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Steganos Online Shield review
We encountered too many minor but annoying issues with Online Shield
by: Simon Handby
IPv6 support; Licence covers five devices
Limited country options; Imperfect anonymity; DNS leak
Steganos markets Online Shield on claims of maximum anonymity, protection from hackers and its ability to defeat geo-blocking. It's not available for Macs, and you can't set it up with a router, but a single licence covers up to five devices.
It's the only VPN service we've seen so far that supports IPv6 connections, and the app incorporates some useful extra features such as ad and tracking blockers, a cookie eraser and browser anonymiser.
Unfortunately, there's lots we didn't like about the service. Only nine territories are offered, with Japan the only Asia-Pacific location and no servers in South America. We experienced occasional packet loss (less than 1%), the connection seemed significantly slower than our bandwidth, and we couldn't view Netflix US content.
Whoer.net gave a respectable 90% score once we'd enabled Online Shield's WebRTC IP leak block, but we were still using our ISP's DNS servers, potentially leaking vital information about our activity. In one session we were allocated a blacklisted IP, a potential risk with any VPN service.
While most of the above issues are minor, taken together they were enough to dent our confidence in the service. We've no doubt it's up to the job of protecting data on an insecure network, but after our experience we wouldn't use it where stealth or anonymity are key.
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The molecular composition of Dex
Clinical trials of Dex immunotherapies
Future directions for Dex immunotherapies
Jonathan M. Pitt,1,2,3 Fabrice André,1,3,4,5 Sebastian Amigorena,6 Jean-Charles Soria,1,3,4,7 Alexander Eggermont,1 Guido Kroemer,8,9,10,11,12,13,14 and Laurence Zitvogel1,2,3,6,15
1Institut de Cancérologie Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus (GRCC), Villejuif, France.
2INSERM Unit U1015, Villejuif, France.
3Université Paris Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, Faculté de Médecine, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France.
4INSERM Unit U981, Villejuif, France.
5Department of Medical Oncology, Villejuif, France.
6INSERM Unit U932, Institut Curie, Paris, France.
7Drug Development Department (DITEP), Villejuif, France.
8INSERM U848, Villejuif, France.
9Metabolomics Platform, GRCC, Villejuif, France.
10Equipe 11 labellisée Ligue contre le Cancer, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, INSERM U1138, Paris, France.
11Pôle de Biologie, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Paris, France.
12Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France.
13Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France.
14Karolinska Institute, Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
15Center of Clinical Investigations in Biotherapies of Cancer (CICBT) 507, Villejuif, France.
Address correspondence to: Laurence Zitvogel, Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus, 114 rue Edouard Vaillant, 94805 VILLEJUIF Cedex, France. Phone: 33.1.42.11.50.41; E-mail: laurence.zitvogel@gustaveroussy.fr.
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DC-derived exosomes (Dex) are nanometer-sized membrane vesicles that are secreted by the sentinel antigen-presenting cells of the immune system: DCs. Like DCs, the molecular composition of Dex includes surface expression of functional MHC-peptide complexes, costimulatory molecules, and other components that interact with immune cells. Dex have the potential to facilitate immune cell–dependent tumor rejection and have distinct advantages over cell-based immunotherapies involving DCs. Accordingly, Dex-based phase I and II clinical trials have been conducted in advanced malignancies, showing the feasibility and safety of the approach, as well as the propensity of these nanovesicles to mediate T and NK cell–based immune responses in patients. This Review will evaluate the interactions of Dex with immune cells, their clinical progress, and the future of Dex immunotherapy for cancer.
As the sentinel antigen-presenting cells (APCs) of the immune system, DCs play a central role in initiating antigen-specific immunity and tolerance (1). In cancer, DCs act as the initial link between oncogenesis and the host immune system, the first step of a cancer/immunity cycle that aims to eliminate cancer cells through the activation of T cells (2). Tumor-proximal DCs can capture neoantigens created and released during oncogenesis, which the DCs subsequently process and present to cognate T cells to generate antitumor T cell responses. However, such T cell responses can only be generated if certain additional conditions are met in the local environment (2). These conditions consist of locally present immunogenic signals, such as proinflammatory cytokines, danger-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs), or pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs). Such signals trigger DCs to present captured tumor-associated antigens (TAAs) via MHC class I (MHC-I) and MHC-II molecules to T cells in cooperation with costimulatory molecules such as CD80 and CD86, resulting in the priming and activation of TAA-specific effector T cells.
Therapies harnessing these properties of DCs to generate immune responses against tumors have great potential, though clinical progress of this application remains in its infancy. One notable exception is the success of the immunotherapy sipuleucel-T for early-stage, hormone-refractory prostate cancer. Sipuleucel-T is composed of autologous peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) including APCs (such as DCs and their precursors) that have been stimulated ex vivo with a fusion protein consisting of the cytokine granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF), which drives DC differentiation and activation, combined with a prostate antigen (3). Nonetheless, DC-based immunotherapy is challenging to practice in clinical settings. Implementing such therapies across large populations is costly, requires dedicated expertise, and requires monitoring of well-defined quality control parameters. Furthermore, it is difficult to store DCs over long periods of time while maintaining their efficacy (4).
The use of DC-derived exosomes (Dex) has been heralded as a solution to many of the technical challenges associated with DC-based immunotherapy (see Table 1) because they maintain the essential immunostimulatory faculties of DCs (e.g., sharing the ability to present antigens to T cells), while the stable nature of exosomal membranes allows their frozen storage for at least 6 months (5). As biologics, Dex are also more amenable to a strictly regulated and monitored manufacturing process (e.g., their composition and MHC-I and MHC-II content can be easily defined), and they lack the risks associated with viable cellular or viral therapies such as the risk of in vivo replication (6). Finally, treatment with cell-free Dex may be more resistant to immunomodulatory events that occur in tumors than other anticancer vaccines; such events can downregulate costimulatory molecules on DCs and impede stimulation of T cell responses (7).
Potential functional differences between DC- and Dex-based therapy
As discussed in detail in other sections of this review series, DCs are one of the many cell types able to secrete membrane vesicles, such as exosomes, into the extracellular environment. This manner of signaling can modulate recipient cells, such as immune cells or cancer cells, to a level beyond classical ligand/receptor signaling pathways and can create complex cellular modifications that may play a substantial role in how tumor development or immune responses proceed. Moreover, detection of circulating, cancer cell–derived exosomes can serve as a noninvasive diagnostic and screening tool to detect early stages of cancer, facilitating deployment of therapeutic interventions (8) (discussed elsewhere in this review series; refs. 9, 10, 11). Secreted membrane vesicles consist of a surrounding lipid bilayer containing various transmembrane proteins; the bilayer encloses various cytosolic components and molecules (e.g., proteins, lipids, and nucleic acids) from the donor cell. While several different subtypes of membrane vesicles have been characterized, such as apoptotic bodies and the microvesicles that directly bud from the plasma membrane (12), the focus of this review will be on the exosomes secreted by DCs, which have progressed to the stage of clinical testing.
The molecular composition of Dex allows functionality as an immunotherapy. Similarly to all other exosomes, Dex have a size of 30–100 nm and are initially formed within the cell by the inward budding of endosomal membranes. The resulting endosome formed by this process with its content of intraluminal vesicles is referred to as a multivesicular body (MVB) (13). If MVBs are not targeted for lysosomal degradation, they may fuse with the cell surface membranes of DCs to allow release of their intraluminal vesicles as exosomes (13, 14). The first studies of the Dex proteome revealed a unique molecular composition that allowed for strong immunostimulatory functionality (15, 16). Dex were found to possess MHC-I and MHC-II molecules, which could potentially stimulate CD8+ and CD4+ T cells, respectively, as well as costimulatory molecules (15–18) (see below). Dex possess a variety of surface membrane proteins, including the integrin α and β chains (αMβ2), the immunoglobulin family member ICAM-1, and milk fat globule EGF factor 8 (MFG-E8), which allow for effective targeting and docking to recipient cells (12, 15, 16). MFG-E8 is an abundant protein constituent of Dex membranes that can bind externalized phosphatidylserine on the Dex outer membrane and facilitate uptake of exosomes by linking Dex with αvβ3 or αvβ5 integrins present on the receiving cell (16). The tetraspanin family of proteins, including CD9, CD63, and CD81, are also well-defined constituents of the Dex surface membrane (15, 16). These and other membrane microdomain organizing proteins are postulated to participate in exosome/acceptor cell interactions (15, 16).
Various cytosolic proteins derived from the donor DC are present on the Dex outer membrane. These proteins appear to be related to Dex biogenesis from DC endocytic compartments (e.g., annexins, RAB proteins, and tumor susceptibility gene 101 [TSG101]) or are participants in signal transduction pathways (e.g., G proteins and kinases). The heat shock cognate protein HSC73 makes up a significant fraction of the cytosolic proteins found in Dex (16). This HSP70 family member, together with members of the HSP90 family that are also present within Dex, may add to Dex immunogenicity, since these proteins can activate various immune cells and have significant roles as antigen chaperones and in MHC loading (18). In addition to these protein families, exosomes also contain mRNA and small RNA (including miR) molecules, which they can transfer between cells (19, 20). RNA transfer via Dex has been shown as a means of communication and posttranscriptional modification between DCs, since exosome-delivered miRs were demonstrated to repress target mRNAs of Dex-accepting DCs (21). These findings could have wide implications for Dex immunotherapy, as they suggest that particular RNA profiles of Dex (or, more specifically, those of the donor DC) could influence Dex immunogenicity through posttranscriptional modifications of acceptor APCs.
Direct and indirect molecular interactions between Dex and T cells. Perhaps the most important attributes of Dex surface membranes, which also set them apart from exosomes secreted by other immune cells, is their possession of DC-originating molecules involved in antigen processing and presentation. It was initially discovered that exosomes derived from B cells possess functional peptide/MHC-II complexes upon their surface membranes and that they could induce antigen-specific MHC-II–restricted T cell responses (22). Dex also have abundant MHC-I molecules (16, 14), which are similarly able to induce T cell responses (23, 24). Importantly, Dex derived from tumor peptide–stimulated DCs were able to prime tumor-specific cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) responses in vivo, and a single intradermal injection of this preparation resulted in tumor growth delay or, in some cases, a complete eradication of established murine tumors (17). The presence of the potent costimulatory molecule CD86 on the surface of Dex may also have contributed to T cell priming and activation (17).
Several mechanisms have been proposed for how Dex present antigens via their MHC molecules to stimulate T cell responses (Figure 1), presumably within lymph nodes. Dex have been shown to stimulate T cells directly in vitro, though it appears that this mechanism operates most efficiently as a restimulation of activated T cells, memory T cells, or T cell lines, clones, and hybrids (14, 22, 23). Direct Dex-to–T cell stimulation appears to be inefficient in priming naive T cells (25) and is unlikely to occur to a significant extent in vivo (26). Furthermore, Dex appear to be less efficient in directly stimulating T cell responses when compared with the T cell stimulatory capacity of the donor DCs (27), but stimulation may be improved if Dex are immobilized or if their concentration is increased in vitro (14, 27).
Dex interactions with immune cells. Dex may stimulate T cells by direct and indirect routes. The presence of MHC-I and MHC-II molecules on the surface of Dex gives them the potential to directly stimulate CTLs and CD4+ T cells, respectively. Dex surface costimulatory molecules aid this process. A more likely route for Dex stimulation of T cells occurs indirectly via bystander DCs through two possible mechanisms. The first involves Dex internalization and transfer of antigenic peptides to MHC molecules of the DC. These MHC/peptide complexes may then be transported to the DC surface for presentation to T cells. The second mechanism involves Dex transfer of MHC/peptide complexes directly to the DC surface, a process termed cross-dressing. It has been suggested that Dex may also transfer MHC/peptide complexes to tumor cell surfaces, enabling tumor cell targeting by host T cells. Additionally, Dex have been shown to possess BAG6, NKG2D-L, and the IL-15/IL-15Rα complex, which can each result in NK cell activation.
Rather than a direct Dex/T cell route of stimulation, evidence suggests that Dex or other APC-derived exosomes stimulate T cell responses far more efficiently via indirect antigen presentation through transfer of antigenic peptide/MHC complexes to bystander APCs (Figure 1 and refs. 14, 27–30). Furthermore, priming of naive T cells has been shown to occur only if APCs are present (25, 26, 28). The constituents of exosome surface membranes, such as integrins and ICAMs, facilitate their binding to and uptake by APCs to enable indirect antigen presentation. Interestingly, the efficiency of indirect T cell stimulation appears to be highly dependent upon the activation status of the donor APC from which exosomes are derived. For example, the exosomes released from DCs treated with LPS or IFN-γ (mature DCs) have increased surface expression of ICAM-1 that presumably enhances their uptake by DCs and increased expression of MHC molecules and CD86, which contribute to T cell activation (31–33). Consistent with their topography, these mature exosomes have a greater capacity to stimulate T cells compared with exosomes derived from immature DCs (24, 31–33).
Following binding to bystander APCs, some of the Dex — but not all individual Dex molecules — are internalized by phagocytosis or macropinocytosis, with the remaining Dex likely retained on the DC surface. The proportion of internalized exosomes is dependent upon the maturation status of the accepting APC. It has been shown that immature DCs internalize exosomes more efficiently than mature DCs, whereas mature DCs are likely to retain more Dex on their surfaces, although presumably surface-retained Dex still interact with T cells (26). Following internalization, Dex peptide/MHC complexes can be reprocessed via endosomal pathways within the APC, resulting in the transfer of antigenic peptides from Dex MHCs to APC MHCs (14, 26, 34). These MHC/peptide complexes can then be transported back to the DC surface for presentation to T cells.
A second mechanism for Dex-mediated indirect antigen presentation to T cells is a process known as cross-dressing where, following binding to APCs, Dex merge with the acceptor APC surface membrane, thereby transferring their peptide/MHC complexes (Figure 1 and refs. 28, 35). This would potentially allow immediate recognition of MHC-presented peptides by T cells without the need for antigen processing and could enable the Dex-transferred antigen presentation machinery to benefit from additional costimulatory molecules and factors present on the accepting APC. In support of this paradigm, Dex can activate T cells only if mature CD8α– DCs are present, even when mature DCs are deficient for MHC-II (28), suggesting Dex-to-DC cross-dressing of MHC/peptide complexes. Expression of the costimulatory molecules CD80 and CD86 on the presenting DCs was required for T cell activation (28). However, Dex MHC-I cross-dressing of bystander DCs does not appear to induce ovalbumin-specific (OT-I) CD8+ T cell proliferation in an ovalbumin experimental model but instead occurs through Dex internalization and reprocessing of Dex-derived antigen onto MHC molecules of the recipient DC (30).
A third indirect route through which Dex could activate T cells may occur via tumor cells. In a recent study, treatment of human breast adenocarcinoma cells with Dex was sufficient to restimulate previously primed T cells, inducing significantly higher percentages of IFN-γ–secreting T cells compared with exposure to non–Dex-treated adenocarcinoma cells (36). This suggests that incorporation of Dex by tumor cells can potentially convert tumor cells into stronger immunogenic targets, opening a new avenue of therapeutic strategies to increase immune targeting of tumors.
In view of the high potential and benefits of Dex as an immunotherapy, Dex have been developed for clinical use as cell-free cancer vaccines. Two phase I clinical trials (37, 38) and one phase II trial (39) using Dex have now been completed in advanced cancer patients (see Table 2).
Dex clinical trials
Technical considerations. The manufacturing steps for Dex preparation and purification are detailed in Figure 2. More than 100 individual Dex preparations have been made so far, as the process of vaccine generation is feasible from cells derived from a single leukapheresis. Quality control parameters include the determination of tetraspanins (CD81, CD82, and CD63), high levels of HLA-DR, costimulatory molecules, and exosomal hallmarks such as TSG101 and HSP70 (31). Verification of peptide loading can be performed by incubating Dex with or without HLA-A2– APCs (DCs) and a peptide-specific T cell clone. In this setting, indirect Dex loading of MHC-I-restricted peptides (i.e., loaded onto the donor IFN-γ–treated DCs on day 4 of culture) appears to be as effective as direct peptide loading for stimulation of antigen-specific T cell clones when short peptides were loaded (31). Activation of the latter relative to negative controls confirms functional T cell stimulatory capacity of Dex. For the phase II trial, Dex batch release depended upon a high ratio of tetraspanins and HLA-DR (MHC-II) when compared with control (31, 39). In the phase I trials, Dex MHC-I natural epitopes were acid eluted, whereas no prior elution was performed in the Dex phase II trial. This discontinuation of peptide elution was based on the capacity of high-affinity peptides to compete against and/or coexist with natural epitopes on exosomal surfaces, as shown using ex vivo functional assays with melan-A–specific (MART1-specific) CTL clones (31, 39).
The GMP manufacturing of Dex immunotherapy. Leukapheresis is performed for advanced cancer patients who will undergo Dex therapy. Within a cell therapy unit GMP (good manufacturing practices) laboratory, monocytes are isolated following elutriation, and these are differentiated to immature DCs (iDC) by addition of GM-CSF and IL-4 in culture. iDCs may then undergo a quality control (QC) check before loading of MHC-I– and MHC-II–binding peptides in the presence of IFN-γ to generate mDC. Peptide-loaded exosomes from culture supernatants can then be isolated and concentrated by a process of centrifugation, diafiltration, and finally ultracentrifugation over a D2O sucrose gradient. QC testing of immunological characteristics (e.g., tetraspanin content of Dex, MHC-II and costimulatory molecule levels) and immunostimulatory capacity (e.g., ability to stimulate a peptide-cognate T cell clone) is then performed for each preparation to determine whether a given batch can be released. Released batches may then be stored (–80°C) for therapeutic administration through intradermal (i.d.) injections. Production of Dex for immunotherapy takes approximately three weeks from the initial leukapheresis (this includes time for Dex manufacturing, QC testing, and treatment of the patient with metronomic cyclophosphamide).
Phase I trials. The initial phase I trials used Dex produced from autologous monocyte-derived DC cultures loaded with antigenic HLA-presented peptides of melanoma-associated antigen (MAGE). The patients in the two studies received four vaccinations with Dex at weekly intervals.
In the first of these phase I studies (38), nine patients with MAGE-expressing pretreated advanced non–small cell lung cancers (NSCLC) were eligible to receive Dex therapy (Table 2). Three patients who did not exhibit reactivity to MAGE prior to immunization showed systemic MAGE-sensitive immune responses one week following the last Dex injection, as determined by delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH) response. Increases in T cell activity were detected by enzyme-linked immunospot (ELISPOT) assay to MAGE peptides in one of five tested patients. Treg suppression was postulated as a reason for this low rate of T cell activation, since Tregs (defined as CD4+CD25+ T cells) as a percentage of total CD4+ T cells were increased in two of three patients after Dex therapy compared with baseline levels. Interestingly, a potential increase in NK cell lysis ability was also observed in two of four analyzable samples. A good safety profile was the main clinical outcome for the NSCLC phase I study, with disease stability observed in two patients who had disease progression at the start of the study and continued disease stability over 12 months in two of four initially stable patients (38).
The second phase I study enrolled 15 patients with MAGE3+ advanced malignant melanoma (MM), all of whom received Dex (Table 2 and ref. 37). Of these patients, one patient exhibited a partial response to Dex immunotherapy and developed a halo of depigmentation around naevi and disappearance of arterial neovasculature, concomitant with tumor shrinkage. This patient was given continuation therapy with Dex for 4 months, during which time there was stabilization of disease without toxicity. Disease stabilization for up to 24 months was also achieved for another patient who received continued Dex therapy. The overall clinical outcome was two stable diseases, one minor response, one partial response, and one mixed response at skin or lymph node sites, with some of these responses occurring in patients with progressive disease who had previously received other biotherapies or alternative antitumor vaccinations. However, similarly to the other trial, neither MAGE-specific CD4+ and CD8+ T cell responses nor DTH responses could be detected in peripheral blood (37).
A third phase I clinical trial used ascites-derived exosomes (Aex) in combination with GM-CSF to treat 40 advanced colorectal carcinoma (CRC) patients with Aex alone or Aex plus GM-CSF. The patients received four immunizations at weekly intervals (Table 2 and ref. 40). Exosomes were prepared from malignant ascites of the patients and were found to be enriched in MHC-I and MHC-II molecules, costimulatory molecules, and ICAMs. They were also shown to contain the immunogenic carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) of CRC. A good safety profile was observed for Aex; however, no detectable therapeutic responses were observed except in one patient with stable disease and a second patient who exhibited a minor response after treatment with Aex plus GM-CSF. Interestingly, and in contrast with the low-level stimulation of T cell responses in the Dex clinical studies, Aex plus GM-CSF could induce CEA-specific antitumor CTL responses (40). The majority of the Aex were believed to be derived from CRC cells, although the ascites used in this study likely contained other immune or mesothelial cell–derived nanoparticles or microvesicles. A greater level of TAAs present in Aex compared with Dex may have also been responsible for the greater T cell responses observed in this study as compared with the two Dex phase I trials. However, given findings that tumor-derived exosomes can possess immunosuppressive properties and can facilitate tumor growth, metastasis, and development of drug resistance, care should be taken to distinguish the exact exosome composition of Aex and similar preparations, with a view to removing potentially adverse tumor-derived exosomes when such technologies become available (8, 41).
Interpretation of the immunological findings from the phase I trials: Dex stimulate NK cell functions. The phase I studies confirmed the safety of Dex administration in patients and highlighted the feasibility of large-scale Dex production. Somewhat surprisingly, given the encouraging results from preclinical studies, Dex were apparently poor stimulators of T cell responses. However, Dex were found to stimulate NK cells.
Following the MM phase I trial, it has been shown that Dex derived from human immature DCs possess killer cell lectin–like receptor subfamily K, member 1 ligands (NKG2D-L) upon their surface, which can directly engage NKG2D present on NK cells, leading to their activation (42). By using samples from the MM clinical trial, it was found that the number of circulating NK cells significantly increased after 4 weekly vaccinations with Dex. Additionally, NKG2D expression levels and cytotoxicity of NK cells were restored after Dex vaccination in 50% of MM patients presenting with NK cell defects at diagnosis (42). Further investigations of Dex/NK cell interactions in vivo revealed that Dex promote IL-15Rα–dependent NK cell proliferation and an NKG2D-mediated activation of NK cells. These Dex-mediated pro-NK cell effects coincided with improved metastatic control by NK1.1+ cells in C57BL/6 mice inoculated i.v. with B16F10 melanoma cells (42). Dex derived from immature human DCs (and exosomes derived from 293T cells) also express BCL2-associated athanogene 6 (BAG6, also known as BAT3) on their surface (43), which has been identified as a ligand for natural cytotoxicity triggering receptor 3 (NKp30) receptors on NK cells (44). Exosomal BAG6 expression levels were shown to directly correlate with NK cell cytokine release (43). Additionally, Dex surface expression of TNF induces NK cell IFN-γ production (45).
Phase II trial. The poor capacity of Dex to stimulate T cell responses in the initial phase I studies encouraged new approaches to improve the interactions of Dex with the adaptive arm of the host immune response. As previously described, the use of exosomes derived from LPS- or IFN-γ–matured DCs (mDex) has been one such new approach, following discoveries that mDex can induce greater T cell stimulation than Dex derived from immature DCs (24, 31, 33). Application of these findings to human DC cultures led to a clinical-grade manufacturing process for Dex vaccines (31) in which IFN-γ stimulation of human DC cultures induces the expression of costimulatory molecules and ICAMs on Dex, yielding a second-generation Dex with enhanced immunostimulatory properties (31, 46). A phase II clinical trial was launched using second-generation Dex in advanced NSCLC patients, with the aim of investigating whether IFN-γ–Dex used as maintenance immunotherapy can ameliorate the rate of progression-free survival (PFS) at 4 months after platinum-based chemotherapy (39).
Twenty-two advanced NSCLC patients who had received four cycles of a first-line platinum-based chemotherapy were eligible to receive IFN-γ–Dex (39). Patients were administered metronomic oral cyclophosphamide (CTX) ahead of IFN-γ–Dex maintenance therapy based upon preclinical (47–49) and clinical evidence (48, 50) demonstrating that this regimen reduces Treg function and stimulates dual IFN-γ/IL-17–producing T cells, thereby facilitating Dex-mediated T cell priming and restoring T cell and NK cell functions. Seven patients (32%) exhibited stable disease after nine injections with IFN-γ–Dex, and these patients continued receiving Dex therapy every three weeks. Consequently, the primary endpoint of the trial, a PFS of 50%, was not reached. No objective response was recorded in the trial, although one patient experienced a long-term stabilization that allowed tumor debulking surgery, a downgrading of disease status by pathologists, and eligibility for local adjuvant thoracic and vertebral radiotherapy.
Regarding the immunological readouts, IFN-γ–Dex immunotherapy again failed to show evidence of TAA-specific T cell immune responses in the patient cohort (39) despite multiepitope loading and the CTX adjuvant. The immunostimulatory capacity of IFN-γ–Dex was instead apparently manifested through augmentation of NKp30-related NK cell functions. Despite low expression levels of NKp30 on stage IV NSCLC patient NK cells, NKp30-stimulated production of IFN-γ and TNF-α by circulating NK cells was increased after four IFN-γ–Dex vaccinations, as compared with the start of the study. Importantly, this increased NKp30-elicited NK cell activation correlated with longer PFS (39).
With regard to a potential mechanism for Dex stimulation of NK cells, it was found that the Dex vaccine preparations possessed the aforementioned membrane-associated NKp30 ligand BAG6, which may have been responsible for activating NK cells of patients in an NKp30-dependent fashion. In support of this hypothesis, BAG6 levels correlated with the MHC-II concentrations of Dex inocula and NKp30-dependent NK cell functions. This differs from the finding of the previous MM phase I study in which NKG2D (and potentially IL-15/IL-15Rα) signaling was responsible for Dex-mediated NK cell activation (37, 42). Because the Dex immunotherapies utilized in this previous study were not derived from IFN-γ–mDCs in which IFN-γ can upregulate BAG6 expression (51), NKG2D-L–mediated NK cell stimulation presumably featured more prominently in the absence of BAG6/NKp30 signaling.
The early clinical testing of Dex as cancer vaccines has shown limited clinical efficacy in advanced cancer patient cohorts, although cases of disease stabilization were observed in each study. The limited efficacy in the trials might be explained by poor stimulation of adaptive immunity in these patients, potentially due to several factors. A conceivable explanation is the heterogeneity and small size of the patient cohorts, which had received previous anticancer treatments before enrollment. More importantly, systemic and local immunoregulatory mechanisms (e.g., programmed death ligand-1 [PD-L1] expression in NSCLC cells associated with programmed death-1 [PD-1] upregulation by tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes [TILs], Treg, and myeloid-derived suppressor cell [MDSC] activity) at play in these advanced-stage patients may have also significantly limited this immunotherapy. Another possibility is that the Dex MHC-I– and MHC-II–restricted antigens employed in these advanced patient cohorts were insufficient to drive tumor-targeted T cell responses. The potential of mutated neoepitopes to drive high-avidity T lymphocytes could be exploited for NSCLC patient exosomes (52, 53). Additionally, the in vivo trafficking and fate of Dex in patients is unknown. Instead of reaching the T cell zones of secondary lymphoid organs in sufficient numbers, Dex may be transported to subcapsular sinus macrophages or lymphatic sinus DCs to encounter innate lymphocytes (54). Lastly, it remains to be determined whether Dex express functional PD-L1 or PD-L2 molecules that may restrict T cell responses.
Future strategies for development of Dex as an immunotherapy. Given the problems encountered within a clinical setting, it will be necessary to develop strategies to enhance Dex activity to create a successful immunotherapy. Dex can be engineered to enhance particular immunostimulatory characteristics; therefore, it is certainly possible to further improve upon the most recent second-generation Dex. Engineering Dex to have a greater surface expression of various costimulatory molecules, with lower expression of immunoregulatory molecules (e.g., immune checkpoint molecules like PD-L1) may enhance Dex activity. The choice of TAAs adopted in the Dex clinical trials might also be improved upon, perhaps including several different TAAs or mutated neoantigens to combat tumor evolution (2, 53, 55). Increasing the delivered quantity of such TAAs or the addition of GM-CSF to Dex immunotherapies may also help stimulate T cell responses, given the CTL activation observed in the Aex phase I trial (40). Moreover, recent findings have suggested that the design of Dex immunotherapies to stimulate B cell responses alongside T cell stimulation may optimize their immunogenicity (56, 57). Vaccination of mice with protein-loaded Dex, but not T cell peptide–loaded Dex, induced CD8+ T cell responses and control of tumor growth, and these effects depended on the presence of both B cells and CD4+ T cells (56).
Dex immunotherapies may also benefit from the addition of TLR ligand adjuvants. CpG and polyinosinic:polycyctidylic acid — which activate TLR9 and TLR3, respectively — induced efficient tumor rejection and Dex-mediated CD8+ T cell priming in a melanoma model using HLA-A2 transgenic mice (58). Thus, the inherent capability of Dex to bind TLR ligands, thereby activating bystander DCs (59), could be implemented to enhance their immunogenicity. In addition to their immunostimulatory capacity, Dex therapies could be engineered to target tumor cells directly (36, 45). Indeed, expression of TNF, FasL, and TRAIL on Dex surface membranes directly triggers caspase activation and apoptosis in tumor cells (45). Engineering Dex to transfer mRNAs encoding relevant neoantigen peptides, or miRs or mRNAs that modulate distinct signaling pathways in immune cells or cancer cells, are other possibilities (20, 21, 60, 61).
Potential next steps for the clinical testing of Dex as an immunotherapy. Dex immunotherapy may be most effective as part of a combinatorial treatment regime. Firstly, combining CTX chemotherapy with Dex vaccines in vivo significantly enhanced tumor- or peptide-induced CD8+ T cell recall responses, leading to a synergistic effect against preestablished tumors (47). However, CTX combination therapy only allowed efficient T cell priming by Dex in humans if genuine adjuvants were present. It is likely that the therapeutic effects seen in this scenario were due to a Dex/CTX therapy retuning of tumor-induced tolerance toward tumor-induced immunogenicity, since CTX can attenuate the suppressive function of Tregs (47, 50, 62, 63). The phase II Dex clinical trial similarly employed CTX to inhibit Tregs prior to Dex immunotherapy (39, 46), although the clinical efficacy of this combination would be more evident in a less advanced cohort. Secondly, combining Dex with PD-1/PD-L1 blockade (or coblockade with anti-CTLA4 therapy) could reduce TIL suppression and enhance T cell priming. Thirdly, a major disadvantage of dealing with NSCLC patients is that the current standard chemotherapeutic regimen does not induce immunogenic cell death (64). Combining Dex with immunogenic cytotoxic drugs would be a suitable option in other malignancies (65, 66). Lastly, it is conceivable that Dex- and NK cell–based immunotherapies (such as anti–killer cell immunoglobulin–like receptor Ab [anti-KIR Ab]; refs. 67–69) may have synergistic effects against NK cell–dependent malignancies such as gastrointestinal stromal tumors, neuroblastomas, leukemias, and kidney cancers (70–72).
Notwithstanding the many strategies to develop Dex immunotherapy, the predominant reason for the limited efficacy of Dex immunotherapies achieved in clinical trials thus far could be due to the small, advanced cancer–stage patient cohorts used and to the lack of preselection criteria (37, 38). Nonetheless, our phase II Dex trial (39) revealed that patients with detectable serum BAG6 (most probably associated with NKp30 functional defects) are most likely to benefit from Dex therapy. Indeed, patients destined to best respond to Dex appear to be those presenting with defective NK cell receptor expression or functions (notably NKG2D or NKp30), with the predominantly targeted NK receptor dependent upon the specific Dex preparation (e.g., immature versus mature Dex) (39, 42). In prospective clinical studies, these parameters (e.g., killer activated receptors [KARs] and their circulating ligands) should be followed with comprehensive immunomonitoring analyses. Careful patient monitoring for potential immune-related adverse events is also necessary in future trials involving Dex, despite Dex immunotherapy showing a strong safety profile thus far. This, alongside careful patient screening and selection, will be particularly important for future studies investigating potential combinatorial regimes with Dex (e.g., Dex combined with immune checkpoint inhibitors).
Despite the challenges encountered thus far, the prospect of Dex immunotherapy as a novel cancer treatment remains highly promising. Dex are adept mediators of immune responses and the relative technical ease in manipulating their immunostimulatory characteristics (via the donor DC), along with the advantages over cell-based therapies, ensures their future therapeutic uses. Although Dex immunotherapies produce an encouraging stimulatory effect upon NK cells, which likely contributed to the cases where improved clinical outcome was observed (39), it is clear that improved strategies to overcome the apparent lack of T cell responses are necessary. Focus on this hurdle, as well as on less understood Dex components and functions — such as mRNAs, miRs, transported cytokines, production of lipid mediators (73), and mechanisms through which each of these factors interact with acceptor immune cells — will help Dex immunotherapies to reach their full potential.
We thank Association de Recherche Contre le Cancer for supporting the phase II trial and J.M. Pitt. We are indebted to private philanthropy, namely Mrs. Badinter and Mrs. Agnès b. for their generous support of clinical trials. We thank N. Chaput and V. Lapierre for their work in the cell facility, as well as patients and their families for continuous support.
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Home » Celebrity News » Johnny Depp Claims Ex-Managers Used His Assets to Take Out Loans Worth $40 Million
Johnny Depp Claims Ex-Managers Used His Assets to Take Out Loans Worth $40 Million
By Teresa Lo
Summary: Johnny Depp has filed new documents in support of his case against his ex-business managers.
Johnny Depp’s recent movie may have sunk at the box office, but Captain Jack Sparrow is fighting other alleged pirates in real life. According to new legal docs obtained by TMZ this week, the Pirates of the Caribbean actor claims he was blindsided by his ex-managers when he learned they had used his assets in order to secure $40 million worth of loans.
As previously reported, Depp and his ex-business managers, Joel and Robert Mandel of The Mandel Company (TMG), are fighting it out in court over claims that The Mandel Company misappropriated Depp’s multimillion dollar fortune. Depp said that he had uncovered evidence that the two men had been stealing from him for years, but The Mandel Company fired back that it was Depp and Depp alone who is responsible for his dwindling bank account.
In Depp’s latest legal filings, he said that TMG began to secure loans for themselves starting in 2006, according to TMZ. Depp said that to take out the loans, TMG used his assets as collateral and that they did this behind his back. Depp said he only discovered this action in 2015 when TMG told him he would have to unload some of his French property to remain solvent.
In the latest legal filings, Depp also claimed that they had paid off an angry neighbor and forget to cancel a hospice home for his mother, and both bills cost over $300,000 a piece.
TMG said that Depp was notified of the use of his assets as collateral and that he actually had signed every document.
“Johnny Depp’s outrageously false claim that he didn’t know about $40 million in loans is beyond preposterous. Depp and his sister knew about each and every loan; Depp signed every document and spent all the loan proceeds,” TMG’s lawyer Michael Kump said.
Kump added that TMG had two industry witnesses who could testify in favor of TMG.
“Tellingly, Depp is now seeking to prevent all discovery from Tracey Jacobs of UTA and Jake Bloom of Bloom Hergott. Depp knows that these two critical witnesses will fully support TMG’s case and reveal Depp for the extraordinary liar and spendthrift that he is. It is no mystery why Depp is trying so hard to prevent this core discovery,” Kump said.
Depp had fired the men in March of 2016, and The Mandel Company said that they had done everything they could do to protect his money but that Depp was living an unsustainable $2 million a month lifestyle. For instance, according to the Mandel’s filings, Depp had purchased $75 million in global real estate. This included a chain of islands in the Bahamas, multiple homes in Hollywood, and a 45-acre chateau in France.
The Mandel’s also said Depp would spend almost $30,000 a month on wine and $300,000 on an international staff of 40. They claimed that he had a “compulsive spending disorder” and asked that he be psychologically examined.
Depp is seeking to recoup at least $25 million from his ex-managers. He is represented by attorney Adam Waldman.
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Lucapa recovers 101 carat diamond
Patrick O'Donnell Send an email Monday, 14 December 2020, 14:45
Diamond company Lucapa and its partner, the Government of the Kingdom of Lesotho (GoL), have announced the recovery of a 101 carat white diamond from the Mothae kimberlite diamond mine in Lesotho.
The diamond was measured by the Yehuda colorimeter as D in colour, the largest Type IIa recovery on record at Mothae.
Mothae is considered to be one of the highest-quality kimberlite diamond mines in the world.
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Stephen Wetherall, managing director of Lucapa, said: “The recovery of this exceptional 101 carat diamond brings a positive end to 2020 for Mothae and its hard-working teams.
“Lucapa and the Government of Lesotho look forward to completing the capacity expansion already underway at Mothae and to producing many more exceptional diamonds from this resource.”
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As a threshold matter, there is little question that in most instances, a corporate officer will be shielded from personal liability for acts he undertook in his corporate capacity. Consider, for example, one of the most common questions that arise in this context:
Does a Corporate Officer Incur Personal Liability Just By Signing an Agreement?
The short answer?
A Suffolk County trial court in Cutler v. Collura-Repp has laid out the law on this issue in no uncertain terms:
"When an agent acts on behalf of a [corporation], the agent will not be personally liable for a breach of contract unless there is clear and explicit evidence of the agent's intention to be personally liable .... even though he signed a contract without any language limiting his signature."Weinreb v. Stinchfield, 19 A.D.3d 482, 797 N.Y.S.2d 521 (2d Dep't 2005).
In order to assess whether the agent should be personally liable, the Court will engage in a two-part inquiry:
(1) whether the agent signed the agreement in her individual capacity, or merely on behalf of the corporation; and,
(2) whether the agent made a special promise to answer for the debt or default of the corporation (as called for by New York's Statute of Frauds).
Naturally, and as you should guess, it would be a rare factual circumstance that meets this two-part test.
But there are two (2) other notable exceptions to the rule insulating executives against personal liability for corporate acts.
The Two (2) Cases Where a Corporate Officer Will Be Held Personally Liable for Corporate Acts
Piercing the Corporate Veil
First, and at the risk of stating the obvious, a corporate officer can be held responsible for his bad acts if the corporation is a sham, or his personal alter ego. This exception to the general rule falls within the ambit of the well-known doctrine called piercing the corporate veil. This exception makes an awful lot of sense, because a defendant should not be permitted to benefit from New York's laws that shield corporations if he doesn't abide by the responsibilities that come with the territory of corporate ownership.
Tortious Acts
But there is also a second exception to this rule that is less known - with regard to the commission of tortious acts - and a New York appeals court summarized this exception rather nicely in North Shore Architectural Stone, Inc. v American Artisan Constr., Inc., on September 27, 2017, stating:
"A director or officer of a corporation does not incur personal liability for its torts merely by reason of his [or her] official character" (Greenway Plaza Off. Park-1 v Metro Constr. Servs., 4 AD3d 328, 329 [internal quotation marks omitted]), and thus, cannot be liable for torts "attributable to the corporation if he [or she] did not participate in and was not connected with the acts in any manner" (PDK Labs, Inc. v G.M.G. Trans. W. Corp., 101 AD3d 970, 973 [internal quotation marks omitted]).
"However, '[a] corporate officer who participates in the commission of a tort may be held individually liable, regardless of whether the officer acted on behalf of the corporation in the course of official duties and regardless of whether the corporate veil is pierced'" (Rajeev Sindhwani, M.D., PLLC v Coe Bus. Serv., Inc., 52 AD3d 674, 677, quoting American Express Travel Related Servs. Co. v North Atl. Resources, 261 AD2d 310, 311)."
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1. MSU is a maddening football team. In victory, this might be a new low.
EAST LANSING – This can’t be what Michigan State’s program is.
I’m sure Mark Dantonio and his staff know it. But that doesn’t make it OK.
This is maddening football. Low-level stuff. Undisciplined, predictable, self-destroying, lacking the talent and execution to put away a team that was expecting to be put away. As one semi-regular MSU football onlooker said in a text message while sitting through it Saturday: “It’s really amazingly bad.”
That goes for Michigan State and Maryland. That’s MSU’s level on the last day of the 2019 season — the same ugly sentence with 3-9 Maryland, which hadn’t led a game in a month and had been outscored 217-38 in its last four games.
MSU outscored Maryland 19-16 and trailed twice.
What the Spartans have become is the stuff that ends coaching tenures. This won’t for Dantonio because the balance between taking MSU to unimaginable heights and the slide back beneath mediocrity still tips slightly in his favor. But this can’t be what MSU’s program is.
This bowl-clinching victory might be a new low.
It didn’t have to be like this. But this MSU team can’t help itself.
The Spartans’ first four possessions were the epitome of this season. MSU should have been ahead two or three scores. From there, it would have been a blowout. Maryland’s players were crowded sitting on heaters, waiting to go home.
“We’re the type of team where we got to get the momentum going,” Maryland offensive lineman Ellis McKennie told reporters after the Terrapins’ 54-7 home loss last week to Nebraska.
If you don’t let them feel some hope early, you get 54-7. Instead, MSU got 19-16. At home, no less. In front of about 20,000 hardy souls.
MSU drove smoothly to the 23-yard line on its first possession, then treated the red zone like the Berlin Wall, stalling out like so many times before.
MSU tore through the Terrapins’ defense on its second drive all the way down to the 4-yard line. Facing a fourth-and-1 there, with Brian Lewerke perfect through the air at that point and the QB sneak another option that’s worked time after time, the Spartans tried a play proven not to work — the handoff to a running back 4 yards behind the line of scrimmage. If it didn’t work last week against Rutgers, chances are it’s not your thing against anyone.
Then, on the next possession, Lewerke under threw a pass in the end zone for an interception. Then threw another pick at midfield.
Suddenly the Terrapins had hope they hadn’t seen since mid-October. Only MSU could give it to them.
The Spartans’ offense put together seven drives of eight plays or more and managed one touchdown. That, in 2019, is quintessential MSU football — right down to the conservative play-for-the-field approach on the Spartans’ final drive, leaving Maryland 2:02 for one final chance.
MSU’s defense was equally unimpressive, getting beat around the edge several times for long Anthony McFarland runs, including one for a touchdown. He’s good. But nobody else recently was on the verge of losing to Maryland because of him. Two unnecessary and undisciplined personal foul penalties against MSU senior Kenny Willekes twice extended Maryland’s drive at the end of the first half, which didn’t result in points, but prevented MSU from shot at extending its lead before halftime.
This was collectively one of the sadder days in modern times for MSU football. Because of how far the program has come — from the very top, close enough to feel what it’s like at the bottom.
This can’t be what MSU’s program is.
MORE: Couch: Michigan State's 'program win' shows MSU's program needs resuscitating
2. Wait, what? Why did Brandon Wright play?
MSU freshman running back Brandon Wright played Saturday. That’s a big deal because it was his fifth game, meaning his redshirt season is gone, meaning MSU now has three running backs — Elijah Collins, Anthony Williams and Wright — in the same class.
Wright carried five times for 7 yards. In defense of burning the redshirt, Collins tweaked ankle apparently and Wright took most of the reps in practice and nearly started. If you need him, fine. But five carries suggest you didn't.
“There’s a lot of debate (about redshirts), but you always have the redshirt in your pocket if you don’t redshirt,” Dantonio explained. “The reality of the situation is we have three freshmen running backs. One tweaked his ankle (Collins), so he was about 70 percent, and Anthony, he needs to be stronger at the point of attack in running the football. It wasn’t a situation where we were coming into the game saying, ‘Hey, Brandon, you aren’t going to play.’
“When you’re practicing and you’re up with the varsity and you’re wearing a green or a white shirt and you’re not with the scout team, we expect you to (be ready) to play in situations. Don’t want to burn guys’ redshirts but, we’re trying to win a football game, too. Bottom line is, can he help us win a football game now? And when you’re talking about it’s a program win ...”
I still don’t think it’s worth the year. But it speaks to the desperation of the situation.
MORE: Postgame Spartan Speak podcast on MSU's win over Maryland
3. More MSU football to come
Buckle up, you’ve got a bowl game to watch. The Spartans are bowl-eligible by virtue of their win over Maryland, their sixth of this season that probably doesn’t need to be prolonged. Expect MSU to be in the Quick Lane Bowl on Dec. 26 in Detroit or the Pinstripe Bowl on Dec. 27 at Yankee Stadium.
MSU doesn’t control where it goes, but whatever influence it has, it should try to get to Detroit. It’s quick and easy and indoors. There might actually be a crowd.
Interesting weeks ahead for this program.
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La Villita gets soul
Having been cooped up since a knee replacement surgery a month ago, Maria Long was going stir crazy.
So she and her husband drove downtown from their Southeast Side home Saturday, hours too early for the Armed Forces River Parade. They heard music coming from Maverick Plaza in La Villita and went over to investigate, although Maria Long was on crutches.
What they found was a pleasant surprise: the Soul Food & Gospel Festival, with a lineup of gospel, jazz and R&B musicians and vendors selling barbecue, Jamaican food, wings and Southern desserts including peach cobbler.
“I’ve been here 46 years and I never knew they did anything like this,” Maria Long said. “It’s different from every other festival that happens in San Antonio. Other festivals are more Mexican-based.”
The festival has taken place every year since 1999, said organizers from the La Villita Heritage Society. For this year’s festival, which took place Friday and Saturday, admission was free, but the crowd was asked to bring canned food to split between the San Antonio Food Bank and the Little Church of La Villita. Proceeds from vendor sales went to benefit the Eastside Branch of the Boys & Girls Clubs of San Antonio.
Saturday’s most-anticipated performers included Kyle Turner and jazz violinist Michael Ward, a Sam Houston High School alumnus.
“We formed together to help the community,” said Danielle Hamilton, entertainment coordinator for the La Villita Heritage Society. “We really reach out to children of lower income through education and participation in the arts.”
The festival grew out of what used to be Pride in the East Side festival at Pittman-Sullivan Park, said Michelle Daniels, whose husband Charles owns Daniels Bar B-Q & Catering. The East Side Economic Development Corp. ran that festival, she said, until city officials persuaded them to move it downtown.
Daniels, the parent coach at Sam Houston High School, said she likes that tourists who walk into the festival get to see the blend of all cultures in San Antonio. A bicycle officer with the San Antonio Police Department told her Saturday that he rounded a corner, smelled her husband’s food and followed his nose to buy lunch there.
“Most of us are small entrepreneurs hoping that one day, the right person will taste the food and offer us the chance of a lifetime,” said Michelle Daniels, laughing.
In the early afternoon Saturday, a few dozen people milled around Maverick Plaza or sat in chairs close to the stage, where teenage voice students were performing pop songs.
The La Villita Heritage Society held a fashion show in October to cover some of the festival’s costs, said Vanessa Brooks, the group’s vice president. The festival lost money one year, when a similar fundraiser, a jazz concert, was rained out halfway through. Even after 17 years, Brooks said she thought the festival would grow more popular with time.
“One day it’ll be big and we’ll be part of it,” Brooks said. “Big like Fiesta. Just another historic San Antonio, Texas event.”
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byDave Oberhoffer
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Experiencing Mr. Stinky! You kinda had to be there, so follow me…
Back when homeless people were hobos, drunks were winos, and “substance abusers” were hypes, I pounded a classic foot patrol beat on San Francisco’s gritty Mission Street. After 3-4 years, I literally knew everyone on my beat; bad, good, or wack-a-doo.
I worked out of the Mission District Station at 1240 Valencia St. Mission was a one-story brick and cinder-block bland building with 3-inch-thick bullet proof windows, and a 20-foot chain link fence on the roof.
The fence was because early on some radical group had thrown an explosive satchel charge on top of the roof during line-up, trying to kill the 124 cops that were in the building. The bomb didn’t go off, so the city put up a fence to make the next attempt slightly more difficult.
On one side of the station was a store front church, while on the other was a decrepit apartment building that in turn was next to an adult sex-toys store, called “ Good Vibrations.”
Yes, we had God on one side, and a dildo factory on the other.
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We’d periodically get some merchants complaining about this or that, so the captain would tell the lieutenant, and he would lean on the street sergeant, who in turn would tell us, “It’s the weekly sweep time boys!”
Mitch would grab the BIG paddy wagon, and the six beat cops would ride its rear bumper while picking up the usual miscreants more or less at random.
We’d do a decent job of disarming them before tossing them in the wagon, and in that, the prisoners and the cops knew how to play the game, we didn’t get any big surprises.
I forget his real name, but if I called him “Mr. Stinky,” and mentioned that he NEVER took off any of the 3 pairs of pants, or the five overcoats he wore, everyone knew who he was.
Stinky was face down on the pavement across the street from the food market at 22nd when we grabbed him. Mitch did a cursory high-risk pat search for weapons, or bottles of cheap wine, and finding none, cuffed him up and put him in with the other 15 bums in the back of the wagon.
At the station, we had a regular assembly line thing going where the arrestees would line up, get a photo taken, have their meager belongings tossed into a brown grocery bag, and then shamble into the drunk tank.
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Stinky shuffles up, and is so out of it, he can’t empty any of his 11 coat pockets. Mitch leans him against the booking counter and begins taking handfuls of God knew what out of the pockets.
Suddenly Mitch jumps in the air, yelling all sorts of Germanic based profanity, and is yelling, “Something bit me … something M….F….G BIT ME !!!”
Stinky has a semi-blank look on his face, but says, “Oh, that’s just my lunch.”
I grabbed the offending coat, (while wearing gloves!), turned it up-side down, and shook it.
About 10 or 15 silver-dollar sized LIVE soft-shell crabs fell out and began scuttling around the booking room.
Stinky had apparently stolen them out of the fresh seafood bin at the fish market up the street before we nabbed him.
To say that hilarity ensued would be vastly understating the commotion that followed, but suffice to say Stinky didn’t get his lunch, and Mitch never lived it down.
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The lieutenant had Mitch prepare a Line Up Briefing presentation on the “importance of proper searches during custody” later that week. There wasn’t a dry eye in the house when he finished
For a VERY large guy (think interior lineman) Mitch had a very subtle and deft touch when speaking in public. He made eye contact with the audience, paused at the correct times, and looked down his shaggy mustache just like Groucho Marx doing a one-liner punch line.
Giving tribute to the sense of humor that you had to have to work in that era, a few weeks later when all of us had lunch at Miz Browns Restaurant, Mitch ordered the extra-large Crab Salad.
When Stella the waitress asked him how he liked it, he just smiled and said:
“It’s payback time baby!”
– Dave Oberhoffer, retired, San Francisco Police Department
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Dave Oberhoffer started a law-enforcement career in 1979, having survived the Vietnam War, and owning an Irish Pub. His San Francisco Police Department assignments were: Walking a foot-beat, numerous sector car assignments, and Vice and Narcotics work. As an Inspector, he was then assigned to the Special Investigations Division for five years. This was followed by work as a Squad Sergeant running a team in the housing projects on Potrero Hill. As a Lieutenant, he ran the Records Division, the Crime Scene Investigation Unit (CSI), and was a Watch Commander in four different districts, retiring at the San Francisco Airport. After retirement, Dave had a cup-of-coffee as a small-town Chief of Police, and then taught Law Enforcement Studies at several Bay Area Colleges.
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{LDSL Blog} My Interview with Elizabeth Smart
byJamie Lawson | Sep. 22, 2011
LDS Living Blog
I recently had the privilege of interviewing Elizabeth Smart for the fall issue of LDS Living (click here to read the article). I admit that I was curious how she would be in real life—if she is as impressive and poised as she appears to be on television. I’m here to tell you that she absolutely is.
Elizabeth was surprisingly candid. She openly discussed both the joys and frustrations she experienced as a missionary in France. She shared her feelings about her captor, Brian David Mitchell, including how and why she chose to forgive him. She talked passionately about her work as a children’s advocate, and her determination permeated every word as she expressed her desire to make the world a safer place for children everywhere so no one would have to experience anything like what she was forced to endure. But the thing that struck me most during my time with her was her incredible faith in the gospel.
Despite all Elizabeth has been through, or perhaps because of it, she has learned to trust in God completely. I’ll never forget when she said the following: “For me, the word ‘gospel’ means hope. No matter how bad things get, that’s the one thing you can always hold on to.”
Elizabeth is a great example of resilience, and I thank her for showing us that it is possible to become stronger, better people if we are willing to push beyond our darkest moments and look with hope toward the future.
It was definitely a powerful experience to talk with her about such deeply personal experiences. But while I had Elizabeth to myself, I couldn’t resist trying to learn more about her personality. What makes her smile? What are some of her favorite things? It was fun to watch her light up as she talked about her love for the harp. And did you know she loves to go country dancing?
I am grateful to Elizabeth for her willingness to speak with us at LDS Living. And I hope our readers will enjoy and appreciate her insights as much as I did.
(To find out more of Elizabeth’s favorite things, pick up the September/October 2011 issue of LDS Living.)
Jamie Lawson is managing editor of LDS Living magazine. She loves traveling internationally, meeting fascinating people, and listening to 80s music. She enjoys tasting new foods but does not like to cook. She has two adorable boys who help her stay up to date on the latest technology, fashion trends, and catch phrases.
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by Electronic Arts Inc (Author). The book is great quality and feels nice, and it's a great addition to any Dead Space fan's collection, but the test is very small and a little hard to read (And I ain't even old enough to need reading glasses!).
by Electronic Arts Inc (Author). The pictures are nice and the 3D images are a cool addition. The sections seem thrown together, though. Certain things are covered extensively, and certain parts of the game have one page. There was also one or two typos in the book. One person found this helpful.
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Dead Space is a science fiction horror media franchise created by Glen Schofield and Michael Condrey, developed by Visceral Games and published by Electronic Arts. The franchise centers on a series of video games, and includes two films and a comic book series. The series began in 2008 as an eponymous video game aimed at creating, in Schofield's words, "the most terrifying game we could acquire"; the game was a success and spawned a prequel and later a sequel released in 2011.
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Titan Books has got together with Electronic Arts to release an art book that celebrates the work not just of the team behind the recently-released Dead Space but of the entire series. I made a dead space marker lamp for a friend's birthday.
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The dimensions were in the product specs, but I made the ASSUMPTION (derp) that this was like a typical "art of" book, which traditionally is large. They're supposed to be conversation pieces that dominate a coffee table. 15"x9"-ish is what I expected. It is not an unreasonable expectation.
This book is like a miniature book. It's roughly the size of "Stuff on my Cat" or "Powers of Ten" but a little wider in aspect ratio. Again, the dimensions are in the description so I can't claim I was baited and switched. I simply didn't bother to read it and assumed it was the size of a typical "art of..." book.
I don't regret the purchase because I got a good price thankfully. But hopefully my review helps others that might've unwittingly wound up in my shoes.
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The book is great quality and feels nice, and it's a great addition to any Dead Space fan's collection, but the test is very small and a little hard to read (And I ain't even old enough to need reading glasses!). The pictures are nice and the 3D images are a cool addition. The sections seem thrown together, though. Certain things are covered extensively, and certain parts of the game have one page. There was also one or two typos in the book.
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I saw this included in the super expensive limited edition, so I was happy this seller was selling it separately. It even came with 3D glasses! How cool is that?
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Well this is pretty much a must for any Dead Space fan. Great illustrations and a nice insight as the what people have in mind while creating the game. It could stand to be larger, because it's quite small, and it's harder to appreciate the fine details of the pieces, but still worth the money I paid.
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by Pierre Chevalier,E. M. Hatt
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Pierre Chevalier,E. M. Hatt
Natl Speleological Society; n edition (June 1, 1975)
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Subterranean climbers book.
Publisher:Cave Books.
Pierre Chevalier (24 April 1905 – 4 December 2001) was a well-known caver and mountaineer from France.
Subterranean climbers. twelve years in the world's deepest chasm. Published 1951 by Faber There's no description for this book yet.
Pierre Chevalier (caver). Chevalier recorded this exploration in his book Escalades souterraines (Subterranean Climbers). 1 Reseau de la Dent de Crolles. In 1948 Chevalier published Escalades souterraines, detailing twelve years of explorations within the Dent de Crolles cave system.
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Informationen zum Titel Subterranean Climbers von Pierre Chevalier [mit . Subterranean Climbers. Pierre Chevalier E. M. Hatt (translator).
The Dent de Crolles in southeastern France is one of the greatest cave networks in the world. Chevalier and his companions spent twelve years, 1935-47, unraveling its mysteries foot by foot and establishing a record depth of 2159 feet. This enthralling account of their labors and the final triumphant linking of the Glaz and the Guiers-Mort caves is one of the classic sport and science adventures of the century. These underground mountain climbers devoted all they had of leisure, money, and the meager resources of occupied France. Unsponsored, ill-fed, dependent on their own ingenuity and courage, some of them fighting as partisans against the Nazis at the same time, they broke world depth records and added important chapters to the history of both cave exploration and hydro-geological research.
This new edition brings Chevalier's accounts to a new generation of readers, and contains a new introduction by the author who puts the exploit in a present-day context.
This unusual true story describes the experiences of some of the pioneers of french speleology, as they explored what was then the deepest cave in the world situated in the mountain of Dent de Crolles, France.
During the first half of this century, with a boldness that can only be described as awesome, Robert de Joly describes how he and his friends, dressed in only "woollens" and using cumbersome climbing equipment, pushed this classic french cave system that is still frequented by modern speleologists.
Not only did they descend a number of deep pits in succession, but they also used siege tactics with a scaling pole to ascend more than 1000 feet of shafts into the mountain above them!
Included are a fine collection of photographic plates of their adventures bearing witness to their achievements.
Although the book was origionally written in French, the English translation is well written and remarkably ahead of its time, making it impossible to put down until the last page is finished.
Subterranean Climbers makes for entertaining bedside reading even for the non-caver and I would highly recommend to any spleleolgist that this is a must to add to his library.
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The finest of all classic speleological narratives,Chevalier's book details the wonderfully enterprising exploration of the Dent de Crolles system.Under difficult wartime conditions,he and his crazy crew,including the famous Fernand Petzl the inventions wizard and the obsessed martinet Charles Petit-Didier,overcome all obstacles to claim the scalp of the world's deepest cave.Hair-raising risks are taken with stone age gear,and the tale is told in a beautiful style admirably captured by a pioneer translator.
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extraordinary and unprecedented account in a colloquial and easy style of the exploration of the great Dent de crolles system in Isere,France.Under difficult wartime conditions,and with primitive gear,Chevakier and his motley crew perform prodigies of valour to claim the title of the world's deepest cave.
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best ever caving book.The only book to capture the atmosphere of caving in the heroic era.
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The History of Asphalt: We drive on it all the time — in fact, asphalt covers 94% of paved roads in the United States. It’s certainly something we could easily take for granted because it’s been a part of our landscape for hundreds of years and has been around in other places for thousands of years. Learn more about the (surprisingly!) interesting history of asphalt.
How asphalt came to be
The first record of asphalt being used for roads dates back to ancient Babylon. King Nabopolassar ordered that the road leading to his palace be paved for a smoother royal procession in about 615 BCE. Ancient Greeks also used asphalt — the word itself is Greek in origin. Romans then went on to adopt asphalt to seal water receptacles like reservoirs and aqueducts.
Later, when Europeans decided to explore the New World, they discovered natural deposits of asphalt. Sir Walter Raleigh found a “lake” of asphalt on the Island of Trinidad and used this natural resource to recaulk his ships and keep them waterproof as he sailed the seas in the late 16th century.
Using asphalt for roads
Although there were plenty of early examples of the use of asphalt, many decades passed before both European and American builders used it to pave roads — which were not always easy to build in the first place.
A man in Yorkshire named John Metcalf paved miles of roads using an early method of asphalt paving, as did Thomas Telford of Scotland, about a hundred years later. It was quickly discovered that this method could withstand the wear and tear of traffic with little maintenance, while also improving drainage.
Asphalt comes to America
In the 1860s, builders began using asphalt mixtures in the US for sidewalks, crosswalks, and roads. In 1870, the first “real” asphalt pavement designed based on a French highway built 20 years earlier was laid in front of the City Hall in Newark, New Jersey.
The same Belgian chemist who laid the asphalt in Newark also paved all 54,000 square yards of Pennsylvania Avenue. The durability of this pavement created by Edmund J. DeSmedt was as equally durable as any asphalt pavement imported from Europe. Builders quickly took notice of how this asphalt design could innovate road building and infrastructure growth.
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The introduction of automobiles and their growing popularity quickly prompted state and local governments to find ways to build better roads. The first central asphalt pavement production facility was opened in 1870. The most common method of laying asphalt was a unit mounted on a railroad car, but production remained costly and limited to locations surrounding these production facilities.
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An exponentially increased demand for asphalt happened during World War II, as military facilities turned to asphalt that could stand up to their aircraft carriers. Growth in the suburbs after the war triggered the State Highway Act, passed by congress in 1956 to fund $51 billion of state road construction costs. This demand also prompted innovations in asphalt paving equipment. Electronic leveling became common practice in the 1950s and extra-wide finishers for two-lane roads showed up in 1968.
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Ukraine, Belarus trade accusations over Jewish pilgrims
by: YURAS KARMANAU, Associated Press
Jewish pilgrims sit on the Belarus-Ukraine border, in Belarus, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020. About 700 Jewish pilgrims are stuck on Belarus’ border due to coroavirus restrictions that bar them from entering Ukraine. Thousands of pilgrims visit the city each September for Rosh Hashana, the Jewish new year. However, Ukraine closed its borders in late August amid a surge in COVID-19 infections. (TUT.by via AP)
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine and Belarus traded angry accusations Wednesday over thousands of Hasidic Jewish pilgrims who have remained stuck on their border after Ukraine denied them entry because of coronavirus restrictions.
Ukraine’s presidential office urged Belarusian authorities to stop issuing misleading signals to the ultra-Orthodox Jewish pilgrims that they could eventually cross the border.
“We are asking Belarusian authorities to stop fueling the tensions on the border and refrain from spreading false encouraging statements that could leave the pilgrims with a feeling that the Ukrainian border might be opened,” it said. “Belarusian authorities have deliberately or unintentionally helped spread those rumors.”
Belarusian Foreign Ministry spokesman Anatoly Glaz shot back at Ukraine, accusing it of “inhumane” treatment of the Jewish pilgrims.
Ukrainian authorities said about 2,000 Hasidic Jewish pilgrims converged on the border in hopes of crossing over and reaching the Ukrainian city of Uman.
The grave of an important Hasidic rabbi who died in 1810, Nachman of Breslov, is located in Uman. Thousands of the ultra-Orthodox Jews visit the city each September for Rosh Hashana, the Jewish new year.
This time, however, Ukraine closed its borders in late August amid a surge in COVID-19 infections. Belarus, which shares a long border with Ukraine, hasn’t barred foreign visitors from entering.
As the Jewish pilgrims have gathered on the border, Ukraine has deployed additional forces to protect the frontier and sent aircraft and drones to patrol it.
Glaz, the Belarusian Foreign Ministry spokesman, accused Ukrainian authorities of being reluctant to find a solution and trying to shift blame.
“We persistently urge Ukrainian authorities to respect fundamental human rights, religious rights and internationally recognized norms and follow humanitarian principles,” he said.
Late Tuesday, the Belarusian government said it was offering to help Ukraine set up a “green corridor” for the pilgrims to get to Uman and back to Belarus.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko’s spokeswoman, Natalia Eismont, said Belarus was ready to provide buses to drive the pilgrims to Uman and back and make all the necessary precautions to prevent a spike in new infections.
Ukraine’s presidential office hinted that Belarusian authorities’ actions could be rooted in the latest tensions between the two neighbors following Belarus’ presidential election.
Ukraine has joined the United States and the European Union in criticizing the Aug. 9 vote in which Lukashenko extended his 26-year authoritarian rule as neither free nor fair and urged Belarusian authorities to end their crackdown on protesters.
In Wednesday’s speech, Lukashenko accused Ukraine of working in cahoots with the U.S. and its allies to foment the protests demanding his resignation.
Vladimir Isachenkov in Moscow contributed to this report.
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Legislation would streamline and strengthen NY’s antiquated animal crimes statute.
Mineola, NY - April 7, 2014 - Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice, president of the District Attorneys Association of the State of New York, was joined by national, statewide and local advocates today to urge the New York State Senate and Assembly to pass a wide-ranging bill that would reform animal crime statutes to help police, prosecutors, and judges more efficiently and effectively arrest, charge, and sentence animal abusers.
“When most of New York’s animal crimes laws were put on the books, women could not vote, there were no traffic lights and burglary wasn’t considered a crime unless it happened at night,” DA Rice said. “It’s long overdue that we update and reform these laws to align with today’s society and to make sure that people who commit crimes against defenseless animals face the accountability and tough consequences that their crimes demand.”
The Consolidated Animal Crimes Bill (CACB) was authored by DA Rice’s office and introduced in 2012 as part of her ongoing efforts to protect animals and prosecute animal abuse cases.
Currently, most animal crimes in New York are an antiquated series of unclassified misdemeanors and felonies inappropriately tucked away in the state’s Agriculture & Markets Law.
The Consolidated Animal Crimes Bill would greatly assist in the arrest, prosecution and sentencing of animal abusers by:
Making the law more accessible to arresting officers. Currently, police officers are required to be trained on the state’s Penal Law, but not its Agriculture & Markets Law. Officers also typically have ready access to Penal Law handbooks, but not A&M Law. The Consolidated Animal Crimes Bill ensures that arresting officers have a more thorough grasp of the state’s animal crimes law when responding to a call or a crime scene and needing to decide whether or not to make arrests.
Streamlining the language of the law so that it’s more clear and easy to understand.
Aligning the practice of fingerprinting and DNA collection in order to assist in investigations and prosecutions. In the current A&M Law, animal crimes misdemeanors are generally not subject to fingerprinting or DNA collection, which is automatic under the Penal Law. Moving animal crimes to the Penal Law would align them with other crimes.
Strengthening penalties against animal abusers. Current maximum sentences for felony animal cruelty or felony dogfighting (both unclassified felonies) are 2 and 4 years in prison, respectively, with no increase in sentence for repeat offenders. Under the Consolidated Animal Crimes Bill, those crimes become D felonies, which feature a maximum sentence of 7 years in prison, and repeat offenders can be exposed to increased prison time due to prior convictions.
State Sen. Andrew Lanza, the Senate sponsor of the Consolidated Animal Crimes Bill, said: “I urge my colleagues to support this bill to help law enforcement better protect animals from cruelty, neglect, and abuse. I thank DA Rice for leading the way in the effort to pass these sweeping and much-needed reforms.”
Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal, the Assembly sponsor of the Consolidated Animal Crimes Bill, said: “I have long championed the need to strengthen and improve New York State's humane laws, and today marks a major step forward in that effortwith the introduction of my Assembly bill. This bill represents a major overhaul of the way that we address animal cruelty in New York State as it will move the animal cruelty provisions of the law from Agriculture and Markets Law into the Penal Code.In addition, it will also update some arcane sections of law from as far back as the late 1920s and help to streamline the prosecution of these offenses by redefining some crimes and creating new ones altogether.In doing so, we will ensure that heinous acts against animals are treated with the seriousness they deserve by law enforcement and the courts.The bill is comprehensive in scope, and will help to provide prosecutors with critical tools to more effectively try cruelty cases.DA Rice and her team have been leaders on animal welfare, and I look forward to working with them and with Senator Lanza to enact this bill into law.”
Scott Heiser, the Criminal Justice Program Director of the national Animal Legal Defense Fund, said: “New York’s current animal cruelty laws are antiquated, confusing, and weak. They need to be modernized and strengthened to ensure true accountability for those who prey on voiceless victims. Animal Legal Defense Fund applauds District Attorney Rice for her enduring and exemplary leadership in working to pass these important amendments.”
Brian Shapiro, New York State Director of the Humane Society of the United States, said: “There is a growing public consensus on the need to crack down on serious animal related crimes. However, effective enforcement is often complicated by the fact that New York's anti-cruelty statutes have been placed out of reach in the state's Agriculture & Markets Law, which is unfamiliar territory for most police agencies, prosecutors and judges. The Humane Society of the United States has made passage of the CACB a priority for the 2014 legislative session. We applaud DA Rice and the District Attorney's Association of the State of New York for supporting this important legislation.”
Joan Phillips, Director of the Animal Lovers League of Glen Cove, said: “The Consolidated Animal Crimes Bill needs to be passed now. We need to throw out the outdated and confusing laws and replace them with this new and clearly-worded verbiage. Animal abuse is a crime, and it's time that our laws define it as such and enable proper enforcement and prosecution. I fervently urge our legislators to pass this bill, and the public to support it. Please show the country that New York is stepping to the forefront of protecting the voiceless victims of animal cruelty.”
Last month, DA Rice, as president of the District Attorneys Association, wrote to legislative leaders urging them to pass the Consolidated Animal Crimes Bill, which reforms laws that, in some cases, have not been substantially changed since the mid-19th century.
Last year, DA Rice started a Countywide ‘Council on Animal Protection & Safety’ in order to provide a forum for local government and non-profit agencies in Nassau County to coordinate on efforts to curtail and prosecute animal crimes.
In 2012, DA Rice was named one of the “Top Ten Animal Defenders” in the country by the Animal Legal Defense Fund for her creation of her office’s Animal Crimes Unit, the office’s first specialized unit dedicated entirely to the investigation and prosecution of animal crimes.
Members of the public can report animal crimes directly to DA Rice’s Animal Crimes Unit in four ways:
1. By walking in to the DA’s Criminal Complaint Unit at 272 Old Country Road, Mineola, N.Y.
2. By calling the DA’s 24 hour Animal Crimes Tipline at (516) 571-2245
3. Via Internet complaint form at www.nassauda.org
4. Via email to AnimalCrimesUnit@nassauda.org
The public should always call 911 in cases of active emergencies or imminent danger.
Attached: Photo of Ariella, a friendly and quiet 7-8-year-old Chihuahua mix up for adoption at the Animal Lovers League. For more information, call the Animal Lovers League at (516) 676-5913.
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Russia Supports Lifting Arms Embargo when Unity Govt Formed
By editor2 on 16th February 2016 in Security
Russia would support a lifting of the UN Security Council’s arms embargo against Libya once the a national unity government begins operating.
The Russian Ambassador to Libya, Ivan Molotkov (pictured), told RIA Novosti:
“Once the government begins working and when the overall national structures are formed, including its military, then we’ll be ready to support the issue in the UN Security Council of lifting the arms embargo, renew the deliveries of military equipment, and provide the country with other aid in countering the Islamic State and those structures affiliated with it.
"The most important thing is that the government announces its existence as soon as possible.”
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£57,633 Raised – WEST END BARES 2017 – Ruby Strippers
An Amazing Night Out for West End fans & fans of the Body-Beautiful!
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Lions… Tigers… Bares!
The best of the West End and beyond stripped off to see the Wizard in “Ruby Strippers”, the 8th edition of WEST END BARES, which took to the stage of the Novello Theatre on Sunday 29th October at 7pm and 9.30pm for two striptacular performances.
Join the much loved characters of Oz for an extraordinary night of high camp and spectacle which will see over 120 of the hottest performers take to the stage combining the naughtiness of burlesque with the magic of the West End. All the money raised goes to the Make A Difference Trust to fund HIV and AIDS projects that raise awareness, educate and provide care and support in the UK and Sub-Saharan Africa.
Graham Norton will return to host the event, which this year is titled “Ruby Strippers” and promises to present the much-loved characters of Oz in ways they’ve never been seen before.
Alongside the previously announced Olivier Award-winner Rebecca Trehearn who will open the show, this year’s co-hosts will be: Adam Garcia (The Exorcist), Summer Strallen (Young Frankenstein, The Sound of Music), Dianne Pilkington (Young Frankenstein, Wicked), Tom Allen (Live At The Apollo), Celinde Schoenmaker (The Phantom of the Opera, Les Misérables) and Oliver Savile (Wicked), with more to be announced.
With unmissable choreography from Racky Plews (American Idiot; Footloose; Heaven on Earth), Ashley Nottingham (Thoroughly Modern Millie; Dance Mums; Disaster!), Will Lucas (Cats; Wicked), Matt Gillett (Jersey Boys; Chitty Chitty Bang Bang), Aaron Renfree (X Factor; The Saturdays), Simone Mistry-Palmer (Motown; Dirty Dancing), Jaye Elster (Singin’ In The Rain; Half A Sixpence), Ashley Jordan-Packer (Cats; Thriller Live), Fletcher Dobinson (Cats; West Side Story), Chris Whittaker (Blondel; Judy!), Tom Jackson Greaves (New Adventures; The Globe; Kneehigh) and James Wilson (Strictly Come Dancing; The Voice).
Now in its 8th year, WEST END BARES combines the naughtiness of burlesque along with the razzle dazzle of the West End and will feature over 100 of the hottest male and female dancers from the West End and beyond with a whole host of celebrity guests.
Previous celebrity supporters have included Ramin Karimloo, Sheridan Smith, John Barrowman, Paul O’Grady, Joe Lycett, Harriet Thorpe, Bianca Del Rio, Michelle Visage, Helen Lederer and Beverley Knight.
WEST END BARES benefits the Make A Difference Trust, a UK based charity with a vision of a world free from HIV and AIDs, and is based on the original concept Broadway Bares by Broadway and West End director and choreographer Jerry Mitchell.
Support your favorite West End performer and sponsor them as they dare to bare to help the Make A Difference Trust continue their vital work supporting HIV/AIDS projects both here in the UK and abroad.
Find out more about the Make A Difference Trust here: www.madtrust.org.uk
Show: West End Bares 2017 - Ruby Strippers
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Evergreen Fresh Sprouts E. coli Outbreak Update
By Bill Marler on June 12, 2014
Posted in Legal Cases
The E. coli Outbreak: As of June 9, 2014, the CDC reports a total of 17 persons infected with the outbreak strain of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O121 (STEC O121) have been reported from five states. The number of ill persons identified in each state is as follows: Idaho (3), Michigan (1), Montana (2), Utah (1), and Washington (10). 47% of ill persons have been hospitalized. No ill persons have developed hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), and no deaths have been reported.
Public Health Warning: Raw clover sprouts have not been recalled from Evergreen Fresh Sprouts. Because contaminated sprouts may still be available on the market, CDC recommends that consumers do not eat any raw clover sprouts produced by Evergreen Fresh Sprouts. The Washington State Department of Health and the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare are also advising people not to eat raw clover sprouts produced by Evergreen Fresh Sprouts.
Product Traceback: Epidemiology and traceback investigations conducted by local, state, and federal officials indicated that contaminated raw clover sprouts produced by Evergreen Fresh Sprouts, LLC of Idaho are the likely source of this outbreak. In interviews, 12 (86%) of 14 ill persons reported eating raw clover sprouts in the week before becoming ill. As part of the ongoing investigation, FDA performed a traceback analysis and determined that Evergreen Sprouts, in the timeframe prior to the outbreak, supplied sprouts to seven restaurants at which 9 people who became ill during the outbreak reported eating before they became ill. Eight of the people who became ill recalled eating sprouts. This analysis used documents collected directly from the distributors and the grower, Evergreen Fresh Sprouts, as well as documents collected by the states from the points of service.
Environmental Investigation: The FDA also conducted an inspection of Evergreen Fresh Sprouts’ facility on May 22-23, 2014; May 27-30, 2014; and June 6, 2014. During the inspection, FDA investigators observed a number of unsanitary conditions, including condensate and irrigation water dripping from rusty valves; a rusty and corroded mung bean room watering system; tennis rackets that had scratches, chips, and frayed plastic” used to scoop mung bean sprouts; a pitchfork with corroded metal being used to transfer mung bean sprouts; and a squeegee with visible corroded metal and non-treated wood being used to agitate mung bean sprouts inside a soak vat.
Past Sprout Related Outbreaks: Barfblog does a great job of tracking sprout outbreak through 2012. Outbreak Database carries on through 2014.
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E-Cigarette Users Have Carcinogen Biomarkers Linked to Bladder Cancer in Their Urine
By Lisa Rapaport
(Reuters Health) - Biomarkers of carcinogens with a strong link to bladder cancer are present in urine of e-cigarette users, a systematic review suggests.
As reported in European Urology Oncology, researchers pooled data from 22 studies that analyzed the urine of people who used e-cigarettes or other tobacco products for evidence of cancer-linked compounds or biomarkers of those compounds. They found 40 different parent compounds that can be processed in the body to produce 63 different toxic chemicals or carcinogenic metabolites.
Six of those chemicals have a strong link to bladder cancer, according to the researchers' analysis of carcinogen databases of the International Agency for Research on Cancer and the Collaborative on Health and the Environment Toxicant and Disease Database.
They found evidence in some studies that e-cigarette users had significantly higher levels of several carcinogens that can be metabolized into substances linked to bladder cancer in their urine compared to people who had never used them.
"Although the malignant potential of e-cigarettes on bladder cancer remains unknown and is likely less than that of combustible cigarettes, the mere presence of these urinary carcinogens strongly associated with bladder cancer is highly concerning," said lead author Marc A. Bjurlin of the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
"The ongoing popularity of e-cigarettes and the continued evolution in e-cigarette-like devices requires a careful evaluation of the present evidence and honest discussions with patients about possible benefits and risks to consider, including the potential for bladder cancer," Bjurlin said by email.
While public health agencies including the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have warned that there are health risks of vaping, including for e-cigarette-associated lung injury, their safety profile has not been definitively characterized, Bjurlin and colleagues write in European Urology Oncology.
Some carcinogens inhaled with e-cigarette use are filtered in the lungs and the rest pass into the bloodstream, Bjurlin said. The kidneys then filter some of the carcinogens in the blood and the remainder are excreted into the urine.
Different vaping devices allows the user to heat e-liquids to higher temperatures, which may produce more carcinogens, while different e-liquids contain varying amounts of nicotine, flavorings, and other chemicals which also may influence the type of carcinogen produced, Bjurlin added.
There were several limitations to the study, including that researchers did not know the levels of all of the cancer-causing substances in the urine of users from the studies.
In addition, some studies included people who both vaped and used traditional cigarettes. There were also cases when users smoked cigarettes and switched to e-cigarettes.
More research is still needed to determine the potential cancer risks associated with vaping, said Irfan Rahman, a professor of environmental medicine, pulmonary medicine, and public health sciences at the University of Rochester Medical Center in New York.
"Vaping produces various aldehydes and organic polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) like diesel exhaust that can be metabolized in lungs, liver, and kidney and excreted in urine," Rahman, who wasn't involved in the study, said by email.
"Any e-liquid or e-cigarette pods can generate PAH upon thermal breakdown of chemicals by vaping, which can be detected in aerosol," Rahman said.
SOURCE: https://bit.ly/2UzwLqg European Urology Oncology, published online March 16, 2020.
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by Chris Queen
https://www.meforum.org/islamist-watch/52020/cair-to-bring-its-message-of-illiberal-islamism
This Saturday, March 11, the Philadelphia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) will hold its annual banquet at the Springfield Country Club in Springfield, Pennsylvania. This banquet is a major fundraiser for the organization, and acts to provide a patina of respectability to obscure the hateful Islamist agenda that it pursues.
CAIR's Philadelphia office basks in a glow of prestige. Its Executive Director, the left-wing Jewish filmmaker Jacob Bender, became the first non-Muslim to head a CAIR chapter in 2013, and Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter honored him and CAIR-PA for their supposed civil rights activism the following year. But the real advocacy on the part of CAIR has nothing to do with defending civil rights and everything to do with maligning Christians, Jews, and the LGBT community in the name of a radical Islamist agenda.
Linda Sarsour, appearing at a MAS-ICNA convention, screengrab via YouTube and The Daily Caller.
One look at the keynote speaker for the March 11 event – Islamist activist Linda Sarsour – should tell any thinking person enough about CAIR to see through the organization's claim to be moderate. Though she has been around the block of radical Islam for years, Sarsour's star is rising on the political left, thanks to her involvement with Black Lives Matter and the Bernie Sanders campaign.
Sarsour helped organize January's Women's March on Washington, a jarring choice given her praise of Saudi Arabia's ten-week paid maternity leave program as a positive sign for feminism. Never mind that Saudi women cannot swim, drive, interact with men outside their family, or show their faces in public – those realities are too inconvenient for Sarsour's Islamist narrative.
A few years ago, Sarsour urged violence against anti-Islamist activists Brigitte Gabriel and Ayaan Hirsi Ali, tweeting: "Brigitte Gabriel = Ayaan Hirsi Ali. She's asking 4 an a$$ whippin'. I wish I could take their vaginas away – they don't deserve to be women." She has also advocated attacks on Israeli Defense Forces and claimed that the would-be "underwear bomber" Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was an agent of the CIA engaged in a "war against Islam."
But why stop with Sarsour? Other speakers at CAIR-PA events and frequent CAIR special guests hold up the same narrative of Islamic radicalism. Radical cleric Siraj Wahhaj spoke at CAIR-PA's 2013 banquet. Wahhaj, the imam of Masjid At-Taqwa, appeared on a list of unindicted co-conspirators in the trial of the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center. He is an outspoken proponent of Sharia law, including the cutting off of thieves' hands and the incitement of hatred against non-Muslims.
Wahhaj has advocated for armed jihad: "And so, brothers and sisters, we call for jihad to struggle in the way we can struggle." He called for American Muslims to violate the United Nations arms embargo to Muslims in Bosnia. The cleric advocates open hatred against gays and lesbians, calling curses down upon them and reminding his audiences that Islam calls for the death penalty for the "disease" of homosexuality.
And Wahhaj and Sarsour are just the tip of the iceberg. Sheikh Abdul Nasir Jangda is a frequent panelist at CAIR events who has gone on record justifying marital rape and the use of female sex slaves. Jangda has promoted the death penalty for adulterers and for those who leave Islam.
CAIR Florida Director Hassan Shibly has shared the stage with Sarsour and has expressed his hatred for the LGBT community. He has also compared Palestinians to survivors of the Holocaust. CAIR Canada board member and speaker Jamal Badawi has advocated for the right of men to beat their wives.
Frequent CAIR speaker Omar Suleiman has made known his support for honor killings for "promiscuous" young women. Muzammil Siddiqi, director of the Islamic Society of Orange County, who has served as a CAIR spokesman for press conferences – including one condemning the San Bernadino shooter – calls for the death penalty for homosexuality.
Only in the current political climate would an institution like CAIR – whose members and public speakers call for open hatred, advocate the execution of large swaths of society, justify domestic violence, and spread outright lies about the treatment of women in the Middle East – receive such effusive praise from certain politicians. Political leaders who hold up CAIR for their commitment to civil rights clearly live in denial about the true nature of the organization. It's time to call out CAIR for its hateful, illiberal, Islamist agenda, and to keep challenging radical Islam from every corner, until CAIR and its ilk are no more. Please contact Metro Philly Management, the company which manages the Springfield Country Club, and urge them to cancel this and all future Islamist-hosted events.
