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By Gordon Posted on March 30, 2011
Obama shows disrespect for our allies.
How could one “man” tick of 18 Nations or Organizations !!!
The American people can now more readily ‘understand’ why the Obama’s were omitted from the guest list to the Royal wedding in April! This is a very sobering article. Our handling of relationships with the Britons over the oil spill don’t help either.
From The London Daily Telegraph Editor On Foreign Relations
Quote: “Let me be clear: I’m not normally in favor of
boycotts, and I love the American people. I holiday in their country regularly, and hate the tedious snobby sneers against the United States. But the American people chose to elect an idiot who seems hell bent on insulting their allies, and something must be done to stop Obama’s reckless foreign policy, before he does the dirty on his allies on every issue.” One of the most poorly kept secrets in Washington is President Obama’s animosity toward Great Britain , presumably because of what he regards as its sins while ruling Kenya (1895-1963).
One of Barack Hussein Obama’s first acts as president was to return to Britain a bust of Winston Churchill that had graced the Oval Office since 9/11. He followed this up by denying Prime Minister Gordon Brown, on his first state visit, the usual joint press conference with flags. The president was “too tired” to grant the leader of America’s closest ally a proper welcome, his aides told British journalists. Mr.Obama followed this up with cheesy gifts for Mr. Brown and the Queen.
Columnist Ian Martin described his behavior as “rudeness personified.” There was more rudeness in store for Mr. Brown at the opening session of the United Nations in September. “The prime minister was forced to dash through the kitchens of the UN in New York to secure five minutes of face time with President Obama after five requests for a sit down meeting were
rejected by the White House,” said London Telegraph columnist David Hughes. Mr. Obama’s “churlishness is unforgivable,” Mr. Hughes said.
The administration went beyond snubs and slights last week
when Secretary of State Hillary Clinton endorsed the demand of Argentine President Cristina Kirchner, a Hugo Chavez ally, for mediation of Argentina ‘s specious claim to the Falkland Islands , a British dependency since 1833. The people who live in the Falklands, who speak English, want nothing to do with Argentina. When, in 1982, an earlier Argentine dictatorship tried to seize the Falklands by force, the British — with strong support from President Ronald Reagan — expelled them. “It is truly shocking that Barack Obama has decided to disregard our shared history,” wrote Telegraph columnist Toby Young. “Does
Britain’s friendship really mean so little to him?” One could ask, does the friendship of anyone in the entire world mean anything to him?
“I recently asked several senior administration officials,
separately, to name a foreign leader with whom Barack Obama has forged a strong personal relationship during his first year in office,” wrote Jackson Diehl, deputy editorial page editor of the Washington Post, on Monday. “A lot of hemming and hawing ensued.” One official named French President Nicolas Sarkozy, but his contempt for Mr. Obama is an open secret.
Another named German Chancellor Angela Merkel. But, said
Mr. Diehl, “Merkel too has been conspicuously cool toward Obama.”
Mr. Obama certainly doesn’t care about the Poles and Czechs ,
whom he has betrayed on missile defense. Honduras and Israel
also can attest that he’s been an unreliable ally and an unfaithful
friend. Ironically, our relations with both Israel and the
Palestinian Authority have never been worse. Russia
has offered nothing in exchange for Mr. Obama’s abandonment of missile defense. Russia and China won’t support serious sanctions on Iran . Syria ‘s support for terrorism has not diminished despite efforts to normalize diplomatic relations. The reclusive military dictatorship that runs Burma has responded to our efforts at “disengagement” by deepening its ties to North Korea . And the Chinese make little effort to disguise their
contempt for him.
For the first time in a long time, the President of the United States is actually distrusted by its allies and not in the least feared by its adversaries. Nor is Mr. Obama now respected by the majority of Americans. Understandably focused on the dismal economy and Mr. Obama’s relentless world community. They soon will.
–London Daily Telegraph editor
— Alex Singleton
When injustice becomes law, then Rebellion becomes duty!
~~~Thomas Jefferson
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Mit Ensigner says: 10 years ago Reply
As a United States Air Force officer, I had the pleasure of serving with the NATO AWACS program where my boss was a British civilian. While I have lost track of Mr. Kenneth Pye, I remember the awesome feeling I had when he and I attended a meeting in Boston and had time to tour some of the Revolutionary War sites. I especially remember standing with him on the site of the old North Bridge. To me, it was almost like closing a chapter between our countries or at least our generation.
As you stated, one of the first acts as president (obama) was to return to Britain a bust of Winston Churchill that had graced the Oval Office. At the time, I wrote to my little political group stating, “It was not his to give back”; a sentiment that I still hold today.
On behalf of the American people, I would offer my services to receive and hold the bust until our next President is elected, at which time I would return it to its proper place. Realizing this would not a very safe option if publicized; I would alternatively suggest that your Country simply return the bust to the United States when obama is replaced with some one who understands and cherishes the long relationship that our two countries share.
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Michael Lane – ‘Take It Slow’
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Hailing from Georgensgmünd in Germany, Michael Lane has released his brilliant folk-pop single ‘Take It Slow’ in June 2020.
A beautifully strummed acoustic guitar opens the release. Layered vocals soon join, and the single is in full flow. Lane’s atmospheric vocals gracefully guide the single along. The kick drum feels like the heartbeat of the song, stoic and keeping time relentlessly. We love the chorus, which features catchy melodies and a memorable hook. There is also a fantastic video which accompanies the release. It is the perfect accompaniment to this enticing single.
About the Release
Michael Lane says, “‘Take It Slow’ describes many aspects of what really makes us who we are. Life doesn’t have to be a race to riches and success. It is not the physical that is the most important thing in life, but the spiritual that leads us home to ourselves. Clothing, money, our status in life are things that are not important for the heart and soul. It’s all a dream.”
Aside from music, Lane was a US soldier in his twenties. He was sent to Iraq and Afghanistan and previous releases acted as a diary for Lane. However, ‘Take It Slow’ has helped him to regain his sense of ease and joy. Lane says, “The song is a message of hope and positive certainty that a time of crisis will lead people back to the important things.”
‘Take It Slow’ was released in mid-June, and is available to stream now. Michael Lane is an exciting artist who will make waves with this latest release. Lane is currently active as a songwriter for production music and as a music producer in his remote ‘Studio Waldblick. Also, we have added ‘Take It Slow’ to our FV Music Blog playlist, check it out below.
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Home / Biosimilars / Research / Rationale for biosimilar assessment without efficacy trials
Rationale for biosimilar assessment without efficacy trials Posted 06/11/2020
An article published in Drug Discovery Today explores the necessity of the clinical efficacy trial in biosimilarity assessments [1].
Authors Bielsky et al., based at UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), carried out a detailed review of EU applications of complex biosimilars. This revealed that efficacy trials fail to add information that will definitively establish biosimilarity [2]. As such, they argue that, in most cases, efficacy trials are not required once comparability has been demonstrated through other means.
Current biosimilarity assessments
The authors highlight aspects of current biosimilarity assessments that form a rationale for allowing applications without comparative efficacy trials. These are outlined as follows:
In-depth clinical knowledge of reference product and high-performance analysis
Bielsky et al. highlight that an in-depth knowledge of the reference product is required to enable a biosimilarity assessment to be conducted. This includes knowledge of the reference product’s efficacy, which can usually be derived from its mechanism of action (MoA), of which there can be multiple for complex biologicals. Its safety profile can also be predicted from exaggerated adverse effects. There are other adverse effects related to injection of the product that must be addressed. Post-licencing experience can outline important aspects of safety, efficacy and immunogenicity that may have emerged during clinical development.
To confirm biosimilarity, comparative studies are carried out that are based on scientific evidence. The methods used can detect small differences in the physiochemical characteristics, target/receptor binding and numerous bioactivities of the biosimilar and reference.
It is noted that, knowledge of reference product MoA(s) will highlight which physiochemical and functional properties may relate to clinical outcomes. This information is of use in the biosimilar assessment. Today, improved analytical methods mean that certain important factors in the production of biosimilars are more easily controlled. As such, these properties of biosimilar candidates and reference products can now be better aligned.
With this in mind, it is noted that, if a biosimilar’s analytical profile is highly similar to its reference product, then the pharmacokinetic (PK), efficacy, safety and immunogenicity should not be different. Assuming that binding and functional assays cover all possible MoAs, then efficacy trials in patients are not expected to show differences that have not already been detected through analytical tests. Similarly, chemical and post-translational modification differences are detected through tests that are more sensitive than evaluating the human immune response.
The authors note that, overall, some analytical differences are always observed in comparability studies. Those that lie outside the reference’s range are not acceptable if related to clinical efficacy and safety. However, in some cases, in vivo non-clinical studies may be used to evaluate impact. When all aspects are considered, some differences are accepted if there is enough evidence to show that efficacy and safety are not impacted.
Confirmatory biosimilar pharmacokinetic trials
The article outlines that PK comparability can generally be determined through analytical comparability. However, as reference product and biosimilar formulations can differ, a pivotal PK trial is considered necessary to allow the bioavailability of the formulated products to be compared. This is of notable importance if there are alterations to drug delivery method or excipient and, even if intravenous administration occurs, this can lead to physiochemical differences. In these cases, the pivotal PK comparison can help determine the relevance of such differences. In addition, these trials also supply some safety and immunogenicity data.
Today’s robust pharmacovigilance
For effective pharmacovigilance, biosimilars must be fully traceable. In recent years traceability has improved, with clear identification of brand and batch number. In addition, some complex biosimilars have been required to participate in drug registries. These have been able to provide reassurance about rare events and the safety of switching between a biosimilar and reference product.
A blueprint for biosimilar assessment without efficacy trials
The above information form the basis of the authors rationale for allowing biosimilar applications without efficacy trials. In light of this, the authors have created a blueprint for a regulator approach that reduces the need for clinical efficacy trials [3]. It is hoped that this can make biosimilar assessment more efficient and improve access to affordable medicines.
The authors of the paper [1] did not provide the conflict of interest statement.
The authors disclaim that the publication reflects the views of the individual authors and should not be understood to represent official views or policies of the UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).
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Considerations for real-world research on biosimilars
1. Bielsky M-C, Cook A, Wallington A, et al. Streamlined approval of biosimilars: moving on from the confirmatory efficacy trial. Drug Discov Today. 2020. In press. doi.org/10.1016/j.drudis.2020.09.006
2. GaBI Online - Generics and Biosimilars Initiative. Role of efficacy trials in biosimilar assessments questioned [www.gabionline.net]. Mol, Belgium: Pro Pharma Communications International; [cited 2020 Nov 6]. Available from: www.gabionline.net/Biosimilars/Research/Role-of-efficacy-trials-in-biosimilar-assessments-questioned
3. GaBI Online - Generics and Biosimilars Initiative. A blueprint for biosimilar assessment without efficacy trials [www.gabionline.net]. Mol, Belgium: Pro Pharma Communications International; [cited 2020 Nov 6]. Available from: www.gabionline.net/Biosimilars/Research/A-blueprint-for-biosimilar-assessment-without-efficacy-trials
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Home Local Utah News Former KUTV anchor Shauna Lake appeals 5-day jail sentence for DUI conviction
Former KUTV anchor Shauna Lake appeals 5-day jail sentence for DUI conviction
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SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, July 16, 2020 (Gephardt Daily) — Former KUTV news anchor Shauna Lake is appealing a five-day jail sentence handed down last week after her second conviction for DUI.
The basis for the appeal was not detailed in court documents.
Lake, 49, was cited for driving under the influence of alcohol/drugs March 14, 2020, after a worker at Salt Lake International Airport saw her acting erratically while she was parked in a passenger pick-up area outside Terminal 3.
According to court documents, the worker contacted police, who then approached the veteran anchorwoman while she sat behind the wheel of her SUV.
An arresting officer said Lake’s speech was slurred and she struggled to maintain her balance. She was cited for DUI and released to the custody of a friend.
Court records show Lake’s blood-alcohol level measured 0.21%, more than four times Utah’s legal limit of 0.05%, the most strict BAC DUI threshold in the nation.
Judge Sydney Magid originally sentenced Lake to 180 days behind bars before reducing her term to five days in jail, five days in home confinement, and a year on probation. She was also fined $1,610.
Lake had already completed a court-ordered treatment course prior to sentencing.
The longtime news personality’s sentencing was prompted by a previous conviction for impaired driving in 2017 when Lake was taken into custody by a UHP trooper who spotted her driving erratically on Interstate 15 in Murray. The popular TV news anchor’s arrest stunned Utah viewers, many of whom had followed Lake since her arrival at KUTV in 1994.
Lake pleaded guilty and was sentenced to a year on probation.
In an emotional message to viewers, Lake admitted to drinking and driving after work the evening of her arrest, and vowed to regain their trust. Throngs of supporters contacted the station and Lake remained a prime-time anchor chair.
Lake was off the air for two months after her most recent arrest. Sinclair-owned KUTV announced her departure from the station in early May.
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Jennifer Oxley July 17, 2020 At 10:28 am
If Utah had stronger sentences on DUI’s it would be a good thing. I have friends in AA that have 3, 5, 7 Utah DUI’s and did tiny amounts of time in jail, not unlike in this case. Take their licence at 2 DUI’s, make them come in and do a blow or blood tests on Saturday morning, then on the following Tuesday, if their levels are high on the weekend and hi again by Tuesday, do something. Put them in treatment of some kind, for 40 days or more. Let them have enough time without a drink to make the choice to drink.
PaulaB Walker August 10, 2020 At 12:52 pm
Shauna, you are a beautiful, intelligent woman and I want you to know how much I love you and, speaking from my own experience, although life is Difficult right now, it will be better! I’ll be praying for you and asking the angels to surround you and give you strength!
Mark Evans August 11, 2020 At 10:39 pm
Nobody is perfect.Being in the public
eye just makes things seemingly worse.Shauna should be proud of her yrs.of contribution.Aside from her challenging ordeals,She was a fantastic anchor. Life moves forward, enjoy your retirement.
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UPDATED: Gov. Baker Issues New Face Covering Order, Curfew Advisory, and Limits Gatherings Starting Friday
November 2, 2020 November 2, 2020 editor Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Coronavirus, Gov. Charlie Baker
BOSTON – Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker is issuing a new curfew as of Friday. It means a stay-at-home order will be in effect from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. daily.
Gov. Baker has also issued a new face covering order. Anyone age 5 and older must wear a face covering in public, as of Friday.
“We’re basically saying if you go out in public, wear a mask,” Gov. Baker said.
Governor Charlie Baker announced these changes at a time where public health data has indicated that cases are rising, with cases up by 278% and hospitalizations up by 145% since Labor Day.
These measures are meant to disrupt rising trends now, so the Commonwealth can keep the economy and schools open for residents and to prevent the need to roll back to Phase I or Phase II of the reopening plan.
All orders and advisories will be effective Friday, November 6th at 12:01 AM.
Governor said shutting down the economy is not the right decision.
Instead he opted for a 9:30 p.m. closures which will allow people time to get home by 10 p.m, said Gov. Baker.
“We’d really like people to be home by 10 o’clock with the people they live with,” the Governor said.
“The simple truth is this: Too many of us have become complacent in our daily lives. We’re doing much better than many other states and many other countries, but here, too, we’ve let down our guard and we have work to do,” said Gov. Baker.
And the Governor also announced that private gatherings will be curtailed.
The new order is for 10 people in indoor settings (reduced from 25 currently) and 25 people outside (reduced from 50).
All gatherings need to end by 9:30 p.m., under the order.
New Orders & Advisories:
Stay At Home Advisory: The Administration issued a revised Stay At Home Advisory to ensure residents avoid unnecessary activities that can lead to increased COVID-19 transmission. The revised Stay At Home Advisory instructs residents to stay home between 10 PM and 5 AM. The Advisory allows for activities such as going to work, running critical errands to get groceries and address health needs, and taking a walk.
Click here to read the revised Stay At Home Advisory: www.mass.gov/stayhome.
Early Closure of Businesses and Activities: Governor Baker issued a new executive order that requires the early closure of certain businesses and activities each night at 9:30 PM. The 9:30 PM closure requirement is aligned with the Stay At Home Advisory and together the two new initiatives are designed to further limit activities that could lead to COVID-19 transmission.
Effective November 6, the following businesses and activities must close to the public each day between the hours of 9:30 PM and 5:00 AM.
Restaurants (in-person dining must cease at 9:30 PM, although takeout and delivery may continue for food and non-alcoholic beverages, but not alcohol)
Liquor stores and other retail establishments that sell alcohol must cease alcohol sales at 9:30 PM (but may continue to sell other products)
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I'm new here, I just registered because I'm looking for some advice on a campaign I'm working on... It's a DnD game with a custom setting.
Basically, to keep it simple, I have introduced time travel into my story, and a rather unlimited version while at it. I know, horrible idea and all, but I have some really cool plans for it and the PCs will have very limited access to it, so they can't abuse it too much. Furthermore, I have invented "guardians of the timeline" who will interfere with anyone trying to modify the natural flow of time. The bigger the offence against the timeline, the more powerful the guardians coming after the offender.
Now there's a BBEG who has access to time traveling.
The BBEG is obviously very powerful and the party will not be able to challenge him yet (they're level 4 at the moment). While their struggle against the BBEG continues, the PCs rise in power and the BBEG becomes more desperate, eventually engaging them in combat. Obviously I'll tailor the encounter to make sure the PCs actually defeat him after a difficult battle.
Now here's the plot I'm considering:
Once he is about to die, he will teleport back through time and to the PCs at the current time (while they are still level 4), planning to kill the pesky adventurers before they can do harm to his evil plans. This would be such a great violation of the temporal law that a very powerful guardian intervenes and kills the BBEG before the eyes of the level 4 PCs. The level 4 PCs at this point don't even know who the BBEG is, they just see a wounded, seemingly powerful wizard appear and threaten them, shortly thereafter a powerful demonic-like guardian who says some stuff in infernal, kills the wizard, breaks the wizard's staff (which enables time travel) and disappears again with the corpse and broken staff. The PCs will have no idea what just happened.
In the actual BBEG fight, many sessions and levels later, the BBEG will simply disappear at the end by some temporal teleport, and be returned shortly after, dead, by the guardian who killed him. The guardian, having done its job, disappears again. The PCs will finally be able to piece together what happened after that encounter.
My question: what do you think? The PCs will meet the BBEG for the first time in the next session, I plan to have him die BEFORE they meet him. Obviously they're not stupid and understand that the evil wizard they just met is the guy who was killed in front of them a few hours ago.
This means that during the adventure, they know the BBEG is going to die, and how he is going to die (teleports through time and gets killed). This also means they immediately understand the consequences of messing with time when you shouldn't, and will prevent them from breaking the timeline. Well, they can still try to break it, but they have gotten a very clear warning that their characters will die if they go too far, and I wouldn't hesitate to kill a character if they truly try to break the timeline (going back in time and trying to kill the BBEG as a child would get everyone participating killed for example).
What do you think? Yay or nay?
I'd love to hear some other peoples' thoughts! Obviously I can't discuss it with my DnD group for spoiler reasons :P
Cheers, :)
Reversefigure4
You'll have a better understanding of your players and whether they'd enjoy a 'foregone conclusion' story better than us.
I have to say I see a few holes.
- First off, the PCs don't get to heroically kill the big bad. After defeating him, their thunder is completely stolen by the all-powerful Time Guardian, who simply kill-steals the guy the PCs have spent the entire campaign chasing. It's pretty de-protagonising.
- And why do the PCs pursue the big bad? They already know what happens to him - he's killed by a Time Guardian. What's their drive to try and oppose him, since he'll just get himself killed anyway inevitably?
- You're allocating for a lot of actions here. The PCs have to inevitably oppose the wizard (what happens if they try to convince him "Stop your plan, man, we just watched you get killed by a Time Guardian?"). They can safely assume they're immune to all threats the Big Bad can throw at them, since he came back to confront them for their future actions, and they know he fails to stop them (or what happens if the PCs die, and are replaced by other PCs - why does the Big Bad come back to threaten the originals?). There's any number of places they can fall off the rails inadvertently, unless you have a literal Time Guardian shadowing them and telling them "Do X, or I'll kill you."
NichG
Nay. Time travel as a plot device is interesting because of the implication that things can be changed - and the degree to which characters interact with the particular necessities and difficulties of actually trying to do so. Making an inviolable timeline can work, but in doing so you have to be prepared for and to welcome people trying things like 'I make sure that we have only very specific and limited knowledge of the future, such that when we interfere in time to create self-fulfilling prophecies we avoid the catch'. Making a changeable timeline can work, so long as you engage with the exploration of possibilities. Making a timeline that acts like it's changeable, but where attempting to engage with that premise means that a deus ex machina shows up and kills you, betrays the potential which you're offering by offering a time travel story in the first place.
If you want to do something very similar, but keeping with the actual exciting aspects of playing with time travel, make bodily time travel simply be highly lethal in 95% of cases, period, regardless of the insult to the timeline. The wizard is in such bad shape that they make the attempt, hoping to be in that 5% (they were previously going to send skeletons or some other non-living carrier of their will, but they became desperate). So the wizard shows up in the past having not rolled a crit success on their Fort save (or equivalent) against time travel system shock, and shortly thereafter dies in a place where the PCs will find them. However, on the wizard are some hints which suggest their future origins, and their potential role as a BBEG. Furthermore, injuries sustained in the battle are suggestive of some iconic attacks the PCs like to use.
Now, from that point, fresh start and the timeline goes forward with no guarantees about how things went the first time around. Maybe the PCs end up in that fateful battle again, or maybe they decide not to investigate the BBEG, or maybe they kill the younger version of the wizard before he becomes a threat - but in all cases, just go with it wherever it ends up going. You've got plenty of material there to mess with the PCs reasoning - if they decide the like the future where they kill the wizard that way, then they're forced to try to prevent other PCs from allowing the timeline to diverge, and so on. No need to be heavy handed with 'because I say so' time guardians.
Those are some great points. Thanks guys!
I do not intend to prohibit time travel altogether, I simply mean to make it harder to do stuff that have more impact. I plan to give them a device to go back in time, but using it drains "time crystals", which are obviously gonna be pretty rare during the campaign.
Furthermore, time hops will anger the guardians, which are controlled by a god of time who wants things to go with the natural flow of time. If you hop the entire party back 12 seconds in combat to redo the last two rounds, it will only moderately annoy the guardians, it'll summon a guardian but one not too powerful so the npc's can defeat him rather easily. If they go back an entire day to change something they didnt know back then, it'll anger them more and they'll have one or more strong ones to deal with. Still nothing the party can't handle, but it may be a tough fight depending on what shenanigans they're trying to pull.
If they go back years and try to kill the BBEG as a child, it will seriously piss off the god of time and something very powerfull will come after them.
I just realized though, that doesnt necessarily have to kill them. Maybe have the guardian overpower them and reverse the time hop before they can do harm to the timeline, theyll have wasted a valuable crystal and got nothing in return.
If they can kill the guardian or maybe even convince him, they're free to do as they please. But that becomes harder if they try to do more harm to the timeline.
I came up with this to allow time travel as a cool gimmick (****, that went bad, lets re-do the last few rounds of combat), but to discourage outright game breaking. It can be done, but you'll piss off the god of time and it'll be very hard.
I thought that was more fun than a "roll a d% and maybe the time hop goes without bad side effects" :P
I realize now that killing the BBEG with a time guardian is a bad idea. Too much can go wrong along the way, they could indeed lose the drive to fight the BBEG and I definitely do not want to have an npc steal the players' shine. Good point, thanks!
How about, in the final fight, he hops back to the level four players, wounded and weakened, the guardian shows up and says something like "you've gone too far this time", and then proceeds to abduct the BBEG back to the players in the final fight, after which the players can still kill him (or spare him even! Maybe the guardian will still kill him if they do so, so many options!)
The guardian doesn't kill the BBEG directly, but does foil his escape plan, restoring the natural outcome of the final fight. That still leaves the "dont mess with the timeline too much or the guardians will stop you" philosophy, but doesn't set events in stone at this point either, it can still go either way.
Unless the final fight doesn't happen, but I will not allow the PCs to befriend the BBEG, and if the PCs get killed along the way then I can always reason that the original PCs set things in motion, so if the BBEG kills the original PCs, he stops his doom (but he obviously gets prevented from doing that).
Sorry for the wall of text! :P
You're still looking too much along the lines of what 'you' will or will not allow, which is the sort of thing that makes this go awry. Think about it like this - if there's a player who says 'I want to jump to the moon' or something like that, when it turns out they can't it's a natural consequence of the way the world is presented to work and whatever the current state of their character is. Even without the DM's intervention, the player could e.g. read tables of 'how high can you jump if you hit this DC', etc. But if instead you say 'well, anyone can jump as high as they want' but then when they jump too high the reality auditors show up and give them a citation then suddenly you've anthropomorphized the reason that the player can't do what you've suggested they could.
If its nature saying 'no', then that's impersonal. If its an NPC saying 'no' on behalf of nature, it sends a mixed message. Nature can't really be 'unjust' or 'corrupt' or 'a jerk', but an NPC certainly can. By putting a sentient face on things, you're basically saying that the reason for what is happening is driven by motivations, not be fundamental truths of reality. And, if you're not careful, a player may decide that the motivations driven things are your motivations as the DM rather than the motivations of characters actually within the universe. If the time guardians are intervening only for sake of preserving your plotline that you've set up ahead of time (or if you permit it to appear that way), you open yourself up to the players reading that the situation is adversarial and behaving accordingly. Which basically means you get a pushback proportional to whatever pressure you try to apply to get things on track.
Jay R
"Hey, everyone! I have a great idea for an adventure railroad. You'll know from the beginning that you can't kill him, and that his plans will keep going for awhile. You'll already have watched the powerful NPCs fulfill your quest because you can't! Then we'll run the quest!"
I just don't think this will seem as much fun from the other side of the DM screen.
Anymage
If players think you have some sort of grand plan, expect at least one of them to try undermining it just to be contrary. If this involves a particular key NPC, expect somebody to try and kill them just to see if it's possible.
In a game with as many moving parts as D&D, expect four players to be able to put their heads together and outsmarts you. Unless you counter with open DM fiat (which tends to upset players when you make it clear that your holy plot is sacrosanct and that nothing they can do will change that), expect something to go off the rails ASAP.
Do the guardians resurrect people too?
Because else if the bbeg is also an anima mage the bbeg can kill the low level adventurers in the instant before he gets killed by the guardian(thanks to an immediate action meteor swarm) therefore obtaining exactly what it wanted.
If the time guardians are intervening only for sake of preserving your plotline that you've set up ahead of time (or if you permit it to appear that way), you open yourself up to the players reading that the situation is adversarial and behaving accordingly. Which basically means you get a pushback proportional to whatever pressure you try to apply to get things on track.
This is not my intention. The guardians are not intended to protect the plotline, they are intended to prevent characters (whether they're PCs or NPCs) from changing the original timeline. This is a rather "fixed" rule of nature in that sense: if you go back in time to change events, bad things will come after you. As long as you're consistent with that, that's the same as "you can't jump to the moon", in a sense.
The difference is that there's an npc telling them "no" instead of a clear rule (you can't jump higher than X with DC Y). But do the PCs have to know this? If they try to change the timeline, the time guardians are simply enemies they have to defeat to achieve that goal, just like they have to defeat normal monsters if they want treasure.
If they succeed, then I will of course allow them to do as they please, but if they try to do something too outrageous I will make it as impossible as it can be. Want to prevent the creation of the universe? Sure, here's the god of time himself, fight him first!
That's a fair rule, isn't it? It works both ways. Or do you think the PCs would still experience that as unfair?
But I agree it is probably a bad idea to have the BBEG killed in front of the players. I think I'll scrap that from the next session.
Still, my PCs aren't dumb, if they eventually do kill the BBEG (assuming it comes to that, of course), I'm afraid they'll go "why didn't he just travel back in time and kill us all while we were still level 1?"
Maybe I have to use another method to explain that you can't hop back 1000 years and kill the BBEG before he becomes a threat... using a different npc villain or something that doesn't have a long running plot involved.
Appreciate the feedback guys! I'm relatively new to DnD and this is my first attempt at building an entire campaign from scratch :P
TheStranger
My advice is this - don't let time travel happen in your game. Just don't. I've never seen it work well, but I've seen it work poorly in different ways. It's much, much better in theory than it is in practice.
In your example, the BBEG has a plot to go back in time and do Bad Things. The PCs (mostly) stop him, but he goes back in time and gets killed offscreen by DM fiat. Which is clearly less satisfying for the players than successfully killing him themselves, and so probably isn't the way to go. I get that the original idea was to provide context for a prior death scene, but the problems with that have already been pointed out.
But maybe you're thinking that the threat of time travel serves as the McGuffin to drive the plot. It's a part of the BBEG's plan, but functionally he might as well be opening a portal to Hell, building a death ray, or whatever else is driving the apocalypse of the week. The problem with that is mostly that if the PCs win, they'll want to play with time travel. Or, instead of opposing the BBEG directly, they'll decide that since time travel obviously exists in this setting, it would be easier to go back in time and kill him as a baby. Anyway, you end up trying to adjudicate increasingly complex time-travel schemes, or coming up with a reason that the PCs can't do time travel but it was a credible threat when the BBEG was doing it.
The bottom line is, time travel, more than any other plot device I know of, results in fridge logic that either detracts from the story or sends it off the rails. It works reasonably well in movies because the storyteller only has to hold things together for a couple hours. In a tabletop game, where the players have entire weeks to reflect on it, things fall apart fast.
Dropping an elder dragon on the party if they go off the rails is pretty archetypal immature DM behavior. There's little practical difference between "if you do this, something overwhelmingly powerful will try to kill you", "if you try to do this, I will flat out fiat kill you", and "you just can't do this".
Plus, there's a massive difference between being time crooks trying to dodge the time cops as one of the core tenets of the campaign, and kinda-sorta allowing it but having time gods pop down if they try to do anything fun with it.
Let's start with some real basics here first. Like, super basic.
First, rewinding time in combat is a bookkeeping nightmare. Do you really feel like tracking the result of every dice roll? Try to avoid combat time rewinds for your own sanity.
Second, while players tend to like subtle rails so they have some guideline where to go next (sandbox is popular in theory, but causes option paralysis in practice), they tend to blow up any but the vaguest of plot outlines. Partially due to orneriness when the rails are too obvious, partially because they don't happen to know how you have everything planned out. Don't worry about the high level culmination of your campaign right now. There's no guarantee that the campaign will even last that long, and player action will certainly throw about a factory full of monkey wrenches into your plans. Focus more on the immediate surroundings and more local adventure hooks, so you can concentrate on things with more immediate payoffs. Your priority should be the players enjoying themselves in the nearer term more than the ultimate payoff.
If you really want time manipulation to be a part of your campaign, you can have crystallized time that allows certain cool effects (casting certain time-related spells, negating unwanted consequences, etc.) to when used. You can even have the PC's first encounter with this being when some mysterious entity, badly beaten and disfigured from some unknown effect, vows to stop them before launching an all-out attack. Just try to make it clear that the players' goal is to survive this stronger creature's attacks while it burns out instead of taking it head on. But try to avoid having the heavy handed time cop step in here, except at most as an unobtrusive good samaritan to help heal up a PC who got hit a little too hard. Definitely avoid making it obvious just who launched themselves back to stop the PCs, or how much of the damage they took was from the process of going backwards, so you can change details if you need to. And to repeat what I said above - it's that important - make sure that there's plenty of stuff to entice fourth level PCs in the surrounding area so that people don't get bored and/or burnt out well before you can really do anything with your bigger plot ideas.
No, it reads totally differently. 'You can't jump to the moon because it isn't possible' is a message that, in the worst case, the player simply misunderstood the way their character functions mechanically or how the world works. 'You can't jump to the moon because the moon lord doesn't like it' is a very different state of things - it's putting a sentient face on that limit. 'It's not possible/it doesn't make sense' vs 'something actively does not want you to do this' are very different messages. 1+1 not equaling 3 no matter how much you'd like it to versus 'I'm going to punish you if you're bad'.
In the case of the second, especially when you take pains to show that the resisting agent is much more powerful than anything else going on in the campaign, it reads strongly as 'I (the DM) do not want you to do this' - and whether you actually intend that or not is totally irrelevant.
I mean, you're basically talking about opening the plot arc with the PCs seeing these NPCs in operation in a major intervention and being able to easily deal with the antagonist who is intended to be the BBEG of the arc without a sweat. So yes, the way you're doing it, you're making sure that the PCs know it. Furthermore, you're saying that meaningful changes (e.g. those that are plot relevant) will necessarily involve tangling with something that is by definition going to be more powerful than the most difficult thing they could reasonably expect to face if they just play along.
It's not whether its fair or not, its transparently an avatar for your influence as the DM - you don't want the PCs to do outrageous things, so you will make it as impossible as can be. You're doing so via a puppet, but of course everyone at the table is going to be aware that that's your puppet to control. This is especially the case when you take something that would normally be a natural force (time, etc) and personify it as an active agent who is involved in the events of the campaign - but only when the PCs appear to be deviating from some kind of bounds of normalcy. And that reads a lot like someone who is trying to exert dominance, push the players around, generally get them to show submission, etc. This is highly likely to rile people up, and you can be almost certain to get some kind of rebellious and destructive behavior as a result.
I would only ever put a god of time like that into a campaign as an intentional antagonist whose active purpose for being there was to be cathartically slaughtered by the PCs at some point.
If on the other hand, the way time travel works simply makes those kinds of shenanigans logistically impractical, then the players can understand that directly from the way in which they learn how time travel functions in your campaign, and they simply won't try if it doesn't look like it will be possible.
I think I phrased it wrongly, but I do not intend to prevent the PCs from using time travel to achieve their goals. In fact, I would love it if they do use it. They could hop back a day with the knowledge of tomorrow to prevent or make something happen for example, or hop back 1000 years to talk to someone from an ancient civilization to gain some knowledge. The drawback is, they have to deal with guardians who don't like it when they jump through time. If they don't pull too crazy things, the guardians won't be too much of a challenge, so it wouldn't be more difficult than playing along. I don't want to railroad them into not using time travel to solve their problems. But I do not want it to be a magic problem-solver for everything either.
The problem is, if I want to allow them to travel through time, I have to figure out a way to restrict them from preventing the creation of the universe, because I have several players who will try to pull shenanigans like that. The only foolproof way to do that is to remove time travel altogether. Now the plot doesn't need time travel in the grand scheme of things but I really do like it and I've got some great ideas that will (hopefully) challenge the players and allow them to come up with some creative solutions using time travel. But I don't want them to go for the obvious cheese and say "I jump back, kill the bad guy when he's a baby and I've fixed the problem", because stuff like that causes paradoxes and finding workarounds for paradoxes sucks, it's a lot of work for me and it's probably going to result in something the players aren't happy with.
"Guardians of the timeline" seemed like a pretty good solution for this. What other way could I use to prevent time travel cheesing? I want to allow it to be useful, so making it impossible with a 95% failure chance would kinda be a dealbreaker for me. And for the players too (I think), they may feel cheated because the BBEG can use it and they can't. I'd have to limit the time traveling power of the BBEG too, and well, at that point there's no point in including this particular villain anyway, there are more interesting villains and plots in my campaign already.
I've just got an idea though, what if I rule that longer jumps take more energy, therefore they need a bigger time crystal or something, and those are rarer. This would allow hopping 10 minutes back to re-do the entire combat should the players want to, but makes hopping back a day much harder and a month just about impossible because there aren't enough time crystals in the world.
This foils the BBEG's ultimate escape plan that I had planned, but...
Your priority should be the players enjoying themselves in the nearer term more than the ultimate payoff.
I understand where you're coming from and I think this is a good philosophy. So I'll change that :)
And that reads a lot like someone who is trying to exert dominance, push the players around, generally get them to show submission, etc. This is highly likely to rile people up, and you can be almost certain to get some kind of rebellious and destructive behavior as a result.
That is NOT my intention at all!
The idea was to give them the sense that there are bigger things in the world than the BBEG they're dealing with right now and that they can't just march in everywhere and expect to win every encounter. If they do stupid things and piss off the wrong beings, be it powerful wizard, time guardians or even the lord of the local area, they can certainly die.
I'm not trying to downplay the players or force them to go in the direction I want, so in that sense I (now) understand that my original approach of deciding they would end up fighting the BBEG was wrong.
I was just trying to build an interesting adventure for my players, giving them a taste of the villain I have built for them, letting them know they are not powerful enough yet to deal with that villain, and that the villain isn't the most powerful being in the world either. There are bigger fish out there, and what cooler way to demonstrate that is to have the fish trying to eat you get eaten by an even bigger fish? Don't worry, I see the flaws now and the idea is off the table :)
I think I'll revise my time traveling mechanics to restrict it to short hops only, with longer hops requiring more crystals, making paradox-inducing distances impossible to travel by nature. The PCs could "reset" the last ten minutes for example, and try something again, with the knowledge they gained ten minutes later. They wouldn't be able to travel back 100 years and then travel back to the present, because they don't have enough time crystals, but they could reset a combat scenario and try a diplomatic solution instead for example. Without long distance time travel, the timeline will be much harder to break (no paradoxes), even though I expect some creative solutions from my players :)
I want to encourage those creative solutions, not discourage them. I just don't want them to snap my campaign in half :smalleek:
I had already planned a few cool things for the BBEG which would now become impossible, but that's too bad I guess.
It would limit time traveling power and have clear "natural" rules that wouldn't be interpreted as "unfair" because I'm controlling a powerful NPC to prevent them from doing things I don't like. The rules don't have a face or motivation, so that problem would be solved.
Any thoughts? (If anyone is still reading after such a wall of text!)
It's well worth noting that Time Travel is HARD to put into a roleplaying game. You're inherently playing on Hard Mode by introducing it as the central campaign conceit.
What works in a novel or a movie or a video game does not necessarily work in a roleplaying game. In other media, a single author controls everything. Bob's father was murdered by a sinister cloaked man. Bob builds a time machine, and goes back in time to prevent his father's death. Now, the story allocates for several things already (Bob will succeed, creating a hellish landscape in which his father is a Tyrant. Bob will ultimately realise the futility of his actions and go back in time to kill his father himself, making him the Cloaked Stranger). As soon as you introduce a player - whose actions you no longer control - you can't guarantee Bob will take the 'correct' actions to make the time travel storyline work. As soon as he fails a Grapple check and doesn't prevent his father's death, the storyline falls apart. As soon as he decides he wants to live in New Tyrant world, the storyline falls apart. If he goes back in time, but then decides to become a pirate, the storyline falls apart. Times that by 4 players, and you have 4 times as many opportunities to go wrong. Players can do this entirely unintentionally. Players who deliberately push at the walls to see what will happen - or are intentionally disruptive - will shatter a campaign with ease.
I've done time travel. It's hard (and I've never used it as the central conceit for the campaign). There's a lot of ground work to consider.
jindra34
My advice is kinda simple and shows what your doing wrong: Don't plan MEGA-PLOTS that indicate PC actions as nessecary. And generally don't hard plan plots for content thats not within one level. SO many things can go wrong.
Reversefigure4 has it exactly right. Once you invoke time travel, you're inherently screwing with causality. In addition to working in media because the author can determine what the characters to maintain the timeline the author has decided on, it works because the audience is (usually) focused on seeing what happens next, not trying to figure out how the rules of time travel can be manipulated. Lots of (otherwise pretty good) time travel stories fall apart fast when you start thinking about how the characters *could* have used time travel to better effect, depending on exactly how time travel works.
For instance, suppose the players have an upcoming difficult battle. So, they decide to be their own reinforcements. They announce that, after they clear the dungeon, as soon as they're fully rested they'll go back in time to right now and help themselves in the upcoming fight. And of course, their future selves would already have the loot and XP from that fight, right? So you say no, of course that doesn't work, and you make up a reason. But whatever reason you come up with for that not working, they'll either find a workaround or come up with a way to use it against you sometime later on.
If you do want to use time travel, I think you're on the right track keeping it very limited in scope. Basically, the closer you get to a glorified re-roll mechanic, the easier your life will be.
PopeLinus1
Have you heard of the webcomic Homestuck? It does a lot of stuff with time, but during its intermission, there are a group of enemies called the Felt Gang, which have time control powers. Hilarious shenanigans ensue.
You might be able too get something from them I don't know.
Unless Homestuck happens to be written by multiple authors with conflicting goals but an agreement to not overrule what another one said, it's nothing like implementing time travel in an RPG. Narratives under one person's control are intrinsically much easier to plot out than ones with a group storytelling effort.
If OP really wants to have time travel be a thing, he could go Chrono Trigger style, where you can only jump to specific places at specific times, and changes to other points in time can be figured out after the adventure is finished. It also requires a certain amount of historical inertia, so that going back and killing a bunch of random encounters doesn't turn the characters present into a nightmare dystopia. But frankly, time travel gets tricky under even the best of circumstances. Especially for a newbie DM, those are headaches best avoided.
In my current campaign, time travel is openly on the table and there are major setting elements based around it. The cardinal rule of time travel is that 'edits' tend to find ways to become irrelevant as you move away from the moment of the intervention unless they're associated with something called an anchor. In that setting, time travel is a personal power, so each individual with that power is capable of acting as an anchor for a single edit of their choice (meaning if they time travel, they can allow it to have zero consequence to the timeline simply by not choosing to anchor it, and if they wish to they can at any point in time 'let go' of their current edit and have time revert). In your setting, these could be specific artifacts that allow the processing of the time crystals into temporal displacements, with each artifact only being able to maintain a single change.
Someone who doesn't care about the shape of history as a whole but does care about themselves can of course travel back in time and just live out a new trajectory - they end up being a worm trail of little deviations that basically heal over around them. All of the impacts to them are still meaningful, so this is still a useful tool. For example, if you have a deadly disease whose cure was lost to time, you could go back in time to be cured of it without having to anchor that change. You can also of course kidnap people from different eras in time or get up to all sorts of shenanigans that way. I'd recommend requiring an anchor to 'bring things back' in your campaign if you used this idea though it's not the case in mine, since loot duplication would be a game-breaking issue otherwise. You can also use history's invariance against most small details to make changes to details that matter to you without using an anchor, but that's a more subtle art - and example would be, if a party member dying would just lead the party to resurrect them by the next session, you can freely change the timeline to prevent them from dying in the first place and it wouldn't need to be anchored because you've basically picked something that has convergent outcomes to change. If you want to make it a bit easier to work with for the players (and probably a bit more fun), just say that anyone who has ever participated in time travel acts as though they're self-anchoring their own timeline at all times - so a PC who goes into a time machine makes themselves immune to being paradoxed out, but the consequences of their existence can still be erased 'around them'. Anyhow, the catch is that in order to act as an anchor, the thing maintaining the timeline divergence has to exist. So no preventing the creation of the universe.
So that's one way you can do it, as an example.
Another way I've done time travel in a campaign in the past was to say that all time travel events need to have someone on both ends of the time interval cooperating to set up the event. So you can't just decide to hop back 153 years 2 days and 7 months or whatever, you have to actually say first 'okay, I'm going to set up a landing spot for myself from 20 minutes from now', and then that character (or whomever the specific target of the landing spot is) can initiate a time travel event 20 minutes later. That works well for your 'I want players to be able to revert combat mistakes' idea - before a big fight, the characters create a 'save spot' which is a landing pad for their future selves to send back an 'all clear' message saying that they didn't TPK. If the message fails to show, the characters can interpret that to mean that the fight isn't one that they're going to win, and do something else.
Whatever the original timeline was, the information gained means that time isn't required to unfold the same way again, so you don't have to worry too much about self-consistency. You do have to worry about duping though; when I ran it, the time travel mechanism could only send messages, not physical objects.
It would take a bit of twisting to fit this into your wizard plot, but it's also a relatively straightforward (as time travel goes) way of having non-game-breaking time travel via natural law.
For a third example, a campaign I was in simply had characters 'accumulate Paradox' in proportion to the changes they made. You could duplicate an item or pile of wealth or whatever, but that would cost you 1 Paradox. It was very hard to get rid of Paradox, and by its nature attempts to 'take Paradox to remove Paradox' by e.g. having a younger version of yourself take your place after you make the edits, or getting someone else to act on your behalf, generally didn't work because Paradox distributes itself along your entire timeline and will accumulate on anyone who is part of the chain of causality leading to the edit (so a committee all deciding to invoke time travel to win an election all suffer the Paradox associated with that edit).
Up to a certain amount of Paradox, there are no consequences at all aside from a blue phosphorescence that can be seen in pitch black areas. But there's a threshold where the universe basically just ejects the time traveller under the stress of trying to maintain all of contradictory edits. At which point the time traveller finds themselves in a sort of solipsistic bubble universe that appears to be reality, but their actions no longer have causal impact on the true course of history (everyone else just sees them evaporate in a puff of blue light, or if you're being nastier, forgets that they ever existed).
So this basically says 'over the entire course of your adventuring career, this is how much you're going to be able to alter, so you've got to budget it well'.
Yeah, that should basically solve the issue.
While NichG has some good points, I want to stress again that OP is a newbie DM who is already having problems balancing the different tastes and experience levels at his table. Grand overarching plots and temporal metaphysics should probably be backburnered until he has a more solid grasp of the fundamentals.
I believe the OP is saying new to the GitP forums, not a new GM altogether.
If the old BBEG comes back to try to kill them all before they become great heroes, then the characters (not just the players) know that they will not die before they become great heroes.
Braininthejar2
You used "keep it simple" and "time travelling" in the same introduction.
Also which kind of time travelling do you use?
if it is terminator like time travel then there is no such thing as a time loop and if the adventurers became great heroes it does not means you can not travel back in time and kill them when they are young.
In fact it is easy: if you know the exact location in space and time where the adventurers were you can just go with a bunch of delayed blast fireball that triggers right after you time travel to get at the right spot.
The guardians will be super strong but the adventurers will die with you in a giant explosion in the instant you appear among them.
Then the young villain never needs to time travel because we are in a new timeline were the adventurers died so the young villain never needs to suicide.
You could argue that the new villain is not the old one and so that in fact the old one is dead but if the objective of the old villain was not a personal objective then the old villain might not care he is dead if the young villain can do X to release y he worshipped or whatever.
So basically you did not describe enough about the time travelling system for the people to make any meaningful conclusion.
But if there is no causality(basically most non terminator time travel systems) then absolutely everything the adventurers do is entirely and completely pointless no matter what you say or think which means that you should tell your players to leave the table to save time for everyone involved.
Because if it is time travel without causality nothing makes sense afterwards because stories are built on causality.
In fact a lot of stories pretends to have no causality and then try to explain how a time loop started while by definition time loops in acausal time travelling systems have no reason to exist apart from the fact it exists but human minds are causal and so the writer does not see how much dumb he make itself sound.
When you have acausal time travelling and time loops then time loops exists only because they exists(or else it would probably not be stable and so would no longer be a time loop) and in fact it makes pointless stories and "a red elephant appears turn in an infinite mass black hole one second later which then sends a red elephant back in time to turn into an infinite mass black hole" is as much meaningful and likely to happen as "a man travels back in time and have a kid with his mother which travels back in time"
Basically, to keep it simple, I have introduced time travel into my story,
HAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, *deep breath* oh wow, sorry. I got myself. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA...I'm so sorry.
That is not what I envision when someone says 'satisfying boss battle'. It's a gimmick. Maybe depending on how often the PCs benefitted from time travelling themselves, have the 'cleaner' demon go after the PCs then as well because they 'have seen too much' and might corrupt the time stream.
ElChad
Admittedly just saw the premise and wanted to put my two cents in. Probably already said, but :
Perhaps the BBEG warps back to the party, and have the level 4 party face an incredibly weakened version of the BBEG (having used up all his spells in the previous fight, and with a reasonable amount of HP to make it a decent boss fight for a party of level 4s), then have him give a long winded final villain speech before falling dead. The temporal guardian show up and takes the body and the staff, explains that it will explain later, and leaves.
In the final battle, have it extremely epic, have him drop to 0, with the satisfying cut scene that looks like they got him. Then, at the last second, he warps back in time. Give the party some time to take in what happened, then the temporal guardian arrives again, with the body and the staff as proof that the BBEG is done for. (Maybe it reminds the party that they were the ones who got him originally).
That'd be cool too, but for all the reasons stated above I think I'll refrain from doing that...
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Thanks to the rebreather, you will reach one of the internal yards. In the water, there is a large statue standing. On three sides, it is supported by the scaffolding that makes it impossible to topple it, which in turn makes it impossible for Lara to get outside. On one of the sides of the scaffolding, there is a barrel with an explosive liquid inside. You can fire at it and the container will tilt a little. Lara needs to find a way to destroy the scaffolding on the remaining sides.
By the yard entrance, turn right and you will reach the spot shown in the below screenshot. Shoot at the lid of the ramp and pull the string. Thanks to this, down the ramp, a barrel wound in corpe rolls down.
The barrel stops at the edge of the pool. While next to the barrel, shoot at one of the arms of the balance beam.
Lara will tie up the balance beam with the barrel. Now, shoot at the other arm, which gives the balance beam a swing and pulls the barrel into the water.
Release the second barrel from the ramp and tie it up to the other arm of the balance beam, thanks to which you will level the beam and raise the first barrel a bit above the water level.
walk over to the other side of the pool and cut the rope that the barrel is suspended on. Roll the barrel down into the water, at the other side of the causeway. The barrel will float to the other part of the scaffolding. Shoot at the barrel and the statue will lean even more.
At the other side of the yard, there is another balance beam. Stand in the spot shown in the above screenshot and fire an arrow towards the lid. A barrel will come down and it will stop by the blockade.
Shoot at the barrel, which destroys the blockade and makes a way.
Get over to the other side of the pool and shoot at the lid again. Another barrel will come falling down and it starts following the water current.
Quickly, follow the water current for several steps and stand next to the pole wound in rope. AS soon as the barrel floats by the pole, shoot an arrow towards the barrel and Lara will tie it to the pole.
The barrel will get pulled to the left and does not explode in fire. As soon as it stabilizes, cut the rope and the barrel will follow the current.
Now, fire at the barrel. The statue will collapse and make a way for you.
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Home » Arts & Culture » Emeline Michel Announces Free Performance for Midwest Summer Tour
Emeline Michel Announces Free Performance for Midwest Summer Tour
Illinois residents are in for a treat this weekend with the announcement of Emeline Michel’s Summer Midwest Tour. Haiti’s most notable songstress will have free performances from July 11-13 in Chicago and Madison.
Michel has cultivated a vibrant career as a musical ambassador for Haiti. She is a captivating performer and a premier Haitian songwriter. Her indelible presence has gained her wide exposure with concerts throughout the Caribbean, Europe, and North and South America for over 20 years, including performances at New York’s Carnegie Hall, Harlem Stage, Lincoln Center; Festival International de Jazz de Montréal; New Orleans Jazz Fest; Tasmania’s Ten Days On The Island; Zimbabwe’s Harare International Arts Festival; Seychelles’ Festival Kreol; and MTV’s 2010 Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief telethon.
Michel’s repertoire will be a mix of her classic dance numbers and songs from her new release Quintessence. Her long-awaited tenth album, Quintessence is a unique blend of spirited songs, bathed in folk and acoustic jazz. The CD showcases Michel’s warm, deep and moving voice singing songs that capture the reverence and gratitude for each moment in Creole, French and English.
Performance dates:
Friday, July 11, 2014 @ 7:30pm
Chicago SummerDance
Grant Park, Spirit of Music Garden
601 S. Michigan Ave.
FREE, All ages.
with support from Tamboula Ethnic Dance Company (Traditional Haitian Folkloric Dances)@ 6:00pm
Saturday, July 12, 2014 @ 8:00pm
Square Roots Festival
Maurer Hall, Old Town School
4544 N Lincoln Ave
Square Roots suggested donation is $10 for adults, $5 seniors/kids, and $20 for families, All ages.
Sunday, July 13, 2014 @ 6:15pm
La Fête de Marquette
E Wilson St & S Ingersoll St
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First death linked to Covid-19 in Haiti
Haiti has officially registered its first death caused by the Coronavirus on Sunday. A well-known lawyer in his 50s who was a member of the Port-au-Prince bar died Saturday night in a hospital in the metropolitan area of Port-au-Prince. The lawyer, whose name has been withheld, suffered from hypertension. Juno 7
Masks, thermometers, rice, cash and advice, Taiwan helps Haiti
In order to help Haiti cope with the spread of the coronavirus, Taiwan announced Friday it will send Haiti a batch of material containing 280,000 masks, seven thermal cameras, a batch of thermometers and the sum of $50,000 intended to support the ministry of Public Health and two donations of rice worth $2 million U.S. dollars. Le Nouvelliste
Haitian Radio host arrested due to controversial Coronavirus statement
Radio host Louco Désir was arrested on April 3rd by the Port-au-Prince prosecutor’s office after urging people not to wear protective masks to prevent the spread of coronavirus. Désir declared during a broadcast on Éclair radio / TV that the coronavirus is not present in the country and invited the population to freely go about its activities. Juno 7
Artist Jean Jean Roosevelt arrested then released following an altercation involving police over vehicle
National police officers, assigned to the police station of “Marché Salomon” in Port-au-Prince, carried out the muscular arrest of the artist Jean Jean Roosevelt following an altercation concerning a case of parking his vehicle. Believing that Roosevelt had improperly parked his vehicle, the national police arresting officers confiscated his driving license without giving him a ticket. Protesters demanded the immediate release of the artist. AlterPresse
Haiti has 31 ‘endemic’ bird species, including ‘10 threatened’
Haiti is home to no less than 31 endemic bird species, according to researcher Jean Mary Exantus. Ten of them are “threatened” and four “almost threatened.” In question, “the degradation and fragmentation of habitat due to rapid urbanization, the harvesting of wood (construction and fuel) and unregulated agriculture.” Loop Haiti
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CHOOSE GRAND PRIX
Exclusive Ticket Packages
Info & Schedule
Chinese Grand Prix 2020
2020 Race Status: POSTPONED (new date to be announced)
Date: April 17, 2020 - April 19, 2020
City: Shanghai, China
Circuit: Shanghai International Circuit
Official Name: FORMULA 1 HEINEKEN CHINESE GRAND PRIX 2020
Located near the heart of Shanghai, the Chinese Grand Prix is an attractor for the city. The Shanghai International Circuit hosts the event among plenty of accommodations and entertainment.
From golf clubs to museums and an assortment of restaurants, spectators will have many ways to fill the time during race weekend. The many districts around Shanghai offer their own culture, entertainment, dining, and accommodations. Though the circuit isn’t known for its on-site activities, the city can keep spectators occupied before and after the race.
EXCLUSIVE VIP TICKET PACKAGES
Official F1 Ticket Packages include exclusive benefits that you cannot get anywhere else! No matter which race you attend, F1 Experiences brings you the best tickets available, first-class hotels, and unprecedented access to team garages, the pit lane, drivers, and more!
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RACE INFO & SCHEDULE
Get all the info you need for race week! The race schedule, events, track activities, how to get to the track, what's allowed or prohibited at the track, and many more frequently asked questions.
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VISITOR & TOURIST INFORMATION
AVERAGE RATES OF NEARBY HOTELS
3-star: ¥349 ($50USD)
5-star: ¥699 ($100USD)
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE DURING RACE WEEK
High of 19°C (67°F)
Low of 11°C (52°F)
The currency used in China is the Chinese Yuan. Here are some common conversions:
United States Dollar: ¥1 = $.14USD — $1USD = ¥6.99
Euro: 1¥ = .13EUR — 1EUR = ¥7.68
British Pound: 1¥ = £.11GBP — £1GBP = ¥8.94
The primary language spoken in China is Mandarin, but Shanghai uses a dialect called Shanghainese. In Shanghai English is widely spoken as Shanghai is a very modern city and with English education starting at an early age.
ATTRACTIONS AND THINGS TO DO
During race weekend, spectators can:
Walk along the riverfront boardwalk, the Bund
Shop along Nanjing Road
View art at the China Art Museum
Visit the Shanghai Auto Museum
The Shanghai nightlife provides entertainment throughout the weekend at venues like:
M1nt
Vue Bar
A look at the region’s nature and local history can be found at:
Yuyuan Garden
People’s Park
Largest Nearby Cities
84 km (52 mi) to Shanghai
1h 38 min drive
100 km (62 mi) to Shanghai
176 km (109 mi) to Shanghai
2h drive
Circuit Name: Shanghai International Circuit
Track Location: Shanghai, located on the outskirts of the Jiading District between Xijingquan and Dongjia Corner
Distance from the Closest Airport: 59.8 km (37.2 mi) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
Distance from Downtown: 35 km (22 mi) to Downtown Shanghai
First Grand Prix: 2004
Funded via the local government and Shanghai Jiushi Group, the Shanghai International Circuit was designed to draw attention to the city. The circuit features unique paddock facilities for individual F1 teams. Upon completion, the Shanghai International Circuit had one of the longest straights measured at 1.2 km (.75 mi). Though it’s slim on extras, the track is known for having exceptional views.
The circuit is designed after the Chinese character shang, or the first character in “Shanghai.”
THE 2020 Chinese Grand Prix
If any Chinese city were fit to host the Formula 1 Grand Prix, it would be the historical yet modern city of Shanghai. The April 14 race unfolds at the Shanghai International Circuit, a modern-styled venue known for its medium to slow corners. The architecture of Shanghai tends to separate it from the other Grand Prix locations, making it an eclectic site to enjoy during the three-day Formula 1 Grand Prix experience.
The sophisticated city turns into a capital for entertainment and thrills as race day nears, but it never degrades the overt beauty that Shanghai has to offer. It’s difficult not to get lost in the city’s mingling of old and new. In fact, it’s part of the charm that keeps the Chinese Grand Prix from losing popularity and attendance.
The race will surely take up the whole day on April 14, but there are two more days to fill with Formula 1 fun and excitement and exploration of the stunning city of Shanghai. There is no shortage of things to entertain, with a trip to Bund, a waterfront region in the city, high on that list.
In the midst of getting sucked into Formula 1 fever, attendees will also find themselves pulled toward the city’s many offerings. It’s a difficult tug of war that will make anyone wish they had more time to dedicated to exploring Shanghai.
When not engrossed in the Grand Prix, it’s worth exploring the city’s array of tall architecture and intermingled normal-sized builds. Restaurants, shops, museums, and so much more can be pinpointed throughout the city. Sites like the Yuyuan Garden, the City God Temple, the Shanghai Museum, and Nanjina Road, known for its abundant shops.
For an overview of the Grand Prix events and to get an unforgettable glimpse of the city, there’s the Shanghai Tower. The 632 m high tower boasts an observation deck at 561 m that can look out over the city. One may think it would be difficult to spot the Grand Prix festivities, but just follow the boisterous crowd.
The Shanghai International Circuit runs 5.451 km and hosts a 56-lap Grand Prix. The total race distance is just over 305 km with a potential maximum speed of 327 kph. The 2019 season marks the ninth year the Shanghai International Circuit has been a permanent fixture in the F1 Grand Prix.
Spectators get to enjoy so many facets of their stay in Shanghai, from the abundance of things to do to the Grand Prix festivities. Helping boost the fun and thrills of the entire weekend is Shanghai’s mild weather, which, during April, will be comfortable and tempered so as to help the race go of smooth.
