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Analyst: Apple would be ‘stupid’ not to release budget iPhone
Christian Zibreg on March 14, 2013
Many analysts have voiced their support for a rumored less-pricey iPhone which they hope will help Apple recover from market share losses in emerging markets, namely China, India, Brazil and Russia – all huge markets for handsets. BTIG’s Walter Piecyk goes further, calling Apple “stupid” if it doesn’t release said device before year’s end.
By his own estimates, Apple could sell about 36.5 million less-pricey iPhones in fiscal 2014 for an additional $11 billion in revenue – and that’s after accounting for some inevitable cannibalization of the higher-priced iPhone models…
Your money quote comes via AllThingsD:
We believe a product that addresses the more than 70 percent of global wireless subscribers that are unsubsidized pre-paid is necessary in order for Apple to grow its EPS next year. This is not rocket science and our belief is based on basic logic, not questionable ‘channel checks’ or trips to Asia.
Commercial Times last week reported that prototype budget iPhone units “in several colors” had been spotted in the wild. Some people speculate the device has a polycarbonate body akin to the phased-out white plastic MacBook because Apple wants to minimize costs.
I said it before and I’ll say it again: the budget iPhone is inevitable.
Apple didn’t even blink when it killed the iPod mini to replace it with the nano. The iPod lineup is now very diversified, covering price points from as low as $49 all the way up to $399.
Why not diversify the iPhone then?
The high-end of the market, Apple’s domain, is drying up and even Apple’s marketing head Phil Schiller has acknowledged that Android is leading the market because carriers lure feature phone owners with free Android handsets.
Conveniently on the eve of today’s Galaxy S4 launch, Schiller sat down with The Wall Street Journal to call Android “a free replacement for a feature phone”. He also quoted Apple’s own research which apparently shows that four times as many iPhone users switched from Android than to Android during the fourth quarter of 2012.
Why then pass on the opportunity to engineer a more affordable feature phone replacement?
Apple’s least expensive contract-free iPhone? The $450 iPhone 4, which is nearly three years old
Right now, Apple’s iPhone sales are still growing. The iPhone 4S and 5 are the world’s two most popular handsets. The firm is beating Samsung in the United States with a 51 percent smartphone share as Android lost some ground in the world’s leading market for handsets.
Elsewhere, it’s a different story.
Apple’s share in emerging markets is dismal and in a single-digit range because people in countries like China buy phones off-contract, and with Apple’s cheapest contract-free $450 iPhone 4 fetching north of $700 in these territories.
There’s only that much to be made from deep-pocketed cell phone users and Apple would be wise to offer a contract-free sub-$300 device instead of letting cheap Androids take first-time smartphone owners’ money.
iPhone Mini
Walter Piecyk
Budget iPhone: colors, 4-inch screen, super-thin plastic casing mixed with glass fiber
Analyst doubles down: iPhone 5S with fingerprint sensor coming this summer
Barclays: budget iPhone and China Mobile-compatible iPhone 5S due in August
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Three guilty of £30,000 robbery
TWO years of dogged detective work linked three men to one of Herefordshire's biggest robberies.
The three now face long prison sentences, caught out by fingerprints and their own alibis.
One of the men was convicted last week of his part in the attack that netted more than £30,000. The other two admitted robbery at an earlier hearing.
Worcester Crown Court heard how Neil Bateman, a 60-year-old organiser of classic car shows, was ambushed and overpowered by three masked men outside his Bodenham home in April, 2004. They snatched the takings from an event Mr Bateman had organised in Derbyshire that weekend.
Most of the money was in Mr Bateman's camper van, another £1,000 was in a pouch the robbers ripped from around his waist.
Detectives found the fingerprints of Sirfraze Ahmed on a black plastic bag left at the scene, used as a makeshift hood. Ahmed, aged 31, from Cotteridge, Birmingham, was found guilty of robbery.
The jury was asked to determine, on the evidence, just what Ahmed's role was in the robbery. They decided that he played a part in the preparations.
Deputy Circuit Judge Michael Mott remanded Ahmed in custody for a pre-sentence report to be prepared.
Khalid Khan, 30, and his 27-year-old brother Mohammed, both of Nechells, Birmingham, pleaded guilty to robbery before the trial began and are also in custody.
The brothers also denied being at the scene but admitted supplying items used in the robbery, said prosecutor John Butterfield.
Mr Butterfield said the Crown Prosecution Service rejected those admissions. A judge will now have to rule on the Khans' roles after hearing evidence.
All three men are due to be sentenced together on November 10.
Ahmed said, in evidence, that he helped Khalid Khan fix cars in a shed at the home shared by the brothers. His fingerprints must have got on the bag when he touched it while it was on a car seat to stop oil stains.
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Awards | November 26, 2015 | Martin Dietrich Brauch
Energorynok had no ownership or control over energy-related economic activity; ECT case against Moldova dismissed
State Enterprise “Energorynok” (Ukraine) v. The Republic of Moldova, SCC Arbitration V (2012/175)
A January 29, 2015 award by a tribunal under the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce has recently become public. The tribunal dismissed the claims by Ukrainian state enterprise Energorynok against Moldova under the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) for lack of jurisdiction.
In February 1995, the energy ministries of Ukraine and Moldova concluded an Agreement on the Parallel Operation of the Energy Systems of Ukraine and Moldova (the APO), vesting its performance in two state enterprises: Ukrenergo for Ukraine, Moldtranselectro for Moldova.
An overflow of electricity of 50,000,000 kWh occurred from Ukraine to Moldova in October 1998; under the APO, this overflow trigged Moldova’s obligation to compensate Ukraine in the amount of USD 1,662,297.81. Ukraine’s credit for the overflow was transferred from Ukrenergo to the claimant, Ukrainian state enterprise Energorynok, established in May 2000.
After trying unsuccessfully to obtain payment from Moldtranselectro for five years, Energorynok initiated a lawsuit in 2002 against Moldova’s energy ministry. This lawsuit resulted in a December 25, 2002 decision of the Economic Court in Kiev that ordered Moldova’s energy ministry to pay Energorynok USD 1,745,412.71 and litigation costs.
As Energorynok’s efforts to enforce the 2002 decision also failed, it initiated arbitration against Moldova under the ECT in December 2012. In particular, it argued that its claim to money under the 2002 decision was an investment under the ECT and that, by failing to enforce the decision, Moldova expropriated Energorynok’s investment and breached the fair and equitable treatment standard under the ECT. It sought compensation in the amount determined in the 2002 decision, plus interest, and arbitration fees and legal costs.
Moldova objects to jurisdiction; Energorynok insists it had “investment” under ECT
According to the tribunal, Moldova objected to the tribunal’s jurisdiction arguing that the 2002 Kiev court decision was “illegally and fraudulently obtained” and therefore did not deserve protection under the ECT, and that, even if this were not the case, Energorynok did not satisfy the criteria to bring an ECT claim (para. 77).
The tribunal reasoned that whether Energorynok had obtained the 2002 decision illegally and fraudulently was a question for the merits. Leaving that question to the side, it set out to look instead at whether it had jurisdiction, analyzing whether Energorynok had an “investment” under the ECT.
Relying on the definition of “investment” under ECT Article 1(6), Energorynok argued that its investment is a claim for money or the right to compensation for the overflow, and that this claim or right was an energy-related asset with an economic value. The claimant relied on Petrobart v. Kyrgyz Republic, which concluded that a contract, a court decision, and a claim to money concerning the sale of a gas condensate were “investments” under the ECT.
Tribunal looks at Petrobart and Electrabel to clarify circular definition of “investment”
In interpreting whether Energorynok had an investment, the tribunal looked mostly to Petrobart and to Electrabel v. Hungary, another ECT case. Both tribunals noted the ambiguous and unclear language in ECT Article 1(6)(c). In referring to “claims to money and claims to performance pursuant to contract having an economic value and associated with an Investment,” the provision defines “investment” by resorting to a reference to “investment”—a circular definition raising logical problems.
The Petrobart tribunal concluded that, since the gas condensate sold was an energy material qualified as an “investment,” the claimant’s right to be paid for this gas condensate was also covered under “investment.” The Electrabel tribunal indicated that interpreting ECT Article 1(6)(c) depended on an overall assessment of the investment.
Energorynok failed to show ownership or control over energy-related economic activity
Applying these interpretations to the present case, the tribunal pointed out that the claimant, unlike Electrabel, was “not a shareholder in an entity directly or indirectly engaged in the underlying economic activities.” Furthermore, it indicated that Energorynok, unlike Petrobart, did not have “full control over its own sales and deliveries,” and was not “a full party to the sale and delivery contract” (para. 86).
The tribunal agreed with Energorynok that “ECT Article 1(6) requires the investor to own or control the asset” (para. 89). Yet the tribunal interpreted that, for the claim to money to qualify as an “investment” under Article 1(6)(c), the investor must also have ownership, control or a financial interest in the “investment” to which the claim was associated, that is, the underlying energy-related economic activity out of which the claim ultimately arose.
Indicating that Energorynok was not a party to the APO and, accordingly, had no right, obligation or role under the APO, the tribunal found that the claimant, even though owning or controlling a claim to money, did not have any ownership, control or interest in the “investment” to which the claim to money was associated—the transmission of electricity in Moldova. Accordingly, the tribunal found that Energorynok’s claim to money did not constitute an “investment” under the ECT, and dismissed the case for lack of jurisdiction.
The parties were ordered to bear arbitration costs equally, and each of them was ordered to bear its own legal costs and other expenses.
Notes: The SCC tribunal was composed of Nancy B. Turck (Chairperson appointed by the Arbitration Institute of the SCC), Joseph Tirado (claimant’s appointee), and Rolf Knieper (respondent’s appointee). The award is available at http://www.italaw.com/sites/default/files/case-documents/italaw6299.pdf
Martin Dietrich Brauch is an International Law Advisor and Associate of IISD’s Investment for Sustainable Development Program, based in Latin America.
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Analyse, ITN | août 12, 2014 | Zoe Phillips Williams
Risky Business or Risky Politics: What Explains Investor-State Disputes?
International investment agreements (IIAs) were designed to protect private actors from the risks inherent in investing in foreign states. However, critics argue that the tables have turned; due to the increasing and expansive use of investor-state arbitration, what was once risky business for investors has become “risky politics” for states. At the same time, proponents of investor-state dispute settlement mechanisms claim that only a very narrow range of measures can be challenged under international arbitration and that worries about “regulatory chill” are unfounded.[1]
The diversity of policy measures that have precipitated these conflicts demonstrates that the investment regime places obligations on states which may compete with domestic interests. While the curtailing of domestic “policy space” by IIAs has been widely proclaimed (and is, arguably, the explicit purpose of these agreements) the extent to which the regime actually impedes states in the normal course of regulating or reacting to crises remains a matter of debate.
While previous studies have focused on the proportion of cases won by the respondent as a measure of the impact on states,[2] this article argues that the types of policies and issue areas implicated in these disputes tell us a great deal about the effect of the regime on policy-making. This is particularly relevant given that investors may use the threat of arbitration to discourage states from enacting certain policies, and cases are often settled out of arbitration. Moreover, recent research has demonstrated that states experience a decline in foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows following an arbitration case, regardless of whether the tribunal rules in favour of the claimant or the respondent.[3] Thus, arbitration cases may have an impact on the state, whether or not they win or lose.
This article, based on a larger research project[4], provides some initial data to fill this gap in the literature: a statistical analysis of political and economic factors that contribute to the likelihood of an investor-state dispute; and a qualitative coding of measures which have resulted in arbitration cases. While there is a fair amount of scholarly work on the determinants of expropriation, we know less about the political and economic conditions under which the broader category of investor-state disputes take place.[5] Disputes brought to arbitration often involve measures other than outright expropriation, and the conditions under which they occur may be different. Moreover, the relatively broad scope of protections found in many IIAs requires a more nuanced understanding of the causes of investor-state disputes under this regime.
In fact, these disputes are testament to the competing pressures globalization places on states. As interstate relations are increasingly legalized, states are bound by numerous international agreements, while at the same time continuing to be beholden to domestic interests. Ultimately, the most straightforward interpretation of these disputes is as instances of changing state preferences, in which states renege on a former commitment to respect the rights of foreign investors. However, this approach in turn assumes that policy-makers are fully aware of the implications of these treaties, and that the measures they pass are purposively anti-investor. Given the vague language of IIAs, and the varying interpretations by arbitration tribunals, it is likely that policymakers do not, at least at the outset, have a high level of awareness of the implications of the regime. This final point brings us to the limits of a quantitative analysis of the determinants of investor-state disputes – qualitative case studies may be necessary to tease out if and how investment concerns are brought into policy making decisions. However, the following provides some initial findings that can guide further research in this area.
Quantitative analysis: The conditions for investor-state disputes
This study is based on a dataset of investor-state disputes from 1990-2012. All countries that have signed an IIA or free trade agreement with an investment chapter allowing for ISDS were included – 147 in all. The most frequent respondent states are displayed in the chart below.
(Source: Own compilation)
These states are a mix of high-, low- and middle-income countries. However, in the entire sample of states that have been involved in at least one dispute, the mean GDP per capita is US$8,885 , which is squarely in the middle income range. The majority of cases involve oil, gas and mining (33 per cent); and electricity and other energy (16 per cent); with construction, telecommunications, finance, and agriculture also appearing among the top ten industries.
A statistical analysis was carried out to test the effect of various economic and political variables on the likelihood of an arbitration case being filed in a given year. The incidence of an arbitration case in a given country-year serves as the dependent variable, and the dataset includes 538 arbitration cases. The independent variables and their hypothesized effect (derived from a review of relevant literature) on the likelihood of dispute are provided in the following table:
Category Indicator Hypothesized Effect
Economic FDI inflows as % of GDP Negative
Total FDI stock Positive
GDP/Capita Negative
Economic crisis[6] Positive
Fuel exports as % GDP Positive
Political Democracy level[7] Negative
Veto players[8] Negative
Control of corruption Negative
Transition economy[9] Positive
Length of time incumbent has been in power Negative
Presidential system Negative
Leftist Incumbent[10] Positive
Exposure Treaties signed Positive
NAFTA[11] Positive
The variables are grouped into categories of economic, political and exposure-related indicators. The latter refers to the exposure a state has to potential lawsuits, through the overall amount of FDI it hosts, and the number of treaties it has signed.
A panel logistic regression was used to test models based on the groupings of economic, political and exposure related variables.[12] The three models were tested separately, as well as a full model including all the variables. All variables were lagged one year to account for the length of time it takes for an investor to register a case.
The economic variable of interest with the most significant impact on the likelihood of a dispute was simply the amount of overall FDI hosted by the state. As expected, the GDP per capita was negatively correlated with the likelihood of a dispute, but as can be seen from eyeballing the distribution of investor-state disputes, they are heavily concentrated in middle income countries. Also as predicted by the literature, fuel exports as a percentage of GDP was positively though insignificantly related to the dependent variable. Interestingly, the economic crisis variable was negatively correlated with the likelihood of a dispute, suggesting, as some scholars have noted, that the disciplining effect of the market may induce more investor-friendly behaviour during times of crisis.[13]
The models using political/institutional variables yielded further interesting results. As predicted, both the measurements for veto players and the control of corruption were negatively correlated with the dependent variable[14], while transition economies were significantly more likely to be involved in investor state disputes. Countries with a presidential system were less likely to be engaged in an investor-state dispute, which may be related to the configuration of veto players in these systems. A leftist executive government positively, though insignificantly increased the likelihood of a dispute. Contrary to the predictions of the bulk of the literature on expropriation, a state’s democracy score was positively and significantly associated with the likelihood of an arbitration case, though with only a weak effect. One possible explanation for this result is that democracies attract more FDI and thus have a greater likelihood of being involved in a dispute with an investor.[15]
Finally, the measures related to a state’s “exposure” to the investment regime – NAFTA membership, number of IIAs signed, and as mentioned above, FDI stock – were all positively associated with the likelihood of a dispute. NAFTA membership had a particularly strong effect, implying that comparatively more investor-state disputes are filed under NAFTA than any other investment treaty even when overall investment levels are controlled for. This suggests that perhaps one of the biggest drivers of investor-state disputes is the investors themselves.
Qualitative analysis: Sources and categories of measures triggering investor-state disputes
Qualitative coding of the measures taken by states that prompted an investor to go to arbitration was also undertaken for 490 investment cases.[16] Information about these cases was drawn from a variety of sources, including the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) list of pending and concluded cases, the Investment Arbitration Reporter news service, and other online collections of case proceedings and awards. The dataset contains ICSID cases as well as those carried out under the rules of other forums. The information collected about the cases includes the industry of the investment; the outcome of the proceedings; the measure taken; and finally “object” and “source” of the measure. The former refers to the whether the measure was directed to a specific investor (for example the denial of an operating permit) or is more general, for example directed at all firms operating in a specific industry (such as the withdrawal of subsidies or the ban of a certain activity). The “source” of the measure refers to whether it was an administrative, legislative or judicial decision.
The results of the coding of the type of measure are displayed in the following chart.
Some of these categories may require further elaboration. The category of regulatory change can be further broken down into the following:
Ban of industrial activity (15 per cent of measures in this category)
Includes ban on wind farm expansion; nuclear phase-out; and fracking.
Ban of specific substance (6 per cent of measures in this category)
Change to or imposition of new taxes (39 per cent of measures in this category)
Change to regulatory framework governing a specific industry (40 per cent of measures in this category)
Includes plain cigarette packaging; withdrawal of subsidies; pricing of utilities.
The currency measures category represents cases relating to currency devaluations or controls and includes measures taken during the Argentine financial crisis, which make up the majority in the category. Finally the category of failure to protect investment refers to investor claims regarding terrorist attacks; damage caused by protestors; squatters and thieves.
Specific measures, targeted at a single or small group of investors, made up 66 per cent of the measures coded, while 32 per cent were aimed at an entire industry or the general public. Two percent of the measures, corresponding to instances in which the investor claimed that the state failed to protect the investment were coded as “not applicable”.
Eighty-five percent of the measures were administrative decisions, originating either from the executive branch or other organizations affiliated with the state, including regulatory agencies and state-owned businesses. Legislative decisions made up 11 per cent of the measures coded, and 2 per cent were judicial decisions. Again, 2 per cent of the measures were coded as “not applicable” when a lack of action rather than a purposive measure triggered the dispute.
It is clear that the dynamics underlying expropriations play an important part in explaining conflicts under the broader category of investor-state disputes. As is suggested by the statistical analysis, when corruption or unilateral action by the executive are constrained, the likelihood of a dispute decreases. Moreover, transition economies, many of which experience high levels of corruption, are much more likely to be involved in conflicts with investors. However, outright expropriations make up 16 per cent of measures taken which trigger an arbitration process – far from the majority of all cases. In fact, regulatory changes have motivated investors to go to arbitration as often as expropriations.
Perhaps more telling are the sources and targets of the measures. The overwhelming majority are administrative decisions, with most also targeted at a specific investor. On the one hand this may ease the fears of critics of the investment protection regime – very few of the cases directly involve legislative decision-making. Of course, this cannot be understood to mean that all administrative decisions or targeted measures are divorced from public pressure or are not taken in the public interest. Moreover, the majority of disputes are related to investments in politically sensitive industries – oil, mining and gas; electricity and energy; construction (often of large infrastructure projects); and telecommunications are all generally related to the interests of the broader public. In the extractive industries especially, many decision-making processes, although undertaken by the bureaucracy, involve substantial public participation during the application stage, and the rejection of projects due at least in part to public pressure has led to a number of cases.[17]
The concentration of disputes in middle income countries is also telling. This may be best explained by the fact that these countries host more FDI than the poorest countries, while also having lower levels of administrative capacity than developed countries. However, there may be additional factors at work here: these countries may in some cases be faced with strong domestic pressures that relate directly for FDI. For example, pressure to provide universal service for telecommunications and public utilities has led to the use of price controls as a developmental tool.[18] While countries must treat foreign investors fairly, we also expect them to be responsive to the demands of their citizens. Finding a balance between the two may be difficult, especially if policymakers are unsure of the implications of IIAs, and when the strongest determinants of investor-state disputes appears to simply be the amount of investment hosted by a state.
Author: Zoe Phillips Williams is a PhD candidate at the Berlin Graduate School of Transnational Studies.
[1] See, for example, the European Commission’s recent document “Incorrect claims about investor-state dispute settlement” http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/html/151790.htm
[2]Susan D Franck, “Development and Outcomes of Investment Treaty Arbitration” (2009): 1–56.
[3]Todd Allee, Lincoln Hall, and South Wright Street, “Contingent Credibility : The Reputational Effects of Investment Treaty Disputes on Foreign Direct Investment” (2008).
[4] This article presents the preliminary findings of the author’s doctoral thesis. This work expands on the findings in of the large-N study with case studies in Canada, El Salvador and Hungary.
[5]An exception to this is Nathan W. Freeman, “Domestic Institutions, Capacity Limitations, and Compliance Costs: Host Country Determinants of Investment Treaty Arbitrations, 1987–2007,” International Interactions 39, no. 1 (January 2013): 54–78.
[6] Taken from the dataset on economic crisis by Reinhart and Rogoff . A binary variable that includes: currency crisis, inflation, stock market crisis, sovereign debt crisis and banking crisis.
[7] As indicated by the Polity IV score, which awards countries a score from -10 (autocracy) to 10 (democracy).
[8] Refers to the actors, usually within government, whose agreement or consent is required to alter the status quo See: Tsebelis, 2002. Indicator used developed by Witold Jerzy Henisz, “POLCON_2005 Codebook,” 2013.
[9] State belonging to the former USSR.
[10] A binary variable provided by the World Bank Database on Political Institutions.
[11] Originally, other agreements with dispute settlement clauses such at the ECT and CAFTA were included, but had no effect on the dependent variable. They are however included in the variable for number of treaties signed.
[12]This means that in fact, the dependent variable was a binary variable, coded 1 if at least one case was registered in a given year, and 0 otherwise. While this results in a loss of data for some years in which many cases were filed, it perhaps more representative when the goal is to understand the state’s role in investor-state disputes, as one state measure often triggers a number of cases.
[13]Nathan M Jensen, Noel P Johnston, and Chia-yi Lee, Crisis and Contract Breach : The Domestic and International Determinants of Expropriation (St Louis, 2013).
[14][14] Higher scores are “better” for both variables.
[15]The correlation between stock of FDI and the states’ Polity scores is 0.17.
[16]Sufficient information was not available for the remaining 48 cases which were included in the statistical analysis.
[17] For example: Bilcon of Delaware et al v. Canada; St Marys Cement v. Canada.
[18]Markus Krajewski, “The Impact of International Investment Agreements on Energy Regulation,” in European Yearbook of International Economic Law (EYIEL) Vol. 3 (2012), ed. Christoph Herrmann and Jörg Philipp Terhechte, vol. 3 (Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2012), 343–369.
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Migration of the Faliciani family
Analysis of immigration records indicates that some of the first North American immigrants bore the name Faliciani or a variant listed above: Amantonia DeFelice, aged 26, who arrived at Ellis Island from Casoli, Italy, in 1907; Angelo DeFelice, aged 39, who arrived at Ellis Island from Vasto, Italy, in 1916.
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By John Seed
Janice Nowinski: Naughty Postcards and the Man by the River
Janice Nowinski's "Seated Girl II" -- a blocky little nude with dun colored thighs and heavy umber fingers -- is a bit of a flirt. She is, in fact, the insouciant painted descendant of an anonymous coquette that the artist lifted from a 19th century "naughty postcard." As ragged as "Seated Girl II" may be -- her jauntily raised left eyebrow is a single swipe of mud colored impasto -- she triggers something: something vulnerable and human.
Nowinski, is a "painter's painter," one who likes to work against technical refinement, which can quickly degenerate into sentimentality. She is one the lookout for obscure, authentic feelings: sensations that she can render tangible with earnest brushwork. Nowinski's artistic process relies on instinct and she uses sincerity as a compass to provide aesthetic direction. "If one is authentically involved in the investigation," Nowinski comments, "the painting itself leads you into unexpected territory."
Janice Nowinski, "Seated Girl II," 9 x 13 inches, oil on canvas
Gloriously out of synch with the current vogues of figurative painting, Nowinski mines the territory between Édouard Manet and David Park, avoiding the tricky cul-de-sacs of gender, sociology and feminist theory. "I consider myself a Humanist from beginning to end," she opines. Nowinski genuinely likes people, and paints them as a form of solidarity, and, in the case of the naughty girls, as a kind of painterly rescue and resurrection. "The images she is responding to now are anonymous," notes Nowinski's friend Kyle Staver. "Without her intervention and interpretation they would remain so."
A harem of 19th century postcards in Janice Nowinski's album
When depicting the male figure, the artist has chosen a model who is less remote in time and culture. The shirtless dude who appears in Nowinski's "Shrouded Male" evolved from a snapshot of an old boyfriend -- one she had a complicated relationship with -- retrieved from the artist's personal photo album. "I'm risking a more personal and confessional series of paintings," Nowinski acknowledges. "Taking that image from the past and using it as a trigger for a painting today has enabled me to re-reason the event. By doing so I can take the emotional and nostalgic elements out of it: I can reconfigure the past."
In the case of the "Shrouded Male" the towel wrapped around the man's head held a suggestion of "guardedness," something that Nowinski now realizes was true to the actual man's character. It also has rich, metaphorical possibilities, worth exploring with paint. The river in the background, the loose belt and the semi-abstract background add to the poetic brew of memory, confession and ambiguity.
Janice Nowinski, "Shrouded Male," 20 x 16 inches, oil on canvas
Seen as a group, Nowinski's recent paintings -- more postcard girls and shirtless guys -- are uncompromising, and more than a bit unexpected. "Two years ago," Nowinkski remarks, "I couldn't have guessed that my painting would have lead me here." Previously known as a painter of still lifes, Nowinski has taken her time to arrive, and has done so with the help of a tight group of friends and some stellar mentors.
A native of New York City, Janice Nowinski took her first art classes at the Brooklyn Museum as a child. Later, at an experimental high school she was part of a "decent" art program where she experimented with printmaking after not being allowed to paint. When Nowinski traveled to Italy after graduation to study violin making she fell in love with Michelangelo, Mantegna and Leonardo and reverted to art. Her higher education was "checkered" -- there were classes at the Art Student's League and then the New York Studio School -- until a mentor appeared: the landscape painter Gretna Campbell.
Janice Nowinski and her studio assistant Giuseppe
"She (Gretna) introduced me to Corot, Bonnard and Matisse; the painters who still inform my work. Gretna's insistence was that you find your own voice and look at other painters not to become them but to emulate their work ethic. The lesson that I took away from her was that I didn't have to obey the rectangle. She freed me up to work more organically and intuitively. I began working a la prima. If it didn't happen in the first pass there was no second chance."
By the mid 80s Nowinski had begun graduate work in painting at Yale, where she walked into a "rigorous, life-altering program." A new generation of figurative artists was germinating there: John Currin, Lisa Yuskavage and Richard Phillips were one class ahead, and Kyle Staver, who became a close friend, was a classmate. Then there was the faculty. Early on Nowinski took a class with stellar realist William Bailey who laid things out directly to his students. "It's really very simple," he warned them, "you either get it or you don't."
Professor Vija Celmins made it her task to introduce Nowinski to a wider range of contemporary painters. Celmins, who was a bit puzzled by the fact that Nowinski's two favorite painters, Edward Hopper and Paul Cezanne, seemed so different from each other. "She knew she had her work cut out for her," Nowinski recalls. Before long Celmins had taught Nowinski to become more generous and open-minded in her aesthetic views, asking her student "Why are you painting away from freedom?"
Mel Bochner, who saw another side to Nowinski also chided her about her taste in artists. "His first question to me, " Nowinski recalls, "was 'How long have you been married to Soutine?'" She remembers also being criticized for painting still lifes that displayed objects floating around in an undefined space. "My paintings looked and smelled like paintings but their intentions were not clear," Nowinski states. "I alluded to abstraction but didn't go all the way and vice versa with representation."
By the time she had finished Yale in 1987, her interactions with these powerful professors and other students had taught Nowinski to look at her own work "more dispassionately, in a larger context." A key lesson, Nowinski recalls, was that "... to have narrow reference was to make small minded paintings."
Janice Nowinski, "Still Life/Gray," oil on linen, 22 x 30 inches, 1993
Tenacious to a fault, and in no particular hurry, it took Nowinski three years to complete "Still Life/Gray", which she decided was her "first mature still life after grad school." Over the next two decades she made more still lifes and also painted "conversations with masters" including transcriptions of works by Rubens, Poussin, Manet and Fragonard. Nowninski remembers doing "a lot of brooding, dark still lifes and even darker self portraits." A photo of her palette testifies to the determined mixing and scraping that happened over time.
Janice Nowinski's palette
Part of what was happening was an aesthetic sorting-out process that was in fact a slow road to self-discovery. Nowinkski remembers it this way:
"I would spend a lot of time separating reproductions into piles for future paintings: the good pile and the bad pile. I tore up a book of "All the paintings at the Louvre" which I had bought for $20 at the Strand Bookstore. One day I was mindlessly making piles and I came across the odalisque by Boucher and tossed it into the "bad pile". All of a sudden I realized what was missing from my work: a sense of humor and also the possibility that sex could be a great painting subject for me. My persona of being a "dark, psychological painter" was coming to an end. So I mixed in a little Boucher/frivolity into the dark, broody cocktail and this allowed more of myself to come out in the studio."
Janice Nowinski, "Recumbent III, after Boucher," oil on linen, 12 x 16 inches, 2001
Over time, working through it all, looking for the right mix of moods and subjects Nowinski managed to build up an impressive knowledge of the history of painting. The "permission" that Boucher's image had given her to add a little something -- just the right amount of "wrong" -- would lead over time to her recent postcard and photo based works.
"In all good painting," says Kyle Staver, who has been watching Nowinski develop, "the painter steps off the curb and finds a way to cross to what is uniquely theirs." Nowinski, still a bit surprised to find that she is painting from "a shoebox filled with snapshots and 19th century naughty girl postcards that were sent to me by a friend," is nonetheless pleased and excited about the new zone of feeling where her work has taken her.
"It is exactly where I want to be."
Janice Nowinski: Solo exhibition
The Bowery Gallery, NY, NY
Reception: Thursday, May 24, 6 to 8 PM
Janice Nowinski
Correction: An earlier version of this post used "still-lives" instead of still lifes. We regret the error.
Female Artists Arts Painting Contemporary Art
Seated Nude
16 x 13 inches, oil on canvas
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T3 Sixty creates the 'WebMD' of real estate
The consulting and analysis firm has launched a new portal that provides digital access to its library of research and reports
Patrick Kearns
by Patrick Kearns
The consulting and analysis firm has launched a new portal that provides digital access to its library of research and reports.
T3 Sixty, a real estate industry consulting and analysis firm, launched Wednesday T3 Intel, a new portal that provides digital access to the company’s extensive library of research and reports, including brokerage rankings, technology vendors and deep dives into the trends shaping the space.
Paul Hagey
The company, in a release, is calling the new portal the “WebMD of real estate.”
“The vault of information released at launch includes nearly 3,000 pages of high-quality research, which will grow on a monthly basis as T3 continually adds its latest research and analysis to the platform,” Paul Hagey, the executive editor of T3 Sixty, said in a statement.
Executives, brokers and agents who pay for the service — which costs $395 annually for an individual account — get round-the-clock access to all T3 Sixty’s reports, which include, the Swanepoel Trends Report, the Real Estate Almanac, the SP 200, the Mega 1000, the Tech 500 and the DANGER Report.
Users can access reports by publication title, date or by the following categories: brokers/leadership; selling/agents/teams; technology/innovation; association/MLS; consumers/legal and ancillary services.
The platform also includes a proprietary search engine for the industry, so users can discover content on topics, trends, business models, companies, industry leaders or other resources in seconds. The proprietary tool uses machine learning to rank results and grade them by value and relevance to search terms while displaying publication date, page count and a short description.
T3 Sixty has long created massive in-depth print reports, but the data has never been archived and digitally available.
The new resource comes as the industry turns the page on 2020, towards a new year, in which T3 Sixty Chairman and CEO Stefan Swanepoel predicts will look, “much brighter, more connected and hopefully more diverse.”
T3 Sixty, as an organization, spent much of 2020 bolstering its executive team, promoting Kelly White to serve as chief operating officer and Mark Lesswing to the role of chief technology officer, while Tinus Swanepoel will shift to the role of chief information officer.
The consulting firm also launched a new management consulting division focused on increasing diversity in the real estate industry, which is being led by Kenya Burrell-VanWormer.
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'SNL' addresses musical guest Morgan Wallen getting uninvited from the show with a sketch about him ignoring social distancing
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Morgan Wallen and Jason Bateman appeared together on "Saturday Night Live."
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This week's episode of NBC's "Saturday Night Live" included a sketch about Morgan Wallen's decision to ignore COVID-19 safety guidelines, which led him to get kicked off the show's roster two months ago.
The country singer, who got a second chance at his "SNL" debut as this week's musical guest, played himself as he kissed women and partied maskless at a bar in Alabama.
Jason Bateman, this week's host, and cast member Bowen Yang visited Wallen as future versions of himself, warning him to leave the bar so that he wouldn't get dropped from the show.
"It's hard to focus on the future, when the present is full of girls. If all you do is kiss all day then you'll miss out on the world," Wallen sang after he received their advice.
He continued: "I thank you in advance for giving this poor Southern boy a second Yankee chance."
—Saturday Night Live - SNL (@nbcsnl) December 6, 2020
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Thu, 4th August 2011
(M) James Franco, John Lithgow, Andy Serkis
After a false start with the 2001 Tim Burton-directed remake Planet of the Apes, director Rupert Wyatt has wisely decided to create an origins story for the Planet of the Apes mythology with a reality-based cautionary tale set in present day San Francisco, scripted by Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver.
A science fiction/science fact tale of the development of a drug that could potentially cure brain diseases like Alzheimer’s, the film opens with Will Rodman (James Franco) testing a wonder drug that will reconnect and repair brain synapses.
He has a vested interest in the project: his father Charles (John Lithgow) is in the advanced stages of Alzheimer’s.
When his experiment goes awry and an ape that was seemingly responding well violently shuts down the development of the drug, Will takes the remaining baby ape home.
Will raises Caesar and watches as his intelligence exponentially grows.
There are a number of reasons why this cautionary tale resonates. Drug testing on animals for human gain seems a rather callous way of treating animals unable to speak or fend for themselves. So from the very first frames of the film viewers are sympathetic to the plight of the ape.
Using motion capture technology to create the apes in the computer avoids the clunky suit and make-up effects of previous films.
Choosing foremost motion capture character actor Andy Serkis to play the ape Caesar is the film’s next biggest asset. He honed his craft as Gollum and King Kong and his performance here is the beating (literally) heart of the film. He is the bridge between animal and human.
Serkis brings a level of nuance to the performance of Caesar that really hasn’t been seen before. Although James Franco is the lead in the film, it is Caesar through whom we see this world.
At a young age, Caesar sees Will and the other humans in a positive way, capable of wonderful things. But then he begins to see the dark side of humanity: physical abuse, oppression, bigotry, and ostracising outsiders and outcasts, particularly evident in the second half of the film.
From his cute upbringing through to his first steps in the wild, Serkis’ performance as Caesar makes you care enough about his plight to journey to the film’s logical conclusion with him.
Humans are fascinated by ape behaviour — perhaps it’s because we are closest to apes in DNA. Getting a human actor to display the minute detail of the ape’s performance makes us all the more fascinated.
The CGI is seamless, with interaction both thrilling and touching, depending on the scenario.
Casting choices are interesting, with Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy in the Harry Potter series) playing Dodge Landon — as the villain handler who mistreats the apes while they are in lock up — in danger of being typecast.
Rather than being a reboot, creating and reimagining the story from scratch gives Wyatt a chance to take the series — should Fox decide to continue with a new franchise — in an exciting new direction.
Interestingly, the film also works as a stand alone story, with enough connections to the original film to work as a prequel.
An origin story in the truest sense of the word, Rise is one of the more original films around at the moment.
Ultimately it posits — albeit apocalyptically — that there is only a certain amount of mistreatment the planet can take before it fights back.
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Drake Has Been ~in His Feelings~ a Lot: See His Past Girlfriends, Including Rihanna and Bella Hadid
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He’s a great catch! Drake is not only a good-looking guy, but he is also very successful in the music industry. The rapper, 33, has been nominated for a Grammy 42 times and has taken home the coveted trophy four times. It’s no wonder the ladies are attracted to the handsome hunk! The Canada native is currently dating Kylie Jenner, but who were some of his past romances with? Scroll through the gallery below to get the scoop on his love life.
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Rihanna and Drake go way back — there were rumors they went on a first date in May 2009, but later that year, she said she was “still friends” with Drake. In June 2010, Drake admitted he felt used by the pop star, 31. “I was a pawn. You know what she was doing to me? She was doing exactly what I’ve done to so many women throughout my life, which is show them quality time, then disappear,” he told The New York Times. “I was like, ‘Wow, this feels terrible.’” Later on, the pair reunited for their song “What’s My Name.” In 2013, Drake told Ellen DeGeneres he and Rihanna “had their moment” and he will “always support and have love for her.” In 2016, they teamed up for their hit song “Work.” Drake then surprised Rihanna with a Billboard in August 2016 and delivered a heartfelt speech about the makeup mogul at the MTV VMAs. But Rihanna revealed in 2018 that she isn’t tight with Drake anymore. “We don’t have a friendship now, but we’re not enemies either. It is what it is,” she told Vogue.
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Tyra Banks, 45, told Ellen she hung out with Drake in 2013. “We went to Disneyland in disguise actually, which was fun,” she said. “I don’t know if it was a date. It was a get-together. We’re close as well.” In fact, the model even starred in Drake’s music video for his single “Child’s Play” in 2016. In the clip, the two play a couple who are celebrating their one-year anniversary, but Tyra finds out that Drake has been cheating on her.
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Drake revealed he was into Kat Dennings during an episode of The Ellen DeGeneres show. “I just always had a huge crush on Kat Dennings, and she was kind enough one night to oblige me, and we went out for dinner,” he said in 2013. The brunette beauty, 33, called Drake “super, super nice” and a “lovely person.”
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There were rumors going around for quite some time that Nicki Minaj and Drake were an item. When Drake released his debut album, Thank Me Later, he rapped about wanting to marry the hip-hop star, 36. In 2010, the duo performed on stage where Nicki and Drake apparently shared a kiss, but the Grammy winner clarified their relationship during an interview. “I saw Nicki for the first time and, like, literally fell in love,” Drake said during MTV2’s Sucker Free Countdown in 2010. “I’ve always really, actually, really had a crush on her, always really loved her, and she’s always just looked at me, as, like, her little brother.” Nicki and Drake ended up having a falling out since Drake didn’t include her or any of their Young Money family on his album. The pair made up and Nicki even gave him a lap dance in the “Anaconda” music video. “I’m so glad we found our way because I love you,” Drake told Nicki at the Billboard Awards in May 2017.
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Ravie Loso
Drake hung out with Ravie Loso — an Instagram model — in Los Angeles in 2015. Drake also brought her to Kendall Jenner’s 20th birthday party in November 2015.
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Drake and Hailey Baldwin were spotted having dinner together in Los Angeles in May 2016. Neither of them confirmed their relationship, but Drake was seen wearing Hailey’s necklace with a “H” on it. “Drake has been pursuing Hailey,” a source told Us Weekly at the time. “He has been showering her with gifts. He’s really trying hard.”
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India Love dated Drake in October 2016, and the dad of one even dated India’s sister, Crystal Westbrooks.
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Jennifer Lopez and Drake both posted the same cuddly picture of themselves on their Instagram accounts. Drake rapped about the mom of two in his song “Free Smoke” in 2017. “I drunk text J. Lo / Old number, so it bounce back,” he sang. In June 2017, a video surfaced from the 50-year old’s residency in Las Vegas after one of Drake’s song started playing. After the line, “You used to call me on your cell phone,” J. Lo said, “Huh, booty call.” Fans speculated that the pop star was throwing shade at her ex.
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Sophie Brussaux
Drake confirmed Sophie Brussaux was the mother of his son, Adonis, on his track “March 14,” which came out in 2018. In the lyrics, Drake spoke about their strained relationship. “They said that in two weeks you’re supposed to come in town / Hopefully … Me and your mother will have come around / Instead of always cuttin’ each other down.” The pair were spotted in November 2016 and January 2017. Later on, he got candid about his relationship with the French artist. “I am a single father learning to communicate with a woman who, we’ve had our moments,” he told LeBron James on The Shop. “I do want to be able to explain to my son what happened, but I don’t have any desire for him to not love his mother. I don’t ever want the world to be angry at his mother. We have found ourselves in a situation, and we are both equally responsible. Now, I’m just really excited to be a great father.” In March 2019, Drake invited Sophie to his Paris concert.
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Rosalyn Gold-Onwude
Drake brought Rosalyn Gold-Onwude as his date to the NBA Awards in June 2017. They never confirmed or denied their relationship status, but in 2015, the sports reporter said they bonded over basketball. “The first thing was the connection because we’re both black and Jewish,” she told RESPECT magazine in 2015. “So, you know, we have that in common.”
On the track “Finesse,” Drake rapped about a secret relationship. “Fashion weeks is more your thing than mine,” he sang. “You stay on my mind / You and your sister too hot to handle.” Of course, fans thought the song was about Bella Hadid. However, the model, 23, shut down the rumors. “Not me!!! That’s disrespectful. WHY CAN’T PEOPLE BE FRIENDS WITHOUT ALL THE INSINUATION,” she wrote on Twitter.
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Malaika Terry
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Home Economy Bond Boom Comes to America's Colleges and Universities
Bond Boom Comes to America's Colleges and Universities
A Tulane University student at his dorm room in August. The school received $1.5 billion in orders for $187 million in debt this summer, as investors searched for yield.
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Faced with a rapid deterioration in their finances in 2020, America’s colleges and universities issued a record amount of bonds this year.
It is a stressful time for higher education. The coronavirus pandemic worsened existing pressures on tuition and auxiliary revenue, with international students opting to study outside the U.S. and money from room and board drying up as schools keep classes online. At the same time, demand for financial aid and costs related to providing protective gear and Covid-19 testing have jumped.
Hoping to address possible shortfalls and take advantage of ultralow rates, universities have flooded the market with debt. With few places to get a return in the bond market, investors have scooped up the issues, which in some cases offer yields of 2% or 3% for debt that matures in 15 to 30 years.
The higher-education sector “becomes attractive because it’s under pressure,” said
Daniel Solender,
who oversees tax-free fixed-income investments at asset manager Lord Abbett & Co., referring to rising yields on higher-education bonds as schools’ ability to navigate the pandemic came into question. The firm added more than $300 million to its holdings of such bonds this year.
“There are a lot of high-quality institutions with great reputations, great balance sheets, that will find a way to make it through this environment,” he said.
For the year through November, colleges and universities issued more than $41.3 billion in taxable and tax-exempt fixed-rate debt, including refinancings, a record since Barclays began tracking the data. The data included issuance from schools with top-notch credit ratings, including Brown University and the University of Michigan, as well as lower-rated schools like Linfield University in McMinnville, Ore., and Alvernia University in Reading, Pa.
Moody’s Investors Service
in March lowered its outlook on the entire sector to negative from stable, citing uncertainties and financial challenges brought on by the pandemic. S&P Global Ratings lowered its outlook on a raft of schools in May and no longer maintains a positive outlook on a single one of the schools it rates. Attempting to help alleviate some of the pressure, more than $20 billion was allotted to public and private higher education in the latest Covid-19 relief bill passed by Congress.
John Augustine,
who leads the higher-education and academic medical-center finance group at Barclays, said the bond issuance came from institutions trying to reduce their fixed costs. For some, he said, borrowing money at low rates was more attractive than dipping into their endowments at a possible cost to future generations of students.
The New York Institute of Technology refinanced $17 million in debt this summer as it sought to bolster its cash holdings, extending the repayment timeline to 2030 and lowering its annual debt service to around $3 million from upwards of $7 million.
“Trustees were concerned about the market turmoil they saw going on and how that might affect our liquidity,” said
Barbara Holahan,
chief financial officer and treasurer of the private university.
She said freeing up cash became a bigger priority as international student enrollment fell and expenses rose.
Administrators at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have been pressing for a change in state law that would allow it to issue bonds.
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Part of the sector’s appeal for investors stems from the long-term maturity of college and university bonds, said
Jim Costello,
who heads higher-education finance at
J.P. Morgan.
Corporate bonds rarely last more than a decade, while higher-education bonds typically have maturity dates 30 years out.
“The AAA- and AA-rated schools are pretty unique assets to own,” Mr. Costello said. “It’s very hard for these bond investors to find very highly rated, very long-duration assets.” He said many schools already had planned before the pandemic to issue bonds this year, but that they had subsequently increased the size of their borrowing.
A further boost for the asset comes from investors’ search for yield.
After the Federal Reserve cut rates to near zero in March to help stabilize the economy, investors have reset the benchmark by which they judge the relative attractiveness of various asset classes and risks. That has contributed to soaring equity markets this year, as well as appetite for municipal bonds.
Wofford College in Spartanburg, S.C., opted for a $17.5 million private placement with Synovus Bank in September. The small liberal-arts college was refinancing existing tax-exempt debt, drawn in part by low rates.
Wofford finance chief
said the school wound up cutting its yield on 15-year bonds to 2.1% from 3.39%, saving about $100,000 a year.
“Everybody’s looking for some kind of yield. As low as 2% is, you can compare that to sovereign debt where you’re getting negative yields on half the countries in the world,” Mr. Gardner said.
Do you think college bonds offer an attractive investment opportunity? Why or why not? Join the conversation below.
For decades, colleges and universities largely sold bonds to finance new construction of academic buildings, dorms and sports complexes, and to tackle deferred maintenance. Like many other municipal bonds, these offerings are typically tax-exempt. Some schools issue taxable bonds because they come with fewer restrictions governing use of the funds.
Tulane University in New Orleans received $1.5 billion in orders for $187 million in debt this summer. Institutions that invested include
BlackRock Inc.,
Lord Abbett and Vanguard Group, said Tulane operating chief
Patrick Norton.
Tulane had the new bonds in the works even before the pandemic to finance new construction and refinance $25 million in existing debt. The school waited until it firmed up plans to bring students back to campus for the fall, ensuring continued cash flows, Mr. Norton said.
It locked in an all-in 3.12% yield on bonds with an average life of almost 20 years, compared with the 3.31% it got on 2017 bonds with an average life of about 12 years.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison hasn’t been as fortunate.
Unlike most public universities, the flagship can’t issue debt of its own because of state statutes. It instead participates in the state’s issuance and refinancing of tax-exempt general obligation bonds. Campus administrators have been citing the pandemic in discussions with lawmakers this fall to press for the ability to issue bonds, said
Laurent Heller,
the school’s vice chancellor for finance and administration.
Among other pressures, the University of Wisconsin-Madison has been hit by lost revenue related to room and board and its athletics program, whose 80,000-seat football stadium has been sitting empty since March. It has furloughed staff and made other cost cuts but still expects to have a significant budget shortfall in the fiscal year ending in June, he said.
“It’s a part of the tool kit of every major university,” Mr. Heller said. Without the ability to issue debt on its own, “we face more pressure to do immediate expense reductions.”
—Heather Gillers contributed to this article.
Write to Juliet Chung at juliet.chung@wsj.com and Melissa Korn at melissa.korn@wsj.com
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Six-year-old Keyan Mustafa saw his dream fulfilled on Christmas Eve.
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An Essex-based charity reached an outstanding milestone by granting their 500th dream on Christmas Eve.
The Dream Factory grants dreams to children and young adults between the age of three and 25, who suffer from life-threatening, life-limiting conditions or have severe disabilities.
The charity's 500th dream recipient was Keyan Mustafa from North London. Now 6, Keyan was first diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia (ALL) when he was just 18 months old. He is currently in remission.
Keyan is a huge fan of YouTube Ryan from Ryan's World. Keyan's dream was to play with all the Ryan's World toy collection, which is currently exclusively available in the USA, and Keyan already owns the entire UK collection.
Keyan's dream was also to meet or receive a video call from Ryan himself. However, due to the current global pandemic, the charity knew it would be impossible to arrange a meet and greet or video call, but wanted to grant some of Keyan's dream.
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The plan was for charity founder and trustee Avril Mills BEM to deliver the toys dressed as Mrs Claus, with two hard-working elves and a balloon display. However, due to last-minute government Covid-19 restrictions and Tier 4, changes had to be made quickly to ensure Keyan still received his dream presents before Christmas.
The charity managed to fulfil their 500th dream for Keyan with the help of a special covid-secure taxi delivering everything to his doorstep.
Keyan and his family were also due to go on a taxi tour to see the lights of London, with spending money, but this was also cancelled due to the pandemic.
Keyan's mum said: "You guys have been great, thank you for getting all the toys for Keyan, especially at this time during lockdown. You all work so well together as a team. Thank you for making all his dreams come true, Keyan was totally overwhelmed and so happy."
Avril Mills BEM said: "Keyan has captured all our hearts with his gorgeous smile and cheeky chappy personality. Keyan, you are a true fighter and we are so privileged and honoured to have granted your dream as our 500th dream.
"We have helped to bring special memories and dreams to 500 families now – what an amazing milestone. Well done and thank you to everyone that has supported us since I set up The Dream Factory in memory of my darling son Oliver in 2008.
"We are a very small team at The Dream Factory but what an amazing Dream team I have. My Oliver would be so, so proud – thank you.”
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TRAI Issues Directions to Broadcasters as Well as Cable TV And DTH Operators on Channel Genres And Listing
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has issued new directions for all Cable and Direct to Home (DTH) operators regarding the listing of channels in the electronic program guide, also known as EPG, on their platforms. This is a reaffirmation of the new guidelines for cable TV and DTH, as introduced by the new tariff order which became applicable on February 1, though has been extended till the end of March to allow for a smooth transition of all subscribers across India to the new tariff plans.
The new directions clearly state that all broadcasters (such as Star India, Sony Pictures Network and TV18) need to declare the genre of each channel they offer to the cable and DTH platforms. This means that every broadcaster has to specify which genre each channel is categorized as a part of—for instance, General Entertainment, Infotainment, Kids, Movies, Sports, News and Current Affairs or Miscellaneous.
The regulator has also clarified that all distributors such as cable TV and DTH operators, such as TataSky, Airtel Digital TV, Sun Direct, Hathway and Den, need to place the channels in the EPG along with other channels of its genre, as declared by the broadcasters. These channels need to be placed consecutively. At no point should any operator list the same channel more than once in their EPG—this means each channel should only have one logical channel number (LCN) in their EPG, and not multiple LCNs.
All cable TV and DTH operators are required to assign a channel number for each channel they distribute on their platform, and once the channel number is assigned, this cannot be altered for a period of one year from the date of assignment. However, TRAI has clarified that if the broadcaster alters the genre of the channel at any point during that time, then the operators can also change the placement of the channel to match the new genre.
What the guidelines don’t clarify at the moment is what happens to the ‘services’ that DTH and cable TV operators tend to offer, which are available for access by pressing a special button on the remote control for the set top box (STB).
The new guidelines are a part of the new tariff regime for broadcasters, cable TV and DTH operators to follow, and these dictate the pricing of the channels by the broadcasters, as well as the subscription packages and the network capacity fee (NCF) which the operators are allowed to offer to users.
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Skype for Business Announces New Mac Client and New Mobile Sharing Experiences
October 27, 2016 - Today, we are pleased to announce that Skype for Business Mac is now publicly available for download. The Mac client offers edge-to-edge video and full immersive content sharing and viewing. The result is a great first class experience for Mac users.
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October 26, 2016 - Microsoft had no shortage of announcements at its big Surface event. The Surface Studio all-in-one was undoubtedly the centerpiece, but the tech pioneer also unveiled a supercharged Surface Book, low-cost third-party VR headsets, the art-oriented Surface Dial accessory and a major Windows 10 update that's focused on creators. It's a lot to digest, we know. Thankfully, you don't have to spend ages reading our liveblog to see what happened. We've recapped the choicest parts of the announcement in a 10-minute video that you can watch right here -- you just have to sit back and enjoy.
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October 11, 2016 - Yammer connects people and teams across your organization. To be truly productive, team members need to be connected not only to each other but also to the tools they need the most. Last week, with Office 365 Groups integration, we announced that every team working in Yammer now has integrated access to a SharePoint Team site and Document library, a OneNote notebook and Planner for task management. Today, we are connecting teams in Yammer to another core productivity need: the ability to collaborate around Office documents.
With today’s announcement, users can now create Office documents such as Word, PowerPoint and Excel and co-author them with their team from within a Yammer group. Additionally, users can easily browse their SharePoint and OneDrive libraries to share files and start discussions with their teams on Yammer. This focus on enabling employees to get work done through deeper integration into the Office 365 suite has led to the fastest annual user growth in Yammer’s history. These new features start rolling out today and will be available to all Yammer users in the coming weeks.
Create Documents Directly from Yammer
Work is more than just conversations. Every day we collaborate with co-workers to create documents in Word, PowerPoint and Excel. Now, create these Office documents without having to leave Yammer. With the full functionality of Office Online, you can co-author documents with colleagues, view version history and mark important files as official. Because you’re in Yammer, you can also easily share and discuss the document with your team from within your group in Yammer.
Share Files from SharePoint and OneDrive
To help teams leverage the power of SharePoint and OneDrive for file storage and management, we made it much easier to share and discuss these files with your team on Yammer. The improved file picker lets you browse and share files from your Office 365 SharePoint Document Libraries or personal OneDrive for Business. This means you can take advantage of SharePoint and OneDrive’s content management capabilities directly from within Yammer.
Did You Miss the Microsoft Ignite Conference This Year? Don't Worry, On Demand Sessions Are Now Available.
October 5, 2016 - Microsoft Ignite is the premiere Microsoft annual event where customers, vendors and inquirers come to hear what's going on at Microsoft. There are hundreds of breakout sessions where you hear from Microsoft specialists on what is currently being offered and road maps of where the products are going. If you are interested in seeing some of these sessions, many were recorded and are available on demand here. The event also features vendor expo areas where you can meet with Microsoft and Microsoft partners. You get to see and play with the latest products and services.
Introducing the New Office 365 App Launcher
October 1, 2016 - As we continue to expand the great set of online productivity tools available to Office 365 users, we are committed to improving the experience that ties these services together. Today, we’re announcing a new version of the Office 365 App Launcher, which will provide improved discoverability to new and recently used apps, additional customization options and search across all the services and applications you use in the Microsoft Cloud. With one in seven people on the planet using Office, it’s important for us that this new experience feel familiar while also improving access to mission critical applications from across your organization.
The Office 365 App Launcher has always provided a simple, consistent experience to surface applications when and where you need them. Now, we’re taking this one step further and helping bring the apps you use most front and center.
The new tabbed layout allows you to pin and organize tiles in a “HOME” section to provide fast, familiar access to your favorite apps from your Office 365 subscription, the Office Store, Azure apps, SharePoint apps, Line of Business apps and even custom tiles added by organization administrators.
Your company’s recently added apps also get their own “NEW” section, with badge notifications to let you know when a new app is available. We’ve also brought the “ALL” apps page directly into the App Launcher experience to give you quick access to your entire catalog of applications and search from anywhere within Office 365.
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JAPANESE ART & INNER PEACE - OPEN HOUSE BUSSUM - SUNDAY 27 OCTOBER
Welcome to Japanese SALON in Bussum, every last Sunday of the month, during our monthly OPEN HOUSE.
Sunday 27 October, 15:00 -17:00. at Japanese SALON, Bussum.
WHAT TO SEE THIS MONTH
JIRO INAGAKI (1933-2008)
Beloved Japanese artist who worked in het Gooi area as well.
Japanese SALON represents JIRO ARTS FOUNDATIONS. A collection of his artworks from the exhibition The Seasons, with a monthly Haiku by Azumi Uchitani are on show.
We are currently exhibiting a special exhibition of Toko Shinoda, internationally acclaimed Japanese female artist, turned106 years old this year.
This exclusive exhibition is curated from one of the world’s most remarkable private collections, illustrating her iconic style, merging traditional Japanese calligraphy into modern abstract form.
We have a limited capacity of 20 persons to ensure the viewing of the art. Please register from this link.
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The Town of Juno Beach, Mayor Jason Haselkorn, the Town Council along with Chief of Police Brian Smith cordially invite you to join them on September 11th for the Annual Town 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony. The event will honor and remember the nearly 3,000 police officers, firefighters, paramedics, first responders and civilians who lost their life in the attacks at the World Trade Center site, the Pentagon, aboard Flight 93 and in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
The event will begin at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, September 11th and will include musical renditions by singer-songwriter Monique McCall, a West Palm Beach native. Chief of Police Brian Smith will then call for a Moment of Silence. The guest speaker, Roger Buckwalter, will reflect on the events of September 11, 2001. The ceremony will end with a rendition of “God Bless America” by Ms. McCall.
