chairs stacked together as Black Friday crowds move past them inside the Great Mall in Milpitas.Photo: Jessica Christian / The Chronicle
11of11A sign reminds Black Friday crowds to stay six feet apart as they shop inside the Great Mall in Milpitas.Photo: Jessica Christian / The Chronicle
Black Friday started off slow in Santa Clara County, but it quickly picked up by 9 a.m. with hundreds or thousands of shoppers flocking to some malls.
Despite warnings from the county that health orders meant to minimize the spread of the coronavirus would be strictly enforced, crowds of people — all appearing to wear masks — arrived at the Great Mall in Milpitas seeking bargains.
Christmas music piped through the mall’s loudspeakers, the cheerful notes a contrast to stark safety measures. Seating areas were sealed off, hand sanitizing stations were everywhere, and some stores with external entrances had blocked off their inner entrances.
Leonardo Morazan waited in line at the Great Mall’s Nike store with his daughter. He has six grandchildren — five boys and one girl — and wanted gifts for them.
“I knew there wouldn’t be many people here today,” he said.
But the mall was slowly filling up as he spoke. There were more than a dozen shoppers in line behind him inside a mall that had already admitted at least several hundred people in just a few hours.
Nadia Seniuta, manager of the Great Mall, declined to say how many people visited the mall on Friday. But crowds were highly visible, including many laden with purchases who seemed to be in no hurry to leave. Stores like Nike consistently had about 20 people waiting in line in the corridor.
An employee of Fossil holds up a sign informing customers of store capacity as Black Friday crowds gather inside the Great Mall in Milpitas on Friday.
Photo: Jessica Christian / The Chronicle
Inder Singh, owner of Noble Luggage, a travel gear store in the Great Mall, said he saw about 40% fewer people pass through his store compared to last year — partly, he guessed, because the pandemic is keeping people at home.
“Nobody’s traveling. Usually, when the mall opens during Black Friday, there’s so much rush, but when we opened up at 6 a.m., there was hardly anybody here,” he said.
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Across town at the Eastridge Center, another San Jose mall, some shoppers waited overnight to snag a PlayStation 5 at GameStop. At sunrise, a mall representative emerged, handed out numbered slips of paper and told the shoppers to return a few hours later.
Macy’s workers, meanwhile, were already two hours into their shift. The store opened at 5 a.m. and by 7 a.m., Black Friday shoppers were filtering in at a steady pace.
“As a kid growing up we didn’t have a lot, so Black Friday is always a shopping spree,” said Mayra Ortega, 25, who came to the Macy’s at Eastridge with her partner, Daniel Olivares. Their arms were full of home goods, bedsheets and clothing.
Ortega and Olivares decided to shop on the condition that it wasn’t too crowded. “We thought, ‘We can check and if there’s a lot of people, we can just go home.’”
At Santana Row, an upscale mall in west San Jose, the Black Friday crowds appeared sparse. Around the 10 a.m. opening, shoppers milled on the sidewalks, bought coffee at the outdoor cafes and waited outside to enter shops in the company of a giant camel statue decked out with twinkling lights.
Connie Yi, owner of Boutique Harajuku in Santana Row, said things were “pretty quiet,” but it didn’t surprise her.
“Normally, I have customers waiting outside for Black Friday, but this year, not as much,” she said. “It’s just the pandemic, there’s nothing I can do. You just have to run your business one day at a time. It’s certainly not easy, but you just kind of learn how to survive given the circumstance.”
Officials in Santa Clara County, where daily case counts now often top 400, said they had issued 76 “notices of violation” by noon — many of them to businesses that did not submit and post updated social distancing protocols. The county had said earlier in the week that it would ramp up compliance efforts to ensure Black Friday didn’t become a superspreader event.
“Overall, our team has noted few large crowds thus far,” Michael Balliet, director of community and business engagement, said in a statement.
Santa Clara County, along with five other Bay Area counties, is in the purple tier of the state’s reopening plan. That means all retail businesses, except stand-alone grocers, are limited to 25% capacity. The county’s compliance inspections are expected to continue through the weekend.
Michael Low, a spokesperson for the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office, said there had been no citations issued on behalf of the sheriff’s office by 2 p.m. for businesses that were found to be in violation of safety rules like density limits.
Plenty of Black Friday shoppers bought gifts from their computers — a safe strategy, but one that has hurt malls. Some officials, including those in Marin, urged people to shop local.
Bryan Mena and Nora Mishanec are San Francisco Chronicle staff writers. Emails: nora.mishanec@sfchronicle.com, bryan.mena@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @NMishanec, @bpmena
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Despite recent concerns about MMR vaccination, there now seems to be widespread agrement that the routine childhood vaccinations are very worthwhile. The onus is on the parent who refuses a vaccination for their child to take court action to prevent it. A recent English appeal judgement supported a local authority which wanted to vaccinate a child against the wishes of the parents. Anyone arguing in favour of child vaccinations should be able to use this to reinforce their case if the issue goes to court.
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Some types of child vaccination such as MMR have attracted opposition, and this is likely to happen when a Coronavirus vaccine becomes available. If parents don’t agree whether a child should be vaccinated, the matter can be raised in court. The matter becomes more complicated if only the mother has parental rights and responsibilities or if a child is in care of the local authority. A recent English court judgement endorses the wisdom and efficacy of vaccination and places the onus on the parent who opposes vaccination to raise court action to stop the vaccination – see this roundup article for more background.
I have contact time with my kids coming up but my ex has told me they won’t come because of Coronavirus. What should I do.
If communication isn’t good with the other parent there is a tendency to be suspicious, quite apart from the upset that comes with losing time with your children. At the present moment (though the situation is changing at short notice) if neither the children nor their parent – or you – have been in direct contact with someone diagnosed with Coronavirus then contact ought to take place if there is agreement between parents or a court order. There is official guidance supporting this and the lockdown law includes this as an exclusion in the movement restrictions. Parent Club also has useful information
The decision might be being made in good faith, although overcautious. However, even if you are suspicious there is no great purpose in having an argument. Our advice is to demonstrate that you are a responsible parent with concern about your children’s health. You could reply – by text or e mail so you have a record of it – asking for some form of Face Time with your children during the time you should have had them. If the other parent is being genuine there will be no reason to refuse. If there is no prohibition on sending anything through the post you can send a cheery card saying that you hope to see them soon. Government guidance is that self-isolation should be 10 days if no symptoms have developed in the meantime.
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It is estimated that at least one in ten women are affected by post-natal depression (PND) within a year of giving birth. A smaller but not insignificant proportion of fathers are also affected. Contact your GP or health visitor if you think that you or your partner are affected by PND. Local support organisations such as those listed here can also help. Fathers Network Scotland has been training perinatal health professionals to ask new dads as well as new mums how they’re feeling.
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So You Want to See Messi, Neymar, Ronaldo, and Xavi: Brazil Issues Directive Barring Government Officials From Receiving World Cup Tickets
Earlier today, the Comptroller’s Office in Brazil, Controladoria-Geral da União (“CGU”), issued a sweeping directive barring government officials from accepting offers to attend or participate in the upcoming 2014 FIFA World Cup events set to begin in Brazil on June 12, 2014. This CGU directive is consistent with the existing obligations of businesses under Brazil’s recently enacted Anti-Corruption Law, No. 12,846/2013, the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”), the United Kingdom Bribery Act, and the anti-corruption laws of most countries. The CGU directives provides companies dealing with corporate hospitality around the World Cup with a valuable response to Brazilian government officials seeking tickets to see Messi, Neymar, Ronaldo, Suarez, Xavi, and, of course, America’s own Clint Dempsey.
View the memo, So You Want to See Messi, Neymar, Ronaldo, and Xavi: Brazil Issues Directive Barring Government Officials From Receiving World Cup Tickets
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Pelham resident and retired First Sgt. Kenneth Paschal has announced his candidacy to run in the special election Republican primary for the vacant Alabama House ... Read more | Add your comment
Montevallo’s Michael Jones, above, totaled 36 points in an area win against Bibb County on Tuesday, Jan. 5. (For the Reporter/Larry Dancy)
Montevallo picks up important area win against Bibb County
Published 12:28 pm Wednesday, January 6, 2021
CENTREVILLE – The Montevallo Bulldogs evened their area record at 1-1 on Tuesday, Jan. 5, by taking down Bibb County 66-52 for their first win of the new year.
It was a crucial win for Montevallo, who lost its area opener 65-58 to Dallas County back in December. With the victory against the Choctaws, the Bulldogs pulled to 1-1 in area play and avoided a 0-2 start.
Montevallo’s performance featured 15 points or more in every quarter of the game, scoring 17 in three of the four quarters.
The first of those 17-point quarters came in the opening period as the Bulldogs got off to an ideal start on both ends of the floor.
Early in the quarter, Montevallo used strong defense to lead to quick offensive success and an 8-2 run out of the gate.
The Bulldogs eventually extended the early lead to 11-5 on a 3-pointer from Michael Jones, to give him eight of the team’s first 11 points.
Jones went on to score 10 points in the opening quarter, which helped Montevallo jump out to a 17-10 lead going into the second quarter.
The Choctaws trimmed the deficit down to four points early in the second quarter, but four points in a row from Grey Williams put Montevallo up by 10 points.
Montevallo’s lead eventually blossomed to 15 points when Jones hit another 3-pointer and had a stretch of five points in a row.
Bibb County was able to draw back within 10 points at 34-24 going into the half behind a 9-4 run to close out the second quarter, while Jones finished the half with 17 points.
The Choctaws used that confidence as a momentum boost coming out of the locker room for the second half which led to a 4-0 run.
That trimmed Montevallo’s lead to six points at 34-28, but a Jones 3-pointer put the Bulldogs back in front by nine.
From that point, Bibb County was forced to play catchup again, and with the help of Jones, Kavounte Britton and Jaydien Rutledge, the hole became too deep.
Montevallo went back up by as many as 13 and ended the third quarter with a 49-38 advantage.
Then, in the final quarter, Jones put the final stamp on the game when he closed out a 36-point night with 11 points in the final quarter to put away the 14-point victory.
Jones’ 36 points were a game high. Britton finished the game with seven points, while Williams added six points in the win.
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Share this Story: Park skater heads out east
Park skater heads out east
Leah Germain
Local teen Kira Gallant will be sharpening her skates over the Christmas break in preparation for the 2013 Canadian Figure Skating Championships in Mississauga, Ont from Jan. 13 to 20, 2013.
The 16-year old Sherwood Park resident said she is ready to work hard over the next few weeks leading up the competition.
“(I will be) training like I did up to challenge (and) running my solos all the time,” Gallant said.
“I am going to try some new jumps in my solo, too.”
After qualifying for nationals at the Skate Canada Challenge held in Regina from Dec. 4 to 9, Gallant will be heading out east for her first ever appearance at nationals.
“(Skate Canada Challenge) went good,” she said. “I could have done better, but I was seventh in the short and 11th overall.”
“I was hoping to qualify to go to Canadians.”
According to head coach Terri Gallant (who also happens to be Kira’s mom), the teen was one of four Sherwood Park Figure Skating Club members who qualified to go to Skate Canada Challenge.
Jordan Topolnyski placed 10th in Regina, along with Aislinn Ganci, who placed 27th out of 56 competitors in the pre-novice category and Alexandra Rynn who placed 30th ladies.
“(Right now) we are gearing up for our big competitive season with our kids,” explained Terri Gallant.
“We had one skater from that four go on to qualify for the junior national championships in Mississauga in the novice ladies category.
“Kira will be training hard right through the Christmas season for nationals,” Gallant senior added.
“Competitive season starts in July with pre-season competitions.
“The kids compete all year round, but leading up to the national championships the kids start doing summer competitions that start in July and then runs through all fall until the provincial championships in November.”
With approximately 600 members at the Sherwood Park club, Gallant will be one of the club’s skaters featured at the New Year’s Eve celebration at the Sherwood Park Arena.
At nationals, Gallant will be performing two solos, including one short program and a long program.
According to the skater, who has been competing in the sport for the last 10 years, placing in Missisauga is not necessarily her top concern.
“(I hope to) just to skate the best I can, not necessarily to win.”
More information about the Sherwood Park Figure Skating Club can be found by visiting the website at www.sherwoodparkskatingclub.ca.
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Elizabeth Edwards' cancer returns
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Determination and courage are two words commonly used to describe Elizabeth Edwards. The announcement made last week that Elizabeth's cancer has returned is sad news indeed, but only illuminated what strong character and resolve this woman possesses. Mrs. Edwards has proclaimed, along side her husband Presidential candidate John Edwards that this disease will not force them to abandon the cause that they both believe in so passionately.
Elizabeth believes in this country and in herself. Nothing will stop her from fighting for what she holds dear. She has dealt with long, hard battles before in her life including the death of their son, Wade. She continuously takes these trials head on and does not back down. She knows more hard times are ahead both with her battle with cancer and the tolls of a Presidential campaign, but her belief in herself, her family, and her country inspire her to keep fighting and in turn, she inspires us as well.
Does Elizabeth Edwards inspire you or do you feel that the Edwards should pull out of the Presidential campaign?
By CMCHILDERS
She is a very brave Woman that deserves better!
By missy1954
She is a very brave woman. They do love our country and if she wants to be there for her husband,then we should respect her wishes. May God Bless Them Both!
By bsdriver179
I think that she is a very brave woman. And that they have the right to make what ever dicision that they feel is the right one. I guess they think that he has something that the country needs right now. I wish them both all the luck.
By CNICOLAI
Having breast cancer, I can't see her fighting that battle and still standing by her husband running. It takes every last bit of energy to handle the drugs and recovery. He is young, wait till she gets better. I wish he well. This is the biggest reason why I will not call myself a survivor. It can come back at any time.
By specialtylines
I had the pleasure of attending Ted Koppel's Town Hall Meeting, "Living with Cancer" May 6, 2007. Elizabeth Edwards was one of panelist that spoke of her experience of being a cancer survivor. She was clear about her commitment to fight her cancer and she expects her doctors to leave no stone unturned to find the most effective treatment. Mrs Edward's grace and courage is truly admirable. As a cancer suvivor I know how difficult it is to face the disease the first time. It takes a very couragious person to make the journey again. I am hoping for all the best for her and that she beats the disease
By suefields
I think Elizabeth Edwards is a very strong woman and havig something besides cancer to focus on will help her fight cancer somewhat easier. I wish them both best in their lives
By GASuburbanMom
I think that Elizabeth Edwards is a very strong and unselfish person. She is so brave to continue to live life and not let her cancer get the better of her. I wish the best for her!
By klhoward1961
Elizabeth Edwards is a very unselfish person. I can only hope that this cancer will go into remission and she will live a long life
By nturnbow
I believe that they should have kept her cancer out of this political race. I do know what she is going through with the return of her cancer; however, I don't believe it is being announced in the correct setting. Being a cancer patient myself, I don't use it to make any kind of personal gain and that is what I feel John Edwards is doing.
The cancer I have is a rare hi-grade recurring cancer and has NO treatment other than surgical removal if it is found in time.
I do keep Elizabeth in my prayers, but in no way would I be swayed in my political vote.
By cvarano
I do believe that it is a brave choice to continue with the campaign on Elizabeth's part but what about John? It is his decision as well as hers. I can't even imagine the stress and physical and mental demands of a campaign, let alone the time constraints. It may be a brave choice but, in my opinion it isn't the smart choice. Is this campaign more important than her health?
By sickly50
i really hope that her cancer turns to remission as he is a brilliant man, orator, & generally nice person. i would HATE to see him have to quit the race because of her illness..in addition, i do not want ANY woman to have to go through that as i am disabled severely, but, not from cancer..
By ctmeds
I think it was important for John and Elizabeth Edwards to discuss what their plans are for the future, as a family and his political career. Cancer is such a scary, life altering disease and I feel that by sharing such a personal part of ones life for everyone to hear is pretty spectacular. The impression I had after listening to their interview by Katie Couric, left me with a feeling of strong family ties and the courage to beat this disease but also continue their work and dedication to our Country.
By amvan1
Yes, she is very brave and determined, and that in itself is inspiring. What they have chosen is for them to decide. If it were me, however, I would pull out of the race. I would want to spend the time I had left doing what was truly most important to me-- spending time with my family. There will always be another Presidental election; there will always be another political cause to support; there will always be another way to change the world; but there will not always be another time in mortality to spend as a family. If it were me I would probably continue to support my husband and encourage him to go on with his dreams, but I think that deep down I would want him to pull out and choose me over an election. But, like I said before, what the Edwards have chosen is for them to decide. What I have said is purely my opinion on what I would do. I wish them the best in what their futures hold.
By elusivebutterfly
What a brave women Elizabeth Edwards is. She is determined to live her life the way she wishes rather than how others believe she should.
By Renie12
I dont think they should pull out of the race. I thinks she is very brave and living her life like she wants too. I admire her very much
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Digital board games going cheap in Steam weekend sale
3rd August 2018 / 3:48PM
The best moments in board games happen while making intense eye contact. They’re when a twitch betrays a lie in a game of deception, or when you’re fixed with a look of smugness and sympathy as your neighbour marches into your territory. Digital board games definitely have their drawbacks, but so does spending hundreds of pounds on cardboard you can only break out when people lug their fleshsacks into your vicinity.
Fortunately, Steam is flogging dozens of computerised tabletops in a sale this weekend. I’ve hardly played any of these on my PC but I’ve poured hours into their physical originals, so here are my faves.
Scythe, 15% off for £13/$17/€17
Scythe blends the thinky resource-tinkering of a Eurogame with the territory control and bombastic miniatures more closely associated with Ameritrash (I’ll let ex-board games maestro Robert Florence tell you what those words mean). There are also little story decision moments, and the rulebook for the physical version insists that you show everyone at the table the artwork on them so everyone can appreciate that a mech is about to step on a cow or whatever. It’s a shame you won’t get that with this version, though it’s also fantastic that you won’t have to spend 20 minutes setting it up.
Race For The Galaxy, 30% off for £5/$5/€6
My favourite ‘engine-building’ game, largely because it revolves around one of the greatest ideas a game designer has ever come up with: using plans as currency. To play one of the cards in your hand you need to throw away others, which creates a delicate balancing act between preserving your long-term goals while actually playing cards that will get you there. I tend to prefer games that lean heavily on player interaction, so the lack of it here says a lot about just how good this is. That makes it a a good fit for solitary computer-based pursuits, too.
One thing that curtails my interest in digital board games is the worry that I’ll get too much practice with them, and so when I get the chance to play in person the game will be boringly one sided. I’ve played so much Race For The Galaxy over the years that that’s already happened, so I’m definitely going to pick this up along with the expansions I’ve never had the chance to try.
Carcassonne, 60% off for £3/$4/€4
Carcassone is pleasant, simple and satisfying. Every turn you draw a tile, and decide where to place it as you and the other players build up a pastiche of rural France. It’s about scoring points in a bunch of different ways, but it never feels fiddly or overwhelming. Maybe you’ll finish a road, or wall off a town. It’s not exciting, but it is one of the best examples of why sometimes games don’t need to be.
Tabletop Simulator, 50% off for £7.50/$10/€10
Tabletop Simulator isn’t a game. It’s a portal to thousands of games, and a popular enough one that someone’s probably already made the game you’re interested in playing within it.
Moving cards and pieces around inevitably feels awkward compared to getting up to that stuff with your hands, but it works as well as could reasonably be expected.
(Some of) The Jackbox Party Packs
These… these aren’t board games either and I’d say you need to be in the same room as people for them to work properly (though remote screen sharing will do in a pinch), but they’re in the sale and great fun so here I am writing about them. The Party Packs each contain four or five games that everyone plays using their phones/tablets. They’re hit and miss, but four of them are all-time classics. Fibbage is about making up stupid answers to quirky trivia questions, then trying to pick out the real answer from your friends’ fictions. Drawful asks you to draw something, gets your friends to describe that drawing, then gets them to figure out what your original prompt was. Those are both in the first Jackbox Party Pack, which is 60% off for £8/$10/€9.
I’d also recommend The Jackbox Party Pack 3, which includes Quiplash 2 and Fakin’ it. Quiplash gets everyone to make jokes about different prompts, then slaps them on the screen one at a time and gets everyone to vote on which is funniest. You’d think putting people on the spot like that would wind up with more limp responses than genuinely funny ones, but you’d be surprised. Last but not least is Fakin’ it, in which everyone has to simultaneously answer a question honestly – except for one person, who has to pretend they’ve seen the same prompt as everyone else. The best bit is when everyone has to ‘point at the person you’d eat if you all crashed in the Alps’ or something, then getting to watch the faker’s doomed attempts to explain why they’d eat your little brother. The Jackbox Party Pack 3 is 50% off for £9.50/$12.50/€11.50.
The sale lasts until 6pm British time (10am PT) on August 5th. Although, if you need a quick fix, check-out our best of digital board games rundown, or Dicebreaker’s (our dedicated board games sister site) favourites.
Tagged with boardgames, Steam.
Matt is the founding member of RPS's youth contingent. He's played more games of Dota than you've had hot dinners.
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Derek Bale
"Is that true?"
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a character in “Guiding Heroes”, as played by MiraMija
Role: Boy 2
Power: Power of Matter Manipulation. Derek is able to very skillfully change the arrangement of molecules in order to change it's appearance and texture. He is able to faze through solid walls and turn all attack against him into air, so all projectiles against him are useless.
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Description: He is thing and pretty short with a slightly buff build. He has a strange tattoo on his back that no one is sure where he got it from. His eyes are dark blue and his skin pretty pale.
Personality: Stubborn and food obsessed, this guy can't think of anything but his next meal. He is not all that heroic, but he holds his principles high and will do anything to protect those principles. He stays with the team, because he has no where else to go. He can seem a little insensitive, but when it really counts, he will do anything for the people he trusts. He tends to keep himself from letting the others get to know him too well, and isn't quiet sure why they care about him. He can be a bit clueless and out of touch sometimes, so people seem to get a little angry at him.
History: Not many know of his sad past. When he was a child, his parents were murdered and Derek was forced to go into an orphanage, but only for 3 years until he turned 18. He wandered around the rest of his life, until meeting the Alphas. They made him stay.
Skills: Nothing. Absolutely none.
Weaknesses: He is very easily hungry, so without food, he will not be able to work his magic. He has a fast matabolism, so that doesn't help.
Fears: To die without doing something worth something.
Other: FOOOOOOD
Theme Song: The Beginning by One Ok Rock
So begins...
Derek Bale's Story
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# 2012-10-17 20:21:42 , as written by MiraMija
New York City at was a dangerous place... or it used to be. Nowadays, the super hero group, known as the Alphas as kept the city quiet for almost 2-3 years now. They had earned enough funding and gained a lot of trust from the government, allowing them to create a base of operations. They had the latest technology and access to all security data bases. They are the top dogs. The base is hidden and under high security to make sure no one will enter the base except for those they trust. The base could fit almost 500 people, but it is left to 6 kids and some maid who come to clean after them since they can't clean after themselves. It hold bedrooms for every child and a kitchen big enough to fit all of them at once. There is a briefing room with a large screen to talk about their current objective and watch movies... It has surround sound ^.^ After these 3 long years, the government has thought about closing them down, but these teens have no worries. They know that something will come up soon.
It was a bright early morning at the the Alphas HQ. Everyone was asleep and was bound to wake up once the alarm went off. The day before had been the same as the day before that... and the day before that... and so forth and so on. No crime had been reported. All criminals were in jail. These kids had nothing to do. Until today. The alarm blared on, echoing throughout the base. It was time for breakfast, then morning training. As usual. An FBI agent would usual arrive at 9:30 to help them train. He was no expert at their powers, but he was a successful combat instructor. Derek opened his eyes, groaning. That sound of the blaring alarm drove him absolutely nuts! He couldn't take it... He jumped out of his bed and slipped on his clothes to go eat his breakfast.
Jason fiddled with his thumbs, nervously. He was still a little unsure about going against his sister... but... it was for her.... or so he thought... was he doing the right thing? Was he? Was he doing what was best for his sister? Jason wasn't sure... That girl... Ria... she said that the world would be better when they were done. And that other guy. Van? He was a little weird, but Jason trusted him. These people had all the power to do what was right for the world. The world would be a better place for everyone... Jason couldn't wait. But still... was going against his sister the right thing? He stood up from the couch and walked down the hall to the kitchen. Did his sister even know about his powers? Jason was trouble with all these thoughts, he didn't even notcie when he ran into Ria.
Jason's expression turned from one of worry to one of surprise and embarrassment. He bumped into Ria... She was so pretty to Jason, though Jason didn't have a lot of girl experience. He would never ask them out or anything. He had always been a bit to afraid. Jason stepped back nervously and looked away from Ria. If he stared at her any longer, the image would become imprinted in his head. "I was just... thinking about my sister. I'm just worried I'll hurt her." Jason said, telling the absolute truth. He knew there was no point in lying to her when she could read his mind. "I..." He couldn't finish... he didn't know what he was going to say. His thoughts were a little jumbled in his head at the moment...
Derek slipped on his pants, but got too lazy to put on a shirt. He was hungry and wanted to eat, so he left his room with only a pair of jeans on. He made his way into the kitchen, with a harsh look on his face. Mornings did not do him well, and everyone knew that here... or so he hoped. As he walked into the kitchen, he noticed coffee already made. A small smirk slipped onto his lips as he poured the warm drink into a mug. Ron was always an early riser. He grabbed his mug and headed off into the living room, where Ron would probably be watching the news. Derek slipped onto the couch next to Ron, and drank a bit of his coffee. "Morning."
# 2012-10-19 22:04:58 , as written by phooka
Jasper Maze
Jasper rubbed the sleep out of her hazy blue eyes, hissing all of the curse words that she could think of at the confounded alarm. Practically rolling out of her bed, she had to grab onto her side table to keep her balance. She struggled to untangle her earphones and shove them into her ears. She blared her music as loud as she could in an effort to remove the echoing noise of the alarm.
While she was not completely awake, yet, she still managed to wash her face and get dress reasonably quickly. Her outfit consisted of a long tan sweater over black leggings. She forced her small feet into a pair of brown heeled boots that came up to just below her knees. Her hair, purple and hanging in her face, was quickly tamed with a brush and weaved into a braid. When she decided that she looked somewhat presentable, Jasper switched off her music and made her way down to the kitchen for breakfast.
Coffee was made, so she poured some for herself in the biggest mug that she could find and spread jam onto a piece of bread before going out to see who all was awake already. She was met by Ron and Derek sitting in the livingroom. She acknowledged their presence with a nod in their direction and made herself comfortable in a chair next to Ron.
"Anything interesting on?" She muttered before taking a chunk out of her toast.
# 2012-10-19 22:59:55 , as written by warthog
"Look at this, who tries to steal a triple decker boat, I mean, do you really think you're gonna get away with that?" Ron said sipping on his coffee as he nodded to Derek when he sat sat down. "I swear last night I think I threw out my arm. All I did was toss a semi trailer, not that far either." He rolled his arm a little as he turned to Jasper, "Morning, what about you two? You OK?" He asked as he took a sip and tossed the remote to Jasper, figuring she'd want to switch the channel. "I'm going to talk to the guys about quieting the wake up alarm to, they can keep the emergency one but that's got to be a little quieter." Ron said with a smile, everything was good, he had a job he loved, he had friends that were his family, and nothing could go wrong. "Anyone know the schedule today? I kind of blanked out after last night, was a little tired. I'd appreciate a day off," He turned to Derek patting him on the shoulder as he stood up. "But the city does not seem to want to quit this crime thing!" He said with a smile as he went into the kitchen and got some things out, pulling out a glass bowl he smiled. When he was a kid he couldn't touch glass, he had came a long way since he'd joined the team. He mixed up some eggs in it and then turned on the stove, heating a pan. "Anyone else want eggs? Remember I can only make scrambled."
Jason tensed, feeling Ria's hands set on his shoulders. And as he felt her face move so it was next to his, his face reddened. He knew she did it on purpose, and yet... Jason was still not used to it. The touching and the close proximity was strange to him. Jason only hoped that Van hadn't noticed his slightly redder cheeks. But if he didn't then, then he would now. Jason turned red and hot as Ria graced him with a compliment, "He's wonderful ain't he." He stuffed his hands in his pockets to keep the other from noticing his hands shaking with nervousness. Then he thought about what Ria had just said... He wasn't all that wonderful.... was he?
Derek looked up to see Jasper walk into the room. He sighed hearing her question. He drank a bit more out of his mug and stared at the tv, not even bothering to ask Jasper if she wanted to sit with them on the couch. She would either just sit on Derek, or make him move. Derek flinched, feeling a hand on his shoulder, then gave Ron and subtle glare. Derek was not a fan of the touching... and Ron just seemed to be such a touchy person. As he asked them for eggs, he simply ignored and took the remote into his hand. He browsed through the channels, looking for something good.
# 2012-10-20 10:06:13 , as written by TaniaSoulEater
Rain S. Daniels
"Come back to me, please?" Rain pleaded with her brother. "You don't have to do anything - just leave them and come back to me." He shook his head forcefully. "I'm sorry. This will help in the future, I promise. I can't leave them." Rain stared at him in desperation. She could not think why he would do this - but she knew that she could not put up with this. "Then I will leave you." She turned and walked away. The tears that she had held in for so long started rolling down her face.
The alarm sounded through the room. Rain jerked awake, tears still glistening on her cheeks. She realised that it had only been a dream. "Jason..." she murmured into her pillow. She lay there a minute longer, trying to hold on to the image of her brother before they separated. After a minute or so, she felt that there was no use trying to ignore the alarm any longer. She got up and changed quickly into a long-sleeved shirt and skirt. Then, pulling on her favourite jacket, she went downstairs.
Entering the kitchen, Rain saw Jasper, Ron and Derek."Good morning," she greeted them softly. Grabbing a cup of tea and some cereal, she pulled out a chair and sat down. "Sorry I'm a little late today."
Jasper listened to halfheartedly to what Ron was saying. "Hmpf, not really. I'm not good for much when it comes to fighting crime..." She trailed off, trying to control her anger with herself. It frustrated her to no end that she couldn't control her powers as well as the others. Her coffee sparked a bit and she sighed. "I just have a headache from stunning that fat guy; he just did not want to go down." She placed the mug on the floor at her feet and massaged her temples. Jasper caught the remote and looked at it crossly before facing the T.V. and trying to change the channel using her powers. She only managed to make the screen go fuzzy for a few seconds, so she gave up and used the remote to change it to some sort of comedy.
"I'm going to talk to the guys about quieting the wake up alarm too, they can keep the emergency one but that's got to be a little quieter."
Jasper sneered at this, "don't bother, I've tried to ask them multiple times but obviously that didn't work." She turned to Derek, but he seemed even less happy to be awake than she was, so she decided not to say anything and placed the remote onto the armrest next to him.
"Anyone know the schedule today? I kind of blanked out after last night, was a little tired. I'd appreciate a day off, but the city does not seem to want to quit this crime thing!"
She stood up and followed her friend into the kitchen, standing behind him as he got the stuff together to make eggs. "No, maybe when you ask the guys about the alarm you can ask them for an extra schedule, I bet they'd be more than happy to print you out another one." She said sarcastically, smirking a bit.
Jasper eyed the pan with the eggs, but shook her head and walked to the other side of the kitchen where there was a container of muffins someone had given them a few days ago. "No thanks, I think I'm just gonna have one of these." She picked one up and bit a large chunk out of it. She pulled herself up onto the counter next to the stove and sat on it, crossing her legs and watching Ron make himself eggs.
Rain walked in and Jasper nodded in acknowledgment to her, a mouthful of muffin keeping her from saying anything to the younger girl. She swallowed, "it's fine; however I'd love to know how you slept through that bloody alarm. Oh, by the way, Ron's offering ten dollars to anyone who's brave enough to eat some of his eggs." She sent a mischievous smirk to her best friend. She hopped off of the counter and stood behind Rain.
"So, what's up, Squirt? Your eyes are all puffy." Jasper asked, squeezing Rain's shoulder's comfortingly.
Ron shook his head with a smile as Jasper made fun of his cooking, she was always roasting him but he loved her for it. "I'll have you know that I've been getting better, I'm more than your guys muscle machine you know?" He said with a wink and smile at Rain as he sat on the other side of the table from them. He put a bite in his mouth and started chewing the rubbery egg. He nodded with a grimace as he spit it out on his plate and put the plate of eggs in the trash. "Maybe I need more practice." He said with a smirk toward Jasper as he sat back down in his seat. "Yea you OK? You sleep alright?" He said as he reached and picked a bite off Jasper's muffin and popped it in his mouth.
It was barely a secret that Ron had a thing for Rain, but Ron couldn't tell if she had any feelings for him. He usually had to have Jasper to tell him things because even though Ron could crack a vault with his index finger and thumb, he couldn't crack girls sometimes. He tried so hard to, he could usually help them when need be and swore he learned a little more every day but found out there was even more the next. He kept up his warming smile as he looked between Rain and Jasper. He tilted his had and looked over to Derek watching TV. He knew Derek was a bit of a loner and didn't like to hang out most of the time but Ron kept pushing him, hoping that he would warm up to them over the years. He had his good moments and that was plenty for Ron. "Hey man you sure you're not hungry?" He leaned asking Derek but didn't expect a answer.
He saw out of the corner of his eye Agent Berkman walking past the doorway to the living room and figured he go talk to him. "Hey I'll bee back later," He got up and walked to the other side of the table and put his hand next to Rain's on the table and leaned down next to her. "Hey, if you need to talk later, my doors always open, OK?" He said with a smile as he looked into her eyes. He stood up and nudged Jasper as he passed. "Your in charge kid, try not to bring upon the apocalypse." He said teasing her as he left.
Agent Berkman was like a care taker, the team voiced their request or complaints to him and he did what he could. "Hey Berk! Wait up!" Ron shouted after him as he chased him. "Ron it's agent Berkman, I've told you that for years." "Yea but you look more like a Berk. Hey I had a few things I wanted to run by you." "I'm sure you do Ron." Berkman said looking over his papers as he kept walking. "So first, the alarm man, for wake up can't we just get it turned down a little? It's more of a siren then a alarm." "I don't think I can Ron it's.." "Just a little man, come on please?" "I'll see what I can do, what else?" "Well, christmas is coming up, I was wondering if we could get christmas day off." Berkman stopped and turned to Ron. "Ron, you know we can't do that, you guys are our front force. What happens if something big happens, you get the night anyway." "Don't act like that's normal Berk, come on man, some of these kids haven't had a right christmas in years. Can't we get one day, one day, to relax and enjoy ourselves?" Berkman thought about it and sighed as he nodded a little. "I will try, I can't promise anything." "I really appreciate it man. Hey do you have a copy of today's schedule? Practice, Patrol, all of that jazz?" Berkman pulled a paper out and handed it to him as he turned and walked down the hall. "Thanks Berk!" He yelled after him as he turned back down the hall, reading the paper as he headed back to the group.
# 2012-10-22 04:01:17 , as written by lightningpoint
Erin Young
The sun shining through the wide windows must have not woken Erin up. It was strange, since even though she looked like non-morning person, she loved to wake up before anyone and have the entire base to herself even if it was only for a couple of minutes. Plus, she enjoyed cooking, and she liked beating Ron to it. She knew he liked to cook too.
The alarm echoed throughout Erin’s room, bouncing on the walls and giving her a headache. Groaning loudly, she extended her hand outside the covers and pointed to the source of the sound. “Shut up!” she yelled, and then using her powers, she lowered the sound of the alarm. Lazily, she stood up kicking her duvet to the floor and punched the button shutting the noise off. She smiled arrogantly and skipped to her bathroom. She took a quick shower, ran a comb through her crimson red hair, pulling it up into a messy pony-tail and dressed up in casual clothing; just worn out jeans, a gray sweatshirt and tennis shoes.
She slowly descended the stairs, taking her time and yawning loudly in the process. Hopping down the last steps, she finally arrived to the main floor, where the living room and kitchen where located. She walked through the living room doorway and spotted almost everyone there. “G’morning grasshoppers,” she called to them. Erin loved to make fun of the fact that she was the oldest of them all, but of course she acted like one of the youngest with her immature and arrogant personality.
Quickly crossing the distance between the living room and the other rooms, she arrived to her personal food temple: the kitchen. She made her way to the fridge and got out her beloved orange juice. “Ah! There you are!” she said when she found it. Grabbing a glass from the shelves, she poured the orange liquid into it and took a large gulp. She then made her way back into the living room and plopped down into an empty sofa and stared at the TV.
“Anything worth worrying about?” she asked in general.
# 2012-10-22 04:37:55 , as written by HereMeNow
The unnecessarily loud sound of the morning alarm pounded on Arthur's eardrums for a few moments. The boy was awake, laying on his back on the messy king-sized bed centered in the middle of the room, though his eyes were still closed. A lamp that stood on the nightstand beside his bed was lit with a dim light, just barely bright enough to make the room visible. Arthur continued laying still with the blankets over his head until the alarm finally silenced and the room went quiet again. A few minutes passed before he let out a long sigh and he forced himself to sit up. He let out a large yawn, keeping his eyes closed as he swung his legs over the side of his bed and stepped down onto the carpeted floor. With his eyes still closed, he walked over to the side wall where his closet was located and slid the door open. Finally he opened his eyes to pick what to get dressed into; a white, long-sleeved button-up shirt with a folded collar along with a pair of black jeans. Lastly he slipped on a loose black vest over his shirt and a pair of white socks.
At last he turned on the light, blinking a couple of times as his eyes adjusted before combing out his hair and splashing his face with some cold water. He left his room with the lights off and finally made his way downstairs just in time to watch Ron leave the kitchen. He glanced over where Derek sat with his quite self on the couch with Erin. He always ended up being the last one out of his room, since he usually took the longest time to get out of bed and get dressed. He then turned and entered the kitchen where Rain and Jasper were. "Ciao, guys!", he said with a friendly smile, "How's everyone's morning's coming? Also, is there some reason it smells like soggy burnt toast?", he asked as he made his way across the kitchen to pick up one of the muffins. He leaned against the counter and took a large bite. "I swear that alarm just keeps getting louder. Can't we all just get little personal alarms?" He mumbled through chewing before taking another bite.
Jasper nodded at Rain as she walked into the kitchen. "It's fine; however, I'd like to know how you slept through that bloody alarm. Oh, by the way, Ron's offering ten dollars to anyone who's brave enough to eat some of his eggs." Rain smiled a little at Jasper and shrugged. To be honest, she'd gotten used to the alarm by now; she didn't really mind it. But then again, that was Rain; she adapted pretty quickly without complaints. As for the eggs - well, Rain knew Ron's cooking well, and despite her feelings towards him, she didn't really want to try.
Deep down, Rain cared for Ron quite a lot. No, not really cared - she had stronger feelings that than for him. Never in a million years would she tell anyone, but it was hard, trying to keep him from knowing. She hadn't even told Jasper - that was how much she cared for him. And when Rain decided to keep things to herself, people had better start watching out - it definitely had to be big.
Jasper stood behind Rain and squeezed Rain's shoulder. "So, what's up, Squirt? Your eyes are all puffy." Rain ducked her head, eyes trained firmly on her cereal. "I... I dreamt about my brother again." She'd told the rest about her brother before. It wasn't a secret that she still missed him, but she probably never had a chance of him finding her. After all, she'd changed her name, and Daniels probably wasn't an uncommon last name anyway...
"It's okay. I'm fine - fine." Rain shook her head and resumed eating. She didn't feel like breaching this topic today with the rest.
"G'morning grasshoppers!" A welcome distraction came in the form of Erin. Rain liked Erin's bubbly personality, and was glad for her arrival; it meant that the others' attention would be taken off her for a little while. Rain waved at Erin cheerily.
"Ciao, guys!" Arthur followed a couple of minutes later. Rain smiled at him too. "I swear that alarm just keeps getting louder. Can't we all just get little personal alarms?" Rain shook her head at Arthur. "How long has it been - a couple of years? Shouldn't you have gotten used to it by now?" she asked.
Ron came back in the room and noticed that everyone was up. He looked at his little family for a minute, it was wonderful. So nice to know that there were people in this world that cared about him, and people he could care about. He smiled and shook his head as he came into the room. "Erin, Arthur, morning, hope you two slept well. Schedule is not that bad for the day. Practice for the week has been canceled on account of Ron falling through the wall....twice." He read off the paper and could feel the smirks of the team on him. "My shoes were new and I think the just had mopped..." He said making up a excuse as he rubbed the back of his head. "But, we've been doing this for quite a while, I think we can go one week without warm ups right? As for the patrol routes today, we have Arthur, me, and Jasper in the city and Rain, Erin, and Derek in Brooklyn. Remember call it in on the radio if you see something, blah blah blah, the same crap the past thousand and a half times. I asked Berk if we can get the morning alarms turned down but we know that probably won't happen. Good news is, Christmas Day, no training, no alarm, no work, we have that day off." He said with a smile, he knew that Berkman didn't say that out right but Ron was going to get his team a day, definitely christmas. He didn't care if he had to do patrol all day by himself, they were getting that holiday. "Besides that, let's pony up, get your gear ready and we'll meet here in a hour to leave. Stay safe as always and I'll make you a hot meal tonight." He said jokingly as he turned back to the hall. "Pizza's on me tonight. Now let's go!" He said happily, damn did he love his job.
Ron went into his room, making sure to leave his door open in case anyone needed to talk to him. He put his black jacket on with the wool collar over his white shirt. Putting on his skull cap and gloves, making sure he was ready and on top of his game. He tied up his boots tight and looked in the mirror making sure he looked alright. Ron sat on his bed flipping on the news again. They were talking about some movie shoot out on 6th and Washington so it was going to be crowded and jammed pack. He looked at his watch as this was prepping time. This was the only part of the day he really didn't like, He wasn't around anyone, he had to wait to go out with the others and be close to them. Now he didn't have to be around people 24/7 it was just that when he was a kid, his family wasn't around much. They were out working or had something to do and he spent many nights eating dinner by himself. He just wanted to be around his friends because he knew all to well what it was like to be alone.
"How long has it been - a couple of years? Shouldn't you have gotten used to it by now?"
Arthur stuffed the last bit of the muffin into his mouth. "That doesn't make it any quieter! You'd think after this long they'd shut it off. Of course, Erin probably just turns it down every morning..lucky." As he mumbled the last word Ron returned from wherever he'd disappeared to, Arthur hadn't been down early enough to see where, and began began with his normal routine of letting them know the days schedule. For the first few months that Arthur had joined, he'd always go over the schedule himself every morning, but eventually he just got used to Ron repeating it and he'd stopped reading it all together. He glanced over at Jasper for a moment as Ron read off the teams for today and a little smile pricked at his lips, but not enough to be noticed and he quickly moved his eyes back onto Ron as he continued. He'd worked with the purple-haired girl plenty of times before, but that never changed his excitement.
The girl probably already knew that Arthur had some feelings for her, saying as he attempted to confess his feelings only a couple of weeks after the girl joined Alpha, but she didn't waist any time turning him down. Back then, he didn't actually feel very strongly about her and really wasn't sure why he had been drawn to her, but over the past year or so he realized that he might actually have real feelings, which wasn't something that happened all too often for him. Even so, it wasn't entirely difficult to tell that she had her heart set on someone else.
"Good news is, Christmas Day, no training, no alarm, no work, we have that day off."
Arthur closed his eyes and his smile grew a little more. It had been a while since they'd all gotten a day off with no work, and it was going to be on a holiday as well. That sure gave him something to look forward to since the group hadn't had a real Christmas since they all got together.
"Besides that, let's pony up, get your gear ready and we'll meet here in a hour to leave. Stay safe as always and I'll make you a hot meal tonight."
"Maybe I should get hit by a car today..", he opened his eyes as he mumbled quickly, Ron's next sentence overlapping the end of his own.
"Pizza's on me tonight. Now let's go!"
(I'm going to assume we are in the wintery months ^^)
With that, Arthur returned upstairs and flipped on the light as he entered his bedroom. He removed the shirt and vest he'd put on earlier and changed into a dark, reddish-brown, V-neck sweater and put on a nice-looking, plain black jacket over top, leaving it unzipped as he loosely wrapped a pale red scarf around his neck. He also changed into a pair of black dress pants and slipped on his usual pair of casual dress shoes and brushed his teeth. Opening the mirror above his bathroom sink he pulled out a blank white bottle and popped open the lid, tipping it until two red , oval-shaped pills sat in the middle of his palm. He placed the bottle back in its original place and tossed the pills into his mouth, swallowing them without ease and then making his way back downstairs. He entered the living room and plopped down on his back across the longer couch with his feet propped up onto the armrest. Bringing up his left arm he let it rest over his eyes and the other hand rested on his stomach as he waited for the others.
Jasper snickered at Rain. "Uh Rain, I think you're the only one who's insane enough to 'get used' to that monstrosity. If I could, I swear I would make that thing explode. One day... I'm telling you." Arthur jumped in. "That doesn't make it any quieter! You'd think after this long they'd shut it off. Of course, Erin probably just turns it down every morning... lucky." Rain shrugged and polished off the rest of her cereal. Just then, Ron started briefing them about that day's patrols.
"Brooklyn? Sounds good to me," Rain replied. "But patrol routes are incredibly... uninteresting. Anywho, see you guys in a tick." She got up, dumped her bowl in the sink and bounded upstairs.
In her room, Rain pulled on her winter hat and boots. After changing her skirt for a pair of jeans, she flopped backwards onto her bed, thinking about her family here.
Christmas was here, and Rain had already decided what she wanted to get for everyone. She hoped that she would be able to go shopping for presents later, but for now she would concentrate on patrolling.
"Really? I thought it was nice, I guess you still need to help me buy my clothes."
Jasper smiled a bit and nodded. "I guess so." She walked over and sat down where her friend had indicated, crossing her legs and playing with her scarf with a bored look on her face. However, she did crack a smile when he mentioned the hat. "It's not that I like it, it's just really warm." She argued, crossing her arms stubbornly over her chest. Her smile fell when Ron asked about Rain.
"I'm worried about her." The purple haired girl admitted, a tired look crossing her face (weakness that she'd only show in front of Ron). "She had another dream about her brother and... I don't know what to do. You know I'm no good at comforting people..." She trailed off, looking into her lap, but suddenly shot her purple eyes up at her friend, "but that doesn't mean you need to say something, capiche? If you really want her to like you, then don't bring it up. The topic hurts her. You just need to be there for her. A shoulder to cry on, ya know? She'll come to you when she's ready." Jasper wasn't really one for romantic advice, heck, she was terrible on the subject. She wouldn't be able to tell someone liked her if they confessed to her face (which is precisely what's happened). She was smart, but not in that area. However, she knew Ron better than she knew herself, and she cared about Rain. If Rain was to have anybody, Jasper knew that Ron was the right choice.
"Just, gotta make sure my teams OK..."
Jasper snickered, "I know, Champ."
"So, what cha' getting me for Christmas?" He said laughing as he got up on his knees and bounced around on the bed and held onto her shoulders like a little kid. "Tell me, tell me, tell me, telllll meeeeee!!"
The sudden change of mood surprised her and she didn't realize that Ron was shaking her until she knocked her head against his when he grabbed her around the waist. He didn't seem to notice, but Jasper definitely did, and she winced, feeling a bruise come on already. "Actually I haven't even th-"
Too late, her childhood friend had already changed the topic and the mood once more to serious. "I love you Jas..."
She pried her arms out from Ron's grip and awkwardly hugged him back, not knowing what to say.
"Love you too, Champ." She muttered, face going purple from his iron grip, even though he was going easy on her this time.
"Love shock." Jasper appreciated the fact that he was trying to make her feel like she did it on purpose, but the topic still put her in a ruddy mood.
"You and I both know that's not it." She whispered bitterly, looking down at her hands. It took all of her concentration, but small sparks danced along her fingertips. "You don't know how jealous I am of you. You've got so much more control." She squeezed her hands shut, frustrated. The sparks died.
"Anything you want to talk about?"
"No." Jasper said tersely. She couldn't help it, the topic of her powers sent her in a sour mood. Ron was the only one that she knew she could snap at without hurting feelings.