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Contact us to make your Grand Prix Weekend unforgettable!
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Elucidating the roles of AMPK isoforms in Alzheimer's Disease Pathogenesis
Zimmermann, Helena Rose
Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, NC, United States
Search grants from Helena Zimmermann
Search grants from Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Causal associations of circulating biomarkers with cardiovascular disease
Sibling effects on substance use: Disentangling genetic and environmental factors
Using Molecular Attributes to Predict Ocular Drug Distribution
HPV Clearance by Folic Acid Supplementation
Alzheimer?s disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia in the elderly, and may become a new epidemic in the 21st century in accordance with the rapid growth of the aging population. There is currently no known cure or treatment to stop the progression of AD. Moreover, the basic molecular mechanisms responsible for AD remain elusive. Two key events in AD pathophysiology are impaired capacity of de novo protein synthesis (mRNA translation) and disrupted cellular energy homeostasis. AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) acts as a central cellular energy sensor to maintain cellular energy homeostasis. Furthermore AMPK integrates several signaling pathways (including AKT, GSK3, mTORC1, and eEF2) controlling de novo protein synthesis, dysregulation of which is implicated in cognitive syndromes associated with neurodegenerative diseases including AD. Mammalian AMPK is a heterotrimeric protein with a catalytic ? subunit and regulatory ?/? subunit. The ? subunit of AMPK exists in two isoforms: ?1 and ?2, and their roles in AD are unknown. By investigating brain tissue from post mortem human AD patients and a transgenic mouse model of AD, I have found that levels of AMPK?1 are dramatically increased while levels of AMPK?2 are decreased. The central hypothesis of the current project is that disruption of AMPK isoform homeostasis represents a key molecular mechanism of AD pathophysiology. Thus, the objective of this project is to determine whether selective AMPK isoform inhibition (and subsequent altering of AMPK isoform homeostasis) alleviates AD-associated deficits in protein synthesis and memory formation. This project will utilize a novel mouse model in which Prkaa1 and Prkaa2 (genes that encode AMPK ?1 and ?2 subunits, respectively) were removed in excitatory neurons in forebrains and hippocampus late in development, to generate brain- and isoform-specific conditional AMPK?1 and ?2 knockout mice (AMPK?1 cKO and AMPK?2 cKO). We have further crossed the heterozygous AMPK?1/2 cKO mice [AMPK?1(+/-) and AMPK?2(+/-)] with Tg19959 AD mouse model (containing two familial AD mutations: K670N and V717F) to generate Tg19959/AMPK?1(+/-) and Tg19959/AMPK?2(+/-) double mutant mice. Using behavioral, electrophysiological, and biochemical methods, the experiments here will 1) elucidate the effects of genetic repression of AMPK isoforms on AD-associated synaptic plasticity impairments; 2) determine the effects of AMPK isoform suppression in learning and memory deficits in AD model mice; and 3) establish whether specific AMPK isoform reduction improves AD pathology, including brain amyloid deposition and de novo protein synthesis impairments. The experimental findings derived from this project will help elucidate a novel mechanism for AD pathophysiology, shedding a light on potentially new diagnostic biomarkers and therapeutic targets.
Currently, there exists no viable treatment, cure, or preventative intervention for Alzheimer?s disease, a progressive neurodegenerative disease leading to memory loss in the elderly. As the disease progresses, neurons lose their regulation of signaling pathways and energy homeostasis - both of which are critical for maintaining brain health and function. The current project will determine the roles of AMPK isoform homeostasis in aberrant signalling mechanisms underlying Alzheimer?s pathogenesis, potentially revealing new therapeutic targets for treatment and prevention of this devastating disease.
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F31)
1F31AG055264-01A1
Special Emphasis Panel (ZRG1)
Yang, Austin Jyan-Yu
Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Internal Medicine/Medicine
F31 AG Elucidating the roles of AMPK isoforms in Alzheimer's Disease Pathogenesis
Zimmermann, Helena Rose / Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Zimmermann, Helena R; Yang, Wenzhong; Beckelman, Brenna C et al. (2018) Genetic removal of eIF2? kinase PERK in mice enables hippocampal L-LTP independent of mTORC1 activity. J Neurochem 146:133-144
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Monocyte regulation of tissue resident memory CD8 T cells
Klonowski, Kimberly D.
University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States
Search 16 grants from Kimberly Klonowski
Search grants from University of Georgia
Center for Medical Genomics
Regulation of Muscle Fibrosis in Response to Injury and Aging
Social Support Aid for People with Dementia
The Effects of Ketogenic Diets on Inflammation and Chronic Pain
Integrin Alpha 4 Beta 7 and Regulation of Gut Immunity
MAOA and AR Reciprocal Crosstalk in Prostate Cancer
Viruses have co-evolved with their hosts for centuries and as a result have developed mechanisms of immune escape. The simplest mechanism is mutation of surface epitopes recognized by antibodies. However, hosts have countered with cytotoxic CD8 T cells that can recognize mutated viruses via conserved, internal proteins. These CD8 T cell epitopes are less susceptible to immune pressure as they are essential for viral fitness. Importantly, once activated, a portion of the anti-viral T cells will persist long-term, some within non-lymphoid tissues as tissue-resident memory cells (TRM) poised to respond rapidly after subsequent infections. Unfortunately, however, not all TRM are created equal. TRM derived from respiratory infection are not stable, and as their numbers diminish, cross-protection against related viruses is also lost. Thus, understanding the mechanisms which prevent the development of durable TRM is essential for designing interventions to extend their protective capacity. The goal of this application is to determine how the early T cell programmatic events unique to viral infections of the lung and the ensuing respiratory immune response promote a developmental divergence from the archetypical memory program associated with long-lived memory. In preliminary data, we identified a population of transitional CCR2+ monocyte/dendritic cell (moDC) which emigrate to the lung draining lymph node coordinate with T cell activation and only after respiratory infection. These moDC develop in response to type I IFN signaling and express high levels of the inhibitory molecule PD-L1. Importantly, selective depletion of moDC early after infection modifies the phenotype of the resultant TRM to resemble conventional, long-lived TRM, suggesting that these moDC suppress the conventional TRM program. Here, we will extend our preliminary studies to define the pathogen-driven signals which elicit the development and recruitment of these suppressive cells to the site of priming. Additional studies will define mechanistically how moDC interface with anti-viral CD8 T cells in the lymph node and whether release of the moDC suppression prolongs TRM survival in the lung and concomitantly extends heterologous protection. Together, these studies will provide a clear picture of the complex relationship between virus and host where specific pathogen-driven immune responses in place to temper local immunity may also divert the responding CD8 T cells towards a short-lived respiratory TRM fate. Translation of this knowledge will improve vaccines against respiratory viruses which remain a public health concern.
CD8 T lymphocytes activated after respiratory infection are capable of recognizing viral variants and mediating protection after heterologous infection; however, these cells are programmed with a limited lifespan. The goal of this project is to determine how properties of the virus and certain environmental barriers specific to the lung favor the development of these short-lived T cells. A better understanding of how anti-viral immunity is inherently regulated in the lung is important for extending the lifespan of cross-protective memory CD8 T cells and ultimately improving vaccines against common respiratory infections which remain a public health concern.
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
1R21AI131093-01
Cellular and Molecular Immunology - B Study Section (CMIB)
Kelly, Halonna R
Other Domestic Higher Education
R21 AI Monocyte regulation of tissue resident memory CD8 T cells
Klonowski, Kimberly D. / University of Georgia
Klonowski, Kimberly D. / University of Georgia $225,000
Shane, Hillary L; Reagin, Katie L; Klonowski, Kimberly D (2018) The Respiratory Environment Diverts the Development of Antiviral Memory CD8 T Cells. J Immunol 200:3752-3761
Reagin, Katie L; Klonowski, Kimberly D (2018) Incomplete Memories: The Natural Suppression of Tissue-Resident Memory CD8 T Cells in the Lung. Front Immunol 9:17
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Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study Biospecimen Access (X01)
X01 Resource Access Award
Reissue of PAR-17-458
November 10, 2020 - Notice of Correction in Key Dates for NIDA PAR-21-044. See Notice NOT-DA-21-005.
PAR-21-044
The Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study provides the scientific community with biospecimens (urine, plasma, serum, and genomic DNA) and related research data on behaviors, attitudes, biomarkers and health outcomes associated with tobacco use in the U.S. This opportunity allows investigators to apply for access to the biospecimens from the PATH Study. Information about the PATH Study and this resource may be found on the PATH Study series page at the University of Michigan’s National Addiction & HIV Data Archive Program (NAHDAP) website, part of the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research’s (ICPSR) website.
April 30, 2021, October 29, 2021, April 29, 2022, October 31, 2022, April 28, 2023, October 31, 2023.
July 2021, January 2022, July 2022, January 2023, July 2023, January 2024
It is critical that applicants follow the instructions in the Research (R) Instructions in the SF424 (R&R) Application Guide,except where instructed to do otherwise (in this FOA or in a Notice from NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts ).
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) allows investigators to apply for access to the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study biospecimens for use in conducting tobacco-related research studies. The PATH Study is a collaboration between the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the Center for Tobacco Products (CTP), U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). It was launched in 2011 to inform FDA's regulatory activities under the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act. The PATH Study is an ongoing longitudinal cohort study on tobacco use behavior, attitudes and beliefs, and tobacco-related health outcomes. The PATH Study is planned through 2024.
The PATH Study collects data from adults and youth. Parents are also interviewed and their responses are appended to their youth’s record in the Youth dataset. For the baseline wave (Wave 1), the study sampled over 150,000 mailing addresses across the United States to create a national sample of tobacco users and non-users: over 32,000 adults and 13,000 youth. The number of cases varies from wave to wave.
Detailed information on the policies for obtaining PATH Study biospecimens, types of biospecimens available, and the application and review processes may be found on the PATH Study Biospecimen Access Program page at the University of Michigan’s National Addiction & HIV Data Archive Program (NAHDAP) website, part of the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research’s (ICPSR) website. Applicants should visit this website before applying for access to the PATH Study biospecimens.
The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (FSPTCA), signed by the President in June 2009, created the FDA Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) and granted it authority to regulate the manufacture, marketing, and distribution of cigarettes, cigarette tobacco, roll-your-own tobacco, and smokeless tobacco in order to protect public health. The law also gave FDA the ability to regulate additional tobacco products, commonly referred to as “deeming” them through rulemaking. In 2016, FDA finalized a rule that extends FDA's regulatory authority to all tobacco products including electronic cigarettes or electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS), cigars, pipe tobacco, hookah tobacco, and other tobacco products such as nicotine gels. A full description of the FSPTCA can be found on FDA’s website.
The PATH Study is a national cohort study designed to generate longitudinal epidemiologic data on tobacco use behaviors including patterns of use, attitudes, beliefs, exposures, and related health outcomes. The cohort is a household-based, nationally representative sample of approximately 46,000 participants. These include both youth (12 to 17 years) and adult (18 years and older) current users of a wide array of tobacco products, former tobacco product users, and nonusers. The participants were recruited from 156 geographical primary sampling units (PSUs) across the U.S. in which a PSU is a county or group of counties. The data generated by the PATH Study will contribute to the evidence base used to inform FDA’s regulatory mission under the FSPTCA.
The PATH Study consists of four annual (Waves 1 through 4) and three biennial (Waves 5 through 7) waves of data and biospecimen collection. The first annual wave began in September 2013 and concluded in December 2014. Waves 2 through 4 began in October of 2014, October of 2015, and December of 2016, respectively, and concluded approximately one year later. Wave 5, the first biennial wave, began in December 2018 and concluded approximately one year later. Wave 6 is expected to begin in December 2020. The multi-wave design allows for the longitudinal assessment of the participants’ patterns of use of tobacco products, tobacco exposures, health, and risks for disease.
PATH Study Biospecimen and Data Resource
Biospecimens and questionnaire data are collected from participants during each of four annual waves (Waves 1 to 4) and three subsequent biennial waves (Waves 5 through 7). Stored biospecimens available to researchers include urine, serum, plasma, and genomic DNA. Genomic data is only available for Wave 1. Detailed information on specimen availability is located on the PATH Study Biospecimen Access Program page. Questionnaire data includes information on use of tobacco products and behaviors (addiction, cessation, relapse, etc.), exposures, attitudes, beliefs, knowledge, and health status. Biospecimens from subsamples of PATH Study participants, including tobacco product nonusers as well as a diverse mix of tobacco product users, were analyzed for biomarkers of potential harm and tobacco exposure. Information about the numbers and types of biospecimens, questionnaire and biomarker data that are available to applicants is located on the NAHDAP website.
Research Scope
Investigators proposing meritorious and feasible studies consistent with PATH Study objectives and/or research priorities for tobacco regulatory science will be given highest priority for access to PATH Study biospecimens. Studies that address other objectives that expand the knowledge of tobacco use and/or tobacco related health outcomes will also be considered but will be a lower priority.
Application Procedures - Biospecimen Availability
Interested applicants are required to contact the PATH Study team at least five months in advance of the application submission deadlines to determine whether there is sufficient quantity of the biospecimens required for the proposed study. Applications must include written confirmation from the PATH Study team indicating sufficient numbers of biospecimens. The PATH Study team should be contacted at PATHStudyBiospecimens@westat.com.
For more information on the procedures to determine biospecimen availability, review the application procedures on the NAHDAP website.
Other: A mechanism that is not a grant or cooperative agreement. Examples include access to research resources or pre-applications.
Not Allowed: Only accepting applications that do not propose clinical trials
The total number of projects granted access to biospecimens is dependent on the number of meritorious applications and the availability of biospecimens.
Not Applicable; funds are not awarded via the X01 mechanism.
The scope of the proposed project should determine the project period. The maximum project period is 5 years.
The application forms package specific to this opportunity must be accessed through ASSIST, Grants.gov Workspace or an institutional system-to-system solution. Links to apply using ASSIST or Grants.gov Workspace are available in Part 1. Overview Information of this FOA. See your administrative office for instructions if you plan to use an institutional system-to-system solution.
Please follow these additional instructions as this is not an application for funding:
Total Federal Funds Requested: Enter $0
Total Federal and Non Federal Funds: Enter $0
Estimated Program Income: Enter $0.
Please follow these additional instructions:
Describe facilities where laboratory analyses will be done in Facilities and Other Resources.
Describe instrumentation that will be used to conduct laboratory analyses in Equipment.
Include the letter about the proposed study and written confirmation from the PATH Study team indicating sufficient numbers of biospecimens in Research & Related Other Project Information.
Explain how the proposed use of biospecimens relates to PATH Study objectives, and how results will inform the scientific community, public health policy and/or tobacco regulation.
Explain how the proposed project will improve scientific knowledge and technical capability for tobacco control and/or regulatory science.
Describe how your study aims make use of the unique nature of the PATH Study design and biospecimens. Provide justification for requesting these specific biospecimens and explain why other sources of similar biospecimens are not appropriate.
Describe how your overall research strategy and use of specific methods and analyses will accomplish the specific aims of the study. Describe how the choice of participant variables, biospecimens, assays, and statistical analyses will answer the research questions. List challenges, and potential confounders and biases that might be encountered in conducting the proposed study and what measures will be taken to minimize these issues.
Biospecimen Information: Briefly describe participant characteristics (variables) to define participant groups for source of biospecimens.
PATH Study biospecimens may be used to validate previous studies or used in combination with biospecimens from other studies to increase sample size and study power. However, if biospecimens are used for the latter purpose, investigators must show in their application that the biospecimens from the PATH Study and other studies are comparable.
Methodology/Assays: List each laboratory assay planned for the biospecimens. Provide the following information for each assay:
Describe numbers, types and volumes of requested biospecimens. Include a clear justification for number of biospecimens and volume(s) of biospecimens being requested.
Volume required (include justification for volume requested, and both dead and assay volumes); a clear justification for number of biospecimens and volume(s) of biospecimens being requested; multiplex assay approaches that minimize volume requirements are preferred; Methodologies and instrumentation (include assay kit name if commercial kit);
Analyte stability and assay validation for type of biospecimen requested;
Assay performance (precision, specificity, accuracy, linearity of range, limits of detection);
Quality control (QC) plan (proportion of QC samples, estimated batch size, use of a pooled sample or individual replicates, plan for evaluating assay performance, and the source of QC samples;
Competency of laboratories conducting the analyses;
Relevant preliminary data demonstrating experience with the assay.
Power and Effect Size: Provide power calculations and anticipated size of a detectable effect for each aim. Include details on the statistical approach used to calculate power calculations and/or study size.
Statistical Analyses: Provide a detailed statistical analysis plan including the following: enumeration of all exposure and outcome variables (primary and secondary) and covariates; statistical models and assumptions; plans for evaluating assumptions required by the models; and other statistical issues germane to the proposed research such as measurement error, multiple comparison testing, bias, interactions, and data adjustments.
Individuals conducting data analyses should include their biosketches with the application, even if they are not senior/key personnel on the project.
Protection of Human Subjects: Applicants must consult with their local IRB to determine whether the proposed research constitutes human subjects research or is exempt. Applicants must provide documentation of the IRB's determination if their application is approved. Note: the use of de-identified biospecimens from the PATH Study does not meet the NIH definition of human subjects research. If these data are combined with data from other human subjects, consult with your local IRB to determine the IRB exemption status.
Biospecimen Availability: Applicants must include a letter from the PATH Study team documenting that there is sufficient quantity of the biospecimens required for the proposed study.
Only limited Appendix materials are allowed.
Follow all instructions for the Appendix as described in the SF424 (R&R) Application Guide.
No publications or other material, with the exception of blank questionnaires or blank surveys, may be included in the Appendix.
All PD(s)/PI(s) must include their eRA Commons ID in the Credential field of the Senior/Key Person Profile Component of the SF424(R&R) Application Package. Failure to register in the Commons and to include a valid PD/PI Commons ID in the credential field will prevent the successful submission of an electronic application to NIH. See Section III. Eligibility Information of this FOA for information on registration requirements.
The X01 Resource Access Program invites eligible institutions to seek access to NIH research resources, which are specified in each X01 FOA. This includes programs where institutions will request access to submit to the resource (e.g., high throughput screening assays) as well as programs where access to a specific NIH research resource is needed to conduct certain research. Important factors in the peer review of X01 applications are the need for, and potential benefit of, gaining access to the resource, specifications for any assays proposed, timelines for completion and plans for follow-on studies.
Additional Criteria Specific to this FOA:
Does the application describe how successful completion of aims will contribute to scientific knowledge and improvements in technical capability for tobacco control and regulatory science?
Can the study aims be accomplished using PATH Study biospecimens and data? Do the specific aims address PATH Study objectives?
Have the investigators provided adequate justification for use of PATH Study biospecimens and successfully explained why other sources of similar biospecimens are not appropriate?
Does the proposed research make use of the questionnaire and biomarker data associated with the biospecimens to help answer the research questions?
Additional Criteria Specific to this FOA: Are individuals with sufficient expertise and experience proposed to conduct the data analyses?
Additional Criteria Specific to this FOA: Does the application challenge and seek to shift current research in the field of tobacco science as it relates to the manufacture, distribution, and marketing of tobacco products? Is a refinement, improvement, or new application of theoretical concepts, approaches or methodologies, or instrumentation proposed? Will the outcomes of the project provide new information to further develop the knowledge base that informs the manufacture, distribution, and marketing of tobacco products in order to protect public health?
Are the variables selected to define participant groups appropriate for fulfilling the specific aims of the study? Are the types, numbers and volumes of biospecimens justified?
Have the proposed assays been validated for use with the specific types of biospecimens requested? Have sufficient preliminary data been presented to demonstrate accuracy and robustness of the proposed assays? Have the investigators provided assay validation data? If multiple assays are available for a proposed analyte, have the investigators justified their choice for using a particular assay? Have the investigators described the laboratory quality control plan and if so, is it adequate?
Have the investigators provided effect sizes and used power calculations to determine the sample sizes needed to detect significant effects for each aim? Did they state the power levels they wished to achieve with the proposed sample sizes?
Does the statistical analysis plan adequately describe the data that will be analyzed and the statistical methods that will be used? Does the plan address statistical issues germane to the research such as measurement error, multiple comparison testing, bias, interactions, and data adjustments? Are individuals with sufficient expertise and experience proposed to conduct the data analyses? Are these effect sizes and power levels appropriate to address the proposed scientific aims?
Reviewers will comment on whether the following Resource Sharing Plans, or the rationale for not sharing the following types of resources, are reasonable: (1) Data Sharing Plan; (2) Sharing Model Organisms; and (3) Genomic Data Sharing Plan (GDS).
X01 applications will be evaluated for scientific and technical merit by the PATH Study Biospecimen Access Committee and PATH Study management using the above review criteria.
As these X01 applications are reviewed by the PATH Study, they will not undergo Advisory Council review. .
Institutional Review Board or Independent Ethics Committee Approval: Grantee institutions must ensure that protocols are reviewed by their IRB or IEC. To help ensure the safety of participants enrolled in NIH-funded studies, the awardee must provide NIH copies of documents related to all major changes in the status of ongoing protocols.
Investigators are required to submit annual progress reports. Additional information about the requirements for annual progress reports may be found in the PATH Study Biospecimen Access — Policies and Procedures for Investigators.
Heather L. Kimmel, Ph.D.
Email: heather.kimmel@nih.gov
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Democrat Witch Hunts
Michelle Obama Joined the Mob With a Ruthless Attack on a Fellow Democrat
maga2016 July 3, 2020
Michelle Obama is trying to get a member of her own party ripped straight out of the history books.
But she’s placing her own career in danger.
Michelle Obama joined the mob in a ruthless attack on a fellow Democrat.
Democrats like to blame Christians and their unscientific ignorance for the problems that America is facing.
But that’s not true.
The educated progressives of the early twentieth century took evolution to vile extremes, and promoted eugenics.
Eugenics was not a fringe theory; it was accepted by academics and it was only “backwards” people who believed in traditional morality that defied them.
Woodrow Wilson was the only president of America to also serve as a university president.
Before he became President of America, he served as President for Princeton University and he was a progressive of his day.
Wilson undid the progress that the Republicans in that era had been working towards when he was elected president.
“Wilson’s racism was significant and consequential even by the standards of his own time,”wrote Princeton University President Christopher Eisgruber in an open letter.
“He segregated the federal civil service after it had been racially integrated for decades, thereby taking America backward in its pursuit of justice,” Eisgruber added.“He not only acquiesced in but added to the persistent practice of racism in this country, a practice that continues to do harm today. Wilson’s segregationist policies make him an especially inappropriate namesake for a public policy school. When a university names a school of public policy for a political leader, it inevitably suggests that the honoree is a model for students who study at the school. This searing moment in American history has made clear that Wilson’s racism disqualifies him from that role.”
Because of that, Princeton is working to remove Wilson’s name from their programs on buildings.
Michelle Obama is happy that her alma mater is taking this step.
“Heartened to see my alma mater make this change, and even prouder of the students who’ve been advocating for this kind of change on campus for years,” wrote the former First Lady. “Let’s keep finding ways to be more inclusive to all students — at Princeton and at every school across the country,” she wrote.
However, it is not wise of her to try and remove progressives of the past from being recognized.
The progressive movement pretends to make progress by trashing the people who came before them.
The generations of progressive who will come after will not treat Michelle Obama with more kindness than she treated Woodrow Wilson.
Conservatives protect the past, not because those people were perfect, but because America can learn from its past.
Progressives destroy the past because they believe they are better and smarter than the people who came before and that’s what makes them dangerous.
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Channel Tunnel Rail Freight Fees Criticised as Eurotunnel Continues Ro/Ro Ferry Services
EU Slams Governments and Regulator
UK – FRANCE – GERMANY – EUROPE – Prior to its eventual inception in 1984 the Channel Tunnel was the subject of controversy literally stretching back centuries, often symbolising the sometimes turbulent relationship between the two countries at its eventual entry and exit points. Now, and seemingly for the next few years at least, a number of disagreements between various stakeholders, including three governments, the EU and Groupe Eurotunnel to name but a few, looks set to mean that cross channel services for rail and road freight, both via the undersea link and on the Ro/Ro ferry services which ply the nearby routes, and rail infrastructure throughout the continent, will be subject to complex legal arguments.
Currently there are two major disputes which affect the day to day business of tunnel operator Eurotunnel, one concerning the operation of the three MyFerryLink Ro/Ro ferries which it bought up after the demise of SeaFrance and with which it has to maintain cross channel services with for the full five year term agreed under French legislation (as fully detailed in our story earlier this month).
The second dispute has been inspired by the EU Commission which has threatened the French and UK governments with action saying that the charges imposed on passengers and freight customers are prohibitively high due to the track access charges which they levy on the tunnel operator. Eurotunnel point out that the charges they have to pay since the original 1980’s agreement mean the two principals have collected around €100 million in profit over the life of that agreement. An application for even higher track access to pay for construction costs was dismissed as the EU pointed out Eurotunnel’s financing costs dipped sharply after a well-publicised write off in 2007.
The EU believes that the single trip reservation charges which costs Eurotunnel customers €4,320 for a Eurostar train plus €16.60 per passenger should be halved as they are inconsistent with the fees allowable for necessary maintenance under European law. A freight train is subject to a minimum charge of €3,645, with higher rates for transit at different times of the day. Both passenger and freight ‘Shuttle’ services are exempt from track charges therefore indirectly favouring road freight to some extent. The Commission points out that only six freight trains per day are actually using the link and the tunnel only operates at 57% of capacity overall.
Some of the most scathing remarks from the EU’s Transport Commissioner Siim Kallas, are reserved for the Tunnel’s rail regulator, the Intergovernmental Commission (IGC) whose job it should be to monitor competition and act on its own initiative to ensure the charging regime is fair and compatible with EU regulations. In this respect the IGC is said to be neither independent nor competent, in short, not fit for purpose, as it appears to be currently nothing more than an instrument of the French and British governments, whilst Eurostar is controlled by SNCF and LCR, companies owned by the two states. Eurotunnel, which saw its share price fall when the EU announcement was made, points out that lower track charges imposed would mean it would be able to offer more competitive rates, exactly what the EU authorities are demanding.
Besides the criticism of a weak regulatory structure the EU also points out that the restrictive usage agreement signed between Eurotunnel and French national rail operator Societe Nationale de Chemins de Fer (SNCF) and Germany's DB Schenker, a subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn, giving the two reserved rights to 50% of tunnel train capacity for the initial sixty five years, is illegal, as only temporary agreements of this type are permissible under EU Law.
The regulations which the EU is citing are mainly covered by the provisions of the First Rail Package which was introduced over a decade ago and which produced EU action on infringements in 2008. Because the Package (now Rail Recast) did not specifically include the Tunnel, the EU in 2011 asked the two governments to negotiate and comply with the requirements. As this produced no reaction the EU has requested a ‘reasoned opinion’ from both governments. Failure to respond swiftly will initiate Court action. One of the principal critics who have been demanding action on overcharging is the Rail Freight Group, and Chairman, Lord Tony Berkeley, was vociferous when interviewed saying:
"We are pleased that the European Commission is taking forward these infringement proceedings against the two governments for their failure to introduce a structure fully compliant with the European legislation, to which they have signed up ten years ago. In addition, the two governments should do all they can to remove other barriers to service growth, in particular new charges imposed by French Government owned operator SNCF or RFF [Réseau Ferré de France which owns and operates the French rail network] for ‘security’ checks and ensure that all operators get fair and equal access to the network in France. The potential for rail freight growth through the Tunnel is huge, but it needs a concerted effort by both governments, regulators and others to make it happen.”
A UK Department of Transport spokesperson said it did not accept that the regulator was not independent, nor that the UK had failed to implement the relevant EU rules, whilst Eurotunnel’s representative, John Keefe, said that Eurotunnel is a unique organisation in that is the only rail entity entirely funded by private resources which exists in Europe. Every other railway is either state controlled or had been hived off, in whole or in part, carrying with it a degree of government subsidy. He also mentioned that RFF now charged a fee for every train which left the tunnel to enter the French national rail system.
To some degree the fares charged by the tunnel are self-regulating insofar that trucks and private vehicles can always choose the ferry option and Eurotunnel says it has even purchased freight companies in a bid to drive increase traffic and drive development. What the group has also done of course is upset both ferry companies and the UK Competition Commission, which recently gave it six months to close the Ro/Ro service it currently operates via its MyFerryLink subsidiary. Eurotunnel has ignored the timetable to shut down this service, choosing instead to lodge a legal appeal which the company is confident will delay any final decision on the future of its Dover to Calais ferry routing until well into next year.
The grounds for appeal are simply that, by disallowing Eurotunnel the right to offer an alternative maritime option to freight and passengers, the UK Commission is reducing choice and potentially raising charges, the very point of any anti-competitive body’s existence. For its part (and the case raised by P&O Ferries and the DFDS/LD Lines conglomerate) the British Commission argues that the inception of another ferry service would mean Eurotunnel was monopolising cross channel traffic to an unacceptable degree having over 50% of available capacity within Groupe Eurotunnel. The Court is expected to hear the arguments from both sides until at least September.
As for the EU this has been a week when rail freight has been firmly in the competition authority’s sights as, on the same day the Channel Tunnel enquiries were launched with the UK and French governments, another European state found itself in the cross hairs. An article we wrote earlier this year detailed how the German group Deutsche Bahn was virtually laundering money by conducting illegal transfers between subsidiary companies in order to bleed cash legitimately invested by the German government into other areas. We also noted the illicit activities of the French authorities and the actions of both governments as detailed can only be interpreted as illegal methods of protecting national trade interests and prohibiting competition.
This cross subsidisation of commercial transport activities is explicitly forbidden and the Commission is concerned that Germany is failing to implement European rules on the separation of accounts between infrastructure managers and railway undertakings, and on the use of track access charges. Siim Kallas, again:
"The Commission welcomes Europe's railways establishing services in other Member States – but it is vital that this is done, and seen to be done, without using money given to the railway by Member States to support infrastructure investments."
Again the action taken so far is limited to ‘reasoned opinion’ and gives the Germans two months to respond before Court action is taken. What concerns operators other than Deutsche Bahn owned companies is also the group’s alleged intransigence when it comes to opening up the German rail network to enable its rivals access to territories within and beyond its national borders.
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Lifestyle Lifestyle News #Grab: Driver Arrested Over Alleged Rape; Ride-Hailing Company Releases Statement
#Grab: Driver Arrested Over Alleged Rape; Ride-Hailing Company Releases Statement
Just days after an Uber driver was accused of sexual harassment, a woman claimed that a Grab driver had raped her in his car.
The 29-year-old victim, who hired a Grab car after an outing in Petaling Jaya, was allegedly raped near her home in Putra Permai, Seri Kembangan at around 4am on Sunday (11th June).
Source: Grab Malaysia
According to Serdang OCPD Asst Comm Megat Mohamad Aminudin Megat Alias, the victim said that she was sexually assaulted by the Grab driver and could not fight him off because she was drunk. He also added that the driver drove her home after the ordeal.
Besides that, the 30-year-old suspect was picked up in Sungai Buloh by a team from the Serious Crimes Division of the Serdang Police headquarters at around 10pm on Sunday. “The police have seized the suspect’s Perodua Myvi and his clothes,” Megat Mohamad Aminuddin Megat Alias added.
The case is being investigated under Section 376 of the Penal Code for rape.
Source: Free Malaysia Today
Meanwhile, Grab Malaysia stated that they are deeply sorry by the “distressing” news. Country head Sean Goh explained that the company’s priority is to assist and provide support to the passenger and her family, as well as to fully co-operate with the police and relevant authorities.
In a Facebook statement, Goh said, “We have a zero tolerance policy to any crime and serious misconduct by drivers, and have immediately removed the driver from our platform, pending completion of police investigations.”
He continued, “The safety of both our passengers and drivers is, and always will be, a priority for Grab. I am truly sorry that we have let down our users and community in this instance, and humbly ask our passengers and drivers to please allow us to keep improving the safety and reliability of our service.”
Furthermore, Goh added that a rigorous face-to-face driver screening and criminal background checks are in place. “We are committed to keep investing in driver screenings and training, and other safety initiatives,” he shared.
The ride-hailing company will also be extending a PDRM “panic button” feature for its passengers.
Sources: The Star, AsiaOne, Free Malaysia Today.
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Facebook corrects post under Singapore disinformation law
Facebook published a correction on a user's post Saturday following a demand from Singapore, the first time a tech giant has complied with the city-state's law against misinformation.
Authorities had ordered the social media giant to correct a post promoting an article on a fringe news site containing "scurrilous accusations" of election rigging, ramping up their use of a controversial law against misinformation.
The law gives ministers powers to tell platforms to put warnings next to posts they deem false, but that activists fear could be used to curb free speech.
A post by Alex Tan - who runs anti-government website the States Times Review - had a correction notice placed below it after a government request, Facebook confirmed.
On Thursday authorities had ordered Tan to put up a correction next to his November 23 post on elections.
But Tan - who is based overseas - refused, saying he is an Australian citizen and would not comply with requests from a "foreign government".
But after authorities ordered Facebook to put a correction next to the post, the social media giant said it had complied.
The item now appears with a label below it, stating: "Facebook is legally required to tell you that the Singapore government says this post has false information".
It also contains a link to the government's own fact-checking website.
"As required by Singapore law, Facebook applied a label to these posts, which were determined by the Singapore Government to contain false information," said a Facebook spokesperson on Saturday.
"As it is early days of the law coming into effect, we hope the Singapore Government's assurances that it will not impact free expression will lead to a measured and transparent approach to implementation."
The government's fact-checking website said that Tan's article, which claims elections are rigged in Singapore to ensure the ruling party stays in power, contained "false statements of fact" and "made scurrilous accusations".
He reacted defiantly, saying that he had reposted his article on Twitter, Google and Linkedin and calling for the government to issue correction orders to the companies.
The increased use of the law comes as speculation mounts that elections could be called within months, although a weak opposition is seen as no match for the long-ruling People's Action Party.
Singapore used the law for the first time Monday, ordering opposition party member Brad Bowyer to correct a Facebook post authorities said could "smear the reputation" of two state investment funds.
Bowyer - a naturalised Singapore citizen originally from Britain - immediately complied.
Facebook, a major investor in Singapore that last year announced plans to build a $1billion data centre there, has its Asia headquarters in the city-state.
Singapore's government, which regularly faces criticism for curbing civil liberties, insists the legislation is necessary to stop the spread of damaging falsehoods online.
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Bird flu confirmed in Gujarat, the Kharo dam birds had died due to avian flu, say officers
This is the first reported outbreak of the avian flu in Gujarat since 2017 when the disease was confirmed in some parts of Ahmedabad.
By: Express News Service | Rajkot | January 9, 2021 12:45:39 pm
At the Ghazipur poultry market. (Photo: Tashi Tobgyal )
BIRD FLU has been confirmed in Gujarat as samples of a few of the 55 birds which were found dead at Kharo dam in Junagadh early this month tested positive for a strain of the avian flu, state government officers confirmed on Saturday morning and added that disease surveillance was intensified.
Animal husbandry department and forest department had become alert on January 2 when 53 birds were found dead on the shore of Kharo dam in Bantva village of Manavadar taluka of Junagadh district. They included 46 red-wattled lapwings, three ruffs, three northern shovelers, and one comb duck. Ruffs and northern shovelers are migratory species. Two more red-wattled lapwings had died on January 4 and samples of these birds were sent to National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases (NIHSAD) in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh for bird flu testing. “Seventeen samples from those birds were sent to NISHAD, Bhopal and yesterday they were found positive. The confirmation report reached to Delhi and my office yesterday,” Dr Falguni Thakar, director of animal husbandry (AH) of Gujarat told The Indian Express.
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Officers of state animal husbandry department in Junagadh had sent carcasses of he the two red-wattled lapwings which died on January 4 to NIHSAD. “Tests one of those two lapwing carcasses have also tested positive for bird flu,” Dr SN Vaghasiya, deputy director of AH in Junagadh said on Saturday.
Dr Pathak said that besides Junagadh, mass mortality of scheduled birds, especially of crows, have been reported from Vadodara, Valsad, Vyara in Tapi district and Motera near Ahmedabad district. “Samples of these birds have also been sent to Bhopal for testing and results are awaited. But the good part is that the birds which have died so far are crows, which are dead end for the flu as chances of it spreading from crows to other birds are minimal and that poultry birds seem to be unaffected so far. Nonetheless, we are continuing with intensive surveillance in the state. We have asked our officers in districts to keep surveilling poultry birds, take their samples and keep them testing,” she said.
Dr Vaghasiya said that no further deaths of birds have been reported since January 4. Dushyant Vasavada, chief conservator of forests of Junagadh wildlife circle which covers Junagadh, Gir Somnath, Porbandar, Amreli and Bhavnagar districts also said that no mass mortality was reported from wetlands in protected areas.
Meanwhile on the orders of the director of AH, zoos in the state shut their aviaries indefinitely from Saturday onward. An official release from the Rajkot Municipal Corporation on Friday said that the aviary in its Rajkot Zoological Park, popularly known as the Pradyuman Park will remain closed to visitors from Saturday onward but other sections of the park will remain open.
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“We have issued that order as a precautionary measure to prevent the bird flu jumping to humans. In India, there hasn’t been reports of the bird flu jumping to humans but such cases have been reported from Hong Kong. Additionally, Kerala and Haryana are the only states of India so far where bird flu has been detected in poultry birds also,” the director of AH said.
As a precautionary measure, Shyamal Tikadar, principal chief conservator of forests (PCCF) and chief wildlife warden of Gujarat had issued an order to keep bird sanctuaries of Nal Sarovar in Ahmedabad, Khijaydiya in Jamnagar and Porbandar in Porbandar district closed but withdrew that order later on. “We had issued the orders to keep these sanctuaries closed as a precautionary measure in view of the bird flu outbreak. However, we have withdrawn this order after instructions from the government. The government is of the view that panic should not be created. Therefore, these sanctuaries are open to visitors,” said Tikadar.
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• HOME • lawn & garden mushrooms • mushroom links • medicinal mushrooms It is colorful and small in size. Seeing a bunch of mushrooms sprout on your lawn might make you think you've hit the free-mushroom-meal jackpot, especially if the mushrooms are white. Shaggy ink cap (Coprinus comatus) Cap: 5-15cm wide, pale, woolly scales, bell-like then conical. Gills: Gills were white and attached to the stem. Pleurotus-ostreatus, pictured, grow in bunches. Common throughout many areas of North America, they can often be found on forest edges near paths and roads. Click on the pictures to enlarge them. Recent DNA research has shown that the simple fact that a mushroom has gills does not necessarily relate it to other mushrooms with gills (for more on this topic, see What, If Anything, Is a Gilled Mushroom? Lawn Mushrooms: Agaricus Walking out the back door and looking at some lawn mushrooms starts the identification guide. Here's the point: If you see a photograph that appears to show a gilled mushroom you're trying to identify, that does not mean you have identified your specimen; it only means that you have found a photo of something that, to you, looks a lot like your specimen. Cortinarius, the world’s largest genus of mushrooms, gets its name from the partial veil that covers the cap of the young fruiting bodies. It divides into multiple families, from the very common lawn mushrooms, to the poisonous Amanita, to the small and sometimes colorful groups such as fairy helmets and waxy caps. In many cases, it is impossible to identify a gilled mushroom even to genus without resorting to the use of a microscope to assess cellular characters, which are too minute to be seen with the naked eye. Gills: gills absent Stalk: It grows without a stalk. Depending on the area, Milky Caps (genus Lactarius) can be present in both backyards and forested areas. Most of the known mushroom species fit into the gilled mushrooms order called Agarics. Arguably the most iconic toadstool species, the fly agaric is a large white-gilled, white-spotted, usually red mushroom, and is one of the most recognizable and widely encountered in popular culture. about • mushroom basics • coolest mushrooms • edible mushrooms • It is not always easy to determine the original host species. The reason that gills keep evolving is that they provide the highest surface-area-to-mass ratio for the external production of spores. As they age, their caps blacken, leading many to call them blackening waxy caps.When spotting a small, gilled mushroom in the grass that has a dark color cap indicating the mushroom is decomposing, think Inky Caps (family Coprinaceas). A common myth says all white mushrooms are edible, but unfortunately, this is not the case -- some white mushrooms are highly toxic. This section of the AmericanMushrooms.com Photo Gallery features an assortment of gilled mushrooms in both categories. There are two great ways to identify a Lactarius species. This one's not a gilled mushroom but a bolete, as evidenced by the spongelike, porous surface below the cap. If you are new to using identification keys, I won't patronize you by explaining the process in elaborate detail; I am sure you will figure it out quickly. Gills – young Yellow Stainers have white gills before they mature to pink. Collared earthstar, Geastrum triplex. Destroying angel (Amanita virosa) Beautiful but dangerous. This particular manifestation of the phenomenon of convergent evolution has repeated itself because each spore has an exceedingly slim chance of germinating at the right time in the right place—and two sexually compatible spores have to germinate in proximity to one another in order for mating to occur. It’s best to enjoy them as the small, thin purple, red, yellow, brown and orange mushrooms. … The stem is typically very sturdy and a similar color as the cap. The picture might shows mycena strobilinoides, a bright orange species found growing in the forests of the Pacific Northwest. That said, there are nonetheless scores of common (i.e., evolutionarily successful) gilled mushrooms which are so distinctive that they can be readily identified to species in the field. The depressed center of the cap often gives the mushroom the look of a cup. [1] X Research source Mushrooms with gills, the most common, produce spores that range from white to pink and shades of yellow to brown to black. They form large clusters of shelves with yellow to orange colors on the top of each shelf and white … Share on Pinterest. Whether it is or not remains to be seen. Smell – Field mushrooms smell nice, with a mushroomy scent we are all familiar with. Fly Agaric, the common name for Amanita muscaria, is recognized by the orange spotted top. This is the earthstar you’re most likely to … Edible Wild Mushrooms of North America Normally the top of the mushroom cap protrudes slightly above soil height, covered by leaves or other forest ground cover. However, with a little study into magic mushrooms, where they grow, which seasons they grow in, how they look, what they grow on, you will know how to identify magic mushrooms that grow in your area. Lobster Mushrooms (Hypomyces Lactifluorum) develop when another fungus grows on the Russula or Lactarius mushroom. To contact David Fischer, send an e-mail to…. They grow on the ground, often in wooded areas, in the late summer and early fall. The gilled mushrooms do not represent a coherent group, taxonomically speaking. actually related to the boletes, which usually have a … When young they have a conical cap so they are sometimes called conic waxycaps. Never rely on one source for mushroom identification, and never eat anything unless you are 100% sure it … Destroying angel can be found in mixed … If you know what a mushroom looks like, but not know it's ID, you can use this list to identify it. Look for mushrooms with gills that are brown or tan. There is a ring of white tissue around the stalk, and that ring has a yellowish or brownish upper edge. Only through careful study and the use of a good field guide can one be certain of a gilled mushroom's identity. Gilled Mushrooms are part of a larger group, Agaricales, which includes the boletes and others like the chanterelles which have gills, but here we'll concentrate on what most people think of when given the word 'mushroom.' Green-spored Lepiota (Chlorophyllum molybdites) Durham Co., NC 25 Sep 2011. The picture shows a purple cort. Their bright orange color insures easy identification in the wild. Spores: Spores can be found inside round sacks Size: Can grow up to 10 inches or more in diameter. DO NOT use these photos as a tool for safe identification of edible wild mushrooms—use resources that are designed for that purpose: The specific epithet leucothites comes from the same Greek root leucos meaning white, but -t… Measure the cap while … All content at americanmushrooms.com is Copyright © 2006, 2007 by David W. Fischer. Giant puffballs, Calvatia gigantea must be the easiest mushroom in the UK to identify! I am always grateful for corrections (contact me at mycology@aol.com). Leucoagaricus is derived from the Greek Leucos meaning white and Agaricus, the genus name of the 'true mushrooms' as many people call the Field Mushroom, Horse Mushroom and their close relatives all of which have pink gills that darken when the brown or purple-brown spores mature. Sulphur shelf mushroom. Amanita refers to both the mushrooms in the family Amanitaceae as well as the specific mushrooms within the Amanita genus. Bay area foraging expert Feral Kevin suggests that beginner foragers avoid all wild gilled mushrooms, since there are so many unidentified gilled mushrooms, and most poisonous mushrooms have gills. … Morel Mushrooms (Morchella esculenta) Range: Found across much of the U.S., especially under … Mathematics dictate that given enough time, any basidiomycete will evolve gills unless it resorts to internal spore production (as with puffballs, which have an even greater mathematical advantage). In order to be successful, each species has to successfully compete against numerous other species for habitat. Youngster The picture shows the fairly easy to recognice witch’s hat mushroom (Hygrocybe conica) . The light to white color caps, ring on the stem, bulbous stem and brown gills suggests a species in the Agaricus genus. This resource is posted without warranty as to absolute taxonomic determination. Time of year: September Smell/taste: Smelled fruity but the taste was very bitter. • mushroom photography • mushroom show • music • mushroom odors • psilocybin mushrooms • schedule • store • tiniest mushrooms • toxic mushrooms, AmericanMushrooms.com Conocybe filaris. The flesh yellows with age before it turns into trillions of spores. Most puffballs are edible when immature and completely white on the inside, but inexperienced collectors could confuse edible puffballs with poisonous ... Gilled mushrooms make up the larg- The Fly Agaric is a common white mushroom with an orangish to red cap. There are roughly 15,000 types of wild fungi in the UK. Appearance, including smell, texture, locality and season are all factors. The stem was white with no ring.Spore color: Spore print was whitish.Bruising: Unknown Habitat: Found growing on the ground among leaf litter in a mixed hardwood forest. The sulphur shelf (Laetiporus sulphureus) mushroom … The light to white color caps, ring on the stem, bulbous stem and brown gills suggests a species in the Agaricus genus. Fly Agaric, Amanita muscaria. Hygrophoropsis, a gilled bolete - perhaps the brightest orange gills of any mushroom. The sole purpose of these gills, called lamellae, is to produce spores. Many of the species go by common names such as grass or meadow mushrooms. Now that mushrooms have had some 100 million years to evolve, there are a lot of gilled mushrooms around, and the variations between species and genera of gilled mushrooms can confound even seasoned mushroom experts and professional mycologists. Their caps can look either fan shaped, like the caps in the picture, or they can look shell shaped, depending on the angle they are growing vis a vis their tree host. The Agaricus genus of mushrooms include the common field mushroom & swiss brown. America's Best, Safest Edible Wild Mushrooms. Macrofungi are distinguished from other fungi by their fruiting structures (fruit bodies bearing spores) that we know as mushrooms. Golden Spindles, a coral or club mushroom belong to the order that contains the gilled mushrooms. Their gills stain dark brown with their dark brown spores. Gilled mushrooms have spore prints that can be placed in four basic color groups: white to yellowish (called “white”), pinkish to salmon (called “pink”), yellow-brown to rusty-brown (called “brown”), and purple-brown to purple-black to black (called “black”). Yet which one? Cap/stem: Cap was red on top and slightly upturned. This mushroom commonly forms fairy rings in lawns and is poisonous. Widespread and common in Britain and Ireland, Field Mushrooms have a truly world-wide distribution. First, when the gills are disturbed they produce a latex like substance that resembles milk (or a different color depending on the species). Commercial growers around the world love them because they are very easy to grow edibles. by Michael Kuo. 2. Mushrooms in the genus Hygrocybe are mostly small and colourful. ... and there are tiny scales on one of the caps. Many of the species go by common names such as grass or meadow mushrooms. In many cases, it is impossible to identify a gilled mushroom even to genus without resorting to the use of a microscope to assess cellular characters, which are too minute to be seen with the naked eye. The key below is the starting point for all the identification keys at this site. Physical identification clues using cap and stem start with the fact that most caps are medium sized and normally some shade of brown. The red gill edges are a key identification feature of this fungus. 1999. The over one hundred documented North American species share physical characteristics such as the presence of a veil that covers the mushroom during the maturation process, with veil remnants visible on the fungi’s mature caps. Study the Different Types of Magic Mushrooms. Despite its easily distinguishable features, Amanita muscaria is … The presence of lamellulae, or short gills also provides a good field ID clue for Cortinarius species. 1,046 mushroom photos! Mushroom identification guidebooks and organizations useful for eastern North America: Barron, George. Collared earthstar. The spore print, white gills, and red/white color combination indicates a mushroom in the Russula genus. With over two hundred identified species, identifying any particular species can be difficult. Mushroom identification help. The BASICS of MUSHROOM IDENTIFICATION. Walking out the back door and looking at some lawn mushrooms starts the identification guide. Identifying Edible and Poisonous Wild Mushrooms. To be able to correctly identify mushrooms, it’s best to wait until the gills are revealed. Green-spored Lepiota (Chlorophyllum molybdites) Durham Co., NC 25 Sep 2011. The gills are free from the stem which clean breaks from the fungi cap. They occurs throughout most of Europe, North Africa, Asia (including India, China and Japan), and in the USA, Canada and Australia. Agarics (Gilled Mushrooms), IMPORTANT NOTE You don’t need to know all the species of magic mushrooms that exist in the world. Photographed at Ojibway on June 14, 2007 by Tom Preney. Mycena, (Fairy Helmets) rank as some of the most colorful and smallest mushrooms seen growing on forest floors. Our guide aims to help you identify the best to eat and the most important ones not to pick. They grow in association with both conifer and hardwood trees, explaining the multiple species present in any area. Poisonous mushroom identification can be difficult, given that there are some 14,000 mushroom species worldwide. AMERICANMUSHROOMS.COM SITE INDEX morel mushrooms • mushroom I.D. Gilled mushrooms (agarics) have evolved at least four or five times according to DNA study results so far, and probably even more often than that. Cap: This thick-skinned mushroom is white with white to light brown textured marks all over. Measure the cap’s diameter to see if it falls between 3–6 in (7.6–15.2 cm). In other words, it is possible that I have mislabelled a mushroom here! They are considered a choice edible, although all mycologists recommend caution harvesting them in the wild. In other words, some of these photographs show gilled mushrooms that are relatively easy to identify, while others show gilled mushrooms that cannot be confidently identified by anyone but a very experienced mycologist. Mushroom Photo Gallery: The genus consists of many species that are difficult to tell apart. Common NW WA Mushrooms 9/27/15 1 GILLED - SPORES WHITE Amanita augusta (A. franchettii, A. aspera) Amanita constricta Amanita gemmata Amanita muscaria Amanita pachycolea Amanita pantherina Amanita porphyria Amanita silvicola Amanita smithiana Amanita vaginata Armillaria nabsnona (A. While some mushrooms with white gills are edible, the most deadly and poisonous mushroom family—Amanitas—nearly always have white gills. This gallery provides gilled mushroom pictures and information covering a representative species in the category. This common mushroom will be sure to catch your eye. Use an online mushroom guide for positive identification, and leave any mushroom you can't identify alone. ... when i was fairly sure of an identification. Of course, there are no gills on this group. Choose mushrooms without white gills. Finally we'll identify mushrooms that disperse spores without using gills, pores, or teeth. Usually found on the ground. As it develops, gills of the host mushroom disappear. Consider: If whoever invented the standard design of the radiators under our cars' hoods (which very obviously resemble the gills of an agaric) hadn't done so, someone else would have, for the very same reason: it's all about the ratio, and this particular design is ultimately effective at fulfilling a vital goal. Underside shows white gills. Often found growing out of lawns in the Pacific Northwest region of the United … In some coastal mountain areas of the Pacific Northwest, literally hundreds can be found growing on the edges of a two mile loop trail. Fairly large white mushrooms growing in a lawn. The stems of Agaricus fungi have a distinct ring, are white or cream and are quite fibrous but vary in fragility. They are commonly called Waxy Caps (or Waxcaps) because of their wax-like appearance and feel. All rights reserved. Key to Major Groups of Mushrooms . They get to the size of a football, roundish and white all over, with white flesh all the way through when cut. Pleurotus-ostreatus is one of a handful of mushrooms that eat nematodes, which makes them an excellent natural pest control research subject. White says the chicken mushroom grows on or at the base of dead or dying trees. Oyster mushroom refers to a variety of gilled mushroom species that grow like shelves on trees. If you click on a caption, the details regarding that mushroom is shown. Do not eat. The Gilled Mushrooms . Mushroom gills are the thin, papery structures that hang vertically under the cap. So Leucoagaricussuggests a group of white mushrooms that are in most respects similar to Agaricus species. The mushrooms are grouped by family, so closely related mushrooms are listed together. Yellow Stainers have sweet, medical kind of smell to … Look here and you'll get a good sense of how big a role attention to detail plays in the art of identifying gilled mushrooms (and other mushrooms): The BASICS of MUSHROOM IDENTIFICATION. dry cap that is not hygrophanous, strongly decurrent gills, no partial veil and orange colours (often with white or brown).
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Fruit ripening is a complex phenomenon that makes berries attractive and also determines their nutritional value. Pollination: Autumn-olive is open-pollinated , often by insects . 5-10 years, Cultivation It prefers dry or moist soil and can tolerate drought. 222879/SC038262, If you enter just a plant name, you will see results from the old RHS Plant Finder and Selector databases. The fruit of many members of this genus is a very rich source of vitamins and minerals, especially in vitamins A, C and E, flavanoids and other bio-active compounds. As the name implies, this is a fall fruit. Elaeagnus umbellata 'Autumn Olive' Autumn Olive is not related to true olives, which depending on how you feel about olives could be a good or bad thing. Elaeagnus umbellata is an erect, often thorny, deciduous shrub with widely spreading branches; it can grow up to 450cm tall and is often somewhat wider[11. We have used this plant as an under story shrub on a south facing edge in our forest garden and within an edible hedge. Excellent for ordinary use in appropriate conditions. This invasive plant comes from the eastern edge of Asia. It can fix Nitrogen. Elaeagnus multiflora is a deciduous Shrub growing to 3 m (9ft) by 2 m (6ft) at a medium rate. The Silverthorn, Elaeagnus pungens, came from China and Japan to North America some 200 years ago in the early 1800’s.It’s an ornamental landscape plant often used for hedges and barriers. It's self-fertile, and berries ripen in September. Propagate by seed or by softwood or semi-ripe cuttings, Suggested planting locations and garden types The fruit of many members of this genus is a very rich source of vitamins and minerals, especially in vitamins A, C and E, flavanoids and other bio-active compounds. The changes in pericarp color are initiated at early developmental stages, coinciding with the fast increase in fruit size. It is abundant on the Neil-gherries, says Wight, and the fruit is edible and also makes a good tart. Also, the leaves are narrow-elongate with silvery scales and the fruit is yellow to silvery as opposed to reddish. When mature, the red berries contain caroten… Try an advanced search, RHS Registered Charity no. Join It can reach 12-15 feet in height. the RHS today and get 12 months for the price of 9, Other common names Leaves are 24 inches long; they are silvery on both sides when young, later dark green above and silvery beneath. It is noted for attracting wildlife. Leaves which are silvery at first maturing to bright green on upper surface. Himal. Divided into 3 groups these lists, linked below, are maintained by a team of RHS staff and are reviewed annually. The Royal Horticultural Society is the UK’s leading gardening charity. Elaeagnus plants are deciduous or evergreen shrubs or small trees. The plant can tolerate maritime exposure. Elaeagnus umbellata tree resembles its fellow congener Russian olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia) which is also an invasive plant but can grow in riparian zones and prefers shaded areas. It ripens to red, dotted with silver or brown. We aim to enrich everyone’s life through plants, and make the UK a greener and more beautiful place. Autumn Olive Elaeagnus umbellata. Our favourite is the autumn olive, E.umbellata, which fruits abundantly in hedges. Breeding system: Elaeagnus spp. RHS members can get exclusive individual advice from the RHS Gardening Advice team. Coastal Cottage & Informal Garden, Diseases It's native to Korea, Japan, and China. Elaeagnus umbellata, commonly called autumn olive or autumnberry, is a large deciduous shrub or small sprawling tree of the Oleaster family that typically matures to 10-16’ tall and to 20-30’ wide.It is native to China, Japan and Korea. Our Botanical team are working hard to increase the number of plants with detailed information. Deciduous - elliptic, wavy-margined leaves to 10cm (4in) long.Height - 5m (16ft) We have combined these two powerful search tools into a single Find a Plant service searching over 250,000 plant records. Adaptable to varied soils and can withstand drought. To support our efforts please browse our store (books with medicinal info, etc.). Elaeagnus crispa, Family Fragrant white flowers bloom in May, and it reportedly improves soils where it's planted. has edible fruit with brilliant red or yellow pigmentation. Cannot grow in the shade. Fruit to 8 mm, silvery to bronze, ripening to red. Elaeagnus umbellata. With these autumn olive facts in mind, let’s learn how to forage for these jewel-like rubies of the forest! Sun to part shade. They are: This plant will provide nectar and pollen for bees and the many other types of pollinating insects. Elaeagnus umbellata is a deciduous Shrub growing to 4.5 m (14ft) by 4 m (13ft) at a medium rate. They provide silvery or frosted leaves, fragrant flowers, and edible (sometimes colorful) fruit to the garden. It is hardy to zone (UK) 6 and is not frost tender. autumn oleaster autumn olive, Synonyms Deciduous Shrub growing to 4.5m (14ft) by 4m (13ft) at a medium rate. Japan. Elaeagnus Umbellata from Burncoose Nurseries available online to buy - Information: vigorous spreading shrub or small tree. ... Fruit. Hybrid derived from Elaeagnus pungens. Noteworthy Characteristics. Autumn Olive fruit is red or amber and nutrient rich. Thirty pounds of fruit is generally equivalent to about 3 pounds (1.4 kg) of seed, or about 66,000 seeds . Create your own unique website with customizable templates. E. umbellata 020 3176 5800 If you select any attributes with or without a plant name, you will see a much narrower selection of results taken only from the old RHS Plant Selector database. It is included in an evolving list of plants carefully researched and chosen by RHS experts. Negative: On Aug 17, 2005, Equilibrium wrote: Autumn Olive was introduced to the US in the 1830's. V mnoha zemích, včetně Anglie a USA, si získala velkou oblibu jako jeden z nejlepších multifunkčních keřů pro zakládání jedlého ovocného lesa na chudší půdě. The Silverthorn is also closely related to the Autumn Olive and Russian Olive, both of which have edible fruit as well (E. umbellata, E. angustifolia. Before it was labeled a noxious weed, autumn olive was often described as “fragrant” in flower, and as “stunning” in fall, with its bright red berries against its silvery foliage. Minimum temperature ranges (in degrees C) are shown in brackets, Aspect South-facing or North-facing or West-facing or East-facing, MoistureWell-drained, Moist but well-drained, Ultimate height Fruits are eaten by a … More upright (to 1012 feet high and wide) than its parent, with thornless branches. Common Name: Autumn Olive Scientific Name: Elaeagnus umbellata (Thunb.) Hardy to USDA Zone 6 Native to Himalaya, China and Japan. Having a sweet and tart flavor, the berries can be eaten fresh or processed for jam, condiments, flavoring, or used as a substitute for tomato. The unripe fruit is silvery-scaled and yellow. Cooperative Extension, which staffs local offices in all 100 counties and with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. The fruit is a small round drupe 1/4 to 1/3 inches (0.65 to 0.85 cm) in diameter. Elaeagnus umbellata spreads quickly because of its hardiness and dense concentration of seeds — a single shrub can yield around 200,000 seeds, potentially producing up to 80 pounds of fruit! In flower from April - May, and the seeds ripen from Sep to November. A ripe fruit of autumn olive (Elaeagnus umbellata Thunb.) Its leaves are narrowly oval with wavy edges, 5-10cm long, silvery when young before maturing to green but staying silvery beneath. Virtually all of the features of the old searches are still available and in addition we have added several new features to create a more comprehensive and user friendly search experience. The flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male and female organs) and are pollinated by Bees. 2019 Status in Maine: Localized.Very Invasive. times, Need more criteria? The fruits are currant to cherry sized and astringent until fully ripe. Join the RHS today and support our charitable work, Keep track of your plants with reminders & care tips – all to help you grow successfully, For the latest on RHS Shows in 2020 and 2021, read more, RHS members get free access to RHS Gardens, Free entry to RHS members at selected times », Reduced prices on RHS Garden courses and workshops, Our Garden Centres and online shops are packed with unique and thoughtful gifts and decorations to make your Christmas sparkle, General enquiries Hedging & Screens Low Maintenance China Japan, All ratings refer to the UK growing conditions unless otherwise stated. Autumn olive is an introduced, fast-growing woody shrub in the Elaeagnaceae (Oleaster) family. Gilt Edge has striking yellow leaf margins. Autumn Olive (Elaeagnus umbellata) Matthew Yancey, Former Extension Agent, Natural Resources, Northwest District, and reviewed by Jennifer Gagnon, Extension Associate, Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation Autumn olive was introduced to the U.S. from Japan and China in 1830. Původní rozšíření hlošiny okoličnaté (Elaeagnus umbellata) bylo v Číně a Japonsku. Grow in full sun; will thrive in any well-drained soil, including poor soil, except very shallow chalk, Propagation RHS Garden Hyde Hall Spring and Orchid Show, Free entry to RHS members at selected Suitable pH: acid, neutral and basic (alkaline) soils. Symphytum x uplandicum - Comfrey 'Bocking 14', Keep weed free while the plant establishes. Autumn olive (Elaeagnus umbellata Thunb.) It was originally planted for wildlife
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Foued Kefif
Head of Technologies and Services Department at Business France
Birgit Reiter-Braunwieser
Director CEE, ABA–Invest in Austria
Alessandro Salacone
Head of Desk Innovations & Startups at Italian Trade Agency, Italian Embassy
Liubov Markova
Senior Manager at Germany Trade & Invest
Ekaterina Karpushenkova
Representative of NRW.Russia / Moscow
Anastasia Malysheva
Inward Investment Adviser at Department for International Trade, British Embassy
Oleg Mosyazh
Deputy Program Director Open Innovations Forum, Skolkovo innovation center
Kirill Onopriychuk
Senior Project Manager at Techcode
Valeria Sokolova
Project Manager at Fortross Ventures
Zviad Kardava
Developer Relations at Google
Anastasiya Makeenok
Emerging Audiences Lead в Microsoft
Alina Bezuglova
Founder RuTech
Founder, managing partner UPBusiness Consulting
Olga Grinevskaya
Alexey Grinenko
Pavel Nikonov
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Marvin Liao invests in digital media, adtech, marketing cloud, e-commerce and mobile startups across the globe. Formerly of Yahoo! Inc. (10.5 years), Marvin has worked in various departments — sales, business development, ad operations and marketing. Most of his positions have been regional or global management roles, giving him extensive experience across Asia, Europe, Latin America and the United States. He presently serves on the boards and advisory boards of several internet advertising and ad technology companies across the globe. In addition, he is a mentor for several startup accelerator programs in Europe, Israel and the US, helping guide startup teams with their sales, marketing and partner development efforts.
