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Share this Story: 'Mr. Mayor,' from Tina Fey and Robert Carlock, is an unworthy heir to '30 Rock': TV Review
'Mr. Mayor,' from Tina Fey and Robert Carlock, is an unworthy heir to '30 Rock': TV Review
Daniel D'Addario
Files: Tina Fey Photo by Frederick M. Brown /Getty Images
The resounding creative success of “Bell” has one downside: It serves to emphasize that which does not work about “Mr. Mayor,” NBC’s new sitcom co-created by Fey and Robert Carlock.
'Mr. Mayor,' from Tina Fey and Robert Carlock, is an unworthy heir to '30 Rock': TV Review Back to video
The two driving forces behind “30 Rock” have taken a potentially intriguing premise and a setting rich with possibility and made a dour, halfhearted wince of a sitcom, a show that at a network-ready 22 minutes still seems to drag itself over the finish line. “Mr. Mayor” is disappointing — but disappointments happen. The great surprise of the show, given the talent involved, is the degree to which it’s an unpleasant hang.
The show centers around the conflict between Neil Bremer (Ted Danson), the newly installed mayor of Los Angeles, and Arpi Meskimen (Holly Hunter), a rival whom he appoints as his deputy. Neil, a vain captain of industry who entered politics on a lark, could be said to represent chaos; Arpi, a striver with big ideas and limited interpersonal charms, imposes order. So far, so promising: The trouble, though, is that the show holds both in varying degrees of contempt, Neil for his dilletantishness and Arpi for her caricatured lefty ways. We meet both characters at press conferences, and both are in over their heads: Neil seems generally lost in his job, while Arpi is declaring full-throated opposition to a plastic-straw ban on behalf of people with disabilities. She’s revealed, in short order, to have no idea what she’s talking about and to have used nicknames for people with quadriplegia that they themselves would never use.
And so it is that, in its early going, a show about city government becomes a show about how only silly or vain people try to change the world. Neil’s aides — played by Vella Lovell and Mike Cabellon, with Bobby Moynihan as the office oddball — are alternately incompetent or neurotically obsessed with how they’re perceived. Lovell’s character, the mayor’s chief of staff, expresses concern for how her work will read on “biracial Twitter.” Neil is, at least, guided by a mission, to prove himself to his daughter (Kyla Kenedy). All of these characters tend to explain their or one another’s motivations in flat expositional dialog, as in Neil’s opening presser at which he describes the show’s premise. Or, take this line given to Arpi in which she flatly tells Neil the show’s main idea: “Boy, you really don’t know what you’re doing — not just at work but at home.”
Little wonder, tasked with ceaseless narration of a fairly basic concept, both Hunter and Danson give genially tuned-out performances, coasting on charm to grease the skids of a show whose tone might otherwise lean hard into annoyance. (Danson in particular seems lost; it’s a relief that he doesn’t play up his character’s Trumpish aspects, but the mischief and waggishness so familiar to TV fans is gone, too.)
There’s room to tell good jokes both about wealthy people using the political arena as their playground and about the pretensions American liberals. “30 Rock” did this all the time! And when Fey and Carlock’s “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” shifted into increasingly sharp attacks on the sensitivities of contemporary culture — well, it happened on a series with so much going on that, like it or not, the show’s antic imbalance was the point. “Mr. Mayor” is really just about an inept politician and his self-styled conscience, someone whose buffoonish streak shows in that she believes government can help people.
That’s one area in which this show suffers especially by comparison to its forbear: Set amidst the world of television, “30 Rock” evinced a deep love for its subject, the sort of love that allows one to tweak vanities with deep familiarity and warm wit. “Mr. Mayor” looks at politics with the sort of aggrieved skepticism that makes a viewer wonder why its creators bothered making it a show at all.
“Mr. Mayor” premieres Jan 7 at 8 p.m. ET on NBC.
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Highly purified hydroxylamine oxidoreductase derived from Nitrosomonas europaea: Some physicochemical and enzymatic properties
Tateo Yamanaka, Minoru Shinra, Koko Takahashi, Mineo Shibasaka
Hydroxylamine oxidoreductase [EC 1.7.3.4] of Nitrosomonas europaea was purified to an electrophoretically homogeneous state and some of its properties were studied.The molecular weight of the enzyme as determined by gel filtration on Sephadex G-150 and by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulfate is 175,000-180,000, while the minimum molecular weight per heme determined from the dry weight and heme content is 17,500. The enzyme is a C-type cytochrome; its reduced form shows absorption peaks at 418 (γ peak), 521 (β peak), 553 (α peak), and 460 nm (due to an unidentified chromophore). Although the α peak at 553 nm has a shoulder at 559 nm, the enzyme does not possess protoheme or a cytochrome b subunit. It seems likely that the enzyme molecule possesses heme c molecules in different states.The enzyme reacts rapidly with various eukaryotic cytochromes c, but does not react with "bacterial-type" cytochromes c. Although the enzyme does not react with cytochrome c-552 (N. europaea), another C-type cytochrome of the organism, cytochrome c-554 (N. europaea) acts as an electron acceptor for the enzyme.
Journal of biochemistry
https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a132604
10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a132604
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Yamanaka, T., Shinra, M., Takahashi, K., & Shibasaka, M. (1979). Highly purified hydroxylamine oxidoreductase derived from Nitrosomonas europaea: Some physicochemical and enzymatic properties. Journal of biochemistry, 86(4), 1101-1108. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a132604
Highly purified hydroxylamine oxidoreductase derived from Nitrosomonas europaea : Some physicochemical and enzymatic properties. / Yamanaka, Tateo; Shinra, Minoru; Takahashi, Koko; Shibasaka, Mineo.
In: Journal of biochemistry, Vol. 86, No. 4, 10.1979, p. 1101-1108.
Yamanaka, T, Shinra, M, Takahashi, K & Shibasaka, M 1979, 'Highly purified hydroxylamine oxidoreductase derived from Nitrosomonas europaea: Some physicochemical and enzymatic properties', Journal of biochemistry, vol. 86, no. 4, pp. 1101-1108. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a132604
Yamanaka T, Shinra M, Takahashi K, Shibasaka M. Highly purified hydroxylamine oxidoreductase derived from Nitrosomonas europaea: Some physicochemical and enzymatic properties. Journal of biochemistry. 1979 Oct;86(4):1101-1108. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a132604
Yamanaka, Tateo ; Shinra, Minoru ; Takahashi, Koko ; Shibasaka, Mineo. / Highly purified hydroxylamine oxidoreductase derived from Nitrosomonas europaea : Some physicochemical and enzymatic properties. In: Journal of biochemistry. 1979 ; Vol. 86, No. 4. pp. 1101-1108.
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Pedestrian right of way
Until recently, most drivers in Georgia didn’t know that pedestrians have the right of way in crosswalks. Even now, many drivers aren’t sure what to do when they encounter a pedestrian.
In 1995 the Georgia legislature changed the crosswalk law such that drivers must “stop and stay stopped” for pedestrians, not just yield to them. Be sure you know the law. You’ll avoid a ticket and maybe save a life.
Download our flyer called “What Drivers Must Know about Pedestrians (PDF)” to learn the basics and see the most common driver violations. Excerpts from the Georgia Code — together with images illustrating what they mean — are below.
What the Georgia Code Says About Pedestrians
§ 40-6-91. Right of Way in Crosswalks:
(a) The driver of a vehicle shall stop and remain stopped to allow a pedestrian to cross the roadway within a crosswalk when the pedestrian is upon the half of the roadway upon which the vehicle is traveling, or when the pedestrian is approaching and is within one lane of the half of the roadway on which the vehicle is traveling or onto which it is turning. For the purposes of this subsection, “half of the roadway” means all traffic lanes carrying traffic in one direction of travel.
These images illustrate the law.
In other words, it’s illegal for drivers to squeeze by, drive around or cut off a pedestrian in a crosswalk, even if there’s room. Forget yield. Remember STOP.
(b) No pedestrian shall suddenly leave a curb or other place of safety and walk or run into the path of a vehicle which is so close that it is impractical for the driver to yield.
(c) Subsection (a) of this Code section shall not apply under the conditions stated in subsection (b) of Code Section 40-6-92.
(d) Whenever any vehicle is stopped at a marked crosswalk or at any unmarked crosswalk at an intersection to permit a pedestrian to cross the roadway, the driver of any other vehicle approaching from the rear shall not overtake and pass such stopped vehicle.
§ 40-6-92. Crossing roadway elsewhere than at crosswalk:
(a) Every pedestrian crossing a roadway at any point other than within a marked crosswalk or within an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection shall yield the right of way to all vehicles upon the roadway unless he has already, and under safe conditions, entered the roadway.
(b) Any pedestrian crossing a roadway at a point where a pedestrian tunnel or overhead pedestrian crossing has been provided shall yield the right of way to all vehicles upon the roadway if he uses the roadway instead of such tunnel or crossing.
(c) Between adjacent intersections at which traffic-control signals are in operation, pedestrians shall not cross at any place except in a marked crosswalk.
“Jaywalking” is not a legal term and does not appear in the Georgia Code. Even so, people often use “jaywalking” to describe a pedestrian crossing outside of a crosswalk. In fact, crossing the street outside of a crosswalk is perfectly LEGAL in most places, as long as the pedestrians yield to traffic. These images illustrate the law.
(d) No pedestrian shall cross a roadway intersection diagonally unless authorized by official traffic-control devices. When authorized to cross diagonally, pedestrians shall cross only in accordance with the official traffic-control devices pertaining to such crossing movements.
§ 40-6-21. Meaning of traffic signals
a) The following meanings shall be given to highway traffic signal indications, except those on pedestrian signals:
(1) Green indications shall have the following meanings:
(A) Traffic, except pedestrians, facing a CIRCULAR GREEN signal may proceed straight through or turn right or left unless a sign at such place prohibits either such turn. Vehicular traffic turning shall yield the right of way to approaching vehicles. Vehicular traffic must stop and remain stopped to allow a pedestrian to cross the roadway within a crosswalk when the pedestrian lawfully within the intersection or an adjacent crosswalk at the time such signal is exhibited is upon the half of the roadway upon which the vehicle is traveling, or when the pedestrian is approaching and is within one lane of the half of the roadway on which the vehicle is traveling or onto which it is turning. For the purposes of this subparagraph, “half of the roadway” means all traffic lanes carrying traffic in one direction of travel;
(B) Traffic, except pedestrians, facing a GREEN ARROW signal, shown alone or in combination with another indication, may cautiously enter the intersection only to make the movement indicated by such arrow or such other movement as is permitted by other indications shown at the same time. Such vehicular traffic shall stop and remain stopped to allow a pedestrian lawfully within an adjacent crosswalk to cross the roadway within a crosswalk when the pedestrian is upon the half of the roadway upon which the vehicle is traveling, or when the pedestrian is approaching and is within one lane of the half of the roadway on which the vehicle is traveling or onto which it is turning. For the purposes of this subparagraph, “half of the roadway” means all traffic lanes carrying traffic in one direction of travel. Vehicular traffic shall yield the right of way to other traffic lawfully using the intersection; and
(C) Unless otherwise directed by a pedestrian signal, pedestrians facing any green indication, except when the sole green indication is a turn arrow, may proceed across the roadway within any marked or unmarked crosswalk;
(2) Steady yellow indications shall have the following meanings:
(A) Traffic, except pedestrians, facing a steady CIRCULAR YELLOW or YELLOW ARROW signal is thereby warned that the related green movement is being terminated or that a red indication will be exhibited immediately thereafter when vehicular traffic shall not enter the intersection; and
(B) Pedestrians facing a steady CIRCULAR YELLOW or YELLOW ARROW signal, unless otherwise directed by a pedestrian signal, are thereby advised that there is insufficient time to cross the roadway before a red indication is shown, and no pedestrian shall then start to cross the roadway; and
(3) Steady red indications shall have the following meanings:
(A) Traffic, except pedestrians, facing a steady CIRCULAR RED signal alone shall stop at a clearly marked stop line or, if there is no stop line, before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection or, if there is no crosswalk, before entering the intersection, and shall remain standing until an indication to proceed is shown, except as provided in subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D) of this paragraph;
(B) Vehicular traffic facing a steady CIRCULAR RED signal may cautiously enter the intersection to make a right turn after stopping as provided in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph. Such vehicular traffic shall stop and remain stopped to allow a pedestrian to cross the roadway within a crosswalk when the pedestrian is upon the half of the roadway upon which the vehicle is traveling, or when the pedestrian is approaching and is within one lane of the half of the roadway on which the vehicle is traveling or onto which it is turning. For the purposes of this subparagraph, “half of the roadway” means all traffic lanes carrying traffic in one direction of travel. Vehicular traffic shall yield the right of way to other traffic lawfully using the intersection;
(C) Traffic, except pedestrians, facing a steady CIRCULAR RED signal, after stopping as provided in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, may make a right turn but shall stop and remain stopped for pedestrians and yield the right of way to other traffic proceeding as directed by the signal at such intersection. Such vehicular traffic shall not make a right turn against a steady CIRCULAR RED signal at any intersection where a sign is erected prohibiting such right turn;
(D) Traffic, except pedestrians, facing a steady CIRCULAR RED signal, after stopping as provided in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, may make a left turn from the left-hand lane of a one-way street onto a one-way street on which the traffic moves toward the driver’s left but shall stop and remain stopped for pedestrians and yield the right of way to other traffic proceeding as directed by the signal at such intersection. Such vehicular traffic shall not make a left turn against a steady CIRCULAR RED signal at any intersection where a sign is erected prohibiting such left turn;
(E) Unless otherwise directed by a pedestrian signal, pedestrians facing a steady CIRCULAR RED signal alone shall not enter the roadway;
(F) Traffic, except pedestrians, facing a steady RED ARROW signal indication may not enter the intersection to make the movement indicated by such arrow and, unless entering the intersection to make such other movement as is permitted by other indications shown at the same time, shall stop at a clearly marked stop line or, if there is no stop line, before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection or, if there is no crosswalk, before entering the intersection, and shall remain standing until an indication to make the movement indicated by such arrow is shown; and
(G) Unless otherwise directed by a pedestrian signal, pedestrians facing a steady RED ARROW signal indication shall not enter the roadway.
(b) In the event an official traffic-control device signal is erected and maintained at a place other than an intersection, the provisions of this Code section shall be applicable except as to those provisions which by their nature can have no application. Any stop required shall be made at a sign or marking on the pavement indicating where the stop shall be made, but, in the absence of any such sign or marking, the stop shall be made at the signal.
§ 40-6-22. Pedestrian control signals:
Whenever special pedestrian-control signals exhibiting the words WALK or DON’T WALK or symbols so directing a pedestrian are in place, such signals shall indicate as follows:
(1) Word or symbol message WALK — Pedestrians facing such signal may proceed across the roadway in the direction of the signal. Every driver of a vehicle shall stop and remain stopped for such pedestrians; and
(2) Flashing or steady DON’T WALK — No pedestrian shall start to cross the roadway in the direction of such a signal, but any pedestrian who has partially completed his crossing on the WALK signal shall proceed to sidewalk or safety island while the DON’T WALK signal is showing.
Pedestrians and drivers are often confused by the meaning of the flashing “Don’t Walk” signal. For pedestrians, it simply means “don’t start crossing.” It does not give drivers who are turning at a green light the right of way. Even on green, turning drivers must stop and wait for pedestrians to cross the adjacent crosswalks.
Start walking.
Don’t start. But if you’re already in the crosswalk, continue crossing.
End of walk cycle.
§ 40-1-1.(10) Definition of a Crosswalk:
“Crosswalk” means (A) That part of a roadway at an intersection included within the connections of the lateral lines of the sidewalks on opposite sides of the highway measured from the curbs or in the absence of curbs, from the edges of the traversable roadway; or (B) Any portion of a roadway at an intersection or elsewhere distinctly indicated for pedestrian crossing by lines or other markings on the surface.
Crosswalks exists at most intersections whether or not they are marked by painted lines.
§ 40-1-1. (57) Definition of a Sidewalk:
“Sidewalk” means that portion of a street between the curb lines, or the lateral lines of a railway, and the adjacent property lines, intended for use by pedestrians.
§ 40-1-1. (22) Definition of an Intersection:
“Intersection” means (A) the area embraced within the prolongation or connection of the lateral curb lines, or, if none, then the lateral boundary lines of the roadways of two highways which join one another at, or approximately at, right angles, or the area within which vehicles traveling upon different highways joining at any other angle may come in conflict. (B) Where a highway includes two roadways 30 feet or more apart, then every crossing of each roadway of such divided highway by an intersecting highway shall be regarded as a separate intersection. In the event such intersecting highway also includes two roadways 30 feet or more apart, then every crossing of two roadways of such highways shall be regarded as a separate intersection. (C) The junction of an alley with a street or highway shall not constitute an intersection.
§ 40-6-203. Stopping or parking a vehicle prohibited: (a) Except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic, or in compliance with law or the directions of a police officer or official traffic-control device, no person shall:
(1) Stop, stand, or park a vehicle:
-(A) On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge of a curb of a street;
-(B) On a sidewalk;
-(C) Within an intersection;
-(D) On a crosswalk;
(2) Stand or park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except momentarily to pick up or discharge a passenger or passengers:
-(A) In front of a public or private driveway;
-(B) Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant;
-(C) Within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection;
-(D) Within 30 feet upon the approach to any flashing signal, stop sign, yield sign, or traffic-control signal located at the side of a roadway.
§ 40-6-144. Emerging from alley, driveway, or building:
The driver of a vehicle emerging from an alley, building, private road, or driveway within a business or residential district shall stop such vehicle immediately prior to driving onto a sidewalk or onto the sidewalk area extending across such alley, building entrance, road, or driveway or, in the event there is no sidewalk area, shall stop at the point nearest the street to be entered where the driver has a view of approaching traffic thereon. The driver of a vehicle shall yield the right of way to any pedestrian on a sidewalk. No person shall drive any vehicle upon a sidewalk or sidewalk area except upon a permanent or duly authorized driveway.
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M. F. Simone Roberts
All publications (6)
Rene Girard and Secular Modernity: Christ, Culture, and Crisis (review)
Journal for Peace and Justice Studies 25 (2): 184-188. 2015.
Qamar-ul Huda . Crescent and Dove: Peace and Conflict Resolution in Islam (review)
Annemarie S. Kidder . Etty Hillesum: Essential Writings (review)
A Poetics of Being-Two: Irigaray's Ethics and Post-Symbolist Poetry
Lexington Books. 2010.
"M. F. Simone Roberts's A Poetics of Being-Two is animated by a lively and engaging voice, drawing readers in with a sense of serious purpose working (delightfully) in tandem with a sense of humor. Roberts's aesthetics and her close readings of Yves Bonnefoy, St-John Perse, and Jorie Graham clearly demonstrate the literary effectiveness of Irigarayan sexual difference as an analytic trope, even as they emphasize the philosophical and political possibilities sexual difference opens up for feminis…Read more
"M. F. Simone Roberts's A Poetics of Being-Two is animated by a lively and engaging voice, drawing readers in with a sense of serious purpose working (delightfully) in tandem with a sense of humor. Roberts's aesthetics and her close readings of Yves Bonnefoy, St-John Perse, and Jorie Graham clearly demonstrate the literary effectiveness of Irigarayan sexual difference as an analytic trope, even as they emphasize the philosophical and political possibilities sexual difference opens up for feminism, environmentalism, and all levels of contemporary cultural critique and activism."—Gail M. Schwab, Hofstra University In An Ethics of Sexual Difference, Irigaray calls for a new poetics in the sense of both art and life. Rather than a critique from within philosophy, A Poetics of Being-Two tests Irigaray's ethics by extending it to other sites of cultural production. Where Irigaray's method finds stirrings and repressions of sexual difference in philosophy, this project explores that tension in poetics. Building from Irigaray's ethics, the book describes a poetics of being-two as concerns gendered subjectivity in literary poetics and then traces the on-going emergence of a poetics of being-two in the post-symbolist poetic tradition. Irigaray scholars will be interested in the sustained interpolation of Irigaray's ethical concepts as principles for a critical aesthetics and in their hermeneutic application in reading a literary tradition. Readers in comparative literature will find the first sustained feminist engagements with the major French poets Bonnefoy and Perse and an elucidation of their influence on the Pulitzer Prize winning poet Jorie Graham.
Feminist AestheticsLuce IrigarayPoststructural Feminism
Iris Murdoch and the Moral Imagination: Essays (edited book)
with Alison Scott-Baumann
McFarland & Co.
The writing of Iris Murdoch has long been of interest to both literature enthusiasts and students of philosophy. The years Murdoch spent studying philosophy at Oxford and Cambridge left an indelible imprint on her work. The essays in this book address both Murdoch’s philosophy and writing in the context of Continental philosophy and postmodern fiction. Many of the twelve essays resist the prevailing critical orthodoxies, introducing instead new theories with which to approach one of Britain’s mo…Read more
The writing of Iris Murdoch has long been of interest to both literature enthusiasts and students of philosophy. The years Murdoch spent studying philosophy at Oxford and Cambridge left an indelible imprint on her work. The essays in this book address both Murdoch’s philosophy and writing in the context of Continental philosophy and postmodern fiction. Many of the twelve essays resist the prevailing critical orthodoxies, introducing instead new theories with which to approach one of Britain’s most revered authors.
Moral Naturalism and Non-NaturalismLiterature and EthicsMoral ImaginationMoral Naturalism
The aleatory genre: A notebook of misunderstanding
Common Knowledge 20 (2): 235-256. 2014.
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Keeping tabs on Skynet
by Monash University
(PhysOrg.com) -- In line with the predictions of science fiction, computers are getting smarter. Now, scientists are on the way to devising a test to ascertain how close Artificial Intelligence (AI) is coming to matching wits with us, and if it’s drawing ahead.
Associate Professor David Dowe of Monash University’s Faculty of Information Technology, together with Dr Jose Hernandez-Orallo from Universitat Politecnica de Valencia in Spain have developed and conducted initial trials of a prototype Anytime Universal Intelligence test designed to gauge and compare the intelligence of humans, animals, machines, and, in principle, anything.
Both humans and an AI program known as Q-Learning undertook different versions of the test, with considerable work on adapting the interface necessary before animals can be tested. Despite not being a sophisticated program, Q-Learning scored competitively compared with the human participants.
Associate Professor Dowe said the ambiguity of the initial test results indicates the complexity of moving to a broader understanding of intelligence than the traditional method of using human intellect as the yardstick – a development necessary to determine if, or perhaps when, AI outstrips humans.
“We are using a mathematically-based definition of intelligence which is based, in simple terms, on the ability to detect patterns of various degrees of complexity. In the future, the test should adapt to the user – becoming more complex if the user is scoring well, and more simple if the user is struggling,” said Associate Professor Dowe.
“Clearly, we have very specialised indications of the intelligence of computer programs, when they’re beating humans at activities like chess and the game show Jeopardy. We’re trying to establish a broader indication.
“With further research, this type of testing could help not only in assessing the progress of AI, but in driving development.”
Inspired partly by Foundation Chair in Computer Science at Monash University, Professor Chris Wallace’s research on Minimum Message Length, a theory of machine learning and statistics, Associate Professor Dowe has been working on alternatives to traditional measures of intelligence since the late 1990s. His projects have included the development of a relatively simple computer program that regularly scored close to the purported human average of 100 on standard IQ tests.
Universal tests of intelligence
More information: Dr Hernandez-Orallo, recently presented the results of the testing at the Artificial General Intelligence Conference, hosted by Google, California.
Provided by Monash University
Citation: Keeping tabs on Skynet (2011, September 12) retrieved 19 January 2021 from https://phys.org/news/2011-09-tabs-skynet.html
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General principles to explain DNA brick self-assembly
by Heather Zeiger , Phys.org
Controlled nucleation is essential for robust self-assembly. (A) An example 86-strand DNA-brick structure and (B) its associated connectivity graph. (C) Incidental interactions between dangling ends, shown in orange, lead to incorrect associations between fragments. Credit: (c) 2015 PNAS, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1502210112
(Phys.org)—DNA bricks are an odd phenomenon. They are nanostructures built from synthetic, single-strand DNA that self-assemble into 3D structures. Several years ago, researchers at Wyss Institute at Harvard demonstrated the self-assembly of designed 3D structures made from 1,000 "bricks" that fit together like molecular Legos. One of the curiosities about these DNA bricks is why this complex self-assembly process works so well.
In an effort to uncover the nuances of DNA brick self-assembly, William M. Jacobs, Aleks Reinhardt, and Daan Frenkel from the University of Cambridge conducted theoretical studies to understand what drives the assembly process. Their studies reveal how temperature, kinetics, coordination number, and bond energies, contribute to the unique behavior of DNA brick self-assembly, and while it is a nucleated process, it does not behave according to classical nucleation theory. Their work appears in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
In order to optimize DNA brick assembly, Jacobs, et al. wanted to investigate whether these systems had a nucleation barrier. In classic nucleation theory (CNT), the nucleation barrier is the energy cost for making an ordered structure, such as a crystal. This energy barrier must be overcome before a compound can settle into its equilibrium structure. The authors found that DNA brick assembly does have a nucleation barrier, but, unlike CNT, this barrier is determined by the way the bricks are connected in the target structure. They identified several factors that contribute to this non-classical behavior.
DNA bricks are designed to assemble in particular ways by matching certain sections of a DNA strand with a complimentary section. These designed interactions need to be stronger than incidental interactions. They found that there is a critical number of DNA strands that must be assembled to promote the formation of the target structure, meaning that the the nucleation barrier is a consequence of the number of subunits that must be assembled.
Additionally, DNA-bricks have a certain temperature range at which the nucleation barrier is overcome, but over which the free energy of the final structure is higher than the initial monomers. This deviates from CNT which predicts that a nucleus with more than the critical number of DNA strands will assemble into the complete structure. This difference is due to DNA bricks forming stable intermediate structures. Experimentally, this means that self-assembly occurs in a narrow temperature range in which nucleation begins at a high temperature, and as the structure is gradually cooled, the target structure is favored.
In prior studies, the maximum number of bonds made by each brick in the interior of a structure was four, but it is possible to have different coordination numbers. The question was whether the coordination number affected the nucleation barrier, and whether four bonds were necessary. It turns out that DNA brick self-assembly works well because each subunit makes only a small number of bonds. When the authors tested higher coordination numbers, they found that the system behaved analogously to CNT.
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Jacobs, et al. have identified several key features that aid in understanding why DNA brick self-assembly works as well as it does. Features such as ramping down the temperature and optimizing the coordination number explain why there are so few errors in the self-assembly process. And, their discovery that heterogeneous bond energies promote target molecule formation is a practical place where researchers can improve yields and decrease errors in DNA brick assembly.
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The field of complex self-assembly is moving toward the design of multiparticle structures consisting of thousands of distinct building blocks. To exploit the potential benefits of structures with such "addressable complexity," we need to understand the factors that optimize the yield and the kinetics of self-assembly. Here we use a simple theoretical method to explain the key features responsible for the unexpected success of DNA-brick experiments, which are currently the only demonstration of reliable self-assembly with such a large number of components. Simulations confirm that our theory accurately predicts the narrow temperature window in which error-free assembly can occur. Even more strikingly, our theory predicts that correct assembly of the complete structure may require a time-dependent experimental protocol. Furthermore, we predict that low coordination numbers result in nonclassical nucleation behavior, which we find to be essential for achieving optimal nucleation kinetics under mild growth conditions. We also show that, rather surprisingly, the use of heterogeneous bond energies improves the nucleation kinetics and in fact appears to be necessary for assembling certain intricate 3D structures. This observation makes it possible to sculpt nucleation pathways by tuning the distribution of interaction strengths. These insights not only suggest how to improve the design of structures based on DNA bricks, but also point the way toward the creation of a much wider class of chemical or colloidal structures with addressable complexity.
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We would like to express our frustration about the unjustified border control checks carried out last Saturday by the UK authorities when the Spanish MEP, Pablo Echenique, his team, and his wife were travelling from Brussels to London. Despite having all the necessary permits, they were considerably delayed at the UK border because she is a Venezuelan national, making them miss their train.
This might simply look like as an unfortunate anecdote, but in the current context it can also be seen as evidence of Mr Cameron’s intentions to curtail the legal rights of many people who may have to undergo much worse situations in the future for not having a UK passport.
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We believe Mr Cameron is testing the public opinion on the question of EU migration as part of an electoral strategy inspired in the xenophobic proposals and rise of UKIP, which are an attack on people’s fundamental rights.
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Board index » Across the Megaverse® » Palladium Books® Games Q. & A.
rounding up or down from halved damage from Roll with Blow
Killer Cyborg
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Axelmania wrote:
Fun thing regarding the topic of universal rulings, N&S 126 mentions "All characters have a natural A.R. of 4". I just think that's cool. Like if you had something which added +1 to AR, you'd have an AR of 5
That seems to have been an early Palladium way of explaining the "attack rolls have to beat 4 to hit."
You can see it in the spell Energy Field too, sometimes, which has an AR of 4.
any kind of requirement that you would take damage by parrying swords unarmed. The closest I can think to the latter is in one of the core books (I think PF2) you would roll without bonuses (or was it half?) if parrying weapons unarmed.
IIRC, there was a rule that one couldn't parry a weapon (or perhaps just blades) unless one had a weapon or some other object to parry with.
No idea where that rule would be printed, though.
[quote="PrysusI believe we are intended to perform the mathematical operations we are instructed to perform.[/quote]
We are instructed to perform rounding.
You are choosing to ignore those instructions.
Stop claiming that you are following the instructions.
Whatever level of inference may be involved there is vastly less than assuming some kind of universal rule being present about rounding up all decimals in all situations.
That demonstration is not specifically about "all decimals in all situations"; it's specifically about rounding damage with Roll With Impact.
Errors like this have nothing at all to do with people's proficiency in math/spelling and more to do with inevitably transcription mistakes.
Do you think that "always round up for fractions" is a spelling/math error or a typo?
I am proposing that Wujcik's instruction to round up could be an error.
If you acknowledge that future Palladium core book writers don't remember things written in previous games,
What would be the foundation for that acknowledgment?
I'm okay with taking Wujcik's parenthesis as a localized world-specific rule for ninjas rolling with blows.
But there's nothing to indicate that it IS world-specific.
The rules for Rolling with Impact are the same in N&S as in any other rulebook.
Wujcik's parenthetical is simply an explanation of how those rules work.
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One point of agreement we might find is: that there are several missed opportunities to give examples of rounding (if intended) which either coincidentally or intentionally seem to be avoided: and how this is an irksome frustration.
For example pg 142 of HU2 about "Driving Suits or Armor" when we're told that leathers absorb half the damage:
if Mike crashed with 8 points of daamge, he'd take 4 points off his SDC (1/2 damage) and 4 off his Hit Points (the other 1/2)
If Mike had simply crashed with an odd number of damage (say perhaps nine), this would have been a PERFECT opportunity to say whether Mike or his armor got 4 or 5 points, rather than 4.5, which is how you would do this RAW.
The choice of an even number like 8 could just be a coincidence, or it might actually be done for mathematical expediency because they don't want to work with decimals, or perhaps because they don't know (or can't remember) if there were any rules for rounding damage, and so preferred to avoid the issue.
The particular example of HU2p142 is also a confusing one, of course, since that should be 4 points off his (ARMOR'S) SDC and the other 4 off his SDC+HP.
I'll keep digging around in weird sections for other opportunities.
MIKE WHY
Killer Cyborg wrote:
It is true that we are instructed to perform rounding twice...
1987, Wujcik, N&S p 126 "always round up for fractions"
1990, Siembieda, Rifts p 11 "Always round down S.D.C. damage"
My point is that there is clearly no universal rule to always round up or always round down.
There are localized rules for particular situations. Outside of those particular situations the rules were written for, we don't have rounding rules.
So we at least agree it doesn't apply to other situations of halved damaged, like fire resistance?
I think we also agree that it definitely applies to using RWB in N&S.
The issue of disagreement appears whether it applies to RWB in other games.
Your argument for this seems to be that some of the writing for RWB is identical.
My argument against this is that in other places, the writing for RWB is different.
My thinking here is that... (Same+Different) != (Same+Same)
No, I only argue that it exists alongside an example of rolling against damage to halve it, so it seems collectively unreliable.
I mean that so far as we know, no other core books have instructions to round RWB-halved damages in either direction (unless I overlooked a combat example somewhere).
You could argue that about healing SDC on an hourly rate too, since while other books gives daily rates, they never say not to also use N&S hourly rates too.
My main point of disagreement there is book-specific rules pertaining to RWB we don't see cross over:
1) N&S only allows RWB against one for per turn (to use more than once requires Automatic Roll)
2) other games charge 1 action/attack for the use of RWB (N&S doesn't say to do this)
If we know at least these 2 differences exist, then I don't think we should call them the same, even if they are the same in other respects, such as I guess halving the damage rather than quartering it?
There are respects in which other techniques are the same between games (like for example, needing to match a natural number to make a death blow if instructed) but other aspects of difference (like the effects of a death blow) so collectively (considering all parts) death blows aren't the same between games either, even though some parts are.
If I'm only looking at parts which are the same, then apples and oranges are identical, since they are both fruits, and I refuse to acknowledge other differences which exist between them.
As you've said, context is important.
When Rolling With Impact, always round up for fractions.
When dealing with SDC attacks capable of damaging MDC structures/creatures, always round down.
Notice that the commonality there is "always ROUND..."
Which doesn't necessarily 100% demonstrably mean that Palladium wanted/expected us always round off damage fractions, but it DOES certainly indicate it.
Close, but no cigar.
We know that it applies when Rolling With Impact.
When dealing with other situations like fire resistance, we do not know for certain that we should always round up. That rule may or may not apply.
But it's safe to say that we ARE supposed to round off the damage, rather than deal with fractions.
My argument is that THE RULES FOR ROLL WITH IMPACT ARE THE SAME across all game settings.
The only significant thing that's different is in the case of N&S is that we are given a demonstration of those rules in action.
On what basis would it be unreliable?
That doesn't mean that the writers didn't remember.
It could simply mean that the writers expected US to remember how things work, or (even MORE likely) that Palladium didn't bother to explain because they consider it to be "common sense."
Or any number of other possible scenarios.
One could not logically argue that, no.
It is a truism that when the rules are different, the rules are different.
That's not book-specific; that's timeframe specific.
In Palladium's early books Roll With Impact was automatic. Later on, Palladium changed it to require the use of an attack.
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Question 3: "Does a roll with punch/fall use up one attack per melee?"
Answer: Nope! Well, not usually anyway. the roll with the punch is usually automatic and means that the character didn't resist the force of the blow and moved or "rolled" (ever so slightly) with it. This is something learned by experts in hand to hand combat like boxers and martial artists. However, if the character is knocked down by a punch or impact, he can still roll and take half damage, but will lose an attack that melee round because he was knocked off his feet and must recover (get back on his feet) before he can resume his attack.
The context of this question and answer is:
Nony Garcha of Fort McMurry, Alberta, Canada, has a whole list of questions about Palladium Combat and other things.
The questions are answered "by Erick Wujcik & Kevin Siembieda."
What this shows us is that rolling with impact NOT taking an attack was a rule for "Palladium Combat," not just "N&S combat" or any one setting; it was the standard for the megaversal system.
It was later changed, the same way that their magic system changed from "spells per day" to PPE/ISP over time.
This was the rule for all Palladium combat, whether or not any specific game listed it as a rule, unless a specific games started listing a contradictory rule that it does indeed take up one attack to Roll With Impact. In that case, the game-specific rule would win out over the general Palladium Megaversal System rule.
KC, if there's some kind of "once a rule is introduced then it's always there until redacted" approach, like what you appear to be taking with RWB in N&S...
Then shouldn't that mean Juicers need to spend 1 attack at the start of each melee to turn on their auto-dodge, given that N&S mandates this?
I think if this were essential to the other games we would see that instruction re-presented rather than abandoned.
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When dealing with other situations like fire resistance, we do not know for certain that we should always round up.
That rule may or may not apply.
Not really safe to say at all, no.
You could say that a precedent has been set that we will be told when it is that we should round numbers, since knowing which direction to round in is so essential.
THE RULES FOR ROLL WITH IMPACT ARE THE SAME across all game settings.
N&S says you can only RWB with one attack per turn, other games don't.
Other games say RWB costs an attack, N&S doesn't.
Some games say RWB v Death Blow halves either SDC or HP, others say RWB v Death Blow halves BOTH.
3 cases where they aren't the same which seem to be ignored.
There is a confusion about numbers and how to apply rules exhibited in mixing up whether you roll vs the strike or the damage, so there could be confusion about whether to round 0.5dmg to 0 or 1.
It could simply mean that the writers expected US to remember how things work,
Assuming that all people playing their future games happened to own a copy of N&S would make me a lot more worried about the writer than merely forgetting to copy over a rule they liked.
or (even MORE likely) that Palladium didn't bother to explain because they consider it to be "common sense."
That would also be worrying.
Like "I'm not reprinting that example blurb from Wujcik because I don't support rounding"?
The approach I'm getting from how you're looking at RWB is that even though the rules are different between N&S and other games (action cost and times usable per turn) that somehow we can just float over the unmentioned things between them:
1) RWB costs an attack in N&S because other games say so, supplemental!
2) RWB can only be used once per turn in other games because N&S says so, supplemental!
So if differences between texts are supplemental, then the SDC recovery rates are NOT either-or. They are supplemental too, and stack together.
If the LACK of hourly SDC recovery rates means they do not exist in other games, then that would also mean the LACK of "costs an action" in N&S means that cost doesn't exist in N&S.
That would also mean the LACK of rounding outside of N&S also means it doesn't exist.
Presence/Absence between games shouldn't be selectively either/or or supplemental when not known, there should be one consistent approach taken.
Sounds like you're right about this, I don't see a cost listed in Robotech 1 Macross the previous year... nor BTS in 1988... do you suppose it was Rifts that introduced that?
It's not in HU Revised either (April 87, six months before N&S) not even in the 1993 reprint three years after Rifts... or in the year 2000 reprint of TMNT
Nonetheless, I don't know that new games introducing new rules necessarily means that the old games have a mandate to follow them.
Far as I know, Nightbane still has slower spellcasting times and single-turn aimed shots, for example.
https://www.nobleknight.com/P/-39962144 ... ected-MOPs uses a lowercase S, had me confused a moment there.
I'm in agreement with you on that, moreso because there's a lack of instruction for this mechanic prior to Rifts, so far as I can see. Not even any stealth updates in reprints, only bothered to amend it in 2nd eds for PF/HU/RT or new games like NB/Splicers.
Using spells per day is still legal if you want to do it, particularly with games like TMNT where we don't have any assigned costs to work with. Plus I think there's still some monsters or rune weapons who work that way.
So you're looking for something along the lines of a "don't round up" instruction in all subsequent games' RWB because N&S snuck it into an example outside of its main instructions/glossary?
The distinction in these examples is that you correctly point out RWB didn't cost an attack in the old games (HU1/PF1/BTS1/RT1/TMNT/N&S) there was a consistent omission of any declaration of that cost throughout there.
All games except N&S appear to have a consistent omission of any declaration to round halved damage upward.
It would, except for the "sometimes Palladium changes the rules and doesn't tell anybody" rule.
There is no logical basis for that assumption.
That is not a meaningful response.
It's entirely safe.
It's SO absolutely safe that I will honest-to -GOD bet you $100 right here and now that if we got Kevin to give a straight answer the question, he'd tell us that no, he never intended damage to be dealt in less than 1 point increments.
Are YOU feeling so safe in your assumptions that you're willing to take me up on this bet?
The issue of which direction the rounding is done is less essential than the rounding itself.
Do other games say you CAN roll with more than one impact per turn?
As I've pointed out, that's not game specific.
It is a truism that when different games state different rules, those different games have different rules.
This does not affect whether or not rules stated in one game of the Megaversal system carry over from one setting to another.
1 case where the rules may or may not be carried over.
1 case of a rule change in the Megaversal rules that was never game-dependent.
1 case where different settings are stated to have different rules.
There doesn't seem to BE any confusion about how to apply rules.
There seems to be a typo.
That means absolutely nothing other than that Palladium only felt a need to explain themselves once.
Welcome to Palladium?
That's how they typically operate.
Unlikely.
If Kevin didn't support Wujcik's explanation, it wouldn't have been printed.
If Kevin felt a need to change it, a new rule would probably have appeared somewhere showing the change.
The approach I'm getting from how you're looking at RWB is that even though the rules are different between N&S and other games (action cost and times usable per turn)
Addressed above:
Action cost is not different between N&S and other games of the same era. Roll With Impact costing an attack was a PALLADIUM RULE, not a N&S rule.
Finding it in ANY subsequent game would be a start. ANY real indication that there's been a change in the rules since N&S would be a start.
So far, we have absolutely nothing.
It's not omission that's important; it's a change in the rules.
We are told at some points in some games that Roll With Impact takes an attack, therefore it does, because the rule has changed.
We are never told that the rule for rounding has changed, therefore there is no reason to believe that there is a change.
Sure it is, I'm showing how absurd it is to assume that 2 instructions to do something should apply to all situations, and how useless it is to know that without knowing the specifics (type of brush, direction of rounding)
I will honest-to -GOD bet you $100 right here and now that if we got Kevin to give a straight answer the question, he'd tell us that no, he never intended damage to be dealt in less than 1 point increments.
I don't necessarily trust Kev'19 to give accurate reflections on 80s/90s Kev. As I've pointed out in the vampires+goblins thread on the PF forum, he didn't even accurately when he introduced the variant vampires (it was BTS, not Rifts) when writing about it in Western Empire.
Besides: you're asking a question that serves your purposes. You're only getting a partial answer (whether to round) which doesn't actually help in resolving dilemmas: you're not asking the DIRECTION.
You are confident you are right, so you can ask 2 more usefulr questions based on the assumption you are right:
1) when you wrote game X in YEAR, when you say to divide damage and it doesn't divide evenly, when did you intend for remainders to round down, and when did you intend for remainders to round up?
2) why didn't you print this in any of the books?
What's the basis for you thinking it's more essential? Knowing the outcome is the whole point, and you can't know it without knowing the direction.
The 2 rounded possibilities are further apart from each other than the non-rounded result would be from either.
You are instructed to repeat the combat steps against each attack that targets you, so I believe so.
I mean, I don't think it says anywhere that you can dodge more than once per turn either, but it's pretty much implied by following the steps, even though this would mean (barring auto) that you would use up not just your next turn's attack, but additional turns thereafter.
If we know one aspect of the rules doesn't carry over about a technique, then I don't see why we should assume any others do.
Dodging is another issue worth examining: N&S says you roll once and that roll applies against ALL enemies who target you that turn.
Even though no other games assert that... they don't rule it out either. So are you thinking that the N&S policy applies to other games' dodges?
If you're left with "may or may not" because of different wording, it isn't the same.
There has never been a "megaversal rules" thing, while there are certainly observable "RWB no stated cost" / "RWB one action cost" eras, we still observe those on a book-by-book basis, just like N&S/TMNT recovery of SDC rates, while fellow-80s RPG Heroes Unlimited had the daily rates...
Weirdly I can't find SDC recovery rates at all in Robotech 1 Macross even though humans did have SDC in it, it only mentions HP recovery rates as far as I can see.
5>4, I accept as a typo,
7>5, I do not. Too big a margin. Too big a coincidence. Why didn't he type 6, 8 or 9? Or T/Y/U/I for that matter?
I think it's a safe bet based on observable inconsistencies that regardless of a name-stamp that he didn't review the combat section/example here with much specificity.
The "new rule" is basically the omission of rounding: you don't need to add ("don't round!") when told to divide, you just divide.
Palladium rule differences measurable as game-by-game differences. Not every change in a new book is necessarily intended to apply retroactively to all other games, though obviously when sharing games a GM needs to decide on what to use and is free to decide for one or the other.
If you're playing that way in N&S, you're not playing by N&S rules. The only way to ascertain "costs an action" is intended for N&S is to be told in some form of errata that we should be playing it that way, and that the new rules for RWB from future games are intended to apply retroactively to N&S.
As above: if this policy was intended for other games, it's something that we could prove through its inclusion in the errata.
RUE had an extensive PDF making corrections, for example, but didn't include that, even though it's bound to be an issue that would've come up over the decades of Rifts' existence.
We even see on 16/19 that they addressed RUE 283 (adding a parenthesized "GM's disretion") to a part which talks about rounding down halved skill percentages, so the subject of rounding would've been on Brandon K. Aten's mind when writing this.
RMBp12 "How to Determine Psionics" is an example of where we see a precedent of being told when to round, and being told in what direction to round when it becomes necessary:
The major psionic must select an O.C.C. but all skill bonuses are reduced by half
(round down fractions)
Now, admittedly, this is immediately followed by
the number of "other skills" are also reduced by half
This followup doesn't have a parenthesized instruction whether to round the fraction up or down, so in theory you could be left with "half an other skill". Since it's a followup thought ("also") it's probably reasonable to assume that you would also round down (ignore) half an other skill.
It might be worth tracking though. RMB52 a CS Grunt would clearly start with 4, get 1 at 3rd, another at 6th.
Instead of halving 1 at 9/12 to 0 at 9/12 you might look at that as getting half a skill at 9 and the 2nd half by 12, at which point you could select one...
Unless of course, you wanted to take a WP, in which case, since you have half a WP skill at level 3, you could spend that half an other skill from level 6th to get a WP at 6th, but then you get nothing at 12. Seem reasonable?
Not in any meaningful way, no.
I don't necessarily trust Kev'19 to give accurate reflections on 80s/90s Kev.
You don't trust the creator of the game to remember whether or not he intended for partial points of damage to be a part of his game?
I mean, if they were intended to be a thing, they'd be a thing in most game sessions.
Taking partial damage is everywhere, and taking partial points of damage would be too.
It would be a basic game function, not the kind of thing a person would forget.
I mean, he created Palladium's system by adapting Dungeons & Dragons.
Are you saying that you think that he at some point made the choice, "Hey, every time somebody takes half damage, that should NOT be rounded off. I mean, half of 7 points of damage is 3 points of damage, after all, so even though D&D has rounding, I'm going to deliberately change that for all my games, without ever telling anybody specifically,"
AND THEN HE FORGOT THAT DECISION....?
Besides: you're asking a question that serves your purposes.
My purpose is to get to the truth.
Your entire "partial points of damage are intended to be a thing" get in the way of finding the truth.
So YEAH, dispelling that nonsense would indeed serve my purposes.
If it wouldn't serve YOUR purpose, then that would necessarily mean that you have a different purpose in this conversation than I do.
IF we got an answer to that question,
and IF you accept the answer,
THEN we could always argue or ask about the other side points.
What's the basis for you thinking it's more essential?
It's more essential to our conversation because the foundation of your stance is a claimed belief that we're not suppose to round.
IF that foundation is faulty, then pretty much everything else you have stacked upon it comes tumbling down.
If that foundation is NOT faulty, then I need to reassess my own position rather drastically, and the answer would render the issue of "rounding up or down" entirely moot, as there would only ever be rounding when we're directed to round.
It's more essential to Kevin, IMO, because simply NOT rounding would be something completely out of left field to him, and while he's pretty loosey-goosey with how people play (often too much so), enough that he probably wouldn't care whether people round up or down,
NOT ROUNDING would be a different case.
What's the direct quote that instructs us that?
Because assuming a change in the rules due to a lack of repetition of the rule is a self-defeating, game-breaking paradigm.
It's ruled out on page 1125-116 of the Collected MOPs:
If both bullets were aimed shots, then the attacker does roll individually to strike for each and the defender must roll to dodge each shot. In this case, two separate aimed shots requires two separate dodge rolls.
If you're left with "may or may not" because of different wording, it isn't the same.[/quote]
That depends on the wording in question, and the rule in question.
If you want to compare and contrast two different versions of a rule, quote them both and we can break down any differences.
There has never been a "megaversal rules" thing
Untrue.
I can pull any number of quotes about the Megaversal System.
Do you really need me to...?
It's a thing.
And, again, the answers given on pages 115-116 of The Collected MOPs are for "Palladium Combat," and not in the sense of PFRPG, but rather the Palladium System overall.
By your logic, that lack of recovery rates must be a deliberate omission intended to change the rules, and humans in Robotech 1 Macross don't recover SDC at all, since there are no rules for it.
By my logic, they use the general SDC recovery rates that the rest of Palladium uses.
Why somebody makes a typo doesn't unmake it a typo.
Possibly, but possibly not.
There's no real way to tell.
Unless you'd like to ask Kevin, and trust his answer?
(And on THIS point, I'm not sure we should trust him; it's a minor editorial point from decades ago)
Lack of stating a rule is not a rule.
By definition.
I agree that not every change in a new book is necessarily intended to apply retroactively to all other games, but sometimes they are.
If you're playing that way in N&S, you're not playing by N&S rules.
What edition are you looking at?
Is it the latest?
What year was it printed?
If this policy was NOT intended for other games, it's something that probably would have been mentioned by now at some point, such as in the RUE errata.
Well, we can always ask him.
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I'll take you up on that bet...
mainly because I know his answer tends to be "Whatever works best for you."
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why is this topic still open? I don't understand how this question can go on three pages
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zerombr wrote:
Greetings and Salutations. It's still open because no moderator has locked it. No real rules have been broken, but it has long since stopped being productive.
However, since you said you don't understand how this is still going ...
OP asks a rather harmless question: Round up or down when not specified? An example of Roll with Blow provided.
An answer from the books is quickly provided for Roll with Blow (mentioned in the thread topic).
A couple more people chime in, but the thread won't go very far as a book answer was provided.
OP makes a 180 and takes the stance rounding is not intended and we're supposed to use fractions.
The ridiculousness of the claim causes an argument to start.
This encourages the OP to fortify the new stance and claim any evidence of rounding is now evidence that rounding is not intended unless specified.
Others are wrong on the internet.
3 pages later.
Hope that helps. Farewell and safe journeys.
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Because somebody's arguing just to argue and not enough people have placed him on their blocked list yet.
The Beast wrote:
Hence my "if we got Kevin to give a straight answer" disclaimer.
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“Democrats”, “Conscience of A Liberal” & Obamacare Want You To Die ASAP
Scorsese and the New York Times are pondering “Bob Dylan and the Myth of Boomer Idealism“, concluding that “We know now that the real story wasn’t the people at the protests and the concerts; it was all the people who weren’t“.
While Bush Senior was busy killing Columbians whom he accused of cocaine, the likes of Obama were getting ready for the US presidency, by snorting it.
I used to call Obamacare, Obamascare (although I was for insuring pre-existing conditions, of course, as everyone else). Obamacare was written by Plutos from the health care industry, anxious to augment their profit base. Accordingly, Obamacare also known as “ACA” has proven an unfathomable disaster: since 2015, life expectancy in the USA is going down (while the health industry’s profits have augmented). So what are those who were fanatically for Obamacare going to do?
Faced with Obamacare life shrinking, fanatical Obama careerists can do like Paul Krugman, the self-described “conscience of a liberal”, and claim that life extension is a terrible thing. (Or then do like the Democratic Congress, which, last week voted to get rid of the “Cadillac Tax” part of Obamacare). Paint life extension as something by the wealthy, for the wealthy. So, by dying younger, implies the self-described “conscience of a liberal” we are fighting wealth.
Oops! Obamacare lied, but graphs don’t. Most dying while profits for the few towered ever more: this is the American way… That all-American cocaine snorting boy, Obama the Great, made it so, and people will be forever grateful to have been f*cked so deep by the Great…
Coherent with Obamacare apparent effect on longevity, Paul Krugman proposes actually to ban ““life extension” research”. Before my take on it, here is some of what Paul says, supposedly writing from the future, a diarrhea of subrealistic delirium:
…people generally get worse as they grow older, because they become more like themselves… Even in the early 21st century, a growing number of people realized that America was becoming an oligarchy, with a hugely disproportionate share of income, wealth and power held by a small number of people…
But while the dynasties of the past often endured for a very long time, the dynasts themselves didn’t. Sooner or later, like everyone else, they grew old and died.
Nowadays, not so much.
It was no secret, back in the ’teens, that some tech billionaires, including Thiel and Larry Ellison, were donating large sums to “life extension” research. After all, these men weren’t just immensely rich, they were accustomed to the belief that there was a technological fix for every problem. So why not a fix for this whole get-older-and-die thing?
What few people seem to have thought about seriously was what would happen if the research actually panned out.
It would be one thing if life-extension technology were relatively cheap and could be made widely available. Even that would have created huge problems… most of us prefer the portmanteau “evergarchs,” for oligarchs who seemingly go on forever. But Morgan’s vision of a society utterly corrupted by near-immortal privilege turned out to be all too accurate.
Indeed, until recently it looked as if the political dominance of the evergarchs would extend indefinitely into the future. After all, the wealthy have always had vast influence, and we’re talking about people who were generally power hungry to start with — that’s how they got where they are — and they’ve had an unnaturally long time to build connections and buy influence.
But nothing is forever, even in an era of life extension. Public rage against the evergarchs has been building for decades, and it may now have reached boiling point.
So what should be done? Some are proposing that we simply try to diminish the evergarchs’ influence with steep taxes on huge fortunes, which is a good idea in any case. But there were real concerns about tax evasion even when oligarchs were merely mortal; imagine how good people can get at hiding their assets when they can spend decades, even generations, building their tax shelters.
No, life extension for a privileged few is, by its nature, a socially destructive technology, and the time has come to ban it. Take the evergarchs off their treatments, so that they start aging like everyone else, and don’t let anyone else get started…
Life extension, care, is the best, oligarchy, the ugliest, confusing them, the worst:
Confusing life extension and plutocracy: a new disease, an advanced case of Diversion Derangement Syndrome. In DDS, issues of much less importance are focused on, with strong passions (such as oligarchs living forever!)… allowing to smear notions of high value (life extension). (A famous case of DDS is TDS, Trump Derangement Syndrome…) However, life extension is pretty much the fundamental concept of medical progress. Thus, associating life extension and plutocracy, is associating the best of humanity, care, with the worst humanity is afflicted by, oligarchy and plutocracy.
At the end of the reign of Obama the Great, for the first time in the USA during peacetime, lifespan started to decrease, several years in a row. Shall we congratulate ourselves, that lifespan is decreasing and celebrate that as our latest method to fight against plutocracy? This is what the great liberal Paul Krugman wants us to feel like.
The fact is, life extension is the most human activity. We are fighting death, day in, day out. Without strenuous efforts to keep infants, or very old or very sick or injured people alive, we would kill the best inner core of what makes us human.
Life extension may also be a few cheap tricks away. Supplements such as NAD may improve mitochondrial breathing, and thus give a better good life extension (so it does on the animal species tested so far). That can be bought for as little as one dollar a day. In general, so far, all advances in medicine have become quickly available to most people. Actually, populations are exploding in parts of Africa, where women have eight children each, precisely because the children are not dying anymore as they used to.
Viewing life extension as a sinister plot means that the great work of Obama the Great, decreasing lifespan is viewed as an anti-plutocratic positive. Personally, I feel that spite for life is the wrong mood to foster among the masses.
If one wants to prevent plutocracy, it’s extremely simple: just limit wealth absolutely, as the Roman Republic did.
And then let’s not do the other thing the Roman State did, which killed it; first kill philosophy (but for collaborating stoicism), and then, and it was the next logical step, having killed curiosity, kill science and technology.
My brother in law died from the Obamacare famous “out of network” trick. First he was kicked out of the hospital after 5 stents and 5 days… Then, as he got another heart attack shortly thereafter, the hospital he drove to refused to take care of him. He died in a parking lot, trying to reach another hospital at 5 am…
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9 Responses to ““Democrats”, “Conscience of A Liberal” & Obamacare Want You To Die ASAP”
Not convinced that ACA is the driving force of the reduced life expectancy. Narcotic pain medication addiction fostered by pharmaceutical industry and plutocratic driven economic hopelessness appear to have led to many early deaths. No doubt ACA is a ghastly pluto answer to healthcare but, even so, more people did get covered, especially with MedicAid expansion.
Opiates such as Oxycotin were pushed as relatively safe but actually were more addictive with deadly results. Now manufacturers are under scrutiny and in litigation over this debacle. Both ACA and opiate epidemic are pluto driven. Until the pluto corruptions -legalized bribery of campaign contributions and regressive tax policy- are corrected, it will be more of the same.
Patrice gave a case of out of network. I have lots of problems with this myself when I travel from Vegas to Frisco Bay. No coverage basically
Yeap, out of network is tragic. My spouse can’t use anymore the family doctor…. OK, she could, but it would cost her $700… Thanks, Obama…
I don’t believe the ACA is the one and only driving force of life expectancy collapse, either. But it’s one force, and it proved unable to moderate the others.
Lower life expectancies in other countries can’t be attributed to ACA, but to ACA like circumstances. An example is lack of crucial medical drugs in France: there too unchecked globalization played a role. Drug companies make a higher profits by blackmailing countries, selling drugs at a price. That’s why India decided to make its own drugs, violating IP….
Also the desperate double talk from Democrats has driven many Dem constituents to despair: so first they voted for Trump and now take pain killers…
Dems have to look at reality. Instead, it’s the opposite (except for Sanders, Warren… against whom Tom Friedman of the NYt is not so subtly running). In Berkeley where I am, busing is making ravages, and a way to avoid improving schools… I live precisely where Kamala Harris said it was such a terrible place, and went to another school I also know extremely well… My daughter is in that place, in those schools, Kamala claims is so terrible… When one knows the situation from inside, one feels like hugging Biden, or howling at the sky…
Like SDM says it’s not just ACA. But ACA has made situation worse with much higher premiums. And why Congress of Pelosi voted out of it last week
Krugman is real nuts. Life expectancy goes down. So he makes a virtue of it. Great.
Yes, that Democrats would vote out of Obamacare, under the same leader who brought it (Pelosi) is either ironical, or hopeful… Maybe they are learning…
So what coverage would your brother have had before Obamacare? Under Bushcare? Nothing right? No coverage at all.
Difficult to ask him the question.
Under the abominable W Bush, Iraq genocidaire extraordinaire, Medicare Part D was passed… by Pelosi, and without a budget…
So, ironically but tellingly, the atrocious W may have a better healthcare pedigree than Obama.
As I said, I don’t hate Obama, he is my friend, I gave him neck massage. He just got dominated, impressed and led by the nose by the likes of Pelosi. I don’t hate Nancy either… The real problem is more with influencers such as Tom Friedman… (Who insists that Sanders is a lunatic…)
If Obama had been a brute, he could have just passed MFA by decree (exec order). But only someone splurging on hatred like Trump, Nixon (!), JFK or FDR could have done such a thing… Or, of course, like any real hard core philosopher…
My bro in law had health coverage ten years before as he then got a heart attack and stents… The out-of-network problem is massive. Fact is he couldn’t get good treatment in December 2018: he was kicked out of hospital after 5 days, go no follow up, and was refused that fateful night, drove him, while heart attacking to another hospital, didn’t make it…
Ca t’arrive de répondre à tes mails ?
On peut faire participer le public à nos échanges si tu veux
Moi cela ne me gêne pas du tout…
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Hollywoodland Sep 8 2018
The Lowdown has the scoop on a fantastic plastic.
Today we're back to tabloids with an issue of The Lowdown published this month in 1962. The cover features Bob Hope goofing around, Elizabeth Taylor looking serious, Kim Novak nuzzling, and a random naked party girl randomly partying naked. Inside the issue are stories on Hope getting the hots for trans star Coccinelle in a French nightclub, Novak raking a series of suitors over the coals, and baseball players succumbing to greed. So much material in these tabloids, and so little time to highlight a story or two. But forced to make a choice, we're opting to discuss a piece on something called Scoobeedoo. How can we not? We all remember the cartoon, and now this story seemed guaranteed to tell us where the name of the legendary dog came from. We never knew we wanted to know that. But when we saw the word Scoobeedoo we realized, yes, we want to know.
Lowdown describes Scoobeedoo as a craze and a do-it-yourself gimmick. Apparently, it was popularized when French singer Sacha Distel wrote a 1958 song of the same name. But he didn't invent it—he just sang about it. The actual thing was invented by a French plastics company and called Scoubidou. It was basically a spool of brightly colored plastic cord that could be woven or tied to make—well, whatever you wanted. You could make lampshades, baskets, placemats, keychains. A California man famously used it to make bikinis. We imagine it would work for household repairs, light sexual bondage, whatever you needed it for. The stuff was as popular as the hula hoop for a while. Apparently figures in the electrical industry even complained that a shortage of wiring insulation was due to Scoubidou because it used the same type of plastic.
Readers above a certain age will already know about all this, of course, but we had no idea. We weren't around back then. And that, succinctly, is why we maintain this website—because we learn about a past we never experienced. But surprisingly Scoubidou isn't just the past. It apparently still exists. It even has a Wikipedia entry with examples of the many things you can make (but no bikinis). So this was a very informative issue of The Lowdown, all things considered. The only thing we're bummed about is that our Scoubidou research provided no actual confirmation that the cartoon dog Scooby-Doo got his name from the toy. But he had to, right? Maybe a reader has the answer to that. In the meantime we have more than twenty scans below for your enjoyment and other issues of The Lowdown you can access by clicking the magazine's keywords at bottom.
Update: a reader does have the answer. One of you always does. J. Talley wrote this:
The series was originally rejected by CBS executives, who thought the presentation artwork was too frightening for children and that the show must be the same. CBS Executive Fred Silverman was listening to Frank Sinatra's “Strangers In The Night” (with the scatted lyric “dooby-dooby-doo”) on the flight to that ill-fated meeting. After the show was rejected, a number of changes were made: the Hanna-Barbera staff decided that the dog should be the star of the series instead of the four kids, and renamed him Scooby-Doo after that Sinatra lyric. The spooky aspects of the show were toned down slightly, and the comedy aspects tuned up. The show was re-presented, accepted, and premiered as the centerpiece for CBS's 1969-1970 Saturday Morning season.
Thanks, J. That's another hole in our historical knowledge successfully filled in. Is it any surprise Sinatra was involved somehow? That guy really got around.
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Hollywoodland May 21 2016
Mid-century tabloid hits all the familiar tabloid notes.
Lowdown makes the rounds in this issue published in May 1965. Inside, Ann-Margret claims she doesn't want to be a tease (fail), editors ask if women are more immoral than men (which they really are, once you take war, genocide, faithlessness, and generally violent tendencies off the table), and June Wilkinson's photo is among those used in a story about women supposedly receiving insurance covered breast implants from Britain's National Health Service.
Probably the most interesting story concerns Swedish actress Inger Stevens disappearing for a week. Lowdown hints at an alcohol binge, which is nothing special (hell, we do those) but while there are plenty of sources citing a 1960 suicide attempt, we found no other mention anywhere of Lowdown's missing week. The story is notable because Stevens would die at age thirty-five of a drug overdose.
Elsewhere you get nude skiing in Austria, Richard Chamberlain and his hit television show Dr. Kildare, the sex powers of mandrake root, and Belgian born actress and dancer Monique Van Vooren endorsing regular exercise. Scans below—oh, and sorry about the quality. Lowdown's printing process caused scanner problems. It's never happened before, so hopefully we won't encounter the issue again.
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Hollywoodland Mar 18 2013
Is it just us or is it getting warm around here?
Sometimes we get a little lazy with our scanning. You already know that. A couple of years ago we shared the cover and two pages from an issue of The Lowdown and discussed the murder trial of Dr. Sam Sheppard. In that issue were some other interesting pages, particularly of German actress Elke Sommer. We had made her our very first femme fatale way back, so we always thought she was amazing, but we gained a new appreciation for her after watching her in Deadlier than the Male. Really, scientists should double-check that global warming didn’t start in 1967, because that’s how hot she is in that movie. Anyway, we realized The Lowdown’s photos of Sommer might not have appeared online before, so we decided to take care of that today. What are those naughty secrets about her, you ask? The Lowdown says she was a swinger before she got married.
And speaking of global warming, we also wanted to share a couple of pages in which The Lowdown tries to cast doubt on the cancer causing properties of cigarettes. Reading the article, we’d venture to say that the debate was at about the same place as that over global warming today. Here’s a choice line from the piece: “Air pollution by gasoline vehicles and industrial gasses are a more likely cause of lung cancer." Here's another one: “Blaming lung cancer on cigarettes may actually be retarding research into the real causes of the disease.” And what the heck, here’s one more: “Smoking shows no statistical link to the rates of still birth, abortion and birth complications.” So there you have it—conclusive proof. The alarmists were wrong then, and they’re wrong now.
Elsewhere in the issue you get Zsa Zsa Gabor behaving badly on an airplane and a penetrating report on whether Danish girls sleep around. Some interesting stats in that one. According to The Lowdown, the doctor and researcher Kirsten Auken (a real person, by the way) discovered that only 1.4% of Danish wives were virgins when they married. And in the mid-1960s, no less. But the piece concludes on this note: “Danish girls do not sleep around. Oh, sure, they’re more frank and honest about sex than American girls, but Danish girls don’t deserve the reputation they’ve got.” How does the writer manage this conclusion? Well, consider this quote from one of Dr. Auken’s subjects: “I wouldn’t marry a man if I hadn’t been to bed with him 50 times." So Danish girls didn’t sleep around—they just slept with the same man over and over. Somehow, that fits into a global warming theme too, don’t you think? Anyway, that’ll finally do it for this issue of The Lowdown. If you want to see the cover, click over to our original post here.
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Intl. Notebook Mar 12 2013
We take back everything we said—the postal service rocks.
Well it worked again. We’re definitely feeling total confidence in the postal system now. Why that first issue of Adam disappeared a while back we’ll never know, but after that little mishap we successfully received one shipment, so this time we decided to go for broke. Above is the result of that experiment—forty-four American tabloids. Even with postage in the $40 range, these came out to about two dollars apiece. Very exciting, and since the collection consists of all the heavyweights—Whisper, Hush-Hush, On the QT, Confidential, Uncensored, The Lowdown, et al.—we’re pretty much set for the foreseeable future. You want mid-century tabloids? This is where to find them. Accept no substitutes. On a side note, remember we said we were refinishing a 150-year-old desk? There it is above in final form. Note that the legs are topped by carved demon heads. We haven’t yet figured out who he’s supposed to be, but he emanates a palpable aura of evil that’s a bit… Hang on a sec. Did you hear that noise? Probably the wind, but we better go check anyway. Be right ba—
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Hollywoodland Jul 12 2012
Frank Sinatra and Rex Harrison have a little disagreement.
This July 1957 issue of Lowdown shines light in every corner of show business with stories about singer Billy Daniels, stage star Tina Louise, screen actress Kay Kendall, and call girl Nella Bogart. It also delves into international politics with stories on Hungarian leader János Kádár and King Abdulaziz, aka Ibn Saud, of Saudi Arabia. But you know we love Sinatra stories, and so what interests us most is the piece about Frank Sinatra and British actor Rex Harrison brawling. Turns out it wasn’t a brawl, so much as a scuffle. In brief, Harrison slapped Sinatra twice because he thought Frank was hitting on actress Kay Kendall, who happened to be Rex’s girlfriend. The legend goes that Kendall and Sinatra were on a balcony chatting when Harrison appeared and tried to lead her away. Kendall had been appreciating Sinatra’s shirt, and she mentioned to Harrison how much she liked it. Sinatra deadpanned, “It’s just an old shirt. Off-white. Sort of yellow.” Harrison slapped him, and Sinatra said, “It’s still yellow.” Another slap and Sinatra walked away.
Some tabloids, including Lowdown, suggested that Sinatra’s “yellow” comment was meant as a reference to Harrison’s behavior with Carole Landis back in 1948. What had Harrison done? Well, he was married to Lilli Palmer back then but was having an affair with Landis. One night Landis swallowed forty Seconal pills, and Harrison and Landis’s maid found her non-responsive the next day. Harrison thought he felt a faint pulse, but rather than call paramedics immediately, he futilely searched her phone book for the information of her personal doctor, his aim being to keep the situation private. After failing to find a number he bailed and left the maid to deal with the situation. Yellow indeed. It’s highly doubtful Sinatra had any of that in mind, and in fact, he professed respect for Harrison, both before and after the slapping, so we have to chalk the tabloid rumors up to overactive imaginations.
Still though, one can’t be surprised that Harrison was defensive. He knew he was gossiped about around town, not only because of Landis, but because he routinely ruined other women’s lives as well. He was a serial cheater. In fact, he didn’t really consider it cheating. To him, a man’s right was to have any woman he wished, marriage vows notwithstanding. Not only was he wedded to Lilli Palmer while sleeping with Carole Landis, but he was still married to her while sleeping with Kay Kendall. We could go on, but that’s all we’ll do on Harrison today. Rest assured, though, that he’ll turn up in future tabloids. With stories emanating from a seemingly endless collection of emotionally battered wives, lovers, friends, co-stars, waiters, chauffeurs, maids, and doormen, his reappearance is inevitable.
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Politique Diabolique Nov 3 2011
Lowdown takes a look under the hood.
Lots of info in this Lowdown published in November 1956, but the prestigious banner position is reserved for a U.S. Supreme Court justice who editors claim was a member of the racist organization the Ku Klux Klan. The man in question is Hugo Black, a career Democrat who served on the high court until 1971, and indeed had been a member of the Klan in Alabama. You probably already know this, but for those few who don’t we’ll note here that the Democratic Party was the more conservative party in the U.S. with regard to racial issues until Democratic President John F. Kennedy endorsed, and his Democratic successor President Lyndon B. Johnson signed, the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This event led to the cementing of Democrats as the preferred party for black voters and the defection of millions of conservative white voters to the Republican Party, radically shifting the political spectrum of 1960s America (though only with regard to race, since both parties have drifted rightward on virtually all other issues since then).
Anyway, despite the KKK’s racist agenda, and the fact that Black’s racist bona fides were pristine (as a senator he once filibustered an anti-lynching bill), his Klan membership may have been more strongly tied to the group’s anti-Catholic agenda. This in turn prompted him to become a leading defender of the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment: i.e., the separation of church and state. In short, his fear and hatred of Catholics led him to do everything he could to keep religion out of politics. Or so certain biographers claim. Much more revealing, perhaps, are Black’s own words on the subject: “I would have joined any group if it helped get me votes.” Uttered near the end of his life, the phrase confirms once again—to us, at least—that a politician is a construct, not a person. Basically, you can never know what any of them really believe, because they’ll say anything to win office. Some of the most successful ones present a mask upon which the various segments of the public can project any face they wish. Maybe that’s why Hugo Black felt so comfortable under a hood.
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Sportswire Nov 11 2010
Paul Hornung was one of the NFL’s greatest players, but he couldn’t outrun the truth.
Above is a Lowdown from November 1963, with stories on Liz Taylor, Jackie Gleason, Inger Stevens, and Green Bay Packers football player Paul Hornung, who had gotten into hot water with the NFL. Hornung enjoyed a fast lifestyle, and had gotten to know other fast people, including a gambler named Barney Shapiro who routinely called asking for inside information to facilitate his betting. Pretty soon, Hornung was betting too, up to $500 a game on both the pros and college. When NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle found out, he suspended Hornung for the 1963 season, which is about when Lowdown weighs in with their “not guilty!” claim. But Lowdown was wrong—Hornung was guilty, and he admitted it. The revelation was a stunner, and became a story so big that ESPN recently rated it the second most shocking sports scandal of all time, surpassed only by the O.J. Simpson murder trial. But Hornung had one thing going for him—he was beloved by football fans. Eager to forgive, they did exactly that when he repented. Convinced of his sincerity, the NFL reinstated Hornung for the 1964 season, and he continued a career that would end in the Hall of Fame.
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Hollywoodland Nov 23 2009
For Sinatra, every year was a very good year.
The publishers of The Lowdown went for titillation overload on this screamingly bright November 1961 cover, managing to hit several of the hot button issues of the day, from birth control to lesbianism. Frank Sinatra gets the star treatment here, and The Lowdown actually gets one right—Sinatra and Marilyn Monroe (bottom left) were involved in 1961, around the same time her ex-husband Joe DiMaggio (second from left) was growing concerned about the people around her and asked her to remarry him in hopes of stabilizing her life. Was Sinatra one of the people DiMaggio distrusted? Perhaps, but Monroe said no to Joe's proposal and was dead the next year.
As for Sinatra and Brigitte Bardot (bottom right), we can’t find any references to the two being involved, but they did meet during 1959 to discuss co-starring in a film to be helmed by Bardot’s ex-husband Roger Vadim (second from right). After the three of them talked about the project for a couple of days the idea fell through because Bardot didn’t want to work in Hollywood and Sinatra didn’t want to work in Paris. Did Sinatra and Bardot manage to sneak off for some international relations? We tend to doubt it—in addition to traveling with her ex-husband Vadim (who surely would have frowned on her cheating), she was married to actor/producer Jacques Charrier. Still, you can’t really put anything past Sinatra. But short of reading every Hollywood tell-all ever published, we just can’t say whether he and Bardot got together. The Lowdown hints yes, but take it for what it’s worth.
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Musiquarium Aug 14 2009
Tabloid pretended concern for singer’s career, but it was all a ruse.
On the cover of this August 1955 issue of the tabloid Lowdown the editors get confrontational with the then-governor of Michigan, G. Mennen Williams. The story involves chart-topping singer Johnnie Ray, who in June 1951 was convicted of propositioning a man in the restroom of a Detroit burlesque house called the Stone Theatre. Lowdown’s insistence upon a pardon for the singer is simply a backdoor way of airing out the scandal while pretending to crusade on his behalf.
How do we know that was Lowdown's intent? Simple—because any tabloid worthy of labeling itself such would have known Ray was bisexual. He pled guilty on that solicitation charge without even bothering to bring a lawyer to court, and his sexual involvement with both halves of the husband-wife comedy team of Bob Mitchell and Jay Grayton was not exactly a state secret.
On stage Ray was an emotional singer whose antics earned him the nicknames the Prince of Wails (for his unrestrained style) and the Nabob of Sob (for his tendency to burst into tears), so even if his fans didn’t realize he was bi, they certainly understood that macho was not his stock-in-trade. Which meant, in the end, he had a nice career even with the tabs dogging his heels. He scored numerous big hits, including “Cry” in 1951, and “You Don’t Owe Me a Thing” in 1957. But even if Ray was impervious to slander, some of Lowdown’s other victims were less fortunate. We'll discuss some of them in the future.
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Top 32 Scout Quotes in 2020
“The process of my transformation came to a head with my discovery of St. Francis of Assisi during a pilgrimage I went on with a scout troop from my school.”
― Abbe Pierre
“I was an apprentice at the San Francisco Ballet, and a casting director came to one of our rehearsals to scout talent for ‘Center Stage.’ I landed the role of Jodie.”
― Amanda Schull
“I am an aging Girl Scout.”
― Amy Sedaris
“I’d like to be a scout, go watch the games, and try and find a diamond in the rough.”
― Ashley Cole
“I consider myself an official scout for not just WWE, but the Reality of Wrestling.”
― Booker T
“I was never a Boy Scout, but oh, I wanted to be one when I was a kid about ten or eleven years old. But there wasn’t anyplace where I could ever join the Boy Scouts.”
― Carl Barks
“Actually, as that first association continued, we got a little more legitimate. In those days, they asked Boy Scout troops to act as ushers during the football games. So we signed up and I went to many games in full Boy Scout uniform as an usher.”
― Daniel J. Evans
“I think I could take a job as an NFL scout.”
― Darius Rucker
“I like being a Girl Scout.”
― Debbie Reynolds
“When I started on scout team, I wanted to be scout player of the week. So when I got that, it was, ‘All right, what’s the next goal?’”
― Devon Cajuste
“I was sort of like a scout for Eric Bischoff if I saw people who had the talent. Sometimes I wouldn’t bring people to him until they had the gimmick, like Raven.”
― Diamond Dallas Page
“I always wanted to be a boy scout but was too poor. Couldn’t do it.”
― Giancarlo Esposito
“You look like a talent scout for a cemetery.”
― Henny Youngman
“They would come down in Mississippi, they hired me as a talent scout. And I would go all over Mississippi, Alabama, Texas, and find out different artists for them.”
― Ike Turner
“I was a model scout. I was never a model, but they just dropped the scout.”
― Jameela Jamil
“I was at a local club, Penketh United, and Mike Glennie, a Manchester United scout, came to watch me. He spoke to my grandad and offered me trials, but there was also interest from Liverpool, and I had to pick – I was only young, but obviously my heart was with United at the time.”
― Jesse Lingard
“I was a Brownie Scout mother.”
― Joan Rivers
“We tend to intensely scout an area and then use our imaginations to make the best use of the geography.”
― Joe Russo
“All the guys called the Olympic Village a high-class Boy Scout camp.”
― Johnny Weissmuller
“I was a Girl Scout!”
― Kat Dennings
“I spoke to my agent and learned that a Hollywood scout had seen my proposal in one of the publishing houses, and had faxed it to Hollywood, where it was generating a lot of interest.”
― Laura Hillenbrand
“Giving jazz the Congressional seal of approval is a little like making Huck Finn an honorary Boy Scout.”
― Melvin Maddocks
“I love to scout locations.”
― Michael Cimino
“When I was 20 years old, my uncle was an arthouse distributor, and he would take me to Cannes every year to work as a film scout.”
― Nicolas Winding Refn
“My view is that the signing of players should be a simple process. The chief scout identifies them, the manager decides who he wants, and the chief executive is dispatched to do the deal. It really is as simple as that.”
― Paul Scholes
“My brother Jim and I spent many wonderful summers working on dairy farms in Wisconsin owned by Mom’s cousins, and as members of our local Boy Scout troop.”
― Peter Agre
“A Scout is never taken by surprise; he knows exactly what to do when anything unexpected happens.”
― Robert Baden-Powell
“A Scout smiles and whistles under all circumstances.”
“One of the finest statesmen of the present time is also a first-class scout, and that is Mr. Roosevelt, the late President of the United States of America.”
“One of the first duties of a Scout is obedience to authority. He must obey his orders in the first place and put his own amusement or desires in the second.”
“I was scouted at a Cure concert. A model scout approached me there and asked me if I modeled, and I thought that was ludicrous.”
― Shalom Harlow
“I was in the Boy Scouts for about four years until my troop disbanded. It is really one of the best activities youths can get involved in and nearly every scout I have known has been a class act due to the discipline the Scouts have instilled in them.”
― Ted Stevens
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New Breakfast Presenter Confirmed for 720 ABC Perth
Thursday, July 21, 2016 — 720 ABC Perth has today announced Peter Bell as the station’s new Breakfast host. The former AFL footballer and Fremantle Captain will join the station later in 2016.
Bell has been a familiar voice on Perth radio for a number of years since his retirement from football in 2008, both as a radio host and football expert.
"I am incredibly excited to be taking on this wonderful opportunity hosting the 720 ABC Perth Breakfast program. Having been involved in talkback format as well as AFL broadcasting for a number of years I particularly enjoy the immediacy of radio as well as building a strong connection to the listening audience” Peter said.
“I have spent the majority of my life in Western Australia together with my wife Lana and our 3 daughters. We are thrilled to be able to live in such a great city and enjoy all that it has to offer.
“Although it is daunting to be following a much loved radio icon like Eoin Cameron I look forward to connecting with the audience he has built up and adding my own personality to the program.”
Sarah Knight, Local Radio Manager Perth, said “I'm delighted to welcome Peter to our team at 720 ABC Perth. His warm personality and wit along with his passion for everything Perth will be a great start to everyone's day.”
“I’d also like to thank James Lush who will continue in the hot seat until Peter starts on air. He is doing a terrific job presenting but says that hosting a Breakfast show and running a full-time business is not sustainable. We are grateful he’s been able to join us in the interim.”
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Africa :: Lesotho
Basutoland was renamed the Kingdom of Lesotho upon independence from the UK in 1966. The Basuto National Party ruled the country during its first two decades. King MOSHOESHOE was exiled in 1990, but returned to Lesotho in 1992 and was reinstated in 1995 and subsequently succeeded by his son, King LETSIE III, in 1996. Constitutional government was restored in 1993 after seven years of military rule. In 1998, violent protests and a military mutiny following a contentious election prompted a brief but bloody intervention by South African and Batswana military forces under the aegis of the Southern African Development Community. Subsequent constitutional reforms restored relative political stability. Peaceful parliamentary elections were held in 2002, but the National Assembly elections of February 2007 were hotly contested and aggrieved parties disputed how the electoral law was applied to award proportional seats in the Assembly. In May 2012, competitive elections involving 18 parties saw Prime Minister Motsoahae Thomas THABANE form a coalition government - the first in the country's history - that ousted the 14-year incumbent, Pakalitha MOSISILI, who peacefully transferred power the following month.
Southern Africa, an enclave of South Africa
29 30 S, 28 30 E
Total: 30,355 sq km
Land: 30,355 sq km
slightly smaller than Maryland
Total: 909 km
Border countries: South Africa 909 km
0 km (landlocked)
none (landlocked)
temperate; cool to cold, dry winters; hot, wet summers
mostly highland with plateaus, hills, and mountains
Lowest point: junction of the Orange and Makhaleng Rivers 1,400 m
Highest point: Thabana Ntlenyana 3,482 m
water, agricultural and grazing land, diamonds, sand, clay, building stone
Arable land: 10.14%
Permanent crops: 0.13%
Other: 89.72% (2011)
Irrigated land:
26.37 sq km (2003)
Total renewable water resources:
3.02 cu km (2011)
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural):
Total: 0.04 cu km/yr (46%/46%/9%)
Per capita: 21.79 cu m/yr (2000)
periodic droughts
population pressure forcing settlement in marginal areas results in overgrazing, severe soil erosion, and soil exhaustion; desertification; Highlands Water Project controls, stores, and redirects water to South Africa
Environment - international agreements:
Party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands
landlocked, completely surrounded by South Africa; mountainous, more than 80% of the country is 1,800 m above sea level
Noun: Mosotho (singular), Basotho (plural)
Adjective: Basotho
Ethnic groups:
Sotho 99.7%, Europeans, Asians, and other 0.3%,
Sesotho (official) (southern Sotho), English (official), Zulu, Xhosa
Religions:
Christian 80%, indigenous beliefs 20%
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2014 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 32.9% (male 321,017/female 318,265)
15-24 years: 19.9% (male 184,006/female 203,336)
55-64 years: 4.9% (male 51,274/female 44,847)
65 years and over: 5.4% (male 52,955/female 51,973) (2014 est.)
Population pyramid:
Dependency ratios:
Total dependency ratio: 67.1 %
Youth dependency ratio: 60.1 %
Elderly dependency ratio: 7 %
Total: 23.6 years
Population growth rate:
0.34% (2014 est.)
Birth rate:
25.92 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)
Country comparison to the world: 49
Death rate:
14.91 deaths/1,000 population (2014 est.)
Country comparison to the world: 3
Net migration rate:
-7.62 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2014 est.)
Urbanization:
Urban population: 27.6% of total population (2011)
Major urban areas - population:
MASERU (capital) 239,000 (2011)
Sex ratio:
At birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
Mother's mean age at first birth:
note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2009 est.)
Maternal mortality rate:
620 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Infant mortality rate:
Total: 50.48 deaths/1,000 live births
Male: 54.38 deaths/1,000 live births
Female: 46.45 deaths/1,000 live births (2014 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
Total population: 52.65 years
Male: 52.55 years
Female: 52.75 years (2014 est.)
Total fertility rate:
2.78 children born/woman (2014 est.)
Contraceptive prevalence rate:
47% (2009/10)
Health expenditures:
12.8% of GDP (2011)
Physicians density:
0.05 physicians/1,000 population (2003)
Hospital bed density:
1.3 beds/1,000 population (2006)
Drinking water source:
Improved:
Sanitation facility access:
urban: 37% of population
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
23.1% (2012 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
358,700 (2012 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
15,500 (2012 est.)
Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
14.6% (2008)
Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
Education expenditures:
13% of GDP (2008)
Definition: age 15 and over can read and write
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
Total: 11 years
Male: 11 years
Female: 12 years (2012)
Child labor - children ages 5-14:
Total number: 103,020
Percentage: 23 % (2000 est.)
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24:
Total: 34.4%
Male: 29%
Female: 41.9% (2008)
Conventional long form: Kingdom of Lesotho
Conventional short form: Lesotho
Local long form: Kingdom of Lesotho
Local short form: Lesotho
Former: Basutoland
parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Name: Maseru
Geographic coordinates: 29 19 S, 27 29 E
Administrative divisions:
10 districts; Berea, Butha-Buthe, Leribe, Mafeteng, Maseru, Mohale's Hoek, Mokhotlong, Qacha's Nek, Quthing, Thaba-Tseka
Independence:
4 October 1966 (from the UK)
National holiday:
Independence Day, 4 October (1966)
previous 1959, 1967; latest adopted 2 April 1993 (effectively restoring the 1967 version); amended 2001 (2013)
mixed legal system of English common law and Roman-Dutch law; judicial review of legislative acts in High Court and Court of Appeal
International law organization participation:
accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations; accepts ICCt jurisdiction
Suffrage:
18 years of age; universal
Executive branch:
Chief of state: King LETSIE III (since 7 February 1996); note - King LETSIE III formerly occupied the throne from November 1990 to February 1995 while his father was in exile
Head of government: Prime Minister Motsoahae Thomas THABANE (since 8 June 2012)
Cabinet: Cabinet
Elections: the leader of the majority party, or coalition of parties, in the Assembly automatically becomes prime minister; the monarchy is hereditary, but, under the terms of the constitution that came into effect after the March 1993 election, the monarch is a "living symbol of national unity" with no executive or legislative powers; under traditional law, the college of chiefs has the power to depose the monarch, determine next in line of succession or shall serve as regent in the event that the successor is not of mature age
Legislative branch:
bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate (33 members - 22 principal chiefs and 11 other members appointed by the ruling party) and the Assembly (120 seats, 80 by popular vote and 40 by proportional vote; members elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)
Elections: last held on 26 May 2012 (next to be held in 2017)
Election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - DC 48, ABC 30, LCD 26, BNP 5, PFD 3, NIP 2, other 6
Judicial branch:
Highest court(s): Court of Appeal (consists of the court president, such number of justices of appeal as set by Parliament, and the Chief Justice and the puisne judges of the High Court ex officio); High Court (consists of the chief justice and such number of puisne judges as set by Parliament); note - both the Court of Appeal and the High Court have jurisdiction in constitutional issues
Judge selection and term of office: Court of Appeal president and High Court chief justice appointed by the monarch on the advice of the prime minister; puisne judges appointed by the monarch on advice of the Judicial Service Commission, an independent body of judicial officers and officials designated by the monarch; judges of both courts can serve until age 75
Subordinate courts: Magistrate Courts; customary or traditional courts; Courts Martial
Political parties and leaders:
Pakalitha Mosisili All Basotho Convention or ABC [Motsoahae Thomas THABANE]
Basotho Batho Democratic Party or BBDP [Geremane RAMATHEBANE]
Basotho Congress Party or BCP [Thulo MAHLAKENG]
Basotho Democratic National Party or BDNP [Thabang NYEOE]
Basotho National Party or BNP [Thesele MASERIBANE]
Democratic Congress or DC [Pakalitha MOSISILI]
Lesotho Congress for Democracy or LCD [Mothetjoa METSING]
Lesotho Peoples Congress or LPC [Kelebone MAOPE]
Lesotho Workers Party or LWP [Macaefa BILLY]
Marematlou Freedom Party or MFP [Vincent MALEBO]
National Independent Party or NIP [Kimetso MATHABA]
Political pressure groups and leaders:
Media Institute of Southern Africa, Lesotho chapter [Tsebo MATŠASA] (pushes for media freedom)
International organization participation:
ACP, AfDB, AU, C, CD, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITU, MIGA, NAM, OPCW, SACU, SADC, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
Chief of mission: Ambassador Eliachim Molapi SEBATANE (since 2 November 2011)
Chief of mission: Ambassador (vacant); Charge d'Affaires Carl B. FOX
Embassy: 254 Kingsway Road, Maseru West (Consular Section)
Mailing address: P. O. Box 333, Maseru 100, Lesotho
Telephone: [266] 22 312666
FAX: [266] 22 310116
National symbol(s):
Basotho hat
Name: "Lesotho fatse la bo ntat'a rona" (Lesotho, Land of Our Fathers)
Lyrics/music: Francois COILLARD/Ferdinand-Samuel LAUR
note: adopted 1967; the anthem's music derives from an 1823 Swiss songbook
Small, mountainous, and completely landlocked by South Africa, Lesotho is a least developed country in which about three-fourths of the people live in rural areas and engage in subsistence agriculture. Lesotho produces less than 20% of the nation's demand for food. Rain-fed agriculture is vulnerable to weather and climate variability; an estimated 725,500 people will require food assistance in 2012/13. The distribution of income in Lesotho remains inequitable. Lesotho relies on South Africa for much of its economic activity. Lesotho imports 90% of the goods it consumes from South Africa, including most agricultural inputs. Households depend heavily on remittances from family members working in South Africa, in mines, on farms and as domestic workers, though mining employment has declined substantially since the 1990s. Government revenue depends heavily on transfers from South Africa. Customs duties from the Southern Africa Customs Union accounted for 44% of government revenue in 2012. The South African Government also pays royalties for water transferred to South Africa from a dam and reservoir system in Lesotho. However, the government continues to strengthen its tax system to reduce dependency on customs duties and other transfers. Access to credit remains a problem for the private sector. The government maintains a large presence in the economy - government consumption accounted for 39% of GDP in 2013 and the government remains Lesotho's largest employer. Lesotho's largest private employer is the textile and garment industry - approximately 36,000 Basotho, mainly women, work in factories producing garments for export to South Africa and the US. Diamond mining in Lesotho has grown in recent years and may contribute 8.5% to GDP by 2015, according to current forecasts. Lesotho's $362.5 million Millennium Challenge Account Compact, which focused on strengthening the healthcare system, developing the private sector, and providing access to improved water supplies and sanitation facilities, will end in September 2013. Despite the 2008/09 global economic crisis, the economy has had strong, but declining growth since 2010.
GDP (purchasing power parity):
$4.265 billion (2013 est.)
note: data are in 2013 US dollars
GDP (official exchange rate):
GDP - real growth rate:
4.1% (2013 est.)
GDP - per capita (PPP):
$2,200 (2013 est.)
Gross national saving:
11.4% of GDP (2013 est.)
7.8% of GDP (2012 est.)
GDP - composition, by end use:
Household consumption: 86%
Government consumption: 39.4%
Investment in fixed capital: 33.7%
Investment in inventories: 1.2%
Exports of goods and services: 47.9%
Imports of goods and services: -108.2%
(2013 est.)
GDP - composition, by sector of origin:
Agriculture: 7.4%
Agriculture - products:
corn, wheat, pulses, sorghum, barley; livestock
food, beverages, textiles, apparel assembly, handicrafts, construction, tourism
Industrial production growth rate:
Labor force:
Labor force - by occupation:
Agriculture: 86%
Industry and services: 14%
note: most of the resident population is engaged in subsistence agriculture; roughly 35% of the active male wage earners work in South Africa (2002 est.)