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AR7970-H. President John F. Kennedy Speaks at Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Presentation Ceremony
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President John F. Kennedy delivers remarks at the presentation ceremony of the President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service. Left to right: award recipient and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Systems Analysis, Dr. Alain C. Enthoven; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton (very back); award recipient and Director of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Dr. Fred L. Whipple; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, Dr. Leonard Carmichael (in back); President Kennedy (at microphones); award recipient and Deputy Commandant for Foreign Affairs of the National War College, Ambassador Winthrop G. Brown; Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; award recipient and Associate Administrator of the Economic Research Service of the Department of Agriculture, Dr. Sherman E. Johnson; member of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Deputy Secretary of Defense, Roswell L. Gilpatric (in back); Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA), Najeeb Halaby; award recipient and Director of Air Traffic Service for the FAA, David D. Thomas; Chairman of the Awards Board and Under Secretary of State, George Ball; Executive Secretary of the Awards Board and Chairman of the U.S. Civil Service Commission, John W. Macy, Jr. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (at microphones) delivers remarks at the presentation ceremony of the President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service. Standing to the right of President Kennedy (left to right): Chairman of the Distinguished Civilian Awards Board and Under Secretary of State, George Ball; member of the Awards Board and Deputy Secretary of Defense, Roswell L. Gilpatric; Executive Secretary of the Awards Board and Chairman of the U.S. Civil Service Commission, John W. Macy, Jr. Standing in the background (left to right): award recipient and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Systems Analysis, Dr. Alain C. Enthoven; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; award recipient and Deputy Commandant for Foreign Affairs of the National War College, Ambassador Winthrop G. Brown; award recipient and Associate Administrator of the Economic Research Service of the Department of Agriculture, Dr. Sherman E. Johnson (in back, mostly hidden); unidentified; award recipient and Director of Air Traffic Service for the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA), David D. Thomas; Secretary of State, Dean Rusk (partially hidden); Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, Dr. Leonard Carmichael (in back); Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, W. Averell Harriman. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Element 25 approvals clear way for Butcherbird construction
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Camera IconRC drilling at Element 25's Butcherbird manganese project in the Pilbara region. Credit: File
ASX-listed aspiring manganese producer, Element 25, has been granted key environmental approvals by the relevant government authorities that pave the way for it to click into serious construction mode at its Butcherbird manganese project 130km south of Newman in WA’s southern Pilbara.
The Perth-based company says the environmental approvals marked the final milestone it needed to square away before the main construction of the new Butcherbird mining and beneficiation operation could commence in earnest.
As a result, Element 25 says work crews have now been mobilised to site to undertake capital works including roads, processing plant, tailings storage dam and associated infrastructure to allow the commissioning of the project to take place in the March quarter next year.
The $211 million market-capped company says it was able to successfully navigate the comprehensive environmental approval process within only 12 months.
This is the culmination of an extensive environmental assessment and community consultation process and it allows Element 25 to continue to rapidly progress its mine development and construction plans.
Element 25 Managing Director, Justin Brown
Earlier this month Element 25 tabled a bumper updated pre-feasibility study, or “PFS” on the planned Butcherbird mine after tweaking various economic inputs and design parameters following its PFS mark I released in May this year.
The PFS mark II financial metrics, which the company described as “compelling”, included higher free cash flows, a higher net present value and a higher internal rate of return for the project.
Updated base-case pre-tax operating cash flows for the first five years of Butcherbird manganese ore production now stand at $39.6 million per annum, compared with $32.1 million a year in the PFS seven months ago.
Latest NPV and IRR pre-tax numbers were $583 million and 387 per cent, respectively, up from $283 million and 223 per cent in the earlier version.
Pre-production CAPEX has been lifted to $17 million from a staggering low of $14.5 million due to a mining camp being included in the revised base case. However, that is more than offset by the anticipated working capital requirement dropping to $3.2 million from $9.3 million.
The expected project capital payback period remains at a spectacular six months.
Element 25 sees base-case manganese ore production averaging 366,000 tonnes per annum in the first five years of production operations at Butcherbird from slightly increased plant throughput of 1.3 million tonnes per annum.
The company has already locked in the sale of all the manganese output at Butcherbird for the initial five years or what it calls the proposed first stage of development having entered into an offtake agreement with OM Materials, a subsidiary of ASX-listed and Singapore-based integrated manganese and silicon company OM Holdings.
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Kyle Kellams
KUAF host, contributor, and creator of "Ozarks at Large"
Kyle Kellams has been the news director at KUAF for 25 years and has been producing Ozarks at Large (first as a weekly, then as a daily program) since March, 1990.
Kyle first started working in radio at KTLO in Mountain Home, Arkansas while still in high school and also spent a year as news director at KKIX in Fayetteville before working at KUAF. During his time at KUAF has also served as the radio play-by-play voice for the University of Arkansas women's basketball team and on occasion the U of A baseball team.
Kyle lives in Fayetteville with his wife Laura and the two sweetest dogs on the planet.
Ozarks at Large for Tuesday, January 19, 2021
By Kyle Kellams, Zuzanna Sitek, Jacqueline Froelich, Antoinette Grajeda, Pete Hartman & Roby Brock • 15 hours ago
On today's show, as more Arkansans become eligible to sign up for a COVID-19 vaccination, we hear about the realities of supply versus demand as the state receives fewer than 38,000 doses of the vaccine per week. Plus, we learn about the struggle of Pacific Islanders for civil rights and social justice under long-standing treaties with the U.S. And, we hear about the new services and amenities at the newly expanded Fayetteville Public Library, which has reopened to the public.
Same Spelling, Different Meaning
By Kyle Kellams • 16 hours ago
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As she often does, our Militant Grammarian, Katherine Shurlds, offers examples of how complicated the English language can be. She quizzes us on words that have vastly different definitions depending on how they're used.
Ozarks at Large for Monday, January 18, 2021
By Kyle Kellams, Timothy Dennis & Robert Ginsburg • Jan 18, 2021
On today's show, we take a look at how area nonprofits are continuing the process of bolstering their diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. Plus, we head into the David and Barbara Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual history to look back at a partial history of Arkansas's state parks. And, while 2020 was far from ideal, Robert Ginsburg of KUAF's Shades of Jazz tells us about why it was still a fine year for jazz.
Area Nonprofits Work to Increase Diversity, Equity, Inclusion
By Kyle Kellams • Jan 18, 2021
More than a dozen area nonprofits are continuing the process of bolstering their diversity and inclusion. The effort, with support from the Walmart Foundation and Walton Family Foundation, creates partnerships between the organizations and a central program. We talked with a representative from one of the funders (above) and a representative from one of the participating nonprofits (below) about the TRUE initiative.
Arkansas State Parks Throughout History
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Randy Dixon takes us on a partial survey of Arkansas State Parks history with the help of archives from the David and Barbara Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History.
A Sample of Some of the Best Jazz of 2020
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2020 wasn't a banner year for public health or public discourse, but Robert Ginsburg, host of KUAF's Shades of Jazz, says it was a fine year for jazz.
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On today's show, we hear about the types of precautions local media are taking following last week's riot at the U.S. Capitol and more threats of violence leading up to the inauguration. Plus, we find out how Arkansas's medical marijuana industry did in 2020, the first full year cultivators and dispensaries have been up and running. And, we speak with the owners of local outdoor recreation retailers and services to get an idea of how they're preparing for 2021 following a boom in 2020 as more people looked to get outside during the pandemic.
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TheatreSquared Forges Ahead With New Production
Becca Martin-Brown, the features editor with the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, gives us a preview of weekend activities. She describes a new production from TheatreSquared as intriguing and says we can learn to paint in the style of an Ozark folk artist during a virtual event from the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History in Springdale on Saturday morning.
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On today's show, we have details on the two alternative care sites the state will be opening next week to make additional room for COVID-19 patients who require hospitalization. Plus, we find out how after school programs are relieving pressure on both children and their parents during the pandemic. And, we hear about the governor's new workforce program, as well as a nonprofit that helps local seniors downsize their accommodations.
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“It’s a relief,” said Jeffri, who wrote to Gov. Andrew Cuomo about her ordeal. “But I’m not sure I trust it until it’s done.”Allison Salerno, an audio producer from Athens, Georgia, said she spent the better part of a day calling her state’s health department to get a vaccine appointment for her 89-year-old mother, who lives with her and her husband.
“As we learn more, we will work to make sure everyone who is eligible for a vaccine knows how, where, and when they can get their shots,” the state Health Department said in an email Wednesday. “Everyone’s opportunity to get vaccinated will come; it will just take some time.”
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Latest instructions and clarifications for filing ITR Forms
The CBDT has recently issued a circular specifying instructions and clarifications on furnishing of returns in the new ITR forms:
It is mandatory for the proprietory and partnership firms, which are tax auditable u/s 44AB and companies (other than claiming exemption u/s 11) to electronically furnish the return of income/fringe benefits.
The return of income/ fringe benefits in Form ITR-7 by charitable/ religious trusts, political parties and other non-profit organisations is to be furnished in the paper form only.
The returns in the new forms (except in ITR-7) shall not be accompanied by any attachments/ annexures including any statutory form, statement showing the computation of income or tax, copies of balance-sheet, profit and loss account, TDS/TCS certificates, proof of payment of advance tax or self-assessment tax. However, all these documents should be retained by the taxpayers and be furnished in original before the Assessing officer on demand by him or during the scrutiny proceedings.
The audit report under section 44AB is not to be attached with the return. It should not be furnished separately also before or after the due date. However, an assessee should get the audit report from an accountant under said section before the due date of the furnishing of the return and should fill out the relevant columns of these forms on the basis of such report. The assessee should retain the report with himself. It may be furnished in original during the assessment proceedings. No penalty under section 271B shall be initiated or levied for not furnishing the tax audit report on or before the due date. However, if the audit report has not been obtained before the due date, provisions of section 271B shall be attracted.
In case, a return is furnished under digital signature, the date of such furnishing shall be the date of furnishing the return. In case, the assessee chooses to transmit the data in the return electronically and thereafter submit the verification of the return in form ITR-V, the date of transmitting the data electronically will be the date of furnishing the return if ITR-V has been furnished within fifteen days from the date of transmitting the data electronically. In case, Form ITR-V, is furnished after the above mentioned period, the date of furnishing Form ITR-V shall be deemed to be the date of furnishing the return. Further, in case, Form ITR-V is not furnished, it will be deemed that no return has been furnished.
The e-Return has to be furnished at http://incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in. The ITR-V shall be furnished at separate counter(s) to be set up exclusively for this purpose at each local income-tax office (whether on net-work or not).
The ITR-V Forms are bar-coded. Therefore, it must be ensured that these Forms are handled and stored with care and caution. While storing the returns, precaution should be taken not to fold them.
The returns filed electronically shall be processed on priority basis.
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AUSTRALIAN FINALIST IN GLOBAL LEXUS DESIGN AWARD 2019
Australian architect Ben Berwick has been named a finalist in the prestigious Lexus Design Award after his concept Solgami outshone more than 1500 international entries.
Mr Berwick, the owner of Sydney-based architecture studio Prevalent, devised his concept to use origami geometry for an experimental window blind that incorporates solar panels.
Solgami - a hybrid word derived from solar and origami - allows users to vary the amount of energy harnessed and the level of natural light filtering into a room.
It can also increase the electricity-generating efficiency of the solar panels by 'bouncing' light between them, enabling them to absorb more of the available energy.
Mr Berwick said being named one of six finalists encouraged his company's smaller, more sustainable approach to architecture.
"Prevalent's work is centred on social, public projects that make a difference within their community, and Solgami challenges prevalent apartment typologies that are trending toward uninhabitable spaces, while combating climate change," he said.
Lexus chief executive Scott Thompson said that it was important for a pioneer of hybrid technology in the luxury segment to support other sustainable concepts.
"Lexus paved the way with emissions-reducing technology for luxury cars, and this brilliant Australian concept targets the same for our homes," Mr Thompson said.
The Lexus Design Award, now in its seventh year, encourages the use of design thinking to solve everyday problems and help build a better future for individuals and society.
An esteemed judging panel includes John Maeda, the global head of computational design and inclusion at Automattic, a publishing platform development company; eminent architect Sir David Adjaye; Paola Antonelli, senior curator of architecture and design at the Museum of Modern Art in New York; and Yoshihiro Sawa, president of Lexus International.
The finalists receive a production budget of up to three million yen (more than $37,500) to develop a prototype. They also attended a two-day mentorship program at the newly opened Intersect by Lexus in New York City, receiving hands-on guidance by acclaimed design and innovation leaders.
Other finalist designs were a 3D-custom lace bra for breast cancer survivors; the creation of composite materials using desert sand; housing that can withstand a sudden rise in floodwater levels; a turbine that converts aircraft jet blast to energy during take-off; and emergency treatment equipment for offshore oil spills.
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Iowa introduces anti-transgender bathroom bill
It would exempt those who deny access to trans people from "administrative or legal action."
By Jeff Taylor Friday, February 2, 2018
Gender neutral bathroom sign. Photo: AP/Gary Broome
Iowa Republicans have introduced a bill in the House that seeks to keep transgender women out of facilities matching their gender identity.
House File 2164 would rewrite parts of the state’s civil rights law to exclude trans people from the protections it offers, in areas of public accommodations, education, employment, and housing.
“What the bill just says is that schools and businesses are allowed to take action to protect women and girls by preserving access (to toilet facilities and locker rooms) based on biological sex,” said the bill’s sponsor, Rep. Sandy Salmon, reports the Des Moines Register.
This is a common talking point among conservatives, despite evidence that excluding trans women and girls from facilities matching their gender identity is what really causes a public health risk.
“An action to refuse or deny access to a toilet facility, locker room, living facility, or other area of a public accommodation designed for use by persons of one sex to a person of the other sex,” the bill’s text reads.
It would exempt those who deny access to trans people from “administrative or legal action.”
It is supported by a dozen Republicans and the Christian organization The Family Leader.
“This is an answer in search of a problem,” said Aime Wichtendahl, a city council member in Hiawatha who is serving as the state’s first openly transgender lawmaker.
“The gender identity protection in the Civil Rights Act has been included for more than a decade. Has there been a problem of people harassing women in the bathrooms since then? No. This is simply a tactic of the extreme right who will use any excuse they can to harass and intimidate us out of public life.”
“The scenarios that some legislators have suggested perpetuate dangerous stereotypes of strangers hiding in bathrooms or jumping out of bushes, rather than addressing the underlying issue of sexual assault head-on,” Kerri True-Funk, associate director of the Iowa Coalition Against Sexual Assault. “Legislation like HF 2164 does nothing to make survivors (of sexual violence) safer.”
“What this comes down to is the far right has lost on marriage equality and on other civil rights and they are looking for ways to attack the LGBTQ community,” said Nate Monson, executive director of Iowa Safe Schools. “This bill is just meant to hurt, not to help Iowa’s kids, so we are going to find ways to fight this bill and support LGBTQ youth and others across the spectrum.”
The bill’s future looks murky
The bill seems unlikely to pass at this point.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Zach Nunn, a Republican, said there was limited time to advance legislation.
“We’ve got several hundred bills assigned to Judiciary, and we’re going to be looking at all of them. At this point, I don’t see that (bill) being in the top tier,” he reported candidly.
Perhaps states are taking note that such legislation is bad for business.
North Carolina lost out on countless jobs and revenue when it passed House Bill 2, a similar piece of legislation, albeit one that went ever further by nullifying all non-discrimination ordinances in the state passed by cities and municipalities. While HB2 was repealed, it was replaced by House Bill 142, keeping in place the ban on non-discrimination ordinances until 2020, unless they first go through the currently Republican controlled General Assembly.
Meaning LGBTQ people in the state are still left without protections.
Texas has attempted to pass a bathroom bill in the past, but those efforts have failed so far.
A recent set of studies conducted by The William Institute at the UCLA School of Law showed that states are potentially costing themselves billions of dollars in lost revenue by discriminating against the LGBTQ community.
Advocates are also calling on Amazon to not place its second headquarters in a state that doesn’t offer sufficient protections for the community.
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Germany’s virus reproduction rate is increasing
According to Germany’s coronavirus reproduction rate has increased to 0.9 according to the country’s centre for disease and control, the Robert Koch Institute, meaning every 10 people with the virus infect an average of nine others.
That’s up from a reproduction rate of 0.7 a week ago, according to the Institute’s Vice President Lars Schaade.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has previously warned that if the number — also known as the R0 value — rises above 1, the country’s health system would eventually be overwhelmed.
Yesterday she expressed concern that some German states were moving to ease coronavirus restrictions too soon, saying it could undermine the results that have been achieved.
New cases slowing down: Germany now has 150,383 coronavirus cases and 5,321 related deaths, the Robert Koch Institute said on Friday.
The country reported 2,337 new cases in the past 24 hours — a slight slowdown, after three straight days of new infections accelerating.
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Top 10 Best Animated Movies Of Bollywood
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You might have even watched “Let It Go” on FluentU with interactive subtitles. This music is awesome, but it is just a tiny part of the incredible story.
The movie is an animated model of Hindu Mythology Mahabharat. The star forged chosen for voice over is Amitabh Bachchan, Sunny Deol, Vidya Balan, Ajay Devgn, Anil Kapoor, and plenty of other big names. The movie features the voices of Akshay Kumar, Dimple Kapadia, Lara Dutta, Rajpal Yadav, Asrani, Gulshan Grover, and Yuvraj Singh.
Coco’s rich visible pleasures are matched by a considerate narrative that takes a family-pleasant — and deeply affecting — strategy to questions of tradition, household, life, and death. Wall-E’s stellar visuals testify as soon as again to Pixar’s ingenuity, while its charming star will captivate youthful viewers — and its timely story offers thought-provoking subtext.
With the animation selected, click Effect Options to the right of the list of effects and select a specific change within the ensuing menu. These options vary relying on the selected animation.If the selected animation doesn’t have any available options, Effect Options shall be greyed out. This wikiHow teaches you how to animate items in PowerPoint. By animating a number of objects or text in a sequence, you possibly can create a movie-like presentation. Heartwarming, humorous, and beautifully animated, Toy Story four manages the unlikely feat of extending — and maybe concluding — a virtually good animated saga.
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Jumbo is a younger elephant who begins a journey to search out his father. The film is predicated on the adventures of Lord Ganesha when he was a kid. The movie was quite well-known with children, as Lord Ganesha was a naughty and mischievous child as per Hindu Mythology, and is considered one of kids’s favorite. This article was co-authored by our educated staff of editors and researchers who validated it for accuracy and comprehensiveness.
The movie was distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures all around the globe. The movie revolves round a canine Romeo living in Mumbai and his girlfriend Laila. Ramayana The Epic is a computer-animated movie from Maya Digital Academy launched by Warner Bros in 2010. The movie tells the story of Lord Rama from his birth to his battle with Ravana.
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Like many different films, they often have conversations, vocabulary words and just a basic exposure to the language. Roadside Romeo is Hindi-American pc-animated musical comedy produced by Aditya Chopra and Yash Chopra.
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Treaty 3 "Taking Up" Clause: Keewatin v. Ontario (Minister of Natural Resources), 2011 ONSC 4801
By Christine J. Kowbel on August 23, 2011
Posted in Indigenous Law
In a decision being widely reported as a victory for aboriginal interests, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice has issued its reasons in Keewatin v. Ontario (Minister of Natural Resources), 2011 ONSC 4801. The case turns on wording of the “taking up” clause in Treaty 3, one of the historic treaties in Ontario that were negotiated in the late 1800s and early 1900s. (In general terms, Treaty 3 covers the extreme southwestern corner of Ontario, west of Lake Superior towards the Manitoba border.) The issue arose in the context of logging activities authorized by the Province, which were alleged to potentially affect the treaty harvesting rights of members of the Grassy Narrows First Nation, a signatory to Treaty 3.
The “taking up” or harvesting rights clauses in most historic treaties contain wording to the effect that the rights apply throughout the lands subject to the treaty. However, the wording of the taking up clause in Treaty 3 differs importantly: it says that the rights apply throughout the treaty area “… saving and excepting such tracts as may from time to time be required or taken up for settlement, mining, lumbering, or other purposes by her said Government of the Dominion of Canada, or any of the subjects thereof duly authorized therefore by the said Government”. The italicized words were the focus of the case: did they mean that only the federal government could authorize the use of lands that would interfere with the exercise of treaty rights, or could the Province of Ontario also authorize such uses of lands?
In short, the trial judge held that the “savings clause” in Treaty 3 should be interpreted literally, as this was consistent not only with the First Nations’ understanding of what was promised, but also with the intention of the federal government officials who negotiated Treaty 3. The trial judge held that Ontario does not have the power to authorize activities which significantly interfere with Treaty 3 harvesting rights. For activities which do significantly interfere, the judge held that the federal government must be involved in authorizing the activity, due to the express wording of Treaty 3.
The decision dealt only with the legal question of the Province’s jurisdiction to significantly interfere with Treaty 3 rights. No determination was made as to whether the forestry activities in question actually do significantly interfere — that will be determined in future steps in the litigation if it proceeds. In addition, no formal order has yet been made by the court, which invited submissions from the parties on that point.
However, there is no doubt the decision is a significant one. It significantly limits the Province’s jurisdiction to authorize natural resource development activities that would impact on Treaty 3 rights. It also significantly expands the potential jurisdiction of the federal government over activities in the Treaty 3 area that would otherwise be subject to provincial jurisdiction only — such as decisions to authorize forestry, mining or other provincially-regulated resource development activities. For developers with interests in the Treaty 3 area, the decision will create great uncertainty as to the validity of tenures and authorizations issued by the Province of Ontario over the past 100+ years.
Although no announcement has been made, it is widely expected that the trial decision will be appealed to the Ontario Court of Appeal and eventually to the Supreme Court of Canada; therefore the trial judge’s comments are not necessarily the last word on the meaning of the Treaty 3 taking up clause.
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Talcum Powder Cancer Trial: Who is More Credible?
August 20, 2017, 5:00PM . By Jane Mundy
Los Angeles, CAIn the third week of the current talcum powder trial, plaintiff’s doctor Annie Yessaian explained to the Los Angeles jury that talc can increase the risk of cancer. In its defense, J&J called to the stand Alan Andersen, a former FDA scientist and former director of the Cosmetic Ingredient Review, who said that studies showed talc had “unremarkable” effects on human cells.
During the second day of the California trial, plaintiffs brought in expert witness Laura Plunkett, a toxicologist and pharmacologist and former consultant to the pharmaceutical industry. She too testified on the link between talcum powder and cancer. Both Plunkett and Yessaian (lead plaintiff’s doctor that treated her cancer, oncologist and University of Southern California gynecology assistant professor) told the jury that particulate matter can migrate into women’s genital tracts. She described studies showing how chronic inflammation, as could be caused by talc particles in an ovary, can push human cells to change in ways that would increase the risk of cancer. Plunkett even said that, “talc is toxic… I don’t feel there’s any question about this at all, it’s taught in textbooks”.
So, who has more clout: Plunkett and Yessaian or the former FDA scientist Alan Anderson? Lead plaintiff Eva Echeverria was likely wise to choose as her attorney Allen Smith of The Smith Law Firm: he certainly did his homework.
Anderson testified that, during his time at the Cosmetic Ingredient Review (CIR), an expert panel released a 2013 report after studying talc for two years. They determined that talc is safe when used in cosmetics products. During cross examination, Smith pressed Anderson about possible conflicts of interest on the CIR expert panel, and Andersen admitted that the leader of the panel had been paid by J&J for a research talk on alopecia (a type of hair loss sometimes associated with cancer). According to Law360, Andersen told the jury that he had “reviewed that payment and determined there was no conflict of interest.”
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As for Anderson saying that some studies “showed [that] talc killed cancerous lung cells while leaving noncancerous lung cells alone”, what about the countless talc miners and millers who died from lung cancer, and studies of those miners and millers that suggest a higher risk of lung cancer?
Closing arguments were delivered August 16, with Smith telling the jury that J&J’s talcum powder products caused Eva Echeverria’s ovarian cancer. Echeverria, age 63, began using Johnson & Johnson’s Baby Powder and Shower-to-Shower talc when she was 11 years old. She was diagnosed with ovarian cancer ten years ago. J&J’s attorneys argue that Echeverria was misinterpreting studies that she claims are proof of a talc-ovarian cancer connection.
Along with Echeverria’s lawsuit, more than 4,500 talcum powder complaints filed against J&J claim the company is liable for failure to warn about the risks allegedly associated with its talcum powder products. Now it’s up to the jury to decide.
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Understanding directors’ duties in 2020
By Jerome Doraisamy|24 March 2020
Recent changes to the Corporations Act are to have a “substantial” impact on directors moving forward, argues one managing principal.
More than a year from the time of being proposed by the federal government, changes to the Corporations Act have finally come to pass, which create new responsibilities on directors to avoid “high” criminal and civil penalties, says McCabe Curwood managing principal Andrew Lacey.
Director Identification Number (DIN) Scheme
Under a new version of the Registries Modernisation Bill, Mr Lacey explained, new unique numerical identifiers are proposed for registered directors.
The most significant change to the new version of this, he said, is that those that will be appointed as a director must do so before their appointment. Previously, directors could apply for their DIN 28 days after their appointment.
Creditor-defeating provisions
The Combating Illegal Phoenixing Bill is aiming to prevent company directors from closing a debtor company and transferring its assets to a new company, Mr Lacey said.
“The Combating Illegal Phoenixing Bill has introduced novel creditor-defeating provisions, which are designed to specifically target transfers of company assets for less than market value (or the best price reasonably obtainable) which have the effect of preventing, hindering or significantly delaying the availability of a company’s assets during liquidation for creditors,” he said.
The implementation of this law also has other outcomes, he added, including that “a creditor-defeating transfer is voidable if the transfer is made when the company is insolvent or becomes insolvent as a result of the disposition within the following 12 months”.
Director Penalty Notice (DPN) regime expansion
As required by the Taxation Administration Act, Mr Lacey continued, a DPN can be served by the commissioner on a director so that in the event that their company does not meet its superannuation charge or PAYG withholding obligations, they are personally liable.
They then have 21 days from being served the DPN, he explained, to pay the amount owed.
From 1 April 2020, the Combating Illegal Phoenixing Bill will mean a company’s unpaid GST will also be included in the amount owed by the director, he noted.
Improper director resignations
The Combating Illegal Phoenixing Bill will also stop directors from resigning and “improperly backdating resignations to avoid personal liability,” Mr Lacey outlined.
“In short, the law will prevent a sole director from resigning in circumstances where it would leave a company without a director. The law is directed to preventing directors engaging in phoenixing by resigning and thereby intentionally transferring accountability to other directors, such as a ‘straw director’,” he said.
New laws regarding foreign bribery
Finally, proposed changes to the Crimes Legislation Amendment Bill will mean a company that fails to prevent an associate from engaging in foreign bribery – if done so to benefit the body corporate – will be penalised with the greater of either: $21 million, the amount gained as a consequence of the bribe or 12 months from the offence, the body corporate must pay 10 percent of their annual turnover, Mr Lacey said.
“Notably, a statutory defence is incorporated into the CCC Bill, where a body corporate can show that they had adequate procedures in place to prevent the commission of a foreign bribery offence by an associate,” he said.
“The CCC Bill gives the Minister express powers to publish guidance on what steps a body corporate can take in order to engage the defence. With the CCC [Bill currently] before the Senate, directors of companies operating internationally should ensure that any published ministerial guidance is incorporated into company policies, employment contracts and/or supply agreements if the [bill] is passed.”
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Paul Gascoigne: Ex-footballer 'lied and lied and lied'
Former England footballer Paul Gascoigne arrives at Teesside Crown Court in Middlesbrough where he is appearing on charges of sexually assaulting a woman on a train. Picture: PA
By Sylvia DeLuca
Ex-England footballer Paul Gascoigne "lied and lied and lied" when he told a jury he kissed a woman on a train to comfort her, a court has heard.
Teesside Crown Court heard Paul Gascoigne say he kissed a woman on the lips because he wanted to "protect" her after hearing a fellow train passenger make fun of her weight.
He is accused of sexual assault after a passenger on a train said he gave her a sloppy, drunken kiss in August last year.
In his closing speech to the jury, prosecutor William Mousley QC said of Mr Gascoigne's account: "Right from the start, members of the jury, he lied, and lied, and lied.
"He lied right up to and including the time when he was giving evidence in court yesterday.
"There's an obvious reason as to why he lied and that's because he knows he is guilty of sexual assault but wants to put up a smokescreen, cause a diversion, suggest it was not, as it so obviously was."
In her closing speech to the jury Michelle Heeley QC, defending, told jurors the former footballer kissed a woman who was not expecting it and did not like it, but that did not make him a sex offender.
Speaking about the alternative charge, she said: "You may think, 14 months after this incident, this is really a sexual assault or nothing."
The jury has gone out to consider its verdict.
They have been told they can consider a lesser, alternative count of assault by beating if they clear him of sexual assault.
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Minister Linda Howard became cognizant of God's prompting or "calling to preach" at the age of 14. She later became licensed to preach the Gospel of Grace in 1996 while living in Yonkers, New York - where she served faithfully for 6 years under the guidance and leadership of Pastor Clarence E. Bolling (Community Baptist Church - Yonkers, NY). During this period, Minister Linda attended New York Theological Seminary for 3 years, where she endeavored to obtain her Masters of Divinity Degree - until a corporate consolidation (facilitated by her then employer: ABN AMRO Bank) transferred her to Chicago Illinois in 2002. After graduating from Living Word Christian Center's School of Ministry & Missions in 2010, Minister Linda was licensed by Pastor Winston in 2011. After the ONE Ministries was initially launched by Minister Linda Howard, over 18 years ago (1995) on the New York City subway - #6 Lexington Avenue Local. Now located in Chicago, Illinois, After the ONE Ministries is committed to continually taking the Gospel of Grace outside of the four walls of the church building and into the streets - oftentimes, the Chicago L". Over the years, Minister Linda has seen God's power through the greatest miracle ever - witnessing literally thousands of souls come into the Kingdom of God in what she calls "Kingdom Encounters" orchestrated by God. God continually uses Minister Linda's ministry gifts in the areas of prophecy, teaching and preaching the Word of God and she is confident in whom her strength lies: GOD
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Legal Definition of Replevin
An action to recover personal property said or claimed to be unlawfully taken. 2) The writ or procedure of such an action.2 min read
Considerations of Replevin
It will be proper to consider, 1. For what property this action will lie. 2. What interest the plaintiff must have in the same. 3. For what injury. 4. The pleadings. 5. The judgment.
- 1. To support replevin, the property affected must be a personal chattel, and not an injury to the freehold, or to any matter which is annexed to it nor for anything which has been turned into a chattel by having been separated from it by the defendant, and carried away at one and the same time nor for writings which concern the realty. 1 Brownl. 168.
The chattel also must possess indicia or ear-marks, by which it may be distinguished from all others of the same description; otherwise the plaintiff would be demanding of the law what it has not in its power to bestow; replevin for loose money cannot, therefore, be maintained; but it may be supported for money tied up in a bag, and taken in that state from the plaintiff.
- 2. The plaintiff, at the time of the caption, must have been possessed, or, which amounts to the same thing, have had an absolute property in and be entitled to the possession of the chattel, or it could not have been taken from him. He must, in other words, have had a general property, or a special property, as the bailee of the goods. His right to the possession must also be continued down to the time of judgment pronounced, otherwise he has no claim to the restoration of the property. It has however, been doubted whether on a more naked tailment for safe keeping, the bailee can maintain replevin.
- 3. This action lies to recover any goods which have been illegally taken. The primary object of this action, is to recover back the chattel itself, and damages for taking and detaining it are consequent on the recovery. When the properly has been restored this action cannot, therefore, be maintained. But the chattel is considered as detained, not withstanding the defendant may have destroyed it before the suit was commenced; for he cannot take advantage of his own wrong.
- 4. This being a local action, the declaration requires certainty in the description of the place where the distress was taken. But it has been held in Pennsylvania, that the declaration is sufficient, if the taking is laid to be in the county. The strictness which formerly prevailed on this subject, has been relaxed. When the distress has been taken for rent, the defendant usually avows or makes cognizance, in order to obtain a return of the goods to which avowry or cognizance the plaintiff pleads in bar, or the defendant may, in proper cases, plead non cepit, cepit in alio loco, guilty.
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Series: C2004A03342
Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986
Act No. 101 of 1986
Administered by: Attorney-General's
Unincorporated Amendments
Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2020 - C2020A00133
sch 1 (item 64)
Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Amendment Act 2020 - C2020A00134
Date of Assent 17 Oct 1986
Principal + Amendments
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Incorporating Amendments Up To
10/Jan/2019 C2019C00021 33 20/Dec/2018 Office of National Intelligence (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2018
27/Jul/2018 C2018C00291 32 01/Jul/2018 19/Dec/2018 National Security Legislation Amendment (Espionage and Foreign Interference) Act 2018
06/Jul/2018 C2018C00254 31 30/Jun/2018 30/Jun/2018 National Security Legislation Amendment (Espionage and Foreign Interference) Act 2018
14/May/2018 C2018C00157 30 11/May/2018 29/Jun/2018 Home Affairs and Integrity Agencies Legislation Amendment Act 2018
26/Oct/2016 C2016C00991 29 21/Oct/2016 10/May/2018 Statute Update Act 2016
07/Jun/2016 C2016C00575 28 01/May/2016 20/Oct/2016 Law and Justice Legislation Amendment (Northern Territory Local Court) Act 2016
10/May/2016 C2016C00425 27 10/Mar/2016 30/Apr/2016 Statute Law Revision Act (No. 1) 2016
25/Aug/2015 C2015C00449 01/Jul/2015 09/Mar/2016 Tribunals Amalgamation Act 2015
04/Nov/2014 C2014C00752 30/Oct/2014 30/Jun/2015 National Security Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 2014
13/Oct/2014 C2014C00690 03/Oct/2014 29/Oct/2014 National Security Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 2014
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Coaches hail success of Italy Rugby Camp
Leicester Tigers coaches have praised the progress of the players on this week's Rugby Camp in northern Italy.
Tigers have been helping more than 100 young players improve their game on the Fortitudo Rugby Bologna Tigers Rugby Camp.
Based at Rugby Calvisano it is the second year that Tigers have delivered a Rugby Camp in Italy and community manager Scott Clarke says the players have made excellent progress.
“We have been really impressed by the hard work and enthusiasm of everyone on the camp and it is paying off,” says Clarke.
“A lot of the players are making excellent progress and really enjoying themselves at the same time.
“It has been a successful week, with everyone wanting to learn, to push themselves and to get better.”
Tigers are running almost 50 Rugby Camps, including tag rugby camps for younger players, through the summer. Visit http://www.leicestertigers.com/rugbycamps to find a Tigers Rugby Camp venue near you and to book a place.
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Sales details for Tigers away to Racing 92
Scotland fly-half Finn Russell was among the big-name signings made by Racing 92 this season
The Leicester Tigers allocation of tickets for the Heineken Champions Cup tie away to Racing 92 in Paris next month will go on sale to season ticket holders and members on Monday (November 5).
Purchase from the Tigers ticket office in person at Welford Road or phone 0116 319 8888 (option 2) from 9.00am on Monday. Please note that online booking is not available for this fixture.
Supporters heading to Paris can enjoy a unique experience and travel with the Tigers team.
The package organised by travel partners Thomas Cook Sport includes return flights with the team from East Midlands Airport (departing on Saturday, December 8 and returning after the game the following day), one night’s accommodation in a three-star hotel in Paris, a special evening meal hosted by the Tigers on the eve of the game with a representative of the squad, and hotel and stadium transfers.
Cost is £395 per person including a £45 match ticket to watch Tigers play Racing 92 at the new Paris La Defense stadium.
Full breakdown of the package:
Return travel with the squad to Paris from East Midlands Airport
One-night stay at a three-star hotel
Evening meal on December 8 with Tigers squad representative
Hotel and stadium transfers by coach
Match ticket
Tigers and Thomas Cook Sport representative service
ATOL levy
Places are limited so use the link below to take advantage of our special travel experience. Click here to find out more.
There is also an Away Supporters Club package with coach travel and three nights’ accommodation in Paris. For details, phone John Griffiths on 0116 210 1056 or see him in the Final Whistle bar after any home game at Welford Road.
Tickets for the home game against Racing on Sunday, December 16 (1.00pm) are on general sale now to all supporters. Book in person at Welford Road, phone 0116 319 8888 (option 2) or online.
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Olathe police investigate fatal crash near 149th Street, Pflumm Road
Victim identified as Miesha L. Alleyne
Peggy Breit/KMBC SOURCE: Peggy Breit/KMBC
Olathe police are investigating a fatal crash Wednesday near 149th Street and Pflumm Road.Two vehicles collided about 10:15 a.m.Authorities said Pflumm Road from 143rd to 151st streets will be closed until 5 p.m. so police can investigate.Olathe police said Miesha L. Alleyne, 25, of Overland Park, was killed in the crash. Investigators say it appears she crossed over into southbound lanes and hit the other driver head-on. The man driving the other car suffered non-life-threatening injuriesAnyone who may have seen the crash is asked to call police.11833402
Olathe police are investigating a fatal crash Wednesday near 149th Street and Pflumm Road.
Two vehicles collided about 10:15 a.m.
Authorities said Pflumm Road from 143rd to 151st streets will be closed until 5 p.m. so police can investigate.
Olathe police said Miesha L. Alleyne, 25, of Overland Park, was killed in the crash. Investigators say it appears she crossed over into southbound lanes and hit the other driver head-on. The man driving the other car suffered non-life-threatening injuries
Anyone who may have seen the crash is asked to call police.
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John Pitcock
All these questions have come to mind personally. They are genuine questions seeking answers – few have replied. If you have any comment or answer on the following questions please contact me.
Why did Birmingham City Council putting statutory no-cycling signs on part of the National Cycle Network route 5?
to see one: click here (this was removed day after a 2/3 page article appeared in the Birmingham Mail appeared in December 2011 featuring a picture of me by the sign)
Why do different size bikes the same crank length?
On mass-produced adult bikes the cranks are the same length regardless of the size of person it is intended for. Surely they should be proportional to the frame size. There must be an optimim angle which the knee bends during pedalling – yet I see people with short legs whose knees almost reach their chest.
I could make a similar coment about adult bikes having the same wheel size so that there are compromises in designing frames to fit people who aren’t average size.What is wrong with wearing socks with sandals?
Why do people say “breathe in” when trying to squeeze through a gap?
Inflating the lungs make you bulkier!
Why do women complain about toilet seats being left up (men don’t complain about them being left down)?
Surely, in a mixed household, it might as well be left where it is and the next person moves it as they wish.
Why do doors to public toilet blocks often open inwards?
This means that you have to hold the handle that other’s have put their contaminated hands on. (Also – when washing your hands, where there is no plug or automatic tap, you often have to then turn the dirty tap knob).
What’s wrong with “teenage pregnancy”?
Teenagers are up to nineteen, an age when they are quite capable of being mothers.
Why are so many people in wheel-chairs obese?
Is it because lack of exercise causes weight gain or because being obese makes it difficult to walk?
Why do so many people wear spectacles that act as blinkers?
From time-to-time it seems to be fashionable to have spectacles that have wide side-arms. These make it impossible to see out of the side of the eye. I like to be able to see what’s happening to the side of me so insist on spectacles with narrow and high side-arms.
Where do they measure sky-scrapers from?
With the competition to have the highest sky-scraper it must be important to agree how they are measured – but In cities the original ground level must be open to doubt.
Does asking all these questions mean I’m a “grumpy-old-man”?
What’s the point of stretch limousines?
Wouldn’t starting with a production mini-bus/small coach be more practical – and the higher roof would also be better.
Why do TV prize quizzes give valuable prizes to people who have given the wrong answer?
There are many questions on TV where the answers appear obvious and viewers are invited to phone in on a premium rate line to win a valuable prize. I normally ignore these as the company makes more from the calls than the prize given.
One question asked what is the youngest age someone can get a licence to drive a car. The answer they wanted was 17 but the correct answer is 16 (for disabled drivers)www.adviceguide.org.uk/index/your_world/travel/transport_options_for_disabled_people.htm
www.dsbs.co.uk/provisional-driving-licence
So someone who got it correct would have stood a good chance of winning but didn’t.
Another question asked what was the meaning of a road-centre double white line.
The answers were: no overtaking, no reversing, no parking.
They took “no overtaking” as the correct answer – but you can overtake as long as you don’t cross the line see H.C. rule 129
The most correct answer is “no parking” – so someone who got it correct stood a good chance of winning a car but didn’t.
(I sent a complaint to the watchdog, as had others, and they just said the “terms-and-conditions” said “the judges decision is final”).
Why do so many cyclists ride with their instep on the pedals?
This would be uncomfortable as the instep is soft compared with the balls of the feet; it also means they can’t flex the ankle to use the lower leg muscles.
Why do so many cyclists ride with the upper body bobbing up and down?
This seems to have no mechanical benefit and just wastes energy.
Why are there so many racecourses?
Racecourses are used for few days (Stratford 18, Aintree 7). This seems a wasteful use of all the land and resources. (There was news that two racecourses were closing in December 2012).
How much food do some people throw away?
Statistics have been widely quoted to say that the average household throws away 1/4 of the food it buys. My household throws awayvery little – just some fruit cores, peel, bones, outer leaves, cabbage/cauli/brocolli/ cores. We very rarely have food go off – we freeze it before it does, we don’t buy too much. Fruit & veg are OK after the best before date.
Why are people interviewed complaining about the cold/price of heating often shown wearing light clothing and no hat?
We have the sitting room heated to 18C max and wear appropriate clothes.
People also expect offices to be heated to about 23C for shirt-sleeve comfort.
When shopping in very cold weather you need a warm coat but shops are over-heated.
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled pepper.
Where’s the peck of pickled pepper that Peter Piper Picked?
Why are volume controls not a geometric progression instead of the usual linear progression?
The ear hears difference in volume in a logarithmic ratio but most volume controls increase the volume buy a certain amount for each increment. This means that the control is often too course at the quiet end but a considerable adjustment is necessary to make a significant difference at the loud end.
Why do most people eat a multi-course breakfast in the “wrong” order?
At breakfast in hotels I observe that most people eat the savoury after the sweet (cereal etc) but at other meals they eat the dessert after the savoury.
Why are many headboards so uncomfortable?
Given that most people sit up in bed headboards don’t seem to be designed to be comfortable to lean on: they are often too low, have vertical bars or a horizontal rail that digs in the back. I usually have to try to pad out those in hotel rooms with pillows: not always completely successfully. (I made my own using hardboard, a sheet of foam. and covered it with the same material as the curtains.
Why is it so difficult to find margarine?
(Margarine is defined as having over 80% fat). Almost all spreads are now lower than 80% fat. The main other ingredient is water: often over 40%. This water causes toast to go soggy and spits when frying; reduced fat also alters the fat/water balance in baking. Even Stork is now only 75% fat. www.margarine.org.uk
Why are so many factual TV programmes so fragmented?
There are many programmes (such as Helicopter Heroes, Heir Hunters, Traffic Cops, etc) that run several stories in parallel, pretending they occurred simultaneously. This leads to them flitting between stories, after a clip of one story they preview what is to follow in that story After some clips of other stories they return to the first one with a résumé of what happened earlier etc.
After introduction, preview, review, and summary: one such programme had only 1/3 original material.
The acclaimed 2009 volcano programme had five changes of location in ten minutes. Even WatchDog has started doing it with the inserts of Rogue Traders. This leads to much time-wasting and makes it difficult to follow any one story.
Who don’t Birmingham City Council maintain roads in a state fit to be cycled on?
Birmingham council claim to be encouraging cycling as a way of reducing traffic but the state of the road surface must discourage cycling. I risk injury or damage and find the roads are so bad that I have to spend much time looking at the surface just in front of me rather than ahead at other traffic, I also have to swerve round potholes. When I do report a defect often nothing is done for many months (other than maybe mark it with paint), and if it is repaired it is badly done. By reporting potholes to the CTC fill that hole to forward to the council there is an independent record that they know about it so in the event of an accident it’s more difficult for them to deny liability.
(The above was written in 2009 before the bad winter gave councils an excuse for pot-holes. I’d been telling them for years that neglecting the surface would lead to cracking and ingress of water which would cause damage in frosty weather. I reported several such roads that I predicted would break-up in winter if they weren’t maintained).
Lack of preventative paintenance has lead to extra expenditure doing repairs and caused untold damage to vehicles.
Why didn’t Birmingham City Council act on my warnings about dangerous trees?
Near where I live there are many elderly willow trees on Council land. Over the years branches have fallen off them. In Februrary 2008 a large branch fell and blocked our road; residents moved it aside. In June I e-mailed the council about my concerns, suggesting preventative action.
Twice in July 2008 large branches came down: one blocking a main-road footpath and one almost blocking part of the National Cycle Network. I told the council about these events and someone came and cleared the paths. I am waiting for preventative action to be taken.
April 2010 – still waiting. More tree branches come down in 2009 (but caused no obstruction or damage), other large ones are in danger of falling onto the Rea Valley path.
(Birmingham were fined £150,000 after two people were killed by a dangerous tree)
Twice in June 2010 trees have come down and caused disruption – one almost blocked the national cycle network south of Fordhouse Lane one fell outside our house completely blocking Hazelwell Crescent. I’m now assured (September 2010) that something is to be done.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2129673.stm )
Why the fuss about salt intake when only a minority need worry?
Many times I have seen and heard medical advice that people should reduce their salt intake. It is only those who have high blood pressure that need worry. I actually have slightly low blood pressure and eat little processed food so my salt intake is naturally low. Now that the processed food I do eat is reduced in salt I sometimes suffer from symptoms of salt deficiency (muscle cramps and headaches) particularly after sweating during exercising in warm conditions. www.healthvitaminsguide.com/minerals/sodium.htm
Why do petrol stations ban the use of mobile phones?
There is no incontroversial evidence that a mobile phone has ever caused a petrol station fire anywhere in the world. It is difficult to understand how sufficient spark could be produced by a mobile phone but not by switching on something electrical in a car. Even if a spark was produced it is unlikely that a phone in use will be in petrol vapour of the correct concentration to ignite. Static discharge between other objects, including the person, (which happened to be in the vicinity of the phone) is the most likely initiator of the fires reported.
The experts on Mythbusters on Discovery Channel couldn’t ignite petrol with a mobile phone, even doing everything they could to optimise the conditions.
http://qna.indiatimes.com/index.php?ref=permalinkquestion&question_id=144
www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/cell_fires.html
www.snopes.com/autos/hazards/gasvapor.asp
www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/cell_fires.html#ixzz0JAz0jYLSC
Why are breakfast cereals, and many other products, so sweet?
You can add sugar but not take it out!
Why do people who cycle on the pavement expect pedestrians to give way to them?
My wife stepped out of a shop doorway and just avoided a collision with a youth speeding on a cycle.
(I confess that I do occasionally ride on a pavement for a short distance but am very careful to give way to pedestrians: I could argue that I am wider and more difficult to pass when I’m pushing my bike).
Why do pedestrians walk on the cyclist’s side of a divided pavement or on cycle-only paths?
They seem to ignore the signs. To cycle onto the pedestrian’s part to get round them would be illegal.
Why are nearly all two slice toasters twin slot?
Each slot is short so I can’t get in a long piece of bread or 3 halves of roll etc. Also they have the complication of an extra middle element.
Why are corded jug kettle so rare?
Cordless kettles have to be put down in the correct place on the base. Our corded kettle can reach the tap when plugged in but the lead has been made not long enough to reach water in the sink; it is also on a spring so it is kept safely away – so the kettle can be kept plugged in and put down anywhere on the work-surface.
New Highway Code (2007)
Who thought that changing the original original draft of the new Highway Code which went to public consultation from “Use cycle routes where practicable” to “Use cycle routes … wherever possible,” was better for cyclists? (This was after a campaign form cyclists saying that we shouldn’t be urged to use cycle routes as many of them are unsuitable). This new wording ment you must use a cycle route unless it is impossible to do so.
After a furore from cyclists it was hastily changed to “Use cycle routes … unless at the time it is unsafe to do so. Use of these facilities is not compulsory…”; which is better.
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Hamas rejects Abbas's call to visit Jerusalem
Hamas rejected an invitation by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas for Arab leaders to visit Jerusalem, dismissing Abbas's insistence that such a visit would not equal normalization with Israel, Al Jazeera reported Monday.
Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum said that Hamas officials would enter Jerusalem only to "save it from the occupation and strengthen the resilience of its people."Barhoum urged Arab and Islamic leaders to put "political and media" pressure on Israel in order to isolate the Jewish state and impose "deterrent penalties against it."
Barhoum stressed that sentiment in the Arab world is aligned with the desire to "liberate Jerusalem, and rid it of the occupation."
"This is no longer impossible in light of the Islamic renaissance and the Arab Spring," he said.
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What is Android ?