He is an experienced client-facing senior executive in the media and technology space in both large and start up growth companies, managing large multifunctional teams across multiple countries while based in the Silicon Valley.
Brant Cooper is the NYT Bestselling Author of books such as The Lean Entrepreneur, The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development, and The Lean Brand. He’s helped startups go from idea to IPO, acquisition, rapid growth, and has first-hand experience with crushing failure. Today, his main focus is on bringing an entrepreneurial spirit to the enterprise with Moves the Needle.
As a sought after keynote speaker, startup advisor and corporate mentor, Brant travels the globe speaking with entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs, debunking the Myth of the Visionary, teaching Lean Startup and Customer Development principles, and empowering employees to create new value.
Sheel is a Partner at 500 Startups, angel investor and a member of the Catalyst Fund Investors Advisory Committee (IAC). He is running the 500 startups FinTech Fund "Financial services for the rest of us" and San Francisco based FinTech accelerator. His own startup experience includes 2 successful FinTech exits — a payments company and a high-stakes auction company. He formerly worked as a financial services consultant at BCG and started his FinTech career at the non-profit p2p lender Kiva. Sheel holds an MBA from the University of Michigan and a BS from Carnegie Mellon.
Head of IIDF’s Accelerator: 370+ tech companies since 2013
Co-founder of GoValley! — a «venture tourism» program in Silicon Valley and an acceleration program in the USA — TechMafia
Business angel and managing partner of RedButton fund: $10M of conducted transactions
Head of Sberbank-Technology in Yekaterinburg: from zero to 50+ employees in 6 months; successful implementation of the core IT-system in 1800 of the bank’s offices
Advisor to the Minister of Economics of the Sverdlovsk Region
Naumen: from 6 to 400+ employees and a billion rubles in revenue. Now — a shareholder and a member of the Board of Directors.
Alexandr Turkot
General partner at Maxfield Capital
Alexander Turkot is a managing Partner at Maxfield Capital, an early stage venture fund that invests in B2B enterprise solutions in selected geographies. He has more than twenty-five years of combined experience in venture investments and management in telecom and IT projects in the USA, Israel and Europe. Having built solid management career and an exciting portfolio of projects across the globe, Alexander has served as a CEO of Eastern European branch of MySpace and headed Skolkovo’s IT Cluster in Moscow.
At Maxfield Capital he oversees the global strategy and worldwide operations of the firm.
Maxim Chebotarev is Co-investments department director and Techmafia co-founder at Internet Initiatives Development Fund. Maxim is responsible for all co-investments by external investors in IIDF’s portfolio companies and Russian VC market development. Internet Initiatives Development Fund is $95 mln venture capital firm based in Moscow, Russia. According to Dow Jones (2015) IIDF is the most active early stage venture fund in Russia and Europe. IIDF has more than 320 hi-tech companies in portfolio and more than 40 companies raised financing round from external Russian and international investors. One of the priorities for the Internet Initiatives Development Fund is financial and expert support for startups in the early stage. IIDF collaborates with 80+ IT corporations to help startups with expertise, resources, technologies, go-to-market tactics, PR and intro to enterprise clients. The Fund also has launched a variety of educational programs and performed a number of legislative initiatives. Prior to joining IIDF, Maxim held different positions in hi-tech companies in Moscow, Russia.
Alexey Yuzhakov
CEO at Promobot
Since 2004 he is the founder and CEO of the company IntellektStroy (intellektstroy.ru), the main integrator in the field of engineering systems and services, automated control systems and telecommunications in the Perm region.
In 2007 he founded BMS, which specializes in the maintenance of engineering systems of buildings and structures.
Since 2010 he is the founder and director of IntellektAgro, the first modern automated greenhouse complex in the Perm region, growing roses, including a retail chain in the city of Perm and a flower brand FreskaRosa.
In 2013, Aleksei founded the company Promobot and became a Chairman of the Board of Directors. Today Promobot is the largest manufacturer of autonomous service robots in Russia, Eastern and Northern Europe.
Ryan is a Chinese expert and entrepreneur in IT and digital area. In recent years, he is active in entrepreneurial projects in China. With strong knowledge in Chinese digital, Cloud Computing, SAAS, and solid customer service spirit, one of his projects got investment from Sequoia Capital. Before that, he spent almost 8 years working globally as a Senior Product Manager in SAP which is the biggest enterprise software and service provider all over the world. Above those, he is also Agile Coach and Design Thinking Coach.
Ilya has $10 mln USD (650+ mln RUB) under management and had invested in 15 companies on behalf of IIDF in LegalTech, AR/VR, Marketing Technologies sectors.
Before IIDF Ilya was a co-founder and Chief Product Officer at Dulton Media, Russian online video platform developer. The company was sold to Rambler&Co in 2017.
Since 2012 actively helping tech entrepreneurs to grow their businesses as mentor and evangelist of Lean Startup and Customer Development methodologies.
Alex is an entrepreneur with over 16 years of diverse business experience. He worked as DSM at Nestle and founded several offline business projects. In 2010 Alex founded iPelican, an online marketplace for equipment used by the HoReCa sector, and in 2015 he successfully sold it.
At the end of 2015, Alex founded Convead, an online service for ecommerce marketing automation. In 2016, the new company undergone, at their own expense, a business acceleration programme organized by IIDF. As a result, Convead got traction and had a 5x increase in revenue in just 2 months.
In 2017, Alex took part in IIDF’s 3-month acceleration program in San Francisco TechMafia. The same year Convead has closed a seed round.
Alex develops Convead not only on the Russian, but also the American market.
Alexey is a CBDO of Stafory and co-founder of Robot Vera. Vera helps to find qualified employees. In three hours it goes through the whole chain of the hiring process, finds the best candidates for a job, and invites them to the final interview with the employer. The robot-recruiter reduces the time and labour costs for a large-scale recruitment by 10 times. The startup has raised three series of investments from IIDF.
Alexey has been in the technology business for about 15 years and has co-founded a number of companies: Medialt, RedButton Capital, Isochronika, Fotter, Giftoman. Together with a partner in 2009 they created i-Jet Media and released Happy Farmer — one of the most commercially successful games in the world. During the first year players spent almost $20 million on virtual in-game purchases.
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Amrit Dhir leads Global Operations for Google for Entrepreneurs. His team manages the technical and physical operations of Campus, a network of Google’s spaces for entrepreneurs in startup hubs around the world: London, Madrid, São Paulo, Seoul, Tel Aviv, and Warsaw. He also coordinates the network’s expansion: next up, Campus Berlin. Prior to joining GFE, Amrit was a Senior Manager in New Business Development, leading partnerships and business strategy for some of Alphabet’s and Google’s earliest-stage and most ambitious projects (and also some failures): e.g., Project Baseline at Verily; the Google Cultural Institute; Rapid Eval Investigations at Google[x]; Google Helpouts; and Google Research / Machine Intelligence. His previous ambitions to be a lawyer and the lead singer of a metal band (separate ambitions) are now safely buried in his past.
Nikita Yuriev has been an analyst in the venture area for four years. Previously he worked at Rusnano and was a co-founder of the advertising startup, focusing on ad placement optimization in social networks. Its turnover increased from zero to 100 million rubles in a year. Within three years at IIDF, he became an investor and joined the board of directors of such companies as Fitness-clubs, Eldis, Site Secure, Stafory, Leadza, Promobot, Cinemood, Supl.biz, Kidsway, and #tceh community center. He made 5 exits, bringing many-fold profit for IIDF.
After graduating from Moscow State University he started working at Mail.Ru where he went from programmer to the director of the company’s Mail Service Department.
In March 2006 he transferred to Rambler Internet Holding where he headed the Web Project Development department. Since autumn 2006 he worked at Media World (RBC holding) as head of projects, technical director and deputy CEO.
In 2010 he became the head of ICQ project at Mail.Ru Group. In 2011 he was appointed IT director of Mail.Ru Group, and in 2016 — Chief Strategy and Analytics Officer. In this position he is engaged in M&A, investments and launching the company’s internal products.
Valery started as a material scientist at the service of power generation (nuclear and fossil) and distribution. He evolved toward international collaboration and leverage and is co-founder of Nugenia, an international collaborative initiative with over 110 members from 28 countries. Valery is passionate to replicate this success for innovation to business and recently founded a dedicated vehicle with key Silicon Valley and European stakeholders.
Valery spent 2 years in Japan and 8 years in the States, working in the start-up American Superconductor and also Bicron, part of Saint-Gobain High Performance Materials. More recently he spent three years in San Francisco as Open Innovation Director for North America, serving the whole EDF Group. He was instrumental to several investments and deals with start-ups. Valery is now in Paris as Open Innovation Director for Europe and Middle East, still developing win-win situations between start-ups and EDF.
He joined Art. Lebedev Studio in 2000 as a UI/UX designer. There he has been creating new styles and corporate identities for large russian banks and companies. In 2002 Aleksey founded a design studio “Park” which was listed in WebDesign Icon in 2005 according to Taschen. In 2008 he participated in launching Pravo.ru, an information portal for lawyers. In 2009 Pravo.ru won a budget tender to support websites of arbitration courts. Since 2010 the company has been automating Russian arbitration system with the help of “Elektronnoe pravosudie” service. In 2012-2013 the company launched systems for legal practice automation Casebook, Caselook and Case.pro.
Peter co-founded Republic – a leading US startup crowdfunding platform. Republic launched in 2016, shortly after the Title III of the JOBS Act allowed the general public to invest in private US companies.
Republic is part of the leading family of startup investment platforms together with AngelList and CoinList. Peter coaches fundraising startups and leads Republic’s product.
Worked for over 15 years in tech. Mentor and advisor of a number of US startups in areas of product design, branding and fundraising.
While living in California, founded a successful SaaS company MeetingPulse, fashion brand Volga Verdi, #VVFY app and a consumer network called Mine.
Previously worked in interactive design at Leo Burnett Moscow for clients such as GM, P&G, Mars, Sberbank, McDonalds, and others.
Laurent is a leader of a technical evangelism team in Central Europe. He is in charge to engage technical audiences like professional developers, technical students through events and online as well as coding directly with them. Laurent has both an engineering degree and a marketing degree which he practices in his job and hobbies, mixing his job and his passions. Being a student he joined Microsoft whereas is still working for 20 years. During all those years, he has been helping startups in technical, marketing and business area.
Vladimir is a co-founder of Knoema, the world's leading search engine for data. The company aggregates data from 1000s of sources and provides access to that data and various services to the organizations and individual users around the world. Knoema is an international company with HQ in the USA and delivery offices in Perm, Russia and Bangalore, India.
Before starting Knoema, Vladimir spent ten years as Chief Software Architect at Prognoz, one of the leading BI developers in the world, where he led the development of Prognoz Platform and helped with its expansion to the US market. Prognoz BI was positioned in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for BI and Analytics.
Evgeny has been in the Digital/Media market for more than 17 years. Now he is partner and managing director of LeRu. Previously he worked at several large Russian and foreign companies — Gazprom Media Holding, Ogilvy Group and Next Media Group and for a long time Evgeny was CEO of a digital agency Promo Interactive.
Paul Zhuravlev is the co-founder and head of US Office of CINEMOOD – an innovative startup that is building a leading family content delivery platform – center of attractive learning and interactive entertainment. Paul is responsible for international business development of the company.
Paul worked as a Sales Director at Huawei Moscow and was a Sellbytel Russia and CIS Branch Manager, the company outsourcing sales for almost every major IT corporations: Cisco, Google, HP, Canon, EMC, VMWare.
After relocating to Australia in 2011 Paul worked as the Head of Oneworld Industries, investment company with the major focus on family entertainment industry. In 2014 Paul founded his own startup GoFair — “name your price” platform for products and services.
For the last few years Dmitriy has been launching projects in China. Prior to that, he worked at CTC-media where he was responsible for digital marketing, game development and partnerships with the largest internet holdings of the Russian internet (Mail.Ru Group, Yandex, Rambler&Co). Dmitrii worked in Yandex, ProstoR and a number of other Internet companies and has over 10 years of experience in digital.
Mikhail is a founder of several tech startups, head and mentor of amoCRM. In 2004 he and his partners founded QSOFT — now one of Top 5 Russian web studios, according to CMS Magazine. In 2009 he dived into SaaS and, without any external investments, launched amoCRM — a cloud sales management service. Since 2011 the company began conquering the international market and opened an office in San Francisco. Mikhail is a successful IT-entrepreneur, but, according to him, he is, first and foremost, an engineer.
Leadza is virtual AI-assistant for marketers to help them save time on analyzing tons of marketing data. For 4 years, she was running an advertising agency and optimized millions of dollars of ad spending. She knows firsthand how frustrating daily marketing routine could be. Her passion is to create a successful AI business and change the way people communicate with the software.
Mobile apps product expert ex. Google .
ex. Redmadrobot ex. E-legion.
Consulted a wide range of companies such as Tinkoff, Kaspersky, Ozon on mobile products.
External advisor for startups and tech companies.
Founding partner of «Rutech Ventures».
London Technology Advocate from Russia.
Host of Russian Mobile Product community, Administrator of the biggest product community in Russia.
Visiting lecturer at British Higher School of Art and Design, National Research University Higher School of Economics, production of online programs for Coursera.
Key areas of expertise: product management, sales and customer development, business development, UX, brand awareness, marketing.
From September of 2003 to July 2006, he took a position of the deputy director of capital market division of Deutsche Bank Group in London.
From 2006 to 2010, he held a position of the vice-president for the markets of the debt capital of Russia and the CIS countries in Renaissance Capital in Moscow.
From 2010 to 2012 Boris held a post of the vice-president for the debt capital markets of Russia and the CIS countries of Royal Bank of Scotland in Moscow
In 2012, Boris Batin left the position he held in Royal Bank of Scotland and founded fintech company ID Finance.
Alexey has been an investment professional since 2011 when he embarked on a career in venture industry as head of Prostor Capital fund. Today Prostor Capital is one of the four funds with total assets exceeding $200M managed by iTech Capital investment company. Alexey combines the position of a Partner and a Managing director at iTech Capital. Among iTech’s portfolio companies are leaders of the market segments like Aviasales, Ticketland, Bitfury and iContext. Alexey takes an active part in developing the venture industry in Russia being a member of Market Council at RVC (Russian Venture Company) and is an author of many publications on venture market issues and personal development.
Alumni of the Perm National Research Polytechnic Universitys’ “Automobiles and technological machinery” faculty.
Co-founded Promobot and has been the company’s CBDO since 2014.Today Promobot is the largest manufacturer of autonomous service robots in Russia, Eastern and Northern Europe.
Is on Forbes «30 under 30» list.
Won GenerationS 2014 in the nomination “Best Russian industrial startup”.
Won Startup Village 2105 (Skolkovo) in the “Robotics” nomination.
In 2016 won a silver prize on the “Startup of the year” award in the nomination “Global startup”.
Yaroslav’s designs are characterized by aesthetics of soft futurism and balance between clarity of idea, elegancy of form, technology, and other essential components of the project to make every product extraordinary. Yaroslav has always been inspired by crafts as well as technical advances, and he pursuits strong combinations of both.
During professional career Yaroslav worked for several companies. He moved from junior designer job in a small company to a position of a chief designer in a large one. Today together with personal practice he continue to cooperate with studios & companies as a consultant and freelance art-director on various projects.
Kirill co-founded and headed a successful Russian tech company Naumen for 10 years. In 2012 he graduated from Skolkovo Moscow School of Management, Executive MBA. Completed a “quality management” program at Bradley University, USA and an internship with Caterpillar. In 2012 he won the international competition “Entrepreneur of the Year”, conducted by the consulting company Ernst & Young in 50 countries. He is also a member of the board of the Russian management community.
04.1997 – 04.1998 — “Svyazinvest” — Financing of large investment projects. Advising management of large Russian telecom operators in the field of new financial decisions.
11.2000 – 09.2001 — Government of Moscow — Financing of projects with the support of the investment fund of the Government of Moscow. Search for optimal solutions in the structure of financing and risk sharing between project participants.
10.2001 – 07.2008 — Sberbank HQ — Loan officer for project finance management. Financing of large investment projects in different sectors of the economy, a full cycle of project and credit analysis.
07.2017 – now — Executive director. Head of New Economy Department, DCC Sberbank CIB.
Sergey Zemlyanskiy
Chief Digital&IT officer at AFK "Sistema"
2006-2010 - worked for EY at technology consulting servcies;
2010-2011 - was in charge for IS and BCP and BNP Paribas Corporate and Investment Bank;
2011-2015 - acted as CTO at YOTA innovation incubator;
2015 - till now - run several personal hi-tech startups
2016-now act as CDO at Sistema, taking responsibility for IT, Digital and Transformation.
Earlier in his career he founded and managed portfolio at Avega Capital hedge fund and home equity marketplace Zalogo. He was also Director of Research at Marcuard Spectrum for a portfolio worth $180m and worked for IHS CERA, Sberbank and VTB. Valentin organises Blockchain Economic Forums to develop self-regulation of crypto industry. He also was leader of Founder Institute (Moscow unit) and Founders & Developers, a blockchain community with 1500 participants and 50+ meetups since 2015. Valentin served as a vice-president of the Harvard Club in Russia, and launched the Global Education scholarship program for 700+ students. Valentin graduated from the New Economic School, and studied capital markets at Harvard and Stanford.
Expert at antivirus and cyber security, specialist at cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology.
In 2006 majored in mathematics and cybernetics at MSU in Moscow. As a fourth grade student in 2004, started working for Kaspersky Lab as a virus analyst. From 2007 to 2012 headed the company’s antivirus research department. Today Alexey actively studies perspective technologies and looks for opportunities to use them to protect Kaspersky’s clients from cyberattacks.
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Michael J. Vigneron Reelected ACD President; James Stolpinski; Bernard Dudley & 15 Vice Presidents Reelected; Don Josberger and Harry Hennessey Join ACD Board
Atlantic Coast District Executive Board: Top Row (Left to right) Richard Suarez Brian Witiw; Owen Boyle; Michael Baker; John Cuozzo; James Cocchia; George McEvoy; David Cicalese; Michael Izzo; Carlos Albertorio Santiago; Andre Joseph; John Sheridan (General Counsel) Seated (Left to right) Harry Hennessey; Albert Batten; Richard Krueger Jr.; Kevin Marrinan (General Counsel) James Stolpinski; Michael Vigneron; W. Bernard Dudley; Andre Mazzola (General Counsel); John Daggett; Larry Bachtell and Don Josberger.
HOLLYWOOD, FLORIDA—Michael J. Vigneron was unanimously reelected to a second term as President of the Atlantic Coast District (ACD), International Longshoremen’s Association, AFL-CIO, on the final day of the three-day 36thQuadrennial Convention, held at the Diplomat Beach Resort Hollywood Hotel.
Hundreds of delegates cheered as President Vigneron pledged to keep the ACD moving forward and building on the success of the union’s new six-year Master Contract Agreement negotiated last year.
Delegates representing ACD ports from Maine to Virginia on the East Coast; Eastern Canada; Great Lakes ports and Puerto Rico also returned James Stolpinski for a third term to his Secretary-Treasurer’s position and Bernard Dudley as ACD General Vice President. The ACD Convention sessions were held Tuesday to Thursday, July 16-18, 2019.
Fifteen ACD Vice Presidents were reelected to new four-years terms with Harry Hennessey from the ILA’s United Marine Division and Don Josberger from the ILA affiliated International Organization of Masters Mates and Pilots, joining the ACD Board for the first time.
The ACD’s three-day convention was highlighted by addresses from the union’s International President Harold J. Daggett who challenged ILA members to prove to management that longshoremen could outperform automated machinery to protect ILA work and jurisdiction. The Mayor of San Juan Puerto Rico, the Honorable Carmen Yulín Cruz, delivered a heartfelt address where she recounted the devastation her homeland suffered from Hurricane Maria nearly two years ago and the gratitude Puerto Ricans felt from union members, like the ILA, who offered assistance in the hurricane’s aftermath.
The ACD Convention heard from a number of speakers from labor; shipping; health care professionals and legislators. The ACD Convention is held a week before the International’s 55thQuadrennial Convention which will begin on Monday, July 22, 2019, also at the Diplomat Resort Beach Hollywood Hotel.
Those ACD Vice Presidents reelected to a four-year term include: Richard Krueger (Baltimore); George McEvoy, III (Ports of New England); Owen Boyle (Ports of Canada); Albert Batten (Ports of Canada); Larry Bachtell (Port of Hampton Roads); John Daggett (Port of New York and New Jersey); James Cocchia (Port of New York and New Jersey); David Cicalese (Port of New York and New Jersey); Richard Suarez (Port of New York and New Jersey); John Cuozzo (Port of New York and New Jersey); Michael Izzo (Port of New York and New Jersey); Brian Witiw (Port of Philadelphia and Wilmington); Carlos Albertorio Santiago (Ports of Puerto Rico); Andre Joseph (Ports of the Great Lakes) and Michael Baker (Ports of the Great Lakes).
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Tag Archives: Joey Comeau
Back & Forth: Hail the Future Heroes of Yesteryear!
Posted by dmainhart in Back and Forth
2001: A Space Odyssey, 48 Hours, Adventure Time, Archer & Armstrong, Betty Page, Bravest Warriors, Buddy Cops, Chris Samnee, Cliff Secord, Dark Horse Comics, Darwyn Cooke, Dave Stevens, Dirty Money, Emanuela Lupacchino, Eric Stephenson, Evan Shaner, Fab Four, Fantastic Four, Fonografiks, Fred the Clown, Fred Van Lente, Guillermo Ortego, IDW, Indiana Jones, J. Bone, Jack Kirby, Jeff Smith, Joey Comeau, Jonathan Hickman, Jordie Bellaire, kaboom!, Lethal Weapon, Lisa Moore, Mark Waid, Michael Caine, Mike Holmes, Nate Bellegarde, Nate Crosby, Nick & Nora, Nowhere Men, Robert Osborne, Roger Langridge, Rush Hour, Ryan Pequin, Snarked, Stan Lee, Stanley Kubrick, Starsky and Hutch, TCM, Terry Pratchett, The Beatles, The British Invasion, The Da Vinci Code, The Rocketeer, The Rocketeer: Hollywood Horror, The Rocketeer: The Cargo of Doom, The Thin Man, The Thing, Uranus, Valiant, Wu-Tang Clan
Derek Mainhart: Friends, mutants and aliens, lend me your ears! Join us as we travel back to the future, to a time when heroes roamed the sky and science paved the way for a better tomorrow! A time of ancient robots and futuristic gladiators! Atomic monkeys and electric guitars! Beckoned by the spark of a holographic welder’s torch, we hurtle forward into history to meet our retro-destiny! Like sands through the hourglass, so are the Days of Our Future Past…
A 1930s pulp hero created in the 1980s and revived in the 2000s? Who better to exemplify nostalgia for an innocent era that never was than The Rocketeer? Like his contemporary Depression-era adventurer, Indiana Jones, Dave Stevens’ legendary creation peddled in, and paid homage to, the wanton exuberance of classic B-movie serials. Stevens’ buoyant, uncynical cliffhangers (hell, the lead character’s name is Cliff) combined with his lush illustration (its classic draftsmenship itself like a relic from a bygone era) to inspire a devoted cult following. And let’s not forget his masterstroke; making pin-up queen, Betty Page, Cliff’s girlfriend. Stevens’ work was so accomplished, it seemed superfluous for anyone else to try their hand at the character, even after his untimely death in 2008.
Some characters however, are simply too good to fade away. Happily IDW has relaunched The Rocketeer, giving the hero his due: first in an anthology series featuring top-flight creators, then in a four-issue mini by creative team par excellence, Mark Waid and Chris Samnee. Now we have Roger Langridge and J Bone on The Rocketeer: Hollywood Horror. Folks, this may be the best new Rocketeer yarn yet. The previous stories tried (and succeeded to various degrees) to recapture the inherent nostalgia of the character via an innocent, never-say-die tone indicative of 1930s and ’40s Americana, perhaps casting it against a major historical backdrop like, say, WWII. Well Langridge goes five steps further and fully immerses him in the era. This should perhaps come as no surprise from a writer whose past work has encompassed everything from the slapstick of early cinema (Fred the Clown, hysterical) to Carrollian nonsense (Snarked!, inspired) to his current work, the vaudevillian, high-seas adventures of Popeye (a gift to anyone with an appreciation for the history of the medium). For The Rocketeer, he’s not satisfied to present his tale in a typical one-size-fits-all B-movie slang; rather he seems conversant in a variety of era-specific patois and idiom. Further, he entangles our hero with fictional characters specific to that time: first, the minions of Doc Savage (that greatest of pulp heroes), and then, seemingly apropos of nothing, Nick and Nora (and Asta!) from the venerated Thin Man film series. Between this and the multitude of references to old movies and forgotten actors (the narrator himself seems to be one), this book is a dream for lovers of pulp and classic Hollywood. It would be right at home being introduced by Robert Osborne on TCM. And let’s not forget J Bone’s pitch-perfect art. His bold, cartoony rendering immediately cues dirigibles, De Soto’s and dames. His work stands well with Darwyn Cooke and Jeff Smith (one wishes he was handling the covers as well; nothing against the legendary Walt Simonson, but his style, all harsh angles and frenetic line, is simply a poor fit – my one quibble). All in all Langridge and Bone are crafting a Rocketeer comic that is not only worthy of its legacy, but builds on it. Somewhere, I daresay, Dave Stevens is smiling.
Scott Carney: Geez, yeah, all that and– OK, who am I kidding? I’m not as tuned into the history of The Rocketeer as you are. (Is anyone?) In fact, my first experience with the character was The Cargo of Doom.
DM: Oh, trust me; there are people who know way more about The Rocketeer than I do. What about the movie? Ring a bell?
SC: There was a movie?
DM: I can’t even.
SC: No, really, I liked what Waid and Samnee did in their mini. If I’m being honest, I bought the series for them; and for the most part, I wasn’t disappointed; but I wasn’t all of a sudden a Rocketeer fan. As far as I was concerned, it was an act of loyalty–to the creators; and if they were to take on the character again, I’d be there. Wasn’t planning on ever following the further adventures of Cliff Secord. In fact, I passed on this one–initially, anyway. You recommended it–emphatically, if I’m remembering correctly–so I picked it up. Dude, you were so right. What a good time! Through two, I’m thinking, like you, that Hollywood Horror is at a whole other level, thanks to Langridge’s vision and Bone’s fleshing it all out.
DM: Next up in our Canyon of Heroes is Archer and Armstrong #8 (Valiant). Their centuries-spanning pseudo-epic is rich in taste but refreshingly light in calories. Part buddy-story, part sibling-rivalry, part worldwide-conspiracy, this frothy fable features improbable adventure and high satire. It’s like The Da Vicni Code as written by Terry Pratchett. Writer Fred Van Lente (with solid art by Emanuela Lupacchino and Guillermo Ortego) garnishes the high-octane action with Big Ideas and comedic flourish, never failing to entertain. His one misstep here though; in an attempt to counter the usual lighthearted tone with some emotional heft, he has the villain speak of his role in an event that is very like a recent national tragedy. My immediate reaction, for what it’s worth, was a discomfiting “too soon.” Again, this is a quibble, lasting as it does for all of one panel. Month in, month out, we write about the pleasures delivered by Van Lente & Co.’s work on this book. So pick the damn thing up, if you haven’t already.
Scott Carney: I know you’re glad I picked up Buddy Cops (Dark Horse) for you after your initial pass.
Buddy Cops #1
DM: Yeah it was all right I guess…
SC: “All right”? That’s quite an understatement, my friend! Sure, Buddy Cops–an hilarious one-shot from a publisher that has been making its name seem more and more ironic with each passing week–seemed to come out of nowhere. In fact, it was an “Oh, and by the way” recommendation from one of my shop guys. (That’s right: I have more than one.) There was room enough in my bag and a few bucks still smoldering in my pocket, so I went for it; and I was not disappointed. As promised, Nate Crosby and Evan Shaner deliver “da muthaf***in’ ruckus” in this crack-a-panel homage-slash-send up of the buddy cop genre. The ready-to-rumble, Wu-Tang spoutin’ Uranus and the electrode-in-the-mud T.A.Z.E.R. are on the case–three of ’em, in fact–and take on outrageous creatures (including, a ninety-foot-tall orangutan in a monk’s robe, who professes precariously, “da lord iss my sligshot,” while sitting atop a church) and social issues (Gay marriage! Arbortion!) in one giant “monsterswat!” They are Riggs and Murtaugh from Lethal Weapon; they are Carter and Lee from Rush Hour; they are Hammond and Cates from 48 Hours; they are Starsky and Hutch from, well, Starsky & Hutch–the T.V. show, dammit! But despite their being so obviously and so proudly derivative, they’re the freshest pair to hit the funny pages in recent memory. I laughed out loud and profess my love for this book even louder! And, borrowing from George Costanza, I say this with an unblemished record of staunch heterosexuality: I hope this isn’t the last I’ll get to see of Uranus.
DM: Ok, ok, it was funny. Yeesh! Even so, it wasn’t even the funniest book this week, at least for my money.
SC: Keep your dirty money!
DM: Would that I could. But the biggest barrel o’ laffs this week was Bravest Warriors #6 (kaboom!). This time out, our future science heroes are knee-deep in bazookas, beauty pageants and brain transplants; and that doesn’t even scratch the surface. Joey Comeau’s story takes beloved sci-fi tropes and makes mincemeat out of them. And having his hysterically depraved scenarios drawn by Mike Holmes in the faux-naive, child-friendly style of Adventure Time (saturated in pretty, pretty colors by Lisa Moore) just makes the whole thing seem so, so wrong. (Ditto Ryan Pequin’s giggle-inducing back-up story). The absurdity in this book is so ridiculous, it’s almost profound.
Of course the book that did more than any to bring science adventurers to the modern era was Jack Kirby and Stan Lee’s Fantastic Four. Emphasis on mod. After fifty-plus years of history, it’s easy to forget that these staples of the spinner rack were once downright cutting edge. As Pop Art was breaking the boundaries between ‘fine’ and ‘low’ art, Kirby was exploding the restrictive design of the comics page. In the midst of the Space Race, the costumed quartet were frequent fliers. And at the height of the British Invasion, Lee and Kirby gave comics its own Fab Four. Those early issues still crackle with energy and freshness. As the years wore on however, FF inevitably transitioned from zeitgeist to nostalgia, revolutionary to venerable.
Now Eric Stephenson and Nate Bellegarde have dusted off the elements that made FF great and reconfigured them (along with a whole bunch of other stuff) to create Nowhere Men (Image), a decidedly 21st century comic. The story (with the tagline ‘Science is the New Rock-N-Roll’) concerns four celebrity scientists (bearing more than a passing resemblance to The Beatles) who banded together in the ’60s, forming a mega-conglomerate called World Corp dedicated to the betterment of mankind. In the present however, they’ve long since gone their separate ways, due to ego clashes, differing visions, (sound familiar?) as well as mysterious circumstances that haven’t been fully revealed yet. One or all of them are also somehow involved in the fate of a space crew whose mission has somehow gone seriously awry.
Here the comparison to FF is particularly instructive: where Kirby and Lee, reflective of their age, presented a utopian faith in scientific progress, Stephenson and Bellegarde present a view that is, not cynical exactly, but knowing, tempered by an awareness of human weakness and fallibility. The innocence of scientific discovery for its own sake has been replaced by the reality of serving corporate profit. Technological advancement is understood as at least as destructive as it is creative. For example, in FF the group is testing an experimental rocket when they are struck by ‘cosmic rays’ endowing them with superpowers, which they promptly use to protect humanity (with the monstrous Thing serving as tragic, though still noble, counterpoint). In Nowhere Men, we have a group of scientists quarantined in a space station due to a ‘sickness’ they’ve contracted under mysterious circumstances. The effects of the sickness affect each individual randomly, even capriciously, as some are granted ‘abilities’ (as opposed to ‘superpowers’) while others undergo grotesque transformations that make the Thing look like Michael Caine in comparison. And some are in between (one of the more appealing characters seems to combine the brute strength and appearance of the Thing with the intellectual remove of Mr. Fantastic). Where one offered limitless promise, the other deals in disillusionment; even the title seems to suggest it.
This is far from a hopeless affair however. For one, the sheer inventiveness of the storytelling will not allow it. In addition to alternating between the past and present, Stephenson’s elliptical narrative is fragmented amongst various viewpoints. Only now, in this fourth issue, are its non-linear elements beginning to coalesce (I didn’t even feel comfortable reviewing the thing ’til now). But that’s not all. The very presentation of information is unorthodox. In the current issue for example, Stephenson thinks nothing of inserting three pages of prose – an excerpted ‘chapter’ from a tell-all history of World Corp – right in the middle of the action. This not only serves as a clever transition, but adds visual depth to the story, as the chapter is presented in a specific graphic style that convincingly suggests the late ’70s / early ’80s. Where FF‘s brash, boundary-breaking style was in keeping with the modern sensibilities of its era, Nowhere Men‘s approach is distinctly postmodern, befitting our own fractured time.
Which brings us to perhaps the most notable aspect of the book: its design. FF had the kinetic genius of Kirby’s art. Nowhere Men instead employs the principles of sophisticated modern graphic presentation. The clean, cold concision of Bellegarde’s art is impressive enough. But it is packaged, along with the aforementioned textual pieces, faux ads and information graphics, in a carefully considered manner that takes into account the comic book as an object. The refined aesthetic has been compared, aptly, to Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 masterpiece, 2001: A Space Odessey. Fonografiks, the company responsible for the look of the book, is really to be commended; I only wish the name of the specific designer was credited. The inside covers, the selection of fonts, the credits; all act in concert to create a visually immersive experience that reinforces the incidents of the story. When was the last time the design of a comic played such a concerted, integral role in the narrative?
FF has had any number of interesting runs over the years (Jonathan Hickman just finished up a pretty good one at that). But the true successor to Kirby and Lee’s vision, innovation and cultural relevance is Nowhere Men. Book of the Week.
Derek & Scott
Top 5 Comics – Jan 2013
Posted by dmainhart in 5 Comics You Should Be Reading
Abstract Studio, Alfred Hitchcock, Bravest Warriors, Dan Slott, Dark Horse, Ed Brubaker, Fatale, Fury: My War Gone By, Garth Ennis, Goran Parlov, H.P. Lovecraft, Image, Joey Comeau, kaboom!, Marvel Max, Marvel NOW!, Matt Kindt, Mike Holmes, Mind MGMT, Rachel Rising, Ryan Pequin, Ryan Stegman, Sean Phillips, Superior Spider-Man, Terry Moore
Preeeesenting the Top Five Comics of the new year! Top Five according to what criteria you may ask? Sales? Nope. Democratic process? Hell no! Blindfolded monkey? Interesting! Maybe in the future. But for now these are simply the books that tickled our fancy the most in the past 31 days. And while our reading list is impressive, it is by no means exhaustive. in other words, these are the Purely Subjective Favorites of the Books We Happened to Read. But Top 5 sounds better!
In reverse order, ’cause countdowns are fun:
5. Bravest Warriors #4 (kaboom!) – Our heroes get humiliated, decapitated and degraded, as their lifeless skulls are used to put on a puppet show. And that’s just the first five pages! Joey Comeau and Mike Holmes continue to dole out the delightful depravity. And the back up feature by Ryan Pequin: oh, what have you done to our most beloved Founding Father? I’ve said it before and i’ll say it again: despite its trappings, this comic ain’t for kids. But it is most certainly for me. (DM)
4. Fury My War Gone By #8 (Marvel) – Garth Ennis has struck gold with this series–our No. 9 book of 2012; and with #8, he digs even deeper and strikes, well, golder with a violent chorus of well-tuned voices and a series of choices that burns hotter than napalm. (SC)
3. Rachel Rising #13 (Abstract Studio) – Terry Moore’s charnel epic heats up as revenge most heinous is set in motion, even as the narrative takes a time-out for a fairy tale. Suspense, dark humor and semi-dead vixens in beautiful black and white. This comic is so cool it burns. (DM)
2. Mind MGMT #7 (Dark Horse) – W ho’s doing more between the covers than Matt Kindt? He’s a one-man creation crew with clear vision and the enviable ability to convey it–and all its wondrous complexity–with scintillating precision. And he knows he’s good, too: at the end of this issue, through Henry Lyme, who makes a promise to Meru, Kindt makes a solemn promise to his readers, me and you: “You’re going to get a hell of a good story.” I’d expect nothing less! That’s right, folks: our #3 book of 2012 is already staking its claim for the top spot of 2013. (SC)
1. Fatale #11 (Image) – No surprise that our No. 5 book of 2012 leapfrogs to the top spot this month. Ed Brubaker has been putting on a clinic of genre writing with this series, from 50’s noir to 70’s sleaze, and all with an undercurrent of Lovecraftian dread. This issue gives a nod to the pulp origins of our favorite medium, presenting a tale-within-a-tale involving occult shenanigans in the Old West. And what the hell? Frame it in Hitchcockian suspense for good measure. Sean Phillips has proven adept at keeping the tone deadly steady with his art, no matter what Brubaker throws at him. This one’s firing on all cylinders folks. Time to hop on board. (DM)
The Biggest Dis(appointment): Superior Spider-Man #2 (Marvel) – Give up the ghost, already.
So that’s our list folks! What’s yours?
Scott & Derek
Back and Forth: Vs.
Posted by dmainhart in Back and Forth, Microviews
Adventure Time, Adventure Time with Fionna & Cake, Albus Dumbledore, AvX, Bravest Warriors, Brian Michael Bendis, Cartoon Hangover, Colder, Courtney Crumrin, Dark Horse, Dark Shadows, Dave Stewart, Drago, Dynamite Entertainment, Ed Brubaker, Edgar Winter, Fatale, Francesco Francavilla, Fury: My War Gone By, Garth Ennis, Goran Parlov, Guiu Vilanova, IDW, Image, Joey Comeau, Jonathan Frid, Juan Ferreyra, Justin Ponsor, kaboom!, Mars Attacks Popeye, Martin Powell, Marvel, Marvel Max, Mike Holmes, Mike Raight, Natasha Allegri, Oni Press, Paul Tobin, Ray Dillon, Rocky, Sara Pichelli, Sean Phillips, Superman Vs. Muhammad Ali, Ted Naifeh, Terry Beatty, Ultimate Spider-Man, Warren Wucinich
Who doesn’t love a good fight? David Vs. Goliath! Rocky Vs. Drago! Lindsay Lohan Vs. Dignity! Comic books are replete with these classic donnybrooks, from the sublime (Superman Vs. Muhammad Ali) to the atrocious (Avengers Vs. X-Men). In that spirit, we present this weeks selections in a manner befitting the tenor of our times: steel-cage death-match! (Because, as we all know, art IS a competition!)
The Helter-Skelter Weight Bout: Dark Shadows #11 Vs. Fatale #11
Dark Shadows #11 (Dynamite): A relative unknown and the clear underdog in this match, going up against our #5 pick for the Top Books of 2012. But don’t underestimate this book – it’s got plenty of (ahem) bite! Both books involve occult forces, demonic possession and children in grave peril. But only this one has a werewolf in a cheap suit! Writer Mike Raight packs in plot twists aplenty, befitting the series’ soap operatic origins. But he wisely keeps the camp to a minimum, instead delivering genuine chills and moments of pathos. Guiu Vilanova’s art is properly moody and atmospheric. And how could you resist Francesco Francavilla’s classic cover, rendered in a style I like to call 1970s Gothic (and dedicated to Jonathan Frid, no less)? To all of this add not one, but TWO cliffhangers, and you’ve got one helluva horror book. (DM)
Fatale #11 (Image): I’ll tell you: I couldn’t be more thrilled by the fact that Ed Brubaker “started having ideas for more stories within this world” of Fatale because he hooked me hard–or maybe it was Josephine after all–and a limited series would’ve left me standing on the tracks like poor Officer Nelson. Poor Officer Nelson, indeed: I love how he’s left stepping toward the tracks as the narrative shifts to Jo’s meeting with “the writer,” Alfred Ravenscoft. His satanic tale of of innocence obliterated leaves Jo with more questions than answers, which leads her to push Alfred toward an audience with his mysterious, and ultimately monstrous, mother–and the book’s audience toward another Alfred and his mother: Hitchcock’s murderous matriarch from the classic thriller Psycho. Jo gets her meeting, but it doesn’t go as she had planned. Her escape lays the track for a terrific transition: as she speeds past a railroad crossing in search of an end to the madness, we come to find Officer Nelson, who’s looking to catch the next train in order to find an end of his own. Unfortunately for him, he’s “saved” by a few fellas who are in hot pursuit of Jo–including a couple bespectacled brutes with whom we’re far too familiar. At the end of the story, we’re left hanging with Alfred–only we’re still able to beg for more. All told, Fatale #11 is a perfectly constructed one-shot; in fact, it’s more than just a one-shot: it’s a damned deadly derringer. And with it, looks like the aforementioned Brubaker, Sean Phillips, and Dave Stewart are aiming to have their ticket to next year’s top ten punched plenty early. As one of the conductors of this little blog, I’m almost inclined to do it! Or maybe–just maybe–it’s Josephine, after all… (SC)
This one’s closer than you might think, but the winner (and Book of the Week): Fatale
The Featherweight Bout: Courtney Crumrin #8 Vs. Ultimate Spider-Man #19
Courtney Crumrin #8 (Oni): A couple of youngsters from our Junior Division, but what these two lack in experience, they make up for in chutzpah! Both series center around their teenage protagonists coming of age. Both feature fathers (or in this case father figures) who are not what their children thought they were. And both balance personal drama against a backdrop of conspiracy. Here, Courtney is on the run from her beloved Uncle Aloysius who just happens to be the most powerful wizard in her supernatural world. Creator Ted Naifeh nicely portrays Courtney’s world turned on its head as this once cocksure waif realizes how much she’d depended on her uncle and how his seeming betrayal has left her utterly lost. Her confusion and alienation mesh well with the larger story of adult compromise and corruption. Courtney’s world is getting more complicated and dangerous. Like the subtle color palette (employed by Warren Wucinich over Naifeh’s darkly expressive art) there are a lot of shades of grey. Naifeh’s compelling story depicts Courtney experiencing that common tragedy we all go through: becoming an adult. (DM)
Ultimate Spider-Man #19 (Marvel): OK. You know how when your wife invites your mother-in-law over for a a couple of days and you’re not super thrilled about it, and you put up with it because, technically, you love your wife enough to deal with the–supposedly–short stay? Yeah, that’s pretty much it–only it’s Venom who’s invading USM for Bendis knows how long. Sure, Miles and Ganke are always good together, like Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer; and the intrigue surrounding Miles’ dad is, well, intriguing. I even enjoyed J. Jonah Jameson’s defense of our post-Parker Spidey. But the insinuation of Venom just doesn’t do it for me. Sara Pichelli and Justin Ponsor’s splash on page 11, a startling disappointment considering their combined talents, pretty well sums the issue up for me: lackluster. No, it’s not awful, like most of the United We Stand nightmare; it’s just, well, what it is. Next please. (SC)
Courtney Crumrin has Aloysius, a cross between Albus Dumbledore and Edgar Winter. Ultimate Spider-Man has Venom. The winner: Courtney Crumrin
The Maim Event: Bravest Warriors #3 Vs. Colder #3
Bravest Warriors #3 (kaboom!): What are these two doing in the same match? Well, for one thing, in a coincidence of Jungian proportions, BOTH feature a demonic presence bursting violently out of someone’s body! See for yourself:
Scenes like this do raise the question of why Bravest Warriors, as part of the kaboom! line of books, is being marketed to children. Not that there’s anything truly objectionable, but the animated series is being touted more for adults. There is a vibe (and occasional risque joke) in both versions that suggests “Not for Kids”. I get that it’s part of the Adventure Time brand, but it IS odd seeing the “Cartoon Hangover” masthead on the cover of what is ostensibly a childrens’ comic. Griping aside, this comic has Adventure Time’s patented tone of adrenalized slackerdom down pat; if anything, Bravest Warriors takes itself even less seriously. Writer Joey Comeau keeps the action and jokes coming at a furious pace. Mike Holmes’ art is the perfect compliment, staying within the Adventure Time “house style” while composing dynamic panels (see above) that highlight the bizarre story. Speaking of which, with this issue’s unrelenting sad-zombie-clowns, and last issue featuring Danny vomiting live spiders(!!!) this story line is like my 5-year-old nightmare from Hell. Add in the genuine laughs and this book can only be described as: hysterrifying. (DM)
Colder #3 (Dark Horse): Unlike Fatale, this series is probably better off that it’s limited to five issues. The first issue was ice–with Paul Tobin’s inspired insanity and Juan Ferreyra’s stunning artwork–until Declan declares that “it’s time [he and Reece] had a talk.” That worried me a bit; it seemed like a sure misstep into sanity. The second issue had some bone-rattling moments, for sure–especially thanks to the perpetually frozen Ferreyra. Unfortunately, I wasn’t so taken by Declan’s declarations–and there were many of them. So, #3–well, at least we’re over the hump! The creative team kicks things off well enough with a certifiably crazy contest of hide and seek, punctuated by Nimble Jack’s aforementioned shedding of someone else’s skin in an effort to win the game. Inspired! After that, however, the book babbles along, albeit beautifully, at a glacial pace. Yup: Declan’s a drag. But a bunch of arms dragging Reece through the roof of a taxi? Now, that’s what I call ceiling the deal! The odds of my missing #4? Absolute zero. (SC)
One of these books is a horrific descent into madness. The other is Colder. The winner: Bravest Warriors
Battle of the Sexes!: Fury: My War Gone By #8 Vs. Adventure Time with Fionna & Cake #1
Adventure Time with Fionna and Cake #1 (kaboom!): What do these books have in common? Absolutely nothing! They couldn’t be more polar opposites! Let’s pit the grizzled, one-eyed war veteran against the little girl with the magic puppy and see what happens! Like Bravest Warriors, this book is an extension of kaboom!’s successful Adventure Time franchise. Inspired by the fan-favorite gender-switching episode, this series puts a girl’s spin on what is ostensibly a boy’s enterprise. And, like that episode, it pulls it off with panache. Written and illustrated by Natasha Allegri (who also works on the show), the story doesn’t take the easy route of having its female characters appear strong simply by acting like boys. Instead, the characters are imbued with recognizably feminine personalities (especially the irrepressible Cake) without sacrificing one whit of action or humor. Indeed, Allegri begins the book with a story-within-a-story that, in a few brief pages, achieves the grandeur of myth. She then abruptly shifts tone toward the everyday low-brow (de rigueur for Adventure Time). She never loses sight of the fairy-tale wonder of her story, however, and her expansive lay-outs imbue the proceedings with a larger-than-life quality to match. The result? Out of all the books in Adventure Time‘s growing family of titles, this one feels the most EPIC. (DM)
Fury: My War Gone By #8 (Marvel): Fionna and Cake vs. Fury and Castle? That seems fair. As I mentioned in my In Scott’s Bag post, I l-o-v-e the first page. Goran Parlov’s splash carries quite a message: war ain’t black and white, brother; it’s shades–maybe fifty of ’em, but who’s counting–of gray shrapnel shredding men to pieces. The narration casts a darker shadow, indeed, as the book’s–and Fury’s–antagonist explains–while Parlov shows–how Fury and Castle fell foolishly into his Viet Cong clutches. And that’s just the first two pages! As the story unfolds, General Ennis orders up an assault of ethical dilemmas and uncomfortable truths, all conveyed through perfectly calibrated conversations and culminating uncompromisingly in a multi-layered and minacious cliffhanger. Will Fury do Giap’s bidding in order to end the war? Will Castle do whatever it takes to keep the war from ending? Will the Americans blow them all to hell? Will Ms. Defabio blow them all to…? Well, speaking of cliffs: the most memorable moment: Castle tosses a wounded enemy soldier off a cliff to test a potential escape route. Fury concedes, “Not much of a splash.” Castle replies, “No. Only one way this can go now.” And what a way it is. (SC)
The winner: Fury. Boys always win! HA! (except for Courtney Crumrin I guess. oh, and Fatale…)
Finally, given our premise, I’d be remiss if I didn’t at least mention the following:
(written by Martin Powell with art by Terry Beatty)
Is it Shakespeare? No, it’s Popeye beating up Martians. If the concept alone (or the cover by Ray Dillon) isn’t enough to make you giddy with excitement then we is emenies and I challenges you to steel-cage fiskicuffs.
(Don’t worry. You’ll win.)
Scott and Derek
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Alexandra Blood
Executive Director, Mineral Resources, Department for Energy and Mining
Alex Blood is Executive Director Mineral Resources, within the South Australian Department for Energy and Mining, after joining in late 2017 from the private sector. Alexs experience spans state, national and global levels for a wide variety of mining, oil and gas, infrastructure and industrial projects across Australia, Papua New Guinea, Asia- Pacific and Africa interacting with lenders, governments, communities and a wide range of stakeholders. She is Chair of the Australian New Zealand Board for environmental professional certification and has held past global and national corporate sustainability, and technical advisory roles. In 2012 Alex was awarded Australian Environmental Practitioner of the Year, and has received a number of project technical awards.
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Holiday Kisses
It’s Not Christmas Without You
Part of the Holloway Series
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An anthology featuring four holiday classics:
A Rare Gift, by Jaci Burton
Mistletoe & Margaritas by Shannon Stacey
It’s Not Christmas Without You by HelenKay Dimon
This Time Next Year by Alison Kent
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Carrie Anders officially broke up with Austin Thomas when she accepted a dream job in the city. Unofficially, she misses him and is tempted to sneak back to her West Virginia hometown to see him. Austin’s been waiting for Carrie to realize she can’t live without him. But when he hears she’s not coming home for Christmas, he decides to take action. If Carrie won’t come to the country, he’s going to bring a piece of the country to Carrie—in the form of a Christmas tree lot just minutes from her apartment. Their attraction is as hot as ever, but with such contrary Christmas wishes, can either of them get what they really want this year?
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Female Friendships
Reunited Lovers
Small-Town
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Carrie Anders loved Christmas. The lights, the cookies, the holiday spirit, the cookies, the carols…the cookies. She’d spent every holiday of the last twenty-six years in Holloway, West Virginia, the small town a few miles from the Maryland border where she grew up and her parents and brother still lived. She planned on breaking her streak by staying in Washington, D.C., this year.
No big family dinner. No week off. Just one day at home in her tiny apartment before heading back to her shift at the museum. Though she loved the job, the idea of working over the holidays made her grumpy to the point of sneering. But keeping busy meant keeping her mind off the man she missed more each day instead of less.
That whole absence-makes-the-heart-grow-fonder thing? Yeah, that wasn’t her experience. Not if the constant dull ache in her chest was an indication. After months away from home, and him, she still felt the pull. She’d read all about eternal longing in books and thought it sounded dramatic. Now she lived it.
She’d be in a meeting or even brushing her teeth and her mind would wander back to the man who’d grabbed her heart when he was still a long-haired boy driving a muscle car. Good thing her mom had shipped two tins of sugar cookies for early holiday taste testing. They took her mind off everything else…for a second or two. Only broken edges remained, but Carrie kept eating. She may even have licked her finger then crunched it against the crumbs for a snack.
Rather than mope in a sea of cookie dust and dwell on that whole broken-heart thing, she buttoned her peacoat and went downstairs for some fresh Sunday air. Standing in the lobby of her apartment building, she stared at the empty lot across the street. Make that the formerly empty lot.
The corner at the end of the Whitehurst Freeway that separated the Foggy Bottom area of Washington, D.C., from its wealthy neighbor Georgetown now housed what looked like a misplaced forest. Hundreds of soon-to-be Christmas trees lined the small strip of grass usually reserved for resident dog walking. Something about the combination of dog poo and Christmas trees fit with her feelings about the holiday this year.
A string of white lights clipped to beams outlined the space in a square. A building about the size of a shed sat at the end closest to the street. As she watched, a man grabbed the trees from the stacks one-by-one and staked them upright.
Despite the chill and last night’s dusting of snow, he wore faded blue jeans and a half-tucked-in flannel shirt. His only nod to the weather was the combination of work boots and gloves, and those likely had more to do with the way he was throwing six-foot trees around than the icy air.
It was the first week of December. She’d been counting down the days until the lot opened because, by God, she’d have a tree even if she had to move her couch into the hallway to fit the tree in her five-hundred square foot apartment.
But it looked like she’d have to wait a few more hours until the lot was up and running. Maybe she’d grab a coffee and…
Her gaze went back to the guy and an unexpected heat rolled through her. Broad shoulders and a waist trim enough to make the hem of his shirt hang away from his body. The rip in his decade-old jeans right under his left butt cheek. The slight flap to the pocket where the thread lost its battle with time.
Oh, yeah. She knew that ass. Knew all of him, actually. Brown hair that brushed against his eyebrows, bright blue eyes and a stubborn streak to rival the obstinance of two eighty-year-old coal miners engaged in a political argument.
Austin Thomas. High school love, ex-boyfriend of six months who refused to stay ex, and the reason for the constant ache around her heart.
Her sneakers slipped against the slick sidewalk as she stumbled her way into a perfect furious stalk. Excitement and anger warred inside her with each breath. She tamped down on the white light of happiness that bloomed in her stomach just from seeing him and let the darker side of her emotions fuel her steps.
Five feet away, Austin spun around and shot her his best I’ve-been-waiting-for-you smile. The same one guaranteed to make her panties hit the floor and her common sense pack for vacation.
Oh, no. Not this time.
“What are you doing here?” She almost hated to look into his eyes because they possessed the super power of turning her witless.
“Working.”
He peeled off his gloves and tucked them in his back pocket. “No?”
“You’re not supposed to be here.” He got West Virginia in the break-up and she got D.C. She’d never said the parameters out loud, but she shouldn’t have to. Austin was an avowed city-hater. “We broke up.”
“Yeah, you’ve mentioned that.”
They’d been on-and-off since high school. Separate colleges led them to date other people. When they both landed back home in Holloway more than three years ago, the comfortable pattern of hanging out turned into dating and sex and finally something much deeper. Then the offer from the National Museum of Women in the Arts came and she had to choose between the life she never believed she wanted and the one she spent years dreaming about.
“This time was for good.” She played with the coat button right at her stomach, sliding her fingers over the plastic until she accidentally twisted it off.
“You said that a year ago, then we kept dating. You said it again six months ago when you left Holloway. You wrote me a note that time explaining why. You even emailed to confirm I received it.” He cleared his throat. “Very organized of you, by the way.”
Admittedly, the email may have been overkill but she had to keep saying they were over or neither of them would believe it. Ten minutes together and they fell into old patterns of hanging out and laughing on the couch then finding a soft bed, which explained why she’d put a full state between them this time around. A woman couldn’t be too careful when it came to the one man who made her forget everything else.
“If you remember what happened between us and how we’re over and all, why are you here?” she asked.
“This is a lucrative spot for selling trees.”
He actually delivered the line with a straight face. Carrie rolled her eyes anyway.
“You’re trying to tell me you schlepped all the trees and equipment from the farm for a few extra bucks?” When he tried to talk over her, she held up a finger. “That you walked away from the nursery and your work, and just so happened to end up in the lot across from my apartment.”
He smiled until the dimple she loved so much appeared in his cheek. “Uh, how about I say yes and leave it at that.”
“No.” She waved her finger at him this time. “That whole adorable thing you do, with your head falling to the side while you flash me a big smile and rock back on your heels, isn’t going to work this time.”
If possible, he got even cuter. “I can live with that since we’ve established you still think I’m hot.”