Unemployment rate:
25% (2008 est.)
Population below poverty line:
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
Lowest 10%: 1%
Distribution of family income - Gini index:
63.2 (1995)
56 (1986-87)
Revenues: $1.462 billion
Expenditures: $1.483 billion (2013 est.)
Taxes and other revenues:
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-):
-0.9% of GDP (2013 est.)
Public debt:
Fiscal year:
1 April - 31 March
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
5% (2013 est.)
Central bank discount rate:
9.36% (31 December 2012 est.)
10% (31 December 2010 est.)
Commercial bank prime lending rate:
10.12% (31 December 2012 est.)
Stock of narrow money:
$425.1 million (31 December 2013 est.)
Stock of broad money:
Stock of domestic credit:
$85,420 (31 December 2013 est.)
Current account balance:
-$518.4 million (2013 est.)
Exports:
$941.2 million (2013 est.)
Exports - commodities:
manufactures (clothing, footwear), wool and mohair, food and live animals, electricity, water, diamonds
Imports:
Imports - commodities:
food; building materials, vehicles, machinery, medicines, petroleum products
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
Debt - external:
$794 million (31 December 2013 est.)
Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:
maloti (LSL) per US dollar -
9.575 (2013 est.)
8.2 (2012 est.)
7.32 (2010 est.)
Electricity - production:
200 million kWh (2010 est.)
Electricity - consumption:
Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2012 est.)
Electricity - imports:
Electricity - installed generating capacity:
76,000 kW (2010 est.)
Electricity - from fossil fuels:
0% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
Electricity - from nuclear fuels:
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants:
100% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
Electricity - from other renewable sources:
Crude oil - production:
0 bbl/day (2012 est.)
Crude oil - exports:
Crude oil - imports:
Crude oil - proved reserves:
0 bbl (1 January 2013 est.)
Refined petroleum products - production:
Refined petroleum products - consumption:
1,777 bbl/day (2011 est.)
Refined petroleum products - exports:
Refined petroleum products - imports:
Natural gas - production:
0 cu m (2011 est.)
Natural gas - consumption:
Natural gas - exports:
Natural gas - imports:
Natural gas - proved reserves:
0 cu m (1 January 2013 est.)
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy:
445,600 Mt (2011 est.)
Telephones - main lines in use:
Telephones - mobile cellular:
1.312 million (2012)
General assessment: rudimentary system consisting of a modest number of landlines, a small microwave radio relay system, and a small radiotelephone communication system; mobile-cellular telephone system is expanding
Domestic: privatized in 2001, Telecom Lesotho was tasked with providing an additional 50,000 fixed-line connections within five years, a target not met; mobile-cellular service dominates the market and is expanding with a subscribership roughly 65 per 100 persons in 2011; rural services are scant
International: country code - 266; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2011)
Broadcast media:
1 state-owned TV station and 2 state-owned radio stations; government controls most private broadcast media; satellite TV subscription service available; transmissions of multiple international broadcasters obtainable (2008)
Internet users:
Airports - with paved runways:
Total: 5,940 km
Paved: 1,069 km
Unpaved: 4,871 km (2011)
Military branches:
Lesotho Defense Force (LDF): Army (includes Air Wing) (2012)
Military service age and obligation:
18-24 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription; women serve as commissioned officers (2012)
Manpower available for military service:
Males age 16-49: 472,456
Females age 16-49: 508,953 (2010 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:
Male: 19,110
Female: 20,037 (2010 est.)
Military expenditures:
1.94% of GDP (2012)
2.3% of GDP (2011)
Lesotho's declared policy is maintenance of its independent sovereignty and preservation of internal security; in practice, external security is guaranteed by South Africa; restructuring of the Lesotho Defense Force (LDF) and Ministry of Defense and Public Service over the past five years has focused on subordinating the defense apparatus to civilian control and restoring the LDF's cohesion; the restructuring has considerably improved capabilities and professionalism, but the LDF is disproportionately large for a small, poor country; the government has outlined a reduction to a planned 1,500-man strength, but these plans have met with vociferous resistance from the political opposition and from inside the LDF (2008)
South Africa has placed military units to assist police operations along the border of Lesotho, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique to control smuggling, poaching, and illegal migration
Trafficking in persons:
Current situation: Lesotho is a source, transit, and destination country for women and children subjected to forced labor and sex trafficking and for men subjected to forced labor; Basotho women and children are subjected to domestic servitude and children, to a lesser extent, commercial sexual exploitation within Lesotho and South Africa; some Basotho women willingly migrate to South Africa seeking work in domestic service only to be forced into prostitution; some Basotho men who voluntarily migrate to South Africa for work become victims of forced labor in agriculture and mining or are coerced into committing crimes
Tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List - Lesotho does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking; however, it is making significant efforts to do so; the government has decreased its anti-trafficking law enforcement and victim protection efforts during 2012; authorities have initiated fewer prosecutions, ceased arresting suspected trafficking offenders due to a backlog of prosecutions, and stopped referring victims to NGO centers for care; the government has not implemented key portions of the 2011 anti-trafficking act, including failing to develop formal referral procedures, establish victim care centers, and complete a national action plan (2013)
Flag of Lesotho
Flag description:
three horizontal stripes of blue (top), white, and green in the proportions of 3:4:3; the colors represent rain, peace, and prosperity respectively; centered in the white stripe is a black Basotho hat representing the indigenous people; the flag was unfurled in October 2006 to celebrate 40 years of independence
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Empire continues FreshCo expansion into Western Canada
This Winnipeg Safeway location, on Sargent Avenue, will close and be converted into a FreshCo by owner Empire Company Ltd. (Google Street View)
The owner of the Sobeys, Safeway Canada and FreshCo grocery stores has announced the latest phase in its continuing expansion of the discount FreshCo banner in Western Canada, including its first foray into Alberta.
Empire Company Limited (EMP-A-T) will build one new store and convert an existing Sobeys store in Edmonton. The company also announced four of its Manitoba stores will convert to the FreshCo banner as part of its five-year program, announced in 2018, to convert about 25 per cent of its underperforming stores in Western Canada to FreshCos.
“Breaking ground in Alberta is a significant milestone in our Western Canadian expansion. We have now opened or planned locations in every province in Western Canada,” said Mike Venton, the general manager, discount for Empire, in a release. “Our FreshCo expansion into Western Canada is more relevant than ever before, as economic realities continue to shift. We are seeing a strong appetite for discount grocery options as the brand continues to resonate with the Western Canadian shopper.”
Empire, which is based in Stellarton, N.S., has confirmed 28 FreshCo locations in Western Canada to date. It has opened 16 stores in British Columbia and Manitoba, and will open two more B.C. locations as well as four in Saskatchewan during 2020.
The new FreshCo locations
The two Edmonton stores will be located in the Heritage (2304 109 St. NW) and Tamarack neighbourhoods. The Tamarack location is a new construction site, with the store planned to open in spring 2021. The Sobeys store in Heritage will close for renovation in fall 2020, with plans to open as FreshCo in spring 2021.
The four future Manitoba FreshCo store locations are all located in the Winnipeg area: Sargent (600 Sargent Ave.), Niakwa Village (2 Apline Ave.), Pembina and McGillivray, and Henderson and Bronx. The Safeway locations will all close in fall 2020 with plans to open as FreshCo in spring 2021.
Costs related to the closures of the existing Safeways and Sobeys will be charged to Empire’s earnings in the first quarter of fiscal 2021. Empire estimates the charges to be approximately $4 million.
Empire says it will work with the union representing employees to “ensure that all terms of the collective agreements are met.” The grocer plans to offer options including jobs at other Safeway stores within the network, or the new FreshCo locations.
Much of Empire’s real estate is owned and operated by Crombie REIT, in which the company is the major shareholder at about 41.5 per cent. Empire stores provides almost 54 per cent of Crombie’s annual rent revenue, according to its Q1 2020 financial report.
Although Crombie has an extensive pipeline of developments and redevelopments underway or planned at 33 of its 285 properties across Canada, none of the sites involved in this announcement (the two Edmonton stores and the four Saskatchewan sites) are on that list as of its Q1 2020 report.
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The Boat People: A Novel
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The Boat People: A Novel Globe and Mail bestseller, The Boat People is an extraordinary novel about a group of refugees who survive a perilous ocean voyage only to face...
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Giới thiệu The Boat People: A Novel
Globe and Mail bestseller, The Boat People is an extraordinary novel about a group of refugees who survive a perilous ocean voyage only to face the threat of deportation amid accusations of terrorism When a rusty cargo ship carrying Mahindan and five hundred fellow refugees from Sri Lanka's bloody civil war reaches Vancouver's shores, the young father thinks he and his six-year-old son can finally start a new life. Instead, the group is thrown into a detention processing center, with government officials and news headlines speculating that among the "boat people" are members of a separatist militant organization responsible for countless suicide attacks--and that these terrorists now pose a threat to Canada's national security. As the refugees become subject to heavy interrogation, Mahindan begins to fear that a desperate act taken in Sri Lanka to fund their escape may now jeopardize his and his son's chance for asylum.
Told through the alternating perspectives of Mahindan; his lawyer, Priya, a second-generation Sri Lankan Canadian who reluctantly represents the refugees; and Grace, a third-generation Japanese Canadian adjudicator who must decide Mahindan's fate as evidence mounts against him, The Boat People is a spellbinding and timely novel that provokes a deeply compassionate lens through which to view the current refugee crisis.
Sharon Bala
Alfred A. Knopf
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“Channel 5” embarrassed itself with a tedious gimmick and trademark stupidity in another failure of an episode.
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This recap of Fear the Walking Dead Season 5, Episode 15, “Channel 5”, contains spoilers. You can check out our thoughts on the previous episode by clicking these words.
It took “Channel 5”, the latest episode of Fear the Walking Dead, about half a second to annoy me. The penultimate episode of this woeful fifth season opens with the show’s favorite home-video gimmick, but this time with a change of perspective. The grainy footage is of a dopey propaganda video put together to extol the virtues of Virginia (Colby Minifie) and her expansionist settlers, one assumes because the showrunners think its a clever inversion of the usual Handycam hijinks. Needless to say, it isn’t.
That the Scooby gang create their own counter video designed to expose “the truth” of what really happened, and that “Channel 5” runs with it for virtually the entire episode, is equally egregious. Does anybody really like this worn-out mockumentary format, with its straight-to-camera mugging and rapid-fire switching between the testimonies of characters we’ve either just met or don’t care about? Surely not.
At this point, it’s even getting difficult to follow the basic continuity of the episodes. Last week, the cast was separated, and a last-minute cliffhanger suggested that Grace (Karen David) was on death’s door. This week, everyone’s together and Grace seems quite alright until for plot purposes she isn’t again. Alicia (Alycia Debnam-Carey) is still painting trees, Wes (Colby Hollman) is still gawping at her with either artistic respect or sheer lust or some combination of the two, and Daniel (Rubén Blades) is teaching Charlie (Alexa Nisenson) to play guitar, since last week he decided pretty much out of nowhere that she was his entire reason for being in this tired post-apocalypse.
The convoy’s new plan in “Channel 5” is to make a home at Humbug’s Gulch, an authentic Wild West attraction built to run without any modern conveniences like electricity and gasoline. This is suggested by John (Garrett Dillahunt), so I suppose he deserves most of the blame, but everybody else is complicit for allowing him to believe it’s a good idea. How deep into the end of the world are we, at this point? Are we seriously expected to believe that nobody thought of this before now and that the place will just be an idyllic Luddite utopia waiting to be claimed? The writers’ lack of respect for their audience at this point is almost as insulting as the idea that we’re going to feel tense when a major character starts wrestling on the floor with a lone walker.
On their way to Humbug’s Gulch, the gang is accosted by Virginia and some goons, who have been keeping an eye on them for the purposes of being villains, but it’s just another incredibly long-winded recruitment drive for the settlers. Nobody in the convoy is bold enough to make a heel turn, though I suppose the vast majority of them are extras with no discernible personalities anyway, so it wouldn’t have made much difference if they did. Annoyed at the rejection, Virginia gets her henchman to pump bullets into the air to entice a nearby herd of walkers, leading to an extended action sequence as the convoy attempts to traverse a rickety bridge before it collapses.
Credit where it’s due: The handheld camera actually gave this portion of “Channel 5” a halfway decent aesthetic and sense of style. At some point, Tom (Joe Massingill), the random bloke we met last week, dies. At an earlier point he was reunited with his sister, Janice, who sticks around afterward so that functionally we’ve just swapped one breathtaking nonentity for another. A bit later, John asks Rabbi Jacob Kessner (Peter Jacobson) if he’ll marry him and June (Jenna Elfman), and Morgan (Lennie James) says this is just what everyone needs. Trust me, it most certainly is not.
In a truly shocking development, the gang arrives at Humbug’s Gulch to find it completely overrun. For some reason, the journey there completely sapped all their supplies and every ounce of their principles, so the decision is made that there is absolutely no other alternative than to radio Virginia and beg for her help. Fear the Walking Dead Season 5, Episode 15 ends with the gang profoundly embarrassing themselves — nothing new there, then.
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Compass Box: The Peat Monster Review
This whisky review represents a bit of a departure for me. Up until now I have only reviewed single malts and only official bottlings form the distillery and when purchasing whisky have always stayed clear of independent bottlings. Well, this review is from an independent bottling company and not even a single malt. It is a malt blend!
Single Malt, Malt Blend and Blended Whisky
Just to make things clear before we start, because I know a lot of people including whisky reviewers (who really ought to know better), confuse a “Malt Blend whisky” with a “Blended whisky”, so let me explain the terms.
A single malt whisky is one that is made entirely of distilled malted barley from a single distillery. It has been matured in oak casks for a minimum of 3 years and one day.
A Scotch Blended whisky is made primarily from simple industrial (un-malted) grain spirit (usually distilled wheat, barley or corn mash or a combination), which is matured in oak casks for a minimum of 3 Years and 1 day and then BLENDED with a number of Single Malt whiskies in order to give it flavour and character.
This bottle we have before us is a “Malt Blend” which is simply a term used for a marriage or “mixing” of several single malt whiskies. In other words, it is still 100% malted barley distilled whisky, just that instead of coming from a single distillery, the whisky is made up of from malted spirit from several distilleries. There is no industrial grain whisky involved.
For example, Caol Ila is a single malt and Lagavulin is a single malt. If you mixed or blended the two together you would have a Malt Blend. If you then mixed it with industrial grain un-malted whisky, it would then be a Scotch Blended whisky.
A little bit about Compass Box
Self-styled guru “Whiskymaker”, John Glaser began his whisky career as an American living in the UK and working for a large Scotch whisky company. His love for Scotch whisky and a dream of a more honest, transparent and purist approach to making Scotch, plus his increasing frustration about the dominance of marketing and complete lack of transparency in the industry, led him to resign from his job and set up his own independent bottling company with the goal of making the best Scotch whisky possible with no compromise and being 100% transparent as to what goes into his whiskies. Today his company consists of offices in London and Glasgow and around 16 employees.
Too Much Information?
Compass Box’s purist philosophy has got themselves into a lot of trouble because they have the absolute chutzpa of wanting to tell us, the consumers, everything about their whisky, not just alcohol levels, whether natural colour and unchilled filtered, but everything including which type casks they used to mature the spirit and how long (that is, the age) the spirit spent maturing in each and every cask they use before blending the malts together.
Amazing you might say!
“Bad, Bad, Bad, say the big Scotch whisky companies!
The Big Whisky producers are not happy at all about this and have reported Compass Box to the Trade commission for breaking their narrow interpretation of European and UK Spirits regulation. The regulation says that an age statement whisky must state the youngest whisky in the blend.
The original intention of the law was to stop a company using deceptive practices and marketing a whisky by stating on the label that it was a “25-Year-Old”, where in fact only 5% of the bottle was this age. The rest may be only 5-years-old!
Compass Box have no argument with this rule and will does indeed state the age of the youngest whisky in the bottle. However, they want to go further than this and reveal the ages and exact percentages of all the casks used in the bottling. The exact opposite of deceptive practices! For some unfathomable reason, the big whisky companies say that this is breaking the law! Their (in my opinion), disingenuous interpretation of the regulations state that you must inform the purchaser about the youngest whisky used in the bottling and ONLY about the youngest whisky used! It is against the regulations to reveal the ages of the other casks.
This preposterous interpretation of the regulations and their aggressive attack on a little independent whisky bottling company is doing themselves far more harm than good and not endearing themselves to serious whisky fans at all.
Compass Box have stated that they are not forcing anyone else to be 100% transparent, are not forcing any other company to divulge the ages of all the casks they use in their bottlings or anything else, just to have the right to do so if they so wish. Why then do the big whisky companies feel so threatened? How does Compass Box’s total transparency affect or damage in any way, the big Scotch whisky producers? I simply do not understand why they have all their smart suited lawyers out in force and aiming their corporate legal pens at little Compass Box?
If anyone out there can explain it to me so please drop me a line and comment at the bottom of this blog post.
For more information about the story and campaign to support Compass Box, see here:
YouTube explanation video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhKurjk2lZ4
Also see statement on the Compass Box site here:
http://www.compassboxwhisky.com/transparency/
and articles on the issue here:
https://scotchwhisky.com/magazine/latest-news/8491/compass-box-launches-transparency-campaign/
https://whiskycast.com/compass-box-launches-scotch-whisky-transparency-campaign/
https://scotchwhisky.com/magazine/in-depth/11234/compass-box-ends-transparency-drive-for-now/
Compass Box: The Peat Monster, 46% abv, Non-Chilled filtered and natural colour. NIS 280
The whisky comes in a very practical, sturdy cardboard standard box (or compared to today’s whisky expressions, distinctly non-standard). I like the artwork very much with the humorous illustration of a peat monster drawing on the front. Anyone who has ever visited Kiryat Yovel in the south of Yerushalayim, near Ein Karem hospital, will be instantly reminded of the monster in the park there.
Despite its humour, the product name “The Peat Monster”, does not actually reflect the taste profile of the whisky. Even if I am an experienced peat whisky drinker, I am still objective enough to judge that this is hardly what I would call a monster peat bomb of a whisky. Indeed, if this were a single malt, I would have guessed it’s PPM level to have been around 15-20. Sure, it’s peatier than a standard Bowmore but far less than the Kildalton Three (Laphroaig, Lagavulin and Ardbeg), let alone a Bruichladdich Octomore or the excellent Benromach “Peat Smoke” for that matter, so I would hardly call it a “Peat Monster” but I suppose, seeing as this is a malt blend made up of peated whiskies, its name is somewhat justified and certainly blends in with its unorthodox (in Scotch Whisky terms), and whacky character.
The information printed on the box blends in seamlessly with the artwork telling us that it is from Compass Box, the name of the expression and underneath in clear type, it informs us that it is PEATY, SMOKY, COMPLEX, Natural Colour, Non-chill Filtered – BLENDED MALT SCOTCH WHISKY. Bottled at 46% abv, produced by the “Whisky Maker” John Glaser and “Product of Scotland”. All good stuff.
At the back of the box though, it gets much better! It informs us that the idea behind “The Peat Monster” was to produce a whisky with the style and intensity of an Islay peated whisky but to make it fruitier and more complex giving it, what it terms “class and style”. I suppose what it means is that they wanted to produce a peated whisky which, whilst not compromising on the peat experience, would make more approachable to even non “Peat Heads”., those more inclined to drink fruity and floral Highland whiskies.
Next there is a very useful table of data informing us of their opinion of its flavour character (which I have to admit, is pretty accurate), telling us that this is a marriage of heavily peated Islay and Highland malts. Then they inform us that it was all matured in First-Fill and refill American Oak casks and bottled at natural colour with no chill-filtering. Lastly, they recommend how to drink it! The Peat Monster should be sipped! That they insist but then go on to say it can be enjoyed with a splash of water, (I would say that this is a must), and even with ice! They describe this as an after dinner or late-night dram. This is the first time I disagree with them. In my opinion, they are selling themselves short. This very dynamic dram can be enjoyed at any time.
The bottle label is an almost exact replica of the cardboard box emphasising its practical no-nonsense packaging design as if to say, “No expensive marketing hype here folks, all the quality is in the whisky!”.
Had I designed the box, I would have added to the humour by including a short silly story on the box about the Peat Monster but perhaps that would be considered too much like marketing hype.
A lovely natural looking, typical American Oak Ex-Bourbon cask pale straw gold. Pouring the whisky into a Glencairn glass it shows thick beads of alcohol sticking to the sides indicating a full barley oil rich content.
Laphroaig 10 next to the Laphroaig dominant but natural colour Compass Box
Nosing:
For a whisky called “The Peat Monster, my initial reaction was surprise that this is in fact a very gentle, well-mannered, civilised monster! Yes, there is plenty of peat and smoke there but it’s all presented in a very matter-of-fact way, along with a tremendous depth of aromas. All other heavily peated whiskies have attacked your nose with a big peat hit and only then, when your nose gets used to the intensity, do you start to notice other subtler aromas lurking behind this. Not so with this Compass Box creation. Once a few drops of water are added, there is not a hint of alcohol burn with all these layers of complexity are clearly laid out for you like a London Underground Tube map.
The London Underground map is one of the design wonders of the world. Harry Beck’s brilliant original design of the London Underground, as it was back in 1931, is still, even after 86 years, immediately recognisable in today’s much more complex London Underground Tube system of today. This is solid proof of the 100% soundness of scalability of his original design concept, beyond even Harry’s wildest dreams. I really don’t know many other man-made designs which match this in shear perfection.
On the nose, as well as sweet salty seaweed and smoke, there is a wonderful fruitiness not found in any Islay whisky I know. The fruit smell and taste consistently connected with Islay is lemon and there is indeed a substantial lemon in this but also oranges, melon, yellow apples, pair travel sweets, vanilla ice cream, kitchen dry spices, lavender, roses and a mild farm field fresh hay smell giving it a terrific body to it. The notes from the Compass Box page inform us the majority single malt in this malt blend is Laphroaig yet there is no hint of hospital medicinal smells which would lead anyone who was told that it contained predominantly Islay whisky but was not told which distillery to reject any notion of Laphroaig or Ardbeg and probably guess Caol Ila. By the way, you would rule out Kilchoman as this whisky lacks that creamy barley character which is the Kilchoman house style.
What else is in this Peat Monster? Well, my eldest son recognised something really significant from the get go. Whoever has ever drunk Tobermory’s peated Ledaig 10 will instantly recognise the influence in this malt blend. However, Ledaig is dominant farmyard, wet hay and other farmyard smells best left undescribed. Some people love it, others think it’s rancid. Even those who hate Ledaig, recognising its influence in this whisky will nonetheless be a very pleasant experience. Leadaig’s influence adds character and body without being offensive in anyway. Remarkably, it gives it a flowery perfume which is Ledaig influence yet not present in Ledaig single malt.
You are very much aware of notes of heavy Flowers in blossom. Roses in a garden. Lilac and Lavender. This whisky has a mosaic of intoxicating and perfectly combined aromas. But, wait, let’s now taste this whisky and see if the promise of near whisky perfection translates into flavour?
The Peat Monster has hefty and significant mouthfeel of flavour and texture.
The initial taste screams out Islay style but unlike any Islay whisky you know because this is full of lush soft fruits. Again, had I not known it was a malt blend I would have guessed this was some kind of special edition or independent bottling of a Caol Ila in a 100% natural and clean presentation. It is soft like Caol Ila yet not exclusively lemony like this single malt, but with a variety of fruits. Crispy green apples, cider crab apples, ripe pears, a tough of orange and lemon rind, some bitter chocolate in here as well. There is some mild breakfast tea tannin flavours in the middle of the tongue. A sweet and salty seaweediness, a coastal influence but with a prominent floral and fruity sweetness as well. Fresh barley field farm heavy body which is definitely not present in either Laphroaig, Lagavulin, Ardbeg or in fact Caol Ila.
After tasting this, had someone told me that this was some 20-Year-Old special edition costing £200 I would have believed them.
The Peat Monster has a soft and gentle floral perfume element to it. I have to admit that in general, I don’t much like floral notes in my whisky. As much fruit as you can throw at me but floral I can do without. However, in this whisky, it adds complexity to the whisky without dominating. It’s present but never interferes with tastier flavours. This substantial floral perfume is definitely coming from the Ledaig but drinking Ledaig 10, you would not notice it under all that farmyard character.
The finish is sophisticated, long and satisfying. The whole experience from start to finish is immensely enjoyable. It produces a strong urge to want to share this whisky with everyone. The Peat Heads, the Lowland fruity admirers, the floral Speyside fans and the herbly West Highland enthusiasts. There is also that Northern Highlands waxiness of Clynelish in the background. This seems to be the malt for all regions. I have a friend who only enjots gentle brandy like sweet malts and would not normally touch an Islay malt with a barge poll. You know something, I think she might just enjoy this Peat Monster!? I’ll let you know in an update, bli neder.
This review was written after two tasting sessions. Last Shabbat with friends and this Shabbat with all the family including my married kids and their spouses. I had not told my family any of the whiskies in this malt blend, only that it was made up from a number of peated malts. As mentioned above, my eldest son identified the Ledaig immediately. My daughter, whose favourite whisky is The Glenlivet Nàdurra 16 and has never been keen on peated whiskies before. However, she said that she really enjoyed this. There was something really different about The Peat Monster!
As it happened, I had something rather interesting for her to compare this to. Only the evening before I had bought a bottle of The Glenlivet “Nadurra Peated Whisky Cask Finish”. It just suddenly appeared this week in all the wine shops in Yerushalayim. However, I saw it in Efrat for some NIS 80 cheaper than anywhere else and could not resist. Yes, it is a NAS whisky but non-chilled filtered, appears natural colour and bottled at natural cask strength of an amazing 62% abv!!! (Anyone who insists on drinking this neat is a complete idiot!)
Although made in a completely different way, they do have one thing in common. Dominant peat yet the fruitiness and floral flavours are there in quantity to make it appeal to a far wider audience. Which one did she prefer? Whereas I preferred the Compass Box, she enjoyed the Glenlivet more. Interesting. Suddenly she was drinking peaty whiskies and enjoying them!
A whisky that will encourage those who way they do not like peated whiskies to change their minds. What’s more, it might even encourage real Peat Heads to rediscover non-peated whiskies from the Highlands and even, dare I say, from the Speyside region!!!?
This is a masterpiece of marriages between quality single malts bringing out the best of all and even some things which were not apparent in the single malts on their own. I definitely intend to go and get another bottle of this ASAP! It is simply delicious.
Up until now, I have turned my nose up at malt blends considering them an inferior option to single malts. A perfect example of this is the rather boring and unforgettable William Grant’s Monkey Shoulder. Not so with this malted blend from Compass Box. This is a completely different beast; indeed, it is a monster of a whisky!
Not only do I highly recommend this for its smell and taste, The Peat Monster has been for me a real eye opener and education as to what Malt Blends can be and changed my whole thinking about the nature of single malts and has got me thinking about producing some malted blends of my own. Stay tuned.
The main page for Compass Box’s “The Peat Monster” is here:
http://www.compassboxwhisky.com/whiskies/index.php?id=9#prettyPhoto
Go to the page and click on “View INFOGRAPHIC”, (not the Fact sheet).
You will get this amazing page of information. If the law (or interpretation of the law) is ever changed we will Be’ezrat Hashem, one day be able to see this information printed on the box instead of hidden away in the corner of the online page.
http://www.compassboxwhisky.com/getimage.php?im=201602161141141628.jpg
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Compass Box are an interesting company. As it happens the Peat Monster is the best of the regular bottlings with the Oak Cross and Spice Tree nipping at it's heels. Hedonism is a super sweet blended grain,a real oily beasty...not to my taste but so fascinating a prospect that i tried one. Prices are very fair. Several of my friends are regular repeat customers. I do not understand the persecution by the big boys. They are either feeling threatened or can see new rules and regulations coming down the pipe cramping their style and costing money. Customers love all the information. They enjoy the touch of the artisan. I do not see how stating facts can be illegal.
Great article, Reb, really enjoyed reading this - and you make some terrific, grounded observation. Points like the 'no colouring', showing how a big whisky, with plenty of flavour to offer, can be modest in colour.... a caramel 'book's covering' is not always to be trusted. Thanks for sharing, Ed
Zei gezunt, landsman--and happy "dramming!" [Drinking a freshly-uncorked bottle as we speak.] *Iconoclastic "tribe" member from San Diego, CA....
Reb Mordechai Reviews 1 November 2018 at 16:59
So nice of you to drop by.
I'm glad you are enjoying this as much as I did.
What's the price like in San Diego?
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Nürnberg, Deutschland 🍻
Tourism is sometimes challenging. There is a struggle that popped this time to understand this city. I didn’t get it by first. Sometimes, it’s difficult to swallow.
Understanding Nürnberg. Don’t mind the hair, I was previously partying for 7 days in my hometown Croatia
In the case of Nuremberg, we are talking about the actions and horrors done by Adolf Hitler whose legacy to Nuremberg is a tainted, poisoned one. It was his favourite city leading in rich Germanic and imperial history. It is used to be called the “most German of German cities.”
Maxbrücke (bridge) over river Pegnitz
Nuremberg became the venue for the Nazi Party and later the place of the Nuremberg Trials – it had to compensate somehow to skip the historical judgment. The city and it’s residents paid a hefty price for Nazi Germany’s obsession with the city. Nevertheless, the locals rebuilt the city, but much of the city’s original character and medieval charm got lost.
Way of Human Rights – outdoor sculpture designed by Israeli artist
So, Nurnberg is the second biggest city in Bavaria, just after Munich. The first documentary mention of the city, in 1050, referring the King Konrad III and Frederick I, Barbarossa – Holy Roman Emperor (mostly famous for leading the Crusades).
We have visited the Imperial castle but unfortunately had no time to enter.
In the medieval times, the city was flourishing as being the free city for trade. Plague was coming many times but the city managed to sustain.
These are the times of the great painter Albrecht Dürer. He was born in this city and made his best works.
The cultural flowering of Nuremberg, in the 15th and 16th centuries, made it the centre of the German Renaissance. In 1525, Nuremberg accepted the Protestant Reformation which led into construction of the churches not so rich as it can be seen in other catholic cities.
St Lorenz Cathedral
Nevertheless, the city sometimes surprises with amazing architectural pieces:
Weißer Turm (White tower) and the Ehekarussell fountain (marriage carousel – representing marriage from beginning to end both good and bad moments)
Fachwerkhaus – the house with wooden construction
The large market square located at the heart of the city centre is surrounded by a multitude of must-see sights. The daily market takes place here, where you can buy all sorts of tasty treats, flowers and spices.
Schöner Brunnen – fountain with the sculptures of all the Holy Roman Emperors
The main square is the most vivid during the winter times. The Christmas market originates from this city = the so called Christkindelmarktplatz.
Church of Our Lady at the main square
Finaly, what is Germany if there is no good beer and sausage?
By RED RIDING HOOD Posted on August 3, 2020
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Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Deutschland
In case you want to experience Bavaria region in south of Germany and get lost in time and space, I definitely recommend you this city. It is well known for its well-preserved medieval old town, a destination for tourists from around the world. It is part of the popular Romantic Road through southern Germany.
The name “Rothenburg ob der Tauber” is German for Red fortress above the Tauber, as the town is located on a plateau overlooking the Tauber river.
So these was our entrance to the city surrounded by the wall. The Markus tower, preserved from 15th century. Our hotel was in this tower. Let me show you the creepiness…
The Markusturm and Röderbogen
Upon our arrival to the hotel, a lovely Lady in Bavarian clothes took our check in and helped us to find the room. Little did I know that she was Bosnian (immigration wave in the Balkans is huge and Germany is always looking for work-force). However, I was a bit surprised hearing the accent. 🙂 Later we found out that her husband is the chef in the same hotel. Oh Balkans around the world…
The hotel is the medieval tower so the halls on each floor are going in the circle. Not to mention the wooden floors, squeaky stairs, creepy porcelain dolls in the baby carts, old wooden furniture from medieval times. etc. It had a soul, dolphinately! 🐬
As we were on our way to Croatia travelling from Belgium by car due to bad chinese virus (yes I wrote this on purpose), we had planned only one night in the hotel. So we wanted to profit as much. We went out of the hotel very shortly after deposing our luggage, with empty bellies trying to find a good Biergarten to have a sausage, sauerkraut and a beer vom Fass (draft).
Hauptmarkt (main square)
Due to chinese virus situation we were allowed to stay in the Biergarten restaurant for no longer than 2 hours. Fair enough. We had to continue to hit the road the next day so not much left for partying. Except that it was my birthday that night. 🙂
The next day we started with breakfast. What was supposed to be a short breakfast happens to be complimentary german sparkled wine due to my birthday previous day. I was amazed 🙂
Upon breakfast, quick look on the city on our way to the car. Enjoy!
While buildings within the walled city reflect the city’s medieval history, this part of the city is in many ways a normal, modern German town with some concession to the tourist trade. Many stores and hotels catering to tourists are clustered around the Town Hall Square and along several major streets (such as Herrngasse, Schmiedgasse).
Wherever I go, I tend to visit the following three locations of the place: the sacral place, the museum, the bar/ restaurant. In Rothenburg ob der Tauber I was amazed by bars, restaurants, small shops and open museums but the St James Lutheran church didn’t leave any impression on me…
Amiens, France
Some 100 km north from Paris, in Normandy is chick city of Amiens. I say chick cause it totally anonymous but elegant and worth to visit.
The city is famous for the largest gothic cathedral in France. There is a marty – left hand of St John Baptist. The right hand, with which he baptised Jesus is in Istanbul.
The river Somme follows the city so there are many coffee places and terraces. Especially around the Siant Leu quarter. I found particularly nice the houses with wooden construction.
Amiens is also a birth place of the famous writer Jules Vern. We visited the house but it was too late to enter. Which then, remains for next time. A la prochaine, Amiens.
The Ardennes ⛰️
The Ardennes is the name given to a region of Belgium in the south that extends into Luxembourg, France and Germany. This southern region is totally different from the busy, industrial north. The things available to do in this region are as varied as you might imagine and include some great museums, plenty of beer and even the world’s smallest city. Given the rolling hills and the lush green scenery, it will not surprise you that The Ardennes has become a popular spot for travellers who love the outdoors.
We started our day at 9am travelling to Bouillon, chasing the Templars.
The landscape aside the highway was full of green grass, deep forests, cows and sheeps. My heart was warm.
So, the first stop was the city of Bouillon. As I already visited this city and castle above it, I recommend you to click on the link to be able to follow the hidden story.
Tombeau du Géant
There is a magnificent open view at Devil’s view, looking across to ‘Le Tombeau du Géant’ (The Giant’s Tomb), so named because one of the bends in the Semois at this point seems to enclose a coffin of gigantic proportions. It is not easy to reach it. We walked an hour through the forest athough the tracks are pretty good marked.
Check the flowers I spot on my way:
Funny thing is that as we walked down the valleys and up the hills, people were having their farms and cows and bulls and baby cows were so close to the road and hikers that it really melts you with the nature.
Cozy little town actually hides many secrets. Hubert was actually a prince of Liege. Being passionately in love with hunting, perhaps too passionately, one day he saw a deer with the christian cross on his horns. The deer asked not to be killed and advised prince to live modesty. So prince became a monk and the patron of hunters. And later of this city.
It’s funny actually, because the city hall has a deer on the balcony as well, reminding us on the story.
Wéris
Well known for its megaliths from pre-historic times. Most probably Celts. It is a nice little village with stone houses and some timber houses.
The last the cutest. 🙂 In medieval times, Durbuy was an important centre of commerce and industry. In 1331, the town was elevated to the rank of city by John I, Count of Luxemburg, and King of Bohemia. In 1628 by permission of Felipe IV of Spain it becomes the duchy. One of the people connected to the city was the son of Lancelot II: Count of Durbuy.
The Ourthe river flows through the municipality.
Bringing home the souvenirs and fresh food:
By RED RIDING HOOD Posted on June 9, 2020
Cuba libre in 13 days
Cheese and chalks!
Every corner was wtf, every moment was mind blowing! I don’t know where to start as Cuba is one of these countries that left me speechless. In one same moment I happened to be disappointed and thrilled in the same time. So the best might be just start chronologically and tell you the tales that happened on our way.
We landed to Varadero and immediately went to Matanzas. We had our taxi already arranged by the hosting lady in Matanzas.
Matanzas is a small city next to the Varadero hotels resorts so kinda neglected by the tourists. I found it hypsterish and cute: there are streets falling apart typically for Cuba, the smelly river but lively river coast with bars, small restaurants and artistic shops that are more like garage shops but for Cuban standards these are the galleries.
River San Juan and the city of Matanzas, Cuba, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America
Our host was a nice Lady owning the casa particular where we stayed one night only. She was curious, helpful, offering hospitality and more. We slept in an improvised room with toilets barriers – not walls! Little privacy but we didn’t care. We knew what Cuba is and where we arrived. Except that in developed part of Europe you will not pay more than 15 EUR for this type of accommodation. We paid 25.
However, she had a lovely house and garden for the cuban standards thanks to this room renting. I concluded that Cuba is changing quickly from its socialism where richer are getting richer.
The next morning she prepared us breakfast and arranged for us the shared taxi to Havana. Cubans don’t have internet – here and there you can go online at some hotspots but only for a while as many people use these hotspots which are 3G only. So no photos no videos – only quick whatsapp message to parents that we arrived safely.
We were sharing our taxi with some two Cubans. The driver was particularly nuts. He was totally against the political system, media manipulation and demanding the private ownership.
The highways is a two way fast road – no middle fence to divide and protect. Quickly I noticed that everybody goes on this highway: from 80 years old cars and trucks til’ carriageways, horses, local field workers and even unsaddled horse wandering arround.
After two hours we arrived to Havana. I got out of the car, stepped into the dog shit and crashed the screen of my phone. The warmest welcome l ever had.
We passed next to the stadium. Baseball is their national sport. One of the pure things left from the times the US was influencing the country through its mafia and banking system – which was a trigger for Cuban The Revolution in 1959.
The Stadium of La Havana
Havana is the capital city. Founded by the Spanish in the 16th century and due to its strategic location it served as a springboard for the Spanish conquest of the Americas, becoming a stopping point for treasure-laden Spanish galleons returning to Spain. The sinking of the U.S. battleship Maine in Havana’s harbor in 1898 was the immediate cause of the Spanish–American War.
We climbed to the first floor of some old house in Havana Vieja. Our host was supposed to be the anesthesiologist. We rang the door bell. Wrong one. We rang the other one. Some Lady opened. Are you Belkis? -Si, porque?
– We have a reservation at your place. – Oh really, ok, what can l do? I have a room but is not ready.
Later we discovered that she pays other person to put her house renting on the internet but this time the person forgot to inform her.
The city attracts over a million tourists annually so the local people quickly discovered the value of foreign currency 25 times stronger than cuban peso (CUP) – trying to gain that one foreign peso (CUC) at every corner pumping the prices, cheating on services and even lying to attract you for some sightseeing. For example, we were about to go to The Museum of Revolution. The boy arrived quickly to us asking if we are going to the Museum and explaining that we shouldn’t go cause it is closed for the lunch time and that we should follow him to go to some bar with some cuban cigars sells offer cause today it is a very special day and all cigars are 50% off. We didn’t follow him, we went to the Museum which was open until 19:00.
Or another typical scam: a girl asked me for some chewing gum (children are not allowed to work nor beg as Cuba provides very good health and education care system which is totally for free). I didn’t have any so she said that today is her birthday and if I could buy her something in a nearest shop. I asked her if she knows the date. She knew. 🙂 So I decided to buy her some package of chewing gums still, I am a human after all.
Few seconds later, she entered to the store, returned the package of chewing gums and got her 1 CUC/ EUR instead.
Nevertheless, I do not recommend to stay no more that two full days in Havana. It stinks, it is Europe way expensive and has not that much to offer as the other locations and cities in Cuba.
We started our exploration with Havana Vieja – old Havana. Old facades that are falling apart, not much of the hygiene on the streets and the stinky canalization since Cubans don’t throw their used toilet paper in the flush but in the trash bin next to it. Lovely!
Let me show you the market:
Conquistador Diego Velázquez founded Havana in 16th century. Soon it attracted the pirates mostly from France like famous Pirate Wooden leg or in french Jambe de Bois.
Hence the french and mostly spanish influence in architecture.
Three centuries later and numerous luxury hotels, casinos and nightclubs were constructed during the 1930s to serve Havana’s burgeoning tourist industry, which greatly benefited by the U.S. prohibition on alcohol from 1920 to 1933. These was the time of art deco buildings in Cuba and its Belle Epoque. In the 1930s, organized crime characters were not unaware of Havana’s nightclub and casino life, and they made their inroads in the city. The US mayor of Havana wanted to create the casino city bigger than Las Vegas of its time! Casino, prostitution and money laundering was happening in the famous hotel buildings like the Hotel Habana Riviera, Hotel Nacional Casino etc. At the time, Havana became an exotic capital of appeal and numerous activities ranging from marinas, grand prix car racing, musical shows, and parks. It was also the favorite destination of sex tourists.
Cubans led by brothers Castro, CheGuevara and C. Cienfuegos decided to end this with the Cuban Revolution of 1959, so the new régime under Fidel Castro promised to improve social services, public housing, and official buildings. Nevertheless, Castro allowed USSR to put nuclear rockets on Cuba (the famous Cuban crisis in 1962) facing Florida, US which is only 40 miles away from Cuban shore. So US decided to make embargo. Cuban’s economy struggled suddenly since most of ts export was towards US. The other Caribbean countries are to poor to trade.
Leaning on USSR – it didn’t last long. USSR fell apart in 1990. Cuba becomes more and more poor, but as Castro says on the national TV: we are happy people, we dance, we don’t live for the money, we are small Nation but great Nation because we faced big USA.
Not like I am a big fan of US Government and its exploration of the Latin American continent for the entire 20th century but there is something wrong in Cubans when they look at tourists as people with dollar sign on their foreheads.
Our second stop was El Capitolio. The neoclassical building – the seat of the Republic of Cuba. Cubans say it is not the replica of Washington DC Capitol but they like to add that it is a meter higher, a meter wider, and a meter longer. 🙂 You do the conclusion here.
Across the street is the Opera house. We had amazing cocktails here with the view on the Capitolio.
Next thing we did was taking an old timer to drive us through the city. We read before on the internet that the ride should not take more than 20 tourist pesos aka CUCs (which is around 20 EUR). However, none of the drivers wanted to take us around for less that 40 CUCs.
Capitolio from the Havana Vieja street
So we got the stroll through Vedado – the district with houses of the rich and embassies. It was developed in the first half of the 20th century, during the Republic period.
In Vedado I saw brand new hotels. The driver explained that the night costs there up to 700 EUR. Later I was walking around these tall buildings again and people were approaching to me saying: Se acabo, se acabo con el socialismo. Meaning: it is finished with socialism. Pointing these huge massive 21 century hotel buildings.
We stopped at La Plaza de la Revolucion.
Plaza de la Revolucion
And then at some park with the statue of John Lennon. Apparently F. Castro did not allow to Cuban people to listen the music on english but Cubans still adored The Beatles. So F. Castro decided to built his statue.
The bar called Le Petit Paris for some cocktails and salsa dance. Never enough of Mojitos and Pina Colada. This is something Cubans really know how to do it – using their best rhum!
The rest of the day we wandered around the city, admiring, re-thinking, analysing, having fun and cocktails! 🙂 I had the best daiquiri in my life!
Of course, live music is in every bar. Salsa is everywhere. And so is the basket with the tips.
Food is bad though, but they will still ask for the tip, or propina in spanish, a EUR to go the toilet and a EUR for the music they just performed in the bar or a restaurant.
Most of the time, due to embargo, many items from the menu are missing. So the best is to go with the rice, lobster and some fish. During our stay, there was no beer for three days. People were literally driving around from the bar to the bar asking if they have some beer to sell. Talking about beer, they like to make it with some lime juice and ice. It is good, unusual but good at that heat 🙂
One of the bars had a nice examples of paintings in cubismo style. Picasso would be amazed, I am pretty sure.
The next day we were exploring the renovated part of Havana: Plaza de Armas, Cathedral, Plaza de Havana Vieja.
There is something about Cuban dogs always chilling at the middle of the road! XD
We strolled down the famous busy street or in spanish Calle Obispo and arrived to the Museum of The Revolution. The museum is housed in what was the Presidential Palace of all Cuban presidents from Mario García Menocal to Fulgencio Batista – the last US established president in Cuba.
Inside you can see items like the radio CheGuevara used to communcate or the socks of F. Castro. Poorly presented.
However, in the backyards are the vehicles that were taken from the dictator’s Batista regime like the food vendors truck and turned into army defence vehicle. Or the US plane that crashed into the sea near Havana which was long time searched by the US public together with the body of the pilot. US that time didn’t want to admit that they are involved into Cuban Revolution so they were not demanding the body to be returned for the next 40 years.
In front of the Museum is the monument to José Martí. He was a 19th century Cuban poet and philosopher, considered a Cuban national hero because of his role in the liberation of his country, and he was an important figure in Latin American literature. Very politically active, and considered an important revolutionary philosopher and political theorist. The political scientist in me is now coming to its peak 🙂 Through his writings and political activity, he became a symbol of Cuba’s bid for independence from Spain in the 19th century, and is referred to as the Apostle of Cuban Independence.
Cooling down at El Malecon. The broad esplanade, roadway, and seawall that stretches for 8 km along the coast in Havana. Watching the new cruise ship entering the city – bringing more money desperately necessary. Or maybe not?
Cubans like to hang out at the street. I was particularly amazed how kids are still playing outdoors, playing football, hide and seek etc.
In the afternoon, exhausted by the heat we decided to visit the House of Ernest Hemingway. In the local bar they told me not to pay more than 15 – 20 CUCs for both ways. There was no driver wanting to take us for less than 40.
It is not allowed to enter to the House but only have a look from the doorstep. However, there were 5 ladies sitting around and looking at tourists. One of them approached to me saying: This is the living room and this is the toilet. – Thank you Captain Obvious!
Hemingway had many books – she said, pointing to the obvious again. I decided to stay away from her. – Look, there is the work of Picasso, the Bull.
Then she said that we should go to Havana like all the other tourists and visit the places there. And of course, she asked for the money explaining how Cuban people is very poor people.
The gardens around the house are very beautiful. I recommend to watch the Pappa Hemingway movie, shooted exactly in this place.
We came back to Havana center to the Floridita bar where he was having his daiquiri. 🙂
The evening was reserved for the Buena Vista Social Club show. On our way to the building, at least 3 women approached to us starting the random conversation and then suddenly saying how tonight is a special night and all the tickets are 50% off hence we should go to Buena Vista Social Club and that in fact it is very close, just here!
Sharing the car again with some old couple from Finland and a girl from Denmark. Two hours on a cuban styled highway. Before we arrived to this city, the driver decided to stop at some local farm or how they say in Cuba – una finca of the tobacco production, manual of course.
A typical tourist trap where they sell uncertified cuban cigars but we didn’t care. We were enjoying what we were seeing and learning. Plus, I met my Austrian friend that I haven’t seen for years! Small world, isn’t it? 🙂
When we arrived to the Pinar del Rio valley, to the city of Vinales I have noticed that tourism there already changed lots of things. Houses were new, reconstructed, more equipped (I mean, better shower and the toilet that is not falling apart).
The city is famous for the valley and its nature, the tobacco fields around and the cliffs painted by the hand from the pre-historical times. We decided to do the horse riding through the tobacco fields and cliffs and degustating local version of rum made of the special plant Guayaba only growing here in Vinales. They said so.
The biggest rain shower ever fell down on us and moistened me and my horse Mandarina. El sol del Caribe.
Moving forward, from the North West of the island towards middle south on the other side of it.
We planned to go to Trinidad and after it to the city found by French. We couldn’t as we lost lots of time in the meantime. We shared a minibus which happened to be the long 1952 chevrolet where they fir 8 young people from all over the Europe and the driver. We had to drive first to Havana as there is no other road and then down to Trinidad.
Ode to the socialism on our way to Trinidad:
We arrived in the late afternoon to the city of Trinidad. It is the colonial old town with cobblestone streets. I loved it! So much different from weird and stinky Havana. And local people and more calm and less pushy.
Its neo-baroque main square, Plaza Mayor, is surrounded by grand colonial buildings. We entered to some restaurant with the terrace and enjoyed the great sunset.
The Trinidad cocktails is a must! With traditionally bad food. But who cares, Cuba Libre! 🙂
Sleeping dogs again…
That night we decided to do some proper rum tasting. We started with rum blanco, the Havana Club of 7 years and Rio Anejo of 15 years.
We knew that the next day we will spend at the beach. After 5 days of wandering around it was time to chill for a day.
The third day in Trinidad we went a bit out of the city. First we went out of the tourist center and faced the real Cuba again. Poor houses, stinky smell, canalisation on the road, dogs licking it flies all around.
The afternoon we spent in the Valle de los Ingenios. It is the valley that used to be full of sugar cane fields and slaves working on it. We visited the 2 haciendas where Dom Pedro lived with his wife and a daughter, having the sugar production thanks to the massive slaving he kept behind the house.
The house was yet to be reconstructed again. I asked the local guide where is the furniture. He didn’t have the answer. Perhaps it was eaten by the Revolution, I thought?
Later he claimed how the nowadays slavery is in the money and capitalism which Cubans are resisting to gloriously even though they were hungry of the oil and flour in the 90s after the collapse of the USSR. I told him I am coming from Croatia and survived the war in the 90s.
There was a Belfry in front of the House of Dom Pedro. It was used as a guarding tower, and belling the slaves to come back to their shelters as the day on the plantage finished. The higher the tower, the richer the family.
Next to this improvised bath thub of Dom Pedro, just in front of the dwellings of the female slaveries, more than 50 bottles of wine were found. You do the math here.
Archaeologist depicted all the brutality that was happening here. Slaves chopped and in chains, their feces used fr the fertilisation of the soil etc.
We were driven to another hacienda. This one has been turned into the restaurant, had lots of furniture, a very big belfry and loads of local people selling souvenirs while being pushy. Even the our cuban driver was upset saying it is not authentic anymore.
Finally, as driving through this rich land, he mentioned that in these fields and mountains many Contra revolutionaries that were against F. Castro were hiding and plotting their attacks on Castro’s regime.
He brought us to the last stop: the sugar cane factory. After the discovery of the steam engine and abolished slavery, the production of the sugar became industrial. This factory was productive until the fall of USSR.
We finished the day with local cocktails: canchanchara and trinidad. And the traditional dish called Ropa Vieja, meaning the old clothes. It is the chopped lamb with some rice.
The 12 hours bus ride for the tourists only (but drivers picks up locals as well) turned to be 15 hours. Why to start on time? Why not to board all 50 tourists in the bus and let them sit one hour before the ride?
During our ride we passed through the cities like:
Camaguey – founded in 16th century by some spanish colonist, famous for Ten Years War against Spain.
Holguin – the location where Christopher Columbus landed
Bayamo – where the cuban anthem was composed. Also, the city where Carlos Manuel de Céspedes – a cuban revolutionary hero, and a plantation owner – freed his slaves and made the declaration of Cuban independence in 1868 which started the Ten Years’ War which ultimately led to Cuban independence.
We arrived around 23:00. The taxi drivers were fighting for us at the bus station. I decided to trust to some young black guy with dreadlocks. It was a mistake. He packed us in the old russian Lada, I got stuck for some wire. I asked if 5 CUC is ok. He said 20 would be fine. So we payed 15 EUR for a 5 mins ride to our hotel. The car almost died at the hill before our hotel. The guy was explaining to me that the car is old, needs more gasoline and because it is night so the prices are hire. I was furious so I almost decided to stop the ride and continue walking. The 1litre of the gasoline costs a bit less than one EUR here in Santiago. Not to mention that he wanted to give me back money in CUP (currency for Cubans which is 25 less valuable) instead of CUC.
The hotel was amazing. A real spanish colonial architecture. No wonder, since Spaniards firstly arrived here, built the city and then moved the capital to Havana. So there is always a bit of the competition between these two cities.
We fell asleep as dead. The room had 30 years old chinese air conditioning but we dint care. We just needed a shower and the bed.
The next morning was the hottest. Santiago is in the pure south of the island and more close to the Carribbean temperatures and lifestyle. Even if it was winter there was 29 degrees. Locals had socks and long sleeves in the morning. Cause it is winter time!
We visited the Bacardi’s house. The guy who started the Bacardi rum production. A mason who liked to collect the artifacts from around the world so his house is kinda museum of the Cuban history containing the artifacts from the pre-colombian indigenous people Tanejo or the egyptian mummy that he brought after his travel to Egypt in 19th century. I mean, to be honest, there was no souvenirs that time, right? Totally understandable.
We continued exploring the old streets. There is not much toursits in the streets so the locals are pushy. Sometimes in a good will, sometimes just to tell you in which restaurant you should go cause they get provision.
Needless to say that I had very much difficulty to understand their spanish.
The Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of the Assumption was built in 16th century and is more beautiful than the Cathedral in Havana. I told you – competition!
The Balcony of the already mentioned Diego Velázquez – spanish discoverer and later mayor of the city was built in the 16th century, where from he was watching the maritime traffic to avoid surprise attacks of the pirates and corsairs. The building was finished many years later due to the constant interruptions for fighting against the indian uprisings that needed both money and men destinated to the ravelin.
Little bit more of the lifestyle of the Cubans in Santiago:
We discovered the school of F. Castro but we were not allowed to make photos. He went to Jesuit school. Just like Macron. 😛 Next to it was the building of the police station during the time of his rival Batista. Apparently next to it was the house where F. Castro lived but I could not locate it if it really was there since the locals were giving me mixed instructions. ??
The long white building is the Jezuit school of F. Castro, the yellow building is the former Batista police station where F. Castro was imprisoned twice
And strolling down the city to the sea.
Time to chill next to the sea.
The Museum of Rum. Literally the 3 rooms and quick peak to the nowadays factory and its machines – some three window glasses behind, and the cup of taste of the rum Santiago de Cuba. Which stands against the rum from Havana Club. Competition again.
Be careful of another potential scam! Bacardi rum doent exist in Cuba anymore.
Being the mayor of Santiago de Cuba, Bacardi family remained in Cuba with the difficult task of sustaining the company during a period of war. The women in the family were exiled in Kingston, Jamaica. After the Cuban War of Independence and the US occupation of Cuba, “The Original Cuba Libre” and the Daiquiri were both created, using Bacardi rum. During the 1959 Revolution, the Bacardi family acted as an intermediary between the revolutionaries and the CIA to assuage the latter’s concerns. Family members, employees, and facilities were put to use by the movement and the company supported the revolution publicly with advertisements and parties. But their support turned to opposition as the pro-Soviet Che Guevara wing of the movement began to dominate and as Castro turned against their interest.
The Bacardi family and the company left Cuba after the Castro regime confiscated the company’s Cuban assets on 15 October 1960, particularly nationalizing and banning all private property on the island as well as all bank accounts.
We wanted to go to the Cemetery of Santa Ifigenia. Suddenly this boy appears on his ripsaw bicycle and says 5 CUCs but for 10 he brings us to the city later on.
He didn’t bring us to the city later but to Plaza de la Revolucion which was easier for him to bike and he asked 12 CUCs because he had an offer from other tourists but he ditched them off because of us. Really??? Is he calculating the time and efforts against the profit? How is that called? Oh yeah – capitalism 🙂 Nooooo…… :O
Nevertheless, the Cemetary where all the greats are burried. Including F. Castro – very simple and nice grave, the Bacardi with his mason pyramide, Cespuedes etc.
In Cuba – people stand in line. Waiting for groceries. We witnessed for this so many times. Sometimes they wait in line for the other people and make money out of it. Sometimes they fight who will enter first as the groceries are missing. We witnessed that too.
Again the 10 hours ride with the Viazul bus for the tourists only but this time during the night so we slept until the morning. We picked up many locals on our way. God knows where were they going. We ride again through Carretera Central through the same villages. And finally we arrived to the city of Che Guevara – where the last battle of The Revolution appeared.
I have to say, it was the poorest city we visited, and the most poluted with garbage in the streets and river. But people, they live of Che Guevara and don:t push for the peso.
Travelling entire night, we quickly changed our clothes in nasty nasty dirty toilets that are charged 1 EUR. No soap, no flush. First stop was neoclassical normand church. Don’t ask how this occurred here.
Next stop was the open musuem of trams which Che Guevara attacked in Movimiento 26 Julio hence the signs M-26-7
The trains full of weapons were sent by Batista from Havana towards the South where from F. Castro started the Revolution. After the attack, Batista ran away to Florida.
The last stop was Che’s mausoleum, There is a 7 meters statue above it and the monument with his last letter to Castro after the success of the Cuban Revolution explaining how he needs to continue his battle against the imperialism. He was that time the Ambassador in United Nations, the Director of the Cuban National Bank and the hell of sexy revolutionist that went to fight to China, Colombia, Angola, Congo and finally died by assassination of CIA.
I know you are here to kill me. Shoot, you are only going to kill a man not the Revolution.
Apparently the mausoleum contains his grave, although controversial as he was killed in the late 1960s but body found in early 90s and brought to Cuba…
We ended our day in Santa Clara sitting in some coffee place of some Spanish guy who arrived some 20 years ago to Cuba to visit and stayed for ever. His bar is full of marxist collection.
Our final destination – the hotel resorts. And we really needed it.
The internet was a bit better, the food was still bad, cocktails were amazing, beaches stunned and tourists were mostly mid-level Russians. And so were their actions.
We spent entire day on the beach having cocktails and playing big boarded chess. Oh what a times!
The resort is total tourist trap and less authentic to Cuba. The Beatles and american rock music of 90s screams from everywhere. The restaurants are trying to imitate the classy European restaurants so you can eat some fondue in Cuba of goat cheese from Cuba, or have pizza 4 Formaggi but only 2 types of cheese – cause embargo!
In the evening we went to Cabaret show! It was amazing! 🙂
So long Cuba! You hit me hard but I still love you and would recommend you always. Don|t change to much, stay authentic as much as possible! Authentic and clean!
Hasta la victoria!
By RED RIDING HOOD Posted on February 12, 2020
A weekend getaway 🙂
Saturday flight from Brussels and landing in one hour to north of Italy – to Tuscany.
We started the day immediately after landing. Settling first in the hotel in the famous Giacomo Puccini street. The opera composer was born in the nearby city called Lucca.
First stop was the Corso. It is a walking street with shops and galleries that goes through the city. I was amazed how many people were there, having fun, shopping and christmasing.
First stop – quick coffee, an espresso in the typical italian espresso bar. You drink it at the bar table, quickly and happily.
Next was the pizza cut, of course 🙂 and something that is similar to pizza – didn’t find the name yet. I keep you posted.
Does anyone know the name of the cake?
So, Pisa! Everybody was telling me that it is a boring city, industrial and besides the Leaning Tower – nothing to see. So not true!
From the moment I digged into the city, and you know how much I adore medieval times -I felt intrigued.
The origin of the name, Pisa, is a mystery . However, we do know that the Etruscans, and the Ligurians had variously been proposed as founders of the city. Later taken by the Romans, the maritime role of Pisa should have been already prominent if the ancient authorities ascribed to it the invention of the naval ram. Pisa took advantage of being the only port along the western coast between Genoa (then a small village – will visit that too! 🙂 ) and Ostia (check the article about Rome).
After the fall of the Roman Empire, Pisa was a city-state with the natural opponent Saracenes – medieval term for Arab Muslims who had their bases in Corsica, for control of the Mediterranean.
City walls of Pisa
In later medieval times, Italian city states were in fight amonfst each other and the Papal state. So was the case with Pisa: against Genoa, Majorca, Naples etc.
Pisa has the river Arno that goes through the city and then to Ligurian sea.
To walk down the Lungarno di Pisa (down the river) and watch the facades of typical tuscan style was amazing.
Crossing the river Arno via Ponte di Mezzo we arrived to Piazza Garibaldi – the leader of the Italian revolution in 19th century.
It is a typical bar-hopping area so we gave a try.
The place has loads of arcades – just like Bologna.
Entering the Borgo Stretto (one of the typical names for medieval streets in old time Pisa) we entered the Church San Michele in Borgo.
Wandering around, we ended at Torre del Campano.
Nowm this is more like 19th century architecture.
That day we arrived to Piazza dei Miracoli where is the tower. But we decided to leave it for the next day.
Dinner time! With lots of chianti – the local Tuscany wine 🙂
Day 2 – only the tower and cathedral 🙂 Have a look!
Cattedrale Metropolitana Primaziale di Santa Maria Assunta is a medieval Roman Catholic cathedral dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. Construction began in 11th century and expenses were paid using the spoils received fighting against the Muslims in Sicily.
It includes various stylistic elements: classical, Lombard-Emilian, Byzantine, and Islamic, drawing upon the international presence of Pisan merchants at that time. In the same year, St. Mark’s Basilica began its reconstruction in Venice, evidence of a strong rivalry between the two maritime republics to see which could create the most beautiful and luxurious place of worship.
Pisa was the birthplace of the important early physicist Galileo Galilei. Apparently, he was climbing over the Leaning tower of Pisa to prove his theory of gravity, Later he was burned by the church. Today, the airport of Pisa holds his name.
The Pisa Baptistery of St. John is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical building in Pisa. Construction started in 12th century to replace an older baptistery, and when it was completed, it became the second building, in chronological order, in the Piazza dei Miracoli, near the Duomo di Pisa and the cathedral’s free-standing campanile, the famous Leaning Tower of Pisa.
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There is no proper introduction to this city as I arrived totally unprepared, being just a day before on the southwest of Europe (in Lisbon) – different lifestyle, different weather, different clothes…
I arrived at noon to the train station without any excitements. Noticing firstly the Georgian houses.
But then I passed the city walls and ended up in the medieval city centre. Astonished!
I have soon realize that the city is very photogenic. Especially The Shambles – once a place for butchers to trade, the houses (called Shambles) were built with overhanging timber-framed buildings to stop meat from going bad in the sun. Retaining much of their medieval charm, they’re now filled with quirky eateries and shopping spots.
My colleagues and I were having dinners every night in different pub. As the girl who read so many books about War of Roses, my heart totally melted on the names of pubs such as Tudor bar.
Oh, and not to forget the absolute hit: House of Trembling Madness It’s an homage to ‘delirium tremens’ – an absolute cavern of beery goodness.
House of Trembling madness – a 14th century bar
A secret to share: I escaped one morning for half an hour to cross the brifge over the river Ouse to take some photos. The river was floated but still peaceful.
I have also entered some Parish church on my way back to hotel. It was from the 15th century, one of a kind…
If you ever visit York, do not skip the Richard III experience. It is about the Battle of York between two kings Henry VII and Richard III – the last king of the House of York and the last of the Plantagenet dynasty before it became united in Tudors. Of course, the Elizabeth of York had to play her part in this story as well. Chercher le femme.
Total War of Roses fan here! 🙂
The largest Gothic cathedral in northern Europe, York Minster dominates the skyline and has a history of building that dates back to the 8th century at least. The biggest stained glass of windows can be found here.
York was founded by the Romans. Being home of the 9th and later the 6th Legion, it soon became the city.
However, it did not become vivid until the Vikings arrived and called it Jorvik. I really recommend you to visit the Viking experience as it takes you 2000 years backwards.
My last stop was a market. Fresh and medieval in the same time. Actually, it was very useful as I found a towel with some yorkshire expressions – the dialect I was so hard to understand these 3 days.
By RED RIDING HOOD Posted on October 4, 2019
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3 days in Edinburgh! A weekend getaway 🙂 Except that we expected to see creepy, grey, sleepy, medieval town, but instead the sunshine was blessing us most of the weekend while we were running the gazes of the centre.
First stop was the bar, of course!
I mean, we arrived quite late to Edinburgh as our flight was delayed. Our hotel was in the old port called Leith so after quick check-in we ran into a first pub to eat but unfortunately too late. Some Scottish whiskey for dinner and typical Scottish pub scene: men discussing their business while holding beer, students mingling around while ordering a beer, Ladies smoking outside in their open outfits… Ever watched Transpotting? It was exactly like that.
Nobles pub
About Edinburgh: the capital of Scotland since at least from 15th century. Surprisingly, it hasn’t been invaded by the Romans so the city has splendid mazes and many main squares.
Of course, the traces of Celtic culture are visible as well.
Streets of Edinburgh
Royal Mile – the longest street in Edinburgh
In one of these first day wanderings, we went some shopping. The reason was the kilt. It’s a type of knee-length skirt worn by Scottish men. Every pattern belongs to different Scottish clan since the times of fighting against English. Ever watched The Braveheart? 🙂
Clans of Scotland and their kilts
Well, in case you didn’t, let me introduce you to William Wallace – a peasant who fought English Army and became knight. And King Robert Bruce. They are bought at the main entrance to the Castle.
The Castle stands on volcanic rock which is more than 350 millions old and is centered in the heart of the city.
St. Margarets’ Chapel, is the oldest surviving building in Edinburgh in which also, famous Mary Queen of Scots was praying (cousin of Elizabeth I). Then the famous canon that still fires every day at 13:00 is also worth to see. As well as the chambers of the prisoners and how they lived, engraved their names, secrets and compassion into the doors and walls. Many of the prisoners were from the Napoleonic wars of American War for Independence.
The view from the Castle
Time for a break again. Do you know what is haggis?
A typical scottish meal containing sheep’s pluck, minced with onion, oatmeal etc. We found a chips of haggis! 🙂
In 12th century, Edinburgh, trying to prove its essence of the capital city, Edinburgh aastarted to build the St Giles’ Cathedral, or the High Kirk of Edinburgh.
Mediaval Edinburgh was noisy, dark, with small streets, usually with poor sources of water. So living there had its own problems. Water had to be collected from water wells and carried up by many stairs. With no flush toilets, residents used to open their windows in the evening and (after shouting gardyloo) tip their foul nuisances into the streets below. Hazardous evenings, no?
Public well
Time for a beer! 🙂 and some Edinburgh Golden old ale!
More mediaval stories? Well how about the Greyfriars bobby? A nice pub, full of flowers from the outside but it actually sits on the Graveyard and is full of stories. Like the story of the dog called Bobby, who never wanted to leave his masters’ grave.
The graveyard just behind helds the secrets of more than 60,000 people. The graveyard looks calm and nice, with students visiting the place, even J.K. Rowling when writing her Harry Potter… Until the rain comes and starts to drag down the mud and discover the bones of deaths…
As I said, next to it is the pub where the Harry Potter was born. The author like to sit in this pub and write the book. She was usually finding her inspiration in names at the monuments of those who were buried there.
That day, I met my lovely friend from Montenegro who lives in Edinburgh. So the medieval storytelling continued. 🙂
We strolled down the famous Cockburn street (you don’t pronounce the K – otherwise they will mock you!).
Cockburn street
Down the Cockburn street we strolled to the Grassmarket area. This place is surrounded by pubs with some really interesting names. We entered the pub called The Last Drop as the square used to be the execution place and the accused ones used to go this pub for their last drop of whisky.
Or perhaps Maggie Dicksons pub… as it used to be her own house. Maggie was famous for surviving the execution by sleeping with the executor the night before and convincing him not to strength the robe too high. After surviving this experience, she became famous across Scotland and bought the house at the Grassmarket square.
Up through to Victoria street for some more wandering…
Following the Treaty of Union in 1706, the Parliaments of England and Scotland passed Acts of Union in 1706 and 1707 respectively, uniting the two kingdoms in the Kingdom of Great Britain.
In 18th century, Edinburgh was described as one of Europe’s most densely populated, overcrowded and unsanitary towns. Visitors were struck by the fact that the various social classes shared the same urban space, even inhabiting the same tenement buildings. So the New Town was re-urbanized with parallel streets and squares. The most popular street is the Princess Street with all the shopping stores.
Princess Street – shopping street
There is a statue of Sir Walter Scott – a Scottish historical novelist and poet of 18th century Scotland. Ever heard of Ivanhoe?
And not to forget the Duke of Wellington. The guy who beat Napoleon at Waterloo in Belgium.
In the second half of the century, the city was at the heart of the Scottish Enlightenment, when thinkers like David Hume and Adam Smith were familiar figures in its streets. Edinburgh became a major intellectual centre, earning it the nickname “Athens of the North” because of its many neo-classical buildings and reputation for learning.
PS I am really not a fan of calling some place after some other, like Venice of the North or New York of the East…
Time to stop for a second. Whiskey tasting? 🙂
Often simply called The Scotch, it is a Celtic spirit and the most popular drink here.
The Scottish Parliament is an old building from 13th century, except that in 1999 somehow Scotland decided to re-build and gave the trust to some Catalan architectures. Now, there is nothing wrong with this except that Barcelona is full of modern architecture that to my eye leads to dis-functionalities and nonsense. For example, the weird shapes of windows that are supposed to present people, or the leaves, or the birds or whatever kind of freedom because there is really no right answer, but in reality is just hard to open and close the widow and let the fresh air in. Not even talking about politics and federalism led by British Parliament in London and reasons of having (or rather not) this one here in Edinburgh… (sorry, political scientist here speaking!) 🙂
Sovereignty given by the Queen Elizabeth II
Eat haggis, sleep in Leith and climb the Arthur seat. It is an extinct volcano peak in the middle of the city, some 250 meters high where king Arthur used to come to think, before he would chair the table of the 12 knights. Remember Sir Lancelot?
The view from Arthur seat
Except the Arthur, some other notable peeps from Edinburgh like Sir James Maxwell and Alexander Graham Bell – the inventor of the telephone.
James Clerk Maxwell a Scottish mathematical physicist of electromagnetic radiation. And his dog to who him explained his equations. (?!!)
Now, there is something strange about Edinburgh – apart the fact that there are dog statues and commemorations across the city.
We noticed that almost every business from before has been turned into a pub business. Just like the birth house of the Alexander Bell above on the photo, or the pub which was the cinema before, or the barberry shop that became the pub or even the bank!
A bank turned into a pub and a statue of a loan giver. This person would used to go in pubs and offer the money to be loaned on some expensive rates, ofc.
Being now in modern ages again, we visited the Georgian houses. The typical architectural style from the times of George V. When he died, all the doors were supposed to be coloured in black but the Scots and Irish protested and coloured in pink, green, red, blue…
Georgian houses
The last day was used to visit Britannia – famous ship of The Queen Elizabeth II, but retired and given to tourists for visit. You can see the ship from the inside, check the rooms of the Queen or even the private sleeping room of Princess Diana and Prince Charles when they outset for they honeymoon.
Britannia ship
Master of All Desires
by Judith Merkle Riley
In 1556 France, Queen Catherine de Medici spies on her husband, King Henri II, and his lover, Diane de Poitiers.
Driven nearly mad by jealousy, the queen, who is “very fond of do-it-yourself magic,” is frustrated with her court astrologer’s ineffective powers, until he reveals his knowledge of the magical object called the Master of All Desires.
Catherine de Medici
This is a centuries-old box that contains the living head of Menander the Undying – a magus who sold his soul to the devil in exchange for eternal life. Anyone in possession of the sharp-tongued, mean-spirited and unpleasant head may have their wishes granted, selling their own soul in the process.
With the queen in pursuit of Menander, the famous Nostradamus gets involved in the story.
Prophete Nostradamus
Not to mention that the country is on the doorstep of the civil war.
However, I found the book full of wicked thumbnail sketches of power players, riotous actions, delicious mystery and romance, luminous prose, and feisty heroines with a feminist sensibility.
By RED RIDING HOOD Posted on August 10, 2019
Girona, Catalunya, Spain
Again some short weekend trip to some EU city. You gotta love it, right? Well, we did 🙂 We hopped on the plane Friday after work and landed to some cute hotel nearby airport in Girona. That night was reserved for spa and some nice tapas.
The next day was about to explore the city of Girona. Apparently entire season 6 of Game of Thrones was filmed here. Let me show you the data:
Entrance to medieval city of Girona at the confluence of the rivers Ter, Onyar, Galligants, and Güell
The first historical inhabitants in the region were Iberians. Later, the Romans built a citadel there. Until it was conquered by the Moors in 8th century. Finally, Charlemagne reconquered it in late 8thcentury and made it one of the fourteen original counties of Catalonia. Yes, Girona is in Catalonia, right next to grande Barcelona. 🙂
As of then it has been given to spanish kings of Aragon.
Important to mention is that during this period of time the Jewish community of Girona flourish, having one of the most important Kabbalistic schools in Europe. The presence of the Jewish community of Girona came to an end in 15th century, when the Catholic Monarchs outlawed Judaism throughout Spain and Jews were given the choice of conversion or exile.
As a result of many battles by different rulers, Girona has amazing and long defensive city walls untouched but abandoned.
In recent years, the city walls on the eastern side of the city have been reconstructed. Called the Passeig de la Muralla it now forms a tourist route around the old city.
Time for break 🙂
The typical beer here is Estrella. Lager.
As the many things on this photo above remind about the Catalonia resistance, I couldn’t help but notice that the protesting symbols and marks are everywhere around.
Especially the yellow ribbons are symbol of protest for Catalonian Independence and freedom of political prisoners.
The ancient cathedral, which stood on the site of the Roman Forum, was used by the Moors as a mosque, but nowadsy is a fine and excellent example of Catalan Gothic architecture. It is approached by eighty-six steps.
The Collegiate Church of Sant Feliu or Saint Felix 🙂 is noteworthy from an architectural point of view. Its style is 14th-century Gothic and it is one of the few Spanish churches which possesses a genuine spire. It contains, besides the sepulchre of its patron and the tomb of the valiant Álvarez, a chapel dedicated to St. Narcissus, who according to tradition was one of the early bishops of the see.
The last thing we visited was the Museum of Art. If you love romantic and gothic art, you will love this place as well.
Before you leave this city, amke sure you got this amazing view on the cityscape at the sunset 🙂
Some time ago, still living in Brussels, – I realized I have a friend from hometown in Croatia that lives currently in Köln.
I used some app for shared drive and arrived in 2 hours. My friend was waiting for me at the main station. 🙂
It is the largest city of Germany’s most populous federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia, making it the fourth most populous city in Germany after Berlin, Hamburg, and Munich. It is the largest city on the Rhine river…
The city is famous for the Cologne Cathedral or in deu. Kölner Dom. This roman catholic monument started to be built in 13th century and it is the biggest example of gothic architecture.
Cologne’s medieval builders had planned a grand structure to house the reliquary of the Three Kings and fit its role as a place of worship for the Holy Roman Emperor. Despite having been left incomplete during the medieval period, Cologne Cathedral eventually became unified as “a masterpiece of exceptional intrinsic value” and “a powerful testimony to the strength and persistence of Christian belief in medieval and modern Europe”
By RED RIDING HOOD Posted on May 26, 2019
Rouen, France – steps of Jeanne d’Arc 🗡
Rouen is a city on the River Seine in the north of France. It is the capital of the region of Normandy. Formerly one of the largest and most prosperous cities of medieval Europe, Rouen was the seat of the Exchequer of Normandy during the Middle Ages.
We made a short stop in this city to have lunch and spread our legs from the long ride as coming back to Brussels. Bad for me, I soon realized this city deserves much more attention. So I promised to come back – event though I do not re-visit. Life is to short! World is to wide!
The first stop was Le gros horloge (The Big Clock) recently restored, located in the middle of the Rue du Gros Horloge.
Le gros horloge
It is a 14th century astronomical clock.
The clock is installed in a Renaissance arch. The mechanism is one of the oldest in France. The Renaissance facade represents a golden sun with 24 rays on a starry blue background. The dial measures 2.5 metres in diameter. The phases of the moon are shown in the oculus of the upper part of the dial. It completes a full rotation in 29 days. The week days are shown in an opening at the base of the dial with allegorical subjects for each day of the week.
Already in love? Me too…
The little cobbled pedestrianised streets will accompany your weekends, holidays… These incomparable charming streets are decked on both sides with timber-framed houses dating from the Middle Ages were so cozy to my traveller heart…
Then the 16th century glory of the Palais de Justice… no it is not a cathedral, yet…
Now, this is the Cathedral… Ready?
It started on the site of the 4th century local church. Then, all the buildings perished during a Viking raid in the 9th century. The Viking leader, Rollo, founder of the Duchy of Normandy, was baptised here in 10th century and buried as well. The next generations of his sons were re-constructing the building to become greater and greater.
The gothic church became the Cathedral in 15th century . In the late 16th century the cathedral was badly damaged during the French Wars of Religion: the Calvinists damaged much of the furniture, tombs, stained-glass windows and statuary.
The statue of Jeanne d’Arc
The relics from the baptizing ceremony of Viking king who brought the Christianity later to Baltics
Time for lunch. We went typical Norman: the neck of the beef… yuck! But apparently the favourite dish of the former French president Jacques Chirac.
The last rushy thing we did was the Place du Vieux Marché – famous again for the timer houses but also for being the burning site of Joan of Arc. Yes, I am a total fan of this discussible icon so the feeling was weird. Ebven more, when I realised that the marking place was some badly recognized statue and modern church… Not enough for this French saint who ran the battles against English to free the nothern France.
However, there is still a lot to see and space to update this post… Gustave Flaubert, Claude Monet…
Until next time, Rouen!
By RED RIDING HOOD Posted on May 5, 2019
Normandie: Alencon, Domfront, St-Céneri-le-Gérei, Le Mans
Easter was a trip to northern part of France: Normandie or
historical Duchy of Normandy.
Driving through its landscapes was total mind relaxation 🙂
Domfront
On our way to Mont St Michel, we had an opportunity to stop in city of Domfront – established in the 6th century round the oratory of the hermit St. Front, and played an important part in the wars against the English and the French Wars of Religion.
The most impressive was the castle from 11th century. Firstly occupied by the forces of Geoffrey of Anjou, and then it was besieged by William the Conqueror, duke of Normandy.
Who ever possessed the castle, had an amazing view on the lilacs 🙂
The city is located less than 200 km from Paris.
William Duke of Normandy, later known as William the Conqueror and king of England
Then the citizen William of Poitiers insulted William by hanging animal skins from the walls, in reference to his ancestry as the illegitimate son. As a revenge, William had a number of the citizens’ hands and feet cut off so Alençon remained occupied by the English during the Anglo-Norman wars until 13th century.
It was Great Saturday so we decided to visit the local market and buy some food for the Eastern breakfast.
The 16th century Basilica of Notre-Dame d’Alençon is more or less dominating the cityscape.
Alençon lace or point d’Alençon is a needle lace that originated in Alençon. It is sometimes called the “Queen of lace.” Lace making began in Alençon during the 16th century and the local industry was rapidly expanded during the reign of Louis XIV, producing the lace in the Venetian style in 17th century. So soon, Alencon became famous as the prominent historical personalities like Marie Antoinette were wearing dresses trimmed with Alençon lace.
The rest of the day we spent in the park. I have to say I was impressed with mini labyrinths and bridges and houses for birds 🙂
A short afternoon trip to this place just to get more into nature and have a drink while watching the sunset. It was incredible.
Every corner of this small, beautiful place is picturesque and calling for a beauty shot.
Some sacrla bees which attacked the church demolishers
In the old town, the Gothic-style Le Mans Cathedral of St Julian occupied my mind, as it features stained-glass windows and flying buttresses.
Henry II Plantagenet, king of England, was born and baptized here
As being located on the Sarthe River, it was reaching its glory in medieval times. Hence the streets and houses dating from that time are just astonishing:
Dating a French is hard. Twinkling with my blue slavic eyes while asking him if we can go to Mont Saint Michel – easy peasy.
So our trip through Normandie started here… at some pre-area of Mont Sant Michel which is salty as the sea level goes on and off so the sheeps eat the salty grass, make salty milk and cheese and special pre-salty meat. They say it is a delicatesse!
Mont Saint Michel is an island and mainland commune in Normandy, France.
The island has held strategic fortifications since ancient times and since the 8th century AD has been the seat of the monastery from which it draws its name. The structural composition of the town exemplifies the feudal society that constructed it: on top, God, the abbey and monastery; below, the great halls; then stores and housing; and at the bottom, outside the walls, houses for fishermen and farmers.
As you can see, there is an approach via the bridge. The buses are constantly circuiting around. However, many people do take the courage to walk through the mud when the tide is low. It is highly recommended to do it in the group as yearly people die by getting stuck in the vivid mud and not being able to get out of it as the tide is getting high and sea is approaching…
The island looks totally medieval. There is less than 100 people living and most of them are owning the restaurant, which are, btw total tourist trap. Some omelette costs 65 euros. :O And that omelette or cafe au lait will not be that good…
Famous family restaurant
Anyhow, we were climbing up towards the abbey.
The Mont/ mountain remained unconquered during the Hundred Years’ War; a small garrison fended off a full attack by the English in 15th century. The later it was used as a prison – especially after the French Revolution and during the Ancien Regime.
The tides can vary greatly, at roughly 14 metres between highest and lowest water marks.
Popularly nicknamed “St. Michael in peril of the sea” by medieval pilgrims – it really offers a beautiful got-lost-in-time experience. Although, this moment might be ruined by the number of tourists surrounded.
The monks and nuns of the Monastic Fraternities of Jerusalem are present in this abbey since 14th century.
Archangel Gabriel – the protector of the mount
The gothic church has the golden statue of Arch-angel Michel on its top as being the protector of the knights and shelter in the battles.
By going down, we admired a bit more the architecture…
Also, did you know that in Normandy there are no vineyards? So it is this particular part of France where actually you can not get any wine… awkward…
Awkward because me – being blond and thinking how France is all about the red wine, wanted to sit on a terrace and get my self a glass of local red wine. You could imagine the face of my boyfriend and his patience when he started to educate me about the maps of the french vineyards… and none of them is in Normandie… ooops 😛
However, the region is famous for apples so they will offer the great cider…
By RED RIDING HOOD Posted on April 24, 2019
Corsica – Île de Beauté
What a beautiful island! 🙂 Landed with AirCorsica some beautiful Thursday afternoon just shortly after French President Macron.
My hotel was a splendid accommodation with a view on the Mediterranean.
As my flight has been postponed couple of times, I decided – totally tired and exhausted – just to chill in my hotel and read the Corsica intro.
The next morning I was totally fresh and ready to start exploring as of early in the morning.
Totally italian city, but french speaking, but with italian accent. 🙂
After being ruled by the Republic of Genoa since 13 century, Corsica was briefly an Italian-speaking independent republic from 18th century, until it was officially ceded by the Republic of Genoa to France.
Port of Ajaccio
The people of Corsica are very proud of their flag so you can literally find it anywhere:
The very first day I went n the market at Place Foch. To go completely local. Spot the flag there as well:
Statue of Napoleon at Place Foch
The Musée Fesch is the central museum of fine arts in Ajaccio on Corsica. Located within the gated Palais Fesch, it is in the town’s Borgu d’Ajaccio quarter. It was established by Napoleon I’s uncle, cardinal Joseph Fesch. I did not enter as this time I had an intention to skip the masterpieces of renaissance.
However, I continued walking and admiring the italian style of the city.
Ex Grand Hôtel Continental (now office of the Collectivité territoriale de Corse)
Even the Cathedral is very simple style, dating from 16th century, called officially the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption of Ajaccio.
My day continued with the visit to the birthplace of Napoleon. He was born and lived until the age of 9 in the Bonaparte House. He returned once shortly after his battle in Egypt.
Statue of Napoleon
And then continuing towards the citadelle with the city walls from 16th century.
The city is even more beautiful as the city has the beach just there in the city center called Plage Saint – Francois.
And yes, there is a Place Charles de Gaulle, as well.
And then it was the lunch time. Do you like sea food? Yap urchins!
Then I took the train towards the center of the island. Corsica is a mountainous island with its highest peak of 2,700 meters. Surprisingly, on my way through the mountains, there was some snow. And many animals like goats and sheeps…
Cortu is a historical capital in the middle of the island, deep in the mountains.
A small town in the heart of Corsica, Corte was the capital of the island (in 18th under Pasquale Paoli – a name you will hear often in Corsica as he was
a Corsican patriot, statesman and military leader who was at the forefront of resistance movements against the Genoese and later French rule in the island ).
As well as being an interesting town in itself Corte is in a great location for exploring the mountains, valleys and scenery of central Corsica and the surrounding Natural Park.
As I arrived in Corte – it is the dramatic citadel sitting on top of a rocky outcrop above the town and the Tavignano valley that first grabbed my attention.
Sertena
The third day I continued towards the south and passed through the beautiful city of Sertena – famous for wines!
This territory will allure you by the diversity of its landscapes: vineyards, forests, cliffs…
This city was a total discovery for me and the main reason of what I will remember Corsica for!
It is the southest of the island and the setting of Guy de Maupassant‘s short story “Vendetta”
The citadel of Bonifacio
The city in evidence today was founded as a fortress by and subsequently named after Boniface II of Tuscany in 9th century. He had led a naval expedition to suppress the Saracens (Saracens’ head on the flags) of North Africa and returned to build an unassailable fortress and naval base from which the domains of Tuscany could be defended at the outermost frontier.
Short lunch and then taking the stairs towards the city fortress…
The city lays on the cliffs which were demolished by the sea so when you look at the citadelle, you can notice that it is practically hanging… Totally anti – gravitation…
Bonifacio is located directly on the Mediterranean Sea, separated from Sardinia by the Strait of Bonifacio.
The island of Sardinia across the Bonifacio
Stairs of Aragon Kings
Entrance to Citadelle
There is also the largest church of the island, built in Norman style: Église Saint-Dominique de Bonifacio
Saint Dominique church
Îles Sanguinaires
The last day was reserved for Isles Sanguinaires (together forming the Archipelago of the Sanguinaires) which are about 15km from Ajaccio by boat but only just off the headland at Pointe de la Parata.
The Parata headland is itself classified as one of the ‘grand sites of France’ and there is a Genoese lookout tower here.
By RED RIDING HOOD Posted on April 9, 2019
The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg is a small landlocked country in western Europe. It is bordered by Belgium to the west and north, Germany to the east, and France to the south. Its capital, Luxembourg City, together with Brussels and Strasbourg, is one of the three official capitals of the European Union.
The repeated invasions by Germany, especially in World War II, resulted in the country’s strong will for mediation between France and Germany and, among other things, led to the foundation of the European Union.
WW1 and WW2 Memorial
The residents are speaking german, french and letzeburgish which is a mixture of both mentioned languages.
Although it is one of the smallest sovereign states in Europe it is the popular center for bank headquarters.
Bank Museum and State Savings Bank
As a representative democracy with a constitutional monarch, it is headed by Grand Duke Henri and is the world’s only remaining grand duchy.
Groussherzogleche Palais – the Duke’s residential palace and city hall
The history of Luxembourg is considered to begin in 10th century, when count Siegfried I acquired a rocky castle.
By 15th century – the House of Luxembourg became so powerful that it produced Kings of Germans and Holy Roman Emperors.
Fortress Thungen
The Adolphe Bridge has become an unofficial national symbol of sorts, representing Luxembourg’s independence
The bridge was named after Grand Duke Adolphe, who reigned Luxembourg in 19th century.
Another reminder to the succesful battle times is the Golden Lady or the Gaelle Fra. The Monument of Remembrance is a war memorial dedicated to the thousands of Luxembourgers who volunteered for service in the armed forces of the Allied Powers during both World Wars and the Korean War.
Notre-Dame Cathedral is the Roman Catholic Cathedral of Luxembourg City. It was originally a Jesuit church, dating since 17th century. It is the only cathedral in Luxembourg.
I have actually visited Luxembourg two times and managed to enter the Museum of the Luxembourg city where I discovered the legend of Meluzines seducing a fisherman on the night of full moon, plotting the destiny of Luxembourg.
Old city: Neumunster villa and abbey from 16th century at River Alzette
River Alzette at Bock Casemates
By RED RIDING HOOD Posted on January 30, 2019
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Yorkton Chamber celebrates local business awards
Published Tuesday, December 1, 2020 11:00AM CST
YORKTON -- The Yorkton Chamber of Commerce announced the Celebrate Success Business Award winners to an empty room.
Only sponsors and a production crew were in attendance on Nov. 25, with the finalists watching from home to see who came out on top.
The chamber presented awards in 14 categories, with Yorkton Hyundai taking home Large Business of the Year and Modern Mattress receiving Small Business of the Year.
"We're very grateful for winning it, but we're more grateful for having Yorkton welcome us and being a part of the Yorkton community,” said Drew Hunt, co-owner of Modern Mattress. “We grew up here and we're not leaving now."
Modern Mattress has been in the community for six years and hunt says the city has embraced them since the beginning.
Jessie Richards, owner of the Scrub Hub Boutique, received the Young Entrepreneur award.
Richards, who started her business less than three years ago, says the award gives her hope in a precarious economic climate.
"I have a long ways to go, so we definitely have a way to grow," explained Richards.
Other recipients this year were Evan Ortynsky, who won Business Leader of the Year, CORE Real Estate for Community Involvement and Yorkton Dental for Property Restoration.
Painted Hand Casino, Parrish & Heimbecker and Yorkton Tribal Council won the Award of Excellence. RH Electric was awarded Business Growth & Expansion, and the Customer Service award went to Bailiee Boys Towing.
The Yorkton Business Improvement District (YBID) received the Marketing award, with New Business Venture going to Credence Construction. Federowich Construction won the Safety award.
Big Brothers Big Sisters Yorkton, the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #77 and Parkland Search and Rescue all walked away with the Community Merit Award.
The People's Choice Award, which the community selects from the list of finalists, went to Cross Fit Function.
Organizers hope to be able to celebrate local businesses with more fanfare when the biennial awards return in 2022.
CTV Yorkton Web News January 18
Weyburn hospital caring exclusively for COVID-19 patients
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Yorkton man brings awareness to triggers for those dealing with addiction
Published Friday, November 27, 2020 3:50PM CST Last Updated Friday, November 27, 2020 6:53PM CST
YORKTON -- A man recovering from addiction is trying to raise awareness for those with substance abuse disorder.
While watching the news earlier this week he realized some of the visuals may be hard on those early in their recovery.
"An addict who is say freshly out of the residential treatment program or a detox centre will be sitting there watching the news one day when all of a sudden there it is boom right in your face," Bob Wilson said.
He continued to say a visual of drugs, even when not being explicitly used, can be enough to trigger a response.
"To see this that's what sets their mind off and the next thing you know they can't shake it, the mind's obsessed, their body's wanting it and next thing you know they're out and they're looking to use again and that could be their very last use," added Wilson.
Rand Teed, an addictions counsellor, said those with substance abuse disorder have re-trained their brain to have an anticipatory dopamine response to anything having to do with their drug of choice.
These triggers can be a location, a smell, a sound or an image.
"In the news pieces, if a person, for example, sees somebody having a drink or a bottle of alcohol spilled on the ground that's going to trigger their brain response to alcohol," explained Teed.
Teed says part of the recovery process is to replace and overpower this old pathway with a new one that has a significant amount of pleasure with it as well.
"In many ways in order to do that you have to be able to subject yourself to that older pathway and learn that you actually do have the power to override it.”
Both Teed and Wilson agree a form of trigger warning could be beneficial to those in recovery.
"I mean Netflix has them, a warning, drug abuse or drug use in this movie and such, so if you're going to show it, if you have to show it, I understand," Wilson said.