Gadgets have become a part of life. Today arrival, as well as utilization of gadgets, is increasing exponentially. And we people cannot imagine our life without gadgets. Today even kindergarten people were using these mobile phones. Moreover, in this COVID-19 situation, these gadgets were the common medium for communication. Even the primary standard kids were using these smart gadgets for communication. Among those many gadgets that were available in the market, the smartphone is the most commonly utilized gadget among people. In the last decade, the smartphone is a big thing that is utilized by business people. But, in this decade, this has become the most common gadget among people. In most of these gadgets, android is the most commonly utilized operating system. Even there are many other operating systems like ios, Linux, android stands on the top of those operating systems. Here the surprising thing this platform has arrived after Linux. But this operating system has replaced the Linux. So have your ever think of “ How this operating system has replaced Linux? ” Also “ what makes android so popular? ”. Read the entire article to know the details. Before going to know the in-depth details, let us have an initial look at its definition What is Android? Android is an open-source Linux operating system for mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet computers. It is developed by Open Handset Alliance This platform offers a unified approach to application development for mobile devices. This approach makes the application more capable of running the software on different android devices. This Android platform has been divided into various versions numbers. These versions were nothing but significant changes from one to the other. The initial beta version for this Software development kit (SDK) by released by google in 2007. And the commercial version Android 1.0 was released in Septemeber 2008. From then it has been continuously releasing the updates. The latest version of Android is Android Q that is the 10th version of this operating system. Today most of the gadgets that were released in 2020 works on Android 9 (or)10. And we were going to expect Android 11 in the next year. Utilization: Even though this application, arose into the market in recent times, today it has become the dominant mobile cross-platform across the globe. According to the stat counter, android holds over 74% of the global mobile OS market share as of July 2020. This operating system was designed with mobile in mind. The place, where the phone applications and applications live. Today everything you see on your device is a part of the operating system. Moreover, whenever your device gets a call, text message (or) an email the OS processes that information and puts it in a readable format. Top Android device manufacturers like Samsung, HTC, Motorola usually have a skin on the top of the OS. 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Q.What Is The Difference Between Ctrl-c And Ctrl-z? Ans: When you have a process in progress which handle your prompt, there are some signals (orders) that we can send to theses process to indicate what we need: Control+C sends SIGINT which will interrupt the application. Usually causing it to abort, but a process is able to intercept this signal and do whatever it likes: for instance, from your Bash prompt, try hitting Ctrl-C. In Bash, it just cancels whatever you've typed and gives you a blank prompt (as opposed to quitting Bash) Control+Z sends SIGTSTP to a foreground application, effectively putting it in the background on suspended mode. This is very useful when you want the application to continue its process while you are doing another job in the current shell. When you finish the job, you can go back into the application by running fg (or %x where x is the job number as shown in jobs). Q.I Want To Troubleshoot My Network But I Don’t Know How Does The Traceroute Command Work Exactly? Ans: Traceroute is a program that shows you the route taken by packets through a network. It traces the route of packets from source to destination. It is commonly used when your network doesn’t work as well and you want to examine where can be the problem. Traceroute sends a UDP packet to the destination taking advantage of ICMP’s messages. ICMP has two types of messages: error-reporting messages and query messages. Query messages are generally used to diagnose network problems (the ping tool uses ICMP’s query messages). The error-reporting messages as the name suggest report errors if any in the IP packet; it uses Destination unreachable and Time exceeded errors message. It works by theses steps: Traceroute creates a UDP packet from the source to destination with a TTL(Time-to-live) = 1 The UDP packet reaches the first router where the router decrements the value of TTL by 1, thus making our UDP packet’s TTL = 0 and hence the packet gets dropped. Noticing that the packet got dropped, it sends an ICMP message (Time exceeded) back to the source. Traceroute makes a note of the router’s address and the time taken for the round-trip. It sends two more packets in the same way to get an average value of the round-trip time. Usually, the first round-trip takes longer than the other two due to the delay in ARP finding the physical address, the address stays in the ARP cache during the second and the third time and hence the process speeds up. The steps that have occurred up til now, occur again and again until the destination has been reached. The only change that happens is that the TTL is incremented by 1 when the UDP packet is to be sent to next router/host. Once the destination is reached, Time exceeded ICMP message is NOT sent back this time because the destination has already been reached. But, the UDP packet used by Traceroute specifies the destination port number to be one that is not usually used for UDP. Hence, when the destination computer verifies the headers of the UDP packet, the packet gets dropped due to the improper port being used and an ICMP message (this time – Destination Unreachable) is sent back to the source. When Traceroute encounters this message, it understands that the destination has been reached. Even the destination is reached 3 times to get the average of the round-trip time. Q.Nscd Sometimes Die Itself And Dns Resolving Doesn't Happen Properly. How Can We Avoid Nscd For Dns And There Is A Disadvantage To Bypass It? Ans: nscd is a daemon that provides a cache for the most common name service requests. When resolving a user, group, host, service..., the process will first try to connect to the nscd socket (something like /var/run/nscd/socket). If nscd has died, the connect will fail, and so nscd won't be used and that should not be a problem. If it's in a hung state, then the connect may hang or succeed. If it succeeds the client will send its request (give IP address for www.google.com, passwd entries...). Now, you can configure nscd to disable caching for any type of database (for instance by having enable-cache hosts no in /etc/nscd.conf for the hosts database). However, if nscd is in a hung state, it may not be able to even give that simple won't do answer, so that won't necessarily help. nscd is a caching daemon, it's meant to improve performance. Disabling it would potentially make those lookups slower. However, that's only true for some kind of databases. For instance, if user/service/group databases are only in small files (/etc/passwd, /etc/group, /etc/services), then using nscd for those will probably bring little benefit if any. nscd will be useful for the hosts database. Q. How Can I Redirect Both Stderr And Stdin At Once? Ans: command > file.log 2>&1 : Redirect stderr to "where stdout is currently going". In this case, that is a file opened in append mode. In other words, the &1 reuses the file descriptor which stdout currently uses. command 2>&1 | tee -a file.txt Q. What Is The Difference Between /dev/random And /dev/urandom To Generate Random Data? Ans: The Random Number Generator gathers environmental noise from device drivers and other sources into entropy pool. It also keeps an estimate of Number of bits of noise in entropy pool. It is from this entropy pool, random numbers are generated. /dev/random will only return Random bytes from entropy pool. If entropy pool is empty, reads to /dev/random will be blocked until additional environmental noise is gathered. This is suited to high-quality randomnesses, such as one-time pad or key generation. /dev/urandom will return as many random bytes as requested. But if the entropy pool is empty, it will generate data using SHA, MD5 or any other algorithm. It never blocks the operation. Due to this, the values are vulnerable to theoretical cryptographic attack, though no known methods exist. For cryptographic purposes, you should really use /dev/random because of nature of data it returns. Possible waiting should be considered as an acceptable tradeoff for the sake of security, IMO. When you need random data fast, you should use /dev/urandom of course. Both /dev/urandom and /dev/random are using the exact same CSPRNG (a cryptographically secure pseudorandom number generator). They only differ in very few ways that have nothing to do with “true” randomness and /dev/urandom is the preferred source of cryptographic randomness on UNIX-like systems. Q. What Is The Difference Between Tar And Zip ? Ans: Sometimes sysadmins Linux need to save data safety and to this, it is recommended to compress the data. We have some methods or commands for compression on Linux. So frequently asked questions could be why should I use this command instead of another one example, why should I use tar instead of zip. To answer this, you should know the difference between the two. tar is only an archiver whereas zip is an archiver and compressor. Tar uses gzip and bzip2 to achieve compression. With using tar command, we preserve metadata information of file and directories like seiuid, setgid and sticky bit information which are very important while zip doesn't preserve theses information. It is very important for criticals information. Other advantages of using tar is the fact that it assembles all the files into a single file to compress directly while zip compress file by file. Q. How To Check Open Ports On A Remote Server Without Netcat Or Nmap Linux Command? Ans: In the work of sysadmin, we can sometimes want to check open ports on our remote server. But if we are on a machine where can not install nmap or we don't have the possibility to install a tool which can help us to check open ports, what could we do? We can check it with bash using /dev/tcp or /dev/udp to open a TCP or UDP connection to the associated socket. The command behavior is: $ echo > /dev/tcp/$host/$port we can associate a message to display if the port is opened $ echo > /etc/tcp/8.8.8.8/53 && echo "OPEN PORT" OPEN PORT $ echo > /dev/tcp/8.8.8.8/80 && echo "GOOD" || echo "NOT OPEN" -bash: connect: Connection timed out -bash: /dev/tcp/8.8.8.8/80: Connection timed out NOT OPEN Q. Systemd Over Init System, What Do You Think? Ans: Systemd is well designed. It was conceived from the top, not just to fix bugs, but to be a correct implementation of the base system services. A systemd, may refer to all the packages, utilities and libraries around daemon. It was designed to overcome the shortcomings of init. It itself is a background process which is designed to start processes in parallel, thus reducing the boot time and computational overhead. It has a lot other features as compared to init while Sysvinit was never designed to cope with the dynamic/event-based architecture of the current Linux kernel. The only reason why we still use it today is the cost of a migration. Systemd ships a growing number of useful, unified command-line interfaces for system settings and control (timedatectl, bootctl, hostnamectl, loginctl, machinectl, kernel-install, localectl). In Debian, they use the existing configuration files without breaking compatibility. Systemd makes the boot process much simpler, entirely removing the need to specify dependencies in many cases thanks to D-Bus activation, socket activation, file/inotify activation and udev integration. Systemd supports SELinux integration while SysV doesn't Systemd can handle the boot process from head to toe, without needing to use any of the existing shell scripts. Systemd extends the logging features of the system in many ways with journald, and can remain integrated with the existing rsyslog daemon. Logs are in a structured format, attributed to filename, line of code, PID and service. They include the early boot (starting from initramfs). They can be quickly filtered and programmatically accessed through an efficient interface. Systemd unit files, unlike SysV scripts, can usually be shipped by upstream, or at least shared with other distributions (already more than 1000 existing unit files in Fedora) without any changes, the Debian specifics being handled by systemd itself. Systemd is incredibly fast (1 second to boot). It was not designed with speed in mind, but doing things correctly avoids all the delays currently incurred by the boot process. The transition plan is easy, since existing init scripts are treated as first-class services: scripts can depend (using LSB headers) on units, units can depend on scripts. More than 99% of init scripts can be used without a modification. It is not just init. It unifies, in fewer lines of code, everything that is related to starting services and managing session groups: user login, cron jobs, network services (inetd), virtual TTY management… Having a single system to handle all of that allows us to remove a lot of cruft, and to use less memory on the system. Q.What Basics Measures Could You Take To Secure An Ssh Connection? Ans: For Linux sysadmins, it is frequent to access servers by ssh. But are we sure the communication established is really good secured? There some additionals very simple steps that can be taken to initially harden the SSH service, such as: Disabling root login, and even password-based logins will further reinforce the security of the server. Disabling password-based logins and allow key based logins which are secured but can be taken further by restricting their use from only certain IP addresses. Changing the standard port to something other significantly decreases random brute force attempts from the internet Forcing the service to use only version 2 of the protocol will introduce both security and feature enhancement. The whitelist approach can be taken, where only the users that belong to a certain list can log in via SSH to the server. Q.What Is Lvm And Does It Required On Linux Servers? Ans : LVM is a logical volume manager. It requires to resize filesystem size. This size can be extended and reduced using lvextend and lvreduce commands respectively. You can think of LVM as dynamic partitions, meaning that you can create/resize/delete LVM partitions from the command line while your Linux system is running: no need to reboot the system to make the kernel aware of the newly-created or resized partitions. LVM also provides: You can extend over more than one disk if you have more than one hard-disk. They are not limited by the size of one single disk, rather by the total aggregate size. You can create a (read-only) snapshot of any LV (Logical Volume). You can revert the original LV to the snapshot at a later time, or delete the snapshot if you no longer need it. This is handy for server backups for instance (you cannot stop all your applications from writing, so you create a snapshot and backup the snapshot LV), but can also be used to provide a "safety net" before a critical system upgrade (clone the root partition, upgrade, revert if something went wrong). you can also set up writeable snapshots too. It allows you to freeze an existing Logical Volume in time, at any moment, even while the system is running. You can continue to use the original volume normally, but the snapshot volume appears to be an image of the original, frozen in time at the moment you created it. You can use this to get a consistent filesystem image to back up, without shutting down the system. You can also use it to save the state of the system, so that you can later return to that state if you mess things up. You can even mount the snapshot volume and make changes to it, without affecting the original. Contact for more on Linux Online Training
Android Interview Questions
Q.What Is Android? Ans: Android is a stack of software for mobile devices which has Operating System, middleware and some key applications. The application executes within its own process and its own instance of Dalvik Virtual Machine. Many Virtual Machines run efficiently by a DVM device. DVM executes Java languages byte code which later transforms into .dex format files. Q.Explain About The Exceptions Of Android? Ans: The following are the exceptions that are supported by Android * InflateException : When an error conditions are occurred, this exception is thrown * Surface.OutOfResourceException: When a surface is not created or resized, this exception is thrown * SurfaceHolder.BadSurfaceTypeException: This exception is thrown from the lockCanvas() method, when invoked on a Surface whose is SURFACE_TYPE_PUSH_BUFFERS * WindowManager.BadTokenException: This exception is thrown at the time of trying to add view an invalid WindowManager.LayoutParamstoken. Q.Why To Use Android? Ans: Android is useful because: *It is simple and powerful SDK *Licensing, Distribution or Development fee is not required *Easy to Import third party Java library *Supporting platforms are ? Linux, Mac Os, Windows Q.Describe Android Application Architecture? Ans: Android Application Architecture has the following components: * Services - like Network Operation * Intent - To perform inter-communication between activities or services * Resource Externalization - such as strings and graphics * Notification signaling users - light, sound, icon, notification, dialog etc. * Content Providers - They share data between applications Q.What Are The Features Of Android? Ans: *Components can be reused and replaced by the application framework. *Optimized DVM for mobile devices *SQLite enables to store the data in a structured manner. *Supports GSM telephone and Bluetooth, WiFi, 3G and EDGE technologies *The development is a combination of a device emulator, debugging tools, memory profiling and plug-in for Eclipse IDE. Q.Are The Android Releases Available In A Rom? Ans: No, Android is not yet available in a ROM format. Currently Android is installed by using a clean SD Card, and booted from there. It is booted by running a special application called 'Haret.exe' residing on your SD Card which will terminate the Windows kernel and boot into Linux/Android. It can't easily be run from ROM because a) it's too experimental to risk putting in ROM and then killing a device and b) WinMo does some hardware initialisation that isn't documented, but is needed before Android can run. Q.Can You Play Android 2.1 Games On Android 2.2? Ans: no.as i have a 2.2 android phone, its very hard to find games for it. The 2.2 android will not be able to support that type of game. Q.What Is Android Runtime? Ans: Android includes a set of core libraries that provides most of the functionality available in the corelibraries of the Java programming language. Every Android application runs in its own process, with its own instance of the Dalvik virtual machine. Dalvik has been written so that a device can run multiple VMs efficiently. The Dalvik VM executes files in the Dalvik Executable (.dex) format which is optimized for minimal memory footprint. The VM is register-based, and runs classes compiled by a Java language compiler that have been transformed into the .dex format by the included ?dx? tool. Q.Creating An Android Application Using The Eclipse Plugin? Ans: Using the Android Eclipse plugin is the fastest and easiest way to start creating a new Androidapplication. The plugin automatically generates the correct project structure for your application, and keeps the resources compiled for you automatically. It is still a good idea to know what is going on though. Take a look at Overview of an AndroidApplication to understand the basics of how an Android application works. It is also recommended that you take a look at the ApiDemos application and the other sample applications in the samples/ folder in the SDK. Finally, a great way to started with Android development in Eclipse is to follow both the Hello Android and Notepad code tutorials. In particular, the start of the Hello Android tutorial is an excellent introduction to creating a new Android application in Eclipse. Q.Can I Write Code For Android Using C/c++? Ans: Android applications are written using the Java programming language.Android includes a set of core libraries that provides most of the functionality available in the core libraries of the Java programming language.Every Android application runs in its own process, with its own instance of the Dalvik virtual machine. Dalvik has been written so that a device can run multiple VMs efficiently. The Dalvik VM executes files in the Dalvik Executable (.dex) format which is optimized for minimal memory footprint. The VM is register-based, and runs classes compiled by a Java language compiler that have been transformed into the .dex format by the included ?dx? tool.Android only supports applications written using the Java programming language at this time. Q.What Is The Ttl (time To Live)? Why Is It Required? Ans: TTL is a value in data packet of Internet Protocol. It communicates to the network router whether or not the packet should be in the network for too long or discarded. Usually, data packets might not be transmitted to their intended destination within a stipulated period of time. The TTL value is set by a system default value which is an 8-bit binary digit field in the header of the packet. The purpose of TTL is, it would specify certain time limit in seconds, for transmitting the packet header. When the time is exhausted, the packet would be discarded. Each router receives the subtracts count, when the packet is discarded, and when it becomes zero, the router detects the discardedpackets and sends a message, Internet Control Message Protocol message back to the originating host. TTL(time to live) apart from determining the life time of a packet in a network also helps in avoiding the wastage of bandwith Q.How Is Nine-patch Image Different From A Regular Bitmap? Ans: It is a resizable bitmap resource that can be used for backgrounds or other images on the device. The NinePatch class permits drawing a bitmap in nine sections. The four corners are unscaled; the four edges are scaled in one axis, and the middle is scaled in both axes. Q.Explain Ip Datagram, Fragmentation And Mtu ? Ans: IP datagram can be used to describe a portion of IP data. Each IP datagram has set of fields arranged in an order. The order is specific which helps to decode and read the stream easily. IP datagram has fields like Version, header length, Type of service, Total length, checksum, flag, protocol, Time to live, Identification, source and destination ip address, padding, options and payload. MTU:- Maximum Transmission Unit is the size of the largest packet that a communication protocol can pass. The size can be fixed by some standard or decided at the time ofconnection Fragmentation is a process of breaking the IP packets into smaller pieces. Fragmentation is needed when the datagram is larger than the MTU. Each fragment becomes a datagram in itself and transmitted independently from source. When received by destination they are reassembled. Q.What Is Sticky Intent? Ans: Is there anyway to determine if an Intent passed into a BroadcastReceiver's onReceive is the result of a sticky Boradcast Intent, or if it was just sent. Q.User-generated Content: Report Abuse Which Is The Better Phone - The Iphone Or The Droid? Ans: The iphone 4 is better than any other phone. for one it is made out of the same material they use in helicopter and train windows.(atleas from what i haerd)another thing is that the iphone has a better app market. with over 300,000 apps it is far better than the droids 70,000. Also it comes with more accesories and has an antenna to provide better signal while the droid doesn't. People say it has a bad connection but i think not since i have already used it. And last but not leats better resolution. it may have a smaller screen but still its graphics are better.so it all depends on you each one has its ups and its downs but i would go with iphone 4 over any phone especially the "all new droid x" Q.How Long Does It Take To Build An App? Ans: Depending on the complexity and how quickly you respond to us you could have an app built in about a month. Q.How Much Does Mobile Application Development Cost? That Is A Bit Like Asking: How Much Does A Truck Cost? Ans: The answer is that it depends on the truck. Your needs are unique and your app needs to meet only those needs. A small Toyota will cost a lot less than a huge semi tractor trailer. A tractor trailer is great if you want to haul goods across the country but dont try to take it on a Saturday night date. We help you to avoid creating too much - or too little app. This keeps costs low. Having us create a custom smartphone app is surprisingly affordable. Many businesses find their app costs less than even a small radio or newspaper campaign. Unlike a radio campaign, the app?s usefulness does not end with the last commercial. Once it is created an app can add to your bottom line for a very long time. Our goal is to connect your audience with your cash register no matter where they are. With a smartphone app you give your customers access to you at the exact moment their buying decision is the strongest. Q. Describe The Apk Format. Ans: The APK file is compressed the AndroidManifest.xml file, application code (.dex files), resource files, and other files. A project is compiled into a single .apk file. Q.Is Sim Pin Code Working? Ans: It's supposed to be working, yes, but if you have ANY troubles please DISABLE SIM PIN in WinMo (SIM PIN works on the SIM, but you need WinMo UI to disable it) Q.What Is The Future Scope Of Mobile Application Developers? Ans: Future of the mobile application development is bright Q.What Is The Mobile Application Development All About? Ans: In the last two years, a lot of innovation has come in the mobile computing world. Apple has launched very innovative mobile phone, iphone and ipad along with app store. Google launched Android in Nov 2007. Blackberry released SDK and app world. Microsoft has come up with phone 7 framework. Almost every type of mobile can be programmed using J2ME. Making applications for all these devices is Mobile application development. Q.What Is The Demand Of Mobile Application Developers? Ans: Desktop based IT application is present but the mobile is future. All the applications that were madeto work only on desk top are being ported to mobile. In the coming 10 years, desktops will be replaced completely with mobile, and then all the applications will be designed mainly for mobile. The demand for mobile based trained engineers are increasing every year. Now after the launch of ipad by Apple, it will be even more. Therefore; the gextgen technology will be nothing else than mobile. The demand is expected to grow 70 folds in the coming 4 years. Q.What Is The Risk In Blocking The Main Thread When Performing A Lengthyoperation Such As Web Access Or Heavy Computation? Ans: Application_Not_Responding exception will be thrown which will crash and restart the application. Q.What Is A Dalvik ? Ans: The name of Androids virtual machine. The Dalvik VM is an interpreter-only virtual machine that executes files in the Dalvik Executable (.dex) format, a format that is optimized for efficient storage and memory-mappable execution. The virtual machine is register-based, and it can run classes compiled by a Java language compiler that have been transformed into its native format using the included ?dx? tool. The VM runs on top of Posix-compliant operating systems, which it relies on for underlying functionality (such as threading and low level memory management). The Dalvik core class library is intended to provide a familiar development base for those used to programming with Java Standard Edition, but it is geared specifically to the needs of a small mobile device. Q.What Features Are In A Release? Ans: Generally, it's very difficult to detail them, unless there is a significant new feature (in which case, that will be very well advertised!). Usually it's minor speed improvements, bug fixes etc... and sometimes, new bugs are introduced (so bear that in mind) Q.When Will It Be Available In A Rom? Ans: No time soon. Folks are working on it, but you'll need a lot of patience before it (if ever) arrives. Q. I Keep Hearing 'popping/clicking' Sounds From The Speaker? Ans: This is a known annoyance on some devices, believed to be related to power management switching the speaker on and off (not confirmed), it actually seems worse in silent mode (ironically). If you experience this, you're not alone... most users do. When a fix is ready, it will be announced here. Q.How Much Revenue Share Does The Developer Get? Ans: The developer gets 70% revenue generated from each Android application purchase while the rest is used for settlement charges. Google doesn't take a dime out of this. Q.Explain Seapine Software? Ans: Seapine's software development and testing tools streamline your development process, saving you significant time and money. Enjoy feature-rich tools that are flexible enough to work in any software development environment. With Seapine integrated tools, every step in the developmentprocess feeds critical information into the next step, letting you focus on developing high quality software in less time. Q.Why Is List View Not Recommended To Have Active Components? Ans: Clicking on the active text box will pop up the software keyboard but this will resize the list, removing focus from the clicked element. Q.Why Is Open Platform Good For The Mobile Operators? Ans: An open platform would foster faster innovation, multiple software versions, better customisation options, lower costs, which would bring down the overall service and handset costs while boostingsales. Q.Describe A Real Time Scenario Where Android Can Be Used? Ans: Imagine a situation that you are in a country where no one understands the language you speak and you can not read or write. However, you have mobile phone with you. With a mobile phone with android, the Google translator translates the data of one language into another language by using XMPP to transmit data. You can type the message in English and select the language which is understood by the citizens of the country in order to reach the message to the citizens. Q.Why Is Open Platform Good For Developers? Ans: Developers will be able innovate rapidly because they will have comprehensive API access tohandset capabilities that are web-ready. They will experience increased productivity because they will have comprehensive and easy-to-use developer tools. And because open source offers a deeper understanding of the underlying mobile platform, they can better optimise their applications. Finally, the distribution and commercialisation of mobile apps will be less expensive and easier. Q.How Will You Record A Phone Call In Android? How To Get A Handle On Audiostream For A Call In Android? Ans: Permissions.PROCESS_OUTGOING_CALLS: Allows an application to monitor, modify, or abort outgoingcalls. Q.What Is An Ddms? Ans: Dalvik Debug Monitor Service, a GUI debugging application shipped with the SDK. It provides screen capture, log dump, and process examination capabilities. Q.What Are The Advantages Of Android? Ans: The following are the advantages of Android: * The customer will be benefited from wide range of mobile applications to choose, since themonopoly of wireless carriers like AT&T and Orange will be broken by Google Android. * Features like weather details, live RSS feeds, opening screen, icon on the opening screen can be customized * Innovative products like the location-aware services, location of a nearby convenience store etc., are some of the additive facilities in Android. Q.Does Android Support The Bluetooth Serial Port Profile? Ans: Yes. Q.What Is The Android G1 Phone? Ans: The Android T-Mobile G1 phone is the world's first Android-powered mobile phone developed by HTC and T-Mobile. Q.Which Is The Virtual Machine Used To Run The Android Apps? Ans: The VM used is called Dalvik, so named after the ancestral roots of its creator, as the story goes. Q.Are The Android Apps First Scrutinised By Google? Ans: No the Android applications can be directly posted on the Android Market once you are registered as a developer after paying the $25 application fee. Q.What Is An Intent Receiver? Ans: An application class that listens for messages broadcast by calling Context.broadcastIntent Q.What's The Difference Between File, Class And Activity In Android? Ans: File - It is a block of arbitrary information, or resource for storing information. It can be of any type. Class - Its a compiled form of .Java file . Android finally used this .class files to produce an executable apk. Activity - An activity is the equivalent of a Frame/Window in GUI toolkits. It is not a file or a file type it is just a class that can be extended in Android for loading UI elements on vie Q.How To Select More Than One Option From List In Android Xml File? Give An Example. Ans: Specify android id, layout height and width as depicted in the following example. Q.What Languages Does Android Support For Application Development? Ans: Android applications are written using the Java programming language. Q.What Are The Dialog Boxes That Are Supported In Android? Explain. Ans: Android supports 4 dialog boxes: AlertDialog : An alert dialog box supports 0 to 3 buttons and a list of selectable elements, including check boxes and radio buttons. Among the other dialog boxes, the most suggested dialog box is the alert dialog box. ProgressDialog: This dialog box displays a progress wheel or a progress bar. It is an extension of AlertDialog and supports adding buttons. DatePickerDialog: This dialog box is used for selecting a date by the user. TimePickerDialog: This dialog box is used for selecting time by the user. Q.What Virtual Machine Android Runs On? Ans: Dalvik virtual machine Q.What Are The Differences Between A Domain And A Workgroup? Ans: In a domain, one or more computer can be a server to manage the network. On the other hand in aworkgroup all computers are peers having no control on each other. In a domain, user doesn?t needan account to logon on a specific computer if an account is available on the domain. In a work group user needs to have an account for every computer. In a domain, Computers can be on different local networks. In a work group all computers needs to be a part of the same local network. Q.How To Remove Desktop Icons And Widgets? Ans: Press and Hold the icon or widget. The phone will vibrate and on the bottom of the phone you will see anoption to remove. While still holding the icon or widget drag it to the remove button. Once remove turns red drop the item and it is gone. Q.What Is .apk Extension? Ans: The extension for an Android package file, which typically contains all of the files related to a single Android application. The file itself is a compressed collection of an AndroidManifest.xml file,application code (.dex files), resource files, and other files. A project is compiled into a single .apk file. Q.What Is A Layout Resource? Ans: An XML file that describes the layout of an Activity screen. Q.What Is A Manifest ? Ans: An XML file associated with each Application that describes the various activies, intent filters, services, and other items that it exposes. Q.What Is A Theme ? Ans: A set of properties (text size, background color, and so on) bundled together to define various default display settings. Android provides a few standard themes, listed in R.style (starting with ?Theme_?). Q.What Is An Uris? Ans: Android uses URI strings both for requesting data (e.g., a list of contacts) and for requesting actions (e.g., opening a Web page in a browser). Both are valid URI strings, but have different values. All requests for data must start with the string ?content://?. Action strings are valid URIs that can be handled appropriately by applications on the device; for example, a URI starting with ?http://? will be handled by the browser. Q.Can An Application Be Started On Powerup? Ans: Yes. Q.What Is An Action? Ans: A description of something that an Intent sender desires. Q.What Is Activity? Ans: A single screen in an application, with supporting Java code. Q.What Is Intent? Ans: A class (Intent) describes what a caller desires to do. The caller sends this intent to Android's intent resolver, which finds the most suitable activity for the intent. Q.What Is A Resource? Ans: A user-supplied XML, bitmap, or other file, injected into the application build process, which can later be loaded from code. Q.What Is A Sticky Intent? Ans: sendStickyBroadcast() performs a sendBroadcast (Intent) that is "sticky," i.e. the Intent you are sending stays around after the broadcast is complete, so that others can quickly retrieve that data through the return value of registerReceiver (BroadcastReceiver, IntentFilter). In all other ways, this behaves the same as sendBroadcast (Intent). One example of a sticky broadcast sent via the operating system is ACTION_BATTERY_CHANGED. When you call registerReceiver () for that action -- even with a null BroadcastReceiver -- you get the Intent that was last broadcast for that action. Hence, you can use this to find the state of the battery without necessarily registering for all future state changes in the battery. Q.What Is The Open Handset Alliance? Ans: The OHA is a consortium of 30 technology and mobile companies that have joined hands to accelerate innovation in mobile technology and at the same time offer the end users a better, costeffective and richer mobile experience. Q.What Innovations The Oha Members Strive To Achieve? Ans: The OHA members have endeavored to develop Android, the open source mobile platform consisting of an OS, web browser and key applications. Different companies have different contributions to make and roles to play. For instance, the software companies like Google are developing the requisite software, the hardware companies the chipsets and the mobile companies are ensuring compatible handsets for Android. Q.Why An Open Source Platform Would Be Beneficial To Consumers? Ans: Open source platform will ensure cheaper mobile handsets and services coupled with richer user experience in the form of a friendlier interface, cool applications and an enhanced browsing experience. Q.How Will Apps Change With Android 2.2? Ans: The answer is that with Froyo, Google's giving us a bunch of new ways to take advantage of apps from the Android Market and beyond. The highlights:SD card installations: you'll finally be able to install apps on your SD card, smashing the space limitations of Android versions past. You'll be able to select where you want each app to be installed - SD card or internal storage - and even toggle it back and forth with a couple of clicks later. android online training
Linux Interview Questions
Q.How are devices represented in UNIX? Ans: All devices are represented by files called special files that are located in/dev directory. Thus, device files and other files are named and accessed in the same way. A 'regular file' is just an ordinary data file in the disk. A 'block special file' represents a device with characteristics similar to a disk (data transfer in terms of blocks). A 'character special file' represents a device with characteristics similar to a keyboard (data transfer is by stream of bits in sequential order). Q.What is 'inode'? All UNIX files have its description stored in a structure called 'inode'. The inode contains info about the file-size, its location, time of last access, time of last modification, permission and so on. Directories are also represented as files and have an associated inode. In addition to descriptions about the file, the inode contains pointers to the data blocks of the file. If the file is large, inode has indirect pointer to a block of pointers to additional data blocks (this further aggregates for larger files). A block is typically 8k. Inode consists of the following fields: File owner identifier File type File access permissions File access times Number of links File size Location of the file data Q.Brief about the directory representation in UNIX Ans: A Unix directory is a file containing a correspondence between filenames and inodes. A directory is a special file that the kernel maintains. Only kernel modifies directories, but processes can read directories. The contents of a directory are a list of filename and inode number pairs. When new directories are created, kernel makes two entries named '.' (refers to the directory itself) and '..' (refers to parent directory). System call for creating directory is mkdir (pathname, mode). Q.What are the Unix system calls for I/O? Ans: open(pathname,flag,mode) - open file creat(pathname,mode) - create file close(filedes) - close an open file read(filedes,buffer,bytes) - read data from an open file write(filedes,buffer,bytes) - write data to an open file lseek(filedes,offset,from) - position an open file dup(filedes) - duplicate an existing file descriptor dup2(oldfd,newfd) - duplicate to a desired file descriptor fcntl(filedes,cmd,arg) - change properties of an open file ioctl(filedes,request,arg) - change the behaviour of an open file The difference between fcntl anf ioctl is that the former is intended for any open file, while the latter is for device-specific operations. Q.How do you change File Access Permissions? Ans: Every file has following attributes: owner's user ID ( 16 bit integer ) owner's group ID ( 16 bit integer ) File access mode word 'r w x -r w x- r w x' (user permission-group permission-others permission) r-read, w-write, x-execute To change the access mode, we use chmod(filename,mode). Example 1: To change mode of myfile to 'rw-rw-r–' (ie. read, write permission for user - read,write permission for group - only read permission for others) we give the args as: chmod(myfile,0664) . Each operation is represented by discrete values 'r' is 4 'w' is 2 'x' is 1 Therefore, for 'rw' the value is 6(4+2). Example 2: To change mode of myfile to 'rwxr–r–' we give the args as: chmod(myfile,0744). Q.What are links and symbolic links in UNIX file system? Ans: A link is a second name (not a file) for a file. Links can be used to assign more than one name to a file, but cannot be used to assign a directory more than one name or link filenames on different computers. Symbolic link 'is' a file that only contains the name of another file.Operation on the symbolic link is directed to the file pointed by the it.Both the limitations of links are eliminated in symbolic links. Commands for linking files are: Link ln filename1 filename2 Symbolic link ln -s filename1 filename2 Q.What is a FIFO? Ans: FIFO are otherwise called as 'named pipes'. FIFO (first-in-first-out) is a special file which is said to be data transient. Once data is read from named pipe, it cannot be read again. Also, data can be read only in the order written. It is used in interprocess communication where a process writes to one end of the pipe (producer) and the other reads from the other end (consumer). Q.How do you create special files like named pipes and device files? Ans: The system call mknod creates special files in the following sequence. 1. kernel assigns new inode, 2. sets the file type to indicate that the file is a pipe, directory or special file, 3. If it is a device file, it makes the other entries like major, minor device numbers. For example: If the device is a disk, major device number refers to the disk controller and minor device number is the disk. Q.Discuss the mount and unmount system calls Ans: The privileged mount system call is used to attach a file system to a directory of another file system; the unmount system call detaches a file system. When you mount another file system on to your directory, you are essentially splicing one directory tree onto a branch in another directory tree. The first argument to mount call is the mount point, that is , a directory in the current file naming system. The second argument is the file system to mount to that point. When you insert a cdrom to your unix system's drive, the file system in the cdrom automatically mounts to /dev/cdrom in your system. Q.How does the inode map to data block of a file? Ans: Inode has 13 block addresses. The first 10 are direct block addresses of the first 10 data blocks in the file. The 11th address points to a one-level index block. The 12th address points to a two-level (double in-direction) index block. The 13th address points to a three-level(triple in-direction)index block. This provides a very large maximum file size with efficient access to large files, but also small files are accessed directly in one disk read. Q.What is a shell? Ans: A shell is an interactive user interface to an operating system services that allows an user to enter commands as character strings or through a graphical user interface. The shell converts them to system calls to the OS or forks off a process to execute the command. System call results and other information from the OS are presented to the user through an interactive interface. Commonly used shells are sh,csh,ks etc. Q.Brief about the initial process sequence while the system boots up. While booting, special process called the 'swapper' or 'scheduler' is created with Process-ID 0. The swapper manages memory allocation for processes and influences CPU allocation. The swapper inturn creates 3 children: the process dispatcher, vhand and dbflush with IDs 1,2 and 3 respectively. This is done by executing the file /etc/init. Process dispatcher gives birth to the shell. Unix keeps track of all the processes in an internal data structure called the Process Table (listing command is ps -el). Q.What are various IDs associated with a process? Ans: Unix identifies each process with a unique integer called ProcessID. The process that executes the request for creation of a process is called the 'parent process' whose PID is 'Parent Process ID'. Every process is associated with a particular user called the 'owner' who has privileges over the process. The identification for the user is 'UserID'. Owner is the user who executes the process. Process also has 'Effective User ID' which determines the access privileges for accessing resources like files. getpid() -process id getppid() -parent process id getuid() -user id geteuid() -effective user id Q.Explain fork() system call. Ans: The `fork()' used to create a new process from an existing process. The new process is called the child process, and the existing process is called the parent. We can tell which is which by checking the return value from `fork()'. The parent gets the child's pid returned to him, but the child gets 0 returned to him. Q.Predict the output of the following program code main() { fork(); printf("Hello World!"); } Answer: Hello World!Hello World! Explanation: The fork creates a child that is a duplicate of the parent process. The child begins from the fork().All the statements after the call to fork() will be executed twice.(once by the parent process and other by child). The statement before fork() is executed only by the parent process. Q.Predict the output of the following program code main() { fork(); fork(); fork(); printf("Hello World!"); } Answer: "Hello World" will be printed 8 times. Explanation: 2^n times where n is the number of calls to fork() Q.List the system calls used for process management: Ans: System calls Description fork() To create a new process exec() To execute a new program in a process wait() To wait until a created process completes its execution exit() To exit from a process execution getpid() To get a process identifier of the current process getppid() To get parent process identifier nice() To bias the existing priority of a process brk() To increase/decrease the data segment size of a process. Q.How can you get/set an environment variable from a program? Ans: Getting the value of an environment variable is done by using `getenv()'. Setting the value of an environment variable is done by using `putenv()'. Q.How can a parent and child process communicate? Ans: A parent and child can communicate through any of the normal inter-process communication schemes (pipes, sockets, message queues, shared memory), but also have some special ways to communicate that take advantage of their relationship as a parent and child. One of the most obvious is that the parent can get the exit status of the child. Q.What is a zombie? Ans: When a program forks and the child finishes before the parent, the kernel still keeps some of its information about the child in case the parent might need it - for example, the parent may need to check the child's exit status. To be able to get this information, the parent calls `wait()'; In the interval between the child terminating and the parent calling `wait()', the child is said to be a `zombie' (If you do `ps', the child will have a `Z' in its status field to indicate this.) Q.What are the process states in Unix? Ans: As a process executes it changes state according to its circumstances. Unix processes have the following states: Running : The process is either running or it is ready to run . Waiting : The process is waiting for an event or for a resource. Stopped : The process has been stopped, usually by receiving a signal. Zombie : The process is dead but have not been removed from the process table. Q.What are MySQL transactions? Ans: A set of instructions/queries that should be executed or rolled back as a single atomic unit. Explain multi-version concurrency control in MySQL. Each row has two additional columns associated with it - creation time and deletion time, but instead of storing timestamps, MySQL stores version numbers. Explain MySQL locks. Table-level locks allow the user to lock the entire table, page-level locks allow locking of certain portions of the tables (those portions are referred to as tables), row-level locks are the most granular and allow locking of specific rows. Explain MySQL architecture. The front layer takes care of network connections and security authentications, the middle layer does the SQL query parsing, and then the query is handled off to the storage engine. A storage engine could be either a default one supplied with MySQL (MyISAM) or a commercial one supplied by a third-party vendor (ScaleDB, InnoDB, etc.) Q.List the main applications of 8 bit microprocessors? Ans: 8 bit microprocessors are used in a variety of applications such as appliances , automobiles ,industrial process and control applications. Q.What is NV-RAM? Ans: Nonvolatile Read Write Memory, also called Flash memory. It is also know as shadow RAM Q.Can ROM be used as stack? Ans: ROM cannot be used as stack because it is not possible to write to ROM. Q.What is stack? Ans: Stack is a portion of RAM used for saving the content of Program Counter and general purpose registers. Q.What is flag? Ans: Flag is a flip-flop used to store the information about the status of a processor and the status of the instruction executed most recently Q.Which processor structure is pipelined? Ans: All x86 processors have pipelined structure. Q.What is a compiler? Ans: Compiler is used to translate the high-level language program into machine code at a time. It doesn’t require special instruction to store in a memory, it stores automatically. The Execution time is less compared to Interpreter. Q.Differentiate between RAM and ROM? Ans: RAM: Read / Write memory, High Speed, Volatile Memory. ROM: Read only memory, Low Speed, Non Voliate Memory. Q.Which transistor is used in each cell of EPROM? Ans: Floating .gate Avalanche Injection MOS (FAMOS) transistor is used in each cell of EPROM. Q.What is called .Scratch pad of computer.? Ans: Cache Memory is scratch pad of computer. Q.What is cache memory? Ans: Cache memory is a small high-speed memory. It is used for temporary storage of data & information between the main memory and the CPU (center processing unit). The cache memory is only in RAM. Q.What is interrupt? Ans: Interrupt is a signal send by external device to the processor so as to request the processor to perform a particular work. Q.Difference between static and dynamic RAM? Ans: Static RAM: No refreshing, 6 to 8 MOS transistors are required to form one memory cell, Information stored as voltage level in a flip flop. Dynamic RAM: Refreshed periodically, 3 to 4 transistors are required to form one memory cell, Information is stored as a charge in the gate to substrate capacitance. Q.What is the difference between primary & secondary storage device? Ans: In primary storage device the storage capacity is limited. It has a volatile memory. In secondary storage device the storage capacity is larger. It is a nonvolatile memory. Primary devices are: RAM / ROM. Secondary devices are: Floppy disc / Hard disk. Q.Why does microprocessor contain ROM chips? Ans: Microprocessor contain ROM chip because it contain instructions to execute data. Q.What is meant by LATCH? Ans: Latch is a D- type flip-flop used as a temporary storage device controlled by a timing signal, which can store 0 or 1. The primary function of a Latch is data storage. It is used in output devices such as LED, to hold the data for display. Q.What is the difference between microprocessor and microcontroller? Ans: In Microprocessor more op-codes, few bit handling instructions. But in Microcontroller: fewer op-codes, more bit handling Instructions, and also it is defined as a device that includes micro processor, memory, & input / output signal lines on a single chip. Q.What is the disadvantage of microprocessor? Ans: It has limitations on the size of data. Most Microprocessor does not support floating-point operations. Q.Is the data bus is Bi-directional? Ans: The data bus is Bi-directional because the same bus is used for transfer of data between Micro Processor and memory or input / output devices in both the direction. Q.Is the address bus unidirectional? Ans: The address bus is unidirectional because the address information is always given by the Micro Processor to address a memory location of an input / output devices. Q.Define HCMOS? Ans: High-density n- type Complimentary Metal Oxide Silicon field effect transistor. Q.What is 1st / 2nd / 3rd / 4th generation processor? Ans: The processor made of PMOS / NMOS / HMOS / HCMOS technology is called 1st / 2nd / 3rd / 4th generation processor, and it is made up of 4 / 8 / 16 / 32 bits. Q.Why 8085 processor is called an 8 bit processor? Ans: Because 8085 processor has 8 bit ALU (Arithmetic Logic Review). Similarly 8086 processor has 16 bit ALU. Q.Give examples for 8 / 16 / 32 bit Microprocessor? Ans: 8-bit Processor - 8085 / Z80 / 6800; 16-bit Processor - 8086 / 68000 / Z8000; 32-bit Processor - 80386 / 80486. Q.What is a Microprocessor? Ans: Microprocessor is a program-controlled device, which fetches the instructions from memory, decodes and executes the instructions. Most Micro Processor is single- chip devices. Q.What command would you use to create an empty file without opening it to edit it? Ans: You use the touch command to create an empty file without needing to open it. Answers a and e point to invalid commands, though either of these might actually be aliased to point to a real command. Answers b and c utilize editors, and so do not satisfy the requirements of the question. actually touch is used to change the timestamps of a file if its exits, otherwise a new file with current timestamps will be created Q.Which of the following commands can you use to cleanly restart a Linux machine? Ans: The commands used to restart a Linux box are shutdown -r, reboot, and init 6. Answers c and e are incorrect. Both of these are used to shut down a Linux box, not restart it. init 6 command is used to restart the Linux machine . Q.What do you type to stop a hung process that resists the standard attempts to shut it down? Ans: The kill command by itself tries to allow a process to exit cleanly. You type kill -9 PID, on the other hand, to abruptly stop a process that will not quit by any other means. Also, pressing Ctrl+C works for many programs. Answers b and d are only valid in some contexts, and even in those contexts will not work on a hung process. Q.Which command do you use to change run levels? Ans: The command used to change run levels is init. Answers a, c, and d point to invalid commands. Answer b is a valid command, but does not set the current run level. The run level command displays the current run level, and the one that was used directly before entering this one. Q.Which two commands can you use to delete directories ? Ans: You can use rmdir or rm -rf to delete a directory. Answer a is incorrect, because the rm command without any specific flags will not delete a directory, it will only delete files. Answers d and e point to a non-existent command. Q.What would you type to send the last 20 lines of a text file to STDIN? Ans: Use the command tail -20 filename to see the last 20 lines of a file. The answers for a and d both point to an invalid command. The answer for b points to a valid command. Typing this answer in with a valid file name will even give you some output. However, the last command tells you who is logged in, it does not actually list the contents of any file named in the command. The answer for c, the head command, is used to look at the beginning of a file, not the end. last choice will be correct answer because only tail command is used to see the last content of any file by default it take 10 line Q.Which daemon controls the network service -> POP3 mail service? Ans: The intend super daemon controls the POP3 mail service. The POP3 mail service runs through the super daemon, not on its own. Answers c and e point to nonexistent, or at least nonstandard daemons. Answer d points to the Usenet news daemon. Q.Who owns the data dictionary? Ans: The SYS user owns the data dictionary. The SYS and SYSTEM users are created when the database is created. The SYS user owns the data dictionary. The SYS and SYSTEM users are created when the database is created. how we can configure sata hard derive during redhat 9 installation. Have the data driver on a floppy drive. At the start of installation, when u boot from the CD/DVD, on the prompt, write “dd”. It will ask for the driver floppy later on and will load the sata driver. Then you can configure/partition the drive using disk druid or fdisk Q.What is difference between AT and CRON? Ans: Cron command is used to schedule the task daily at the same time repeatedly ,”at” command is used to schedule the task only once i.e. to run only one time. Q.What is difference between user right and user permission? Ans: user rights:user rights is that user is authorized to used password. if his password/file/dir is expired he is not able to login user permission:permission is user is permitted to use file/directory. that is authentication if he is authentication for particular file or not. it might be true as per my suggestion. Q.What is the real mean of DHCP? Ans: Dynamic addressing simplifies network administration because the s/w keeps track of IP addresses rather than requiring an administrator to manage the task. That means new computer can be added to the network without any risk of manually assigning unique IP address. Describe the boot process of your favorite Linux in as much detail as you can. Boot process takes place in 4 scenes with 4 main characters. Scene 1 when the computer is switched on, it automatically invokes BIOS.The BIOS will start the processor and perform a POST to check whether the connected device are ready to use and are working properly. Once the POST is completes BIOS will jump to a specified location in the RAM and check for the booting device. The boot sector is always the first sector of the hard disk and BIOS will load the MBR into the memory. Scene 2 Here the boot loader takes the control of the booting process.LILO or GRUB is the boot loaders commonly available. It will help the user to select various boot options. Depending on the boot option selected the kernel is loaded. scene 3 After kernel is loaded the kernel will take the control of the booting process and it will initialize all the hardwares including I/O processors etc.kernel then creates a root device and mounts the partitions. Scene 4 INIT is loaded. How to install 8139 realtek drivers in rhel5.0$ Please help me out. Download the driver from internet. then just unzip the tarball using tar -zxvf then for first compile it using make and make install For proper installation of the driver read the INSTALL / README file given in the tarball. Q.You are debugging a new application that is crashing. You want to watch the messages as they are being written to the log. What command should you use? Ans: The tail command allows you to keep a log open and see each new message as it is written to the log. Q.Which of the following tasks cannot be accomplished with the touch command? Ans: The touch command is usually used to modify either a file’s access or modification time. It can also be used to create a new file. Q.You want to copy the user’s home directories to a new location. Which of the following commands will accomplish this? Ans: The -r option tells the cp command to recurs the directories. The -P option retains the original permissions. Q.You read an article that lists the following command: dd if=/dev/fd0 bs=512 of=/new What does this accomplish? Ans: The dd command is a special copy command often used for floppy disks and tapes. The if= option specifies the source; the bs= is the block size; and the of= option is the output. Q.You attempt to delete a file called sales.mem using the rm command but the command fails. What could be the problem? Ans: In order to delete a file, you must have write rights to the directory containing the file. Linux Interview Questions Linux Interview Questions and Answers Q.You want to search for sale and sales. What regular expression should you use? Ans: Use the asterick (*) to match to zero or more characters. The ‘$’ matches to any one character so sale$ would not find sale. Q.You have a file named ‘kickoff’ and would like to find every line beginning with a number. Which of the following commands will accomplish this? Ans: The command grep ^ kickoff will cause grep to search the file kickoff for any line beginning with a digit. Q.You want to know how many lines in the kickoff file contains ‘prize’. Which of the following commands will produce the desired results? Ans: Using the -c option with the grep command will show the total number of lines containing the specified pattern rather than displaying the lines containing the pattern. Q.You want to verify which lines in the file kickoff contain ‘Bob’. Which of the following commands will accomplish this? Ans: The -n option when used with sed prints only the lines containing the pattern. In this case, the pattern is ‘Bob’ and the file to be searched is kickoff. Q.You have a file called docs.Z but do not know what it is. What is the easiest way to look at the contents of the file? Ans: The .Z extension indicates that this is a file that has been compressed using the compress utility. The zcat utility provides the ability to display the contents of a compressed file. Q.You want to make it possible for your users to mount floppy disks. What do you need to do? Ans: If you add the user option to the line in the fstab file that defines how to mount your CD-ROM, then your users will be able to mount it. What is contained in the directory The /proc directory is a virtual file system that contains system information. Q.After copying a file to a floppy disk, what should you do before removing the disk? Ans: If you do not unmount the floppy before removing it, the files on the floppy may become corrupted. Q.You have set quotas for all your users but half of your users are using more space than they have been allotted. Which of the following could be the problem? Ans: Quotas are set on a partition by partition basis. If your users have home directories on different partitions, you will need to configure quotas for each partition. Q.What command should you use to check the number of files and disk space used and each user’s defined quotas? Ans: The repquota command is used to get a report on the status of the quotas you have set including the amount of allocated space and amount of used space. Q.you have a large spreadsheet located in the /data directory that five different people need to be able to change. How can you enable each user to edit the spreadsheet from their individual home directories? Ans: By creating a link to the file in each user’s home directory, each user is able to easily open and edit the spreadsheet. Also, any changes that are made are seen by all the users with access. Q.You have a file called sales data and create symbolic links to it in bob’s home directory. Bob calls you and says that his link no longer works. How can you fix the link? Ans: Because the link in bob’s directory is a symbolic link, if the file sales data in the /data directory is deleted, the symbolic link will no longer work. Q.You have two files in two different directories with the same inode. What type of link is involved? Ans: Hard links all have the same inode number, unlike symbolic links. Q.You need to locate a file called sales data that one of your user’s created in his home directory but you do not know which one. How could you use the find command to locate this file? Ans: When using the find command to locate a file by name you must specify the starting place in the directory hierarchy and the -name option to specify the file to search for. Q.However, when Bob attempts to open the file he is unsuccessful. What command do you need to use to give Bob ownership of the file? Ans: The chown command can be used by root to give ownership of a file to any user. Q.What is meant by sticky bit? Ans: When the sticky bit is set on a world writable directory, only the owner can delete any file contained in that directory. Q.Your default umask is 002. What does this mean? Ans: The digits of your umask represent owner, group and others in that order. The 0 gives read and write for files and the 2 gives read only for files. Q.Which of the following commands will replace all occurrences of the word rate with the word speed in the file racing? Ans: When using sed to do a search and replace, its default action is to only replace the first occurrence in each line. Adding the ‘g’ makes sed replace all occurrences of the search term even when it occurs multiple times on the same line. Q.You have a tab delimited file called phonenos and want to change each tab to four spaces. What command can you use to accomplish this? Ans: By default, expand converts tabs to eight spaces. Use the -t option to change this behavior. Q.You issue the command head *. What would the resulting output be? Ans: If the number of lines to display is not specified, the first ten lines of the specified file are displayed. The asterick tells head to display the content of each file in the present working directory. Q.what text filter can you use to display a binary file in octal numbers? Ans: The od text filter will dumpt the contents of a file and display it in 2-byte octal numbers. Q.What would be the result of the command paste -s dog cat ? Ans: The paste text filter usually joins two files separating the corresponding lines with a tab. The -s option, however, will cause paste to display the first file, dog, then a new line character, and then the file cat. Q.You wish to print the file vacations with 60 lines to a page. Which of the following commands will accomplish this? Ans: The default page length when using pr is 66 lines. The -l option is used to specify a different length. Q.What would be the result of issuing the command cat phonenos? Ans: The tac text filter is a reverse cat. It displays a file starting with the last line and ending with the first line. Q.You need to see the last fifteen lines of the files dog, cat and horse. What command should you use? Ans: The tail utility displays the end of a file. The -15 tells tail to display the last fifteen lines of each specified file. Q.You have the file phonenos that contains telephone numbers and names separated by a comma. You want to change each comma to a semicolon. Which of the following will accomplish this? Ans: The tr utility is used to replace one string by another. Here the input for tr is provided by the cat command and the commas are all replaced by semicolons. Q.If you type the command cat dog > cat what would you see on your display? Ans: When you use > for redirection, it only effects the standard output. Any messages sent to standard error would still appear on your display. Q.Which first-level segment of the file system contains a majority of system and server configuration files within its subdirectories? Ans: The /etc portion of the file system contains a number of system and daemon configuration files. Answers a, c, d, and e are valid first-level directories, but are incorrect. The /var directory contains items that change on a regular basis, such as log files and print and mail spool directories. The /bin directory contains system binaries, whereas the /sbin directory contains binaries that run with SUID privileges or as a specific user. The /lib directory contains system libraries, both shared and non-shared. Q.What command allows you to set a processor-intensive job to use less CPU time? Ans: The nice command is used to change a job’s priority level, so that it runs slower or faster. Answers a, d, and e are valid commands but are not used to change process information. Answer c is an invalid command. Q.Which of the following commands can be used to get information about a package? Ans: The man command pulls up man pages, the info command pulls up texinfo pages which have replaced the man pages for some packages, and the apropos command helps you to find related commands. Answers b and e are not methods of getting information about a package Where is a good place to store shell scripts that are for use by the author It is best to keep scripts meant only for your account under ~/bin. Answers b, c, d, and e are all valid locations, but not the best places to keep user-specific scripts. Which hardware considerations should you keep in mind when putting together this mail server’s list of components$ A mail server benefits from a large amount of RAM, a fast CPU, and large amounts of fast-access hard drive space. The reason it benefits from having a lot of memory is that it can then handle groups of mail messages all at once. A fast CPU helps it move through processes more quickly, especially when it comes to generating postings to large mailing lists. Having a lot of hard drive space ensures that the mail spool will not run out of free room. Answers a and c are unimportant on a machine that is meant to provide mail service. A Linux box serving such a purpose would only be slowed down with a GUI running, and the GUI is the reason to be concerned with both the monitor resolution and video RAM. Q.Of the following technologies, which is considered a client-side script? Ans: JavaScript is the only client-side script listed. Java and C++ are complete programming languages . Active Server Pages are parsed on the server with the results being sent to the client in HTML. Q.What type of server is used to remotely assign IP addresses to machines during the installation process? Ans: You can use a DHCP server to assign IP addresses to individual machines during the installation process. Answers a, b, d, and e list legitimate Linux servers, but these servers do not provide IP addresses. The SMB, or Samba, tool is used for file and print sharing across multi-OS networks . An NFS server is for file sharing across Linux net-works. FTP is a file storage server that allows people to browse and retrieve information by logging in to it, and HTTP is for the Web Q.What type of local file server can you use to provide the distribution installation materials to the new machine during a network installation? Ans: You can use an NFS server to provide the distribution installation materials to the machine on which you are performing the installation. Answers a, b, c, and d are all valid items but none of them are file servers. Inetd is the superdaemon which controls all intermittently used network services. The FSSTND is the Linux File System Standard. DNS provides domain name resolution, and NNTP is the transfer protocol for usenet news. Q.Which password package should you install to ensure that the central password file couldn’t be stolen easily? Ans: The shadow password package moves the central password file to a more secure location. Answers a, b, and e all point to valid packages, but none of these places the password file in a more secure location. Answer d points to an invalid package. Q.Which command works in almost all distributions to create a boot disk ? Ans: The mkbootdisk command creates a boot disk. Answers b and c are incorrect. The make package is used to compile software, not create boot disks. Answers a and d point to invalid commands. Q.What happens to your ipchains settings when you reboot a machine? Ans: They cannot be automatically saved unless you do something like make an alias for the shutdown routine that ensures this happens. Settings for ipchains are lost during a reboot or shutdown and there is no “setting” to ensure they are automatically saved. Answers a, b, and c are completely incorrect. Answer e is incorrect, but you can save them by hand if you choose to. Q.Which package provides secure remote login sessions, such as secure telnet logins? Ans: The ssh package allows you to configure secure telnet sessions and other remote logins. Answer a points to an invalid package. Answer c points to a valid package, but shadow handles passwords, not data encryption. Answers d and e point to firewalling packages, which regulate what passes in and out of a LAN, but do not handle data encryption. Q.Which package can you use to regulate which network traffic is allowed to enter a specific machine, but not on any other machines? Ans: The tcp_wrappers package is used to regulate the TCP/IP network traffic coming in and out of a machine. Answers b and c both point to valid firewalling packages, but these packages are used for an entire LAN, not just one machine. Answer d points to the commun-ications protocol used to transmit data over the Internet. Answer e points to an invalid package. Q.What type of server is used to remotely assign IP addresses to machines during the installation process? Ans: you can use a DHCP server to assign IP addresses to individual machines during the installation process. Answers a, b, d, and e list legitimate Linux servers, but these servers do not provide IP addresses. The SMB, or Samba, tool is used for file and print sharing across multi-OS networks. An NFS server is for file sharing across Linux net-works. FTP is a file storage server that allows people to browse and retrieve information by logging in to it, and HTTP is for the Web Q.Which partitioning tool is available in all distributions? Ans: The fdisk partitioning tool is available in all Linux distributions. Answers a, c, and e all handle partitioning, but do not come with all distributions. Disk Druid is made by Red Hat and used in its distribution along with some derivatives. Partition Magic and System Commander are tools made by third-party companies. Answer d is not a tool, but a file system type. Specifically, FAT32 is the file system type used in Windows 98. Which first-level segment of the file system contains a majority of system The /etc portion of the file system contains a number of system and daemon configuration files. Answers a, c, d, and e are valid first-level directories, but are incorrect. The /var directory contains items that change on a regular basis, such as log files and print and mail spool directories. The /bin directory contains system binaries, whereas the /sbin directory contains binaries that run with SUID privileges or as a specific user. The /lib directory contains system libraries, both shared and non-shared. Q.Which file do you edit to set partitions to mount at boot time? Ans: The file /etc/fstab manages which partitions are automatically mounted onto the file system. Answers b and c refer to valid items, but they are not used to manage the file system. The file /etc/services maps networking services to the ports they utilize, and /etc/smb.conf is the configuration file for the Samba service. Answers d and e point to files that do not exist. Q.Which first-level segment of the file system contains a majority of system and server configuration files within its subdirectories? Ans: The /etc portion of the file system contains a number of system and daemon configuration files. Answers a, c, d, and e are valid first-level directories, but are incorrect. The /var directory contains items that change on a regular basis, such as log files and print and mail spool directories. The /bin directory contains system binaries, whereas the /sbin directory contains binaries that run with SUID privileges or as a specific user. The /lib directory contains system libraries, both shared and non-shared. Q.Which file do you edit to set partitions to mount at boot time? Ans: The file /etc/fstab manages which partitions are automatically mounted onto the file system. Answers b and c refer to valid items, but they are not used to manage the file system. The file /etc/services maps networking services to the ports they utilize, and /etc/smb.conf is the configuration file for the Samba service. Answers d and e point to files that do not exist. Q.Which shell do you assign to a POP3 mail-only account? Ans: You assign a POP3 only account to the /bin/false shell. Answers b and c both point to the same shell, the bash shell. However, assigning this shell to a POP3 only user gives him or her login access, which is what you are trying to avoid. Answers d and e are both invalid options in a standard setup. Q.What command would you use to create an empty file without opening it to edit it? Ans: You use the touch command to create an empty file without needing to open it. Answers a and e point to invalid commands, though either of these might actually be aliased to point to a real command. Answers b and c utilize editors, and so do not satisfy the requirements of the question. actually touch is used to change the timestamps of a file if its exits, otherwise a new file with current timestamps will be created Q.Which command do you use to change run levels? Ans: The command used to change run levels is init. Answers a, c, and d point to invalid commands. Answer b is a valid command, but does not set the current run level. The run level command displays the current run level, and the one that was used directly before entering this one. Q.Which daemon controls the network service -> POP3 mail service? Ans: The inetd superdaemon controls the POP3 mail service. The POP3 mail service runs through the superdaemon, not on its own. Answers c and e point to nonexistent, or at least nonstandard daemons. Answer d points to the Usenet news daemon. Q.Who owns the data dictionary ? Ans: The SYS user owns the data dictionary. The SYS and SYSTEM users are created when the database is created. The SYS user owns the data dictionary. The SYS and SYSTEM users are created when the database is created. how we can configure sata hard derive during redhat 9 installation. Have the data driver on a floppy drive. At the start of installation, when u boot from the CD/DVD, on the prompt, write “dd”. It will ask for the driver floppy later on and will load the sata driver. Then you can configure/partition the drive using disk druid or fdisk. Q.What is difference between AT and CRON? Ans: cron can be set only for a particular time but at is used to schedule and execute Contact Author Contact Author Cron command is used to schedule the task daily at the same time repeatedly ,”at” command is used to schedule the task only once i.e. to run only one time. Q.What is difference between user right and user permission? Ans: user rights:user rights is that user is authorized to used password. if his password/file/dir is expired he is not able to login user permission:permission is user is permitted to use file/directory. that is authentication if he is authentication for particular file or not. it might be true as per my suggestion. Q.What is the real mean of DHCP? Ans: dynamic Host Configuration Protocol(DHCP) is a protocol used by networked devices (clients) to obtain the IP address. Contact Author Contact Author Dynamic addressing simplifies network administration because the s/w keeps track of IP addresses rather than requiring an administrator to manage the task. That means new computer can be added to the network without any risk of manually assigning unique IP address. Describe the boot process of your favorite Linux in as much detail as you can. Booting process : first BIOS loads the boot loaders, then boot loaders loads the kernel ,then kernel mount the file systems and drivers installation will takes place and in it will be loaded. How to install 8139 realtek drivers in rhel5.0$ Please help me out. Download the driver from internet. then just unzip the tarball using tar -zxvf then for first compile it using make and make install For proper installation of the driver read the INSTALL / README file given in the tarball. Q.What is difference between user right and user permission? Ans: user rights:user rights is that user is authorized to used password. if his password/file/dir is expired he is not able to login user permission:permission is user is permitted to use file/directory. that is authentication if he is authentication for particular file or not. it might be true as per my suggestion. Q.What is the real mean of DHCP? Ans: Dynamic addressing simplifies network administration because the s/w keeps track of IP addresses rather than requiring an administrator to manage the task. That means new computer can be added to the network without any risk of manually assigning unique IP address. Q.Describe the boot process of your favorite Linux in as much detail as you can? Ans: Boot process takes place in 4 scenes with 4 main characters. Scene 1 when the computer is switched on, it automatically invokes BIOS.The BIOS will start the processor and perform a POST to check whether the connected device are ready to use and are working properly. Once the POST is completes BIOS will jump to a specified location in the RAM and check for the booting device. The boot sector is always the first sector of the hard disk and BIOS will load the MBR into the memory. Scene 2 Here the boot loader takes the control of the booting process.LILO or GRUB is the boot loaders commonly available. It will help the user to select various boot options. Depending on the boot option selected the kernel is loaded. scene 3 After kernel is loaded the kernel will take the control of the booting process and it will initialize all the hardwares including I/O processors etc.kernel then creates a root device and mounts the partitions. Scene 4 INIT is loaded. Q.What is the minimum number of partitions you need to install Linux? What command can you use to review boot messages? Ans: 1. Three Partition. boot partition, swap partition and root partition, these are the minimum partitions to install the Linux. dmesg or /var/log/messages What command you execute to display the last five commands you have entered$ Which partitions might you creates on mail server HDDs other than the root, swap and boot partitions$ Which partitioning tool is available in all distributions$ Which two commands can you use to delete directories$ Which file defines all users on your system$ history|tail -5 /var fdisk, parted rm, rmdir /etc/passwd Q.How to install 8139 realtek drivers in rhel5.0? Please help me out? Ans: Download the driver from internet. then just unzip the tarball using tar -zxvf then for first compile it using make and make install For proper installation of the driver read the INSTALL / README file given in the tarball. Q.What does Security-enhanced Linux give me that standard Linux can’t? Ans: The Security-enhanced Linux kernel enforces mandatory access control policies that confine user programs and system servers to the minimum amount of privilege they require to do their jobs. When confined in this way, the ability of these user programs and system daemons to cause harm when compromised (via buffer overflows or misconfigurations, for example) is reduced or eliminated. This confinement mechanism operates independently of the traditional Linux access control mechanisms. It has no concept of a “root” super-user, and does not share the well-known shortcomings of the traditional Linux security mechanisms (such as a dependence on setuid/setgid binaries).The security of an unmodified Linux system depends on the correctness of the kernel, all the privileged applications, and each of their configurations. A problem in any one of these areas may allow the compromise of the entire system. In contrast, the security of a modified system based on the Security-enhanced Linux kernel depends primarily on the correctness of the kernel and its security policy configuration. While problems with the correctness or configuration of applications may allow the limited compromise of individual user programs and system daemons, they do not pose a threat to the security of other user programs and system daemons or to the security of the system as a whole. Q.What is SELinux? Ans: SELinux Security-enhanced Linux is a research prototype of the Linux® kernel and a number of utilities with enhanced security functionality designed simply to demonstrate the value of mandatory access controls to the Linux community and how such controls could be added to Linux. The Security-enhanced Linux kernel contains new architectural components originally developed to improve the security of the Flask operating system. These architectural components provide general support for the enforcement of many kinds of mandatory access control policies, including those based on the concepts of Type Enforcement®, Role-based Access Control, and Multi-level Security. Q.What is the most graceful way to get to run level single user mode? Ans: The most graceful way is to use the command init s. If you want to shut everything down before going to single user mode then do init 0 first and from the ok prompt do a boot -s. Write a command to find all of the files which have been accessed within the last 10 days. The following command will find all of the files which have been accessed within the last 10 days find / -type f -atime -10 > December.files This command will find all the files under root, which is ‘/’, with file type is file. ‘-atime -30′ will give all the files accessed less than 10 days ago. And the output will put into a file call Monthname.files. Q.What is the main advantage of creating links to a file instead of copies of the file? Ans: The main advantage is not really that it saves disk space (though it does that too) but, rather, that a change of permissions on the file is applied to all the link access points. The link will show permissions of lrwxrwxrwx but that is for the link itself and not the access to the file to which the link points. Thus if you want to change the permissions for a command, such as su, you only have to do it on the original. With copies you have to find all of the copies and change permission on each of the copies. Q.What is LILO? Ans: LILO stands for Linux boot loader. It will load the MBR, master boot record, into the memory, and tell the system which partition and hard drive to boot from. Q.What is CVS? Ans: CVS is Concurrent Version System. It is the front end to the RCS revision control system which extends the notion of revision control from a collection of files in a single directory to a hierarchical collection of directories consisting of revision controlled files. These directories and files can be combined together to form a software release. There are some useful commands that are being used very often. They are cvs checkout cvs update cvs add cvs remove cvs commit Q.What is NFS? What is its job? Ans: NFS stands for Network File System. NFS enables filesystems physically residing on one computer system to be used by other computers in the network, appearing to users on the remote host as just another local disk. Q.In Linux OS, what is the file server? Ans: The file server is a machine that shares its disk storage and files with other machines on the network. Q.What are the techniques that you use to handle the collisions in hash tables? Ans: We can use two major techniques to handle the collisions. They are open addressing and separate chaining. In open addressing, data items that hash to a full array cell are placed in another cell in the array. In separate chaining, each array element consists of a linked list. All data items hashing to a given array index are inserted in that list. Q.What is the major advantage of a hash table? Ans: The major advantage of a hash table is its speed. Because the hash function is to take a range of key values and transform them into index values in such a way that the key values are distributed randomly across all the indices of a hash table. Q.What is Write Command ? Ans: The write command enables you to write an actual message on the other terminal online. You have to issue the write command with the login ID of the user with whom you want to communicate. The write command informs the user at the other end that there is a message from another user. write pastes that message onto the other user’s terminal if their terminal’s write permissions are set. Even if they are in the middle of an edit session, write overwrites whatever is on the screen. The edit session contents are not corrupted; you can restore the original screen on most editors with Ctrl-L. write is mostly used for one-way communication, but you can have an actual conversation as well Q.Why You Shouldn’t Use the root Login? Ans: The root login does not restrict you in any way. When you log in as root, you become the system. The root login is also sometimes called the super user login. With one simple command, issued either on purpose or by accident, you can destroy your entire Linux installation. For this reason, use the root login only when necessary. Avoid experimenting with commands when you do log in as root. Q.How big should the swap-space partition be? Ans: Swap space is used as an extension of physical RAM, the more RAM you have, the less swap space is required. You can add the amount of swap space and the amount of RAM together to get the amount of RAM Linux will use. For example, if you have 8MB of RAM on your machine’s motherboard, and a 16MB swap-space partition, Linux will behave as though you had 24MB of total RAM. Q.Which field is used to define the user’s default shell? Ans: command-The last field, called either command or login command, is used to specify what shell the user will use when he logs in. Q.When you create a new partition, you need to designate its size by defining the starting and ending? Ans: cylinders-When creating a new partition you must first specify its starting cylinder. You can then either specify its size or the ending cylinder. Q.What can you type at a command line to determine which shell you are using? Ans: echo $SHELL-The name and path to the shell you are using is saved to the SHELL environment variable. You can then use the echo command to print out the value of any variable by preceding the variable’s name with $. Therefore, typing echo $SHELL will display the name of your shell. Q.In order to display the last five commands you have entered using the fc command, you would type? Ans: fc -5-The fc command can be used to edit or rerun commands you have previously entered. To specify the number of commands to list, use -n. Q.What command should you use to check your file system? Ans: fsck-The fsck command is used to check the integrity of the file system on your disk. Q.What file defines the levels of messages written to system log files? Ans: kernel.h-To determine the various levels of messages that are defined on your system, examine the kernel.h file. Q.What account is created when you install Linux? Ans: root-Whenever you install Linux, only one user account is created. This is the super user account also known as root. Q.What daemon is responsible for tracking events on your system? Ans: Syslogd-The syslogd daemon is responsible for tracking system information and saving it to specified log files. Q.Where standard output is usually directed? Ans: To the screen or display-By default, your shell directs standard output to your screen or display. Q.What utility can you use to show a dynamic listing of running processes? Ans: Top-The top utility shows a listing of all running processes that is dynamically updated Q.Who owns the data dictionary? Ans: The SYS user owns the data dictionary. The SYS and SYSTEM users are created when the database is created. Q.Compare Linux credit based algorithm with other scheduling algorithms? Ans: For the conventional time –shared processes, Linux uses a prioritized, credit-based algorithm. Each process possesses a certain number of scheduling credits; when a new task must be chosen to run, the process with most credits is selected. Every time that a timer interrupt occurs, the currently running process loses one credit; when its credits reaches zero, it is suspended and another process is chosen. If no runnable processes have any credits, then Linux performs a recrediting operation, adding credits to every process in the system (rather than just to the runnable ones), according to the following rule: Credits = credits/2 + priority The above scheduling class is used for time-shared process and the in Linux for the real-time scheduling is simpler it uses scheduling classes: first come, first served (FCFS), and round-robin (RR) .In both cases, each process has a priority in addition to its scheduling class. In time-sharing scheduling, however, processes of different priorities can still compete with one another to some extent; in real-time scheduling, the scheduler always runs the process with the highest priority. Among processes of equal priority, it runs the process that has been waiting longest. The only difference between FCFS and RR scheduling is that FCFS processes continue to run until they either exit or block, whereas a round-robin process will be preempted after a while and will be moved to the end of the scheduling queue, so round-robin processes of equal priority will automatically time share among themselves. Linux’s real-time scheduling is soft-real time rather than hard-real time. The scheduler offers strict guarantees about the relative priorities of real-time processes, but the kernel does not offer any guarantees about how quickly a real-time process will be scheduled once that process becomes runnable. 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What Have These Lighting Designs In Common?3 min read
It’s not hard to find out once you open the article and read it all!