Chris Queen is a writer for Islamist Watch, a project of the Middle East Forum
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Hamas takes control of Gaza goods crossing with Israel
Hamas accused PA employees of allowing Israel to transfer technological equipment used for espionage into Gaza
Truck carrying goods to Palestinians arrives at crossing in southern Gaza Strip (AFP/file photo)
Published date: 17 February 2019 20:08 UTC | Last update: 1 year 11 months ago
Gaza's de facto ruling party Hamas took control of the Palestinian side of the blockaded enclave's main goods crossing with Israel, the strip's interior ministry and an official news agency said on Sunday.
According to sources in Gaza, Hamas suspected that Palestinian Authority (PA) employees have allowed Israel to transfer technological equipment used for espionage into territory controlled by the group, Haaretz reported.
Since a botched Israeli operation in Gaza last November, Hamas has increased security checks at the Kerem Abu Salem crossing, Haaretz said. One of the alleged collaborators, according to Hamas, admitted to receiving GPS equipment used in the operation with the help of a PA official.
Hamas won legislative elections in 2006 whose results were heavily contested by the Fatah-led PA, leading to a near civil war in 2007 in which Hamas took control of the Gaza Strip from the West Bank-based PA.
Hamas agreed to hand control of the crossings to the PA in 2017, as part of a since-failed reconciliation attempt between the two parties.
The PA administration at the goods crossing said on Sunday that Hamas had "expelled employees and banned them from entering the crossing", AFP reported.
Known to Israelis as Kerem Shalom and to Palestinians as the Kerem Abu Salem, the crossing in the south of poverty-hit enclave has been a lifeline for Gazans, who have lived under a crippling Israeli blockade for more than a decade.
Hamas confirmed that PA employees had left the crossing.
Security forces "put in place procedures dictated by security imperatives", Gaza's interior ministry spokesman Iyad al-Bozum said in a statement.
"Palestinian Authority employees at the crossing have refused to cooperate on these procedures for a few days and today we were surprised by their departure," he added.
Haaretz reported that Hamas demanded PA officials undergo questioning and background checks, including fingerprinting.
Hamas said goods continued to pass through the crossing as normal.
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The Artist’s Wife Review! JM says, “Bruce Dern and Lena Olin (have) painted a phenomenal picture.”
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Bruce Dern’s decadelong distinctive and remarkable reinvention as a cantankerous curmudgeon continues with “The Artist’s Wife.” Paired with the lovely Lena Olin, they’ve painted a phenomenal picture with two riveting performances in this adult drama.
Critically acclaimed artist Richard Smythson’s (Bruce Dern) eccentric tendencies are starting to take their toll on his wife Claire (Lena Olin). Richard’s early onset dementia continues to decimates their daily lives, both personally and professionally, with erratic and explosive emotional outbursts. Now residing in the Hamptons, Claire’s daily domestic activities involve taking care of Richard and his work despite being once a promising painter herself. While preparing for Richard’s final art show, Claire must manage preserving Richard’s legacy and address what’s most important in life. “The Artist’s Wife” also stars Juliet Rylance, Avan Jogia, and Stefanie Powers.
Tom Dolby’s directorial effort pays off dividends with two tenacious performances by Academy Award nominees Bruce Dern and Lena Olin. Ever since “Nebraska,” Dern’s distinct honesty and personality penetrates the soul with such vigor, it’s hard to believe Hollywood had forgotten what a brilliant character actor and amazing talent that was underutilized for the last 30 years. The vicious volatility and how uncompromising Dern dictates Richard’s struggles certainly send shivers down your spine with someone stumbling through their final years. Not to be outdone, Lena Olin equally holds court and provides a spotlight on the tedious tasks she must endure, not only as a caretaker, but as a person wrestling with her own self-identity as she puts her needs on the backburner. Olin’s remarkable raw energy evokes exceptional emotions nonstop and begs you to ask why hasn’t Hollywood highlighted her authentic approach more frequently?
“The Artist’s Wife” certainly combines the best elements of “The Wife” with “Still Alice” highlighted by gut-punch performances by two terrific leads echoing “45 Years” and “Amour.” Despite the subject matter, it’s not nearly as depressing as you might imagine, but instead focuses on the mundane, minut moments with Claire’s chaotic everyday life as her once brilliant artistic husband’s declining health becomes more abundantly obvious. Whether it’s dealing with incidents involving Richard’s teaching habits or reconnecting with an estranged stepdaughter, Olin pulls you in with every moment without being over-the-top. It’s a subtle, selfless and sophisticated performance, which more mainstream viewers should appreciate.
Movies about artists like “Pollock” or “Frida” focused on terrific talents and it’s refreshing to appreciate from a different perspective with “The Artist’s Wife.” The two towering performances by Olin and Dern definitely deserve your attention. The movie might not linger long after beyond Olin and Dern’s roles, but it’s worth watching for a fantastic middle-age character study and avoids the stereotypical pitfalls about artistic types.
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The hype around Battle for Azeroth has once again brought the seemingly endless conflict between World of Warcraft’s Alliance and Horde into the spotlight. Despite being a long-time WoW player, though, I find myself giving serious thought to passing on this expansion altogether for the simple reason that I have long felt the factional conflict is, in a word, stupid.
And that’s not just true of WoW. Factions in MMOs — or at least in PvE focused MMOs — have always been one of my pet peeves. They harm games far more than they’ve ever helped them.
Factions Add Little
First of all, it needs to be said that factions really don’t add much to the experience of playing MMOs. They’re unnecessary, at best.
The chief argument that seems to be put forth in favor of dividing players into factions is that it instills a sense of pride and faction identity, but I’ve never heard anyone clearly articulate why that’s actually a good thing. Mostly it just seems to feed toxicity between players (more on that in a minute).
The next biggest argument for factions is that they provide a basis for PvP, but in reality they’re completely unnecessary for PvP. It’s entirely possible to still have player competition without them. Guild Wars 2 offers multiple PvP modes, including massive world versus world, without any discrete factions at all. And that’s just one example that I could give.
If anything, factions harm PvP more than they help it. It’s very difficult for developers to balance the population numbers between factions, especially given people’s predilection to gravitate to whichever faction has more “pretty” races. Just look at Aion’s eternal struggles to balance the Elyos and Asmodae factions.
The only benefit from factions that I personally have ever seen is that they offer variety when it comes to storylines and leveling content. Leveling up as an Imperial character in Star Wars: The Old Republic tends to be a very different experience from doing those same levels as a republic character.
But even then, factions aren’t really necessary for that. Guild Wars 2 offers a healthy selection of distinct starter zones and personal stories based on its various races without any need to divide players between arbitrary factions.
They Go Nowhere
Another thing that grinds my gears about factions is that the conflict between them can never truly go anywhere. It’s a story with no drama. To keep the game balanced, neither side can ever win a major victory or suffer a major loss. Doing so means favoring one group of paying customers while disadvantaging another, and that’s such bad business it borders on economic suicide. No developer is ever going to do that, nor should they.
When Blizzard revealed that Battle for Azeroth would be an expansion focused on the Alliance-Horde war, they immediately revealed that it would be a filler expansion and killed my hype right out of the gate. We already know this story can’t go anywhere. Neither side is ever going to win or lose this war.
We see this already with the pre-patch. The Alliance losing Teldrassil or the Horde losing Undercity each individually could have been a powerful moment for this story, but this perfectly balanced eye for an eye scenario pulls the curtain back from how stale and artificial this conflict truly is.
This isn’t a unique problem to WoW, either. The fundamental nature of MMO design prevents faction conflicts from ever having a proper resolution. Even in games where players are able to fight other factions for territory directly, true victory or defeat is impossible. It doesn’t matter how often the Daggerfall Covenant loses in Cyrodiil; they’ll always keep coming back.
And They Drive Us Apart
For all the reasons listed above, I consider factions in most MMOs to be superfluous. But that’s not why I’m really against them. The worst thing about factions is that they divide the community.
Firstly, they divide us in a simple, literal sense. If I’m playing Alliance and my friend plays Horde, one of us has to transfer, or we can’t play together. If your game has two factions, you’ve effectively cut your playerbase in half. In a genre where more people to meet and group with is almost always better, that’s a powerfully asinine move.
You can mitigate this by allowing people to group across factions — as Elder Scrolls Online wisely has — but at that point one has to wonder why bother having factions in the first place.
Worse, it breeds toxicity in a genre that already has far too much of it. Developers seem to think factional rivalries lead to fun, neighborly competition, but the reality ends up looking more like a blood feud between competing mob families.
If I had a nickel for every time I heard someone make the earnest claim that Horde players are bullies or that Alliance players are crybabies (both stereotypes that have more truth to them than I care to admit), I could pay for my subscription for years to come.
It’s not just the occasional snide comment on forums, either. The bile between player factions can sometimes escalate to serious, ongoing harassment. Developers have been known to receive death threats when one faction or another is viewed to be unfairly favored.
MMOs should be about bringing people together, but all factions do is drive people apart.
There are some games for which factions make sense. PvP focused games like the upcoming Camelot Unchained simply wouldn’t work without player factions, and I have no problem with that.
But it’s time to acknowledge factions as what they are: A niche feature that doesn’t fit in most games. For a PvE themepark, factions offer little, and take away much.
This entry was posted in General MMOs, MMO Game Design, MMO Opinions, MMO Rant, MMO Social Theory and tagged Aion, Camelot Unchained, Elder Scrolls Online, Guild Wars 2, Star Wars: The Old Republic, World of Warcraft on September 25, 2018 by Tyler Bro.
Comparing MMORPG Group Content
MMOs are, at their heart, about playing with other people. Even as a mainly solo player, I acknowledge this. To this end, developers have come up with many forms of content designed specifically to be tackled by groups, but they’re not all created equal. Each form of group content has its pros and cons.
Dungeons are the archetypical RPG experience: a party of adventures venturing into forgotten ruins in search of wealth and glory. In MMORPGs, dungeons are usually for groups of about four to six players, which makes them a happy balance between being social but not too crowded.
Dungeons tend to represent a stepping stone between the easy outdoor content and the more challenging raids. This is both one of their chief virtues, and their downfall.
The problem with dungeons is that they are, almost invariably, viewed only as that stepping stone. They are rarely granted the privilege of being an endgame unto themselves, instead being treated as little more than a funnel into raids. This makes it hard to achieve satisfying progression as a dungeon fan. You end up living as a second class citizen to the “real” players, who raid.
For better or for worse, raids have long been held up as the pinnacle of MMO group content. They feature the largest group sizes, the highest difficulty, and the best rewards.
For those who enjoy them, raids are as good as it gets. The MMO community is full of stories of fond memories, lifelong friendships, and even marriages that grew out of raid groups.
The downside is that while the raiding community is incredibly vocal and passionate, it’s also incredibly small. Due to the high time and skill requirements of raiding, most players simply can’t be bothered. Hard numbers for such things are always difficult to come by, but from the evidence I’ve seen it seems that raiders usually make up about 1-5% of a MMORPG’s playerbase, at best.
The problem arises from the fact that raids are also very resource intensive, and by their nature as the intended pinnacle of endgame, they tend to offer the most desirable rewards and the highest production values. Thus, huge amounts of development resources are being devoted to a tiny minority of players.
It’s not impossible for raiders and non-raiders to coexist, but it’s a difficult tightrope for a developer to walk. You need to reward the raiders for their hard work without kneecapping everyone else. Raids are inherently disruptive to the balance of a game.
Small Group Content
By “small group content,” I mean content that is designed for groups, but groups of a size less than the traditional dungeon group — two to three people.
The fact there’s no commonly accepted term for content scaled to this size — the way there is for dungeons and raids — should tell you how common it is. World of Warcraft experimented with scenarios in its Mists of Pandaria expansion, which were catered to three player groups, and the upcoming Battle for Azeroth will add a similar feature in the form of Island Expeditions. Secret World Legends also has a feature called scenarios that can done by duos, but beyond those I struggle to think of many examples of dedicated small group content in MMOs (feel free to mention others in the comments).
People who prefer to play in twos or threes are therefore usually relegated to playing quest content that was designed for soloists, forcing them to endure phasing issues or difficulty that wasn’t tuned for more than one person.
And I really don’t understand why. Again, not being a developer or researcher, I don’t have hard numbers, but anecdotally as a longtime MMO player, I’ve found that groups of two or three (often couples or close friend groups) are by far and away the most common form of social group in MMOs. The fact that most group content is built solely for larger groups baffles me.
PvP doesn’t immediately come to mind for me when discussing group content, but duels and the occasional gank notwithstanding, player versus player gameplay is almost always group-based.
The trouble with PvP from a social perspective is that it necessitates losers as well as winners. For this reason, it has a higher potential for toxicity (not that PvE doesn’t have its fair share, as well).
As a result, I think it’s better to enter PvP with a group of people you already know and trust, rather than trying to form connections mid-match. The exception may be for slower paced, larger scale PvP such as Guild Wars 2’s WvW or Cyrodiil in Elder Scrolls Online. The persistent nature of those contests gives time for meaningful social connections to flourish.
A world boss spawns, and the call goes out in general chat. In a matter of minutes, dozens or even hundreds of players descend upon the unsuspecting mob, full of fire, fury, and the lust for loot.
First introduced by the dearly departed Warhammer Online and made a major selling feature of both Rift and Guild Wars 2, public events are MMOs at their wildest and most chaotic. Whether this is a positive or a negative depends on personal perspective, but for my money, I feel public events are the purest expression of what MMORPGs should be, organic and epic in equal measure.
That said, there are other perspectives. Many argue — with more than a little justification — that public events are naught by mindless zergs. Even as a huge fan of the concept, I struggle to defend them from this criticism.
Others say that the lack of organization makes it difficult if not impossible to form meaningful social connections. If it’s just a mindless swarm of people spamming abilities, where’s the opportunity for friendships to form?
It’s a worthy concern, but I must say that the one and only meaningful friendship I ever made via MMOs was with someone I met at a world boss fight in The Secret World…
This entry was posted in General MMOs, MMO Game Design, MMO Opinions, MMO Social Theory, Socializing Online and tagged Elder Scrolls Online, Guild Wars 2, Rift, Secret World Legends, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft on August 21, 2018 by Tyler Bro.
F2P is Individualism; P2P is Collectivism
In a genre dominated as much by raiding as it is by grinding for that next level, these two revenue models invite two different styles of play. Plenty of discussion has transpired on which is best, with fair reasons on both sides. Genre fans have debated each model’s merits ad nauseam. What hasn’t been discussed is which revenue model fits which social theory best.
Until now. I’ll be arguing why free to play mirrors individualism and pay to play mirrors collectivism.
What a crazy topic you’re thinking. Social theory on my MMO Bro? This isn’t some Nick Yee gaming science website. Nope, but it’s fun to contemplate motivations and personalities on a deeper level than the game mechanics themselves. So let’s break down each argument separately.
F2P is Individualism
F2P players are more focused on themselves. They want the most optimal deal on the market. Good free to play MMO games offer fun growth opportunities for completely free players, small spenders, and whales without diminishing the fun of the other groups. However, their low barrier to entry invites very transitory individuals. Without a financial investment, friends will drop as frequently as a theme park roller coaster. Every social list is doomed to an inevitable field of grayed out, offline users. This is because once a free MMO loses it’s appeal to an individual, another substitute awaits.
Pay to win also appeals to the individual. A select few may extend beyond that but only just so. An example here would be ArcheAge, where it’s hard even with a deep wallet to drive the narrative by yourself. These create oligarchic scenarios with a few people at the top running the show. Whether paying to win creates a dictatorship or oligarchy of winning, the focus is still on the few. Luckily video games like these aren’t the real world (at least universally) so annoyed players are free to hop off the real world money death train and move on.
Whether it’s a fair free to play model or a pay to win model, the individualist social theory persists. F2P players find fun in games in and of themselves. This doesn’t mean they’re anti-social, hate cooperating, or won’t help others. This simply means the focus is first and foremost on themselves. They don’t derive as much satisfaction from accomplishing tasks as a group, but instead seek personal benefits for such activities. Further exemplifying this mindset is the heavier focusing on grinding in a free to play game. Grinding is a low level mental task based on repetition with a reward of powering up individuals.
F2P players are more focused on their own growth, choose themselves first over communities, and make independent decisions.
P2P is Collectivism
Ever heard of the sunk cost fallacy? The more you invest in something, the less likely you are to abandon it. Are you more likely to abandon a game you’ve spent $200 in game purchases and subscriptions fees or one you’ve invested no money? This forms a core foundation for pay to play MMOs as a collectivist draw.
Pay to play games want to reward players at the highest level for participating in group activities. Whether it’s raiding in World of Warcraft, conquering Nullsec in Eve Online, or performing trials in Elder Scrolls Online these require near equal participation from a dozen to several dozen individuals. The cooperation and skill requirements in these games exceed the mindless encounters of say, a world boss in Black Desert Online. This forces a reliance on other players to accomplish high end goals. Thus pride in one’s guild or corporation develops as a result of such accomplishments.
When someone ponies up for a monthly subscription, they’re typically eschewing other potential time competitors. This gives the community more chances to interact with one another, and thus enhance a game’s gravitational pull. The bonds and friendships that such games create can be difficult to break. Further, players aren’t looking to break these bonds. The friendships and communities that arise from P2P games are the point. MMORPGs aren’t known for award winning mechanics, but their ability to bind people together is unparalleled.
P2P players are more focused on community growth, choose community first over themselves, and make decisions with consideration of and from others.
Like every rule, exceptions exist. Guilds formed of F2P players jump from game to game like individuals, but their guild focus aligns closely with collectivism. Many individual players get into a game like World of Warcraft for the story, the exploration, or the single player questing. They don’t care one lick about group progression and will pick up group if and only if it’s needed to advance. Life is rarely so simple to completely equate one thing with another. That said, the link looks pretty strong here.
Where do you fall on the free to play vs. pay to play preference? Do you see yourself more as individualist or a collectivist?
This entry was posted in MMO Opinions, MMO Social Theory, Socializing Online and tagged ArcheAge, Black Desert Online, Elder Scrolls Online, Eve Online, World of Warcraft on July 9, 2018 by The Bro.
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Confirming its presence at the upcoming Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next month, Chinese smartphone maker Vivo has sent out press invites. In the media invite, the company has revealed that it will be showcasing its third-generation Apex concept smartphone.
This will be third time that Vivo will be showcasing its Apex smartphone at the Mobile World Congress. For those who are unaware, Apex smartphone series from Vivo features experimental technology and represents a step forward in terms of innovation from the Chinese brand.
The first Vivo Apex smartphone was showcased in early 2018 featuring nearly bezel-less display as well as the first device to have an in-display fingerprint sensor. Last year, in 2019, the company showcased its Apex 2019, with an advanced in-display sensor for fingerprint recognition. It’s also a device without any buttons or holes.
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Season 2 of “Umbrella Academy” Outstrips the First
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Light-hearted, wacky, charming, and mysterious, Netflix’s “Umbrella Academy” returned for a second season on July 31. Critics say that it improved upon the first season, and its Tomatometer score on Rotten Tomatoes has surpassed that of its predecessor. While it has not yet received an official renewal from Netflix, the second season demands a third. The season finale presents a dangerous cliff-hanger that has essentially divorced the show from its origin, a Dark Horse Comics graphic novel created by Gerard Way, best known for My Chemical Romance, and illustrated by Eisner award winner Gabriel Bá.
So what is “Umbrella Academy?” The name alone is odd — appropriately so. It is about an eccentric billionaire (Reginald Hargreeves, played by Colm Feore) and his seven adopted children, each of whom resulted from a miraculous birth and has a unique superpower. Both seasons chronicle their wacky attempts to prevent an apocalypse (it’s more bizarre than you could imagine). I personally find this show hard to describe. The storytelling and pacing are unconventional. It’s hilarious. It highlights family dysfunction. It’s a bit dark, but also incredibly light-hearted and upbeat. The music is fantastic and the cinematography is gorgeous. And the casting? Blows chef’s kiss.
To my slight disappointment, I noticed that this season of “Umbrella Academy” was more like a normal show. In my mind, everything cringey in the first season could be chalked up to the fact that it is based on a comic book — and I love comic books. I kind of wanted the second to be as disruptive as the first.
Regardless, season two was better than I expected. Within the overarching storyline, we learn more about the Hargreeves father, we see the family meddle meaningfully in a presidential event and the civil rights movement, and witness drastic political developments in “The Commission.”
There were also several subplots that provided insight into the characters and their relationships with each other, such as the crazy yet relatable light supper they all shared with their father in episode six. While I found Vanya’s (played by Ellen Page) story arc to be a bit linear, watching her relationship with her powers transform was delightful. Allison’s (played by Emmy Raver-Lampman) story was the most exciting for me to watch, from the very first moment she lands in Dallas to the end of the season. Her character is explored more deeply between facing new — to her –manifestations of racism, rebuilding her life in Dallas as a mute, and her dynamic with Klaus (Robert Sheehan), which was surprisingly adorable. Diego (David Castaneda) managed to shock me while still acting exactly as he ought to. Starting out in a mental hospital, he attempts to lead a heroic campaign of his own concoction, displaying his hilarious mentality in the process. Meanwhile, he forms a new relationship quite unlike the one in the first season, which made him look like a pest. Watching that blossom, and of course, his gorgeous new hairstyle, was a pleasure. He and Allison quickly became my favorite characters this season.
Will there be a third season? Probably. Netflix has not yet announced another renewal, but everyone seems to think it will. In the third season, I am especially looking forward to a wider exploration of the “Umbrella Academy” world — someone must be furious about the changes to “The Commission,” right? And an authoritative explanation for the occurrence of the 43 miraculous births has been on my “dying for” list since the very first episode.
Is it worth your while to watch it? It is if you love quirky stories that make you laugh and stretch the limits of genre and convention.
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There is a well-known mantra in the world of exercise: ‘Get fit to play sport, don’t play sport to get fit’. Many participants in sport sustain injuries because they start a new sport without an underlying level of fitness, or increase the intensity or duration of their training too quickly. Injury prevention in sport is very much about ensuring that your body is conditioned to a level which allows you to take part without sustaining injury, whether it be athletics, football, golf, tennis, boxing, etc. So, if you haven’t exercised for a while and you’re thinking of playing 5-aside, it makes sense to begin a physical training programme before you even kick a ball to ensure your muscles and joints can cope with the demands of the sport.
The type of conditioning exercise that can be of benefit before embarking upon a new sport, or returning to sport varies depending upon the demands of that sport. Returning to a sport which involves a lot of running requires good hip, knee and ankle control so leg strengthening and stability programmes are important. Returning to sports that involve using the arms, such as boxing and racquet sports, require a mixture of leg, core and arm strengthening work to ensure that you can move lightly and fluently on your feet as well as being able to generate enough force through your trunk and upper body.
Despite good conditioning, injury can still occur especially if you train too frequently or too intensely for what your body can tolerate. The repetitive nature of some movements in sport can take their toll over prolonged periods. Injury can occur gradually over time by loading the same tissue repetitively, or through a sudden change in activity such as hitting a golf ball repetitively at a driving range for an hour when you’ve not played for a while. Whatever the sport, or your level of fitness, the most important thing is to gradually increase load, speed, time or distance to minimise the risk of injury. If an injury does occur, then it is important to stop doing the activity immediately.
Common over-use sporting injuries include; ankle sprains, groin pulls, hamstring strains, anterior knee pain, shin splints and tennis elbow. Most mild sprains and strains can be managed through a short period of rest and using the principles of RICE (rest, ice, compression and elevation). If symptoms persist then it is advisable to book an appointment with a suitably qualified medical professional such as a Physiotherapist or GP for a formal diagnosis, advice and treatment. More serious injuries such as fractures or full ruptures of muscles, tendons or ligaments need to be reviewed immediately at A&E.
Overuse injuries affecting the front of the knee include patella tendonitis and patellofemoral pain syndrome. The first is caused by repetitive loading of the patella (quadriceps) tendon and the second by the repetitive movement of the kneecap (patella) against the thigh bone (femur), especially when knee alignment is poor. High impact activities such as running, skipping and aerobics are most likely to result in these overuse injuries. For some a period of rest is sufficient to settle the condition, but for others, addressing the biomechanical issues through a structured rehabilitation programme is necessary to enable recovery and prevent recurrence.
Shin splints is an overuse injury often caused by repetitive activities such as running. This is when lower leg pain occurs below the knee either on the front outside part of the leg (anterior shin splints) or the inside of the leg (medial shin splints). Anyone new to running who doesn’t gradually build their mileage is particularly susceptible to this type of injury as well as seasoned runners who abruptly change their workout regimen, adding too much mileage or switching from running on flat surfaces to hills. When shin splints strike, it’s recommended to stop running completely or decrease training intensity depending on the extent or duration of pain and to seek medical advice if symptoms persist.
Tennis elbow is also a common overuse injury in sports, affecting those who do repetitive movements of the wrist or grip for long periods, such as playing racquet sports or weightlifting. This condition affects the tendons on the outside of the elbow and will usually heal with physiotherapy treatment and activity modification. It affects up to 3% of the population, but less than 5% of cases are linked to tennis. Repetitive use of the tendon leads to small tears and inflammation within the tendon, which if left untreated can become chronic and the tendon starts to break-down. Rest from the provoking activity and a course of Physiotherapy helps to alleviate pain and strengthen the tendons ready for a gradual return to sport.
In addition to good conditioning and gradually increasing exercise levels, warming-up prior to exercise is essential as this increases blood flow to the muscles, and increases overall soft tissue flexibility and elasticity. Cooling down after exercise is equally as important as it helps slow the circulation gradually so preventing pooling of blood and helps the body remove the chemical by-products of exercise such as lactic acid. By making the time to warm-up and cool-down properly you also reduce the risk of injury.
In summary, it always pays to be sensible when embarking upon a new exercise programme or returning to sport. Preparing the body for exercise through good conditioning and gradually increasing the demands on the body will significantly reduce the risk of injury and so enable you to continue with the sport that you enjoy. Don’t be tempted to do too much too soon, or you run the risk of not being able to do that sport at all!
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How was "Dreams" not the most popular TikTok of the year?
It’s always hard to gauge which viral videos will maintain a lifespan of more than, say, a few months, but I’d wager that Nathan Apodaca longboarding to “Dreams” will have some staying power. Skating to work, with Ocean Spray Cran-Raspberry juice in hand, he was instantly one of the most-shared and zen videos to emerge from this year. But somewhat surprisingly, Apodaca didn’t make the most popular TikTok of 2020.
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To venture a guess at why Apodaca’s video felt more omnipresent than its numbers: it truly extended to so many more venues than just TikTok. There were the commercials on network TV, his unprecedented influence on the Billboard charts — and on Fleetwood Mac’s own online presence — along with fundamentally changing his life for the better. When “Dreams” reached no. 12 on the Hot 100 in October, more than 40 years after it first topped the charts, it signaled truly uncharted territory for TikTok’s influence on the way old hits can experience a second wind.
Apodaca’s seen vast material gains in just a few months. After Ocean Spray gifted him with an ad on wheels, the TikTok star purchased a new 5-bedroom house in Idaho Falls. He may not be no. 1 on TikTok, but Apodaca has lived out something close to the best case scenario following a viral moment.
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The magic of the Football League
The Premier League is set to kick-off in the 17th of August this year and the race for 1st place is as competitive as ever with a possible 6 teams in with a real chance of winning what is now the 22nd season of the top league in English football, if not the world. While many of the teams go on their tours of Asia, America & Europe the transfer window remains open as Real Madrid aim to acquire the skills of Gareth Bale for €100 million and French giants PSG threaten a €250 million (1/4 of a BILLION euro bid) for Lionel Messi.
But what of the rest of the footballing world? What of the other 72 english teams craving to be seen as one of these big spending clubs in the top of the football pyramid? Are they just sitting back and sunbathing in the 2-3 month window that the FA has given them to prepare? No. As millions analyse the possibility of 6 teams winning the premier league there is a realistic chance of 16 or 17 teams being promoted from the championship, there has already been a 9 goal (5-4) triller between Coventry and Bristol City respectively in league one blowing it wide open already with such a difference of performance. Because in the Football league that is what it comes down to, the performance put in on the day and that alone will win you matches because anyone can beat anyone meaning anyone can be promoted. To look at Swansea as an example would be wise as they are comfortably in the premier league after finishing 9th and having a place in Europe after winning the league cup. It may be forgotten that Swansea City FC were in League 2 eight years ago and have since moved to a new Stadium and changed from looking at £10,000 players to £10 million pound players to try and score goals against the likes of Liverpool and Arsenal.
The football league is the heart of English football and without there would be no Premier League or excitement surrounding it. The championship is possibly the most exciting league in the world as it is not only the fifth biggest (according to attendance records) but also the most wide open with a team going from the 30,000 capacity AMEX stadium in Brighton to the 5,000 capacity stadium in Yeovil respectively. These differences make the football league so special and unique giving die-hard fans who travel the length of the country to support their team something that can’t be replicated no matter where you go. As a proud supporter of a football league club I can safely say that when (yes, when!) my club are in the Premier League I will miss the atmosphere and feeling of what I have now. The cold Tuesday nights in league one 200 miles away from home, the bliss summer days in the championship as the match day atmosphere builds or just the satisfying celebration when we score a goal in the FA cup and accomplish what everyone wants, a giant killing.
I can’t wait to experience watching my club on Match of the Day and going to bed earlier and having the atmosphere of Old Trafford surrounding me on a match day as its want I have been wanting since I started watching my team at the age of 6. But there will always be a part of me that will miss the goals of league one and the cheap burger van chips while watching a rubbish game in a tiny ground even though I spent the whole time wishing for top flight action. That for me is the magic of the Football League and is a a group of leagues that don’t deserve to go unnoticed by any football fan in the world because on some days there is no difference of quality to the Premier League.
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A server pulls a pint of beer at Station Sports bar in Montreal, Saturday, July 25, 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues in Canada and around the world. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
Return of baseball, basketball brings customers back to sports bars
Sergakis said bars will need government help to get through the coming months to avoid major closures in Montreal
Jul. 26, 2020 3:30 p.m.
Toronto sports fans aren’t the only ones cheering the return of the Blue Jays and Raptors, who both played their first games this week since the COVID-19 pandemic put the MLB and NBA seasons on hold.
Sports bar owners say the Jays’ season opener against the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday and the Raptors’ scrimmage versus the Houston Rockets the same evening brought customers back to patios that sat empty after being forced to close during the pandemic. They’re optimistic the NHL’s return next weekend in Toronto and Edmonton will help even more.
“It actually was busier than we expected,” said Dave Auger, the general manager of the 817 Sports Bar and Grill on Queen Street West, who showed the Jays game and boxing on Friday.
“We opened at noon and by 2 p.m. we were non-stop and then at 6:30 p.m. all the tables were full until about 11 p.m., when we started getting a few tables opening up.”
It was a welcome sight for the 817, which didn’t offer delivery or takeout during its four-month closure.
Bills were piling up, but no revenue was coming in, said Auger.
“We shut down whatever we could shut down, turned down the heat to 60 degrees and made sure the air conditioning was off, but in the end, you still have hard, fixed costs like rent and insurance, which was killer,” he said.
A survey from Restaurants Canada revealed in early July that the majority of food-service businesses across the country are still losing money and could take at least a year to return to profitability.
To make back some of what he lost, Auger reopened the bar’s patio on Thursday with screens to show games, pizza, slider and pilsner specials to drive in customers and a slew of new physical distancing measures to keep them safe.
San Yoges was also pleased to see customers returning to the Office Pub on John Street to watch the Jays, but said COVID-19 measures mean the crowds aren’t what they once were.
Yoges’ three patios at the location can only hold 50 per cent of the people they would have before the pandemic.
“We are only putting like 40 people maximum on our patios, which is not the same as 400 capacity,” said Yoges.
“We are really waiting for stage three to open up, so we can put an additional 50 people inside.”
The lower capacity barely puts a dent in the money Yoges must come with soon.
He incurred plenty of bills when he wound down his second location on King Street East, which became too hard to continue with during the pandemic, and owes roughly $30,000 to his John Street landlord next month.
Meanwhile, Peter Sergakis, the owner of several Montreal sports bars, said he was looking forward to the NHL resuming.
“Montreal is hockey,” Sergakis said on Saturday. “We want hockey to start again, we’re excited, but you have to understand we only have 50 per cent capacity and without hockey, business is terrible.”
Sergakis is getting about a quarter of the business his establishments attracted pre-pandemic and is worried because hockey games will be played sparingly for a short time.
“It’s not enough for our survival,” Sergakis said. “But it’s better than nothing.”
Sergakis said bars will need government help to get through the coming months to avoid major closures in Montreal.
Adding more customers will bring a bit of zip to the atmosphere, which he described as akin to a funeral parlour.
But it’s a big job keeping tabs on customers, ensuring public health orders are being followed and that tables and bathrooms are frequently cleaned.
Screaming fans are not great from a COVID-19 perspective, but Sergakis said the priority is the health of employees and customers.
“It’s tremendous amount of responsibility,” Sergakis said. “But we’re excited for when hockey comes back for however long it is.”
Next weekend is shaping up to be a big one for Canadian sports fans — and potentially sports bars.
Six Canadian NHL teams open qualifying series in Toronto and Edmonton, the Blue Jays face the Phillies in a weekend series in either Philadelphia or Buffalo, N.Y., the Raptors open seeding round play in the Orlando area, and Toronto FC, the Montreal Impact and the Vancouver Whitecaps hope to continue play at the MLS is Back Tournament in Florida.
— With files from Sidhartha Banerjee in Montreal
Tara Deschamps, The Canadian Press
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Does Ford's hiring at Saint Louis mean FGCU's Dooley will stay put? Not so fast, my friends
Dana Caldwell
Naples Daily News
FORT MYERS -- Does Saint Louis' hiring of fired Oklahoma State coach Travis Ford mean Florida Gulf Coast University third-year coach Joe Dooley will stay put?
The odds certainly improved with that. Dooley was a strong contender with the Billikens and we're a bit surprised by the Ford hire. Sure, he had lots of Big 12 experience, but much of it was bad experience.
There are still a slew of openings out there. In fact, there are 19.
Of those, Dooley would almost certainly be interested in Georgia Tech, UAB and Vanderbilt.
His salary is just $240,000, so he also likely would be interested in the openings at James Madison, San Francisco and Stephen F. Austin (previous coaches made $400,000-plus).
Vanderbilt, which lost 17-year coach Kevin Stallings to Pitt last weekend, might be the one to watch, although Dooley probably would be considered a long shot and his name has not yet surfaced in relation to it.
The Associated Press reported this week that Vanderbilt will not, like Pitt and Saint Louis, use a coaching search firm. Instead, Commodores athletic director David Williams will work closely with Eddie Fogler, the former Vanderbilt and South Carolina coach who runs Fogler Consulting.
Dooley says he doesn't have an agent. But Fogler floats his name for him. They go back to Dooley's days as a South Carolina assistant from 1988-91, just before Fogler took over the Gamecocks.
Fogler has helped more than 20 college coaches land jobs.
Early speculation on Stallings' replacement centered on VCU's Will Wade, who this week signed an extension, and Wichita
State's Gregg Marshall. Other names being bandied about are King Rice of Monmouth, Tommy Amaker of Harvard, James Jones of Yale, Buzz Williams of Virginia Tech, Archie Miller of Dayton, Kevin Keatts of UNC-Wilmington, Duke assistant Jeff Capel and former Vanderbilt All-SEC performer Drew Maddux, the coach at Christ Presbyterian Academy of Nashville (where Vandy is
located).
Although FGCU seventh-year athletic director Ken Kavanagh hired now-USC coach Andy Enfield on April 1 (2011) and Dooley on April 22 (2013), we're still somewhat early in the musical chairs game that is the coach hiring season. Kavanagh fired Dave Balza early, opening the spot quickly for Enfield, then a Florida State assistant. And USC jumped all over Enfield the minute the Eagles were eliminated after that 2013 Sweet 16 run.
Lots of dominoes have yet to fall and that could open a just-right situation for Dooley if that doesn't currently exist elsewhere. Like if Valparaiso coach Bryce Drew heads to Georgia Tech, opening up the Crusaders job.
If not, it's a win-win for Dooley, who led FGCU to a First Four-record 31-point win against Fairleigh Dickinson and to a tooth-
and-nail first half in the 83-67 first-round NCAA tournament loss to top-seeded North Carolina, the Final Four favorite, this past season.
Dooley's team is loaded for next season when he will actually have 13 healthy and quite able scholarship bodies on his roster for the first time. He loses just one starter from the 21-win Atlantic Sun A-Sun tournament championship team. The A-Sun will be extra down.
The Eagles will fly to regular-season and tournament titles and have a legitimate shot at a 14 or 15 seed and some serious Big Dance moves.
Then ... he gone.
Dooley's return, or another likely slam-dunk hire by Kavanagh, for next season also equates to a win-win for FGCU and its fans.
Dana Caldwell is the NDN beat writer for Florida Gulf Coast University athletics and can be followed on Twitter at
@NDN_DCaldwell
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Wikipedia Bans The Church Of Scientology
By Nathan 2 years ago
In 2009, Wikipedia barred the Church of Scientology so that the religious body could not edit any articles on the content-rich site anymore.
Apparently, the punishment was meted out because the religious institution was guilty of repeatedly editing articles on the site in a way that was dishonest and undeservedly favorable to the church.
Before this incident, Wikipedia never cracked down on self-serving editing on its site so hard. And banning a group as big as the church was the main reason why the news grabbed so much attention.
The Charge and the Conflict
As per evidence the Wiki admins came out in this long-running case, several editors were openly editing Scientology material on the site, using the church’s equipment and coordinating their activities.
As per WikiScanner, the web-based database app that tracks IP addresses and their sources, several news stories discussed Scientology articles on Wikipedia being edited from Scientology IPs. This was concerning because it could jeopardize the site’s reputation for neutrality.
According to one of the site’s admins, policing edits originating from Scientology equipment was particularly tough as several editors from multiple IPs are at work and each editor’s address was constantly changing. This mitigated admins from ascertaining whether one editor was using several Wikipedia accounts to trick the system.
Editors accessing Wikipedia through the IP address of an organization and editing Wikipedia articles that are related to that firm have a plausible conflict of interest. Irrespective of the editors’ relationship to a firm, the entity itself bears an obligation for using its equipment and servers appropriately. If it fails to do that, Wikipedia could address obstinate violations of basic site policies via bans or blocks.
In a historic 10-1 ruling, Wikipedia’s arbitration council voted in support of banning users that come from Church of Scientology-owned IP addresses.
According to CM Burns from Bighappyprofits.com, a site that tracks the best online business models, users editing Wikipedia articles isn’t new. In fact, it is the norm.
But never has Wikipedia resorted to blocking a site or user group from adding or editing content on their platform.
CM Burns Bighappyprofits.com
So, this is truly a first!
Founded in 1953 by a science-fiction writer, L. Ron Hubbard, the Church of Scientology has been always criticized for brainwashing its members and usurping their funds. The case hubs on the 400+ articles about the highly secretive church and its patrons.
Wikipedia bans the Church of Scientology because the concerned pages were accused of fierce editing battles that pitted Scientology critics and editors of the church. The church’s editors fought their naysayers by citing materials published by themselves or their sympathizers.
The committee even banned several individual editors, preventing them from editing articles related to Scientology on the site for six months at least. The editing privileges were to be reinstated only if the editors exhibited that they would not violate Wikipedia’s rules.
This isn’t the first the time the church has come under the scanner of Wikipedia. In fact, this is the fourth time it has attracted Wikipedia’s attention for the wrong reasons. The past year, 2008, saw several disputes that involved anti-Scientology campaigners who functioned as a team under the ‘Anonymous’ name. Anonymous is not party to this case, as only registered members can edit Wikipedia articles under dispute.
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The principles enunciated in the Declaration of Independence and enshrined in the Constitution and Bill of Rights have made our experiment in governance and civil society the most successful in history.
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The killing of George Floyd
Chauvin to be tried separately in Floyd case
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Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is escorted from the rear of the Hennepin County Family Justice Center by a law enforcement officer in September in Minneapolis.
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The judge overseeing the trial of four former police officers charged in the killing of George Floyd has ruled that Derek Chauvin will be tried months before the three other officers are scheduled to go on trial.
The separate trials are necessary due to COVID-19 restrictions, Hennepin County District Court Judge Peter Cahill said in an order filed early Tuesday.
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Chauvin, who was captured on video kneeling on Floyd’s neck for about nine minutes, will go on trial on charges of second-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in March. Jury selection will begin March 8, and opening statements will begin no earlier than March 29, Cahill ruled.
Former officers Tou Thao, J. Alexander Kueng and Thomas Lane are charged with aiding and abetting murder and manslaughter. Their separate trial is now scheduled for Aug. 23.
Cahill had previously ruled that all four defendants should stand trial together. But defense attorneys told Hennepin County Chief Judge Toddrick Barnette last week that they were expecting to seat an additional legal adviser at their tables during trial.
Cahill said in his order that the physical limitations of the largest courtroom in Hennepin County Government Center “make it impossible to comply with COVID-19 physical restrictions in a joint trial.”
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Prosecutors had asked the judge to push the trial back due to COVID-19. Some defense attorneys opposed the delay at a hearing last week.
In a statement, Attorney General Keith Ellison said he disagrees with the judge’s decision and believes all four defendants should be tried together.
“The evidence against each defendant is similar and multiple trials may retraumatize eyewitnesses and family members and unnecessarily burden the State and the Court while also running the risk of prejudicing subsequent jury pools,” Ellison said.
COVID-19 will still be a serious public health threat when Chauvin is scheduled to go on trial, Ellison said.
"While we are confident that the Court has established protocols to reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission during trial, we believe, and independent public health experts agree, that with the advent of the vaccine the threat will be significantly abated by mid-year for everyone participating in or with an interest in this case,” Ellison said.
St. Paul defense attorney Paul Applebaum, who is not involved in the case, said another factor the judge could have weighed in his decision to hold two separate trials was that the other defendants may not want Chauvin’s record of misconduct held against them by jurors.
“The other obvious reason would be that the co-defendants are going to blame Mr. Chauvin, they're going to point the finger at him,” Applebaum said. “So they’d have what's called mutually inconsistent or antagonistic defenses.”
The verdict of Chauvin’s trial also could potentially impact the other three officers five months later, he said.
“I think you would have a very strong argument that your client who was accused of aiding and abetting must be acquitted because it didn't prove the underlying murder or manslaughter,” Applebaum said.
Cahill also ruled Tuesday that prosecutors did not delay in promptly turning over evidence to defense attorneys, which Chauvin’s attorney Eric Nelson had argued in asking the judge to delay his trial.
Floyd was killed on May 25 in south Minneapolis, sparking widespread protests and civil unrest.
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By NDT Bureau January 6, 2021 January 6, 2021
When thousands of people across the European Union began rolling up their sleeves last month to get a coronavirus vaccination shot, one corner of the continent was left behind, feeling isolated and abandoned: the Balkans.
Balkan nations have struggled to get access to COVID-19 vaccines from multiple companies and programs, but most of the nations on Europe’s southeastern periphery are still waiting for their first vaccines to arrive, with no firm timeline for the start of their national inoculation drives.
What is already clear is that Albania, Bosnia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia — home to some 20 million people — will lag far behind the EU’s 27 nations and Britain in efforts to reach herd immunity by quickly vaccinating a large number of their people.
North Macedonian epidemiologist Dragan Danilovski compared the current vaccine situation in the Western Balkans to the inequalities seen during the 1911 sinking of the Titanic.
“The rich have grabbed all the available lifeboats, leaving the less fortunate behind,” Danilovski told broadcaster TV 24.
Such sentiment as the world faces its gravest health crisis in a century has gained traction in the Western Balkans – a term used to identify the Balkan states which want to join but still are not part of the EU. It is actively being stoked by pro-Russian politicians in a region sandwiched between Western and Russian spheres of influence.
“I felt as if the bottom fell out of my hopes for a return to a normal life,” 50-year-old Belma Djonko said in Sarajevo, the Bosnian capital, describing the emotional fallout of hearing that thousands of doctors, nurses and the elderly across the EU had received the first doses of a vaccine developed by American drugmaker Pfizer and Germany’s BioNTech while her war-ravaged country is kept waiting.
Many Balkan nations are pinning their hopes on COVAX, a global vaccine procurement agency set up by the World Health Organization and global charity groups to address rising inequities of vaccine distribution. COVAX has secured deals for several promising COVID-19 vaccines but, for now, it will only cover doses to inoculate 20% of a country’s population.
Alongside other politically unstable post-communist Balkan nations that have long professed their desire to join the EU but keep failing to fulfil conditions to achieve that goal, Bosnia has reserved vaccines through COVAX and expects to start receiving its first doses in April at the earliest.
That seems like an eternity from now.
“Meanwhile, I must continue depriving my 83-year-old father of the company and love of his grandchildren,” Djonko said, referring to the low-tech but heartbreaking defense against the virus, keeping the elderly isolated from potential sources of infection.
Serbia is the only Western Balkan nation to receive vaccine shots so far, getting deliveries from Pfizer-BioNTech and the Russian-developed Sputnik V vaccine. However, Serbia does not have enough doses to begin mass vaccinations, as only 25,000 shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine and 2,400 of the Russian vaccine have arrived.
Serbia’s vaccination program began on Dec. 24, three days before the EU, when Prime Minister Ana Brnabic received a dose in a bid to increase public trust in the vaccine, as many Balkan governments also struggle to counter a strong anti-vaccination movement.
The EU’s executive arm, the European Commission, recently agreed upon a 70 million-euro ($86 million) package to help Balkan nations get access to the vaccines, on top of 500 million euros ($616 million) the bloc has already contributed to COVAX.
“Throughout the pandemic, the EU has shown that we treat the Western Balkans as privileged partners,” said EU Enlargement Commissioner Oliver Varhelyi.
Ursula von der Leyen, head of the Executive Commission, says the EU will have more vaccines than necessary for its residents in 2021 and indicated the bloc could share its extra supplies with the Western Balkans and countries in Africa.
Yet in the Balkans, the dominant impression is that the bloc has once again failed the underdeveloped European region. In the words of Albanian political analyst Skender Minxhozi, the EU has reached its “put up or shut up” moment.
“Either show us that you care about us, or don’t be surprised if some of us follow the call of Russian or Chinese pied pipers who are traversing the world with pockets full of their vaccines,” Minxhozi said.
The apparent lack of Western solidarity amid the pandemic is being exploited by local pro-Russian politicians to portray the EU as solely profit-oriented. Russia and China, meanwhile, are vying for political and economic influence.
“I trust (the Russian vaccine), I don’t trust the commercial narratives that are coming from the West,” Milorad Dodik, Bosnian Serb’s leader, declared before he was hospitalized with coronavirus.
In the Albanian capital of Tirana, Prime Minister Edi Rama demanded an apology from the Russian embassy after it published a message on social media that Moscow stood ready to immediately supply Albania with the Sputnik V vaccine, although that shot is not certified in the EU.
“As a person I felt indignant and as a European I felt ashamed, while as Albania’s prime minister I felt more motivated than ever not to allow Albanians from being excluded from the possibility of being protected simultaneously with other Europeans,” Rama said while announcing a contract to buy 500,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.
Some believe the vaccination delay might prove to be a blessing in disguise in a region where years of declining trust in government and public institutions have amplified the voices of virus deniers and vaccine skeptics.
“I cannot wait for life to return to normal and for that to happen we need a successful vaccine,” said Belma Gazibara, an infectious disease specialist working in Sarajevo’s COVID-19 hospital.
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“If, as I strongly hope, the approved vaccines keep their promise elsewhere in Europe, I expect the uptake to be much higher than it would have been right now,” she said.
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China: What's driving price increases in the vitamin supply chain?
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Andrew Liu | Jan 01, 2008
Fi's China-based expert, Andrew Liu examines the forces at work and assesses how increasing production costs, cutbacks in output and currency fluctuations are all impacting the market — along with his predictions for 2008.
For Chinese vitamin suppliers, 2007 was a year of recovery and harvest. After the 2006 recession, Chinese suppliers all achieved various degrees of business growth due to the price increase of vitamin ingredients. The increased price category includes vitamins C, B2, B5 and B12, which are all in commercial production and supplied in large volume in China. The price of these ingredients has grown dramatically over the past several months but for vitamins A and E, the growth rate has been relatively smaller. Of all the vitamins, C had the fastest price growth rate last year. This situation reflects a remarkable change in the market because vitamin C accounts for over 60 per cent of total export volume of Chinese vitamin ingredients every year and about 90 per cent of vitamin C used by US pharmaceutical, supplement and drink manufacturers is sourced from China.
The Chinese vitamin C price growth started in January last year. But it had never broken through $4 per kilo before May, since when prices accelerated markedly. Statistics from China Custom showed that the average export price of Chinese vitamin C ingredients reached $5.11 per kilo in May (Figure 1). By August the Chinese suppliers had raised their quotations to $9-11 per kilo or even higher, which was very near the historic peak of 2003. In addition to the four big Chinese vitamin C suppliers, Northeast Pharmaceutical, Shijiazhuang Pharmaceutical, North China Pharmaceutical and Jiangshan Pharmaceutical, many distributors supplying finished goods manufacturers have profited greatly from the vitamin C supply chain. At present, the big four have almost ceased to supply domestic manufacturers and these companies now face high prices and shortages of supply becuase the vitamin C suppliers are all focusing on export business.
Our in-depth analysis revealed four driving forces behind Chinese vitamin price growth last year.
Firstly, the increase in production costs, which constitutes raw materials, energy, labor and transportation costs. All the Chinese manufacturers produce vitamin C through a two-step fermentation approach using corn starch as a raw material. But in China the corn price in summer 2007 was 75 per cent higher than at the same time in 2006. The alcohol fuel projects in China also consumed a lot of corn which exacerbated the tight situation of corn supply to the vitamin industry. So in June 2007 the Chinese government introduced a policy limiting the increasing corn consumption for alcohol fuel projects. But the increased energy price had obviously impacted these manufacturers. The coal price impacted the fermentation power and steam cost and the oil price impacted transportation costs. It is estimated that raw material and energy costs accounted for about 70 per cent of total Chinese vitamin C production cost when it was still under $4 per kilo. So taking labor and transportation costs into consideration, the margin for vitamin C was very small. It has already become one common commodity. Actually the vitamin C price is very much connected with the change in China's macro economy. Since early 2007 the Chinese economy has encountered inflation across the board, led by agricultural products and foods and which is leading vitamin C manufacturers to improve workers' salary.
Secondly, the big players' action to limit output was also one important factor behind vitamin C price growth. Internationally, the vitamin C price is controlled by DSM Nutritional Products and four major Chinese players. DSM's plant in Scotland suspended vitamin C production in May 2007. Northeast Pharmaceutical's facility has only operated at 70 per cent over the past years due to output control strategy and regular shutdown and maintenance. North China Pharmaceutical stopped production for two months in the third quarter of 2007. The government has tightened the environmental policy, which also caused the vitamin C plants to suspend production. All these factors contributed to the reduction in the global vitamin C supply. In May 2007, Chinese vitamin C export volume dropped by 25 per cent. But another view that seems to be more accepted by the public is that the vitamin C players aim to control the price by limiting the output, so that they can claw back profits not achieved over the past few years. The current situation is that the big four Chinese players' capacity adds up to more than 100,000 metric tons, comprising 98 per cent of the domestic market and 60 per cent of the international market.
Thirdly, the growth in demand of vitamin C directly boosts the price. The demand from both domestic and overseas markets has been increasing. But the growth rate didn't exceeded five per cent last year. So this driving force is not as significant as the above two.
Fourthly, the currency revaluation is also one important driving force. Over the past 12 months, the Chinese RMB has been undervalued (upvalued by 6.4% from 7.8:1 to 7.3:1) over five per cent to the US dollar. Almost all of the costs of the Chinese manufacturers are calculated in RMB and they have been increasing. In order to keep the margin, raising the export price is a good solution.
In conclusion, let's forecast the vitamin C situation in 2008. It's likely that the high price will continue and the time consumers have benefited from low-price vitamin ingredients has gone for sure. The high prices will encourage other vitamin C manufacturers like Zibo Hualong Pharmaceutical Co Ltd and Anhwei Tiger Biotech Co Ltd, which had switched to other products when the C market was down, to restart production again. Their action would increase vitamin C supply and relieve the current shortage.
Figure 1 Chinese vitamin C export statistics from China Custom, Jan - Jun 2007
Export volume, kilo
Export value, $
Average export price, $ per kilo
Andrew Liu is the founder & chief consultant of Flacious Consulting, a China-based market research firm dedicated to providing consulting services around sourcing natural ingredients from China and bringing natural products into the China market. flaciouschem@yahoo.com.
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By New Republic Liberia On Aug 8, 2018
By Jackson C. Clay, Jr.
The Institute for Research and Democratic Development (IREDD) has launched a new program gear toward the justice and security system of Liberia.
The program which is being implemented by IREDD with funding from its partner, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) was launched Wednesday, August 8, 2018 at its head office in Sinkor.
Speaking during the launch and the validation session of the program, IREDD Executive Director, Harold Aidoo said the program seeks to promote accountability within the justice and security sector of the country.
Aidoo stated that as part of efforts leading to the inception of the project’s activities, IREDD has conducted the review of several laws within the criminal justice system of Liberia.
“As part of efforts leading to the inception of the project’s activities, we have conducted the review of several laws within the criminal justice system of Liberia and have developed indicators to monitor the justice and security system processes and administration of unbiased justice,” Aidoo noted.
The IREDD Executive Director asserted that the validation process of the project aimed at getting stakeholders’ input and refining the monitoring indicators, the project has identified three key players or institutions in the administration of unbiased justice with the justice and security sector of Liberia.
Aidoo named the Magisterial Courts, the Circuit Courts and the Liberia National Police (LNP) as those areas, adding that their respective roles and functions within the justice system of Liberia are being are been earmarked to be keenly monitored.
He indicated that the mandate of this project is to propose an intervention that seeks to monitor the performance of the justice and security institutions as well as monitoring and identifying police cells to find out issues regarding pretrial detention, adherence to the law with regard to arrest, charging and detention and to use the finding to produce quarterly score cards for the justice and security sector of the country.
“We will also use the findings to raise awareness among relevant policy actors within the judiciary, security sector, legislature, facilitate platform for engagement around monitoring, findings and advocate for reform as well as raising awareness of the citizenry on their fundamental and constitutional rights and other pressing legal issues which would eventually enhance their knowledge to demand access and affordability of justice using the justice system,” Aidoo stressed.
IREDD boss indicated that the project targets three counties as a startup and those counties are Montserrado, Grand Gedeh and Lofa Counties, thus, the project targets six magisterial courts, five circuit courts and eight police stations within those three counties.
He clarified that the selection of the courts are based on what he calls geographic locations, diversity of issues and access to justice, noting that the Monrovia city court, the Careysburg magisterial court, New Kru magisterial court, Zwedru magisterial court and Voinjama magisterial court are some of the courts to be monitored during the project within those three counties.
He also named the police stations as zone 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 in Montserrado County and the Voinjama and Zwedru police stations in Lofa and Grand Gedeh Counties respectively.
Aidoo revealed that in getting the project executed, IREDD seeks to work with clerks of various courts, circuit judges, senior officers of the Liberia National Police (LNP), city solicitors and public defenders in order to obtain the necessary information.
Aidoo further said IREDD would work with correction officers to know the duration of the inmates whether they are serving their require time and the crimes and charges on which they were convicted into prison as part of its approaches in the execution of the project.
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Kyanne Goelz exhibits her ink pourings at Top Dog Cafe
By Ashley Schwellenbach
TOP ART FOR THE TOP DOGS: Artwork by Kyanne Goelz will be on display at Top Dog Coffee Bar, 857 Main Street in Morro Bay, Aug. 9 through Sept. 8. The Cayucos Art Association, 10 Cayucos Drive, will be displaying her work from Sept. 10 through Nov. 5. There will be an opening reception Aug. 14 from 5:30 to 8 p.m. For more information visit kyannegoelz.com.
Kyanne Goelz paints in a tilted house in Cayucos. That is, she pours India and Bombay ink onto Denril, building layers of liquid pigments across a surface that often resembles a topographical map. Windex, which Goelz wields as a reductive tool, creates an atmospheric fog. What she is left with, after the ink has snaked and pooled and finally settled in the place and pattern of its choosing, is a topography more biological than geographical. She has been pouring out of the tilted house for the last year, since graduating from Cal Poly with a Bachelor of Fine Art.
“I almost feel like I didn’t know anything about the art world when I became an artist,” admitted Goelz, who lives and creates in her parents’ house. “And then it was like, ‘Wait, this is a really competitive field. Wait, I’m not going to make any money. It’s not your everyday job. There’s not a lot of prospects coming out of school.’ I don’t really want to be a starving artist.”
PHOTO BY STEVE E. MILLER
Besides creating new work for her approaching show at Top Dog Café—Aug. 10 through Sept. 8—Goelz is an artist’s assistant, graphic designer, and cookie roller. The odd jobs support her art, which has not yet learned to pay for itself. Part of making her work more marketable may include dissecting larger pieces and selling smaller drawings for cheaper prices. But Goelz gets attached to her larger pieces and is, therefore, reluctant to sacrifice them on the altar of marketability. Creating large works comes with the added difficulty of paying for them to be framed, which has led Goelz to consider simply floating them on the wall and using magnets for support.
Goelz has questions she will eventually have to answer, difficulties she will have to remedy as she strays farther from her years as a student and into adulthood. But whether or not to make art is, happily, not one of those questions
Her work has always been preoccupied with the human body, especially with breaking it down and examining its various organs and arteries. To Goelz, the liquid media suggests the 60 percent of the human body comprised of water, and the blood that pumps through its veins. With it, she can also muse on the freedom of weightlessness, fear of drowning and suffocation. Water is life, but also death, and her work concerns both.
“I think if I hadn’t done art I probably would have been a biologist,” she admitted. “When I was a little girl, I liked watching my dad filet fish, kind of a weird thing for a little girl. I like dissecting frogs. I think there’s a kind of weird beauty to it.”
Instead of copying from scientific drawings, Goelz allows her work to inhabit a more organic sphere. She pulls content from her own introspective world, and concedes to the will and flow of the ink. Her canvas is not at all absorbent, floating the ink. She never knows what she might find when she returns to a canvas, graceful patterns not of her own making, or a muddy puddle. In terms of progressing through the next layer, sometimes a muddy puddle is easier to negotiate because she’s not afraid of destroying it. She continues building layers, subtracting here and there with Windex, until she is satisfied. But she never has complete control over a piece, and prefers it that way. With paint, the artist becomes too exacting. Goelz starts each piece with a basic shape in mind, and a sense of where the piece’s negative space will fall—otherwise the process would be too messy, she insists—but she relinquishes much of her control to the ink.
Stumbling upon the process of pouring ink was a series of happy accidents, according to Goelz. While still a student, Goelz purchased a piece of Mylar. She had no specific intention for the material, but brought it into an art class. The professor, Michael Miller, showed her an art book filled with ink pourings and she was enraptured.
“I had some India ink so I just started playing with ink on Mylar,” she explained. The happy accidents just kept coming from there. When she couldn’t remove the ink with water, Goelz employed Windex, the trademark liquid that has been cleaning glass and hard surfaces in the United States since 1933. The Windex served its function, but it did something unexpected as well, and Goelz learned that Windex gave the ink different properties. Goelz was well on her way to discovering the formula that would carry her through her senior show, as well as her first year as a professional, non-student artist. Her first big ink pour was a heart, most likely because she had just dissected a sheep’s heart in biology class.
If Goelz has one artistic stumbling block, it might be color. Or rather, branching into unexplored corners of the color spectrum. She leans towards warmer colors, and the question of her use of color came up during her portfolio review in college.
“I am kind of a go-with-the-flow artist. The heart ink flow that I did, I thought about using pinks and red. During the critiques someone said, ‘Why not try something unexpected? Why not try yellow?’” She took the criticism to heart, and in a recent drawing took up green, which proved a challenge. She also turned her focus to a new subject, though one with the same general aesthetic concerns. She began examining succulents. They have the same visceral, fleshy appeal as the human body, and should inspire Goelz to pour new fields of color.
If, like the Tin Man, you’re in search of a heart, Top Dog Café may be a good place to find one. And if you already have one—along with some spare change rattling about in your piggy bank—shock your friends, neighbors, and accountant by buying original art from a talented local artist.
Arts Editor Ashley Schwellenbach pours coffee, tea, and sometimes chocolate milk. Send colorful tumblers to aschwellenbach@newtimesslo.com.
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"Prosper Thou Our Handyworks": Prints and Protestant Devotion at Little Gidding, 1625–1642
Michael Gaudio, University of Minnesota
Paul Mellon Visiting Senior Fellow, June 18–August 15, 2012
During the summer of 1633, King Charles I passed near the estate of Little Gidding in Huntingdonshire, England, the home since 1625 of Nicholas Ferrar (1592–1637) and his extended family. Ferrar’s nieces, Mary and Anna Collet, had recently become known for a handmade Gospel concordance they had created by pasting text cut from the King James Bible and images clipped from religious prints into a large folio album. Having heard of this unusual book, Charles requested to borrow it for a brief period. Although the Collet sisters humbly protested the unworthiness of their handiwork for the eyes of a king, the request was granted, and indeed Charles held on to the concordance for some months, reading it on a daily basis and even putting his own annotations in the margins. After returning the book, Charles ordered a new one from the Collets for his own use, and in a year’s time this album was presented to the king, much to his approval. When he received the concordance, he is reported to have said, “How happy a King were I if I had many more such workmen and women in my Kingdom! God’s blessing on their hearts and painful hands!”
During my two-month residency at CASVA, I worked on my book “‘Prosper Thou Our Handyworks’: Prints and Protestant Devotion at Little Gidding,” which examines the labor of those “painful hands” that between 1625 and the outbreak of civil war in 1642 produced thirteen surviving concordances, some used in the daily order of worship in Ferrar’s household and others presented as gifts. While Ferrar was responsible for the conceptual organization of the text in these albums, the actual handiwork was that of the Collet sisters. They carried out their work in a room specially designed for the purpose, known as the Concordance Chamber, where prayers written on the walls—such as “Prosper Thou, O Lord, the work of our hands. / O prosper Thou our handyworks”—reminded the sisters of the devotional value of their labors. In this room the Collets sifted through and selected works from the collection of Catholic religious prints amassed by their uncle during his travels on the European continent. Then, in the manner of collage, they cut and pasted whole prints or individual portions of prints, along with verses excised from the Bible, and composed them in artful arrangements on the page. Those who had the good fortune to peruse these volumes directed their praise not at the beauty of the books as aesthetic objects, but at the miraculous labor that went into their production. According to one account, the poet George Herbert (1593 – 1633), a recipient of one of the albums, felt blessed that he had lived “to see women’s scissors brought to so rare a use as to serve at God’s altar.”
As Herbert’s remark suggests, the feminine labor of needlework and embroidery—household arts for which the Collet sisters were also known—provides a lens through which their bookmaking can be understood and appreciated. The Collets made a reputation for themselves with their “scissorwork,” and through this model of female handiwork they created a legitimate space for the religious image within the sometimes violently antivisual climate of the 1630s and 1640s. Yet their practice remained a conflicted one, and, indeed, an iconoclastic impulse informs their tactile approach to the visual image. At Little Gidding, they cut Catholic prints apart and often defaced or censored them before pasting them into the album. Like the actions of iconoclasts during the same period, such as the Puritan William Dowsing, who led a campaign of image breaking through the churches of Suffolk and Cambridgeshire in 1643 and 1644, the Collets’ display their own “painful” struggle with the religious image and thus exhibit the self-policing against idolatry that was central to being Protestant.
“‘Prosper Thou Our Handyworks’” will be the first book-length study of the Little Gidding Bible concordances, which over the past century have received occasional attention from literary scholars for their textual content but have virtually no presence within the discipline of art history. This lack of attention is surely due to art history’s traditional privileging of the male artist’s workshop, a tendency that has relegated the many domestic uses of prints to a secondary status within the discipline. But the use of scissors and paste at Little Gidding was a sophisticated form of pictorial thought: the traces of the compilers’ labor are signs of the Collets’ “painful hands” and therefore a crucial and considered aspect of how these albums signified for their audiences. By foregrounding this labor, my book extends early modern print history beyond the printmaker’s studio while exploring the ways in which an early modern Protestant community could productively engage with religious images, including those produced for a Catholic audience.
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More schools switch to remote learning amid positive COVID-19 cases
Joanna Gagis, Correspondent | September 15, 2020 | Education
With three teachers testing positive for COVID-19, Washington Township in Gloucester County joins the ranks of several districts across the state adjusting their reopening plans.
“Two staff members that had tested positive at Hurfville, many days apart, but within 14 days, did not work together. There was no connectivity; they didn’t socialize, they didn’t car pool. So based on that criteria, the requirement is that the building then be sent on remote instruction and closed down for a time of 14 days,” said Superintendent Joseph Bollendorf.
The criteria to close Hurfville Elementary was spelled out in the New Jersey Department of Health’s guidelines. The one positive case in the high school didn’t require a school shut down as some reports have indicated. The teacher quarantined for 14 days, along with anyone else who may’ve been exposed.
“In the back of our minds, if you study what’s going on, we knew that this was a distinct possibility. So having that very specific guidance in place is helpful to us because no superintendent in New Jersey is going to be left with having to make their own decisions,” Bollendorf said.
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Frankford Township went all remote after one case in its only K-8 school.
In Lodi, two teachers tested positive, and even though students are already virtual, the union wants all teachers working from home.
In Verona, high school sports were cancelled for two weeks after several students were at a party with a potentially infected person over the weekend.
“Is this more than we expected? I think it’s about what we expected,” Gov. Phil Murphy said Monday at his coronavirus press briefing. “I still don’t believe we’re aware of any in-school transmission, but if that’s not the case please correct the record. And secondly, it feels to me, I’d say quite strongly, that the system is working. That steps are being taken as they should be.”
But some have criticized and said the governor is sending mixed messaged by opening in-person dining recently, even if only at 25%, but then allowing many school districts to remain fully remote. Dr. Larry Kleinman said there’s a big difference.
“People eating out make their own decisions. Children in school are having decisions made for them, and I think we have to be careful. One is an optional activity, one is a required activity and that matters,” he said.
And he cautions that there are ways to spread the disease indoors, like aerosolization, meaning the tiny droplets that can escape a mask and get into the air.
“There’s no question that when the virus is aerosolized, it is contagious longer than droplets. It hangs in the air and it can move about. We haven’t quantified well the risk or what this means in practice in settings such as school. We do know that when toilets are flushed, there is aerosolization, or the finer droplets that hang longer, are created. It makes restrooms, both the cleaning of restrooms and ventilation in restrooms, one of the potential sources for contagion,” said Kleinman.
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Nollywood Blogs | 9 August 2013 14:05 CET
The Bitter Truth About The Igbo, By Femi Fani-Kayode
By Femi Fani-Kayode
Permit me to make my second and final contribution to the raging debate about Lagos, who owns it and the seemingly endless tensions that exist between the Igbo and the Yoruba. It is amazing how one or two of the numerous nationalities that make up Nigeria secretly wish that they were Yoruba and consistently lay claim to Lagos as being partly theirs.
Have they forgotten where they came from?
I have never heard of a Yoruba wanting to give the impression to the world that he is an igbo, an ijaw, an efik or a hausa-fulani or claiming that he is a co-owner of Port Harcourt, Enugu, Calabar, Kano or Kaduna. Yet more often than not some of those that are not of Yoruba extraction but that have lived in Lagos for some part of their lives have tried to claim that they are bona fide Lagosians and honorary members of the yoruba race. Clearly it is time for us to answer the nationality question.
These matters have to be settled once and for all...
Lagos and the south west are the land and the patrimony of the yoruba and we will not allow anyone, no matter how fond of them we may be, to take it away from us or share it with us in the name of ''being nice'', ''patriotism'', ''one Nigeria'' or anything else. The day that the yoruba are allowed to lay claim to exactly the same rights and privilages that the indegenous people in non-yoruba states and zones enjoy and the day they can operate freely and become commissioners and governors in the Niger Delta states, the north, the Middle Belt and the south-east we may reconsider our position. But up until then we shall not do so. Lagos is not a ''no-man's land'' but the land and heritage of the yoruba people. Others should not try to claim what is not theirs.
I am not involved in this debate for fun or for political gain and I am not participating in it to play politics but rather to speak the truth, to present the relevant historical facts to those that wish to learn and to educate the uninformed. That is why I write without fear or favour and that is why I intend to be thoroughly candid and brutally frank in this essay. And I am not too concerned or worried about what anyone may think or how they may feel about what I am about to say because I am a servant of truth and the truth must be told no matter how bitter it is and no matter whose ox is gored. That truth is as follows.
The yoruba, more than any other nationality in this country in the last 100 years, have been far too accomodating and tolerant when it comes to their relationship with other nationalities in this country and this is often done to their own detriment. That is why some of our igbo brothers and sisters can make some of the sort of asinine remarks and contributions that a few of them have been making in this debate both in the print media and in numerous social media portals and networks ever since Governor Fashola ''deported'' 19 igbo destitutes back to Anambra state. In the last 80 years the igbo have been shown more generosity, accomodation, warmth and kindness and given more opportunities and leverage by the yoruba than they have been offered by ANY other ethnic group in Nigeria. This is a historical fact. The yoruba do not have any resentment for the igbo and we have allowed them to do in our land and our territory what they have never allowed us to do in theirs. This has been so for 80 long years and it is something that we are very proud of.
As I said elsewhere recently, to be accommodating and generous is a mark of civilisation and it comes easily to people that once had empires. The reason why many of our people take strong exception to the apparent outrage of the igbo over this ''deportation'' issue and the provocative comments of my friend and brother Chief Orji Uzor Kalu when he described Lagos as being a ''no man's land'' is because the igbo have not only taken us for granted but they have also taken liberty for licence.
We cannot be expected to tolerate or accept that sort of irreverant and unintelligent rubbish simply because we still happen to believe in ''one Nigeria'' and we will not sacrifice our rights or prostitute our principles on the alter of that ''one Nigeria''. Whether Nigeria is one or not, what is ours is ours and no-one should test our resolve or make any mistake about that. ''One Nigeria'' yes but no-one should spit in our faces or covet our land, our treasure, our success, our history, our virtues, our being and our heritage and attempt to claim those for themselves simply because we took them in on a rainy day. It is that same attitude of ''we own everything'', ''we must have everything'' and ''we must control everything'' that the igbo settlers manifested in the northern region in the late 50's and early and mid-60's that got them into so much trouble up there with the hausa fulani and that eventually led to the terrible pogroms where almost one hundred thousand of them were killed in just a few days.
Again it is that same attitude that they manifested in Lagos and the Western Region in the late '30's and the early and mid-40's that alienated the yoruba from them, that led to the establishment of the Action Group in April, 1951 and that resulted in the narrow defeat of Chief Nnamdi Azikiwe in the Western Regional elections of December, 1951. As a matter of fact they were the ones that FIRST introduced tribalism into southern politics in 1945 with the unsavoury comments of Mr. Charles Dadi Onyeama who was a member of the Central Legislative Council representing Enugu and who said at the Igbo State Union address that ''the domination of Nigeria and Africa by the igbo is only a matter of time''. This single comment made in that explosive and historic speech did more damage to southern Nigerian unity than any other in the entire history of our country and everything changed from that moment on.
To make matters worse, in July 1948 Chief Nnamdi Azikiwe made his own openly tribal and incendiary speech, again at the Igbo State Union, in which he spoke about the ''god of the igbo'' eventually giving them the leadership of Nigeria and Africa,. These careless and provocative words cost him dearly and put a nail in the coffin of the NCNC in the Western Region from that moment on. This was despite the fact that that same NCNC, which was easily the largest and most powerful political party in Nigeria at the time, had been founded and established by a great and illustrious son of the yoruba by the name of Mr. Herbert Macauly. Macauly, like most of the yoruba in his day, saw no tribe and he happily handed the leadership of the party over to Azikiwe, an igbo man, in 1945 when he was on his dying bed. How much more can the yoruba do than that when it comes to being blind to tribe? Can there be any greater evidence of our total lack of racial prejudice and tribal sentiments than that? If the NCNC had been founded and established by an igbo man would he have handed the whole thing over to a yoruba on his death bed? I doubt it very much.
Again when northern military officers mutineed, effected their ''revenge coup'' and went to kill the igbo military Head of State, General Aguiyi-Ironsi on July 29th 1966 in the old Western Region, his host, the yoruba Col. Fajuyi (who was military Governor of the Western Region at the time), insisted that they would have to kill him first before taking Aguiyi-Ironsi's life and the northern officers (led by Major T.Y. Danjuma as he then was) promptly obliged him by slaughtering him before killing Aguiyi-Ironsi. How many igbos know about that and how many times in our history have they made such sacrifices for the yoruba? Would Aguiyi-Ironsi, or any other igbo officer, have stood for Fajuyi, or any other yoruba officer, and sacrificed his life for him in the same way that Fajuyi did had the roles been reversed? I doubt it very much.
Yet instead of being grateful the igbo continuously run us down, blame us for all their woes, envy our educational advantages and resent us deeply for our ability to excel in the professions and commerce. Unlike them we were never traders but we were (and still are) industrialists and when it comes to the professions we were producing lawyers, doctors, accountants and university graduates at least three generations before they ever did. That is the bitter truth and they have been trying to catch up with us ever since. For example the first yoruba lawyer Christopher Alexander Sapara Williams was called to the English Bar in 1879 whilst the first igbo lawyer, Sir Louis Mbanefo, was called to the English bar in 1937. Again the first yoruba medical practitioner, Dr. Nathaniel King, graduated in 1875 from the University of Edinburgh whilst the first igbo medical practitioner, Dr. Akannu Ibiam, graduated from another Scottish University in 1935.
Yet despite all this and all that they have been through over the years and despite their terrible experiences in the civil war we are witnessing that same attitude of ''we must control all'', ''we must own all'' and ''we must have all'' rearing its ugly head again today when it comes to their attitude to the issue of the deportations from Lagos state and when you consider the comments of the Orji Kalu's of this world about the igbo supposedly ''owning Lagos'' with the yoruba and supposedly ''generating 55 per cent of the state's revenue''. It is most insulting. And I must say that it is wrong and unfair for anyone to lay the blame for the perenniel suspicion and underlying tensions that lie between the two nationalities on the yoruba because that is far from the truth.
We are not the problem, they are. Pray tell me, in the whole of Nigeria who treated the igbo better than the yoruba after the civil war and who gave them somewhere to run to where they could regain all their ''abandoned property'' and feel at home again? Who encouraged them to return to Lagos and the west and who saved the jobs that they held before the civil war for them to come back to when the war ended? No other tribe or nationality did all that for them in the country - only the yoruba did so. And the people of the old Mid-West and the Eastern minorities (who make up the zone that is collectively known as the ''south-south' today) have always viewed them with suspicion, have always feared them and have always resented them deeply.
From the foregoing any objective observer can tell that we the yoruba have always played our part when it comes to accomodating others. This is particularly so when it comes to the igbo who we have always had a soft spot for and who we have always regarded as brothers and sisters. It is time that those ''others'' also play their part by acquiring a little more humility, by knowing and accepting their place in the scheme of things and by desisting from giving the impression that they own our territory or that they made us what we are.
Now let us look at a few historical facts and one or two more igbo ''firsts' that many may not be familiar with to butress the point. The igbo people were the FIRST to carry out a failed coup on the night of Jan 15th, 1966 under the leadership of Major Emmanuel Ifejuna, Major Chukuma Kaduna Nzeogwu, Major Christian Anuforo, Capt. Ben Gbulie, Major Timothy Onwatuegwu, Major Donatus Okafor, Capt. Ude, Capt. Emmanuel Nwobosi, Captain Udeaja, Lt. Okafor, Lt. Okocha, Lt. Anyafulu, Lt. Okaka, Lt. Ezedigbo, Lt. Amunchenwa, Lt. Nwokedi, 2nd Lt. J.C. Ojukwu, 2nd Lt. Ngwuluka, 2nd Lt. Ejiofor, 2nd Lt. Egbikor, 2nd Lt. Igweze, 2nd Lt. Onyefuru, 2nd Lt. Nwokocha, 2nd Lt. Azubuogu and 2nd Lt. Nweke in which they drew FIRST blood and openly slaughtered and butchered leadiing politicians and army officers from EVERY single zone in the country except their own. I should also mention that even though this was clearly an igbo coup there was one yoruba officer who was amongst the ringleaders by the name of Major Adewale Ademoyega.
It was a very bloody night indeed. Amongst those killed were the Prime Minister, Sir Tafawa Balewa, the Premier of the Western Region, Chief S.L. Akintola, the Premier of the Northern Region, Sir Ahmadu Bello, the Federal Minister of Finance, Chief Festus Okotie-Eboh, Brigadier Zakari Maimalari, Brigadier Samuel Ademulegun, Colonel Ralph Shodeinde, Lt . Colonel James Yakubu Pam, Lt. Colonel Abogo Largema and numerous others. They did not just kill these reverred and respected leaders but in some cases they mocked, tortured and maimed them before doing so, took pictures of their dead and mutilated bodies and killed their wives and children as well. For weeks after these horrific acts were carried out the igbo people rejoiced and celebrated them in the streets and markets of the north, openly displaying pictures and posters of the Saurdana's mutilated body with Nzeogwu's boot on his neck, loudly playing a famous and deeply offensive anti-northern song in which northerners were compared to goats and listening to it on their radios, jubilating that they had brought an end to what they described as ''northern rule and islamic domination'' and openly boasting that they themselves would now ''rule Nigeria forever''. Though the first coup failed the matter did not end there.
The very next day after the Jan.15th mutiny and butchery had failed and did not result in Ifejuna taking power in Lagos, the igbo people set their ''plan B'' in motion and they were the FIRST to carry out a successful coup in Nigeria just one day later on Jan. 17th 1966. This was when the igbo Major-General J.T,U. Aguiyi-Ironsi (who was Supreme Commander of the Nigerian Army and who had inexplicably and suspiciously not been murdered by the young igbo officers in their violent mutiny and killing spree the night before) in collusion with the igbo Acting President Nwafor Orizu and the entire igbo political leadership of that day, invited the remnants of Sir Tafawa Balewa's cabinet to a closed door meeting, threatened their lives and took power from them at the point of a gun.
Aguiyi-Ironsi did not just ask them to give him power but he took it from them by force by telling them that he could not guarantee their safety if they refused to do so. Meanwhile Orizu point blank refused to do his duty as Acting President and swear in Zana Bukar Dipcharimma as the Acting Prime Minster when the members of the cabinet and the British Ambassador (who was also at the meeting) implored him to do so since by that time there was a power vacuum because the Prime Minister, Sir Tafawa Balewa, had gone missing and had probably been murdered. It was in these very suspicious circumstances and as a consequence of this murky and deep-seated igbo conspiaracy that General Aguiyi-Ironsi came to power. Amongst those that were present at that famous ''meeting'' that are still alive today are Alhaji Maitama Sule, Chief Richard Akinjide and President Shehu Shagari who were all Ministers in Balewa's cabinet . Those that doubt the veracity of my account of this meeting would do well to ask any of them exactly what transpired during that encounter.
Yet the seeming success of the conspiracy was short-lived. Only six months later, on July 29th 1966, General Aguiyi-Ironsi and no less than 300 igbo army officers reaped the consequences of their actions and plot when they were all slaughtered in just one night during the northern officers revenge coup which was led by Lt. Colonel Murtala Mohammed, Major Abba Kyari, Captain Martins Adamu, Major T.Y. Danjuma, Major Musa Usman, Captain Joseph Garba, Captain Shittu Alao, Captain Baba Usman, Captain Gibson S.Jalo and Captain Shehu Musa Yar'adua as they then were. Lt. Colonel Yakubu Gowon was put in power by this group after that and a few weeks later between September 29th 1966 and the middle of October of that same year approximately 50,000 igbo civilians were attacked and slaughtered in a series of horrendous pogroms in the north by violent northern mobs as a reprisal for the killing of the northern leaders, including Sir Ahmadu Bello, the Saurdana of Sokoto, by Major Nzeogwu, Major Ifejuna and other junior igbo officers on the night of Jan. 15th 1966. Please note that despite the fact that a number of yoruba leaders were killed on that night as well no igbo civilians were massacred anywhere in the west by mobs in reprisal killings throughout that period.
The igbos understandably left the north in droves after those terrible pogroms and fled back to the east from whence they came. And perhaps that would have been the end of ithe story but for the fact that they also declared secession and sought to dismember Nigeria. They then made their biggest mistake of all by provoking a full scale military conflict with Nigeria when they launched a vicious and unprovoked attack against the rest of the south attacking and conscripting the eastern minorities , storming the Mid-West and attempting to enter yorubaland through Ore to capture it. Thankfully they were stopped in their tracks by the gallant efforts and courageous fighting skills of the Third Marine Commando (which was primarily a yoruba force and which was under the command of the great Colonel Benjamin Adekunle, 'the Black Scorpion'), prevented from entering the west, driven out of the Mid-West, pushed back into the East, defeated in battle after battle and were eventually brought down to their knees and forced to surrender to the Federal forces in Enugu.
The igbo and their Biafra fought Nigeria and killed Nigerians for 3 hard years in that brutal civil war in which over one million courageous, loyal and faithful sons and daughters of the Federal Republic lost their lives at the war front trying to stop Biafra from seceeding from the federaration, from taking our land and from taking the minority groups of the Mid-Western Region and Eastern Region and our newly-discovered oil with them. Yet despite our massive casualties and the monuemental loss of life that the Federal side suffered (a total of 2 million died on both sides) the igbo people were welcomed back into Nigeria after the war with open arms. Yet it was only in yorubaland and especially in Lagos that they were given all their ''abandoned property'' back and welcomed back as brothers and sisters without any reservations or suspicions whatsoever.
Everywhere else in the country for many years they were denied, deprived, shunned, attacked, killed, discriminated against and humiliated but never in the southwest or Lagos. It is the igbo people more than any other that have complained about marginalisation in Nigeria, forgetting that there is no other country in the world in which there was a major civil war and yet only 10 years after that war ended the losing side produced the Vice President for the whole country in a democratic election in 1979 in the distinguished person of Vice President Alex Ekwueme.
Some have described my submissions in this debate as being ''inflammatory'' and have claimed that I am ''not a true progressive'' for making them. I reject these labels and I wonder whether those people that conjured them up described the comments of my dear friend and brother Chief Orji Kalu as "inflammatory" and whether they labelled him as ''not being a true progressive" when he erroneously claimed that the igbo generated 55 per cent of the revenue and owned 55 per cent of businesses in Lagos and that they are effectively the owners of the state. Unlike most of those that are attempting to label me and brand me as a tribalist I know the history of Lagos and the yoruba very well.
We will not let anyone poison the minds of our yoruba youth or dispossess them of their heritage by keeping silent when we witness the irresponsible and dishonest propagation of the most desperate and despicable form of historical revisionism that some igbo leaders are suddenly churning out. If anyone thinks that they can intimidate us into keeping quite when their leaders say such things then they will have the biggest shocker of their lives. We shall not be silenced and they shall not pass. Lagos and the yoruba generally have much stronger historical, cultural and trading ties with the bini, the itsekiri, the uruhobo, the isoko, the hausa-fulani, the tapas, the nupes and the ijaws than they do with the igbo.