"So, Arthur's in our group. Just give me the word and I'll leave you two alone." He said with a wink.
Jasper blushed without realizing it, and pushed Ron in retaliation to the embarrassing statement. "Yeah, about that... I'm beginning to wonder if it's really a coincidence that we've been in the same patrol group for the past week. Do you have anything you want to tell me?" She still wasn't smiling, but her change of tone was enough to let her friend know that she had forgiven him.
"He's a nice guy Jas, and you deserve someone for you. If not him just think about dating, but know that I will judge them SO HARD!"
"I appreciate the thought, Champ, but you and I both know that I'm not interested in dating." She cracked a tiny smile at his last comment, "I'll make sure to run my boyfriends by you dad. Gonna get the big guns out?" He stood, leaning down and kissing the top of her panda hat before walking out of the room.
She watched Ron leave, and sat there gathering her emotions before she walked out, clutching her still aching head, making an internal note to run by Rain before they left for patrol duty. As she walked by a mirror in the hallway she noticed a half-dollar sized black and blue mark forming. "Ow.." Jasper muttered, prodding it with her finger before covering it with her bangs. She'd make sure to zap Ron for that later.
Something nudged her leg, and she looked down to see her bright green lizard, Booze, chewing on her boots, a sign that he wanted up. She picked up the thing and allowed him to climb up to his perch on top of her head (between the two panda ears on her hat) before she began walking again. It wasn't uncommon for her to bring him with to patrols.
Jasper stepped into the living room to be immediately met by Derrick. "What's Ron screaming about?"
She rolled her eyes and crossed her arms, "he wanted to know what I got him for Christmas."
"All I heard was him shouting 'so hard'. That did not sound right to me."
She smiled, "don't worry it's not what you think. He told me that I should think about dating Arthur. He was telling me that if I dated anyone else, he'd judge them real hard." She took a deep breath and looked back to Erin's room. "I'm really thankful that he wants me to be happy. I mean, I'm not nearly the person I was before everything happened with my dad and he know that, but... I'm not interested in romantic relationships. I've got my powers to worry about."
Jasper turned her attention to the clock and then back to Derek, "whatever, it doesn't really matter. Hey, I'm gonna go get a water bottle from the fridge, you want some?" She asked, turning and making her way to to kitchen.
Derek sighed, hearing about Arthur... He was the pink-haired kid... right? Derek still had a little time remembering some people's names. Derek started off behind Jasper as she made her way into the kitchen. "No. I'm alright." He replied calmly. Jasper's statement still rung in his ears... "but... I'm not interested in romantic relationships". Derek was no therapist, but he wanted to speak his mind about the subject and what Derek wanted, Derek got. So he touched her shoulder and said seriously, "I'm not all all that wise and what not, but you only have one life. Don't let that one event in you life hold you back from having other events that might make you happy. I don't know all of the details between you and your father, but he's gone now. Don't let him hold you back."
He held his gaze on her for a moment more before letting her go and walking off into the kitchen. He grabbed Jasper a water bottle and placed it onto the counter then began to rummage through the cabinets for something a little more filling than what he had for breakfast.
Jasper jumped, her cheeks flushing as she felt Derek's hand on her shoulder, whether it was from anger or something else she wasn't sure. Ron told her once that he thought she had a crush on him, but she quickly shot it down, believing it was absurd. However, it wasn't far fetched, Jasper did feel a connection with Derek. They both had a lot in common personality wise, and if she needed someone calm to talk to at the house, she knew she could go to him for good advice and some well needed quiet.
"I'm not all all that wise and what not, but you only have one life. Don't let that one event in you life hold you back from having other events that might make you happy. I don't know all of the details between you and your father, but he's gone now. Don't let him hold you back."
"I'm not letting my dad hold me back," she said defensively, "he's dead, it's done. That's not why I don't want to get in a relationship. I'm just not ready for that kind of commitment. I know that I'm 21, I'm only young once, YOLO, and all that crap but... I don't understand why everyone is trying to push me into some sort of relationship." She looked into his eyes, then averted her own, her cheeks burning for some odd reason.
Jasper took the water bottle and turned to finish getting ready for patrol routes. She stopped, her back facing Derek and swallowed her frustration before muttering, "but thanks...maybe I'll try harder to be happy. Or something." She walked out to find Arthur and Ron.
As she was walking, she opened her water bottle and took a sip- only to zap herself in the face. "Ow! Godammit!" She hissed, quickly pulling the bottle away from her face. Anger and water didn't seem to go well together for her. She sighed and concentrated on controlling her electricity. Slowly, fearing that she wasn't doing it enough, she brought the bottle to her lips and took a hesitant sip. There was a small shock, but nothing too major. Still, she wasn't ready to try again, and she approached Ron and stuck it in his jacket pocket.
"Hey." She greeted as nonchalantly and she could while she was rubbing her lip. "How long until we have to go?"
He smiled when he asked why he was in the same group as Jas, "Honestly it was the rotation, I switch up a pattern every month. Arthur, Arthur my man. You going to quit after once?" He said with a little laugh as he sat up a bit. "That's a complicated woman right there, nothing will work without practice. I would say trust me but to be completely honest I have no idea what that woman will do, ever." He said finishing off his muffin. "But I do have a good feeling.' He said as he saw Jasper come into the room and leaned close to Arthur. "Keep at it man, don't give up on her, she's worth it." He smiled at her as she came in and slipped the water bottle in his pocket. He knew what that ment, she was getting emotional and was loosing a little control of her powers. She'd gotten shocked many times by drinks and she'd either throw them away after the first drink or hand them to Ron without a word. He opened it and took a drink as he looked at his phone. "Mm! Bought now actually, let's head out to the cars." He stood up hustling down to the hall, "Rain! Derek! We are heading out! Your car will be waiting out front, stay safe out there!" He said as he let Arthur then Jasper pass. He put his hand on Jasper's shoulders and walked with her to the door as he leaned down to were he could whisper. "Deep breaths Jas, deep breaths." He told her, trying to calm her down. It sucked that she couldn't just get extremely happy and he tried to comfort her as best as he could. He rubbed her shoulders and let go off her as they went out the door and into the car.
On patrol, nothing seemed out of the ordinary. Ron jumped up from a alley and walked the roofs. Now that Ron had his powers he could do all kinds of things, jump higher, run faster, it was amazing. "Agent's status report." He said over the coms, asking if both teams saw anything. When Ron was on a mission or just patrol, he had tunnel vision. There was a objective and that is what mattered. He sent a text to Jas, asking her what he should get Alice for christmas, because, you know, you're a girl. Was his exact words, he may have been focused on the task at hand but if there was anything that could take him of path, it was Rain. He kept a eye out as he saw nothing but a peaceful day in the city.
Rain waved Ron's words away. "Don't worry about it. I'd rather you were safe with me tired." She smiled, just to show him she was fine with it.
Shaking her head in answer to Ron's question, Rain opened her mouth and was about to tell him she was fine when he pushed the piece of paper into her hand. Instead of speaking, Rain shut her mouth with a snap. Why should she tell him, he was fine, anyway? Shouldn't she have the right to voice her feelings?
After Ron left, Rain sat on her bed for a full five minutes, committing the radio channel to memory. She then carefully folded the paper and placed it inside her pillowcase.
Downstairs, she watched Jasper. She seemed fine to Rain, so Rain decided it would be safe to skip asking if she needed a once over. After waving goodbye to Jasper, Ron and Arthur, Rain turned to her own team. "All right, guys! Ready to go?"
# 2012-10-26 21:34:41 , as written by SukaiKori
Lauri's morning started out like any other, with a tall glass of orange juice with a piece of cinnamon toast and then a small cup of coffee just before leaving the house. She naturally took the longest to be ready to leave. Since she owned so many clothes, it was hard for her to pick which ones she wanted to wear. Finally she settled with her blue jacket, shorts, tights, and a pair of black boots that kept her feet warm. Satisfied with her outfit, she finally joined the others downstairs just before they left.
On patrol, she slightly trailed behind Derek and Rain, her hands tucked into her jacket pockets and not really focusing on what she was supposed to be doing. Hearing that they'd have Christmas day off really got her excited. One of her favorite things to do was shop, especially for others. Of course she'd end up getting them all some kind of clothing, but she found it most exciting to shop for Jasper and Rain, since she had a better feel on what to buy a girl. Just before she was about to suggest that they do some Christmas shopping, she heard Ron's voice speak into her earphone and she stopped walking.
"T....This is Agent R....I've had a casualty...killed by..m-my strength, I need a clean up crew at 237 frankforth...apartment 37."
Well, that sure wasn't expected.
"What happened, Ron?"
That time it was Arthur's voice telling Ron to head back. It wasn't unusual for the Italian to sound so perfectly calm despite the current situation. He just had a knack for seriousness.
"Ron, do you need me to go over?"
She looked forward where Rain was, the healer taking her turn to speak through the radio. The atmosphere was tense for a moment, and Lauri took this opportunity to throw herself in. She put a big smile on her face and stepped forward, throwing her right arm over Rains shoulder and her left over Dereks. "C'mon kiddies, lets go get some drinks! It's still early but, as the song goes, it's five O'clock somewhere, right?!" She said cheerfully before a sudden realization hit her and she turned her head to Rain. "That's right you're still just nineteen, huh? When are you going to turn twenty one?", She smirked before finishing her last sentence, "I wanna see what kind of drunk you are. I bet you're the cutesy/shy type, or maybe the flirty type?" She let out a small chuckle before lifting her arms from both of their shoulders and taking the lead and putting her hands back into her pockets. "Let's do some Christmas shopping!" She said, slightly turning her head to look back at them.
For now, she just wanted to get the subject away from Ron's accident. It had been a really long time since he'd last had one, so Lauri guessed the boy was taking this one pretty hard. Having a bunch of people crowd around and ask questions probably wouldn't be the best treatment. "Hurry it up!"
Derek looked off into space thinking about Ron... wow. It's been too long since something like this happened... "Ron, do you need me to go over?" He heard, but it didn't register in Derek's head. He had his thoughts focused on Ron. With all this focus, he was quite startled when Lauri wrapped her arm around him. The touching... the touching was always a problem.
"C'mon kiddies, lets go get some drinks! It's still early but, as the song goes, it's five O'clock somewhere, right?!" The girl paused. "That's right you're still just nineteen, huh? When are you going to turn twenty one? I wanna see what kind of drunk you are. I bet you're the cutesy/shy type, or maybe the flirty type?"
Derek pushed Lauri away. "I uh-"
"Hurry it up!" Lauri chimed. Derek looked at her with his ever serious expression and said, "I don't drink." Derek was just really sensitive to alcohol. One sip, and he'd be totally wasted.
Jason smiled hearing Ria's thought in his head. The fact that it was just in his head made him feel better. He turned his thoughts back to Van. He said they had to spy on the heroes.... could he do that? Of course. He had to. It was for a better world. He looked up at Van with a determined composure. "Just tell me when to go."
Jason felt like he needed to prove himself to Van. He got the feeling that his boss didn't think to highly of him. Jason needed to become his right hand man. This was a new start for him to be more than just Jason.
He had to admit, going on patrol alone was one of the most boring things Arthur had ever done, not to mention difficult. Doing this with the others made it much less important for him to pay attention to everything, but now he had to keep his eye on anything that might look suspicious and that caused a bit of a slight throb in his temples. He'd first finished his own patrol, then Jaspers, and was about half way through Ron's when he finally decided to stop and take a breather and close his eyes for a bit. There hadn't been any news from Ron or Jasper for a few hours now, and he was starting to get a little anxious. Though, he was mostly worried about what the higher-ups would think of Ron's accident once they found out. They were already being threatened to be shut down, but so far had done a wonderful job at keeping up with the demands, but with Ron's accident..it could really leave a bad impression.
"M-make it a...sensitive clean up."
He let out a sigh. Whoever Ron accidentally killed was an innocent person, which just made things worse. Alright, enough of that, he thought to himself, bringing up his hand and lightly smacking his cheek as he opened his eyes again. He put his hand back into his jacket pocket and turned around on the sidewalk, ready to continue patrolling when Jasper suddenly latched onto him and buried her face into his chest. That was one of the last things he was expecting to happen and he was quite surprised at first, but quickly became concerned for her when he felt something wet soak through his sweater. Jasper was actually crying?
"C-can we g-g-go shopping now?"
Arthur hesitated a moment, even more concerned now that he heard the shakiness in her voice. What happened to the stubborn, strong Jasper? The only reason he could think of for why she'd get like this was if Ron did something to upset her. Arthur knew the guy would be in a shocked state right now, but to take it out on Jasper. That idiot..
Finally he was able to give her an understanding smile and he lightly hugged her. "Definitely. You've got to help me pick out a present for Ron, after all." He said before bringing his hand up to his ear. "Hey, guys, Jasper and I are going to go Christmas shopping, you might as well too. I think we've done enough patrolling for the day."
They didn't spend a lot of time shopping, let alone talking, but Arthur kept up his happy act the entire time despite that. He was still furious with Ron for causing Jasper to fall into such an emotional sate, and he'd get an ear full from him the next time he'd see the guy. For now though, he tried to keep the mood as light and positive as he could, every now and then trying to reassure Jasper that Ron would be alright after h got some alone time. In the end he managed to get a gift for Ron, with the help of Jasper of course, and one for Lauri as well, though he still needed to find something for Rain and Derek.
When they got home Arthur would've cooked something up, but since he'd used up a lot of space in his brain and a head ache was already bothering him an hour before, they just brought home Chinese and he quickly headed up to his room, telling Jasper that she should get some sleep in the process. Once he was alone, his happy act quickly dropped and he found himself feeling rather frustrated that Ron still hadn't been home yet and they weren't able to get a hold of him either. If his head wasn't throbbing so horribly he probably would've waited up for him, but instead he quickly changed into boxers and a t-shirt and it didn't take long at all for him to fall asleep, tucking away Ron and Lauri's gifts before he did so.
Rain jumped when Lauri suddenly slung her arms around Rain's shoulders. Still slightly dazed, she listened as Lauri babbled on and on about drinking. Finally, when Lauri mentioned Christmas shopping, Rain came back to her senses. "Well, I already bought everything, so I don't really need to shop..." she said quietly, wondering how Lauri could be so happy when a death had just occurred.
Still, she managed to keep her wits about her, following Lauri and Derek around the mall. Luckily, her shopping was already finished, so not much input was expected from her. Finally, the three of them returned home. Without another word, Rain trudged to her bedroom and was sprawled on her bed without even changing. She'd think of a way to comfort Ron later, but for now, it was time to let the day's events be lost in dream.
The morning came a little later than usual for some reason, as if the alarm never actually went off. When Lauri realized that she'd slept in an hour pass the time the alarm would've originally gone off, she was pretty surprised. Even though she did always use her power to turn it off the moment it came on, she'd never slept any later than a few minutes afterwards. This time she was never even woken up. She sat at the foot of her bed and spent about twenty minutes brushing through her hair before putting it back up into a piggy tail and tying a dark blue ribbon around it as she went over the events of the day before. She'd gone shopping with Derek and Rain and managed to buy Arhur, Ron, and Jasper each a gift along with buying herself a few new pieces of jewelry. She'd already wrapped up the gifts and slid them under her bed before she ate and went to sleep. As far as she knew Ron still hadn't come home yet, so she hoped he'd be back this morning.
As usual, she went downstairs in her PJ's, a small spaghetti-strapped, light blue top and equally small matching shorts with pink lining. Once she got downstairs, she entered the kitchen and stopped to wave to Rain as she opened the refrigerator. "Good morning!" She said with a smile as she peered into the fridge, only to have her smile instantly vanish. She wasn't exactly planning on drinking in the morning, but that didn't mean she didn't check to make sure her afternoon beverage wasn't there. The entire thing was gone! "W-who....grr" She straightened up, clutching the handle of the refrigerator tightly as she lightly slammed it. Arthur doesn't even like the smell of beer, Rain was under age, Derek doesn't drink, Lauri definitely didn't drink it all. The only two who could've possibly stolen it would be Jasper or Ron, and what better therapy was there after accidentally killing someone? She turned away from Rain without another word and was about to yell for Ron as she left the kitchen when she spotted him in the living room. She stopped abruptly when she figured out he was trying to wake up the sleeping Jasper and her eyes softened. Maybe she'd let things settle a little before killing him.
She turned around and decided to go the opposite direction. She was able to catch a glance of Arthur going downstairs so she followed him and found him eating his breakfast at one of the tables below. Putting on a pouting face, she walked up behind him and threw her arms around his neck, dropping to her knees behind the chair and practically hanging off of him as she pressed her cheek against the left side of his head. "Arrrthuurrrr....Ron stole my beeeeerrr..go buy me some, go buy me some, go buy me soommeee!" She begged playfully, though she was being a little serious as well. "Please, please...I'm too tired..go buy me some!" She continued, slightly shaking her arms.
Jason nodded in reply to Ria and Van's orders. He was a little nervous to just go into his sister's base.. but he was doing it all for her. He sat back and waited for Ria to leave before Jason would make his move on the place. He's seen a couple of videos of spies and such, so he'd use those skills to get in without arousing suspicion. He scanned the area closely, and looked for any weak spots or small area he could squeeze in. Every building had one, and Jason just had to find it.
Derek walked into the kitchen, only to see Jasper there. He looked up at her, and walked to see what she was doing. "I thought you'd be going christmas shopping with the others..." Derek said, watching Jasper as she worked. Derek stepped back and headed to the fridge to grab a nice cold soda. Christmas was no one of Derek's favorite holidays. Lost of lies to kids and such did not make Derek happy. That and he just never got presents for Chritsmas before. It never crossed his mind. He never had anyone that would give him any presents.
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7 Predictions in Edge Computing for 2021
Edge computing was one of the only accelerated technologies in 2020. As people worldwide had to lean more heavily than ever on digital solutions, Internet infrastructure was called into question for capacity limits. Many users saw broadband speeds drop by as much as half. Netflix, Amazon Prime and YouTube were asked to reduce the quality of their streams to improve network speeds.
The attractiveness of a decentralized form of compute has become increasingly obvious. As we leave 2020 behind and look ahead to 2021, edge computing will continue to benefit from increased investment and innovation.
Here are Section’s predictions on edge computing for the year ahead.
1. Edge will go mainstream in 2021
Two of the largest research agencies, Forrester and Gartner, are each predicting that 2021 is the year that edge computing will enter the mainstream.
“Public cloud entities won’t disappear, but they won’t dominate the future of distributed computing. Their culture is based on massive data centers and tight control of the architecture, the exact opposite of what is needed to serve customers locally. Vendors with a winning edge strategy will do better.” Forrester Predictions 2021
“Edge computing is entering the mainstream as organizations look to extend cloud to on-premises and to take advantage of IoT and transformational digital business applications. I&O leaders must incorporate edge computing into their cloud computing plans as a foundation for new application types over the long term.” Gartner 2021 Strategic Roadmap for Edge Computing
The use cases for edge computing are vast, from multi-player gaming to cutting-edge healthcare to customized finance solutions. A diverse array of industries is driving the push towards edge computing, looking to benefit from increased scalability, greater reliability, enhanced regulatory compliance options and better performance. The global rise in data use, the continued push towards innovative technologies like VR and AR, the growth of 5G networks, and a long-term remote workforce will all drive an increased demand for edge computing.
For edge to go mainstream, persistent data at the edge must be conquered. Developments on a number of fronts have shown we can move persistent data to the edge to let dynamic applications execute at the edge with the data right there beside them. This means edge will be much more than just a layer for caching, streaming, object manipulation or other ephemeral applications.
2. Continued migration to cloud native software development will set more organizations up for edge enablement
Those companies who embrace cloud native will position themselves for the next step in the digital transformation journey and make edge computing business and operational models more viable.
The developer-led movement towards cloud native is characterized by an increasing number of developers adopting cloud native principles when constructing applications. Benefits include easier application lifecycle management, faster deployment, greater flexibility and scalability, and from a business point of view, cost savings. While many SaaS providers offer cloud-based deployment options today, a significant majority have not yet moved towards edge enablement, which will allow them to leverage even greater benefits and act as a launchpad for digital innovation.
Cloud native technologies such as Kubernetes allow organizations to maximize efficiency. Section has experienced the benefits of Kubernetes at the edge first-hand, for instance, leveraging flexible tooling, running edge workloads anywhere along the edge continuum, and the ability to be infrastructure-agnostic.
“The technical evolution of edge will follow the evolution of application development, delivery and operations, relying on repeatable and reusable microservices at scale.” Gartner
3. Automation will become the standard for edge scalability
Automation can be programmed in response to an application’s required compute attributes, traffic served, and performance. This is driving innovation toward more performant and efficient edge computing..
Paths towards this include:
Infrastructure as Code (IaC), which enables DevOps teams to establish more repeatable processes through automation.
Facebook’s Autoscale, its energy-sensitive load balancer that reduces the number of servers that need to be on during low traffic periods.
Section’s own Adaptive Edge Engine, which continuously tunes and reconfigures our customer’s edge networks to ensure we are running the optimal compute for their workloads.
Additionally, automation has the potential to play a significant role in the needs of the tech industry to reduce overall energy consumption by offering a more sustainable energy model.
4. 5G is poised to support IoT at scale
As 5G becomes steadily more available, it will offer reduced latency to compute at the network edge, particularly when combined with mobile edge computing (MEC). 5G will also offer a way to connect edge devices, especially in the consumer realm.
An area currently being much discussed in the press is the fact that major telecom networks will provide 5G with most Americans likely to have access to 5G connectivity some time in 2021, yet this won’t add up to continuous national coverage. Private 5G networks will step in to fill the gap, being deployed and enabled by manufacturers like Huawei, Nokia and Ericsson.
There will also be implementations of private 5G in settings that require low-latency, high-speed, high-density wireless connectivity, particularly industrial settings, such as logistics centers, manufacturing plants, and ports. Use cases for 5G in these settings include AR/VR for remote inspection, surveillance and remote monitoring. Enterprises that want to keep their data wholly onsite will need, in addition to a private network, the ability to process data locally, by, for instance, equipping its devices with edge AI chips to enable them to perform those computations online.
5. AI learning will move to the edge
This shift will be possible due to new inference chips e.g. from Intel, Hailo and Nvidia, in addition to new machine learning (ML) techniques, such as reinforcement and federated learning. Edge AI chips allow ML tasks to happen on-device instead of in a remote data center. Moving processing and storage closer to users and “things” that are generating the data not only lowers latency, but also addresses concerns around bandwidth, autonomy and data privacy.
Edge AI chips will likely appear in an increasing number of consumer devices, including high-end smartphones, tablets, smart speakers, and wearables. Edge-based ML will also enable a wider set of uses, including a wide range of industrial applications, from optimization of production to predictive maintenance.
6. Front-end development at the edge will come into its own
Static site generators (SSGs) have become increasingly popular in recent years due to their simplicity, security benefits, and their ability to serve content quickly. Developers are turning away from content management systems (CMSs), such as WordPress and Drupal, because of the challenges that slow them down.
SSGs apply data and content to templates, process them, and output a folder with the resultant pages and assets. This shifts the work away from “request time” (users ask for the view of a page) to “build time” (unrelated to when users ask for the view). This architecture breaks the relationship between the amount of visits to a site and the overhead of generating the views to service all of those visits.
JavaScript developers are turning more to SSGs, in particular Jamstack, because of its use of modern technology and JS frameworks, offering a strong developer experience. Jamstack enables lower latency partly because of its ability to serve pre-built files over an edge compute platform. By serving Jamstack projects directly from the edge, much faster speeds and superior performance can be achieved.
7. We will see accelerated data center growth at the edge
The recent Omdia Edge Report forecasts that the number of servers deployed at the edge will grow from around 2.5 million in 2020 to 3 million in 2021. By 2024, 5 million servers (26% of shipped servers) will be deployed at the edge.
Price Waterhouse Cooper, meanwhile, predicts that the market for edge data centers is expected to almost triple by 2024. The global edge market for edge data centers will surge to $13.5 billion in 2024 compared to $4 billion in 2017. They note five factors driving the growth in edge data centers, including the arrival of 5G, IoT proliferation, a widening data gap, the adoption of SDN and NFV tech, and video streaming and AR/VR.
Telcos and enterprises are driving most of the growth at the edge (compared to hyperscalers driving overall data center capacity growth). Edge data centers offer the potential to help reduce latency, overcome intermittent connectivity, and store and process data closer to the end user.
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Is this finally proof that we should all be working a four-day week?
A company in New Zealand gave all their staff a day off work every week, without cutting salaries, and the results were brilliant
By Harvey Day
The thing about crises is that they can sometimes help put things into perspective. “Never let a good crisis go to waste,” so the saying goes.
A good example of this is how, ever since the 2008 financial crash and the ensuing political turmoil of Brexit and Donald Trump, we’ve been forced to confront big political problems such as representation, identity and inequality like never before. Popular left-wing politicians like Bernie Sanders and Jeremy Corbyn have been leading the way, especially in their questioning of capitalism. We’re now asking questions like: who is capitalism really working for? Do most of us benefit from our capitalist system or does it mainly work for the wealthy?
And one aspect of capitalism that really needs to be put under the microscope in 2018 is the obsession with working yourself to the bone, as if toiling away for long hours is something to be celebrated.
Professor Mark Jago, from the University of Nottingham, recently spoke to ShortList about the impact of an excessive workload on stress levels and our overall well being.
“Two huge issues are precarity – including low pay, under-employment, short-term contracts, and housing – and over-work,” he said. “Every professional I know over-works, well over the legal limit of 48 hours. And it isn’t just the quantity of work that’s to blame: much of it is meaningless bullshit or being embedded within a deeply harmful competitive atmosphere.”
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But now there’s a fascinating case study from New Zealand that shows how working fewer hours, for the same pay, can actually make you much more productive.
Perpetual Guardian, a company that manages trusts, wills and estate planning, ran a six-week trial in March and April this year that allowed its 240 members of staff to take a free day off every week. All other employment conditions, including pay, were unchanged. Effectively, the company was paying staff for 40 hours when they were only working 32.
According to the New York Times, the company also asked two researchers to study the effects of the experiment on staff. Researcher Jarrod Haar, a human resources professor at Auckland University of Technology, said employees reported a 24% improvement in work-life balance, and came back to work energised after their days off.
“Supervisors said staff were more creative, their attendance was better, they were on time, and they didn’t leave early or take long breaks,” the professor said. “They worked out where they were wasting time and worked smarter, not harder.”
Staff found they had more time with their kids
Staff reportedly spent more time with their families, ran errands and did more exercise on their days off.
Andrew Barnes, founder and CEO of the company, said in a statement: “We want people to be the best they can be while they’re in the office, but also at home. It’s the natural solution.”
Christine Brotherton, an HR executive, added: “If employees are engaged with their job and employer, they are more productive.”
So to all you bosses, tycoons and bigwigs out there: really take notice of this story and realise there are better ways of getting the most of your workers.
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Cisco Files Lawsuit Against Former Employees
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Tom Jowitt, November 20, 2019, 3:07 pm
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Three former staffers allegedly stole thousands of confidential files when they detected to competitor
Cisco Systems has launched legal action against three former staff members who left the networking giant to join one of its competitors.
The lawsuit alleges that the three men stole thousands of pages of trade secrets, when they joined a rival firm called Poly
According to the San Jose Business Journal, the three men are Poly Distinguished Engineer Wilson Chung, Poly director James He, and Poly VP of new product introduction Jedd Williams.
The lawsuit alleges that the three men shortly after resigning their jobs at Cisco this year, they joined an unidentified company that competes “in the IP telephony, headset, video, and collaboration space,” according to the complaint.
Indeed, in the complaint Cisco alleges that that Chung, who was one of its principal engineers, downloaded more than 3,000 internal documents containing trade secrets, including information about the company’s contributions to 5G technology and its design specification for a video-conferencing prototype.
Chung is also accused of recruiting another Cisco engineer, James He, to join the competitor. At that point, He started photographing confidential Cisco documents with his iPhone and copying other company records and emails.
Cisco also alleged that sales executive Jedd Williams sought employment with the same competitor, after 21 years at Cisco.
The complaint alleges he uploaded 12 Cisco sales forecasting spreadsheets.
LinkedIn profiles for men with the same names show that all three, after long stints at Cisco, now work at San Jose-based Poly, a developer of video, voice and content collaboration and communication technology.
“As reflected in the allegations in the complaint, we took the unusual step of filing a legal case against former employees for egregious intellectual property violations,” Cisco spokeswoman Robyn Blum said told the San Jose Business Journal in an email. “Our goal is to protect our significant (research and development) investments and valuable intellectual property.”
Poly spokeswoman Edie Kissko reportedly said the company would not be commenting on the lawsuit.
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Viewpoint Expert opinions on trends and controversies in autism research.
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‘Autistic while black’: How autism amplifies stereotypes
by Catina Burkett / 21 January 2020
Catina Burkett
The Expert:
As a black woman living in the United States, I am always mindful of what others think about me, and the assumptions they may make. As a black woman with autism, I am especially aware that colleagues often see me as an ‘angry black woman,’ even though my thoughts and behaviors are the opposite of this stereotype. (I prefer to label my ethnicity as black, not African American, because not all black people are African, and the majority are not American.)
Such cultural stereotypes make it particularly dangerous to be ‘autistic while black.’ Part of the reason people are quick to stereotype me is that there is no research on middle-aged black women with autism.
In the workplace, I am often criticized for the way I carry myself. I am told that my calm, relaxed energy comes off as superior and naive, and that my assertiveness looks like aggression. When I ask exactly what aggressive behavior I need to tone down, however, I am told I am doing nothing wrong.
Many people with autism can also appear obstinate or are slow to react in new situations. When I am inflexible, I am sometimes called unfriendly, insubordinate, lazy, aggressive or uncontrollable. When I need to process a situation before I respond to it, some describe my quietness as a ticking bomb that may go off at any time. In other words, even when I do not validate the negative assumptions people make about me, they find a way to demonize my compliance.
Because of my autism, I cannot readily change my behavior anyway. For example, I find it impossible to ‘code switch,’ or change the tone of my voice and mannerisms to fit in with different people. One white female supervisor complained that I should learn to change my demeanor with different people. I understood what she meant, but I am socially, emotionally and logically detached from that type of directive to conform.
My supervisor’s request caused me great anxiety. I worried that I was failing, even though she described me as ‘90 percent exceeds expectations’ on my yearly performance review. I could not understand how to change who I am. I just focused on doing my job while being me. But my supervisor grew bitter and the work environment became hostile. Eventually, I had to quit.
I would love to run my own business, but being an entrepreneur is not the answer for most people on the spectrum. Many of us benefit from the routine, stability, social interaction, independence and sense of belonging a job can offer. Until research does a better job of characterizing autistic black people and stereotypes are rewritten, employers are missing out on loyal workers who want to do a great job every day.
Bound by bias:
Within the black community too, many people have tried to hold me to their idea of how I should behave as a black woman. Other black employees speak to me in a familiar manner, as if we already have a connection. Their ability to code switch is amazing. But the thought of putting on a show like that every day overwhelms me. Most of the time, my energy level does not match theirs.
These differences cause me significant problems with other black women in particular. They do not relate to me, and as a result, I experience isolation and sabotage. People reason that black women look out for one another, but that has not been my experience.
Many black colleagues who want to help warn me that I should be seen and not heard, or that I should wait until I am spoken to. As a person on the spectrum, I do not initiate conversation. I am quiet. But due to stereotypes, they too view me according to their own thoughts and biases.
After getting my official autism diagnosis at age 46, I turned to the research literature. I found excellent articles that support and validate my feelings and experiences, but I could find no research on autistic black people.
The doctor who diagnosed me told me not to tell people I have autism because no one would want to work with me. When I did tell a psychiatrist and a few clinical therapists who are colleagues that I recognize I have autism traits, they instinctively rejected the idea. “You’re just going through something,” they said.
A need to be seen:
There is a debate in autism research about whether race should be considered in evaluating how well therapies work. In 2016, Jason Travers and his colleagues analyzed 408 peer-reviewed, published studies of evidence-based autism treatments. Only 73 of them, or 17.9 percent, reported the race, ethnicity or nationality of participants. Of the nearly 2,500 participants in the 73 studies, fewer than one in five reported their race — and 63.5 percent of those were white.
Reading this paper was devastating to me. I was overwhelmed by disappointment. There is little question race can influence the experience and treatment of autism.
Race is seldom reported in autism studies because the condition is often overlooked in minority children and adults. The statistics on autism maintained by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provide no information on race or ethnicity for autistic adults, although there has been an increase in diagnoses among minority children. Even so, one in four minority children — most of whom are black or Hispanic — still misses out on a diagnosis.
People often blame low rates of diagnosis and intervention in minority children on the children’s parents underreporting symptoms or lacking the resources to access expert care. But this is a stereotype as well: Plenty of minority children do not come from underprivileged families nor lack access to healthcare providers and teachers to screen them for autism.
To dispel harmful stereotypes, researchers must include and track autistic black people. For adult black women with autism to get programs and services that address our needs, researchers first need to acknowledge that we exist.
Catina Burkett has worked as a licensed social worker and approved clinical supervisor in two states. She lives in Columbia, South Carolina.
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As Dems zero in on White House, Trump racks up court losses
Fri., Dec. 6, 2019
President Donald Trump smiles during a luncheon with members of the United Nations Security Council in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019. (Andrew Harnik / AP)
By Eric Tucker Associated Press
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump knows he has fierce Democratic adversaries in Congress. But there is also powerful sentiment against him from the Judiciary branch, where black-robed judges who sit in courtrooms just blocks from the Capitol and in New York City have repudiated his view of executive power.
Federal judges in the last two months have accused Trump administration lawyers of “openly stonewalling“ and of regarding presidents as kings while also deriding Justice Department legal positions as “extraordinary,“ “exactly backwards“ and just plain “wrong.“
Taken together, the court rulings eviscerate the administration’s muscular view of executive power just as the impeachment inquiry against Trump accelerates. And they embolden Democrats in their pursuit of investigations into Trump’s government and finances.
“We’re not accustomed to seeing presidents suffer as many defeats in the courts as this president,” said William Howell, a University of Chicago law professor.
The administration at least temporarily lost its bid to shield former White House counsel Don McGahn from being questioned by Congress. It argued unsuccessfully to withhold secret grand jury testimony from special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation. And lawyers for the president have tried to keep the president’s financial records away from Congress. In each instances, judges have overruled them.
To be sure, some of the most stinging losses have come from Democratic-appointed judges, and all could be overturned on appeal – well after the impeachment inquiry has ended, or after congressional Democrats have lost their appetite for the desired testimony or records. The Supreme Court, for instance, has already put on hold a lower court ruling directing Trump to produce his financial records in a case that falls outside the impeachment inquiry.
And another test that awaits – a former White House official’s challenge of a congressional subpoena – may yet be decided in the administration’s favor by a judge nominated by Republican George W. Bush.
For the moment, though, the defeats undercut White House arguments that executive branch witnesses and documents are outside the reach of congressional inquiry and make it unlikely that the administration’s expansive vision of presidential powers will form lasting legal precedent.
Other administrations have tangled with Congress, of course, and been forced to provide documents. But the rapid succession of losses in such high-profile cases has been startling, along with the colorful, sometimes cutting, language of the judges who have ruled against Trump.
When the administration argued that McGahn was “absolutely immune“ from having to testify, U.S. District Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson wrote that no such principle existed and dismissed as “neither precedential nor persuasive“ Justice Department legal opinions the government had cited.
“Stated simply, the primary takeaway from the past 250 years of recorded American history is that Presidents are not kings,“ Jackson wrote. “This means they do not have subjects, bound by loyalty or blood, whose destiny they are entitled to control.”
She said the administration’s assertion of absolute testimonial immunity for senior White House aides had “no foundation in law“ and had distorted “established separation-of-powers principles beyond all recognition.“
In October, Chief U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell told a Justice Department lawyer that though she was a well-respected attorney, her arguments in a case over whether the department had to turn over grand jury testimony from Mueller’s investigation were “extraordinary“ – and not in a good way.
When the lawyer asserted that a judge in 1974 shouldn’t have authorized the release similar grand jury material from the Watergate investigation involving President Richard Nixon, Howell shot back, “Wow. OK. As I said, the department is taking an extraordinary position in this case.“
Weeks later, she ordered the administration to give the House transcripts of grand jury testimony. That order has been appealed, delaying the immediate disclosure of records. A federal appeals court heard arguments last month.
A New York judge in a case over whether Trump could be forced to hand over tax returns expressed similar exasperation when he asked a lawyer for Trump if he was really suggesting that the president could not be investigated while in office even if he shot someone in Manhattan.
“That is correct. That is correct. Yes,“ was the answer from attorney William Consovoy.
Part of what’s unusual about the spate of defeats is that administrations have tended to eventually resolve disputes through compromise, but that has not been this White House’s style, said Joshua Blackman, a South Texas College of law professor.
Former Bush White House counsel Harriet Miers initially resisted a court order directing her to testify about the firing of U.S. attorneys, but ultimately did so under the Obama administration under an agreement reached with Congress.
“Traditionally, when you have these sorts of disputes between the executive branch and Congress, there’s often litigation but the parties work out settlements,” Blackman said. “That is, a Cabinet official will testify but on a limited scope of topics. The Congress and the president reach some sort of deal.“
“Here,“ he added, “the position from the outset is we’re not going to honor any of these subpoenas at all. So as a result, it’s all gone to the courts.“
Still, other than the disappointment of losing and the damning rhetoric from judges, it is not yet apparent what practical impact the rulings will have, said Blackman, who believes the administration’s goal all along has been to drag out the requests to the point when the information might no longer be needed.
The Supreme Court’s action, for instance, probably means Democrats will not have the records before an expected vote on impeachment by year’s end. And a case on whether McGahn must appear before the House Judiciary Committee to discuss the Mueller report is headed for appeals court arguments next month.
Even if, for instance, McGahn is ultimately forced to testify, the president could still try to assert executive privilege to prevent him answering certain sensitive questions.
“We’re still a long way,“ Blackman said, “from Don McGahn saying anything of use.“‘`
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Junior High Yearbook Signed Prophetically By Kobe Bryant Up For Auction
February 25, 2020 By Jayson Bussa
Kobe Bryant memorabilia continues to fly off the auction block but few, if any, items are as unique and personal as what Iconic Auctions currently has available.
The company’s February 2020 Autographs, Collectibles & Memorabilia auction, which is currently active and closes on Feb. 29, features a junior high yearbook that was signed by Bryant, and included a prophetic statement that foreshadowed his future basketball career as one of the most iconic Los Angeles Lakers.
The yearbook was from 1992 and highlighted life at Bala Cynwyd Middle School in Pennsylvania. Because Bryant joined the school midway through the year, he does not have a traditional class photo included in the book, but his memento was a lot more profound.
Bryant signed the yearbook, which belonged to a friend named Marc, and included the following message.
In a few years you probably will be dunking on me. Not!! How bout those Lakers. Your friend Kobe Bryant #24
The message was scrawled in blue ballpoint pen on the second to last page of the yearbook, which is in good condition and features normal wear and tear from being handled by students of the school.
Just four years later, Bryant would be drafted by the Charlotte Hornets as the 13th overall pick directly out of Lower Merion High School in Ardmore, Penn. He was then traded to the Los Angeles Lakers, making his yearbook prophecy come to fruition.
Even back in junior high he was signing “#24” with his signature, a number he would hold on to until the Lakers organization just recently retired it to the rafters of the STAPLES Center.
The yearbook has, thus far, been in the possession of an ardent Kobe Bryant fan. His name is James Aaron, and we’ve heard from him. He said that he originally purchased the yearbook 16 years ago from the original owner (Marc).
Aaron said he also once owned 57 pairs of game-worn shoes from Bryant, most of which he sold off over the years. However, he said that Bryant gave his son shoes personally and he plans to hang on to those.
The minimum bid on the yearbook was set at $2,500. After five bids, that number ballooned to $4,431 and is expected to go significantly higher.
Another notable item up for auction is a love poem written by Michael Jordan during his team in either junior high or high school.
“The market for basketball autographs and memorabilia has exploded in the last several years, and the Kobe Bryant middle school yearbook and Michael Jordan handwritten teenage love poem are two of the most unique pieces we’ve ever handled in that genre,” said Iconic Auctions president Jeff Woolf through a press release. “The Kobe yearbook, in particular, is both timely and poignant.”
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About Jayson Bussa
Jayson Bussa is a freelance writer and marketing professional with an extensive background in sports writing. His bylines have appeared in the Grand Rapids Press, Kalamazoo Gazette, Yahoo! Sports, the Boston Globe and more.
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Property Stokvel Investment Club
Uplifting black communities and helping members invest in property
nicolas manyike
property stokvels
“There’s no freedom without financial freedom and ownership of land and property, which is why the majority of black communities are still suffering the effects of apartheid.” So says Nicolas Manyike, the founder & CEO of Tale PR & Communications, who is also a property investor, a serial entrepreneur and now founder and chairperson of the Property Stokvel Investment Club, the new stokvel investment group which aims to uplift black communities by helping its members to invest in property.
Born and raised in Mkhuhlu, Bushbuckridge, in Mpumalanga, Manyike comes from humble beginnings, which shaped him into what he stands for today.
“The stokvel economy in South Africa is estimated to be worth R49-billion, and property is one of the largest asset classes in the world. Investing in property may be the best way to take advantage of what is widely considered to be one of the most reliable and profitable investment vehicles. Property is known to appreciate in value over time,” says Manyike.
This initiative is open to everyone who aspires to have financial freedom and create wealth through property.
Stokvels have been around for decades and most of them are sustainable. Most stokvels are created to buy groceries, especially for the festive season. Manyike believes that the same method could be used to purchase properties.
“Our aim is to accumulate R4- to R8-million to purchase a property that will generate an income for us. As soon as we buy our first property, we are going to implement phase two, where the focus will be on buying houses for our members,” he says.
“The property stokvel is true radical economic transformation. We want to create wealth that will allow us to retire comfortably at an early age, but most importantly, to create a legacy for the next generation. We want to buy land and properties in places where there is competitive rental income which is close to working areas and educational institutions,” he adds.
The long-term plan for the Property Stokvel Investment Club is to invest and diversify the initiative to also focus on agriculture, logistics and other profitable industries.
How to join the Property Stokvel Investment Club?
New members are required to make a once-off payment of R250. An application form together with proof of payment should be sent to infopropertystokvel@gmail.com.
Is the payment refundable?
The first fee payment is non-refundable.
What happens after you have made payment?
Should your application be accepted, you will receive an approval letter together with the Stokvel Constitution.
The Property Stokvel Investment Club has two phases.
Phase 1 is a pool account where members contribute R2100 monthly. There is a monthly deduction of R100 from this amount for administration and maintenance such as office costs and legal fees when purchasing franchises, properties and land.
As soon as phase 1 members reach the targeted goal, a property/franchise will be purchased to generate a stable source of income. The profit that will be generated from this asset will be shared equally amongst the members annually.
Phase 2 is where members of the Property Stokvel Investment Club will purchase individual properties. This will be implemented as soon as the phase 1 goal is reached.
What happens when one loses a job?
You will be given 3 months to sort out your finances. After this period, you will be required to pay your monthly contribution for all of your missed months. If you fail to catch up on your contributions after the 3- month period, you will be refunded 30% of your initial contribution and 70% will remain with the stokvel.
How long should members contribute?
Members are required to contribute for 2 years.
For more information or to become a member contact the Property Stokvel Investment Club directly on 071 234 6701. Alternatively, you can connect with Nicolas Manyike through social media. Search Manyike Nicolas on Facebook or Twitter or Instagram @ManyikeNicolas.
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Challenges to Democracy in the 21st Century
Democracy Beyond Elections
Government Accountability in the Media Age
Authors: Dimova, Gergana
Presents one of the first methodological empirical analyses of extra-electoral democracy
Focuses on government accountability for media accusations
Analyses a selection of countries crucial in demonstrating the limits of extra-electoral democracy
This book provides the analytical framework for understanding the relationship between media scandals, executive accountability and the crisis of democracy. The empirical findings are based on an original database of 6000 media allegations and investigations in Russia, Germany and Bulgaria. Observations gained from the case studies are then placed in relation to a systematic analysis and critique of more than 100 models of the transformation and crisis of democracy. The book will be of particular interest to researchers focusing on democratic theory and political thought, as well as those working empirically in the field of democratic systems.
Gergana Dimova is Associate Lecturer in Global Politics at the University of Winchester, UK. She previously was a researcher at Harvard University, USA, and Cambridge University, UK. She is the chair of the UK Political Science Association Anti-Politics Group and serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society.
“This is an important and timely contribution to the revitalisation of democracy studies … . This book can be read by both academic and non-academic audiences, as it situates government accountability in an era when the media performs such a significant role. … it can also be a valuable tool for populists.” (Georges Kordas, LSE Review of Books, blogs.lse.ac.uk, May 20, 2020)
“The book is an insightful and very well-researched contribution to understanding democratic promises and challenges on the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Dimova’s nuanced perspective on democracy as finding itself between crisis and transformation provides both a warning … and reason for optimism that the supply of accountability forums is not just an outcome but an opportunity. The book can thus claim to develop a separate research field that forges an integrated middle ground between models of crisis and transformation of democracy.” (Rumena Filipova, Democratization, December 17, 2019)
“Given the current attention on fake news, the focus of the book on the role of media in democracies, and on the accountability following media reports, is extremely pertinent. The fears about the backsliding from democratic norms in the former post-communist block also make this an important perspective. (Frank Vibert, Senior Visiting Fellow, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK)
“Gergana Dimova’s book is well timed, analytically sound, and theoretically creative. It is a much needed study given the dearth of writing on how governments (authoritarian or not) are held to account beyond the ballot box.” (Stanislav Markus, Associate Professor, University of South Carolina, USA)
“The book brings a distinct added value to democratic theory by discerning a phenomenon Dimova aptly names ‘accountability turn’. Her discussion of public accountability in electoral authoritarianism, which has come to afflict also mature democracies, is extremely timely. The masterful review of existing scholarship also makes this book a perfect teaching tool.” (Albena Azmanova, Reader in Political Theory, University of Kent, UK)
“In an age of fake news and deep fake, this book couldn't be more timely. Gergana Dimova takes a deep dive into the mechanics of media scandals, and various responses to them as a way to gage how democracies cope with the fracturing of electorates and the rise of multiple medias even as democracy itself comes under increasing pressure from populism and authoritarianism. In doing so, she assesses both the threat to and state of democracy in our highly mediatized era, and offers a far more resilient model of democratic responses to media scandals than we usually imagine even as her careful reading suggests the scope and endurance of the danger democracy is facing today.” (James Martel, Department of Political Science, San Francisco State University, USA)
Government Accountability in the Media Age: How to Measure, Explain and Assess It?
Dimova, Gergana
The Media Age and Government Accountability: An Ambiguous Relationship
Supply of Accountability and the Accountability Turn
The Demand for Accountability and Public Fragmentation
Accountability and Democracy: An Assessment
De-parliamentarisation of Government Accountability in Germany: Crisis or Transformation of Democracy?
The Presidentialisation of Government Accountability in Russia: Crisis or Transformation of Democracy?
Judicialisation of Government Accountability in Bulgaria: Crisis or Transformation of Democracy?
Democracy Through the Prism of Accountability: Comparison with Models of the Crisis and Transformation of Democracy
Contemporary Models of the Crisis of Democracy: Critical Overview Through a Demand and Supply Framework
Models of the Transformation of Democracy: Critical Overview Through a Demand and Supply Framework
The author on Why We Need More Accountability (REDEM Interview)
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Glossary V
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A low place between mountains. (see more about valleys)
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Varmint Rifle (hunting)
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Snake venom poison.
A poison, particularly one secreted by an animal.
Venomous
Full of venom. Having venom, like some snakes and insects.
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Vitals (hunting)
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Small sized particles ejected from explosive volcanoes.
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A rapid spiraling motion of air or liquid around a center of rotation.