“I said adorable.”
“I’m pretty sure I heard the word hot.”
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Ireland and Scotland sign MoU on cultural heritage and climate action
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The Government of Ireland and the Scottish Government have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on cultural heritage and climate action.
The press release explains:
“Climate change is one of the most urgent and significant threats facing cultural heritage globally today. Ireland and Scotland share similar hazards: both are exposed to more intense storms, coastal erosion and sea-level rise along Atlantic coastlines, while our northern climates now experience increased precipitation in winter and increased risk of drought in summer. Irish and Scottish archaeological sites and monuments and architectural heritage share many characteristics in their materials and construction methods.”
Malcolm Noonan, Minister of State for Heritage and Electoral Reform at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, said:
“Ireland and Scotland have long-standing and close cultural, political, economic, and community ties, and both the Government of Ireland and the Scottish Government are committed to deepening Irish-Scottish cooperation. It is an action of my Department’s Sectoral Adaptation Plan to cooperate actively with international partners and I welcome the opportunity the Memorandum of Understanding will give us to share knowledge, experiences, data and best practices with our friends and colleagues in Scotland in order to protect our cultural heritage and tackle climate change.”
David Mitchell, Head of Conservation at Historic Environment Scotland, said:
“Climate change threatens the historic environment in Scotland and Ireland in very similar ways, and it is crucial that we work together to face these shared challenges. I’m very pleased to welcome this Memorandum of Understanding which will strengthen our partnership with Irish colleagues and provide new opportunities to share our expertise as we continue working to better understand and address the impacts of climate change on our historic places.”
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“In the face of climate change, the need for transboundary cooperation is increasingly imperative. Both the Government of Ireland and the Scottish Government have declared a climate emergency and recognise the central role that cultural heritage can play in driving climate action and in supporting communities to make a just transition towards climate resilience. The commitment of both governments to address the role of cultural heritage in climate action is represented in the recent publications of Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage’s Built and Archaeological Heritage Climate Change Sectoral Adaptation Plan 2019 and Historic Environment Scotlands’s Climate Action Plan 2020-2025.”
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Does Anyone Care About Shutdowns or the Debt?
Posted: September 19, 2019 | By: Runal A. Patel Tagged: Blog
On September 8th, former South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford announced his entry to the Republican presidential primary—a direct challenge to the Republican incumbent, President Donald Trump. Sanford became the third such Republican to do so after former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld and former U.S. Representative Joe Walsh of Illinois. In a video, Sanford explained that he was motivated to run by the nation’s ballooning $16.7 trillion debt. He said, “we’re heading towards the most predictable financial crisis in the history of our country” and decried the lack of Republican leadership on these pressing fiscal issues.
But is there a market for Sanford’s fiscal conservatism? According to a CNN/Des Moines Register/Mediacom poll from March of this year, 81 percent of Iowa Republicans approve of the president’s performance in office. And yet this president has called himself the “King of Debt” and has raised the level of debt held by the public by over $2.3 trillion. If there ever was a base for Sanford’s fiscal hawkishness, it seems to have all but disappeared among ordinary Republicans.
But it isn’t just the national debt that’s a ticking fiscal time bomb. At the end of this month, the United States will begin a new fiscal year. And yet, Congress and the president haven’t enacted a single appropriations bill to fund the government in the new fiscal year. On Thursday, September 19, the House of Representatives passed a continuing resolution to fund the government at the same levels until November 21 in order to prevent a government shutdown. But there’s no guarantee this bill will make it through the Republican-controlled Senate and White House.
This sort of fiscal jeopardy has been commonplace in Washington—but it has real effects all across America, including here in Iowa. When the U.S. Department of Agriculture was shut down for over a month in the most recent government shutdown, Iowa farmers felt the pain of having delayed tariff assistance checks and missing government reports. Also in the last shutdown, Americans were unable to buy or renew policies from the National Flood Insurance Program all while major flooding ravaged the Midwest. And as places like Pottawattamie County, Iowa, currently deal with additional flooding, these programs need to stay up-and-running to prevent crises from getting out of hand. More so, there are over eight thousand federal employees in Iowa, most of whom would have to stay at home, furloughed during a government shutdown.
If constant fiscal fights and a forthcoming federal debt crisis seem to be major issues of our modern politics…why does it seem like no one is talking about it? According to the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, there have been no questions about debt or deficits posed to the Democratic candidates for president in any of the debates so far. Furthermore, there was no example that I could find of a Democratic candidate for president being asked about debt or deficits on the ground here in Iowa. And when I asked around the Iowa Caucus Project, no one could recall hearing a question about these fiscal issues either.
This isn’t to say some candidates aren’t discussing these issues—Mark Sanford certainly is—as is former Vice President Joe Biden, U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, and South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg. But the problem is that these issues go beyond the Beltway and affect real people living in places like Iowa. What will it take for us to confront issues like this head-on?
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Trump Supporters Wave Guns Around Country Days Before Inauguration
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Armed supporters of President Trump descended on state capitals nationwide today as members of the anti-government Boogaloo Boys brandished semi-automatic weapons near the Michigan State Capitol while Washington, DC,...
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America’s new president Joe Biden will lay a wreath at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery shortly after he takes the oath of office with former Presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush...
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BYU Cougs in the news: Davies, Abouo deliver dominating performances in big wins; Collinsworth has solid night for Mavericks
April 6, 2018 jmoney34 basketball, Brandon Davies, BYU, BYU basketball, BYU Cougars, Charles Abouo, Kyle Collinsworth, Uncategorized Leave a comment
Brandon Davies has caught fire on the offensive end of the floor at exactly the right time of year.
The former BYU big man had his biggest performance in EuroLeague action on Friday as Zalgiris Kaunas came from behind to knock off Olympiacos, 86-85.
Davies finished with a game-high 18 points on 4-for-7 shooting from the floor and 10-for-11 from the free-throw line. He added EuroLeague bests of six rebounds and four steals while adding an assist and a massive block in 22:56.
The EuroLeague Twitter account shared video of the huge block.
Good defense leads to BIG offense for @bczalgiris 👀#7DAYSMagicMoment pic.twitter.com/sfZYZCrlGR
— EuroLeague (@EuroLeague) April 6, 2018
Davies was especially good during the fourth quarter when he collected a pair of huge steals and scored seven straight points for Zalgiris from the foul line to tie the game.
It was his 12th time scoring in double figures in EuroLeague play, including six times in the last nine games.
In 30 games, Davies is averaging 8.4 points on 57 percent shooting from the field and 86.9 percent from the foul line to go along with 3.2 rebounds in 15:58.
With the win, Zalgiris improved to 18-12 in EuroLeague action and secured the No. 6 seed in the playoffs where they will face off with Olympiacos once again.
Abouo had big game in tight win
Charles Abouo had another great game on Friday as FOS Provence held on to beat Le Havre, 82-81.
Abouo earned the game’s MVP in the win after totaling a game-high 24 points on 10-for-16 shooting from the floor, including 2-for-3 from beyond the arc and 2-for-2 from the foul line. He added eight rebounds, three assists and two steals in 30 minutes.
In 27 games, he is averaging 13.4 points on 45.5 percent shooting with 4.4 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.8 steals in 28.2 minutes.
Collinsworth has solid night in loss
Kyle Collinsworth had another solid outing on Friday night as the Dallas Mavericks lost to the Detroit Pistons in overtime, 113-106.
The former BYU guard managed four points on 50 percent shooting while adding three assists, two blocks and a rebound in 19 minutes.
Collinsworth did almost all of his damage late in the game while playing the whole fourth quarter and overtime. His first basket of the game came early in the fourth on a layup that the cut the Pistons lead to one. His other bucket came later in the quarter when he connected on a mid range jumper to tie the game at 93.
In 30 games, he is averaging 3.0 points, 3.1 rebounds and 1.6 assists in 14.3 minutes.
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Graphene: The New Superman of Materials
By Shelby Rogers
Graphene had an exceptional year in 2016. The material became a superconductor. It strengthened new innovations. It even started to change color. However, graphene has one more surprise in store.
A new study proved that graphene's electrons react faster than previously thought. Thus, graphene can handle far more electrical current than other materials, solidifying its place as the go-to electronic building block.
A team from Austria's Institute of Applied Physics at TU Wien showed just how quick the electrons in graphene can be. The impact of xenon ions with a highly-charged graphene film caused electrons to be stripped from a spot. Each xenon atom can remove 20 electrons in any one area. Given that each carbon atom only has six electrons, the xenon could've easily ruined graphene's stability.
[Image Source: Gruber et al, Eurekalert]
"The current density is around 1,000 times higher than that which would lead to the destruction of the material under normal circumstances," said one of the researchers, Elisabeth Gruber,
What shocked researchers was the material's ability to replace the electrons in those spots in just femtoseconds (one quadrillionth of a second).
In any other material, the electrons would move to patch the gaps and restore stability. However, it wouldn't happen fast enough and the material's structure would effectively be compromised. Team member Richard Wilhelm from the Helmholtz-Centre Dresden-Rossendorf in Germany explained it as such:
"What you would expect to happen now is for these positively charged carbon ions to repel one another, flying off in what is called a Coulomb explosion and leaving a large gap in the material. But astoundingly, that is not the case. The positive charge in the graphene is neutralized almost instantaneously."
Graphene's structure is comprised of one-atom-thick carbon in a lattice network. On a nano scale, it displays some incredible properties. Graphene can serve as a superconductor. It's incredibly strong and hard, yet flexible for production. However, no one has yet to pinpoint exactly where graphene gets these traits.
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Despite not knowing all of the substance's mysteries, the researchers hope to utilize these properties in highly efficient electronics.
"The hope is that for this very reason, it will be possible to use graphene to build ultra-fast electronics. Graphene also appears to be excellently suited for use in optics, for example in connecting optical and electronic components," said lead researcher Professor Fritz Aumayr.
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CUCBM plans to build long-distance CBM pipeline
Shanghai. May 28. INTERFAX-CHINA - China United Coalbed Methane Co. Ltd. (CUCBM), a major Chinese coalbed methane (CBM) developer, is planning to build a pipeline to expand its operations into China's central regions, Chinese media reported on May 27.
According to 21st Century Economic Herald, CUCBM plans to build a long-distance pipeline that will run from its primary CMB production bases in Shanxi Province's Qinshui Basin through four central provinces to Jiangxi Province.
Zhang Zhenghe, deputy director of CUCBM's Operations Department, told the paper that the 1,000-kilometer pipeline will have an annual transmission capacity of 4 billion cubic meters.
According to Zhang, the planning stages of the project will be finished this year, with construction slated to begin in 2012. The company may extend the pipeline to southwestern and southeastern regions, but Zhang declined to provide further details about the project when contacted by Interfax on May 28.
Up until 2008, CUCBM held exclusive rights to cooperate with foreign companies in CBM fields. Those rights were voided by the central government when it shifted its focus to promoting domestic development of the CBM sector.
Currently, China only has one trans-regional CBM pipeline, which stretches from Shanxi Province to Henan Province. The pipeline has an annual transmission capacity of 2 billion cubic meters and will commence operations this July.
CNPC also has an operational CBM transmission pipeline within Shanxi that spans from the Qinshui Basin to the first phase of the West-East Gas Pipeline (WEP I).
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THE EPITECH BOOTSTRAP SUMMER 2017, A TOP BOOTCAMP
The third Epitech Bootstrap Summer came to a close on Friday in Disneyland to end the IONIS Group Summer School on a glorious high. The camp was attended by 32 students from Epitech partner universities all over the world. It lasted 3 weeks and ended with the students presenting their group project which had been designed and built at the school’s Innovation Hub. The presentations were held on July 20th followed by the attendees being awarded “certificates of completion”.
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True to the “school’s guidelines” – work hard, play smart and have fun – the summer camp was buzzing with energy, especially on Thursday. Flavian Gontier, (Epitech class of 2021) one of the Bootstrap Summer’s supervisors alongside Thomas Navennec (class of 2019), two residents of the school’s Innovation Hub, did acknowledge that “it wasn’t all that easy at the start with so many different nationalities and cultures and nobody knowing each other. Even some of the Korean group had no knowledge of each other as they came from 2 different universities. But everyone got on well by the end of camp. And the camp went really well for us too.”
(Attendees at the start of the Epitech Bootstrap Summer 2017)
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We should mention that following the same tests and repetitions as we do at the school, this format is starting to run smoothly: attendees always start by diving into a mini Pool C. They then begin the second week at the Innovation Hub to “brainstorm” and soak up group work methods, namely design thinking with workshops and “work labs”. They also started handling popular hardware among tinkerers and other makers – Arduino, Raspberry Pi, sensors etc. The attendees finalised their projects in the third week.
“This year’s Summer School theme was home automation,” says Thomas. “If they didn’t want to do it then some of them did what they wanted but most of them went with the IoT. For example, the team of 3 Russians researched how to control sensors using HoloLens: you could switch lights on/off, adjust the temperature or turn music on/off in the room using augmented reality. They learnt how to handle electronic controllers with HoloLens and, in terms of home automation, that’s really fascinating…”
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Nikita Elizarov, a 4th year “Innovation” course student at Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics back for his second time at an Epitech Bootstrap Summer, was one of three members of the team focusing on HoloLens: “we asked to work with HoloLens, I was really excited about the idea of using the new technology. I’d read a lot about these AR glasses but I’d never actually seen them so I couldn’t wait to work on them with my friends.”
The benefits of group work
“We spent 2 weeks together and as someone who is used to working alone, it’s been a really positive change. You progress far more quickly by cooperating and helping each other. On your own you can’t see what else you can do, you’re restricted; with colleagues on a project, we push each other so we can all go further.”
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One of the Bootstrap Summer’s standout figures, Yuhang Liao, a computer science student at Brockport College, also loved Epitech’s signature training method, “our teachers weren’t involved, our supervisors didn’t tell us to “do this or do that”, they just guided us and it was up to us to find solutions. For example, we wrote the entire software and lines of code ourselves on our “Gamebox” project. I think the way of learning was incredibly interesting.”
“Gamebox” saw Yuhan and his colleagues review “this arcade game” says Flavian “which had been explored in-depth by a group of e-artsup students who spent the whole spring working at the Innovation Hub: they’re the ones who began the project and did the laser cut-outs on Plexiglas but they only had time to position the buttons and not connect them electronically. So Yuhang and his colleagues had to handle 12 buttons, 2 joysticks and connect a screen to everything using an Arduino…They did an enormous amount of work, especially since they’d never dealt with electronics. Even we wouldn’t have been any quicker than them…”.
Yuhang also really made his mark: “For me,” Flavian recalls, “the highlight of Bootstrap Summer was when Yuhang was testing the sound sensor with shrieks that pierced the entire Hub to reach the maximum decibels… “. “My highlight was when, on the same project, they decided to play the Mario music on a loop as soon as the machine was plugged into the mains on the buzzer that you couldn’t switch off…So everyone was humming Mario for the last four days,” laughs Thomas.
The thirty-odd motley crew didn’t just work non-stop. They visited Paris, the Eiffel Tower, the Château de Versailles, went down the Seine in a bateau mouche, visited the Bastille at night and took a guided tour of the Microsoft France campus. “It’s my first time in Paris, it’s an amazing city,” Yuhan tells us (in case you didn’t know)…And now that the format has found its feet, we can announce that next summer Epitech is hosting an Epitech Bootstrap Camp in its national network’s 12 cities.
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Question 1. What Is Consumer Behaviour?
It is broadly the study of individuals, or organisations and the processes consumers use to search, select, use and dispose of products, services, experience, or ideas to satisfy needs and its impact on the consumer and society.
Question 2. Customers Versus Consumers?
The term ‘customer’ is specific in terms of brand, company, or shop. It refers to person who customarily or regularly purchases particular brand, purchases particular company’s product, or purchases from particular shop. Thus a person who shops at Bata Stores or who uses Raymonds clothing is a customer of these firms. Whereas the ‘consumer’ is a person who generally engages in the activities – search, select, use and dispose of products, services, experience, or ideas.
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Question 3. What Are Consumer Motives?
Consumer has a motive for purchasing a particular product. Motive is a strong feeling, urge, instinct, desire or emotion that makes the buyer to make a decision to buy. Buying motives that are defined as ‘those influences or considerations which provide the impulse to buy, induce action or determine choice in the purchase of goods or service. These motives are generally controlled by economic, social, psychological influences etc.
Question 4. What Are The Motives Which Influence Purchase Decision?
The buying motives may be classified into two:
Product Motives
Question 5. What Are The Product Motives?
Product motives may be defined as those impulses, desires and considerations which make the buyer purchase a product.
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Question 6. What Are The Two Types Of Product Motives?
Emotional Product Motives
Rational Product Motives
Question 7. What Are Emotional Product Motives?
Emotional Product Motives are those impulses which persuade the consumer on the basis of his emotion. The buyer does not try to reason out or logically analyse the need for purchase. He makes a buying to satisfy pride, sense of ego, urge to initiate others, and his desire to be unique.
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Question 8. What Are The Rational Product Motives?
Rational Product Motives are defined as those impulses which arise on the basis of logical analysis and proper evaluation. The buyer makes rational decision after chief evaluation of the purpose, alternatives available, cost benefit, and such valid reasons.
Question 9. What Are The Patronage Motives?
Patronage motives may be defined as consideration or impulses which persuade the buyer to patronage specific shops. Just like product motives.
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Question 10. What Are The Two Types Of Patronage Motives?
Emotional Patronage Motives
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Question 11. What Are The Emotional Patronage Motives?
Emotional Patronage Motives those that persuade a customer to buy from specific shops, without any logical reason behind this action. He may be subjective for shopping in his favourite place.
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Question 12. What Are The Rational Patronage Motives?
Rational Patronage Motives are those which arise when selecting a place depending on the buyer satisfaction that it offers a wide selection, it has latest models, offers good after-sales service etc.
Question 13. What Is The Need For Study Of Consumer Behaviour?
The study of consumer behaviour helps everybody as all are consumers. It is essential for marketers to understand consumers to survive and succeed in this competitive marketing environment. The following reasons highlight the importance of studying consumer behaviour as a discipline.
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Question 14. What Consumer Behaviour Importance In Day To Day Life?
The purpose of studying a discipline is to help oneself to better appreciate its contributions. The reason to study consumer behaviour is because of the role it plays in the lives of humans. Most of the free time is spent in the market place, shopping or engaging in other activities. The extra time is usually passed in knowing and thinking about products and services, discussing with friends about them, and watching advertisements related to them. The usage of them significantly reveals our life styles. All these reasons suggest the need for study. However, the purpose may be to attend immediate and tangible reasons.
Question 15. What Is Organisational Buyer Versus Individual Buyer?
The obvious difference between industrial or institutional markets and consumer markets is that, instead of purchases being made for individual consumption industrial markets are made for business use. There are several factors that differentiate consumer markets and their buying behaviour from organizational market and their buying behaviour.
The key factors of differentiation are:
Market Structure and Demand
Buyer Characteristics
Decision Process and Buying Patterns
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Question 16. What Is Market Structure And Demand?
The distinguishing factors of market structure and demand are as follows:
In organizations buyers are more geographically concentrated than consumer markets.
Organisational buyers are fewer in number but they are bulk buyers compared to individual buyers.
Organisational buyer markets are either vertical or horizontal. In vertical structures they cater only one or two industries, whereas in horizontal structure the buyer base is too broad.
Organisational demand is derived from consumer demand. The nature of the demand is fluctuational and inelastic.
Question 17. What Are The Buyer Characteristics?
The distinguishing factors of buyer characteristics are as follows:
Many individuals or group involvement is seen in decision making process.
Organisational buyers are quite knowledgeable and professional.
The buying motive is mostly rational than individual buyer.
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Question 18. What Are The Decision Process And Buying Patterns?
The major differences are as follows:
In organizational buying lot of formalities like proposals, quotations, procedures are to be followed unlike consumer buying.
Decision process is much complex with high financial risk, technical aspects, multiple influencing factors etc.
Organizational buying requires more extensive negotiation over larger time period than consumer buying.
Question 19. What Is The Consumer Involvement?
Some consumers are characterized as being more involved in products and shopping than others. A consumer who is highly involved with a product would be interested in knowing a lot about it before purchasing. Hence he reads brochures thoroughly, compares brands and models available at different outlets, asks questions, and looks for recommendations. Thus consumer involvement can be defined as heightened state of awareness that motivates consumers to seek out, attend to, and think about product information prior to purchase.
Question 20. What Are The Causes Of Consumer Involvement?
The factors that influences consumer involvement include personal, product and situational.
Personal Factors: Self-concept, needs, and values are the three personal factors that influence the extent of consumer involvement in a product or service.
Product Factors: The consumer involvement grows as the level of perceived risk in the purchase of a good or service increases. It is likely that consumers will feel more involved in the purchase of their house than in the purchase of tooth paste, it is a much riskier purchase.
Situational Factors: The situation in which the product is brought or used can generate emotional involvement. The reason for purchase or purchase occasion affects involvement.
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Question 21. What Are The Types Of Involvement?
The two types of involvement are:
Involvement has various facets of consumer behaviour such as search for information, information processing, and information transmission.
Situational Involvement
Situational involvement is temporary and refers to emotional feelings of a consumer, experiences in a particular situation when one thinks of a specific product.
Enduring Involvement
Enduring involvement is persistent over time and refers to feelings experienced toward a product category across different situations.
Question 22. What Are The Effects Of Consumer Involvement?
Involvement with the product makes consumers process product-related information more readily. This information is processed thoroughly, hence, it is retained for a long time. Because of this the consumers become emotionally high and tend to engage in extended problem solving and word- of-mouth communications. These result into three categories: search for information, processing information, and information transmission.
Question 23. What Is Processing Of Information?
Processing of information means depth of comprehension, extent of cognitive elaboration, and the extent of emotional arousal of information as discussed below.
Question 24. What Is Depth Of Comprehension
Highly involved customers tend to process product information at deeper levels of understanding than the ones with low involvement. For example educated parents in urban areas are highly involved in baby food purchase decisions than rural uneducated parents. They also retain this information for long time. In this case marketers need to provide information cues to help the consumers to retrieve information from memory. But when the target is low involvement consumers, marketers should make the necessary information as accessible as possible at the time of selection and buying of the product.
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Question 25. What Is Extent Of Cognitive Elaboration?
Highly involved customers think more about product choices than consumers with low involvement. Their deep understanding involves support arguments and / or counter arguments. That is, highly involved consumers tend to generate cognitive responses either in support of the product information or against the information provided by the marketers.
Question 26. What Is Level Of Emotional Arousal?
Highly involved consumers are more emotional than less involved consumers. The highly involved react more strongly to the product-related information which may act for or against marketers. This is because the negative interpretation is likely to be exaggerated more number of times causing the customers to reject the product.
Question 27. What Is Information Transmission?
Transmission of information is the extent to which greatly involved customers send information about the product to others. This is done usually through wordof- mouth communication. The researchers have shown that if consumers are highly involved they talk about the product frequently than others. Satisfied consumers are likely to speak favourable about the product, while unsatisfied speak negatively. Therefore, marketers catering to highly involved consumers should attempt to enhance consumer satisfaction and decrease dissatisfaction. For example, customer happy with ONIDA television communicates the same to others through word-of-mouth.
Question 28. What Are The Models Of Consumer Involvement?
There are four prominent models of consumer behaviour based on involvement which help marketers in making strategic decision particularly in marketing communication related strategies.
The four models are as follows.
Low Involvement Learning Model
Learn-Feel-Do Hierarchy model
Level of Message Processing Model
Product versus Brand Involvement Model
Question 29. What Is Low Involvement Learning Model?
Low Involvement products are those which are at low risk, perhaps by virtue of being inexpensive, and repeatedly used by consumers. Marketers try to sell the products without changing the attitudes of consumers. New product beliefs replace old brand perceptions. Marketers achieve low–involvement learning through proper positioning. For example, writing pen with the ‘uninterrupted flow’, and tooth paste with ‘mouth wash’ positioning attracts new consumers.
Question 30. What Is Learn-feel-do Hierarchy Model?
Buying decisions vary according to the way there are taken. Some decisions are taken with lot of thinking, others are taken with great feelings. Some are made through force of habit and others are made consciously. The learn-feel-do hierarchy is simple matrix that attributes consumer choice to information (learn), attitude (feel), and behaviour (do) issues.
Question 31. What Is High Involvement / High Thinking?
Purchases in first quadrant require more information, both because of the importance of the product to the consumer and thinking issues related to the purchases. Major purchases such as cars, houses and other expensive and infrequently buying items come under this category. The strategy model is learn-feel-do. Marketers have to furnish full information to get consumer acceptance of the product.
Question 32. What Is The High Involvement / High Feeling?
The purchase decisions in second quadrant involve less of information than feeling. Typical purchases tied to self-esteem- jewelry, apparel, cosmetics and accessories come under this category. The strategy model is feel-learn-do. To encourage purchases marketers must approach customers with emotion and appeal.
Question 33. What Is Low Involvement / Low Feeling?
The purchases in this quadrant are motivated primarily by the need to satisfy personal tastes, many of which are influenced by self-image. Products like news paper, soft drinks, Liquor etc., fall under this category. Group influences often lead to the purchase of these items. The strategy model is do-feel-learn. It helps marketers to promote products through reference groups and other social factors.
Question 34. What Is Low Involvement / Low Thinking?
It involves less in thinking and more of habitual buying. Products like stationery, groceries, food etc., fall under this category. Over a period of time any product can fall in this segment. The role of information is to differentiate any ‘point of difference’ from competitors. Brand loyalty may result simply from the habit. The strategy model is do-learn-feel. It suggests that marketers induce trial through various sales promotion techniques.
Question 35. What Is Level Of Message Processing Model?
Consumer attention to advertisements or any other marketing communication depends on four levels of consumer involvement: Preattention, focal attention, comprehension and elaboration. Each calls for different level of message processing. Pre-attention demands only limited message processing – the consumer only identifies the product. Focal attention involves basic information as product name on use. In comprehension level the message is analysed, through elaboration the content of the message is integrated with other information that helps to build attitude towards the product. It is suggested that marketers make advertisements which can induce elaboration.
Question 36. What Is The Product Versus Brand Involvement Model?
Sometimes consumer is involved with the product category but may not be necessarily involved with the particular brand or vice versa. For example, house wives know more about kitchen ware but may not know the details of various brands.
Question 37. Product Or Particular Brand, Consumer Types Can Be Divided Into Four Categories,what Are Those?
According to the consumer involvement in either product or particular brand, consumer types can be divided into four categories as described below.
Brand Loyals
Information Seekers
Routine Brand Buyers
Brand Switching
Question 38. What Is Brand Loyals?
These consumers are highly involved with both the product category and with particular brand. For example, cigarette smokers and paper readers fall in this category.
Question 39. Who Are Information Seekers?
These buyers are involved more with product category but may not have preferred brand. They are likely to see information to decide a particular brand. For examples, air-conditioners and washing machine buyer
s fall under this category.
Question 40. Who Are Routine Brand Buyers?
These consumers are not highly involved with the product category but may be involved with the particular brand with in that category. They have low emotional attachment with the product category and tied mainly with their brand. For example users of particular brand of soap for years, regular visitors to particular restaurant fall in this category.
Question 41. What Is Brand Switching?
Consumers in this category have no emotional attachment either with product category or any brand with in it. They typically respond to price. For example stationery items, fashion products come under this category.
Question 42. What Is Consumer Decision Making Process?
The consumer decision making process involves series of related and sequential stages of activities. The process begins with the discovery and recognition of an unsatisfied need or want. It becomes a drive. Consumer begins search for information. This search gives rise to various alternatives and finally the purchase decision is made. Then buyer evaluates the post purchase behaviour to know the level of satisfaction.
Question 43. What Are The Steps In Decision Making Process?
STEPS IN DECISION MAKING PROCESS
Need Recognition
Information Search
Evaluation of Alternatives
Purchase Decision
Post-Purchase Behaviour
Question 44. What Is The Need Recognition?
When a person has an unsatisfied need, the buying process begins to satisfy the needs. The need may be activated by internal or external factors. The intensity of the want will indicate the speed with which a person will move to fulfill the want. On the basis of need and its urgency, forms the order of priority. Marketers should provide required information of selling points.
Question 45. What Is Information Search?
Identified needs can be satisfied only when desired product is known and also easily available. Different products are available in the market, but consumer must know which product or brand gives him maximum satisfaction. And the person has to search out for relevant information of the product, brand or location. Consumers can use many sources e.g., neighbors, friends and family. Marketers also provide relevant information through advertisements, retailers, dealers, packaging and sales promotion, and window displaying. Mass media like news papers, radio, and television provide information. Now a days internet has become an important and reliable source of information. Marketers are expected to provide latest, reliable and adequate information.
Question 46. What Is The Evaluation Of Alternatives?
This is a critical stage in the process of buying. Following are important elements in the process of alternatives evaluation
A product is viewed as a bundle of attributes. These attributes or features are used for evaluating products or brands. For example, in washing machine consumer considers price, capacity, technology, quality, model and size.
Factors like company, brand image, country, distribution network and after-sales service also become critical in evaluation.
Marketers should understand the importance of these factors to consumers of these factor to consumers while manufacturing and marketing their products.
Question 47. What Is The Purchase Decision?
Outcome of the evaluation develops likes and dislikes about alternative products or brands in consumers. This attitude towards the brand influences a decision as to buy or not to buy. Thus the prospective buyer heads towards final selection. In addition to all the above factors, situational factors like finance options, dealer terms, falling prices etc., are also considered.
Question 48. What Is The Post- Purchase Behaviour?
This behaviour of consumer is more important as for as marketer is concerned. Consumer gets brand preference only when that brand lives up to his expectation. This brand preference naturally repeats sales of marketer. A satisfied buyer is a silent advertisement. But, if the used brand does not yield desired satisfaction, negative feeling will occur and that will lead to the formation of negative attitude towards brand. This phenomenon is called cognitive dissonance. Marketers try to use this phenomenon to attract user of other brands to their brands. Different promotional-mix elements can help marketers to retain his customers as well as to attract new customers.
Question 49. What Are The Consumer Decision Rules?
These are generally referred to as information processing strategies. These are procedures that help consumers to evaluate various options and reduce the risk of making complex decisions by providing the guidelines.
Decision rules have been broadly classified into two categories :
Compensatory Decision Rules
Noncompensarory Decision Rules
Question 50. What Are The Compensatory Decision Rules?
Consumers evaluate brand or model in terms of each attribute and computes a weighted score for each brand. The computed score reflects the brand’s relative merit as a potential purchase choice. The assumption is that consumer will select the brand that scores highest among alternative brands. The unique feature of this rule is that it balances the positive evaluation of a brand on one attribute to balance out a negative evaluation on some other attribute. For example, positive attribute like high fuel efficiency is balanced with the negative evaluation of high maintenance cost.
Question 51. What Are The Noncompensarory Decision Rules?
In contrast to the above rule noncompensatory rules do not allow consumers to balance positive evaluation of a brand on one attribute against negative evaluation on some other attribute.
How Many Types Of Noncompensatory Rules? What Are They?
There are three types of noncompensatory rule:
Conjunctive Decision Rule
Disjunctive Rule
Lexicographic Decision Rule
Question 53. What Is The Conjunctive Decision Rule?
In conjunctive decision rule the consumer establishes a different, minimally acceptable level as a cut off point for each attribute. In this the option is eliminated for further consideration if a specific brand or model falls below the cut off point on any attribute.
Question 54. What Is Disjunctive Rule?
It is the ‘mirror image’ of conjunctive rule. Here the consumer establishes a separate minimally acceptable cut off level for each attribute. In this case if an option meets or exceeds the cut off establishes for any one attribute it is accepted.
Question 55. What Is Lexicographic Decision Rule?
In this rule the consumer initially ranks the attributes in terms of perceived relevance or importance. Later he compares different alternatives in terms of the single attribute that is considered most important. On this top ranked alternative, regardless of the score on any other attribute, if one option scores sufficiently high it is selected and the process ends.
Question 56. What Are The Levels Of Consumer Decision Making?
The consumer decision making process is complex with varying degree. All purchase decisions do not require extensive effort.
On continuum of effort ranging from very high to very low, it can be distinguished into three specific levels of consumer decision making:
Extensive Problem Solving ( EPS )
Limited Problem Solving ( LPS )
Routine Problem Solving ( RPS )
Question 57. What Is Extensive Problem Solving ( Eps )?
When consumers buy a new or unfamiliar product it usually involves the need to obtain substantial information and a long time to choose. They must form the concept of a new product category and determine the criteria to be used in choosing the product or brand.
Question 58. What Is Limited Problem Solving ( Lps )?
Sometimes consumers are familiar with both product category and various brands in that category, but they have not fully established brand preferences. They search for additional information helped them to discriminate among various brands.
Question 59. What Is Routine Problem Solving ( Rps )?
When consumers have already purchased
a product or brand , they require little or no information to choose the product. Consumers involved in habitual and automatic purchases.
Question 60. What Is The Consumer Behaviour And Marketing Implications?
The basic belief of marketing-oriented company is that the customer is the hub around which the business revolves. Therefore, understanding what makes people in general buy and what makes your customer in particular buy is a vital part of business success. Market itself means – customer, around whom all marketing strategies are formulated and implemented. In order to meet competition at the market place, the marketing managers are using various methods to add value to the final product which will reach the hands of the consumers. It means in ever changing marketing environment, there is a growing concern or awareness among marketers to go for a careful study of the consumer behaviour around which all marketing activities are made. Following are the key marketing implications of consumer behaviour.
Question 61. What Is The Consumer Behaviour And Marketing Strategies?
Understanding the consumer behaviour is the basic for marketing strategy formulation. Consumers reaction to this strategy determines the organization success or failure. In this competitive environment Organisations can survive only by offering more customer value – difference between all the benefits derived from a total product and all the costs of acquiring those benefits – than competitors. Providing superior customer value requires the organization to do a better job of anticipating and reacting to the customer needs than the competitor. Marketing strategy is basically the answer to the question: How will company provide superior customer value to its target market? The answer to this question requires formulation of marketing – mix – product, price, place and promotion – strategies. The right combination of these elements meets customer expectation and provides customer value. For example, marketer of a bike must know the customers performance expectations, desired service, Price willing to pay, information he seeks and after-sales service to provide superior customer value.
Question 62. What Is The Consumer Behaviour And Market Segmentation?
The most important marketing decision a firm makes is the selection of one or more segments to focus their marketing effort. Marketers do not create segments but they find it in the market place. Market segmentation is the study of market place in order to discover viable group of consumers who are homogeneous in their approach in selecting and using goods or services. Since market segment has unique needs, a firm that develops a product focusing solely on the needs of that segment will be able to meet the target group desire and provides more customer value than competitor. For example, right segment for ‘Femina’ magazine is educated urban women. The success of this magazine depends on their understanding of the urban woman.
Question 63. Explain About Consumer Behaviour And Product Positioning?
Product positioning is placing the product, service, company, or shop in the mind of consumer or target group. Through positioning marketers seek the right fit between a product and desired customer benefits. The right positioning means understanding the consumer perception process in general and perception of company’s product in particular. For example, Samsung brand is perceived as premium brand by few customers and value-driven brand by others in the market, but marketer must find out what makes their target market to perceive differently and position it accordingly.
Question 64. What Is Consumer Behaviour And Marketing Research?
Studying consumer behaviour enables marketing researchers to predict how consumers will react to promotional messages and to understand why they make the purchase decision they do. Marketers realized that if they know more about the consumer decision making criteria, they can design marketing strategies and promotional messages that will influence consumers more effectively. The importance of consumer behaviour made marketers to think of a s
eparate branch in marketing research – Consumer research, to deal exclusively for consumer related issues. The current focus of consumer research is on study of underlying needs and motives in taking purchase decisions, consumer learning process and attitude formation process.
Question 65. Explain About Consumer Behaviour And Non-profit And Societal Marketing?
A sound knowledge of consumer behaviour can help the organisations that sell ideas and concepts of social relevance. Institutions that promote family planning, AIDS free society, governmental agencies, religion orders and universities also appeal to the public for their support in order to satisfy some want or need in society. The knowledge about potential contributors, what motivate their generosity, how these motives can be effectively appealed is useful for the organizations involved in these activities.
Question 66. Explain About Consumer Behaviour And Governmental Decision Making
To major areas where consumer behaviour study helps government is in policy making on various services, and in designing consumer protection legislation. The knowledge of people’s attitudes, beliefs, perceptions and habits provides adequate understanding of consumers.
Question 67. What Are The Consumer Behaviour Models?
CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR MODELS ARE:
ECONOMIC OR MARSHALLIAN MODEL
LEARNING OR PAVLOVIAN MODEL
PSYCHOANALYTICAL MODEL
SOCIALOGICAL MODEL
HOWARD – SHETH MODEL
NICOSIA MODEL
Question 68. What Is Economic Or Marshallian Model?
This theory was first advanced by the economists. They gave formal explanation of buyer behaviour. According to this theory the consumers are assumed to be rational and conscious about economic calculations. They follow the law of marginal utility. An individual buyer seeks to spend his money on such goods which give maximum satisfaction (utility) according to his interests and at relative cost.
Question 69. What Is The Learning Or Pavlovian Model?
Psychology has contributed lot to the marketers to understand the buyers. It explains how consumers learn about a product and the way they can recall from the memory, and the development of buying habits. All theories of buyer’s behaviour have been primarily based on a learning, viz., Stimulation-Response or S-R model, this theory of learning is explained as a process of repetition, motivation, conditioning and relationship. Repetition improves learning.
Question 70. What Is The Psychoanalytical Model?
Sigmund Freud developed this theory.
According to him human personality has three parts:
The Id, is the source of all mental energy that drives us to action
the super ego, the internal representation of what is social is approved conscience
The Ego, the conscious director of id impulses for finding him satisfaction in socially acceptable manner.
The buyer behaviour depends upon the relative strength of the three elements in the personal ability. Motivational research has been involved in investigating motives of consumer behaviour so as to develop suitable marketing implications accordingly. This approach has been used to generate idea for developingdesign, features, advertising and other promotional techniques.
Question 71. What Is The Sociological Model?
According to this theory the individual decision and behaviour are quite often influenced by the family and the society. He gets influenced by it and in turn also influences it in its path of development. He plays many roles as a part of formal and informal associations or organizations i.e., as a family member, employee of a firm, member of professional forum, and as an active member of an informal cultural organization. Hence he is largely influenced by the group in which he is a member. For example, the decision may be made by one, actual buying may be done by another, and the product is used by yet another member of the family. Here, a mother takes a decision to buy a tiny cycle for her child, the cycle is purchased by the father and the user is the child.
Question 72. What Is The Howard Sheth Model?
The Howard – Sheth model shows the processes and variables influencing the buyer behaviour before and during the purchase. It emphasizes three key variables- perception, learning and attitude formation. It explains the way consumers compare available products in order to choose the best which fits their needs and desires.
Question 73. What Is The Cultural & Environmental Influences On Consumer Behaviour?
The study of culture encompasses all aspects of a society such as its religion, knowledge, language, laws, customs, traditions, music, art, technology, work patterns, products, etc. Culture is an extremely critical and all pervasive influence in our life.
Question 74. Define Culture?
Howard and Sheth have defined culture as “A selective, manmade way of responding to experience, a set of behavioral pattern”. Thus, culture consists of traditional ideas and in particular the values, which are attached to these ideas. It includes knowledge, belief, art, morale, law, customs and all other habits acquired by man as a member of society. An accepted concept about culture is that includes a set of learned beliefs, values, attitudes, habits and forms of behaviour that are shared by a society and are transmitted from generation to generation within that society.
Question 75. What Are The Characteristics Of Culture?
Culture is learned.
Culture regulates society –Norms, standards of behaviour, rewards and punishments.
Culture makes life more efficient
All members follow same norms.
Culture is adaptive. ·Culture is environmental.
Multiple cultures are nested hierarchically.
Question 76. What Are Types Of Culture?
National culture
The culture prevalent in a nation, common to everyone
Popular culture o The culture of the masses with norms of mass appeal
The culture of a group within the larger society
Group identification based on nationality of origin, race, region, age, religion, gender, etc.
The company’s values, rituals, customs, myths and heroes
Question 77. What Are Some Changes In Our Culture?
Convenience: as more and more women are joining the work force there is an increasing demand for products that help lighten and relieve the daily household chores, and make life more convenient. This is reflected in the soaring sale of Washing machines, microwaves, Pressure cookers, Mixergrinders, food processors, frozen food etc.
Education: People in our society today wish to acquire relevant education and skills that would help improve their career prospects. This is evident from the fact that so many professional, career oriented educational centers are coming up, and still they cannot seem to meet the demand. As a specific instance count the number of institutions offering courses and training in computers that has opened in your city.
Physical appearance: Today, physical fitness, good health and smart appearance are on premium today. Slimming centers and beauty parlours are mushrooming in all major cities of the country. Cosmetics for both women and men are being sold in increasing numbers. Even exclusive shops are retailing designer clothes.
Materialism: There is a very definite shift in the people’s cultural value from spiritualism towards materialism. We are spending more money than ever before on acquiring products such as air-conditioners, cars CD players etc, which adds to our physical comfort as well as status.
Question 78. What Is Individualism Versus Collectivism ( Pursuit Of Self- Or Group Interest )?
Individualism describes the relationship between an individual and fellow individuals, or the collectivity that prevails in society. Table 1.1 below depicts the attitudinal and behavioural differences associated with individualism and collectivism.
Question 79. What Is Power Distance ( Social Inequality And Submission To Authority)?
Power distance reflects the degree to which a society accepts inequality in power at different levels in organisations and institutions. It can affect preferences for centralization of authority, acceptance of differential rewards, and the ways people of unequal status work together.
Question 80. What Is Uncertainty Avoidance ( Tolerance/avoidance Of Ambiguity )?
Uncertainty avoidance concerns the different ways in which societies react to the uncertainties and ambiguities inherent in life. Some societies need well defined rules or rituals to guide behaviour, whereas others are tolerant of deviant ideas and behaviour.
Question 81. What Is Masculinity/femininity (segregation Of Male And Female Roles In Society )?
This factor determines the extent to which societies hold values traditionally regarded as predominantly masculine or feminine. For instance, assertiveness, respect for achievement, and the acquisition of money and material possessions are identified with masculinity; and nurturing, concern for the environment and championing the underdog are associated with a culture’s femininity
Question 82. What Is Abstract Versus Associative Thinking?
Creation of value in products based on cause/effect logic or association among events without a logical link
Question 83. What Are The Environment Oriented Culture Values?
some Environment Oriented culture Values are:
Performance/ status
Tradition/ change
Risk taking/ security
Problem solving/fatalist
Question 84. What Are Regional, Ethnic, And Religious Influences On Consumer Behavior?
The three major aspects of culture that have important effects on consumer behavior are regional, ethnic, and religious differences. Firstly, consumption patterns may differ in various regions of India and the world, and marketing strategy can sometimes be tailored specifically to these regions.
Secondly, our country has a number of different ethnic groups, and population trends will dramatically alter the demographic profile of the country in the next 50 years. The very diverse Asian American subculture is described as young and having higher socioeconomic status, placing strong value on the family and the group, and being strongly brand loyal. In spite of its diversity, marketing strategies can be developed for this group.
Finally, religious beliefs and values can influence consumer. Many marketers are now becoming multicultural in their marketing activities by trying to appeal to a variety of cultures at the same time. Although the diversity of the Indian melting pot may be unique, there are many important ethnic groups in other areas of the world.
Question 85. What Are Age, Gender, And Household Influences On Consumer Behavior?
Among the four major age groups, Teens, who need to establish an identity, are the consumers of tomorrow and have an increasing influence on family decisions. The somewhat disillusioned Generation X consists of smart and cynical consumers who can easily see through obvious marketing attempts. Baby boomers grew up in a very dynamic and fast-changing world, and this has affected their values for individualism and freedom. The 50 and older segment can be divided into two groups-the young again and the gray market. Neither group likes to be thought of as old. The affect of gender differences on consumer behavior is examined next. Sex roles are changing. Women are becoming more professional and independent, and men are becoming more sensitive and caring. Also, men and women can differ in terms of traits, information processing, decision styles, and consumption patterns.
Question 86. What Are Psychographics: Values, Personality, And Lifestyles?
Values are enduring beliefs about things that are important. They are learned through the processes of socialization and acculturation. Our values exist in an organized value system, with some values being viewed as more important than others. Some are regarded as terminal values and reflect desired end states that guide behavior across many different situations. Instrumental values are those needed to achieve these desired end states. Domain-specific values are those that are relevant within a given sphere of activity. Western cultures tend to place a relatively high value on material goods, youth, the home, family and children, work and play, health, hedonism, and technology. Marketers use tools like value segmentation to identify consumer groups with common values.
Question 87. What Are Cross Cultural Marketing: Objectives And Policies?
Cross-cultural marketing is defined as “the effort to determine to what extent the consumers of two or more nations are similar or different. This will facilitate marketers to understand the psychological, social and cultural aspects of foreign consumers they wish to target, so as to design effective marketing strategies for each of the specific national markets involved.”
Question 88. What Is Charac
teristic Features Of A Firm Going Global?
High market share in the domestic market
Advantageous economies of scale
Access to marketing/manufacturing bases across global borders
Availability of resources and capability to absorb huge losses
Product/technology clout
Cost and differentiation advantages
Question 89. What Are Problems In Cross Cultural Marketing?
Problems related to product selection: The marketer going for cross cultural marketing has to select the customers/ market not on the basis of the superficial similarities of age or income, but by using the real motivating factors that prompt them to accept or reject products.
Problems related to promotion/marketing communication: e.g. Ariel in the middle east and also Pepsi
Problems related to pricing: the marketer has to adjust his pricing policies according to the local economic conditions and customs.
Problems related to selection of distribution channels: in Japan, P & G used this to sell soap
Question 90. What Is Cross-cultural Consumer Analysis?
To determine whether and how to enter a foreign market, we need to conduct some form of cross-cultural consumer analysis. Cross-cultural consumer analysis can be defined as the effort to determine to what extent the consumers of two or more nations are similar or different. Such analysis can provide marketers with an understanding of the psychological, social, and cultural characteristics of the foreign consumers they wish to target, so that they can design effective marketing strategies for the specific national markets involved.
Question 91. What Are Alternative Multinational Strategies?
Some of us may argue as markets are becoming more and more similar, standardized marketing strategies are becoming more and more feasible. But, some more would argue back that differences between consumers of various nations are far too great to permit a standardized marketing strategy. Whether to use shared needs and values as a segmentation strategy or to use national borders as a segmentation strategy? Shared needs and values would mean to appeal to consumers in different countries in terms of their common needs, values, and goals. Using national borders as a segmentation strategy would mean to use relatively different local or specific marketing strategies for members of distinctive cultures or countries.
Question 92. What Are The Tangible Benefits Of Global Brand Building?
Global brand building drastically reduces marketing investments. A strong brand needs lower and lower levels of incremental investment to sustain itself over time. A new and unknown player will have to spend two to four times more than the market leader to achieve the same share of mind. Given the huge difference in business volumes, the pressure of the bottom-line is much higher for an unestablished player.
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Law, History, and Bioethics
Presentations & Conference Papers
A history of contemporary “neurolaw” and “neuroethics” that explores the field’s development from 2000-2015.
Further exploration of how courts may regard pre-clinical Alzheimer’s Disease as a “disease” for the purpose of health/life insurance policies.
The history of the professionalization of nursing in Minnesota during the progressive era.
The life and legacy of Minnesotan Earl D. Craig, Jr.
Published and Forthcoming Law/Bioethics Articles
9. After Marriage Equality: LGBT Nondiscrimination Laws in Masterpiece Cakeshop. Minnesota Law Review De Novo Blog (Jan. 22, 2018).
8.The Limited Effect of Electroencephalography Memory Recognition Evidence on Assessments of Defendant Credibility, 4 Journal of Law and the Biosciences 1 (2017) (with Francis X. Shen, Emily Twedell, Caitlin Opperman, Jordan Dean Scott Krieg, Mikaela Brandt-Fontaine, Jaleh McTeigue, Alina Yasis & Morgan Carlson).
7. The Legal Implications of Detecting Alzheimer’s Disease Earlier, 18 AMA Journal of Ethics 12 (2016) (with Jaleh McTeigue, Caitlin Opperman, Jordan Dean Scott Krieg, Mikaela Brandt-Fontaine, Alina Yasis & Francis X. Shen).
6. The General Public is Neutral on “Neurolaw”, Voices in Bioethics Newswire (Mar. 11, 2015).
5. Leaked Documents Raise Questions Over Defense Department’s Forced Medication of Detainees, Voices in Bioethics Newswire (Dec. 12, 2014).
4. The Atlanta Neuroethics Consortium: Neuro-Interventions and the Law, Voices in Bioethics Newswire (Oct. 13, 2014).
3. Gillian Bennett and Physician-Assisted Suicide, Voices in Bioethics Newswire (Sept. 16, 2014).
2. Bioethical Expertise and Government, Voices in Bioethics Newswire (Aug. 7, 2014).
1. US v. Hendrickson: Sentencing the Addict’s Brain, Voices in Bioethics Newswire (Jul. 24, 2014).
Published & Forthcoming History/Literature Articles
9. “Depend on Interior Journeys Taken Anywhere”: Space, Place, and John Berryman’s Minneapolis, Middle West Review (2018) (forthcoming).
8. The Professionalization of Nursing in Minnesota, 1898-1920, MNopedia (2018).
7. Senator Allan Spear and the Minnesota Human Rights Act, 65 Minnesota History 3 (2016). *Winner of the Solon J. Buck Award for Best Article of the Year
6. Translating Sinclair Lewis into English: Two Poems, 23 Sinclair Lewis Society Newsletter 1 (2014).
5. The Colonel Surrenders in Minnesota, Newsletter of the Kandiyohi County Historical Society (Mar. 2013).
4. “Said God, Scratching His Naked Belly in a Kitchen”: Charles Bukowski to Robert Bly, Empty Mirror (Jan. 2, 2015).
3. Gov. Floyd B. Olson’s Solid Reasoning on Law School Debt, MinnPost Blog Cabin (Sept. 29, 2014).
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I’m back but before we get into the markets, I want to give everyone Thanks for your prayers for my Dad. We though we were about to lose him. So, I arranged for everyone to come out and see him, even his Grandkids. The visits perked him up tremendously. I continued to stay with him along with my wife. We took him out to his favorite restaurants and other places. So for the 3 weeks we were there he gained 16lbs, his color came back, and his body even started to produce Red Blood Cells. Even though he still needs occasional transfusions, was a major step in the right direction.He has regained his will to fight instead of giving up and slowly dying. So a very heartfelt Thank You to all who were praying! Each of you is very appreciated and I know God will Bless You manifestly in return…
Now for the markets… Wow! these last three weeks have been very interesting! When was the last time you have seen Stocks, Gold, and Oil rally at the same time? I will use the Dow (DJI) for my post today and provide links to some excellent analysis on the S&P 500 and Crude later in the post. Once again 8500 is the key marker for the Dow, failure to close strongly and move higher will mean we have a head and shoulders top here. A breakout above 8640 will confirm continued uptrend. Conversely a break below 8265 will mean the beginning of a strong correction to the 8000 level first and then 7850. If screams below that then down to 7500 with a test of the low around 6547. Personally I predict we will test the lows of 6550 first before we will ever see the DJI at 9000 or even 10,000. Sorry you bulls out there that is what I see in the charts.
For my favorite complex of Gold, Silver and Precious metals, a breakout over $978 signals a new strong push over $1000, or at least another test. Personally, I like the action of Gold here, building a nice base at $950. I predict that Gold will break $978 and push up to approximately $1075 to $1090 on the first leg. We will see a normal retracement down to $950- $975 and then blast off to $1150 -$1250. I personally think with the inflation shoe about to drop, coupled with the remaining half of the derivative crunch. We can easily see $2250 to $2500 Gold by the end of the year. Keep accumulating Gold and Precious metals especially the junior and mid-tier producers. There are still companies out there selling at or below book value.
I just came across a sweet little play in the cobalt industry, supplies are dwindling fast and there will be a shortage just at the time this company comes on line with production. This company will have the only high grade cobalt production in the United States and will be able to supply approximately 12-14% of Cobalt needs for the USA. If you check out what Cobalt is used for you will understand why this stock ahs the potential to be a Grand Slam. Production is anticipated to be approximately 1525 tons per year with a 10yr life based on current reserves. I just received an offer to buy this tip along with an advisory service for $297 yr. I’ll give it to you for free. That’s just the kind of guy I am, LOL! The name of the company is Formation Capital Corp. Trading symbol (FCACF). I just picked up a bunch @ .35 cents/share, but as always do your due diligence, read the prospectus and company reports. If nothing else put (FCACF) on your watch list / radar.
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Last week I watched a video analysis of the S&P and Crude Oil markets. The technical analysis was right on at the time, but those markets have changed quite a bit in the last few days. The S&P had a huge rally and Crude seemed to steady out, so what’s the new analysis? Glad you asked!
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Now for some current news…
Peter Schiff on $1000 Gold and Senate Bid – Gold Stock Bull
Source: Gold Stock Bull and Fox News
Peter Schiff was on Fox Business today and made the following points:
* Gold to break $1,000 soon and push much higher this time
* 50% or more of Peter Schiff’s liquid assets are in gold/gold stocks
* Most people should have 10-20%, more if you are young and aggressive
* Many gold stocks could go up 50 or 100 times from current levels
* At some point, the rest of world will stop lending the United States money
* America is in for a rude awakening, when we have to return to producing and saving again
* It is impossible for the U.S. government to pay back its debt. Default is only option.
* Peter Schiff might run for Senate in Connecticut
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What Is Even More Enticing than Gold? SILVER! — Seeking Alpha
By: Andrew Mickey of Q1 Publishing
The dollar is out. The U.S. dollar index has fallen 5% in the last week.
Treasury bonds are quickly falling out of favor. The yield on 10-year Treasury bonds has climbed from 2.5% to almost 3.5% since March signaling inflation fears and an unwillingness to fund ballooning government borrowing.
Gold is hot. Gold prices are back on the rise and gold stocks have done even better.
Is this a sign of things to come?
Well, if you take a look at the mainstream headlines, you’d think so.
An editorial headline on Bloomberg proclaims, “Dollar is dirt, Treasuries are toast, and AAA is gone.”
Even CBS News is warning, “Inflation could be coming to a U.S. dollar near you.”
To me, it seems just like a typical overreaction in the short-term.
Yes, the long-run trend for the dollar is down as the Fed keeps printing more and more of them and monetizing government debt. And yes, the prospects for gold get brighter and brighter with each passing week.
But there’s no reason to lose your head here. It’s going to take a few years for all this to play out. And the window of opportunity is still wide open to buy precious metals, real assets, and assets not denominated in the dollar (like ADRs).
That’s why, despite the strong interest in gold at the moment, I encourage you to continue to look for value in the sector. Right now, there seems to be some exceptional value in an asset which is so undervalued, it could outpace gold by 400% or more.
I’m talking about Silver.
When Gold Climbs, Silver Soars
In the past few weeks gold has been getting a lot of attention. With all the big money finally taking a liking to gold, the attention is justified. Remember, a turn in the big money’s attitude towards gold must happen before gold can break through the $1,000 mark and stay there.
The excitement surrounding gold’s surge has only pushed silver further onto the back burner. (You don’t hear about any major hedge funds loading up on silver do you?) And that’s the point. Gold is hot and silver is – in a relative sense – not.
So if you want to find an investment which isn’t so hot but still has a lot of potential in an inflationary environment, you’d want to look at silver. When you do, it won’t take long to realize silver – at current levels – could easily trounce gold in the months and years ahead.
That’s right. Silver has a much brighter future than gold. All you have to do is look at the silver / gold ratio to see how potentially lucrative the situation has become.
Ratios Don’t Lie
We’ve looked at a few ratios in the past. The reason is because ratio analysis can help identify value even in volatile markets. For instance, we looked at how the gold / oil ratio was signaling oil was a buy back in January. Oil prices are up almost 50% since then.
We looked at gold / gold stocks ratio back in December. We saw that gold stocks were significantly undervalued relative to gold. Since early December, gold is up a respectable 22% while gold stocks – as a group – have rebounded 70%.
That’s the value of ratio analysis. They can quickly show you how undervalued some assets are relative to others. And if you’re able to find them at extreme points, you can get into a trade or investment with less risk and greater upside.
Right now, the gold / silver ratio (the measure of how many ounces of silver can be bought for an ounce of gold) is at an extreme and working its way back to historical norms.
The chart below shows the gold / silver ratio is slowly working its way back to a much more normal level:
As you can see, the gold / silver ratio hung around 50 for most of 2008. Then the credit crunch threw everything out of whack and now it’s slowly working its way back to normal. But this chart doesn’t show the real upside in silver. That comes from the long-run average.
Over the long term, the gold / silver ratio has averaged about 30. That means one ounce of gold would buy about 30 ounces of silver. Today, with silver at $14.60 an ounce and gold at $953, the gold / silver ratio is 65. In other words, an ounce of gold would buy 65 ounces of silver. That’s more than twice the long-run average.
Silver prices would have to double just to be in line with the long run average.
Silver Slingshot
But here’s the kicker, when gold races, the gold to silver ratio gets flipped around. During the last precious metals bull market in the late 70s and early 80s the gold / silver ratio hit lows of 15.
That means if gold goes nowhere (granted, chances are pretty slim of that), silver could easily shoot up to $50 an ounce. That’s a 400% move for silver without gold moving up a single dollar.
Here’s the thing though, gold isn’t staying where it is. Over the next few years, gold is going much higher. And silver is going to go even higher. Silver will slingshot past gold.
Think about it. With a gold / silver ratio of 15…
At that ratio, silver would be at $66 when gold hits $1,000.
$1,500 gold = $100 silver.
So if you expect gold to do well, you’ve got to expect silver to do even better.
According to the historical relationship between gold and silver, if gold does well, silver will do exponentially better. In past gold bull markets, silver prices zoomed past gold in relative terms. There’s no reason to expect this time to be any different.
In Search of Value
In the end, precious metals have been one of the few sectors which have maintained an uptrend through all this. As the long run prospects for the U.S. dollar continue to worsen, I expect the uptrend to continue. However, I expect this to take a longer time to play out than most.
Just take a look at what happened earlier this week. The Financial Times reported China is continuing to buy U.S. Treasuries. Granted, they’re switching to short-term durations, but they haven’t even come close to invoking their “nuclear” option yet and probably won’t for a long while.
We’re in the midst of a slow and steady decline of the dollar. The Fed is printing dollars to fund the growing government deficits and there haven’t been any significant inflationary consequences…yet.
That will change and it’s not too late to get prepared. Now is the time to buy precious metals and precious metals miners for your portfolio. Right now, with the gold / silver ratio indicating silver as undervalued and gold a hot topic, silver is a bit more enticing.
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– Is a reversal in the near future?
– Is it too late to go short?