The input of those other major ethnic groups to the development of Lagos and their stake in her is far greater than that of the igbo. Whether anyone wishes to accept it or not that is the bitter truth.
We will not let anyone distort history and we will not keep silent when we hear the irresponsible and disrespectful effusions of those that seek to substitute truth with falsehood. When it comes to Lagos it is time that everyone respected themselves and knew their place. The igbo particularly should display a much higher degree of respect and gratitude to those who were gracious enough to accept them in their land as equals when things were very difficult for them and who treated them with love, respect and kindness after the civil war when hardly anyone else was prepared to do so.
We the yoruba have accomodated others in Lagos and throughout the south west and we have let them live in peace for the last 100 years. As a matter of fact we have been glad to do so because as far as we are concerned that is one of the hallmarks of civilisation- the ability to accomodate other faiths, other cultures, other races and other nationalities and to create an equitable and just racial melting pot where equal opportunities are available to all. It is a great and noble virtue to be open and tolerant but that does not mean that we are fools and it does not mean that we do not know who we are, where we are coming from, what is ours and what our heritage is.
The fact that we have allowed others to thrive and settle in our land and share it with us does not mean that we have stopped owning that land. The suggestion that Lagos is a ''no-man's land' and that the igbo or any other nationality outside the yoruba generate up to 55 per cent of it's revenue or business is absolutely absurd and frankly it has no basis in reality or rationality. It is not only a dirty lie but it is also very insulting.
Guests, no matter how welcome, esteemed, cherished and valued they are, cannot become the owners of the house no matter how comfortable they are made to feel within it. Those guests will always be guests. Lagos belongs to the yoruba and to the yoruba alone. ALL others that reside there are guests, though some guests are far closer to us than others.
The igbos are the least close, the most distant and the least familiar with our customs and our ways. They ought to be the last to be claiming our heritage and coveting our land and neither can they claim to have made any real input to our glaring success. For them to think otherwise is nothing but delusion.
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A Sudbury mining research institute has moved into a new environment on the Laurentian University campus.
MIRARCO (Mining Innovation Rehabilitation and Applied Research Corporation) has moved its main offices to the second floor of the Cliff Fielding Research, Innovation and Engineering Building.
A Jan. 13 social media post said the move represents an opportunity to evolve its mandate to boost Laurentian's representation as "Canada's Mining University."
Since its establishment in 1998 as a university not-for-profit research arm, MIRARCO said it has developed more than 100 "highly qualified persons" and managing more than $100 million in projects.
The Cliff Fielding building is a relatively new addition to campus. The 60,000-square-foot facility houses all mining, chemical, mechanical engineering labs, a lecture theatre, a collaborative research hub for all the Laurentian research centres, an analytical facility, and a commercialization space.
“I am very excited about our move to the Cliff Fielding Research, Innovation and Engineering Building," said MIRARCO president-CEO Jennifer Abols in a statement.
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Northgate is well known for having sporting success in a number of different sports across the year groups. The Year 9 got the new season off to a winning start for Northgate rugby. They competed in the Norfolk Emerging Schools Festival. Barney commented, ‘well done to all the Northgate Year 9 Rugby team for an outstanding performance at the 10’s tournament in Norwich. Our team beat Aylsham High School, Notre Dame High School and many others including City of Norwich School who we beat in the finals 4-2. All players gave their all, but I will give a special shout out to Tyler. It was his debut for the team and he scored for us against Framingham Earl. Overall, we scored 29 tries and conceded only 7 in six games! This was because of our monstrous rucking (from Aston, Frank, TJ and Josh) and our pace (Alex, Andre and Callum). However, everyone contributed greatly. Well done Northgate, let’s carry on our winning streak!
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‘The Year 9s faced a tricky home game against a talented team from Hellesdon, despite them only turning up with 11 players. To make it an even contest, Northgate matched the numbers meaning a fair contest could be had. The smaller numbers and slightly smaller pitch caused Northgate a few organisational problems leading to an early score from Hellesdon. The visitor’s strong tackling and running caught the boys cold and consequently spent the whole of the first period in their own half.
A few honest words at half term had the desired effect with Northgate scoring straight away from a powerful run by Josh. A better attitude towards the tackle from everyone and a more aggressive approach to the ruck meant that Northgate began to gain some advantage over their visitors. This was put into good practice Josh again powered over for two further tries giving Northgate a narrow home win after a late score form Hellesdon. It is often said that a sign of a good team is one that still wins despite a below par performance. This was certainly the case for this Year 9 team. Overall the fluent, attacking rugby was a joy to watch.’
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JPMF Hosts Community Update, Recognizes Benefactors
Category: Community, Jess Parrish Medical Foundation
Posted On: Mar 10, 2011
A community update was held for benefactors of the Jess Parrish Medical Foundation (JPMF) on March 1. Former Representative Ralph Poppell and Parrish Medical Center (PMC) President/CEO George Mikitarian were the featured speakers, discussing current issues including health care reform and the impact it will have on community hospitals such as PMC.
J.J. Parrish III, chairman of PMC’s board of directors, thanked all JPMF benefactors for accomplishments made in 2010, including providing funding for: a Cancer Care Boutique, digital stereotactic breast biopsy technology, the Parrish Health Village, and The Children’s Center.
Parrish announced a $350,000 commitment by Sodexo Health Care that will name a new three-room hospitality house to be located on the medical center campus at the Parrish Health Village’s west end. This new commitment makes Sodexo’s total gifts and pledges more than $650,000.
To be named, “Carey’s Hospitality House by Sodexo,” in recognition of the company’s patient experience initiative known as CARES, the hospitality house will open in mid 2011. The house will provide lodging for visitors with a hospitalized family member who wish to stay close to PMC. With warm and healing ambiance, the house will be fully stocked with all the comforts of home.
Parrish also recognized three benefactors for significant commitments in 2010. The PMC Auxiliary was honored for its $300,000 pledge designated for The Children’s Center Futures Fund, making their total gifts and pledges more than $600,000. Mrs. N. Christine Sylvester was recognized for her gifts of more than $150,000 including funding for the Butterfly Garden in the Parrish Health Village in memory of her late husband, James H. Sylvester, Jr., as well as funding for The Children’s Center playground in honor of her children, Jimmy and Katherine. The Boggs Family was recognized for their gifts of more than $100,000 for the Parrish Health Village. A dedication was held after the event for these benefactors at the base of the grand staircase in the PMC Atrium where glass engraved plaques were installed on a pillar surrounding the staircase in their honor.
“We are able to do amazing things for our community because of the generosity of these benefactors. We can’t thank them enough,” says Laurie Smirl, executive director, Jess Parrish Medical Foundation.
For more information about Jess Parrish Medical Foundation, contact 321-269-4066.
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Home > OSN Corporate > Press Releases > Stay Tuned for 10 new releases on OSN Living and OSN Mezze this May
Dubai, UAE - May 3, 2020
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Hell’s Kitchen Season 18 (Sunday to Tuesdays, 20:00 KSA from 31st May)
A brand-new season of the most popular cooking competition show returns with a new season with Gordon Ramsey as a host. Eight new contestants will battle eight retuning veterans for a
position of Executive Chef at one of Gordon’s Las Vegas restaurant.
Yes Chef Season 2 (Friday and Saturday, 20:00 KSA from 9th May)
The new season of the cookery competition hosted by Sheree Murphy invites professional chefs to select an amateur to mentor and help them get to the final.
Bake with Anna Olsen Season 4 (Sunday to Thursdays at 18:00 KSA from 24th May)
Whether it's meringues, mousses or muffins, celebrity chef Anna Olson takes her audience on a delicious learning journey starting with the baking basics all the way to master-class level recipes.
Ainsley’s Mediterranean Cookbook (Friday and Saturday at 19:00 KSA from May 29th)
Join Ainsley Harriott on a journey to explore the history of Mediterranean cooking and the routes the ingredients themselves have taken.
Just Jen (Every Monday at 19:00 KSA from 25th May)
Feeling artsy, anxious or just plain hungry? Join Jen Phanomrat in the kitchen as she makes tasty recipes for the body and the home.
Be Our Chef (Friday and Saturday at 18:00 KSA from 29th May)
An all-new Disney+ Originals cooking competition that challenges five food-loving families to create delicious dishes inspired by the magic of Disney. In each episode, two families go head-to-head in a themed cooking challenge at Walt Disney World.
Mary’s Kitchen Crush (Sunday to Thursday at 18:30 KSA from 24th May)
Chef Mary Berg offers tips on dealing with cooking stress with time-saving tips in the kitchen whether it's an elegant party or a casual dinner.
Living on the Veg. (Ever Sunday at 19:00 KSA from 31st May)
Vegan food lovers can rejoice as they can now follow along vegan chefs Henry Firth and Ian Theasby (BOSH! TV) and their guests who create signature, quick and delicious vegan recipes.
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The Fixers (Sundays to Tuesdays at 19:00 KSA from 31st May)
Four passionate builders help people improve the lives of people in ten remote locations in a brand-new home improvement show.
Our Wedding Story (Sunday to Tuesdays at 18:00 KSA from 31st May)
created by Nick and Colin, viewers can get lost in the world of beautiful weddings and breathtaking stories of couples from the moment they meet to their walk down the aisle.
Don’t miss any updates and view the entire TV Schedule on the OSN website here: https://www.osn.com/en/watch/tv-schedule
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A Multisite Study of Youthful Delinquency and Drug Use: Respective Roles of Age, Sex and Race
Fishbein DH (2000). A Multisite Study of Youthful Delinquency and Drug Use: Respective Roles of Age, Sex and Race. Journal of Family and Child Studies, 9(4): 461-479.
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A neuropsychological investigation of the genome-wide associated schizophrenia risk variant NRGN rs12807809
Donohoe, G., Walters, J., Morris, D.W., Da Costa, A., Rose, E., et al., (2011). A neuropsychological investigation of the genome-wide associated schizophrenia risk variant NRGN rs12807809. Schizophrenia Research 125(2-3): 304-306.
A review of the neural signatures of deception using functional neuroimaging
Bhatt, S., Fishbein, D., & Zeffiro, T. (2007). A review of the neural signatures of deception using functional neuroimaging, Journal of Intelligence Community Research and Development, Permanent online availability via Intelink.
Abnormal responses to monetary outcome in the cortex, but not in the basal ganglia, in schizophrenia
Waltz, J.A., Schweitzer, J.B., Ross, T.J., Kurup, P.K., Salmeron, B., Rose, E.J., Gold, J.M., and Stein, E.A (2010). Abnormal responses to monetary outcome in the cortex, but not in the basal ganglia, in schizophrenia. Neuropsychopharmacology 35(12): 2427-2439.
Acute nicotine differentially impacts anticipatory valence- and magnitude-related striatal activity
Rose, E.J., Ross, T.J., Salmeron, B., Lee, M., Shakleya, D.M., Huestis, M. and Stein, E.A. (2013). Acute nicotine differentially impacts anticipatory valence- and magnitude-related striatal activity. Biological Psychiatry, 73(3), 280-288.
Adaptive Time-Series Designs for Evaluating Complex Multicomponent Interventions in Neighborhoods and Communities
Flay B.R., Biglan, A., Komro, K., Wagenaar, and the Research Team of the Promise Neighborhoods Research Consortium (including Fishbein) (2011). Adaptive Time-Series Designs for Evaluating Complex Multicomponent Interventions in Neighborhoods and Communities, Prevention Science 3: 14-33.
Advancing the Prevention of Drug Abuse via Translational Research
Fishbein D. (2011). Advancing the Prevention of Drug Abuse via Translational Research. Research Brief. The RTI Press, August.
Advancing Transdisciplinary Translation for Prevention of High-Risk Behaviors: Introduction to the Special Issue
Fishbein, D. & Ridenour, T. (2013) Advancing Transdisciplinary Translation for Prevention of High-Risk Behaviors: Introduction to the Special Issue. Prevention Science, 14(3): 201-205
Age of alcohol and cannabis use onset mediates the association of transmissible risk in childhood and development of alcohol and cannabis disorders: evidence for common liability
Kirisci L, Tarter R, Ridenour T, Zhai ZW, Fishbein D, Reynolds M, Vanyukov M. (2013). Age of alcohol and cannabis use onset mediates the association of transmissible risk in childhood and development of alcohol and cannabis disorders: evidence for common liability. Exp Clin Psychopharmacol. 21(1):38-45.
Alcoholics, Aggression and Antisocial Personality
Jaffe J, Babor T, Fishbein DH (1988). Alcoholics, Aggression and Antisocial Personality. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 49(3): 211‑218.
Altered medial prefrontal activity during dynamic face processing in schizophrenia spectrum patients
Mothersill, O., Morris, D.W., Kelly, S., Rose, E.J., et al (2014). Altered medial prefrontal activity during dynamic face processing in schizophrenia spectrum patients. Schizophrenia Research 157(1-3): 225-30
An Appraisal of the Nutrition‑Behavior Relationship
Fishbein DH (1982). An Appraisal of the Nutrition‑Behavior Relationship. In Proceedings of the 112th Annual Congress of the American Correctional Association, Toronto, Canada, August, pp. 65‑74.
Behavioral and psychophysiological effects of a mindful yoga curriculum on high-risk adolescents: A randomized control trial
Fishbein, D.H., Miller, S., Herman-Stahl, M., Williams, J., Lavery, B., Markovits, L., Kluckman, M., Mosoriak, G., & Johnson, M. (2015). Behavioral and psychophysiological effects of a mindful yoga curriculum on high-risk adolescents: A randomized control trial. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 25(2): 518-529.
Behavioral Inhibitory Processes and Drug Abuse: Implications for Prevention and Treatment
Bardo, M., Fishbein, D. and Milich, R. (Eds) (2011) Behavioral Inhibitory Processes and Drug Abuse: Implications for Prevention and Treatment. Springer.
Biobehavioral Perspectives in Criminology: A Supplementary Text
Fishbein DH (2000). Biobehavioral Perspectives in Criminology: A Supplementary Text. California: Wadsworth Publishers.
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Biochemical Factors in Violence (essay)
Fishbein DH (2007) Biochemical Factors in Violence (essay). The Encyclopedia of Interpersonal Violence, edited by Claire M. Renzetti and Jeffrey L. Edleson. Sage Publications, Inc.
Biocriminology
Fishbein DH (2002). Biocriminology. In D. Levenson (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment. California: Sage Publications.
Biological Perspectives in Criminology
Fishbein DH (1990). Biological Perspectives in Criminology. Criminology, 18(1): 27‑73. [Also included as a chapter in several textbooks.]
Fishbein DH (1997). Biological Perspectives in Criminology. In S. Henry and W. Einstadter (Eds.), The Criminology Theory Reader. New York: New York University Press, pp. 92-109.
Biopsychological Factors, Gender, and Delinquency
Fishbein, DH, Miller, S, Winn, D-M, and Dakof, G. (2009) Biopsychological Factors, Gender, and Delinquency. In M. Zahn, The Delinquent Girl. Phila, PA: Temple University Press.
Book Review: Tinder Box Criminal Aggression: Neuropsychology, Demography, Phenomenology
Fishbein DH (1996). Book Review: Tinder Box Criminal Aggression: Neuropsychology, Demography, Phenomenology. The Annals.
Brain activation predicts treatment improvement in patients with major depressive disorder
Samson, A.C., Meisenzahl, E., Scheuerecker, J., Rose, E., Schoepf, V., Wiesmann, M., and Frodl, T. (2011) Brain activation predicts treatment improvement in patients with major depressive disorder. Journal of Psychiatric Research 45(9): 1214-1222.
Brain vs. behavior: an effect size comparison of neuroimaging and cognitive studies of genetic risk for schizophrenia
Rose, E.J. and Donohoe, G. (2013). Brain vs. behavior: an effect size comparison of neuroimaging and cognitive studies of genetic risk for schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 39 (3), 518-526.
Fishbein DH (1998). Building Bridges. ACJS Today, Nov.
Chemical Correction
Fishbein DH (1998). Chemical Correction. In J. Fuller and E.W. Hickey (Eds.), Controversial Issues in Criminology. Massachusetts: Allyn and Bacon, pp. 217-239.
Children of African-American Mothers Who Use Crack Cocaine: Parenting Influences on Youth Substance Use
Lam, W. K., Cance, J. D., Eke, A. N., Fishbein, D. H., Hawkins, S. R., & Williams, J. C. (2007). Children of African-American Mothers Who Use Crack Cocaine: Parenting Influences on Youth Substance Use. Journal of Pediatric Psychology. 32: 877-887.
Chronic exposure to nicotine is associated with reduced reward-related activity in the striatum but not the midbrain
Rose, E.J., Ross, T.J., Salmeron, B., Shakleya, D.M., Huestis, M., Lee. M., and Stein, E.A. (2012). Chronic exposure to nicotine is associated with reduced reward-related activity in the striatum but not the midbrain. Biological Psychiatry 71(3): 206-213.
Cognitive and Physiological Differences Between Abstinent Drug Abusers and Controls
Fishbein DH, Hyde C, London ED, Matochik J, Ernst M, Isenberg N, Schech B, Kimes A (2005). Cognitive and Physiological Differences Between Abstinent Drug Abusers and Controls. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 13(1):25-40.
Cognitive Impairment and fMRI in major depression
Ebmeier, K., Rose, E., and Steele, D. (2006). Cognitive Impairment and fMRI in major depression. Neurotoxicity Research 10(2): 87-93.
Cognitive Impairment in Major Depression (the fMRI perspective)
Ebmeier, K.P., Rose, E.J., Steele, J.D. (2006) Cognitive Impairment in Major Depression (the fMRI perspective). In Palomo, T., Archer, T., Beninger, R. J. (eds.) "Implications of Comorbidity for Etiology and Treatment of Neuropsychiatric Disorders", Editorial CYM, Madrid, Spain.
Common genetic polymorphisms contribute to the variation in human hippocampal and intracranial volume
The ENIGMA Consortium (2012). Common genetic polymorphisms contribute to the variation in human hippocampal and intracranial volume. Nature Genetics 44(4): 552-561.
Common genetic variants influence human subcortical brain structures
The ENIGMA Consortium (2015). Common genetic variants influence human subcortical brain structures. Nature. 520(7546): 224-229.
Common variants at 12q14 and 12q24 are associated with hippocampal volume
The CHARGE Consortium (2012). Common variants at 12q14 and 12q24 are associated with hippocampal volume. Nature Genetics 44(5): 545-551.
Computerized EEG, Nutrition and Behavior
Fishbein DH, Thatcher RW (1984). Computerized EEG, Nutrition and Behavior. Journal of Applied Nutrition, 36(2): 81‑102.
Correlates of Self‑Reported Early Childhood Aggression in Subjects Volunteering for Drug Studies
Muntaner C, Nagoshi C, Jaffe JH, Walter D, Haertzen C, Fishbein DH (1989). Correlates of Self‑Reported Early Childhood Aggression in Subjects Volunteering for Drug Studies. American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 15(4): 383‑402.
Creating Nurturing Environments: A Science-Based Framework for Promoting Child Health and Development within High-Poverty Neighborhoods
Komro, K, Flay, B.R., Biglan, T. and the Promise Neighborhoods Research Consortium (PNRC including Fishbein) (2011) Creating Nurturing Environments: A Science-Based Framework for Promoting Child Health and Development within High-Poverty Neighborhoods. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 14:111-134.
Criminology: An Integrationist Perspective
Fishbein DH (1995). Criminology: An Integrationist Perspective. In N.J. Herman (Ed.), Deviance Reader. General Hall, Inc., pp. 7-27.
Deviant socialization mediates transmissible and contextual risk on cannabis use disorder development: a prospective study
Tarter RE, Fishbein D, Kirisci L, Mezzich A, Ridenour T, Vanyukov M. (2011). Deviant socialization mediates transmissible and contextual risk on cannabis use disorder development: a prospective study. Addiction 106: 1301-1308.
Diet, Nutrition and Aggression
Fishbein DH, Pease S (1996). Diet, Nutrition and Aggression. In M. Hillbrand and N.J. Pallone (Eds.), The Psychobiology of Aggression: Engines, Measurement, Control. New York: The Haworth Press, Inc., pp. 117-144.
Differential Relationships between Personal and Community Stressors and Children's Neurocognitive Functioning
Fishbein, D.H., Warner, T.D., Krebs, C.P., Trevarthen, N.J., Flannery, B., & Hammond, J.A. (2009). Differential Relationships between Personal and Community Stressors and Children's Neurocognitive Functioning. Child Maltreatment, 14(4), 299-315.
Differential Susceptibility to Comorbid Drug Abuse and Violence
Fishbein DH (1998). Differential Susceptibility to Comorbid Drug Abuse and Violence. Journal of Drug Issues, 28(4): 859-890.
Dissociable effects of cocaine-dependence on reward processes: the role of acute cocaine and craving
Rose, E.J., Ross, T.J., Salmeron, B., Waltz, J., Schweitzer, J., and Stein, E.A. (2016). Dissociable effects of cocaine-dependence on reward processes: the role of acute cocaine and craving. Neuropsychopharmacology (in press).
Does the “gateway” sequence increase prediction of cannabis use disorder development beyond deviant socialization? Implications for prevention practice and policy
Tarter, R., Kirsci, L., Mezzich, A., Fishbein, D., Horner, M., Reynolds, M., Kirillova, G., Vanyukov, M. (2012) Does the “gateway” sequence increase prediction of cannabis use disorder development beyond deviant socialization? Implications for prevention practice and policy, Drug and Alcohol Dependence (in press).
Drug Abusers' Self Reports of Behaviors and Affective States Under the Influence of Alcohol
Fishbein DH, Snyder F, Haertzen C, Hickey J, Jaffe JH (1993). Drug Abusers' Self Reports of Behaviors and Affective States Under the Influence of Alcohol. International Journal of Addictions, 28(14): 1565‑1585.
Effects of a genome wide supported schizophrenia risk variant at CNNM2 on brain structure and attributional style
Rose, E.J., Hargreaves, A., Greene, C., Jacobsen, S.J., Morris, D.W., et al. (2014). Effects of a genome wide supported schizophrenia risk variant at CNNM2 on brain structure and attributional style. British Journal of Psychiatry, 204(2), 115-121.
Effects of MIR137 on fronto-amygdala functional connectivity
Mothersill, O., Morris, D.W., Kelly, S., Rose, E.J., Fahey, C., et al (2014). Effects of MIR137 on fronto-amygdala functional connectivity. NeuroImage, 90, 189-195.
Executive Cognitive Functioning and Aggression: A Public Health Perspective
Paschall MJ, Fishbein DH (2001). Executive Cognitive Functioning and Aggression: A Public Health Perspective. Aggression and Violent Behavior: A Review Journal, 7: 215-235.
Executive cognitive functioning and emotional reactivity in abstinent substance dependent individuals with and without a history of alcohol abuse
Fishbein, D., Flannery, B.A., Hyde, C., London, E., Matochik, J., Ernst, M., & Isenberg, N. (2002). Executive cognitive functioning and emotional reactivity in abstinent substance dependent individuals with and without a history of alcohol abuse. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 26(5), Supplement.
Female PCP-Using Jail Detainees: Proneness to Violence and Gender Differences
Fishbein DH (1996). Female PCP-Using Jail Detainees: Proneness to Violence and Gender Differences. Addictive Behaviors, 21(2): 155-172.
Future directions for research on inhibitory control and drug abuse prevention
Bardo, M., Milich, R., & Fishbein DH (2011) Future directions for research on inhibitory control and drug abuse prevention. Bardo, M., Fishbein, D. and Milich, R. (Eds) Behavioral Inhibitory Processes and Drug Abuse: Implications for Prevention and Treatment. Springer
Gender Differences in Neurocognitive Functioning among Alcohol Dependent Russia Patients
Flannery, B., Fishbein, D., Krupitsky, E., Langevin, D., Bobashev, G., Verbitskaya, E., Bland, C., Bolla, K., Zvartau, E., Egorova, V., Bushara, N., Tsoy, M. (2007) Gender Differences in Neurocognitive Functioning among Alcohol Dependent Russia Patients. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 31: 745-754.
Genetic influences on schizophrenia and subcortical brain volumes: large-scale proof of concept
The ENIGMA Consortium (2016). Genetic influences on schizophrenia and subcortical brain volumes: large-scale proof of concept. Nature Neuroscience, 19, 420-431.
Genome-wide schizophrenia variant at MIR137 does not impact white matter microstructure in healthy participants
Kelly, S., Morris, D.W., Mothersill, O., Rose, E.J., Fahey, C., et al. (2014). Genome-wide schizophrenia variant at MIR137 does not impact white matter microstructure in healthy participants. Neuroscience Letters 574:6-10
How do varied populations interact with embodied conversational agents? Findings from inner-city adolescents and prisoners
Hubal, R.C., Diana H. Fishbein, D.H., Monica S. Sheppard, M.S., Paschall M.J., Eldreth, D.L., Hyde, C.T. (2008) How do varied populations interact with embodied conversational agents? Findings from inner-city adolescents and prisoners. Computers in Human Behavior 24: 1104–1138.
Improvements in well-being and vagal tone following a yogic breathing-based life skills workshop in young adults: Two open-trial pilot studies
Goldstein, M., Lewis, G.F., Newman, R.,… Fishbein, D., & Meleth S. (2016). Improvements in well-being and vagal tone following a yogic breathing-based life skills workshop in young adults: Two open-trial pilot studies, International Journal of Yoga, 9(1): 20-26.
Impulsivity, Aggressiveness and Neuroendocrine Responses to Serotonergic Stimulation in Substance Users
Fishbein DH, Lozovsky D, Jaffe JH (1989). Impulsivity, Aggressiveness and Neuroendocrine Responses to Serotonergic Stimulation in Substance Users. Biological Psychiatry, 25: 1049‑1066.
Infusing Developmental Neuroscience into School-based Preventive Interventions: Implications and Future Directions
Bradshaw, C., Goldweber, A., Fishbein, D., Greenberg, M. (2012) Infusing Developmental Neuroscience into School-based Preventive Interventions: Implications and Future Directions, Journal of Adolescent Health 51: S41-47.
Infusing Neuroscience Into the Study and Prevention of Drug Misuse and Co-Occurring Aggressive Behavior
Fishbein, DH and Tarter, R (2009) Infusing Neuroscience Into the Study and Prevention of Drug Misuse and Co-Occurring Aggressive Behavior. Substance Use & Misuse, 44:1204–1235.
Ingestion of Carbohydrates Varying in Complexity Produce Differential EEG Responses
Fishbein DH, Thatcher RW, Cantor DS (1990). Ingestion of Carbohydrates Varying in Complexity Produce Differential EEG Responses. Clinical Electroencephalography, 21(1): 5‑11.
Integrating Biology into Criminology
Fishbein DH (2002). Integrating Biology into Criminology. Encyclopedia of Criminology. Berkshire Publishers.
Integrating Findings from Neurobiology into Criminological Thought: Issues, Solutions, and Implications
Fishbein DH (2005) Integrating Findings from Neurobiology into Criminological Thought: Issues, Solutions, and Implications. In S. Henry and M. Lanier (Eds.) The Essential Criminology Reader (pp. 43-67), Boulder CO: Westview Press.
Integrative Model of the Relationship between Sleep Problems and Risk for Youth Substance Use
Edwards, S., Reeves, G., & Fishbein, DH (2015). Integrative Model of the Relationship between Sleep Problems and Risk for Youth Substance Use. Current Addictions Report, April 3.
Large scale collaborative analyses of neuroimaging and genetic data
The ENIGMA Consortium (2014). Large scale collaborative analyses of neuroimaging and genetic data. Brain Imaging and Behavior, 8(2), 153-182.
Legal Applications of Electrophysiological Assessments
Fishbein DH, Thatcher RW (1991). Legal Applications of Electrophysiological Assessments. In J. Dywan, R. Kaplan, F. Pirozzolo (Eds.), Neuropsychology and the Law. New York: Springer‑Verlag, pp. 135-163.
Limbic over activity in depression during preserved performance on the n-back task
Rose, E.J., Simonotto, E., and Ebmeier, K.P. (2006). Limbic over activity in depression during preserved performance on the n-back task. NeuroImage 29: 203-215
Maternal Depressive Symptoms and Adolescent Alcohol Use in Latino Families: The Mediating Role of Affective Emotional Regulation
Stahl, M., Saavedra, L., Morgan-Lopez, A., Novak, S., Warner, T., & Fishbein, D. (2015) Maternal Depressive Symptoms and Adolescent Alcohol Use in Latino Families: The Mediating Role of Affective Emotional Regulation. Journal of Early Adolescence, December (online)
Mediators of the Stress-Drug Use Relationship in High-Risk Urban Adolescents
Fishbein, DH, Stahl, M., Eldreth, D., Hyde, C., Paschall, M.J., Ialongo, N., Hubal, R., Hubbard, S. (2006) Mediators of the Stress-Drug Use Relationship in High-Risk Urban Adolescents. Prevention Science, 7: 113-126
Medicalizing the Drug War
Fishbein DH (1991). Medicalizing the Drug War. Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 9: 323‑344.
Multiproblem Youth: Prevention, Intervention, and Treatment
Biglan A, Brennan PA, Holder HD, with Foster SL, Fishbein DH , Miller TL, Cunningham PB (2003). Multiproblem Youth: Prevention, Intervention, and Treatment. New York: Guilford.
Neural effects of the CSMD1 genome-wide associated schizophrenia risk variant rs10504253
Rose, E.J., Morris, D.W., Hargreaves, A., Fahey, C., et al. (2013). Neural effects of the CSMD1 genome-wide associated schizophrenia risk variant rs10504253. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics, 162B(6), 530-537.
Neurobiology and Long-term Effects of Early Abuse and Neglect
Rose, E.J. & Fishbein, D.H. (under construction). Neurobiology and Long-term Effects of Early Abuse and Neglect. In Laskey, A. & Sirotnak, A. (eds.) “Child Abuse: Medical Diagnosis and Management” American Academy of Pediatrics.
Neurocognitive and Emotional Regulatory Deficits Predict Treatment Response in Prison Inmates
Fishbein DH, Sheppard M, Hyde C, Hubal R., Newlin D, Serin, R., Chrousos, G., Alesci, S. (2009). Neurocognitive and Emotional Regulatory Deficits Predict Treatment Response in Prison Inmates. Law and Human Behavior, 33(5):419-35
Neurocognitive and Emotional Regulatory Processes in Antisocial Behavior
Fishbein DH (2003). Neurocognitive and Emotional Regulatory Processes in Antisocial Behavior. In L. Ellis and A. Walsh (Eds.), Biosocial Criminology: Challenging Environmentalism’s Supremacy. New York: Nova Science Press.
Neurocognitive Characteristics of Early Marijuana Use Initiation in Adolescents: A Signature Mapping Analysis
Fishbein DH, Novak SP, Ridenour TA, Thornburg V, Hammond J, Brown J. (2016). Neurocognitive Characteristics of Early Marijuana Use Initiation in Adolescents: A Signature Mapping Analysis. J Stud Alcohol Drugs. 77(3):431-40.
Neurocognitive Characterizations of Russian Heroin Addicts without a Significant History of Other Drug Use
Fishbein, D., Krupitsky, E., Flannery, B., Langevin, D., Bobashev, G., Verbitskaya, E., Bland, C., Bolla, K., Zvartau, E., Egorova, V., Bushara, N., Tsoy, M. (2007) Neurocognitive Characterizations of Russian Heroin Addicts without a Significant History of Other Drug Use. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 90: 25-38.
Neurocognitive functioning in patients with different type of abuse
Bushara, N., D.H. Fishbein, B.A. Flannery, D.J. Langevin, G. Bobashev, E.E. Zvartau, E.V. Verbitskaya, M.V. Tsoy, E.M. Krupitsky, V.U. Egorova. (2008) Neurocognitive functioning in patients with different type of abuse. European Neuropsychopharmacology. 18 Supplement 1, Pages s65-s66.
Neurocognitive Prerequisites for Prevention of Adolescent Drug Abuse
Fishbein DH, Hyde C, Coe B, Paschall M (2004). Neurocognitive Prerequisites for Prevention of Adolescent Drug Abuse. Journal of Primary Prevention, 4(4).
Neurocognitive Skills Moderate Urban Male Adolescents’ Responses to Preventive Intervention Materials
Fishbein, DH, Hyde, C, Eldreth, D., Paschall, MJ, Tarter, R, Das, A, Hubal, R, Ialongo, N, Hubbard, S, Yung, B (2006) Neurocognitive Skills Moderate Urban Male Adolescents’ Responses to Preventive Intervention Materials. Drug and Alcohol Dependence 82: 47-60.
Neurodevelopmental Precursors and Consequences of Substance Use during Adolescence: Promises and Pitfalls of Longitudinal Neuroimaging Strategies
Fishbein, D.H., Rose, E.J., Darcey, V., Belcher, A., and Van Meter, J. (2016). Neurodevelopmental Precursors and Consequences of Substance Use during Adolescence: Promises and Pitfalls of Longitudinal Neuroimaging Strategies. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 296, doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2016.00296
Neuroendocrine Responses to a Glucose Challenge Differ Between High and Low Aggressive Substance Users
Fishbein DH, Dax L, Lozovsky D, Jaffe JH (1991). Neuroendocrine Responses to a Glucose Challenge Differ Between High and Low Aggressive Substance Users. Neuropsychobiology, 25: 106‑114.
Neurological Links Between Substance Use and Crime
Fishbein DH, Pease S (1990). Neurological Links Between Substance Use and Crime. In L. Ellis and H. Hoffman (Eds.), Evolution, The Brain and Criminal Behavior. New York: Praeger, pp. 218-246.
Neuropsychological and Emotional Regulatory Processes in Antisocial Behavior
Fishbein, DH (2006) Neuropsychological and Emotional Regulatory Processes in Antisocial Behavior. J.L. Guzman Dalbora and A. Serrano Maillo (Eds). Dykinson Publishing Company
Neuropsychological Dysfunction, Drug Abuse and Violence: Conceptual Framework and Preliminary Findings
Fishbein DH (2000). Neuropsychological Dysfunction, Drug Abuse and Violence: Conceptual Framework and Preliminary Findings. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 27: 139-159.
Neuropsychological Effects of the CSMD1 Genome-Wide Associated Schizophrenia Risk Variant rs10503253
Donohoe, G., Walters, J., Hargreaves, A., Rose E.J., Morris, D.W., Fahey, C., Bellini, S., Cummins, E., Giegling, I., Hartmann, A.M., Möller, H.J., Muglia, P., Owen, M.J., Gill, M., O'Donovan, M.C., Tropea, D., Rujescu, D., and Corvin, A. (2013). Neuropsychological Effects of the CSMD1 Genome-Wide Associated Schizophrenia Risk Variant rs10503253. Genes, Brain and Behavior, 12(2), 203-209.
Neuropsychological Factors in Violence (essay)
Fishbein DH (2007) Neuropsychological Factors in Violence (essay). The Encyclopedia of Interpersonal Violence, edited by Claire M. Renzetti and Jeffrey L. Edleson. Sage Publications, Inc.
New Diagnostic Means in Criminology: Assessing Organic Sources of Behavioral Disorders
Fishbein DH (1986). New Diagnostic Means in Criminology: Assessing Organic Sources of Behavioral Disorders. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 23(3): 240‑267.
New Discoveries in Treating Deviant Behaviors
Fishbein DH (1983). New Discoveries in Treating Deviant Behaviors. Police and Security Bulletin, 1(4): 2‑3.
Nicotine modulation of information processing is not limited to input (attention) but extends to output (intention)
Rose, E.J., Ross, T.J., Kurup, P.K., and Stein, E.A. (2010). Nicotine modulation of information processing is not limited to input (attention) but extends to output (intention). Psychopharmacology 209(4): 291-302
Novel genetic loci associated with hippocampal volume
The ENIGMA Consortium (2016). Novel genetic loci associated with hippocampal volume. Nature Communications (accepted manuscript; 10/18/2016).
Novel genetic loci underlying human intracranial volume identified through genome-wide association
The ENIGMA Consortium (2016). Novel genetic loci underlying human intracranial volume identified through genome-wide association. Nature Neuroscience (accepted manuscript).
Nutrition and Neuropsychological Development in Children
Lester M, Fishbein DH (1987). Nutrition and Neuropsychological Development in Children. In R. Tarter, D.H. Van Thiel, K. Edwards (Eds.), Medical Neuropsychology: The Impact of Disease on Behavior. Plenum Press, pp. 291‑335.
Nutritional and Electrophysiological Indices of Maladaptive Behavior
Fishbein DH, Thatcher RW (1982). Nutritional and Electrophysiological Indices of Maladaptive Behavior. Research Strategies for Assessing the Behavioral Effects of Food and Nutrients. In H.R. Lieberman and R. Wurtman (Eds.), Proceedings of the Center for Brain Sciences and Metabolism, MIT, Nov. 9, pp. l94‑228.
Nutritional Biochemistry and Behavioral Disabilities
Fishbein DH, Meduski J (1987). Nutritional Biochemistry and Behavioral Disabilities. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 20(8): 505‑512.
Op-Ed: A Bipartisan Approach to Poverty
(The Hill)
Op-Ed: A Bipartisan Approach to Preventing Poverty’s Impact and Persistence
Op-Ed: A Dollar of Prevention is Worth $7 of Cure
(The Baltimore Sun)
Op-Ed: An Evidence-Based Strategy for Bringing Everyone Together
(Huffington Post)
Op-Ed: Lung Cancer Patients Need Love Too
(Journal of the American Medical Association, 2017)
Op-Ed: My Brother’s Keeper: The Vital Role of Prevention Science
(The Nurture Effect)
Op-Ed: National Leadership Needed to Fight the Opioid Crisis
Op-Ed: Prevent Tragic Police and Citizen Encounters
(PAXIS Institute)
Op-Ed: Prevention Science can Improve Baltimore's Future
Op-Ed: The Case for Prevention Science
Op-Ed: This Could be the Reason America is Becoming More Violent
(The Washington Post)
Op-Ed: We Need Evidence-Based Solutions to All of Society's Problems
Oral Session I: Childhood Development (Foundations for Behavioral Health Symposium)
(Video Link)
Oral Session II: The Impact of Adversity in Childhood (Foundations for Behavioral Health Symposium)
Oral Session III: Biological Factors in Mental Health Disorders (Foundations for Behavioral Health Symposium)
Oral Session IV: Neurodevelopmental Factors in Substance Abuse (Foundations for Behavioral Health Symposium)
Parameters of Preventing Substance Misuse in Adolescence
Sussman, S., Liao, Y., Tsai, J. & Fishbein, D. (2016). Parameters of Preventing Substance Misuse in Adolescence, Handbook of Health Promotion for Children and Adolescents (Korin, Ed.), Springer.
Patients with schizophrenia show a reduced BOLD response to both unpredictable and predictable primary reinforcers
Waltz, J.A., Schweitzer, J.B., Gold, J.M, Kurup, P.K., Ross, T.J., Salmeron, B., Rose, E.J., McClure, S.M., and Stein, E.A (2009). Patients with schizophrenia show a reduced BOLD response to both unpredictable and predictable primary reinforcers. Neuropsychopharmacology 34: 1567-1577.
Pattern of impaired working memory during major depression
Rose, E.J. and Ebmeier, K.P. (2006). Pattern of impaired working memory during major depression. Journal of Affective Disorders 90 (2-3): 149-161.
Perceiving the Risk of Substance Use: The Roles of Nativity, Acculturation, and Family among Hispanic Immigrant and U.S.-Born Hispanic Children
Warner, T, C.P. Krebs, and D.H. Fishbein (2008). “Perceiving the Risk of Substance Use: The Roles of Nativity, Acculturation, and Family among Hispanic Immigrant and U.S.-Born Hispanic Children.” Journal of Drug Issues, Vol. 38, pp. 119-148.
Policy Brief: Early Childhood Education
(Policy Brief)
Policy Brief: Healthy Child Development through Prevention Science
Policy Brief: Juvenile Justice Reform: Accountability Alternatives that Replace the Valid Court Order Exception
Policy Brief:Juvenile Justice Reform: Medicaid and Protection of At-Risk Youth
Policy Paper: A Framework for Strengthening the JJDPA Through The Use of Translational, Evidence Based Prevention Science
Policy Paper: A Multi-Issue Prevention Model for Benefiting Society (original 2013 text, updated 2016)
Policy Paper: Prevention Science to Inform Juvenile Justice Policy: Reauthorizing the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention Reauthorization Act
Position Statement:Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Position Statement: Violence Prevention
Position Statement: Preventing Poverty's Impact and Persistence, NPSC
Position Statement: Reducing Poverty and Its Adverse Consequences, NPSC
Prospects for the Application of Genetic Findings to Crime and Violence Prevention
Fishbein DH (1996). Prospects for the Application of Genetic Findings to Crime and Violence Prevention. Politics and the Life Sciences, 15(1): 91-94.
Psychometric Properties of Virtual Reality Vignette Performance Measures: A Novel Approach for Assessing Adolescents’ Social Competency Skills
Paschall, M.J., D.H. Fishbein, R.C. Hubal, and D. Eldreth (2004). “Psychometric Properties of Virtual Reality Vignette Performance Measures: A Novel Approach for Assessing Adolescents’ Social Competency Skills.” Health Education Research: Theory and Practice. 20(1), 61-70.
Psychopathology Predicts Frequency and Type of Drug Abuse Among Jail Inmates
Fishbein DH, Reuland M (1994). Psychopathology Predicts Frequency and Type of Drug Abuse Among Jail Inmates. Addictive Behaviors, 19(6): 583‑598.
Psychophysiological Factors in Violence Causation (essay)
Fishbein DH (2007) Psychophysiological Factors in Violence Causation (essay). The Encyclopedia of Interpersonal Violence, edited by Claire M. Renzetti and Jeffrey L. Edleson. Sage Publications, Inc.
Refined Carbohydrate Consumption and Maladaptive Behaviors: An Experiment
Fishbein DH (1981). Refined Carbohydrate Consumption and Maladaptive Behaviors: An Experiment. Journal of Behavioral Ecology, 2(9).
Relationship between Lead Exposure, Cognitive Function, and Heroin Addiction: Preliminary Findings and Research Agenda
Fishbein, DH, Todd, A., Ricketts, E., Semba, R. (2008). Relationship between Lead Exposure, Cognitive Function, and Heroin Addiction: Preliminary Findings and Research Agenda. Environmental Research 208(3): 315-319.
Relationships between Traumatic Brain Injury and Illicit Drug Use and Their Association with Aggression in Inmates
Fishbein D, Dariotis JK, Ferguson PL, Pickelsimer EE. (2016) Relationships between Traumatic Brain Injury and Illicit Drug Use and Their Association with Aggression in Inmates. Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol. 60, 575-591.
Repeatability of motor and working memory tasks in healthy older volunteers: assessment of functional MR imaging
Marshall, I., Simonotto, E., Deary, I.J., Maclullich, A., Ebmeier, K.P., Rose, E.J., Wardlaw, J.M., Goddard, N., Chappell, F.M. (2004). Repeatability of motor and working memory tasks in healthy older volunteers: assessment of functional MR imaging. Radiology 233 (3): 868-877.
Risky Decision Making and the Anterior Cingulate in Abstinent Drug Addicts and Nondrug Users
Fishbein DH, Eldreth, D., Hyde, C., Matochik, J., London., E., Contoreggi, C., Kurian, V., Kimes, A., Breeden, A., and Grant, S. (2005). Risky Decision Making and the Anterior Cingulate in Abstinent Drug Addicts and Nondrug Users. Cognitive Brain Research, 23: 119-136.
School-based delivery of a mindful yoga curriculum to high-risk youth: Implementation, Considerations and Recommendations for Practice
Miller, S., Herman-Stahl, M., Fishbein, D.H., Lavery, B., Johnson, M., & Markovits, L. (2015). School-based delivery of a mindful yoga curriculum to high-risk youth: Implementation, Considerations and Recommendations for Practice. Advances in School Mental Health 7: 171-183.
Selected Studies on the Biology of Antisocial Behavior
Fishbein DH (1996). Selected Studies on the Biology of Antisocial Behavior. In J. Conklin (Ed.), Criminology.
Self‑Report vs. Laboratory Measures of Aggression as Predictors of Substance Abuse
Muntaner C, Walter D, Nagoshi C, Fishbein D, Haertzen CA, Jaffe JH (1990). Self‑Report vs. Laboratory Measures of Aggression as Predictors of Substance Abuse. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 25(1): 1‑11.
Self‑Reported Effects of PCP on Human Aggression
McCardle L, Fishbein DH (1989). Self‑Reported Effects of PCP on Human Aggression. Addictive Behaviors, 4(4): 465‑472.
Sexual Preference, Crime and Punishment
Fishbein DH (2000). Sexual Preference, Crime and Punishment. Women and Criminal Justice, 11(2): 67-84.
Short-Term Intervention Effects of the PATHS Curriculum in Young Low Income Children: Capitalizing on Plasticity
Fishbein, D.H., Domitrovich, C., Williams, J., Gitukui, S., Shapiro, D., Greenberg, M. (2016) Short-Term Intervention Effects of the PATHS Curriculum in Young Low Income Children: Capitalizing on Plasticity. Journal of Primary Prevention 37: 493-511.
Social and Policy Implications of Translational Prevention Research on Drug Abuse
Biglan, T. & Fishbein DH (2011) Social and Policy Implications of Translational Prevention Research on Drug Abuse. Bardo, M., Fishbein, D. and Milich, R. (Eds) Behavioral Inhibitory Processes and Drug Abuse: Implications for Prevention and Treatment. Springer.
Social cognition in bipolar disorder versus schizophrenia: comparability in mental state decoding deficits
Donohoe, G., Duignan, A., Hargreaves, A., Morris, D.W., Rose, E., Robertson, D., Cummings, E., Moore, S., Gill, M., and Corvin, A. (2012). Social cognition in bipolar disorder versus schizophrenia: comparability in mental state decoding deficits. Bipolar Disorders, 14(7), 734-738.
Spontaneous EEG and Brainstem Evoked Response Potentials in Drug Abusers With Histories of Aggressive Behavior
Fishbein DH, Herning R, Pickworth W, Haertzen C, Hickey J, Jaffe J (1989). Spontaneous EEG and Brainstem Evoked Response Potentials in Drug Abusers With Histories of Aggressive Behavior. Biological Psychiatry, 26: 595‑611.
Temporal difference error prediction signal dysregulation in cocaine-dependence
Rose, E.J., Salmeron, B., Ross, T.J., Schweitzer, J., Waltz, J., McClure, S. and Stein, E.A (2014). Temporal difference error prediction signal dysregulation in cocaine-dependence. Neuropsychopharmacology, 39(7), 1732-1742.
The Application of the Continuum of Care Model to Community Policing
Fishbein DH (1998). The Application of the Continuum of Care Model to Community Policing. FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, (May): 1-5.
The Catecholamines and Their Metabolic Enzymes
Fishbein DH (2000). The Catecholamines and Their Metabolic Enzymes. In R. Gottesman (Ed.), Violence in America: An Encyclopedia. New York: MacMillan.
The Contribution of Refined Carbohydrate Consumption to Maladaptive Behaviors
Fishbein DH (1982). The Contribution of Refined Carbohydrate Consumption to Maladaptive Behaviors. Journal of Orthomolecular Psychiatry, 11(1).
The Dynamics of Drug Abuse
Fishbein DH, Pease S (1996). The Dynamics of Drug Abuse. Needham Heights, MA: Allyn and Bacon.
The effects of escitalopram on working memory and brain activity in healthy adults during performance of the n-back task
Rose, E.J., Simonotto, E., Spencer, E., and Ebmeier, K.P. (2006). The effects of escitalopram on working memory and brain activity in healthy adults during performance of the n-back task. Psychopharmacology 185 (3): 339-347.
The effects of psychosis risk variants on brain connectivity: A review
Mothersill, O.*, Kelly, S.*, Rose, E.J., and Donohoe, G (2012). The effects of psychosis risk variants on brain connectivity: A review. Frontiers in Psychiatry 3:18 (*equal author contribution).
The effects of the neurogranin schizophrenia risk variant rs12807809 on brain structure and function
Rose, E.J., Morris, D.W., Fahey, C., Robertson, I.H., Greene, C., O’Doherty, J., Newell, F.N., Garavan, H., McGrath, J., Bokde, A., Gill, M., Corvin, A., and Donohoe, G. (2012). The effects of the neurogranin schizophrenia risk variant rs12807809 on brain structure and function. Twin Research and Human Genetics 15(3): 296-303. (ENIGMA special issue)
The Full Translational Spectrum of Prevention Science
Fishbein, D.H., Sussman S., Ridenour, T., Stahl, M. (2016) The Full Translational Spectrum of Prevention Science. Translational Behavioral Medicine 6(1).
The Full Translational Spectrum of Prevention Science: Facilitating the Transfer of Knowledge to Practices and Policies That Prevent Behavioral Health Problems
Fishbein, D.H., Ridenour, T., Stahl, M. & Sussman, S. (2016) The Full Translational Spectrum of Prevention Science: Facilitating the Transfer of Knowledge to Practices and Policies That Prevent Behavioral Health Problems, Translational Behavioral Medicine, 6(1).
The Import of Neurobiological Research to the Prevention of Antisocial Behavior and Drug Abuse
Fishbein DH (2000). The Import of Neurobiological Research to the Prevention of Antisocial Behavior and Drug Abuse. Prevention Science, 1(2): 89-106.
The Influence of Family Characteristics on Problem Behaviors in a Sample of Caribbean Adolescents
Maguire E. and Fishbein, DH (2016) The Influence of Family Characteristics on Problem Behaviors in a Sample of Caribbean Adolescents. Family Relations.
The Mediating Effect of Depressive Symptoms on the Relationship between Traumatic Childhood Experiences and Drug Use Initiation
Fishbein, D.H., Novak, S., Krebs, C., Warner, T., & Hammond, J. (2011) The Mediating Effect of Depressive Symptoms on the Relationship between Traumatic Childhood Experiences and Drug Use Initiation. Addictive Behaviors, 36: 527-531.
The miR-137 schizophrenia susceptibility variant rs1625579 does not predict variability in brain volume
Rose, E.J., Morris, D.W., Fahey, C., Cannon, D., et al. (2014). The miR-137 schizophrenia susceptibility variant rs1625579 does not predict variability in brain volume. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics 165B(6): 467-71
The NOS1 variant rs6490121 is associated with prefrontal function and grey matter density in healthy individuals
Rose, E.J., Greene, C., Kelly, S., Jacobsen, S.J., Morris, D.W., Robertson, I.H., O’Doherty, J., Newell, F.N., McGrath, J., Bokde, A., Garavan, H, Frodl, T., Gill, M., Corvin, A., and Donohoe, G. (2012). The NOS1 variant rs6490121 is associated with prefrontal function and grey matter density in healthy individuals. NeuroImage 60(1): 614-622.
The Promise of Prevention Science for Preventing Intergenerational Poverty
Van Ryzin, M., Fishbein, D, & Biglan, A. (2017). The Promise of Prevention Science for Preventing Intergenerational Poverty. Psychology, Public Policy and Law.
The Psychobiology of Female Aggression
Fishbein DH (1992). The Psychobiology of Female Aggression. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 19(2): 99‑126.
The risk of assimilating? Alcohol use among immigrant and U.S.-born Mexican youth
Warner, T. D., Fishbein, D. H, and Krebs, C. P. (2010) The risk of assimilating? Alcohol use among immigrant and U.S.-born Mexican youth. Social Science Research 39(1):176-186
The Science, Treatment and Prevention of Antisocial Behaviors: Applications to the Criminal Justice System
Fishbein DH (Ed. and Author) (2000). The Science, Treatment and Prevention of Antisocial Behaviors: Applications to the Criminal Justice System. New Jersey: Civic Research Institute.
The Science, Treatment and Prevention of Antisocial Behaviors: Volume II
Fishbein DH (Ed.) (2004). The Science, Treatment and Prevention of Antisocial Behaviors: Volume II. New Jersey: Civic Research Institute, Inc.
The Theory, Practice and Evaluation of Behavioral Change as a Function of Dietary Intervention: Implications for Criminology and Corrections
Fishbein DH, Pease SE (1988). The Theory, Practice and Evaluation of Behavioral Change as a Function of Dietary Intervention: Implications for Criminology and Corrections. The Rand Corporation and National Institute for Corrections, Monograph Series, May.
Translating prevention research for evidence-based policymaking: Results from the Research-to-Policy Collaboration pilot
Crowley, D.M., Scott, T., & Fishbein, D.H. (2017). Translating prevention research for evidence-based policymaking: Results from the Research-to-Policy Collaboration pilot. Prevention Science.
Translating research into prevention of high-risk behaviors in the presence of complex systems: definitions and systems frameworks
Hassmiller Lich K, Frerichs L, Fishbein D, Bobashev G, Pentz MA. (2016). Translating research into prevention of high-risk behaviors in the presence of complex systems: definitions and systems frameworks. Translational Behavioral Medicine. 6(1):17-31. doi: 10.1007/s13142-016-0390-z.
Translation and Integration Of Biological Research Into Prevention Science
Fishbein, DH & Ridenour, T. (2013) Translation and Integration Of Biological Research Into Prevention Science, Prevention Science 14(3).
Violent Prison Inmates: Matching Treatment to Offender
Fishbein DH (2000). Violent Prison Inmates: Matching Treatment to Offender. American Jails, November/December, pp. 41-48.
ZNF804A and social cognition in patients with schizophrenia and healthy controls
Hargreaves, A., Morris, D.W., Rose, E., Fahey, C., Tropea, D., Gill, M., Corvin, A., and Donohoe, G. (2012). ZNF804A and social cognition in patients with schizophrenia and healthy controls. Molecular Psychiatry 17: 118-119.
ZNF804A risk allele is associated with relatively intact grey matter volume in patients with schizophrenia
Donohoe, G.,* Rose, E.J.,* Frodl, T., Morris, D.W., Spoletini, I., Cherubini, A., Adriano, F., Caltagirone, C., Bossu, P., Gill, M., Corvin, A.P., and Spalletta, G. (2011).
ZNF804A risk allele is associated with relatively intact grey matter volume in patients with schizophrenia. NeuroImage 54(3): 2131-2137. (*equal author contribution).
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CBS' Jim Nantz hopes NCAA tournament can provide 'joy' as country deals with coronavirus
Steve GardnerUSA TODAY
This year's NCAA men's basketball tournament could look a lot different from previous ones as a result of the nationwide coronavirus outbreak.
The uncertainty was evident Tuesday as Jim Nantz and other CBS/Turner Sports broadcasters discussed the situation on a conference call with reporters.
“Like everyone else, we have no idea where this is going over the next three or four weeks and we’ll adapt to whatever the NCAA decides to do with the tournament,” Nantz said.
Despite concerns about the virus, Nantz expressed optimism that the story lines and buzzer-beaters the NCAA tournament always provides would be a welcome distraction for viewers.
“This comes at a time where the country really needs more than ever a chance to have something that brings some joy/fun into their lives, more of an escapism, if you will."
So far, the NCAA and the networks are proceeding as scheduled, but Nantz did at least acknowledge the possibility of some games being played without spectators present -- as has been done at sporting events around the world.
"The hardest thing to get your mind around is calling a game with so much at stake with no crowd, no excitement in the building," he said. "What would that feel like? What can you think of that you’ve done that ever would be comparable to that?"
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Continental Philosophy 4
Philosophy and Religion 23
Zeta Books 247
L’Argument infini 6
The Art of Experimental Natural History 11
Boethiana mediaevalia 7
Branching Off 16
Journal of Early Modern Studies 175
Raison et mystique dans le néoplatonisme 9
L'absolu dans la philosophie du jeune Schelling 4
La prudence de l’homme d’esprit 8
Review Article 9
1. Journal of Early Modern Studies: Volume > 1 > Issue: 1
Book received
Robert Arnăutu Descartes among the Scholastics by Roger Ariew
D. C. Andersson On Borrowed Time: Internationalism and its Discontents in a Late Sixteenth-Century University Library
An analysis of the accession history, together with a few refinements thereto, of the Báthory Jesuit College in Transylvania tells us much about the internationaland local buying practices of a humanistic reading community in a period of confessional strife. This short article makes a few corrections to our current knowledge of this library, together with a few obiter comments on Transylvanian book pricing and on the second-hand usage of student works. The Republic ofLetters depended, naturally enough, on the inculcation of a worldview that was not wholly parochial. Accordingly, the article also considers the nature of the intellectual culture that the partial reconstruction suggests and, finally, the division of labour between international and local markets for the sourcing of books.
Alexander Douglas A Worldlier Spinoza: Susan James on the Tractatus Theologico-Politicus
Andrea Sangiacomo Principe de la philosophie chez Hobbes. L’expérience de soi et du monde by Arnaud Milanese
Noël Golvers “Savant” correspondence from China with Europe in the 17th-18th centuries
In this survey I describe the practice of letter writing in the Jesuit society in the Early Modern times, especially focusing on its role in the diffusion of scholarly information on China and its role in the construction of knowledge on China in Europe. After a description of the general background, I analyse consecutively: (1) some distinctive characteristics of the correspondence from China compared to the common Jesuit practices; (2) the historical communication and transfer routes between China and Europe; (3) the identity of a series of correspondents; (4) the scholarly topics discussed in these letters; (5) the present location of the main collections. I will finish (6) with a presentation of some major individual collections and (7) the impact of this correspondence on the contemporary European reading public, with an overall assessment of these letters as a source for 17th–18th–century European and world history.
Anne Davenport English Recusant Networks and the Early Defense of Cartesian Philosophy
Following the publication of Descartes’s mechanistic explanation of transubstantiation in 1641, proponents of Galileo’s cosmology and of mechanistic principles of philosophy found themselves vulnerable to a concerted attack by theological authorities. This article calls attention to an early written defense of Cartesian transubstantiation and argues that the “weak” ties of English Catholic networks played a key role in mounting a targeted defense, beyond Mersenne’s immediate circle, of the autonomy of natural philosophy.
Michael Deckard Acts of admiration: Wondrous Women in Early Modern Philosophy
This paper examines three sets of correspondence in the early modern tradition in order to bridge natural philosophy and practical philosophy by means of the notion of admiration, which Descartes mentions in article 53 of Traité des Passions de l’âme as “the first of all the passions”. I will thus first look at the correspondence of Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia (1618-1680) and René Descartes (1596–1650) in which Elisabeth is a cause of wonder, and who herself inspires Descartes to understand passions better than he had before. Not only does she challenge his mind/body dualism, but she also attempts to instill an appreciation of the personal in philosophy. Wonder is thus not only physiological and passive, but also inspiring and active. Second, the correspondence of Henry More (1614–1687) and Viscountess Anne Conway (1631–1679) spell out further depths of friendship and love. In their interaction, the active life is as much about their care for each other, and Henry’s concern for Anne’s health in particular, as the philosophical content of their relationship. Third, the correspondence between John Norris (1657–1711) and Mary Astell (1668–1731) reveal the transition from abstract philosophy to practical philosophy and, in their interaction, the young wonder Astell teaches Norris about the importance of loving others. This is not a mere curiosity in the history of wonder, but a real and lasting relationship in whichAstell inspires Norris to better himself.
10. Journal of Early Modern Studies: Volume > 1 > Issue: 1
Koen Vermeir The Dustbin of the Republic of Letters: Pierre Bayle’s “Dictionaire” as an encyclopedic palimpsest of errors
Pierre Bayle’s Dictionnaire Historique et Critique, a landmark in intellectual history, is a curious text. Originally intended as a collection of all errors, it became an encyclopedia of everything, enfolding rampantly growing footnotes that commented on every imaginable topic. Instead of looking at Bayle’s theoretical statements in the Dictionnaire, I explore Bayle’s writing practice, his critical method and his practice of forming judgments. A close study of the textual, paratextual and contextual characteristics of the first entry of the Dictionnaire (the entry “Abaris”) allows me to find out how Bayle made up his mind at every stage during a contemporaneous controversy on divination. In this way, we are able to see Bayle’s mind in action while he is judging the contradictory information he receives and the to-and-fro movement of changing opinions he is confronted with. This examination yields new insights to Bayle’s practical attitudes towards key issues in his oeuvre, including scepticism, rationalism, superstition and tolerance. At the same time, the article clarifies how Bayle was involved in the Republic of Letters and how he related to his local context in Rotterdam.
Roger Ariew Descartes’ Correspondence before Clerselier: Du Roure’s La Philosophie
Episodes of the wide diffusion of Galileo’s letters prompts me to consider whether the same thing could be demonstrated for Descartes. The question that interests me most is the circulation of Descartes’ correspondence before the publication of Clerselier’s edition of it, in three volumes, 1657–1667. Thus I examine the influence of Descartes’ unpublished correspondence in Jacques Du Roure’s La Philosophie divisée en toutes ses parties (Paris, 1654). It contains paraphrases of some letters by Descartes and a number of Descartes’ views whose contents were not available in the published corpus. I discuss in particular: 1. To Clerselier, June or July 1646 (about fi rst principles); 2. To Elisabeth, August 4, 1645 (about happiness); 3. To Mersenne?, May 27, 1641?, or To Mesland?, February 9, 1645? (about freedom of indifference). I also examine the evidence of a missing letter: To Mesland, February 9, 1645 (about transubstantiation and individuation). As with the case of the wide diffusion of Galileo’s unpublished letters, we can see a rather quick dissemination of Descartes’ correspondence. Th ree of four letters were circulated, if not by Descartes’ correspondents, at least by Clerselier just after Descartes’ death, even before the publication of his Lettres de Mr. Descartes.
J.B. Shank A French Jesuit in the Royal Society of London: Father Louis-Bertrand de Castel, S.J. and Enlightenment Mathematics, 1720–1735
Is it possible for a Parisian Jesuit to be considered an embodiment of Enlightenment? Th is paper argues yes using the case of Louis Betrand de Castel, S.J. Castel is the only French Jesuit ever to be made a fellow of the Royal Society of London, and this paper argues that his admission in 1730 illustrates the shared currents of Enlightenment that brought together this Jesuit with this institution of Enlightenment science. Challenging intellectualist definitions of Enlightenment that defi ne it in terms of philosophical “isms” or alleged unities of belief, I argue that Enlightenment is better described as a new critical spirit born of the changing mediascape of the eighteenth century, and the new patterns of intellectual engagement and sociability that this environment spawned. Castel was a figure of Enlightenment through his work as a journalist and active critic in the mathematical debates of the period. His ideas defy classification under any single label, but his admission to the Royal Society, I argue, was made because of, rather than in spite of, his idiosyncratic scientific positions. Castel, therefore, illustrates an Enlightenment rooted less in any single scientific position or intellectual point view, and more in the new patterns of public critical engagement about all intellectual matters, including mathematics, characteristic of eighteenth-century Europe.
Sebastian Mateiescu Histories of Scientific Observation by Lorraine Daston and Elizabeth Lunbeck (eds.)
Delphine Kolesnik-Antoine Le rôle des expériences dans la physiologie d’Henricus Regius : les « pierres lydiennes » du cartésianisme
The historiography of Cartesianism often opposes Regius, a dissident empiricist medical doctor who denied the capacity of natural reason to demonstrate the immateriality and the immortality of the soul, to Descartes, a metaphysician who on the contrary grounded his philosophy in the real distinction between thinking and corporeal substance. In this contribution, I show how our understanding of this relation is modified when approaching the relation between the two men taking departure in the question of physiological experiments. Going back to some foundational texts, namely the disputations on physiology defended at the University of Utrecht from around 1640, I follow the evolution in how they dealt with three essential questions: the beating of the heart, digestion, and muscular movement, all the way until the last edition of the Philosophia naturalis in 1661. I reconstruct the prolonged dialogue between Regius and Descartes on these questions in order to show that the recourse to physiological experimentation in Regius’s work does not serve to question Descartes’s philosophy. Quite to the contrary, Regius wishes to consolidate this philosophy and purge it of its slag by responding to accusations of abstraction and dogmatism directed against a Cartesian metaphysics and physics that remove both venture to speak of the invisible. By following the aftermath of Regius’s innovations in the texts by Clerselier and De la Forge that accompany the posthumous edition of L’Homme in 1664, this contribution proposes, in short, to reconsider an interpretation of Cartesianismthat is too “dualist,” by taking into account what a more empiricist reading can contribute to it.
Cesare Pastorino Francis Bacon and the Institutions for the Promotion of Knowledge and Innovation
This paper analyzes Francis Bacon’s observations on institutions for the advancement of knowledge and technical innovation. Early references to establishments for the promotion of knowledge can be found initial in Bacon’s early works, in the 1590s. Bacon’s journey to France in the second half of the1570s played a role in shaping these early conceptions. In particular, Bacon was likely acquainted with Jaques Gohory’s Lycium philosophal and Nicholas Houel’s Maison de Charité Chrétienne. In the period following the composition of The Advancement of Learning (1605), Francis Bacon focused his attention on the foundation of a college for inventors. Practical plans for the establishment of a college were discussed in the Commentarius solutus (1608). Bacon’s proposals addressed his general concerns for the production of technological innovation in Stuart society; both the college of the Commentarius and the imaginary institution of Salomon’s House in the New Atlantis (1626) can be seen as inventor’s utopias, where innovators are freed from the pressures of the world of crafts. Analogous continental project likely inspired such institutions. Again, the case of France may be relevant; around the time of Bacon’s proposals for his college, Henri IV was actively fostering collaboration among skilled inventors under royal patronage, and outside the strict control of the guild system.
Jonathan Regier Method and the a priori in Keplerian metaphysics
I will analyze how a natural philosopher, according to Johannes Kepler (1571-1630), can move from phenomena to knowledge of a priori causes, those causes included in the divine “idea” of the world. By doing so, I hope to enlarge upon recent studies that discuss the influence of regressus-style logic on Kepler’s natural philosophy. The first part of this article will focus on Kepler’s influences at Tübingen and on the preface to the first edition of the Mysterium Cosmographicum (1596). The preface is an important document. In it, Kepler presents his own narrative of discovery. In the second half of the article, I will jump to his last a priori works, those published around 1620. I will argue that these add a level of detail and precision to the a priori method first presented in the Mysterium. I will end by considering the 1621 edition of the Mysterium, showing how Kepler strongly clarifies the limits of geometry in his natural philosophy.
Iovan Drehe Defending Hypatia: Ramus, Savile, and the Renaissance Rediscovery of Mathematical History by Robert Goulding
Laura Georgescu One Experiment, Different Uses: Floating Magnetic Bodies in Peregrinus, Norman and Gilbert
This paper argues that local epistemic aims shape and transform the function played by an experiment. It shows that different uses of the same experimental context change the status of the experiment in the larger knowledge scheme. I deal with this problem in the context of early modern science, where experiments were often transferred from one domain of knowledge or from one problem to another. Thus, I assess how the technique of freely floating magnetic bodies was used experimentally in the following treatises: Peter Peregrinus’ Epistola de magnete, Robert Norman’s The Newe Attractive and William Gilbert’s De magnete. If the thesis is correct, then context-sensitive analyses of the transfer of experiments across domains (or problems) are necessary in order to understand both the function of the experiment in each knowledge context and what legitimizes the transfer.
Claudio Buccolini Mersenne Translator of Bacon?
Several scholars, such as Corneliis de Waard (1933) and Frances Amalia Yates (1947), have suggested that Marin Mersenne may have translated some parts (or even the whole) of Francis Bacon’s Sylva Sylvarum. This supposed translation, into Latin, according to De Waard, or into French, according to Yates, has not yet come to light. This paper presents the identification of a partial French translation of Century II of the Sylva Sylvarum in a manuscript by Mersenne, written between 1626 and 1629. This partial translation was probably realized by Marin Mersenne himself, for his own use. It consists of a part of Sylva Sylvarum concerning sounds, the subject Mersenne was working on in that period.
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Idris Elba reveals he tested positive for coronavirus despite having no symptoms
Sara M MoniuszkoUSA TODAY
Idris Elba revealed on Twitter Monday that he has tested positive for coronavirus.
"This morning I tested positive for COVID-19. I feel OK, I have no symptoms so far but have been isolated since I found out about my possible exposure to the virus," he captioned a video announcement. "Stay home people and be pragmatic. I will keep you updated on how I’m doing. No panic."
In the video, he explains he got tested after realizing he was exposed to someone who had also tested positive. He added that he self-quarantined after finding out about the other person's results and "got a test immediately."
"It sucks," he admitted. "Looks, this is serious. Now's the time to really think about social distancing, washing your hands."
Elba is not the first celebrity to test positive for the virus. Tom Hanks revealed last week he and wife Rita Wilson are also quarantined with the illness.
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The Selected Stories of Richard Bausch
By Richard Bausch
Category: Fiction Classics | Literary Fiction
Jun 20, 2012 | ISBN 9780307822772
About The Selected Stories of Richard Bausch
Richard Bausch is a master of the short story—and this selection brings together ten pieces which perfectly showcase his incisive wit, perception, and artistry. “He brings to life characters and situations as vivid and compelling as any in contemporary literature.”—Michael Dorris, The Washington Post Book World
Including these stories:
“The Man Who Knew Belle Starr”
“Police Dreams”
“What Feels Like the World”
“The Eyes of Love”
“The Fireman’s Wife”
“Letter to the Lady of the House”
“Aren’t You Happy for Me?”
“High-Heeled Shoe”
Also by Richard Bausch
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About Richard Bausch
Richard Bausch is the author of twelve novels and eight previous volumes of short stories. He is a recipient of the REA Award For The Short Story, the PEN/Malamud Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Lila Wallace–Reader’s Digest Award, the Literature… More about Richard Bausch
Published by Modern Library
Apr 23, 1996 | 240 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 | ISBN 9780679640172
Jun 20, 2012 | 240 Pages | ISBN 9780307822772
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Dominican is a 4-year private university located at 7900 W Division Street in River Forest, Illinois. It's a Large campus in a Suburb-based setting with 3,696 enrolled students and a student faculty ratio of 11 to 1. Campus housing is present on campus, and online programs are available.
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The origin of Dominican, a higher education and research institute go back to 1901 when it was founded as the St. Clara College. The college, however, also traces origins to St. Clara Female Academy founded in 1848. In 1922 the college was renamed as the Rosary College and soon in 1926 moved to its own campus. Gradually, it added academic programs and transformed into a coeducational institute.
It was in 1997 that it took on its present name as Dominican University. Based in River Forest, Illinois, the university has gained prominence for education that is not only promoting diversity but also training students to critically look at the rising global issues and be innovative in their approach to mending them.
Dominican aims to become a learning and growth center for the students, and so provides every form of support and service which could help its students to develop. To keep its students focused but not bore them of their academics, the university brings learning and growth through plenty of extracurricular activities. Students find more than 30 student led organisations and clubs to be part of, offering various interests and the chance to develop interpersonal relations. These student clubs also serve as organisations where students get to learn and display the leaders in them by taking on the role of Officers. There is also formal education provided for developing leadership skills through the TORCH Orientation Leaders, Emerging Leaders Program, as Resident or Commuter Assistants. There is also active ministry on the campus which involves students in prayer, studies as well as community service. Students also get to express their creative side through performing arts activities such as series, dance recitals and etc. There are university athletic teams, ‘Starts’ competing at NCAA Division III.
The academic programs at Dominican consist of undergraduate programs with 50 majors and minors, and dual-degree or certificate programs. It also offers graduate programs under six schools, of which the most prominent is Brennan School of Business. Other facilities include Parmer Hall, Rebecca Crown Library, Coughlin Hall, Sister Jean Murray Hall, Mazzuchelli and Power Hall, and more.
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The yearly tuition for Dominican is $30,670. However, this number and one's actual expenses can vary. Some schools have tuition that is higher based on students with residency in-state vs out of state, books, fees, and on or off campus housing will all have an effect. We provide a free calculator tool so you can see what your actual yearly costs might be.
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Dominican Simple Tuition vs. Actual Fees: What's the Difference?
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The Acceptance rate for Dominican is 63 Percent. Last year, there were 4161 applicants and 19 percent of those who were accepted actually attended (Enrollment Rate). To apply, it's required to have the following: High school GPA, High School transcripts, SAT/ACT test scores.
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A Global Challenge: How Other Countries Are Managing International Students
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When Covid-19 began to spread, Australia closed its borders to noncitizens, including international students. Unlike in the United States, where travel restrictions began to be imposed after most colleges had resumed classes, the Australian shutdown occurred just as universities there began their academic year, in late February and early March.
As a result, many international students, new and continuing alike, were stuck outside the country. There they remain.
Universities had hoped students would be allowed in by early 2021. But last week Prime Minister Scott Morrison dashed those hopes. More than 30,000 Australians remain abroad, and strict re-entry rules and overtaxed quarantine facilities can’t accommodate them. International students, the prime minister said, will have to wait.
“Sadly, that will delay any ability to be bringing international students to Australia soon because we must use every available place to get Australians home,” he said. “This is a question of priorities and our priorities must be to look after Australian citizens and residents first.”
If the border restrictions remain in place into next year, Australia could lose half of its pre-pandemic international enrollments, according to the Mitchell Institute for Education and Health Policy, a think tank based at Victoria University. The cost to the country’s economy could be nearly $16 billion.
Why talk about Australia? Because Covid is truly global. Issues like political leadership, visa policy, and work rules for international students are country-specific, and so the challenges America faces are often ours alone. But the coronavirus knows no boundaries. All host countries have had to craft international-student policy in the wake of Covid, each with its own implications.
A recent survey by IDP Connect found growing frustration among current and prospective international students about continued border closures in Australia and neighboring New Zealand.
Other countries, like Canada, have exempted overseas students from entry restrictions, but there are complaints that some provinces have been slow to approve Covid-readiness plans for universities and English-language programs, delaying students’ return.
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Of the major destination countries, the UK has perhaps pushed the hardest to enroll international students this fall, with some universities even chartering flights to make up for limited air travel. But efforts to return to normal has had trade-offs, particularly around health.
One American mother whose daughter studies in London said she had to undergo a lengthy quarantine, only to contract the coronavirus from classmates. Testing was inadequate, the mother said, and only when Britain went into lockdown was her daughter permitted to return home and take classes remotely. At this point, she is expected to be back on campus for in-person classes next semester.
“By requiring students to come to campus, the universities created huge petri dishes,” the mother said. “To add insult to injury, international students pay more than three times the price of domestic students for what amounts to repeated periods of forced quarantine, whether healthy or immune.”
New SEVIS Data
Now back to the U.S., where new visa data from the Department of Homeland Security provide an even clearer picture of fall international enrollments. According to the just-released SEVIS figures, the number of student-visa holders in the U.S. this September fell 21 percent from January, right before the pandemic.
There were about 905,000 international students this fall, compared to more than 1.1 million at the start of the year.
Before I dive into more analysis, let me pause for a minute to say why the data warrant attention. After all, you might rightly point out that last week’s newsletter also dealt with international enrollments. The DHS report pulls from contemporaneous visa records as tracked, mandatorily, in SEVIS, the student-visa database. It isn’t based on a survey, and it isn’t reliant on institutional self-reporting. (That said, SEVIS data are supposed to be reported each quarter, and before September, January was the last public update. There was a similar nine-month reporting gap in 2019.)
Here’s what else the SEVIS report shows:
The number of students from China, the largest sending country, declined 25 percent, while №2 India dropped 18 percent. The rest of the top 10 also experienced double-digit decreases.
Likewise, the states with the largest international-student populations, per Open Doors, all saw dips. The percentage declines ranged from 17 percent, in Texas, to 26 percent, in California.
Enrollments in English-language programs were down 43 percent over the pandemic period. Since their all-time high, in February 2015, English-language numbers have dropped almost 70 percent.
One final note, the SEVIS data includes visa information for students at the K-12 level, but younger students account for less than five percent of the total.
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New Risks to Academic Freedom
Global threats to academic freedom continue despite Covid, according to a new report from the Scholars at Risk network.
Students and scholars were the subject of more than 340 attacks in 58 countries in the past year, said the annual report, which covers September 2019 to August 2020. It details threats to higher education and academic freedom, including violent attacks on university campuses in Afghanistan, a four-year crackdown on scholars by Turkey’s government, and challenges to free speech and academic expression posed by Hong Kong’s new national-security law. But the compendium also includes incidents closer to home, such as when Charlie Kirk, the head of Turning Point USA, invited college students to monitor, record, and expose their professors’ political expression if they disagreed with it.
Scholars at Risk said the pandemic “revealed new vulnerabilities within higher education,” such as disruptions to online classes and meetings and the challenges of ensuring digital privacy to students taking courses from abroad, particularly from countries with strict censorship or security laws.
“Attacks on the university space impact all of us. Within the COVID-19 crisis we see persistent threats to scholars, students, and universities — even to truth itself,” said Robert Quinn, executive director of SAR. The report was released at the group’s virtual conference on academic freedom.
Scholars are circulating a letter expressing outrage at recent attacks targeting students and professors in Afghanistan and calling for greater protection of higher-education institutions there.
A new coalition of international education, study abroad, and student exchange groups will advocate for greater global engagement.
Times Higher Ed released a global employability ranking, tracking the institutions employers say do best in preparing graduates for work. It looks an awful lot like its ranking of the world’s top universities.
Graduating students at the Chinese University of Hong Kong staged an anti-government protest where the ceremony was supposed to be held.
Students from mainland China and Hong Kong may be interested in studying elsewhere in Asia, opting to stay closer to home after the pandemic, a new survey suggests.
Could the British government use Covid as a pretense to kill off struggling universities?
Several offices promoting Malaysian education overseas will be shut for failure to increase international students, research, or revenue.
Yemeni universities are charging students tuition in dollars, and currency exchange rates could keep some from earning a degree.
Poland’s education minister plans to introduce legislation to protect university instructors who express conservative, Christian, or nationalist views.
The University of Minnesota is establishing a National Resource Center for Refugees, Immigrants, and Migrants during Covid.
A new center will evaluate and measure Chinese universities’ performance.
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Congrats to my friend Jeff Selingo whose book on college admissions, Who Gets In and Why, was named to the New York Times’ list of 100 Notable Books of 2020. Jeff also writes a newsletter, Next, on the future of higher ed. Huzzah!
’Til next week — Karin
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A freelance journalist and expert on global issues in higher ed, Karin has been writing for more than a decade about the changing relationship between American colleges and the world.
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International Association of Catholic Bioethics (IACB)
The IACB – an association founded in 2005 by various associations of the Order, which the Canadian Association led in incorporating, is increasing its activities as a network for international collaboration among Catholic bioethicists to promote ethics in health care and research. Changes in health care are rapid and complex and give rise to many ethical issues that call for reflection and action in light of our Catholic faith.
The IACB shares and synthesizes understanding through discussions; and develops consensus statements and other resources in ethics for health policy makers, healthcare professionals, clergy and the laity. Its rigorous academic and collaborative approaches have earned widespread respect. By advancing Catholic thinking in bioethics, particularly on topics in health care that affect the most vulnerable in our world, the IACB supports the Order’s mission of maintaining the faith and devotedly serving the poor and the sick. As recognition of its credibility, the IACB was appointed by the Sovereign Council of the Order of Malta to be the centre of expertise for all questions the Sovereign Council has on bioethics.
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Girl Scouts at 100: To celebrate, the local organization issues a design challenge to its members
By Special to The Oregonian
View full sizeGirl ScoutsThe Girl Scouts have changed a lot from their earlier years.
Nine-year-old Grace Peterson's submission to a patch contest sponsored by the Girl Scouts of Oregon and Southwest Washington depicts just how she feels about the organization.
"I made it shaped like a heart because I love Girl Scouts a lot," says Grace, who has been in the organization for a year.
The contest is the local council's way of kicking off the national organization's 100-year anniversary, which all 112 U.S. councils will celebrate in March.
The group has come a long way since Juliette Gordon Low gathered 18 girls to form the first American Girl Guides meeting March 12, 1912. Girl Scouts now has 2.3 million girl members and 880,000 adult members working primarily as volunteers.
The patch contest is only open to girls who are members of the local council, which has 18,791 girl members and 11,169 adult volunteers throughout Oregon, and Clark and Skamania counties in Washington.
The meaning of insignia
"Patches and badges play a very important role in developing leadership and developing a sense of self," says Lauren Shapiro, council program and day camp manager.
Patches differ from badges, which are earned after meeting learning and activity requirements. Financial literacy badges, for instance, are awarded after girls complete tasks to learn about managing money.
Girl ScoutsAfter almost 100 years, these aren't your old Girl Scouts anymore.
Each badge represents specific skill sets, such as budgeting, comparison shopping and establishing good credit. If they're learning about cooking, younger girls might earn badges by cooking simple meals, while older girls might earn a "locavore" badge for eating locally grown ingredients, Shapiro says.
Patches can be worn by girls of all ages and commemorate participation in an event -- or mark a milestone such as the centennial.
The Girl Scout philosophy is that girls can learn about themselves and their world by discovering activities they enjoy. It's a way to reinforce the Girl Scout mission: to "build girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place."
"It's really about girl choice and direction," Shapiro says.
Finding friends, skills
Grace has earned patches for experiences as diverse as caroling at a senior center in December, a trip to an ice skating show, and a cheerleading patch for turning cartwheels. She can't even remember how many patches she's collected.
"It's really fun," she says of her Girl Scout activities. "I get to see my friends every week."
Girl Scout patch contest
Sept. 30 (open only to registered Girls Scouts in Oregon and southwest Washington).
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That's important because the Oregon City resident is home-schooled.
"Girl Scouts gives her the opportunity to have some of the best friends," says her mother, Aaryn Peterson, "and to really form relationships that she might not have the opportunity to have."
To honor her three closest friends, Grace sketched three girls atop the heart on her patch contest submission.
Savannah Bell's contest submission represents the "reduce, reuse, recycle" arrows in the form of the number 100. It's a tribute to the organization's commitment to sustainability as well as its trademark color.
"The patches are really fun," says the seventh-grader, who joined the Brownies in first grade. "There are so many different choices and activities."
The Grants Pass resident earned her favorite patch after a ghost-hunting expedition at the allegedly haunted Wolf Creek Inn. She also liked the chili and s'mores cook-offs and a "gingerbread jubilee."
Savannah, 12, earned badges for community service projects such as planting trees, compiling first-aid kits for homeless youth and making pet toys out of old socks to donate to an animal rescue organization.
"I like doing the service work because it's helping our community," Savannah says. "We also go camping a lot, and I love camping."
The local council also offers members the opportunity to design their own badge on a subject they want to explore, if a badge in that skill doesn't already exist.
"Maybe they want to learn more about robotics or horses, or about hiking safely in the woods," Shapiro says. "It lets them pick an interest that meets them."
Girl Scouts grow up
Today's patches and badges show how the organization has evolved over the past 100 years.