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Home/World News/Middle East/Mastermind behind Tehran twin attacks killed abroad: Iran
Mastermind behind Tehran twin attacks killed abroad: Iran
The Iranian Intelligence Ministry has announced that the mastermind behind the Tehran terrorist attacks has been killed.
During a televised interview on Saturday, Iranian Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi said that the terrorist commander was killed earlier in the day by intelligence forces.
He noted that the terrorist had fled the country following the ensuing security operations after the attack, but was killed with the cooperation of friendly foreign intelligence services.
At least 17 people were killed and 52 others injured in Tehran on Wednesday when gunmen mounted almost simultaneous assaults on Iran’s Parliament and the Mausoleum of the late founder of the Islamic Republic, Imam Khomeini. The Daesh terrorist group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
After offering condolences to the families of the attacks victims, Alavi stressed that over the past few months the country’s intelligence forces had neutralized over 25 terrorist cells.
He added that the large number of terrorist operations thwarted by Iran had pushed the terrorists into engaging in the Wednesday attacks.
Members of the Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) secure the area outside the Iranian parliament during an attack on the complex in the capital Tehran on June 7, 2017. (Photo by AFP)
Alavi also noted that in a recent intelligence raid a large amount of automatic weapons and grenade launchers were obtained from a terrorist group.
Meanwhile, Iran’s Police chief Hossein Ashtari has announced that a group of some 60 suspects has also been detained near Tehran in relation to the terrorist attacks.
Earlier, authorities reported the arrest of eight suspects in the country’s Alborz province, all of whom with ties to the recent attacks.
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Innovative START project wins UMD-TEC seed funding
March 1, 2018Zane Moses
START Researcher Barnett Koven and Ramon Brena, from the Intelligent Systems Research Group, have received research funding from the University of Maryland (UMD) and Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico (TEC). Their project, titled “Social Media Influencers: Re-domaining Fashion Industry Forecasting to Anticipate Online Extremist Radicalization,” will explore the process of predicting fashion trends and how those processes can be used to predict terrorism trends.
“Through a novel approach of adapting highly developed trend forecasting models utilized in the fashion and lifestyle industry, this project will begin to fill this knowledge gap and thereby enable effective interventions against extremist exploitation of the internet,” Koven said.
Five seed grants were awarded by UMD and TEC to support international research collaborations involving faculty from both institutions. The projects they funded are meant to represent the diverse set of research opportunities being pursued at both of these universities.
The UMD-TEC seed grant program is in its second year and is designed to help researchers collaborate and identify complementary research paths. Thirteen proposals were submitted, each with two principal investigators, one of whom is an employee at either of the universities. TEC and UMD combined to contribute $200,000 to the five groups selected, $40,000 for each project, to be used over the course of a year’s worth of research.
Other projects selected range from bioanalysis to nanophotonics, the study of light and its interaction with matter. One funded collaboration between researchers at UMD and TEC will explore a sustainable farming practice in which water from fish tanks will be recycled for farm use. Another will assess the risks of antimicrobial resistance on produce in the U.S. and Mexico.
The funding for this cross-institutional collaborative product was provided by the Division of Research. The grant recipients were selected by a committee of reviewers from both institutions.
Social Media Influencers: Re-domaining Fashion Industry Forecasting to Anticipate Online Extremist Radicalization
Barnett S. Koven
Social Media Threat Assessment
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Gender Ratio:
Total Population:
There are more women than men in Woodford County, Kentucky. Total population of Woodford County, Kentucky is estimated at 25,563 people with 12,232 male and 13,331 female. There are 1,099 more women than men in the county, which is 4.3% of the total population.
The Woodford County, Kentucky Gender Ratio is 92 men to 100 women (92:100) or 0.92. Woodford County, Kentucky's gender ratio is lower than the Kentucky State average of 97 men to 100 women (97:100) or 0.97. The gender ratio is also lower than the national average of 97 men to 100 women (97:100) or 0.97.
Note: All ratios are written as Male to Female
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Woodford County, Kentucky Gender Ratios By Age
Gender Ratios vary by age group as well as location. The table below shows the gender ratios breakdown in Woodford County, Kentucky by age.
Woodford County Ratio
Kentucky State Ratio
Nationwide Ratio
0 to 4 92 to 100 106 to 100 104 to 100
10 to 14 101 to 100 105 to 100 104 to 100
15 to 19 90 to 100 105 to 100 105 to 100
45 to 49 93 to 100 99 to 100 100 to 100
55 to 59 90 to 100 94 to 100 93 to 100
65 to 69 100 to 100 91 to 100 79 to 100
80 to 84 59 to 100 † 67 to 100 79 to 100
85 and over 51 to 100 † 48 to 100 79 to 100
† Due to very low population in this demographic, the ratio shown is not statistically significant.
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Top stories from The Straits Times on Wednesday, Jan 17
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Anti-Terrorism bill protests held in HK, Phl on Independence Day
By Daisy CL Mandap
UP protesters are shown to keep distance from each other (from Renato Reyes)
You’re not a terrorist just because you are protesting against the Philippines’ Anti-Terrorism Bill that could soon become law once President Rodrigo Duterte signs it, or allows it to lapse without a veto for the next 60 days.
This was the impassioned message of Eman Villanueva, chairperson of Bayan Hong Kong and Macau, which was among those who organized an Independence Day protest against the bill outside the Consulate’s offices this morning, Jun 12.
Attendance to the gathering was limited to eight, in line with Hong Kong’s social distancing restrictions. But the four who spoke managed to convey clearly their message that the anti-terror bill must be junked at all cost.
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Over at the University of the Philippines campus in Diliman, Quezon City, law enforcers also tried to limit attendance to a two-hour morning protest to just 10 people, but their call went unheeded.
An estimated 5,000 people filled the entire stretch of University Avenue that leads to the campus, for the gathering that lasted from 10am to 12noon.
Despite the huge turnout and the heavy rain that fell at some point, participants could be seen to have done their best to maintain social distancing.
Officers sealed off the main entrance to the campus but made no arrest.
Stage actress Mae Paner dressed up as Police Gen Debold Sinas who inspired the 'mananita' cover
Organizers dubbed the protest as a “mananita,” in reference to the term used recently by Metro Manila’s police chief to gain exemption from social distancing rules for an early-morning birthday given him by about two dozen of his subordinates.
Renato Reyes of organizers Movement Against Tyranny said they were careful not to go beyond the 12 noon deadline they set for the protest. He also noted that the protesters dispersed peacefully.
"Ang totoo ay 10 lamang ang inimbitahan namin pero napakarami pala ang gustong dumalo. Di naman siguro kayo pwedeng pauwiin pa ano? Mapayapa naman ang pagtitipon natin at walang nilalabag na batas..,” Reyes said in a statement.
(In truth, we invited only 10 people, but we didn’t realize that there were so many who wanted to attend. It would not have been good to send them home, right? Our gathering was peaceful and in conformity with the law, anyway).
He noted that the police had urged them to just do an online petition, but he said that having already done that for the past three months, they knew it was ineffective as the government was not listening.
A case in point, he said, was the anti-terror bill which the government still pushed through, despite widespread opposition to it.
HK protesters called for 'Duterte's Terror Law' to be opposed and junked
Back in Hong Kong, Villanueva said in his speech that it was ridiculous to suggest that all those who oppose the anti-terror bill are communists, or communist supporters.
“Siguro yung mga abugado na tutol sa ‘terror bill’ ay komunista din o supporter ng mga komunista, ano? Siguro yung mga kongresista katulad ni Brother Eddie Villanueva ng Jesus is Lord ay komunista din o supporter?,” Villanueva said.
(Maybe we should also call lawyers who oppose the terror bill communists or communist supporters, right? Maybe the congressmen like Brother Eddie Villanueva of Jesus is Lord church is also a communist or supporter?)
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Terrorism should not be equated with activism, he said, and called for the name-tagging to be thrown back at those who denounce protesters.
“Kung wala kayong ginagawa, bakit takot kayo sa protesta…sa kritisismo? Kung wala kayong ginagawang kademonyohan, bakit takot kayo sa mga mamamayan?,” Villanueva asked.
Tunghayan ang isa na namang kwentong Dream Love.
(If you're not doing anything wrong, why are you scared of protests, of criticism? If you are not doing anything diabolical, why are you scared of the citizenry?)
The protesters chanted slogans that called for the bill to be junked, to fight tyranny, end impunity, and restore the country’s independence.
Petition letters signed by more than 100 groups and individuals were submitted to a Consulate representative
In a statement, Villanueva’s group warned that the bill could be used to stifle legitimate dissent, such as the recent protests by around half a million overseas Filipino workers against a law that made it mandatory for them to pay jacked-up premiums for PhilHealth.
The protesters also pointed out various provisions in the bill that contravene the Philippine Constitution, such as the curtailment of the right to speak, organize and to due process.
In particular, they noted that under the proposed measure, anyone can be arrested on mere suspicion of being a terrorist, and held without any charges being filed against them for up to 24 days.
Moreover, a body appointed by the president is given the power to issue arrest orders, which under the Constitution is exclusively reserved for the judiciary.
The protest ended with a unity statement signed by various Filipino community groups, as well as a solidarity statement from various non-Filipino groups, being handed over to a representative of the Consulate, which was closed for the national holiday.
PADALA NA!
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Heavy snowfall hits Sweden, Finland; icy temperatures ahead
Men take pictures of the snow sweeping across the steps before Helsinki Cathedral during a heavy snow storm making all kinds of travel difficult in He... Men take pictures of the snow sweeping across the steps before Helsinki Cathedral during a heavy snow storm making all kinds of travel difficult in Helsinki, Finland, on Tuesday Jan. 12, 2021. The heavy snowfall is predicted to continue until Wednesday in Southern Finland. (Vesa Moilanen/Lehtikuva via AP)
Snow sweeps across the steps before Helsinki Cathedral during a heavy snow storm making all kinds of travel difficult in Helsinki, Finland, on Tuesday... Snow sweeps across the steps before Helsinki Cathedral during a heavy snow storm making all kinds of travel difficult in Helsinki, Finland, on Tuesday Jan. 12, 2021. The heavy snowfall is predicted to continue until Wednesday in Southern Finland. (Vesa Moilanen/Lehtikuva via AP)
A woman struggles to walk along a street with thick layer of snow in Helsinki, Finland, making all kinds of travel difficult on Tuesday Jan. 12, 2021.... A woman struggles to walk along a street with thick layer of snow in Helsinki, Finland, making all kinds of travel difficult on Tuesday Jan. 12, 2021. The heavy snowfall is predicted to continue until Wednesday in Southern Finland. (Markku Ulander/Lehtikuva via AP)
A thick layer of snow covers the streets of central Helsinki, Finland, making all kinds of travel difficult on Tuesday Jan. 12, 2021. The heavy snowfa... A thick layer of snow covers the streets of central Helsinki, Finland, making all kinds of travel difficult on Tuesday Jan. 12, 2021. The heavy snowfall is predicted to continue until Wednesday in Southern Finland. (Vesa Moilanen/Lehtikuva via AP)
A thick layer of snow covers the streets of central Helsinki, Finland, making travel difficult on Tuesday Jan. 12, 2021. The heavy snowfall is predict... A thick layer of snow covers the streets of central Helsinki, Finland, making travel difficult on Tuesday Jan. 12, 2021. The heavy snowfall is predicted to continue until Wednesday in Southern Finland. (Vesa Moilanen/Lehtikuva via AP)
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Thousands of households across northern Sweden and southern Finland were without power Wednesday after a heavy snowfall, and forecasters warned that particularly icy temperatures lay ahead for the Baltic Sea region.
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Photo: Christopher Burke, © The Easton Foundation
Louise Bourgeois 1911–2010
Woven fabric, mounted on a stretcher
Support: 1105 × 1189 mm
Tate and National Galleries of Scotland. Lent by Artist Rooms Foundation 2013
On long term loan
I Am Afraid is a fabric work by the French-born American artist Louise Bourgeois featuring lines of text woven into canvas. Short statements and individual words in upper case are woven in grey thread into the grey-beige fabric and are grouped into four stanzas. Both the first and the third stanza contain five lines of text; the second stanza contains three lines; and the fourth stanza contains two lines. The text reads:
I AM AFRAID OF SILENCE
I AM AFRAID OF THE DARK
I AM AFRAID TO FALL DOWN
I AM AFRAID OF INSOMNIA
I AM AFRAID OF EMPTINESS
IS SOMETHING MISSING?
YES, SOMETHING IS MISSING AND ALWAYS WILL BE MISSING
THE EXPERIENCE OF EMPTINESS
TO MISS
WHAT ARE YOU MISSING?
I AM IMPERFECT BUT I AM LACKING NOTHING
MAYBE SOMETHING IS MISSING BUT I DO NOT KNOW AND THEREFORE DO NOT SUFFER
EMPTY STOMACH EMPTY HOUSE EMPTY BOTTLE
THE FALLING INTO A VACUUM SIGNALS THE ABANDONMENT OF THE MOTHER
The material is mounted on a stretcher. The artist’s initials (‘LB’) are woven at the bottom right corner of the work.
Bourgeois made this work in 2005. She sourced the text from one of the many journals that she kept throughout her life. In these journals Bourgeois would keep notes relating to her work, her life and her mental state, and she would also write poems. The text featured in I Am Afraid has been taken from the artist’s archive of her poetic writing.
In this work the artist displays her various fears, which relate to both the physical world and abstract concepts. Thus her fears of hunger and abandonment sit alongside those of the dark and of emptiness. Bourgeois has examined these concepts throughout her work, particularly in her series of ‘Cells’, such as Cell XIV (Portrait) 2000 (Tate AL00230) and Cell (Eyes and Mirrors) 1989–93 (Tate T06899). The fears explored in her work often relate to emotionally traumatic events in the artist’s life and especially in her childhood. In I Am Afraid, Bourgeois traces a direct correlation between her self-confessed fears of the dark, silence and emptiness and a sense that something is missing. On the subject of Bourgeois’s use of painful experiences and personal fears in her work, curator Brooke Hodge has written:
Bourgeois has often remarked that, in order to exorcise the painful memories of her past, it is necessary for her to reconstruct them in order to destroy them. The restorative power of the needle and the act of sewing have enabled her to confront her demons through the creation of work that incorporates handsewn fabric shapes and figures, clothing and embroidery … giving her work another layer of personal meaning.
(Quoted in Morris 2007, p.266.)
Hodge therefore argues that in making her fears manifest in her stitched fabric works such as I Am Afraid, the artist is taking part in a process whereby she can deal with, and even ‘destroy’, her emotional pain and past traumas.
In I Am Afraid the artist also makes direct reference to the vacuum left by the ‘abandonment of the mother’. The loss of her mother, who died following a long illness when the artist was aged twenty-two, is another theme that recurs frequently in Bourgeois’s work. Writing about her childhood, much of which she spent helping her mother repair tapestries, Bourgeois said, in a statement first published in 1992:
My mother would sit out in the sun and repair a tapestry or a petit point. She really loved it. This sense of reparation is very deep within me. I break everything I touch because I am violent. I destroy my friendships, my love, my children. People would not generally suspect it, but the cruelty is there in the work … I break things because I am afraid.
Like Hodge, Bourgeois makes the connection between the opposing acts of reparation and destruction and ties both to her childhood and her mother. I Am Afraid draws together these opposing themes in its visual evocation of the tapestries that they worked on, while explicitly documenting the fears that drive her figurative destructive tendencies.
Mignon Nixon, Fantastic Reality: Louise Bourgeois and a Story of Modern Art, London and Cambridge, Massachusetts 2005.
Frances Morris (ed.), Louise Bourgeois, exhibition catalogue, Tate Modern, London 2007.
Lucy Askew and Anthony d’Offay, Louise Bourgeois: A Woman Without Secrets, exhibition catalogue, National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh 2013, p.88, reproduced p.67.
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VLC Media Player and MPlayer contain critical vulnerability bugs
By Matt Hanson 22 October 2018
Make sure to update ASAP
If you use the popular media players VLC or MPlayer, then you’ll want to make sure you have the most recent updates installed as soon as possible, as security researchers have identified a critical vulnerability that puts your PC at risk.
Cisco Talos Intelligence Group, the security research company, has found that there is a critical remote code execution vulnerability in the LIVE555 media streaming library, which is used by VLC, MPlayer and other popular media players.
According to the findings, this vulnerability is found in a flaw in the HTTP packet parsing functionality, which analyzes HTTP headers for RTSP tunneling over HTTP.
Lilith Wyatt, a researcher at the Cisco Talos Intelligence Group, explained in a blog post that “an exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the HTTP packet-parsing functionality of the LIVE555 RTSP server library. A specially crafted packet can cause a stack-based buffer overflow, resulting in code execution. An attacker can send a packet to trigger this vulnerability.”
Get updating
If you have media playing software that uses the LIVE555 media streaming library, such as VLC, then you’ll want to make sure you update to the latest version, as an update has been released that addresses the issue.
The speed in which a fix has been found and released shows how worrying this vulnerability is, and how it put PCs in risk of a cyber attack from malicious users.
Although VLC is a very popular free media player, and often used as an alternative to Windows Media Player and other media playing tools included in Windows over the years, it’s also had its fair share of security problems.
As HackRead explains, critical security flaws have been found in the past, such as in version 2.0.5, while last year Kodi, VLC and Popcorn time were found to be vulnerable to hackers who could hijack computers via subtitle files.
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“The Twitter Account Is Mine” Says President Mnangagwa. He Posts His Opinions And Sentiments On It
Posted Feb 1, 2019 in Social Media · 1 min read
Reports that the Presidential communications department is dysfunctional are probably true because so much contradictory is being said. Last week Presidential spokesman, Goerge Charamba said we shouldn’t believe things said on the President’s Twitter account.
But now the president himself is saying that we should believe what he says on Twitter because it’s his account that he communicates his opinions and sentiments. The Mail and Telegraph reported that the President said:
The Twitter account is mine and every information on that handle is a reflection of my sentiments and opinion.
As if George Charamba’s statement was not enough, Deputy Minister of Information, Energy Mutodi recently said that the President’s tweets are not official. All this is now confusing us. The problem with this is that the day the President’s Twitter account tweets something very inflammatory and divisive, probably no one will claim any responsibility and accountability to those tweets.
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'My boyfriend thinks I'm going off him as I can't talk freely about my feelings'
It's often women who like to talk while men in the relationship sit back and, ahem, listen. But this week Dr Petra Boynton, the Telegraph's sex and relationships agony aunt, advises a very private woman on how to open up more to her chatty boyfriend more.
By Petra Boynton 25 January 2013 • 13:00 pm
Not all women are happy to share things about themselves, or talk freely about their feelings - unlike the incredibly honest Ruby Wax. Credit: Photo: Chris Watt
My boyfriend likes to talk about how he feels, our relationship and his work. I’m not a big talker and I don’t feel I need to share like he does although I am happy to listen. He has recently said he fears I am going off him because I don’t discuss things in depth. I love him but I don’t know how else to show it. Is there a way I can learn to talk more?
You’ve said you’re happy to listen, and that is a great quality. Too often in relationships people complain of partners who don’t want to listen, or are too quick to jump in with solutions, or only want to talk about their own problems.
So before you worry about what you are not doing, take time to credit yourself over the important skills you do possess. I’m assuming you have told him you are showing your support and affection through listening, but if not this might be worth being specific about.
Rather than learning to talk more you could show him you are actively listening by asking him a few questions while he is talking. No doubt as you are listening to him you’ll also have reactions to what he is saying, so verbalising those may help.
It may be his mentioning particular issues reminds you of something you’ve also experienced so it is fine to share (if you feel able) an anecdote of your own to run alongside his stories.
Rather than him telling you how he fears that you find him boring, invite him to share with you what he would like you to do. It could be he wants you to ask him more about his feelings, or it might be that he does feel you listen to his needs but wants you to open up more about how you feel.
You may find at first this feels artificial to join in with his conversations and it may be you ask him at first to help you by prompting you to share what you think or even being overt and telling you what he might want – for example to tell you he’d like you to offer him some advice on how to deal with a problem. This in turn could help you as it might be there are things you’d like him to do for you which a more open conversation could assist with.
I’m not assuming either of you have any deep seated issues with communication, but if you find talking more makes you anxious or he is struggling with problems he is expecting you to deal with it might be one or both of you finds counselling helpful.
Alternatively you may decide not to change how you behave in terms of your listening to him, but that you make it clear to him there are other ways you prefer to interact.
or example you may prefer to write to him about how you feel. Or you might want to listen but come back to a conversation at a later stage when you’ve had time to think about it.
Or you may want to show your affection through physical gestures like cuddles. There are many ways we can communicate. Dr Meg Barker outlines some of them. Exploring the many ways you both can communicate can be something pleasant you can share, and be a means of negotiating together what you both feel comfortable with.
Petra Boynton is a social psychologist and sex researcher working in International Health Care at University College London. Petra studies sex and relationships and is The Telegraph’s agony aunt. Follow her on Twitter @drpetra.
Email your sex and relationships queries to: agony.aunt@telegraph.co.uk
Please note Petra cannot offer individual responses or answer every single question.
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Long Beach State Women’s Soccer Announces Schedule
July 7, 2018 JJ FiddlerComments Off on Long Beach State Women’s Soccer Announces Schedule
Mauricio Ingrassia has honed in the recipe for a successful women’s soccer program at Long Beach State, and a major ingredient is a challenging schedule. Once again, the 49ers have a nationally relevant slate of matches this season, starting in August at 2017 NCAA Runner-Up UCLA.
“This is really what Long Beach State needs,” Ingrassia said. “We want to be the best, so we want to play the best.”
LBSU will play three teams that ended last season ranked in the Top 25, and five teams that made the NCAA Tournament.
“We’re consistently performing with a high RPI,” Ingrassia said. “This (schedule) is the way we improve as much as we can, against the best competition available to us.”
The exhibition season begins Aug. 8 when LBSU hosts Cal Baptist at George Allen Field. Because of a late schedule change, the 49ers also will face Big West Conference rivals UC Irvine at the Great Park on Aug. 11.
After visiting UCLA in the first regular season match, LBSU hosts SMU in the Aug. 19 home opener. Notable nonconferece opponents Auburn (Sept. 2) and St. John’s (Sept. 7) also are coming to George Allen Field.
LBSU will host Cal Poly, UCSB and UC Irvine at home in Big West play, and closes out the regular season at home against CSUN on Oct. 28.
The art of scheduling is a process that starts three years in advance, but Ingrassia is confident that this team can handle the challenging campaign because of a promising spring season.
“We only dropped one game in the spring, but the thing that impressed me the most was this team’s work ethic,” Ingrassia said. “It was a longer but productive spring, and I feel like our team matured though it.”
Ingrassia said his squad has depth at every position, and he’s happy to welcome back forward Ashley Gonzales. The 2016 Big West Offensive Player of the Year suffered a season-ending knee injury against UCLA last year, and received a medical redshirt.
LBSU is also welcoming freshmen Sierra Castles and Elysia Laramie, who were two of 24 players invited to the U.S. Under-18 Women’s National Team training camp at the Elite Athletic Training Center in May at Chula Vista.
Castles played both forward and midfield for Beach WPSL of the Women’s Premier Soccer League. Laramie is a defender and forward who had 15 goals and 13 assists in 24 matches as a junior at Simi Valley High.
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Why Did Anne Boleyn Fall?
Posted By Claire on January 12, 2010
Anne Boleyn’s fall from favour and her very tragic end is still a hot topic over 470 years on, what with “The Tudors” on TV, the publication of books like Alison Weir’s “The Lady in the Tower” and G W Bernard’s book, “Anne Boleyn: Fatal Attractions”. We can’t get enough of her story; it troubles us, it gnaws at us, it piques our interest and, for some of us, it even keeps us up at night or haunts our dreams.
What is it about Anne Boleyn’s story that grabs us? Is it the scandal? Is it the fact that she was a queen? Is it that we like to fight for the underdog and seek justice for her? Is it the mystery and puzzle of it?
What drives you to find out more about Anne Boleyn? For me, it is the puzzle of her fall, the reasons behind it and the psychology of the man who let it happen, the man who carried on with his mistress while his wife was waiting to die. I want to know the truth behind the story. I want to find the Holy Grail. I want to be sure of why Anne fell.
Will I ever find out? Will I ever be satisfied that I have found the truth? Probably not, but that doesn’t stop me reading every book and primary source I can lay my hands on!
Possible Reasons for the Fall of Anne Boleyn
Over the next few weeks, I am going to look at the different theories, thoughts and opinions regarding the fall of Anne Boleyn and the Boleyn faction. Here are just some of the theories that I will be examining, but please feel free to add a theory to the comments below if you think that I have missed one out.
Anne Boleyn was guilty of adultery and was a traitor to the Crown – There are obviously some people that believe that Anne was guilty of what she was charged with and that, as one Anne Boleyn Files visitor put it, “there is no smoke without a fire”. These people believe either that Anne was guilty of all of the charges or that she was guilty of some. The blurb on Amazon of G W Bernard’s “Anne Boleyn: Fatal Attractions”, which is due for release in April/May, says that Bernard “argues that the allegations of adultery that led to Anne’s execution in the Tower could be close to the truth”. Did Henry VIII ask Cromwell to investigate Anne and did Cromwell only act against Anne when he had evidence that Anne was being unfaithful and plotting against the King.
Anne Boleyn could not produce a male heir so Henry VIII wanted to replace her with a new wife – Were her miscarriages her downfall?
Henry VIII got fed up of her – Anne was too outspoken, jealous and argumentative and Henry could not take it any more. She was not queen material.
Jane Seymour – Henry VIII had fallen in love again and needed to get rid of Anne. It appears that Jane Seymour may have learned from Anne’s example and refused to become the King’s mistress and held out for marriage, something which Henry could not offer her if Anne was still around.
Anne Boleyn was a witch – The theory that Anne bewitched the King, miscarried a deformed foetus and even plotted to poison Catherine of Aragon and the Lady Mary.
Anne’s fall was down to a faction battle – Those who believe this see Henry VIII’s court as split between the Boleyn faction, which supported Anne and Reformist ideas, and the conservative, Catholic Aragonese faction who had never agreed with the break with Rome or with Henry’s divorce and remarriage. Was Anne’s fall the result of the tables turning, to the Conservatives getting the upper hand?
Thomas Cromwell’s pragmatism – Some believe that Cromwell saw that Anne Boleyn was losing popularity and the King’s interest and so decided to shift his allegiance to the Conservatives and plot against her.
Foreign Policy – Some believe that Anne’s Pro-French stance and her influence with the King were wrecking Cromwell’s plans for an alliance with Charles V. Cromwell realised that he needed Anne out of the way or England would suffer.
Cromwell’s fear for his own safety – Was it a case of “her head or mine”? It is said that Anne and Cromwell had argued over where the money from the dissolution of the monasteries was going and had become enemies. Cromwell knew that Anne had the ear of the King and feared that he would end up like Cardinal Wolsey or Thomas More if he did not act against her.
Cromwell wanted to get rid of his enemies in the Privy Chamber and replace them with his own men – Is this why Cromwell went after men such as Sir Henry Norris, Sir William Brereton, Sir Francis Weston and George Boleyn?
Karma – The idea that “what goes around comes around”. Some may believe that Anne ‘s fall was down to her having been the “other woman”, to her leading the King astray and causing him to treat his wife and daughter so badly.
Religion – Was Anne Boleyn’s fall simply down to her reformist ideas?
Anne herself – Did Anne’s pride, her ambition, her treatment of those around her and her recklessness lead to her fall? Did she only have herself to blame? Did she dig her own grave?
These are the theories that I will be looking at in my posts over the next few weeks and I hope you’ll join me on this journey.
Can you think of a reason that I have missed out? Please comment below.
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The Tudor Tutor says:
I feel for Anne because the king built her up, only to knock her WAY down, surely because she simply could not produce a boy. As someone who has had fertility issues in the past, I sympathize for her plight in a time where there was no reproductive endocrinology nor IVF or other like measures. Ironically, her one girl was destined for greatness but this was lost on Henry. Not necessarily his own fault, since he was simply a creature of his own time period and social standing, really.
I believe that Anne’s fall was due to a mixture of many of these theories you have mentioned – the combination of Jane Seymour, miscarriages, and Anne’s closeness with people like her brother and Mark Smeaton. I think you should also include another theory – that Anne’s downfall was due to Jane Boleyn, who later admitted that she fabricated evidence against anne and george – was anne’s downfall purely based on a jealous, attention seeking wife? That is one of the theories I agree with, and I think you should include it. Thank you!
Emma (cotswolds) says:
There isnt a day when I dont think of her, and about her amazing elevation to Queen and terrible and quick fall. She was the innocent victim of notorious Tudor court! I think Henry needed an excuse to get her out of the way and Cromwell ‘found it’ – he turned innocent courtly love and bannter & brotherly love in to something more sinister, which inturn put Anne to her death. I think Henry was a victim to a degree, but not altogether stupid and went along with the ‘answer’ to his problem because he was desparate to marry Jane Seymore, who had no scruples at all in how she got Anne place.
I think her downfall of a combination of may factors: Jane Seymour, her miscarriages, her own personality (as you put it, too outspoken for a medieval Queen) and definitely Cromwell’s plotting. I can see H8 and Cromwell plotting to get rid of her, altough for different reasons. Henry was getting tired of her character and Cromwell did, I believe, fear for his safety, cause while Anne and H8 had up and downs thoughout their marriage, had she not been executed, I believe could’ve done a lot of damage to Cromwell. She still had that much influence over H8!
Dear Lord, sorry about that last post. Awfully edited. I was writing too fast and now that I read it again I feel kind of ashamed. What I meant was that if she hadn’t been executed, SHE could’ve done damage to Cromwell. Missed a word or two there, also at the beginning of the post. Sorry!
In my opinion, Anne’s fall was a combination of Cromwell wanting the alliance with Spain, Henry seduced by Jane Seymour and Anne not having given birth to a boy.
Personally, I love Anne and I am inspired by her story, because she is the proof that if you persevere and don’t give up on a dream/goal, it can become true, even if it seems impossible at first! But then again, be careful what you wish for! Right? I am also fascinated by her character, she was so ahed of her time, so intelligent and gifted. And of course, I want to know more about the real reasons of her fall, so I’m looking forward to yur next articles, Claire!
MARIE BURTON says:
I concur it was the combination of many factors. I think that England was somewhat stable with Henry and Catherine of Aragon, & after many seemingly happy years with Catherine (*& mistresses) the people were shocked that Anne could force Henry to break with Rome and disgard Catherine. The reason that Henry gave to his people for this was that England needed an heir. She failed to give one.
Then he favored the Boleyn’s & the Howards, which incited hatred and jealousy among the nobles.
And then of course Anne was described as haughty and sood up to Henry when she felt the need, so that is another step towards her fall.
Cromwell hastened the fall and also perpetuated Henry’s paranoia that God was punishing him.
Anne had grown quite a bit older waiting for her opportunity to come through on her promise to provide that long awaited male heir. She was given one real chance and when that wasn’t “successful” her demise seems to have begun.
Does anyone else find it interesting that the H8 we use to shorten Henry VIII reads as “hate”?
The jewellry is lovely! 🙂
I feel in my gut that Cromwell was behind all of it. The miscarriages too. He had far too much access to Anne & Henry. He was able to poison the kings mind, why not the kings bride? The fact that they were ‘enemies’ due to the monies from the dissolution of the monastaries is a moot point…they were enemies far longer than that. Anne was not a good pawn for Cromwell because she had brains in her head and spoke what she thought & felt. Very dangerous for a manipulative worm like Cromwell who wanted to suggestively put his agenda in the kings mind/reign. Okay hopping off of my soapbox now.
Let’s be clear about one thing; had Anne produced a living son nothing and no-one could have displaced her. I believe that it was a combination of the other things you list alongside this most important factor which resulted in her fall. Cromwell most certainly feared her influence and sensing the wind changing siezed his opportunity to save his own skin and clear the path for Henry to marry again and have his longed for son.
I am completely convinced of Anne’s innocence and I believe that all those involved, including Henry himself, knew the charges were fabricated.
I’m looking forward to reading your theories. Thank-you!!
lisaannejane says:
To Pam: That’s really funny H8=hate! I never noticed that before. I agree with the other contributors that it was a combination of factors occurring when they did that led to Anne’s downfall, with the lack of producing a male heir the center of it (does that make sense?). To Claire: I love the way you put all the theories together in a very clear and concise way. You should write a Tudor history book for newcomers to the subject. I would buy it.
I don’t believe this man was seduced by anyone. If anything, I believe he was infatuated, and as was and is still in the time, ready to blame the woman for how feelings, mistakes and misdirections his life took. Recall the times: Eve seduced Adam into eating the apple from the Garden of Eden. Did he ever take responsibility for his own actions. No and remember that these people were brought up from the beginning to believe the Bible at it’s literal truth. Anne is a tragic figure because of hers and her families ambition (even thought I think she knew what the end result would be. I don’t believe she ever wanted to be married to Henry VIII but rather Henry Percy. ) and because she has been demonized over the centures for the lies that the Tudor and Cromwell administrations spread about her. But if you think of what she left behind her daughter really proved what a woman could be and was. Perhaps your research, Claire and others will dispell some of these rumors and find the real truth.
Tudorrose says:
I wish that I could come to The Anne Boleyn Experience,perhaps next year.
I think the main cause in Anne Boleyns downfall was that she just like her predessecor before her Catherine,could not produce a living son.I would not say that it is or was just that one thing alone though.Catherine when married to the king had had countless miscarriages and stillbirths,more than Anne ever had during her courtship with the king.I think to add to the birth of no son and heir it had to be political like Ives suggests in his book on her.I do not think it had nothing to do with religion because Cromwell was a reformist just like the Boleyns were.Plus I think part of the issue was motivated by jealousy undoubtedly.I think that the Boleyn familly were rising so high in power higher than any other lord,duke or knight within the kings realm.I feel that they were really favoured at that particular moment in time.Just the same as their close but distant relatives the Howards they too were vain and probably one of the most attention seeking and attention grabbing noble family in the kings domain.Lets not forget if both Boleyn and Howard famillies did not have the king of Englands eyes and ears undoubtedly it would have been another high ranking noble familly somewhere within his court getting all of the praise and the attention.
I do not think that she deserved what happened to her,she was not know the outcome or the end result of what was to be.Basically it is just a simple case of bad luck on her part plus her brothers and the other four innocent men that followed her to their untimely deaths.I think it was deffinately those closest to the king that suffered the most.The more popular you were at court the most dangerous it would be or could be! The people who were the furthest away stood more of a chance in having their life spared and keeping their head.
Even though four of the innocent men had no rank,even though three of them came from wealthy famillies whilst the other had been a commoner and came from a poor background,I still feel that the reason being for this is because of how close they were and how much they mingled with Anne and the Boleyns plus they had been on the receiving end of reform jut like the Boleyn familly.Afterall I would say that theese four men were close aquaintances and friends of George Boleyn.Anne Boleyns brother.
I also think that Cromwell was scared of Henry just like a lot of people at court probably were,this I would say is a contibutor to the fact as in as a result would have done anything for the king(His most humble and obedient servant) Just to keep his own head on his shoulders.Also not forgetting the quarel that Anne and Cromwell had over alliances just shortly before she fell from favour.He wanted a spanish alliance whilst Anne wanted an alliance with the french.This would have put an end to the bicker.
According to Ives he mentions that Anne and Cromwells relationship became fatally damaged as a result.So from then on they had become enemies which again would added to her downfall.This just made a bad story worse.
I feel the same way. I will never be truly satisfied with learning about the Tudors, until I have actually lived the life. Meaning, someone NEEDS to build a time machine. 🙂
I think Henry felt guilty about what he did to Katherine and grew to hate Anne. I also think that because Anne did not give him a son, he knew that she might not be able to ever give him one and didn’t want her. So, I feel that Anne being called a witch was just a cover up; an excuse to get rid of her because she didn’t have a boy. I don’t think Anne committed adultery; I think that people just made that up because they didn’t like her.
In other words, I believe that since Anne did not give Henry a son, witchcraft and adultery were excuses to get rid of her, so he could be free to marry Jane Seymour.
I agree that it was the combination of several factors, but one of the main things: What happened to Anne Boleyn was the same thing that happened to many people King Henry loved and trusted, such as Wolsey and Cromwell. People were, obviously, jealous of her, and grew to resent her. She wasn’t much of a “people pleaser” either, so she ended up making enemies out of almost everyone.
At first (similarly to others both before and after Anne), King Henry defended her and protected her from anyone who dared to oppose her. But: despite the fact that he was a determined man, when there were enough people pressuring him, he could be easily swayed. With so many people trying to “poison” his ear, he eventually gave in.
He does have a reputation for being able to fool himself, getting himself to believe what he wants to believe. He might have been in love more with the idea of Anne than Anne herself. He was probably in love with an intelligent and fiery, young woman who could turn into an obliging wife and give him sons after they were married. Of course, Anne failed to represent the latter part.
In the book “The Year that Changed Henry VIII, 1536” theres a chapter that also asks the same question. Its really interesting because it talks a bit about hte psychological aspect of Anne fall in regards to Henry. It also discounts the role of her last miscarriage because of his actions towards Chapuys and the Emperor after the miscarriage in defense of Anne. It also discounts the role of Jane Seymour because the author believed that Henry would never have seriously considered marrying Jane if it had not been for Anne’s fall. Interesting, although i don’t think either aspect can be completely abandoned because they would have had SOME affect on the events even if it was a very small affect.
Like most people, I agree that the reasons for Anne’s downfall were a mixture of those made by Claire and, possibly the comment made by Lauren about Jane Rochford (Boleyn).
What I do really believe however is that even if Anne was desperately unhappy with Henry, having already seen what he could be like with other people who “stood in his way”, she would never have countenanced adultery. The “witch” accusation was also another good “card” to play in those superstitious days.
I always use abbreviations when mentioning Royalty. However, Pom’s comment had never occured to me before but I am definitely in agreement.
I could go on forever ranting about H8 – I have made my feelings about him very clear in the past – a spoiled brat who never grew up and Anne was the only person who had said “no” to him (after his father) which must have been fascinating to him initially. And he always found a “scapegoat” for his actions.
It is obvious that if Anne had given birth to a strong male heir, she would have remained queen even if both sontinued to have spats about Henry’s roving eye.
The problem is that she didn’t produce the goods – the Tudor claim to the English throne had always been tenuous which is why a strong male heir was necessary to continue the line.
I will be following the forthcoming posts with interest!!!
Our fascination with Anne’s fall probably stems from a myriad of reasons, depending somewhat on how each individual feels about Anne’s story. For me, Anne became the underdog, and I feel she was murdered, not executed. It feels right to believe that Henry felt he must produce a male heir, he would never have believed it possible for a woman to effectivly rule alone, which would mean a male from another country becoming King as a husband to Mary or Elizabeth, unthinkable to him I am sure. But, even if that were the only reason, it doesn’t answer the question of why he felt he couldn’t beget another child, a male, with Anne. Her miscarriage of a supposed male child seems likely to have been very upsetting to him, but…. that wouln’t mean she couln’t have another child as miscarriages were common then, much more so than today, but apparently he was already courting Jane by then, so it seems the marriage had already gone south. But even then, he could have just taken his pleasure so to speak, he had certainly done that before! So why did he choose to murder Anne and his own close friends? I have always believed him to be a sociopath, a man with no conscience, and the King, used to getting what he wanted. I have to wonder if Anne thought he really would kill her and the others? In other words she played her hand, and the outcome was brutal.
June,
I am not exactly sure of Anne’s age when she miscarried but I believe it was in her 30s which was quite late for a woman in those days although there are references of women and even queens giving birth almost up to the age of 50.
In my opinion, the fact that he was against someone who could be as “selfish” as him (and Anne did have her faults) did not enter Anne’s head that she could be disposed of in any way chosen by her spouse.
She wasn’t of Royal Blood so that could not have saveed her – Katherine of Aragon had died, so in the eyes of the Roman Catholic Church, H8 was a widower in any case. H8 never looked at the consequences of his actions – he just wanted “annoying” people out of the way and had his myriad of “scapegoats” to work out how to get around the situation. I am sure that Anne, having risen so high, didn’t realise that “the higher you rise, the lower you fall”
As you say, a gamble on her part which she unfortunately lost at the time. But it is interesting when people speak of the Tudor times Anne is one of the Queens most remembered not only for who she was but for being the mother of whom I conder to be the greatest Queen England ever had.
And BTW EMMA, what part of the Cotswold do you come from?
Renee Woolsey- Smeaton-Burgess says:
All the comments are well written. I shall take my time to lament on them
I would like to thank all of you for your very sound reasoning
Renee Woolsey Smeaton Burgess Ypsilanti,Mi USA
Hi The Tudor Tutor,
Yes, Henry raised Anne high and knocked her down again and he did threaten to do this and he threatened Jane Seymour too. I agree with you about Henry, he was a product of his time and also a product of the Tudor dynasy and so was paranoid about succession. What a shame that he never knew what Elizabeth would grow up to be.
I will indeed add Jane Boleyn to my list. I have just bought Julia Fox’s biography of Jane so I will be reading that.
I do struggle with Henry and how much he knew of the plot. As Elizabeth Norton said in her interview a few weeks ago, Henry was in charge and would have known what Cromwell was up to so the idea of him being a victim of the plot doesn’t really add up. I don’t think Cromwell would have taken the risk of plotting against the Queen without Hebnry’s go-ahead, but why did Henry go from defending Anne to turning against her, what turned him? I’m not sure.
Don’t worry, you made sense! I too think that it was a combination of factors and that Cromwell was just providing Henry with what he needed to move on to a new woman.
Hi Eliza,
Yes, we should be careful what we wish for! One key mistake that Anne made was in her treatment of those around her. I think she thought she was untouchable and so was not concerned about arguing with Cromwell and annoying others, how wrong she was.
Hi Marie,
Yes, definitely a combination of factors and Anne’s attitude not helping her to make friends and allies.
Hi Pom,
I love H8 (hate)! I had never noticed it! You’re right about Anne. Although being in your 30s is young theser days, in an age when 35 was the average life expectancy it was quite old for trying to get pregnant. I don’t support the syphilis theory but it is interesting that Catherine and Anne both had so many miscarriages.
I just can’t make up my mind about who is to blame for the coup against Anne Boleyn but Cromwell definitely did the donkey work. I think initially that he and Anne were allies as they both had the same reformist ideas but after the argument I think Cromwell began to fear Anne and he also saw that the Boleyn faction may be on their way down and that it was time for him to support the rising Conservative faction.
I agree that Cromwell noticed the winds of change and also needed to secure his position by giving the King what he wanted, something he failed to do later when Henry wanted to annul his marriage to Anne of Cleves. I too think that Anne was innocent.
I’m just about to start work on my book so I’ll keep you posted! Thanks for your support and encouragement.
Hi Jill,
I really hope that my research and writing on here does help people to think more about Anne’s story and not just assume that she was an adulteress and traitor. Yes, Henry had a great way of shifting the blame and responsibility for things didn’t he and then when things didn’t go his way he would assume that it was God’s punishment but not for something he did, something that his wife had done! I would have loved to have given him a good shake or a slap and told him to take responsibility for his decisions and actions and stop being such a stupid man!
Hi Tudorrose,
I’m so sorry you can’t come on the tour this year but I really do hope to run one next year.
Yes, Anne really did miscarry her saviour, as Chapuys put it. A son would have saved her and made her position secure. She would have been mother of the future King of England. Henry would have been grateful to her for that but he probably would have carried on having mistresses. Nobody would have been able to touch Anne but the marriage would not necessarily have been happy.
I agree with you about the Boleyns and Howards. Their rise had upset many people and so people were looking forward to knocking them down in some way. I also agree with you about Cromwell. It is easy to judge him but he was probably just trying to keep his head!
I’d like a time machine but I’d like to know that I could get back in it if things got dangerous! I think Henry must have convinced himself that Anne was the problem and that God was punishing them for her sins and justified his actions by telling himself that. How could he have moved on to Jane Seymour so easily otherwise.
Hi Tian,
You’re spot on with what you say. Being favoured by Henry was a dangerous thing, either people plotted against you or you lost the King’s favour and upset him in some way. I really don’t blamed Christina of Milan for turning down Henry when he was looking into marriage with her. Apparently she said “If I had two heads, one should be at the King of England’s disposal.”! Love it!!
That’s one book I’ve had for ages but have only dipped into, not properly read. I will definitely be using it for my research. Like you, I don’t think we can rule out Anne’s miscarriage and Jane Seymour, as Anen’s miscarriage made Henry think that God might not be pleased with their marriage and fear that Anne couldn’t give him a son and Jane Seymour was there ready to step into Anne’s place.
I agree with you about Anne. She was far too intelligent to think that she could get away with adultery and there is no way that she would have taken that risk even if she was desperate to provide the King with a son. The lack of a male heir was definitely an issue but Anne had had no problems getting pregnant so there was still hope. I think it was a combination of many factors but a son would have kept her safe.
Hi June,
You’re right, Anne was murdered, not executed, as she was framed and even her old enemy Chapuys did not believe that she was guilty. She was the victim of a horrible miscarriage of justice which took the lives of six innocent people, left a child without her mother and affected many families. It was a brutal, but effective coup, and it allowed Cromwell to get what he wanted and for the King to start over with a new woman.
What I always find s bit odd is that Henry always worried about what God thought of him and his marriages and whether bad things happening were God’s punishment or God’s lack of blessing, yet he didn’t worry that God would punish him for being terribly cruel to his former wife and eldest daughter or for letting his second wife and five innocent men be executed. Perhaps he thought that by letting other people do the work that he could shift the blame. Hmmmm…
Yes, Henry did enjoy making scapegoats. Did he ever take responsibility for his actions??
It is interesting that Anne is such a remembered queen and that her story just grabs people and draws them in. Fascinating.
Just one more thing to add, a poster above me said that KoA and H8 (&Co.) were married for over 20 years despite all the miscarriages and stillbirths, whilst Anne only lasted 3 years as Queen. I actually think that was -indirectly, of course- Anne’s own fault.
There were problems on the Koa/H8 marriage as early as 1514, IIRC, but it wasn’t until Anne that he actually realized he could get rid of a wife. She gave him the means, she showed him he could do it. Of course, I don’t think she ever thought it would eventually be used on her too. But before Anne, I don’t believe H8 *seriously* considered annulment, maybe he thought there was no way out of his marriage!
By changing that, Anne set a pattern in all of H8’s marriages after KoA: short tenures, and they made a mistake or lost the King’s favor even if only for the tinniest thing and they’d be gone. The only ones who got away -kind of- were Jane and Katherine Parr. The first, because she died delivering the “goods” and so he couldn’t grow tired of her, and KP because H8 died. But still, KP was awfully close to meeting AB and CH’s end!
The idea of the deformed fetus has always perplexed me. I realized that the Renaissance ushered in the revolution of science and medicine, but wasn’t it still (to a degree) in it’s infancy? How much did men and women of that time know about the appearance of a fetus during it’s gestation? I mean- at 20 weeks (roughly 4 months) a fetus hardly looks like the baby that follows 20 weeks later at full term…I have always thought that the “deformed fetus” was really just something that was cooked up by Anne’s enemies, because a layperson of those times probably would call a 20 week fetus “deformed” out of ignorance or lack of education…anyone in the anti-Boleyn faction would have just run with it because it was good gossip. (Doesn’t court seem like a high school, sometimes?)
I think Anne’s fall was a combination of many factors- a “perfect storm”, so to speak. No one factor alone brought about her downfall, but all of them influenced and help build upon another. Miscarriages alone did not bring down KoA, infidelity alone did not bring down KH, and being intelligent or outspoken about religion/ politics didn’t bring down Catherine Parr. Cromwell, the dispute over the monies from the dissolution of the monasteries, H8’s wandering eye (Jane got engaged to H8 only DAYS after Anne’s beheading? SUSPECT!), the miscarriages, Anne’s tempestuousness, etc, etc… everything- they all lead to her down fall.
I do think that it is quite ironic that Anne did end up giving Henry the strong monarch that he had wished for in Elizabeth. Maybe, as some would say, it was “God’s will?”