Wilson added addiction touches everyone and support is important with teed echoing that recovery is possible.
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https://rocketswire.usatoday.com/2019/10/01/podcast-harden-capela-push-faster-pace-as-rockets-rout-sharks/
Podcast: Harden, Capela push faster pace as Rockets rout Sharks
Tuesday’s episode of Locked on Rockets breaks down key takeaways from the 140-71 victory by Houston in Monday’s preseason opener at Toyota Center against the Shanghai Sharks.
Segment one (2:00) addresses the quicker pace led by James Harden (10 points, 17 assists, 12 rebounds in 21 minutes) and Clint Capela (25 points, 10 rebounds in 19 minutes), and why it bodes well for the integration of Russell Westbrook down the road.
Mike D'Antoni on increased pace: "Yeah we talked about it. The biggest thing is James [Harden] looked like he wanted to do it in a sense that he speeded it up."
— Salman Ali (@SalmanAliNBA) October 1, 2019
Segment two (18:15) explores the strong showing versus Shanghai by rookie guard Chris Clemons (21 points, 7/16 FG in 19 minutes) and whether he could make a push for a standard contract from the Rockets, rather than a two-way deal.
Segment three (29:00) recaps head coach Mike D’Antoni’s postgame praise of newcomer Ben McLemore (17 points, five three-pointers), and why the presence of McLemore and veteran Ryan Anderson could make it very tough for Anthony Bennett (out, knee tendinitis) to earn a roster spot in Houston.
Mike D'Antoni on Ben McLemore: "There's no reason why he's not an NBA player. And a good one."
Tune in to Tuesday’s Locked on Rockets podcast (with Ben DuBose) for full analysis of Houston’s preseason opener:
Chris Clemons quickly scores 21 points in Rockets' preseason debut
Rockets sink Sharks as Harden dishes 17 assists in 21 minutes
WATCH: Harden tries one-legged three in Rockets' preseason opener
RECAP: @BenDuBose explores what we learned from the #Rockets preseason opener.
Topics include flashes from Chris Clemons and Ben McLemore, and the importance of James Harden (17 assists in 21 minutes) and Clint Capela (25/10) leading a much faster pace:https://t.co/2e6ansGORj
— Locked On Rockets (@LockedOnRockets) October 1, 2019
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Escape Room LA – The Alchemist [Review]
9 November 2016 21 June 2017 by David Spira, posted in Escape Room LA, Los Angeles, Reviews
Is there a word for taking gold and transforming it back into lead?
Date played: October 16, 2016
Team size: up to 10; we recommend 6-8
Price: $32 per ticket on weekdays, $37 per ticket on weekends
The Alchemist was your standard wizards-and-magic setup: enter the library, work your way into the sanctum, and puzzle your way to the mystical maguffin.
It’s a time-tested setup that works well, so long as you create the right environment and build interesting interactions throughout; Escape Room LA did just that. The gamespace looked great and absolutely conveyed a slightly cartoonish, but generally compelling wizard’s lair.
Image via CNET.
Due to Escape Room LA’s adherence to standard wizarding tropes, they didn’t need to add a lot of story or exposition for the narrative to reveal itself through gameplay.
The Alchemist had a strong mix and large volume of puzzles. This was a big game that required a cooperative and attentive team.
The puzzles were a ton of fun to solve. They made great use of the room as well as the themes that the game played with. Escape Room LA was the most puzzley company that we encountered in Los Angeles. Unlike the other game we played on our visit, The Alchemist combined puzzle-centricity with a beautifully constructed set.
The Alchemist’s puzzles and interactions were wonderfully embedded into the scenery and environment. This was the heart of the game.
The gameflow was interesting. Where some games will force a team to split by locking them up in different parts of the game, The Alchemist produced a natural split of the team and accomplished it without interference.
The Alchemist was a game with a lot of rules and most of the unusual restrictions prohibited exploration. Violation of these rules resulted in additional condemnation.
Our gamemaster was in costume and in character as a silent monk. She provided hints, handled a finicky interaction, broken interactions, and chastisement while silently miming at us. The in-game gamemaster wasn’t inherently problematic, but the regular discipline was.
Most of the game took place within a large room, but there were sections that we weren’t even allowed to look at until we had “reached” them, even though they were in plain sight. With 10 players (about two too many) in the room, a couple of us would take a look at the future puzzles to get a sense of what we had to do down the line. Our gamemaster would mime her castigation at us for this, which somehow felt far worse than vocalized criticism. This soured the experience.
One of the set pieces and interactions within The Alchemist was so iffy as to require our gamemaster to step in and fully control it; another broke completely. There was a third utterly infuriating interaction that took us something in the realm of 10 minutes to complete after we started doing the right thing. The sensor’s tolerance was so tight that we couldn’t get the thing to trigger.
Should I play Escape Room LA’s The Alchemist?
We love puzzle-based games, especially when the puzzles are integrated into the props and make us solve our way through a narrative. After we won, we walked out feeling pretty bitter. The root cause of this was purely gamemastering and overall customer care.
Our first game with Escape Room LA began late, so our second game began late as well. During our walkthrough, Lisa took out her phone to text our friends whom I was meeting at the Basement to cancel our pre-game plans. She was yelled yet because phones were forbidden because heaven forbid that any photos of the game get out.
The grand irony here was that I had already seen video of every section of The Alchemist because Escape Room LA let CNET film the game. So, if you’re curious what The Alchemist looks like in intimate detail, please feel free to watch the video, but do so knowing that it shows the entire gamespace and spoils a few puzzles. You’ve been warned.
The Alchemist is a strong game, especially if you’re a puzzler, and I absolutely recommend it. However, go in knowing that metaphors involving rods and rectums may apply to your customer service experience. The tragedy of The Alchemist was that they put us into a great game and then spent an hour finding new ways to diminish an otherwise brilliant experience.
Book your hour with Escape Room LA’s The Alchemist, and tell them that the Room Escape Artist sent you.
Full disclosure: Escape Room LA comped our tickets for this game.
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February 25, 2019 Rose Blue
Lady Derring Takes a Lover by Julie Anne Long – Blog Tour, Review, and Excerpt
Delilah Swanpoole, Countess of Derring, learns the hard way that her husband, “Dear Dull Derring,” is a lot more interesting—and perfidious—dead than alive. It’s a devil of an inheritance, but in the grand ruins of the one building Derring left her, are the seeds of her liberation. And she vows never again to place herself at the mercy of a man.
But battle-hardened Captain Tristan Hardy is nothing if not merciless. When the charismatic naval hero tracks a notorious smuggler to a London boarding house known as the Rogue’s Palace, seducing the beautiful, blue-blooded proprietress to get his man seems like a small sacrifice.
They both believe love is a myth. But a desire beyond reason threatens to destroy the armor around their hearts. Now a shattering decision looms: Will Tristan betray his own code of honor…or choose a love that might be the truest thing he’s ever known?
Lady Derring Takes a Lover
by Julie Anne Long
The Palace of Rogues
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She’d taken two steps when he said, his voice raised only a little, “Lady Derring . . . something puzzles me.”
She halted. Closed her eyes.
Took a shuddering breath for courage.
Turned back to him. From the relatively safe distance of three feet, she said, “Surely not. We’ve established you know everything.”
His smile was small and patient. “You seem to excel at so very much here at The Grand Palace on the Thames. Yet you can’t seem to disguise how much you want me.”
Delilah Swanpoole, the newly widowed Countess Derring, finds herself penniless, and soon to be homeless. Her late husband lived on credit, and now the creditors have come out of the woodwork to take everything they can, leaving Delilah with only the keys to a building located on the docks. The abandoned building appears to have once been a brothel or a gaming hall, but Delilah’s eyes can envision something else. With Angelique, a most unlikely business partner, (you’ll have to read it to believe it) Delilah sets about creating a genteel boardinghouse, The Grand Palace on the Thames.
Captain Tristan Hardy of the King’s Blockade has been extremely successful in destroying smuggling rings. He has one final assignment to complete before he retires from active duty and becomes the owner of his own ship, travelling the world to legally purchase goods for selling. The Blue Rock smuggling ring was responsible for destroying an innocent family, and it’s personal that Tristan bring them down. Evidence leads him to the docks, to Delilah’s building, and possibly to her, or her late husband’s involvement.
Delilah and Angelique sold everything they possibly could in order to refurbish the boardinghouse. They’ve also come up with an amusing set of rules, (including a “cuss” jar) and actually interview every potential guest before allowing them the privilege of staying at The Grand Palace on the Thames. Business is a little thin at first, only a pair of shy sisters, one of whom resembles and eats like a bear, and a flatulent but cheery salesman. Tristan decides to rent a room, planning to investigate the building, and subtly interrogate Lady Derring while he’s there.
Though greatly disillusioned by her late husband, Delilah is strong and resourceful, if a bit naïve and trusting. I love her spirit, her wit, and her determination to succeed without having to depend upon a man ever again. Tristan is her polar opposite, he’s taciturn, hard, distrustful, and skeptical about many things, such as love. His upbringing in St. Giles, his life on the sea, and his years of being a soldier have made him ruthless, relentless, and very good at what he does. He is also not averse to becoming Lady Derring’s lover, should she ever allow it.
Delilah’s marriage was not a love match, and her experience of passion left her unsatisfied. It’s surprising to her that she feels such an immediate bolt of desire for Tristan, who is not even a gentleman. I love her candor in speaking to him, and how Tristan slowly begins to share little pieces of himself and his past, something he’s never done before. Though he never forgets he’s on assignment, Tristan finds something rattling around in his chest that might just possibly be a heart. Their chemistry is scorching, and their most secret feelings are so poignant and emotional.
I am more thrilled than I can even say that Julie Anne Long is writing historicals again, and she is in top form. Few authors can write such flawed, yet wonderful characters, guaranteed to make you fall in love with them. The secondary characters are also memorable, and the book is full of witty conversations and situations that had me smiling, without being ridiculous. You just know that it’s going to hit the fan when Delilah finds out that Tristan has been covertly investigating her and The Grand Palace on the Thames, and Tristan’s method of winning her back is truly brilliant. LADY DERRING TAKES A LOVER is a pure delight to read, and worked for me on all levels. I loved the story, the flow, the romance, the passion, the gentle humor, and the wonderful cast of characters. ~Rose
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How do you solve a problem like the Clintons?
31 Mar, 2015 by Cal Thomas
NEW YORK — This being the 50th anniversary of the film “The Sound of Music,” please permit me a poor adaption of a few of its song lyrics, which fit in nicely with our current political climate.
How do you solve a problem like the Clintons? Their incessant vacuuming of cash and skirting (no pun intended) of laws and regulations would place lesser mortals in danger of prison, yet the Clintons’ walk free, their money-making careers booming.
“Dough, we fear, we need more, dear
‘Ray,’ the name of a Clinton foe
Me, a name that fits myself
Fah, as far from law I run
So, I say when bending laws
La, a shrug to follow so
Tee(off), with me for lots of ‘bread’
Which brings us back to dough.”
And lots of it.
OK, so I’m not Rogers or Hammerstein, but, joking aside, why can’t Hillary Clinton just hand over the email server she kept in her home for “private” emails? I’ll tell you why, because she, or someone else, has wiped it clean and we are to take her word for it that there was nothing there before it was wiped.
One doesn’t have to think long or hard about how this would play if Hillary Clinton were a Republican (which she once was). Liberal editorialists and commentators would be screaming about a cover-up, her questionable ethics, her unfitness to be president and calling for someone else to challenge her.
All Hillary Clinton would have to do to keep this latest outrage from becoming even more outrageous is to turn over the server to an independent third party, as requested by Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.), who heads a special House committee looking into the terrorist attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi.
Recall that IRS Commissioner John Koskinen testified under oath before a congressional committee and claimed that the emails of Lois Lerner, the IRS’s former director of the Exempt Organizations Unit, had been “lost” and the IRS servers unrecoverable, only to later discover they were not lost and were, in fact, recovered.
If Hillary Clinton has nothing to hide, she will hand over the server. Truly private emails can be kept private. Any others that survived erasure should be revealed, or this will — and should — hang over her anticipated presidential candidacy, along with other dark clouds.
Former Bill Clinton aide turned political pundit, Dick Morris, says that neither Bill nor Hillary Clinton types well, and email messages longer than a few words were likely composed and sent by aides from the aides’ own email accounts. Those servers and email records should also be subpoenaed for examination by an independent investigator. You can bet the Obama Justice Department won’t do anything. Was that one of the reasons Hillary spent an hour with President Obama last week at the White House?
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), who is expected to announce his presidential candidacy in April, has vowed to make Hillary Clinton’s ethics — or lack of them — a major part of his campaign. He should. The Clintons have a lot of political baggage; so much, in fact, that if their political baggage were real baggage, they’d likely be charged an overweight fee on any commercial airliner. But, of course, they fly private.
The big question is will the public care? We expect so little of our politicians these days that ethics and morals don’t seem to matter as much as they once did, as long as those government checks keep coming. By not expecting more, we get less. We get less because the people we elect to public office often reflect the ethical concerns and practices of the country.
Now back to “The Sound of Music.” How do you solve a problem like the Clintons? You keep them away from elective office. You tell them “So long. Farewell. Auf Wiedersehen. Goodnight.”
(Readers may email Cal Thomas at [email protected].)
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PIP Online Tribunals Begin This Month
With many thanks to Benefits And Work.
The Tribunals Service has announced the start of Continuous Online Resolution (COR) for PIP claimants from this month, beginning with a trial scheme in the Midlands. The new system obliges most claimants to go through an online appeal before they can progress to an oral hearing.
As we explained last month, under COR, most PIP and ESA claimants who appeal a decision will have their appeal looked at by an online tribunal panel.
The panel will review all the documents relating to the appeal and will then ask the appellant any further questions they think may be relevant.
Once the tribunal has all the information it thinks it needs, it gives the claimant and the DWP a ‘preliminary view’.
This is, in reality, a decision, telling the claimant what award of PIP, for example, the panel thinks they should get and the reasons for reaching the decision.
The claimant is given a deadline to respond and say whether they agree with the decision.
If the claimant agrees, and the DWP do not object, then this becomes the final decision.
If the claimant does not agree, they have the right to have the case heard at an oral hearing in the normal way.
The pilot scheme will be launched in mid-April. It will be trialled by Midlands, Sutton and North-West Tribunal Panels, inviting up to 1000 appellants to participate in the trial on a rolling basis in groups of 50.
Benefits and Work would very much like to hear from anyone who finds themselves involved in the pilot.
The Tribunals Service has also announced other steps in its aim to digitise appeals, including:
The Submit Your Appeal service will be extended to other benefits as well as the current PIP and ESA appeals, this summer. Appellants can complete and submit appeals online and can upload supporting evidence
Track Your Appeals and Notifications for PIP and ESA will come out of beta and be available nationally. It is a free sign up service that allows appellants and their representatives to track their progress in the appeal process using an online progress tracking bar. Text and email notifications provide status updates so that appellants know what stage their appeal has reached and the date and time of the next hearing, where appropriate.
Two new services will start this Autumn. Manage Your Appeal and Manage Post Hearing Appeals will enable appellants to view their appeal online, make applications, confirm hearing dates and submit expenses claims.
You can download a copy of the Tribunals Service modernisation plans.
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Just ask their Fake ‘judge’ “Where are the police?”
Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 –
Witness Intimidation –
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/33/section/51
Criminal Justice Act 1988 – Torture
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/33/part/XI/crossheading/torture
Care Act 2014 – Safeguarding adults at risk of abuse or neglect –
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/23/section/42/enacted
Disability Hate Crime – Criminal Justice Act 2003 (section 146) –
Increase in sentences for aggravation related to disability –
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/44/section/146
Record / Screenshot everything.
I bet those criminals start wearing ski-masks, or turning off their cameras.
Not one single mention of *copyright* – who OWNS all of those recordings…
It’s YOUR private life those CRIMINALS are stealing.
Fraud by abuse of position –
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/35/section/4
In 2019, recording facilities will be introduced in all First-tier Tribunals that sit in the HMCTS
estate.
Recording will be undertaken through the provision of small, portable, digital recording
devices, using the existing DARTs storage system for filing and retrieval. A pilot of these
devices is presently taking place in Cardiff in the Immigration and Asylum, Employment and
SSCS Tribunals. The pilot will build on existing trials and protocols in Scotland.”
Free Vulnerable Adult Abuse Porn For Public Sector Filth To Masturbate Over.
PIP Online Tribunals Begin This Month — Same Difference – Introverted but Socially Concerned
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John Kerr
John Kerr is a PhD student researching public attitudes towards science in the School of Psychology at Victoria University Wellington. He was a Media Advisor at the Science Media Centre for five years and has several years experience in both laboratory research and academic publishing.
‘Brain training’ apps won’t make you smarter - Guest Work
Dec 01, 2017 •
brain training,
brain training apps,
consuming science,
elevate,
lumosity,
neuronation,
If you think that a few bucks spent on a braining training app is a solid investment in your intellectual future, think again. Anyone who has spent a reasonable amount of time on the internet has probably heard of the brain training app Lumosity. The San Francisco-based company has spent millions on advertising and claims to have 85 million users. Their app is free to download but to use it on an ongoing basis requires a subscription, starting at US$11.99 a month. Lumosity is just one of many brain–training apps on the market; there are dozens of competitors claiming their methods are ‘scientifically proven’ to improve intelligence and cognitive functioning. Most of the apps involve users repeatedly completing small puzzle-like tasks such as quickly matching symbols based on shape or colour (a version of the Stroop task), memorising patterns, or rotating and shifting objects, … Read More
Put the brakes on ‘gene drives’ for predator control, say researchers - News
Nov 17, 2017 •
daisy drive,
gene drive,
possums,
predator free 2050,
predators,
rats,
stoats,
trojan female
New Zealand wants to get rid of predators. But some of the genetic tools under consideration for the task could have disastrous consequences if they spread beyond our shores, warn researchers. Last year New Zealand boldly announced its ambitious Predator Free 2050 goal, and just yesterday unveiled a detailed strategy for reaching the goal. Investigating the potential of new technologies, such as gene drives, forms a key part of the strategy. Today researchers from the US and New Zealand have issued a stern warning, urging that any use of such technologies must have built-in safeguards. In an article published today in PLOS Biology, Professor Neil Gemmell from Otago University and Assistant Professor Kevin Esvelt of MIT highlight the possible consequences of the accidental spread of existing ‘self-propagating’ gene drive systems. What’s a ‘gene drive’? Gene drive systems distort … Read More
2017 in top three hottest years on record, with record-breaking extreme weather - News
Bonn,
Climate,
climate change,
extreme weather,
This year will be the third hottest year on record, according to a new report released to coincide with a major climate summit in Germany. World Meteorological Organization’s provisional Statement on the State of the Climate reveals that the mean global temperature for the period January to September 2017 was approximately 1.1°C above the pre-industrial era. As a result of a powerful El Niño, 2016 is likely to remain the warmest year on record, with 2017 and 2015 being second and/or third. 2013-2017 is set to be the warmest five-year period on record. “The past three years have all been in the top three years in terms of temperature records. This is part of a long-term warming trend,” said WMO Secretary-General Petteri Taalas. “We have witnessed extraordinary weather, including temperatures topping 50 degrees Celsius in Asia, record-breaking hurricanes … Read More
Earth Microbiome Project: crowd-sourcing the world’s bacteria - News
earth microbiome project,
microbes,
microbiomes
A genetic database of over 27,000 bacterial samples from around the world – including New Zealand – will keep researchers busy for years to come. Cataloging the bacterial diversity of the entire planet? Given that microbes are basically everywhere, this seems like an impossible task. But an international team of researchers is taking on the challenge. The Earth Microbiome Project, co-founded by Dunedin-born microbiologist Prof Rob Knight in 2010, describes itself as “a massive crowd-sourced effort to analyze microbial communities across the globe.” The immense depth and breadth of the samples already collected by the Project is outlined in a new analysis published today in Nature. More than 27,000 samples have been sourced from researchers around the world, including samples from volcanoes in Hawaii, mummified seals in Antarctica, monkey poo in China and good old New Zealand dirt. The Project team … Read More
Meteor shower to hit New Zealand skies - News
Oct 20, 2017 •
Halley's Comet,
meteor shower,
Orionids,
shooting star,
Earth is passing through a cloud of comet debris and there’s good chance to catch meteors lighting up the New Zealand sky – weather permitting! Kiwis will witness the peak of the annual Orionids meteor shower tonight – at least those who are committed to getting up early (or staying up late) and who have the luxury of a clear night. The shower is expected to peak tonight and early tomorrow morning (Saturday 20 October 2017). In previous years there have been as many as 80 meteors per hour at the height of the shower, although this year experts estimate that the rate of meteors will be at the lower end of the scale. At their best, the #Orionids should produce rates of up to 20 meteors per hour, in the hours before dawn. — Jonti Horner (@JontiHorner) October 19, … Read More
Snapper spillover: Marine reserves boost local population - News
fisheries,
marine protected area,
marine protection,
marine reserve,
MPA,
New Zealand’s first marine reserve doesn’t just protect snapper inside the reserve, it also acts as a snapper super-nursery, contributing ten times more fish than expected to the surrounding areas. The findings come from a new study examining the genetic relationships between fish inside and outside the boundaries of the Goat Island Reserve – a Marine Protected Area (MPA) north of Auckland. At least 11 percent of juvenile snapper up to 40km away are the offspring of spawning adults from the reserve, according to the research published today in Proceedings of the Royal Society B. The research was jointly undertaken by the University of Auckland and Massey University. “The contribution from the reserve is about 10 times higher than would be expected if snapper larval contribution was simply proportional to geographic area,” says author Professor John Montgomery, who … Read More
NZ’s top researchers recognised in Royal Society Te Apārangi awards - News
callaghan,
hector,
hutton,
Royal Society,
Royal Society Te Apārangi,
New Zealand researchers working at the cutting edge of their fields have been recognised at the Royal Society -Te Apārangi Research Honours Dinner. The annual awards dinner hosted by the Royal Society -Te Apārangi took place in Auckland last night and saw awards conferred not just to scientists and researchers, but also teachers and students. This years’ awards dinner also marked an important anniversary for the society; the gala event was timed to fall exactly 150 years from the date that the Royal Society Te Apārangi was established (10 October 1867). A full list of all the award recipients and details of their work can be found on the Royal Society – Te Apārangi website. Just a handful of the winners are noted below. Geologist Professor Colin Wilson The top honour, the Rutherford Medal, presented for an exceptional contribution to New Zealand research, was awarded … Read More
We need to get serious about mens’ health, say NZ doctors. - News
gender,
health inequalities,
males,
masculinity,
Kiwi blokes have a lower life expectancy than women, are more likely to fall foul of accidents and certain diseases, and are less likely to seek medical advice. It’s time to sort out men’s health, say a group of New Zealand doctors. Prof David Baxter and colleagues tackle the topic of men’s health in the latest issue of the New Zealand Medical Journal. In their editorial ‘Seven things you need to know about men’s health‘ [subscription only] they say it is time to acknowledge gender differences in healthcare and a plan a “gender-orientated response to improve men’s health and wellbeing at an individual or population level.”. Read more about the research on Scimex.org When talking about ‘mens’ health’, conditions like prostate and testicular cancer are the first things to jump to mind, but, as the authors point out, there … Read More
Rugby pros feel the pain later in life, but no regrets - News
Sep 29, 2017 •
joint replacement,
joints,
osteoarthritis,
osteoporosis,
rugby,
Elite rugby players are a pretty fit and healthy bunch, but new research suggests the strain of top-level rugby can take its toll on the body later in life. A new University of Oxford study, published today in Scientific Reports, finds that retired elite rugby players are more likely to suffer from osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, joint replacement, and site-specific joint replacement at the hip and knee, compared to average people of the same age. The authors also found that rugby players were twice as likely to report problems related to mobility and pain or discomfort. The research is based on a health survey of over 250 retired elite UK rugby players, with the results compared to survey data from the general population. While the increased pain and joint problems is a concern, it’s not all negative; the authors also noted rugby players … Read More
Limiting warming to 1.5 °C, we can do it – scientists - News
emissions,
greenhouse gas emissions,
The global warming limit set at the 2015 Paris Climate Summit is still possible, say scientists, but we need to redouble our efforts if the Earth’s atmosphere is to limbo under the ambitious boundary. In an article published today in Nature Geoscience an international team of climate scientists reports a re-assessment of complex Earth System Models. Crunching the numbers in light of new data, they have updated estimates the outstanding ‘carbon budget’ – the total amount of carbon humanity could emit and still scrape under the limit of warming by less than 1.5 °C by the end of the century. We are already well on our way; in 2015 human-induced warming was estimated to be about 0.9 ◦C above mid-nineteenth-century conditions and increasing at almost 0.2 ◦C per decade. But it’s not time to throw in the towel yet. The authors say that … Read More
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Immigration policy and emissions targets
By Michael Reddell • 01/10/2017 This post was syndicated from croaking cassandra - View original source
I’ve written a few posts in recent months about the connections between our immigration policy – materially boosting our population growth rate – and New Zealand greenhouse gas emissions (for example here and here). New Zealand is unusual because, as the Ministry for the Environment (MfE) has highlighted:
• we have a fairly high rate of trend population growth,
• a large chunk of our emissions are from animals, and
• much of our power has long been generated from renewable sources.
I’ve also written here about Official Information Act requests to MfE (responsible for climate change policy advice) and MBIE (responsible for immigration policy advice). It turned out that neither ministry had given any thought at all, or done any work on, possible connections between immigration policy and the economic challenges of emissions reductions target (the MfE response is discussed here). Perhaps one wouldn’t really expect MBIE to have thought so much about emissions issues, but in MfE the omission looks less excusable, and probably deliberate.
A few months ago, the government asked the Productivity Commission to hold an inquiry into making the transition to a low-emissions economy. In August the Commission published an issues paper, trying to frame the inquiry.
That document was notable for almost completely ignoring the possible population/immigration dimension. But they were inviting submissions, and so this morning I lodged mine.
Submission to Productivity Commission
Rather than attempt to excerpt, or summarise, the relatively short submission I’ve reproduced the whole thing below. It does have the feel of the sort of issue where there should be some common ground discoverable between New Zealand First (with concerns about immigration) and Labour and the Greens (proposing more ambitious emissions targets). But, equally, for the National Party it should also be something they take seriously. After all, as I note in the submission, in pursuing an emissions reduction target the goal should not be to don a hair-shirt and deliberately “feel the pain”, but to make the adjustment in a way that has as little cost to the future material living standards of New Zealanders as possible.
Submission to the Productivity Commission inquiry on a possible transition to a low emissions economy
Michael Reddell
1. This submission is in response to the Commission’s issues paper on a possible transition to a low emissions economy, released on 9 August 2017.
2. My concern is that the issues paper does not touch on at all the role that immigration policy has played in driving up total emissions in New Zealand nor, relatedly, on the role that potential changes in immigration policy could play in offering a lower cost (to New Zealanders, the appropriate standard against which to measure these things) transition to the proposed low emissions economy.
3. As the Ministry for the Environment has noted in its most recent annual document on New Zealand’s Greenhouse Gas Inventory, a growing population represents a significant challenge for New Zealand in meeting the emissions targets the government has set (let alone those proposed in the recent election campaign by other political parties). In fact, the Ministry included population as the first in its list of challenges.
4. New Zealand’s population growth has been well above that of the typical advanced country, even though for some decades now our birth rate has been below replacement level, and even though for some decades the net emigration outflow of New Zealanders (at around 0.5 per cent of the population per annum on average) has been very high by international standards. The difference is accounted for by immigration policy. Because of our distance from other countries we have near-complete control over who comes to New Zealand and stays. And we have chosen to bring in numbers of non-citizens each year that, as a proportion of the existing population, are far in excess of what happens in typical advanced economies.
5. As is also widely recognised, the marginal abatement costs for reducing emissions are generally quite high in New Zealand. First, unlike most advanced countries, animal emissions make up almost half our total emissions and, as yet and as I understand it, science does not offer methods to reduce substantially the emissions while keeping the animals (which, in turn, generate much of the export earnings of New Zealand). In addition, as I understand it, other countries do not yet include agricultural emissions in their regimes to charge for or tax emissions. And, secondly, much of our power generation already uses renewable (mostly hydro) sources.
6. An increasing population has resulted in additional emissions, all else equal, through at least two channels:
a. The direct effects of more people needing more transport, more heating, more energy in their workplaces etc, and
b. The indirect effects, in which a rapidly growing population and a generally lagging export sector has accentuated pressures for increased intensification in agriculture, with associated pushback against attempts to internalise the effects of environmental externalities (whether water pollution or methane emissions). With fewer people, it seems quite plausible that we’d have had fewer cows.
7. Because the marginal abatement costs of conventional approaches are generally accepted to be particularly high in New Zealand, it is even more important that in undertaking its inquiry, the Commission should be willing to examine the role of immigration policy. As Official Information Act requests to MfE (responsible for climate change policy advice) MBIE (responsible for immigration policy advice) have shown, core government departments appear to have done nothing at all to look at the possible connections. There may have been ministerial political constraints on the freedom of either ministry to do so. Those sensitivities should not hold back the Commission – a more independent agency – from seriously considering the connection. (In that light, I found it disconcerting that there was no material reference to the topic in your issues paper).
8. The argument for using immigration policy as a potential instrument in meeting emissions reduction objectives would not be strong if there were clear and material economic benefits to New Zealanders from the high target rate of non-citizen immigration (the centrepiece of which is the 45000 per annum residence approvals “target”). But those possible gains – most notably perhaps a lift in labour or multi-factor productivity – cannot simply be taken for granted in New Zealand. Despite claims from various lobby groups that the economic gains (to natives) of immigration are clear in the economics literature, little empirical research specific to New Zealand has been undertaken, and there is good reason – notably our remoteness – to leave open the possibility that any gains from immigration may be much smaller here than they might be in, say, a country closer to the global centres of economic activity, whether in Europe, Asia, or North America. Even many of those who are broadly supportive of New Zealand’s past approach to immigration policy will now acknowledge (a) that the New Zealand specific literature is quite limited, and (b) that any gains to New Zealanders may be quite small. Your staff are, I know, well aware of my alternative approach which interprets modern New Zealand economic history as suggesting that high rates of non-citizen immigration have held back our productivity performance (i.e. come at a net economic cost to New Zealanders). I would be happy to discuss those issues with you further.
9. The overlay of an official emissions reduction target – a new factor – adds a new dimension to how best to think about immigration policy. Even if immigration policy, on its own, was slightly beneficial, in economic terms, to New Zealanders, those assessments need to be redone in the light of the constraints posed by the emissions reduction targets. In an economy with low marginal abatement costs through conventional price/tax instruments, the effect of any such reconsideration might be small. But in New Zealand, where all informed observers recognise that the marginal abatement costs are large through conventional means, it might well be that a lower immigration target would represent one of the most cost-effective ways to reduce total New Zealand emissions. And as our emissions reduction target is quite similar to those of a number of other countries that have much lower population growth rates, there would be no serious basis for others to suggest that pulling back our immigration targets, to something more conventional among advanced countries, was in some sense free-riding or engaging in a “beggar thy neighbour” approach to the emissions issue. New Zealand simply isn’t a cost-effective location to reduce emissions, but having taken on the commitment to a reduction, it doesn’t make much sense to create a rod for our own back by continuing to use policy to drive up the population, thus forcing reliance on even more costly alternative abatement instruments.
10. All else equal, lowering expected annual population growth rates by, say, half a percentage point (by, for example, lowering the residence approvals target from 45000 to around 15000 per annum – in per capita terms, still about as liberal as the current US approach) would make a material difference to the projected path of greenhouse gas emissions. Over 20 years, all else equal, the population would be 10.5 per cent lower than otherwise. Direct emissions would, accordingly be considerably lower than otherwise projected, and the inevitable pressures to do little or nothing about agricultural emissions would be eased. The national benefit/cost ratios look likely to be considerable higher if a lower immigration target was added into the mix of instrument used to meet the commitments the government has made. At very least, I would urge you to think hard about, and undertake modelling as appropriate, to evaluate that possibility. Doing so might not be easy. There probably won’t be off-the-shelf modelling exercises from other countries you can simply look to. But in a sense that is the point of this submission. The issues facing New Zealand in meeting emissions reduction objectives are different from those facing many other countries and we need analysis that takes specific accounts of the issues, options, and constraints that New Zealand itself faces.
11. In conclusion, I would urge the Commission to take much more seriously (than was evident in the issues paper) the role that rapid immigration policy led population growth has played in explaining the growth in New Zealand emissions since 1990, and the possible role that modifications to our immigration policy could play in facilitating a reduction in emissions, consistent with current or possible alternative official targets. No doubt technological advances will offer options for relatively painlessly reducing emissions to some extent. But those options will be available to all countries. As official agencies already recognise, New Zealand faces some specific challenges that are quite different to those other advanced countries will be dealing with. We make it much harder for ourselves to meet the emissions targets our governments have committed to if we persist with such an unusually large non-citizen immigration programme. The aim of a successful adjustment to a low-emissions economy is not to don a hair shirt and “feel the pain”. The aim should be to make the adjustment with as small a net economic cost to New Zealanders – as small a drain on our future material living standards – as possible. Lowering the immigration target looks like an instrument that needs to be seriously considered if that goal is to be successfully pursued.
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Devoid of Reason: Muslim Leaders Attack the Pope
January 21, 2011 sheikyermami 3 Comments
Al-Azhar cuts off talks with Vatican for daring to criticize Muslim persecution of Christians
Shut up and take it like a good dhimmi. An outrageous example of how Islamic supremacists constantly displace responsibility for evil deeds done by Muslims — from the leading institution in Sunni Islam, which the New York Times has called “the most moderate Islamic educational institution.”
“Sunni Islam’s al-Azhar freezes talks with the Vatican,” from DPA, January 20 (thanks to JW):
Cairo – Al-Azhar, one of Sunni Islam’s oldest universities and mosques said Thursday it has indefinitely suspended inter-faith talks with the Vatican in response to recent remarks by Pope Benedict XVI on attacks against Christians in the Middle East.The decision was taken in light of Benedict’s ‘repeated negative references to Islam and his claims that Muslims persecute those living among them in the Middle East,’ Al-Azahr said in statement sent to the German Press Agency dpa.
Al-Azhar, which is a Cairo-based government institution, and the Vatican have previously cooperated to promote dialogue between Christians and Muslims.
However, relations were shaken when Benedict earlier this month condemned a New Year’s Eve bombing of a Christian Coptic church in Alexandria that killed 23 people.
How dare he!
The pontiff’s words drew criticism from Egypt’s top Muslim cleric, Ahmed Al-Tayeb of al-Azhar University who described then as an ‘unacceptable interference in Egypt’s affairs.’…
Pamela has the story here:Â MUSLIM LEADERS ATTACK THE POPE
Islam is devoid of reason
It’s impossible to have a meaningful dialogue with someone who is delusional. Or as Pope Benedict pointed out and has recently been reminded, you can’t have a dialogue with Islam as it is a faith which is devoid of reason.
What the Pope Really Said
What the Imam admits is that the Muslims don’t actually have any reason for or actual claim to Moses but that Muslims should make claim to his goodness out of their own competitive desire and need to be superior. In other words the advice is if you see something great which you don’t own just steal it from someone who does own it. Then pretend it was yours all along, and use physical violence to enforce it. By all means delude yourself of your own greatness!
The Ten Commandments calls that tendency to want something which belongs to another covetousness and forbids it. Too bad the Muslims don’t actually appreciate the deep wisdom of the Laws of Moses but prefer their dreamy delusions of grandeur.
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3 thoughts on “Devoid of Reason: Muslim Leaders Attack the Pope”
eib says:
Islam has earned the right to be cursed by the Pope himself.
Islam is profane.
Mohammed is a false prophet.
The Pope need say no more.
Realist says:
The violent Hate and Death CULT of Islam invented by the antisemitic, incestuous, misogynistic, megalomaniac, Arab supremacist and violent warlord Mohammad is the home of the perennial VICTIM.
Robert Laity says:
ISLAM uses the word “Najis” to describe things they believe are filthy and untouchable. Infidels aree on the list.
IT IS ISLAM THAT IS NAJIS.
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In this past October (2020) the Shifti Community lost Chris "Robotech Master" Meadows to an accident involving an SUV hitting his electric bike and leaving the scene. While we may never know the full story of this event, the administrators of Shifti will work to preserve his account and works here as he'd wish us to. Thank you all for being such excellent people.
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FreeRIDErs story universe
by Jon Buck, Robotech_Master, and Jetfire
Part 14: Assault and Batteries
Paul yawned and stretched, as much as he could from where he was curled up inside the belly of a wolf. “Morning,” he said. “Any change?”
“Negative,” Fenris rumbled all around him. “I have been monitoring our ten ‘Fortunatos’ as closely as I might since the two cured RIDEs have returned to the camp, but I have not seen any unusual movements near them, nor detected unusual network traffic. Of course, whisker laser transmissions are very hard to detect.”
“Any signs of anyone trying to leave the camp?”
“Negative,” Fenris repeated. “Only standard patrols. All those who departed subsequently returned.”
“Hmm. Two days on and we’re not a lot closer to finding our culprit than when we began.” Paul closed his eyes and dropped into the Fuser link, opening Fenris’s eyes and staring out into the world. “We hear back from Shelley again?” He checked comm records himself. “Ah, we didn’t,” he said. “Just that one message yesterday.” Rochelle had sent a terse email that she was passing on the info about the trojan to someone closer to the camp. There was too much scrutiny on them back in Uplift right now for her to be seen slipping away into the desert, and they were also working with Zane on plans to retake the mining platform Fritz had driven him out of.
“Indeed,” Fenris said.
“Hope they get here soon,” Paul said. “I think Alfie’s about to go stir crazy if we can’t point him at a culprit.”
“They know how urgent it is,” Fenris said. “I doubt they will be dawdling.”
Upgrade complete. Quinoa’s old batteries would be reading 300% full at this point. There had been a moderate loss of sarium during the condensing process, but within acceptable limits according to the old forum post. As her body systems came back online, she listened to the environment around her. Nobody there…no other Integrates. She opened her eyes.
“Good afternoon, Dave.” The voice that spoke was a perfect replica of the HAL 9000, fitting for her cell. It was a voice the sphinx was long familiar with. HAL was one of the Steader family’s stock Ad-Is (along with Robbie the Robot and Teletraan-1). For some reason, perhaps some long-departed programmer’s sense of humor, nothing they could do would induce him to call anyone anything but “Dave.” “I am tasked with delivering the following message,” HAL continued.
The wall screen flickered on. Quinoa’s uncle was dressed like Heywood Floyd. “Hello, Quinnie. This is a recorded message that I think even Fritz won’t be able to dig out. I’ll be short and to the point.
“I won’t be anyone’s patsy. I realized Fritz was playing me for one soon after you went into your meditation and he ordered the family station cleared. So, I won’t keep you here any longer. But I also won’t help you escape. You’re a smart girl, Quinoa. I’m sure you’ll figure out what to do. I’m sorry about this, and I’ll find a way to make it up to you. Your DIN is on the station somewhere. Signing off.” He waved, then the screen went blank.
Quinoa’s body burned, aching all over as if she’d just run four marathons in a row. Calf muscles complaining every centimeter, she levered herself to her feet and spread her still-bare wings. Sitting on the dining table in front of her was a feast. I thought you weren’t going to help me escape, Uncle. Hunger gnawed at her, but now wasn’t the time to eat. There was still a possibility that her upgrade could go sour, so she had a narrow window of opportunity.
The first thing she did was look for a door, banging on the walls with renewing strength. Eventually she came upon one that sounded hollow. Well, time to channel Bruce Lee. She put herself into a ready stance, pulled her fist back, and smashed through the wall. The corridor beyond wouldn’t be out of place on the refitted starship Enterprise. She knew this corridor. There were homages to three centuries of known science fiction on the Steader family’s private space station, but Quinoa hadn’t been up here for years. Long enough that the layout was unfamiliar—it was always changing, anyway. The station was built on a modular design, and as the Steaders’ interest in particular works waxed and waned, they would move those sections nearer to or farther away from their living quarters. The place was also completely empty of humans, RIDEs, and even Star Wars droids.
“What are you doing, Dave?” HAL said.
“Going home, HAL,” Quinoa said. Without her DIN there was no way to easily interface with the station’s computers. “Which way out?”
“I cannot let you jeopardize the mission, Dave,” the faux movie AI continued according to script.
The book and the movie versions of 2001 were different in a lot of ways. In the book, the Discovery’s destination was Saturn, not Jupiter; and the giant monolith wasn’t in orbit by itself, but sitting on Enceladus. Other than that, they shared a lot of details. HAL’s psychosis caused by conflicting orders, which ended up killing all of the crew except for Dave Bowman. In both versions, Dave had to go into vacuum without a spacesuit for a brief period. The book had HAL venting the atmosphere from the Discovery’s interior, and the movie had the dramatic explosive decompression into the airlock from the pod.
For an Integrate going out into space without a suit wasn’t that big a deal. A skin-tight hardlight atmo barrier was enough, but the limiting factor was oxygen. Without any supplemental oxy, she could spend at most fifteen minutes “exposed” to vacuum before her systems started taking damage and she had to go into hardlight-shelled hibernation. While that still wouldn’t mean her death it would be some time before the Orbital Traffic Control could pick her up. And by then, who knew what Fritz could have done?
The big question in Quinoa’s mind was what version of events HAL would decide to follow.
“Open the pod bay door, HAL,” Quinoa said experimentally, walking through the empty corridors of the family space station. The exterior design was another 2001 replica, though not quite so large. It shared an orbit with other “antique” stations intended for space tourists: The International Space Station, the Bigelow Space Hotel, and the ambitious for the time (2201 AD, after Earth orbit had been swept clean of debris that had stopped human spaceflight for over a century) version of the 2001: A Space Odyssey wheel station.
“I’m sorry, Dave, I’m afraid I can’t do that,” HAL droned.
Quinoa went to a wall computer and pulled open the keyboard. DIN or not, she was a very fast keyboardist, but the unit was powered down and not responding. Okay, how about this? The sphinx thought, yanking a panel off the wall underneath. The place had been designed with science fiction tropes in mind. She’d been exposed to thousands of them all the way into early adulthood. It only took a little rewiring and rearranging of a few faux “isolinear chips” to restore power.
The red HAL eye overhead came alight. “Dave, what are you doing?”
Quinoa stayed silent, pulling up a current layout of the station. Now, where would Uncle Joe have stashed my DIN? She had to assume there was at least one of Fritz’s supporters somewhere onboard. She looked at the HAL eye and waved, grinning. “Just try and stop me, poindexter. I dare you.”
HAL’s central core was the obvious place. She found it in the layout, cloaked herself, and headed that way.
“You sure you want to risk your sub again?” Zane asked Rhianna as a small group gathered at the company aerodrome. “Completely sure?”
“We’re good. It’s as ironclad as the systems in your campus and half of your platforms, and a lot smaller and more maneuverable than your Starmasters,” Rhianna replied, hefting a bag full of DIN-beta units over her back. She wore easy-Fuse denim coveralls and a red bandanna to tie up her hair. It felt good to do physical things. She walked up the aft loading ramp of the Dream Chaser. “Leah and Vince both gave these their seal of approval. We’re ready.”
“Launch is mainly a matter of intel,” Vince said. The raven Integrate fluttered on half-spread wings. “There doesn’t seem to be any activity at your compromised platform, Zane. But we know that’s probably not true.”
“The key word there is ‘seem’. We can’t even get satellite imagery of it, it’s all blurry,” Zane said. “Which seems to suggest they’re at least throwing a party there or something.”
“Yes, there is that,” Vince agreed. “What about our flesh and metal friends? Are they ready for this?”
“You tell us,” Kaylee said. “I’ve got DINs and weapons up the wazoo. I don’t think Rhi could pack anything else onto this old chassis of mine.” Kaylee herself didn’t look any bulkier, but the support pak and nanolathe supplies were sharing space with a pair of shoulder pulse cannons and a dozen leg-mounted micro-missiles. Everyone else would be protecting Rhianna and herself as she did the hardware swap, then it would be Rochelle and Uncia’s turn to toss Fritz’s Inties out of the platform’s systems.
“DINs by the tens!” Uncia said happily, loping up the ramp behind her. The normally sleek lines of her fluffy fur were disrupted by a long cannon barrel poking forward over her right shoulder and a large metal pod on her left. There were smaller pods on her hips, other equipment modules on her lower back, and still more gear stored internally. “Dare ya to hack me! Double dare ya!”
“Like I’ve done a couple dozen times already?” Vince said tiredly. He’d only broken through the first couple layers half the time as it was. What the beta units lacked in complexity they made up for in redundancy. “Pass. You’re ready. And I’ve got an optimized DIN, thanks to you.”
Rochelle chuckled, bringing up the rear with a shoulder bag full of tools and gear. Her hair was white with grey rosettes today, matching Uncia’s fur. “We’re all ready. It’s gonna be awesome giving Fritz back some of his own. He won’t know what hit him.”
Rounding out the assault team, Myla and Sophie, Marc and Cernos. The stag Command Armor had been fitted out with more crypto gear to act as a backup to Rochelle and Uncia in VR—and his hated hardlight epaulets were finally gone. Befitting Sophie’s Scout Armor status, with the help of the Integrates her hardlight camo was as good as theirs, though more battery-draining. She’d be working closely with Carrie-Anne for stealth.
“You ready for this?” the black jaguar asked Zane’s other bodyguard.
“Wouldn’t miss it,” Myla said. “I just wish we could’ve talked Zane into staying behind. Absorbing a mil-spec combat skill chip is a poor substitute for actual experience. So, Zane, keep yourself cloaked when at all possible.”
“Roger that, Myla.” For his part, Zane was more nervous than usual. They were going in with what amounted to a full assault team—a dozen Integrates with military backgrounds, plus Carrie-Anne and himself. Vince had brought him a forearm-mounted pulse rifle that plugged directly into his wrist socket to power it, plus a hardlight shield amplifier. “You know, Rhianna, this isn’t how I wanted to introduce you to my platform. I wanted to…well, present it to you like a gift. Watch your eyes light up when I showed you into the RIDE master maintenance bay, with all the equipment and RIDEs being serviced…” He sighed. “Instead, we’re going to toss out a bunch of vandals who’ve probably tagged everything with graffiti by now.”
“A…gift?” Rhianna said, sensing something in his undertone—she tried to wrap her brain around it, but couldn’t. “Well, that’s very kind of you, but…uh…”
“Well, a gift of the experience, anyway.” Zane waved a hand randomly. “Not like I was actually going to give you the place.” He muttered something that sounded suspiciously like, “you’d just say no anyway,” then cleared his throat. “Um…well…you know, I have to admit, at least it’s cozy in here,” he said almost frantically. “Kind of like a flying RV.”
“Doesn’t look much like a Winnebago, does it?” Rhianna said, feeling the urge to smirk at his discomfort. This was familiar, since she still remembered being a young man, stammering through conversations with pretty girls. A young man with a…Oh, boy. Oh God. Does he..? Does he have a crush on me? That put his past behavior in an entirely different light. She knew Terry had a lot of respect for her—that much was in Kaylee’s memories. But the last thing she expected was a boyish—tigerish—infatuation.
The cargo area of the sub had just enough space for the extra equipment and the assault team. “I thought you Inties could probably cloak it that way or something.”
“So which one of you is the Druish Princess?” Zane said, chuckling.
“Present,” Rochelle said cheerfully. “They’d better not shoot the hair.”
“Guess that makes me the mog,” a golden retriever Intie said. Ianau’s tongue lolled.
“I guess we know what the in-flight movie’s going to be,” Rochelle said.
“No movie. We need to focus,” Carrie-Anne said. “Where’s CinTally? She agreed to pilot.”
“You had to ask?” The female Cooper’s Hawk answered from the flight deck. “I came in through the side hatch. Neat little sub you’ve got here, Rhianna. She’ll fly like a dream with me at the controls. She’s got some great delta-v with those engine and battery upgrades.”
“And she’s modest, too,” Rochelle said, grinning.
Rhianna had spared no expense for once, either on the sub or on Kaylee’s upgrades, even accepting compensation from the cash-strapped Brubeck Mining to get the right tools for the job—something this important was no place for pride. They went in prepared, or not at all. The Dream Chaser had fore and aft retractable pulse cannons and two dozen of Kaylee’s favored micro-missiles in underwing FAST paks—the weapons were temporary, at least.
Zane pinched the bridge of his muzzle and chuckled. “Are you sure the Starmaster won’t be jealous?”
“Starry and me, we got us an understanding,” CinTally said happily. “We can launch when you’re all strapped in!”
Kaylee Fused with her partner. In that mode they did look rather bulkier than before. Between the support pak, shield-mode hardlight pelt, and shoulder-mounted weapons, she looked like a very muscular lynx fem-mecha.
Rochelle and Uncia Fused up as well, taking a little more time than usual due to having to move various modules around to fit Rochelle into the body. They ended up with the shoulder-mount cannon racked on her back and other equipment positioned at various spots around her body. Her forearm gauntlets each held a fast-firing pulse submachine gun modeled after the 20th-century mini-Uzi, on spring-loaded auto-holsters that would snap them into her hands on command. The rest was high-speed hacking gear with Enigma-3 and their own DIN-beta Sneaker software.
Rhianna didn’t mind depending on Kaylee’s own experience, now that she had full access to all her memories. There was a lot of ground to cover there, including some pointed things they both wanted to ask Conyers, and how to break to Katie that not only was Kaylee actually her “biological” mother but Fritz was her dad. And what had happened to the other fifty-two Ris? The odds weren’t good that they were all still alive, but many of them could be. Did they even know they’d had “real” parents? What had blotted out Katie’s memory of her mother, even after they’d given her Kaylee’s old parts?
The visceral loss of Frank from the previous night’s review still sat heavily in Rhianna’s belly. She’d known it was coming, from the memories Kaylee had shared of her reunion with Kandace the evening after Paul’s crew had come and gone, but experiencing it directly had a tremendous impact. The whole situation had been so confused, Kaylee had never found out exactly what vehicle Ophelia Steader had even had in her garage to mount such a powerful weapon. It was just as if lightning had struck from out of a clear blue sky and blotted out her littermate. Who the hell keeps something armed like that in their garage? Who? Rhianna wondered.
:I’m going to find out once this crap is over with, come Hell or high water,: Kaylee said, picking up on her rider’s thoughts. :More, I want to know who fired it. Fritz never did like Frank very much. Fritz always showed up in the ‘nick of time’. Feh!:
They weren’t ready yet to go over what had happened to put Kaylee in the Shed a couple years later. Even Kaylee herself shied away from reliving those days, keeping them isolated. She was scared. Rhianna didn’t blame her at all. The shed had been the greatest trauma of Kaylee’s life, and when something that bad happens to you, you always end up wondering if you somehow deserved it. What would you do if you were suddenly given the chance to find out for certain just what you might have done?
:Rhi, let’s just do the job in front of us right now,: Kaylee sent. :Dwelling on not dwelling on something is kinda uncomfortably recursive.:
:Yes,: Rhianna replied simply, shutting the aft ramp. Then, aloud. “Lock and load, everyone. Let’s get old Clint’s platform back. CinTally, do that thing.”
“You got it!” The Integrate pilot kicked in the engines and launched. The sound of electric guitars played over the onboard speakers as another selection from her playlist went into the intercom.
Yeah, we’ll get higher and higher
Straight up we’ll climb
Oh, we’ll get higher and higher
Who knows what we’ll find?
After the takeoff, CinTally faded the music out of the speakers, though kept up a sideband playlist broadcast for anyone who wanted to listen. It was easy to tell who was tuning in from the heads nodding in rhythm along the seats. She projected flight path and ETA data along another sideband—18 minutes to apogee, 34 to landing. “The pilot has turned the ‘no smoking’ sign off!” she chirped cheerfully over the intercom. “You are now free to move about the cabin.”
Zane chuckled. “Well, I can’t fault her enthusiasm. You get hired for the thing you love doing, and never work a day in your life.”
The first hint that the camp might be receiving a visitor came in the form of “somebody big” calling Paul and Fenris by laser comm to ask them to warn AlphaWolf and the camp of an incoming “new recruit”. The language of the missive strongly suggested one of the larger dinosaurs. But the message itself had unmistakable “Integrate dandruff” all over it.
“Heh. Looks like we’re going to have some competition, big guy,” Paul said.
“I’ve never seen size as a ‘competition,’” Fenris said.
Paul chuckled. “That’s because you’ve never had to. Some of those dragon RIDEs get pretty big—especially the ones that turn into full-fledged subs. And I gather bigger RIDEs don’t shrink that much when they Integrate.”
“In that case, I shall rather look forward to meeting someone even bigger than I am,” Fenris said. “And I believe I will adopt that philosophy of yours.”
AlphaWolf called a general meeting before going out to meet the new arrival. “Okay, everyone. I have good news. We’ve got another big guy on the way, so don’t be shocked when he flies over. Spread the word to anyone who isn’t here. We’ll be going out to meet him first, of course. But we’ll have another set of big guns like Fenris here.”
“Well, this should be interesting,” Kandace said. Her tawny hardlight pelt had been installed since returning from Uplift. She looked much happier, and there was even a family resemblance to Kaylee.
Alone with Fenris and Paul after the meeting, waiting outside the dome to greet the new arrival, AlphaWolf was somewhat less positive. “So you’re telling me we’re not just getting an Integrate visitor, we’re getting a huge Integrate visitor?” he growled. “Are you sure they’re not trying to undercut my authority here?”
“They’re as horrified by that trojan as we are, Alphie,” Paul said. “We did another survey. There are two more infected in the Camp, more than we thought. We think it’s spreading—maybe losing two caused whoever’s behind it to trigger a more active phase—so we have to act.”
“Getting comm signal,” Fenris said. “He’s here, cloaked, outside the dome.”
“I guess the point is moot,” AlphaWolf said unhappily. “He knew exactly where we are.”
“Ah, yeah,” Paul said. “About that…” Rhianna had mentioned that the camp’s location was something of an open secret among the Integrates, but he hadn’t really figured out a good way to break that to AlphaWolf yet.
“I hate to barge in on this chat,” came a friendly new voice. “But we’ve known where you folks were since the day you established the Camp—some sympathetic Inties over at Camelot directed you here. Until now we’ve had no reason to stop by for a cup of sugar. Sorry, I’m Peaches.”
AlphaWolf blinked. “…Peaches?”
“If it helps, you can call me Mister Peaches,” the uncloaking dragon deadpanned. His scales were the shade of a ripe peach, and he had an oddly jolly expression on his pointed muzzle. He was about fifteen meters from nose to tail. His horns, dorsal spines, and tail fork glowed. “Pleased to meet you. My human half is Captain Josh Weinstein, formerly of the Burnside Militia. But ‘we’ go by Mister Peaches.”
“Of course. It makes sense a dragon would hail from Burnside,” Paul said.
“Oh, marvelous! I’ve never heard that one before!” Peaches said, rolling his eyes good-naturedly. “I’ve got all the anti-virus tools from Shelley and Uncia at the ready.”
“Think you’ll be up for cleaning out twelve infected at once?” Paul asked.
“My RIDE half was a Command Armor. As I see your fellow is, too.” Peaches nodded to Fenris. “I was a drop-shuttle and I’ve still got all the comm gear. I just funnel it through my industrial-sized DIN and it’s a win. I could give short stuff over there a copy as a backup, just in case.” Peaches grinned good-naturedly at the two-tailed wolf who came up to his shoulder.
“You have sufficient parallel processing to handle them all at once?” Fenris asked. “Impressive.”
“Only after I Integrated. Before, well…I wasn’t the sharpest tooth in the jaw,” Peaches said uncomfortably.
Paul smiled ruefully. “You two have more in common than you know. Oh…one more thing.” He nodded to AlphaWolf.
“We fully expect whoever is behind these infections—perhaps the trojan’s original author—is still within our camp. But we haven’t been able to pin down who it is,” AlphaWolf said. “He or they are also likely to have non-infected supporters.”
Peaches concentrated, his hardlight spines glowing, then appeared to be a metallic dragon RIDE. “This is going to be tough. If they run, I’m a little too big to chase, and I’m going to have to focus more on curing the infected, so I’m going to be vulnerable. Bring in some with more mobility for the capture. Once I get inside I’ll start analyzing signals and pinpoint this bastard. If they’re in the Camp, I’ll burn them out.” The disguise’s eyes flashed red. “Just keep them off me until I’m done.”
Paul grinned. “Fenny, could you let Kandy-girl know we need her and any others she can round up she trusts?”
“With pleasure,” the wolf boomed.
AlphaWolf groaned. “This is already worse than I thought. Even if this goes well the Pack’s going to be weakened for years, maybe. Word will get out. Abused RIDEs will stop coming to us for sanctuary…”
“Better to root out the poison now before it gets any worse, boss,” Paul said. “There’s a major risk they’ll decide to infect even more of the Pack, just for kicks. It could be like a zombie attack from the old movies.”
“Of course you’re right,” the movement’s leader said firmly. “We’ll hurt for a while, but it needs doing.”
“Let’s get this party started!” Peaches said. “Your friendly neighborhood driggin at your service.”
“Righto.” Paul turned to the giant wolf beside him. “Let’s Fuse up!”
Fenris nodded, then opened wide and gulped him down, standing up into their six-meter Fuser shape a moment later. “You know, you enjoy that a little too much,” Paul said.
“Can you blame me? Since we can’t eat together while Fused, it’s the only time I actually get to taste anything directly.”
“Oh, thank you for that,” Paul said. “Someone pass the brain bleach.”
Mister Peaches started snickering metallically. “I think we’re going to get along just fine. Good ol’ human-me got nommed a few times, though there was an…alternative way in.”
“Can we not go there, please?” Paul asked.
“So to speak,” Fenris added.
The problem with obvious places were rather self-evident, but it was just like her uncle. The problem was that if there was another Integrate aboard they could have done any number of things if they found the DIN. They could have destroyed it, moved it, or were just waiting for Quinoa to show up. Still, Felix didn’t want her dead—yet. To her knowledge neither he nor his followers had ever killed another Intie.
There was always a first time, given what was now at stake.
Quinoa passed through the Star Trek section, then Star Wars, followed by the Jetsons home. This place she remembered fondly. It was a play-area for the ever-changing gaggle of Steader children, and had never been empty for as long as she could remember—until now. Seeing it like this made her angry. Rosie the Robot went pling in her corner, the red eyes on her cylindrical head blinking, but she didn’t move. The poor Ad-I seemed confused.
The next step was to open a maintenance crawlspace—a Jeffries tube—to enter HAL’s meticulously reproduced core. Pulling off the access panel rewarded her with a deafening racket of machinery. “What the Hell is that?” the sphinx fumed, peering into the tube.
There was more to science fiction than just TV, books, and movies. There were plenty of video games in that genre as well. After the My Little Pony bodyguards that poor Myla was subjected to, there had been one “Samus Aran” paired up with “Mega Man X”. At least those two had had excuses for being armed to the teeth.
“You’re kidding me. You’re fucking kidding me, Uncle Joe,” Quinoa said. In front of her was a larger room filled with floating blocks that vanished and reappeared in a predictable pattern. Little robots in hardhats, and floating hardlight Metroids moved around just to add some spice. Yet another play area. “I’m not doing this. I’m not.”
Quinoa powered up her lifters, forming a dense hardlight shell around herself, atom-thick at the leading edge. There was only one thing to do when presented with a Gordian Knot like this—slice right through it and hope there was nobody in the way.
She stopped herself before launch. This was a very Steader thing to do, she reflected. Acting without thinking had gotten her into this mess in the first place. Underestimating the hippogryph had almost gotten her killed. She shut the entrance to the videogame haven and pondered where else her Uncle might have hidden the DIN, or even whether she needed it. For most Integrates the DIN was something of a security blanket—their connection to the outside world. Then she remembered.
The nano-paste was still in her DIN socket. The sphinx facepawed. What the hell was I thinking? No, she knew exactly what was on her mind. The Steader family had a well-deserved reputation for being crazy, unpredictable, and downright creepy. Quinoa’s own cousin Harold (half the time Henrietta) was the nuttiest of a nutty bunch, going through RIDE after RIDE, discarding each one as he became bored. When Quinoa was younger, before getting the sphinx Quorra, he’d offered to give the then-teenaged girl a huge black panther named KITTy at one of the twice-yearly family reunions. Not wanting to be an “icky” boy, she’d turned him down.
No more Steader Crazy, she decided. No more “come at me, bro” taunts. No more thinking of potential Integrates—as she now thought of them—as a lower form of life. There were times when Crazy worked, but the family as a whole were a poor judge of when to apply it. No more.
It was simply time to leave.
The sphinx started hyper-saturating her body with oxygen, topping off her batteries. The station’s orbit would give her a re-entry trajectory over Gondwana in twenty minutes. It was going to be rough, but no more than orbital skydiving. There was an airlock devoted to that sport right on the station. She lifted, then headed that way at speed.
Rosie the Robot followed, going pling-pling all the way.
At twenty thousand meters Vince, TimRazor, and Cosma jumped out of the opened loading ramp. The Dream Chaser was still going all of Mach 3 at the time, but the speed was immaterial for the raven, the peregrine falcon, and the harpy eagle. CinTally glanced wistfully at them as they departed, then she and the other Integrates cloaked the sub. The avian pilot slammed on the deceleration thrusters.
Zane pointed ahead at the small landing pad high on the side of the platform. “There. It’s meant for fliers, not subs, but this sub is flier-sized, shouldn’t be a problem. That’s where I brought the cargo ship in when we took out the Board.”
“Aww, I thought you said it was gonna be a challenge,” CinTally said. “That’s a lot bigger than a postage stamp.”
“We’ve got some activity on the platform,” TimRazor reported. “I’ve got a half dozen of Fritz’s cronies milling around. Looks like they’re…playing volleyball?”
A scrap of music came over the speakers. “…playing, playing with the boys…” CinTally shook her head and it cut off. “Whoops, soundtrack moment. One of Tally’s original features I haven’t been able to root out of my brain yet. So, how you wanna play this, boss?”
“Configure the pulse cannons for EMP,” Zane said. “An area-effect blast from vehicle mount guns should scramble even our systems for a few minutes, and with any luck it’ll be ‘quiet’ enough they won’t notice inside.”
“And with any luck we’ll fry a DIN or two,” Rhianna added.
“Hell, the way they make DINs I’ll bet you ten mu we fry at least half of them,” Rochelle said.
“They will have spares,” Rhianna reminded her. “Let’s make them use them up.”
CinTally nodded. A panel flipped open on the instrument board and a bank of switches flipped themselves. Targeting reticles appeared in the HUD—entirely redundant to the ones on CinTally’s inner eyes—and a moment later a series of energy pulses spat from the Dream Chaser’s nose, splashing the impromptu volleyball court with energy. A half-dozen Integrates froze and fell over. Unheeded, the ball bounced over the side of the platform and rolled a hundred meters down to the desert.
“Ooooh, that must have hurt!” Cosma chirped. “Sparky sparky boom DINs! They’re all down.”
“It would be nice if someone could shove all that deadwood to the side so I don’t crunch any of them when I land,” CinTally said. “Not that I’d mind, but I don’t wanna risk damaging the landing gear on this beauty.”
“I thought you wanted a challenge,” Zane said. “Bet’cha fifty mu you can’t land on that platform without squishing at least one of them.”
CinTally grinned. “Ooooh, you are on!”
As it happened, Cindy was able to nose the Dreamchaser into place amid the comatose and twitching volleyball players without fatalities, though she ended up lifting one of them with the nose skid and carrying him along ten meters before setting down.
“Well, that’s six,” Carrie-Anne said. “How many are left? Myla, our turn to find out.” She moved to the hatch and vanished as she slid through it.
“We should secure those guys,” Rochelle said. “Don’t want them waking up and giving us trouble.”
“Don’t worry,” said Flint. The bear Integrate had jumped at the chance to sign onto this assault mission. The chance to work with so many Nextus soldiers and Myla again was just too tempting. “I’ll stay here and keep watch on prisoners and the sub with CinTally. With the birds giving us air cover we should be well situated for defense.”
“Just like Old Smokey,” Marc said. The antlers on his whitetail stag Fuser were aglitter with communications gear. He’d given some tiny laser reflectors to Myla and Carrie-Anne to place during their scouting. Unfortunately their usefulness was a little iffy due to all the Q dust in the air. The platform’s hardlight shields were still down—getting them up again was one of the mission’s priorities.
Rochelle flicked her wrists, popping the pulse Uzis into her hands and back to the greaves. “You talkin’ to me? You talkin’ to me?” She grinned. “This is gonna be fun.”
Carrie-Anne reappeared in the doorway. “We seem to be clear all the way to the secret hatch. No sign they are aware of it.”
Rhianna and the Brubeck Mining techs had gone over the platform’s network schematics with a fine-tooth comb, looking for key points where DIN-betas could be installed to regain them control of the computers. A remarkable number of the points could be accessed from the same secret shaft Zane and Terry had used to make their way to the boardroom when they had infiltrated the platform. It was a bit of a risk given that Fritz had used it himself, but Fritz had shown a level of overconfidence bordering on megalomania so it was judged worth a shot.
The mechanic would need one minute per network junction to replace the nodes. It was no stretch that the second she touched anything inside the occupiers would notice something amiss. Even one DIN-beta would be enough to tip their hand, so they’d start looking for a cause. Two were enough to make them really take notice.
Rhianna had over a dozen to install around the platform. Rochelle could start her VR work when six were finished, but her arsenal would still be incomplete. There were all sorts of “big guns” within the DIN firmware she could use.
“Come along,” Carrie-Anne said. “We are ready.”
Rhianna, Rochelle, and the others skimmed silently through the hall in their RIDE armor or Integrate bodies under cloak of invisibility, as the RIDEs and Ints kept weather eyes out for any signs of life. A quick jog down the corridor and into a broom closet, then out the door in the back and they were in the twenty-foot-wide shaft in the center of the platform. Not bothering with the ladder along one wall, the escorts spread out vertically as they rose, covering known entrances and exits, as Rhianna moved to the first junction box near the secret entrance to begin her work.
“Magic paws, do your thing,” Rhianna muttered, or maybe it was Kaylee, or both. The duo often spoke in unison when Fused. One nanolathe started cutting into the node, and in her other handpaw was a DIN junction unit at the ready.
Uncia floated back to back with her, submachine guns clutched in both hands. “The enemy gate is down,” she muttered, staring down at the square of desert sand visible in the distance at the bottom of the shaft.
Meanwhile, Zane and Myla floated up above the others, watching the square of blue sky and bits of superstructure visible through the top. It was most likely any assault would come from either the top of the bottom, as finding other entrances into the elevator shaft might take time if the intruders were unfamiliar with the place. They would cover it from here until everything was underway, then move outside to cover the approach when the fracas started.
But for all that, the first DIN was going to be a “freebie.” Only after it was done would they really need to worry. The node came free easily enough. Rhianna placed the DIN unit and started securing it in place with the nanolathe. The unit was the size of a Fuser thumb, and it used several times as much qubitite as all the Integrate DINs she had seen thus far. Rhianna was still trying to fully apply the basic principles, so the beta units were much less complex. Ideally they would only need one in the future, but for now redundancy was essential.
:You know, when this is over we’re going to make a killing on security hardware and software,: Rochelle said through Uncia. :The banks are going to fall all over us.:
:I’m not really interested in patenting something this important. Besides, we already sent the beta designs to the Consuls. They’re a pretty sharp bunch, so I hope they’re doing their own installs right now.: Rhianna said. The second network junction came free and its replacement went right in without trouble. :Intie activity on the network. I think they know we’re here. How many do we have to worry about?:
Myla reappeared at her side. “We counted about thirty that we could see. There could be others cloaked, but Carrie-Anne doesn’t think so. That puts them at a two-to-one advantage.”
A darker form entered the light square below them. “Not smart, guy,” Rochelle muttered, cutting their lifters and dropping, the cannon on her shoulder firing an EMP blast to precede her. She opened up with the Uzis as she fell closer, Uncia’s targeting system centering both blasts on the unlucky Intie’s torso. She felt something tickling at the back of her mind, but ignored it, cutting the lifters back on in time to reduce her impact just enough as she bodyslammed the hapless rat Integrate to the ground. Slightly singed and battered, leaking silvery-pink fluid from half a dozen wounds, he squeaked in fear, squirming and trying to throw the leopardess off. Uncia growled and showed her fangs, and Rochelle poked the muzzle of one of their guns into his face.
“Why…can’t I hack you?” the rat wheezed.
“Because you didn’t say the magic word,” Rochelle purred. Then she growled, “Now surrender or I blow your damn fool head off.”
The rat squeaked and complied, his DIN switching to open access mode. It only took them a moment to access his systems and send him into deep hibernation. Then they lifted him back up the shaft by the scruff of the neck and tossed him through the broom closet door, where he’d be safely out of the way.
Zane, Carrie-Anne, and Myla floated back to back above the top entrance of the shaft, keeping Fritz’s defending Integrates at bay. Zane blocked hardlight blasts and other shots with his shield, and sent the occasional lifter push or pulse blast back at the enemy. Carrie-Anne, Myla and Sophie covered his rear. Then all three dived for cover, staying in motion to keep the enemy guessing. The various heating, cooling, and ventilation units scattered around provided plenty of cover for friend and foe alike.
Overhead, Vince and the avians were keeping the enemy birds busy—but there were more of them, too many for Cosma, TimRazor and himself to fully engage. It was almost an aerial dance, watching them fire away at one another but not hitting. Their attacks were likely more in the virtual realm.
“Ha, gotcha!” Zane whooped, vaulting over a pipe to land feet-first on top of a wolf Integrate. He slammed the butt of his pulse rifle down on the wolf’s forehead and he went out like a light, then turned and fired across some crates at a lioness who was lunging for Myla. His blasts furrowed her shoulder, and she lost concentration and fell.
Carrie-Anne hunted swiftly and efficiently from stealth, slipping up behind Integrates and catching them in sleeper holds until they passed out. It would have been more efficient to break their necks, but Zane and the others had been in agreement that they didn’t want any unnecessary killing insofar as it could be avoided.
As the only non-Integrate, Myla was the most at risk, but she was moving quickly with speed and grace, managing to keep out of the way of most attacks. Her stealth wasn’t quite as good as Carrie-Anne’s, but it was enough to throw off the aim of most attackers. And the heavy gauss pistols she wielded were sufficient to knock any Integrate they hit for a loop. But she was perhaps most valuable as a distraction, as Integrates kept getting distracted trying unsuccesfully to hack her long enough for Zane or Carrie-Anne to move in and take them out.
But they’d gotten so busy taking out enemies at close range, they’d forgotten to keep an eye out for enemies at greater distances. By the time Zane caught the motion out of the corner of his eye and saw a redtail hawk Integrate taking aim from midair a hundred meters away, it was too late. She fired a concentrated burst of energy from one arm that stabbed through Myla and Sophie’s side like a hot poker. They slumped to their knees as Sophie flooded the area with medical nanos.
Zane knocked the avian from the sky with a pulse blast, then ran to Myla’s side. “Myla!” His eyes narrowed as he took in the damage. He put his hand over the entry point, as if to try to stop the bleeding. Then he felt his hand start to tingle. “What—?”
A long-silent voice reappeared in Zane’s mind. Easy, buddy. This one’s on me.
Myla looked up. “Zane—what’re you—”
Zane gasped. “Terry…?” Then he felt a surge of energy rise up in his body and gush out through his hand, sinking into the traumatized metal and flesh beneath it. He felt the wounds close up beneath his hands—and the energy start to spread further, sinking into Myla’s and Sophie’s bodies alike. What in—? He tried to pull back, but he couldn’t take his hand away. And then he felt things beginning to shift and change within their bodies…
Then Carrie-Anne hit him with her shoulder, knocking him back and free of his contact with the downed fennec Fuser. He shook his head. “What the—what did I just do?” Terry? What did you just do? But his inner tiger had slunk back down into his id again. Zane wanted to reach in and grab him by the neck and shake him, but there wasn’t time.
“I don’t know,” Carrie-Anne said. She frowned as she felt Sophie’s Fuser form shift under her hands. “But whatever it was, it healed the wound, so that is at least something.”
Myla and Sophie’s eyes flickered open. “Ngggh,” Myla said. “Feel strange. Woozy.” She got to her feet. “Whoa…and my balance is off. What’s going on?”
“Half my internal diagnostics are giving me weird readings,” Sophie reported. “I feel so funky!”
“You were shot. Zane healed you.” Carrie-Anne blinked invisible again, vaulting a ventilator intake to close on a rabbit Integrate coming up a ladder. She kicked him in the head, and he fell off again. “There may be…side effects.”
Sophie bent over to pick up their gauss pistols. “This can’t be right. My batteries are reading 210% charge.” She spun around and fired twin blasts at an approaching raccoon. “Wow—we’re fast! Faster than we should be.”
Zane followed up Sophie’s gauss shots with a fusillade of pulse blasts. The raccoon ducked behind a cooling unit. “Don’t look a gift horse…”
“Wait…what? My batteries are only at 150% charge,” Sophie said. “The other 60% is coming from…Myla’s batteries?”
“What? I don’t have batteries,” Myla said.
“I, um, think you do now,” Zane said. Terry, I swear after this is over I’m gonna come in there, and…
RI and human alike blinked at Zane, then looked at herself. “Well, crap. Fight now, fuss later. But we’re going to have words, boss. This wasn’t in the medical plan.”
“I need a little help here!” the self-described mog said. “They’re regrouping!”
Rhianna was on the fifth DIN near the top, moving faster, starting on the sixth and last Rochelle and Uncia needed to get into the platform’s systems proper. :We’ll need to move into the Boardroom next!: Kaylee broadcasted on a secure channel. There were another three nodes in there. :How are your DINs holding up, everyone?:
:Couldn’t be better,: Vince said from above. :I’ve hacked three other birds before they can hack me! The sub platform’s swarming with cronies, though they’re not doing anything yet. Flint and the others are holding ground. Ow! Damn! They winged me! He’s gonna pay for that one! You don’t touch the feathers!:
Nobody was actually trying to kill one another, which made the assault team’s job easier. The Integrates in particular didn’t want to cause any mortal injuries to their opposite numbers. Integrates could take much more damage than the Fused could, so there were a few serious injuries. But nothing, Vince said, that couldn’t grow back.
:That’s number six!: Rhianna sent. :These puppies are shielded. On to the Boardroom. Once we get there, Shelley, Uncia, Marc, Cernos, it’s your show!:
Quinoa realized she was being followed almost immediately, but not soon enough. She also finally realized that wasn’t Rosie. She narrowly escaped being pounced upon by a giant black panther Integrate with a single roving red eye. The sphinx-girl spun around to face him. “Hello, KITTy.” She paused, chuckling as she realized what she’d just said. “Long time no see.”
“Shaddup and get back into your cell,” the midnight-black cat said in a voice modeled after the original KITT’s voice actor William Daniels. He crouched on his forepaws, red eye swooshing from side-to-side across the bridge of his muzzle between eye sockets. One of the unlucky few Integrates who were stuck in animal rather than human form, KITTy hadn’t lost too much mass from his Trans-Am-replica RIDE days. “And I prefer ‘Cylon’ now.”
“Funny, I would’ve thought ‘Ravage’ suited you better,” Quinoa said, snapping a hardlight whip across his nose. “I’m not going anywhere. I don’t want to hurt you, but I will if you keep me from leaving.”
The black panther sat on his haunches and started grooming a forepaw. “Oh, I think you’ll find getting out is harder than you think, even if you do me in. Fritz locked this place down tighter than Harold’s old fetters on me. I personally welded every airlock shut. You’re going nowhere, doing nothing. Dig?”
Quinoa slammed him with a hardlight fist—the hardknuckle straight out of Mega Man—so hard and fast his eye-lens shattered. The huge black panther slumped over, unconscious. That would buy her a few minutes at most, though. She instantly ran for one of the windows in the Jetsons playroom. There were times when crazy worked, and this was one of them. “Dig that. I’m out of here!”
The sphinx didn’t break her stride, going back into lifter mode, once again forming her hardlight into an atomically-sharp arrowhead. She slipped through the transparent aluminum window as if it wasn’t even there, then curled up into a ball. On a lark, she reformed the shell around her into the shape of a Mercury capsule, with Sphinx 7 emblazoned on it. Quinoa blasted her lifters for retrofire and began her steep descent back to Zharus.
Moments later she saw the entire side of the family station explode, habitat modules scattering into space, followed by an angry roar in radio. Cursing that last bit of Steader flightiness she hadn’t yet shaken, she realized that she hadn’t taken Cylon’s DIN when she had the opportunity. The angry panther Integrate didn’t bother with any hardlight theatrics, adjusting his velocity to intercept her. But orbital mechanics being what they were, Quinoa was far enough away from him that they would both be falling out of orbit over the Dry Ocean before the fight would resume.
Sophie fed Rhianna her diagnostic data as they moved towards the Boardroom with very little resistance. The defenders had lost over half their numbers, either to injury or forced hibernation. Those who were left were demoralized and regrouping.
The assault team was not without its own casualties. Myla’s gut shot was comparatively the worst, but Vince himself was missing a few toes from a crony’s anti-air particle blast. He assured the others they would eventually grow back.
“You’re a cyborg,” Rhianna informed the fennec Fuser. “Otherwise, you’re good as new. It’s on par with my own implant, plus the…uh…batteries. There are a few other little bits here and there that I don’t have time to suss out right now, but we can do a full work-up after this is over.”
Myla snorted. “Great! This better get me a huge bonus paycheck for hazard pay, Zane!”
“Even if I have to sell a few platforms,” Zane said, still a little upset at his inner tiger. “I was going to have to do that anyway to raise some cash. We’re down to number 40 on the Fortune 100 list.”
“Even this one?” Rhianna asked, shoulder cannons swiveling to lay down some covering fire. The defenders were hardly putting up any fight now. “You can’t sell old Clint’s platform, can you? How much of the lode is left?”
“Far too much, even if it weren’t for the sentimental value.” Zane replied. “We account for a good 40% of all AA+ Sarium on the market just from this one site. I’ll be keeping it, of course. But considering all the damage I doubt it’ll be back up to full production for a month or two, so look for high-grade sarium prices to stay spiked in the short term.”
The interior of the Boardroom was a wreck—and a recent one. The table was in little pieces, the walls bore hardlight gouges and scorch marks, there wasn’t a single light that wasn’t broken. Rhianna had the schematics for this room as well. She plunged her hand into a wall panel and pulled out a long-buried network access port. She quickly attached a DIN. “That’s number seven. Here’s your access, Shelley, Uncia. The other network ports in this room are dead, though. I think one of them might’ve figured out what we’re up to. The other DINs are reporting ruined nodes all over the platform. There’s a lot of them, so the network is still fine. Old Clint sure knew how to build things to last,” she added reverently.
“Seven might be enough to do the job,” Rochelle said. “We still have to get them out of the mainframe.”
Marc and Cernos entered the ruined Boardroom. The Medium Command Armor’s shoulder-mounted PPCs were smoking a little. “Sorry for the delay. Ran into a little complication.”
Rochelle pulled a hardwire connection from one of Uncia’s hip pods. “Well, deer-boy, hook up. Glad to have you watching my back in there.”
“Four of us will be watching out here,” one of the assault team said.
“And I’ll be in there with you, too,” Vince said, flying in through the passageway door. “I can’t wait to see this Enigma of yours in action!”
The Aloha Elevator passed by Quinoa a few dozen kilometers away as the fires of re-entry enveloped the hardlight Mercury capsule, much as it had John Glenn’s centuries ago. It was a very steep, 15-G deceleration intended to get her out of orbit as fast as possible. Her own inertial dampers were up to the task, but in combination with the hardlight heat shields they were draining her upgraded batteries quickly. To save energy she dispelled the pointless capsule illusion. The sphinx Integrate scanned the area for Cylon. Even an Integrate couldn’t cloak this kind of thing.
The black panther was ten kilometers away now, and moving closer. Quinoa fired her lifters to adjust her trajectory. It would be some time before she could brake herself enough to regain full control over her velocity. Cylon also had to avoid hitting the ground himself. Angry as he was, he wasn’t suicidal.
The first hardlight blast came in at just over Mach 2 at thirty thousand meters, Quinoa easily dodged it—taking out Cylon’s visual sensor had obviously helped—and returned fire with a fusillade of hardlight projectiles that would dissolve just beyond her attacker’s range. However, she didn’t hit him either.
Quinoa fired her lifters again, hoping to make him fly past her, but was rewarded with a sharp pain in her stomach. Her entire body was on fire, power levels fading. She barely kept enough hardlight online to keep herself from being torn apart by the supersonic wind. The sensation left a taste in her mouth like sour milk. Shit! Shitshitshit!
One of her batteries had…curdled. The forum post had mentioned this possibility—a nasty side effect of condensing so much sarium. If she didn’t purge the affected qubitite substrate then it would scram every single speck of sarium in her body. She would be quite dead before she even hit the ground. She poured every single bit of power remaining into her shielding, falling limp.
A screech echoed across the comm space, and a golden spear dived down from the upper atmosphere. Glowing missiles separated from the spear, aimed at Cylon. The feline tried to dodge, but surprise and their speed caught him by surprise. Most exploded around him, but two struck him square on. Cylon was blasted off course, momentarily stunned.
The spear itself adjusted its trajectory, bending in the atmosphere to keep Quinoa locked on. It came up on the red, bare-winged sphinx from above, matching her speed. In the flaming nimbus at the heart of the spear, a golden eagle reached to grab onto the sphinx with her talons and hands. Quinoa felt the strong talons grab her shoulders and grip her hips.
“Need…need…sarium…” she mumbled in the thickening air, conscious enough to know a rescue when she felt one. She started expelling silvery fluid from her mouth and nose—then every single orifice. “Need it now. Please.”
“You need a brake first. Ground’s coming up mighty fast,” the eagle replied.
The air lit up above them, as the eagle spread her wings. Fiery golden wings extended from her own natural wings, catching the air, killing most of their downward speed at once.
“Thank you…” Quinoa mumbled. “Whoever you are…”
“Astranikki,” the golden eagle woman said. “We still have your friend up there to deal with, but I have reinforcements coming in about thirty seconds. Just hang tight!”
Astranikki? Uh…oh. Astranikki Munn, whose daughter Wanda had run many of the Integrate web boards Quinoa had shut down the last five months. “Sorry…”
“Not now!” she replied, dodging left from their pursuer’s shot. Half a minute was a long time.
A bat-shaped flier shot past them too fast for Cylon to react to it. It quickly braked, not quite as fiery or quickly as the eagle’s methods, but just as effective. The fused pair then reversed course with its mouth open. Whatever it was doing Cylon didn’t like it very much. The big black panther roared in pain and confusion and broke off pursuit.
Astranikki flinched a bit and banked a bit further away from the bat. “He’s getting better at his aim at least. First few times he tried that, he was very omnidirectional.”
For once Quinoa was glad she didn’t have her DIN after all.
“Not bad for meat and mech,” Astranikki said proudly. “Now let’s get some power in you so you can thank them properly on the ground. Next stop, Aloha.”
The cyberspace of Zane’s platform looked about like the platform itself, but with more graffiti. In glowing neon, it adorned the walls, and even hung in space within the air. “INTIES RULE, MEAT DROOLZ!” was the most articulate. Some of the graffiti was even in binary or bar coding. Clad in bright white snow leopard armor, Rochelle looked around and wrinkled their feline nose.
“This is utterly ridiculous,” Cernos said. The stag flicked his ears and looked around. “What are these people, a bunch of spoiled children?”
“That’s exactly what they are,” Rochelle said. “Spoiled children who don’t want to grow up. And Fritz is their Peter Pan.”
“Well, that means Zane gets to be their Captain Hook,” Vince added.
“Does that mean Quinoa was Tinkerbell?” Uncia wondered. “And who does that make the alligator with the alarm clock?”
“Okay, let’s not get too sidetracked, here,” Marc said. Various access panels opened in the air in front of them, revealing armor and weapons. They floated out of the DIN memory stores and attached themselves to the Fused stag duo. The matte black, blue tron-lined armor was only partly complete. As Rhianna and Kaylee added more DINs to the network things would improve. “Not bad. Not bad at all, Rochelle.”
Rochelle picked up her own share of weapons. “So let’s get started. You cover me. I’m going to start uploading the code.” She started with the greenly-glowing DIN that had been placed in the conference room. For convenience, the network had been arranged to have a 1:1 topology between the virtual and real worlds, which meant that the DINS in here would be in exactly the same places as outside.
Some of the network nodes blinked out, but the platform occupiers were lazy enough to not know them all. Rochelle reached out with a flood of DIN encrypted network probes masked as something from another Integrated. She got several pings back. “There’s four of them. They’re stationary right now—they must think we’re coming to take them one-on-one.” She chuckled, and started shifting code into the DIN. “Maybe you should feint at them a little, keep them in their holes for longer.”
“I’ll put on a show of being the one who’s really doing the work,” Vince said. “You’re just ‘meat’ and ‘mech’ to them, so why should they bother you?”
“We’ll give ‘em a whuppin’,” Marc said, rubbing armored hoofhands together. “Just a little prodding. They’re already off balance from the pasting we’ve been giving them IRL. It shouldn’t take much to get them to cut and run.”
Rochelle finished her upload, and the DIN changed from green to blue. “I’m gonna get the others in the shaft now.” She slipped out the secret door and drifted down.
“I’ll watch your back,” Marc/Cernos said, activating his armor and following her down. “Oh, this feels good.”
“I’ll stay here and put on a good show,” Vince said.
Rochelle got the second and third DINs uploaded without incident, but by the time she got to the fourth, Vince reported, “Watch out. I think they’re getting wise by now. They’re on the move.”
“They’re in X-Wings,” Cernos deadpanned. “They want to treat this like a game? Fine. Let’s give them a game.”
“Ready player one,” Rochelle said, grinning. “Hmm…what game shall we play?”
“Global Thermonuclear War,” Vince said.
“How about a nice game of tic tac toe? I’ll let you be the Xes.”
The X-wings appeared in the pane of blue sky above, then swooped downward, firing energy blasts from their wingtips. Somehow they managed to fit into the elevator shaft even though they should have been several times too wide. Rochelle reached out and tapped one as it passed, and it collapsed into wireframe lines that disappeared. The Integrate inside, apparently a hamster, kept right on going until he smacked into the sand at the bottom of the shaft, raising a little Wile E. Coyote style puff of dust.
“That was anticlimactic,” Marc said, smirking. “For them.”
“You know, I don’t think the crew Fritz assigned to occupy this place is all that competent,” Uncia said. “I mean, look at this! Not really professional.”
“Why do they need to be?” Rochelle asked. “They’re Integrates. Practically perfect in every way. They’re so reliant on their one trick—hacking anything that moves—that when you take it away they go right to pieces.”
“They’re not very good with weapons either, for the most part,” Marc agreed. “After the performance we saw…present company excepted, of course.”
“Hey, no problem,” Vince said. “Just give the rest of us some credit for keeping our skills brushed up. We’re not too proud to use actual weapons.”
“Of course,” Marc said.
Rhianna’s voice rumbled out of the sky. “That’s DIN eight! Number nine coming right up! I think the ones in VR are the only ones left putting up any kind of resistance, so have at ‘em!”
“Have we got enough in the system yet to run the purge?” Uncia asked.
“I’d like another one or two just to be safe,” Rochelle said. “But we can start the compile, anyway.” She opened a display panel in front of her and flicked it with a clawnail. It rang like a chime and turned blue, as code began running and a wireframe image building behind it.
“Numbah nine!” Rhianna said. “Lots faster now. Just give me a couple more minutes and you’ll be good to go!”
“I’m on it!” Rochelle moved to the virtual location of the new DIN and tagged it with a code upload. The wireframe started to build faster.
“They’re coming around again!” Marc said, raising his own VR bazooka. This time the trio of avatars were doing without the game elements—simply three arrows of light. “Eat this, you amateurs!” He fired.
The burst scattered them, but they didn’t stop. Vince opened fire with his own virtual weapons, adding to the chaos, then formed a shield between them and their attackers.
“Ten! Eleven!” Rhianna shouted. “Yes, that’s two!” They blinked into being on the opposite side of the shaft.
“Two lovely DINS! A-ha-ha-ha!” Rochelle said, playing a thunder-and-lightning effect, as she placed one hand on each and uploaded to both at once.
The VR attackers shook themselves out of the shock they’d experienced, only to get another one when they saw what was being built right in front of them—a cartoonish, bulbous-shaped bomb with a big yellow and green radiation symbol on it. Vince smirked at them. “You guys better log out now if you know what’s good for you. I’ve got a surprise coming.”
“Ohshit!” one exclaimed. “You’re not…”
“Bada boom!” Uncia said, giggling.
“Twelve!” Rhianna boomed.
“You could just save yourselves some trouble and surrender now,” Rochelle said reasonably. “Put yourselves into hibernation and we promise not to doodle on you with magic markers while you’re asleep. Well, much, anyway.”
The one who spoke first instantly vanished, but the other two weren’t quite so intelligent. They poured on more speed, smashing against Vince’s shield. “Children, the both of you,” the raven reproved. “Me and my friends will be just fine, but you’ve been warned. The Fat Man is ready.”
Rochelle put on smoked-glass goggles and held up a detonator switch with a big red button under her thumb. “We’re ready for the kick-off here. You guys ready out there?”
“Eeek!” the Integrate attackers squeaked, and winked out—moments before Rochelle pushed the button. The virtual explosion swept the mainframe clean.
“Boom!” Uncia said cheerfully, clapping their hands.
“That’s it! They’re bugging out!” TimRazor reported. “We did it!”
“Yes, but perhaps too easily,” Carrie-Anne said. The platforms systems, those still undamaged by Q-dust, were coming back under their control. While the platform-wide hardlight shield was down they could at least restore power to the residential emitters. “They were simply unprepared for the ferocity of our assault. Next time we will not be as lucky.”
“Lucky,” Myla said, glaring at Zane. “Boss…not that I don’t appreciate it—I do—but did you almost Integrate me or something? Sophie’s reporting all sorts of big changes, in me and on her.”
“This is real fur!” Sophie exclaimed, shaking herself. “I’ve got little fleshy bits in me here and there. Ewww.”
Zane groaned. “I’m sorry! I didn’t mean to. I was worried…” He facepalmed. “I thought you were gonna die because of me.”
The fennec’s shared expression softened. “How can I blame you for that, boss? I knew the risks on this operation. Anybody in the military does. As an LT I lost a few people under my command. This is just—I dunno. I guess we’ll see once I de-Fuse. If I can de-Fuse.”
“I didn’t go that far,” Zane said. “I think.”
“Partial Integration isn’t unknown,” the golden retriever, Ianau, said. He transmitted some data. “There are at least a dozen known cases over the past thirty years. Including one of Aloha’s Munns. In each case, they were…boosted, but didn’t become a single being—unless and until they Integrated all the way later on, anyway. Aside from your new batteries, I can’t say how you might look once you de-Fuse.”