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We are watching history unfold before our very eyes while being skillfully manipulated, distracted, and kept in the dark. This special edition has video’s, articles, and proof that we are being played for suckers and fools. “They” think if the can keep us hypnotized and asleep that they will succeed. What is needed today is a new generation of Paul Revere’s to sound the alarm for Americans. We have been invaded and are losing the war without so much as a whimper! NOW right now is the time to stop being Democrats, Republicans, Libertarians, now is the time to UNITE AS AMERICANS! WE NEED TO KEEP AMERICA FREE AND WE NEED TO START NOW! IT IS ALREADY ALMOST TOO LATE!
***PLEASE*** Do your own research and find out for yourself… Google Search the terms”New World Order”, “TriLateral Commission”, “Council on Foreign Relations”, and “Bildenberger’s” find out how many highly respected people are finally starting to warn you about this sinister and outright grab for world domination! After you finish this post, please pass/send the link to this post onto as many people as you can… before it is too late! -jschulmansr
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Grandich Opens The Closet Door Again – Agoracom
By: Peter Grandich
When I came out of the closet, I made it known I would do more than just comment about markets here. I knew some would not like it then and I know some will not like it now.
From time to time during my 25 years in and around the financial industry, I would come across an individual or group who would preach about “A New World Order” or something to that effect. I found most of these people either “out in left field” or had an agenda to sell products and services to go along with their “views”. However in recent times, I’ve come across some very intelligent people and groups who have demonstrated to me they were neither kooks nor salesmen. Their thoughts and opinions were both logical and reasonable.
After watching and listening to what has unfolded at the G-20 this past week and what’s been evolving in Washington and throughout the United States, I no longer wonder is something along the lines of a “New World Order” possible, but rather how far long are we to one?
This is not a kook’s only video.
As an American, I’m extremely concern we’re losing (or already lost) what made this country once great. I believe our President and me see things much differently. I find what this gentleman portrayed in this video to be of keen interest to me and what I believe this country must do before it’s too late.
Finally, I’ve had more discussions with various people about what we can do if we’re truly entering a tribulation or a way of life totally different then our past generations. I tell them I worry too but then I try to remember this and to realize the battle may be near but the outcome has already been determined.
“Jesus said, I have told you these things so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” John 16:33
Have a most blessed Holy Week!
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This is From Bloomberg Financial News:
G-20 To Shapes New World Order With Lesser Role For U.S., Markets – Bloomberg.com
By Rich Miller and Simon Kennedy
April 3 (Bloomberg) — Global leaders took their biggest steps yet toward a new world order that’s less U.S.-centric with a more heavily regulated financial industry and a greater role for international institutions and emerging markets.
At the end of a summit in London, policy makers from the Group of 20 yesterday delivered a regulatory blueprint that French President Nicholas Sarkozy said turned the page on the Anglo-Saxon model of free markets by placing stricter limits on hedge funds and other financiers. The leaders also pledged to triple the resources of the International Monetary Fund and to hand China and other developing economies a greater say in the management of the world economy.
“It’s the passing of an era,” said Robert Hormats, vice chairman of Goldman Sachs International, who helped prepare summits for presidents Gerald R. Ford, Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan. “The U.S. is becoming less dominant while other nations are gaining influence.”
A lot was at stake. If the leaders had failed to forge a consensus — Sarkozy this week threatened to quit the talks if they didn’t back much tighter regulation — it might have set back the world’s economy and markets just as they’re showing signs of shaking off the worst financial crisis in six decades.
That’s what happened in 1933, when President Franklin D. Roosevelt torpedoed a similar conference in London by rejecting its plan to stabilize currency rates and in the process scotched international efforts to lift the world out of a depression.
More Conciliation
Seeking to avoid a repeat of that historic flop, President Barack Obama junked the at-times go-it-alone approach of his predecessor, George W. Bush, and adopted a more conciliatory stance toward his fellow leaders.
“In a world that is as complex as it is, it is very important for us to be able to forge partnerships as opposed to simply dictating solutions,” Obama told a press conference at the conclusion of the summit.
Stock markets rose in response to the steps taken by the G-20 leaders. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index climbed 2.9 percent to 834.38. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 216.48 points, or 2.8 percent, to 7,978.08. Both closed at their highest levels since the second week of February.
In an effort to promote harmony, Obama soft-pedaled earlier U.S. demands that the summit agree on a specific target for fiscal stimulus in the face of opposition from France and Germany. Instead, he settled for a vague pledge that the leaders would do whatever it takes to revive the global economy.
Repudiation of Past
The president also signed on to a communiqué that Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz said repudiated the previous U.S.-led push to free capitalism from the constraints of governments.(See My Post From Yesterday For Actual Article)
“This is a major step forward and a reversal of the ideology of the 1990s, and at a very official level, a rejection of the ideas pushed by the U.S. and others,” said Stiglitz, an economics professor at Columbia University. “It’s a historic moment when the world came together and said we were wrong to push deregulation.”
In bowing to that view, the leaders conceded in a statement that “major failures” in regulation had been “fundamental causes” of the market turmoil they are trying to tackle. To make amends and to try to avoid a repeat of the crisis, they pledged to impose stronger restraints on hedge funds, credit rating companies, risk-taking and executive pay.
“Countries that used to defend deregulation at any cost are recognizing that there needs to be a larger state presence so this crisis never happens again,” said Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.
Financial Stability Board
A new Financial Stability Board will be established to unite regulators and join the IMF in providing early warnings of potential threats. Once the economy recovers, work will begin on new rules aimed at avoiding excessive leverage and forcing banks to put more money aside during good times.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who had unsuccessfully sought to convince the U.S. and Britain to sign on to similar steps before the crisis began in mid-2007, hailed the communiqué as a “victory for common sense.”
The U.S. did, though, take the lead in getting the summit to agree on an increase in IMF rescue funds to $750 billion from $250 billion now. Japan, the European Union and China will provide the first $250 billion of the increase, with the balance to come from as yet unidentified countries.
“This will provide the IMF with enough resources to meet the needs of East European nations and also provide back-up funding to a broader set of countries,” said Brad Setser, a former U.S. Treasury official who’s now at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York.
IMF Allocation
The G-20 also agreed to an allocation of $250 billion in Special Drawing Rights, the artificial currency that the IMF uses to settle accounts among its member nations. The move is akin to a central bank such as the Federal Reserve effectively creating money out of thin air, except it’s on a global scale.
The increase in Special Drawing Rights will allow countries to tap IMF money without having to accept changes to economic policies often demanded as a condition of aid. The cash is disbursed in proportion to the money each member-nation pays into the fund. Rich nations will be allowed to divert their allocations to countries in greater need.
The G-20 said they would couple the financing moves with steps to give emerging economic powerhouses such as China, India and Brazil a greater say in how the IMF is run.
Emerging Markets Benefit
Citigroup Inc. economists Don Hanna and Jurgen Michels called the summit agreement “a boon to emerging markets” in a note to clients yesterday.
Mexico said Wednesday it will seek $47 billion from the IMF under the Washington-based lender’s new Flexible Credit Line, which allows some countries to borrow money with no conditions.
Emerging-market stocks, bonds and currencies rallied yesterday on speculation other developing nations will follow Mexico’s lead. Gains in Polish, Czech and Brazilian stocks helped push the MSCI Emerging Markets Index up 5.6 percent to 613.07, the highest since Oct. 15.
In a bid to avoid another mistake of the depression era, G-20 leaders repeated an earlier pledge to avoid trade protectionism and beggar-thy-neighbor policies that could aggravate the decline in the global economy.
The Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development predicted this week that global trade will shrink 13 percent this year as loss-ridden banks cut back on credit to exporters and importers.
To help combat that, the G-20 said they will make at least $250 billion available in the next two years to support the finance of trade through export credit agencies and development banks such as the World Bank.
The summit took place amid speculation among investors that the deepest global recession in six decades may be abating. Data released yesterday showed orders placed with U.S. factories rose in February for the first time in seven months, U.K. house prices unexpectedly gained in March and Chinese manufacturing increased. Still, a report today is forecast to show U.S. unemployment at its highest in a quarter-century.
“If the economy turns more favorable, this meeting will probably be viewed as a milestone,” said C. Fred Bergsten, a former U.S. official and director of the Peterson Institute for International Economics in Washington.
The G-20 members are Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, the U.S., the U.K. and the European Union. Officials from Spain and the Netherlands were also present.
To contact the reporters on this story: Rich Miller in Washington rmiller28@bloomberg.net; Simon Kennedy in Paris at Skennedy4@bloomberg.net
G20 ushers in a ‘new world order’- Globe and Mail
BOLD STEPS 8 Leaders shift from U.S. model of freewheeling finance, forming historic accord to regulate risk UNITED FRONT 8 Countries pledge $1-trillion in aid for struggling nations, but economists blast lack of new stimulus
ERIC REGULY AND BRIAN LAGHI
LONDON — The leaders of the Group-of-20 countries put on a show of unity yesterday to fight the global recession with pledges of more than $1-trillion (U.S.) in aid to help struggling countries and revive trade.
But their failure to unveil new stimulus spending was criticized as a “disappointment” by economists, who fear the global downturn will only deepen unless governments everywhere open the stimulus spigots even further.
The G20 countries also agreed to rein in the world’s financial system through the creation of international accounting standards, the regulation of debt-ratings agencies and hedge funds, a clampdown on tax havens and controls on executive pay. But the lack of details on these proposals suggests they will not become effective any time soon.
U.S. President Barack Obama, who had been calling for more stimulus spending, nonetheless welcomed the communiqué.
“The steps that have been taken are critical to preventing us sliding into a depression,” Mr. Obama told reporters after the close of the G20 gathering. “They are bolder and more rapid than any international response that we’ve seen to a financial crisis in memory.”
Characterizing the agreement as historic, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, the summit’s host, said the agreement ushered in a new period of international co-operation while ending the era of the Washington consensus, a term from the late 1980s that has come to be equated with market fundamentalism.
“Today we have reached a new consensus that we take global action together to deal with problems that we face, that we will do what is necessary to restore growth,” he said.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper joined fellow leaders in the praise, saying new regulations will help the market work better. “The declaration is very clear that globalization, that open markets, that liberalized trade remain the essential base of our economic system and will be the basis of any recovery and future economic growth,” he said.
The agreement was the object of last-minute negotiations, and overcame the initial objections of German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who at one point threatened to leave the meeting if it did not agree with his position on stricter regulation of the financial world.
Ms. Merkel said she was pleased the group came to a broad agreement after such a short period of time. “We now have been able to rally around a message of unity,” she told a news conference.
Mr. Sarkozy said his alliance with Ms. Merkel worked well.
“We would never have hoped to get so much,” he said.
Yesterday’s agreement calls for the creation of a Financial Stability Board, which is designed to work with the International Monetary Fund to provide early warning of financial risks and the actions needed to reduce them. The agreement says the countries will take action against tax havens by slapping sanctions against offending nations. “The era of banking secrecy is over,” the communiqué said.
The $1-trillion-plus in emergency aid is anchored by a commitment to add $500-billion to the resources of the IMF, taking it to $750-billion, a level that should give it enough firepower to extend bailout loans to the hardest-hit countries. Of this amount, $100-billion will come from the European Union, $100-billion from Japan and $40-billion from China.
Another $250-billion will be given to the IMF to support special drawing rights, the organization’s own “basket” currency that can be used to boost global liquidity. Trade finance will be supported with $250-billion channelled through the World Bank and export agencies, though almost none of that amount has been committed yet. The IMF has also agreed to sell gold reserves to provide as much as $50-billion in aid to the poorest countries.
The G20’s IMF measures were more aggressive than expected and helped lift the world’s markets. Commodities such as oil and metals rose as traders evidently took the view that global growth would revive more quickly than they had expected. News of possible U.S. accounting changes of the mark-to-market rules, used to value assets, helped to trigger a bank rally.
“What is most encouraging for the G20 leaders summit in London today is the building evidence that the Lehman-related collapse in global demand seems to be coming to an end,” Derek Halpenny, the head of currency research at Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ in London said in a report yesterday.
The communiqué also called on countries to resist protectionist measures.
The regulatory changes agreed by the G20 countries are sweeping, but lacked detail about their scope and implementation, whether or not they could be enforced globally or nationally.
Mr. Brown said that hedge funds, whose failure can trigger a domino effect in the financial-services industry, would be subject to greater regulation and oversight. Pay and bonuses will have to adhere to “sustainable” compensation schemes.
“There will be no more rewards for failure,” Mr. Brown said.
The leaders, emboldened by the recent progress in prying open tax havens, said sanctions will be slapped on any sponsor country that refuses to sign international agreements to exchange tax information.
Mr. Brown said another G20 summit will take place late this year – city to be determined – to review the measures unveiled yesterday and at previous summits
Finally From Jim Sinclair
More of The Exact Same- JSMinset.com
My Dear Friends,
All that has changed is more of what caused this problem in the first place. You are being lied to yet again.
1. Gold is your lifeline, nothing else. I assure you of this.
2. When reality hits, as it will, it will be too late to seek a lifeline.
3. If you let go of your lifeline you have put more into harm’s way than just an investment or a portfolio item.
4. In the final analysis gold and the dollar are inverse to each other.
5. The dollar is only considered a lifeline when viewed from the intoxicants of spin.
6. Gold is a currency.
7. Gold currency is the monetary unit of last resort. Reality is that we all will require a last resort.
8. The G20 was not an intervention that can stop a downward spiral because it produced more of the stuff that caused the disaster in the first place, monetary inflation. 9. Monetary inflation is what the downward spiral is made of.
10. Be logical.
11. Stop being emotional.
12. Anything you can stare down, you can overcome. Stare down your foolish emotions and adhere to reason.
The following is hot air and fabrication. There is no new world. All that has occurred is the plan to create USD $1 Trillion in new monetary inflation. The G20 was all PR that produced more of what has caused the disaster in the first place, another one trillion in monetary inflation that has no means of being withdrawn ever from the international system.
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We’re sooo close! $1033 all time high. When I reported this morning we did break the Feb Contract high of $1003, and Gold closed just $4.50 short of the Mar. 2008 high of $1003.70. Look for some more big things as the rally gathers steam. Here is a weekly Market Wrap courtesy of Gold-Seeker.com. Have a Great Weekend! Good Investing! – jschulmansr
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Gold Seeker Report – Weekly Wrap Up- Gold and Silver Gain Over 6% on the Week While Dow Falls Over 6%.
By: Chris Mullen, Gold-Seeker.com
Gain/Loss
On Week
JSE Gold
The Metals:
Gold and silver remained near unchanged at about $970 and $14 in Asia and then screamed higher in London to as high as $998.92 and $14.56 by about 9AM EST before they retraced to about $990 and $14.40 in later morning New York trade, but they then rallied to new session highs of $1006.07 and $14.607 in the last couple of hours of trade and gold ended with a gain of 2.52% while silver topped that performance with a gain of 3.43%.
Gold closed just $4.50 from its record high close of $1003.70 set on March 18th of 2008 while silver remains well short of its 27 year high of $20.64 set on March 5th of 2008. Gold and silver’s intraday highs set on March 17th of 2008 are $1031.85 and $21.34.
Euro gold rose to a new record high at about €778, platinum gained $12.50 to $1081.50, and copper fell over 5 cents to about $1.41. Platinum’s record high of $2255 was set on March 5th of 2008.
Gold and silver equities rose about 3% at the open before they pared their gains slightly midmorning, but they then rose to news highs heading into the afternoon and the miners ended with roughly 4% gains on the day. The all-time closing highs set on March 14th 2008 are 206.87 for the XAU, 514.89 for the HUI, and 1553.31 for the GDM. While all three indices have more than doubled from their lows of four months ago, they still remain about 50% from those all-time highs. For more on the gold stocks, please see Adam Hamilton’s article posted today at http://news.goldseek.com/Zealllc/1235149548.php.
The Economy:
Core CPI
More homeowners say homes depreciated: survey Reuters
Dodd Says Short-Term Bank Nationalization Might Be Necessary Bloomberg
Roubini: Nowhere near end of crisis Reuters
All of this week’s other economic reports:
Leading Indicators – January
0.4% v. 0.2%
Philadelphia Fed – February
-41.3 v. -24.3
Initial Claims – 2/14
627K v. 627K
PPI – January
0.8% v. -1.9%
Core PPI – January
Industrial Production – January
-1.8% v. -2.4%
Capacity Utilization – January
72.0% v. 73.3%
Housing Starts – January
Building Permits – January
Import Prices – January
Import Prices ex-oil – January
Export Prices – January
Export Prices ex-ag. – January
Net Long-Term TIC Flows – December
$34.8B v. -$25.6B
New York Manufacturing Index – February
-34.65 v. -22.2
Next week’s economic highlights include the S&P/CaseShiller Home Price Index and Consumer Confidence on Tuesday, Existing Home Sales on Wednesday, Durable Goods Orders, Initial Jobless Claims, and New Home Sales on Thursday, and GDP, Chicago PMI, and Michigan Sentiment on Friday.
The Markets:
Charts Courtesy of http://finance.yahoo.com/
The U.S. dollar index reversed early gains and ended markedly lower on speculation over US bank nationalization and also on rumors of new European intervention/stimulation that lifted the euro in afternoon trade.
Oil fell while treasuries rose on persistent worries about the economy and the sustainability of the entire financial system that also sent the Dow, Nasdaq, and S&P markedly lower at times. The Dow fell below yesterday’s 6 year lows while the S&P was barely able to hold above its late November 2008 intraday/closing lows of 741.02/752.44 and the Nasdaq remained roughly 100 points above its lows of 1295.48/1316.12. All three indices rallied back higher in the last two hours of trade to actually end the day with only modest losses after having traded roughly 3% lower earlier in the day, but uncertainty still remains quite high as to what will happen next as bank nationalization rumors work through their cycle of being floated and subsequently denied.
Among the big names making news in the market Friday were Bank of America and Citigroup, Lowe’s, J.C. Penney, and Saab.
The Commentary:
“Gold is pushing its record highs from last year, resistance will be formidable, but whether it does it in the next few weeks or in a few months, gold is clearly headed higher, much higher. $1,200 and higher gold is now a possibility in the short-term. Pullbacks will see continued strong investment demand, both from institutional and retail investors. At the rapid rate global paper currencies are being diluted, the destruction of trust and integrity within the financial and banking system and destabilizing consequences such actions will promote, gold and silver are going to attract record amounts of capital seeking wealth preservation.”– Peter Spina, www.goldforecaster.com
“As we saw the gold price attack the $1,000 level for the second time, but with far more force, institutional investment demand continued to drive the gold price, forcing the closure of ‘short’ positions [selling when the seller doesn’t have the gold] on COMEX and stunting both jewelry and Indian demand, where higher prices have at least temporarily sidelined these buyers.
The demand for the shares of the gold Exchange Traded Funds is so high that the U.S. based SPDR [gold Exchange Traded Fund] fund has surpassed all records. If one adds just the Barclays Gold Trust shares to World Gold Council based gold Exchange Traded Funds across the world then the total has surpassed the gold holdings of Switzerland making these holding the 6th largest in the World behind the USA, the I.M.F., Germany, France and Italy.
Nothing else can describe the fears about monetary stability better than these facts.
A mindset change is taking place regarding gold as its virtues are standing in stark contrast to the disturbing financial scene in most countries.
We do not believe these price levels will deter long-term institutional investors. Expect more of the same in the days ahead.”– Julian D.W. Phillips, www.goldforecaster.com
“Dear CIGAs,
Gold hit the magical number of “$1,000” in today’s trading session in the front month April contract at the Comex and immediately registered newswire flashes across the various services. This is something guaranteed to garner the attention of that section of the public who are still somehow oblivious about the metal not realizing its role as a safe haven and the ease with which it may be bought or sold. Perhaps they have been too busy lining up waiting for the government handouts that are proliferating faster than the flu virus in winter. Either way, those who have been attempting to hold back the metal, got what they did not want – headlines and interest!
Keep in mind that this is only the second time in its history that gold has shot up above the $1,000 level. Generally short-term oriented traders like to book profits when such things occur so it will not be unexpected to see a bit of a pullback from here.
I know this does not sound like the words of an inspired market genius but one of two things will happen here. We will get the scenario that I just outlined or the market will shoot sharply higher. If it is the latter, it will be quite telling as it will reveal just how determined, eager or downright terrified people are becoming. Market action of that kind of nature speaks thusly: “get me in at any price – I simply don’t care – I want in”. Or in the case of trapped shorts: “Get me out at any price – I am terrified of getting wiped out”. In other words, the latter scenario will give us a measure of market intensity. The former will show that there is not yet any panic buying occurring in the gold market even though overall demand is very strong.
If the market does set back, I do not expect any subsequent price retracement to be very deep this time around – things have changed since last March 2008 ( a year ago), the last time gold was over $1,000. The price rise this time has been measured, it has been steady, and most importantly, it has not been driven by a rush of hot fund money into the market. The open interest is 60% of what it was the last time the price of gold peaked – while there is a sizeable long position in the Comex gold market, it is well off the levels it reached at that last peak. Also, the reported holdings in the gold ETF, GLD, show that investment money is steadily flowing into this sector. The last time gold was over $1,000 back in March, the reported gold holdings were only 663 tons. As of yesterday, holdings were reported at 1029 tons. Obviously a much larger share of the public is moving into gold. I am hard-pressed to see a reason why all this money would suddenly decide to abandon gold unless of course an economic miracle recovery were to immediately commence. Perhaps the Obama administration will discover a new method of creating money that sees it miraculously fall out of the heavens so deep around us that we do not even have to bend over to pick it up. First time something like this occurred, it was quail. At least you could eat that. Paper does not sound particularly appetizing to me.
I should note here that gold priced in British Pound terms and in Euro terms has set brand new all-time highs the last four days in a row. BP gold is closing in on the 700 level and was fixed at 690.353 while Euro-gold is steadily heading towards the €800 level as it was fixed at €782.437 today. Both charts are absolutely stunning to behold. Europe has reached the point where you might say that confidence in paper money has been lost. Eastern Europe is still a major overhang and fears about a regional default are probably not out of line.
Also, we are not yet through the month of February, but gold is on track to put in its highest monthly CLOSE ever. Coincidentally, that occurred back in February 2008 when the front month closed at $975. Next Friday’s close is going to be interesting to say the least. One more thing – gold in inflation adjusted terms is still well off its all time high which on an inflation adjusted basis is over $2,000. The case could me made that even at current levels, gold is not particularly expensive.”– Dan Norcini, More at JSMineset.com
Please be advised on the following concerning the Swiss Franc:
1. There is an ongoing battle between the US/GB and Switzerland over the full disclosure of the total 19,000 names on the books of UBS wherein tax evasion is said to have been solicited and abetted. In truth, very few of these accounts have been fully revealed and the US/GB wants all 19,000.
2. Since hedge funds pry on each other we are getting few very fat international hedge funds. They play the currency market in a big way as it is one of the few markets now able to absorb their interest.
As a result of both number one and two much of the media and expert commentary on the Swiss Franc is the use of media for dirty tricks as this is the major tool of these large funds and governments in conflict.
I would suggest in this case decision on the future of the Swiss Franc is better made on the 35 year technical price analysis. A short seeking to cover, which generally seems quite correct now amongst the weak versus dollar units, should and is taking place.
Negative media and short covering has gone hand in hand in this bear market. Was it not the same in all recent major market failures?
Why should currency be any different?
Respectfully,”– Jim Sinclair, JSMineset.com
“April Gold closed up 25.7 at 1002.2. This was 12.7 up from the low and 2.8 off the high.
March Silver finished up 0.555 at 14.49, 0.085 off the high and 0.085 up from the low.
The gold market traded sharply higher pushing through the psychological $1,000 per oz price level as escalating anxiety regarding the health of the global economy and financial sector put equity markets in a tailspin for most of the session. Panic selling in the equities market pushed April gold above the July high and to the highest price level since March of last year. Ongoing concerns over rising risk to European banks due to their high exposure to eastern European economies added to the safe haven buying in gold. Strong investment buying interest continued to flow to the gold market on rumors that the government may consider nationalizing some banks. A sharp reversal in the dollar during the selling may have provided some additional support. Gold trimmed gains on profit taking after comments by the White House supporting a private US banking system triggered a sharp bounce in equities.
The silver market rallied sharply on strong investor safe haven buying interest that took the May contract to the highest price level since last August. The dive in equity prices and the uncertainty surrounding the health of the economy and banking system triggered the safe haven buying in silver. The reversal action in the dollar added to bullish sentiment. It was impressive to see silver retain most of its gains despite a late session recovery in equity market.”– The Hightower Report, Futures Analysis and Forecasting
The Statistics:
As of close of business: 2/20/2009
Gold Warehouse Stocks:
Silver Warehouse Stocks:
Global Gold ETF Holdings
[WGC Sponsored ETF’s]
Total Tonnes
Total Ounces
New York Stock Exchange Arca (NYSE Arca) AND Singapore Exchange (SGX) AND Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) AND Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEx)
SPDR® Gold Shares
US$ 32,432m
London Stock Exchange (LSE) AND Euronext Paris AND Borsa Italiana AND Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse (Deutsche Börse )
Gold Bullion Securities
US$ 4,234m
Australian Stock Exchange (ASX)
US$ 400m
Johannesburg Securities Exchange (JSE)
New Gold Debentures
Note: Change in Total Tonnes from yesterday’s data: SPDR added 4.89 tonnes to a new record high holding and the LSE added 0.13 tonnes.
COMEX Gold Trust (IAU)
Profile as of 2/19/2009
Total Net Assets
Ounces of Gold
in Trust
2,243,824.921
Tonnes of Gold
Note: No change in Total Tonnes from yesterday’s data.
Silver Trust (SLV)
Ounces of Silver
253,738,517.300
Tonnes of Silver
Note: Change in Total Tonnes from yesterday’s data: 18.4 tonnes were added to the trust to a new record high holding.
The Stocks:
Barrick’s (ABX) fourth-quarter loss, Buenaventura’s (BVN) increased economic interest in El Brocal, Timberline’s (TLR) receipt of notice from the NYSE, Teck’s sold Hemlo stake to Barrick, Aurizon’s (AZK) renewal in mineral reserves and increase its mineral resource estimate, Anglo American’s (AAUK) job cuts, and Orezone’s (OZN) obtained final court approval for the IAMGOLD (IAG) transaction were among the big stories in the gold and silver mining industry making headlines Friday.
1. Alexco
AXU +23.85% $1.61
2. Silver Wheaton
SLW +11.53% $7.35
3. Minefinders
MFN +9.66% $6.13
1. Anglo American
AAUK -15.09% $7.43
2. Entree
EGI -3.33% $1.16
3. Ivanhoe
IVN -1.78% $4.42
Winners & Losers tracks NYSE and AMEX listed gold and silver mining stocks that trade over $1.
All of today’s gold and silver stock news:
Buenaventura Increases Economic Interest in El Brocal to 46% – “Compania de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. (“Buenaventura”) (NYSE: BVN; Lima Stock Exchange: BUE.LM), Peru’s largest publicly traded precious metals mining company, announced today an agreement with Teck Cominco Metals Limited (“Teck”) to purchase the 19.8% interest in Inversiones Colquijirca, the holding company that owns a 51.06% stake in Sociedad Minera El Brocal.” More
– February 20, 2009 | Item | E-mail
Explor Resources Inc.: Private Placement – More
Queenston Announces $18 Million Financing – More
Pacific Gold Corp. Announces Stock Dividend – More
Hana Mining Reports Exploration and Corporate Update at Ghanzi Copper-Silver Project in Botswana – More
Barrick takes loss on writedown but output strong – “A $773-million charge to write down assets pulled Barrick Gold (ABX.TO) to a fourth-quarter loss, the gold miner said on Friday, but its core earnings came in around estimates on strong copper and gold output.
Stripping out the writedowns, which covered three mines in Tanzania and Australia as well as last year’s acquisition of Cadence Energy, Barrick, the world’s top gold miner, earned 32 cents a share. This compared with analysts’ forecasts of 30 cents a share, as polled by Reuters Estimates.” More
Timberline Announces Receipt of Notice From the NYSE Alternext US LLC Regarding Minimum Listing Requirements – “The Exchange based their analysis on Timberline’s September 30, 2008 financial statements which report stockholders’ equity of $3.55 million. As of Timberline’s interim financial statements for the three months ended December 31, 2008, Timberline’s stockholders’ equity had already increased to $4.62 million and Timberline’s management believes that it will continue to make significant progress in the rest of the fiscal year towards meeting the requisite standards to ensure its continued listing on the Exchange. Timberline intends to submit a plan to the Exchange by March 13, 2009 outlining the steps the Company expects to take in order to bring stockholders’ equity into compliance with the continued listing standards of the Exchange.” More
Affinity Gold Corp. Enters Into Letter of Intent With Peruvian Company to Acquire Mining Concession Rights – More
Tiomin Invests in Kivu Gold Corp. – More
Orezone Obtains Final Court Approval for IAMGOLD Transaction – “IAMGOLD Corporation (Toronto:IMG.TO – News)(NYSE:IAG – News)(BOTSWANA: IAMGOLD) and Orezone Resources Inc. (Toronto:OZN.TO – News)(AMEX:OZN – News) (“Orezone”) jointly announced today that the Ontario Superior Court of Justice has issued a final order approving the terms of the arrangement with IAMGOLD.” More
NWT Uranium announces grant of options – More
Inmet Mining presentation at BMO Capital Markets 2009 Global Metals and Mining Conference – More
Tombstone Exploration Receives Layne Christensen Proposal for 2009 Drill Program – More
Blue Note Subsidiary Obtains Creditor Protection – More
Symbol Change: CGFIA.OB, Minority Shareholders RULE! Colorado Goldfields Inc. Issues B Shares and B Warrants Exclusively to Beneficial Owners – More
Barrick Gold posts loss after writedowns – “Barrick Gold Corp (ABX.TO) reported a fourth-quarter loss on Friday as it took a non-cash charge of $773 million, mostly related to goodwill writedowns at four assets.
The world’s top gold miner lost $468 million, or 53 cents a share, compared with a profit of $537 million, or 61 cents a share, a year earlier.” More
Clifford M. James acquires beneficial ownership of additional common shares of TVI Pacific Inc. – More
Cadillac Closes $2.3 Million Financing – More
JNR Announces Drilling Program Underway at Way Lake Uranium Project – More
TVI Pacific announces issuance of common shares to discharge certain pre-existing obligations – More
Teck Cominco sells Hemlo stake to Barrick – “Teck Cominco (TCKb.TO) has agreed to sell its 50 percent stake in the Hemlo gold operations to joint venture partner Barrick Gold (ABX.TO) as part of Teck’s plan to raise cash and pay down debt, the companies said on Friday.” More
Kinbauri Announces Private Placement – More
Minority Shareholders RULE! Colorado Goldfields Inc. Issues B Shares and B Warrants Exclusively to Beneficial Owners – More
AuEx Ventures, Inc.: Klondike North Drill Results – More
Mountain Capital Acquires the Inco Lithium Property – More
Canasia Industries Corporation: Rodren Drilling Ltd. to Drill the Reed Lake Prospect – More
Aurizon reports mineral reserve renewal and mineral resource update for Casa Berardi mine – “Aurizon Mines Ltd. (TSX: ARZ; NYSE Alternext: AZK) is pleased to report a renewal in mineral reserves and an increase in the mineral resource estimate for its Casa Berardi mine, located in north western Quebec, Canada.” More
Barrick Gold: Cash Flow Rises to a Record $2.2 Billion in 2008 – “Barrick reported record operating cash flow of $2.21 billion for 2008, a 27% increase over $1.73 billion in the prior year. Net income was $0.79 billion ($0.90 per share) compared to $1.12 billion ($1.29 per share) in the prior year. Adjusted net income rose 60% to $1.66 billion ($1.90 per share)(1) compared to $1.04 billion ($1.19 per share) in the prior year period.” More
Anglo American cuts 19,000 jobs as profits fall – “Mining company Anglo American PLC said Friday it will cut 19,000 jobs this year and suspend dividend payments after reporting a 29 percent drop in 2008 profits. The company said it hoped to cut the jobs — 10 percent of its managed work force — through layoffs, natural attrition and scaling back contractor arrangements.” More
– Chris Mullen, Gold Seeker Report
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Series: Trust and VC
Series on Trust: When VCs Divorce
July 16, 2012 August 23, 2012 Jo Tango
This is the fourth post in a blog series on trust. I previously wrote about how trust is critical in the VC-entrepreneur relationship (“When Entrepreneurs and VCs Break Up”). I also wrote two posts on trust between the VC and his investors (the “LPs”), looking at the relationship from each party’s perspective (the posts are here and here).
Today, I’ll write about trust within a VC partnership.
The “Partner” title means different things at different firms. Here, I’m writing about the members of the “General Partner” in a VC firm. This is the legal entity that is formed by the firm’s management company (more below) and which manages a fund on behalf of the LPs.
To be in the GP, you must sign a set of long legal documents. It is a big deal. It is like a joining a club. You spend a lot of time together. A VC fund is 10 years long, and over multiple funds, people can work together for decades.
The relationships, though, can be tested over time. When a VC firm is close and aligned, it can be a very powerful organization. When it isn’t, dysfunction can quickly permeate the firm. A divorce usually happens. Some divorces are done quietly, others are quite public.
I think a few factors complicate trust in a VC partnership:
1. What to do about founders: Founders of a VC firm are the ones who set up the “management company” (read “How Are VCs Paid?” and “Top Secret VC Economics and Power Unveiled”). This is the legal entity that “owns” the franchise, and is where hiring/firing and compensation decisions are made.
It is also the entity that collects the management fees and then pays all others, including other members of the General Partner. What’s left over after paying expenses is divided among the management company owners. It can be a great deal of money. The management company owners can fire other Partners. So, the owners are wealthy and powerful.
Some sticky questions arise for founders who may reduce their roles over time. Since the founders risked their reputations, capital and income to start a firm, shouldn’t they be compensated for that? And, for how long: the first fund only, or the next 10?
What if a founding partner is older and wants to spend more time with his family? What is a solution that is fair for him and the other partners? What if a founding partner becomes sick or dies? Does his family inherit the management company? And, why would the founders ever give up voting control of the management company? That means one day they will be “voted off the island.”
It’s also tricky for the next generation of partners. When are newer partners admitted to the management company, and if so, how much economics and voting are they given? How do both evolve over time? Do new partners buy their management company pieces or get them for free? If new partners have to “buy in,” how do you set the price?
2. Different time horizons: For simplicity, let’s say there are two partners at a firm. Both are members in the General Partner with equal pieces of carried interest, and both are also equal owners in the management company. In other words, it is an equal partnership in every way.
What happens when one partner wants to retire next year, but another partner wants to work for another 20 years. When should the first partner exit the management company? Is it a sudden removal, or is there a “tail” whereby that partner continues to collect fees in future funds, but at a sliding scale? If that second partner in a year’s time will be doing 100% of the new investments and all future fundraising, shouldn’t he get more economics today?
3. The absence of a Board of Directors: The above issues about pay and power are very personal and very complex. When these issues arise at a startup, the Board will weigh in and make a decision. At a VC firm, there is no Board. There is no outside person who can tell the founding partner that he is being unreasonable. There is no outside party that can tell a younger partner that he is being greedy. So, these delicate negotiations in a VC firm can spiral out of control, whereby emotions take over and trust is broken. And, they can drag on for years.
4. Varying incentives: Let’s take an example where one person owns a management company and the firm manages a $1 billion fund. The management company will receive a roughly 2% management fee a year for 10 years. That’s $20 million of fee income each year. Let’s also say that the cost of running the firm, all in and including paying his other partners is a made-up number of $10 million a year. That leaves $10 million of annual “management company profit” a year for the founder.
Now, how much should a firm raise for its next fund? All things being equal, the founder has an incentive to raise a larger fund. Fund 2’s fees will be 100% profit if the firm doesn’t expand headcount. For example, if the second fund is another $1 billion, then that additional $20 million of fee means the management company profit has now tripled to $30 million a year. Over 10 years of a fund’s life, that is $300 million.
Now, let’s say you’re a junior partner. You get a paid a flat salary and a bonus that that will not change with a new fund. Since you have carried interest in the new fund, though, your incentive is to raise a smaller fund. It is much easier to generate a 3x return on a $100 million fund than it is on a $1 billion fund.
So, the different incentives in the firm will create debate on how big or small a new fund should be. Suddenly, there’s real dis-alignment among the partners.
I can continue, but I think you get the idea. A VC partnership is a very unique, self-managing entity. Trust can tightly bind together a firm. Dis-trust will lead to divorce over time.
At Kepha, we’ve tried to create a trusting culture. The management company financials are open to all in the firm. Eric and I are equal partners, in that we have equal carried interest in the General Partnership, and we also have equal economics and voting in the management company. There is no management fee “tail” in the future for me, the founder. No system is perfect, but ours fits our personalities and our mission as a firm.
Next week, I’ll write about trust between the partners and non-partners at a VC firm.
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7 thoughts on “Series on Trust: When VCs Divorce”
David S says:
Hello Jo – Having read the previous posts in the trust series, its delightful to see the relationship VC partners have amongst each other.
In note of the entire series, the general rules also very much apply to the trust required amongst entrepreneurs themselves. Having co-founded your own fund, I’m quite certain you know this more than many others who will be joining an already established fund.
A lot of people find it peculiar we look at partnerships as some type of ‘marriage’ and use terms such as “divorce”. Truth be told, its not far from the truth: Two entities “like” each other. They meet, they ‘court’ each other for a while and after much consideration, sign binding contract that bind the two for the sharing of resources – all for the purpose of breathing life into offspring in the hopes they grow and expand the family’s wealth resources. In every aspect, it is just like a family.
And just like a family, in my view, a strict environment of transparency, solves any impending hardship. If anything, when implemented well, when separation occurs (for any sort of reason) the divorce will be much painless if not constructive to both sides.
On transparency: I came here trying to do some reconnaissance on figuring out how to get in touch with you guys but stayed in for the reading! I enjoy reading your posts, subscribed!
Uncle of the Blog says:
So true. A partnership is the closest relationship you can have other than family, IMO.
Fred Destin says:
Nice one. To spice it up a bit you can also look at the subtleties of why funds stray from the initial social contract. For example: in many firms, “he who controls the fundraising controls the fund”. But what happens when the fundraiser is a poor investor ? And when do you know ? What about uneven performance over long periods of time ?
I feel that many firms start with a strong bond between founders but that 20 years down the line no one really remembers why the economics were skewed a certain way and strife ensues.
Whenever you start thinking about this, you know the answers essentially cannot be found (Is X worth more to the firm than Y, and how much ?) so you have to default to the Benchmark model: “We’re a small senior team of General Partners with equal contribution, compensation and authority.”
You’re either in or out, but if you’re in, you’re all in and all equal.
Hi Fred, thanks for the note. You raise some really important questions, including the one regarding performance evaluation. Returns are so volatile, the lead times to liquidity are so long, and it only takes one new investor to mark-up a company’s valuation (vs. the public markets): all this makes “grading” very hard.
Sanjay Kaler says:
Jo, thank you for sharing these insights. It would be really great if you could also share some thoughts around carried interest. Do all partners have equal share on carry? Or it also goes to management company like the management fees and managing partner(s) decide the carry share for each partner.
Just to clarify one more point: in a 10 year fund with 2% management fees , 8% hurdle rate and 20% carried interest, will it require 28% (2*10 + 8%) return on the fund size before the carry comes into picture?
Hi Sanjay, how carry is divided is usually a separate negotiation from the management company details. Regarding carried interest, the calculation is usually based on dollars not on return rates. Also, sometimes funds have to pay back the fee before going into the carry zone, whilst others do not–it depends on what was negotiated with the investors.
Sure Jo. It means there is no standard practice as such for carry – some funds calculate it on gross return (excluding management fees) while others do it on net return (including management fees). Given current market situation, I think me-too funds might not actually hit the hurdle rate. Thanks for sharing your views and your blog indeed gives very insightful perspective.
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Improv 101 — Foreign Film Dub
July 4, 2017 July 2, 2017 Kasey
This game is one of my team’s more difficult games. I personally love it, but my problem is that I’m really bad at accents (one thing I really wish I was better at). But this game can be amazing, if done right. Another thing to consider is the fact that the way my troupe plays it, it can easily be scripted. Of course, it isn’t, but there’s no restrictions that inhibit people from doing so.
Foreign Film Dub is a scene game for four people, with varying energy level. It can be done a number of different ways, but I’ll describe it the way I’ve seen it done the most. Two people are scene partners, and the other two stand in the wings of the stage. You get a suggestion of a language and an object from the audience. The entire scene will then be played with that object in mind, spoken in a false tongue, if you will. Both will speak in a gibberish reminiscent of that language, and after they are done speaking, one of the two improvisers outside the scene will translate what they just said (it works best if you pair them up, having both people translate consistently for their characters).
Here’s how the game functions. The primary source of humor for this game is often the translations of what is being said. With this setup, there is no restriction of what the translators say, so technically they can say whatever they want. This means that one person can monologue in gibberish for a minute, only to have their counterpart translate the entire thing into “No, thanks.” That works especially well if the person monologuing is clearing angry, it establishes a clear contrast. Don’t get me wrong, it’s funny, but it’s a gimmick, and it’s my problem with this game. It is inevitable because it generates cheap laughter, and thus it doesn’t lend itself well to true improvisation.
Barring that, this game can be amazing, but there are things to keep in mind. Obviously, a lot of subtext can be given even through gibberish and pantomime alone. Respective translators should be able to pick up on this. In order to help them out, however, you can make defined actions that have clear ‘endpoints’, to establish when you are done talking. If a character is arguing while they sweep, then throws their broom down to cross their arms in a huff, they’re obviously done talking, as there isn’t any natural blocking that follows such an action.
I find this game most difficult for the role of the translators, as they have to forge a scene out of gibberish and subtext on the fly and make it entertaining. If a character changes moods halfway through their speech, a good improviser will have to change their translations halfway through to match. The audience will catch things like this, and it turns an enjoyable scene into a great one.
Another easy gimmick of this game is faking your gibberish. Using iconic phrases, objects, or celebrity names in that language is easy. “Mario spaghetti pepperoni, Medici!” the improviser said in an exaggerated accent is funny the first time, and it’s really easy to slip into that sort of game, but that doesn’t really take skill, as you’re not speaking gibberish at that point.
Lastly, a point to consider. When my troupe is playing this game, I ask the audience for a “European language”, because the majority of my troupe is Caucasian. With as easily offended people are these days, I tell people to stray away from personifying characters of a different ethnicity in any game, especially this one. I can easily see somebody being upset if I do a horrible Indian accent on stage (even if it’s supposed to be gibberish). It’s best to avoid that sort of situation, but if you’re not worried about offending anyone, this obviously isn’t something you have to worry about.
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Time to play more Feel the Snow?
Kollin says:
I’d love to! We should play more games where we voice act characters, I find it lots of fun.
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Soviet-Jewish Decade Top 10: Yiddish Glory
December 24, 2019|Comments Off on Soviet-Jewish Decade Top 10: Yiddish Glory
A long-lost trove of Soviet-Jewish songs from WWII
My second pick for the top Soviet-Jewish works of the past decade is Yiddish Glory: Lost Songs of World War II, which has completely changed what we thought we knew about how Soviet Jews made sense of the war. Its significance cannot be overstated.
The songs in Yiddish Glory provide firsthand, eyewitness testimony to the Nazi horrors. The lyrics are largely written in Yiddish, which was still widely spoken by Soviet-Jews until the war. The pages are sometimes typed, sometimes scrawled by hand. Their writers were soldiers fighting in the Red Army, women evacuated to central Asia, children on their way to their deaths. Sometimes the words are humorous, sometimes angry, sometimes sad. They wish death and revenge upon Hitler (one song is called “Purim Gifts for Hitler”) and mourn for lost lives. Many songs speak directly to the atrocities perpetrated by the Nazis, including one thought to be an eye witness account of Babi Yar. You can see images on the Yiddish Glory site.
The songs were originally collected by a group of scholars with the Kiev Cabinet for Jewish Culture, led by ethnomusicologist Moisei Beregovsky. But Beregovsky was arrested after the war when Stalin shut down all Jewish organizations and cultural production. He died in 1961, thinking the precious documents had been destroyed. They were rediscovered in a Kiev archive nearly a half-century later, and through painstaking work, recovered and set to music. The result is Yiddish Glory.
Yiddish Glory has swept both the Jewish and non-Jewish world. It was nominated for a “Best World Music” Grammy in 2019, and this month was named “Cultural Event of the Year” at the Kremlin, where it received the “Fiddler on the Roof” award (yes, an actual statue of a fiddler).
I first saw Yiddish Glory performed in Toronto in 2018, and then last June, I saw Shternshis speak in Toronto. Her description of Jews tossing crumpled pieces of paper over ghetto fences, vaguely addressed to Ilya Ehrenburg, in hopes that their missives would somehow get to someone who could help or at least ensure their death wasn’t in vain, hasn’t left my mind. Neither have many of the words written so long ago.
Look at what bumbling soldiers you are now!
A, misery and woe are upon us from all sides!
We’re out of options — it’s not looking good.
Germany is in trouble, Hitler is kaput!
– From Afn Hoykhn Barg (On the High Mountain) recorded in Uzbekistan in 1944
And indeed, it does feel, every time the songs are performed or spoken about, like a small measure of redemption for those long-ago horrors. For me, it brings to life the suffering that my grandparents and their generation endured in a way little else does. Several of the songs on the album are from Zhitomir and the surrounding region, where my paternal grandparents are from. To hear these words, to see Stalin’s attempts to stifle Jewish voices upended — it honestly brings me to tears every time.
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Darby Creek High/Low Fiction Imprint Meets Teens Where They Are
By Kate Schefer, Digital Products Coordinator
When I first started as the Digital intern for Lerner two years ago, we were in the middle of production for our Fall 2017 enhanced ebooks, including Interactive Books and Audisee ebooks with audio. That was also when we launched our Audisee K-6 collection of ebooks with audio with 630 titles. Suffice to say, I spent most of my time completing quality assurance testing on all of our new products. I listened and read along to hundreds of books, ranging from pre-K picture books to middle grade curricular nonfiction, to our unique high-low fiction novels from the Darby Creek imprint. My first introduction to this new-to-me format was the series The Contest, which remains one of my favorite Lerner series.
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Islamists Abduct Nuns in Maaloula
Timothy Heckenlively Maaloula December 3, 2013 December 3, 2013 2 Minutes
**NOTE: This video is supplied only for the sake of its current visuals (posted yesterday, 12-2). Neither I nor LevantReport endorse the specific military or political views expressed therein.**
Yesterday I raised concerns about early reports from the renewed combat in Maaloula. Sadly, confirmation of those initial reports has begun to emerge in today’s news cycle. Based on interviews with the Vatican’s ambassador to Syria, The Daily Star is confirming that up to 12 nuns have been abducted from the Greek Orthodox Monastery of St. Thekla and relocated, most likely to the village of Yabroud (about 30-45 min NW). AsiaNews adds some additional details of unstated source. Given that the Catholic Patriarchate is located less than half a mile from the Orthodox Patriarchate on the same street, there is a high probability that this statement came from credible information shared between the two churches.
The Daily Star article also cites claims by opposition forces that they entered the convent merely to protect the nuns from the hostile Assad regime. Given al-Nusra’s history of violence against Christians and the fact that they rained explosive-filled tires down on the village, this claim is patently absurd, especially given that Assad has a history supporting the Monastery and making personal visits. Most of the English-language news so far has ignored the preposterous element of rebel claims, but nevertheless taken then at their word that the nuns are still present at the Monastery, preferring to label them as hostages (cf. Bloomberg, Reuters, AP via Fox). Given the degree to which the western press agencies trust the pro-opposition activist Rami Abdulrahman, a.k.a. the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, for their information, it is possible that they are taking his agnostic approach to the initial conflict reports. Certainly they have copied his analysis, repeating that the assault is strategic, based on the need to control a major N-S freeway near the village. Had they bothered to check a map, they might have noticed that the village is separated from the freeway by a good 7 miles of winding, dusty road and that another village, Ayn At-Tina, stands far closer. Another 8 miles SW (though at a much lower, less strategic elevation), Qutayfeh lies directly adjacent to the freeway.
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Timothy Heckenlively says:
Brief follow up. The Orthodox Patriarch has now given a public statement confirming the abduction of the nuns: http://www.antiochian.org/pray-nuns-maaloula-syria. Additional details can be found in the following AP story: http://m.apnews.com/ap/db_268782/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=XDofyhtf
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Brad’s life is in a free fall. He lost his job and will soon be without health insurance—not good considering he has a heart condition. He thinks he’s screwed until his lifelong friend Zack offers to marry him to share the benefits.
But Brad’s straight, right? He can’t marry another guy! At least, that’s what he tells himself at first, but he soon finds himself doing exactly that: marrying his best friend. It doesn’t take long before he realizes that this marriage is more than one of convenience as he starts to ask himself: Has he been harboring deeper feelings for Zack all along?
Zack runs a steampunk-themed coffee shop. He loves his work, his oddball chihuahua, and his social life, but he’s missing just one thing: a partner to share the joy with. When Brad falls on hard times, Zack offers to do everything he can to help. He never expected, however, that it’d be Brad helping him.
A rival appears in the form of an authentic Italian barista, claiming he will take the title of Chicago’s Best Espresso from Zack. Though Zack is discouraged, Brad will stop at nothing to help him find the perfect secret ingredient to win the competition.
A hungry lake, a gourd of unusual size, and explosive cheese are only some of the encounters Brad and Zack have to deal with on their journey to find The Perfect Cup. This light romantic comedy is the perfect pick-me-up, second only to a shot of Zack’s espresso!
My Captain’s Baby by Eva Leon
A secret omega. A protective alpha. An irresistible attraction.
Alpha Captain Zane Mayfield commands the special forces Delta Squad.
He’s wanted Specialist Aden Chandler since the man was assigned to his squad. The only issue is Aden is an alpha.
When an op goes sideways, Zane’s alpha instincts take over. All he cares about is keeping the snarky flirt of a sniper safe.
Specialist Aden Chandler lied about his omega status when he enlisted.
He has his dream job in the special forces and he’ll do what it takes to keep his dream alive, even if it means illegal suppressants and denying his need for his Captain.
But an op gone wrong changes everything and threatens to ruin both his and Captain Mayfield’s military career. Will Captain Mayfield choose duty over love? Or will Aden be proven once again that alphas can’t be trusted?
This non-shifter Mpreg romance is a standalone with no cliffhanger, but it is the first story of the Delta Squad Alphas trilogy. It features a friends-to-lovers story, steamy scenes, military action, pregnancy fun, snarky flirting, romantic interludes, and two hot men in uniform on a mission for their happily-ever-after.
A Higher Flame by Parker Avrile
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A celebrity matchmaking service pairs a lonely billionaire with a playboy actor. Are they nuts?
“Just be nice, and don’t break his heart too fast. Wait until after the Oscars.”
Bad boy Trent has been nominated for Best Actor, and now the rising star needs to clean up his act. A steady man at his side will make him seem more authentic to the Academy voters. Some people might call them fake boyfriends, but Trent doesn’t mind going the extra mile to make their gossip column romance seem real and red-hot.
“There are so many ways this could blow up into you screwing up and having fun.”
Ben isn’t quite sure why Gran volunteered him for a series of dates with a Hollywood actor. The spotlight is for other billionaires. Ben chooses to be alone in the shadows. If he wants to be with Trent, he’ll have to get used to the cameras.
Assured Elites never fails to put together the dreamiest matches, but this time they may have gone a step too far. Will Trent and Ben break their perfect record?
A Higher Flame is a full-length steamy gay romance novel that features a bashful billionaire, a secret beach, an oversized dog, and a bad boy who needs to clean up his act. Always a guaranteed happy ending, and absolutely no cheating or cliffhangers.
Each novel in the Assured Elites series deals with a different couple. Feel free to start anywhere and to read them in any order.
Runway Runaways by Kevin Sean
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I’m sick of feeling ashamed and trying to run from my past. This time, I might finally have my chance to stop running away. I’m lucky enough to land a dream job at my favorite magazine and I’m not going to screw it up. I know I can do it—put down some roots and focus on my career. I can’t afford any distractions.
Especially not the hot new Brit at the office.
I can’t let anyone too close, because if anyone discovers the truth about me, I’ll be ruined…
I’ve always stood out in a crowd. When you’re part of the royal family, it’s impossible not to. But the fortune and fame of my family name have always been a burden, not a blessing. That’s why I dropped everything and moved. New name, new city, new job. New sexy coworker. Christ, Ty is going to make staying out of the spotlight tough.
Especially when a photo of us in a compromising position gets posted on the internet.
I think I’m about to find out the hard way that you can’t hide forever—particularly in the cutthroat world of fashion.
Runway Runaways is a 40,000 word m/m contemporary romance novel with no cheating and no cliffhangers. This book is the second installment in Kevin Sean’s Royal Lexingtons series but can be read as a standalone novel.
This high-fashion work of fiction features deadly secrets, sexy English accents, designer shoes, steamy scenes, and—of course—Happily Ever After!
Green’s Thumb by Alexander Elliott
Real men, real love, real happy.
Mitch Graham and Karl Hartman are meant for each other – they just don’t know it yet. They’re both gay, middle aged, single, and open to meeting that special someone. Problem is, they never get out of the house!
With Karl working from home, and Mitch’s non-existent social life, it seems unlikely the two will ever meet. When Mitch decides on a whim to visit a new dog park, Karl’s greyhound takes a shine to him and the game is on.
In a sneaky bid to spend more time together, Karl hires Mitch to do some landscaping work on his front yard. It doesn’t take long for something special to grow along with the flowers.
Notice: Recommended for readers 18+. This book contains adult themes and sexuality, including M/M romance, and is suitable for mature readers only!
Guarding His Jewels by Jaylen Florian
Only $ 0.99 (limited time) on Amazon
Ryan, a naive young security guard, is lured into intrigue with professional mixed martial arts fighters and their bodyguards in the days leading up to a world championship grudge match.
More is at stake than just the title belt, prize money, and glory. The reigning champ has been threatened with losing valuable championship rings and treasured body parts by his opponent.
Ryan is chosen to execute schemes, integrating his budding sexuality, that will help keep the champion safe until he steps into the cage. The quest immerses Ryan into a secret underground world of hideaways in mansions and beach houses.
Grappling with constant surprises and temptations, Ryan’s judgment may be clouded by encounters with these dangerous, mysterious men. His mission is also complicated by his fears and suspicions. He struggles with what is real and what is bluster. He may have to conceal private confidences so that innocent people are not harmed.
Underestimated, Ryan strives to fulfill his role, heed his conscience, explore his desires, keep his hero safe, and determine the truth.
“Guarding His Jewels” is a novel with passionate and romantic themes intended for mature audiences.
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Review: Brazilian Gourmet, Fitzrovia
Brazilian and gourmet aren’t two words that you’d normally expected together, and this cafe, despite its name isn’t what I’d normally associate with gourmet. Located on Cleveland Street near a host of other similar sized eateries, it’s has a much more rustic, street food vibe, than high-end gourmet cuisine. Coffee – 2/5 Despite Brazil being…
July 28, 2014 in Fitzrovia, Uncategorized.
Review: Artisan, Putney
Named as the best coffee shop for cakes, Artisan’s Putney branch had a lot to live up to after I’d made the long journey from north London. Artisan is one of the coffee shops that takes its craft very seriously with the website proclaiming that each barista treats “each cup like a fine chef does…
July 25, 2014 in Putney, Uncategorized.
Review: Flat White, Soho
One of the first of the ‘third wave’ coffee shops (they’re not cafes, you know) in London, this antipodean venue is a Soho favourite and inspiration for many imitators. Opened in 2005, it fast became a hub for Australians and New Zealanders. These days, you can still here the odd twang of an accent from…
July 21, 2014 in Soho.
Review: Reynolds, Fitzrovia
I’m from up north where we do large portions, so I was a little wary of Reynolds, which describes itself as a small-portion cafe with a grazing menu. I like to graze and pick, but I’m also aware that many places use this to charge more for less. Which way would Reynolds go? With a…
July 16, 2014 in Uncategorized.
Review: The Attendant, Fitzrovia
These days you have to do something pretty different to stand out in London’s crowded cafe market, so it’s no surprise to find coffee shops popping up in unusual locations. For example, The Attendant has been cunningly fitted into the shell of a Victorian gents’ toilet just off Great Titchfield Street. Using the old urinals…
July 14, 2014 in Fitzrovia.
Review: The Coffee Jar, Camden
Camden’s Parkway road is the link between the lush greenery and wealth of Regent’s Park and the grit and grime of Camden. At one end of the road is the high end York & Albany while at the other are the Italian restaurants that have been around for decades. Along its stretch is everything from…
July 11, 2014 in Camden.
Review: The Gate, Archway
Situated on what has been dubbed ‘Archway Island’ (slap bang in the middle of a fairly major road network), there are a number of small shops, cafes and pubs. The former Archway Tavern has held numerous names over the years, but none really open during the day. Next to these are a couple of cafes –…
Review: Store Street Espresso, Bloomsbury
Store Street, just off Tottenham Court Road, is one of those London streets that you wouldn’t know about unless someone took you there. Cleverly, they have made a strip of the shops unify their fronts and has its own website, giving the area, which could have been just another random side street, a real community…
July 4, 2014 in Bloomsbury.
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Ill-Fated Relationship: get your manhwa in English, on the iPhone
by Philip Gowman posted 25 Jul 2011 27 Aug 2016 updated 27 Aug 2016
in Books | News and Current Affairs. 4 minute read
When I was in Korea last May I met up with Kim Jin-sung, the man behind online CD merchant Mr Kwang. He told me about his project to bring manhwa, Korean graphic novels, to an English speaking audience. I was expecting something web-based. But with the advent of the iPhone, an app is as good a way as any to distribute content.
The Man and The Woman from Ill-fated Relationship. What's in that suitcase?
So Mr Kwang set up iSeeToon, a company name which speaks for itself. The experimental release of Magician came in November last year1. The first proper, paid-for release was earlier this month: Ill-Fated Relationship by Hwang Joon-ho, described as a “dark romance between two serial killers”.
A typical hard-copy manhwa has maybe 6 frames per page – 12 frames per double page. As you turn to a new page, sometimes it’s not immediately clear in which order the frames are to be read – and in order to determine the appropriate order you have to scan the whole page. In addition, sometimes your eye might stray onto the right hand page. This can mean that your eye takes in a critical event long before you naturally get to that point in the narrative. The element of suspense is taken away.
With an App, you are forced to read the manhwa frame by frame. When you are looking at one frame you have no clue what is coming next – you cannot cheat. This allows the manhwa author / App developer to play with you, drawing out a suspenseful moment with images that change little from frame to frame, or alternatively offering the opportunity of presenting you with a shocking image without warning.
It is this feeling of suspense which is the strength of the App. The bare bones of the plot are two serial killers who start to date each other. The opportunities for tension are obvious: not only the tension of when each will get their next victim but also of whether each is assessing the other as the next victim – and if so who will make the first move
The above three sequential stills from Ill-fated relationship gives a feel for the App’s cinematic style
To move to the next frame of the story, a quick tap on the screen suffices. Generally the transition to the next frame is simple, like a slide show. Occasionally there will be a special effect like a camera panning or zooming out to reveal more of a scene. In fact the overall feel approaches the cinematic. Sometimes the successive frames combine together like a slow motion action shot (see example above) while at other times the sequencing is more conventional story-telling interspersed with scene-setting location shots.