After reading everyone’s brilliant comments I have to throw in my two cents too : )
I do not consider myself a feminist, but lately I’ve framed Anne’s story in my mind as a tale of misogyny. Women were literally considered property, and the fact that what Henry saw essentially as chattel was speaking up for herself was exciting. He wanted to own her (“I have to possess you utterly,” from the Tudors), and like a spoiled child with a new toy, he grew sick of it once he had it. He was the same with all his future wives too.
The religious climate also obviously contributed to Anne’s fall, and not just the Reform vs. Conservative faction war. The brand of Christianity in England at the time held the notion of a “divine chain of being,” with the king at the very top. In America in the 21st century it seems an utterly foreign notion, but H8 really would have considered himself a god in his own realm. He was a spoiled brat who saw the Pope as a bully trying to take away his toys when in reality the Pope was trying to do a diplomatic juggling act. I think Cromwell realized what he was dealing with and handled everything as pragmatically as possible. Of course, like anyone who ever helped Henry, he lost his life for it.
You left one big one out. Henry’s marriage to Anne was considered to be illegal in most of Europe. But once Katherine had died, a marriage to Jane would be considered legitimate along with any child she gave birth to. Add that to some of the others, and you’ve probably got the real reasons for Anne’s fall.
Sheena- I completely agree with you on that. I’ve always wondered what physicians in Tudor times thought of as a “normal-fetus” at only 20 weeks! It’s very possible that they just didn’t know that the fetus develops and changes so much phisically inside the womb.
I mean, there were those who believed the Preformationism theory, that said that the sperm cell contained a Homunculus, wich was basically tiny but fully developed human being, and that pregnancy served the purpose of enlarging it to it’s full size. So what would they’ve thought when they saw a real 3-4 months fetus?
Great points Claire! This is very much related to my assignment!! I believe her fall was due to a number of factors. After Henry took a clear interest in Jane Seymour, Anne’s failure to produce a male heir only sealed her fate. I believe Henry wanted an excuse, any excuse at all, to have her ‘out of the way’, so he had her beheaded for adultery, witchcraft and incest. As far as I know, no proper evidence has been discovered that Anne did any of these things, just cruel punishments on those she was rumoured to have committed adultery with until confession, regardless of the truth. And of course, good ol’ Thomas Cromwell fighting for his life and the easiest way to save it? To defeat his enemy, Anne Boleyn!
H8 was married to K of A for almost 24 years. The orginal idea of the marriage came from H7 who was so misely that he did not want to return the part dowry. However, he did persuade his son to sign a secret get-out clause just in case as H7 could see the winds of change blowing on the continent. H8 may have loved H of A at first but I am sure he married her (after his father’s death) just to get one over on a man who had controlled him so closely.
I am sure that H8 never had an original idea in his life – so where did the idea of “annullment” come rom – I know there was a precedent with Eleanor of Acquitaine and Louis, but someone else must have come up with this. I don’t think it was Wolsey although H8 set him on the path to try to annul the marriage and when Wolsey was unsuccessful he would have had the chop if he hadn’t died “en route” The idea certainly would not have come from Thomas More but does anyone have ideas?
With regards to the “foetus”, I also think we have to look at Medieval and Tudor Hygiene. How often did people bathe ( I know Isabella and Ferdinand of Spain though it was a sinful Moorish practice despite Philippa Gregory’s novel, The Constant Princess)? Clothes, in general were not washed but “beaten” like carpets – For teh rich, even so often they would move house to more of lesss fumigate the old one. That could have affected pregancies plus also the diets. Did the rich eat really well? Or was it just the consumption of loads of food that showed they were rich? I knew before Claire’s Christmas posting about banquets but, as a small eater, just reading it almost put me off food for days.
Whoever, got the idea of H8 breaking from Rome certainly showed a precendent for a number of events for the future.
I’m not sure I agree with Tudor-era folk being so unfamiliar with the appearance of a preterm infant. They may not have known so much about the mechanics of conception (referring to the homunculus theory mentioned above, not saying they didn’t know sex = conception. Well, except Anne of Cleves…), but considering the high infant mortality rates then and the much higher rates of miscarriages and stillbirths, if anything, doctors and midwives may have been much more familiar with the appearance of a preterm infant. Personally, I think the rumor of a deformed fetus was as much a fabrication as the allegations of adultery, witchcraft and incest, and was made up to support the notion that Anne was evil/sinful/committing witchcraft, as the belief was that a deformed infant was the result of the mother sinning or doing something wrong. And because, goodness knows, Henry wasn’t ever responsible for anything that went wrong.
I agree with Tudorrose about political factions at court playing their part. Throughout Henry’s reign, it seems there were factions rising and falling, and no sooner would one side suffer a setback than it would regroup and try to topple the faction that had just toppled them. I’m sure Henry was aware of it and used it for his own purposes. After the break with Rome, Henry seemed to go back and forth, smacking down reformers if they pushed too far, then doing the same with traditionalists; and politically as well, although religion and politics were so intertwined, it was difficult to separate out religious factions from political factions. Look how many times he went back and forth, making treaties with France, breaking those to make treaties with Spain or the HRE, then doing the same to them to make another treaty with France that he wouldn’t keep, either. Is it any wonder he would start to see his wives in the same way? As soon as they would displease him, he’d “break the treaty” and go on to another wife.
But with the exceptions of Katharine of Aragon and Anne of Cleves, “breaking the treaty” meant death for the wife. With Katharine, her royal connections protected her, and Henry was still feeling his way to discover what he could and couldn’t do. By the time he’d executed Anne, “the lion” had learned his own strength “and no one could control him.” Anne of Cleves was fortunate indeed to tell him what he wanted to hear and escape with her life.
Thank you, Andrea, for putting a name to what I was thinking about!
I know that this has nothing to do with the above conversation topic, but has anyone seen the drawing “Study of the Family of Thomas More” from 1527? Anyone else notice that one of the women in the foreground resembles the portrait of Jane Seymour?
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Holbein_Study_Family_Thomas_More.jpg
http://www.tudorjewels.com/photographs/jane%20seymour%20portrait.jpg
I was doing some costuming today, and was reading “The Tudor Tailor” for the first time in a while, and I happened upon the portrait and my jaw dropped…
Anyways, I have always wondered if before his death, if H8 made confession. Allegedly, his last words were “Monks! Monks! Monks!” If he did make confession, I wonder what his last words would have been. Do you think that he would have admitted to his part in the murder of Anne Boleyn? Or do you think that he would have maintained that he did no wrong doing?
Tash Wakefield says:
“monks monks monks!” famous last words. I was watching Horrible Histories the other night and apparently Nelsons final words were to ask his first mate “kiss me” Do you know if there is a book around that chronicles the last words of famous people?? if not it’s a very good idea 🙂
His last word were in fact ‘not over the side’ meaning he didn’t want to be buried at sea, the kiss me Hardy is a myth a bit like Marie Antoinette saying ‘let them eat cake’, the fact that Henry did mutter monks a lot shows that he did have a conscience.
Just got back from two weeks in Cuba where the weather was chilly and the hotel was dirty. Really glad to be home. Anyway, Happy New Year!
Interesting that G W Bernard believes Anne was guilty. Of course there are so many books about Anne that anyone bringing out a new one must come up with a fresh slant on the story. Hence Warnicke’s deformed miscarrige/homosexual ring theory. I wonder if Bernard believes in Anne’s guilt or whether it is simply a money making excerise? I think I might bring a book out theorising that Anne and George Boleyn were aliens. I’ll make a fortune!
You’re welcome, Sheena! I don’t believe H8 made any confession related to his wives before his death. He lived his entire life with people taking the blame for HIS mistakes, and as a poster above me said “Henry wasn’t ever responsible for anything that went wrong”. I don’t think he ever fully took the blame on anything, his fault or not, and I don’t see him changing his ways befores death.
I wondered where you were! Paudie from the forum was in Cuba for Christmas. Sorry you had chilly weather.
To be fair on Bernard, he has held this view for a while as I have a report written by him in 1991 where he suggests the same. But yes, go ahead and write your alien book, I’d buy it!!
Looking forward to chatting with you again now you’re back.
Laura Andrews says:
Henry was a spoiled child, what ever he desired he got. When Anne played the hard to get card Henry moved heaven and earth to get what he wanted which was Anne. Unfortunately, once he got what he wanted he tired of her rather quickly and started to wonder why he put himself (and his country) through all the trouble to make Anne queen. Yes, I know Henry wanted a son badly so ousting Katherine was a must and of course if Anne had a son, her fate would have been much kinder. What fascinates me is the whether or not Anne believed that what happened to Katherine would happen to her. Anne was so angry when she found out that Henry was cheating on her and yet, he cheated on Katherine with Anne. Didn’t Anne realize that Henry would treat her the way he did every other woman ?
@ Sheena- Maybe Henry was saying “Monks, Monks,Monks” because all the monks he annoyed with the reformation were coming to get him and torture him. lol
Perhaps there is no solid answer regarding Anne’s downfall? History is never full of one choice or decision. A lot of factors contribute into an event. Anne’s pride, religion, and standing in the Boleyn faction were only the tip of the iceberg. I think even before Anne became Queen, her fall was already in the works. Her spectacular rise guranteed a number of enemies who would not rest until Anne fell. Think of one of the other English born queens, Elizabeth Woodville who also was brought down and punished for her marriage to Edward IV. While he did not turn against her, she was stripped of her title of Queen mother and declared a whore while her children were bastards.
I am excited to see how the new book, Fatal Passions, asserts that Anne was guilty of adultery. I hope it will not be as biased as Alison Weir’s book is.
julie b says:
It seems sad that most of these women in history never wanted to be in the positons they were in to begin with. Katherine of Aragon was used for politics in the marriage to H8. Anne never wanted to “go the way of her sister” and be in a relationship with H8. Anne Howard was set up by her uncle, from what I understand. And also, even moving foward to the doomed, young, Lady Jane Grey who unwillingly became queen for 9 days and was then killed.
How horrible it seems that the fates of these women were pretty much givin to them without any say. I guess arranged marriages were normal anyway, especially in royality, so I would imagine people were used to not chosing their life partners.
I am also not too sure about the comment that women were treated as property in those days, which I am sure is true, but that is not the reason these women were killed. Look at the fate of the men killed along with Anne and also, Thomas Moore and the endless number of men who got in H8’s way. H8 was a spoiled tyrant whom I would imagine, never really felt love for any of his wives. I can think that the only person he ever really cared about was Wolsey. And he ended up turning his back on him too.
Kaylaroo says:
Hey everyone…loved reading this forum..for I also am In love with the Tudor reign…and I will actually say ive gotten Obsessed. Im a little new to it… been reading about it for only a few months now but have gotten myself hooked and it seems all I talk about. Am I the only one..but does the story of Anne make you really sad that it bothers you at night and makes you cry even though you never knew them and cant change a thing about it? Knowing that she died thinking her child would be disowned forever…never knowing she grew up to become a great queen, breaks my heart… I really wish I also could go back in a time machine to the days she was in the tower…and ask her for the whole truth… I believe she was innocent. Mainly because of the way he moved on to Jane the next day.. really makes me believe he just wanted her out of the way. It REALLY bothers me beyond belief that we will never truly know exactly what happened… Is there actual proof of anything from those years? I just wish there was a way to know the truth and I hate that no one really knows and we might never know. As much as I LOVE anne and all the stories…i kind of hate how it bothers me so much even though I cant change a thing haha. They really shouldve documented things more back then! And I also wish she wouldve written a diary, or Henry would of confessed on his death bed. Another reason I do believe iin annes innocence is that she did her final confession before she died and if she was truly at fault for adultury she wouldve confessed it then. They were very passionate in their beliefs then and dying with that on her conciense wouldve been awful for her. Im very weird when it comes to things such as another thing that bugs me is whitehall palace no longer being there. I wish more then anything I can see the room where Anne slept. Or did any of her day to day things. Theres not much nowadays to remember the 16th century by. My dream is to go to England and see the tower …I wish I could see the room in the tower she was held in but i dont know if they even still have it. Sorry I dont have any paragraphs..I was never really good with my writting skills. heh.
I totally understand what you are saying, Kaylaroo!! I get the goosebumps everytime I think about what Anne went through her last days… Her pain about Elizabeth and her execution being posponed twice! What a horrible thing was that!
I too would love to go to her rooms in the Tower. I am visiting London in March and I’m wondering if anyone knows whether visitors can go into these rooms. If so, please, inform me!
I think that the Queen’s apartments are now residential apartments as the Warden and the Yeoman Warders all live on-site so I don’t think that you can actually see where she was held.
I have just recently been to the Tower of London.I went for the commemorative exhibit to see the all of king Henry VIII’s armour.”The dressed to kill exhibit” as it is called or was called as it has now ended.I liked the interior and what I saw.I just wished that I had more time to look around.I think that you are just about allowed to look around all of the Tower except the Queens house to the left side of the jewel house and beachump tower.The white tower which is on the left but just before you come to the Queens apartments is undergoing reconstructive work on the exterior of the building but is still excessable.As this is where the armouries are kept.
The Tower seemed to have a new attraction.On my visit yesterday there were seagulls flocking to the site and flying around the exterior of the place.It looks like that the ravens may have some competition.!
Have you heard of the story that surround the tower? It is said that if one or all of the ravens flew away the entire tower would collapse.I think that this is just superstition myself.If this ever happened which I doubt as they are seemed to be always confined to their pens.The seagulls would be there in their place to take over.! 🙂
I would deffinately like to go again.It is a place of historic interest and a interest of mine.The only downside to it though is that is quite cold which it would be as it is near and so close to the river.I just wished that the Queens house was or became accessable for people to view.I am surprised that this has not happened yet considering how long the Tower has existed.It would give more of an insight into certain things historic.I think that we should be able to see where Catherine Howard was imprisioned and where she stayed until her execution.As the Queens house is where she was detained and had been kept.
Tudorrose – would you be able to come to the Tower in May? It should be warmer then. If you can’t swing coming on the Anne Boleyn tour with us, maybe you could visit the Tower when we’re there on May 19 (Anne Boleyn Day)? We should be easy to spot – come up and introduce yourself. I’d love to meet you.
Just thought of another reason why she may have fallen.
She obviously didn’t like the attention Henry was giving Jane Seymour. So, she fought back to keep him; unlike Catherine of Aragon. & maybe Henry didn’t like that she wasn’t “Queenly” in not becoming involved in it.
Henry killed Anne for many reasons, he blamed her for tearing up England, alienating the Catholic Church, treating Catherine of Aragon and Princess Mary badly and finally the ulimate failure not giving him the son he most wanted. Granted, he chose to do all that, however, he needed to blame someone when it did not work out. The reason he gave her a French Swordsmen was because he knew deep down she did not deserve to die because she had signed away all her rights. Rights that stated their marriage did not exist and that Elizabeth was a bastard, thus if she was not married to him, she could not have committed treason and therefore there was no reason to kill her but to make himself feel better he gave her the best death possible.
henry annulled his marriage to anne to make elizabeth illegitimate and her downfall i think is because of many factors including ,far too much closeness with the men she was too friendly with ,all very innocent im sure but it would not look innocent if up on charges of adultry,conversation with norris and then sending norris to john skip to swear that she ,anne was a good woman, she made too many enemies ,sorry but i think it was her own fault ,and henry had moved on ,i dont blame cromwell ,he was henrys “yes man” and had to look out for himself ,i dont blame jane seymour either ,if henry had still been in love or lust with anne jane would have just been left aside ,in my mind she got far too big for her boots,and you dont do that with henry,she was instrumental in wolsey demise because of the henry percy affair and was quite vindictive about it, she was the other woman in henrys life and did want the crown, she was well able to speak up for herself ,so i dont get “she couldnt say no to the king”why couldnt she just say no and keep saying it,and i also think jane ,george wife probably did say something to whoever ,and land george in trouble too .i think she was very silly with power and took too many chances ,ie alienating people around when she should have been fostering them ,should have followed katherine of aragons example especially when dealing with a dangerous man like henry ,im not bashing her but in a time like tudor times there was a certain code of conduct one had to follow and anne did not follow it .
Abby Lyn says:
I believe her fall was due to well, many things. One is of children, specificly a son. The only reason, one of the reasons Henry married Anne is so he could gt a son from such a young woman. So, once she lost more than two sons, henry’s eyes wandered, and saw Jane. she was younger than Anne, and thought to be perfect for a son. The other reason is, well, he began to fall out of love with Anne, and saw Jane, but I don’t see what he saw in her. He fell in love with her, and had far to much faith in Anne, and loosened up for Jane, and then Anne was ut of the picture. She was then thought to be a witch, by not granting a single living son. And since Henry was king, and Anne was his consort, he had control over her, and what he said went. If he declaired her a witch, she would be investigated. Since she was also accused of adultery, they recieved the opposite side of the story. Sure George visited Anne, but only as a brother. Mark Smeaton hardly ever saw her when she was queen, so he had no right to be accused of adultery. All in all, I am saying that Anne was innocent, and well, her downfall was alll caused by the bearing of a son.
Uppingham says:
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I think Anne Boleyns fate is like the first world war, people think they know the real reason, but even tho the whole world was watching and fighting, it is still debateable. Franz Ferdinand or itchy trigger fingers??? “The first casualty of war is truth”, and i think this quote applies to Anne story too…is it a conspiracy? or have we juggled the facts for so long that we’ve lost the plot? Maybe the Boleyns were aliens….it makes as much sense as them being witches!
Speaking of witches, I have been toying with that idea since i read the other boleyn girl (kudos Philippa Gregory) my mum and other people in her social circle claim to be “witches or wiccans” the gift of sight seems to dwell within our family, and our family can be traced back to the plantagenets, and I wonder whether the idea of witchcraft is simply a common scapegoat or an actual fundamental part of english history that is simply over looked? it was said that the plantagenets were born of the devil, is witchcraft supposed to have been linked to the devil and therefore a crime against christianity, or has it been misunderstood since the dawn of time? Makes me wonder….
Jen Fast says:
Ive just read the book The Anne Boleyn collection-the truth about Anne Boleyn and aside from all the obvious reasons that Anne fell. I also think that the fact that none of her ladies in waiting were taken down with her, and not all the men accused were put to death shows alot. It was the practice then that men of the court flattered the queen no matter who she was by talking of her beauty and writing songs and poems to her. If Anne Boleyn was an attractive woman(and she clearly was for all she accomplished) then its very possible that some of those men did fall in love with her. I dont think she would have returned those advances if they were ever made, but im sure if a man paid her alot of attention then it was surely gossiped about. Another reason is that i think Anne & Henry VIII were alot alike and i think he was probably just as jealous as she was and that could possibly be why certain men took the fall too-he may have seen or heard that they had feelings for the queen and seems like the type of man who thinks ‘if i cant have her no one can’.That may be a large part of why she had to go. Politics aside-he wanted a new wife and a baby boy. Everyone knew it and played on his insecurities. I think he really did love Anne Boleyn, possibly more than any woman he married, but was just a jealous spoiled tyrant. And we all know he never wanted to see anything that caused him guilt or pain-he would either banish or kill them.
B. Morley says:
When Catherine of Aragon died, she signed Anne Boleyn’s death warrant. Why would Henry keep a questionably legitimate wife who could produce only a questionably legitimate heir? Once Catherine was in her grave, he was free to marry a wife recognized throughout Christendom, who could give birth to an heir likewise recognized. Only Boleyn stood in the way. Do you think it a coincidence that she was executed only four months after Catherine died?
How far do we want to go back? In “Winter King” by Thomas Penn there are references to Henry VII walking with the prince who was to become HVIII and being in deep conversation with him. Since the death of Prince Arthur made HVII uneasy on the throne, as it was not a foregone conclusion that HVIII woud inherit on the death of his father, I could imagine that the topic of those conversations was the necessity for production of sons at any cost. Only 5 kings since the Norman conquest and before the Wars of the Roses (when all bets were off) had died without a son or grandson, and with one exception they had a brother waiting to succeed. The young HVIII did not. HVIII’s delight at the birth of Henry Duke of Cornwall when he was 19 years old and full of hope for many more children to come appears to us through the centuries, as does his grief when the Duke died.
My own view is that it was the lack of sons that sealed Anne’s fate. Everything else could be bolted on to that. Nothing else would have brought about her downfall had she had a son.
It was lack of a son which did for Katherine of Aragon; HVIII made no bones about it, and probably genuinely believed that his marriage was cursed. Anne was one of the voices which urged him to that conclusion. The surprise is not that HVIII wanted to do away with Anne for the same reason, but that different reasons were put forward to justify getting rid of Anne.
Both were tragic.
I deeply sympathize with Anne Boleyn and her relationship with Henry VIII. It’s mind boggling to think of how much Henry loved her and made so many reforms just to have her as his wife and queen only to lead to her complete and utter demise. I think that Henry was a product of his era and that type of power is intoxicating, to have whatever he desires immediately and with no recourse. He has a history of becoming infatuated with a woman, put her above all else, then tire of her and move on to the next conquest. For some reason, Anne and Henry thought this pattern would break with their love and marriage yet that was not the case. As to her fall from his favor, many factors may have contributed. Her inability to produce a male heir for Henry, the miscarriages, Henry’s affairs, and Cromnwell’s accusations. His Iago- like whispering in Henry’s ear and planting that seed of doubt might have been the point of no return for Henry’s love for Anne which seemed non-existent at this point because of his courting of Jane Seymor. Had it not been for his head over heels love he developed for Lady Jane, he might have had more sympathy for Anne. The accusations against her, according to the majority of historians are” unconvincing”. Henry was manipulated by those around him and his own insecurity about his inability to produce a male heir which he also blamed on Anne. Ultimately, he no longer cared for Anne and wanted her gone with all the so-called facts he believed to be true about her infidelities corroborating this. Perhaps deep down Henry doubted the vanity of his marriage to Anne as it was reputed to be invalid in the eyes of the Church to the point of his break with the Church in Rome. To speak of the benefit Anne made, had it not been for her, England might undergone a change of religion and the Catholic Church would have maintained its supreme and unchallenged power. Another aspect not mentioned and also overseen is that after his jousting accident which was severe, Henry was never quite the same, he became vengeful, unforgiving and violent to anyone that displeased him. Poor Anne was too outspoken, jealous of his love for others, and proud to be a submissive medieval queen she did not deserve such a bitter end, she could not see that Henry was not the man she thought he was when she fell in love with him.
Laskarina says:
Thank you for this interesting blog.
As to the reasons you have given for Anne’s fall, they have merit.
I concur with many here that the fact that she did not bear Henry VIII a son is certainly the leading one.
Henry fathered over 100 illegitimate children, some say, so it is a bit odd that he had six queens and many less children. One explanation is that he was riddled with many diseases, syphilis primarily (he certainly had the symptoms), but even chlamydia can cause infertility in a partner who becomes infected.
One might well ask, where did all those other children come from? Probably other fathers. Anyway, Prince Edward, as well as Fitzroy both died from respiratory illness that was probably tuberculosis, owing to the filthy conditions in which they lived and the lack of anything healthy at all, whether food, or “medical” care, or hygiene. Someone in their thirties was considered old, even in the eighteenth century when the average age of death was 32.
If you can get past the fact that western monarchs considered themselves Christian, even when they committed torture murder, war, adultery etc., it’s not a big leap decapitate a wife who is in the way.
Maybe Henry was bi-polar.
I do not believe one can lay the blame to “spoiling” or that Henry was a tyrant. I believe he was a degenerate, lascivious, sociopath who has been glorified by British and American books, movies, etc. into a romantic figure.
I have visited the tower and felt the oppressive sadness that permeates it’s damp walls, but while there I heard a story form a guard about a horrible ghost that frightened him nearly to death. It was of an obese, dirty, drooling, man with a coarse laugh who exuded corruption if not evil.
None of the actors, not even the great Charles Laughton who resembled him very slightly physically, have succeeded in portraying Henry creepy enough.
Whatever Anne’s faults, I doubt very much they were as portrayed even today.
Call me a revisionist, but I have done too much reading of real history not to doubt the excuses given by evildoers or their apologists, to justify their acts.
Rogue Fire says:
Before I state my theory will state my reasons leading up to this theory. True Anne Boleyn refused to become the king’s mistress for some time. Also true is that she did in fact give herself to him before their marriage or his annulment from Catherine. Yet he did not lose interest nor give up his quest for an annulment. H8 also promoted and granted Anne gifts and titles in her own right, aside from the boons he gave to her family. He treated her as an equal in ways even Cromwell was denied. His gifts, devotion and attentions did not cease after he had “conquered her heart and bodily”. He remained completely on her side, taking up her cause when she was spoken badly of, acting as her hero. After the birth of Elizabeth he was disappointed but remains hopeful that more healthy children would follow. Often still being recorded as insisting visiting dignitaries treated her with much respect. Notorious H8 always was for promiscuity he just did not appear to see a problem in having mistresses. But Anne did wait a major portion of her child bearing years to marry the king. Perhaps she expected him to be hers only after all he did to attain a marriage to her. After Henry planned her coronation and continued to show her respect and tokens of gifts and devotions. She was bold and outspoken. She was aware that one queen had already been unceremoniously cast aside. Her jealousy, fear and anger leading to the arguments quite understandable. Then he meets a soft spoken, submissive woman like Jane. For Henry must have seemed a refreshing change. So he starts falling and as he begins to fall so does he also begin to tally the faults of Anne. Then you have the ever present Cromwell. Enemy of Anne. Also a miscarried son (although widely disproven to have been grotesque or disfigured) The king is grieving his loss, pining for Jane and Cromwell whispers in his ear “I have heard rumors the queen is having affairs” Anne the woman he’d loved, protected and elevated above all others. The queen he wanted more than all others for so many years. He’s livid. His ego mortally wounded. His faith displaced. And also his opportunity to be rid of his temperamental queen in favor of the sweet submissive Jane. Why the whole kingdom should rally behind him as obviously Jane is much kinder and more suitable and not rumored to be a witch or associated with Catherine or his split from Rome. Restoration. Even as far as his bloodlines because she may produce the son that Anne had not. If even one shred of evidence can be found…..and Cromwell sets out to find it. Let’s also remember at this time H8 is having his leg treated with crushed pearls and lead among other things so high chance for delusions and psychotic imaginings are quite plausible. Cromwell finds the evidence, H8 orders the execution then revels in the comcompany of his new love feeling as though God has both spared him any further agony and blessed his feelings for Jane by clearing the path
I would like to add that his rage probably accounts for her terrible burial. And his hasty removal of all her “memory” not only born from anger but also because he saw this chance to heal the divisions in his country. If people could forget why he left Catharine and not seehis break from the cchurch as anything other than him wanting to wisely rule his people and lead them away from the corruption his position could be strengthened. Just as the birth of his son he believed did. I am not actually convinced he loved Jane Seymour but rather used her to try to heal his country and produce a male heir. Yet another way of hastily removing Anne from memory is to immediately give them a new queen. One completely opposite of Anne. Banishing all thoughts of her presence. He wanted Jane’s coronation to exceed all others and after his son arrived he named het his one true wife. Yet he was enamored which his mistress while they were married. This does not speak of love but a tactical marriage.
This topic fascinates me. I don’t know if anybody else gets this or if it is just me perhaps being crazy and weird.. but as you said in the introduction to the article: Anne’s troubles haunt my dreams and subconscious, and I hope that if there is punishment in the afterlife, that Henry is receiving it still! I literally feel haunted by Anne, and I feel overwhelming sadness.
Theresa Roche says:
On reading accounts of Anne’s sometimes hysterical behaviour and mood swings as the marriage deteriorated it occurs to me that there might have been another factor at play other than the obvious terror of knowing Henry’s character and that he could well get rid of her more easily and a lot quicker than he could Katherine of Aragon.
Has anyone ever thought that Anne Boleyn might have been born within the earlier timeframe that her birth is usually put in? Maybe even say in 1500? If so, then supposing she found herself going through early menopause? Supposing her periods were becoming less frequent and she showed signs of it? If Henry suspected that, plus the fact that she had miscarried in January 1536, then he knew and she knew her days were numbered.
One of the symptoms of menopausal women is the mood swings Anne showed.
A lot of folk will think I’m simply wrong.
Yet if Anne Boleyn was menopausal or even if she wasn’t menopausal but was heading for 36 rather than 29 years old – that would be a reason enough for Henry, who wanted a son and heir so desperately – to destroy her. Add to that all the other factors and she was indeed doomed. I think her birth date (which is unfixed by historians) is a major factor. I think she was around 36 and not under 30.
In fact, from Henry’s point of view, when Jane Seymour gave birth to Prince Edward, Henry would have felt that he was justified in destroying Anne for “raison d’etat” and the the good and security of England following the legacy of The Wars of the Roses” that he would have been all to aware of during his childhood.
One factor that seems to be missing is Henry’s head injury. His personality shifted very dramatically soon after. I am married to a man who has what is now called acquired brain injury and can say from honest heart-felt experience that his moods shift suddenly and drastically without warning. I also believe that Catherine’s death left Anne vulnerable because whilst she was alive Henry would have had to return to her in the event of a marriage breakdown. Miscarriages were not uncommon, but Henry built up an obsession over a son to ensure succession. He obviously had little faith in his own legislation at the event of his death as such I would envisage him to be an extremely controlling yet insecure man. He was clearly easily manipulated by those around him and concerned about the opinion of others. Psychologically a very complex man and I do wonder about his overall mental health given his moods and extremely violent nature. And yet he shyed away from his own actions, took himself out of the equation with regards to executions and the like. As someone else said he did not like to take responsibility for his own actions.
I believe when he had the fall from his horse in January 1536 he damaged the front part of his brain and personality traits already there became more pronounced – paranoia being one of them – it would also suit his own wishes to get a new Queen in Jane Seymour if he could really convince himself that Anne was committing adultery. He was the ultimate hypocrite in the way he saw things anyway – “Katherine’s not my wife” being a classic example of that self-delusion. I also believe that if he was having erectile dysfunction (which Anne had confided was the case to Jane Rochfort) then he would blame Anne and if he had heard the rumour get around court that would be enough to make him want to kill her – such was his ego. I don’t believe he was able to consummate his marriage to Anne of Cleves either and that was another reason he rejected her – he turned things around so that if he failed to do something then it was the woman’s fault. If he had erectile dysfunction with Anne Boleyn then he would be seriously worried about never having a male heir and so the solution seemed simple to him – ditch her for Jane Seymour.
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Investigators looking into allegations that student made threats of violence at BOCES
posted by Howard B. Owens in batavia, Batavia HS, BOCES, crime, notify, news.
A BOCES student is suspected of making threats of violence at the Batavia campus and he is currently undergoing a mental health evaluation in Buffalo.
The name of the student is not being released and he has not been charged, though Chief Deputy Jerome Brewster said that if there is sufficient evidence for charges against the youth, he will be charged.
Brewster said local law enforcement takes these kinds of threats seriously and will act on them when they come to the attention of local officials.
"We're still trying to pin down what he said and to whom," Brewster said. "If anyone is going to make such threats about something they're going to do at a school, they are going to get arrested."
Superintendent Chris Daily confirmed he was made aware of the threats and notified local law enforcement.
"We look into any kind of threat and work with local law enforcement to make sure it is not credible, and if it is we act accordingly," Daily said. "We take any threat very seriously. The safety of our students is of utmost importance."
It's unclear if the student made verbal threats or if he had written anything down. Brewster said investigators are still looking into it.
Daily said he was only aware of statements the student reportedly made at BOCES.
Brewster characterized the threats, based on information available so far, as vague threats to hurt students with no reference as to how he would do it.
The youth is somebody with prior criminal charges.
Batavia PD was notified of the alleged threats and has offered to assist in the investigation, Chief Shawn Heubusch said.
It's important, Brewster said, for parents, teachers, fellow students, and others who come in contact with somebody making threats against schools to notify authorities.
"Unfortunately, we live in a day and age when the rule is, if you see something, say something," Brewster said. "Police can't act on anything if they don't know about it."
david spaulding
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They don't even know what he said if he said anything yet he's hauled away for an evaluation.
how does that work? someone calls the police and reports a gut feeling , a hunch? should we call this a pre-emptive arrest? Is the evaluation being forced on this young person? seems a court would have to order it not a hunch from a chief deputy.
jeff saquella
David...I doubt if they are acting on a hunch, somebody probably either heard him say something or saw something he had written. What do you want authorities to do, Ignore it? and end up with another parkland fla. situation? They are doing the right thing by checking this kid out.
Mary Finnegan
A few times people have called the police on me and lied to have me committed. The police take you to Strong or Warsaw for evaluation, whether you want to go or not. I now brag that I have nine SANE CETIFICATES> Never committed and appalled that the
law can be used this way.
Jeff , I'm just going on what the cop said.. should scare all of us that authorities can haul you away with no proof you did anything wrong. That superintendent takes threats seriously, well the Chief Deputy has no proof of any threat. I take hauling people away and locking them up for a hunch or a gut feeling seriously too.
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By Carolyn McDowall October 23, 2012
Downton Abbey Series 3 – New Obstacles and Double Standards
Downton Abbey Series 3 Episode 6 is all about weighing up and balancing chances against expectations and life-changing events. If you don’t want us to spoil it for you please don’t read on. Once again the Dowager Duchess Violet comes to the rescue. She is busy for much of the episode encouraging the local Doctor to talk to Lord Robert and Lady Cora, who have been forced apart by the circumstances surrounding the death of their beloved daughter Sybil. She wants him to help them surmount the obstacles that stand in their way from seeking comfort in each other’s arms and finding a way forward together.
The story starts with the aftermath of Lady Sybil’s funeral, which has indeed been an awful event for all involved, one the viewers cannot help but be drawn into reports our British correspondent, due to some splendid performances. Duchess Cora is still in a very unforgiving mood and refusing Lord Robert from returning to her bed. Everyone is overcome with so much grief, none more so than Sybil’s husband Tom.
He is still struggling to come to terms with his beautiful wife’s dreadful death from a distressing medical condition of pregnancy that has the patient progressing from convulsion to confusion and from coma to cardiac arrest if steps are not taken quickly and concisely. Pre-eclampsia and eclampsia are collectively called ‘the Hypertensive disorder of pregnancy and toxemia of pregnancy’. It’s a very rare condition that can still occur today.
Matthew is standing firm at his side endeavouring to support Tom Branson as he struggles to find a new way forward with his thriving baby daughter, whom he wants to call Sybil after his much loved and adored wife.
The next hurdle and obstacle to overcome will be his parent’s in law’s approval of the name and the babies christening. Lady Crawley however could be just throwing another curve by deciding to give a luncheon party for all the ‘ladies’ to help them discuss what has happened and come to terms with their loss.
Anna is still standing by Bates as Lord Robert’s lawyer endeavours to confirm the new evidence Anna has discovered that will prove Bates’s innocence and secure his release. However there are new obstacles in the way and double standards being employed in this episode, both upstairs and down.
The staff are busy championing the man in prison while condemning and harshly judging the housemaid Ethel, who is trying hard to turn her life around after being given a second chance by Lady Crawley. They believe they know Bates is innocent, after all he is one of them and his word is to be trusted.
On the other hand Ethel admitted she lapsed, conceiving a baby out of wedlock and then indulging in prostitution, trying to earn money so that she and her baby would not starve on the streets. She has paid the price and given her baby away to give it a greater chance of a better life.
Bates has to resolve the obstacles put in his way in prison by threatening to kill another inmate he believes is thwarting his efforts to prove the truth about his innocence.
Ethel meanwhile is grateful for the chance Lady Crawley has given her to redeem herself and find a new life. She enlists the aid of the Downton cook Mrs Patmore to help her brush up on her cuisine preparation skills. She wants to cater the best she can for the luncheon and show the ladies her respect and support in hard times.
While Mrs Patmore doubts why she is there to assist, Ethel assures her it is because she is a kind person. Ethel knows she has to overcome her demons and using the recipes Mrs Patmore has supplied and assistance provided pushes ever forward. Those double standards rear their ugly head again when Lord Grantham invites the local Vicar to dinner in his endeavour to influence the christening of Tom and Sybil’s baby and where it will take place.
He wants the baby christened in the Church of England, while Tom is insisting on a Roman Catholic ceremony. The debate rages over the dinner table where the Vicar 0bserves that there might be something ‘un English about the Roman church’? to which Tom retorts that ‘as he is an Irishman’ it’s certainly not likely to bother him. Travis pushes on regardless ‘I cannot think bells and incense’ and other aspects of the pagan rituals ‘pleasing to God’. Tom fires back so is God not pleased by the population of the French or Italians, to which the reply is ‘not as pleased as he is by the Anglicans’. Ethel and Mary come down on Tom’s side, along with Matthew and Lady Crawley they prove that religion is a subject to be avoided at all times, especially when it ensures heartburn.
The Duchess chimes in and observes that one of her dearest friends is the Duchess of Norfolk, who is ‘more catholic than the Pope’. The Norfolks are certainly a famous family that has, over the centuries, been one the most renowned Catholic housesholds England. Duchess Violet is comfortably fence sitting, wanting to show them all that there are two sides to every story, however they are not hearing her message.
Lord Robert doesn’t feel its helpful for the baby to be baptised into a different ‘tribe’, but Tom insists if she is then she will be baptised into his tribe.
Mary cannot contain herself another minute and finally reveals Sybil’s last wishes. They were given to her on the day she died when Sybil had made Mary promise that the child would be christened Catholic like its father.
At this time the Oxford Movement of 1833, a powerful religious reawakening was in full swing in England, which in brief wanted to take the English church back to the time pre Henry VIII, when the English ‘Catholic’ Church had been viewed by Rome as a rare jewel in our lady’s crown. According to Julian Fellowes the movement seemingly hadn’t reached Downton Village, by the 1920’s, which is in many ways surprising, especially when it had a Lord who prided himself on being an ‘enlightened’ man.
The renaissance of spirituality, theology, scholarship, liturgy, music, art, architecture, and the revival of religious orders and communities (monks and nuns), which the Oxford Movement began in the Church of England, goes under the name of the Catholic Revival. To this day in the early twenty-first century, there is not a parish church in the Anglican Communion around the world that has not been affected by it in some way or other. The bells and smells of the mass are very much part of Anglican ritual and ceremony, even if only on special occasions. And the word ‘catholic’ itself simply means universal in extent; involving all; of interest to all.
The Lord is ‘flabbergasted’ that his cherished daughter would have left such an instruction about her baby being christened a catholic. Lady was Cora retorts that not everyone chooses their religion to satisfy ‘Debrett’s’, a reference to one of the oldest English publications listing the members of the British peerage and their genealogical details. Founded in 1769 being listed as a person of distinction in ‘Debrett’s certainly during the time Downton Abbey is set, was the penultimate acknowledgment of a families success and Carson for one would have certainly been pleased to see his ‘house and family’ listed.
Downstairs Carson is busy expressing his own views at the staff dinner that ‘Catholics can hardly be loyal to the Crown’. He’s being frightfully ‘snobbish’ and entirely judgmental right throughout this episode and he makes your blood boil, showing just how powerfully Fellowes plugs into everyone’s emotions with his writing on this most glamorous of all ‘soap opera’s.
Carson is also hot on the trail, having seen Mrs Patmore while he was down in the village exiting Lady Crawley’s house. He now has to get to the bottom of the reason why because he has forbidden anyone in his team to talk to or even acknowledge poor Ethel, who is in his eyes a fallen woman and one that can never be redeemed. He is conveniently forgetting that it takes two to tango and produce a baby, and one of those is always a man!
Having retired Matthew and Mary discuss that perhaps Sybil already knew when she made Mary promise that she would support the baby’s christening in the Catholic faith. Matthew in reminiscing over the period of the war, which is now fading behind us, that he should be used to people dying young, although he’s not.
Matthew also expresses the view that he wants Mary’s father Lord Robert to realize that he wasn’t given Downton by ‘God’s decree’ and without good management they could face losing it, despite all the money he has invested.
‘We have to work if we want to keep it’ he says’. This makes them both realise that they should never take each other for granted and they re-confirm their love and commitment to each other. As they have been bickering a lot lately, its good to hear.
Thinks are definitely looking up for our Daisy who has been invited by her deceased husband William’s father Mr Macy to come and spend the weekend on his farm. She finds out that he wants her to come and live with him there. He also tells her he is leaving its tenancy, its stock, his tools and all his money to her as his heiress when he dies.
So Daisy, the humble kitchen maid, who thought her whole life would be spent in the drudgery attached to service, is about to become richer than she could have ever dreamed possible all because of one man’s kindness.
‘But I’m a woman’, she says to him, scared stiff of what it all might mean. Could she possibly contemplate another sort of life?
The Dowager Duchess asks Dr Clarkson to correct the division and rupture he has caused between her son and his wife so that they can bear and face their grief together. Will he succumb to the will of this his most supportive patron? Can he twist the facts in a way that they can all accept and live with? Lie is a so unmusical a word, the Dowager observes as she struggles to find out if they have something in common.
Matthew is showing Tom the farming property belonging to Downton and finds out that there is a ‘country boy inside the revolutionary’, a piece of information that may be useful for Matthew to know as he endeavours to tackle the huge issues surrounding making the land pay its way in the future.
Lady Crawley is busy greeting her guests to lunch when all hell breaks loose. Carson finally finds out that all his ‘ladies’ are going to being eating a meal cooked by a ‘prostitute’. He erupts into a fit of indignation and pompous posturing and hastens to tell all to Lord Robert who he knows will come down on his side. Down in the village Lady Crawley is frankly flabbergasted at the marvellous meal Ethel has prepared for her guests, who are all enjoying the occasion. She observes to them all that she may have underestimated Ethel and her abilities and they are just discussing Ethel’s hopes for the future when Lord Robert suddenly burst with rage into the room where they are all enjoying Lady Crawley’s hospitality. He demands that they all leave, because Lady Crawley has set his family up to be ridiculed by exposing them to scandal. When they hear the facts surrounding this decision and his outrage Lady Cora refuses, glad to know Mrs Patmore has helped Ethel noting that at least she has a ‘good heart and does not judge’, which is what being a practicing Christian is supposed to be all about.
Downstairs debate at the servant’s dinner table brings up the inevitable Mary Magdalene reference and Jesus’s relationship with a ‘renowned prostitute’. While it cannot be confirmed that Jesus ‘ate’ with her, we do know that he allowed her to wash his feet observes Mr Molesley. Amused at his parallel Mrs Hughes wonderfully observes right back that Ethel will be pleased as she might yet have ‘a treat in store’.
James the new footman, continually worried about all Thomas’s attempts to ‘touch him’, once again tells Mrs O’Brien.They have all discovered ‘Jimmy’ can play the piano and he takes the opportunity to reveal that he can also do the quickstep, dancing with Daisy who has been trying to teach Alfred how to dance. Caught by Carson they are all admonished for daring to enjoy such a light moment in such distressing times and Alfred fails to back up his colleague, a weakness of character not to be admired.
The end comes with Anna rushing to tell everyone the news, when she receives a telegram, of Bates imminent release causing much joy. Ethel bravely arrives with flowers at Downton Abbey for Mrs Patmore, confronting all her accusers. What will they all do? Lady Cora and Lord Robert are being summoned by the Dowager Duchess to have a word with Dr Clarkson and we can only hope that after this encounter things will start to regain their equilibrium at Downton Abbey for the babies christening.
Carolyn McDowall, The Culture Concept Circle 2012
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Carolyn McDowall FRSA has gained considerable experience and business acumen in her professional career. An independent cultural and social historian, Carolyn is an interior designer by trade. She has been involved in the creative sector for over thirty years in Australia; completing interior design projects, creating and producing innovative corporate and not-for profit (social profit) community events. She has over that time continuously conducted independent research , while designing, developing, and producing educational art and design history programs in conjunction with renowned specialist colleagues.
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Dog Pretends To Be Sick So His Dad Will Stay Home From Work
"I’m actually not surprised at all that he could pull this off."
Lovesickness, more often than not, doesn’t have any overt physical symptoms. So, seemingly with that in mind, this clever pup decided to go ahead and invent his own.
Kennady Longhurst
Sullivan lives in Utah with his owners, Alex and Kennady. Last week, Kennady decided to spend her lunch break at home with the dog. When it came time to return to work, however, Sullivan suddenly began making a coughing sound that had her very concerned.
"It really, really freaked me out," Kennady told The Dodo. "He was wagging his tail and running around and just wanted to play but also kept making this horrific noise."
Kennady then called her husband to let him know what was happening. Since she couldn't stay with Sullivan, Alex decided to go home early from work to keep him company and make sure things didn't get worse.
But, sure enough, with that extra dose of love and attention the dog's coughing ceased as mysteriously as it had begun.
That evening, it seemed Sullivan was in the clear. "We figured he must have just gotten something stuck in his throat and finally got it out," Kennady said.
The next morning, however, as the couple prepared to head off to work, the dog began coughing again. Worried once more, Alex thought it best to stay home that day, too. And sure enough, that was probably the exact response Sullivan had been hoping for.
Later on, Alex took Sullivan to the vet in hopes of pinpointing his apparent illness. After a few tests, it was concluded that the dog was actually totally healthy. That cough? FAKE.
Just to be sure, the couple consulted several more vets to ask about Sullivan's symptoms.
"Almost all of them said he could be acting sick in the mornings or when we leave him because he knows if he acts different or sick we pay more attention to him and stay with him," Kennady said.
Turns out, such fakery in pets is not unheard of — especially when it inspires sympathy TLC from their favorite people.
Dr. Jill Sackman, head of the Behavior Medicine Service at BluePearl Veterinary Partners, says this is in line with a phenomena called operant conditioning:
"Dogs certainly can learn that certain behaviors result in things that are good — such as a cough or a sneeze results in owner attention," Sackman told The Dodo. "I wouldn't say that this is faking it ... but rather they are so clever that they realize that the behavior results in a reward."
Fortunately, Sullivan has since stopped coughing. Kennady suspects that the dog realized that feigning sickness is actually a double-edged sword; the extra attention was nice, but the trip to the vet was not.
"I’m actually not surprised at all that he could pull this off," she said. "He has been an insanely smart dog since we got him when he was a puppy. He learned and picked up on stuff really fast. He’s a really great dog."
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Legendary F1 Designer Adrian Newey Moves to New Extreme E Racing Series
What can F1's most successful designer bring to an off-road, electric car racing series?
By Rob Stumpf September 24, 2019
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Legendary Formula One designer Adrian Newey has announced a career change that will surprise even the most seasoned of racing fans: a move to the futuristic, electric off-road racing series called Extreme E.
Earlier this week, Newey announced that he would be coined "lead visionary" of Veloce Racing, a motorsports team jointly co-founded by Newey and Formula E world champion Jean-Éric Vergne. The team plans to compete in Extreme E, an all-new off-road racing series dedicated to bringing all-terrain electric vehicles to remote locations where the thought of tarmac is nothing more than a pipe dream.
Newey's role in the organization will be to initially understand and engineer a powertrain for Extreme E, but also to adapt to the changes and maturation of the industry to ensure that Veloce stays on the bleeding edge of technology in electric motorsports. Coming from some of the industry's biggest names like McLaren, Williams, and Red Bull to name a few, Newey will bring established knowledge to a brand-new style of racing.
Unlike traditional racing which usually happens on a preset track with live spectators, Extreme E plans to turn the entire thought of racing as we know it upside down. Contenders test not only their skill, but the endurance of their battery-powered off-road vehicles by racing in remote areas in the Himalayas, rainforests, deserts, and Indian Ocean islands, all while live-streaming to spectators around the world.
The series will also help to highlight key environmental concerns of each race course by building a series of documentaries around the sport and the respective venues where they are hosted. Extreme E recently announced that it would host its first event in Greenland as an arctic expedition.
"Everyone involved in Veloce Racing is extremely passionate about racing, competition, and cutting-edge technology, as well as tackling environmental issues that face the world today, so we couldn't be happier to be taking part in Extreme E," said Newey.
"The series is an exceptional platform for developing new technology, drawing attention to the earth’s environmental challenges and driving change. Veloce will play an active role in as many of Extreme E’s legacy projects as possible to help regenerate the local environments."