Let us present you these 4 lighting designs that have an interesting little detail that makes a big difference. We present you Coltrane Family, all inspired by John Coltrane. If you want to know more about these lamps you have to read it all!
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About John Coltrane
John William Coltrane was born on September 23, 1926, and died on July 17, 1967. He was an American jazz saxophonist and composer, also known as “Trane“. Working in the bebop and hard bop idioms early in his career, Coltrane helped pioneer the use of modes and was later at the forefront of free jazz. He led at least fifty recording sessions and appeared on many albums by other musicians, including trumpeter Miles Davis and pianist Thelonious Monk.
About the designs
Coltrane Suspension
Coltrane pendant lamp is one of DelightFULL’s top best sellers. With a minimalist and industrial feeling to it, it is not, however, hard to understand where the mid-century inspiration lies. Coltrane is a simple suspended ceiling light, which is handmade in steel. It features a steel cord and a magnetic disc at the top, while down below the canopy is built out of stainless steel, with a gold-plated finish.
The shade is also made of steel but it is lacquered a matte gold on the outside and a gold powder paint on the inside. An industrial pendant lighting design fit for the most demanding setting, with a seal of high-quality craftsmanship only delivered by the best artisans in the industry. Coltrane is a great mid-century modern lamp for more minimalist home interiors, as well as for contemporary hotel decor.
Coltrane Wall
Coltrane mid-century wall sconce is inspired by the famous John Coltrane and it is the perfect piece to create a beautiful lighting effect both indoors and outdoors. Handmade in steel by DelightFULL’s skilled artisans, it is a great example of how less is more. This wall light fixture has matte black and gold powder paint finishes, which give it a more contemporary style. It is prepared to be used in more humid atmospheres, making it the perfect outdoor sconce. You can pair up to two iron tubes, which will help to create a statement in your modern home decor. Additionally, it can be used in more minimalist hotel rooms.
Coltrane Table
The mid-century Coltrane table light is a modern lighting fixture, which embodies the contemporary principles of minimalism. With this in mind, DelightFULL’s designers came up with a minimal black table lamp with three tubes that cast the most soothing glaze. This modern desk lamp is handmade in brass and steel, with a gold-plated base that is topped up with a matte black finish on the three shades. It serves as a great bedside table lamp, as well as a unique entryway table light.
Coltrane Floor
As the previous lamps, Coltrane floor was inspired by the American jazz saxophonist and composer John Coltrane. This lamp embodies the avant-garde jazzy vibe that this legendary musician transmitted in every music concert. Handmade in brass and aluminum, the minimal black floor lamp has a matte black finish on the three lamp shades with a gold powder paint on the inside, that provide a smooth lighting effect. This functional floor lamp is ideal for minimalist settings, as well as for, mid-century modern reading nooks.
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The best places for beautiful winter walks across Lincolnshire
And most of them won't cost you a penny
Matty Hewitt
Updated 08:49, 25 DEC 2019
Father with little toddler boy walking their Golden Labrador dog on the beach in the Winter (Image: Getty Images)
If you're looking for a way to walk off the Christmas Dinner then look no further.
The season has a quite magical beauty and, as long as you wrap up warm, there's no reason not to get out and enjoy it on an invigorating walk.
In Lincolnshire we are spoilt for choice, be it in the countryside, around town or at the beach, there are so many places to explore which are equally as enchanting in winter as summer.
Here's our some of our top picks for places to walk in winter...
Lincoln Castle dog friendly weekends
Lincoln Castle (Image: Julian P Guffogg)
Lincoln Castle is hosting Dog Friendly Weekends on Saturday and Sunday, January 4-5 and February 8-9 when you can take your dog for a lovely walk around the grounds (10am-5pm, grounds close 4.30pm).
Entry to the grounds is free but other attractions require a ticket. With a ticket, your dog can also join you exploring the Medieval Wall Walk, Victorian Prison and into the Magna Carta Vault building.
Dogs will need to be kept on a lead at all times and, although dogs are allowed to enter the Magna Carta Vault building and cinema space, they cannot enter the document room itself.
Tickets: Adult £13.50; concs £11; child (ages 5-16) £7.20; under 5s free; family (up to two adults and three children) £34.20; dogs free.
Belton Park walk
The beautiful park and gardens of the National Trust property, Belton House in Grantham (Image: Photographic Solutions)
This is a must for families and wildlife enthusiasts.
Belton Park covers around 1,300 acres, of which 750 acres is a designated deer park.
This walk is suitable for dog walkers but dogs must be kept on leads at all times.
You can find a route map and guide for the walk here.
Along the way you'll discover ancient woodland, built structures and wildlife habitats.
Even see the site of a deserted medieval village. The walk is 3.2 miles and can take up to two hours. The terrain is moderate.
Start at Belton House main car park, grid ref: SK928391.
Grounds only admission applies: Winter standard prices are adult £8.80, child £6.60, family £24.20, single adult family £15.40.
South Common Lincoln
South Common in Lincoln (Image: Lincolnshire Echo)
South Common is a large area of common land between Lincoln, Canwick and Bracebridge Heath. Great for bird watching, wildlife and plants. There is also a playground and toilets.
Don't forget to say hello to the horses.
Head into South Common from the South Park Roundabout, along South Park or the B1188.
Gunby ice house pond walk
An easy 30-minute trail at Gunby. It's a tranquil mile-long walk and on your way back from the ice house pond you can see the remains of the former Gunby village, which was once a thriving settlement in 1563, but had disappeared by the time Gunby Hall was built in 1700.
Find a map and guide here.
Donna Nook National Nature Reserve
A happy seal at Donna Nook (Image: Anna Draper/ Lincolnshire Echo)
Now is the perfect time of year to visit Donna Nook National Nature Rerserve. Why?
Because, for much of the year grey seals at Donna Nook are at sea but every November and December, the seals give birth to their pups near the sand dunes - a wonderful spectacle that thrills many visitors every year.
Situated approximately 15 miles south of Grimsby and Cleethorpes, accessed from the A16, Donna Nook National Nature Reserve boasts 6.25 miles of coastline between Grainthorpe Haven and Saltfleet where it borders the Saltfleetby-Theddlethorpe National Nature Reserve.
Various car parks, catering and toilet facilities depending on the time of year. Find out more here.
Lincolnshire Wolds
The Lincolnshire Wolds beautiful landscape
This one speaks for itself.
This designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty boasts some of the most beautiful, unspoilt scenery in the region.
With rolling hills, streams and hidden valleys with nestling villages - The Lincolnshire Wolds are a living, working landscape, with woodland, grassland and abandoned chalk pits.
It is a beautiful place to explore whatever the season.
Coastal Country Park walk routes
Fancy taking a walk along the coast this winter? (Image: Natural England)
Going to the coast during the winter may be the last thing on your to do list.
In fact the coast is just as remarkable during the colder months as it is in summer.
The Coastal Country Park circular routes lead walkers through a combination of beach, sea wall and footpaths across working farmland.
They each have a detailed route guide, which you can find here, highlighting interesting features along the way.
There are currently three walk routes to choose from, starting from Sandilands, Anderby Creek and Chapel Point. Download here.
Talking of the seaside - the coast reveals its own unique beauty as the seasons change.
Sunbathing at this time of year is clearly a bad idea, but walkers who are wrapped up warm can enjoy a rugged landscape and the fresh air you only get being by the sea in winter.
For something off the beaten track:
Anderby Creek
Anderby is a long, sandy beach on the Lincolnshire coast. Being very much unspoilt by over-development, Anderby Beach is perfect if you want a peaceful, tranquil place to wander.
Theddlethorpe Dunes in Saltfleetby
Theddlethorpe Dunes is definitely one for nature lovers with its unspoilt landscape of salt marshland and sands.
It is a designated National Nature Reserve and there are a range of habitats here including tidal sand and mudflats, salt and freshwater marshes and sand dunes.
The beach here is a vast expanse of flat sand extending in every direction, and the marshes behind the beach are one of only a few locations in the UK where the natterjack toad can be found.
Chapel St Leonards
Chapel St Leonards is a sand and shingle beach. It is a good place for walking as the beaches stretch for many miles in both directions.
Ingoldmells
Ingoldmells is a sandy beach popular for swimming and for walking.
Gibraltar Point
At the Point in winter there are brent geese, shorelarks and snow bunting as well as flocks of redwing and fieldfare.
Making it a must for avid bird watchers.
A beautiful stretch of unspoilt coastline running southwards from the edge of Skegness to the mouth of the Wash and containing plenty of diverse wildlife. Walks, trails and maps here.
Water Rail Way
The Water Rail Way follows the route of the former Lincoln to Boston Railway Line, leaving Lincoln alongside the River Witham and passing Washingborough, Bardney and Southrey on the way to Kirkstead Bridge.
Here, you can take roads into the village of Woodhall Spa or continue on the Water Rail Way to Langrick Bridge and Boston.
The Water Rail Way passes through vast fenland landscapes with expansive views and skies. The route also features a sculpture trail which includes artworks inspired by the poetry of Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
This route is flat and almost entirely traffic-free and offers lots of good turnaround points.
The Viking Way
The Viking Way is a long distance footpath which starts on the banks of the Humber and winds its way through Lincolnshire finishing on the shores of Rutland Water, a total of 147 miles.
The route passes through the Wolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, the market town of Horncastle, the Lincolnshire Limewoods, Lincoln, the southern Lincolnshire Edge and the Kesteven Uplands before entering Leicestershire and Rutland.
Split into sections, you can download a free Viking Way guidebook here.
Whisby Nature Park
Located off Moor Lane in Thorpe on the Hill, accessed via the A46, walks of all different lengths are on offer around lakes at Whisby Nature Park where you'll discover wildlife, trees and plantlife. Find walks, trails and maps here.
There is a car parking charge of £2 from March to October and £1 from November to February. The reserve is open all year.
The car park gate is closed at dusk.
Hartsholme Country Park
Covering more than 200 acres, Hartsholme Country Park near Lincoln is a Green Flag Award winning park.
Victorian landscaped gardens, and access to parts of Swanholme Lakes Local Nature Reserve.
Follow footpaths and discover the lakes, woods, meadows and heaths, home to many plants and animals, with bridges crossing the lakes.
The main entrance is on the B1378 (Skellingthorpe Road). It is signposted from the A46 (Lincoln Bypass) and from the B1003 (Tritton Road).
Hubbard's Hills, Louth
Described as Louth's beauty spot, thousands visit Hubbard's Hills every year - an area of natural beauty. Find out more here.
Brayford Pool (and along the Foss Bank)
The Pyewipe Inn
Conveniently located in the city centre of Lincoln.
A walk along Brayford Pool can be extended along the Foss Bank. Why not end the ramble at the The Pyewipe Inn where you can enjoy a little something to warm you up.
Through the woods...
Skellingthorpe Old Wood Ancient woodland within Witham Valley Country Park. The wood lies close to the village of Skellingthorpe, five miles from Lincoln between the A57 and A46. You can follow trails and footpaths of varying lengths throughout the wood. It has a fascinating history, having once been a haunt of the Vikings.
Chambers Farm Wood Situated on the site of a medieval woodland near Wragby the wood contains a wealth of butterflies and rare ancient small leaved lime trees. Find trails in Chambers Farm Wood here.
Rigsby Wood At the foot of the Wolds near Alford, this ancient woodland is thought to have been around since prehistoric times. In the older part of the wood, bluebells are in abundance later in winter. Look out for tawny owls and great spotted woodpeckers.
Hill Holt Wood A beautiful 34-acre woodland open daily 8.30am 'til sunset and boasting a wide variety of wildlife and abundant wildflowers, with several well-marked walks around the site at Norton Disney.
Lincoln Castle
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He appears in state and federal courts and before the National Labor Relations Board, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and the State Division of Human Rights.
Bertrand also focuses his practice on corporate compliance related to anti-discrimination laws, the National Labor Relations Act, Title VII, and the Americans with Disabilities Act. He works with many public and Fortune 500 private sector employers throughout the country on labor relations and employment law issues, and his clients include:
Among his notable accomplishments, Bertrand negotiated a settlement with the EEOC on behalf of three Westchester cities for hiring entry level firefighters that has served for the last 25 years, helped prepare for arguments before the United States Supreme Court in a case involving collective bargaining issues, and was part of a team that represented a public transportation system in an interest arbitration in 2009. He also served on the Commission on Mayoral Control in 2009, advising legislators on the renewal of the mayoral control law for New York City schools.
Additionally, Bertrand has been an adjunct professor of labor law at New York University Law School for 12 years teaching labor law, and an adjunct professor of Law at Hofstra University Law School for three years, where he taught courses on employment discrimination law and on individual rights in the workplace. In addition, he has served as a visiting lecturer at Yale University Law School.
Bertrand is the founding member of the Appleseed Foundation, which supports projects to provide equal access to justice. Previously, he was the head of a labor and employment law boutique, representing many public sector employers and acting as the negotiator for a metropolitan board of education, police department, correction officers, sheriffs and clerical units, and cities.
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Mercedes announces $500 million expansion of N. Charleston plant, new jobs
VIDEO: Daimler AG announces $500 plant expansion, new jobs in North Charleston
NORTH CHARLESTON, SC (WCSC) - Daimler AG will build Mercedes Sprinter vans from scratch in North Charleston, company officials said during a media event on Friday morning.
Volker Mornhinweg, head of Mercedes Benz Vans, confirmed the company will build full scale production site for Sprinter vans in South Carolina.
"The region has very highly-skilled workers, a dense network of reliable suppliers, and an outstanding logistics infrastructure that includes good transport connections to the nearby harbor," Mornhinweg said.
The new production plant in North Charleston, S.C. will supply the North American market with the next-generation Sprinter, creating 1,300 new jobs over the next several years. Construction on the facility, which represents a $500 million investment, is expected to begin next year, Mornhinweg said.
Mornhinweg said the United States is the second-largest market for the vans in the world and last year had a record nine percent market share.
"We want to build closer to the customers," Mornhinweg said.
The company has sold 2.8 million Sprinter vans in 130 countries. In 2014, the company delivered approximately 26,000 Sprinters to U.S. customers, making the United States the company's second-largest sales market behind Germany, according to a statement from Gov. Haley's office. The Sprinter has been available in the U.S. since 2001, and the company has operated its current van assembly operation in Charleston County since 2006, the statement read.
Gov. Nikki Haley told Mercedes Benz workers, "You did this!" at the announcement.
The new Sprinter plant will be constructed on approximately 200 acres off of Palmetto Commerce Parkway and will feature a completely new body shop, a paint shop and an assembly line, according to Governor's Office spokesman Brian Symmes.
North Charleston Mayor Keith Summey said the Mercedes-Benz star represents "hard work, wonderful planning and extremely good design."
"In North Charleston, we are fortunate to boast a strong economy and an environment that is ripe for businesses to flourish," Summey said. "Yet, today's announcement from Daimler is truly transformative to our business landscape, validating North Charleston as an automotive manufacturing hub."
"It's a great day in South Carolina and a damn wonderful day in North Charleston," Summey said.
Summey's son, Charleston County Council Chairman J. Elliott Summey said Charleston county will be the only county in the world that can boast of producing jets and automobiles, references to both Mercedes-Benz and Boeing.
The major industrial announcement is part of a secret project local and state leaders had dubbed 'Project Unicorn.' While under wraps, the project was considered "Boeing-esque," with officials initially saying it would bring up to 1,200 new jobs to the Lowcountry.
"There's going to be a demand for workers here like you've never seen before and we are going to meet that demand," South Carolina House Rep. Chip Limehouse said.
Right now, parts for Mercedes Sprinter vans are shipped from Germany to the Daimler AG plant in North Charleston.
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Home >Industry >Payment companies seek to crack banks’ monopoly on card use
Payment companies are also pitching for lower tax on income generated through digital transactions. Photo: Hemant Mishra/Mint
Payment companies seek to crack banks’ monopoly on card use
2 min read . Updated: 25 Jan 2017, 10:42 AM IST Komal Gupta
Payment firms push for opening up of the market to a larger number of non-banking entities allowing installation of PoS machines, amid the Modi govt's growing digital transaction push
New Delhi: India’s rapidly growing payment industry is seeking easier entry norms for non-banking entities to install credit and debit card swiping machines at merchant outlets that will foster competition and cut down user charges, a goal the government is pursuing to tide over the cash crunch induced by recall of high-value currency notes.
Payment companies are also pitching for lower tax on income generated through digital transactions.
Executives, however, cautioned that any artificial reduction of merchant discount rate (MDR) on credit and debit cards payment through legislation will not work as it will affect the cost-benefit balance of issuing swiping machines.
Both banks and non-banking entities such as PayU, Mswipe, Ezetap and Oxigen issue swiping machines but the market is dominated by banks.
The chief ministers’ panel on digital payments led by Andhra Pradesh chief minister Chandrababu Naidu had on Tuesday disapproved of MDR levy by card issuers and recommended to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to lower or eliminate MDR for all digital payments to government entities.
The panel also recommended that Aadhaar-enabled payment systems which rely on biometrics should be incentivized rather than discouraged by charging MDR.
Naveen Surya, chairman, Payments Council of India (PCI), an industry body working closely with the government and the RBI, said artificial controls do no good and advocated for a level-playing field.
The market should be opened up to a larger number of non-banking entities allowing installation of point-of-sale (POS) machines, he said.
“If the market is opened, more and more entities will supply and charges will drop automatically. Lowering the charge without scale will have a negative impact,"added Surya, who is also the managing director of ItzCash Card Ltd.
The government on Tuesday provided highlights of the panel’s recommendations, but did not release the complete report. The highlights said that per capita cashless transactions by non-banks a year in India was merely 11 compared to 728 in Singapore, 355 in the UK and 142 in Brazil.
“It is very essential to find revenue alternatives not dependent on MDR i.e. using smartphones for payments, which requires low capital expenditure for the payment infrastructure, “said Sunil Kulkarni, deputy managing director, Oxigen Services (India) Pvt. Ltd, a payment company.
Surya said that tax rates applicable to the merchants should be lowered as their revenue from digital transactions increases.
The RBI had already lowered the MDR rates on December 16. The MDR for debit card payments, including for payments made to government, was capped at 0.25% for transactions up to Rs1,000 and 0.5% between Rs1,000-2,000.
However, there is no RBI cap on MDR on credit card payments. RBI said reduced charges will “come into effect from 1 January 2017 and shall be applicable till 31 March 2017".
The existing MDR cap before January 1was 0.75% for transactions up to Rs2,000 and 1% for over Rs2,000.
According to a July, 2016 report by the Boston Consultancy Group, market for cashless payments will grow 10 times by 2020 to reach $500 billion.
Gireesh Chandra Prasad contributed to the story
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Tappan Zee (10-2) and Pearl River (9-1) entered the game as the top two teams in Class A, respectively, according to the latest Journal News/lohud rankings released Monday afternoon.
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Dutchies head coach Riley Chevrier said she expected more from her team.
"I thought we could've played better, I really do," she said after the game. "I think that with this kind of rivalry and this kind of hype surrounding games, it can get into the kids' heads a little bit.
"I wished that we had come out the whole game kind of how we did in the second half," she added.
Tappan Zee forced a turnover around midcourt with 14.6 seconds left, giving the Dutchies an opportunity to win the game. Pearl River's defense did not allow a shot in the final seconds to secure the win.
Pearl River eighth-grader Rosie Scognamiglio finished on a backdoor cut off a pass from Corinne Miedreich to put Pearl River up 54-51 with 37.6 seconds left.
It means that Pearl River finally picked up the marquee win it needed to be considered a top 10 team in the section.
The Lady Pirates have been sitting on the bubble the past couple of weeks due to their lack of strength in schedule, but Monday's win will likely burst that bubble in a good way.
Player of the game
Corinne Miedreich, Pearl River: The junior forward had "one of her best offensive games of the season," according to head coach Chris Woolgar, after pouring in a game-high 16 points. She also had 12 rebounds and dished off what proved to be the game-winning assist in the final minute.
SOMETHING'S GOTTA GIVE: Both teams entered with undefeated records within the section. Pearl River and Panas (10-0) now remain the only teams without a Section 1 loss this season.
LIVING AND DYING BY THE 3: Tappan Zee is a team notorious for shooting 3-pointers, and it did not work to the Dutchies' favor on Monday. TZ made just three of its 19 shots from behind the arc in the loss.
TOP SCORERS: Miedreich and fellow junior Julia Kinnally paced Pearl River in the win. Kinnally scored all 14 of her points in the second half, including four 3-pointers in the third quarter. Tappan Zee had three double-digit scorers in the loss: Allie Maloney (15 points), Ashley Chaluisan (14 points) and Fiona Mullen (11 points).
"We always play like we're piranhas on a roast." - Pearl River guard Julia Kinnally
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Long Island Woman Who Testified Against Harvey Weinstein Speaks Out
Left: Harvey Weinstein in Paris in 2014. (Photo by Georges Biard) Right: Taralê Wulff.
An aspiring actress from Long Island is speaking out after she was among the half dozen women who testified against Harvey Weinstein at the movie producer’s recent rape trial in Manhattan court.
Taralê Wulff, who testified against Weinstein in January, published an open letter in which she reflects on her experience ahead of Weinstein’s sentencing Wednesday. She was one of four women who testified to show a pattern of behavior, but since charges in the case stemmed from two other women and not her ordeal, she is barred from giving a victim impact statement in court. So Wulff said she published an essay because she believes it is important that her voice be heard.
“Harvey Weinstein stole a part of my self-worth, treating me like I was nothing and I became fearful and mistrustful, not only of others but of myself,” Wulff wrote in an essay published Tuesday. “These feelings were unbearable to live with and I pushed back the fear, shame and guilt to move on with my life. That is how I survive.”
A jury convicted Weinstein last month of third-degree rape and criminal sexual act but acquitted him of predatory sexual assault. Wulff is one of about 100 women who’ve alleged that Weinstein sexually abused or raped them. His case was the catalyst of the #MeToo movement in which women increasingly began coming forward two years ago with allegations against men who used their positions of power as leverage over women who they sexually abused or raped.
“I was okay (or so I thought) until I read about brave women speaking out with stories just like mine,” Wulff wrote. “The heartbreak of shame and guilt came flooding back. I knew what those women felt and I wanted to help them. I had to.”
Wulff met Weinstein in 2005 when Wulff was a waitress at Cipriani Upstairs in Manhattan, where he allegedly masturbated in front of her after pulling her onto a rooftop terrace. She testified that Weinstein raped her at the disgraced movie mogul’s apartment, where she went hoping to get hired.
His attorneys maintain that his sexual relations were all consensual and have indicated that they plan to appeal the conviction. He also faces similar charges in Los Angeles. Weinstein faces up to 25 years in prison when sentenced by Judge James Burke.
“My hope is that Judge Burke will hold Weinstein accountable by imposing a prison sentence that reflects what he has done to us and knowing that whatever sentence he renders, it will never undo what has happened,” Wulff wrote. “I hope that the sentence sends a clear message that times have changed and that more women need to speak out for themselves and that men and women need to speak out for others.”
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Lion Farming
Safeguarding Whales
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High Level Panel Presentation
07 October 2020 - Presentation by Lord Ashcroft KCMG PC
Delivered on Wednesday, 07 October 2020.
Presentation by Lord Ashcroft KCMG PC to the High Level Panel examining the policies, legislation and practices related to the management of elephant, leopard, rhino and lion in South Africa.
Thank you for inviting me to give this short presentation.
Earlier this year I sent each of you a copy of my book, Unfair Game, in which I expose the appalling truth about South Africa’s captive lion industry.
I have no doubt that you are all busy people, but I sincerely hope that you found some time to look at it.
If you did, you’ll know that lion farming is a four-stage process. As cubs, these animals are taken from their mothers and used as tourist magnets. When older, they entertain tourists on “lion walking” excursions. Later, they’re shot in a “canned hunt” – a hunt in an enclosed space from which a lion cannot escape. Either that or they’re slaughtered for their bones and then stripped for their parts much as a thief might plunder a car. These bones are then sold for large sums of money in Asian wildlife markets.
Between being born and dying, some of these creatures are drugged and beaten to make them behave. They exist on a very limited diet. They carry diseases. They’re emotionally damaged. The abuse they suffer is unimaginable.
But it’s not just the appalling cruelty to the lions themselves that is harming South Africa’s reputation around the rest of the world.
The business of lion farming surely ranks as a prime example of how quickly profound wickedness can take root and then wreak havoc on a thing of beauty in a civilised country – a country that I love, by the way.
My research suggests there are now about 12,000 of these animals now being held in pens around South Africa. They outnumber wild lions by four to one.
These animals are bred in the name of profit. A lot of the money generated by these lions is the product of illegal activity, making these gains truly ill-gotten. In my opinion, this puts all of the beneficiaries of the captive-bred lion industry on a par with drug dealers.
In a world whose animal population is diminishing, and whose human population is growing, the problems associated with the lion industry are complex.
And yet, as my lengthy studies of this trade demonstrate, it really does seem that South Africa’s authorities have so far had no interest in tackling this hateful situation in earnest.
Arguably, the authorities have become the enablers of all of this, overseeing lion hunting regulations and awarding licences for the export of lion bones with what appear to be the lightest of touches and wilfully ignoring wrongdoing when they learn of it.
At the moment, this is largely restricted to South Africa. But once the international criminal syndicates have worked out how to create greater demand for the body parts of lions, wild lions right around Africa will become increasingly heavily poached – just like rhinos and elephants.
Then there is the health aspect to consider.
As my book shows, thousands of lion bones are smuggled out of South Africa each year to feed the Asian market for big cat products and so-called “traditional” medicines. Experts quoted in the book say a major public health incident will occur in Asia as a result of its people’s rampant consumption of lion bones – bones which are harvested in South Africa. It could be a serious infectious disease or may be a new disease we’ve never heard of, just like Covid-19. Lions also carry TB, which killed 1.5 million people in 2018. Any sense that South Africa failed to act when it had due warning would be disastrous for your people and their livelihoods.
So what can be done to solve this problem? I would urge you to recommend that the South African government bans captive-bred lion farming.
I would ask that you ensure airlines, shipping firms and freight companies operating in South Africa are heavily penalised if they are caught transporting the trophies or bones of captive-bred lions.
And ‘voluntourism’ holidays, lion cub petting and ‘walking with lions’ experiences must also be outlawed.
One of the most shocking aspects of the recent investigation into lion farming that I launched was that when it ended, my team took their findings to a senior police officer in Pretoria who specialises in wildlife issues. Not only did he not read the evidence file they gave him, but having rejected it he also threatened to put them in prison.
I don’t believe that the members of this panel hold this unsympathetic attitude. I am certain you know right from wrong.
I wrote Unfair Game because I wanted to help end lion farming in South Africa for once and for all.
I hope that you will all share this aim. I will help you in any way I can to bring about its demise.
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Former ambassador to U.K. promotes humanities education at Phi Beta Kappa lecture
February 6, 2018 Bailey Campagna
By Bailey Campagna —
Former Ambassador to the U.K. and Sweden Matthew Barzun spoke to students about the advancement of humanities at the 13th annual Phi Beta Kappa lecture Feb. 6.
“Our Separate Worlds: Where Do We Go From Here?” argued societal divisions can be mended by more education in the fields of humanities.
Barzun presented the idea of a divided America where people should look towards the inclusive message humanities presents.
While ambassador to the U.K., Barzun spoke to 20,000 high school students about their ideas of the most hopeful and most frustrating things in the country. After being an ambassador, he was inspired to continue speaking to students from Louisville and Indiana.
He said many students found division to be the most frustrating thing in America, and diversity gave students the greatest hope. He said humanities encourage the diversity that gives hope.
Barzun said in a time when the focus has been on STEM subjects, universities should devote resources to expanding the teaching of humanities.
“If you relegate humanities to just one little letter trying to imitate the trendiness of science, that is a losing prophecy,” Barzun said.
He said humanities focuses on inclusion, while STEM subjects often focus on “factoring out.” He said in its current divisive climate, America needs to learn more about inclusivity.
Barzun said we are currently living in a “connection paradox.”
“Never have we been so connectable. Never have we felt so disconnected,” Barzun said.
He said in the age of social media and the internet, we are more alone than ever. He pointed to the U.K.’s recent creation of the Minister of Loneliness, and books such as “Alone Together” by Sherry Turkle.
“We have confused mere connectivity with real connection,” Barzun said.
He said this too can be solved by a deeper interest in the humanities and encourages people striving to work in all fields to take an interest in the subject.
“Ask, listen, serve, open up,” Barzun said in his final remarks. “That, I think, is a helpful pattern. That, I think, sets the right tone.”
Photo by Bailey Campagna / The Louisville Cardinal
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Apple Seeds Fourth Beta of macOS High Sierra 10.13.5 to Developers [Update: Public Beta Available]
Monday May 7, 2018 11:01 am PDT by Juli Clover
Apple today seeded the fourth beta of an upcoming macOS High Sierra 10.13.5 update to developers, one week after seeding the third beta and more than a month after releasing the macOS High Sierra 10.13.4 update.
The new macOS High Sierra 10.13.5 beta can be downloaded through Apple Developer Center or the Software Update mechanism in the Mac App Store with the proper profile installed.
macOS High Sierra 10.13.5 introduces support for Messages on iCloud, a feature that was previously present in macOS High Sierra 10.13.4 betas before being pulled ahead of the release of the update. Messages on iCloud is also available in iOS 11.4.
The Messages on iCloud feature is designed to store your iMessages in iCloud for improved syncing. Right now, incoming iMessages are sent to all devices where you're signed into your Apple ID, but it's not true cloud-based syncing because your old messages don't show up on new devices nor does deleting a message remove it from all of your devices, both features enabled through Messages on iCloud.
Messages on iCloud also allows your older iMessages and attachments to be stored in iCloud rather than on your iPhone, iPad or Mac, saving valuable storage space.
The update also likely includes bug fixes and performance improvements for issues that weren't addressed in macOS High Sierra 10.13.4, but as Apple does not provide detailed release notes for macOS High Sierra beta updates, we may not know exactly what's included until the new software is provided to the public.
No major outward-facing changes were found in the first three betas of macOS High Sierra 10.13.5, but we'll update this post should any new features be found in the fourth.
The previous update, macOS High Sierra 10.13.4, brought support for external graphics processors (eGPUs) along with Business Chat in Messages and several other bug fixes and smaller feature improvements.
Update: Apple has made a new version of macOS High Sierra 10.13.5 available to public beta testers.
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scottlitch
Is HomeKit coming to MacOS?
jjhny
This is typically the magic number for me to think about trusting it on my workstations. Around the the 5th revision.
I used to jump right into the newest OS, but it isn't worth it anymore. They don't do enough real world Q&A.
fhall1
For the last three major versions (10.10, 10.11, and 10.2) I have waited until September to update to the final revision (e.g 10.12.6) just before the new major OS version is released. Then I stay there until the next Sept......rinse, repeat. This way I (hopefully) get the most stable release of the current OS version, just before it's not current any more. Any third party hardware and software should have been updated and with Apple not really including "must-have" features in the brand new OS versions lately, this process has served me well.
Still no APFS for Fusion Drives??!! I fell like I'm living in a limbo...:mad:
We've been living with HFS+ for 20 years. Another few months ain't gonna kill us.
I'd rather it work rock solidly than deal with weird anomalies with my data, thanks.
Babygotfont
... that comes in 10.14
OscarMV
I got out of the iOS beta when 11.3 went live. I so missed iMessage in the Cloud that I recently installed 11.4 on my phone and iPad. Was still hurting that the latest version of Mac OS beta didn't appear to have the feature. I guess they just added it based on this story. It is painful having to delete like 30 messages in the Mac app. Click the little X, click the delete confirmation, click the little X, click the delete confirmation, repeat 28 more times.
If you don't want to take your hands off the keyboard, press command-D to confirm deletion.
It used to be that you could skip deletion verification by pressing command-option-delete or option-click on the X, but that got removed with Messages in the Cloud.
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Marcell Vollmer appointed Chief Innovation Officer at Celonis
The former Chief Digital Officer of SAP Ariba, Marcell Vollmer, has now become the Chief Innovation Officer at Celonis. The New York and Munich-based e...
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The former Chief Digital Officer of SAP Ariba, Marcell Vollmer, has now become the Chief Innovation Officer at Celonis.
The New York and Munich-based enterprise software company offers intelligent business solutions powered by process mining technologies.
The business aims to “empower companies to visualize and improve the flow of their processes in order to transform the way they operate.”
Rockman Industries appoints Fortinet to protect its manufacturing plants from digital threats
Harald Wilhelm is appointed as Daimler’s new Chief Financial Officer
Barclays appoints Helena Sans as Head of Manufacturing
Read the latest issue of Manufacturing Global here
Celonis, which was founded in 2011, has customers such as ABB, HP, Innogy, Siemens and Vodafone.
The firm’s founders – Alexander Rinke, Martin Klenk, and Bastian Nominacher – still own almost 70% of the business.
Prior to his current position, Vollmer had worked for SAP over 10 years, serving as Chief Operating Officer, Chief Procurement Officer, Vice President Global Finance Projects, and Head of Strategic Projects. Vollmer has also worked at DHL for 15 years.
The new Chief Innovation Officer, 48, graduated from the University of Hamburg.
Manufacturing Global Magazine is the ‘Digital Community’ for the global Manufacturing industry. Manufacturing Global Magazine covers smart manufacturing, digital factories, factory of the future, lean manufacturing, ERP, manufacturing technology, AI & Automation - connecting the world’s largest community of manufacturing and operational executives. Manufacturing Global Magazine focuses on manufacturing news, key manufacturing interviews, manufacturing videos, the 'Factory of the Future Podcast' series along with an ever-expanding range of focused manufacturing white papers and webinars.
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In line with latest Government’s guidelines on home moving, the housing market remains open, and all our offices in England, Scotland and Wales continue to operate. Health and safety remains our main priority, and we continue to follow a number of strict measures to protect our customers and staff. More information
Eliminating the silent killer
No human sense can detect carbon monoxide yet very quickly it can overcome its victims with disastrous consequences. It kills almost 50 people in the UK every year.
It is a legal requirement for houses of multiple occupations (HMO) to have a carbon monoxide alarm fitted. However it is now advisable for all landlords to consider the installation of alarms to protect the occupier and help prevent any legal action being taken against a landlord.
The gas safe register recommends the use of audible carbon monoxide alarms which should be marked to EN 50291 and also bear the British Standards’ Institution Kite mark or another European approval organisations mark, fit an alarm in each room with a gas appliance.
Alarms should not be at ground level as CO rises and the alarm manufacturer’s instructions on fitting, testing and replacing the alarm should always be followed.
Black spot detectors that change color when carbon monoxide is present does not make a sound and it is important to chose an alarm that will wake people when they are asleep.
Wood burning stoves installed after 2011 need to be certified and a carbon monoxide detector fitted. Landlords are culpable if tenants die in their properties from detect that could have been foreseen or prevented, such as carbon monoxide build up.
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Heritage Dim Sum: A Teacher Remembers
Author : Koh Kong Chia
Publisher Celestial (Select Books Pte Ltd), Singapore
Bib. Infoxii, 260p.
Through engrossing, easy-to-read anecdotes, a pioneer-generation Singaporean recounts the significant milestones in his life, including his varied experiences as a classroom teacher, university tutor, vice-principal, senior lecturer, assistant director, Commonwealth Fund for Technical Co-operation International civil servant, specialist advisor and newsletter editor. Koh Kong Chia taught English in Singapore, Port Moresby, Kota Kinabalu, Sandakan, Tawau, Chengdu and Beijing over a span of 33 years. The sights, sounds and charms of old Singapore as seen through his perspective growing up in the post-war colonial period are also lovingly conveyed, as is his lifelong fascination with Chinese dialect opera. This book hopes to provide a unique appreciation of Singapore's heritage and culture through the lens of someone who had a ringside seat witnessing the birth of modern Singapore from the 1940s onwards.
1. Koh, Kong Chia 2. Teachers ? Singapore ? Biography 3. Teaching ? Singapore
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Five People in Fitness You Ought to be Reading
September 23, 2015 By Jason Harrison
Jason reading up on healthy living
When I say “fitness writing” to you, what usually comes to mind? For many people it’s the glossy magazines in the grocery checkout featuring sexy abs, impossible tiny bikini bottoms, and provocative poses.
I’ll let you in on a little secret. The smartest, strongest people I know in the fitness game hardly ever read those magazines. That’s not to belittle the glossies or dismiss their function: I’ll grab the ten sexy tips men’s magazine for a long flight just like anyone else. But The general point is that busy people with complicated jobs or lives don’t have time to seek out a broader range of information, so they rely on those periodicals. Allow me then to introduce you to a broader range of information.
I’ve compiled a list of the people whose material I find myself most often sharing with clients or using for my own fitness. My hope is that the list isn’t quite what you’re expecting. Sure, you’ll find some exercise tips, but you’ll also find the intersection of economics and food, empathy, and elite-level powerlifting. Try following some of these experts on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram and see if the way you think about health and fitness doesn’t evolve. Everyone on this list has made me a better coach through the sheer quantity of free, concise, and thoughtful material they’ve given to the public.
For the record, none of these people could pick me out of a lineup, and I’ve never met any of them. But their public personas at least are helpful, practical, and sometimes even a little soulful.
Kelly McGonigal — McGonigal’s 2013 TED Talk called “How to make stress your friend” dramatically shifted the way I coach my clients. The basic premise behind her research and talk is that how we think about stress can alter its impact on our lives. She emphasizes the positive effect of empathy and caring for others on our own lives and health, and makes a strong claim that “the harmful effects of stress on your health are not inevitable.”
Jen Sinkler — What distinguishes Sinkler from a lot of the fitness crowd is not just her national-level rugby experience, her competitive powerlifting experience, or even the fact that she’s helped puncture the stereotypes of what a sexy woman is “supposed” to look like. What distinguishes Sinkler from the rest of the crowd is that she can write her ass off. Sinkler’s approach to fitness is inclusive, fun, and when the time is right–intense. Not a bad combination.
photo from Emile Wamsteker/Bloomberg News
Roberto Ferdman — Ferdman writes about food, culture, and economics for the Washington Post in a way that elevates the discussion surrounding the latest health studies beyond banal attempts at provocation. When he writes about studies—such as in two really fantastic articles about poverty and nutrition here and here—he adds context, nuance, and reporting. You know, journalism. He’s not a “fitness writer,” but if you care about public policy’s impact on health you ought to be reading him.
Chad Wesley Smith
Juggernaut Training Systems — This is where I go when I want to learn how to get stronger. The view I have of my own lane of the road is that I help translate information from guys like Juggernaut founder Chad Wesley Smith—whose carnival-like Instagram feed regularly features him squatting 800 pounds, bench pressing 500 pounds, and deadlifting well over 700 pounds—to regular folks like teachers and lawyers. I borrow heavily from his programming to fuel my own workouts and my efficacy as a coach grew exponentially the day I discovered his material online. If you want to know strong, get to know Juggernaut. You might not get to a 700-pound deadlift, but you can use his training principles nonetheless.
Tony Gentilcore — Like Sinkler, Gentilcore is a strong writer and strong coach with a background in athletic performance. His website regularly features a roundup of solid fitness material he calls “Stuff to Read While You’re Pretending to Work.” His online persona is helpful, detail-oriented, and serious without any of the brotastic bravado you might expect from someone as accomplished and physically strong as he is.
Filed Under: Active Living, The Featured Articles Tagged With: fitness, Jason Harrison
About Jason Harrison
Jason is Certified Strength and Conditioning Coach, and co-owner of Present Tense Fitness. Follow him on Twitter @presenttensefit and Instagram @presenttensefitness
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Zillow.com Launches iPad App
SEATTLE, WA - Real estate Web site Zillow.com announced that its Zillow on iPad App is available on the App Store. The app presents users with homes for sale, homes for rent, Zestimate® home values, photos, home details and historical data on 95 million U.S. homes on a stunning screen while mobile.
"We jumped at the chance to create the Zillow on iPad App because we saw this as a unique opportunity to create a brand new, photo-driven home shopping experience on the most incredible Apple device yet," said Rich Barton, Zillow's chairman and chief executive officer. "Our app for iPad has the potential to radically change the way people search and comparison shop for real estate and we're excited to be on the App Store for iPad from day one."
With the Zillow on iPad App, home shoppers and real estate professionals can now:
Quickly search and browse cities and neighborhoods on a large touch-screen map with information on all homes, including those for sale or for rent, using landscape or portrait mode. Alongside the map, users can flick through photos of a home, or multiple homes, all from one simple, interactive interface.
Window-shop the neighborhood – In addition to map-based searching, Zillow built a brand new shopping interface, completely unique to the iPad, which starts with photos. View large images of multiple homes side-by-side; quickly flick through preview photos of one home versus another, or pick a home and browse large, nearly full screen images on the iPad's high resolution display.
Drag and drop homes into a personal favorites section for easy access. Favorite homes can be synced with Zillow.com and the Zillow iPhone App for later viewing.
Additionally, the Zillow on iPad App lets home shoppers set custom filters to refine home searches by price, size or type and share homes of interest via email or Facebook®. When interested in a home, shoppers can also email the agent, owner or landlord right from the app.
The Zillow on iPad App is available for free from the App Store on iPad or at www.itunes.com/appstore/.
For additional information about the Zillow on iPad App please visit www.zillow.com/ipad.
Zillow.com is an online real estate marketplace where homeowners, buyers, sellers, renters, real estate agents and mortgage professionals find and share vital information about homes and mortgages. Launched in early 2006 with Zestimate home values and data on millions of U.S. homes, Zillow has since added homes for sale and homes for rent, a directory of real estate and lending professionals, Zillow Advice and Zillow Mortgage Marketplace. One of the most-visited real estate Web sites, with more than 10 million(i) unique visitors per month, Zillow's goal is to help people become smarter about homes and real estate in every stage of their lives - home buying, selling, renting, remodeling and financing. The company is headquartered in Seattle and has raised $87 million in funding. Source: Zillow.com
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Thrice-widowed Ben Cartwright (Lorne Green) and his three sons make a life for themselves on the Western frontier. Each of the Cartwright boys has a different mother and possesses a personality all his own, ranging from sophisticated to hotheaded. It is this dynamic between the men that serves as the show's focal point, differentiating it from the typical life-on-the-range Western.