“As long as I don’t end up one of those Earther cyberpunk borgs…” Myla said.
“Hey, what’s wrong with us Earther cyberpunk borgs?” Rhianna asked, mock-offended. “We need love too, you know.”
“Nono! Not like that,” Myla said, chuckling. “You know, metal bits? Uh…”
“Like the one I have inside here?” Rhianna tapped the side of her own head. :You’ve got one, too,: she sent.
“Um…I didn’t mean—” Myla said, a little flustered.
“Just funning you, Myla,” Rhianna said, patting her friend on the shoulder. “Nothing like a job well done. I’m going to install another half dozen DIN units for safety before we leave.”
“We need to decide where to put the prisoners,” Carrie-Anne said. The black jaguar transmitted video from the newly-online cameras. The Dream Chaser had some carbon scoring, but nothing serious. There were ten hibernating Integrates in all. “We can’t take them back to Uplift.”
Zane sighed. “We’ve got a brig on the platform. Mainly meant for miners who get a little too exuberant with those stills we intentionally never quite manage to stamp out, but we can easily make them secure against Integrates, especially if we keep their DINs. Won’t be the first time this place has kept prisoners.”
“As long as we have root access to their systems, we should be okay,” Vince said. “I’ve come up with some experimental fetters for Inties. We’re not a completely trouble-free community, after all. We have our miscreants and criminals.”
“Gosh. Integrates, not completely trouble-free?” Zane said. “I thought we were all a bunch of peaceful hippie lotus-eaters who form communes to try to expand our minds.”
“Sarcasm aside,” Vince continued. “There’s something else that crossed my mind. It’s my opinion that Fritz will think his people were beaten only by other Inties—whatever his cronies tell him. This makes the Freerider Garage something of an open secret. Once Fritz realizes that Rhianna and Rochelle are the source of his pain…”
“Aw man, we only just rebuilt the place,” Rochelle said. “And the insurance company won’t touch us with a ten foot pole.”
“I could—” Zane began.
“No, you couldn’t,” Rhianna said.
“You don’t even know what I was gonna say,” Zane whined.
“You’ve done enough for us already,” Rhianna said tartly. “I’d rather keep you as a last resort.”
“I’ll be happy just so long as you want to keep me at all,” Zane said, his voice sounding more like Terry’s for a moment.
Rhianna smiled warmly, realizing what she said had stung him a little too much. She and Kaylee answered in concert. “Of course, Terry.”
“Terry?” Myla said. “Oh…right.”
“A voice I have not heard in some time,” Carrie-Anne said.
“I keep to myself a lot, much as I wish I didn’t,” Zane said. “Er…I mean…he does. As much as he wishes…er…I wish…” Zane shook his head. “Oh, I don’t even know which pronouns I meant anymore.”
“Just…trust me,” Rhianna said. “I know my pride’s a personal flaw, but it’s nothing against you. When I truly need your help, I will ask, and I won’t be shy about it.” Trusting her feelings, she hugged the tiger Integrate, who purred loudly while wearing a very startled expression. It felt like a very feminine thing to do, maybe stereotypically so, but that was the point. “Now, come on. What next? Call in repair crews?”
Zane nodded. “The Starmaster’s and a couple other subs are already loaded with repair supplies, and our maintenance teams are standing by. I just need to comm them and they’ll be here in half an hour.”
“We’re in no rush to leave,” Rochelle said, smiling at her business partner. “Are we? I’d like to make sure my little firecracker did its job.”
“Let me get the laser comm gear back up so we can get in touch with the mainland,” Rhianna said. Her brain was itching, her paws were twitching. Big repair jobs were what she did best and loved most, and here was the biggest one yet, right in front of her. After what the Inties did to it, making this vast machine come to life again would feel so good. It already felt like a second job, for that matter.
Over the past week she’d gotten to know the people in the Brubeck Maintenance and Repair Department, as well as a number of the RIDE techs. They’d gotten to talking shop a time or two, and it was a lot of fun to share tips and tricks. Though sometimes the Brubeck techs would clam up at odd times when it came to discussing restoring older RIDEs, as if there was something they weren’t supposed to talk about. Some sort of corporate secret project, she supposed. Well, that was fair. She was just a consultant, after all. They hadn’t even made her sign an NDA.
“And I could show you that repair bay I mentioned,” Zane said. “If the Inties haven’t taken it apart or something. Maybe you and Myla should come down there with me and you could check her and Sophie over.”
“Let’s do it,” Rhianna said.
“Yeah. I want to find out if I need a new wardrobe,” Myla said. “I feel…off.”
Rhianna considered her. “I wasn’t going to say anything, but I’m sure you were at least five centis taller than I was before, not counting the ears. Now we’re meeting at eye level, even in Fuse.”
Abruptly, Zane twitched. He held up his DIN, and a body-conforming hardlight pane formed in front of Myla and swept across her from front to back, scanning her just as he had done to Rhianna and Rochelle in the garage after they had made his DIN. He looked distant for a moment, then groaned. “Oh God.” He buried his face in his hands. “It just hit me what that idiotic tiger did. Terry, wherever you’re hiding, I am coming after you with a roto-rooter.”
Both women folded their arms across their chests in an almost disturbingly identical gesture. “Well?”
“You’re gonna find out sooner or later,” Zane said, his voice muffled by his hands. “When you de-Fuse, anyway. I’m just gonna go find a bottle of hemlock to drink or something.”
“Repair Bay, Zane, now,” Rhianna said sourly. “Climate control’s operational in there.”
“Okay, now this I gotta see,” Rochelle said.
The repair bay was everything Zane had said it was—an immense cavernous facility with state-of-the-art repair cradles and diagnostic equipment situated along the walls in numbered spaces. There was a section at one end where motorized tool carts, painted with numbers and designations, rested until they were called for. They could trundle up to a given space and unfold into exactly the right assortment of tools for any given job. At the other end were a set of in-depth diagnostic scanning tables and devices.
The chamber had benefited from its position buried deep down at the bottom of the platform. By the time the partying Integrates had worked their way down to it, they were too exhausted to give it more than a couple of desultory licks of spray paint and dent a few control boards. All the displays were hardlight anyway so they wouldn’t even have the satisfaction of smashing glass screens, and to scatter tools all over in a symbolic gesture they would have first had to retrieve the carts all the way from the other end of the room, then open them. Too much trouble when there was still booze to be had from all those hastily-abandoned stills…
“This place reeks like a frathouse,” Myla said. “So Fritz just takes the place over, leaves it to his most irresponsible cronies, and we get to waltz back in and retake it with minimal time and effort.”
“I expected much more resistance as well,” Carrie-Anne said.
“Fritz must still be drinking his own kool-aid about Integrate superiority,” Rochelle theorized. “He didn’t think he’d need any more than a few simps to hold this place against anything norms could dish out.”
“And he thinks he hasn’t pissed off enough Inties yet that they’d care to take a hand,” Flint said. “He’ll soon find out he’s wrong about that.”
Ianau looked around the space. “Let’s get this Q-dust cleaned up before you de-Fuse. Flint, you game?”
“Willing to try. It’s more fine lifter control than I’ve done before,” the bear Integrate said.
“You’ll do fine, sarge,” Myla reassured him.
“I can help, too, if you show me what to do,” Zane said. “Never let it be said I didn’t do my share of the…light lifting.”
“Like what Quinoa did when she cleaned up Katie’s old DE shell,” Kaylee said, leaving unvoiced her concern about the missing sphinx. She wasn’t Kaylee’s favorite person, nor anybody else’s here, but she’d partly redeemed herself before her kidnapping. It still bothered Kaylee that she’d never had the chance to thank her for how she’d fixed Katie’s original body.
“Set your visual scanners for fine acuity,” Ianau said, the golden retriever’s eyes turning a deep purple. “Q has this spectral pattern.” He transmitted it to Flint and Zane.
“Right,” Zane said.
“And once you find some of it and get a feel for it, you can sort of reach out for anything that ‘feels’ like Q around you and lift it all at once. Like turning yourself into a magnet that only attracts qubitite dust,” Ianau continued. “It’s kind of hard to explain, but if you fiddle with it a little it’ll just click in a minute or two.”
“Repair crews launched, Zane,” Cernos reported. “ETA forty minutes.”
“Righto.” Zane held out his hands, peering at the floor and frowning in concentration. “I think…I get what you’re talking about. Q-dust kind of…tingles. Like pop rocks, only not on my tongue.”
“That’s quantum for you,” Ianau said, smirking. “It’ll tingle on your tongue, too, if you ever eat any.” He considered the bluish-tinged sand and grit on the floor thoughtfully. “I think there’s…oh…about two thousand mu worth of AA dust in this room, if I’m any judge. And I am. I was in the Uplift Assay Office.”
“Well, we are sitting right on top of a vein of the pure stuff,” Zane said. “I still don’t know exactly how my Dad found it.” He shook his head. “Anyway, let’s get it contained.” A haze formed in the air around him as qubitite dust wafted up off the floor, walls, and out of equipment.
Flint held the palms of his hands about ten centimeters apart, the dust streaming between them into a diffuse sphere. The bear Integrate’s brows were furrowed with concentration. “I…think I’ve got it.”
“Looking much better in here,” Ianau said. “Back into the green. No risk of contamination. Q dust in the lungs is nothing to sneeze at.”
“I think it’s more something to develop a hacking cough about,” Zane said, shrinking the cubic meters of dust around him into a little sphere the size of a golf ball.
“Keep those,” Ianau said. “Good money in them—or you could just eat it.”
Zane blinked at him. “Eat…qubitite? That’s the second time you’ve said something about that, so I guess you’re not joking…?”
“Our Integrate bodies treat it like a nutrient, in certain situations,” Ianau said. “Certain other minerals, as well, like the doping materials for sarium batteries. I can fill you in later.”
“Getting Q-dust out is normally a months-long job on a rig this size,” Rhianna said. “Just…don’t do too much, okay? The repair crews still need something to do,” she jibed with a grin.
Zane tossed the qubitite sphere up in the air, and it circled his head like a small moon. “I’ll bear that in mind.” He glanced at Flint. “So to speak.”
“You owe me a fish for that pun,” the bear Integrate said.
“Well, I’ll get you one,” Zane said, grinning at him. “Just bear with me.”
“Hey, if you’re hiring, I’m willing,” Flint said. “And make that two fish.”
“And you’ll charge all the market will…oh, all right, I’ll stop now.” He chuckled. “Seriously, if you want a job, you’re hired. You did good on this assault, and—” he glanced at Myla “—you’ve got great references. You can speak to my head of security when she gets here on one of those Starmasters—or see if my chief bodyguard has room for another Intie on the team.”
Myla chuckled. “I don’t think that will be a problem, if you can bear the terrible puns. See, now he’s got me doing it.” She grinned. “Welcome to the team, Flint.”
“Thanks, LT.” Flint matched her grin. “Looking forward to it, ma’am.”
Rhianna was looking critically at the equipment in the Repair Bay. It was of similar quality to the Freerider Garage’s, which she approved. The cradles looked in good condition with the dust now off of them. There were even several Fuser dummies like she recalled from Kaylee’s testing phase for accessing parts that could only be gotten to that way. The temperature still wasn’t quite ideal—still about 30C—but cool enough. It would go down further once they’d had the chance to de-dust the cooling fans and generators, which Zane was suggesting Flint and Ianau should do next. Then he glanced worriedly at Myla.
At a mutual nod, the women de-Fused from their RIDEs at the same time.
Sophie’s pelt didn’t shut off. As the fennec pulled away from her rider, hands and feet reconfiguring into paws, it was clear the light golden fur was indeed quite real. A few odd pieces of gear—almost fleshy—could be seen inside the RIDE’s frame before she closed up. The woman she revealed, on the other hand could have been Rhianna’s twin sister aside from her face, hair, and ears—and even then she had a fennec’s cold-and-wet nose like Rhianna’s feline version. Her build had formerly been slimmer and taller, but now she was exactly as short and well-rounded as Rhianna.
Zane projected a perfectly reflective two meter by two meter plane of hardlight in front of them so they could see themselves, and started to whimper a little.
One arm folded across her chest, Rhianna sighed before putting the other hand over her eyes.
“Lordy Lord Lordy,” Kaylee said, face-pawing herself.
“Oh my God!” Rochelle squealed, her voice abruptly cutting off as Uncia, undoubtedly showing a greater sense of self-preservation than her rider, stifled the incipient giggle before it could escape.
Rhianna just sighed, at a complete loss for words.
Myla looked at her reflection, then back at the lynx’s rider, then at herself again. She had no external signs of being a cyborg. No more than Rhianna herself did, at any rate. “Well, at least we can share clothes.”
“I…I think I’m hungry,” Sophie said. “Am I? Do I have a stomach now?”
“We should call Mike Munn,” Ianau suggested. “He and Tonto stayed like that for several years before they were finally fully Integrated.”
Zane groaned. “I am so sorry about this. Please don’t kill me. Or…please do kill me if it would make you feel better…it might make me feel better.”
“I’m…really not that upset,” Myla said. “Rhianna has a nice curvy figure, so I don’t mind sharing. But then again, maybe it isn’t me you need to worry about.”
Rhianna smiled predatorily at the tiger. “Okay, I understand. You have a crush on me. I don’t know how to feel about that—I’ve never been on the female end before. I—”
Myla tugged on the crossrider’s sleeve. “We need to chat, before you say anything else, okay?”
“Fine,” Rhianna said, shrugging. “Lead on, MacDuff.”
“Excuse us. We need to visit the Ladies Room,” Myla said.
“Uh, it’s that way,” Zane said in a small voice, pointing.
The Munn family home—the Aerie—was often written about in Zharusian architectural circles. Quinoa had visited it a few times over the years, before her Integration and after. The after was the problem more than anything. Until recently, Astranikki had been living with her family in secret. During that time, Quinoa had paid a visit to her daughter Wanda and rather arrogantly (being honest with herself) shut down her Integrate web boards in person. The same boards that had provided the knowledge the sphinx had used to escape captivity.
Dr. Sam Munn was currently in his male minotaur aspect, rather than the female panther shape in which she spent the other half of her life. He probed the paste clogging the sphinx’s DIN port. “I’ve never seen this material before. Tell me, has an Intie ever had a port damaged beyond repair?”
“They grow back, but it takes about a day. You could surgically remove it if need be,” Quinoa said between swallowing off-the-shelf AA-class sarium batteries and more normal human food. Her green flight feathers were even beginning to grow back—but by her own choice, no longer iridescent. It was time to grow up.
Sam shook his head slowly, still poking at the plugged DIN slot with a probe to judge how hard it was. “That’s a bit extreme. This is more of a mechanical problem than a biological one. Maybe we can drill out most of it, and try to scrape the rest off enough for you to heal. Instead of chopping the entire thing out.”
The Munns rivaled the Steaders in terms of quirkiness, but without the Crazy to go with it. Sam and Jason/Janet Munn swapped their RIDEs—and genders—every five years. Astranikki’s son, Tracy, had been one of the first civilians to use a dolphin. There was Nikki and her golden eagle Astra who had been a de-facto married couple even before they Integrated. The video of Nick’s Fuse proposal was often used in campaigns by RIDE rights groups. Then there was the family’s long reliance on IDEs, even after everybody else but Clint Brubeck had abandoned them for RIDEs.
I should’ve been a Munn instead, Quinoa considered. Satisfied, she pushed her plate back. “I’m sorry. I’m so, so, so sorry. I’ve done horrible things to you. I’ve acted like a…a prick. That’s what.” That was a word that supposedly applied to males, but this was Zharus, after all.
“Never thought you were acting,” Astranikki said, eyebrow raised.
“Well, I wasn’t,” Quinoa admitted. “There, I said it.”
Wanda studied the battered sphinx carefully from the other side of the table, her ears twitching as she thought. “Apology accepted. As long as you promise not to do it again.”
“I can do better than that.” Quinoa tapped the side of her head. “I have a lot of stuff in my head that’s useful. I never actually deleted anything Fritz told me to. I shut down more boards than just yours, Wanda. A lot more. What I’ve got are the results of a lot of basic research. As soon as I get an operational DIN, I’ll upload you a copy of everything.”
“You didn’t really delete it from us either. We just went deeper into the mesh and kept going. It’s harder for newbies to find us now, but it kept you guys in the dark too,” Wanda said, unable to resist boasting about how futile Quinoa’s attempt had been. “My hat may be white, but I hate bullies. When the need’s there, it can be as black as night.”
Crystal, Wanda’s RIDE, nuzzled Quinoa’s side. “Give us a call when you’ve got your DIN back, and we’ll send you the keys to the boards. Ashley’s teams would be interested in that research and your thoughts on it I’m sure,” the RIDE purred.
“Speaking of Ash, she’s already searching the boards, to try and find what that goop might be. It’s not as easy as it used to be since you shut us down, but if anyone has heard of anything, she’ll sniff it out,” Wanda added.
The sphinx seemed to melt under the unexpected feline affection. She stroked the snow leopardess between her ears. She strongly reminded her of Uncia, though she had a slightly smaller shell. “I will. Now, fill me in on what’s been happening since I screwed the pooch a week and a half ago.”
“Actually, there is one more thing you need to do before Ryan loads up the powerpoint,” Astranikki said, nodding to the pair of bats waiting at the breakfast bar. Normally, the family would have some of their members Fused, but they were all separated from their RIDEs, to not-so-subtly make a point.
Quinoa nodded, feeling sure-footed enough to stand up again. Peter Munn had been partnered with Vincent long enough that he looked more changed than many, and bats were one of those RIDE types that needed something like the wing membranes and a bat-like nose. She hugged Peter, then his RIDE. “Thank you. I’ll repay you both. You risked a lot going up against Cylon.”
Pete reddened, but his RIDE answered for them. “It vas nothing; ve do the orbital sky dive regularly. Vas goot to test those new routines too, and to see they vorked.”
“We had backups in case they didn’t,” Peter added. “But seeing that cat take off like his tail was on fire was sweet.”
“Right now, if there aren’t any more thank yous to go around, I believe someone requested a briefing.” Ryan, Wanda’s husband said. One wall lit up.
“Remember, hon, keep it brief,” Wanda added. “Nikki’s graduation is in two years and I don’t want to miss it.”
Ryan threw a roll at his wife, and the first news clip started.
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Transforming a product with a new packaging concept
Tipple Tails, a craft business founded by Jane Stammers, produces fruit cake gifts which are made with ingredients from local producers and local family businesses. Her products are widely sold in the UK.
Tipple Tails became aware that their product packaging was failing to protect their products on the shelf and was not luxurious or robust enough to enter the hamper market —so Jane turned to the Sheffield Innovation Programme for help.
Tipple Tails’ existing packaging had an artisanal feel, with all products being sold in a cellophane bag sealed with a tied tag label.
However, the nature of this packaging meant the product was not protected during transportation and failed to prolong its shelf life. While the packaging may have reflected the traditional roots of the product, an increase in the variety of flavours and sizes illustrated a need for a more professional packaging design.
The Sheffield Innovation Programme put Tipple Tails in touch with Design Futures, a commercially focused product and packaging design consultancy group based within Sheffield Hallam University.
Working closely with Tipple Tails, the Design Futures team developed a new packaging concept which addressed key elements including the hand illustrated logo, images and quality of finish.
The concept of the new packaging is simple — a handle closed carton that reveals enough of the bun casing to show the product without overexposure. The outer carton is a standardised design to keep the cost per unit to a minimum. However, the carton can hold 8 different product varieties in 2 product sizes due to using interchangeable platforms.
Tipple Tails have received great feedback from the new packaging design, which has led to a surge in orders from existing retailers and direct sales. They have also been able to implement a higher RRP for the product, due to its more luxurious appearance and clear differentiation from competitors. The revised packaging has made it possible to enter the lucrative festive hamper market which was previously off limits due to the high vulnerability to product damage.
A change in structural packaging design has reduced the level of transit damages by over 70% as a result of interchangeable platforms which remove space within the carton to protect smaller products.
The team also worked to increase the shelf life of Tipple Tails products by removing the process of sealing the bags with ties and using sealed product bags which has helped to maintain freshness. As a result, shelf life has been extended by 25%.
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Norman LaPorte speaks on Ernst Thaelmann – YouTube video
Talk given at the Institute of Working Class History, Chicago, 5 November 2011. Click this link to access.
Socialism and Secularism – talk by Terry Liddle
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South Place Ethical Soc (SPES) talk: Terry Liddle on Socialism & Secularlism – an uneasy relationship. Time: 11.00 a.m. Venue: Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London WC1. Admission £3.00 (£2.00 concessions) for non-SPES members. For further details click this link.
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2011 Deutscher Memorial Lecture
The Isaac and Tamara Deutscher Memorial Prize Committee, in conjunction with Historical Materialism present the 2011 Deutscher Memorial Lecture:
History versus Theory: a Commentary on Marx’s Method in Capital
Date: Friday, 11 November 2011
Location: Friends House, 173 Euston Road, London NW1 2BJ
Time: 1830-2030
Online pre-booking: £3
On the door price: £5
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Gyorgy Lukacs Library Project
György Lukács Library project: assistance sought
György Lukács was a fundamental figure in the development of twentieth-
century Marxist philosophy, theory of culture, and literary
criticism. His works have inspired radical Marxist thinkers from
Ernst Bloch and Walter Benjamin to Agnes Heller and Fredric Jameson.
Moreover, his critical and historical writings on the literary realism
played a crucial role in European literary politics from the 1930s to
the 1960s. He was already a key figure in Central European and German
cultural life prior to his turn to Marxism in 1919, a leader in the
1919 Hungarian Commune, a communist organizer, cultural politician,
ideologist, and scholar of renown. Subject to a persecutory “Lukács
debate” during the Stalinist dictatorship in Hungary in the early
1950s, he participated in the 1956 uprising and, following his arrest
and eventual return from Romania, was restricted in Hungary for the
remaining decade of his life to conducting his scholarship with a
limited circle of students and collaborators, despite his continuing
international influence and prestige. Throughout his extraordinary
six decades of intellectual, political, and cultural life, Lukács
wrote constantly, both in German and Hungarian, in forms ranging from
reviews, lectures, and polemics to major essays to full-scale studies,
including his monumental late aesthetics and ontology.
Although some of Lukács’s major works–such as History and Class
Consciousness and Theory of the Novel–have been long translated and
widely read, other of the major works have never seen translation into
English. This is true of a large number of major essays in German as
well, and of the Hungarian essays, few have even appeared in German,
much less English. There are well over 10,000 pages of Lukács’s work
that have never appeared in English translation; the already-
translated portion is thus only a fraction, which represents at best a
partial view of his thought and life work. Lukács’s constant
correspondence, speaking, and writing as he moved between Budapest,
Vienna, Berlin, and Moscow over the course of his adventurous life
also means that a substantial amount of his work was disseminated in
difficult-to-find periodicals, pamphlets, or books. Nor are even
existing English translations easy to access. Many of the earlier
translations of Lukács into English from the 1940s to the 1970s remain
out of print or mostly out of reach in limited distribution journals.
A project is underway to collect and bring out in English a large
amount of previously untranslated writing by Lukács, a “Lukács
library,” in the Historical Materialism book series at Brill
Publishers. The first volume, The Culture of People’s Democracy:
Hungarian Essays on Literature, Art, and Democratic Transition will
appear in 2012, and the translation of the first volume of The
Particularity of the Aesthetic has been initiated. Although we are
exploring grant and other funding, we presently have no financial
backing. Therefore we are seeking two kinds of assistance:
• Suggestions about how we might obtain funds for the project : Are
there cultural institutions, university translation offices,
government funded academic research programs or philanphropic
institutions which we could tap into, either on our own as project
editors or through your assistance and collaboration in the project?
• We would also like to solicit qualified translators who are
prepared to donate their efforts to the project. The translations will
be from German (the majority), Hungarian (a sizeable minority), and
Russian (a limited number) into English. The contribution of
translations of individual, shorter works as well as longer texts
would be appreciated. All translators will be acknowledged for their
contributions.
We would particularly like to hear from individual translators or a
small group of collaborators who would commit to realizing one of the
project volumes of the Lukács Library. I will be serving as series
editor and in many case also editing the individual volumes, providing
historical and critical introductions, annotations, and other
apparatus. However, if anyone would like to participate in an
editorial or co-editorial role as well, I am open to discussing the
possibility of editorial collaboration on particular volumes. We are
interested in getting several volumes into print at the earliest date
possible, to help gain institutional support for the project and to
make an impact on current discussions with an influx of previously
unavailable Lukács writings.
If you are interested in assisting with this project, please get in
touch with me.
Tyrus Miller
tyrus@ucsc.edu
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New Topotactic Derivatives of the Open-Framework Semiconductor KBi 3 S 5 via a Low-Temperature Solid-State Ion-Exchange Route
Konstantinos Chondroudis, Mercouri G. Kanatzidis
A new low-temperature solid-state ion-exchange route has been used to ion-exchange KBi 3 S 5 . The new method allows the solid-solid ion-exchange of the K + ions for the smaller cations Li + and Na + , as well as for the NH + 4 at the remarkably low temperature regime of 110-130°C. The topotactically ion-exchanged seriesA x K 1-x Bi 3 S 5 (A=Li, Na, and NH 4 ) was prepared and characterized by powder X-ray diffraction, differential scanning calorimetry, differential thermal analysis, thermal gravimetric analysis, semiquantitative microprobe analyses, solid-state UV/vis/near-IR spectroscopy, and variable-temperature solid-state 7 Li NMR spectroscopy.
Journal of Solid State Chemistry
https://doi.org/10.1006/jssc.1998.7812
10.1006/jssc.1998.7812
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Chondroudis, K., & Kanatzidis, M. G. (1998). New Topotactic Derivatives of the Open-Framework Semiconductor KBi 3 S 5 via a Low-Temperature Solid-State Ion-Exchange Route Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 136(2), 328-332. https://doi.org/10.1006/jssc.1998.7812
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Chondroudis, K & Kanatzidis, MG 1998, ' New Topotactic Derivatives of the Open-Framework Semiconductor KBi 3 S 5 via a Low-Temperature Solid-State Ion-Exchange Route ', Journal of Solid State Chemistry, vol. 136, no. 2, pp. 328-332. https://doi.org/10.1006/jssc.1998.7812
Chondroudis K, Kanatzidis MG. New Topotactic Derivatives of the Open-Framework Semiconductor KBi 3 S 5 via a Low-Temperature Solid-State Ion-Exchange Route Journal of Solid State Chemistry. 1998 Mar;136(2):328-332. https://doi.org/10.1006/jssc.1998.7812
Chondroudis, Konstantinos ; Kanatzidis, Mercouri G. / New Topotactic Derivatives of the Open-Framework Semiconductor KBi 3 S 5 via a Low-Temperature Solid-State Ion-Exchange Route In: Journal of Solid State Chemistry. 1998 ; Vol. 136, No. 2. pp. 328-332.
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title = " New Topotactic Derivatives of the Open-Framework Semiconductor KBi 3 S 5 via a Low-Temperature Solid-State Ion-Exchange Route ",
abstract = " A new low-temperature solid-state ion-exchange route has been used to ion-exchange KBi 3 S 5 . The new method allows the solid-solid ion-exchange of the K + ions for the smaller cations Li + and Na + , as well as for the NH + 4 at the remarkably low temperature regime of 110-130°C. The topotactically ion-exchanged seriesA x K 1-x Bi 3 S 5 (A=Li, Na, and NH 4 ) was prepared and characterized by powder X-ray diffraction, differential scanning calorimetry, differential thermal analysis, thermal gravimetric analysis, semiquantitative microprobe analyses, solid-state UV/vis/near-IR spectroscopy, and variable-temperature solid-state 7 Li NMR spectroscopy.",
author = "Konstantinos Chondroudis and Kanatzidis, {Mercouri G.}",
doi = "10.1006/jssc.1998.7812",
journal = "Journal of Solid State Chemistry",
T1 - New Topotactic Derivatives of the Open-Framework Semiconductor KBi 3 S 5 via a Low-Temperature Solid-State Ion-Exchange Route
AU - Chondroudis, Konstantinos
N2 - A new low-temperature solid-state ion-exchange route has been used to ion-exchange KBi 3 S 5 . The new method allows the solid-solid ion-exchange of the K + ions for the smaller cations Li + and Na + , as well as for the NH + 4 at the remarkably low temperature regime of 110-130°C. The topotactically ion-exchanged seriesA x K 1-x Bi 3 S 5 (A=Li, Na, and NH 4 ) was prepared and characterized by powder X-ray diffraction, differential scanning calorimetry, differential thermal analysis, thermal gravimetric analysis, semiquantitative microprobe analyses, solid-state UV/vis/near-IR spectroscopy, and variable-temperature solid-state 7 Li NMR spectroscopy.
AB - A new low-temperature solid-state ion-exchange route has been used to ion-exchange KBi 3 S 5 . The new method allows the solid-solid ion-exchange of the K + ions for the smaller cations Li + and Na + , as well as for the NH + 4 at the remarkably low temperature regime of 110-130°C. The topotactically ion-exchanged seriesA x K 1-x Bi 3 S 5 (A=Li, Na, and NH 4 ) was prepared and characterized by powder X-ray diffraction, differential scanning calorimetry, differential thermal analysis, thermal gravimetric analysis, semiquantitative microprobe analyses, solid-state UV/vis/near-IR spectroscopy, and variable-temperature solid-state 7 Li NMR spectroscopy.
U2 - 10.1006/jssc.1998.7812
DO - 10.1006/jssc.1998.7812
JO - Journal of Solid State Chemistry
JF - Journal of Solid State Chemistry
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Gigabit Fiber Internet
We’ve had a security incident affecting…
Wed May 30 15:31:08 PDT 2001 — We’ve had a security incident affecting bolt.sonic.net, our unix shell server. No other servers or services appear to be affected. We’re aware of 126 remote user account logins and passwords were captured during the break-in, but all recent unix shell users should review any remote hosts they use for signs of abuse.
The shell server is our most vulnerable server due to the nature of interactive shell services. With this in mind, it’s been designed to limit the scope of potential damage due to an intrusion. It has no passwords on board; authentication is done remotely via RADIUS. The shell server also has no customer records of any sort. The shell server is a non-trusted component of the network, and lives on it’s own private network segment to prevent network sniffing. Additionally, NFS filesystems are mounted ‘squashed’, so that there are zero privileges on those filesystems housing end-user files.
The user names and passwords which were captured were from a trojaned version of the ‘ssh’ client binary. If you’ve used ssh from bolt toward a remote system in the past few weeks, your username and password on the remote system you connected to may be compromised. Notification emails are being sent to the affected remote accounts, plus the security address at the remote site. Telephone notification has already been made to any remote sites for which a ‘root’ or ‘admin’ password was captured.
Connecting to remote systems via a public shell server is a “Bad Idea” from a security perspective. Please use caution and common sense – if you need to establish a remote session, it should be done directly from your workstation to the remote host.
We’re sorry about any inconvenience this has caused the affected unix shell users. We’re committed to continuing to provide shell services, and we will work to assure that bolt.sonic.net remains secure on an ongoing basis. Please post to news:sonic.os.unix if you have any additional questions.
-Dane, Scott, Eli, Nathan, Kelsey, Steve and Russ
We have put up new web-enabled versions of…
Wed May 30 13:33:13 PDT 2001 — We have put up new web-enabled versions of ping, traceroute and mtr at stats.sonic.net/cgi-bin/icmp.cgi We’ve also replaced the respective binaries on bolt with scripts that gateway your queries to the web enabled tools to provide basic icmp troubleshooting from the shell server. Note that ‘screen’ is still unavailable for security reasons. -Kelsey and Dane
We just had to reboot one of the three USR TC
Tue May 29 12:06:25 PDT 2001 — We just had to reboot one of the three USR TC hubs that handles the 522-1003 dial-up group. One of it’s line cards had been generating repeated errors interfering with the ability for users to successfully connect. Reseting the single card did not resolve the problem, nor did taking the card out of service. The only other choice we had was to reboot it. It appears to be up and taking calls just fine now. The box had been exhibiting this failure for about 10 minutes before we had it services restored. -Eli, Russ and Chris.
The ATM network appears to have returned to…
Fri May 25 11:40:58 PDT 2001 — The ATM network appears to have returned to normal. Customers started coming back online gradually between 10:15 and 11:30, and we have no outstanding problems at this time. – Support
Update – new trouble has affected the PVCs serving BroadLink’s customers.
Pacific Bell’s ATM network is experiencing…
Fri May 25 09:50:40 PDT 2001 — Pacific Bell’s ATM network is experiencing serious problems right now, specifically in the LATA that covers North Western California. This affects Pacific Bell ADSL customers, and FRATM T1 customers. Pacific Bell has not given us an estimated time of repair, but they are working as quickly as possible to correct this massive outage. – The Sonic OPS/Support Team
Bolt upgrade.
Fri May 25 16:23:45 PDT 2001 — Bolt upgrade. Our shell server, Bolt.sonic.net, is running a new kernel. We have also upgraded several servers on our network with the same kernel. Ping, traceroute, ssh, mtr, and screen are all back in service on Bolt. More details regarding the importance of this upgrade will be posted to the MOTD within the next week or so. -Scott, Dane, Dustin, Steve
Pacific Bell’s statewide ATM network is still
Fri May 25 15:24:20 PDT 2001 — Pacific Bell’s statewide ATM network is still having some very significant problems. Our own statistics show that about 25% of our PacBell connected DSL customers are currently offline. Here’s the statement from PacBell, including the timeline for repairs.
We’ve experienced a hardware failure within select Lucent ATM switches. Your ATM service may be affected during the restoration process. Service will be brought down shortly after 12:01 a.m. PDT Saturday, May 26. All service should be restored by approximately 6:00 a.m. PDT Saturday, May 26. As this is a progressive restoration process, expected down time may be up to 8 hours. Service restoration to ISPs will receive very high priority, behind emergency services and banks. Every effort will be made to minimize down time.
In the event an ATM circuit serving a DSL application is affected, DSL end users may need to re-boot their equipment upon restoration.
We were told by a PacBell rep that somewhere around a million DSL customers in California have been affected by this huge PacBell outage. Sonic.net will work to assure that PacBell resolves the issues affecting our customers as quickly as possible.
Note that Sonic.net and BroadLink have build a backup link to resolve this issue for BroadLink connected customers, freeing them from PacBell’s currently broken network. Note also that all DSL accounts include dialup access for backup purposes, so you may dialup in situations like this one. See our support page for dialup numbers and setup. -David and Dane
Pacific Bell’s ATM network problems caused…
Fri May 25 13:23:26 PDT 2001 — Pacific Bell’s ATM network problems caused all BroadLink customers to go offline. While Pacific Bell works to repair their issues, we’ve reconfigured for a physical cross connection from BroadLink’s cabinet colocated in our data center over to a spare interface on our RedBack SMS 1800.
Pacific Bell reports that many customers are being affected state-wide, and it was great to have a quick contingency plan in place in case of trouble. As Anne Robinson of the BBC would say, “Pacific Bell, you are the weakest link. Good bye.”
We will schedule some brief downtime in the future to migrate back onto Pacific Bell’s network once it’s stable. -Eli, Scott, Dane and Shane R. (BroadLink)
We’ve made some software changes on the shell
Thu May 24 22:33:36 PDT 2001 — We’ve made some software changes on the shell server which have broken a few utilities temporarily. The items which are currently unavailable include ping, traceroute, ssh and screen.
Sorry for the inconvenience, we will work to get these back online shortly. Please use your own workstation for these tools in the mean time.
In other shell server news, we found that a cable was causing some network errors, causing slow performance, particularly with NFS recently. After some investigation, the cable has been replaced, and we’re back up to full speed. -Dane, Scott and Nathan (the cool cable sleuth)
We will be performing maintenance on the 1003
Thu May 24 20:55:43 PDT 2001 — We will be performing maintenance on the 1003 dialup group this evening starting at 11:30pm. Some users who are connected to the 1003 dialup number may be disconnected. The window for this work is between 11:30pm and 12:30am. This maintenance includes moving a number of T1 PRI circuits from copper to our fiber facilities.
Update: All completed. -Steve and Kevan
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BKN - Banknotes statistics
Title BKN - Banknotes statistics
Data source National Central Banks (NCBs) and ECB
Contact email address Statistical Information Request form
Dataset last update in SDW 2020-11-16 10:00:00
Catalog Download the series catalogue of the dataset BKN in CSV format, i.e. full list of series and associated metadata: Excel 2013 (zipped) or the earlier Excel versions.
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Institutional mandate - data sharing For euro area and non-euro area Member States, the ECB collects data directly from the National Central Banks.
Legal acts and other agreements Principal legislation — banknotes:
Decision of the European Central Bank of 19 April 2013 on the denominations, specifications, reproduction, exchange and withdrawal of euro banknotes (recast) (ECB/2013/10) (2013/211/EU)
Guideline on the enforcement of measures to counter non-compliant reproductions of euro banknotes and on the exchange and withdrawal of euro banknotes (ECB/2003/5) (2003/206/EC), March 2003
Principal legislation — coins:
Council Regulation (EU) No 729/2014 of 24 June 2014 on denominations and technical specifications of euro coins intended for circulation (Recast);
Council Regulation (EC) No 2182/2004 of 6 December 2004 concerning medals and tokens similar to euro coins;
Council Regulation (EC) No 2183/2004 of 6 December 2004 extending to the non-participating Member States the application of Regulation (EC) No 2182/2004 concerning medals and tokens similar to euro coins
Data presentation - Summary description Banknotes statistics refer to data on outstanding amounts (stocks) and transactions (flows) of euro banknotes and coins
Data presentation - Detailed description Banknotes statistics refer to data on outstanding amounts (stocks) and transactions (flows) of euro banknotes and coins, divided into: issued into circulation, returned from circulation, sorted to check authenticity & fitness and sorted to unfit during the reporting period. The dataset includes also data on collector coins issued net of collector coins returned. Data on the number of NCBs and commercial banks branches which provides cash related services are also included.
For non-euro area Member States, banknotes and coins in circulation as well as Collector Coins are provided.
The ECB closely monitors the stock and circulation of euro banknotes and coins. It is the Eurosystem’s task to ensure a smooth and efficient supply of euro banknotes and to maintain their integrity. Euro banknotes and coins first came into circulation on 1 January 2002, replacing national currencies. Today, euro banknotes and coins are legal tender in 16 of the 27 Member States of the European Union.
For the euro area Member States: banknotes and coins are available in ‘thousands’ of euro or as a pure number (quantities).For non-euro area Member States: banknotes and coins are available in ‘thousands’ of national currency units, for each country.
Reference area coverage EU 27
Time coverage For euro area Member States, the ECB publishes data on a monthly basis (around the 12th working day). Data on cash logistics are published at semi-annual frequency. Time series start from January 2002.
For non-euro area Member States, the ECB collects banknotes and coins data as part of the “payments statistics” reporting framework. This data collection takes place in Q3 of each year, and publication takes place the same year, in mid-September. Time series start from January 2000.
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Frequency of data collection Monthly
Statistical concepts and definitions For information about the naming convention (series key dimensions and metadata), refer to the BKN underlying DSD (ECB_BKN1) maintained by the ECB.
Valuation Stock and flow for euro area Member States; stocks only for non-euro area Member States.
Stocks data refer to the amount outstanding at the end of the reporting period; flows data refer to the cumulated amount. Both items are denominated in thousands of pieces (for series of quantities) and in thousand of Euro or thousands of national currency units (for series of values).
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Adjustment Data are not seasonally adjusted.
Quality management Banknotes
Quality is ensured by means of a comprehensive legal framework included in:
Release policy For euro area Member States, the ECB publishes data on a monthly basis (around the 12th working day). Data on cash logistics are published at semi-annual frequency. Time series start from January 2002.
Dissemination format Statistical Data Warehouse (SDW) and ECB website
Dissemination format - publications For euro area data, no press release takes place.
For non-euro area data, a press release in Q3 of each year announces the publication of the latest data and revisions.
Metadata last update 30/OCT/2020 12:10:49
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Title Complement Euro area (changing composition) - Issued - number of banknotes/coins put into circulation - Coins - All denominations - All design series - Flow - denominated in Euro
Series Key BKN.M.U2.IS10.C.ALLD.AS.F.E
ECB Last update 2021-01-15 10:00:00.0
Unit Thousands of Euro
Reference area Euro area (changing composition) (U2)
Collection indicator Summed through period (S)
Decimals Zero (0)
Title Issued - Number of banknotes/coins put into circulation in Euro Area
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36 Burst results for "Three Hundred Pounds"
Skip and Shannon: Undisputed
Los Angeles Rams, Green Bay Packers Preview: Goff To Start At Lambeau Field
"When i look at the rams i trust everything about the rams except the guy is going to have the ball in his hands. More time than anybody else. That jerry golf. He's a turnover. He's an accident waiting to happen and he's playing with a fractured thumb and the cold weather. And so i believe the packers defense although the not great i believe they can a few turtles out of him. Be a fumble or interceptions. Now aaron donald aaron says he feels great. Aaron donald play with a torn cartilage. Not me i had. That injury are in my ribs door to rip cartilage. Yup i tore my my real ended up when came loose my real extra protrudes a little bit now because there's not intact because the cartilage was torn. It was painful now. I don't know if anybody's ever had that skip. But sudden movements and aaron don lizzy sudden guy giving out a tooth gap and guy and even if he was. I mean just that third to feel that you don't realize how much you use your core until injure and then you realize the simple things brush not putting on your clothes brushing your hair. Imagine trying to play. Nfl football tried to move with three hundred pound man against wheel. Now you've got two hundred. Three hundred pounds man tried to move you against your will so it's going to be interesting to see not no. He's going to get the medication in there and and to calm it down in. So he's going to be very interesting. He might hip. Injury might not be as severe as my he might be able to tolerate more pain the not cooler. But that's not a very pleasant injury to play with in given that and everybody looking for the matchup everybody everybody would talk about. You know what they already talked about. Seventeen versus twenty. They will see jalen ramsey devante. Now i'm not sure how much jalen is going to travel now. I'm sure what jalen lineup was. I don't know if you've got to follow him in the slot. I don't know if he's probably left or right. But i've loved to see that. Because i know at some point in time. He's gonna have to come out on the side of with jason's zone and everybody wants to see that matchup.
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01:01 min | 8 hrs ago
Fresh update on "three hundred pounds" discussed on Bulletproof Radio
"There are also changes in your gut bacteria that are really like. I'm the generation we will raise in the time of. You know girls would go on diet and They would start themselves and then when they started eating again then we put on weight. So have you addressed. That is that not true. Well it doesn't work that way with fasting at all and here's why it's not true when you go on a low calorie low fat diet. The way i did for eighteen months working out six days a week. And i still didn't lose weight or when i was early twenties. Something mean happens. It is torture and in fact there are studies of torture during this where it makes people crazy and it makes you Ungrounded and it makes you angry and it makes you tired and you can't remember stuff and you get brain fog but you know you wanna look certain way you want control over yourself it. That happens in part because when you cut calories and use exercise what. I call the book seco calories in calories out. It's a very bad model for dining. What happens is that you have a hunger set point set by a hormone called ghrelin and that hunger set point is fixed at your fat. Wait and you can lose weight via this old fashioned dieting that we're talking about you know eating only lettuce and let's say that i weighed three hundred pounds and i got myself down to two hundred seventy pounds. Well now. i stopped dieting. But i have the hunger levels of three interviews person and inevitably the next two months. I'm still hungry all the time. You're going to eat when you're hungry now if you can raise key tones in the body just a little bit. You don't have to go on akito our diet in fact the amount of brain octane. Mcat oil that people put on their bulletproof. Coffee is usually enough to get their levels of keaton's up two point five normally. If you're on akito diet your levels are two or three on the little finger stick. So if it's point five your body's set point for hunger will change your grell insensitivity changes and all the sudden. You have the hunger in that case of two hundred and seventy pounder instead of a three hundred pounder. So changing your set point to your current bodyweight happens with low levels of ketosis. Now if you use the fasting hacks in fastest way you actually okay. I it an early dinner. I had four hours before bed. I slept for eight hours. Got twelve hours of fasting. Go another four or six hours. Wait till lunch to eat. And if the fasting hacks that morning black coffee unreal proof coffee. Those two will raise your key tones up enough so that it resets your hunger levels to your current body weight and the side effect of that is it'll drop gremlin which makes you really hungry and think about food all the time and it'll raise a hormone called c c k or closest. Oh kind which makes you feel full so now instead of someone puts the donuts out at ten. Am look everybody. I brought donuts today. Normally when i was heavy. I'd look at those men. I'm not gonna donuts state but the glaze one looks really good and eventually you'd half the glazed donut. And yuck why did i do that. But if instead they put the donuts out and you go. I don't know so delicious. But i'm not hungry. I just don't want one and it's very freeing. There's a one of my favorite studies from the book showed that fifteen percent of the average person's thoughts are about. What's for their next meal. And if you're a heavy person like i was or you have blood. Sugar regulation issues. It's probably closer to thirty or forty fifty percent of your thoughts tacos doughnuts. Oh is that candy and it's just constantly there and it distracts you from your life. Well if you had a job to do and you had parenting do well. You're doing your job as is the case for most people. Now what if you got those fifteen percent of your thoughts back to do something else. That's really cool but it has to do with manipulating those two hormones and just sleeping for eight hours can raise your key tones a little bit. Having earlier. dinner is a little bit caffeine. The amount in two small cups of coffee doubles your ketone production. And the mcat oil. That's in bulletproof coffee. Quadruples ketone production so suddenly you're up to levels where yeah my neurons are happy. I have the laser like focus. That people usually fast in a cave for two days to get. I got it the first morning. But most importantly i didn't think about pizza even once before lunch. And that's been freeing for me is fascinating had us the day. When i had donuts this morning to tell me that story just robinson dave okay. Thanks a lot seriously. Donut donut holes. I blame my husband and my children. Then the now i feel like committing a crime feeding may children donuts. But that doesn't normally happen. It happens every now and then we can celebrate eating junk food. And the magic is when you have highly resilient metabolism. I can eat donuts if i really want to. And my blood. Sugar doesn't go crazy. It does go up but then it goes right back down the way it's supposed to and i can walk away except the gluten still messes with me but but generally speaking a flexible metabolism can handle. Some sugar is still a good for you but it doesn't knock you out. It doesn't make you gain a bunch of weight and it doesn't make you crave food and training designed by the way it did for me before so all right you got some donuts. No problem as long as you're not paying for them for the next three days. Which is what happens when your metabolism is broken. A so now. Let's go back to the cave for me. Just because it's it's pretty much an extraordinary at thing that you did and to most people you know the idea of being with out food is one thing but being without food in the middle of nowhere alone in a cave. is a whole 'nother level of crazy from you. That's an honor What i though about that story. And i would only do that if just approved to myself that if dave can do it i can do it. But at.
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What John Thompson Meant To DC
"What was it like for you to cover John Thompson and the Hoyas as a young reporter? What were your interactions with him like? It was. You know it was an education was twenty, three, twenty, four years old and that was my first beat but John was a handful. As you can imagine, and he controlled everything we control the player access you controlled access to himself and draw the program, and so John was someone that you You had to kind of meet on his terms. Can you describe he was six foot ten? He was just this literally and figuratively massive figure. Can you describe what it? was like to be in his presence well, I mean look any six, ten, three, hundred, pound guy is going to have a certain amount of power to him. You know he wasn't nimble I won't say he was Nimble but he certainly had the meeting of former athlete and you know he had a big loud booming voice nothing had happened by accident I had no intentions of being a basketball court. I. Wanted To be a teacher basically social worker kind of person freelance. Knew. How to use his size and his voice to great effect and I, was not the recipient of John's paint peeling yelling as as the players often were but they will tell you that there was just there was just nothing like it when he really was angry and was coming after you about a mistake, you made a decision you made. He certainly tilted the room when he came in when their buzzer went off and they said it's over. We didn't stay up and down the hallway and talk with people kissing is just so we can get a good article written about us he coach during the glory days of the Big East what do you remember most about his team's and just the style and the way that they played? Well, the frenetic full court pressure was their thing. To set up an impressed. Retract. Very physical teams anybody that came into the pink dot hit, and that's just the way that they had always played. Here. And that leads to a lot of confrontations. A couple of pretty bad fights. But a lot of grabbing and holding things like that. And that's just the way that they had always played in obviously worked for them. David you're born and raised DC. Can you talk about what John? Thomson and the Georgetown Program? Men's to people in DC and in particular to black basketball fans in the city DC was like a lot of cities in the eighties dealing with a lot of different stuff that was that was very difficult. The year is only sixty days old during that time. There have now been ninety-two homicides here in the District of Columbia last year sixty to eighty percent of the murders in the nation's capital, we're listed as drug related. You had the explosion of crack cocaine in DC in in the mid eighties just devastated whole swath of the community and you had Marion Berry who was this incredibly polarizing figure, and this is before his drug problems came to bear. He was polarizing well before then because he insisted that these rich white guys that tended to run the city hire black people all the people who only know Marion Barry through the nasty headlines in the videotape of crack cocaine. Don't know extraordinary work. He did in this in Washington to open up the doors of government to the black people of Washington you're shutout for years decades, and then you have this presidential era of Reagan, where there was a lot of hostility towards cities, there was a lot of cutting a city services. There was a lot of emnity towards people that were on welfare and they've perception that raking perpetuated was that all these people are welfare cheats and they're not in their bums and you're not working for a living perhaps the most insidious effect of welfare is it's usurpation of the role of provider. Public assistance for a single mother can amount to much more than the usual income of a minimum wage job. In other words, it can pay for her to quit work. These competing forces, all kind of colliding with one another in the city in the early eighties in the mid eighties and into that Maelstrom, you have this basketball team. That is good enough to win a national championship in one, thousand, nine, hundred, four. Jobs. The I ask championship. And then notice that the team is mostly black eleven of the twelve guys or thirteen or fourteen guys that get your attention in one, thousand, nine, hundred, eighty, three, or eighty four you know rap videos late eighties is a Lotta Georgetown starter jackets in those videos. was torn concept had long hair and short baby came in national programs to the point where a lot of black people thought. Georgetown was an HP. Come to the. Question to see hundred. So there was this kind of interesting blend. Wall Street types and judges, and fortune five hundred CEO's with the people that cleaned the offices and drove the buses rooting for the same team and it was gonNA. Kinda, cold because it kind of it helped bring the city together in ways that really only the football team had done previously and it brought a lot of pride to the city as as a six. They were proving that black kids from inner city high schools could go to Georgetown and do work. They could do the work and that was a source of immense pride to people in DC Thomson was, of course, the first black basketball coach to win a national championship. But David you've written about how Thompson would bristle when asked about that accomplishment. Why did he? Take exception to that question will John would always say is that the question implied that he was the first black coach who who had the qualifications to win a national championship I'm not interested in being the first and only black do anything because it implies that in Nineteen eighty-four, a black man finally became intelligent enough to win NCAA, title and that's very misleading. And that was John's way of saying you know you need to understand the history of coaching. There was a lot more deferential treatment provided to white coaches for for decades and coaches like Adolph rupp that didn't recruit black players. was hostile toward black players. So that was John's way of saying you know do your homework. In nineteen, eighty nine. He famously walked off the court before a game to protest an NCWA rules that he felt disproportionately affected black students. undercurrent NCWA rules students can qualify for athletic scholarships by scoring seven hundred out of a possible sixteen hundred on the College Board Sat test fifteen out of thirty six on the act or with a two point average and certain. Subjects proposition forty two would require athletes to have both. What did he? What did he say about that? John's position was that both the sat scores and your grade point average could be impacted adversely due to the educational disparities present throughout public schools at the time black has weren't being taught the things that were on the sat. He made his point that you know these tests should not be the end all and be all in terms of determining whether or not a kid was smart enough to go into college. Moment existence and I. started into school that I would not been dotted with an opportunity to get a college education myself. He was recruiting kids that play but also kids that can do the work. So it was not as much an issue for him in terms of recruiting it was more the bigger picture of. Are we going to allow these tests to determine whether black kids can get into colleges and then they finally wound up modifying prop forty two as a result of it.
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Seattle Now
Orca who carried her dead calf for 1,000 miles is pregnant
"Pregnancies are good news for the southern resident killer whales and right now, it looks like there are three whales including j thirty five who could give birth. But there's a long way to go today. We're GONNA talk about the lives of these orcas and our complicated relationship with them here to do that with us is Linda makes she's the environment reporter at the Seattle Times Linda. Thanks for joining us. Thank you, Trish. So give us a quick recap on J. Thirty five for people who weren't here maybe when her calf died. So J thirty five or Takuma really is the ORCA whale who changed the conversation about this very small population of whales and very sadly trish as I talked to today that population is even smaller than it was two years ago when she gave birth to a female calf and it live for only one half hour, and then she did something that scientists know these animals do as well as other, very, highly intelligent. Socially, bonded animals they grieve and she just refused to let that baby go. Now, this calf is probably six feet. Long weighs about three hundred pounds, and for seventeen days, she just refused to let it go and she had to decide to retire. She went down for breath to pick it up once again and carry it some more, and it really did touch the hearts. People around the world and even though these southern resident orcas have been listed as dangerous since two thousand and five. Suddenly people really did understand for the first time, just how fragile they are, and the fact that these aren't just random black and white wildlife. These are families with very, very close bonds. And why do you think that we feel so attached to these orca because I grew up in the Eighties and Wales were such a big deal. You know every girl had little whale necklace and why do we feel so attached I'm gonNA, make a sound for you inherit comes. That is sound of a whale breathing. They are mammals like us, and that's sound when you hear it, it's like a sound from the beginning of the world. It's It's a magnificent presence to be with these whales and you and you understand as you observe their family bond says, you see the way they take care of one another. You know they're so superior to people they. They have brilliant diplomacy. They share space in the ocean without ever warring or committing any acts of aggression against one another. They've families together for life. It's really quite remarkable and they've been around don't forget this for six million years as a species. So these are in every way our elders and mentors for how to run a successful society and don't forget this. They were doing just fine until we showed up. How do we raise up the cause of the ORCA of the environment here without doing the thing that we tend to do a lot of as humans, which is just the help that hurts, how do we walk that line? Actually, this is easier than ever I mean, let's remember how we got to know these southern resident whales. Well, it was the capture era which by the way was not that long ago. Free, willy. Oh. Yeah. Anybody could go out and catch themselves a killer whale for an aquarium or for that matter, sell it for profit anouar in the world until as recently as are you ready Nineteen, seventy six. So wow, that's really recent. Recent and the only while who've had survived that time is still alive and she's still at the Miami Seaquarium and the fiftieth anniversary of her capture and Penn cove is on August seventh. Wow. This is recent time and ironically it was through seeing these so-called killer whales up close in captivity and realizing their incredible intelligence and they're gentle personalities that people went through a whole change in their understanding about these animals and today they're not only revered but protected and I said it's easier than ever to love these animals without loving them to death God look at what you can watch the documentary footage that's out there to enjoy these animals is so much. Better than anything that has ever been available. The amount of knowledge we have about them is superb growing by the day and you know you can watch them from shore. The idea that you need to spend the money by the way and get on a boat. Go after them. You know that's not the only way to enjoy these whales and I think that it's important to. Show some restraint and also some respect for their space. So. J thirty five is pregnant. Again, this is a good sign but two thirds of pregnancies in this population are lost. I learned this lesson with birds in my backyard last year in a nest so. This is not the time for a baby shower. We have a long way to go here. That's so well said. I would think about it. This way this time to hold space for these oils to hold them in your mind and think about what you can do to help whether it's something that might feel small but adds up such as be involved in local land use decisions in your community. That's where all this getting decided about how much of the puget sound lowlands we retain and how much we pay of over. You know these tedious things that we don't think matter like Oh, the king, county flood control district. Well, you know what they're up to. They're thinking about the future of the Green. River. which is upstream from the Duwamish, the green flows into the duwamish Seattle's only river. It's very important Salmon River for the whales and so things like paying attention to what's the local flood district doing what is going on in my local community? By Way of development? All of these things make a difference especially if all of us do. and. Read learn about these animals become informed. Educate Yourself. You know there are lots of ways to get involved and stay involved and play heart in whether. Tele. Calf actually. Does get born and does survive. To me, that's our work song as a region. May Her next calf with? So J thirty five. How will scientists track her pregnancy? Will very remotely fortunately. The scientists who do this work are John, Durbin? And Holly Fehrenbach, and they're they're a team of scientists who came up with a new method. using drones to photograph these Wales from at least one hundred, few of them and remote Louis activated. So they're far from the whales. So nowhere near them, the whales don't seem to show any notice of these drums when they're flying. And they take suspect hack your pictures, and there's something about the angle from above That's very different from a boat. You can see not only the shape of the whales. You can watch their behavior, their families. I. Make It takes your breath away and it is an entirely new view of the lives of these Wales and when it comes to keep track of j thirty five and the other pregnant whales. They're going to do is take another peek in September. DID THEY FATTEN UP? Did they pump up or are they going into winter in good shape? Are they look stressed or are they looking skinny? Most importantly with regard to her? Is She nice fat around? They'd like to see her a lot rounder in September than she is now for early in her pregnancy, these whales carry their babies, believe it or not for eighteen eighteen months Linda I read that and I thought. Oh. My Gosh Holy. Mackerel A. And actually then the real work starts because they've got to feed not only themselves, but they've got a lactate and that's a very, very high fat milk. So she's got her work cut out for her so they'll immature September and we will all cross our fingers that she's even bigger. And then you know she's either. Going to be carrying another kappa which time. I, don't know what I'll do. Or, we'll see her romping with a baby. You know We'll see what happens next I. do think that we ought to kind of hold our breath. A little bit chances are are high that things won't go well, but it doesn't mean that she couldn't surprise us and we might have some more good news. Let's remember there have been two berths to southern residents and let's remember Linda are bar for hope, is pretty low. Sleep. Vote through. Isn't it for the? Thought, I'd get a good peach these days and I'm just thrilled. Good Peach. Tomato. I'm good.
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The Great Escapes with Life Death and Taxonomy
"If you've been staying inside as much as possible these past few months. That's a little easier to do now that the summer heat has fully set in your probably anxious to get out to fly the coop as it were. Animals who can fly should be getting out of zoos all the time. It would stand to reason. Though. usually therein enclosures netting across them, or they've had their wings clipped. That's a process of trimming off birds largest flight feathers, so they can't get enough. Lift when they flap which I'm probably going to end up doing to our backyard chickens if they don't knock off the free ranging. Birds generally stay in captivity pretty well, but of course there are exceptions to the rule or I wouldn't have brought it up. In two thousand, five and African Flamingo managed to get away from the Sedgwick county sue in Kansas. A massive search was launched, but The crabs backup singer was nowhere to be found. Until two thousand thirteen, when he was spotted, six hundred and fifty miles away on the Gulf coast of Texas among a flock of wild local flamingos. Bird watcher named Neil Hayward have been able to confirm the flamingos identity by the numbered band on his leg and offered to help recapture it. The Zoo essentially said I'm not even mad. I'm impressed and told the folks in Texas to leave the Flamingo to his new life with a mate who had herself escaped from a Mexican Nature Reserve. Anyone who's dealt with a parrot knows that they're too clever by half, and that certainly applies to Cuba the mccaw a resident of Vancouver's Zoos Parrot Gardens. Even, though the suet taken all precautions to prevent the parrots from escaping, it seemed that the clever girl was hell bent on getting out. On a pleasant Spring Day in two thousand nine zoo staff had moved the parrots to an outdoor enclosure. A little while later, their headcount came up short. The keepers weren't panicked. All the birds had their wings clipped. So how far could you have gotten? Surprisingly are considering. She hitched a ride in an RV. Juba got into a compartment near the vehicle's Engine Bay and hung out for three days before the family in Rv, found her. Luckily they were on one of the more stationary parts of their vacation and had only gone twenty miles, so it was barely out of their way to take what I'm assuming was a very annoyed parrot back to the zoo. Anyone who's watched? Jailbreak movie knows that you won't get very far without stealing a set of wheels. Try to imagine the end of the great escape without the motorcycles. No good. Even one? The Indian spectacle at the Berlin soon knew that. In two thousand and four, he rode a log across the moat, the rounds, the bear habitat and scaled a wall to freedom. Now that he was out, he had to use this time wisely. I stop the zoos playground. Terrified parents rushed their children away while one had a jolly go on the merry go round and went down the slide. After getting bored of that fairly quickly, one wandered off only to find a bicycle across his path. When he stopped to examine it perhaps to assess it for its usability as a getaway vehicle, the keepers who had put it there were able to track him and carry all three hundred pounds or one hundred and thirty six kilos of air to his habitat. And potentially dangerous could also describe a gator named Chuckie who got loose from the Alabama Gold Coast in two, thousand, four with a little help from Hurricane Ivan. Zookeepers hadn't been able to evacuate the gators and the storm surge destroyed their enclosure, setting them loose. Them meaning plural gators, though only chucky got any real publicity. Rapidly due to the fact that he was twelve feet or three point seven meters long and weighed about half a ton. That makes for better copy. Zoo officials weren't as worried about Chucky, going native, as they were of Chucky, going up to people expecting to be fed as he had for the past fourteen. Here's a situation that could get very ugly very fast. Luckily dedicated alligator retrieval team from gator land in Orlando was able to catch chucky less than a week later. Some animals get by with a little help from their friends or even from strangers. Three kangaroos staged a daring escape from a wildlife park near Frankfurt Germany. The name of whom I am now going to attempt to say. The hawksbill shoot par concert. It is what it is taken early vote. They escaped by going under the fence. Thanks to the work of a Fox and wild boar.
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9 year old catches 80-pound lake sturgeon in Tennessee
"A nine year old boy in middle Tennessee just northeast of Nashville has reeled in an eighty pound fish the Tennessee wildlife resource agency celebrated quite prices sturgeon catch noting in a Facebook post that quite price weighs only fifty five pounds the agency says lake sturgeons are in danger because of habitat loss and because of overfishing but they can grow to three hundred pounds and live for a hundred and fifty years the boy had been targeting a catfish in old hickory lake before he helped the lake sturgeon took him fifteen minutes to get that fish into the boat with his family they finally weighed the catch took a victory photo and released the fish back into
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Will the Paper of the Future Be Made of Poop?
"It's become an evergreen piece of advice for aspiring writers. Put Your Butt in the chair and write a first draft no matter how crappy. Now thanks to a breakthrough in chemical technology that first draft can be literally crap or at least printed on it researchers announced at a meeting of the American Chemical Society in March of two thousand eighteen. That it's possible to turn manure from cows elephants goats and other grass munchers into yes paper as you may already know. Paper is made from cellulose. That usually comes from trees. Not every place has a lot of trees but as we all know everybody poops and some of those poopers leave patties around for stepping in or collecting if you of a mind to collect poop like these. Acs scientists are one of the researchers who presented this idea at the ACS meeting in question Alexander Bismarck. Phd was driving around Crete and watched goats eat grass and poop it out. He thought that maybe the goats were doing to the grass. What paper manufacturers due to trees turn it into cellulose that could be made into paper? Because of course that's what you think of while you're driving around an idyllic island. Chretien excursions some animals. It turns out do a pretty good job. Pooping out paper cellulose depending on. Which animal is doing? The Manure Manufacturing Bismarck said in a press statement up to forty percent of that manure is cellulose which is then easily accessible to make paper from trees. The TREES HAVE TO BE GROUND. Way Down by machine into a pulp before being made into proper paper. Goats do that work for free. Every day of their grass munching poop lieven lives. The only thing they require is more grass which makes more poop which makes more paper and they need some water to drink and maybe scratches on their little chins but either way. It's a more environmentally friendly process than traditional papermaking and it's not just goats. The researchers moved onto piles of Paddy's from horses cows and elephants to elephants in wildlife parks in Africa. Our number one at going number two at the San Francisco Zoo alone. An adult male African elephant can produce three hundred pounds. That's one hundred thirty six kilos of Pooh. That's a lot of potential paper. The first uses for this PU paper would probably be industrial according to the researchers it could filter wastewater before it's released into the environment which seems fitting but papyrus or Nanno paper as the researchers rather boringly call. It could also be used to write on. So don't give up fellow writers. Our first drafts could soon be really truly crappy.
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SpaceX cargo ship hooks up with space station
"Wexler it happened around six thirty this morning I don't capture is complete we are go for post capture reconfiguration the international space station captures a SpaceX cargo capsule for the last time it was launched late Friday night a stunning display from Cape Canaveral and liftoff of the falcon nine rocket and cargo dragon on the final flight of the dragon one spacecraft the dragon capsule delivered more than forty three hundred pounds of science experiments food and hardware to the space station just before midnight on Friday the booster made a flawless touch down on the case console yeah yeah okay cool this is the last flight of the first generation of the dragon spacecraft a cargo version of the upgraded dragon two spacecraft is expected to take over services later this year if you missed last week's launch Saturday morning is your next chance SpaceX plans to send another round of starlink satellites into
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SpaceX launches station supplies, nails 50th rocket landing
"SpaceX has launched another load of supplies for NASA and nailed its fiftieth rocket landing the falcon rocket blasted off late yesterday with forty three hundred pounds of equipment and experiments for the international space station just minutes later the spent first stage booster made a dramatic midnight landing back at Cape Canaveral it's returning company by sonic booms it's a twentieth such delivery but for
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Florida - SpaceX launches the last flight of its original Dragon cargo capsule
"Another successful launch for SpaceX yeah it's falcon rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral in Florida late Friday landing safely minutes later it was the fiftieth successful touchdown of a SpaceX booster the dragon capsule is carrying forty three hundred pounds of equipment and experiments
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Healthy Food=Happy Life Featuring Angela Villa
"Today. We're excited to sit down with Angela via to discuss her views on healthy healthy eating and what she does to keep yourself on track. Angela thank you so much for joining us. Today is a true pleasure to be able to sit down with you. Oh sure thing thing. I'm excited to. I'm excited to chat. So what we want to talk about. Today is a really big issue. I think for a lot of people and that is healthy eating. I was doing a little bit of background research. And on the health dot Gov website it talks about how half of all American adults have one or more preventable health issues a a lot of which are related to poor quality eating patterns or low physical activity which is just a huge number. So we want to talk about how people can overcome this and make that change in your life. So what foods should people be eating. That's a loaded question. It's actually true you're right. We we have a problem and there is what I'm learning is. There is a lack of understanding about food and it was that way for me for the majority of my life. I was pushed I was well over three hundred pounds and it was simply because I didn't understand food and the people that were teaching us about food didn't understand food either so I mean I don't know if people notice but doctors get less than four hours. Total of Nutrition Education Med school. So we have a problem right so when asked what should we be eating eating. We tend to look at the the latest guru like what is what does this person promoting or are they promoting high fat low fat high carb. No car no no sugar and we don't really learn what our body does with food so when I just got fed up with the weight issue and all these things turn to learning about wet food does in the body and so when asked what should we be be eating honestly we should be eating foods. That's not true with sugar though so I'll talk about that but we should be eating. All foods is this body was created to be nourished to be in balance and the typical American diet consists of extreme imbalances as we go one way. Really hire the other way and the problem is is that we send our body into massive imbalance and it's really unhealthy. So when you ask what should be eating. I say all foods we should be eating proteins. Our body is literally made of protein and so keeping keeping out of the Diet is an extreme problem. We should be eating fats. Fats are good for our body. We need all forms of Fat Lee. Ho You know all fat not just you. We don't need to stay away from butter or we. Don't you just stay away from whole eggs. We need all forms of fat. We need carbohydrates. I feel like I should say that again because people fight with me on this popular opinion it is. It's a problem because nobody really understands carbohydrates and I like the expert of carbohydrate living I get but now I understand that people are afraid of it because they think that it makes them fat which is so false. Actually nourishes our thyroid's especially Ashley for women. It's really good for the brain. We need it. The problem is that we tend to eat a very har high carb high sugar diet and so then we turn them. We blame carbohydrates for being the problem. And they're they're not they're so good for us so we need to have carbohydrates. I could probably talk more. I could go on and on about Let's see we need to have vegetables and I am the worst with that. have to blend everything because I'm like a two year old and my I don't Wanna eat that. But we do. We need them. They're good for us. They fuel us they give us iron. They give so much benefits for the body to function. Fruits and fruits and vegetables are key we need. We need some dairy not lots of dairy but some I feel like I go against the grain on like the Food Pyramid that the government government puts out. But it's okay right we need. We need to limit some dairies. But it's good for us to an extent so except for sugar honestly sweet. Everything is important to the body. I feel like it was put on this earth to nourish the body that was given to us on this earth so why eliminate anything. That's incredible and I think that's the part that all these fad diets misses that true balance and listening to your body and taking care of it so you mentioned sugar which I think because a big one in people's minds but are there other foods that I should be avoiding or maybe types of foods that we should be avoiding. So here's here's a really cool thing about the body that I learned and that excess sugar in the bloodstream is not a good thing and so if if a if a product says non-fat your body is going join to make that ally because any time there's an excess of blood sugar in the Diet the body will reject something so so. Here's here's what I liked. Here's let's make make it simple any sugar. Your body cannot use turns into fat whether or not the package says fat free or not any sugar. The body can't use turns directly you too fat while in so the first place that insulin wants to go to. So Insulin carries proteins fats glucose through the bloodstream. It's a good thing but we've made it's such a bad thing. Insulin makes us that know. It carries things through the bloodstream. And the first place. It goes to your muscle cells and you kind of think of your muscle cells like like you know the real tidy proper. I don't want to label anything but just librarian title. Once your muscle cells are full. They shut down and they will not open open up. No they want an open up again. But Insulin knows that. Okay if you'RE NOT GONNA go open up for me I'm GonNa go to the party. Animals which are your fat cells. They're open open twenty four hours a day seven days a week and they never say no. That's what we know about fat cells that once they're full they start to duplicate his. You can produce more so we send everything that our muscle cells won't take into our fat cells and there's your problem so when I say. Avoid sugar at all costs. Yeah yeah it's kind of like a drug and so you gotTa look at foods. Anything that's packaged. Fat Free Low fat. I kinda like to tell people that so talk toxic that garbage storm. Don't touch it go to your more wholefoods look at that but besides sugar another thing I teach people to avoid are are your white flowers. Honestly the body looks at that and goes sugar. which are they're basically in everything package thing? It's it's crazy when I got into learning about food and reading labels I was shocked and if you think about sugar it's very very addictive. The more you eat the more you want and so so it just becomes this cycle of. I'm craving sugar all the time. Sugar is not evil if you are willing to listen to your body if you're willing to you know so. Am I really overdoing this as head-spinning does my tummy hurt Our adrenals feeling shot. Most people don't WANNA listen to their bodies they listen to the most marketed fad. Because it's easier right that's our. That's our big problem. If like we're listening to like we're listening listening to people who don't have an education on nutrition or listening to people who maybe did some fat and lost amazing wait or but we're not listening to our body and that's the biggest problem wow that is astounding just to think of the things that people are doing without thought perhaps you know all of these things that are marketed towards us. All these things that we get in everyday everyday life aren't really helping our body. No so you mentioned that. Maybe it's not the easiest thing to do to seek out whole foods to avoid the sugar to avoid the processed food. So so what is the draw. What's the benefit of changing that changing your eating habits and striving to get these better foods in your body so the benefit is there are so many benefits when you start taking maybe it is a more time consuming path? It is I mean but this is your one shot with this body. What are you going to do with it right like treat it right? It's beg like I love teaching the emotional stuff about eating because it's begging every day just to be treated right and so when you start listening to it. One of the biggest side effects of listening and listening to and respecting your body is weight loss without a shadow. Oh have doubt is a huge side effect which is awesome side effect weight loss side effect. I say side effect. But that's the word that most people have signed a positive. The side effect is our skin clears up our ADRENAL start to function. Normally adrenal fatigue is a big. That's a big lake trigger word for for people or not. Maybe that's not the right word but anyway adrenal fatigue is something that's being thrown around a lot. Another great benefit to listening to the body is most most all skin. Conditions can be fixed by putting the right things into your body. You'll actually start to know when you truly are hungry and when and you're just bored you know our body makes all sorts of gurgling sounds and it's supposed to your stomach is gonNA settle. That doesn't mean you're hungry just means that it's settling and other times times you'll start to feel okay. That's not a settling gurgle that is I am starving. I need to eat very I need to honor my body. One of the things I love to say is what's The kindest thing I can do to my body right now now and sometimes it's moving sometimes sleeping most of the time it's eating something that's going to nourish it in a really respectful way
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Evel Knievel: Ramping Up To Glory
"Knievel Oh is one of the most iconic names of the twentieth century. There's a reason that people are still being compared to him nearly forty years after his last jump he rubbed elbows with Hollywood's greatest performed stunts. No one thought were possible. And pioneered the whole subject of stunting known as action sports which has blossomed into a multi multi billion dollar industry. Pretty much all of my favorite people of my childhood odor career to able able. Yeah I think we should preface this by saying most of our sources were just documentaries because there's a million documentaries on him The biggest one being being evil By Dick House House productions who did jackass a really good documentary She go check it out. After this absolutely I watched last night it is really good. Check it out on or wherever you can find it all right so Knievel performed over seventy five motorcycle jumps over his career. Most most of which were successful. Some were catastrophically unsuccessful. Many were on bikes. That weighed close to five hundred pounds. Most of the CAR Harley Davidsons. Yeah he loved Harley he he had a triumph Bonneville He actually started selling Honda motorcycles. which will get into? But I think that's crazy because Jeff I mean Jeremiah's motorcycle rider and he's like yeah it's like like motorcross jump. Bikes are like two hundred. Two hundred twenty pounds. He's jumping bike. That's three hundred pounds more than that. What's an an animal that was five hundred pounds grill? It's like jumping a hundred Yeah so these motorcycles are flat track bikes. That were. We're not designed to jump. As Joe said he also broke many many bones in his body and spent a lot of time in the hospital and against all odds he lived to a He lived to sixty nine years old. Nice Nice Nice for more impressive than his death. Defying stunts was eagles ability to act as his own promoter. Heitmann and publicist He knew how to pump up the drama and get the crowd on their feet I think that's my favorite part out of the documentary. I didn't know that evil was. He's like a handsome guy he's super now and just so confident like oozing confidence in every interview he does I. I guess it makes sense that he was so good at that. Because I mean you got I think if you have the mindset of like hey I'm going to jump over thirteen buses or whatever you also have to the confidence and be like I'm GonNa tell people who watch my stuff but like I don't know like you you talk to like race car drivers today. They're definitely there's only a few that only a few that can talk at all. Yeah EXAC- nerd. Best Friends with her dad. So it was very interesting seeing Mister Knievel and Action Green Anaconda by the way five hundred pounds. Wow which surprised me more because I. That's a big thing that makes a big meat tube. Evils Charisma inspired a new generation of stunt people around the world. He was a natural showman. con artist and outlaw. But he wasn't always evil He was born Robert. Craig Knievel on October thirteenth. Nineteen thirty in Butte Montana. Butte at the time was a small rough town known for the two things mindful of copper and bars full of miners. Robert's parents Robert Senior and an knievel gave birth to his brother. Nick a year later. Then They divorced soon after his mother moved to Reno and his father moved to California leaving Robert in Nick in the hands of their grandparents day says reading more round Butte and there is like three thirty thousand people in the town but there are three thousand prostitutes will serve all the miners so literally one tenth of the population was prostitutes. That means ten guys. We're doing the same Gal. Well Ignatius and Ama- knievel. His grandparents showered the kids with love and affection. Filling in a much-needed Ignatius We haven't Ignatius at donut. Then we haven't Agnosio. Yeah but like that's that's kind of a Sam his grandparents bought the boys Bicycles and toys and took in the fairs when Robert was eight Ignatius. Emma took him in his brother to a daredevil show. That would forever change his life from that point on the Joey Chitwood thrill show was a traveling. Extravaganza sends like a rockabilly band. Joey Chitwood Joe. Joey Joey Chitwood trill show played at the fair there. I'm surprised he didn't have his own signature. peachy cours So this extravaganza that featured stunt driver Joey Chitwood J. Turns and driving on two wheels and what amounted amounted to be a giant commercial for Chevrolet What really interested Young Kyu knievel? was the motorcycle stunts. Riders would smash new flaming boards at high speeds. They do we lease and jumped through flaming hoops. This show sparks something in Robert. In his words I would go home and take defenders of my bicycle and put clothes pins in cards so it sound like motorcycle. That was the start of his lifelong obsession with motorcycles. And
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The Legend of Coach O
"Why this much emotion coach such a big game? They beat US eight years. I got tired of your no so I mean it was time I told the team tonight. We taught allied. If you follow college football you probably know that voice. He belongs to a guy who's loud road tough in might be more suited for his job than anyone in America. LSU head coach at Oberlin today ahead of Monday's national championship game against Clemson. We tell the story of a man who seems like he was built in a lab to coach football in Louisiana and why despite that. It's actually surprising that he ended up there at all times. It's Friday January tenth this is espn daily presented by Dell Small Business David. How's it going is going quite it will mean a thank you for having me David Hale writes about college football for ESPN so your story is about coach? Ed Osea Ron really the legend coach. But I want to start by talking to you about perhaps his most noteworthy characteristic which is of course his boy to get to where you wanna go see like you have to go undefeated you have to beat Alabama you have to keep on going and then you have to win Sec Championship then you got football playoff oilfield so if you start thinking about my favorite thing in the World David is being in a room and watching someone here at for the first time because because it really never fails to shock. Anyone who's hearing we knew was going to win that game. Today we started Monday. NO-GO windows gape go. Don't you want to write his autobiography. Just so he can also do the voice over work. What's on the menu at the odor on household today? What are we got cocoa? My mom made a special gumbel but it was on. We'd better win the game. It would just be so wonderful. One of his first jobs was at Arkansas. As assistant strength coach the players there thought he was pranking them they. They didn't think that anyone actually talks that way. And they couldn't make heads or tails of what he was saying. Either it was. He's just he would get excited and start saying things with this gravelly Cajun accent and then he pointing the direction and they would just go do whatever was in that direction because they had no idea what he he was saying but he was saying it loud enough that they were afraid of him and it was only after like he'd been on the job for a month or two that they were like. Well I you know he's kept us up a long time. I guess that is his voice. We love the voice. Everyone does now but it at times says constant now. Yeah he's coached in some places that are not Louisiana. Yeah everybody talks about how he is Phyllis you but he was in Miami he was in Syracuse. He was in USC and and his last stint in USC he came on to replace place Lane Kiffin as the interim coach there had some success at USC. And I think there were folks there who would have loved to have given him the fulltime job because he had that success. But there were also folks Has Been reported by numerous folks I think including Bruce Feldman that the voice was one of the reasons you couldn't hire him as US's sees coach because you're the voice of the program. You're the face of the program you're the identity of the program and that's not USC right that's not La. Look at how he talks. He's not the model of USC so we can't hire them and there's a lot of folks at USC or probably kicking themselves for that exact thought process now. Well the voice is a perfect fit for Lsu else you I mean just about everything about co is a perfect fit for Lsu. It's almost like if you reverse engineered a coach based on Louisiana Anna Football. It would look sound and act like him and he's got roots right. In the state of Louisiana. He is from the Food Perish. It's bio country. Outside of New Orleans. His Dad grew bon shrimp boats ways just every bit the sort of central casting version of what we think of as Louisiana. You know if you've watched waterboy you kind of have a rough idea of what I think it owes runs. Background is one of the great anecdotes that his mom gave me. Okay so he was in second grade and broke his leg and the doctor fitted him for a cast. It went from foot all the way up to the upper thigh and he picked up some trudges out there and play football on crutches and about every week or so she would have to drag him back into the doctor's office to get fitted for a new cast because he would get it so dirty and muddy and mucked up from playing football in a full leg. CAST I'm sorry they let a second grader. Played football. I don't know that even let is the proper word there so much as he just went and did it So he kept playing in high school then college got to high school and he was a full grown man from day one one and he was a big guy and went to college as a defensive. LINEMAN ended up at Lsu for a year and hated it because for the first time in his life football ball was hard he was not having immediate success. He was not playing routinely He was being forced to go to classes. He wasn't super eager to go to and and he left. Lsu went back home and thought maybe that's the end of college football. And I'll go get a real by job like my dad and I'll go work on a shrimp boat and turns out. You may be surprised to learn that working on a shrimp boat is much less fun than in football And so I think that was you know when you talk to his mom that summer after he left. Lsu went back home to work. Real jobs was was a lot of ways sort of a turning point for coach. Oh and that he got a taste of what life is like when everything is not being handed to you to. How did he end back in football? He decided he needed to go play football again which meant he had to go back to college which was not really his favorite thing but he decided to go to northwest Louisiana State. That's where he finished his career and then went looking for football coaching jobs and the first job he could find was as a strength coach and soccer. Yeah shocker this. Like three hundred pound beast of a man finds a strength coaching job. And the job. Java's with Arkansas. Ken Hatfield to coach the time Ed walks in. And he's this beast of a man and he's got that voice and he's so excited and he's like I don't know if he can do this job but he sure looks the Bart's so we're going to hire them and tell you ended up getting into coaching. He worked at Arkansas for a little while and I think he really wanted to to do something. More than being the strength coach the ends up landing miraculously enough at the absolute heart of college football in the nineteen eighty s and early nineteen ninety S. Which is at the University of Miami? They celebrate a Miami the Hurricanes Complain and the coaching on the same staff. Tommytucker Ville tougher telling me they were. They went down to Key West on vacation. You want one year and they're in like this Nice restaurant having dinner and get the talking about football technique and overrun so excited about it. He likes slides tables out of the way and gets down the three point stance and he's trying to explain technique to to top Ville and he's like pushing tables and chairs out of the way and like diners are just looking over gawking. At what the heck is is this man doing your. But that's just sort of the approach that he brought and I think his time at Miami really offered him an opportunity to prove that ed behind that bluster and the Raspy gravelly cage invoice that there is a guy who really knows a heck of a lot about football. How did it go for him? In Miami off the field not great. He was someone who went out a lot. Drank drank a lot and the things that you could get away with when you're twenty northwestern Louisiana you don't get away with as a coach on the staff of one of the premier programs grams in college football. And so you know the story that really I think ended up up ending his career involved him being a bar. T was thrown out of the bar for being too intoxicated and he was not happy with that and ended up getting into a fight and legal proceedings. Happened in that essentially was the end of his time in Miami but I think it was also sort of a wakeup call for him so when he gets away from football ball it was a lot of ways probably very much like when he went back to work the shrimp boats after leaving. LSU Is that he kind of realized. This isn't the life that I want. This isn't who I WANNA be. I don't think that he shies away from those. Oh stories now. He's still shares them with current players in in the way of trying to relate to them and going through it and a lot of ways has probably been in what pushed him to turn things around and become the person that he is.
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20 Minute Fitness
How to Use German Volume Training
"German volume training was popularized by Rolf. A- might say his surname wrongs apologize but Rolf Feser or visa in the mid seventies and of this new process. It it was in Germany. Rolfe was then. The national coach of weightlifting missing and routine creates barrel for his athletes was re characterize by intense rigid work and restaurant ges and it produced amazing results by the one thousand nine hundred Canadian spread coach. Charles Polokwane adopted the program and professional bodybuilder. Vince Giraldo's also massive proponent of this astonished Training Charles pollock would actually window to Germany to learn from roles and in an interview with Bob End. Paul said that they were big believers out there in Germany. unroll a champion of this. In the low of repeated efforts say one of the reasons they said people don't get strong is because they simply don't do enough sets so so what is German volume training. We've already had that implies is going to be a number of sets it's also referred to as the ten sets method. I'm was often used in the off-season to help weightlifters gain lean body mass and in fact it was so efficient that lifted routinely moved up full weight class within twelve weeks so German volume will you. Training is defined by its distinctive sets and REPS SCHEME TED and sets off ten which sounds as horrible as it is honestly is horrible actually used it. It's very recently and I can show you that it hurts and to make matters worse you rest. Periods are very short sixty seconds between sets. If you're doing one main left such as the School Toro Bench press on Ninety to one hundred twenty seconds between sets if you're alternating between two movements. So how can you go about starting German volume training so you want to really begin for weight. You lift the twenty reps to failure. If you had to save more most people on most exercises that could represent about sixty percent of your one rep Max Lewd. So you'll bench pressing three hundred pounds for one Rep. You should use one hundred eighty pounds for the exercise fully for the session. Sessions won't be will start with this method. They often question its value really for the first several sets. Because I wouldn't lie. It does feel quite easy to wait. Doesn't feel heavy enough on you feel like don't get a breeze through this however could the middle respiratory in sets. It does really quickly catch up on you on your muscles almost seem to drop off on hits. It's really hard to actually to finish head Reps. And obviously you know that you might have four or five cents left there so it does definitely catch up but the body basically adopts the extraordinary stress by hypertrophy being targeted muscle fibers in the body. And honestly your your body will not be used to the volume endurance needed by your. The muscles is quite intense. It really does lead to built-up fatigue or an interesting CIDER. Though you might find. You seem to get stronger again during the eighth and ninth nine cents really and this is because of the short term neural adaptation. What you're able to do ten sets of ten with constant rest intervals? So that means you're sticking to. You're sixty seconds. You'll doing ten clean reps ten sets then you should think to increase the weight and if you're using a ball for example you might want to increase around fortified aww five percent and then repeat the process also again just emphasize you should be doing. Well executed Reps. The form should be kept strict. You know trying to force wraps APPs with bad form during any negatives or anything like that the volume of work will take had the hypertrophy of your muscles and for each Joan volume trading session. You do you should huge. Let that muscle group recover from each session because it's so intense volume body Paul. You might want to leave it full five days to recover as really does have significant impacts on your your body. Charles pollock said at the end of cycle. So once you've done a whole Joan volume training program you'll get closer to a high percentage of your one re Max because you develop more work poverty. He also says do exercise like back. Squats Lakers too inefficient exercises goblet scored. So even the leg press he found. If you're doing a high energy exercise takes a lot out of you like the squad noodling ten reps ten times. Then it's really quite significant impact on your body and it takes a lot of efforts of one on your part but if you're doing on the leg press your rate of perceived effort for example might be sixty percent of what it would be on the squat. As less of a compound compound movement using as many muscle groups have. What have the waiters on your back? So you won't do exercise that recruits a lot of motor units all the way down to the accessories unreas- German volume training is really a quite significant challenge. If you don't mind lengthy up to five days after a leg day you do want some good results. If you've hit a plateau for example simple then give German volume training ago on. Let us know how you end
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Corroded pipe led to Philadelphia refinery fire - U.S. Chemical Safety Board
"Of thousands of pounds of a dangerous chemical released into the atmosphere during the disaster at the South Philadelphia refinery in June Italy's Mike denardo is with us live with the latest on details from the federal report yeah yeah that's among the new revelations in that report about thirty three hundred pounds of highly toxic hydrochloric acid were released into the air during the fire and explosions at the Philadelphia energy solutions refinery the U. S. chemical safety and hazard investigation board or C. S. B. says that two thousand pounds of that H. F. were contained by water sprayed during the incident now five workers were treated for minor injuries but officials said this could get couldn't got much worse if that HF had been in higher concentrations and spread beyond the confines of the refinery the CSP says it doesn't know of any health effects from the acid release as for what because all this the report pinpoints a corroded pipe elbow installed in nineteen seventy three at as the likely place where the propane HF started to spew C. S. B. investigator Lauren Lauren
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Innovation Now
Name the Rover
"Red Rover Red Rover. Send a name for Mars Twenty twenty right over this is innovation now bringing you stories behind the ideas that shave our future. The Mars Twenty Twenty Rover is a twenty three hundred pound robotic scientists that will search for signs of the past microbial life characterized the planet's climate and geology and collect samples for future returned to Earth Mars twenty twenty will pave the way for human exploration of the Red Planet and NASA is inviting K twelve students nationwide to give the rover a name before four November. I interested students should submit a short essay explaining why their proposed name should be chosen in January. The public will have an opportunity unity to vote online for one of nine selected finalists NASA plans to announce the winning name on February eighteenth twenty twenty exactly exactly one year before the rover will land on the surface of Mars. The student who submits the winning name will be invited to see the spacecraft launch in July from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida for details about the contest visit the NASA Dot Gov Mars website for or innovation now. I'm Jennifer pulley. Innovation now is produced by the National Institute of Aerospace through ration- with NASA.