In 1920, for example, a 10- to 17-year-old Girl Scout might have worked toward a "telegrapher" badge. She was encouraged to send out 22 words per minute using a sounder and American Morse code, receive 25 words per minute and write out the messages in longhand, according to the Girl Scouts website.
"In 1920, girls learned to be a housewife and how to polish the floors," Shapiro says. "Now we have girls going on adventures and learning new skills."
The recent appointment of Anna Maria Chávez as chief executive officer exemplifies another way the organization has grown. Chávez, who was appointed chief executive of Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas in 2009, worked as deputy chief of staff to former Arizona governor Janet Napolitano.
Girl Scouts has seen a 55 percent increase in Hispanic membership in the past decade. Hispanic girls now are about 12 percent of Girl Scouts, according to the Associated Press.
For their part, Savannah and Grace are looking forward to another year of earning patches and badges.
"Girl Scouts is a great thing to be in and a lot of girls do it in our country, and I just love doing it," Savannah says. "We all love doing it. It teaches you good things to do."
View full sizeJuliette Gordon Low
100 years of Girl Scouts
1860: Juliette Gordon Low, founder of Girl Scouts, is born Juliette Magill Kinzie Gordon in Savannah, Ga.
March 12, 1912: First official American Girl Guides meeting held
1913: Name changes from Girl Guides to Girl Scouts
1915: First Grants Pass troop forms
1917: First Girl Scout troop in Portland, Oak Troop 1, organizes
1922: Beginnings of what would become Santiam Council appear
1923: Girl Scout Council of Portland brings together 13 troops
1924-1931: More troops pop up throughout the mid-valley
1928: Medford Girl Scout Council forms
March 16, 1950: Girl Scouts of the USA gets U.S. Congress charter
1964: The Girl Scout Council of Portland receives charter to serve 13 counties in southwest Washington and northern Oregon as Girl Scouts-Columbia River Council
Oct. 1, 2008: Four Girl Scout councils plus parts of two others merge to become Girl Scouts of Oregon and Southwest Washington
Aug. 24, 2011: Girl Scouts USA names Anna Maria Chávez as CEO
March 2012: Girl Scouts of Oregon and Southwest Washington will hold 100th anniversary celebration
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Abrams Talks Social Media at DIA
Ben Comer
“It doesn’t turn me on to send a warning letter.” –Tom Abrams, during a Q&A at DIA.
Instead of repeating his yearly Drug Information Association (DIA) conference claim that social media guidance remains among the FDA’s Office of Prescription Drug Promotion’s (OPDP) “highest priorities,” to be published in due course, Tom Abrams, director of OPDP, had real news to discuss this time around: two new draft guidances (on correcting misinformation online, and on presenting benefit/risk in character-limited digital channels) had been published that very morning, June 17, both of which deal with important social media concerns for industry.
Unlike his co-presenter, former DDMAC head Lucy Rose, Abrams wasn’t ebullient or celebratory on stage. (Rose, who was both, worked the crowd with a microphone she used as a scepter to project faux-rhetorical questions onto unsuspecting attendees.) Instead, Abrams seemed to anticipate what was to come during the Q&A: a flood of hypothetical scenarios from the audience, and the inevitable charges, almost within minutes of the guidances’ release, that OPDP wasn’t being clear enough about what a pharma company can and cannot do in the social media realm.
Abrams emphasized that companies should always identify themselves in social media, and if they use social media outlets as promotional channels, they should submit, on a monthly basis, the name of the site, the URL, the date range of activity, and a cross reference of the last submission date.
PharmExec duly joined the queue of question-askers. Here are four of the questions and answers raised at the end of the presentation:
Q:If a company corrects misinformation on a third party site, does it have to submit that correction for OPDP review?
A: No. But FDA does recommend that companies keep records that include, for example, the “content of the misinformation, where it appeared, the date it appeared or was located, the corrective information that was provided, and the date the corrective information was provided.” Companies should not correct misinformation with promotional statements. If they do, those statements would be considered advertising and subject to applicable review by the agency.
Q.Correcting misinformation is voluntary, but the guidance says companies that do choose to correct misinformation must correct positive and negative information. To what extent must a company look through a whole website or number of sites to make other corrections once they’ve made one correction?
A. Companies are only responsible for the “clearly-defined portion” of a given webpage or forum where a correction(s) is made. “We aren’t going to look around and see if you aren’t correcting positive misinformation [overstated efficacy, for example] on other web sites” or outside of the designated section, said Abrams. However, if one correction is made, the company is responsible for correcting all brand information within that designated section, positive or negative.
Q.What about Wikipedia? The English language version is read in the UK and other places, so how do companies correct misinformation in light of different labels in different geographies?
A. “These are not easy issues,” said Abrams. In the case of adverse events reporting, Abrams advised getting in touch with Gerald Dal Pan, director of FDA’s Office of Surveillance and Epidemiology.
Q. How can products with complicated risk/benefit profiles and labeling be expected to include sufficient examples of both in a tweet?
A. Lucy Rose: Let me ask you a question. Your product information requires a 7×9 print ad, and your sales team would really like to use a 7×4 instead, but you can’t fit all of your risk information on a 7×4. Can you use a 7×4 ad? No, you can’t. You need to use a 7×9. Some products won’t be able to use Twitter as a promotional channel. From the guidance: ”At a minimum, a firm should communicate the most serious risks associated with the product together with the benefit information within the individual character-space-limited communication.” The “most serious risks” would “generally include all risk concepts from a boxed warning, all risks that are known to be fatal or life-threatening, and all contraindications.”
Of course, comments are welcome on both draft guidance documents, via the Federal Register, by September 16. Draft guidances are not binding and will take into consideration any comments submitted prior to issuing the final rules, according to FDA procedure.
In an analysis of the guidance documents, Justin Freid, VP, search engine marketing and emerging media, at Communications Media, Inc. (CMI) – a strategic media planner and marketing partner for the pharma and healthcare industry – wrote that CMI’s recommendation to clients is to “never make a product benefit claim within a paid search ad.” Asked whether the two new guidance documents (and the three others released by OPDP earlier this year that address specific biopharma social media practices) make good on FDA’s years-long deliberation, Freid said, in a word, no.
“At this time, I do not believe the guidance provided by the FDA is enough to make pharmaceutical companies feel completely comfortable with utilizing social media,” wrote Freid in an email. “The largest fear of pharma companies is the potential need to respond immediately to complaints or misinformation in a social network.”
Freid said the “thought of an engagement where users expect real-time answers is still frightening” to pharma, since promotional materials require extensive in-house legal and regulatory review. “The connection time between creative agencies, media agencies, brands and legal and review teams will need to speed up significantly,” he said.
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Experts Tell Congress How to Streamline Clinical Trials
Jill Wechsler, Pharm Exec's Washington Correspondent
Jill Wechsler is Pharm Exec's Washington Corespondent
Key to accelerating the discovery and development of new medical therapies is to improve the clinical research process, according to leaders of biopharmaceutical research community.
Key to accelerating the discovery and development of new medical therapies is to improve the clinical research process, according to leaders of biopharmaceutical research community. As part of its 21st Century Cures Initiative, the House Energy & Commerce Committee called on representatives of industry and academia to present strategies for reducing regulatory oversight, speeding up clinical research processes, and utilizing technology to better understand the potential benefits and risks of promising new treatments.
Roy Herbst, chief of medical oncology at the Yale Cancer Center, described how a public-private partnership is organizing an innovative multi-center lung cancer study. The program features a master protocol for all sites, which promises to streamline patient enrollment, gain operational and cost efficiencies, and produce more consistent and transparent results.
Jay Siegel, chief biotechnology officer at Johnson & Johnson, noted that earlier approval of new therapies can be supported by increased use of data from electronic health records to help uncover adverse events in the post-approval arena. Clinical trial networks formed by academia, patient groups and biopharma companies can form research networks able to conduct adaptive trials to study many therapies. And more patient engagement can help develop patient-reported outcomes and risk-benefit assessment and diversify enrolment into clinical trials.
An important strategy for streamlining research is to reduce redundant oversight by Institutional Review Boards (IRBs), said Sundeep Khosla, dean for clinical and translational science at the Mayo Clinic. IRB “reciprocity” and “reliance” should enable the multiple centers participating in a large study to accept protocol approval and changes from a primary IRB. Paula Brown Stafford, president for clinical development at Quintiles, similarly backed centralized ethics committee approvals, standardization of clinical trial data, and greater use of real-world patient information to identify target subpopulations and inform clinical trials.
In addition to encouraging these strategies, all the participants urged Congress to increase support for clinical research networks, biomarker testing and other strategies through increased funding for the National Institutes of Health.
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Mason Hyde, Reporter
Every year, the Super Bowl is one of the most viewed televised programs in the United States. Along with the biggest NFL game of the season, comes an incredible amount of commercials that play. With 98.2 million people watching the Super Bowl, these commercials do all they can to catch a good number of eyes and earn more revenue from their products. Obviously, some commercials are better than others. Some companies won big after the big game, while others, not as well.
The Super Bowl advertisements in 2019 were something special. Many of them portrayed a wide variety of emotions and thoughts.
Peninsula High School junior, Kaleb Lichau, felt Amazon’s Alexa commercial “was well put together and showed how quality Amazon’s Alexa really is.” Amazon gave the nation a few laughs while describing how the company went through different prototypes on the product.
Doritos has made funny commercials for years. However, this year they decided to change their style a little and appeal to the younger adults by having Chance the Rapper rap about their new product, remixing “I Want it That Way”, by The Backstreet Boys, while having an upbeat commercial. Junior Zoe Erkers “loved that Doritos had Chance the Rapper sing about their new chip flavor. [She] thought it was great.”
The NFL took the storm with their ‘NFL 100’ commercial, commemorating their upcoming centennial season. The commercial featured many NFL stars, such as Joe Montana, Jerry Rice, Tom Brady, among many others. Some fans, such as junior Peyton Bice, even said “there was more action in this commercial than the actual Super Bowl.” A large number of events happened in the advertisement, starting with Marshawn Lynch trying to sneak a little bit of cake, causing the golden football to fall, and just about every football legend to battle for the ball.
Pepsi gave the nation some laughs with its ‘More than Okay’ commercial. The advertisement came to feature Cardi B, Lil Jon, and Steve Carell. Carell went on to explain that many people think Pepsi is “okay” to Coca Cola, and that people have their own twists on “okay”. Cardi B went to demonstrate her “Okurrr”, while Lil Jon yelled “okay”, showing why “okay” is not bad.
All in all, the commercials that aired during Super Bowl LIII lived up to the expectations of different, quality, and overall hilarious. Viewers enjoyed watching their favorite celebrities in a different setting than usual. Many were successful, and helped bring the companies on top.
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Cargill teams up with Corporacion Pipasa
Cargill in Central America announced that it has combined its operations with Corporacion Pipasa, which is a leading poultry and meat processor in Costa Rica and Nicaragua and is now a part of Cargill. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. All regulatory approvals have been completed.
Pipasa produces beef, pork, chicken and turkey products in Costa Rica and Nicaragua. The company has five processing plants, four animal feed facilities and 12 distribution centers. Pipasa also is a leader in the region in feed for cattle, aquaculture, poultry, pork, horses and household pets. Its key brands are Pipasa for poultry, Tiquicia for cold cuts, and As Can for pet food.
The combination with Pipasa will be an important addition to Cargill's existing retail-branded business in Central America that processes and distributes chilled and frozen poultry and luncheon meats to large and small food retailers throughout Central America. Cargill also distributes processed cheeses and French fries.
Cargill processes poultry in Honduras and Nicaragua, and has processed-meat operations in Costa Rica, Guatemala and Honduras. Cargill's recognized local brands include: Pollo Norteno and Delicia in Honduras; Tip Top, Delicia and Cinta Azul and Cainsa in Nicaragua; Perry and Premier in Guatemala, and Cinta Azul in Costa Rica.
"Cargill has been involved in the poultry business in Central America for more than 45 years," said Bruce Burdett, the leader of Cargill's operations in Central America. "The combination of Cargill and Pipasa will create a business that will help meet the increased demand for high-quality food in Central America."
The long-term outlook for poultry, poultry feed and processed meats is strong, Burdett said. As incomes rise in Central America, more people will add more chicken and processed meats to their diets.
Combining Pipasa and Cargill's presence in Central America shows Cargill's commitment to be a leading food provider in the region and will provide additional value to customers, employees and the communities in which they work, Burdett said.
Burdett said combining the businesses of Pipasa and Cargill was an attractive idea because of Pipasa's strong brands, built on the reputation of Pipasa's people, the quality of Pipasa's products and the excellence of its operations.
For more information: www.cargill.com
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Trump’s talking health care again, with 2020 in mind
Polls show voters say Joe Biden would handle the issue better. And Trump is running short on options to make concrete changes before November.
President Donald Trump shows his executive order on lowering drug prices after signing it in the White House on Friday. | AP Photo/Alex Brandon
By MERIDITH MCGRAW and BRIANNA EHLEY
Updated: 07/28/2020 01:59 PM EDT
President Donald Trump is suddenly talking about health care again.
He signed several executive orders on drug pricing on Friday. He vowed to unveil some new health plan by the end of next week, although he hasn’t provided specifics or an explanation of how he’ll do it. His aides are touting a speech in which Trump will lay out his health care vision. White House counselor to the president Kellyanne Conway has been calling Trump “the health care president.”
Yet it’s unlikely to amount to much in terms of policy ahead of the election. There’s almost no chance Congress will enact any legislation on the issue before November and policy specialists say the executive orders in question will make changes only at the margins — if they make any changes at all. Trump has also previously vowed to roll out a grand health care plan without following through.
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That leaves Trump with mostly rhetorical options — even if he insists otherwise — cognizant that voters consistently rank health care as a top priority and say Joe Biden, Trump’s presumptive 2020 rival, would handle the issue better than the president. Meanwhile, Trump is running for reelection having not replaced Obamacare or presented an alternative — all while urging the Supreme Court to overturn the decade-old health law. And millions of Americans are currently losing their health insurance as the coronavirus-gripped economy sputters.
“I think politically, the main objective will be to have something he can call a plan, but it will be smaller than a plan. Just something that he can talk about,” said Drew Altman, president and CEO of the Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonpartisan health policy organization. “But it’s almost inconceivable that anything can be delivered legislatively before the election.”
Trump has long stumped on his pledges to kill Obamacare, the law his predecessor implemented that expanded Americans' access to health insurance, set baseline standards for coverage, introduced penalties for not having insurance and guaranteed coverage for preexisting conditions. But conservatives say the law introduced too many mandates and drove up costs.
But after winning election in 2016, Trump failed to overturn the law in Congress — or even offer an agreed upon alternative to the law — despite holding the majority in both chambers on Capitol Hill. Democrats then retook the House in the 2018 midterms, essentially ending any chances the law, formally known as the Affordable Care Act, would be repealed.
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Even some conservatives said the ongoing failure to present a concrete replacement plan is helping the Democrats politically.
Republicans, said Joe Antos, a health expert at the conservative American Enterprise Institute, “spent basically 2010 to today arguing that the ACA is no good. After 10 years, clearly there are some problems with starting all over again. I haven’t detected very strong interest, at least among elected officials, in revisiting that.”
But the coronavirus pandemic has added pressure to address health care costs, and Trump has lagged behind Biden on his handling of the issue in polls. Fifty seven percent of registered voters recently polled by Quinnipiac said Biden would do a better job on health care than Trump, while only 35 percent approved of Trump’s handling of health care as president. And on the issue of affordability, a CNBC poll found 55 percent of battleground voters favored Biden and the Democrats, compared with 45 percent who preferred Trump and the Republicans.
“At this point, there are two huge issues, jobs and the economy, and health care, i.e., the coronavirus. If anything that’s simply been magnified,” said David Winston, a Republican pollster and strategist. “Given the fact that it’s one of the top issues, it’s not like there’s a choice but to talk about it. If candidates aren’t making statements and proposing solutions around that, it’s a requirement. Both candidates have to address it.”
Biden has campaigned on expanding Obamacare while also promising to implement a “public option” similar to Medicare, which is government-run health insurance for seniors. On drug pricing, he and Trump embrace some of the same ideas, like allowing the safe importation of drugs from other countries where they are cheaper. Biden also supports direct Medicare negotiation of drug prices, a Democratic priority that Trump supported during the 2016 campaign before reversing course.
“Donald Trump has spent his entire presidency working to take health care away from tens of millions of Americans and gut coverage for preexisting conditions,” said Andrew Bates, a Biden campaign spokesman. “If the Trump campaign wants to continue their pattern of highlighting the worst possible contrasts for Donald Trump, we certainly won’t stop them.”
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The Trump administration insists it can point to several health care victories during Trump’s term.
Trump frequently notes the removal of the penalty for Americans who do not purchase insurance as a major victory, falsely claiming it is equivalent to overturning Obamacare.
Trump also signed an executive order last year to fight kidney disease to encourage home dialysis and increase the amount of kidney transplants, and he expanded telehealth medicine during the pandemic.
More recently, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia upheld a Trump administration rule expanding the availability of short-term health plans, which Trump has touted as an alternative to Obamacare but Democrats deride as “junk.” The plans are typically cheaper than Obamacare coverage because they don’t provide the same level of benefits or consumer protections for preexisting conditions.
A federal judge in June similarly upheld another Trump administration rule requiring hospitals to disclose the prices they have negotiated with insurers. Price transparency in the health care system has long been a significant issue, with Americans rarely having clarity over how much their treatments will cost ahead of time. Trump called the win “bigger than health care itself,” in an apparent reference to Obamacare. It’s unclear whether transparency will force down health care prices, and hospitals opposing the rule have appealed the judge’s decision.
And on Friday at the White House, Trump held an event to sign four executive orders aimed at slashing drug pricing. The move aimed to tackle a largely unfulfilled signature campaign promise — that he would stop pharmaceutical companies from “getting away with murder.”
“We are ending the sellouts, betrayals and broken promises from Washington,” Trump said Friday.“You have a lot of broken promises from Washington.”
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But the orders appeared largely symbolic for now, as they were not immediately enforceable, contained notable caveats and may not be completed before the election anyway. For instance, an order requiring drugmakers to pass along any discounts directly to seniors requires the health secretary to confirm the plan won’t result in higher premiums or drive up federal spending. But the White House had shelved that plan last summer over worries the move might hike seniors' Medicare premiums ahead of the election and cost taxpayers $180 billion over the next decade.
Conway disputed that Trump had not made progress on issues like drug pricing.
“President Trump is directing the development of therapeutics and vaccines, has delivered lower prescription drug costs, increased transparency in pricing for consumers and is committed to covering preexisting conditions and offering higher quality health care with lower costs and more choices,” she said.
Yet a number of Trump’s other health care initiatives have faced hurdles — especially amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The opioid crisis, which the president had touted as a top priority and campaigned on in 2016, is getting worse. Drug overdose deaths hit a record high in 2019 and federal and state data shows they are skyrocketing in 2020.
“The overdose epidemic will not take a back seat simply because Covid-19 has hit us hard, and that needs to be reflected in policy,” said Andrew Kessler, founder and principal of Slingshot Solutions, a behavioral health consulting firm.
The president’s plan to end HIV by 2030 has similarly receded during the pandemic. And Trump’s proposal on improving kidney care — an issue that affects roughly 15 percent of American adults — is still in its early stages and isn’t likely to be finalized until later this year.
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story misstated when the Trump administration plans to finalize its kidney care project. It’s expected to happen this year.
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Are Taylor Swift and Brendon Urie about to release a song together?
Fans have a huge theory about a possible collab between Taylor and Panic! At The Disco's Brendon and if it's true, I'm gonna pass out.
UPDATE: Taylor and Brendon's collab is here! The song is called 'ME!' and it's already breaking YouTube music video records.
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After weeks of teasing her new era and her new music, Taylor Swift's mysterious countdown finally comes to an end on April 26th and fans think they've figured out what's about to go down.
Today (April 25), Taylor rocked up to a huge butterfly mural in Nashville that she had commissioned and confirmed a whole bunch of stuff. Yes, there will be a new song coming. Yes, there will be even more new music. And yes, this entire butterfly painting contains clues about the new track.
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Rumours are now circulating on Twitter that the new song (or at least one of the new songs, who knows how many she's about to release) might actually be a collaboration with a huge artist.
The artist in question? Panic! At The Disco's Brendon Urie. Yes. Really.
The rumours began after sources at YouTube said that Taylor had internally uploaded a new video.
RUMOR: Some sources at Youtube have said that Taylor Swift has internally uploaded a video called "#ME!" featuring Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco!?!? Taylor recently commissioned a #TSmural that centerpieces the word "ME!". pic.twitter.com/Sa20GhPe8s
— Taylor Swift News (@Swift_Alert) April 25, 2019
According to this screenshot, a music video appears to have been registered on YouTube under Taylor Swift's name. The song is called #ME! and apparently features Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco.
Of course, it's very easy to fake a screenshot and certain aspects of this don't seem quite right. (Alternative and Punk as the genre? It's not impossible but it doesn't quite seem to fit with Taylor's new aesthetic.)
Fans are remaining skeptical over this for now but there's still quite a bit of weight to the Brendon Urie theory elsewhere.
ME! music video has been registered on YouTube. It’s features Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco!🦋 pic.twitter.com/NPslGhiFKC
— Taylor Swift Updates (@SwiftieInfo) April 25, 2019
On April 25th, Taylor revealed that she had commissioned a wall mural in Nashville. Painted by artist Kelsey Montague, the butterfly apparently contains a whole bunch of clues about the song and new music.
In the middle of the wings reads the word 'ME!'
📷 | “Did I put up the butterfly? Yeah. We've commissioned this butterfly mural to be painted on a wall in Nashville and put clues about the song and the new music in the mural.” (Photo by @Tennessean) https://t.co/aMx9nUN8j5 pic.twitter.com/1iI06TzEj2
— Taylor Swift News / 4.26 (@TSwiftNZ) April 25, 2019
So... @kelseymontagueart helped me pull off the best surprise clue reveal today in Nashville!! Thank you to everyone who showed up, I’ve never been more proud of your FBI level detective skills. Next clue: I’ll be joining the magnificent @robinrobertsgma for a chat tonight on ABC live from Nashville 💕💕💕💕💕💕💕
A post shared by Taylor Swift (@taylorswift) on Apr 25, 2019 at 11:30am PDT
Taylor also just tweeted a picture of herself alongside the caption "ME! by the one and only @valheria123" accompanied by 13 heart emojis. Obviously.
That pretty much confirms the title of the song, right? It's 'ME!' Or is that the name of the album? OR BOTH?
ME! by the one and only @valheria123 💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗 pic.twitter.com/66k86qu8kr
— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) April 25, 2019
Now, when you add all that to the fact that Brendon has been a long time Taylor Swift stan, things start adding up. Brendon has been talking about his dreams of a collab with Taylor since 2014, and in one of his more recent Twitch streams, he speaks about Taylor's new era and her mysterious countdown.
The video has now lead a whole bunch of fans to think that Brendon seems to know more than he's letting on...
Brendon Urie talking about Taylor Swift's countdown and TS7 lead single pic.twitter.com/wjEGsgN1RT
— chiqui 🇻🇪 (@uriexswift) April 25, 2019
Need more evidence? In Taylor's ELLE UK cover story, she name drops Panic! At The Disco on her playlist of songs that have impacted her life.
Now, you might not bat an eye lid at a simple song suggestion on a playlist but, if you consider the fact that Taylor also managed to hint at the April 26th countdown in her ELLE '30 things' list without anyone realising, it's not completely out of the question for her to drop a subtle hint at her collaborator in another.
“When I hear 'I Write Sins Not Tragedies' by Panic! At The Disco, I’m transported back to being sixteen and driving down the streets of Hendersonville, Tennessee, with my best friend Abigail, euphorically screaming the lyrics.” - Taylor Swift [@ELLEUK]
— Taylor Swift News / 4.26 (@TSwiftNZ) February 28, 2019
So, is Taylor Swift about to drop a collaboration with Brendon Urie? We'll find out at the end of the countdown...
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SpaceX's Crew Capsule Is One Step Closer to Flight
The ISS-resupplying, potentially-Mars-landing Dragon 2 passed its hover test with flying colors.
Starting in 2017, Boeing and SpaceX will fly astronauts to the International Space Station from American soil once again. SpaceX just released this video of its craft, the Dragon 2, in action. Firing eight SuperDraco thrusters, the craft is designed to make a vertical landing on ground. The thrusters will work in tandem with a parachute system.
The thruster firing generated 33,000 lbs. of thrust. The video, taken in November, is of a test to demonstrate the control capabilities while in flight. Of course, the Dragon 2 may eventually leave low-Earth orbit. Musk has touted it as a way to explore the entire solar system, including any designs he may or may not have on Mars.
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19 LISTSGoing Nuclear
Lists about the past, present, and future of atomic explosions, just in case you don't already have your bunker prepared.
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All The Things That Happen To Your Body During A Nuclear Explosion
Laura Allan
Updated June 14, 2019 55.3k views10 items
Is it possible to live through the immediate effects of a nuclear explosion? Will you die instantly, or will your demise be slow and painful? It might be a morbid thought, but knowing how a nuclear explosion affects the body and how to protect yourself could save your life if you are unfortunate enough to experience an atomic bomb.
Many factors determine how a nuclear blast would affect you. The size of the bomb, whether it explodes in the air or on the ground, the geographical layout of where the bomb hits, how far away you are from ground zero, and what types of buildings and materials are nearby all play into how a nuclear attack could affect you.
At 5 Miles, You Can Permanently Lose Hearing
Even though journalist John Hersey described the blast of an atomic bomb as a "noiseless flash," the air blast can be deafeningly loud. Since light travels faster than sound, you may become flash-blind in a 5-mile radius before your hearing is affected.
At this distance, the blast area pressure is 5 pounds per square inch. At this pressure, your eardrums can easily rupture, which can lead to infection or deafness.
If you are farther than 5 miles from the blast, your hearing could still be affected. You could get tinnitus, a ringing in the ears. Studies show people who suffer hearing damage from even small explosions can experience hearing problems for years, if not life.
At 7 Miles, You May Still Suffer Lethal Burns
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At a little less than 7 miles away, nuclear blasts send out a flood of ultraviolet light. This intense light can burn people so severely, it disables their limbs - something that may lead to medical amputation down the line.
These ultraviolet burns from thermal radiation happen so quickly that victims often don't feel any pain - the light destroys pain nerves before they can feel the damage. You likely wouldn't feel your body being severely burned, even if you did go into shock from the experience.
Flash Blindness Can Cause Damage Up To 53 Miles Away
The most lethal effects of a nuclear bomb happen within a 10-mile radius of the blast site, but that doesn't mean everyone outside this zone comes out unscathed. Temporary flash blindness can occur in people up to 53 miles away from ground zero.
While the condition can clear up in a few minutes, the problem with flash blindness is it doesn't only happen to people in houses or sitting down comfortably. Anyone who looks directly at the blast while driving a car will be unable to see, meaning many people on the road could be instantly driving blind. In this moment, those drivers can cause serious damage to themselves and others. Even if the blast isn't affecting your body directly, its effects could lead to injury or death.
If you are closer to the blast and look directly into the explosion, the flash can focus through your eyes' lenses, causing your retinas to burn. Retinal burns, or photic retinopathy, can permanently damage eyesight.
Most Technology Will Not Be Able To Help You
In the case of a nuclear explosion, there is an effect created called an electromagnetic pulse, or an EMP. The nuclear blast generates this short burst of electromagnetic energy, which can cause voltage surges or disruptions in many pieces of technology.
These pulses happen quickly, and they can cause electronic devices to turn off or become permanently damaged and disabled. This could prove lethal for people with pacemakers or any other sort of technology keeping them alive.
You wouldn't be able to call for help because your cellphone would be knocked out, too. Some experts say a nuclear bomb makes it dangerous to get into a car. It's also worth noting that, depending on how high above the ground a nuclear weapon detonates, the EMP pulse could span hundreds of miles.
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29 LISTS2020: What’s on TV
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The Most Anticipated 2020 TV Midseason Premieres
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Here are all the upcoming TV shows that premiered between January and Spring 2020. Also known as 2020 mid-season premieres, this list of 2020 winter and spring TV premieres features all the new series that came to HBO, NBC, Netflix, CBS, Fox, ABC, The CW, and more. Which 2020 midseason show were you most looking forward to?
Midseason replacements are nothing new, and releasing later in the year only gets us viewers even more anticipated for the new shows coming to TV screens. For January 2020 TV premieres, we had some great options coming our way. From sci-fi series such as the upcoming Picard, to dramas like Ratched, the 2020 TV premieres truly had something for everyone.
Check out the list of midseason premieres coming out in 2020 and vote up the ones you were most excited to see.
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On The Trail Of The Wily Wild Hog : The Salt These descendants of wild boars were brought over from Europe decades ago. They're highly invasive and hugely destructive — threatening native bears and deer in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
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Nathan Rott
Feral hogs in Great Smoky Mountains National Park are an invasive and hugely destructive species. Courtesy of Bill Lea hide caption
Courtesy of Bill Lea
Feral hogs in Great Smoky Mountains National Park are an invasive and hugely destructive species.
RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST:
Under almost every circumstance, hunting is strictly prohibited in our national parks. But there's an exception at the park we're about to visit. Great Smoky Mountains National Park runs an aggressive hunting program for an invasive and hugely destructive species, wild hogs. NPR'S Nathan Rott went out with one of the park's hog hunters for a day and brings us this story.
NATHAN ROTT, BYLINE: It's a short boat ride from North Carolina to the south end of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. You can find wild hogs just about anywhere in the park. That's part of the problem. But this time of year, a good place to catch them is down in the cool, narrow valleys, or draws, that rise up from the lake.
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ANDREW HERRINGTON: It's about a half-mile we're going to walk up through there to these traps.
ROTT: This is Andrew Herrington, hog hunter and wild life tech at the Great Smokies. He's got an orange-red beard with a shock of gray on the chin and a faded green baseball cap lined with salt stains. We'll be with him all day. He's gearing up and explaining that we're going to check some baited traps he set first.
HERRINGTON: The good thing about traps is they work for you 24/7, so...
ROTT: Herrington puts on a backpack, stashes the butt of his rifle under the nook of his arm, and we're off.
A hog trap with corn on the inside. Nathan Rott/NPR hide caption
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Now, the first thing you should know is that the hogs we're after are not your Farmer John variety oinkers. They weigh more than 100 pounds on average. They're covered in fur. And they're not native to this region - or even this country. They are descendants of wild boars brought over from Europe decades ago by people who wanted to hunt them. Feral hogs breed fast, and they're adaptable. So it didn't take long for their population to explode in these forests. The problem with that is...
HERRINGTON: If you've got the native species - bears, turkeys, deer - competing for the same food, you know, they just get outcompeted.
ROTT: It's a war of attrition that native species cannot win. So Herrington puts it this way to people who question what he does, a list that includes his wife, a vegetarian and wildlife lover.
HERRINGTON: Do you like baby bears, or do you like pigs? Because every time I pull the trigger, a baby bear gets to live.
ROTT: So she doesn't mind it that much?
A wallow demonstrates the damage that hogs can do to the environment. Nathan Rott/NPR hide caption
HERRINGTON: She understands it. I mean, she doesn't like it. But she understands it.
ROTT: We're walking up an overgrown old road shaded by tall trees.
HERRINGTON: Have you seen these traps yet?
ROTT: It's a chain-link cage with one open side and a metal sheet above it. A trail of corn kernels leads to a pile at the cage's far end.
HERRINGTON: So when he comes in, he roots.
(SOUNDBITE OF METAL MOVING)
HERRINGTON: Door drops down.
ROTT: And then a hog hunter like Herrington finished it off. The Park Service doesn't advertise this. It's controversial to hunt anything in national parks, no matter how destructive it is. There was a time when they transported hogs out of the park to address this. But that presents issues for the state's pork industry because these wild hogs often carry disease. And it's just not a very worker-friendly practice.
Andrew Herrington has made a career of hunting feral hogs. Nathan Rott/NPR hide caption
HERRINGTON: Yeah, you want to talk about fun. Try carrying a 225-pound boar out.
ROTT: We check a few more traps and don't see any hogs. But we see plenty of proof that they've been here, places where the forest floor is all torn up like it's been plowed. Hogs will do that close to streams to create what are called wallows, mudholes that they can cool off in. The runoff can poison a creek, killing trout and insects.
Normal ground.
(SOUNDBITE OF SOLID THEN MARSHY GROUND BEING STOMPED)
HERRINGTON: Oh, yeah. I mean, it's a great example, you know.
ROTT: That just, like, turns into a mudhole.
We work our way back to the boat and head to a new inlet in a part of the forest where a big wildfire was burning the week before. The ground is black. The air smells like smoke. You can see further in the forest with the vegetation burnt out. We tie off the boat and Herrington throws me a mesh camouflage jacket. He says this stop is going to be different. We have to walk quietly, talk quietly. When he stops, I stop. This time, we're hunting.
We head up a steep hillside, zigzagging our way up to the blackened ridge above. Every few minutes, sometimes less, Herrington stops in midstride.
A few stops later, he waves me forward and points to some charred acorns on the ground by his boot.
HERRINGTON: Definitely food here. We're just going to get on top of this ridge line (inaudible) since the winds are so swirly. Wind was blowing straight up that drainage.
ROTT: This happens a few more times on the ridge - stop, pause, wave forward - once for some rooted up ground, another for a car-sized depression around a tree.
HERRINGTON: This was probably a bedding area before the fire.
ROTT: Hours later, we're down in the valley below and we see a big wallow.
HERRINGTON: (Whispering) So it's the freshest we've seen.
ROTT: So much for dry feet.
About halfway down the draw, Herrington stops and waves me to sit with him on a fallen log. He points to the leaves on the ground.
HERRINGTON: When they're in this dry later, you can hear them for - like, you'd be able to hear them...
ROTT: We sit and whisper back and forth for about 10 minutes...
HERRINGTON: Sitting up here on a...
The 1998 Story That Started It All
Correction May 26, 2016
A previous version of this story misspelled Herrington as Harrington.
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Traffic trends offer positive signs for industry
Rising gas prices, unemployment pose threats to recovery, NPD warns
Mark Brandau | Mar 03, 2011
Higher gas prices and persistent unemployment may threaten a sustained sales recovery this year, but guest traffic trends from late 2010 offered encouraging signs, The NPD Group said Wednesday.
Traffic patterns started looking up for the restaurant industry in the second half of 2010, NPD found, as visit declines narrowed in several segments to produce flat traffic for the fourth quarter, compared with a 3-percent decline in restaurant visits for the fourth quarter of 2009.
While midscale and casual-dining restaurants both saw traffic decline in the fourth quarter, the quick-service sector logged a 1-percent increase in traffic while visits to fine-dining restaurants rose 3 percent for the period. The NPD noted that fine dining had been hit hard during the recession, registering double-digit-percent traffic declines in every quarter of 2009.
More traffic trends from the NPD Group:
NPD also found that total spending at restaurants increased in the last three quarters of 2010 — up 0.7 percent in the second quarter, 1.8 percent in the third quarter and 2 percent in the fourth quarter — resulting in a 1-percent increase in total foodservice spending for the year.
A key contributor to spending increases was improving “nondeal” traffic trends, or visits to restaurants that don’t involve a coupon or deal, said NPD restaurant industry analyst Bonnie Riggs. Nondeal traffic rose 1 percent in the fourth quarter, while deal traffic was flat, after increasing in previous quarters,
“What operators really need to understand is that consumers are still looking for the best value, not necessarily the cheapest price,” she said. “They do want to move away from steep discounts, but they will have to come up with other kinds of offers. They can’t move away abruptly from deals, because right now that’s what’s been helping and driving traffic.”
Riggs expressed concern that steadily rising gas prices, which surpassed $4 a gallon in her home market of Chicago on Wednesday, could derail the industry’s traffic and sales momentum.
“It’s going to take us another year and a half to two years to get back to the 61 billion or so annual visits to restaurants we had prior to the recession,” she said. “Now we’re starting to see these things looming, and it’s like, ‘Here we go again.’ Just because nondeal traffic is picking up, we can’t move away from giving deals or incentives; it has to be gradual. That’s especially true for young people, age 18 to 34, who are the heaviest restaurant users but also have the highest unemployment rate.”
In the past week, some of the latest restaurant companies to report fourth-quarter earnings linked improvements in same-store sales in part to positive guest counts, though most restaurants are considering moderate menu price increases to hedge against expected inflation. Domino’s Pizza, Chuck E. Cheese’s and Morton’s The Steakhouse all cited increased traffic as contributors to fourth-quarter same-store sales gains of 6.3 percent, 3.9 percent and 5.3 percent, respectively. For the latest restaurant earnings, visit NRN.com’s Finance section.
Contact Mark Brandau at [email protected]
TAGS: Quick Service Archive Consumer Trends Casual Dining
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NSNO | Everton Forum
NSNO Forums => The Everton Forum => Topic started by: NewsBot on August 31, 2016, 08:42:09 PM
Title: [News]Bramley Moore Dock update
Post by: NewsBot on August 31, 2016, 08:42:09 PM
Bramley Moore Dock update
NSNO have been given an update on the proposed Everton stadium at Bramley Moore Dock on the Liverpool waterfront.
Source: Bramley Moore Dock update (http://www.nsno.co.uk/everton-news/2016/08/bramley-moore-dock-update/)
Title: Re: [News]Bramley Moore Dock update
Post by: nsno on August 31, 2016, 09:07:15 PM
Im flabbergasted as to why the club have never thought of having a stadium on the docks before . Anybody know what the public transport links are like around the area?
Post by: bigmanbob on August 31, 2016, 09:11:55 PM
You've just got a security guard sacked ;)
Post by: Lxxx on August 31, 2016, 09:16:39 PM
Quote from: nsno on August 31, 2016, 09:07:15 PM
Easily solved. You can put it on a bus route simple enough.
Post by: MarcusFenix on August 31, 2016, 09:26:09 PM
Roughly in between Sandhills and Moorfields? Near Costco?
Post by: MmmblueBernard on August 31, 2016, 09:28:15 PM
Most security guards I've come across can barely string a sentence together.
Nice to know they are trusted with private information nowadays.
Post by: Alanvideo on August 31, 2016, 10:54:26 PM
I enjoyed the home movie but why did you have to focus on Bally's keks when you got to Bramley Moore ? :blush:
Post by: Simon Paul on August 31, 2016, 10:55:16 PM
Quote from: Alanvideo on August 31, 2016, 10:54:26 PM
it was just so that it didn't look like I was filming - had no idea that's where it was pointing as I had it against my chest
Quote from: Simon Paul on August 31, 2016, 10:55:16 PM
........covert filming ,I see. Anyway it was good to see inside the gates ,I've never been right in. If it comes off I'd like to see the dockers' clock made a feature of the site.
Post by: Toddacelli on August 31, 2016, 11:41:39 PM
Pretty architects impressions please or it didn't/might not/probably won't/definitely will happen!
Post by: boothill on September 02, 2016, 04:15:32 AM
I used to love the bramley moore,never had a lonely night after going there :cheers: :woohoo: :thumbsup:
Post by: Trowel on September 18, 2016, 03:03:20 PM
Seems confident with his source:
https://twitter.com/irvine75/status/777267926172889088
Post by: BlueBeagle on September 18, 2016, 03:35:57 PM
Quote from: Trowel on September 18, 2016, 03:03:20 PM
So who's he like?
I'd be amazed if the first one to break this wasn't Anderson based on how he can't wait to spill any news on Twitter the second he's finished a conversation.
Post by: Rhys on September 18, 2016, 03:39:27 PM
Not believing anything until the Esk says Bramley is ours
Post by: Simon Paul on September 18, 2016, 04:38:45 PM
was speaking to the fella who runs Bramley Moor FC yesterday and he's been told the deal is 95% done
he's not sure what the obstacles are but said "probably haggling over cost of land" so reckon once Farhad has got his way then we'll announce the deal
Post by: Ross on September 18, 2016, 05:07:17 PM
Very sceptical about this myself, can't see why we'd be spending money revamping Goodison if we're about to buy land and build the new goodison.
Doesn't make sense.
Quote from: Ross on September 18, 2016, 05:07:17 PM
it's not a lot of money though is it?
Quote from: Simon Paul on September 18, 2016, 05:09:38 PM
I doubt it's cheap. And that tower structure at the corner of the Bullens looks pretty substantial for just tempory cladding.
just a steel shell isn't it?
it's the kind of stuff they throw up in a day on Grand Designs while Kevin McLoud looks on wistfully, desperately wishing they'd done it in Scandinavian pine instead
Post by: Bluedylan on September 18, 2016, 05:24:53 PM
You're very sceptical about Moshiri in general, and whether he's putting serious money into the club aren't you? Is that fair to say?
Post by: Silas on September 18, 2016, 05:25:25 PM
The guy from Highlander is keen on interior design?
Quote from: Silas on September 18, 2016, 05:25:25 PM
not at all....damn my miss-spelling!
Quote from: Bluedylan on September 18, 2016, 05:24:53 PM
You're very sceptical about Moshiri in general, and whether he's putting serious money into the club in general aren't you? Is that fair to say?
Pretty much yeah. So far I've seen nothing to suggest he's philanthropic benefactor people make him out to be.
Post by: MmmblueBernard on September 18, 2016, 05:36:10 PM
He's not. He's a bad ass businessman that realises the premiership is potentially a way of making lots of money.
If you get it right of course.
Signs are looking good so far.
Post by: pjk on September 18, 2016, 05:42:44 PM
Personally I've got no doubts Moshiri will be putting his hand into deep pockets. I doubt there will be rash purchases as in the case of Niasse. I will say, "I had misgivings about the fee and the signing of Bolasie, but what do I know". He's showing my doubts to be totally unfounded. I'm very confident big money will be spent as we need to shore up our squad to cover the advent of the players leaving for the AFCON competition. We've missed a few signings but are doing very well without them. I think people need to keep the faith. I've been buzzing since Koeman got off that private jet at the John Lennon Airport. Potholes full of water and all. Come on Everton second in the table and it's purely on merit. I think the stadium will come. ;D
Post by: Mick 1995 on September 18, 2016, 06:06:01 PM
Best case scenario involves us at Goodison for at least 3 years. Why wouldn't we want to maximise the experience for them 3 years?
Post by: Rodenplav64 on September 18, 2016, 06:23:20 PM
Its a shithole of an area but at least we will encourage redevelopment .
Post by: GLewis on September 18, 2016, 06:23:58 PM
Yes. It's not like we'd be moving next week.
The cladding and the tower is just a better idea than blue gravel to make things better in the short term.
I'd imagine that the club will be worth much more with a) a more successful team and b) a ground with potential for much more income.
He hasn't got enough money himself to finance it all so I don't think philanthropy is in his thinking.
Post by: The Analog Kid on September 18, 2016, 11:04:34 PM
Quote from: Rodenplav64 on September 18, 2016, 06:23:20 PM
If it was a boss, up to date modern area then the costs would be a whole lot more. Blank canvas,etc.
Post by: Macca77 on September 18, 2016, 11:22:16 PM
Yes its a shithole area, basically because theres nothing there at the moment, that will change if and when the stadium gets built, retailers will be falling over eachother snapping up properties in the area, loads of room for new pubs, cafes and restaurants as well
Post by: Shropshire Blue on September 19, 2016, 12:42:01 AM
I wonder if Brexit makes much difference to it all. A lot of regeneration money comes from the EU. Uncertainty about future funding opportunities may not help but on the other hand new stadia have transformed several grotty areas in various cities so the potential benefit economically isn't just to the football club it's to both the city and the wider area.
Then there's the possibility of the commonwealth games and, the icing on the cake, the perfect venue for a Blondie revival concert.
Post by: therealdunc on September 19, 2016, 01:31:38 AM
The EU money for Liverpool and the rest of the UK has dwindled over the years as more countries have joined the EU which are generally alot poorer.
The club/council is more likely to get a big pot of money from the commonwealth games if they go down the route of hosting the games.
With the tv money in the premier league, it seems strange Everton would need the money from a public source as they could borrow it quite easily.
Peel ports are not short of a pound or two, I suspect any negotiations will be around how much of the future site and profits they will receive.
It would be of no suprise if Peel Ports part funded the new stadium and wider development, they can afford it and will not want to let such a lucrative commercial opportunity pass them by
Post by: Simon Paul on September 19, 2016, 01:36:15 AM
Quote from: therealdunc on September 19, 2016, 01:31:38 AM
the fella behind Peel has always maintained that they don't want to build a stadium and had no interest in one being on "their land"
I reckon if we build there it will be because we make them an offer they can't refuse on the land and help kick-start their own developments off - I doubt we'd be working in a close partnership though
"I reckon if we build there it will be because we make them an offer they can't refuse on the land"
So some poor bugger''s about to get the fright of his life and a horse loses its head?
Quote from: Shropshire Blue on September 19, 2016, 01:42:52 AM
all's fair....
Post by: Audrey Horne on September 19, 2016, 02:12:39 AM
https://twitter.com/BramleyMooreFC/status/777568980563292160
Post by: GLewis on September 19, 2016, 02:12:58 AM
Quote from: Simon Paul on September 19, 2016, 01:36:15 AM
I suppose he said that a while ago now.
There's not been a massive amount of movement re Liverpool Waters bar that tower that's gone for planning the other week.
I guess it's not unreasonable that they'd now think that a stadium would kick start the whole thing.
Post by: Cozzie on September 19, 2016, 02:16:02 AM
Quote from: Audrey Horne on September 19, 2016, 02:12:39 AM
That was the original plan for the WHP scheme which got scrapped.
Post by: Alanvideo on September 19, 2016, 02:18:15 AM
It's looking like a groundshare with Bramley Moore FC :whistle:
Quote from: Alanvideo on September 19, 2016, 02:18:15 AM
Bramley Moore V Everton - The Dockside Derby.
Post by: Mick 1995 on September 19, 2016, 02:20:31 AM
I was keeping right up to date with Peel and the Mersey Gateway scheme util CABE and their ilk came close to pulling the plug on the whole thing.
He was never adamant there wouldn't be one as such. He just kept reperating that there were no plans or space in the current vision for the Liverpool Waters part of the project.
It's been scaled back so significantly though that it goes without saying plans have changed.
Also, Lizz, that can't be real.
I only say that because it is one of the most beautiful things i have ever seen and i refuse to believe we would be that lucky.
(Also, the graphic shows a city other than Liverpool behind it)
From The Echo website today...........a very long article called Doughnut of Development ,Everton mentioned at the end.
Liverpool Waters (and Everton stadium)
Peel’s £5.5bn plans to transform Liverpool’s north docks will take decades to come to completion - but there are already some interesting developments proposed for some of the land.
At the MIPIM property festival in Cannes earlier this year, Peel’s Lindsey Ashworth promised that “2017 is going to be the big year for Liverpool Waters”.
Peel hopes to start work on eight separate development sites around Princes Dock this year, including an office block and three residential towers.
Among them is Moda Living’s 34-storey skyscraper, including 204 apartments - a planning permission was submitted in June.
And a little further up the waterfront the old Bramley-Moore dock - most recently home to the Sound City music festival - could soon become home to Everton’s new stadium.
Post by: MmmblueBernard on September 19, 2016, 03:50:45 AM
Needs more batman lights
Post by: Blue Lagoon on September 19, 2016, 03:55:10 AM
Quote from: MmmBlueToffee on September 19, 2016, 03:50:45 AM
And fire
And a Dixie Dean statue with Lasers for eyes
And a moat
And did I say fire?
Post by: Hawkandro on September 19, 2016, 04:14:44 AM
Just waiting for Spurs to agree a deal before submitting our final offer.
Post by: Thornton_19 on September 19, 2016, 04:23:14 AM
I wonder if when we build this stadium will we just build a stadium or will we possibly build an Everton Museum and maybe an Everton hotel next to it?
Quote from: Thornton_19 on September 19, 2016, 04:23:14 AM
Id imagine something like this would happen.
As people have stated, not much there at the minute but they are going to regenerate the whole area and our stadium, hopefully, will be a huge part of the new look waterfront.
I would imagine the stadium and the immediate area around it will generally be Everton related content with a few new pubs there as well.
Getting a bit excited now like but not too much as we know how this club can let you down, it does look like a goer though.
Quote from: Cozzie on September 19, 2016, 04:26:46 AM
Be boss having a huge museum to go along with the stadium. Think David France could help fill it by himself to, if he was so inclined.
Be nice to have a big thing dedicated to our history at Goodison.
quote].................the possibilities are endless but I'm trying not to build my hopes. :wag:
Apologies if posted.
http://royalbluemersey.sbnation.com/2016/9/19/12971214/american-meis-architects-contracted-work-new-everton-stadium-xan-young-roma-staples-safeco-lincoln
https://twitter.com/RBMersey/status/777913950038061057?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
...........I'm happy to give you a like for that Cozzie but I won't believe it until it's official. It's not unusual for architects to work on schemes that never get beyond the design stage. Here's hoping !
p.s. According to the Meis website they did a renovation study for Norwich but I don't think it has been carried through.
They're not getting the interview now due to the NDA that had obviously been signed.
Promising though. Obviously a lot of movement behind the scenes
Post by: bluenuck on September 20, 2016, 03:28:34 AM
^^ This, that, and more.
I do a ton of design(structural) work for clients and it never gets built.
But it's all part of the preliminary design process. They're basically just seeing how much it's going to cost. The Architects and Engineers will probably do 3-4 schemes to find the best one.
Quote from: Mick 1995 on September 20, 2016, 03:02:02 AM
nah lad, as if anyone would know what was going on....it's all bollocks
or something someone said on Twitter when we posted this
Post by: Alanvideo on October 10, 2016, 01:18:07 AM
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/evertons-stadium-creative-quarter-how-11996050
Post by: blue1948 on October 12, 2016, 10:59:21 PM
Didn't he sell his collection ?
Quote from: blue1948 on October 12, 2016, 10:59:21 PM
............drat ! when I saw a new post I thought there was a bit of news :wag:
Post by: Cozzie on October 13, 2016, 12:48:07 AM
Quote from: Alanvideo on October 13, 2016, 12:36:20 AM
Same haha.
Not having a go at blue1948 at all like but proper got a bit excited then.
Post by: Polledreng on October 13, 2016, 01:14:24 AM
Quote from: Cozzie on October 13, 2016, 12:48:07 AM
and you Got me excited ;)
Post by: Simon Paul on October 13, 2016, 04:08:28 PM
Joe Anderson is now supporting the dock and not Stonebridge cross
Post by: Alanvideo on October 13, 2016, 04:15:26 PM
Quote from: Simon Paul on October 13, 2016, 04:08:28 PM
.............I think when he spoke as a fan he was always in favour of a dockland site . Is he now saying the same in his official role ?
Post by: Thornton_19 on October 13, 2016, 04:37:04 PM
We must of made some pitch, with some incredible plans for the surrounding area!
Quote from: Alanvideo on October 13, 2016, 04:15:26 PM
not sure he was speaking in an official capacity but he pretty much dismissed the idea of Stonebridge Cross the other day
Post by: Duncs_a_legend on October 13, 2016, 06:20:09 PM
I think if we ended up going for Stonebridge there could be a bit of back lash from a lot of fans.
Only concern about the dock would be how long it takes to improve the surrounding area, it would be a shame to have a nice stadium surrounded by wasteland and derelict buildings for several years.
Quote from: Duncs_a_legend on October 13, 2016, 06:20:09 PM
my main concern would be that we did what Stoke did and fill the surrounding area with car dealerships and the like
they're quick to throw up and there's already a few along that area so might just mean relocation for one or two, but they offer nothing other than space fillers on match days etc
needs to be done properly and attention to detail is key....things that offer the matchgoing fan something as well as being able to survive the rest of the week too....a hotel with a good sized bar, for instance, would be a good start
Post by: Macca77 on October 13, 2016, 06:35:00 PM
Couple of pubs, cafes and a poundbakery would be splendid
completely agree with that too.
Even flash apartments or office blocks offer nothing for the match goer.
Restaurants, Bars, hotels etc would be ideal, especially if there is a handy rail link to town.
Some clever city planing goes along way. The walk way near the Hilton hotel that links L1 to the docks was a revelation, i remember reading something like only 1 in 100 shoppers visited the docks if they were out shopping in town before that was there, now that figure is much much higher.
You know what would be good ? a sort of railway on stilts running along the dock road into the city centre. Bit of a mad idea I know.........
Post by: Sir Stealth on October 13, 2016, 07:24:10 PM
We're gonna need chippies, bookies and boozers built in the same area
Everyone's had a cheeky KFC before the match too,we will need one of them
Post by: Bluenose 91 on October 13, 2016, 07:30:35 PM
Couldn't they just build an exact replica of County Road on the dock?
Post by: Ross on October 13, 2016, 07:47:26 PM
Wonder of the Kopite security guard will let him in to wonder round or will he just have to peer through the gates?
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/oct/13/everton-farhad-moshiri-proposed-sites-new-stadium
Do we reckon it will need cladding?
Let's not run before we can walk hey Dunc!
For anyone interested in how B-M Dock used to look ,about 29.5 minutes into this link it shows the old dock and the switchback where the overhead railway dropped down to allow the dock railway to cross over. Also in view is the tobacco warehouse complex ,now part of which is the Titanic Hotel.
Post by: TheRam on October 13, 2016, 10:17:16 PM
Hoping they build just one cash machine so I still have to que up for 20 minutes to get cash out.
Post by: ally2 on October 14, 2016, 03:07:06 AM
I think a railway would make the difference but then again it would make people bypass the area. It makes me so happy though to see the restoration of an old railway line or the destruction of a high rise tower block.
Post by: Everton Mint on October 14, 2016, 03:59:37 AM
Like the Kings Dock suggestion before, in terms of access, and especially road access, the fact that one entire direction of travel would be closed off due to the River always makes me concerned.
Post by: TheRam on October 14, 2016, 04:25:25 AM
I don't see how the transport would work with Stonebridge.
The nearest train station is a good 30 minute walk away and there's only two buses that go near their from town. With it being on the lancs that can easily be rectified I suppose.
Also, the traffic is horrific there at the best of times never mind with a footie stadium thrown into the mix.
With the docks you have no such issue. It's a 10 minute walk from the nearest station in a pretty derelict part of the city with easy potential for transport links with it being on the dock road.
Post by: Simon Paul on October 14, 2016, 04:37:18 AM
Quote from: TheRam on October 14, 2016, 04:25:25 AM
but it's near a motorway lad, and motorway junctions never - ever - get chocker, especially not with 40,000 football fans trying to get onto them
the buses would be a nightmare - the distance means turnaround would be longer for a start
at the docks, you widen the road, and you have easy access to the exact same roads that are used to disperse from Goodison, except if you are clever then you widen the approach to the Wallasey tunnel as well and bang, traffic is gone
Post by: Bluedylan on October 14, 2016, 04:38:58 AM
Quote from: Simon Paul on October 14, 2016, 04:37:18 AM
Have you heard any whispers about what's going on with all this? You can tell me, I won't say anything to anyone.
Quote from: Bluedylan on October 14, 2016, 04:38:58 AM
we've not bought the land yet, but apparently once that's dealt with the plans for sorting the land out are pretty much just ready to be put into action
naturally people are very coy over stuff, but the general gist is that plans are there and an architect is working with the club
I have a feeling that once the finances and land ownership is sorted then it'll actually move very, very quickly
So it's a matter of haggling over the price for the land, and then we can crack on?
Isnt this the guy that is meant to be designing the stadium?
Apparently he is in Liverpool.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BLgqd6Lh5ak/
Dunno how legit it is like.
I'm clinging on to anything at the minute lol.
there's a few - obviously we want people to compete for the "winning" design
Post by: Alfie Noakes on October 14, 2016, 05:23:41 AM
Really hoping this will happen. A stadium on the docks would be incredible.
Surely the club know that close to a 100% of Evertonians want the stadium on the Docks rather than the other one?
Let's hope they take this into account
Post by: Rhys on October 14, 2016, 03:02:14 PM
I won't believe it until moshiri has text Jim White to watch this space.
Post by: GLewis on October 14, 2016, 03:23:26 PM
Quote from: Sir Stealth on October 14, 2016, 02:37:32 PM
I'm sure they do.
If Joe Anderson, who is responsible for the land of the other option, is so behind the docks then he must know that EFC really want the docks otherwise, whatever personal preference, he'd be more coy because we'd have to push the publicity for Stonebridge Cross.
He'll also know the Peel people very well so will have both angles.
I don't think it's the price of the land, if the rumoured £30m is correct.
I think Peel and the city probably want us to help regenerate other parts of that area.
I can imagine a colossal amount of conditions that go with the sale of the land.
Post by: Silas on October 14, 2016, 03:31:53 PM
Quote from: TheRam on October 13, 2016, 10:17:16 PM
Fucking rookie you mate. Cash machine by the elm tree
Dont know if its already been posted but the Guardian reckon Moshiri will be looking at 2 sites in the city today, one of which is believed to be Bramley Moore
Shit just got real
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/everton-stadium-update-leading-architect-12022960
Post by: arteta4spain on October 14, 2016, 04:07:12 PM
Do you think all these potential sites are down to Moshiri or just good timing?
Whatever happens (bar something catastrophic) if Moshiri delivers the stadium he'll be seen as a modern legend who hopefully brings us back to the big time.
Yes it's a long way off and nothing's even concrete yet but you get the feeling that Moshiri knows business and how to do business well.
Can't f@"king wait!
Quote from: Macca77 on October 14, 2016, 03:37:54 PM
Goosebumps. The day we leave The Grand Old Lady will be a sad day. Soaked in so much history. I as much as any fan want to stay where we are but it's never going to be viable.
Hopefully playing Champions League when we move in! Well one can dream!
Post by: van der Meyde on October 14, 2016, 04:18:13 PM
Quote from: Silas on October 14, 2016, 03:31:53 PM
Why go that far? The one by Duncan's rarely lets you down.
Honourable mention to the cash machine at the shop just past the Brick too.
Post by: Mick 1995 on October 14, 2016, 04:37:30 PM
Quote from: arteta4spain on October 14, 2016, 04:07:12 PM
I think it was the main reason for him coming aboard to be honest. Dunno if he was around during th einitial planning for the Emirates, but it seemed to be point #1 on his agenda. Deffo not a coincidence.
The cash machine outside the tesco should be the point of call for all us south seftoners.
so they read this thread and posted a story about an Instagram post, padding it out with information about who the architect is
It would appear so, yes.
Post by: MmmblueBernard on October 14, 2016, 05:34:29 PM
That's how modern journalism works. Get something from twitter, embellish is with info from 2 mins of googling and then publish.
Ive just drove passed Bramley Moore and there was quite a few photographers and press outside the entrance. Theres a pub opposite called The Bramley, could be our new local eh
Ive just drove passed Bramley Moore and there was quiet a few photographers and press outside the entrance. Theres a pub opposite called The Bramley, could be our new local eh
They have a twitter acocunt and are live tweetings all the posh people in posh coats appearing today:
https://twitter.com/BramleyMoorePub
Quote from: Mick 1995 on October 14, 2016, 07:04:38 PM
Ooooh interesting
Looks like a mob meeting where the main guys have brought their slightly befuddled old dons.
I'm a tad excited here.
............like a funeral scene from The Sopranos . Have they been to Crocky yet ?
Wait till he gets a load of Croxteth.
Post by: Shropshire Blue on October 14, 2016, 09:05:13 PM
That one getting the hug in the bottom picture may now be sleeping with the Mersey fishes.
Oh, and there's a horses head waiting for collection at the other site.
Quote from: Shropshire Blue on October 14, 2016, 09:05:13 PM
I suspect the one receiving the hug is the most corrupt and gangster of them all to be honest
Post by: Cozzie on October 14, 2016, 09:53:30 PM
Fucking Elstone chuckling in the background there, wish the Piz Buin bell end would fuck off.
nobody got excited when me and @Bally (http://www.nsno.co.uk/forums/index.php?action=profile;u=19) wandered around that dock the other month
It's down to him because we finally have a way of funding something without begging the council to pay for it or looking for a partnership like tesco to do it with. Previously we would be limited by sites purely because if we did a tesco type deal it would only be where they wanted something, Kirkby, not where was best for us.
Now we finally have something where we can choose the option which suits us, which why after all these years for the first time I actually feel confident we will get something sorted and will be something most of the fans will be happy with rather than the 52% or whatever it was that said yes to Kirkby.
So what we gonna call it then? 😉 Best one gets a like! 😂
The fuck your main stand arena.
all I want is a big set of gallows next to the stadium
makes the song "Royal Blue Mersey" all the more sinister then, doesn't it
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/new-everton-stadium-what-architect-12025588
Don't care what anyone else says, this wins hands down! 😂😂
The fucks Robbie Keane doing there?
Post by: Brownie on October 14, 2016, 11:32:20 PM
I hope it's not going to be round. I don't like round stadiums
Post by: Jimmywhack on October 15, 2016, 12:04:04 AM
Quote from: Brownie20 on October 14, 2016, 11:32:20 PM
Shit name that
Post by: Macca77 on October 15, 2016, 12:07:05 AM
Can you imagine the fume from the redshites when this gets the go ahead, will be hilarious to listen to
Post by: Confucius on October 15, 2016, 12:17:22 AM
Who cares about them. Can we just have fun in the Oumar Niasse arena
The Confucius Colleseum.
Quote from: Jimmywhack on October 15, 2016, 12:04:04 AM
How about the "Steve Round" arena?
Post by: blue1948 on October 15, 2016, 01:36:54 AM
The Metalloinvest stadium will do fine for me
Post by: therealdunc on October 15, 2016, 01:59:13 AM
the robert elstone arena
Post by: Silas on October 15, 2016, 02:07:24 AM
"Ringfenced"
Post by: Trowel on October 15, 2016, 02:25:59 AM
I like the blue roof and yellow walls, but I was expecting something bigger.
(http://i2.liverpoolecho.co.uk/incoming/article12026156.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/Quick.jpg)
The "A few old fellas walk round a dock and everyone wets themselves" Arena
The MOSH-pit.
Post by: sirblue57 on October 15, 2016, 04:09:07 PM
The " pride of the Mersey stadium" or " first and best you redshite twats" arena
Post by: School of Science on October 15, 2016, 04:17:46 PM
Quote from: therealdunc on October 15, 2016, 01:59:13 AM
New Sun centre then ?
The Blue Camp. The Royal Blue Mersey Stadium. The Waterfront Arena.
Post by: Bluedylan on October 15, 2016, 04:21:01 PM
The 'It'll be named after whatever company will pay the most to get naming rights' arena.
Post by: ally2 on October 15, 2016, 04:23:52 PM
Yeah one things for sure - it'll definitely have naming rights sold for a number of years and be referred to that. None ever calls the Emirates 'Ashburton Grove'.
Corinthian Stadium, Royal Blue Mersey Stadium
Post by: eame on October 15, 2016, 04:26:44 PM
Quote from: Macca77 on October 15, 2016, 12:07:05 AM
Be great if it was before the next derby at analfield, singing shitty ground to them, ya new stand is shite!
The school of science.
The Richard Wright easy access turnstiles Stadium.
What about Jaguar / Land Rover ? big employer on Merseyside but I don't recall them or Ford sponsoring a team or stadium .
"Bramley Moore Dock"
no idea where the idea came from there like, but I like it
It will be named whoevwr gets the sponsorship rights too it.
Usmanovs company I would be happy with.
Post by: MarcusFenix on October 15, 2016, 05:25:48 PM
If our new stadium is to have a name attached it has to be a global brand with massive kudos, it cannot be the 'Wonga' or 'We Buy Any Car' arena
Quote from: MarcusFenix on October 15, 2016, 05:25:48 PM
Imagine if Home Bargains or Asda sponsored it
Would just annoy me people saying
Home and bargains arena or 'The' Asda stadium!
Like both of those.
Post by: hill135 on October 15, 2016, 06:52:34 PM
Piz Buin to call in the favour Elstone owes them for keeping him flush with the old shake-and-bake for so long and have their name plastered all over it.
Not sure whether any of Usmanovs company would see the benefit of a stadium sponsorship.
Even if his companies wanted to - why would he want to finance a competitor team in arsenal's league?
Post by: Polledreng on October 15, 2016, 07:58:49 PM
because he will sell his shares in Arsenal and join his friend at Everton ?
Quote from: Polledreng on October 15, 2016, 07:58:49 PM
this is the new David Nugent story story isn't it
ha ha... probably
peel ports want a stake in the development, and everton are happy to allow them a small percentage provided the price is right.
Post by: Chris on October 16, 2016, 02:41:03 AM
Joe Anderson has just replied to some lad on twitter saying 'sorted' seemingly in reference to the stadium...
My cock cannot be teased anymore.
Please secure this Everton.
https://twitter.com/Meisarch/status/788492893337956352
Quote from: Trowel on October 19, 2016, 04:36:23 AM
so it'll look like Goodison then
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/new-everton-stadium-could-worth-12050327
............good to see the BM site being talked up .
Post by: phillyt on October 21, 2016, 02:06:21 AM
Not seen it mentioned on here but the much maligned (by some) watched toffee has posted that the prudential mortgage has been settled.
I believe that this was the loan that stopped the "annexe".
If that's right I believe we are now free to sell/swap the land goodison is built on. Doing a land swap with peel may be something appealing to them And speed up the process of acquiring the Branmley Moore plot.
Post by: Goaljira on October 21, 2016, 02:25:18 AM
Quote from: phillyt on October 21, 2016, 02:06:21 AM
Is that what was originally the Bear Stearns loan?
Quote from: Goaljira on October 21, 2016, 02:25:18 AM
Yeah that's what I understand. Not sure if we refinanced it or prudential took it over from bear stearns.
Well Bear Stearns went bust, so I assume it just got transfered?
That would explain it then. I just remember it was prudential who stopped elstones office and cornershop project.
Post by: Omar on October 21, 2016, 10:47:34 PM
I see that the Bramley-Moore Dock is adjacent to the water treatment facility. Is that wastewater or drinking water treatment?
Post by: Corinthian on October 22, 2016, 12:16:59 AM
Good news indeed are there any links to that info'?
it only had about 6 years left to run, so probably a good bit of business (the six years is based on reports from the time, but club officials have since said it was done over 25 years, so 11 years, but still we're over halfway into the deal and the money has been repaid in full, so the settlement will have been an agreed amount based on the interest)
the info will have come from Company's House, @Corinthian (http://www.nsno.co.uk/forums/index.php?action=profile;u=1892) so you could pay whatever fee they charge for the document (think it's a quid?) but that's where WT tends to get his info from
Post by: School of Science on October 22, 2016, 01:30:20 AM
Was that the loan that we had agreed a small percentage of our season ticket sales as part of our repayment ? Sure I've heard that over the years ...Or I've dreamt it up.
Post by: Heisenberg on October 22, 2016, 01:49:36 AM
Quote from: Omar on October 21, 2016, 10:47:34 PM
I seen someone on Twitter saying the smell can be unbareable down there at times
I think the point of doing this is less the cost which on a month by month/year by year basis wouldn't have been too prohibitive. Obviously saving 6-11 years interest (depending on the real timescale) is a benefit but the main benefit is, I think, removing any restrictions or controls on the land GP is on Which allows us to sell without any hinderance. Which in my eyes is a great sign/hint that the new ground deal is moving along (quicker than the bloody cladding is). Whichever way it works tho it's a good sign that moshiri is looking to do things his way. yeah
Post by: blue slug on October 22, 2016, 05:37:50 AM
Depends how hungover you are I suppose
well there's a huge fire about 500 yards away at the moment that's been blazing for well over an hour with flames about 40 foot tall
and yeah, the smell at Bramley Dock was horrendous when we went down there on deadline day, I thought @Bally (http://www.nsno.co.uk/forums/index.php?action=profile;u=19) had farted at first
Post by: Blake on October 22, 2016, 03:09:40 PM
Quote from: Corinthian on October 22, 2016, 12:16:59 AM
Info is free on companies house
Two records from 5th Oct : https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/00036624/filing-history
Phillyt is right in terms of releasing any restrictions on goodison is main positive. But removing our primary long term debt is still a positive. Especially at just under 8% interest. Repayments were in the ballpark of just under £3m pa I think, with the 25 year loan starting in 2002. So it had plenty of time to run.
Can see the smoke from my house. I work up the road from Bramley Moor by the titanic hotel and it confirm is does stink, its awful on a warm day
Post by: Bally on October 22, 2016, 04:39:26 PM
Insurance job
Quote from: Bally on October 22, 2016, 04:39:26 PM
scrap metal dealer apparently, must have taken some heat to get that started!
Jet fuel then hahaha
Quote from: Heisenberg on October 22, 2016, 01:49:36 AM
Only on derby days soon though..
The smell can be horrendous down there like.
But so can Stonebridge as its opposite a sewerage plant.
Post by: brap2 on October 22, 2016, 06:32:05 PM
Can't believe we're going to get a stinky stadium.
Quote from: brap2 on October 22, 2016, 06:32:05 PM
The only smell will be the smell of victory
Coyb!
..............maybe that's why some people want to put a roof on it .
Post by: Bigjmill on October 22, 2016, 07:31:27 PM
I used to see a girl down that way and I can confirm if your not used to being by the docks the smell is terrible at times.
We can use that to our home advantage ;)
Post by: Danny on October 22, 2016, 08:06:01 PM
Quote from: Bigjmill on October 22, 2016, 07:31:27 PM
Loves a bit of filth does Big J!
Just our luck isn't it next to the Shite in Walton and no matter where we move it will be the same
When I was at the college of building the teacher told us that sewage farms cover a turd of the country
Post by: everton1952 on October 22, 2016, 08:11:26 PM
Doesn't Analfield stink anyway?
Sorry to bring that up lads, but it had to be mentioned. On the positive, Farhad should be able to get the land at a steal.
Fuck the smell, our world class stadium will mask it
Post by: Toddacelli on October 25, 2016, 06:16:02 AM
Wouldn't be happy with that :(
Post by: carolinablue on October 26, 2016, 07:30:44 PM
Or a stool
Post by: formerKHL on October 26, 2016, 09:06:36 PM
" if you build it...they will come"........
Post by: bacon sarnie on October 26, 2016, 09:28:11 PM
Docktor Poo?
Post by: Dr. Sponge on October 26, 2016, 11:02:44 PM
I'd rather not feel like I was going to work.
If we get to name it what we want then "The Mersey" would be my choice.
That'd sound good on Match of the Day... "Next we see Spurs visit The Mersey, where Everton look to extend their lead at the top of the table"..... Ahhhh
Quote from: Dr. Sponge on October 26, 2016, 11:02:44 PM
...........fair enough but I was thinking more about the team than the stadium. Jaguar would be preferable to elephant piss.
Post by: GLewis on November 17, 2016, 10:39:00 PM
I see Sound City are moving from the Bramley Moore Dock to the Clarence Dock next summer.
Could be 2 + 2 = 5 etc.
Post by: Polledreng on November 17, 2016, 11:22:17 PM
Quote from: GLewis on November 17, 2016, 10:39:00 PM
Where have you heard that... just googled Sound City - not being from the city I thought it was a big music store... According to there website they state Sound City will be returning to the beautiful, historic site of Bramley-Moore Dock, a key part of the city's trade heritage.
https://www.festicket.com/festival/liverpool-sound-city-2017/#festival-location If they are moving something big must be on it's way to Bramley Moore Dock
Post by: Alanvideo on November 18, 2016, 12:10:17 AM
http://www.getintothis.co.uk/2016/11/liverpool-sound-city-2017-move-clarence-dock-10th-birthday-edition/
Title: Club says they're not considering safe standing areas.
Post by: SteB on November 18, 2016, 06:27:13 AM
...disappointing if that is the case for the new stadium.
(the question gets asked at 9:54 and a spokesman answers off camera)
http://www.evertonfc.com/news/2016/11/17/live-press-conference
Post by: pjk on November 18, 2016, 07:09:37 AM
As the Goodison makeover thread is locked, I thought I would post this on here. It doesn't look like an Artist's impression. Has it got this far then?
Post by: Jamokachi on November 18, 2016, 08:25:19 AM
Quote from: pjk on November 18, 2016, 07:09:37 AM
artist impression that mate
Quote from: Jamokachi on November 18, 2016, 08:25:19 AM
Yeah I realise that now thanks. It was a tweet and about 4or 5 tweets after that, there was a pic of one of the O's in the fabrication factory. :)
can you post the tweet?
I'm not sure if this will come out, but here you are.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CxgO-EJWQAAdVfI.jpg
Only the pic basically mate. The tweet only said Goodison anyway.
Here's the O as well :) Which for whatever reason hasn't transferred :-\
https://twitter.com/EvertonBlueArmy/status/799408574686494720
Aha. There's the elusive O. Nice one. :)
Post by: Macca77 on November 18, 2016, 02:13:09 PM
Reopen the makeover thread!!
Post by: Eddie on November 18, 2016, 02:56:42 PM
No mate, not even close, it's an artists impression.
Post by: Alanvideo on November 18, 2016, 09:24:32 PM
Lifted from another site but an interesting look at B-M Dock buildings . Hope they can be saved/restored
http://www.thetopbalcony.com/bramley-moore-dock-buildings-form-part-evertons-new-stadium/140
Would the ground not be on the big flat piece of land at the top of that picture as opposed to actually filling in the dock?
That's where it looked like the pictures of the "meeting" were taken and also, i assume, where Sound City was staged.
......I dare say it could be on that site but that is/was Trafalgar Dock isn't it ? I thought we were going for B-M dock which is the one with the big double entrance opposite the pub. The name of the dock is set in the wall just up from there. Don't mind where on the docks it is really.
Quote from: Alanvideo on November 18, 2016, 10:22:59 PM
No i know it's confusing
Sound City was billed as BM dock but as you say that is water.
Not sure why that wouldn't have been classed as Trafalgar Dock as no one is bothered about that?!
Post by: van der Meyde on November 18, 2016, 11:57:10 PM
If I recall correctly, you entered Sound City through the BM gates opposite the pub and then the festival site was the warehouses on the strip perpendicular to Regent Road and on the strip next to the river, parallel to Regent Road, so festival was probably still BM dock.
Post by: Simon Paul on November 19, 2016, 03:08:19 AM
they're talking about filling in the dock in all the stories I hear
wasn't it once designed to be a dry dock anyway? would it be impossible to close some gates, drain it, and then fill it in quite quickly?
also, does that allow us to "build" ground works before filling in the dock, effectively saving time?
Post by: GLewis on November 19, 2016, 03:17:00 AM
Quote from: Simon Paul on November 19, 2016, 03:08:19 AM
Don't know.
............B-M dock is too big to be a dry dock. The ones I've worked in are usually built to accommodate one ship at a time and have stepped sides .
If you mean building ground works on the dock bottom ,it depends what was put in in 1848 ! I assume a concrete raft ,many metres thick ,would need to be installed before any new building was carried out.
There seems to be a bit of confusion at the moment about where exactly the proposed stadium site is . Is it B-M dock itself or a piece of land near to it ?
Post by: Shropshire Blue on November 19, 2016, 05:08:06 AM
Quote from: Alanvideo on November 19, 2016, 04:02:10 AM
Surely there is enough bullshit on the ko**ite forums and GOT to provide more than enough infill?
Post by: Trowel on November 28, 2016, 07:02:42 PM
https://twitter.com/Everton/status/803221625583845376
How long before one of the hilarious reds will photoshop the pic replacing the G with a W?
Post by: Goaljira on November 30, 2016, 01:00:48 AM
https://mobile.twitter.com/Everton/status/803535177695789056
Post by: MmmblueBernard on November 30, 2016, 03:38:07 AM
Yay Christmas lights!
Post by: Macca77 on November 30, 2016, 04:08:08 AM
It's a beautiful thing
Quote from: MmmBlueToffee on November 30, 2016, 03:38:07 AM
I found this interesting, but others probably don't
Everton don't let their own staff put the decorations up - they pay a professional Christmas decorating company to do it (I dare say they do stuff other than Christmas decorations too, or they'd be bored out of their arses the rest of the year!)
If they let their own staff do it then they'd be liable should anything happen to anyone whilst putting them up, or someone fell over them, or if they caught fire.
Paying someone else to do it takes away the h&s aspect as well as any decorations rented will have been PAT tested should they be electric.
The other reason could be they just want full control over what goes up, yo prevent people taking in what they want and having loads of horrible gaudi shit all over the place.
Quote from: Goaljira on November 30, 2016, 04:30:24 AM
Stops that spotty, Liverpool supporting teenager who works in the ticket office plastering the place in red tinsel.
Post by: MmmblueBernard on November 30, 2016, 01:14:52 PM
They should let him do that so it gives them a legit reason to take him out the back of the park end and give him a shoeing.
prevent people taking in what they want and having loads of horrible gaudi shit all over the place.
(https://josefeene.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/chimneys.jpg?w=240)
Interesting for comparisons...
http://www.sportsmanagement.co.uk/news?codeid=328671
Feyenoord's proposed stadium.
Post by: TheRam on December 01, 2016, 01:48:23 AM
A bulb has gone already so it only says Goodiso.
I fucking love Everton
Post by: Macca77 on December 01, 2016, 01:52:23 AM
Quote from: TheRam on December 01, 2016, 01:48:23 AM
Please tell me this is true, it would be fucking amazing
Quote from: Macca77 on December 01, 2016, 01:52:23 AM
Amazing!! Someone needs to go take some pics
Still laughing at this, its just typical Everto
Post by: Ross on December 01, 2016, 02:14:20 AM
Probably a good job the cladding threads closed otherwise this would have been the N'd of it..
Post by: Audrey Horne on December 01, 2016, 02:19:13 AM
https://twitter.com/EFCFrance/status/804046945329250304
What a club.
Post by: Jimmywhack on December 01, 2016, 02:39:14 AM
So it broke last night then?? When did it get installed?
I fucki g love Everto
Post by: ally2 on December 01, 2016, 03:51:03 AM
Surely it's not just one bulb?
Post by: Confucius on December 01, 2016, 04:48:02 AM
Everton really know how to pylon the misery.
Post by: Goaljira on December 01, 2016, 04:56:43 AM
Quote from: ally2 on December 01, 2016, 03:51:03 AM
Perhaps its like non-led Xmas lights, where if one goes nothing works.
Post by: efcforlife on December 01, 2016, 05:08:38 AM
(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20161130/0881bbadf0527f43ee38a282f07603a1.jpg)
Post by: Cassius on December 01, 2016, 02:05:19 PM
If the n doesn't work, you'd think they'd switch the lot off. But it wouldn't be Everton if they did that. Love it.
Post by: Macca77 on December 01, 2016, 02:16:30 PM
First team with numbers on shirts
First team with undersoil heating
First team to break the N bulb
Post by: MmmblueBernard on December 01, 2016, 02:35:07 PM
Quote from: Audrey Horne on December 01, 2016, 02:19:13 AM
Bet some scally kopite twat with an Air rifle is well smug this morning....
The N has been fixed, I repeat the N has been fixed
Post by: Simon Paul on December 02, 2016, 04:07:27 AM
I have seen a picture of when several of the lights failed and it simply said "Goo"
I think they should have left it like that for a laugh!
https://mobile.twitter.com/Bensonsigns/status/804373472969453568
Post by: Alanvideo on December 02, 2016, 05:00:42 AM
Yes very nice.
Now maybe we can get back on topic as per the thread title ?
Post by: bluenuck on December 02, 2016, 05:12:27 AM
Quote from: Alanvideo on December 02, 2016, 05:00:42 AM
Oh com' on. The last 2 pages have been pretty funny. :)
Looks great that
Post by: Redartin on December 02, 2016, 06:55:06 AM
Ro ald Koema must have seen it and gave someone an ear bashing to get it fixed.
Pity they couldn't fix the team that quick.
Post by: Trowel on December 02, 2016, 12:29:53 PM
Sneaking in at the same time as the letters is the "lantern" for the top of the left tower. Should look mint this weekend.
https://twitter.com/CLA_Architects/status/803936789190897664
Post by: Goughie on December 02, 2016, 10:54:31 PM
Any more photos of the main stand and the wrap around of legends?
Is there room for 1 more on the Main Stand after Hickson?
Post by: GLewis on December 02, 2016, 11:39:06 PM
Quote from: Goughie on December 02, 2016, 10:54:31 PM
Don't think so. Also presume it's been laid out to have Dixie as the centre.
Quote from: GLewis on December 02, 2016, 11:39:06 PM
Will there be a gap at the end then? Or have they measured it so its covered up to the cladding?!
Talking of cladding..
The Goodison update thread needs reopening
Looks boss.
Don't wanna leave
Post by: GLewis on December 03, 2016, 02:52:00 AM
Not sure!
Maybe they'll put something bland at the end to cover the gap.
Post by: phillyt on December 03, 2016, 06:34:03 AM
Just seen this pop up on twitter. Been a while since we heard from our dan.
Post by: Audrey Horne on December 04, 2016, 06:40:54 PM
Looks great, really does
Post by: BlueBeagle on December 05, 2016, 10:27:29 PM
Not loving the 'lantern' on top
Post by: blue1948 on December 05, 2016, 10:42:07 PM
I don't suppose he could look at the team!
Post by: Jamokachi on December 06, 2016, 02:46:09 AM
Quote from: BlueBeagle on December 05, 2016, 10:27:29 PM
Pretty shit photo with the alignment of the street lights making it look like it's got big orange ears. I'll wait for more photos to emerge before making judgement.
Is this a hint ?
http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11661/10687691/watford-and-everton-meet-on-saturday-with-both-clubs-coming-out-to-a-familiar-tune
Not sure ground sharing with Watford is the future
Quote from: Jimmywhack on December 09, 2016, 03:51:11 AM
............Yes very good. I was alluding to the fact that Sky chose to film at the dock gates and the Bramley Moore pub .
Post by: pjk on December 10, 2016, 02:03:39 PM
Does anyone know if this is a regular shareholders meeting, or maybe something to do with the new stadium?
http://www.evertonfc.com/news/2016/12/09/notice-of-general-meeting
Post by: Cozzie on December 10, 2016, 03:03:42 PM
Quote from: pjk on December 10, 2016, 02:03:39 PM
Id imagine the stadium would be mentioned like.
Post by: Alanvideo on December 10, 2016, 04:10:20 PM
The club have not said it's an AGM but I think it is just that. They had to call the meeting within the calendar year 2016 even though the actual meeting will not be held until 2017.
No doubt the stadium issue will be mentioned even if it's only to say there's nothing to report.
Post by: Simon Paul on December 10, 2016, 04:47:50 PM
Quote from: Alanvideo on December 10, 2016, 04:10:20 PM
it's what has replaced the AGM
it's not a formal AGM but it's basically our new version of it and it'll be more of a presentation than anything else
hopefully my share transfer will have come through in time for me to attend
Quote from: Simon Paul on December 10, 2016, 04:47:50 PM
..............ditto
Post by: phillyt on December 10, 2016, 09:23:32 PM
Didn't we only just go back to having proper agms as a result of shareholder unrest over the restricted presentation style meetings where the club just lied and twisted the previous accounts?