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Ep 1: A Rose for Lotta
The Cartwrights have to protect their land from ruthless mine owners who want the Ponderosa for its timber. They enlist the aid of actress Lotta Crabtree to carry out their plans, but she soon learns that she's getting into more than she bargained for. Remind Me
Ep 2: Death on Sun Mountain
The Cartwrights go up against two San Francisco men who plan to get rich by killing off the antelope herds—which the indians rely on for food—and selling the meat to Virginia City's swarms of gold miners. Remind Me
Ep 3: The Newcomers
John Pennington and his crew want to mine the Ponderosa land by hydraulic means. Ben is totally against this method and evicts them in short order. Hoss is given the task of telling Pennington's men to leave, but soon has a moral dilemma on his hands. Remind Me
Ep 4: The Paiute War
How do you defer responsibility for sexually assaulting someone? If you're an underhanded trader named Mike Wilson, you simply place the blame on Adam Cartwright. Remind Me
Ep 5: Enter Mark Twain
Sam Clemens (Mark Twain) arrives in Virginia City and takes up a job as a reporter at the Territorial Enterprise. In order to sell newspapers, Clemens creates a fantastic story about a monster roaming the Ponderosa. Remind Me
Ep 6: The Julia Bulette Story
Joe falls for Julia Bulette much to the chagrin of his father and Jean Millain. Millain believes that Julia is his and his alone, making the Cartwrights even more worried about Joe. However, things come to a head when a fever breaks out in Virginia City. Remind Me
Ep 7: The Saga of Annie O'Toole
Annie O'Toole and her father head out to the Washoe Diggings after her boyfriend, Swede Lundberg, returns with the deeds to two mines. Soon, O'Toole finds herself struggling to protect the venture from schemers. Remind Me
Ep 8: The Philip Diedesheimer Story
Adam and Hoss meet Philip Diedesheimer, a Dutch immigrant who is trying to convince the silver mine owners in Virginia City that his square set mine system works. Remind Me
Ep 9: Mr. Henry Comstock
The Cartwrights meet a miner who has been swindled by Henry T.P. Comstock. They then tell the story of how they meet Comstock, how silver was discovered and how Virginia City got its name. Remind Me
Ep 10: The Magnificent Adah
Famous actress Adah Isaacs Menken pays a visit to Virginia City. She is an old friend of Ben's and the two begin to renew their friendship much to the chagrin of Adam, Hoss and Joe. Ben's sons believe that Adah has plans to become the next Mrs. Ben Cartwright. Remind Me
Ep 11: The Truckee Strip
Luther Bishop and Ben Cartwright have had an ongoing land dispute for a number of years over a small tract called the Truckee Strip. One of Bishop's employee's has a grudge against the Cartwrights and wants to stir up the feud again. Remind Me
Ep 12: The Hanging Posse
After a woman is murdered in an attempted rape, a posse is organized in town, led by an old tracker who incites the men for a hanging. He leads the posse out with no intention of bringing the suspects back alive, but Adam and Joe ride along to make sure they do. Remind Me
Ep 13: Vendetta
While in the bank arranging for a letter of credit, Ben and Hoss encounter the bank robbing Morgan gang. Both Ben and one of Morgan's men get shot. When Billy Morgan dies, his brothers promise to avenge his death by going after Ben. Remind Me
Ep 14: The Sisters
Adam is seeing a young woman, Sue-Ellen Terry. He seems to be serious about her until after a sudden turn of events, he finds himself defending a murder charge. Remind Me
Ep 15: The Last Hunt
Hoss and Joe are out on a hunting trip when they come across a pregnant indian woman. Hoss and Joe look after the woman and end up delivering her baby. After deciding to take her back to the ranch house, they soon discover that they are being followed. Remind Me
Ep 16: El Toro Grande
Ben sends Hoss and Little Joe down to Mexico to purchase the bull known as El Toro Grande. While down there, Joe gets involved with the beautiful daughter of El Toro's owner and Hoss finds out that the son of one of the ranch hands has formed a very deep attachment to the bull. Remind Me
Ep 17: The Outcast
A young woman's life is ruined by her relation to criminals. Only the Cartwrights treat her differently. When she turns to Clay Renton, an ex-con, and Ben must help her out of a bad situation. Remind Me
Ep 18: A House Divided
Frederick Kyle arrives in Virginia City on a mission for the Confederacy. Kyle is also looking for Joe Cartwright. After they meet, Joe starts warming to the idea of helping Kyle out, much to the disappointment of his family. Remind Me
Ep 19: The Gunmen
Joe and Hoss arrive in the town of Keowa Flats, Texas. They are immediately mistaken for two gunslinging brothers, the Slades. Joe and Hoss soon find themselves involved in a feud, realizing they are the only ones in a position to stop the fighting before it gets any worse. Remind Me
Ep 20: The Fear Merchants
The Cartwrights are in Virginia City to celebrate the birthday of Jimmy Chang. The fun quickly vanishes when Jimmy is accused of murder and the Cartwrights have to battle a racist lawyer to prove their friend's innocence. Remind Me
Ep 21: The Spanish Grant
When the Cartwrights find out that some of the Ponderosa may be forfeited under the Spanish Land Grant, they decide to take legal action in order to stop it. Adam, however, takes another plan of action, which involves getting to know the beautiful heiress who is claiming the land under the grant. Remind Me
Ep 22: Blood on the Land
A sheepherder and his men try to drive their sheep across the Ponderosa. Ben and Adam disagree about how to stop them. Ben wants the Cartwrights to handle their own matters, but Adam wants to call in the law. Remind Me
Ep 23: Desert Justice
U.S. Marshal Emmett Dowd arrives at the Ponderosa to take back ranch hand Dave Walker to face trial in Los Angeles. Concerned by the way Dowd treats Walker and believing the man to be innocent, Adam and Hoss go along to make sure Walker reaches Los Angeles alive. Remind Me
Ep 24: The Stranger
Ben's past catches up with him when an inspector from New Orleans arrives in Virginia City. It seems Ben is wanted for murder and must go back to face trial. Remind Me
Ep 25: Escape to Ponderosa
Adam is bushwhacked by three men, who turn out to be Army deserters. When Ben pursues them, he finds himself hindered by a Captain Bolton, who is also after the three men. Remind Me
Ep 26: The Avenger
Ben and Adam are in the Virginia City jail waiting to be hanged. Last minute bids by Joe and Hoss to get them out are hindered by another rancher who wants to see Ben dead. Remind Me
Ep 27: The Last Trophy
Lord and Lady Dunsford arrive at the Ponderosa to visit their old friend, Ben. Adam finds himself the object of Lady Dunsford's attentions when she deems him to be a braver man than her husband. Remind Me
Ep 28: San Francisco
Ben, Hoss, Joe and Hop-Sing go to San Francisco to sell their cattle. They get shanghaied, but are able to break up the racket with the help of some of Hop-Sing's many cousins. Remind Me
Ep 29: Bitter Water
The Cartwrights find themselves resorting to the unthinkable when a neighbor wants to destroy the Ponderosa and will stop at nothing to do so. Remind Me
Ep 30: Feet of Clay
The Cartwrights take in young Billy Allen following the death of his mother. Hostile at first, the boy eventually befriends Hoss. When Billy's father breaks out of prison, Hoss knows he must do whatever is necessary to protect the boy. Remind Me
Ep 31: Dark Star
Joe is about to shoot what he thinks is a wolf but discovers it is a woman. She turns out to be a gypsy banished by her people because they believe she is possessed by the devil. Remind Me
Ep 32: Death at Dawn
When a local merchant is gunned down for refusing to pay off thugs who've taken over town, Farmer Perkins is charged with the crime and sentenced to hang. Ben is taken hostage by Perkins' employer, with threats to hang Ben if Perkins is not released. Remind Me
Ep 33: Showdown
After taking part in robbing the Virginia City bank, Sam Kirby gets hired at the Ponderosa, moonlighting as a farm hand while waiting to hear when the townsfolk have given up searching for the thieves. Remind Me
Ep 34: The Mission
Hoss befriends an old drunk named Charlie Trent, who at one time had been the best scout the Army had. When the Army's current scout, Lewt Cutter, refuses to obey Captain Pender's orders, he is fired and replaced by Charlie, whom the captain knew from his earlier days. Remind Me
Ep 35: Badge Without Honor
Adam is rescued from an ambush by Gerald Eskith, a lawman who is on a mission to Virginia City. Eskith is looking for a man who happens to be married to a close friend of the Cartwrights. By the time Adam realizes Eskith's real agenda, it may be too late to save someone's life. Remind Me
Ep 36: The Mill
Ben's neighbor, Joyce, comes to the Ponderosa asking Ben to help her disabled husband build a mill. She thinks the project will help her husband break free from his depression and the grip of a man named Ezekiel. Remind Me
Ep 37: The Hopefuls
While in Virginia City on ranch business, Adam meets up with Sam Board. As they are leaving town, they come across a wagon train and decide to help the settlers out. Adam finds himself falling for the daughter of the group's leader, but soon finds that love doesn't always overcome morals and beliefs. Remind Me
Ep 38: Denver McKee
While celebrating the return of his daughter, Connie, former lawman McKee is asked to assist in the capture of an outlaw gang. While Joe is courting Connie, no one realizes that McKee is involved with the outlaws. Remind Me
Ep 39: Day of Reckoning
After being injured in a fight, Ben is nursed back to health by Indians Matsou and his wife, Hatoya. In return, Ben gives them land to settle and farm. However, Matsou's brother and a neighbor are set on making sure that he and his wife don't succeed in their new life. Remind Me
Ep 40: The Abduction
When Joe brings the daughter of a local tycoon to the carnival, she goes missing. Will they find her before it's too late? Remind Me
Ep 41: Breed of Violence
Joe's friend, Dolly Kincaid, is the daughter of the sheriff and always getting caught up with the wrong crowd. When she gets close to Vince Dagen, Joe gets worried and tries to intervene. Remind Me
Ep 42: The Last Viking
Gunnar Borgstrom is the leader of a vicious band called the Commancheros. They burn houses, kill people and steal anything of value. When the Commancheros get to Nevada, Gunnar decides to visit his relatives, the Cartwrights. Remind Me
Ep 43: The Trail Gang
Ben and Hoss hire a new trail gang to take cattle back to Nevada. They also hire a young drifter named Sam Jackson. Brazis, the leader of the trail gang, recognizes Jackson but keeps it a secret. Remind Me
Ep 44: The Savage
After Adam is wounded by Indians and left for dead, a reclusive mountain woman nurses him back to health. She is known to the Indians as While Buffalo Woman, and they believe she possesses magical powers. Remind Me
Ep 45: Silent Thunder
Captivated by the pretty, deaf-mute daughter of a reclusive mountain man, Little Joe teaches her sign language. Thrilled with her newfound ability to communicate, Annie mistakes her gratitude to Little Joe for love, much to the chagrin of Albie, who is determined to have her for his own. Remind Me
Ep 46: The Ape
Hoss decides to help Arnie, a man who has never learned to control his great strength. Things seem to be working out until Arnie falls for a saloon girl. Hoss realizes that he is facing an uphill battle to help Arnie lead the kind of life that he has always wanted. Remind Me
Ep 47: The Blood Line
The son of Luke Grayson wants revenge when he discovers that Ben Cartwright killed his father, even though it was in self-defense. Despite this, Ben and Hoss are determined to help the young man find a new life for himself. Remind Me
Ep 48: The Courtship
Hoss finds himself falling in love with widow Helen Layton and intends to marry her, unaware of her true nature. Remind Me
Ep 49: The Spitfire
After Joe shoots and kills a man starting a fire on the Ponderosa in self-defense, the Cartwrights have their hands full protecting Joe from the dead man's vengeful clan. Remind Me
Ep 50: The Bride
A woman shows up to the Ponderosa claiming to have just married Ben. The problem is, Ben has never seen her before in his life! Remind Me
Ep 51: Bank Run
Joe and Hoss get in some trouble when they "rob" the bank. Remind Me
Ep 52: The Fugitive
Adam takes a trip to Mexico to collect the body of the son of a former Ponderosa foreman who is too old to make the trip. Believing it to be a simple task, Adam arrives only to find that there is a lot more going on. Remind Me
Ep 53: Vengeance
After accidentally killing Willie Twilight, a guilt-stricken Hoss is inconsolable. Meanwhile, Willie's brother, Red, arrives in town intent on exacting revenge. Remind Me
Ep 54: The Tax Collector
At the behest of a local bureaucrat, good-for-nothing Jock Henry becomes Virginia City's tax collector. Jock also becomes drunk with power, levying huge, unfair assessments against everybody in the vicinity. Remind Me
Ep 55: The Rescue
The boys decide that Ben is getting too old and advise him to take it easy while they go on search for cattle rustlers. Ben reluctantly agrees, but when his sons fail to return he goes out after them. Remind Me
Ep 56: The Dark Gate
When a friend of Adam's begins to display erratic, violent behavior, Adam takes it upon himself to learn what is at the root of the problem. Remind Me
Ep 57: The Duke
After a cruel prizefighter beats up a man in a bar fight, the Cartwrights challenge him to a bout with John Heenan. Remind Me
Ep 58: Cutthroat Junction
Virginia City is about to become a ghost town when the lifeline to the outside world, the stage line, is threatened to be cut off. Remind Me
Ep 59: The Gift
Little Joe is on his way back home with a beautiful white stallion, a birthday gift to Ben, when an Indian uprising breaks out, cutting him off from the fort where he is to meet his family. Remind Me
Ep 60: The Rival
While visiting a girl he is courting, Hoss helps save the life of a rival suitor when the man is wanted by a lynch mob for the wrongful deaths of a family. Remind Me
Ep 61: The Infernal Machine
A conniving city slicker vanishes with the funds collected from townsfolk to finance the manufacture of a horseless carriage. Remind Me
Ep 62: The Thunderhead Swindle
Ben Cartwright's suspicions are aroused when scruffy prospectors Cunningham and Furnas arrive in town, claiming to have struck a valuable silver lode at Thunderhead Mine. Remind Me
Ep 63: The Secret
Joe is accused of murdering a girl. Her father and brothers want to hang Joe, but the Cartwrights are determined to prove his innocence. Remind Me
Ep 64: The Dream Riders
When an old friend of Ben's comes to town testing out hot air baloons, no one knows what he is really up to. Things get even more complicated and confusing when the Major's daughter arrives. Remind Me
Ep 65: Elizabeth, My Love
Ben recalls his days at sea and how he met his first wife, Elizabeth, when Adam falls gravely ill. Remind Me
Ep 66: Sam Hill
Pressured to give up the land on which his mother is buried, blacksmith Sam Hill (Claude Akins) discovers that he has been sold out by his own father, and that the new owner of the property is a self-styled dictator with a private army. Remind Me
Ep 67: The Smiler
The brother of a man Hoss killed in self-defense says he understands but secretly plans revenge. Remind Me
Ep 68: Springtime
A friend of Ben's arrives at the Ponderosa right as the Cartwright boys are fighting in mud. Mr. Milbank, who is injured by a flying log during the fight, gives an assignment to each of the three boys. Can they fulfill the assignments, or has springtime gotten to them all? Remind Me
Ep 69: The Honor of Cochise
The Cartwrights and a calvary captain find themselves surrounded by Cochise and out of water. When Adam is injured, Ben decides he must try to barter with the Indians to save all their lives. Remind Me
Ep 70: The Lonely House
A wounded bank robber holes up in a widow's house, keeping an eye on both her and Little Joe. Remind Me
Ep 71: The Burma Rarity
Widow Hawkins tricks a couple of con men who first try to swindle her with an emerald known as "The Burma Rarity." Remind Me
Ep 72: Broken Ballad
The situation goes from bad to worse when Adam tries to smooth things over between a general store owner and the gunfighter who killed the man's son years earlier. Remind Me
Ep 73: The Many Faces of Gideon Flinch
Bullethead Burke is looking for a man he says cheated him out of $5,000 dollars. The man's niece tricks Little Joe and Hoss into helping her uncle out. A pickpocket escapes from jail and complicates matters even more. Remind Me
Ep 74: The Friendship
Joe befriends and takes responsibility for an ex-convict named Danny. Danny loves horses and is not used to people's ways on the outside of jail. Will his rough jailhouse upbringing mar any hopes of friendship? Remind Me
Ep 75: The Countess
Unsettling events that could spell financial ruin for the Ponderosa mysteriously coincide with the arrival of a wealthy countess who seems determined to win the love of Ben Cartwright, the man she spurned 20 years before in New Orleans. Remind Me
Ep 76: The Horse Breaker
While working at the Ponderosa, wrangler Johnny Lightly suffers an accident that costs him the use of both legs. Though Dr. Kay theorizes that the injuries may not last, Johnny has given up the will to live. Remind Me
Ep 77: Day of the Dragon
Joe wins a card game and an unexpected prize—a young lady. She goes to the Ponderosa and serves them, not wanting to be set free. Meanwhile, an army is looking for her and the Cartwrights. Remind Me
Ep 78: The Frenchman
Hoss insults a feisty Frenchman who demands satisfaction with swords, unaware that the little rogue believes himself to be the reincarnation of medieval outlaw poet Francois Villon. Remind Me
Ep 79: The Tin Badge
To show up his teasing brothers, Joe Cartwright accepts the position of sheriff in the little town of Rubicon. Little does Joe know that the men behind his nomination, gunslinger Ab Brock and crooked Mayor Goshen, intend to use the youngest Cartwright boy as the fall guy for an elaborate robbery-murder scheme. Remind Me
Ep 80: Gabrielle
The Cartwrights find a loving home for Gabrielle, a blind 11-year-old girl whose parents were killed in an overturned wagon; but Gabrielle wants to live with her grandfather, a crusty mountain hermit who wants nothing to do with anyone, including his orphaned granddaughter. Remind Me
Ep 81: Land Grab
The Cartwrights play host to an eccentric old soldier friend of Ben's while trying to track down a mysterious swindler named Polk, who is illegally deeding parcels of the Ponderosa to settlers looking for homesteads. Remind Me
Ep 82: The Tall Stranger
Hoss plans to marry Margie, a pretty blonde. Margie becomes fascinated with a tall, traveling stranger named Mark Connors. She marries Mark but soon finds it was far from a match made in heaven. Remind Me
Ep 83: The Lady from Baltimore
The Cartwrights receive a visit from Deborah Banning and her daughter, Melinda. Deborah is intent on having Melinda marry one of Ben's sons. Remind Me
Ep 84: The Ride
Adam witnesses the murder of a station manager while waiting for a stagecoach. The two men who committed the crime were wearing burlap bags over their heads, but Adam is sure that he knows their identities. Remind Me
Ep 85: The Storm
While visiting the Ponderosa, Ben's old friend, sea Captain Matthew White, is forced to reveal a terrible secret after Little Joe Cartwright falls in love with and plans to wed the his daughter, Laura, once a freckle-faced playmate from Joe's childhood in New Orleans, now grown into a beautiful woman. Remind Me
Ep 86: The Auld Sod
To save town drunk Danny Lynch from a world of embarrassment, the Cartwrights let him pretend to be the owner of the Ponderosa when his mother visits from Ireland. Remind Me
Ep 87: Gift of Water
The Cartwrights stand up to vigilantes who are trying to keep families from leaving the flat lands for the high country during a terrible drought. Remind Me
Ep 88: The Jackknife
Searching for missing Ponderosa cattle, Adam Cartwright stops to aid injured rancher Matt Grant. What Adam doesn't know is that Grant is part of the very gang of rustlers responsible for the missing cattle. Remind Me
Ep 89: The Guilty
A gunman with vengeance on his mind tracks retired Sheriff Lem Partridge to Virginia City and is soon holding Lem's son, Jimmy, and good friend, Ben Cartwright, hostage. Remind Me
Ep 90: The Wooing of Abigail Jones
In order to keep peace on the ranch, Hoss and Joe try to help ranch hand Hank Meyers woo the the plain-looking schoolteacher, Abigail Jones. When their first plan backfires, they convince Adam to get involved. Remind Me
Ep 91: The Lawmaker
The Cartwrights may have to take the law into their own hands when Virginia City's temporary sheriff uses his new badge as a license to kill. Remind Me
Ep 92: Look to the Stars
A young genius, Albert Michaelson vies for a scholarship. Adam assists Albert in the boy's experiments. Albert only needs the school teacher's approval to be granted a scholarship, which will be very difficult to get considering Albert was expelled from school. Remind Me
Ep 93: The Gamble
Little Joe races the clock to prove the innocence of his framed father and brothers, soon to be executed for a murder they did not commit. Remind Me
Ep 94: The Crucible
After being robbed in the desert, Adam stumbles onto a seemingly chivalrous prospector named Peter Kane, who offers him a mule and supplies for three days work. However, Kane is a demented madman who is interested in psychological torture, hoping to drive a seemingly rational man like Adam to murder. Remind Me
Ep 95: Inger, My Love
Ben indulges in a nostalgic reverie about Hoss's deceased mother. Having worked his way west to Galesburg, Illinois, Ben is befriended by a girl named Inger, the fiancee of the tavern owner who gave him a job. Remind Me
Ep 96: Blessed Are They
Ben Cartwright and Virginia City's enigmatic new minister work together to decide which set of feuding grandparents, the Mahans or the Clarkes, will have custody of their recently orphaned twin grandchildren. Remind Me
Ep 97: The Dowry
After recovering a stolen dowery, the Cartwright boys begin to grow suspicious when more attempts are made on the loot and the fiancé takes everything in stride. Remind Me
Ep 98: The Long Night
When Adam is ambushed by an escaped convict who forces him to swap clothes, it isn't long before a posse is on Adam's trail. To make matters worse, the posse leader knows it is Adam, but wants to see him hang just the same. Remind Me
Ep 99: The Mountain Girl
Raised in the hills by her reclusive grandfather, Trudy is left in Joe's care when he dies. Honoring a promise to the girl's late grandfather, Joe is determined to transform the hoydenish Trudy into a "lady." Remind Me
Ep 100: The Miracle Maker
Susan Blanchard is injured in a wagon crash. Though there is nothing physically wrong with her, Susan is psychosomatically incapable of leaving her bed. Enter faith healer Garth, who promises to make Susan walk again. Remind Me
Ep 101: The First Born
When a man comes to town claiming to be Marie's son, Joe is not sure what to think. Could this be his brother, or is it all just a big lie? Remind Me
Ep 102: The Quest
Wanting to prove his independence and break out of the shadows of his Pa and older brothers, Little Joe sets out to win a lucrative timber contract for the Ponderosa. Remind Me
Ep 103: The Artist
Wallowing in self-pity after having gone blind, Matthew Raine begins coming out of his self-imposed exile after befriending Ben's housekeeper, Ann Loring. However, there is someone who doesn't want Matthew to extricate himself from his miserable state. Remind Me
Ep 104: A Hot Day for a Hanging
On behalf of his father, Hoss sets out to deliver a large sum of money to the town of Dutchman Flats. Upon his arrival, however, Hoss is arrested by Sheriff Stedman on a charge of bank robbery. Remind Me
Ep 105: The Deserter
Sgt. Samuel Bellis is accused of desertion, murder and selling guns to the Indians. Bellis insists that he's innocent, and Candy believes him, but before he can clear Bellis' name, he must elude the Army patrol hot on the fugitive sergeant's heels. Remind Me
Ep 106: The Way Station
Adam finds shelter overnight at a stagecoach way station. There he meets others ranging from a beautiful girl to a dangerous outlaw on the run. Remind Me
Ep 107: The War Comes to Washoe
Joe and Adam's differences in politics lead to unrest in the house. When Joe is picked to go to a convention on the statehood of Nevada, will his relationship with a admitted Confederate's daughter weigh his decision? Remind Me
Ep 108: Knight Errant
Hoss picks up a mail order bride for a friend, but problems arise when the bride decides she has fallen in love with Hoss and has no interest in her husband to be. Remind Me
Ep 109: The Beginning
Joe befriends a young man, Billy Horne, a white man captured and raised by the Shoshones. Meanwhile, Milton Tanner goes after a third of the Ponderosa. Seeing that his new friends are in trouble, Billy takes matters into his own hands. Remind Me
Ep 110: The Deadly Ones
Mexican freedom fighters loyal to Benito Juárez take over the Ponderosa, gravely wound Little Joe and force Ben to guide them to a wagon train loaded with gold being smuggled to California by Emperor Maximilian. Remind Me
Ep 111: Gallagher's Sons
Hoss helps out two young girls, whose father has just died, by taking them on a journey to their Aunt's place. Unbeknownst to Hoss, one of the girls carries a stolen bag of money and he soon finds out that there are others who are interested in both the money and the girls. Remind Me
Ep 112: The Decision
Hoss is seriously injured on a cattle drive and Ben takes him to a nearby town in search of a doctor. To his dismay, Ben finds out that the only doctor available is in jail, waiting to be hung for murder. Remind Me
Ep 113: The Good Samaritan
Hoss introduces Wade Tyree to Abigail and her daughter, Bonnie, in the hopes that it will stop Wade's constant drinking. After Wade and Abigail get married, Wade goes back to his old ways. It's up to Hoss to bring the broken family back together. Remind Me
Ep 114: The Jury
Hoss faces scorn and accusations of bribery when he refuses to vote with his fellow jurors to convict a man for murder based solely on the testimony of the victim's brother, who witnessed the act on a dark night. Remind Me
Ep 115: The Colonel
One of Ben Cartwright's old war buddies, who claims to be a business tycoon developing a new territory, woos a wealthy Virginia City widow and jeopardizes a Ponderosa land deal. Remind Me
Ep 116: Song in the Dark
When a guitar-strumming "traveling troubadour" is hired on at the Ponderosa, it is up to Adam to prove the minstrel's guilt or innocence when he is accused of a murder, before which a witness overheard singing. Remind Me
Ep 117: Elegy for a Hangman
Adam helps an angry young man to confront the "hanging judge" who sentenced his father to death in a high-stakes miscarriage of justice. Remind Me
Ep 118: Half a Rogue
Hoss harbors kindred spirit Big Jim Layton on the Ponderosa while trying to clear the wounded mountain man's name from charges of theft and murder. Remind Me
Ep 119: The Last Haircut
Little Joe finds himself at the scene of a murder, and befriends the victim's vengeance-minded son. Remind Me
Ep 120: Marie, My Love
When Joe sustains a life-threatening injury much like the one that killed his mother, Ben reminisces about meeting his third wife, Marie. Remind Me
Ep 121: The Hayburner
After Hoss and Adam purchase a thoroughbred horse, Hoss puts the animal up as security during a poker game—and loses. They hope to get Joe to pay off the horse, but Joe has a plan of his own. Remind Me
Ep 122: The Actress
Little Joe falls in love with a beautiful woman who aspires to be an actress. Remind Me
Ep 123: A Stranger Passed This Way
Bushwacked and suffering from amnesia, Hoss is found wandering down the road by the Vandervorts, an older couple who are happy to take the gentle giant into their family to replace the son they lost. Remind Me
Ep 124: The Way of Aaron
Adam helps a beautiful woman, and her father, a peddler of devout Jewish faith. Remind Me
Ep 125: A Woman Lost
An alcoholic saloon girl changes her life with the help of Ben and an ex-prizefighter who falls in love with her. Remind Me
Ep 126: Any Friend of Walter's
Attacked by outlaws, Hoss takes cover in a prospector's shack with the old prospector and Walter, the old man's surprisingly communicative dog. Remind Me
Ep 127: Mirror of a Man
One of Ben's ranch hands on the Ponderosa finds his past catching up with him when his twin brother murders a man. Remind Me
Ep 128: My Brother's Keeper
When Adam and Joe are out hunting a wolf that has been killing cattle, Adam accidentally shoots Joe. With time quickly running out for his brother, Adam makes haste to the Ponderosa. Remind Me
Ep 129: Five into the Wind
A stagecoach accident in a windstorm leaves five stranded, after which Little Joe is accused when a man is found murdered with his knife. Remind Me
Ep 130: The Saga of Whizzer McGee
Hoss tries to help Whizzer McGee, a man with short height, a short fuse, thin skin and big ideas. Remind Me
Ep 131: Thunder Man
Little Joe's 19-year-old girlfriend is killed by a good samaritan, an explosives expert who had stopped to render aid to the woman's uncle after he suffers a stroke. Remind Me
Ep 132: Rich Man, Poor Man
A bitter man who finds himself rich over night determines to get even with his adversaries by buying out their mortgages. Remind Me
Ep 133: The Boss
Ben confronts a former friend who has become a local strongman after monopolizing the freight business. Remind Me
Ep 134: Little Man -Ten Feet Tall
An Italian immigrant and his son come to the Ponderosa. After spending some time with Hoss, the son decides he wants to give up the classical guitar to become a cowboy much to his father's chagrin. Remind Me
Ep 135: She Walks in Beauty
Hoss falls under the spell of a beautiful shady lady from San Francisco and asks her to be his wife, believing his love can change her even after she tries to seduce his brother, Adam. Remind Me
Ep 136: A Passion for Justice
Renowned English novelist Charles Dickens comes to Virginia City. In short order, he is accused of a crime he didn't commit. The problem then becomes how to convince the stubborn author to defend himself. Remind Me
Ep 137: Rain from Heaven
A drought brings a rainmaker with a very sick daughter to Virginia City. Remind Me
Ep 138: Twilight Town
Joe gets bushwhacked while on a trip near a strange town. The people seem nice enough, but what do they really want? Remind Me
Ep 139: The Toy Soldier
Adam helps an alcoholic artist married to a lovely Piute woman find a way to help the Piute Indians oppressed by a powerful local rancher. Remind Me
Ep 140: A Question of Strength
A stagecoach containing Hoss and two nuns is robbed. Later, one of the badly wounded robbers finds himself in their power. Remind Me
Ep 141: Calamity over the Comstock
Joe has a run-in with Calamity Jane, and takes her home with him after promising her dying father to take care of her. At first the Cartwrights (besides Joe) think "Cal" is a boy, but they soon find out differently. Cal begins to fall in love with Joe, but Joe finds her attentions unwanted...especially when Cal's boyfriend, Doc Holliday, has it in for Joe. Remind Me
Ep 142: Journey Remembered
Ben finds an old journal that he kept while in a wagon train travelling from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Ash Hollow. As he is reading it Ben remembers the journey he undertook with his wife, Inger, and a young Adam. Remind Me
Ep 143: The Quality of Mercy
Joe struggles to understand whether his friend was right in killing a dying man who pleaded to be put out of his misery. Remind Me
Ep 144: The Waiting Game
When Laura's husband, Frank, is killed, she decides not to reveal this tragic fact to her wide-eyed little daughter, Peggy, who is anxiously awaiting her daddy's return. Agreeing to help keep Laura's secret, Adam Cartwright finds himself falling in love with her. Remind Me
Ep 145: The Legacy
Adam, Hoss and Joe mistakenly believe their father was murdered. They split into three different directions to confront the supposed killers. In his heart, Ben knows his sons will not act outside the law; but he is not 100% sure that Joe will behave correctly. Remind Me
Ep 146: Hoss and the Leprechauns
Hoss goes leprechaun hunting, hoping to find gold. Remind Me
Ep 147: The Prime of Life
Ben Cartwright doubts his fitness to run the Ponderosa when his impatience results in a logging camp accident that causes serious injury to himself and an old friend's death. Remind Me
Ep 148: The Lila Conrad Story
Joe finds a saloon girl named Lila Conrad in the back of a wagon. Trouble is, she seems to be wanted—for murder. Joe wants to get her back to Virginia City for a fair trial, but it seems that other people have different plans. Remind Me
Ep 149: The Ponderosa Matador
Adam, Hoss, and Joe vie for the attention of a pretty young lady named Dolores. Hoss talks Joe into entering a bull fight, but it doesn't work out quite as planned. Remind Me
Ep 150: My Son, My Son
Ben's plans to wed widow Katherine Saunders are jeopardized after her son is accused of murder. Remind Me
Ep 151: Alias Joe Cartwright
A man who looks similar to Joe uses his name, which eventually lands Joe in front of a firing squad. Remind Me
Ep 152: The Gentleman from New Orleans
Hoss meets a flamboyant, sword-brandishing drunk claiming to be none other than the notorious pirate Jean LaFitte. Remind Me
Ep 153: The Cheating Game
Kathie Browne returns in the role of Laura Dayton, erstwhile sweetheart of Adam Cartwright. When a stranger arrives in town telling Laura that her late husband willed her a fortune, she finds herself attracted to the man, unaware he is harboring ulterior motives. Remind Me
Ep 154: Bullet for a Bride
After accidentally blinding a young girl, Tessa, in a shooting accident, Joe wants to make amends with the girl's family by marrying her. While she accepts, Ben soon learns that Tessa may have a secret. Remind Me
Ep 155: King of the Mountain
Hoss finds himself smack dab in the middle of a mountain family feud when he agrees to be the best man at ornery Big Jim Leyton's wedding. Remind Me
Ep 156: Love Me Not
While talking with an Indian, Ben is given an unexpected present—a woman. She is a young white woman who has lived with the Indians since she was a little girl and knows nothing of the white man's ways. Remind Me
Ep 157: The Pure Truth
When Hoss is set up to take the fall for a bank robbery in another town, the help of an eccentric gold prospector appears to be all that stands between him and the real bandit's bullet. Remind Me
Ep 158: No Less a Man
Certain that he is too old to stand against a notorious gang of bank robbers when news arrives that Virginia City will soon be next in a long string of successful raids, the terrified townsfolk demand Sheriff Coffee's resignation to make way for a younger lawman. Remind Me
Ep 159: Return to Honor
Ben travels to pay his respects after receiving word that his nephew is dead. At the grave, however, Ben finds his nephew, wounded but alive. Remind Me
Ep 160: The Saga of Muley Jones
Bruce Yarnell makes his first appearance as the Cartwrights' cousin, Muley, from Missouri. "Blessed" with a singing voice that can literally shatter glass, Muley manages to make life difficult for his rich relations. Remind Me
Ep 161: The Roper
Army soldiers and an outlaw gang have a shootout at the Ponderosa while Will is home alone. To make matters worse, Will realizes that the money in Ben's safe is in jeopardy. Remind Me
Ep 162: A Pink Cloud Comes from Old Cathay
A headstrong Chinese girl (Marlo Thomas) visiting the Cartwrights incites labor unrest among local workers. Remind Me
Ep 163: The Companeros
Mateo Ibara and his wife, Carla, visit the Ponderosa. Ibara asks Will to return to Mexico with him. Ibara and Will fought together for Juarez's cause and Ibara saved Will's life. For this reason, Will feels obligated to Ibara, but Ben is suspicious of the man's motives. Remind Me
Ep 164: Enter Thomas Bowers
After a triumphant tour in Europe, a famous African-American singer encounters racial prejudice in Virginia City when he arrives to perform a concert. Remind Me
Ep 165: The Dark Past
The men of the Ponderosa cannot understand why bounty hunter Dev Farnum (Dennis Hopper) is so unfriendly and secretive. Remind Me
Ep 166: The Pressure Game
Laura Dayton's Aunt Lil comes to visit and quickly decides it's time she help the hesitant Adam propose to her favorite niece. Her plan is to make Adam jealous by using his cousin, Will, but it doesn't go exactly as planned. Remind Me
Ep 167: Triangle
Adam and Laura are finally engaged. Adam is secretly building a house and planning for the future. However, Laura realizes that it's Will she is in love with. But when Adam is confined to a wheelchair after suffering a fall, Laura and Will deny their feelings out of guilt. Remind Me
Ep 168: Walter and the Outlaws
Hoss agrees to dog-sit Obie's dog, Walter, while he is away. What Hoss doesn't anticipate is a confrontation with outlaws that turns a simple task into a comic chain of events. Remind Me
Ep 169: Invention of a Gunfighter
Joe teaches Johnny Chapman how to use a gun for defense. What Joe doesn't see is the deadly consequences that it has in the long run when Johnny becomes a gunfighter. Remind Me
Ep 170: The Hostage
Outlaws capture Ben and hide him in an abandoned mine, holding him for a ransom. The boys must come up with a plan to save him before it's too late. Remind Me
Ep 171: The Wild One
Lafe Jessup doesn't really want to be married, and now he's about to be a father! The horse wrangler finds a fight with Hoss at his reluctance to perform his duties. Remind Me
Ep 172: Thanks for Everything, Friend
After falling into a river, Adam is rescued by Tom Wilson. Wilson has feelings for Sue Miller, which bring him into trouble after her father is killed. Remind Me
Ep 173: Logan's Treasure
Sam Logan is released from jail after serving his 20-year sentence for stealing $100,000 worth of gold dust. He is followed by a bounty hunter who believes Sam will lead him to where the gold is buried. Remind Me
Ep 174: The Scapegoat
Hoss hires Waldo as a ranch hand after keeping Waldo from killing himself. Hoss soon learns that Waldo is lousy at his job and only causes problems for everyone else because of his clumsiness. Although Hoss is willing to defend him, he soon discovers a secret about Waldo. Remind Me
Ep 175: A Dime's Worth of Glory
An author is inspired to write about the heroic Cartwrights after watching first-hand as they fight off an attempted robbery of a stage. As Ben and Adam see no use for the glory of such a novel, they turn the writer down forcing him to turn to the sheriff. Remind Me
Ep 176: Square Deal Sam
A conman heads into town and takes advantage of the Cartwrights with a fake land deal. He then ends up staying in Virginia city to run an orphanage. Remind Me
Ep 177: Between Heaven and Earth
After becoming paralyzed in fear and losing his rifle while hunting a sheep-killing puma, Little Joe's shame and frustration cause him to behave recklessly. Remind Me
Ep 178: Old Sheba
As payment for a performance in a circus, Joe and Hoss are given an elephant. They want to keep it but encounter opposition from Adam and Ben. Remind Me
Ep 179: A Man to Admire
Accused of murder, Hoss Cartwright puts his life in the hands of celebrated lawyer Whitney Parker (James Gregory). Unfortunately, Parker's glory days are behind him: more to the point, he is now the town drunk. Remind Me
Ep 180: The Underdog
Little Joe convinces Ben to hire half-indian Harry Starr, who is accused by other ranchers of being a chronic horse thief. Joe sets out to prove the others wrong, but is the youngest Cartwright's trust misplaced? Remind Me
Ep 181: A Knight to Remember
Two robberies take place on stagecoaches that Adam is traveling on, and both times a knight in shining armor scares the robbers away. No one believes his story and Adam is accused of being a thief. Remind Me
Ep 182: The Saga of Squaw Charlie
When a little girl vanishes an old Indian man known as Charlie is accused by self-righteous townsfolk of murdering her. Remind Me
Ep 183: The Flapjack Contest
Intending to confront the card-shark who he believes bushwhacked and robbed him, Little Joe instead decides to get his money back by betting the shady gambler that big brother Hoss will win the Founders' Day flapjack eating contest. Remind Me
Ep 184: The Far, Far Better Thing
While vying for the affections of the book-smart daughter of an old friend of Ben's, Joe and Tuck find themselves held captive by a group of renegade Indians. Remind Me
Ep 185: Woman of Fire
In this Western retelling of 'The Taming of the Shrew,' Adam, against his will, is called upon to teach a beautiful but hot-tempered maiden how to become sweet, mild tempered and gentle so that she can become suitable for marriage. Remind Me
Ep 186: The Ballerina
A dancer and her father are taken in as guests in the Cartwright household after Hoss injures the latter, who plays the fiddle for his daughter while she dances. His injury now makes it impossible for either to perform. Remind Me
Ep 187: The Flannel-Mouth Gun
After watching cattle disappear, the cattleman's association hires a detective in order to determine who is behind the recent thefts. Adam houses fears that small ranch owners will be wrongly accused. Remind Me
Ep 188: The Ponderosa Birdman
Professor Klump and Amanda pull Hoss into their flying machine scheme. The "Hoss-mobile" doesn't seem to be destined for a great take-off. Remind Me
Ep 189: The Search
Adam's search for troublesome look-a-like Tom Burns lands him in the Placerville jail for two murders committed by Burns. Remind Me
Ep 190: The Deadliest Game
When the Ponderosa is paid a visit by Guido Borelli (Cesar Romero) and his flamboyant acrobat troupe, Borelli's jealous nature leads to violence when he suspects his girlfriend is interested in another man. Remind Me
Ep 191: Once a Doctor
A traveling medicine man, running from his past as a doctor, encounters and befriends Hoss. The doctor must come to terms with what happened on an operating table when an angered widow hunts him down and mistakenly shoots Hoss instead, forcing the man to practice medicine once more. Remind Me
Ep 192: Right is the Fourth R
When Barbara, the Virginia City school teacher, is injured Adam fills in for her. He teaches the history of the Nevada territory, and learns an uncomfortable secret in the process. Remind Me
Ep 193: Hound Dog
When Muley shows up with a pack of hound dogs, Hoss decides to train them to hunt the coyotes that have been preying on the Ponderosa livestock. However, it isn't long before the dogs' real owner shows up, saying they were stolen. Remind Me
Ep 194: The Trap
When her husband is murdered, Hallie Shannon is convinced that her former sweetheart, Joe Cartwright, committed the deed so they could be together again. Remind Me
Ep 195: Dead and Gone
Singer Hoyt Axton guest stars as drifter Howard Mead, whose singing skills are matched only by his predilection for running afoul of the law. While trying to straighten Mead out, Adam Cartwright is forced to defend his new friend against a robbery charge. Remind Me
Ep 196: A Good Night's Rest
Ben's noisy sons are keeping him from sleeping, prompting a trip to the hotel in town. But rather than finding sanctuary, Ben is bothered by more noise and other irritations that prevent him from a good night's rest. Remind Me
Ep 197: To Own the World
A rich tycoon known for destroying anything that stands in his way vows to have the Ponderosa, no matter the cost. Remind Me
Ep 198: Lothario Larkin
Ladies' man Lothario Larkin is taken in by Hoss after Sheriff Coffee runs him out of town. Remind Me
Ep 199: The Return
After serving his time for robbing the bank, Trace Cordell returns to Virginia City. The townsfolk are not pleased to hear that the ex-con wants to resume running his family's ranch outside of town, especially the man he maimed five years earlier during the robbery. Remind Me
Ep 200: The Jonah
The Cartwrights hire a man who has a reputation for being cursed. Remind Me
Ep 201: The Spotlight
Viveca Lindfors guest stars as long-retired opera diva Angela Drake. Appointed entertainment committee chairman of the Virginia City anniversary celebration, Ben persuades Angela to come out of retirement for a command performance. Remind Me
Ep 202: Patchwork Man
Grant Williams (best known for his star turn in the classic sci-fi film 'The Incredible Shrinking Man') is cast as Albert "Patch" Saunders, a self-deprecating loner living in a ghost town. Remind Me
Ep 203: The Debt
Wiley and Annie Kane arrive at the Ponderosa to work off their father's debt to Ben. It seems as though the elder Kane once swindled the Cartwright patriarch. Remind Me
Ep 204: The Dilemma
Ben helps a convict win a parole only to have the man later become the chief suspect in a bank robbery. Remind Me
Ep 205: The Brass Box
Juan Ortega claims he has a land grant which gives him ownership of the entire Nevada Territory. Remind Me
Ep 206: The Other Son
A mule skinner and his two sons are hired by Ben to transport nitroglycerin to California. Remind Me
Ep 207: The Lonely Runner
Jim Acton owns a prize mare that he's determined to keep--even when a judge awards the animal to another man in settlement of a debt. Remind Me
Ep 208: Devil on Her Shoulder
A religious sect, which has suffered through a series of misfortunes, accuses one its members of being possessed by the devil. Remind Me
Ep 209: Found Child
The Cartwrights give shelter to the lone survivor of a stagecoach massacre—a young girl whose life is still in danger because the culprits think she can identify them. Remind Me
Ep 210: The Meredith Smith
Jake Smith dies and leaves his estate to Meredith Smith. Then several claimants to the estate show up saying they are Meredith. It's up to Ben, the executor of the estate, to determine the true heir. Remind Me
Ep 211: Mighty is the Word
A gunfighter gets religion and becomes a preacher only to be confronted by a vengeful man whose brother he once killed. Remind Me
Ep 212: The Strange One
The Ponderosa becomes a site of refuge for a woman suspected of being a witch. Remind Me
Ep 213: The Reluctant Rebel
When the Cartwrights catch young Billy Penn trying to steal some of their cattle they try to set the young rustler on the straight and narrow. Remind Me
Ep 214: Five Sundowns to Sunup
A family embarks upon a kidnapping spree in an attempt to halt an execution. Remind Me
Ep 215: A Natural Wizard
A young man loves animals so much that he frees them from traps set by hunters—including his own father's. Remind Me
Ep 216: All Ye His Saints
After his father becomes seriously ill, a young boy decides to climb a mountain and seek God's help. Remind Me
Ep 217: A Dublin Lad
It's '12 Angry Men' in the Old West when juror Joe becomes the lone hold-out for acquittal in a murder trial. Remind Me
Ep 218: To Kill a Buffalo
A badly injured Native American rejects Hoss' attempts at helping him. Remind Me
Ep 219: Ride the Wind: Part 1
The Pony Express sets up an office in Virginia City and Joe joins up as a rider. Remind Me
In the second of two parts, the Cartwrights provide much needed aid to the fledgling Pony Express office in Virginia City. Remind Me
Ep 221: Destiny's Child
Two strangers help Ben when his wagon gets bogged down in the mud. He later tries to return the favor by helping them find employment. Remind Me
Ep 222: Peace Officer
When Sheriff Coffee takes a leave of absence, a ruthless lawman is hired to take his place. Remind Me
Ep 223: The Code
Joe finds himself goaded into a duel at which a lot of money is being bet against him. Remind Me
Ep 224: Three Brides for Hoss
A woman from Kentucky arrives in Virginia City and announces that she's Hoss Cartwright's mail order bride. Needless to say, Hoss is stunned at this situation. Remind Me
Ep 225: The Emperor Norton
A self-styled emperor arrives at the Ponderosa bringing his own private war along with him. Remind Me
Ep 226: Her Brother's Keeper
Ben falls for Claire Amory but her invalid brother might end up tossing a monkey wrench into the romance. Remind Me
Ep 227: The Trouble with Jamie
A visit by the Cartwrights' spoiled Eastern cousin disrupts life at the Ponderosa. Remind Me
Ep 228: Shining in Spain
Joe falls for a girl whose filled with stories of her absent father and his many adventures. Remind Me
Ep 229: The Genius
Hoss tries to help an alcoholic poet stay on the wagon. Remind Me
Ep 230: The Unwritten Commandment
Ben tries to bring an estranged father and son back together. Remind Me
Ep 231: Big Shadow on the Land
Immigrant winemakers decide to plant their grapes on Ponderosa land. Remind Me
Ep 232: The Fighters
Hoss befriends a washed-up prizefighter who's having a hard time adjusting to life outside the squared circle. Remind Me
Ep 233: Home From the Sea
Gilly Maples arrives at the Ponderosa claiming to be a friend of Adam's but in reality his intentions are to rob a shipment of gold. Remind Me
Ep 234: The Last Mission
Ben and an Army colonel undertake a peace mission to the Paiute tribe. Remind Me
Ep 235: A Dollar's Worth of Trouble
A fortune teller predicts that two people will soon enter and change Hoss's life: a hot blonde chick and a dangerous gunman. Remind Me
Ep 236: Something Hurt, Something Wild
The Cartwrights' friendship with a neighboring rancher is threatened when their mentally unstable daughter accuses Joe of attacking her. Remind Me
Ep 237: Horse of a Different Hue
One of Ben's oldest friends must make sure Joe loses a horse race in order to protect a family member from being killed. Remind Me
Ep 238: A Time to Step Down
When an older cowhand is relieved of his stressful duties for easier jobs, he gets angry and joins a gang as revenge. Remind Me
Ep 239: The Pursued: Part 1
The Cartwrights help a family of persecuted Mormons escape with their lives after they are burned our of their home. Remind Me
Ep 241: To Bloom for Thee
Hoss is unaware that his fiancée is a troubled woman with a hidden, dark past. Remind Me
Ep 242: Credit for a Kill
Joe takes credit for a killing when he learns that the dead man's brother is out for revenge. Remind Me
Ep 243: Four Sisters from Boston
When the four Lowell sisters come to claim an estate left by a late relative, everything seems to start going wrong. Remind Me
Ep 244: Old Charlie
A boastful teller of tall tales falls prey to the revenge-seeking brothers of a dead outlaw. Remind Me
Ep 245: Ballad of the Ponderosa
A young singer returns to Virginia City where he claims that Ben Cartwright is responsible for the death of his father. Remind Me
Ep 246: The Oath
When his father is hung, Charlie vows to kill the man he thinks is responsible—Ben. It eventually falls on Joe to dissuade Charlie from his plan of revenge. Remind Me
Ep 247: A Real Nice, Friendly Little Town
Hoss comes to a small town looking for a robbery suspect with the initials J.R. Problem is, there seems to be two brothers with those initials and they aren't talking. Remind Me
Ep 248: The Bridegroom
Joe searches for a groom when a rancher makes plans to marry off his plain-looking daughter. Remind Me
Ep 249: Tommy
The father of a deaf-mute boy comes looking for him and his mother, both of whom are being protected by the Cartwrights. Remind Me
Ep 250: A Christmas Story
When a young singer agrees to perform at Virginia City's annual orphan's Christmas benefit, his shifty manager demands a cut of the donations. Remind Me
Ep 251: Ponderosa Explosion
The Ponderosa is overrun with furry critters when two unscrupulous old men convince Hoss and Joe to raise rabbits. Remind Me
Ep 252: Justice
Joe forces the only suspect in the murder of his fiancée to come forward. Remind Me
Ep 253: A Bride for Buford
When a woman shows interest in a young prospector, Hoss tries to prove that she is really only interested in the man's fortune. Remind Me
Ep 254: Black Friday
John Saxon makes the first of three Bonanza appearances as Steve Friday, a former Ponderosa ranchhand turned gunfighter. Putting his own life on the line, Joe Cartwright tries to save an ailing Friday from a paid assassin, hired by the powerful and revenge-driven Judge Wyllit (Ford Rainey). Remind Me
Ep 255: The Unseen Wound
A veteran sheriff driven to insanity by years of senseless killings turns his gun on the people of his town. Remind Me
Ep 256: Journey to Terror
During a difficult drought, a friend of Joe's joins an outlaw gang to make ends meet. Remind Me
Ep 257: Amigo
While riding posse after a band of vicious marauders, Ben Cartwright captures one of their wounded and must protect the man's life from ranchers, his own gang and an angry Little Joe who lost a friend when his ranch was raided. Remind Me
Ep 258: A Woman in the House
Ben discovers that an old friend of the Cartwrights, Mary Wharton, is being abused by her husband when the couple comes to live at the Ponderosa. Remind Me
Ep 259: Judgement at Red Creek
Joe Cartwright joins a posse led by Sheriff Rimbau to capture two robbery/murder suspects. For Rimbau it's personal: His brother was killed, and he intends to be judge, jury and executioner. Remind Me
Ep 260: Joe Cartwright, Detective
The reading of crime novels has Joe trying to convince Hoss that the bank is about to be robbed. Remind Me
Ep 261: Dark Enough to See the Stars
Billy Wilcox wanders onto the Ponderosa sick and hungry, fearing that the new lawman may know he once killed a man in self-defense and then ran away. Remind Me
Ep 262: The Deed and the Dilemma
Ben and George Rossi attempt to stop a man from claiming the water from an adjourning ranch. Remind Me
Ep 263: The Prince
While staying at the Ponderosa, members of the Russian royalty are targeted by jewel thieves. Remind Me
Ep 264: A Man Without Land
When Ben prevents crooked Ponderosa foreman Ed Philips from swindling rancher Matt Jeffers, Philips uses Joe and Jeffers' son as pawns in an elaborate revenge scheme. Remind Me
Ep 265: Napoleon's Children
A man who calls himself "Napoleon" and his youth gang terrorize Virginia City stealing horses and money. Remind Me
Ep 266: The Wormwood Cup
After killing a man in self-defense, Little Joe deals with the wrath of the dead man's family. Remind Me
Ep 267: Clarissa
Clarissa, the Cartwright's cousin from back East, visits the Ponderosa, disrupting the peace and quiet. Remind Me
Ep 268: Maestro Hoss
When Hoss takes up learning the violin, the rest of the Cartwrights are driven crazy by the strident sounds coming from the instrument. Remind Me
Ep 269: The Greedy Ones
Rumors are flying that old prospector Gus Schultz has struck it rich on the Ponderosa. As a result, Ben contends with a veritable battalion of greedy gold hunters. Remind Me
Ep 270: Second Chance
When Joe and Hoss are gone from home trying to warn nearby settlers about renegade indians, Joe is shot with an arrow. Hoss desperately tries to find assistance, finding help in an unlikely group of people. Remind Me
Ep 271: Sense of Duty
Ben, Hoss and Joe help the Virginia City militia escort a renegade indian, who believes he is the Almighty, through hostile indian territory and on to prison. Remind Me
Ep 272: The Conquistadors
A band of Mexicans kidnaps Joe, demanding a $25,000 ransom. And if that's not bad enough, a group of cowboys is planning to rescue Joe, kill him and claim the gold for themselves. Remind Me
Ep 273: Judgment at Olympus
Candy stands accused of murder in the town of Olympus. The victim's father is determined to give Candy a fair trial, but then Joe is locked up on suspicion of murder as well. It's up to Hoss to figure out what's going on in Olympus in enough time to save them both. Remind Me
Ep 274: Night of Reckoning
An outlaw named Dibbs takes Hoss, Joe and Candy prisoner at the Ponderosa. He wants the $60,000 that the foreman, Donny Buckler, has hidden, and he is determined to get it. Remind Me
Ep 275: False Witness
While at the bank in Sand Dust, Joe and the bank's secretary, Valerie Townsend, witness an armed robbery. During the subsequent gunfight, the main culprit, Billy Slater, kills the banker, but is quickly brought to justice. Joe, Hoss and Candy agree to be witnesses but must avoid being killed in the meantime. Remind Me
Ep 276: The Gentle Ones
Many people believe Mark Cole to be nothing but a coward, but he proves them wrong when he rescues a horse from his brother, who is treating it cruelly. Remind Me
Ep 277: Desperate Passage
The Cartwrights find two survivors in a town after an indian attack. Will they be able to make it through the dangerous territory alive? Remind Me
Ep 278: The Sure Thing
Trudy Loughlin loves her horse, a wild stallion. But her father has plans of his own, and they are likely to leave the girl heartbroken. Remind Me
Ep 279: Showdown at Tahoe
A career robber claiming to be a lumber man plans to use Ben's new freight paddleboat to haul a $1-million-dollar currency shipment to San Francisco. Remind Me
Ep 280: Six Black Horses
An old friend of Ben's comes to Nevada with money to invest. Ben is initially delighted, but then discovers that his friend stole the money from corrupt New York politicians. Remind Me
Ep 281: Check Rein
An injured rancher enlists the aid of the Cartwrights to buy back one of his horses after his farm is foreclosed. If that's not bad enough, the rancher must also avoid getting killed by his ruthless uncle, who will stop at nothing to gain full control of the ranch. Remind Me
Ep 282: Justice Deferred
An anguished Hoss discovers that his testimony helped hang an innocent man accused of murder. As he struggles to bring the real killer to justice, Hoss must also combat the cowardice of another witness and the jury foreman, an influential banker. Remind Me
Ep 283: The Gold Detector
Hoss is sure there's gold in an old mine he wants to buy, and has the gold detector to prove it. However, things are not what they seem. Remind Me
Ep 284: The Trackers
A man recently released from prison for bank robbery is accused of robbing the same Virginia City bank and gunning down a teller. The Cartwrights try to protect the accused man from a posse that intends to lynch him before his trial. Remind Me
Ep 285: A Girl Named George
Can a photograph lie? The Cartwrights and Candy have to determine this when lawyer Cato Troxell uses a photograph as an alibi to prove that he didn't kill a Virginia City judge. Remind Me
Ep 286: The Thirteenth Man
The area ranchers are losing many cattle to rustlers, so they hire Marcus Alley to help discover the thieves' identities. However, his methods raise eyebrows as accused rustlers begin winding up dead instead of in custody. Remind Me
Ep 287: The Burning Sky
A sadistic rancher livid over his son's friendship with a Sioux woman goes to vicious extremes to keep the two apart. Remind Me
Ep 288: The Price of Salt
When a young woman inherits her late father's salt mine, a greedy rancher wants to buy all the salt for himself. Ben, standing for the smaller ranchers who cannot afford to pay the heiress' prices, bids against the wealthy rancher to get a fair price for all. Remind Me
Ep 289: Blood Tie
A band of outlaws enact a scheme to rob the Ponderosa, by tricking Hoss and Joe away from the ranch and leaving a wounded Ben alone at home. Remind Me
Ep 290: The Crime of Johnny Mule
Johnny Mule, a somewhat thick-headed ranch hand, stands accused of robbery and murder. Hoss is the lone dissenting voice on the jury. Mule, fearing a lynching, escapes while the jury deliberates, and Hoss takes the blame. Remind Me
Ep 291: The Late Ben Cartwright
After an attempt on his life Ben lays low, allowing even his close friends to believe him to be gone in an effort to thwart the plans of a scheming politician. Remind Me
Ep 292: Star Crossed
Candy falls in love with Tisha Sterling, a young woman being blackmailed by a man named Passmore, a marshal from another town who pretends to be her cousin. Remind Me
Ep 293: Trouble Town
A Cartwright cattle drive stops in the town of River Bend. There they help Lilah Holden, an old friend of Candy's, out of a jam. Remind Me
Ep 294: Commitment at Angelus
After Joe's friend, Steve, is killed in an accident, he takes over organizing a strike at the mine that the deceased had begun. As tensions rise, the miners threaten to disrupt the whole enterprise if their demands are not met. Remind Me
Ep 295: A Dream to Dream
Bitter, alcoholic Josh Carter makes life miserable for his wife, Sarah, and their children—until Hoss helps him mend his ways. Remind Me
Ep 296: In Defense of Honor
When a love triangle involving a Yute ranch hand leads to murder, a treaty between the white man and the Yutes is threatened. Remind Me
Ep 297: To Die in Darkness
A man convicted on Ben's testimony seeks revenge, luring Ben and Candy to an abandoned mineshaft and then trapping them there. Remind Me
Ep 298: The Bottle Fighter
After Hoss is accused of stabbing a man to death, his hopes for acquittal rest on the skills of Barney Sturgess, a once great lawyer who has crawled inside a bottle. Remind Me
Ep 299: The Arrival of Eddie
Hoss finds himself in trouble when he tries to help the son of a criminal he shot and killed years earlier. Remind Me
Ep 300: The Stronghold
When the crooked Farrell brothers pay Joe and Candy for a herd with a worthless bank draft, the Cartwrights turn to a bitter enemy of the Farrell's to help get the money owed to them. Remind Me
Ep 301: Pride of a Man
When Joe becomes a substitute teacher, he has to deal with a challenging pair of hooligans. Remind Me
Ep 302: A Severe Case of Matrimony
Rosalita hopes to win the Cartwrights as patrons of her opera career. There's just one problem with her plan: she lacks the skill to make a career of opera! Remind Me
Ep 303: Stage Door Johnnies
Hoss and Little Joe vie for the attention of visiting entertainer Mademoiselle Denise, but she has no time for them. Remind Me
Ep 304: Different Pines, Same Wind
Joe tries to drive an old woman away from a destructive strip miner, which she mistakes as an attempt to grab up her land. Remind Me
Ep 305: Child
Hoss is in line for a hanging when he is accused of murdering a wealthy man. But the town is more concerned over finding the location of the man's fortune than Hoss' punishment. Remind Me
Ep 306: Salute to Yesterday
Candy gets a blast from the past when he runs into old friends from his days in the Army. Add gunfights, old flames, true love and the Cartwrights to the mix, and it spins an exciting tale! Remind Me
Ep 307: The Real People of Muddy Creek
Ben gets virtually no help from a town filled with cowards when he is put in charge of a vicious criminal. Remind Me
Ep 308: The Passing of a King
The Cartwrights step in when a fight breaks out between a rancher and his headstrong son. Remind Me
Ep 309: The Last Vote
Hoss and Joe's bickering leads them into taking opposite sides in the Virginia City mayoral race. Their zealous actions divide Virginia City's citizens into two factions, causing nothing but arguments, fights and havoc in town. Remind Me
Ep 310: Catch as Catch Can
When residents of Tin Bucket claim the Cartwrights and Candy are dealing in stolen cattle hides, Ben is determined to discover who is actually responsible for the hide thefts. Remind Me
Ep 311: Little Girl Lost
A young brat and distant relative of the Cartwrights annoys everyone when he comes for a visit to the Ponderosa. Remind Me
Ep 312: The Survivors
A man is reunited with his wife after she was abducted years earlier by the Paiutes Indians—discovering that she now has a half-Indian baby. Remind Me
Ep 313: Sound of Drums
Georgio Rossi is at a loss as to why he is not allowed to have Indians living on his land. Remind Me
Ep 314: Queen High
Joe and Candy haven't a clue of what to do with a stamping mill they won in a poker game. Remind Me
Ep 315: Yonder Man
Ben is asked by an old friend, once an Army scout, to open a cattle ranch in Mira Flores, Mexico. Remind Me
Ep 316: Mark of Guilt
Hop Sing tries to prove Joe is innocent of a murder by teaching Hoss and Candy the ancient Chinese art of finger printing. Remind Me
Ep 317: A World Full of Cannibals
Ben agrees to hide a government witness in a land fraud case at the Ponderosa as part of the witness protection program. However, the witness—who along with eight men committed various crimes in connection with the case—is in constant danger. Remind Me
Ep 318: Sweet Annie Laurie
Hoss offers to help Annie Laurie run away from her abusive husband, a career criminal who is determined to keep his wife under his control. Remind Me
Ep 319: My Friend, My Enemy
Candy stands accused of murder, and the only person who can clear his name is an Indian wanted for horse theft. Remind Me
Ep 320: Mrs. Wharton and the Lesser Breeds
When an elderly British woman's jewels are stolen, Candy takes it upon himself to retrieve them from the thieves. Remind Me
Ep 321: Erin
When Ben allows the Paiutes to camp on Ponderosa land, a neighbor threatens Hoss' fiancée, Erin, a beautiful young woman who was raised by Indians. Remind Me
Ep 322: Company of Forgotten Men
A retired Army sergeant, bitter that he never received his pension from the government, kidnaps one-time friend Candy, forcing him to help in a plan to blow up the U.S. mint in Carson City and hold the gold and silver for ransom. Remind Me
Ep 323: The Clarion
Ben helps an old friend having trouble keeping her newspaper business afloat. Remind Me
Ep 324: The Lady and the Mountain Lion
A shady magician and his identical twin daughters create confusion in Virginia City. Remind Me
Ep 325: Five Candles
Ben and three others are trapped when the floor of the courthouse collapses—and one of the men may be a murderer. Remind Me
Ep 326: The Wish
Hoss gets a taste of racism when he helps a black family get their farm in working order. Remind Me
Candy comes across a man who is running from the Army, charged with desertion. The two team up with Joe to stop the trading of illegal arms to Indians. Remind Me
Ep 328: Emily
Joe is caught in a love triangle when he meets up with an old girlfriend, Emily, a woman he had planned to marry. Remind Me
Ep 329: The Running Man
When Candy receives an urgent letter from an old flame requesting his help in the town of Butlerville, he and Joe ride out and find that an old friend is part of the problem. Remind Me
Ep 330: The Unwanted
Lorrie Mansfield runs away with ranch hand Rick Miller, much to the ire of her marshal father. Remind Me
Ep 331: Speak No Evil
When Coley Clayborn's estranged mother returns to Virginia City, he believes she has come back to claim his father's gold mine. Remind Me
Ep 332: The Fence
While Ben and Hoss visit an old friend to negotiate the purchase of a mine, former Confederate soldiers arrive wanting to exact revenge on the Cartwrights' friend for starving POWs during the Civil War. Remind Me
Ep 333: A Ride in the Sun
When Tobias, April Horn and a former Army scout pull off a daring robbery, injuring Ben in the process, Hoss and Joe join the search posse, bent on catching the thieves. Remind Me
Ep 334: Another Windmill to Go
An eccentric who calls himself Don Q. Hought arrives in Virginia City and has a series of misadventures. Remind Me
Ep 335: The Witness
The Cartwrights protect a witness involved with a recent stagecoach robbery. However, they are unaware that she is a compulsive liar. Remind Me
Ep 336: The Silence at Stillwater
In the town of Stillwater, Candy is a victim of mistaken identity and finds himself jailed. Remind Me
Ep 337: A Lawman's Lot is Not a Happy One
When Roy is called out of town to testify in a case, Hoss is appointed temporary sheriff and soon finds himself handling a number of bizarre problems. Remind Me
Ep 338: Anatomy of a Lynching
Will Griner is acquitted of a murder after two key witnesses disappear before the trial. When a bloodthirsty lynch mob comes after him, thinking that he silenced the witnesses, Griner goes to the Cartwrights for help. Remind Me
Ep 339: To Stop a War
Dan Logan is hired as a range detective to stop a cattle rustling outbreak, but when he is framed for murder he needs the help his old friends, the Cartwrights. Remind Me
Ep 340: The Medal
When Matthew Rush runs afoul the embittered Nagle clan, he and his love, Susan, the Nagle's daughter, fear for their lives and turn to the Cartwrights for help. Remind Me
Ep 341: The Stalker
After he shoots and kills an armed robber, Candy helps the man's widow and young son run their farm—while the widow plans her revenge. Remind Me
Ep 342: Meena
Joe and Candy help a timid young woman stand up to her domineering father. Remind Me
Ep 343: A Darker Shadow
Joe's friend, Wade Turner, is struck a devastating blow when he develops a brain tumor that afflicts him a paralyzing sensitivity to bright light and will soon render him blind. Remind Me
Ep 344: Dead Wrong
While in Sunville on business, Hoss and Candy are mistaken as outlaws by the town's eccentric storyteller. Meanwhile, the real outlaws use the distraction as an opportunity to rob the bank. Remind Me
Ep 345: Old Friends
Two men whom Ben once worked with during a gold claim arrive in Virigina City on opposite sides of the law. Naturally, Ben is caught in the middle. Remind Me
Ep 346: Abner Willoughby's Return
Former miner Abner Willoughby returns to Virginia City in search of money he buried somewhere in the area years ago. Remind Me
Ep 347: It's a Small World
When a banker discriminates against midget George Marshall by denying him a job, Marshall, desperate to support his infant daughter, decides to rob the bank. Remind Me
Ep 348: Danger Road
Ben is forced to confront a former gunnery officer. Remind Me
Ep 349: The Big Jackpot
Candy faces unexpected troubles when he's left a great deal of money by an old friend. Remind Me
Ep 350: The Trouble with Amy
Ben comes to the aid of Amy Wilder, an eccentric animal lover whose mental competency is questioned when a neighbor declares an interest in her land for mining. Remind Me
Ep 351: The Lady and the Mark
It seems as though everyone wants a piece of a ranch hand who makes a gold strike—including a beautiful woman who may have ulterior motives. Remind Me
Ep 352: Is There Any Man Here...?