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Gayle King speaks with families devastated by mass shootings
"With Congress set to return in two weeks house speaker Nancy Pelosi is ratcheting up pressure on lawmakers to take action on gun violence the country's most powerful Democrats said this week she would not take no for an answer after two mass shootings this past month but any push for reform faces opposition in the Republican led Senate as Congress struggles to address the issue CBS this morning's Gayle king sat down with a group of people who live with the repercussions of bash shootings everyday Stephanie Melendez's father was killed in el Paso Texas earlier this month he was shopping with his wife and granddaughter nine years old we push them both to safety the Reverend Sharon richer lost her mother and two cousins in the Charleston church massacre Richard Martinez is only child Chris was killed during a rampage in Isla Vista California and Nova Marquez greens little six year old daughter on a grace was killed in the sandy hook massacre in two thousand twelve you go through periods of time when you do feel you know the worst thing that's ever happened to me it's already happened to me by the same time I'm never going to work I don't want to get over it you do not I don't want to get over I Chris was our only child getting over it would seem to me to be there the trail of my son's memory and I don't want to get over it and how do you go on if you don't get over it I feel like I have an obligation as a parent to my son finish the work that I do to try to stop gun violence you said Sharon before we get started now all the shootings are ranked in categories what do you mean so you have the hate crime category you have the church category you have the school category bottom line is they had as a category people say it's about second amendment rights the right to bear arms I have a right to see my daughter enter eighth grade this fall and I don't get to do that and I am grossly as a mental health professional offended by the words of our president and members of Congress linking mental illness to mass shootings you don't see it as a mental health issue the vast majority of people who are mentally ill are not violent by a long shot most of the gun violence that we see on a daily basis is related more to a domestic violence and misogyny one thing that isn't talked about a lot is suicide families who've lost a loved one the suicide suffer the same grief that we do have any of you ever thought about suicide after this yes yes I would say in the early days it was very dark and I hope by me saying as others can be encouraged by hearing it and ask for help they need it was like I died Chris was everything to me it was a center of my life I think the reason why suicide doesn't really concern Chris would want that you know I'm living from I'm all that's left of my son's memory I'm keeping him alive by being alive and to be with her you know that's that's really what it is I want to let her know yeah and I would if I could I'd like to say I'm so sorry hello I'm so sorry you didn't get what you deserve to but I'll stay here for the work that needs to be done but I just want to be with her I so feel that now but when you say I just want to be with her I just wanted I just want to be with her I have this that's where you have your own brown skin curly haired singing Donner and I woke up one morning and I didn't have her we have to think about the people who are the shooters and all of these cases they were young white men in their twenties we don't like to talk about race in a lot of these mass shooting situations but I think it's an important conversation to have sandy hook was in a race was in a race it wasn't but it it permeates everything because I'll tell you an interesting conversation my husband said to me shortly after the shooting and he goes you know I've spent my whole life as a black man in America trying to convey that I'm a safe person especially in white environments I look people in the high I make sure not to take up too much space because I'm a six foot six inch three hundred pound black man yet a white person boy killed my daughter and I'm not allowed to look at him or look at others in that way right I'm supposed to give a grace I have never been given as a black man in America however I will I wish people would give that to us and I sat in the passenger seat and I just cried with him Emmett till's mother allowed people to see what had been done to her son's body and that change the game in the civil rights movement where are you all in people seeing the damage that is caused when your child your father your loved one is shot to see using vision is seen they don't people are visual learners people need to see the devastation I think it's a fair question I think it's an important one to discuss I think many times was on a show many many many would you have wanted us to see that absolutely not if this beautiful six year old baby her living picture her voice her affect everything about her alive didn't change you photo dead wouldn't change you either I say of gun violence in America does not make your heart her makes your soul crawl high you can't deal with that then you can't feel
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"Golden was the kind of person who believes in experts, you know, people who had studied things people who knew stuff he figured they knew things that ordinary people just did not. I mean, of course, they did. Right, obviously elimidate golden goes to a country fair. This is about one hundred years ago in England. And there's this contest going on at the fair guests the way to the ox, Goldens, a scientist and statistician and he figures, hey, I can do an experiment here. Right. He's figures I'm going to take. Everyone's guesses take the average and compare that to the actual weight of the ox. We heard the story from James, sir, Wicky, he's an economics journalist. So he thought what you were gonna end up with was a really flawed guess because in his mind what you were doing was you were taking guesses of few smart people a few mediocre people. And then a lot of morons because he basically everywhere. Everywhere. So he figured the the the group's gas was going to be way way off the Mark the contest organizers gave golden the little slips of paper with everyone's guesses on them. He took them calculated. The average the average was eleven hundred ninety seven pounds and the ox the ox weighed eleven hundred and ninety eight pounds. So that in other words, the crowds judgment was essentially perfect one pound off one pound of this is super creepy. What's going on here? Is there? Some kind of like collective unconscious. Magic is like a ouija board or something. Right. But the idea that underlies this it is everywhere. The idea of the stock market, you know, thousands of random people buying and selling shares like when you hear that apple stock went up or the Dow plunged that's basically people guessing the weight of an ox, it's everywhere. Right. It's it's the price of oil. It's the price of orange juice all kinds of things that are really important to the world work exactly this way. But why should it work? Why should a bunch of random people a lot of whom have no idea what they're doing somehow magically produce an answer. That makes sense does this really work. And if it does why. Hello and welcome to planet money. I'm Jacob Goldstein. And I'm David Kessler inbound today on the show, Mr. golden, we redo your experiment. What's the Cas name, Penelope Penelope? Thanks for letting us. We you better. She's chewing one bound off come on. Support for this podcast and the following message. Come from ZipRecruiter hiring used to be hard multiple job sites. Stacks of resumes. But today hiring can be easy. And you only have to go to one place to get it done. Ziprecruiter, ZipRecruiter, sins your job to over a hundred of the web's leading job boards. Then ZipRecruiter scans thousands of resumes to find people with the right experience and invites them to apply to your job. Try it for free at ZipRecruiter dot com slash planet. Money. Now that my says has lost all its territory what happens to the people left behind. She chose to take. So that she should starting Syria on raw and what about their children? How it ends a new series on embedded. So we came up with a plan to repeat, Goldens experiment. Find a fair and a cow in a big scale to weigh cow. And then he grit in the grit, and then we were going to throw the question out to the crowd. Ask the world. How much does this cow way? We didn't want to just limit it to people at the fair. So we figured we'd take some pictures post them online and asked the whole world to guest. So we went out to county fair in Burlington county, New Jersey, we met Penelope the cow in the dairy tent. She was sitting on a bunch of. Hey juiston. Kuzmich was taking care of her. Can you just describe what she looks like? Yeah. She's mostly black. She has white legs. And she has a white spot in the middle of her head, but she big black cow. What did you say? So I said holy cow without even realizing saying she's much bigger. She just stood up. She's walking out of the barn now. And she's way bigger than I thought when she was sitting down. We took some pictures of you Jacob standing next to the cow for scale and just for finally decided to ask people at the fair how much they thought Penelope wait as it happen. It was kids days. So there are a lot of kids. Which was fine. You know, non-experts what's your name K? Look how much do you think? Now ways. Six pounds. How'd you come up with that number? 'cause I'm six years old. You guys want to guess how much this Calloway's sixty hundred pounds six thousand. Dear how much you weigh? Not at all. I'm sympathetic looking at L P. I had no idea how much she weighed. Like, I didn't even know how to think about it that way more than my car that you a less than my car. I don't even know how much my car was more than a cow. I wanna say more than a cow. We found an older group of kids and yet they also guest on the low side, but they had this bigger problem. This this really more worrying thing, and it was a problem that adults also seem to have. And it was this the first kid said a number, and then all the other kids said, basically, the same number numbers that were like too close to the I it's like they're incapable of guessing anything different. How old are you? I'm ten how much do you think that cow ways? He'll hundred pounds. My news Gabriella, I'm ten and I think the cow as three hundred pounds. My name is kid nine seven years old, and I think the cow weighs three hundred pounds. People are not that different from cows. We heard if we don't know something we look for a leader. Even if the leader, maybe doesn't know any kanobi finished chewing, and we took her over to be weighed. It's actually pretty unusual to one away cow and the scale they had of the fair was not for. What kind of scale is this? It's actually like a truck scales. What it's for same sauce scale use for big trucks and stuff, which we use it the way the tractors during the tractor pool for the work it'll work for a cow. Yup. Testing bam. You were obsessed paranoid. Arguably paranoid about keeping the result of this secret. You didn't want it to leak out? I guess Gan all of these people had gathered actually, can we can we clear commune seriously clear, everybody out except for just a minimum of people. Like, can we swear you? Okay. Just see everybody else. Everybody else over there. Here's sin walked Penelope up onto the scale. We watched this little digital display. Okay. It's one thousand three hundred and fifty five pounds. One thousand three hundred and fifty five pounds. We walked Penelope back to the dairy tent. And then we went home the next day. We posted photos online of the Cowan you may right. I was there to give some sense of perspective. We put you on the tractor scale. Yes. Hundred and sixty five pounds that much. That's how much I weigh then our colleague courtroom buoy here. Put it all up online guests the weight of this cow, and the ideal was our hope was that lots and lots of people would guess because the fundamental question here. The thing we're trying to figure out is if you have a bunch of random people making their best guests at something. Do you get close to you know, the truth? Do you get close to the right answer? So we put it up, and we waited for the results to come in. All right. It's been up for how long now two minutes comedy entries as fifteen inches reload. Reload. Here we go. Still fifteen still fifteen come on. Oh my God. That's all we're gonna get fifteen. We'll re tweet this.
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"three hundred pounds" Discussed on Call Her Daddy
"Grow dot he wanted me to gain three hundred pounds shut up that can I. Please get that guy's number. I would love. He wants to watch others crow. Plan. I wanna see you grow into the big girl. You can be in the giant. That's fucking. Why old? She's like he wanted me to. That you marry 'cause you know, you can just let yourself go after marriage over is like really crazy like well next. Okay. Ooh. While you're finding just say someone said and goes, you can send fun nudes by using boomerang. Get out of my face your sending a boomerang fucking new. No, no. No. No. No. So what are you? You're either going into the Instagram up or you're going to the boomerang up to make your Newt no Senate fucking video or picture. We're not fucking if not we're not doing that this girl wrote in and she said am I bad person for getting mad at the guy have a thing with for texting his acts when I just got fingered by a potential sugar dotty, silver, FOX in his car. No some of the ship people right in. I want to be your friend. Please come hang out with us. That one, you know, we've said it we've said it in a pass up Assode your sugar, daddy, and the guy you're talking to are two different entities separate entity. Do not need to know about each other. Okay. So tell me if you agree with this because I never actually thought about this. Okay. Founding fathers. We have a problem men are posting photos with their male, friends or friend as their first photo on dating apps. And here's the thing the second you see that group photo you pick out the hottest one, and you hope it's him yet. And then when you swipe through the other photos, it's never the hot one, and they have played themselves. These guys are losing on swiping on swipe rights because they literally are having us. Compare them to hotter guys. This is prolific guy brilliant. Every guy your first picture needs to be a solo shot or you cannot even girls even eagles goes for shot. No filter. Yup. You cannot give the other sex or the same sex hope know that you are someone else in that picture. You know, what I'm gonna say something even more fucked up, and you are going post group photos. Make sure all your friends are uglier than you. Oh god. True about the team. That's what it is weed says that why you post me. Fuck you. Okay. This person wrote in and said, I have a cheating tip slash warning. I love to play both by okay? The Dadi needs to know apple TV's, heavy photos app were all pigs on your. I cloud can be seen to turn that shit off go to settings accounts..
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The Jordan Harbinger Show
"three hundred pounds" Discussed on The Jordan Harbinger Show
"I was obese at three hundred pounds. When I was about twenty three. And re hundred pounds. I'm for people who are watching us. Do you mind? If I ask how much you wait, wait two hundred three pounds right now. And I'm nine point six percent body fat, and I have nineteen point four pounds of fat on my body. So used to have like one hundred nineteen point four give her it's hard to know if it was guilty. It's hard to know how much that was inflammation versus fat. It's someone to weight I lost. But I'm sure that a lot of information. But I also I was forty six inch waist. I'm a thirty three inch waist now. I'm actually lower than I was as a junior in high school while which is phenomenal forty five not bad. I also I got other diseases of aging. So I'm twenty-six working in Silicon Valley six million dollars. And I was twenty six is that the company that held Google's first server? I was a co founder of the of part of that company. And we ended up starting the data center and cloud computing, business and. I started in brain fog to the point. I bought disability insurance because I wouldn't hire myself. Can remember anything? Oh, man. And you were we coating I was dealing. I was more of an architect. I ended up running program for the university of California to teach engineers how to build the internet's with like how how should it work? How must it works? I was a coat originally within a became technology architects, kinda guy probably helps to know how to remember things in. It was straight your head point. It was terrifying. Actually, and also, my emotions would just get all over the place, and then I said something's wrong. And I said I'm going to just exercise. I'm going to lose the weight. No matter what I've had a couple of knee surgeries by then. And I worked out an hour and a half a day six days a week. And after a year eighteen months of that I didn't lose. Anyway, I could Maxwell the machines. And I rose I less than all my friends, and I work out more than my friends. I'm fat with all my friends, and I thought it's a moral failing. I she less lettuce leaves or something. And what it was was the wrong stuff, and there are environmental factors that are involved. And is fired my doctor when he told me about him and see would kill me. And that maybe I should lose weight when I told them what I did. He just looked like he knew I was lying. I was clearly leaving just stuff in Snickers. Right. And is very common doctors are topped this. And I'm like, okay. No one's gonna help me. I'm just going to hack this. And fortunately, I am a computer. So I stayed up every night. And I would just read PubMed, and I would take by the way, I lost my six million dollars two years after I made it so I haven't oh silicon. Yeah. It was a great couple of years that I was just by anything I thought would help and I dug really deep I learned to electoral currents on the body and the first infrared light for the brain almost twenty years ago EEG neuro feedback, and then I started running an anti nonprofit group that let me talk to people three times my age who are reversing the symptoms. I had I was diagnosed with high risk of stroke and heart attack and prediabetes before I was thirty..
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"three hundred pounds" Discussed on WBBM Newsradio
"Jeff Johnny act out there. Mark Roti and regulation here at Soldier Field with the bears have a fifteen sixty nine fifty four to go in the third quarter. And a serious injury for dominate field is the the reason we had establishing play Rams players coming out. He's being carted off the field after that return by feral Cooper. You know, you get these guys that are coming down on kickoff coverage in they're running a sixty seventy yards sprint full speed. When they come into first contact with the kick returner a lot of times, they're violent hits they try to take him out because of the concussion concern. But that's Josh Bellamy. Now having to go lower on the tackle. And you see the result because of it. I was telling about Bradley so caught that touchdown pass. He was a pitcher a really good one at six seven three hundred pounds. Can you imagine? Ole miss wanted him to play. Both chose is one of the best big band athletes. I've seen he's a really good golfer. Hand eye coordination for the lake watch. Watching throw pass the tight spirals fifty yards in the air. I out at ten for eighteen yard line going to throw out to the left side. It is caught. And sheriff Gladys makes the tackle on woods on the far side of the field. So nothing after the catch though, given the twenty five and a pickup of seven I throw by Jared Goff, five for twenty six. Woods the untold story here today at this point. Anyway. Is gurley. Earliest six carries for six yards. Second out at three for the Rams piece to the left of bears spilled a box snap back links with a good push pocket to because. On the ground tab of it at the twenty. Got it Rams got punched out of there by cutting back and Iran's have recovered back at the twenty yard line. So the pressure continues to get GOP. He's not a guy that's gonna scape. The pocket. He'll move with in and around the pocket and spin out of trouble. But the bears have really brought the pressure on this respected up until the things you talked about early game. When girlies in the I formation what the quarterback under center. He's got to eat got seventy. He's got one hundred three carries. But when they're in shock on the only ten carries. So that means they're gonna throw the ball early indicator for the defense MAC hit the right arm up copies in there. And out of the pairs of bringing a full blitz throwing the cart and brought down Shaba purse down on third and eight. They get the twenty six th row over the middle. Vic Fangio dialed up hand cut L rock the the heat on the tackle. And make sure that receiver could get the first down when your business.
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WMAL 630AM
"three hundred pounds" Discussed on WMAL 630AM
"Three hundred pounds of Turkey three hundred and fifty pound appeal potatoes because one hundred and fifty pound it's the hotels way of giving. Thanks for the community and the hotel to give back to them. John Matthews on WMA Allen, WFAN dot com. And while first responders are being given Turkey dinners today. Former FBI director James call me and former attorney general Loretta Lynch got subpoenas for thanksgiving. House Judiciary chairman Bob Goodlatte issued the subpoenas is requesting. Private depositions from call me and Lynch, it's part of a short-lived Republican investigation into FBI actions in the two thousand sixteen campaign. It ends twin Democrats take over the house in January. The retiring, chairman of the House Judiciary committee wants Komei to appear on December third and Lynch on December fourth but Komi who wants a public hearing tweets happy thanksgiving got a subpoena for House Republicans. I'm still happy to sit in a light and answer all questions, but I will resist a closed door thing because I've seen enough of their selective. Leaking and distortion correspondent, Linda Kenyon. The skins. Take on their biggest rival the Cowboys today backup quarterback Colt. Mccoy will be feeling the pressure today. According to voice of the Redskins. Larry Michael who tells WML's mornings in the mall high expectations from Cole McCoy today. He's played very sparingly since he's been a Redskin. But when he's been in there. He's been really really good. And I think the one thing that everybody realizes he knows this offense inside and out. Our coverage starts at three thirty of next, traffic and weather. This.
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Mark Bell's Power Project
"three hundred pounds" Discussed on Mark Bell's Power Project
"If you squat three hundred pounds, you're gonna use one hundred and fifty pounds and try like eight sets of like three reps. Why are the sets high in the reps? Low the sets are high and the reps are low because you need rest in between. Ev e need rest in between those three reps that you're doing in order to restore the ability to have enough speed enough force behind the next lift you understand what I mean. So you're gonna do eight sets of three reps. But there's going to be about a minute in between every set maybe even longer maybe up to two minutes because you want to restore your energy to be able to move the next set fast as well. So if you did sets of eight, you know, instead of sets of three or sets to if he did sets eight you would lose energy, you would lose the strength that you have to be able to still produce the same amount of four. So we're trying to do over eight sets of three reps over twenty four reps. We're trying to produce about approximately the same amount of force with every single rep that we do. So that makes sense everybody on page forty three with me. That's what we're trying to do. But if we did three sets of eight instead, we would not. Not be able to keep up that same intensity. We wouldn't be able to have that same intent. It would change the way that we're lifting even though the volume and the intensity overall might still be the same. I got a question for you five straight days of Kito ish food. But no carbs really nervous about. I am nervous about everything last night. Those thinking about how like I'm probably gonna way less in the morning, and I'm not having a ton of food. And we have our crazy squad session. Why do you think it felt amazing for me though? Like, I kind of went against everything that I think I know about as far as having food and being prepared for a heavy squad day. I just think that those things don't matter as much and you're only few days into a diet too. So, you know, if we were if we were to fast forward, and you lost ten pounds from doing this diet that would I always said, the Kito genyk diet has never robbed me of energy. I've always felt good on it where it robs you strength is when you tend to lose if you lose a lot of weight, or if you start to lose the water in your muscles and things like that start to lose a bunch of water weight. You can have a little drop-off in your shrink. But also to we have not done a box squat in a little bit. And then also it was a higher box. So it's a good strong confidence boost. Yeah. And yeah, just allowed you to handle more weight than you used to. So that that's part of it feeling amazing. You know, as opposed to like when we bench the other day, and that's three you kinda got into the workout. A little bit late. And then it just just never really got an opportunity to feel right? Yeah. But she did do a lot of work, and he's still got through a lot of great sets and stuff but the tone. They talk about in a football game. They talk about like, let's set the tone a lot of times that tone starts with knocking someone's dick in the right like somebody just gets lit up. And it's like man that sets a tone for the whole day or a lot of teams will use like a screen pass to kind of set the quarterback up for feeling really good. Maybe they'll do a no huddle to get like a rhythm. And that's what you're trying to get out of every day the to do. And that's what I'm always trying to capture. I may not be the best at everything all the time. But I'm trying to do my best. I'm trying to set myself up for my best. I'm trying to find the over the middle slant pass and the screens I'm not throwing any bombs. You know, I wanna be really rare for me to load up and and and throwing from the fifty yard line into the end zone. Because I'm looking for what the defense is gonna give me I'm looking for..
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KCBS All News
"three hundred pounds" Discussed on KCBS All News
"Eight so an all news one zero six nine am seven forty kcbs kcbs news time seven ten a woman was hospitalized for smoking elation and a duplex destroyed by fire in oakland kcbs tim ryan is live in oakland where he says there were several structure fires overnight and now investigators are looking at whether there's a link to all the fireworks activities tim holy in fact i have been to three fire scenes here in oakland in the last ninety minutes or so so a busy night turned into a pissing morning plyer on hayes street at seminary reported at four thirty am says the fire departments james bowron all six residents of the duplex got out with one woman transported to the hospital with smoking elation symptoms and some units got on scene second alarm right away what we found was a two story multifamily unit with heavy fire on the exterior of the building interior the building both first and second one there was another fire ten minutes later nearby on international boulevard soon to say whether illegal fireworks were responsible but reports in oakland san francisco and san jose all indicate a lot of illegal activity overnight police in san bruno report one hundred seventy calls related to fireworks twenty five people arrested three hundred pounds of illegal fireworks she's been san brutal along with a gun ligon oakland tim ryan kcbs thanks tim fire crews making more progress overnight as a fight the big kelly fire that's the one burning in napa and you'll counties near lake barry yesterday now say that fires thirty percent contained in officials say that cooler weather on the fourth of july helped him get to that number however hot and dry conditions are building back into the forecast over the next few days not good for the firefighters that county fire has burned over eighty five thousand acres since it got started last weekend there was a surprise during a bathroom remodeling project in san jose and no we're not talking about dry ron as kcbs as matt bigler reports live from san jose previous homeowner left a message hidden in the walls matt holliday usually when you come across a surprise during remodeling project your first reaction isn't to laugh out loud hilarious but alex monet surprise was a message from the previous owners of his san jose home they had hidden their pictures behind the drywall with the words we remodeled the bathroom in one thousand nine hundred five if you're reading those that means you're doing it again what's wrong with the way we did it it was just very unexpected but but really funny we thought they had a great sense of humor there was also a photo of their pet bunny rabbit now even though they're in a hurry to finish the project before their first baby is born the monets tell kpi's five they now plan to carry on the tradition and leave a message of their own i think we do need integrates obviously the baby and we have two dogs and a previous cat they used to live with us so try to build up this family tree a little bit more and maybe hopefully leave a surprise and a smile for some later on down the road efforts to reach the previous owners have been unsecure zestful but alex's tweet about the discovery has gone viral live in san jose matt bigler kcbs thank you matt kcbs news time seven thirty well international soccer tournaments might try nothing rallies the world together like chicken so we're doing our part to bring nations together with five traditional.
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"three hundred pounds" Discussed on The Bone 102.5
"Terrible at three hundred pound hairball moving book and brother little bits looks every ever see like the locomotive movies yes looks like starts slow with them there's a lot of a lotta gut coming up at four eight nine am i getting in your way i found the article that you were talking about i don't know how reputable the outline dot com the articles title says uber wants to avoid its largest customer base drunk people there you go that's crazy that's what i'm saying because you're unruly okay listen if you're ubereats in its three and two three in the morning you know you're going to let's say ebor for example t think you're picking up so but i think it's probably it's gotta be for people that huw mess with the system before like maybe if you've had some bad uber's wish says is that anyway okay whatever whatever that uber drivers face the problems that they face is extremely drunk people throwing up and being completely different in the back of their cars not to mention historically pretty terrible treatment by other employees but reported by multiple outlets uber filed an application with the us patent and trademark office back in two thousand sixteen for a tool it's still does not exist which would detect writers that are in an unusual states how the tool would then pair potentially junk passengers with drivers that have the experience or training to handle them or to no driver at all well that's not a bad idea but how you say can you blow in the sir you i don't know if you let's against this almost against dave obviously figured out some sort of technology it says the tool intended to be powered by artificial intelligence would look for a nominees in not just the writers previous routes but how they request a new route the tool would consider data input accuracy speed interface interaction behavior it's going to say why am i always picking you up in the bar district you know what i mean like it's gonna use that as how come we picked you up thirteen times in the last two weeks and it's in the same district where there's a lot of drinking activity they may say it's a likely getting pulled over from driving while black maybe i don't want pat interesting what is the whole point of uber is to avoid people drinking and driving that's the one thing a hundred drinking oud uses over who's not drinking right nobody unless you just you know altro tourism or you don't want to drive to the airport or whatever the case i mean what i do like a lot of meth i still dry i've heard with i will be the fattest guy ever could you see me like a madhouse with a bunch of crackheads and i'm just like this like what are you doing here bro i don't know just know i'm new to this said diet you haven't tried now we're talking about uber and i just came down the james winston is going to be suspended for for three games is not good what else terrible by the way but the story keeps changing but this is my thing does anybody think that jameis winston was in a if this happened he's a dumbest he'll be out there jamesy winston drug or not was in an uber car right where a woman was molested and he didn't say anything what do you mean like okay let's get drunk sometimes okay if i'm an uber and i'm enters a female driver and at any time sees uncomfortable i'm going to say something she did too and if that happened to.
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"three hundred pounds" Discussed on WEEI
"I mean think about the diets think about weight room major league baseball for instance they never used weight rooms for a long time until the brothers now they use a lot more than weight rooms but still those guys will lifting weights and came in the tiger woods kind of reshaped golfing how golfers looked at their bodies you know for kind of flabby soft guys drank a lot of beer smoke cigars and played golf tiger comes in they're benching three hundred and fifty pounds whatever it is yeah who said that after three hundred pounds whatever it would be nice to you know patrick reed yeah he has a real forget daily though new john deli deli you're right about that he's like the villain buydell it's only like what twenty seventy looks like he's thirty people to like him does terrible for his age he's not taking care of himself the proper way he's not on that tv's we'll tell you that right now you might he might need it though he could use it but i think with how nutritionists today and how serious about it tom brady is the working out things like that the fact that he has been relatively healthy entire career except that one year when he got hurt in week one i it wasn't an eight wasn't i think against the kansas city chiefs hasn't missed time yeah i think definitely another year and he plays at a high level next year and by the time sam darnold josh allen already in two that's when you can start thinking about the changing of the guard and tom brady starts to show i think the signs i think that's what it is i think this year really i think he's gonna graduate using falling off a cliff this year one more year that's it.
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WHO NewsRadio 1040 AM
"three hundred pounds" Discussed on WHO NewsRadio 1040 AM
"The six three three hundred pound around university of louisville is there in the backfield and takes the running back rose him up against the far side dasher boards and that is to can cautious first of all running into a brick you know what and bj butler and then threw him up against the dasher boards like a rack now right now as a result of that with a two yard loss green bay has run the ball and then kusak six times for seven yards bj butler six three three hundred pounds he me here we go hit takes it pitches nearside to tragedy crashes midfield gets down about the twenty four yard line zack allen in on the stop but that should be good enough for a first down little pitch to the nearside took it around the end and has enough real estate they will move the chains nine twenty six left to go third quarter twenty six fifteen i will march drummers on top with this avid this works right into what dixie was talking about with me last night they don't expect hicks can beat them they have to find a way to stop the run because they don't think that they can beat the barnstorm is with the past search tragedy in the backfield quarterback brian hits sensitive receivers and forward motion the right hander takes a plant at the twenty dumps it off to tragedy at the twentieth of the twenty down to the twenty two keeps us feet and has bumped up against the far side dashboard that about the twenty yard line in bars dumber territory and jones junior on the stop along with harrison zack allen we'll get credit for the stop zachary allen flying all over the place for the iowa bar numbers defensively to sixty two hundred forty powder out of wake forest university have you noticed how follow these tackles are tonight you you're not seeing green bay break tackles tonight so here we go.
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"three hundred pounds" Discussed on CRAIG CARLTON'S HELLO MY NAME IS CRAIG
"If dannecker patrick was three hundred pounds overweight first off she couldn't fit in the car so it becomes a moot point but they would not be all the oh my god oh my god i wanna be clear him saying here she's is a legitimate professional driver she's better than me and she's better than a lotta people but people talk about who with reverence like she's one the daytona five hundred seven times call me when she does the first time and i'm not knocking her ability i'm saying we talk about her as if she's dale earnhardt when she's not which brings read a story number two this is a tough one because it deals with stuff going on society right now we're aware of the meet you movement raw very much aware of course of the plight of many women unfortunately in the workplace in entertainment and politics who have to deal with these scumbags bosses who take advantage of them and ask for sexual favors in return for an average your job hansen tonight we're going slowly own seven 7up just to wet the lips keeping gone and it's a real thing as discussing the harvey weinstein crap you know the stuff you read this could just discussing pride some of the things louise c k who had a thinking about this pause pants sonnen masturbating in front of women just because that's what he wanted to do a sick right so sports illustrated is in a i thought was gonna be in a pickle this year because you're they do two things you have the swimsuit issue of course and then i don't know how long ago as they started the the athlete issue you know they have a famous athletes and their wives your boyfriends her husband's whatever and they do you know they're they're naked it's like the naked issue of sports illustrated so what's crazy about that this year is that sports illustrated wants to make it clear that there are sensitive to and supportive as of course you have to be me with to me to movement but what i question.
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"three hundred pounds" Discussed on First and Last
"Court on that was three hundred pounds of toetapping justice and the fat people every that was sponsored by making sure people take their diabetes medication fighter every fact because it's made a sandwich out stuff you're not supposed to stood up in applauded the map i have a question i'm sorry i'm really passionate about actions a big everywhere i that where he really way and here you're welcome anytime with her think ohio state could have beat clemson like that on their best day yes ohio state of on their best as one of the best teams mccotter at day though on on that day in particular if ohio state shows up yes i just don't know i have no faith in them to show up consistently so i can't say for sure they got dogged by a dead dog average iowa team can't let that happen expect kim who can they be anyone ohio stick when the national championship third that good yeah i just don't know who shows up speaking of the national championship who do you think will win now album albums gonna win this it's it's going to be close to like five and a half point favorites right now with that georgia running games real on alabama's defense has been scoring not offense of touchdowns as their second one i think data pick six to seal it that was only their second one of the season they score like 15 a year ago so that's not their emo is going to be a close game but then we've seen this to an annexation is about to show yeah this is why you lettuce noon you've right girl six you put of bowen a less so now let's head on up to the nfl.
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KNBR The Sports Leader
"three hundred pounds" Discussed on KNBR The Sports Leader
"Titans they know understand in kind of have an idea of what to expect from dikla bowlin that tightens defense as they go out there but we really the story here as we get to watch most of this game from the sky cam i didn't realize this i thought i was the only one who love this sort of endzone cam idea because there's an offense of lima to gives you the best vantage point of what's going on up front which is a world again i figure only myself and other people who had flirted with three hundred pounds in a lot a lot of of of sweat in places that most people can fathom i thought this was something only we light but apparently the reason for this was positive feedback when they were forced to this camera after a game a couple of weeks ago where a lot of vp fog and smoke from fireworks had actually prompted it was the only camera could really give you a look at this and people seem to a joy we'll see if too much of a good thing can be bad but for the rest of us who ever wondered what religious vac side fourblock look like was that a trap walk i'm at last one who's that me goes all these questions will probably be answered last night maybe not the last one but we could dream right and finally in the world the major league baseball the postseason awards by the way i like to imagine as these awards of steadily come out over the last couple of days we know award shows have become very invoked for the league's obviously the nfl's one of the biggest in the brightest the nba followed suit last year controversially giving out there mvp of the season well after the nba finals it's something that a lot of people blocked at i like to imagine as the empty mlb awards have come out over a number of days that it's this marathon award show where people are now shakily in blearyeyed reaching for champagne glasses that they don't want to drink anymore everyone is sweat through their tuxedos in the crowd they're all locked in a room and tremendously uncomfortable just begging the god of their choosing for this to be over survival survivor style the only way out of the.
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Alice @97.3
"three hundred pounds" Discussed on Alice @97.3
"Noon habit you know comedians work at night oscar no one even thought of checking on on him ralph his assistant showed up just afternoon and opened his bedroom door found him unconscious on the floor it appears he was sitting on the side of the bed when the heart attack struck and he fell over he was dead when the paramedic scott there no drugs were found according to this anyway ralfie famously carried a vape pan like one of those we'd vape pens but they say had been a long stretch even since he'd use that a source who is with a nightly says he'd been battling pneumonia for six weeks he was eighty ninety percent better the night before he died it was also in good spirits although one source of conflict was his divorce an estranged wife he felt his wife would not let go of their marriage was trying to punish him using their two kids as a weapon and people in ralph said that they're really upset because his estranged wife now has complete control of his estate because the divorce was not final and she closed off many of the people who are close to ralph in worked with him so that and make it contentious i don't know i'm he tweeted in december two when he thirteen uh i hope when i die people make jokes about me don't cry for me life is great wealthy may hurry passed away this weekend oj simpson is out of prison and it sounds like he found out that he'd probably be making parole about a year ago he had packed on some poundsaweek about three hundred pounds at one la in in prison ooh he was eating hamburgers hotdogs little debbie snack cakes corn dogs know stick safety reasons can prison uh they say was up to about three hundred pounds although i mean he looks heavy but i don't know if he looks three hundred pounds he's a big dude though so maybe i'm late last year when parole started to seemed like a real possibility he decided to drop a few so we cut out the snacks and went on the prisons diabetic diet i guess if you have diabetes you get certain food i he also enlisted the help of.
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KVNT Valley News Talk
"three hundred pounds" Discussed on KVNT Valley News Talk
"He weighed nearly three hundred pounds recognizing the risk of broken bones if he wasn't carried correctly ed decided to wait for the firefighters as the building rattled in shook more one of the men left but the other edge good friend abe he said he would stay until the fireman came and could properly carry his friend with the right equipment did ed insists that is good buddy leave and follow the others we don't know but even if it had a would have stay aid their friendship was that deep and he will not think of leaving the side of his helpless friend ed an aide waited and waited not realizing that the firemen were having to fight through stairwell's that were clogged with debris not to mention panicky people trying to rush to safety while they waited abe called his family explain that he was staying by the side of his quadriplegic friend until help arrived apes mother begged him to evacuate but he was determined to stay can help ed that's less contact anyone had with these two guys they were the only ones remaining on the 27th floor and sadly in a short time the world trade center collapsed the 27th floor disappeared in the war in the rebel 'nother ed nor a made it out of the building i think you can see why the story touches me so because i'm a quadraplegic like ahead and i know i have friends who are like aid i know these precious firms would take any risk make any sacrifice to help me even if i were in terrible danger these friends are true helpers of the helpless and she says spoke about them in john chapter fifteen first thirteen where it says there is no greater low and to lay down one's life for ones friends and it's why did they of nine eleven when we remember the heroes the true patriots of that terrible day i am remembering a man named aid who could have saved himself but he did not because of love he courageously chose.
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NBA Lockdown
"three hundred pounds" Discussed on NBA Lockdown
"At that point puppy voted just ask darko how much you weighed over three hundred pounds darko sheepishly said things did not improve in the ring darko at a strong me but says he forgot to use it he had a good left high kick butt kicked primarily with his right i mean i want to kill him but i don't know how darko says his opponent who was much smaller did knowhow he wailed on darko until dark owes legs were bleeding so badly he couldn't stand up darko family was not really that happy with his decision to fight he says and one evening when we are chatting quietly zorana describes it to me as stupidly stupid stupid her feelings along with the ease with which darko was dismantled led darko away from another kickboxing engagement and toward a quick second sports retirement it seemed a wise decision instead he became intrigued by agriculture a few friends were farmers and now is appealing but the element the drew darko was the idea that he could master it he was supposed to be a basketball wizard that hadn't quite worked out farming was another chance darko quickly became hooked he travelled to italy to look at famous orchards he learned about soil in grow patterns and tree heights he considered other types of fruit then after settling on apples he reviewed the varieties the juxtaposition is stark a former basketball player doesn't know the nba finals has even happening but when i ask how we monitors quality and the orchard he walks me over to a hedge and delivers a long winding explanation about the ideal distance each apple should be from the treetrunk a summary the closer to the trunk the better.
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"three hundred pounds" Discussed on Reality Check
"Now mine get out the free go ahead no that's it i we we just don't have a whole beloved him over everybody driven out on everybody no matter who you are can't even be a black china i'm rob kardashian speaking of that rob kardashian is the biggest on ever been at three over three hundred pounds them man is depressed and it's crazy is moms cutting them off leg she's like i'm done until you start seeing professional as seeking professional i think he does i think i think there is more that's happening that maybe even they don't realize maybe even rob has a realize there's a reason why someone has gotten to that point and then you and is before the black china thinks that yeah can we can throw it on that that's probably not the cherry he needed for his sunday but i think i i just think that there could be something where he's also watching everyone around him be successful and then as like what does he have besides being the brother of kim chloe courtney kylie but that's a void he had other nil because he can be rob carnell kardashian rob kardashian is fine he is however five rob kardashian was bombed the san leg at is is even at three hundred okay and we amin black china tried to get him to go down but at the end of the day i mean ye rob kardashian but he can be and i just feel like we were trying to put too much on him was the that's how you upping they lie all air by like oh he was fine listen if you think about it you know what he was before and you know what he is now you know the he can get back to that so in either way but he has a lotta issues right now and he does and you can't put that on a person to have to deal with those issues he needs to deal with those issues we those issues were before black china your issues were but were after little adrian from the thrill w cheetah groping bo maybe maybe that was the start of it.
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"Or whatever it is worth of when i have chocolatecovered start all of those things are great aren't they i'm gonna see when you've never had them um um i've had the big one i guess it's good died monday has been the mall yeah would mesa garage huge ones that it dipped in chocolate worry could i got the bright idea one year when i worked in indianapolis i thought it'd be need to find out what it would be like to be probably the world's largest chocolate easter bunny so omega what i what i did was i got we got three hundred pounds of good dive chocolate you will make in relation to south yeah okay i was making me and when he threw bought wrong peres i got i got into the i got into this this is like a thing they used to have to put a water in for cattle look at route type thing yeah and then we put up with melted chocolate in i got in it and my mike couldn't it was pretty stick branch loyd it anyway so i i got out and trying to pick kit with all your was glad it was you had to see the believe it so i i get out of there knowing took pity out all was was videos all over the country although i i somebody you hit local tv stations on occasion pounds will put out a um you know a bunch of things they've got look different stories were doing and the indianapolis station put the thing out for so the other stations could use it and so i started getting calzone later in the day from various tv stations row and asked me what prompted this and i just told them our to be the world's largest chocolate easter bunny.
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We're all familiar with the benefits of technology, but even today, a large number of businesses aren't as quick to adopt new ideas as others. A number of research studies show the benefits of technology, but sometimes that's not enough to force a change. Many people might have simply not had exposure to tech in their working lives and don't know what is possible.
Cost is another obvious barrier. For established companies and even individuals, technology promises a brave new world, but often fails to deliver. It's expensive, and the number of choices can be overwhelming.
So when you aren't comfortable with technology -- perhaps you're in a more traditional business -- and it costs a lot to implement, we can see why some businesses lag behind. But there is a way to cut through all of that and inspire change, even in companies usually hostile to technology.
Why DevOps?
A few weeks ago, I spoke with Sharon Cooper, the chief digital officer (CDO) of The British Medical Journal. Her job is to manage the cultural change of the organization. This is no small feat. The BMJ is around 170 years old and a print business by heritage. Cooper has had to change a print mindset to one that can deliver content to doctors and clinicians when that information is needed, even if it's 3 a.m. How did she start that journey, and why DevOps?
For Cooper, the key starts with listening to stakeholders. Early in her role, a BMJ sales director threw his laptop on her desk, saying it was as useful as an Etch A Sketch. At that moment she realized technology was failing her customers, and no explanation could change that.
If a drug dosage recommendation changes, 'The BMJ' reflects it in a matter of hours.
She started with very small things. The BMJ adopted Google to replace Lotus Notes and no longer required staff work overnight. Cooper didn't dramatically overhaul the organization's technology infrastructure. She implemented small, cost-effective changes slowly.
New model DevOps
So again, why do DevOps? And where does it fit into this picture? Cooper's customer base is largely made up of trained clinicians and a very traditional workforce. In other words, this is not an overly tech-savvy group.
How did Cooper do it? She initially got the tech team to move to Agile and focused their efforts on the end product. Once that was in place, she pushed the business focus to DevOps, and over time, the team moved product by product and service by service to the new model.
It took time -- around three years -- but now clinical products aren't updated only once a year, but whenever clinical guidance changes. If a drug dosage recommendation changes, The BMJ reflects it in a matter of hours. They don't make changes on a whim, of course, and The BMJ adheres to the "do no harm" philosophy in the information it gives. But now, The BMJ's information is always accurate and up-to-date.
The move to DevOps and Agile has made The BMJ flexible enough to respond to the needs of customers. Why DevOps? Well, again, it's about getting the right information to people as quick as possible. The BMJ is now a completely safe and reliable source of information. Cooper has been shortlisted as CDO of the year in the Computing Digital Technology Leaders Awards.
The takeaway: Rather than focus on cost, start with your customers and make significant changes that deliver tangible benefits. In this case, the question, "Why DevOps?" was key to a complete culture change of The BMJ.
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The Aesthetics of the Undersea
Among global environments, the undersea is unique in the challenges it poses – and the opportunities it affords – for sensation, perception, inquiry, and fantasy. The Aesthetics of the Undersea draws case studies in such potencies from the subaqueous imaginings of Western culture, and from the undersea realities that have inspired them. The chapters explore aesthetic engagements with underwater worlds, and sustain a concern with submarine “sense,” in several meanings of that word: when submerged, faculties and fantasies transform, confronting human subjects with their limitations while enlarging the apparent scope of possibility and invention. Terrestrially-established categories and contours shift, metamorphose, or fail altogether to apply. As ocean health acquires an increasing share of the global environmental imaginary, the histories of submarine sense manifest ever-greater importance, and offer resources for documentation as well as creativity.
The chapters deal with the sensory, material, and formal provocations of the underwater environment, and consider the consequences of such provocations for aesthetic and epistemological paradigms. Contributors, who hail from the United States, United Kingdom and Australia, include scholars of literature, art, new media, music and history. Cases studies range from baroque and rococo fantasies to the gothic, surrealism, modernism, and contemporary installation art. By juxtaposing early modern and Enlightenment contexts with matters of more recent – and indeed contemporary – importance, The Aesthetics of the Undersea establishes crucial relations among temporally remote entities, which will resonate across the environmental humanities.
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Napoli vs. Sampdoria - 9/14/19 Serie A Soccer Pick, Odds, and Prediction
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Goran Kucar September 12, 2019 8:24 pm
Napoli vs. Sampdoria
Saturday, September 14, 2019 at 11:00 AM (Stadio San Paolo)
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Napoli is hosting Sampdoria in round 3 of Italian Serie A.
Napoli has started this season with an away victory against Fiorentina in what was a fun and exciting game to watch with 7 scored goals. In their last match against Juventus, Napoli was a better team with 56% of ball possession, 7 shots on goal, 5 corner kicks, and 86% of correct passes. Napoli was losing 3-0 until 66th minute but managed to catch up to 3-3 just to score an own goal in 92nd minute and to lose this game 4-3. Napoli might not be a better team than Juventus overall, but they sure do play better soccer. Solid defense, fast and precise midfield and really good attack that can produce a goal opportunity from nothing. Even though Inter has made a lot of changes and is finally playing good soccer, I believe that Napoli is Juventus' main competitor. Insigne leads Napoli with 2 goals while Lozano, Manolas, Mertens, Callejon and Di Lorenzo added 1 each. Milik is Napoli's best striker but he is unfortunately injured and will not be in the lineup for this match. Napoli's has an atomic offense with plenty of great players, but their defense has been sloppy so far and Napoli has conceded 7 goals in 2 matches. It's still early in the season and I believe that coach Ancelotti who is one of the best coaches in the world will fix these defensive problems and get Napoli back on winning track.
Sampdoria was a complete disaster in the first 2 games with 7 conceded goals and only 1 scored goals. In their last match against Sassuolo, Sampdoria started well but after 15 minutes everything went downhill. Sampdoria had only 30% of ball possession, 4 shots on goal, 5 corner kicks, and 78% of correct passes. Sampdoria lost this game 4-1 and the only goal they scored came from a penalty kick scored by Fabio Quagliarella. Last season Sampdoria ended up in 9th place in Serie A standings with 60 scored goals and 51 conceded goals which are not bad for an average team, but this season I'm afraid that Sampdoria will go down a few spots because they don't have the quality or depth as they did last season. Eusebio Di Francesco is a former Roma coach who had some great results with Roma and was signed by Sampdoria in June of this year. Eusebio is a good young coach who has a lot of potentials but unless Sampdoria's management doesn't bring new players to the team to stay competitive, there is not much that coach can do to get results. Sampdoria doesn't have their signature game style and it will take some time before they get into better form but I'm confident that Sampdoria will stay safely outside relegation zone but nowhere near European competitions.
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Napoli hasn't lost any of their last 14 home games against Sampdoria while winning 12 of those 14 matches. Napoli is a much better team with much better players in every position and this could be the game with a lot of fun soccer and goal-scoring opportunities, but I'm giving the advantage to Napoli.
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Su-30s, Mi-8s: Iran Considers Inking $8 Billion Arms Deal With Russia
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Iran plans to buy the Sukhoi Su-30SM fighters, the Mil Mi-8 and the Mil Mi-17 helicopters, as well as other weapons from Russia in an arms deal worth more than $8 billion, the Kommersant newspaper reported, citing unnamed sources.
"Tehran has already sent a list of military hardware that Iranian Armed Forces would like to purchase from Moscow," the daily added, saying that the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Russian government and the Kremlin have already seen the list.
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The Iranians allegedly want to buy the Sukhoi Su-30SM multirole fighters, the Yakovlev Yak-130 advanced jet trainer and light attack aircraft, the Mil Mi-8 and Mil Mi-17 transport helicopters, as well as the K-300P Bastion-P mobile coastal defense missile systems, frigates and diesel-electric submarines.
Last Thursday, a source in the Iranian Defense Ministry confirmed that Iran was interested in acquiring the Sukhoi Su-30 to upgrade its fleet. The source did not specify what version of the aircraft Iran was interested in. A day earlier, Iranian Defense Minister Hossein Dehghan, who is on a two-day visit to Moscow, mentioned that Tehran wanted to seal a license production deal with Russia.
"The addition of any Su-30 variant would greatly increase the capabilities of the Iranian air force, which is mostly equipped with an antiquated mix of American-, Russian- and Chinese-built hardware," defense expert Dave Majumdar wrote for the National Interest.
Tehran, according to the Kommersant, could also ask Moscow's help in repairing Iran's fleet of the Mikoyan MiG-29s, Sukhoi Su-24MKs and submarines.
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‘Squad’ Member Rep. Pressley’s ‘Panic’ Button Reportedly Sabotaged Prior to Capitol Insurrection
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Police departments and military commands across the United States are probing their membership for potential participation in the January 6 insurrection as Pentagon leaders issued a memorandum to all service members reminding them of their oaths ahead of the January 20 transition of power.
The panic button in the Capitol building office of US Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) was apparently destroyed before the January 6 storming of the building by supporters of US President Donald Trump, the congresswoman’s chief of staff reported on Wednesday.
Sometime before the insurrection last Wednesday in which Trump supporters swarmed the US Capitol and dispersed Congress in an attempt to halt certification of an election Trump claimed was fraudulent, the “panic” button in one progressive lawmaker’s office was destroyed.
Sarah Groh, Pressley’s chief of staff, related the incident to the Boston Globe on Tuesday, noting that the lawmaker’s staff noticed the missing button while rushing to barricade the door to Pressley’s office.
“Every panic button in my office had been torn out - the whole unit,” Groh told the paper, noting they could summon no rationale as to why and that the button had been used before. She said Pressley had originally intended to arrive later in the afternoon, but changed her schedule to come earlier in the day after security advised her to avoid the growing crowds gathered for Trump’s “Stop the Steal” rally.
“The second I realized our ‘safe room’ from the violent white supremacist mob included treasonous, white supremacist, anti masker Members of Congress who incited the mob in the first place, I exited,” Pressley said on Twitter Tuesday, also making a connection between lawmakers who refused to wear masks and increasing number of her colleagues testing positive for COVID-19.
Pressley is part of an informal grouping of progressive women of color in the House of Representatives dubbed “the Squad,” who have aroused particular anger among Trump supporters for their outspoken opposition to Trump’s policies.
Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), another Squad member, said on an Instagram Live broadcast on Tuesday that she thought she might die during the insurrection, afraid that conservative colleagues might give away her location to the angry mob.
“I did not know if I was going to make it to the end of that day alive,” she said, adding she “didn’t even feel safe around other members of Congress” who she said sympathized with the QAnon and white supremacist ideas driving the insurrection. She added that it was “not an exaggeration” to say that several lawmakers were “nearly assassinated” that day.
Indeed, subsequent analysis of photographs and video footage taken during the insurrection has revealed that an organized, militant faction existed among the insurrectionists, who brought not only loaded weapons but also zip ties used by police for restraining people in their custody.
Police have also discovered several improvised explosives in and around the Capitol, including a pickup truck parked nearby that was loaded down with “homemade napalm bombs” and an M4 carbine like those used by US Special Forces.
However, it wasn’t just the attendees of Trump’s rally outside the White House who stormed the Capitol: several Capitol Police officers have been suspended or are under investigation for friendly actions toward the insurrectionists, including snapping selfies together and even opening doors and barricades and giving the rioters directions once inside.
Five people died in the failed putsch, including a US Capitol Police officer and a Trump supporter who was shot outside the Senate chamber by security. At least 20 people have been arrested so far, and the Department of Justice said Tuesday it has 170 open cases in connection with people involved in the insurrection, some of whom may face federal sedition and conspiracy charges.
Thousands of US National Guard troops have been deployed to the city to ensure an orderly and peaceful transition of power on January 20, when US President-elect Joe Biden is due to be sworn in. Trump has spurned the ceremony and seemingly walked back his condemnations of the January 6 violence, although a new statement on Wednesday condemned any further violent actions by his supporters.
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The Balloon Debate
Will Coronavirus change the public’s attitude to traditionally low paid occupations which have turnout to be “key workers”? And will MP’s and government ministers now view local authority managers as more than just administrators?
Did you ever have a balloon debate at school? One day my younger brother came home from primary school and as we sat round the tea table told us that he had won the ballon debate. This was a new one on us older kids so he explained that it involved being the last one to get thrown out of an air ballon. This turned out to be not as dangerous as it sounded but just as violent. A group of volunteers were placed in the basket of an air balloon which quickly ascended providing a great view of the surrounding area, then tragedy structure the ballon started to rapidly lose hight it was going to crash into the ground killing all those on board unless the load could be lightened. Someone had to be sacrificed to save the rest. Each individual had to make the argument as to why they as a representative of their occupation should not be thrown overboard. The class would then vote and the one with least votes would go over board. The process was repeated until there were just two professions left in the ballon. The teacher stressed that this was not a popularity contest but about which occupation most benefited society. In this it was probably a failure because my brothers arguments were not that persuasive his main tactic being humour and the fact that the remaining person in the basket with him was representing the teaching profession.
If that exercise was repeated today during the Coronavirus pandemic doctors and nurses would remain in the basket a long time but who else might get to keep their place? Who are the essential workers? The schools are closed, so are restaurants, theatres and football grounds. The bins are still being emptied, utility workers are keeping the lights on, the water clean and our homes warm. Shops may be closed but supermarkets need to stay open which means lorry drivers must get deliveries through and shelf stackers must restock the shelves. The planes are not flying but buses and trains are helping get doctors, nurses and auxiliary staff to hospitals and care staff to nursing homes.
Local Authority managers would not have been on most people’s list of essential workers but the Government have recognised the crucial role of LA’s in taking the pressure off hospital beds and providing shelter and support for vulnerable groups. It’s local authority managers who take the lead in coordinating, negotiating and facilitating the voluntary, faith and not for profit groups into Community Hubs.
So maybe the next generation of school children playing the balloon game will include bin collectors, care staff, lorry drivers and utility workers along side doctors and nurses in those to keep in the ballon. And maybe the politicians will remember who it was they put their faith in locally to keep the show on the road.
Blair Mcpherson former director of community services, author and blogger www.blairmcpherson.co.uk
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Czech mate: The Pantry Crest
Hillcrest to get a taste of Tomas Bohm's cooking.
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Tomas Bohm’s restaurant The Pantry on Rodney Parham, this year’s readers’ choice for the best restaurant in Central Arkansas, has been a huge hit from the get-go, which was in 2009. There the native of the Czech Republic serves a distinctive menu of German and Czech dishes, like goulash beef stew and Wiener Schnitzel and a board that combines pork belly, bratwurst, country terrine and cured ham.
After working at EZ’s, 1620 and So, opening his own restaurant was “a dream come true,” Bohm says, one made possible by longtime restaurateur Denis Seyer, who helped Bohm get his start. Just as Seyer did with Le Casse Croute, Bohm has made an impression on the hungry and thirsty of West Little Rock.
Now, Bohm has his sights set on midtown, in the drafty Hillcrest charmer (as opinion writer John Brummett liked to say) once occupied by The House and Sufficient Grounds, just off Kavanaugh on Palm Street. He’s calling it The Pantry Crest and knows he’ll finally lure all those Heights and Hillcrestian types who don’t much travel, as they say, west of the Mississippi, to drink and dine.
The Pantry Crest will serve the same old world menu that Bohm grew up eating before moving to Eureka Springs 18 years ago to be near close friends. There may be a few offerings not found at The Pantry, but the menu will basically be the same (best to be consistent, Bohm said) if smaller (best to start small and grow than the other way round, he added), with favorites like homemade sausages, lasagna and “fish and frites.”
Midtown beer lovers will be thrilled to hear that The Pantry Crest will have an extensive beer menu that will include beers on draft, large-bottle beers and “vintage beers” — brews that Bohm is aging before serving. The full bar will include “seasonal cocktails” as well, Bohm said.
A summer cocktail sounds mighty good right now in the midst of our endless winter, especially served on the Pantry’s deck, which Bohm plans to redo with a roof.
Bohm had hoped to open in April, but the condition of the one-time two-story residence (as anyone in the neighborhood could have told him from experience with their own drafty charmers) turned out to have more structural problems than he expected. In fact, it needed a new foundation and substantial repairs. “I’m not a patch-and-go type of guy,” Bohm said, adding, “It’s an expense, but I’m really happy [the house] is going to be there for another 200 years.” Bohm will serve food on both the first and second floors but the first will have “more of a kind of bar energy.” When The Pantry Crest opens — perhaps in August — it will be for dinner only (The Pantry is open for lunch Monday through Friday). Lunch will come later.
Out west, “we have an amazing crowd,” Bohm said, a community that helped him build his business. He expects The Pantry Crest will draw a new, equally happy, clientele.
Leslie Newell Peacock has worked for the Arkansas Times since its switch from a monthly magazine to a weekly in 1992. She previously worked for the Arkansas Gazette.
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Ego – beyonce | EZ Song Lyrics: From Lyrics to Song in 60
Posted April 28, 2017 by Mae
Oh baby, how you doing?
You know I’m gonna cut right to the chase
Some women were made but me, myself
I like to think that I was created for a special purpose
You know, what’s more special than you? You feel me
It’s on baby, let’s get lost
You don’t need to call into work ’cause you’re the boss
For real, want you to show me how you feel
I consider myself lucky, that’s a big deal
Why? Well, you got the key to my heart
But you ain’t gonna need it, I’d rather you open up my body
And show me secrets, you didn’t know was inside
No need for me to lie
It’s too big, it’s too wide
It’s too strong, it won’t fit
It’s too much, it’s too tough
He talk like this ’cause he can back it up
He got a big ego, such a huge ego
I love his big ego, it’s too much
He walk like this ’cause he can back it up
Usually I’m humble, right now I don’t choose
You can leave with me or you could have the blues
Some call it arrogant, I call it confident
You decide when you find on what I’m working with
D*** I know I’m killing you with them legs
Better yet them thighs
Matter a fact it’s my smile or maybe my eyes
Boy you a sight to see, kind of something like me
I talk like this ’cause I can back it up
I got a big ego, such a huge ego
But he love my big ego, it’s too much
I walk like this ’cause I can back it up
I, I walk like this ’cause I can back it up
I, I talk like this ’cause I can back it up
I, I can back it up, I can back it up
He got a big ego, such a huge ego, such a huge ego
Ego so big, you must admit
I got every reason to feel like I’m that b****
Ego so strong, if you ain’t know
I don’t need no beat, I can sing it with piano
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Aw, baby, how you doing?
You know I'm gonna cut right to the chase, huh?
Some women were made
But me, myself?
I like to think that I was created
For a special purpose
You know?
What's more special than YOU?
You feel me?
It's on, baby let's get lost
You don't need to call in to work 'cause you're the boss
I consider myselflucky, that's a big deal
Well, you got the key to my heart
But you ain't gonna need it
I'd rather you open up my body
And show me secrets you didn't know was inside
It's too big (big)
It's too wide (wide)
It's too strong (strong)
It won't fit (fit)
It's too much (much)
It's too tough (tough)
He talk like this 'cause he can back it up
He got a big ego
Such a huge ego
I love his big ego
It's too much
He walk like this 'cause he can back it up
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On “winning” elections
Evan Weber June 22, 2020 September 11, 2020
I’m writing from Kentucky, where I’ve been since last Sunday, throwing down with others to see if we can help push Charles Booker’s insurgent campaign over the finish line as ballots are cast tomorrow. I’ve been thinking a lot about what it means to “win” in electoral politics as a movement, and I wanted to write some thoughts down to share with you all before the final ballots are cast in the two June 23rd primaries we’ve been focused on for Jamaal Bowman and Charles Booker. I hope my reflections might be helpful or meaningful for you all in the coming hours and days.
The energy here in KY is electric and it’s clear that something incredible has been happening. Just as in New York and around the country, the momentum in the streets is being channeled into our politics. In the last few weeks Jamaal Bowan and Charles Booker’s races have become the center of national political attention, and Sunrise Movement has been an instrumental part of that. We’ve been with both of the candidates since Day 1, made hundreds of thousands of phone calls for them, helped them rack up major endorsements, supported their political and communications strategies, and more. After all the mail-in and Election Day ballots are tallied sometime later this week — we might just make history. I hope everyone will do everything they can to make that possible in the next 24 or so hours before the polls close. Sign up to phonebank for the final push: smvmt.org/phonebank
But I want to be real, we might lose both of these races. In fact, losing is the most likely outcome, and always has been. Charles and Jamaal are huge underdogs, and the establishment has been throwing everything they have at us in the last few weeks to try to blunt our momentum. In the last week alone, millions and millions of dollars have been spent in both of these races to try to attack our candidates and bolster their opponents. On top of that, we luckily had mail-in voting in both of these races, so more people could safely cast their ballots during the pandemic, but that also means that many ballots were already cast as momentum for our candidates was just picking up in the final weeks. It’s likely these races are going to be VERY tight, and we may not know the results for days. When those results finally do come in, they may not be the results we’ve been hoping and working for.
Losing sucks, and we all know our movement could use some wins right now. From the 2008 financial crisis, to the climate crisis, to this pandemic and economic crisis we’re suffering from now, Trump’s election, and more…our generation has suffered a lot of losses. We’ve got everything stacked against us. We’re the underdogs, and so are our candidates. Every now and then, the underdogs score a victory — and it changes the world forever, upends the political common sense, and defines a new normal. But most of the time, us underdogs lose.
Losing sucks especially when it feels like we’re on the cusp of victory. Anyone remember Bernie? Yeah.
But also, anyone regret backing Bernie? I sure don’t. Why?
Because first and foremost, we used our engagement with the campaign to help grow the movement, and that’s been happening with these races, too. Both nationally, and in NY and Kentucky. It’s been so amazing to see so many new leaders step up with passion and creativity to take on these fights. We’re also really lucky to be working with amazing candidates and campaigns who care about our movement and want it grow as well.
Second, when we fight and lose but get close, it helps us grow our political power and changes the political calculus. Bernie lost, but now one of our movement’s leaders, Varshini, is helping to write Biden’s climate plan. In 2018, we endorsed Abdul-El Sayed for Governor in MI and Cynthia Nixon for Governor in NY. They both lost to Whitmer and Cuomo, but we moved them both to the left significantly on climate and the environment, and they’ve now governed in a more progressive stance than they would have had we not challenged them with those primaries. If we leave it all on the field, but fall short on election night, we will still shift the political calculus in these states and districts for a progressive agenda.
Lastly, we’re the people who try the impossible until it becomes inevitable! We fight the impossible fights not because they are easy, but because they are worth it. People once said climate would never be a top political priority. We believed it was possible, and we made it so. And with every loss, we learn and grow stronger, and make winning that much more likely the next time around.
All that’s to say, elections come and go, we win some and lose some. But the real prize is the movement that we build throughout it all.
So as we get ready for this final sprint, I just wanted to send a note to our movement: let’s give it our all in this last day, but no matter what happens, remember that as long we keep building people power and political power — as long as we stay committed to growing the movement — we are winning, no matter what the pundits say. And one day we will win it all, sure as the sun rises each morning.
To close, I wanted to share my experience with the Charles Booker campaign. I’ve had the privilege of being with Charles when he was first making moves to run, working with him throughout when no one believed in what we were doing, and of traveling with him around Kentucky in the final stretch of this campaign when the world started paying attention.
When he told me about why he was running, I remember him crystal clear saying to me, “Win or lose, I believe this campaign can help build the movement in Kentucky, and build progressive infrastructure in the state for the long haul.” After he told me that, I knew this was a campaign worth our movement investing in and believing in, and we’ve been all in building the movement alongside him since then.
At the start of last week, Charles, speaking in front of a crowd of hundreds, closed a rally saying, “I’ve got some news for y’all: We gon win this race! In fact, we’ve already won.” The crowd went wild.
As he said those words “we’ve already won” tears came to my eyes as I thought about the thousands of Kentuckians — Black and white, old and young, rural and urban, “from the hood to the holler” — that have poured into the streets in recent weeks demanding justice for Breonna Taylor and David McAtee, saying that “no lives matter until Black lives matter.” I thought of the farmers and coal miners who have been inspired by Charles’ vision for a Green New Deal, and the young Kentuckians whose lives have been ruined by Mitch McConnell as long as they’ve been alive believing they have the power to oust Mitch McConnell for the first time.
Charles is right. This movement has already shown that a new way is possible in Kentucky. That there is hunger for a different type of politics in the South. That the people and places everyone has written off shouldn’t be ignored. In New York we’ve shown that politicians like Eliot Engel can’t take their constituents for granted while they amass power for themselves in DC. No matter what happens after all the votes are cast and when the final ballots are tallied, Charles is right — we’ve already won.
Thank you for being a part of this grueling, impossible work. It’s the honor of my life to fight alongside each and every one of you.
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'It's wild down here' as Milwaukee County recount continues
Milwaukee (CNN)The Milwaukee County recount in Wisconsin won’t be finished until after Thanksgiving after a slower-than-expected start, including several physical confrontations and objections to ballots due to complaints about physical distancing rules.
The Trump campaign filed for a limited recount of two Wisconsin counties — Milwaukee and Dane — last week in a long-shot bid to overturn President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the state. Milwaukee County is now on schedule to finish counting Friday, although by Wisconsin election law they have until December 1.Six observers had to be removed by sheriff’s deputies in the first four days of the recount, County Clerk George Christenson said. One observer had to be removed twice. A “handful” of other observers were also asked to leave, though not by police, he said. “On Friday and Saturday, we had very aggressive observers from the Trump campaign who were telling poll workers what to do, badgering poll workers, bullying poll workers, violating physical distancing, and saying that they would object to every ballot because they didn’t like the physical distancing rules,” said a Milwaukee election official who was not authorized speak on the matter.
Wisconsin GOP election commissioner praised right-wing provocateur who promoted voter fraud conspiracies“It’s wild down here,” the official said. Read MoreOn Monday, a Biden observer was removed after an altercation with a Trump observer where social distancing rules were violated, Christenson told CNN. “This is certainly a very contentious atmosphere we are living in right now, politically. There were very overzealous observers at times. And that’s died down over the course of every day,” Christenson said.Milwaukee County contains Milwaukee, the state’s largest city and home to the largest Black population in Wisconsin. Biden beat Trump by 317,251 votes to 134,355 in that county, according to unofficial results from the Wisconsin Election Commission. Biden won the state by roughly 20,000 votes.As of Tuesday night, Christenson said, about 380,000 of the approximately 460,000 votes cast in Milwaukee County have been processed for the recount so far, with the city of Milwaukee mostly counted and only two other municipalities left to process.The official tally from the Wisconsin Elections Commission, which lags behind the counties, shows Trump has lost six votes and Biden has gained three in Milwaukee County, with 16% of municipalities completed.The count is taking place at the Wisconsin Center, a convention center in central Milwaukee. Dozens of folding tables divided in half with acrylic glass line a massive windowless room with florescent lights and concrete floors. People walk around with stickers identifying their role; some say “ELECTION OFFICIAL,” “BIDEN OBSERVER” or “TRUMP OBSERVER.” There had been three chairs for observers at each counting table: one seat for a Trump observer, one for a Biden observer, and one for a third party observer if there is one.However, the rules had to be changed after some Trump observers who attended on Friday returned on Saturday claiming to be observers for the third party party, the official said.After complaints by several clerks about the issue, the Wisconsin Elections Commission issued a ruling to remove every third chair unless there was already a third party observer sitting in the chair, according to the official. In one instance, a woman physically assaulted an election worker who removed her jacket from a third party observer chair at one table, while the woman was sitting as a Trump observer at another table. The woman was removed by a sheriff’s deputy, though no charges were filed, the official said.
Observers wait to be called to counting tables for Milwaukee County’s recount. In another incident, a Trump observer who was not covering his nose with his face mask was asked repeatedly to wear his mask properly per Elections Commission guidelines. He was removed after ignoring the requests.The man returned the next day. When an election official told the man he needed to wear his mask properly, the man took the mask off, told the official that he knew where the official lived, and recited the official’s home address. The man was removed by a deputy for threatening behavior. “There are no restrictions on who can be a recount observer,” Wisconsin Elections Commission spokesman Reid Magney told CNN. Observers are not required to be state residents, nor are they required to be registered or affiliated with the campaign for which they are observing. By Tuesday, however, Christenson said the operation was running more smoothly. “There have been some growing pains, for sure. As you can see, this is a very big operation,” he said. “We tried to sort of nip those issue in the bud quickly.”Correction: This story has been updated with the correct spelling of Milwaukee County Clerk George Christenson. It also has been updated with recount progress as of Tuesday night.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/24/politics/milwaukee-wisconsin-recount/index.html
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More than 90,000 Americans could die of Covid-19 in next three weeks, CDC forecast shows
(CNN)More than 38,000 Americans have died of Covid-19 in the first two weeks of the new year.
Another 92,000 are projected to die from the virus over roughly the next three weeks, according to an ensemble forecast published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The numbers are scary and reflect what public health experts have repeatedly warned: While the end is in sight — with the help of ongoing Covid-19 vaccinations — the nation is still facing challenging times ahead.
Here's why we can have some hope about the Covid pandemicCurrently, more than 130,300 people are hospitalized with the virus, according to data from the COVID Tracking Project. In Pennsylvania, officials said the number of hospitalizations are nearing double the peak experienced during spring. Louisiana’s governor said earlier this week the state was seeing a “huge spike” in infections and hospitalizations. And in Arizona, officials reported Tuesday record-high Covid-19 hospitalization and ICU numbers. Read MoreHundreds of thousands of infections are added to the country’s tally every single day, with the US adding more than three million new reported infections since the start of the month.
United States sets record for most Covid-19 deaths reported in one dayIn Los Angeles County, about one in three residents has been infected with the virus since the pandemic’s start, according to data published by county officials. Outbreaks have increased across workplaces as well as schools and daycare settings, they said. Echoing other leaders’ warnings, the LA officials added they have “not yet fully seen the effect of transmission in the period from around Christmas to New Years.” And with all eyes now turned to the nation’s capital ahead of Inauguration Day, cases in Washington DC have never been higher. Right now, it’s averaging more than 320 new cases every day — about a 38% jump from the previous week. DC has reported a total of more than 32,600 Covid-19 cases since the pandemic’s start, about 10% of which have been added in 2021. States are expanding groups eligible for vaccinationSo far, more than 29.3 million Covid-19 vaccine doses have been distributed nationwide and more than 10.2 million Americans have received their first dose, according to data from the CDC.And some experts have encouraged states to open vaccine eligibility to more groups, to help speed up vaccine administrations.
Trump administration reverses course and adopts part of Biden vaccine distribution planIn New Jersey, residents 65 and older and residents aged 16 to 64 with certain chronic health conditions are now eligible to sign up to get vaccinated, officials announced Wednesday. California also expanded its eligibility guidelines to include residents 65 and older. A news release from the state’s health department added that healthcare workers and residents of long-term care facilities remain California’s top priority for vaccines. “There is no higher priority than efficiently and equitably distributing these vaccines as quickly as possible to those who face the gravest consequences,” Gov. Gavin Newsom said in a statement. “Individuals 65 and older are now the next group eligible to start receiving vaccines. To those not yet eligible for vaccines, your turn is coming.”The announcements follow similar ones made by state leaders including Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves, who earlier this week said residents 65 and older or those with pre-existing medical conditions can make appointments for Covid-19 vaccinations. “My main priority is not to try and fight this pandemic with stricter and stricter orders,” Reeves said. “It’s to get better and better at distributing the vaccine, and that’s what our focus is now.” Mass vaccination centers being opened And while expanding the list of who can get vaccinated, states are coming up with more options for where residents can get their shots.New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is working on a plan to use the Yankee Stadium as a vaccination site, the mayor announced Wednesday.”That plan is in motion,’ he said, adding the city will release more details when the plan has been worked through.
As sites shift from Covid-19 testing to vaccinations, health officials warn balance is neededDe Blasio’s announcement came about a day after he and New York Mets owner Steve Cohen said a 24-hour vaccine mega site will be set up at Citi Field in Queens later this month.In Hawaii, officials said Wednesday they are opening two new Covid-19 mass vaccination sites, which they hope can in a few weeks be able to vaccinate between 3,000 and 4,000 people daily. And in California, the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim is now Orange County’s first “super” Covid-19 vaccination site. Hundreds of cars had lined up for its opening on Wednesday, CNN affiliate KCAL/KCBS reported. The site will be able to vaccinate upwards of 7,000 people each day, Andrew Do, acting chairman of the county’s Board of Supervisors said in a news conference Wednesday. Here is how pharmacies will helpPharmacies will also play a key role in helping administer vaccines. On Wednesday, the head of one of the nation’s largest pharmacy chains expressed optimism that it could soon be giving as many as a million vaccine doses daily.
Pharmacy chains want to help as nation struggles to vaccinate people against Covid“We’re very hopeful that the federal program will open up soon and open a more direct distribution into pharmacies across the country, which will open up access,” CVS Health Executive Vice President Karen Lynch said Wednesday during the annual J.P. Morgan Health Care Conference. CVS can administer 25 million vaccinations a month, Lynch said, through its retail locations across the country.”We have a large reach,” Lynch added, saying the company’s 10,000 stores can reach about 85% of the American population.Walgreens also said earlier this week it expects to administer about 30 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine across the country by the end of this summer, once vaccines are available to the wider population. The drugstore chain said it is hiring and training staff and increasing digital and phone booking capabilities in preparation for the wider vaccine rollout.”We’re making sure that everyone is ready to get after this as soon as the vaccines become available en masse, which we believe will be probably March, April,” Walgreens COO Alexander Gourlay said at the conference.
CNN’s Amanda Watts, Alexandra Meeks, Gregory Lemos, Lauren del Valle, Jamiel Lynch, Michael Nedelman and Sarah Moon contributed to this report.
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'My uncle was shot in the back and slaughtered like a goat.' Survivors of southern Kaduna killings speak out
(CNN)Daniel Bala was walking home from church early on Friday evening. He had just attended choir practice and was looking forward to getting home to his wife and newborn baby who was just two days old.
Suddenly, gunshots rang out and Bala, 49, was forced to take cover in a nearby yam farm, where he hid behind a ridge from the attackers, suspected militia herdsmen who had previously targeted farming communities like theirs in the region, according to local government officials.It was the second assault on the community in as many days. Elias Manza, chairman of the Zango Kataf local government area in Kaduna state, told CNN that the region had been targeted by militants in at least three separate attacks across the last month, killing at least 27 people. “The shots came in from four different locations,” Bala recalled of the incident which happened in the Zikpak village, a semi-urban agrarian village in southern Kaduna, Nigeria.Read More”Everybody in the community was running to the farms and forest. I saw two of the shooters, they wore black all over,” Bala, a farmer told CNN. Bala’s wife, who had delivered a baby just two days earlier, ran into the forest with the baby to keep safe, he said. ‘Shot in the back’Ten people in total died in the Zikpak attack on July 24. The youngest victim was a 5-year-old boy named Joel Cephas, officials said. One of those who died in Friday’s attack was Bala’s uncle, Luka Takum, who he says was shot in the back as he fled the attackers. He was a retired railway worker popularly known as Baba Odiyaga. “They burnt his house and he was slaughtered like a goat,” Bala said.
A burnt vehicle belonging to one of the victims of the July 24 attack on the Zikpak community in northern Nigeria.Another of the victims was an 65-year-old woman known as Cecelia Auta, a teacher who was killed alongside her cousin, Didam Amadi, a retired soldier and the father of a prominent local musician Joel Amadi. “They first shot my father in the back and then shot him three more times in the head, the killers were putting on (military) camouflage, they spent more two hours in the village,” Amadi told CNN. Mass burialsMass burials were arranged for the victims, who join scores of people killed in attacks in this northwestern Nigerian region, since January this year. The sporadic attacks have gripped the region since January and caused the displacement of hundreds of residents, according to human rights group Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW), which has a base in Kaduna.According to CSW, the attackers attempted to burn down a local church, but did not succeed as the flames were extinguished by falling rain. “At least 27 people were killed within a 24-hour period between 19 and 20 July in attacks by armed assailants of Fulani ethnicity on communities in southern Kaduna state,” CSW said.”The attacks are a part of a campaign of violence targeting communities in southern Kaduna which has been ongoing since January 2020, and is characterised by murder, looting, rape, abductions for ransom and forced displacement,” the group added.
Bullets and shells picked up by Zikpak villagers, following an attack on their community in northern Nigeria on July 24.In a statement, the chief operating officer of CSW, Scot Bower, warned that Nigeria’s “increasing security vacuum” could pose a threat to the entire region, with concerns growing over potential Boko Haram attacks.”It is deeply disturbing that perpetrators continue to operate with impunity,” Bower said Wednesday.”The failure or unwillingness of those in authority to address these and other non-state actors and to secure ungoverned spaces has not only allowed the violence to mutate but has also created an environment in which Boko Haram can extend its operations,” he added.Mounting insecurity President Buhari has faced criticism about mounting insecurity in different parts of the country. Buhari also came under fire for attending a peace mission in Mali on Monday. Musician Amadi said in a podcast interview, “It’s a shame that our President have abandoned us while these bad Fulanis are killing us and is in Mali to keep peace, that is a shame.”The President has not spoken out about the recent attacks, but one of his media aides released a statement on July 21, condemning the attacks. “The problem in Southern Kaduna is an evil combination of politically-motivated banditry, revenge killings and mutual violence by criminal gangs acting on ethnic and religious grounds,” Garba Shehu said. Nigeria’s Inspector General of police has ordered police in Kaduna to fully enforce a coronavirus curfew imposed on June 11 by the state governor, Nasir El Rufai.
Boko Haram militants kill five hostages kidnapped in Nigeria's northeast, UN saysHowever, villagers said the curfews have not deterred their assailants, rather it has made them more vulnerable to the attacks. Israel Bulus, a journalist who lives in Zikpak told CNN: “The thing is that all the people are held up in their homes because of the curfew. The attackers are just killing them easily.”Bulus was among those who ran into the forest to hide when the attackers struck. “I was conducting interviews with people whose relations were killed, we started hearing gun shots and ran again. All the mourners abandoned the dead bodies and ran,” he added. Bala says the villagers are now terrified and everyone is viewed with suspicion among the heightened tensions. “We cannot trust anyone, because we don’t know who is the real security soldier or policeman. We had to run and hide because we have no arms, even the police are afraid of the attackers because that have better arms than them.”
https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/28/africa/nigeria-kaduna-violence-survivors-intl/index.html
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New Jersey Democratic governor accused of 'taking a break from killing seniors' to attack congressman
New Jersey’s Democratic governor on Monday attacked Democrat-turned-GOP Rep. Jeff Van Drew over the congressman’s announcement that he will vote against certifying Joe Biden’s presidential win.
During his daily COVID-19 press briefing in Trenton, Gov. Phil Murphy blasted Van Drew for siding with "conspiracy theorists" and the "far-right."
"It pains me, in particular, to see one of our own representatives, Congressman Jeff Van Drew, cynically siding with conspiracy theorists and throwing his fate in with the far-right’s disproven and crackpot theories," Murphy said. "If that’s the legacy Jeff wants, then I guess it is what it is."
Murphy blasted Republican senators and more than 100 GOP House members for "openly and unabashedly working to undermine our constitutional norms … and to overthrow a free and fair election decided by the American people."
But Murphy also commended "Republicans who have shown the courage of their convictions to say what's right."
President Trump's unprecedented attempts to overturn the presidential election have split the Republican Party. Multiple GOP lawmakers are backing Trump's dubious claims, despite an outpouring of condemnation from current and former party officials warning the effort is undermining American's faith in democracy.
The comments come a week after Van Drew wrote in an op-ed for Save Jersey, a conservative political blog, that he intended to oppose certifying the results of the Electoral College.
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Van Drew’s campaign manager Ron Filan fired back at the governor for singling out the congressman during a press briefing on the state of the pandemic in New Jersey.
"It’s good to see Phil Murphy taking a break from killing seniors in nursing homes and destroying our friends and neighbors’ livelihoods long enough to refer to hundreds of thousands of his constituents as crackpot conspiracy theorists simply because they want to have the confidence he continues to deny them in the outcome of our elections," Filan said.
Filan said that Van Drew "has been clear from day one that his opposition to certifying the results of the Electoral College isn’t about who won or lost the presidency, but rather a rejection of the status quo and a no-confidence vote in politicians like Phil Murphy, who rather dismiss Americans as naïve, stupid, or conspiracy theorists in comments exactly like the one he gave today rather than doing the job they were elected and continually fail to do."
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RFK Jr. 'wrong' to speak against vaccines, niece says
Dr. Kerry Kennedy Meltzer, niece of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., called out her uncle for spreading anti-vaccination messages, calling his position — particularly on coronavirus vaccines – "dangerously wrong."
In a New York Times op-ed published Wednesday, the granddaughter of the late former senator and attorney general Robert Kennedy said she is speaking out because just as her uncle's name gives him a platform to spread information, her family ties give her the opportunity to set the record straight.
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"As a doctor, and as a member of the Kennedy family, I feel I must use whatever small platform I have to state a few things unequivocally," Meltzer wrote. "I love my uncle Bobby. I admire him for many reasons, chief among them his decades-long fight for a cleaner environment. But when it comes to vaccines, he is wrong."
Meltzer, an internal medicine resident at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, said that on the date she wrote the piece there had been just 11 people with serious side effects from their COVID-19 vaccinations, compared to more than 2.1 million people who had been vaccinated.
"This is normal, and no cause for alarm," Meltzer wrote. "Serious side effects of the Covid vaccine have been extraordinarily rare, but health care providers are aware of them, and are responding appropriately by monitoring vaccine recipients, especially those who have a history of allergies."
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Meltzer said she had stopped following her uncle on social media in 2019 when he was sharing misinformation about the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine at a time when measles had a resurgence in certain communities. Other Kennedy family members wrote a piece for Politico that year in which they spoke out against him.
Meltzer said she noticed that Kennedy is now posting messages and articles that could discourage people from getting vaccinated for COVID-19. She cited a Dec. 17 Facebook post that said there is "a systematic problem" and claimed that "government health regulators have utterly abdicated their responsibility to safeguard public health and refer safety concerns about shoddily tested, zero-liability vaccines to pharmaceutical companies."
Kennedy's post linked to an article on the website of Children's Health Defense — a group Kennedy chairs — about two individuals who had side effects from the vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech.
Meltzer admitted that despite being a doctor she is not a vaccine expert, but she said she trusts immunologists like Dr. Anthony Fauci, who is a proponent of the vaccine.
"The pandemic is far from over," Meltzer said. "And yet, this vaccine is our best opportunity to save lives. There is no time to waste."
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A nuanced rebrand for Van Houtte
The brand's new look and campaign aim for more of a gourmet feel that celebrates the subtleties of good coffee.
By Josh Kolm
Keurig Canada’s Van Houtte brand has debuted a new look meant to position it as a gourmet option from a company that knows the “nuances” of roasting good coffee.
Developed by the marketing team at Keurig Canada with Montreal branding and design agency BrandBourg, the new logo is meant to maintain the reverence for the brand’s near-100 year history, while the darker colours and more understated typeface are meant to give it a “gourmet” look that will stand out on increasingly-crowded shelves in the coffee aisle.
The new look will be used across the 50-plus varieties of Van Houtte coffee flavours in both coffee pods and bagged coffee formats. The new branding is already present on Keurig’s e-commerce platform, and the new packaging – which combines matte and gloss finishes – began rolling out in retail last week. The full transition will take place over the coming weeks.
The rebranding is being supported with a national campaign, including a TV ad, point-of-sale and out-of-home in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver, all of which supports the brand’s new platform of appreciating the “subtle nuances” of its coffee.
A digital campaign will debut in the fall alongside a new website, which will feature a revamped “recipes” section and a new “inspiration” section to offer customers tips and advice on coffee-making.
Van Houtte’s sister brand Green Mountain also rebranded following the parent company adopting the new Keurig Green Mountain name. It was handled by New York’s Prophet and has since rolled out to Green Mountain-brand coffee products in Canada.
In the spring, Keurig Canada hired Caroline Losson to be its new VP of marketing. At the beginning of the year, Keurig added to its agency roster, selecting Vancouver’s Idea Rebel to lead digital efforts across its brands and Montreal’s Tuxedo to lead national campaigns for Van Houtte.
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Dead Birds
Filmmaker Name: Robert Gardner
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Dead Birds is a film about the Dani, a people dwelling in the Grand Valley of the Baliem high in the mountains of West Irian. When I shot the film in 1961, the Dani had an almost classic Neolithic culture. They were exceptional in the way they focussed their energies and based their values on an elaborate system of intertribal warfare and revenge. Neighboring groups of Dani clans, separated by uncultivated strips of no man's land, engaged in frequent formal battles. When a warrior was killed in battle or died from a wound and even when a woman or a child lost their life in an enemy raid, the victors celebrated and the victims mourned. Because each death had to be avenged, the balance was continually being adjusted with the spirits of the aggrieved lifted and the ghosts of slain comrades satisfied as soon as a compensating enemy life was taken.
There was no thought in the Dani world of wars ever ending, unless it rained or became dark. Without war there would be no way to satisfy the ghosts. Wars were also the best way they knew to keep a terrible harmony in a life which would be, without the strife they invented, mostly hard and dull.
Dead Birds has a meaning which is both immediate and allegorical. In the Dani language it refers to the weapons and ornaments recovered in battle. Its other more poetic meaning comes from the Dani belief that people, because they are like birds, must die.
In making Dead Birds certain kinds of behavior were followed, never directed. It was an attempt to see people from within and to wonder, when the selected fragments of that life were assembled, if they might speak not only of the Dani but also of ourselves. — Robert Gardner
Digitally Remastered 2-DVD Set
The special edition 2-disc DVD of Dead Birds includes the remastered film and the following extra features:
6 sequences of edited scenes cut from the first answer print of Dead Birds with original narration and a commentary by Robert Gardner and Lucien Taylor
An audio track of commentary by Robert Gardner and Ross McElwee
A French language track narrated by Jean Rouch
A gallery of photographs shot during the making of Dead Birds and accompanied by excerpts read by Robert Gardner from his field journals
An excerpt from a television interview featuring a conversation about Dead Birds between Octavio Paz, William Alfred and Robert Gardner
2 sequences from a black and white print of Dead Birds made at the time of the film 's release. These are accompanied by a conversation by Robert Gardner and Lucien Taylor
Previously unreleased outtakes from the archive of footage shot for Dead Birds
“A cinematographic interpretation of the life of a group of Grand Valley Dani, who are mountain Papuans in West New Guinea (Irian Barat, Indonesia), studied by the Harvard-Peabody Expedition (1961-1963). This film was made by Gardner in 1961, before the area was pacified by the Dutch government. The film focuses on Weyak, the farmer and warrior, and on Pua, the young swineherd, following them through the events of Dani life: sweet potato horticulture, pig keeping, salt winning, battles, raids, and ceremonies.”
—Karl G. Heider
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Arts & Features » Style Profile: Pete Miklas ’20
Style Profile: Pete Miklas ’20
September 7, 2017 September 6, 2017 Cassandra Stone 2 Comments clothing, fashion, profile, Style
Editor’s note: This article was initially published in The Daily Gazette, Swarthmore’s online, daily newspaper founded in Fall 1996. As of Fall 2018, the DG has merged with The Phoenix. See the about page to read more about the DG.
When I enter Pete’s room on the north side of Willets first, there are bolts and furniture frames scattered all over the floor. Pete Miklas ‘20 has just returned from Ikea, a trip he had been dying to make since move-in day. It is clear he is breaking a sweat assembling this new couch, but when I ask why it is worth the effort, he easily justifies the hard work with a simple, “It’s aesthetic.” A nondescript answer, but with a certain je ne sais quoi about it that just makes sense.
Though Pete is a native of small-town White Lake, Michigan, hundreds of miles away from any major fashion capital in the country, he likes to think he knows a thing or two about aesthetic, implementing this awareness of appearance and its effects into his everyday lifestyle, especially when it comes to fashion. But to describe this aesthetic– now, that’s another story. His sense of style remains intentionally ambiguous. “The way I dress,” he states, looking thoughtfully at his wardrobe.“I want it to be hard to define.”
However, being inarticulable does not translate to being unrecognized. The name tag on his door reads “Clout God Miklas”, an homage to his notoriety concerning his apparent near-omnipotence in the realms of high fashion and streetwear among those in his circles.
Why exactly do so many people look up to him? According to Steven Fernandez ‘20: “Because Pete’s a hypebeast, that’s why.”
While the “hypebeast” title is a compliment to some, Pete actually takes some offense to the label. “I think I know more than Bape and Supreme,” he says. To him, fashion extends far beyond sporting skate and street brands. It requires genuine skill, an understanding of how to incorporate contrast into a cohesive look. “Your talent comes through when you mix stuff. Wearing a full Bape camo sweatsuit– that doesn’t require any creativity. It’s just showing you have money.”
As someone whose closet is well-stocked with considerably expensive brands like Stone Island and Raf Simons, Pete is no stranger to financial criticism surrounding his choice of clothing. “It’s hard to separate the look of clothes with the statement of the price. It’s a socioeconomic thing,” he says. It’s this awareness that draws Pete to take interest in knockoffs– satirizations of popular brands that are blatantly fake (not to be confused with dupes, which attempt to pose as the real thing). These knockoffs are typically created by small artists, like Ava Nirui (@avanope) as a niche, tongue-in-cheek expression against the fashion establishment. Combined with the more high-end pieces in his wardrobe, these items help contrast each other to create a provocative dichotomy.
Pete hopes to join their ranks himself, with a collection of screen printed items in the works, set to launch in mid-October. While styling can be difficult at times, designing is a far greater challenge. “As you’re designing, you stop liking your work if you wait too long, and there’s just no way to avoid that. You just need to get your stuff out there as soon as you can.”
It’s not just a quick turnaround that’s essential in designing streetwear, but also a solid instinct you can trust, and when it comes to Pete, it’s clear there’s no shortage of the latter. If you spot him on campus this semester, pay close attention to the designs he’s wearing– one day, they’re sure to be some of his own.
Featured image courtesy of Nikhil Chopra ‘18
← The Swatter: August 21 – August 27
Onwards: Sunrise on MJ’s Horizon →
Cassandra is a freshman from the greater New York City area. She has plans to design her own User Experience Design major, which would combine elements of Computer Science, Art/Art History, Media Studies, and Psychology. She loves to learn languages––both of the spoken and programming varieties. She is also a blogger, and you can always tune into all her adventures through social media: @poshandcirc.
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Vector was developed by Anki in 2018. Anki lost a critical round of funding in 2019, and is no longer in business. Digital Dream Labs purchased the rights to Vector, Cozmo, and Overdrive in December 2019 and has been maintaining server access for these products. Vector had a successful round of crowdfunding via a Kickstarter campaign to help him to relaunch under the banner of Digital Dream Labs, and we’re excited to add new features and capabilities to your favorite robots! These updates are scheduled for summer and fall of 2020.
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Best spots to snorkel in Zanzibar
Aside from its white sandy beaches, its foresty areas, its expansive spice farms, and the famous capital, Stonetown, Zanzibar (Tanzania) is also known for having stunning sea life, being that it is in the middle of the Indian Ocean.
The tropical weather of the island sets the perfect conditions and makes this the ideal destination for snorkelers all year around. The optimal time to snorkel, though, is during the “long dry season,” which is from June to October. Either way, don’t overthink it if you can’t visit during that time, as tropical weather is unpredictable and even if it’s raining, the experience of snorkeling is irreplaceable.
There are many spots to snorkel around the island, but here a few that you shouldn’t miss!
Mnemba Atoll
On this private island, it isn’t possible to actually walk ontoit – instead, you swim and snorkel around it (as it tends to be with protected islands). That being said, Nmeba Atoll is one of the most popular places to snorkel in Tanzania and with good reason.
Here, you’ll easily spot all kinds of marine wildlife: colorful fish (such as clownfish), eels, enormous sea stars, turtles, and even dolphins!
Yes, there’s a great chance that’ll see dolphins while snorkeling here and even swim with them. You’ll also see a vast coral reef that will take you from the deeper areas of the ocean to the shallower parts next to the island.
Nmeba atoll is in the northeast of the island, so it’s really convenient for those staying on the east side of the island – especially in places like Matemwe and surrounding areas.
Oh, and one last thing: This spot is also perfect for divers!
Tumbatu Island
For those staying in Nungwi, a fantastic place to snorkel is Tumbatu Island, because it’s located on the northwest side of the Zanzibar island and is only 2 km away from the coast.
This is probably the second-most visited snorkeling spot but is less crowded than the previously-mentioned Mnemba Atoll.
Tumbatu Island is well known for its vivid coral garden and banks of fishes.
Chumbe Island Coral Park
The next options are great for those staying in the capital, Stonetown, or those staying on the west side of the island (and that don’t have enough time to reach the other side of Zanzibar).
Chumbe Coral Park is known for its coral diversity – more than 200 coral species exist here (90% of the coral diversity in East Africa!). It’s also home to hundreds of fishes living around this island.
And for those interested, note that scuba diving is not allowed on this island.
Prison island is a famous stop to visit when you’re in Zanzibar – not just because of its water, but because of the history of this island, given that it was used as a prison in the 19th century.
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Call for Submissions: Cultural Mapping as Cultural Inquiry
March 14, 2012 Open CallsAcademic Disciplines, Artistic Approaches, Creative City, Cultural Assets, Cultural Heritage, Cultural Identity, Cultural Inquiry, Cultural Organizations, Development Tool, Florida Research, Mapping Toolkit, Mapping Work, Memory Mapping, Natural Heritage, Physical Spaces, Self Representation, Sense Of Place, Senses Of Place, Spatial Terms, Systematic Tool
Cultural mapping, which spans many academic disciplines and methodologies, is informed by the observation that cultural phenomena are distributed spatially and that people experience the symbolic resources of their communities in spatial terms. While cultural mapping is firmly grounded in the world of academic disciplines and inquiry, it has a pragmatic dimension as well. In the Creative City Network of Canada’s Cultural Mapping Toolkit, for example, Cultural Mapping is defined pragmatically as “a process of collecting, recording, analyzing and synthesizing information in order to describe the cultural resources, networks, links and patterns of usage of a given community or group.” Cultural mapping is generally regarded as a systematic tool to identify and record local cultural assets—and these assets are thought of as “tangible” or quantitative (physical spaces, cultural organizations, public forms of promotion and self-representation, programs, cultural industries, natural heritage, cultural heritage, people, and resources) and “intangible” or qualitative (community narratives, values, relationships, rituals, traditions, history, shared sense of place). Together these assets help define communities in terms of cultural identity, vitality, sense of place, and quality of life.
Cultural mapping, then, is a theoretically informed research practice and a highly pragmatic planning and development tool. But cultural mapping can also be viewed as a form of cultural production and expression. Mapping can itself be cultural—that is, animated by artists and artistic approaches to mapping collective and competing senses of place, space, and community. The Folkvine project in Florida (and the work of the Florida Research Ensemble generally); the memory mapping work of Marlene Creates and Ernie Kroeger; the storymapping of First Nations experiences in small cities documented by the Small Cities CURA; Map Art and Diagram Art from the Surrealists to the Situationists to the work of contemporary artists; Sound Mapping, sonic geographies, and acoustic ecology research: these alternative approaches to mapping culture and community are helping to expand and refine the possibilities for mapping as a form of cultural inquiry.