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Co-founders of Veloce Racing, Adrian Newey and Jean-Éric Vergne
Those familiar with Esports might recognize the Veloce brand from its already extensive presence in the video game community. Veloce Racing's sister organization, Veloce Esports, regularly competes in tournaments featuring racing-based video games such as Formula 1, Forza, Gran Turismo, Project Cars, Dirt, and Rocket League.
While video games haven't traditionally facilitated fans into becoming full-fledged racing enthusiasts, new teams look to take the appeal of Esports and apply them to both Formula E and Extreme E, effectively broadening the appeal of racing to a younger audience by migrating games into reality.
Still, it's important to consider the big names that Extreme E is attracting. While its founder Alejandro Agag might have earned notoriety even before founding sister racing series Formula E, his newest venture has been sucking in some of the biggest names in modern racing with very little effort. At the very least, this should help to further brighten the future of motorsports for both new and veteran fans.
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Teen Poses as Police Officer While Robbing Blind Man in Manhattan
Jordyn Walker, a 15-year-old Missouri girl, has gone permanently blind due to a mystery illness. (Jordyn Walker Has Gone Blind/GoFundMe)
Missouri Teenager Permanently Blinded by Mystery Illness
By Zachary Stieber
January 2, 2019 Updated: January 2, 2019
A Missouri teenager has gone permanently blind due to a mystery illness that caused severe swelling in her face.
Jordyn Walker, 15, was rushed to the emergency room at Kansas University Medical Center on Dec. 12 after 10 days of severe stomach pain, vomiting, and bloody diarrhea, a friend wrote on a GoFundMe fundraising page for the teen.
While she was waiting to be seen, Walker began to swell and suddenly lost her vision.
“The pressure behind Jordyn’s eyes was an average of 85 mm Hg — the normal eye pressure is around 12-22 mm Hg. Ophthalmologists cut slits by her eyes to detach her eyelids and to try and open the eye socket in order to reduce swelling. Jordyn was still conscious but received lidocaine for numbing,” Shannon Loerzel Sr. wrote.
“This was only briefly effective, and they later performed an emergency operation around 1:30 am to remove part of her orbital bones on each side of her face to reduce the swelling. The swelling began to subside after removal of the orbital bones and receiving upwards of 1000 mg of steroids.”
Doctors hoped that Walker’s eyesight would return but three days later, they determined her blindness was permanent.
“Doctors believe that the blood flow to the optic nerve was compromised, severely damaging one nerve and completely destroying the other. Her right eye experienced what in the brain would be similar to a stroke, obliterating her optic nerve and causing severe damage to the retina. The substantial pressure in both eyes stretched the optic nerve, completely separating it from her right eye and compromising it beyond repair in the left,” Loerzel Sr. wrote.
Family members and friends have been left stunned by the mystery illness, which doctors have struggled to diagnose. Loerzel noted that the same mysterious illness cost the teen her sense of smell and taste in July 2017 after another spell of severe swelling.
Walker told WDAFthat the illness seemed to start after she went with her family on a cruise.
“It just went haywire from there. Everything started swelling,” Walker said.
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After the first spell of swelling, the family was told it was extremely unlikely that it would happen again.
Then, the swelling suddenly started again just two weeks before Christmas.
“My whole face just turned purple and bruised and giant with blood,” Walker said.
Her mother, Kendyll Walker, added: “It was terrifying to watch it happen all over again and knowing we couldn’t do anything about it.”
The fundraiser is in part for research into the illness in the hopes that it doesn’t affect anyone in the future. The family plans to travel to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota within the next several weeks for testing.
And the teen says she refuses to let her loss of multiple senses keep her from living life. “I’m not going to let this stop me,” she said.
“Jordyn is happy to be home but will have many changes in her future. She has decided to remain positive about her life changes but has good times and bad times,” added Loerzel Sr. on the GoFundMe in a Dec. 29 update. “Jordyn has resilience and will get through this but will need as much support as possible. Friend visits and company are appreciated with notice.”
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THE MOVIE JUNKIE
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Benjamin Carpenter
Uncle Frank - Amazon Original Movie Review
Uncle Frank centers around a man with an inner conflict of being who he wants to be vs being who everyone tells him he is. Ironically, the film itself seems to share a similar inner conflict. It’s split into two halves. The first half is a coming of age film about Beth Bledsoe, an atypical teenage girl growing up in South Carolina. The second half is a family melodrama with a hidden secret that emerges to change the family forever. Between both of them, you have a road-trip movie that adds refreshing brevity. It’s unclear what type of film Uncle Frank is supposed to be but it is clear that the melodramatic second half is the less interesting part. It is the strong first half that keeps you emotionally invested in the second.
Uncle Frank and Beth on the road. Image Credit: Amazon Prime Video
Uncle Frank is about a closeted gay NYU professor who has to return to his ultra-traditional southern roots to attend his father’s funeral. This isn’t an original story. It’s actually very cliche but what makes it interesting is that it’s shown from Beth’s eyes. Beth is the outsider of her family which makes her and her Uncle Frank kindred spirits. As she tells us through narration, her Uncle is the only one with whom she feels a strong connection. We see that at the start of the film. It starts with a birthday get-together for Daddy Mac or Beth’s grandfather.
Daddy Mac is the patriarch of the family and Beth notes that he does not hold back from showing his disdain towards his eldest son Frank whether privately or in mixed company, but she doesn’t know why. No one gives Beth any attention except for Uncle Frank. Beth and Frank are kindred spirits. They both don’t belong in South Carolina. Frank tells Beth, “You’re gonna be the person you decide to be, or you’re gonna be the person everyone tells you you are. You get to choose”. Beth takes this advice to heart and 5 years later, leaves her small town to go to NYU where Frank works.
"You get to choose". Image Credit: Amazon Prime Video
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Shortly after being at NYU, Beth sees a whole different side of Frank. A side he has hidden from his family for a long time. She shows up at a party Frank is hosting unannounced and Frank introduces her to his boyfriend, Walid, that he’s had for 10 years. Beth takes this news easily and takes in this new environment. The tone changes quickly when Daddy Mac dies and the entire Bledsoe family has to return to South Carolina for the funeral. Walid sees this as an opportunity to meet the family. Frank objects but it’s not enough to stop Walid from secretly following Frank and Beth to South Carolina. Thus we enter the road-trip movie mode.
Walid, Frank and Beth. Image Credit: Amazon Prime Video
Beth’s role in the film gets progressively smaller as the film goes on and inversely, the focus on Frank’s role gets bigger which is disappointing. Beth’s character brings moments of sincerity that the film could not otherwise capture. The first half was also much more lighthearted than the second half. The expertly crafted comedic moments with Walid, Frank, and Beth are what builds rapport between the audience and the characters but that seemed to diminish as the film tended to center around Frank, leading to a melodramatic third act. By the end, there were times I forgot that Beth even there not to mention that she was our main character.
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Uncle Frank’s story is one we’ve seen before. It’s one of a long-awaited family reunion, a devastating secret, repressed self hate and to top it all off, alcoholism. It’s the perfect storm for a dysfunctional family event. This storyline may have been the easiest one for Alan Ball, the director, and writer, but with such a strong first half it would’ve been nice to see what other ways Ball could’ve taken the story.
Cast And Characters
Every once and a while, you have an actor that gets lost within the character they are playing. Paul Bettany is one such actor who completely melts into the character of Frank. Apart from a performance full of intellectual nuance, what really makes Bettany standout as Frank is, as Ball put it, is overwhelming decency. The moment you see Frank you want to like him and by the time you hear him talk you’re already rooting for him.
Peter Macdissi as Walid is the heart of the film. His absolute candor juxtaposed against two stoic and introspective individuals was refreshing and added much-needed brevity. Sophia Lillis as Beth brings a warm naivete to the film that brings out the compassion in each character. Judy Greer, Steve Zahn, Margo Martindale, and Stephen Root were all well cast in their roles but didn’t have much to work with other than being the cliche traditional family that’s resistant to change.
Comedy and Drama in equal measure. Image Credit: Amazon Prime Video
Should you watch it?
Uncle Frank is a coming of age, family drama, road-trip movie with two protagonists. Even though there’s unmet potential, the story is engaging all throughout, the comedic moments are authentic, and the characters are a joy to behold. The strong character work for Frank, Beth, and Walid in the first half of the film will carry you into the last half excited to see how it will all end.
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Split in Two – The Boromir/Faramir Story
by theoneringAug 2, 2004Stories
They rode hard. They rode as if the entire host of Mordor was behind them, but it was not enough. When Sanorë ran, breathless, into Osgiliath’s House of Healing, it was too late. Her father was gone.
She stood in the doorway, frozen to the cold stones of the floor, watching in stunned silence as they took her father’s body away to prepare it for burial. Watching as her mother sobbed without restraint.
The world felt unreal, as though she was in the middle of a horrible dream and would be woken up at any moment. She slowly became aware of the lump growing in her throat, and the terrible ache in her heart. Tears slipped slowly down her cheeks and dripped to the floor like a salty rain.
Her mother wrapped shaking arms around her, and together they cried, one for a husband lost, one for a father.
Vaguely, Sanorë noticed a rough, uncertain hand on her shoulder, and through the tears blurring her eyes, she saw Boromir standing beside her.
Sanorë’s mother was the first to regain some semblance of composure. “I have to go, darling.”
Sanorë nodded. It was common for the wives to assist with the plans for burial and the preparations involved. She let go of her mother and heard the familiar sound of her mother’s skirt rustle away down the hall. An exhaustion she couldn’t explain settled on her shoulders, and she let herself sink onto the now-empty bed.
“Oh, father,” she sighed. The hot tears still stung her eyes, but she tried to hold them back. At least for Boromir’s sake. He had to be tired of seeing her cry.
She looked up at him with red, swollen eyes, and said, “I was too late.”
Boromir’s eyebrows lowered almost imperceptibly. What was a man to say?
“I was too late,” she repeated. “I didn’t even get to kiss him goodbye. I didn’t get to see him.” Her voice trembled.
Boromir sat down beside her and placed an arm around her shoulders, trying to offer what comfort he could. He racked his brain trying to think of something to say that would not sound stupid or upset her further. He’d never been confronted with a girl that was facing loss of this magnitude, and he didn’t know how to deal with it. Did you simply hold her and let her cry? Or did you think of clever things to say that would make her feel better?
He hoped he could just hold her. He wasn’t very good at thinking up witticisms, especially not in times like these.
He tightened his arm as Sanorë shivered. “I’m sorry,” he finally whispered. “I know it hurts.”
Sanorë sat stiffly beside him for a second, and then finally gave in to his hold. “It hurts more than anything I’ve ever felt before,” she said, the tears falling again. “I just want it to go away.”
Boromir knew about this. This was one thing he knew too much about. He’d lost his mother, and though he’d been very young when she had died, he still remembered clearly how much it had hurt him. Though his child’s mind had not understood death then, he had still known that his mother was gone, never to come back, and he had cried for her.
“It will go away, Sanorë, it will. It doesn’t feel like it, not now. But slowly you’ll learn to remember the good times you had with Belegnor, and you’ll forget this moment, and all the pain it brought you. The ache will fade away,” he promised, hoping that he had helped.
A woman walked past the door and looked in on them suspiciously, as though they were doing something illegal and should be reported to the authorities, but when she saw the Steward’s Heir staring coldly at her, she moved on.
“And someday,” Boromir said, now that the woman was gone, “you’ll be with your father again, just as I will be with my mother. It’s like Belegnor has gone for a journey, and you’ll be joining him at the destination later.”
Sanorë sniffed shakily. “I need to blow my nose,” she said, wiggling loose of Boromir. A clean cloth lay on the bedside table, and she wiped her eyes and nose with it.
Feeling a little better, she faced Boromir again. “Thank you, my lord,” she said quietly. “You have done much to comfort me, and I will not forget it.”
Boromir smiled at her. “It has been my pleasure.” She sounded like a grown woman when she spoke in that tone and manner, not a girl of sixteen years, and it amused him. He felt irreverent to be thinking of humor when he sat on the bed of a man not yet cold.
He stood, after having that thought, and offered his arm to Sanorë. “Shall we go then?”
Sanorë hesitated. “What about my mother? She will not know where to look for me, and I don’t want to worry her.”
“She knows you’re with me. And we will only go as far as the front courtyard. I think fresh air will do you good.”
Sanorë nodded and took his arm.
Dorel finally reached the cover of a forest that extended as far as the eye could see in both directions. His feet were blistered and aching. The mare was limping, and her head hung low to the ground. A fly landed on her flank, but she did not even bother to swing her tail and flick it away.
After a moment of searching, Dorel found a slow-moving stream, and knelt down to drink, not noticing the dirt and leaves floating in it. The horse stumbled forward and plunged her nose in, lapping it greedily.
When at last his thirst was quenched, Dorel stood up shakily. He tied the mare’s reins to a tree near the stream and a patch of lush green grass.
“I think we will stay here tonight, eh?” he rasped, speaking to the mare. The volume of his voice startled him. He didn’t think he’d spoken that loud. But then he realized that it wasn’t that he was too loud. It was that these woods were far too quiet. There were no birds singing, no crickets chirping. No peaceful rustling of the tree leaves.
Dorel looked around nervously. He’d never liked being out of doors at night, especially alone.
It was on his third look at the gnarled, ancient trees that he realized exactly which forest he was in.
Fangorn.
Guys, I’m so sorry this took such a long time, and that it’s pretty short! My birthday came up, along with a trip to my grandmother’s house, and I’m studying for the SAT, so life’s been pretty busy. :
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PA Consulting Six types of modern student reflect how universities can build for the future
Six types of modern student reflect how universities can build for the future
The coronavirus crisis has created an opportunity for institutions to tailor to the needs of different learners, writes Mike Boxall
As universities begin to look beyond their initial emergency-response phase to the coronavirus crisis – locked-down campuses and stop-gap remote working solutions – they face questions about the fundamental roles of higher education institutions post-pandemic.
For many years, higher education in the UK has been organised, shaped and controlled by the decisions of largely autonomous universities, each offering their own (very similar) educational programmes. This has led to criticism that universities are more concerned with their reputations and economic welfare than meeting the diverse interests of their students, and that learners have to fit their differing aspirations and needs to what is on offer from the HE establishment. However, the unprecedented disruption caused by Covid-19 and the economic downturn forecast in its wake have created both imperatives and opportunities for a back-to-basics reassessment of who higher education exists to serve, and what it should provide for them.
Such reassessment must recognise the enormous diversity of the people who need access to higher education and their very different reasons for investing their time and money in going to university.
There are (at least) six distinct categories of modern students:
1. School-leavers transitioning to adult and working life
Higher education supports both the intellectual and personal development of young people who may (quite reasonably) be undecided on their future career paths. The subject matter studied by these learners matters less than the richness of the formative experience offered by university – as is recognised by the US liberal studies model of broad-based undergraduate studies, with specialisation coming mainly at postgraduate levels.
2. Students who want to enter regulated professions
For this group, externally accredited pathways from school into early career progression can be essential. This category includes those committed to traditional professions such as medicine, law and engineering. It may also include those looking for careers in nursing, policing, social work and teaching – all jobs on society’s front line. The pathway for these students emphasises practical experience, which must be modelled in close collaboration with employers. Such programmes can also include accredited apprenticeships.
3. Students with a passion for creative arts, music or drama
Wishing to develop their talents alongside their peers, these students learn under the guidance of established professionals in dedicated settings. These are usually standalone conservatoires and art colleges. The learning experience for this group is predominantly based around structured and mentored artistic practice, with relatively little classroom teaching.
4. Postgraduates developing specialised expertise
This type of study typically builds on graduate programmes and awards. As a result, it is usually delivered via taught-postgraduate programmes or research studentships. It is a highly attractive market for international students and requires close links with both leading researchers and innovative practice. Because of this, these programmes tend to feature predominantly at research-intensive universities.
5. Working professionals who are upskilling
These students are returning to education to stay up-to-date with developments in their fields. This often takes the form of mastering the new technologies, such as AI and automation, that are already changing their day-to-day working lives and have the potential to affect their future employability. Because they are already employed, this group is primarily concerned with having flexible access to “lifelong learning” and the practical relevance of the curriculum. This is an increasingly large category and a lucrative one because it benefits both the student and the wider economy. However, it has largely been neglected by mainstream higher education institutions, to the benefit of private and alternative providers.
6. “Second chance” students who are reskilling
This group may have missed out on conventional routes into higher education for a wide variety of reasons, but now wants to acquire the knowledge, skills and confidence to enhance their life and career opportunities. It is another increasingly large but underserved class of potential university students, which includes significant numbers of women, ex-offenders, ex-forces personnel and people with disabilities, among others. Extended periods of full-time learning are generally unsuitable for this group. Like several other types of modern student, they need flexible access to courses delivered both in-person and online, and to be well-supported by teaching staff. They are often studying with a clear goal in mind, normally to improve their employability, so need to be taught workplace skills alongside new knowledge.
The above list should tell us that the terms “students” and “higher education” now relate to many different cohorts, and that pre-existing models of “going to university” and “student experience” can set unhelpful limitations.
While Covid-19 has accelerated the digital transformation of universities, it has also highlighted the demand for a much more open, pluralistic and flexible system that meets modern students’ diverse needs. A number of universities have already worked hard to design programmes for different student needs, but a sector-wide effort is now required to meet this diversity of demands. Likewise, if the UK government is planning to restructure higher education after the coronavirus crisis, it should adopt a joined-up approach that embraces in-person, online and work-based pathways into both academic and vocational education.
There are plenty of signs that this is all achievable. The annual cohort of school-leavers is bouncing back from years of demographic decline and the UK government’s proposed “levelling up” agenda is designed to both increase the number of people entering professionalised public services and benefit disadvantaged communities, which should further boost demand for reskilling in particular. The number of employers who invest in upskilling is expected to rise sharply, too.
By working together in a range of open collaborations, universities, the government and employers can be challenged to design and deliver new forms of higher education, built around the learning needs of everyone.
Mike Boxall is a higher education expert at PA Consulting.
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Canon fire
Antony Easthope ("Englit must transform itself", THES, April 16) sounds both bizarrely anachronistic and inconsistent. How many higher education departments, worldwide, now use the "Englit" label - or confine their studies to "orthodox, canonical ... great English authors"? Certainly, in 35 years as lecturer, on three continents, my courses have never been restricted to some "canon".
Like Terry Eagleton in Literary Theory, Easthope apparently requires some "special feature" in literature that is "always the same". It is precisely the lack of such narrow definition that has made literary studies so fertile of new directions over recent years - for example, gender studies, new historicism, poststructualism, queer theory, literary environmentalism and (of course) cultural studies themselves.
The case for literary studies is clear. It concentrates on specific texts that test the possibilities of every kind of writing. There is also an intimate relation between study of such texts and students' own written expression. That is why literary coursework can be so rewarding.
By now, literary studies have borne out their promise as a general replacement for classics and a literate path into the future. It is a form of imperialism to call for literary studies to "turn itself into" some other academic subject.
Professor of modern literature University of Hertfordshire
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Work-to-rule action may be dropped by UCU
The University and College Union may suspend its work-to-rule industrial action on pension cuts in pre-1992 universities, after talks with employers.
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Sally Hunt, the UCU general secretary, wrote to members last week saying the employers had agreed to two joint reviews of changes to the Universities Superannuation Scheme. These reviews would look at pension rights in redundancy for staff aged 55 or over, and compare benefits in the new career-average USS section against those in public sector schemes such as the Teachers’ Pension Scheme.
Ms Hunt said there would be a meeting of branches on 31 January “to decide whether to accept the negotiating team’s recommendation that UCU suspend its current action in order to participate in the joint reviews”.
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Emergency crews on scene on the old Island Highway on Friday, Dec. 11. (News Bulletin photo)
UPDATE: Pedestrian dies in motor vehicle incident on old Island Highway in Nanaimo
Police say man struck by two vehicles while crossing the highway Friday night
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Dec. 11, 2020 10:45 p.m.
A pedestrian was killed in a motor vehicle incident on the old Island Highway in north Nanaimo last night.
Police, fire rescue and ambulance crews were called out at about 6:45 p.m. Friday, Dec. 11, to the 6600 block of old Island Highway, in front of the Chevron station close to Aulds Road.
Nanaimo RCMP spoke to witnesses at the scene and in a press release, confirmed the death of the pedestrian, stating the man was “struck by several vehicles while attempting to cross over” the highway.
“The man had crossed over two north-bound lanes and had entered into the south-bound lanes when he was struck by two south-bound vehicles,” said the press release. “The injuries he sustained were life threatening and he died at the scene. The B.C. Coroners Service attended and pronounced the man deceased. The deceased was not in a crosswalk when he was struck.”
South-bound lanes on the highway were closed for several hours during the investigation. While roads were wet at the time of the incident, it was not raining, said the press release.
The drivers were shaken, but remained on scene and cooperated with police and Nanaimo RCMP Victim Services were offered to both, said the press release.
The investigation is continuing and police are asking that anyone with dash cam footage of the incident contact the Nanaimo RCMP at 250-754-2345 quoting file number 2020-44217.
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VersaLogic embeds performance, security, and resilience in new embedded computer
(Tualatin, OR – December 3, 2019) VersaLogic Corp., the embedded industry’s most trusted computer company, has announced a new compact and rugged embedded computing system with ECC memory. This is VersaLogic’s eighth product family released in the Embedded Processing Unit (EPU) format.
Named “Owl”, this new computer features error correcting memory combined with Intel®’s latest 5th generation Apollo Lake processors (dual or quad core). The Owl also includes TPM 2.0 security, on-board power conditioning, Mini PCIe expansion sockets, and analog input ports, along with standard USB and Ethernet I/O ports.
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Within its 95 x 95 x 29 mm package, the Owl is an ideal balance of functionality and size for space-limited applications such as in unmanned vehicles on land, underwater, or in the air. The Owl is designed and tested for full industrial temperature (-40º to +85ºC) operation and meets MIL-STD-202H specifications for shock and vibration.
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Early Earth and Biosignatures
Research in the Early Earth and Biosignatures group centres around how the early Earth evolved, how it worked and how it supported early life. The group employs an interdisciplinary approach to addressing outstanding questions related to early volcanism, geodynamics, biogeochemical cycles and the evidence for life on early Earth and potentially other rocky planets. We aim to understand the formation of the earliest continental and oceanic lithosphere and early biosphere-ocean-atmosphere processes.
Early Earth and Biosignatures scientists:
Leif Erik Pedersen
Karen Cecilie Johannesen
An artists reconstruction of the earth c. 3.5 billion years ago, we want to know: was it really like this? source: Smithsonian
About Early Earth and Biosignatures
Our group is interested in characterizing Early Earth environments also when, where and how life emerged. We aim to reconstruct the environmental and geodynamic controls on the emerging microbial biosphere and to develop new textural and geochemical indicators (so-called biosignatures) of past life....
See what projects the Early Earth and Biosignatures theme is working on now! (Updated June 2014)
Theme Goals and Methods
The Early Earth and Biosignatures group focusses on understanding early Earth evolution and the search for the earliest traces of life in a range of Archean environments. The group is also working on field sites in the Barberton greenstone belt that can be used to understand habitability on the...
Astrobiology is the study of the origin, evolution, and distribution of life in the universe. Research on early Earth environments and the earliest traces of life is central to understanding how life emerged and evolved on our young planet. Using early Earth as an astrobiological baseline, we can...
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Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
10901 North Torrey Pines Road
La Jolla CA , 92037-1005
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About Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
Founded in N/A, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute is a 4-year college. Located in La Jolla, which is a city setting in California, the campus itself is Urban. The campus is home to N/A full time undergraduate students, and N/A full time graduate students.
How politically active are students?
"We're apathetic"
"We know about current events and vote"
"We participate and encourage others to get involved"
"There's nothing we won't protest"
Are there intellectual conversations?
"We save it for the classroom"
"Sometimes, but not often"
"There's usually intelligent conversation to be found"
"All the time, including weekends"
Is the arts culture a priority?
"It's not really our thing"
"Occasinally we gallery crawl"
"There are a variety of opportunities"
"We're a very artistic group"
"I'm always terrified"
"I only go out in groups"
"I usually let someone know where I'm going"
"I feel extremely safe"
What's the sports culture like?
"We don't play sports"
"We play recreationally"
"We bought the gear"
"We live for the big game"
How accessible are your professors?
"Haven't met them"
"Available in class"
"They keep regular office hours"
"They're always available"
How important is fraternity/sorority life?
"No greek life, but other groups to join"
"There is some involvement, but not a lot"
"Plenty of people join a sorority or fraternity"
"It's everything. If you're not greek, you're a geek"
Do students drink alcohol?
"We're not into drinking at all"
"Maybe a little, but it's not a big thing"
"We only party on weekends"
"There's some drinking happening every night"
Do students do drugs?
"Never, we're here to learn"
"There might be people who do"
"People are known to partake on weekends"
"There's a huge drug scene"
Admissions Requirements for Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
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All students must apply yearly for financial aid. This process starts with the FAFSA. Though financial aid deadlines vary by school, it is a good idea to apply as soon as possible. For the upcoming school year, you can apply as early as October 1 for the FAFSA. Additional school aid will be dependent on the FAFSA results.
N/A of students attending Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute receive some sort of financial aid. N/A were awarded federal grants. While N/A received federal loans. Many students do also need to apply for additional private student loans.
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Suzuki pedagogue Alice Joy Lewis has died
The American pedagogue who studied with Dr Shinichi Suzuki has died, aged 77
Alice Joy Lewis
The American violinist and pedagogue Alice Joy Lewis, who trained over 1000 teachers in the Suzuki School of Violin Method, has died. She was 77.
Lewis was one of the first Americans to study with Dr. Shinichi Suzuki at the Talent Education Institute in Matsumoto, Japan, having met him at Project Super, in 1966, at the Eastman School of Music. She founded the Ottawa Suzuki Strings and went on to serve as the program’s administrator while also teaching violin and viola lessons, ensembles, group classes, and directing performances.
Read: 6 tips for teaching young violinists by Suzuki instructor Teri Einfeldt
Read: Violin Suzuki pedagogue John Kendall dies aged 93
Read: Suzuki to replace William Preucil from teaching recordings
She taught at the Suzuki Method World Conventions in Dublin, Ireland, and Matsumoto, Japan, as well as at the Pan Pacific Conference in Adelaide, Australia. She was also a recipient of the Excellence in Teaching Award from the Suzuki Association of Americas – as well as the Lifetime Achievement Award and Suzuki Chair Award.
In a 1967 article in the Ottawa Herald, Lewis said that she enjoyed teaching small children because they are ‘spontaneous and free’ and ’you never know what’s going to happen next.’ She also said that the aim of her Suzuki program was not necessarily to produce concert artists but ‘to create people who are able to participate in the arts and become more human because they know something about the arts.’
However, Lewis’s teaching did create professional musicians - among them her son Brian, who was a longtime assistant to Juilliard violin pedagogue Dorothy DeLay and became a Professor of Violin at the University of Texas’s Butler School of Music.
Lewis is survived by two sons, Brian Lewis and Stephen Lewis, and daughter Beth Lewis.
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John Kendall, the violin pedagogue who brought Suzuki teaching techniques to the US, has died at the age of 93. Kendall, who studied at Oberlin College Conservatory of Music and Columbia University Teachers College, was introduced to the Suzuki method in 1958, when he saw a film of 750 Japanese ...
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ISM launches new Visa and Work Permit Advice Service for members
Viva la Visa will provide ISM members with free 30 minute telephone consultations in worldwide visa and work permit procurement
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Homeviral and trendingAlleged DepEd teachers earn ire of netizens for “hurling, abusing” starfishes
Alleged DepEd teachers earn ire of netizens for “hurling, abusing” starfishes
Admin Wednesday, November 14, 2018
MANILA, Philippines – A day at the beach is always fun but a photo of a group of beachgoers earns the ire of netizens.
Netizens slammed a group of beachgoers for throwing and abusing starfishes. According to the post, the group was allegedly composed of teachers of the Department of Education (DepEd). The group were in Bataraza, Palawan and while they were enjoying the clear waters, the group posed throwing starfishes in the air.
Alleged teachers earned the ire of netizens for “throwing and abusing” starfishes | Photo Courtesy: Facebook/Palawan Supernews
Netizens couldn't help but express their outrage towards the beachgoers. Some called them out for their lack of education and respect for marine life. Netizens also reported the incident to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR).
On Twitter, DENR gave an update that they are already looking into the matter. They tweeted, “Hi. The Biodiversity Management Bureau has already notified the field office in Palawan and the Palawan Council for Sustainable Devt. An info campaign will also be prepared for this.”
Beachgoers pose with starfishes | Photo Courtesy: Facebook/Palawan Supernews
Due to the information that the beachgoers were allegedly teachers, DENR even tagged DepEd in the tweet.
Hi. The Biodiversity Management Bureau has already notified the field office in Palawan and the Palawan Council for Sustainable Devt. An info campaign will also be prepared for this. Thank you for bringing this to our attention.
CC: @DepEd_PH
— DENR (@DENROfficial) November 13, 2018
DENR reiterated the importance of sustainable tourism. They stated, “That is essence of sustainable tourism: protecting and conserving the very source of their livelihood, which is their environment and natural resources, so that others can enjoy and appreciate these for a longer period of time.”
The Marine Wildlife Watch of the Philippines, an environmental conservation organization also condemned the photo. On Facebook, they wrote, “We should learn how to respect other life forms and stop using them as props for photos.”
While starfishes have hard and tough exterior and can easily regenerate, they still need to be handled with care. Stress, lack of water and even sun heat can easily harm some marine animals, including the starfish.
— Sally, The Summit Express
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Business-new,
PEMEX’s bonds hover at record!
By Yucatan Times on February 11, 2020
Pemex logo.
PEMEX, the world’s most indebted major oil company’s bonds hover at record
(Bloomberg) — Bonds sold two years ago by Petroleos Mexicanos, the world’s most indebted major oil company, are trading close to a record high as the state company stabilizes production, ratings companies back away from credit downgrades and global investors step up their hunt for yield.
Pemex bonds due in 2027 have climbed by almost a fifth since their November 2018 lows, trading at about 109 cents on the dollar even as the sprawling firm struggles to meet an ambitious government production target.
“While there are some goals that have not been met, such as the expected level of production, production has stabilized,” said Luis Gonzali, a Mexico City-based money manager at Franklin Templeton, which holds Pemex debt. “Very attractive rates, coupled with the willingness to pay, makes Pemex’s debt desirable for investors.”
Pemex was buffeted last year by a Fitch Ratings downgrade in June to junk. A similar move by either Moodys Investors Service or S&P Global Ratings would almost certainly lead to Pemex’s removal from investment-grade indexes around the world and a subsequent forced sell-off.
Yet Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has vowed to do whatever is necessary to support the oil company. In January, Barclays analysts wrote that despite issues faced by Pemex, Mexico has ample resources to help it. And UBS analysts led by Rafael De La Fuente said last week that Moody’s will probably wait until at least April, when first-quarter results are due for release.
Pemex debt as a whole has returned 27% since the 2027 bonds hit their nadir, compared with 17% for U.S.-dollar emerging-market bonds on average. That’s still lesss than the 29% that Mexicam government bonds returned in that span.
Any optimism may not last long. Pemex faces an uphill climb to reverse more than a decade of production declines, and would have to increase output by 13% to meet the government’s ambitious 2020 objective. Missing it would renew pressure for a downgrade to a company with a debt burden north of $100 billion. Pemex averaged 1.706 million barrels of oil a day in December, 64,000 daily barrels shy of its target.
Investors have about six months before Pemex comes under renewed scrutiny, said Eduardo Suarez, the Mexico City-based head of Latin American economics at Scotiabank. The 2027 bonds pay about 233 basis points of yield over similar-maturity sovereign debt, compared with 150 basis points when they were sold.
“At these spreads, people feel like they’re being well-paid for the risk, which I agree with,” he said. “It’s like having drinks on the Titanic, but we still haven’t hit the iceberg.”
AMLO continues to criticize US investigation
MEXICO CITY (AP) — On Monday,.
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BUDGET 2012: Lib Dems and Labour resist Tory plans for public sector pay to be linked with local cost of living
By Daniel Martin for the Daily Mail
Ed Balls is siding with the unions over the cuts that could prove detrimental to workers outside the capital
The Liberal Democrats are resisting Chancellor George Osborne’s plans to bring in regional pay bargaining for public sector workers, it emerged last night.
A source close to Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said there will be nothing in tomorrow’s Budget on the issue, and that Lib Dem ministers were arguing against the plans in Cabinet.
Yesterday, Ed Balls, Labour’s shadow chancellor, firmly backed the unions in their opposition to the scheme, and even claimed the public sector pay bill could rise if national pay deals are abandoned.
At present, various public sector pay review bodies negotiate with unions on pay deals that apply to staff across the entire country.
But Mr Osborne wants regional pay deals which reflect the cost of living in different areas. The chancellor says it is unfair that people earn just as much money where the cost of living is low as those living in expensive parts of the country.
Under his proposals, public sector workers in the South East would earn more than those doing the same job in the North, where housing is cheaper. He also says many private businesses cannot compete with high public sector wages, meaning they cannot create jobs in depressed areas.
But the proposal is being resisted by the Lib Dems, despite suggestions on Saturday that it would be rolled out within weeks.
Millions of poorer workers face wage freezes as Osborne targets pay deals in line with local living costs
£758 Budget tax break for the middle-classes: Working families with £40,000 income expected to benefit the most
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A source said last night: ‘There’s not going to be anything on regional pay in the Budget. The pay review bodies have been asked to examine the case for it, and will not even report back until July.
‘We haven’t had anything like the engagement with unions and staff that would be needed. These are very sensitive issues and we are not anywhere near as far down the road as was suggested at the weekend.’
Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, left, and Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls, right, have clashed over potential cuts to workers' salaries
The unions have spearheaded the campaign against regional pay deals, which they say will worsen the north-south divide.
Yesterday, Mr Balls said: ‘Pay review bodies nationally are a better way of delivering flexibility while keeping a lid on costs.
‘We ought to be saying we want to spread economic prosperity across the country, rather than saying to people that you only get decent pay as a doctor or a nurse if you come to London.’
BUDGET 2012: Public sector pay changes hit buffers with Clegg and Balls opposed
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THISTLE PETTERSEN
Songwriting & Performance
thistle@riseup.net
BOOK THISTLE
Singer ~ Songwriter ~ Activist
Combining energetic performance with raw talent, Thistle Pettersen is paving the way as an activist musician in the modern generation of music. Since embarking on her career in 2000, Thistle Pettersen continues to captivate fans with their signature sound, fierce passion, and unique performances. You will be hooked from the first note. Read on to learn more about this talented musician.
Listen to the latest tracks
Thistle Through Time
I compiled songs from recordings from all the years I have been a singer/songwriter. Most were recorded by friends along the way who heard the value and spark of my work and brought me into their studios to capture the magic of what I do. The recordings from 1999 I did in my living room. They are especially raw and therapeutic. Matthew Sanborn did the recordings from 2003 and 2008, and Optisonic Studios in Madison did the ones from 2002. Red Square Audio recorded my songs in 2012. Beckon captured songs from 2014 and 2015. Kenn Busch captured the music and musicians, including the late great Steve Pingry on cello, on the version of the BP song I include here.
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THROUGH A WINDOW
Through a Window was recorded in 2011 & 2012 with Ben Willis on upright bass, Page Foster and Mourning Dove on harmony vocals, Celeste’ Abril Ixchel on musical saw, Marissa Reinholz on viola & Scott Caldwell on drums. I met up with Marrissa, Ben, Page and Celeste on Sunday, October 16th, 2011 to bring these songs to recorded life with the expert help of Lonya Nenashev, our recording engineer. All five of us played on every song except for Earth’s Barren Ground which was recorded on March 3rd, 2012 with Mourning Dove, Marrissa, Scott and me. Scott also added drum tracks to the original October 16th recording on March 3rd. He did a great job of finding tempo and meter within an otherwise live, organic ensemble recording. The results are a recording that breathes and pulses with the rhythms of life with added layers and flourishes to make the overall sound rich and something I hope you will want to listen to again and again. Thanks to T.J. Pauley for additional recordings, playing on and recording guitar tracks and for the production of this album.
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Animal Dreams was recorded and produced by Matthew Sanborn in 2007 & 2008. We recorded each track separately and added lots of cello, among other instruments, including Scott Caldwell on drums. This album was inspired by thousands of miles of bicycle journeying through the Midwest and South and also the DNC2RNC march of resistance to the two-party electoral political system of 2004. Sticky Red Egg is the name of the song that is about that mobile village that spent 28 days on the road together walking from the Democratic National Convention in Boston to the RNC in NYC.
We Are More was recorded and produced by Matthew Sanborn in 2002 and 2003. We recorded each track separately and added horns on some songs, a sound collage in the song Jezebel and other embellishments. It was a work of art I created right before taking off on my open-ended bicycle journey that led me to hand-build a shelter on an organic farm on the edge of Austin and down both the west and the east coasts with fellow bicycle enthusiasts and travelers. This collection of songs represents my concerns about American lifestyles that would have us consuming rather than enjoying the fruits of our labor and land."
ABOUT THISTLE PETTERSON
Based in Madison Wisconsin, Thistle Pettersen is a professional Musician that has dedicated her life’s works to music and activism. Perfecting her technical abilities and unique sound over the years, Thistle Pettersen has mastered live shows and unforgettable studio recordings, while captivating the hearts of fans and audience members across the nation. Get in touch to learn more about her musical expertise, repertoire, and performance rates.
Tribute Song for Magdalen
Want to learn more about Thistle Pettersen, her activism or her music, and her tour dates? Don’t hesitate to get in touch.
©2020 by Thistle Pettersen
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Ratpack
You can not talk Old Skool without mentioning Evenson Allen (MC) and Mark "Lipmaster" Mckee. Together they form the legendary Ratpack. Formed in the late 80's out of the illegal warehouse scene of East London when they started running their Tripcity nights, they were booked to play at the early raves of Sundance, Biology, Raindance, Fantazia and Perception. Their unique sound and DJ style enhanced their reputation, leading them to be booked to play in Europe, Australia, USA and the Far East. As their DJ'ing career took off they dabbled with a few ideas in the studio and the result was the classic "Searchin' For My Rizla". According to rumour, they actually made no money what so ever from this single, probably the one they are most famous for!
As old skool becomes ever more popular with ageing ravers who preferred it "how it used to be" and a new generation of music lovers, Ratpack decided to start making new tunes, but in an old skool style. These new tunes now slip in as easily as any other true classic, sounding as if they should always have been there.
In 2001 they teamed up with Echobass to release a tune bassed on the theme to the BBC game show "The Weakest Link", although the single version was very much a dodgy garage style number, there was also a hardcore mix that was actually a lot less cheesy than it sounds.
http://www.backtotheoldskool.co.uk/ratpack.htm
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Cxloe releases new track ’12 Steps’
“CXLOE’s determination to blaze her own trail shines brighter than ever.” – Line of Best Fit
Hotly-tipped Australian pop artist CXLOE releases her brand-new track titled ‘12 Steps’, alongside its official video, via Sandlot Recordings / AWAL. This week’s proceeds will be directly donated to UK Charity ‘Help to Heal’. Listen to ‘12 Steps’ here – https://cxloe.lnk.to/12stepsPR.
For her first release of 2020, CXLOE teamed up with a number of impressive pop music collaborators including Michael Pollack (Charli XCX), whom she wrote ‘12 Steps’ with, and producers Andrew Wells (Bebe Reha) and Futuristics (Selena Gomez). The result is a synth-filled track featuring a building bass line perfectly paired with CXLOE’s signature emotive vocals.
‘12 Steps’ carefully plays on the idea of recovery following addiction, with the title serving as a nod to the 12 step recovery programme. Of the track, CXLOE says: “Addiction runs in my family and I’ve always wanted to tell my story in a way that felt comfortable to me and those around me. The song mirrors the steps of the program through the eyes of a toxic relationship. I’ve spent time over the years becoming familiar with the program and think it is as important to treat unhealthy, toxic relationships with the same attention. Whether the addiction is to alcohol, food, shopping or a person, it all comes back to pain. And that’s something I can relate to. Seeking something or someone to mask pain.”
The first week of proceeds earned from ‘12 Steps’ will be donated directly to UK charity ‘Help to Heal’ – an online platform aimed to help people find the right kind of professional support, so they can confront personal issues.
Speaking on this, CXLOE says: “Addiction needs to be spoken about and not treated as a taboo topic. This song has been written from my experiences and I have the utmost respect for those battling addiction and thank those strong people in my life for letting me shine light on these topics.”
The official video for ‘12 Steps’, premiered by Complex UK, is also released today. The visual, shot in Melbourne, depicts a young woman facing her inner demons while on a night out with friends and features CXLOE herself. The video was directed and produced by Tia Thorne with cinematography by David Mckinnar and editing by Michael Ropbert.
CXLOE hails from Sydney’s Northern Beaches and has developed an impressive career in a short amount of timing – amassing over 22 million streams worldwide, joining Maroon 5 on their Australian stadium tour and boasting writing credits with the likes of Sam Farrar (Maroon 5), The Futuristics (Selena Gomez), Justin Tranter (Julia Michaels) and Ross Golan (Ariana Grande). ‘12 Steps’ is the rising artist’s first release of the year, and with more music on the way shortly, CXLOE fans have reason to be excited
Live stream Q&A with DELANILA and David Bottrill
Will Hyde releases new single ‘Meant To Be’
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Isla Fisher TV Comedy in the Works, Gary Sanchez Comedy “Things You Should Know” Picked Up by CBS
By Edward Douglas on August 21, 2017 3 - TELEVISION NEWS
The first look deal that Will Ferrell and Adam McKay’s Gary Sanchez Productions established with CBS (NETWORK) is already reaping rewards with the No Activity series order for CBS All Access now being joined by a new comedy called Things You Already Know,
At the the same time, Gloria Sanchez, the company’s female-centric division, is developing a comedy for Isla Fisher with CBS TV Studios, written by Erica Rivinoja (Girls Trip) and directed by Jake Szymanski (Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates). Repped by UTA, Fisher hasn’t done much television work but appeared on Arrested Development, HBO’s Bored to Death and Neighbors from Hell. Her next film is the ensemble comedy Tag.
Things You Should Know is being created and written by Emmy-nominated actor Ben Schwartz from Funny or Die’s The Earliest Show with Laura Moses, based on their upcoming illustrated guide to dating called Things You Should Know About Dating, You F*ing Idiot, which will be published by Hachette Books in the fall.
It’s set in today’s “culture of disposable love,” and it follows a group of millennials and their dating habits.
Repped by WME, Haven Entertainment and Gang Tyre, Schwartz will executive produce along with Will Ferrell and Adam McKay for Gary Sanchez Productions along with CBS Television Studios’ Kevin Messick.
The Gary Sanchez and CBS Studios show No Activity was picked up by CBS All Access as the streaming network series’ first original comedy series due in the fall.
Moses is repped by Kaplan-Stahler Agency, while Ferrell is with UTA and McKay is with WME.
Edward Douglas | East Coast Editor
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RALP may offer improved margins, ease of transition
Emma Hitt, PhD
Atlanta-Positive surgical margin rates decrease as experience with robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP) increases. In addition, formal laparoscopic training may not be necessary for optimizing some outcomes with the robotic procedure, according to the findings of two new studies presented here at the AUA annual meeting.
Surgical specimens from 366 patients were evaluated. Specimens were immersed in ink and assessed by histologic evaluation of 5-mm incremental step sections. A positive margin was defined as the presence of any tumor cells that reached the inked margin or that were located at the site of a capsular incision, even if a negative margin was observed on subsequent excision.
"Achieving expertise with RALP re-quires acquisition of a different skill set for surgeons primarily acquainted with open surgical approaches," Dr. Herrell and his colleagues wrote.
They also suggested that early outcomes with RALP produced more positive margins than radical retropubic prostatectomy does, although this was not statistically significant. However, after the initial patient groups, positive margin rates for the robot-assisted procedure were lower than were those for the traditional retropubic procedure.
Dr. Herrell told Urology Times that measures of other outcomes, such as sexual function and continence, are still pending.
"We have not seen an advantage with RALP outcomes in terms of length of stay or reduction in pain, although we have seen a slight advantage in terms of blood loss," he said.
A second study, presented by David P. Wood, Jr, MD, professor of urology at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, sought to determine the importance of laparoscopy and oncology training in outcomes with RALP using the daVinci robot.
Dr. Wood and colleagues evaluated the initial experience of three urologists with the robotic procedure. One was a fellowship-trained oncologist with limited laparoscopic experience; another was fellowship-trained in minimally invasive urology, but had limited experience with radical retropubic prostatectomy since residency; and the third urologist had combined fellowship training in oncology and minimally invasive surgery.
Pathologic, intraoperative, and postoperative outcomes from each surgeon's first 10 RALP procedures were compared. Patient characteristics were similar among the three surgeons' cases.
Training makes the difference
The fellowship-trained laparoscopist had a higher median operative time and more blood loss than did both the surgeon with combined training and the oncology-trained urologist for the 10 cases. Operative times were 389 minutes, 266 minutes, and 248 minutes for the laparoscopist, oncologist, and combined-training surgeon, respectively (p<.001); blood loss was 375 mL, 132 mL, and 175 mL, respectively (p=.004). Average length of patient hospital stay was 2 days for the laparoscopist compared with 1 day for each of the other two surgeons.
Conversion to open prostatectomy, positive surgical margins (focal)/extraprostatic extension, and urine leak/bladder neck contracture were comparable among the three surgeons.
"These findings indicate that surgeons who are comfortable performing an open prostatectomy will learn robotic prostatectomy relatively quickly, even if they have rudimentary laparoscopic skills," Dr. Wood told Urology Times.
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Jessa Duggar Talks Pregnancy, More Kids Amid Brother Josh Duggar’s Scandal
Jessa Duggar and husband Ben Seewald opened up about their first baby-to-be. Courtesy of Jessa Seewald/Instagram
One is never enough! Jessa Duggar and her husband Ben Seewald opened up about their impending bundle of joy during a recent interview at the Southern Women’s Show in Charlotte, N.C. on Saturday, Aug. 29, and the couple revealed that they’ve already got plans for a bigger family in store.
When asked how many kids they would like in the future, Seewald joked that they’d like to have 20 to show up the Duggar family.
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“Well, I’m not giving birth to that many, but we want to adopt,” Jessa, 22, told Us Weekly.
Of her recent pregnancy, Jessa added that she’s been craving ice cream, and has the occasional hankering for smoothies.
The pair, who got married in November 2014 and announced their pregnancy in April, have been vigilantly documenting their first pregnancy, sharing ultrasound photos and blogging about life with the baby-to-be.
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“Baby Seewald is growing steadily and Mommy has been feeling some little, yet strong, kicks,” Jessa blogged on June 17. “Can’t wait to welcome this little blessing from God into the world.”
But the couple isn’t so sold on returning to the world of reality TV.
“I don’t know…if people want to watch us, I don’t mind, but I want to live a peacefully quiet life and just serve the Lord and if people find that interesting, then awesome, but I won’t seek that out myself,” Seewald told Us.
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Jessa’s brother, Josh Duggar, is currently making headlines following multiple scandals, including charges of molestation and a more recent revelation that he cheated on his wife of seven years, Anna, and has an addiction to pornography. He is currently checked into a long-term rehab facility.
When asked about the best marriage advice they’ve ever received, the couple pointed to being thoughtful about the other person.
“We all have selfishness in our hearts, it’s in our nature,” Seewald said. “But always thinking more about the other person and how we can make their life easier is important.”
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Jennifer Lopez’s Personalized $22 Protective Face Mask Is the Most J.Lo Thing We’ve Ever Seen
By Emily Rekstis
In true Jennifer Lopez fashion, the 51-year-old star wore a personalized protective face mask with her name on it — because, well, she’s J.Lo!
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On Tuesday, January 12, the Hustlers actress was spotted hitting the gym in Miami after her trip to Turks and Caicos, looking as stylish and cool as ever. She paired pale blue Alamour the Label sweatpants with her signature cropped hoodie. She accessorized the off-duty outfit with a white Birkin bag, aviator sunglasses and a denim face mask with “JLo” written on it in crystals.