The muted colour palette of the artwork suits the sombre mood of the story and the troubled backgrounds of the two main characters.
To go with the release of the manhwa, iSeeToon has also released three video trailers:
Thanks to Mr Kwang’s deep involvement with Indie music these trailers have a soundtrack by luminaries such as 500won project and The Invisible Fish.
The iTunes App itself does not have the soundtrack, which is fine because over an extended period a soundtrack would become a distraction.
Ill-Fated Relationship is available through the Apple App Store. The launch price is $4.99, which will eventually increase to $8.99. For UK users the opening price is £2.99.
The App is enough to whet your appetite for more, and coming soon from the same source is Murder DIEary (as 3 or 4 acts) and Heaven (a complete manhwa in one App, like Ill-Fated Relationship). Murder DIEary is a “Dexter in 4-panel comics” style, a “unique, experimental and exciting serial killer story”, says Kim Jin-sung.
Give yourself a break from Angry Birds. Treat yourself to a manhwa on the way to work.
iSeeToon website
Ill-Fated Relationship on iTunes
Review on Manga Bookshelf
Mr Kwang interviews the author Hwang Joon-ho
You can still find it on iTunes, but it is not maintained [↩]
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7 thoughts on “Ill-Fated Relationship: get your manhwa in English, on the iPhone”
Facebook Feedback says:
25 July, 2011 at 10:20 pm
Bette: Love it. Thx for this
Bella: Wish it was available on android
mrkwang says:
Thanks for great review. 🙂
And how to do ‘Facebook Feedback’ as I can see above? 🙂
I’ve yet to find a WordPress / Facebook integration plugin that does a proper job. So the above is a simple copy & paste.
I bought this, and read it in about two hours. I really enjoyed it and I wish it was longer tbh 🙁
Yes, it is over rather quickly. I don’t know if you saw “Magician” in the App Store, from the same source. Very different. But unfortunately it’s only a Beta version and they stopped uploading the updates. I think I could be very tempted to fork out $0.99 per chapter…
I think once my bday itunes card comes it, that will get purchased. These guys are very talented and inspiring, I’d love to work with them one day.
mrkwang (iseetoon) says:
Thanks for your concern, MT. However we couldn’t update Magician for a long time, so we recommend just download client to see how it is at now. We’d like to revive the project later, but not sure when.
And please prepare for ‘Murder DIEary’ Act 1 within few months.
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Kids Company founder urges decide to spare her the ‘pressure’ of a court docket case over the charity’s financial meltdown after taking £42m of public money
by Jana Simmons
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The arguably founding father of the defunct Kids Company charity the previous day begged to be spared the ‘stress’ of court docket complaints.
Camila Batmanghelidjh requested a decide to assist her to keep away from taking the blame for its economic meltdown.
Her solicitor told the High Court it would be a ‘blessing’ if she was let off, adding: ‘It might save time, cost and stress for her.’
Kids Company, which helped stricken kids in south London, become given £42million of public cash, along with £3million sanctioned by using David Cameron simply days before its collapse in 2015.
But an inquiry located an ‘outstanding catalog of failures’ on the charity and now the Insolvency Service is making an attempt to impose a six-12 months ban on Batmanghelidjh being an enterprise director.
The charity’s former chairman Alan Yentob, an ex-BBC government, and six others also face 3-year bans.
At an initial court hearing the day before today, Batmanghelidjh argued she needs to escape blame due to the fact although she was ‘closely concerned’ within the charity, she turned into ‘now not involved in the governance’.
Her solicitor, James Nicholls, complained that ‘stones are being thrown at her by using the legit receiver’, who has gathered fifty-six lever arch documents of evidence, which he described as ‘a plethora of noise’.
Although Batmanghelidjh was not a director on the time the charity collapsed, she was defined as a previous inquiry because the ‘unaccountable and dominant’ leader govt who regarded Kids Company as ‘her non-public fiefdom’.
The Insolvency Service is arguing that she was a ‘de facto director’, and must be banned.
Her solicitor requested for a separate listening to decide whether she might be excused from the case.
But Gareth Tilley, for the legit receiver, stated it might be better if all eight defendants faced trial on the equal time so that the courtroom ought to get ‘the overall picture’.
He stated it changed into now not yet acknowledged whether or not Batmanghelidjh and the board directors would possibly blame every different for the fall apart, to which Deputy Insolvency and Companies Court Judge Middleton replied: ‘It does have the “cut-throat” feel about it doesn’t it?’
He threw out Batmanghelidjh’s application and rejected her request to take delivery of longer than her co-defendants to report her defense so she may want to see what they said.
‘She desires to see the alternative directors’ evidence earlier than she places pen to paper? Your client just has to mention the reality,’ he advised her. I started thinking about this from the kids’ point of view. That made me remember the children’s literature I grew up on. Many of my favorite books were about young people taking charge independently–often away from their parents. Let’s start with Enid Blyton’s The Famous Five series. Beginning with Five on a Treasure Island, five cousins spend the summer having one adventure after the next. There is a home base where meals are offered and the children check in, but the assumption of the adults seems to be that as long as they are out in the fresh air, together, that they are generally fine no matter what they are getting up to. In the Swallows and Amazon books by Arthur Ransome, six children are given permission to camp on an island in the middle of a lake. They cook over open fires and deal with the local “natives” (as the children refer to the adults) to procure supplies. Another popular example of kids on a mission is From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg. It is about two children who run away from the suburbs to New York City and who handle themselves very well. In all these books, the children are supported by friends, cousins or siblings and range in age between around 9 and 13. For me the common themes are that a) children are generally seen as very capable and b) they relish in the opportunity to show how able they are to take care of themselves.
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H-2-WOAH: Noosa company Nautilus Pools won two awards for combined pool and spa and lighting with this design and construction of a private pool.
Local pool builders take home gold for design
AUSTRALIA might win gold in the water, but a Noosa company has proved you don't need to be a fast swimmer to take home gold in swimming pools.
Noosa Heads pool building business Nautilus Pools were honoured two golds at a prestigious pool and spa awards ceremony last week.
The company took out top honours in categories pool and spa combination and lighting feature at the Swimming Pool and Spa Association National Awards of Excellence.
The annual awards ceremony was held at the Jupiters Casino on the Gold Coast on August 18.
Nautilus owner Linda Byrne said her business enters in state awards every year, but winning two national awards was "fantastic".
"We enter the Queensland awards every year. We submitted a couple of pools and we won in the gold category for pool and spa domestic, and we also won gold for pool lighting for the same pool.
"Then that automatically is entered in to the national awards, and we won gold in both categories for them.
"It's very good, very excited about it."
Nautilus Pools has been designing and building commercial and private swimming areas for more than 30 years, but have remained a family owned and operated business.
"We're just a family company, with Peter (husband) and myself. And a couple of our boys work for us, our sons. We're only a small company," Linda said.
"It's pretty exciting (to win)."
However, Linda said Nautilus are no strangers to receiving accolades.
"This is our 24th award. We haven't entered every year but we do some pretty special pools, so when we have a really special pool we always enter the awards."
Nautilus has had many of its pools featured in Home Beautiful, House and Garden and Vogue.
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Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his “I have a Dream Speech” almost 60 years ago. Almost 60 years have passed and his words recognizing and calling out the inequities and social injustices still ring true: Expand
It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note, insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked "insufficient funds."
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“This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy.”
For all Americans, Dr. King’s work remains unfinished. We stand upon the precipice. There are those who thought that the inequalities that Dr. King preached about in the 1950s/1960s are of yesteryear. There are those who continue to hold on to the misguided notion that requesting more of your country to reach a more perfect union is Un-American.
But, as Dr. King said, “[a]ll labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.” We cannot look at what has happened in these past years, especially the Summer 2020 and January 6, 2021, without thinking that we have miles to go in our journey towards racial equity and social justice. The fact that a statement as patently obvious – and important to rebuilding the American foundation of equality – as “Black Lives Matter” invokes in so many Americans the urge to devalue Black and Brown lives and avoid talking about the underlying issues that disproportionately undervalue Black and Brown bodies and minds in our country.
Despite this, I whole-heartedly believe that we are stronger together. That we (as Dr. King believed) want to do better. Be better; for all Americans. Dr King embodied his ideals of a better America in his “I have a Dream Speech.” But we should not lose sight of his fears that halts progression at its core: “In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” These words feel too real in our current America. These last years have seen good people stand by and allow injustice and the status quo to continue.
As we remember Dr. King and what he stood/stands for, let us use today to reflect on where we stand as a country, family, individual, and where we want to be. 2021 is time for us to reset and push the ball forward toward a more perfect union; a better America.
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More than a few of those leading legal diversity efforts in our profession are strangers to relatively recent history. That history can teach important lessons in an ethnically unrepresentative legal community that is still nearly 80% white and that still lags nearly all professions nationwide in minority inclusion.
Bending Toward Justice: The Black Experience in the Minnesota Judiciary
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arrived in Galveston, Texas to deliver the news that all slaves were free. This announcement--coming two months after Robert E. Lee surrendered and and two and a half years after President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation--marked the first annual celebration of emancipation from slavery in the United States.
As we celebrate Juneteenth 155 years later, we ask that you reflect on the resilience of formally enslaved people despite violence and oppression, and celebrate their profound contributions to this country. Our liberty is owed much to the men and women who toiled in bondage. And as we continue to march for justice, racial equity, and the end of institutional racism, structural disadvantages, and police brutality, let us remember that we never stop celebrating freedom.
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If Cornered Will Fight
Posted by laurencereade in T
Carterton Fc, Football, goals, groundhopping, League, Tower Hill Vixens, West Witney
Saturday 21st January 2011 ko 10.30am
Oxfordshire FA U14 Girls County Cup Quarter Final
TOWER HILL VIXENS 0
CARTERTON FC 2 (42 54)
Att 21 (h/c)
Entry FREE
Refreshments Available
Since I let it be known that I would be attending this game, I’d had a few calls commenting that it shouldn’t count towards my records. I pondered that one, and came to the conclusion that its a game of football, so it counts. But why was I there at all? That was down to Ali Haining, my boss many years ago, and manager of the Tower Hill side. We hadn’t had a chat since seeing each other at a funeral in 2004. So there you go, these days I’m available for weddings, bar mitzvahs and U14 football matches!
The West Witney Sports Ground is to be found by the B4027 Burford Road, if you’ve ever visited Witney Town’s Downs Road Ground, chances are that you’ve passed here.
On a horrible wet cold, and windy morning the place was packed. I had to park on the grass verge outside, as a multipicity of games were taking place on the ground, on various sizes of pitches. I recognised the referee from my 10-10 at Islip a few months ago. https://laurencereade.wordpress.com/2011/10/02/the-i-was-there-game/
Tower Hill have no Saturday male team, that’s the job of West Witney of the Witney and District League. They have a reserve team, but every other team falls under the Tower Hill banner. I was reminded of my visit to SanFrecce Hiroshima back in the summer. Not for the stadium, or the conditions, but for the field outside where hundreds of children were learning about the game by playing and having fun. Any snobbery I could have felt disappeared with that thought. https://laurencereade.wordpress.com/2011/12/20/the-big-day-at-the-big-arch/
The game saw the Vixens pitted against their counterparts from Hellenic League Carterton FC. I’d looked up “Vixen” for some inspiration before setting out. Obviously its a female fox, but I was rather taken with the comment, “Will fight if cornered.” It turned out to be positive metaphor for the game, as the two sides worked extremely hard to both master the conditions and the opposition.
When watching the womens’ game you have to accept that the pace is slower, but once I got used to that, the game ebbed and flowed nicely. I thought an error would settle the contest, and as usual I was wrong. A corner was floated in and a forward was able to bundle the ball in. Soon after, a through ball found a Carterton forward; her shot cannoned off the defender’s foot to wrong foot the keeper for 2-0.
A little harsh on the hosts I thought, although Carterton had enjoyed marginally more possession. For all of that this was football in its purest form in some respects, played for the enjoyment only.
1 thought on “If Cornered Will Fight”
Paul Proctor said:
Traffic lights in Witney!!! whatever next
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Hermitage Monte Carlo
The Elegant Hermitage Monte Carlo is considered a historic monument in this part of the world and it is only steps away from the incredible Casino de Monte-Carlo. While many guests will spend their time in the nearby casino, others will find that they will be in the Thermes Marins Monte-Carlo, which is attached to the hotel.
The Nice Airport is only forty minutes away from this hotel via a car ride and those who would like to may choose to arrive at the hotel via helicopter. The hotel also provides a free shuttle to those guests who want to access the private beach area.
There are 280 guest rooms within this luxurious hotel, and out of those, there are twenty suites, fifteen junior suites, and eight Monte Carlo diamond suites. Almost all the rooms offer spectacular views of either the Monaco harbor or the Prince’s Palace.
Le Vistamar is the fine dining restaurant of choice for guests at this hotel, and Chef Joel Garault has managed to create a menu full of Mediterranean gastronomical delights. Diners can enjoy the breathtaking view of the harbor as they enjoy their meal.
The Crystal Bar is the perfect spot for a before or after meal drink, as is the Limùn Bar.
Those guests looking for a little more relaxation may want to venture over to the on-site spa for a seaweed treatment or some time in the sauna. The fitness center is another excellent option, and it gets a lot of use from those who are trying to stick with their workout routine.
Highlights & Reviews
Bang in the middle of the principality’s prestigious Carré d’Or district and a one-minute walk from the main square with its casino, opera, restaurants and designer shops. The hotel has the advantage of a quiet garden square on one side, while the other side gazes over the Mediterranean port littered with superyachts towards the rock topped with the Prince’s medieval castle.
Somehow this hotel pulls off the opulence of a 19th-century palace (think gold leaf and marble pillars) with the friendly convenience of a resort hotel. Belle Epoque details abound such as marble-topped commodes, ornate mantle clocks and decorative urns. Wow factors include the stained-glass atrium and the glass-fronted spa.
Bedrooms features Louis XV-style chairs and colourful wallpaper panels. Marbled bathrooms contain monogrammed towels and generous-sized bathroom products by the legendary Parisian perfume maker Francis Kurkdjian. Superior Queen rooms are bijou or squeezed – depending upon your perspective. Superior King Rooms have more space, and Deluxe Garden View with Terrace Rooms are more than double the size, so it’s worth an upgrade if budget allows. The best-value rooms in the hotel are the Deluxe Sea View Rooms, which have gorgeous views, but you’ll have to book well in advance.
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Monte Carlo, 98000
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Duncanville Arbitration & Mediation Lawyers
Kathy Elizabeth Roux
Grapevine, TX Arbitration & Mediation Attorney with 26 years of experience
(817) 874-8877 4501 Merlot Avenue
Arbitration & Mediation, Consumer, Family and Probate
Originally from New Orleans, Kathy E. Roux graduated from Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center. While in law school, she was elected Freshman Class Representative and appointed Ombudsman for LSU’s Student Government Association. She won 1st place for the Southern Region in the Frederick Douglass Moot Court competition, and was chosen to represent LSU in the National Moot Court competition.
After graduation, she began working for Southeast Louisiana Legal Services in New Orleans, practicing poverty law. While there, her practice areas included Consumer Bankruptcy, Consumer Protection, Housing Law, and the Low...
Kirk G. Smith
Dallas, TX Arbitration & Mediation Attorney with 21 years of experience
(214) 613-5306 900 Jackson St
#440-A
Free ConsultationArbitration & Mediation, Securities and Stockbroker Fraud
As a partner at Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas LLP (SSEK Law Firm), Kirk G. Smith focuses his practice on securities law. Representing individual and institutional investors against banks, brokerage firms and trust companies, Mr. Smith generally handles cases involving issues such as retirement losses, broker and brokerage firm misconduct, investment derivatives, fraud and financial product failures. He serves clients throughout the U.S.
Before earning a Juris Doctor from the South Texas College of Law Houston, Mr. Smith attended Loyola University New Orleans. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts.
Previously working as an investment advisor for a large brokerage firm and...
Samuel B. Edwards
Dallas, TX Arbitration & Mediation Lawyer with 19 years of experience
Sam Edwards is a partner at SSEK and has developed a wide-ranging practice representing individuals and institutions from the United States and almost every continent in the world in investment and financial disputes. Over the last decade, that representation has included hundreds of clients who range from retirees that have lost their life savings, to community banks and credit unions who have been defrauded by Wall Street in investment schemes or bad products, to states and municipalities defrauded by investment banks.
The cases Mr. Edwards has worked on include claims for unsuitable investment recommendations, churning, misrepresentations and outright fraud. The investments...
Robert Joseph Blankenship
Grand Prairie, TX Arbitration & Mediation Lawyer with 25 years of experience
(817) 533-8484 2304 W. Bardin Rd.
Grand Prairie, TX 75052
Free ConsultationArbitration & Mediation, Divorce, Estate Planning and Family
Robert Blankenship has been licensed to practice law by the State Bar of Texas since receiving his degree in law from Texas Wesleyan University in 1995. A Big Spring native, Robert’s family moved to Weatherford after his father died. Robert is licensed to practice law in the Federal Northern District of Texas, and the Eastern District of Texas. Before joining the Bailey & Galyen Robert worked at the Office of the Attorney General of Texas where he was recognized as the Assistant Attorney General of the Year for 2010. While law school he was Order of the...
(214) 890-9270 10000 N Central Expwy.
Arbitration & Mediation, Business, Consumer and Family
Michael P. “Mike” Metcalf doing business as Metcalf Mediation & Arbitration Services is engaged in the practice of law that centers on the mediation and arbitration of civil disputes. Judge Metcalf has more than 40 years of legal experience that includes service in the United States Army Judge Advocate General’s Corp, as a District Attorney, District Judge and trial lawyer. Mike, a trial lawyer, is board-certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in Civil Trial Law and Personal Injury Trial Law.
Judge Metcalf was a judicial pioneer who recognized the need for litigants to seek a resolution to their case...
Ross F. Tew
Arlington, TX Arbitration & Mediation Lawyer with 8 years of experience
(817) 265-9002 4025 Woodland Park Boulevard, Suite 140
Arlington, TX 76013
Free ConsultationArbitration & Mediation, Estate Planning, Probate and Real Estate
I grew up in Austin, attended Baylor, lived in Dallas with my wife for a number of years before moving to Fort Worth, started a family, and opened my practice.
Francesca Blackard
Dallas, TX Arbitration & Mediation Attorney with 9 years of experience
Francesca Blackard is a partner at McClure Law Group, exclusively practicing family law since graduating from law school in 2012. Prior to law school, she worked for family law firms in Chicago, New York, and Dallas as both a paralegal and law clerk.
Francesca is of Mexican descent and is fluent in Spanish. Her travels have often taken her to Mexico, and she attended Instituto Alpes San Javier in Guadalajara, Jalisco to perfect her native tongue. Conversant in French, Francesca loves the study of languages and world cultures.
One of Francesca's finest qualities is how she relates to clients on a...
Free ConsultationArbitration & Mediation, Divorce and Family
Jeffrey Rasansky
(877) 405-4313 2525 McKinnon St #550
Free ConsultationArbitration & Mediation, Nursing Home, Personal Injury and Products Liability
Jeff Rasansky is an attorney passionate about giving a voice to those who have been personally injured or harmed by the negligence or wrong-doing of others. Relying on over 20 years of courtroom experience, Jeff represent clients in significant civil lawsuits across the country from business disputes, birth injuries, trucking accidents to injuries caused by dangerous products. Texas educated, Jeff earned his law degree at Southern Methodist University – Dedman School of Law in 1990 after receiving his undergraduate Bachelors in Business Administration degree from the University of Texas at Austin in 1987.
Brandon Joseph
Dallas, TX Arbitration & Mediation Lawyer with 5 years of experience
Brandon Joseph is an Attorney at McClure Law Group. As a persuasive advocate, Brandon's intense work ethic and passion for the law makes him a real asset to the McClure legal team and their clients.
Brandon has proven himself a force to be reckoned with in the courtroom. During his first month at McClure Law Group, Brandon successfully persuaded a court to reconsider and overturn its ruling which granted an emergency protective order. Since that time, Brandon has successfully prosecuted and defended against multiple family violence protective orders. Additionally, Brandon has received numerous victories in suits to modify prior court orders,...
Daniel Henry Charest
(469) 904-4550 900 Jackson Street
Arbitration & Mediation, Antitrust, Business and Energy
Daniel Charest gets results for his clients in high-stakes litigation. His career reflects a history of big wins in the court room and high-profile settlement agreements. He achieves those results through a combination of smarts and daily hard work. Daniel understands that trust and accountability with his clients, plus a dedicated group of attorneys, form the foundation of a strong legal team.
From international arbitrations in London to small-town courthouses, Daniel knows each victory—no matter the size—matters to the client. Daniel co-founded Burns Charest with the mission to form a team of dynamic attorneys from varied backgrounds who are motivated...
Jonathan L. Howell
Arbitration & Mediation, Bankruptcy, Business and Collections
Jonathan L. Howell actively represents clients in Texas and throughout the United States in all facets of litigation and a variety of transactional matters, including business and asset acquisitions, preparation and renegotiation of lending and credit agreements, contract disputes, real property and construction disputes, creditors’ rights, out-of-court workouts, debt restructurings, commercial reorganizations, asset protection, and bankruptcy-related litigation matters. Mr. Howell has received multiple awards and recognition from his peers for his work in litigation and commercial reorganizations and restructurings.
Mr. Howell has represented a broad spectrum of clients, ranging from local entrepreneurs to Fortune 500 companies. Mr. Howell's clients...
Heeyeon Kim
DALLAS, TX 75234-2769
Arbitration & Mediation, Business, Immigration and Real Estate
Licensed with in Korean Bar Association since 2005 (2002? ???? 44? ??, ????? 34? ??) and Texas Bar Association since 2017.
Major Practice Area:
Regarding Korean Practice:
Korean Law, International Arbitration, Litigation (Korean Court), Investment (Real Estate), M&A, Corporate Law, Business Law, Contract Law.
Regarding US Practice:
Business Law, Corporate Law, Business Set-up, Cross-Border legal issues, Immigration, Labor Law with corporation, Contract Law
Robert Epstein
Michael P Metcalf
University of Nevada-Reno, University of Houston - Main Campus and University of Virginia School of Law
Michael P. “Mike” Metcalf d/b/a Metcalf Mediation & Arbitration Services is engaged in the practice of law that centers on the mediation and arbitration of civil disputes. Judge Metcalf has more than 50 years of legal experience that includes service in the United States Army Judge Advocate General’s Corp, as a District Attorney, District Judge and trial lawyer. Mike, a trial lawyer, is board-certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in Civil Trial Law and Personal Injury Trial Law.
Judge Metcalf was a judicial pioneer who recognized the need for litigants to seek a resolution to their case before trial....
Arlington, TX Arbitration & Mediation Attorney with 40 years of experience
(817) 505-1291 1805 West Park Row Drive, Suite C
Free ConsultationArbitration & Mediation, Bankruptcy, Business and Collections
Placid Oil Company and Petro-Hunt, L.L.C.
Texas Bank
J. J. Best & Company
Mitchell Real Estate
Thompson Construction
Peyco Southwest Realty, Inc.
Phoenix Mobile Air, Inc.
Duke Energy Field Services, Inc.
City of Westminster.
ACTIVITIES AND AWARDS Volunteer election supervisor - 2004 Presidential election (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) and 2006 Mid-Term elections, (Oneida Nation Reservation and Green Bay, Wisconsin).
Named as one of KTVT- 11's (Dallas CBS affiliate) Inspiring People, week of April 19, 2004 for work at local high schools, speaking at student assemblies on dangers of alcohol and drug abuse by teens. Featured in...
Paula Ann Lock
(214) 420-1800 3333 Lee Parkway
Paula Lock Smyth is a family law attorney who is dedicated to providing effective and efficient representation to clients in Dallas, Texas, and the surrounding communities. She genuinely cares about her clients and invests in each and every case she handles, taking the time to ensure that clients understand all of their options so that they can make informed decisions about what is right for their family.
Nicki Akin
Dallas, TX Arbitration & Mediation Lawyer
Spencer Page
Dallas, TX Arbitration & Mediation Attorney
Southern Methodist University and Texas A&M University School of Law
Steven Eugene Clark
(214) 979-1122 1700 Pacific Ave.
Arbitration & Mediation, Appeals, Construction and Employment
Experienced business and employment litigator. Also advise and handle construction and business matters. Named a Texas Super Lawyer in Employment Law. Handle state and federal cases in Texas and in other jurisdictions. Admitted to practice in all federal districts in Texas, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and U.S. Supreme Court.
Meghan Burns
Meghan Burns is a Family Law Attorney at McClure Law Group. She brings personal experience and unique insight to family law needs, as she and her five siblings were adopted. Meghan is a dedicated and strong advocate for her clients. She provides a kind and compassionate demeanor, as well as aggressive and knowledgeable representation for family law matters.
Meghan earned her B.A. in Political Science from the University of Arkansas in 2012. She received her J.D. from the University of Arkansas School of Law in 2016. She is licensed to practice law in the State of Texas.
Meghan is a native of...
Buck McClure
William Hartsfield
Adam Mundt
University of Houston - Downtown
Georganna Simpson
Peter S. Vogel
(214) 999-4422 1601 Elm Street, Suite 3000
Arbitration & Mediation, Business and IP
St. Mary's University School of Law and The University of Texas School of Law
Maxine Aaronson
(214) 220-2050 600 N Pearl St
Arbitration & Mediation and Tax
Susan E. Duesler
(214) 999-0088 3710 Rawlins Street, Suite 950
Fletcher Clark Johnston
(214) 651-5264 901 Main St
Arbitration & Mediation, Business, Employment and Insurance Claims
Michael??Lowenberg
Dallas, Texas Arbitration & Mediation Attorney with 54 years of experience
(214) 999-4135 1601 Elm Street
Dallas, TEXAS 75201
Arbitration & Mediation, Appeals, Business and IP
Brigida Rodriguez
(214) 915-0300 501 Elm Street
Hamline Univ School of Law
Greg H. Bevel
(214) 580-2555 325 N Saint Paul St Ste 4500
Arbitration & Mediation, Bankruptcy, Business and Personal Injury
Frederick Adams Jr
(214) 871-2727 1717 McKinney Avenue
Shelby D. Park
(214) 800-3452 6060 North Central Expressway, Suite 560
Arbitration & Mediation, Bankruptcy, Business and Family
Irving, TX Arbitration & Mediation Attorney with 24 years of experience
Arbitration & Mediation, Agricultural, Antitrust and Business
Arbitration & Mediation, Divorce, Family and Real Estate
Timothy Soefje
Frisco, TX Arbitration & Mediation Attorney with 26 years of experience
(469) 626-5180 The Star in Frisco
5 Cowboys Way, Suite 300
Arbitration & Mediation, Business, Construction and Consumer
• Lead firm's professional liability litigation group, including the defense of architects, engineers, design professionals, lawyers, insurance brokers/agents, medical, and other miscellaneous professionals. • Counsel and represent attorneys on ethics and grievance matters. • Represent defendants and corporate plaintiffs in complex construction and business litigation. • Defend product liability, premises liability, trucking, and auto insurance defense claims. • Outside legal consultant for OmniSure Consulting Group, LLP, a national risk management and loss control consulting group assisting national insurance carriers in the A&E and allied health professionals space. • Represent and consult with college-level coaches in contract negotiation, hiring & firing matters, internal compliance, corporate structure &...
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Panorama City White Collar Crime Lawyers
Shannon Marie Dorvall
Los Angeles, CA White Collar Crime Attorney with 15 years of experience
(800) 887-0000 12424 Wilshire Blvd
White Collar Crime, Appeals, Criminal Defense and DUI & DWI
Univ of Montana School of Law
I am a criminal defense attorney. I practice handle trial work, appeals and post conviction. I enjoy a challenge and fight for my clients.
Joseph Shemaria
Beverly Hills, CA White Collar Crime Attorney with 51 years of experience
(800) 898-9555 9171 Wilshire Boulevrd
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Free ConsultationWhite Collar Crime, Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI and Domestic Violence
University of California - Los Angeles
A tough, fearless and savvy federal criminal defense attorney since 1970. Forged in the trenches of the largest U.S. District Court in the U.S. – Los Angeles, California. Hardened by the toughest federal judges, Nixon appointees. Unrivaled credentials. 44 years of daily fighting against U.S. Attorneys. Recognized legal scholar with federal trial and appellate expertise. Proven by experience to be “par excellence” by judges, prosecutors and attorneys through Martindale-Hubbell's ratings and 35 published opinions in successful appeals. Joseph Shemaria graduated from U.C.L.A. Law School in 1969 with the most prestigious academic honors. He was a Senior Editor of the...
Joel G. Garcia
Los Angeles, CA White Collar Crime Lawyer
(323) 419-5175 714 W. Olympic Blvd., Suite 910
Joel G. Garcia is a Trial Attorney and Founder Garcia Law Group, Professional Corporation where he handles criminal and civil litigation ranging from misdemeanors and felonies to restraining orders. In representing his clients, Mr. Garcia is relentless, aggressive, and zealous.
Vincent James Oliver
(213) 617-2307 205 S Broadway
Free ConsultationWhite Collar Crime, Criminal Defense and DUI & DWI
Criminal Defense Lawyer Vincent Oliver has been practicing in Los Angeles since 1971 and has conducted over 300 criminal jury trials. He and and his bilingual staff specialize in representing those falsely accused of serious felonies and misdemeanors in both state and federal court on both the trial and appellate court levels. Attorney Vincent Oliver's investigators are aggressive and have successfully found sufficient evidence to have cases dismissed both before and after charges have been filed. He has represented criminal defendants in California, Nevada, Oregon, Arizona, Missouri, Kansas, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, and New York on the trial level and...
Brian Russell Michaels
Los Angeles, CA White Collar Crime Lawyer with 25 years of experience
University of LaVerne
Attorney Brian Michaels is a 23 year veteran of the California Criminal Courts. Attorney Michaels spent the first 8 years of his career as a big city Prosecutor where he cut his teeth in the trial courts of Los Angeles where he earned accolades as a Top Prosecutor. Attorney Michaels worked for the Los Angeles Police Department during the height of the infamous Rampart Scandal as a Civil Defense Attorney. Michaels is unique among Criminal Defense Attorneys in Southern California as very few have any Prosecutorial experience and most set out on their own straight out of Law School. Michaels...
David Patrick Vaughn
(213) 973-9175 2 California Plaza
350 S Grand Ave, Suite 3550
White Collar Crime, Criminal Defense and DUI & DWI
Harvard Law School, Harvard University and University of California Hastings College of the Law
Harvard Law School and UC Hastings educated former Assistant U.S. Attorney, Deputy District Attorney and Congressional Counsel aggressively defends companies, individuals and universities in state and federal white collar criminal cases and investigations, and civil, regulatory and administrative proceedings. He also led the investigations practice in California for a publicly-traded consulting firm which has more than 3,800 employees in 24 countries. His experience includes Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), fraud, bribery, kickbacks, thefts of trade secrets, unfair competition, employee misconduct, product recalls, public corruption, tax, money laundering, and NCAA Enforcement matters. He has won nearly 90% of his felony jury...
Steve David Sitkoff
(888) 579-4844 11845 W. Olympic Blvd., Suite 1000
Steve started his career in criminal law in 1983 as a deputy district attorney with the Los Angeles County District Attorneys Office before receiving his appointment as a Los Angeles County Superior Court Commissioner. Steve entered private criminal defense practice in 1995 and has since then exclusively practiced criminal and DUI defense in Southern California.
Mark Riera
(310) 201-3519 1900 Avenue of the Stars
White Collar Crime, Business and Stockbroker Fraud
I am committed to aggressive advocacy for Business, Stockbroker & Investment Fraud, and White Collar Defense matters. Representing clients throughout California and worldwide, I have extensive experience with complex civil litigation, with an emphasis on antitrust and unfair competition, class action defense, condemnation & eminent domain, internal investigations, and labor & employment.
Practicing law since 1985, I have a proven track record of success. My focus is always on solving problems and resolving cases, with minimal disruption to my clients. I am dedicated to developing effective strategies to attain the best possible results.
Mark Waecker
(866) 655-8282 28th Floor
White Collar Crime, Criminal Defense, Domestic Violence and Stockbroker Fraud
San Fernando Valley College of Law
Mark Waecker was admitted to practice law in October 1978 and has, since that time, been a member of the California State Bar, in continuously good standing. His stellar experience inside the criminal process field for over 35 years has served American, Korean, Chinese and Spanish speaking clientele all with a high-level of successful custom-designed defenses. Mark has devoted decades to improving his skills and calls upon reputable experienced resources to design a strategy for each client.
Fritzie Galliani
Pasadena, CA White Collar Crime Attorney with 43 years of experience
(626) 577-2326 1770 Corson Street
Pasadena, CA 91106
White Collar Crime, Criminal Defense, Divorce and Family
My name is Fritzie Galliani from Law Office of Fritzie Galliani, APC, and I am a Pasadena divorce attorney with years of experience in fighting for the rights of local residents. If you are considering divorce, or if you have been served with divorce papers, then it is imperative for you to have skilled representation on your side. Further, if you are faced with another family law matter, I can provide you with the defense that you need. Contact my office today to discuss the situation that you face and to begin pursuing the results that you need for your...
Susan Chung-Mi Yu
(310) 789-1177 550 S. Hope Street
White Collar Crime and Criminal Defense
SUSAN YU LAW GROUP, APC is a boutique law firm in Los Angeles, CA, specializing in complex criminal, civil, and medical board trials in federal, state and administrative courts. Susan Yu, the firm’s founder, is nationally recognized as a top trial lawyer with an impeccable track record. She has won many difficult and complex criminal, civil and medical board trials, utilizing her unique trial skills, insights, and life experiences.
The firm is dedicated to providing the best possible results for its diverse clientele, who span the gamut from big corporations, government officials, celebrities, and wealthy individuals, to the poor.
Meital Manzuri
Beverly Hills, CA White Collar Crime Lawyer
(310) 601-3140 468 Camden Drive
Free ConsultationWhite Collar Crime, Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI and Health Care
Meital Manzuri is a dedicated criminal defense attorney offering legal services for all defense cases in Los Angeles. Manzuri Law specializes in marijuana law, medical marijuana business counseling, DUI defense and drug possession and sales.
Larry Mark Bakman
(310) 461-1555 1901 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 200
White Collar Crime, Criminal Defense and Stockbroker Fraud
Southwestern Univ School of Law
Our services are unique in that Mr. Bakman is able to offer clients exceptional representation at both the federal and state levels. His many successes stem directly from his ability to look at criminal cases as a prosecutor thereby capitalizing as a defense attorney on the deficiencies and weaknesses of the prosecution case. His jury trial experience sets Mr. Bakman apart from other defense attorneys in the field. Mr. Bakman offers representation for all criminal matters beginning with bail and bond determinations and intensive pre-trial investigation and preparation. This includes the use of top flight former police and...
Vince Farhat
White Collar Crime and Business
Sean T Prosser
(424) 259-4004 2029 Century Park East
Free ConsultationWhite Collar Crime, Criminal Defense, Securities and Stockbroker Fraud
Sean Prosser defends clients facing investigations and enforcement actions by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), including FBI and Grand Jury proceedings, and other government agencies. He also defends companies and their executives in shareholder litigation. With offices in San Diego and Los Angeles, Sean leads Mintz Levin’s California Securities Litigation practice. His clients include public and private companies, officers and directors, board committees, broker-dealers, banks, investment advisors, hedge funds, CPAs, individual stock traders and public officials. Sean regularly represents clients before the following agencies and regulators: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission...
Maurice Sharpe
Beverly Hills, CA White Collar Crime Lawyer with 8 years of experience
(323) 655-5700 8888 W Olympic Blvd
Bradley Stephen Sandler
(310) 246-3900 433 North Camden Drive
Free ConsultationWhite Collar Crime, Criminal Defense, Divorce and Family
Modern times deserve modern lawyers. I am Bradley S. Sandler, a modern Family law attorney located in Beverly Hills and serving the Los Angeles area. I consistently apply up-to-date practices and approaches to the pursuit of the best outcome attainable in every case. For our client's accused of a crime, we have a long track record for success with negotiated pleas and Not Guilty Verdicts after a Jury Trial.
An effective litigator must be tough and willing to stand up to legal opponents and decision-makers, including lawyers on the other side of a petition for divorce or any family law...
Raymund Robles
(800) 998-6988 500 S. Grand Ave., Ste. 2300
White Collar Crime, Business, Criminal Defense and Domestic Violence
UC Hastings COL
Stephanie Ames
(310) 739-5952 12100 Wilshire Blvd.
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(714) 463-4430 18032 Lemon Drive
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Boosted's $750 Mini is the electric skateboard that won't kill your wallet
At $750, the Boosted Mini is just a little over half the cost of Boosted's larger electric longboards.
Image: raymond wong/mashable
By Raymond Wong 2018-04-17 16:00:00 UTC
Christmas is coming early this year.
Boosted, makers of the immensely popular Boosted Board electric skateboards, is back with not one, not two, not three, but four new re-engineered electric skateboards, including a smaller Boosted Mini that starts at $749.
SEE ALSO: The best electric longboard just got better
With years of experience making electric skateboards under its belt and over 10 million miles logged from all its users, Boosted is now ready to expand its lineup with new third-gen boards.
If you've ever ridden a Boosted Board before, you know they're some of the best electric skateboards you can buy. Many electric skateboards of all kinds of sizes, performance, and pricing have sprouted up in the years since Boosted Boards hit the scene, but few come close to matching them on quality.
Two of the biggest requests have been: Make a smaller electric skateboard that's easier to carry around and make the boards more affordable. At $1,299, Boosted's entry-level Dual SR electric skateboard was still too pricey for a lot of people.
Boosted Mini S and X
The Mini (bottom) is much shorter than the Boosted Stealth (top).
Enter the new $749 Boosted Mini S. At 29.5 inches long, the new Mini is almost nine inches shorter than Boosted's 38-inch electric longboard. It's also a few pounds lighter: 15 pounds versus 17 pounds.
Levi Price, an industrial designer at Boosted, tells me everything about the Mini is Boosted-designed through and through. There are no more parts designed by other companies.
The Mini's deck is inspired by old-school skateboards from the '80s and features a "deep dish" concave design with a kicktail. The board's shape helps with keeping your feet planted and for maneuvering around tight corners. The deck itself is also made of new materials. Fiberglass and bamboo core are out, and a new composite material (made from the same durable stuff the best snowboards are made of, I'm told) is in.
The concave design makes it easier to stay on the board.
Love the '80s skateboard-inspired design.
Ditto for the new wheels and trucks. These 80mm "Boosted Lunar" wheels are also designed by Boosted instead of off-the-shelf wheels. They're built to grip the ground better and withstand wear and tear from extended riding. The trucks are now CNC'd from metal instead of cast so they're more durable.
The Mini S has a top speed of 21 mph and a range of up to 7 miles.
The Boosted Mini is way easier to carry around on the bus or train than an electric longboard.
None of these improvements come at the expense of performance, though. The Mini S is still powered by a belt-drive system (most boards of this size go with weaker hub-based motors). It has three riding modes, a top speed of up to 18 miles per hour, and a range of up to 7 miles.
Need more range? There's also a $999 Mini X that can hit up to 20 mph and has double the range. The Mini X also has gray wheels instead of the orange.
The Mini S and X are available starting today and ship in May and June, respectively.
Boosted Plus and Stealth
The Boosted Stealth has a gray deck and matching wheels.
The Mini's arrival doesn't mean Boosted's classic electric longboards are dead. In fact, Boosted's got two new redesigned electric longboards, too.
The new Boosted Plus is made of the same new materials as the Mini and has the same amount of flex as the old e-longboards when you jump on it. The whole silhouette is an inch wider, and the edges are now straight so you can put your feet anywhere along the board. Price tells me Boosted reworked the board for greater vibration and dampening when "boosting" over all kinds of roads.
The board's edges are now straight for better foot grip.
The wheels and trucks are Boosted-designed just like on the Mini boards, with the exception that they have larger 85mm wheels (the largest ever on a Boosted Board; the first-gen boards had 75mm wheels and the second-gen board had 80mm wheels).
The Boosted Plus has the same four riding modes as the previous electric longboards, a standard top speed of up to 22 miles per hour and a 14-mile extended range.
Priced at $1,399, the Plus is also $200 cheaper than the previous extended range Dual+XR, which sold for $1,599.
Powerful as the Plus is, there are always those who need the best. And for those riders, Boosted's introducing the Stealth.
As its name implies, the board is less flashy with a gray colorway and matching wheels. Its top speed is also slightly higher: 24 miles per hour. It gets the same 14-mile range as the Plus.
The Stealth costs $1,599. Both the Plus and Stealth come out in late May to early June.
Not toys
From left to right: Boosted Stealth ($1,599), Boosted Plus ($1,399), and Boosted Mini ($749).
The new Mini isn't a response to the sea of cheaper and smaller electric skateboards that now compete with Boosted Boards, Jeff Russakow, the CEO of Boosted, told me.
Russakow says the four new boards were already on the company's road map, and the Mini, unlike other smaller electric skateboards, isn't a toy.
"A lot of people are electrifying skateboards," Russakow said. "They're toy grade."
"We build lightweight vehicles that are true vehicles."
The Mini isn't a toy, Russakow insists. It has the same performance technology that went into its previous long boards. They've simply taken the power from the larger board and brought it to a smaller one.
"We're still very much about Last Mile Transportation," Russakow said. "We build lightweight vehicles that are true vehicles."
I briefly got to try out the Mini indoors at our office. Boosting down a long hallway, the board definitely has the same oomph (just listen to its motor go in the video above!) that has made Boosted's boards synonymous with electric skateboards.
I'll have a full review soon, but from just few minutes of riding, I feel certain a lot of people are going to like it. The Mini's easier to carry on a bus or a train. Some people will still prefer the longboard (Plus and Stealth) design, but my hunch is most people who've sat on the fence just got exactly what they've been waiting for.
WATCH: You can travel on this futuristic skateboard without a remote
Topics: boosted, Boosted Board, electric skateboards, Gadgets, hands-on, rideables, Tech
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HomeInterview with Cinematographer Albert Arthur (Better Call Saul, Breaking Bad)
Interview with Cinematographer Albert Arthur (Better Call Saul, Breaking Bad)
February 16, 2016 February 16, 2016 matthewtoffolo cinematography, directing a film, film director, film notes, filmmaking notes, interview, making a movie, matthew toffolo, Matthew Toffolo WILDsound, movie tips, photography, UncategorizedAlbert Arthur, Better Call Saul, Breaking Bad, CINEMATOGRAPHY, director of photography, filmmaking notes, Happy Gilmore, interview, matthew toffolo, Matthew Toffolo WILDsound, movie tips, The art of Cinematography
What an honor it was to chat with the extremely talented Director of Photography Albert Arthur. A career spanning over 45 years, his brilliant cinematography can currently be seen on the hit AMC TV series “Better Call Saul”.
Matthew Toffolo: You got the honor to DP the last episode of “Breaking Bad”. How did that come about? And how was the last day on set? It must have been very emotional.
Albert Arthur: Michael Slovis, the DP for most of the series, and who had been my gaffer many years ago, had been trying to get me to DP episodes he directed for a long time, but my schedule never worked. When it came time for him to direct his last episode, I had to say yes. Then the schedule for the finale got extended and he had a conflict. So I came back to shoot the finale. As you can imagine, the last day was very emotional for cast and crew. There were lots of tears and laughter. I felt honored to be a part of it.
Matthew: You then moved on to DP every single episode of the first season of its prequel “Better Call Saul”. Was it planned all along that you would move to the last episode of “Breaking Bad” and then start from the ground up with “Saul”? It’s like you passed the baton to yourself!
Albert: Michael had launched his career as a director, so they needed a replacement DP. Since I had already shot 3 episodes of Breaking Bad, and everyone was happy with the results, I was a natural choice.
PHOTO: Breaking Bad finale episode:
Matthew: When did you first come aboard “Saul” and break down the cinematic design of the series? It’s a little different than “Breaking” in terms of feel and tone. I’m sure there was a lot of discussion as how to make it similar but also very different than “Breaking Bad”?
Albert: I started prep three weeks before the first day of shooting. I asked Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould if the wanted to continue the style of Breaking Bad, and their answer was that they did not want a complete break, but they wanted it to be different as well. They stressed repeatedly that they felt TV shows were all starting to look the same, and that they wanted “Saul” to look like nothing else on television. They showed me stills from “The Conformist” and from Kubrick’s work. Our first day of shooting was in bright sunlight in a skate park. I kept looking for Jean-Louis Trintignant in a period tuxedo, but he was nowhere to be found.
One point of departure was that they didn’t want the handheld look that gave ”Breaking Bad” its’ nervous energy. In fact they did not want any camera movement that was unmotivated. This was quite a departure from my last few shows, where the producers would start twitching if the camera wasn’t moving at all times. It required retraining my operators to avoid movement unless absolutely necessary.
Vince kept pushing the look darker and darker, saying “we know who they are, we don’t need to see them all the time”, which is a departure from what is essentially a comedy.
PHOTO: Better Call Saul first episode:
Matthew: The opening series scenes in black & white in “Saul” is truly magnificent as it sets the tone of the entire series and hooks the audience. We know the ending, so we’re going to watch the series to see how Jimmy gets there. Can you let us in how those scenes were thought up and why you chose to do it in black and white?
Albert: I wish I could take credit for the decision to shoot the opening in black and white, but it entirely was Vince and Peter’s decision. I know they wanted Saul’s bleak present day situation in Omaha to contrast with the bright New Mexico colors of his earlier years.
Matthew: You DP’d an amazing 154 episodes of the landmark show “ER”. How many days did it take to shoot a typical episode? The show introduced the TV world the art of shooting 360 degree scenes, mostly with a Steadi-Cam. How did you bring in your own style from an already tried and true formula when you started working for the series in season 8?
Albert: ER had an established shooting style when I got there. My contribution was to rely much less on the overhead fluorescents, which were unflattering to the cast, and light the closeups individually where possible, and to bring more dramatic feature style lighting when we left the hospital.
Matthew: What’s the main thing you look for from your main crew members? Gaffer, Key Grip, Camera Operators etc…
Albert: I look for experience and social skills. We spend a lot of time together, a lot, so you want people that relate well and communicate well.
Matthew: The art of television is working fast, on schedule, and not compromising what is happening on the written page. I used to like to joke that the director on TV sets is the one who is the least experienced on set because most of the crew is there for the entire season and understands the show inside and out, while the director works at most 2-4 episodes a season. What are you mainly looking for in a director when he joins your TV crew set?
Albert: I find it ironic that I wouldn’t hire a gaffer with less than 15 features on this resume, yet directing is often an entry level position. Even experienced directors are often new to a show, so the producers look to the DP to provide a continuity of style.
I pray for directors who come prepared, collaborate well, and don’t act as if their episode is more important than the general well being of the cast and crew. I want them to prioritize their coverage so that the days can be kept to 12 hours or less. When you go past that, it takes a toll on everybody, the quality of work suffers, and people are endangered. The pros know that, and plan their days accordingly.
Matthew: Was being a Director of Photography something you always sought out to achieve in your life? Or did the job come to you?
Albert: It’s something that came naturally to me, that I have always enjoyed. I bought a 16mm camera when I graduated from college and would shoot movies for free or almost free, so I had shot 5 features by the time I was 25. Then I moved to Venezuela, where I shot 35mm features with reasonable schedules. I had to teach myself everything, but I’ve always believed in earning while I was learning. By the time I returned to the US in 1982, and shot my first Hollywood film, “Night of The Comet” I was a “new” DP with at least 10 feature credits.
PHOTO: Night of the Comet feature film:
I had originally set out to become a “filmmaker”, but I spent 2 years trying to earn enough money to get my first documentary out of the lab, so I decided to focus on making a living. Luckily, I still love what I do. When people ask me what I’m going to do when I retire, the answer is to make movies I care about with friends.That, and sip cava in Barcelona.
Matthew: Did/Do you have a Director of Photography mentor?
Albert: I assisted Jerry Cotts for a couple of years and he was very supportive and generous. When he had to leave a movie he was shooting, “Is There Sex After Death“, I took over.
Matthew: I just recently watched “Happy Gilmore”. Just a zany film that actually still holds up today. What were you thinking during production? Who’s this Sandler guy and why are we shooting this crazy scene with Bob Barker beating him up? The love interest didn’t do so bad either – Julie Bowen (Modern Family)
Albert: The script made no sense to me. I never guessed it would become a classic. Adam seemed to be learning to act on the job. The director, Dennis Dugan helped him a lot.
Bob Barker was a last minute replacement. I think they wanted Lee Trevino. No one knew what to expect as Bob Barker had never been in a movie. When we shot the first take, we knew we had struck gold. Julie clearly was going to have a career. But this Sandler guy?
PHOTO: Happy Gilmore movie. Bob Barker vs Adam Sandler:
Matthew: Have you mentored many people? Do you have examples of people on your crew, once upon a time, who have gone onto doing great things in the industry?
Albert: I would definitely count Michael Slovis, who I encouraged to shoot and steered him to a producer or two. He is now the producing/director on “Preacher”, Seth Rogen’s latest project. I have also moved a number of assistants up to operate (Tom Lohmann, and most recently, Jordan Slovin on “Saul”).
Matthew: What movie, besides the ones you worked on, have you seen the most in your life?
Albert: Apocalypse Now (director’s cut) and Touch Of Evil (director’s cut). All of Fellini.
Interviewer Matthew Toffolo is currently the CEO of the WILDsound FEEDBACK Film & Writing Festival. The festival that showcases 10-20 screenplay and story readings performed by professional actors every month. And the FEEDBACK Monthly Festival held in downtown Toronto on the last Thursday of every single month. Go to www.wildsound.ca for more information and to submit your work to the festival.
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If you’ve raised any kids in the last couple decades — or you were a kid in the last couple decades — you know Bob the Builder, the long-running stop-motion animated series about a construction worker and all his anthropomorphic vehicle pals. While Bob originated in the United Kingdom, the show also became hugely popular in the United States, where he was played by voice actor William Dufris.
Sadly, Dufris’ company, Pocket Universe Productions, announced that the actor passed away earlier this week following a battle with cancer. He was only 62 years old.
The original Bob ran from 1998 through the early 2010s, although the show continues on in CGI animated form with new voices and new character designs. Dufris was the American voice of Bob for the first nine seasons, before a change of creative teams behind the scenes.
Dufris also worked extensively in radio and audio dramas (including one for Spider-Man, where he voiced the title character), and was the narrator of numerous audiobooks. To an entire generation, though, he will be one of the most recognized and beloved voices of their childhood.
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After almost two years of construction, Melbourne Square has soared into its rightful place on our city skyline, its gleaming towers visible from many vantages.
From turning the first sod back in December 2017, it has been a smooth and steady journey to deliver the first stage of this award-winning precinct.
However, the latest COVID-19 restrictions have thrown a few bumps in our path that we now must navigate with our buyers, our residents and our community.
As we head towards completion we wanted to provide an update on settlements, particularly in light of the Victorian Government’s latest lockdown in Melbourne that has forced the closure of many workplaces and industries as our city strives to manage the COVID-19 pandemic.
Construction on Melbourne Square has been forced to slow due to the latest Stage Four restrictions, which have restricted the number of workers permitted on site at any given time.
While our next round of settlements are still on track for mid to late September, unfortunately the final completion of Melbourne Square has been slightly delayed.
Due to the severe Stage Four restrictions, the full completion of stage one is now scheduled for late 2020.
Remaining apartments not scheduled for settlement in September/October will be handed over in December, and our planned Level 54 & Level 8 resident amenities are anticipated to open at the end of the year. This includes Woolworths and the Food & Beverage Retail, along with the Nido Childcare centre which is also anticipated to open at the end of the year.
While we are fortunate that these delays are not excessive, we are as disappointed about them as we know our purchasers and our residents are likely to be.
We appreciate your understanding during this time and we look forward to welcoming you to Melbourne Square soon.
We have reached out to our existing purchasers directly, for any further questions please contact us.
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AMORPHIS announces Tales From The Thousand Lakes Tour
Finnish melancholic progressive metal band AMORPHIS are proud to announce they will be hitting the road in celebration of their legendary 1994 release "Tales From The Thousand Lakes". Each night the classic album will be played in its entirety. The 38-date trek will launch on September 11th with 3 shows at the Kingsland in Brooklyn before making stops in Worcester, West Hollywood and Atlanta before concluding in Hartford at The Webster Theater on October 26th! Joining the band are ENTOMBED A.D. and NERVOSA.
Esa Holopainen comments, "We are really stoked to celebrate Amorphis 30th anniversary in North America this fall. And hell yes, it will be really special tour. AMORPHIS will perform Tales From The Thousand Lakes album in its entirety. Do not miss this run as we have a killer line-up with Entombed AD and Nervosa supporting."
Confirmed dates for the AMORPHIS tour with ENTOMBED A.D. and NERVOSA are:
09/11/2020 Brooklyn, NY @ Kingsland
09/14/2020 Montreal, QUE @ The Fairmount
09/15/2020 Quebec, QUE @ Le D'Auteuil
09/16/2020 Toronto, QUE @ MOD Club
09/18/2020 Worcester, MA @ The Palladium
09/19/2020 Reading, PA @ Reverb
09/20/2020 Cleveland, OH @ Agora Ballroom
09/22/2020 Milwaukee, WI @ Miramar Theater
09/23/2020 Des Moines, IA @ Vaudville Mews
09/24/2020 Belvidere, IL @ Apollo Theater
09/25/2020 Joliet, IL @ The Forge
09/26/2020 Minneapolis, MN @ The Cabooze
09/27/2020 Winnipeg, MB @ Park Theatre
09/29/2020 Edmonton, AB @ The Starlite Room
09/30/2020 Calgary, AB @ Dickens
10/02/2020 Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw Theater
10/03/2020 Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
10/04/2020 Portland, Or @ Hawthorne Theatre
10/05/2020 Sacramento, CA @ Holy Diver
10/06/2020 Oakland, CA @ Oakland Metro Operahouse
10/07/2020 West Hollywood, ca @ Whisky A Go Go
10/08/2020 San Diego, CA @ Brick By Brick
10/09/2020 Mesa, AZ @ Club Red
10/11/2020 Denver, CO @ Hermans Hideaway
10/13/2020 Austin, TX @ Come & Take It Live!
10/14/2020 San Antonio, TX @ Rock Box
10/15/2020 Houston, TX @ Scout Bar
10/16/2020 Dallas, TX @ Trees
10/18/2020 Tampa, FL @ Orpheum
10/19/2020 West Palm Beach, FL @ Kelsey Theater
10/20/2020 Orlando, FL @ The Abbey
10/21/2020 Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
10/22/2020 Richmond, VA @ Canal Club
10/23/2020 Baltimore, MD @ Soundstage
10/24/2020 Clifton, NJ @ Dingbatz
10/25/2020 Hartford, CT @ Webster Theater
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The Week In Metal - Week Of Feb 24 - Mar 1, 2020
Live update from 'Human Target European Tour'
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MBUSD Projects Cuts for 2020
For several years now, district expenses have been on the rise, while MBUSD funding for education from the state has remained flat. As MBUSD considers significant budget cuts for next year, it is clear that programs our community values may be impacted. We encourage you to keep abreast of all updates through the MBUSD Budget News & Information page, where you can find links to the First Interim Budget Report for 2019/20, the Budget Workshop presentation and Community Feedback, as well as all budget-related communication from Superintendent Mike Matthews. Learning the facts and getting involved in potential solutions will help ensure our students continue to have opportunities that low state funding does not provide.
MBEF Survey Results from Educators and Parents
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Teachers Across MBUSD Are Driving Innovation
Congratulations to the recipients of our Teachers Driving Innovation (TDI) Grants for the 2019/20 school year. Each year MBEF provides our educators with an opportunity to exercise their passion for teaching, develop ideas, collaborate with colleagues, and connect with the wealth of knowledge, expertise, and talent within MBUSD through the TDI grants. Grants range from a web-based learning platform to create virtual learning experiences in the Kindergarten classroom, to a digital microscope so MCHS students can study living organisms in the microscopic world, or the beloved Harry Potter Week at MBMS that brings teachers and students together to inspire a love of reading. Special thanks to Northrop Grumman for supporting all MBEF STEM-related TDI grants this year. Learn more about all of the approved 2019/20 TDI Grants here.
Social Inclusion Efforts in our Schools
Creating an inclusive environment for all students remains a priority for our community and the MBEF Board of Directors. Originally introduced in 2016/17, MBEF's Social Inclusion Grants focus on funding efforts that decrease discrimination and increase the inclusion of all community members, regardless of race, creed, ability, and sexuality. One of the grants this year, the Freshman Bridge Project, provides extra support for students who have less exposure to college and career resources and information. Another project is bringing our fourth-grade students to the California African American Museum during Black History Month to introduce new cultures and traditions. Check out the complete list of the MBEF Social Inclusion Grants here.
MCHS AIDS Benefit Show – February 11th
Please join the talented students of the Mira Costa Drama/Tech Department by attending the annual AIDS Benefit Show on Tuesday, February 4th at 7pm in the MCHS Small Theater. Tickets are $5 at the door. All proceeds go to Broadway Cares Equity Fights AIDS. This is an unforgettable night of memorable performances benefitting a worthy cause.
Families Connected Speaker Series: How to Create a Community that Embraces Everyone – February 11th
In partnership with Beach Cities Health District, South Bay Families Connected presents “How to Create a Community that Embraces Everyone,” featuring Dr. Darin Earley and a youth panel from Mira Costa and Redondo Union High School. Dr. Earley will challenge us to rethink the manner in which we interact, communicate, pursue our goals, and ultimately live our lives. The event is on Tuesday, February 11th from 6:30 - 8:00pm in the MCHS Auditorium. Attendance is free – sign up here to register. Check the SBFC website for details on upcoming speakers, including topics on Vaping and Overcoming Adversity.
Lunar New Year Lion Dance – February 7th
Meadows Elementary is having its inaugural Lunar New Year Celebration on February 7th at 8:30am on the lower playground. There will be a live performance of a traditional Lion Dance and music, along with a program provided by the Lion Dance Troop to convey the significance of the Lunar New Year holiday. After the performance, there will be Q&A and a photo opportunity with the performers. This cultural experience is supported by MBEF's Social Inclusion Grant Program. All are welcome.
2nd Annual MCHS STEM Night – February 12th
Kids and adults alike will not want to miss this spectacularly fun, stimulating, and inspiring event for the whole family! Costa’s Community STEM Night will again feature exciting STEM interactive projects, expert talks, and innovative demos hosted by leading companies and colleges, as well as MBUSD classes and clubs. Exhibits and activities will include rocket models and drivable robots, biotech showcases, gaming and fitness tech, virtual/augmented reality demos, wearable technologies, math/engineering puzzles and challenges, media arts, and many others. To submit an idea, volunteer or host a booth, please complete this STEM Night Sign-Up.