The editors of Cultural Mapping as Cultural Inquiry seek submissions that address cultural mapping in all its forms and applications. Abstracts and inquiries should be sent by March 30, 2012 to Dr. W.F. Garrett-Petts, Faculty of Arts, Thompson Rivers University: petts@tru.ca
Editors for the refereed book publication (to be published jointly by the Centro de Estudos Sociais at the University of Coimbra, Textual Studies in Canada and the Small Cities Community-University Research Alliance): David MacLennan, W.F. Garrett-Petts, and Nancy Duxbury.
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Twitter updates its election misinformation labels to say "election officials have certified Joe Biden as the winner of the U.S. Presidential election" (Janet W. Lee/Variety)
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2021 Apple iPad Pro to come with 5G mmWave support: Report
According to DigiTimes, Apple's success in developing its own in-house mmWave (antenna in package) modules for next year's iPhone lineup has increased the likelihood that next-generation models in Apple's iPad range will also benefit.
San Francisco: Apple is reportedly planning to launch 5G-enabled high-end iPad Pro models next year with mmWave support.
mmWave or millimeter wave is a set of 5G frequencies that promise ultra-fast speeds at short distances, making it best suited for dense urban areas.
iPhone 12 models in the US exclusively support mmWave, while next year's iPhone series could see a wider rollout of the technology.
Famed Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo in his latest investors' note claimed that new mini-LED iPad Pros will begin production in the fourth quarter of 2020, so one can expect them to be launched sometime in the first half of 2021.
It is believed that Apple is also getting ready to deliver six new mini-LED devices, out of which, we may also get a new 16-inch and a 14-inch MacBook Pro in the second half of 2021.
Apple is reportedly investing around $330 million in the Taiwan-based company for a micro-LED factory that will manufacture displays for future iPhones, iPads, MacBooks, and other devices from Apple.
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A Rare Singles Title for @BelindaBencic As She Wins @RedRockTennis
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Belinda Bencic Beats Nicole Gibbs To Win Singles Title At Red Rock Pro Open
Muhammad Wins Hometown Event With Sanchez to Take 30th Career Pro Doubles Title
SUMMERLIN, Nev. (Nov. 11, 2018) – Top-seeded Belinda Bencic of Switzerland captured the 10th Annual Red Rock Pro Open singles title on Sunday with a, 7-5, 6-1, victory over Southern Californian Nicole Gibbs in front of a large and enthusiastic crowd at the Red Rock Country Club.
Bencic, who will have her 8 x 10 photo added to the club pro shop’s Wall of Champions, just last month reunited with her father as her lead coach, and Ivan Bencic looked on proudly as Bencic pocketed $12,161 for the win in the USTA Pro Circuit $80,000 tournament. Gibbs takes home $6,487.
Both players will next head to Houston for the season’s final tournament, a WTA $125,000-level event.
“I really enjoyed playing in Las Vegas and the crowds were so great all week,” Bencic said.
In the doubles final, Las Vegas’ Asia Muhammad and Maria Sanchez improved their record to 21-1 on the year as they beat fellow American’s Sophie Chang and Alexandra Mueller, 6-3, 6-4, to win the doubles title. While longtime partners Chang and Mueller end their year, Muhammad and Sanchez will look to end their year on a high note in Houston.
Nicole Gibbs, Mike Copenhaver, Belinda Bencic
Gibbs certainly had her chances in the fourth set, but a lapse at the end of the first set led to losing nine points in a row. “I’d give myself a 2 out of 10,” Gibbs said in rating herself. “I played terrible.”
Bencic broke first to take a 3-1 lead, but Gibbs was able to get the break back and then at 4-all broke Bencic’s serve at love to serve for the set. Gibbs fell behind 0-30 on her serve and then double faulted for love-40 and lost the game at love for 5-all. She then preceded to lose the 11th game at love as Bencic got back on serve for 6-5.
Bencic held four set points before Gibbs hit a forehand that clipped the top of the net, came down and hit the net again before falling on Gibbs’ side ending the first set.
Bencic double faulted twice to give Gibbs the opening game of the second set, but then was able to turn up her game and cruise to the victory.
“I didn’t play my best today,” Gibbs said. “She was able to do some things to disrupt my momentum and change the pace and I wasn’t able to make the adjustments quickly enough.”
Gibbs recalled playing at the first Red Rock Pro Open as a 16-year-old junior back in 2009. She made it to the final round of qualifying in the inaugural event losing to Gabriela Paz of Venezuela. “I remember I had a three-hour match with my future Stanford teammate Kristie Ahn and won 7-6 in the third in the first round,” she said.
Muhammad, who reached the doubles quarterfinals of the 2016 US Open, has now won 30 career pro doubles titles, three coming on the WTA Tour and 27 now on the USTA Pro Circuit. She learned to play tennis at the Andre Agassi Boys and Girls Club in Las Vegas. Sanchez won her 21st doubles title on the USTA Pro Circuit.
Muhammad was the crowd favorite all week and said she enjoys coming back to play her local event each year. “We travel all over the world and see some amazing things, but to come back here and play in front of so many familiar faces is special,” she said.
Tournament director Mike Copenhaver said this was an historic year for the Red Rock Pro Open. “With it being the 10th anniversary, and part of the USTA Australian Open Wild Card Challenge, marquee night matches and our matches televised all week by Tennis Channel, it’s one that was written for the record books!”
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Main Draw Released @ConnecticutOpen, Saturday OOP
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CONNECTICUT OPEN PRESENTED BY UNITED TECHNOLOGIES – NEW HAVEN, USA
RESULTS – AUGUST 19, 2016
CT Open – Main Draw Singles
Qualifying Singles – First Round
Qualifying – C. Witthoeft (GER) d [1] Y. Putintseva (KAZ) 26 64 62
Qualifying – [2] A. Beck (GER) d D. Allertova (CZE) 62 62
Qualifying – L. Tsurenko (UKR) d [3] A. Friedsam (GER) 60 62
Qualifying – [5] A. Sevastova (LAT) d M. Linette (POL) 63 36 63
Qualifying – N. Hibino (JPN) d [6] D. Kovinic (MNE) 64 64
Qualifying – [7] V. Lepchenko (USA) d A. Riske (USA) 62 63
Qualifying – [8] M. Lucic-Baroni (CRO) d A. Sasnovich (BLR) 60 63
Qualifying – A. Kontaveit (EST) d [9] A. Schmiedlova (SVK) 06 63 76(9)
Qualifying – [10] K. Flipkens (BEL) d [WC] D. Hantuchova (SVK) 46 63 61
Qualifying – [11] K. Bondarenko (UKR) d [WC] J. Elbaba (USA) 63 62
Qualifying – S. Cirstea (ROU) d [12] S. Zheng (CHN) 36 63 63
Qualifying – M. Barthel (GER) d [13] Q. Wang (CHN) 61 64
Qualifying – [Alt] E. Rodina (RUS) d T. Pironkova (BUL) 63 60
Qualifying – N. Gibbs (USA) d [WC] E. Hamlin (USA) 60 60
Qualifying – [WC] D. Collins (USA) d S. Voegele (SUI) 63 67(9) 63
Qualifying – K. Kozlova (UKR) d M. Duque-Mariño (COL) 61 62
Qualifying – C. Buyukakcay (TUR) d [WC] S. Kenin (USA) 76(5) 64
Qualifying – L. Chirico (USA) d L. Davis (USA) 60 62
Qualifying – C. Giorgi (ITA) d P. Parmentier (FRA) 62 64
Qualifying – M. Sakkari (GRE) d H. Watson (GBR) 61 63
Qualifying – L. Arruabarrena (ESP) d K. Kucova (SVK) 75 35 Retired
Qualifying – [WC] K. Day (USA) d N. Broady (GBR) 62 63
Qualifying – A. Konjuh (CRO) d V. Golubic (SUI) 75 46 64
Qualifying – J. Larsson (SWE) d N. Osaka (JPN) 62 64
ORDER OF PLAY – SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 2016
GRANDSTAND start 10:00 am
Qualifying – N. Gibbs (USA) vs [11] K. Bondarenko (UKR)
Qualifying – [2] A. Beck (GER) vs [WC] D. Collins (USA)
Qualifying – L. Chirico (USA) vs S. Cirstea (ROU)
Qualifying – J. Larsson (SWE) vs [7] V. Lepchenko (USA)
COURT 1 start 10:00 am
Qualifying – C. Witthoeft (GER) vs [Alt] E. Rodina (RUS)
Qualifying – L. Tsurenko (UKR) vs C. Buyukakcay (TUR)
Qualifying – [WC] K. Day (USA) vs [10] K. Flipkens (BEL)
Qualifying – N. Hibino (JPN) vs A. Konjuh (CRO)
Qualifying – K. Kozlova (UKR) vs A. Kontaveit (EST)
Qualifying – [5] A. Sevastova (LAT) vs L. Arruabarrena (ESP)
Qualifying – M. Sakkari (GRE) vs [8] M. Lucic-Baroni (CRO)
Qualifying – M. Barthel (GER) vs C. Giorgi (ITA)
CONNECTICUT OPEN PRESENTED BY UNITED TECHNOLOGIES – NEW HAVEN, USA$761,000
[1] [WC] A. Radwanska (POL) – Bye
[WC] C. Wozniacki (DEN) vs. J. Ostapenko (LAT)
C. Garcia (FRA) vs. I. Begu (ROU)
B. Bencic (SUI) vs. [8] K. Pliskova (CZE)
[5] J. Konta (GBR) vs. Qualifier/Lucky Loser
Qualifier/Lucky Loser vs. [WC] E. Bouchard (CAN)
S. Errani (ITA) vs. E. Makarova (RUS)
Qualifier/Lucky Loser vs. [6] P. Kvitova (CZE)
[10] E. Svitolina (UKR) vs. D. Kasatkina (RUS)
Qualifier/Lucky Loser vs. Qualifier/Lucky Loser
K. Bertens (NED) vs. Qualifier/Lucky Loser
E. Vesnina (RUS) vs. [3] M. Keys (USA)
[7] T. Bacsinszky (SUI) vs. B. Strycova (CZE)
[WC] S. Rogers (USA) vs. K. Mladenovic (FRA)
[2] R. Vinci (ITA) – Bye
Field Set @RedRockTennis @USTAProCircuit Las Vegas
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Red Rock Pro Open Player Field Announced
Talented Group Includes Former World-Ranked No. 11 Peer,
U.S. Open Main Draw Players, and Former NCAA Singles and Doubles Winner Gibbs
Shelby Rogers (Photo: Craig Glover)
SUMMERLIN (Sept. 22, 2015) – When Shelby Rogers squared off against fellow American Sachia Vickery in the first round of the U.S. Open, it was a match pitting two popular former and current Red Rock Pro Open players.
The 22-year-old South Carolina native Rogers, who won five consecutive matches at the year’s final Grand Slam, including three wins to qualify, beat the wild card Vickery, 6-2, 6-2, and won another round before falling to No. 2-seeded Simona Halep in the third round.
Telling reporters she was “loving every minute of her U.S. Open experience, Rogers said her third-round appearance was, “why we play the sport. That’s why we try to win each match, to get to the further rounds and play the bigger players.”
Las Vegas tennis fans will remember that Rogers made the final here in 2012, losing to Lauren Davis in three sets.
This year’s Red Rock Pro Open, a USTA Women’s $50,000 Pro Circuit tournament with WTA players ranging in the world rankings from No. 100 to No. 275, will include 64 singles players (32 qualifying and 32 main draw), and a 16-team doubles draw.
Former two-time NCAA singles champion Nicole Gibbs is expected to be one of the top seeded players, as will Shahar Peer. The 28-year-old from Israel has been ranked as high as No. 11 in the world, and has been a quarterfinalist at Wimbledon and the U.S. Open in her successful career.
As a sophomore in 2012, Gibbs pulled off a historic sweep of the year’s NCAA singles and doubles titles and became only the third player in NCAA history to capture both NCAA titles in the same season. Gibbs then repeated as NCAA singles champion the following year, before turning pro before her senior year.
“Las Vegas has always hosted a very competitive tournament and this year’s main draw talent showcases a few former Top 50 players including 2011 Las Vegas champ Romina Oprandi and former No. 11 Shahar Peer,” said tournament director Mike Copenhaver. “Nearly half of the main draw competitors this year are young, notable Americans, a site that we all love to see!”
Former Red Rock Pro Open player Anna Tatishvili is also entered in the main draw after a good run at the U.S. Open where she won three rounds in qualifying before shocking No. 8-seeded Karolina Pliskova in the first round, and then lost to 2014 Las Vegas winner Madison Brengle in the second round. Tatishvili reached a career-high ranking of No. 50 in 2012, the same year she reached the fourth round at the U.S. Open
The USTA-trained Louisa Chirico is another one to watch out for. Chirico has risen to the cusp of a top-100 ranking as a teenager. This summer, she defeated Top 25 player Alize Cornet to reach the quarterfinals at the Washington D.C. WTA event.
The 2011 Red Rock Pro Open champion Romina Oprandi was Switzerland is entered, as is the player she beat in the final, American Alexa Glatch. Glatch left Vegas with a first and a second having captured the doubles title with Mashona Washington.
Notable American in qualifying and past Red Rock Pro Open players include: former UCLA star Jennifer Brady, Julie Bosserup and Samantha Crawford, who won the 2012 U.S. Open Junior Girls’ singles title.
Premier sponsors include: Gaudin Jaguar of Las Vegas, Storage One, Sunrise Hospital, Lotus Broadcasting, Cox Communications, WG Communications Group, Rachel’s Kitchen, USTA Nevada, Marquis Aurbach Coffing, Marty Hennessy Foundation, and FedEx.
Support sponsors included: Darren Cahill, Marcy Saxe Realty One, Guild Mortgage Company, Allstate Insurance agent Dwain Frazier, Raymond James agent Dan Jackson, The Massage Advantage, Adidas, Wolf Rifkin, Agent Atleta, and Babolat.
In last year’s singles final, Brengle captured the singles title which launched her into the Top 100 and stirred her confidence to the point where she won her first WTA title to start 2015, and made the fourth round of the Australian Open. Brengle led the Mylan World TeamTennis Washington Kastles to a fifth consecutive summer title back in July, and now finds herself ranked inside the top 40.
It’s not uncommon for past Las Vegas players to go on and have success on the WTA Tour. Last year’s singles winner Madison Brengle is currently ranked No. 42 in the world. Other regulars on the Tour fulltime include Lauren Davis, Sorana Cirstea, Melanie Oudin, Varvara Lepchenko and Coco Vandeweghe.
A free Kid’s Day will take place once again on Sunday, Sept. 27 and will be sponsored by Sunrise Children’s Hospital with a special guest appearance by Brando Christo, the author and creator of the children’s tennis book “Buddy The Ball.”
A sponsor Pro-Am will be held on Monday, and the always popular Players’ Party is Tuesday night.
For ball kid information or to volunteer, go to: redrockproopen.com/volunteer; to sponsor the tournament, go to: redrockproopen.com/sponsors or contact Copenhaver at: mcopenhaver@redrockcc.com. For a complete schedule of events, go to: redrockproopen.com/schedule.
The tournament’s official website is http://www.RedRockProOpen.com. Follow along on Twitter @RedRockTennis and on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/redrockproopen.
—Steve Pratt
It’s @Gibbsyyyy over Oudin @USTAProCircuit Carson CA
Posted in: USTA, WTA. Tagged: 2014, atlanta, CA, california, carson, georgia, melanie oudin, nicole gibbs, open, stanford, us, usa, usta, wild card, wta.
NICOLE GIBBS DEFEATS MELANIE OUDIN TO CAPTURE USTA PLAYER DEVELOPMENT WOMEN’S $50,000 CLASSIC IN CARSON
CARSON, July 20, 2014 – Nicole Gibbs moved another step closer to playing in her third consecutive US Open main draw, capturing the USTA Player Development Women’s $50,000 Classic with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Melanie Oudin on Sunday at the USTA Training Center – West at StubHub Center.
Gibbs, 21, is a two-time NCAA singles winner at Stanford and earned wild-card entry into the season’s final Grand Slam the past two years by way of those wins.
With one event remaining in the US Open Wild Card Challenge, Gibbs now leads in the standings with 88 points. She is followed by Julia Boserup (63 points), Oudin (48), Louisa Chirico (44) and Sanaz Marand (30).
The final of the three-event US Open Wild Card Challenge is the Lexington, Ky., $50,000 Challenger to be played this week.
It was a tight battle throughout in the final on Sunday with Gibbs holding a 4-2 lead in the second set, before the sole of her shoe came partially off. Admitting she started to “panic,” Gibbs fell down 4-all, 40-love with Oudin serving. Gibbs then played a solid point, was aided by an untimely Oudin double fault and ultimately broke back to serve for the match.
“Tennis is like that sometimes,” said Gibbs, who won this event last year when it was held in Yakima, Wash. Without a spare pair of tennis shoes, Gibbs contemplated wearing running shoes, but opted for a tape job instead, which seemed to do the trick.
Oudin’s first-round loss in US Open qualifying last year to Elena Baltacha ended a streak of five consecutive main draw appearances at the US Open, which of course included her quarterfinal run there in 2009.
“It’s one tournament,” said Oudin, who did not play in Sacramento last week but will play Lexington, of the US Open. “I’m not worrying about this wild card. It’s the last thing on my mind. If I play well I can qualify on my own. But if I do win this wild card that’s just an added bonus.”
Gibbs, a nearby Marina Del Rey resident, said she loved playing so close to home. “Just the title of the tournament, ‘Carson $50,000,’ ” she said. “It’s so exciting to be at the place I train and have my community supporting me.”
USTA Player Development Women’s $50,000 Classic
A USTA Pro Circuit Event
USTA Training Center – West at StubHub Center
Carson, Calif.
Purse: $50,000
Surface: Hard-Outdoor
Sunday, July 20 – RESULT
Singles – Final
(2) Nicole Gibbs (USA) def. (4) Melanie Oudin (USA), 6-4, 6-4
—S. Pratt, USTA
Close Matches Rule the Day at USTA Australian Open Women’s Wild Card Playoffs
Posted in: Atlanta, Australian Open, WTA. Tagged: atlanta, australian open, grace min, nicole gibbs, Sachia Vickery, usta, wild card playoffs, women.
Sachia Vickery
Despite the rankings, the matches are remarkably competitive in Norcross, Georgia. And close women’s matches were the rule today at the USTA Australian Open Wild Card Playoffs at Lifetime Athletic.
Court 7, which functions as Center Court, saw the first action and a topsy-turvy two set win for Victoria Duval over Maria Sanchez. Duval was able to finish off the match after some aggravation to her left knee. She got huge crowd support, having trained at the facility in the past.
Grace Min
On Court 5, Atlantan Grace Min continued to make the home crowd cheer with an extended 4-6, 6-4, 7-5 win over Nicole Gibbs. Gibbs was argumentative and testy near the end of the match, declining to shake hands with the chair umpire and continuing to argue as she packed her bag and left the court. In an attempt to evade the throng of spectators on her way off court, she slipped through the back curtain, finding herself alongside the food concession employees and the cash register area, to the bemusement of the beer guy.
The most interesting women’s match was likely the Madison Brengle/Sachia Vickery contest. Brengle snatched defeat from the jaws of victory on several occasions, and the poise and point construction by Vickery in the third set booked her a place in tomorrow’s semis.
Top-seeded Shelby Rogers eased past Sanaz Marand 6-4, 6-2. Marand was a last-minute replacement for Julia Cohen. On the dubious honor of being the top seed, Rogers said “We’re all so close in rankings anyway, we all know each other’s games. That’s why you play the matches”.
Rogers, like most others here, are headed Down Under win or lose. Like last year, she’ll travel with a huge contingent of Americans and will land in New Zealand on Christmas morning, 24 hours before Christmas day in the U.S. “An Early Christmas is always a good thing”, Rogers replied. “When we fly, I get the window seat so I can lean on the window and get some sleep.”
Sachia Vickery d. Madison Brengle 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
Shelby Rogers d. Sanaz Marand 6-4, 6-2
Grace Min d. Nicole Gibbs 4-6, 6-4, 7-5
Victoria Duval d. Maria Sanchez 7-5, 7-5
—-Stephan Fogleman, Tennis East Coast
ButlerCars.Com Tennis Classic of Macon Field Features Depth, Youth
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Posted in: USTA, WTA. Tagged: 2013, coco vandeweghe, georgia, Macon, michelle larcher de brito, nicole gibbs, Pro Circuit, tennis, usta, women, wta.
TENNIS CLASSIC OF MACON FIELD FEATURES DEPTH, YOUTH, AND WILDCARDS
Michelle Larcher DeBrito (Photo: Rick Limpert)
MACON, Georgia, (October 3, 2013) The player field has taken shape for the 2013 ButlerCars.com Tennis Classic of Macon and Mercer tennis coach and tournament director Eric Hayes couldn’t be more excited.
“I’m blown away,” said Hayes. “From the players that have entered the tournament, to the support of the sponsors and the Macon tennis community, this is going to be a great event.”
Heading the entry list is world No. 85 Ajla Tomljanovic of Croatia, Michelle Larcher De Brito of Portugal, who notched a win over Maria Sharapova at Wimbledon this year, and American Coco Vandeweghe.
CoCo Vandeweghe (Photo: Craig Glover)
There is considerable depth in the event, unlike other 25K events around the world.
“Our initial ranking cut off was around 200,” explained Hayes. “That is unheard of for a USTA 25K event.”
Making up that depth are solid young Americans like former Stanford All-American and NCAA singles champ Nicole Gibbs, former Florida Gator Allie Will, and a pair of promising American juniors in Allie Kiick and Brooke Austin. Austin, of Indianapolis was one of the wildcard recipients.
Other players of note playing in Macon are Anna Tatishvili of Georgia and Sharpsburg, Georgia’s Natalie Pluskota. Tatishvili was ranked 50 in the world about a year ago and Pluskota played her college tennis at Tennesse.
Former University of Alabama player Alexa Guarachi also received a wildcard into the event.
Play begins on Sunday morning at Stratford Academy.
—R. Limpert
2X NCAA Champ @Gibbsyyyy, Girls’ 18s Champ Vickery Among Women’s Wild Cards @USOpen
Posted in: US Open, US Open Wild Card Playoffs, USTA, WTA. Tagged: 2013, alison riske, Ash Barty, Louisa Chirico, nicole gibbs, Pauline Parmentier, Sachia Vickery, shelby rogers, taylor townsend, us open, usta, vania king, wild card. Leave a comment
TWO-TIME NCAA SINGLES CHAMPION NICOLE GIBBS, USTA GIRLS’ 18s CHAMPION SACHIA VICKERY AMONG US OPEN WOMEN’S WILD CARDS
Former World No. 1 Junior Taylor Townsend, Local teens Louisa Chirico and Jamie Loeb among Qualifying WC Recipients
FLUSHING, N.Y., August 14, 2013 – The USTA announced today that two-time NCAA singles champion Nicole Gibbs, U.S. Fed Cup team member Vania King, rising young Americans Alison Riske, Shelby Rogers and Maria Sanchez and USTA Girls’ 18s national champion Sachia Vickery are among those receiving wild-card entries into the 2013 US Open. Australia’s Ashleigh Barty and France’s Pauline Parmentier also will receive US Open main draw wild cards.
The 2013 US Open will be played August 26-September 9 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, N.Y. Both the men’s and women’s singles champions this year will earn $2.6 million, the largest payout in tennis history, with the ability to earn an additional $1 million in bonus prize money – for a total $3.6 million potential payout – based on their performances in the Emirates Airline US Open Series.
Gibbs, 20, of Santa Monica, Calif., won her second consecutive NCAA singles title this year as a junior at Stanford. Gibbs turned pro this summer and won the singles title at the USTA Pro Circuit $50,000 event in Yakima, Wash., ascending to a career-high rank of No. 166. She is now ranked No. 172.
King, 24, of Boynton Beach, Fla., has finished in the Top 100 each of the past four years. Once ranked No. 50 in the world, King won her first WTA singles titles as a teenager in Bangkok in 2006 and has represented the U.S. in Fed Cup eight times from 2006 to 2011. This year, she qualified for both the French Open and Wimbledon, reaching the second round at Roland Garros.
Riske, 23, of Pittsburgh, reached the semifinals of the WTA event in Birmingham, England, this summer, where all of her WTA main draw wins had come to that point. Then, after receiving a wild card into the Wimbledon main draw, she reached the third round there and broke into the Top 100 for the first time shortly thereafter. She is now ranked No. 98.
Sanchez, 23, of Modesto, Calif., once was the No. 1-ranked college singles player at the University of Southern California and has been hovering around the Top 100 much of this year. Now ranked No. 113, Sanchez won singles titles at both $75,000 and $50,000 USTA Pro Circuit events in 2012.
Rogers, 20, of Charleston, S.C., earned her US Open wild card as the top American points earner at select USTA Pro Circuit hard-court events this summer. Rogers, who earned a USTA wild card into the 2013 French Open the same way and reached the second round at Roland Garros, has won two USTA Pro Circuit $50,000 titles in 2013. She is ranked No. 132.
Vickery, 18, of Hollywood, Fla., received a US Open wild card after winning the USTA Girls’ 18s National Championships singles title. Formerly the No. 6-ranked junior in the world, Vickery is now at a career-high pro ranking of No. 229. She trains at the USTA Player Development Headquarters in Boca Raton, Fla.
Barty, 17, of Ipswich, Australia, received a wild card through a reciprocal agreement with Tennis Australia, which will grant an American a wild card into the 2014 Australian Open, to be determined by a USTA playoff. (Madison Keys was the 2013 winner.) The 2011 Wimbledon girls’ singles champion, Barty was a women’s doubles finalist at both Wimbledon and the Australian Open this year.
Parmentier, 27, of Paris, France, received her wild card through a reciprocal agreement with the French Tennis Federation, which awarded a wild card into the 2013 French Open to an American player designated by the USTA. (Shelby Rogers won the USTA Pro Circuit event-based system this year.) A former Top 40 player, Parmentier reached the third round of the 2012 US Open and has been in the Top 100 for most of 2013.
In addition to the eight US Open women’s singles main draw wild cards, the USTA also announced eight women who have been awarded wild card entries into the US Open Qualifying Tournament, which will be held August 20-23 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. One additional US Open qualifying wild card will be awarded to the winner of the 2013 US Open National Playoffs – Women’s Championship, taking place August 16-19 in New Haven, Conn.
Louisa Chirico
Players receiving 2013 US Open qualifying wild cards are: Jan Abaza (18, Deerfield Beach, Fla.), who has won two pro doubles titles in 2013; Brooke Austin (17, Indianapolis, Ind.), a USTA Girls’ 18s National Championships semifinalist; local teenager Louisa Chirico (17, Harrison, N.Y.), who reached the girls’ singles semifinals at both the French Open and Wimbledon this year; Victoria Duval (18, Delray Beach, Fla.), the 2012 USTA Girls’ 18s national champion; Allie Kiick (18, Plantation, Fla.), this USTA Girls’ 18s National Championships singles runner-up and doubles champion each of the last two years; local teenager Jamie Loeb (18, Ossining, N.Y.), a 2013 Wimbledon junior singles quarterfinalist; Brianna Morgan (19, Beverly Hills, Calif.), a freshman at Florida this year who won her first pro singles title in June; and Taylor Townsend (17, Chicago), who made history in 2012 as the first American girl in 30 years to hold the year-end No. 1 world junior ranking.
The 2013 US Open will be held Monday, Aug. 26, through Monday, Sept. 9. Tickets for the 2013 US Open can be purchased four ways: 1) at USOpen.org; 2) by calling Ticketmaster at 1-866-OPEN-TIX; 3) at all Ticketmaster outlets; or 4) at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center box office.
Cronin Picking Stanford’s Gibbs and Burdette to Win First Round US Open Matches Today
Posted in: New Haven Open, US Open, WTA. Tagged: mallory burdette, nicole gibbs, stanford, tennis, us open, wta. Leave a comment
No pressure for NCAA Champions Nicole Gibbs and Mallory Burdette this morning. Just don’t look at the US Open website, where Matt Cronin has picked them to win today as they play back to back on Court 6.
“Stanford teammates Mallory Burdette and Nicole Gibbs both have winnable matches, and I see Burdette taking out Timea Bacsinszky and Gibbs upending Alize Cornet.”, Cronin crowed on USOpen.org. According to Cronin’s picks, the Stanford Cardinal duo will go deeper in the Open than fellow Americans Jamie Hampton, Sam Crawford, Denis Kudla, Michael Russell or Jack Sock.
Burdette and Gibbs both stand a decent chance to advance. I’d love to see them both triumph in the first round but it would be good to have at least one advance. I’m picking that one will be Nicole Gibbs.
Gibbs confidence level is sky-high compared to watching a year ago. Notching her first WTA main draw win coupled with a prime-time match against World #2 Petra Kvitova in New Haven last week gives her a finishing crash-course few players of her ranking are offered. She faces Alize Cornet. Though Burdette didn’t have the same dream warm-up opportunity as Gibbs, she does have a weaker opponent in Timea Bacsinszky, who is most remembered by me for being twice carted away in tears.
Here’s my interview with Gibbs last week in New Haven after her first WTA win.
–S. Fogleman
NCAA Champion Nicole Gibbs (@Gibbsyyyy) Faces Big US Open Warm Up vs. Petra Kvitova Tonight
Posted in: New Haven Open, New York, US Open, USTA, WTA. Tagged: NCAA, new haven open tennis, nicole gibbs, petra kvitova, us open. Leave a comment
NCAA Champion Nicole Gibbs already has a wild card to the main draw at Flushing Meadows next week, thanks to her stellar season at Stanford. The best way to warm up for a Slam is to win in a WTA main draw. She did just that on Monday against Alexa Glatch. As a result of that debut main draw win, she’s earned the right to face 2011 Wimbledon Champion and world #5 Petra Kvitova tonight under the lights of Stadium Court at New Haven for a place in the quarterfinals.
I spoke with her on Monday about the Open, the NCAA rule change proposals, her decision to stay in school and what keeps her motivated. I’d tell you what she said, but you’ll have to watch the video as I am horribly late for the ITF matches in College Park, Maryland this morning. Let’s just say that the NCAA protest movement has found its new leader!
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By Lisa-Marie Burrows Roger Federer backs the ITFs decision for more testing. (Photo credit: Getty Images) “Last year, through the Dubai, Rotterdam and Indian Wells swing where I won all three, I didn’t get tested once. That shouldn’t be OK.” At the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Roger Federer once again shared his thoughts […]
Tsonga saves Match Point to Win in Marseille
By Lisa-Marie Burrows Marseille, France – Jo-Wilfried Tsonga enjoyed a successful comeback after saving a match point against Tomas Berdych in front of a home crowd at the Open 13 final in Marseille. He beat the top seed 3-6, 7-6 (6), 6-4 in two hours and 10 minutes. Berdych started the match as the favourite, […]
Petra Kvitova Champion in Dubai
By Lisa-Marie Burrows Dubai, UAE – Former Wimbledon champion, Petra Kvitova has proven once more that she has what it takes to win on a big occasion after beating Sara Errani 6-2, 1-6, 6-1 and lift the Dubai Duty Free Championships title. Welcome back Petra Kvitova. The 22-year old silenced her critics after securing her […]
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By Lisa-Marie Burrows Rafael Nadal is back. How long have his fans and supporters been waiting to hear those words? A very long 222 days. Time is a great healer, or so we are told. The Spaniard may have been back for less than two weeks, but in that time he has reached the singles […]
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TERRA CONSERVATION INITIATIVE (TCI) TO EXPAND OPERATIONS
by Ann Volkwein | Feb 11, 2020 | Conservation, Press Releases
TCI Expanding Efforts To Protect & Preserve Vulnerable Wildlife & Lands
February 11, 2020 Terra Conservation Initiative (www.terraconservation.org), is amplifying support of international conservation and wildlife protection focused on non-profit and government organizations through Terra Explore Expeditions (www.terraexplore.bz) and in collaboration with the disruptive Givvor (www.givvor.com) fundraising platform.
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The development of Partnerships with Conservation Focused Governments, Businesses and Non-Profit Organizations
Deployment of Sustainable Technologies and Solutions to Passionate Conservation Partners Working in Counter Poaching Operations in the Field and around the world
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Utilization of Exploration and Field Sciences
…to further a world with abundant, diverse and healthy ecosystems.
Our disruptive partnership connects highly innovative and impactful organizations working at the crossroads of wildlife, ecosystems, and humanity. TCI is able to support meaningful and sustained impact by:
By supplying conservationists working in remote environments with clean technologies to combat wildlife poaching and trafficking, as well as supporting large, ongoing conservation initiatives.
By providing Terra Explore student and adult expedition participants with the skills and opportunities to effectively contribute to critical ecosystem and wildlife conservation initiatives.
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“The Terra Conservation Initiative (TCI) is breaking down barriers and disrupting the conservation space by spearheading the use of smart technology to protect the planet. Partnering with some of the best organizations on the ground, TCI not only provides technological solutions to conservation and climate change problems, but also raises funds to make the solutions affordable, and works closely with organizations to ensure that the technology is appropriate and sustainable.” – Ellen O’Connell, TCI
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About Terra Conservation Initiative (www.TerraConservation.org):
TCI supplies desperately needed sustainable technologies and solutions to its counter-poaching partners working in dangerous regions to protect wildlife populations.
TCI works to preserve ecosystems that are critical to the existence of every plant and animal species on Earth.
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Thamesmead School has achieved a number of awards. This guide will explain what they mean and the way this impacts staff and students.
The All-Together Award
All Together is a whole school Anti-Bullying Programme, organised by the Anti-Bullying Alliance. It is an online platform that allows schools to conduct audits of current work around anti-bullying, surveys of student voice, produce action plans to develop anti-bullying work and access resources to help tackle bullying.
As part of our work, we carried out an audit of provision and a student voice questionnaire before commencing the programme. These were used to produce and put into practice an action plan before another student voice questionnaire. Following this and the uploading of evidence for assessment by the Anti-Bullying Alliance, we achieved Silver Status.
The achievement of Silver All Together Status means that we have been recognised for our efforts to prevent and respond to bullying.
The Good Schools Guide 2015 Award for the Best Performance by Girls taking Music GCSE in an English Comprehensive School has been awarded to Thamesmead School. We have also received an Excellence Award for Boys taking Music GCSE.
Thamesmead School has been presented with this award by the Good Schools Guide for out-performing all other English schools in its category or displaying excellent performance. The prestigious annual awards, which are in their 8th year, are based on a detailed analysis of the most recent examination results, and are designed to highlight consistently good teaching.
‘We are absolutely delighted to be acknowledged in this way for our excellence in Music. We are sure it will inspire and encourage all pupils who are working towards their Music GCSE exam.’
Ralph Lucas, Editor of The Good Schools Guide, comments, ‘Our annual awards scheme is designed to give individual teachers and departments where teaching is at its very best the recognition they deserve’.
The Good Schools Guide Awards are based on a series of calculations which take into account relative popularity and performance of the subject, absolute performance, and percentage of pupils taking the subject. www.goodschoolsguide.co.uk
Artsmark Gold was awarded to Thamesmead in October 2014. It is an Arts Council England programme to enable schools to evaluate, strengthen and celebrate their arts and cultural provision both directly in and beyond the classroom. Artsmark is nationally recognised and the award was granted to the highest possible award level.
Holding Artsmark Gold demonstrates that we greatly value the arts and culture within our school. This helps students as the school ensures that every child and young person has the opportunity to experience quality curriculum provision in the arts and culture, and benefits from access to arts practitioners and arts organisations.
The award has also enabled the school to develop an alternative curriculum provision known as Artsaward. This is a nationally accredited qualification which allows select students to study areas of the performing arts in more depth, particularly those who may be considering a career within this field.
Investor in Careers is a quality standard for the management of careers education, information, advice and guidance (CEIAG) and meets the Quality in Careers Standard (QiCS), the national validation available for England.
As a holder of this award, Thamesmead School has demonstrated an on-going commitment to provide impartial, independent careers education, information, advice and guidance to all of our students.
This really is one of the highest accolades an organisation can receive for excellence in this area of work and is something that we are very proud of. The Investor in Careers standard is about improving students’ awareness of opportunities, raising their aspirations and working with them to ensure they achieve their full potential.
Being a Healthy School means that at Thamesmead we:
Identify, develop and communicate a positive message and appropriate values in relation to the health and well-being of the whole school community
Value and promote the self-esteem of all members of the school community, develop good relationships in the daily life of the school and we welcome parents and the wider community
Are successful in helping pupils and staff do their best and celebrates their achievements
Offers all pupils the opportunity to benefit from a broad, balanced, creative and stimulating education that challenges and promotes brain-friendly learning
Promotes good communication within the whole school community ensuring that pupils and staff are given an effective voice in whole school decision making through
Provide an accessible and relevant PSHE / Citizenship programme which enables pupils to develop their skills and attitudes in order to make informed choices about their health and to develop their social, moral, spiritual and cultural awareness
Invest in the physical and emotional health of staff and pupils to help improve standards and raise achievement
Provide a range of opportunities beyond the curriculum which promote the development of skills
Take every opportunity to provide a safe, happy and reflective learning environment which promotes inclusion
Develop partnerships with appropriate outside agencies and individuals, for advice and active support within the context of health education and health promotion in the school
For our students, this means that they can flourish and realise their potential in a supportive environment.
The Sainsbury’s School Games Mark is a government led awards scheme launched in 2012 to reward schools for their commitment to the development of sport and competition across their school and into the community. Thamesmead are proud to have been awarded a Bronze Mark.
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Bruno Mars and Mark Ronson’s ‘Uptown Funk’ Passed 4 Billion Views On YouTube
Published: Monday 9th Nov 2020 by Ryan
Bruno Mars and Mark Ronson‘s ‘Uptown Funk’ has reached an impressive milestone.
Released back in 2014, their video for ‘Uptown Funk’ has now reached an astonishing 4 billion views on YouTube. Additionally, the clip has become the 7th most-watched video on the platform.
Upon its release, the song saw massive worldwide success and reached #1 in several countries, including the UK and the United States, where it stayed on top for 14 consecutive weeks.
The song joins ‘See You Again’ by Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth, ‘Depsacito’ by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee, ‘Shape of You,’ by Ed Sheeran among others inside the most-viewed videos list.
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Czech President Defends Burkini Ban
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by L Todd Wood August 28, 2017 August 29, 2017 01322
Image by Giorgio Montersino
The president of the Czech Republic, Milos Zeman, known for his harsh views on Islamic migrants, recently defended some pools in the country banning the Burkini, the Islamic modesty dress for women. The president said the dress was not hygienic and had no place in the country.
“In Czech swimming pools there is no reason for anyone bathing in Arab clothes,” Zeman said. The Czech leader did make allowances for women to cover up depending on their body type.
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“From the point of view of basic hygiene, you never know what kind of mess these fabrics might contain,” Zeman added, reported Breitbart.
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“I do not think there is a reason why someone in a Czech swimming pool would have been bathing in Arabic clothes. By the way, if the Czechs arrived in an Arabian pool, they would be very bad to be in their bikinis.”
Germany and Austria have banned the Burkina on a national level; the Czech Republic has not done so. Only individual pools have banned the attire.
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19 Dec 2016 16 May 2017 Sean Kramer Alumni Stories, Athletics
Your stories from the 2009 Humanitarian Bowl victory
I know where I was when Robb Akey decided to Go For Two. I know where I was when he told me to watch the second half because I was gonna love it.
I was at my best friend’s house in Kent. At the time it was just a game in the background. I wasn’t invested until late in the fourth quarter when it started to get hella cray.
At the time I knew of Idaho, I’d been talked to about going to Idaho but I didn’t think I would end up at Idaho. I’m a Husky fan, and all I thought was ‘huh, we beat that team. They made a bowl game?’
Shawn O’Neal showed up in my community college newsroom about a year prior to that to pitch The Argonaut and the University of Idaho to me. I was sitting there playing PS2 decked out in UW gear. With my ADHD sometimes I am occupied with something else when I’m having a conversation, but if I’m interested then I’m still listening. He walked out of there thinking he’d never hear from me ever again.
But I was listening. I just had another ambitions at the time. I was going to be a Husky. I was looking at Missouri. Or I was going to go overseas. I didn’t manage my ADHD well enough to get an academic resume for any of those schools.
Then I watched the H Bowl and my interest was piqued again. Over the next few months when schools started to fall off the table for me I started to take a serious look at Idaho again. Eventually I visited Moscow in December of 2010, almost a year after Going For Two. Then it was a done deal. Set. This is exactly where I wanted to be.
This probably would’ve happened without Enderle’s dying-seconds touchdown pass to Max Komar, but it didn’t hurt to put Idaho back in the front of my mind.
Where were you guys at? I asked over a plethora of social media mediums and this is what your response was.
Kelcie Mosley: “I was very cold and wet. And very disappointed until the last ten seconds.”
Sean Michael Foster: “I was in my Grandpa’s converted shed in Las Vegas, wearing shorts.”
Meredith Metsker: “It was SO cold. After freezing our butts off during the UI vs. BSU game in November, the band ordered long black and yellow parkas to wear over our uniforms while we were in the stands. We also got these nerdy looking hoodless sweatshirts that had the band logo on them. Perfect for band kids haha. We even had thicker, white gloves to wear that day. Despite all that preparation, I was still frozen by the end of the game. But I completely forgot about that when we set up for that 2-point conversion. And then, unbelievably, we won!! The band must have played the fight song at least three times. Probably more. And I’ll never forget Coach Akey saying into the microphone, ‘I’ve never seen this blue turf look so good!'”
“I remember our director at the time, Torrey Lawrence, saying that the last time Idaho had gone to a bowl game had been his first year as director. Now he’s the director of the entire School of Music. I also remember that we played our Michael Jackson show for halftime. The day before the game, the band was out practicing on the blue turf in our parkas. There’s a picture somewhere on the interwebs of me walking like a zombie in that stupid parka haha. And this was before I got smart and started using plastic trumpet mouthpieces for marching band, so my lips kept freezing to my metal mouthpiece! And it was hard to keep us all in tune. We kept drifting flat because of the cold. #bandproblems”
Spencer Farrin: “I was at the 2009 Humanitarian Bowl. It was the most fun game I’ve ever watched as a Vandal. I didn’t cheer once. Didn’t make a sound all game. When Idaho lined up for the game-winning 2-point conversion, I was standing by Bowling Green’s assistant SID. Preston Davis caught it and I smiled. When the clock hit zero on the kickoff, I turned to the BGSU SID and he said, “Well, congrats man” and I said, “That was a hell of a game. Good luck.” And then we both grabbed our many bags of gear and ran down to the media area. He went straight to the interview room and I dumped my stuff in the doorway and ran onto the field just in time to see Robb Akey raise the trophy. Then I ran back into the interview room to finish my recap, create the photo album, update stats, and prepare for postgame interviews.”
Dallas Charles Hammer: “Easily the best day/night of my life as a Vandal student. My dad got us six tickets, seven rows up on the BGSU side. It was supposed to be my maternal grandparents, my parents, my brother, and myself. A few days before Christmas, both of those grandparents were each diagnosed with a form of cancer. We originally thought we would sell the tickets and not go, but the grandparents refused to let us do that. Obviously, the whole family was in a pretty tough state emotionally over those holidays, making the first Idaho bowl game I could really remember mean a whole lot more to a 17-year-old freshman who had no idea how to cope with that kind of news.
I remember thinking Idaho had it in the bag all game long until Freddie Barnes scored early in the fourth quarter to tie it up. After that, I was terrified they would choke it away; Max Komar had dropped a few balls that night and I thought he would let the game slip through his hands if Idaho needed a score to win it late. Fast forward to :32 seconds left, and I was telling my Dad that even though they had lost, I had a great time. First play after the kickoff, Enderle rolled out and hit Davis with a bomb on the far sideline. Okay, great. They’re gonna get close to the end zone before breaking my heart.
Incomplete pass. There’s 8 seconds left on the clock. Great. One play left, it’s going to go to Komar, He’s going to drop it. Sports suck. Except he did’t drop it. Redemption. I can still picture that weird slide across the goal-line into that atrocious orange end-zone as he caught the ball. I have never screamed so vigorously in my life. Akey sends the offense back out for two points and the win, and Bowling Green takes the longest time-out in the history of sports. I was on the verge of tears standing right in the midst of the entirety of the BGSU coaches’ families.
As much as I remember the Komar touchdown, I don’t really remember Davis catching the 2-pt conversion. I remember Farquhar’s ensuing kickoff to the ONE YARD LINE (greatest kick in Idaho history) more than I remember the conversion. I remember that he was WIDE open in the back of the end-zone, but that’s about it. I was in utter disbelief that they had found a way to win that game. I just watched my school win one of the best bowl games of all time.”
From Idaho Scout message board:
User alle9219:
“I was working in FL and my now wife was flying out on Christmas break to visit me, arriving late at late after the game. I DVR’ed the game and watched it live, speeding off to the airport to pick her up after I saw the end. She asked if we won and I just said it was an amazing game. We watched it when we got home up until the first play of the final drive when the DVR cut off. She wasn’t too happy about that lol! It took me a while to live that one down.”
User Tay83843:
“I was there with seats on the 50 yd line and behind the Bowling Green bench. I have never seen so many Vandal fans at a game. Unbelievable game that I thought would change the Idaho football program. Little did I know that our Coach had no direction and we would be worse off than when he inherited the program. I think Freddie Barnes caught 3 more TD’s as I wrote this. Our defense was ok, but not great. We won a lot of close games that year. We never blew out anyone and couldn’t beat the top teams in the Conference. Boise State handled us with Reader at QB, and Kaepernick with his pistol posse blew us out in Reno. Reader was also the QB against Fresno State, and Ryan Matthews ran over us. Then Robert Turbin had a big day against us on Senior Day that had both Reader and Enderle playing. Akey’s first loss against the Utah State and the point where the Aggies ascended and we started our descent.”
User DTDvandal4:
“My family had all been Cougs or Vandals. I had just barely started religiously following vandals the 2008 season. However, I was committed to going to WSU. My dad a Vandal Alum got us tickets to the game in sky center from our bronco neighbor. I was excited as it would be my 4th in person vandal game of season. We tailgated with my dad’s old fraternity buddies and had a blast. I remeber knowing they werent going to lose. Even after Freddy Barnes scored, my dad wanted to leave to beat traffic. I made him stay and boy do neither of us regret it. Once Preston Davis caught the 2 point ball I was so excited. I remeber only one thing I could think of at that moment, how I wanted to be a Vandal, so I switched my commitment from WSU to Idaho and have never regretted it. 8 Months Later I was in Gods Country. The 2009 game is why I am a Vandal and a Vandal is who I am!”
User 808vandal:
“I flew in from Hawaii for the game and went with a friend who lives in Nampa. At the time I believe he was a season ticket holder for bjc. I remember two bjc fans who had purchased Bowling Green gear and were cheering like crazy for every thing BG did good. They said they just hated Idaho and it’s fans. They were noticeable quite on idaho’s last drive and score, and quietly (and quickly) left after Idaho’s last TD.”
vandallarry33:
“I was at a resort in Scottsdale setting up for my wedding which was the following day. Myself, brothers, and a couple of my best men (Vandals) were huddled at the tiny resort bar watching it all unfold. We got some funny looks but it was awesome. Being there with my bros and best friends made it all the more epic. The good luck continued with an awesome wedding the following New Year Evening. Epic weekend that will never be forgotten by any who attended.”
Vandal83:
“Great game. Great times! A buddy and I actually had sideline passes for the game! Here we are with Vandal great Joel Thomas who was coaching at Washington and had come for the game. Funny story, after the two point conversion to go ahead I was so delerious that I started to rush the field not realizing we still had to kickoff to Bowling Green. One of our own lineman who was also celebrating knocked me flat to the turf where I saw police taking down another misguided fan in the end zone. Glad I did not have to celebrate that night in the Ada county jail! Here’s to another Vandal victory and staying undefeated in bowl games!”
BAVANDAL:
“Gernika, Vizcaya (Basque Country) Spain
We streamed it over the internet at my sisters house +8 hours ahead of mountain time. A bunch of Idahoans watching late into the night in a foreign country.”
whridaho:
“At the game of course. Stormed the field and remember standing next to Greenwood. He was a giant sized receiver. But Iupati and Matt Cleveland still made him look normal sized.”
ozzie69:
“At the game and enjoyed that ending as much as any of the nail biters. After the game went for a few beverages with Randy Hall and Joel Thomas and wives of course. Great weekend!”
VandalJosh:
“I was stuck in NY state. It was just after deployment and the Army wouldn’t approve leave until February, so I watched it at home with some diehard Oregon fans. It was the only game I was able to watch that season.”
Josh Starkey: “I was there (been to both HumBowls). I remember being stunned after BG scored the go-ahead TD with 32 secs … then the Hail Mary to Preston davis. Loved going for two. And remember Max Komar dropping everything but the 2pt.”
lived in Oregon and was watching on TV. BG scored, and I let out a tirade that might have included a few 4 letter words….
— Mikemaicda (@mikemaicda) December 15, 2016
I looked around and my family had left the room. When we scored I was screaming so loud they came back to see if I was OK..
it must have felt safe to re enter the room.😀
Best day a player could ever ask for. One of the many things I remember is how many fans we had there, and how much fun it
— Eric Greenwood (@Eric__Greenwood) December 20, 2016
it was celebrating with everyone on the field after the game. That game made every loss, early morning, and pain worth it
and then the blurry one (this was 2009 camera phone technology) from the victory rally! Go Vandals! pic.twitter.com/nrBzd2esrb
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1993 - Staged News Vol 2 Issue 3
Subtext: Teenage Suicide
Theresa Tan
By bringing together young persons who have gone through these experiences and survived, by letting them share that with a seemingly "normal" audience, it is both an education for the players and the ones played to.
Off Centre: Experiencing the Other Side
Verena Tay
The most profitable hours were those at the Oasis Club, a meeting place for ex-mental patients. In the more informal environment of the Club, the TNS team could mingle with members more freely and for longer periods that its visits to the other institutions.
Programme booklet
1993 - Off Centre
Sunday Afternoon With Vinod and Saloma
This is an exercise which the main cast did during one of the rehearsals. Latiff and Sakinah went, in role as Vinod and Saloma, to Orchard Road. They looked for jobs, bought gifts and were shopping together. This is an account of what happened.
Show Recording
Act V, Scene 1 (Vinod, Ah Seng and Mr Chow)
VINOD: And you didn't pay us for two months. That's not fair right? And you know Mr. Chow, people were saying that you only hire ex-patients because you want to get some Community Service Award.
CHOW: Vinod, they should count their lucky stars that someone like me is even taking them in, giving them an opportunity. Who else would do that? Who else would hire a person who is fine today and has a breakdown tomorrow? Huh? You tell me.
AH SENG: Want to resign also cannot resign. Five times already I resign. Nobody want already. Smelly already.
CHOW: My company has a reputation to maintain. We have won awards at WITS, we have BEST and WISE classes. Our rate of productivity is totally in alignment with the government's. These people are a risk factor. But I take them in because of the kindness of my heart.
AH SENG: Here good. Nobody disturb. Last time I work got people disturb. People know we all mental case. I think maybe I must carry pager or handphone. Then people won't think I mental case.
1994 - 'Scuse Me While I Kiss The Sky
Anthony Yeo's Message
Since it is difficult to deal openly with suicide, The Necessary Stage must be applauded for bringing it on stage. It is done with a difference. The players are those who have seriously contemplated or have attempted suicide at one time or another.
Their true life stories, told by themselves offer us an invaluable insight into the struggles of those who consider suicide as a way to resolve life's painful dilemmas. They also provide an inside perspective of parent-child relationship.
1997 - One Day At A Time
In the end, the play is about the disease systemic lupus erythematous, but it is also about the ordinary and extraordinary lives of the people who struggle, work, play and simply live with it from day to day.
1998 - Anna
Self-Evaluation Exercise
Like Ann, have you been dissatisfied at your appearance, weight or other aspects of yourself? Why are you dissatisfied?
1998 - Thicker Than Water
Elvira Holmberg
The cumulative experience of that period was filled with insight, personally confronting and to say the least, disturbing. How does one write a play that could encapsulate the pain the anger, the need and lack of support, the triumph, the sheer tenacity of the human spirit of those daily haunted by the reality of HIV/AIDS in their lives? Where and how does one start to tell teh tale? Which tale does one tell out of the hundreds of thousands that already exist as fact?
1998 - Forum on Theatre with Social Issues (Walking Into Doors)
Walking Into Doors (1998)
Nirmala: So the play reaches out perhaps also to victims but also more importantly, to those who do not want to be involved because they do not want to be victims of the perpetrators. It has to say, what are you doing about it? Why is it that some issues capture your attention, and some others we turn away and run from it? So it tries to force you to participate.
1999 - The Necessary Pages Issue 2
Do You Care Enough?
Emmy Alim
Whatever you want to call it, "Completely With/Out Character" is Paddy's way of showing us that no matter how much stigmatisation, marginalisation and discrimination he has faced since diagnosed with HIV, here is a man courageous enough to stand alone on stage, before the very society that has slammed him with unfair labels, and dismissed him through the taboos and fallacies surrounding HIV. He is not out to preach. He just wants to share. Don't judge him. Just watch him.
2006 - M1 Singapore Fringe Festival: Art & Healing
Art and Healing
Art builds communities; repairs victims emerging from tragedies; consoles human beings undergoing personal trauma or social crisis. When a human being is unable to reach out to another, Art is easily the mediator, the medium, the midwife with the antidote; the remedy to the malady.
2007 - Good People
Act 3, Scene 3
Radha… Radha…
Your pain will end soon…
Don’t stop fighting…
Reading List (Marijuana Use in Medicine)
The New York Times: Dying Woman Loses Appeal on Marijuana as Medication
The New York Times: Prescription For Pain
2010 - When the Bough Breaks
Haresh Sharma
As playwright, my first impulse was to be able to identify with the issues. Not being married or a woman or having had a child, I had to internalise the depths of the issues, the complexities and the emotions by speaking to women who had experienced, or were experiencing, perinatal depression.
2012 - Don't Know, Don't Care
Son: It's so funny. In school, we have civics class, moral ed... sometimes there's a community programme where we go to a Home and clean the floor or paint the walls. But deep down... we've lost our natural instinct to care. To really care for one another. No, it's not funny. It's sad.
2013 - Don't Forget to Remember Me
Thoughts on Playwriting
It’s hard not to feel the pain and struggles of these people—these people whom I would not normally meet in my daily life as a full-time playwright, if not for these commissions. It’s hard not to tear, to cry along… to reach out and comfort. Whatever emotions I bottle up at these sessions, I channel into the plays I write.
Don't Forget to Remember Me
After each performance, there would be a question and answer segment with a panel comprising professionals in the field. It was heartwarming to see so many people taking the microphone to share their own stories about caring for someone with dementia. Several people broke down as they recalled their struggles.
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Kele – The Hunter
Ian Maleney·
· 27th October 2011 ·3 min read
Recently departed Bloc Party frontman Kele Okereke’s The Hunter EP turns out to be less than the sum of its parts.
Usually, track-by-track reviews are stupid and pretty boring to read. In the case of the new EP from (former?) Bloc Party front-man Kele Okereke, it might be worth making an exception. You see, the reason track-by-track reviews are usually pointless is because most albums or EPs will have some sort of running theme, a thread that connects the work as a whole, which means that any review would end up repeating itself somewhat. The Hunter poses no such problems. Instead of working on creating any kind of cohesive identity, Kele has chosen to pick indiscriminately from a myriad of different “dance” genres. Displaying a depth of knowledge roughly equal to that of a puddle in summer, the singer plucks sounds and loops from the cheesiest, most hackneyed parts of “dubstep”, house, pop and trance to form something entirely boring and worthless.
He opens with ‘What Did I Do?’ which is essentially a sub-bass underpinning a dubstep beat stripped of all its force. It’s big but not as utterly bombastic as the music made by the acts currently making their version of dubstep the genre-du-jour. It’s like something Skream might have made if he never spent a night in an actual club, retaining the sheen of the Londoner’s poppier work but losing any edge. ‘What Did I Do?’ might eventually be remembered for possessing the weakest drop of 2011, or possibly any other year, with the bass that fills the space after the first chorus being the most laughably obvious example of someone working with tools they don’t understand. The lyrics “Give me the words and I’ll sing them” perhaps could have been changed to “Show me the sounds and I’ll steal them” for a more accurate picture of where Kele is right now.
‘Release Me’ is another fine example of the scarcity of ideas on show. Take one drum loop someone else prepared earlier, add a badly chosen present synth lead playing a pathetically weak, misguided (and out of time) melody, cover it with an aimless, repetitive vocal and leave it to half-bake for about a minute after you think it’s finished and voilà! Shit soup. The song goes nowhere except back to the same nonsensical lead line and it’s difficult to understand how both Kele and his producer, the not entirely disreputable XXXchange, figured this was worth putting on a record.
It speaks volumes about this EP that the strongest – have to be careful with the wording here, I don’t want to imply it’s any good – track out of the seven is the only one not written by Kele himself. ‘Goodbye Horses’ might be a pretty vacuous mixture of big synths and meaningless vocal hooks but at least it’s not downright offensive. It works in a less purist form, going more for a straight-out pop thing which at least retains its own dignity by not trying too hard.
‘Love Is A Weapon’ kicks off with the sound of bullets, just in case you didn’t read the title. The backing vocals that echo around in the background seem to disregard key and timing. Possibly some attempt to seem avant-garde, the piano and vocals never quite line up and the song ends much as it starts, in a wash of directionless sound.
The Hunter contains seven tracks but we’ll stop there because if you’ve made it this far, you’ve hopefully gotten the picture. This EP would have been bad enough with just the standard four tracks but by extending it to almost double that, Kele really draws out the torture to excruciating levels. One final note should be saved for the last moments of the last song, ‘You Belong To Someone’ which combines group chanting, steel drums and chirpy guitar into the single cheesiest moment you’re likely to hear on a record this year. All in all, Kele has continued his long-standing tactic of attempting to keep up with the times rather than focus on any actual expression of his own. This, in itself, is not surprising but what is shocking is his fundamental inability to do it at all well. Genuinely one of the worst records you’ll hear all year so do yourself a favour and give it a miss.
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The foremost challenge for a newly independent state is to seek its sovereignty. The prevailing Westphalian system spells out that a state needs to be accepted by internationally accepted sovereign nation-states to be designated as a sovereign nation-state. According to most political thinkers, a state is considered legitimately sovereign only if other states validate its existence. Most sovereign states are both de jure and de facto, that is, they exist both in law and in reality. Most sovereign states have a defined territory. They have normal diplomatic ties with international bodies. But, Israel is not among most states, and that it is “not a dream but reality” is a substantial war of words.
Israel lacks the features most sovereign states boast, particularly unanimous recognition. Its quest for identification began right after its independence.
Pakistan and Israel are the only two states that have been created for people belonging to specific religions. Zionism refers to the political movement that advocated a homeland for Jewish people. The Two-Nation theory refers to the political ideology that saw Muslims as distinct from Hindus and advocated a separate homeland for Muslims of British India. Theoretically, the resemblance between Zionism and Two-Nation theory is uncanny. Where the ideologies find an echo, however, the means pursued for ends are at odds. Israel’s creation is a story of annexation and seizure. On the contrary, Muhammad Ali Jinnah won fair and square.
The only beneficiaries of the deal would be Israel, the United States, and, to an extent, India. The recognition would prove to be a development in Israel’s quest for complete sovereignty it longs for.
United in rejecting Israel
Presently, different yet similar points of view predominate among different intellectual groups of Pakistan. The difference lies mainly in the reasons that different groups produce on the Israel recognition quandary. However, boycotting the idea of recognizing Israel finds them united on the issue. The cloth views Israel as its sworn enemy. A general trend suggests that this group is nowhere near accepting the Jewish occupation in Palestine. On the other hand, civil society is not so adamant on the idea of not recognizing Israel rather emphasizes the cessation of atrocities in Palestine and its occupied territory.
A third, more favorable and productive stance is that of recognition only after the two-state solution of Israel and Palestine has been achieved.
Read more: Breaking the ice: Israel-UAE hockey match makes history
Another option would be to accept Israel and champion for free Palestine at the same time. An analyst is calling this ‘compartmentalization’. By taking on this option, Pakistan is likely to lose every last bit of influence it might have over Israel because Israel adores the idea of recognition by any state. Like the UAE, other Arab countries are being called hypocrites for adopting this stance. This so-called compartmentalization would imprint a tag of hypocrisy all over Pakistan.
The domino effect of normalizing Israel
Many news networks are claiming that Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman wants the normalization process to be customary in international affairs before finally normalizing KSA’s ties with Israel. After PM Imran Khan admitted on TV, it has become a fact that Pakistan is being pressurized to recognize Israel. This potential acknowledgment is seen as a baby step for a leapfrogging ahead. Pakistan could act as an agent of a domino effect that would follow after Pakistan’s inceptive act of recognition of Israel. The other dominoes include other Muslim states. This makes Pakistan the prime figure in the upcoming important developments of geopolitics.
Rather than feeling pressurized, Pakistan should actualize its upper hand in this situation. Pakistan could decide the fate of legitimacy of Israel by the capacity of acceptance it holds over it. The infallible architecture of diplomacy could provide Pakistan leverage over Israel. An alliance of Pakistan with the Muslim world and its combined tenacious foreign policy can even open a forum for a two-state solution that the Quaid had envisaged.
It is now dependent on Pakistan’s foreign policy whether it uses its position in its favor or bows down in servility.
In its normalization process with Israel, UAE has conditioned a just settlement of Palestine. However, the condition was not the most highlighted part of the deal, which indicates that the status quo is expected to be maintained. For Palestinians, it was a “stab in the back”. UAE and other Muslim-majority states have waived a great opportunity for using their influence over Israel to favor their Palestinian brethren.
Recognizing Israel mean recognizing atrocities
Acceptance of Israel would signify the acceptance of every unjust event and illegality Pakistan has ever opposed. Human rights violations, illegal annexations, ceasefire violations, etc. are some of the many contraventions taking place in occupied parts of Palestine. It would deprive the Palestinians of their right to a just settlement. It would also cause a setback for Pakistan’s credibility on international forums as it has rejected accepting Israel on multiple occasions. Even if the out-of-the-question event occurs, Pakistan will be met with yet another dilemma: whether to send a diplomatic mission to Tel Aviv or Jerusalem. The latter is the de facto capital of Israel after the ‘Deal of the Century’, but still highly reprimanded in the Muslim world.
In the long run, Pakistan’s stance on Kashmir and Kashmiris’ right to self-determination is likely to be sapped. During recent years, Pakistan has directed its foreign policy to get the ear of the international society on the Indian transgression in Kashmir. How can a state accept illegal occupation (recognizing Israel) abroad while rejecting the same at home? This and a number of questions on Pakistan’s reputation as a state shall be placed if the unlikely yet possible event happens.
Read more: Does recognising Israel mean giving up on Kashmir?
The only beneficiaries of the deal would be Israel, the United States, and, to an extent, India. The recognition would prove to be a development in Israel’s quest for complete sovereignty it longs for. The US has its own gains by granting a unanimous recognition to Israel. While at home, Donald Trump could not deliver up to satisfaction of the American people, however, he bags numerous achievements externally, including the recent Abraham Accords. Due to strong Indo-Israel and Indo-US ties, it is unrealistic that the US or Israel will ever ally with Pakistan on the Kashmir issue. The only possible advantage Pakistan could get is a pat on the back and quite possibly the traditional aid from the US.
Palestinians, on the other hand, remain the biggest loss-bearers in all cases.
The author is a Telecommunication Engineer and a scholar of history and politics. He can be reached at naumanahmadbhatti@gmail.com. The views expressed in this article are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect Global Village Space’s editorial policy.
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Odds & Ends-Volume 92
Okay,so it’s time to talk about the planned arena sculpture.
We’ve heard all the outrage from fans and citizens alike. It’s ugly. It has nothing to do with Sacramento. It costs too much. Why can’t someone from Sacramento create something instead?
All valid points, but honestly,other than the high price tag, I don’t think this sculpture is all that bad. First off, it’s a Disney-inspired piece,and since I’m a fan of Disney and am headed to the Magic Kingdom next month, I’m not complaining.
Also,I don’t live in Sacramento proper,so the price tag does not affect me in any way whatsoever. But since everyone else cares, it’s a big deal and a valid talking point about it. I honestly think if this sculpture didn’t have the $9.5 million price tag that people would be more accepting of it. Maybe not as accepting, but more accepting as they are now. I think that this is a bit of an overreaction to something close to nothing and that once the arena opens next year,people will grow to like it.
Continuing with the Kings, ESPN will be featuring them in an upcoming 30 for 30 documentary in April.
The film titled “Down in the Valley” follows Sacramento mayor Kevin Johnson as he battles executives and owners to keep the Sacramento Kings where they are and avoid a move to Seattle. The Kings were saved from relocation in 2013 and new ownership in Vivek Ranadive came afterwards.
I’m glad ESPN has chosen to highlight the saga of the team’s last few years of uncertainty because it really highlights the fact that small markets really do care about their teams as much as fans in biggers markets do,maybe even more. Because relocation can happen to any team at any time. Ask fans in Seattle about that, they know.
Further proof that the odd-numbered years haven’t been fair to the Giants in recent years, Hunter Pence is going to miss the first couple of months of the season due to a fractured arm that he suffered by getting hit by a pitch by Cubs pitcher Corey Black. Not only do the Giants lose their star right fielder and a great bat in the heart of the line-up, but also their ironman having played in 383 straight games, the longest active streak among active MLB players.
The Giants will now have to replace Pence’s bat in the line-up in addition to filling the hole left behind by the departure of Pablo Sandoval. These are two very big holes to fill for the Giants and while it’s wonderful that they’ll be hanging up another championship banner at AT&T Park and will receive their rings next month, a lot of us fans wish we could be more excited about this coming season with the injury to Pence and coming up short on acquiring big time free agent talent in the offseason while division rivals like the Padres and Dodgers made major changes and/or improvements. It’s no wonder why the odd-numbered years don’t correlate with the Giants.
It looks like the Patriots’ divisional competition is getting much,much better.
It all started when the Eagles traded star tailback LeSean McCoy to the Bills in exchange for linebacker Kiko Alonso. McCoy then signed a five-year,$40 million deal with Buffalo.
Then the Bears sent star wide receiver Brandon Marshall to the Jets, a team where the careers of wideouts goes to die. However, the Jets do have Percy Harvin and Eric Decker on their roster despite their lack of contribution in 2014.
Just when you thought the AFC East was done, the Dolphins come right out of left field by signing Ndamukong Suh to a six-year,$114 million deal, a deal that gives Suh $60 million in guaranteed money.
While the moves the rest of the AFC East has made are very noteworthy, they still have to get past the Patriots to win this division and you can bet the boys in Foxborough will still five their division foes a run for their money. They just re-signed Devin McCourty to a five-year deal.
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Did a Lucifer 'Bonus' Episode Hint at Chloe's Reaction to the Devil Face?
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Though standalone in nature, one of Lucifer‘s “bonus” Season 3 episodes hinted at Chloe’s reaction to seeing her partner’s Devil face at the close of this month’s finale — which may come as small comfort to fans mourning the series’ cancellation by Fox.
In this Monday’s first bonus episode, “Boo Normal,” Ella was unexpectedly visited by Ray-Ray (House‘s Charlyne Yi), an old childhood friend of the ghost variety. Since Ella had ended their association years ago, she assumed that Ray-Ray resurfaced because of a connection to the episode’s murder victim. But it turns out that Ray-Ray was there to urge Ella not to move back to Detroit and her scalawag brothers, as she had been contemplating, but rather stay in L.A. with her new “family,” one that validates her.
Having been caught a time or two talking to her invisible “friend,” Ella wound up confiding in Chloe that she sees ghosts. Or, a ghost. To which Chloe responded, “I have seen a lot crazier things. Like, a lot” — which I can confirm was her referring to laying eyes on Luci’s Devil face for the first time. And since Chloe isn’t in a looney-bin, and is still working with Lucifer in this episode, we can deduce that she arrived at a certain peace with that hell of a reveal.
Speaking of reveals, there was a whole lot more to Ray-Ray’s story than she let on to Ella. After Lucifer finds her in the LUX penthouse wearing better make-up and, well, wings, we learn that she is no “guardian angel” type of ghost but instead Azreal, the Angel of Death — aka Lucifer’s sister! Having met the bubbly Ella years ago but unable to hang with her in perpetuity (or, ahem, spy on her in the shower), she led Ella to move to L.A. and land in Lucifer’s path, so that two of Azreal’s favorite people could be a part of each other’s lives.
Whereas the first bonus episode offered two fun Easter eggs, the second, “Once Upon a Time,” delivered to fans a whole damn basket, by way of a reality in which God (voiced by Neil Gaiman) didn’t put Chloe in Lucifer’s path. Instead, we meet Chloe mid-shootout… as the star of the well-worn Weaponizer action-film franchise. Chloe’s dad never died and is still at the LAPD, while she is still an actress (albeit one who still has Hot Tub High School on her IMDb page, shhh).
Lucifer meanwhile still runs LUX (and is planning on expanding, into Vegas) when one of the stunt guys on Chloe’s film turns up dead at the club. Lucifer goes about having Ella (who here traffics in hot cars) investigate the automotive-related murder weapon, while Chloe uses her prop badge to snoop around a race track, where her dead friend was planning his next career. There, Chloe and Lucifer meet, as they perhaps were fated to, and though they at first see each other as adversaries, she suggests they work together to solve this case.
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‘National Educational Policy’ (NEP) 2020 – Highlights & Concerns
An overview of the National Educational Policy (NEP) 2020: On July 29th, 2020 the Modi government announced the New Education Policy in a move that left us stunned over the sweeping changes involved. The only dismay that most of us had was that our wish to be able to study once these reforms are imposed is not possible.
In this article, we cover the key points of the NEP and their views from different perspectives with hopes that the policy is better understood and loopholes if any are addressed.
Highlights of the New Education Policy
This is the third education policy bought forward by the Indian government in its efforts to raise Indian education standards. A much-needed decision. 34 years after the last policy was implemented it is also the first Education policy by the BJP. The policy was approved by the union cabinet but is yet to be presented in the parliament.
The new National Educational Policy also requires further regulation between the state and center. However, it is still policy and not the law to be followed. The following are some of the points in the policy.
— NEP for Schools Students
1. New pedagogical and curricular structure of school education (5+3+3+4):
The education system currently follows the 10+2 structure. This will soon be replaced by the 5+3+3+4 curricular structure. The new structure can be better understood when it corresponds with a child’s age i.e. 3-8, 8-11, 11-14, and 14-18 years respectively. The first stage includes time spent in Anganwadi and preschools.
This new structure divides the existing structure as per the cognitive developmental stages of a child. These are early childhood, school years, and secondary stage. It also should be noted that this change in structure does not change the years that a child spends in formal education. They remain the same as before.
The new structure brings changes to the examination structure too. As per existing norms, a child gives an exam after every academic year. But once the NEP is implemented children will give examinations only in class 3,5, and 8. This is apart from boards which too will see considerable changes.
2. Earlier, schooling was mandatory for children aged between six and 14 years. Now education will be compulsory for children aged between the three and 18 years.
This move would allow those aged from 14-18 years to also demand the same Right to Education(RTE) that was earlier present only up till 14years. Now children above the age of 14 too can demand this. Meaning they can get educated up to 12th grade free of charges at any government educational establishment.
3. Mother tongue as the medium of instruction
It is obvious that the mother tongue is the first language that a child understands. Hence understanding newer concepts will be much easier when if done in the mother tongue itself. In order to implement this the medium of instruction in schools will change too.
This move is also inspired after observation of the medium of instruction imposed in some European countries. In these places, when a child is introduced into the schooling system he is only taught in his mother tongue be it German, Italian, Spanish, Russian, etc. depending on the country. Due to this, children are able to grasp trivial concepts easily. This will be made compulsory until 5th grade at least or preferably until the 8th.
The NEP also includes the three-language policy. Here all students will learn three languages in their school. It is mandatory that at least two of the three languages should be native to India.
The introduction of this policy is also in line with the NEP’s aim of increasing the Gross Enrollment Ratio in higher education. It has been found that the inability to cope with languages like English as the cause for dropping out.
4. Baglessdays and informal internship
According to this, students will participate in a 10-day bagless period. During this period students from Grades 6-8 will intern with local vocational experts such as carpenters, gardeners, potters, artists, etc.
This was another move, that was hugely appreciated as necessary professionals that are looked down upon by society will finally be viewed with newer outlooks in the coming generations. This move will also enable children to pick up at least one skill during the period.
5. Coding for Children
Children will now be able to learn to code from class 6 as coding will be included as a part of their curriculum. This move will put students at par with the Chinese where similar policies with regards to coding have already been implemented in their education system.
6. Multi-Stream Flexibility
Once the NEP is imposed, the compartmentalization of students post 10th into Arts, Science and Commerce will be blurred. Now students will be allowed to take up courses from varied streams depending on their interests.
For eg., A student interested in physics will be able to do so by also taking up subjects like economics and politics. This was one of the most lauded moves of the NEP. Furthermore, Bachelor’s programs too will be multidisciplinary in nature with no rigid separation between arts and sciences.
— NEP For College Students
7. Common Entrance Tests for Colleges
Students now will be judged by common SAT (present in the US) like tests that will decide the eligibility of students for different colleges. These tests will be held twice in a year.
8. 4-year bachelor degree
Funnily enough, just a few years back this move was highly criticized when implemented in Delhi. This move does not simply make bachelor degrees longer but also provides students with the option to change degrees if they feel it does not suit them. A student who realizes this and will be allowed to drop.
He also is allowed to transfer the credits he earned in the previous degree into the degree he chooses. A student who decides to drop out after completing 2 years can do so and will be provided with a diploma certificate associated with that degree. Students who drop out after 3 years will receive a bachelors missing out only on research opportunities present in the final year.
9. Fee Cap
The New policy suggests a cap on the fee charged by private institutions in the higher education space. One of the major hindrances a student faces when trying to obtain quality higher education has been affordability. A fee cap imposed would go a long way in making education more equitable.
10. Opening up higher education to foreign players
According to this the top 100 education institutions in the world will now be encouraged to come to India and set up campuses. Every year 750,000 Indian students go abroad in pursuit of higher education. This move will not only go a long way in reducing brain drain but also help in making global education more accessible. A similar move was implemented in the UAE successfully. The UAE is now home to universities like Hult International Business School, University of Wollongong, British University, American University of Sharjah and Dubai. Now that UAE can implement such a move it also shows the way to countries like India. Especially because we hold a student population much greater. Increasing the interest from foreign universities.
Differed Views over the NEP
Every point mentioned above is an advantage in itself. But post the disclosure of the NEP there have been varied viewpoints, concerns, and criticisms surfacing. We now look at these so-called loopholes in the NEP so that they can be further addressed
1. Language
There are many viewpoints directly addressed at languages i.e. medium through which students will be taught in schools, and the options available to them. First comes the problem of even introducing mother tongues into schools. India already faces a huge shortage of teachers leading to the skyrocketing teacher: student ratio in the country.
On top of this finding, a staff that is Qualified to teach is a challenge in itself. Next comes the challenge of bringing forward material in each of the mother tongues. Say for eg. bringing forward textbooks of maths, social in each of our mother tongues is a herculean task in itself.
It is completely understandable that the government wants to hold the same status as Germany, China, etc. where foreigners have to learn the language in order to better deal with the country. At the same time when the NEP is marketed in that way, it does not address that there are 22 languages active in India instead of one national language as in other countries.
The other problems that have already been raised with respect to language associates with the three-language policy. States like Tamil Nadu have already begun calling out the center and have associated the NEP as a tactic simply to implement Hindi in the state.
The three-language formula in the new National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 is “painful and saddening”, said Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami, as he vowed not to implement the new policy. Unfortunately, the imposition of Hindi has been a major issue in Tamil Nadu often leading to protest and has reduced the NEP to another gimmick by the center by the current CM.
2. The increasing disparity between sections of society
The policy shows how students in government schools will be taught in the regional languages up to 5th standard if not 8th. The private schools, however, will not take a step back in introducing English from the early stages. If a student only begins to learn English 7 years later to that of students in private schools the difference will only add to those of learning a language in an environment that is not conducive to speaking, writing, and reading English.
Even when it comes to providing material to students in regional languages or mother tongues the NEP 2020 mentions that textbooks should be available in regional languages, but also must be downloadable and printable. It fails to address that less than 30% of Indians have smartphones. And if you and the people around you do have one it just shows us the fortunate category we are in and the fortunate category of people we surround ourselves with at all times. Also, there is a need for computers in order to learn to code.
3. Four-year graduation program
The four-year graduation program, unfortunately, lets go of most of the benefits after approving dropouts in the first year in order to change streams. What is the purpose of allowing dropouts in the later stages? Why should a student even wait to complete 4 years if he receives a diploma in two? If he leaves immediately he may have added 2 years of work experience instead of classwork.
And on top of all, how will a child from a lower-income background answer these questions when he is asked to take his diploma and start contributing to the family income.
Although there may be a few minor loopholes the new National Educational Policy, nevertheless is revolutionary. Hopefully, these are further addressed in the parliament sessions to come. The next question that pops up is – By when will the policy be implemented? The implementation, however, will start immediately with the first change being the Ministry of Human Resource Development getting renamed as the Ministry of Education.
Other implementations are to be done in phases from next month. Meaning many significant changes of the over 100 action points being noticed. The complete policy, however, is meant to transform the education system by 2040. Final judgment on the extent of its success can only be made on its execution. Hopefully, it doesn’t take till 2040.
Aron Almeida
Aron, Bachelors in Commerce from Mangalore University, entered the world of Equity research to explore his interests in financial markets. Outside of work, you can catch him binging on a show, supporting RCB, and dreaming of visiting Kasol soon. He also believes that eating kid’s ice-cream is the best way to teach them taxes.
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Marriott Shoals Hotel & Spa
10 Hightower Place | Florence, AL 35630 [SEE MAP]Florence, AL [SEE ADDRESS]
#5 in Best Alabama Hotels
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Overlooking the Tennessee River, the Marriott Shoals Hotel & Spa is described by recent guests as a pleasant surprise in the northern Alabama town of Florence. Guests say Southern hospitality is alive and well here, noting that everyone — from the front desk staff to the restaurant servers — is polite and friendly. The hotel offers two distinct dining venues, the 360 Grille (which offers revolving 360-degree views of the river) and the more casual Swampers Bar and Grill that features live music in the evenings. When it's time to bed down, guest rooms feature balconies, pillow-top mattresses, minifridges, flat-screen TVs and complimentary Wi-Fi access, as well as bathrooms with separate tubs and showers. Recent guests said they found the rooms to be clean, spacious and comfortable. When they venture outside their rooms, visitors can spend their time getting treatments at the 6,000-square-foot Spa at the Shoals, working out in the fitness center or swimming and sunbathing at the outdoor pool. The only complaint from recent guests: the entrance to the hotel isn't clearly marked so finding it can be a little tricky. Members of the Marriott Rewards program can earn and use points here.
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A hotel's guest rating is calculated using data provided under license by Tripadvisor. A total of 661 have reviewed the Marriott Shoals Hotel & Spa, giving it a rating of 4.5, on a scale of 1-5.
Guest rooms at the Marriott Shoals feature neutral tones and traditional wood furnishings. Amenities include pillow-top mattresses, minifridges and coffeemakers as well as flat-screen TVs and complimentary Wi-Fi. Bathrooms feature granite countertops and separate showers and soaking tubs.
All rooms feature balconies
Standard room size: 320 square feet
Situated on the banks of the Tennessee River, the hotel is located in Florence, Alabama. Close to the University of North Alabama and other area attractions like Alabama Music Hall of Fame, Fame Recording Studio and Frank Lloyd Wright's Rosenbaum House, the hotel borders Veterans Memorial Park.
24-hour self-parking (free)
The hotel has two restaurants, including the 360 Grille located on the top floor and revolves to offers panoramic views of the Tennessee River. For a more casual meal, Swampers Bar and Grill features traditional Southern cuisine and live music.
Reservations required at 360 Grille
Buffet and continental breakfast options available
The hotel offers two pools, one indoors and one outdoors, both equipped with whirlpools. The indoor pool is heated and the outdoor pool features fountains and a waterslide.
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The Spa at the Shoals features 6,000 square feet and offers a variety of treatments including massages, facials, body treatments and couples treatments. The spa features separate men's and women's lounges with steam rooms and saunas.
Waxing services also available
Spa lunch menu available
Body Treatments (i.e. scrubs, wraps)
Outdoor treatment area
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While there are no specific amenities for families, the hotel features the River Heritage Park, a water splash pad with music and lights, during the warmer months.
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The hotel offers a modest fitness center that's equipped with cardio and weight-training machines as well as free weights.
Indoor and outdoor pools large enough for laps
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The hotel offers over 40,000 square feet of event space, with the largest space being able to accommodate up to 2,000 guests. Multiple venues can be separated into breakout spaces or combined for larger spaces.
Full-service business center
on-site audiovisual equipment and support available
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The Marriott Shoals Hotel & Spa allows pets for a non-refundable $75 one-time fee.
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The hotel is equipped to host weddings of almost any size in a variety of venues including an outdoor amphitheater. The largest space, the Shoals Ballroom, can accommodate up to 1,500 guests for the ceremony or 1,000 seated banquet-style.
On-site Marriott Ceritified Wedding Planners
Maximum wedding guest capacity: 1000
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Things To DoEat & DrinkArtisan ProducersBee Local’s Sustainably Sweet Honey
Bee Local’s Sustainably Sweet Honey
Kerry Newberry, Author
August 20, 2015 (Updated September 17, 2015)
A swirl of honeybees slow dance in the morning sunlight as beekeeper Damian Magista methodically steers a smoker around a cluster of wooden bee boxes on the rooftop of Hotel Lucia in downtown Portland. The backdrop view enchants: city skyline, sprawling bridges and the snowcapped peak of Mt. Hood.
“I got my first hive from my neighbor in 2006,” says Magista, who, in lieu of a typical head-to-toe white bee suit, wears jeans and a slate-gray T-shirt that reads “Keep Bees or Die.”
“I put it in my backyard, and the bees tumbled out and started doing orientation flights, and I sat there and watched them all day.” He began studying with the Oregon Master Beekeeper Program and reading about honeybees (Apis mellifera) voraciously. “I just fell in love with them.”
Magista leans into one of the hives, expertly easing what looks like a spatula between the lid and box. The instrument is called a J-hook and is used for everything from removing honey frames from the boxes to cutting out honeycomb. Once the lid pops up, he carefully slides a bee-quilted frame from the box.
He pauses and admires the hive at work. Beautiful amber-hued honeycomb glistens in sunrays. He dips his finger in for a taste. While some bees alight to the sky, most remain on the frame, side-by-side like a winged mosaic, buzzing, humming, chanting in their own language.
“Over time you learn to read their sound and the way they move,” says Magista. He likens working the hives to “becoming one with the bees.” Next, imagine meditation in motion. That’s Magista as he glides to inspect a second hive, his movement bringing to mind the ancient practice of tai chi.
If he accidentally squashes one bee, it will release an alarm pheromone, and that upsets the balance of the hive. As a result, each action is considered, orchestrated, eloquent. “One of the reasons I have a passion for this is that when you are working with bees, it forces you to slow down, to have purpose and really think about what you are doing,” he says.
When Magista is in the zone, bees cresting around him, he looks like a surfer who’s caught a wave. Nothing else exists. “It’s a really beautiful, meditative feeling,” he says.
The Terroir of Honey
Taste of place led Magista to launch Bee Local in 2011. After establishing hives in different Portland neighborhoods, Magista noticed remarkably different flavor profiles in each honey; for example, blackberry notes in honey from the Willamette Valley, floral flavors from a rooftop hive near a rose garden. “That’s because bees forage within a one- or two-mile radius,” he explains.
Whatever plants the bees visit are reflected in the flavor, texture and color of the honey. Like wine, honey expresses a sense of place. This inspired the founding tenet of Bee Local: Capture the terroir of a specific place. “We want to taste this land around us,” he says.
His pursuit of micro-batch, place-based honeys has taken the beekeeper beyond Portland, and he now manages hives in 10 different locations, including the high desert of Eastern Oregon and Netarts Bay on the Coast.
Along the way, Magista has cultivated a honey tribe that ranges from chefs to brewers, and he credits the local culinary community for the exponential growth of Bee Local.
“I think living in Portland, and Oregon in general, has been critical to the success of Bee Local in that we are ingrained with this DIY culture,” he says.
“We are a pioneer state; this is what we do. We create and embrace and elevate each other here.”
Early supporters include chef Vitaly Paley, who uses the honey in all three of his Portland restaurants — from a drizzle on the signature fried-chicken dish at the Imperial to the popular Harlequin cocktail (gin, Aperol, honey, lemon and Chandon sparkling rosé). On some late afternoons, you can spy Magista in the restaurant kitchen with the chef, both dipping tastings spoons into a gold-filled vat simply labeled: Rooftop Honey.
In August 2014, Bee Local teamed with Jacobsen Salt Co., a producer of artisan salts harvested from the waters of the Pacific Northwest, to open a shared destination headquarters and tasting room. Here you can find ever-expanding collaborations like smoked honey (created with the help of chef B.J. Smith of Portland’s Smokehouse 21) and honey-wheat ale from Coalition Brewing. (Read our story on the tasting room and other Portland-makers.)
Bees as Cocktail Conversation
Near the end of day on Sauvie Island, Magista inspects hives to a chorus of songbirds and honking geese. The bees here forage on blueberries and a medley of kitchen herbs and heirloom vegetables from the Croft farm. “Everyone’s garden benefits from having these pollinators around,” says Magista.
The owners of the Croft contacted Magista because they wanted to add bees to their farmlands for biodiversity. That’s also how the beekeeper found his way to placing hives in a grove of olive trees at Red Ridge Farms and pinot noir vineyards in the Willamette Valley. “Honey and bees create a conversation within our community,” says Magista.
And the conversation often leads to people asking: What can I do? Whether the concern is colony-collapse disorder or industrial agriculture, “people want to know how to become good stewards of the land,” says Magista. Over the past eight years, the beekeeper has seen the benefit of reclaiming unused urban landscapes for food production. It contributes to the environmental health of our neighborhoods and our communities, he says.
From country hives to city rooftops, Magista sees urban beekeeping as one solution for a brighter future.
Video still photo by Mark Gamba.
– about videographer –
BRIAN KIMMEL
Brian Kimmel is the producer and director of photography for Optic Nerve Productions. Based in Portland, Oregon his documentary and commercial work take him around the world to make images and films. Brian’s favorite assignments are the ones that keep him home in beautiful Oregon, including features on Pholia Farm and chef Justin Wills of Restaurant Beck.
Kerry Newberry
Kerry Newberry is a Portland-based writer who covers food, wine, farms and travel for a variety of publications. Her work has appeared in Forbes, Fodor’s Travel, Edible Portland, Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) and more.
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Basic Economy fares go global
Delta is introducing Basic Economy pricing on transatlantic routes. (Photo: Chris McGinnis)
Now that the Big Three U.S. airlines have rolled out bare-bones Basic Economy fares in their domestic networks, they’re starting to take aim at international markets.
Both Delta and American are bringing the controversial lowball pricing option to some international flights, and some foreign carriers – specifically, Aer Lingus and Scandinavian Airlines – are doing the same as the transatlantic competition from carriers like Norwegian starts to bite.
Six weeks ago, Delta broadened its transatlantic fare lineup when it started selling Comfort+ seating on transatlantic flights for travel starting January 22. And this week Delta announced that Basic Economy fares are now available on more than half of its flights to Europe for travel starting April 10.
And it’s not just Delta. The airline said that on the same date, its partners Air France-KLM and Alitalia will each introduce “a similar basic fare product across the Atlantic.”
“As part of its Basic Economy expansion, Delta is introducing a Basic Economy first checked bag fee for trans-Atlantic routes only,” the company said. “The fee will be standard for Air France-KLM and Alitalia, along with no seat assignments and tickets not being changeable.”
Forbes is reporting that Delta’s new fee on a first checked bag for international Basic Economy travelers will be a stiff $60, and a second checked bag will cost $100.
Basic economy purchasers won’t get a seat assignment until they check in, and they will board last, Delta said. Tickets can’t be changed or refunded, and purchasers can’t get paid or complimentary upgrades, even with Medallion status (although they will still earn Medallion-qualifying miles and dollars).
Delta said it would closely align its international Basic Economy fare restrictions with its domestic rules, which allow purchasers to carry on a bag that can be stowed in the overhead bin. American’s and United’s domestic Basic Economy prices only allow buyers to carry on an item that fits under the seat.
United’s website warns customers about the shortcomings of Basic Economy. (Image: UNited)
Reports out of Dallas this week said that American Airlines is now offering its own similar no-frills Basic Economy pricing on select international routes – specifically, to most of its destinations in Mexico and the Caribbean. There are a few exceptions, including service to Cuba, to San Juan, and to a couple of Mexican destinations. American apparently hasn’t yet put the Basic Economy option on transatlantic flights.
While the big U.S. airlines introduced Basic Economy fares in domestic markets ostensibly to offer pricing levels competitive with fast-growing ultra-low-cost carriers like Spirit and Frontier, critics allege that the airlines’ real intention is to lure customers in with a low fare but then up-sell them to a regular economy seat with a few more frills. In fact, some allege that airlines have simply re-labeled their previous lowest economy fares as Basic Economy.
SAS is adding new ‘Go Light’ low-frills fares in U.S. markets this month. (Image: SAS)
Delta isn’t the first to bring new low- or no-frills fares to the transatlantic market. A few months ago, Aer Lingus rolled out a new pricing category called Saver fares on flights between Dublin and the U.S. The only things included in that fare are a seat, an in-flight meal and a 10 kg. (22 lbs.) hand luggage allowance.
And effective December 14, SAS will start offering discounted “Go Light” fares on its routes between Scandinavia and the U.S., designed for customers who only have carry-on bags. The new category was introduced on the airline’s intra-European routes in 2015. Except for a checked bag, Go Light fare buyers get the same treatment and service as purchasers of the airline’s regular economy pricing, called Go fares.
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Routes: Aeromexico at SJC, Southwest, Air New Zealand, BA, United, AA, Etihad + more
San Jose International welcomes a new 737 nonstop from Mexico City next summer. (Photo: SJC)
In recent international route developments, Aeromexico will add seasonal service at San Jose; Southwest drops plans for two Mexico markets; Air New Zealand brings a new aircraft to Houston; British Airways adds high-density 777 flights to Gatwick; United and Delta drop Europe flights while KLM adds one; American plans new code-shares to and within China; Etihad trims its Los Angeles schedule and terminates San Francisco service; and LATAM adds a Boston route.
Aeromexico, now a joint venture partner with Delta, plans to expand its presence at Mineta San Jose International next summer by offering seasonal flights to Mexico City. The carrier will use a 737-800 on the route, offering daily flights from June 1 through August 31. The southbound flight will depart SJC at 1:40 p.m. In July of this year, Aeromexico started service from San Jose to Guadalajara.