A woman walks out of her wedding with the intention of marrying another man—Ben Cartwright. Remind Me
Ep 353: The Law and Billy Burgess
The widow of a teacher demands immediate punishment of the student she blames for her husband's death. Remind Me
Ep 354: Long Way to Ogden
Ben and a fellow cattleman set out to foil the scheme of a meat packer trying to make them sell their herds at rock bottom prices. Remind Me
Ep 355: Return Engagement
Smitten with a beautiful actress, Hoss is the prime suspect when her jealous leading man is found murdered. Remind Me
Ep 356: The Gold Mine
Two shady drifters target a friend of Joe's who has just struck gold. Remind Me
Ep 357: Decision at Los Robles
After Ben is forced to kill a corrupt town boss, the man's son vows revenge. Remind Me
Ep 358: Caution: Easter Bunny Crossing
Dressed as an Easter Bunny and on his way to entertain children at an orphanage, Hoss must first grapple with a gang of inept outlaws. Remind Me
Ep 359: The Horse Traders
When Hoss and Joe attempt to make a quick buck selling horses, the enterprise doesn't go exactly as planned. Remind Me
Ep 360: What are Pardners For?
Hoss tries to prevent two men he meets on the trail from committing a bank robbery. Remind Me
Ep 361: A Matter of Circumstance
After the other Cartwrights leave on a cattle drive, Joe stays behind to tend to the Ponderosa and gets seriously injured by a berserk horse. Remind Me
Ep 362: The Night Virginia City Died
Roy Coffey and Clem search for an arsonist torching ranches around Virginia City. Clem is devastated to discover that his fiancée, Janie, is a prime suspect. Remind Me
Ep 363: A Matter of Faith
The Cartwrights discover that their friend, Dusty Rhoades, has taken in a young boy whose father was a slain rainmaker. Remind Me
Ep 364: The Weary Willies
The Cartwrights discover the trouble Civil War veterans are having trying to resume their former lives. Remind Me
Ep 365: The Wagon
After he is arrested by a sheriff for no reason, Hoss escapes from a prison wagon along with a woman whom he believes to be innocent, too. Remind Me
Ep 366: The Power of Life and Death
Ben and Joe play a game of cat and mouse when they chase a man who shot a colonel through the desert. Remind Me
Ep 367: Gideon the Good
Joe's life is in danger after he witnesses the wife of a sheriff committing murder. Remind Me
Ep 368: The Trouble with Trouble
Hoss has his hands full when he volunteers to be the acting sheriff for a town named Trouble—and ends up arresting the whole town. Remind Me
Ep 369: Thornton's Account
Joe frantically searches for help when Ben injures his back after his new horse throws him down a steep hill. Remind Me
Ep 370: The Love Child
A father rejects his dying daughter and the son she had out of wedlock. Remind Me
Ep 371: El Jefe
When a greedy mine owner in the town of Prince River forces Mexican farmers off their land, Hoss and Joe come to the rescue. Remind Me
Ep 372: The Luck of Pepper Shannon
Ben gives a job at the Ponderosa to Pepper Shannon, a one-time hero and outlaw made famous in dime novels, on the condition he stays away from Jamie, an admirer of his. Remind Me
Ep 373: The Impostors
Hoss and Joe pretend to be part of a gang that robbed a stage coach, but their plan is in danger when the wife of one of the thieves shows up. Remind Me
Ep 374: Honest John
Jamie befriends an old man known as Honest John, urging him to rebuild an old wagon so he can leave the Ponderosa. Remind Me
Ep 375: For a Young Lady
The aunt and uncle of a young girl want to gain custody of her because they believe she holds the rights to a gold mine. Remind Me
Ep 376: A Single Pilgrim
When Hoss is accidentally shot, two settlers from Virginia argue over what to do with him. Remind Me
Ep 377: The Gold-Plated Rifle
Jamie runs off after getting in trouble for breaking a special rifle that Ben told him never to touch. Remind Me
Ep 378: Top Hand
A trail boss battle ensues when the Cartwrights pick Kelly, a former ranch hand on the Ponderosa, but Mr. Weatherby knows that Kelly was fired on a previous cattle drive for drinking. Remind Me
Ep 379: A Deck of Aces
Confusion ensues when Bradley Meredith, a Ben Cartwright look-a-like, accepts a land deal with the railroad as Ben. Remind Me
Ep 380: The Desperado
A fugitive black man holds Hoss hostage—and has no problems killing a white man. Remind Me
Ep 381: The Reluctant American
When the property of an English holding group shows little profit, the owners come from England to Nevada to see exactly why. Remind Me
Ep 382: Shadow of a Hero
Ben discovers that an Army general whom he supports as the next governor is all for killing Indians. Remind Me
Ep 383: The Silent Killer
When an influenza epidemic hits the Ponderosa, the wife of a doctor feels she knows what to do. But Doc Martin insists that the doctor is merely a fraud. Remind Me
Ep 384: Terror at 2:00
Three men, posing as newspaper reporters, plan on shooting down the whole town with a Gatling gun stolen from the Army. Remind Me
Ep 385: The Stillness Within
Having been blinded in an explosion, an inconsolable Joe encounters a woman who tries to teach him how to survive without sight. Remind Me
Ep 386: A Time to Die
Ben helps an old friend, April Christopher, and her daughter when April is bitten by a rabid wolf while visiting the Ponderosa. Remind Me
Ep 387: Winter Kill
When a prized steer belonging to the Cartwrights is killed by the foreman of a neighboring ranch, the man's scheming boss plans to take unfair advantage of the mistake. Remind Me
Ep 388: Kingdom of Fear
The Cartwrights and Candy are captured by a man known as "The Judge," who turns them into slaves, forcing them to work in his gold mine. Remind Me
Ep 389: An Earthquake Called Callahan
Joe searches for a professional fighter who can clear the name of an incarcerated Dusty Rhoades. Remind Me
Ep 390: The Grand Swing
Ben takes Jake on an extended tour of the Ponderosa to teach him a lesson after his recklessness destroys a wagon, killing a horse. Remind Me
Ep 391: Fallen Woman
After Hoss helps send a man to prison, his wife insists that Hoss should be made responsible for their son. Remind Me
Ep 392: Bushwhacked!
Joe is found shot in the back and delirious by a pair of cowboys roaming the prairie. Remind Me
Ep 393: Rock-a-Bye Hoss
Hoss is reluctantly made to judge a contest for the most beautiful baby in Virginia City. Remind Me
Ep 394: The Prisoners
While helping to escort an old outlaw to jail, things take a turn for the worse when the prisoner murders the lawman and puts a bullet in Joe. Remind Me
Ep 395: Cassie
Hoss creates a "fixed" horse race in order to help a lazy dreamer and his family. Remind Me
Ep 396: Don't Cry, My Son
When the infant son of a Virginia City doctor dies in childbirth, his wife leaves him and the grieving doctor abducts another baby to have for his own. Remind Me
Ep 397: Face of Fear
A classmate of Jamie witnesses a brutal murder, but is too terrified to recount what has happened. Remind Me
Ep 398: Blind Hunch
A blinded veteran of the Civil War returns to Virginia City to find the killer of his brother. Remind Me
Ep 399: The Iron Butterfly
When a former actress kills her former boyfriend, Hoss takes the blame and the dead man's senator father vows to have his revenge by taking down the Cartwrights. Remind Me
Ep 400: The Rattlesnake Brigade
When the Doyle gang escapes while being transferred to a prison in Virginia City, they take Jamie and three others hostage. Remind Me
Ep 401: Easy Come, Easy Go
The peace of the Ponderosa is disrupted when a gambler arrives for a stay after losing all his money in a stock scheme. Remind Me
Ep 402: A Home for Jamie
Jamie's grandfather comes to claim him just as Ben is arranging for his adoption. Remind Me
Ep 403: Warbonnet
After his horse breaks a leg, Joe is left stranded and exhausted in the desert—finding himself at the mercy of a tribe of Indians who discover him. Remind Me
Ep 404: The Lonely Man
Hop Sing falls in love with a young woman, but his heart is broken when a judge confirms that the law prohibits interracial marriage. Remind Me
Ep 405: Second Sight
When Jamie goes missing, the Cartwrights enlist the help of a reluctant clairvoyant to locate the youngster. Remind Me
Ep 406: The Saddle Stiff
Ben is challenged by a former employee to get himself hired elsewhere as a ranch hand, thus proving that his aging body can handle the intense physical labor of the job. Remind Me
Ep 407: Frenzy
The husband of Ben's friend, Anna Kosovo, suddenly becomes a raging lunatic, barricading himself and Anna inside their home, threatening to kill anyone who tries to intervene. Remind Me
Ep 408: The Customs of the Country
Joe and Hoss enter a new world when they arrive in Agua Santos, Mexico. Joe breaks a law by removing his hat in church and Hoss encounters more oddities when trying to gain his release. Remind Me
Ep 409: Shanklin
When a rogue ex-Confederate soldier critically wounds Hoss in a robbery attempt, Ben learns that the very man who shot Hoss may be the only one in town able to perform a life-saving surgery. Remind Me
Ep 410: Search in Limbo
Ben is accused of murdering a corrupt real estate broker, and, due to a concussion, cannot remember where he was on the day of the murder. Remind Me
Ep 411: He Was Only Seven
When a young boy is killed during a bank robbery in Virginia City, Ben and Jamie are determined to hunt down his murderers. Remind Me
Ep 412: The Younger Brothers' Younger Brother
Ben and Joe are jailed as part of the Younger clan after arriving in town to free Hoss, who also was mistaken as a Younger brother. Remind Me
Ep 413: A Place to Hide
Major Donahue is in pursuit of Confederate officer Cody Ransom and his men despite Ben's attempt to arrange a surrender. Remind Me
Ep 414: A Visit to Upright
Complications arise when the Cartwrights purchase a broken-down saloon in Upright, Nevada, which they believe contains a fortune in hidden gold. Remind Me
Ep 415: One Ace Too Many
Ben's evil twin, Bradley Meredith, begins to liquidate the Ponderosa assets while Ben is away on a vacation. Remind Me
Ep 416: Forever: Part 1
After Joe marries Alice Harper, trouble follows when a couple of men show up looking for money owed to them by Alice's brother. Remind Me
Ep 418: Heritage of Anger
When Ben helps out ex-con John Dundee readjust to the world, the matter becomes complicated by broken promises of the man who framed him. Remind Me
Ep 419: The Initiation
A boy is accidentally killed while performing the initiation for a secret club, and one of Jamie's friends is blamed for the death. Remind Me
Ep 420: Riot
Ben is taken as a hostage while inspecting conditions at a Nevada State Prison. Remind Me
Ep 421: New Man
Ben brings parolee Griff King to the Ponderosa to work, but the newly freed man has a hard time adjusting to life outside of prison. Remind Me
Ep 422: Ambush at Rio Lobo
Outlaws lie in wait, ready to waylay a stagecoach carrying Ben and a young pregnant woman. Remind Me
Ep 423: The Twenty-Sixth Grave
When Samuel Clemens (a.k.a. Mark Twain) comes nosing around town investigating the mysterious death of miners, he starts an uprising with accusations of claim jumping and murder. Remind Me
Ep 424: Stallion
Trouble follows when Ben purchases a beautiful black stallion for Joe's birthday gift. Remind Me
Ep 425: The Hidden Enemy
A new doctor in Virginia City is secretly fighting the demons of a morphine addiction. Remind Me
Ep 426: The Sound of Sadness
A lonely old man wants to adopt a pair of orphans, but he will need to get past bureaucratic red tape first. Remind Me
Ep 427: The Bucket Dog
Jamie falls in love with an unwanted Irish Setter, but he may not be able to save the animal's life because its rightful owner believes that the runt of the litter should always be destroyed. Remind Me
Ep 428: First Love
Jamie falls in love with the abused wife of an unpopular Virginia City schoolmaster. Remind Me
When Candy is framed for robbery and manslaughter, his fate rests in the hands of a confident yet inexperienced attorney. Remind Me
Ep 430: The Marriage of Theodora Duffy
Griff poses as Theodora Duffy, the "wife" of a government agent in order to nab a group of war criminals. Remind Me
Ep 431: The Hunter
A game of cat and mouse ensues when outlaw Bill Tanner steals the goods Joe is transporting on his wagon. Remind Me
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F-14 Tomcat made its final public appearance
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The F-14 Tomcat made its final public appearance as an active part of the Navy over the September 17th weekend in an air show at Naval Air Station Oceana, Va.
The classic Northrup Grumman fighter jet that rose to prominence in the 1986 hit film "Top Gun" and has worn U.S. Navy colors since its first test flight in 1970 attracted a legion of fans from around the world at its public goodbye.
“It’s basically a bittersweet day for us,” said Lt. Cortney Kinna, an F-14 naval flight officer from Amarillo, Texas. "It was our favorite airplane. I just think it's the sexiest looking airplane out there. It's unique, big, powerful and loud."
The Tomcat will be retired after the USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT returns from her current deployment to the Persian Gulf area next spring. The last two Tomcat squadrons, VF-32 "Swordsmen" and VF-101 "Grim Reapers" are aboard the 'Big Stick' and will transition to the F/A-18 Super Hornet when they return.
Radar intercept officers (RIO) said they will particularly miss the concentrated teamwork needed between the pilot and “backseater” to let the F-14 do its job. Unlike the F/A-18 Super Hornet, one said, pilots do not have the same cockpit controls in the front seat to operate the radar and fire all weapon systems.
“The Tomcat is a RIO's airplane,” said Lt. Tim Henry, a Gettysburg, Pa., native who took his last F-14 flight during the airshow. “It’s sad. I caught myself looking around the cockpit.”
Retired Capt. Phil Grandfield, of Virginia Beach, said he favored the Tomcat over the F-4 Phantom and the F/A-18 Hornet in his 26 years of flying Navy jets.
“I’m most proud of having flown the F-14,” said Grandfield, who has more than 2,000 flight hours in the aircraft and made his 1,000th carrier arrested landing in the jet. “It’s a unique airplane. It’s respected around the world.”
The AIM-54 Phoenix missile, the Tomcat's long range 'fleet defender' missile, was retired about a year ago, leaving the AIM-120 AMRAAM as the longest-range air-to-air missile in the Navy's inventory.
Also posted (with many more pics) at Murdoc Online.
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R.I.P. F-14 Tomcat
Too bad. I grew up watching those planes take off and land all the time at the airforce base nearest to me. I guess that means that the F-15 will be retired to some time soon. (or will it?) I hope not because I really love that plane.
Originally Posted by BaZoOkAzNgReNaDeZ
What AFB did u live by?
I assume you grew up watching F-15s not tomcats since F-14s are Navy and they normally do not operate thru Air Force bases.
Originally Posted by phoenix_aim54
LOL dude, you are right. It was F-15s not F-14s. I live by NAFB (Nellis Air Force Base). Oh well, I still liked the F-14s too. I saw em on tv on a bunch of tv shows too. Well, yeah, I still liked those planes. Too bad they are gone now.
You were one hell of a fighter.
the only remaining F-14s in the skies will be Iranian ones.
My dad is a former expert on AWG/9 and F-14 fire control system.
I guess there are no better jets than F-4 Phantom & F-14 Tomcat...
Whispering Death
The Iranian F-14s don't get into the skies.
The best aces with F-14s are from Iran.
Iranian F-14 Tomcat Units In Combat (Osprey Combat Aircraft) (Paperback)
by Tom Cooper, Farzad Bishop
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...51141?v=glance
Originally Posted by Whispering Death
Read these before commenting further, my friend
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http://misc.kitreview.com/bookreview...reviewkb_1.htm
http://www.internetmodeler.com/2004/...osprey-f14.php
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1866. Oil on canvas. Not on display
This extraordinary historical painting -as appealing as it is disquieting- is one of the first and best examples of the fascination that Joanna of Castile (1479-1555) held for nineteenthcentury Spanish painters. The daughter of the Catholic Monarchs (Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand of Aragon) and mother of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V (King Charles I of Spain), Joanna had an unlucky life. As the story goes, she was obsessed with extreme jealousy over her husband, Philip the Fair, even after his death. Her figure provided an incomparable source of dramatic material for literary, theatrical, operatic and artistic works, whose culmination was Francisco Pradilla´s painting from 1877, Doña Juana la Loca (Joanna the Mad), now in the Prado (P4584). Pradilla´s canvas is a supreme synthesis of the ingredients of her story that most genuinely reflects the tradition of Romanticism: the eternal tension between love, honour and death. Vallés´s painting was awarded second prize in the 1867 National Exhibition of Fine Arts, an official biannual contest, which, like the Paris Salon, helped promote young artists and the work awarded the most prestigious medal was purchased by the State. Historical painting typically triumphed as the preferred genre in official circles; it became a vehicle for reaffirming national identity through the evocation of the most significant and glorious episodes from Spain´s past, with a particular focus on the reign of the Catholic monarchs and Spain´s imperialist expansion under Charles V. In the catalogue accompanying the 1867 exhibition, this painting was glossed with the following text, chosen by the painter himself: The Queen ordered the corpse of her husband, Philip the Fair, be removed from its coffin and placed in their chamber on a richly bedecked bed. Recalling what a certain Carthusian monk had told her about a King who resurrected fourteen years after his death and his body had been kept unburied, she did not separate herself for an instant from his side, hoping for the happy moment when she would see him restored to life. All the insistence of the most respectable personages from her court was incapable of dissuading her from her obsession, and she always responded to them by telling them to be silent and to wait for her lord to awaken. (Letters of Pietro Martire d´Anghiera). Thus, the queen, a permanent sentinel over the corpse of her beloved liege, is captured splendidly by the painter in a disturbing spiritual calm, holding firm to the belief that her spouse is about to wake up. She remains standing before a large chair bearing her coat of arms, next to the bed in which Philip the Fair lies, visible through an opening in the partially drawn curtains of the canopy. With a delicate and tender gesture, the queen commands two noblemen and an ecclesiastic from her court to be silent; they attempt fruitlessly to convince her to abandon her absurd attitude. The various wilted flowers scattered on the rug complete the serene poetry of the scene, filling it with a moving and restrained solemnity that provokes sincere empathy for the queen in her delirium. Wearing a headdress and a sumptuous velvet dress, with a rosary hanging from her waist and her hair dishevelled, her figure is the central focus of the composition; her prominent role is concentrated exclusively in the eloquently narrative gesturing of her hands -splendidly sculpted by the light- with the other characters and furnishings serving as mere accessories. This is all executed in a broad technique that is enormously rich in pictorial terms, corresponding to the austere and restrained realism of the era, and with its severe though harmonious colour palette reflecting the best Spanish tradition. The result is a scene of great dramatic effect that is concentrated on the attitudes of the characters, whose faces, in the directness of their representation, seem almost familiarly natural, and surely must belong to models whom Vallés painted from life. As is especially apparent in the figure of the queen, the composition´s greatest achievement resides in Vallés´s sober use of light, which he capably directs in such a way as to produce the modelling on the figures; to integrate them into the surrounding space; and to suggest, convincingly, the heavy, mysterious atmosphere surrounding the king´s deathbed (Díez, J. L.: Portrait of Spain. Masterpieces from the Prado, Queensland Art Gallery-Art Exhibitions Australia, 2012, p. 236).
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1866 Painting Oil Canvas
Demencia de doña Juana de Castilla
Phototype on card, After 1905
Height: 238 cm.; Width: 313 cm.
Acquisition Museo de la Trinidad, 1867-1872; Museo del Prado, 1872-1896; Museo de Arte Moderno, 1896-1971
Bibliography +
Catalogo Provisional del Museo de Arte Moderno, Imp. del Colegio de Sordomudos, Madrid, 1899, pp. nº405.
Museo de Arte Moderno, Catálogo provisional del Museo de Arte Moderno., Imp. del Colegio Nacional de Sordomudos y de Ciegos, Madrid, 1900, pp. nº618.
Lozoya, Juan de Contreras y López de Ayala, Marqués de, Historia del arte hispánico, Salvat, Barcelona, 1949, pp. 390.
De la Puente, J., Casón del Buen Retiro. Catálogo de las pinturas del siglo XIX, Ministerio de Cultura, Madrid, 1985, pp. 253.
La pintura de historia del siglo XIX en España, Consorcio Madrid 92Museo del Prado, 1992, pp. 250-253, nº22.
Museo Nacional del Prado, Museo del Prado. Inventario general de pinturas (III). Nuevas Adquisiciones. Museo Iconográfico. Tapices., Museo del Prado, Espasa Calpe, Madrid, 1996, pp. nº208.
El ''Prado disperso''. Nuevos depósitos. Madrid, Teatro Real, Boletín del Museo del Prado, XVII,35, 1999, pp. 170.
Hoozee, Robert (1949-2012)), Mise en Scene. Keizer Karel en de Verbeelding Van de Negenti, Mercatorfonds, Gent, 1999, pp. 242, nº 281.
Diez, J.L Barón, J., El siglo XIX en el Prado, Museo Nacional del Prado,, Madrid, 2007, pp. 232/ lám.44.
Portrait of Spain. Masterpieces from The Prado, Queensland Art Gallery, 2012, pp. 236-237, nº86.
Barón, Javier, The Spanish presence at Philadelphia's Centennial Exhibition and Chicago's world's Columbian, Collecting spanish art. Spain's golden age and America's Gilded Age., 2012, pp. 65-93 [69, l.2].
Díez, José Luis, 'Eduardo Rosales y la conquista del realismo por los pintores españoles en Roma (1855-1875)' En: Del realismo al impresionismo, Fundación Amigos Museo del Prado - Galaxia Gutenberg, Madrid, 2014, pp. 81-104 [95].
G.Navarro, Carlos, Lorenzo Vallés 'La Démence de Jeanne de Castille' En:, L' invention du passé. Histoires de coeur et d' épée en Europe, 1802-1850. II, Éditions Hazan, Paris, 2014, pp. 290-291 n.16.6.
G.Navarro, Carlos, 'Peinture d'histoire et idéalisme romantique à la cour espagnole (1833-1868)' En:, L' invention du passé. Histoires de coeur et d' épée en Europe, 1802-1850. II, Éditions Hazan, Paris, 2014, pp. 239-245 [243].
Díez, J.L. (dir.), Pintura del Siglo XIX en el Museo del Prado. Catálogo general., Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 2015, pp. 578.
Other inventories +
Inv. Nuevas Adquisiciones (iniciado en 1856). Núm. 208.
208 / Don Lorenzo Valles / Lienzo = Demencia de Doña Juana de Castilla. / Alto 2'37 ancho 3'11 figs. / Marco dorado // [nota al margen=] Adquirido por Real orn, de 3 de Mayo de 1867 en la cantidad de 2000 escs. Figuró en la Exposicion nacional de 1866 y obtuvo Medalla de 2ª clase. // [con otra grafía=] (Paso al Museo del Prado fha 4 Mayo 1878) / [con otra grafía=] Pasó al Museo de Arte moderno
Inv. General del Museo de Arte Moderno, 1899-1902. Núm. 63.
Catálogo Museo de Arte Moderno, 1899. Núm. 405.
SECCIÓN DE PINTURA EN SUS DIVERSAS CLASES, DIBUJOS Y GRABADOS EN LAMINAS. / VALLES (D. Lorenzo) [...] 405.- Demencia de Doña Juana de Castilla. / Alto 2'37 metros. Ancho 3'71 metros.
SECCIÓN DE PINTURA EN SUS DIVERSAS CLASES, DIBUJOS Y GRABADOS EN LÁMINAS. / Vallés (D. Lorenzo) [...] 618.- Demencia de Doña Juana de Castilla. / Alto 2'37 metros. Ancho 3'71 metros.
Registros-Inventarios Museo Nacional de Arte Moderno, 1900-1936. Núm. 10-V.
Inv. Museo Arte Moderno, 1954. Núm. 619.
Actas traslado de obras MEAC - Prado, 1971-1973. Núm. 740.
Catálogo Museo del Prado, 1985. Núm. 4669.
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L. Valles Roma 1866 [en letra gótica, en la base del catafalco]
Front, Lower right area
1866 [en la base del catafalco]
T.208, M.A.M. 10 (V)
Front, lower right corner
Stretcher, crossbeam
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Portrait of Spain. Masterpieces from the Prado
El Siglo XIX en el Prado
La mise en scène du passé. Charles quint au 19 siècle
La pintura de historia del Siglo XIX en España
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US Olympic Bronze Medalist Erin Hamlin will be throwing out the first pitch Monday, July 21st
The Mohawk Valley DiamondDawgs announced on Saturday that US Olympic Bronze Medalist Erin Hamlin will be throwing out the first pitch on Monday July 21 at Veterans Memorial Park.
Hamlin, a native of Remsen, New York, is a three-time Olympian and the first American luger to medal at any Winter Olympics.
At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, she took the bronze medal in women’s singles luge. She is the first United States luger of either gender to medal in singles competition.
DiamondDawgs Director of Media, Pete Pagliaro said Hamlin has become a local celebrity.
“Our entire area has embraced Erin as she is our local Olympian and brought home a medal,” he stated. “So that behind said, we thought it would be pretty cool to honor her at one of our games with Erin Hamlin Night.”
Mohawk Valley will take on the Amsterdam Mohawks in the game and first pitch is scheduled for 7:05 p.m
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TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WTWO/WAWV) — First, parking issues slowed down plans of a new Terre Haute Convention Center, and now the COVID-19 pandemic has “slowed it almost to a complete halt,” according to Vigo County Capital Improvement Board president Jon Marvel; however, Marvel expects progress to be made following a Friday CIB meeting.
CIB attorney Brian Bosma will give a much anticipated update on the Vigo County School Corporation building acquisition.
Marvel said parties have tentatively agreed on a $3 million price tag to purchase the downtown Vigo County School Corporation building. If approved, the purchase would allow Hilton Garden Inn to recoup parking spaces lost to construction of the convention center.
The purchase would also prevent the county from having to tear down two historic Terre Haute buildings–the Copper Bar and the Terminal, and would save the county $2-$5 million in construction costs of a previously discussed parking structure.
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The CIB will vote on the agreement; however, Marvel said, the school corporation will not move forward with the purchase until a face-to-face meeting can be held.
Even if the sale goes through, Marvel said the school corporation would still be housed in the building for at least another year to allow time for the renovation of a new office location. He noted later on down the line, the CIB could revisit the idea of tearing down the building for more parking.
In the meantime, Hilton Garden Inn would be able to utilize the parking spaces almost immediately.
Depending on how the board votes Friday, Marvel said construction could soon begin on the next phase of the project, which will be a storm drain at 7th and Cherry.
So far, the halted project has only accrued minimal costs, but Marvel said that could change if the it does not move forward soon.
“If we don’t get moving on it, bidders will pull their bids,” he noted. “We’ve got to get it going.”
Hamilton Center focuses on emotional resiliency in times fraught with anxiety
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WTWO/WAWV) -- Hamilton Center, Inc., the local community mental health center for a number of counties in west central Indiana, is focusing on developing emotional resiliency with those seeking and currently receiving mental health services.
“During these times of quarantine and political anxiety, our service providers focus on assisting our consumers in developing resiliency,” said Mark Collins, Chief Clinical Officer. “Resiliency is often thought of as the ability to overcome or withstand challenging events, though we also frame it as the ability to recover or even grow from these types of events.”
Semi catches fire on I-70
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WTWO/WAWV) -- A semi truck caught fire Tuesday evening on eastbound I-70 at the 10-mile marker.
Indiana State Police Public Information Officer Sgt. Matt Ames said a truck hauling plastic was engulfed in flames when authorities arrived at the scene.
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Black Label Society gets Unblackened as their much-anticipated tour makes a stop in the LA area.
When the doors opened, the stage was set with only two amps, a microphone, and a few guitars. This stage was set for Wino, who opened for Black Label Society. Wino’s acoustic set was strong and was well received by the hardcore BLS fans. A native of San Bernardino, California, Wino was glad to be back in Cali. He sang passionately and his heartfelt lyrics were supported by obvious skill on the guitar. His last song was blessed with JD from BLS on bass and Nick Olivari of Kyuss and Queens of the Stone Age working vocals and guitar. Great work Wino; keep it up
One may never see a completely “unplugged†version of Black Label Society, but the current tour displays a twist on this theme. Unblackened features some of the most popular BLS songs in a reformatted array, which includes the band sitting down for the vast majority of the show. The camaraderie of BLS fans is ubiquitous at shows. Fans are familiar with the Unblackened live acoustic album and several of those in attendance screamed their requests as the band took the stage and the curtain dropped.
Zakk Wylde sipped tea and water as he moved between seated guitar and grand piano. Wylde and the BLS crew finally found the time to tour the Unblackened album this month, which is a noted departure from a typical show. Each song has been redone in some form, be it in tempo or arrangement. One of the bouncers was expressing concern before the show over stage diving and the physical norms of a metal show. A fellow security guard, who was clearly a fan, assured him it would most likely be calmer. He knew fans would be showing up with the expectation of a masterful musical interaction of a more auditory, rather than physical, nature.
This proved to be so as Black Label Society opened with “Losin’ Your Mind” and “Suicide Messiah.” “Stillborn” is one of the new renditions from the album and popular with fans; this title rounded out the dozen or so songs on the set list.
The Grove of Anaheim is a rather intimate venue despite seeming much larger on the outside. The main pit area surrounds the stage and tiers slant up to provide ample viewing for the fans. It was a great choice for this unique show, as fans were able to see the relaxed atmosphere of Black Label Society’s Unblackened tour and appreciate the varied arrangements and sounds of an original band.
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New Class for Emotional Wellness Being Offered at UConn
By Ted Koppy • Published September 21, 2020 • Updated on September 21, 2020 at 7:03 pm
On the University of Connecticut Storrs campus this fall, social distancing can feel a lot more distant than it is social.
Dr. Carl Lejuez, the Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs at UConn, has a background in behavioral and social sciences, and said making connections and building relationships are critical to emotional wellness for young adults, like college students.
"Part of it is what you imagine the college experience being, so part of it is expectation that this is an opportunity to make new friends, to learn all about yourself and kind of figure out what the next part of your life is going to be" Lejuez, a clinical psychologist said.
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UConn senior Narumi Collins says building a personal network is a big part of the reason people go to college, and the coronavirus pandemic has made that much more difficult.
"I've noticed people feel so isolated these days, and that has a huge toll on humanity, and it shows," Collins, an agricultural economics major, told NBC Connecticut.
Dr. Lejuez said it is for that very reason that he decided it was time to step in and help.
"I was sitting in my office, and I was worried about a lot of students not having as much in- person classes as they'd like," Lejuez said, "and so, as Provost, I normally don't teach, but I thought 'why don't I try and teach an in- person course that actually focuses on something I knew students would need now?'"
Very quickly, 75 students signed up for the new class called Tools for Emotional Wellness.
The course objective is to not only help students survive this unprecedented time, but to thrive in the years ahead.
"What we find is if you have the right support, if you have the right expectations, if you have the right community in place, you can have what's called traumatic growth. And that's the idea the idea that you can learn things out of something, and get stronger because of it," Dr. Lejuez explained.
Students like Collins said just being able to attend some classes in person is more helpful than you might think.
"They always say 'six feet' but it's still a classroom, it still feels like a classroom, even with the masks on, and that's been the best part; it doesn't feel too far from normal."
Until that normal returns, Dr. Lejuez said they will keep looking for new ways to protect student safety and mental health.
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What Does a Disabled Player Exception Mean in the NBA?
By Kevin Brown • Published January 13, 2021
What a Disabled Player Exception means for the Wizards originally appeared on NBC Sports Washington
The Wizards applied for the NBA's "Disabled Player Exception" following the season-ending injury to Thomas Bryant, who tore his ACL in Washington's loss to Miami.
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The Washington Wizards are planning to apply for a $4.2M Disabled Player Exception with the season-ending injury to Thomas Bryant, sources tell ESPN. Once granted, the Wizards can use the spot to acquire a player for the rest of the season.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) January 11, 2021
If approved, Washington would get $4.2 million to sign a replacement player. Still, it's not a sure thing that the Wizards would be granted such an exception. In October 2019, Washington was denied an exception for up to $9.2 million to replace an injured John Wall because an independent doctor believed he'd be able to play before June 15, 2020.
While the end of last season saw Wall focus on completing his rehabilitation as opposed to rushing it back to play for the Wizards one more time in the bubble, the current Rockets point guard never did play before June 15. In Bryant's case, however, it's more clear his torn ACL will require at least the rest of the season to recover from.
RELATED: 5 free agent centers the Wizards could target following Thomas Bryant's injury
But where does the NBA get that $4.2 million number come from, you ask?
Well first, it's important to understand what the Disabled Player Exception even is.
What is the Disable Player Exception (DPE)?
According to Larry Coon's NBA Salary Cap FAQ, the DPE can be defined as:
"This exception allows a team which is over the cap to replace a disabled player who will be out for the remainder of that season (it can also be granted in the event of a player's death). This exception is granted by the league, based on an application from the team and a determination by an NBA-designated physician or Fitness to Play panel that the player is substantially more likely than not to be unable to play through the following June 15."
Coon adds an important few notes as well. First, this $4.2 million exception would have to go toward sigining a replacement player, not salary cap relief.
If granted, the Wizards would be able to acquire a replacement for Bryant by one of three ways: through free agency, picking a player up off waivers or via trade. In both the latter two options, Washington could only sign a player in the last year of their contract.
The $4.2 million dollar number comes from teams being able to sign a replacement "for 50% of the disabled player's salary or the amount of the Non-Taxpayer Mid-Level exception, whichever is less," according to Coon. Bryant's base salary this season is $8.3 million.
The injured player must also be on the Wizards roster from the time they apply for the exception to the time they are potentially granted such an exception. Granted the fact head coach Scott Brooks had told free agent centers that Bryant was the starter just this past offseason, Bryant isn't expected to go anywhere.
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How Political Burrowing Can Impact an Incoming Presidential Administration
With 43 days remaining in the presidency of Donald Trump a review by the News4 I-Team finds more of the president’s top political appointees have found a way to stick around in the Biden Administration. Scott MacFarlane reports.
burrowing Nov 25, 2020
At Least a Dozen Trump Political Appointees Approved for Civil Servant Positions
Though President Donald Trump is expected to leave office in January, not all of his political appointees will follow. That’s due to a longtime, controversial practice called “burrowing” in which political appointees — whose jobs could easily be nixed by an incoming president — transition to more secure civil service positions, many times within the agencies they once helped lead….
When President Donald Trump leaves office Jan. 20, not all of his political appointees will leave, too. The News4 I-Team has learned a series of high-ranking appointees will be sticking around. Scott MacFarlane reports the way they’re doing it is legal, controversial and has been used by both parties for generations.
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Q&A with FirstMark’s Julia Rudlin
Julia Rudlin is on the Platform team at FirstMark Capital, based in NYC. Prior to FirstMark, she was responsible for launching & growing international products as well as audiences at Vine (acq. Twitter) & Gilt Groupe.
What attracted you to venture capital and working with startups? What skills did you bring to this position from previous roles?
My career started in international product and operations for Gilt before joining the strategy and growth team at Vine. What attracted me to VC was the ability to work with different startups from consumer-facing tech to B2B companies. I’m interested in how companies grow and scale. I wanted to know what makes a successful team and how that powers a company’s success. I was looking for a role that would allow me to partner with incredible founders and CEOs as they think through these problems. In venture, you’re constantly meeting smart and driven individuals solving complex problems. I’m drawn to that energy.
I’m also based in New York — I’m bullish on New York tech. We’re still underdogs compared to the West Coast. I love this challenge and knew I wanted to be a part of this accelerating NY tech ecosystem.
Why FirstMark?
I was looking to join a smaller venture capital firm. When I joined Vine, the team was around 40 people but it was also backed by Twitter, which has about 4,000 employees. I wanted to apply the skills I developed in product and growth at a smaller scale: I was really looking for a 5-people-in-a-closet type of startup. And I came to realize through conversations with startups that they really rely on their investors, at least when it comes to scaling their business. I hadn’t considered venture capital before that.
Once I started meeting with a few VCs, I gained a better understanding of different firm theses and approaches, and I liked how FirstMark operated. Since FirstMark is a small team with over 70+ active portfolio companies, they focus on building scalable products/processes to support their companies. I liked this technical approach along with their focus on early-stage startups in the New York market.
What is the day-to-day like in your role?
Platform is part of this interesting trend in post-investment support. As great startups pop up and venture firms face competition to back them, VCs have to offer something more than funding. Platform teams help their portfolio companies with everything from finding great talent, creating sales leads, helping them navigate people/HR operations, developing key corporate development relationships, and so much more.
Because platform has broad responsibilities and all firms take a different approach to platform, my job has evolved over time. My role is to understand how those needs change and be there, day to day, for the founders.
What sort of background do you need for venture capital?
Some firms are strict about what background they’re looking for. If you know you want to be in venture, you should make sure your major/degree tracks to that path. Join those entrepreneurship groups or investing clubs on campus. It’s competitive and if you aren’t doing it, your peers definitely are.
VCs looking for investment professionals sometimes desire candidates from banking and consulting backgrounds. If that’s what you want to do, make sure you join at a top bank or intern at a major consulting firm. You should also look at analysts and associates at the VC firms that interest you. Check LinkedIn and see where they came from. Then look at what you need to have on your resume to align with those roles. I also encourage you to cold reach out. Try and set up coffee or lunch to learn more about their careers.
What kind of guidance and support do you receive from female analysts, associates, partners, and mentors?
I was almost jaded about women in the workplace because I’ve been surrounded by inspiring, hardworking female leaders. My mentors at Gilt and Vine really cared about my personal and professional growth. It’s super important for any professional to have people who care about your success like that.
Venture is small, and obviously male-dominated, so I was lucky to have met Caitlin Strandberg who is a Vice President at FirstMark. With her experience and guidance, she has helped me evolve in VC. She plugged me into various female networks and empowerment groups. Whether it’s for career mapping or ideation or deal discussion, I have a sounding board made up of strong, successful women.
How is the overall culture at your firm? How do you build an inclusive community at FirstMark and beyond?
FirstMark has always supported and welcomed diverse people and viewpoints. It starts with hiring and making sure your firm isn’t falling into the trap of unconscious bias. The more diversity you have on your team, the more likely you are to cultivate inclusivity at your company.
Have you faced major challenges in the VC space and how did you overcome it?
I actually think being young and looking young has been a problem for me. When I walk into a meeting and can sense I’m the youngest person in the room, then it definitely feels like it’s much harder for me to be taken seriously.
It’s been pivotal having managers vouch for me. In meetings when a question is asked, it’s common for people to expect the answer to come from my more senior counterparts. I’ve had my colleagues serve me up and say “Actually, Julia will take the next question.” Managers like that are hard to find. If this is an area that you’re struggling with, you need to talk to your managers and mentors about teeing up opportunities like that. Whether it’s an age or gender concern, you should have the confidence to speak to your manager about it.
Speaking of confidence, you need to be articulate and present in the room. You can often preempt some meeting questions; be prepared to answer them before they come up. Maybe even rehearse those answers if that makes it easier to feel comfortable. You want to build that reputation of always being on top your game.
Prep five times harder and think 3 steps ahead. It’s worth it.
What advice do you have for young women who want to enter VC — whether on the investing, operations, or platform side?
I really do attribute my career success to mentorship and strong role models. Many of those mentors are now friends. But the reality is that some amazing people just don’t have the time or resources to coach you. So if you can’t find that great mentor, try to identify someone who will be your advocate. That might just mean someone who keeps an eye out for you — whether they affirm your points during meetings or send job descriptions your way. There’s a difference between being a mentor and an advocate, but at the very least, having an advocate is important and necessary for your career progression.
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Naperville, IL (Rickert Dr / S Whispering Hills Dr)
Rickert Dr / S Whispering Hills Dr
About Naperville, IL (Rickert Dr / S Whispering Hills Dr)
Rickert Dr / S Whispering Hills Dr median real estate price is $446,745, which is more expensive than 89.4% of the neighborhoods in Illinois and 78.3% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
The average rental price in Rickert Dr / S Whispering Hills Dr is currently $2,354, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. The average rental cost in this neighborhood is higher than 94.5% of the neighborhoods in Illinois.
Rickert Dr / S Whispering Hills Dr is a suburban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Naperville, Illinois.
Rickert Dr / S Whispering Hills Dr real estate is primarily made up of medium sized (three or four bedroom) to large (four, five or more bedroom) single-family homes and townhomes. Most of the residential real estate is owner occupied. Many of the residences in the Rickert Dr / S Whispering Hills Dr neighborhood are established but not old, having been built between 1970 and 1999. A number of residences were also built between 2000 and the present.
Home and apartment vacancy rates are 8.2% in Rickert Dr / S Whispering Hills Dr. NeighborhoodScout analysis shows that this rate is lower than 53.6% of the neighborhoods in the nation, approximately near the middle range for vacancies.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
One of the really interesting characteristics about the Rickert Dr / S Whispering Hills Dr neighborhood is that, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research, it is an excellent choice in which to reside for college students. Due to its popularity among college students who already choose to live here, its walkability, and its above average safety from crime, the neighborhood is ideal for prospective or already-enrolled college students. Between semesters and during school breaks, you'll notice that the excitement here fluctuates with the college seasons. Despite the excitement however, parents of college-age children can rest easy knowing that this neighborhood has an above average safety rating. For each of these reasons, the neighborhood is rated among the top 0.8% of college-friendly places to live in the state of Illinois. In addition to being an excellent choice for college students, this neighborhood is also a very good choice for highly educated executives, urban sophisticates and families with school-aged children.
A unique way of commuting is simply not to. And in the Rickert Dr / S Whispering Hills Dr neighborhood, analysis shows that 17.4% of the residents work from home, avoiding a commute altogether. This may not seem like a large number, but it is a higher proportion of people working from home than is found in 98.8% of the neighborhoods in the United States. One thing NeighborhoodScout's research reveals is that the wealthier and/or more isolated the neighborhood, the greater the proportion of residents who choose to work from home.
Also, if you like to ride the train to work, this neighborhood may be for you. NeighborhoodScout's research revealed that 18.9% of the Rickert Dr / S Whispering Hills Dr neighborhood's commuters ride the train to and from work each day, which is more than we found in 95.9% of America's neighborhoods.
Most neighborhoods are composed of a mixture of ages of homes, but the Rickert Dr / S Whispering Hills Dr stands out as rather unique in having nearly all of its residential real estate built in one time period, namely between 1970 and 1999, generally considered to be established, but not old housing. What you'll sense when you look around or drive the streets of this neighborhood is that many of the residences look the same because of this similarity of age. In fact, 85.5% of the residential real estate here was built in this one time period.
In addition, many people dream of living along a street lined with row houses or other attached homes. Such places do often have an abundance of charm. If you are one of these people, the Rickert Dr / S Whispering Hills Dr neighborhood could be your paradise. With 23.6% of the homes and real estate here classified as rowhouses or other attached homes, this neighborhood brims with opportunity to find the right place for you. Only 4.8% of U.S. neighborhoods have more row houses than this neighborhood, making it one of the most interesting things about this special neighborhood.
Did you know that the Rickert Dr / S Whispering Hills Dr neighborhood has more Armenian and Welsh ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.9% of this neighborhood's residents have Armenian ancestry and 3.3% have Welsh ancestry.
Rickert Dr / S Whispering Hills Dr is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 7.2% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Langs. of India at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 98.6% of the neighborhoods in America.
The neighbors in the Rickert Dr / S Whispering Hills Dr neighborhood in Naperville are wealthy, making it among the 15% highest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 94.6% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 11.0% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 57.2% of America's neighborhoods.
In the Rickert Dr / S Whispering Hills Dr neighborhood, 56.5% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 26.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (9.3%), and 8.1% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.
The most common language spoken in the Rickert Dr / S Whispering Hills Dr neighborhood is English, spoken by 87.9% of households. Some people also speak Langs. of India (7.2%).
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the Rickert Dr / S Whispering Hills Dr neighborhood in Naperville, IL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (21.5%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (19.4%), and residents who report Italian roots (13.5%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (10.5%), along with some Asian ancestry residents (9.8%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in Rickert Dr / S Whispering Hills Dr neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (28.0% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (76.7%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also take the train to get to work (18.9%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.
AGE OF Naperville, IL (Rickert Dr / S Whispering Hills Dr) HOMES
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Naperville VIOLENT CRIMES
Naperville Property CRIMES
65 Vital Statistics. 15 Condition Alerts found.
This neighborhood is served by 2 districts:
INDIAN PRAIRIE CUSD 204
District Quality Compared to Illinois
Better than of IL school districts.
NAPERVILLE CUSD 203
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area regional investment potential
Housing Affordability Trends: Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area
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Shoulder Shrug, Head Tilt: “Burn All Night”
Posted on August 28, 2017 by Kitty Drexel
Krystina Alabado (Holly), Lincoln Clauss (Bobby), Perry Sherman (Will), and Ken Clark (Zak) shut out the world in Burn All Night. Photo: Evgenia Eliseeva.
Presented by the American Repertory Theatre
Book and lyrics by Andy Mientus
Music by Van Hughes, Nicholas LaGrasta, Brett Moses
Directed by Jenny Koons
Choreographed by Sam Pinkleton
Music supervision & vocal arrangements by Cian McCarthy
Aug. 18 – Sept. 8, 2017
Club Oberon
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(Cambridge, MA) At first glance, Burn All Night is pretty impressive. It has a fancy pedigree in director Koons and creator Mientus. Teen Commandments wrote the score. For those who enjoy pop, they’re on Spotify and worth a listen. Choreographer Sam Pinkleton also worked on Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812. The production was not as impressive as its credits.
BAN is an immersive, emo-pop, millennial musical about a hetero love triangle, and the one clueless kid foolish enough to get trapped in it. Bobby (Lincoln Clauss) has moved to NYC. On his first day there, he runs into Holly (Krystina Alabado) a friend from high school who just so happens to live there too. She’s living with Zak (Ken Clark) but dated Will (Perry Sherman) in high school. Bobby has no idea that Will knew Holly in college. Will doesn’t either. The drama goes from complicated to worse in the club that Will might as well live in. Sometime before intermission there’s an earthquake.
The execution of the show’s technical elements is flawless. Scenic and lighting design are excellent. Aside from spotty mics that were surely situational, the sound design was also excellent. Pinkleton’s choreography was energetic and inventive. Add them all together and it looked like a neon, 90’s TRL music video fantasy. It was fun.
The song lyrics were pretty good. Teen Commandments and Mientus write as well as Paramour but no worse than guy who writes for Justin Bieber. It’s slightly edgy, singable and relatively inoffensive songwriting. Students and professionals would have a good time playing with their stuff.
Unfortunately, the NYC-based cast, despite their perfectly performed music and staging, didn’t deliver. Their performances were empty. Sitting mere feet away from them, I felt nothing in response to their efforts. They have passion, but no individuality. There’s little about their performances that make them memorable.
The exception is the MJ Rodriguez as Oona. She burns up the dancefloor like a diva, and rips through music like it owes her money. Where’s her musical? That’s the show I want to see.
MJ Rodriguez (Oona) takes the stage at the club in Burn All Night. Photo: Evgenia Eliseeva.
Mientus’ plot is cliched and his characters are flat. We never learn enough about the leads to develop compassion for them. These personality-emancipated sexy lamps with notes are navigating life like drones. Rather than capitalizing on the universality of inconveniently falling in love with someone deeply inconvenient at an inconvenient time, this musical tries to make the story of Bobby, Zak, Will and Holly unique by traumatizing its leads. It fails.
Adding insult to injury, there is no realized apocalyptic message in Burn All Night. The “catastrophe” is a gimmick, a quick way to get the kids out of the club and into a more intimate space without developing the characters or the plot. It’s a device as superficial as our heroes. The musical’s summary tells us that our heroes survive by banding together when catastrophe hits. Except, we aren’t told what or how their world, or the world at large is affected. The audience kept ignorant of the world we’re meant to emotionally invest in so we don’t.
Burn All Night has the potential to be a great show. It needs edits and an opportunity to develop a soul. Just like twenty-somethings need time to grow into mature adults. This is not a coincidence.
Tangentially, I can not understand why the cast of Burn All Night wasn’t plucked from the depths of Boston talent. Why is it that the ART/Oberon couldn’t call upon its students for this show? Pre-production work and rehearsals started long before the current Institute hullabaloo. One doesn’t have to go to New York City to tell a story about New York City. But, the ART’s students do have to go to NYC to work with the ART. That’s messed up.
This entry was posted in Musicals and Opera and tagged 2017, American Repertory Theatre, Andy Mientus, August, Brett Moses, Burn All Night, Cian McCarthy, Club Oberon, Evgenia Eliseeva, Jenny Koons, MJ Rodriguez, Nicholas LaGrasta, Sam Pinkleton, September, sexy lamps with notes, Teen Commandments, Van Hughes by Kitty Drexel. Bookmark the permalink.
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Driver Faces Murder Charges For Crash That Killed 5 And Injured 4 More
By Stephanie Liebergen
Before the wreck, multiple people reported that a blue pickup truck was driving erratically.
The man accused of crashing into a group of bicyclists in Michigan is now facing multiple murder charges.
Police say Charles Pickett Jr. was behind the wheel of the pickup truck that crashed into a group of nine cyclists. The Kalamazoo County prosecutor charged Pickett with five counts of second-degree murder and four counts of reckless driving.
The crash Tuesday evening killed five and injured the other four cyclists. Three of the injured are in serious condition, and the fourth is in fair condition.
In the 30 minutes before the crash, area police agencies received multiple calls reporting an erratic driver in a blue pickup truck.
The bicyclists were part of "The Chain Gang" that took weekly 30-mile bike rides. They were just five miles into this week's ride when the truck crashed into them from behind.
This video includes clips from WXYZ, WOOD, WZZM and WXMI.
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What is the Population Density?
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The population count of Pittsburgh, PA was 303,587 in 2018.
Demographics and Population Datasets Involving Pittsburgh, PA
Bronx Zip Population and Density
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NYCHA Resident Data Book Summary
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Contains resident demographic data at a summary level as of January 1, 2019. The Resident Data Book is compiled to serve as an information source for queries involving resident demographic as well as a source of data for internal analysis. Statistics are compiled via HUD mandated annual income reviews involving NYCHA Staff and residents. Data is then aggregated and compiled by development. Each record pertains to a single public housing development.
New York State Population Data: Beginning 2003
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Population data file is provided as an additional reference file when interpreting vital statistics death rates. The population data is derived from the corresponding release of the NCHS annual estimates of "Bridged Race Vintage" which are consistent with the Bureau of the Census estimates from "Vintage" (released in the summer). For more information, check out: http://www.health.ny.gov/statistics/vital_statistics/. The "About" tab contains additional details concerning this dataset.
Vital Statistics Deaths by Resident County, Region, and Race/Ethnicity: Beginning 2003
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Vital Statistics Suicide Deaths by Age-Group, Race/Ethnicity, Resident County, Region and Gender: Beginning 2003
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Rate of Hospitalizations for Opioid Overdose per 100,000 Residents by Demographics CY 2016- 2017 Statewide Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4)
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Rate of hospitalization for opioid overdose per 100,000 PA Residents categorized by principal diagnosis of heroin or opioid pain medication overdose by year and demographic. This analysis is restricted to Pennsylvania residents age 15 and older who were hospitalized in Pennsylvania general acute care hospitals. Disclaimer: PHC4’s database contains statewide hospital discharge data submitted to PHC4 by Pennsylvania hospitals. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information obtained from the Uniform Claims and Billing Form (UB-82/92/04) data elements. Computer collection edits and validation edits provide opportunity to correct specific errors that may have occurred prior to, during or after submission of data. The ultimate responsibility for data accuracy lies with individual providers. PHC4 agents and staff make no representation, guarantee, or warranty, expressed or implied that the data received from the hospitals are error-free, or that the use of this data will prevent differences of opinion or disputes with those who use published reports or purchased data. PHC4 will bear no responsibility or liability for the results or consequences of its use.
Census Demographics (2010-2014)
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Census data are frequently used throughout Vital Signs as denominators for normalizing many other indicators and rates. The socioeconomic and demographic indicators are grouped into the following categories: population, race/ethnicity, age, households, and income and poverty.
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The U.S. Census Bureau, in collaboration with five federal agencies, launched the Household Pulse Survey to produce data on the social and economic impacts of Covid-19 on American households. The Household Pulse Survey was designed to gauge the impact of the pandemic on employment status, consumer spending, food security, housing, education disruptions, and dimensions of physical and mental wellness. The survey was designed to meet the goal of accurate and timely weekly estimates. It was conducted by an internet questionnaire, with invitations to participate sent by email and text message. The sample frame is the Census Bureau Master Address File Data. Housing units linked to one or more email addresses or cell phone numbers were randomly selected to participate, and one respondent from each housing unit was selected to respond for him or herself. Estimates are weighted to adjust for nonresponse and to match Census Bureau estimates of the population by age, gender, race and ethnicity, and educational attainment. All estimates shown meet the NCHS Data Presentation Standards for Proportions,
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Vysera CLS Review (New 2020) – A Magic Weight Loss Solution?
/ By Emily Robinson
Most of us have a bit of extra weight here and there. As we go through our lives we may eat a little unhealthy from time to time. And over a certain period, we simply gain unwanted weight that is so hard to lose.
At some point, we all get fed up with the way we look. We try to find different methods that could help us lose weight and feel better about ourselves, however mostly unsuccessful. Fortunately, we have Vysera CLS, the ultra-popular diet pill that is said to be different from other similar products on the market.
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Vysera CLS claims to have a special mix of ingredients that can help any user lose a significant amount of weight in just 30 days! It is also said to reduce hip, thigh, buttocks, and waist size, reshaping the whole body in the process. With Vysera CLS, users will immediately experience a boost in mood and energy, without the risk of dieting fatigue or any other side effects.
Wow, Vysera CLS truly sounds like a miracle pill. But can it really deliver the promised results in just 30 days? Keep reading and you will find out in this unbiased review!
How Does Vysera CLS Work?
According to the manufacturers, this diet pill works by inhibiting calorie absorption without the need for a proper diet or exercise plan. Users should take the Vysera CLS pill before each meal which will help reduce the blood sugars levels in the body, providing low insulin levels. This should lead to less hunger and cravings, and therefore weight loss. Dieters can consume up to 2,200 calories per day and still lose weight without exercise.
The official website also claims that Vysera CLS formula is scientifically proven to work, however, no studies were cited that would prove these statements.
Vysera CLS Ingredients
Besides Vitamin B3, Calcium, and Chromium which are the only ingredients with proper dosing information, the rest of Vysera CLS is basically just one big proprietary mix.
Proprietary blends are always a bad sign since supplement companies use them to cover up actual dosing for each component, leaving the consumer without this essential information. This way Vysera CLS raises the risk of side effects and inefficiency.
Be that as it may, here are the ingredients added to the formula:
Vitamin B3 – Crucial vitamin, found in many foods such as meat, fish, and vegetables. Vitamin B3 supplementation is generally used to lower cholesterol levels, as well as blood pressure (1).
Calcium – Extremely important for bone and teeth health, however, there is no evidence that would link Calcium with weight loss (2).
Chromium – This mineral is said to help move glucose out of the bloodstream and into our cells that will use it for energy. However, high doses of Chromium could lead to irregular heartbeat and damaged kidneys, liver, stomach, and nerves (3).
Proprietary Weight Control Component:
Phaseolus Compressus Extract – Better known as white bean extract, this extract is said to decrease the rate of carbohydrate absorption in the body. Without the dosing information it is impossible to determine how effective will it be (4).
Cacao Extract – This popular extract can lower blood pressure, but it may also increase blood sugar levels as well. It also has antioxidant properties (5).
Milk Thistle Extract – This flowering plant contains a white substance that many call “milk”. This substance might have some nutrient value, particularly for helping in the prevention of diabetes and insulin resistance. However, there is no scientific evidence that would prove these statements.