Quote from: phillyt on December 10, 2016, 09:23:32 PM
no, they call them AGMs but they're not really
Well I did know there was a North Korean element to the planning of these events.
the articles of association don't actually make AGMs mandatory - which is how they cancelled them in the first place - so these "meetings" are more of a compromise with the club holding all the cards to cancel whenever they see fit
Post by: Danny on December 10, 2016, 10:18:40 PM
Saw that on reddit and though it was interesting, I do love the idea of repairing them to keep the character of the area.
Quote from: Danny on December 10, 2016, 10:18:40 PM
the clock is a protected structure anyway and from what I've been told won't be part of the actual stadium as on the picture below the stadium will be "below" the blue roofed building once the dock is filled in
(http://www.thetopbalcony.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/BMD2.jpg)
the pump house isn't exactly an exciting structure either, but it'll make a nice feature if it's done up
the walls are key though. they're historic and look excellent, but again they won't be "part of the stadium" but instead form the boundary between the plot of land and the road (which they do now)
.......................You must be asking yourself the same question as me tonight . :headbang:
It'll come through before the agm so should be alright
Failing that I'll go as a proxy for the seller
Post by: Hawkandro on December 12, 2016, 02:17:57 PM
An Elstone Powerpoint Special.
Post by: jonni on December 12, 2016, 02:29:21 PM
With that wall going all along Regent Road, is that gateway the only way on to the site? Could be quite the bottleneck.
Quote from: jonni on December 12, 2016, 02:29:21 PM
Especially as both sets of fans would have to use it!
Any alterations to the dock wall would require Listed Building Consent and would need to be in keeping with the original.
Access to the site is the least of our problems !
The away fans arrive by boat
This made me smile ;D
http://www.thetopbalcony.com/liverpool-fans-hilariously-obsessed-evertons-potential-new-dockside-stadium/328
Certainly the away fans on Derby day. From across the North Sea.
http://www.thetopbalcony.com/evertons-new-stadium-architect-will-goodison-park-merseyside-derby/372
Through Wirral?
Post by: Bluedylan on December 18, 2016, 07:16:14 PM
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/everton-vs-liverpool-new-stadium-goodison-park-history-neil-robinson-a7482711.html
from the article ...............< Soon, though, the moment will arrive for Everton to go elsewhere. The Independent understands it is likely an announcement will be made about that in the next three to four months, with building work on a new site expected to start before the end of 2017. >
Well spotted. I think this is the first time anyone has printed a prediction of a start date.
What a moving ,tragic story about Neil Robinson's father too.
Not much has changed about Goodison Park since it was built 124 years ago (Getty)
Apart from totally non-original stands on all 4 sides yeah?
.................it refers more to the area than the ground -
< Not much has changed here since Everton moved in 124 years ago and when Liverpool supporters turn up on Monday night, entering through the narrow Bullens Road turnstiles, it is likely that old jokes will be made about it being like going back in time.>
The bit I've quoted is under a picture of the ground further on in the article.
.............yes ok you've quoted the picture caption but the article is more about the area round Goodison.
I've got mixed feelings here - I'll be glad to see us in a new ground but at the same time I'll miss the traditional feel of Goodison. and I'm concerned about the effect on Walton. Hopefully it will lead to some regeneration and EFC will still have a presence there.
Post by: cyberduck on December 18, 2016, 08:34:17 PM
I'll be glad to see us in a new ground but at the same time I'll miss the traditional feel of Goodison. and I'm concerned about the effect on Walton.
It seems stupid that the Council can't give us the extra land we need for us to build where we are now. They were going to give the RS some of Stanley Park when they wanted to build a new stadium.
Couldn't they use the land from one of these other potential sites mentioned over the years and create parkland there?
Post by: 74Blue on December 18, 2016, 08:39:07 PM
I don't believe that Everton moving out of Goodison will completely sever our ties with the area. Let's not forget that they have already invested heavily in a Free School just around the corner. I would expect the club to continue to behave with class. Listening to the bits of what Mr Moshiri has said publicly so far, it appears that this is what he has bought into, with his eyes wide open. He seems to like a lot of what Everton Football Club is all about.
Of course moving will have an adverse affect on a number of small businesses in the immediate vicinity, who largely rely on matchday footfall for survival, but whilst this is unfortunate, it's just business. It's up to the owners of these businesses to work out a way to keep their businesses viable, not Everton's responsibility.
Quote from: cyberduck on December 18, 2016, 08:34:17 PM
the houses around Goodison are owned by private landlords mostly
there was talk in 2007 when KEIOC spoke with the Council and Warren Bradley (who was the leader of the council then) said he had spoken to the landlords and they were all open to property swaps (where they would get a bigger property in, say, Edge Lane, in exchange for their house on Goodison Road / Gwladys Street) but that will have all changed now as the council have less empty property stock
the costs of redeveloping and lack of opportunity to sell retail stuff around the ground is what is stopping us really though, not the fact that it's hard to get the land
Last year there was supposed to be land available just up the road at Walton Hall Park. Couldn't we extend Goodison, taking whatever size footprint we need to extend to for a full commercialized stadium (houses, schools & perhaps parkland) and then build the equivalent of what we take from around the current ground up at Walton Hall?
I know the thought of a waterfront stadium is pretty exciting in terms of image but we're going to have to buy a big chunk of land and build a whole new stadium and then be in debt to Mr. Moshiri & possibly others for a long long time to come.
Post by: Papa Smurf on December 18, 2016, 09:27:13 PM
Just a thought, the cost of filling in the dock area would be huge - could it be used instead as an underground car park (still a major cost but could bring savings and help with congestion etc). Would probably also make it more attractive as a venue for concerts and other stuff.
Quote from: Papa Smurf on December 18, 2016, 09:27:13 PM
it'd probably be even more work to do that (and cost) than just chuck a load of rubble into it (I'm being simplistic on purpose there!)
it's the surrounding area that comes into play as well though. the surrounding area being seriously developed will bring money into the area which there will likely be a deal with the council for them to offset against the purchase of whatever land / planning applications there needs to be done. WHP was never a goer as the residents would always kick up a fuss, and would likely do the same with whatever needed to be built there.
the purchase of the land was quoted at around £30m which is tiny really in comparison to the whole cost of a new stadium and we'd likely "lose" £30m at least if redeveloping Goodison, sadly.
It's thought to be £30m for the land, isn't it?
Really that's a drop in the ocean eh? The price of an average Prem player now.
Quote from: efcforlife on December 17, 2016, 03:26:24 AM
They pick up the minority in the Wirral
And how many times has the pitch been relaid?
Don't see the argument there sorry ,to extend as you say ,is at least as much work plus loss of revenue whilst the renovations go on and all the time working with an old building
I have been to the Old Lady at least a thousand times and will sadly miss her but if this architect "get's it " then we will have the stadium for the other to follow an open space is so much easier ,I just hope they do a Yellow Submarine tour from under the stadium should be easy enough if they propose bridging the dock and it will give the away fans a place to cool down !
the purchase of the land was quoted at around £30m which is tiny really in comparison to the whole cost of a new stadium
True. I had a figure of £80m in my head for some reason. When you start looking at things relative to the cost of players though it gets scary. A top team must be worth a billion (suing Pogba as a basis) and another £500 million for the subs :).
Just looked at the cost of Highbury back in 2006 and it cost them £390M.
Liverpool's new stand £114M with £39M being the cost of land. They expect to earn £20M a season from the new stand.
...............I read somewhere about a part-sunken football stadium ...........and then there's this....
http://theweek.com/articles/602396/football-stadium-tomorrow-may-surprise
I'm sure the architects will be looking at every possibility for such an interesting site as B-M dock.
Post by: pjk on December 19, 2016, 12:37:47 AM
It would be just like Everton to do something groundbreaking and unique in the world of football, another first. As a club we've had plenty of experience being first with innovation. :)
Post by: blue1948 on December 19, 2016, 01:02:47 AM
So go to the game beat the traffic and watch it on a screen ,I can do that without the going to the game and beating the traffic ,to many video games influencing reality here .
Just a great stadium , standing not sitting and all will be back to the best with less space needed for terracing than stands
This might make us feel a bit better this morning......................
http://www.thetopbalcony.com/exclusive-everton-announce-bramley-moore-dock-stadium/413
Post by: Thornton_19 on December 20, 2016, 03:44:41 PM
Does anybody else reckon Everton will announce this officially on Christmas day?
https://twitter.com/skbytes/status/810991529607172100
Quote from: Thornton_19 on December 20, 2016, 03:44:41 PM
Post by: Toffee1 on December 20, 2016, 05:10:13 PM
Maybe they will announce it on January 7th - the Gregorian Christmas day?
Maybe they'll announce it, or something close to it, at the AGM.
Quote from: MmmBlueToffee on December 20, 2016, 05:20:55 PM
The responses are quite funny. It's fair to say the mention of a 'bowl' didn't go down too well.
Quote from: Bluedylan on December 20, 2016, 05:31:25 PM
People need to understand what the words affordable, flexible, safe and modern mean. With the emphasis on affordable.
We'd all love another bigger better safer GP without the restricted views but it's not going to happen.
Swerve the bowl idea off you wool
Laughing my head off at that comment
Quote from: Macca77 on December 20, 2016, 05:40:57 PM
Dan probably thinks it's a typo of fool or tool.....
Post by: Jimmywhack on December 20, 2016, 06:44:31 PM
My view last night (http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20161220/1e1e5b520b76eac8a61fd2bbc2a493a2.jpg)
i have neck ache from craning around posts, and ducking to see the far goals. Aching legs from tip toeing over heads. Wouldnt change it for the world.
Gutted to be leaving and will be even more gutted if/when the ground is fucking bowl shaped.
Quote from: Audrey Horne on December 20, 2016, 07:03:41 PM
Part of going the game for me.
Getting to your seat hoping you've got a good line of sight only to find a big fuck off post blocking some part of the pitch.
One thing is for sure. The Directors & those in the best seats of the Main Stand, Top Balcony & Upper Bullens will not have as good a view in a bowl.
I went to Wembley a few years back and wasn't much higher than pitch level and was about as far away as you can get at Goodison. Looking up at the best seats in the centre of the stadium they were miles away from the pitch.
I'm not sure if anyone's posted this but the architect who tweeted about no posts in the bowl explains what he meant.
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/everton-new-stadium-architect-gives-12347552
do you not read posts before you post?
its been discussed for the past hour if you read the prev posts.
Was the link already posted then?
The link That I posted for the Echo hasn't been posted yet. So I think it's fair enough to add some more or,
different info from other sources.
Sounds like a top bloke. Certainly handles twitter trolls well enough.
Something similar to Juve's new staduim would suit me. 4 sides, but all enclosed; where we can make proper noise and get the place bouncing.
I quite enjoyed reading that Spurs' new ground is going to be a bowl. I'm hoping that seriously affects their form.
From the architect's comments it sounds like we're trying to keep the atmosphere (or at least some of it).
It's very encouraging that he's on the ball and listening to the fans feedback.
Post by: Polledreng on December 20, 2016, 08:51:29 PM
Quote from: Jimmywhack on December 20, 2016, 06:44:31 PM
Liverpool hit the post before scoring.... if you didn't know ;)
Quote from: Polledreng on December 20, 2016, 08:51:29 PM
the other post
Nope ;)
he is sat in the street end ....they scored at the park end.
plus why even post the fucking clip?
Quote from: Toffee1 on December 20, 2016, 05:10:13 PM
Is that the architects first name?
You need to take a break from posting. All you've done is attack fellow blues today. Get a grip.
God bless'us everyone
Post by: Toddacelli on December 21, 2016, 12:07:08 AM
Nah - they're saving for my 40th birthday present - 5th Jan!
reckon he'll be giving a talk at the AGM
Quote from: Simon Paul on December 21, 2016, 12:11:37 AM
.............who ?
This architect fella
It seems likely that an announcement will either be just before or at the Annual Meeting.
............ah right. Hoping to be there if my paperwork gets done in time but the holidays are going to get in the way.
got my invite last Monday despite the fact that my actual share hasn't come through yet
presuming I've been added to the list of shareholders but the paperwork part is taking it's time?
..............your deal must have been done and the paperwork will follow. Mine is still in the pipeline . I spoke to the Head of Legal Services at Everton today and he was very helpful so fingers crossed.
Post by: Brownie on December 21, 2016, 05:12:05 AM
How do you become a shareholder?
Post by: Gash on December 21, 2016, 05:16:08 AM
Quote from: Brownie20 on December 21, 2016, 05:12:05 AM
Buy shares. :)
Quote from: Gash on December 21, 2016, 05:16:08 AM
obviously, but how does one do that? Is there a special share initiative for fans that the club runs or do you have to do it yourself?
It's on the online store mate. Have a look there.
Think they selling half season shares at present.
Post by: charlatan on December 21, 2016, 05:44:28 AM
Quote from: Confucius on December 21, 2016, 05:39:55 AM
Got my dads off eBay about 4-5 years ago.
Around the time Chung started sponsoring us.
Dammit! I can only afford the quarter season shares at present
Post by: Duncs_a_legend on December 21, 2016, 06:04:39 AM
http://toffeeweb.com/club/business/shares.php
I'm not against a bowl design from an exterior point of view at all. As long as we have a four sided steep seating arrangement inside.
In fact if it's done in the right way we could end up with something pretty spectacular in my opinion. Sort of like a stadium within a stadium type thing.
The exterior doesn't have to be a full bowl shape either,it could be broken up with some clever design.
I can't wait
Have unprotected sex with Elstone, well thats what he told me anyway
Just been sent this, I'm not on instagram and have no idea how it works
https://www.instagram.com/p/BORdM4vg3Vy/
This has become my thread of the year. I can't wait for people to post new info. :)
I wouldn't want to get his fake tan on me cock.
............am I missing something here ? just seems to be a general view of North Liverpool ,including our potential stadium site.
No thats it.
I bought off a private seller
"Ere Moshy lad, how much for one of yer shares? You got thousands so wont really miss one...."
not quite on nickname terms with him yet.....
someone approached me and asked if I wanted it, and I'd had a bit of luck so said yes
Just had a look now. I can afford a share but I don't think the wife would be too happy if I bought one at the price they are. I wish I'd thought about this when I first had my inheritance - I'd have had a few
I didn't think I'd be as excited as I am about it to be honest. It's a bit of paper. But it's a bit of paper that says I own a bit of the club I have spent my life supporting.
Sounds awesome to me.
Post by: Toddacelli on December 24, 2016, 10:06:33 PM
This has superceded the cladding update thread for me now!
Title: Shareholders Meeting 4th Jan
Post by: therealdunc on December 26, 2016, 07:07:27 AM
Moshiri and Koeman expected to attend
been told they will announce the new stadium
Post by: efcforlife on December 26, 2016, 02:46:56 PM
Quote from: therealdunc on December 26, 2016, 07:07:27 AM
Attend what?
Quote from: efcforlife on December 26, 2016, 02:46:56 PM
The AGM on the 4th of Jan.
...............he's told you in the title of his post.
From The Echo today..........
Liverpool Waters assistant project director Ian Pollitt was pictured at Bramley-Moore dock in October when Everton’s majority shareholder Farhad Moshiri and chairman Bill Kenwright visited the site.
Asked about Peel’s involvement with the club he said: “We are talking to Everton. We are in discussions with them. It’s been ongoing.
“It would be good to see it in our development. But if it didn’t happen we’re quite confident we can do the development without them.
“It’s something we’d like to see there. So we’re working with Everton and the city on that. So watch this space.”
Everton is expected to make a decision on which stadium site to pursue early in the New Year.
Post by: Gash on December 29, 2016, 02:27:49 PM
That's that fucked then. He said watch this space, that to Evertonian's is like when your parents say "we'll see", it means you won't get it. ;)
Quote from: Gash on December 29, 2016, 02:27:49 PM
Or when u ask for an AT-AT for Christmas and you get an AT-ST....
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BtzGQblIYAEj5d6.jpg)
Post by: Goaljira on December 29, 2016, 06:15:08 PM
I got a Lego AT-ST, but I'd asked for it as I already had the AT-AT.
Post by: Paddockoldie on December 29, 2016, 08:05:16 PM
I've heard it's a done deal and we've been offered the adjoining land for development if we want it by the guy who owns it. He's from Widnes i heard and a blue. Going to be an announcement early jan but wouldn't say more.
Quote from: Goaljira on December 29, 2016, 06:15:08 PM
You were clearly on santas nice list.
to be honest I'd be fuming with them both if they didn't attend the AGM
I heard they cannot wait because they know you are going
Quote from: blue1948 on December 30, 2016, 12:52:31 PM
Well it'd be nothing without the star attraction would it?
Post by: Toddacelli on January 02, 2017, 11:54:06 PM
Literally can't wait for this.
After initially being horrified at moving from Goodison, I am now desperate to hear the news to feel like the club is moving forward and the possibility of competing at the very top (and winning) again is a very real thing.
Post by: Danny on January 03, 2017, 01:50:51 AM
Quote from: Toddacelli on January 02, 2017, 11:54:06 PM
The way I look at it, Goodison is fucking amazing but at the age of 26 i'll see more of the new stadium than I ever saw of Goodison, can't wait now.
Post by: Cozzie on January 03, 2017, 01:53:17 AM
Not far off this now, hope we get the news we want.
Post by: Toddacelli on January 03, 2017, 02:32:50 AM
My 40th on the 5th. Missus asked what I wanted for my birthday I said "New stadium news".
She didn't have a Scooby-Doo what I was on about!
Post by: TheRam on January 03, 2017, 11:51:43 PM
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/farhad-moshiri-expected-evertons-general-12400224
Post by: Simon Paul on January 04, 2017, 12:32:40 AM
Quote from: TheRam on January 03, 2017, 11:51:43 PM
how on earth have they made a story out of that?
a major shareholder is expected to attend a company AGM?
yeah? and?
surely it would be more of a story if a major shareholder didn't attend? oh no, that's not how the Echo has been run is it? Earl never turned up to one, not a peep out of the Echo.
Post by: cyberduck on January 04, 2017, 02:15:24 AM
Quote from: Simon Paul on January 04, 2017, 12:32:40 AM
Earl never turned up to one, not a peep out of the Echo.
He went to at least one. I can remember him being asked about the Trust he used to own the Everton shares. His reply "it's a family trust".
Post by: phillyt on January 04, 2017, 04:10:07 AM
It stops them giving any credence to the guardian story earlier in the week. Even a spate of nothing stories about us since that came out.
Post by: therealdunc on January 04, 2017, 03:56:59 PM
and this is why I still boycott the liverpool echo both in print and its website, a newspaper with no balls or desire to provide meaningful stories.
Post by: School of Science on January 04, 2017, 08:25:35 PM
Quote from: therealdunc on January 04, 2017, 03:56:59 PM
A lot of us don't buy / read ? The Echo because it's a red rag, but mostly because it's shite.
this is genuinely the best thing that has EVER been on Radio Merseyside
skip to about 19 minutes in to get to the first Kopite caller
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04lj2gx
Post by: Eddie on January 06, 2017, 12:58:31 AM
They're nearly crying with desperation! Roger having them off on every single point too. Pure gold this.
Quote from: Eddie on January 06, 2017, 12:58:31 AM
Kevin from Knotty Ash 31 minutes in is amazing!
Post by: Polledreng on January 06, 2017, 01:14:33 AM
Quote from: Toddacelli on January 03, 2017, 02:32:50 AM
happy birthday mate.... Hope Your wire had a surprise for you now the stadium news wasn't exactly what you wished for I asume
Post by: Bluedylan on January 06, 2017, 01:24:06 AM
Brilliant listen this.
Post by: Jimmywhack on January 06, 2017, 01:36:48 AM
Won't load for me
Gutted
Post by: Gash on January 06, 2017, 01:37:43 AM
The lad who kept saying 'quite clearly' quite clearly hadn't a fucking clue what he was talking about.
Post by: eame on January 06, 2017, 01:38:29 AM
OMG I feel like Christmas and every Birthday I have ever come have come all together at once!!!! And these call us BITTER!!!!
If this does come off we wont need to hang the koppites 1 by 1 they will hang themselves!!
"We need ferries so the Welsh can get to TJ Hughes, Roger!"
Docks should be docks, right!!
Post by: Ross on January 06, 2017, 01:48:15 AM
He's right when we start importing tobacco and rum again we'll be fucked
Post by: Duncs_a_legend on January 06, 2017, 01:49:07 AM
Brilliant that, it just adds that extra bit smugness when the stadium actually gets the go ahead.
Post by: School of Science on January 06, 2017, 01:49:46 AM
Quote from: Bluedylan on January 06, 2017, 01:24:06 AM
And we don't matter to them, we are the bitter one's, hahaha. This is a club that forced compulsory purchases of loads of houses around Liverpool's ground so they could enlarge their ground and were given £23m towards their loft conversion by the council. These fuckers will be marching through the streets to stop this. Don't remember this kind of uproar when the council give them Stanley Park.
This is absolute comedy gold.
Quote from: Ross on January 06, 2017, 01:48:15 AM
Or restoring the tobacco warehouse to a morgue.
Oh I don't know, the guy before that threatened to write to the secretary of something or another over it had me in hysterics.
Steve Rotherham will sort this out lads....
Roger "no he won't, he won't have anywhere near the power the mayor has"
Caller "we'll see roger"
The naming rights fella was fuckin hilarious.
'we should get a cut of that' hahaha.
Fuckin gimp.
Ffs we gave them their ground now we're giving them Lpool 4 and their still fewming. Onwards and upwards blues, want Bramley more than ever now.
It's the way their dress up their fear and hatred as genuine concern for the city, when in fact a development at Bramley Moore would be hugely beneficial to the area that's particularly astounding (even for them hypocritical fuckers).
After running the area around Anfield into the ground systematically. It's incredible.
This needs to happen if nothing else just to shut them up or make them more angry
Post by: sirblue57 on January 06, 2017, 02:14:41 AM
fuck me, they take bitter to a whole new level.
Post by: bluenuck on January 06, 2017, 02:18:28 AM
I can't believe you have to live with some of these people.
Effin donkeys
Quote from: Duncs_a_legend on January 06, 2017, 02:05:54 AM
Caller "But you can't just rename your house roger"
Roger "yes you can"
"It's like renaming your street!"
"No it's not"
"We'll see"
his "maniac laugh" was a bit sinister as well though
its hilarious how they all love Everton, but don't want us to have a new ground on the waterfront. remember the chants of "the city's all ours"?
fucking whopper's lolol lolol
Quote from: Jimmywhack on January 06, 2017, 02:12:37 AM
On the plus side mate, if it doesn't and Kevin gets his way you'll be able to ferry to Liverpool just like the old days.
One of the comments on the Echo article:
"I am just off the phone organising a meeting with my personal team of solicitors to compile a plan of action to assist in the blocking of this rubbish stadium ever being built. You cannot give the city's money to a small unsuccessful club with barely any fans when there is homeless, hungry, disabled children in the streets. You cannot sacrifice the heritage of the seaside to build a football stadium when there is a perfectly good site in Croxteth & the opinion of refurbishing the Bullens road stand to an adequate 43000 which is 9000 more seats than Everton even need."
Jesus I thought you lot were overselling this, the first fella on about 20 minutes is fantastic.
"QUITE CLEARLY THE COUNCIL WILL PAY FOR THIS"
Straight after Anderson has just got off saying we can't afford to fix the roads, now he's magicking up 200 million.
Finally listening now, great stuff
Post by: Jamokachi on January 06, 2017, 02:45:48 AM
Loved that lolol
I'm gutted that there's no ferry from Shotton to Liverpool, that man's a genius
It's annoying when actual callers ring in, I just want the bitters.
Post by: Brownie on January 06, 2017, 03:04:12 AM
That caller at 19 minutes is a fucking arsehole. I wish I had heard this live, I'd have phoned in and called him out the stupid twat.
First time I've heard Joe Anderson speak. He doesn't sound like he looks
Post by: TheRam on January 06, 2017, 03:12:16 AM
I agree with them tbh.
Infact, we should stop building anything ever again. We can't have the traffic getting a bit busy, can we.
Post by: Mick 1995 on January 06, 2017, 03:16:53 AM
Quote from: TheRam on January 06, 2017, 03:12:16 AM
Do you work for English Heritage or CABE?
Post by: Makis on January 06, 2017, 03:17:10 AM
That was embarrasing to listen to. Everton is really rattling their cage.
That guy had me in stiches
You've only gotta read the comments on the echo to see how rattled they are
Post by: Toffee1 on January 06, 2017, 03:22:13 AM
I suspect that they will do what they usually do and get some protest T-shirts printed.
Post by: MmmblueBernard on January 06, 2017, 03:25:56 AM
Quote from: Toffee1 on January 06, 2017, 03:22:13 AM
And then set fire to them.
Fucking whoppers, the lot of them. I feel sorry for the level headed fans that come all the way from Norway to watch them.
We're there anymore after the first two? I've just been listening to Gerry and his rant about the rich and Jeremy Corbyn being blacked out by the media
Post by: ally2 on January 06, 2017, 03:32:49 AM
We need more ferries go to and from the Isle of Man. People need to visit the house where Norman Wisdom lived plus the increase in human traffic should introduce more genetic diversity.
"The question is - are Everton leasing finch farm or are they renting finch farm"
"There's no difference"
Post by: arteta4spain on January 06, 2017, 04:27:28 AM
That was a great listen. And yeah the majority of kopites I know aren't that bad tbf the usual banter but I think they'd actually agree that it'd be a good thing for us to be at the docks or at least somewhere in Liverpool with a new stadium.
Some have even said they hope we do go on to become part of the prem elite so that we can both compete toe to toe. I'd be alright with that as long as we win.
But those callers are pathetic, grown men who can't see what an opportunity it'd be for the city nevermind Everton. If it gets announced and doesn't get called in or anything I can see the ardent kopites having a bitch fit and finding anyway possible to discredit the build or the stadium itself.
Who's the bitters now? 😂😂😂😂
Post by: Alfie Noakes on January 06, 2017, 05:28:30 AM
Certainly the best show I've ever heard on Radio Merseyside.
It is the first time I've listened to Radio Merseyside though.
Post by: Bally on January 06, 2017, 03:56:56 PM
Just listening to this now
Looking forward to this
Jeff from West Derby
Finch Farm what are we Liverpool city council getting out of the deal.
Not a fucking clue about money hahaha
Quite clearly Jeff hahaha Roger sniggering in the background is boss hahah
Kevin from knotty Ash now
Transport problems
Funny how these cunts think they know what's gonna happen.
No clue about business, docks should be used as docks and pollution hahaha dickhead, Kopites saying to move to Huyton obviously no clue about KEIOC hahaha
People who live round there, no cunt lives there hahahaha
LFC to the docks.... When the fuck was that hahaha
I'm not a blue end call hahaha tit
Do these soft twats not realise all the shipping goes into the dock 2 miles to the north
Hahaha Wales to Liverpool ferries, there's a fucking train hahshs
During the war hahahaha
Post by: Macca77 on January 06, 2017, 04:19:05 PM
That radio broadcast is the greatest thing ever, you could sense the panic in their voices, it's fantastic
Rogers resigned sighs are fucking boss
Jerry from Halewood fabians and tartan tories, he's got this shit wrote down hasn't he hahaha what's this got to do with a ground move Gerry, fuck off and let us laugh at Kopites
Post by: Alanvideo on January 06, 2017, 04:22:15 PM
Our Kev thinks ships still look like this............
Oh Kopite alert
Gerrys a Kopite, come on Gerry don't let me down
Post by: 74Blue on January 06, 2017, 04:24:33 PM
Quote from: Bally on January 06, 2017, 04:16:20 PM
Why the fuck would anyone get a ferry from Wales to Liverpool. We already have not one, but two road tunnels providing a direct link into the highway network into Wales and a rail link. Why do we need fucking boats as well?
Deffo git this shit written down has Gerry fuck off Gerry ya let down
Post by: Jimmywhack on January 06, 2017, 04:27:33 PM
Quote from: 74Blue on January 06, 2017, 04:24:33 PM
And a bridge, don't forget the bridge
I know man, fucking shitting themselves, nothing has even been confirmed yet, deffo gonna research protest groups today hahaha.
Quote from: Jimmywhack on January 06, 2017, 04:27:33 PM
And a new bridge to come, shit all these transport links may benefit Everton, shit shit shit, everybody get the shit stick out
Right Joe from New Ferry
Disagreeing about the chaos Oooohhh Joe you tease
Go ed Joe lad tell the deluded fuckers how good it will be.
Yes Joe use the etihad as an example there was fuck all there before it was a shit hole look at now.
Go ed Joe lad, it does need to be used, yes the other businesses point, it's a no brainer Joe your right hahaha
Ahh talking about the visual impairment training I do for digital champions... Nice and
Stephens email asking why people are putting blockers up for progress,.
Negative people Stephen if it does not benefit them directly they get a twist on lad, yeah you're right mate poor arguments
Don't need ships because of some train from China, weird never knew about this China train.
Docks are dead mate lets regenerate
Congratulations to trump WTF Tony what you been smoking man.
Think Tony is a little bit racist
Steve telling Kev he's full of shit
Loads of emails telling Kevin he's a full of shit
Peter from old Swan
DEFFO PED hahaha
Yeah cab driver it's deffo ped can't mistake that voice.
Go ed Ped lad stick the knife in....
Little dig about the shite moving people out of the houses hahaha
Ped throwing lefts and rights there hahah is right ped lad
Franny in Kirkby
Racist????
Here we go, deffo racist. They're taking jobs that no lazy cunt here will do ya daft twat.
Is right Roger no one wants to do it
Fuck off Franny you racist. Where's your proof franny no one's opened any fucking doors deffo reads the daily mail
Know for a fact do you Fran, was you there when they got out the dinghy Franny, no you wasn't, Roger snoring hahahahahahahaahhahaha
Ahhh all rapists now hahaha fuck off Franny you wanker
Franny he agreed there's not enough checks but their not all rapists, ahhh there we go they're all terrorist 🖕fuck off Franny you cunt
What the fuck is a hollygob by the way
Did he mention this fellas name
We need heritage, we've got heritage, poor Will must be fucking bored off his head listening to this fucker.
Who's paying for the upkeep for all this heritage guy, lottery won't give money all the time.
Fuck off with ya ship thing guy
Russel fuck of lad
Philip in Wavertree
Ooohhh development on North dock talking about the cycle track, and using th loop line, that connection is already there mate
John from Sandbach
Loves th idea of the ground then asks where the labour party is. Head switches off
The first couple of calls were epic hahahs
It was, he was creaming on twitter over it
Post by: Eddie on January 06, 2017, 05:27:57 PM
Anyone else tuning into rogers phone in today?
Quote from: Eddie on January 06, 2017, 05:27:57 PM
The roads been passed by the council today hasnt it?
Be interesting
Cheers for that Bally, addictive reading, the desperation of some of the red fans against this move is mouthwateringly hilarious. Just see the banners now, " Save the Mersey Goldfish ".
The most refreshing things are the truth is out, were not the only ones who are bitter are we.
I'd be willing to wager that Spirit of Shankly are in talks with the Traveller community right now to get a campaign underway to save the Oil Street Massive
Post by: Brownie on January 06, 2017, 06:07:23 PM
Who's PED. Did/does he post on here?
Quote from: Brownie20 on January 06, 2017, 06:07:23 PM
Toffee Tv on facebook
I dunno if he does mate, he's been knocking about for years, started doing podcasts just after us, then moved on to video when me and Si couldn't be arsed coz we're a pair of lazy cunts
He's a fucking knobhead
Post by: Goaljira on January 06, 2017, 07:01:39 PM
I used to like the footyshow podcast. Still not managed to watch a full toffee tv video. Its all about the audio that I can listen to in the car for me.
Post by: Alfie Noakes on January 06, 2017, 07:56:58 PM
@Bally (http://www.nsno.co.uk/forums/index.php?action=profile;u=19) turning this into thread of the year 2017.
Quote from: Alfie Noakes on January 06, 2017, 07:56:58 PM
I want @Bally (http://www.nsno.co.uk/forums/index.php?action=profile;u=19) to do the Roger Philips phone in, just for one day & invite every deluded red cunt to phone in with their objections to Everton building on Bramley More dock. Now that would be comedy gold, although it could result in Radio Merseyside being taken off air permanently.
Post by: Gash on January 06, 2017, 08:02:43 PM
The kopites on the phone in had already done that. :)
He's alright in person you know
Post by: bacon sarnie on January 06, 2017, 11:10:00 PM
Gerry Marsden will be cutting a record about it right now......
Just saw this on FB from a Kopite
Said he was fishing, but it's every day.
Obsessed.
Liverpool looking to buy woodison to knock down for new training complex 1/2 mile from anfield... now that would ruffle a few feathers estimated value 15 mill and Everton will throw a cuckoo clock in
Post by: Ih8redshite on January 07, 2017, 04:47:59 PM
(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170107/0feb31076ba8c498328c394ab6787922.jpg)
Quote from: Ih8redshite on January 07, 2017, 04:47:59 PM
Love that and I think I will be getting something together to incorporate that
Post by: GLewis on January 07, 2017, 06:37:48 PM
Not sure it's anywhere near big enough for a training complex...
Post by: Simon Paul on January 07, 2017, 06:41:21 PM
Quote from: GLewis on January 07, 2017, 06:37:48 PM
well they're already playing in our old stadium, makes sense for them to inherit our current one too
Post by: Ross on January 07, 2017, 06:47:25 PM
When we move we should build a giant statue at Goodison like the colossus of Rhodes with Kevin Sheedy flicking the v's towards mordor.
Post by: Trowel on January 10, 2017, 03:30:03 AM
https://twitter.com/TheTopBalcony/status/818568994483503104
Post by: Paddockoldie on January 10, 2017, 05:35:16 AM
There should a giant, upstanding blue middle finger on the roof in the direction of the RS's new stand.... this stadium will be a huge statement for us. In the banks of the royal blue Mersey at last
Post by: brap2 on January 10, 2017, 05:45:13 AM
I'd settle for a win against them at either ground at some point before I strangle someone on Derby day.
Bit of a rehash of a few old stories but worth a look..........
http://www.thetopbalcony.com/these-are-all-the-hints-that-everton-are-moving-to-bramley-moore-dock/677
Post by: bigmanbob on January 11, 2017, 06:50:38 PM
Cheers Al
Quote from: bigmanbob on January 11, 2017, 06:50:38 PM
............. :cheers:
Post by: griff969 on January 12, 2017, 12:00:25 AM
It would be great if the new Stadium reaches the UEFA Elite Stadium criteria. Imagine the red mist if it got used for Europa League or Champions League Finals?
Quote from: griff969 on January 12, 2017, 12:00:25 AM
why? are you implying our cousins across the park are in some way.........envious? jealous? why they don't worry about us at all, we are the obsessed one's (they say) we are the bitter one's(they say).
you must be misinformed, must be those pesky chelsea fan's spreading rumour's or the manc's. they always cause problems for "the best fan's"
lolol lolol lolol lolol
Post by: Macca77 on January 12, 2017, 12:20:36 AM
Quote from: Ross on January 07, 2017, 06:47:25 PM
Adore this
not enough 5 star hotel rooms on Merseyside mate
there needs to be around a thousand if memory serves me correctly, within a 20 mile radius or something?
that was one of the main reasons Kirkby wouldn't have achieved that status
Deffo not 1000 rooms, but yeah - there is an arbitrary number knocking about.
There are 2 5* hotels being considered in the city now.
We build one as part of the complex and if Liverpool waters ends up with another then it could be knocking on the door.
But there's still all kinds of hoops/backhanders that would need to be sorted as well.
I wasn't sure what the radius was because we've got it this year and we don't have that many ( star rooms in the city
Post by: Alanvideo on January 12, 2017, 01:34:43 AM
Quote from: Mick 1995 on January 12, 2017, 01:27:53 AM
.............doubt if there will ever be 1,000 5* rooms in Liverpool despite new places opening. The Emirates doesn't qualify because of lack of parking etc . Plenty of scope for brown envelopes though.
it was 500 in 2007 apparently
they also require an airport capable of handling an "additional" 80 charter flights per day which is open 24/7
Post by: Mick 1995 on January 12, 2017, 07:06:50 PM
Now, i know a lot of you may well hate the design of the new Chelsea stadium:
(https://www.lbhf.gov.uk/sites/default/files/styles/lbhf_style_l/public/newsarticle/new-stamford-bridge-stadium-aerial-1300.jpg?itok=BaiRra6a)
But it is exactly the vein of thinking i pray the architects we have employed are in.
I want something that is properly unique and with a long list of 'firsts'
Post by: Trowel on January 12, 2017, 07:15:15 PM
Quote from: Mick 1995 on January 12, 2017, 07:06:50 PM
The first stadium designed like an egg slicer?
Quote from: Trowel on January 12, 2017, 07:15:15 PM
Well, it would be the second stadium designed like an egg slicer if we did it.
But yeah, something that is just clearly and obviously unrecognisable compared to every other ground
It looks like one of those ugly "brutalism" buildings built in the 60's or 70's for some midlands council that they're desperate to knock down now but can't afford a new one.
Post by: Cereal Killer on January 12, 2017, 07:28:11 PM
(http://just4keepers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/mmabatho-stadium1-South-Africa1.jpg) lolol
Quote from: Cereal Killer on January 12, 2017, 07:28:11 PM
I hate how it looks from the air, but the ground photos with the brick pillars I quite like. So basically I want something that looks old from the floor, and isn't stupidly shaped so that it looks ridiculous from the air.
Post by: cantoffee on January 12, 2017, 08:04:39 PM
Not sure what everyone is worried about.
Soon enough the "USM 1000 5 star hotel rooms hotel" and the "USM 24/7 80 charter flights a day airport" will open and we'll have nothing to worry about.
(http://i.ebayimg.com/00/z/k~AAAOxy3NBSe2wE/$T2eC16VHJIIFHIuqcGR+BSe2wEP8ew~~_32.JPG)
Post by: MmmblueBernard on January 12, 2017, 08:26:07 PM
That Chelsea stadium looks like a cats arse.
Post by: Lxxx on January 12, 2017, 08:29:09 PM
Something that resembles Goodison to maintain the acoustics, minus the pillars, would work for me. Keep the traditional feel and proximity to the pitch but bring it up to date. With a post-modern avant garde exterior obviously.
Quote from: Lxxx on January 12, 2017, 08:29:09 PM
I want a fucking spaceship crossed with a monkey wrench
Feng Shui is a must
Calmness and happiness
Quote from: Macca77 on January 12, 2017, 08:53:48 PM
And Batman lights. Lots of.
Quote from: MmmBlueToffee on January 12, 2017, 09:22:42 PM
With a silhouette of Sheedy flicking the v's instead of the Batman sign
And a Duncan ferguson tattooed gun flex. Pow!
Just been sent this
Quote from: Macca77 on January 13, 2017, 01:40:21 AM
Post by: cantoffee on January 13, 2017, 01:44:28 AM
Amazing lol
Hearing rumors of Kopites going to stage a march to stop the Listed wall from being brought down.
The sheer Irony of Kopites marching to prevent a wall coming down is just brilliant.
Quote from: Cozzie on January 13, 2017, 01:50:39 AM
This has to happen
Post by: GLewis on January 13, 2017, 02:03:44 AM
Will the wall not stay any, given that it's listed?
Quote from: GLewis on January 13, 2017, 02:03:44 AM
I asked this myself and my mate said in some circumstances it can come down, but I think we just want to adjust it somehow I am not sure, either way it will stay I reckon, as they are gonna have to incorporate the ground around the listed structures.
The bottom line being I wanna see them march just to embarrass themselves.
Post by: Robioto on January 13, 2017, 02:26:10 AM
That Chelsea stadium is hideous. Thought it was a joke at first.
Quote from: Robioto on January 13, 2017, 02:26:10 AM
It is - looks like a big ashtray.
I like the Chelsea stadium
Post by: Bally on January 13, 2017, 05:12:10 AM
Got to be a fucking wind up that
Yes the wall will stay will be incorporated into the ground build, as will the other 2 listed buildings within the vicinity
Post by: blueski on January 13, 2017, 05:27:20 AM
Kind of think if we do something unique I'd personally like to see us try to break new ground in terms of the internet / connectedness
something to break new ground on how a fan watches the match - maybe free streaming service of the game from different angles to supporters within the ground? Live streaming stats? Something like this enhance the fan experience through their moible connections... Add a new dimension or two?
Im not that creative so someone can think of something better Im sure
Thats made my week - after the Schneidy Snide Schwn Sqwo Skwee Big Morgs signing....
Post by: Robbie Moubert on January 13, 2017, 07:40:47 AM
Quote from: Bally on January 13, 2017, 05:12:10 AM
It's genuine! https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/176852 (https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/176852)
"As football fans and concerned residents in and around the area of Bramley Moore Docks, myself and people of the Anfield area have been are very concerned about traffic issues if the ground goes ahead on this heritage site. BM is a special place as our kids normally like to play in and around the area, people walking their dogs as well as kite flying lessons. We have sent numerous letters to the FA asking them to support our concerns and hopefully have EFC docked points in the coming seasons."
Kite flying lessons! ;D
Someone with too much time on their hands!
Post by: BlueBeagle on January 13, 2017, 12:32:55 PM
Sad cunts.
Just when you think they couldn't get any more cringeworthy and pathetic.
Wonder how many of the signatures actually live in the Merseyside area, never mind Bootle/Docks. <10%
Looks more like a blue has done it just to say 'Look at these wankers', tbh. No one is that blatantly bitter, are they?
Post by: Ell Capitan on January 13, 2017, 01:24:38 PM
Quote from: Goaljira on January 13, 2017, 01:02:23 PM
Dunno. I'm not gonna rule out marching if they try move to a new, better stadium.
Post by: brap2 on January 13, 2017, 01:46:43 PM
The kids playing inside the tobacco warehouse and flying kites out on Bramley Moore is the tip off.
No one is that blatantly bitter, are they?
You didn't listen to any of that Radio Merseyside feature did you?
Deffo a blue that petition. They don't have the sense of humour to take the piss out themselves that much..'walk my dog there'- a dig at their WHP protests.
That Chelsea stadium design is fucking hideous. Don't want a shitty art project thanks. What would make our new stadium unique is if we build it as a stadium and include historical features, such as the Leitch framework in the bullens/street end, stay away from a bowl shape. Most stadiums are designed to look like fucking spaceships these days, i hope we swerve that route.
I want it to look genuinely imposing.
The away dressing room floor should intermittently flood, with a roof of about 5 foot 10 and the benches be made of the most splinter-happy wood going.
Quote from: brap2 on January 13, 2017, 03:12:48 PM
yes. The away fans not to have a roof as well. And be as far away from the pitch as possible (without being above any home section).
Just make it as miserable for them as possible.
I am worried about that wall. The shit Liverpool Waters have had to go through due to the foundations of walls that no longer exist is unbelievabe. We wont be able to so much as paint the dock wall.
Which isn't the end of the world, if it wasn't for that all important "Halo" they banged onm about when the Loop was first brought up.
Right now, there are two entrances to the dock (both equidistant from Blackstone Street, one being opposite the Bramley pub).
one for the away fans one for us? No way could it support that volume of fans exiting at the same time.
I suppose both could be opened for home fans and possibly be sufficient if we purchase land/make it safe to herd away fans through Nelson dock.
One thing's for sure though, the infrastructure improvements required are massive.
"Mr Anderson, please knock down this wall"
Post by: blue1948 on January 13, 2017, 03:41:14 PM
Quote from: Robbie Moubert on January 13, 2017, 07:40:47 AM
But it is nowhere near Anfield the place not the ground ! Got to be a wind up ! DOCKing points is the give away
That Chelsea ground design looks awful from above or from a distance, more like an old car filter. But closer up I think it looks imposing, almost cathedral looking....Not holy or anything like that, but quite like the look of it up close.
Post by: TheTone on January 13, 2017, 04:46:35 PM
that Chelsea stadium looks like the inside of my hoover from that view
Post by: Escla on January 13, 2017, 04:58:15 PM
That's a wind up, no such petition exists on the gov.uk site.
Post by: Hawkandro on January 13, 2017, 05:07:00 PM
Quote from: Escla on January 13, 2017, 04:58:15 PM
It was rejected apparently.
what,
this petition on a the parliament petion site doesnt exist?:
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/176852
Or are you saying the parliament petition site is meant to be .gov.uk?
Because it's not
Good job you're here to clear that up
Its real, it has to be cos everything on the interweb is real
Post by: Ramjam on January 13, 2017, 06:25:14 PM
So let me get this right, We support them for fucking years during their Hillsborough inquiry for justice for the 96 and they want to prevent us moving forward. They are truly classless
Something like this would be perfect:
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Quote from: Simon Paul on January 13, 2017, 05:41:38 PM
Oof, cutting.
If it's one of us who gave done that it is funny. If it's one of them then its funny but for an entirely different reason
Oh you are right ! Unbelievable , what retards came up with that idea !
Unless Donald Trump deems it FAKE NEWS!
Post by: sirblue57 on January 13, 2017, 10:41:58 PM
Just make it as miserable for them as possible.maybe leave them at goodison?
I am worried about that wall. The shit Liverpool Waters have had to go through due to the foundations of walls that no longer exist is unbelievabe. We wont be able to so much as paint the dock wall.the kopites hanging from it in protest will do
I suppose both could be opened for home fans and possibly be sufficient if we purchase land/make it safe to herd away fans through Nelson dock.or just let them swim across the mersey?
Quote from Mick and Sir Blue ..........
< < Right now, there are two entrances to the dock (both equidistant from Blackstone Street, one being opposite the Bramley pub).
One thing's for sure though, the infrastructure improvements required are massive. >>
..............this is a major problem and the health and safety boys will be all over it. If it was just a matter of a few new gateways it would be ok ,subject to Listed Building Consent. But to get 50,000 fans in and out while retaining access for emergency services . I think the club will need to control a much greater area of land than just the stadium site . We could be talking about raised walkways ,bridges ,underpasses etc. to get people away to public transport.
Those "major obsticals" mentioned in the AGM? They weren't being cute - this is far, far from a done deal.
.............Indeed. Before anything can progress there will have to be an agreement between Peel ,EFC and LCC to facilitate the smooth passage of a planning application. I can quite see a situation where one party or another says ' it just won't work ' .
Post by: van der Meyde on January 14, 2017, 06:42:26 AM
Bridges over the wall, tunnels under it and exits through the other docks and job's a good'un. *whistles*
It's definitely not a site that can be done on the cheap as you say though.
Quote from: Alanvideo on January 13, 2017, 11:37:37 PM
Just as an aside to that there are 4 other pubs in that area that are still pubs but not used, I know the fella that owns 2 of them.
The new development will include all manner of new retail and leisure, there is already an infrastructure in place for emergency services, that includes water if required, there is access along the water front that can be expanded upon and those dock walls have had massive 18 wheeler trucks in and out of them for decades, pretty sure they will hold up
Tunnels under it would have CABE (Manchester based) and English Heritage (London based) kicking up a shit storm, simply wouldn't get it past them.
Bridges are feasible if we get to knock down a lot of businesses 'over the road'.
That might actually be possible due to the infrastructure improvements/widening of the road.
But yeah, I can't see any other way besides buying into Nelson And Sefton half tide docks
Spurs have released a little teaser clip of how their new stadium will look
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-38682911
Post by: Cozzie on January 20, 2017, 04:35:41 PM
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/watch-incredible-footage-above-potential-12481118
Post by: Toffee1 on January 20, 2017, 05:09:05 PM
Looks good but they will probably all be too pissed to enjoy it as they claim they can deliver 10,000 pints a minute with their new beer delivery system.
Post by: ally2 on January 20, 2017, 05:17:45 PM
This is the standard though so we're should remember it. I'm not all into the idea of bringing features from goodison into a new stadium, trying to recreate it in small parts. It won't be goodison so let's embrace the location and do something really special. I like the idea of a skylight and city/river views. It would be stunning.
750 million for a new stadium though, that's madness
Post by: Makis on January 20, 2017, 05:45:16 PM
How much did the land alone cost? And was that just the stadium rather than the entire development?
Wot about da trafic and polusion ffs
Lahndon tho innit. Fackin cantin expensive.
Post by: Bobbyconrad on January 20, 2017, 06:43:24 PM
Love me that massive steep single tier at one end! Everything else is fluff, but that would help make the atmosphere.
£9k season tickets. Yeh, jog on
Won't bother you pal, the air quality in Norway is exceptional.
Sorry we have had our differences and hopefully we will get over them but !!!they have emergency services including WATER ,I just had to laugh
Quote from: ally2 on January 20, 2017, 05:17:45 PM
I agree on some points but we are moving home and when you do ,do you buy all new furniture? It is a shame if none of the Old Lady makes the trip at least in features .I know lots of architects and they love the idea of incorporating features ,I am not saying take bits but the ideas and the "look "of Goodison would be a winner for me .May I say I don't need the shape but the feel and look inside would be great
Post by: Tinga on January 20, 2017, 09:01:10 PM
Quote from: Cozzie on January 20, 2017, 04:35:41 PM
Kerbal Space Program is an interesting choice of music.
Quote from: blue1948 on January 20, 2017, 08:36:35 PM
If you don't know what I mean by that then there's not much I can do to help.
Usually the reason you bring your old furniture is because you can't afford all new ones. Once you settle in, at some point the missus starts to look at the old furniture and the new house and deciedes an upgrade is needed.
Of course I understand but do you not see I was offering the olive branch?
Quote from: Makis on January 20, 2017, 09:11:10 PM
I am sure you mean well but please read my post and DO NOT suppose you know what I have written ,please read it to the end and then you might understand my point
Why do Spurs feel that the second most important thing about their new ground is its got a bakery onsite?
And why is the echo telling me about the opportunity to clean some blokes house for £45p/h if I was female and would do it in the nuddy?
I'll do it for £30p/h
Don't undercut yourself.
.................it's going to be the biggest Greggs in London ;D
Don't understand why you feel the need to offer an olive branch.
Post by: Ravardo on January 21, 2017, 07:11:48 AM
Best part of spurs new stadium is the blue seats,,i had quick flash forward in my mind when i saw them :thumbsup:
I don't know where to start with this.
Quote from: Spurs New Stadium
Indeed it will, as the Tunnel Club will provide one of the elite premium experiences the club has unveiled, with one-way glass panels lining the tunnel. The players will not in return be able to gaze at the lucky 104 supporters enjoying their fine dining in this area, but knowing Pochettino the onus will be on making sure they will be focused enough on their job in hand.
The most expensive seats in the exclusive “H Club” will cost an even prettier penny. A £15,000 joining fee – and any client must buy a pair of tickets – will put any takers back £30,000 before watching even a minute of football. It includes the kind of attention to detail that offers a cheese room for clients to select their own specially sourced half-time cheeses.
£30k for something that you'll only get the benefit of if you miss the start and end of the games?
When I read this the other day I instantly thought of the new monkey house at Chester Zoo.
Wouldn't be far off if Bale with still there with his simian features
...............missing the start and end of games doesn't seem to bother a lot of people at Goodison
Article about Feyenoord's new waterfront stadium project.
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/what-can-everton-learn-feyenoords-12496530
Virtually a full erection.
We absolutely HAVE to build on the docks now.
I am all for a 100% brand new modern stadium.
But it's going into Bramley Moore Docks. The walls and gates are historic themselves. There are a couple of historic, listed buildings that need to be incorporated into the site anyway.
I am hoping that Meis and everyone else can come up with a fantastic, great new stadium - but one that says 'Heritage'.
And a few subtle touches from the Grand Old Lady would work very well with that in my opinion.
Id like to see St Rupert's tower added somewhere
................you better get on the phone to the Vatican mate . He's only a Prince at the moment. lolol
Oh fucking hell :blush:
Post by: Shropshire Blue on January 24, 2017, 06:16:12 PM
Already done. Didn't someone go about 3 months ago (Dianne Baxendale?) about EITC and the work it does and the awards it has won?
I'm sure it was sorted then and hopefully announced before the end of the Sainthood Window at Easter
St Rupert's tower in the corner instead of the church
I'm kinda getting on board with the Koeman and Moshiri way of doing things. Especially the way he doesn't really do sentiment. Maybe it's the way forward with Bradley moore too. Yes we could incorporate a king Ruperts todger or a fecking church in the corner, at great expense, or we could just go full retard with a brand spanking, super modern, eye-wateringly brilliant and unique new design that shapes Evertons identity for the next 100 years.
We had 20 years of sentiment with Kenwright and it didn't really get us anywhere.
Maybe it's time to move on. In every way.
I agree with your sentiment (pun intended) - but the fact is we're moving to a historical site with listed and protected features - otherwise I'd be going all out for the full-on visionary future stadium.
If we do BMD we will be surrounded by history and heritage so there will have to be some concession to that. As we are a club rich in history and heritage I'm saying we could make the most of it.
(http://static.hotukdeals.com/images/threads/high-res/1164749_1.jpg)
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Post by: Duncs_a_legend on January 24, 2017, 09:41:02 PM
A lot of times to satisfy planning permission they want to see a clear distinction between old and new.
An ultra modern stadium whilst preserving a lot of the historic walls, gates and floors would likely be a good option all round.
Trying to make a new building fit in to a historic surrounding (unless its a restoration) doesn't always sit well, as what's old and important sometimes gets muddled up with what's brand new.
A good example is the Albert docks that was a restoration project, so they tried to keep the building looking very similar to how they originally looked, from the outside anyway.
Then when Liverpool 1 was built they didn't try and keep that theme going, because it was new builds, so they have made L1 ultra modern, and they both compliment each other.
It's a dock FFS not a cathedral ! Keep the walls or whatever the fuck is listed and build a feckin stadium that you can see from Mars within the boundary.
I'll have a word with Pappa Frank
I like the fact that today I read a comment where one of them lot referred to us as the Bramley Bitters. They are getting more worried by the day
Quote from: Duncs_a_legend on January 24, 2017, 09:41:02 PM
Any moment now that condescending hit from grand designs is gonna pop up and tell us we need a juxtaposition of old and new.
Cheers Kev.
Better to be a Bramley bitter than left behind in L4.
Whatever is listed needs to be preserved. However, the whole Liverpool waterfront is a mixture of historic and modern and it works. Any new stadium at BM needs to be a statement, not just for the club but also the city.
I like the idea that something of the old Goodison should be represented at the new stadium too. Goodison was the superior stadium in this city for many, many years. Double the amount of FA Cup semi-finals and a World Cup Semi Final shows just how much Goodison was regarded right up until the late 1980's when compared to Anfield. Anfield had the Kop but the other three sides were very dull single deck stands in the 70's and 80's, much like our current Park End, until they redeveloped. It will be sad to see Goodison go and some reference to it at the new stadium would be a nice touch.
The Archibald Leitch blue criss-cross all the way around and some incorporation of the tower would be great.
The Archibald Leitch blue criss-cross all the way around
that is my suggestion - not on the inside though, on the outside
it fits well with the industrial surroundings too
the tower is the tower and it's never been part of the ground though. it is where it is and it's special there, there's no real need to incorporate it into the new ground.
be boss if the pump-house or whatever the old building is on the site could be incorporated into the corner of the ground somehow though, like the church is at Goodison - but not impeding seating availability and entirely controlled by the club, but just so it's something "different" to other new stadiums
Meanwhile, the makeover continues at Goodison Park...
What is the point in that tower? Is it just to make it feel more enclosed?
I walk under it every time I go the game and I cant see it serving any real purpose, its got no interior or levels inside, its just a shell stuck in the corner.
Post by: Thornton_19 on January 27, 2017, 05:44:06 AM
Its so you cant see Anfield from Goodison
If it keeps the wind from Annfield out I'm all for it
Apparently it was so bad last night Liverpool coukdnt cope
Quote from: Thornton_19 on January 27, 2017, 05:44:06 AM
I've heard this a few times, is that genuinely the reason why though?
I've sat in the PE for years so I cant see through the gap anyway.
Post by: Shropshire Blue on January 27, 2017, 06:26:46 AM
I thought it was confirmed that it is for projecting that lighting display (?) up into the sky.
It does seem a shame to stop speculating though! I've often wondered how they dried those giant advertising tarpaulins that get soaked on the pitch before kick off. Looking at the pictures above is it co-incidence that it's just the right shape for pegging it out in to dry and air before the next game?
Post by: Tony Clifton on January 27, 2017, 06:52:18 AM
Blue pitch. Sorted.
So it looks symmetrical.
Keep up the sexy cladding pics lads!
Reopen the cladding thread!
Post by: Bingham Boy on January 27, 2017, 05:44:41 PM
Quote from: Bobbyconrad on January 20, 2017, 06:43:24 PM
I'd have a massive single tier at both ends.
Be bold Everton. Be the best.
Quote from: Bingham Boy on January 27, 2017, 05:44:41 PM
I was just referring to the Feyennord model,but if it was my choice for Everton I am in total agreement with you.
Off Twitter, from a decent account...
(https://s29.postimg.org/a0m3ivzsn/IMG_1783.jpg)
Whoever wrote that failed to get it proofread.
on the banks of the royal blue Mersey :woohoo:
£200m sounds a very conservative estimation to me
that's not a stadium estimate, it's "the amount the construction company will be paid" estimate. the value is the value to the company doing the building work, not the value of the project.
Barbour ABI are a middle-man for getting building quotes etc for large projects, judging by their website
That's my though too...spurs will pay £400m for theirs. Given the work that will be involved making the dock 'habitable', not to mention the surrounding infrastructure, £200m seems extreamly unrealistic.
Update: Si's just answered it.
Post by: blue1948 on January 28, 2017, 01:31:57 AM
For 200mill there will be no stands and everyone needs towear outdoor gear to protect them from the wind whistling up the Mersey
Isn't £200m for just the landscaping and road works below.
They aren't gonna just hire 1 company to do everything. A bloke in a van hasn't just rocked up and said "ye I reckon £200m should cover it"
They'll have estimates and invoices from lots of different companies for not only the stadium but surrounding area.
Post by: BlueBeagle on January 28, 2017, 03:18:48 AM
They're aren't gonna just hire 1 company to do everything. A bloke in a van hasn't just rocked up and said "ye I reckon £200m should covet it"
They'll have estimated and invoices from lots of different companies for not only the stadium but surrounding area.
Everton we're talking about here init.
Probably get Jason Grimshaw to build the thing.
So we expecting to hear something in April then? 😉 Haha April 1st!! 😂
If this spreads like wildfire though will the club announce something sooner than then?
Talking about a lot of money here.
The stadium in Mainz which opened in 2011 and has a capacity of 34000 cost 70 million Euros. Everton are clearly going to build something special though.
Any construction professionals on here want to search for it on Glenigans as well and share the info?
https://theesk.org/2017/01/28/evertons-new-stadium-an-estimate-of-costs-what-it-means-for-fans-and-funding/
After reading that I can only conclude that we're staying put and ticket prices will be going up Al.
...............I think we'll stay at Goodison until we get a few years wear out of the cladding.
Post by: phillyt on January 29, 2017, 06:40:13 PM
You reckon it will be finished at some point within that time period?
http://www.thetopbalcony.com/work-begins-on-18-million-dock-road-improvements-in-april/845
https://twitter.com/Meisarch/status/788495554309296128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Post by: philo beddo on February 01, 2017, 05:26:29 AM
Straight out the game then into the tai pan. Sweeeeeet.
Post by: Mick 1995 on February 01, 2017, 02:52:06 PM
Did i read there used tobe a train station somewhere on that part of the northern line?
I know they're going to make another one.
Be perfect if it was put between Boundary & Luton Street.
Buy up the buildings in front of it and use that and the grass as a fan park/boulevard.
But i think there are some active and decent size businesses there so probably a non-starter.
There is a huge tract of unused land right over the road from the main building in Stanley dock, but the housing estate behind it may be cause fo concern
Post by: GLewis on February 01, 2017, 03:53:42 PM
Quote from: Mick 1995 on February 01, 2017, 02:52:06 PM
Think the train station used to be much closer to town, just before where the line goes underground now, but that was before Exchange Station opened.
That plot of land you mention would be the obvious place both due to space and it's roughly equidistant to Sandhills and Moorfields.
I suppose access could be directed away from the housing estate.
Post by: Alanvideo on February 01, 2017, 05:09:00 PM
There was a goods station at Great Howard St. ,just North of Leeds St. on top of that big arch but I can't find any mention of a passenger station. There is a piece of land on Lightbody St. which could maybe house a station and that is very close to the Tobacco warehouse. LCC have said there is a new station planned but I don't know exactly where.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Lightbody+St,+Liverpool+L5/@53.4224524,-2.995451,3a,75y,73.31h,90t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1smtKRdePp7fmhRe9Fw4_wlQ!6s%2F%2Fgeo0.ggpht.com%2Fmaps%2Fphotothumb%2Ffd%2Fv1%3Fbpb%3DChAKDnNlYXJjaC5UQUNUSUxFEiAKEgkLMO6aSyF7SBEo7jXhywzwzyoKDQAAAAAVAAAAABoECFYQVg%26gl%3DGB!7i13312!8i6656!4m5!3m4!1s0x487b214b9aee300b:0xcff00ccbe135ee28!8m2!3d53.4224414!4d-2.9954986!6m1!1e1
Post by: D15TIN on February 03, 2017, 03:18:43 AM
Joe Anderson half confirmed the stadium today, also linked it in with the potential commonwealth games, hoping to God there's no running track.. I'd imagine it'd just be temporary for the 2026 games like
He said: “There are exciting opportunities like the Commonwealth Games and my own favourite football team that are going to happen in this area.”
Post by: Cozzie on February 03, 2017, 03:50:06 AM
A running track around the pitch would be an unprecedented disaster.
Hope not.
Post by: GLewis on February 03, 2017, 03:52:48 AM
Quote from: Cozzie on February 03, 2017, 03:50:06 AM
There's no chance of a running track as the commonwealth games will be very unlikely.
Quote from: GLewis on February 03, 2017, 03:52:48 AM
Also there is not a shread of chance Dan Meis will design the stadium with a running track in mind.
Post by: Bally on February 03, 2017, 04:03:39 AM
Quote from: D15TIN on February 03, 2017, 03:18:43 AM
He said: "There are exciting opportunities like the Commonwealth Games and my own favourite football team that are going to happen in this area."�
Goodison could be transformed into something
Post by: Alanvideo on February 03, 2017, 04:12:23 AM
Based on the 2022 games timetable ,the 2026 games venue won't be known till 2019 at the earliest. Surely EFC ,Peel and LCC aren't going to just sit back and wait to see what kind of a stadium is required ? There's no saying Liverpool will even get the UK nomination.
Post by: ally2 on February 03, 2017, 05:26:46 AM
Why don't they just announce it? It's like a scaled up cock tease this
Post by: Ramjam on February 03, 2017, 07:43:57 AM
What dock does the Belfast/Liverpool ferry arrive at?
Post by: 74Blue on February 03, 2017, 01:44:22 PM
Quote from: Ramjam on February 03, 2017, 07:43:57 AM
Post by: Ramjam on February 03, 2017, 02:04:22 PM
Quote from: 74Blue on February 03, 2017, 01:44:22 PM
I don't think so, all Paddys aren't that dumb
It actually goes to Birkenhead not Liverpool. Well the Stenaline one does anyway, not sure if there is more than one.
What about the P&O ferry
Quote from: Ramjam on February 03, 2017, 02:25:13 PM
............think it's Gladstone Dock for the Dublin ferry. It's right up by the container port.
Post by: KingOfNapaValley on February 04, 2017, 06:06:55 AM
LOL@200M price estimate. ;D
Try £400M. For a start.
Post by: MmmblueBernard on February 04, 2017, 06:36:36 AM
Quote from: KingOfNapaValley on February 04, 2017, 06:06:55 AM
Well, it depends on how big the Usmanov blag is. He could chuck £150m worth of USM branded steel our way............. for a pittance.
Post by: starblood on February 05, 2017, 03:15:07 AM
I don't think this has been posted, and in the absence of the cladding thread, here is a picture of the tarps on Bullens Road (that look finished finally) from todays game.
This Peel video isn't new but I haven't seen it posted. Dated Feb 2016 ,it gives a good overview of the BM site and close-ups of the dock wall and Victoria Tower ,which looks badly neglected.
Post by: Cozzie on February 08, 2017, 04:07:42 PM
http://toffeeweb.com/magazine/articles/16-17/34437.html
If you have a spare 3 hours in your life. Give this a read.
Long article and does not tell us anything we don't already know but it's a good read.
Post by: Macca77 on February 08, 2017, 04:24:21 PM
Quote from: starblood on February 05, 2017, 03:15:07 AM
Post by: Escla on February 08, 2017, 04:37:09 PM
Quote from: Alanvideo on February 08, 2017, 03:20:37 PM
At what point in time in the video do we actually see BMD ?
Post by: Bally on February 08, 2017, 04:42:43 PM
Quote from: Escla on February 08, 2017, 04:37:09 PM
Pretty much the last few minutes of it concentrates on BMD the very long low brick building and the empty dock next to it that's the site, adjacent to the massive concrete area just beyond the dockers clock mate
Wow, looks like access is going to be one of the major challenges but otherwise very exiting.
The access won't be that bad fella, the two major arteries into the city centre run alongside it, one you see on the video and the other is literally a two minute walk up toward North Liverpool, sandhills station is around a 5 to 10 minute walk away therr is going to be another station, £20 million is being spent on the roadways at the minute, I can imagine a ferry terminal being installed too either next to the cruise liner terminal that is going there or using that port, it is also about 10 to 15 minutes walking from Liverpool city centre, there will be new bus routes and timetables.
In short access is not going to be an issue, remember all the freighters that use that road and the gates to the docks on a daily basis.
This has been mentioned before. The roads will be made fit for purpose but footfall is tougher.
The attached picture shows current holes in the wall. The blue cross represents Bramley Moore dock's gate.
Two things are certain:
- That is insufficient space for police/fire/premier league rules and regulations for both home and away fans to use to exit the area
- We will not be able to knock down any of the dock wall at all.
I'd say we'll buy access to the gates represented by the purple & green crosses (and thus the break in the wall represented by the 2 red lines as well). Routes will have to be made through working docks then - which will be a shitty way of getting the match.
In saying this, Nelson dock is part of Liverpool waters so that will imrpove (see pic 2)
If i was a betting man i'd say the green and blue crosses and the red lines would be for home supporters and away fans would be herded through the purple gate.
Whether this offers sufficient egress from the "halo" still I dont know.
Post by: Rodenplav64 on February 08, 2017, 06:01:33 PM
Terrible area for a stadium .
Post by: BlueBeagle on February 08, 2017, 06:06:01 PM
Quote from: Rodenplav64 on February 08, 2017, 06:01:33 PM
And you propose where exactly?
Post by: Audrey Horne on February 08, 2017, 06:13:56 PM
Surprised you think that ::)
...............Have to partly disagree .I think it will be possible to apply for permission to modify the dock wall to provide new or wider entrances /exits. Plenty of listed buildings get modified as long as the alterations are in keeping with the original in terms of scale and materials. There will be health and safety considerations which will help our case.
I'm guessing one of the things being discussed is the provision of other amenities down there such as pubs / bars / restaurants etc and whether they would be on site or part of the overall Liverpool Waters scheme and what that means for working on that whole area.
For instance I'd be amazed if Peel don't want some sort of promenade along the front; maybe they want us to pay for some of that for example.
But it's this sort of thing which makes it easier to see why the negotiations take so long.
Well, there is utterly zero chance we can modify these gates:
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We can modify this definitely:
(https://geo0.ggpht.com/cbk?cb_client=maps_sv.tactile&authuser=0&hl=en&output=thumbnail&thumb=2&w=345&h=170&pitch=4.039107777626555&ll=53.42306542591764%2C-3.000389579666489&panoid=AiR4PjyrDaZx_wDH4vwY4w&yaw=232.58789950562422)
But have you got any idea how much Peel have had to scale back Liverpool Waters due to parts of this kind of wall that has been BURIED for 100 years?
They've basically lost interest in it as a development and are now looking to flog it piecemeal due to the fight it would take to build on top of shit that, for all intents and purposes no longer exists.
I follow Peel and developments like this closely. Trust me, Kirkby residents and Jerry Hall have nothing on what we would encounter if we so much as wanted to paint this wall.
@GLewis (http://www.nsno.co.uk/forums/index.php?action=profile;u=258) , that second picture in my previous post shows Peels current plans for Nelson & Bramley. Nelson dock will 100% be dolled up with leisure activities.
Us taking Bramley, the council sorting Great Homer Street & merseyrail opening a station would instantly create an environment where there would be a clamour to invest and create leisure services in Nelson dock.
Post by: Toddacelli on February 08, 2017, 07:36:36 PM
With the new station I would think that there would be a 'preferred' or 'expected' route to the ground for fans. With this in mind, would it be too much to consider a raised concourse going over the wall for foot traffic, whilst the gates are confined to mostly vehicular access?
Just a thought - feel free to shoot it down...
Post by: blue1948 on February 08, 2017, 07:36:47 PM
Do you mean Great Howard street as Great Homer is miles away ?
..............I bow to your superior knowledge of Peel ! I wasn't talking about modifying the ''turret '' style gate posts but possibly making new entrances in the same style. I can't believe the three gates you mentioned earlier are going to adequate for the egress of 50,000 people. I think it was mentioned in earlier posts the possibility of overbridges but ,again ,they would look out of place adjacent the dock wall.
As you say,I think the question of footfall is going to be a stumbling block ( no pun intended )
Quote from: blue1948 on February 08, 2017, 07:36:47 PM
...........yeh he's been watching too much Simpsons :snigger:
@blue1948 (http://www.nsno.co.uk/forums/index.php?action=profile;u=4273) haha, yes - yes i do. (Even typing it i thought 'was the market there greaty or the heritage. Still didn't get onto it!)
There is no reason 'concourse bridges' cannot be deployed @Alanvideo (http://www.nsno.co.uk/forums/index.php?action=profile;u=466) & @Toddacelli (http://www.nsno.co.uk/forums/index.php?action=profile;u=2432) , there are one or two places with sufficient land. As you say though, the design of them would have to be pretty impressive to be in keeping with the surroundings. (Heights isn't it's normal issue due to the Regent Road bridge at Collingwood dock).
More than filling in the dock, more than it smelling of shit a couple of times a week due to the treatment works, more than the eyesore the surrounds currently are now, this is (make no mistake) the single largest problem this site has.
It is that big of a problem that i'm still not certain it will go ahead.
Post by: Hawkandro on February 08, 2017, 08:00:16 PM
I don't know the area very well, so apologies if this sounds dumb, but can they not open up the areas to the north and south of the gateways/walls? So that fans have a big 'plaza' style area at each 'end'? Is that possible? This would then allow the wall to be kept as is, with general maintenance around it.
Quote from: Hawkandro on February 08, 2017, 08:00:16 PM
Sort of. To the south we have Nelson dock. (where the arrow is pointing in the second pic of my first post today).
That WILL be a big plaza type place.
Problem is that it's also enclosed by the dockwall - to it's south is another dock that turns into a canal so is covered by a bridge. No entry that way.
To the north is a half tide dock and a working dockside (I think Wellington dock has been filled in now). But that wall stretches a long way north. There are plenty of gates and holes (in fact, there is a repaired part of the wall just to the north now:
(https://geo0.ggpht.com/cbk?cb_client=maps_sv.tactile&authuser=0&hl=en&output=thumbnail&thumb=2&w=345&h=170&pitch=6.688660637222782&ll=53.42642615324065%2C-2.998999479850767&panoid=B1h6ddnXR7uDkzqCAP4T-g&yaw=236.02271951271928)
(that gate in the background is the the green cross from earlier).
But it would start becoming financially unsound to buy/renovate longer and longer 'water-side-of-the-wall' pathways stretching off.
(Maybe the best thing we could do as Evertonians is to get our HGV licences and have 'accidents at strategic points in this wall.
On another note, if we did somehow get permission to 'renovate' those turrets, how fucking awesome would they be as little Prince Rupert's towers?
The docks I think were originally 11 miles long in two stretches and the stretch we want is walled for a long way ,not sure but a few miles ,could be all the way to Seaforth .
You'd hope that they'd have considered this sort of thing at the outset of course.
So while it is an obviously big issue, you'd hope that it was considered and ruled in at the start to save time / money / emotion if it wasn't feasible.
Post by: Tony Clifton on February 08, 2017, 09:11:01 PM
I reckon our BMD stadium blueprint will involve a Wild West theme park featuring mazy wooden rollercoaster tracks, oversized minecarts to get us in and out.
We'll probably actually go with a few of those big conveyer belt type things like they have in the L1 tesco, speed cranked up to 11.
They would be bigger I think but what about the old overhead railway maybe they could replicate that ,at least in principle to let the crowd out
Just on the same theme if we "rebuilt the overhead with "tony Clifton's " conveyor/ escalator system ,it could be perfect because if we have a shit result there will be plenty of height to throw ourselves off
-Sorted
Deffo going to need ideas like that i think.
I mean, Anderson and whatever fuckwhit is in parliament at the minute could strongarm local & whitehall planning bodies to allow us to knock down some of the wall. It is not 100% out of the realms of possibility - but it is so odd it would open up claims of bungs it would be so weird.
Them gates probably are bigger now you mention it. I don't actually think i've ever gone to Prince Ruperts tower, only driven past it.
Still, would look ace
Post by: MmmblueBernard on February 08, 2017, 09:26:56 PM
What needs a HGV when NSNO has its own wrecking @bally
Post by: Shropshire Blue on February 08, 2017, 09:57:46 PM
Quote from: Tony Clifton on February 08, 2017, 09:11:01 PM
And did you enjoy Disneyland? 😊
Quote from: BlueBeagle on February 08, 2017, 06:06:01 PM
Not sure and I know its not where we want its where we are allowed to build but that is one of the worse places I could imagine to go and watch football . There is nothing around it at all . Industrial fucking wasteland even if is just a hop from the city on the train . Admittedly it might lead to redevelopment but if it doesn;t it will be soulless .
Quote from: Audrey Horne on February 08, 2017, 06:13:56 PM
Yes . I did think about blindly going with the flow though .
Is it really, there are plenty of opportunities for access to be made possible all around that area, they could easily put walkways on the other side of the wall away from the road, the space is massive down there and there is plenty of scope for development and safe development at that.
Post by: Makis on February 09, 2017, 12:41:39 AM
What are the building on Wellington Dock?
If Ten Streets happens that area will be transformed.
Quote from: Makis on February 09, 2017, 12:41:39 AM
..................I think we'll get an idea of what's happening when the new road layout is published ,which is quite soon I think.
Post by: Simon Paul on February 09, 2017, 03:54:08 PM
how hard would it be to "wrap" the stadium in a sloping ramp that goes over the wall and slopes down the other side in a similar curve that "wraps" around other stuff?
would make quite a cool structure and give plenty of scope to have statues etc on it as the main walkway
or maybe we could make it like Wembley?
fans go in at a higher level than services / teams / employees so that access at road level isn't a problem because fans don't use that entrance to the ground - incorporate a massive ramp like Wembley Way from the south of the site and a smaller one from the north and job's a good 'un (we're billionaires like, so money shouldn't be an issue!)
Quote from: Simon Paul on February 09, 2017, 03:54:08 PM
.................I was thinking about the Wembley example last night ,in fact I looked at Wembley on Google Earth. The idea of a ' flyover ' walkway to get fans across the road and the dock wall at the same time might be considered.
Agreed, which one of us is going to tell the architect ?
he probably already knows to be honest, I reckon he's pretty smart
but as it has an effect on our matchgoing experience, it's probably alright for us to talk about stuff between ourselves and ponder what might be done on a new Everton stadium
we've got a blank canvas at Bramley Moore Dock, it might not be a regular shape or have straight, open edges, but we've got an opportunity to do something very exciting with a new stadium and it's refreshing to talk about stuff like this in a positive light, rather than point out the problems with our last stadium plan that got beyond the "idea" stage and got into some actual plans on paper.
They're pretty steep walls. You'd have to empty out any businesses between Regent Road & Fulton Street.
But as that currently looks like this:
(https://geo0.ggpht.com/cbk?cb_client=maps_sv.tactile&authuser=0&hl=en&output=thumbnail&thumb=2&w=345&h=170&pitch=14.575307441837936&ll=53.4243132664725%2C-3.000123821052568&panoid=BfIgVZyrIQCDrha9UTkUdQ&yaw=63.37747967478268)
(https://geo0.ggpht.com/cbk?cb_client=maps_sv.tactile&authuser=0&hl=en&output=thumbnail&thumb=2&w=345&h=170&pitch=7.346269291151401&ll=53.42522157653774%2C-2.999656365683336&panoid=2jiSQ9YaoCzhHFqHXwHcHA&yaw=146.9177244605131)
I wouldn't be adverse to that haha.
In fact, clearing every other building out up until the Tai Pan would (from Walter Street to Boundary Street) is something i would whole-heartedly recommend to anybody asking.
(Except for the, you know, potential loss of jobs for the guys around there)
Keep your filthy paws off Terry's Timber
Bet this is why it is taking so long. Dan Meis is just sat there with 9,000 variations of the approach; all with a shitting great wall in the middle he cannot get rid of.
He can take as long as he wants, can't rush perfection now can he
Post by: Gary1878 on February 09, 2017, 07:23:52 PM
I think the wall sounds like a design issue rather than anything major. I think certain structures on the wall will have to be kept, but the majority will be allowed to amended in some way, or even used as a support.
From Wikipedia (The fountain of all knowledge)
In England and Wales, the management of listed buildings is the responsibility of local planning authorities and the Department for Communities and Local Government (i.e., not DCMS, which originally listed the building). There is a general principle that listed buildings are put to 'appropriate and viable use' and recognition that this may involve the re-use and modification of the building.[10] However, listed buildings cannot be modified without first obtaining Listed Building Consent through the relevant local planning authority.[37]
All in all, the wall would certainly be put to good use, but modified in the way that suits the stadium's needs.
Interesting this.
Would putting in similar gates, with similar stone etc be a problem?
Quote from: GLewis on February 09, 2017, 07:26:26 PM
"listed" doesn't mean you can't do anything, it just means you have to do it properly and in a way that is sympathetic to the original architecture - and the decision is also based on the council, who thankfully proper love Everton
Quote from: Macca77 on February 09, 2017, 07:20:01 PM
That's my approach to DIY at home and why I've not finished anything I've started!
Post by: Sir Stealth on February 09, 2017, 07:37:45 PM
Can we do a "Kevin De Bruyne" and go under the wall?
Post by: Ross on February 09, 2017, 07:40:06 PM
Isn't the main obstacle regarding the walls that they're part of the reason the city has world heritage status rather than them simply being a "listed" structure.
Tampering with them in any way may mean the status is removed and I doubt the council would accommodate plans that involve that sort of risk given the amount of money having world heritage status must bring into the area.
The council grant planning permissions.
If there are any formal objections from sufficient people (or a recognised body) then it gets called into central government.
I Gaurantee that EH & CABE will go nuts over any plans to play about with the wall.
In a rare case of something shit working out for you though, a tory government couoldn't give a shit about people like unesco/cabe/eh so would greenlight it anyway.
If Corbyn fucks off and Labour get's it's act together before this planning permission then it may be a struggle.
I feel like crying when i think what these companies have done to Liverpool Waters' original plans based on buried dock walls.
@Ross (http://www.nsno.co.uk/forums/index.php?action=profile;u=2316) , the world heritage site doesnt stretch that far north. It's to around about Princess dock
Can't wait for the DIY: SOS Everton special in 5 years time. 2 weeks to demolish and rebuild a half-built stadium. All the players training outside a caravan around the corner.
Post by: Confucius on February 09, 2017, 08:17:02 PM
Quote from: Sir Stealth on February 09, 2017, 07:37:45 PM
Brilliant. HAHA!
Just posting this for those who are interested - Heritage tour of the docks in 2012. BM dock appears at about 10.30 minutes in and later on too. It shows inside the dockers clock and at about 21.10 minutes shows the dock gates opposite the pub ,showing the original timber gates on wheels ,which I never knew existed. Unfortunately you can' hear much commentary because of the wind noise.
The world heritage site stretches far beyond the Princess dock Mick. It goes past Bramley-Moore as far as the dock boundry wall extends. Maybe you're mixing the UNESCO site up with a conservation area? But it was awarder for an a larger area than just the waterfront around the Three Graces.
Post by: Goaljira on February 10, 2017, 12:02:46 AM
That's what his wife said.
Quote from: Ross on February 09, 2017, 07:40:06 PM
Fuck them and their looking back at the past. What good is protecting the 'history' of a shitty old wall at the expense of building a new future for the city?
I love old buildings me, and if its something old like a castle or a cathedral or a church.or an old town centre that's been maintained and is still functional and still looks great, then I understand. But this is a wall that in parts has been left to fall down(and even in parts be built on top of). Its not like its the great wall of China.
Exactly. It's just a ducking wall
Post by: bluenuck on February 10, 2017, 12:38:09 AM
Quote from: Goaljira on February 10, 2017, 12:10:12 AM
In the area I live in historic branded (or listed) buildings/structures are allowed to be upgrade or taken down as long as 50% or more of the original structure remains.
Is there nothing like this in place in liverpool, or is the whole wall coming down?
I'm surprised that there hasn't been a poor taste joke about Liverpool fans helping us out on this one.
Post by: sirblue57 on February 10, 2017, 12:41:23 AM
Come on guys, we cannot take the wall down. Where will we put the kopites to shoot them? :evil:
Post by: Macca77 on February 10, 2017, 12:53:16 AM
Ooooooof
Post by: BlueBeagle on February 10, 2017, 01:07:25 AM
Quote from: ally2 on February 10, 2017, 12:40:56 AM
Post by: Mick 1995 on February 10, 2017, 01:48:02 AM
You're right.i thought it stopped with the "pinch point" at princess dock.
So, add UNESCO to CABE & EH as organisations trying to stop this.
Dunno what this looks like. But there's an attached PDF with a map on
I made a similar one on page 37.
http://www.nsno.co.uk/forums/index.php?topic=54904.540
Oh sorry I missed that one. It is not that poor taste really
Post by: Ross on February 10, 2017, 03:00:24 AM
Quote from: Mick 1995 on February 10, 2017, 01:48:02 AM
Not been down that way for years so I don't know how this ended
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/peel-apply-knock-holes-historic-3353900
If it was passed maybe precedent has been set already?
My worry is we'd need it to be more gateways than wall to pass health and safety protocol for a new public stadium.
Quote from: Ross on February 10, 2017, 03:00:24 AM
....................as @Mick 1995 (http://www.nsno.co.uk/forums/index.php?action=profile;u=390) and myself have hinted ,there is a possibility that there may be too many planning considerations to make this scheme viable . But as @GLewis (http://www.nsno.co.uk/forums/index.php?action=profile;u=258) has said ,you would think EFC (and Peel) would have some idea of what can and can't be done before engaging architects or consultants. We don't know anything really ,we need a mole in the planning dept.
Quote from: Alanvideo on February 10, 2017, 04:39:43 AM
.... not yours or my first rodeo Al.