The protective face mask is the Denim Star Face Mask from celeb-loved brand Masqd. Though it only retails for $22, it’s currently sold out. Other A-listers who have been spotted in a Masqd piece include Sarah Jessica Parker, Bella Hadid, Gwen Stefani, Ben Affleck and many more.
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This wasn’t the only personalized accessory J.Lo had on Tuesday. She was also pictured carrying a bedazzled tumbler with “JLo” on it as well as the Coach logo. Who knew a drinking cup could be so high-fashion?
It seems that once Lopez wears something, it’s bound to sell out almost immediately. For instance, on Monday, January 11, the “On the Floor” singer shared a stunning pic of herself in a plunging green one-piece while paddleboarding on vacation. The stylish suit is the $150 Marisa from Norma Kamali. Though you can no longer buy the piece in this beautiful deep hue, there are other colors available from black to bubblegum pink to red.
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But it wasn’t just the gorgeous swimwear that had people buzzing. It was also the JLo Beauty founder’s incredibly toned physique that people just could not get over. Between her insanely strong thighs to her ripped arms, it was quite the sexy shot.
When speaking with Elle magazine last month about the idea of ageless beauty, the Maid in Manhattan star said she doesn’t like to link beauty with an age. “Every day, I say I am youthful and timeless at every age,” she told the publication. “I live a beautiful adventurous life with my children, and we’re all in perfect health, always. All of these great things you learn to say to yourself so there’s this positive self-talk in your head really does create a beautiful person on the inside who maintains a beautiful person on the outside.”
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Design Tiny Homes
Low-Impact Living Vehicle Built to Go Off-Grid for Weeks at a Time (Video)
Kimberley Mok
Kimberley Mok is a former architect who covered architecture and the arts for Treehugger starting in 2007.
Living Vehicle
Several years ago, Californian architect Matthew Hofmann moved out of a big house into a vintage Airstream trailer that he converted into a stunning, modern live-work space.
Having designed and implemented a number of other small-space renovations in the intervening years, Hofmann's firm HofArc is now offering Living Vehicle (LV), a small, aluminum-clad home that looks like a cross between a futuristic trailer and a shipping container on wheels. The aim is to create durable, self-contained (and eventually self-sustaining) gem of a home out of materials with low environmental impact.
The firm writes:
The capacity for life to endure in a sustainable way means relying less on external means. To enhance it’s off-grid capability, LV is equipped with four 150-watt solar panels, four 12-volt lithium ion batteries, and a 3000-watt power inverter. With the inclusion of a 100-gallon freshwater tank and oversized storage compartments, LV can support two people living comfortably in remote wilderness areas for nearly one month. Our ten-year goal is to incorporate technology for LV to produce its own water and food resources.
Covered in shiny aluminum, which is both long-lasting and recyclable, the 215-square-foot Living Vehicle's outer walls gleam with an almost mirror-like shine, allowing it to reflect light and heat, and to blend into its surroundings (no doubt some will say that this may confuse the birds).
Inside, the LV's spaces include a kitchen, a dining area that's seemingly RV-inspired, enough convertible bed-spaces to sleep six and a bathroom. The kitchen feels well-appointed and features an island, space for a full-sized refrigerator, sink, stove and plenty of storage.
There's even a hidden bed that can be electronically lowered down over the dining area, for sleeping two guests.
This part of the home is also the main space for lounging around, as evidenced by the large patio doors which offer a view out to the landscape, and can be spatially extended with either an exterior deck or ramp.
The bathroom is situated next to the kitchen. Its shower feels spa-like with the use of a skylight overhead.
The bed in the sleeping room can either be fixed or be an optional convertible bed that can fold up to create more floor space. The home uses sliding barn-style doors throughout to save space -- here in the bedroom it hides a mirror on the wall. There's a skylight here too for night-gazing.
There are a number of premium features included for Living Vehicle. For instance, for those who will be residing in extreme hot or cold climates, the home can come with a thermal break incorporated on its exterior side, dual-pane windows, full insulation, AC with heat pump and a high-capacity furnace. It can come with a lot of tech too, through another upgrade package that can get a combination LTE and WIFI antenna installed on the roof, and app-controlled monitoring of home functions, lighting and so on.
The Living Vehicle is not cheap, considering that pricing for a well-equipped one starts at USD $129,995, but since the LV is a RVIA-certified product, it's actually eligible for traditional vehicle financing, an advantage over self-built tiny homes which are limited in their eligibility for such loans. It also seems more sturdy than your run-of-the-mill RV.
While the Living Vehicle is not exactly at the same price point as a DIY tiny home, it will ultimately speak to the modern boondocking homeowner who wants to live in style and convenience, without wasting too much energy or water. For more specs and details, go to Living Vehicle.
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You Can Now Become the Mayor of Hell for a Night
Hell, Michigan, that is
Astrid Taran
Astrid is the Senior Audience Editor at TripSavvy and has been with the site since 2016.
Courtesy of Airbnb
Those looking to take spooky season to the next level by becoming rulers of the underworld are in luck: Hell, the small Michigan town 60 miles west of Detroit, has a job opening.
John Colone, the self-proclaimed "Mayor of Hell," is inviting travelers to book a night in his ghoulish tiny house, appropriately guarded behind a "Gates of Hell" sign, and receive official proclamation as the town's leader for the day. "I am the biggest Halloween fan in the world (and the underworld), so I hope that our little slice of paradise can fill fellow Halloween lovers with all of the frightful chills and spooky sensations of the season," Colone said. "And to our guests and soon-to-be Mayors, I trust you'll find that there is no place more welcoming than Hell on Earth—we can't wait to show you a helluva good time!"
As Mayor of Hell, you can enjoy your reign in Colone's devilish lair, scattered with decorative skulls and local pumpkins and featuring a fire pit and an outdoor screening area perfect for watching scary movies. Airbnb bookings for one-night stays on Oct. 18, 21, and 24 will go live Oct. 14. In keeping with the Halloween celebration, the nightly rate for a maximum of two guests is listed as $31.
Don't worry: those who aren't lucky enough to snag a reservation can still spend time in Hell. Head to the Hell Hole Diner for lunch, the Hell Saloon for a beverage, or take a walk across the Locks of Love Bridge, lined with key locks representing declarations of love. According to the listing, a reverend is available to officiate marriages there, making the excellent point that "a marriage that starts in Hell has no place to go but up!"
While Hell isn't usually known as a hospitable place, this Hell is committed to the comfort and safety of all new mayors amidst the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The listing will be cleaned before guests' arrival following Airbnb's Enhanced Cleaning Protocol. Colone has taken the Pure Michigan Pledge, a commitment to maintaining disinfecting and social distancing protocols to stop the spread of COVID-19.
So, do you dare? If you're interested in booking a stay in Hell, visit airbnb.com/hell.
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Honduran Food and Drink
Central & South America Honduras
Kirsten Hubbard
Kirsten Hubbard is a travel writer and expert who specializes in Central America.
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If you're traveling to the small, Central American country of Honduras for the first time, you're probably curious about what is Honduran food like. Luckily, Honduran food isn't that different from food in the United States—with a few notable exceptions. In addition to the information provided here on food and drink and Honduras, you can take a culinary tour of Central America through these articles which explore the food and drink of every Central American country.
Breakfast in Honduras
A typical Honduran breakfast usually consists of scrambled eggs, boiled or refried black beans and lots of tortillas. Locals like to have it with some local coffee. "American-style" breakfasts are commonly available in most Honduran restaurants. These often include a toast with jam and coffee or orange juice.
Traditional Honduran Meals
A typical meal in Honduras usually includes rice, beans, tortillas, some kind of grilled meat such as chicken, pork or beef, and a salad. You will find some variations on the Caribbean coast or in the Bay Islands. In this region seafood and coconut products dominate the local cuisine. No travel taste test of Honduran food is complete without fresh fish, shrimp, lobster or the endlessly versatile conch (caracol in Spanish).
In the larger Honduran cities like Tegucigalpa, San Pedro Sula, and La Ceiba, big American restaurant chains are cropping up with increasing frequency. So you will feel at home. Don't be surprised to find T.G.I. Friday's, Pizza Hut, Kentucky Fried Chicken, and even Cinnabon.
However, if you made the decision to visit a new country you'll probably want to try the foods that make that country unique. You can get burgers and pizza at home.
Mid-Day and Evening Meals
This list of some of the most representative dishes of Honduras that are found on most mid-day and evening menus.
Burritas are shredded meat, refried beans, cheese, and avocado rolled up in flour tortillas. These are different from Mexican burritos.
Tamales in Honduran cuisine may include vegetables or potatoes as well as chicken or pork. Beware before you bite, as bones are sometimes left in the meat. Even if you have tried them in other Central American countries it's recommended that you try them in Honduras too. The recipes vary from country to country.
Pastelitos de Carne (translates as little meat cakes) are deep-fried flour pastries filled with meat, rice and/or potatoes. Sometimes they are served with homemade tomato sauce.
Snacks and Sides in Honduras
Anafres is a traditional Honduras appetizer comprised of hot black beans and cheese, served with chips.
Tostones are crunchy deep-fried plantains, an indispensable side dish in Honduran cuisine. The dish is also known as platanos fritos and is most common for breakfast and dinner.
Ceviche is a dish of chopped raw fish, shrimp, or conch mixed with onions, tomatoes and cilantro, and marinated in lime juice. Ceviche is served with fresh tortilla chips and is popular in every coastal region but you might be able to find some in the cities too.
Honduran Desserts
Tres Leches Cake (Pastel de Tres Leches) is a cake soaked in three kinds of milk, including evaporated milk, sweetened condensed milk, and cream. Most of the time the cake comes with powdered cinnamon on top.
Arroz con Leche is rice soaked in warm milk with sugar, cinnamon, and other spices. It's also known as Honduran rice pudding. The thicker it is, the tastier.
Popular Honduran beer brands are Salva Vida, Port Royal, Barena, and Imperial. Guaro, a sugar cane liquor, is popular in Honduras. If you're daring, you might seek out some Giffity, a fiery Garifuna rum-based liquor. Gifiti is made by soaking roots and herbs in rum and is traditionally made by the Garifuna people who live on the Caribbean coast.
In mainland Honduras, food is cheaper than that of other nations in Central America. Expect Honduran food to be more expensive in the Bay Islands of Utila, Roatan and Guanaja, where almost everything (besides seafood!) must be shipped in.
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महाजोंग गेम्स मुफ्त
सोलिटेयर गेम्स आनलाइन
मुफ्त अनौपरिक गेम्स
वर्ड फन गेम
जेम्स ब्लिट्ज़्ा
ओशीनिया प्ले
बिगफिशगेम्स फैन्स
एम एम ओ चोराहा
मुश्किल गेम्स
स्र्पोटस गेम्स लाइव
Online Anime Games
स्लाटस एवं बिगो गेम्स
निःशुल्क आॅनलाइन बिंगो गेम्स!
स्लाॅट सेवन
पोकर वल्र्डस
आभासी दुनिया की जगह
घोडे गेम्स आनलाइन
ग्लैमर चैक
लड़कियों के खेलों का शहर
Farm Games Free
पालतु जानवरों की घाटी
Varjo XR-1 Is It AR Or VR?
Rate this Article Both the VR and AR industry is abuzz with the term XR. Let's take a look at this new computer generated alternate reality and what it can bring to the table for VR gamers like us.
A lot of talk has been going on lately on the advantages of using mixed technology over just augmented or virtual. But what really is mixed reality and how do you draw a dividing line between the AR and the VR of it. As alternative reality technology continues to develop and with the current batch of high-end HMD's having pass through camera systems, that dividing line starts to get thinner by the day and may totally blur-out by the morrow.
Both AR and VR have their own strengths and weakness and probably their own specific use and applications. Being able to see the real world while interacting with Virtual Reality objects gives one the optional perspective to exist in both worlds, yet being able to enclose one's self in a totally alternate reality can provide an immersive experience like no other. Current Mixed Reality headsets attempt to combine both by running special apps that do this but most of the time either mimic the AR in VR or simply switch between both depending on the user's requirements. There however is a deeper level to what can be termed as Mixed Reality or a reality that fully encompasses the AR, the VR, the Mixed and whatever reality can be considered alternate or additive to the current 3D reality we now have.
Enter the Varjo Headset XR-1. XR for Xtended Reality. At this current time, the XR-1 and other similar high-end headsets like it are breaking the alternate reality barrier as far as HMD's go. With the XR-1 HMD, moving from VR to AR and anywhere in between will look like sliding through the realities in a smooth and seamless way. Since the VR-1 uses cameras to see the real world, a combined AR/VR environment will look as realistic as it can ever be. This is because of the extremely high-visual quality of the headset which tricks the eyes into seeing the way it sees in the real 3D world like when you take of the headset and see your surrounding ones again.
To get to this stage, Varjo, a Mixed Reality development company based in Helsinki, Finland had to first create an extremely high-end VR headset which could deliver visual acuity that surpasses any other current commercially available VR headset on the market. They called it the VR-1 which delivers a visual quality that even surpasses the HTC Vive Pro Eye. Current VR headsets available in the market can go up to around 15 Pixels Per Degree. This is the value of delivered visual acuity which is the resolution of something seen with respect to the distance from it. With the HMD on, your sight can currently go up to that point (15) or a little higher. In real terms that's not so much since the human eye or sight has 60 PPD in the real world. At 15 PPD using natural sight, one is classified as legally blind since your eyes would be so blurred which would practically prevent you from seeing details, reading and writing normally or even driving a car.
To achieve 60PPD per eye, the VR-1 uses two displays per eye instead of one. With that, the headset achieves a rate of 60 PPD at 30º at the Fovia (Point of Focus) and 15 PPD (normal VR) at the Periphery with around 87º of view. For the 60 PPD, a 1400x1600 AMOLED display is used. For the 15 PPD, a 1080p Micro-OLED is used. An Optical Combiner Mirror is then used to generate the final image. Aside from that, the headset also uses gaze tracking controls and interpolation that one can even see small details (like one's fingernails) at arms length. The two displays have to be sync accurately for the HMD to work as each display has different characteristics of it's own. The effect is to have an additive result where the blending of both, adds up into one smooth visual view.
From the VR-1, Varjo went a step higher with the XR-1 headset. This is where XR as a technology starts to shine. The XR-1 works just like the VR-1 but it has added components like 2x 12 megapix 90hz cameras for pass through/tracking use, a 1/3" 1.5 pica pixel sensor and an 82"x82" viewing angle. The visual delay is about less than 15 ms photon-to-photon rate. The depth sensor system also works in conjunction with the pass-through cameras.
The XR headset combines both VR and AR into a smooth transitional rendering environment. When you put it on, you will see the room where you are courtesy of the cameras. But then you can manipulate your environment by adding VR rendered images to the reality you see, then eventually totally VR the whole surroundings should you want to do so. So you can sort of slide from AR to VR and back in less than 60 seconds. The result is amazing. Like walking into a Star Trek Holodeck with everything around changing into the battle of Gettysburg. Most developers use game engines like UNITY to create content for XR-VR mixed reality. Unity has the advantage of having a fast interaction rate (changes can be displayed swiftly in real-time) and has a lot of assets in it's store that can be available for immediate use.
With the pass through features of the XR-1, the user can tweak the environment in real-time with the headset on. This allows one to see and operate the PC where the HMD is connected to, a pretty neat trick and tool for developers to render their VR environments while working on them.
Such is the potential of the XR-1 technology headset that if such capabilities would be used in developing games in the near future, playing around in an AR, VR or Mixed environment with the kind of visual quality akin to the real world (courtesy of the headsets 60PPD capability) would be like experiencing a game so visually realistic as if you are actually, in the real world. Think of playing Pokemon Go without holding a phone or tablet and moving from location to location (like in the movie Jumper) while actually being in your living room with the XR-1 or equivalent on. Unfortunately, the headsets are targeted currently and exclusively for both professional and industrial applications as they are too expensive for gaming and home use at the moment (around 6,000.00 USD and up). Nevertheless, with continued development into making the HMD more appropriate for the home and developers signing up to branch into the games market the gaming potential is astounding but for now, we can only wish, wait and dream for that near future to come.
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Get ready to explore Aarhus’s neighbourhoods
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Aarhus does not rest on its laurels from 2017, where the city could celebrate the status as both European Capital of Culture and the European Region of Gastronomy. Instead, the development continues in Denmark’s second city.
Getting to Aarhus from the UK is easy as both Ryanair and SAS have flights from UK airports to Aarhus and even more airlines have routes to Billund Airport, which is only a 1,5 hour drive from Aarhus.
When visiting Aarhus, guests will discover that each neighbourhood has a personality of its own. So, whether you’re looking for the most inspirational cuisine or the latest architecture, if you delve a little deeper you’ll find the olde-worlde cobblestone streets of the Latin Quarter and the old working-class area of Trøjborg; the quiet restraint of Frederiksbjerg or the old industrial centre at Godsbane. To the south of the city, the southern harbour region, which was once lined with butcher’s halls and coal stores to now the newest area of Aarhus, the transformed Aarhus Ø waterfront neighbourhood makes use of bridges over the water to create the illusion of the area being an actual island.
Here’s how to find your own neighbourhood tribe in Aarhus….
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Trøjborg
For younger visitors or those on a budget the old working-class district of Trøjborg, to the north of the city and close the Riis Forest and Den Permanente, a traditional harbour bath, is now a dynamic city within the city and hums with the vibrant atmosphere created by the largely student population. Drawn to the raft of innovative cool and cost effective cafes, bars and boutiques, stand out examples include The Meat Town, a mecca for determined meat eaters in the basement of Kødstaden, a butcher’s shop on Tordenskjoldsgade. For international specialty dishes mixed with tons of organic produce try Ana Fruits and Vegetables, or time warp back to the 1970’s and have one of the best breakfast’s in Aarhus at the newly opened Stuen th.
Visit Aarhus
The Latin Quarter
A great place for the picky shopper, the Latin Quarter is the oldest neighbourhood in Aarhus with half-timbered houses and cobbled streets, such as Mejlgade, which is one of the oldest, and now home to cafes, restaurants and specialities shops. Or check out the courtyards of the old buildings for well-priced restaurants and in cobbled Rosensgade where Michelin starred Restaurant Gastrome is run by chefs, Søren Jakobsen and William Jørgensen, who for several years have been behind the Old Dairy at Vilhelmsborg at Mårslet and combine the rural roots from the sister restaurant with a modern, adventurous and very personal food style.
Frederiksbjerg
With a mix of students, families and older people in the area, Frederiksbjerg has gone through a major redevelopment in recent years with Jægersgårdsgade and M. P. Bruunsgade, now hosting cafes and restaurants alongside speciality shops offering off-beat, avant-garde design and a popular food and vegetable market on Ingerslev Boulevard.
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Aarhus K (Godsbane-kvarteret)
The creative heart of the city, Aarhus K was once the centre of industry but now hosts a great community of entrepreneurs who’ve shaped the local plans with restaurants, such as the rooftop Lynfabrikken terrace on Vestergade. For lunch try Spiselauget and pick your way through the plants and foliage over a coffee at Plantecaféen. For culture head to Godsbanen where open workshops, studios, theatres and dance halls offer pop up festivals and events. Don’t miss a photo stop at The Mølle Park on Aarhus creek and Møllestien, which is a pretty little street of colourful houses and cobblestones. Or for art lovers the area is close to the famous ARoS Museum, The House of Music and The Academy of Music.
Marselisborgkvarteret and Marselisborg Memorial Park
After a day exploring the city head for the open spaces of the Marselisborg Memorial Park, which is just below the castle grounds of Marselisborg Palace, facing out over the Bay of Aarhus. Marselisborg Palace is the summer residence of the Danish Royal family but for visitors in May and June it provides a dazzling display of blossom along a grove of cherry trees. Close by the Tivoli Friheden amusement park is a mecca for families with fun rides for all ages. Alternatively, near the city centre Tangkrogen Park is the venue for festivals and events close to shady Marselis Wood and is bounded by the beautiful Strandvejen and Marselis Havnevej. Or Varna Palæet is a beautiful classical building on the edge of Aarhus Bay with a gourmet restaurant and venue for events. Close by and right on Varna Beach dont miss The infinite bridge a circle shaped, wooden construction, by architects Niels Povlsgaard and Johan Gjødes, that was originally built in 2015 for the biennial Sculpture By the Sea event and was so beloved by locals it has become a permanent piece of art on the water.
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It’s now even easier to explore Aarhus and the surrounding Central Denmark Region, thanks to the Aarhus CARD which gives access to more than 20 museums and attractions across the city. Buy a 24, 48 or 72-hour card and enjoy discounts on shopping, free admission to the city’s public swimming pool, and free transport by bus all over Aarhus and the surrounding region, including X-buses, night buses, local trains in the city of Lemvig and airport shuttles to and from Aarhus Airport and Billund Airport.
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7 myths of estate planning
Get over the idea that you don’t have the kind of assets that qualify as an estate and prepare documents to protect yourself.
Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of seven articles to help you understand what you do know, don’t know and should know about estate planning.
It’s ironic, but “estate” may be the most understood word in estate planning. It sounds like I’m talking about landed gentry, but I’m not. The word “estate” refers to money or assets that may change hands as a result of your death – or which need to be managed if you are incapacitated. My clients’ estates are almost always bigger and more valuable than they realize. Yours includes cash, investments and equity in real estate. But then add in the proceeds of life insurance policies. (It’s real money even if you can’t collect on it.) If you’re a federal employee participating in FEGLI, that coverage could be as much as five times your salary. You might also have a TSP (the Federal 401(k) program). When you total everything up, it can easily exceed $1 million. To paraphrase my favorite quote: “A million here, a million there, and pretty soon it’s real money” – and definitely worth planning for.
Get ready for the 3 Big Bad D’s.
Estate planning is shorthand for dealing with what I refer to as the “three Big Bad D’s”: disability, divorce and death. The last one is for sure, and the other two are more common than most people like to think. I’ll tackle the first two in this column, but save divorce for later.
The first critical part of planning your estate is not about deciding who gets what in case of death. Before then, you are much more likely to need someone to help manage your life in the event of disability.
Disability (or more accurately “incapacity”) occurs when, as a result of an illness or accident, you are unable to make decisions for yourself. Most people want to be able to designate who will make medical decisions for them, as well as who will manage their finances and make all the other myriad decisions that adults take for granted. The documents that delegate decisions to the people that you choose are powers of attorney.
Medical powers of attorney typically grant broad medical decision-making rights to people whom you believe will be able to make those decisions under pressure. If you have a partner but are not married, a medical power of attorney will help to ensure that that person has a role in taking care of you. If you are married, the medical power of attorney will grant the same rights to other people if your spouse or partner cannot take care of you.
What’s more, if you become incapacitated for a significant time, there may be hundreds of other necessary decisions that have nothing to do with medical care. That’s where a financial power of attorney comes in. No one gets the right to access your solely owned assets automatically, even a spouse. Who will pay the bills, manage your money, take care of your home, and take care of your partner or spouse? This document can grant important, broad rights to people that you trust to manage all of your assets while you cannot. It’s frequently overlooked and causes significant problems if it doesn’t exist, often requiring a costly and time-consuming guardianship petition.
Most people know the planning for death is handled by wills, but that is far from the only way. Trusts and beneficiary designations are also commonly used tools, as are real property deeds. I will tell you what you need to know about those documents in later columns in this series.
And that’s how the process begins. Get over the idea that you don’t have the kind of assets that qualify as an estate. Think of your estate not just in terms of who gets it after your gone, but how to protect it and your own interests as well as the interests of the people who matter to you.
Lawrence (Larry) Jacobs has helped hundreds of same-sex couples and LGBT singles in the Washington area protect their assets and loved ones through partnership planning. He is a partner at McMillan Metro, P.C. and has practiced law for 41 years. He is admitted to the bar in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia. You can learn more about Larry and his practice at PartnerPlanning.com. (This column is not intended to provide legal advice, but only general guidance that may or may not be applicable to your specific situation.)
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Students in the Grade 9/10 CHAOS program will continue using another portable space at Porter Creek Secondary School as remediation work continues on the portable that had been identified for the program for the 2020/2021 school year. (John Hopkins-Hill/Yukon News)
Work underway to remediate portable
CHAOS classes being held in another space
Stephanie Waddell
Sep. 2, 2020 4:00 p.m.
Students in the Grade 9/10 CHAOS program will continue using another portable space at Porter Creek Secondary School as remediation work continues on the portable that had been identified for the program for the 2020/2021 school year.
A window was left open on the portable Aug. 10, resulting in water damage inside, officials said. A small amount of mould was then found on a wall and subsequently in a surface sample, Jennifer Macgillivray, an assistant deputy minister for the Department of Highways and Public Works, said in a Sept. 1 interview.
Macgillivray said the portable will remain closed for two to four weeks while remediation work is done and the air will be re-tested afterwards. Only then will a decision be made on how the portable may be used in the future.
The space had been previously used for school storage.
School superintendent Paul McFadyen said while the space had been planned to house the CHAOS (Community, Heritage, Adventure, Outdoors and Skills) program, another portable at the school was available for CHAOS with all Wood Street Centre students that are at the school this year having space available for their programs.
The CHAOS program is one of several experiential high school programs typically operated out of the Wood Street Centre school downtown.
It, and other programs offered out of the Wood Street Centre, were moved from Wood Street this year to Porter Creek and F.H. Collins Secondary School, while Grade 8 F.H. Collins students were moved to the Wood Street Centre as part of the Department of Education’s measures to deal with COVID-19.
McFadyen stressed that the department recognizes the importance of the experiential programs and wanted to ensure they continued even with the changes COVID has brought. That meant finding space for the programs at other schools.
“We had to make some tough decisions,” he said.
Concerns over air quality in the portables at Porter Creek that are being used by both the CHAOS and FACES (French Achievement Challenge Environment Stewardship) programs also prompted an investigation by the Yukon Workers’ Compensation Health and Safety Board (WCB) with air quality testing being done by a third party for that investigation in the first couple of days of school.
The concerns were brought forward by the Wood Street Health and Safety committee.
Students from both programs were moved to other parts of the school while the investigation was underway.
Two of the three portables were deemed safe for occupancy while the third has been kept closed and the investigation is continuing, board spokesperson Andrew Robulack said in a Sept. 1 interview, noting he could not comment on details of the investigation when it is ongoing.
Wood Street principal Darren Hayes has posted information for families on the school’s website.
“We have moved the CHAOS program into portable P3B which has been approved for use by students and staff,” Hayes stated in an Aug. 26 update to an Aug. 20 statement about the investigation. “The test result for portable P3A (FACES space) determined that after a visual inspection including air quality tests that the space has been approved for use by students and staff.”
It goes on to note that the Yukon Workers Health and Safety Board is working with the territory on an assessment of heating, ventilation and air conditioning for all portables. The portables will also be assessed for radon as part of the efforts to ensure a safe classroom space, he noted.
“The Wood Street Health and Safety Committee members have confidence in the investigation results and appreciate the support provided by WCB. We will provide updates to our school community as further information is provided,” Hays wrote.
Contact Stephanie Waddell at stephanie.waddell@yukon-news.com
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Old faces in new places for the 2020-21 NBA season
Posted 26 days ago | By Pat Heery
After the shortest offseason in league history, the NBA's 2020-21 season will begin on December 22nd. Despite its brevity, there was a ton of transactional action. Coaches, front office personnel and players moved about like crazy. If you weren't completely plugged-in to the NBA the past few months (and with the amount of domestic and global events going on during that time, who could blame you?), here's a summary of the familiar faces you'll see in new places this season:
Seven Seconds or Less is back in Brooklyn
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It's going to be surreal seeing coach Steve Nash on the sidelines in Brooklyn this season. It's going to be even more surreal seeing Coach Nash flanked by his assistant coaches, Mike D'Antoni (Rockets) and Amar'e Stoudemire - Nash's former head coach and pick-and-roll partner from the Seven Seconds or Less Suns team that took the NBA by storm in the mid-2000s. This season will also be the first year we see Kevin Durant suit up for the Nets as he missed all of 2019-20 recovering from a ruptured Achilles.
Mr. Westbrook goes to Washington
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In the NBA's most recent blockbuster trade, the Wizards traded John Wall and a future protected first-round pick to Houston for Russell Westbrook (Rockets). Adding Westbrook to a backcourt with Bradley Beal should immediately make the Wizards a playoff contender, and a team that contenders won't want to face in the first round. It'll be interesting to see if Westbrook takes a backseat to Beal or not. If he wants to win, he'll view this pairing like when he played next to Paul George in OKC where he was the alpha dog, but PG13 was the actual go-to guy on offense.
John Wall & Boogie Cousins reunite in H-Town
After nine mostly successful seasons in DC, John Wall (Wizards) will be taking his talents to Houston to join James Harden (for now, at least), and his good friend DeMarcus Cousins (Lakers). While the fit between Wall and Harden doesn't make a ton of sense on paper (Wall is a high usage, playmaking point guard who can't shoot very well; Harden is an even higher usage, isolation-heavy guard who just stands around if he doesn't have the ball), there's a good chance that Houston deals Harden this season and starts a rebuild. While Wall's All-NBA days are likely behind him, there's no reason to think he can't do for Houston what Derrick Rose does for Detroit.
The Lakers make championship upgrades to their depth
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In the first move of this offseason, the Lakers traded Danny Green and a first-round pick for the runner-up for the Sixth Man of the Year Award, Dennis Schröder (Thunder). Schroder, who averaged 18.9 ppg. and 4 APG. on 47-39-84 shooting, should step in as the Lakers secondary ball-handler alongside LeBron James and primary pick-and-roll playmaker. His primary roll man will be another new face - Montrezl Harrell (Clippers) - the winner of the Sixth Man of the Year Award. Joining them as Lakers' newcomers will also be the cerebral veteran big man, Marc Gasol (Raptors), and the tough-minded wing defender, Wes Matthews (Bucks). Through these trades and signings, the Lakers did something that reigning champions hardly ever do: they got even better in the offseason.
Bucks hope that Jrue Holiday, others can keep Giannis happy
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Faced with the colossal task of convincing Giannis Antetokounmpo to sign a long-term deal, the Bucks seemingly made two huge moves to begin free agency by acquiring Jrue Holiday (Pelicans) and Bogdan Bogdanovic in a sign-and-trade from the Kings. Unfortunately, the Bogdanovic sign-and-trade fell through (either because free agency hadn't begun when the deal was agreed to or because Bogdanovic hadn't actually agreed to the deal - you know, minor details). After the sign-and-trade debacle, Milwaukee went out and signed a couple of solid rotation players - Bryn Forbes (Spurs), DJ Augustin (Magic), Bobby Portis (Knicks), and Torrey Craig (Nuggets). Those are all decent signings, but Giannis' future will likely turn on whether Holiday can show up big in the playoffs as he did back in 2018 when he averaged 23.7 ppg., 6.3 APG., 5.7 RPG. and locked up Damian Lillard in a shocking sweep of the higher-seeded Blazers.
Doc & Daryl head to the City of Brotherly Love
In two of the bigger non-player offseason moves, Philadelphia upgraded its coaching staff and front office by hiring Doc Rivers (Clippers) as its Head Coach and Daryl Morey (Rockets) as its Team President. Rivers is known as a great communicator and ego manager having famously led the 07-08 Celtics - featuring prominent personalities like Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, Ray Allen, and Rajon Rondo - to a title. He's got his work cut out for him in Philly with a roster built around Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons. Morey, for his part, has already helped get the Sixers out of the salary cap hell Elton Brand put them in with some of his 2019 offseason signings (most notably, Al Horford).
Chris Paul, Jae Crowder look to make the Suns a playoff team
In one of the first big moves of the offseason, the Suns made a major push for the playoffs by dealing for the Point God, Chris Paul (Thunder). Paul had a "Forgot About 'Dre" season in OKC last year and made 2nd Team All-NBA after averaging 17.6 ppg., 6.7 APG. and 5 RPG. with 49-37-91 shooting splits. Adding him, along with Jae Crowder (Heat), a consummate professional and solid three-and-D presence, to Devin Booker, Deandre Ayton, Mikal Bridges and Cam Johnson should make the Suns a playoff team for the first time since 2010.
Hawks empty the clip in all-out effort to make playoffs
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The Hawks front office and coaching staff were apparently given an ultimatum this season: Make the playoffs, or else . So, the Hawks proceeded to go all-in on this free agency period. They signed one of the best stretch-fours in the NBA, Danilo Gallinari (Thunder), along with two good third guards in Rajon Rondo (Lakers) and Kris Dunn (Bulls). We all saw what Playoff Rondo has in the tank during the bubble where he was the Lakers' third-best player. And Dunn is arguably the best guard defender in the NBA. Finally, they snagged Bogdan Bogdanovic (Kings) to a four-year deal to play alongside Trae Young as a shooter and secondary playmaker. The front office did their part, now it's up to the coaching staff and players to bring the franchise's playoff dreams to fruition.
Clippers promote Ty Lue, bring-in key role players
The Clippers had a mixed-bag kind of offseason. They replaced long-time head coach Doc Rivers with his lead assistant and former championship-winning coach, Ty Lue. Lue will be better at making playoff adjustments than Rivers, but in terms of all-around coaching and communicating, this seems like a wash. The Clippers also replaced Montrezl Harrell with Serge Ibaka (Raptors) - an upgrade if we are to presume that Harrell will play as poorly as he did in the Orlando Bubble and Ibaka (31) will continue to age gracefully as a small-ball five. They also traded Landry Shamet for Luke Kennard (Pistons) - seemingly a wash as both are nice floor spacers, but Kennard should have a slightly higher upside in the playoffs with his size (6-foot-5, 206 pounds) compared to Shamet (6-foot-4, 190 pounds).
TT & Teague look to balance out Boston
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After losing Gordon Hayward this offseason, and with Kemba Walker out for at least the start of the season, the Celtics hope that their newest signees, Tristan Thompson (Cavaliers) and Jeff Teague (Hawks), can pull their weight and do some of the little things to allow Boston's stars, Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown, to continue their ascension. Thompson will help solidify the Celtics' frontline alongside Daniel Theis and Robert Williams, and bring some defensive tenacity and rebounding to the table. Teague should be able to fill-in for Walker as a stop-gap starter, and then run the second unit as one of the best backup point guards in the league.
Warriors pivot after Klay's injury in hopes of contending
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After receiving the brutal news that their superstar Klay Thompson had ruptured his Achilles, the Warriors were able to make a couple of shrewd moves to round out their depth at wing. First, they traded for Kelly Oubre Jr. (Suns), a talented, do-it-all forward who should complement Steph Curry, Andrew Wiggins, and Draymond Green nicely. Next, they brought back Kent Bazemore (Kings), who began his career with Golden State, and is a professional three-and-D wing. Finally, they signed Brad Wanamaker, a defensive-minded guard who can protect Curry on defense. None of them will replace Klay, but together, they might be enough to keep the Dubs in contention if Curry has an MVP season.
Rafael Stone & Stephen Silas begin tenure with shrewd Christian Wood signing
Tasked with replacing one of the best front office decision-makers of the past decade, Rafael Stone has shown some resolve in his first few months as Houston's top decision-maker. So far, he's hired an up-and-coming come in Stephen Silas (Mavericks), made a couple of moves to pen up the cap room to sign Christian Wood (Pistons) to the mid-level exception, and traded Russell Westbrook for John Wall and a future first-round draft pick. Oh, and he's also resisted the pressure to trade James Harden for a couple of quarters on the dollar. The Wood signing could be a huge bargain if he plays anything as he did over the last 13 games of the season last year when he averaged 22.8 ppg., 9.9 RPG. and had 56-40-76 shooting splits.
Danny Green & Seth Curry bring floor spacing to Philly
Danny Green (Lakers) was originally shipped to the Thunder in the Dennis Schröder deal and then rerouted to the 76ers in a separate deal. Seth Curry (Mavericks) was acquired in a deal for Josh Richardson. Both will bring some tough perimeter defense to the Sixers as well as some excellent shooting - especially, Curry, who shot 45.2 percent from three last season. If the Sixers jump back to that contender status they were at in 2019, they'll be able to look back at these two savvy moves this summer as a launching point.
SVG, Adams & Bledsoe bring some edge to the Big Easy
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It's pretty clear from the Pelicans' offseason that they plan on putting an emphasis on defense this season. First, they fired a defensive-minded coach in Stan Van Gundy (" We just form a &*$^ing wall! "). Next, they acquired a two-time All-NBA defender in Eric Bledsoe (Bucks). And, later, they acquired one of the biggest, strongest players in the NBA in Steven Adams (Thunder). It would appear that New Orleans wants to be the most physical team in the league, and with Bledsoe and Adams joining the likes of Zion Williamson, Lonzo Ball, and Josh Hart, they definitely should be.
Portland finally adds some wing depth
The Blazers' past five seasons have ended in playoff defeats against the Warriors (2016), Warriors (2017), Pelicans (2018), Warriors (2019), and, most recently, the Lakers (2020). What do all of those teams have in common? An elite forward with whom the Blazers had no answer for. Year after year, Portland has trotted out unremarkable wings to try to guard the likes of Klay Thompson, Draymond Green, Anthony Davis, and LeBron James. This year might be a little different, however, as the Blazers traded for the prototypical three-and-D wing in Robert Covington (Rockets), and then went out and signed the energetic Derrick Jones Jr. (Heat) from Miami. The two might not be enough to get the Blazers over the hump in the end, but they'll at least give Damian Lillard & Co. a fighting chance.
Michael Jordan swoops in last minute to overpay Gordon Hayward
Four years, 120 million dollars. That's what it cost the Hornets to sign Gordon Hayward from the Celtics this summer. Hayward, whose prime has been destroyed by injuries, averaged 17.5 PPG, 6.7 RPG., 4.1 APG., and had 50-38-86 shooting splits last season in Boston. At times, he looked like the star player he was in Utah. At other times, he looked like a role player. Charlotte hopes that that inconsistency was more a product of the ascension of Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown rather than the erosion of Hayward's skills and athleticism. MJ paid a helluva lot of money to find out.
Dallas trades for two physical forwards to protect Luka
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Despite being led by a 21-year-old, Dallas finished with the best offensive rating in NBA history last season. Thus, it's pretty safe to assume that they'll have an elite offense for as long as Luka Doncic is around. Luka's ascension allowed the Mavericks to focus on improving their below-average defense this offseason by trading Seth Curry to the Sixers for Josh Richardson (Sixers). Richardson's ability to guard point guards and wings will help lessen Doncic's load and hopefully improve Dallas' 18-ranked defense. The Mavericks also went out and got an "enforcer" in James Johnson (T'Wolves) to protect Doncic from some of the nonsense he dealt with last postseason.
Leon Rose, World Wide Wes & Tom Thibodeau try to turn around the New York Knicks
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It's Creative Artists Agency's turn to try to fix the Knicks - specifically Leon Rose (the former super-agent at CAA), William Wesley (aka "World Wide Wes", one of the NBA's biggest behind-the-scenes movers and shakers) and Tom Thibodeau (one of CAA's prominent coaching clients). Rose and Wesley didn't overpay for any overrated free agents this summer, so that's a plus. Thibodeau will hopefully bring out the best in the potential defensive star, Mitchell Robinson, and it's two young scorers, RJ Barrett and Obi Toppin.
Troy Weaver opens a junkyard in Detroit
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After acquiring Delon Wright (Mavericks) and then wheeling and dealing on draft night to acquire three first-round picks, Pistons GM Troy Weaver made a number of puzzling and downright awful free agency decisions. First, he paid Jerami Grant (Nuggets), a good role player, like a star with a three-year, $60M contract. Then, he overpaid Grant's Nuggets' teammate, Mason Plumlee, with a three-year, $25M deal. Detroit went on to sign Jahlil Okafor (Pelicans), Josh Jackson (Grizzlies), Wayne Ellington (Knicks), Deividas Sirvydis (Lithuania), and, perhaps the funniest of all, LiAngelo Ball (Big Ball Brand). Such a bizarre offseason in Detroit.
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Some other familiar faces in new places this season will include:
Ricky Rubio (Suns) returning to the T'Wolves, the franchise that drafted him;
Billy Donovan (Thunder) parted ways with OKC and was hired by Arturas Karnisovas (Nuggets) as the head coach in Chicago;
Al Horford (Sixers) and George Hill (Bucks) heading to the Thunder to help mold their young players;
Avery Bradley (Lakers) and Mo Harkless (Knicks) taking their talents to South Beach to join the Heat; and
Aaron Baynes (Suns) flying north (and then South) to play for the Toronto/Tampa Bay Raptors.
Pat Heery began his sports writing career in 2016 for The Has Been Sports Blog. He practices real estate law during the day and runs pick & rolls at night. Follow him on Twitter: @pheery12.
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Niners cornerback Richard Sherman pushed back against a report that said "almost everything is done and agreed to" regarding the NFL season. Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports
Niners' Richard Sherman says nothing firm regarding NFL training camps, season
NFL training camps are expected to open in about two weeks. At the very least, that’s what the league is hoping amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
We’ve already seen players in leadership positions push back against the NFL’s safety protocols. An outspoken player is now pushing back against a report that the players are nearing an agreement with the NFL to start training camp on time.
Niners Pro Bowl cornerback Richard Sherman says the players have not agreed to anything regarding training camp and preseason games.
That’s knowledge to us. Huge outstanding issues are still unresolved. We havent agreed to anything in their proposal and literally just sent them a response. But all will be revealed https://t.co/HcVWtA8OgX
— Richard Sherman (@RSherman_25) July 10, 2020
As you can see, the report from NFL Media’s Ian Rapoport notes that “almost everything is done and agreed to except for number of preseason games and testing protocols.”
Sherman is not buying it. Given that he has been in a leadership position within the NFLPA, Sherman definitely knows what he is talking about.
After canceling the Aug. 6 Hall of Fame Game between the Steelers and Cowboys, the NFL made the decision to cut preseason schedules from four games down to two for each team.
However, the players don’t want to play any preseason games next month. That makes some sense.
The league is said to be setting up strict testing protocols as the virus continues to spread across the United States. At the very least, the players want to hear more before drawing a conclusion on testing and safety.
Testing is going to be extremely important for the NFL. We’ve seen issues in this regard around Major League Baseball as it prepares to start its season July 23. That can’t be the case when it comes to the NFL. Strict protocols must be in place before training camps open.
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Bruce Flatt, CEO of Brookfield Asset Management: Wiki, Net Worth, Family
By Sachindra Karki | On: 12 Dec, 2019
Bruce Flatt is a CEO as well as Director and Senior Managing Partner at the Brookfield Asset Management Inc. He joined Brook field in 1990 and became the CEO of the company in 2012. Under his leadership, the company has developed a global presence in over 30 countries.
Bruce is also Cheif Executive Officer at Brookfield Asset Management Oic Canada (since 2002), and Timberlands Management LP. Besides, Bruce has worked on the board for 'Brookfield Properties Corp.,' 'Fraser Papers, Inc,' 'Norbord Inc,' and 'Norbord Inc,' Falconbridge Ltd, 'New GGP.'
Career Info.
At the age of 25, Bruce was hired Brascan in 1990, which was later renamed to 'Brookfield Asset Management.". While working for the company, he eventually gained the vice-president's position at its merchant bank. Later, Bruce became a Cheif Executive Officer & Senior Managing partner for 'Brookfield Asset Management' in 2012.
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While serving for Brookfield, he also was signed as Director for Brookfield Global Property Advisor Ltd. and Brookfield Global Infrastructure Advisor Ltd. in 2016. Later, in 2019, Bruce became the director of Canary Wharf Group Investment Holdgs PLC and Oaktree Capital Group, LLC.
Bruce's successful asset managing career has indeed garnished him a decent salary and massive fortune. According to Forbes, Bruce’s net worth was estimated to be around $1.4 billion in June 2017.
As being the CEO of Brookfield Asset Management, Bruce manages Brookfield's approximately $330 billion in assets in 400 million square feet of commercial space where he holds 18.2 million shares. His focus on buying quality assets at value prices has made him the top player in the asset management game.
Besides earnings, Bruce had two-bedroom co-op at 165 Duane street, which he sold for $1.87 million in 2012; he had bought the property for $1.7 million in 2007.
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Bruce was previously married in 1993. But the relationship didn’t work out, and they parted their ways after two years in 1995. He didn’t have any children from the marriage.
After the divorce, Bruce began dating an art adviser and socialite Lonti Ebers in 2010 and later got married.
Bruce Flatt and his wife Lonti Ebers at the opening for "The Ungovernables" 2012, New Museum(Source: Patrick McMullan)
Bruce and his wife are currently a resident of New York.
Current Wife's Details
His wife Lonti is a vice-president museum’s board of the New Museum in New York, she has also made donations for the museum’s expansion and has been a longtime supporter of the museum.
Moreover, his art-adviser wife also launched two artist residency programs in 2018, one in 'Brooklyn’s Bushwick' and the second in the 'Italian village of Chiusure.'
Family, Education
Bruce comes from a well-established family background. His father was an executive at a mutual fund company in Manitoba for 43 years.
Bruce attended the University of Manitoba to be an accountant. He graduated from the university in 1985—passed his accounting exam, scoring the second-highest in the province.
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Bruce was born in 1965 in Canada.
In his early years, he started his own business, a lawn-cutting enterprise that won him an “Entrepreneur of the Year” award at his university.
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Police free 3 women being held in Georgia motel room
Police in Georgia say they rescued three women who were being held against their will in a motel room over the weekend.
Updated: 7:43 AM EDT Oct 15, 2019
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(Above video: Your morning headlines)VALDOSTA, Ga. (AP) — Police in Georgia say they rescued three women who were being held against their will in a motel room over the weekend.Valdosta police said in a statement Monday they responded to a report that a group of women weren’t being allowed to leave their room. Lt. Scottie Johns added that the caller heard cries for help.Officers said that when they arrived, they heard banging on the windows and shouting. News outlets report police forced their way in and arrested 39-year-old Michael Hudson.Investigators say Husdon was visiting one of the women when an argument awakened the other two and he held them in the room.Hudson is charged with two felony counts of false imprisonment. It’s unclear whether he has an attorney who can comment on his behalf.
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VALDOSTA, Ga. (AP) — Police in Georgia say they rescued three women who were being held against their will in a motel room over the weekend.
Valdosta police said in a statement Monday they responded to a report that a group of women weren’t being allowed to leave their room. Lt. Scottie Johns added that the caller heard cries for help.
Officers said that when they arrived, they heard banging on the windows and shouting. News outlets report police forced their way in and arrested 39-year-old Michael Hudson.
Investigators say Husdon was visiting one of the women when an argument awakened the other two and he held them in the room.
Hudson is charged with two felony counts of false imprisonment. It’s unclear whether he has an attorney who can comment on his behalf.
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Nurse battling cancer receives ‘best Christmas ever’
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Christmas tree decorated with lights, balls, bells and other ornaments.
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MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) —
After an incredibly tough year, a Twin Cities family was surprised with the “Best Christmas Ever.”
Sarena Nourse is a mother of three and a nurse. In 2019, she battled and beat stage-four bone cancer. A year and a half later, she learned the cancer returned and was now in her brain, lungs and chest. This past fall, she underwent another round of chemo and surgeries.
Her story was one of thousands received by the Twin Cities nonprofit called Best Christmas Ever. The group serves families that have fallen on hard times. This year, organizers said they received six times the usual amount of requests for help. The families that were chosen were given toys, home goods and other gifts to help make the season bright.
Dr. James Midboe, from Finish Line Wellness, helped organize the surprise.
“It’s really about showing these people that although they’re going through probably the hardest time of their life, that they’re cared for,” Midboe said.
Tuesday night, surrounded with friends and carolers, the friend who nominated Nourse’s family read the letter, and revealed dozens of wrapped gifts, thousands of dollars to help with medical bills and a new van for doctor’s appointments. Nathan Nourse said their van is not reliable, and this will be a huge relief to help the family.
Video: High school students deliver homemade blankets to nursing homes
This year, the family is finding strength in faith and friends. And they are thankful for the blessing along this tough journey.