Chlorella Algae Extract – Derived from this well-known freshwater algae, this extract is popularly believed to prevent and treat cancer. Again, no clear evidence was cited.
Shali Seed – Commonly known as Asian rice, this seed is extremely rich in fiber which can suppress appetite in most individuals (6).
Schizonepeta Extract – Generally used for treating maladies such as fever, sore throat, and colds. There is no link between this ingredient and weight loss (7).
Klamath Blue-Green Algae – This form of Algae is almost identical to Spirulina, the widely known super food. Klamath Blue-Green Algae are rich in various vitamins and minerals and have positive effects on the healthy gut bacteria (8).
Proprietary Energy/Focus/Mood Component:
Trimethylxanthine – Is just a fancy name for caffeine, a widely used stimulant. Caffeine has its positive aspects, however, if mixed with other stimulants it could lead to adverse effects like insomnia, nervousness and restlessness, nausea, vomiting, increased heart rate, and stomach irritation (9).
Cayenne Powder – Derived from the spicy Chili pepper, when used for weight loss can suppress appetite and even boost energy levels.
Cutch Tree Powder – A powerful natural ingredient that is said to boost metabolism and energy, however, its properties are yet to be confirmed by science.
Velvet Bean Extract – Represents a form of dopamine taken from the South American plant named Velvet Bean. This extract may improve the brain’s ability to experience pleasure (10).
Magnolia Bark – This extract is believed to contain a number of beneficial chemicals that can make its extract useful for weight loss, anxiety and inflammation.
Panax Ginseng – An amazing herb with heaps of benefits. Ginseng can increase circulation, boost erectile function, and improve overall energy levels.
Passionflower Powder – Has no links with weight loss, but it can help with anxiety. However, this plant is also known to induce side effects such as altered consciousness, abnormal heart rhythm, nausea, and drowsiness.
Lemon Balm – Relaxes the body and reduces inflammation and muscle soreness (11).
Jujube Powder – Is best known for its ability to treat a wide range of skin ailments. It can also reduce stress levels, which could benefit the weight loss process.
Chinese Skullcap – Could have some weight loss benefits, however, it is also known to induce liver damage as well as hepatoxicity.
Poria Cocos – Used to treat inflammation, cancer, and diabetes, although studies on the effectiveness of this ingredients are yet to be seen.
Ingredients Summary
Unfortunately, most of the ingredients found in Vysera CLS have no real correlation with weight loss, some of them can improve metabolism and energy, but the majority of them have other purposes. However, the biggest problem with this formulation is the ingredient dosages. Without the valuable dosing information analyzing any scientific evidence is virtually impossible, as available research might use different dosages than the ones found in Vysera CLS.
This supplement has also shown a pretty high risk of adverse effects, as some of the added components might induce a range of unwanted outcomes.
Related to Vysera CLS: Phentaslim Review (New 2020) - Why we rate it as #1
In the end, we saw that Vysera CLS has a rather weak ingredients formula covered by a deceptive marketing plan. The manufacturers did not provide a sufficient amount of important information about its safety and effectiveness. They also did not indicate or warn users about the possible negative effects of their ingredients, but still promote the use of them. There are simply more reliable and credible dietary supplements available on the market that are capable of better and safer results, so your best bet is to go with them.
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Marilyn L Barrett and Jay K Udani. “A proprietary alpha-amylase inhibitor from white bean (Phaseolus vulgaris): A review of clinical studies on weight loss and glycemic control.” Nutr J. (2011 Mar 17). Viewed at:
Latif R. “Health benefits of cocoa.” Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care (2013 Nov). Viewed at:
Lamiaa A.A. Barakat and Rasha Hamed Mahmoud. “The antiatherogenic, renal protective and immunomodulatory effects of purslane, pumpkin and flax seeds on hypercholesterolemic rats.” N Am J Med Sci. (2011 Sep). Viewed at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3271396/
Chen SG, Cheng ML Chen KH, Horng JT, Liu CC, Wang SM, Sakurai H, Leu YL, Wang SD, Ho HY. “Antiviral activities of Schizonepeta tenuifolia Briq. against enterovirus 71 in vitro and in vivo.” Sci Rep. (2017 Apr 20).
Viewed at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28428548
Chai Siah Ku, Yue Yang, Youngki Park, and Jiyoung Lee. “Health Benefits of Blue-Green Algae: Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease and Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.” J Med Food (2013 Feb). Viewed at:
Heckman MA, Weil J, Gonzalez de Mejia E. “Caffeine (1, 3, 7-trimethylxanthine) in foods: a comprehensive review on consumption, functionality, safety, and regulatory matters.” J Food Sci. (2010 Apr). Viewed at:
Lampariello LR, Cortelazzo A, Guerranti R, Sticozzi C, Valacchi G. “The Magic Velvet Bean of Mucuna pruriens.” J Tradit Complement Med. (2012 Oct). Viewed at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24716148
Andrew Scholey, Amy Gibbs, Chris Neale, Naomi Perry, Anastasia Ossoukhova, Vanessa Bilog, Marni Kras, Claudia Scholz, Mathias Sass, and Sybille Buchwald-Werner. “Anti-Stress Effects of Lemon Balm-Containing Foods.” Nutrients. (2014 Nov). Viewed at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4245564/
About the Author Emily Robinson
Emily has spent the last 8 years comparing, reviewing and analyzing ingredients in the supplements industry. She has worked extensively with dieticians, nutritionists and personal trainers to separate fact from fiction and help people achieve their fitness goals. In her free time she works and enjoys the outdoors with her husband and 2 children. You can contact her via the "About Us" page.
Realistic Advice on How to Lose Weight Fast
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‘Starlet,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine
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“Starlet,” opening Friday (11/9/12) in limited release, may be one of the year’s most surprising little movies, a tough-minded, low-budget tale that never quite leads you where it seems to be going.
Not that where it’s going is somewhere you’d choose for yourself. But writer-director Sean Baker hooks you early and keeps twisting the screws in unexpected ways. Whether you mean to or not, you get caught up in its seemingly simple story, even as it reveals layers that are unexpected.
Dree Hemingway plays Jane, one of those ubiquitous California girls that seem to grow out of the cracks in the sidewalks in Los Angeles’ San Fernando Valley. She lives with a roommate named Melissa (Stella Maeve) and Melissa’s boyfriend Mikey (James Ransone) in a relatively unfurnished townhouse with a little dog named Starlet as her constant companion.
Jane’s got a car but no apparent job. So it seems to be her lucky day when she makes the rounds of Sunday yard sales and comes away with a thermos. She gets into an argument with the elderly woman who’s selling it, when Jane tells her that she plans to use it as a vase.
When she gets it home and tries to put flowers in it, however, there’s something inside: several rubber-banded rolls of $100 bills. It’s about $10,000 – which should keep Jane in jobless, weed-smoking splendor with her roommates for a while (though she doesn’t tell them about the money).
This review continues on my website.
Tags: Besedka Johnson, Dree Hemingway, James Ransone, Marshall Fine, Marshall Fine movie review, movie reviews, movies, San Fernando Valley, Sean Baker, Starlet, Starlet movie review, Stella Maeve
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Simple Times: Crafts for Poor People
Vinton Rafe McCabe
“It’s often been said that ugly people craft and attractive people have sex,” writes Amy Sedaris in the introduction to her new book Simple Times: Crafts for Poor People.
And because Sedaris is so funny, sharing as many telling quotes as possible in this review will give you a taste of her wacky hilarity.
Sedaris continues, “This book is not going to dispel that ridiculous fact. Rather, it will accept the well-documented, scientifically sound research done on the subject and move on, because regardless of how you look, this book is not here to judge, it is about the joy of crafting. . . .
“It’s natural for humans to suppress urges, for when our desires are left unchecked they lead to broken relationships, prison time, and forest fires. But there is one urge that should always be encouraged to blossom—the creative urge! Yes, it is healthy to want to make things, but that desire without instruction for crafting can lead to foreclosure, incest, and forest fires. Too often instruction for crafting is gutter-learned. Convoluted half-baked lessons picked up from street corners, back alleys, and scouting. Simple Times will provide crafters with the proper guidance, much like a parole officer. But this book is much more than a supervisor for crafting offenders; hopefully it will also inspire you, helping to spark or trigger new creative thoughts leading to a vast array of hastily constructed obscure d’arts.”
In this statement Sedaris sets forth her central theme, or meme, to be more precise. Simple Times is less a crafting book than it is a parody of one. And yet, that classification is just too simple.
In recent years we have seen many parodies. Of Martha Stewart. Of Rachel Ray. And while each presents a large and persistent target for parody, Sedaris, in Simple Times and in her previous work I Like You: Entertaining Under the Influence, transcends the genre with a book that at once celebrates and parodies its topic. Where I Like You presented a book of recipes and décor tips in which the photographed results seemed always to have on them just one fingerprint too many to classify them as edible, Simple Times takes us a step beyond that, presenting us with an entire parallel universe made from gingham, felt, tinfoil, and popsicle sticks.
In asking the question “Is crafting right for me?” Sedaris writes: “The following characteristics are essential for the successful crafter. Firstly, every crafter must possess a contortionist-like dexterity or monkey-hands, and strong agile fingers capable of bending thick wire into tiny intricate shapes, as well as a superhuman ability to clutch. Secondly, superior hand-eye coordination is critical. All crafters must excel at precise high-velocity hand movements not unlike the jaws of a snapping turtle or a lizard’s tongue, if that lizard could decoupage with the same ability he uses to catch flies.”
Simple Times is a dizzying Where’s Waldo of a book. Each page is filled with photographs and text so over-brimming with equal parts visual humor and what seem to be actual crafting tips—(when it comes to what glue to use for which material, just remember that it’s “tacky with Furry, Gummy with Gritty, Paste with Prickly, and always Gloppy with Sandy”)—that the reader is tempted to charge ahead to see what Sedaris will come up with next.
We don’t want to miss anything in this hilarious book. So much so that when, on page 35 the author tells us to turn to page 113 to see the Popsicle stick trivet, we hurry to do so and are rewarded with the guffaw-inducing picture of a Russel Wright styled concoction of Popsicle sticks and wooden beads—and then we hurry back to page 35 to keep on reading.
What conclusions can be drawn from having read Simple Times have to do with author Sedaris herself. First, she is a fan of the googly-eye. Not since “Pee-wee’s Playhouse” have there been so many googly-eyes gathered in any one place: on acorns, on Popsicle sticks, of course, as well as on clam shells, peanuts, rocks and cookies.
Second, it must be concluded that Amy Sedaris is one of those people about whom Woody Allen commented that are funny from their bones outward. She appears in the book in many guises, from the leotarded lady who teaches us the importance of stretching before crafting, to Old Bald Jim, who shares her fudge recipe with us, to the lady who patiently attempts to teach us the art of “fornicrafting,” with the help of her gentleman friend. But no matter who she portrays from page to page, picture to picture, she’s funny.
Funny is to Sedaris what breathing is to the rest of us. And Simple Times stands as proud testament to that.
Best perhaps to close with a prayer, the Crafter’s Prayer, of course: “Dear Lord, Please give us the strength to accept the things we have made. The courage to not take credit for what we have not—and the wisdom to know the difference. My name is [Blank] and I am a crafter.”
Vinton McCabe is a critic-at-large, whose running commentary of pop culture began more than 20 years ago in the pages of the Advocate Newspapers of CT and MA, continued on the pages of New England Monthly, and blared out of radios tuned to WGCH in Greenwich, and other Connecticut stations. He is the author of the novel Death in Venice, California.
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Players React After N.B.A. Finals Game 2
The Cleveland Cavaliers’ LeBron James and the Golden State Warriors’ Stephen Curry, Draymond Green and Klay Thompson spoke after Golden State overwhelmed the Cavaliers 110-77 in Game 2 of the N.B.A. Finals.
NBA/TNT: NBA: MANDATORY COURTESY NBA/TNT Oakland, California - 5 June, 2016 SOUNDBITE (English) LeBron James, Cleveland Cavaliers “Internally we have to figure out how we can be better. We have to figure out how we can help one another. We definitely have to figure out how we can get more guys involved. You know, 15 assists, is not winning basketball, especially after what we’ve seen. We’ve just got to figure it out.” // SOUNDBITE (English) Draymond Green, Golden State Warriors “You know, we really stayed poised. We were up and they went on that run at the start of the second quarter. And everyone kept their poise and we continuted to trust the offense and we started to lock back down on the defensive end. And once we did that we were able to get a couple of runouts, guys had a couple of threes, and just continued to move the basketball and continued to move bodies.” // SOUNDBITE (English) Klay Thomas, Golden State Warriors “I’m just happy with the way we battled tonight. Everyone came ready to play and it was an all-around team effort and obviously Draymond was special with the shot-making.” // SOUNDBITE (English) Stephen Curry, Golden State Warriors “We haven’t won anything really. I mean, take care of home court advantage is what we were supposed to do. There’s still a lot of basketball left and, you know, how we show up in Cleveland will be a big test for us. They have a great home atmosphere and obviously the way the first two games are going, you would expect Cleveland to come out with a lot of energy and feed off of that home crowd. So I’m only worried about game 3.”
By NBA/TNT •June 6, 2016
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Michaud DS
Miller SM
Ferrarotto C
Konkle AT
Keith SE
Campbell KB
Salivary biomarkers
sleep disturbance
night-time noise
Cited by others 10
Year : 2006 | Volume : 8 | Issue : 30 | Page : 30-39
Waking levels of salivary biomarkers are altered following sleep in a lab with no further increase associated with simulated night-time noise exposure
David S Michaud1, Susan M Miller1, Catherine Ferrarotto1, Anne TM Konkle2, Stephen E Keith1, Kenneth B Campbell3
1 Consumer and Clinical Radiation Protection Bureau, Health Canada, Ottawa, Canada
2 University of Maryland, School of Medicine, Physiology Department, Baltimore, USA
3 University of Ottawa, Department of Social Sciences, School of Psychology, Ottawa, Canada
The goals of this study were twofold. First, we assessed if waking salivary hormone profiles are altered by nighttime noise exposure in a laboratory environment. Second, we evaluated the potential influence that sleeping in the lab in itself may have had on salivary biomarkers, by comparing results obtained following sleep at home. Twelve adults (7 males, 5 females) between 19-25 yrs slept at home and in a sleep laboratory. Subjects provided six saliva samples during waking hours on the day prior to sleep in the lab, on both days after sleeping in the lab and on the day following the resumption of sleep at home. Following one night of adaptation, subjects were exposed throughout the 2 nd night to simulated backup alarms that consisted of trains of 5 consecutive 500 ms duration audible tones. The time between the onset of each tone was 1 s and the time between trains (offset to onset) was 15 to 20 s. When compared to home conditions, cortisol and melatonin levels were higher following sleep in the laboratory 30 minutes after awakening. However, no significant differences were noted for any salivary biomarker between the 1 st and 2 nd night in the sleep lab, suggesting that these endpoints were not influenced by exposure to noise on the 2 nd night. Waking profiles of alpha-amylase were not influenced by where the subjects slept. Subjective reports of sleep disturbance following sleep in the lab were also obtained. For most of the day there was no apparent influence of the laboratory noise exposure. However, subjects did report more sleepiness during the evening (8 pm) following the 2 nd night in the laboratory. In general, overall sleep quality was rated slightly higher upon awakening from sleep at home. Factors that might have contributed to the observations in this study are discussed, including those related to the potentially non-representative sample.
Keywords: Salivary biomarkers, sleep disturbance, night-time noise
Michaud DS, Miller SM, Ferrarotto C, Konkle AT, Keith SE, Campbell KB. Waking levels of salivary biomarkers are altered following sleep in a lab with no further increase associated with simulated night-time noise exposure. Noise Health 2006;8:30-9
Michaud DS, Miller SM, Ferrarotto C, Konkle AT, Keith SE, Campbell KB. Waking levels of salivary biomarkers are altered following sleep in a lab with no further increase associated with simulated night-time noise exposure. Noise Health [serial online] 2006 [cited 2021 Jan 20];8:30-9. Available from: https://www.noiseandhealth.org/text.asp?2006/8/30/30/32465
There are clear deleterious consequences associated with accumulated sleep deficit that suggest sleep serves both a psychological and a physical restorative function. [1],[2],[3] These range from an increased sense of fatigue [4] and impaired task performance [5],[6] to an overall sense of general malaise. [7] Evidence that sleep disturbance can influence stress-sensitive biomarkers, such as cortisol and catecholamines, [8] provides a potential biological link between sleep disturbance and stress-related disorders. The sleep loss threshold for adverse health outcomes is certainly not well-established. However factors that contribute to impaired sleep are known; including alcohol consumption, [9] hormonal fluctuations, [10],[11] stress/anxiety disorders, [12],[13] shift work [14] and age. [15],[16] Environmental variables, such as noise, can also contribute to sleep disturbance. [17],[18]
Much of the research on environmental noise-induced sleep disturbance (EN-ISD) has focused on noise from transportation sources, such as aircraft, road traffic and rail. [19],[20] Construction noise has received less attention, but a recent finding indicates that the major complaint from residents living near the construction of the central artery tunnel in Boston was the nighttime use of backup alarms on construction vehicles. [21] An acoustic backup alarm consists of a series of repetitive on-off tones that are emitted while the vehicle is reversing. When the vehicle ceases to reverse and subsequently advances, the alarm is not sounded. Backup alarms may be particularly intrusive to sleep because they are intended to be distinguished from background sounds.
Regardless of the source, studies on EN-ISD do not always yield consistent results with respect to the objective or subjective parameters of sleep disturbance. Furthermore, there is concern in this area that one's response to simulated noise exposures in the sleep laboratory may not be applicable to EN-ISD in the home environment.
Analysis of several field and laboratory studies has shown that the threshold for noise-induced awakenings was lower in the laboratory environment, likely because of the novelty associated with the sleep environment. It has also been suggested that in the natural environment people habituate to noise-induced awakenings. [22],[23],[24] There is support for the "novelty influence" on laboratory results insofar as the environmental context, specifically the degree of novelty, has been shown to increase the immediate salivary cortisol response to moderate psychological stress (Trier social stress test). [25] Therefore, the novel environment of the sleep lab might result in elevated cortisol that could interfere with sleep by increasing cortical arousal and decreasing slow wave sleep. [8] For laboratory sleep studies, most researchers in the field of noise and sleep exclude the 1 st night of analyses from laboratory experiments, to avoid the so-called first night effect (FNE). [26] However, due to the small scale of this study, the 1 st night was included to reduce costs and make the overall experiment shorter.
No study to date has directly assessed how sleeping in a laboratory (compared to sleeping at home) may influence changes in cortisol and catecholamines throughout the day, over-and-above any impact that nighttime noise exposure may have on them. There is a wide-spread interest in salivary cortisol, particularly the "awakening response", whereby elevated levels can be suggestive of an overactive hypothalamic pituitary adrenal (HPA) axis. Elevated morning levels have been associated with chronic stress in general, including workplace stressor exposure; [27] morning cortisol levels are also elevated in patients who suffer from depression. [28] On the other hand, blunted morning cortisol levels have been observed in people suffering from burnout [29] and a recent laboratory study showed a suppressed morning cortisol response in individuals exposed to nighttime low frequency noise. [30] While cortisol represents the endocrine arm of the stress response, more recent studies have shown that salivary alpha-amylase levels are highly positively correlated with the activity of the sympathetic nervous system. [31],[32] Together, salivary cortisol and alpha-amylase profiles provide a comprehensive assessment of the stress response without requiring multiple urinary and/or plasma sampling. Furthermore, to our knowledge, the influence of the sleeping environment on melatonin levels has not yet been reported, despite the knowledge that melatonin is sensitive to disrupted sleep patterns [33],[34],[35] and associated with subjective measures of sleep disturbance. [36]
In the present study, we investigated the effect of night time exposure to a simulated backup alarm on salivary biomarkers and subjective reports of sleep disturbance in a sleep lab. Further, we directly assessed the impact that sleeping in a laboratory has on the waking salivary cortisol, alpha-amylase and melatonin profiles by comparing (within the same subjects) patterns on days following sleep at home to those following sleep in the laboratory.
Subjects: Twelve subjects (7 males, 5 females) between the ages of 19 and 25 volunteered to participate in this study. Subjects were recruited from the university population without regard for their sleep environment at home. While sleeping at home they were not exposed to any of the experimental conditions carried out in the sleep laboratory (see below). Subjects were instructed to sleep at home as they normally would. No subject reported a history of psychiatric, neurological or audiological disorder. Additionally, no one reported disordered sleep as indicated by the Pittsburgh sleep quality Index. [37] All subjects were asked to read and sign a consent form that provided details of the experimental paradigm and procedures. Each subject received an honourarium for their participation in this study. This study was conducted according to ethical guidelines established by the Canadian Tri-Council (natural, medical and social sciences) Research board and approved by the human research ethics boards at the University of Ottawa and Health Canada.
Laboratory sleep environment: Each subject spent two consecutive nights in the windowless sleep chamber that measured approximately 4 x 3 m. The room, which was similar to a dormitory, was equipped with a dim reading light and a main overhead light. The walls were sound insulated to attenuate sounds originating from the adjacent sleep recording room.
Salivary sampling procedure: To the extent possible, we tried to minimize putative circa-septan (weekly) rhythms in salivary cortisol. [38] The 4 consecutive sampling days began on Friday for 6 of the subjects, on Sunday for 2 subjects, Monday for 2 subjects and Wednesday for 2 subjects. Subjects were provided with instructions of the procedure to follow for the collection of saliva samples for each of the 4 day sampling periods. The four days were, Baseline, representing samples taken following normal sleep at home (before going to the lab), Lab1 and Lab2, corresponding to samples taken following both respective sleep periods in the lab and PostLab, referring to samples taken once subjects resumed sleep at home. Subjects were instructed to refrain from eating and drinking alcoholic beverages at least 30 min and 12 hr, respectively, before providing the sample. Also, they were instructed to rinse their mouth with water 10 min before providing the sample. Subjects were instructed to provide saliva samples on six occasions: immediately upon awakening (awakening), 30 minutes after awakening (+30 min), ninety minutes after awakening (+90 min), noon, 5 pm and before going to bed. Subjects also recorded the actual sampling time so that variations in sampling times could later be assessed. The sampling regimen was selected to ensure that potential changes over the course of the day would be detectable. Saliva samples were collected by having subjects place Salivettes (Sarstedt, Inc., Rommelsdorf, Germany) in their mouth for a period of 1-2 min. Samples were temporarily refrigerated at ~4ºC for up to 7 days , after which they were transported to the lab and immediately centrifuged at 4ºC (1000 x g for 5 min). To avoid potential multiple freeze-thaw effects on biomarkers, samples were fractioned and stored at -30ºC until cortisol, alpha-amylase and melatonin assays were conducted (about 2-3 weeks later).
Enzyme immunoassay (EIA): Commercially available salivary hormone EIA kits were used to determine saliva levels of cortisol, alpha-amylase (Salimetrics Inc., PA, USA) and melatonin (Alpco Diagnostics, NH, USA). According to manufacturers' specifications, alpha-amylase levels were determined in singles, while cortisol and melatonin were assayed in duplicates. For all assays, samples were thawed, re-centrifuged (21000 x g, 2 min @ 4ºC) and the supernatant aliquoted as unknowns into the assay. The physiological half-life for cortisol, melatonin and alpha-amylase is <1 hr, ~40 min and 2 hr, respectively.
Auditory stimuli: The impact of exposure to a series of simulated backup alarms on evoked potentials (presented as a separate manuscript, [39] waking salivary biomarkers and subjective sleep parameters was assessed by exposing subjects to a train of five consecutive 1000 Hz, 500 ms pure tones that were presented monaurally to the right ear of each subject on the 2 nd night in the sleep lab (Lab2). An Eartone 3A foam-padded earphone insert produced the auditory stimuli (25 cm of standard plastic tubing, 2.5 mm in diameter). The insert earphone was used to control for consistency of stimulus presentation in spite of head movement and ear position during the night. The offset-to-onset period of the tones was also 500 ms. In order to simulate typical backup alarms, each tone had a 2 ms rise-and-fall time. The sound pressure level (SPL) of the stimulus was set at either 80 or 60 dB in different conditions. The delay between trains of 5 consecutive stimuli (offset to onset) varied between 15 and 20 s. A total of 30 trains of stimuli (i.e., 150 total stimuli) were presented in a block. On average approximately 15 blocks were presented to each subject over the entire night. The auditory stimuli were synthesized using a 16-bit waveform generator card. Stimulus level was verified using a Bruel and Kjaer 2209 sound level meter and Bruel and Kjaer 4152 artificial ear with 2 cm 3 coupler. The calibration of the artificial ear was checked with a Bruel and Kjaer 4220 pistonphone. Background sound levels in the sleep room on both nights were less than 35 dBA during sleeping hours.
The first night in the lab (Lab1) was considered the adaptation night so subjects could acclimatize to the EEG electrodes and earphone. Subjects were informed that the stimuli would be presented at different times during the sleep period on both nights in the lab. In actual fact, stimuli were only presented during the second sleep night (Lab 2). Following lights out, subjects spent 480 min (+5 min) in bed. On the second night of the study, stimulus presentation did not begin until at least 10 min had been spent in definitive sleep (stage 2 or SWS). The stimuli were terminated if the subject awoke. During sleep, the time between stimulus presentation blocks was randomized to be between 10 and 30 min. At least two blocks of stimuli were presented in stages 2, 3 and 4 (combined to form SWS) and REM sleep.
Subjective reports: Subjects were asked to complete two questionnaires that described the quality of their sleep in the laboratory. The Stanford sleepiness scale (SSS) [40] was completed following both nights of sleep at 08:00, 12:00, 16:00 and 20:00. This consists of a 7 point scale in which 1 = feeling alert and wide awake to 7 = sleep onset soon; lost struggle to remain awake. Subjects were also asked to complete a questionnaire indicating how many times they recalled awakening during the night, the duration of each recalled awakening, whether they recalled hearing the sounds and to what extent the sounds disturbed them (1= not at all; 3 = a great extent). In addition, subjects rated overall sleep quality on a 7-point Likert scale in which 1=extremely poor to 7=excellent, upon awakening from sleep in the lab and sleep at home.
Statistical analyses: All statistical analyses were carried out using the STATISTICA software package version 6.1 (StatSoft, OK, USA). The levels of cortisol, melatonin and alpha-amylase were not correlated, which justified separate analyses for each hormone. Hormone concentrations were evaluated via a factorial within-subjects measures design. The two repeated factors were Location with four levels (Baseline, Lab1, Lab2 and PostLab) and Sampling Time with six levels (awakening, +30 min, +90 min, noon, 5 pm, before sleep). Data points that were deemed to be too low for detection were replaced by a value representing the lowest level of analytical sensitivity of the assay. For missing values, the average hormone concentration across all other subjects was substituted. Note that analysis of the alpha-amylase concentrations was performed on log transformed data in order to minimize the effects of the standard deviations being proportional to the means. To permit comparisons with other reports, the raw data for alpha-amylase is also presented in [Table - 1]. All analyses were corrected for violations to the assumption of sphericity by the Huynh-Feldt (H-F) procedure. [41]
Further probing of the data consisted of conducting simple effects analyses in the case of a significant interaction, followed by appropriate pair-wise comparisons; a Bonferroni correction factor was applied to these analyses. Statistical analyses of subjective sleep disturbance ratings obtained from the two questionnaires filled out following sleep in the lab (Lab1 vs. Lab2) were conducted using t -tests. Friedman's ANOVA was used to analyze the subject's ratings of sleep quality on the 7-point Likert scale upon awakening following sleep at home and sleep in the lab. Friedman's rank test was used to conduct the non-parametric analyses on subjects' reported sampling times for each of the 6 daily saliva samples, provided across all four locations.
Salivary cortisol: Overall analysis of the cortisol concentrations revealed a significant interaction of sampling time and location (F 7,72 = 3.01; P = 0.009, H-F correction applied). Closer investigation of the data suggested that the difference in cortisol levels between the different testing locations appeared to be at the morning sampling times. Analyses of the simple effect of location at the first sampling time (awakening) revealed a significant difference (F3,9 = 3.91; P = 0.048) between Locations. Analysis of the data associated with the second morning sample (+30 min) also showed a significant difference as a function of Location (F3,9 = 6.40; P = 0.013) such that cortisol levels were higher following sleep in the lab compared to those collected after the baseline sleep period at home (Baseline vs Lab1; F1,11 = 9.15; P = 0.012 and Baseline vs Lab2; F1,11 = 13.80; P = 0.0034). The overall daily profile of cortisol levels appeared similar irrespective of the location of testing with the exception of the PostLab location +30 min after awakening, where the rise in cortisol typically observed at this time point was notably absent [Figure - 1].
Salivary melatonin: The mean melatonin concentration values are presented in [Figure - 2]. The overall diurnal pattern in the levels of melatonin was similar for all testing environments. Melatonin levels were highest in the early morning, decreased throughout the day and began to increase again at night. However, statistical analysis of these data yielded a significant interaction between testing location and sampling time (F9,88 = 2.35; P = 0.02 with H-F correction). Simple effects analyses revealed no difference between locations at awakening but a difference was detected at +30 min (F3,8 = 5.94; P = 0.020) and before sleep (F3,8 = 4.34; P = 0.043). Melatonin levels from samples collected in the home location (Baseline and PostLab) were significantly different from those collected in the laboratory environment (Lab1 and Lab2) such that at +30 min home levels were lower than those in the laboratory (F1,10 = 10.75; P = 0.008), while the opposite pattern was apparent for the samples taken before sleep; home vs. lab (F1,10 = 6.25; P = 0.031).
Salivary alpha-amylase: Log transformed alpha-amylase levels (original units presented in [Table - 1]) appeared to steadily increase in the morning and plateau at the later sampling times [Figure - 3]. A significant effect of sampling time was evident for these data (F3,21 = 22.46; P = 0.000002). Furthermore, this profile was consistent for all testing locations suggesting that alpha-amylase levels were not influenced by the location in which the subject slept the previous night.
Specific comparison of the two lab conditions across the sampling times did not reveal any difference in cortisol or melatonin levels. Furthermore, calculating Cohen's d, [41] a measure of effect size, yielded d ≤ 0.1. Typically, a small, medium and large effect are considered to exist when d = 0.2, 0.5 and 1.0, respectively. [41] Finally, power calculations revealed that a much larger sample size would be required to increase power levels substantially beyond that observed for cortisol and melatonin (i.e., 2.5% and 4.1%, respectively). This contrast was not performed on the alphah-amylase data given that there was no difference between location or any interaction with sampling time.
Actual sampling times. [Figure - 4] provides a plot of the variability in actual sampling times for 11 of the 12 subjects across all 4 locations. Non-parametric analyses of the actual sampling times was conducted for each location using Friedman's rank test. Analyses revealed a significant difference between locations for samples provided immediately upon awakening (χ2 F3 = 13.18, P = 0.0043); + 90 min (χ2 F3 = 15.62, P = 0.0014); noon (χ2 F3 = 8.82, P = 0.032); and 5 pm (χ2 F3 = 13.26, P = 0.0041). There were no significant variations at the + 30 min and before sleep samples. Generally, the variation in actual sampling times tended to be greater in the home environment (Base and PostLab) compared to in the lab environment. This was particularly evident for the morning sampling periods.
Subjective ratings of disturbance: T-tests were carried out to compare the effects of the presentation of the acoustic stimuli (i.e., Lab1 vs Lab2). Neither the subjective impression of the number of awakenings nor the time spent awake differed between the two nights ( P > 0.05). Subjects reported hearing the acoustic stimuli more often on the night the stimuli had actually been presented (Lab2) compared to when they had not been presented (Lab1). This difference was significant, P < 0.05. Although more subjects reported that the sounds did cause an awakening, the difference between the two nights was not significant, P > 0.05. Subjects rated their sleep to be more disturbed by the perception of the auditory stimuli following Lab2, but the difference failed to attain significance, P < 0.08.
Overall subjective sleep quality: Upon awakening from sleep at home and sleep in the lab, subjects rated their quality of sleep on the 7-point Likert scale, where 1 = extremely poor and 7 = excellent. We observed an overall difference (χ2 F3 = 11.13; P = 0.011) on these ratings. Given that Baseline ratings did not differ from PostLab and the Lab conditions did not differ from each other, we collapsed the data to represent a Home condition (sum of Baseline and PostLab) and a Lab condition (sum of Lab1 and Lab2). A Wilcoxon matched-pairs test indicated that ratings from the Home and Lab conditions were different (Wilcoxon test, P = 0.015) with slightly higher mean scores for subjective sleep quality reported upon awakening at Home (5.34) versus awakening in the Lab (4.21).
When it comes to understanding how night-time noise exposure might disturb sleep, a crucial question remains unanswered regarding data obtained in the sleep laboratory. That is, to what extent do these results transcend the artificial nature of the laboratory and allow one to predict and/or estimate how noise exposure at home might disturb sleep? By extension, it is unknown if such data can be used to develop policies on nighttime noise guidelines. The general consensus that sleep disturbance (especially awakenings) is more apparent in the lab is based on comparing thresholds for awakenings between studies conducted in the lab, to those conducted in the field . However, such cross-study comparisons are limited by methodological variations between studies, which make it exceedingly difficult to attribute any differences solely to the sleep environment. To our knowledge, no study has directly assessed sleep disturbance as a function of the environmental setting, but there are a number of reports supporting the contention that data obtained following the first night in the lab can be very different to that obtained afterwards. [26],[42],[43],[44],[45]
Experience gained from the large-scale construction of the central artery tunnel in Boston suggests that the night-time use of backup alarms represented a significant source of complaints. By their very nature, acoustic alarms are meant to draw one's attention away from ongoing activity and it seems plausible that they could represent a significant source of sleep disturbance. This study aimed to investigate how exposure to a simulated backup alarm during sleep in a laboratory environment would alter subjective measures of sleep disturbance as well as the profile of waking salivary biomarkers the following day. In order to evaluate the impact that the laboratory itself may have had on salivary biomarkers, we also monitored these endpoints following sleep at home, before and following sleep in the lab.
In general, we found that subjects did report slightly reduced sleep quality, as reported on a 7-point Likert scale, upon awakening in the lab compared to that reported following awakening at home. For this global measure of sleep quality there were no differences between the two nights in the lab that might be related to the FNE or to noise exposure on the 2 nd night. Although no subjects indicated any discomfort associated with the insert headphone, subtle effects might have contributed to impaired subjective sleep quality in the lab. A loud-speaker set-up might be one way of circumventing this concern. It is also conceivable that the variability in actual awakening time had some influence on subjective sleep quality because scheduled awakening times in the lab may have been slightly more unpleasant than unscheduled awakening at home. The only notable difference that we observed with respect to subjective measurements of sleep disturbance derived from the SSS questionnaire was an increase in subjective sleepiness during the evening (8 pm) following the 2 nd night in the laboratory. In addition, we did observe a significant reduction in melatonin levels at this time point, but it was similarly reduced following both nights in the lab, relative to both home conditions. These somewhat contradictory findings may warrant further investigation, since lower evening melatonin levels have been linked to serious sleep disturbance, particularly insomnia.
Failure to find an effect of the acoustic stimuli with respect to subjective reports of sleep disturbance runs counter to what might be expected from the frequent complaints about the disruptive effects of backup acoustic alarms on sleep. It ought to be considered that there may be fundamental differences between our subjects (who are university students), who presumably are not disturbed by the night time use of backup alarms and those who live near a construction project and frequently complained about the use of these alarms at night. Also, it is unclear if the complaints in past studies were associated with awakenings and/or an inability to initiate/resume sleep from the wakened state. In this study, the presentation of the stimuli was stopped if subjects awakened and therefore we were unable to assess the impact these alarms may have had on returning to the sleeping state. These factors, together with the limited number of subjects, can not be expected to necessarily be representative of the personal and situational variables that characterize natural field conditions. Indeed, our sample size may have been too limited to observe the subjective sleep disturbance reported in the field.
Consistent with subjective measures of sleep disturbance, there were no observable differences in any of the salivary biomarkers following either night of sleep in the lab. This suggests that noise exposure on the 2 nd night did not have any effect on our measured endpoints. Furthermore, as noted in the results section, the low effect size and corresponding power for both cortisol and melatonin following the contrast between the two nights in the lab would suggest that any prediction of a difference in the levels of these biomarkers that might result from noise exposure on the 2 nd night would be unfounded. For the monitored salivary biomarkers, we observed the expected fluctuations in levels throughout waking hours similar to those previously reported. [46],[47] By-and-large, these patterns were essentially the same when subjects slept at home or when they slept in the laboratory the previous night. However, there were some notable exceptions to this with respect to both cortisol and melatonin levels in the morning. The expected increase in cortisol level after awakening was not observed when the subjects resumed sleeping at home (i.e., PostLab, awakening versus PostLab, +30 min). Furthermore, a clear elevation was apparent for cortisol levels 30 minutes after awakening following both nights in the sleep lab, when compared to the baseline home condition. Melatonin levels at this time were significantly elevated following sleep in the lab compared to both home sampling conditions (Baseline and PostLab).
The greater elevation in salivary cortisol levels shortly after awakening in the lab (+30 min) is suggestive of a greater activation of the HPA axis under these conditions. This would be consistent with the notion that waking in the laboratory environment may act as a mild stressor, compared to the more familiar home environment, where our subjects slept unencumbered by experimental apparatus. Certainly, it ought to be considered that sleeping in a novel environment, attached to recording electrodes, represented an atypical sleep condition that might be perceived as sufficiently novel to trigger a greater increase in cortisol following awakening. Similarly, in our study, sleep was restricted to an 8 hr period that could have instilled in our subjects an anticipatory awakening response, which has been shown to accelerate the release of plasma ACTH levels 1 hr before awakening. [2] Although this would typically evoke a further increase in cortisol, these authors failed to observe a corresponding elevation in cortisol upon awakening, which suggests that an anticipatory awakening response may actually be associated with adrenal insensitivity to circulating ACTH. Therefore, a tentative conclusion at this time could be that a greater cortisol response following awakening in the lab reflected the stressful nature of this environment.
A more striking observation with respect to cortisol levels was the complete absence of an increase in cortisol 30 minutes after awakening when subjects resumed sleeping at home (i.e. PostLab). Others have reported that the morning cortisol response is dependent upon actual awakening time. [48],[49] Indeed, awakening sample times varied widely in the PostLab setting, which may account for the apparent shift in the cortisol response at this time. Alternatively, a rapid fall in plasma cortisol has been shown to occur in spontaneously awakened subjects that quietly remain awake lying in bed, [50] which may have unknowingly occurred under the PostLab conditions in our study. Additional work will be necessary to determine the reproducibility and underlying mechanism(s) of this finding.
Melatonin was significantly elevated 30 min after awakening following sleep in the laboratory (Lab1 and Lab2), relative to that observed at home (Baseline and PostLab), while the opposite pattern was observed for the final evening sample. Since salivary melatonin levels are known to be dependent upon both light intensity and the duration of light exposure, it should be considered that our observed changes in salivary melatonin levels might reflect differences in lighting between the home and lab settings, especially given that our sleep lab was without windows. [51] Indeed, prolonged light exposure at home following the completion of the study would suppress melatonin levels as observed under the PostLab condition. Also, it has been shown that posture is related to melatonin levels in such a way that changing from a supine to a standing position showed elevated salivary and plasma melatonin levels. [52] It is conceivable that subjects arise from awakening to a standing position more quickly following an awakening in the lab than they do at home, which could account for the spike in melatonin 30 minutes after awakening. Again, actual awakening time may also influence the morning melatonin response, similar to the cortisol awakening response. The magnitude of the importance of these factors cannot be assessed because this study did not account for lighting conditions or changes in posture.
This was the first study in which changes in salivary alpha-amylase levels were assessed following nighttime noise exposure. The rationale for selecting this biomarker was based on reports that it represented the activity of the sympathetic nervous system. Some [53] but not all studies [54] have shown this system to be influenced by nighttime noise exposure. [55] We were encouraged that this marker was sensitive to stressor exposure since two trials in our lab showed that it increased in response to public speaking (1 female) and anticipating blood draw (1 male). We observed a variation in alpha-amylase levels throughout the day that was characterized by a steady increase in concentrations from the morning to late evening time period. This daily variation was remarkably similar, irrespective of where subjects slept the preceding evening. To the extent that salivary alpha-amylase activity is thought to be representative of changes in plasma catecholamines, our study suggests that this endpoint was insensitive to simulated backup alarms during sleep and not influenced by the sleeping environment. However, future research is needed to determine if transportation sources that have been shown to influence catecholamines (see above) would also alter salivary alpha-amylase levels.
The lack of any major differences in subjective measures or salivary biomarkers between the 1 st and 2 nd night of sleep in the laboratory suggests that our source of night time noise exposure on the 2 nd night was without effect on these endpoints. To evaluate how sleeping in the lab might influence our selected salivary biomarkers we compared levels following sleep in the lab to sleep at home. The overall daily patterns for cortisol, melatonin and alpha-amylase were quite similar when subjects slept in the lab or at home. The only exception to this was an observed increase in both cortisol and melatonin shortly after awakening from sleep in the lab. We suggest that the elevated cortisol was indicative of a mild stress response under these conditions that was not present in the more familiar home environment. Elevated melatonin at the same time may reflect differences in lighting conditions and/or postural changes in the lab, relative to the home. Alpha-amylase patterns, however, did not change between the home and the laboratory environment and therefore may prove to be useful in predicting effects in the field because it appears to be insensitive to where one sleeps. Likewise, it may prove to be a useful tool in distinguishing between stressors that selectively activate the HPA axis and those that also activate the sympathetic system. To this end, future work is needed to determine if other noise stimuli cause changes in this system.
This makes an incorrect statement that a financial grant was provided for this research. Authors D. Michaud, S. Miller, C. Ferrarotto and S. Keith were at the time of this work all employees of Health Canada, Consumer and Clinical Radiation Protection Bureau, Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch. Co-author K. Campbell was given a contract for his contributions to this research.
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Face-Off: Sony Sings of PS3 Growth, Microsoft Teases E3 Reveals
By Matt Peckham
It's who-said-what about NPD's March 2010 video game sales numbers time again, replete with buckets of hyperbolic tags like "blockbuster," "huge," "best," "shattered," and "hotly anticipated." Yep, Microsoft and Sony just published their talking points for last month's retail video game revenues, so brace up, and once more unto the spin!
In the winner's corner, Microsoft says it'll be "unveiling the future of fun" starting June 13 as part of the pre-E3 trade show ballyhoo. The company claims it's "maintaining its hardware and software sales momentum" as it gets ready to pitch "some of the biggest entertainment experiences of the year."
Microsoft highlighted its "65 percent" sales share of EA's multi-platform Battlefield: Bad Company 2. That adds up to 826,000 units sold in the US, and, says Microsoft, contributed to the Xbox 360's month and life-to-date third-party game sales lead. All told, third-party publisher sales tallied $191 million in March, "more than any other console," according to Microsoft.
The company couldn't resist pimping its upcoming (May 3) Halo: Reach multiplayer beta, coyly intimating the latter bolstered its 338,000 in Xbox 360 unit sales. Whether the upcoming Halo-series prequel starring not-Master-Chief represents the "best-in class multiplayer elements...fused with a range of new content and features," of course remains to be seen.
Don't forget Alan Wake, the Xbox 360-exclusive "psychological action thriller," says Microsoft, which "will undoubtedly help grow Xbox 360's already industry-leading software attach rate of 8.8 games" in March 2010. (If it's really Twin Peaks meets Lost meets Stephen King, I'm all over this one, even if it's late, and developed by Remedy Entertainment, the guys responsible for thud-worthy priors like Max Payne and Max Payne 2.) Also: Microsoft pinged Gears of War III, just announced on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, though still a full year away.
Does Xbox LIVE really deliver "more entertainment to more people than any other service"? No surprise, Microsoft thinks so, pointing to Modern Warfare 2's "Stimulus Package" downloadable content sales, which "shattered Xbox LIVE records as more than one million gamers worldwide downloaded the map pack in the first 24 hours."
Also in the winner's corner, Sony came out punching with its predictable "only console to see double digit growth" claims (see last month's face-off for more of same). Those claims aren't inaccurate, but they're entirely glass-half-full. The just as plausible glass-half-empty analysis would highlight how poorly the PS3 sold in 2009, prior to the slim-sized PS3's debut and commensurate $100 price drop in August 2009.
Is consumer demand really "incredibly high" for the PS3? Sony thinks so, claiming "supply will continue to be tight across...retail channels in the next few months."
In software sales, Sony touted God of War III (March's number one selling single SKU) and noted the PS3 version of Final Fantasy XIII "sold nearly double the Xbox version" (is it the first time a multi-platform SKU sold better on the PS3?). Four of the top 10 slots were PS3 titles, possibly a system record, and Sony says the PlayStation brand "made up 31 percent of the total video game dollar share" in March.
While Sony didn't mention E3, it claimed "healthy momentum" from a "blockbuster lineup of games" including MAG, Heavy Rain, White Knight Chronicles, MLB 10 The Show, and God of War III. According to Sony, that's just "the first quarter of many anticipated games like ModNation Racers, Gran Turismo 5, and others [the company has] yet to announce this year."
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The tech world according to David Coursey
How Apple's Secrecy Hurts Business Customers (and Apple Itself)
Apple's notable successes, the iPad and iPhone, hide an important fact: Apple's secrecy comes at the expense of success with business customers. In essence, Apple accepts a position of limited influence in the business world in exchange for a marketing strategy that manipulates consumers brilliantly.
Apple's marketing plan, which involves delivering exciting products to easily excited customers, relies upon the element of surprise.
That's what the Jobsian "reality distortion field" is all about. Think about Apple's products rationally and they are impressive. Add the self-reinforcing hype, and even something fairly mundane, such as the iPad, becomes a runaway smash hit.
Apple's Iron Curtain
Key to its ability to manipulate consumers is Apple's culture of secrecy, which has been much in the news lately thanks to a misplaced next-generation iPhone. Maybe the involvement of law enforcement and, perhaps, the courts should tell us that this has gone just a little too far.
This lack of anything approaching transparency means business customers can never quite be sure what Apple will do next.
When will new hardware and operating systems be released? What will they include? Will the next version of OS X be a problem for hardware they already own? Or for applications built internally? How secure is Mac OS, really?
For all its faults, Microsoft is pretty upfront about the threats Windows users face and how it deals with them. Patches are plentiful and frequent. Customers know when to expect them and where to get information about why the patch was released and what it fixes.
Microsoft fixes are big news. Apple's, by comparison, seem almost hidden and barely discussed.
Granted, Apple doesn't face the threats Microsoft does, but its approach to patching OS X seems almost haphazard. Fixes show up, users accept them as part of an update, and little more is said (or can be easily discovered).
This is not how corporate IT wants to be treated, and it explains why Apple's great operating system and hardware aren't commonly found on business desktops.
It is time for Apple to start treating Mac OS, Mac hardware, and the consumer devices differently. The company should drop the Iron Curtain that separates the Mac from customers, giving them real product roadmaps and release cycles than can be depended upon.
In this regard, Microsoft is a vastly better company than Apple. Microsoft has product roadmaps and an open beta process that allows business customers long lead times and ample opportunity to test next-generation software before making a purchase.
Why Hurting Business Users Hurts Apple
In business sales, Apple is literally grabbing defeat from the jaws of victory. Macs ought to be far more common in business than they are, and it's Apple's fault that they aren't.
Apple's consumer products can remain cloaked in mystery, so long as Apple doesn't mind BlackBerry remaining, or Android becoming, the corporate standard for smartphones.
Now, Apple is entitled to its corporate culture--and can keep it. Doubtless, the company knows and can probably place a dollar value upon the costs and benefits of extreme secrecy. As a Mac user, however, it continues to anger me that the main reason there aren't more Mac in offices is because of Apple itself.
David Coursey has been writing about technology products and companies for more than 25 years. He tweets as @techinciter and may be contacted via his Web site.
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The hangover of peace in Colombia
In a recent referendum in Colombia, voters rejected a potential peace agreement with a key armed group, leaving the country in the grip of uncertainty. Lina Maria Jaramillo analyses the outcome of the vote.
Lina María Jaramillo
The plebsicite outcome has left many in Colombia wondering: what next? Image credit: momentcaptured1
A few hours after the election two things were evident: the polarisation around the vote and the uncertainty left by the NO victory
On 2 October, Colombia held a referendum which many hoped would see voters say 'yes' to a peace deal recently signed between the Colombian government and the armed group FARC. But Colombia did not celebrate, and the strongest hangover was felt the day after.
The plebiscite was the democratic mechanism that President Juan Manuel Santos proposed for civil society to endorse the peace agreements. The NO vote won the electoral dispute in a very tight contest against the YES vote. A few hours after the elections two things were quite evident: the polarisation around the mechanisms to settle peace, and the uncertainty left by the NO victory.
Several conditions affected the final outcome of this democratic exercise and the consequences are still unknown. As an attempt to deal with the hangover that democracy has left on everyone, here are some key elements and lessons learned about the relationship between peacebuilding and politics, and its consequences.
One: it was all about a poker move
When Juan Manuel Santos proposed the plebiscite as a mean to endorse the peace agreement, he was making one of his great political moves. By promoting civil society support at peace talks via the referendum, he was avoiding the proposal of the FARC negotiators and the opposition of establishing a constituent assembly. This is a mechanism established in order to modify the very foundations and institutions of the entire political system.
What he apparently did not predict was that the opposition, led by ex-president Alvaro Uribe Velez, would arrange a very well organised political campaign around the plebiscite as a strategy to demand his presence within the negotiating team in Havana.
They handled the electoral exercise as a manner of seizing their political capital and demonstrating their strength in this particular context. Just like Uribe Velez, other political sectors saw in this plebiscite the opportunity to make some strategic moves in order to ensure their political future.
The plebiscite was a political maneuver in which civil society participation and peace concerns were minor issues. Furthermore, knowing the long past that Alvaro Uribe and Juan Manual Santos have in common, their egos could be likened to a game of poker where both were competing to be seen as the more powerful and influential. The historical recognition of being responsible for bringing peace to Colombia was a key motivator for both.
Two: apathy, the great winner
The most shocking thing was the low turnout
The most shocking thing about the plebiscite was not that the NO vote succeeded, but the low turnout. Colombia has more than 50 million people and last Sunday 20 million people decided not to vote. Ending war with the FARC guerrillas seemed to be a historical moment. But 62% of Colombians abstained.
This means that for a lot of people, armed conflict and its consequences do not matter - it is practically the same to continue living in a country with war as to live in a peaceful country. Due to this, it is difficult to say whether the YES or NO result would be truly legitimate even though was a democratic result. Perhaps this apathy is the result of an endemic lack of trust in the government, politicians and FARC as well. Abstention suggests civil society is not ready for peace and if that is the case, extending the peace negotiations phase may result in something positive in the longer term.
Three: victims in peripheral regions have a lot to teach about reconciliation and peace building
Rural regions affected by armed conflict overwhelmingly voted yes
The YES vote was overwhelming in those regions where armed conflict has been devastating. Regions that experienced the worst massacres such as Toribio and Bojaya among others voted YES to approve the peace agreements, while the regions at the center of the country voted NO. How can we explain such difference in vote trends?
Over many decades, those communities in the heart of conflict became more resilient due to the intensity of violence they faced. They worked hard at peacebuilding in the midst of conflict. One hypothesis might suggest that these communities show a feasible example of community conflict transformation; they have suffered violence, have recovered themselves and finally are ready to forgive. That process is something people in urban areas cannot easily relate to.
The mistake was perhaps that everyone discussed the content of the agreements, but what the conflict meant in rural areas. With a fuzzy idea about the real consequences and effects of war for people living in remote areas it is impossible to develop empathy, an absolutely necessary condition to settle peace.
Four: everyone has to be included, the spoilers most of all
Juan Manuel Santos’ first mistake was not to include the spoilers and opponents in the peace process. His second mistake was about timing.
The most traditional and conservative sectors of society in Colombia decided to combine forces in order to put the brake not only on the peace deal but on progressive measures that Santos' government was promoting simultaneously with the peace agreements. These include equalitarian marriage, a transformative gender educational approach to eradicate discrimination and bullying, a proposal to allow homosexual couples to adopt children, and tax reforms.
Some of those initiatives were against economic interests, and traditional and religious values. Suddenly they became the touchstones that opposition leaders raised in order to promote false ideas about how the peace agreements were attacking faith, moral and family traditional constitution. Their call was effectively attended by different religious sectors which in Colombia means a lot of votes.
Five: in a divided county, peace with whom?
The lack of trust in the government and FARC leaders decisively divided the population
After so many years of armed conflict destroying the country and leaving behind thousands of victims, extensive support for the peace agreement was expected. However the lack of trust in the government and FARC leaders decisively divided the population.
Before the electoral process this polarisation was evident on social networks where YES and NO supporters attacked each other. The NO votes exceeded the YES votes by only 53,894 votes, a result that shows among other things that peace agreements must also be established between civil society itself.
It would be equally difficult to defend the endorsement of the agreements by a reduced majority. Again civil society in Colombia showed it is not ready to start talking an inclusive language around peace issues and conflict transformation, so the first challenge will be to promote the differences in opinion and approaches without such stark polarisation.
Peace hanging in the balance
Democracy has spoken and all these elements show the urgent need for a strong,, well-organised civil society capable of keeping the peace momentum going. It is not just about the peace agreements itself, it is about demanding peace as a human right that cannot be postponed for a long period. Otherwise, political forces will be able to delay any possibility of advances at their convenience.
Victims have shown how much they need to settle peace conditions at local level. In the middle of all this uncertainty it remains relevant to ask: who will be at the centre of these peace processes, the victims or the politicians? We can just hope that through understanding and continued work, the hangover may pass.
Lina María Jaramillo is Peace Insight’s Local Peacebuilding Expert for Colombia. Lina María is a political scientist with Master's degrees in International Studies and International Development. For the past 8 years she has worked on projects related to peace, security and development issues and is currently with Oxfam as Knowledge Management Officer.
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Charlie Moody cameraman
Charlie Moody news cameraman died on Monday (3rd Dec 2018) after a long illness. Charlie started in Manchester in late 50s, moved to Birmingham in 1960,and started at BBC soon after in Broad St later working full time for Midlands Today retiring in 1993.
The following comment were left on the Pebble Mill Facebook page:
Pat Fenelon: ‘Charlie was one of two news crews working for BBC Midlands when I started at ITVCentral (1984/85) he was always a nice man and helpful when our paths crossed.’
Geoff Ward: ‘I remember Charlie really well. Top bloke and cameraman. I’ll always remember his advice. “Keep your head down, and keep sending in the bills”’
Steve Lee: ‘I am truly sad to hear this news about Charlie. Like his partner in crime Derek Johnson, he was a legend in Midlands broadcasting.’
Lisa Manning: ‘Charlie was the first cameraman I ever worked with; interviews and voxpops at the Bull Ring. I probably learnt more in that hour than in any other single hour at PM.’
David Nelson: ‘Charlie was one of the great cameramen unencumbered by sound. I spent countless hours in his company on filming assignments. He was a true gentleman, even when his car was back-ended by Tony Butler coming back from Ludlow to Birmingham! Nobody was hurt!’
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Home Subsea SeaBird in Profit, Might Look into Further Fleet Resizing
SeaBird in Profit, Might Look into Further Fleet Resizing
Oslo-listed SeaBird has swung to a profit compared with a negative result in the second quarter 2015, on increased revenue and fleet utilization.
The seismic data provider for oil and gas companies posted profit of around $100K or $0.03 per diluted share for the second quarter of 2016, compared to net loss of $16.8 million or $5.34 per diluted share in the corresponding period in 2015.
For the six months ended June 30, 2016, SeaBird booked net profit of $1.9 million, versus $46.5 million in the first half 0f 2015.
In the second quarter of 2016, SeaBird recorded a 14% increase in turnover which amounted to $22.2 million, compared to $28.1 million in Q2 2015, and a 14% decrease in quarter-over-quarter revenue of $23.2 million. Contract revenues for the period were $21.4 million, while the multi-client sales were $800K, up from $700K same time last year.
Revenues for first half of 2016 were $48.2 million, against $43.8 million from the prior-year comparable period.
SeaBird’s fleet, with 82% utilization, has mostly been employed on TGS Gigante survey in Mexico during the second quarter 2016. Backlog reported as of June 30 was $23 million, which is the remaining portion of the Gigante contract, and recently secured deals for the North West Europe region.
The company said its operational expenses were reduced during the second quarter relative to previous quarters as a result of ongoing cost cutting initiatives.
“The company is reviewing a number of survey opportunities for quarter four of 2016 as well as fiscal 2017. However, the current market uncertainty makes it difficult to predict the level of contract coverage that is possible to obtain beyond the company’s firm backlog. Consequently, the company is reviewing its fleet capacity and other measures to further reduce its operating cost level. This may include stacking of additional vessels and further fleet reduction,” SeaBird said in its second quarter 2016 earnings report.
During the quarter the company decided to redeliver the Voyager Explorer to its owners following the completion of its bareboat charter in August 2016.
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Are Prolotherapy or PRP Injections Worth It?
I’ve been having trouble with Achilles tendinosis, so a friend mentioned that I should look into prolotherapy. What’s the difference between that and PRP, and is it worth it?