But we can all live in hope I suppose.
Post by: Jamokachi on February 10, 2017, 07:51:20 AM
We could always get the wall 'pushed' down...... no?
(http://s2.quickmeme.com/img/42/426faecb4c04d283903bee2a891eb2e8d4d0fcb705cd7b557b192f2e95de9802.jpg)
Post by: Bingham Boy on February 10, 2017, 03:03:59 PM
No corporate boxes behind any of the goals.
Do not just have the one stand behind the goal corporate free. Both corporate free.
Quote from: Jamokachi on February 10, 2017, 07:51:20 AM
And get someone to chuck the paving slabs about....
(https://geo0.ggpht.com/cbk?cb_client=maps_sv.tactile&authuser=0&hl=en&output=thumbnail&thumb=2&w=345&h=170&pitch=18.035910532666435&ll=53.41969392911103%2C-3.000132244839619&panoid=UyzyB5wx4bGyPQ5aCT5xxQ&yaw=331.9080110582148)
That bit on the imeediate left is where Peel wanted to knock through. Brings you out into Trafalgar dock (and would be perfect for an away fan gate.
It was a seperate application to the main one and i can't see news on the result anywhere.
The wall is from a different period and of a different material, but i dont think that matters in the grand scheme of things. It's all considered the same wall for planning purposes.
May consider asking the echo to follow up on that actually.
Post by: phillyt on February 10, 2017, 08:01:51 PM
The echo are quite busy chasing fsg/nesv out of town and reviewing Middlesbrough trip to Benidorm just now. Can't see them having time for piffling little queries like how we are going to get in and out of our ground. They will get to us when the red shite win the league again. 🤔🤔🤔
..............going back to the post by @Ross (http://www.nsno.co.uk/forums/index.php?action=profile;u=2316) about Peel's application in 2012 ,there are two pedestrian doorways in the dock wall by the Malmaison but whether they were pre-existing I can't say. The wall at this point is older and brick built. As the docks expanded Northwards I assume they started to use granite for the walls and turrets.
Incidentally many of the dock walls ,including B-M ,i.e . the dock retaining walls are also listed. The only thing that isn't listed around there is the water.
So I am reading this thread ad the last few pages, click on the next page of the thread and get an error code... 502 Bad Gateway.
Touche Internet, touche.
The latest article from Top Balcony is rather optimistic I think.
http://www.thetopbalcony.com/could-everton-announce-a-bramley-moore-dock-stadium-in-march/974
Post by: bigmanbob on February 13, 2017, 12:51:41 AM
That sounds promising
Post by: Trowel on February 13, 2017, 01:20:36 AM
The changes to Finch Farm are being exhibited at MIPIM - different architects, but putting 2 and 2 together it may mean the club will have representatives out there anyway, so...
from Top Balcony......
<< If Everton can get the purchase of the land over the line, it could allow Peel to use it as the big announcement of MIPIM.
That would be good for Peel, good for the city and good for the club. >>
................What announcement could Peel make ? Surely EFC could only agree to buy the land subject to planning permission being granted ?
I understand your skepticism, but...
there seems to be an awful lot of wood being stored on the site at the moment
Post by: Tinga on February 18, 2017, 11:38:17 PM
It mirrors the collective wood of our fanbase if this is true.
It's for the end we're building that will be facing Anfield:
..............when you say ' the site ' do you mean NSNO ?
haha, tired and lazy typing!
...........just kidding mate. Anyway what kind of timber ? sheets , lengths , large section beams or what ? Is it anything to do with ' the project '
Its Oak. We are going to be the first team to build a stadium out of pure wood. Fire regs? Pah
Post by: Simon Paul on February 19, 2017, 02:24:43 AM
Looked like a mixture. A lot of sheets though. Would imagine its nothing to do with us though
Lots of work to do before even steel gets brought on site surely?
Quote from: Simon Paul on February 19, 2017, 02:24:43 AM
...................yes I doubt it's anything to do with a stadium which may or may not happen. I'm still not convinced it's going ahead but we all get excited at any bit of news don't we ?
The place looked a LOT more in use than last time I was there which I thought was weird.
Post by: pjk on February 19, 2017, 02:44:26 AM
Is it possible it's building site fencing? I would think the civil engineers would be the first in to assess the site.
Quote from: pjk on February 19, 2017, 02:44:26 AM
The site is much bigger than people think if it is, which would be a good thing
Post by: benny on February 19, 2017, 03:35:05 AM
i would think one of the first signs for the stadium would be a village of portakabins being erected
Quote from: benny on February 19, 2017, 03:35:05 AM
Literally don't need them, there is already loads of stuff there they could use instead of, there are 3 access gates, the site is fucking huge
Anyone any idea how deep the dock Is?
.............Docks of that age seem to be only about 20 ft. depth of water . Seaforth dock is 50 ft. deep but that was built for much larger ships than the coal trade which used BM dock.
The depth of the dock ranges from 100ft to 1500ft as this pic shows (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170219/e07b485c27d0ebb71fc2f6aa9fdbf9b7.jpg)
Without wishing to cause an argument , 100 ft to 1500 ft refers to the scale of the plan ,it doesn't say that's the depth .
From what I can discover Huskisson dock has a depth of 27 ft of water and Sandon has 25 ft. I guess BM has a similar figure . The depth could be increased by drawing water from the river and I assume this was one of the uses of the hydraulic tower. These depths only refer to the water and there might be 10 to 15 ft above the water to get the total depth of a dock.
Not sure why we're having this conversation but it is interesting ( to me at least )
Post by: Makis on February 19, 2017, 04:54:21 PM
1500ft deep hole would be crazy deep. Eiffel Tower is just under 1000 feet tall.
Post by: pjk on February 19, 2017, 04:55:36 PM
I'm just wondering, if it was 1500 foot deep, 457 metres, that’s 270 feet short of a mile in depth. I would think the project would be a nonstarter for landfill. I'm just trying to gauge the size of the task ahead and if at all it would be feasible as we'd all be getting excited over nothing. Obviously it's not that deep. It wouldn't be getting discussed even at this early stage. Not unless there was some way to bridge the pitch and build the stadium straddling the dock walls. I'm just looking at options. If it's all approved, in the long run it's going to be interesting to see the process. Any Marine engineers out there?
Come to think of it, if it's about 30 feet, why fill it? Put in a cantilever and use the space for thing like exec parking and maintenance facilities.
Post by: sirblue57 on February 19, 2017, 05:10:07 PM
how many kopites would it take to fill it? :whistle: :evil:
lolol lolol
Post by: ally2 on February 19, 2017, 05:50:49 PM
I have no knowledge art all about this but there's no way it's 1500 foot deep!
Quote from: ally2 on February 19, 2017, 05:50:49 PM
Obviously not. I'm fairly sure we're talking in depths of 50 -100 feet and under. I'm not sure of the draught of the boats that used it. I was hoping someone would come up with some of the dock specifications regarding depth. There's nothing I can find that gives any real indication of landfill volume. :)
Post by: kbh triangle on February 19, 2017, 07:49:32 PM
This is my first post (I think) in 51 years of supporting the Toffees. It has just taken some 35 minutes to read the last 10 or so posts in this thread, due to crying with laughter!
Quote from: kbh triangle on February 19, 2017, 07:49:32 PM
Congrats and welcome to the funhouse!
Post by: Gash on February 19, 2017, 08:00:21 PM
This is my first post (I think)
Third. :)
Most harbours are only around 60feet deep so doubt a dock would be any deeper. Doesn't really matter though as building a plinth over it should be what we do anyway and use the water underneath as a way for mosh to sneak in on his yacht
James-Bond-baddie-style!
Enough tears to fill a dock. Which dock depends on depth.
Full circle - anyone know the depth of B M Dock and it's tear capacity?
My bad misread it
Quote from: Bally on February 20, 2017, 05:40:12 AM
Quote from Roseanne "That's why men are better at reading maps Jackie, it takes a man to understand how an inch can equal one mile!"
Still heard nothing over expansion plans
60,000 to start with expansion to 80,000
Eg,
Stage 1 66000 Side Stand increased (incl half a corner)
Stage 2 72000 Other Side increased " "
Stage 3 76000 End Stand " "
Stage 4 80000 Other End Stand " "
Don't be fixated on that final figure of 80,000, as above is around 30 rows on a stand, not too big, not too small. Plus you have choice where you expand, and how many stands you end up increasing.
Woodison.
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/everton-investor-farhad-moshiri-wants-12660463
pretty much what Moshiri said himself at the AGM to be honest
Roma's new stadium finally given the go ahead
Quote from: sirblue57 on February 19, 2017, 05:10:07 PM
It is not how many but how can we fly them in !
The transport cost is the real problem
I wouldn't like to be on here if the "stadium announcement "says we are of to Croxteth .
Post by: Bluedylan on February 27, 2017, 04:39:44 PM
It's clear that it's not going to be Crocky, so you can relax.
Post by: Bluesthedaddy on February 28, 2017, 08:50:18 PM
Quote from: Makis on February 19, 2017, 04:56:18 PM
I agree, but would explore the possibility of putting a boxing ring in the middle with the stands continuing down creating a unique boxing/UFC/wwe atmosphere. I know this would need the pitch to be retractable (which has been talked about before) and the cost would be astronomical, but I think these organisations would be knocking on the door constantly wanting our venue.
................Does this help ?
BREAKING: Liverpool put forward as replacement Commonwealth Games 2022 host
http://bbc.in/2m3DQj4 via @BBCNews
4:30 PM - 28 Feb 2017
The possible withdrawal of Durban has sparked interest in the British city of Liverpool.
A spokesperson for the city council said: "Liverpool is interested in hosting the games in 2022. We had heard rumours that Durban might be unable to deliver the Commonwealth Games in 2022 and have already indicated to the government that we are very willing to host them instead
Post by: MexicanToffee on March 01, 2017, 03:55:09 AM
Could we be on the verge of a free stadium a la Man City?
Post by: Bluedylan on March 01, 2017, 03:59:09 AM
Nah, cos we'll have to have a running track and all that shite. Let's swerve the Commonwealth games stuff and build something for the next 100 years for Everton.
Post by: pjk on March 01, 2017, 04:02:35 AM
Quote from: MexicanToffee on March 01, 2017, 03:55:09 AM
Means the club would have much less say on what was being put up there. I hope not. :-\
Quote from: pjk on March 01, 2017, 04:02:35 AM
Yes you're right of course, but the upside is obviously we would not be burdened with debt, or at least much less if we had to modify the stadium to remove any running track and make it ours. Not sure which way I would swing, but it is only wild speculation right now anyway.
Post by: Thornton_19 on March 01, 2017, 05:49:11 AM
Joe Anderson said we would be well playing in our new stadium by 2022. So i assume it wouldn't be built for that purpose!
Post by: Toddacelli on March 01, 2017, 05:50:49 AM
Could have a positive effect even without directly being to do with our stadium.
Big building in the area, big investment - they would definitely work alongside what Everton are hoping to do.
Would be chuffed if we didn't get a free stadium that needed adaptations, but benefited from all the access and logistics side of things and ended up near a sports arena complex but with our own, clearly defined site. Would be the hub of sport in the city. And the future.
The future is Blue.
Post by: Alanvideo on March 01, 2017, 07:40:08 PM
Quote from: Thornton_19 on March 01, 2017, 05:49:11 AM
Radio City News
@RadioCityNews
Liverpool Mayor Joe Anderson has told us proposed EFC stadium or converted Anfield could be used for 2022 Commonwealth Games
Post by: Thornton_19 on March 01, 2017, 08:44:42 PM
Quote from: Alanvideo on March 01, 2017, 07:40:08 PM
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Post by: arteta4spain on March 02, 2017, 12:07:01 AM
Here's one;
I was talking to a mate and asked this: what would people's stance be on Kenwright? After the ill fated moves to the Kings Dock and the debacle of Kirkby, if the stadium is delivered and it's a true world class stadium, will all be forgiven for him on that front? I think that yes he's made mistakes but he basically saved us right at day one when he prised the club from Johnson.
Post by: Confucius on March 02, 2017, 12:21:26 AM
Quote from: arteta4spain on March 02, 2017, 12:07:01 AM
Kenwright is around but a new stadium and where we are now is all about Moshiri.
Yes he did well taking us over in a very caring caretaker role, I wish him nothing but the best.
He did take too long finding the mythical 'Buyer' - but for all intents and purposes, it looks, so far, like he's done it well.
We were frustrated for a long time but hopefully better days are on their way now.
Post by: JordanianEmbassy on March 02, 2017, 07:46:28 PM
Absolutely no way we can get what we want if athletics is involved.
ie If you want a modern stadium that retains the best of the old - ie fairly steep stands that are close in to the pitch, then athletics is just a no go
Post by: Bluedylan on March 02, 2017, 08:54:16 PM
Say it costs £300-400m, we could probably get naming rights for at least £100m, and then other commerical tie-ins along with that, you might be able to pay for half of it through that alone. Obviously I'm very far from being a financial expert, but I'd sooner the club have say £200m debt than compromise what we want for the stadium by sticking a running track in there.
£200m sounds like a lot of debt, but it's not really anymore. We're getting in excess of £100m a season in broadcasting rights alone, not including foreign broadcasting rights, and both are projected to increase further. We've got a player worth possibly £70m alone, and squad players like McCarthy and Deulofeu are possibly worth around £20m each.
In a new stadium we would have a lot more executive boxes, and much greater matchday revenues generally. Let's build what we want for Everton and swerve things like Commonwealth games tie-ins, which are very short termist.
Post by: Hawkandro on March 02, 2017, 08:58:18 PM
Quote from: JordanianEmbassy on March 02, 2017, 07:46:28 PM
Moshiri himself has said that he wants the fans as close to the pitch as possible, I am sure of it.
As others may have said ,there are plenty of other sports in the CG ,like rugby 7's and hockey ,it's not just athletics. IF we get the stadium and IF the games come to Merseyside it would be spread around venues. If we had a nice new stadium we could host the opening ceremony though !
Yes, you are probably right. Steep stands that hug the pitch is pretty much everyones ideal design I think.
Post by: Ramjam on March 03, 2017, 05:52:00 AM
Keep athletics away at all costs, that would destroy everything we want to achieve, but by all means play the rugby and have the opening ceremony which won't harm the venue and show off our new digs to the whole world.
Post by: Bluebridge on March 03, 2017, 06:14:51 AM
Quote from: Ramjam on March 03, 2017, 05:52:00 AM
More likely be Analfield if they're doing an opening ceremony from a football stadium, from a worldwide spectacle point of view, Liverpool have a more known name :(
Quote from: Bluebridge on March 03, 2017, 06:14:51 AM
The new stadium will be in Liverpool so shouldn't be a problem at all
Fuck that. The Games are ours.
Post by: Bingham Boy on March 03, 2017, 02:57:09 PM
Steep stands? Or stands with seating tight to the pitch?
Shallow stands mean fans stand more which is what you need to create an atmosphere. Steep stands just leads to everyone sitting down and being quiet.
Also no corporate boxes behind the goal for me.
Post by: MmmblueBernard on March 03, 2017, 03:19:22 PM
I can see it now. The games will be the best thing since sliced bread for the kopites as they assume they'll get the opening ceremony gig because ya know '5 times' and all that. After all why would they bestow the honour on a 'small club' like Everton.
And then it will suddenly become shite, a liability and the RS will claim they didn't want it anyway when it's given to us on the basis of our shiny new waterfront behemoth being better in every aspect.
It's how they roll.
Post by: Toddacelli on March 03, 2017, 11:05:33 PM
Quote from: MmmBlueToffee on March 03, 2017, 03:19:22 PM
Then each time the Commonwealth Games start to come around again they'll be saying "This is our year!"
Post by: Trowel on March 05, 2017, 05:54:48 PM
Joe Anderson:
"Everton’s new stadium has arguably greater potential in its impact to regenerate what is a key part of North Liverpool.
"As a council we’ve already begun investing in the surrounding area – with millions in improving the road infrastructure and a masterplan for the north docks running up to the city centre to create a new creative district."
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/everton-new-stadium-not-sole-12693233
No way this stadium is going to be anywhere but Bramley Moore Docks \o/
Post by: Audrey Horne on March 05, 2017, 05:55:33 PM
Just wish they would announce it now.
Post by: Simon Paul on March 08, 2017, 01:28:07 AM
Henry Winter says he's seen proposals
Meaning he's seen the Echo website and their mock-up where they take a generic stadium, stick an Everton badge on it, and photoshop it next to the Mersey
Post by: Alanvideo on March 08, 2017, 01:56:30 AM
Quote from: Simon Paul on March 08, 2017, 01:28:07 AM
..................exactly what I thought.
Post by: MmmblueBernard on March 08, 2017, 02:05:21 AM
Henry Winter is a pillock.
Post by: ally2 on March 08, 2017, 03:16:42 AM
Quote from: MmmBlueToffee on March 08, 2017, 02:05:21 AM
Post by: bluenuck on March 08, 2017, 03:43:22 AM
lol - I don't know what's worse, living here in Vancouver with all the Liverpool "Fans" still thinking Gerrard is playing for them, or living there and having to deal with that.
Post by: Shropshire Blue on March 08, 2017, 03:45:23 AM
Quote from: bluenuck on March 08, 2017, 03:43:22 AM
Reinforcements on the way. Our eldest lad moving there soon so there will be 2 of you!
Post by: blue1948 on March 08, 2017, 10:08:46 PM
I was told that "Pillock " is the modern "pilgarlic" but now I have looked it up -alas another ***herring
Quote from: blue1948 on March 08, 2017, 10:08:46 PM
Mid 16th century: variant of archaic pillicock ‘penis’, the early sense of pillock in northern English.
Joe has spoken.............
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/everton-stadium-bramley-moore-news-12713651
Post by: Jimmywhack on March 09, 2017, 01:37:55 AM
Dunno who is worst
Joe Anderson or Jim White
Post by: Goaljira on March 09, 2017, 03:27:47 AM
Quote from: Alanvideo on March 09, 2017, 01:19:57 AM
He's annoying me a bit now.
Post by: BlueBeagle on March 09, 2017, 04:06:49 AM
An improvement on Kenwright at least
Quote from: Goaljira on March 09, 2017, 03:27:47 AM
...............not half as much as he's annoying the kopites !
There may be something behind all his statements . You would think the club would shut him up if it's all bollocks ?
Not a chance the stadium will be built within 2 years.
Post by: Mick 1995 on March 09, 2017, 05:49:34 PM
Quote from: Hawkandro on March 09, 2017, 05:23:19 PM
Where are you getting that time scale from?
The stadium WILL take 2 years to build though. But that's 2 years after the first spade goes into the ground - and we're a long way off that.
21/22 ir 22/23 season is best case scenario i'd say.
A bit more speculation without foundation. ( no pun intended )
https://twitter.com/Hanstours?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
Quote from: Mick 1995 on March 09, 2017, 05:49:34 PM
Anderson yesterday. He said he expects the ground to be built within 2 years.
ah, yes, ok then. I didn't see that quote.
The tweet that @Alanvideo (http://www.nsno.co.uk/forums/index.php?action=profile;u=466) just linked suggest bidders have been given the goahead to put their proposals in. This, combined with Andersons comments about work done behind the scenes and "lessons being learned" from past attempts make it feel like a lot of the initial planning has already been done.
(If people are putting bids together now, that means the architects have already designed the stadium and the engineers have given/are giving the nod)
I cannot wait for the announcement!
Post by: Macca77 on March 09, 2017, 06:58:50 PM
Just announce the fucking thing Everton you massive cock tease
Quote from: Macca77 on March 09, 2017, 06:58:50 PM
*dock tease...
(Not mine, shamelessly stolen from Twitter...)
Post by: Shropshire Blue on March 09, 2017, 08:18:48 PM
Apparently the CIA know all about it and the dates are in the latest wiki-leaks revelations. Not sure which of the 8000 documents but you can check those yourselves.
from The Echo..........this may or may not be Everton-related ..........
'Incredible Peel announcement coming soon'
Interesting. Very interesting..
Paul Corcoran @paulycorc
It's all going on at @PeelLivWaters - some incredible announcements coming soon 🙌🏽 https://twitter.com/agent_marketing/status/839506266187780096 …
4:06 PM - 8 Mar 2017
Post by: Bally on March 09, 2017, 09:06:21 PM
It's all going on at @PeelLivWaters - some incredible announcements coming soon 🙌🏽 https://twitter.com/agent_marketing/status/839506266187780096 ...
Gutted I didn't think of that
Post by: Cozzie on March 09, 2017, 10:14:04 PM
I am just eager for them to announce it purely so I can have a massive wank over the artists impressions.
Quote from: Cozzie on March 09, 2017, 10:14:04 PM
Architect porn eh, you fucking sicko!!
Yup, my penis isn't the only thing that gets "Erected" when I watch it.
Post by: Ross on March 10, 2017, 12:29:57 AM
Both Ashburton and City of Manchester new builds took 2 1/2 years each or there abouts and they weren't dealing with anything like the challenges BM would offer.
I'd imagine you could be looking at the best part of 9 months draining, waterproofing and back filling the dock alone before you begin to see anything of note at ground level.
Post by: Duncs_a_legend on March 10, 2017, 01:28:41 AM
Quote from: Ross on March 10, 2017, 12:29:57 AM
The cladding will surely take 2 years alone.
Post by: benny on March 10, 2017, 04:12:38 AM
Post by: irishtoffee on March 10, 2017, 04:32:53 AM
Just don't look up images of docking
Post by: Jamokachi on March 10, 2017, 05:05:21 AM
If the spades go in the ground this year we could be playing there by 20/21, with 21/22 being more realistic.
Time enough to win the title whilst still at Goodison, giving the Old Lady a proper send off.
Quote from: Jamokachi on March 10, 2017, 05:05:21 AM
Pass the pipe this way jamo, I need a hit
.............. This is what he said on Radio City .The build will take two years once it's given the go ahead.
<< We want a stadium in north Liverpool. I got criticised for making an announcement that we’d have a new ground within three years. It’s near enough the anniversary of me making those comments and once we’ve crossed the t’s and dotted the i’s, it will take two years to build a stadium and I think we are still on track. >>
Quote from: Jimmywhack on March 10, 2017, 05:14:18 AM
It's Friday over here mate, I'm in a great mood!
Post by: Gash on March 15, 2017, 07:04:18 AM
Has the mayor been on the bevvy tonight or has he decided to take on the world on Twitter? Who decided Twitter and politicians were a good mix?
Quote from: Gash on March 15, 2017, 07:04:18 AM
Joe had full on scouse mode turned up hahaha
Comments from Peel............
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/everton-fc-waterfront-stadium-deal-12743567
Copy and paste please anyone? F**kin Echo and all it's f**kin pop-up ads!
Quote from: Toddacelli on March 15, 2017, 07:35:45 PM
Nothing dramatic
Developer Peel says a deal with Everton over a new waterfront stadium is close - and says a "state-of-the art" ground there would make the Liverpool waterfront a “visual spectacle”.
The club is in advanced talks with Peel, which owns Liverpool's northern docklands and is developing it under the £5.5bn Liverpool Waters scheme.
Just last night on Twitter Mayor Joe Anderson suggested a deal was close for the Bramley-Moore docks site.
And today, speaking at the Mipim property festival in Cannes, Lindsey Ashworth, development director at Liverpool Waters for Peel, said: “We're optimistic we will agree heads of terms to allow a state-of-the-art football stadium at the northern end of the Liverpool Waters. Maybe even Commonwealth Games.
“I cannot say how excited we all are.”
Mr Ashworth told the ECHO: “We're in quite healthy talks with Everton at the moment, so it's not finalised yet. But as Peel and as myself I would love to see a stadium on the waterfront.
“To have this as the anchor at one end of the waterfront, and then you go all the way down towards the ECHO arena... the waterfront would be a visual spectacle.
“So we're pushing forward with it, the council are helping, and I think we'll get to a conclusion. A good one. Hopefully in the near future.”
Heads of terms is an initial agreement ahead of signing a full contract.
Peel's other plans for the northern docks, including floating buildings, will be changed if the stadium happens.
He said: “At the northern docks, Bramley-Moore Dock and Nelson Dock, we have two options.
“One is to develop it out with several developers for residential and put floating buildings in the docks themselves. And the floating buildings would be doctors' surgeries, workshops, bars, restaurants.
“And obviously Everton stadium is another.
Heads of terms = a set of agreed principles that preceed a written contract.
So we're close to agreeing a deal to talk about writing a contract about being exclusive bidders to think about one day maybe having a meeting about building a stadium
Post by: Duncs_a_legend on March 15, 2017, 07:53:32 PM
Mayor Joe Anderson appears to confirm new EFC stadium in Twitter reply
Liverpool Waters projects to begin "by the end of the year"
“And obviously Everton stadium is another. "
Post by: TheRam on March 15, 2017, 07:54:01 PM
Floating buildings?
I'm all for a floating ground tbh
Post by: van der Meyde on March 15, 2017, 08:13:25 PM
A dullard asks:
Could 'head of terms' be interpreted as, say, an agreement in principle to sell the land (for a specified price) but be subject to planning permission before the full contract is signed?
Post by: Waltzer on March 15, 2017, 08:15:30 PM
Quote from: TheRam on March 15, 2017, 07:54:01 PM
I actually like the thought of a partially buried stadium in the dock, really intimidating and really industrial looking!
Post by: BlueBeagle on March 15, 2017, 08:36:10 PM
Looks like it's 99.9% done.
Nothing to worry about then :) ...
Quote from: van der Meyde on March 15, 2017, 08:13:25 PM
It means nothing to be honest.
It is just a way of saying " we all agree what the contract we are about to sign will have in it"
That's most certainly a possibility.
Post by: Big Nev on March 15, 2017, 11:00:01 PM
Quote from: BlueBeagle on March 15, 2017, 08:36:10 PM
Just like Rom's new contract...... ::)
...............Heads of terms are not binding on either party ,it's like agreeing to buy a house without putting down a deposit.
It's quite encouraging though and it's significant that the comments have come from an employee of Peel Holdings rather than Joe Andersen or Jim White.
Bored of this shit too. I suppose everybody is damned if they say anything and damned if they don't though
Quote from: ally2 on March 16, 2017, 12:43:58 AM
Nah, this is well exciting. Wait til we get specs and designs to pour over.
Quote from: Bluedylan on March 16, 2017, 12:47:13 AM
Yes news is exciting but this is 'pre-news' - the news seems now to be that something should or might happen in the future. Which isn't really news. Then there's 'post-news'. Like increasing national insurance contributions one week, then changing your mind the next. I suppose they are both news but that's cheating- two new stories which come to nothing wasting everyone's time. Like the 'Lukaku deal almost done' news. I think I'm better off sticking my head in the sand and coming up for air every now and then.
I'm sure though, that if they are going to the trouble of actually reporting stuff or issuing statements - despite how little info is in them - they still feel that sufficient progress is being made and they are trying to keep us up to date.
it's the world we live in
everyone wants an update on every single little thing so they feel like they're involved somehow
it's like the papers printing league tables after one match
Cancel any plans for Thursday lads - Joe has...
https://twitter.com/mayor_anderson/status/843426055427936256
Post by: ally2 on March 19, 2017, 05:55:01 PM
Strange bloke
Post by: Deano Blue Boy on March 19, 2017, 05:55:27 PM
Do you think he uses the same flannel on his head that he does on his arse?
Does Joe realise he's still the mayor? He uses twitter like some Z-list ex-Hollyoaks waitress.
Post by: pjk on March 19, 2017, 06:04:18 PM
Quote from: Bluedylan on March 19, 2017, 05:57:07 PM
Does Joe realise he's still the major? He uses twitter like some Z-list ex-Hollyoaks waitress.
I didn't realise he was in the Army. ;)
Quote from: pjk on March 19, 2017, 06:04:18 PM
Nice work stitching me up with a quick quote ;)
That's the mayor of Liverpool there.
Hard to believe really.
He's seen how popular Trump is on Twitter and thought - "I'll have piece of that!"
Quote from: Deano Blue Boy on March 19, 2017, 05:55:27 PM
Do you still use a flannel ? Just interested from a historical point of view and no offence if you do
Quote from: Trowel on March 19, 2017, 05:50:55 PM
..............hairdressers appointment ? French polishing more like. :blush:
.............yes you dropped a Clanger there mate :snigger:
You should put that on the things you hate thread. @blargins (http://www.nsno.co.uk/forums/index.php?action=profile;u=54) is an absolute ace at it. He gets me everytime :snigger:
Fuck off Joe
Always slightly bemused by the notion that those in the public eye aren't (or, aren't allowed to be) actual real human people.
The fella is excited about something he can't yet talk about. But because he is a mayor of a relatively insgnificant northern city in England he needs to treat it like it's access codes to a nuclear arsenal and not have a bit of fun?
Post by: bogie on March 19, 2017, 07:30:32 PM
yeah lol good to see but
I would have a pint with him any day of the week
Post by: Confucius on March 19, 2017, 07:35:35 PM
Not like Hoe ever goes to the hairdresser or gym so but of a nothing thing anyway
Post by: Gash on March 19, 2017, 07:38:01 PM
Quote from: Confucius on March 19, 2017, 07:35:35 PM
I thought you said you don't drink?
Quote from: Gash on March 19, 2017, 07:38:01 PM
That's what happens when you reply to something first thing after 3 hrs sleep.
Hmm. Interesting.
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Spoke about Nelson quite a bit earlier in the thread peej.
There simply isn't enough access routes in Bramley Moore and we wont be able to make wholesale changes to any part of that wall.
Nelson adds a couple more entrances, has initial plans for lots of leisure development and has parts of the wall that are in various states of repair that could be "opened" as part of a "restoration"
Post by: Goaljira on March 19, 2017, 08:04:28 PM
Nelson as well would be great, as a stadium sideways to the Mersey would be a lot easier to plan logistically rather than one penned into the single site.
Post by: Simon Paul on March 19, 2017, 08:09:54 PM
Nelson Dock would also solve any potential access issues
Quote from: Goaljira on March 19, 2017, 08:04:28 PM
You know what, that had never once crossed my mind.
Not entirely convinced about the logistics being easier - but it would definitely look a lot better.
Quote from: Simon Paul on March 19, 2017, 08:09:54 PM
I've just bloody said that
Post by: sam of the south on March 19, 2017, 08:11:51 PM
Predictive text?
Who you been calling a hoe, bro? 🤔
sam of the hugespunkingcocks
That could possibly be the answer to the access, transport and logistics problems that people are so concerned about.
Also, if true, that's one hell of a footprint to work with! :)
Post by: Ross on March 19, 2017, 08:24:16 PM
Nelson dock is nearer to town as well.
Quick look on Google Earth ,it seems to give us 3 more entrances if Nelson Dock is included. Plus a little doorway by the bascule bridge for exclusive use of NSNO 'ers.
If the nelson dock rumour is true then one thing is for sure: unlike Kirkby, this isn't getting done "on the cheap"
As if we would make the USM Mersey Metal Arena on the cheap!
EDIT: Ooh! Ooh! - The USM Blue Steel Arena! nod
Post by: phillyt on March 19, 2017, 08:54:58 PM
I don't think Everton will be doing anything "on the cheap" for the foreseeable future. Although if moshiris/usmanovs company(ies) are providing materials I think the phrase "mates rates" will be synonymous with the build costs.
Oooh how exciting
Post by: Ari on March 20, 2017, 03:25:39 AM
Will there be an official announcement on next Thursday, 23rd of marz? Regarding Bramley Moore Dock?
Quote from: Ari on March 20, 2017, 03:25:39 AM
that's what people are saying
obviously the club aren't commenting on the stories though
Post by: Macca77 on March 20, 2017, 05:41:23 AM
https://mobile.twitter.com/EvertonEFC1878/status/843505162232717312/video/1
Looks like our Ross does that
This is actually happening isn't it? Between Anderson and Dan Meiss's twitter, it's quite obvious that it's definitely happening. We're a few days away from the most momentous announcement in the club's recent history. Can't wait to see the designs.
Post by: American Evertonian on March 20, 2017, 04:32:02 PM
Almost makes all the pain and suffering of the last couple decades all fade away......almost
Post by: arteta4spain on March 20, 2017, 04:41:35 PM
I hope so mate. So many false dawns though that I'm not getting giddy just yet. Once things start being official and we actually see some kind of build then I'll believe that this is actually happening. Pessimistic I know but we've been here too many times. Even the shite had a spade in the ground didn't they and that didn't happen iiirc.
So I'm holding back for now, but when it does oh mate I can't wait to see what we're gonna do from then. A very decent squad, tick. A decent solid manager, tick.
A wealthy owner who wants to spend money, tick. New stadium? Well hopefully that box will be ticked in the next few days,weeks, months!
I'm like a kid at Christmas
Quote from: arteta4spain on March 20, 2017, 04:41:35 PM
Course mate. We're bound to be naturally skeptical given the letdowns we've all had. I do think it's different this time though.
I'm not one to give Liverpool supporters stick, but if this does come together, which I've never questioned or had any doubt it will. For my one and only example. In Liverpool at Christmas, one of my elder sister's sons in law, a really dumb red. Proceeded to give me stick about the Derby result. All I said to him was. "Yeah, but I'm happy we're going in the right direction". "What do you reckon on the new Everton Waterfront stadium"? The unexpected pleasure I got as I watched him squirm and struggle to control his envy in front of 20 or 30 people was a beautiful sight. Believe me, you long suffering blues up there on Merseyside, Farhad Moshiri is handing you a huge WMD. Enjoy the carnage.;D
Beyond excited now.
We have all known it's been happening for a while now but like a few have mentioned the big thing for me is seeing the designs. The artists impressions. That's whats gonna get me.
Post by: Jimmywhack on March 20, 2017, 05:18:19 PM
Is the date significant?
I thought I read sommet about it the other day but now I cant see it!
I know its been 125 years since we moved into goodison.
Dunno whether the date has passed or is coming up.
Can you imagine if they announce the deal with a picture of how the new ground will look, I'm hoping Dan Meis has been playing with his crayons
That sounds fmailiar to what I had read
Quote from: Jimmywhack on March 20, 2017, 05:46:04 PM
.............it's 125 years but the date of the first game was 2nd. September . Don't think March 23rd has any significance
Id love for it to be really far along and they announce loads of details about it! I dont think they will though!
March 22nd was when we agreed to buy Goodison apparently.
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/could-new-sergeant-pepper-rail-12765049
This would be cool.
Shit's really happening isnt it
Its brilliant to see and read
..............well spotted but then the year (1895) doesn't fit with the 125.
It does if our new stadium is completed in 2020
Copy & paste please? Anyone?
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Could a new 'Sergeant Pepper' rail line serve thousands in north Liverpool?
The proposed new line would also link up with the Liverpool Waters development and a new Everton stadium
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A vision has been laid-out for a potential “Sergeant Pepper” rail line that could serve thousands of people in north Liverpool - as well as Everton’s new stadium.
Wirral-based Kayla Bibby , a technician for a structural engineering firm, has proposed the new line - which would include building 16 new stations and would serve the major new developments at Liverpool Waters and the proposed Knowledge Quarter.
inRead invented by Teads
Her idea involves building 16 new stations, bringing disused tunnels back into use and recreating the former Liverpool Overhead Railway.
Kayla is behind the Liverpool Underground campaign and has previously shared her idea for a massively expanded Merseyrail system, similar to the London tube network.
While the overall vision is a very long-term idea, she believes work could begin on her vision for a 9.25 mile Sergeant Pepper line right away as 80% of the proposed line already exists.
Map of Liverpool City Region railways by Kayla Bibby. The map has taken her Three years to complete.
She said: “We propose to bring these lines back into passenger use and reconnect these densely populated districts to the city’s rail network.
“This is a very achievable nine mile circuit for inner north Liverpool, we envisage the Sergeant Pepper Line will be very busy, so we’ve proposed trains be made of up to eight-car services permanently with a frequency of every ten minutes off-peak and every five minutes for peak times and on Everton match days.”
Joe Anderson reveals plans to build train station close to new Everton stadium site
Video thumbnail, Merseyside railway stations of a bygone era
Take a look inside Gostins
MERSEYSIDE RAILWAY STATIONS OF A BYGONE ERA
The map shows three different coloured sections, which Kayla proposes could be brought together to form the new circular line.
The yellow section is the existing Canada Dock freight line branch from Edge Hill to North Liverpool docks, which closed to passengers in 1948.
The stations on this stretch of line would be rebuilt to serve the thousands of people who live there.
The red lines are existing disused rail tunnels, the longest being the Waterloo tunnel, which stretches two miles under central Liverpool from Edge Hill to Great Howard Street.
The shorter tunnel runs from Atlantic Junction on the Canada Dock branch under Bank Hall Station and out towards the docks.
The blue line would be a 1.6 mile section of brand new overhead railway, recreating the Liverpool Overhead Railway - affectionately known as the Docker’s Umbrella - which was demolished in 1957.
The Canada Dock Tunnel would be brought back into use under the proposals
Kayla’s idea for an overhead railway would run past Everton’s proposed new waterfront stadium and through £5.5bn Liverpool Waters to create a full circle.
She added: “Liverpool as a city is growing, you only have to look around and see the tens of billions of pounds of investment being poured in to the huge new developments across the city. We believe the Sergeant Pepper is needed right now and should be top of Merseytravel’s agenda.
“It is vital that the Sergeant Pepper Line’s route is safeguarded and that Merseytravel works closely with Liverpool City Council, Peel Holdings and all other developers to make sure its proposed path and future stations are not compromised by their future developments.
“This needs to be made clear at the earliest opportunity so the proposed masterplans of Liverpool Waters and Paddington Village can be adjusted accordingly.
“This would add billions to the city’s economy, its passenger levels could rival the Wirral and Northern lines.
“Its only nine miles long, but would connect the city centre with so many homes and massive future developments and the recreated overhead railway, if done right, could prove to be a major tourist attraction.”
Kayla says she has sent her proposals to Merseytravel chiefs Frank Rodgers and Cllr Liam Robinson and has also passed them to Metro Mayor candidate Steve Rotheram, who she said was very impressed by them.
How the proposed Lime Street-Elizabeth station could look
THE PROPOSED SERGEANT PEPPER LINE - STATION BY STATION
Edge Hill - a new island platform on the north side of the existing station interchange, with existing City Line services.
Paddington - A new underground station is proposed within the Waterloo Tunnel in the heart of the new Knowledge Quarter - close to the Metropolitan Cathedral and new Royal Liverpool Hospital.
Lime Street-Elizabeth - Potentially named London Road, this new underground station would be based outside TJ Hughes.
Marybone - A new semi-underground station partially within the Byrom Street cutting, opposite JMU’s Byrom Street campus.
Kayla says this could has the potential to be a future interchange with the Wirral Line. An additional platform could be added to the Wirral loop line between Moorfields and Lime Street, with platforms connected by a 100 metre tunnel.
Pall Mall - A new underground station at the back of the community college, which could accelerate the regeneration of the area.
Trafalgar - A new elevated station on the re-created Liverpool Overhead Railway could be built on the site of the filled in Trafalgar Dock - in the heart of Liverpool Water’s planned Central Docks district.
Bramley Moore - With everything pointing to a new Everton stadium in this location, Kayla believes a new elavated station on the overhead railway could be built directly next to the planned waterfront arena.
Huskisson Dock - Another new elavated station for the overhead railway is suggested here = serving the industrial dock areas.
Bank Hall - The plan would be to re-build the Bank Hall Station with new underground platforms in the existing tunnel benath the Northern Line to allow interchange between the Sergeant Pepper Line and the Southport Line. Part of the tunnel has been filled in but Ms Berry says the tunnel remains intact.
Kirkdale - Newly rebuilt Kirkdale station, with a new platform in a widened cutting beneath the existing Ormskirk and Krikby branches of the Northern Line.
County Road - A new station on the same site of the former Spellow station which closed in 1948.
Walton Lane - New station proposed on the site of the former Walton and Anfield Station, which also closed in 1948.
Cherry Lane - A new station serving the large housing estates in the area.
Clubmoor - New station on the site of the former Breck Road station, which closed with the others in 1948.
Tuebrook - The idea would be to re-build Tuebrook station on the same site where it was demolished nearly 70 years ago.
Edge Lane - Again this would be a station rebuilt on its former site.
Post by: Brownie on March 20, 2017, 07:31:20 PM
The only thing I'm gutted about is not taking the boy to Goodison.
WMD? Good god don't tell Blair or Bush that it'll be called in! 😂😂😂😂
Now I'm not one to gloat, but when this is all announced It will be hard for me not to rub the reds noses in it, in fact I'll have a bloody good laugh while doing it.
Shouldn't the new railway line be called The Magical Mystery Tour?
Bloody fucksticks!
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Post by: GLewis on March 20, 2017, 08:12:43 PM
That line isn't an actual plan - someone has just come up with it and emailed Merseytravel.
There is a likely station mentioned a few weeks ago opposite the Tobacco warehouse on the existing Northern Line.
Nah, i love this kind of stuff even when it has nothing to do with Everton and follow it religiously.
The bird who did that may as well be showing off an A-level design project.
Every 2 or 3 years there is a little groundswell of support and some plans appear for expanding the network and nothing comes of it.
Due to the 10-streets project there will deffo be a new station between moorefields and sandhills, but don't expect any more than that.
I waste a day pretty much every month reading up about everything on that Skyscraper City forum.
This is fucking boss.
Always said how cool it would be if we had a trainline going direct to the ground. And on the way in the walls would be decorated with great moments from our history on the way in.
Wow Bob (Elstone) wow! 😂😂
(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y97/Cozzie/moshbill_zpsdpt8vyyp.jpg)
Tomorrow I think
Quote from: GLewis on March 20, 2017, 08:12:43 PM
Mersey travel have a plan of potential stations along potential lines. This is one of them.
Post by: efcforlife on March 20, 2017, 11:48:53 PM
There is absolutely zero chance of that 16 station underground being built
yeah was wondering if Liverpool suddenly got a 10B pound infrastructure spending budget. 16 stations and new rail cars etc etc is quite the undertaking.
Post by: Paddockoldie on March 21, 2017, 12:37:15 AM
Just get a better artist than the 'Big Nev' mural one.. you'd never hear the end of it.
Quote from: Confucius on March 21, 2017, 12:03:32 AM
Need to sell alot more beak for that level of investment. Drenthe described skiing on it.. this would need an avalanche
No one said it was feasible, I just said it'd be cool!
Think we could deliver better than this? http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/tottenham-launch-video-of-new-stadium-revealing-fresh-look-at-completed-venue-a3432261.html
I'm sorry it's spurs but they're the next one to move into a new stadium. We known Meis doesn't want to create a bowl but at least this gives us an idea of what we can achieve or surpass?
Post by: Waltzer on March 21, 2017, 01:22:36 AM
Hope so. It looks nice but isn't all that. Id like our stands to be steeper giving a more compact feel, that appears quite flat
Spurs' single tier stand looks immense like
Looks superb that
Post by: Makis on March 21, 2017, 01:44:58 AM
Quote from: Waltzer on March 21, 2017, 01:22:36 AM
There are some rules and regulations about how steep the stands on modern stadia can be.
Quote from: Makis on March 21, 2017, 01:44:58 AM
think the maximum rake is 33% but not sure
the Top Balcony is much, much steeper than that!
Reminds me very much of Cape town stadium
(http://peninsula.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/cape-town-stadium-gal.jpg)
that's Arsenal's new ground isn't it?
You probably right, they all look the same to me.
Post by: velimski on March 21, 2017, 02:46:06 AM
That picture is definitely Cape Town.
Similar to the Emirates, which is virtually identical to Benfica's stadium.
I really, really want four identifiable stands, not a bowl
definitely not a bowl
I like bowls
Post by: Audrey Horne on March 21, 2017, 03:08:01 AM
same.... i dont think it will be a bowl.
Post by: TheRam on March 21, 2017, 03:12:00 AM
Some boss grounds with a bowl design.
Don't know why people are so against them
Quote from: TheRam on March 21, 2017, 03:12:00 AM
it's a bit generic though isn't it?
if it's done well, it's great, but anything other than done really, really well and it just looks like the Riverside or The Reebok.
Yeah, old stadiums are exempt, but if you build a new one you have to comform to those rules.
Post by: keiko on March 21, 2017, 03:33:33 AM
dan meis is one of the best in this field. i know he designed the saitama super arena in japan, which is a concert arena and basketball arena which can change into a football stadium, from 20 thousand to 30 thousand capacity. The stand can mechanically move. The plumbing and everything in the stand automatically unplug and reconnect back in once the area has transformed. it's really cool, the design is based on a japanese bullet train as this arena is surrounded by trainline, and not so new, i went there over 10 years ago. stadiums which can transform for multipurpose are not such a pain in the ass as it may seem, for the best designers.
clearly the location and environment (water) and local architecture will be a big part in influencing how the stadium is designed in it's features and look. his roma stadium is based on the colosseum, the docks stadium will be unique too. just how these influences are put into the design is pretty exciting to find out. but for sure it won't be a replica of some existing stadium
I have the entire case against Kirkby sitting in my spare room, so might have a look through to find the rules as they were in 2007 ish
We could have a bowl shape for the outside of the ground but Have 4 traditional stands inside the stadium.
There must be stadiums that have adopted this, I don't think it's a necessity to have the seating curved and bowl shaped if the outside is also a bowl.
Bowls are soulless
Bowls make sense because they increase seating in the corners. 4 main stands lose out on thousands of seats
Not a fan of bowls, far better to have the fans right on top of the pitch. Be fucked having a bit like the Emirates where even the fans behind the goals are quite far from the pitch. You want to try and at least have a stand that carries on the tradition that older grounds have with the 'home end' like the Gwladys Street etc. Can't really think of a bowl design that's intimidating, not that any grounds are these days but it would be nice if we'd at least give it a chance rather than stick the fans in a London Stadium type ground.
Have a look at Dortmund's ground.
4 distinct stands, yet they've still managed to fill the corners in with seats.
You can still fill in the corners without having to make it a bowl.
Post by: D15TIN on March 21, 2017, 04:11:07 AM
Dan Meis hashtagged an image from the derby this season on his twitter account, reading " #NoColumnsIntheBowl "
I love Dortmunds ground as somebodys just mentioned, if we could get it anywhere near that it'd be amazing, there isnt really a Blue wall anywhere is there? ;)
Post by: Cozzie on March 21, 2017, 04:14:34 AM
Haha. I love when you joke around Con.
Quote from: D15TIN on March 21, 2017, 04:11:07 AM
He also responded to somebody saying that his uses bowl as a generic name for stadium. He seems to be well aware what Everton fans want.
Post by: pedrotheblue on March 21, 2017, 04:21:57 AM
As has already been said you can have "individual" stands and fill the corners, see Dortmund and Old Trafford. The priority has to be a stadium that helps generate and reverberate a ferocious atmosphere inside the ground, we're going to be in there for the next god knows how many years, so we need to get that right above all else.
Post by: efcforlife on March 21, 2017, 04:22:06 AM
Calm down tiger.. no ones laughing at you.
I'm laughing at the story
Soccer City is kind of a bowl but you pretty close to the action. Awesome atmosphere, lots of noise. Fantastic noise. mind you it does seat close to 100 000
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Are you messing?
The stands are super close to the pitch.
But Newlands is better, no?
If I could pick exactly how I don't want a stadium to be it would that one.
Stands still look quite far away, especially the side ones. I'd want to see the front row of the stands where the advertising hoardings are in the photo.
San Siro manages it ok.
(http://storiedicalcio.altervista.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Milan_Inter_Pisapia_San_Siro.jpg)
it won't be like dortmund's stadium as there is no connection visually between that and liverpool's docks. placing a copy of that one would look bad, also, why hire a world-class stadium designer if we want that?
the design will come from the conceptualization of many details of the site. the land, the water, the history of the area/club/city, the architecture, the local materials and the special requirements of the location. a dock stadium is naturally going to be more "different' than a stadium on a flat inner-city field or a industrial estate- although any location carries it's own unique features. water will be a main theme.
it's best to think of it as not "a stadium on the dock" i.e a generic design placed on a location with little connection to its surroundings, but as a "dock stadium"- a stadium that has had every element specifically tailored for where it will be.
look at previous dan meis designs, some are in the desert, the pay homage to that, others are in downtown L.A- and you can tell. every design is totally different from eachother, each incorporates it's environment heavily into its design. there are few running themes in his work.
everyone can come up with a concept that they would find fitting, the good thing is that dan meis will come up with something better than everyone else. if it is "bowl", then that's his interpretation, so ill be happy. do i think it will be bowl-like? no, i can't see any correlation between a bowl and the site, but it;s not my job to do that. he tweeted saying it's "intimidating" and respects Goodison history, no doubt it will be highly modern with juxtaposition of the past. and it will definitely fit well next to the mersey, that's the whole point of it.
Bowl or not I think one of the main criteria that should be the considered in the design is a safe standing area/stand.
It'll be coming back sooner rather than later and for it to be effective in a new build it'll need to be designed into the stadium now rather than an ad hoc renovation in 5/10 years time.
Quote from: Duncs_a_legend on March 21, 2017, 04:41:08 AM
That looks great and that's why I would prefer
Post by: Sir Stealth on March 21, 2017, 05:17:04 AM
Stands super close to the pitch really is essential for us I think
50,000 ish
No running track
Preferably not a bowl shape
Would have thought that most blues would be happy as long as these are kept to
Also name wise if there is a sponsor it would be nice to be for a product/business that we all like!
Also I hope they let that nice man take his megaphone in with him
Yeah a rounded rectangle like that would be great. When it's all connected like that though it's hard to insert a single tier somewhere. Kind of has to be multi tier all the way around.
Post by: Tinga on March 21, 2017, 05:44:59 AM
Should make it in the shape of a castle with moats and shit, with a place to hang the kopites.
Post by: chang on March 21, 2017, 05:49:35 AM
In this day and age, where it is essential to use anything you can legitimately to get an advantage over your opposition - the "one off" chance to design your home ground to suit you is a something Everton just simply have to exploit.
We ain't ever building another, so get this one spot on.
I've never got the hype over standing sections tbh, I personally couldn't think of anything worse, I just couldn't be arsed standing for 90+ minutes.
Quote from: chang on March 21, 2017, 05:49:35 AM
Wonder if they said the same about Goodison?
Nah, standing's great, improves the atmosphere no end!
Post by: Trowel on March 21, 2017, 06:03:35 AM
Quote from: Sir Stealth on March 21, 2017, 05:17:04 AM
"Can Everton hold on to this lead? Over to Chris Kamara at the PornHub."
It's not for me now either Dunc. But obviously there's a movement back towards that and you need to be ready for it.
Looking at all the new stadiums that have been built recently plus the two new proposed ones at Spurs and Chelsea there's no real scope for it. They just seem all about shallow stands and corporate hospitality suites. I'd at least like to see we've been imaginative about this given the current desire.
Who knows we could be the first British club to build a football stadium with a purpose built safe standing area? Another Everton first.
Newlands is Cape Town stadium. Looks nicer does Cape Town but Soccer Coty has a better atmosphere and easier to watch the game.
Google Moses Mabhida Stadium. That is one awesome stadium.
Post by: kbh triangle on March 21, 2017, 12:42:49 PM
Talking of filling in would the spoil from St. Peppers tunnels fill in the dock?
Quote from: efcforlife on March 21, 2017, 04:28:33 AM
Was talking more about the gradient than the proximity
Post by: Jamokachi on March 21, 2017, 02:03:14 PM
As nice as it looks I'd be distraught at the inside of our stadium being like that!
Be a shame not to make the most of the water, might lose a few balls but itd be interesting...
How about capacity, 60,000? Would we fill it, that's the important question
Quote from: Waltzer on March 21, 2017, 02:33:29 PM
Singapore?
Not currently, but if we're serious about wanting to be one of the top clubs in the country then we need the infrastructure to support that growth.
Quote from: Jamokachi on March 21, 2017, 02:39:02 PM
........................I think 50,000 is achievable on a regular basis ,given the amount of people who would go if they could get decent seats . Maybe 55,000 for certain games .
Plenty of new ''customers '' would be attracted by an iconic stadium with good catering facilities etc. It's a day out for some people and the actual football is only a part of it.
Post by: Lincs Toffee on March 21, 2017, 03:02:15 PM
Its still a bowl Con, and imagine the draft coming from down the Mersey through that gap in the end !! (cant be arsed to post pic, but I'm sure you know where I mean)
55k i reckon is about right. With a stadium plan that allows a further ~20k by easily filling in the corners we're all talking about.
I think we could do 55,000 easily if the ticket prices were right. Id love us to build the second biggest football ground outside of Wembley though, would be hilarious.
50 K with scope to move to 55k and on to 60k would be the ideal
With all the corporate boxes behind the TV cameras
Post by: Ramjam on March 21, 2017, 03:33:14 PM
Quote from: Bally on March 21, 2017, 03:32:01 PM
Why behind the tv cameras?
Quote from: Ramjam on March 21, 2017, 03:33:14 PM
So you can't see the empty seats just before and after half time, just one of those things that annoy me
Yep that's understandable
I think 55k should be the absolute minimum. I would prefer 60k though.
...................I'd like to see seat belts fitted to every seat so you can't leave before the end . Either that or be chained in like galley slaves :wag:
We couldn't see the 4th goal last week for people leaving early and standing in the gangways. We sit just behind the padded seats and they are the worst for bailing out early at half time ,like @Bally (http://www.nsno.co.uk/forums/index.php?action=profile;u=19) says.
What's the chance of the option for safe standing conversion behind our goal incase the laws would change. Maybe this could be incorporated into the design.
Like to see 55k capacity minimum with option to expand ofcourse.
Reckon wed easily fill that. Season ticket sales would go up. Sell around 45,000 then the rest general sale/away fans.
Also it would be a smigen more than the shites capacity.
I know that's not how we should be looking at it but the way Spurs have purposley made their new ground 61,000 just to be slightly above Arsenals I reckon it would be funny to wind them up more.
Should do the same as Spurs, have our capacity at exactly 100 more than the redshite.
Literally just said that then haha. Great minds think alike.
All well and good - but Anfield has just started looking into phase 2 of expansion.
Anfield road expansion got planning permission at the same time as their main stand, but they didn't want to start it until the main stand was complete and a review was done.
Long story short, they'll be playing in a 58, 800 seater stadium by the time we've built our new stadium.
(What is more interesting is that they have permission to build 8 apartments as part of the Annie Road build. I've wondered if you could attach a view of the pitch to that and charge an exorbitant amount fo annual rent as a further income stream to inflate the figures for FFP. Like Moshiri takes a pad for £1m a year or something)
They've shelved this plan haven't they? Something to do with the fans kicking off because they will have to increase ticket prices slightly once its built
ah, i hadn't heard that. I know they kicked off over the main stand for that.
But as the Anfield road was guaranteed to just be general sale tickets with no corp's i thought they were made up with it.
...........my kopite mate tells me it's still on and they want to raise capacity to 62,000 so they can host the Commonwealth Games.................ok.
One of the directors basically said that the increased prices in the main stand that they kicked off about were going to pay for the new anfield Rd end.
Therefore currently the next Expansion isn't viable.
Yeah I am sure I read somewhere the director of the shite said while the new big stand is impressive it wasn't the most financially viable option.
He was basically saying they have a limit to how much they can redevelop and expand. They have snookered themselves into staying there really.
Looking at what everyone else is doing / could do I think we should be going for 60,000.
There's too much worry over what the atmosphere would be like if we're averaging 53,000 say.
Barça "only" average 70k ish yet they're expanding to 100k capacity.
When Spurs is built, "if" L'pool expand and when Chelsea is redone that will mean all the other "big" clubs (plus West Ham :) ) will have 60k+ stadia.
It would be remiss to have a completely new build and position the capacity behind that level. We'd essentially be in the same position that we are now.
We're not a club that can charge huge ticket prices and we won't have 10-20k worth of corporate "customers" that would make up a capacity shortfall.
We need to have a capacity that will hold demand for big games. And this isn't our big games now - the stadium move is designed to have big games as late stages of the CL etc.
The club, from what I can see, are actively promoting a new fanbase with the vastly reduced rate season tickets for under 16's. As the Everton product increases revenue streams through social media and sponsorship it will increase the fan base. Fundamental points I admit but all aimed at the common goal to increase ground level fan support. An extra ten thousand seats will not be adequate if the club is successful with their current policies of increasing the fanbase. Many new grounds have a three tier seating arrangement of which some areas are left vacant for lesser games. I think everton will follow this template.
The rumours and points of reference to the Stadium keep gathering pace. This is definitely happening.
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Post by: Sir Stealth on March 21, 2017, 07:20:19 PM
The stage is set for what could quite possibly be the biggest let down in Everton history!and we've had our fair share!
Quote from: Sir Stealth on March 21, 2017, 07:20:19 PM
.................stand by for Operation Goodison Letdown . nod
"We've listened to the fans and noted how they have been talking about access, with that in mind we decided to go to the prestige location around a motorway. We're going to Stonebridge"
I desperately want to see us go on and win things as I was lucky enough to see in the past and I'm getting older!
However, I do get a little irritated at how many see only failure and disappointment. We've gone through financially hard times that, but for a fightback against Wimbledon, could have seen us languishing in a lower division and disaster rather than disappointment. We have more than just survived in recent years - we have lived comfortably in the upper half of the best league in the world.
If we acknowledge that achievement a little more then it may help to dispel some of the negative feelings and make us more realistic about our place in the game and let us enjoy what we all hope is now within touching distance.
Football is about passion and taking risks so let's enjoy the sheer excitement of the moment without forever pulling it down with pessimism about what may happen. If there isn't a risk where's the sense of achievement when we 'win'?
Haha you're telling me!!
Are Everton going to "Everton" this then?
The only positives I see more from this than any other stadium move is the fact that The Mayor of Liverpool is "secretly" behind this and we now have strong financial backing.
I think if this fails it'll be worse than any other ground move as we haven't really got an excuse this time around. Can't say we didn't have the funds so we'll see!
Can you imagine the reaction when nothing happens on Thursday
Haha obvs I hope we do have good news but it's probably a good idea to just see what happens and not expect the news we all want on Thursday!
I remember going to a semi final against this side that we hate at Wembley a few years ago. They had their 3rd choice keeper in goal, all we had to do was turn up!
I've been quite excited about the stadium but the closer the end of this week gets the more I'm thinking
'Hang on, things don't always go to plan as an evertonian!'
Post by: brap2 on March 21, 2017, 08:05:56 PM
Haha it's going to be a bit heavy this isn't it eh
That was on grand national day, I was at Aintree racecourse crying into my many many glasses of champagne which I stupidly and prematurely bought when we were 1-0 up
Fucking Distin!!!
65,000 and close to the pitch but no bowl? Something has to give there unless you have steep stands, deep stands or multiple tiers.
https://twitter.com/waynethompson73/status/843744561671389184
https://twitter.com/hancox_keith/status/844149111699968001
Post by: Corinthian on March 21, 2017, 08:38:58 PM
Quote from: BlueBeagle on March 21, 2017, 03:49:52 AM
Bowls are for Cornflakes.
Post by: Cereal Killer on March 21, 2017, 08:50:19 PM
exclusive first pics
(https://media.balls.ie/uploads/2015/07/01192513/oldstadium1.jpg)
Far to much green
Shouldn't there be a bath full of water down one side?
Quote from: ally2 on March 21, 2017, 08:10:54 PM
Each to their own, like, but I find multiple tiers are more visually appealing. That single tier stand at Tottenham's new ground looks out of place to me. Done right, I think multiple tiers help add intimacy to a ground and I personally think they're more overawing.
Single tiers are great when you've got orchestrated displays, when the whole stand is clad in the team's colours, when everyone's holding up flags or banners... I wouldn't want to be at the back of that tier though, I'd feel miles from the pitch.
Agreed, I really like the look of the Suprastadio. That would do me nicely....
Post by: Silas on March 21, 2017, 09:49:16 PM
Can we have a triangle? Fucking love triangles me
The comment section is hilarious, that Paul Hughes head has well and truly fell off at all of this.
So he's spat his dummy out because the shite were not informed that the land on Bramley Moor was available?
This is the one Meis is building for Roma.
http://www.meisstudio.com/work/#/stadiodellaroma/
It is a bowl but inside I have to admit I like the look of it.
Quote from: Cereal Killer on March 21, 2017, 08:50:19 PM
Vast improvement on Destination Kirkby at least
Apparently so, we should send him our transfer list as well, just in case Klopp wants to sign any of them!
Think he's done it as a bowl to resemble the Coliseum.
I presume that sort of thinking will influence what ours will look like.
This is sensational, roll on Thursday, there's a lot of banter to be had, next game at their place as well.
This is what I was thinking too. Meis work generally consists around heritage and history of what he is building it for, he has even mentioned this in some of his tweets.
I think it will fit in with how the area around it looks, it will have a lot of character and wont look like anything you will have seen before. It will blend in with the rest of the Liverpool skyline as part of the regeneration of the area as well, I think Meis will take in every aspect of our history and come up with something special.
I am not getting my hopes up. Not getting carried away for Thursday.
Post by: Bobbyconrad on March 21, 2017, 10:11:34 PM
He forgets to mention that we were rejected planning permission to build a stadium on Stanley park in the 90's but Liverpool were allowed and we were not consulted (both when the city was conveniently under the mayorship of a liverpool fan). the only history they can remember is 5 times and thats because its the highest number they can count to.
Post by: keiko on March 21, 2017, 10:16:27 PM
It is a great design, basing it on the colosseum may seem like an easy decision but why not! the colosseum is a masterpiece afterall.
the budget available to meis for our stadium will obviously be vital in the design specifications and stadium capabilities. I was reading about the Doha Sports City Stadium for the world cup which the meis design won, it had an unlimited budget! His design ended up at 1.6 billion... although it is heavily designed for multi-purpose use and not like a traditional football stadium whatsoever. It is amazing and has some unbelievable features and a design totally at fitting to its location and culture.
http://www.meisstudio.com/sport-city/
Everton obviously are not in the same galaxy in regard to a budget. But the process will still be about finding a good balance between an excellent purpose built football stadium that is still an arena which can be used all year, but fitting within the smaller budget. That does not mean a running track around it, though. It could mean 100 different things in both the interior and exterior, and maximizing it's use is not a negative, with good design it is something that enhances the building even on match days adding to the overall experience.
Wise you are my friend
Post by: Bluebridge on March 21, 2017, 10:31:29 PM
Quote from: Silas on March 21, 2017, 09:49:16 PM
And we could give naming rights to Dairylea !
Quote from: Bluebridge on March 21, 2017, 10:31:29 PM
Or grow the grass really long and call it the "Furry Triangle"
...........neither am I . Cancelled my gym and hairdo appointments ,ordered 2 cases of Stella and a tray of pies. Not leaving the house. Normal day really.
Post by: blob on March 21, 2017, 10:45:32 PM
stole my meccano design from 50 years ago.
it was also a shit idea then...
Absolutely pissing myself here. What a fucking cockwomble. I love that it's pissing them off.
Quote from: Brownie20 on March 21, 2017, 10:54:16 PM
I am being 100% serious when I thought a few of them where maybe slightly "miffed" at this.
Going through twitter I am genuinely shocked with how much they are all fuming about this. And it hasent even been announced yet.
Saying they should have been informed. They don't half have a strange sense of entitlement dont they?
That fella who wanted the ferry to North Wales to take centre place of the docks is gonna be pretty pissed off I think
How the fuck is he gonna get to Llandudno now?
Everton are truly inconsiderate bastards
Any rumours of Batman lights?
Typical jealous behaviour isn't it? They've been spoilt so long by the mainstream media. Hopefully, it's now our turn
Must be some kind of leaked design knocking about?
So if we build this that'll be three stadiums we've built in the city while all Liverpool have managed to put up is an extension. :)
Anfield Annex
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Robbed this off Facebook
Post by: School of Science on March 22, 2017, 01:56:59 AM
Do hope it doesn't leak Ram.
That's cheap can we have two? 😂😂😂
In all seriousness though have we had anything like this before in terms of anything official in regards to documentation in previous proposed builds?
Sod it im tempting fate, what the hell we calling it then? Think USM will be in the title somewhere?
How about simply call it
The USM Bramley Moore Stadium?
Post by: Risky on March 22, 2017, 02:10:50 AM
Top bellendry!
Post by: Brownie on March 22, 2017, 02:24:21 AM
The USM Corinthian Stadium or the USM Royal Blue Mersey Stadium
The USM Kopite Gallows
Haha they'll want to hang themselves if this all comes off! They won't be able to cope. They'll just shout 5 times and probably wanna move into Goodison. That's what they did last time! 😂😂😂
If you build it we will come
Quote from: School of Science on March 22, 2017, 01:56:59 AM
I'm sure with its proximity to the river that potential leakage will be one of the prime design concerns.
Something best happen on Thursday after all this!
The People's Stadium
God no. A stadium name based on a phrase once coined by David Moyes? No thanks.
Post by: Mick 1995 on March 22, 2017, 02:42:40 AM
You had all better hope he doesn't take inspiration from around the stadium to build something unique.
We'd end up with 4 monstrous red-brick rectangles right out of a Lego set due to what's around there.
Remember the old power station stadium mooted for Chelsea?
http://i2.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article819141.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/A%20mock%20up%20of%20how%20Battersea%20power%20station%20would%20converted%20as%20Chelsea%20FC's%20new%20stadium
Quote from: Mick 1995 on March 22, 2017, 02:42:40 AM
I thought that was great. Better than the shiny ring piece they're getting now.
Quote from: Macca77 on March 22, 2017, 02:31:15 AM
If they announce it we will come
Post by: Blue Lagoon on March 22, 2017, 02:52:30 AM
Liverpool Mersey MegaFon/USM Stadium
Having the location of Liverpool mentioned in the title would fuck the red shite off so bad they'd explode.
Having the name Mersey included would compound this :)
MegaFon or USM - as they're paying for it
Whilst I think of it, you know the way the red fuckers always refer to their club as "Liverpool Football Club" instead of just Liverpool. We should always refer to our stadium as the Liverpool Mersey USM stadium at Bramley Moore Dock Liverpool. Just to wind the cunts up :)
I quite like just 'USM' or 'USM Everton FC'
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So if this gets completed that's three football grounds we've built in our history, am I right?
How many teams have built three or more football grounds?
Nomad United?
Quote from: Zoolander on March 22, 2017, 02:52:30 AM
I'd rather not have Liverpool mentioned at all, We are Everton end of!!!
Post by: dixie-dean on March 22, 2017, 04:28:58 AM
Personally I'd love us to go completely mental and ignore everything before it when it comes to actual football stadiums and go with something like the lucas oil stadium.
Got a proper old Docklands warehouse look about it, get some proper steep stands inside it.
Create a bear pit.
There's so much to work with in a design sense - of the club, the city, the sea, the docks, the old and the new. I can't wait to see what they might have come up with.
Mad looking thing that Lucas Oil Stadium, proper moody.
Post by: pdentith on March 22, 2017, 06:26:38 AM
I spoke to somebody a few months ago who said they knew Moshiri wants something like the Lucas Oil stadium. Including the big window at one end overlooking the city.
Post by: GrantyBoy78 on March 22, 2017, 12:35:25 PM
Getting excited now!
It's close. Boobies!
Dunno if this guy has any credibility but this doesn't sound too good. Also said Joe has called a presser for 11am Thursday.
John Merro @johnmerro1 10h10 hours ago
No footy journalist has been invited to any event by #EFC on Thursday so any official stadium announcement will come via the club website.
Depends how you look at it. He seems quite well respected as an itk but I can't remember anything major or unexpected he has said. (Could be wrong just don't remember) he also told me Martinez was the future so who knows. He does seem to get media stuff right but not sure if it's his info or he just knows where to look online etc.
In terms of this being "not good" I wouldn't worry, I don't think this sort of announcement is a press conference type scenario.
A potentially related bit of info is that the academy lads who usually train on Thursday but have other commitments on a Wednesday are in today because they can't train Thursday. Maybe because something big is going on.
Spurs didn't have a press conference to announce theirs, neither did Chelsea, just got announced via their website
Anyone else notice the payer is in arrears by £2600 odd?
Quote from: phillyt on March 22, 2017, 02:57:47 PM
.................maybe Joe is having exclusive use of the facilities for a work-out . :blush:
"It wasn't me, it was the spooky Everton ghost!"
Don't listen to a word John Merro says.
He's maybe gloving up for a workout with Bomber
Nah he said he had cancelled his workout Thursday. Can't be that. Maybe it's his annual bath.
Everyone does realise that this is just imagery being released tomorrow, all the press will be after that, they will give them time to send all the questions to them so they can police them, they will then hold a presser for the official release, which I half imagine to be on the morning of the derby, with some sort of joke comment in the story to coincide with the date.
I'm astonished to hear that people thin kthere will be any press conference at all?
It'd be badly weird if there was.
Online images and maybe a few talking head soundbites from the architect/chairman/manager/captain.
Unless someone can point me to the press conference we had for Kings Dock/Kirkby? Whilst i wouldn't swear they didn't happen - i certainly don't remember them.
So will they announce that they've bought the land and then show some artists impressions of what it might look like do you think?
Im starting to get more sceptical with every passing second that anything will be announced tomorrow. Think people (including myself) put 2 and 2 together and made 5? The entire story came about as Joe Anderson has cleared his diary for tomorrow, if there isnt a press conference tomorrow, which it appears there isnt, why would you need to clear your diary?
Dont get me wrong I do think it will happen and I hope itll be tomorrow, just not sure!
Mate just sent me this and said April fool, got a cob on when I told him that its actually still March and the red seats make it look like their shitehole
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anyway....
People think there's a press conference for everything.
You have one to announce a new manager and that's it.
Everything else is fed through the media
This was the Echo unveiling the first pictures of Kirkby:
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/revealed-evertons-150m-kirkby-dream-3508347
From what i remember, besides the images, the first thing Everton 100% officially did was a q&a with Wyness?
With the Kings dock there was even less. Kenwright just did an interview with the Echo i think. It was a little while later that images were completed.
I'd say, based on what has happened in the past:
We have skipped the announcement that we are looking to move (replaced by AGM type confirmations)
We have skipped the announcement by Kenwright where we are moving (replaced by pap photos and Anderson not being able to hold his own water)
We are skipping the vote all together (no bad thing this time around)
IF we release images then we are well down the timeline and the club have just kept their powder dry
At a guess I'd imagine he hasnt actually cleared his diary. I think he was just being mischievous and letting the world know it's on.
We're from Liverpool.
It's pretty small time to shy away from that because there's another club in the city with that name.
(I'd go as far as including the use of city emblems such as the liver bird in that, but that's another issue.)
I think given the hype this week it might be a bit underwhelming if we just get an echo article with artists impressions of what the stadium might look like IF we purchase the land and get permission to build it there
The hype hasn't come from the club though has it?
Not even the Echo. Literally all that has happened is the mayor has said something is happening on Thursday.
The twitterati may have built up hype off the back of that, bu for the vast majority of people(i.e. non-twitter people) they just think something may be announced tomorrow and it'll be sound if it is.
So Joe can still make his hair appointment?
I'am expecting some sort of official announcement through the media tbh.
Basically something like, we're moving to Bramley Moore, this is what it will look like, this is how it's financed, this is when it will be completed, ps kopites are gobshites.
Pinched from twitter
Were on the march with Koeman's army
We're all off to Bramley Moore
You'll be in your shitty stand
with your ipads in your hand
and be gutted your not famous anymore.
i'm expecting the announcement with official images of the new ground..... eeeeeek
Post by: sirblue57 on March 22, 2017, 05:57:43 PM
Post by: dazfrancis on March 22, 2017, 06:02:30 PM
That's a bit RAWK-ey
On one hand that song, and almost all songs that you see people tweet about are terrible
On the other hand I have been trying to pen a song about Dominic Calvert-Lewin to the tune of Don't Cha by the Pussy Cat Dolls
There's a thin line between shite and genius
Post by: Toffee1 on March 22, 2017, 06:06:10 PM
Quote from: dazfrancis on March 22, 2017, 06:02:30 PM
Completely off topic but is your avatar an example of what Klopp would look like after he has had a bath?
Quote from: Toffee1 on March 22, 2017, 06:06:10 PM
It's more like what klopp would look like after a skull full of beak
Scans better to 'Don't you want me baby?' doesn't it?
That song can't be used again now as Bryan Oviedo has left
I don't mind Liverpool being in our address, I wouldn't want it as part of our stadium name though, We are Everton, not Everton in Liverpool.
Yup that's exactly what I expect
Happy arse, that's funny
What about Dominic Calvert Lewin to the tune of Seven nation army?
No that'd be shite too
Well at least it's original!
This kid is gonna go far (you, not DCL, although hopefully he will too!)
I hope you said this in a New York voice with a huge cigar on the go
Quote from: sam of the south on March 22, 2017, 09:12:40 PM
*Noo Yoik voice
Indeed, buddy
the esk @theesk 17m17 minutes ago
Heads will be falling off when details of the stadium financing are revealed tomorrow - very exciting
15 replies 14 retweets 32 likes
Reply 15 Retweet 14
..................oh and Witsel is ours.
It's happening!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The biggest fraud since that Nigerian fella robbed all my bank details him
https://www.reddit.com/r/Everton/comments/60volw/sharing_some_news/
I want to share some news I got from a friend.
"On our way home from an epic trip with the Norwegian Supportersclub! 140 Norwegian Evertonians made the trip. And what a trip it was! 4-0 win, AND WE MET DUNCAN after the game!! And on top of that we have some inside info on our new stadium in Bramley Moore. We got this from Joe Anderson, the mayor in Liverpool. This Thursday there is gonna be a pressconference where they will announce that we have bought the land. Finances are sorted WITHOUT Moshiris money. Moshiris money will be spendt on players only! Also new shirt sponsor for next season is USM! They are also heavy involved in the stadium, and thats why we can use Moshiris money on players!
i want pictures :(
I call bullshit. Didn't the echo say today or yesterday that we were in Tanzania and it's pretty much nailed on we're getting Sportpesa?
How has that been funded then without Moshiris money? As much as he's done well in trying to get us a new stadium I don't trust Joe Anderson one bit. Sting in the tail with this. No way we're not contributing a shit load of money to this
Yeah sportpesa is our new sponsor for next season.
Might well be mate. Thought it was worth throwing it out there. The Echo don't seem to get much actual info these days, and you wouldn't put it past Anderson to spill the beans to some random guy from Norway. But yeah, might be nonsense or someone on the windup.
could be that USM will go on the sleeve with Sportpesa on the front of the shirt, or the other way around?
Gotta be honest sports pesa being our sponsors next season, if it is to be true is a bit of a let down.
I just wish that was all true, heads will well and truly fall off 😁
Quote from: Audrey Horne on March 23, 2017, 12:17:12 AM
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Post by: Polledreng on March 23, 2017, 12:48:58 AM
bloody hell 140 Norwegians Not sure if we have 140 supporters in Norway. I was at the game and heard a few danes ( normally my som and I are the only ones talking danish) pretty sure I would have heard or seen 140 Norwegians ......
Quote from: Polledreng on March 23, 2017, 12:48:58 AM
Nah they were there. One of their supporters club did a podcast with the Echo before the game.
they took over the Winslow for the night after the match
Post by: Shogun on March 23, 2017, 12:59:28 AM
Quote from: Cozzie on March 23, 2017, 12:34:04 AM
I couldn't tell you any other team's sponsor so I'm not sure who it is really matters.
As long as they paying us a Whack of money I'm in
https://twitter.com/LivEchoEFC/status/844625732798222340
This will sound stupid but I won't sleep tonight, I'm honestly like a kid on chrimbo eve
Post by: sirblue57 on March 23, 2017, 01:36:01 AM
how are the inbreds on rawk taking it?
Post by: sam of the south on March 23, 2017, 01:48:01 AM
Quote from: sirblue57 on March 23, 2017, 01:36:01 AM
The Samaritans phone number is attached at the top of each page of the thread 😔
Just went on they are thinking that a - it won't happen and b - what's the big deal about being on the waterfront
Quote from: sam of the south on March 23, 2017, 01:48:01 AM
I won't sleep either - joys of having a teething one year old
Quote from: Brownie20 on March 23, 2017, 01:55:53 AM
Been there, done that, good luck
That sponsorship thing. Not saying our seal-clubbing cousins are right or wrong but that could also mean stadium naming rights rather than shirt sponsorship.
Something is most certainly happening tomorrow.
Lifted from GOT:
Ok. I've pm'd a few people but here is as much as I can say publicly:
- obviously it's the docks getting announced
- funding arrangement is a bit of shock. We will technically own the stadium but the full amount will be loaned to us via a somewhat complex and quite surprising arrangement over 30 years (i think). If certain questions are asked by journos it will be fascinating to hear everton's response
- the funding i am aware of (there may be more) is NOT coming from Moshiri or Usmanov
- Joe Anderson is going to hit the headlines massively and will get huge stick but has potentially done a very good deal for all parties
- i believe some plans will be revealed tomorrow although i have no idea how detailed these will be
Wouldn't that then put us back in massive debt?
Post by: phillyt on March 23, 2017, 02:28:17 AM
Who off GOT us it that WD1878 (I think) fella?
Quote from: phillyt on March 23, 2017, 02:28:17 AM
No mate
Post by: t2487 on March 23, 2017, 02:28:58 AM
I can categorically confirm that USM are not the shirt sponsor.
Not sure re: the stadium.
yes, but it would be investment rather than borrowing to pay the daily expenses like wages as has been the case in the past
Post by: eame on March 23, 2017, 02:33:13 AM
Happened to 'mention' innocently, to a red shite colleague today the an announcement was imminent tomorrow.
He replied with 'you can save money by not building a trophy room' I reminded him we built their trophy room and put trophies in it before they were even spawned and that although we might not have put any new stuff in the one at goodison for a while, the way things were looking with new investment and a new stadium we might have to alter the plans and build an even bigger one.
He called me a bitter knob, said I was dreaming and walked off shaking his scabby head. If this comes off tomorrow I think he will go on the sick!!!
No way we building a 400M + stadium without going into some debt.
Post by: GLewis on March 23, 2017, 02:41:50 AM
Only like a mortgage essentially.
No one was going to just go here's a load of money for a stadium.
If you think that we'll be there for 50+ years then as long as the debt costs aren't crippling then it's not an issue.
Quote from: eame on March 23, 2017, 02:33:13 AM
..............is this the guy who's saying LCC are going to lend the money ? Hard to believe such a loan could be promised by Joe without debate by the full council ,who are strapped for cash anyway .
Post by: eyesalwaysblue on March 23, 2017, 02:49:26 AM
Should have added we'd have got a lot more silver under Kendall if it hadn't been for you classless anus suckers
Quote from: eyesalwaysblue on March 23, 2017, 02:49:26 AM
Right, forgot about that.... on it tomorrow!! Cheers
I'd imagine it's either a loan underwritten by the council and we will pay them at a higher interest rate or they have bought the land and are going to lease it to us at a rate that gets them the money back + a chunk in interest within 30years and then they "gift" it to us.
Top man.....
Post by: bogie on March 23, 2017, 03:06:02 AM
so any set time tomorrow or is this going to be an F5 all day job ?
Quote from: bogie on March 23, 2017, 03:06:02 AM
LCC are skint, no chance they loaning us any money
Post by: brap2 on March 23, 2017, 03:16:18 AM
God I hope it isn't something that convoluted and shaky and bullshit...can't we just have a load of money and our dreams are answered?
.............maybe so but wouldn't it still would have to be debated by the council ?
I'll be sat in traffic waiting to get out of work at 5pm tomorrow
Wonder what Joe Anderson will be doing?
Don't worry, he will be telling the world what he is doing anyway.
ive heard 11am knocking about on twitter...
There'll be quite a kickoff if it is a loan underwritten by the council, given the cuts to public services. Arguably with some justification.
...............The Esk says 5pm so take your pick !!
Massive kick-off and protests id imagine
Post by: Silas on March 23, 2017, 04:02:50 AM
Staying at Goodison for a bajillion years it is.
Don't care as long as the whinging red fuckers pay their council tax on time.....
Yes, it wouldn't sit well with me
Perhaps, maybe it was done secretly due to the commercial sensitivity of the deal. Other options could include the council buying GP off us or it's going to tie into the commonwealth games.
I think if the council have lent us money from their existing coffers then fine a kickoff would be justified. If it's a case of the council have borrowed to buy the land, this is assuming they are just funding the land purchase and not the full stadium costs. If they borrow from another source at say 1.5% interest , the public purse is not technically paying out, the club then pay a ground rent/repayment to the council of 5% interest, as soon as Everton make the first payment the council has more money.
This is guess work based on speculation, particularly the comment above regarding JA taking stick but actually getting a good deal for the council. Sure it will all come out tomorrow.
Yeah, the council will have to make some money on this longterm (like the FF deal), or there's no way they be able to sell this proposal to the general public (assuming these leaks are accurate).
Where's the best forum to watch the koppite fume? I just fancy indulging in a bit of schadenfreud, or something that is spelt slightly differently!!!!
Quote from: Shropshire Blue on March 23, 2017, 04:36:45 AM
http://www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=315580.37320
The irony of a Liverpool fan calling a "conspiracy" theory on us is, frankly,fantastic
Not gonna lie, I'm concerned how this will be funded. Let's see what happens. I'm surprised nothing official has been lifted from somewhere there's been a few things but nothing concrete.
Joe Andersons intentions might be well and good for us but at what cost? Please don't make us question it Joe!
Lads, we've a billionaire majority shareholder who's best mate's with one of the richest men in the world and who's company is sponsoring Finch Farm. We're a football club playing in a multi billion pound league with more money being thrown at it than ever before, it's highly unlikely that we've gone to a skint LCC for money. They might have a hand in things somewhere but they won't be exposed to £3-400m, Moshiri might not be funding the stadium directly but unlike the Vibrac/Earl/Green days everything will be above board. (In my opinion) ;)
You do realize how a lot of these billionaires get stadiums payed for, right?
It's absolutely unreal to me how it's done, but it's done. A billionaire paying 20+ men each millions a year, but lets get the people making an average of 60k a year to pay for it, or half of it.... blows my mind sometimes.
Post by: American Evertonian on March 23, 2017, 05:43:27 AM
Not sure how it compares to the US but the system in the US is horrible for tax payers but amazing for owners of teams. John Oliver breaks it down well in this - funny video and long but worth the watch. Let's be honest - we all have the time
Bit of a North American trend developing here, lads. ;)
Doesn't LCC''s contribution depend on what it thinks the city will get out of it? It won't simply be a profit / loss in terms of what money is in the city''s bank now.
It will help to regenerate an area that in turn will attract more business and more money. In the short term it will provide jobs to build it. There is then the opportunity to develop the area around Goodison. Perhaps the city buys that? There is the image of the city in the wider world which, again, attracts more business and wealth and so on.
I couldn't even begin to understand all the wheeling and dealing that will go on and neither, I suppose, will all those koppites.
Do I join their forum and subtly snd mischievously wind them up?