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Parents Night Out that Benefits Our Schools
Shade Hotel is one of MBEF’s most generous and longstanding community partners. Now you can enjoy happy hour with your friends at zinc@shade Sunday - Thursday from 6pm to close, and 15% of all food and beverage orders will support MBEF/MBUSD. Be sure to mention MBEF when ordering! Thank you to Shade and the Zislis Family for your generous and ongoing support of our schools – we are truly grateful.
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In the Pandemic, It’s Every Nation for Itself – LewRockwell
Posted by M. C. on March 18, 2020
But what governments in Europe are saying by closing their borders, what Americans are saying by banning travel from Europe, is that while all men may be created equal, we will always put our own people first, ahead of the rest.
When a crisis comes, be it a war in which the survival of the nation is at stake or an epidemic where the health and survival of our people is at stake, we take care of our own first.
This is human nature. This is the way the world works.
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2020/03/patrick-j-buchanan/in-the-pandemic-its-every-nation-for-itself/
By Patrick J. Buchanan
“The lamps are going out all over Europe, we shall not see them lit again in our life-time,” said Foreign Secretary Sir Edward Grey to a friend on the eve of Britain’s entry into the First World War.
Observing from afar as the coronavirus pandemic ravages the Old Continent, Grey’s words return to mind. And as the Great War changed Europe forever, the COVID-19 pandemic seems to be changing the way European peoples see each other.
“All for one and one for all!” These were the words by which “The Three Musketeers” of Alexandre Dumas lived their lives.
This was the ideal upon which the EU and NATO were built. An attack against one is an attack against all. The Schengen Agreement by which citizens of Europe are as free to travel through the countries of their continent as Americans are to travel from Maryland to Virginia is rooted in that ideal.
Yet, suddenly, all that seems to belong to yesterday.
How the EU’s nation-states are reacting to the coronavirus crisis brings to mind another phrase, a French phrase, “Sauve qui peut,” a rough translation of which is, “Every man for himself.”
The New York Times has written of the new reality. In Sunday’s top story, “Europe Locks Up and Faces Crisis as Virus Spread,” the Times wrote:
“While some European leaders, like President Emmanuel Macron of France, have called for intensifying cooperation across nations, others are trying to close their countries off.
“From Denmark to Slovakia, governments went into aggressive virus-fighting mode with border closings.”
Describing a host of countries heeding the call of tribalism and nationalism, the Times laments Monday:
“Today, Europeans are… erecting borders between countries, inside their cities and neighborhoods, around their homes — to protect themselves from their neighbors, even from their own grandchildren.”
“Confronting a virus that knows no borders, this modern Europe without borders is building them everywhere.”
In a few days, the Europe of open borders has become history.
“As the pandemic spreads from Italy to Spain, France, Germany,” reports the Times, “there is a growing sense of the need for harsh, even authoritarian methods, many of them taken from China.
“Europe has been terrified by Italy. Suddenly, many of the continent’s countries are trying to lock down, to protect themselves and their citizens. The idea of European solidarity, and of a borderless Europe where citizens are free to travel and work, seems very far away.”
Italy, hardest-hit country after China, is on lockdown. Germany is closing its borders with Austria, Denmark, France, Luxembourg and Switzerland. The Czech Republic, Cyprus, Denmark, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Slovakia have announced they will close borders to all foreigners. President Donald Trump has expanded his travel ban on Europe to include two of America’s oldest friends, Britain and Ireland.
Slovenia has closed its border with Italy. Norway is on lockdown. International travelers who arrive in Norway risk a mandatory 14-day quarantine, regardless of their health.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced that Canada is barring entry to all travelers who are not citizens or permanent residents. The only exceptions are air crews, diplomats, and, “at this time,” U.S. citizens.
What we are witnessing is the clash of the claims of human nature and of ideology.
Through history, most men have put attachments of family, tribe, faith, country, race and nation above the claims of liberal ideology.
But while all citizens may have the same God-given right to life and constitutional right to “equal protection of the laws,” all people do not have equal rights to our affections or concerns.
For most men, the claims of the heart are superior to those of the mind. Foreign folks do not have the same claims upon us as our own. In a crisis, people put families, friends and country first.
In the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson declares that, “all men are created equal.” Yet, what truly seems to enrage him and to justify the rebellion against George III are the crimes the king had committed and that he had been “deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity.”
The king had violated the claims of our common blood while we Americans had not been “wanting in attentions to our British brethren.”
Closing borders is a grievous offense against liberalism that is supposedly rooted in the sin of xenophobia. But what governments in Europe are saying by closing their borders, what Americans are saying by banning travel from Europe, is that while all men may be created equal, we will always put our own people first, ahead of the rest.
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Mercedes-Benz Vans: The new V-Class – now available to order
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Stuttgart/Geneva – The new Mercedes-Benz V-Class will celebrate it fair premiere at the Geneva International Motor Show from 7 to 17 March 2019. A week earlier the biggest member of the Stuttgart-based passenger car family with the new front-end design, engine and 9G-TRONIC automatic transmission is already available to order. Prices in Germany start from 39,631.80 euros (including 19 percent VAT).
New design and even greater comfort
The style and value appeal of the V-Class lead the way in the MPV segment. The V-Class designers in Stuttgart have applied a series of targeted measures to give the MPV a new look which follows the design idiom of the current Mercedes-Benz passenger cars. The new V-Class has a broader appearance and an even stronger visual presence thanks to its new front end. This comes courtesy of a new bumper design with striking cooling air inlets and a new diamond structure in the radiator grille. The Mercedes star is positioned centrally in the radiator grille and framed by two slats in silver. The personalisation concept with the attractive AVANTGARDE and EXCLUSIVE lines continue to exist, while the AMG Line will become visually more powerful: it features a new diamond radiator grille with chrome pins and thus delivers a sporty note.
New paint colours in graphite grey metallic and selenite grey metallic expand the spectrum of the well-received black/white tones. Equally new is the paint colour steel blue. With the new colour hyacinth red metallic, the new V-Class makes an especially emotive statement. At the same time, the four new light-alloy wheel designs ensure a powerful and avantgarde appearance. They include 5-twin-spoke 17-inch light-alloy wheels painted in black with a high-sheen finish as well as 18-inch light-alloy wheels in tremolite grey with a high-sheen finish and 5-twin-spoke design or in black with a high-sheen finish and 5-spoke design. At the upper end of the new wheels portfolio are black-painted 19-inch 10-spoke light-alloy wheels with a high-sheen finish.
In the interior, too, the designers have been busy, transposing the design philosophy of the current Mercedes-Benz passenger car models into the new V-Class. The interior of the new V-Class follows the trend of modernity and clarity. In line with the facelift, the V-Class presents itself with new air vents in a more sporty turbine look as well as new dials in the instrument cluster. Thanks to the reduced design, drivers can orientate themselves much more simply. The new upholstery and equipment colour tartufo nappa leather makes a modern and elegant statement. With Lugano leather and nappa leather, each available in black and silk beige, not to mention Santos black fabric, a total of six different upholsteries in light and dark colours is available. Modern and elegant can also be used to describe the new trim element in twin-stripe look which is used on the instrument panel and the side paneling. The trim elements in the piano lacquer, ebony wood, carbon fibre and brushed aluminium looks remain.
As part of the facelift, rear passengers can enjoy an especially comfortable space. The optionally available luxury seats for the first rear row are a real treat and, just like in the S-Class, they offer a fully reclining function, back massage and climatisation. A journey in the new V-Class, for example as a VIP shuttle, thus turns into a spa like treatment after a stressful flight or business meeting.
New engine, new transmission – powerful and efficient
In line with the facelift, the Mercedes-Benz V-Class is equipped with the four-cylinder OM 654 diesel engine in three output variants including:
The V 220 d with 120 kW (163 hp) and 380 Nm torque (combined fuel consumption 6.2-6.0 l/100 km, combined CO2 emissions 162-157 g/km)1
And – with new top output variant in its segment – the V 300 d with 176 kW (239 hp) and 500 Nm torque (combined fuel consumption 6.1-5.9 l/100 km, combined CO2 emissions 161-155 g/km)1
In the acceleration phase, the V 300 d can briefly deliver an additional 30 Nm of torque ("overtorque"), adding to its 500 Nm of torque. The V 300 d accelerates from 0 to 100 km/h in up to 7.9 seconds. It can reach a top speed of 220 km/h.
The new engine generation is even more efficient and clean and offers further improved noise and vibration characteristics. It is pleasantly quiet inside the vehicle and annoying vibrations have been reduced.
Among the innovative characteristics of the new engine generation are the combination of an aluminium housing and steel pistons, the stepped recess combustion process and NANOSLIDE® cylinder wall coating for reducing friction within the engine. The efficiency of these measures is obvious from e.g. the fuel saving of around 13 percent for the new V 250 d compared to its predecessor.2
The majority of components relevant to reducing emission are directly installed on the engine. The integrated technological approach comprising a new stepped recess combustion process, dynamic multiway exhaust gas recirculation and close-coupled exhaust gas aftertreatment facilitates low consumption with low emissions. Thanks to the near-engine, insulated position of the components, the exhaust-gas aftertreatment system enjoys low heat loss and advantageous working conditions. The measures include:
High and low-pressure exhaust gas recirculation including cooling
A diesel oxidation catalytic converter (DOC) reduces the carbon monoxide (CO) emissions and unburnt hydrocarbons (HC)
A particle filter with SCR catalytic converter functionality (sDPF)
An SCR catalytic converter (Selective Catalytic Reduction) for reducing nitrous oxides. Plus, ammonia is mixed into the exhaust gas upstream of the sDPF in the form of AdBlue®
An additional Selective Catalytic Reduction catalytic converter (SCR) with ammonia slip catalyst (ASC) in the exhaust gas duct
The facelift also sees the V-Class equipped with the 9G-TRONIC automatic transmission for the first time. The particularly comfortable and efficient converter automatic transmission replaces the 7G-TRONIC and is available as standard for the V 300 d (combined fuel consumption 6.1-5.9 l/100 km, combined CO2 emissions 161-155 g/km)1 and V 250 d (combined fuel consumption 6.1-5.9 l/100 km, combined CO2 emissions 161-155 g/km)1. It is optionally available for the V 220 d (combined fuel consumption 6.2-6.0 l/100 km, combined CO2 emissions 162-157 g/km)1. The driver can use the DYNAMIC SELECT switch to select the drive programs "Comfort" and "Sport" and thus influence the shifting behaviour. Alternatively, "M" mode allows the driver to shift manually using the DIRECT SELECT steering wheel gearshift paddles.
All engine variants of the new V-Class come as standard with rear-wheel drive, but 4MATIC permanent all-wheel drive is available as an option. In this way, the new V-Class can move agilely on various types of terrain. The vehicle height remains under the two-metre mark even when equipped with all-wheel drive. Thus the new V-Class does not lose any of its daily usability and can still fit in regular garages as well as multi-storey and underground car parks problem-free.
New V-Class, even safer
The features Crosswind Assist, which supports the driver in keeping the vehicle on track even in the case of heavy crosswinds, and ATTENTION ASSIST put the V-Class in a league of its own for safety standards in its segment five years ago. The facelift continues to build on this position.
In this respect, the new Active Brake Assist can recognize when there is a risk of collision with a vehicle ahead and gives an initial visual and acoustic signal. If the driver reacts, the Active Brake Assist builds up braking pressure adequate to the situation. If there is no reaction, the system actively supports evasion and braking maneuvers. In urban traffic, the Active Brake Assist can also react to stationary obstacles or pedestrians crossing.
Another new safety feature is the Highbeam Assist Plus. It supports the driver in the high beam mode through a continuous illumination of the lane. If there are vehicles in front of the V-Class or if there is oncoming traffic, the LEDs of the main-beam module are partially deactivated to create a U-shaped cut-out in the cone of light. The remaining areas of the roadway continue to be illuminated with the main-beam headlamps (partial main beam).
Facelift also for Mercedes-Benz camper and leisure vans
Be it in terms of style or value appeal, performance and efficiency or safety, the Marco Polo family based on the V-Class benefits from the first facelift to the Mercedes-Benz MPV. The compact Marco Polo and Marco Polo HORIZON camper and leisure vans also feature the new front-end design, the new paint colours and light-alloy wheels, as well as the new air vents and upholsteries. They are joined by the new diesel engine with a new peak of 176 kW (239 hp) (combined fuel consumption 6.7-6.1 l/100 km, combined CO2 emissions 177-160 g/km)1 as well as Active Brake Assist and Highbeam Assist Plus.
The new Marco Polo and Marco Polo HORIZON with the 9G-TRONIC automatic transmission have been available to order since 1 March 2019 alongside the new V-Class. Prices in Germany start from 61,990.00 euros (including 19 percent VAT) for the Marco Polo and from 58,060.10 euros (including 19 percent VAT) for the Marco Polo HORIZON.
Expansion of the eDrive@VANs strategy
In the MPV segment, Mercedes-Benz Vans will soon be taking the next step and will be the first premium manufacturer to offer a fully-electric model. Thus Mercedes-Benz Vans will consistently expand its comprehensive eDrive@VANs strategy. With the eVito already available and the eSprinter due for market launch in the second half of 2019, the range of fully-electric vehicles will then be extended to include a model series for private use.
Mercedes-Benz Vans will provide an initial outlook on the electric future of its MPV at the Geneva International Motor Show with the near-series study „Concept EQV“, which will celebrate its premiere there.
1 The stated figures were determined in accordance with the prescribed measuring method. These are the "NEDC CO2 figures" according to Art. 2 No. 1 Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1153. The fuel consumption figures were calculated based on these figures. Further information on the vehicles on offer, including the WLTP values, can be found for each country at www.mercedes-benz.com
2 Information refers to V 250 d (140 kW), rear-wheel drive, automatic, left-hand drive.
Diana Boch
Global Product Communications Mercedes-Benz Vans – V-Class and Travel Vans
diana.boch@daimler.com
Andreas Leo
Mercedes-Benz Vans Sales Germany
andreas.leo@daimler.com
Ingeborg Schulenburg-Gärtner
Manager Global Product Communications Mercedes-Benz Vans
ingeborg.gaertner@daimler.com
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Movie Abyss First Squad: The Moment of Truth
First Squad: The Moment of Truth
Synopsis: Set during the opening days of World War II on the Eastern Front. Its main cast are a group of Soviet teenagers with extraordinary abilities; the teenagers have been drafted to form a special unit to fight the invading German army. They are opposed by a Schutzstaffel officer who is attempting to raise from the dead a supernatural army of crusaders from the 12th-century Order of the Sacred Cross.
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Michael Beskorovainy
Nadaya Ruslanova
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Olga Golovanova
General Below
Artem Kipnis
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The Garden of Sinners - Chapter 1: Thanatos (Overlooking View)
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The Garden of Sinners - Chapter 6: Fairy Tale. (Oblivion Recording)
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An Untimely Death
by Mr. Murphy
960 Park Ave. South, NY, NY 10028
Neighborhood: Upper East Side
Jimmy, the boss, and I are in the basement still mourning the passing of 16A, when the passenger car opens and a white envelope dances out of the elevator. The white rectangle shimmies and gyrates obscenely, beckoning us. We are powerless to resist. As we near the object of our desire, the envelope, and the hand to which it is attached, quickly withdraw into the elevator. The door slams shut and the elevator ascends to the safety of the lobby. Roberto’s cackle carries down the elevator shaft to mock us. The boss calls him on the radio and tells him that he’s fired unless he returns to the basement immediately. This time, Roberto himself dances out of the elevator, doing some kind of merengue/touchdown celebration dance. We bombard him with questions: Who’s it from? How much? Did she have other envelopes with her? Where is she now? When will she be back?
The first snowflake of the season has fallen. For the next month, white (or green or red) envelopes, within which lie our Christmas tips, will descend from the Heavens, or from as high as the penthouse, anyway. In our euphoria, we have momentarily forgotten the untimely demise of 16A. By most definitions, the death of a ninety six year old man can’t be considered untimely, but when the nonagenarian in question is the building’s best tipper, who traditionally dispenses his Christmas bounty the day after Thanksgiving, and he dies the day before Thanksgiving, then you can understand why we feel his life has been cut tragically short.
Also temporarily forgotten, at least by me, is just how hard I’m going to have to work for the next month. The UPS and FedEx deliveries are tripling in size daily. The building is filled to capacity at this time of year, so there’s never a lull in either elevator, and I’ll be sweeping up the needles from the Christmas trees until the 4th of July. But so what? It’s a small price to pay for a little peace on earth and goodwill toward man, not to mention about 3000 tax-free bucks.
No doubt some of our patrons would be amused to see the jubilation caused by what for them would be a month’s parking expenses. It’s true that their year-end bonuses will be several hundred times what ours will be, but there are certain small pleasures to our form of remuneration that they will never know. When your average Wall Streeter gets his annual affirmation of his worth from his corporate masters, money flies electronically from one account into another. No matter how lucrative, the process is sterile, joyless. We, on the other hand, luxuriate in a slow, sensuous cascade of 20, 50 and 100 dollar bills.
When I get to work on Friday afternoon, the boss hands me a small stack of envelopes that have accumulated during my two days off. In the course of my shift, I pick up four more. At home that night, I lie in bed, the opened envelopes strewn about me as I open each card, remove the contents, and add it to the rapidly growing stack of bills on my nightstand. In this age of credit cards and ATMs, most people have forgotten the tactile pleasure of holding a large wad of cash. After reading the cards, I make a note of who each one is from.
Keeping track of who has given and who hasn’t is imperative for a successful Christmas season. Ideally, all of the tenants would give me my envelope directly. That way, I can express my gratitude on the spot, shake hands, and the transaction is complete. It is always awkward thanking them after the fact, but if a tenant gives my envelope to one of my co-workers to give to me, then I must track down that person as soon as possible and thank him. If the tenant has to ask me, “Did you get my card?” I end up looking like an ingrate. An even worse scenario is thanking one of your benefactors for a gift that she has not yet given. This happened to me last year. I got sloppy with my bookkeeping and accidentally thanked 3B for her generous gift. It took several apologies and reassurances that I was not being sarcastic before she forgave me.
As we tiptoe through this etiquette minefield every December, there is another volatile issue upon which we must tread very lightly: religion. A majority of the tenants belong to one faith, and we, the staff, belong to another. So, what do I say when 8C hands me an envelope and says “Merry Christmas?” I know she doesn’t celebrate Christmas, so I can’t respond in kind. It would make my life less complicated if everyone used the generic, secular “Happy Holidays,” but despite the hysterical protestations of the Christian Right to the contrary, most people still say “Merry Christmas.” In years when the two holidays overlap or are near each other this isn’t a problem, but this year Chanukah will be over three weeks before Christmas. This is an especially sticky subject with 8C and I am eager not to offend her in matters Hebraic because I’m not sure she has forgiven me for an unfortunate incident that occurred last Passover.
I was doing my usual evening rounds, oblivious to the fact that it was the first night of Passover and the tenants probably didn’t want their Seders disturbed by the porter delivering oversized mail-order catalogues and other package room detritus. I was feeling a little lazy and did not call 8C as I usually would have before ringing her doorbell. When I rang the bell her youngest grandson yelled, “It’s Elijah!” and ran to the door. His disappointment at finding not the Old Testament prophet in his chariot of fire but me with his grandma’s dry cleaning was so great that he refused to finish reciting the four questions. I was blamed, but I think the kid’s defiance of his elders might have been fueled as much by alcohol as by religious disillusionment. He’d obviously been sneaking sips of the adults’ drinks all evening. I saw the little sot empty his father’s glass of slivovitz, but his family was too busy rebuking me for my cultural insensitivity to notice.
To atone for having caused little Jonathan’s apostasy, I have become 8C’s faithful shabbos goy. Whenever I see her lingering in the lobby on a Friday evening or Saturday afternoon, I rush to press the elevator button to summon Roberto or Vince.
I have often wondered about the logic that allows 8C to ride in the elevator on the Sabbath, but forbids her from pushing the button. But it would be unfair to judge her too harshly for her petty religious hypocrisies when my co-workers and I–all of whom are at least nominal members of the One True Faith–are celebrating the anniversary of the birth of Our Savior by worshipping that holy trinity of Mammon: Jackson, Grant, and Franklin.
That’s it. That was my last cynical thought of the year. From this point forward, I am Mr. Scrooge on Christmas morning—my faith in humanity growing at the same rate as the stack of bills on my nightstand. This willful suspension of cynicism has the lifespan of the average Christmas tree. A month from now, when I’m dragging the spent, desiccated carcasses to the curb, I will again realize that the bonuses are not a sign of the tenants’ generosity and gratitude for a year of conscientious service. I will have to reconsider the possibility that they think of the Christmas tip as a form of extortion and are paying it only for fear of reprisals from the staff or for fear of looking cheap. The magic of the season, which has temporarily cured me of the churlishness that would ordinarily make me question the selfish motives of both the tenants and the staff, will have dried up like old pine needles.
Tagged: Apartment Life, Office Space
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The Man Who Invented Soul
R&B/Soul · 2000
Editors’ Notes Sam Cooke's decision to shift away from The Soul Stirrers' gospel and blend R&B with pop music meant Cooke indeed "invented" soul music for the '60s. This extensive career survey starts with his early pop successes, such as "You Send Me," "For Sentimental Reasons," and select album tracks. It ends with the complete Night Beat and Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963 albums. Though contractual reasons prevent "A Change Is Gonna Come" and other material from Cooke's final year of recording from being included here, there's no shortage of great songs to uncover. Quite simply, Cooke could sing anything and make it a meaningful experience. While pop hits like "Only Sixteen," "Havin' a Party," and "Twistin' the Night Away" are obvious and joyous performances, it's heartening that lesser-known cuts such as "Let's Go Steady Again," "I Lost Everything," and the alternate takes of "Another Saturday Night" and "Sad Mood" are also featured. The amount of material Cooke recorded ensures that it takes several decent collections to capture the full spectrum of his achievements. However, The Man Who Invented Soul is an essential centerpiece.
You Send Me
Summertime Pt. 1
For Sentimental Reasons
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Win Your Love for Me
Love You Most of All
Everybody Loves to Cha Cha Cha
No One Can Take Your Place
Only Sixteen
Crazy She Calls Me
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Ain't Nobody's Business
Little Things You Do
There, I've Said It Again
Let's Go Steady Again
(What a) Wonderful World
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I Belong to Your Heart
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Since I Met You Baby
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Nothin' Can Change This Love (Alternate Version)
Talkin' Trash
Movin' and Groovin'
Soothe Me
Having a Party
Bring It On Home to Me
A Whole Lotta Woman
I'm Gonna Forget About You
Nothin' Can Change This Love
Baby, Baby, Baby
Send Me Some Lovin'
I Wish You Love
Driftin' Blues
Frankie and Johnnie
I Ain't Gonna Cheat On You No More
Love Will Find a Way
Cool Train (First Stereo Release)
Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen
Lost and Lookin'
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Tag: whisper
#Review: IDLES @ Brighton Dome, Brighton – 29/03/19
On Friday 29th March 2019, IDLES arrived in Brighton to play an excellent show, following their Brit Award nomination and in support of their second album, Joy As An Act Of Resistance. The band were supported by Crows. Here’s what we thought of the show…
There’s something instantly hypnotic about this band with their heavy, repetitive and dare I say, almost monotonous drone of sound that sits somewhere between Editors and something much darker. They’re definitely sat on the less pure side of indie and not necessarily for everyone but they’re stylistically edgy and even though the singer’s vocal is quite bland, it is intentionally done to fit with the style and somehow it just works…really well!
Highlight: I particularly loved the singer’s use of two different microphones – one for more crisp vocals and the other for shouts and harmonic wails that have tons of reverb on – it’s a pretty unique element to the performance. What’s more – he knows how to get lost in the music and really let loose!
Demeanour
Hang Me High
Chain Of Being
A hum of anticipation rang through the crowd as the lights went down and IDLES took to the stage. Surrounding the band, were a ring of strobe-like lights which continuously circled the band, getting progressively faster, as they launched into opening song, ‘Colossus’.
Whilst this is not a band I would normally enjoy, I can appreciate the energy that emanates from their performances, bringing punk into the modern, contemporary age.
The band don’t let up for a minute with their passionate, in-your-face and downright ballsy demeanour, fronted by Joe Talbot, who, throughout the show, makes references to now being sober and how he’s recently become a father. He also shares little anecdotes and passes comments on what he’s passionate about, like the importance of looking after each other, when you “argy-bargy” in the crowd.
This is shouty, grungy and lyrically dynamic punk that has picked up fans of all ages – a truly diverse crowd watched in awe as the band members got progressively more pumped up and not once, let the energy in the room, drop.
Even if they’re not your sort of thing, I still recommend checking them out; they put on a great show and they just continue getting bigger, so try and catch them at a more intimate venue, before they’re selling out arenas!
When both Lee Kiernan and Mark Bowen got off the stage and worked their way through the crowd to perform amongst the audience, sitting on the floor, before being crowd surfed back to the front…epic!
Joe Talbot’s energy throughout was infectious, particularly as he pumped himself up, punching his arms up and down in front of him, like he was operating a pneumatic drill!
As the band started their set, the circling lights were mesmerising and quite hypnotic and the audible chaos, the end of their set descended into after Joe left the stage, was equally amazing.
The genuine care Joe showed for his fans and the audience by looking out for them and also sharing anecdotes, really engaged the crowd.
📷 All of the photos in this post, are credited to Damon Peirce  📸
I’m Scum
Danny Nedelko
Divide & Conquer
1049 Gotho
Never Fight A Man With A Perm
All I Want For Christmas (Is You) (Mariah Carey cover)
Benzocaine
Finally, I want to say a big thanks to Rob from Sonic PR for making this review happen and also to both IDLES and Crows for putting on a great show!
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Rand rallies as Ramaphosa leads
Written by My Office News on 5th December 2017 . Posted in Local News.
The rand rallied on Tuesday, strengthening to below R13.50 to the US dollar as the race for the ANC president enters the final stages.
Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa is now firmly in the lead after winning backing from most ANC branches to succeed President Jacob Zuma as ruling party leader.
READ: Ramaphosa has edge, but leadership victory not guaranteed
RMB currency strategist Ilke van Zyl said in a morning note that the positive turn in local politics could buoy the rand further.
The local unit has clawed back more than a rand since it breached R14.50/$ just over two weeks ago on plans by President Jacob Zuma to push through free higher education.
By 09:10 the rand was trading 0.4% firmer at R13.46/$ from an overnight close of R13.52/$. The unit was still trading in the high R13.70s on Monday.
“Local politics are the main reason for the significant rally in the rand this morning as the race for ANC president enters the final stages. Kwazulu-Natal endorsed Dlamini-Zuma with 433 (69%) votes vs. 193 (31%) votes for Ramaphosa. But this was more than neutralised by Limpopo that crowned Ramaphosa with 391 votes (79%) vs. Dlamini-Zuma’s 104 (21%).
“Ramaphosa is now firmly in the lead and has the backing of five provinces with a total of 1 862 votes. Dlamini-Zuma has four provinces behind her and a total of 1,309 votes. Simplistically, this is a 59/41 percent split in favour of Ramaphosa,” she said.
Van Zyl however said it is important to remember that not all of the branches were allowed to vote and an accreditation of delegates will take place on the first day (the 16th) of the conference.
“Either way, this gap is very unlikely to be closed.”
South Africa’s GDP growth numbers are also due for release on Tuesday, with economists expecting an easing to 1.7% in quarterly growth from 2.5% recorded in the second quarter.
Van Zyl reckons markets are already pricing in low growth and the release should have minimal impact on the currency.
Source: Fin24
Tags: boost, currency, rand, strength
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Scientists Determine Which Was Wiser: Yoda or Spock
Paul Seaburn January 30, 2019
Who is wiser: Mister Spock or Master Yoda?
That sounds like a game Dr. Sheldon Cooper would think up on “The Big Bang Theory” (with the obvious (to him) conclusion that he himself would be ranked higher than both) but the question is actually part of a scientific study to determine the personality characteristics of the wisest of the wise. Which of these beloved sci-fi characters did the researchers deem to be the wisest? What would the winner think of science spending money on such a study?
The methodology is logical. Continue.
“With our new study, we wanted to test how the presence and balance of multiple emotions at the same time influence one’s ability for wise reasoning.”
Study co-authors Igor Grossmann, professor of psychology at the University of Waterloo, Harrison Oaks, a PhD candidate in psychology at the school, and Henri C. Santos, a recent graduate, chose to study the relationship between wisdom and emotion – specifically, the traditional theory that controlling intense emotions leads to wiser reasoning versus the new theory that emotions provide insights into life experiences which lead to wiser reasoning. Their results were published this week in the Journal of Experimental Psychology. And the winner is …
Not so fast. The bookies are still counting the bets.
Patience, young Jedi.
It turns out this was not a frivolous celebrity study but a serious attempt to help science through a recent rough patch where it’s meeting resistance – if not downright hostilities – at the highest levels of politics, business and public opinion. Dr. Grossmann found himself constantly being asked by fellow scientists if part of the problem might be that the seeming lack of emotions in the field was causing people to question whether their conclusions came from truly wise reasoning. Initially, Grossmann scoffed at the questions. However, he agreed to lead what eventually became a four-year study.
“We present a series of observational, diary, and experimental studies (N = 3,678 participants) addressing these possibilities, examining how wisdom-related characteristics of reasoning—epistemic humility, recognition of a world in flux, self-transcendence, recognition of diverse perspectives on an issue, and search for integration of diverse perspectives/compromise—relate to emotional intensity and to emodiversity (i.e., emotional richness and evenness) in a given situation.”
With well over 3,000 wise participants, this was indeed a serious study. In one test, participants were asked to discuss a traumatic or life-changing event. In another, they reflected on major geopolitical conflicts and revealed what emotions they caused and how intense these feelings were. The team studied the language the participants used, looking for signs of philosophical-over-scientific reasoning, such as intellectual humility and recognition of changes. They agreed that the tests were subjective, which could explain why they made the test pool so large. And the conclusions?
“It seems that wise reasoning does not align with uniform emotional down-regulation, as portrayed by Dr. Spock. Rather, wise reasoning accompanies one’s ability to recognize and balance a wide range of emotions, as portrayed by Yoda.”
Sorry, Mister Spock. Master Yoda is the true wise one, at least according to this study. What would Dr. Sheldon Cooper think?
“Scissors cuts paper. Paper covers rock. Rock crushes lizard. Rock is levitated by Yoda. Yoda shows it to Spock. Spock covers it with paper. Paper disproves Spock’s logic. Spock logically concedes to Yoda and sheds a tear. Crying inspires new movie replacing Zachary Quinto with Tom Hanks. Yoda advises producers that this is not a wise move.”
No, they didn’t ask me either.
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Gab’s Countdown to Christmas: Little Big Town
By Nicole Piering
There were rumors that 2015 would be the year that the members of Little Big Town lent their angelic harmonies to a Christmas album, but that project was pushed back to 2016.
While we not-so-patiently await what will undoubtedly be one of the best Christmas albums ever, we’ll bide our time with LBT’s version of “Tennessee Christmas” and “Children Go Where I Send Thee” because I couldn’t decide on one.
With their harmonies warm enough to melt the snow, they’ve practically convinced this New York girl that a “tender Tennessee Christmas is the only Christmas for me.”
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And I have a soft spot for “Children Go Where I Send Thee,” which I once sang off-key in my elementary school Christmas concert. Trust me when I say LBT sounds way better with their soulful a capella take on the song.
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Studying insect pheromones, or the chemicals insects emit to communicate with one another, might seem like an odd field of research, but it’s an area that has unexpectedly broad real-world implications in agriculture and pest control.rnrnWendell L. Roelofs realized this fact not long after he accepted a position with the Cornell University entomology department in 1964. Roelofs had graduated with a Ph.D. in organic chemistry from Indiana University earlier that year, and had no experience with insects. But his ability to decode the chemical language of bugs not only increased general understanding of the animal kingdom, but led to important advancements in agriculture and disease control. By using pheromones to either attract or confuse insects, researchers can prevent them from breeding — as Roelofs did to moths tearing through a New York vineyard — or lure them in to destroy their eggs, as researchers are doing to control the spread of the Zika virus.
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Merton’s rising stars honoured at awards ceremony
19 November 2010 · by Merton Web Team · in Children, Schools and Families, Education and schools, News stories. ·
Outstanding young achievers from Merton’s secondary schools and academies, special schools and South Thames College were honoured at a special awards ceremony last night hosted by Wimbledon College.
Following another successful year for GCSE results in Merton, students from across the borough were nominated by their schools to receive special awards for individual achievements and success.
The Mayor of Merton, Councillor Oonagh Moulton and Merton Council Leader, Councillor Stephen Alambritis attended the ceremony to present students with their awards. Students from Bishopsford, Raynes Park, St Mark’s Academy and Wimbledon College provided various musical performances at the event, which was also attended by governors and teachers, nominated students and their guests.
As well as recognising academic excellence, the awards honoured students who have excelled in other areas such as the performing arts, and, in particular, celebrate those young people who have made a significant contribution to school life and given support to fellow pupils.
Councillor Peter Walker, cabinet member for education, “Our schools and pupils have made outstanding GCSE and A level achievements over the past five years, including some of the best GCSE results that Merton has ever seen.
“This awards evening is about celebrating those achievements and recognising the hard work of Merton’s students, both in gaining academic success and in supporting their fellow students.”
“My congratulations to each and every one of the students selected to receive awards this year. This is a great opportunity for their efforts to be formally recognised and to ensure they receive the praise that they so richly deserve.”
· Outstanding young achievers from the following schools received awards:
– Bishopsford Arts College
– Cricket Green School
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– South Thames College – Merton Campus
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– Wimbledon College were all
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The sensible thing
The fuss arising from allegations that the appointment of Dr Bhoe Tewarie to the government-assembled committee led by the Prime Minister was blocked by the UNC's leadership is both regrettable and informative.
UNC deputy political leader David Lee issued a statement on Thursday noting that the party had not blocked the request but maintains its position that a bipartisan approach to crafting the team's assignment, a Roadmap to Recovery, would be best for the nation.
Tewarie was invited to serve on the team, according to co-vice chairman Robert Le Hunte, "in his individual capacity."
If the UNC-free composition of the initial recovery team had not been enough of a snub, that statement by the government made its position clear. The team, led by Dr Keith Rowley, comprising several PNM-aligned individuals, has been assembled to proceed about its business without the perspectives of the UNC.
The Prime Minister's annoyance and testiness with the opposition have been clear throughout the covid19 lockdown. The opposition, in turn, has not made it easy for the PNM's leadership to consider détente during these difficult times. Some of the statements from the UNC regarding the restrictions have been combative to the point of absurdity – arguments for the sake of arguing.
At the highest level of leadership in this country, the discourse over governance has degenerated into nothing less than bickering and verbal squabbles that only serve to distract from the larger issues facing the nation over, at the very least, the next year. The difficulty of surmounting such difficulties should not give the Prime Minister a licence to determinedly exclude the perspectives and resources of a party that represents half of the nation's population.
In the most recent local government elections, the PNM tied with the UNC, each party winning the leadership of seven corporations. That result must have stiffened the ruling party's resolve to push forward with more aggressive politicking, but the grim reality is that the demands of covid19 have forced a re-engineering of our society and in so doing, our expectations of its leadership.
As part of that new dispensation, the PNM should have embraced the need to create internal party mechanisms that encouraged useful discussions with the UNC in the national interest at some level. It's discouraging that the party would see fit to so determinedly exclude the UNC from crucial deliberations on the nation's future.
When faced with intractable landlords, Dr Rowley reached for Shakespeare to beg for "the milk of human kindness." In his clearly considerable library, he should also consider the Sermon on the Mount, often condensed to urge the offended to "turn the other cheek."
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Future Generations Commissioner praises college for student support masterplan
North Wales Correspondent
THE Future Generations Commissioner for Wales paid tribute to Coleg Cambria for its commitment to improving the lives of staff and students.
Sophie Howe visited the college’s Deeside site and met with sixth form learners and chief executive David Jones.
Cambria has been lauded by politicians and the public, including Alyn and Deeside AM Jack Sargeant, for its Future Generation Plan and progress made following the Welsh Government’s Wellbeing of Future Generations Act (Wales) 2015.
At the heart of the plan are the seven wellbeing goals that make up the Act, which was itself designed to improve the economic, social, environmental and cultural wellbeing of Wales through sustainable development.
Ms Howe says there is an increasing interest in the role of her office and the Act itself, which places a legal duty on the public sector to ensure the needs of the present are met without compromising the ability of future generations to do the same.
“This is not an easy journey, and that is why we view it more of an expedition,” said the Commissioner.
“We also realise that different organisations are at different stages in their views and practices around sustainable development and social responsibility in Wales.
“There are some real champions and there are also many who haven’t yet considered the part they could play. And the difference it could make to Wales.”
Mr Sargeant added: “There are lots of organisations across Wales doing some fantastic work, including Coleg Cambria in my own constituency.
“They have created their own future generations plan even though they don’t have to. I think they clearly recognise the importance of the Act and the opportunities it presents.”
Mr Jones thanked the Commissioner for attending the college and meeting with students and staff, who are united in their support of the Plan and its values.
“Coleg Cambria’s Future Generation Plan brings together excellent current and previous practice to provide a strong foundation on which to grow and diversify our work to support future generations,” he said.
“While the Act is not specifically aimed at the education sector, the role we play in the community and the size of the institution impact upon many thousands of people across the region and beyond.”
Mr Jones added: “I would like to thank the Commissioner for spending time with the team and our students and assure her we will continue to develop and take pride in being recognised as a standard bearer for the Act and what it stands for.”
For more information on Coleg Cambria, visit the website: www.cambria.ac.uk
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FURRIERS STRUGGLING
December 1, 1993 Dylan Forest Leave a comment
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, December 1993:
If fur is making a comeback, it isn’t evident in the retail price index kept by
ANIMAL PEOPLE editor Merritt Clifton since 1988. The volume of fur merchandise
advertised in the greater New York metropolitan area as of Fur Free Friday 1993 was identi-
cal to 1992, as was the average price, excluding sable. The advertised volume of sable,
the highest-priced fur, was up fivefold, with the average price up from $25,000 to
$38,750––but the advertised volume of mink held steady, while the average mink price was
down 30%. “They’re in a steep slump and swinging for home runs to compensate,” Clifton
said. “Mink is traditionally 80% of their trade, but they aren’t picking up new customers
even at steep discounts, so they’re trying to buy sable low from the cash-strapped former
Soviet republics and sell it high to the handful of customers they’ve kept.” It’s too early to
project sales figures for the whole winter, Clifton continued, with the Christmas and
Valentine’s Day sales periods still ahead, “but so far there’s no sign that increased fur adver-
tising expenditures are significantly paying off. They’re just spending more money to stay
where they are.” Just before the fall fur ad blitz began, Evans Inc., accounting for roughly
10% of U.S. retail fur sales, reported a second-quarter drop of 7.4% in same-store sales as
compared to last year.
The free trade agreement between
the U.S. and Canada and the declining
Canadian dollar have boosted fur garment
manufacturing in Montreal and Toronto at the
apparent expense of New York and Southeast
Asia. Canadian fur garment exports.––which
account for just a fraction of the total Canadian
fur trade––were up 38% during the first half of
1993, while exports to the U.S. were up 75%,
to $21 million. But that’s still only half the
1987 volume.
The Baltimore public schools have
banned fur garments, along with other cost-
ly apparrel that administrators have often
found linked with the schoolyard drug trade.
The National Trappers Assoc-
iation is trying to collect a 1% levy on pelt
sales by trappers. “It is estimated that at least
90% of the trappers do little or nothing to sup-
port the efforts of organized trapping to protect
our industry,” explained NTA marketing
director Steve Greene to pelt buyers and deal-
ers,” Greene estimates that establishing the
levy will take three years.
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Michelle Obama collaborates with MTV to host national virtual prom
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Recently, the Obamas were in the news for their amazing effort to give virtual commencement speeches for the class of 2020, most of whose graduation ceremonies have been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
It would certainly be such a morale booster for the students to hear from these two inspiring personalities.
Now, Michelle Obama has gone one step ahead to host a virtual national prom event for the class of 2020.
The nonpartisan organization of the former First Lady, When We All Vote, is collaborating with MTV and the 2020 Prom Challenge to host this event. The event, meant for students whose proms have been cancelled due to the pandemic, will take place on 22nd May 2020 with an all-day, on-air takeover on MTV. It will feature some prom-themed throwback movies and short-form original content. But that is not all!
The event will also feature live performances from famous artists and surprise celebrity guest appearances.
Earlier in the year, the 2020 Prom Challenge had selected 20 schools across the United States that had successfully integrated voter registration “in the most creative and impactful ways.”
Michelle Obama got onto a Zoom call with the student leaders of these 20 schools this past week, congratulating them for their efforts. This event also seeks to highlight the wonderful work that these schools have done in organizing innovative nonpartisan voter registration initiatives in the country.
The 20 schools that were winners of the competition are:
Dobson High School – Mesa, Arizona
Western School of Science & Technology – Phoenix
Norte Vista High School – Riverside, California
Compton Early College High School – Compton, California
Community Charter Early College High School – Lake View Terrace, California
Thurgood Marshall Academy Public Charter High School – Washington, DC
Hialeah Gardens High School – Hialeah Gardens, Florida
Meadowcreek High School – Norcross, Georgia
TF North High School – Calumet City, Illinois
Muchin College Prep – Chicago
Communication and Media Arts High School – Detroit
Cass Technical High School – Detroit
John F. Kennedy High School – Winston-Salem, North Carolina
R.J. Reynolds High School – Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Valley High School – Las Vegas
STEM Academy at Showalter – Chester, Pennsylvania
Abraham Lincoln High School – Philadelphia,
Building 21 High School – Allentown, Pennsylvania
Westbury High School – Houston
Golda Meir High School – Milwaukee
The Obamas certainly know how to spread some cheer and happiness in these bleak times.
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Fast Train Project Macro Economic Assessment July 2020
July 27, 2020 /in Infrastructure, National, State, and Regional Economics, News, Transport /by Brad Vakulcyzk
STRONGER, TOGETHER – An independent state-wide macroeconomic assessment of fast regional commuter rail network impacts on Victorian settlement patterns, economic growth, fairness and opportunity.
With a population approaching five million, the Melbourne metropolitan area accommodates around three-quarters of the population of Victoria. Five railway lines radiate from Melbourne towards a mixture of major provincial cities, towns, ex-urban areas and farmland.
In the first half-decade of the current century the government of Victoria upgraded the country portions of four of the five rail lines to clear one track for 160 kph running.
The current project proposal follows on and includes electrification of the five lines, a modest increase in maximum speed from 130/160 kph to 200 kph and further increases in frequency of service.
The present study is confined to addressing the effects of the Project on the productivity of the Victorian economy and its constituent regions via its influence on producers’ choices as to where to locate economic activity and citizens’ choices as to where to live. It accordingly assumes that the Project is viable in terms of patronage (and hence modal split), costs (including health and safety benefits) and environmental benefits including greenhouse gas emission abatement.
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Willy (Superman) Bangsund
By karolinehjorth / December 9, 2014 / Uncategorized / One comment
Willy Bangsund is a local legend. A wrestler and a coach, who according to many locals deserves a medal for being the best peace worker in the region. He is well known for coaching and arranging wrestling tournaments for Norwegian, Russian and Finnish young people and for having crossed the northern borders innumerable times arranging meetings for transcultural exchanges.
Always curious about other people’s cultures and history, Willy loves talking to new people. He is constantly working on passing this curiosity on to his young wrestlers. “I want them to really understand the importance of co-existence and understanding other people, since this really is the essential part of creating peace. It is of such major importance. And it is especially important to pass this on to the children.”
Willy took us to the Norwegian-Russian border at Storskog for the day’s shoot, the only legal land border crossing from Norway to Russia and a border Willy knows like the back of his hand. As we were spending the day with someone just short of being a real life superman, we had prepared for a cape of appropriate proportions and headed for the border with our car boot full of bright red rowan tree pomes.
Originally a trained car mechanic, Willy was born in Vardø and lived a good decade in Nøtterøy before moving to Kirkenes in 1970. Here he found his wife and got a family, and here he founded his wrestling practice and career. He has been an active wrestler himself and even won the Norwegian junior championship in 1962. “Wrestling is a fantastic sport. You get to develop and train all the muscles in the body. And it is a fair sport. And most of all it is that sense of self discipine, moral and justice – those three things are the things that count.” © Karoline Hjorth & Riitta Ikonen
The rowan fruits are often called berries, but a berry is a simple fruit produced from a single ovary, whereas a pome is an accessory fruit – perfect! © Karoline Hjorth & Riitta Ikonen
Rowan tree’s bright red fruit is great food for birds and this year they are particularly plentiful. It is believed this forecasts a very snowy and cold winter to come. © Karoline Hjorth & Riitta Ikonen
While we drive around in our little rent-a-wreck, Willy prefers his trusted Hiace bus which according to him has ran more than 1 million kilometers. He reckons very few people down south have any idea what it takes to get a sports club going under these conditions, with driving distances up to 900 km, driving through the coldest areas of the Nordic countries with 30-40 degrees below zero. His coldest memory was a -50 degree trip to Inari in Lemenjokki. © Karoline Hjorth & Riitta Ikonen
Willy could tell us how the wrestling culture has always been present in Kirkenes. It is an old club, dating back to 1929, and they were in contact with Finland and Sweden already in 1932. But it wasn’t very active until Willy came to Kirkenes. It was too small of a club to get any national champions out from the region, so he decided it was time to get out there and compete with the Finns and the Swedes to get the levels up. And then the exchange started with Russia also, since they were the largest wrestling nation. That’s how they got the activity up and running again and managed to raise the level. Today Kirkenes has about 40 Norwegian champions, even a world champion in women’s wrestling, a European champion and several medals. © Karoline Hjorth & Riitta Ikonen
This year will be the 70th anniversary for the Oktoberstevnet wrestling tournament. For Willy, the kids are his driving force; “when I see they get personal results, when they gain self esteem and start trusting themselves, and when they learn to know other countries and cultures through all the traveling. That is result enough for me. If any of them get to win a title, it’s an added bonus.” © Karoline Hjorth & Riitta Ikonen
Seeing how the kids understand more about themselves, how they progress, is what keeps Willy going. “And another thing, you have the best one, the number one, and then you have the last one, who always loses. But he can be a social number one, the joker and the social glue. Not to mention the importance of that when we travel as much as we do…when we slam down 900 km in the darkest winters to go to Oulo in Finland for a tournament – they are tough little ones, I tell you. I don’t know of many other kids who would do that. Sometimes it is even a case of driving all the way down to Happaranda, do a set of two 20-second matches and that’s it – only to hit the road and drive all the way back. Now that’s learning life.” © Karoline Hjorth & Riitta Ikonen
Chicken wire, cable tires and arctic temperatures make a very uncomfortable combination. But we now know it’s all about self discipline, moral and justice. © Karoline Hjorth & Riitta Ikonen
Willy has never considered what he is doing to be a political project. He is mostly hoping that the kids get to experience what he did, to be able to go discover the world at an early stage, and to learn to know other cultures and other nations, and most importantly, to learn the history and the changes that have happened from the past and up until today. © Karoline Hjorth & Riitta Ikonen
© Karoline Hjorth & Riitta Ikonen
We lift our hats to Willy © Karoline Hjorth & Riitta Ikonen
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Walter Shapiro/ December 16, 2011
Brokered Conventions, Last-Minute Comebacks, and Other Crazy Ways the GOP Could End Up With a Nominee
Has there ever been a worse year for the conventional wisdom in handicapping a presidential primary race? Sure, the pundit pack has been grotesquely wrong before, from over-hyping Hillary Clinton’s chances in 2008 to smugly dismissing Howard Dean’s potential to galvanize anti-war Democrats in 2004. But never have the political railbirds so frequently compounded their errors as they reeled from one smug, but erroneous, prediction to another. The list of miscues by the columnists and TV talking heads is only rivaled by Dick Cheney’s record of intelligence estimates.
So far, this reign of error includes Jon Huntsman ballyhooed as the most fabled returnee from China since Marco Polo; Newt Gingrich mocked as irrelevant as Mikhail Gorbachev in 21st century politics; Tim Pawlenty promoted as Mitt Romney’s major challenger (yikes, that was me); Michele Bachmann anointed as the queen of Iowa after her Pyrrhic victory in the straw poll; Rick Perry trumpeted as the best campaigner to come out of Texas since Sam Houston; and—most embarrassing—Herman Cain portrayed as someone more than a pizza vendor turned motivational speaker.
This Wrong-Way Corrigan record seems doubly peculiar for a political cycle in which so many smart analysts are parsing the polls and chronicling the candidates. But maybe the problem is exactly that: Our punditry is suffering from an excess of rationality coupled with an unprecedented over-reliance on polls. As a result, most blue-chip handicappers end up assuming that presidential politics will follow an orderly trajectory. How ludicrous. If only these political soothsayers had looked back to 20th century precedents for guidance, they might have grasped the inherent messiness of picking a president.
After covering nine presidential campaigns, I am confident in my ability to prophesize just one thing: The current media storyline of a protracted Gingrich-versus-Romney struggle through the primaries is oversimplified. The eventual GOP nominee may well have a four-letter name (Newt or Mitt), but there undoubtedly will be hairpin turns along the way. To give a hint of the dizzying possibilities ahead, here are five precedents from bygone races that may be echoed on the road to the Republican convention in Tampa:
1. The original comeback kid (1984). Colorado Senator Gary Hart, who had entered the Democratic race as a top-tier candidate, was broke and on the ropes by November 1983. With Walter Mondale and John Glenn dominating the headlines, Hart was reduced to lamenting, “It’s been six months since I was rumored to be dead. How long do I have to stay alive to prove I’m not dead?” The answer: Just long enough for the New Hampshire primary. A surprise but weak (17 percent) second-place finish in the Iowa caucuses gave Hart a media boost. Then in one of the biggest upsets in primary politics, Hart defied the polls and trounced Mondale by 10 percentage points in the first primary. Exit polls revealed that 35 percent of New Hampshire Democrats had made up their minds in the final four days before the primary. Hart swept these voters by a four-to-one margin.
2012 Moral: It’s premature to completely write off Bachmann and Rick Santorum in Iowa and Huntsman in New Hampshire. Remember that in 2008 40 percent of Iowa Republicans and 50 percent of New Hampshire GOP voters were still undecided a week before they voted.
2. Perseverance in defeat (1976). After losing five straight primaries to Gerald Ford, including a stinging defeat in his birth state of Illinois, Ronald Reagan was a case study in the folly of challenging a sitting president for the nomination. With his fundraisers coming up empty and his candidacy portrayed as a spoiler, Reagan made his last stand in the North Carolina primary. The difference this time was that Reagan unveiled a new issue: the Panama Canal. “We bought it; we paid for it; it’s ours; and we’re going to keep it” was the Gipper’s new refrain. Not only did Reagan win North Carolina handily, but he roared back into the race and carried the fight against Ford to the Republican Convention.
2012 Moral:As Gingrich’s resurrection demonstrates, a candidate these days can keep going without money or momentum as long as there are debates and Fox News interview slots. While Perry is never going to morph into Demosthenes as a debater, he is the sort of ideologue who could hit on an unexpected issue that arouses the conservative base. In fact, in an election season when all Republicans are vying to be Reagan-esque, maybe it is time to get the Panama Canal give-away out of mothballs.
3. Buyer’s remorse (1976). Despite Jimmy Carter’s daunting delegate lead, California Governor Jerry Brown and Idaho Senator Frank Church entered the race in early spring and between them won 10 late-season primaries. The ABC (Anybody But Carter) movement continued to search for alternatives, attempting to coax Hubert Humphrey into the race, but the effort soon fizzled and the unlikely nomination of the former one-term Georgia governor was secured easily at the convention.
2012 Moral: What happens to the Republican race if Gingrich roars through January, destroying Romney and sweeping Iowa, South Carolina, and Florida? GOP insiders like Karl Rove could easily conclude that a Gingrich nomination would cost the Republicans the White House, the potential to win back the Senate, and quite possibly control of the House. Faced with a potential replay of the 1964 Barry Goldwater rout, the party establishment might again quickly start fantasizing about Jeb Bush, Mitch Daniels, Paul Ryan, or Chris Christie. The five-week interlude between Florida (January 30) and Super Tuesday (March 6) could be dominated by these GOP if-onlys. Political analyst Rhodes Cook has calculated that a surprise candidate who entered the race on February 1 could still compete for more than half the convention delegates.
4. Genuine Draft (1964). The 1952 election was a choice between the reluctant and the very reluctant, as both Dwight Eisenhower and Adlai Stevenson had to be coaxed into running. But the ultimate political draft occurred in 1964 when Henry Cabot Lodge won the New Hampshire Republican primary on a write-in vote without every leaving Saigon, where he was serving as LBJ’s ambassador to South Vietnam.
2012 Moral: Following the Lodge example, maybe Huntsman would be in better political shape right now if he were still ambassador to China. But more to the point, social media make write-in campaigns much easier than they were in the 1960s, as Lisa Murkowski proved last year by winning the Alaska Senate race without being on the November ballot. If Republican buyer’s remorse does set in after the Florida primary, a late-starting candidate could run write-in campaigns in states where he has missed the filing deadline to get on the ballot. In fact, a “Draft Jeb” campaign could be launched without the active help from the would-be candidate and paid for by a SuperPAC with no contribution limits.
5. To the convention floor (1968). It has been three decades since there was even a hint of drama left in a nomination fight by convention time. But even without favorite-son candidates, party bosses, blocs of uncommitted delegates, and spontaneous floor demonstrations, it is theoretically possible for the Republicans to arrive in Tampa without a de facto nominee. The model for this kind of collective indecision could be another Florida convention: the Republican gathering in Miami Beach in 1968. Richard Nixon was the front-runner who aroused little passion (Romney would be his obvious 2012 clone). Nelson Rockefeller was Nixon’s bloodied rival who could not win the nomination on his own. (Gingrich or Perry might play that role this time around). The wild card was Ronald Reagan in 1968 (think Christie or Jeb Bush), who dramatically declared his candidacy at the convention. Caught in a pincer movement with Rockefeller on his left and Reagan on his right, Nixon came close to losing his first-ballot majority and the nomination itself.
2012 Moral: For political junkies, an open convention is the equivalent of seeing a unicorn on the front lawn. Alas, the odds of such dramatic uncertainty remain slight since few Republicans want to wait until the end of August to pick their nominee to run against an incumbent president who has been campaigning hard since the 2010 elections. But with Ron Paul winning perhaps as many as 20 percent of the delegates, the parallels to 1968 are too intriguing to ignore.
THE DANGER FOR all political reporters is to fall under the hypnotic sway of false certainty. Presidential politics is the ultimate anything-can-happen enterprise, although the odds are indeed looking small for a Herman Cain comeback.
I acquired my sense of caution the hard way. Back in 1984, impatient with the lead time of news magazines in those days, I wrote a story for the pre-New Hampshire primary issue of Newsweek devoid of all the usual hedge words. Simply put, I called Walter Mondale’s lead in New Hampshire “unassailable” and, in the same passage, declared, “If he wins a titanic triumph on Tuesday, it would take an iceberg to deny him the nomination.”
The iceberg named Gary Hart hit hard. And I was left pretty much like Leonardo DiCaprio at the end of Titanic. As a press-bus colleague put it to me when I arrived in New Hampshire as exit-poll rumors of Hart’s heart-stopping victory spread, “You blew it.” Some career-changing moments you never forget.
Walter Shapiro is a special correspondent at The New Republic. Follow him on Twitter @waltershapiroPD.
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Installation view of “Axis Mundo: Queer Networks in Chicano L.A.,” 2017, at MOCA Pacific Design Center.
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The Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles said on Wednesday that it will close its exhibition space at the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood on February 24, following the run of its current Kahlil Joseph solo show there.
It is unclear whether this was a joint decision made by MOCA and the center, or whether one institution made the call to close the space. It comes just months after the museum’s new director, Klaus Biesenbach, took the helm of the institution, following almost two decades in New York at the Museum of Modern Art and MoMA PS1.
Following his appointment, Biesenbach told ARTnews that arts patron and collector Agnes Gund had advised him “to grow slowly and listen to everybody first. That’s what I’m doing right now. I want to spend the first half-year just learning and listening. That prevents you from doing things too fast or coming to conclusions that are not fully informed.”
The PDC branch of MOCA presented design and architecture shows as well as contemporary art exhibitions. Its design and architecture programming will be incorporated into its remaining two spaces, the flagship Grand Avenue location downtown and the Geffen Contemporary in Little Tokyo.
Among the shows it staged at the center were a Rick Owens furniture show; solo exhibitions devoted to work by Barbara Kasten, Catherine Opie, and Magdalena Fernández; and queer art exhibitions that related to the PDC’s location in one of the city’s gay enclaves, including “Tongues Untied,” which surveyed art made during the AIDS crisis, and “Axis Mundo: Queer Networks in Chicano L.A.,” which it co-presented with the nearby ONE Archives gallery. “Axis Mundo,” which was part of the Getty Foundation’s Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA and is currently traveling, examined the various connections, collaborations, and correspondences between queer and/or Chicanx artists in Los Angeles and beyond.
“We are proud of MOCA’s record of achievement at the PDC,” MOCA’s board chair, Maria Seferian, said in a statement.
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34 Al Qaeda Killed in Iraq
Bill Roggio has a great round up of Thursday and Friday’s Phantom Phoenix operation in Iraq here.
Eiffel Tower Terror Plot Foiled
Portugeuse air-traffic controllers intercepted garbled short wave transmissions from Islamist Terrorists and interupted a plot to blow up the Eiffel Tower in Paris France Thursday.
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The 1,060ft high tower has more than six million visitors a year – an average of more than 16,000 a day.
A successful strike on the 7,500 ton iron tower, which was looked down on Paris since 1889, would be a French 9/11 and could cost thousands of lives.
The threat was uncovered in a “vague and muffled” radio conversation picked up by air traffic controllers in Lisbon on Thursday.
It comes after a spate of other threats made in recent days on the websites linked to Osama bin Laden’s Al Qaeda terror network, calling for the “brothers of Islam to strike Paris”.
Egyptian Man Sells Wife’s Kidney on Black Market
In the Islamic world where lax medical mores lead to less-than-Hypocratic oathes and principles, a man drugged his wife, and sold her kidney in the organ black market. The fact that he is treating his wife like property in the worst way should not surprise anyone, that also is endemic in the Islamic world.
Story from AFP:
CAIRO (AFP) — An Egyptian woman has brought a case against her husband for allegedly drugging her and arranging for one of her kidneys to be removed and sold on the black market, local media reported on Saturday.
A judicial enquiry has been launched in the Nile Delta town of Menufiya after Warda Mohammed el-Banna said her husband Saad Helmi had her operated on after a pretend motorcycle accident, the opposition Al-Wafd daily said.
Her husband allegedly gave her a glass of drugged orange juice and said they were going out to see relatives. The woman said she passed out en route and woke up in a private hospital in the up-market Cairo district of Heliopolis.
He explained her scars by saying she had been operated on after they had an accident, but a few days later Banna started feeling weak and tests revealed she was missing a kidney.