Speaking of Mexico City, Southwest Airlines has scaled back its plans to expand service to the Mexican capital. The Dallas Morning News reports that Southwest has changed its mind about adding new service to MEX from Los Angeles and Ft. Lauderdale next summer. The carrier has given up the slots at Mexico City that it had acquired for those routes, and DOT assigned them instead to VivaAerobus, a Mexican low-cost carrier. When Delta and Aeromexico won approval for their joint venture, they had to give up some slots at MEX, and Southwest picked up enough for four flights a day there, which it initially used to add two flights a day from Houston Hobby.
Premium economy seats on the new version of Air New Zealand’s 787-9.(Image: Air New Zealand)
The new Qantas 787-9 that starts flying from Melbourne to LAX in December won’t be the only new Dreamliner service from Down Under. Air New Zealand plans to deploy the newest version of its 787-9 on its two-year-old Auckland-Houston route in December. The Kiwi carrier also plans to boost frequencies on that route next year, from the current five weekly flights to six or seven from March 25 through October 27. The new Air New Zealand 787-9 increases capacity in the front of the plane, from 18 business class seats to 27 and from 21 premium economy seats to 33. The airline currently flies a 777-200 to Houston.
British Airways has been planning to introduce “high density” 777-200ERs on long-haul flights out of London Gatwick Airport, partly in response to low-cost interlopers like Norwegian, and its plans for those planes are starting to emerge. Unlike its existing 275-seat 777-200ERs, the new version will cram 336 seats into the planes, according to Routesonline.com – 32 in business class, 52 in premium economy and 252 in regular economy. BA plans to put the new version of the plane into service for one weekly flight between Orlando and Gatwick as of May 11, 2018, increasing to daily by October 6; one flight a week between Ft. Lauderdale and Gatwick starting September 13 of next year, increasing to three a week October 8; and daily service between New York JFK and Gatwick effective July 8 of next year.
Looking ahead to other transatlantic markets for 2018, United had been planning to offer seasonal service from Chicago O’Hare to Shannon, Ireland from late May through early September, but now it has canceled those plans. And Delta is giving up on its Newark-Amsterdam service – which operates four days a week this winter – as of March 23. However, Delta partner KLM will expand service between New York JFK and Amsterdam next year, adding a third flight six days a week effective March 26. In another development, Delta will code-share on daily A330-200 Alitalia flights from Rome to Delhi, India, effective October 29.
American’s customers will get access to new destinations on China Southern. (Image: China Southern)
American Airlines, which acquired a small equity stake in China Southern Airlines this year, is planning a substantial code-sharing program with that carrier, according to Air Transport World. It said AA has filed plans with the Transportation Department to put its AA code onto China Southern flights from San Francisco to Wuhan and to Guangzhou, as well as its New York JFK-Guangzhou service. The AA code would also go onto 14 China Southern routes from Beijing to other destinations in China. It didn’t say when the code-sharing is expected to begin. Last month, American moved its operations at Beijing’s airport from Terminal 3 to China Southern’s base at Terminal 2.
Etihad Airways plans to reduce its schedule between Los Angeles and Abu Dhabi this winter. From January 15 through April 30, it will trim frequencies from daily to four a week, switching aircraft on the route from a 777-200LR to a 777-300ER. (And don’t forget, as we reported last summer, Etihad will discontinue its San Francisco-Abu Dhabi service on October 29 after cutting it back earlier this year from daily frequencies to just three flights a week.)
To Latin America, LATAM has filed for regulatory approval to begin the first non-stop service between Boston and Sao Paulo, Brazil next summer, although a schedule and starting date haven’t yet been determined.
Filed Under: Airlines, Airports Tagged With: 777-200ERs, 787-9, Abu Dhabi, Aeromexico, Air New Zealand, Alitalia, American Airlines, Amsterdam, Auckland, Boston, British Airways, Chicago, Choica Southern, code share, Delhi, Delta, Etihad, Ft. Lauderdale, Houston, KLM, LATAM, London Gatwick, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Neewark, New York JFK, Orlando, Rome, San francisco, San Jose, Sao Paulo, Shannon, southwest, United
Next wave of airport technology: facial recognition
British Airways has opened self-service boarding gates at London Heathrow. (Image: British Airways)
Three of Europe’s largest airports – London Heathrow, Amsterdam Schiphol and Paris CDG —have started testing or using facial recognition technology as a way of speeding up passenger processing and boarding.
British Airways said this week that it has opened three self-service boarding gates at Heathrow’s Terminal 5, relying on digital facial scans as part of the process. The three domestic gates allow passengers to scan their own boarding passes at the gate and just walk onto the aircraft without the intervention of human gate agents.
BA said the process involves taking a digital facial scan of the passenger when he or she travels through the security checkpoint; when the traveler arrives at the departure gate, another digital image of their face taken there is checked against the earlier one. If the two match, the passenger is allowed through the gate and onto the aircraft.
The airline said it will extend the technology to three more domestic gates at LHR by mid-June, “with a view to rollout the scheme on international flights in the future.”
A facial recognition kiosk at an Amsterdam Schiphol boarding gate. (Image: KLM)
At Amsterdam Schiphol, the airport and KLM are conducting a three-month test of similar technology at one departure gate. Passengers who have registered in advance go to a special kiosk near the gate where they scan their boarding passes, passports and faces as part of the boarding process. Participants then board the aircraft through a special door that uses digital technology to recognize their faces.
“Schiphol and KLM want to study the technology of facial recognition – the system’s speed, reliability, and user-friendliness,” the airline said. “They will also examine the boarding process and the passenger experience. The ultimate aim is to make the boarding process as quick and easy as possible for our passengers.” The airline said that all data and images collected from passengers will be quickly erased.
At Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, the airports authority has started testing facial recognition software as a way to speed up passenger processing after terrorist attacks in the past two years prompted the French government to tighten security requirements for travelers. The tougher requirements led to big increases in waiting time at border control, with many travelers waiting an extra hour to get through.
The CDG test involves the use of new software from a vendor called Vision-Box, and is used for clearing immigration rather than for aircraft boarding. The software compares passengers’ passport photos with their faces, and it can be used for travelers from the 28 European Union member nations. If the tests work well and the government gives a nod to the technology, it could be used to speed up clearance for up to 20 percent of the airport’s passengers.
In the U.S., the CLEAR trusted traveler program uses biometrics but not facial recognition. (Image: CLEAR)
In the U.S., the Department of Homeland Security a few months ago issued a solicitation for vendors who can provide mounted facial recognition cameras to be used in airports. However, the purpose of that project is not to speed up boarding or passenger processing, but rather to help Customs and Border Protection catch persons who are not in the U.S. legally.
Currently, the biggest user of biometric technology in U.S. airports is probably Clear, which relies on iris and fingerprint scans rather than facial recognition to speed its members into the security checkpoints.
Readers: Would you trust facial recognition technology if it is used to speed up the boarding process? How about if it is collected by government authorities for immigration and security purposes?
Filed Under: Airports, Technology, TSA/security Tagged With: aircraft, airports, Amsterdam, boarding, British Airways, Charles de Gaulle, CLEAR, facial recognition, gates, KLM, London Heathrow, Paris, Schiphol, security, technology
Routes: Norwegian/BA at Oakland, Alaska/Condor, China Eastern, KLM, Air Canada, Volaris
British Airways will fly nonstop between Oakland and London-Gatwick using a Boeing 777-200ER (Photo: British Airways)
In international route developments, Norwegian and British Airways begin new Oakland flights; Alaska inks a frequent flyer partnership with a European carrier; China Eastern adds a U.S. route; KLM returns to Minneapolis; Air Canada begins a new transcontinental link from Vancouver; and Volaris starts Houston service.
It will be a busy time at Oakland International next week, with two new transatlantic services coming to the Bay Area airport. March 28 is the launch date for Norwegian’s newest low-cost transatlantic route, linking Oakland with Copenhagen twice a week, using a 787-8. And on the same date, British Airways will kick off new daily flights linking Oakland with London Gatwick – a route served since last year by Norwegian. The new BA flights out of OAK will operate four days a week, using a 777-200ER with business, premium economy and regular economy seating. BA already flies to London from San Francisco and San Jose – but to Heathrow, not Gatwick. Meanwhile, BA will also begin new service on March 27 between New Orleans and London Heathrow, offering 787-8 flights four days a week.
Speaking of Oakland, the new carrier LEVEL, which announced new nonstops to Barcelona for just $149 each way bragged on Twitter this week that it sold 52,000 tickets in a single day:
On our second day of “Life” Hello world! ? Yesterday we hit record sales: 52,000 tickets sold. Wow!
— LEVEL_en (@flywithlevelEN) March 18, 2017
Condor is Alaska’s newest Mileage Plan partner. (Image: Condor)
Alaska Airlines has added another European carrier as a partner in its Mileage Plan frequent flyer program. The new partner is Condor, a leisure-oriented subsidiary of Thomas Cook that is based in Germany. The two carriers already had an interline agreement, but now passengers will be able to earn and spend Mileage Plan miles on Condor as well. Alaska passengers can link up with transatlantic Condor flights to Frankfurt at Seattle, San Diego, Las Vegas, Portland, Anchorage and Fairbanks; in June, Condor will add Seattle-Munich flights.
Mileage Plan members can start earning elite-qualifying miles on Condor flights now (and so can Virgin America Elevate members who have a Mileage Plan account number). Award travel redemption “will begin at a later date,” Alaska said. Condor, which uses three-class 767-300ERs on its transatlantic routes, is expanding its North America network this year to a total of 16 cities, mostly served a couple of times a week. The airline primarily serves vacationers, but offers a nice (but non-lie-flat) business class, reviewed here.
China Eastern wants to start Houston-Shanghai flights. (Image: Airbus)
China Eastern Airlines has its eye on new U.S. service linking Houston Bush Intercontinental Airport with Shanghai Pudong, according to a report in Air Transport World, an aviation industry journal. China Eastern, a member of Delta’s SkyTeam global alliance, reportedly hopes to begin the service in June or July. The only other non-stop service between Houston and China is an Air China route from Houston to Beijing.
KLM set a March 27 start for seasonal service between Minneapolis-St. Paul and its Amsterdam Schiphol hub – a route it hasn’t flown since 2001. The Dutch carrier will fly the route three days a week, continuing through October. KLM’s SkyTeam partner Delta, which has a hub at MSP, already offers service to AMS up to three times a da
On June 23, Air Canada will introduce new seasonal service linking Vancouver with Boston, continuing through September 4. The carrier will offer one daily roundtrip using a two-class A319. The Canadian carrier will also resume Montreal-Washington Dulles daily service starting June 19, using a 50-passenger CRJ-100; Air Canada already flies between Montreal and Washington Reagan National.
Mexican low-cost carrier Volaris has started up new service between Houston Bush Intercontinental and Mexico City, operating four days a week. Volaris already flies from Houston to Guadalajara.
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Filed Under: Airlines, Airports Tagged With: Air Canada, Alaska Airlines, Amsterdam, Boston, British Airways, China Eastern, Condor, Copenhagen, Gatwick, Houston, international, KLM, London, Mileage Plan, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Montreal, New Orleans, Norwegian, Oakland, routes, Shanghai, Vancouver, Washington Dulles
Routes: Swiss to SFO + Lufthansa, Aeromexico, Hainan, Delta/KLM, Air Canada
Economy class on SWISS’s new 777-300ER. (Image: SWISS)
In international route developments, Swiss will increase San Francisco service and lay on more 777-300ERs to the U.S. this summer; Lufthansa sets the date for its first new A350 service to the U.S.; Aeromexico brings a new route to San Jose; Hainan Airlines adds a pair of routes from Los Angeles; Delta code-shares on more KLM flights; Air Canada adds a new Vancouver route and reshuffles Ottawa service.
Lufthansa subsidiary Swiss International’s newly issued summer schedule calls for an increase in San Francisco-Zurich frequencies from the current three 777-300ER flights a week to daily service beginning April 22. All the flights will use the carrier’s new 777-300ERs. Swiss already uses the new aircraft on its Los Angeles-Zurich route, and said that between June and October of this year, it will also deploy the new aircraft on six of its 12 weekly flights between Zurich and Chicago O’Hare. Take a tour of “the new SWISS flagship” here.
Lufthansa recently took delivery of its second A350 from Airbus and it’s headed to Boston. (Image: Lufthansa)
Lufthansa has taken delivery of its second brand-new Airbus A350-900, and it has set March 14 as the date when that aircraft will start flying between Munich and Boston. (The first one recently started flying from Munich to Delhi, India, and the third will go onto the Munich-Mumbai route starting in late April.) Innovations on the Lufthansa A350 include an in-flight entertainment system that lets passengers create their own programming playlists from an app before leaving home, and LED technology that makes it possible to provide two dozen different lighting schemes in the cabin.
The latest international carrier to announce new service to San Jose is Aeromexico. The Mexican airline set a July 1 start for new service between SJC and its Guadalajara hub, operating six 737 flights a week (not on Tuesdays). The flight will depart San Jose at 10:15 a.m.
Hainan Airlines is adding two 787 routes from Los Angeles. (Image: Simon Auger/Flickr)
China’s Hainan Airlines has started taking reservations for new service from Los Angeles to two destinations in western China. On March 15, it will begin service between LAX and Chengdu, followed on March 21 by new flights from LAX to Chonqing. Both routes will operate twice a week, and both will use 787-8s.
Delta continues to expand its roster of code-share flights with joint venture partner KLM. Beginning March 26, according to Routesonline.com, Delta’s code will go onto KLM’s flights between Minneapolis-St. Paul and Amsterdam. Also getting Delta codes will be KLM flights beyond Amsterdam to Milan Malpensa; Graz, Austria; Gdansk, Poland; Freetown, Sierra Leone and Monrovia, Liberia; Split, Croatia; and the Italian destinations of Catania, Sicily, and Cagliari, Sardinia.
Air Canada’s Jazz unit has started new daily non-stops between Vancouver and Dallas/Ft. Worth, using two-class CRJ-705s. On the east coast, meanwhile, Air Canada said it has ended its three daily flights between Ottawa and New York LaGuardia, but will add three flights a day between Ottawa and Newark beginning March 26. (Meanwhile, Delta is poised to pick up the slack from LGA, starting twice-daily service to Ottawa as of April 2.) In other news, Air Canada will use a 787-9 on one (AC737/738) of its six daily San Francisco-Toronto flights for the summer season, beginning June 1.
Filed Under: Airlines, Airports Tagged With: 777-300ER, A350, Aeromexico, Air Canada, Amsterdam, Boston, Chengdu, Chicago, Chongqing, code share, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Delta, Guadalajara, Hainan Airlines, international, KLM, Los Angeles, lufthansa, Minneapolis, Munich, New York LaGuardia, Newark, Ottawa, routes, San francisco, San Jose, SWISS, Toronto, Vancouver
Business class sale: US to Europe this spring
How about a lie-flat ride in a KLM 787 Dreamliner? (Photo: KLM)
How does springtime in Paris sound? A lark in lovely London? Or anywhere else in Europe in lie-flat business class?
Today SkyTeam airlines Delta, Air France and KLM launched a flash sale for business class tickets on many US-to-Europe routes. As we publish this post, we are seeing similar fares on American, United and other Oneworld and Star Alliance carriers, so we have a bit of a fare war on our hands…)
But you need to act fast because seats will sell out fast and you only have until February 28 to get the deal.
Roundtrip fares are in the $2,500 range from the east coast; about $3,000 from midwest cities and around $3,200 from the west coast. These fares represent a nice discount on business class, which usually runs in the $4,000 to $7,000 range. (Scroll down for sample fares on KLM and Air France)
>Book by February 28
>Travel from April 4 – April 27 (However, we see sale fares on many routes stretching into early June, so check)
>Book directly at Delta, Air France and KLM. (Check business fares on other carriers for April flights because we don’t see fare sale pages posted yet)
A press release states, “Air France’s Business Class cabins feature a fully flat bed, aisle access for every passenger, and a multipurpose area complete with a desk, restaurant table and bed. KLM’s World Business Class cabins also feature a reclinable bed, in addition to a personal entertainment system and comfort kits designed by Dutch designer Jan Taminiau.”
Business class on an Air France’s 787-9 (Image: Air France)
Have you flown KLM or Air France lately? What did you think? Did you get a true lie-flat seat, or an angled lie-flat seat? Please leave your comments below.
Sample Fares provided by Air France / KLM:
Air France special fares are available on flights departing from:
New York – Dublin (from $2,642) Chicago – Paris (from $2,969)
New York – Frankfurt (from $2,493) Atlanta – London (from $3,123)
New York – Paris Orly (from $2,716) Salt Lake City – Amsterdam (from $3,142)
New York – Paris CDG (from $2,719) Seattle – Amsterdam (from $3,142)
New York – London ($2,873) Portland – Amsterdam ($3,142)
Minneapolis – Amsterdam (from $2,892) San Francisco – London ($3,420)
KLM special fares are available on flights departing from:
New York – Frankfurt (from $2,493) Chicago – Paris CDG (from $2,969)
New York – Dublin (from $2,642) Atlanta – London (from $3,080)
New York – London (from $2,829) Portland – Amsterdam (from $3,142)
Minneapolis – Amsterdam (from $2,892) San Francisco – London (from $3,421)
Filed Under: Airlines, ATL, Deals Tagged With: Air France, business class, deals, fare, fare sale, KLM, SkyTeam
Routes: SFO, LAX, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Miami, Newark, JFK
United is boosting capacity on its new route from SFO to Auckland. (Image: Aucklandnz.com)
In the latest international route news, United boosts capacity on a new transpacific route out of San Francisco but drops a transatlantic route; a Chinese carrier starts new flights to Los Angeles; Chicago O’Hare gets a new route to Taiwan; low-cost Icelandic carrier WOW adds another U.S. gateway; KLM revives Miami flights; and Delta resumes service to a Canadian destination.
United Airlines just started its San Francisco-Auckland service in early July (after a 13-year hiatus), but now the New Zealand Herald reports that the airline is increasing capacity on the route. It said United has boosted flight frequencies between SFO-Auckland from five a week to daily service, and has also switched out the 787-8 it was using on the route to a larger 777. SFO-AKL fares are currently in the $1,000 roundtrip range, but occasionally dip slightly below that.
Across the Atlantic, meanwhile, United plans to drop its current service linking Newark with Belfast, Northern Ireland effective January 9. Why? Because the subsidy paid to United over the last three years ran out. The cancellation has caused much consternation as it was the only nonstop link between Northern Ireland and the US.
At Los Angeles International, Chinese carrier Sichuan Airlines is due to start new service on December 6 to Jinan, with continuing same-plane service to Chengdu. The carrier will use an Airbus A330-200 for the service, which will operate twice a week, according to Routesonline.com. News of the new route comes just a couple of weeks after Sichuan Airlines, with little fanfare, kicked off its first U.S. route; in mid-October it started flying, also twice a week with an A330, from LAX to Hangzhou with continuing service to Chengdu.
One of EVA’s 777-300ERs has “Hello, Kitty” livery. (Image: EVA)
Taiwan’s EVA Air last week started flying between Taipei and Chicago O’Hare, operating four flights a week with a 777-300ER. EVA offers extensive connections beyond Taipei to other Asian destinations, including 27 cities in mainland China. EVA also flies to New York, San Francisco, Houston, Los Angeles, Seattle, Toronto and Vancouver.
Wow Air, Iceland’s fast-growing low-cost airline, will add yet another U.S. gateway on June 17, when it begins service from Pittsburgh International to its hub at Reykjavik’s Keflavik Airport with an Airbus A321. The carrier will offer fares starting as low as $99 each way to Iceland, with connecting service starting at $149 each way to European destinations including Paris, London, Frankfurt and others – plus add-on ancillary fees, of course.
Wow Air will use a narrow-body for new Pittsburgh service. (Photo: WOW Air)
KLM, which dropped service to Miami in 2011, started it up again last week. The Dutch airline is offering three flights a week (Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays) from Miami to Amsterdam Schiphol using an Airbus A330-200. The seasonal service will continue through June 2017.
Delta Air Lines will revive service from its New York JFK hub to Halifax, Nova Scotia, effective January 9. The carrier said it will use a 76-seat CRJ-900 on the route, offering first class, Comfort+ and regular economy seating.
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Filed Under: Airlines, Airports Tagged With: Amsterdam, Auckland, Belfast, Chengdu, Chicago O'Hare, Delta, EVA, Halifax, JFK, KLM, Los Angeles, Miami, Newark, Pittsburgh, routes, San francisco, Sichuan Airlines, Taiwan, United, Wow Air
Routes: LOT at LAX, AA seats, KLM popup, 2 new US cities for Icelandair
LOT Polish will use a 787 for new Los Angeles service in 2017. (Image: LOT Polish)
In international route news, LOT Polish Airlines will begin new service to Los Angeles and Newark; American Airlines officially launches its new international premium economy class in a few weeks; British Airways drops a Philadelphia flight but American adds one; KLM will fly to Minneapolis-St. Paul and offers San Franciscans a 787 sneak peek; and Icelandair plans to open up two more U.S. gateways.
LOT Polish Airlines will kick off the first non-stop service between the West Coast and Poland on April 3, 2017 when it begins service between Los Angeles International and Warsaw. LOT will fly the LAX route four times a week using a 787-8 Dreamliner. Also in April, the Polish carrier will resume service from Warsaw to Newark Liberty International, a hub for its Star Alliance partner United. The Newark flights will begin April 28, initially operating three times a week with a leased 767-300ER, but switching to a 787 in August. With the addition of Newark flights, LOT will trim its 2017 summer schedule out of New York JFK from 12 flights a week to nine.
American’s new Premium Economy section will have leather seats in a 2-3-2 layout. (Image: American Airlines)
When American Airlines puts its new 787-9s into international service next month, they’ll come equipped with the carrier’s new premium economy cabin – a first for U.S. airlines on international routes. The first flights to offer the premium cabin will be from Dallas/Ft. Worth to Sao Paulo on November 3 and from DFW to Madrid on November 4. The premium economy service is in addition to (and priced higher than) the airline’s extra-legroom seating in the regular economy cabin. Premium economy seats have a 38-inch pitch, greater width than regular economy, adjustable headrests and footrests, larger video screens, noise-reducing headphones, free drinks and more.
British Airways’ longstanding Philadelphia schedule of two daily flights to London Heathrow will change in March 2017 when it drops one of them – the 10 p.m. departure. But joint venture partner American Airlines will pick up the slack, boosting its own PHL-LHR schedule from one flight a day to two.
Delta’s transatlantic joint venture partner KLM plans to kick off service on March 27 from Delta’s Minneapolis-St. Paul hub to Amsterdam using an Airbus A330 for three flights a week (Monday, Wednesday, Saturday). It hasn’t flown the MSP-Amsterdam route for 15 years, according to Airlineroute.com. Delta serves the route with two to three flights a day. Elsewhere, KLM is about to resume Miami service, as previously announced. October 30 is the launch date for the carrier’s three weekly flights from MIA to Amsterdam, which will continue through March 23 with a two-class A330.
Business class seats on KLM’s 787 Dreamliner (Photo: KLM)
In San Francisco, meanwhile, KLM is inviting travelers to visit a Pop-Up location that the carrier will open at Union Square (445A Sutter Street) October 14 to 22, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Pop-Up’s purpose is to promote KLM’s 787 Dreamliner, which it put onto its SFO route a few months ago. Visitors can experience the airline’s World Business Class and a virtual reality simulation of the 787, and will get a chance to win free tickets to Amsterdam.
Icelandair will expand its U.S. network in 2017 with the addition of two new gateways. The carrier will begin seasonal summer service to Reykjavik from Philadelphia four days a week beginning May 30, along with year-round flights from Tampa twice a week starting September 6. Also for the 2017 summer season, Icelandair will boost Denver-Reykjavik service from seven to nine weekly flights from June 1 through mid-September; and will increase its Portland schedule from three a week to four on May 20, adding a fifth weekly flight June 14 through August 31.
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Filed Under: Airlines, Airports Tagged With: American Airlines, Amsterdam, British Airways, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Delta, Denver, Icelandair, international, KLM, London, Los Angeles, LOT Polish, Miami, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Newark, Philadelphia, Portland, Premium Economy, routes, San francisco, Tampa
Routes: San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose, LAX, Salt Lake City, Denver + more…
There are lots of developments in international services this week. United started a new China route; Air Canada kicks off a San Jose route; European carriers begin new transatlantic service from LAX, Oakland, Salt Lake City and Denver; a Chinese carrier sets the date for new Seattle flights; Chicago gets a new transpacific option; and a South American carrier comes to Washington D.C.
United Airlines on Sunday started its newest transpacific route, linking its San Francisco hub with Xi’an, a city of 8 million in central China; it’s the only non-stop service between the U.S. and Xi’an. United will fly the seasonal route three times a week – through October 27 – using a 787 Dreamliner. Westbound flights depart SFO on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays at 1:25 p.m. The westbound flight takes a little over 13 hours.
Low-cost European carrier Norwegian is set to begin its previously announced Oakland-London Gatwick service on May 12. The carrier will use a 787-8 with economy and premium seating, offering non-stop service three times a week. Norwegian’s initial fares on the route started at $299. On May 10, Norwegian increases Los Angeles-London Gatwick service from three flights a week to four.
On May 9, Air Canada kicks off new non-stop service out of Mineta San Jose International Airport to Vancouver. The Canadian carrier will offer two daily roundtrips using CRJ705 regional jets with 10 seats in business class and 65 in coach. Speaking of Vancouver, Air Canada recently announced it will begin a new ultra-long-haul route there on October 20 with non-stop service to Delhi, India operating four days a week with a 787-9 Dreamliner.
This is the Captain Kirk seat– one of the two best seats in Aer Lingus biz class (Photo: Chris McGinnis)
Aer Lingus last week kicked off Los Angeles-Dublin flights — the first of three new U.S. routes it will be adding this summer. The year-round service from LAX operates four times a week, using an Airbus A330-200. Later this year, the Irish carrier plans to begin new daily flights from Newark starting September 1, and new service from Hartford in late September.
Instead of resuming seasonal service this year between Amsterdam and Dallas/Ft. Worth, KLM opted instead to go with Salt Lake City, where it started flying last week. Its transatlantic joint venture partner Delta also serves the SLC-Amsterdam route. KLM started off with twice-weekly flights Thursdays and Saturdays, and will add a Monday departure on July 4. It’s using an A330-200 on the route. KLM also plans to add seasonal Miami-Amsterdam service in late October.
May 11 is the launch date for new Lufthansa service between Denver and its Munich hub; the German carrier already flies from Denver to Frankfurt. The new Munich service will operate five days a week (Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday), using an Airbus A330—300 with four classes of service, including premium economy, for the 10-1/2 hour flight. The eastbound flight leaves Denver at 4:05 p.m. Easy connections to the new route are available through Lufthansa’s Star Alliance partner United, which has a hub at DEN.
China’s Xiamen Airlines, a member of Delta’s SkyTeam global alliance, has started taking bookings for its new Seattle-Xiamen route, which will begin September 26. The new service will operate three days a week via an intermediate stop in Shenzen, using a 787-8.
Taiwan’s EVA Air plans to launch new service on November 2 from Taipei to Chicago O’Hare, flying the route four times a week with a 777. EVA also will increase its Taipei-New York JFK schedule effective October 3 from the current 10 flights a week to twice-daily service.
A LATAM 767-300 with the carrier’s new livery. (Image: LATAM)
South America’s LATAM Airlines last week started its newest U.S. route, linking Washington Dulles with Lima, Peru – the only non-stop service between the two capital cities. LATAM will initially offer three flights a week, using a 767-300 with business class and regular economy seating.
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Filed Under: Airlines, Airports Tagged With: Aer Lingus, Air Canada, Amsterdam, Chicago, Dublin, EVA, KLM, LATAM, lima, London, Los Angeles, Miami, N orwegian, Oakland, Salt Lake City, San francisco, San Jose, Seattle, Taipei, United, Vancouver, Washington, Xi'an, Xiamen
More transatlantic 787s for the Bay Area
British Airways’ inaugural San Jose flight arrives at the gate. (Image: Mineta San Jose Airport)
Two European carriers this week started up new 787 Dreamliner flights to the Bay Area, including British Airways’ San Jose service and additional KLM frequencies to San Francisco International.
At Mineta San Jose International, the city’s mayor Sam Liccardo was on hand along with Willie Walsh, CEO of British Airways parent International Airlines Group, to welcome the first flight of BA’s new 787-9 service from London Heathrow, which now operates daily from SJC’s Terminal B with an 8:05 p.m. departure time to LHR. The flight time is about 10 hours.
Because the BA 787-9 is larger than the 787-8, it has something the smaller plane doesn’t – a first class section, along with 42 Club World (business class) seats, 39 in premium economy and 127 in regular economy. (Here’s a video of BA’s new First suites, designed specifically for the 787-9.)
From left: San Jose Mayor Liccardo, International Airlines Group CEO Willie Walsh, SJC Aviation Director Kim Becker, and British Consul General in San Francisco Priya Guha. (Image: Mineta San Jose Airport)
Mayor Liccardo said at the welcoming ceremonies that London has been “the number one requested international destination” from San Jose, and BA’s new service is the first ever on that route. It’s the British carrier’s fourth destination in California.
Airport officials noted that Silicon Valley-based companies have 428 locations throughout the UK, while U.K. firms have 118 locations in Silicon Valley. Passengers bound to Heathrow on BA can also connect to 130 destinations beyond London.
Meanwhile, KLM this week increased service between Amsterdam and San Francisco International from seven to nine flights a week with the addition of second frequencies on Wednesdays and Sundays for the summer season. Those two new flights (KL610, with a 4:45 p.m. departure from SFO on those days) feature the North American debut of KLM’s Dreamliner service. The other daily flights continue to use a 747-400.
Business class seats in the 306-passenger KLM 787-9 recline fully flat, and all offer direct aisle access and 16-inch video screens. Economy seats provide a 40 percent greater recline than previous models, and larger 11-inch screens for in-flight entertainment. The aircraft offers Wi-Fi throughout. The KLM 787 has 42 business class seats, 48 in Economy Comfort (with 35-inch pitch) and 216 in regular economy. Take a look at the plane here.
Filed Under: Airlines, Airports Tagged With: 787-9, British Airways, KLM, London, San francisco, San Jose
Most popular: Airline ticketing tricks + Alaska/Virgin + NZ deal + 787 + California corridor
Delta among major airlines pushing pricing shenanigans on multi-city trips (Photo: Chris McGinnis)
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KLM’s new 787-9 Dreamliner (Photo: KLM)
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Filed Under: Airlines, Airports, ATL, SFO, Weekend Edition Tagged With: 787, airlines, Alaska, Chris McGinnis, Dreamliner, KLM, multi-city, multi-leg, video, Virgin
Routes: AA to Sydney, Air New Zealand to Houston, Delta to South America + more
Traditional Maori dancers welcomed Air New Zealand’s first flight from Auckland to Houston Bush Intercontinental. (Image: Houston Airports System)
In international route news, American has kicked off its new Australia service from Los Angeles; Air New Zealand has linked up with Star Alliance partner United at Houston; Delta inaugurated flights on three new Latin America routes; KLM will eliminate one U.S. gateway and add another; Kuwait Airways drops a U.S. route; and United will increase flights to Brussels.
At about the same time that Qantas started its Sydney-San Francisco 747 service this past weekend, its joint venture partner American Airlines launched its own new transpacific route to Sydney from Los Angeles International (a route also flown by Qantas, along with Melbourne-LAX). American’s daily flight uses a 310-passenger, three-class 777-300ER and departs LAX at 9:50 p.m. At the end of January, Qantas will trim its own Los Angeles-Sydney schedule from 14 flights a week to 10. It’s the first time in 23 years that American has flown to Australia.
Air New Zealand last week inaugurated its promised new service from Auckland to Houston Bush Intercontinental, where it offers connections via its Star Alliance partner United Airlines. The Kiwi carrier is using a 777-200ER with economy, Premium Economy and business class seating (with lie-flat seat-beds) for the route, which it flies five times a week. The westbound flight takes about 14-1/2 hours.
Delta added a trio of new routes to South America this past weekend. The carrier started new 767 service from Orlando to Sao Paulo, Brazil, operating four days a week (increasing to daily in March), and two routes from Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson to Colombia, both using 737s. Delta’s ATL-Medellin service operates daily, and ATL-Cartagena flies three times a week.
Instead of reviving its summer seasonal service from Amsterdam to Dallas/Ft. Worth next May, KLM reportedly plans to replace it with new Salt Lake City-Amsterdam service. The change is seen as benefiting KLM’s joint venture with Delta, which has a hub at Salt Lake City. The two carriers are reportedly looking to bolster the traffic feed to their new code-share partner Jet Airways for onward travel from AMS to India.
Facing a charge of unlawful discrimination from the U.S. Transportation Department, Kuwait Airways has discontinued the London Heathrow-New York JFK segment of its one-stop New York-Kuwait route. Last fall, DOT issued a cease-and-desist order to the airline after it learned that Kuwait Airways refused to sell a ticket to an Israeli citizen between London and New York. The airline maintained such a sale is barred by Kuwaiti law.
United Airlines said it plans to add a second daily flight next summer from its Newark hub to Brussels. The second flight will operate from May 5 through October 28; departures from May 25-September 6 will use a 214-seat 767-300, while earlier and later flights will use a 169-seat 757-200.
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Filed Under: Airlines, Airports Tagged With: Air New Zealand, American, Australia, Brussels, Colombia, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Delta, Houston, KLM, Kuwait Airways, London, Los Angeles, New York, QANTAS, Salt Lake City, Sao Paulo, Sydney, United
Bay Area to London for $299 + United non-stops to Singapore? + New Paris route + more
Norwegian’s Oakland-London Gatwick service will start at $299 one-way. (Image: Jim Glab)
In international route news this week, Norwegian confirms its plans for Oakland-London service; United says it is considering new non-stops to Singapore; Air France will add a new Paris route — but not to Charles de Gaulle; a Chinese carrier plans new LAX flights; KLM will boost its San Francisco schedule; and Southwest will drop a Mexico route.
Following up on our report from last week, European low-cost carrier Norwegian has confirmed that it plans to start new service from Oakland to London Gatwick effective May 12, operating three flights a week. The carrier said fares on the route will start at $299 one way, including taxes (plus ancillary fees, of course; it’s already taking bookings at www.Norwegian.com/us). Norwegian also announced plans to increase its Los Angeles-London Gatwick schedule from three to four flights a week starting May 10, and to move up the start of Boston-London service from late May to March 27, with five weekly flights instead of four. The carrier’s long-haul routes use 787-8s with economy and premium seating.
Have you flown or heard from someone who has flow Norwegian? What’s it like? Please leave your comments below.
London Gatwick airport is about 30 minutes south of city center by train (VisitLondon.com)
Now that Singapore Airlines is on track to resume non-stop flights to the U.S. in 2018, United Airlines is considering a competing service. A United executive told Aviation Daily that the company is considering its aircraft options. “When we have the right aircraft, we will tackle that market” (i.e., non-stops to Singapore), United’s VP-Network Brian Znotins told the publication. Singapore Airlines will use a long-range version of the Airbus A350 designated the A350-900ULR. Znotis did not say which U.S. gateway United has in mind, but Av Daily noted that San Francisco would be the carrier’s hub closest to Singapore.
Air France already operates several flights a day from New York JFK to Paris Charles de Gaulle, but in June it plans to add a daily flight from JFK to Paris Orly, using a 309-seat 777-200 with business, premium economy and regular economy classes. Connections at Orly are available to the airline’s domestic network. Air France also plans to begin three weekly flights from CDG to Teheran, Iran in April.
According to Airlineroute.net, China’s Hainan Airlines plans to begin service between Changsha and Los Angeles on January 21, operating two flights a week with a 787-8. Changsha is the capital of Hunan Province in south-central China.
For its summer schedule beginning May 4, KLM plans to increase its Amsterdam-San Francisco schedule from seven flights a week to nine, using 787-9 Dreamliners for the two extra flights. The others will continue to use a 747-400.
Southwest Airlines will change its Mexico City operations on March 16, according to Airlineroute.net. The carrier plans to discontinue its daily service between San Antonio-Mexico City and to add a second daily roundtrip between Houston Hobby and Mexico City.
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Filed Under: Airlines, Airports Tagged With: Air France, Changsha, Hainan, KLM, London, Los Angeles, Mexico City, New York JFK, non-stops, Norwegian, Oakland, Orly, San francisco, Singapore, southwest, United
New international partnerships coming for Delta, United
Delta customers will get new code-share options to India via Jet Airways. (Image: Jet Airways)
Delta is adding a new code-share partnership for travel to India, and United’s global alliance is opening the door to new affiliations with low-cost airlines.
Effective March 27 — subject to government approvals — Delta and its SkyTeam alliance partner KLM plan to begin a new code-share partnership with Jet Airways, India’s second-largest airline.
That also the date when Jet Airways plans to drop Brussels as its main European gateway — and also to drop Brussels-Newark service, currently its only U.S. route. Instead, Jet will start flying to Amsterdam, with daily service from there to Delhi and Mumbai. Delta and KLM passengers traveling from the U.S. to Amsterdam will be able to connect there to Jet’s India flights, and to connect beyond Delhi and Mumbai to other destinations in India, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bangladesh.
Delta said the code-sharing means customers will be able to travel to their final destination on a single ticket, with bags checked through to their final destination. SkyMiles members and KLM Flying Blue members will be able to earn and spend miles on code-share routes operated by Jet, Delta said. At the same time, Jet’s code will go onto 11 Delta and KLM routes from Amsterdam to the U.S. and Canada.
In a question-and-answer page that it set up to discuss the Jet partnership, Delta once again took a swipe at the Big Three Middle Eastern airlines. The main reason it is teaming up with Jet, Delta said, is that “government-subsidized Gulf carriers now dominate international travel to India, meaning U.S. airlines can no longer economically serve the Indian market directly from North America.” Ironically, one of those Gulf carriers — Etihad — owns a 24 percent stake in Jet Airways.
Meanwhile, United Airlines’ global Star Alliance will soon start to add new affiliate member carriers. Star said that it is creating a new “Connecting Partner” model in which low-cost and “hybrid” airlines around the world will be able to link to the Star Alliance network.
“We see a definite trend of convergence between the ‘traditional full service’ and ‘low-cost’ business models in the airline industry,” said Star Alliance CEO Mark Schwab. “At the same time, our customers are telling us that they need access to markets where we do not yet provide ideal coverage. In many cases network carriers are not in a position to fill this gap and hence working with future Connecting Partners will allow us to provide an extended network to our travelers.”
The group said customers who transfer from a Star full-service carrier onto a Connecting Partner airline will get full alliance benefits, and elites will get the usual expected perks to the extent that they are offered by the partner carrier.
The first Connecting Partner will be South African low-cost carrier Mango, starting in the third quarter of next year, Star said. Mango operates a fleet of 10 737-800s from Johannesburg to key South African destinations and to Zanzibar.
Filed Under: Airlines, Biz Trip Tagged With: Amsterdam, code share, Delta, India, Jet Airways, KLM, Star Alliance, United
‘Don’t seat me next to Trump’ + United snacks + Gogo’s new $3 pass + Holiday travel forecast
Here are some newsy nuggets from other sources that we missed on TravelSkills this week:
What’s a stroopwafel? Find out soon on United. (Image: United)
United will bring back free snacks for economy passengers in February.
Gogo introduces new “messaging only” Wi-Fi pass for just $3.
Legroom, disruptive travelers top “passenger peeves” poll.
Air New Zealand tries facial recognition technology for bag drops at Auckland.
Business traveler survey identifies Trump as “worst seatmate.”
Odd video of the week: Artist fashions miniature Singapore Airlines seats out of paper.
Congressman files legislation to protect airline passengers’ bathroom rights.
Japan Airlines introduces a new domestic air pass for foreign visitors.
Airline group issues traffic forecast for a busy holiday travel period.
Airbus creates a design for “stacked seats” in A350 economy cabin.
Boeing rolls out the newest version of its popular 737.
Kuala Lumpur Airport tries to locate owner of three abandoned 747s.
KLM will use a robot to guide passengers around Schiphol Airport.
Starwood adds some members of Design Hotels group as its newest brand.
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New routes: Aer Lingus, SWISS, Air France-KLM, Air China, Turkish
Aer Lingus’ new A330 business class. (Image: Chris McGinnis)
Aer Lingus has added new service from Dublin to Washington Dulles, while KLM and Air France, joint venture partners with Delta, have laid on seasonal summer service from Dallas/Ft. Worth and Minneapolis/St. Paul respectively. Meanwhile, Air China added more frequencies between Los Angeles and Beijing.
Aer Lingus last week kicked off a new route linking Dublin with Washington Dulles, operating four times a week with an A330-200. The carrier’s summer schedule also includes an increase in Dublin-San Francisco service to daily from five times a week; the addition of a third daily Dublin-New York flight from June through August; and a boost in Dublin-Orlando frequencies from three to four a week starting this month. (See Chris’s recent report on Aer Lingus’ new business class service.)
Air France-KLM this week added a pair of summer routes. From now through September 27, Air France will offer up to seven flights a week between Minneapolis-St. Paul and Paris CDG with an A340-300 (partner Delta also has daily service on the route). And from May 8 to October 24, KLM will operate up to five flights a week between DFW and Amsterdam with an A330-200.
SWISS is doubling its daily frequencies between San Francisco and Zurich this summer– and there’s a chance you could win a vacation for two to Switzerland.
Air China has boosted LAX-Beijing service from twice-daily to 18 flights a week with the addition of a third flight on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays, using a 777-300ER.
Turkish Airlines will re-launch flights between Istanbul and Miami on October 25, 2015 with one of its Boeing 777-300ER aircraft.
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Delta bumps up summer seats to Europe
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Delta’s summer schedule includes more flights to Rome and other European cities. (Image: Jim Glab)
Delta has unveiled plans for a seasonal summer expansion of its routes to Europe.
This additional capacity should make it somewhat easier to find award seats across the pond…right? At least we can hope so. How’s your luck been so far?
Among the additions:
To Italy, Delta will resume daily Detroit-Rome service on May 2 with a 767-400, and will add a second Atlanta-Rome flight May 23, operating up to six times a week with a 767-300. (Delta also flies to Rome from New York JFK.) June 2 is the relaunch date for daily summer flights from Atlanta to Venice, using a 767-300; and starting June 16, Delta will lay on six 757-200 flights a week between New York JFK and Pisa, Italy. The carrier will supplement its current JFK-Milan service starting June 17 with a daily 767-300 flight from Atlanta to Milan.
Daily service from Delta’s Salt Lake City hub to Amsterdam is slated to begin May 2, with a 210-seat 767-300, operated with joint venture partner KLM.
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Effective May 2, Delta will resume daily New York JFK-Shannon, Ireland service using a 757-200.
May 2 is also the starting date for daily service from JFK to Reykjavik, Iceland, with a 234-seat 757-300; now in its fifth year, the Iceland service will continue through September. (A new option for Iceland trips is that country’s ultra-low-cost carrier Wow Air, with Boston-Reykjavik fares starting at $99.)
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Delta push at Seattle + Seat pitch compared + Southwest “Swagger” + Delta’s newest jets +
Delta & Alaska Air battle for Seattle (Photo: Jim Glab)
Delta’s big(ger) Seattle plans. Last week Delta’s CEO told employees the company wants to expand from its current 11 gates to 30 gates at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, making it “a huge international gateway.” With those gates, Delta could operate up to 240 flights a day. Delta has been steadily adding transpacific and domestic flights at SEA, to the dismay of its erstwhile partner Alaska Airlines, which is following its own growth plan at its hub airport. Alaska currently controls about 40 percent of SEA’s traffic. Meanwhile, Delta announced another round of expansion at SEA next May and June, adding Delta Connection service to Denver (five flights a day), Sacramento (four a day) and Boise (four a day), plus seasonal service to Ketchikan and Sitka, Alaska.
Even with the cuts, JetBlue has a chart showing that its standard legroom will still beat other carriers. (Image: JetBlue)
JetBlue overhauls fares, seating. Only two major U.S. airlines let all passengers check a bag for free — JetBlue and Southwest (Southwest allows two free bags) — but that will fall to just one in the first half of 2015. That’s when JetBlue will revamp its pricing into three “branded fare bundle options.” The lowest fares will be for “customers who do not plan to check a bag,” JetBlue said; the others will include one and two checked bags respectively, plus other perks. The airline also will “refresh” its A320s by installing “lighter, more comfortable seats” that will let it increase the number of seats per plane — and reduce its current (very generous) standard seat pitch, although it will still exceed pitch on major competitors according to the chart above (supplied by JetBlue). The airline pledged that its Wi-Fi will still be offered for free (at least through 2015). Meanwhile, a JetBlue exec said in an interview the airline is likely to expand its Mint premium seating product to transcon flights from Boston in the future.
Within days of JetBlue’s announcement, wily Southwest Airlines launched a retro-hipster, captivating new TV ad campaign focusing on its free checked bag option. This 30-second spot, called “Swagger” is worth a watch and listen! See below.
Delta places big widebody order. In a blow to Boeing, Delta said it will turn to Airbus for the next big phase of its fleet renewal program, placing an order for 50 twin-engine widebody jets to replace its aging 747s and 767s. The company has ordered 25 of Airbus’ next-generation A350-900s, to be delivered starting in 2017; and 25 A330-900neo aircraft, to arrive starting in 2019. The A350s will be used on transpacific routes, and the A330s will go onto medium-haul transatlantic routes and some west coast-to-Asia routes. Earlier this year, TravelSkills got an inside look at the A350, which claims to be the widest of widebodies. Check out our report and PHOTOS of the new A350.
Cheaper upgrades. Delta is offering winter travelers the opportunity to upgrade at a discount for flights now through February. A nice way to avoid some holiday travel hassles, yes, but (as usual) there are some important points in the fine print: The markets NYC to/from LAX / SFO / SEA will be excluded from this offer. This promotion does not include any fares purchased in Delta’s cheapest E, V, or Y class.
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Watch those Wi-Fi charges. When you sign up for in-flight Wi-Fi, do you keep a close watch on how much data your device is eating up? One transpacific traveler found himself unexpectedly facing a bill for almost $1,200 from Singapore Airlines, and web site Skift examined just what went wrong for him– providing an object lesson for others. (P.S. Sounds like the guy’s not getting his money back…)
KLM’s new economy seat (Image KLM)
KLM overhauls 777-200s. Delta’s SkyTeam partner KLM has started renovating the passenger cabins of its 777-200 fleet, following up on a similar overhaul of its 747s. The new World Business Class is getting fully-flat seats with more personal space for passengers and new 16-inch seatback monitors with upgraded entertainment options. In the 777-200 economy class, new seats will provide extra legroom, ergonomic headrests, power outlets and a new entertainment system with hundreds of programming options.
Route news: Alaska, JetBlue, Frontier, Spirit. Alaska Airlines said it will introduce daily Seattle-Washington Dulles service on March 11 … JetBlue last week started daily non-stops between Salt Lake City and Orlando … Spirit Airlines has big expansion plans at Houston Bush Intercontinental, where it will add 10 new routes next spring, including Tampa, Baltimore/Washington and Oakland as well as three points in Mexico and four in Central America … Frontier Airlines told employees that it plans to slash 15 flights a day at its Denver home base next year due to rising taxes and fees at that airport.
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Bottled cocktails on VX. A new cucumber vodka mojito from Austin Cocktails, a line of bottled, craft cocktails, is now available fleetwide onboard Virgin America. The new pre-mixed drink is made with vodka, natural flavors and sweetened with organic agave and priced at $8.25. Culturemap Austin says this about the Mojito: “For anyone watching her girlish figure, what may be most noteworthy is that all the drinks ring in at less than 100 calories a serving….and has a refreshing, lime-heavy flavor that gets better with subsequent sips. With its hint of cucumber, it reminds us of the cucumber-infused water you get at a spa.”
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Big United-Hertz deal + Uber in Vegas? + Virgin in Atlanta + Biz class sale + Holiday Inn NYC
Virgin Atlantic’s brand new Dreamliner touched down at ATL with Richard Branson onboard this week (Photo: Hartsfield-Jackson)
This week! Uber getting scrappy in Las Vegas – A Virgin 787 lands in Atlanta – Big changes for United flyers who rent cars – United & KLM discount holiday business class….
Virgin Atlantic in Atlanta. Last Thursday Virgin Atlantic loaded up its newest plane, a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, with two rock bands and Sir Richard Branson for a promotional trip to Atlanta, touching down at Hartsfield-Jackson on Thursday. Virgin’s new daily nonstop service (using an Airbus A330) cranks up this Sunday. The new Virgin flight replaces Delta on one of the latter’s three daily Atlanta-LHR roundtrips. Simultaneously, Delta is taking over one Virgin Atlantic’s two daily LAX-LHR flights. This is just one of several new flights Virgin has planned for Atlanta– Virgin’s Chris Rossi said that within 6-8 months the airline will launch nonstops to Manchester, England and will add a second daily Atlanta-London nonstop.
United/Hertz ink exclusivity deal. Big changes are in store for United’s MileagePlus members who rent cars. On November 1, the loyalty program kicks off an exclusivity agreement with Hertz Corp. and its three brands (Hertz, Dollar, Thrifty), making them the only ones that earn MileagePlus miles. Members will generally earn more miles for Hertz rentals than before — using a per-rental basis rather than the current per-day basis, on a sliding scale ranging from 500 miles for general members up to 1,250 for top-tier elites. (Dollar and Thrifty earning levels are unchanged.) In January, top-level elites will also be able to sign up free for Hertz’s President’s Circle. A United spokeswoman confirmed to TravelSkills that the deal means members won’t be able to earn miles with other rental companies currently listed as MileagePlus partners — Avis, Alamo, Budget, National and Sixt. Does this mean similar deals might be forthcoming from American and Delta with Avis/Budget and Enterprise/National/Alamo?
KLM’s new lie-flat business class seat– on sale for holiday trips (Photo: KLM)
Watch for holiday biz class sales. If you don’t mind taking business trips around the holidays (or are looking for a cushy ride home or on vacation), you might score some great deals on premium-cabin fares, since business travel normally drops off then. E.g., United is offering discounted BusinessFirst travel to South America in late December, with roundtrip fares like $2,473 from Chicago to Santiago and $2,944 from Houston to Sao Paulo. KLM has business class sale fares to Europe for travel December 15-January 3 including $1,803 roundtrip from New York to Barcelona and $2,651 from Washington to Amsterdam.
New overseas routes begin. It’s a big weekend for new international routes. Delta on Sunday (October 26) launches a daily Los Angeles-London Heathrow non-stop with a 767-300ER. Meanwhile, United is launching a pair of new transpacific routes on the same day, including daily San Francisco-Tokyo Haneda 777 flights (in addition to its SFO-Narita flights), and service six times a week between LAX and Melbourne, using a new 787-9 Dreamliner (that one’s 15 hours 45 minutes westbound, about an hour less eastbound).
European court rules on flight delays. Is an aircraft’s arrival time determined by when its wheels touch down or when the door is opened? It makes a difference in Europe, where consumer regulations assign levels of compensation based on how long a passenger has been delayed — up to $800 on transatlantic flights. According to a firm called Flightright, which tracks these matters, the court has ruled that a flight’s arrival time is determined by when the cabin door is opened — not when it lands.
Codeshare, interline pacts announced. American Airlines on October 26 starts code-sharing with Jetstar Japan, putting the AA designator on domestic flights from Tokyo Narita to Fukuoka, Matsuyama, Osaka (Kansai) and Sapporo. Jetstar’s owners include Oneworld carriers Qantas and Japan Airlines. Meanwhile, Alaska Airlines has inked an interline pact with Florida’s Silver Airways, permitting single ticketing for connecting itineraries. Silver serves multiple destinations in Florida and the Bahamas.
Uber now in Vegas, maybe
Uber in Vegas, baby. At long last, Uber is operating in Las Vegas as of this weekend according to its company blog. That’s great news to Uber addicts who could never believe that the ride sharing company did not operate there. The service got off to a rocky start, however, and its future is now uncertain (at least in the short term) since a federal judge blocked Uber from operating in Nevada just four hours after its launch. Despite the block, an Uber spokesperson told TravelSkills that as of Saturday morning (Oct 25) Uber is operating and its cars are on the road. Currently Uber is the only rideshare service with the will and deep pockets to go up against the powerful and well-connected taxicab industry in the state- Lyft, Sidecar and others are not in the market. Stay tuned… In the meantime, an interesting read about why Vegas is ripe for ridesharing from the Cato Institute.
UPDATE 4:30PM Saturday: Uber is still operating in Las Vegas. The court order applies to rides in Carson City only and Uber expects an apology from the Attorney General according to The Las Vegas Review Journal.
SFO comes to terms with UberX, Lyft. San Francisco flyers who worried about using UberX or Lyft for airport rides that were technically illegal can relax. SFO officials said last week they have forged agreements with both ride-finding companies that will allow their drivers to pick up and drop off riders at airport terminals. The announcement comes a week after the airport inked a similar deal with Sidecar. “Both companies are expected to begin operations at the airport within the next 30 days,” a spokesman said. Terms of the agreements were not disclosed, but they could lead to similar deals at other airports where the companies have been at odds with local officials and taxicab operators.
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The tallest Holiday Inn. Photo by architects GKAPC in NYC
World’s tallest Holiday Inn debuts. A 50-story, 490-room hotel said to be the world’s tallest Holiday Inn was due to open last week in lower Manhattan’s Financial District. Located at the corner of Washington and Rector streets, it has Executive Club Level rooms, many with great city or river views.
Openings in China. Newly opened business hotels in China this month include the Rosewood Beijing, a five-star, 293-room property from Texas-based Rosewood Hotels located in the city’s Chaoyang central business district across from the iconic CCTV Tower; the 386-room Haikou Marriott, in the capital city of southern China’s Hainan Province; and Starwood’s Castle Hotel, a Luxury Collection property in Dalian, in northeast China.
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2014 MEDALLION TRACKER NOW ONLINE…No need to worry about Delta keeping tabs on your status for the New Year. A new tracker is now available on Delta.com under the My Delta section of your SkyMiles profile. It keeps check of your Medallion qualification metrics: MQMs (miles), MDQs (dollars), and MQS’ (segments)… it will also keep track of your Delta American Express credit card spend (as you remember, spending $25,000 in 2014 will provide a waiver for meeting Medallion Qualification Dollar spend next year). Effective Jan. 1, the tracker will also appear on the Delta app. Happy flying (and spending) in the New Year!
MORE ECONOMY CLASS COMFORT…Delta has boosted its international economy class with some nice recent enhancements. Delta offered many of these benefits nearly a decade ago, but cut back in economic hard times. The goodies are back for travelers though. In addition to recently announced free cocktails for economy passengers, now everyone will receive a large bottle of water and small amenity kit with eyeshades and socks among other travel items on long-haul flights. Delta is the only North American airline to offer these added benefits to coach passengers.
DELTA SEAT PURCHASES QUALIFY FOR MQD SPENDING…Purchasing Economy Comfort or a preferred exit row/bulkhead seat on your next flight in 2014? Well, you have more incentive now. That purchase will count toward your MQD spend. Previously, Economy Comfort brought more than added legroom; on international flights, it also brought free cocktails. This new MQD perk sweetens the pot, especially if you are getting close to hitting a threshold.
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DELTA CEO SAYS NO TO LOUD TALKERS…In a sigh of relief for most airline passengers and crew, Delta CEO Richard Anderson has publicly stated that there will be no in-flight cell phone calls permitted aboard Delta aircraft, even if other airlines decide to allow it. Other airlines, including Southwest, have also come forward saying they would not allow it on their flights. (Texting during flight? Bring it on, airlines. But please keep it cheap.)
LESS BUSINESS, MORE ECONOMY SEATING…Delta is pulling BusinessElite seats from several of its 777 and 767 aircraft in the coming year to make room for extra rows of Economy. Certain routes stimulate more demand in the back of the aircraft, and this will give Delta more flexibility to maximize revenue in certain markets. Certain 767s will lose 14 seats up front and gain 20 in Economy while 777s will lose 7 seats up front and gain 24 in Economy. There is already a subset of 767s in the Delta system that has fewer BusinessElite seats.
Delta 360 members are likely the ones getting views like this (from a Porsche on the tarmac) (Photo: Delta)
DELTA 360 TESTED FOR TOP ATLANTA FLYERS…Delta has been quietly sending out invitations to Delta 360, its high-revenue, elite offering (similar to United Global Services and American Concierge Key). There is no published revenue amount to qualify, and invitations were only sent to a subset of customers mostly in the Atlanta area. If it goes well, Delta hopes to expand the program, which comes with a dedicated reservations line and special monitoring of flights on the day of travel to proactively assist with connections and rebooking, if necessary. It seems to be a super-secret trial program right now reserved for Delta’s highest mileage, biggest spenders. Surprised TICKET reader (and 2 million miler) LR provided us with a heads up on the program last month. He wrote: “Did I miss the article on Delta’s new 360 Priority program? I got an invite to 360 about a month ago, and when I called the Diamond line last night I was routed to a very competent 360 operator. Pretty interesting.” Have you received an invitation? Noticed anything different when you travel so far? Please leave your comments below.
MORE SEATTLE FLIGHTS…New Delta flights from Seattle bound for Juneau, Alaska and San Jose, California will keep flyers on the go. Also planned is an extra Seattle-Anchorage flight to leading to three daily nonstops in the peak summer season. This furthers the battle between Delta and hometown carrier Alaska Airlines. This Delta/Alaska tussle has re-kindled talk of an eventual Delta takeover of Alaska Air… what do you think?
AVOID HOLIDAY HASSLES WITH VALET PARKING AT ATL! Have you noticed the flurry of men and women in green blazers on the lower level passenger pick up areas at ATL? They are new parking valet attendants from GreenCoat Auto Concierge & Valet service. For $20 per day, you can now drive to the airport, leave your car with a GreenCoat at the terminal, and head off on your trip. The valet will drive your car to a secure, indoor, off-airport lot and park it. When you return, just call GreenCoat and let them know you’re coming, and an attendant will bring your car back to the airport terminal, hand it over to you, and you drive home. Nice! GreenCoat has just signed on as a sponsor of The TICKET so you’ll be hearing more about the service in coming months. Give it a try and let us know how it goes! NOTE: ADVANCE RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED. Special for TICKET readers: First timers get 1,000 Delta SkyMiles!
HOLLYWOOD SNEAK PEEK…During December passengers aboard Delta flights are enjoying a sneak peek at the new movie, “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.” Lucky TICKET contributor Ramsey Qubein chatted with one of the movie co-stars, Kristen Wiig, in Seattle as she returned from filming in Iceland earlier this year. Visitors to Delta’s Facebook page between Dec. 4-27 have the chance to win up to 50,000 SkyMiles through the Mitty-inspired “Stop Dreaming and Start Doing” sweepstakes.
NEW SPIRIT OF SEATTLE PLANE…Delta has dubbed one of its newest Boeing B737-900 aircraft, the “Spirit of Seattle,” in honor of local customers and employees. The plane features a special livery and promotes its recent expansion at Sea-Tac. Flight attendants are also wearing pins commemorating the Spirit of Seattle. Expanded service from Seattle includes new flights to Fairbanks, Alaska and Vancouver, Canada, both of which will begin next summer. Have you flown on the 737-900, Delta’s newest aircraft? What do you think? By the end of the year, Delta will have a dozen of the shiny new jets in operation.
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GERMANY GOES ALL LIE-FLAT…If you are traveling between the U.S. and Germany on Delta, all business class seats now feature the latest flat-bed product with staggered single seats by the windows and two seats in the center section. Delta flies to Germany from Atlanta, Detroit, and JFK. From Atlanta, Delta flies to Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Munich, and Stuttgart.
FLAT-BED SEATS COMING TO KLM’s ATL FLIGHTS…Eventually. SkyTeam partner KLM is rolling out new flat-bed business class seats on its aircraft beginning with the Boeing 747 fleet of aircraft. Five aircraft feature the new seating and are appearing on routes like San Francisco and JFK to Amsterdam. The new seats extend to sleeping cocoons with larger entertainment screens than business class on Lufthansa and British Airways. By late spring 2014, the entire fleet of jumbo jets will be retrofitted guaranteeing flat-bed seats up front on 747 flights from Houston, San Francisco, Chicago, and JFK to Amsterdam among other international destinations in the KLM route network. Next up for the new seating will be the B777-200 fleet. Plans are in place to have flat-bed seating on all KLM long-haul aircraft in the coming years. For now, KLM flies the Airbus A330 to Atlanta, which still has the angled flat seats, but these will be updated over time as well.
DELTA TO BOOST DALLAS FLIGHTS…Delta is planning to expand its operation at Dallas Love Field should it get the green light from the U.S. Department of Justice. It has to bid on the gates, which are being made available thanks to the merger between American and US Airways. The new flights would include nonstop service to Detroit, Los Angeles, Minneapolis/St. Paul, and New York LaGuardia. Additional frequencies on the existing route to Atlanta would also be added.
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Airline update: Delta, Southwest, ATL news
Having fun at the new Southwest Airlines Porch at Piedmont Park (Photo: Southwest Airlines)
SOUTHWEST PORCH AT PIEDMONT PARK. Southwest Airlines has just opened a “Southwest Porch” at Park Tavern overlooking the southeast corner of Piedmont Park in Midtown Atlanta. Visitors can relax in lounge chair, enjoy a beer or a snack, and take part in fun Southwest events and giveaways while taking in park and skyline views. Later this winter, they can watch ice skaters on the adjacent Southwest Rink. Southwest opened the Southwest Porch at Bryant Park in midtown Manhattan in 2009—and it’s now a popular hangout with 3.5 stars on Yelp. Denver’s Southwest Porch at Skyline Park opened in September 2010 and has morphed into a seasonal operation called the Southwest Rink at Skyline Park. Last month, the Southwest Porch at Strauss Square opened in the Arts District in Dallas. Southwest, which arrived in ATL last February, now has 29 daily nonstop flights to 15 cities from Atlanta. Will any of you Delta die-hards stop by the Southwest porch for a beer and some brand building?
DELTA’S DOING JUST FINE. In its third quarter financials released today, Delta reported that it has $5.1 billion in cash on hand. Nice. It’s load factor for the quarter was a very packed 86.4%, slightly higher than last year. It’s still cutting capacity, though, stating it plans to cut 1-3% more in the fourth quarter, even after cutting out 2% in the third. We could only find one foreboding statement in this report, “However, we are in the process of implementing a $1 billion program of structural initiatives that we anticipate will generate significant savings in the second half of 2013, while maintaining the high quality product, network and operation we have built.” Hmm. “Structural initiatives.” What do you think that is? Please leave your comments below.
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RANKING TSA THEFT BY AIRPORT. Here’s an interesting story from ABC News, which obtained figures from the TSA via a Freedom of Information Act request, ranking airports based on the number of TSA employees fired for theft. No surprise that Miami came in numero uno with 29 firings, followed by New York-JFK (27) and Los Angeles-LAX (24). Atlanta took the #4 position with 17 firings. The idea to obtain the numbers on TSA firings was initially sparked by an investigative report showing how an iPad was planted and “lost” at airport security in Orlando, and then tracked to the home of a TSA officer.
SEATTLE GETS A BOOST. Seattle/Tacoma was an important gateway for Northwest and is now an important (and very profitable) gateway for Delta. At a recent event that included CEO Richard Anderson’s presence in Seattle (that’s how you know something is really important!), Delta announced major upgrades for its SEA-TAC gateway such as new Boeing 747-400 service to Tokyo (more seats compared to the current A-330), lie-flat Business Elite seats on all international flights including Seattle-Paris, Amsterdam and Osaka, an application to begin nonstop flights to Shanghai and Tokyo- Haneda (the latter switching from Detroit), and new upgraded transcon Business Elite service on the quartet of daily Seattle-JFK flights. This focus on the Seattle gateway shows that Delta is shifting focus away from Atlanta as its primary “Worldport.” In addition to its already strong JFK hub, the larger Delta is now taking advantage of market opportunities in all corners of the country.
DELTA-ALASKA AIR BENNIES. The major Seattle announcement put Delta’s Alaska Airlines codeshare partnership in the spotlight again. In case you didn’t know, Delta passengers get on upgrade waitlists for Alaska Airlines flights 24 hours before departure. All Alaska MVP elites will clear ahead of Delta flyers, but several TICKET readers report good success on upgrades on certain routes. Alaska elites can upgrade on Delta too, but only after all Delta Medallions have had a shot (yes, even suffering Silvers). Also, Sky Club members can access Alaska Board Room clubs in Seattle, Portland, Anchorage, San Francisco, and Los Angeles in conjunction with an Alaska flight. Be sure to take advantage of these perks!
EARNING DELTA MQMs. Running low on Medallion Qualification Miles as we approach the end of the year? Delta and Hilton have partnered up with a promotion allowing guests who stay at Hilton to earn 250 MQMs in addition to double miles. A two-night stay is required anytime between now and December 15, 2012. It is important to make sure your Hilton HHonors setting is switched to earning miles (some people have it switched to earning additional HHonors points instead). Sign up for the promotion here. Hertz is offering a similar 250 MQM promo for rentals of three days or longer—details here.
NEW AIRTRAN/CHASE CARD. When Southwest took over AirTran, it dumped Barclays as a card provider, and recently switched over to Chase to offer the new AirTran A+ Rewards Credit Card. Get the new card and spend $1,000 in the first three months and you’ll receive 16 award credits and two upgrades to AirTran’s business class. The award credits equate to one free roundtrip—and the upgrades? Well, enjoy them while you can because (as revealed in a recent interview) business class is set to disappear completely by 2015. New AirTran/Chase cardholders get the $69 annual fee waived for the first year. Plus, cardholders get two credits at the end of every year they hold the card. Another nice perk: Cardholder credits are good for two years on AirTran vs just one for non-cardholders. Not bad—and don’t forget that credits can now be redeemed on AirTran or Southwest. (Note: Chase targeted certain members of A+ in September, offering whopping 32 credits for $2000 spend…the deal expired Oct 4. Did you get the offer?)
Opening day at the new iTravel store at ATL. (Photo: Myrna White)
APPLE DETHRONES BLACKBERRY AT ATL. Have you noticed that the Blackberry store near gate B-17 at ATL has turned into an Apple store? The new iTravel store (an Apple authorized re-seller) opened last month, offering a full array of Apple products…and experts on hand to answer any questions you may have about your new iPhone or iPad Mini or Mac. Interesting: The US Patent Office recently awarded Apple ownership of a new concept called iTravel, which will eventually use Near Field Communications (NFC) so iPhones can be used as e-wallets or e-tickets—along the lines of Apple’s new Passbook application, which stores loyalty program credentials, airline boarding passes, etc in iPhones. Do you still use a Blackberry? Are you considering a switch to a new device? Which one?
NEW BANK AT ATL. Have you noticed all the construction by the old car rental counters at the top of the arrivals escalators at ATL’s main terminal? Word from airport officials is that the space will soon be a new Wells Fargo bank branch.
Airlines ranked by 2Q 2012 baggage fee revenue, dollars in thousands (000)
BIG ON BAG FEES. While most TICKET readers cringe at the thought of ever paying to check a bag on Delta (due to their elite status), it’s interesting to note that Delta leads the pack when it comes to bag fees. In the first half of this year, Delta collected nearly half a BILLION in bag fees—which are what keeps airlines in the black these days. While business travelers like to think it’s their high fares and loyalty that keep airlines afloat, the emergence of bag fees, which are primarily paid by INfrequent travelers, could be switching up that equation.
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MORE PARIS. With Delta’s recent transatlantic flight reductions, it’s increasingly likely that Europe-bound travelers will be making a stop at Paris CDG on the way to their final destination. Combined, Delta and Air France now offer four daily nonstops between ATL and Paris. Delta has announced it will add new nonstops to Paris from Newark and Boston. Charles de Gaulle Airport has recently expanded and enhanced its new S4 satellite terminal (slideshow) with big bright business class lounges and nicer gate areas, which should make even the most vociferous CDG-haters feel a little better about making transfers there. (Don’t forget that you can always transfer at Amsterdam Schipol on SkyTeam partner KLM.) With Europe racked by a recession, which is depressing demand for air travel, it’s likely going to be a while until we see the return of the raft of nonstops between ATL and smaller European cities. Bon voyage! UPDATE: Air France is expecting a strike on Oct 26– while it says it will transport all passengers, it also advises them to check for updates at www.airfrance.us
EUROPEAN ECONOMY COMFORT. Economy Comfort seats (similar to Delta’s) will be available on KLM’s Boeing 737 flights within Europe departing December 1 onwards. (EC was previously only available on KLM’s intercontinental flights.) The carrier is reportedly considering the possibility of adding the roomier coach seats to its KLM Cityhopper fleet, too.
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STRANGE BEDFELLOWS. In a move that seems to foreshadow something interesting, the highly-reputed Etihad Airways (based in Abu Dhabi, UAE) along with Air Berlin have signed a partnership deal with Air France-KLM. The deal comes on the heels of Qatar Airways announcement that it plans to join the American Airlines-led Oneworld Alliance. This is especially interesting because until now, the three main Gulf carriers (Etihad, Emirates, and Qatar) were firm in their commitment to remain independent rather than hook up with global alliances. Qatar’s move may prompt the others to follow. For now, the partnership is strictly a codeshare agreement and not an opportunity for Delta/SkyTeam flyers to earn and burn miles—for now. But things change rapidly in the world of airline alliances, so sit tight and let’s see what happens… Have you flown a UAE-based airline yet? What did you think? Leave your comments below…
AN UNSAVORY MIX AT SKYCLUBS. In recent years, TICKET readers have raved about the new array of sweet and savory snack mixes from Montego Bay to Mesa Rosa on offer at Sky Clubs. But those raves have turned to rants as club attendants have started to dump new mixes on top of the old, leading to stale snacks and random surprises like spicy cheese chips and crunchy corn kernels in an almond-cranberry nut mix. Noticed it?
AIRPORT WHEELCHAIR ABUSE? According to the New York Times, some sneaky travelers hoping to avoid airport security hassles are asking to be wheeled through airports and cutting in security lines in wheel chairs…even if they are not disabled. Here’s a snippet from the story: “Once cleared [at security], the woman suddenly sprang up from her wheelchair, hoisted two huge carry-on bags from the magnetometer’s conveyor belt and plopped back in the wheelchair. She gave a nod to the person pushing her, and they rolled off to the gate.” Hmm. Have you noticed this yet? Leave your comments below.
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Silver Airways routes from ATL
SILVER AIRWAYS PICKS UP ATL ROUTES. For years, Delta (like many other airlines) flew to smaller cities that were funded by the federal government as Essential Air Service (EAS) routes. This program guarantees that smaller communities get connections to the same global airline networks as larger cities– subsidized by the federal government. Delta recently decided to drop many of these routes on its own and forfeit the payments it was receiving from the government. Silver Airways has stepped in to offer new air service (using 19-34 seat propjets) to these communities from Atlanta including Tupelo, Hattiesburg, Meridian, and Greenville in Mississippi and Muscle Shoals in Alabama. Silver also serves Gainesville, Florida and Greenbrier Valley, WV from Atlanta. Have you flown Silver Air? What did you think? Please leave your comments below.
DELTA MUGS MILWAUKEE. Once the domain of Northwest and then AirTran, Delta is aggressively inserting itself into this important Midwest market by nabbing naming rights to its main convention center The Delta Center (formerly the Midwest Airlines Center). Delta’s name will also be added to the US Cellular Arena and Milwaukee Theatre.
OBRIGADO. Delta’s prolific “immediate help service” on Twitter now speaks Portuguese at @DeltaAjuda. Delta’s real-time customer service channel on Twitter is staffed during business hours from Monday through Friday, offering something other airlines lack. Have you used DeltaAssist or Ajuda to help solve a travel issue? What was your experience?
RECHARGE. Those popular recharging stations that have appeared at many airports like Atlanta, Boston, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, JFK, Norfolk, Omaha, and Seattle are coming to even more airports. Four gates at Tokyo Narita have been upgraded and you’ll soon see the stations in: Anchorage, Austin, Denver, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Houston Intercontinental, Kansas City, Milwaukee, New Orleans, Ontario, CA, Philadelphia, Phoenix and Syracuse.
EASY 500+ SKYMILES BONUS. You gotta park at the airport anyway, so why not help out The TICKET, and our newest sponsor, Peachy Airport Parking, on your next trip? You’ll help yourself, too, since Peachy is offering TICKET readers 500 SkyMiles plus three SkyMiles per dollar spent. If you are tired of worrying about on-airport lot sellouts, long, dark walks to your car or the congested mess that is Camp Creek Parkway, just exit I-85 south at Sylvan Road, one mile north of the airport, and follow the signs to Peachy. Once there, you’ll find extra wide spaces in a secure, climate controlled indoor lot, afree car wash and a short two-minute shuttle ride to the airport. Daily rates are just $6.99 outdoor or$8.99 indoor. COME ON! Help keep The TICKET free by clicking on this link or on the ad to the right to learn more about ATL’s newest parking option. Note: You have to click on the link and print the page to get the SkyMiles!
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Airline Update
DISCOVER HIDDEN SKYMILES AWARDS. Delta.com has its fair share of kinks that you must work through when booking SkyMiles award tickets. But, there is a way to reveal those hard-to-find seats at the lowest redemption level. Here’s how: Simply sign up for Air France-KLM’s FlyingBlue frequent flyer program. That’s right…use another airline’s web site to find Delta and partner airline flights. Just look for “Classic” awards, which are the same as Delta’s lowest level redemptions. The FlyingBlue web site also searches Air France, KLM, Alitalia, CSA Czech, and Kenya Airways award availability. To enroll, sign up free here. You can then call Delta directly to book the flights that show Classic availability for Delta’s lowest mileage level. Delta.com does show Air France, KLM, and Alaska partner availability and allows you to search a month at a time. However, it is temperamental and not always accurate. Try using the FlyingBlue site to do your research and find more opportunities to use your SkyMiles—and let us know it this works better for you! We’d love to hear your feedback.
Korean Air's new A380
SUPER-DUPER JUMBOS AT ATL? Atlanta is preparing to welcome the world’s biggest airliner, the Airbus A380 by spending $30 million to widen taxiways and runway shoulders and make terminal improvements that will enable it to handle the double-decker jumbo jet. Air France could bring theirs in during peak summer travel season next year. While it won’t yet commit to it, Korean Air says that Atlanta is one of the US gateways under consideration for its biggest blue bird. KAL starts A380 flights this summer between Seoul and New York-JFK, and then to Los Angeles-LAX in October. (SIDELINE: Have you seen Air France’s lovely new bird? Here’s a gorgeous video made by your TICKET editor Chris McGinnis of its first A380 touching down on cool cloudy San Francisco earlier this month.)
GOOD MAY AT ATL. AirTran and Delta ranked second and third, after first place Alaska Air, in on-time performance for the month of May according to FlightStats.com.
OVERSEAS BAGGAGE CHARGES. Flying across the pond this summer? On Delta, the first checked bag when flying overseas is free, and the second bag is a whopping $75 (or $60 if purchased online). Delta has reduced the weight allowance from 70 lbs to just 50 lbs per bag for international coach passengers (including Medallions). If you travel heavy, be sure to weigh your bag ahead of time to avoid the additional $75 overweight bag fee. (Note: The 70 lb bag weight limit with no fee remains in effect for first/biz class passengers.)
NO WI-FI ON THIS DELTA JET? Delta now offers Gogo Wi-Fi access on all of its mainline aircraft that regularly fly domestic routes. But remember that international aircraft flying domestic legs DO NOT have Wi-Fi. If you are unsure if your plane is an internationally configured aircraft, check the layout of the Business Elite/First Class cabin. Boeing 767 aircraft have four rows up front on domestic aircraft. If your plane has more than four rows in First/Business Elite, then you are on an international aircraft that will not have Wi-Fi. Boeing 757s can be trickier as some international planes are used on domestic routes between New York and LAX/SFO. The international 757s have four rows up front whereas domestic planes have six or seven rows up front. The latter are guaranteed to have Wi-Fi while not all of the international 757s do. No Airbus A330s, Boeing 747s, or Boeing 777s have Wi-Fi access. Domestic routes that may use international aircraft include ATL-LAX, DTW-LAX, ATL-DTW, ATL-LAS, and ATL-JFK.
QUAD MILES AT MARRIOTT. Marriott Rewards is offering quadruple Delta SkyMiles to those who stay at any Marriott brand at least twice between June 1 and August 31. Registration is required.
ECONOMY COMFORT IS HERE. Delta is now rolling out its new Economy Plus seating in the first few rows of all of aircraft flying international routes. Seats are designated with a special headrest cover sporting the Economy Comfort logo. Other benefits include priority boarding and complimentary mixed drinks. The best benefit, though, are the four extra inches of legroom and improved recline. The seats are now available for sale on delta.com. Until now, it was pure luck if customers assigned to those rows flew an equipped plane. Now, delta.com sells the Economy Plus for a nominal fee on the flights that have it making it easier to get a modicum of comfort out of your long-haul coach experience. Of course, Platinum and Diamond Medallion passengers get access to the seats for free.
NEW BLACK BOX. Under development: Aircraft black boxes that transmit data to satellites instead of going down with the plane (as was the case with Air France 447 which crashed into the Atlantic Ocean in 2009.)
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DID YOU KNOW… that airlines are now raking more fee income from checked baggage than they are from those onerous $150 change fees?
THE NEVER ENDING BONUS. It’s baaack! Delta and American Express are again offering mega bonuses for first time transfers from Amex Membership Rewards points to Sky Miles. The promotion requires registration. Transfer as few as 1,000 Amex points to Delta and receive a 50% bonus. So 1,000 Amex points becomes 1,500 SkyMiles. Plus if you transfer 100,000 Amex points, you will receive 25,000 MQMs (good for Silver Medallion) and 150,000 miles. This is only valid for first time transfers so if you have taken advantage of this promotion in the past then you are not eligible this time around. The offer is good until Sept. 30. NOTE: If you’ve transferred miles before and you don’t qualify for the above bonus, Delta’s got you covered… those who have transferred before can earn a 25%-40% bonus with a different promo that requires registration.
AMEX PLATINUM BONUS. Speaking of American Express Membership Rewards points, don’t forget to stop into any SkyClub if you have the AMEX Platinum card. Currently, all guests who enter a Delta lounge using the AMEX Platinum card (not the Delta-affiliated SkyMiles card) will receive a certificate good for 300 Membership Rewards points.
TO FLY…OR DRIVE? That is the question for a lot of TICKET readers. To help answer it, check out the cool Fly or Drive Calculator from BeFrugal.com. This site helps answer the age-old question among frequent travelers…. Whether it makes more financial sense to drive or fly to your destination. What’s clever about this calculator is that it allows users to enter specific data about their trip, which helps it come up with a specific answer.
THE TICKET PRINT-FRIENDLY VERSION IS BACK! YAY! For all of you who’ve been asking us to bring back a print version of The TICKET, we’ve now got you covered. Scroll down to the bottom of this post, look for the row of icons across the bottom and choose “PRINT WITH PRINT FRIENDLY.” Easy!
BETTER DINING AT DELTA GATES. Remember Delta’s major overhaul of restaurants at its terminal in LaGuardia last year? Well, they’re doing it again, but this time in Minneapolis/St. Paul. Plans include an upgrade to the dining options in the terminal with several new restaurants including Minnesota Beer Hall, a Japanese noodle and dumplings bar, a raw bar and brasserie, a grab-and-go gourmet food outlet, and an eatery under the direction of Andrew Zimmern of Travel Channel’s Bizarre Foods fame. Another unique feature Delta is testing at the airport is the rental of pre-loaded iPads featuring movies and games. Travelers can take them on board their flights and then mail them back upon landing. Like!
WI-FI AT ATL. While Atlanta remains one of the declining number of airports that charge full freight for Wi-Fi, some airports are rolling out a tiered system: Free for basic access such as email access, but a premium for heavy duty access for streaming or loading photos, programs, etc. Some hotels are already doing this. Thoughts?
COCKTAILS ANYONE? Delta is bringing back some of its signature cocktails for summer with the new “Margaritaville” mixed with tequila. The “Jack Daniels Tennessee Honey” combines Jack Daniels bourbon, honey liqueur, and ginger ale. Both are available for $7 in economy. Don’t forget that Medallion members can use free drink coupons that come in their annual renewal package for these drinks. (We’ve also seen Delta offers free drink coupons to Medallions who don’t get an upgrade and check in online…have you?) If you’re worried about alcohol breath, don’t worry, Wrigley’s Gum is also being added to Delta’s EATS food for sale menu.
WHO PAYS FOR FIRST CLASS? Passengers from the following cities purchased the most first class airline tickets in the first five months of this year: Beverly Hills, Greenwich CT, Atherton CA, Palm Beach FL, Haverford PA. Source: Airlines Reporting Corporation.
HELP A SICK KID, EARN SKYMILES. Delta has teamed up with the Children’s Miracle Network, which is hoping to reach $100 million in donations this year to help fund 170 childrens’ hospitals throughout North America. SkyMiles members who donate $50 or more by June 30 earn 1000 miles. Donate here.
PLAY BALL WITH DELTA. In New York for a Mets or Yankees game? Well, Delta has you covered, sponsoring free water taxis from either South Street Seaport or East 53rd Street Ferry Landing to all home games. Tickets are free on the two Delta-branded water taxis operated by New York Water Taxi. Taxis depart 90 minutes before opening pitch. On board, enjoy Delta-signature Fly Ball cocktails or other drinks and snacks while basking in the sun on the boat’s open deck. Reservations are not allowed, and each taxi can only take 147 people so be sure to get there early.
AIRFRANCE-KLM ELITES GET MORE THAN ME? Reciprocity ain’t always fair…Did you know that Air France-KLM elites get complimentary upgrades when traveling on Delta flights? It’s true. Their domestic upgrades are back in full force (a remnant of the agreement that Northwest originally had with KLM). To be fair, foreign elites only clear after every single Delta Elite has had the chance for the upgrade. Still, it’s a shame that Delta elites cannot be upgraded to Air France-KLM’s premium product within Europe. But, again in the spirit of fairness, not even Air France-KLM elites have the chance for free upgrades within Europe. Delta elites still come out on top, but don’t be surprised if you see partner elites inquiring with gate agents about upgrades.
DELTA DOWN UNDER. Delta and V Australia have announced a further codeshare on additional routes to Perth, Canberra and Adelaide in Australia plus Auckland and Christchurch in New Zealand. This means more redemption opportunities for Delta Sky Miles members and opportunities to earn miles when booking flights on codeshare tickets. Initially, Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne were the only cities included in that agreement. Sky Club members also benefit from access to V Australia lounges across Australia as well.
JUNE BABIES. If you were born in June, be sure to try and register for this promotion offering 1,500 bonus SkyMiles for a roundtrip flight flown before July 31. It is a targeted offer so not everyone may be eligible. You also receive a $100 discount on a future Delta Vacations package. While Delta has offered more lucrative birthday bonuses in the past, this one is better than nothing. Remember to insure that your birthday is listed in your Delta.com profile so that you can be included in similar future offers. Register at dmn.delta.com/ace_offers/june_bday/
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The Travelling Library of the Mekong: Literature Projects in Laos
Liana Mellotte
High illiteracy rates and poor access to education are having a catastrophic effect on Laos’ youngest generation. Liana Mellotte takes a boat trip to some of the most remote villages along the Mekong river to see how local libraries and NGOs in Luang Prabang are trying to solve the problem and give Lao children a chance to read, learn and engage with their cultural heritage.
Lao, Pakse, Mekong River | © Aleksey Gnilenkov/WikiCommons
The scent of frangipani lilts in the air as the hot sun beats hazily down on the scorched orange earth below. The low thrum of our longboat’s engine gently lulls us as we putt along the Mekong river, lush green clad mountains dominating the landscape and sloping arid farmland punctuating the water’s edge on either side.
Laos is a country still very much gripped by a state of flux. Its position, nestled in between noisier neighbours Thailand and Vietnam has oft been its downfall in recent history, especially during the second Indochina war when its proximity to the latter brought it the dubious accolade of becoming the most bombed nation in the world.
However, since its liberalisation laws in the late 1980s and increased structural investment from western governments, NGOs and financial institutions, Laos is developing a voice of its own in this increasingly industrious corner of the world. Of course, progress at such a sharp pace brings its own challenges and the Lao government looks to balance maintenance of their culture and traditions with the opportunity that industry and increased independence from western aid can bring its people.
© Liana Mellotte
Education is an area that will need some focus if Laos is to compete on the scale of its regional bedfellows. In most cases, children here only attend school if they don’t have younger siblings to help care for. This leaves the nation languishing in the literacy stakes at 73%, on a par with Cambodia but dwarfed by all four other neighbouring nations that land lock it.
As a result, there are some fascinating community literacy projects underway across the country, most notably in the beguiling northern city of Luang Prabang, the former royal capital from which we set off in the hazy dawn.
We are on a very special mission which is the brainchild of Luang Prabang Library‘s Chantha Souliyasak in partnership with NGO Community Learning International founded by American Robert Anderson. The longboat we are travelling in doubles as a veritable floating library which is taken out to 104 of the most remote, and subsequently disadvantaged, villages along the Mekong and Nam Ou rivers.
As we sit cross-legged, surrounded by rows of Lao and bilingual books, Chantha tells us about the project which has learning centres in 6 regions across the country employing over 25 staff. In these centres, boatmen and locals are trained in sanitation, hygiene, activities and games that will further the project’s impact.
One of the staff is a byproduct of the literacy programme, 23 year old Sinxai who has been working with Community Learning International as an ‘animateur’ full time for four years. He has all the prerequisite attributes needed for a challenge as seemingly insurmountable as this; a contagious smile, bags of drive and a clear passion for working with children. He joins us today, along with Madame Seangchan who is in her 12th year as an ‘animateur’. Between them they ready the handmade puppets and games, while regaling us with tales of extended trips where they travel for days on end to reach the farthest villages, sleeping on the rough rug-lined boat floor each night.
Our destination is the village of Ban Hoi Koa. Hundreds of boats chock full of tourists pass this village daily on their way to the nearby Buddha-filled Pak Ou caves at the confluence of the Mekong and Nam Ou rivers, but none stop. Here, in the shadow of a dramatic karst rock formation, the population of 300 constituting 70 families live in extreme poverty just two hours from Luang Prabang, a city which pulsates with industry, culture and tourism. Here, the Mekong is their lifeline to supplies and resources.
The children of the village are expecting us, and as soon as our boat, adorned with children’s illustrations, drifts into view they run down the slope towards the river giddy and exhilarated, eyes wide with excitement. This sight alone is enough to bring a tear to the eye and rivals any child’s reactions I’ve seen opening a gift on Christmas morning. Their gift is the gift of literature, and rightly they hold it in high esteem.
Dressed in their school uniform of white shirts with girls in black wrapped linen skirts with woven trim and boys in trousers, they greet us with a traditional welcoming Laos song. Once we take respite from the sun under the thatch-roofed structure in the centre of the village, with hens clucking round our feet and goats darting by, the children line up by age. Children who don’t go to school yet wear oversized uniforms, such is their eagerness to be involved.
Sinxai and Madame Seangchan lead the educational activities including games and stories. Hand-painted characters and props taped to bamboo help them play out the tales. Then they host a sing-along which teaches about staying healthy through good hygiene. This part is in cooperation with Eau Laos Solidarité who focus their efforts on providing running water system and toilets in remote Laos villages and educating local schoolchildren in sanitary matters.
To that end, they have already published a book called We Love A Clean School on the subject, which they have distributed for free amongst the villages in the province, a first in Laos. The book has a song which the kids know verbatim along with the hand actions which accompany it. Author and founder of Eau Laos Solidarité, Sally Piper Pillitteri, is with us today and tells us that the unique partnership came about 6 years ago when she first met Chantha who talked of a need for an eye-catching book that would teach kids to wash their hands with soap, only drink clean water and always to use a latrine.
After class is over, the kids troop merrily down to the boat where they are allowed to choose one book to keep until the floating library returns. Heartbreakingly, the last time it visited this village was a year ago, and with resources as stretched as they are at Community Learning International, it could be the same wait again for the children of Ban Hoi Koa.
Before we embark the ‘Book Boat’ we hand out textbooks, storybooks, pens and soap to each child as they stare hungrily at the piles of supplies. Each child clings to their spoils as though their lives depended on it, many already taking a seat at the foot of the village steps to begin reading aloud to themselves. It is the sound of their voices that follows us as we slip away upstream.
Visitors to Luang Prabang Library can donate anything from $2 USD upwards to buy books, school uniforms, bicycles, hula hoops and skipping ropes. For $300 USD, you can join the ‘Book Boat’ as they distribute much-needed basics to those who need it most. For more information, visit the websites of Community Learning International and Eau Laos.
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Meet The Barcelona-Based Illustrator, Raquel Villanueva
Illustration © Raquel Villanueva
Tara Jessop
We asked Barcelona-based illustrator Raquel Villanueva to take part in our ‘Meet The…’ series to find out more about the creator of these ethereal drawings. You can see more of Raquel’s work on her Tumblr, Facebook page or Instagram. And if you’re anything like us, you’ll love the fact that she even has her very own series of GIFs to choose from!
Illustration | © Raquel Villanueva
What is the most unusual request you’ve had”
I made a commission for someone who wanted to get back someone special. They were living in different countries, and one of them contacted me to do some works for him to make a series of surprises to the other person. I loved to participate in that, it was a challenge for me, I had to give my best to make it up. I never knew what happened next.
What advice would you give to someone who was trying to break into the business”
Believe in yourself and do it, nobody will start it for you. Take your time to think and plan what you want to do, and go for it.
It’s very important to be constant and to BE PATIENT. To see the results of a new project will take some time. Keep working everyday, be loyal to yourself and keep in mind your goals.
The one that I have in mind now is to use my travel diaries to make an illustration book.
If you could only bring three things to a desert island, what would they be”
A computer full of TV series, a notebook and beer.
How would you describe your work in 80 characters”
I talk about feelings and personal stories, mixing illustration and photography.
Hummus or guacamole? Hummus.
Apple or android’ Apple.
Picasso or Miró? Picasso.
Coffee or tea? Tea.
Fame or money? Money.
Train or plane? Plane.
By Tara Jessop
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Mickey and the Magical Map Now Performing at Disneyland
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Editor: Please welcome back guest author Zoë Periale with her review of Disneyland’s newest stage show:
Mickey and the Magical Map is a new show in Disneyland’s Fantasyland Theatre. Many people will know this location to previously house The Princess Fantasy Faire, Snow White: An Enchanting Musical, or one of it’s many other previous shows and events. Upon taking your seat in the theater the first thing you’ll see is naturally, the stage. When not in use a large cloth reminiscent of Yen Sid’s sorcerer’s hat from Fantasia’s The Sorcerer’s Apprentice covers what soon will be revealed as the map itself. Surrounding the map and it’s cover are large panels of gold trimmed cartoonish wood as well as multiple buckets of paint.