Just hope Joes not spun a yarn saying that the IOC have said it's on for us with the games and that's how the funding will come into play then it all goes tits up and we're looking like a spare prick at a wedding!
Those bitter cunts are going bananas over there at rawk Joe Anderson should be jailed and the 5% poll tax increase is building the BMD stadium, it's a fucking great read.
Have we got a new stadium yet?
It's weird to read the shire and then realise they talking about us.
It would be hilarious if Anderson was referring to the common wealth games being announced today and not the stadium.
Post by: fubarruk on March 23, 2017, 12:45:14 PM
Part of me is secretly hoping nothing happens today just to show what a know nothing fraud The Esk is, the bellend.
1pm...
https://twitter.com/joe_strange/status/844818135425310720
I'd believe him if his name was Strange Joe
Happy Bramley Moore Day to one and all x
https://twitter.com/DomingosDsco/status/844813725093675010
Quote from: American Evertonian on March 23, 2017, 05:43:27 AM
Totally worth watching
If I don't see something like this by 5pm I'm gonna go kopite!
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I like your style mate
Post by: Lazarou on March 23, 2017, 02:26:19 PM
I hope this is not a Lukaku type contract signing let down. I pumped and primed to rub the red shite noses in it at work. They have been lording it up for 20 years over me. Have it.
I hope my boss isnt expecting a lot of work from me today, sorry girl, it's just not gonna happen.
<f5 f5 f5 f5 f5 f5 f5 f5 f5>
I think we should get our Tesco bags ready for the derby to wave back at them.
Never go full Kopite!!
Going to be sub-deadline day levels of productivity across the board today.
Today I shall be mostly signed out on 'project work'....
Ahhh good morning everyone.
Gonna be a rampant F5 job I think for me today.
Yessssssss
No data left on my phone. Thought this site was blocked in work, but I thought wrong.
COYB
Where do people think best place to get the news asap is?
Here?
Twitter?
Official Club site?
Google news?
............RAWK
The Dagobah system
Twitter is probably going to be the first place to tell you where the news is.
But obviously hitting f5 on both the Echo and the clubs OS is going to be the surest way of seeing the actual news first.
We've already lined up a copy and paste version for you incase it's the echo haha
Morning lads :)
The sun is shining, hot cuppa tea, lets do this!!
Post by: Danny on March 23, 2017, 03:35:26 PM
Wouldn't it be amazing if Lukaku and Barkley announced new deals today as well, it'd be like when he signed full time and about 3 other players signed long term contracts in the space of a few days.
https://twitter.com/markvanmarle/status/840592034339659777
Mental to think that today is one of the biggest days in the clubs history and im just sat in bed in my boxers.
so do we think plans are going to be announced today as well? Or just that we have purchased the land...
Quote from: Thornton_19 on March 23, 2017, 03:36:21 PM
Will probably be how most of our bitter neighbours will be tomorrow as they call in sick and realise that Everton are on the way to bigger and better things.
Quote from: Audrey Horne on March 23, 2017, 03:39:24 PM
confirmation we've bought the land and a generic plan/layout of the site (heavily noted as pending planning permission etc etc) along the lines of:
(http://i.onfinite.com/0SPl8lsyd.jpg)
Meiss was appointed last September iirc.
By Jan dont think we had formally agreed which of the 2 sites were going to happen.
Meiss deffo has designs, but whether they are final or not would depend on if he started on 2 sets of design last September
i hope its something more detailed. Beggars cant be choosers though i suppose!
Early leaked images are... ambitious.
Please remember this is all pending planning permission etc and just an indication at this stage...
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Apparently the council are making an announcement at 5pm. Nothing expected from Everton.
Details will be vague
Details may be vague
A serious attack of goosebumps when I read that .NSNO
I have no homosexual tendencies but ! If Mr Moshiri does what we hope !
What exactly are you offering here...? My no homosexual tendencies are interested in your no homosexual tendencies...
I'm just gonna be a pest on here all day I think :)
Excitement levels have just gone to droopy stance. I was hoping to get blown away today. Maybe it could have waited until everything was in place?
Quote from: Lazarou on March 23, 2017, 04:07:50 PM
Yeah, i'm starting to think there may just be a business annoucement from LCC or Peel to say an agreement has been reached.
One cryptic tweet that could be about anything aside, the only thing pointing to this being about a stadium is the Echo telling us it it.
But that could be a case of modern "journalism" just repoprting what people on twitter are saying.
Man, 85 pages of this! Has this surpassed the Nzogbia thread yet? 😂😂😂
Oh ffs
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That looks like Megatrons head.
Is it 5 oclock yet
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Anderson's a fucking gimp
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But what about the cladding?
This is what I'm reading everywhere too
Was just going to post this
Can't see why the council would be making an announcement.
It would either be Peel or us.
LCC will only enable elements of the deal.
As @Alanvideo (http://www.nsno.co.uk/forums/index.php?action=profile;u=466) has said if there was any sort of agreement of council funding it would have had to go to a public meeting (even if the exact details weren't publicly disclosed).
Post by: Tinga on March 23, 2017, 04:57:43 PM
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I've heard it's actually a 1pm
New stadium announcement
Lukaku signs new contract
Barkley signs new contract
Rooney deal agreed
The Sun banned
Sport Pesa sponsorship
Corona new main sponsor plus free beer at every game
Some/all of this to be announced today
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Why would the council announce anything?
The way the echo are going on I'm expecting a full announcement from the club
Unless the announcement is a new stadium will be built on the docks for the upcoming commonwealth games ;)
Noooooo Jimmy...
Well if I knew I would tell you but I have no experience
I can never understand with anything like this and not just Everton why we have to have all the rumour and conjecture. Someone from the club or someone directly involved needs to just clarify the time and by whom and I can then get on with my day until then. Not hard is it?
The powers that be must know it's doing everyone's nut in.
Strap yourself in - A sensible post on Rawk
I'm really not fussed if LCC lend them the money. In fact, it'd be good for the city because:
It'll help kick start Liverpool Waters
It's not money they could EVER borrow to fund services
LCC will make a profit which they CAN use to run services
The loan with likely by guaranteed by Moshiri et al, so they would have to stump up personally if the Ev can't pay
More visitors to the city
Potential for Commonwealth Games use
Potential for multi-use
Re-use of Goodison, likely as housing in partnership with Riverside or something.
Any fears regarding their capacity being larger than our is pretty childish, in my view. In any event, the Mancs have had a bigger stadium than us since year dot. pretty much and we've spent decades making them look daft.
Good look to em.
ugh cunt. fucking hate them not being bothered by us.
Post by: formerKHL on March 23, 2017, 05:10:31 PM
WHAT....are you suggesting EFC come out and make a statement of intent......
Throw him to the floor centurian.....
sits back and waits for the public flogging....
I'm not really arsed if it's only a minor announcement or which party it comes from as long as it's absolute confirmation that it's happening.
If all the speculation is true about LCC making the announcement does it matter?
Whatever the behind the scenes dealing they will have to have been heavily involved to bring it to fruition.
Image and publicity is all important to politicians - if they get it wrong we don't vote for them. This could be a massive photo op for Liverpool that stretches far beyond Merseyside.
In addition why Peel? Doesn't mean a thing to anyone not interested in this redevelopment. If Everton do it it's a big football story for a few hours. I can't actually remember anything from any announcement from another club about a new ground. It's ordinary news today. Joe announces it from LCC and the potential media interest is much wider.
And Jimmy is right about funding - if there is a short term cost to LCC there will be a long term profit that goes towards services. All councils are now looking at ways to make money commercially as money from taxes reduces.
Throwing my toys out the pram if all we get is an announcement from the council that it's getting done.
We've all known that for six months.
aarrrggghhhh.
COCKTEASE
Just been on a little walk down past Bramley Moor, and the pub is quite busy for 11.30 on a Thursday
It being a council announcement as something that can potentially help the city for many years to come makes more sense in the sense of getting joe public on side than a big all singing dancing unveil from Everton with a side note that the council are acting as a facilitator to a loan which people will simply think is the council giving money to Everton now that could be spent fixing potholes.
A slow steady roll out of information getting the facts out clear sounds good to me.
"In any event, the Mancs have had a bigger stadium than us since year dot. pretty much and we've spent decades making them look daft."
How exactly have they made them look daft when United have been THE dominant force in English football in the last 25 years winning a fuck load of leagues, FA cups and 2 European cups?
Delusional cunt
just hoping any announcement doesn't use the words "athletics" and "re-tractable seating" shakeyheadman
Post by: dangermouse on March 23, 2017, 05:53:58 PM
http://captiongenerator.com/420632/Hitler-Evertons-New-Stadium
Quote from: dangermouse on March 23, 2017, 05:53:58 PM
I'm giggling like an absolute tit at my desk in work at that
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/mar/23/everton-waterfront-bramley-moore-dock-merseyside-stadium?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
"Dont cry weve still got our big stand with elevators" :) :) :)
Two Intersting points :
The detail of the cost is confidential but an announcement will follow later on Thursday.
It is not a foregone conclusion that Everton will end up at Bramley Moore Dock - they are yet to submit a planning application, something that is not expected to happen until the end of 2017 - but they are confident of being able to secure the funding to make the project a reality.
oh well thats shit.
https://twitter.com/daviddownie17/status/844877829426872320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fs9e.github.io%2Fiframe%2Ftwitter.min.html%23844877829426872320
I get the impression there will be more to come today.
However did they keep this a secret for so long?
I believe funding won't be an issue.
The money is ring fenced... :whistle:
I've got a parents evening til 7pm. I'm going to be so behind the times
Post by: Robioto on March 23, 2017, 06:58:45 PM
Nothing we don't already know, just more coverage.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/38971380
(http://www.nsno.co.uk/forums/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=54904.0;attach=7621;image)
This is the meeting tonight...
http://councillors.liverpool.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=1491&MId=15797
Could come under either the 10 streets stuff or the commonwealth games bit.
Note to add re the meeting. It's only a select committee meeting so it wouldn't be authorised to do anything re funding.
(http://img.pandawhale.com/107190-sad-Yoda-gif-Imgur-HwbV.gif)
No Joe Anderson on the attendance list?
Anderson was definitely talking about the commonweath games wasn't he?
Quote from: Robioto on March 23, 2017, 07:03:29 PM
Guess he'll be on site...
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/everton-bramley-moore-stadium-announcement-12780955
As an initial report, especially given funding is still not secured (might we expect more at 5?), it's a little underwhelming.
Frankly though, it's still incredible news.
People on here have been suggesting and hoping for a stadium as part of Liverpool Waters since at least 2010. It was always a non-starter.
Now it's not.
Post by: Gary1878 on March 23, 2017, 07:19:48 PM
Hopefully we will get a much better idea of how far along they are in the plans.
I would imagine that there is a contract in place to buy the land based on planning permission being granted to build the stadium.
If we have therefore found the site for the stadium, then surely 18 months planning will suffice, so build start date of September 2018? In the stadium for start of 2019/20 season? (Dreaming here, but still has realistic assumptions!)
Quote from: Gary1878 on March 23, 2017, 07:19:48 PM
add a year or 2 on i'd say. No way will it sail through planning. I'd be astonished if this wasn't called in for a number of reasons.
Yeah perhaps. It does depend on how much help we get from the council though i suppose. If they want to push this through, then i don't see why 18 months isn't possible. However with most of these things, i guess we can expect delays.
oh, they will definitely want to push it through.
But there are a number of bodies that will protest this and try to put a halt to it. (because there aways is).
If they are loud enough then it will be called in by central government and they can take ages to review something.
So we waiting for something to happen but nothing is probably going to happen. Am I reading this right?
I think a lot thought that there would be more info than what we have found out so far, so yes
Loads of shitty little fansites and podcasts have built this up to something it isnt to generate more hits.
I thought NSNO was a bit more than that?.
"BBC Merseyside understands..."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-39356244
Quote from: Tinga on March 23, 2017, 08:00:59 PM
NSNO will rightly distance themselves from my comments.
It's true though. Just look at twitter, load of biffs still saying 'We expect more to be announced, oh tune into our special podcast at 5pm btw'
Post by: TheTone on March 23, 2017, 08:07:34 PM
is it built yet lids?
Post by: pdentith on March 23, 2017, 08:12:07 PM
No it's not. That is a meeting from the 28th Feb. It's 23 March today. Looking at all the Committee meetings I can't see any scheduled for today. There is a planning meeting next week though.
Post by: Makis on March 23, 2017, 08:18:06 PM
Quote from: TheTone on March 23, 2017, 08:07:34 PM
Yeah, looks fabolous. Go check it out yourself today!
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I'm attending one from half 4 hahahah
I cancelled and re arranged my lads parents evening so his mum could take him instead, always thinking you see
Post by: Rhys on March 23, 2017, 08:43:18 PM
It's also because of how social media is now it is so easy for things to spread quickly and expectations get bigger and bigger. Plus you will get people or sites on twitter wanting to make it seem like they have info they might not so are happy to big things up and each time someone makes a tweet about it being a huge announcement peoples expectations rise further. As a result peoples expectations have grown from there will be some kind of announcement to people expecting the club to come out with plans and announce moving in dates by 5pm today.
If this was a decade ago we wouldnt have had the mayor of liverpool talking about it on twitter, we wouldnt have had any access to the architect involved and noise about it would have been kept to a minimum. There would have been rumblings and rumours but ultimately it would have been an announcement made that we've agreed a deal to purchase land and details to follow.
A deal for the land is the first part of the process, and it's a really good step because realistically they wouldnt have got to the point where the land purchase is agreed and announced unless they knew the next steps including funding to build it weren't going to be an issue. It's not like Kirkby where there was fan opposition let alone obstacles from locals, or the Kings Dock where we had no idea if we could get the money together, or WHP where there was no chance the council were going to fund it for us.
This is good news, and if this is the only news about it today, social media hyped rumours shouldnt make people disappointed about what is the first step to what is finally going to happen this time.
Quote from: pdentith on March 23, 2017, 08:12:07 PM
Ha not sure why I thought clicking on the calendar would bring up today's date...
Liverpool Waters tweet:
The perfect day to hit 4000 followers! Keep your eyes peeled for some exciting news coming soon...! #LiverpoolWaters #Liverpool
Quote from: Rhys on March 23, 2017, 08:43:18 PM
Especially as @van der Meyde (http://www.nsno.co.uk/forums/index.php?action=profile;u=12) says the prospect of it being in Liverpool Waters was always seen as a pipe dream as Peel didn't want a ground there.
Ashworth is on record as saying specificsally he didn't want a stadium there.
Then the financial world turned to shit, HS2 said it wasn't gonna come closer than Crewe and preservationists destroyed Liverpool waters to the point Peel will accept anything 'big' getting built there.
Plus we can afford something that won't look shite ;)
Plus we aren't asking for the land for free
Yeah, I can't do that.
My nan used to tell me there's no such word as can't.
Confused the shit out of me cause i was pretty certain there was - i'd just used it after all.
Then, when i had kids i realised she was going all yoda on me.
Who is PEEL and why do they have so much say?
They own mucho land.
Liverpool Airport, Trafford Centre and pretty much all docklands in merseyside.
Think they sold the TC.
They own the ship canal and the port at Salford too.
Post by: Fynci on March 23, 2017, 10:18:56 PM
This is exciting. Has there been anything about the proposed capacity, or are we not into that level of detail yet?
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/mar/23/everton-waterfront-bramley-moore-dock-merseyside-stadium
This is all I know
36 minutes....
.............http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/the-biggest-company-youve-never-heard-of-lifting-the-lid-on-peel-group-the-property-firm-owned-by-8890201.html
Looks like we will still be waiting for the funding of the stadium and planning permission
A step in the right direction though
Looking forward to seeing some pics of what it might look like
Post by: chang on March 23, 2017, 10:28:14 PM
Everton Bramley Moore stadium announcement LIVE - Deal agreed with Peel with full details to come at 5pm
Think the funding issue will be done already or at least all lined up pending planning permission.
Post by: WeimaranerBlues on March 23, 2017, 10:31:09 PM
got to go out , wont be back in till after 6pm , hope its all worth the wait and I miss loads , should be over 100 pages by the time I get back
Listening to Radio City now supposed announcement at 5.
Sky reporting breaking news from Everton too.
Start the clock....................
feel sick
Everton and Liverpool City Council are set to agree the principles of an innovative finance model that will support the Club’s ambition to build an iconic waterfront stadium at Bramley Moore Dock.
Earlier this week, Everton and Peel agreed Heads of Terms to acquire a site at Bramley Moore Dock - which forms part of a £5bn Liverpool Waters scheme - from Peel Holdings, subject to planning consent. The announcement follows detailed negotiations between Peel and Everton Football Club, brokered by the Mayor of Liverpool, Joe Anderson.
A report will be presented to the council’s cabinet next Friday (31 March) recommending that the City Council progress Heads of Terms to create a new Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) company which will take a lease of the stadium from a funder and, in turn, sub-lease it to the Club.
The recommendation being presented to the council’s cabinet follows months of talks between the Club and the local authority and following advice from independent financial and legal experts who have reviewed Everton’s “robust business case”.
Under the proposed finance structure of the SPV the council will not provide any finance for the new stadium, which is anticipated to cost in excess of £300m and will be fully funded by the Club.
Robert Elstone, Everton’s Chief Executive, said: “Over the past year, the Club has worked with the support of the Council and we are grateful for the ‘can-do’ approach that has got us to this important milestone. We are particularly grateful for the role the Mayor has played to date in our talks with Peel and for his support in this important step in the journey towards reaching a funding solution for the stadium.
“We are delighted that we have been able to agree Heads of Terms with Peel, giving us control of the Bramley Moore Dock site and allowing us the time we need to complete the substantial further work required to be able to confirm the project’s viability.
“We can now move forward into the next phase of work with much greater confidence. Clearly, it is vital we have clarity on cost and we have to recognise that the stadium will be significantly more expensive at Bramley Moore Dock. To get that certainty, and ensure the stadium is affordable, we need to confirm stadium design, capacity and configuration. And to do that, we need to talk to fans, partners and all stakeholders in the project. We’re committing to that consultation. We’re also committed to keep fans fully informed as the project develops and as other milestones are reached.
“We’re keen to stress not only the scale of the work ahead but also the remaining risks and uncertainties. We’re delighted we’ve secured the site and we’re equally delighted the Mayor is continuing to support our financing model, but significant hurdles remain, not least the preparation and submission of a detailed planning application. Receipt of a successful planning approval at some point early next year will be the most significant step towards bringing the stadium to life.”
The council will benefit from an annual security fee payable by the Club in return for the council’s participation. The support provided to the Club will not impact the future borrowing needs and involves no financial outlay for the council.
The proposed stadium will be a catalyst for economic regeneration and job creation in north Liverpool and would complement the council’s proposed £100m regeneration drive in the surrounding area, which includes a new Cruise Liner terminal and the recently launched masterplan for the Ten Streets area.
Mayor of Liverpool, Joe Anderson, said: “I’m delighted that we have got to a stage where the city and Everton can publicly share the vision for the Club’s potential new home at Bramley Moore Dock.
“I understand that creating this financial arrangement is a small step in a long journey for the Club, but it is the first step and for that reason it is a special moment in the city’s - and Everton’s - long illustrious history. If things progress as we all hope, it marks the beginnings of a new and exciting chapter.
“The proposed new stadium will be a landmark for the city’s spectacular north Liverpool waterfront and a powerful statement of intent for the Club and the city of Liverpool that will resonate globally.
“From the city’s perspective, the stadium would complement and accelerate the regeneration plans already in place for north Liverpool, much like the way our partnership with Liverpool FC in the Anfield Project did for their stadium expansion which has benefitted the wider Anfield community.”
Today’s announcement follows on from Peel’s declaration at the MIPIM Property Conference last week of other deals totalling £300m of investment in the Liverpool Waters scheme.
Lindsey Ashworth, Director of Development at Liverpool Waters, said: “We are delighted to have agreed Heads of Terms with Everton Football Club regarding the development of a state-of-the-art football stadium at Bramley Moore Dock.
“It’s been an exciting and progressive couple of weeks for Peel, first unveiling our vision for the new Central Docks neighbourhood at Liverpool Waters and now reaching an initial agreement with Everton for a new waterfront stadium.
“It’s important to remember that this is the start of a long process and we will be working very closely with Everton, Liverpool City Council and Historic England to better understand the site and develop the proposals. As the current owners, we have a level of knowledge and experience of the site which we believe will help Everton deliver not just a new stadium but a stunning addition to Liverpool’s northern waterfront.”
Subject to approval being granted by cabinet, the council will finalise the detailed Heads of Terms over the next three months which will then allow the Club to progress with the preparation of a planning application.
Yay. All over the place now.
Get in.
No council funding
Hopefully everton don't make the same mistake that they did with the cladding
We've got loads of experts on architecture here, use our knowledge Everton!
We could probably get the whole thing built and ready for the start of the 17/18 season!
Must make the Kopites sick that. One less thing they can moan about.
Beat me to it
Working till 8pm, can somebody put it in a nutshell whats happened / happening?
Fancy that eh, little old Everton funding a new stadium all by themselves, cheeky bastards
"As the current owners, we have a level of knowledge and experience of the site which we believe will help Everton deliver not just a new stadium but a stunning addition to Liverpool's northern waterfront"
This all sounds like Moshiri and pals are funding this in a SPV, with the club leasing it back from the vehicle, giving them a nice yield/income per annum. Very clever. Avoids expensive banks and the council, and allows Everton to have the home that we all want!
How many Kopites with an axe to grind are we gonna run into during the planning permission stage, though? 🤔
Sorry for my ignorance but does this mean we won't own it, merely lease it?
Full details here...
http://councillors.liverpool.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=1201&MId=15591&Ver=4
Post by: rbbrslmn on March 23, 2017, 11:22:26 PM
none, Peel tend to get exactly what Peel want
Interview here;
http://bit.ly/2mwJQlV.
Everton and Liverpool City Council are set to agree the principles of an innovative finance model that will support the Club's ambition to build an iconic waterfront stadium at Bramley Moore Dock.
A report will be presented to the council's cabinet next Friday (31 March) recommending that the City Council progress Heads of Terms to create a new Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) company which will take a lease of the stadium from a funder and, in turn, sub-lease it to the Club.
The recommendation being presented to the council's cabinet follows months of talks between the Club and the local authority and following advice from independent financial and legal experts who have reviewed Everton's "robust business case"�.
Robert Elstone, Everton's Chief Executive, said: "Over the past year, the Club has worked with the support of the Council and we are grateful for the "can-do' approach that has got us to this important milestone. We are particularly grateful for the role the Mayor has played to date in our talks with Peel and for his support in this important step in the journey towards reaching a funding solution for the stadium.
"We are delighted that we have been able to agree Heads of Terms with Peel, giving us control of the Bramley Moore Dock site and allowing us the time we need to complete the substantial further work required to be able to confirm the project's viability.
"We can now move forward into the next phase of work with much greater confidence. Clearly, it is vital we have clarity on cost and we have to recognise that the stadium will be significantly more expensive at Bramley Moore Dock. To get that certainty, and ensure the stadium is affordable, we need to confirm stadium design, capacity and configuration. And to do that, we need to talk to fans, partners and all stakeholders in the project. We're committing to that consultation. We're also committed to keep fans fully informed as the project develops and as other milestones are reached.
"We're keen to stress not only the scale of the work ahead but also the remaining risks and uncertainties. We're delighted we've secured the site and we're equally delighted the Mayor is continuing to support our financing model, but significant hurdles remain, not least the preparation and submission of a detailed planning application. Receipt of a successful planning approval at some point early next year will be the most significant step towards bringing the stadium to life."�
The council will benefit from an annual security fee payable by the Club in return for the council's participation. The support provided to the Club will not impact the future borrowing needs and involves no financial outlay for the council.
The proposed stadium will be a catalyst for economic regeneration and job creation in north Liverpool and would complement the council's proposed £100m regeneration drive in the surrounding area, which includes a new Cruise Liner terminal and the recently launched masterplan for the Ten Streets area.
Mayor of Liverpool, Joe Anderson, said: "I'm delighted that we have got to a stage where the city and Everton can publicly share the vision for the Club's potential new home at Bramley Moore Dock.
"I understand that creating this financial arrangement is a small step in a long journey for the Club, but it is the first step and for that reason it is a special moment in the city's - and Everton's - long illustrious history. If things progress as we all hope, it marks the beginnings of a new and exciting chapter.
"The proposed new stadium will be a landmark for the city's spectacular north Liverpool waterfront and a powerful statement of intent for the Club and the city of Liverpool that will resonate globally.
"From the city's perspective, the stadium would complement and accelerate the regeneration plans already in place for north Liverpool, much like the way our partnership with Liverpool FC in the Anfield Project did for their stadium expansion which has benefitted the wider Anfield community."�
Today's announcement follows on from Peel's declaration at the MIPIM Property Conference last week of other deals totalling £300m of investment in the Liverpool Waters scheme.
Lindsey Ashworth, Director of Development at Liverpool Waters, said: "We are delighted to have agreed Heads of Terms with Everton Football Club regarding the development of a state-of-the-art football stadium at Bramley Moore Dock.
"It's been an exciting and progressive couple of weeks for Peel, first unveiling our vision for the new Central Docks neighbourhood at Liverpool Waters and now reaching an initial agreement with Everton for a new waterfront stadium.
"It's important to remember that this is the start of a long process and we will be working very closely with Everton, Liverpool City Council and Historic England to better understand the site and develop the proposals. As the current owners, we have a level of knowledge and experience of the site which we believe will help Everton deliver not just a new stadium but a stunning addition to Liverpool's northern waterfront."�
BUMP^^^
Good read this, going to share it with a few (Kopite) friends
Looks like its envisaged that we'd be in there for 20/21.
Post by: bluenuck on March 23, 2017, 11:27:40 PM
Quote from: rbbrslmn on March 23, 2017, 11:22:26 PM
Seems it doesn't matter where they are. Developers are all the same. They get what they want.
Post by: Ball8y on March 23, 2017, 11:33:11 PM
big stand will send season tickets to the planning team at the council.....
So we now own the land then?
I'm so confused by all of this if someone could spell it out in really simple terms that would be boss
Liverpool fans are loving this and Everton fans too... It's killing my brain
Bought the land and the money for the stadium is ringfenced so should all go swimmingly
What he said, I've got no idea what this all means, bullet points are needed
We own Bramley moore dock lands. Bought it from PEEL holdings.
We have a plan in place with the city and PEEL to build a stadium on that land.
That's the gist of what I got.
The leasing part is a bit confusing...
Might help.
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/new-everton-stadium-money-from-12788250
We've agreed a fee to buy the land, the structure of the funding for building the stadium is in place. The next stage is designs and apparently consultations with the fans, and then we'll put in a planning application early next year.
This is the article to read.
Post by: Ari on March 23, 2017, 11:45:56 PM
Is this a step further than any other "new ground for Everton" before?
Is a "planning application" what you guys call a building permit?
If it's bullet-points you want, @kramer0 (http://www.nsno.co.uk/forums/index.php?action=profile;u=4360) is who you need...
Let's swerve the footnotes though.
No chance they could have done an artists impression of a potential stadium like?!
Just a little something to wet my beak!
Title: [News]Everton announce potential Bramley Moore Dock stadium – at last
Post by: Everton News on March 23, 2017, 11:51:34 PM
Everton announce potential Bramley Moore Dock stadium – at last
Everton and Liverpool City Council have announced an intention to build a new home for the Blues at Bramley Moore Dock on the Liverpool waterfront after 125 years at Goodison Park.
Source: Everton announce potential Bramley Moore Dock stadium – at last (https://www.nsno.co.uk/everton-news/2017/03/everton-announce-potential-bramley-moore-dock-stadium-last/)
Jimmy - we're moving home.
I'm sure that all LFC supporters can now understand that there is no cost to the City and they can finally have closure and move on. In addition it opens up a new revenue stream for Anfield where the height of the new stand makes for an ideal viewing platform on the top where rows of those coin in the slot telescopes can be installed with the little metal steps in front enabling visitors to get a clear view of a football ground.
I'm not sure he can 😁
Love you, @kramer0 (http://www.nsno.co.uk/forums/index.php?action=profile;u=4360) :hug:
Post by: bramley moore 1878 on March 23, 2017, 11:59:13 PM
In bullet points
- We've agreed to buy the land and peel have given it over to Everton. We will pay for it and it will become ours legally upon completion of the stadium.
- The council and Everton have jointly agreed to enter into an SPV (a company created for a single purpose). This company will go to the market to raise the £300 million with the council as the "guarantor" for the loan.
- The loan money will build our nice new stadium.
- The SPV will own the stadium but Everton will receive all revenues from running it.
- Everton will pay interest to the SPV to service the loan and also give a payment to the council for being guarantor. This will be £14 million a year in total.
- At the end of the term (is it 30 years?) the loan will be paid off and the SPV will be dissolved.
- Full ownership of the stadium will pass to Everton.
The Mayor said: “Liverpool Council will have first take on season tickets, on the players themselves, on the naming rights, on the ownership of the stadium and of the television rights"
This doesn't sound that great or is it just me, appears, despite getting a billionaire owner were still not funding it ourselves and won't get all of the benefits?
Don't get me wrong I'm made up but I want my cake to have the cherry I the top, or has it and I'm missing something?
Quote from: Shropshire Blue on March 23, 2017, 11:57:23 PM
Have 10,000 likes
Not enough like buttons for this post.
Only the addition of the word 'real' before 'football ground' could make it even more Oscar Wilde-esque
Post by: Robioto on March 24, 2017, 12:02:09 AM
That's only if we can't afford the annual repayments which are around £4m-£4.5m.
For example, if we were to get relegated and couldn't afford the annual fee then they have access to our other revenue streams to pay it off. It's security for the lender.
I'll never forget the artists impression of a potential stadium for Kings Dock. Don't know who did it then but I am really glad it wasn't done now. I'm still sceptic about it but this is just me.
Is it safe to enjoy and celebrate?
Quote from: Robioto on March 24, 2017, 12:02:09 AM
relegation parachute payments would look after that
the "problem" comes if we have two or three seasons of finishing 16th
Would love to see them bring the cross bridging from the Bullens end and bring it into the new stadium some how.
The new York Yankees did this with their facade "arches" when they built their new stadium.
Tell you what if I've read this right Anderson has played an absolute blinder here.
He gets his club a new home and through this spv generates an added £4.4 mill into the council coffers. Is that about right?
That added money could kick start some much needed regeneration and repair around the city!
We dared to dream... now we've woken it's no longer a dream... pinch me someone!!
I would like the stadium to be more 'industrial' on the outside in looks than a shiney spaceship.. like that Lucas Oil one someone posted. Could you imagine how intimidating that would be for opponents, but modern inside? Gladitorial stylee!! Keep the historical aspects of the front... The 4th Grace Stadium sounds nice
Post by: dangermouse on March 24, 2017, 12:11:30 AM
Post by: Corinthian on March 24, 2017, 12:13:59 AM
I'm no expert at all but that's the way I see it too
Yep - it's fantastic news for the city of Liverpool, regardless of the colour of your shirt.
Quote from: Trowel on March 24, 2017, 12:14:03 AM
The redshite will still moan, it's what they do
Post by: dazfrancis on March 24, 2017, 12:19:10 AM
I like Moshiri's ambition going for the prime, soon-to-be-iconic option.
NSNO
£4.4m a year for 40 years sounds a lot, but in 40 years time it'll probably seem like peanuts.
Moshiri gets returns on investment for his mates via the SPV
Joe gets yards yearly income for the local council
We get a new ground at a manageable annual cost
And the fact that anyone against it will be called out actually against the council being £4.4m a year better off, making it pretty much impossible for anyone to complain.
Post by: bramley moore 1878 on March 24, 2017, 12:22:36 AM
What he's saying is that the loan debt of the SPV gets serviced FIRST from these assets, and that will be written into the terms, this just means that the rish is lowered for the city which is fair enough.
Post by: Danny on March 24, 2017, 12:22:42 AM
Moshiri also puts the value of the club up by a ton if he ever wanted to sell, the big stumbling block for us getting investment for years was the stadium.
I don't really get how this will work, is it normal to be paying back £4.4m for 40 years when we actually won't own it in that period? What are Spurs and Chelsea doing?
If we then have to fund £300m on top of that to actually build it, which I assume will be through sponsorship/naming rights and more borrowing, won't our annual repayments be really high? Isn't that risky? Will the increased revenue though extra capacity, probable higher ticket prices and corporate boxes be enough to cover this quite large annual outgoing?
Or am I misunderstanding how it will work? (I probably am)
This is where I'm coming from, it sounds great from the council point of view, but comes across like were tenants, a bit like west ham rather than owning it like spurs?
Post by: farnhamtoffee on March 24, 2017, 12:28:56 AM
Ive been to a funeral today,so have missed the announcement,can someone please let me know what happened,
Quote from: farnhamtoffee on March 24, 2017, 12:28:56 AM
the Leicester game is being played at Bramley Moore Docks mate
it was built this afternoon
gutted though, it's a bowl
"Why weren't Liverpool offered the docks????"
Same reason we weren't when we looked at Kings Dock, Kirkby, WHP and Crocky you fucking plebs... It wasn't even am option at the time.
Liverpool rejected the docks
Basically we're getting loan with help, not financially, with help from the council. Due to this the city will recieve £4.4 mill a year while we repay it. We won't own the stadium or the land until we pay the loan off. Then in 40 years we'll officially own the stadium. But who knows, we might get bought out further down the line and pay it off before then.
Let's just watch this space! 😂😂😂
Am I right in assuming we'll pay £176m to the council on top of repaying the money owed to the lenders?
That's like 12 Oumar Niasse's
Post by: cantoffee on March 24, 2017, 12:43:06 AM
The SPV will get a return of 4.4 million a year. That's on top of what will be paid to the financiers.
It's basically a really large scale construction mortgage with a 3rd party guarantor who gains a small payout every year along with our regular payments to whoever finances the build.
I was a bit worried about how this would work financially at first
And then remembered that I've probably never got to the day before payday with more than £50 left in my account and that our Owner has a Net Worth of 2.6 Billion
I'll let him sort this one out!
After 40 years we have the option to purchase. Probably a nominal fee but as said above things can change over time and we might either pay it off earlier or even extend our lending over a longer period of time depending on what happens with the club. I should also say that we could easily extend this lending further without it being a negative as we could be using the asset to borrow at a lower rate or other such things.
I have to say I'm underwhelmed. We have a pre contract so that at some point we can buy some land. Then we have to get all planning processes accepted. It would seem that the council could still easily undo what has happened in a year or two's time. Theoretically they could even influence stadium design (or be within their rights to). From where I hoped we would be today, it's positive but it's still all a hell of a long way off.
People are over complicating this.
We will essentially be homeowners in the same way that anyone with a mortgage is a home owner.
After the term the loan is paid off and we own everything outright.
Quote from: cantoffee on March 24, 2017, 12:43:06 AM
So based on an interest free loan of 300m over 40 years..
We would pay 7.5m to finance loan and 4.4m to council... isn't that equivalent to something like 60% apr?
That's not even accounting for interest in loan...
Hmmmmm. Not 100% on numbers just off the top of my head...
Yes, I don't think there is a need to get bogged down in the details.
This is how I see it
Every council has a say in every stadium as they are part of the infrastructure in the area. Working closer with then is to our benefit as it benefits them to approve what we want.
Quote from: dangermouse on March 24, 2017, 12:55:30 AM
Sorry, I see what you mean.
Yea maybe I'm not seeing something.
Still basically a really big mortgage.
Post by: Lazarou on March 24, 2017, 12:58:30 AM
Hopefully I have got the details right and I feel it's right for a little celebration.
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World’s First Official Barbie Cafe Is as Pink as You’d Expect
By Spooky on January 31st, 2013 Category: Pics, Travel
As if Asians didn’t have enough pink in their lives, from all those crazy Hello-Kitty-themed venues, now there’s an official Barbie Cafe in Taipei, Taiwan. And yes, it has dolls, themed foods and more pink than most men can bare.
January 30th witnessed the inauguration of the world’s first official Barbie Cafe, in one of the busiest shopping districts in Taipei. The iconic doll’s maker, Mattel, licensed Taiwanese restaurant chain Sinlaku to open the themed cafe in hopes that it will promote Barbie as a fashion brand. Iggy Yip, senior manager of Mattel’s Greater China division, commented: “We picked Taiwan because theme restaurants are very popular and successful here. We are very confident that the Barbie Cafe can promote our brand image.” Indeed, the island is home to a number of unique restaurants and cafes, including one modeled after an A380 airplane, a cardboard restaurant, and even a popular toilet restaurant. But there is a special relationship between Taiwan and Barbie, as this was where the popular doll was originally manufactured, before production lines were moved to mainland China and other parts, to lower costs. In 2009, another Barbie restaurant was opened in Shanghai, China, but it closed down two years later, after it proved unsuccessful.
Taipei’s Barbie Cafe measures 660 square meters almost all of which are covered in bright pink. The walls are adorned with illustrations of Barbie in various outfits, tables are styled like high-heels and the chairs are decorated with red corsets and pink tutus around the seats. As if there wasn’t enough pink in the place, the waiters also wear pink Barbie logo T-shirts, matching tutus, Barbie armbands, glitter and tiaras on their heads. But what about the foods, right? What is anyone supposed to eat in a restaurant themed after a character with an unreal figure? There are plenty of tasty-looking dishes on the menu, from soups to salads and steaks, and even sweets, but they all come with a calorie counter, so girls know how much they risk to gain. Charming, isn’t it? Shiao Yu, one of the first patrons to visit the cafe, said: “I feel like a Barbie doll in a fairy-tale world, and I feel like a princess. It’s very dreamy.” I’d like to make a suggestion – bring the real-life Barbie here for a truly complete package.
The Barbie Cafe cost a reported $1,7 million, but investors are confident it will pay off in the long run. If there’s one good thing about this place it’s that it won’t put a too big a den in Barbie fans’ budgets. A meal here costs just $10 and you can find plenty of dishes for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Now, if you’ll excuse, I’have to go and find a way to wash all this pink off my retina.
Photos: Tsung Chi Hwei/Facebook
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Guessing game for Moritz Leitner and Philip Heise at Norwich City
Published: 10:06 AM February 23, 2019 Updated: 7:05 PM November 22, 2020
Moritz Leitner has missed a large chunk of the season with an ankle probem Picture: Paul Chesterton/Focus Images Ltd - Credit: Paul Chesterton/Focus Images Ltd
Norwich City boss Daniel Farke is in no rush to fast track either Moritz Leitner or Philip Heise into his frontline plans.
The German duo are fit and available for the Canaries’ Championship run-in, which continues against Bristol City on Saturday, but the form of Farke’s starting line up could ensure they have to bide their time.
Leitner made his long-awaited comeback at Bolton last weekend in a late cameo from the bench but Farke was more than happy with the likes of Tom Trybull and Kenny McLean in central midfield.
Mario Vrancic has also made a rapid recovery from an ankle injury while Alex Tettey (ankle) is expected to re-join full training next week.
“Moritz could start but on the other hand we have to be aware he was out for maybe three and a half months and he has lost a bit as a result,” said the City head coach. “If there was an emergency and we have injured midfielders or bad performances then he is an option but it is a nice situation because the lads who have come in have had good performances.
Mario Vrancic is back in the mix after an ankle injury Picture: Paul Chesterton/Focus Images Ltd - Credit: Paul Chesterton/Focus Images Ltd
“This means we can handle his return in a sensible way and not give him too much load.”
January deadline day signing Heise has spent the past few weeks getting to know his new surroundings.
“His only problem, if you want to call it that, is Jamal Lewis is outstanding in his position,” said Farke. “When you are not a homegrown and you are not in the starting line up it is hard to be in the squad.
“I got the feeling in the first two weeks he needed a bit of time to adapt to all the players. It is not easy when you come into a different country and a different language and the side is sitting top of the table.
“The trip to Preston was crucial. He had to be there with all the lads for 24 hours a day and you could see this in the training. It also allowed the lads to realise why we have signed him because he is training on a proper level.
“I must say I am very happy with him.”
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Worthington insists his City time has gone
Published: 7:27 PM January 15, 2009 Updated: 10:52 PM October 10, 2020
Michael Bailey Northern Ireland manager Nigel Worthington has sensationally turned down a return to Norwich City as Glenn Roeder’s successor.A statement on the Irish FA’s website read: “On Thursday evening, the Irish FA turned down a request from Norwich City FC to speak to the Northern Ireland manager (Nigel Worthington) with regards to their vacant managerial position.
Northern Ireland boss Nigel Worthington has emerged as the man Norwich's board have targeted as the club's Championship saviour - two seasons after pocketing a �600,000 pay off.
The Irish FA (IFA) rejected an approach from the Canaries to speak to their former manager regarding the Carrow Road vacancy in the wake of Glenn Roeder's midweek exit.
City chief executive Neil Doncaster refused to confirm Norwich had earmarked North-Norfolk based Worthington for a shock return following his dismissal in October 2006.
Doncaster did reveal Norwich had not ruled out an interim appointment after finally breaking City's self-imposed silence since Roeder's swift departure on Tuesday.
Club stalwart Bryan Gunn is set to be placed in temporary charge for Norwich's vital Championship home test against fellow strugglers Barnsley alongside academy coach Ricky Martin and Tommy Wright.
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“We have to date made a number of inquires to different people and teams about the availability of different managers - either on a permanent or a caretaker basis,” said Doncaster. “But no formal offers or approaches have yet been made to anyone. The board will take the time to consider the huge number of high quality applications we have received to manage Norwich City FC with a view to making an appointment as soon as possible.”
Worthington guided City into the Premiership in 2004 but the club were relegated at Fulham on the final day of the following season.
The Northern Irishman's six year tenure ended on a sour note two seasons later but the club's 2007 set of published accounts revealed full details of his six-figure compensation package.
Worthington has previously pulled off a similar fire fighting role when he guided Leicester to Championship safety in the final five matches of the 2007 season.
The former City chief, however, appeared to rule out a return to his former club after pledging his immediate future to helping plot Northern Ireland's World Cup qualifying campaign.
“I am happy to focus on a job I am enjoying,” he said. “I spoke to the president about the situation and we are both happy that it was in the best interests of the association and myself that any offer from Norwich be rejected. I had a successful time at Norwich although the last six months were a bit hairy when tough times hit.
“I still live in north Norfolk but I have done the Norwich job and have now moved on and am really enjoying my role with Northern Ireland.”
Worthington's current employers issued a public 'hands off' warning on the Irish FA web site.
It read: “On Thursday evening the Irish FA turned down a request from Norwich City FC to speak to the Northern Ireland Manager (Nigel Worthington) with regards to their vacant managerial position. Nigel is currently making preparations for the up and coming World Cup Qualifiers and is fully focused and committed to his job as the Northern Ireland International manager.”
Worthington has a get out clause in his current Northern Ireland deal which runs until the end of the current year but IFA President Raymond Kennedy confirmed the football association would be entitled to significant compensation.
City's move for Worthington dampened speculation former Watford boss Aidy Boothroyd was poised to succeed Roeder. The ex-Norwich academy boss is now odds on with bookmakers after a flurry of bets. Unemployed managerial colleague Colin Calderwood has been installed as second favourite following steady market support late yesterday . Calderwood was dismissed by City's fellow Championship strugglers Notts Forest last month.
“Everything has been for Boothroyd,” said SkyBet spokesman Dale Tempest. “We are now 4-7 from an initial 5-2 and we haven't really had a penny on anybody else. Everybody wants to be with Boothroyd. About 50pc of the bets we have struck have all been for Boothroyd - if we get to the position where it is more than that and no money is coming in for another person then we would suspend the market.
“The money doesn't usually get it wrong - that's what dictates in football management markets. The biggest we have had was �150 at 5-2 and there have been a few hundreds and fifties.”
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examples of dwarf galaxies
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0-KklSGlCiJDwOPdR2EUcg/, Astronomy Cast: following Two … 00:46:15 How could we destroy Saturn's rings? ``nucleated dwarfs'' described in And More…, Episode 695: Q&A 130: Does the Dark Forest Explain the Fermi Paradox? 00:34:35 What if an Earth-sized world fell into the Sun? galaxies into four groups is outlined in the table below. classification; the prototype of this sub-class is IC 3475 (see the star-formation events dominating their presently observed morphology. Dwarf galaxies could also have other smaller anomalies, for example an intergalactic communications relay which could be researched or unique precursor artifacts outside the normal track. One of these is a dwarf irregular galaxy named IC 4710, found in the constellation Pavo. In astronomy, a blue compact dwarf galaxy (BCD galaxy) is a small galaxy which contains large clusters of young, hot, massive stars. symmetric. (b) Dwarf S0 00:41:10 Why is it a good year for comets? It contains about 1/10th the mass of the Milky Way, and has about 10% of … galaxies have brighter centers, larger inner and outer scale lengths, and breaks at larger radii; dwarf trends with M B extend to spirals. Astrophysicists have discovered a series of telltale shell-like formations of stars in the vicinity of the Virgo constellation, evidence of a radial merger between a dwarf galaxy … The two most famous dwarf galaxies for us earthlings are, of course, the Small and Large Magellanic Clouds, visible to the unaided eye in Earth’s Southern Hemisphere sky. In fact, two of these objects in the southern night sky, called the Magellanic Clouds, are so large that they are visible to the naked eye. The discovery of this object reported by the Royal Astronomical Society back late in 2018 , adds to the puzzle. totally chaotic. Our own Milky Way is an example of a grand spiral; a vast collection of 200 to 400 billion stars. However, the V-band break surface brightness is independent of break type, M B, and Hubble type. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! 00:12:45 Do we know what rocky planets are made out of? 00:48:52 Could we put astronauts to sleep? van den Bergh's [190] For example, dwarf galaxies in the mass range of 10 7 to 10 8 M Sun are now being studied out to redshift 6; this is an area poised for significant growth. galaxies dS0 are still only tentatively identified as an The formation off such galaxies They can be as small as 200 light-years across and contain about a hundred million stars. It contains about 1/10th the mass of the Milky Way, and has about 10% of its stars. Did a Russian Home Get Hit by Progress Space Debris? 00:05:50 What if Sgr* turned into a quasar? So not all dwarf galaxies are truly dwarfish. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbJ42wpShvmkjd428BcHcCEVWOjv7cJ1G, Weekly email newsletter: Examples of dwarf galaxies in the Virgo Cluster, drawn from the catalogue of Binggeli, Sandage, & Tammann (1985) and highlighted using SDSS color images. The smallest dwarf galaxies in the Universe are known as ultra compact dwarf galaxies. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. of the dwarfs possess nuclei is ``an unfailing indicator of low intrinsic luminosity''. 00:18:06 Will I sign up for Starlink Beta? Join our 836 patrons! More stories at: https://www.universetoday.com/ A typical dwarf galaxy has a few billion stars and is a few thousand light years across. And More…, Episode 697: Interview: Theoretical Physicist Dr. Peter Woit, Episode 696: Open Space 94: Is It Realistic to Declare a "Free Mars"? https://www.universetoday.com/newsletter, Weekly Space Hangout: An extreme type of Dwarf Irregular galaxy which features bursts of concentrated star formation are the Blue Compact Dwarfs. to this Ellipticals dE are the most common type of dwarf in the The surface brightness of dS0 galaxies is also low, table below). The Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies are the biggest fish in our corner of the universe, surrounded by dozens of smaller dwarf galaxies. In general, the term “dwarf galaxy” refers to a galaxy that is smaller than a tenth of the size of our Milky Way, which is made of 100 billion stars. The but no global structure other than nuclei in a number of instances. Today’s authors leverage MaNGA to conduct the largest dedicated study of dwarf galaxies that host AGN within the survey. Photographic images of 138 dwarf galaxies in the Virgo Cluster have We use a combination of survey data from the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) and the Giant Metre-wave Radio Telescope (GMRT) to search for diffuse radio emission from 14 dwarf spheroidal galaxies. Dwarf elliptical galaxy Dwarf elliptical galaxies, or dEs, are elliptical galaxies that are smaller than ordinary elliptical galaxies. 00:40:23 Is the Sun gaining or losing mass? Our own Galaxy and the Andromeda galaxy are typical, large spiral galaxies. spheroidals in the Local Group. (d) Huge Im and dE Types are very low Much smaller galaxies than our own are known as dwarf galaxies. The classifications are from the BST catalogue and the galaxies are (left to right): Row 1 - NGC 4486B, IC 767, IC 3470, IC 3735, and UGC 7436. Segue 1 and Segue 3, the objects with the most severe dark matter enhancements, are located within the halo of the Milky Way (very close), while DF2 and DF4 … Just like their larger cousins, dwarf galaxies can be classified into three varieties: dwarf elliptical galaxies, dwarf irregular galaxies, and dwarf spiral galaxies. Dwarf Galaxies: Lastly, we come to the smallest rung on the latter: dwarf galaxies. Located in the constellation Triangulum Australe, galaxy ESO 137-001 looks … Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/universetoday entirely new class of objects. For in-situ magnetic fields of 1 and any plausible value for the diffusion coefficient, our limits do not constrain any Dark Matter models. There are many different example of irregular galaxies. However, researchers are particularly interested in the faintest dwarf galaxies. In galaxies that we see face on, the bright stars and emi… 00:20:00 Am I looking forward to Dune? The most well-known dwarf galaxies around the Milky Way are the Magellanic Clouds, which are visible to the naked eye from the southern hemisphere. dwarfs in Virgo are however 3-5 mag brighter than the dwarf Here’s an article about a companion dwarf galaxy that’s almost invisible. There might be TRILLIONS of them in the universe, most in orbit around other galaxies. fact about thirty percent of the dwarfs in the Virgo cluster have And More…. Blue Compact Dwarfs, BCD galaxies consist of several knots and 00:07:00 Will the Universe end in a Big Rip? Things like this would be tough to balance but I think it would be a fun addition to the mid game and provide some more exploration and variety. These stars, the brightest of which are blue, causes the galaxy itself to appear blue in colour. (c) Sm galaxies still show some 00:03:13 How can amateurs can contribute to science? Perhaps if the dwarf galaxies were brighter, Hubble would have arranged the galaxies in a different sequence instead of the two-pronged sequence. Virgo Cluster. fragmentary evidence of spiral structure, while Im galaxies are How to use dwarf in a sentence. They make excellent laboratories in which to study dark matter—the invisible form of matter that is five times more … Most BCD galaxies are also classified as dwarf irregular galaxies or as dwarf lenticular galaxies. As an example, the Draco dwarf galaxy first crossed into the Milky Way’s domain 11 billion years ago and formed numerous stars then — but never again. following types of low-luminosity galaxies were found: (a) Dwarf Other dwarf galaxies are just remnants that have been torn apart by the Milky Way’s gravity, and are currently being incorporated into the structure of our galaxy. The Magellanic Clouds are nearly examples of gas-rich dwarf galaxies. As the name suggests, these galaxies are smaller versions of the two sub-types listed above. An example of the baryonic-dominated dwarf galaxies-UGC7920. Examples of irregular galaxies are the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds (two small irregulars that orbit the Milky Way). various types of morphology encountered there, noting in the first The remaining dwarf galaxies have distances of at least 20 million light years, and 11 of them are located over 27.5 million light years away. as with the dwarf ellipticals. [149]. Small and low mass galaxies are the most abundant stellar systems in the universe. Two other dwarf galaxies are even closer to the Milky Way, and have been captured by our galaxy’s gravity. See no ads on this site, see our videos early, special bonus material, and much more. The nucleated Some of them contain structure (dIrrs I), while others have no trace of such features (dIrrs II). 00:27:31 Can we observe Oort clouds in other Solar Systems? (e) Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. They are quite common in galaxy groups and clusters, and are usually companions to other galaxies. Some astronomers think that the largest globular cluster in the Milky Way, Omega Centauri, might have once been a dwarf galaxy that had its outer stars stripped away. show some low surface brightness fuzz of an underlying structure. Our Local Group of galaxies contains just three large spiral galaxies: Andromeda, the Milky Way, and the Triangulum Galaxy. [/caption] 00:30:00 Does Andromeda have a supermassive black hole? The following types of low-luminosity galaxies were found: (a) Dwarf Ellipticals dE are the most common type of dwarf in the Virgo Cluster. thought to be basically Im galaxies with a small number of intense Centaurus A is about 13 million light years away from Earth. The disks are often dusty, which is especially noticeable in those systems that we view almost edge on (Figure). 00:58:20 Could neutrinos be dark matter? The Milky Way and Andromeda are spiral galaxies, while Centaurus A has both elliptical and spiral features. Our Book is out! division of the intrinsically lowest luminosity 00:38:31 Propulsion systems I'm excited about? They are characterized by a smooth In They are characterized by the presence The majority of irregular galaxies are very bright, which is a result of the gas and dust in them. They consume gas intensely, which causes their stars to become very violent when forming. Computer modelling then showed the dwarf galaxy first crashed into the Milky Way some 2.7 billion years ago. Karla Thompson – @karlaii / https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEItkORQYd4Wf0TpgYI_1fw Dwarf Elder; dwarf elliptical galaxy; dwarf elm; dwarf galaxy; dwarf gourami; Dwarf gourami; dwarf juniper; Dwarf koa; dwarf lemur; dwarf loach; dwarf maple; dwarf marsh violet https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUHI67dh9jEO2rvK–MdCSg, Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/universetoday Click here if you want the NED representation of the DDO Dwarf Galaxy listing. They consist of a central bulge, a halo, a disk, and spiral arms. [150], and have been A good example of a dwarf galaxy is the Large Magellanic Cloud, located about 160,000 light-years from Earth. We find, for example, that as the Sagittarius dwarf galaxy has orbited the Milky Way, the tidal force from the Milky Way has pulled out long debris trails from Sagittarius that completely encircle the Milky Way. been examined [158a], https://www.amazon.com/Universe-Today-Ultimate-Viewing-Cosmos/dp/1624145442/, Audio Podcast version: 00:14:18 How did my mind change after interviewing Wallace Arthur In this week's live questions show, I explain how amateurs can contribute to space and astronomy research, will I sign up for Starlink, and what would happen if the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way turned into a quasar? Dwarf Irregular galaxies have similar properties to the larger irregular galaxies, containing substantial amounts of gas and dust and clear evidence for ongoing star formation. 00:10:32 How can solar sails be pushed by massless photons? elliptical galaxies Dwarf elliptical galaxies may form as primordial galaxies in dark-matter halos of the appropriate size, most of which are bound to larger halos according to the CDM-model. A good example of a dwarf galaxy is the Large Magellanic Cloud, located about 160,000 light-years from Earth. 00:26:08 How can the methuselah star be older than the Universe? 00:37:31 Is Andromeda more massive? over the face of the galaxy, and by their low surface brightness which Some 00:51:53 What about cold fusion? RSS: https://www.universetoday.com/audio, What Fraser's Watching Playlist: The Milky Way has about twenty dwarf galaxies that orbit as its satellites. Join us at patreon.com/universetoday. However, the researchers originally assumed the dwarf galaxy … discernible nuclei, unlike the Local Group in which none 00:53:21 Is a hot big bang feasible? Interstellar material is usually spread throughout the disks of spiral galaxies. Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window), Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window), Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window), Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window), Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window). 00:42:52 Can we use fusion for spaceflight? We have written many articles about galaxies for Universe Today. Instagram – https://instagram.com/universetoday, Team: Fraser Cain – @fcain / [email protected] The Guide to Space is a series of space and astronomy poddcasts by Fraser Cain, publisher of Universe Today, Episode 701: Open Space 97: What if SagA* Turned into a Quasar? objects have luminous knots surface brightness galaxies with large (up to 10 kpc) diameters. And More…, Episode 698: Open Space 95: Would SpaceX Have Survived without NASA? Take the example of Antila 2, a large dwarf discovered orbiting around our galaxy. of two components, a disk and a bulge, both of which are smooth and These are a recently discovered class of galaxies not much more massive than a globular star cluster. Twitch: https://twitch.tv/fcain Credit: DECaLS-DR8 The satellite dwarf galaxies in our Local Group are found to be dominated by dark matter down to … This survey will provide IFU data for nearly 10,000 galaxies by the end of 2020, which will make it the largest such catalog. Chad Weber – [email protected], Support Universe Today podcasts with Fraser Cain. 00:23:30 Isn't the buy in cost for Starlink too expensive? They are characterized by a smooth intensity distribution over the face of the galaxy, and by their low surface brightness which is … These objects are And More…, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Just like a jellyfish. Finally, (f) Galaxies with BCD components. Because they are composed of star clusters, BCD galaxies lack a uniform shape. Together, … intensity distribution It’s thought that ultra compact dwarf galaxies are just the cores of dwarf elliptical galaxies that were stripped of gas and outlying stars. 00:00:00 Start And More…, Episode 694: Interview: Fred Watson, Australia's Astronomer at Large, Episode 693: Open Space 92: Why I Hate Embargoed News Stories, and More…, Episode 692: Open Space 91: Any Updates on Venus? We have also recorded an episode of Astronomy Cast about galaxies – Episode 97: Galaxies. [148] must be added As a precursor to the luminosity classification of all galaxies, If you’d like more info on galaxies, check out Hubblesite’s News Releases on Galaxies, and here’s NASA’s Science Page on Galaxies. 00:32:43 Any progress on Event Horizon Telescope? The so-called members of this class have a central star-like nucleus. instance that there are no real dwarf spirals in the sample. Dwarf Type II and III profiles fall off similarly beyond the breaks but have different interiors and IIs break Dwarf definition is - a person of unusually small stature; especially : a person whose height does not exceed 4' 10' and is typically less than 4' 5'. ITunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/universe-today-guide-to-space-audio/id794058155?mt=2 systematized into the 00:36:01 How can spacecraft journey from star to star? Follow us on Twitter: @universetoday 00:55:15 Could there be planets in globular clusters? Bright emission nebulae and hot, young stars are present, especially in the spiral arms, showing that new star formation is still occurring. No definite examples of gas-rich dwarf galaxies that lack star formation are known, Rey says, but he predicts future observations will uncover them. Dwarf Irregular Galaxies: The final type of irregular galaxy is the dwarf irregular galaxy mentioned above. Dwarf elliptical galaxies may form as tidal dwarf galaxies from the matter ejected through tidal forces acting on encountering galaxies. For example, research has shown that multiple dwarf galaxies with different stellar masses may exist in similar sized dark matter halos, hence what appears as a minor merger of stars could be a major dark matter merger. All of the others are dwarf galaxies of varying sizes. The SDSS/Mapping Nearby Galaxies at APO (MaNGA) survey is a critical step forward in this direction. 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VIRTUAL CONFERENCE; 26th -28th May 2021
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PLATE 2015 Conference
Crafting sustainable repairs: practice-based approaches to extending the life of clothes
McLaren A.(a) and McLauchlan S.(b)
a) Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK
b) Edinburgh College of Art, Scotland, UK
Keywords: mending, repair, craft, design, clothes.
Abstract: Mass-produced ‘fast fashion’ has changed our relationship with clothing – cheap and easy to acquire, we are unlikely to take time to undertake simple repairs or address issues of maintenance, often caused or exacerbated by poor construction and low quality materials (see for example Goworek et al., 2012; You Gov, 2012; Fletcher, 2008; Birtwistle & Moore, 2007). Through complete lifecycle assessment, extending the useful life of clothes has been identified as the most significant intervention in reducing the impact of the clothing industry (Wrap, 2012). However, academic research emerging from both the UK and Scandinavia has identified practical, social, socioeconomic, systemic and psychological barriers that prevent consumers from performing even the most basic of repairs, and as a result damaged or worn items are discarded or taken out of active use (see for example Armstrong et al., 2014; Middleton, 2014; Cooper et al., 2014; Fletcher, 2013; Goworek et al., 2012; Laitala & Boks, 2012).
This paper explores the barriers to mending, different perspectives on the reasons behind them, suggested solutions and contemporary approaches to overcoming them. As textile designers and academics whose work is embedded in sustainable principles, we discuss the findings of our own practice-based approaches in relation to these, in order to consider the role fashion and textile designers can play in enabling solutions.
Research has been gathered through participatory design workshops and public engagement events, informed by review of historical, existing and emerging repair practices, and personal craft-led design praxis. We have explored ways to address the barriers, add value to the acts of repair by re-framing them as social design-led sharing activities, and discuss the potential of participatory craft praxis as a tool to motivate greater public engagement in repair practice.
Mass-produced ‘fast fashion’ has changed our relationship with clothing; cheap and easy to acquire, consumers view fashion as ‘throwaway’ and are unlikely to undertake simple repairs or address issues of maintenance, often caused or exacerbated by poor construction and low quality materials (see for example Goworek et al., 2012; You Gov, 2012; Fletcher, 2008; Birtwistle & Moore, 2007). Through complete lifecycle assessment, extending the useful life of clothes has been identified as the most significant intervention in reducing the overall impact of the clothing industry and reducing the estimated 350,000 tonnes of clothing that goes into landfill annually (WRAP, 2012). However, academic research emerging from both the UK and Scandinavia has identified practical, social, systemic and psychological barriers that prevent consumers from performing even the most basic of repairs, and as a result damaged or worn items are discarded (see for example Armstrong et al., 2014; Middleton, 2014; Cooper et al., 2014; Fletcher, 2013; Goworek et al., 2012; Laitala & Boks, 2012).
In 2014 the authors worked for Zero Waste Scotland and WRAP on a series of collaborative repair and upcycling events for the consumer facing ‘Love Your Clothes’ (LYC) campaign. The approach taken aimed to engage audiences in conversation on the care and repair of garments, encourage active participation in craft based repair skills and showcase inspiring examples. The research and practice-based preparation for these events, as well as the resulting discussions, revealed some surprising and seemingly contradictory reasons about why people don’t repair clothes.
This paper will first explore barriers to mending clothes, different perspectives on the reasons behind them, and suggested solutions to overcoming them. These will focus on roles that fashion and textile designers can play in enabling solutions and point to examples of repair practices led by contemporary designers, artists and activists such as Tom of Holland, Celia Pym and Amy Twigger Holroyd to illustrate these. Our own practice-based repair activities will then be introduced, followed by discussion of the findings: what they confirm and contradict, further insights that have been revealed, and the role fashion and textile designers. The potential of participatory craft praxis as a tool to motivate greater public engagement will be discussed, alongside associations between mending, craft and wellbeing.
Barriers to repair
Most commonly cited reasons for not repairing clothes are the financial cost involved, lack of time and skills. However, mending the results of wear and tear using stitch-based techniques – darning, sewing on buttons, and stitching hems, for example – require limited, low cost equipment, basic skill levels and little time (Middleton, 2014), with a multitude of tutorials easily accessible online (see for example “Mend a Hole”, 2010; Comfort, 2014). UK research found that the majority of consumers disposed of damaged items (You Gov, 2012; WRAP, 2012b), so there must be other contributing factors beyond these initial barriers.
Traditionally, imperfect textile surfaces are strongly associated with poverty and wearing visibly worn or damaged clothes play a significant role in the characterisation of economic hardship (Kelley, 2009). The physical act of repairing clothes, particularly darning, also suffers from traditionally negative associations of ‘women’s work’, times of hardship and wartime necessity, childhood chores, and isolated domestic drudgery (see for example Williams, 2004; image of ‘The Influence of Women’ in Long, 2011; Quinton, 2008; and paintings by Snyder, 1885; Renoir, 1908; and de Lelie, 1817 pictured in figure 1). These social associations still exist; academic research into clothing use behaviours found participants “avoid clothes with visible repairs in order to protect themselves and their families from stigma” (Fisher et al., 2008: 31), for example.
Contemporary consumer culture affords us the convenience of being able to avoid this stigma by no longer needing to repair clothes. The UK ‘fast fashion’ sector, characterised by cheap prices and low quality garments, has increased dramatically in the past decade (Defra, 2008), providing a vast array of readily available replacements and resulting in clothing being considered ‘throwaway’ (Birtwistle & Moore, 2007). Jonathan Chapman (2005, p.90-92) argues that this contemporary consumer culture has led to a sense of detachment from generic products that offer little emotional connection, which, in addition to low cost, could explain why they aren’t considered worthy of repair.
This endless stream of cheap consumer products also has a disabling effect; as we no longer need the skills to make or reuse clothes we have become incapable of doing so (Farrer & Fraser, 2011). Kate Fletcher (2008, p.187) believes the nature of mass-produced garments contributes to this psychologically, because “the products themselves are presented to us as complete or ‘closed’, with an almost untouchable or sacrosanct status. This dissuades us from personalising them in order to make them our own”. So in addition to losing repair skills, psychological barriers may also prevent us from attempting to interact with them.
With consideration of these practical, social, socioeconomic, systemic and psychological barriers, the next section will introduce theory and practice-based solutions that have potential to overcome them, with a focus on those that could, and in some cases are, being led by fashion and textile practitioners.
Overcoming repair barriers
Mending artist and researcher Jonnet Middleton raises the significant point that traditional socioeconomic perceptions of repair are entirely outdated, “because, frankly, in this age of overconsumption, no one needs to mend anything anymore” (Middleton, 2014). Describing mending enthusiasts who disregard the stigmas and wear visibly repaired clothes with pride, Middleton suggests the potential to reframe repairs as a badge of honour: effectively subverting the social meaning of visibly repaired clothing. Designing to create new meaning is a strategy proposed by design theorist Jonathan Chapman (2005, p.109) in order to foster better emotional connections with consumer products, providing ‘conversation pieces’ that can facilitate servicing and repair (2005, p.18). The ‘Visible Mending Programme’ led by craft practitioner Tom of Holland takes this approach; his skilled visible repairs, masterclass workshops and commission services aim to “reinforce the relationship between wearer and garment… and hopefully persuade them that shop-bought clothes deserve care and attention too” (van Deijnen, n.d.).
The stereotypical image of isolated domestic drudgery is also being challenged by the distinctly cooler associations developing through the emergence of subversive practitioner led activities such as this; the co- curated ‘Department of Repair’ (Harvey et al., 2015), Middleton’s ‘Sock Exchange’ darning event (Middleton, 2010), and fashion design researcher Otto Von Busch’s (2011) Community Repair project are other examples that reposition of repair as an enjoyable social affair at practitioner facilitated events. Adopting the spirit of what is termed the Sharing Economy, this offers a “collaborative form of fixing [that] encourages the replacement of shopping (as a stimulus seeking activity), with more creative and social experiences, centered on the shared act of making and mending” (Chapman, 2013). They demonstrate repair and collaboration as strategic tools that designers can use to both mend damaged clothes and weave new threads of life into the social fabric, benefitting the collective wellbeing of communities by bringing people together through shared experiences (Von Busch, 2011).
Amy Twigger Holroyd (2013) is a design researcher who has been exploring the craft- wellbeing relationship in the context of sustainable fashion: how craft can contribute to both personal wellbeing while also challenging the ‘hegemony of contemporary mass- produced fashion culture”. Her research is centred on re-knitting rather than repair as such, but addresses the same psychological barrier created by the ‘closed’ nature of clothes, as introduced earlier (Fletcher, 2008, p.187), in order to extend the life of clothes. To do this she takes on a ‘meta-design’ role that moves away from traditional model of ‘designer as author / maker’ to a supportive role of ‘designer as collaborator’, by opening up her design skills and knowledge to help skilled amateur knitters personalise items of ready-made clothing. In doing so, greater emotional connections with mass-produced clothes are fostered, engendering the sense of individuality, self- definition and affirmation of identity within users (Chapman, 2005, p.109). Further to this, the craft skills also provide personal rewards: a sense of achievement and space for meditative reflection.
The next section will outline our practice-based repair activities that adopt elements of these solutions: facilitated visible, participatory, and social repair, in particular Twigger Holroyd’s concept of ‘meta-designer’, that opens up design skills and knowledge to support others.
The authors facilitated a series of Love Your Clothes (LYC) public engagement events in 2014 at the Highland Wool Festival and in John Lewis stores across Scotland, with the aim of exploring practice based design approaches to support greater public engagement and participation in garment repair, in order to extend the active life of clothes. In addition to the review of barriers and suggested solutions outlined previously, the preparation for these events included informal conversations with skilled local amateur craft practitioners to learn about their experiences of and perspectives on craft repair skills; these revealed insights that will be discussed in the findings section.
Personal craft praxis was also employed in the preparation to inform the practical requirements of acting as a ‘meta-designer’, following Twigger Holroyd’s (2013) methodology of independent design research to develop techniques through iterative cycles of planning, sampling and reflection to develop ideas, write instructions and designing resources (see Twigger Holroyd, 2013, for an in depth description). For our events, these were darning and simple embroidery stitch techniques that could be used for creating personal, visible repairs. These had to be adaptable, to suit different personal styles, but unlike Twigger Holroyd, who undertook purposive sampling with skilled amateur knitters, the audience at the open public events had unknown skill levels, so it was necessary to develop techniques that would be accessible to complete beginners.
Further to these practical considerations, the techniques were selected for their potential to be decorative, inspiring and expressive. A darned heart-shaped motif (figure 2) was developed, for example, to tie in with the LYC message by inviting people to ‘wear their heart on their sleeve’, showing their love for their clothes. Or, in other words, a metaphor that offered an easily cognisable meaning to provide the foundation for emotional connection (Chapman, 2005, p.109). Expressive embroidery stitches were also employed to enable personalisation (figure 3).
To reframe repair as social design-led sharing activities, the events took a participatory approach, offering demonstrations and advice on darning and embroidery techniques, while also encouraging conversations around mending and the value of our clothes. Participants were asked to share their own hints and tips to help others extend the life of clothes; these were displayed prominently on tags at the events and shared to a wider audience using online social media platforms (figures 4 and 5). This attempted to increase the visibility of mending practices, as well as encouraging active participation in the Sharing Economy ethos through altruistic means.
The qualitative data generated by these activities is clearly limited, personal, and specific. As such it is not generalisable to the wider population, but has offered further insights into the barriers to repair and solutions to overcome them. It also provided a platform to explore a design-led role, which is discussed in the following section.
Findings and discussion
Conversations around clothes repair during the LYC events, revealed that cost, and lack of time and skills were indeed commonly cited barriers to repair. However, surprises were found in conversations with local amateur craft groups who are extremely skilled at embroidery techniques and will typically spend a great deal of time and resources on embroidery as a pastime, but do not tend to apply this skill to repairing and mending their clothes. Damaged clothes were sometimes ‘upcycled’ into new products – bags, patchworks or artworks – using their creative capacities, or used as rags around the house and garden. Many ended up being thrown out, not considered useful or good enough to donate or pass on.
Volunteer textile repairers at a stately home who evidently have skills, time and patience to undertake advanced embroidery repair techniques were also disinclined to mend or personalise their own clothes. All participated in many other pro-environmental practices, such as composting, sharing car journeys and recycling. Mostly older generation women, they had all learnt the specific skills required for mending, such as darning, at a young age, and associated it with isolated domestic chores and times of economic hardship. This is consistent with the traditional perceptions of repair and poverty, and Twigger Holroyd’s (2013) findings that skilled amateur knitters, despite having the skills to make complex garments from scratch, did not personalise or repair ready-made items due to their seemingly ‘closed’ nature.
The engagement with other pro-environmental practices also suggests a lack of knowledge about the environmental impact of the fashion industry and clothing waste, and, interestingly, most people at the events were motivated more by the thought of saving loved garments than environmental reasons. The events also revealed that garments that were repaired were often ‘favourites’, which confirms that an emotional connection can overcome the psychological barriers proposed by Fletcher (2008), or that the damage somehow ‘opens’ a garment, offering a way past it’s initial ‘closed’ or ‘sacrosanct’ nature.
Traditional repair techniques such as darning were perceived as not only time consuming and laborious processes, but also scruffy and messy looking in practice, not appropriate for the workplace for example. As a result, any damage in a visible place renders garments un- mendable. The decorative but contemporary style aesthetic offered in our examples was enthusiastically received as an alternative, challenging preconceived notions of traditional repairs. Some chose to follow our instructions step-by-step, while others were confident adapting the designs to suit their own style; either way connects with the clothes at a material level, adding a personal touch that could help to engender the sense of individuality, self-definition and affirmation of identity within users (Chapman, 2005, p.109).
The active participation confirmed the potential of Twigger Holroyd’s ‘meta-design’ role in supporting participants to personalise garments through repair, and in particular highlighted the importance of personal design-led craft-praxis in the preparation stages of this to ensure the techniques developed were accessible, adaptable, inspiring and expressive. Not all participants found the techniques easy to master, however, especially those with little or no craft skill experience, and this led to them feeling frustrated or disappointed with the results. Further refinement of the techniques and supporting instructive materials could be trailled to develop them for wider accessibility.
Whatever their personal experience of the techniques, in opening up conversations around repair practices, we found many were keen to share their own hints and tips to help and motivate others. This social, altruistic enthusiasm supports the ethos of the Sharing Economy (Chapman, 2013), and suggests that more could be done to facilitate skills sharing between those with more advanced skills and experience, such as the skilled textile repairers whose already volunteer their skills for altruistic purposes. This could be built upon by incorporating further altruistic measures; Celia Pym has taught darning techniques on old hospital sheets that were returned afterwards for re-use (Alter, 2008), for example, hence over coming practical barriers with skills training while also offering civic engagement and wellbeing benefits of ‘doing good’ in society (Robotham et al., 2012).
Lastly, a lack of knowledge about the environmental impact of the fashion industry and clothing waste was revealed in our research. The LYC events revealed the potential for participatory craft praxis as a tool to motivate greater public engagement with sustainability. They offered a space to discuss and reflect upon these topics in a social, informal and creative setting, provided ‘conversation pieces’ to facilitate servicing and repair (Chapman, 2005, p.18), and also help make repairs, the act of repairs, and the stories behind them, more visible.
Repairing damaged and worn clothes is one way to reduce the impact of the fashion and textiles industry, by reducing the amount of waste and extending the life of clothes. Financial costs, and lack of time and skills are the most commonly cited barriers to repair but this paper explored further social, socioeconomic, systemic, and psychological barriers that explain why damaged clothing is not repaired.
Exploring the complexities behind these initial barriers and solutions to overcome them revealed valuable insights to inform our own sustainably motivated practice. Repair practitioners are taking different approaches to encourage and motivate repairs, with a common thread of participatory activities that reframe mending as a social, enjoyable affair that embody an altruistic Sharing Economy ethos. Increasing the visibility of repairs, while also reframing their meaning, challenges the traditional, outdated views of mended clothes as signifiers of poor socioeconomic status. Designing visible repair patterns that are contemporary, stylish, accessible and can be personalised offers potential for wider uptake of repair practices, making them personal, meaningful and socially suitable to be worn in the workplace for example.
Amy Twigger Holroyd’s (2013) ‘meta-designer’ methodology redefines the designer’s role as a supportive collaborator in personalising garments in these social, participatory settings, rather than being solely the author / maker of original works. This approach was successfully adapted to support personalising repairs in the LYC public engagement events. Further work could develop these to better support complete beginners, and be adapted to include further repair techniques such as Swiss darning, patchwork or applique.
Future research aims to continue investigating attitudes towards decorative repairs, developing new work that incorporates mending skills as decorative elements and exploring their use as inspirational and educational tools for different audiences through participatory events.
With thanks to Zero Waste Scotland, the Highland Wool Festival and John Lewis for hosting the repair events.
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Subject: Oh, lord.
Author: Neshomeh
You're not wrong, and that is completely insane. {X D
Here's to still being around in a little over two years' time!
~Neshomeh
Happy New Year! by SkarmorySilver on 2020-01-02 03:55:20 UTC Reply
As the title says, hopefully not TOO late wherever you're at lol. Here's to a new decade of fandom-related excitement, new things to geek out over, and all-around total insanity! tosses Spikes
A happy new year to all. by Huinesoron on 2020-01-03 13:43:50 UTC Reply
(And you thought you were late... ^_^)
Do you realise that in just a little over two years, the PPC will be 20 years old? Am I wrong, or is that completely insane?
...I know this should probably be making me feel young... by Zingenmir on 2020-01-06 13:20:24 UTC Edited Reply
...since I wasn't even really doing much on the internet at all when the PPC was founded (though, oh man, AU where I actually went looking for the Board around 2006 and found it was active and joined...nah, probably for the best that I didn't. I had a lot of fun in my other online communities, and by the time I did become a Boarder, I knew a lot more about writing. And was much more mature, though given how much I rambled, I don't know that it had stuck yet. Seriously, if anyone besides 2019!me was a bit annoyed by my fairly long posts back in 2013, um, sorry. I was very excited and I love to talk, though hopefully I'm not imagining that I've learned to be a little more concise since then.
...oh my G-d, it's my Boardaversary soon. In...about a week. The seventh of them. What.
Uh, right. Tangent over, back to what prompted it...)
Instead, I'm feeling kind of old remembering there are Boarders under twenty. Like, a lot of them. blinks across lawn
On the other hand, on my last birthday my boss asked if he could ask my age, and when I said sure and told him, he cheerfully called me what probably translates to "youngster" (word for "young"+diminutive; I think "youngster" is a fair approximation). Give me a few years and I'll probably share that opinion; it's already a trend, after all, hence this post.
The funny thing is, though, the PPC turning twenty...doesn't really make me boggle too much. I think I got some of that out when people started saying they'd been Boarders for fifteen years (...okay, that part is still a bit boggle-worthy), but...it's mostly just kind of neat. The PPC has existed for a few years longer than I've known about it. It's still surprisingly active, when I'd thought back in 2013 that it was probably down to just a few people, if that. It's kind of cool that it's still around--with people who were there almost from the beginning, too!--and still striving to be the best parts of what it is. To be perfectly honest, it feels like it's been more than seven years (which...it has, it's been something like fourteen if my 2006 discovery date is correct. Wow). I never expected to get this involved, but it's been a minor constant for a long time, and I've had some good (and very good) things come out of it. That's...pretty neat.
And now I'm going to squash my inner newbie before I say something embarrassing; yes, I still get that sometimes even almost seven years in with Permission and as a Permission Giver myself. Yikes. Help.
...on the plus side, now I really do feel young! How about that.
~Z, who is going to blame rambling introspection on a headache today. And will now actually take something for it, since it obviously isn't willing to go away fully on its own. Bah.
...the PPC is older than I am. Yup, definitely insane. (nm) by Snowblaze on 2020-01-06 10:03:34 UTC Reply
Wait. by Iximaz on 2020-01-06 06:03:16 UTC Reply
My baby brother turned 20 yesterday. Are you saying the PPC's just two years younger than he is?
...Which means I wasn't yet five when it was created?
I think it's official: Y'all Oldbies are old. :P
Raise a glass! by Delta Juliette on 2020-01-05 20:20:27 UTC Reply
That's a thing and a half - there's a ton of things I never would have predicted about my life, fifteen years ago, and still being a part of this group is definitely one of them.
Here's a Health to the Company! by Neshomeh on 2020-01-05 23:42:31 UTC Reply
Courtesy of The Chieftains
Kind friends and companions, come join me in rhyme
Come lift up your voices in chorus with mine
Come lift up your voices, all grief to refrain
For we may or might never all meet here again
So here's a health to the company and one to my lass
Let's drink and be merry all out of one glass
Let's drink and be merry, all grief to refrain
Here's a health to the wee lass that I love so well
For style and for beauty there's none can excel
There's a smile on her countenance as she sits upon my knee
There is no man in this wide world as happy as me
Our ship lies at anchor, she is ready to dock
I wish her safe landing without any shock
And if ever I should meet you by land or by sea
I will always remember your kindness to me
Oh, lord. by Neshomeh on 2020-01-04 23:43:51 UTC Reply
That is completely insane. (nm) by SunAndMoon on 2020-01-03 14:06:17 UTC Reply
*dodges spikes* by Neo Skater on 2020-01-02 14:37:49 UTC Reply
Happy newyear zdayasdssdfds!!!
Happy belated New Year, everyone! by Snowblaze on 2020-01-02 12:49:20 UTC Reply
(It's the 2nd here, as well. Completely incidentally, seeing your name reminded me that I caught my first Skarmory in Pokémon Go today.)
Happy New Year as well! by SomeRandomPersonAccount on 2020-01-02 08:55:05 UTC Reply
But it’s the Second of January in Singapore unfortunately. Uses rapid spin!
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Historical or traditional use (may or may not be supported by scientific studies): Since ancient Greek physicians prescribed blackberry for gout, the leaves, roots, and even berries have been used as herbal medicines.1 The most common uses were for treating diarrhea, sore throats, and wounds. These are similar to the uses of its close cousin, the red raspberry (Rubus idaeus), and a somewhat more distant relative, the blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum).
Active constituents: The presence of large amounts of tannins give blackberry leaves and roots an astringent effect that may be useful for treating diarrhea.2 These same constituents may also be helpful for soothing sore throats.
How much is usually taken? The German Commission E monograph recommends 4.5 grams of blackberry leaf per day.3 Blackberry tea is prepared by adding 1.5 grams of leaves or powdered root to 250 ml of boiling water and allowing it to steep for 10 to 15 minutes. Three cups per day should be drunk. Alternatively, one may use 3�4 ml of tincture three times each day.
Are there any side effects or interactions? Tannins can cause nausea and even vomiting in people with sensitive stomachs. People with chronic gastrointestinal problems might be particularly at risk for such reactions. Taking blackberry leaf or root preparations with food may reduce risk of gastrointestinal problems in some people.
At the time of writing, there were no well-known drug interactions with blackberry.
1. Castleman M. The Healing Herbs. New York: Bantam Books, 1991, 106�10.
2. Tyler V. Herbs of Choice: The Therapeutic Use of Phytomedicinals. New York: Pharmaceutical Products Press, 1994, 53.
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Gazumping, broken chains and problems with mortgage approvals leading to a property sale falling through are estimated to cost the average home seller £2,700, according to new data.
Newly released research by technology platform, BreezeMove, has found that reducing the rate of property transaction fall throughs by just 10% a year, could save UK home sellers as much as £60.750m a year.
When a property does fall through it often leaves home sellers out of pocket due to the cost that they have already paid up for.
Some of the most common reasons for transactions falling through include buyers changing their mind (34%), sellers pulling out due to the speed of the process (15%) and gazumping (10%), all of which BreezeMove can help avoid.
BreezeMove estimates this cost to be as high as £2,700 for the average home seller and with 225,000 transactions falling through every year, that’s a huge £607.5m lost every year.
The firm aims to improve the conveyancing process and, in particular, their involvement with sector leaders within the Home Buying and Selling Group.
Phil Melia, founder and CEO of BreezeMove, commented: “As a nation, we’re obsessed with property and so the fact we still rely on such an archaic, protracted property selling process is a little mind-boggling really. There are currently a whole host of reasons that a property sale can fall through and while the long-term goal is to provide greater security for those transacting so that this can’t happen, reducing the number of current fall throughs in the short-term can help save home sellers a substantial amount of money.
"We believe a realistic and achievable goal is to reduce this annual rate of fall throughs by 10% by next year and if we can achieve even this small victory for UK home sellers, we could see a considerable saving.”
Improving a below-par completion process could also help the UK’s army of estate agents who have had a tough ride of late due to an industry-wide lockdown.