“2020 is something I don’t think any of us will ever forget,” Nourse said. “But this definitely brightens things up and brings things into perspective.”
Best Christmas Ever partners with local companies to make these surprises possible. For more information, visit bcemovement.org.
Click here for updates on this story
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There aren’t many places in the world where you can swim in a warm sea and ski on the same weekend, but that’s not the only reason we love Barcelona. With rent-by-the-minute mopeds and cheap train fares, this city is a hub of techie innovation, perfect for the adventurous explorer. There’s also world-class gastronomy, street festivals every month, one of the best music festivals in the world, and a thriving expat scene, meaning it can sometimes be too easy to get lost among the million and one things to do. But have no fear! We are here, with our curation of vital apps, podcasts, and more, as recommended by locals and experienced expats, to help you navigate the city and get the most out of every single day.
Every app you could ever need to live and flourish in a modern, techie haven.
Tuenti - The handy thing about the Tuenti phone company is you never need to leave your house. Order a SIM card for your phone (Android or iPhone) and get your new Spanish number delivered to your door in a matter of days. Use the super-helpful app to keep track of how much data you’re using and instantly top up if you run out.
Wallapop - Buy and sell locally with Wallapop. Browse for literally anything, by how close it is to you, with photos. It’s cheap and used by everyone, especially locals, for anything from trainers to bicycles to sofas.
Revolut - Welcome to the banking app that lets you attach multiple international accounts to one card and instantly add cash in different currencies to your physical Revolut card. The card is contactless, lets you take money out from an ATM, and works everywhere. You can instantly transfer money between friends with the app, too—and on top of that, it’s free, with no hidden or sign-up fees. Plus, you can open a “vault” that automatically saves your spare change each time you spend.
Bicing - Bicing is the most-used cycling app in Barcelona. There are stations around the city with hundreds, if not thousands, of bicycles. It’s €50 for the whole year, and your first 30 minutes are free every time you ride. Sign up online and get your card delivered straight to your door, then download the app to find your nearest parking point.
eCooltra - Like bicing, but with scooters. You need a scooter license to use eCooltra, but each bike has two helmets locked in the saddle and the app shows you where the nearest one is. Added bonus: it’s much easier to get parked! You pay by the minute—anything from 19 to 26 cents, depending on the package.
Duolingo - This is easily the most popular language-learning app in the world. Get notification reminders to practice, keep track of what you’re learning, and link up with friends to boost your motivation. There’s also a free podcast series and a messenger bot that allows you to try having conversations. All for free!
Badi - Discover a whole new way to hunt for an apartment with Badi. The app works a little like Tinder, in that you have to match with your ideal roommate before you can talk to them—but when you do, you can instantly book a viewing. Badi cuts out the middleman and helps reduce wasted time. Plus, it’s free.
Idealista - This is the most popular apartment-hunting and renting site in the city, which means it’s also competitive. Most of the places you’ll see on here will be from agencies (and agency fees are normally at least 10% of the year’s total rent), but search every day and you’ll eventually find your diamond in the rough. And make sure you set up notifications for your specific wants, so you’re first in line when they get posted.
Meetup - Want to join a language exchange? Maybe you’re looking to work out with other expats? Meetup shows you events catered to any and every desire, all around the city—and lets you create your own. Find locals and foreigners interested in the same things as you and make new friends any time, any day of the week, in groups for things such as rock climbing, cooking, volleyball, or knitting.
Eatwith - Discover the joys of the Mediterranean diet with local Spanish and Catalan chefs keen to cook for you or teach you how to make the perfect paella. Eatwith is like Meetup, but for food. You and any number of your friends can find events you want to join, or create a new one: Options range from cooking classes to candlelit dinners in cozy, secret restaurants or guided market shopping with a local chef.
Glovo - This is not your ordinary delivery service. Sure, it features hundreds of restaurants from across the city, delivering their food straight to your door for a small delivery fee that’s based on distance. But even better, they deliver anything else you want. Simply download the app and search in the “anything” category for what you need. Maybe you had one too many cañas (small draft beer) last night and all you need is some painkillers? Glovo will go to a shop for you and deliver it to your door. Welcome to the future—it’s sofa based.
TMB - TMB is the Catalan transport network in Barcelona. Download the app for up-to-date bus and train times, to book tickets, and to check where the closest station/stop is. You can plan your journey and check which ticket you need for which zones. Simple!
Citymapper - One of the world’s best transport apps, Citymapper works in dozens of cities around the globe. Open it up and search for your journey: It covers a selection of means of transport, including taxis, buses, trains, cycling, and walking. Its map and interface tend to be quicker to load than other map apps, and its suggested routes are always smart and accurate.
BCN Paisatge - Get a truly local guide with the BCN Paisatge app, created and run by Barcelona City Council. Search for shops, restaurants, galleries, hidden details of the city, such as murals and tiny ancient sculpted bricks, or plan a route through the city with notifications of interesting, noteworthy stops in real time as you walk.
Fever - Had enough of Facebook but don’t want to miss out on all the cool events happening in Barcelona? Fever has your back: Its exhaustive list of gigs, theatre shows, fashion events, and hip gastronomic evenings means you’ll be spoilt for choice every day of the week. Keep an eye out for discounts for fever users on tickets to gigs and other events, too.
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Who to follow on Instagram to spice up your feed with a little local flavor.
O Lo Comes Barcelona: Focused on discovering and sharing the delights of independent local eateries, this account is a one-stop shop for finding the best places to dine out for reasonable prices. Check out its stories for lists of places organized by area, from El Raval to El Poble-sec.
Ruben M.: Ruben is a street photographer in Barcelona, capturing the beautiful underbelly of the crowded, lively, and kinetic place that we love. Scroll through his feed and be in awe of his cinematic technique and deft skill in creating a whole story with a single image.
IN and OUT Barcelona: Stefania Talento and Andreu Font are two social-media managers who use their combined talents to share cool events, yummy places to eat, and secret spots for their followers. Follow for drool-worthy foodie snaps combined with enviable glimpses into their unbelievably cool lives.
Irene Pérez Morata: With an eye for detail and color, Irene produces photography that is an ongoing love letter to a city she’s clearly obsessed with. Small mosaics on hidden walls, boat sails in the distance… She sees a Barcelona that others might miss.
Sam Zucker: Videographer, photographer, writer, and chef Sam gives you a fresh take on a city that has been photographed to death. His Instagram account will keep you in awe of what a beautiful place you’re living in.
The Barcelonist: Discover what Barcelona is really like behind all the tourists through this account. It showcases photographers who are capturing the cultural pockets and secret spots of the city like no one else.
Nicanor García: Specializing in architectural photography, García captures everywhere he visits in all its splendor. Look at the city through the eyes, and lens, of someone truly in love with it.
Patatas Bravas Barcelona: You know we love bravas in Barcelona! These fried potatoes with brava sauce come a thousand different ways—and this account is on a mission to document them all. Get your tummy rumbling and mouth watering over this delicious, and hilarious, collection of the best (and worst) bravas in the city.
For your eyes (and ears) only
Stay tuned in to the city that never sleeps with podcasts, free magazines, and newspapers in English.
Barcelona Miniguide: This free magazine, which comes out 10 times a year, is packed with cool events, gigs, exhibitions, bars, restaurants, parties, and local album reviews. You can grab a paper copy in these locations, or you can head to the website that has info on everything from great places to eat, to LGBTQIA+ friendly bars, to tattoo parlours. Every location is reviewed and includes prices and opening times.
Barcelona Metropolitan: Another monthly free paper magazine, Barcelona Metropolitan guides you through everything you need to know about the local zeitgeist, whether that involves a breakdown of Spanish politics or recommendations for hiking day trips and rooftop bars.
El País English: Keep up to date with local and Spanish news with the English edition of one of the biggest newspapers in Spain. Only available online.
BCN Més: Perfect for the English-speaking expat, BCN Més includes articles in English and Spanish, plus it’s free! Pick up a paper copy in various locations around Barcelona for a funny, alternative take on what’s going on. Online you can explore gastronomic recommendations, interviews, and a video series called News Desk, which looks at key aspects of BCN life, such as the recycling initiative on city buses.
The Barcelona Podcast: A fan of soccer? Don’t want to miss the next El Clásico? This podcast follows the best team in the world (FC Barcelona, of course!), with commentary, analysis, and more, all in English. Come on, Messi!
Radio Primavera Sound: Primavera Sound is a massive music festival held in Barcelona every year. Prepare yourself for three days of sunshine and parties (even if you don’t have a ticket) with their radio station, which has shows in English and Spanish introducing you to new music and getting you hyped for the big names to come.
Notes in Spanish: A great podcast for learning Spanish, it has episodes for Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced levels. Subjects discussed range from historical Spanish events to local foods and navigating being an expat in the Catalan capital.
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Monarch Butterfly life cycle in pictures
By TA on May 6, 2014 Feature stories, Insects
Renowned for their beauty, grace, and migrations, Monarch Butterflies, Danaus plexippus, may be the most-loved butterflies in America. They have a fascinating story. From an egg not much larger than the period at the end of this sentence, they evolve magically into 0.02-ounce (0.75 g) adults capable of flying hundreds of miles! It begins with the mating of a male and female.
Male and female Monarch mating. (Vince Smith / Flickr; CC BY 2.0)
The egg stage:
The female clings to the leaf of a milkweed (and only a milkweed) plant and curls her body to deposit an egg on the underside. She lays her eggs one at a time and on many different plants, so they’ll have a better chance of escaping the sharp eyes of predators. The eggs, which measure about 0.05 x 0.03 inch (1.2 x 0.9 mm), are sticky, so they stay attached. They hatch in five to 10 days.
Female Monarch depositing an egg on the underside of a milkweed leaf. (WW)
Caterpillar (larva) stage:
After hatching, their first meal was probably their eggshell, rich in protein. Caterpillars periodically rest, but, otherwise, it’s all about eating, eating, eating to store up fat and proteins for their later metamorphosis into adult butterflies.
As caterpillars eat and grow larger, they outgrow their skin and shed it several times in a process called molting. They usually go through five or six molts. There’s a term for the stages between each molt: instar. Between hatching and the first molt, the caterpillar is considered to be a first instar. Between the first and second molt, it’s a second instar, and so on. A first instar is 0.078 to 0.24 inches long (2 to 6 mm) and 0.02 0.06 inches wide (0.5 to 1.5 mm). By its fifth instar, it’s 1.0 to 1.77 inches long (25 to 45 mm) and 0.2 to 0.3 inches wide (5 to 8 mm), and weighs 2,000 times more than it did as a first instar!
In its fifth instar, this Monarch larva will soon pupate. (Derek Ramsey, derekramsey.com / Wiki; GFDL 1.2)
Pupa stage:
When a caterpillar is ready to pupate, it moves a few feet off the plant and attaches itself to something stable from which to hang. This might be the stem of a neighboring plant, a twig, the lip of a flowerpot or even the underside of a deck chair! With secretions from its mouth, it deposits a sticky silk pad to hang from, attaches its hindmost pair of prolegs and takes on a characteristic J shape.
The prolegs are the caterpillar’s stubby, fleshy legs with black feet that you can easily see below. The caterpillar uses them to cling to plants and other surfaces. Prolegs are temporary and disappear altogether during pupation.
Characteristic J-shape of a Monarch Butterfly preparing to pupate. (Sid Mosdell / Flickr; cc by 2.0)
Now shedding its skin for the last time, the Monarch isn’t recognizable as a caterpillar or a butterfly. The skin on its back has split open, revealing the underlying green skin which will become its chrysalis (often called, inaccurately, a cocoon.) The old skin (the black-striped part) is being crushed upward as the caterpillar wiggles its body free of it. Ultimately, the old skin will be just a small dark, dry wad with the chrysalis hanging below, and will fall off.
(Sid Mosell / Flickr; cc by 2.0)
Chrysalis:
Here’s the chrysalis (KRIS-uh-lis). The caterpillar within is undergoing a process that converts its body into a head, eyes, internal organs, wings and all the other body parts that constitute an adult butterfly. The chrysalis is extremely delicate. If it falls, the butterfly will die. Even if no obvious harm comes to them, Monarch pupae have a high mortality rate, for unknown reasons. What goes on inside the chrysalis
The metamorphosis takes about 10 to 14 days. As the caterpillar develops into a butterfly, little by little the shape of its body and tightly folded wings can be seen inside the chrysalis. In the image below, note the golden band with a black line running below it. It exists on all Monarch chrysalises and scientists don’t know its purpose.
A Monarch Butterfly pupa developing inside its chrysalis. (Andy Reago & Chrissy McLaren / Flickr; cc by 2.0)
Emerging (eclosing) as an adult:
Below is a Monarch emerging as an adult and clinging to its chrysalis. Notice that its wings are all wadded up, and they’re floppy and wet. They slowly take shape as the butterfly inflates them with liquid drawn from its abdomen. This gives them form and, once they’re dry, the rigidity that’s necessary for flight.
If anything interferes with this process or causes the wings to become misshapen before they dry, the butterfly will be partially or wholly crippled. If it can’t fly, it’ll starve to death.
Monarch emerging from its chrysalis and inflating its wings. (© Cathy Keifer / Dreamstime)
Visible difference between male and female:
Unlike many butterfly species, there’s an easy way to distinguish a male Monarch from a female: Females have heavier veins in their wings, and they lack two small, black spots that are on the wings of males.
Comparison of male and female Monarch Butterflies. (CC)
Adult stage:
Monarchs live two to six weeks, most of the time mating and laying eggs. The last generation of the season emerges in late summer and early fall. They migrate south to overwinter in Mexico. An exception is the population of Monarchs that inhabit western states and migrate to California.
Overwintering Monarchs live eight or nine months, long enough to begin their migration northward and produce the first spring generation.
Flock of Monarchs. (Agunther / Wiki; cc by 3.0)
Pop quiz: Is this Monarch a male or female?**
Monarch Butterfly. (bbarlow / Pixabay; PD)
Environmental threats to Monarchs:
Monarch Butterflies are under threat of extinction. There are several reasons. Probably the most significant concerns milkweed plants. Monarchs lay their eggs only on milkweeds, and that’s what their caterpillars eat. The number of milkweeds, however, is steadily decreasing because of genetically engineered crops, principally corn and soybeans, that can withstand being sprayed by a potent herbicide called Round-Up.
Farmers used to kill weeds on their croplands by tilling between rows to chop them up, then turning them into the soil. Always, some milkweeds still survived the process and croplands used to be significant habitats for the plants. But, now, entire fields can be sprayed with Round-up to kill all weeds without harming the crops.
Monarchs face other threats, too, including general insecticide use in yards and gardens, illegal deforestation in their winter sanctuaries, bad weather and possibly climate change.
We may not be able to control these harmful factors individually, but we can play a role in helping these beautiful butterflies, simply by planting as many milkweed plants as possible and avoiding the use of insecticides.
*Top photo: Mandana (on-and-off) / Flickr; CC BY 2.0
**A female.
Beautiful National Geographic video of Monarchs
Visit Monarchwatch.org for in-depth information about the Monarch
More reading:
The fascinating life cycle of insects
Build an insect house
All about butterflies, moths
All about honeybees
All about dragonflies
All about beetles
All about true bugs
All about flies – pests at picnics, but vital pollinators
All about cockroaches (most are beneficial and stay outdoors)
All about earwigs, curious victims of a baseless myth
About termites: most are beneficial – really!
Insect life cycle
Insect anatomy
Insects rule! Yes, they really do!
Explore an insect-friendly yard – pt. 1
Spiders aren’t insects!
Spider magic
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Veterans receive high school diplomas decades after leaving school to join service
SCHOOL EDUCATION BECAUSE OF THEIR SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY ARE GETTING THEIR DIPLOMAS THIS YEAR. ACTION NEWS EIGHT REPORTER CAITLIN CONRAD SPOKE TO ONE VETERAN ABOUT WHAT THE RECOGNITION MEANS TO HIM. 93 YEAR OLD MILTON MOCETTINI HAS LIVED A FULL LIFE BUT IT TOOK UNTIL 2020 FOR THE VETERAN TO GET HIS HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA. THE NAVY SEAMAN FIRST CLASS JOINED UP AT HIS FIRST OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE HIS COUNTRY IN WORLD WAR II AND NEVER GOT THE CHANCE TO FINISH HIGH SCHOOL CLIP 2934 00:35 I LIED ABOUT MY AGE I WAS 16 AND I SAID I WAS 17 AND I GOT ON AN OILER AND I WAS OVERSEAS IN THE PACIFIC WHEN MOCETTINI CAME HOME FROM THE WAR HE STARTED WORKING... FIRST IN SALINAS VALLEY AGRICULTURE AND THEN FOR PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC FOR 40 YEARS .... HE MARRIED HIS WIFE WANDA ... 67 YEARS LATER THEY'RE STILL MARRIED .... AND RAISED FOUR CHILDREN. BUT HE NEVER GOT HIS DIPLOMA AND HE NEVER THOUGHT HE WOULD UNTIL THIS YEAR. CLIP 2934 1:12 I DIDN'T FINISH HIGH SCHOOL BUT I HEARD ABOUT I DON'T KNOW SIX MONTHS AGO I WENT AND THEY TOLD ME I COULD GET MY DIPLOMA IN DECEMBER OF 201 MONTEREY COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION LAUNCHED OPERATION RECOGNITION A VETERANS DIPLOMA PROJECT. PARTNERING WITH THE VETERANS TRANSITION CENTER THEY SET OUT TO FIND VETERANS IN MONTEREY COUNTY WHO WERE NOT ABLE TO FINISH HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY WERE SERVING OUR COUNTRY. ZOOM 3:30 EVEN THOUGH THEY REALLY WANTED TO COMPLETE THEIR EDUCATIONAL PATHWAY THE DESIRE TO SERVE THEIR COUNTRY AT A TIME WHEN THEIR COUNTRY SO BADLY NEEDED THEM THEIR SERVICE BECAME THEIR PRIORITY, BUT THEY NEVER GAVE UP ON THEIR DESIRE TO EARN THEIR HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS DOCTOR DENEEN GUSS SAYS IT WAS AN HONOR TO MEET EACH OF THE FIVE VETERANS RANGING IN AGE FROM 73 TO 95 AND AWARD THEM THEIR DIPLOMAS. ZOOM 3:50 AS I HANDED THAT DIPLOMA TO EACH AND EVERY VETERAN MANY OF THEM JUST WENT TO TEARS LITERALLY CRIED AND YOUR HEART IS JUST TOUCHED AND YOU REALIZE HOW MUCH EARNING THAT HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA MEANT TO THEM MOCETTINI SAYS H WASN'T OVERLY EXCITED .. BUT HE WAS PROUD. VERY PROUD TO BE RECOGNIZED AFTER ALL THESE YEARS. CLIP 2934 1:53 I WAS FINALLY PROUD THAT I GOT A DIPLOMA I USED TO GET CALLED YOU KNOW A DUMB JERK... DIDN'T EVEN GET A DIPLOMA BUT NO I WAS PROUD OF IT COMING UP: COUNTIES ORDERED
Veterans who never got to complete their high school education because of their military service received their diplomas this year.In Monterey County, California, Operation Recognition Veterans Diploma Project was launched in 2019 after the county's Office of Education changed its diploma policy. In total, five war veterans received their diplomas this year decades after their schooling and service."Many of our veterans tell this story of they were on track to graduate and then the conflict arose and they just had this sense of service," said Dr. Deneen Guss, Monterey County Superintendent of Schools.Milton Mocettini is one of the recipients and the call of duty was part of the Soledad native's story."I lied about my age. I was 16, and I said I was 17, and I got on an oiler and I was overseas in the Pacific," Mocettini said.When the Navy Seaman First Class returned home, he started working, first in Salinas Valley agriculture and then for Pacific Gas & Electric for 40 years. Mocettini got married to his wife Wanda of 67 years and the two raised four children, but the veteran never got his diploma. When he got the call six months ago after the diploma policy changed, he made an appointment to get his diploma all these years later."I was finally proud that I got a diploma. I used to get called you know a dumb jerk, didn't even get a diploma, but no I was proud of it," said Mocettini.Monterey County officials partnered with the Veterans Transition Center to find the five veterans honored. They range in age from 73 to 95 and Guss said it was an honor to give each a diploma."As I handed that diploma to each and every veteran, many of them just went to tears —literally cried — and your heart is just touched, and you realize how much earning that high school diploma meant to them," Guss said. 2020 Operation Recognition Veterans Diploma Project RecipientsDelbert Wermuth, Jr., Carmel High School, World War II and Korean War, Marines USMCR III(b) and Navy Seaman First ClassJames Nannie, Seaside High School, Vietnam War, Army Sgt. EMilton John Mocettini, Gonzales High School, World War II, Navy Seaman First ClassJess Estrada, Salinas High School, Korean War, Navy SH2Francis John Rubbo, Gonzales High School, World War II, Navy Fireman First Class
Veterans who never got to complete their high school education because of their military service received their diplomas this year.
In Monterey County, California, Operation Recognition Veterans Diploma Project was launched in 2019 after the county's Office of Education changed its diploma policy. In total, five war veterans received their diplomas this year decades after their schooling and service.
"Many of our veterans tell this story of they were on track to graduate and then the conflict arose and they just had this sense of service," said Dr. Deneen Guss, Monterey County Superintendent of Schools.
Milton Mocettini is one of the recipients and the call of duty was part of the Soledad native's story.
"I lied about my age. I was 16, and I said I was 17, and I got on an oiler and I was overseas in the Pacific," Mocettini said.
When the Navy Seaman First Class returned home, he started working, first in Salinas Valley agriculture and then for Pacific Gas & Electric for 40 years. Mocettini got married to his wife Wanda of 67 years and the two raised four children, but the veteran never got his diploma.
When he got the call six months ago after the diploma policy changed, he made an appointment to get his diploma all these years later.
"I was finally proud that I got a diploma. I used to get called you know a dumb jerk, didn't even get a diploma, but no I was proud of it," said Mocettini.
96-year-old World War II veteran celebrates Veterans Day with tandem jump
Monterey County officials partnered with the Veterans Transition Center to find the five veterans honored. They range in age from 73 to 95 and Guss said it was an honor to give each a diploma.
"As I handed that diploma to each and every veteran, many of them just went to tears —literally cried — and your heart is just touched, and you realize how much earning that high school diploma meant to them," Guss said.
2020 Operation Recognition Veterans Diploma Project Recipients
Delbert Wermuth, Jr., Carmel High School, World War II and Korean War, Marines USMCR III(b) and Navy Seaman First Class
James Nannie, Seaside High School, Vietnam War, Army Sgt. E
Milton John Mocettini, Gonzales High School, World War II, Navy Seaman First Class
Jess Estrada, Salinas High School, Korean War, Navy SH2
Francis John Rubbo, Gonzales High School, World War II, Navy Fireman First Class
Federal grant to help pair veterans with comfort dogs
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By Karla Pomeroy
News Editorial: Use common sense this Fourth of July
Common sense safety. If it is common sense you think the safety tips would go without having to be said, but that’s not the case, that’s why on your blow dryer it says not to immerse in water.
Common sense tells us that would be a bad idea but obviously someone did it, thus the need for a warning.
Many things come with common sense warnings that are not heeded by users.
This week with the Fourth of July celebration starting tomorrow many people will be lighting off a plethora of fireworks.
Fireworks are not toys. Fireworks are not to be used in games or fights. Don’t shoot Roman candles at one another. Don’t shoot bottle rocks at one another.
For years my parents would tell us children of a young Thermopolis man who injured his hand severely holding onto a Roman candle.
My neighbor in Lovell, a young boy about 10, lost his eye when he and his friends were battling with bottle rockets.
Heed safety warnings and tips. They are not there to ruin your fun but to ensure your fun doesn’t end tragically.
And, this Fourth of July, do not just heed safety tips for fireworks, but also be attentive while traveling.
Do not get distracted. Do obey traffic laws, signs and signals. Do wear your seat belt. Do drive defensively, never assuming you know what the car in front of you will do, or the car coming at you in the other lane.
Do not drink and drive … ever.
The fireworks and driving safety tips not only keep you safe, but keep others safe as well.
Have a safe and fun Independence Day.
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On a different note: Last week the Northern Wyoming News published our 74th annual Big Horn Basin Edition. We had a People and History section and a Business & Industry section.
Our staff worked hard to put together this edition featuring people and places around the Basin, and businesses and industry that have proven longevity, businesses that have shown recent growth and some brand new businesses.
Our online subscribers will not have noticed anything out of the ordinary. However, our print subscribers, if you have started to read the 18-page edition, will have notice a glaring error in the Business section.
Due to an unfortunate printing error where the wrong plate was put on the press, two pages from the People and History section were printed in the Business and Industry section, thus two pages of the B&I section never got printed.
Print subscribers will find a re-print of that section in this week’s issue.
We were frustrated with the error. We have worked with our advertisers to address the issue and our printer is working with us to address it as well.
It is times like this we realize we are all human. We make mistakes. Our goal here, when we make a mistake, is to learn from it, work to ensure it does not happen again and move on. It does not do anyone any good to place blame and point fingers.
But we apologize to you our readers for the error and we hope you take the time to enjoy the features in this section.
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Zippia Score
1 Pottsgrove School District 4.2
2 Buckman's Ski Shops 4.0
3 Pottstown School District 3.9
4 VIDEOTEK 3.9
5 The Mercury 3.9
6 Creative Health Services 3.7
7 Hill School 3.6
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ZT INTERVIEW: PANTHEON (COVERMOUNT ARTIST)
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· June 21, 2013 ·4 min read
Northern metallers, Pantheon, hail from the historic city of York. They speak their minds and take no prisoners.
The group released their latest self-released EP, “Intervention,” at the start of 2013. Zero Tolerance’s June issue (#053) covermount CD, features the track “Voices of Hate” by Pantheon. Pick up the issue for a free 18-track CD of pure metal awesome!
“Intervention” was produced, mixed and mastered by Zak Bajjon (Venom, Bal Sagoth, Cradle of Filth) at Silverbear Studios (UK).
Think twin riffs, pounding rhythms—lyrics regarding political unrest and uprising. Simon Dawson (lead vocals, bass) tells us that “Voices of Hate” is loosely based upon the perspective of a suicide bomber. “We try to keep the message strong, but open to interpretation,” says Dawson. “…but it’s interesting when someone takes their own message from it, that’s what metal is all about!”
Inspired by legends such as Judas Priest and Black Sabbath, Pantheon acknowledges the old school/traditional styles, but makes it known that their music remains firmly set in the 21st Century.
ZT: For such a young and new band you’ve had your fair share of trials and tribulations. Tell us a bit about the bands career to date.
“I think in any band, especially in the developing stages, you’re going to have ups and downs. In Pantheon these are things that we’ve learnt to overcome from experience and we’re a lot more ‘clued up’ on how to approach people as a result.
One of our strongest moments was one which was a potential threat to the band; when we found ourselves without a drummer and frontman. We made the decision to became a four, and the slicker lineup definitely gave us an edge to our song writing and. Our proudest accomplishment has to be the new Intervention EP we released earlier this year. Although a 4 track EP, a lot of big decisions and development went into the sound that you hear, with a new cleaner vocal style and a bigger focus on the twin guitar sound.”
ZT: Now that the line-up issues are sorted for Pantheon is there a concise group vision for the band?
“Looking at where we are now, we’re putting a lot of thought into raising our profile to achieve more as a band, but we’re trying to do this while purveying ourselves as the honest British metal band that we are. We’ve already managed to get some decent radio and magazine coverage, which is encouraging.
Personally, my vision for Pantheon is to take our music and attitude as far as we can. I know that as long as we’re believing in the music that we’re writing, we’re moving in the right direction.”
ZT: With the completion of your new EP, can you tell us what is next for Pantheon?
“We’re very much a live band, which is difficult to purvey on CD alone. In the near future I’d like to see Pantheon performing some more higher profile live shows in the UK, especially London. In time we’d like to begin branching out into other territories. We do have a view to record a full-length album at some point, we’re working hard on new material right now, but the time has to be right.”
ZT: When recording your latest EP are there any experience that you look back on with particular fondness?
“One of the most important and memorable experiences (something that we’ll take forward with us) was working with producer Zak Bajjon, who’s most known for Cradle of Filth, Lionsheart, Bal Sagoth and Venom.
We learnt that having the right producer definitely helped draw out the best performances from us as musicians. It’s also made us more aware of the business attitude you need to have as a band, and of the mountain we need to climb. The recording process was only a few weeks , but we’ve reworked nearly every aspect of Pantheon, which has taken us over a year, so we’re very much a new band!”
ZT: Is there a particular image you want to convey in your songwriting? Tell us something of the bands big influences?
“A big part of Pantheon and the attitude we’ve developed is being honest with ourselves as a British band and creating the sound that we want. We’ve adopted some of the classic British metal character but we’ve also added some heavier sounds from thrash and death metal.
The messages we hope to portray lyrically are important to us. They’re usually themes inspired by issues and ideas we’ve experienced personally or through the media, like the constant war in the middle east or the evil surrounding crude oil. A question I always ask is, how can you write honestly with a clear message if you haven’t experienced what you’re writing about? I wouldn’t want to presume how it felt to be in a WW1 trench – I wasn’t there. Our song ‘Voice of Hate’ is from the point of view of a suicide bomber, but it’s interesting when someone takes their own message from it, that’s what metal is all about!”
ZT: Thanks for taking the time to speak with us, are there any parting words you’d like to share with our readers?
“Thanks for the support we’ve received so far for the new release and to the Zero Tolerance team for pumping out a quality metal magazine. Keep supporting new metal bands and please visit the official Pantheon website regularly for news and media:
www.pantheonofficial.com
Questions answered by Simon Dawson – Bass and Lead Vocals
Pantheon is:
Simon Dawson—Lead vocals, bass
Matt Dawson—Guitar, backing vocals
Dan Richardson—Guitar
Andy Hayes—Drums
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The Mountain 8 route combines the Epic KOM mountain and Radio Tower climb, ensuring a ride with solid climbing and a good amount of flat miles, so you can recover.
The Mountain 8 route is the first time in the Tour of Watopia that you’ll tackle the Epic KOM in this counterclockwise direction. Because of this angle of attack, you’ll see the mountain differently. Remember to save some watts to tackle the 17% slope at the top.
As you hit the steep switchbacks of the Epic KOM climb, you’ll notice the landscape change from grass to the mountainous, snowy terrain. During this gradual change, we wanted to bring in a familiar mountain feature that would make it feel like you were really on a mountain range.
Ski lifts are common sites in many of greatest of mountain ranges. We wanted to bring this to life in the game. These lifts in the game come in and out of view as they travel up the rear side of the mountain. We had to make these lifts continuously move to bring life to the mountain. To make the gondola move, the ‘object’ would need to follow a ‘path’ in-game. The cables serve a real purpose — they show the gondola’s path. The best way to see this movement is from the ski lift’s top terminal.
Why is there such a steep mountain road, you ask? We wanted a little more challenge than just the Epic KOM mountain. It’s a tough and great climb but didn’t feel like a mountain summit. We wanted that intense feeling of accomplishment that follows a true alpine effort.
The Radio Tower climb’s steepness provides the challenge and rewards you with the best aerial view of Watopia. And it gives the best view of the Alpe du Zwift. Take in the vista before you head down the hill — you deserve it — and back into the main Watopia Island.
A few miles from the finish, you’ll reach the “Italian Village”, complete with cobbles, as well as a cascading waterfall and water fountain. The cascading waterfall at the entry to the village is an aesthetically pleasing feature, but did you ever wonder how waterfalls in Zwift are made?
The waterfalls are actually a static feature, just like a tree, but to make it ‘move’ requires scrolling textures that overlap the static polygons. This texture that slides over the feature gives the impression of movement, creating a cascading waterfall. Rising steam and lava flows, on the Volcano, work in the same way. Creating movement amongst the terrain helps make Watopia feel alive. So, we try to use this, and other movement tricks around Watopia to make it a fun place to be. Next time you’re out, keep an eye out for other moving textures that bring life to the Watopia.
See more routes on the Tour of Watopia here
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For Alabama football, this historic national championship run was four years in the making | Segrest
Doug Segrest
Special to the Advertiser
A season like no other culminated as a masterpiece for Alabama, four years after it began.
Ignited by the star-studded 2017 signing class, seasoned by a last-minute national championship win against Georgia, forged by a bond that became a public show of unity over the summer, it all ended with a perfect run in a most imperfect season.
No. 1 Alabama dominated No. 3 Ohio State 52-24 in Miami on Monday night for its sixth national title in 12 seasons under Nick Saban.
All because of the usual suspects.
Heisman Trophy winner DeVonta Smith, Alabama’s second option until Jaylen Waddle’s October injury, set championship game receiving records by halftime, validating voters with a video-game performance for the ages before departing with an injury.
More:How the Crimson Tide dominated the Buckeyes for the national championship
Mac Jones, penciled in by fans and media to be a placeholder at quarterback this season, threw for four touchdowns and 342 yards – in a half – while finishing with 464 for the game.
And running back Najee Harris scored twice on the ground and once through the air, mixing punishing hits with ballet escapes for 154 multi-threat yards.
The trio of Heisman top vote-getters came in together four years ago as part of that storied freshman class, arguably the best in college history.
Monday night’s performance settled another argument. This was the final performance of the greatest offense in college football history, which put up gaudy numbers against 13 Power Five opponents, 11 SEC rivals and five top-10 teams.
All fueled by the star power from the Class of ’17, and its leadership.
Such as the Outland Trophy offensive tackle putting it on the line one final time. Alex Leatherwood also emerged as a leader over the summer, leading his team in a march and a lyrical video for justice that resonated across the nation.
Linebacker Dylan Moses played all season in pain and frustration, the result of missing the entire 2019 season and returning with limits from ACL surgery. Yet he played a major role in bottling Ohio State’s own explosive offense Monday night.
Two arrivals from different classes provided an emotional spark. Waddle, believed lost for the season with an ankle injury four weeks in, returned to the field and had three catches to extend drives and set up scores.
And All-American center Landon Dickerson, out with injury since the SEC Championship Game, dressed out and represented the Crimson Tide for the coin toss, then returned for two finals snaps in the victory formation.
This was historic on so many levels.
More: Crimson Tide ace Ohio State to win national championship
This was Saban’s seventh national title overall, breaking Bear Bryant’s record, and his first perfect season since the 2009 team began the run at Alabama.
And it was the second for this remarkable class. The first came on the stunning second-and-26 ending against Georgia, when one freshman, Tua Tagovailoa, hit another, Smith, for the title-winning touchdown in the 2018 finale.
This is a team that sent four of the first 15 picks into the NFL Draft last spring then endured six months in the midst of the pandemic wondering if there would even be a season.
Of course, there was, with an assist from SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey’s leadership.
And, for Alabama, it was unforgettable.
Alabama football's 2020 championship run will capture hearts forever | Hurt Alabama 52, Ohio State 24: How the Crimson Tide dominated the Buckeyes for the national championship For Alabama, this historic national championship run was four years in the making Alabama football report card: Crimson Tide aces Ohio State to win national championship
Doug Segrest, a former SEC beat reporter, is a freelance columnist for the Montgomery Advertiser.
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Comic-Con 2017: 'Westworld' Panel Live Blog
Lori Acken July 22, 2017, 6:00 pm
Frazer Harrison/Getty Images
PIctured: (L-R) Lisa Joy, Ed Harris, James Marsden, Evan Rachel Wood, Thandie Newton, Jimmi Simpson, Roberto Patino attend "Westworld" screnning and panel at The Paley Center For Media's 34th Annual PaleyFest Los Angeles at Dolby Theatre on March 25, 2017 in Hollywood, California.
Didn't make it to this year's San Diego Comic-Con—or brave the line for Westworld's Saturday afternoon Hall H panel? Let TV Insider be your front-row seat as HBO’s dark, dramatic hit about the the dawn of artificial consciousness and the evolution of sin takes the stage.
Moderator Reggie Watts is joined by cast members Ben Barnes (Logan), Ingrid Bolsø Berdal (Armistice), Ed Harris (the Man in Black), Luke Hemsworth (Stubbs), James Marsden as (Teddy), Thandie Newton (Maeve), Simon Quarterman (Lee Sizemore), Rodrigo Santoro (Hector), Angela Sarafyan (Clementine), Jimmi Simpson (William), Tessa Thompson (Charlotte Hale), Evan Rachel Wood (Dolores), Shannon Woodward (Elsie) and Jeffrey Wright (Bernard/Arnold), plus the show's creators Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan.
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Still looking for TV panels to attend? Check out TV Insider's Comic-Con schedule.
Westworld @ San Diego Comic-Con Live Blog
5:18: Watts sings us out. Check out more of our Comic-Con 2017 coverage at tvinsider.com/category/comic-con//
5:15: New trailer premieres.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phFM3V_dors&feature=youtu.be
5:10: Newton says that even though she’s all about the empowerment of women, being able to surrender to what is written for her character is exhilarating.
5:05: Wood says she knew Westworld was a hit "when I was in Target and someone yelled out 'Freeze all motor functions.'”
Marsden says he treats all his deaths the same. "I love all my deaths equally … like my children. It's always sad when Teddy has to say good-bye ... because it's always the first time for him. " Watts calls him the [South Park] Kenny of the Westworld world.
5:01: Simpson says William is becoming more fragile and more human from his first time falling in love and getting his heart broken. "It turned William into a f—king Ed Harris," he jokes.
Wood says her hardest scene to film was when Jimmi had put on that black hat. Simpson, too. Wright says being tortured over the course of a week by Anthony Hopkins — but they were enjoyable scenes, too. “Maybe that says something about me,” he smiles.
4:54: Marsden says Teddy and Delores represent hope and purity. He loves how the hosts sometimes represent the best of what humanity is about.
4:54: Wright hasn't slept. Came to Con from filming the new season.
4:48: Watts asks Newton if Maeve’s decision to get off the train and go back for her daughter was her first conscious decision. “Is she going back for her daughter?” Newton teases? (Ooooh, crows the crowd). Newton says that Maeve's real conscious moments come when she’s trying to earn program updates, in moments of chaos. “In moments of chaos, that’s when gifts come,” she says.
4:42: Harris says the show is its own really its own genre. "It’s very specific … even though it’s confusing," he says. "Anything that’s paid attention to that much deserves being paid attention to." He cites another HBO hit for example: "You watch Game of Thrones and I don’t know everything that’s going on in that thing, but I enjoy watching it."
"How much do you want it to play a role in Season 2?' - Jonathan Nolan on the samurais at the end of #westworld Season 1. #WestworldSDCC
— Westworld (@WestworldHBO) July 23, 2017
4:38: Asked about the evolving idea of AI, Nolan says his perception of reality has shifted since they started doing the show. For example: "I just did a tequila shot with Ed Harris in the parking garage, " he jokes. "What we’re trying to do with the show is slowly reprogram the human race."
4:35: What’s Nolan and Joy’s inspiration for the surreal action? “Jonah used it as an excuse to make me play Red Dead Redemption," Joy cracks. “My wife is the only person who obeys traffic symbols in Grand Theft Auto," adds Nolan. "All the smart stuff, her. Grand Theft Auto me."
4:33: How would the panelists alter their own personalities if they could? Simpson would be able to eat mushrooms. Lisa Joy would like surfing more. Quarterman would be more sporty (Simpson jokes he would be less.)
4:26: Watts jokes about the accuracy of the weaponry, the lovely user interface – calls it relaxing. Then he compliments the series as a show "that doesn't pander. Or expect people to keep up with it. It just is what it is.
4:24: We're underway with moderator Reggie Watts and a pretty epic blooper reel that includes, among other things, Wood being treated to the wrong end of the horse, Harris for getting his lines and Hopkins dancing across the set.
4:20pm PT: We're still trying to cram people into the hall.
Freeze all motor functions... for a selfie.
The #Westworld cast drops by the #WestworldSDCC Experience Center at #SDCC2017. pic.twitter.com/ocCXMxrvkS
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Bhojpuri actress Monalisa showcases her love for nature in latest Instagram post — Check out
The Bhojpuri sensation has been mesmerising her fans with stunning pictures and videos on Instagram.
Photo courtesy: Instagram
Jun 13, 2019, 19:45 PM IST
New Delhi: Bhojpuri sizzler Monalisa is one of the most followed TV actors on social media. Monalisa, who loves to pose before the cameras, never fails to treat her fans with pictures and videos from her personal and professional sphere.
The Bhojpuri actress often keeps her fans and well-wishers updated with pictures of herself from shoots, events and holidays on the social media app. Monalisa also appeared to be a nature-loving person as she often shares posts on the beauty of nature.
In her latest post, Monalisa is seen dressed up in a black maxi dress as is seen enjoying the view. She captioned the post as, "Look deep into nature and then you will understand everything better. #mumbai #nature #rains #post #work “Follow me on @helo_indiaofficial," she wrote in the post."
Look deep into nature and then you will understand everything better._ #mumbai #nature #rains #post #work "Follow me on @helo_indiaofficial"
A post shared by MONALISA (@aslimonalisa) on Jun 12, 2019 at 3:07am PDT
Monalisa acted in several low budget films before making her debut in Bollywood with 'Blackmail' starring Ajay Devgn and Suniel Shetty. She then acted in South Indian films before coming to notice through her role in 'Tauba Tauba' opposite Amin Gazi. Monalisa has also acted in a Kannada film titled 'Jackpot'.
In 2010, as per a report in The Hindu, Monalisa was one of the most sought-after actresses in the Bhojpuri film industry. Her last Bhojpuri film was 'Dulhan Chahi Pakistan Se 2' co-starring Pradeep Pandey 'Chintu'. The actress has worked with almost all the Bhojpuri big shots in her movie career. She has several hit films and blockbuster dance numbers to her credit.
Monalisa also featured in popular reality show 'Bigg Boss 10' and became a household name. In fact, she married her then longtime boyfriend and now husband Vikrant Singh Rajpoot on the game show and hogged all the limelight.
The actress currently plays an evil force named Mohana in the television show 'Nazar'.
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Poonam Dubey and Gaurav Jha begin shooting for their next titled 'Himmat'
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Even Mountain Dew has its Mellow Yellow
Saturday, February 22nd, 2014
[summoned from the far regions of the deep bench by Lynn C. Rees]
Jozef Pilsudski was a minor Polish noble born in the Lithuanian countryside in Poland’s historic periphery. Roman Dmowski was an impoverished commoner born in the city of Warsaw, deep in Poland’s historic core.
Pilsudski was a revolutionary, dedicated to a policy of violent confrontation. Dmowski was a politician, dedicated to creating change from within the system.
Pilsudski became a soldier. Dmowski became a diplomat.
They both wanted an independent Poland. Their strategies for achieving that independence and their vision of what an independent Poland would be were wildly divergent.
Josef Pilsudski
Pilsudski saw Russia as the true enemy of Polish independence. He was subjected to “Russification” as a student, leading him to observe later that, “With the Germans, we lose our land. With the Russians, we lose our soul”. In this spirit, Pilsudski soon involved himself in pro-independence agitation. This bought him the usual one-way ticket to a Siberian prison.
After his release, Pilsudski became a revolutionary. He became notorious for leading the only Polish party willing to use violence to win independence. To pursue his policy of violent resistance, from the safety of Austrian Poland, with a few nods and winks from Austro-Hungarian officials, Pilsudski created a Polish army complete with professional officer, NCO, and military training under the cover of setting up a network of Polish “sporting” and rifleman clubs.
Dmowski saw Germany as the true enemy of Polish independence. Russian backwardness was repellent to civilized Poles, he argued. They’d naturally resist Russification. Germany’s advanced culture was more dangerous: it could seduce wavering Poles into voluntarily Germanizing so they could hitch a ride on Germany’s meteoric ascent. Dmowski’s fear of Germanization led him to turn to Russia as a counterweight against German influence. Working with Russia, he believed, offered the best path to eventual Polish autonomy.
Roman Dmowski
Pilsudski was a romantic. He harked back to the glory days of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. The Old Republic ruled over diverse ethnic minorities while tolerating may different religions. Pilsudski wanted to create a similar ethnically and culturally diverse citizenry, unified by a stronger republic within the Old Republic’s ancient borders.
While Polish culture in its heartlands would be protected from foreign suppression, it wouldn’t be imposed on Poland’s minorities. They could become “Polish” just by being loyal to the Polish state.
Pilsudski’s policy was described as “state-assimilation”.
Dmowski was anything but romantic. A prominent biologist, he was cold and rational. Dmowski looked back on four Polish uprisings against Russian rule in the nineteenth century and saw nothing but romantic foolishness. All they’d accomplished was bringing down Russian wrath on Poland. Like his slightly older contemporary Booker T. Washington, Dmowski argued that Poland should concentrate on peaceful modernization. Instead of romantic and doomed rebels, Poles should become scientists and businessmen.
Dmowski extended this refusal to romanticize to the Old Republic. Dmowski hated the Old Republic: he thought it was too tolerant and diverse. In the place of Pilsudski’s revived and wildly diverse Old Republic, Dmowski favored a homogenized Poland. Minorities ruled by the Old Republic would be excised from a more compact independent Poland. Dmowski saw the world through Social Darwinism. He saw nation fighting nation in a forever struggle for existence where strong trampled weak and only the fittest of nations survived.
Dmowksi’s Polishness was based on language and religion. Polish ancestry was helpful but not required: but, if Poland had to incorporate minorities, the few among a compact Poland’s many had to be strongly encouraged to speak the Polish language and practice the Roman Catholic religion.
Dmowski’s policy was described as “national-assimilation”.
These stark differences led to Pilsudski’s and Dmowski’s first clash. When the Russo-Japanese War broke out, Pilsudski went to Tokyo to ask the Japanese government to support a Polish uprising. Dmowski traveled to Tokyo with a different purpose: to talk the Japanese out of supporting Pilsudski’s rebellion. Dmowski largely succeeded: the Japanese gave Pilsudski enough money and arms to distract the Russians but not enough to do anything that would make the Russian’s unreasonable.
When Pilsudski finally launched his uprising from Austrian Poland, Dmowski helped the Russians keep control of Russian Poland. He sent his party militia to fight Pilsudski’s party militia. The uprising failed. When the Russian Empire held elections for Russia’s parliament, Pilsudski’s party boycotted the elections. Dmowski’s party participated and won most of the open seats. Dmowski himself became a member of parliament and a political insider. Pilsudski retreated back to Austrian Poland and continued building up his forces for the general European war he presciently foresaw.
World War I began with Dmowski supporting Russia and Pilsudski leading Polish troops under Austrian command. Later, after he failed to get firm Russian commitments for more Polish self-rule, Dmowski went lobbying among Russia’s allies. He formed what the Allies recognized as Poland’s legitimate government (Thomas Woodrow Wilson (may his bones be crushed) was not impressed, “I saw Mr. Dmowski and Mr. Paderewski in Washington, and I asked them to define Poland for me, as they understood it, and they presented me with a map in which they claimed a large part of the earth.”). Pilsudski’s opposition later in the war to using Polish soldiers as what he described as “German colonial troops” led to his imprisonment by the Germans.
After Germany surrendered, Pilsudski had enough troops on the ground to win control of Poland. But Dmowski had the backing of the Allies and, soon enough, had his own army. In order to head off a civil war between their supporters, the two signed an agreement where Dmowski became the Polish representative to the Paris Peace Conference while Pilsudski became provisional president of Poland. At Versailles, Dmowksi followed his vision of the future Polish nation and concentrated on obtaining territory with Polish majorities while territory that lacked Polish majorities. Pilsudski, in pursuit of his vision of the future Polish state, focused on creating facts on the ground by military conquest of “unredeemed” parts of the Old Republic.
While Pilsudski succeeded in winning large territories with non-Polish majorities for Poland, Dmowski controlled the Polish government in the early 1920s. As promised, he actively “polonized” those minorities. Pilsudski pulled a 1/2 DeGaulle, coming from self-imposed exile at his rural estate to lead a coup in 1926 that reversed Dmowski’s policy. After seizing power, Pilsudski was free to implement his own vision of a trans-ethnic New Old Republic. Ironically, after Pilsudski’s death in 1935, Pilsudki’s own followers implemented Dmowski’s policy. Dmowski himself died early in 1939, right before Nazi Germany and Communist Russia partitioned Poland for a fourth time that fall.