What sort of injections help Achilles tendonosis? (Photo: Warren Goldswain)
Erin Beresini
We posed your question to Dr. Mark Darrow, owner of the Prolotherapy Institute in Los Angeles and an assistant professor at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Both prolotherapy and PRP are injections of substances that are supposed to “give a quick burst of high inflammation that stimulates a healing cascade,” Darrow says. Tendinosis, in particular, is marked by a lack of inflammation, indicating the healing process in that area has slowed or halted, leaving behind unrepaired tissue. The inflammation created by the injected material is thought to hasten healing by encouraging the regeneration of new, healthy tissue, including collagen (what tendons are made of) and cartilage.
The difference between prolotherapy and PRP is what’s being injected. In prolotherapy, dextrose, or sugar water, is injected to create inflammation in the painful tendon, muscle, joint, or ligament. In PRP, your own plasma, the part of the blood containing growth factors thought to promote healing, is injected. The average prolotherapy treatment, Darrow says, takes four to six injections, while PRP works more quickly, typically taking only two to four injections.
But at about $295 a pop for prolotherapy and $800 for PRP, those injections are pricey, and most often not covered by insurance because researchers have yet to adequately prove the effectiveness of these therapies. One study, published in 2011, found that in the long term prolotherapy was no more effective at reducing symptoms of Achilles tendinosis than doing eccentric loading exercises like calf raises.
Whether these injection therapies are worth the expense and uncertainty is up to you. But it’s worth noting that more and more professional athletes, including Kobe Bryant, Tiger Woods, and Alex Rodriguez, have been turning to PRP to help with problems like knee pain, Fox Sports reports. Portland guard Brandon Roy, Fox says, credits PRP for a career comeback after chronic knee problems forced him into early retirement at 27 years old.
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Porsche Taycan sets world record going sideways
Simran Rastogi Updated: November 25, 2020, 10:57 AM IST
Porsche has just set a Guinness World Record, by having the Taycan electric sportscar drift around a wet skidpad for 42.1km, over 55 minutes. With no record of its type existing, Guinness officials had set the bar at a continuous drift of 2km, or 16 laps of the skidpad at Porsche's Experience Centre at the Hockenheimring. Porsche instead went the distance, clocking 210 laps at an average of 46kmph, with the rear-wheel drive Taycan being piloted by Porsche instructor, Dennis Retera. Notably, the rear-wheel drive Taycan variant is only being offered in China at the moment, as the base model in the Taycan lineup.
For reference, BMW set a drift record with the current-gen M5 in 2018, which stands at a dizzying 374km spread over eight hours, during which time the car needed to be refuelled a couple of times. The Taycan, on the other hand, was driven till the battery ran dry and the car's electronics cut power before the 211th lap could be completed. Retera has mentioned that the record was set with the mindset of monitoring efficiency as well, with the car being set into a drift, and drift angle maintained, using weight balance and steering inputs more than outright power/torque - of which the Taycan has plenty, even in the single-motor RWD variant. Though, the continuously-irrigated asphalt track did have a part to play in ensuring the surface was slick enough for continuous drifts, without the worry of wearing the tyres down to the rims. Prior to the final record attempt by Retera, Top Gear presenter Chris Harris also set a record at 19 laps of the track, or 3.3km overall.
In the China-only model, a single electric motor sits on the rear axle, providing 402PS when paired with the 79.2kWh battery pack, or up to 469PS with the 93.4kWh battery. Driving range for the RWD model varies between 413-489km, according to the NEDC testing. The Taycan 4S, the twin-motor AWD available as the base model everywhere else in the world, has a range of 407km for the smaller battery, and 463km for the larger battery, according to the more realistic WLTP cycle.
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Five Unanswerable NBA Questions We're Answering Anyway
SourceComposite, Sean Culligan/OZY; Image, Getty
By Evan Fleischer and Sean Culligan
This NBA season will raise more questions than it answers, but we’re sorting out the big ones.
As we approach tipoff of the 2018–19 NBA season, one thing has become clear: Recent developments around the league bring up more questions than they answer. From the high-profile moves of LeBron James and Kawhi Leonard to Golden State Warriors challengers rising to power, preparing for what this season holds may seem an impossible task.
Well, we, for one, like the wide-open sense of possibility. We’re leaning into basketball’s most unanswerable questions and attempting to make sense of them.
1. Have the Golden State Warriors Broken Basketball?
Despite what the think pieces flooding the internet will tell you, the Warriors have not broken the NBA. If you’re worried about the spacing that Warriors point guard Stephen Curry creates on the floor for Kevin Durant’s outside shot, just think back to the Future of Analytics panel at the 2017 MIT Sloan Analytics Conference. There, WNBA Seattle Storm guard Sue Bird reinforced the importance of details that can make or break a team — any team. “What seems like some small detail — ‘Do I really need to know that?’ — in a basketball game comes down to, what, two minutes of play? A run a team goes on? And there goes the game,” Bird said.
In other words: The matchup shouldn’t matter. Pay attention to the details and the game will follow. Case in point: Boston Celtics forward Jaylen Brown picking Curry’s pocket and following through with a jam last season is a great example of this principle in action. Note how low the score was when that happened. Note also that Warriors coach Steve Kerr called a timeout immediately after the play. Bird is absolutely right here: The details matter.
2. Will Switching Continue to Influence Defensive Strategy?
Switching on defense is about limiting the offense’s attempts to create spacing on the floor and to ensure the flow of the offense doesn’t outpace the flow of the defense. Ideally, switching helps keep the defense from collapsing as the ball makes its way about the key. If a player is running a pick-and-roll to get by one defender, a switch puts a second defender there to pick him up. When the defender does this, it’s sometimes called a “hedge,” though there are variations — especially in the context of how the Warriors and Houston Rockets run their defenses, like making a point to alternate between zone and switching on contact.
Coach Chris Oliver, founder of Basketball Immersion, is interested in how many teams switch more on defense, and how teams counter that switching this season. Why might more teams implement switching? Among other reasons, the two teams that switched the most on defense last year — the Warriors and the Rockets — also led the league in turnovers. That equals buckets.
As for how teams might counteract more switching, coach Tommy Tempesta of Basketball Biomechanics pointed to players’ ball manipulation, acceleration ability from a pivot, deceleration, one-foot and two-foot jumping ability and attentional focus as key traits.
Oliver also points out that the league’s new 14-second reset shot clock rule will introduce new scheming. For example, he says, “Will teams have set reactions or free play?” We’ll have to wait and see.
3. How Will Coaching Changes Shake Up the League?
It’s worth stepping back from immediate concerns about defense to look at overall coaching strategies. The Toronto Raptors, Milwaukee Bucks and Phoenix Suns all have coaches worth keeping an eye on this year. Early reports suggest the Bucks are employing “pacing and spacing” in their play — a strategy that will open up new opportunities for superstar forward Giannis Antetokounmpo, who attracts double teams already. New Suns coach Igor Kokoškov’s style might see a more European element introduced into the game, i.e., the idea that the entire team might be available to help with a pick and roll as opposed to just one or two other players.
4. What about Kawhi?
The Raptors are hoping Kawhi Leonard is in it for the long haul after acquiring him in July, but will this match be harmonious? Recent reports suggest Leonard will either re-sign with the Raptors or head to the Los Angeles Clippers with Jimmy Butler.
And how will he play? Will he still commit more steals than fouls? Will he look like the Leonard who made 13 of 16 field goal attempts in a game against Houston during the 2016–17 season, or the one who went 3-of-12 against Sacramento? If Paul George’s return from his injury is any indication of a possible path, the answer might lie somewhere in the middle. If we can draw any conclusion from his preseason, it does look like Leonard is slowly regaining his form.
5. Will We Ever See the 4-Point Line?
What are the arguments in favor of adding a 4-point line to NBA courts — something the Philadelphia 76ers have already done on their practice court? That players are getting bigger and better; that 3-point shooting is occurring with such increasing frequency — attempts made have increased every season since 2010 — it may be nearing a saturation point; that players make the same percentage of shots between 3 to 22 feet away from the basket overall, which means a 3-point shot 23 or 24 feet away from the basket isn’t a huge statistical variation.
But even if we accept these arguments, it still seems premature to contemplate a 4-point line. We don’t currently have a sense of where the 3-point play statistically lives. We may have a lot of recent data, but the sport has existed since 1891. If there’s ever to be a 4-point line in the NBA, the data will have to make a consistent case for it for years.
There are plenty of other truly unknowable questions looming over the league. Will Durant, Leonard and LeBron all end up on the same team at some point? Will Dwyane Wade’s final season end up rivaling Kobe Bryant’s? Is Anthony Davis on his way to the Lakers if he doesn’t get the supermax contract from the New Orleans Pelicans?
We don’t have answers to these questions yet. Until then: Lace up. The season’s about to start.
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Landfill to Luxury: Will Fashion Cash in on $160 Billion Yearly Upcycle?
By Sophia Akram
SourceColin Anderson/Getty
Designers worldwide are embracing the slow-fashion trends of upcycling and local sourcing amid concerns over fast fashion’s fallout.
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Fashion designer Lola Faturoti was conflicted. She had made a mark and was distributing upscale, contemporary designs to global retailers, but she was aware of the footprint her industry was leaving on the planet. A November 2017 report by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, for instance, showed that one garbage truck’s worth of textiles is wasted each second, and not even 1 percent of clothing is recycled. It estimates that by 2050 the industry will contribute 25 percent of the world’s annual carbon budget. In any case, Faturoti decided to reinvent herself.
Lola Faturoti
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In 2017, the London-born, Nigeria-raised and New York-based designer launched Lola Loves Cargo, a new collection of sustainable cargo pants that she says preserve traditional African designs and minimize “dumping” of wasted textiles in developing countries. She reuses old T-shirts and army jackets that incorporate African designs. Faturoti is among a growing set of designers across Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas who are embracing upcycling as their production method, turning zero-waste and sustainable fashion into an approach that even followers of high-end fashion are increasingly finding they can’t ignore.
Surveys by Global Fashion Agenda, an international platform of professionals trying to prod the industry to turn sustainable, and the Boston Consulting Group show that the percentage of fashion companies for whom sustainability targets are a “guiding principle” in most decisions has gone up from 34 percent in 2017 to 52 percent in 2018. By addressing the environmental and societal fallout of its current practices, the fashion industry could save the global economy $160 billion each year — that’s more than the gross domestic product of the vast majority of the world’s countries.
Lola Loves Cargo.
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Actress Alysia Reiner (of Orange Is the New Black) launched her own zero-waste fashion label, Livari, in July 2017. Estonian designer Reet Aus uses leftover fabric from factories to design jeans, T-shirts and skirts; inspired by a 2012 visit to Bangladesh’s sweatshops, she has set up a certification process called Upmade for designers who upcycle. Aus was among just a handful of zero-waste designers at Berlin Fashion Week’s inaugural Greenshowroom in 2009. In 2018, 170 designers participated. In the U.K., MAMOQ, an online marketplace dedicated to sustainable fashion, launched in 2017.
We are just at the beginning of the zero-waste fashion journey, but it is certainly a very exciting time for fashion.
Madeline Petrow, founder and CEO, MAMOQ
Madeline Petrow of MAMOQ.
Los Angeles-based Ambercycle, which launched in 2014, uses microbes to break down polyester clothes to use in fresh textiles. Brooklyn-based Modern Meadow is growing leather in a lab. Ghanaian-American communications professional Abrima Erwiah and actress Rosario Dawson teamed up in 2013 to launch Studio 189, which manufactures sustainable clothing in West Africa. In 2018, the startup won an $80,000 grant from the CFDA + Lexus Fashion Initiative, which supports ethical fashion. The explosion of sustainable fashion in Asia, the Pacific and Australia became evident at the first-ever Eco Fashion Week Australia, held in Perth in 2017. A total of 40 brands from Australia, New Zealand, India, Indonesia, Japan and others displayed designs made from degradable and recycled materials. Hong Kong-based label BYT, for instance, makes upcycled jackets using cast-offs from the luxury fashion industry. Over the past decade, sustainable fashion has slowly started taking roots in Latin America too, with Uruguay’s Ruta 10, Mexico’s Hacienda Montaecristo and Peru’s Roger Loayza emerging as major champions of the trend. And this is only the start, say designers.
“We are just at the beginning of the zero-waste fashion journey, but it is certainly a very exciting time for fashion,” says Madeline Petrow, founder and CEO of MAMOQ.
A seminal moment for the fashion industry came when Rana Plaza — a building in Dhaka that housed factories churning out clothes for global fast-fashion majors — collapsed, killing more than 1,000 garment workers. While the immediate focus fell on working conditions at such factories, the soul-searching soon spread to other elements of the industry, including how it was affecting the planet. The fast-fashion industry remains a major culprit, says Faturoti. “They’re the corporates; they’re the ones making 10,000 pants in one month — who can do that? Go figure.” Now they’re beginning to change. Swedish firm H&M’s new brand Arket, launched in 2017, focuses on the sustainability of its clothes across the product manufacturing process.
Eco Fashion Week Australia in Perth, 2017.
Luxury fashion brands haven’t been epitomes of sustainability in the past either, suggests Adria Vasil, online editor at Corporate Knights, a business magazine and research firm that produces rankings and financial product ratings based on corporate sustainability performance. But there’s been a spike in the number of apparel brands joining U.N. climate change initiatives and signing onto plastic pollution reduction pledges, she says. Gucci-owned luxury brand Kering, for instance, in 2017 announced that it would cut its environmental footprint by 40 percent by 2022. It still needs to work on disclosing supply factory addresses, “but we definitely give [Kering] credit for opening its books to reveal” its carbon and waste footprint, says Vasil.
Make no mistake, sustainability comes at a high cost. A Livari and Elvis & Kresse clutch costs $160, while Livari’s ballet flats with Oka-B are $60. Reet Aus recycled knits are just over $130; a Studio 189 jumpsuit could cost between $325 and $525; Lola Loves Cargo cargo pants are $240, and its sweatshirts $65. In comparison, Zara offers cargo pants for between $30 and $40. So someone committed to buying from sustainable or zero-waste brands may have to also commit to buying less and spending more.
Designers Rosario Dawson (left) and Abrima Erwiah (right) pose with a model for the Studio 189 presentation during New York Fashion Week on Feb. 11, 2019.
Studio 189 clothing designs, 2019.
But those high costs will only come down as the market for sustainability standards in fashion grows. The firms — including the luxury brands — that are the pioneers are already responding primarily to pressure from customers, and that’s only going to increase, say industry analysts. “With the proliferation of knowledge around social, environmental, political and ethical issues, people are increasingly exposed to information that they would have previously been unaware of,” says Emma Slade Edmondson, a fashion-focused marketing and brand consultant. “This raises questions when it comes to their favorite brands and retailers.” She believes it would be foolish not to anticipate the growth of consumer demand of sustainable fashion “with Gen Z now making up 32 percent of the population and millennials being another key cohort.”
For sure, manufacturing zero-waste fashion remains a challenge. It takes extra planning and effort to cut patterns that limit excess fabric waste, and to think of strategic ways to use any waste created. Making sure that colors, dyes and treatments don’t percolate into nature can prove complicated. But these designers aren’t willing to wait any longer. “There will always be challenges associated with changing the status quo,” says Petrow. It requires patience on the part of these designers — Faturoti admits her sustainable range isn’t as fast-selling as her original collections. “There’s still a lot of education that needs to be learned,” she says. But slowly, she’s seeing the change in customers’ attitudes. “Some people are conscious about it; some people are getting it.”
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Zanders introduces natural grease-resistant paper
Jessica Paige 10 February 2020 (Last Updated February 11th, 2020 12:20)
German speciality paper manufacturer Zanders has introduced a higher-density variant of its Zanbarrier NGR (natural grease resistant), a paper used to package food which acts a 100% natural barrier to oil and grease. The paper is made from virgin fibres and without the use of chemicals.
Zanders NGR is fully biodegradable, according to the company, and has an Industry Studies and Disposable Company (ISEGA) certification which certifies that the packaging is suitable to directly contact food. Credit: PRNewsfoto/ Verso Corporation.
Zanders NGR is fully biodegradable, according to the company, and has an Industry Studies and Disposable Company (ISEGA) certification which certifies that the packaging is suitable to directly contact food.
Zanders sales manager of food packaging Michael Berner told Packaging Gateway: “The demand from the market for environmentally friendly packaging solutions is steadily increasing, especially in the area of barrier papers that have direct contact with food. The pressure is also increasing on the part of the end consumer – natural, sustainable solutions are required. After an analysis of the internal know-how and the existing machinery, the development of Zanbarrier NGR was obvious. Zanbarrier NGR is the perfect choice to avoid any non-natural material in food packaging.”
The higher density material will open possibilities for food that requires oil and grease-resistance such as fast food, pizza, bread rolls, and food labels.
Berner said: “Excellent opacity combined with outstanding printing and converting properties allow any kind of processing from micro flute to lamination. The cellulose fibres are subjected to an incredibly intense grinding process over several refining stages. Treated in this way, the fibres form a tight, strong cross-linked sheet structure thus creating a fully natural barrier to oil and grease.
“Thanks to the exceptional quality, Zanbarrier NGR will play a similar role in flexible food packaging as Chromolux, for example, in the label paper market.”
Berner told Packaging Gateway: “As with every new product development, in the case of Zanbarrier NGR, too, we focused on tests to optimize production step-by-step to market maturity. It took about nine months from the first test production to the delivery of the first samples.
“The first samples and trial reels have already been sent to customers. The first regular production at our mill in Bergisch Gladbach, Germany, is already planned for the end of February so that the product will be processed by our customers in March or April.”
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Home » Cognex wins 2012 Control Design Reader's Choice Award
Cognex wins 2012 Control Design Reader's Choice Award
The company landed the recognition by a 43% margin.
Cognex Corporation(www.cognex.com), supplier of machine vision systems, announces that it has won the Control Design Readers Choice Award in the category of Machine Vision System by a margin of 43% over the second place finisher. Control Design surveyed the machine builders and system integrators among its readership and of the approximately 1,000 that responded 52% answered that Cognex machine vision systems delivered the best value compared to 9% for the second place finisher.
Cognex has won a Control Design Readers Choice Award in the machine vision category every year since 2001 with seven first place wins and four second place finishes. The 2012 survey went to about 15,000 subscribers with buying influence or buying authorization for industrial automation and control products. Vendors were not eligible to vote. The ballot was unaided which means the respondents had to provide their own names of suppliers rather than picking from a list.
“We are very proud to win the Control Design Readers Choice Award for 2012,” says Ron Pulicari, marketing manager for Cognex. “This award validates our strategy of continual investment into the R&D of our products. The overall result is continued best-in-class products that help our customers improve the quality and traceability of their products while at the same time reducing manufacturing and distribution costs.”
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USS Utah - Pearl Harbor
Not much to do during the #coronavirus outbreak. It looks like social distancing will get me out to take some photos since everything is closed! Here's one from #pearlharbor! 2min 11sec exposure using a 16-stop ND from #polarpro and the #nikonZ7. In early December 1941, Utah was moored off Ford Island in berth F-11, after having completed another round of anti-aircraft gunnery training. Shortly before 08:00 on the morning of 7 December, some crewmen aboard Utah observed the first Japanese planes approaching to attack Pearl Harbor, but they assumed they were American aircraft. The Japanese began their attack shortly thereafter, the first bombs falling near a seaplane ramp on the southern tip of Ford Island. At the same time eighteen Nakajima B5N torpedo bombers from the Japanese aircraft carriers Soryu and Hiryu flew over Pearl City approaching the west side of Ford Island. The torpedo bombers were looking for American aircraft carriers, which usually anchored where Utah was moored that morning. The flight leaders identified Utah and rejected her as a target, deciding instead to attack 1010 Dock. However six of the B5Ns from Soryu led by Lieutenant Nakajima Tatsumi broke off to attack Utah, not recognizing that the shapes over the barbettes were not turrets, but boxes covering empty holes. Six torpedoes were launched against Utah, two of them struck the battleship while another missed and hit the cruiser Raleigh. Serious flooding started to quickly overwhelm Utah and she began to list to port and settle by the stern. As the crew began to abandon ship, one man—Chief Watertender Peter Tomich—remained below decks to ensure as many men as possible could escape, and to keep vital machinery running as long as possible; he received the Medal of Honor posthumously for his actions. At 08:12, Utah rolled over onto her side, while those crew members who had managed to escape swam to shore. Almost immediately after reaching shore, the ship's senior officer onboard, Commander Solomon Isquith, heard knocking from men trapped in the capsized ship. He called for volunteers to secure a cutting torch from the badly damaged cruiser Raleigh and attempt to free trapped men; they succeeded in rescuing four men. In total, 58 officers and men were killed, though 461 survived. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Utah_(BB-31)
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Charlie Trimble, president of the U.S. GPS Industry Council, near the U.S. GPS Outreach display.
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On June 20, 2000, the Interagency GPS Executive Board (IGEB) hosted a major GPS outreach event on Capitol Hill along with the Senate Commerce Committee, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), the U.S. GPS Industry Council and the Spatial Technologies Industry Association. The trade fair, part of an ongoing effort to promote GPS as a world standard, featured numerous educational exhibits.
NASA, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the U.S. GPS Industry Council and the Air Transport Association developed a large multimedia exhibit explaining the applications of GPS in a variety of industries and geographic regions. The information armed visiting officials from around the world with knowledge of GPS.
The DOT developed a brochure that described GPS and its augmentation systems in simple terms and from a civilian user perspective. The brochure is available for download at www.igebgov/outreach/civil-gps-brochure.ppt. Eugene Conti, IGEB co-chair and Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy, issued a letter requesting support for GPS modernization to all members of Congress and other key committee staff members.
The Department of Commerce presented briefings to its congressional oversight committee to educate them on GPS basics and describe some of the practical user benefits expected as a result of civil GPS modernization. One briefing described applications in which GPS is used, including how current high-end users employ GPS in real-time kinematic (RTK) surveying, mapping, GIS, pit mining, agriculture and construction. The briefing also discussed how the cost of existing high-precision GPS and RTK applications will drop dramatically in the future due to a surge in receiver sales, which could lead to lower unit costs and increased RTK ranges (which would require fewer base stations).
Conti and U.S. GPS Industry Council President Charlie Trimble both spoke about the past and continuing states of GPS at the event, which attracted congressional members, including Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee.
BLM Proposes New Planning Guidance
Because of the complex demands on public lands due to increased population and new data on other land trends, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) proposed an update on its policy manual on planning, expected to be released Sept. 30, 2000.
A new handbook would provide guidance to field offices for preparing and amending land use plans, including the newer, more specified Resource Management Plans (RMPs) and the older Management Framework Plans (MFPs) at the local and regional levels. It would also provide guidance for preparing and updating implementation plans. A BLM summary of the proposed manual states that it would place greater emphasis on public involvement and multi-jurisdictional planning with other government entities. Ted Milesnick, senior specialist for planning, said the BLM possesses an "intent to move forward in the GIS arena."
The BLM expects that the guidance would make it easier to update land use plans because the manual would contain procedures for implementing and revising land use plans with current and future conditions. According to the guidance, field managers would be able to update existing plans through a specific set of directions that define what new elements need to be addressed and how to go about analyzing those elements to see if changes need to be made.
The new manual and handbook guidance proposal can be viewed at www.blm.gov. The BLM requested public feedback on the plan through Aug. 9, 2000. At press time, Milesnick said comments were "across the board."
Attracting Women to the Profession in Germany
Gabriele Dasse, chair of the International Federation of Surveyors (FIG) Task Force on Under-represented Groups in Surveying, reported that more women than men hold high school diplomas legitimating surveying studies at universities or universities of applied science. The number of women in surveying studies has increased over the last few years but is still low: 22 percent at universities and 36 percent at universities of applied science.
At a conference in Germany a few years ago, women were asked the question, "Which changes do we need to attract more women to surveying?" Eighty-three respondents provided the following results, answering each topic with "very important":
Image of the profession-48 percent
Basic courses together with other courses of study during the first semesters-61 percent
Integrating training and project-related studies-61 percent
More non-technical lectures-45 percent
Less semesters of study-58 percent
Higher percentage of female professors-37 percent
Participants of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the International Council for Science (ICSU) propose governments grant highest priority to improving science education at all levels with particular attention to eliminating the effects of gender bias and bias against disadvantaged groups, raising public awareness of science, and fostering its popularization.
Other proposals include promotion of the professional development of teachers and educators and the implementation of new curricula in response to changing needs and methodologies.
Permits in a Click
Companies with digital signatures set up on their desktops will be able to apply for minor building permits by year end thanks to a comprehensive program designed by officials in San Jose, Calif. If data completed on the electronic forms is approved and fees are paid by credit card, an "instant" permit is produced by the contractors' desktop printer. Those without a secure digital signature may still fill out the permit forms online, but must print and mail them in for approval.
The city of San Jose piloted the program with the integration of existing data from Intergraph Corporation, Huntsville, Ala. Digital Signature Trust, Co., Salt Lake City, Utah, secured the signatures for the small residential permits. The pilot program did not integrate the city's database.
In the future, an expanded program will issue permits, accept fees, track plan filings and inspection requests, and track the status of projects. One component of the system stores geographic information, which automatically flags site data such as seismic zone information. Visit www.sjpermits.com for more information.
Topcon Acquires Javad
On July 25, Topcon Corporation, Tokyo, Japan, parent company of Topcon America Corp., Paramus, N.J., and Topcon Laser Systems Inc., Pleasanton, Calif., acquired Javad Positioning Systems, San Jose, Calif. Javad's president, Dr. Javad Ashjaee, joined Topcon as Chief Technology Officer (CTO). According to Bob Iguchi, chairman of TPS, "Topcon's goal is to provide the construction, land surveying and GIS industries with the most advanced, complete and affordable positioning instrumentation available on the market."
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Ricoh WG-70 Review
April 14, 2020 | Gavin Stoker |
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The Ricoh WG-70 is a new waterproof digital compact camera that can be used in depths down to 14 meters, with enhanced features that include the Digital Microscope mode.
The Ricoh WG-70 will be available in March priced at £280 / $280.
Ricoh Press Release
Digital compact camera for underwater photography down to 14 meters,with enhanced features such as the Digital Microscope mode
February 5, 2020, －RICOH COMPANY, LTD and RICOH IMAGING EUROPE, S.A.S. announce the launch of the RICOH WG-70 digital compact camera. This new model features a compact, lightweight body design, with exceptional waterproof, shockproof and various shooting function performance.
This standard-class waterproof digital compact camera is designed so that anyone can capture severe shooting environments of outdoors more casually, effortlessly and without worries. Despite its compact, lightweight body, the WG-70 offers outstanding basic specifications that outperform ordinary digital cameras and smartphones under demanding outdoor conditions. It is waterproof to a depth of 14meters; shockproof against a fall from a height of 1.6 meters; and freeze-proof against temperatures as low as -10°C.It also comes equipped with an outdoor-friendly LCD monitor whose brightness level can be instantly adjusted to the lighting level of a shooting situation.
Main Features of the new RICOH WG-70
1. Heavy-duty construction assuring underwater shooting down to 14 meters, for up to two hours
The solid, airtight body common to the WG-70 is not only waterproof down to a depth of 14 meters for up to two hours of continuous operation (equivalent to IPX 8 or JIS Class 8), but is also shockproof against falls from a height of 1.6 meters,* dustproof (equivalent to IPX 6 or JIS Class 6), freeze-proof to temperatures as low as -10°C, and crushproof against weights up to 100kgf (kilogram force). ** Thanks to this heavy-duty construction, the cameras perform superbly and dependably even in harsh, demanding outdoor conditions.
* Measured under RICOH IMAGING-original testing standards — from a height of 1.6 meters, onto a surface of 5cm-thick plywood — conforming to Method 516.5-Shock of the MIL-Standard 810F.
** Measured under RICOH IMAGING-original testing standards.
2. Exceptional image quality
The WG-70 comes equipped with a back-illuminated CMOS image sensor, which assures excellent high-sensitivity and low-noise characteristics and high-speed readout of image data signals. Coupled with a high-performance imaging engine, this image sensor delivers a top sensitivity of ISO 6400 and super-high-resolution images with approximately 16.0 effective megapixels. These models also provide advanced image processing functions, made possible by the latest super-resolution technology, to assure sharp, clear, high-resolution images. They even offer such innovative features as Handheld Night Snap mode, which automatically captures several images of the same nighttime scene and produces a single, blur-free composite image from them.
3. Improved usability of Digital Microscope mode
The WG-70 has a Digital Microscope mode that allows the subject to be greatly enlarged. Usability is improved as the recording size can be newly selected from 2M (1920 x 1080), which gives priority to enlargement with digital zoom, to a maximum of 12M (16: 9) (4608 x 2592), which is useful when printing or trimming with high resolution which further expands the field of shooting.
4. Six Macro Lights to assist close-up shooting, with various functions
Ideally positioned around the circumference of the lens barrel for macro shooting, six LED Macro Lights allow the WG-70 to provide bright, uniform illumination on a subject when the Digital Microscope mode is selected.*** Thanks to these Macro Lights, the user can clearly see a magnified view of the microscopic world undetectable by the naked eye on the camera’s LCD monitor, and effortlessly capture eye-catching, close-up images. In order to minimize camera shake and subject shake, the Instant Illumination Enhance function allows for the use of a higher shutter speed by automatically raising the discharge level of the Macro Lights at the moment of shutter release. The Macro Lights also provide other useful functions, such as a Self-Portrait Assist mode, which uses the blink of an LED lamp to check if the subject’s face has been safely captured within the picture frame, and the LED Lighting mode, which uses the Macro Lights as a lighting device in the dark.
5. Advanced underwater shooting mode
Specifically designed for underwater photography, the image processing of Underwater and Underwater Movie shooting modes optimize color, contrast, and white balance, based on the data of images captured under the water. These modes deliver sharp, true-to-life images by enhancing shades of red, which are lost in underwater photography, while effectively compensating for the loss of contrast caused by the diffusion of light in water. During Underwater mode, the Flash Off + Flash On option, allows the user to consecutively capture two images — with a single shutter release — one without flash and another with flash.
6. Cross Processing added to Image Tone
Cross Processing is an effect popular among our products, which allows you to enjoy unique photographic expressions. With WG-70, this mode is added to Image Tone, which can be selected with several shooting modes including, P (Program). The parameters of the image is adjusted to give a unique color-changed finish, like a cross-processed film ***.
*** A film development technique that uses unconventional film development to create a distinctive finish with dramatic, stylized colors.
7. 5X optical zoom lens with a 28mm wide-angle coverage
The WG-70 feature a high-performance, five-times optical zoom lens with a focal-length coverage from 5mm to 25mm (equivalent to approx. 28mm to 140mm in the 35mm format) to accommodate a wide range of scenes and subjects, including sweeping landscapes. They also provide other convenient shooting functions, such as a macro mode to capture dramatic close-up images from a minimum focusing distance of a mere one centimeter; an Intelligent Zoom function to extend the zoom range to approximately 36 times (equivalent to 1008mm in the 35mm format) without compromising image quality, for superior telephoto photography; and an interval shooting mode, which comes in handy for fixed-point observation.
8. Full HD movie recording for extended shooting of high-quality movies
The WG-70 provides Full HD movie recording employing the H.264 recording format. Users can capture high-quality, extended movie clips (1920 x 1080 pixels, 16:9 proportions) at a frame rate of 30 frames per second. To add some creative touches to movie recording, they also feature a high-speed camera function**** for slow-motion playback of captured movie clips, and an interval movie function. A micro-HDMI terminal (Type D) is also provided on the camera body for simultaneous output of Full HD movie clips and sound to external audio-visual devices.
**** When this function is selected, the recorded size is fixed at 1280 x 720 pixels.
9. Triple anti-shake protection to prevent blurred images in all applications
(1) Pixel Track SR mechanism
When recording still images, this advanced shake-reduction mechanism effectively compensates for camera shake by digitally processing affected images.
(2) Digital SR mode
When the camera detects low-lighting conditions in still-image shooting, this mode automatically raises the sensitivity up to as high as ISO 6400, making it possible to use a higher shutter speed and effectively minimize the adverse effect of camera shake and subject shake when dealing with poor lighting conditions.
(3) Movie SR mode
During movie recording, this mode effectively compensates for the misalignment of images caused by camera shake through the use of exclusive software to produce beautiful, blur-free movie clips.
10. 2.7-inch LCD monitor with the Outdoor View Setting mode
The WG-70 come equipped2.7-inch LCD monitor with horizontally extended 16:9 proportions and approximately 230,000 dots. The monitor’s AR (Anti-Reflection) coating minimizes annoying glare and reflections to assure a sharp, clear on-screen image even in the harsh sunshine often encountered during outdoor shooting. It also comes equipped with such convenient features as: the Outdoor View Setting mode, which easily sets the optimum monitor brightness level for a given lighting condition
11. Other features
・A range of WG-series mount accessories (optional) to accommodate diverse camera setups
・Two remote control receptors (one in front and another in the back) to widen signal coverage
・Macro stand (included) to maintain a minimum focusing distance of one centimeter to the subject during extended observation and shooting of macro images
・High-speed Face Detection function to capture as many as 32 faces in focus in approximately 0.03 seconds (minimum); Smile Capture function to automatically release the shutter when the subject’s smile is detected
・Outdoor-friendly Style Watch function to display the time on the LCD monitor, using an extended push of the OK button when the camera’s power is turned off
・Delay-free, pushbutton start of the playback mode, using an extended push of the playback button
・Auto Picture mode to automatically select the most appropriate shooting mode from 16 different scene modes
・A choice of 12 digital filters
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Seth Levy
"We now know"
At the recent Senate hearing on the Mueller report AG Barr laid out the Constitutional powers of the President and made the case that he was free to take aggressive action, including shutting down the Mueller investigation, if, which we now know to be the case, he was falsely accused. This is the key phrase on which everything, and yes I mean everything needs to be understood. We now know.
Some may say we have known all along and to some extent that's true. But we didn't really know. We are smart. We can read. We can add 2+2. The point here though is that we now know beyond any doubt that if 13 angry Democrats couldn't find collusion it never existed. And that is the crucial piece. It never existed. And Trump always knew he never colluded. At best it could have been one of his campaign staff without his knowledge. So he should never have been a target of any investigation and none of his authorities, duly granted him as the winner of the 2016 election, should have been in any way limited.
Barr explains that based on what we now know there could not have been corrupt intent if Trump had decided not just to fire Mueller but more broadly to shut down the entire Special Counsel. That is a significant statement. We need to extend the implications and what it means that Rosenstein assisted Barr in making this determination. If in a scenario where Trump is being wrongly accused he could fire Mueller then who else could Trump fire under the same conditions?
Was this always Rosenstein's legal opinion? Was it in a moment where Rosenstein was explaining to McCabe that without evidence implicating Trump in the underlying crime then an obstruction investigation for firing Comey lacked foundation that he sarcastically told McCabe "What do you want me to do Andy, wear a wire?!?" Yet McCabe not only opened the obstruction investigation, he did it in a way it could not be easily shut down. Without basis, he attempted to deal a mortal blow to the Trump Presidency.
Wait Seth, how do you know that at the time McCabe was opening the obstruction investigation he knew there was no there there?!? Well I know because Strzok said so. Ten days after Comey was fired.
That passage was transmitted on May 19, 2017. “There’s no big there there,” Strzok texted. The date of the text long has intrigued investigators: It is two days after Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein named special counsel Robert Mueller to oversee an investigation into alleged collusion between Trump and the Russia campaign. https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/397902-opinion-one-fbi-text-message-in-russia-probe-should-alarm-every-american
What else do we now know as a result of the Mueller report? We know that Rosenstein was fully aware that one of the main motivators for Trump to fire Comey at that time was Comey's recent visit to the Senate where he continued to refuse to acknowledge publicly what he had told Trump multiple times, that Trump was not under investigation. In other words, based on Barr's explanation Rosenstein knew, as the firing was happening, that there was no corrupt intent by Trump. In fact, Trump had made every attempt for Rosenstein to include the Russia investigation and how it was affecting the administration into his memo. There could have been no confusion on Rosenstein's part.
As some of you may be aware, I have long explained that the reason Mueller was necessary was to extract the investigations from team McCabe. Special Counsels are not designed to protect investigations from a President. They are designed to deal with conflicts and bias internal to DOJ/FBI. The idea that Mueller was appointed because Trump fired Comey, although popular and trumpeted by people like Chris Wallace of Fox News, wasn't accurate but it was allowed to persist because it was useful.
How was it useful? Well it accomplished two main objectives. It baited the Democrats into believing Mueller was a protected investigator that would prove their beliefs about Trump so they let him do his work without interference. We now know from this Barr comment that this was a false belief. It also gave the impression to the coup plotters that their work would be defended. That they were safe. They weren't.
Now I want to turn our focus to how this Barr clarification shines light on the prerogatives of the President from day one of his administration. Let's assume for a moment that on the day he was elected Trump was completely unaware of Crossfire Hurricane. At a minimum, he seems to be comfortable from November 8, 2016 until November 17, 2016 to run his transition out of Trump Tower. Then Admiral Rogers visits him on on November 17th and that same day Trump moves the transition to Bedminster. I have long speculated that at a minimum Rogers tipped Trump off that he was being targeted.
"In the situation of the President, who has Constitutional authority to supervise proceedings, if in fact a proceeding is not well founded. If it was a groundless proceeding. If it was based on false allegations. The President does not have to sit there Constitutionally and allow it to run its course."
Let's focus on the first part about supervising proceedings and consider it in context of a President who has just been tipped off that bureaucrats in the DOJ/CIA/FBI are targeting him with false allegations and intend to end his Presidency if possible. In that environment is a President required to wait for his AG to be confirmed? Can he afford to wait months for the leadership to be turned over? Remember, "the President does not have to sit there".
I have long contended he didn't. The move to Bedminster wasn't simply to avoid surveillance. It was to begin to strategize how the administration would fight back. How they would defuse the coup. But also how to hold the people plotting these actions ultimately accountable. This is important to understand because it reveals important insights to everything we observed that happened from November 17, 2016 forward.
The first event that follows is the Comey visit to give the IC briefing and reveal to Trump the existence of the dossier. I've always thought it was curious he took the meeting in Trump Tower. The reason this day is so interesting is that Comey left this meeting and immediately wrote his first memo. Now we can interpret this one of two ways. Comey wrote the memos to entrap Trump or... Comey wrote the memos with the idea they would ultimately be used as the public excuse to justify the Mueller appointment. Or both.
Let's look at how this played out in relation to the Mueller appointment that we now know cleared Trump of collusion and obstruction. First, Rosenstein appointed Mueller. Rosenstein knew exactly what motivated Trump to fire Comey. Both the public explanation and the private understanding that Rosenstein was aware of were completely justifiable uses of the President's Constitutional authority. Yet Comey writing memos and saying he thought we needed a Special Counsel became the assumed narrative. But Rosenstein agrees that a President is not required to stand by and allow a baseless proceeding. Then why was Mueller really necessary? Why did Comey really think Mueller was necessary? What else did Comey discuss with Trump when he asked to be alone with him in Trump Tower? Are there tapes?
The classic question "What did he know and when did he know it" is crucial in understanding Trump's actions and potentially Comey's. Was Trump aware of the "Insurance Policy" tweets on January 6, 2017? Was Trump successful in flipping Comey that day? Were the memos an op in coordination with Trump?
The obvious answer to the last question is that they were or they weren't. Either way, the memos ultimately helped team Trump in my opinion. They gave a public explanation for "why Mueller?" that masked the true benefit of Mueller. The Special Counsel allowed the investigations to be extracted from the FBI which allowed DOJ to target McCabe and his team without interfering with the Russia investigation.
Trump wanted the successful completion of that investigation. Why? Because he had to do what was right for the American people. He had to make sure they could know with certainty that he had not colluded with Russia. At the same time getting a #CleanBillOfHealth from a man like Mueller would clear the decks for prosecuting the lawlessness and corruption of those like McCabe who sought to depose him.
Lets get directly into that. Assuming Trump was alerted he was being targeted by the DOJ/CIA/FBI, he must have seen this in multiple ways. First he needed to survive it but he must have also realized the opportunity it presented to make good on two of his biggest campaign promises, to look into the investigation of Hillary in 2016 and drain the swamp. So he moves to Bedminster and according to the accepted understanding he just kept interviewing people for his administration. Just normal transition stuff.
What else do we observe? On November 17, 2016, the same day Rogers meets Trump in Trump Tower and the transition is moved to Bedminster, Trump names Flynn NSA over the reported warning of Barrack Obama. Coincidence? If nothing else Flynn was a perfect lure. The coup plotters would not have reacted in the same way to McMaster doing the same exact things Flynn did.
In December we see the first of what I argue are a series of sting traps. As I describe the next series of events just think of moves on a chess board. Obama puts sanctions on Russia. Russia doesn't respond. People are openly wondering why Putin made that choice. Then in early January leading up to the inauguration, the Washington Post reports that Flynn had a series of calls with Kislyak. Pence then goes on a Sunday morning show and says Flynn didn't discuss the sanctions with Kislyak when he clearly had. Since everyone now knew the calls were recorded, it made the claims hard to believe and easily controvertible by the recordings. This episode started a cascade of activity.
Now in context of Trump being alerted his administration was being targeted and combined with the likelihood any calls to the Russian Ambassador would be monitored, you are forced to conclude one of two things. That Pence was attempting to set up Flynn, which to me makes little sense in the grander context, or that team Trump was engineering a response from those plotting against them.
Ultimately the "Flynn lied to Pence" controversy resulted in the holdovers in the DOJ and FBI, specifically Yates and McCabe, opening an investigation into Flynn. Flynn is interviewed by FBI and Yates contacts McGhan. He says he will follow up with her and when he does the first question he asks is why does the DOJ cares if one administration official lies to the other. Keep in mind Obama's DOJ never cared that Susan Rice went on the Sunday shows and lied about Benghazi.
Then McGhan asks for the underlying evidence which must have included the FISA collection of the call. Yates agrees. Later that same day Trump signs his "Muslim Ban" causing a chaotic weekend and then ended the day asking to eat dinner alone with Comey where Trump asks Comey if he wants to stay on and if Trump can trust him. By that Monday, Yates refuses to back the Muslim ban, is fired and immediately replaced by Boente. Ultimately the evidence was reviewed by the White House.
Keep in mind, even if this "Pence/Flynn lied" episode had never happened, the insurance policy would still have been in action. What I am pointing out is that team Trump designed a scenario where they could control the flow of events and use the coup plotters reactions to their advantage. The FISA intercepts were leaked, an extraordinary investigation targeting the White House where they entrapped the NSA had been undertaken and DOJ/FBI evidence was given to the White House.
That was the first of many of these types of operations in early 2017. Why and what are they a sign of? That there was an investigation being run out of the White House designed to protect the administration and target those that were working to bring the administration down. Although there were many corrupt and even criminal acts perpetrated in 2016 by DOJ/CIA/FBI officials, it was always going to be very difficult to prosecute them. It's one thing to run investigations against citizens to protect the government but it's a very different type of thing to use the powers of your office in an overt attempt to bring down a duly elected President.
It's important to realize that the things we are becoming aware of now have likely long been known. Why is this significant? Because it adds premeditation to the individual acts. These weren't natural responses to circumstances. These were acts engaged in the midst of a conspiracy. How do we know? We have these people discussing it in their own words in texts and emails and even in some TV interviews.
The key moment was always going to follow Comey getting fired. It was long assumed this would happen. We can see from Strzok texts that the moment it did happen certain contingencies were launched. Was Trump aware of evidence that these contingencies were long planned? If he was then this would present the perfect opportunity to run one of the most significant corruption stings in American history. One that would tie together all the players in the 2016 rigging. Remember, "The President does not have to sit there Constitutionally and allow it to run its course."
It was the perfect set up. Trump acts under his Constitutional authority and fires Comey. What people had not expected was that Rosenstein would write a memo that stated his desire to fire Comey. But the Trump letter announcing the firing was the perfect bait. How did the leadership at the FBI react?
The Washington Post first reported last year the launch of an obstruction investigation, but sources elaborated to CNN how top law enforcement officials were frantic after Comey was fired. They were reportedly concerned about Trump’s behavior and considered him a leader who might need to be reined in, sources told CNN. https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/420203-mccabe-rosenstein-opened-obstruction-probe-after-trump-fired-comey
Keep in mind, we now know from the Mueller report that Rosenstein was completely aware of why Trump fired Comey, wasn't opposed at all, did not feel tricked by Trump and would have no reason to think Trump needed to be reigned in. Those were all interpretations made up by the FBI leadership under McCabe's control. Did they consult Rosenstein? Remember it is also Rosenstein's legal opinion voiced by Barr that if the claims made against a President are false then Trump acting under his Constitutional authority would "not be a corrupt intent because he was being falsely accused".
Here is the heart of the sting. If there is any evidence before the May 9, 2017 that McCabe intended to use his authorities to "reign in" the President , then his recitation of the details that followed that date as his excuse for doing it are all contrived. It is the equivalent of a John saying it was the undercover officer that made the first move when the cops observed the John drive onto the street and ask around for where the prostitutes are.
The quote above is from an interview on January 12, 2019. Trump specifically refers to the time "after I fired [Comey]" and names who "did it", McCabe, Strzok and Page. He set them up and then monitored their activity during the "Nine Days in May" as Jeff Carlson describes them. It is these actions that are the most egregious of the entire Spygate scandal because they were aimed at deposing, under false pretense, the duly elected President of the United States. As "We Now Know" the President wasn't required to sit back and let that happen and, as you now know, he didn't.
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Nothing's Quiet For Daniel Radcliffe
Daniel Radcliffe to Star in All Quiet on the Western Front
We've still got two more Harry Potter films before we have to say goodbye to the characters, but the actor behind Mr. Potter isn't having any trouble picking up new roles. After his upcoming stint on Broadway in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Daniel Radcliffe will star in a new film adaptation of All Quiet on the Western Front. The 1930 film adaptation took home the Oscar for Best Picture, so Radcliffe has some pretty big shoes to fill as German solider Paul Baumer. But one thing's for sure: the subject matter is a far cry from the wizard war we'll see in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
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Pennsylvania Legislature Approves Landmarks Records Law Reform
Pennsylvania’s legislature has approved, and the governor committed to sign, a landmark overhaul of the state’s 51-year-old public records law, considered one of the worst in the nation. The new law establish a presumption that government records are public and puts the burden on a public official who wants to withhold information to show otherwise. It also creates an Office of Open Records to hear disputes over requests for records denied by municipalities, school boards, county officials and the executive branch of state government. (2/14/08)
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Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister Shuffles Deputy Ministers
Manitoba Legislative Building
Yesterday Premier Brian Pallister announced several changes to the senior ranks of Manitoba’s civil service. For the first time gender parity was exceeded in the Deputy Minister ranks, with a record number of female deputies.
David McLaughlin remained as clerk of the executive council, but intergovernmental affairs was added to his responsibilities. Of note, Tracey Maconachie moved in as deputy minister of economic development and training. Tracey was formerly the President of the Bioscience Association of Manitoba. Also Jeff Hnatiuk, the current President and CEO of Sport Manitoba, will be moving into government as the deputy minister of sport, culture and heritage.
Elliot Sims was named deputy minister of regulatory accountability and associate clerk of the executive council for legislative and regulatory affairs. As the former Manitoba director for the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, Elliot is well-versed in red tape issues and highlights the government’s focus on reducing the regulatory burden on business.
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New Cabinet to Start the New Year in Manitoba
Manitoba's Lieutenant Governor Janice Filmon Delivers Speech from the Throne
Manitoba Finance Minister, Scott Fielding, Tables 2020-21 Budget
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Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat trick as Real Madrid defeated Bayern Munich 4-2 after extra time. [Photo credit: telegraph.co.uk]
Champions League: Ronaldo sets record, Atletico end Ndidi, Musa’s dream
byTunde Eludini
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CAF Champions League: Enyimba crash out despite home win
The hopes of Leicester City duo, Wilfred Ndidi and Ahmed Musa, entering the exclusive list of Nigerian players to win the UEFA Champions League has been dashed.
Though Leicester City earned a 1-1 draw against Atletico Madrid, it was not enough for the Foxes to avoid bowing out of the Champions League at the quarter-final stage.
Saul Niguez’s first-half opener left Leicester needing three goals to remain in the tie and although they threw everything at Diego Simeone’s team after the break, they could not add to Jamie Vardy’s equaliser just after the hour mark.
Their exit marks the end of a fairytale which had been carried over from last season’s Premier League triumph, but there will be nothing but pride from their supporters after an outstanding second-half effort rattled the third best team in Spain.
Ndidi played from start to finish in Tuesday’s game but his compatriot Musa was not considered for action.
In the other match on Tuesday night, Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat trick as Real Madrid defeated Bayern Munich 4-2 after extra time.
The game ended 2-1 after 90 minutes thus cancelling out the 2-1 victory Madrid had against their German opponents in the first leg. The Spanish giants then scored two in extra time to defeat Bayern, who got Arturo Vidal sent off in the second half of the 90 minutes.
Ronaldo’s three goals means he becomes the first player ever to score 100 Champions League goals.
Alleged killer of four Nigerian police officers, army captain dies in shootout – Police
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Tunde Eludini
Tunde Eludini is a graduate of the Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife, Nigeria where he studied International Relations. He is a Senior Correspondent coordinating the sports section for PREMIUM TIMES. Twitter: @tundeyeludini
Ndidi’s first league goal sends Leicester top of EPL table
Nigerian goals out of Europe: Nwankwo serves Crotone with a brace
Serie A Roundup: Ibrahimovic still doing business for Milan at 39
Aubameyang, Saka score as Arsenal defeat Newcastle United
WAFU B Tournament: Golden Eaglets lose final match against Cote d’Ivoire
Bundesliga Round-Up: Bayern open up four-point gap at the top of the table
Boko Haram leader’s 'ex-wife' nabbed in Maiduguri
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Pancreatic Cancer Pipeline 2016 Market Report of 282 Companies
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ReportnReports.com adds "Pancreatic Cancer - Pipeline Review, H1 2016" market research report providing comparative analysis at various stages, therapeutics assessment by drug target, mechanism of action (MoA), route of administration (RoA) and molecule type, along with latest updates, and featured news and press releases. It also reviews key players involved in the therapeutic development for Pancreatic Cancer and special features on late-stage and discontinued projects.
The report also reviews key players involved in the therapeutic development for Pancreatic Cancer and special features on late-stage and discontinued projects. The report enhances decision making capabilities and help to create effective counter strategies to gain competitive advantage. It strengthens R&D pipelines by identifying new targets and MOAs to produce first-in-class and best-in-class products. Complete report on H1 2016 review of Pancreatic Cancer pipeline with 217 market data tables and 17 figures, spread across 1827 pages is available at http://www.reportsnreports.com/reports/640478-pancreatic-cancer-pipeline-review-h1-2016.html .
Companies discussed in this Pancreatic Cancer Pipeline Review, H1 2016 report include 3-V Biosciences, Inc., 4SC AG, AB Science SA, AbbVie Inc., AbGenomics International, Inc., Ability Pharmaceuticals, S.L., Acetylon Pharmaceuticals, Inc., ACF Pharmaceuticals, LLC, Adamed Sp. z o.o., Adamis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, Aduro BioTech, Inc., Advantagene, Inc., Advaxis, Inc., Agenus, Inc., AGV Discovery, SAS, AIMM Therapeutics B.V., Alchemia Limited, Alethia Biotherapeutics Inc., Allinky Biopharma, Almac Discovery Limited, Altor BioScience Corporation, Ambrx, Inc., American Gene Technologies International Inc., Amgen Inc., Anavex Life Sciences Corp., Andarix Pharmaceuticals, Inc., ANP Technologies, Inc., AntiCancer, Inc., APEIRON Biologics AG, Aphios Corporation, APIM Therapeutics AS, Apogenix GmbH, Aposense Ltd., ArQule, Inc., Array BioPharma Inc., Astellas Pharma Inc., AstraZeneca Plc, ATLAB Pharma SAS, Aurigene Discovery Technologies Limited, AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Axcentua Pharmaceuticals AB, Azaya Therapeutics, Inc., Basilea Pharmaceutica AG, Bavarian Nordic A/S, Bayer AG, Bellicum Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Berg LLC, BerGenBio AS, Betta Pharmaceuticals Co. 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Prorich Agro Foods
Utrathiya, Panchkula, Haryana
GST No. 06AGUPG2921Q1ZU
Established in 2014, Prorich Agro Foods is engaged in manufacturing of Protein Supplements for Animal Feeds. The company prides itself in playing a key role in the introduction of non-conventional cost-effective nutritional alternatives like Rice DDGS and Roasted Guar Korma in the animal feed industry of the northern Indian region.
The company has been able to capture major key clientele in the northern region and sprawling voraciously across the nation reeling in the feed market of all the four zones of India. Going forward, the company plans to set a foot in the global market in its attempt to tread the path towards further exponential growth.
Apart from providing premium quality products, impeccable service, timely delivery and competitive prices, the company treasures the status it has achieved for bringing ethics into business. Although it has already roped in big brand names in feed industry today, the directors of the company feel they have just touched the tip of the iceberg and shall focus on increasing the reach to explore newer and diversified markets.
Prorich Agro is a unit of the SSL Group. Established in 1972, SSL Group has emerged as a trustworthy entity engaged in the importing and trading business. In the four decades of its operation, the company has evolved to be a formidable player in the industry.
Chirag Garg
Village Sultanpur Barwala, Panchkula- 140 603, Haryana, India
Poultry, Aqua and Cattle Feed Supplement
26 to 50 People
Mr. Chirag Garg
Rs. 50 - 100 Crore
Experienced R & D Department, Large Product Line, Large Production Capacity, Provide Customized Solutions
DELC1*****
HDFC BANK, STANDARD CHARTERED BANK
06AGUPG2921Q1ZU
Cash, Cheque, DD, LC
By Road, By Sea
Our highly advanced warehousing facilities enable us to keep our products in a well-organized manner. We keep on bringing the requisite changes in the set up in accordance with the changes in industry. In addition, our modern transportation system facilitates us to deliver the products within the stipulated time to the clients.
Our clients are the base of our business and their satisfaction is the basic mantra for our success in the industry. Our presence in the industry for these many years has made it possible for us to understand the requirements of clients.
We have the following business philosophy that act as our guide :
We are focused on providing invaluable reliability and commitment in our business operations
Integrity and honesty is given prime importance in our organization
We constantly aim to provide quality products and timely delivery at the most competitive prices
We believe in strong ethical practices
Being a quality-conscious organization, our entire gamut of products are precisely manufactured, processed ad tested before dispatching from our end. We are backed with experienced quality analysts, who stringently test each and every product by the help of advance testing machines in order to eliminate any kind of flaws and maintain the quality. To guarantee that all products are offered with higher quality, we mostly procure the products from consistent as well as trustworthy vendors. The prime traits of our products are:
Clinically trialed and tried
Results in weight increment
Enhances general wellbeing state of poultry
Our facilities, dedication towards work, business policies and prompt product delivery have helped us to beat the competition. Some of our policies and strength which enable us to accomplish the specified requirements of the clients have given below.
Unparalleled reliability and trust in every business transaction
A strong financial base stands as a foundation for us to grow aggressively
Assurance of best quality and timely delivery at the most competitive prices
Taking inspiration from the past, we set milestones in the present in order to tap the opportunities that the future has in store to optimize performance.
Prorich Agro Foods awarded by Poultry India 2015.
With the help of our professionals who have been the asset for us, we have reached the zenith of success and have maintained a remarkable position in the industry. The key factors for that we have received huge round of accolades and appreciations from the clients have given below.
Excellent products enriched with features
Transparent business ethics and policies
Excellent warehouse facilities
Product delivered within the stipulated time frame
About Directors
•An able entrepreneur, a business enthusiast and a passionate individual, Mr. Chirag Garg entered this industry with a novel idea of creating awareness about this rich alternative source of protein for cattle which was otherwise faintly known in this trade. After completing his Masters in Business Administration from the prestigious Narsee Monjee College in Mumbai, he undertook extensive corporate experiences before settling into his family business. Realizing the potential of this booming industry he foraged into what he believes is a sustainable business in this competitive market and the results are for all to see. Under his leadership, the company grew exponentially in the small period since its inception and his future expansion plans suitably depict him as an entrepreneur with a vision.
When asked about his business formula, he says, “We work on a triple sine qua non-approach – quality, on-time delivery and reasonable pricing and that has worked wonders for us till now and hopefully going forward.”
Apart from his work, he indulges in a lot of social work and travels for pleasure.
•The founder of SSL group, Mr. Rajiv Garg is not only well known in the business circle of the northern region for his success in the trade but also for the social activities he undertakes for the betterment of the community as a whole.
After successfully flourishing in his existing business, he believed in expanding to this new field giving wings to the ideas of his son but supplementing it with his experience and acumen to make it a viable endeavour.
“We keep on bringing the requisite changes in our organization in accordance with the changes in the industry”, says Mr Rajiv Garg on what makes them a niche in this business. Apart from giving the best in terms of quantity and quality to its clients, Mr Rajiv Garg assures that the company fulfils its moral and social obligations by adhering to strict ethical practices in its business operations.
Corn Gluten
Rice DDGS
De Oiled Rice Bran
palm kernel cake
Guar Meal Korma
Guar Meal Churi
De Oiled Cake
Chirag Garg (Director)
Prorich Agro Foods Village Sultanpur, Barwala, Utrathiya, Panchkula - 140603, Haryana, India
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