Melia continued: “We know that many estate agents will have found themselves in financial turmoil of late and as a result, they will have had to make the unfortunate decision of either making staff redundant, or putting any plans to hire on hold.
"As a result of this, they will also be experiencing an increased workload which they may well be struggling to deal with.
We believe products such as BreezeMove can reduce the laborious process of completing on a property sale and can shoulder the workload of at least one member of staff, allowing estate agents to complete on more sales and increase their profit margins in the process.
"With some 17,000 estate agency branches, that’s an industry saving of £425m a year alone in staff costs but it also allows agents to get paid quicker, which is a big bonus in the current climate.
"Not only does it help at the end of a transaction, but utilising conveyancing as a sales tool can also help increase listings, placing you above and beyond the competition due to the lower risk of fall throughs and faster completion times.”
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Mitch Harle November 17, 2020
Washington, DC — As Democrats maintain their majority in the U.S. House of Representatives, and ahead of the House Leadership Election where Nancy Pelosi is running uncontested for Speaker of the House, Protect Our Care issued the following statement:
“Speaker Pelosi is a true health care champion. In her time as Speaker, she has been leading the fight to make sure Americans can access affordable health care,” said Protect Our Care Chair Leslie Dach. “We have Speaker Pelosi to thank for the passage of the Affordable Care Act, and since then she has worked tirelessly to block Republican sabotage of the health care law and expand its protections. With continued threats to the ACA and the coronavirus crisis continuing to careen out of control, we look forward to Speaker Pelosi’s proven health care leadership.”
“Americans are tired of Republicans’ decade-long war on health care, and no one is a better choice to lead the Democratic caucus in building on the foundation of the Affordable Care Act to improve American health care than Speaker Pelosi,” added Protect Our Care Executive Director Brad Woodhouse. “Protect Our Care knows as Pelosi continues her historic speakership, her leadership and her commitment to health care are what we need to move forward. She is a strategic leader who will continue to lead the charge to protect and expand Americans’ health care.”
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NeuroVoider
Twin-stick shooter RPG set in a futuristic world about brains shooting around evil robots with nuclear rocket launchers, where you can customize your brain with the smoking remains of your victims
Dead in Vinland
Survival management game mixed with RPG and adventure elements, about a viking family trying to survive after being exiled on a mysterious island
Shaq Fu: A Legend Reborn
Fighting game featuring Shaquille O’Neal that has you fighting your way around the world, beating outlandish celebrity bosses, and listening to a new rap track from Shaq himself
Turn-based historical role playing game where you need to use everything at your disposal to help a team of accidental heroes survive on the streets of Warsaw in 1944
Treachery in Beatdown City
Retro-style beat ’em up with RPG tactics and wrestling mechanics that lets you build a custom character and go save the president
Blazing Chrome
Side-scrolling action run and gun that has you freeing human kind from a machine-ruled world with fast-paced single player or co-op gameplay
Turn based tactical RPG about five stunt actors who decide to quit their jobs and start their own Power Rangers inspired TV show, where you customize your studio, craft your giant cardboard mechas, and combine your heroes’ abilities with teamwork maneuvers
Two player sports arcade game for the Neo-Geo that also saw a home release on the NES, it was lauded as having unparalleled gameplay and “the best graphics, sound, and gameplay this side of ESPN”
Shock Troopers 2nd Squad
Top-down military themed action shooter arcade game on the Neo-Geo that actually has no connection to the first Shock Troopers game, you choose from four mercenaries with different abilities to take down a terrorist organization
Side-scrolling shoot ’em up that has you manoeuvring a warship and teaming up with the mighty Iron Clad in order to fight the Iron Mask Republic and save the Kingdom of Chop
King of the Monsters
Isometric fighting game that pits pits kaiju against eachother and humanity to discover who is the strongest Super Monster of all
Sengoku 3
Side-scrolling beat ’em up that has you adventuring around the world to destroy evil spirits awoken by the red moon, with armed and unarmed combos and massive Ninja Art attacks
Iconic run and gun action shooting game where you fight your way through a hail of bullets to thwart General Morden’s evil ambitions and uncover the secret of his new coup
Video game compilation consisting of 24 different arcade and console games published by SNK between 1979 and 1990, from Ozma Wars to Crystalis
Wilmot’s Warehouse
Top-down puzzle game about keeping a warehouse running in tip-top shape. You’ll need to flex your organizational muscles in arranging and grouping items so you can retrieve requests as quickly as possible
3 out of 10, Ep 1: Welcome To Shovelworks
Billed as the world’s first playable sitcom, it’s a fully animated and voiced free episodic series based in the world’s worst game studio, with narratively driven mini games taking you behind the scenes in a satirical look at game development
Health Canada has released a national COVID-19 contact tracing app, and it actually uses the proper exposure notification API
COVID Alert is available on iOS and Android, and takes full advantage of the Apple/Google Exposure Notification API
One thing to note here is that because the API is only available in iOS 13, you’ll need an iPhone from the last five years or so (6s or newer)
That lets your phone silently record randomized identifiers for anyone that comes within range of you for 15 minutes or more
Then, if someone tests positive for COVID-19, they just have to enter a code given to them by health care workers and it will upload a list of everyone that was in range in the last 14 days
At set intervals your phone will check the uploaded lists and, if your identifier was included in one, let you know that you may have been exposed
No personal information is asked for or collected by the app- you’ll see a prompt asking to enable COVID-19 Exposure Logging and Notifications, and then another asking to enable notifications for the app. Other than that it just asks what province you live in
A lot of other apps, even some local ones like ABTraceTogether, have attempted something similar, but because they wanted to use their own systems they hit walls like your iPhone screen needing to be on and unlocked at all times
These apps are not only battery hogs, but also less secure as they could be accessing other identifying information while they run
There is a caveat here in that reporting is currently limited to a pilot program running in Ontario, but you can still download and run the app anywhere in Canada so that your contact tracing records are kept up to date. Then even on day one of reporting in your province you’ll be able to see if you came into contact with someone days or weeks ago
Estimates show that these apps become really effective after they reach 60% of an area’s population, and there’s literally no downside to running it, so I’d heartily recommend everyone take a moment and get that going on your smartphone
Xbox Game Streaming is going full Stadia on September 15th, but they might actually do it right
Based on Project xCloud, the new tech will allow Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers to play more than 100 games from the cloud on their Android devices
You’ll be able to play things like Minecraft Dungeons, Destiny 2, Gears 5, and Yakuza Kiwami 2, and they’ve announced they’ll be providing day-one access to new titles from Xbox Game Studios
Mobile users will have full access to the console experience, including friends lists, achievements, and saved game progress
And one of the best parts is that this isn’t limited to the States- September 15th will see the launch across 22 countries across North America and Europe
Unfortunately this is Android exclusive- Microsoft was running tests with iOS devices, but Apple’s App Store policies smacked the whole idea down
An Apple spokesperson told Business Insider that streaming services like these can’t be on the App Store because the company can’t review every single game included in the apps
They say that because games are interactive, unlike movies and music, they must be reviewed before being allowed to reach iPhone and iPad users
I think if that’s their concern they should just put the highest age-rating on the app and let it loose. There are a lot of interactive things on iPhones, like web browsers, where it’s just not feasible to review every single interaction
Samsung introduced a bunch of new tech with their Unpacked digital event this week
They introduced a fancy new Galaxy Z Fold 2 with a faster processor and redesigned hinge
The gap between the screens has been shrunk and the device is thinner than the first Fold, but the hinge also boasts improved dust elimination. We’ll see more details on September 1st when preorders open
The Galaxy Note 20 and Note 20 Ultra are the next flagships of the Galaxy line with 5G support
They’ve improved the S Pen and, for the Ultra model, set up a 120Hz screen for less latency when gaming
They’ve also partnered with Microsoft for three free months of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate with Xbox Game Streaming, as well as a free controller to play with
New tablets are coming in the form of the Tab S7 and S7+, and are the first tablets that support 5G in the US (for what it’s worth)
Apparently they’ll have a lot of Microsoft integrations, including the ability to use it as a second screen with your Windows computer
Taking a note from Apple’s iPhone X, Samsung skipped right from the Galaxy Watch to the Galaxy Watch3, with a smaller, thinner, and lighter body that still houses a larger screen
The new model has a cool feature that can measure your blood oxygen levels, too, which is pretty handy when we have a lung-attacking pandemic on our hands
Recent rumours are saying that the next Apple watch will also include this feature
Galaxy Buds Live are Samsung’s latest wirefree earbuds, now with active noise cancelling
And they’ve announced the followup to their original folding smartphone, the Galaxy Z Fold2 5G
This one goes back to the book-style body of the Fold, but now when it’s closed you get a full 6.2” screen instead of the giant bezels and 4.6” screen of the original
They’ve also switched the display from using plastic to “ultra thin glass”, to improve strength and scratch-resistance, and improved the hinge to be not only stronger but also offer more varied angles
It still has a slight gap in the hinge, but Samsung says they’ve added bristles to keep dirt out
It’s been a weird week when it comes to TikTok
With such a popular app being owned by a Chinese company, many are concerned about the data that so many are willingly uploading to the service (along with whatever it may be grabbing behind our backs) ending up in the hands of a foreign government
Some are also concerned about how it could pave the road for some low-grade propoganda, given how the way videos are promoted to users is a complete mystery
Last Friday Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One that he would be banning the Chinese social media service from the United states, though given his track record who knows what he actually meant
He said he’d be signing the document the next day, but whether that was supposed to be an executive order or something else it never materialized
Then two days later Microsoft confirmed its intent to acquire TikTok in the US, Australia, Canada, and New Zealond, saying they got a window from the president to have a deal in place by September 15th but is still threatening a ban if they can’t hash it out
On the political side, China’s communist party tabloid Global Times called a forced sale the “hunting and looting” of TikTok, and with Trump saying the US Government should get a “substantial portion” of the sale for “making it possible for this deal to happen”, you can start to wonder if they may be on to something
This Week In Gaming History:
August 1 – 1991 – F-Zero – SNES
The series is known for its high-speed racing, characters and settings, difficult gameplay, and original music, as well as for pushing technological limits to be one of the fastest racing games.
The original title inspired the creation of games such as Daytona USA and the Wipeout series.
And selfishly, I love this game for putting Captain Falcon into Smash bros, so he could be cloned to be my main Ganondorf.
August 2 – 1992 – Mortal Kombat – Arcades
Mortal Kombat was considered as one of the greatest video games of all time by critics and audiences in 21st century and became a best-selling game and remains one of the most popular fighting games in the genre’s history, spawning numerous sequels and spin-offs over the following years and decades, beginning with Mortal Kombat II in 1993, and together with the first sequel was the subject of a successful film adaptation in 1995.
However, it also sparked much controversy for its depiction of extreme violence and gore using realistic digitized graphics, and, along with the home release of Night Trap, prompted the formation of the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB), a U.S. government-backed organization that set descriptor ratings for video games.
August 3 – 2008 – The Angry Video Game Nerd in Pixel Land Blast – PC
In The Angry Video Game Nerd in Pixel Land Blast, you play the Angry Video Game Nerd from the web video series.
You are flying along wielding your NES Zapper, shooting NES cartridges that have been features on the Angry Video Game Nerd videos.
Do not touch a cartridge or get hit with a shot as this drains your life meter. If your life meter drops to zero, you lose a life. Hitting a spiked wall instantly loses you a life.
If you see a couple bottles of Rolling Rock beer, these will restore some of your life meter.
A six-pack is an extra life.
You can press a second fire button to call forth Shit Pickle, who will clear all enemies from the screen.
After a couple of levels, your progress will be saved so you don’t need to restart from the beginning, if you don’t want to.
August 4 – 2013 – Pikmin 3 – WiiU
The game centers around controlling three new characters: Alph, Brittany, and Charlie. They travel to PNF-404 (the planet featured in the first two games) to save their home planet Koppai from famine by harvesting seeds from the planet’s fruit. Upon reaching the planet, they discover the Pikmin, a servile species that’s both plant and animal, which they use to collect the fruit and battle the planet’s many fierce creatures.
Pikmin are super cute, and I love Pikmin 2, but the loss of control in this was devastating to my enjoyment of the game.
You used to be able to control Pikmin with the right analog stick, but in this game it is a camera control, and the Pikmin mindlessly follow you to me devoured, stomped or somehow caught by anything that follows you.
August 5 – 2000 – Hot Chix ‘n’ Gear Stix – PC
Caught my eye with the ridiculous title
Behind the wheels of one of the 6 mid-70s American muscle cars your only aim is to show yourself as the hottest chix around in this arcade-style racing game.
Tried to get more info off the developers website, but their website looks like its no longer hosted
August 6 – 2001 – Mobile Suit Gundam: Journey to Jaburo – PS2
An action game based directly on the Mobile Suit Gundam films and series. The game begins at the start of the series and ends at the ending of the second film.
The game plays in an action game format with a standard third-person view. It features newly hand animated cutscenes that depict events from the original television series as well as a CGI opening depicting a space battle from the One Year War and then a scene of the Gundam destroying several Zaku IIs before being attacked by Char Aznable.
A sequel, Mobile Suit Gundam: Encounters in Space, was released in 2003.
Which has hard to learn controls that reflect space combat well.
The English dub of the video game features the voices of the actors who were cast for the Mobile Suit Gundam television series as with most games subsequent to the series’ dubbing, rather than the English cast of the films.
August 7 – 2018 – Dead Cells – XBox One/PS4
Dead Cells is a roguelike action platformer video game inspired by Metroidvania-style games
Absolutely love the art style, I have no idea how to play the game. And feel like I’m bad at it.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons has officially sold more than double what New Leaf did, beating out Breath of the Wild and Super Smash Bros Ultimate to reach the number 2 spot for Switch game sales just under Mario Kart 8
Bethesda has announced that Doom Eternal and The Elder Scrolls Online will both be free on the PS5 or Xbox Series X for players that have them on PS4 or Xbone, respectively
A new brushing scam saw people in dozens of US states receive mystery seeds in the mail that they didn’t order
Governments are urging people not to plant them or throw them out, as they could introduce invasive species, but to contact your state plant regulatory official instead
Brushing scams, I learned this week, are a e-commerce trick where scammers will get ahold of people’s names and addresses and then send them some random, low-value item.
The idea is that once there’s a record of some kind of shipment, they can use that to legitimize fake positive product reviews that they attach your name to
Three teenagers were arrested this week for last month’s massive Twitter hack that had prominent users like Bill Gates and Elon Musk promoting a Bitcoin scam that earned over $100K
According to federal agents, they’d used their own driver’s licenses to open Bitcoin wallets that received some of the loot
The suspected leader is being charged with more than 30 felonies, including communications fraud and identity theft, but the hack could have been a lot worse if the goal had been to affect global policy rather than make a quick buck
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PS2J 306 News – Chip In’nt
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Mad Tracks
Toy car racing game that has you managing your vehicle’s spring-powered engine and racing through toy stores, mini-golf courses, and restaurants. It also has arcade modes like pool or darts where you compete for the high score
AER: Memories of Old
Adventure game that puts you in the role of Auk, a girl with the ability to transform into a bird. You will fly to explore and experience a world of floating islands, where exploration will be the key to unlock secrets and progress through a story leading you to the end of the world.
16-bit beat ’em up with local co-op based on the third season of Stranger Things on Netflix, showing never-before-seen quests, character interactions, and secrets
PSA for online activists, the ‘chip in’ function on Change.org isn’t a donation for the cause.
Once someone has added their name to a petition they’re invited to chip in a small donation to fund promotion of the campaign, with the phrasing “Can you chip in $3 to get this petition on the agenda?”
Anyone not reading carefully may think they’re donating to the cause, but really they’re just paying for advertisements of the petition and Change.org itself
The feature came under fire after more than half a million people ‘chipped in’ on the Justice for George Floyd petition, which funded more than 100 billboards across New York City and Minneapolis promoting it, but critics are saying that the money should have gone to his family or the ongoing protest movement
The ‘chip in’ feature is enabled by default on all petitions, and though organizers can opt out of it they can only do so by calling the company’s help desk and speaking to a representative, when something like this could easily be a checkbox when settings things up.
The backlash has seen Change.org temporarily disable the feature, and hopefully they rework things to make it more clear and easier to opt out of
Juneteenth has become an even more important holiday milestone this year, with many calling on the US to celebrate it as a true independence day for all
On June 19th 155 years ago, Major General Gordon Grander announced that all slaves were to be set free under federal orders, leading June 19 (Juneteenth) to become an annual celebration of the end of slavery in the US
In the midst of what’s been happening many corporations have taken the opportunity to encourage their staff to celebrate in a few different ways
Nike, Uber, Twitter, Spotify, and Target have made Juneteenth a paid holiday.
Amazon and Google encouraged employees to cancel meetings.
Capital One and JPMorgan will close branches early.
Bank of America and Citigroup encouraged workers to use a personal day.
It’s something, but it really needs to be set up either by presidential declaration or an act of Congress to be a proper statutory holiday in the United States
And if you want a stark reminder of the legacy of slavery in the US, and how echoes of it are still continuing today in the legislative and prison systems, you should absolutely watch 13th on Netflix
It’s a powerful documentary about the legacy of racism and slavery in the US and how it’s evolved over the decades, starting with the 13th amendment to the constitution that outlawed slavery except as a punishment for a crime
Starting from that point it goes through the disenfranchisement and disproportionate targeting of people of colour as a substitute for the systems that had been seemingly shut down
Microsoft is officially shutting down their first party streaming service, Mixer, and releasing everyone from their contracts
They had a lot of good ideas but clearly the adoption just wasn’t there, so they’re working with Facebook to rework the platform into Facebook Gaming
FG will honour and match all existing agreements as closely as possible, and they’re letting people connect their accounts to bring over streamer channels and subscriptions
One big thing to note here is that none of this is automatic- Facebook will not be integrated into the Xbox UI, and unless you explicitly link your accounts Facebook will not receive any of your account data
They’re encouraging viewers to spend their remaining Embers and Sparks (in-app currency) to support streamers, offering double the normal payouts for their partners for the month of June, but anyone with remaining credit will receive it on an Xbox Gift Card
After July 22, Mixer will start redirecting to Facebook’s gaming video sites and will redirect viewers to watch on Facebook Gaming
The UK’s upcoming contact tracing app is shifting to use the Apple-Google APIs to prioritize privacy while still keeping people safe
Some are still complaining that it doesn’t offer as much data, like your GPS coordinates at all times, but that’s really a feature and not a bug
There are also some concerns about distance calculation, but Google maintains that since they’ve only developed an exposure notification framework it’s up to the individual apps to build on that to make true contact tracing apps
Unfortunately there’s still no sign of an update to Alberta’s app
The production values were solid, everyone was filmed separately, and there were no awkward third-party software demos, so really just an overall win for presenting in the days of COVID
Apple reiterated its support for the BLM movement, and announced a new developer and entrepreneur camp for black developers
iOS 14 – coming to all phones currently supporting iOS 13
5 year old phones will get all the new features, compared to Samsung devices from as recent as 2 years ago not being supported for updates
Widgets are coming to the home screen, and getting massively updated from what we currently see on the Today screen
They’ll also use a feature called Smart Stack to show relevant widgets depending on time or location
Taking another cue from Android, you’ll now have the ability to hide apps from your home screen and view them in a main App Library that’s sorted by category and fully searchable
We’re getting picture in picture on all devices now, instead of just iPads
Phone calls and Siri won’t take up your entire screen any more
Other Siri updates include dictation no longer needing an internet connection, and a built-in Translate app that can facilitate offline multilingual conversations- turn your phone sideways, and it will show both sides of the conversation side-by-side
Messages is getting the ability to pin conversations to the top of your list, in-line replies in group messages to clarify what you’re replying to, and the ability the mention specific people to notify them (as well as the ability to mute notifications unless you’re mentioned)
Maps is bringing Look Around, their version of Street View, to the UK, Ireland, and Canada
They’re also introducing a ton of new features for cyclists, starting in NYC, LA, San Francisco, Shanghai, and Beijing
It’ll do things like adjust your ETA for current conditions, and let you know if there are stairs or steep hills involved
And for electric vehicles, your phone will track your charge level and factor in weather and elevation changes to calculate charging stops along your route
All those changes to things like Siri and Maps will also flow through to Carplay, along with some visual updates
They’re also implementing digital car keys, starting with the 2021 BMW, so you can tap your phone on your door to unlock it and plug it in to start the engine
That feature is also coming to iOS 13
Another new feature is App Clips, which will let you have limited interactions with apps without actually downloading them
You can be prompted from within another app, or with an NFC tag or QR code
And the last big piece, and it’s a big one, is that you can finally set default email and browser apps!
All in all they’re adding complexity to the phone, but it’s all optional so it will be there for people that want it and not forced on those that don’t
They’ve reworked apps like photos, files, and music to be able to do more on one screen using 1
Min Min from ARMS is coming to Smash!
Very interesting approach to a character
She’s joining the roster on June 29
Holding the A button
her left arm will stretch out for a quick attack.
This has more distance than most basic hits and can be considered her Tilt Attack when you take into account the Side Smash is the same attack but much more powerful.
If you quickly tap the A button instead
she’ll attack with quick kicks instead of her arm,
which can be useful for fast interactions.
Her Up Smash is called the Somersault Kick.
When timed correctly, it can also reflect projectiles from opponents.
All of her Smash and other movement-based attacks will also use kicks
giving her more options to deal with opponents outside of stretching her arms.
The normal, Tilt Attack can also be used while moving or jumping
so it’s a great way to apply pressure on a retreating opponent or approach someone who doesn’t like playing in the air.
The Smash variant can be used while in the air and both versions of the attack can be angled up or down at the end of the strike.
It imitates the curving punches you can get in ARMS by twisting the JoyCon
Once you switch over to the B Specials, that’s when you incorporate her right arm into the mix.
Using the Right ARM punch Neutral or either Side Special will send her right arm flying
You can extend both the left and right arms independently in the same direction or use them to cover both sides of the stage.
And because of the range on these ARM attacks
you’ll never need to worry about getting countered
Sword users will have one less option to respond with unless you’re fighting Shulk and get too close.
Down Special is called ARMS Change.
It will allow players to cycle through various attachments for Min Min’s right arm.
You can rapidly change abilities without worrying about a cooldown and each different ability opens up a lot of possibilities.
Ramram
Normal ARM that extends for a hit but throws a ring-like projectile once fully extended and can be angled.
Very fast release and the ring provides great coverage while swinging back to reattach to the ARM, though the power is low.
A slow-moving attachment with a lot of power behind it that can KO opponents at low percentages if you land a fully charged blow.
It is easy to dodge, doesn’t bend a lot, and has a shorter range than the other ARMs.
The default ARM for the left arm, shoots out a laser if you hold down the Smash Attack.
After a successful grab throw, the left arm Dragon will power up for a short period of time, allowing for more damage and a more powerful laser.
Just like in ARMS, you’ll grab your opponent at a distance using both arms, which can leave you open to attacks if you miss.
Her Up Special is called the ARMS Jump,
which is a standard recovery move that can be angled and adjusted for height depending on how you hold down the buttons.
Also announced was more Mii Fighter costumes
Interesting note is that Vault Boy from the Fallout franchise will be available for the Mii Gunner
Ontario updating math curriculum with coding and personal finance
The Ford government’s new elementary math curriculum will introduce coding, computer storage measurements and personal finance terms starting in Grade 1
as part of a bid to improve sliding math scores.
Starting this September, students in Ontario public schools will begin learning mathematics with more emphasis on a “back to basics” approach
with certain concepts introduced in earlier grades and other concepts pushed into higher ones.
Throughout grades one to eight, children will learn concepts related to coding for the first time.
They will also learn about personal finance in each grade
and they will learn about measurements of data storage,
such as a byte, kilobyte, megabyte and gigabyte, alongside the other units of measurement they learned previously.
Ministry of Education officials said teachers will be given professional development time through the summer as well as during the new school year to adapt lesson plans to the changes.
Premier Doug Ford said it was the first addition to elementary math since 2005
The new curriculum also changes when children will be introduced to some core skills.
For instance, learning to tell time on a round clock with hands will now begin in Grade 3, instead of Grade 1.
Meanwhile, plotting coordinates on a grid will be taught in Grade 4, down from Grade 6, with officials saying the skill is useful to have when learning about coding.
Part of the “return to basics” approach means memorizing multiplication tables will return.
The minister of Education also added that in future years that annual tests could be conducted online.
Republicans in the US have proposed a law to make end-to-end encryption illegal
The language they’re using is that they’re ending the use of “warrant-proof” technology by terrorists and other bad actors, but it amounts to making it illegal to build secure systems. The whole point of encryption is that it needs to be provably secure, and all this law would do is remove the privacy that every person has a right to
Facebook’s fact-checking system has had a massive new loophole added to it, with climate-change denial now being deemed ineligible for checking because it’s an opinion
MSCHF, a company building its brand by creating viral moments, is holding an app-based contest starting June 30th at 3PM EST
The app, only available in the US, challenges users to hold their finger to the screen as long as possible. The last person standing will win between $0.01 and $25,000, based on votes from everyone that loses
You can also get up to three bonus lives by playing with friends within Bluetooth range
Titanfall 2 has seen a resurgence with its Steam release last week, becoming the top-selling game on the platform right now and jumping into the top 100 most popular games being played
The Titanfall subreddit has continually seen tens of thousands of people playing during peak hours, leading many to hope that the popularity will show EA just how well a third instalment would sell
Mac-using podcasters rejoice, Audacity has finally been updated to work with macOS 10.15 (Catalina) released late last year
The update introduced new controls over microphone control, which prevent Audacity from recording anything unless launched manually through Terminal
Elder Scrolls Online is now on Google Stadia with the ability to link your progress cross-platform, marking the first time in months that we’ve had any news about the platform
Cineplex is reopening and offering ridiculously low ticket prices, for those willing to brave crowds without mandatory masks
Staff will be deep cleaning theatres between showtimes and wearing masks themselves, but they’re only suggesting moviegoers do the same without requiring it
ArsTechnica has a great write-up on Walmart’s $140 Windows laptop, with the bottom line being please do not buy it
Its resources are criminally undersized and underpowered, with its 32GB drive lacking the storage to even perform Windows Updates, and on some performance benchmarks it scored a previously thought impossible ‘0’
You can spend less on a used laptop from a couple years ago with much better performance
All the gory details are available at https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/06/we-bought-walmarts-140-laptop-so-you-wouldnt-have-to/
There’s a class action lawsuit against Bell Mobility and Virgin Mobile Canada, alleging that they used customers’ personal information without consent as part of their proposed Relevant Advertising Program.
If you had a Bell or Virgin account with data service between November 2013 and April 2015 you’re included unless you opt out, and you can get more info at www.strosbergco.com/class-actions/bellmobility/
PS2J 286 News – One Click Debt, No Refunds
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Remastered, 1080p ports of all three plot-driven first-person shooter games (BioShock, BioShock 2, and BioShock Infinite), taking you from the depths of Rapture to the skies of Columbia in some great stories in dystopias freed of “petty morality” summed up by “No gods or kings, only man”
A reportedly decent port of the classic life simulation series that has you creating characters and households, then living their lives
Firewall Zero Hour
4v4 tactical VR shooter developed exclusively for the PSVR that has you seizing or protecting sensitive information from opposing teams
TT Isle of Man: Ride on the Edge
Motorcycle racing game that has you challenging the deadly Snaefell Mountain course that has you taking on 38 miles of roads at over 180 mph
A role-playing psychological horror game inspired by H.P. Lovecraft’s writing, while also being an adaptation of the 1981 RPG of the same title
Fable Heroes
A beat ’em up spinoff of the Fable series, with a toy-like aesthetic and mixed reviews, it’s at least the first family friendly Fable title
The original Battlefront game for the first Xbox, it’s a first and third person shooter that primarily plays as a conquest game with limited respawns for each team and also has a Galactic Conquest mode with some strategy elements
Pretty much what it says on the tin- it’s a full farming simulator with huge American and European environments, over 300 vehicles and machines, online co-op play, and a surprisingly large mod community
Next week we can look forward to PC ports of some popular board games
Apparently Ring isn’t just a product that lets people surveil their neighbours and gives police access to a network of cameras, it also tracks its customers through its app
We talked about the Ring camera doorbells and Amazon’s shady agreements with local police to promote the products and get access to recorded footage last summer back in episodes 263 and 268
Well now the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) put together an investigation of the associated Android app and found it packed with third-party trackers sending out a plethora of personally identifiable information on its customers
This stuff includes names, IP addresses, mobile network carriers, persistent identifiers, and sensor data from the devices themselves
All of that info comes together to form a detailed fingerprint of the user that can be sold or used to see what people are doing in their digital lives, and most damning of all is that there is no notification, consent, or ways to mitigate the damage done
Ring is taking this information and delivering it to organizations like:
a “deep linking” platform that builds those exact kind of digital fingerprints and associates them with other marketing and analytics data
another marketing data firm that’s now getting their hands on sensor data from all those devices
And Mixpanel
yet another business analytics service, but this one deserves special mention since Ring is sending them people’s full names, email address, details on your phone’s OS and hardware model, bluetooth settings, and how many locations you have Ring devices installed in
Of those services only Mixpanel is on Ring’s list of third-party services they say they work with, but they don’t make it clear just how much information they share
All that is to say, for being a company based around securing your home they sure don’t seem to have any consideration for your personal information. If you use a Ring device, it may be time to rethink that
Tesla’s taking heat this week because of their fairly predatory practices when it comes to buying upgrades
In a pretty suspicious move, about a week and a half before the end of their financial year Tesla rolled out a new feature in their phone app allowing people to buy software upgrades for their cars to enable full autopilot
Shortly afterward, they were hit with a lot of users complaining about unintended purchases and a terrible refund policy
In one case someone broke down exactly what happened- they essentially butt dialled the purchase, contacted support as soon as they could afterward and then a week later were told that there are no refunds for software purchases.
The support staff even compared it to “paying for an addition to a house, deciding you don’t like it, then requesting a refund from the contractor”
There are even some staff claiming that the upgrade can’t be removed from the car, when it’s basically just an enable/disable flag with no major download or installation involved
Eventually someone high-profile enough complained on Twitter and Elon Musk said that the refund situation would be addressed, but who knows if that will roll out to all the little people affected
The kicker here is how easy Tesla made it to accidentally make the purchase- it’s harder to download a free app
If you’re logged in to the Tesla app and go to the upgrades screen, the $4000 autopilot upgrade is automatically selected, added to your cart, and the payment prompt is immediately displayed
You then have two buttons- ApplePay, which would prompt for TouchID, FaceID, or your password, or Pay With Credit Card
One thing to note here is that they do have their refund denial policy shown at this point. On a black or very dark grey screen, below those buttons in slightly lighter grey text. All the other text is bright white.
Another interesting tidbit is that the refund policy was actually photoshopped off of the screen when it was shown in an investor presentation
If you do hit Pay With Credit Card it takes you to a confirmation screen with everything filled out- they don’t even ask for your card’s security code to verify, you just tap Pay at the bottom.
So if you’re in the Tesla app and put your phone in your pocket without locking it, whether by mistake or not, you’re three taps away from dropping $4000 without even knowing it
There are even some reports that the confirmation screen is new- some users last year just wanted to see the total with tax and were immediately charged
In investigating this I also stumbled upon some of the skeezy strategies Tesla has used on their website- when you look at the price of a car they default to showing it adjusted for “potential savings”
You might see that and expect some kind of rebates or sales, but in fact they bundle in the estimated savings from not buying gas for the life of the car, making a difference of thousands of dollars between the expected price and what Tesla actually charges for their vehicles.
All of this just really goes to show how Tesla seems to be trying to trick people into spending money, and the fact that it’s right before their fiscal year end makes it even more suspicious
The Wawa chain of American convenience stores was targeted by credit card skimming malware last month, resulting in as many as 30M cards going up for sale on the dark web this week
Apparently the malware began rolling out on March 4th and wasn’t discovered until December 10th, so it had gathered about nine full months worth of numbers, names, and expiration dates
Anyone who used a payment card at a Wawa location last year should definitely check your bills closely. Wawa is reportedly offering affected customers one year of credit monitoring but those services may not be very effective, so if you’re concerned you may want to consider putting a security freeze on your file instead
Activision Blizzard makes exclusive streaming deal with YouTube, Overwatch League and Call of Duty will be streaming on YouTube
343 Industries is looking to ban Halo: Reach players abusing the experience system by frequently joining games and not actually playing
Apparently the new release of Reach involves a new experience progression system to unlock customizations, rather than the old system where you could just buy whatever you have enough credits for, and going AFK is one strategy players are using to grind for more experience
Another has been dubbed “sword lining”, where two Griffball teams line up and take turns killing each other with swords
Bethesda has finally fully addressed the inventory hack in Fallout 76 that we talked about last year, wherein hackers could use your inventory like a lootable chest to steal everything from your character in seconds
Reportedly the company is creating clones of the affected characters with their entire inventory as of December 20th, as well as about $66 worth of their premium ‘atoms’ currency.
Players can then make a secure trade from the clone to their original character via a private server, and Bethesda is providing support agents to help with that process
Zuckerberg has gone on record that Facebook’s goal for the next decade “isn’t to be liked, but to be understood”, saying they didn’t always communicate their views clearly because they worried about offending people
The Daring Fireball says it best: “The more you understand Facebook, the less you like or trust them. So: mission accomplished.”
Nintendo’s Switch has officially become their third best-selling home console of all time, behind the Wii and the NES (and almost quadrupling the WiiU)
Fun fact, estimates show they surpassed the Xbox One during the 2019 holiday season despite the XBone being out for more than three years before the Switch’s release
And just to tack on to the end of this, The Outer Worlds is officially coming to the Switch on March 6th
Lastly, in a little bit of heartwarming news to close things out, professional Fortnite player and streamer Aydan Conrad went on Twitch last week to stream himself calling his mom and paying off her student debt
He gave full credit to his viewers, saying that everyone watching made the whole thing possible
Based on this tweet, I want to know what ten games our Fanily like. See how much crossover we all have.
And I can see some cool games to check out as well
https://twitter.com/SanctumKnight/status/1221351524342947840?s=19
I like top tens with no order, it all depends on mood.
Josh’s Top 10
Psyconauts
Alan’s Top 10
Eternal Darkness Sanity’s Requiem
Shovel Knight Treasure Trove
Kirby Superstar (honourable mention to Planet Robobot)
Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask (honourable mention to A Link to the Past)
Thank you to Renee, thank you for believing in us!
PS2J 274 News – Bean
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A Hotline Miami style top-down stealth game that has you sneaking through crimescenes to clean and hide the evidence before the authorities can put your bosses away for good
Deadlight: Director’s Cut
2016 rerelease of the 2012 title
Sidescrolling cinematic platforming survival horror game that has you attempting to traverse a zombie-infested Seattle to rejoin your family
A 16-bit beat ’em up based on the third season of Stranger Things with local co-op
The Walking Dead: Michonne
A spin-off Telltale Games title that explores what Michonne was up to during a temporary departure from the main group
Acting as Adam Wolfe, an investigator of the paranormal, you will discover a hidden world under the modern San Francisco. In this city, ghosts, artifacts, secret orders and curses are just some of the things that Adam will come across working on his most important case.
Minit is an adventure played sixty seconds at a time. Journey outside the comfort of your home to help unusual folk, uncover countless secrets, and overcome dangerous foes, all in hopes of lifting a rather unfortunate curse that ends each day after just one minute.
The saga of iOS 13 continues, and it’s a messy one
Just to get it out of the way, if you’re already on iOS 13 then you’ve got nothing to lose at this point- the fixes will help. If you’re still on 12, then I’d hold off if I were you
Apple has already released iOS 13.1.2 this week, following last week’s 13.1 and 13.1.1 and the week before’s initial iOS 13 release
Apple’s really sat themselves on the bleeding edge with these updates, and it has me concerned about their software for the future- we’ve gone from the days when I wanted to run the latest betas to today when I regret installing the new OS even some time after it’s come out
The new features are neat, sure, but when your patch notes include things like “Fixes an issue where Camera may not work” or “Addresses an issue where Bluetooth may disconnect on certain vehicles”, fairly core functions, I start wondering why these weren’t caught during the beta.
We’re four releases in to iOS 13 there are even still issues with syncing in the Notes and Reminders apps that may or may not be related to app upgrades requiring the new macOS (Catalina) that isn’t even out yet
The new versions of these apps that came with iOS 13 last month aren’t compatible with earlier versions of iOS or macOS, so if you’re running a mixed environment you’re probably noticing inconsistent/missing/lost data
I mean, kudos to Apple for fixing things as quickly as they can, but we’re at the point where iOS 13 should have just been delayed a month and maybe just come out with Catalina in the first place
The Samsung Galaxy Fold is here, and it’s… pretty much what we expected
$2000 gets you an interesting concept device with some limited usefulness
The device comes with a whole sheaf of paperwork on how to use and care for it without breaking it
Basically they warn to use a light touch, avoid water and dust, avoid excessive pressure, and keep it away from things that are sensitive to magnets
All in all it’s big, heavy, and has a non-standard screen size regardless of how you use it. It’s kinda novel but doesn’t seem worth it when a screen replacement, on their warranty program, costs $150
TechCrunch has already broken theirs accidentally by pressing on the display to close it
Speaking of dual screens, Microsoft has some interesting new hardware coming down the pipe
First up are their new Surface Neo and Duo- book-style folding devices with two screens (instead of the Fold’s single folding screen)
The Neo is tablet sized, runs Windows 10X (a custom version of Windows 10 made for dual displays), and has an optional bluetooth keyboard that magnets on
The Duo is their phone version that runs a heavily-skinned version of Android, so who knows when updates will come
Both of these are expected late 2020 though, so we haven’t even seen prototypes yet
Other than that they’ve overhauled their Surface lineup to compete more with the iPad Pro, and later this year their Airpods competitor the Surface Earbuds will launch
The big selling feature of these is the large round art-deco touchpad attached to your ears, which is definitely a style choice and totally doesn’t look like a couple of Apple Watch chargers stuck to the sides of your head
On the topic of Airpods, it looks like the next model has leaked via icons found in the upcoming iOS 13.2 beta
We don’t have much detail yet, but they seem to be more focused on noise-isolation and adjusting the classic earpod/airpod fit, which has a lot of people whose ears weren’t compatible taking note
A security researcher has released a full bootrom exploit for all iPhones from the 4S to the X, along with several iPad models and a few generations of the iPod Touch
This will pave the way for a permanent, un-patchable jailbreak for all the devices involved- the bootrom is read-only, so Apple can’t fix it with an update
On the plus side, this can only be exploited by physically connecting to your device while in recovery mode, so general users should be safe while people that want their jailbreak tweaks can jump through the needed hoops to get that set up
Minecraft Updates!
Character Creator is coming to all Bedrock platforms.
And there is a free cape right now called the founders cape. Looks like pumpkin, or like orange flame, with a creeper face on it.
Nether is Getting Biomes!
With descriptions from the Minecraft blog!
Despite the dangers of these new Nether biomes, we do want this update to make the Nether more accessible (albeit still a dangerous place to live!). You’ll be able to build a base there, respawn there, and even find food!
Soulsand Valley
What could be more welcoming than a new biome full of blue fog and blue flames (courtesy of the new blue fire block!), and ominous gigantic fossils everywhere? Don’t answer that, just get hyped for this barren wasteland that can’t wait for you to risk a visit…
Netherwart Forest Red
A dense forest, with swirling particles and dense atmosphere, deliberately designed by our meanest level designers to make you get lost. Mwahahaha!
Netherwart Forest Blue
Well, less another biome, more a variation on Netherwart Forest Red (oh great – I only just managed to escape from that) but with its own unique atmosphere, and its own unique blocks! For example, watch your step for that twisty new Nether Fungi covering the ground…
New Nether Mobs!
Piglin Beast
What’s a new biome without a new mob to cause chaos within it? Meet the Piglin Beast, the tusked little terror that’s Minecraft’s newest hostile mob! It can be bred as a source of food in the Nether (and let’s face it, you’re not exactly spoilt for choice when it comes to lunch options in the Nether, are you?).
Piglins
Speaking of names, we’ve renamed the Zombie Pigmen to Zombified Piglins, and we’re introducing a new hostile mob to Minecraft… the Piglins! Piglins live in the Nether, and are hostile to you and most other mobs. You’ll also find small fortifications they’ve built in the Nether, called bastions.
Just like the person writing this post, Piglins are constantly on the hunt for gold, which is something you can use to your advantage. Wear gold armour and the Piglins will ignore you… unless you start rifling through their chests. Then prepare for a Piglin battle! Want to be more of a Piglin pacifist? It’ll be possible to trade with Piglins, but don’t expect the same experience as trading with villagers. This will be known as bartering and it’ll be far less friendly!
New Block!
TARGET BLOCK
Not completely related to the theme of the new update, but a brand new block designed for redstone enthusiasts! Shoot the block with an arrow, and it’ll emit a redstone signal. The closer your arrow to the bullseye on the Target Block, the stronger the emitted signal. We can’t wait to see what redstone contraptions you make with this one!
The future is here, and after last year’s Fortnite crossplay beta Sony has officially opened up cross-platform play for all developers
Now we just need proper cross-platform cloud saves and we’ll really be cooking with gas
Spotify is finally getting Siri integration, if their beta app is any indication
There’s no timeframe for release, but considering this was one of the tentpoles of their anticompetitive complaint against Apple earlier this year it’s a little amusing to see them figuring it out themselves
Facebook is cementing just what an evil company they are even more this week, by removing their rules against running ads with false and misleading content to allow Trump to lie in campaign ads
They now only prohibit claims debunked by third-party fact checkers, but political figures are apparently exempt from even that narrow restriction
Alan recommends OrangeTheory Fitness
Literally Misleading
Movie – A man led astray by his employer takes out his frustration on his family. (Christmas Vacation)
Movie – A typical cowboy saves the princess tale.
A huge thanks to Zane, for supporting us and Podzilla.
Or… Discord Server
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A Facebook Page exists as well.
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Yoku’s Island Express
Side-scrolling Metroidvania platformer where you can only jump by using pinball paddles to push a ball that drags your character behind, in an open world with many bumpers, tracks, and ramps for different pinball mechanics
Stealth Inc 2: A Game of Clones
2D puzzle platform stealth game that has you taking control of multiple clones to explore the facility in which you were born
Chicken Assassin: Reloaded
An RPG beat-em-up that plays like a clicker- you can upgrade your stats, weaponry, and equipment, then mash buttons to beat up the bad guys and get your girl back
2D adventure sidescroller where you try to make it through a normal day performing all your bodily functions completely manually, a la QWOP
Lovecraftian horror adventure game inspired by At The Mountains of Madness, that has you exploring an Antarctic base to discover the fate of your expedition through notes, journals, and and strange visions
Apple’s By Innovation Only event was this week, and here are some of the highlights:
Apple Arcade looks fairly solid and will only cost $5 a month with full family sharing. None of the games will include in-app purchases, and they’re all exclusive to Apple Arcade on mobile
The big standout for me was Sayonara Wild Hearts, a neon rhythm racing game with a ton of style, that’s also coming to Switch and PS4
Apple TV+ is also hitting for $5 a month, which makes competing services look pretty expensive by comparison, but the content is slowly coming together
Netflix and Amazon Prime are a fair bit more with a ton of back catalog, and Disney+ is only slightly more expensive with their huge vault of works
One interesting note though, every Apple device sold from now on will come with a free year of Apple TV+. Whether that means only the first time or every single purchase remains to be seen
There’s a new entry-level iPad model that works as an updated alternative to the fancy iPad Pro
The Apple Watch Series 5 will officially have an always-on display, with the screen staying dim until you raise it, and apparently the exact same battery life as current models
They’re also bringing in more case materials like ceramic and titanium
And the Series 3 seems to be the new budget model, with the Series 4 being completely replaced
And, of course, the iPhone
We’ve got three new iPhones:
iPhone 11, which is the updated iPhone XR, has the same liquid retina display with a ton of new guts to make it even faster than before
They’ve also tweaked the dual camera system on the back to use a standard and ultra-wide angle lens, instead of the old telephoto, so they can use their computational photography to work with even more information
It also allows them to finally have a Night Mode, which Google’s been rocking for about a year now
The new camera system does come with a gigantic square camera bump, which leaves many wondering why not make the whole device the same thickness and add more battery life (though they did manage to add an additional hour, which is nothing to sneeze at)
Then the iPhone 11 Pro, the new OLED model replacing the XS, with a very fancy super duper crazy bright and accurate fancy display ™
It also comes in a new color, midnight green, that feels Boba Fett-esque. Pretty slick
For the most part it’s got the same new fancy guts as the iPhone 11, but in addition it’s got a third lens to keep the telephoto in play with the other two.
Apparently it will use a feature called Deep Fusion to fuse 9 separate exposures with the combined lenses into a single image
It’s also got slightly faster cellular data, which is kind of whatever at this point. It gets to a point where the speed gains become less and less noticeable
Unfortunately this model is also killing my baby- 3D touch is dead, replaced by haptic touch
3D touch was brilliant, where you could press slightly harder on the screen to do things like get shortcuts or move your cursor around with your thumb on the keyboard, but required an extra suite of sensors under the display
Instead all the Pro models have the same Haptic touch brought to us originally in the XR because the display just didn’t work with the tech- you just do a long press, and the haptics give you a light tap on the thumb. So it’s a glorified long press, which we’ve had pretty much the whole time anyway
All this comes alongside 4-5 more hours of battery life for the base and Max models, respectively, which is bonkers year-over-year improvement while adding more tech
This year’s iPhones also bring a new chip for ultra wideband technology, leading many to think that their Tile competitor is coming soon since that would allow for much more accurate location tracking of devices
One demo found inside the new iOS files has the ability to look around your room for a red balloon, then follow the string to the missing device
Awesome looking game that’s got about a month left on Kickstarter, called Savior.
Kickstarter | Steam
Savior is an open-world, action-adventure platformer, centered on rebuilding the divided planet of Arcadia. You’ll be empowered to save the people you discover from problems like hunger, superstition, tyranny and destruction. As you help the Arcadians regain their lives and thrive, you’ll earn experience, abilities, powerful tools and allies to aid you in your quest.
You play as Sam, a stranger with no possessions or memory. As you explore, you’ll learn of your origin and place among the characters you encounter. Battle, evade and persuade your enemies to join you in rebuilding a broken world.
We wanted combat to feel as real and engaging as possible. To that end, every block, dodge and strike is clean and reactive. NPCs have attack patterns that you’ll learn over time, so fights are quick as you come to anticipate your opponent’s reactions.
Strike 6-Directions – Strike up, high (standing), low (crouched), down (when airborne), or behind you high and low. Hit targets all around you with ease.
Block – Auto-block most attacks with one button. Blocks will cost you ground and stamina. If you block exactly on the strike timing, you’ll instantly counter-attack.
Dodge – By crouching before a high strike or jumping just before a low strike you’ll open up a window of vulnerability in your opponent. Strike fast for a guaranteed hit!
Be Unconventional – When encountering an aggressor, you’ll have options. Douse them with water, intimidate them with staff spins or impress them with epic dance moves!
Savior is an open-world game where you’re free to cover the same ground multiple times. So we’ve made simple travel as fun as possible. We’ve added a flurry of movement enhancements to make running and jumping more thrilling and varied.
Context-Sensitive Jumps – Jumps to walls, ledges, high targets, low targets, water, off cliffs etc. will get their own animations that flow together.
Wall Jump – Special gear will let you cling to walls and climb ravines like a spider monkey that sweats crazy glue.
Slide/Roll – Explore every crevice of Arcadia by learning to get small and round. Push down at a run and you’ll slide through your opponents legs!
Dash/Double Jump – Add a second boost to your jump or your run. Blast up or forward to reach new areas, just get around faster, or knock over foes.
You can win opponents to your cause with your words and actions. They’ll remember encounters and build a positive or negative relationship with you. Over time you can convince them to abandon hostility and help you rebuild Arcadia.
Complete Quests – Quest to gain favor, secrets, and powerful items. Plus you’ll change your surroundings in lasting ways that will make your way forward easier.
Choose Your Style – Talk people into joining your cause. Fight them until they relent. Or make their favorite meal or douse them in water. Get creative!
Debate – Part of your arsenal will be solid arguments. Only some will respond to a good argument right away, but you can plant seeds of doubt that grow over time.
Build Reputation – As you become known, NPCs will treat you differently. Get discounts at shops, help with quests and access to secret areas and equipment.
You can back the project until October 10th, 2019. Then as Kickstarter does, they get the funds to work on it, or pledges are not taken.
They will release on Steam, but they have added Xbox One, PS4 and Switch as stretch goals. My speculation, is that those goals are to pay for the license for those platforms.
Facebook’s released their new dating service in the US, and as usual it had a ton of security and personal information pitfalls
If you really want to check it out, Lifehacker has a great breakdown of what information is visible to whom
Apparently the Galaxy Fold, that $2000 terrible phone tablet thing, is rolling out slowly around the world this month after an announcement on the 5th
Unfortunately it looks like Samsung is cancelling everyone’s preorders dating all the way back to April
They’re saying they’re revamping the entire purchase experience, along with the slow rollout, so everyone that did preorder gets $250 in store credit
Ironically, after Google went on about needing tracking cookies to prevent users being fingerprinted by things like fonts (we discussed in 269), Google-owned app Crashlytics has started installing fonts with a custom identifier embedded that any app can use to identify users
New legislation is coming to California forcing independent contractors in gig-worker roles to be treated as employees, and Uber is trying to say it doesn’t apply because drivers aren’t a core part of their business, which seems like a bold choice
Alan Recommends Philips Sonicare
A huge thanks to Karen, for believing in us for so long.
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Canadian metal/hardcore band Counterparts has announced plans to release a new EP titled Private Room on September 7th with Pure Noise Records.
“Private Room is a collection of B sides from the last two records that we think deserve to see the light of day. The EP is dedicated to our love of private room karaoke and all of our friends/fans that put up with our psycho bullshit on and off stage.” - Brendan Murphy
Beach Slang break up following accusations of emotional and psychological abuse by former manager
AFI shares two new songs 'Twisted Tongues' & 'Escape From Los Angeles'
Thrice release 'Palms - Acoustic Sessions for Octane' EP today
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Lookout! Records announce online reunion shows
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A Historic Firehouse Property Is the Basis for an Ambitious Renovation and Remarkable Hospitality Destination
TOPICS:DetroitfirehouseFoundation HotelhospitalityhotelSachse Construction
Posted By: Kevin Blind and Todd Sachse May 7, 2018
The circumstances in Detroit are uniquely suited to a boom in historic renovation opportunities. The city is not only in the midst of a continuing urban revival, but Detroit has a relatively large number of historically or architecturally significant buildings. Even in this “target-rich environment,” however, some historic renovation projects stand out.
The Foundation Hotel’s preservation efforts included a comprehensive exterior restoration that preserved and restored
all original terra cotta and masonry elements.
One such project is the recently completed Foundation Hotel renovation. The downtown Detroit project is an outstanding example of how a historic property can be transformed into a compelling space, combining historic artistry and architecture with contemporary conveniences to create a distinctive hotel property with a memorable and defining sense of place.
Creating the new Foundation Hotel required converting and combining two adjacent historic buildings (one of which was originally the headquarters for the city of Detroit Fire Department) into a unified 95,000-square-foot, 100-key boutique hospitality property–complete with an enclosed first-floor restaurant and bar. The finished project encompasses the Pontchartrain building at 234 W. Larned Street and fire department building at 250 W. Larned Street–originally built in 1882 and 1929, respectively.
Examining the process the design and construction team took to complete the project, including the unexpected challenges and the exciting opportunities for inspired preservation, reuse and repurposing, provides a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to renovate a unique historic property and deliver an extraordinary hospitality experience for Detroiters and guests to the city.
Flexibility And Opportunity
Whether it is a historic firehouse or another older property with architectural or cultural significance, successfully renovating a historic structure requires flexibility from all stakeholders. There is no one-size-fits-all formula for transforming a one-of-a-kind architectural landmark. Every project is different with its own character, its own challenges and its own opportunities. Profes- sionals who work in this specialized space not only know to expect the unexpected but they welcome it. Oftentimes, the most inspired and evocative historic renovations are those that can skillfully navigate the obstacles presented by aging structures and dated materials while preserving the aesthetic and experiential potential delivered by period detail that is preserved and integrated into the updated design.
Structural integrity issues are common–almost inevitable. With the Foundation Hotel project, the north wall of the 234 building was discovered to be structurally unsound and had to be completely rebuilt. New steel supports were added to accommodate the new rooftop and fifth-floor banquet space addition. Structural concerns were not limited to the ceiling: The integrity of the existing floor was also a challenge. More than 50 percent of the floor joists had to be replaced because of either damage or rot. The first-floor of the fire department building concrete slab was post-tension concrete, which also presented issues with needed coring and the installation of through-floor structural steel.
When working with historic buildings, stringent guidelines and special approvals are always part of the process, and the Foundation Hotel project was no exception. The team coordinated closely with the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) to determine approved sightlines, material finishes, glazing percentages and more. A detailed proposal package had to be submitted to SHPO and the National Park Service, Washington, D.C., outlining all proposed alterations or additions.
Essential historic elements were prioritized and preserved. For example, the trademark 500-pound red firehouse doors were removed, restored and reinstalled.
The irregular/nonstandard floorplans and infrastructure accommodations often mean that historic buildings also pose some difficulties when it comes to the design of individual rooms. The Foundation Hotel’s 100 rooms had 54 unique layouts, creating a challenge for the architects at McIntosh Poris Associates, Birmingham, Mich. From a design perspective, flexibility and creativity helped to create the many different room layouts that were needed. From a practical standpoint, individual room plans placed in every room during construction helped minimize confusion and avoid mistakes.
To Preserve and Protect
Historic renovation work often requires creative solutions. It also presents some important and sometimes difficult decisions about what original elements to preserve and what is impractical, impossible, unsafe or simply not cost-effective to keep.
The goal is to retain as much historic detail and authenticity as possible from the building’s original character without compromising the ability to create a comfortable, appealing and amenity-rich environment for guests. Detroit-based Kraemer Design Group served as the historic consultant for the project, helping to determine which essential historic elements would be prioritized and preserved. That historical triage isn’t just about creating a unique space; it’s often an economic necessity. Many projects (including this one) are financially feasible when they qualify for and secure historic tax credits.
The Foundation Hotel’s preservation efforts continued to the outside of the building(s) with a comprehensive exterior restoration that preserved and restored all original terra cotta and masonry elements. Custom molds were created and used to make matching pieces for areas of the hotel facade that had been damaged. Inside, original wall tiles in the lobby were restored, and corridors throughout the building retained their original plaster and terrazzo flooring.
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We are the Mods Film UK Premiere
Perhaps not the most original title for a film about mod culture, but E E Cassidy debut film “We are the Mods” takes an unsual angle on the subject .
The film is about two outcasts girls, Sadie and Nico, who “explore Britain’s 60’s mod culture of music, fashion, drugs and vintage scooters in contemporary Los Angeles”. The synopsis of the film sounds like a typical coming-of-age story, but the combination of female protagonists and mod styles should make it worth watching and if nothing else, the stills and trailer suggest that the film looks good.
You can view the trailer online at the We are the Mods website. The films receives its UK premiere at Raindance Film Festival next month on 6 October. Visit the Raindance website for full details of the screening.
Tags / film, mod culture, mods, retro, We are the Mods
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tiny Marshall islands take India to International Court of Justice
In Oct 2011, the Govt. declared an area covering nearly 2,000,000 square kilometres (772,000 sq mi) of ocean shall be reserved as a shark sanctuary, making it the world's largest shark sanctuary. The tiny Nation has a long history – in the recent pages, months before the attack on Pearl Harbor, Kwajalein Atoll was the administrative center of the Japanese 6th Fleet Forces Service, whose task was the defense of these islands. In World War II, the United States, invaded and occupied the islands in 1944, destroying or isolating the Japanese garrisons. The battle here caused irreparable damage, especially on Japanese bases. During the American bombing, the islands' population suffered from lack of food and various injuries.
In 1979, the Government here was officially established and the country became self-governing.In 1986, the Compact of Free Association with the United States entered into force, granting the Republic its sovereignty. The Compact provided for aid and U.S. defense of the islands in exchange for continued U.S. military use of the missile testing range at Kwajalein Atoll.
It is the ‘Marshall Islands’- located near the equator in the Pacific Ocean; geographically, part of the larger island group of Micronesia. The country's population is spread out over 24 coral atolls, comprising 1,156 individual islands and islets. The most populous atoll is Majuro, which also acts as the capital.Micronesian colonists gradually settled the Marshall Islands from earlier years and the European powers recognized the islands as part of the Spanish East Indies in 1874. However, Spain sold the islands to the German Empire in 1884. In World War I, Japan occupied the Marshall Islands, which in 1919 the League of Nations combined with other former German territories to form the South Pacific Mandate. In World War II, the United States conquered the islands in the Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign.
Politically, the Marshall Islands is a presidential republic in free association with the United States, with the US providing defence, subsidies, and access to U.S. based agencies such as the FCC and the USPS. Health officials in the Marshall Islands are reporting a surge in chikungunya cases with the latest tally at more than 800 cases since February 2015. Of these, 80 percent of cases were from the Capital, Majuro. This is the first known outbreak of Chikungunya in the Marshall Islands and follows on the heels of a major outbreak in Kiribati earlier this year. An effort was launched spraying mosquito breeding areas around Majuro Atoll.
We are reading about this island as there is news of the tiny island taking our Nation to the Court. Times of India reports that an year ago, the tiny island republic in the Pacific Ocean, made an impassioned plea to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) seeking initiation of proceedings against India for not pursuing nuclear disarmament, but India is yet to file response to it. The tiny Nation suffered miserably during World War II and, later, the US used some of its islands as the testing site for its nuclear weaponry , which it nick named Pacific Proving Grounds.
The nuclear non-proliferation treaty (NPT) came into force 45 years ago and the ICJ in its advisory opinion on July 8, 1996 had said: “There exists an obligation to pursue in good faith and bring to a conclusion negotiations leading to nuclear disarmament in all its aspects under strict and effective international control.“
Marshall Islands, which received over $700 million in compensation from the US in the last century for the adverse effects of nuclear weapons testing, strongly feels that the nuclear arms race between India and Pakistan could pose a huge danger to world peace, both being NPT non-signatories. The report states that last month, the ICJ accepted India's request and gave it time till September 16 to file its reply to Marshall Is lands' application. The court had on June 16 last year given India time till December 16, 2014. The time was again extended till June 16 and now to September 16.
The island republic's grievance is that “India continues to breach its obligations under customary international law, including specifically its obligation to pursue in good faith negotiations to cease the nuclear arms race at an early date, as well as to pursue in good faith negotiations leading to nuclear disarmament in all its aspects under strict and effective international control“.
Sounds strange that they are targetting India when there are bigger players in the field of nuclear armament – some who have used and some who threaten and some who have the capabilities. The nuclear non-proliferation treaty (NPT) proclaims that its objective is to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and weapons technology, to promote cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy and to further the goal of achieving nuclear disarmament and general and complete disarmament. A total of 190 parties have joined the Treaty, including the five nuclear-weapon States.Four UN member states have never signed the treatyare : India, Israel, Pakistan, and South Sudan.
25th June 2015.
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Recognizing and Celebrating Pride Month
June is Pride Month - a month to celebrate and recognize the contributions of the Two-Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex and Asexual (2SLGBTQIA+) community. Beyond celebration, it is also a month that highlights the challenges and changes needed to increase understanding, respect and inclusion for the 2SLGBTQIA+ community going forward. Over 51 years has passed since the Stonewall Riots, which took place on June 28, 1969 in New York, sparked outrage and united the community to come together every June to highlight 2SLGBTQIA+ civil rights movements nationwide.
SaskCulture is proud to stand with Saskatchewan’s 2SLGBTQIA+ community as they celebrate their achievements, commemorate their past, and work toward building a more equitable and inclusive future. SaskCulture is committed to the genuine inclusion of all people in its vision of building a culturally vibrant province. We continue to foster an environment of improvement and education, supporting both community cultural activities and learning opportunities for our own staff to learn about 2SLGBTQIA+ issues in Saskatchewan. We know there is a need for more opportunities for learning and we will strive to educate ourselves on a continuous basis.
Over the past many years, Sask Lotteries has been proud to provide financial assistance for community driven activities to help bring people together and to create a better understanding of our fellow residents. These include:
Supporting programs such as Queer City Cinema, OUT on the Land, hosted by OUTSaskatoon, which offered culture camps for Two Spirit and Transgender urban and northern youth, and Culture Days Drag Workshop hosted by Moose Jaw Pride, as well as partnering on programming undertaken by these organizations.
Providing Organizational Diversity Planning support to the majority of our eligible provincial cultural organizations supported through the Sask Lotteries delivery system.
Ensuring our staff team continues to learn about the impact of inherent prejudices and systemic biases while increasing understanding of the change needed through learning opportunities that included sessions from the Canadian Center for Gender and Sexual Diversity, and a presentation to all staff by Moose Jaw Pride.
Continued promotion of 2SLGBTQIA+ awareness opportunities and support of Pride Month.
While June provides a time to celebrate the achievements that have been made, it is also a time to reflect on challenges that remain. COVID-19 is impacting Pride celebrations worldwide; however, we encourage you to support your local 2SLGBTQIA+ community and join SaskCulture in acknowledging and celebrating Pride in Saskatchewan.
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Rep. Katherine Clark
MA-05 (Democrat)
SBA List Rating:
Representative Clark has consistently voted against efforts to protect the lives of the unborn as well as the consciences of taxpayers who don’t want their hard-earned tax dollars paying for abortion domestically or internationally. Rep. Clark has worked to prevent the implementation of the Trump administration’s pro-life regulatory efforts.
Scored Votes
H.R. 21, the Consolidated Appropriations Act
Would overturn Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance (PLGHA). Overturning this policy would force taxpayer funding for international NGOs who promote or perform abortion. Susan B. Anthony List OPPOSED ROLL CALLREAD MORE
Procedural vote on H.R. 21, the Consolidated Appropriations Act
To restore Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance (PLGHA). Susan B. Anthony List SUPPORTED ROLL CALL
H.R. 5, the Equality Act
Would put abortion on equal standing as pregnancy, stipulating that any attempt to withhold abortion services constitutes discrimination. Susan B. Anthony List OPPOSED ROLL CALLREAD MORE
Cole Amendment #1 to H.R. 2740, the Labor Health and Human Services Appropriations Act
Would amend the House Labor Health and Human Services appropriations text to restore the Trump administration’s conscience protection rule. Susan B. Anthony List SUPPORTED ROLL CALLREAD MORE
Roby Amendment #9 to H.R. 2740, the Labor Health and Human Services Appropriations Act
Would amend the House Labor Health and Human Services appropriations text to restore the Trump administration’s Protect Life Rule (Title X). Susan B. Anthony List SUPPORTED ROLL CALLREAD MORE
Pocan Amendment #1 to H.R. 2740, the Labor Health and Human Services Appropriations Act
Would amend the House Labor Health and Human Services appropriations text to block the Trump administration’s protections against taxpayer funding for research involving organs and tissue from aborted babies. Susan B. Anthony List OPPOSED ROLL CALLREAD MORE
Lesko Amendment #78 to H.R. 2740, the Labor Health and Human Services Appropriations Act
Would amend the State, Foreign Operations appropriations text to stop an increase in funds to international population control, which includes US-based groups that promote abortion overseas. Susan B. Anthony List SUPPORTED ROLL CALLREAD MORE
H.R. 2740, the Labor Health and Human Services Appropriations Act
Minibus would overturn the President’s Protect Life Rule, Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance, Conscience Protections, and pro-life policy on fetal tissue research, as well as increasing foreign aid for US-based groups that promote abortion overseas, etc. Susan B. Anthony List OPPOSED ROLL CALLREAD MORE
H.R. 3351, the Financial Services Appropriations Act
Would gut the longstanding D.C. Hyde (Dornan) amendment and allow taxpayer funded abortion in Washington, D.C. Susan B. Anthony List OPPOSED ROLL CALLREAD MORE
Discharge Petition on H.R. 962, the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act
This procedural effort to force a vote on the bill is being treated as a vote because Speaker Pelosi refuses to allow a vote on the underlying bill. If a majority of the House signed the discharge petition, she would have to allow the vote. Susan B. Anthony List SUPPORTS ROLL CALLREAD MORE
Vote to amend H.R. 535, the PFAS Action Act
Would recognize the unborn as a class of potentially vulnerable populations. Susan B. Anthony List SUPPORTED ROLL CALLREAD MORE
H.J.Res. 79, Removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment
Would revive the ratification process for the long-expired Equal Rights Amendment – an amendment that has been interpreted by courts as installing a sweeping legal mandate for abortion on demand, funded with taxpayer dollars, into the United States Constitution. Susan B. Anthony List OPPOSED ROLL CALLREAD MORE
Vote to amend H.R. 2339, the Protecting American Lungs and Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act
Would amend a health-related bill by including the text of the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act. Susan B. Anthony List SUPPORTED ROLL CALLREAD MORE
H.R. 6800, the Heroes Act
Would provide pandemic-related bailouts including funding abortion providers and health insurance plans that include elective abortion. Susan B. Anthony List OPPOSED ROLL CALLREAD MORE
H.R. 51, the Washington, DC Admission Act
Would admit the federal District of Columbia as the 51st state. Susan B. Anthony List OPPOSED ROLL CALLREAD MORE
H.R. 1425, the State Health Care Premium Reduction Act
Would amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act while increasing abortion funding through Obamacare. Susan B. Anthony List OPPOSED ROLL CALLREAD MORE
H.R. 7608, the State and Foreign Operations, and Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2021
Would weaken pro-life protections and eliminate pro-life regulations funded through the State and Foreign Operations and Military Construction, and Veterans Affairs bills. Susan B. Anthony List OPPOSED ROLL CALLREAD MORE
H.R. 7617, the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Financial Services Appropriations Act, 2021
Would weaken pro-life protections and eliminate pro-life regulations funded through the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Financial Services bills. Susan B. Anthony List OPPOSED ROLL CALLREAD MORE
Tracked Activity: Bills Cosponsored & Letters Cosigned
As of September 2020
H.R. 4399, the Support and Value Expectant Moms and Babies Act
Would prohibit the FDA from approving mail-order do-it-yourself abortions. Susan B. Anthony List SUPPORTED COSPONSORSHIP READ MORE
H.R. 20, the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act
Would codify the Hyde amendment, ensuring that no federal funds could be used for abortions or to subsidize health plans that include abortion coverage. Susan B. Anthony List SUPPORTED COSPONSORSHIP READ MORE
H.R. 784, the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act
Would protect unborn children halfway through pregnancy based on their ability to feel excruciating pain. Susan B. Anthony List SUPPORTED COSPONSORSHIP READ MORE
Letter to President Donald J. Trump
Requesting his veto threat for any bill that weakens pro-life policies or laws. Susan B. Anthony List SUPPORTED COSIGNING READ MORE
Letter opposing funding for fetal tissue research
Encourages the president to stand strong against unethical science that uses aborted fetal tissue, and to instead continue to fund better, ethical alternatives. Susan B. Anthony List SUPPORTED COSIGNING READ MORE
Bicameral letter regarding chemical abortion restrictions
Encourages FDA Commissioner to uphold restrictions on the dispensing of chemical abortion put in place for the safety of women. Susan B. Anthony List SUPPORTED COSIGNING READ MORE
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Where to Run in Sioux Falls
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10 things to know on the Chilly Cheeks races
Four years ago, Karen Lopez Lechtenberg needed to combine some of her true loves: running road races, raising kids and helping others.
And because she can get more done in a day than most of us can do in a week, her solution was to organize a stack of races to raise money for her son’s baseball team.
That’s how the Chilly Cheeks road races began. Now in their fourth year, the races – a 5K, 5-mile and 10-mile – draw hundreds of runners. This year, they are on April 8 at Riverdale Park.
Karen used to organize races in Nebraska and wanted to do a spring race here. Plus she needed to raise money for her son’s baseball team. Put those together, and you have an event.
The three races help support the team, but they also have given money to other organizations, including Project S.O.S., which provides school supplies for students.
Each of the three races is a loop, and all of them are chip-timed.
The 10-mile course isn’t finalized – but be warned that it’s gone up the switchbacks in the past. With the city mandate that all races must be run on the bike path, it can limit routes, but Karen still strives for variety on the courses.
The race has grown every year. Last year was the biggest, with 350 runners. “I’d like to see it get over 400 this year,” Karen said.
You aren’t just helping the baseball team – they’re helping you. Team members paint all the awards (coffee cups for age group winners, and penguin piggy banks), work the turnarounds and make all the food.
The food. Oh, the food. There are baked goods and other treats at the finish, but there’s also chili – including paleo and vegetarian options.
Wondering what to do with your kids? Don’t worry, there’s childcare. Only a mom of four kids would think of this – baseball team members and their parents watch kids at the playground near the start. So if you want to run but need help with childcare, this is the race for you.
The 10-mile route is only in its second year. “It’s good for spring half and marathon training,” Karen said.
Runners receive a short-sleeved grey technical shirt with a penguin illustration on the front. Every year, it’s been a penguin.
There you go. I don’t know about you, but I’ll do about anything for free childcare. “We try to make it a family friendly and fun event,” Karen said.
Here’s a link to the race, and here is more on registration. Hope to see you there!
Happy running.
About the race director
Name: Karen Lopez Lechtenberg
Family: Husband Nate, sons Jackson, 13, Keeton, 11 and twins Miles and Owen, 9
From: Raised in St. Louis, Mo., but has lived in Sioux Falls for six years
Occupation: Teacher at Cleveland Elementary School
Jacqueline Palfy is a longtime runner, reader and writer, marathoner, mom and board member of the nonprofit Sioux Falls Area Running Club. Her contributions to the 605 Running Co. blog will appear each Tuesday. You can follow her on Twitter @runnerJPK or reach her at jpalfyklemond@gmail.com. Story ideas are encouraged.
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RMA Reform Series: Compliance, Monitoring & Enforcement
Home Insights RMA Reform Series: Compliance, Monitoring & Enforcement
Contributed by: Kristen Gunnell
The Resource Management Review Panel rightly notes that effective and efficient compliance, monitoring and enforcement (CME) are "hallmarks of a well-functioning regulatory system" – but that the RMA's CME system is not meeting that objective.
In our experience, Councils often seek to impose a vast suite of conditions at the front end of the consent process but then fail to focus on monitoring and enforcement of those conditions. This has the effect of penalising those who comply (we will leave the separate discussion on whether councils impose unnecessary consent conditions to another day). If CME was given due focus and funding, the RMA system may not be as "broken" as the general consensus would have it be.
The Panel identifies two main categories of issues facing CME: those arising from current institutional arrangements and those arising from legislative deficiencies.
Institutional arrangements
The Panel considers that the devolution of CME functions to a large number of small local authorities with operational and jurisdictional overlaps has created a fragmented system that results in confusion, duplication and inefficiency. Relationships are unclear between CME functions under the RMA, and other legislation such as the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996, the Building Act 2004 and bylaws made under the Local Government Act 2002.
The Panel considers that local authorities are hamstrung by a lack of resources, biases and conflicts of interests, and competing functions, with CME having a lower priority. There is a perception that formal enforcement action is not seen as desirable by some elected officials and that conflicts of interest can arise when a Council is both the regulator and regulated party. The differences in resourcing between local authorities can also result in an uneven application of the law between areas. The Panel records the low number of FTE employees allocated to CME functions in New Zealand – 11 local authorities have no FTE for resource management CME, while 24 have one or fewer employees tasked with this work. The Ministry for the Environment only has one FTE dedicated to resource management CME issues.
The lack of cost recovery mechanisms for compliance monitoring in relation to permitted activities was also raised as an issue by the Panel, which means this monitoring is either not undertaken or is funded from the general ratepayer base rather than from the resource user.
Legislative deficiencies
The Panel notes that deterrence is the primary enforcement strategy to ensure compliance with the RMA and that for deterrence to be effective, there needs to be a general perception that the laws are enforced with meaningful punishment being meted out to any wrongdoer. RMA penalties are low in comparison to international jurisdictions (in the UK, corporate environmental fines are £3 million compared to a maximum penalty of $NZ600,000 under the RMA). In many cases, the low fines set under the RMA mean that the commercial gain far outweighs the potential fine. Defendants can also insure against environmental penalties undermining the deterrent effect even further.
The Panel recommends establishing regional CME hubs with assistance and oversight from central government. Each hub would take on CME functions on behalf of all the local authorities in the region with support from the EPA, and would report to the relevant regional joint planning committee. Mana whenua involvement in CME would be improved, and there would be better coordination between regional CME hubs and central government to develop best practice. As a part of this, company CME track records would be accessible by the general public.
Legislative changes proposed by the Panel include:
substantially increasing the maximum financial penalties to bring them in line with other countries and other New Zealand regulatory regimes;
specifying commercial gain as an aggravating factor;
prohibiting insurance against prosecution fines and infringement fees; and
providing the opportunity for creative sentencing, such as offenders contributing capital or labour towards cleaning up the environment.
The Panel also recommends enabling recovery for costs of permitted activity monitoring and for costs associated with the investigation of unauthorised activities in some circumstances. The Panel considers this is particularly necessary given the anticipated increase in the use of permitted activity status with attached performance standards. Other Panel recommendations in this space include:
reconsidering statutory limitation periods for offences;
creating a new offence for contravention of conditions of consent; and
establishing a new power to allow a regulator to apply for a consent revocation order in response to serious or repeated non-compliance.
The CME system currently suffers from inconsistency and a general lack of resourcing and prioritisation. CME is in many ways an easy fix. The Panel's recommendations in this area are much more targeted and specific than some of the other chapters of its report.
We generally support the Panel's recommendations, in particular, the regionalisation of CME to address issues of resourcing and local biases. The economies of scale created by the new hubs should be able to be leveraged to unlock efficiencies at the front end of the consent process. This will enable CME to be focused where it is of most use, in identifying and pursuing bad actors.
Ultimately, the success of the new system will turn on the adequacy of the funding provided and input from the Ministry to enable centralisation of data and meaningful monitoring. We are not convinced that cost recovery provisions and funding from local authorities will be sufficient to change the status quo in relation to resourcing. In practice, cost recovery takes up valuable administrative time. Given the huge effort that will be needed to overhaul the existing system, we also query whether there will be sufficient resources available to police permitted activities.
The effectiveness of CME will depend on the quality and quantity of the resources available to it and, as with other parts of the RMA reform, the willingness of central government to commit adequate funds will be critical.
This article is intended only to provide a summary of the subject covered. It does not purport to be comprehensive or to provide legal advice. No person should act in reliance on any statement contained in this publication without first obtaining specific professional advice. If you require any advice or further information on the subject matter of this newsletter, please contact the partner/solicitor in the firm who normally advises you, or alternatively contact one of the partners listed below.
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For Parents Links
Naviance Family Connection
Welcome to the SAU41 School District!
Step 1: If you are new to the SAU41 School District, a parent or legal guardian must complete the
SAU41 Pre-Registration Form.
Step 2: Gather the following documents:
Proof of Residency (2 forms of Residency):
One of the following documents: Lease agreement that is signed and covering the current school year, current deed that is signed (finalized), or current property tax bill.
One of the following documents: Current utility bill indicating a Hollis or Brookline address. Accepted utility bills include electricity, home heating fuel, cable, internet, etc.
Note: PO Boxes are not accepted for proof of residency.
Unofficial copy of transcript or report card(s) depending on grade.
Immunizations and copy of recent physical
IEP or a 504 Accommodation plan, if applicable
Divorce decree or a parenting plan, if applicable
(A) Legal Residence in Divorce/Custody matters: In a divorce decree or parenting plan developed pursuant to RSA 461-A, a child's legal residence for school attendance purposes may be the school district in which either parent resides, provided the parents agree in writing to the district which the child will attend and each parent furnishes the district with a copy to the school district which the parent resides. The parents shall update their parenting plan to reflect this agreement.
(B) Nothing in this sub-paragraph shall require a school district to provide transportation for a child to another school in the school district which the child resides or beyond the geographical limits of the school district which the child resides. Both custodial parents and the student must be present during the registration, absent a parenting plan.
Step 3: Contact your child's school
Brookline Schools
Richard Maghakian Memorial School (Grades K-3)
22 Milford Street
Brookline, New Hampshire
Captain Samuel Douglas Academy (Grades 4-6)
24 Townsend Hill Road
Hollis Schools
Hollis Primary School (Grades K-3)
36 Silver Lake Road
Hollis, New Hampshire
Hollis Upper Elementary School (Grades 4-6)
12 Drury Lane
COOP Schools
Hollis Brookline Middle School (Grades 7-8)
Hollis Brookline High School (Grades 9-12)
24 Cavalier Court
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Home Scuba News 18th-century Thames shipwreck given extra protection
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18th-century Thames shipwreck given extra protection
Modified date: 17th December 2020
An 18th-century shipwreck lying in the Thames is among a host of historic sites that have been granted additional protection by Historic England in 2020.
The Old Brig is a well-preserved merchant ship that was believed to have been involved in smuggling prior to sinking.
It has lain in the mug off Seasalter, Kent, for hundreds of years, and is periodically exposed by the tides.
Wessex Archaeology conducted an investigation and believe there is the potential for more exciting finds to be found in the lower hull.
Historic England’s chief executive Duncan Wilson commented: “Despite the challenges that the heritage sector has faced this year, 2020 has seen many brilliant additions to the list.”
Other sites include a Victorian railway station, post-World War Two towers, and Jacobean gardens.
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BDMLR marine mammal medics came to the assistance of a seal pup on the beach at St Ives on New Year's Eve. BDMLR's welfare development...
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The Janus Chamber
Juliette Society, Book II
Part of The Juliette Society series
By Sasha Grey
A few years have passed since Catherine's time in the The Juliette Society, but things haven't been going the way she planned. Her life with her fiancé Jack has become predictable and boring, especially in the bedroom. Now working as a journalist, she struggles to find inspiration in her work or at home--until she starts writing about the death of a publicly beloved model, Inana Luna, whose experiences reflect Catherine's own blossoming sexuality and independence. What started as a routine story quickly becomes Catherine's obsession, as she follows the tale of a woman whose tracks take her down a road with too many familiar facets: a fascination with kink, lustful men, and some very sexy intrigue. Like the Roman god Janus, Catherine is simultaneously looking to the past and the future. Can her experiences with The Juliette Society, along with Inana's diary, help her figure out what she really wants in life, love, and sex? Or will the story drag her back down into a tantalizing world from which she might not be able to escape a second time?
Sasha Grey is an actress, model, musician, and former pornographic actress. Her film and television work includes Steven Soderbergh's The Girlfriend Experience and HBO's Entourage. Grey is a member of the industrial band aTelecine.
Publisher: Cleis Press (November 15, 2016)
Fiction > Erotica
Book Cover Image (jpg): The Janus Chamber
More books from this author: Sasha Grey
More books in this series: The Juliette Society series
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Making the most of our new public square in Aldgate
Improving the air we breath
In 2003 the school started a partnership with the City of London to monitor and ultimately improve the air quality around the school. London’s poor quality air is a well known problem. Indeed, when we survey parents to get an idea of their priorities for school improvement it is one of the main concerns raised. As such, we’re very proud to announce that the air quality enhancement projects around the school are bearing fruit.
For the first time since monitoring began the annual measure of air pollution around the site has reduced to below the legal limit.
The main reasons for the reduction in pollutants is the work that the City of London has promoted to improve the built environment in the local area. Two new open spaces have been developed—Mitre Square and Aldgate Square. Footpaths have been widened around the school site. Hundreds of plants and trees have been established.
Inside the grounds of the school our Gardener, Catherine Tidnam, has worked with the Air Quality team in the City to develop planting around the school, install green screens and develop awareness of environmental issues with our children through our gardening club.
Many of these initiatives were featured in a recent BBC News report about the improvement on and around the site: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-london-43930705/how-one-london-school-is-fighting-the-city-s-toxic-air
We don’t plan to rest on our laurels though. Over the next few months you will continue to see improvements around the site and inside the school building. We’re currently evaluating our trial of an air filter in Explorers. Initial results have shown a dramatic improvement in the air quality inside after installing this. We’re also going to be continuing to develop our gardens around the school, installing a nature and quiet area in the main playground, improving our green screens and installing an indoor garden in the entrance hall.
Mr T Wilson
Improving air quality
Air quality work in school
We’ve been doing lots of work in school this year in relation to improving the air quality in and outside of the building and improving awareness on high pollution days.
We we’re very pleased to see we were not featured in the 50 most polluted school in London article in the Evening Standard.
This is mainly because Nitrogen Dioxide levels around the school have steadily reduced over the last few years as a result of the traffic calming measures on Aldgate High Street and the establishment of public squares on either side of the school, reducing the traffic flow.
Over the summer the City air quality team supported installations of air filtration systems in the Baby Room. We are monitoring the impact of these systems before we make a decision about installing them elsewhere in the school building.
There have also been major improvements to the school gardens. In the early years this has included green screening the Aldgate High Street fence and the installation of watering systems on all of the Ivy planters to promote growth. Over the next 18 months you should see a thicker covering of ivy over most of the railings in school, helping to capture tiny particles.
Would you like to receive the new ‘City Air’ Newsletter?
At the City of London Corporation, we are starting a newsletter to keep everyone in the Square Mile updated regarding all things Air Quality. It will be going out 4 times yearly. Please email cityair@cityoflondon.gov.uk with the subject ‘AQ Newsletter’ if you would like to receive our new newsletter.
If you have any articles or news relevant to Air Quality that you would like to include in our newsletters, we would love to hear from you. Please email it to cityair@cityoflondon.gov.uk.
We’re looking for volunteers to help out on the Roof Garden of the school after the Easter Holidays. Mr Wilson currently runs a gardening club on a Thursday lunchtime and is joined by Ms Lucas and Ms Caunter when their teaching commitments permit. We’d love some additional help earlier in the week either at a lunchtime or after school. Are you interested in gardening? Might you like to help out? Please speak to Mr Wilson if you are able to help.
Clean air petition
Children from London schools and headteachers deliver a letter signed by over 100 London headteachers to London Mayor, Sadiq Khan, asking for him to tackle the air pollution crisis.
Air Pollution Report
Moderate air pollution forecast valid from Saturday 20 September to end of Monday 22 September
Saturday will have a foggy start with isolated heavy thundery showers in places, these will clear with warm sunny spells developing later on. Sunday and Monday will remain dry with sunny periods although it will feel slightly fresher than recent days as winds increase and become more northerly.
Light easterly winds will continue to import polluted air into the UK from continental Europe that will combine with local emitted pollutants and lead to widespread 'moderate' particulate pollution occurring across London and the south east again during Saturday.
Strengthening northerly winds will bring in cleaner air that will aid in the dispersion of all pollutants and particulate levels are expected to reduce overnight into Sunday.
Air pollution is expected to remain ‘low’ throughout the forecast period for the following pollutants:
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