When the show begins, you are quickly introduced to the main characters. Yen Sid, the Sorcerer who presides not only over the map and his workshop, but as Mickey’s Mentor. Mickey Mouse himself in his classic Sorcerer’s Apprentice robes, as well as a cast of characters called map makers. The story of the show goes as this; Mickey once again is getting ahead of himself, frustrated at simply being an apprentice. Desiring to paint the map like the other map makers, he is not yet allowed as he has not learned the secret of the map; which is the key to graduating from his apprentice role. Chaos ensues as once again, Yen Sid puts too much faith in Mickey and leaves him alone with the map and a paint brush. As seen in the Fantasia Short or even the Junction Point series of video games, Epic Mickey, our curious hero can’t be trusted alone with anything that may be magical.
Mickey takes it upon himself to finish the map as it was left unfinished, and this one stubbornly unpainted spot of the map takes Mickey through many different adventures. Starting in the Jungle with an impressively revamped King Louie singing “I Wanna Be Like You”, Mickey proceeds to visit numerous locations where the map makers and local inhabitants wow the audience with a musical number. At one point Mickey travels “west” on the map to arrive at the Princess’ obligatory number. Pocahontas begins singing “Just Around the Riverbend”, to be joined by Mulan singing “Reflection” and Rapunzel singing with her thief turned prince “I See The Light”. While the mash up in my opinion was a little forced, it’s a clear set up to not be a permanent fixture in the show, giving them leeway to change the Princess lineup as they see fit.
The Magical Map is a constant backdrop for any musical number or adventure the show takes Mickey through, being a large digital screen that animates itself according to it’s current need. Essentially the main character of the show, the map can be many things. It’s most impressive feature however, is probably when Mickey interacts with it. Often picking up a paint brush or paint itself to attempt and “fix” the unpainted spot, the map reacts accordingly to splatter or fill areas with paint, that can even act as water when the spot desires to take Mickey to Atlantica with Ariel and Sebastian. The visuals of the show are gorgeous and playful, reminiscent of the feeling one gets from watching any of the water scenes in Fantasia’s The Sorcerer’s Apprentice.
The moral of the story is revealed in the end when of course, Mickey discovers the secret of the map. To graduate from apprentice to map maker, Mickey had to realize that the spot perhaps didn’t want to be painted. That the spot was perfect the way it was, and the map didn’t need to be finished. Yen Sid appears to inform Mickey; that that is exactly the lesson he tries to teach with his map. That the map will never be completed, so long as there is imagination in the world.
Encouraging the audience to never stop dreaming or imagining, they end the show with Mickey receiving a golden paintbrush and taking the audience on one last adventure. Attending a party in New Orleans with Princess Tiana, she arrives on a paintbrush themed steam boat. Like the boat, many of the visuals in the show had been recreated to look as if made from paint or paint brushes as one must remember, the entire show essentially takes place within the map. A fun, light hearted and visually appealing show with a positive story and very few drawbacks Mickey and the Magical Map is a welcome addition to Fantasyland’s many attractions and the Theatre’s long standing history of live entertainment.
Disneyland has also shared this special video of the people who work behind the scenes to make the show magical:
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A Very GLORIO 2017: Marlin Presents “Nerds in Love”
marlinclock / December 23, 2017
Despite the dearth in truly outstanding shows, there have been a lot of good romances and feel good moments for me to love this past year. A big focus has been awkward spazzes and the nerds who love them, so here’s a toast! Whether it’s playing shogi and make sure a bullied girl knows she’s not alone, taking a silent grouch on random photo shoots, or coming out of your shell to find out your best online friend makes a better boyfriend, we’ve had a lot of dorks out to steal our heart.
Cutest Couple
This show honestly gets bonus points for making the genki girl the most relatable person in the whole cast.
Eita and Ena- Just Because!
While it seems inevitable that Eita and Mio will be the true couple, there’s just no denying the well written scenes which frame the growing relationship between Eita and Ena. While initially the two seem like an example of opposites attract, you can really see a kindred spirit in their outlooks on life. They both have little connections. Eita, coming into town in the very last part of the year, initially has little to work for, but enjoys what he has. Ena in turn, is incredibly passionate, but has little attachments to what she has. She learns to really care for something by her growing link to Eita. If this was a normal romance show, I really don’t think this relationship would have worked as well as it did. For the most part, these kinds of shows use the strength of their heroines as a crutch to make the lead males proper audience proxies. Bucking that trend, Eita is well written as a character with his own motivations and, despite his quiet nature, a real care for the people around him. He’s quick to reconnect with Haruto despite their years apart, he grows closer to Mio from their budding attraction, and he spends more time with Ena because she’s a bright spark in a gloomy winter. No matter the final results, I’m glad Aqua gave me the boost to catch up on this show, as it’s become one of my all time favorite high school romances.
Most Disappointing Romance
Kmon Ikuo step up here, your sister makes a better wingman.
Shouichi and Hikari- Seiren
The serial nature of Seiren means that inevitably not every romance portrayed is gonna be a home run, but the first story with Hikari feels like the first time an opportunity was completely wasted instead of just not being there to begin with. The two characters start the show with fantastic chemistry: They’re very comfortable with each other, but that starts to get strained the more they realize their feelings. Hikari doesn’t realize how much her playfulness and comfort around Shouichi is affecting him, but once it does she gets serious. Unfortunately, at the last second they decide to pull the plug on the whole thing out of nowhere. Sure, it may make sense for her character that she leave him for her dreams, but it was just such a waste after they built them up so well. The show also left Shouichi a bit too clueless in the end. In the original Amagami SS, Junpei could be a little dense, but he had his own aspirations and he usually pursued and affirmed his feelings as much as his heroines did. Here, Shouichi remains clueless even after she tackles him into the ocean for a kiss. Thankfully, the version that ends up with Kyouko fixes that flaw, but that matters little for what happened with Hikari.
The Inaugural #HATEWATCH for Biggest Load of Bull
HOW TRAGIC NOOOOO… And now, something completely different.
Trying to make us take Itsuki seriously as a character- A Sister’s All You Need
#HATEWATCH is half a year old and already has seen two shows of increasingly terrible quality. I’m still not sure if my treatment of the show has been a positive outlet for Jel and I to vent at all of anime’s worst tendencies made manifest, or whether I’ve sent the two of us on a downward spiral from which there is no hope. Eromanga-Sensei seemed so perfectly terrible. Incest? Check. Pedophilia? Check. Sexual Assault? Check on multiple levels. And yet, I could never have realized this was going to feel tame compared to the base awfulness of Imosae. At the very least you could look at Eromanga-Sensei and say, they made a good looking piece of trash. They polished that turd real good. Imosae doesn’t even get that excuse. It’s ugly. It’s offensive. It’s completely misguided on what tone it wants, what it expects its audience to accept, and what one would consider basic human decency. Where Eromanga teases nudity occasionally, Imosae probably has more minutes of screentime with naked or half-naked characters than not. It’s the kind of sleaze that is so intense and honestly just ugly looking that I can’t possibly imagine anyone being turned by it.
The worst part, by far, was its sad attempt to try and make main character and serial sex offender Itsuki’s behavior somehow understandable and tragic. Instead it makes for a tonal dissonance so dramatic that it feels like an old comedy slapstick happened where two directors bringing their storyboards ran into each other mixing the two together, except one was writing an incest hentai and the other was writing a normal romantic drama. DON’T YOU GET IT GUYS, HIS MOM DIED!!!… Oh by the way, stare at this girl’s boobs who totally wants it so its okay as he writes a self-insert fanfic and demands women write nude drawings for him. The #HATEWATCH has to be over this time right? Right???
Most Mature Couple
True love is not keeping all the takoyaki for yourself.
Konatsu and Yotaro- Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju
In a show whose first half is defined by its tragic, dysfunctional relationships the second season starts out giving us hope for the future. Where Kiku and Shin failed to be real men by failing to protect Konatsu as real fathers, Yotaro comes into her life saying he wants to do better for her. He learns Konatsu is pregnant? Well, we don’t know everything about his backstory, but knowing how most gangsters get their start Yotaro probably knows more than most how the lack of a father figure can hurt a child. He pursues his relationship with Konatsu accepting everything about her, her strong individuality, her occasional selfishness, and receives a tenderness she reserves for a select few. Konatsu, in exchange, comes to appreciate Yotaro for the genuinely positive roll he has brought not only to her life, but the life of her adopted father and son. What starts out as a marriage of convenience turns to love as she appreciates not only his kindness but also his devotion to their shared love, rakugo. When Konatsu eventually achieves her dream of performing, he supports her the whole way. That’s how a true marriage should be, each supporting the other, each willing the good of the other, and raising their children to know they are loved.
The Golden Sawako for Excellence in Not Making Out Already
Why don’t you kiss her instead of talking her to death?
Moriko and Sakurai- Recovery of an MMO Junkie
Out of all the romance stories this year, MMO Junkie was certainly the biggest surprise. What started out seeming like the gender-swapped version of every otaku’s wish fulfillment fantasy turned into a touching tale of the rigors of adult life and the struggle to regain one’s self-confidence in a world where making personal connections is made increasingly more difficult. Moriko starts out our story as a bit of a sad sap, but she never lets herself stay in that rut. She recognizes that while her virtual world is nice, she can’t hide in her room forever. Her growing confidence as she spends time with Sakurai gives her a light at the end of the tunnel. Sakurai starts out with a similar problem but coming from another angle. He’s never had much confidence in himself, and his childhood seemed happy but his lack of family in adulthood gave him no one to rely on. Thankfully, the both of them had Koiwai in their lives (more on him later) and were able to finally get the confidence to want something more for themselves. Eventually the dummies figure out that that ultimately means having each other, but I enjoyed their growth all the same.
The Most Dysfunctional Relationship
How can you learn to love when no one has bothered to teach it?
Miyokichi and Kiku- Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju
Broken people often perpetuate the circle of violence in their lives. It’s a tragedy that’s been played out in every race, religion, and nation, in wealthy families and poor families, and the all too human sin of selfishness is the most common culprit. Some people can’t help their selfishness, they’ve been conditioned to need it in order to get what they want. Others use it as a shield to keep distance and prevent the wounds of the past to ever happen again. This is where we find Miyokichi and Kiku in the post-war period of Japanese history. Miyokichi’s childhood is not given much light, but we know it was a cruel one. With no family, she is forced into prostitution at a young age. By the time she meets Kiku, she encounters a man who has also lost everything, and lives a life he never asked for nor wants but is forced to embrace. In each other, they initially find companionship, they are kindred spirits in a twisted way. However, they simply do not see eye to eye. Kiku initially cannot bond with anyone other than Shin, and he worries any relationship he has with Miyokichi will simply end in more tragedy. Unfortunately, by trying to avoid one fate, he unknowingly allows an even greater sadness, as she uses his own best friend’s weakness against him, and ultimately steals all he had left in this world. But, hope springs ever anew, and the child she created to tear out Kiku’s heart eventually ends up saving his soul.
The 5th Annual Dusk Maiden Award for Excellence in Being Simultaneously Cute and Smutty.
A.K.A. THE ERO-KAWAII AWARD
No licking the back of the knee, but what ever will?
In recent years it’s been harder and harder to justify this award as I gravitate away from shows that put a lot of emphasis on eroticism. Thankfully, when I heard there was a spiritual successor to Amagami SS coming down the pipes I knew there’d be a show I’d at least enjoy, and one that could be flirtatious without being crass. Seiren was a lot of fun, even if it missed the highs of its predecessor it still gave us a lot of fun. One particular aspect was the early chemistry between Shouichi and Hikari. I’ve already talked above how this show also missed the mark, and the second heroine didn’t bring as much to the table, but there was also a lot of cute and sexy nonsense with Kyouko to round off the show. If a show is remembered half a year later by the GLORIO crew by the line “Deer are beasts of lust”, then you know we have a winner.
The Best OP/ED of 2017
Imawa no Shinigami- Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju
There were a few great OP/EDs this year, but I think the mark of a truly great opening is how it encapsulates the story, being a primer for thought without spoiling what is yet to come. “Imawa no Shinigami” fits this to a T, packing all of the emotional impact of the first season finale into a dirge of longing and a loss of meaning. I don’t want to spoil anything more for this fantastic show, so I’ll just leave this here and let it speak for itself.
Bro of the Year A.K.A. The Iskandar
He’s gonna help with your love life, but every troll has his toll.
Homare Koiwai- Recovery of an MMO Junkie
Ignore the haters, Koiwai is a troll with a heart of gold, and by far one of my favorite parts of MMO Junkie. As the oldest of the already mature trio, he brings a certain wisdom to Sakurai and Moriko’s waffling and self confidence issues. Sure, sometimes he seems like a creep, but in the end he always does the right thing, and actions speak louder than words. My personal favorite moment is his date with Moriko. Coming of the heels of his successful on the fly attempt to get Moriko to ask Sakurai out, he gives her a much needed boost: Moriko might not see a lot of worth in herself, but it’s clearly a self-esteem issue. Both he and Sakurai not only recognize that she’s attractive, which is relatively inconsequential, but also that the more she’s interacted with them, the more she’s gained confidence and shown her real charm. She may be a nerd, but she still knows what she wants. She wouldn’t have gone to all the trouble before going out with if she didn’t want something more out of life. Koiwai seals his win with a last minute save to force the stubborn pair back together before this moment in their lives passes them by. As I’ve said before, true friendship is desiring the good of the other, and if what he did for both Sakurai and Moriko isn’t that Idno what is.
The Best Moment of 2017
Hina Did Nothing Wrong- March Comes In Like a Lion
Little has warmed my heart this year quite like Hina Kawamoto and her tenacity. What was already a great slice of life story delving into the depths of depression and coming to terms with a dysfunctional childhood went even deeper with its characters with the introduction of Hina’s struggles at school. It’s a no brainer why the Japanese government used the anime to start an anti-bullying campaign; its portrayal of its effect on young developing minds is hauntingly accurate, and its description of the intricacies which make bullying no small matter a crushing reality of modern life. When they come to bear on Hina, we see the main character Rei do something we’d never seen of him before: He did something for others. For the longest time Rei was damaged by his feelings of abandonment, and the Kawamotos had been his lifeline in a world that seemed indifferent to such problems. The only problem was that he felt he was taking advantage of their kindness, using them like he had used his foster family to stay alive. Now, he realizes he can have purpose. Paraphrasing what he says later after this moment, he wants to be needed, and while that may be a strong emotion, it’s a powerful reminder that he isn’t just a tragic bystander in the course of his life story, he can be an active participant to make those he cares for better. Hina’s strength is what gives him that push, and her continued willingness to withstand all manner of injustice for the sake of what’s right is an inspiration for all young people and those responsible for them.
It’s been a busier year than normal at the blog. I started #HATEWATCH not knowing how serious I’d get with that, and more shows have been keeping me busy this season than I was expecting. 2017 may have been a better year for video games than anime, but I still highly enjoyed those shows that were real standouts. As this year comes to a close, I’m happy to think on how much I’ve been able to grow, and been able to have experiences that change the way I see the world. While the death of my personal romantic life is looking surer and surer as I go along, I still dearly enjoy the genre. If anything, comparing this year to last has shown we’ve been abundantly blessed in that respect, and with March Comes Like a Lion continuing on next season, I have high hopes we’ll have plenty of moments to look back on next time around as well.
December 23, 2017 in Anime, Features. Tags: #hatewatch2017, a sister's all you need, A Very Glorio 2017, imosae, imouto sae ireba ii, just because, march comes in like a lion, net-juu no susume, recovery of an MMO junkie, seiren, shouwa genroku rakugo shinjuu, tag
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Karandi says:
Hina did nothing wrong is a moment I think will stick with most of us. It was just a beautifully executed scene. Thanks for sharing this list. There are some interesting categories here.
marlinclock says:
Thanks for the kind words! Lion really has been quite a treat this season. Since the manga is still ongoing, here’s to hoping it’s able to end its next cour in a good spot.
jelx says:
Shout out to Aguri from GAMERS!, the true Bro of the Year
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The Otaku Judge says:
A kiss would have been nice in MMO Junkie, but I am content with the hand holding scene. Homare Koiwai is a true bro.
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Featured • LPGA Tour
Major Strange: Life in the bubble at the ANA Inspiration
Judd Spicer
The 49th annual playing of the ANA Inspiration got underway Thursday morning amid a vibe of studied quietude across at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, Calif.
Akin to the men's major predecessor played 500 miles up the Cali coast a month before, the virus-driven lack of fandom for the ladies gave the opening round something more of a club championship feel, rather than a major stage.
Though, really, the event should be lauded for playing at all.
Historically the first golf major of the season for men or women -- and, save for The Masters, the game's longest running event continuously held at the same locale -- the ANA's September slating serves as part of the LPGA's scheduling revamp, taking the time-honored tourney from its annual April slot into late summer.
Which, in the SoCal desert, comes with a certain sizzle.
While morning conditions were exceptional for the opening round – 72 degrees, no wind and near-primo course shape (at a time which finds many Palm Springs-area courses with a patchy, burned-out aesthetic) – the seasonal heat will soon prove as much a test as the stellar Desmond Muirhead-designed Dinah Shore Tournament Course.
The local forecast calls for 103-degree temps on Friday, followed by a pair of 108s for the weekend. While caddies were provided the option of using ride or push carts for the event, the seasonal heat will translate to leaders stalking a major crown in a highly demanding afternoon heat.
Calendar changes weren't the lone alter for this atypical ANA, as agronomy is also playing part in the change and strange, with nature further narrated by suspect air quality, considering the dozens of ongoing wildfires across the Golden State.
On the ground, more than 100 trees were recently removed from the routing, and, provided the annual overseed of seasonal grasses, an event annually played across ryegrass is now taking on the stickier blades of Bermuda, translating to slightly slower greens and slightly-meaner rough.
Translation: Don't expect Dottie Pepper's aggregate ANA record of 269, authored in 1999, to be bested this year.
An additional, key change for the 2020 event is found at the famed par-5 home hole, where a new bunker has entered the pre-water layup area and, sans fans, the lack of buildout and infrastructure on 18 has resulted in grandstand-less silence across a walking path and ensuing island green bridge which women play their entire lives with aims of traversing.
Watching and covering golf is no doubt as strange as playing it in these times.
With twosomes playing in front of galleries of maybe a dozen (and in most cases far fewer) marshals and media, everything outside the ropes feels woefully conspicuous.
Xiyu Lin plays her second shot on the 16th hole during the first round of the 2020 ANA Inspiration. Credit: Getty Images
An opened soda can sounds like a geyser. A lit cigarette and the ensuing plume looks like Fourth of July. The stop-start of a golf cart is like drag race. Every conversation is hushed. To step on a broken tree branch is to likely elicit scorn from those around you. With snowbirds yet to flock back to the desert, many of the homes at Mission Hills appear summer-shuttered, only adding to the ether of near-eerie placidity.
Since the LPGA's fan-less restart, some players have no doubt acclimated better than others to the lack of galleries.
Coming to the desert with a pair of wins and a T-5 since the ladies return to the course after a five-month COVID pause, Cali-native Danielle Kang would seem to among those most at-ease with golf's new norms. At the ANA, Kang, second in the Rolex rankings, arrives among the short-list of favorites, especially considering that defending champion and world No. 1 Jin Young Ko has yet to play this year due to coronavirus concerns.
Danielle Kang in pre-tournament practice. Credit: Getty Images
For a nuanced course which generally rewards experience, Kang's ninth playing of the tournament would appear to find her primed to add a second major to her C.V.
"The great players that have won here, they're one of the best women golfers that have ever played here," Kang said Tuesday. "The drama that the golf course has presented itself, the final stretches coming down, there has been multiple playoffs out here; especially with the 18th hole being reachable the final day, you get eagles or birdies."
Following a tie for sixth at last year's ANA, Kang picked up where she left off in '19 at the Dinah.
"I don't expect anything below what it has already given us, which is just the epitome of kind of a major that we come back to every year," Kang said. "This is just the one place that I feel consistent at when I come here and I know exactly what to expect, and it's just been the traditional consistency, and that's what I love about it. Year in and year out, you come here and you expect it to be the way it is, and it actually even exceeds your expectations when you come."
On Thursday morning, with her mother in the tiny gallery, Kang's expectations were tested from the outset. Starting on the back nine, she got up-and-down for a par save from the dewy Bermuda on the par-4 10th before back-to-back birdies saw her soar up the early leaderboard. Showing her comfort with the demanding rough, Kang saved a 4 on the 13th with a sideways putter-toe chip which led to an easy par.
Her round started to slip at the turn with a bogey on the easy par-4 first, but Kang righted herself with four birdies in her final eight holes -- including a near ace on the par-3 fifth -- to conclude the day with a 4-under 68, tied for 4th and two shots behind leader Nelly Korda.
"I think it's more so than for a major for me, to win this specific tournament, the ANA Inspiration, just because it's in California, it's Palm Springs and it's a tournament I've been playing since I was an amateur and I was invited here," Kang said after Thursday's seven-birdie round. "I think it would just be a little bit different than winning different majors. Every major has its own uniqueness, and this one itself has its own, as well."
Near the top of the leaderboard heading into Friday play are In Gee Chun and Madelene Sagstrom, who are both one shot back. Among those three back are 2016 champion Lydia Ko and two-time ANA winner Brittany Lincicome (2009, 2015).
Whether it be Kang, Korda or another who makes the annual victor's leap into Poppie's Pond adjacent to 18 green come Sunday, the strange calm and searing temps may well see this year's dive as much a necessity of cooling respite and needed noise as an annual rite of winner's passage.
The ANA, like all of pro pandemic golf, cries out for a ripple in the placidity.
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Judd Spicer is an award-winning writer, co-host of The Press Box radio show on ESPN 103.9 FM-Palm Springs and contributing columnist to The Desert Sun newspaper. A Minnesota native, he relocated to the Palm Springs area in 2011 to pursue his Champions Tour dream. Sporting suspect accuracy off the tee, he refers to his 56-degree as his Magic Wand. Visit www.JuddSpicer.com or @JuddSpicer for more.
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From Yes We Cannabis to No We Can’t: Snoop Dogg cancels music fest for Dunafon
By Ricardo Baca Oct 24, 2014, 4:29 pm
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In mid-October, Colorado gubernatorial candidate Mike Dunafon announced that the Yes We Cannabis Festival would take over Glendale on Halloween weekend with the intention of registering voters and having a good time with his new friend Snoop Dogg, who was to host the event with other big-name musicians and comedians.
But as days passed without announcing artists or putting tickets on sale or marketing the event or any concrete information at all, onlookers began to wonder if Snoop and his team were saying No We Can’t to the Yes We Cannabis Festival.
Sure enough the festival is no longer a reality, Dunafon said.
“Snoop’s people told us, ‘Yes, it’s happening,’ and we believed them,” said Dunafon, who claims that external political pressure from his opponents’ campaigns killed the event. “And then it got crushed.”
The event was supposed to be a multi-day music and comedy festival at Glendale’s Infinity Park featuring Snoop and other A-list hip-hoppers and comedians — seemingly a massive undertaking, especially when organizers had less than three weeks to pull it off. But since Snoop had just contributed a verse to Dunafon’s campaign song “The Trap,” it seemed logical that Snoop would take his involvement one step further and plan a pre-election party for the candidate.
“I’m disappointed,” Dunafon said. “Is it the end of the world? No. We got a whole bunch of traction out of Snoop. He’s a believer of what I’m doing.”
Efforts to reach Snoop Dogg’s camp went unreturned on Friday.
The Dunafon campaign is still trying to assemble some sort of public event for Halloween weekend, which falls a few days before election day.
This story originally appeared on The Cannabist.
Post tags: local news, national news, Snoop Dogg
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Casetext Brings AI-Pushed Temporary Drafting To Employment Regulation
Last February, the legal research company Casetext launched Compose, a first-of-its-kind product that uses artificial intelligence to help create the first draft of a litigation brief in a fraction of the time it would normally take.
At the time, as I wrote in this February blog post, cofounder and CEO Jake Heller said the product was “poised to disrupt the $437 billion legal services industry and fundamentally change our understanding of what types of professional work are uniquely human.”
While the product initially covered a limited set of core motions related to federal civil procedure and discovery, Casetext said it would roll out other motion collections over time for specific areas of law.
Today Casetext is introducing the first of those new collections — a set of 18 employment law briefs — 16 related to wage and hour cases in federal courts as well as under state law in California and New York, and two Title VII motions that are a preview of a forthcoming larger set of employment discrimination briefs.
This initial employment law collection will eventually be expanded to include two briefs relating to defending against Title VII claims.
The set of wage-and-hour briefs released today cover motions in federal courts to:
Compel discovery.
Seek conditional certification.
Certify a class.
Decertify a class action.
Request summary judgment.
Compel arbitration (applying general contract law principles).
Compel arbitration (applying California law).
Compel arbitration (applying New York law).
In addition, for wage-and-hour cases under both California and New York law, the collection includes briefs in support of motions to:
Seek summary judgment.
Compel arbitration in California state court (applying both federal and California law).
Compel arbitration in New York state court (applying both federal and New York law).
The two Title VII briefs for for motions to dismiss and for summary judgment.
Draft A Brief in Five Minutes
During a media preview on Tuesday, Heller demonstrated how he could use Compose to draft a brief in support of a motion for summary judgment in five minutes.
As I explained in my February post about Compose, the drafting process begins by selecting the type of motion, the court, the parties, and the position to be taken by the party you represent, for or against the motion.
You are then presented with a treatise-like list of all the available arguments for that motion. As you choose an argument, Compose then shows you the legal standards and rules applicable to that argument. As you see these standards displayed, you simply click Add and it shows up in the draft brief on the right side of your screen.
The lawyer continues this process, perusing the available arguments and standards, and then clicking Add to add a fully composed paragraph to the brief that states the rule, including citations. The text is fully editable, either within Compose or later when the draft is exported to Word.
“Picking arguments to add to your brief is like choosing pastries at a French patisserie,” Heller said when he first demonstrated this product during Legalweek last February.
In Heller’s demonstration Tuesday, it actually took him about eight minutes to draft the brief, but I doubt many lawyers would complain about an extra couple of minutes. And while Compose can be used to produce a fairly substantive draft, it is not a finished product ready for filing. You still need to draft the statement of the case, the facts, and other sections, tie it all together, and put it into the correct format.
More Coverage than A Treatise
Casetext says that its wage-and-hour collection for Compose is comprehensive in its coverage. During Tuesday’s demonstration, cofounder Laura Safdie said that the collection includes:
1,102 arguments.
5,354 legal standards.
25,236 citations.
By comparison, Safdie said that they analyzed a major treatise covering wage-and-hour cases and found that it had just 248 citations in the section related to summary judgment motions. Compose has over 3,000 citations for those motions, she said.
The Secret Sauce
If this were the entirety of Compose, it would be impressive technology. But Compose includes an additional feature, driven by artificial intelligence, called Parallel Search, that makes it even more impressive — and more useful when actually drafting a brief.
Parallel Search uses advanced natural language processing to follow you as you draft your arguments in the brief and then automatically provide you conceptually relevant precedent. Notably, Casetext says this works to find analogous caselaw, even when the cases do not use the same language.
In Heller’s brief-drafting demonstration on Tuesday, he pretended he was representing drug manufacturer Pfizer in a lawsuit brought by a salesperson working as an independent contractor. Using Parallel Search to draft his arguments, he wrote the statement:
“Pfizer’s salespeople work independently and sell on their own, and so are not employees covered under the FLSA.”
Parallel Search then provided cases to support that statement. Although that sentence never identified Pfizer as a pharmaceutical company, Parallel Search understood to deliver cases related to the pharma industry, and it also knew to deliver cases related to an FLSA exemption for outside sales people.
During Tuesday’s demonstration, Javed Qadrud-Din, Casetext’s director of machine learning, said that Parallel Search grew out of Casetext’s own need, in developing Compose, to have a search tool that could find support for legal propositions, even when courts used completely different language.
An example of Parallel Search’s ability to understand concepts.
He offered several examples of how this transformer-based neural network is able to learn to understand words and sentences in context. For example, this statement was entered into Parallel Search:
“Target’s employees were uncompensated while waiting for loss prevention inspections before leaving work.”
It returned the following statement from the case Frlekin v. Apple Inc. (9th Cir. 2020):
“Employees receive no compensation for the time spent waiting for and undergoing exit searches, because they must clock out before undergoing a search.”
Thus, Parallel Search understood that “uncompensated” was the same as “no compensation,” that “loss prevention inspections” were similar to “exit searches,” and that “before leaving work” was similar to “must clock out.”
Casetext sells Compose as a separate product from its legal research service. For now, it is offering free trial access to Compose for anyone who requests an account.
In general, Casetext sells Compose to larger firms on a subscription basis. Firms can subscribe to Compose in its entirety or just to specific collections. Casetext did not provide specific pricing.
When Casetext launched Compose in February, it offered special pricing for solo and small-firm attorneys by which they could purchase access on an a-la-carte basis.
A spokesperson said the company is currently rethinking its pricing for smaller firms to make Compose more accessible.
In a study it released in July, Casetext said that compose allows litigators to draft briefs 76% faster than they otherwise would.
Insofar as the study involved only 13 lawyers and relied on their estimates of the time it would normally take them to write a brief, it was not exactly scientific.
But what cannot be doubted about Compose is that it enables lawyers to create a first draft in substantially less time than they would otherwise require.
Not only that, but it provides lawyers a high degree of assurance that they have at least considered all the arguments available to them, regardless of whether they choose to use them.
This argument reflected a legislative amendment from this month.
Further, Casetext says the arguments in Compose are kept current with changes in the law. In an example shown by Safdie Tuesday, an argument reflected a September amendment of a California statute.
Something Heller said back in February still resonates today:
“Compose commoditizes the parts that lawyers never liked working on and clients never liked paying for. At the end of the day, what’s left is the lawyer’s imagination, creativity, intelligence and persuasiveness in the brief-drafting process.”
Casetext calls Compose a game-changer, and this may be one of the few times in the annals of marketing where that is not an exaggeration. If you are a litigator, try it for yourself. It won’t cost you anything. And if you are an employment litigator, you now have even more reason to try Compose.
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The Lonely Film Critic
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Festivals, Reviews
by Tomas Trussow September 22, 20195:36 pm September 22, 2019
TIFF Review: Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Sciamma, 2019)
It’s 2019 and a new lesbian romance has set hearts alight—and cooled many others. Quite reminiscent of the critical discourse that surrounded Todd Haynes’ Carol in 2015, Céline Sciamma’s Portrait of a Lady on Fire has evoked passionate reactions from the majority of film critics who have seen it, while its naysayers have largely sung the same tune: that it’s too cold, too slow, too inert, too uninvolving. The centering of the female gaze continues to alienate a select group of viewers (and I think it’s obvious who I mean here), the main difference between this film and Carol being the fact that a lesbian is actually behind the camera this time around, interrogating that gaze and opening it out in ways that Haynes (being a man) couldn’t quite do with Carol. The film is not only about the love shared between two women, but about how they see each other and reproduce that gaze on an artistic canvas. It is about communing with the “look” and trying to find its veracity in the transference from reality to simulation. That it’s a uniquely lesbian gaze adds an extra dimension to this, as well, for it’s also as much about overcoming the prescripts of the heteronormative gaze as it is rendering the female gaze faithfully—about moving beyond what the straight world accepts as a desirable transference and being confident about reproducing lesbian desire in art without fear of recrimination. This is essentially the goal that Sciamma sets for her protagonist, Marianne (Noémie Merlant). It is quite possibly the very goal Sciamma set for herself when she began making films.
Lesbian film critics have the most authority to speak to the exact ways Sciamma’s method challenges our preconceptions and yields such astonishing results, and I urge you to seek out their writing when you finish reading mine. This is Sciamma’s gift to them; I can only be the admirer from afar, like the patron of an art gallery seeing a masterpiece alongside dozens of other art lovers. Now, this analogy is not meant to imply that Portrait of a Lady on Fire is only accessible to a select audience. Critics of all stripes have praised this film, which shows that its beauty can be accessed very easily. All I mean is that those who can best contend with this work in critical terms are the ones whose lives are represented here. Their lives, but also their way of loving and looking and desiring. I cannot presume to speak to their experience, nor do I dare try. It is not my place. Page 28 is not mine, but theirs. I am the art lover who walks by and does not “see” that small inscription in black paint, which only holds unspeakable power for those that know the reason for its presence.
Even in a vicarious sort of way, Sciamma’s film is very, very easy to love. Aesthetically, of course, it is rapturous in the way Sciamma blocks her scenes and brings out magical luminosity in both the daytime and nighttime. The sparsity she employs, eschewing a score for diegetic sounds and silences, allows us to tap into this world more attentively, and to feel its profound sensuality more keenly. And when she amps up the volume, like in the pivotal fireside chant that inspires the film’s title, Sciamma seems to create a phantasmagorical erogenous zone for us in which to lay bare our emotions and yield to both the camera’s and characters’ seduction. Through this, I think, all viewers, regardless of their sexual orientation, can access the desire inherent in this text. Not as keenly as a lesbian viewer would, of course, but still keenly enough to be overwhelmed by its potency.
Indeed, Sciamma’s control of the auditory aspects of her film yields an ending that will stagger anyone with a full heart. When coupled with a significant visual clue (alluded, in fact, in this very review), the emotional fullness of Sciamma’s achievements are incontrovertible. What I most admire about this work, then, is how insistent it is to disprove any notion that the female gaze in film relates solely to vision. It doesn’t. I intentionally misled you in that first paragraph. The retina is but one conduit, for our eardrums, too, have a kind of gaze, unconscious as it can be. When that aural gaze is foregrounded beyond the visual gaze, it can hold as much—if not more—emotion than we could ever prepare ourselves for. And that, for me, is revelation enough to make this film wondrous.
Portrait of a Lady on Fire received its Canadian premiere at TIFF in the Special Presentations programme on September 5, 2019.
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Q & A with HSU Softball Coach Shelli Sarchett: Great Expectations
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In her second season as the Humboldt State Softball head coach, Shelli Sarchett led her team to 54-8 record and came one win shy of winning a national championship. Sarchett herself was a key player in the 1999 Humboldt State national championship. She knows a thing or two about winning and instills that culture as head coach.
Q: What can you attribute most to the success of the past couple seasons?
A: It’s really just bringing in athletes who know how to work hard and that they want to win. These guys put in a lot of hours and know what their ultimate goal is.
Q: When you say ultimate goal, is that winning a national title?
A: Our ultimate goal, well obviously we want them all to get a degree, but our ultimate goal softball wise, is to win a national championship. That’s why we bring these girls here, and that is what they are expecting, so we work hard to reach that goal.
Q: What are your expectations going into this season?
A: It’s really the same thing that we’ve expected in the past. Last year, we finished number two in the nation and this year, we expect to get back to the national tournament and win that last game that results in a national championship. Our goals really don’t change from year to year.
Q: The goals do not change, but the players do, can you speak on if there are any major losses from last year to this?
A: We lost our number two pitcher, but we’ve brought in some pitchers, and have some returning pitchers that didn’t see a lot of time last year, so they’re stepping up in the circle. We lost our starting shortstop but we’ve made adjustments in our starting lineup to move some players around and help with that loss. Same thing at third base, we lost a fifth-year senior… we might be a little less experienced on the left side of the field, but we bring in athletes who are ready to play.
Q: What is the biggest strength of this team?
A: The comradery these guys have. They are a family, they want to work hard for themselves and their teammates. Their biggest strength is leadership… the seniors have been to the national tournament and know what it takes to get there again… they’re helping newcomers and lower classmen play Humboldt style softball.
Q: Do you have any preseason motivation for the team?
A: It’s the same thing we’ve said since our first meeting, you have to buy into this; because if you are not ready to buy into this, then we won’t be able to work toward a national championship… you can’t take a day off and expect to win a national championship. It’s really great to see these guys respond to the challenges we give them every day, knowing that if we meet these challenges, a national championship is within our reach.
The players want to win as much as the coaches do. It is one of the reasons they choose the Humboldt State softball program. Transfer student Lona Dengler hopes to earn a starting outfield position this season.
“I wanted to play for the best team in division II,” Dengler said.
Senior pitcher Kalyn Paque spoke on coach Shelli’s message of playing unselfish ball.
“Absolutely, do it for the person next to you,” Paque said. “Always pick up your teammates…no selfish behavior on this team.”
With this mentality, the HSU women’s softball team will look to get back to the national tournament, and possibly bring a championship trophy back with them.
Homelessness in Humboldt, CA
This is the first trailer of a homeless documentary created by HSU students. We have spent months filming and will continue to film throughout the next year. Follow the heartbreaking stories of the homeless community around Humboldt county and the
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Taking a tour of the local thrift shops in Arcata during the COVID-19 pandemic. Directed and produced by Skylar Gaven.
House Plants Generate Peace and Meaning During the Pandemic
Three different people with the same love for plants! House plants have become quite popular these days especially since we’re all basically stuck inside during the pandemic. Not only are they aesthetically pleasing, but these beautiful green oxygen-makers provide more
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Teachers React to Principal Meier’s Retirement
Ian Criman and Thomas Friestad, Editorials Editor and Online Editor|April 23, 2013
When the school community returns from spring break April 1, its most prominent member will be absent when the first bell rings. Rather than standing before subschools wearing a suit and wielding his ram cane, Principal Dan Meier will instead be running outside on his first day of retirement. And the school’s teachers are already preparing for his absence.
“We’re a very high-functioning school, so we wonder what will change in the near future,” Spanish teacher Susan Chandler said. “I hope the school retains continuity once he leaves.”
Administrative assistant Sue Henderson said she has learned to appreciate to the positivity Meier brings to the main office and will miss it once he leaves.
“It’s been a pleasure to work with him for the past five years because, 99.9 percent of the time, he has a smile on his face when he comes in,” Henderson said. “It’s only something pretty bad that will stress him out so that he isn’t smiling, but he comes around.”
IB Coordinator Lisa Green said Meier has never restricted his cheer to the confines of the main office, but has introduced encouragement into each of the classrooms he visits on a daily basis.
“Him having a positive attitude about change and new ideas helps teachers stay excited about what they’re teaching and really encourages them to think outside the box with new ideas,” Green said. “He is everywhere and really sends the message that he’s not a distant leader.”
History teacher Michael Van Wambeke said another facet of Meier’s leadership that helped him transition into the school last year was his interest in staff members and their careers.
“The thing that most impressed me about Mr. Meier was how welcoming he was; he had a Staff Orientation Day for all the new teachers and introduced me to the assistant principals, the secretaries and custodians,” Van Wambeke said. “The fact that he was accessible and really mingled with us was impressive. The fact that he also knew my name within a few months of my arrival here was something that I thought really showed his attention to detail and knowledge.”
“The most important job is to hire outstanding teachers and supervise them, to hire quality people. I’ve always believed in a team mentality, that every single job at school is important. I treat everyone as an integral part of our mission.”
IB Coordinator Wendy Vu said she remains optimistic that the legacy Meier is leaving behind will continue guiding the school in an ideal direction.
“Robinson is successful because teachers feel empowered to share ideas, and that’s from Mr. Meier; that’s the type of culture he’s created,” Vu said. “Robinson is not broken; the new principal should be someone who knows this and provides a vision on how to move the school even further forward.”
Upon reflection, Meier said one of his most crucial duties as principal was to hire outstanding teachers, and that, through his collaboration with such teachers, he has created a team atmosphere he is confident will remain present at the school for years to come.
Meier said, “Because of the strengths and talents of these professionals, I know the school will flourish without me. We always go forward, and I certainly know I’m leaving it a better place.”
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Erres radio until 1926 manufacturer unknown
Erres radio television after 1930 van der Heem
H&B retailers November 1927
Other van der Heem products
Schematics and construction drawings
Solex general “van der Heem NV.”
Solex instructions for use
Solex promotion magazine “OP DE SOLEX” 1949 to 1953
Solex magazine ads
Articles about van der Heem
Sound fragments van der Heem NV.
Internal company news
Staff magazine
Advertising – Logo – Advertisements
Device folders
Films about van der Heem NV.
History radio
More about radio
After a couple of relative peaceful centuries the speed at which humans communicate with each other increased greatly at the end of the 19th century (around 1870). First there was the steamship later the steam locomotive, road paving, road lights, telephone systems and the newspapers greatly improved there speed of information. Then Marconi invented wireless communication, initially for the Morse telegraph but later at the beginning of the 20th century also for voice and music. It was just after this invention that three Dutch army officers decided it was time to make their contribution to these rapid developments …..
1926 - Three army officers start business
P.H.J. van der Heem (51), his youngest brother L.W. van der Heem (33) and Ir. J. Bloemsma (26) founded the radio producer “van der Heem & Bloemsma” on the May 1st 1926. The main hobby of Lieutenant L.W. van der Heem and the nineteen year old son of the founder J. van der Heem. In their spare time they already successfully sold radios of the CQ type to family and friends. Co founder Ir. J. Bloemsma was an army friend of L.W. van der Heem.
1926 - Production in a shed behind the house
The “production” initially took place in a small shed behind the family residence. The first radio sets produced were the H & B III. Of this H & B type set various models were made: there was also the H & B IV and the H & B V.
During an exhibition that was held from October 2nd until the 11th 1926 in Amsterdam – Internationale Radio Tentoonstelling Amsterdam IRTA stand 86 – a “H & B V super” was sold to the then Minister of Finance Dr. H. Colijn. During the first half year the company produced five sets a week with their six employees.
1928 - I.R.T.A. exhibition
But for the young company the contacts that were made there with the trading company R.S. Stokvis & Zonen in Rotterdam during the IRTA exhibition were perhaps of even more importance than the sale of this H & B V super to the Finance Minister. Two of the directors of the Rotterdam based trading company Mr. J. van Randwijk (38) and Mr. A. Erwich, placed an order by van der Heem & Bloemsma for 300 radio sets in 1928. A variety of models the Erres K, KC, KF, KR, KS and KW, all intended for sale in The Netherlands and sold via their own shopkeepers. At first Van der Heem & Bloemsma struggled to cope with the delivery of such a large order but these difficulties are soon resolved thanks to a smart talent for organisation within the young company.
Sale directly to their own dealers continues alongside this big order. Evidence of this could be found in stand run by the firm Teske Douzastraat 5 in Leiden for example, which was completely filled with H & B sets.
The house beside van der Heem & Bloemsma at 44 Johan Maetsuyckerstraat the house across the road at 61and even a garage box nearby in the 23 Cornelis Houtmanstraat are acquired to accommodate the expanding company. The famous furniture factory H.P. Mutters & Zoon in The Hague built beautiful cabinets for their radio sets.
1928 - Range is expanded
The range of products is extended to include even more models. First came the H & B KG (III, IV and V). Later in 1928, the Erres model KL, KWB, KWS and KY. The Y represents the steel chassis of the radio then applied for the first time. The diverse parts can then be built firmly on top of this metal chassis and, via the chassis, a good quality electric grounding is guaranteed for all parts. For all the Erres radio models that were sold from this moment, by the Rotterdam based R.S. Stokvis trading company the letter “K” was placed before de type number.
Meanwhile van der Heem & Bloemsma are also making equipment for the recently started wire broadcasting relay companies. Such equipment included amplifier installations and loose loudspeakers for example.
Due to the great successes booked by the furniture factory Mutters at this time – they constructed interior ship woodwork, furniture and wood panelling in houses and offices – H & B needed to take the production of the radio cabinets into their own hands. They found extra space in the Siebergstraat.
1928 - Bloemsma leaves the company
Mr. Ir.J. Bloemsma leaves in September 1928 the factory and accept a new job in China for Philips NV.
1929 - 177 Stortenbekerstraat all in one factory
Because the model KY was so successful H & B decide to merge the various production locations into one new factory in the 177 Stortenbekerstraat in The Hague . Ir. Jan Lels joins the technical team as 2nd radio engineer (Ir. Bloemsma is the First). He is very involved in the company and also with the daughter of P.H.J. van der Heem, Julia, for some month they where engaged.
The bother of having separate batteries outside the cabinet, for the three different voltages within a single radio set became something of the past. With the newly built in transformer the radio can directly be connected to the home electric wall socket. Another technical improvement enables easier control. The two sometimes three tuning buttons are replaced by one practical button which allows easy precise tuning of the desired broadcasting frequency.
The large amount of H & B employment ads (typist, accountant) forms a clear sign that the company is doing very well .
The company also receives an order for 25,000 radio loudspeaker boxes. They are intended for the wire broadcasting companies. The order is made on a large brand new assembly line.
Towards the end of 1929 and at the beginning of 1930 the production of the KY 107 model starts. The set is named “zanger aan de wand” (singer on the wall), this model was the first radio set in Europe with loudspeaker and the radio equipment placed in one box.
1929 - Firma becomes N.V. with Stokvis and Philips
On October 14th 1929 just a week before the Wall Street crash on the 29th in New York, the company is converted to a limited liability company “NV voorheen radiofabriek en Ingenieursbureau van der Heem & Bloemsma”. Fifty percent of the shares belong to the van der Heem family and the other fifty percent are owned by R.S. Stokvis & Zonen NV .
The market for radio appliances is shaken by new developments. Whereas the radio had, in the past, been mainly a luxury product for the select and the wealthy, now the radio is becoming much more a mass product. Still money can be made if they are made in large quantities and produced more cheaply. Investment is needed in modern assembly lines.
Until 1935 Philips held fifty percent of the shares. In return for these fifty percent “van der Heem” receives free use of all Philips radio patents and van der Heem on her side uses only Philips radio lamps for their products. Philips is during this period with two seats represented in the supervisory board. Having Philips as a major shareholder does unfortunately lead to a few problems. In 1933 the two supervisory directors from Philips were refused entrance to the company after a row over the sales of high quality Erres radio sets in the Dutch East Indies. Van der Heem realised in time – 1,5 year in advance of Philips – that the quality of the radio sets their, must be much better, to withstand the extreme tropic conditions. Their superior wooden radio cabinets that are then developed are indeed a big success.
Mr. A. den Breems leaves for the Dutch East Indies to set up the sales and manufacturing. Amongst other models he sells the KY 107 that has a short wave receiver and is quite suitable for alternating current. Mr. L.W. van der Heem visits the Dutch Indies in 1934 and lays a sturdy basis for further growth. Breems also introduced the model KY 212. The sales in Belgium are also addressed and Van der Heem & Bloemsma opens a service and sales centre on the Boulevard Barthelémy in Brussels.
1933 - Founder P.H.J. van der Heem dies
The founder, Mr. P.H.J. van der Heem (born August 31 1875) passes away fighting cancer on May 30th 1933 in The Hague.
1935 - Philips sells its share
Even after the departure of Philips as shareholder in 1935 the cooperation between H & B and Philips remains somewhat difficult. Van der Heem was not only a large client of many different Philips parts; but Philips also made use of van der Heem’s expertise and bought many semi-finished units. Philips share is bought back in 1935 by the two other shareholders the Van der Heem family and R.S. Stokvis & Zonen NV. From then on they each owned fifty percent of the shares again.
1935 - Radio cartel
Van der Heem and Philips made agreements on the sale of radio sets in the Netherlands. From then on – via a mutually agreed policy on prices and types – van der Heem NV was responsible for a fixed market share of all the radio sets sold by the two companies. With this cartel agreement mainly for the Dutch radio market, it was secure for both. In a very short amount of time The Netherlands was able to develop into an important exporter of radio sets. In 1935 radio sets alone made up 8% of the total Dutch export sales.
1935 - Vacuum cleaners
Radio sales fluctuate with the season. In autumn and winter radio sales is at its peak. To become less dependant on one product range van der Heem releases a line of vacuum cleaners in 1935. The kettle model SZ 1 and SZ 2 and the very successful bleu and black torpedo model SZ 3.
1936 - Laakweg factory opens
In 1936 the company celebrates its tens anniversary. For the increased production the company needs extra factory space. They found one on the Laakweg in The Hague. In this factory the 100,000 th radio set is produced in 1937. Soon even this factory proves to be too small.
On February 23rd 1938 two hectares of land along the Maanweg were acquired on long lease from the municipality of The Hague. When “van der Heem NV” existed twelve and a half years on November first in 1938, the first stone for the new Maanweg factory was laid by the President of the Supervisory board Mr. J. van Randwijk. It was designed by the architect C. Oosthoek Pc Zn. Building costs amounted to ƒ 423,500 (Dutch guilders) and the building was done by the Rotterdam based company Volker Bouwmaatschappij N.V.
1938 - Aetherkruiser second brand on the Dutch market
On the yearly trade fair of Utrecht Ir. J.M.F.A. van Dijk (1912 – 1973) introduced his new trade company ANRU (Algemene Nederlandse Radio Unie) and the company’s first product the Aetherkruiser radio model AK 380 in 1938. The trading company sold radio’s until 1953 under the Aether kruiser trade mark. All these radio’s were bought from “van der Heem” out of the existing product range, but the exterior was exclusively redesigned for Aetherkruiser. Their are thirty models known.
Eventually Aetherkruiser operated from Mr. van Dijks house on the Limburg Stirumlaan 20 in Amersfoort. Later iIn 1945 the company moved to the Keizersgracht 450 in Amsterdam. Later Mr. van Dijk lived on the Boulevard in Noordwijk with his “Nederlands Radarproefstation” at home.
1939 - New headquarters at 156 Maanweg, fire in old factory
The Maanweg factory is opened in 1939 (It was demolished in 1997, on February 17th). The 500th employee is welcomed. The factory is paid for with company resources and a loan from the Dutch “Maatschappij voor Industrie financieringen”.
In the Stortenbekerstraat factory fire broke out on May 4th in1938 and the factory was severely damaged . In 1939 the monthly “VDH omroep” employees news magazine is issued for the first time.
1939 - Different company name
In 1939 de name of Ir. J. Bloemsma disappears from the company name and from then on the company changes into “van der Heem NV.”
1940 - Electric motors
In 1940, its own factory for the production of electric motors is started.
1943 - Radio possession banned (unique insight into market shares)
From may 1943 the German occupation forces, ordered all 1,2 million Dutch home radio appliances to be turned into them. Mainly to avoid listening to the very popular “Radio Oranje” which broadcasted in Dutch from London. The Germans were able to collect 840,000 of them, the rest was kept in hiding by the Dutch people. Part of the collected radio’s went to storage, and a big share was send to Germany to the damaged cities. This whole process was very well documented and after the war fifteen percent of the radio’s went back to the original owners.
This documentation complete with type and serial numbers – witch is kept until today – also provided a unique peek into the Dutch radio market in 1943. It proved that the radio cartel with Phillips had worked. Although market share varied greatly in the country as a whole. The Erres KY 126 was the most popular Erres radio, Overijsel was the most popular Erres province, North Holland the less popular Erres province.
Sales and trade to the Dutch market was already forbidden from the start of 1942. Van der Heem NV still had to produce radio’s until 1944 but these were only for the German market. This because German radio factories where making weapons instead of radio’s, and because high demand cause of war damage to the German city’s.
Unnecessary to say that after the war there was high demand for replacement in The Netherlands. What helped to restore quickly the damaged machinery in the van der Heem factories.
1947 - Floor polishers and electric blankets
In 1946, the Leko Company in Utrecht is taken over at Abstederdijk. In 1947, the manufacture of floor wipers and electric blankets is also started there.
1948 - Solex
In 1944 the entire “Kroon Rijwielen” bicycle factory in Rotterdam is bought and moved to the factory on the Laakkade in The Hague. There the assembly of bicycles starts in May 1945. After 1948 Solex motorbikes are produced in this factory. After the introduction period yearly 48,000 motorbikes are made, up to 1968.
1949 - Van der Heem NV listed on the stock exchange
In 1949 Van der Heem NV issues new shares and shares are openly traded on the Amsterdam stock exchange. The company grows in many facets after the war. In 1947 the number of employees exceeds 1,000. More than 1,000 radios are made each week.
1950 - Television
In 1950 nearly every Dutch household has again a radio set. The factory needed something new. Just for the war in 1939, the broadcast of television had begun in the United States (color in 1954). But in the Netherlands these new developments were proceeding at a very slow rate. And in contrast to radio, television sets were not as well suited to research and development by hobbyist. The television tube (the screen) is complex. Specially if you have no glassblowing facilities at your disposal.
Not before October 2nd 1951 the NTS starts broadcasting on some weekdays with short TV programs. Partially this was because the government did not want to divert the – much needed – production capacity to “luxurious items” so shortly after the war. The program makers also had difficulties with the new medium. Right from the start the broadcasting organisation was – as with radio – along the same Dutch socio political compartment lines. So fresh developments within the completely different new medium was tempered. It would take until the second half of the fifties for growth to take flight. Then the number of broadcasting hours where increased by the Government. Colour television would not reach the Netherlands until 1967.
1951 - Company 25 years
In 1951 2,000 people work in the Van der Heem company. The Maanweg factories are extended. The statue “Hoger zij uw Vlucht” (higher will be your flight) is placed in front of the factory in 1951, symbolising the incredible growth after the war. It is made by the famous sculptor Albert Termote (1878-1978) from Voorburg in The Netherlands.
1955 - Many more products
In addition to the manufacturing of radios and TV many household products are introduced into the van der Heem manufacturing programme at the end of the fifties and the beginning of the sixties. The desk ventilators, hair dryers, hand drills, vacuum cleaners and electrical blankets, pillows and mattresses amongst other things. But also professional (radio) communication equipment for military tanks and the Starfighter combat aircraft and Walky-talkie sea / land communication for pilots on the seaport Rotterdam are produced.
Van der Heem also develops and build for the European Space Program the “program unit” used for the three stages of the space rocket. The unit keeps the rocket in the perfect track by managing and continuously changing the power and the direction of the various small control rockets, properly balancing the three stages of the main fuselage. It is build for the European Space Program and the first launches with this device did take place in 1966 in Woomera in Australia.
1956 - Professional equipment
Van der Heem also developed a lot of professional radio communication equipment for military use, including for tanks, airplanes (including send and receive equipment for all Starfighters) and walkie-talkies and fixed-shore communication equipment for the sea pilots on the Nieuwe Waterweg van der Heem is even here. the greatest performer. As early as 1950, van der Heem started producing underwater detection equipment for military and civilian purposes. Also made electronic counters, power equipment, photoelectric systems, and servo motor systems.
Van der Heem also developed and built a program unit that is used to keep the different stages of a rocket of the European Space program in the correct orbit. This concerns equipment for determining both the force and the direction of the various thrusters and control missiles in the three stages of the missile. The first launches took place in 1966 in Woomera, Australia.
1959 - Small and portable
AT&T USA invented and build the first transistor in 1945. These where slowly replacing the radio tubes, first in portable radios and later in other products as well. Later “printed wiring” is introduced. This technique is used to attach the different parts to each other on small compact plastic plates. Small metal strips covered in plastic ensure the connection between the different parts. Van der Heem is one of the first to make the KY 592, a very small, cheap transistor radio designed to appeal to youths and for sale in the new market for a second radio at home.
1961 - Many jobs
In 1961 the company employs 2,750 people. In 1965 there are 3,500. Van der Heem NV. was the first company in the Netherlands with its own works council in 1955. As of January 1, 1961, the companies no longer work on Saturdays.
1961 - Rapid expansion
In 1961 the company employs 2,750 people and this later even grows up to 3,500 in 1965.
In this period the company expands enormous; new factories are opened in Teheran, Utrecht, Sneek and Leeuwarden (VSF). However the rapid increase in the costs of material and labour causes big problems. Cost cutting becomes more than necessary. One way in which this was done was by making and selling larger amounts of a single type.
1966 - The end
More duty free import of worldwide radio en TV products from Japan and other low wage countries makes formidable competition especially with regard to the prices on the Dutch market. Working with others is a necessity. After a two year partnership with Indola NV the company and the brand name Erres are sold to Philips in May 1966, exactly forty years after its foundation.
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'Lorraine': Carol Vorderman can't stop laughing at David Schwimmer lookalike
Carol Vorderman was left in fits of laughter today on Lorraine (October 24) after being shown a wanted thief in Blackpool who looks uncannily like Friends actor David Schwimmer.
Stepping in for regular presenter Lorraine Kelly during the half-term period, Carol cracked up when she was shown a CCTV image of the David Schwimmer lookalike holding a crate of beer.
The picture of the wanted man was then placed alongside a photo of Schwimmer in character as Friends character Ross Geller, the likeness prompting Carol to gasp.
It only got funnier for the presenter when she was read a statement from Blackpool police that confirmed that David Schwimmer was not in the UK at the time of the offence.
They wrote in a statement on social media: “Thank you to everyone for your speedy responses. We have investigated this matter thoroughly and have confirmed that David Schwimmer was in America on this date.
“We’re sorry it has to be this way.”
That then prompted a barrage of comical comments from social media users, who replied with famous quotes from the sitcom.
Carol was read a reply from one person who quoted the show’s theme song: “I don’t think it’s been this guy’s day, his week, his month or even his year.”
Nobody told David Schwimmer life was going to be this way. 🤷🏻♂️
The Friends star has been mistaken for a Blackpool beer thief and the jokes have come flooding in.
Can you see the resemblance? #Lorraine pic.twitter.com/xgiF1DNeWm
— Lorraine (@lorraine) October 24, 2018
Another person replied: “I’m surprised you’ve not found him… it’s like you’re always stuck in second gear.”
Even the Scottish police have got in on the joke, with officers from Dumfries and Galloway sharing the post and writing: ““He is known to have studied Karate and we believe he has mastered the art of Unagi, the state of total awareness.”
While it might be incredibly funny to many (including Carol), others have stressed that a real crime has been committed.
The suspect is wanted for allegedly stealing a jacket, wallet and mobile phone from a restaurant.
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List of 2020-21 college football bowl games canceled due to COVID-19
Yahoo Sports Staff
7 December 2020, 12:05 pm ·1-min read
In a year where every team is eligible to compete in a bowl game, the list of available games is shrinking.
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic and its lingering effects, bowl organizers across the country have been canceling their games. Entering the season, there were 43 FBS bowl games scheduled. As of Monday, Dec. 7, the number is down to 33, beginning with the Frisco Bowl on Dec. 19.
The two College Football Playoff semifinal games are still scheduled for Jan. 1, 2021. This season’s semifinal venues are the Rose Bowl and Sugar Bowl. The College Football Playoff National Championship is scheduled for Jan. 11 at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida.
One game, the New Mexico Bowl, has been relocated from Albuquerque to Frisco, Texas. That game is scheduled for Dec. 24 at 3:30 p.m. ET.
[Click here for Yahoo Sports’ latest bowl projections]
Here is the list of 2020-21 bowl games that have been canceled:
Bahamas Bowl (C-USA vs. MAC)
Celebration Bowl (MEAC vs. SWAC)
Fenway Bowl (AAC vs. ACC)
Hawaii Bowl (AAC vs. Mountain West)
Holiday Bowl (ACC vs. Pac-12)
Las Vegas Bowl (Pac-12 vs. SEC)
Los Angeles Bowl (Pac-12 vs. Mountain West)
Pinstripe Bowl (ACC vs. Big Ten)
Quick Lane Bowl (ACC, Big Ten, MAC)
Redbox Bowl (Big Ten vs. Pac-12)
Sun Bowl (ACC vs. Pac-12)
A detailed view of the midfield logo before the Holiday Bowl NCAA college football game between the USC Trojans and the Iowa Hawkeyes Friday, Dec. 27, 2019, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Orlando Ramirez)
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Lessons for higher ed from the ‘Neighborhood of Make-Believe’
Classroom video continues a ‘conversation’ that began decades ago
By: sonicseanb | Issue: September, 2018
Morgan Neville’s documentary Won’t you be my Neighbor? chronicles the first and most famous attempt to adapt video technology to educate.
In an early scene shot in 1968, Fred Rogers, seated before a piano, explains the basis of his signature academic video-presentation style—the importance of establishing a dialogue to teach.
Due to the limitations of video technology at the time, Rogers had to develop scripts as a two-way conversation with only one voice, pausing consistently to ask the camera, “How does that make you feel?”
If you are old enough to recall responding to questions from a besweatered man wearing slip-on boat shoes, you know it was a dialog; you were a participant in a conversation.
Organic interaction
The explosion in the use of classroom capture systems has created huge libraries of academic videos that follow one side of a conversation.
The billion-dollar lecture capture industry primarily focuses its software, capture stations and cameras on collecting the words of the instructor, following the established investment trail of universities in lecture facilities.
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But change is coming to the neighborhood as waves of iPhone-wielding, Snapchat-savvy students arrive ready for their close-up.
Flipgrid is a company founded by University of Minnesota professor Charlie Miller. The inspiration to develop a student-driven academic video system came when he was suddenly required to travel during the semester.
He needed to preserve the organic interaction of the graduate design class that he was teaching. Text-based forum options couldn’t preserve the high energy and engagement of his class.
Desperate for an alternative, Miller and a partner put together a prototype to securely collect video clips from students in response to questions he could post one at a time. It was an instant hit with the class and the university.
Miller’s students and those that followed were as positive about what they had gained from viewing the video submissions of their peers as they were of the instructor.
Earlier this year, Microsoft acquired Flipgrid, making it free to users of its Office 356 Education suite, and signaling that the age of student-generated video has begun.
Many companies, including Microsoft, Google and Amazon, are adding features for all social media verticals to support the structured collection of individual video, usually around a curated topic similar to a forum.
The academic version of these solutions that are driving the student-video movement differs from generic video platforms by integrating with existing identity management, learning management and assessment systems.
“It’s all about the storytelling,” says Nate Gildart, an internationally recognized History and Individuals and Societies teacher at the Nagoya International School in Japan. “My students can express their ideas in videos made on their devices, responding to assigned topics of inquiry.”
For example, Gildart’s students research and develop detailed excursions using Google Tour Builder, an application of the Google Earth platform, on topics such as a before-and-after analysis of Syrian war destruction.
“My students have been working with video for most of their lives,” Gildart says. “Video can and should be an equal part of the many ways for students to share their findings.”
Education is ultimately the transmission of a story about a subject—and stories are best when they are exchanged. The student-generated video is the back channel that closes the loop that started with the lecture.
In 1968, Mister Rogers changed the world of video and education by pausing on video to ask us what we think. Fifty years later, students have the technology to answer back.
Sean Brown, with years of experience in academic video production, is a consultant with Minneapolis-based Contegy Digital.
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Cream and Sugar—Fiction by Olga Zilberbourg
My mother’s recent visit to the United States ended a week after deadly violence broke out in Odessa. Nothing would persuade my mother to stay with us for good, neither my pleading, nor the escalating war in the old country. Would the fighting in Donbass spill over to my hometown, divided between pro-Russian provocateurs, Ukraine enthusiasts, and hardcore Odessity whose allegiance was to the city against nation-states? Would the fire in the Trade Unions house, in which more than forty people died, result in more fighting on the streets?
My husband and I were still asleep when a taxi picked up my mother. She’d said her goodbyes to us and the kids the night before, refusing our offers to drive her to the airport. She hated the idea of being a burden.
The airport was nearly empty when she arrived. With some predictable difficulties due to her poor English, she endured all the bureaucratic hurdles and navigated her way to the gate.
In the middle of the circular waiting area, a coffee shop had just opened for business. My mother bought a large cup of coffee and an oversized apple pastry. Using gestures, the barista directed her to the milk and sugar counter. My mother mixed some cream and sugar into her drink and sat down at a nearby table to while away the half-hour left until her flight to Vienna, where she would change planes to Odessa. She looked forward to having her morning coffee at home, on her balcony, boiling it in her mocha pot with just the right amount of water to just the right temperature, and drinking it out of her fine porcelain cup.
Too tired to read, she sipped from the waxy cardboard cup and observed the manners of the people approaching the milk and sugar counter: A man in a business suit grabs a thermal carafe and, for an unfathomable reason, pours some milk into the trash can. He then wipes all the surfaces with a napkin, pours from the same carafe into his coffee cup, wipes everything down again, tries to peer into the narrow opening of the carafe, picks up the jar of sugar, shakes a little into his coffee, stirs, tastes, shakes and pours again, stirs, tastes, repeats. His tall broad back stoops over the counter, his hands, arms, and the entire body perform hundreds of unnecessary gestures. Finally, he tears himself away from the carafe and glances around the room as though suddenly coming to his senses. Anxious, as though he’s getting away with murder, he picks up the coffee and his luggage and scurries away. A woman approaches. She pours half of her coffee into the trash can, then fills the rest with milk. After her follows a slim, stiff woman in her sixties, petite yellow purse tucked under her arm. The woman carries two paper cups. Her movements are economical and precise; in my mother’s mind, her gestures belong to a certain type of miser, stingy in all aspects of life. The woman occupies the far corner of the counter and from her purse pulls out a metal tea strainer. Next she produces a paper bag of loose leaf tea and throws a small amount into the strainer. Giving the tea a few moments to steep, she transfers the strainer to the second cup. My mother believes she’s onto her game: she has taken free hot water and now will load up on free milk and sugar. And indeed, as soon as another customer sets the milk carafe down, the woman makes ample use of it, adds plenty of sugar, hides a few paper packets of sweetener in her pocket, and then marches off to deliver one of the teas to her friend, awaiting nearby with the luggage.
My mother had been coming to America nearly every year for over two decades. Nothing surprised her anymore, but she couldn’t help disliking what she saw. Why, in this richest country in the world the people were so small, so self-indulgent? She documented these examples and, when I called on her cell phone to see that she had safely gone through all the bureaucratic hurdles, listed them as evidence against my adopted homeland. I tried to explain, but her voice remained metallic on the phone.
“I saw what I saw,” she said.
She visited for about a month or two at a time, cleaning, cooking, and reading Pushkin to the grandkids, who had long given up the fight against the classic. But each time, sooner or later, my mother packed her bags and headed to the airport, returning to the old country.
Twelve hours after she was supposed to land in Odessa, I still hadn’t heard a word. I kept calling and listening to the dial tone. Unable to fall asleep, I trawled the Internet for news of further violence.
Another twelve hours later—after a sleepless night, I was back at work—she picked up the phone and acted as though I’d worried for nothing. Cars burning on the street, bombs being thrown at banks—none of that figured into her story.
“Klara was going to the beach this morning and we made a party of it,” she reported. “The weather’s so nice, summer-like. Imagine, the tomatoes on my balcony are already up to my knee! I hope you come and bring the kids soon. I’m off to bed—I’m beat. Make sure the kids read at least two pages in Russian every day, that’s what they promised.”
She hangs up first, and I sit in my office, holding the phone to my ear, listening to the dial tone.
Olga Zilberbourg is a bilingual author who grew up in Russia and moved to the United States at the age of seventeen. Her English-language fiction has been featured in Confrontation, World Literature Today, Narrative, Outpost 19’s Golden State 2017 anthology, and others. She co-hosts the weekly San Francisco Writers Workshop.
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Every American Should Be Tested for Covid-19 Once a Week
2020-11-20 | Since 2 Month
Faye Flam
Americans are still doing Covid-19 testing wrong. The kind of testing and contact tracing that scientists advocated in the spring to combat the virus isn’t working in the US. And it won’t be improved by the new $50 at-home test made by startup Lucira Health Inc., which was just given emergency authorization this week by the Food and Drug Administration.
That’s because a biological quirk of this disease means the current testing system misses the bulk of the cases in their most contagious period. But a different strategy would catch them. And we already have the technology to do it.
Once it’s in your body, Covid-19 lies low for several days before suddenly accelerating. It’s well-known that the virus has an incubation period of around five days, and possibly as long as 14, before symptoms appear. What’s not so well-known is that during most of its “quiet” phase, the virus is invisible to most tests. People are at the most risk of transmitting the disease a couple of days before symptoms start and a few days afterwards. That’s the stage a test needs to capture.
To combat the pandemic with testing, then, we need to test people once a week or more. That means we need a test that’s fast, easy, cheap and possible to distribute all over the country. The Lucira Health test is not that test, says Harvard epidemiologist Michael Mina. It’s too expensive, won’t scale up for massive, regular use, and requires a doctor’s prescription.
We could use the cheap antigen tests scientists have already developed. They’re as easy as a pregnancy test to administer and sensitive enough to show a positive result when a person is near peak infectiousness but has no symptoms. They could provide the kind of frequent testing that would end the pandemic.
A technology that looks even more promising is the use of wearable devices, which have been shown to pick up heartbeat changes that signal an infection before symptoms start. They can even signal an asymptomatic infection. I wrote about this in June, and this week more good results came out in the journal Nature Immunology. The inventor of the system, Stanford’s Michael Snyder, told me last spring that the devices can be made for just a few dollars and can continue to work for months — making them even cheaper than antigen tests.
What we have instead is a terrible system that confuses and misleads. This week, people are waiting for hours in long lines hoping to get a test they think will clear them to meet loved ones, some of them elderly and vulnerable, for Thanksgiving.
“Getting a PCR test today isn’t going to make you any safer for Thanksgiving,” Harvard’s Mina said at a media event eight days before the holiday.
Anyone early in the incubation phase is at risk of getting a false negative. Some people will have cleared an infection and no longer be able to transmit it; for them, the test will yield a false positive. Even people who are contagious now and test positive this week are unlikely to still be infectious next week, says Mina.
Mina says the New York Times wrongly asserts that existing scalable, cheap tests have only 30% sensitivity. The reporter used the wrong denominator, he says. The tests are missing people who are past their infectious period — not people who are still shedding virus and need to isolate
Critics also say the tests haven’t been tested extensively in asymptomatic people, which is true. But there is convincing evidence out there that frequent use of cheap tests can catch enough infectious people to contain the virus.
That’s what officials are doing in Slovakia, where a program of mass weekly testing has already reversed an exponential spread of the virus. The program is more mandatory than might be acceptable in the US, but here, Mina says, we could create hundreds of millions of cheap tests and distribute them, 20 at a time, to US households. College campuses in many places have also seen success with regular twice-weekly screening tests of students.
One key point: Testing can reduce overall transmission, but it’s not precise enough to give individuals a free pass to socialize right away. People would still want to wear masks to the grocery store and avoid the sort of germ-spreading mingling seen at September’s infamous White House event. You’d still want to wear a mask when you visited your 88-year-old mom, or hold off seeing her for a little longer.
But catching and isolating a major fraction of infected people would curtail the pandemic so we could all go back to a more normal life within a few weeks.
Instead, the US is doubling down on strategies that aren’t working, says Mina. What we need is a strategy that is workable — “that won’t make people sit in line for two hours or stay home for 14 days because someone they walked by in the street was infected.”
It’s not just convenience at stake, says Muge Cevik, an infectious-disease doctor in the UK. She’s examined dozens of contact-tracing studies to show who’s the most at risk — poor people, people with public-facing jobs, people with multiple jobs, and people in crowded housing. The majority of them can’t afford to self-isolate at a contact tracer’s request.
Frequent testing would pick up new cases much faster than contact tracing could, and it would cut down on unnecessary quarantines of contacts who were not infected, but it would have to be combined with a system of financial relief so those who were infected could isolate without facing financial ruin.
“I get frustrated when I see people demanding the same things over and over … when we’re seeing that it’s not working,” says Harvard’s Mina. All you have to do is look at Massachusetts, where people are following the rules, the governor has enacted a strict indoor and outdoor mask mandate, and the state has assembled the country’s top contact-tracing program. “We still have exponential growth here and massive numbers of cases,” he says.
It’s time to admit the current approach isn’t working. The rollout of a $50 prescription home test isn’t going to fix it. In the months before vaccines become widely distributed, cheap wearables and tests given on a massive scale might just turn the tide, along with financial assistance to help infected people stay home. That’s actually following the science.
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United will restore lie-flat seats to its premium transcon flights
The competition on premium transcontinental routes is fierce. Each major U.S. carrier puts its best planes on these domestic coast-to-coast hops from the New York area to Los Angeles (LAX) and San Francisco (SFO).
Before the coronavirus pandemic, United was operating a mix of Boeing 757s, 777s and 787 Dreamliners, including the 787-10 from Newark (EWR) to LAX and SFO. But then, following the massive drop in demand at the end of April, the Chicago-based carrier had a strategy shift. It decided to replace the lie-flat equipped 757s with more fuel-efficient Boeing 737s that sported recliners up front.
Now, with its latest schedule update, United is once again returning the Boeing 757 to these premium transcon routes. This means that the carrier will offer lie-flat business-class seats on (nearly) every single frequency.
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Per United:
Due to the demand changes from COVID-19, we’ve been making adjustments to our fleet and frequencies over the last few months and into summer on our EWR-LAX and EWR-SFO transcon routes. In June, we’ll be flying a mix of 757, 767 and 787 aircraft on these routes. While our July schedule is not yet published, we expect a similar mix for that month as well.
Taking a closer look at the June schedule reveals that Newark to Los Angeles will be flown three times a day, split across the 757, 767 and 787-10. On Saturdays, the Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner is replaced with a 737, presumably since there’s not as much demand on one of the slowest travel days of the week.
Polaris on the Boeing 787-10 (Photo by Zach Griff/The Points Guy)
Interestingly, June 2020 will also be one of the first times that the 767 is consistently scheduled to fly these transcon routes. This plane has a Polaris and non-Polaris configuration, with the former being much more comfortable — and private — for those sitting in the pointy end of the plane. Also, coach is arranged in a 2-3-2 configuration, which is great for couples traveling together who want to avoid sitting next to a stranger.
With most of the 767s already retrofitted with the new Polaris seats, there’s a good chance that those flying on this jet will experience UA’s newest product.
Newark to San Francisco will be operated exclusively using the Boeing 757 and 787-10. Unfortunately, the 757 isn’t the premium-heavy 28 biz seat version that used to operate most of these routes. (That subfleet is currently parked in long-term storage.) Rather, it’s the legacy Continental version with just 16 biz seats, which is still a nice upgrade from the Boeing 737s that flew in May.
2-2 lie-flat biz on the United Boeing 757 (Photo by Zach Griff/The Points Guy)
Biz fares start at roughly $500 for the one-way flight, much lower than those before the coronavirus pandemic. While the fares are reasonable, award and upgrade space is limited. If you do plan to fly the route, note that the inflight service will also be limited. Departure lounges are mostly closed and food offerings won’t be as exhaustive as you might normally expect.
Of the other major U.S. carriers, American Airlines has resumed flying its most premier domestic route from New York to LAX as of May 7, using its swanky Airbus A321T that features a first, business and coach cabin. Delta’s premium transcon offerings include lie-flat seats on its frequencies from New York-JFK to LAX and SFO. Meanwhile, JetBlue has continued to offer lie-flat Mint service from New York to LAX and SFO throughout the pandemic.
Featured photo by Zach Griff/The Points Guy
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21 of the world’s most beautiful concert halls
Architecture I by Emma Tucker and Tomo Taka
Where architecture and acoustics are in tune
There’s an alchemy to designing the perfect concert hall. As well as delivering an unrivalled acoustic experience, they must be beautiful on the eye and serve as a cultural beacon for the city in which they’re ensconced.
No wonder then these delicate buildings often turn into architectural nightmares that run over-budget, over-schedule and under-perform.
But controversy aside, these concert halls hit the high notes.
Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, USA
Photography: Gehry Partners, LLP
The sweeping stainless steel curves of the Frank Gehry-designed Walt Disney Concert Hall have become a landmark of Downtown LA since its opening in 2003. Sixteen years in the making, the concert hall cost twice its initial budget but ranks among the best acoustic designs in the world. In contrast to its contemporary exterior, the main auditorium is made from hardwood for better acoustic performance.
Hungarian State Opera House in Budapest, Hungary
Photography: Attila Nagy
Designed by Miklós Ybl, the Neo-Renaissance Hungarian State Opera House opened in 1884. In addition to the grand marble staircases and horseshoe-shaped auditorium, the venue is filled with paintings and sculptures by the great Hungarian artists of the 19th century.
Harpa Music Centre in Reykjavik, Iceland
Photography: courtesy of Harpa Music Centre
Artists, designers and architects from around Scandinavia came together to create this 2011 steel and glass creation by the harbour in Reykjavik, Iceland. Lead architects Henning Larsen worked with local practice Batteríið Architects and Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson on the design, including its geometric structure inspired by local basalt formations.
Sydney Opera House in Australia
Photography: courtesy of Sydney Opera House
The great beacon of Sydney Harbour was built in 1973 following designs by Danish architect Jørn Utzon, who worked with engineering legend Ove Arup to make the plan a reality. Utzon famously quit the project during its construction in the 1960s, but its cascading shell-like structure is meant to mimic large white sails of a boat – a reference to the building’s harbour location. Iconic though it is, it looks a lot better than it sounds. Plans are afoot to fix the concert halls’ ‘hideous’ acoustics with a £120m revamp that will take place from August 2019 to January 2021.
National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing, China
Photography: Hui Lan
Nicknamed ‘The Giant Egg’, this titanium and glass dome venue fittingly resembles an egg floating on water. The complex, which includes a concert hall, opera house – which has a reverberation time of around 1.5s – and Chinese theatre was designed by French architect Paul Andreu and inaugurated in 2007.
Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall in Japan
Photography: Operacity.jp
This soaring wooden pyramid, which opened in 1997, surprisingly inhabits a glass and metal-clad 54-floor skyscraper in Tokyo. The ridged oak interior is designed for optimum acoustic conditions, and seats 1,632 across its rectangular floor and pair of long balconies. Its unusual vault was designed across the course of five years as a way of distributing sound evenly across all seating areas.
Auditorio de Tenerife in Canary Islands, Spain
Photography: Wladyslaw
The waterside Auditorio de Tenerife takes inspiration from the shape of a crashing wave, but the building’s form looks more like the arch of a scorpion’s tail. Architect Santiago Calatrava designed the white concrete building, which was completed in 2003. In 2011, the concert hall’s name was officially changed to ‘Adán Martín’, after the former president of the Canary Islands, but is still commonly known as the Auditorio de Tenerife.
Guangzhou Opera House in China
Photography: Virgile Simon Bertrand
Built in 2010, China’s riverside Guangzhou Opera House has the signature touch of the late Zaha Hadid. Its contoured profile was inspired by river valleys and the way they constantly change shape through the process of erosion. Constructed from 12,000 tons of steel, the Opera House includes an 1,800-seat and a 400-seat theatre, each of which are fitted with L-ACOUSTICS sound reinforcement systems, producing an acoustic character its chief sound engineer, Mr Zhou, describes as ‘Not too dry and not too bright’.
Sage Gateshead in Gateshead, UK
Photography: Anthony Sargent
Designed by Foster + Partners, the Sage Gateshead contains three freestanding concerts halls. Joining them is a glass and steel shell-like canopy that is said to resemble the shape of a trumpeter’s knuckles. It cost £46m to build and opened in 2004 as part of the Gateshead Quays redevelopment that also saw the arrival of the BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art and the Gateshead Millennium Bridge. At its peak, the Sage is twice the height of Anthony Gormley’s Angel of the North sculpture. It was also constructed using a special type of concrete that contains extra air bubbles to help control its acoustics and provide sound-proofing.
Carnegie Hall in New York, USA
Photography: Jeff Goldberg / ESTO
Famed philanthropist Andrew Carnegie funded the construction of this performance hall in Midtown Manhattan. Built in 1891, the Roman brickwork structure was designed by architect William Tuthill. Carnegie Hall is one of the last remaining places in Manhattan built entirely of masonry and without a steel framework.
Oslo Opera House in Norway
Photography: Erik Berg
Oslo Opera House is another concert hall to take up a waterside location. Designed by Norwegian architects Snøhetta, the building’s slanting roof acts as an extension of the landscape, while inside a ‘wavy wall’ helps with sound distribution. Oslo Opera House – composed of just stone, wood and metal – opened in 2008.
KKL Luzern (Culture and Convention Centre Lucerne) in Lucerne, Switzerland
Photography: courtesy of KKL Lurzern
Architect Jean Nouvel took full advantage of KKL Luzern’s waterside location in his design for the building. The steel and glass structure – featuring a roof that extends over the lake – frames views of the water while flat aluminium plates on the façade reflect the glistening waves. The building was inaugurated in 2000.
Boston Symphony Hall in USA
Photography: Marco Borggreve
McKim, Mead and White – the practice of architect Charles Follen McKim – designed the home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, completed in 1900. Like Concertgebouw in Amsterdam its design was based on the shoebox-like structure of the second Gewandhaus concert hall, which was destroyed during WWII, in Leipzig.
Wiener Musikverein in Vienna, Austria
Photography: courtesy of Musikverein
Danish architect Theophil Hansen was picked to design the Wiener Musikverein, which would become a cultural landmark for the city of Vienna. He drew inspiration from ancient Greek temples to create the Neoclassical structure, which opened in 1870.
Berlin Philharmonic in Germany
Photography: Als0lily
Designed by Hans Scharoun and completed in 1963, the vineyard-style Berlin Philharmonic Hall is known not just for its golden exterior and scalloped roof, but for the way it pioneered a new musical experience. Designed according to the German architect’s observations that people gather in circles when listening to songs, the hall introduced the concept of music in the round. Scharoun developed the building using 1:9 models, to test sound distribution and design its distinctive terraced seating.
Philharmonie de Paris in France
Photograpphy: Forgemind ArchiMedia
Jean Nouvel’s ‘big metal mountain’ – as The Guardian described it – was completed in 2015 amid a flurry of controversy around its bloated budget and many delays. Its own architect may have refused to turn up to the building’s opening, but it’s undoubtedly one of the most striking structures in Paris. Clad in interlocking aluminium tiles, and often compared to a crashed spaceship, the auditorium sits 2,400 in its curved white interior.
Acoustics were overseen by four groups of engineers, and visitors are seated in stepped levels reminiscent of Hans Scharoun’s Berlin Philharmonic.
Sala São Paulo in Brazil
Photography: Marcio De Assis
Inhabiting a converted waiting hall inside São Paulo’s Júlio Prestes railway station, this auditorium counteracts the sounds of passing trains with a vibration-absorbing floating floor. An adjustable ceiling designed by Artec includes fifteen enormous panels that can be individually controlled to adapt the acoustic environment for each performance. Renovated by architect Nelson Dupré, the hall retains the station’s original 1920s features, including stained glass windows and a set of 32 towering columns.
Harbin Opera House, China
Photography: Hufton + Crow
Beijing studio MAD designed the Harbin Opera House – the lynchpin of the Harbin Cultural Island arts complex – ‘in response to the force and spirit of the northern city’s untamed wilderness and frigid climate’. Sitting among the wetlands of the Songhua River, the 79,000 sq m building’s form echoes the undulating marshland landscape with a facade of white aluminium panels and glass. Inside, it’s a more natural affair. A concert hall made with Manchurian ash walls ‘emulates a wooden block that has been gently eroded away,’ says MAD.
DR Koncerthuset in Copenhagen, Denmark
Photography: Bjarne Bergius Hermansen / DR Byen
‘The first idea for the building was the concept of the blue screen, a kind of lantern magic,’ says French architect Jean Nouvel of his cubic Koncerthuset hall in Copenhagen. Wrapped in a semi-transparent screen that shows projections at night, the building houses a concert hall that seats 1,800, as well as three recording studios. The interior is framed by undulating concrete walls that support terraced wooden balconies, and the acoustics were designed by the same team that worked on Nouvel’s Philharmonie de Paris concert hall. In 2007, it was the most expensive concert hall ever built.
Teatro Regio in Turin, Italy
Photography: Josep Renalias
When the original Teatro Regio burnt down in the 1930s, a competition was launched to design its successor. The onset of WWII derailed plans however, and it wasn’t until 1973 that the new theatre was completed, to a design by architect Carlo Mollino. He connected the theatre’s surviving 1740 wing to his new addition via a pair of symmetrical glazed walkways. Mollino’s auditorium features a field of hanging glass stalactites that light the space and a hall flanked by curvaceous individual boxes. The acoustics were given a spruce in the mid 1990s with the insertion of a picture-frame opening over the oval proscenium arch.
Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Photography: Fred George / Concertgebouw
Dutch architect Adolf Leonard van Gendt took cues from Martin Gropius’ Gewandhaus concert hall in Leipzig when designing Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw. Its main concert hall, completed in 1888, is 44-metres long and has a reverberation time of 2.2 seconds with a packed-out audience. This makes it ideal for the late Romantic compositions popular at the time. In the 1960s, rock bands including Led Zeppelin, The Who and Pink Floyd performed there, looking to make the most of its unique acoustic character.
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‘Elite: Dangerous’ Review: Spacepilot VR Fantasy
Studio: Frontier Developments
Platform: Oculus Rift (reviewed) and HTC Vive (coming soon)
Price: $59.99 Deluxe Edition (previous owners can redeem Rift version for free)
Let’s get this out of the way at the very start: other than the fact that Elite: Dangerous and EVE: Valkyrie both feature names with colons and ships flying around in space, they are about as different as two games can be. Whereas EVE: Valkyrie is all about dog fighting and combat among the stars, Elite: Dangerous is more akin to a simulator experience. Meaning, you’re not just fighting people, but you’re performing everything from takeoff checklists, to maneuvering individual thrusters, docking, trading, pirating, and anything else you could imagine. It’s an open-world space sandbox. Elite: Dangerous is the Gran Turismo to EVE: Valkyrie’s Twisted Metal.
Elite: Dangerous has just as many confounding and vague mechanics as it does moments of pure brilliance and intensity.
That’s it, I’ll end the comparison discussion there. Suffice to say that even though Elite: Dangerous has existed for quite a while outside of VR, there’s no hiding the fact that playing this one inside the Oculus Rift feels like the ultimate version of the game. Previously, we saw a peek into what it was like being a pilot in an intergalactic machine of light and wonder, but now, we get to actually sit in the cockpit and venture out into space on our own. The training wheels come off once you strap on the Rift for Elite: Dangerous.
For those unaware, Elite: Dangerous aims to be one of the most realistic (or at least as realistic as fictional space fantasies can be) spaceship flying simulator on the market and it succeeds. It’s an overwhelming and daunting experience, to say the least, that has just as many confounding and vague mechanics as it does moments of pure brilliance and intensity.
Simply put, if you are interested in the most hyper-detailed and immersive way to pilot a ship in outer space, you’d be hard pressed to find a better solution than Elite: Dangerous. For example, the simple act of lifting off from the docking bay and exiting a space station deserves practice in and of itself. After several hours of playtime I still have issues landing and docking from time to time. Combat can be extremely exhilarating, but it’s far from an entry-level experience.
Elite: Dangerous is the Gran Turismo to EVE: Valkyrie’s Twisted Metal.
These caveats aren’t meant to downplay the excitement I felt while playing Elite: Dangerous in VR, but it is meant to serve as a bit of a cautious warning to the uninitiated. From trading between spaceports, light travel, exploring the galaxy, and yes, engaging in fast-paced dogfights similar to EVE: Valkyrie, albeit with less ingrained and accessible progression systems, Elite: Dangerous has no shortage of things to do as long as you have the patience and imagination to go out and do them yourself.
The addition of a VR headset takes that intense, simulator-level experience and brings it forward even further by a massive magnitude. I can lean forward in the cockpit and turn my head to view different panels and screens of information, instead of hitting a hotkey that disables the rest of my interface. With the Deluxe Edition it even includes the entirety of the Horizons expansion, which allows you to start landing on and exploring planets. VR is absolutely the best way to play this game.
You’re well on your way to about as close to full-immersion as is humanly possible in 2016.
In fact, if you really wanted to take things even further, you can even download an Elite: Dangerous voice pack that lets you speak to your ship directly, just like the pilots do in all the movies. From there, all that’s left is the suspension of whatever shred of disbelief you have left and you’re well on your way to about as close to full-immersion as is humanly possible in 2016.
While it would be useful to have a simple way to queue up activities and missions other than a job board with imprecise instructions, that’s also part of the charm. Many of the game’s more intricate and rewarding systems are just as deep, dark, and unknown as space itself.
What Elite: Dangerous lacks in accessible entry points for newcomers it more than makes up for in massive labyrinthine volumes of sheer depth and rewarding activities. It’s the kind of game that makes you feel like the champion of the galaxy for landing your ship correctly and a few hours later has you blasting across the stars to track down your latest bounty. With the right cockpit and HOTAS setup, it can quickly become one of the most immersive and accurate implementations of VR to date.
Beautiful graphics
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Immersive VR integration
Overwhelming for new players
Very difficult to pick up and learn
8/10 10
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Asian Cup 2027 hosting deadline extended over virus
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Influences And Recollections of a Musical Mind
January 15, 2019 VinylLair
Written By Braddon S. Williams
I’m not here to claim James Taylor as an influence, but he certainly has filled my ear holes with interesting sounds.
He has lived a life filled with extreme highs and lows, so in that sense I guess he has inspired me as someone who doesn’t quit. I like that.
I like his Sweet Baby James album, too. Released in 1970, Sweet Baby James was recorded when Taylor was essentially homeless. Things got better from there, but when they got better, he became a junkie. Then he got clean. Along the way he racked up awards, huge sales, adoring fans, and a supremely impressive portfolio of songs.
I think a lot of what contributes to James Taylor’s success (aside from his obvious talent) is his inherent likability. Music fans want to be moved by people with kindness and wisdom. I think that is a lot of what draws me to the man’s music. I can’t really think of him as an underdog, but he has worked steadily at his craft and he has faced his demons, and these things are important to me.
Sweet Baby James has Fire And Rain, Steamroller Blues, Country Road, and that fabulous title song…and it has James Taylor picking magic on his acoustic guitar and singing in that voice that makes everything seem like it’s going to be okay.
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Researchers Say 98 Percent of IoT Devices Are Exposed to Attack
Researchers at Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 says 98 percent of IoT devices are unencrypted and could be attacked easily.
March 12, 2020 3:52 pm CET
According to recently published research, 98 percent of all traffic moving through IoT (Internet of Things) devices is unencrypted. This means the personal information being shared across those connected devices is exposed to attack.
Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 researchers say over half of all IoT hardware is vulnerable to medium or high-severity exploits. Indeed, the team told ThreatPost many organizations are on a “ticking IoT time bomb”.
In an interview with ThreatPost, Ryan Olson, vice president of Threat Intelligence for Unit 42, spoke about the dangers of unencrypted connected devices. He says there are some major threat problems facing the IoT market, including the potential exposure of confidential data and user information.
“So 98 percent of IoT device traffic being unencrypted, meaning it’s in the clear, anyone can go and see it if they are able to access it on that network, sort of gives you an indication around how the software and how the protocols for these are iot security being done.”
Obsolete legacy protocols are also an issue, leaving organizations open to attacks that would no longer work on newer systems. Olson says devices are not patched regularly, leaving them more open to attacks.
“Either they’ve got software on them that there’s a vulnerability that exists which hasn’t been patched because the device maybe hasn’t been patched in a long time, or maybe there’s no patch available for it, or it has some sort of default password on it, which is widely known and it’s easy to identify that this device could be compromised.”
Non-Patch Solutions
According to Olson, while installing up-to-date patches can thwart attacks, patching is not the only answer for IoT. He highlights the fact many devices have reached end-of-support but does not have to remain insecure. He suggests putting the device software in an isolated VLAN, although that will be it won’t be connected to other devices.
“The last thing you want in a hospital is your device that’s connected, that’s maybe used for medical imaging, on the same network as a doctor who’s sitting down and opening phishing emails and maybe getting malware on his laptop. If you can isolate those devices, so they can’t talk to each other, you can greatly reduce the risks that that critical device is going to be impacted by some sort of malware.”
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