Some use the excuse of poverty for actions like this, but compared to the rest of the Islamic world, Egypt is generally middle-class.
It’s not like this situation in Pakistan for instance, the sign says “Would you buy my kidney please?” in Urdu. Story from Darwaish at All Things Pakistan.
This also puts those occasional “will work for food” signs you see held up by fat winos in the US into perspective.
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USTA: Become Active Outside Again With Tennis
June 3, 2020 by Daniel Pyser
As individual states and local communities begin to re-open on the heels of the COVID-19 pandemic, the American populace will be particularly eager to return to some form of physical activity and social engagement. Tennis is one sport that is particularly well-positioned to satisfy those desires as it requires no direct physical contact and, when played within specific guidelines, can be played both safely and enjoyably. For those reasons, tennis is primed to serve a central role in the recovery of communities across the U.S.
Indeed, tennis is positioned to be the ultimate return sport – a leader in what figures to be a gradual and measured return to normalcy. The U.S. Tennis Association has outlined specific guidelines for both players and facilities that, when followed correctly and in conjunction with local, regional, and federal regulations from government and health agencies, will ensure a safe and fun experience for all.
It is recommended that players of all ages and ability levels follow these guidelines in preparing to play, during play, and after playing. Players should stay six feet apart from each other and avoid physical contact such as high-fives and handshakes. Singles competition between players is recommended as doubles play could lead to incidental contact and unwanted proximity.
On court, players should avoid sharing food, drinks, or towels and using their hands to pick up balls. Players should also remain on their respective sides and not change ends, and avoid touching court gates, fences and benches where possible.
Although there is no specific evidence that tennis balls can spread COVID-19, contamination by respiratory droplets from an infected person can potentially survive on hard surfaces for up to three days. Players should avoid touching balls by hand and instead use their feet or racquets to pick up balls. Each player should use one set of numbered balls out of their own can and only utilize their own balls when serving.
Tennis is a wonderful, healthy, and social sport. It can be an important factor in getting people active again after a few sedentary months. And when people are active and healthy, the communities in which they live reflect that, becoming more active and vibrant themselves.
Tennis is a great sport to come back to, and by following these guidelines and taking every precaution to help keep all participants safe, tennis not only will return to courts all across the country but will again thrive there.
Please visit ustanationalcampus.com, where reopening announcements and updates will be posted once available.
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NSIA & NBET sign $350M eurobond fund management agreement
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The Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Plc (NBET) and the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) today signed a Funds Management Agreement for the $350M allocated to NBET from the $1B Eurobond issued by the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) in July 2013.
NSIA's Funds and Assets are fully accounted for the commitment to Accountability, Corporate Governance and Transparency remains.
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All funds and assets managed by the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) are intact and fully accounted for as detailed in the Audited Financial Statement for the year ended 2014 published on March 28, 2015
The second niger bridge project update
The Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) through its Nigeria Infrastructure Fund is committed to the development of infrastructure in Nigeria. Acting through its wholly owned subsidiary, NSIA Motorways Investment Company (NMIC), NSIA is collaborating with the Federal Ministry of Works and Julius Berger Investments (JBI) as joint sponsors on the financing, development and construction of the Second Niger Bridge project (the "Project").
Nigeria sovereign investment authority & seven energy announce signing $100,000,000 investment commitment
Seven Energy International Limited ("Seven Energy"), the indigenous integrated oil and gas development, production and gas distribution company with interests in Nigeria, and the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority ("NSIA"), Nigeria's sovereign wealth fund, today announced that NSIA through its Gas to Power funds managed on behalf of Nigeria's Debt Management Office ("DMO") has signed a commitment letter, subject to certain conditions, for an investment of at least $100,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of senior secured notes due in 2023 to be issued and privately placed by Seven Energy Finance Limited.
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The protection of your personal and non-personal data is very important to us! Please contact us if you have any questions about data protection and data security!
Personal data (hereinafter mostly referred to as "data") are processed by us only in the context of the necessity and for the purpose of providing a functional and user-friendly website, including its contents and the services offered there.
According to Art. 4 Number 1. The Regulation (EU) 2016 / 679, the Basic Data Protection Regulation (hereinafter referred to as the "GDPR"), is considered to be the "processing" of any process or series of operations related to personal data, such as collection, carried out with or without the aid of automated procedures the collection, organization, ordering, storage, adaptation or modification, reading out, querying, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or any other form of providing, matching or linking, the restriction, the Erase or annihilation.
With the following privacy policy, we inform you in particular about the nature, scope, purpose, duration and legal basis of the processing of personal data, as far as we either alone or together with others decide on the purposes and means of processing. In addition, we will inform you below about the third-party components that we use for optimization purposes and to increase the quality of use, insofar as third parties process data in their own responsibility.
This declaration is exclusively in German.
Our privacy policy is structured as follows:
I. Information about us as responsible persons
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I. Responsible provider of this website in terms of data protection law is:
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With regard to the data processing described in more detail below, users and data subjects have the right
upon confirmation of the processing of the data in question, on information about the processed data, on further information on data processing and on copies of the data (see also Art. 15 DSGVO);
Correction or completion of incorrect or incomplete data (see also Art. 16 DSGVO);
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upon receipt of data concerning them and provided by them and on the transmission of these data to other providers / controllers (see also Art. 20 DSGVO);
on complaint to the supervisory authority, if they consider that the data concerning them are processed by the provider in breach of data protection provisions (see also Art. 77 DSGVO).
In addition, the Provider is obliged to notify any recipients to whom data has been disclosed by the Provider of any correction or deletion of data or restriction of processing that occurs under Articles 16, 17 para. 1, 18 DSGVO teaching. However, this obligation does not exist insofar as this notification is impossible or disproportionate. Notwithstanding, the user has a right to information about these recipients.
Likewise, according to Art. 21 DSGVO, users and data subjects have the right to object to the future processing of the data concerning them, provided that the data are provided by the provider in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) DSGVO be processed. In particular, an objection to the processing of data for the purpose of direct advertising is permitted.
Your data processed on the use of our website will be deleted or blocked as soon as the purpose of the storage is omitted, the deletion of the data does not conflict with statutory retention requirements and subsequently no other information is given about individual processing methods.
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For technical reasons, in particular to ensure a secure and stable Internet presence, data is transmitted through your Internet browser to us or to our web space provider. These so-called server log files include the type and version of your Internet browser, the operating system, the website from which you have switched to our website (referrer URL), the website (s) of our website that you visit, date and time of the respective access as well as the IP-address of the internet connection from which the use of our internet presence takes place.
These data collected will be temporarily stored but will not be shared with other information about you.
This storage takes place on the legal basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the improvement, stability, functionality and security of our website.
The data will be deleted at the latest after seven days, as long as no further storage for evidence is required. Otherwise, the data will be wholly or partially exempt from the cancellation until the final clarification of an incident.
To store the server data, we use the Sentry service of the company Functional Software, Inc. 132 Hawthorne St. San Francisco, CA 94107, which is governed by the EU-US Privacy Shield.
a) session cookies / session cookies
We use so-called cookies with our website. Cookies are small text files or other storage technologies that are stored and stored on your device by the Internet browser you use. These cookies process certain information about you, such as your browser or location data or your IP address, to an individual extent.
This processing makes our website more user-friendly, effective and secure, as the processing, for example, allows us to reproduce our website in different languages or to offer a shopping cart function.
The legal basis for this processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit b.) GDPR, insofar as these cookie data are processed to initiate a contract or to execute a contract.
If the processing does not serve to initiate the contract or to fulfill the contract, our legitimate interest lies in improving the functionality of our website. Legal basis is then Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR.
Closing your internet browser deletes these session cookies.
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If you prevent or restrict the installation of cookies, however, this may result in not all functions of our website being fully usable.
The data transmitted by you for the use of our service offer are processed by us for the purpose of contract execution and are required to that extent. Conclusion of contract and contract are not possible without provision of your data.
The legal basis for processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) GDPR.
We delete the personal data with complete contract processing, but must observe the tax and commercial retention periods.
As part of the contract, we pass your data to the financial service provider, as far as the transfer is required for payment purposes.
The legal basis for the transfer of the data is then Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) GDPR.
Non-personal data will be stored by us for evaluation purposes even after the end of the contract.
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If you create a customer account with us via our website, we will use the data entered by you during registration (eg your name, address or e-mail address) exclusively for pre-contractual services, for the fulfillment of the contract or for the purpose of Customer care (eg to provide you with an overview of your previous orders or to offer you product-related functions) and save. At the same time we then save the IP address and the date of your registration plus the time. A passing on of this data to third parties is of course not.
As part of the further registration process, your consent to this processing is obtained and reference is made to this Privacy Policy. The data collected by us are used exclusively for the provision of the customer account.
Insofar as you consent to this processing, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR Legal basis for processing.
If the opening of the customer account additionally serves pre-contractual measures or the fulfillment of the contract, then the legal basis for this processing is also Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) GDPR.
The consent granted to us in the opening and maintenance of the customer account can be revoked at any time with effect for the future in accordance with Art. 7 para. 3 DSGVO. For this you only have to inform us about your withdrawal.
The data collected will be deleted as soon as the processing is no longer necessary. However, we must pay attention to tax and commercial retention periods.
Contact requests / contact possibilities
If you contact us via the contact form or email, the data you provide will be used to process your request. The specification of the data is necessary for processing and answering your request - without providing it, we cannot answer your request, or at least only to a limited extent.
The legal basis for this processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) GDPR.
Your data will be deleted, provided that your request has been finally answered and the deletion does not conflict with any statutory storage requirements, such as in the event of subsequent contract execution.
If you subscribe to our free newsletter, the data requested by you, ie your e-mail address as well as your name will be transmitted to us. At the same time, we store the IP address of the Internet access from which you access our website as well as the date and time of your registration. As part of the further registration process, we will seek your consent to the transmission of the newsletter, describe the content specifically and refer to this privacy policy. We use the data collected exclusively for the newsletter dispatch - they are therefore not passed on to third parties in particular.
The legal basis for this is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR.
The consent to the newsletter dispatch can be withdrawn at any time with effect for the future in accordance with Art. 7 para. 3 DSGVO. For this you only need to inform us about your withdrawal or press the unsubscribe link contained in each newsletter.
Linking social media via graphics or text link
We also advertise on our website presences on the social networks listed below. The integration takes place via a linked graphic of the respective network. The use of this linked graphic prevents a connection to the respective server of the social network from being automatically established when a website with a social media application is called up in order to display a graphic of the respective network itself. The user is only forwarded to the service of the respective social network by clicking on the corresponding graphic.
After the user has been forwarded, information about the user is recorded by the respective network. It cannot be ruled out that the data collected in this way will be processed in the USA.
First of all, this includes data such as IP address, date, time and page visited. If the user is logged into his user account of the respective network, the network operator may be able to assign the information collected from the specific visit of the user to the user's personal account. If the user interacts via a “Share” button on the respective network, this information can be saved in the user's personal user account and published if necessary. If the user wants to prevent the information collected from being directly assigned to his user account, he must log out before clicking on the graphic. There is also the option of configuring the respective user account accordingly.
The following social networks are linked to our website:
Facebook Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland, a subsidiary of Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA.
EU-US data protection certification (“EU-US Privacy Shield”) https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000GnywAAC&status=Active
Twitter Inc., 795 Folsom St., 600 Suite, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA
EU-US data protection certification (“EU-US Privacy Shield”)
LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland, a subsidiary of the LinkedIn Corporation, 1000 W. Maude Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94085 USA.
EU-US data protection certification (“EU-US Privacy Shield”) https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000L0UZAA0&status=Active
We use Google Analytics on our website. This is a web analysis service from Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, hereinafter referred to as "Google".
Certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield
guarantees Google that EU data protection standards will be respected even when processing data in the US.
The service Google Analytics is used to analyze the usage behavior of our website. Legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the analysis, optimization and economic operation of our website.
User and user-related information, such as IP address, location, time or frequency of visiting our website, are transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. However, we use Google Analytics with the so-called anonymization function. With this feature, Google already truncates the IP address within the EU / EEA.
The data collected in this way will again be used by Google to provide us with an evaluation of the visit to our website as well as about the usage activities there. This data may also be used to provide other services related to the use of our website and the use of the Internet.
Google states that you do not associate your IP address with other data. In addition, Google keeps under
Further data protection information for you, for example, also to the ways to prevent the use of data.
In addition, Google offers below
a so-called deactivation add-on together with further information. This add-on can be installed with the common Internet browsers and offers you further control over the data that Google collects when we visit our website. The add-on informs the JavaScript (ga.js) of Google Analytics that information for visiting our website should not be transmitted to Google Analytics. But this does not prevent information from being passed to us or other web analytics services. Of course, you will also find out in this privacy policy whether and which other web analysis services we use.
In our website we use Google fonts for displaying external fonts. It is a service of Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA, hereinafter referred to as "Google".
In order to enable the representation of certain writings in our Internet appearance, a connection to the Google server in the USA is set up when calling our Internet appearance.
Legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the optimization and economic operation of our website.
Google can determine from which website your request has been sent and to which IP address the presentation of the font is to be transmitted by the connection to Google established when our website is called up.
Google offers below
Further information, in particular on the possibilities of preventing the use of data.
On our website, we use Google reCAPTCHA to check and avoid interactions on our website through automated access, e.g. through so-called bots. It is a service of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, hereinafter referred to as "Google".
Through this service, Google can determine from which website a request is sent and from which IP address you use the so-called reCAPTCHA input box. In addition to your IP address, additional information may be collected by Google, which is necessary for the offer and the guarantee of this service.
Legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the security of our website and in the defense against unwanted, automated access in the form of spam or the like.
further information on the general handling of your user data.
Google Remarketing or “Similar Audiences” component from Google
We use the remarketing or "similar target group" function on our website. This is a service of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, hereinafter referred to as "Google".
We use this feature to serve interest-based, personalized advertising on third-party websites that also participate in Google's advertising network.
Legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the analysis, optimization and economic operation of our website.
To enable this advertising service, Google stores a cookie with a number sequence on your device during your visit to our website via your Internet browser. This cookie records anonymously both your visit and the use of our website. Personal data will not be disclosed. If you then visit the website of a third party, which in turn also uses the advertising network of Google, may appear advertising that have a reference to our website or to our local offers.
To permanently disable this feature, Google offers for the most popular Internet browsers
a browser plugin.
Likewise, the use of cookies by certain providers, for example. About
be disabled via opt-out.
LinkedIN conversion tracking and retargeting function
We use LinkedIn Conversion Tracking and Insight Tag from LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA on our website. This enables us to obtain information about the use of our website and to show you personalized advertising when you visit LinkedIn or other websites. For this purpose, a tracking tag is set on this website, which creates a direct connection to LinkedIn. This makes it possible to recognize users of this website when they visit LinkedIn and other websites. The data is also used to generate anonymous reports on the performance of the advertisements and the interaction with our website.
LinkedIn conversion tracking and the retargeting function can be deactivated under the following opt-out link. To do this, LinkedIn members click "Deny on LinkedIn", non-members "Deny". https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls/retargeting-opt-out
LinkedIn provides further information on data protection at https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy
We use the online marketing software HubSpot on our website. HubSpot is a US based software company with a branch in Ireland. Contact: HubSpot, 2nd Floor 30 North Wall Quay, Dublin 1, Ireland, Phone: + 353 1 5187500.
This is an integrated software solution with which we cover various aspects of our online marketing. These include: e-mail marketing (newsletters and automated mailings, e.g. to provide downloads), social media publishing & reporting, reporting (e.g. traffic sources, accesses, etc.), contact management (e.g. user segmentation & CRM) , Landing pages and contact forms.
Visitors to this website will be able to download content and provide their contact information. This information is stored on HubSpot servers. They can be used by us to connect with visitors to our website and to determine what services our company is interested in. We use HubSpot's service to optimize our marketing efforts. Legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR.
HubSpot is certified under the terms of the EU - US Privacy Shield Framework and is governed by the TRUSTe 's Privacy Seal and the US - Swiss Safe Harbor Framework.
More information about the Privacy Policy HubSpot »
More information from HubSpot regarding EU data protection regulations »
You can find more information about the cookies used by HubSpot here & here »
If you generally do not want to be registered by HubSpot, you can prevent the storage of cookies at any time by your browser settings or use the following opt-out link: Link
Web analytics Hotjar
In our website we use Hotjar. This is a web analysis service of Hotjar Ltd, Level 2, St Julian's Business Center, 3, Elia Zammit Street, St Julian's STJ 1000, Malta, Europe, hereafter referred to as "Hotjar".
Hotjar serves us to analyze the usage behavior of our website. Legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the analysis, optimization and economic operation of our website.
Hotjar allows us to log and analyze your usage behavior on our website, such as your mouse movements or mouse clicks. Your visit to our website will be anonymized. In addition, Hotjar will evaluate and statistically process information about your operating system, Internet browser, incoming or outgoing links, geographic origin, and the type and location of the device you are using. Also Hotjar can get a direct feedback from you. In addition, Hotjar offers
further privacy information.
In addition, you have the option of terminating the analysis of your usage behavior by opting out. By confirming the link
a cookie is stored on your device via your Internet browser, which prevents further analysis. Please note, however, that you will need to press the link above again if you delete the cookies stored on your device.
To process our service, we store the IP address, email address, as well as the date and time of the offer. We delete the personal data after the end of the contract with our customers, but must observe the tax and commercial retention periods. Non-personal data will be stored by us for evaluation purposes even after the end of the contract.
The legal basis for processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR.
Excerpts from the Sample Privacy Policy of the Law firm Weiß & Partner
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Works Minister, Fashola reveals when Third Mainland Bridge will be reopened
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LAGOS, Nigeria – The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has said the Third Mainland Bridge would be reopened on February 15.
Fashola disclosed this on Thursday, during the inspection of construction work on major roads and bridges in Lagos State.
The Minister noted that after the Third Mainland Bridge is reopened, work would begin on the Falomo Bridge.
The Third Mainland Bridge was partially shut on July 24, 2020 for rehabilitation works expected to last for six months.
But Fashola has explained that the End SARS protest caused the extension of the completion date.
He said, “On the Third Mainland Bridge most of our work is almost done, we lost two weeks during the civil protest and our completion date earlier was towards the end of January, which has slipped.
“We are hoping that by 15th of February we should be done and the bridge should be opened to the public.
“That is one of the reasons why I also came to see how far and when this bridge will be opened to the public because this is delaying our work on Falomo Bridge.”
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November 12, 2019 November 12, 2019 Pink Umbrella Books
Pink Umbrella spills the tea on ONLY GOSSIP PROSPERS author Lorraine Tosiello: Part 1
Join us as we celebrate Pink Umbrella’s newest historical fiction author, Lorraine Tosiello, before the December release of Only Gossip Prospers. The book deftly blends fact and fiction to draw a realistic portrait of Louisa May Alcott’s sojourn in New York City at the height of her fame in 1875.
Lorraine Tosiello: physician, writer, Manhattanite and Louisa May Alcott superfan and scholar.
Only Gossip Prospers began in part as a bit of a love letter to New York City, your home. What would Louisa love about the New York of 2019?
Louisa would be wild about the theater scene in New York City! I see her up front and center for To Kill A Mockingbird and Hamilton but she would also be delighted by the serious Off-Broadway plays. I even see her ferreting out the Off-Off Broadway venues that are on third floors of industrial buildings, or site-specific theater where the audience travels to different points during the show. I wouldn’t put it past her to try to pass off a script to one of these avant-garde theater companies, or anonymously play a character part just for fun.
How did your medical background inform the development of the book? What about 19th century medicine do you find interesting?
When Louisa came to New York she stayed and took the bath cure at the Dr. Eli Peck Miller Hygienic Hotel. That made it possible for me to people the book with characters who naturally had physical ailments. Some of the illnesses, such as Marchesa Contini’s dementia and Augustine’s rheumatoid arthritis, become a part of the plot. Perhaps, since I am a physician, it was only natural to have a cast of characters in my head with some type of medical condition. Maybe this is the first novel to have a demented woman, a rheumatic man, a woman wracked by a back injury and a protagonist struggling with intermittent muscle and joint pain! It’s not as gruesome as it sounds—we all have the same kinds of issues in our lives.
The book does present some of the less scientifically cogent practices of the 19th century: the bath cure itself and the craze for phrenology. The Civil War was the impetus for an amazing advancement in surgical procedures but there were still no effective treatments for medical illness, infections or chronic diseases in Louisa’s time. I was recently at a Benedictine church in Rome and was able to buy a salve made from arnica, which Louisa used. It’s mentioned in Little Women and I mention it in Only Gossip Prospers too.
Louisa May Alcott didn’t strike literary gold until her thirties, and she came into her celebrity fully in middle age. Refreshingly, Only Gossip Prospers champions Louisa as a successful middle-aged woman who is more handsome than beautiful and more aching in the joints than aching for beauty. What can you do with a fully mature character that you can’t do with an ingenue, one of the heroines from Louisa’s potboilers, for example? What did you achieve in middle age and beyond that you couldn’t have accomplished in your younger years?
When Louisa visited New York in 1875 she really was the most popular and successful writer of the time. She was invited to dinners and lectures and was often the object of the most attention, even at salons filled with famous people. She could pick and choose who she wanted to associate with and where she wanted to go. It is telling that she visited the Newsboys’ Lodging and the orphanage and asylum on Randall’s Island. She identified always with the underdog. It was easy to take this lead and make Louisa fearlessly fill the role of the social activist in this story. Even so, in her middle age, nothing about Louisa’s character is starry eyed. She faces everything head on and pragmatically. On an interpersonal level, having a character of middle age encourages the fostering of mentorship, and Louisa does fill that role for a number of the youngsters in the story.
Similarly, with increasing age comes a sense of power generated from experience. Women who have attained some professional stature by middle age will likely agree with me that there is a sense of competence and confidence that allows one not defer to others, to be able to press one’s point, persuade others, in a way that young people just cannot for lack of experience. For me, turning forty was very liberating. There’s still a male hierarchy in medicine and once I hit middle age, I was able to stand my ground more effectively.
What aspects of Louisa’s personality resonate most with you?
Her tenacity. Her devotion to work. Her ability to concentrate and shut out her own needs and troubles and get her job done. She reveled in work; it enriched her. The phrase “If you want to get something done, ask a busy person,” could have started with her. She wrote novels for both adults and children, haunting novellas, serials in newspapers, collections of stories for children, poems for children and adults. She worked for women’s suffrage, gave liberally to orphanages and hospitals, and lent her name to support liberal causes. She never stopped trying to be the change. She never stopped working for that change through the messages in her stories.
Join us for more Lorraine and Little Women in our next post!
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Recording Academy and Color of Change Announce #ChangeMusic RoadMap
The initiative aims to bring racial justice and equity to Black creators and professionals in the music industry
The 58th Annual Grammy Awards, February 2016 (Michael Kovac/WireImage)
The Recording Academy and racial justice organization Color of Change have announced the #ChangeMusic RoadMap—an initiative that aims to create racial justice within the music industry. The full RoadMap may be viewed at the Color of Change website.
According to the groups’ mission statement, the purpose of the initiative is to “work to increase the number of Black people and other underrepresented groups in key roles in the Academy, [its] affiliates, and across the broader industry (i.e., voting members, musicians, producers, recording engineers and other recording professionals).”
In addition, the groups want to ensure “greater equity by increasing representation of Black people and other underrepresented groups in critical roles throughout the broader music industry,” and also “identify and dismantle systemic barriers to representation and equitable treatment of Black people and other under-represented groups across the industry.”
Along with the aforementioned goals, the initiative includes planned investment in Black careers, funding for anti-racist training events, the establishment of pay equity, an increase in the number of Black people in leadership roles, and more.
“In a year of uprising, sickness, and distance, music has been both a healing force and a call to action. It’s helped us process our pain and drive social change. This moment offers an unparalleled opportunity to change patterns of exclusion and degradation and take action toward progress,” Color of Change President Rashad Robinson said in a press release. “To honor and amplify Black artists’ past, present, and future contributions, the music industry must tear down the barriers that have been up for far too long. #ChangeMusic is our first step.”
Harvey Mason jr., Chair & Interim President/CEO of the Recording Academy, added:
Change cannot wait. We believe this #ChangeMusic Roadmap will be key to driving progress in the Academy and the music industry. It was developed over the last few months with the goal of holding ourselves accountable. The roadmap is intended to serve as an important tool to support the changes we must urgently make together in music. This is a new era of the Recording Academy and we won’t stop until the work is done. The Recording Academy and Color of Change invite our peers and partners to join us on this transformational journey.
Read “Grammy Chief Harvey Mason jr. Talks 2021 Nominations, Justin Bieber, Category Changes, and More,” as well as “Resources in the Fight Against Police Brutality and Systemic Racism.”
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U.S. Girls’ Meg Remy Announces New Book Begin by Telling
The essay collection arrives in the United States in April
Meg Remy, photo by Emma McIntyre
U.S. Girls’ Meg Remy has announced a new collection of essays called Begin by Telling. It arrives in the United States on April 21 and in Canada on March 16 ( via Book*hug Press). Its announcement opens with this description:
Never forget /
to connect the dots /
This book is an attempt to connect a couple.
Meg Remy’s most recent album as U.S. Girls, Heavy Light, came out in March. It made the Short List for Canada’s 2020 Polaris Prize. She recently remixed Seth Bogart’s “Boys Who Don’t Wanna Be Boys” and shared a new Christmas song called “Santa Stay Home.”
Read Pitchfork’s Moodboard feature “U.S. Girls on the Absurdist Meme, Anti-Colonial History, and Soul Records That Inspired Heavy Light.”
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Written by philsoperaworld September 14, 2018
Union Pacific Special: Let’s Go West with the Girl of the Golden West!
Opera in three acts. Running Time: 2 hours 11 minutes.
Personally I find this to be Puccini’s most bizarre full length opera, apart from maybe Turandot, and of course Suor Angelica, the weirdest opera not written by a German. It lacks both a coherent plot (it is really a standard triangle in the “exotic” setting of mid-19th century Northern California) and the broad sweeping vocal melodies of earlier Puccini works (although it does have a few good leitmotifs), however the orchestration is probably more advanced than anything Puccini wrote before or since. It is also notable as one of the few female-positive operas: Minnie is a successful business owning virgin who is probably the most respected member of the community she lives in. She is tough, she has a heart of gold, and to top it all off she can read too! This production unfortunately includes Placido Domingo as Dick Johnson/Ramirez, which I guess makes some sense since he did spend half of his childhood in Mexico.
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ACT 1: The Polka Saloon. (60 minutes)
7, 17, 21: The prelude pacts in about half of all the memorable music in the opera into less than 75 seconds. All of it returns later in the opera. The curtain goes up and we hear such bizarrely Anglophone words as “Hello” “Wiskey for everyone” and S.O.B accompanied by some mild Debussy-ish meandering which goes on for some time with bursts of excitement as the miners show up to drink and play cards. Puccini really makes a mash of all this with references to “Camp Town Races” and returning a couple of themes from the prelude for the first time. Don’t get me wrong, it is all agreeable, but nothing sticks around for more than a few seconds until the baritone minstrel Jack Wallace’s calming song * which is apparently based on a Native American melody. After this we have more Debussy for six minutes as the song triggers one of the miners to become homesick and they collect fare for his trip home and then their minds all turn to the gaming table, cheating inevitably ensues, and the sheriff Jack Rance breaks it up. Ashby, the Wells Fargo agent, shows up and tells Rance about his search for Mexican bandido Ramirez before going to sleep upstairs and the other men toast Minnie, who Rance has hopes of marrying which leads to some jealousy from Sonora, a miner who has the hots for Minnie. Shots are fired and Minnie arrives * to about twenty seconds of glorious theme music as she breaks up the potentially business hampering brawl. The miners give her gifts, but things quickly turn to a bible study * as Minnie flips through the Tanakh (absolutely no Christian references are made so I assume it is a Tanakh although the order in which she mentions the book titles (Ruth, Ezekiel, Esther, Psalms) match neither Christian nor Jewish orderings so who knows that is going on!) and settles on the 50th Psalm of David (NOTE for those who don’t get the reference: according to tradition the Hebrew King David wrote this psalm upon repenting of his seduction of the wife of one of his generals, Uriah, who he had killed, the first resulting offspring of the relationship is killed by God but the second born son of this union will be King Solomon, now it probably makes some contextual sense within the plot of the opera and the forgiveness narrative Minnie will endorse later). Rarely does this turn into anything musically of interest although Minnie reflects well at the end just before the post arrives and there is more talk of Ramirez. It is a good character developer as she utilizes the biblical text both to teach literacy skills to the miners as well as for spiritual uplift (and she tells them that hyssop is an a plant from the orient, a chime rings when she mentions this).
30, 35, 40: The first of two duets which make up the second half of the act (with interruptions): Minnie and Rance in which we learn quite a lot. Rance wants to marry Minnie, but is happens to already be married. It takes a few minutes to warm up but Rance’s explanatory arioso is worth looking out for *. This is followed by Minnie’s tranquil response which is okay but also takes forever to warm up but when she finally does it is nice ** if extremely brief (around twenty seconds actually). Dick Johnson’s arrival kills off the number. Within five minutes Minnie is dancing with Johnson * as the male chorus croons away nicely although this too is very short lived and Jose Castro, one of Ramirez men, is captured and interrogated by Rance. Somehow they briefly communicate before Castro is taken out on a supposed “man hunt” for Ramirez.
51, 54: The remainder of the act (a quarter of an hour) consists of a duet for Minnie and Johnson/Ramirez, the highlight being his declaration of love **. Much of the rest is musically rather ornery to be honest but dramatically effective and Puccini eventually throws in some themes which would make sense in any Hollywood Western, one seems to have been copied in Max Steiner’s score for the 1940 Errol Flynn western Virginia City *. Minnie is left to ponder if she really has the face of an angel as the curtain falls.
ACT 2: Minnie’s cabin with a ladder leading to an upper loft. (46 minutes)
7, 16, 18: The act opens with Puccini’s idea of scenic Native Americana, it really doesn’t come off at all and you get the feeling that the sole purpose of the character of Wowkle (!) other than her name is to keep the cast from not being over wise completely male apart from Minnie. The character never really does anything and the plot point of her papoose with Billy Jackrabbit never goes anywhere. The heart of the act is yet another duet for Minnie and Johnson/Ramirez the highlights include Minnie’s excursion * about ponies and mountainous pine trees, and Dick’s attempt at kissing Minnie before the snow storm hits *. A lot of material from the prelude pops in at this point as the snow menaces our lovers when Johnson tries to leave followed by a lovely intermezzo ** as they eventually decide to make a sleepover party out of it all with Johnson taking Minnie’s bed and her sleeping by the fireplace. Just as they say goodnight Rance arrives with Nick the barman to alert Minnie that Ramirez the bandit has been seen lurking around. This is just plot setting and not musically all that interesting.
27, 32, 37: Ramirez’ big reveal tell-all * as he goes over his family history. Minnie orders him out of her house but he is immediately shot and comes in wounded and bleeding heavily. Minnie hides him in her loft as an incredibly morbid theme appears in the orchestra which will return ** and seriously feels like it belongs in a horror film produced twenty to twenty-five years later. Rance comes back knowing that Ramirez is hiding with Minnie’s help. Although at first he seems to be on duty he tries to violate the virginal Minnie who pulls a pistol on him for the second time in the opera. Rance finds blood coming from Minnie’s loft and forces her to bring Ramirez to him (more purple morbid theme). In the last section of the act (about eight minutes) Minnie challenges Rance to a poker game **: if she wins Ramirez goes free, if he wins he can kill the passed out Ramirez and take Minnie’s virginity. This is the dramatic climax of the opera and rather terrifying. Rance relishes the idea of defiling Minnie and so agrees. Minnie plants four aces in her garter to guarantee her victory. A sinister pianissimo bass theme runs through the scene as they play the three deciding rounds. Rance loses the last round because Minnie cheats, he goes, and the act ends with Minnie triumphant to the morbid theme from early. If I didn’t know better I would be freaked out.
ACT 3: A forest clearing. (24 minutes)
0: The act opens with a brief prelude ** so low and dark and DEEP that its closest relative is the opening of Wagner’s Siegfried. The scene between Rance and Nick that follows is to the exact same music.
4: The manhunt ** as Ramirez is captured followed by a long interrogation before the lynching party gets really close to finishing him off.
11: Johnson’s aria ** in which he asks the miners not to tell Minnie what they are doing. I’m not sure why Forman gives this three stars because there really isn’t anything spectacular about it but it is good.
14: Minnie’s arrival sounds ** almost like that of a Valkyrie as she rescues Johnson from immediate execution.
17: She declares her love for the bandit and one by one persuades the miners to let Ramirez go ***.
21: Ramirez is released and the miners cheer their Golden Girl as she walks into the sunrise with her man, who is lucky in more ways than one ***.
Minnie, is, amazing! She is the heart and soul of the work and Puccini captures this perfectly. Johnson/Ramirez may never be worthy of her, or of her multiple successes at rescuing him (when do you hear that in an opera!), and Rance is a perverted creep with too much authority more than a villain, but Minnie is a virginal heroine with a heart of solid gold and what is more she is brave, a small business owner who isn’t a jerk, and rather well educated for a woman living in a mid-19th century California mining town! The score has its plus and minus: The first half-hour of the opera consists mostly of a long parade of musical themes, few if any lasting long enough to merit a star because they only accompany phrases, sentences, or even just a couple of words of dialogue, all good but they just fly by with little consequence. The second half of the act is mostly taken up by two duets, both involving Minnie with either of the two male leads. Both have things that are good and things that are rather dull. Act 2 starts off with an ineffective bit of Native American “scenery” but gradually gets better not so much vocally as dramatically. The Minnie-Johnson duet is nice but only just (the storm and the orchestra help), the rather long explanatory sequence in which Rance reveals Johnson/Ramirez is musically dull, and the best features overall are the orchestration and the drama, especially during and after the poker game with Rance and that bizarrely scary theme that pops in out of nowhere when Ramirez comes back in wounded and bleeding and at the very end of the act which reminds me of the score of a 1930s Frankenstein film. The third act is by far the best musically, but also the shortest. The orchestration is the real gem of the score from start to finish. Never was Puccini so lush and effective with his orchestration while generally avoiding brashness (as we see later in Turandot or earlier with the blarring singer-drowning orchestration of Manon Lescaut). Even the things that don’t get a star should be looked out for for their orchestral interest even if vocally most the score is just sort of meh.
But alas, the plot. Belasco’s play probably made for better straight theatre than opera. Only Minnie is actually likeable, the men around her are either really nice to the point of silliness (Sonoma, Nick) or jerks who really don’t deserve her (Johnson/Ramirez, Rance). Minnie’s motivation for saving Ramirez multiple times can only be taken with the suspension of disbelief required of most operas, and frankly there is just something comical about an operatic soprano walking about on stage in heavy night attire. There is also the fact that only the three main characters are fleshed out to any degree, and there isn’t much going on in that mining village if this one Mexican bandit is able to have them all up in arms! So what we have is Puccini’s most orchestrally innovative score in which he for the most part avoids the vulgarity, no crudity, of a Mascagni or a Giordano, but it is saddled to a very simplistic story where the only person to cheer for is the titular character, no matter how awesome she is (and she is awesome, possibly one of the best heroines ever in opera, certainly one of the strongest and independent!). The vocal lines are really not that grateful to sing at all (except maybe some of Minnie’s and occasional bits for the huge cast of males), and I can’t really forgive the creators for Wowkle and Billy Jackrabbit! Not for how culturally insensitive the depiction of the characters is (it is mild at most really) but because of how nondescript and frankly boring they are! A beta, but as Forman said, a credible one, so possibly B+?
4 thoughts on “Union Pacific Special: Let’s Go West with the Girl of the Golden West!”
I’ve never heard this, so can’t make any intelligent comment. Lookimg forward to the Met broadcast.
philsoperaworld says:
I think you will like it. When you do see it I would love to read your comments!
Any thoughts on the Rameau?
Not really as I have basically no experience with 18th century opera, especially French 18th century opera. I did get what you were saying about the orchestration in comparison to Lully-land. It isn’t boring and the music isn’t just repeated standardized concepts.
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Chevron Step Zero
See all articles by Cass R. Sunstein
Harvard Law School; Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
The most famous case in administrative law, Chevron U.S.A. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., has come to be seen as a counter-Marbury, or even a McCulloch v. Maryland, for the administrative state. But in the last period, new debates have broken out over Chevron Step Zero - the initial inquiry into whether Chevron applies at all. These debates are the contemporary location of a longstanding dispute between Justice Scalia and Justice Breyer over whether Chevron is a revolutionary decision, establishing an across-the-board rule, or instead a mere synthesis of preexisting law, inviting a case-by-case inquiry into congressional instructions on the deference question. In the last decade, Justice Breyer's case-by-case view has enjoyed significant victories. Two trilogies of cases - one explicitly directed to the Step Zero question, another implicitly so directed - suggest that the Chevron framework may not apply (a) to agency decisions not preceded by formal procedures and (b) to agency decisions that involve large-scale questions about agency authority. Both of these trilogies threaten to unsettle the Chevron framework, and to do so in a way that produces unnecessary complexity for judicial review and damaging results for regulatory law. These problems can be reduced through two steps. First, courts should adopt a broader understanding of Chevron's scope. Second, courts should acknowledge that the argument for Chevron deference is strengthened, not weakened, when major questions of statutory structure are involved.
Keywords: Chevron U.S.A. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.
Sunstein, Cass R., Chevron Step Zero. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=739129
Cass R. Sunstein (Contact Author)
Harvard Law School ( email )
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The traditions of Palo Mayombe
Neil Giardino • May 13, 2015
Enox J. Rios became an Iyawo this past April. And so for a year and seven days he must only dress in white. He is to eat all his meals on the floor. He is forbidden from looking into a mirror and cannot be outside after dark. He’s also not allowed to make any physical contact with the uninitiated. That means no handshakes.
As Yawo, Rios is a newly ordained priest of an ancient diaspora religion brought to Cuba by Congolese slaves. From Cuba it spread throughout the Caribbean, to the Dominican Republic, Colombia, Venezuela, and later to the US. It’s called Palo Mayombe, and its dark rituals involving human and animal remains and even grave robbing, is practiced in extreme secrecy. Like another Afro-Caribbean religion, Santeria, thousands of Latino New Yorkers are adherents of this syncretic faith which involves ritual dance, song, and drumming.
Botanica Babalu in the Bronx. Photo by Neil Giardino.
Rios is the owner of Botanica Babalu, a folk medicine shop in the Bronx that sells spiritual herbs, candles, and statues of saints. It’s a one-stop for Palo accessories including medicinal plants for aura cleansing. “This is a place I like to think of for healing and guidance,” he said.
As a palero, Enox said he has been ordained or “crowned” ocha. This means that an Orisha, or holy being of his faith, is aligned with his inner head. In essence, it gives him the ability to act as a spiritual medium.
“It’s very dark. Very draining. But if it’s used for the betterment of the people and for protection, it is amazing,” said Rios.
The spirits that paleros are in contact with are both ancestral and of the natural world. Worship for paleros like Rios centers on communication with these deities by using iron or clay pots called ngangas. The nganga is to a palero what an alter is to a Catholic priest. Palo means stick in Spanish. And that’s what goes into the pot along with earth and bones. But that’s not all that goes into a gnanga.
“You want the spirit to keep you safe from a gun, to keep you safe from a machete, from a blade, somebody pulling out a blade on you. So we implement all those things in the pot,” explains Rios.
Palo faithful believe that a spirit of the dead also lives inside. The spirits of Palo communicate through ordained mediums like Rios. Earthly items like guns or knives help the palero channel these spirits and summon protection from them. Clients pass through his doors seeking spiritual cleansing. He offers spiritual baths with medicinal herbs. Rios claims his prices are lower than other botanicas. “I’m here to give back. I remember having cancer, looking for some kind of positivity, some kind of light, some kind of hope to keep me going. And so that’s what I try to do.”
One patron needs a blessing before a job interview. Another isn’t coping with a death in the family. Some are trying to keep their marital vows sacred. Requests to keep husbands or wives faithful are common. Rios said instead he focuses on light and healing. But he explains that some paleros not only overcharge in times of crisis, but also use the spirits in their ngangas recklessly, to harm or worse.
A scale for medicinal herbs is hung above a holy statue at Botanica Babalu. Photo by Neil Giardino.
“You can kill with a nganga. That’s how dark it is. It’s like a dog. Somebody comes into your back yard and your dog is trained. If that dog gets loose, who knows what you’re going to be in by the time they get the dog off of you,” he said.
Palo is almost always linked to Santeria. And ritual music and dance is fundamental to both. There is one main distinction: Santeria comes from the Yoruba people from Nigeria and Palo Mayombe comes from the Congo. Since Congolese slaves were brought to the Caribbean much earlier than the Yoruba, it’s harder to trace their music and culture directly back to Africa. In other words, Palo’s African origins are darker and more mysterious.
Peter Manuel is a professor in the department of Art and Music at John Jay College who has written extensively about music of the Caribbean. “Palo songs have some Congolese words in them, but mixed with a lot of Spanish. It’s just more syncretic and more acculturated,” he said. Manuel added that although the often feverish dance, pounding drums, and call and response incantations of Santeria and Palo are similar, tracing Santeria to the Yoruba is much easier because these Nigerian slaves were brought to the Caribbean as late as the 19th century. That direct line between Palo and the Congo is much more indistinct.
One similarity in both Palo and Santeria is ritual sacrifice. Every so often news about sacrifice of animals makes headlines in Greater New York City. When asked about this, Enox J. Rios is unequivocal. “This is an Afro-Caribbean religion and it’s one of the oldest religions. This is the way it’s been done. It’s tradition. But there’s room for growth.” he said.
And as an initiated Yawo of Palo Mayombe, Rios will now embark on his year and seven days of austerity as an ordained palero. He acknowledges the darkness of his religion, but says he’ll continue to use it for the sake of wellness and healing.
“There is bad and there is good in everything. Palo is heavy but at Botanica Babalu it’s used for love, stability, and everything that is positive.”
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Palo Mayombe says:
Thank you Neil for your article. It’s very true that Palo Mayombe can also be used for the greater good like health and happiness.
That’s exactly what we are preaching to our initiates!
Thanks for your article!
smrm says:
Thank you for energy on this article. Very detail and positive.
dragus says:
i love african and afro american tradition and religion
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MetaIIiferous Deposits
Near Granite Mountain
Eastern Seward Peninsula
By Thomas P. Miller and Raymond L. Elliott - -
G E O L O G I C A L S U R V E Y C I R C U L A R 614
United States Department of the Interior WALTER J. HICKEL, Secretary
Geological Survey William T. Pecora, Director
F m on crpplication to fhe U.S. Geologicel Sumy, Woshingtm, D.C. 20242
Parre Pane Abstract 1 Mineral deposits-Continued Introduction 1 Upper Peace River ...................... 12 Geologic setting ............................. 5 Bear Creek 14 Mineral deposits ........................... - 6 Summary 14
Quartz Creek .-------------------------r-. 6 References cited 14
FIGURE 1. Geologic map of the Granite Mountain region showing location of areas described in text -- 2. Geologic map of the Quartz Creek area - - - .------------------------------------I-------
3-6. Maps of the Quartz Creek area showing- 3. Lead distribution in stream sediments .......................................
a . 4. Zinc diatributlon In stream sediments 5* Copper distribution in stream sediments -------------------I-----------L------ 6. Boron distribution in stream sediments -,-------------------------I----------
7, Geologic map of the upper Peace River area ......................................... 8. Map showing location of stream-sediment samples of the upper Peace River area -------A
Page i TABLES 1-2. Analyses of bedrock and soil samples from- i I 1. Quartz Creek area 16
2. Upper Peace River area 18 3. Analyses of stream-sediment samples from the upper Peace River area ---------------- 19 4. Analyses of selected grab samples from the Bear Creek prospect 19
METALLIFEROUS DEPOSITS NEAR GRANITE MOUNTAIN EASTERN SEWARD PENINSULA, ALASKA
By THOMAS P. MILLER and RAYMOND L. ELLIOTT
New deposits of lead, zinc, and silver were found in a large altered zone 18 miles long and 2 to 5 miles wide near Quartz Creek west of Granite Mountain in the eastern Seward Peninsula, Alaska. New deposits of molybdenum, 'bismuth, and silver were found associ- ated with a previously reported occurrence of uranium, copper, lead, and zinc minerals in the upper Peace River drainage northeast of Granite Mountain. Both groups of deposits are associated spatially with felsic plutonic rocks and occur near the western edge of a late Mesozoic province of volcanic plutonic rocks. Both groups of deposits warrant further investigation as possible exploration target areas.
New deposits of lead, zinc, and silver were found over a large mineralized area near Quartz Creek west of Granite Mountain, in the eastern Seward Peninsula, Alaska, during investiga- tions conducted in 1968 as part of the U.S. Geo- logical Survey's Heavy Metals program. In addition, anomalous concentrations of molyb- denum, silver, and bismuth were found in altered syenite and quartz veins in the upper Peace River drainage basin northeast of Granite Mountain a t a locality where anomalous amounts of lead, zinc, copper, and uranium have been reported in panned concentrates (Gault and others, 1953). A previously known lead-zinc-gold deposit a t Bear Creek (Herreid, 1965) was reexamined and sampled. Placer gold has been mined on a small scale a t several localities since the 1900's, and a little platinum has been recovered as a byproduct. The area has not, however, been extensively prospected for other metals.
The deposits occur in the Candle B-5, B-6, C-5, and C-6 quadrangles (mapped a t scale of 1:63,360). The closest towns are Candle, 45
miles northeast ; Buckland, 40 miles north; and Koyuk, 40 miles south. At Bear Creek a small dirt landing field suitable for light aircraft was in use during the summer of 1968. Another landing strip along the South Fork of Quartz Creek has apparently been unused for many years, but small balloon-tired aircraft may be able to land in the east-west direction (fig. 1). The landing field a t the microwave relay station a t Granite Mountain itself is restricted and unavailable for civilian use. Most of the area is tundra covered and free of brush except locally along major stream bottoms. The area is one of moderate relief comprised of flat- topped mountains and ridges up to 2,800 feet in altitude that form the divide between the Kiwalik and Buckland Rivers.
More than 400 rock, stream-sediment, and soil samples collected during the study of the Granite Mountain region were analyzed by semiquantitative spectrographic and atomic- absorption methods; results were available while fieldwork progressed, A helicopter was used throughout the investigation of the Granite Mountain region-an investigation which lasted about 3 weeks during the summer of 1968.
The authors were ably assisted in the field by Donald H. Grybeck and Richard F. Hardyman, geologic field assistants; Grybeck also assisted in the polished-section study. Semiquantitative spectrogxaphic analyses were done by K. J. Curry, E. E. Martinez, and J. M. Motooka, and atomic-absorption analyses were done by R. L. Miller and W. R. Vaughn. Officials of the Radio Corp. of America and their personnel a t the Granite Mountain microwave relay station were very helpful and cooperative.
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APPROXIMATE MtbN DECLlNATION. 1969
FIGURE 1.-Geologic map of the Granite Mountain region showing location of areas described in text.
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FiGURE 2.-Geologic map of the Quartz Creek area.
The first geological report on the Granite Mountain region was by Moffit (1905) who briefly described the geology of the Buckland- Kiwalik divide in his report on the gold placers of the Fairhaven district. Smith and Eakin (1911) and Harrington (1919) discussed the gold and platinum placers a t Bear and Sweep- stakes Creeks. Gault, Killeen, West, and others (1953) found anomalous amounts of uranium- bearing minerals and base-metal sulfides in pan concentrates in the upper Peace River drainage. Herreid (1965) mapped the geology in the vicinity of Bear Creek and took geochemical samples throughout the northern part of the Granite Mountain region. Patton (1967) mapped the regional geology of the Candle quadrangle a t a scale of 1 :250,000.
GEOLOGIC SETTING
The Granite Mountain region is underlain chiefly by andesitic volcanic rocks of Jurassic( ?) and Cretaceous age intruded by felsic plutonic rocks of diverse composition and by small hypabyssal felsic intrusives. Metamorphic rocks of Paleozoic and perhaps Precambrian age lie to the west of the area. Olivine basalt of late Tertiary(?) and Quaternary age occurs in a few low-lying areas and caps some ridges. The mineral deposits in the area are spatially re- lated to the plutonic rocks and occur in both the intrusive rocks and in the surrounding country rocks.
Light-gray massively bedded recrystallized limestone and dolomite with subordinate amounts of mica schist and phyllite crop out only in the southwestern part of the map area (fig. I). This unit has been tentatively assigned a middle Paleozoic age by Patton (1967) and is the oldest bedrock unit in the Granite Moun- tain region. It is in fault contact with the Mesozoic volcanic rocks.
The next oldest unit is composed of andesitic and trachyandesitic pyroclastic and volcaniclas- tic rocks intercalated with andesite flows, The bulk of the unit is thought to be of earliest Cretaceous age on the basis of fossil and radio- metric age determinations (Patton, 1967). The andesite near the contact of the various plutons is thermally metamorphosed into rocks of the hornblende hornfels facies, and these grade into
rocks of the albite-epidote hornfels facies away from the contact.
The andesitic volcanic rocks were intruded in mid-Cretaceous time by felsic plutonic rocks of diverse composition. The Granite Mountain pluton is the largest intrusive body in the map area. It covers about 30 square miles and is roughly circular in plan. The pluton consists of a complex composed of a core of hornblende- pyroxene syenite and monzonite and a border of pseudoleucite syenite, biotite pyroxenite, and various types of garnet-bearing nepheline sye- nite, It has been assigned a mid-Cretaceous age as a result of a lead-alpha age determination of 1 0 0 i 15 m.y. (million years) (Patton, 1967). Satellitic stocks of syenite and nepheline sye- nite occur northeast and south of the pluton. A hook-shaped pluton, herein called the Quartz Creek pluton, of fine-grained biotite-hornblende quartz rnonzonite crops out along the upper reaches of the Kiwalik River and Quartz Creek (figs. 1 and 2). The northeastern part of the pluton is extensively altered. All these bodies, though of diverse composition, are tentatively correlated with nearby plutons to the north and northeast that range in composition from quartz monzonite to syenite and monzonite and that include scatt
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Over the summer, I read Brad Meltzer’s “Book of Fate.” If you’re not familiar with Brad’s work, think Tom Clancy mixed with Vince Flynn and add a dash of Stephen King(for the great character development). “Fate” was a fantastic story, no doubt, but what really made it endearing, for me, was Meltzer’s spice of using Freemasonry in the plot. As a Mason, hearing about all the weirdo conspiracy crap gets really old. Seems like in the last half dozen years, every other book blends in some secret society sorta stuff, trying to be the next multi-bazillion book best seller in the footprints of Dan Brown. Yet, Brad’s work, while it has some of the same elements, isn’t rooted in sensationalism and rhetoric. “The DaVinci Code” made it sound as though our fraternity is somehow responsible for the overthrow of the American government AND we all know some deep, dark secret about Jesus. Negative on both counts. Religion and politics are banned from any discussion within Masonry.
Since there is some fun and intrigue in talking about secret societies, Brad added a touch of Masonry to “Book of Fate” and it made the story all the more interesting. He did not, however, take cheap shots at Masonry nor accuse we Masons of the New World Order or protecting the recipe for Big Mac’s secret sauce.
So, I like Brad. He just seems like a real good guy. So, I wrote him and told him thanks for this portrayal in “Fate.” He sent back a nice note and now I’m on his mailing list. This is where Brad gets even more kudos…
Here’s a quick example of the sorta notes Brad sends out to his readers(edited for space, this came out in September):
No question, this has been a crazy year for Cori and our family — both good and bad — but as the new book comes out tomorrow, I just don’t think I can
send out some mass email while ignoring everything else that’s happened.
So let me start by saying thank you for getting us here — not just for voting on the title, but for the true support — for the notes and well wishes
and love that’s been sent our way when we really needed it. We’ve officially been doing this book thing for over a decade now, and as I was fighting
(again) with my Dad last night, he was insisting that I can’t possibly know every single person who buys the books.
As always, he’s wrong.
Because I know you, which ties me to all the people you’ve talked us up to. All the people you’ve sent these emails to, or stopped in bookstores, or said,
“You gotta read this book.”
And that’s why I get to do this today.
As usual, Cori will send the official email out tomorrow. And of course, would love if you could circulate it to all known breathing-type people. But
for tonight, please do know how much we appreciate all you’ve done already.
Love and hugs and mushiness,
Friends, this gracious attitude from such an accomplished author, mixed with his humility, really makes Brad the kinda person I want to sit down with and have a Big Mac. To show appreciation for the people who got him where he is, to display this wonderment and, “I can’t believe I get to live this life!” kind of excitement-this all adds up to someone who’s emotional intelligence is right where it should be. And it makes me, as a reader, feel good to know the author thinks just as much of me as I do of him.
Brad, keep writing and I’ll keep reading! And thanks again!
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Rabbits for Food (Compact Disc)
By Binnie Kirshenbaum, Hillary Huber (Narrated by)
Not On Our Shelves—Ships in 1-5 Days
From master of razor-edged literary humor Binnie Kirshenbaum, a devastating, laugh-out-loud funny story of a writer's slide into depression and institutionalization. It's New Year's Eve, the holiday of forced fellowship, mandatory fun, and paper hats. While dining out with her husband and their friends, Kirshenbaum's protagonist-an acerbic, mordantly witty, and clinically depressed writer-fully unravels. Her breakdown lands her in the psych ward of a prestigious New York hospital, where she refuses all modes of recommended treatment. Instead, she passes the time chronicling the lives of her fellow "lunatics" and writing a novel about what brought her there. Her story is a hilarious and harrowing deep dive into the disordered mind of a woman who sees the world all too clearly. Propelled by stand-up comic timing and rife with pinpoint insights, Kirshenbaum examines what it means to be unloved and loved, to succeed and fail, to be at once impervious and raw. Rabbits for Food shows how art can lead us out of-or into-the depths of disconsolate loneliness and piercing grief. This is a bravura literary performance from one of our most witty and indispensable writers.
Publisher: HighBridge Audio
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The world’s deepest swimming pool is set to open in Poland, with a depth of 148 feet and a water volume equivalent to 27 Olympic-size swimming pools. DeepSpot will open its doors to the public in autumn of this year in the central Polish town of Mszczonow, about 40 kilometres from the capital Warsaw.
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Since the Beijing games, all the Olympic pools have been 3 meters deep, the recommended Olympic depth set by swimming’s world governing body. By accident or by design, it’s deep enough that the waves the swimmers generate don’t rebound off the bottom, so the water at the surface stays calmer.
At what depth will water crush you?
Human beings can withstand 3 to 4 atmospheres of pressure, or 43.5 to 58 psi. Water weighs 64 pounds per cubic foot, or one atmosphere per 33 feet of depth, and presses in from all sides. The ocean’s pressure can indeed crush you.
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For residential pools, the standard maximum depth of an inground pool is usually 8 feet. But pool builders can build deeper pools. If you plan to install a diving board, 8 feet is the minimum depth you will need in the deep end. This depth is deep enough for diving in safely with a diving board.
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The Dive. You will journey to the wreck of the Titanic aboard the MIR I or II submersibles. They are capable of reaching ocean depths of 20,000 feet (6,000m). This means they can reach 98% of the ocean floor worldwide.
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Art August 2, 2018 November 20, 2019
TBT: Kelly Herring Explores The Strength In Vulnerability With Intimate Portraits
by Shannon Jay, originally for Veer
Three years ago, I found a friend in longtime acquaintance Kelly Herring for my first published piece outside of my college paper. Our interesting conversation over beers at Taphouse sparked my love of divulging creative’s processes and exploring the work-art balance all artists struggle with.
She’s got a cushy city job now as Norfolk redevelopment housing authority’s graphic designer. “Got out of Whole Foods a year before Amazon took over and got rid of the artist job,” she said, “so good timing on my part.” Finding the balance is still hard, but she’s been able to make some headway on pieces she foreshadows in our 2015 interview (see progress above).
Her style is developing and changing, with time on her side. Keep up with her upcoming works at her website, kherring.com
With a full-time job as a designer at Whole Foods, Kelly Herring’s art engulfs her free time, with intricate drawings taking anywhere from a few weeks up to a month. Colorful paintings take a whopping three to six months to complete, each session lasting about six hours.
“If I wasn’t working 40 hours a week and trying to have a social life and relationship,” she said, large-scale oils would probably be her sole medium. Alas, bills must be paid, so Herring’s currently focused on drawings and watercolors to get her ideas out swiftly.
Herring’s new works also incorporates old family snapshots, exploring the idea of family, and learning to love kin purely.
“A lot of it is about… the need to be able to love and accept yourself but also figuring out your own identity,” she said, “and the need for other people to love and accept you for who you are.”
For Herring, this collection has a paternal focus. “A lot of the issues I have with [my dad] are a lot of the same issues I have inside of myself, and I know are the same issues he had with his dad, and probably his dad had with his dad, and so on and so forth.” Her new mixed media work hopes to explore a “generational cycle that makes us who we are,” underlying recurring issues in each upbringing.
Themes in newer work change the context of what she’s explored in past oil paintings, which take a close look at what she calls “pure and utter love” that’s “beautiful and wonderful.” Her nude subjects and empowering symbols highlight an oxymoronic strength in vulnerability, lifting daily veils for an intimate look at relationships.
One symbol she uses often is a cigarette to signify power and addictiveness. “When you’re in the early stages of love,” she said, “it’s this addictive rush.” Others include geometric symbols and icons of evolution, such as the Metatron’s Cube and magnolias, that convey a collective connectivity. “Everything [in nature] evolved to work together,” she said, “and I like to think that all of us on some level are connected that way.”
Each painting starts with a half-baked plan and Herring hitting up her dearest friends to model for a photoshoot. To be a subject, they must have “something they can share and bring to the table…something I’m trying to say and explore inside of myself as well,” she said. However, shoots always change Herring’s original vision when the model brings their personality to the table.
Plans deviate even further with each layer of oil, figuring itself out along the way. “Things build, relationships you didn’t see at first start becoming apparent the more paint you add,” says Herring, “every time you look at [a portrait], you see things in a new way.”
A two-year gap between Herring’s current and past works was filled with empty inspiration, riddled with frustrations and no outlet. “I didn’t know entirely know what I wanted to say… which made struggling so much harder,” she said. This rut was void of exhibitions, which she hopes to get back into before the years is up.
To get back into her grid, Herring turns to music to get brushes moving. For intimate portraits, she throws on classic soul like Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, or “anything really sexy like that.”
Herring likes Tune-Yards’ unadulterated messages, and, much like her subjects, she “has something to say, and I like when people keep it real like she does.” The biggest inspiration for her recent project came from the latest Thao and the Get Down Stay Down release, which chronicles the troubling relationship between frontwoman Thao Nguyen and her father, who abandoned her at a young age.
Despite it’s personal subject matter, Herring wants people to relate. She paints her subjects as honestly as possible, and desires viewers to let themselves feel and experience the paintings instead of scanning the didactic panel for meaning. “What people take away from it is entirely up to them, and not up to me at all,” Herring said, her biggest hope being her blend of colors and images can make viewers look at the world a different way, if only for a moment.
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