Military Conquest
Ironically, Dmowski’s vision of Poland triumphed over Pilsudski’s, though it came about in a sinister and twisted way. Hitler liquidated Poland’s large Jewish community. Joseph Stalin took away the territories Pilsudski had conquered at the end of World War I. Polish minorities in those territories were expelled into Poland and the minorities of eastern Poland, primarily Ukrainians, were expelled into the Soviet Ukraine. In the west, 10 million Germans were expelled from the sections of eastern Germany transferred to Poland that Dmowski had earlier coveted. As a result, post-1950 Poland became homogeneous in culture, religion, language, and ethnicity. Very Dmowski. But modern Poland reveres Pilsudski, the romantic hero, over Dmowski, the logical realist.
Pilsudski was the proponent of the State and Dmowski was the proponent of the Nation. In David Ronfeldt’s TIMN (Tribe-Institution-Market-Network) framework, Pilsudski stood for the Institution and Dmowski stood for the Tribe. Pilsudski sought to bind people together through loyalty to a new Institution, the state. The Institution would largely replace the Tribe in the hearts of the Polish people. If the Polish nation, as a Tribe, exercised any power over the other Tribes, it would be through the “soft power” of Polish culture. Dmowski, in contrast, sought to bind people together through loyalty to an existing Tribe, the nation. Poland had an existing linguistic, territorial, and religious heritage (Dmowski wasn’t big on traditional Polish culture). That was a surer foundation for a political community, enabling it to survive in the international jungle. Minorities should be excluded or strongly encouraged to adopt the distinctive Tribal trappings. If not, they would be a source of weakness.
Political Conquest
Nations and states have existed since the dawn of history. Sometimes they overlap into a nation-state, sometimes they don’t. Many of the earliest political communities known to us were states. The first Mesopotamian empires were unified Institutionally. However, they also contained a multitude of Tribes. Egypt, on the other hand, had many features of a nation-state, having been unified politically and culturally at the literal dawn of history. While Egypt had its moments of disunity, it kept a strong sense of self well into Roman times.
In the early twentieth century, nation-states seemed to be the hip-happening thing: France and Britain had become powerful and acquired great empires after becoming nation-states in late medieval times. This inspired nation-state-building exercises all over Europe, with Germany and Italy being the most prominent. It inspired Dmowski. He preferred the Anglican and Lutheran faiths as examples of national religions, since they were based in the nation itself. He viewed Rome with suspicion since the Catholic Church was headed by a foreign potentate. However, he later came to accept that the bond between Catholicism and Polish identity was so strong that Catholicism was the de facto Polish national church.
The rise of nation-states elsewhere in Europe contrasted with the fate of Poland in the late eighteenth century. Dmowski’s analysis of the Old Republic was that it had become so diverse and diffuse that it easily spun itself apart. Foreigners were able to champion different factions and minorities within Poland, using the peculiar institutions of Polish republicanism to weaken what had once been the major power in Eastern Europe. The future had not belonged to this multinational federal republic but to its highly centralized, autocratic neighbors Russia, Austria, and Prussia. Dmowski sought to banish this wild frenzy of ethnic, cultural, and religious diversity in favor of a consolidated Polish nation focused on modernization.
Pilsudski’s vision of a multi-ethnic, multi-cultural, and multi-denominational federated republic is more appealing to modern tastes. Pilsudski’s vision of a polity based on loyalty to a state apparatus and a set of abstract values is widely shared in contemporary elite circles, particular those overlapping with the EU, UN, and other supra-national institutions. Diversity and tolerance are now held up as core principles to build a modern political community upon. Pilsudski treated Poland’s minorities with respect during his dictatorship, only insisting that they swear loyalty to the Polish state.
His ambitions even stretched beyond Poland: Pilsudski sought to create a federation (Intermarum) that would unite Central and Eastern Europe from the Baltic Sea across the European Peninsula to the Black Sea. This was yet another echo of the Old Republic, which at its height also stretched from the Baltic to Black. This plan made little headway when Pilsudski proposed it. The new pygmies of Eastern Europe only grudgingly clumped together into a less ambitious yet equally untenable two-front proto-Iron Curtain against revisionist/Marxist Russia and revisionist/revanchist Germany.
Pilsudski and Dmowski correlate with veteran American publicist Howard Bloom’s proposed “diversity generators” and “conformity enforcers”. Pilsudski’s federation and Institution represent diversity generation. Dmowski’s nation and Tribe represent conformity enforcement. One rapidly mutates to provide multiple ways to adapt. One imposes commonality so adaptions can be shared and applied. Both are needed in any healthy system. The right and proper balance struck between them is a constantly shifting dilemma.
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A Clausewitzian on “Cohesion”
Long time ZP readers are probably familiar with seydlitz89, a dedicated Clausewitzian and retired former military officer who comments here occasionally and blogs at Milpub regularly. I first read seydlitz89 at Dr. Chet Richards’ late, great, DNI site and seydlitz89 went on to participate in two extensive events at Chicago Boyz, the Clausewitz Roundtable and the Xenophon Roundtable and also had some of his more extensive writings featured on Clausewitz.com.
I would like to draw attention to one of those articles and seydlitz89’s focus on Clausewtz’s concept of “cohesion” and an implicit “theory of political development”. I am going to excerpt for my own purposes, but suggest that you read seydlitz89’s argument in full:
The Clausewitzian Concept of Cohesion as a Theory of Political Development
….The concept of cohesion comes up in various forms in On War and to lesser extent in Clausewitz’s other writings. These forms of the overall concept include:
Cohesion as the moral (think tribalism, nationalism) and material (think constitution, institutions, shared views of how to define “civilization”) elements that make up the communal/social organizations of political communities, as exemplified in the three ideal types discussed below. Moral cohesion can be seen as the traditional communal values of a political community, what values and motivations guide people in their actions with family, friends and neighbours, whereas material cohesion are the modern cosmopolitan values associated with society or those social actions associated with institutions of various types. The two types exist is a certain state of constant stress and tension with modern values actually being destructive to the retention of traditional values (following Weber). Cohesion here is Clausewitz’s theory of politics which also includes the abstract concept of money. (Book VIII, Chapter 3B & the essay titled “Agitation”)
Cohesion provides the process behind which the center of gravities of both participants in a conventional war are formed. Lack of a center of gravity would indicate the inability to win decisively, which would include the target of conventional militaries committed to unconventional/guerrilla warfare. (Book VI, Chapter 27, Book VIII, Chapter 4)
Cohesion is the target of strategy in that tactical success is extended by strategic pursuit in order to expand the sphere of victory and bring about the disintegration of the enemy. Cohesion links the whole sequence of decisions (contingency) that allows the political purpose to be achieved through the means of the attained military goal, that is cohesion provides the chain of decisions/outcomes that unite political purpose with strategy and strategy with tactics, or vice versa. (Books II, IV, & Book VI Chapter 8)
Cohesion acts within the balance of power among various states – especially in terms of interests – with an aggressor having to contend with all the other states having an interest in maintaining the status quo. This would include the tendency for Clausewitz of a potential hegemon to fail in its attempt to dominate other peer states. (Book VI Chapter 6)
Cohesion can also be seen has having an influence in the varying states of balance, tension and movement through which all conflicts proceed. The cohesion (moral and material forces, willingness to take risks, soundness of the military aim in connection with the political purpose, etc) of each side being relatively equal while in balance, but increasing on one side during tension until a release of the tension (attack) and decreasing again during movement until balance is once again achieved or the conflict ends. (Book III, Chapter 18)
At the most abstract level the concept of cohesion could be seen as providing the unifying concept which maintains the various elements (the remarkable trinity and the operating principles) of Clausewitz’s general theory as part of a whole, the fields of attraction and tension that provide the general theory with its dynamic quality. (Book I Chapter 1)
Thus cohesion can be seen as a very broad concept, but for my purpose I am using only the first point listed above.
and later:
….The third type of theory I wish to mention is what I refer to as Clausewitz’s theory of politics, or maybe more accurately, a theory of political development, which I see as inseparable from his concept of cohesion as I described in point one above in discussing the various forms of cohesion.
For our purposes here we are interested in Clausewitz’s concept of cohesion as it pertains to this first point, the physical and moral cohesive elements of political communities, how cohesion acts in effect as a sliding scale of ever increasing (or deceasing) concentration, integration and organization of a political community.
This is a very useful elucidation by seydlitz89, regardless if one favors Clausewitz or Sun Tzu or is altogether indifferent to military-strategic concerns and are more interested in broad questions of political philosophy and social policy.
Furthermore, I think Clausewitz’s speculations on cohesion were, like many of his systemic perceptions in On War, remarkably farsighted and intuitively rooted in a scientific reality that was unknown and untestable in his day. The conservative and eponymous scholar, Paul Johnson noted in his book Birth of the Modern that the 1820’s represented a time of great intellectual ferment when the arts, humanities and sciences were not yet compartmentalized, professionalized and estranged from one another. To paraphrase Johnson, it was still an era when a scientist like Faraday and an artist ( probably Harriet Jane Moore) could and did have a productive conversation about the properties of light in complete seriousness. As an intellectual, Clausewitz shared that zeitgeist.
In a military frame of reference, the concept of “cohesion” brings to mind the Greek-Macedonian Phalanx as a representative example
but the phenomena appears not merely in military tactics or in human social relations but throughout the animal kingdom. Howard Bloom, the popular science writer using a sociobiological perspective, used “Spartanism” and “Phalanx” as metaphors for documented behaviors of creatures as disparate as bacteria, baboons and hard shell Baptists. “Groups under threat, constrict” Bloom wrote in Global Brain and this characteristic of cohesion appears to apply even when the groups are not sentient. Network theorists and scientists can explain collective behavior in terms of “strong” and “weak” ties, nodes and hubs and resilience, including emergent behavior of systems are not even alive.
Cohesion is an aspect of the natural world.
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Still too Busy to Blog Properly….But Hey, Look What I’m Reading!
Were it not for guest posts, November would have seemed like I went on hiatus 🙂 Normal blogging will resume in a few weeks.
I did find time to pick up a few new books to read in the late hours of the night, one of which will be the subject of a book review by a new guest poster.
The Genius of the Beast: A Radical Re-Vision of Capitalism by Howard Bloom
The Shia Revival: How Conflicts within Islam Will Shape the Future by Vali Nasr
Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America by Rick Perlstein
The only thing these three tomes have in common is that the authors have a penchant for contradicting conventional wisdom, at least to a degree.
Howard Bloom is an offbeat, pop science to pop culture master of horizontal thinking whose earlier work, Global Brain, I very much enjoyed and highly recommend. Bloom’s intellectual reach is first rate and he is one of the few writers who can take very difficult concepts from wildly disparate fields and tie them together for a lay audience with comprehensible analogies and anecdotes .
I put Vali Nasr’s The Shia Revival on my list back after the high praise Thomas P.M. Barnett gave Nasr in his book, Great Powers – in my experience, Tom does not hand out comments of “brilliant” all that often ( Great Powers, BTW, is also a “must read” book for those interested in strategy and geoeconomics). I am approximately 80 pages in to The Shia Revival and I will say that as a writer, Nasr does not waste time getting to key points in explaining his subject – concise but not simplified.
Rick Perlstein, while far to the Left, has the uncommon quality among leftwingers of working very, very hard at the scholarship of attempting to understand conservatism and leading conservatives ( must be a legacy of attending the University of Chicago). Much like Orangemen in Ulster, eavesdropping on a Catholic mass, I suspect the essence of conservatism eludes Perlstein, but at least he takes the ideas seriously. That Richard Nixon is Perlstein’s subject is an added draw, since Nixon’s foreign policy was an area of historical research for me. Very interested to see how Perlstein’s take on Richard Nixon compares to that of Robert Dallek and Richard Reeves.
“Let me make one thing perfectly clear….”
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Miike's Yatterman
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I had a little bit of time over the weekend in Japan, so I hopped on my bike - a quaint mama chari – and rode off to Shinyurigaoka to check out Miike Takashi’s most recent film, Yatterman. I have an article coming out soon on Miike, so I wanted to see what was up.
There’s a lot that could be said about the film, which as a whole was not that great in my opinion, but it did pose some interesting questions about authorship.
First, this is not a gross-out, excessively violent film like those Miike is “known” for. Heck, half the audience was about 10-years old. Yatterman is based on a famous 1970s anime that was more a gag cartoon than a robo-action piece; it was kind of notorious for having the villains explode at the end of each episode in a mushroom cloud shaped like a skull (Murakami Takashi has quoted that in his paintings). Miike said in the program that he tried to remain faithful to the original, so while some who don’t know the anime might find characters suddenly breaking out in a dance or cartoon-like figures inexplicably bursting forth (like a pig on a palm tree) a sign of Miike-like excess reminiscent of The Happiness of the Katakuris, these are mostly just recreating what was in the original. The movie in many ways is so much like the anime that it might be a bit confusing to those who know nothing of the original. So one wonders: what then is “Miike” about this film? And: why is this question even important?
Sure, one could find certain Miike themes such as the family unit, mixed identities (in Shoko’s father battling with the god of thieves), and especially the lack of a center. The latter is most prominent, because there is definitely no central character here, a characteristic the film arguably develops further than the original. While Gan and Ai should be the heroes, it is clear the film has little concern with the former (played by Sakurai Sho, a member of Arashi alongside Letters from Iwo Jima’s Ninomiya Kazunari), and instead concentrates on the women around him, particularly the love quadrilateral composed of him, Ai, Shoko, and Doronjo. In fact, one could argue that the film is more entranced with the “evil” Doronjo and her crew than with the good guys. Fukuda Kyoko (who played the idol singer in Kitano’s Dolls) is lovingly wrapped in dominatrix attire and fetishistically caressed by the camera (there’s even a somewhat long, perverse extreme close-up of soap bubbles popping on her teeny toes manicured with skulls!). One tends to sympathize more with her henchman Boyacky, secretly in love with his mistress, than with Gan, who ignores her love entreaties.
So is this SM fetishism, beyond the reach of the kiddies in the audience, the sign of Miike? At its extreme is the battle between the Yatterwan robot and Doronjo’s Virgin Roader – decked out with enormous breasts – which is more violent sex (the Roader even yells out “I’m coming!” in English as Yatterwan deliciously drools oil from his chops) than juvenile justice in action. The film does self-consciously joke about this at the end, when Shoko tries to politely thank Ai by calling her “2-go-san.” While Ai’s superhero role may be “Yatterman 2-go” ("Yatterman No. 2"), Ai rightly objects to being called “2-go-san” since that more often refers to a man's mistress in Japanese. The adults in the audience all laughed, but the kids were silent. Shoko too was confused, so her father commented that this was something for adults to understand.
The anime had a mildly sexy tone to it as well, but this goes much further. Am I the only to think that the Yatterman logo resembles a pair of underpants? Is that then what is “Miike” about this film? Perhaps, but what then is the point of looking for this quality? Is it for those who, disappointed in a film that is closer to 1970s anime than Ichi the Killer, desire a surplus value for the price of admission? But how is this different from the otaku pleasure of identifying what is true to the original and what is not, thus confirming their identity through re-establishing their knowledge? Does auteurism fundamentally revolve around such desires?
The film begins with a battle between Yatterwan and Daidokoron that takes place in a place called “Shibuyama” that is clearly Shibuya to anyone who's been there. That scene and the film itself is filled with such slight deviations from a known name or narrative. Is Miike then only the “ma” added to a known convention “Shibuya” – a supplement that doesn’t fundamentally change the original base? One that allows us to recognize the original while also enjoying the slight excess, pleasurable only in its self-conscious relation to a solid convention? Or is there something more subversive going on? Is this a new Miike different from the old? Or is Miike himself hard to categorize this way, being the playfulness that resides neither in the original nor in the excessive result - neither in Yatterman nor the more "Miike-like" Ichi the Killer? Just why are we even asking these questions, or even care who Miike is?
Yatterman made me think about these things, even as I stared lovingly at those bubbles popping on Doronjo’s tiny toes.
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Anbalagan, M., Dauchy, R., Xiang, S., Robling, A., Blask, D., Rowan, B., et al. (2019). SAT-337 Disruption Of The Circadian Melatonin Signal By Dim Light At Night Promotes Bone-lytic Breast Cancer Metastases. Journal of the Endocrine Society, 3(Supplement_1).
Abstract: Breast cancer metastasis to bone is a major source of morbidity and mortality in women with advanced metastatic breast cancer. Morbidity from metastasis to bone is compounded by the fact that they cannot be surgically removed and can only be treated with chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy. Thus, there is critical need to develop new treatment strategies that kill bone metastatic tumors and reduce osteolytic lesions to improve patient quality of life and extend patient survival. Circadian rhythms are daily cycles of ~24 h that control many if not most physiologic processes and their disruption by exposure to light at night (LAN) or jet lag has been shown to be strongly associated with the development of cancer, particularly breast cancer. We have found that disruption of the anti-cancer circadian hormone melatonin (MLT) by light at night can significantly enhance the metastatic potential in breast cancer cells. Our work supports the report of the International Agency for Research on Cancer that shift work is a “probable human carcinogen” and highlights the association between exposure to light at night and invasive breast cancer. We recently reported that human breast tumor xenografts grown in athymic nude female rats housed in a photoperiod of 12h light at day: 12h dim light at night (dLAN, 0.2 lux – blocks the nighttime circadian MLT signal), display resistance to doxorubicin (Dox). More importantly, tumor growth and drug resistance could be blocked by the administration of Dox in circadian alignment with nocturnal MLT during dLAN. Our recent preliminary studies show that poorly invasive ERα positive MCF-7 breast cancer cells, when injected into the tibia (to mimic bone metastatic disease) of Foxn1nu athymic nude mice (which produce a strong circadian nighttime melatonin signal) housed in a dLAN photoperiod (suppressed nocturnal MLT production) developed full blown breast cancer tumors in bone (P<0.05) that are highly osteolytic (P<0.05). Moreover, patients with metastatic breast cancer are routinely treated with doxorubicin, which itself can promote bone damage. Our studies demonstrate that MLT slows the growth of metastatic breast cancer in bone but that the chrono-therapeutic use of doxorubicin in circadian alignment with melatonin in Foxn1nu mice with tibial breast tumors, reduced tumor growth in bone, reduced bone erosion, and promoted the formation of new bone. Successful use of this chronotherapeutic use of Dox and MLT in clinical trials increasing efficacy in preventing or suppressing breast cancer metastasis to bone while decreasing toxic side effects of doxorubicin would provide a revolutionary advancement in the treatment of bone metastatic breast cancer and decrease the morbidity and mortality associated with breast cancer metastasis to bone.
Keywords: Human Health; Cancer; Breast cancer; melatonin; shift work; mouse models
Anisimov, V. N., Vinogradova, I. A., Panchenko, A. V., Popovich, I. G., & Zabezhinskii, M. A. (2012). Light-at-Night-Induced Circadian Disruption, Cancer and Aging. Current Aging Science, 5(3), 170–177.
Abstract: Light-at-night has become an increasing and essential part of the modern lifestyle and leads to a number of health problems, including excessive body mass index, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, and cancer. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) Working Group concluded that “shift-work that involves circadian disruption is probably carcinogenic to humans†(Group 2A) [1]. According to the circadian disruption hypothesis, light-at-night might disrupt the endogenous circadian rhythm and specifically suppress nocturnal production of the pineal hormone melatonin and its secretion into the blood. We evaluated the effect of various light/dark regimens on the survival, life span, and spontaneous and chemical carcinogenesis in rodents. Exposure to constant illumination was followed by accelerated aging and enhanced spontaneous tumorigenesis in female CBA and transgenic HER-2/neu mice. In male and female rats maintained at various light/dark regimens (standard 12:12 light/dark [LD], the natural light [NL] of northwestern Russia, constant light [LL], and constant darkness [DD]) from the age of 25 days until natural death, it was found that exposure to NL and LL regimens accelerated age-related switch-off of the estrous function (in females), induced development of metabolic syndrome and spontaneous tumorigenesis, and shortened life span both in male and females rats compared to the standard LD regimen. Melatonin given in nocturnal drinking water prevented the adverse effect of the constant illumination (LL) and natural light (NL) regimens on the homeostasis, life span, and tumor development both in mice and rats. The exposure to the LL regimen accelerated colon carcinogenesis induced by 1,2-dimethylhydrazine (DMH) in rats, whereas the treatment with melatonin alleviated the effects of LL. The maintenance of rats at the DD regimen inhibited DMH-induced carcinogenesis. The LL regimen accelerated, whereas the DD regimen inhibited both mammary carcinogenesis induced by N-nitrosomethylurea and transplacental carcinogenesis induced by N-nitrosoethylurea in rats. Treatment with melatonin prevented premature aging and tumorigenesis in rodents. The data found in the literature and our observations suggest that the use of melatonin would be effective for cancer prevention in humans at risk as a result of light pollution.
Keywords: Animals; Light-at-night; aging; cancer; cardiovascular diseases; circadian; circadian rhythm; diabetes; disruption; melatonin; shift-work
Arendt, J. (2012). Biological rhythms during residence in polar regions. Chronobiol Int, 29(4), 379–394.
Abstract: At Arctic and Antarctic latitudes, personnel are deprived of natural sunlight in winter and have continuous daylight in summer: light of sufficient intensity and suitable spectral composition is the main factor that maintains the 24-h period of human circadian rhythms. Thus, the status of the circadian system is of interest. Moreover, the relatively controlled artificial light conditions in winter are conducive to experimentation with different types of light treatment. The hormone melatonin and/or its metabolite 6-sulfatoxymelatonin (aMT6s) provide probably the best index of circadian (and seasonal) timing. A frequent observation has been a delay of the circadian system in winter. A skeleton photoperiod (2 x 1-h, bright white light, morning and evening) can restore summer timing. A single 1-h pulse of light in the morning may be sufficient. A few people desynchronize from the 24-h day (free-run) and show their intrinsic circadian period, usually >24 h. With regard to general health in polar regions, intermittent reports describe abnormalities in various physiological processes from the point of view of daily and seasonal rhythms, but positive health outcomes are also published. True winter depression (SAD) appears to be rare, although subsyndromal SAD is reported. Probably of most concern are the numerous reports of sleep problems. These have prompted investigations of the underlying mechanisms and treatment interventions. A delay of the circadian system with “normal” working hours implies sleep is attempted at a suboptimal phase. Decrements in sleep efficiency, latency, duration, and quality are also seen in winter. Increasing the intensity of ambient light exposure throughout the day advanced circadian phase and was associated with benefits for sleep: blue-enriched light was slightly more effective than standard white light. Effects on performance remain to be fully investigated. At 75 degrees S, base personnel adapt the circadian system to night work within a week, in contrast to temperate zones where complete adaptation rarely occurs. A similar situation occurs on high-latitude North Sea oil installations, especially when working 18:00-06:00 h. Lack of conflicting light exposure (and “social obligations”) is the probable explanation. Many have problems returning to day work, showing circadian desynchrony. Timed light treatment again has helped to restore normal phase/sleep in a small number of people. Postprandial response to meals is compromised during periods of desynchrony with evidence of insulin resistance and elevated triglycerides, risk factors for heart disease. Only small numbers of subjects have been studied intensively in polar regions; however, these observations suggest that suboptimal light conditions are deleterious to health. They apply equally to people living in temperate zones with insufficient light exposure.
Keywords: *Acclimatization; Activities of Daily Living; Affect; Antarctic Regions; Arctic Regions; *Biological Clocks; *Circadian Rhythm; *Cold Climate; *Cold Temperature; Energy Metabolism; Feeding Behavior; Humans; Melatonin/metabolism; Personnel Staffing and Scheduling; *Photoperiod; Seasonal Affective Disorder/physiopathology/prevention & control/psychology; *Seasons; Sleep; Sleep Disorders, Circadian Rhythm/etiology/physiopathology/*prevention & control/psychology; Time Factors; Workload; Workplace
Arendt, J., & Middleton, B. (2018). Human seasonal and circadian studies in Antarctica (Halley, 75 degrees S). Gen Comp Endocrinol, 258, 250–258.
Abstract: Living for extended periods in Antarctica exposes base personnel to extremes of daylength (photoperiod) and temperature. At the British Antarctic Survey base of Halley, 75 degrees S, the sun does not rise for 110 d in the winter and does not set for 100 d in summer. Photoperiod is the major time cue governing the timing of seasonal events such as reproduction in many species. The neuroendocrine signal providing photoperiodic information to body physiology is the duration of melatonin secretion which reflects the length of the night: longer in the short days of winter and shorter in summer. Light of sufficient intensity and spectral composition serves to suppress production of melatonin and to set the circadian timing and the duration of the rhythm. In humans early observations suggested that bright (>2000 lux) white light was needed to suppress melatonin completely. Shortly thereafter winter depression (Seasonal Affective Disorder or SAD) was described, and its successful treatment by an artificial summer photoperiod of bright white light, sufficient to shorten melatonin production. At Halley dim artificial light intensity during winter was measured, until 2003, at a maximum of approximately 500 lux in winter. Thus a strong seasonal and circadian time cue was absent. It seemed likely that winter depression would be common in the extended period of winter darkness and could be treated with an artificial summer photoperiod. These observations, and predictions, inspired a long series of studies regarding human seasonal and circadian status, and the effects of light treatment, in a small overwintering, isolated community, living in the same conditions for many months at Halley. We found little evidence of SAD, or change in duration of melatonin production with season. However the timing of the melatonin rhythm itself, and/or that of its metabolite 6-sulphatoxymelatonin (aMT6s), was used as a primary marker of seasonal, circadian and treatment changes. A substantial phase delay of melatonin in winter was advanced to summer phase by a two pulse 'skeleton' bright white light treatment. Subsequently a single morning pulse of bright white light was effective with regard to circadian phase and improved daytime performance. The circadian delay evidenced by melatonin was accompanied by delayed sleep (logs and actigraphy): poor sleep is a common complaint in Polar regions. Appropriate extra artificial light, both standard white, and blue enriched, present throughout the day, effectively countered delay in sleep timing and the aMT6s rhythm. The most important factor appeared to be the maximum light experienced. Another manifestation of the winter was a decline in self-rated libido (men only on base at this time). Women on the base showed lower aspects of physical and mental health compared to men. Free-running rhythms were seen in some subjects following night shift, but were rarely found at other times, probably because this base has strongly scheduled activity and leisure time. Complete circadian adaptation during a week of night shift, also seen in a similar situation on North Sea oil rigs, led to problems readapting back to day shift in winter, compared to summer. Here again timed light treatment was used to address the problem. Sleep, alertness and waking performance are critically dependent on optimum circadian phase. Circadian desynchrony is associated with increased risk of major disease in shift workers. These studies provide some groundwork for countering/avoiding circadian desynchrony in rather extreme conditions.
Keywords: Human Activities; Acclimatization/*physiology; Actigraphy; Adult; Antarctic Regions; Behavior/*physiology; Circadian Rhythm/*physiology; Darkness; Female; Heart Rate/physiology; Humans; Libido; Light; Male; Melatonin/blood; Photoperiod; *Seasons; Sleep/physiology; Young Adult; *Antarctica; *Circadian; *Light; *Melatonin; *Seasonal
Asher, A., Shabtay, A., Brosh, A., Eitam, H., Agmon, R., Cohen-Zinder, M., et al. (2015). “Chrono-functional milk”: The difference between melatonin concentrations in night-milk versus day-milk under different night illumination conditions. Chronobiol Int, 32(10), 1409–1416.
Abstract: Pineal melatonin (MLT) is produced at highest levels during the night, under dark conditions. We evaluated differences in MLT-concentration by comparing daytime versus night time milk samples, from two dairy farms with different night illumination conditions: (1) natural dark (Dark-Night); (2) short wavelength Artificial Light at Night (ALAN, Night-Illuminated). Samples were collected from 14 Israeli Holstein cows from each commercial dairy farm at 04:30 h (“Night-milk”) 12:30 h (“Day-milk”) and analyzed for MLT-concentration. In order to study the effects of night illumination conditions on cows circadian rhythms, Heart Rate (HR) daily rhythms were recorded. MLT-concentrations of Night-milk samples from the dark-night group were significantly (p < 0.001) higher than those of Night-illuminated conditions (30.70 +/- 1.79 and 17.81 +/- 0.33 pg/ml, respectively). Interestingly, night illumination conditions also affected melatonin concentrations at daytime where under Dark-Night conditions values are significantly (p < 0.001) higher than Night-Illuminated conditions, (5.36 +/- 0.33 and 3.30 +/- 0.18 pg/ml, respectively). There were no significant differences between the two treatments in the milk yield and milk composition except somatic cell count (SCC), which was significantly lower (p = 0.02) in the Dark-Night group compared with the Night-Illuminated group. Cows in both groups presented a significant (p < 0.01) HR daily rhythm, therefore we assume that in the night illuminated cows feeding and milking time are the “time keeper”, while in the Dark-night cows, HR rhythms were entrained by the light/dark cycle. The higher MLT-concentration in Dark-night cows with the lower SCC values calls upon farmers to avoid exposure of cows to ALAN. Therefore, under Dark-night conditions milk quality will improve by lowering SCC values where separation between night and day of such milk can produce chrono-functional milk, naturally rich with MLT.
Keywords: Animals; Heart rate; illumination; melatonin; night-milk; chronobiology
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Civilization: Beyond Earth – A Non-Journey to the Boring Planet
Ian Boudreau / November 28, 2014 / Critic / Leave a Comment
The sniff test for any game, I think, is “Would you tell a friend to buy it?”
In the case of Civilization: Beyond Earth, I’d say “No,” which makes me sad, because I had high hopes for the game. Before I get into why I don’t like it and can’t recommend it, there’s this: It’s a Civilization game. Sure, the series has had its ups and downs, but within a relatively narrow range – even Beyond Earth’s predecessor, the limply-received Civilization V, is a decent game, and it’s been a pretty great one since the release of its expansions, Gods & Kings and Brave New World.
I’ll get to the point: Sid Meier’s Civilization: Beyond Earth is not A) the new Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri or B) a true step forward for the series. The game promises some wonderful things – it’s Civilization on a new planet! And the problem is, that’s it. In major, important ways, it’s the same Civ you either hated or learned to love in V, replete with all the pre-expansion boredom that came with that entry.
So if you’ve played Civilization V, you’ll feel right at home with Beyond Earth. And by “at home,” I mean you’ll wonder if you ever really left. Beyond Earth feels distressingly like a hot reskin of Civ V combined with an ill-advised, drunken night with someone you picked up in the Steam Workshop. And in the cold light of day, that new look doesn’t seem nearly as sexy as it did in the E3 demo.
There are new things, granted: An “orbital layer” into which you can launch satellites; a tech “web” replaces the staid Civ tech “tree;” and there are aliens.
Mostly, these aliens serve as obstacles to development. While later tiers in the tech web allow you to harness or coexist with these creatures, in general they function like amped-up versions of V’s barbarians. They’re so unimaginatively designed as to actually look like bugs (yup, they’re green), and they’ll smash your explorer or colony units without apparent provocation.
Or maybe they won’t. It’s always a dice roll with these guys (your chances of being attacked do, in fairness, go up the closer you get to one of their nests).
And that’s kind of illustrative of my main problem with Beyond Earth: It’s mostly like playing Civilization V, but with a blindfold on. The tech web is another instance of this: Yes, we’ve apparently mastered interstellar travel, but our scientists still need to research robotics? Clearly that means something else, and all you’re given by way of explanation is a couple paragraphs of flavor text in the “Civilopedia,” which instead of providing historical context, now provides made-up, bland sci-fi context.
The diplomacy system has been reworked, and AI players will now offer “favors” in lieu of actual goods when asking you for resources, open borders, or alliances. Here again, you feel the blindfold – while you can amass favors (“the Franco-Iberians owe me four whole favors!”), I’ve found it rather impossible to ever cash them in, primarily because there’s nothing telling you what they’re worth. Suffice to say, they’re not like Godfather favors.
Beyond Earth also replicates Civ V in its maddening refusal to allow stacking of military units, and provides cities with the ability to bombard nearby enemies from the jump. It massively disincentivizes conquest, while also herding you into conquest as one of three vaguely-defined “affinities.” Should you choose the military route, prepare to be stymied by procedurally-generated terrain features that don’t allow passage by land units (again, we have apparently mastered interstellar travel; why Beyond Earth’s marines can’t hop a gorge when Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare’s grunts can is strange and frustrating), and by the fact that two military units can’t occupy the same hex, even though, scale-wise, each hex should represent several thousand square miles.
The AI – which is not clever – doesn’t seem to care for this mechanic either, and you can watch it endlessly shuffle units around bottlenecks, trying to optimize its advantage. It seems to have been, like me, designed for militaries that can feasibly negotiate spaces that are theoretically the size of Pennsylvania, and yet can’t because of the game’s strange rules about how “only one infantry unit at a time can occupy a space.” I’m pretty sure Antietam was fought between more units in a smaller area, but hey, them’s the rules.
This all assumes you can get the game to run on your computer. For some strange reason (here’s the blindfold yet again), Civilization: Beyond Earth requires quite a bit of hardware – and unless you meet the optimum requirements, the game will look almost literally like garbage. Even on the high-end machine I recently built, nations’ leaders show up with strange, Lovecraftian graphical glitches. If there’s a banner title this year that should be available to laptop owners, it should honestly be Beyond Earth, and yet whatever unholy deal they’ve struck with AMD seems to mean the game requires Crysis levels of hardware to look like anything other than a junkyard fire.
And yet… it’s still Civilization. Once I’m in, there’s that “one more turn” feeling that draws me into hours-long play sessions. It’s just the least-compelling Civilization game I’ve played in a decade.
Sid Meier’s Civilization: Beyond Earth bears its progenitor’s name, and I feel justified in having expected something more than a technically-prettier, mechanically-uglier version of the last entry in the series. I hold out hope that expansion packs will turn Beyond Earth into something worthwhile, but for now you’re better off either buying or dusting off an old copy of Civilization V.
Sid Meier’s Civilization: Beyond Earth
Reviewed on PC, also available on OS X
Developed by Firaxis Games
Published by 2K
Filed Under: Critic Tagged With: beyond earth, civilization, review, videogames
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FDNSC Spring Performance: All About Me
Wednesday May 11 we had our Spring Performance. The K-5 students put on a performance in collaboration with their directors Giles and Susan of Asheville Contemporary Dance Theater. The title of this piece is “All About Me.” The students told stories through dance. K-2’s stories covered the ranges of emotions. They told of times they felt frightened, excited, joyful, relieved, angry and even vengeful. The students created all original dances that were named after each of them. Their dances told the stories as well as conveying their emotions. The stories illustrate how experiences help the students learn and figure out who they are; “All About Me.”
The 3-5th graders told different components of “All About Me.” Their stories included some poetic dialogue that describes where they come from like “I’m from words pouring off a book,” or “I’m from up to down.” They also spoke of their ancestry. Some students told of their families military exploits while others spoke of distant relatives like kings and Vice Presidents to conquistadors and the first successful black dentist. Their dances were very fun and exciting, and the venue of the NC Arboretum made it that much more special.
The “Family Tree” they designed was colorful and beautiful. The K-2 students designed the leaves and birds of WNC that were added to the tree at the end of the show. The 3rd and 5th graders added planes, trains, automobiles, boats, and flags. The 4th graders designed creative hats to represent what you see of them on the outside of who they are is to be matched only by what is in their minds and hearts. We are very blessed to live in such a beautiful place and very lucky to have had the opportunity to have our performance at the NC Arboretum. Thank you to the Arboretum folks who take care of such a wonderful place. Thank you to all the teachers, teacher’s assistants, and FDNSC community members for your support of FD students. And an especially HUGE thank you to Susan and Giles for continually creating wonderful stories and dances with FDNSC students.
Spring Performance Rehearsal: All About Me
Our students put on a Spring Performance every year with Susan and Giles of Asheville Contemporary Dance Theater. These are some photos of our rehearsal. This year’s performance is at the North Carolina Arboretum. The students created the dance moves as well as the Art for the show. In these images Susan and Giles work out some of the problems before the official show later that evening.
Movement/Health with Miri
In Movement and Health with Miri students learn to work with each other using manipulatives like pillow cases and large swaths of cloth. They do 3-legged traveling around the room by putting their legs into a pillow case. They had to walk forward and backward. Doing this forces them to collaborate. Then the students used the cloth in very creative ways. Some students ran with the cloth like a cape making sure to be aware of their surroundings for safety. Other students pulled their friends around the room as they sat on the cloth. They also used the cloth like a parachute and sat under them as two friends lifted and lowered them letting the air slowly drop the cloth onto them. At the end of class Miri has her students return to a peaceful state by lying down on the floor on a piece of cloth. She takes a sounding bowl and places it on their belly or back telling them to be aware of their bodies and feel the vibrations of the bowl as it rings. Our students love this class. They get to work out their wiggles and learn to be very aware of their bodies.
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Health/PE Specialist
In Health/PE with Mrs. Marty students did circuit training. The were put into groups. In their groups they designed their own exercises and taught each other those exercises. They then did the circuit training workout using each other’s created exercises. They had a lot of fun.
Session 3 Electives: STEAM, Aca-Awesome, and Greenworks.
In STEAM students worked on designing boats using tape, hot glue, straws, cardboard and foil just to name a few of the materials at their disposal. Ms. Ashley discussed the materials and their different strengths and weaknesses. The expectation was for students to design a boat to hold as many golf balls as possible before it would sink. One students boat was able to hold 16.
Mr. Sean and students warm their voices in preparation for Aca-Awesome Elective’s demo at our Electives Fair. The students share all their newly gained skills and knowledge from Electives at the Electives Fair.
In Greenworks Environmental Ms. Christine discusses the effects of pollution. One way the effects can be seen is through insects. The effects of pollution causes insect populations to rise and fall in ways that create imbalance in insect lifecycles. For example the imbalance causes over breeding of mosquitos, but slows breeding of their predators.
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Tradesmen International Jobs - Per Diem - Per Diem Yes Jobs.
Take your total per diem amount, subtract the standard meals and incidentals rate, and treat the remainder as the lodging per diem; or; Take your total per diem amount, and designate 60% for lodging and 40% for meals and incidentals. Regardless of what per diem rates you choose, it’s important to be consistent. So pick a method that works.
Per Diem pay is higher than you will find with travel since you do not incur housing or travel costs. As with all of our opportunities in California, we abide by California law which requires payment of time and a half your base pay after eight hours worked per day. With that, you will receive four hours of overtime for each twelve hour shift you work. Note, it does not matter where the agency.
Per Diem is a daily allotment to reimburse servicemembers for the out-of-pocket cost of food, lodging and incidental expenses that occur while on military business or temporary assigned duty (TDY.
Some may pay it while others may not grant per diem to its employees. The law or government does not have a significant role in regulating the per diem rate declared by companies but discriminatory practices can be reported to authorities. To know more about per diem and have your questions answered consulting Experts will be help provide the right and relevant information.
The Averitt Per Diem Manager Program. Beginning Jan. 1, 2019, Averitt is offering a company-sponsored per diem program. This is a great benefit to our driving force, allowing our drivers to take advantage of tax savings and putting more money into their pockets every week! What is Per Diem? Per diem pay is classified by the IRS as reimbursement to cover meal and incidental expenses incurred by.
I had an interview for a per diem position at a small 60 bed nursing and rehab center. I was kind of shocked when they told me the pay rate was only 27 an hr. 3 dollars more per hour on the weekend. I said the pay rate seems kind of low, and the HR person stated they couldnt pay me more than some.
Per diem is Latin for per day or for each day. While per diem has several meanings, in relation to Human Resources, it is the daily allowance paid to employees for expenses incurred while traveling for business. These expenses could be for lodging, meals, tips, taxi, and other ground transportation fees. Incidental per diem traveling expenses.
Per diem nursing jobs offer a lot of flexibility and enticing pay rates for registered nurses. What does “per diem” mean? “Per diem” is a Latin term that technically means “by the day”. Per diem RN jobs are those in which the nurse is not hired for a permanent or temporary nursing contract on a specific unit, rather they are hired by the shift and they work where they are needed.
Per diem is a payment made for expenses such as travel, lodging and food. Employers typically pay traveling employees a set amount of per diem per each day they travel for work purposes. This amount is intended to cover expenses incurred from work travel. Companies assess average costs, sometimes city by city, for business-related travel and establish per diem rates accordingly.
Per Diem Nursing. For over 20 years, Elite Nursing Services has been matching skilled clinicians with great per diem assignments at the leading healthcare facilities in Southern California. We offer the highest compensation, quality benefits, daily pay, and the scheduling flexibility that per diem clinicians want. No matter where or how often our per diem clinicians want to work, our friendly.
Publication 1542, Per Diem Rates provides the rates for all continental U.S. areas. Return to top 3. What does per diem cover? There is a per diem rate for combined lodging and meal costs, and a per diem rate for meal costs alone. An employer may use either per diem method for reimbursing employee travel expenses. A self-employed person can only use per diem for the meal costs. Return to top 4.
Per diem the noun, is an amount of money someone allots to you for daily expenditure, such as for business. Similarly, the adjective 'per diem' means 'daily' and is usually related to costs or expenses that happen on a daily basis. Lastly, 'per diem' is also an adverb meaning literally 'by the day.' If you only work on days you are needed, you.
But they won't come out of the tax free portion of your per diem advantage pay leaving you with more take home pay each week. Wondering what your take home pay would be if you choose not to participate in per diem advantage for the same mile at one fully taxed cents per mile rate, your gross pay may be higher. But once all those taxes come out, you'll be taking home more money every week on.
Per Diem Rates. Calculation of travel per diem rates within the Federal government is a shared responsibility of three organizations: The General Services Administration (GSA) prescribes rates for the Continental U.S. GSA updates the Continental U.S. rates once a year, or as necessary. Normally the rates are updated at the start of the new fiscal year.
The Government set up per diem pay as a way to reimburse some of the taxes you pay with each paycheck instead of making you wait until tax filing season. Getting per diem pay means a driver will get a larger paycheck each week but a smaller tax return at tax time. We have a ton of information on our wiki page on per diem pay HOS: Hours Of Service.
Per Diem Rates. Per diem rates—the allowance for lodging (excluding taxes), meals, and related incidental expenses—are regularly reviewed and adjusted according to market conditions. GSA establishes per diem rates for destinations within the continental United States (CONUS). Links to foreign rates, established by the State Department, and non-foreign (other than CONUS) rates, set by the.
FY 2019 Per Diem Rates apply from October 2018 - September 2019. Per-diems are fixed amounts to be used for lodging, meals, and incidental expenses when traveling on official business. Federal per diem rates are set by the General Services Administration (GSA) and are used by all government employees, as well as many private-sector employees who travel for their companies.
What is a per diem pay? Simply put, per diem is an amount that an employer gives to an employee to spend over a business trip. This money is intended to cover various expenses such as meals, hotel fees, and transportation. As the name suggests ('per diem' is literally Latin for 'per day.') This sum is given out on a day-to-day basis. The law.
Custom artwork from emerging artists. Posters, prints, letterpress, screen printing and more! We are Per Diem Printing.
Claim: Members of the U.S. Congress were initially paid on a per diem basis to preclude them from raising their own salaries.
Per Diem Nurse Salaries by State. What is the average annual salary for a Per Diem Nurse job by State? See how much a Per Diem Nurse job pays hourly by State. New York is the highest paying state for Per Diem Nurse jobs. North Carolina is the lowest paying State for Per Diem Nurse jobs.
Because per diem payments are not considered wages, per diem payments are non-taxable and are not reflected on the taxable income section of an employee’s W-2 and the employer does not pay statutory employer costs (FICA, FUTA, SUTA) and other standard statutory payroll costs. Employers also can deduct a portion of the per diem payment as a business expense from annual tax returns. Lodging is.
The per diem in California gives employees an allowance to for job-related expenses incurred while traveling. The Internal Revenue Service established a minimum per diem rate nationally that employees can use to claim a deduction on federal income taxes. Many states and local areas have established higher per diem rates because of higher costs of living in specific areas of the country. The.
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A combination of genes results in malaria drug resistance
27th January 2015 Admin
Source: www.ox.acuk
The largest genome-wide study of the malaria parasite finds that the drug resistance occurs because of a key mutation happening on top of ‘background’ mutations which make the parasite more likely to develop drug resistance later.
The study, involving researchers at the University of Oxford, found kelch13 gene mutations that seem to work with a set of ‘background’ mutations in four other genes to support resistance to artemisinin, the drug that currently works best against malaria.
There are many kelch13 mutations associated with artemisinin resistance, with new variants emerging all the time. This makes it difficult to use kelch13 alone to track the emergence of drug-resistant strains.
Instead, the study (published in Nature Genetics) suggests that monitoring populations of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum for specific mutations in four other genes – fd, arps10, mdr2, and crt genes – could be more useful. This information can help target high-risk regions before resistant parasites take hold.
‘Our findings suggest that these background mutations emerged with limited impact on artemisinin resistance – until mutations occurred in the kelch13 gene,’ explains Dr Roberto Amato, a first author and Research Associate at Oxford University’s Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics and the the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. ‘It’s similar to what we see with pre-cancerous cells which accumulate genetic changes but only become malignant when they acquire critical driver mutations that kick off growth.’
The global research collaboration analysed 1612 samples from 15 locations in Southeast Asia and Africa to find these results. By comparing parasites from multiple Southeast Asian countries, the scientists also found that different kelch13 mutations are localised within relatively well-defined geographical areas. Instead, the most widespread kelch13 mutation, C580Y, appears to have emerged independently on several occasions. For example, parasites along the Thailand-Myanmar border appear to have acquired this C580Y mutation separately from those in Cambodia and Vietnam. However, even though these strains are genetically distinct, they both have the same genetic background mutations.
By contrast, kelch13 mutations were rare in Africa, and not associated with artemisinin resistance. This was because they did not have genetic background which appears to be the prerequisite for drug-resistance. This is reassuring for public health authorities working to prevent the spread of artemisinin resistance to Africa where most malaria deaths occur.
There remain many unanswered questions. ‘We don’t yet know the role of these background mutations,’ says Dr Olivo Miotto, a first author and Senior Informatics Fellow at MORU and the Centre for Genomics and Global Health. ‘Some may not affect drug resistance directly, but rather provide an environment where drug resistance mutations are tolerated. Since kelch13 has hardly changed in 50 million years of Plasmodium evolution, we can assume that this gene is essential to parasite survival. Therefore, kelch13 mutations may severely handicap mutant parasites, compromising their survival unless some other change can counteract this negative effect.’
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Volume 3 Issue 23 - December 01, 2005
Rajiv Gandhi Foundation gifts 'mobility' on birth anniversary of late Indira Gandhi
D.N.I.S. News Network-Congress President Sonia Gandhi distributed modified Kinetic Nova automobiles, sponsored by Rajiv Gandhi Foundation (R.G.F), on the occasion of the eighty-eighth birth anniversary of late Indira Gandhi.
Before the distribution ceremony, a training session was organised for 20 disabled people on safe road use preparation for comfortable use of the specially modified Kinetic Nova automobiles, 'Bingo'.
To the recipients these vehicles not only bring the hope of improved mobility but also promise to become a medium of economic and social independence. "The vehicle would give us back our dignity", Deepa Kumari, one of the recipients from Delhi was quoted as saying by a news report.
"I stay with my old parents and though I am able to support myself, travelling is a problem on my tri-cycle. I can't manage long distances and there is a constant need for somebody to help me. With this new vehicle I would be able to go out and maybe even support my family. I want to tell the world that the differently-abled are in no way less than an able-bodied person", Deepa added.
S. Devi from Madurai, Tamil Nadu, said: "We also want to live a life of dignity and not be dependent on anybody for our day-to-day needs. I want to be able to support my family, which I think I would be able to with the new independence that my vehicle would give me. Despite awareness about the problems faced by the disabled the government hasn't been able to provide us with something as basic as an extra low step in the public transport buses. We don't need mercy or pity we just need an opportunity."
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